NB - Call for Papers for the 2017 Rhetoric in Society conference is out: "Rhetorics of Unity and Division". University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK, July 3-5 2017. Click here for details. Deadline: 16 December, 2016.
Job posting: 5 Ph.D. positions at the Faculty of Humanities, the University of Amsterdam. Click here for details. Deadline: 15 August 2016.
Publication call for papers: Res Rhetorica: Special issue on "Digital Rhetoric". Click here for details. Deadline: 15 August, 2016.
Call for papers: Rhetoric, Composition & Popular Cuture. San Diego, USA, April 12-15 2017. Click here for details. Deadline: 1 October, 2016.
Call for abstracts for panel: Political humor as social action: verbal-visual attitudes towards politicians in late modernity. 15th International Pragmatics Conference, Belfast, Ireland, July 16-21 2017. Click here for details. Deadline: 15 October 2016.
Publication call for papers: the Journal of Relevant Rhetoric: "Exploring Persuasive Attack Theory".Click here for details (see bottom of page). Deadline: 30 October, 2016.
Upcoming conference: the 2016 Public Address Conference. Syracuse University, USA, 29 September - 1 October, 2016. Click here for details.
Book of interest: WOMEN'S IRONY: Rewriting Feminist Rhetorical Histories by Tarez Samra Graban.Click here for details.
Rhetoric CFPs & TOCs
Photo: Kristoffer Trolle (creative commons)
Friday, July 15, 2016
7,000 Views
When the RSA ended the Blogora, I admit -- I had no idea whether I was blogging into a vacuum. Discussions on the Blogora were sparse, where five years before they were energetic. Was anyone reading?
By the end of the day, we will hit 7,000 views, not counting my occasional views to make sure that the pages look okay. That's well over 1,000 views a month, and recently, closer to 1,500 views a month (as the first few months were low readership while I built and rebuilt the community from a new site).
I promise not to do any more of these "wow" posts, except to say: Thank you.
Of the three kinds of posts, the CFPs get the most views, the TOCS next, and the quotes from my favorite old articles get the least. But I like the idea of pulling old research back into the search results on Google, so I will keep those up.
Are there any other things this site could or should be doing for you?
By the end of the day, we will hit 7,000 views, not counting my occasional views to make sure that the pages look okay. That's well over 1,000 views a month, and recently, closer to 1,500 views a month (as the first few months were low readership while I built and rebuilt the community from a new site).
I promise not to do any more of these "wow" posts, except to say: Thank you.
Of the three kinds of posts, the CFPs get the most views, the TOCS next, and the quotes from my favorite old articles get the least. But I like the idea of pulling old research back into the search results on Google, so I will keep those up.
Are there any other things this site could or should be doing for you?
New issue of Media and Communication
New issue of Media and Communication
We have just published the new issue of the open access journal Media
and Communication, which I co-edit. The theme of this special issue is
"(Not Yet) the End of Television." The issue was guest edited by Milly
Buonanno, and may be accessed free of charge at:
http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/issue/view
/46
Table of Contents
Thematic Issue on The End of Television (Not Yet): Editor's
Introduction<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunicati
on/article/view/661>
Milly Buonanno
Television in Latin America Is "Everywhere": Not Dead, Not Dying, but
Converging and Thriving
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/592>
Guillermo Orozco and Toby Miller
"There Will Still Be Television but I Don't Know What It Will Be
Called!": Narrating the End of Television in Australia and New Zealand
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/561>
Jock Given
Re-Locating the Spaces of Television Studies
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/563>
Anna Cristina Pertierra
Not Yet the Post-TV Era: Network and MVPD Adaptation to Emergent
Distribution Technologies
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/548>
Mike Van Esler
The End of Television-Again! How TV Is Still Influenced by Cultural
Factors in the Age of Digital Intermediaries
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/547>
Gunn Enli and Trine Syvertsen
Digital Media Platforms and the Use of TV Content: Binge Watching and
Video-on-Demand in Germany
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/542>
Lothar Mikos
The End of the Television Archive as We Know It? The National Archive as
an Agent of Historical Knowledge in the Convergence Era
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/595>
Berber Hagedoorn and Bas Agterberg
Still 'Watching' TV? The Consumption of TV Fiction by Engaged Audiences
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/427>
Alexander Dhoest and Nele Simons
Taming Distraction: The Second Screen Assemblage, Television and the
Classroom
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/538>
Markus Stauff
We have just published the new issue of the open access journal Media
and Communication, which I co-edit. The theme of this special issue is
"(Not Yet) the End of Television." The issue was guest edited by Milly
Buonanno, and may be accessed free of charge at:
http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/issue/view
/46
Table of Contents
Thematic Issue on The End of Television (Not Yet): Editor's
Introduction<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunicati
on/article/view/661>
Milly Buonanno
Television in Latin America Is "Everywhere": Not Dead, Not Dying, but
Converging and Thriving
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/592>
Guillermo Orozco and Toby Miller
"There Will Still Be Television but I Don't Know What It Will Be
Called!": Narrating the End of Television in Australia and New Zealand
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/561>
Jock Given
Re-Locating the Spaces of Television Studies
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/563>
Anna Cristina Pertierra
Not Yet the Post-TV Era: Network and MVPD Adaptation to Emergent
Distribution Technologies
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/548>
Mike Van Esler
The End of Television-Again! How TV Is Still Influenced by Cultural
Factors in the Age of Digital Intermediaries
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/547>
Gunn Enli and Trine Syvertsen
Digital Media Platforms and the Use of TV Content: Binge Watching and
Video-on-Demand in Germany
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/542>
Lothar Mikos
The End of the Television Archive as We Know It? The National Archive as
an Agent of Historical Knowledge in the Convergence Era
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/595>
Berber Hagedoorn and Bas Agterberg
Still 'Watching' TV? The Consumption of TV Fiction by Engaged Audiences
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/427>
Alexander Dhoest and Nele Simons
Taming Distraction: The Second Screen Assemblage, Television and the
Classroom
<http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/article/v
iew/538>
Markus Stauff
New Books Announcement: Violent Games & Music Games
New Books Announcement: Violent Games & Music Games
It is my great pleasure to announce the impending publication of two new
volumes in the Approaches to Digital Game Studies book series.
