From: Carolyn Guertin <carolyn.guertin(a)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(a)lists.ibiblio.org Reply-To: MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org *Convergence* The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies Call for Papers Special issue on: New Media, Global Activism and Politics Vol. 20, no. 3 (August 2014) Guest editors: Carolyn Guertin (University of North Texas at Dallas) and Angi Buettner (Victoria University of Wellington) *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? Topics might include: - Hacktivism - Wikileaks - Arab Spring - #occupy - Indignados - Idle No More - #upsettlers - Global Noise Strike Debt - Crowdsourcing - Lobbying - Flashmobs, smart mobs or network armies - Riot simulation or protest modeling - Microblogging as a form of protest - Protest apps, including geolocative ones - Eco-activism - Activism in education - Gaming and new media activism - New media and the environment - Politics and new media - Activist or protest art - Appropriation, subvertising, culture jamming or memes - Slacktivism - Clicktivism - Cyberfeminism - DIY culture - Prototyping - Global protest networks - Participatory culture - eDemocracy - Government sponsored social media - Public media initiatives - Elections and social media *Queries may be directed to the guest editors, Carolyn Guertin at * carolyn.guertin(a)gmail.com* or *Angi Buettner at Angi.Buettner(a)vuw.ac.nz *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… * 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(a)gmail.com Skype: carolyn_guertin _______________________________________________ MEA mailing list MEA(a)lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/mea