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Call for papers - Comparing Media Systems in the Iberian Peninsula
Special issue of the International Journal of Iberian Studies (Intellect).
In the last years, comparative studies have quickly developed in the field of
communication studies. Specifically, the publication of Hallin and Mancini’s
Comparing Media Systems has been a turning point of cross-national research into
the structure, politics and performing of media systems. In this work, Spain and
Portugal appear, alongside other countries, under the umbrella of the Polarized
Pluralist or Mediterranean model. However, not all the literature agrees on these
similarities between Spain and Portugal. Equally, areas like those of journalism,
policies, texts and audiences, just to name a few, remain largely unexplored from
this comparative perspective.
The aim of this special issue is to stimulate the debate on cross-national media
research between Spain and Portugal. The Iberian perspective on media studies is
hardly developed. However, in the context of increasing comparative research, it
seems a logical step forward. Among others, relevant questions include:
- Is there space for an Iberian dimension in Portuguese and Spanish media
systems?
- What are the difficulties faced by researchers when comparing the Spanish and
Portuguese media systems?
- What’s the research agenda for an Iberian perspective on media systems and its
relation to political, economic or cultural systems?
- What is the theoretical and empirical justification for Iberian research?
- How do researchers interpret similarities and differences found when studying
both countries and media production, distribution and consumption?
- Do media texts reflect the Iberian perspective? How do they reflect it?
- How the different languages spoken in the Iberian Peninsula affect this Iberian
dimension?
- What’s the role of nations and regions within these systems and among them?
- What’s the relationship and position of the Iberian media and communication
space with other systems in the context of globalization?
To that end, possible topics include (but are not limited to): journalism practices
and cultures, structure of national broadcasting systems, transborder texts,
experiences and practices, audience analysis, international communication,
political communication, communication and cultural policies, and media theory
and sociology.
Cross-national studies will be privileged. Only articles written in English will be
sent out for review. Articles should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words including
notes and references. The submission guidelines can be downloaded from
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/MediaManager/File/IJIS%20Notes%20for%20C
ontributors.pdf.
The deadline for submissions is 20 September 2011. This special issue will be
published in 2012.
For further information and submissions, please contact the guest editors at:
David Fernández-Quijada
Departament de Comunicació Audiovisual i Publicitat I, Universitat Autònoma de
Barcelona
[email protected]
José Luis García
Instituto de Ciências Sociais, Universidade de Lisboa
[email protected]