[Commlist] CfPs: Studying Media Production in the Global South - Online conference

*CfPs: Studying Media Production in the Global South - **Online Conference*

Date: 30 May 2024

Location: Zoom

This conference explores the particularities involved in researching 
media production in non-Western sites of production. The recent increase 
of media production studies not least in the wake of digital production 
is bringing with it a more diverse range of research, yet much of this 
field remains dominated by Western scholarship focusing on media 
industries in North America and Europe. The empirical data, 
methodological conventions and theoretical concepts that shape the field 
are predominantly informed by the practices, processes, and conditions 
in Western media. The online conference “Studying Media Production in 
the Global South” aims to start a conversation about the particularities 
involved in studying non-Western sites of production, further a dialogue 
between different research cultures and push the boundaries of 
production research beyond dominant concepts and practices.

We invite submissions of papers that explore the specificities of 
cultural, political, and industrial contexts of media production in the 
Global South. We are particularly interested in research that aims to 
advance the field both theoretically and methodologically by exploring 
the validity and adaptability of Western concepts and methodologies as 
well as developing alternative approaches.

This includes studies that highlight the influences of local contexts 
and how they shape production practices in ways that may point not only 
to differences but to new or alternative ways of thinking about media 
production. Such ‘localised’ approaches with a focus on sites in the 
Global South and their rapidly changing production ecologies may further 
be considered to contribute to de-Westernised or decolonised conceptions 
of media production.

Paper proposals may focus on media production across different media, 
different genres, and different professional and organisational 
contexts. They may consider (but are not limited to):

  * How local (political, economic, and cultural) contexts
    shape/constrain media production practices
  * The appropriation of new developments in digital technologies
    (including AI and associated technologies)
  * The role of platforms in shaping/influencing production practices
  * The impact of shifting industrial contexts (e.g. increasing
    decentralisation or de-centred approaches) and changing media
    ecologies on media production
  * Methodological approaches, context/site-specific challenges and
    emerging solutions for media production research
  * The particularities of labour markets and working conditions
  * Cross-cultural and collaborative media production
  * The impact of foreign media investment and/or training on local
    production practices
  * The impact of resource constrains on journalism and other forms of
    production

While we are interested to hear about empirical research projects, we 
are especially keen to receive submissions that focus on how methodology 
and theoretical concepts apply in these local contexts and in what way 
they need to be adapted or further developed. We are planning to publish 
a special issue on the topic, based on the papers presented at the 
conference.

Registration for the conference is free of charge. Please submit 
Abstracts for a 10min online presentation (max 300 words) and a short 
bio (max 100 words) by *30****March 2024* here 
<https://forms.office.com/e/e8jdAqhUyp>.

Notifications of Acceptance will be sent out on 15^April 2024. 
Acceptance and presentation at conference are conditional on submission 
of an extended abstract of 1500 words by *15 May 2024*.

The conference is jointly organised by the Media Industries and Cultural 
Production Research Group and the Global Communication Research Group at 
the University of Leeds in partnership with the IAMCR Media Production 
Analysis Working Group, and Glasgow University Media Group.

For questions, please see the conference website 
<https://tinyurl.com/bddz92f8> or contact the conference convenors Anna 
Zoellner, Chris Paterson and Hayes Mabweazara at 
(mediaproduction.globalsouth /at/ leeds.ac.uk) 
<mailto:(mediaproduction.globalsouth /at/ leeds.ac.uk)>


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