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Call for Papers
Medien
Journal. Zeitschrift für
Kommunikationskultur
Vierteljahreszeitschrift der Österreichischen
Gesellschaft für Kommunikationswissenschaft
(ÖGK),
Jahrgang 2012
BRICS: New challenges in the field of
communication
Deadline
for submission: 31.1.2012
The
global division of power is undergoing rapid transition. Balances are changing,
with new dynamics leading to shifts in power. Whereas much of the Western focus
has remained on the meetings of the G8 and G20, there has been less recognition
that the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) are
already organizing their fourth summit. They represent a driving force behind
the emerging markets, becoming an increasingly important geopolitical
counterweight to the West. The BRICS states are home to some 40% of the world’s
population, and, with their approx. 25% share of world production, have been
demonstrating impressive economic growth, despite the global financial crisis.
This shift in economic and political power also influences the global media
culture. Therefore the time is ripe to extend the focus of communications
studies to encompass these important and controversial developments.
Articles
submitted to this special issue of Medien
Journal should begin with a brief survey of the communications landscape in
one or more of the BRICS countries, before dealing in greater detail with
selected aspect(s) of relevance to the study of media and communications.
Topics
may include:
·
Intercultural and transcultural aspects of
transboundary communication, cooperation and collaboration, as well as
structural gaps and frictions
·
Issues relevant within the broader academic fields of
international/global communication
·
Media development in the BRICS countries, and
international relations (including the ’big brother‘ problematique)
·
Current media-economic and media-political issues
·
Cultural comparison and analysis of themes like the
role of the media in society today, cultural change and identity construction
·
Transformation and cultural dynamics in the BRICS
countries
Criteria for submission:
·
Original texts not previously published elsewhere
·
Manuscripts submitted to Medien Journal should not be published elsewhere until the
peer-review process has been finished
·
Papers between 3,000 and 4,500 words (approx. 10–12
pages)
·
Submissions must contain an abstract (10 lines) and a
brief biographical note on each author (max. 3 lines)
·
Text has to be submitted in
English – submissions must follow APA style guides
(see www.apastyle.org).
·
Deadline for submission: 31.1.2012
This
issue of Medien Journal, the
double-blind, peer-reviewed quarterly journal of the Austrian Communication
Association (ÖGK), will be published on the occasion of the 20st anniversary of
the founding of the transcultural communication division at the Department of
Communication, University of Salzburg.
Please
send submissions to the editor:
Kurt.Luger@sbg.ac.at
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