[ecrea] cfp: funding community media - 3CMedia

        Funding community media


          Call for Papers- 3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen’s and
          Third Sector Media

3CMedia <https://www.cbaa.org.au/node/820> is a scholarly journal
published by the CBAA. It is international in scope and encourages
submissions from established and emerging scholars in community,
citizen’s and third sector media, as well as practitioners. In 2015,
3CMedia is particularly keen to encourage submissions that are concerned
with the theme of ‘funding community media’.

Participatory community media is animated by collective and individual
commitments to social action and self-representation. Historically it
has been distinguishable from commercial and public service media by the
voluntary labour of love that underpins it. As community media has
matured it has also become a collaborative effort of amateurs supported
by dedicated professionals and professional services. It has created
opportunities for new social enterprises that increase media diversity
and expand information and entertainment choices. In the quest for
legitimacy and sustainability, community media has been driven to
develop and grow revenue streams to cover operational costs, production,
program supplies and service development. Memberships, subscriptions,
fundraisers, sponsorship, commissioned production, sale of services, and
government support all figure in the community media funding mix. Once a
disruptive influence that fanned the development of niche-targeted
media, participatory community media now grapples with the disruptive
impact of rapidly evolving digital technologies and Internet-based
economies.

So what are the challenges, opportunities, risks and threats of funding
for community media activity? How are they understood from academic and
practitioner perspectives? How does research help to understand these
problems? What approaches, methods, and frames of analysis are helpful
to understanding the funding requirements of community media? How does
funding impact on the criticality of community media organisations,
outputs, processes and publics? What can be learnt from past and present
experiences?

Full papers received by Friday 28 August 2015 will be considered for
publication in the 2015 issue of 3CMedia.

All submissions should follow the specified guidelines
<https://www.cbaa.org.au/node/1599>.

Submissions and further enquiries should be directed to Dr Christina
Spurgeon <mailto:(c.spurgeon /at/ qut.edu.au)?subject=3CMedia%20submission>,
Editor, 3CMedia.

Dr Christina Spurgeon
Senior Lecturer, Journalism, Media & Communication
Creative Industries Faculty
Queensland University of Technology
Musk Avenue, Kelvin Grove, 4059, Australia
Tel: + 61 7 31388184
Fax: + 61 7 31388195
Email: (c.spurgeon /at/ qut.edu.au) <mailto:(c.spurgeon /at/ qut.edu.au)>

Web: Digital Storytelling at QUT <http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au/>

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