[ecrea] Call for Papers: International Journalistic Ideology in the Context of National Traditions of Journalism (Media Research)

> ** On behalf of Melita Poler K., (melita.poler-kovacic /at/ fdv.uni-lj.si) **
> Medijska istra?ivanja/Media Research
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> CALL FOR PAPERS
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> Special Issue on
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> International Journalistic Ideology in the 
> Context of National Traditions of Journalism
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> Editor of the journal: Prof. Dr. Nada Zgrabljiæ 
> Rotar (University of Zadar, Croatia)
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> Guest Editors of the Special Issue: Prof. Dr. 
> Melita Poler Kovaèiè & Prof. Dr. Karmen 
> Erjavec (University of Ljubljana, Slovenia)
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> Editors of Medijska istra?ivanja/Media Research 
> have decided to devote a special issue (2011, 
> Vol. 17, No. 1-2) to the following topics:
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> In journalism studies literature, some of the 
> most crucial journalistic themes?such as 
> autonomy, ethics, and professional 
> knowledge?ha?have often been researched as the 
> criteria of journalism professionalization and a 
> part of a common (or at least dominant) 
> journalistic ideology. Questions related to 
> these topics have been posed within discussions 
> about the wider crisis of journalism, i.e., the 
> crisis of journalismâ??s foundations and goals, 
> and its theory and practice. Although several 
> authors have (optimistically) argued that some 
> common or even universal grounds exist within 
> journalism, others have pointed to differences 
> and disagreements, which are reflected in 
> different ways of understanding and practicing 
> journalism in various parts of the world. 
> Numerous research studies have confirmed so far 
> that the systems and traditions of journalism 
> vary, while others have been persistent in 
> emphasizing commonalities. Changes in media 
> environment, processes of globalization and 
> multiculturalism, scaling down of national 
> borders, moving news to the Internet, an 
> increasingly international (multinational) 
> audience, and other phenomena relevant to the 
> present time point to the need for reflection 
> about what (if anything) journalism and 
> journalists around the world have in common. 
> These changes make us reconsider some old 
> questions about the meaning and definition of 
> quality journalism, placing them in a new light. 
> Considering the diversity of approaches to 
> journalism, can we speak about a common (or a 
> dominant) journalistic ideology and/or an 
> international news culture? Is journalism really 
> so largely dependent on the broader (historical, 
> social, and cultural) context that it is 
> virtually senseless to search for universal 
> values and common understandings of what 
> constitutes journalism? Does journalism, due to 
> the new and the issues mentioned above, need to 
> strive for universal and internationally 
> accepted definitions of its constituent 
> elements? Should the lack of consensus on what 
> journalism is (or should be) in all parts of the 
> world be accepted as a fact and instead be 
> accompanied by learning about other cultures, 
> systems, and traditions of journalism by 
> promoting understanding and respect for difference?
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> Authors included in this special issue of 
> Medijska istra?ivanja/Media Research should 
> consider these questions as a starting-point for 
> their research. It is strongly recommended that 
> the authors proceed from journalistic traditions 
> in their own countries, do original research, 
> and then discuss it in a wider context of 
> (presumably) international news culture and 
> journalistic ideology. Comparative analyses are 
> also very welcome as well as theoretical 
> reflections about the issues described above.
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> Interested authors should submit abstracts in 
> the English language (200 to 250 words) to both 
> editors ( 
> (melita.poler-kovacic /at/ fdv.uni-lj.si)<mailto:(melita.poler-kovacic /at/ fdv.uni-lj.si)> 
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> (karmen.erjavec /at/ fdv.uni-lj.si)<mailto:(karmen.erjavec /at/ fdv.uni-lj.si)>) 
> by March 1st, 2011. The authors will be notified 
> about whether their abstracts meet the criteria until March 15th, 2011.
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> The deadline for submission of full articles in 
> the English language and up to 7000 words will 
> be June 15st, 2011. After reading the 
> submissions, the editors will decide which of 
> them will be rejected immediately and which will 
> be sent for review to two reviewers. The 
> deadline for submitting final revised articles will be September 1st, 2011.
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> Information about the journal, including 
> guidelines for authors, can be found at: http://www.mediaresearch.cro.net/.

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