CfP: MedieKultur

Challenging Genre =96 Genre Challenges
- new media, new boundaries, new formations

Special theme. Editors: Anne Jerslev (guest), Mette Mortensen, Line Nybro P=
etersen
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Submission deadline: February 1, 2011
Publication date: Fall, 2011

Today=92s intensified blurring of boundaries between media, and between med=
ia and their audiences is challenging our traditional understanding of genr=
e. New genres surface at the same rapid pace as old ones are contested or s=
imply deemed out of date. Even though terms such as genre hybridity and cro=
ss genres have pointed to generic instabilities and experiments for a coupl=
e of decades now, the altered modes of media production and distribution ra=
ise a number of topical questions: How might we understand genre today? In =
which ways might genre be a productive term for conceptualising and compreh=
ending the new digital media landscape? And not least, do we need to change=
our notions of traditional genre expressions, for example in film and tele=
vision?

While the scholarly literature on genre is substantial in film studies, tel=
evision studies and literary studies, the concept of genre remains largely =
underdeveloped theoretically as well as methodologically in our present era=
of digital transformation. Genre has traditionally been defined as a horiz=
on of expectations and a contractual relationship between audiences and med=
ia formats. However, this definition hardly seems adequate in relation to c=
ontemporary media characterised, on the one hand, by new genres constantly =
emerging and evolving, and, on the other hand, by persistent renegotiations=
of the relationship between author, audience and media product.

This special issue of MedieKultur consequently sets out to rethink genre ac=
ross a wide range of media offerings, including, but not limited to, online=
social media, television entertainment and news, film and film culture and=
video games. We thus invite contributions on:
=B7      Media convergence and genre
=B7      Genre, interaction, participatory practices and aesthetics
=B7      Genre and digitalisation
=B7      Genre and media production
=B7      Genre and audiences
=B7      Conceptualising genre =96 now and then

http://www.mediekultur.dk
Please note: Although we organize some of our articles into special issues,=
we encourage your contributions and will happily find a place for articles=
of high quality regardless of topic.

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Ditte Laursen
Forsker i medier, ph.d. / Media researcher, Ph.D.

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