[ecrea] Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Popular Film & Television - Digital Aesthetics of Violence

Call For Papers: Special Issue of Journal of Popular Film & Television - 
Digital Aesthetics of Violence


Please see detailed CFP here: 
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/vjpfcfp1.pdf


This special issue of the Journal of Popular Film and Television is 
designed to focus on the implications of the relationship between 
digital technologies and the aesthetic of violence. Contributors may 
explore (but are not limited to) questions such as:



·      In what ways has the digital aesthetic changed the visual 
expression of violence in specific traditional media 
genres—action-adventure, science fiction, horror, crime dramas and 
police procedurals, etc.?

·      How has the increased accessibility and affordability of digital 
technologies impacted production, reproduction, circulation, consumption 
of, and discourses around violent imagery?

·      What can we learn about the cultural and historical impacts of 
the real-world violence encountered by citizen reporters transmitting 
digital video—live and viral—of pro-democracy protests worldwide?

·      How has the digital aesthetic reimagined war and combat, from 
live feeds in war zones to film and television narratives, to videogame 
battle scenarios? In what ways has this impacted popular and critical 
reception of war-themed media?

·      As digital imaging continues to blur the line between live-action 
and animation, how has the aesthetic realism of violence changed—for 
media industries, filmmakers, and spectators?

·      How has the audience experience and expectations of cinematic and 
televisual verisimilitude been transformed by spectacular displays of 
bodies, vehicles, and skyscrapers programmed into hyperreal collision?



We encourage a variety of academic, historical, critical, analytical, 
and theoretical approaches, as well as submissions from authors in the 
popular press. Submissions should be limited to twenty-five pages, 
double-spaced, and conform to MLA style. Please include a fifty-word 
abstract and five to seven key words to facilitate online searches. Send 
an electronic copy no later than October 15, 2015

to Stuart Bender, Curtin University (email (Stuart.Bender /at/ curtin.edu.au)) 
OR Lorrie Palmer, DePauw University (email (lorriepalmer /at/ depauw.edu)).




Dr Stuart Bender
Department of Film, Television and Screen Arts
Curtin University


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