Call for papers; Streaming Culture: Access. Play. Binge.

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JYOTI NIVAS COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS 

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Centre for Media Studies 

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Mediation 2019 Fifth edition of the national media symposium 

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Extension of Dates 

Stream. Binge-Watch. And then, stream some more. That's media in the age of non-stop Internet and unlimited content. We are living in an age where media content is available on several platforms, all-day-round and on-the-go. In fact, spoilt for choice seems like an understatement when it comes to the diversity of media content which is streamed into people's lives, these days. Streaming and viewing have become a cultural phenomenon of its own: a living, thriving, all-encompassing microcosm that not just reflects, but also shapes and moulds every aspect of our lives. From changing the way the world watches and listens-in isolation on individual devices, to providing access to boundless content from across the world; to introducing new genre of content, newer perspectives of the world-streaming has indeed become worldview-changing culture. Nowadays, users watch content that they pay for, more actively than the content they get for free while the whole process of streaming has integrated the accessibility of information into the economy, at both local and global levels, with free, paid and premium services. Streaming has thus shaped several facets of our collective life from pop culture to media accessibility while giving rise to debates and deliberations on so many related areas. At Mediatron 2019, let us delve into the larger discourse of streaming, and explore all its possibilities contributing to the bigger picture of Internet culture. 

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The Centre for Media Studies, Jyoti Nivas College Autonomous, Bengaluru invites per presentations from research scholars, academicians, students and professionals from media and allied industries for Mediatron – 2019, a national level media symposium, which is in its fifth edition this year. The papers may be research papers, case studies, conceptual studies or experimental studies. 

Main Theme 

Streaming Culture: Access. Play. Binge. 

Sub-themes 

• Media Accessibility in the age of streaming media: Premium or Freemium 

• Political Economy of Streaming Culture 

• Streaming theft: Issues related to Content Piracy 

• Research Methods on Streaming Media 

• Streaming Media and New Genre of Content 

• Streaming and the human mind 

· Information highway - Copyright Vs. Copy left issues 

• Streaming away censorship? 

• Streaming and Pop culture 

• Media Imperialism and Streaming 

• Streaming: Entertainment overload 

• Uses and Gratification Approach to Streaming 

• Streaming nostalgia: Old shows. New life. 

· Streaming and Alternative reality 

• Sexuality and Sexism in the Streaming world 

• Decentralization of regional content 

• Streaming opinions: As a Public Sphere for Opinion formation and dissemination 

• Inter-connected community of media 

FEEL FREE TO EXPLORE OTHER POSSIBILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESEARCH.  Key Benefits 

• Selected papers will be published in a special issue of an online journal with ISSN and DOI number upon review, plagiarism check and payment of additional charges towards publication. 

• A chance to meet and interact with academicians and media professionals 

• Publication of the Book of Abstracts 

• Best Paper Award for Student Category/ Research Scholars and Professionals Category 

Abstract Submission 

Abstracts of 150-200 words (Times New Roman, 12 points) on areas allied to the main theme or the sub-themes need to reach us by 16th September 2019. 

Extension of Dates 

Submission of Abstracts: 30th September, 2019 Acceptance of Abstracts: 7th October, 2019 Full paper submission and PPT: 31st October, 2019 ( With publication) 15th November, 2019 (Without publication) Mail in your abstracts to mediatronjnc@gmaill.com 

Registration Fees 

• For the Paper Presentation: Students - Rs. 50/ 

• For the Paper Presentation: Research Scholars/ Professionals/Corporates - Rs.500/ 

• Nominal additional fee for paper publication in an online journal with ISSN number (additional to the paper presentation charges which are mandatory for paper publication) 

• Accommodation arrangement assistance would be provided to outstation paper presenters. 

About the College 

Jyoti Nivas College, affiliated to the Bangalore University, has been awarded Autonomous Status by the University Grants Commission and has also been recognized as a 'College Of Excellence' by the UGC. Our Institution has been accredited for the third cycle by NAAC with a CGPA of 3.76 on a 4.0 scale with an 'A' Grade valid on 10.3.2012. Since its inception in 1966 the college has been providing balanced, comprehensive education in Arts, Science, Commerce and Management at UG and PG level by fulfilling the highest standards of intellectual excellence, code of ethical values, women empowerment, career advancement and social relevance. 

email Id: mediatronjnc@gmail.com

Our research guide Raja Pokharapurkar is no more

Communication scholar and media professor Dr Dattatray Khanderao alias Raja Pokharapurkar passed away here on September 11, 2019, after a prolonged illness. He was 74 and is survived by wife, two married daughters, sons-in-law and grandchildren.
He was among the few communication scholars who began their careers at the Indian Space Research Organization. in Ahmadabad. They included Binod Agrawal, Arvind Sinha, and Pramod Kale. 

Prof Dr Pokharapurkar was later associated with Pune-based Film and Television Institute of India, , Yeshwantrao Chavan Open University in Nashik and other academic institutes as teachers. He taught at the media schools and supervised doctoral research at the departments of Communication studies and Communication and Journalism in the University of Pune.
Over 40 scholars were benefitted by his guidance and by his willingness to learn new areas and techniques in communication research.

Dr Pokharapurkar was guide for my doctoral research at the Department of Communication Studies, University of Pune. He was only a year senior to me - he was 46 and I 45 when my study began. I had registered for PhD in 1995 when the internet had just arrived in India. He would often admit how awkward he felt because I was a senior newspaper journalist and a visiting professor at the University.Like most of our contemporaries in journalism and in academics, he did not know how to use a computer. He was new to online journalism and would admit his ignorance. In good humour, we used to reassure each other: I (Thakur) know nothing about communication research. You (Dr Pokharapurkar) know nothing about computer and internet.  Let us overcome each other’s deficiencies. Gradually, together we did that. 

That is the story behind India’s first doctoral study on online journalism!

Later, he mastered online communication research and lectured in almost every media departments in Maharashtra. He was unwell for the last four/five years of his life. Yet he travelled from Pune to so many departments in the state and won the hearts of his students and of his research scholars.
His family told me now how he wished to see the three remaining doctoral scholars getting their PhD degrees. His 40 scholars were already awarded their degrees when he breathed his last on September 11.