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Deadline: December 15, 2024

Dean Dr. Raquel V. Benitez Rojas from the University of Niagara Falls Canada, is looking for collaborators for her new book to be published by Taylor and Francis Group about Virtual Reality.

Please send your CV and chapter proposal, which should be chosen from the proposal. Attached you will find the abstract and the index of the same. Proposals must be sent before December 15 to raquelbenitezrojas@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

In an era where digital landscapes are becoming increasingly intertwined with our daily lives, the creation, and production of virtual media have emerged as essential components of contemporary culture. "Beyond the Screen: Unveiling the Art and Science of Virtual Content Creation" delves into the multifaceted world of virtual content creation, exploring the fusion of creativity and technology that shapes the virtual realms we inhabit.

This book serves as a comprehensive guide for both aspiring creators and seasoned professionals, offering insights into the intricate processes involved in bringing virtual experiences to life. Drawing upon the expertise of industry insiders and innovators, it navigates through the fundamental principles and advanced techniques that underpin the creation and production of virtual media.

At its core, "Beyond the Screen" emphasizes the symbiotic relationship between artistry and technology in the realm of virtual content creation. It explores how artists harness the power of digital tools to sculpt immersive environments, craft compelling narratives, and evoke emotional responses from audiences. From concept development to post-production, each stage of the creative process is dissected, providing readers with practical strategies for realizing their creative visions in a virtual space.

Moreover, this book illuminates the dynamic landscape of virtual media, encompassing a diverse range of formats and platforms. Whether it be virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), or mixed reality (MR), each medium presents unique opportunities and challenges for creators. Through case studies and real-world examples, "Beyond the Screen" showcases the innovative ways in which creators leverage these technologies to engage with audiences and push the boundaries of storytelling.

In addition to exploring the artistic dimension of virtual content creation, this book delves into the technological innovations that drive the industry forward. From 3D modeling and animation to spatial audio and interactive design, it provides readers with a comprehensive overview of the tools and techniques at their disposal. Furthermore, it examines emerging trends such as procedural generation, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technology, offering insights into their potential impact on the future of virtual media.

However, "Beyond the Screen" also acknowledges the ethical considerations and societal implications inherent in the creation and consumption of virtual content. As virtual experiences become increasingly indistinguishable from reality, questions of authenticity, representation, and privacy come to the forefront. By fostering a critical dialogue on these issues, this book encourages readers to approach virtual content creation with mindfulness and responsibility.

In conclusion, "Beyond the Screen: Unveiling the Art and Science of Virtual Content Creation" offers a holistic exploration of the creative and technical processes that define the virtual media landscape. Whether you are a novice enthusiast or a seasoned professional, this book serves as an indispensable companion on your journey to unlock the boundless possibilities of virtual expression. Through its blend of theory, practical advice, and thought-provoking insights, it empowers readers to transcend the confines of the screen and embark on a voyage of creativity in the digital realm.

INDEX

1. Introduction to Virtual Content Creation

2. History of Virtual Content

3. Understanding Virtual Environments

4. The Art of Virtual Content Creation

5. The Science Behind Virtual Reality

6. Tools and Technologies for Virtual Content Creation-Wael

7. Virtual Content Design Principles

8. Virtual Storytelling Techniques

9. Virtual Content Distribution Channels

10. Challenges and Future Trends in Virtual Content Creation

11. Glossary of Terms

12. References and Further Reading

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Audencia educates responsible leaders prepared to address today’s social and environmental challenges. Through Gaïa, its school for ecological and social transition, and its unique approach to skill hybridization, Audencia combines academic excellence with applied research to create tangible, and measurable, impact within partnerships and key organizations. Join an institution that promotes sustainable and inclusive management, for its own staff, dedicated to shared progress and meaningful actions, for the benefit of all.

Feb.1st Q - 2025

PROJECT – PODTRUST (36 months)

PI Karolina KOC-MICHALSKA and Odile VALLEE

Mandatory requirements:

•  Capacity to conduct: Literature review,  survey (experiment is a plus) and qualitative interviews
  
•  Advanced knowledge in statistical packages R or Stata (or equivalent)
  
•  Interest in trust in political elites’ communication
  
•  Scientific level proficiency in English (writing)
  

Desirables criteria:

•  Ability to work with deadlines
  
•  Strong organizational skills
  

Place of Work: The hired candidate should reside (6 mths.) in France, with duties primarily online but required attendance at key meetings and workshops at Audiencia’s Paris Campus.

