LAUNCH OF VOL. 1, PLATFORM: JOURNAL OF MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION

Volume 1 (July 2009) of the international peer-review graduate journal 'PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication' is now published. You can find it here: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/
 
 
This inaugural volume 'Mediated Mobilities: Negotiating Identities' includes the following contents:
1. Editorial.
 
By Esther Chin, Amira Firdaus, Gin Chee Tong and Blaise Murphet. University of Melbourne, Australia
 
2. Articles
* Reconceptualising ‘Time’ and ‘Space’ in the Era of Electronic Media and Communications.
By Panayiota Tsatsou. London School of Economics and Political Science and Swansea University, United Kingdom
 
* Cultural Deterritorialisation: Communications Technology, Provenance and Place. By Aleksandra Bida. Ryerson University and York University, Canada
 
* Presumed Innocent: The Paradox of 'Coming of Age' and the Problem of Youth Sexuality in Lolita and Thirteen. By Fleur Gabriel. Monash University, Australia* When the ‘Other’ Becomes ‘Us’: Mediated Representations,'Terrorism' and the 'War on Terror'. By Rut M. Sanz Sabido. De Montfort University, United Kingdom
 
* Constructing European Identity through Mediated Difference: A Content Analysis of Turkey’s EU Accession Process in the British Press. By Agnes I. Schneeberger. University Of Leeds, United Kingdom
 
3. Power, Mobility and Diaspora in the Global City: An Interview with Saskia Sassen. By Dale Leorke. University of Melbourne, Australia
 
PLATFORM is a new international peer-review graduate journal, available online through open-access. It will be published biannually - Vol. 2 is planned for publication in January 2010.PLATFORM is refereed by an international board of established and emerging scholars working across diverse paradigms in Media and Communication. It is edited by graduate students at the University of Melbourne, and published by the School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne.The aims of PLATFORM include:
* To provide a platform for media and communications graduate student researchers to showcase, share, and support the work of one another through publication, peer-review, and comments;
 
* To provide a platform for emerging media and communications scholars to build a publication record and to contribute subsequently to other academic publications;
 
* To increase scholarly appreciation of media and communications research across diverse theoretical, methodological, and empirical interests; and
 
* To encourage international awareness and collaboration through the discussion of issues associated with the rising significance of multiple media and communications platforms for societies and individuals in and across various globalised and localised environments.
 
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Esther Chin
EDITORS:
Amira Firdaus (Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 2)
Gin Chee Tong
Blaise Murphet
Dale Leorke
Elias Mokua Nyatete
WEBSITE, DESIGN & CREATIVE EDITOR: Gin Chee Tong
JOURNAL MANAGER: Akina Mikami
EDITORIAL BOARD:
Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne, Australia
Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, Australia
Jenny Lee, University of Melbourne, Australia
Tamara Witschge, Young Scholars Network, ECREA
Benjamin De Cleen, Young Scholars Network, ECREA
Stefania Milan, Emerging Scholars Network, IAMCR
Mikaela Marlow, Student Board, ICA
Michele Cheng Hoon Khoo, Student Board, ICA
Diana Bossio, ANZCA
 
CALL FOR PAPERS (VOLUME 2, JANUARY 2010)
 
Submissions are invited for Vol. 2, to be published in January 2010. Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will commence on submission. For more information and full submission guidelines, please visit http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform.
APPLY TO PEER REVIEW:
 
PLATFORM also invites early career and graduate student researchers to peer-review its scholarly submissions. If you would like to apply, please submit to platformjmc@gmail.com a 150 word bio as well as a CV highlighting research projects, publications and paper presentations.