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/approaches-to-digital-game-studies/
)
Violent Video Games: Rules, Realism, and Effect
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/violent-games-9781628925609/ ) (Gareth
Schott, Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato, New Zealand). This
monograph draws on new insights achieved from research located at an
intersection between humanities, social and computer sciences, to
interrogate the nature and meaning of the "violence" encountered and
experienced by game players. In focusing on the various ways "violence"
is mediated by both the rule system and the semiotic layer of games, the
aim is to draw out the distinctiveness of games' exploitation of
violence or violent themes.
Music Video Games: Performance, Politics, and Play
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/music-video-games-9781501308536/ ) (Michael
Austin, Assistant Professor at Howard University, USA). This anthology
investigates important themes surrounding the ways in which we play
music and play with music in video games. Starting with the precursors
to music games - including Simon, the hand-held electronic music game
from the 1980s, this collection goes on to discuss issues in
musicianship and performance, authenticity and "selling out," and
composing, creating, and learning music with video games.
Both volumes will be available on July 28, 2016 in paperback, hardback,
and various ebook formats.
Orders via Bloomsbury will receive a 30% discount with the coupon code
"gamestudies" on the checkout page.
Authors interested in proposing a volume to the series can learn more at
https://sites.google.com/site/approachestodigitalgamestudies/ and
contact the series editors at gamestudies.books@gmail.com.
It is my great pleasure to announce the impending publication of two new
volumes in the Approaches to Digital Game Studies book series.
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
)
Violent Video Games: Rules, Realism, and Effect
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
Schott, Senior Lecturer at the University of Waikato, New Zealand). This
monograph draws on new insights achieved from research located at an
intersection between humanities, social and computer sciences, to
interrogate the nature and meaning of the "violence" encountered and
experienced by game players. In focusing on the various ways "violence"
is mediated by both the rule system and the semiotic layer of games, the
aim is to draw out the distinctiveness of games' exploitation of
violence or violent themes.
Music Video Games: Performance, Politics, and Play
(http://www.bloomsbury.com/us/
Austin, Assistant Professor at Howard University, USA). This anthology
investigates important themes surrounding the ways in which we play
music and play with music in video games. Starting with the precursors
to music games - including Simon, the hand-held electronic music game
from the 1980s, this collection goes on to discuss issues in
musicianship and performance, authenticity and "selling out," and
composing, creating, and learning music with video games.
Both volumes will be available on July 28, 2016 in paperback, hardback,
and various ebook formats.
Orders via Bloomsbury will receive a 30% discount with the coupon code
"gamestudies" on the checkout page.
Authors interested in proposing a volume to the series can learn more at
https://sites.google.com/site/
contact the series editors at gamestudies.books@gmail.com.
Thursday, July 14, 2016
Science Communication August 2016; Vol. 38, No. 4
Science Communication
August 2016; Vol. 38, No. 4
Research Articles
The Impact of Climate Change–Related Imagery and Text on Public Opinion and Behavior Change
P. Sol Hart and Lauren Feldman
“Facts, Not Fear”: Negotiating Uncertainty on Social Media During the 2014 Ebola Crisis
Kajsa E. Dalrymple, Rachel Young, and Melissa Tully
Madam Science Communicator: A Typology of Women’s Experiences in Online Science Communication
Niveen AbiGhannam
Citizens as Scientists: What Influences Public Contributions to Marine Research?
