December 22, 2021

History of Media Studies Newsletter December 2021

Welcome to the 12th edition of the History of Media Studies Newsletter. The monthly email, assembled by Dave Park, Jeff Pooley, and Pete Simonson, maintains a loose affiliation with the new History of Media Studies journal and the Working Group on the History of Media Studies. Please contact us with any questions, suggestions, or items.

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1. Working Group on the History of Media Studies

Note: There is no Working Group meeting for December. We will re-convene in January, with readings announced and circulated soon. Hosted by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Open to anyone interested in the history of the media studies fields. Instructions to join are here.

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2. Conferences, Calls & Announcements

If you have a call or announcement relevant to the history of media studies, please contact us.

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1. History of the Human Sciences – Early Career Prize, 2021-22
   • The winning scholar will be awarded £250 and have their essay published in History of the Human Sciences (subject to the essay passing through the journal’s peer review process). The intention is to award the prize to a single entrant but the judging panel may choose to recognise more than one essay in the event of a particularly strong field. Scholars who wish to be considered for the award are asked to submit an up-to-date CV (a maximum of two pages in length and including a statement that confirms eligibility for the award) and an essay that is a maximum of 12,000 words long (including footnotes and references).
   • Deadline: 31 January 2022
   • More details
2. CFP: Visibility of Women in the History of Academia
   • This issue of Medien & Zeit focuses on developments of inequalities in the disciplinary genesis of communication studies, in particular in the field of communication history, but also in associated disciplines like social sciences and humanities, (contemporary) history, sociology or philosophy. We invite contributions to reflect on the history of disciplines and subjects in relation to gender constructions and the gendering of academic knowledge production. The level of actors is sought to be considered just as much as the structural level…
   • Deadline: 28 February 2022
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3. CFP: Cheiron Annual Meeting
   • The 54th Annual Meeting of Cheiron – The International Society for the History of Behavioral and Social Sciences – will be held using a virtual format starting on Tuesday, June 21st and ending on Thursday, June 23rd. We hope that you consider sharing your research and developing ideas by submitting papers for presentation, arranging thematic sessions or roundtable discussions, and attending the meetings.
   • Deadline: 28 February 2022
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4. CFP: Seventh Annual Conference on the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS)
   • After a two-year pandemic delay, this two-day conference of the Society for the History of Recent Social Science (HISRESS) will bring together researchers working on the history of post-World War II social science. It will provide a forum for the latest research on the cross-disciplinary history of the post-war social sciences, including but not limited to anthropology, economics, psychology, political science, and sociology as well as related fields like area studies, communication studies, history, international relations, law, and linguistics. The two-day conference will be organized as a series of one-hour, single-paper sessions attended by all participants. Ample time will be set aside for intellectual exchange between presenters and attendees, as all participants are expected to read pre-circulated papers in advance.
   • Deadline: 4 February 2022
   • More details

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3. New Publications

Works listed here are (1) newly published, (2) new to the bibliography, and/or (3) newly available in an open access (OA) format.

The History of Communication Research Bibliography is a project of the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives (ASCLA) at the University of Pennsylvania.

1. Eisner, Julia. "Lotte Eisner: Pioneer of the Art and Craft of Collecting." Screen 62, no. 3 (2021): 418-423.
2. Carter, Erica. "Lotte Eisner: A Reappraisal Introduction." Screen 62, no. 3 (2021): 375-381.
3. DeCelles, Naomi. "Out and About: Lotte Eisner at the Film-Kurier 1927–33." Screen 62, no. 3 (2021): 408-417.
4. Bergstrom, Janet. "In Defence of F. W. Murnau." Screen 62, no. 3 (2021): 400-407.
5. Wedel, Michael. "Through the Looking-Glass: Lotte H. Eisner and Éric Rohmer on Murnau." Screen 62, no. 3 (2021): 390-399.
6. DeCelles, Naomi. "Out and about: Lotte Eisner at the Film-Kurier 1927–33." Screen 62, no. 3 (2021): 408-417.
7. Soffer, Oren and Geifman, Dorit. "Comparing Research Topics in European and International Communication Association Journals: Computational Analysis." International Communication Gazette 83, no. 8 (2021): 753-775.
8. Nelson, Sarah. "A Dream Deferred: UNESCO, American Expertise, and the Eclipse of Radical News Development in the Early Satellite Age." Radical History Review 2021, no. 141 (2021): 30-59.
9. Peters, John Durham. "Introduction: Friedrich Kittler's Light Shows." In _ Optical Media_, edited by Friedrich Kittler, 1-17. New York: Polity, 2010.
10. Barker, Timothy. " Michel Serres’ Messengers." Media Theory 5, no. 1 (2021): 163-184.
11. Crocker, Stephen. " “As Soon as We Are Two There is a Medium”." Media Theory 5, no. 1 (2021): 185--200.
12. Bühlmann, Vera. " In Medias Naturae." Media Theory 5, no. 1 (2021): 231--252.
13. Phillips, John. " The Accident in Being." Media Theory 5, no. 1 (2021): 253--272.
14. Wolfe, Cary. " Bring the Noise." Media Theory 5, no. 1 (2021): 273--294.
15. Page, Tyler G. and Capizzo, Luke W.. "From “An Open Field” to Established “Waves”: Public Relations Scholarship Through the Lens of Public Relations Review." Public Relations Review 47, no. 5 (2021): 102-115.
16. Akpınar, Ayhan, Çetin, Canberk and Tiltay, Muhammet Ali. "A Bibliometric Overview of the Journal of Historical Research in Marketing Between 2009 and 2021." Journal of Historical Research in Marketing (2021).
17. Kitchen, Philip J. and Bulmer, Sandy. "In Memoriam of Professor Lynne Eagle." Journal of Marketing Communications 28, no. 1 (2022): 1-2.
18. Daros, Otávio. "French Theoretical and Methodological Influences on Brazilian Journalism Research." Media, Culture & Society 43, no. 8 (2021): 1553-1564.
19. Litwack, Michael. "Extensions after Man: Race, Counter/insurgency and the Futures of Media Theory." Media, Culture & Society 43, no. 7 (2021): 1350-1363.
20. Einsiedel, Edna F. and Bakardjieva, Maria. "In Memoriam: David Brian Mitchell." Canadian Journal of Communication 46, no. 4 (2021): 983-985.
21. Eadie, William F. _ When Communication Became a Discipline_. Rowman & Littlefield, 2021.
22. Eva, Qinyu, Sakura, Osamu and Li, Gefei. "Mapping the Field of Misinformation Correction and Its Effects: A Review of Four Decades of Research." Social Science Information 60, no. 4 (2021): 522-547.