BGCUNY 2017 - NYC 2017 Bridging Gaps: Where is the Critic in Television Journalism?

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Category television; celebrity; journalism; academic; activism; ecological; photography; performance; media studies

Deadline: April 15, 2017 | Date: August 31, 2017-September 01, 2017

Venue/Country: CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, U.S.A

Updated: 2017-02-24 22:44:34 (GMT+9)

Call For Papers - CFP

CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

New York City, USA

August 31-September 1, 2017

Conference Keynote Speaker:

Andrew Mendelson

Associate Dean & Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Conference Key Media Speaker:

Tim Harper

Journalist & Visiting Professor, CUNY Graduate School of Journalism

Call for Papers

In broadcast journalism, the notion of the ‘TV academic’ is rare but important with the origins related to the Fourth Estate’s veritable position as critical government watchdogs. Similar in nature to questions on conflating the journalist with celebrity in popular discourse are those surrounding the academic and celebrity. In his case, Birmingham City University professor and broadcaster David Wilson discovered, “The greatest tension is the growing perception by some members of the public that I am a celebrity, rather than an academic.” At the same time, he notes that the benefits of being a public scholar greatly outweigh the downsides.

Mainstream TV uses social media to augment its reach, facilitating dialogues between actors and viewers. These dominant tactics further engage by mitigating the role of perceived mediators between celebrities and their on-screen personas. In an analogous way, more conversations that include academics are crucial in mainstream TV. Without them, redefining or redesigning efforts that stimulate critical faculties in the collective mind and make for good citizenry become lost amidst the noise of what postmodern French philosopher Jean Baudrillard once characterized as an era of “more and more information, and less and less meaning”.

So how can an academic produce a TV show or offer television appearances while disregarding stereotypical trappings associated with the ‘celebrity academic’? How can these efforts be accomplished in ways that preserve the integrity of the academe yet also cater to mass audience within one’s area of scholarship? What are some ethical tactics and key platforms in which these voices are best and most widely heard?

The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Bridging Gaps conference, in association with CUNY Graduate School of Journalism, Centre for Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research (ESI.CORE) and WaterHill Publishing, invites academics, journalists, publicists, producers and guests to attend, speak and collaborate at the international conference Bridging Gaps: Where is the Critic in Television Journalism? Join us in NYC where the conference will uniquely combine vibrant roundtable and workshop panels with a CMCS TV proposal in a collaborative network.

The format of the conference aims at being open and inclusive ranging from interdisciplinary academic scholars to practitioners involved in all areas of television journalism, including tactics related to engagement capitalizing on existing public and private television channels and evolving forms of social media—from YouTube to Vimeo, Zoom to Jing, Periscope to Google Hangout. Working papers and media productions will be considered for the conference.

Extended versions of selected best papers will be published in an edited book.

Registration includes: Your printed package for the complete conference, professional development workshops, coffee / tea breaks, access to evening receptions, complimentary evening drinks, consideration for publication, and the CMCS $100 best paper and $100 best screen awards.

Submission guidelines:

250-word abstract or workshop / roundtable proposal

Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if applicable

Submit to conference Chairs Josh Nathan and Andrea Marshall at email address: celeb.studies2017gmail.com

Deadline for abstract submission: April 15, 2017

Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2017

Early bird registration deadline: June 30, 2017

Full text due: July 30, 2017

Conference reception and presentations: August 31 – September 1, 2017

Celebrity Chat Video Submissions:

Video length should be 10-20 minutes

Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if applicable

Submit to Celebrity Chat producer Dr. Jackie Raphael at email address: celeb.studies2017gmail.com

Deadline for abstract submission: April 15, 2017

Notification of acceptance: May 15, 2017

Early bird registration deadline: June 30, 2017

Full text due: July 30, 2017

Conference reception and presentations: August 31 – September 1, 2017

Topics include but are not limited to:

Television Studies

TV Celebrity

Celebrity Academic

Onscreen Persona

Fandom

Audience

Publicity

News

Interviews

Social Media

Online Video

Fiction

Genre

Biography

Literature

Fashion

Photography

Performance

Life Writings

Theory and Methods

Research Agenda

Business Models

Ethics and Morality

Media Literacy

Education and Advocacy

International Relations

Community Building

Business and Community Partnerships

Conference Keynote: Andrew Mendelson

Conference Key Media Speaker: Tim Harper

Conference Chairs: Josh Nathan and Andrea Marshall

Committee Members: Samita Nandy, Nicole Bojko, Jackie Raphael and Celia Lam

Conference URL: www.cmc-centre.com/nyc2017 Twitter celeb_studies #BGCS17