[ecrea] cfp: Do the Media Matter In Societal Transitions? A Retrospective on 20 Years of Media Transformation in the Post-Communist World.

Do the Media Matter In Societal Transitions? A 
Retrospective on 20 Years of Media Transformation in the Post-Communist World.

Much has changed in the twenty years since the 
fall of communism in Eastern Europe and much has 
been written about the media?s evolution in the 
region. It is time to re-asses what has occurred in the last two decades,

Peter Gross (U.S.A.) and Karol Jakubowicz 
(Poland) are co-editing a collection of in-depth 
essays that re-evaluate the post-communist 
media?s transition/transformation since 1989 in 
all of their aspects, effects and meanings. The 
working title is as above. A publisher has expressed interest in the book.

The editors hope the collection will reflect the 
evolution of assessments on the post-communist 
media, starting from the original dreams of 
dissidents of what the new media system should be 
like; the factors which have impacted on the 
media in post-communist countries, and the 
results that have been achieved so far. What role 
the media play in contemporary post-Communist 
societies is also of interest. Another question 
is whether we can treat the situation today as 
the conclusion of the process of 
transition/transformation, or whether the process 
is not over yet ? and if that is the case, how will we know that it is over?

Please send us abstracts of your proposed 
contributions before October 4, 2009. We will 
respond and notify you whether we can accept your proposal.

Final essays should be between 20-30 
double-spaced pages; notes and references should be kept to a minimum.

The deadline for submitting a contribution is 1 December 2009.

Contributions should be sent in digital form to:

Dr. Karol Jakubowicz: (jkarol7 /at/ tlen.pl)

Dr. Peter Gross: (pgross /at/ utk.edu)


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