The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism – 1st Call for Expressions of Interest for Book Chapter
We warmly invite you to submit your book chapter abstract for consideration for our book proposal for the Routledge Companion to book series. The aim of the “Routledge Companion to” book series is to define the current state of theory and research in a specialised field, in this case media and tourism, and create a foundation for future scholarship and study. Thus this companion will provide a comprehensive, must-have survey of the media and tourism-field, and also map out the emerging critical terrain.
Submission of expressions of interest: 31st of August 2017
Editors:
Dr. Maria Månsson, Lund University, Sweden
Dr. Lena Eskilsson, Lund University, Sweden
Dr. Anne Buchman, University of Newcastle, Australia
The relationship of media and tourism continues to attract popular and academic interest. Lund University (Sweden) recently organised the 7th International Tourism and Media (ITAM) conference, and this call for proposals sprung from this event. The aim of the conference was to move tourism and media knowledge forward by including a broad range of interests and backgrounds within the field of tourism and media research. Themes presented at this conference were from different disciplines and included, for example, popular culture (especially film) and tourism; travel writing; media and the making of different tourism spaces; destination marketing; media, tourists and representation; sport, media and tourism; processes of mediatization and tourism; social media and tourism; smartphones and tourism; tourism information material and tourists searches for information and the film industry and tourism.
However, while there has been a growing interest for the interrelationship between media and tourism from different disciplinary perspectives, these discussions are often published in different forums. The Routledge Companion to Media and Tourism consequentially aims at providing a comprehensive state of the art concerning media and tourism research from a multidisciplinary approach. The aim is to have 40-50 authors from around the globe and with a range of disciplines and various stages of academic career contributing to this companion. Any such contributions will need to survey a specific topic and critically discuss the leading views in the area. This includes discursive and reflective pieces and also discussions of original empirical work (cases).
Contributions are welcomed that address (but are not limited to) the following broad areas:
- Popular culture, fans and tourists
The nexus between cultural heritage, media and tourism
Film-induced tourism
Media, tourism and spatial aspects
Digitalisation, social media and tourism
Smartphones and impact on tourism/tourists
Travel writing, guide books
Literary tourism
Representation, media and tourism
Destination marketing
Tourists and Tourist Photography
The impacts of popular culture on tourism organizations
Mediatization, convergence and popular culture
Media and tourist performances
Media use and consumption
Submission information
Abstracts of 300 – 400 words in the form of a word-processed email attachment should be sent to Maria Månsson, maria.mansson@ism.lu.se, by 31st of August. Please include the details below with the abstract:
- Proposed chapter title
Author(s) and affiliation details
Type of contribution (e.g., philosophical, conceptual, methodological, case study)
Keywords (maximum of 5)
The approximate timeline, depending on the success of the proposal, is as follows:
Final submission deadline of abstract: 31st of August 2017
Notification of contribution: October 2017
Final submission deadline of full text (5000 words): January 2018
Target publication date: 2018
If you have any questions regarding this call for proposal don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Maria Månsson, Lund University, Sweden (maria.mansson@ism.lu.se)
Lena Eskilsson, Lund University, Sweden (lena.eskilsson@ism.lu.se)
Anne Buchmann, University of Newcastle, Australia (anne.buchmann@newcastle.edu.au
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