The Flow Conference 2010 (Sept. 30-Oct. 2, Austin, TX) has issued a CFP looking for short position papers. Roundtables include this one of possible interest:
Tuning in to the Fine Print: Law and Social Change in Media
Discussions of media regulation and policy often get pushed to the sidelines in media studies - that is, until we realize that Facebook now owns all of our personal profile pictures. While we spend our time critiquing media culture, the regulatory processes that produce the spaces for media culture to exist often go unnoticed until the policies fail. And that’s usually when many media scholars jump in with critiques. How should media scholars approach regulation issues proactively in their work? How can we combine policy debates within our critiques of media culture? This question aims to interrogate how we can better “tune in” to issues of media regulation, including issues of privacy, ownership, and access.
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