January 14, 2021

History of Media Studies Newsletter | January 2021

Welcome to the first 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 forthcoming History of Media Studies journal and the Working Group on the History of Media Studies. Please contact us with any questions, suggestions, or items.

1. Working Group in the History of Media Studies

Join us for the next remote session devoted to discussing published works and members' working papers. Hosted by the Consortium for History of Science, Technology and Medicine (CHSTM). Open to anyone interested in the history of the media studies fields.

Thursday, 21 January, 4pm to 5:30pm ET

Readings for discussion:

• Erik Vroons, “Communication Studies in Europe: A Sketch of the Situation around 1955” (2005)
• Hynek Jeřábek, “How Empirical Social Research Gained Ascendancy in Post-war France.”

For the Zoom link and reading downloads, visit the Working Group page. Instructions for joining the group are here. Questions? Contact us

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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.

1. Call for entries: IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science
   • The International Union of History and Philosophy of Science and Technology (IUHPST) invites submissions for the 2021 IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science. This biennial prize competition seeks to encourage fresh methodological thinking on the history and philosophy of science and related areas.
   • Deadline: 15 January 2021
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2. New open access book: Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe
   • The book “Research Traditions in Dialogue: Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe” reflects on the following questions: What are the possibilities to establish bridges, comparisons and connections between/among Communication Studies in Europe and Latin America? How can we describe, and put into perspective, the research in these two regions? How are they connected, in particular ways, to functionalism, critical thinkings, culturalist currents, alternative reflexions, postcolonial studies and feminist perspectives about the Communication?
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3. Call for Short Essays: Lazarsfeld at 120
   • The International Journal of Communication will publish a Forum timed to appear with the 120-year anniversary of Paul Lazarsfeld’s birth, in August 2021. We are inviting contributions of 1500- to 3000-word essays that reflect on the late sociologist’s legacy for communication research and for empirical social research more broadly.
   • Deadline: 15 April 2020
   • More details

