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Open Call for International Journal of Communication on “Piracy Cultures”
Special Section to be published in 2011 [submission deadline: March 2011].
Editors Gustavo Cardoso and Manuel CastellsWhat are “Piracy Cultures”? Usually we look at media consumption departing from a media industry definition. We look at TV, Radio, Newspapers, Games, Internet and media contents in general departing from the idea that the access to those is made through the payment of a licence fee, subscription, or simply because it’s either paid or available for free (being supported by advertisement). That is, we look at contents and the way people interact with them within a given system of thought that looks at contents and their distribution channels as the product of relationships between media companies, organizations and individuals effectively building a commercial relationship of a contractual kind with rights and obligations.
But what if, for a moment, we turn our attention to the empirical evidence found not just in Asia, Africa and South America but also all over Europe and North America? All over the world we are witnessing a growing number of people building media relationships outside those institutionalized set of rules.
We do not intend to discuss if we are dealing with legal or illegal practises, our departure point for this call for papers is that, when a very significant number of the population is building its mediation through alternative channels of obtaining content, such a movement should be studied in order to deepen our knowledge of media cultures. Because we need a title to characterize those cultures in their diversity, but at the same time in their commonplaceness’, we propose to call it “Piracy Cultures”.
By addressing the dimension of Piracy Cultures we hope to increase our understanding of the practices and cultural drives (both individual and collective – national cultures; generational cultures, etc.) of fruition and consumption of media (cinema, TV series, music, etc.) under what is labeled, by both law and managerial cultures, as piracy.
Our aim is to give new insights as to how those current practices might evolve towards new institutionalized market practices and the changing of the perception of law or remain as counter-cultural movements, although shared by large portions of the population.
Manuel Castells and Gustavo Cardoso
Paper Submissions
The online submission deadline for papers is 31 Mar 2011. Please indicate in a cover note that the paper is intended for the special issue. Authors are advised to consult the journal’s guide for authors before submitting their paper.
Authors: Submit your paper now (IJoC login page), or see the Guide for Authors.
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