[Commlist] Call for Papers: ‘Video streaming policy and genre on demand’

Call for Papers: Journal of Digital Media & Policy (JDMP)

#JDMPJournal

Special Issue: ‘Video streaming policy and genre on demand’

Guest Editors: Jessica Balanzategui, Andrew Lynch and Alexa Scarlata

View the full call here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-digital-media-policy#call-for-papers 
<https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-digital-media-policy#call-for-papers>

The rise of video-on-demand has provoked transformations in the way 
screen genres form, are distributed, and are culturally received and 
understood, transformations which intersect with developments in media 
policy in ways both intended and unexpected. Both national governments 
and private platforms have developed policies that have prioritised 
and/or abandoned certain genres. This has left broadcasters - with their 
respective commercial interests and public service remits - as the sole 
advocates and repositories for some genres. We invite contributions that 
consider how the interface of policy change and video-on-demand 
affordances have impacted the commissioning and licensing of long-form 
content (film and television). In tandem, the Special Issue seeks to 
explore how genres or format priorities have evolved. We also invite 
analyses of the impact of policy developments on genre formations across 
social media entertainment and video sharing platforms like YouTube or 
TikTok.

Contributions may address, but are not limited to, the following areas:

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    National case studies of video-on-demand public policy on genre
    production, distribution and discoverability

  *

    Explorative studies of particular video-on-demand platforms that
    have responded to the impacts of streaming policy on genre

  *

    How government screen funding schemes influence genre trends and
    relate to policy

  *

    Local content vs genre content: the boundaries and priorities of
    public streaming policy

  *

    How streaming public policies compare to broadcast public policies

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    How streaming public policies align with internal platform policies

  *

    Whether public policy and resultant corporate strategies are
    resulting in trends within specific genres

  *

    How algorithms and genres interact, and if/how algorithms factor
    into policy discourse, debate and strategy

  *

    How intersections of journalistic reportage, public advocacy and
    policy/political debate drive genre emphases in public policy

Submissions:

Submission of abstracts should include name, institutional affiliation, 
contact information, title and a 400-word abstract. Email your abstracts 
to all guest editors: Jessica Balanzategui 
((jessica.balanzategui /at/ rmit.edu.au) 
<mailto:(jessica.balanzategui /at/ rmit.edu.au)>), Andrew Lynch 
((alynch /at/ swin.edu.au) <mailto:(alynch /at/ swin.edu.au)>) and Alexa Scarlata 
((alexa.scarlata /at/ rmit.edu.au) <mailto:(alexa.scarlata /at/ rmit.edu.au)>)

Publication deadlines and timeline:

Abstracts due: 9 March 2026

Confirmation of acceptance: 23 March 2026

Full manuscript due: 15 July 2026

Revisions sent out (peer review): 1 September 2026

Final submission: 1 December 2026

Publication: 1 March 2026

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