*Spectator * * Call for Papers “Television Connectivity” * *Volume and Date of Issue: 34.2 Fall 2014 Deadline for Submission: November 20, 2013* This issue of *Spectator *seeks to incorporate papers that explore new forms, theories, and practices of television connectivity. There are many ways in which television has historically been theorized through connectivity. Television was thought to bring people together, whether it was members of a family coming together to watch television in the living room, a nation coming together to watch the landing on the moon, or viewers around the globe coming together to watch the Olympic games. Viewers have also been theorized to uniquely connect to or identify with television characters and programs as a result of television’s intimate placement in the home and the longevity of certain television forms. And, Raymond Williams theorized a form of connectivity in his foundational concept of flow, when he saw television as comprising strategies that transformed diverse programming elements into a seamless whole. Since the advent of new digital technologies, however, television is more and more frequently being discussed in relation to the fragmentation, dispersal, and individualization of audiences, viewing practices, and programming. Nevertheless, television producers and programmers as well as technologists are devising a variety of strategies meant to encourage both old and new forms of television viewing practices that change our understanding of television in relation to connectivity. Whether it is twitter live-streaming, second screen story synch options, or interactive communities around a web series on YouTube, new forms of television are offering audiences a way to engage with traditional television texts while connected to other devices, people, and content. This issue will focus on papers that draw attention to new forms of television that encourage cross-platform connectivity or challenge established theoretical understandings of television connectivity. In particular it seeks papers that examine products or services that supplement or enhance the television experience by integrating Internet access, game play, and/or social networking. However, it welcomes papers addressing television connectivity through industrial analysis, textual analysis, and audience or cultural studies, including theoretical investigations of television as an artistic medium or institution. Papers should interrogate how certain technologies or platforms enable specific forms of connectivity around television shows, series, or characters? How are newer technologies and platforms transforming the relationship of viewers to television content, television producers, and access? How do producers or programmers try to bring together disparate audiences or niches around a show or network? On what terms and in which ways do audiences connect through television? How will changes in the industrial landscape (regulatory policies, media ownership, and digital innovations) have an impact on television viewing? What are the potential implications of these trends for viewers, producers, and supporting institutions and what do they indicate about the direction the industry is heading? *Deadline for Submission: November 20, 2013* *Spectator* is a biannual publication and submissions that address the relationship between television and connectivity are now invited for submission. Potential topics in the fields of media industry studies, television studies, cultural studies, new media theory, participatory culture, and production studies may include, but are not limited to: *Television Theory* Imagined communities Intimacy & Immediacy “Liveness” Ritual *Second Screen Content* Narrative, Representation, & Audience Address Apps and Websites Games and Play Forms of interactivity *Networked Televisions and Consoles* Technologies & Platforms Data-mining & Surveillance Interfaces & Control *Viewer Practices* Live-tweeting Social Networking Community Viewing Fandom *Manuscripts to be considered for publication should be sent to: * ATTN: Taylor Nygaard University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts Critical Studies 900 W 34th St. SCA, Room 320 Los Angeles, CA 90089-2211 Email: [log in to unmask] Phone: (240) 888-5081 One copy of manuscript should be submitted as well as a copy on disk. Submissions can also be e-mailed directly. 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