[eccr] Fwd: Call for Papers-Media Communities: Local Voices

>>New call for papers: The Journal "Transformations" seeks submissions from
>>authors for its forthcoming issue on:
>>
>>Media Communities: Local Voices
>>(submissions due 30th October, 2003)
>>
>>There is an increasing trend worldwide to what has been variously
>>termed 'local' or 'community' media forms. Recent work by
>>international scholars such as Clemencia Rodriguez and Nick Couldry
>>suggests a genuine shift away from mass-market and global media
>>forms in favour of more grassroots and community-based media outlets
>>which enable participation by community members. The notion of a
>>citizens' media (Rodriguez, 2001) - also termed radical media,
>>alternative media, or community media - is the focus of this issue.
>>
>>The editors welcome papers which explore case studies in community
>>and alternative media forms, and which draw links between these
>>media and the communities in which they operate. Related to this
>>notion of community media is the implication such media forms have
>>for civic life, through their unique ability to enable 'ordinary'
>>citizens to access, and indeed participate in and produce,
>>information for their communities. Papers examining the impact of
>>community and alternative media forms on definitions of journalism
>>are encouraged. Potential contributors are urged to examine
>>theoretical concepts which may contribute to an enhanced
>>understanding and evaluation of the growing concept of a citizens'
>>media.
>>
>>For further details contact one of the issue editors:
>>
>>Dr Susan Forde,
>>Senior Lecturer in Journalism
>>School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies
>>Griffith University
>>(s.forde /at/ mailbox.gu.edu.au)
>>ph 07-3875 7229
>>
>>Dr Michael Meadows
>>Associate Professor in Journalism
>>School of Film, Media and Cultural Studies
>>Griffith University
>>(m.meadows /at/ mailbox.gu.edu.au)
>>ph: 07-3392 1135
>>
>>
>>Kerrie Foxwell
>>(k.foxwell /at/ mailbox.gu.edu.au)
>>ph: 07-3875 7772
>>
>>More information about Transformations can be found at:
>><http://www.ahs.cqu.edu.au/transformations/journal/>http://www.ahs.cqu.edu.au/transformations/journal/ 
>>
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