Dear colleagues, 

Apologies for cross-posting. I am delighted to announce that Jon Holmes of Sports Media LGBT+, will be the keynote speaker at the Sports Media Identity Network’s first event to be held at The Exchange, St Mary’s University on 23^rd September 2022. 

 

The event is FREE, but places are limited, and you must book. To do so, please complete this form. 

There is still time to submit and abstract. Please refer to the CFP below. 

 

Call for submissions 

Keynote speaker: Jon Holmes, Sports Media LGBT+ 

Keynote panel: TBC 

The central aim of the network is to provide a platform for the knowledge exchange between scholars (from a range of disciplines) who are united by a focus on sports media, and industry stakeholders and practitioners. Specifically, the network has four objectives: 

1. Establish an inter-disciplinary network of researchers specializing in different approaches to the study of identity (re)presentation in British sports media, namely gender, race, sexuality and dis/ability;  
2.  exchange ideas and elaborate a practice-informed, future-focused research agenda that takes into account the needs and concerns of sports media practitioners and policy makers; 
3. Enable sports media practitioners, policy makers and educators to better understand and reflect on the efficacy of both current professional sports media practice and potential alternatives  
4. Shape the agenda of early career researchers working in the field of sports media and support their professional development by facilitating networking opportunities. 
   
   The network encourages transdisciplinary approaches between researchers from fields such as, but not limited to: sports sociology, journalism studies, and communication studies. In addition to research presentations, events will include workshop activities designed to facilitate dialogue between members of the academy and sports media practitioners. 
   
   This work will identify best practice and lead to a final report with recommendations for sports media practitioners, researchers and stakeholders, and a special edition collection. 
   
   Submissions: For this first event, we are looking for papers which interrogate the role the sports media plays in the framing of LGBT+ people and issues. We welcome 15-minute papers, multi-media or documentary presentations on topics including, but not limited to: 

• Pathways to inter-disciplinary collaboration 
• Sharing research outcomes with media practitioners 
• Overcoming bias in sports media industries 
• Sports media representation of LGBT+ athletes 
• Inclusive and exclusive framing of trans athletes 
  
  Submissions are due by Friday, 29th July 2022 and should: 

1. Be sent in the form of a Microsoft Word document (.doc, .docx) 
2. Not exceed 300 words 
3. Include the title of the paper 
4. Include the author’s full name, title, position and institution 
5. Include a brief professional biography (not exceeding 50 words) 
   
   Submissions should be sent to: [log in to unmask] with the subject header: “Abstract: Sport, Media & Identity conference 2022" 

Venue: The Exchange, St Mary's University, 75 London Rd, Twickenham TW1 1BE 

Book a place here.