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CFP: IAFOR Journal of Media, Communication and Film Volume 5 Theme: Challenging and Critiquing Reality From Plato and Aristotle to Bazin and Baudrillard, reality and realism have been topics of reflection, debate, articulation and re-articulation in (among other fields) philosophy, media, communication, and film. Photographers and documentary filmmakers, theorists, and writers have pondered the indexical connections between image and mechanical reproduction; the construction of subjective reality; and the attempt to capture reality. In contemporary journalism ‘fake news’ is a topic of (occasionally politicized) discussion. While television genres capitalise on a ‘reality’ that is often more akin to fiction than fact. This issue invites papers that reflect upon, challenge, and critique conventional notions of Reality in contemporary media, film, politics and culture. Authors are encouraged to consider the implications of uses of ‘reality’ within specific socio-political and cultural contexts. Topics can include, but are not limited to: * Reality in celebrity culture * Aesthetics of reality * Reality, realism, and on screen representation * Reality, narrative and lived experience * Class, gender, race and reality * Constructing reality * De-constructing reality * Reality and journalism * Reality and documentary * Reality and film * Reality and television * Reality and photography Please submit a 250 word abstract through the IJMCF online submission system<https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-media-communication-and-film/manuscript-submission-form/>, or to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>, by 15 December 2017. Authors will be notified of initial acceptance by 1 January 2018. Please note that official acceptance of the work is contingent upon peer review. Full papers are due 1 March 2018. All abstracts and papers should be original works, and not be under consideration by other publications or conferences. Key Dates Abstract Submission: 15 December 2017 Notification: 1 January 2018 Paper Submission: 1 March 2018 Journal website: http://iafor.org/iafor-journals/iafor-journal-of-media-communication-and-film/ Submission link: https://iafor.org/journal/iafor-journal-of-media-communication-and-film/manuscript-submission-form/ Regards, Celia ___________________________________________________________ Celia Lam (PhD) Assistant Professor (Lecturer) Media and Cultural Studies School of International Communications Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences Room 329, Trent (AB) Building The University of Nottingham, Ningbo China 199 Taikang East Road Ningbo, 315100 e: [log in to unmask] t: +86(0)574 8818 0000 - 8453 w: www.nottingham.edu.cn<http://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/staffprofile/celia-lam.aspx> Recent publications (2017) 'True bromance: the authenticity behind the Stewart/McKellen relationship<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2017.1365615>', Celebrity Studies Journal (2017) 'The function of hosts: enabling fan–celebrity interactions at pop culture conventions<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10304312.2017.1391177>', Continuum eprint: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/u7EVZZDY9tukusXpDvBi/full This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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