[Air-L] cfp - ‘Genre Innovation’ - Journal of Media Innovations

[Charles Ess]

Dear AoIRists,

On behalf of the guest editors, I'm pleased to call your attention to the
follow cfp: please distribute to those you believe might be interested.

thanks,
- charles ess
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*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:

1) *analytical* and conduct comparative studies of concrete genres and
individual texts in film, literature, music, art, TV, web, games,
location–based & mobile media;

2) *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

3) *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 at media.uio.no> and Andrew
Morrison <andrewdavid.morrison at aho.no>. Other inquiries should be addressed
to: Anders Olaf Larsson <a.o.larsson at media.uio.no>.