Estimada Virginia
Adjunto le envío nuestra tarjeta de Navidad, deseándole un próspero año
2005.
Atentamente,
Felix Gutiérrez Matta
Red de radios y telecentros comunitarios Wayra
La Paz, Bolivia.-
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Virginia Nightingale" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 1:46 AM
Subject: Abstracts and Papers sought


> Dear all,
> My apologies that this email and the proposed book will be in English
> only.
> In spite of this, please consider offering abstracts for the book proposed
> below. We hope the last two sections in particular will interest OurMedia
> list members.
>
> THE PROPOSAL
> Call for Abstracts
>
> Provisional Title: New Media Worlds
> Sections: Change Drivers; Mobility and Networks; Terms of Engagement;
> Communicaiton Rights.
>
> Editors: Virginia Nightingale and Tim Dwyer, School of Communication,
> Design
> & Media University of Western Sydney.
>
> Readership
> Athe book is intended as a general resource for subject/units/courses
> where
> issues of impact of ICTs are debated - year 2/3 undergrad; PG coursework
> Masters; research students.
>
> Concept
> Transformations wrought by digitization, convergence, interactivity and
> internationalizing media corporations are reconfiguring personal, local,
> regional and national communications media spaces and their audiences.
> This
> anthology takes an audience-oriented approach to the impact of new
> technologies and new media on the world experienced by audiences as
> citizens, consumers and communities. The book will have four sections. You
> are invited to forward an abstract of 500 words for possible inclusion in
> one of them.
>
> The change drivers
> This section will consider the nature of the emerging political economy of
> the media in the 21st century. What is changing and what is staying the
> same? How are issues of ownership and regulation, media diversity and
> commercial investment changing both traditional and new media? What
> politico-social forces are driving the shape of the media as convergence
> really kicks in, and broadcast media feel the impact of competition from
> new
> media? What do these changes imply for the future of participatory
> democracy? This section will focus on changes driven by technology, by
> industry, and/or politics.
>
> Mobility and networks
> While much effort has been expended analyzing fan networks and
> communities,
> much less attention has been paid to interest networks, whether political,
> financial, genealogical, scientific, religious, ethnic or health interest
> driven. It is anticipated that contributions to this section will address
> the nature of networks that pursue special interests such as these. This
> section will also address changes driven by access to mobile
> technologies -
> the mobile phone, the blackberry, camera phones, I-pods, wireless
> technologies - both in the home/workplace and outside it. It will ask how
> mobility and interactivity is changing how things are done.
>
> Terms of engagement
> What is at stake for audiences in their current and future uses of the
> media? What bargains are struck as a condition of engagement in new media
> environments? What individual freedoms are routinely relinquished in order
> to access information? For this section, the editors are seeking case
> studies that address issues of contracts, copyright, disclosure
> requirements, passwords, security and risk issues associated with media
> use.
> It will also cover file sharing, internet piracy and other issues where
> legal constraint on audiences is pursued.
>
> Communication rights
> Communication rights are routinely associated with political power, yet
> the
> experience of communication rights is far from equally distributed,
> whether
> within or between nations. This section will address the importance of
> community media for indigenous, diaspora and other marginalized
> communities
> and for citizenship and participation in a media-driven world. It is
> recognised that the experience of communication rights is very different
> for
> citizens (and non-citizens) of first and third world nations and it is
> hoped
> that contributions to this section will explore the hopes and fears
> attached
> to the achievement of communication rights by diverse sections of various
> societies and nations.
>
> Process
> Abstracts are welcome from researchers working from various theoretical
> and
> empirical paradigms, including audience studies, political economy,
> cultural
> studies, policy studies, social science, screen studies, ethnography and
> history. Abstracts will be reviewed by the editors, and a selection of
> papers chosen for inclusion by March, 2005.  Please attach a brief bio to
> assist us to negotiate with publishers.
>
> Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1st February 2005
> Deadline for submission of completed papers: July 1, 2005
>
> Please send abstracts or queries via email to the corresponding editor, Dr
> Tim Dwyer at [log in to unmask] or to Associate Professor Virginia
> Nightingale, [log in to unmask]  in the School of Communication,
> Design & Media, Building BB, Werrington South, Penrith Campus. Locked Bag
> 1797, Penrith South DC 1797, T + 61 2 9852 5422 F + 61 2 9852 5424
>
> Dr Virginia Nightingale
> Associate Professor
> School of Communication, Design and Media
> University of Western Sydney
>
> Locked Bag 1797
> Penrith South DC
> NSW 1797
> Australia
>
> T 612 98525773
> F 612 98525424
> [log in to unmask]
>