[sudo-discuss] CFP: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014)

[Eddan Katz]

thought this CfP would be interesting and maybe even useful in thinking about collaborative writing projects.

> From: Carolyn Guertin <carolyn.guertin at gmail.com>
> Subject: [MEA] CFP: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014)
> Date: May 4, 2013 10:49:48 AM PDT
> To: MEA at lists.ibiblio.org
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> *Convergence*
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> The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
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> Call for Papers
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> Special issue on:  New Media, Global Activism and Politics
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> Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014)
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> Guest editors:  Carolyn Guertin (University of North Texas at Dallas) and
> Angi Buettner (Victoria University of Wellington)
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> *Deadline for refereed research articles:  *30 August 2013
> 
> Indignados. Arab Spring. #Occupy. The 99%. Idle No More. #Upsettler.
> GlobalNoise. Strike Debt. These are just some of the new terms to emerge
> from the global mass protests of the last two years. They are part of a sea
> change as political engagement, citizen journalism and tactical media
> evolve as tools of protest and communication. These terms mark only one
> small part of a much larger shift in media production and distribution that
> is the rise of user-generated content or social media. Within digital
> culture, the creative act has become a form of activism carried out through
> the repurposing of pre-existing materials and media for political
> change—and it is a practice that has swayed policy, overturned governments
> and politicized subcultures and peoples on a global scale.
> 
> In the 19th century, the crowd emerged as a new social force. It was a
> force, it was argued, that shook the foundations of society and led
> individuals to commit irrational acts. In the 21st century, we have seen
> the power of crowds re-emerge as an ostensibly smarter and more nimble
> cultural force empowered by mobile technologies, crowdsourcing
> methodologies and networked systems.  How has activism changed as a result
> of new technologies? How are new media enlisted to assist in the planning
> and enactment of socio-political change? How are governments and political
> candidates using social media? How has social media altered policies,
> elections and the democratic process?
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> Topics might include:
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> -        Hacktivism
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> -        Wikileaks
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> -        Arab Spring
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> -        #occupy
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> -        Indignados
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> -        Idle No More
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> -        #upsettlers
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> -        Global Noise
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>        Strike Debt
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> -        Crowdsourcing
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> -        Lobbying
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> -        Flashmobs, smart mobs or network armies
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> -        Riot simulation or protest modeling
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> -        Microblogging as a form of protest
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> -        Protest apps, including geolocative ones
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> -        Eco-activism
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> -        Activism in education
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> -        Gaming and new media activism
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> -        New media and the environment
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> -        Politics and new media
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> -        Activist or protest art
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> -        Appropriation, subvertising, culture jamming or memes
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> -        Slacktivism
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> -        Clicktivism
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> -        Cyberfeminism
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> -        DIY culture
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> -        Prototyping
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> -        Global protest networks
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> -        Participatory culture
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> -        eDemocracy
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> -        Government sponsored social media
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> -        Public media initiatives
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> -        Elections and social media
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> *Queries may be directed to the guest editors, Carolyn Guertin at *
> carolyn.guertin at gmail.com* or *Angi Buettner at Angi.Buettner at vuw.ac.nz
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> *Convergence* is published by Sage and all contributors must consult
> the*guide to manuscript submission at:
> *
> http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201774#tabview=manuscriptSubmission
> * for details of house style.*
> -- 
> Carolyn Guertin, PhD
> Languages and Communications, University of North Texas
> author of *Digital Prohibition: Piracy and Authorship in New Media Art
> *(Continuum,
> 2012)
> 
> Website: http://carolynguertin.com/
> Email: carolyn.guertin at gmail.com
> Skype: carolyn_guertin
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