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Dear Colleagues, Please note that issue 5.1 of the peer review International Journal of Digital Television is now out (see http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2653/) including articles from Toby Miller, Terry Flew, S. Papathanassopoulos, conference reports by I. Katsirea and Darcy Gerbarg, three book reviews, a special theme on 'Private TV in Europe' guest edited by Karen Donders and Caroline Pauwels with contributions from Maria Michalis, Tom Evens, Nele Simons and others. You may find it of interest. You are welcome to send me ideas for full articles (6-6,500 words), short commentaries (1,500-2,000 words) and conference reports to be considered in the journal. The deadline for submitting them for issue 5.2 is end-June 2014 and for issue 5.3 mid-October 2014. I have copied and paste below the updated aims and scope of the Journal. AIMS AND SCOPE The International Journal of Digital Television aims to describe and explain the transition to digital TV and address the social and cultural questions surrounding the future of television beyond switchover. The Journal brings together, and shares, the work of academics, policymakers and practitioners, offering lessons from one another's experience. Content is broad and varied, ranging from a mixture of critical work on technological, industry and regulatory convergence, to the emerging wider socio-cultural and political questions such as audience behaviour, plurality of TV channels and television influence. The journal is rooted in a belief in the socio-cultural, political and economic importance of television and will conceive it as a platform for international and interdisciplinary approaches that open up new avenues for theoretically driven, historically inclined works that occasionally draw on scholarship adapting case studies and comparative analysis. In light of these, potential issues to be addressed in future include, among others: the extent to which new media developments and changing media consumption require changes in regulatory philosophy and business practice; the extent to which globalisation, privatisation and deregulation alter the creative freedom and public accountability of media enterprises; whether digital TV actually increases choice and diversity or just offers more of the same and/or recycled programmes; concentration of media ownership and its effect on pluralism and diversity; national debates about the role of public service broadcasting in the digital epoch; comparative analyses of global TV formats; television for children; sports programming and televised sports rights. Best regards, Petros ---------------------------------------- Professor Petros Iosifidis | Department of Sociology City University London | Northampton Square, London EC1V OHB Editor, International Journal of Digital Television http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-journal,id=175 Co-Editor, Palgrave Global Media Policy and Business http://www.palgrave.com/products/SearchResults.aspx?s=GMPB&fid=33375 Phone +44 (0)20 7040 8538 Email [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Web http://www.city.ac.uk/people/academics/petros-iosifidis Spring Term Office & Feedback Hours: Mondays 11-1; Thursdays 11-1 -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html). Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list. For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------