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VIEW, Issue 22 (special issue)

Deadline: June 15, 2021

Guest editors: Veronika Pehe, Sonja de Leeuw, Dana Mustata

Publication date: fall/winter 2022

This special issue of VIEW aims to shine a light on television satire in Europe during the period of state socialism and after. Satire has been studied as a vehicle for challenging political and religious power as well as established norms and values. Yet in the state socialist countries of the former Eastern Bloc, satire - including television satire - was also employed by the state apparatus to target ideological opponents. This issue looks into the complex and often subtle and contradictory ways in which satire has disputed the relations between television and power in this specific geopolitical region of Europe before and after the fall of the Iron Curtain.

We welcome contributions that look at satire through the lens of television programmes, production practices, audiences and their modes of spectatorship, programming and scheduling. Contributors are invited to submit articles or video essays dealing with the forms and functioning of television satire under state socialism, the development of new satirical formats and topics in postsocialist Central and Eastern Europe, as well as longue durée perspectives on satire before and after socialism.

Contributions on the following topics are welcome, while other relevant topics related to the satire and (post)socialist television will also be considered:

• television and satire before and after the fall of the Iron Curtain;
• formal and generic specificities of satire as a type of content revisited through the lens of (post)socialist television history and culture and through the lens of television as medium of communication;
• parody, news-parody, religious and political satire and their limits in the (post)socialist context;
• hybrid magazine formats (such as variety shows) that have accommodated satirical content;
• boundaries of satire as a genre negotiated within the national contexts of different television cultures in (post)socialist Europe;
• satire as a transnational phenomenon in European television;
• (self)censorship and ‘underground’ satire in (post)socialist Europe;
• television satire and taboos in the (post)socialist context;
• mapping out ‘satirical spaces’ of television in (post)socialist Europe;
• audiences and modes of spectatorship associated to satirical programmes;
• production practices, programming and scheduling of television satire, including issues of censorship.

Submission details

Deadline for abstracts (max. 500 words): 15 June 2021. Authors are encouraged to send in a short biography with their abstract.

Notifications of acceptance will be sent out to authors by 15 July 2021 at the latest.

Deadline for full articles (3000-6000 words) or video essays: 1 December, 2021.

Articles will be published in November/December 2022.

Proposals and inquiries about the issue can be sent to journal@euscreen.eu.

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

Salary from £36,647 to £44,140 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £47,456 pa inclusive of London allowance

Based in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)

This is a fixed term appointment for two years, starting from 1 September 2021, with a possibility of extension for one further year, subject to funding

Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of Media, Communication and Development. The successful candidate will join an established and successful Department which graduates 300+ MSc students a year and is ranked #1 in the UK and #3 globally in our field (2021 QS World University Rankings). The Department is seeking to appoint an LSE Fellow who can make important contributions to its teaching and research. This post presents an excellent opportunity for the successful candidate to expand on their teaching experience while developing their research career.

The postholder will contribute to the core teaching of the MSc in Media, Communication and Development, as well as other Department theories and methods courses, and in addition to lecture and seminar teaching, will act as Academic Mentor to MSc students and supervise their dissertations. The postholder will also be expected to contribute to the research culture of the Department.

Candidates will have a completed PhD in Media and Communications, Development Communication or a closely related discipline/field with a focus on socio-political, economic and communication inequality in the global south (doctoral examination/viva to be completed before post start date). Candidates must demonstrate evidence of high quality teaching at graduate level and an interest in contributing to teaching critical approaches to media, communication and development, critical race theory, postcolonial theory, and visual or discourse analysis methods. Candidates will have a developing research record in the field of media and communications, with evidence of a commitment to critically assessing theories and empirical research. Candidates must demonstrate excellent communication and presentation skills and a demonstrable commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion in Higher Education.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/…ent

Should you have any queries about the role, please email Professor Shakuntala Banaji: S.Banaji@lse.ac.uk .

The closing date for receipt of applications is *Sunday 9 May 2021 (23.59 UK time).* Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

An LSE Fellowship is intended to be an entry route to an academic career and is deemed by the School to be a career development position. As such, applicants who have already been employed as an LSE Fellow for three years in total are not eligible to apply. If you have any queries about this please contact the HR Division.

