[ecrea] 'From aftermath to anniversary...' Special Issue, Journalism

/Special Issue for Journalism Theory, Practice & Criticism /

*From aftermath to anniversary:  Exploring the performance of journalism
as it recounts the 7/7 London bombings.*

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This special issue will mark the 10-year anniversary of the reporting of
the bombings in London.  It seeks to take a retrospective look at the
relationship between journalism and the 7/7 event and include
commentaries on how news journalism remembers 7/7 and on the
relationships that shape this reporting and its reception by others.
  Studies have described politicians and journalists as acting in unison
to explain the unexpected and unfolding events and related security
issues in 2005.  In response, this special issue asks how does
journalism revisit an event like 7/7 and does its relationship with
elite voices continue to shape how the event is remembered and talked
about in reporting? Clearly, the passing of time can inform the act of
revisiting/ remembering 7/7 in coverage and offer the potential to talk
candidly about elite reactions and policies that have followed from it.
Geographic distance to the event is another important factor and one
that allows writers to approach their remembering from a different –
national - perspective.  Studying how alternative or mainstream
journalists, the voices that structure reporting or different media
audiences reengage with the 7/7 event and what these offer in response
can help us to understand the place of the event in professional and
personal news cultures.

Following this focus, the special issue welcomes papers that address,
but are not limited to, the following themes:

·-Reporting the anniversary of 7/7

·        - Myth in the continued coverage of 7/7

·        - International journalistic perspectives on 7/7

·         -The coverage of 7/7 by alternative / online journalism

·-Journalists, professionalism and practices in the post 7/7 period

·-7/7 as shaping journalists’ interpretative community

·-‘Elite’ / non elite sources, information flows and voiced reflections
on 7/7

·         -News audiences, bloggers and their understanding of /
thoughts on 7/7

*Submissions: *

Prospective authors should submit an abstract of 350 words that includes
their name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and contact details to
Julian Matthews ((jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk) <mailto:(jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk)>).
All abstracts will be reviewed.  Successful authors will be invited to
submit a full manuscript in line with the journal’s ‘Notes for
Contributors’
(https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/journalism#submission-guidelines). 

All submitted papers will be subjected to peer review.

*Timeline: *

Deadline for abstracts:  1st December 2015.  Deadline for the submission
of articles:  30^th April  2016.  Publication: 2017

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Dr Julian Matthews
Department of Media and Communication
3.08 Bankfield House, 132 New Walk
University of Leicester
Leicester, LE1 7JA
E: (jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk) <mailto:(jpm29 /at/ leicester.ac.uk)>
W:
http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/people/julian-matthews/julian-matthews-profile

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