Call for Chapter and Conference Abstracts

Journalism, Audiences and Diaspora

Proposed to Palgrave for publication in 2014

This edited book focuses on the journalism practices at the diasporic media and the media habits of their audiences. The aim is to bridge the hiatus in journalism literature which focuses on journalism practices at and audiences of the mainstream media, ethnic media and alternative media, but scantly explore journalism practices from the perspectives of the practitioners of media of diaspora. Hence, we have little understanding of the contributions of the diasporic media to the diversity of journalism and to the global public sphere. But the examination of the media of diaspora is a pertinent research enquiry because of their proliferation in the past two decades, thanks to the advent of new information technology, and their orientation/connective roles. The editor would like to encourage scholars from interdisciplinary fields to contribute chapters to this book.

The proposed edited book will have three thematic parts.

Part I: News Production Practices at the Diasporic Media A case study of a diasporic media with empirical study of one of the following concepts (news agenda, business model, objectivity, news values, gatewatching, etc) will be appropriate in this section.

Part II: News Content of the Diasporic Media A case study of a diasporic media with empirical study of one of the following concepts (self-representation, connective/orientation roles, diversity of content, source diversity, ethics, etc) will be appropriate in this section.

Part III: Reception and Consumption of Diasporic Media A case study of a diasporic media with empirical study of one of the following concepts (access and usage, tastes and preferences, audience evaluation, etc) will be appropriate in this section.

Please send a short abstract detailing the chapter title, theory, method(s) and case study. Please provide a paragraph of ‘bionote’ and contact details with your abstract.

Please indicate if you would like to present your paper at the MDRG’s International Symposium. Those who are not contributing chapters to the edited book and postgraduate students are encouraged to subject abstract for the symposium.

Theme: Journalism, Audiences and Diaspora

Date: 4 October 2013

Venue: University of Lincoln, UK

Please send your chapter abstract and/or conference abstract by email to oogunyemi@lincoln.ac.uk

Last date for receiving abstracts (300 words): 31 May, 2013 Abstract confirmed: 10 June 2013 Deadline for draft full paper: 31 October, 2013.

 

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