[csaa-forum] Conference: Media in the enlarged Europe - CFP

[Jason Wilson]

MEDIA IN THE ENLARGED EUROPE
 
POLICY, INDUSTRY, AESTHETICS, CREATIVITY
UNIVERSITY OF LUTON, UK, MAY 5th-6th 2006
 
Spring 2005 will mark the second anniversary of the
European Union’s latest, greatest enlargement. With a
host of further countries lining up to join the EU,
there is a need for critical debate and reflection
upon the cultural industries, policies and identities
of an enlarged Europe, a transnational bloc in which
local, regional and global interests cooperate and
compete, and in which diverse nations and cultures are
discovering the costs and benefits of Continental
partnership.
 
The Research Institute of Media, Art and Design at the
University of Luton invites papers, presentations and
artworks that offer original perspectives on Europe’s
changing mediascapes. Topics may include:
 
European markets and audiences
European media policy
Media politics: Neoliberalism, the Third Way & the
European Social Model
European media industries
Competition within & beyond Europe
Images of the ‘new’ Europe: national & regional
representations
Ideologies of Europe & Europeanness: Europe vs. the
EU?
European media value chains
European distribution networks
Representations of non-European ethnicities within the
EU
European English and the languages of media texts
European media studies; European media pedagogy
Christian Europe?: religious identities in the
European media
Cinema, television, music, art & literature: Europe,
America & the rest of the world
Screenings, readings, exhibitions & performances of
new creative & documentary works
 
We anticipate presentations which embrace a wide range
of approaches and methodologies: from  media economics
and policy studies to textual analyses and new
cinematic works. We are particularly keen to welcome
presentations whose focus is on the EU’s new and
prospective member states and their early experiences
of EU membership.
 
An international selection of papers will be included
in the conference proceedings.
 
Proposals (Abstracts of no more than 250 words plus
bio) and all other queries should be directed to Alec
Charles or Jason Wilson.
 
Research Institute Media, Art and Design
University of Luton
Park Square
Luton
UK
LU1 3JU
jason.wilson at luton.ac.uk
alec.charles at luton.ac.uk
+44 (0)1582 489144




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