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university.

June 15-16, 2021

Online conference

Deadline: April 26, 2021

Link to Conference website: https://eventos.ucm.es/62424/section/29430/i-congreso-internacional-de-cineinternacional.html

The WoCiCo 2021 invites to seed abstracts on research on the Cinema of India (Bollywood, or any other cinema industry of India). It is an excellent platform for researchers, teachers, professionals, as well as Doctoral and Master

Degree students to present, share, discuss and publish their research work.

Languages: Spanish and English.

Submit proposals: until April, 26th, 2021. https://forms.gle/KhPCxxXDp4VjK3ss6

The I World Cinema International Conference will be held on 15 and 16 June 2021, at University Complutense of Madrid (Spain), one of the most prestigious universities in Spain and the Hispanic world. It is organized by the research group GECA (Gender, Aesthetics, and Audiovisual Culture). The main goal of this conference is to be an international space to academic discussions on cinemas from different parts of the world, as well as on similar narratives forms as television series.

This conference is directed to researchers, professors, professionals, and PhD and Master Degree students who are interested in communicate and share their contribution to the study of cinema.

It is opened to any research approaches, qualitative or quantitative; focused on content or form; or those that address methodological questions.

This edition is dedicated to the Cinema of India, one of the most relevant film industries in the world. Even if Bollywood is its most recognizable industry, there are many others in different languages and regions, with significant quality and economic impact. Topics related to other cinemas will be considered for a miscellaneous panel.

Proposals

Deadline to submit abstract proposals: 26 April 2021

Submit proposals: https://forms.gle/KhPCxxXDp4VjK3ss6

Each proposal must include:

• Title
• Abstract (200-250 words)
• Keywords (at least, 3 keywords)
• Proposals must be related to the topic of this edition: Indian cinema. And may be sent in English or Spanish.

Public notification of results: 3 May 2021

Once accepted by the scientific committee of the Conference, to finish the registration process, authors must make a payment of 30 euros.

Payment is made by author, not by communication.

Presentations will not be published until the payment has been made by all the authors who sign the communication.

Presentations

All communications will be presented online, with the videoconference tools provided by University Complutense of Madrid. Duration of presentations: 15 minutes.

Publication

Presenters can publish their communication as a chapter of a digital book published by Fragua (SPI (Scholarly Publishers Indicators) 2018 Communication: https://tinyurl.com/24z2hrez ). The final text will be peer reviewed before publication.

Presenters which communications address methodological questions related to Indian Cinema, may publish the presentation in the journal Communication & Methods (Latindex, Dialnet, WorldCat)

(http://comunicacionymetodos.com/index.php/cym ), after being reviewed by the journal reviewers.

Key dates

• Deadline for abstract proposals: 26 April 2021
• Submit proposal: https://forms.gle/KhPCxxXDp4VjK3ss6
• Public notification of abstract acceptance: 3 May 2021
• Deadline for registration and payment as presenter: 14 May 2021
• Deadline for registration and payment as attendant: 21 May 2021
• Conference: 15-16 June 2021

Organisers and Contact

This International Conference is organized by the Research Group GECA (Gender, Aesthetics, and Audiovisual Culture)., with the collaboration of the department of Applied Communication Sciences, at University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).

All queries can be addressed to the president and coordinator of WoCiCo 2021, Dr. Jaime Lopez-Diez. E-mail: jailop05@ucm.es

University of Fribourg, Switzerland

The Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences (SES) at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, invites applications for a PhD position at the Chair of Political Communication and Media. The successful candidate will work as a teaching and research assistant at the Department of Communication and Media Research (DCM) and write a PhD dissertation under the supervision of Assistant Professor Alexandra Feddersen.

The DCM provides an outstanding research environment based on interdisciplinary, innovative and dynamic collaborations at the interface between communication, media, economics and management. With its emphasis on rigorous training and high-quality research, the SES Faculty provides a decisive first step for a successful research career.

