Social Influence, Social Distance: Looking at YouTube in Lockdown
This guest-edited edition of Networking Knowledge invites proposals from postgraduate and early career researchers for papers that explore YouTube content regarding or impacted by the cultural effects of COVID-19. Case studies could include:
- Domestication of professional spaces i.e. Bon Appetit at Home; Ellen / Jimmy Kimmel at Home
- Professionalisation of YouTube i.e. National Theatre Live
- Live streaming practises i.e. Music Festivals ‘at home’
- The YouTube ‘quarantine aesthetic’
- Travel content during travel bans
- Vlogging the everyday lockdown lifestyle
- Family channels & home-schooling
- Affordances for new content; limitations of production
Potential contributors are invited to send abstracts of up to 300 words to the editors by 18 September 2020, with decisions to follow by October 1st and full drafts of 5000-7000 words due by 1 February 2021. Proposals for shorter case-studies of 2000-3000 words are also encouraged, as well as creative contributions, reflections, and interviews. Both guest editors can be contacted with queries ahead of the deadline.
Guest Editors
Rachel Phillips – Cardiff University – phillipsrm9@cardiff.ac.uk
Henry Morgan – Cardiff University – morganhc@cardiff.ac.uk
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