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Subject: Media History Conference, Dublin 19-21 April 2011 - CFP

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Perception, Reception and Deception: The role of the media in society


Trinity College Dublin, 19-21 April 2011



The 4th biennial Media History conference will focus on the ways in
which people have understood the social, cultural and political roles
of the media over the past five centuries. The concept of 'the media'
will be interpreted broadly, so as to include newspapers, magazines
and one-off publications which included news and information, as well
as manuscript, aural, visual, and broadcast and other electronic
sources.

A great deal of work has been done by scholars on the institutional,
political and cultural history of various forms of media. 'Perception,
Reception and Deception' will build on this literature to explore the
ways in which print, manuscript, visual representations and the
broadcast media have been understood, conceptualised, and
imaginatively represented in the societies in which they were
produced. It will, in other words, focus not on media production but
on the reception, depiction and perception of the media by individuals
and groups of individuals in a variety of different contexts over
time.

How have readers, consumers, and the industry itself framed arguments
about the media as a force for good (or evil) at different points in
time? Have contemporaries always seen the media as an agent of change,
or is there a counter-history of the media to be written in terms of
promoting conservatism, deference and order? How have people
understood and represented the media in terms of concepts of personal
and geographical space, time and changing belief systems?  Can we
think 'internationally' about the similarities and differences between
perceptions of the media in different states and nations over time, or
is the media still best understood and examined in largely local or
regional contexts?   How, in short, have men and women answered in
different contexts the apparently simple questions, 'what is the
media, and what is it for?'


Abstracts, of no more than 200 words for papers of between 20 to 25
minutes duration, should be sent by close of business on 30 September
2010 to [log in to unmask]


We welcome proposals from a range of chronological, geographical and
methodological backgrounds.


'Perception, Reception and Deception' is jointly organised by the
Trinity Long Room Hub, Trinity College Dublin, the Centre For Media
History, Aberystwyth University, and the journal Media History.

Additional enquiries can be directed to one or more of the following:
Dr. Jason McElligott, Dr Sian Nicholas or Professor Tom O'Malley..

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