Yet another international conference I’d love to present at. I either need to get myself a travel budget or stop reading calls for papers:
International conference on Media and Popular Culture30-31.05.2014.
Vienna, Austria
CFP for Panel ‘Love and Relationships in the Media’
Contemporary media often include content on love and relationships; however, it is difficult to determine how media see love and relationships. In that, media sometimes show love and relationships in a way that makes it difficult to determine where love stops, and erotica and pornography begin. Violence in relationships, as well as loneliness and impossibility to find an appropriate person seem to dominate media content. Media also significantly engage into famous break ups that are often subject of extensive media content where intimacy of the couple that is separating is being exposed to local or global audiences. Nonetheless, TV shows such as Ally McBeal introduced the concept of ‘quirkyalone’ that seems to dominate the media content when it comes to relationships.
To what extent are these messages true representatives of the reality? Are we truly turning towards being ‘quirkyalone’ whether by our own choices or because of the situation? What is the role of the media in creating expected roles in relationships and defining love
Papers are invited (but not limited to) for the following topics:
Representation of love in the media
Representation of relationships in the media
Violence and relationships in the media
Loneliness in the media
Quirkyalone concept in the media
Breaking up in the media
Intimacy in the media
TV shows and representation of love and relationships
Pornography and erotica in the media
Love and relationships in Western versus Middle Eastern media
Male and female roles in relationships portrayal in the media
Paper proposals should be sent to martina@socialsciencesandhumanities.com by 5th May 2014. Conference will take place between 30th and 31st May 2014 in Vienna, Austria.
The Centre established a peer review journal (Journal of Culture and Religion / http://socialsciencesandhumanities.com/journal-of-culture-and-religion.html), and working paper series (http://socialsciencesandhumanities.com/working-paper-series.html). Conference papers will be considered for publication. We welcome paper proposals from scholars, NGO activists, Master and PhD students, and independent researchers and practitioners.
Unfortunately, the Centre has no available funds for covering transport and accommodation in Austria. Participants are responsible for finding funding to cover transportation and accommodation costs during the whole period of the conference.
Conference fee is EUR 290 and it includes
Conference bag and folder with materials
Conference publication
Access to the newsletter, and electronic editions of the Centre
Opportunity for participating in future activities of the Centre (research & co-editing proceedings)
Discount towards participation fee for future conferences
Certificate of attendance
Meals and drinks during both days of the conference
WLAN during the conference
Centre for Research in Social Sciences and Humanities is a private institution registered in Croatia. The Centre will not discriminate based on the origin and/or methodological/paradigmatic approach of prospective conference participants. All information is available at our website: www.socialsciencesandhumanities.com
Mark Carrigan 