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3. New Publications

Works listed here: (1) newly published, (2) new to the bibliography, and (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. Finn, James D.. "Television and Education: A Review of Research." Audio Visual Communication Review 1, no. 2 (1953): 106--126.
2. Jeřábek, Hynek. Paul Lazarsfeld and the Origins of Communications Research. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2017.
3. Orben, Amy. "The Sisyphean Cycle of Technology Panics." Perspectives on Psychological Science 15, no. 5 (2020): 1143-1157.
4. Schwarz, Bill. "The Red Plot." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 31--37. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
5. Brunsdon, Charlotte. "The Labour of Identity: ‘A World at One with Itself’." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 151--154. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
6. Rustin, Michael. "Stuart Hall and the Early New Left." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 99--106. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
7. Mort, Frank. "Remembering Sex and Identity in the 1960s and 1970s." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 144--150. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
8. Curran, James. "Stuart Hall Redux: His Early Works, 1964--1984." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 38--46. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
9. Henriques, Julian and Morley, David. "Introduction." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 11--24. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
10. Massey, Doreen. "The Soundings Conjuncture Projects: The Challenge Right Now." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 86--93. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
11. Brah, Avtar. "Reflecting and Remembering the Work of Stuart Hall." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 172--178. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
12. Young, Lola. "Policy, Politics, Practice and Theory." In Stuart Hall: Conversations, Projects and Legacies, edited by Julian Henriques and David Morley, 179--184. London: Goldsmiths Press, 2017.
13. Hays, Anne. "A Citation Analysis about Scholarship on Zines." Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication 8, no. 1 (2020): 1--34.
14. Hullot-Kentor, Robert. "Editor's Introduction." In Current of Music: Elements of a Radio Theory, edited by Robert Hullot-Kentor, 1-40. : Polity, 2009.
15. O’Sullivan, Luke. "Eyemaginary Unity: A Dialectic of Visual Studies." Visual Studies 35, no. 4 (2020): 319-329.
16. Boidy, Maxime, Patarin-Jossec, Julie and Hansen, Susan. "‘I Hate Visual culture.’ The Controversial Rise of Visual Studies and the Disciplinary Politics of the Visible." Visual Studies 35, no. 4 (2020): 310-318.
17. Wolf, Eric R. and Trager, George L.. "Hortense Powdermaker 1900-1970." American Anthropologist 73, no. 3 (1971): 783--787.
18. Villanueva, Erick R. Torrico. "De-Westernizing Communication." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 255--274. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
19. Esparcia, Antonio Castillo and Álvarez-Nobell, Alejandro. "The Functionalism in Communication Studies in Europe: Its Functional Role in the Critique and its Attempts towards Perpetuity." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 45--66. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
20. Rizo, Marta. "Communication In, From and To Culture. Notes for an Assessment on Cultural Studies (in Communication) in Latin America: Trajectory, Themes and Critique." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 153--178. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
21. Molina, Javier Torres. "The Political Economy of Latin American Communication." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 95--106. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
22. Paulino, Fernando Oliveira and Kaplún, Gabriel. "A Transatlantic Dialogue for Future Communication." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 9--14. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
23. Cárdenas, Tanius Karam. "The “Functionalist” Currents: From Misunderstanding to Second Reading of their Contributions." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 17--44. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
24. Bolaño, César. "Notes on Political Economy and Critical Thought in Communication Studies in Europe and Latin America." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 107--114. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
25. de Frutos, Ruth. "Critical Theory: The Bridge between the Political Economy of Communication and Cultural Studies." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 75--94. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
26. Barranquero, Alejandro and Treré, Emiliano. "A Historical and Comparative Perspective on the Studies on Alternative and Community Communication in Europe." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 191--214. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
27. García-Jiménez, Leonarda, Hernández Pérez, Manuel and Subtil, Filipa. "History, Debates and Primary References of Cultural Studies in Europe." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 123--152. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
28. Russi, Pedro. "A Necessary Challenge for Communication: Thinking the Functionalism and Functionalists." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 67--72. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
29. Ayala, Juana Gallego and Silveirinha, Maria João. "Gender and Communication: Advances and Setbacks in a Iberian Peninsula in Crisis." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 297--320. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
30. Carpentier, Nico, Ganter, Sarah Anne, Ortega, Félix and Torrico, Erick. "A Debate on Post-colonialism and De-coloniality: Latin American and European Perspectives on Change and Hope." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 275--294. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
31. Bacallao-Pino, Lázaro M.. "Complexities of the Alternativism: Theory and Practice of the Alternative Currents in Communication in Latin America." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 215--228. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
32. Ganter, Sarah Anne and Ortega, Félix. "Post-colonial Currents in the European Communication Studies. A Chance for Renewal?." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 243--254. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
33. Kaplún, Gabriel, Barranquero, Alejandro and Treré, Emiliano. "Alternative Communication in Europe and Latin America: So Far Away, Yet So Close." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 229--240. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
34. Lago, Cláudia, Coelho de Souza Lago, Mara and Martine, Monica. "Gender Studies within the Communication Field in Latin America: A Brazilian Perspective." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 321--340. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
35. Torres Molina, Javier, Bolaño, César and de Frutos, Ruth. "Debate on Critical Theory and Political Economy of Communication." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 115--120. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.
36. Gallego Ayala, Juana, Custódio, Leonardo, Lago, Cláudia, Coelho de Souza Lago, Mara, Martinez, Monica and João Silveirinh, Maria. "Nuances of Feminism and Gender Studies in European and Latin American Communication Research." In Research Traditions in Dialogue – Communication Studies in Latin America and Europe, edited by Fernando Oliveira Paulino, Gabriel Kaplún, Miguel Vicente Mariño and Leonardo Custódio, 341--348. Ramada, Portugal: media XXI, 2020.