Victoria Martin, Liam Smith, Alison Bowling, Les Christidis, David Lloyd, and Gretta Pecl
Commentaries
Citizen Science: Toward Transformative Learning
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Livio Riboli-Sasco, Claire Ribrault, Maria Heras, Daniel Laguna, and Leïla Perié
Communication Strategies and New Media Platforms: Exploring the Synergistic Potential of Health and Environmental Communication
Jessica Fitts Willoughby and Hollie Smith
August 2016; Vol. 38, No. 4
Research Articles
The Impact of Climate Change–Related Imagery and Text on Public Opinion and Behavior Change
P. Sol Hart and Lauren Feldman
“Facts, Not Fear”: Negotiating Uncertainty on Social Media During the 2014 Ebola Crisis
Kajsa E. Dalrymple, Rachel Young, and Melissa Tully
Madam Science Communicator: A Typology of Women’s Experiences in Online Science Communication
Niveen AbiGhannam
Citizens as Scientists: What Influences Public Contributions to Marine Research?
Victoria Martin, Liam Smith, Alison Bowling, Les Christidis, David Lloyd, and Gretta Pecl
Commentaries
Citizen Science: Toward Transformative Learning
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Livio Riboli-Sasco, Claire Ribrault, Maria Heras, Daniel Laguna, and Leïla Perié
Communication Strategies and New Media Platforms: Exploring the Synergistic Potential of Health and Environmental Communication
Jessica Fitts Willoughby and Hollie Smith
Journal of Visual Culture August 2016; Vol. 15, No. 2
Journal of Visual Culture
August 2016; Vol. 15, No. 2
Articles
The Art of Social Reproduction
Victoria Horne
Monroe’s Molly: Three Reflections on Eve Arnold’s Photograph of Marilyn Monroe Reading Ulysses
Griselda Pollock
Parallax Effects: Epistemology, Affect and Digital 3D Cinema
Kristen Whissel
The Painter of Dematerialization
Kris Cohen
Books
Book Review: D Medina Lasansky (ed.), Archi.Pop: Mediating Architecture in Popular Culture
Barry Curtis
Book Review: Giuliana Bruno, Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media
Luci Eldridge
Book Review: Dana Arnold (ed.), Interdisciplinary Encounters: Hidden and Visible Explorations of the Work of Adrian Rifkin
Ajay Hothi
Book Review: Sean Cubitt, The Practice of Light: A Genealogy of Visual Technologies from Prints to Pixels
Swagato Chakravorty
Book Review: Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treaty of Things
Yuk Hui
August 2016; Vol. 15, No. 2
Articles
The Art of Social Reproduction
Victoria Horne
Monroe’s Molly: Three Reflections on Eve Arnold’s Photograph of Marilyn Monroe Reading Ulysses
Griselda Pollock
Parallax Effects: Epistemology, Affect and Digital 3D Cinema
Kristen Whissel
The Painter of Dematerialization
Kris Cohen
Books
Book Review: D Medina Lasansky (ed.), Archi.Pop: Mediating Architecture in Popular Culture
Barry Curtis
Book Review: Giuliana Bruno, Surface: Matters of Aesthetics, Materiality, and Media
Luci Eldridge
Book Review: Dana Arnold (ed.), Interdisciplinary Encounters: Hidden and Visible Explorations of the Work of Adrian Rifkin
Ajay Hothi
Book Review: Sean Cubitt, The Practice of Light: A Genealogy of Visual Technologies from Prints to Pixels
Swagato Chakravorty
Book Review: Tristan Garcia, Form and Object: A Treaty of Things
Yuk Hui
Communication & Sport September 2016; Vol. 4, No. 3
Communication & Sport
September 2016; Vol. 4, No. 3
Articles
New Media, Creativity, and the Olympics: A Case Study into the Use of #NBCFail During the Sochi Winter Games
Katerina Girginova
Tensions in the Press Box: Understanding Relationships Among Sports Media and Source Organizations
David Welch Suggs, Jr.
What’s the Best Exposure? Examining Media Representations of Female Athletes and the Impact on Collegiate Athletes’ Self-Objectification
Lauren Reichart Smith
Constructing the Digitalized Sporting Body: Black and White Masculinity in NBA/NHL Internet Memes
Nikolas Dickerson
Does Race Belong on Sports Blogs? Solidarity and Racial Discourse in Online Baseball Fan Forums
Jen McGovern
Attachment to Sports Conferences: An Expanded Model of Points of Attachment Among Professional, Collegiate, and High School Football Fans
John S. W. Spinda, Daniel L. Wann, and Robin Hardin
September 2016; Vol. 4, No. 3
Articles
New Media, Creativity, and the Olympics: A Case Study into the Use of #NBCFail During the Sochi Winter Games
Katerina Girginova
Tensions in the Press Box: Understanding Relationships Among Sports Media and Source Organizations
David Welch Suggs, Jr.
What’s the Best Exposure? Examining Media Representations of Female Athletes and the Impact on Collegiate Athletes’ Self-Objectification
Lauren Reichart Smith
Constructing the Digitalized Sporting Body: Black and White Masculinity in NBA/NHL Internet Memes
Nikolas Dickerson
Does Race Belong on Sports Blogs? Solidarity and Racial Discourse in Online Baseball Fan Forums
Jen McGovern
Attachment to Sports Conferences: An Expanded Model of Points of Attachment Among Professional, Collegiate, and High School Football Fans
John S. W. Spinda, Daniel L. Wann, and Robin Hardin
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