Call for Papers for Society for Cinema and Media Studies Conference, London, March 31-April 3, 2005 Hearing Things: Sound in Television, Radio, and New Media Emphasis on the visual in film and media studies has led to a neglect of sound -- whether music, dialogue, sound effects, or other aural techniques -- as an area of study. Film sound has received a growing amount of critical attention, but sound in television and in emerging media such as web sound, video game sound, and sound on DVDs -- has been almost entirely overlooked. Radio and audio recordings, as sound only media, have also suffered neglect. This panel is looking for papers that examine sound as a crucial component of television, radio and new media's expressive and aesthetic forms. Papers focusing on aesthetic, industrial, historical and cultural aspects of sound in media -- which may also include film as part of a broader focus -- are invited to begin to explore the emerging field of sound culture studies. What are the functions of sound in television and new media? What role does sound play in genre definition and conventions? How is sound in television distinct from sound in film? How has sound been theorized, and can theories developed for a specific medium -- ie film -- be applied to other forms? Can we develop an aesthetics of aurality, especially for sound-only media? What is the relationship of music to other types of sound, and how is its use distinct in television and new media? How do qualities of the voice function in representational regimes -- ie gender, race, age, ethnicity -- and how does the "disembodied voice" negotiate embodied identities? These are only a few of the many questions that need to be asked and answered to arrive at something we might call sound culture studies. Please send proposals (250 words, brief biblio, brief bio) or completed SAF forms (see www.cmstudies.org) to Michele Hilmes, University of Wisconsin-Madison, at [log in to unmask] by August 15. Michele Hilmes Professor of Media and Cultural Studies Director, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison 6040 Vilas Hall 821 University Ave. Madison, WI 53706 608-262-2543 608-262-2547 608-262-9953 fax _______________________________________________ The SCMS homepage: http://www.cmstudies.org/mailman/ SCMSTV info and archive: http://www.cmstudies.org/mailman/listinfo/scmstv SCMSTV is supported by the Telecommunication and Film Department, the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu . Opinions expressed here do not necessarily represent the those of SCMS, the TCF Department, or the University of Alabama. Michele Hilmes Professor of Media and Cultural Studies Director, Wisconsin Center for Film and Theater Research Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison 6040 Vilas Hall 821 University Ave. Madison, WI 53706 608-262-2543 608-262-2547 608-262-9953 fax ---- Screen-L is sponsored by the Telecommunication & Film Dept., the University of Alabama: http://www.tcf.ua.edu