[Commlist] CFP: gender and media matters: widening the horizons of the field of study

CALL FOR PAPERS

*GENDER AND MEDIA MATTERS*

*WIDENING THE HORIZONS OF THE FIELD OF STUDY*

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*INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE***

October 15-16, 2021

Sapienza, University of Rome (online and in-person)

Department of Communication and Social Research

Deadline: May 15, 2021

*KEYNOTE SPEAKERS*

·Prof. Rosalind Gill, City, University of London

·Prof. Milly Buonanno, Sapienza University of Rome

·Prof. Paola Bonifazio, University of Texas at Austin

*ROUNDTABLES*

·Gender and Media Studies in Italy.

·Gender and Media Studies in Europe and the Mediterranean Region.

·GeMMa Research Unit. Work in progress

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Although there appears to be an abundance of literature and 
opportunities available for discussion on the topic of gender and the 
media, «researching the gender-media dyad is still an important project 
for media scholars» (Ross 2010, p. 3). This topic remains significant 
for several reasons. First is the complex and rapidly evolving nature of 
media products, technology and actors. The current media landscape and 
its cultural dimension are constituted by the accumulation and 
juxtaposition of content, media forms, production and consumption 
practices, and everything in between. Stale and stereotyped images 
continue to exist, alongside more innovative and critical content 
created through processes of remixing, sharing, co-creation and 
contestation (Banet-Weiser, 2018; Bolter, 2019).


Moreover, the field of studies that explore the complexity and variety 
of subjectivities, identities, orientations and social and sexual 
relations in the media universe, alongside more traditional analyses of 
media representations, is steadily growing. In the last two decades, 
there has been a significant growth of innovative theoretical 
reflections and empirical evidence on the relationship between gender 
and the media that has gone beyond mere media representation and binary, 
heteronormative approaches (Farris, Compton, Herrera, 2020; Gill 2007; 
Kay, 2020; Krijnen, 2020; Lotz 2006; Ross, 2012).


This trend is also fuelled by the ever-increasing centrality of gendered 
actors who make growing use of the media to gain visibility and voice in 
the discursive arena (Mendes, Ringrose, Keller, 2019; Jackson, Bailey, 
Foucault-Welles, 2020).

Additionally, the importance of an ongoing reflection on the 
gender-media dyad stems from the advance of theoretical and empirical 
contributions from different countries with more recent experience of 
studying gender and media and with distinctive cultural perspectives 
(Buonanno, Faccioli, 2020; Cerqueira et al. 2016; Rigoletto, 2020).

In particular, the field of gender and media studies in Italy has 
developed fairly recently, yielding valuable theoretical and empirical 
insights, but with few opportunities for international discussion.


Building on these considerations, we aim to organise an international 
(online and in-person) conference with the primary objective of 
advancing discussion and exchange among scholars from different 
countries. The conference will provide an overview of the most recent 
studies on gender and the media, and, most importantly, will give 
prominence to research strands that are not always visible in the 
international arena.


The event is in line with the activities of the GeMMA Research Unit 
(Department of Communication and Social Research, Sapienza University of 
Rome) and of the PhD Programme in Communication, SocialResearch and 
Marketing (Sapienza University of Rome).

The conference welcomes paper proposals exploring the gender-media dyad 
in relation to media production, representations and the public, legacy 
and digital media, technology affordancesand constraints. This includes 
a variety of viewpoints from across time and space. Particular attention 
will be given to contributions that focus on emerging trends on the 
innovation of images, production and consumption of media content, and, 
more generally, on new or lesser-known dimensions of gender and media 
studies.

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*ABSTRACT SUBMISSION*

Please submit your 350-word abstract in English or Italian, together 
with a short bio (up to 150 words), including your contact details, 
before the 15th of May 2021.

Abstracts will be reviewed using a double-blind, peer-review process.

Please indicate in the file whether you prefer to participate in-person 
or online.

Please send your abstract and bio (in a unique file) to 
(abstract /at/ gemmaconference.com) <mailto:(abstract /at/ gemmaconference.com)>and 
name the file as follows: LastName_Name


Selected papers will be published in scientific journals such as About 
Gender, Comunicazionepuntodoc, H-ermes. Journal of Communication, 
Italian Journal of Cinema and Media Studies, Mediascapes Journal, 
Problemi dell’informazione, Sociologia della Comunicazione, and 
Sociologia Italiana-Ais Journal of Sociology.

For any further questions or information about the CFP please 
email:(_info /at/ gemmaconference.com) <mailto:(info /at/ gemmaconference.com)>_

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*SCHEDULE*

·15th February: Call for papers opens

·15th May: Deadline for abstract submissions

·15th June: Notification of acceptance/rejection

·16th June: Registration opens

·15^th July: Deadline for conference registration

*REGISTRATION *

·Students-Phd Students: 60 € (in-person) 30 € (online)

·Regular registration: 100 € (in-person) 50 € (online)

*HOST/LOCATION*:Department of Communication and Social Research, 
Sapienza, University of Rome, Italy. Via Salaria 113, Rome

*CONFERENCE MODE*:**Online and in-person**

*CONFERENCE LANGUAGES: *English and Italian**

*CONFERENCE ORGANISER*:**Paola Panarese (Sapienza, University of Rome)

*SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE*

-Prof. Emanuela Abbatecola (University of Genoa)

-Prof. Consuelo Corradi (Lumsa University)

-Prof. Charo Lacalle (Autonomous University of Barcelona)

-Prof. Pina Lalli (University of Bologna)

-Prof. Flavia Laviosa (Wellesley College)

-Prof. Janet McCabe (Birkbeck University of London)

-Prof. Claudia Padovani (University of Padua)

-Prof. Karen Ross (Newcastle University)

-Prof. Elisabetta Ruspini (University of Milano-Bicocca)

-Prof. Marco Cosimo Scarcelli (University of Padua)

-Prof. Juan Carlos Suarez Villegas (University of Seville)

-Prof. Tiziana Terranova (University of Naples "L'Orientale")

-Prof. Anna Lisa Tota (Roma Tre University)

*WEBSITE**:*www.gemmaconference.com <http://www.gemmaconference.com>

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*CONTACT**: *(info /at/ gemmaconference.com) <mailto:(info /at/ gemmaconference.com)>


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