WildBlueSkies – Trends and strategies in Digital Media

Founded at the UniversitÈ de MontrÈal, Kinephanos is a bilingual inter-university web-based journal. Focusing on questions involving cinema and popular media, Kinephanos encourages interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research. The journal’s primary interests are movies and popular TV series, video games, emerging technologies and fan cultures. The preferred approaches include cinema studies, communication theories, religion sciences, philosophy, cultural studies and media studies.

Kinephanos’ first issue aims to explore and understand how digital technologies change the communication relations between the object and the subject. As a double issue, “Digital imageries: culture and reception” will also be devoted to the different influences digital technologies have brought to cinema and other forms of audiovisual expression, such as television, animation and video games. In addition the articles must incorporate ideas pertaining to the spectator’s and/or gamer’s reception.

Abstracts of 750 words are to consist of the subject, the problem addressed and the title of the article. Please include bibliographical references, your name, email address and your primary field of study.

Send submissions (in French or English) by August 1st, 2008 to: marc.joly[at]umontreal.ca or martin.picard[at]umontreal.ca

Following our approbation sent to you by email (2-3 weeks later), please send us your completed article by November 1st, 2008.