[Commlist] call for book chapters: Current Theories and Practice in the Political Economy of Communications and Media

*CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS*
*Proposal Submission Deadline: March 30, 2019*

*Current Theories and Practice in the Political Economy of 
Communications and Media*


A book edited by Serpil Karlidag (Baskent University) and

Selda Bulut (Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University)

*_Introduction_*

The political economy approach deals with communication and media as 
commodities produced by capitalist industries. Media operates as an 
industry that produces and distributes commodities. As Golding & Murdock 
(1997:49) identified, the media outputs produced by these industries 
(newspapers, advertisements, TV programs, movies, music, the gaming 
industry, etc.) play a vital role in organizing images and discourses 
that people make the world meaningful. In a sense, media do not only 
transmit information but also have the function of producing and 
spreading the symbols that can be called symbolic production. The 
cultural production produced by the media has a very complex structure. 
Although the cultural production process has its own characteristics, it 
is still part of the production of commodification area. While analyzing 
the cultural products produced by the media, it should be taken into 
consideration the relation of this symbolic production with the 
ideological processes on the basis of material production of society. It 
is considered that the area of cultural production is not pointless, on 
the contrary, it is a part of the social control mechanism.

*_Objective of the Book_*

The purpose of this book is to provide new approaches besides current 
trends in the political economy of communication researches in the 
process of globalization. Specific examples from the above-mentioned 
subjects including different countries particular in Turkey will 
contribute to the field and extend the border of the political economy 
of communication studies into the relatively undiscovered areas. Since 
the political economy is a holistic field, it can focus on the whole 
system with more complex and richer analysis. This tradition is also 
instrumental in attracting the target audience.*__*


*_Target Audience_*
The target audience of this book will be composed of academics, 
postgraduate students, teachers, researchers, professionals.

*_Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:_*

1) What is Political Economy approach?: Historical development, 
features, methods, and importance.
2) Media property/ownership relations: the ownership of media products 
and copyright policies
3) Propaganda model: Factors affecting the news production process
4) What Media Produces? Properties of media products, Ideology
5) Audience commodification: commodification, the commodification of 
audience, the commodification of user in new media
6) The political economy of culture: production, distribution and 
consumption processes of cultural products, Culture Industry.
7) Labor process: conceptualizations on labor and working in media.
8) The political economy of digital media: new communication 
technologies, the structure of digital media production.
9) Structures determining consumer preferences and discussions on 
audience freedom within these structures.
10) Media and state relations.

*_Submission Procedure_*
Contributors are invited to submit on or before March 30, a chapter 
proposal of 400 to 500 words clearly identifying the topic of the 
chapter. Proposals should be submitted through the IGI-Global submission 
system. Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal no 
later April 29, 2019. Once accepted, all submitted chapters must be 
original, of high quality 7,000- 10,000 words in length at the 
publication stage. All submissions will be refereed through a 
double-blind review process. Author(s) of the accepted proposal are 
required to submit their full chapter no later than September 30, 2019 
to facilitate the review process. Submitted chapters should not have 
been previously published nor be currently under review for publication 
at other venues. Submissions should follow the manuscript format 
guidelines from IGI Global. All authors are encouraged to visit the IGI 
Global resource site below before beginning the writing process: 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/#books-authors 
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts 
submitted to this book publication, Current Theories and Practice in the 
Political Economy of Communications and Media. All manuscripts are 
accepted based on a double blind peer review editorial process.

*_Publisher_*
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information 
Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical Information 
Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference,” and “Engineering 
Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes in publishing 
reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic databases featuring 
academic research on a variety of innovative topic areas including, but 
not limited to, education, social science, medicine and healthcare, 
business and management, information science and technology, 
engineering, public administration, library and information science, 
media and communication studies, and environmental science. For 
additional information regarding the publisher, please visit 
www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com/>. This publication is 
anticipated to be released in 2020.

*_Important Dates_*
*March           30, 2019:* Proposal Submission Deadline
*April              29, 2019: *Notification of Acceptance
*September   30, 2019:* Full Chapter Submission
*November    30, 2019:* Review Results Returned
*December     30, 2019: *Final Acceptance Notification
*january         30, 2019:* Final Chapter Submission

*__*

*_Editorial Advisory Board Members:_*


/Serpil Karlidag,  Baskent University, Ankara/Turkey /

Selda Bulut, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Ankara/Turkey

*_Inquiries can be forwarded to_*
Serpil Karlidag, Baskent University

Selda Bulut, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University

Editor's Contact Information
(serpilkarli /at/ yahoo.com) <mailto:(serpilkarli /at/ yahoo.com)>

(seldabulut /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(seldabulut /at/ gmail.com)>


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