[cma-l] CFP -- Media Interventions (including Community and Alternative Media)

[Salvatore Scifo]

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CALL FOR PAPERS – MEDIA INTERVENTIONS

The Media Interventions Division of the Cultural Studies Association
(CSA) invites papers and panel proposals for the Seventh Annual Cultural
Studies Association Meetings, April 16-18, 2009, Kansas City, MO, USA.
The division welcomes submissions that examine media interventions,
broadly conceived, from academic and practitioner perspectives.
Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

•   DIY aesthetics
•   Local, national and transnational media reform
•   Grassroots cultural production
•   Indigenous media culture
•   Youth media form, content and practices
•   Citizens’ journalism
•   Discourse analysis of public interest and advocacy campaigns
•   Media literacy/media education
•   Alternative and activist media
•   New media and cultural politics
•   Policy analysis of media regulation
•   Historical and institutional analysis of alternative, community
and Indy media organizations

The Media Interventions Division plans to sponsor one paper session and
one roundtable/workshop session.  

If you are interested in submitting a paper for consideration, please
include the following:

1.  The name, email address, phone number, department and
institutional affiliation of the author(s);
2.  A 500-word abstract for the paper;
3.  A detailed list of any audio-visual equipment needs.

If you are interested in organizing a roundtable/workshop session please
include the following:

1.  The name, email address, phone number, department and
institutional affiliation of the session organizer;
2.  The names, email addresses, and department and institutional
affiliations of each participant;
3.  A 500-word abstract for the session.  In addition, please
include concise (250-300 word) abstracts of each participant’s paper;
4.  A detailed list of any audio-visual equipment needs.

Send inquires and completed paper/session proposals for the Media
Interventions Division to:

Kevin Howley
Associate Professor of Media Studies
DePauw University
khowley at depauw.edu

The deadline for submissions is September 7, 2008.

Additional information regarding the CSA meeting is available at:
http://www.csaus.pitt.edu/frame_home.htm
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