Perception, Reception:
The History of the Media in Society
Call for Papers for a conference to be held between 4th and 6th July 2012
at Aberystwyth University, Wales, UK.
Extended deadline to 17th October 2011
The 4th Media History conference will focus on the ways in which people
have understood the social, cultural and political roles of the media from
the 15th to the 20th century. The concept of ‘the media’ will be
interpreted broadly, so as to include print culture (including the press
and publishing), cinema, broadcasting, and other visual and electronic
media.
A great deal of work has been done by scholars on the institutional,
political and cultural history of various media. ‘Perception, Reception’
will build on this literature to explore the ways in which the media have
historically been understood, conceptualised, and imaginatively
represented. Thus the conference will not focus on the content of the
media as such, so much as the depiction, perception and reception of the
media in different contexts over time.
How have readers, consumers, and the respective media industries
themselves framed arguments about the media as a force for good (or evil)
at different points in time? Have contemporaries always seen the media as
agents 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, or changing belief systems? Can we think
‘internationally’ about 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?
We welcome proposals from a range of chronological, geographical and
methodological backgrounds
Abstracts, of around 200 words for papers of between 20 to 25 minutes
duration, should be sent by close of business on 17th October 2011 to
mediahist2012@aber.ac.uk<mailto:mediahist2012@aber.ac.uk
‘Perception, Reception’ is jointly organised by the Centre For Media
History, Aberystwyth
University<http://www.aber.ac.uk/history/research/centreformediahistory.html,
the journal Media
History<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/13688804.html,the Trinity
Long Room Hub<http://www.tcd.ie/longroomhub, Trinity College Dublin and
Swansea University. Additional enquiries can be directed to one or more of
the following: Dr Sian
Nicholas<https://exchange.aber.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=557d6e5685d244b4a8770e3cd5c78fc6&URL=mailto%3a%2520shn%40aber.ac.uk,
Professor Tom
O’Malley<https://exchange.aber.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=557d6e5685d244b4a8770e3cd5c78fc6&URL=mailto%3atpo%40aber.ac.uk
,Dr Jason McElligott<mailto:jmcellig@tcd.ie, or Professor Kevin
Williams<mailto:K.M.Williams@Swansea.ac.uk.
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