JOB - Description

By joining, along the project duration, our international team within the Trans-Atlantic Partnership for Democracy, Governance, and Trust; you will discover how digital communication impacts trust between citizens and political elites, focusing on marginalized communities. Using a multimethod comparative approach, the project combines elite interviews and survey experiments across Canada, France, Poland, and the UK to reveal strategies that enhance trust and address inequalities in political engagement.  Your missions:

• Review of scientific and non-scientific literature and survey meta-analysis 
  
• Help develop and implement methods for data collection and analysis 
  
• Process statistical analyses
  
• Prepare (co-author) conference presentations, high-quality peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and reports
  
• Administrative help for Project Management
  
• Research Assistant supervision
  
• No teaching
  
• Engage in other projects run by the Lab
  

SALARY (13 MONTHS)

~60 K Annual gross

~2.4 K Monthly net

MORE INFOS (HR BONUSES)

Executive staff status

+ Company health insurance

PROCESS

Submit a single PDF file with the email subject line "Postdoc position: PODTRUST." PDF should include a cover letter (max 1000 words on relevant research interests), your short CV, and 2-3 examples of scientific work (e.g., articles, chapters). 

Title your PDF package: PODTRUST_POSTDOC_YourName

 To: kkocmichalska@audencia.com

Deadline: December 17, 2024

Deadline: October 1, 2025

All submitted and accepted articles will be considered for inclusion in a special issue “Internet Histories Early Career Researchers”

Do you study the past? Perhaps you even do historical research and know the difference between the Internet and the Web, and even how to historically and technically explain them? Chances are this Call for Articles may be of interest to you...

Read more about previous awards at https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rint20/collections/best-paper-prize-early-career-internet-histories

Please see the full call for papers here: https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/early-career-researcher-award-2026/

Kind regards of behalf of

The Editors of Internet Histories

Asger Harlung,

Editorial Assistant, Internet Histories

Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research

Deadline: March 30, 2025

Twitter: @commejcr

Guest edited by: Christian Pentzold, Leipzig University, Germany; Anne Kaun, Södertörn University, Sweden; Stine Lomborg & Sille Obelitz Søe, both Copenhagen University, Denmark.

Much is at stake: The welfare sector across the EU faces growing demands and dwindling resources, with automation expected to bring about significant changes. Automated decisionmaking (ADM) is being proposed as a solution to improve efficiency in the provision of public goods and services by leveraging data-driven processes and reallocating resources to better support citizens’ well-being. Recent academic work, especially within the humanities and social sciences, has critically examined algorithms, datafication, and AI. These studies often emphasize the need for accountability in technical systems, focusing on data ethics, transparency, and regulatory oversight to safeguard human justice within ADM systems. Yet, real-world examples abound of human rights violations, including privacy breaches, biases in automated systems, and discriminatory outcomes. Cases such as the use of data for fraud detection, welfare distribution, and profiling vulnerable populations illustrate these issues globally. Consequently, concerns about the potential adverse effects of automation on various aspects of life—healthcare, welfare, labor, and the functioning of public spheres—have been raised by researchers, public figures, and the general public.

Stories about the implications of ADM for the welfare of citizens sometimes come to public scrutiny, such as a recent WIRED piece on the Danish welfare system turning into a ‘surveillance nightmare’. When these stories surface, they relay ADM as extraordinary and scandalous. But in fact, ADM for welfare provision is becoming ordinary, widespread, and is fundamentally changing the nature of public goods provision and public services, and thus the conditions for human flourishing. Some argue that ADM is critically altering European welfare states from being based on trust, equity and solidarity to being based on efficiency, control, and discrimination of vulnerable populations. This transformation is largely happening under the public radar. As governments try to ride the waves of automation and drive the exploitation of technological potentials and vast registers of data on citizens, we argue that it is urgent to have a critical and informed debate to shape the use of ADM in the interest of public values, and for the people. Indeed, this call comes at a moment when automation is changing the very notion of what communication and information is. Rather than being mainly about the rights and processes of creating and distributing messages, of speaking and being heard, data streams become significant assets and objects of interest no matter what they contain.

This Special Issue seeks to explore the impact of ADM on welfare and well-being from European perspectives. It starts from the position of those directly involved: the engineers and designers, the case workers who collaborate with these systems in welfare and service provision decisions, and the people whose data fuel the systems and are affected by automation efforts. The Special Issue aims to address the digital transformation of the citizen–state relationship by examining the development, data work, and human-machine collaboration within ADM, alongside the technological, social, and cultural dynamics that either facilitate or impede progress in automating welfare for the public good.

