[Discussion] CFP: Docs, Blogs, Zines, Online Media (8/20/05; SCMS, 3/2/06-3/5/06)

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From: Terri Ginsberg <t.ginsberg.1@alumni.nyu.edu>

Society for Cinema and Media Studies
March 2-5, 2006
Vancouver, Canada
http://www.cmstudies.org/conference_index.html

The SCMS Caucus on Class ( http://terri1.home.mindspring.com ) is sponsoring
the following call for papers.  Please send 150-word proposal, plus brief
bibliography and bio statement, by August 20, 2005.

"Filling the Void:  How Docs, Blogs, Zines, and Other Online Media Are
Redefining Journalism"

While mainstream media grows more economically consolidated and politically
conservative, social issue documentaries like Fahrenheit 9/11 and Supersize
Me have achieved surprising box office success and received extensive critical
attention. Other critical documentaries (e.g. Uncovered: The Whole Truth about
the Iraq War) have reached audiences through links to progressive political
organizations. This panel seeks papers exploring the ways in which contemporary
documentaries-as well as other forms of alternative, online distribution
(websites, blogs, online journals, etc.) and exhibition venues-are explicitly
engaging political discourse. How has the "new journalism" influenced
documentary technique and challenged that of corporate and mainstream media? 
How are online distribution and alternative exhibition venues related to the
politics of such films/videos? Are there significant differences from political
documentary strategies of the 1930s and 1960s?

CONTACT:  Christopher Sharrett - sharrech@shu.edu


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