[ecrea] CFP Tweet Celebrity

CFP: Twitter, Celebrity and online public identity

Abstracts due: 28th Feb

Contact and submissions to: Sarah Thomas (skt /at/ aber.ac.uk)

The ongoing adoption of Twitter as a tool for communication, 
broadcasting and interaction has meant that the social media platform 
has emerged as a significant site for re-thinking some of the key 
relationships between celebrity, performance and the presentation of the 
self. This CFP seeks short articles for Celebrity Studies Journal Forum 
section that explore Twitter and its usage beyond its status as a ‘new’ 
platform (that positions its singular significance through comparison 
with traditional representational media). We aim to consider the 
diversity of presentational modes that Twitter allows for through an 
examination of the different functions, usages, modes of address and 
performance that may operate across the site in its own right. In 
particular, we are interested in the way the platform has re-invigorated 
debates around the conception of authenticity as a way of understanding 
the online presentation of public personalities, and are especially 
interested in receiving submissions that explore the following topics:

* The presentation of self online
* Authenticity and interactivity
* Performance, authenticity and the digital self
* Interactive celebrity
* Digital labour and celebrity
* Online spaces of ‘public privacy’


The special issue of the journal will incorporate the style and ethos of 
Twitter in the submissions:

Abstracts should be 140 words.

The short articles should begin with reference to a specific Tweet that 
sparks the analysis within the rest of the article.

The final word count for the article will be between 750 and 1,500 
words, depending on the number of accepted submissions.


Detailed schedule of production

Abstracts due: 28th Feb

First drafts: 28th March

Editors return: 25th April

Final drafts: 23rd May

Contact and submissions to: Sarah Thomas (skt /at/ aber.ac.uk)
Dr James Bennett
Reader in Television & Digital Culture
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Department of Media Arts
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham
TW20 0EX
Twitter: @james_a_bennett
@CSJcelebstudies
Ph: 01784 443 940
Fax: 01784 443832


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