[csaa-forum] cfp: ANZCA 2010 Entertainment Stream

[Christy Collis]

Call for Papers
ANZCA Annual Conference: Media Democracy and Change
7-9 July 2010
Old Parliament House, Canberra

Submission guidelines<http://www.canberra.edu.au/anzca2010/call-for-papers/submission-guidelines>


Submit conference paper<http://www.canberra.edu.au/anzca2010/call-for-papers/conference-submissions>


The Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) is a professional association for teachers and researchers in the diverse disciplines of communication.

ANZCA's 2010 conference will be held in Canberra from 7-9 July 2010 in collaboration with the Museum of Australian Democracy at Old Parliament House. The Museum, in this grand old setting, houses a range of innovative exhibitions that explore themes of Australian democracy, making it an ideal venue for discussion and debate about issues around themes of Media, Democracy & Change.

In a time of rapid organisational and technological change in the media and communication industries, the democratic functions of the media are under challenge. The role of public communicators has never been more central yet problematic, whether it takes place in organisational, political, creative, global or journalism settings.

The Entertainment Stream

Entertainment is the preeminent form of culture around the world. It has the largest audiences, it is the most popular form of culture, and it is the biggest cultural industry. This has been true throughout the modern period. Yet entertainment has received very surprisingly little academic attention. Beyond dismissals by Cultural Theory and some attention focussed on the Business of Entertainment, it is only recently that we have seen concerted academic work which takes entertainment seriously and seeks to understand, celebrate and write about entertainment, past, present, and future.

The Entertainment stream of ANZCA10 is seeking papers that address the following topics:

 *   The history of any particular entertainment media, including but not limited to comics, games, television, popular music, magazines and popular books
 *   Theories explaining the importance of entertainment to human culture
 *   Analyses of individual examples of successful entertainment
 *   The business of entertainment
 *   The power of entertainment when linked to other areas of culture - for example, edutainment and infotainment
 *   Any other topic related to understanding the workings and importance of entertainment

Enquiries about this stream should be directed to:
Professor Alan McKee:  a.mckee[@]qut.edu.au

Dr Christy Collis:  c.collis[@]qut.edu.au

Creative Industries Faculty

Creative Industries Faculty

Queensland University of Technology

Queensland University of Technology




General enquiries about ANZCA should be directed to anzca2010 at canberra.edu.au<mailto:anzca2010 at canberra.edu.au>.

Abstracts (and/or papers) are due by Thursday 25 February 2010.

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