11,007 A New York City-based media brand, is pleased to launch a media studies “Think Tank” dedicated to advancing research in media studies.

*Proposals**Due June 14th, 2013*

Thought Catalog, a New York City-based media brand, is pleased to launch a media studies “Think Tank” dedicated to advancing research in media studies. We are particularly interested in article-length essays that focus on the work of Walter Ong, John Fisk, Dick Hebdige, Stuart Hall, Douglas Rushkoff, Marshall McLuhan, Jean Baudrilliard and other canonical media theorists. We also encourage focused essays on topics related to media studies and postmodernism.

Accepted essays may be turned into eBooks for a general audience, and will be sold by Amazon, Apple, Google Play, Kobo, and Barnes and Noble. Writers will be compensated for their work.

Fun, smart, and creative: the Thought Catalog platform extends across the web, mobile, and eBooks. Our website, thoughtcatalog.com <http://thoughtcatalog.com/>, has over 5 million monthly readers and over 500,000 social media followers and fans. Thought Catalog eBooks are routinely some of the best-selling on the Internet.

Article-length essays should be at least 5,000 words but no more than 30,000, and we prefer pieces that have already been written or that are already in progress.

*/// HOW TO SUBMIT///*

Please submit a short biography, title and a brief summary of your essay to:manuscripts@thoughtcatalog.com <mailto:manuscripts@thoughtcatalog.com> andmadison@thoughtcatalog.com <mailto:manuscripts@thoughtcatalog.com>. We will contact you if we are interested in reading a full manuscript.

Please include your Full Name and “Academic” in the subject heading. Proposals are due Friday, June 14th, 2013. *Full manuscripts should be ready to submit within a month after the contract is signed.*

Seminar papers, conference papers, articles in progress, etc., are all welcome.

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