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*The Social Implications of Genre in Historical News Language (CHINED VI)* 21-23 June 2017, University of Sheffield The sixth international conference on historical news discourse (CHINED). *Proposal submission deadline 31 January 2017* *Conference website: https://chined6.wordpress.com/ <https://chined6.wordpress.com/>* The varieties of genre within news language have enabled it to retain a vitality which has kept readers interested in consuming the products of printed news for centuries. Beyond providing variety of representation, genre is a highly social, even ideological category. It is an integral aspect of the compact between writer and reader of news. Readers not only know what to expect within different news genres but beyond this they are enabled to locate themselves within a wide range of social and political contexts. Different generic strategies within news discourse draw particular social groups into historically specific styles of representation. Contributions are therefore invited which explore the specific linguistic construction of genre in news language 1641 - 1945 Of particular interest are class and gendered aspects to genre: · Political reporting · Fashion writing · Advocacy journalism · Sports reporting · Letter writing · Leading articles · War reporting · Financial news · ‘Hard’ news · Crime news · Broadsheets and pamphlets · Radical press · Poetry as news · Metaphor in the news Although there is a concentration of work in the English language presentations of work on news discourse in other languages are welcome. We encourage a wide range of methodological approaches including discourse, pragmatic, content analysis or stylistic, sociolinguistic approaches Proposals of up to 500 words are invited for papers of 20 minutes which address an aspect or aspects of genre in historical news discourse. *Please email your proposal to [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> by 31 January 2017. * As in the past, it is envisaged that the conference will lead to the publication of a high-quality volume of essays. For more information please visit the conference website https://chined6. wordpress.com/. -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------