Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association
Máire Messenger Davies University of Ulster The members of the conference team at the University of Ulster have been impressed and pleased by the enthusiastic response we have had from people wanting to present papers at the 2013 conference in Derry in January (see https://www.arts.ulster.ac.uk/meccsa2013/). The theme of ‘space and place’ has produced a number …Continue Reading
Hugh Chignell Bournemouth University MeCCSA annual conference, Bournemouth University 8 – 10 January, 2014 As thoughts turn to the Derry conference in January some of us have started the reassuringly long process of organising MeCCSA 2014. Here at Bournemouth University’s Media School, discussions have begun about hotels, volunteers, administration, key notes and that most awkward …Continue Reading
Larry Gross University of Southern California President of ICA Anyone who has been paying attention will be aware that there is a crisis in scholarly publishing. In fact, there has been a crisis for some time, certainly since commercial publishers began jacking up the prices of science and math journals, setting off a domino effect …Continue Reading
Veronica Barassi Goldsmiths, University of London On the 25th of September a colleague and friend of mine, Dr Alice Mattoni, shared an article by Hugh Gusterson on the Facebook page of Interface: Journal for and about Social Movements and tried to open a debate about the exploitative character of much of contemporary academic publishing practices. …Continue Reading
Paul Bradshaw Birmingham City University & City University Something has happened to self-publishing over the past few years. No longer the last resort for local historians and wannabe poets, it is now a sign of entrepreneurial spirit, an alternative to the limitations of attention-starved journalism, and a way of kicking against the pricks of mainstream publishing. …Continue Reading
Richard Keeble University of Lincoln Journalism examines the here-and-now, the major issues and personalities of the day. And yet the production of academic books can often take up to two years (or even longer) between conception and actual publication. The peer review process can last months as can also the editing and publication process. As …Continue Reading
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