CALL FOR PAPERS: “SERIES. International Journal of TV Serial Narratives”

10  Feb 2018

Submissions invited for the eighth issue of “SERIES. International Journal of TV Serial Narratives” (year IV, no. 02), which will be out in December 2018. The main focus of the journal is to promote a global discussion forum and an interdisciplinary exchange among scholars engaged in research into TV serial narratives. Expected contributions would be concerning the narrative, technological, economic, social and cultural impact of television dramas and comedies, webseries, telenovelas and other serial forms. SERIES encourages submissions that cover a large variety of topics. The deadline for full paper submissions is June the 30th 2018. Call for submissions (detailed description) is available here. 

“SERIES. International Journal of TV Serial Narratives” (series.unibo.it) is an open access and peer- reviewed journal, with ISSN and indexed in major international databases. It publishes 2 issues per year, and is mainly devoted to television seriality. It is a joint project by Universitat Politècnica de València (Escola Politècnica Superior de Gandia/DCADHA) and Università di Bologna. The archive of previous volumes can be found at the SERIES’ website here  .

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IV INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN GENDER AND COMMUNICATION

27 Nov 2017

The Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Seville hosts the IV International Conference on Gender and Communication in March 8 – 9 th 2018^th.  On this occasion and following  the previous editions, the congress focuses on the importance of media as educators of citizens in respect to equality and diversity of gender identities.

Those interested in participating, can send their conference proposals until January 28^th 2018^th,  to the email address:  IVgenderandcom@gmail.com . Once accepted,  participants would have until February 23th , 2018 to send the full text of the publication, complying with the rules of style indicated in the following link: https://congreso.us.es/micromachismo/es/normas-de-estilo/#.WipD3bSFit9

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CALL FOR PAPERS: COMMUNICATION AND MEDIA MAGAZINE #37

20 Nov 2017

The “Comunicación y Medios” Journal of the Institute of Communication and Image of the University of Chile, opens a new call for submission of free-theme articles linked to studies in communication for the Journal number 37 that will be published during the first semester of 2018. The original articles must be sent before March 15, 2018 to icei@uchile.cl

The issue includes a special dossier dedicated to «Contemporary television fiction» and has the collaboration of the invited editors: Ingrid Bachmann (Catholic University of Chile) and Giuliana Cassano (Catholic University of Peru). Those interested in participating can review the publication rules  at: www.comunicacionymedios.uchile.cl

In the thematic theme of the  Journal “Comunicación y Medios”, reflection and response to theoretical and practical questions about contemporary television fictions and their media discourses in the 21st century are invited. The axes that guide this reflection are:

(1) Social representations in current television fiction.

(2) The television fiction industry in contemporary society, its mobility, its production dynamics, its localization processes.

(3) Changes and permanence in the narrative discourses of current television fiction

(4) Consumption of television fiction on different platforms: transformation of audiences and consumption routines.