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Dear MECCSA members Here is a link to the call for papers for the By the Book Conference There is still time - we need your wonderful research contributions The CFP is here https://publishing.brookes.ac.uk/conference/by_the_book6/ By the Book6 will be on the theme of Power Dynamics in Publishing. Proposals are encouraged on any aspect of the conference theme. We welcome an open debate about the nature of power relations in the publishing industries under or beyond the topics below: · Addressing publishing¹s diversity deficit · Hierarchies of power from production to publication · Copyright and censorship · Internationalizing/decolonizing publishing pedagogy · The relevance of publishing studies in higher education · Open borders, open access and the changing demands of the academy · New definitions of publishing, and of its readers and authors · Translation and adaptation in new markets · National and supranational publishing policy · Innovative business models We welcome all qualitative and quantitative approaches and innovative research models that inform the current trends and practices in publishing. There are three overall strands to the conference: research, industry trends, and pedagogy. Alexis Weedon University of Bedfordshire -------------------------------------------------------- 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/ --------------------------------------------------------