CFP: International Conference of Media Change

We are inviting proposals for the International Conference of Media Change SERIALIZATION LANDSCAPES: SERIES AND SERIALIZATION FROM LITERATURE TO THE WEB three-day conference that will take place from Tuesday 7th to Thursday 9th July 2015 at the University of Urbino Carlo Bo, Polo Didattico Volponi, Via Saffi 15 – 61029 Urbino (Italy).

The conference is organized by the Department of Communication Studies and Humanities, University of Urbino Carlo Bo in partnership with the Institute for Screen Industries Research – University of Nottingham and the Second cycle degree in Cinema, Television and Multimedia Production –University of Bologna.

The deadline for abstracts is Saturday 28th February 2015.
Please email a 300-word abstract (stating your name, email address and
institutional affiliation, maximum 4 keywords) to: info@mediachange.it

Possible themes include:

• the experimentation of the serial form in theater’s scripts, comics, literature, videogames, videoclips, video art and advertising;
• the relationship between the serial form and the serialization on the web, blogs, tumblr and social networks more in general (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.);
• the television serialization as an organization mechanism of the narrative ecosystem experience;
• production and consumption: serialization form, ways of production and user generated seriality;
• serialization and the movies. Reboot or re-franchise? Chapters, series or sequels?
• steps and processes of the serial product construction and fruition on the web: from series to web series.

Outputs
A dedicated edition of “Mediascapes Journal”, a double blind peer review journal.

Additional information is available on the website: http://www.mediachange.it/

Kind regards
Giovanni Boccia Artieri [giovanni.bocciaartieri@uniurb.it]
Laura Gemini [laura.gemini@uniurb.it]
Erika D’Amico [erika.damico@uniurb.it]
University of Urbino Carlo Bo