[Commlist] CFP for the second issue of MENT, a journal on Korean popular media

CFP: MENT Magazine, Issue 2
Submit your pitches to (editors /at/ mentmagazine.com) 
<mailto:(editors /at/ mentmagazine.com)> by *October 15, 2024 *for potential 
inclusion in the second issue.

We are inviting pitches and proposals for the second issue of MENT 
(mentmagazine.com <http://mentmagazine.com/>), a digital magazine on 
Korean popular culture. MENT publishes critical and creative work that 
engages with Korean media forms through a variety of cultural, social, 
and political perspectives.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Readings of Korean popular media texts, genres, and industries through 
the frameworks of sociology and political economy
- Celebrity studies of Korean artists, idols, actors, etc.
- Local, transnational, and/or diasporic communities created through and 
around K-media
- Connections between Korean popular culture and other forms of asian media
- How Korean popular culture intervenes in a broader public sphere
- Readings of smaller K-pop groups, underrated K-dramas, indie artists, 
and alternative paradigms of the "popular"
- Experimental multimedia and video works

Proposals/pitches should be about 300-500 words, and include the 
following elements:
1. Features a clear central argument
2. Explores broader stakes of the argument: why a publicaudience who may 
not be precisely invested in the media object you are analyzing should care
3. Demonstrates awareness of the broader landscape of ideas you're 
intervening in: what has been said about your subject? What are you 
adding to the conversation?
4. Timeliness: Why this piece at this particular moment? What recent 
events give rise to it? How might it in turn shed light on contemporary 
issues / phenomena?
5. Rigorous but publicly-accessible language

Statement: there are no article-processing charges; authors do not need 
to pay to contribute work to the magazine.

Inquiries can be directed to (editors /at/ mentmagazine.com) 
<mailto:(editors /at/ mentmagazine.com)>. We look forward to hearing from you!

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