Dear OURMedia members, Essays are now invited for PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication. We would like to invite (post)graduate students and early career researchers to think and write about the constitutive role communication plays in the cultural, technological and political aspects of our lives. Independent in theme, essays should provoke discussion about contemporary issues in communications and media as they are being experienced around the world. In addition to PLATFORM’s theme-based peer-reviewed articles, the essays aim to help us better understand issues associated with the rising significance of multiple media and communication platforms for societies and individuals across various globalised and localised environments. The following guidelines apply to all submissions. Deadline: 15 November 2009. Essay Length: 2000-6000 words including notes and references For enquiries concerning essay submissions feel free to contact Sandy Joy Watson ([log in to unmask]) Sebastian Kubitschko ([log in to unmask]) For any further information on PLATFORM go to www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/ or follow PLATFORM updates on Twitter. ***************************************************** PLATFORM is a new international peer-review graduate journal, available online through open-access. 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. EDITORS Esther Chin (Founding Editor, Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 1) Amira Firdaus (Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 2 Issue 1) Dale Leorke (Editor-in-Chief, Vol. 2 Issue 2) Gin Chee Tong Blaise Murphet Sandy Joy Watson Sebastien Kubitschko Elias Mokua Nyatete WEBSITE, DESIGN & CREATIVE EDITOR Gin Chee Tong JOURNAL MANAGER Akina Mikami ADVISORY BOARD Ingrid Volkmer, University of Melbourne, Australia Sean Cubitt, University of Melbourne, Australia Jenny Lee, University of Melbourne, Australia EDITORIAL BOARD 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 -- Akina Mikami BA (Hons)(Media and Communications) Dip. in Modern Languages in French The University of Melbourne [log in to unmask]