MEDIA AND COLONIALISMS

     Around 40 years over the Portuguese democratic revolution of April 25 1974 and the independence of African countries, there are several symptoms of a renewed interest on this recent past by Portuguese scholars and artists, almost always filled with memories both happy and traumatic. Throughout this time, the scientific field of Communication Sciences has been focused on topics such as the freedom of speech and of the press, as well as the relationship between journalism and democracy. Although, these topics relate to those of colonialism and post-colonialism they seldom were addressed in that context. However, media and colonialisms have been resurfacing in recent researches. Colonialisms from the past, as well as those emerging today, or a mixture of both past and present.

 We invite all to participate in this new issue of the Journal of Media and Journalism, which seeks to reflect upon the role of media in the construction and deconstruction of empires. From television to the Internet, from cinema to photography, from the news to the simple words of a poem how were colonialisms made and unmade since past to present days? Are there new forms of colonialism surviving in the media? Do Media Empires exist (in a broad sense of the expression)?  What is the media role, and journalism's role in particular, in these contexts? Is it a real threat to democracies or a side effect? What differentiates colonialism from other forms of domination? Is the Internet a means to decolonize with its promise of an hypercommunication? Or does it accomplish a control society (Deleuze) establishing new forms of colonization? Are there desired and desirable colonial imaginaries? How are artists and academics looking into the colonial archives, including their personal and family memories? 

We accept articles on these and other topics centered on the relationship between media and colonialism, from different areas and approaches, such as:

Media and Colonialisms

Media and Identity Constructions

Colonial and Postcolonial Imaginaries

Media, Gender and New Forms of Colonialism

Internet and Social Networks

Radio and Sound Cultures (Is listening a form of obedience?)

Visual Cultures, Colonial and Postcolonial Representations

Contemporary Cultures in Post-colonialism

Cinema and Colonial Archives

Contemporary Art and Memory

Economics and the Media

Submissons

Texts should be sent to the coordinators of this issue by June 20:

Teresa Mendes Flores : teresa.flores@sapo.pt

Ana Cabrera: cabrera.anacabrera@gmail.com

We accept texts with maximumm 50 000 caracters, in Times News Roman, font 12, 1,5 spacing.