Information

Start date: October 1st, 2021, or to be agreed

Contract duration: 5 years (1 year; renewable 4 years)

Employment rate: 100%; the salary will be established according to the guidelines of the University of Fribourg

Profile

Interests: The candidate is creative, motivated and passionate about research. She/he can work independently as well as in a team. She/he is ideally interested in one or more of the following areas:

- political communication;

- media selection mechanisms and/or media organizations;

- digital media;

- quantitative content analysis and/or computer-assisted text analysis;

- surveys and/or survey-embedded experiments.

Skills: Proficiency in basic quantitative methods commonly applied in social sciences.

Knowledge of experimental methods, programming languages (e.g., R, Python) and/or qualitative methods is considered an additional asset.

Education: Master’s degree in communication or closely related field. The evaluation of the applications will focus on the applicant’s background, interests, attitude and potential for academic success. Admission to the doctoral studies is subject to the rules of the SES Faculty.

Languages: Full proficiency in French; effective operational proficiency in English; good knowledge of German is considered an additional asset.

Application

Questions: Questions regarding the position and/or application can be sent to Monika Tomasik (monika.tomasik@unifr.ch).

Documents: The application must contain:

- a cover letter specifying research interests and motivations;

- a CV containing the names of two academic references;

- transcripts of completed academic training; and

- other relevant certificates (e.g., TOEFL, GMAT, …) or documents (e.g., evaluation of Master thesis).

Deadline: The application must be sent as one single PDF document to Monika Tomasik (monika.tomasik@unifr.ch) by September 1st, 2021.

September 16-17, 2021

Ljubljana (online or hybrid)

Deadline: June 7, 2021

Organizers: Peace Institute (Slovenia) and University of Vienna (Austria)

Link: https://www.mirovni-institut.si/en/after-the-summer-of-migration-right-wing-populism-media-and-affects/

The conference focuses on the nexus between political parties, media, and right-wing populism since the so-called 2015 summer of migration in Europe with an affect perspective. The historical background is the erosion of party democracy and the rise of populist democracy. Classical political leadership is declining, giving centrality to personalisation and mediatisation of politics, and above all, populist leaders who exploit social media as new opportunity structures that are becoming a substitute for political debate. On the upswing are right-wing populist actors who aim at mobilising against the elite and internal and external others. The growing number of refugees fleeing to European countries along the Balkan route from war-torn and economically devastated zones fuelled the populist upsurge across Europe, as refugees were increasingly regarded as dangerous, culturally deviant, and a threat to the national security and the welfare system. The COVID-19 period has appeared as yet another crisis that deepened social inequalities and accelerated the invisibility of minorities. The conference intends to debate the populist production of politics of fear and securitisation, which addresses the emotions and affects of people and converts fear of economic and social decline into anger against migrants. The dynamic interplay between political strategies and media practices—the media-political parallelism—is of central concern, i.e. how the policy frames of the political field and the media are distributed and become common sense. The focus is also to understand how affective populist appeals shape public opinion on migration and how they mobilise people’s political and voting preferences. This conference is the final event of the Slovenian-Austrian research project POP-MED.

We welcome papers addressing one or several of the issues mentioned above. We wish to attract a diverse range of participants from a variety of countries and backgrounds. There is no fee for attending and participating at the conference. The conference language is English.

Proposals for papers should include the author’s/authors’ name(s), institutional affiliation, email address, together with a paper title, abstract of 300–500 words and a short biographical information. Proposals should be sent by 7 June 2021 to Mojca Frelih: mojca.frelih@mirovni-institut.si.

Notification of acceptance by 25 June 2021.

Key note speakers:

• prof. Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois Chicago, Department of Communication
• prof. Lance Bennett, University of Washington, Center for Communication & Civic Engagement

Organizing committee:

Mojca Pajnik, Associate Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Ljubljana and Researcher at The Peace Institute, Ljubljana; Birgit Sauer, Professor of Political Science at University of Vienna; Iztok Šori, PhD in Sociology, Researcher and Director of the Peace Institute; Otto Penz, Sociologist at the University of Vienna; Mojca Frelih, MA in Sociology, researcher at the Peace Institute.

May 13, 2021

Online webinar

I am pleased to invite you to the next in the series of IPRA Thought Leadership webinars. The webinar Communication and culture: cross-culture dimensions for PR will be presented by Esther Cobbah on Thursday 13 May 2021 at 12.00 GMT/UCT (13.00 British Summer Time). Esther is a CEO of the award-winning communications agency, Stratcomm Africa based in Ghana.