A people-centered approach builds on the idea that welfare in societies is fundamentally about fostering the conditions for the flourishing of everybody. Hence public goods and services provision becomes a question of justice and equity. When welfare is increasingly automated this consequently has implications for social justice for the people more generally and must be addressed through the lens of the people implicated in the process of automation.

The Special Issue is open to theoretical and empirical approaches. It invites senior as well as emerging scholars. Contributions can address, but are not limited to, the following aspects:

• Conceptualizations of automation, datafication, and communication
  
• Reflections on human flourishing in datafied and automated citizen–state relationships
  
• Public communication and discourses around datafication and automation for the public good
  
• Communicative and media practices around automation, datafication and artificial intelligence
  
• Case studies of ADM implementation in public administration and public service provision, including public service broadcasting
  
• ADM’s and AI-powered tools in newsrooms and their implications for journalistic practices and the public’s right to information
  
• Policies, norms, and regulations of ADM deployment and development
  
• Human rights perspectives on automation and public goods
  
• Resistance and civic actions against automated processes
  
• Impacts of ADM on employability in the media sector and beyond, and the shifting roles of human labor
  
• Environmental and climate impacts of ADM and AI deployment for public service provision and media production

There will be no publication fee.

Timeline and procedure

500 to 700 word abstracts should be sent to (christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de) by March 30, 2025. The abstract should articulate: 1) the issue or research question to be discussed, 2) the methodological or critical framework used, and 3) the expected findings or conclusions. Feel free to consult with the Special Issue Editors about your article ideas and potential angles or approaches.

Decisions will be communicated to the authors by April 30, 2025. Invited paper submissions will be due August 31, 2025 and will be submitted to christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de. They will then undergo peer review through Communications: The European Journal of Communication Research following the journal’s standard double-blind procedures. The invitation to submit a full article does not guarantee acceptance into the Special Issue. The Special Issue is scheduled for publication in summer 2026.

This call for abstracts is also accessible HERE.

Contact

Prof Christian Pentzold

Email: christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de

September 11-12, 2025

Cardiff University, UK

Deadline: February 14, 2025

Cardiff University invites submissions of abstracts of papers on all aspects of journalism to be considered for presentations at the 10th biennial Future of Journalism conference.

The event is hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Culture (JOMEC), and it takes place at Cardiff University on the 11th & 12th of September, 2025.

The organisers especially encourage contributions addressing the theme of “Conflicting Journalisms: Resistance, Struggle, and Prospects.”

This includes, but is not limited to, papers addressing themes such as:

• The role of journalists and journalism in covering conflict, including war, repression, and political violence
  
• New forms of journalism used in covering conflict, such as open source intelligence
  
• The challenges created in reporting on authoritarian and populist political movements
  
• The difficulties of covering elections in polarised news environments
  
• Conflict in journalism created by the development and introduction of generative artificial intelligence
  
• The threat to journalism’s standards, normative behaviours, and the compromises to journalistic values in covering populism/authoritarianism
  
• Conflict as a news value
  
• The aesthetic of conflict in photojournalism
  
• The challenges created by reporting on and/or for minority communities
  
• The challenges of reporting systemic or existential changes, such as climate change
  
• The accommodations made by legacy news institutions under pressure and the impact on ideals of journalistic objectivity, quality, and fairness
  
• The impact of both online and physical abuse and threat to journalistic challenge to authority
  
• Journalists work environment: conflicts in the newsroom
  
• Ongoing conflict around the gendering of journalism and news
  
• Conflicting ethical frameworks
  
• The struggle between opposing forces as a rhetorical trope in journalism
  
• Beyond blame: using compassion and empathy to address conflicts
  
• The future of the field of journalism studies and conflicts over its value and values
  
• The implications for improving journalism education associated with these developments
  

Confirmed keynote speakers include Professor Seth Lewis, the Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media at the University of Oregon, and Jodie Ginsberg, Chief Executive of the Committee for the Protection of Journalists.

The deadline for abstracts (300 words maximum) is Friday, 14th February, 2025. Abstracts should be submitted online via the link HERE.

Queries can be emailed to foj2025@cardiff.ac.uk.

