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09/02/2016

CSCA 2017 Call for Papers Reminder: MSIG Call for Original Media

Hello members of the Media Studies Interest Group! As you may know, we’ve tried to renew our focus on Original Media submissions at the annual convention in recent years. To that end, this year we’re highlighting Original Media in its own call. Please consider submitting qualifying works from you or your students. Note the early deadline of September 15th to alert me of plans to submit, with the final deadline of October 3rd to be considered for the Minneapolis convention.


 Call for Original Media

2017 Central States Communication Association (CSCA)

Annual Convention in Minneapolis, Minnesota


March 16-18, 2017

Create


The Media Studies Interest Group (MSIG) of the Central States Communication Association invites submissions of original media for the 2017 CSCA Convention in Minneapolis, MN. This year’s conference theme, Create, provides a unique opportunity to renew our interest group’s commitment to highlighting original media content, be it through student-driven projects or student/faculty collaborations. The top Original Media winner at the 2017 conference will receive a $50 cash prize.

The Create theme is an ideal match to media production. Original media is something to be celebrated every year, but especially in Minneapolis. The Media Studies Interest Group welcomes submissions of original traditional and new media that engage theory, pedagogy, or communicative phenomena. These submissions can include, but are not limited to documentaries, fictional narratives or non-narratives, public service announcements, new media texts, or other creative works of media. Such formats are appropriate for submission, especially those that include a focus on the theme of Create.

Submissions should not exceed 30 minutes in total length. Longer original pieces should be edited into a representative clip that can be viewed within the time limit. Additionally, the submission must include a pedagogical or theoretical rationale for the work (a rationale could be an accompanying full-length paper written for the project or a 2-4 page rationale written for the submission).

Those interested in submitting should contact planner W. Joe Watson at cscamsig@gmail.com with a brief description of the media by September 15, 2016 to begin the submission process. Include a description of technology required for a presentation. Due to budget and access, the only technology that can be made available for your projects will be a multimedia projector and speakers that you can connect your laptop computers (or other equipment) to. There should be cables available for this, but there may not be Internet access readily available. Any technology requests must be made at the time of submission. Final submissions must be completed and submitted by October 3, 2016 at midnight (CST).

Questions and other communication about original media submissions and the Media Studies Interest Group may be directed to W. Joe Watson (Baker University) at Joe.Watson@bakeru.edu.

 

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