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ECREA Media and Communication Conference, Rotterdam 2009 Confirmed keynote speakers: Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths, University of London Douglas Kellner, University of California Liesbet van Zoonen, Loughborough University Rotterdam, 26-27 November 2009 (Deadline for submissions: 15 May) Hosted by: ERMeCC (Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture), Erasmus University Rotterdam www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ermecc/ecrea We would like to hereby invite abstracts for a conference organised by ERMeCC (Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture) together with ECREA's Gender & Communication, Communication & Democracy, and Film Studies sections and the Young Scholars’ Network. Please see below for a short description and a list of possible areas of contributions. Please note that the deadline for abstracts has been extended to 15 May 2009. ***Media, Communication and the Spectacle*** This conference is a collaboration between the ECREA sections Gender & Communication, Communication & Democracy, and Film Studies and invites abstracts in these domains. The theme of the conference is the interrelation between Media, Communication and the Spectacle (see www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ermecc/ecrea). Viewing the notion of the spectacle in broad terms, this colloquium seeks to bring together scholarly work from academic fields such as democracy and (new) media, as well as journalism and film studies. We invite paper and panel proposals related to the central theme of the conference, including (but not limited to) the following topics: - The notion of society of the spectacle. - Culture as spectacle in the media. - The use of performance and spectacle by protest movements, creating or being part of media events - Infotainment as spectacle - Hollywood and spectacular images: blockbusters, CGI, etc. - Consuming the spectacle: historical and contemporary practices of cinema going. - Behind the screens of the spectacle: the political economy of cultural industries - Screening the (un)spectacular? World cinemas and/as alternative screen cultures - Fandom, cult media/film and performative consumption - Youtube and citizens’ spectacularised self-presentation - The hyperreality of the spectacle of 'truth' (linked to information, news, representations, visual culture as such, etc.). - The materiality of information production as commodity fetishism (commodities become images and the other way around). - Private/public debate and the spectacle of bodies, gendered bodies, politics, etc. - The imaginary and media performativity. - Vision and Voyeurism: The Politics of Surveillance Post-9/11 Organised by ERMeCC (Erasmus Research Centre for Media, Communication and Culture) and ECREA’s Gender and Communication section, Communication and Democracy section, Film Studies section and the Young Scholars' Network. See URL for full call for papers: www.fhk.eur.nl/english/ermecc/ecrea Proposals: abstracts of max. 400 words can be submitted via e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Abstracts may be submitted as attachment in word, .rtf or .txt format or embedded in the body of the email. Please make sure to include the name of the author(s), affiliation, contact address, and email. Young scholars are also encouraged to apply. When submitting your abstract, please indicate to which section you are submitting: Gender and Communication, Communication and Democracy, or Film Studies. Deadline for sending in the paper abstract is 15 May 2009. Notification of selection will be no later than 15 June 2009.