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We invite contributions
for the Commentary and Criticism section of
Feminist Media Studies for the following topics.
Potential contributors
can write to the co-editors, Jane Arthurs (jane.arthurs@blueyonder.co.uk)
and Usha Zacharias (usha.zacharias@gmail.com)
to express preliminary interest in writing about
any of these topics. We also invite you to address
any other issues that are relevant to Feminist
Media Studies in order to stimulate further debate
and research. Please contact us if you are interested
in contributing a short article of around 1500
words. The deadline for the next issue is December
1, 2006.
Women and radio
With so much emphasis on the visual media, radio
remains neglected and under-researched in feminist
media studies. Yet for the majority of people
in the world radio remains the primary medium
to which they have easy access. The relatively
low cost of production has also enabled non- commercial
uses where the emphasis has been on education
and community development. We therefore invite
contributors to draw attention to the ways in
which radio has, or could be, used to enhance
women's lives, whether through women-oriented
entertainment, or through political and other
forms of development. Questions you might want
to address include: Where are the spaces available
for feminist content on radio? What influences
have women producers or presenters had on the
historical and global development of radio? Which
single programmes have had a significant impact,
such as Woman's Hour in the UK that is celebrating
its 60th anniversary this year? What hopes are
invested in Oprah's new radio channel in the USA?
How have radio soap operas in Africa and elsewhere
been used to improve women's lives? What kind
of stylistic innovations have brought new female
audiences to radio?
Ethnography
Feminist media scholars have used ethnography
widely to trace female subjectivity in communication,
gendered media practices, or to focus on women
media audiences. More recently, work on online
communities and new media have posed fresh challenges
to ethnographic practices. How has feminist media
scholarship transformed the parameters and processes
of ethnographic practice? What shifts or continuities
can be discerned between old and new ethnographies?
What are new, emerging ethnographic projects?
What ethical dilemmas are encountered in online
ethnographies? We invite reflections, arguments,
or reports on work in progress.
Media activism
With the growth of non-governmental organizations
and of online communities, the landscape of feminist
and women's media activism has broadened significantly
in the past decade. How are women activists, feminist
groups, or creative workers engaging with the
media today? What strategies of feminist media
activism are emerging in new social contexts?
Where have older forms of activism succeeded and
where have they failed? We invite reports and
analyses of organizational work, of
online activist groups, as well as reflective
pieces and interviews with feminist media activists
and groups.
All contributors should follow
the Harvard style of reference and guidelines for
submission of manuscripts outlined on our website.
The title page of the manuscript should contain
your complete mailing address, institutional affiliation,
and full contact information including phone and
fax numbers. Submissions must be saved and e-mailed
as a Word attachment to both jane.arthurs@blueyonder.co.uk
and to usha.zacharias@gmail.com.
Please let us know in advance if you are working
on a particular topic. The Commentary and Criticism
section also regularly carries book reviews. Please
contact either of the editors if you wish to review
a particular book, or for a list of books available
for review.
The
deadline for entries is December 1, 2006.
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