In Media Res Call for Curators MediaCommons is currently seeking curators for In Media Res for the period of September 11, 2007 through December 18, 2007. Individual submissions are welcome. We are also interested in continuing our themed weeks in which all five curators comment on a particular topic (ex: satire and politics, media representations of New Orleans), television series (ex: Battlestar Galactica, CSI), or medium (ex: videogames) and participate in a networked conversations with one another. If you are interested in curating for IMR or have an idea for a themed week, please contact Avi Santo at [log in to unmask] for more information. About In Media Res Monday-Friday, a different media scholar will present a 30-second to 3-minute clip accompanied by a 100-150-word impressionistic response. The goal is to promote an online dialogue amongst media scholars and the public about contemporary media scholarship through clips chosen for either their typicality or atypicality in demonstrating narrative strategies, genre formulations, aesthetic choices, representational practices, institutional approaches, fan engagements, etc. MediaCommons is a strong advocate for the right of media scholars to quote from the materials they analyze, as protected by the principle of “fair use.” If such quotation is necessary to a scholar’s argument, if the quotation serves to support a scholar’s original analysis or pedagogical purpose, and if the quotation does not harm the market value of the original text — but rather, and on the contrary, enhances it — we must defend the scholar’s right to quote from the media texts under study. To find out more about IMR, please visit: 1) http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/videos/about 2) http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/blog/2007/04/08/what-can-horace-newcomb-teach-us-about-in-media-res-a-first-stab-at-a-style-guide-for-contributors/ To find out more about Mediacommons, please visit: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/about Sincerely, Avi Santo ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Avi Santo, Ph.D. Assistant Professor 3014 Batten Arts & Letters (BAL) Department of Communication and Theatre Arts Old Dominion University Norfolk, Virginia 23529 (757) 683-6971 [log in to unmask] Co-Coordinating Editor: MediaCommons: A Digital Scholarly Network http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org Co-Creator: Flow: Television and Media Culture http://www.flowtv.org _________________________________________________________________ Discover the new Windows Vista http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?q=windows+vista&mkt=en-US&form=QBRE ---- For past messages, visit the Screen-L Archives: http://bama.ua.edu/archives/screen-l.html