Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communications


The Society for the Social Study of Mobile Communication (SSSMC) is intended to facilitate the international advancement of cross-disciplinary mobile communication studies. It is intended to serve as a resource and to support a network of scholarly research as to the social consequences of mobile communication.




Wednesday, April 15, 2015

CFP: Genre Innovation

The Journal of Media Innovations

Call for Papers!

Special Issue - Spring 2016 (Vol. 3, Issue 1)

‘Genre Innovation’

As media matures, the importance of genre increases. Changes in hardware platforms, infrastructure and code tend to stabilize over time, at least temporarily. In such calm phases, genre innovation and consequent differentiation becomes pertinent and important. In this special issue of The Journal of Media Innovation* <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI> we call for contributions that will demonstrate, discuss and challenge the phenomenon and notion of *genre innovation* across media.

Contributions may be:
  • *analytical* and conduct comparative studies of concrete genres and individual texts in film, literature, music, art, TV, web, games, location–based & mobile media;
  • *theoretical,* by investigating the interactions between different tradition's concepts, perspectives and modes of reflection in film studies, literary theory, semiotics, rhetorics, narratology, game studies and aesthetics; and/or
  • *constructive* and by design experimentation with invention of new prototypical and prospective genres, in particular based on the rapid changes in digital hardware and software and the expressive potential they render possible in media design, HCI, interaction design, game design etc.



The aim of the special issue is to bring together genre theories and practices from different media in order to explore and map the intricate web of affinities and relationships between the various perspectives and positions, and thus enrich our multi–disciplinary understanding of the family resemblances and patterns that connect the complex field of genre invention, –innovation and –theory.

About the Journal

The Journal of Media Innovations* explores how changing technologies and changing modes of usage and engagement with media bring about innovations in media.  It is an Open Access journal published by Fritt (Frie tidskrifter fra UiO), using the Open Journal Systems. Under this system, authors retain copyright of their work.

Special Issue Editors

Gunnar Liestøl and Andrew Morrison

General Editors

Editor: Charles Ess; Editorial Assistant: Anders Olaf Larsson

Submission and Publication Information:

Deadline for Submission of Papers: 30 September 2015; Publication Date: 15 January 2016. Articles should be between 4,000 and 6,000 words in length and follow the *Journal* stylesheet (APA). Please see the *Journal* website for further author and submission information: <
https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/>. All articles will be reviewed in a double-blind system.  Inquiries concerning the special issue should be addressed to: Gunnar Liestøl <gunnar.liestol@media.uio.no> and Andrew Morrison <andrewdavid.morrison@aho.no>. Other inquiries should be addressed to: Anders Olaf Larsson <a.o.larsson@media.uio.no>.
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