[csaa-forum] CFP: "Children, Media and Conflict, " Journal of Children and Media 9/2008

[Paul Allatson]

Journal of Children and Media

Special Issue: “Children, Media and Conflict” Vol. 2, No 3. (September
2008)

Guest editors: Cynthia Carter and Stephanie Hemelryk Donald

Direct experiences of war and conflict are part of everyday life for millions of children around the world. In Iraq, for instance, children are often caught in the middle of struggles between military forces and insurgents. Indigenous children in Australia are disadvantaged by unresolved wars that still play out in the discursive voice of the popular press. In Northern Ireland, the “troubles” are only (just) (perhaps) over. For many other children, war and conflict are primarily experienced through news and current affairs media.

This special issue seeks research papers investigating various aspects of the relationship between children, media and conflict – for example:

•  the news media’s use of images of children;
•  children and young people’s active participation as media producers of alternative news content;
•   the changing nature of the relationship between child news audiences and news and current affairs organisations
•  the media channels through which children and young people are expressing their opinions and demanding to have them heard and taken seriously ;
• the possible range of effects (fear reactions, learning information, political socialisation, etc.) as a result of children and young people’s exposure to news about war and conflict.

Contributions to this special issue are welcomed from a wide range of theoretical and methodological approaches, regarding children and young people. We are particularly keen to receive proposals from a broad range of cultural zones
and regional perspectives. In the first instance, expressions of interest accompanied by a 300 word abstract should be submitted to BOTH guest editors no later than 1 May 2007. Authors of accepted abstracts will then be invited to submit a full paper to the guest editors of no more than 8,000 words including notes and references by no later than 1 October 2007. All papers will be subject to anonymous peer review.

Please email abstracts to:

Cynthia Carter: cartercl at cardiff.ac.uk <mailto:cartercl at cardiff.ac.uk>  AND Stephanie Hemelryk Donald: Stephanie.Donald at uts.edu.au <mailto:Stephanie.Donald at uts.edu.au>

/Journal of Children and Media /website address/:
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/17482798.asp