CSTonline

International conference hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and
Creative Industries, King's College London

Jointly organized by:

- Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group, Society for Cinema and
  Media Studies (SCMS)
- Media Industry Studies Interest Group, International Communication
  Association (ICA)
- Screen Industries Work Group, European Network for Cinema and Media
  Studies (NECS)
- Media Industries and Cultural Production Section, European
  Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA)
- European Media Management Association (EMMA)
- Screen Industries Special Interest Group, British Association of Film,
  Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS)
- AG Medienindustrien, Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GFM)
- Media Industries journal

#### HOST COMMITTEE

Paul McDonald (conference chair), Sarah Atkinson, Bridget Conor,
Virginia Crisp, Jeanette Steemers

#### ADVISORY COMMITTEE

Hanne Bruun (ECREA), Elizabeth Evans (Media Industries), Tom Evens
(EMMA), David Hesmondhaigh (ECREA), Derek Johnson (SCMS), Skadi Loist
(GFM), Amanda Lotz (ICA), Alisa Perren (Media Industries), Roel Puijk
(IAMCR), Kevin Sanson (Media Industries), Andrew Spicer (BAFTSS), Petr
Szczepanik (NECS), Patrick Vonderau (GFM)

#### FOCUS

Studies of media industries have formed a distinctive strand of media
scholarship. Foundational traditions in this field are marked by the
political economy of communications, sociology of media occupations and
institutions, media economics, media industry historiography, and
critical and cultural studies. Subsequently, insights drawn from
critical legal studies, cultural policy studies, economic geography,
creative labour, cultural economy, Internet studies, production cultures
and informal media economies have diversified and enriched the field.

In part this interest arises from contemporary changes within the media
industries themselves, with the global extension and integration of
media markets, digitalization of media production and distribution,
changing business models, proliferation of supply channels, patterns of
corporate convergence, and the blurring of producer/consumer relations.
These are only the most recent development, however, of industries built
on complex and contested histories.

With the boom in media industries scholarship and emergence of dedicated
degree programmes or single modules, studies of industry have gained a
visible place in media curricula. This conference is therefore providing
an international and interdisciplinary forum for reviewing the past and
present state of media industry studies, and defining the future of the
field.

Papers, panels and workshop are invited from all traditions in media
industries scholarship. We welcome work across the full breadth of media
industries -- print, publishing and journalism, advertising, recorded
music, film/cinema, radio, television, video, games, mobile
communications and social media -- and in all international or
historical contexts.

Thematic concerns include but are not limited to:

- critical and conceptual perspectives
- methodological approaches
- cultural and creative industries
- political economy
- production cultures and studies
- economic sociology
- de-westernizing media industry studies
- distribution studies
- gatekeepers and intermediaries
- cultural and economic globalization
- impacts of digitalization
- independent and alternative media institutions
- media industries historiography
- cooperative and competitive inter-industry interactions
- law and the shaping of media industries
- marketing and branding media content
- media management
- media markets and flows
- retail and sales of media
- networks, infrastructures and ecologies
- ownership and concentration
- policy and regulation
- politics of media labour
- teaching media industries
- media technologies as these relate to media industries

#### SUBMISSIONS

**Deadline: 23.00hrs GMT 15 September 2017**

Submissions are welcomed in three categories: open call papers,
pre-constituted panels, or pre-constituted workshops. Detailed
requirements below.

Delegates can contribute to the conference in up to different two
capacities, i.e. presenting both a paper and contributing to a workshop
but not presenting two papers. Chairing a panel or workshop will NOT
count as one of these roles.

To submit your paper, panel or workshop, please access the submission
portal:

- **[https://mediaindustrystudies.wordpress.com/submission/](https://mediaindustrystudies.wordpress.com/submission/){target="_blank"
  rel="noopener noreferrer"}**

##### 1) Open call papers {#open-call-papers}

Format: solo or jointly presented research papers lasting no more than
20mins. Submissions in this category must provide the following
details:  
Type: State this is an open call research paper  
Title: Paper title  
Name(s): Speaker(s)  
Contact: E-mail address(es) for the speaker(s)  
Abstract: Description of the paper not exceeding 300 words  
Sources: List up to 5 sources relevant to the paper  
Biography: Brief professional biography/ies for the speaker(s) not
exceeding 100 words  
Keywords: Up to 5 terms identifying the focus of the paper

##### 2) Pre-constituted panels {#pre-constituted-panels}

Format: 90mins panel of 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins thematically linked
research papers followed by questions. Submissions in this category must
provide the following details AS A SINGLE SUBMISSION.  
Type: State this is a pre-constituted panel  
Title: Panel title  
Name(s): Chair(s)  
Contact: E-mail address(es) for the chair(s)  
Abstract: Description of the panel not exceeding 300 words  
Biography: Brief professional biography/ies for the chair(s) not
exceeding 100 words  
Keywords: Up to 5 terms identifying the focus of the panel

In addition, the submission must provide the following for EACH paper on
the panel.  
Title: Paper title  
Name(s): Speaker(s)  
Contact: E-mail address(es) for the speaker(s)  
Abstract: Description of the paper not exceeding 300 words  
Sources: List up to 5 sources relevant to the paper  
Biography: Brief professional biography/ies for the speaker(s) not
exceeding 100 words

##### 3) Pre-constituted workshops {#pre-constituted-workshops}

Format: 90mins interactive forum led by 4 or 5 x 8mins thematically
linked informal presentations designed to energize collective discussion
and participation amongst the speakers and the audience of matters
relating to the practices of researching or teaching media industries.
Submissions in this category must provide the following details AS A
SINGLE SUBMISSION.  
Type: State this is a pre-constituted workshop  
Title: Workshop title  
Name(s): Chair(s)  
Contact: E-mail address(es) for the chair(s)  
Abstract: Description of the workshop not exceeding 300 words  
Sources: List up to 5 sources relevant to the workshop  
Biography: Brief professional biography/ies for the chair(s) not
exceeding 100 words  
Keywords: Up to 5 terms identifying the focus of the workshop

In addition, the submission must provide the following for EACH
presenter in the workshop.  
Name(s): Presenter(s)  
Contact: E-mail address(es) for the presenter(s)  
Abstract: Description of the presentation not exceeding 150 words  
Biography: Brief professional biography/ies for the speaker(s) not
exceeding 100 words  
Conference website:
[https://mediaindustrystudies.wordpress.com/](https://mediaindustrystudies.wordpress.com/){target="_blank"
rel="noopener noreferrer"}

 


International conference hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London  Jointly organized by: Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group, Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) Media Industry Studies Interest Group, International Communication Association (ICA) Screen Industries Work Group, European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) Media Industries and Cultural Production Section,

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