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Martin F Norden <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:33:29 -0400
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***apologies for cross-postings***

Hello, all.  Brian Rose, an off-list colleague, has asked me to forward
the following Call for Papers.  For more information about the CFP,
please contact Brian directly at <[log in to unmask]>.

--Marty Norden
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Journal of Popular Film & Television
Guest Editor: Brian Rose, Fordham University

During the last decade, traditional television genres have been
transformed, due to new audiences, new networks, and changing
economics.  The Journal of Popular Film & Television seeks essays for a
special theme issue devoted to TV Genres. Topics include, but are not
limited to the following:

The relationship between genre and audience.  In what ways has
television's insatiable quest for key demographics altered the meaning
and content of traditional genres?

New channels, new genres.  How has the expanded cable and satellite
universe led to the creation of new programming formats?

The economics of genre production.  What impact has increasing
conglomerate control and heightened economic pressure played in
television genre production?

The tsunami of reality TV.  In what ways has the unleashing of reality
TV altered the genre landscape, leading to new forms and hybrids?

International TV genres.  In contrast to previous decades, American
television is now more open to formulas pioneered in other countries.
What kind of impact have imported genres made on American television?

Film genres vs. TV genres.  Traditionally, television has turned to
motion pictures for series ideas and concepts.  The trend has recently
been reversed, with shows as varied as The Brady Bunch to Dragnet and
Charlie's Angels appearing with varying results on the big screen. What
happens to the situation comedy and the detective show in this
transformation?

Genre theory and formulation.  What has television added to the debates
concerning the definition of genre in popular culture? Can the insights
of film genre theoreticians like Rick Altman and Richard Dyer be applied
to television genres?

Submissions should be no longer than 20 pages and should conform to the
MLA style.  Please include a 50-word abstract and five to seven key words
to facilitate web researchers.  Send three hard copies (with
self-addressed, stamped envelope if return is desired) no later than 3
September 2002 to:

Brian Rose
Dept. of Communications and Media Studies
Room 422
Fordham University
113 W. 60th St.
New York, NY 11201

Do not submit diskettes at this time.  No faxed or e-mailed submissions
please.  Address all queries to Brian Rose at above address or
<[log in to unmask]>.

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