Call for Chapters: Popular
Representations of America in Non-American Media
Edited
by: Floribert Patrick C. Endong
Publisher:
IGI Global (USA)
Introduction
Much
of what the world knows about America is constructed and spread by global
American or Western media, particularly global mass cultures such as Hollywood,
VOA, ABC, and CNN among others. This theory is not unconnected to American
media’s ideological and cultural domination of foreign markets in Europe, Asia,
South-America and Africa. As noted by Thussu (2000), prominent American media organizations
such as CNN and VOA have “power to
mould the international public opinion. [Their] version of world events is
likely to define the worldviews of millions of viewers around the globe”.
Meanwhile,
most of these global American media – which claim to be windows into America –
are arguably bias or simply selective, as they have a relatively myopic focus
on their country of origin. Some of them, like Hollywood and CNN, deliberately function
more like “America’s advertising department” and are thus predestined to perpetually
portray America in a positive light. Others often overlook salient negative
news that may, to an extent, damage the image of America. A good illustration
of this truism is the fact that, issues like poverty – which affects over 15%
of the American population – have rarely attracted the attention of the American
media – a situation Medina (2013) decries in his online article titled “About
15% of Americans live in poverty, why is no one talking about it?”
In
view of this bias nature of both local and global American media, it appears
interesting and timely to explore how non-American media cover and represent
America. There is, in this regards, need to explore the extent to which
non-American media organizations de-construct, endorse or “re-construct”
American media’s portrayals of the U.S. and Americans as well as the dominant
aspects of “Americaness” these foreign media are interested in. This book will
offer broad perspectives, case studies and methods of studying how America is
represented in Third World media as well as in some other non-American mass
media, ranging from cinema and comics, to TV and advertising.
Objectives
This
book is aimed at providing different perspectives on non-American media’s
representation of the U.S.A. and Americans. These perspectives may be
historical, religious, socio-cultural and political among others. The book
equally seeks to explore such representations in diverse media notably cinema,
television, games, magazines, comics, photojournalism, advertising and online
platforms among others.
Target
Audience
The
target audience of this book will consist of students, scholars, media
practitioners, policy makers, international relation experts, politicians and
other professionals in representation research.
Recommended
Topics
- American
authenticity in non-American media
- Historical
perspective on foreign media’s representation of America
- The
American dream in Asian, African or Latin-American media
- Portrayal
of America by pro-Islamist and Arab media
- Representation
of America in non-American religious communication
- America
and American identities in war films
- American
politics in non-American media
- Image
of American politicians in non-American media
- Americaness
vs Europeaness in Third World media
- American
capitalism versus communism in non-American media
- American
capitalism vs African communalism in non-American media
- American
vs non-American representation of the U.S. (case studies are encouraged here)
- Audiences
perceptions of non-American media’s representation of America
- Americans’
perception of foreign media representation of the U.S.
- America’s
influence on non-American media portrayal of the U.S.
- Representation
of America on online platforms
Submission Procedure
Researchers and
practitioners are invited to submit on or before September 30, 2018, a chapter
proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of
his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be notified by October 15, 2018 about
the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are
expected to be submitted by December 31, 2018, and all interested authors must
consult the guidelines for manuscript submissions at
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior
to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review
basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this
project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts
submitted to this book publication, Networked Business Models in the Circular
Economy. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review
editorial process. All proposals should be submitted through the eEditorial
Discovery®TM online submission manager.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for
manuscripts submitted to this book publication:
Important Dates
- September 30,
2018: Proposal Submission Deadline
- October 15,
2018: Notification of Acceptance
- November 30,
2018: Full Chapter Submission
- January 19,
2019: Review Results Returned
- March 5,
2019: Final Acceptance Notification
- March 30, 2019:
Final Chapter Submission
Editor’s
Contact: Floribert
Patrick C. Endong, Department of Theatre, Film and Carnival Studies, University
of Calabar, Nigeria.
