CFP: Special Issue on Cultural Studies in Media and Communication in Iberia – Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies
About the Special Issue
The Catalan Journal of Communication & Cultural Studies is inviting submissions for its upcoming Special Issue (18.2) titled “Cultural Studies in Media and Communication in Iberia: (Un)Defining the Field.” This edition marks the first MCS-focused issue dedicated to exploring the development and diversification of Cultural Studies within the Iberian Peninsula.
With a growing academic focus on how media, communication, and cultural practices reflect power structures, social hierarchies, and creative agency, this special issue aims to bring fragmented research in Iberia into a unified conversation. Scholars are encouraged to contribute theoretical or empirical articles that push boundaries and challenge traditional academic canons.
Why This Issue Matters
Cultural Studies emerged post-WWII as a field concerned with power, ideology, and inequality in everyday life. While originally rooted in the UK, its reach has expanded into various regional contexts—including Iberia, where Media and Communication Studies (MCS) departments have become central to its evolution.
The current media landscape in Iberia, shaped by figures like Rosalía, Belén Esteban, María Pombo, and Ibai Llanos, provides rich material for critical cultural inquiry. These public figures and the digital practices surrounding them offer insight into how gender, race, ethnicity, class, and taste intersect in popular culture.
This special issue seeks to reevaluate how topics previously dismissed as trivial can in fact offer profound insights into contemporary society, particularly amid ongoing ideological struggles, social inequalities, and digital transformations.
Key Topics of Interest
The guest editors welcome submissions on (but not limited to) the following themes:
- Audiences and fandoms
- Popular culture and cultural production
- Digital culture and AI-driven cultural automation
- Youth, age studies, and consumption practices
- Gender, LGTBIQ+ perspectives, and intersectionality
- Celebrity studies and star systems
- Game studies and television culture
- Social imaginaries and media discourses
- Cultural labour and precarious work in creative industries
- Research methods in Cultural Studies
Submission Guidelines
Authors are invited to submit:
- Research articles (approx. 7,000 words)
- Viewpoint articles (up to 3,000 words, including notes and references)
All research submissions will undergo double-blind peer review. Viewpoint pieces will be reviewed by the editors.
Important Dates
- 📅 Deadline for full article submissions: 30 January 2026
- 📩 Final decision letters: 15 May 2026
- 📘 Publication date: Fall 2026
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