What is the webinar content?

The webinar will explore the challenges to professional communicators as they attempt to navigate cultural realities in crisis situations. Drawing on the agency’s experience during the covid-19 related pandemic we will draw experience from specific African case studies. Further the webinar will explore the cross-cultural dimensions of public relations in a diverse continent.

How to join

Register here at Airmeet.

A reminder will be sent 1 hour before the event.

Background to IPRA

IPRA, the International Public Relations Association, was established in 1955, and is the leading global network for PR professionals in their personal capacity. IPRA aims to advance trusted communication and the ethical practice of public relations. We do this through networking, our code of conduct and intellectual leadership of the profession. IPRA is the organiser of public relations' annual global competition, the Golden World Awards for Excellence (GWA). IPRA's services enable PR professionals to collaborate and be recognised. Members create content via our Thought Leadership essays, social media and our consultative status with the United Nations. GWA winners demonstrate PR excellence. IPRA welcomes all those who share our aims and who wish to be part of the IPRA worldwide fellowship. For more see www.ipra.org

Background to Esther

Esther is Ghanaian and CEO of the award-winning communications agency, Stratcomm Africa based in Ghana. She is an IPRA Board member. She was previously external affairs manager for the West African Gas Pipeline Project and public affairs manager for the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation. In all these roles she has developed innovative communication approaches to address organisational needs. Esther is a graduate of the University of Ghana Legon and Cornell University, USA.

Contact

International Public Relations Association Secretariat

United Kingdom

secgen@ipra.org

Telephone +44 1634 818308

COMUNICAZIONI SOCIALI - 2021/2, special issue

Edited by Nico Carpentier and Johanna Sumiala

Slowly but surely, arts-based research is making its entry into Communication and Media Studies, moving away from a rather exclusive focus on written texts and oral presentations. This special issue is driven by the belief that still more could be done at the level of theorizing arts-based research practices, and at the level of deploying them in different contexts. The aim of this special issue is to further stimulate the discussion on this topic, bringing together a diversity of voices, formats and approaches. In order to translate this objective into practice, a very strict (and restrictive) definition of arts-based research was avoided. Instead, all contributions that allowed for an artistic-academic dialogue on arts, academia and research were welcomed.

This became translated into an intentionally-kept-vague structure, with more general reflective texts first, and then a series of more case-study-based approaches and more targeted and specific discussions, divided into a cluster on participation and interaction on the one hand, and mediation on the other. For the very same purpose, also a variety of formats was welcomed, including multimodal formats, more artistic contributions and policy-oriented statements, even though all contributors were asked for relatively short contributions, to maximize the diversity of voices. This strategy produced a variety of contributions that aim to inspire researchers in the field of Communication and Media Studies, and beyond, to reflect about the potentialities (and limitations) of arts-based research, and to consider adapting some of these approaches and methods in their own academic practice.

http://comunicazionisociali.vitaepensiero.com/scheda-fascicolo_contenitore_digital/nico-carpentier-johanna-sumiala/comunicazioni-sociali-2021-1-arts-based-research-in-communication-and-media-studies-001200_2021_0001-370748.html

Frontiers in Health Psychology, special Issue

Deadline: May 14, 2021

The special issue in Frontiers in Health Psychology will focus on studies examining the effectiveness of the use of social influencers to promote health behavior among minors and young adults. Mounting evidence has shown that people, in particular minors and young adults, are susceptible to the promotional activities of influencers on platforms such as Instagram, YouTube and TikTok. Until now, limited knowledge exists on how health interventions through social influencers can be implemented to effectively and efficiently promote important health behavior among minors and young adults (8-35 years). Social influencers could also play an important role in social marketing strategies, such as promoting healthier diets, increased physical activity, less substance use, less smoking, safer sex, more and better quality of sleep, more conscious consumption of screen time, health care seeking, increased adherence to medical treatment, and other health-related behavior.

Examples of important research questions that this Research Topic hopes to address include (but are not limited to):

• Which promotion techniques for health behavior do social influencers use and how do these affect people?
• Are some groups, in particular youth, more susceptible to social influencers than other groups?
• How has the use of digital and social media affected how health behavior is promoted to youth and young adults?
• What is the impact of existing governmental programs to stimulate health behavior via social influencers, for example during the COVID-19 crisis, and what is the potential impact of these programs?

