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CALL FOR PAPERSSpecial theme issue of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic MediaBroadcasting and Electronic Media of the AmericasBroadcasting and Electronic Media of the Americas is the title of a special issue nowbeing planned for the Journal. This issue will be guest co-edited by David Spencer,Western Ontario University and Joseph Straubhaar, University of Texas.National and International media of the Western Hemisphere have not receivedenough scholarly attention. Scholars have studied systems in the United States and allover the globe, yet we know little about our closest neighbors, especially Canada andMexico. This special issue is intended to encourage research on a broad spectrum oftopics relating to the countries of North, Central, and South America.Submission deadline for manuscripts is June 30, 2005.Possible relevant topics include, but are not limited to, the following:• Historical, critical and legal subjects• Comparing broadcast regulation in the Americas• Television, film, and news flow between NAFTA countries• Television, film, and news flow between American hemispheres• Cultural policies and cultural production in the Americas• News coverage of other nations in the Americas• New Technology, satellite and the Internet in the Americas• Broadcasting ownership across the borders in the Americas• Comparative development of television programming in the Americas• From soap operas to telenovelasWe encourage a variety of approaches to these topical areas. We invite submissions oforiginal research that examine a broad range of issues concerning the electronic media,including their historical, technological, economic, legal and policy, cultural, and socialdimensions. The Journal is open to a diversity of theoretic paradigms and methodologies.Manuscripts should conform to the guidelines of the Journal of Broadcasting &Electronic Media. For current information on manuscript preparation seehttp://www.beaweb.org/jobem/info.htmlTo be considered for this issue, manuscripts must be received by June 30, 2005.Inquiries and five copies of the manuscript should be sent to one of the followingaddresses depending upon the topic:Canadian, and U.S. North America Mexico, Central, and South AmericaDavid Spencer, ProfessorJoseph Straubhaar, ProfessorFaculty of Information and Media Studies Department of Radio Television FilmNCB-201 (CMA 6.120)University of Western Ontario1 University StationLondon, Canada N6A 5B7University of Texas, Austindspencer@uwo.ca Austin, TX 78712-0108jdstraubhaar@mail.utexas.edu