Writing in Transit
Dear Readers, Hope March started off well for all! It is a pleasure to update that I just received Celebrity and the Media from University of Portsmouth in the UK. I am looking forward to reviewing the book for Routledge publishers next month. I received the offer while I was travelling from Australia to Canada. You can have a glimpse of my latest journey here: https://instagram.com/samitanandy. In Australia, my co-author Dr Hilary Wheaton and I had the honour and pleasure to speak at the inaugural Persona Studies symposium. The talk was based on an area that we are passionate about: the...
Read MoreCelebrity Culture and Social Inquiry – 8th Edition
Dear Readers, We are reaching the end of the year, but bringing new promises and sophisticated understandings of media and celebrity culture. We welcome new readers and thank all writers, thinkers, educators, and artists who have been an integral part of our journey. On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, I am pleased to announce that the 8th edition of Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry has been published. Highlights include: – Guidelines for Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) Conference Panel or Workshop (Deadline: November 30, 2014)...
Read MoreConference & Media Workshop Ryerson U. Toronto – 10 Days Left for Submission
Would you like your academic research to influence ideas, people, and public policies? Do you want to learn and share on how you can harness the power of media to reach out? Are you interested in discussing multidisciplinary, ground-breaking, speculative, and controversial ideas in an open and safe environment? If you think that these questions apply to you, participate in the international conference Bridging Gaps: Media, Higher Education and Society. The conference will be held on May 27-28, 2015 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. The details of the call are at:...
Read MoreCelebrity Culture and Social Inquiry – 7th Edition
On behalf of the Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) board, I am pleased to announce that the 7th edition of Celebrity Culture and Social Inquiry has been published. Highlights include: Dr Louis Massey and Dr Basuli Deb join CMCS media experts Dr Deb’s upcoming book Come, Cross the Line: Celebrity Lifestyles and Public Intellectualism CMCS board member Dr Anita Krajnc on SUN News Network and City TV Submission guideline for international conference Bridging Gaps: Media, Higher Education and Society. You may now access the newsletter for printing or review here. If you would like to...
Read MoreBridging Gaps: Higher Education, Media and Society
Call for Papers In higher education, media studies bring critical awareness of representations and reproductions of popular personas, artefacts, processes, and practices in social, economic, and political contexts. From the perspective of cultural studies, critical discourse analysis of media productions enables scholars to go beyond observing aesthetic aspects and to understand social underpinnings of cultural productions. In a similar fashion, journalism can use investigation to educate and inform the public on the limits and potentials of social systems. Journalistic publications can...
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