The deadline for abstracts is May 14, 2021. The deadline for full papers is September 11, 2021. For the full call and submission website, please visit:

https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/20416/social-influencing-for-the-better-how-social-influencers-effectively-promote-healthier-behavior#overview

Silver Screens

Deadline: April 30, 2021

Screen Cultures {film, tv drama} are instrumental not only in reflecting but in constructing and reinforcing popular images and narratives of ageing. In recent years such narratives have gained special pertinence with the demographic shift to older populations across European and western nations.

Following a successful recent conference we are proceeding with an edited collection on the theme of “Silver Screens: Ageing Masculinities in Contemporary [European and Anglophone] Screen Cultures”

We have a strong line up of scholars and topics and welcome further expressions of interest. We are open to any approach but are especially interested in: constructions of Ageing Masculinities in American and Scandinavian screen cultures, auteur studies and constructions of Queer ageing.

For consideration and/or further discussion, please forward a 300-word proposal and a short bio to Dr Tony Tracy (Huston School of Film and Digital Media) and Dr Michaela Schrage-Frueh (NUI Galway) at: Irishmascage@gmail.com before April 30th.

Silver Screens form part of a wider consortium project “Gendering Age: Representations of Masculinities and Ageing in Contemporary European Literatures and Cinemas” [MascAge] at NUI Galway, Ireland funded under ERA Gender-Net + Project under the auspices of the Irish Research Council.

www.mascage.eu

www.filmschool.ie

August 5-7, 2021

Online conference

Extended deadline: Monday April 26, 2021

Hosted by:

• Ryerson University (Canada)
• The Glasgow School of Art (Scotland)
• University of São Paulo (Brazil)
• The University of Texas at Dallas (USA)

This virtual edition of the Interactive Film and Media conference on ‘new narratives, racialization, global crises, and social engagement’ is dedicated to the development, analysis, and research processing of the digital experience that is transforming our contemporary world vision through the immense range of storytelling practices, including visual arts, cinema, digital/graphic/interactive narratives, virtual reality, games, etc. The purpose of this conference is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in diverse disciplinary areas to establish an interdisciplinary framework for research on contemporary narratives, including case studies of the multimodal narratives across media and cultures.

In the wake of the death of George Floyd, the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter has gone viral across the world raising many concerns about the media’s role in our society. Today, it is not enough for the media to not be racist: it must actively be anti-racist. It would not be an overestimation to say that the participation of media in discourses other than those centered on racism is also paramount: it played a decisive role in many recent social and political events, including the pandemic crisis. Therefore, this conference is proposing to examine how media around the world are dealing with the aftermath of these developments. This conference also aims to discuss how the late proliferation of online social events and the increased fragmentation of the discourse via microblogging, subtitling, hashtags, and the enhanced sharing of images through screenshots, short-form videos, selfies, and video calls have affected interactive narratives.

We are inviting interdisciplinary proposals reflecting on the recent changes to the mediascape and the closely related medium of interactive narrative, in its many forms and iterations. Submissions that consider the advantages and drawbacks of the current trends in film, media, and interactive narratives, will be of special value, as well as those that develop new approaches to the process of algorithmization and hybridization between the information ecosystems dominated by tech enterprises and the mediasphere’s micro-level, where the instant-message apps transform our everyday lives by exposing polarized and contradictory messages, disseminating the misinformation.

The organizers will consider unpublished works that present research results and/or theoretical reflections within the scope of Interactive Film and Media Studies, with a special focus on ‘new narratives, racialization, global crises, and social engagement’.

CONFERENCE FEE: No registration fee will be charged for participation/presentation at this conference.

SUBMITTING PROPOSALS

Submit an abstract (around 500 words in length including the research objectives, theoretical framework, methodology, and conclusions) and a brief Bio-CV (100 words maximum). Please fill out the form available at https://forms.gle/…dP7

CONTACT EMAIL: interactivefilmconference@gmail.com

MORE INFO: https://interactivefilm.blogspot.com