Editors: Sameera Ahmed, Maha Bashri, Ahmed El Gody

Deadline: December 2, 2025

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan 

We invite chapter proposals for an edited volume titled “Contesting Colonial Legacies: Processes of Decolonization in Media Spaces”. This book aims to critically examine the enduring influence of colonialism on contemporary societal frameworks, ideologies, and structures, with a particular focus on the media’s role as a key discursive arena where colonial legacies are both upheld and challenged.  

The book will explore how media and communication can either perpetuate or transform colonial legacies in the contemporary era. Unraveling and confronting these legacies is essential for fostering societies that are just, inclusive, and equitable, and that celebrate diversity in voices, cultures, and knowledge. To consolidate the literature emerging from the Global South that addresses these issues, chapters will reference, amongst others, diaspora studies, subaltern and postcolonial studies, and identity and conquest/anti-conquest discourses. 

By bringing together these critical issues and perspectives in one volume, we aim to provide an extensive and interconnected framework for understanding experiences of neocolonialism in the 21st century. This book will create a valuable resource for scholars, researchers, activists, and the public to examine conditions that impact several aspects of our contemporary lives which are rooted in colonial histories. 

We particularly encourage contributions from the Global South/Global Majority that: 

• Critique prevailing ideologies in media’s discursive spaces 
  
• Study the media as a site for resisting and contesting colonial legacies 
  
• Develop a thorough understanding of how media relates to the continuation of colonial ideologies 
  
• Suggest practical strategies and share real-life stories that challenge narratives rooted in colonialism  
  

Themes 

We welcome submissions addressing one or more of the following themes: 

1. Knowledge and Education: Examining media education’s role in propagating or challenging colonial ideologies. 

2. Culture and Identity: Analyzing how media either reinforces or undermines dominant cultural norms and identity constructs rooted in colonialism. 

3. Sustainability Concepts and Practices: Exploring how media narratives influence perceptions of sustainability, environmental justice, and resource management, and examining alternative, decolonization-based approaches. 

4. Resistance Systems and Voices: Showcasing various forms of resistance, including grassroots movements, activists, alternative media, and indigenous knowledge, that confront colonial legacies. 

Submission Guidelines 

Chapters should blend theoretical insights with practical interventions, drawing on real experiences from individuals, communities, and organizations. 

Potential research methods include literature reviews, case studies, comparative analyses, and discourse analyses. 

Chapters should be between 6000-7000 words. 

Important Dates 

• Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, December 2, 2024 
  
• Notification of Acceptance: Monday, December 30, 2024 
  
• Full Chapter Submission: Monday, March 31, 2025 
  
• Anticipated Publication: September 2025  
  

Submission Process 

Please submit a 300-500 word abstract and a 100-word author bio by December 2, 2024, to ccldecol@gmail.com. Abstracts should clearly state the research question, theoretical framework, methodology, and expected findings. Please also indicate which theme(s) your chapter will address. For any queries, please contact ccldecol@gmail.com. We look forward to your contributions for this important volume on decolonization in media spaces. 

September 8-10, 2025 

Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

Deadline: February 17, 2025

ECREA Radio and Sound Section

(ALSO: PhD pre-conference - 7 September 2025 - information will be circulated separately)

Media Department, Faculty of Communication, Istanbul Bilgi University, SantralIstanbul Campus 

This conference aims to examine the past, present, and evolving role of radio around the world within a dynamic global media landscape. We will highlight the transformation of radio from a static entity to an adaptive component of the larger media ecosystem, continually reshaping itself in response to socio-political, economic, and technological changes. In the early 20th century, radio played an important role in the establishment and development of nation-states — especially militarily, economically, politically, and linguistically. Today, it is ubiquitous in various forms, multi-faceted, and present throughout the world. With the advent of artificial intelligence and non-human presenters, along with rising public mistrust and the prevalence of disinformation, radio faces new pressures to evolve. Nevertheless, radio endures as a critical medium, especially during global conflicts, where it serves as a source or way of communication for the different parties to the conflict as well as for the diaspora communities. 

Starting from this premise, we invite papers that help conceptualise “radio” as a cog in a changing wheel and focus on the dynamics that have shaped, over time and across the globe, the role of radio, be these roles assumed, attributed, or presumed by both broadcasters and listeners and be these radios private, public, university, community, clandestine, political, and more. We seek papers which explore the resilience and ongoing transformation of radio, emphasising its vital role in a shifting media environment and welcome interdisciplinary perspectives. We also welcome papers that contribute to investigating the various roles and forms that radio has occupied, as well as the various topics it has tackled since its inception to the present day across different political, geographical, economic, and cultural contexts. We are particularly interested in exploring the contexts and reasons behind these evolutions.

