MEDIA, WAR & CONFLICT See below for information on: NEW JOURNAL IN 2008 LAUNCH CONFERENCE IN 2007 ------------------------------------------------ NEW JOURNAL IN 2008 Editors: Andrew Hoskins, University of Warwick, UK, Barry Richards, Bournemouth University, UK and Philip Seib, Marquette University, USA Reviews Editor: Ben O'Loughlin Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Media, War & Conflict will map the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism in an intensively and extensively mediated age. It will explore cultural, political and technological transformations in media-military relations, journalistic practices, and new media, and their impact on policy, publics, and outcomes of warfare. Media, War & Conflict is the first journal to be dedicated to this field. It will publish substantial research articles, shorter pieces, book reviews, letters and commentary, and will include an images section devoted to visual aspects of war and conflict. The journal will bridge communications, political science, sociology, history, and other disciplines. It solicits submissions not just from academics but also professionals in journalism, the military and other areas related to this subject matter. The editors are looking for innovative, readable work that raises new issues as well as articles that examine new facets of traditional topics. Topic coverage includes: Contemporary and historical war reporting Dynamics of the public sphere Popular and visual cultures Credibility, legitimacy, and the security services Media ethics in the coverage of conflict Terrorism and counter-terrorism Intelligence operations and the media The media as instruments of war The media's role in high and low-intensity conflict Conflict prevention and peacekeeping Photo and video journalism in wartime Documentation and commemoration of warfare and a wide range of other topics. Media, War & Conflict is seeking articles for the early issues of the journal. Longer articles should be approximately 7,000 words and shorter articles 5,000 words. Submissions will be refereed by anonymous reviewers. All articles should be accompanied by an abstract of approximately 150 words. The journal uses the Harvard system of referencing with the author's name and date in the text, and a full reference list in alphabetical order at the end of the article. All submissions must be sent electronically as Microsoft Word documents to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> . For editorial board listings, please visit: www.sagepub.co.uk/mwc <file://www.sagepub.co.uk/mwc> LAUNCH CONFERENCE IN 2007 April 19-20, 2007 Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin The launch conference for Media, War & Conflict will provide a scholarly forum for discussion of a wide range of topics that the journal will address: Contemporary and historical war reporting Dynamics of the public sphere Popular and visual cultures Credibility, legitimacy, and the security services Media ethics in the coverage of conflict Terrorism and counter-terrorism Intelligence operations and the media The media as instruments of war The media's role in high and low-intensity conflict Conflict prevention and peacekeeping Photo and video journalism in wartime Documentation and commemoration of warfare and other topics. A selection of papers from the conference will be included in the first issues of Media, War & Conflict. The deadline for submission of paper and panel proposals is 1st October 2006. Submission should be in the form of an abstract of no more than 150 words. For panels, include names and e-mail addresses of all panel members. All submissions must be sent electronically as Microsoft Word documents to: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> For further details, please contact the editors: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Debbie Cock Senior Journals Marketing Manager SAGE Publications 1 Oliver's Yard 55 City Road London EC1Y 1SP Tel: +44 (0) 20 7324 8500 ext 2212 Fax: +44 (0) 20 7324 8600 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Website: http://www.sagepub.co.uk <http://www.sagepub.co.uk> ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html