*CFP* "INCLUSION, EXCLUSION, AND AUSTRALIAN TV HISTORY", THEMED ISSUE OF MEDIA INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA

Abstracts are sought for a themed issue of Media International Australia from historians, screen studies scholars, sociologists, and scholars of broadcasting, gender, ethnicity, and the culture industries. This themed issue aims to bring together new research on the relationship between minorities, marginalised groups, and television in Australian history.

The editors seek to explore the issue of social inclusion by interrogating histories of diversity, of exclusion and oppression, and of struggles for representation, fair pay, and recognition both on and off screen. We are also interested in broader aspects of inclusivity and the Australian television industry, in histories of technological change, language, and policy since the advent of television since 1956. What have these histories meant for those working in the industry? What have they meant for TV viewers? How do they fit within the history of Australian television as an industry operating in an increasingly diverse and fragmented global media marketplace? And what do these histories mean for employers, for consumers and viewers, and for TV professionals working in the industry today?

We seek papers covering institutional histories, studies of broadcasting practice, and studies of individuals and communities involved in the production of television and its reception. The policy frameworks governing television broadcasting and its audiences over the last sixty years are also of interest. We are equally interested in new work on representation from the history of Australian TV, its contemporary significance, and its transnational aspects.

Details:

Abstracts (max 300 words) and brief bio due by 16 November 2018.

Please email to Kyle Harvey (kyle.harvey@utas.edu.au) and Sukhmani Khorana (skhorana@uow.edu.au).

Successful proposals will need to work to the following timeframe:

First full drafts due 1 March 2019

Referee reports to be returned by mid-May 2019

Revised articles due 1 Aug 2019

Edited by Dr Kyle Harvey (University of Tasmania) and Dr Sukhmani Khorana, (University of Wollongong)