National Seminar on
Politics and Poetics of Representation: Popular Culture and Contemporary
Media
20th
and 21st of January 2016
Organised by
PG Department of English
SS College Areacode (Accredited by NAAC with A grade)
Affiliated to Calicut University
Areacode , Malappuram, Kerala, India
Selected abstracts will be uploaded shortly.
Date of Intimation of Accepted Papers: 2rd January 2016
Last
Date for Submission of full Papers: 19th January 2016
Selected Papers will be published in a book with ISBN number
The
emergence of disciplines like Media Studies and Cultural Studies has initiated
critical debates on the way media represent popular culture. The politics and
poetics of media intervention in the sphere of culture, when looked at from a
critical vantage point seem very problematic. The omissions, distortions, and
sometimes even blatant misrepresentations in the media space have come under
scanner.
In the last couple of decades, the agenda of mainstream media is increasingly
set by the New Media. Social Media is no more an inferior other, but an equal
stake holder. The tools of new media have metamorphosed the otherwise passive
consumers of news to actual producers of news. The possibility of instant
circulation and critical intervention makes social media space a potent force
in the contemporary times. Social media is a site where print, mass, and online
media converge.
In
the contemporary global context, media space is witnessing radical
transformations. On the one hand there is the corporatization of media, and on
the other hand there is the emergence of alternative media. Media has emerged
as a site of critical intervention, but attempts are made to curtail the
freedom of expression and to curb the freedom of the press.
The
main objective of this seminar is to problematize and interrogate such critical
issues. The political, sociological, and cultural dimensions of these issues
are pertinent in these troubled times. The seminar aims to bring together media
persons, cultural activists, and academicians so as to initiate more meaningful
explorations of the linkages between popular culture and contemporary media.
We invite abstracts from media persons, academicians,
research scholars and students on the following thrust areas.
·
Media and
Representation
·
Media and
Education
·
Media and
Culture
·
Media and
the Subaltern
·
Media and
Youth
·
Digital
India and Digital divide
·
Net
Neutrality and Freedom of Expressions
·
Media and
Censorship
·
New Media
Guidelines
for Submission
Ø Authors are requested to strictly
follow the following submission guidelines:
Ø Manuscript must be written in
English language
Ø File must be in Microsoft Word
format. (Preferably Word 2007)
Ø Paper size: A4, Font & size:
Times New Roman 12, whereas the title must be in 14 point size, bold.
Ø Word – limit: 250 words for abstract
and 2500 words for full paper.
Ø The authors may follow MLA 7th or
later edition in preparing their papers.
Ø Add about 4 to 5 keywords one line
bellow the abstract.
Ø Mail your abstract to
sscollegemediaandculture@gmail.com
Registration
Fee
Participation
|
Participation
and presentation
|
Publication
|
|
P.G
Students
|
100
|
200
|
1000
|
Research
Scholars
|
100
|
250
|
1000
|
Teachers
|
200
|
300
|
1000
|
Selected
Papers will be published in a book with ISBN number
Lunch will
be provided for the registered participants on both days
Important
Information
Mail your
abstract to sscollegemediaandculture@gmail.com
For
more details
Visit the
Seminar Website (Selected abstracts will be published in it)
mediaseminar15.blogspot.in
sscollege.ac.in
Call :
9846756354, 9895922512
Seminar
Co-coordinator Convenor
Head
Jouhar.k
Ashfar
SAdth
Dr. Zahira M