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Special Issue for Journalism Theory, Practice & Criticism From aftermath to anniversary: Exploring the performance of journalism as it recounts the 7/7 London bombings. This special issue will mark the 10-year anniversary of the reporting of the bombings in London. It seeks to take a retrospective look at the relationship between journalism and the 7/7 event and include commentaries on how news journalism remembers 7/7 and on the relationships that shape this reporting and its reception by others. Studies have described politicians and journalists as acting in unison to explain the unexpected and unfolding events and related security issues in 2005. In response, this special issue asks how does journalism revisit an event like 7/7 and does its relationship with elite voices continue to shape how the event is remembered and talked about in reporting? Clearly, the passing of time can inform the act of revisiting/ remembering 7/7 in coverage and offer the potential to talk candidly about elite reactions and policies that have followed from it. Geographic distance to the event is another important factor and one that allows writers to approach their remembering from a different – national - perspective. Studying how alternative or mainstream journalists, the voices that structure reporting or different media audiences reengage with the 7/7 event and what these offer in response can help us to understand the place of the event in professional and personal news cultures. Following this focus, the special issue welcomes papers that address, but are not limited to, the following themes: · -Reporting the anniversary of 7/7 · - Myth in the continued coverage of 7/7 · - International journalistic perspectives on 7/7 · -The coverage of 7/7 by alternative / online journalism · -Journalists, professionalism and practices in the post 7/7 period · -7/7 as shaping journalists’ interpretative community · -‘Elite’ / non elite sources, information flows and voiced reflections on 7/7 · -News audiences, bloggers and their understanding of / thoughts on 7/7 Submissions: Prospective authors should submit an abstract of 350 words that includes their name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and contact details to Julian Matthews ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>). All abstracts will be reviewed. Successful authors will be invited to submit a full manuscript in line with the journal’s ‘Notes for Contributors’ (https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/journal/journalism#submission-guidelines). All submitted papers will be subjected to peer review. Timeline: Deadline for abstracts: 1st December 2015. Deadline for the submission of articles: 30th April 2016. Publication: 2017 -- Dr Julian Matthews Department of Media and Communication 3.08 Bankfield House, 132 New Walk University of Leicester Leicester, LE1 7JA T: +44(0)116 2522582 F: +44(0)116 2525276 E: [log in to unmask] W: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/media/people/julian-matthews/julian-matthews-profile Editor, Sociology Compass http://sociology-compass.com/ Convenor, BSA Media Study Group http://www.britsoc.co.uk/specialisms/Media.htm -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------