[Discussion] CFP: Participations: Audience and Reception Studies (ongoing; journal)

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From: "J.Rosenbaum" <J.Rosenbaum@maw.ru.nl>

Announcement & Call for submissions

The fourth issue of Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception studies, a
new journal which aims to provide an on-line, interdisciplinary forum for the
fields of audience and reception studies, has just come out.

Issue #4 (August, 2005) includes an editorial by Martin Barker, an article
entitled by Thomas Austin concerning audience perspectives on screen
documentaries, an investigation into the reception of French nationalism in
Germany (Joseph Jurt), and Victoria Knight's study into mass communication
consumption in a closed young offenders institution.

Submissions
Particip@tions is always on the look-out for contributions from a wide range of
disciplines that focus on audience research. It publishes contributions from
various approaches, such as, sociology, psychology, anthropology,
linguistics/discourse theory and cultural and media studies. Additionally, since
important notions about audiences have emerged from outside the 'mainstream'of
media audience research, Particip@tions will also publish noteworthy
contributions from fields such as museum and heritage studies; literary studies;
educational studies, as well as interesting contributions from fields outside
academia.


Briefly -
Particip@tions aims to
    * publish research from different approaches, without the limitations on
      length and presentation of evidence which can cramp and weaken such work;
    * encourage open debate between different approaches and methodologies;
    * encourage collaborations across academic disciplines, areas and countries;
    * provide a place where people may find materials and bibliographies for use
      in teaching, and research training;
    * provide a focal point for the development of the broad field, including
      the organization of conferences and other kinds of fora.


Particip@tions is available full-text for no charge at:
http://www.participations.org/



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