Apropos of recent postings about the Spectator, following is the Call for Papers for the Fall 1998 issue: Spectator: The University of Southern California Journal of Film and TV Criticism. Call for papers Fall 1998: Monitor-ing Television: Race and Representation Submissions Due: September 15 1998 The landscape of television has been significantly altered in recent years. The installation of cable, the introduction of competing networks, connections to the internet with such channels as MSNBC have opened up the realm of television to numerous possibilities. A cursory look at the contemporary media landscape, reveals the ways in which race has figured prominently in television discourse. The Rodney King beating and subsequent Los Angeles Riots, the O.J. Simpson trial, President Clinton's recent travels to Africa and the possibility of his decision to issue a formal apology for the atrocities of slavery are but a few of the so called real race dramas that have played out on television. In the meantime, the emergence of the Warner Brothers Network (WB) and The United Paramount Network (UPN) has raised questions as to the creation of so called ghetto networks to deal with other subject matter. Race will continue to play a central role in television as it has in American society for decades. This issue of the Spectator seeks cross disciplinary approaches to the complexities of televising race. Possible essay topics include (but are not limited to): * The impact of television's diversification-- cable programming, public access, the internet etc.-- on the dialogue on race. * Racialized audiences and reception *Television's construction of racialized others. *Race and television advertising *Regional cable and race *Public access stations and minority communities. *Television docudramas and racially coded events. *Talkshows and Race *Televising race or racial conflict within a global context. *Intersections of class, sexuality, gender and racial representation. *Political correctness *Animation and race. Please submit a 12-20 page, double spaced manuscript (5,000 words) in MLA end note style to: Christine Acham/Spectator School of Cinema-Television Division of Critical Studies University of Southern California Los Angeles CA. 90089-2211 For more information or questions, contact Christine Acham: [log in to unmask] The Spectator is a bi-annual journal of film and television criticism published by the University of Southern California. ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite