[ecrea] Call for papers: Conceptualising the Podcast: Interdisciplinary Analyses of New Aural Cultures

*Call for Chapters*

_Conceptualising the Podcast: Interdisciplinary Analyses of New Aural
Cultures_

Edited by

Dr Dario Llinares – University of Brighton, UK.

Dr Neil Fox – Falmouth University, UK.

On June 22nd 2015 Barak Obama appeared on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast.
Perhaps this was just another interview for the President of the United
States, however, it could also represent a symbolic acknowledgment of
podcasting as a culturally prescient media form. In many ways the
podcast remains a curiosity sitting on the periphery of mainstream forms
such as radio film, television, publishing. It is perhaps an esoteric
offshoot of digital culture, in content and form indicative of a
hybridised identity. Yet there are a vast range of podcasts being
produced, reflecting hugely diverse thematic, generic and stylistic
approaches. The most popular podcasts command download audiences in the
millions and fervent fandom from listeners who ardently support the
form’s individual and collective pleasures . In theorising the podcast
one might focus on its liminal status between the mechanics of old and
new media, between professional and amateur production values, and the
form’s reliance on mainstream industry whilst retaining an alternative,
even outsider, sensibility. In the present tumult of online media
discourse the podcast could yet be the closest any new media form has
got to realising a digital public sphere. Over the course of the
development of /The Cinematologists/ podcast (www.cinematologists.com
<http://www.cinematologists.com/>) we have engaged in conversations
about the material and theoretical implications of the podcast medium
and what it offers to the expansion of cultural conversation in our own
area of film criticism and analysis. Also, how it can be understood
within wider media & cultural studies frameworks? Academic study of the
podcast is presently somewhat limited in its scope, being largely
focused on its potential usefulness in pedagogic practice. We believe
this to be a pertinent juncture for research that interrogates the
podcast from a range of disciplinary perspectives, which is the purpose
of this edited collection. Therefore we are inviting abstracts for
contributing chapters within, but not limited to, the following areas:

Podcasts in relationship to other media (old/new).

Podcasting and its differences/similarities to radio.

Podcasting and the democratisation of media production.

Podcast Audiences.

Podcaster as Identity.

Podcast genres

Formal analysis of Podcasts.

Academic attitudes to Podcasting.

Podcasting as a Research Tool.

Podcast as Transmedia.

Podcast and Research Dissemination

Podcasts and Pedagogy

We are currently in discussions with both journal and book publishers
and indend to submit a final application by September 1, 2016. If you
are interested in contributing to a publication in this area please
contact us. We are looking for abstracts, of no more the 250 words, to
be submitted by July 1, 2016. Abstracts should be submitted in word
format to (cinematologists /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(cinematologists /at/ gmail.com)> and any enquiries can be made to the
same address.





Dr Dario Llinares
Principal Lecturer in Contemporary Screen Media
Lacuna Place, HAL 218
University of Brighton, Hastings Campus
TN34 1EA

(D.Llinares /at/ brighton.ac.uk)
www.dariollinares.com
www.cinematologists.com

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