The aim of the proposed book “Mediated Shame: Disparaging Poverty in Media and Popular Culture” is to explore how media impose shame on and facilitate shaming of economically underperforming people who have poor living standards and belong to the lower class. “Mediated Shame: Disparaging Poverty in Media and Popular Culture” Book editors are Irena Reifová … Continued

The Newspaper & Periodical History Forum of Ireland is calling for papers for the conference “The Press and the Vote”. The  tenth anniversary conference is held at the National University of Ireland, Galway, 9-10 November 2018. The Newspaper and Periodical History Forum of Ireland (NPHFI) invites papers that interrogate the press and the vote from … Continued

Convergence, The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, is calling for papers for its special issue “Gamifying News: Playful approaches to public engagement”. As a natural continuation of the long-term trend of seeing ‘news as entertainment’, playful content, distributed virally, can easily influence political discourse and election outcomes, marginalising conventional gatekeepers. In addition, … Continued

The two-day International Conference on Media and Communication (ICMAC) titled “New Media Studies: Re-examining Articulations of Theory, Practice and Context” will be held on 21-22 September 2018, at SIMC, Symbiosis Knowledge Village, Lavale, Pune, India, is calling for papers. [spoiler title=’The conference invites research papers in the following key tracks:’ style=’default’ collapse_link=’true’] Theories, Practices and … Continued

The conference “Ownership Structures and Managerial Challenges in the African Media and Telecommunications Sectors”, held 8-9 November 2018 at the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, is calling for papers. The conference addresses ownership structures and managerial practices within the telecommunications and media sectors in Africa. Seeking not only to advance research in the field but also … Continued