**REFRAMING MEDIA AND CULTURAL STUDIES IN THE AGE OF GLOBAL CRISIS** now published http://westminsterpapers.org/29/volume/12/issue/1/ The journal WESTMINSTER PAPERS IN COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE is thrilled to announce the publication of a special first new AUDIO commentary issue on the topic of reshaping media and cultural studies. As issue editor Dr Tarik Sabry writes: 'This is a defining moment for the field and a time for reflection and re-evaluation.' WPCC is an open access journal and all content is available to read free. For this issue see: http://westminsterpapers.org/29/volume/12/issue/1/ CONTENTS EDITORIAL: ‘Reframing Media and Cultural Studies in the Age of Global Crisis’ Tarik Sabry WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS? The Academic Study of Media has Always been the Study of New Media Paddy Scannell Where is the Global in Media Theory (and When)? David Morley Is ISIS “the” Crisis? Media Studies as Contemporary History – A Provocation Annabelle Sreberny Making Media Studies Transformational: Creativity Over (Just) Criticism David Gauntlett GLOBAL CRISIS AND MEDIA THEORY The Return of the Popular Paolo Gerbaudo Social Movements and the Global Crisis: Organising Communication for Change Anastasia Kavada Crisis Politics and Austerity in the UK: Creative Instabilities? Jeremy Gilbert Hegemonic Shadows: USA, China and Dewesternising Media Studies Colin Sparks RETHINKING INTERNATIONALISING MEDIA STUDIES AND CULTURAL STUDIES Internationalizing Media Studies: A Reconsideration Daya Thussu Internationalizing Media and Cultural Studies: Travelling Knowledge and Translocalities Fernando Resende Transnationality or Globality? The Korean Wave and Methodological Challenges in Media and Cultural Studies Jaeho Kang Mediatization, Suffering and the Death of Philosophy Tarik Sabry Difficult Questions: Trends in Communication Studies – A South African View Viola Milton Chinese Communication Studies: Three Paths Converging Wenshan Jia NEW/OLD THEORY IN MEDIA STUDIES/CULTURAL STUDIES Encountering the Anthropocene: Geology, Culture, Ethics Joanna Zylinska What is to Be Done? The Role of the New and the Old in Media Theory – The Moment for Critical Digital and Social Media Studies Christian Fuchs Media and Communication as a Field of Research Kaarle Nordenstreng WESTMINSTER PAPERS IN COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE is published by The University of Westminster Press www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk<http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/> The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------