Furthermore, we aim to understand how the materiality of what is sometimes too quickly labelled as “radio” has evolved. Our goal is to investigate radio's transition from live, real-time broadcasting to a platform that accommodates on-demand audio formats and genres, working alongside podcasts, streaming, and downloadable content. This evolution has rebranded the industry as "audio" or "sound media", showcasing new capacities for audiences to listen almost whenever and wherever they want, thanks to the Internet and associated technologies. 

We also welcome conceptual and theoretical proposals that address the place of radio and sound studies in academic landscapes. These fields are tackled by researchers from various disciplines, from engineers to art researchers, and are mobilised to explore many topics, from the role they could play in war contexts to their place in the artistic and cultural development of groups and nations.

Lastly, we invite practitioners in the fields of radio and sound studies who are eager to combine their reflections with those of academics. By merging practical insights with theoretical perspectives, we aim to foster a rich dialogue that bridges the gap between practice and research.

The conference will feature keynote speeches, panel discussions, and paper presentations that address the following themes related to the one or many main topic(s) of this conference:

RADIO AND SOUND: PRODUCTION, FORMATS AND PURPOSES

• Production 
  
• • Practices
  • Studies
  • Podcasting 
  • Ethnographies
  • Broadcast locations (e.g. prisons, hospitals, educational institutions, refugee camps, farms, armed forces, …)
  • …
• Formats
• • Information
  • Storytelling
  • Narratives
  • Musics
  • Sounds
  • Codes (non-talk)
  • Drama
  • Sound Creation
  • Documentaries, 
  • Talk shows, 
  • Podcast typologies
  •  …
• Purposes
• • Politics
  • Pedagogy and education
  • Awareness raising
  • Activism
  • Entertainment
  • (Dis)information
  • …

RADIO AND SOUND: MEDIUM IN CONTEXTS 

• Medium
• • Civic radio 
  • Free radio
  • Pirate radio
  • Alternative radio
  • Radical radio 
  • DIY radio
  • Not-for-profit radio
  • NGOs radio
  • Feminist radio 
  • Community radio 
  • Local / national / regional radio 
  • …
• Contexts
• • Radio in the global media landscape
  • Ownership, regulation and governance of radio
  • Freedom of speech
  • Political and economic constraints
  • Policies of broadcasting 
  • …

RADIO AND SOUND: AUDIENCES AND LISTENING 

• Audiences
• • Community
  • National
  • Transnational
  • Diasporas
  • Demographics within audiences
  • …
• Listening
• • Poetics of listening
  • Philosophy of listening
  • Politics of listening
  • History of listening
  • Listening as a cultural practice
  • Phenomenology of listening 
  • …

RADIO AND SOUND: TECHNOLOGIES 

• DAB, streaming or LTE broadcasting
• Podcasting distribution
• Sound platforms 
• Internet
• • Social media 
  • Radio as an app
  • (De)materialisation
  • Hybrid radio
  • …
• Artificial intelligence 
• • Radio production and reception
  • Trust, information and disinformation
  • …

RADIO AND SOUND: RESEARCH

• Radio and sound as research fields 
• Theories of radio and sound studies
• Political economy of the radio
• Radio and gender studies
• Methodological approaches to sound research
• Digital ethnography
• Digital methods
• Network analysis
• Archiving and oral history
• Radio history
• Journalism
• Radio journalism
• Radio art
• Sound art
• Aural culture and cultural aural expressions
• Reception studies 
• ...

The conference situates radio and sound studies within the broader contemporary media landscape and aims to start a dialogue with, and accept contributions from platform studies, Internet studies, sound studies, social media studies, critical political economy of the media, media history, digital media management, cultural studies, production studies, ethnography, and social sciences.

IMPORTANT DATES:

• Deadline for abstract submissions: 17 February 2025
  
• Notification of acceptance (and announcement of Early Bird date): 31 March 2025
  
• Publication of Programme: w/c 28 April 2025
  

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

Proposals for individual papers and panels can be submitted until 17th February 2025 through the conference website’s platform, which will be https://ecrearadioandsound2025.org/ The submission system will be available from early January 2025. Abstracts should be written in English and contain a clear outline of the argument, theoretical framework, and, where applicable, methodology and results. Individual abstracts and panel proposals should be between 300 and 500 words. In the case of a panel, proposals should contain a short summary of the panel and include the 4 or 5 individual contributions (with the title and author’s names of each contribution composing the panel.

