CALL FOR AUTHORS: Encyclopedia of Social Networking
We are inviting academic editorial contributors to the Encyclopedia of
Social Networking, a new 2-volume reference to be published in 2011 by SAGE
Publications.
This comprehensive work will be marketed and sold to college, public, and
academic libraries and includes some 400 articles, covering all aspects of
social networking from historical perspectives on social networks in
ancient times to social networks in the Renaissance to the social networks
of war to Twitter. While the term social networking evokes fast-moving
technologies and services like weblogs, MySpace, or YouTube, the concept of
a social network greatly predates these electronic technologies that have
enabled just one aspect of it. Simply put, in these articles, a social
network is a grouping or loosely connected web of individuals tied by one
or more specific types of interests or interdependencies. These may include
everything from similar likes and dislikes, friends and kin, disease
transmission, or even a shared bus route to work, the â??grapevineâ?? around
the water cooler, and the â??old boyâ?? network. We are now making assignments
with a deadline of March 1, 2010.
Each article, ranging from 800 to 4,000 words, is signed by the
contributor. The General Editor for the encyclopedia is George Barnett,
PhD.D. University of California Davis, who will review all the articles
for editorial content and academic consistency.
If you are interested in contributing to the encyclopedia, it can be a
notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing
credits. Payments for the articles are honoraria that range from a $50 book
credit at SAGE Publications for article submissions totaling up to 1,000
words to a free set of the finished encyclopedia (a $250 value) for
contributions totaling 10,000 words. More than this, your involvement can
help assure that credible and detailed data, descriptions, and analysis are
available to students of social networking issues.
The list of available articles (Excel file) and Style Guidelines are
prepared and will be sent to you in response to your inquiry. Please then
select which unassigned articles may best suit your interests and
expertise.
If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference
with the Encyclopedia of Social Networking, please contact me by the e-mail
information below. Please provide a brief summary of your background in
social networking. Thanks for your time and interest.
Lisbeth Rogers
Author Manager
Golson Media
(network /at/ golsonmedia.com)
