[eccr] Call for papers: The History of the Media

Centre for Contemporary British History
  Institute of Historical Research
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Call for papers: The History of the Media

Summer Conference 29 June  1 July 2005, University of London, Senate House

The theme of the 2005 conference will be the history of the media in 
Britain during the twentieth century. The proliferation and growing 
popularity of mass media forms has had a profound effect on political, 
economic, social and cultural activity over the past hundred years. 
Historians of all kinds have been forced to consider the impact of the 
media on their field of study; many have used the media as a source of 
evidence or illustration. Despite impinging on a wide variety of research 
topics, however, media institutions, texts and consumption have often 
escaped rigorous historical analysis. Many assumptions about the content 
and influence of the media are rarely subjected to proper scrutiny. 
Although the discipline of media studies has boomed in recent decades, its 
practitioners are often reluctant to provide a historical dimension to 
their work, and the research of historians in the area is fragmented and 
diffuse. This conference aims to bring together those interested in the 
history of the media in order to assess the significance of the changes of 
the past century.

We welcome offers of papers from all disciplinary perspectives on the 
history of all media forms in Britain, including newspapers, magazines, 
radio and television broadcasting, films, recorded music, the internet and 
digital media. Suggestions for topics include:
    * The changing patterns of media ownership and control
    * The institutions and cultures of media production
    * The impact of technological innovation
    * The influence of advertising
    * The role of public service broadcasting
    * Forms of media regulation and censorship
    * The media and the state
    * The changing patterns of media content
    * The coverage of politics
    * The treatment of class, gender, racial, ethnic and age differences
    * The portrayal of Britains relationship with the wider world
    * Permissiveness: changing attitudes to sex and violence
    * Privacy and intrusion
    * History in the media
    * The changing patterns of media consumption
    * Mobilizing audiences: the effectiveness of media crusades
    * Public perceptions of the media and its producers
    * Methodology: using the media as a historical source

The conference will consist of plenary sessions on broad themes concerning 
the history of the media, plus a range of shorter papers (c. 20 minutes) on 
specific aspects of the topic.

Offers of papers should be sent by 10 January 2005 to Dr Adrian Bingham, 
Centre for Contemporary British History, Institute of Historical Research, 
University of London, Senate House, London, WCIE 7HU, 
(adrian.bingham /at/ sas.ac.uk) . They should preferably be sent by email attachment.


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