SPECIAL ISSUE OF THE RADIO JOURNAL: INTERNATIONAL STUDIES IN BROADCAST & AUDIO MEDIA 

We will invite delegates of the Conference to submit their full papers no later than February 2026 to be selected for a special issue of the Radio Journal: International Studies in Broadcast & Audio Media, edited by Intellect (www.intellectbooks.com/radio-journal-international-studies-in-broadcast-audio-media), to be published in the second issue of 2026.

For further information, please contact the organising committee at this email address: radioandsoundconference@gmail.com

Guest editor: Veronika Hanáková

Read the issue (open access) here: https://iluminace.cz/en/magno/ilu/2024/mn2.php 

The central question of this special issue of Iluminace (2/2024) is: What if we shifted our perspective, asking not how computers have transformed moving images, but rather how audiovisual media represents the imagery and iconography of computers themselves? This issue delves into the complex and often contradictory portrayals of "computer labor"—work facilitated by information technologies, whether executed by humans, machines, or through human-machine collaboration—in film and television.

The concept of computer labor serves as a lens to examine how computing technologies shape representations of work. This approach allows for an analysis that moves from depictions of specific moments of the machine or human at work (or both) to broader inquiries into how productivity, value, and even rest are defined within digital frameworks. Tracing the iconography of computer labor in audiovisual media also uncovers the roles of geographical, cultural, social, and economic influences, revealing how technological labor is produced and understood within varying contexts.

By following these representations, this issue underscores the transformative impact of digital labor and highlights the significance of its localized expressions and historical contingencies, encouraging readers to consider how audiovisual representation of digital work shapes and reflects our broader social and cultural landscapes.

This issue features both written papers and audiovisual essays. The lineup includes: 

• Veronika Hanáková: Configuring Computer Labor in Film and Audiovisual Media: An Introduction to a Special Issue
• Steve F. Anderson: Envisioning the Interface
• Daniel O’Brien: The Allure and Threat of the Cine-Computer: A Supercut of Onscreen Computers in Speculative Screen Fiction
  
• Occitane Lacurie: Ordinatrices: About the Negative Spaces of Early Computing
  
• Simone Dotto: Do Corporate Films Dream of Cybernetic Governance? Computers (as Metaphors of) Industrial Labor and Society in Olivetti-Sponsored Films
  
• Matěj Pavlík: Techniques and Technologies to Compensate for Powerlessness
  
• Tibor Vocásek: Who Is Awful? Black Mirror and the Dystopian Imaginary of AI Labor
  
• David Álvarez: Nostalgia Isn’t What it Used to Be: On Vaporwave’s Glitched, Aspirational Aesthetics 

And book reviews: 

• Ondřej Zach: Karlovarský festival jako platforma kulturní výměny i zbraň hybridní války (Jindřiška Bláhová, ed., Proplétání světů: Mezinárodní filmový festival Karlovy Vary v období studené války) 
• Veronika Hanáková: Seriously Unserious: Theoretical Implications of the Gimmick for Film and Media Studies (on Sianne Ngai, Theory of the Gimmick: Aesthetic Judgment and Capitalist Form)

More:

Website: https://iluminace.cz/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ILUMINACE 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/videographic_archives/

University of Vienna

Department of Communication at the University of Vienna is looking for applicants for a Tenure Track professor position in media and communication history. I would be very grateful if you could share this information with the members of your division.

Deadline for applications is January 10, 2025.

HERE is the link to the job ad.

Dear ECREA members,

As approved by General Assembly in June 2024, the membership fees will change from the beginning of the 2025. See the new structure of the fees here (and see the list of "Low income" and "Middle income" countries here).

ECREA Governing Body (Executive Board) decided to offer to current members and to the new members a possibility of pre-payment of the 2025 membership with the current fees:

• All members can pre-pay the 2025 membership fee with the current (old) fee amount until 15 December 2024 (via the website or by contacting info@ecrea.eu).
  
• Members can also choose to pre-pay the 2025 or both 2025 and 2026 with the new fees anytime, availing of the two-year renewal option (by contacting info@ecrea.eu). *Please note the two-year renewal option is only possible with the new fee amount.*
  
• After 15 December 2024 (from 16 December 2024 on) members will be allowed to pre-pay/renew with the new fees only. They can also wait until they will be reminded by ECREA to renew in January / February 2025, and pay the new fees then.
  

If you have any questions or comments, please, get in touch with ECREA Admin at info@ecrea.eu.

All the best,

ECREA Team