[Discussion] Representations of Intelligence in Popular Media

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Representations of Intelligence in Popular Media
Location: Pennsylvania, United States

*CALL FOR PAPERS* Edited Book

Editor, Lisa Holderman, Ph.D., Department of English, Communications, and
Theater Arts, Arcadia University

Editor is seeking contributions for an edited volume focusing on 
representations
of intelligence in popular film and television. The editor is working 
closely
with a publisher that has conveyed strong interest in this project.

The book addresses the issue of the constructions of intelligence and
intellectuality in popular television and film and the social/cultural
implications of those constructions.

Papers might focus on constructions of intelligence and intellectuality in
various forms including professors and teachers, classrooms and schooling,
scientists, individuals with advanced degrees, distinctions made between
“book smarts” and “street smarts,” constructions of
“nerds” and “geeks,” or other representations of
critical thinkers or people with erudition.

All methods and theoretical perspectives are welcome.

Papers might focus on (but are not limited to):

     * Prime time television
     * Reality TV
     * Talk Shows
     * Soap Operas
     * Children’s television
     * Popular film

The due date for submission of extended abstracts or completed 
manuscripts is
June 13, 2005. The editor will then review submissions and contact 
contributors
by July 15, 2005.

A final version of those pieces accepted for publication should be 20 - 25
double spaced pages (approximately 5,000 - 5,550 words) and written in
compliance with the APA Style Manual (5th edition). Anticipated due date for
completed manuscripts is November 15, 2005.

Inquiries and electronic submissions may be sent to Lisa Holderman at the
following e-mail address.

Lisa Holderman
Assistant Professor of Communications
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Road
Glenside, PA 19038
USA

Phone: 215-572-2869
Email: holderman@arcadia.edu