[ecrea] CFP: ECREA Television Studies Conference 2017. ‘The Future of European Television: Between Transnationalism and Euroscepticism’

*15^th -17^th November 2017*

*University of Málaga (Spain)*

*Deadline 7^th July 2017*

**

In recent years Television in Europe has become more and more 
transnational as the increasing number of European co-productions shows. 
These tendencies are now challenged by the recent developments of a 
political climate of anti-Europeanism and neo-nationalism in Europe such 
as the Brexit as well as by a new protectionism in the USA that could 
affect European media ecology. This section interim conference will 
focus on the current political developments, transformations, challenges 
and risks that impact on the future of television, its creative 
processes, contents and its reception in Europe.

Just as Europe as a continent, regarding its political construction and 
common project, lives in a time of changes, threats and tensions, 
Television also experiences deep transformations. It stages new 
requirements for academic research: How can we approach Television past, 
present and future in Europe in the face of this new paradigm of change 
and even Euroscepticism? How does the current development impact not 
only ways of production but also ways of viewing and reception? What is 
the political and cultural role of Television through its live events 
broadcasting, TV journalism, fictions or shows, within the dynamics of 
social and political change? Will it be possible in the future to refer 
to "European television" as a concrete concept?In this landscape of 
globalization, digitalization, media convergence, streaming platforms, 
post-networks Era, transmedia productions and social media interactions 
could be weakened or reinforced the idea of an identifiable, common and 
shared cultural pattern around European Television?

Among others, papers addressing on comparative studies of Television, 
international researches on the new modes of distribution and 
consumption or on Television as an agent of European cultural 
cooperation and understanding will be welcomed, as others related to 
other challenges of European Television, including:

-The future of Television’s ecology, creative processes and reception in 
Europe.

-Anti-Europeanism and neo-nationalism and the role of Television.

-Political, Economy and Cultural threats in European Public Broadcasting 
Services.

-Tensions and opportunities of European Television market in the digital 
convergence context.

-The image of Europe portrayed by Television contents: from Journalism 
to Fiction shows.

-European Television productions and formats in the globalised market of 
Television.

-Examples of past collaborations, present and future of European 
co-productions.

-Persistent national peculiarities in TV consumption and reception all 
over Europe in the newconvergence media context.

-Theoretical and methodological approaches to European TV History and 
current practices.

We particularly invite colleagues from Europe and beyond to present 
papers that address, among other aspects, how will be the cultural 
importance of television in the immediate future; how the processes of 
content creation are and will be transformed; how regional, national, 
international and transnational modes of production are and will be 
developed; how the new digital distribution platforms are affecting and 
will change specifically the European continent TV landscape; or what 
changes are already visible in the modes of constitution of European 
Television audiences.

Proposals for individual papers or panels can be submitted to ECREA 
Television Studies section (*(tvstudiessection /at/ gmail.com)* 
<mailto:(tvstudiessection /at/ gmail.com)>) until 7^th July 2017.**

Abstracts should be written in English and have to contain a clear 
outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, and methodology and 
results if applicable. The length of individual abstracts should be 
between 300 and 500 words plus a short biographical note. Panel 
proposals, which should consist of five individual contributions, will 
combine a panel rationale with five paper abstracts, each of which shall 
be a maximum length of 500 words and should include also a short 
biographical note of each author.

The conference is organized by the ECREA Television Studies section 
<http://www.ecrea.eu/divisions/section/id/19>and the University of 
Málaga <http://www.uma.es>(Spain) in collaboration with “Production and 
circulation of media contents" section of the Spanish Association of 
Communication Research <http://www.ae-ic.org>(AE-IC).

Website: 
http://eventos.uma.es/8524/detail/the-future-of-european-television_-between-transnationalism-and-euroscepticism.html

Contact: *(tvstudiessection /at/ gmail.com)* <mailto:(tvstudiessection /at/ gmail.com)>


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