[ecrea] cfp - Electronic Journal of Communication - social media in news discourse

> Electronic Journal of Communication/La Revue Electronique de Communication
>
> Special issue: Social media in news discourse
>
> As professional media producers pay more attention to social media, 
> from personal blog entries and tweets to Facebook updates and 
> YouTube videos, journalists are faced with numerous decisions. Among 
> these are how to integrate personal and often-relationship-focused 
> media with the public and fact-centred discourse of the news.
>
> This special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication 
> invites contributions exploring the conventions that are emerging 
> around the use of social media by news organisations, and the 
> implications of those conventions for public communication. 
> Contributions will have as their central concern whether or not the 
> encounter with social media is changing aspects of news journalism.
>
> Possible questions arising from this concern include:
>
>    * how do the forms of personal expression to be found in social 
> media translate into news discourse?
>    * what authority or status as 'knowers' is given in the news to 
> voices from various social media?
>    * how are specific kinds of social media typically made use of 
> within news discourse?
>    * how are journalism's ethical frameworks applied to these media?
>    * to what extent is social media content decontextualised from 
> its online social context when used by journalism?
>    * are social media texts produced within news organisations also 
> used in news texts?
>
> Papers should be 5000-7500 words in length and submitted 
> electronically to the guest editor, Donald Matheson, at 
> <mailto:(donald.matheson /at/ canterbury.ac.nz)>(donald.matheson /at/ canterbury.ac.nz). 
> Deadline for completed manuscripts is 20 November 2010. The issue is 
> scheduled for publication in the second half of 2011.
>
> Authors are welcome to contact the guest editor to discuss proposed 
> papers or related matters.
>
> Regards,
>
> Donald
>
> --
> Dr Donald Matheson
> Media and Communication
> University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha
> Private Bag 4800
> Christchurch 8140
> Aotearoa New Zealand
> tel: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7888
> fax: +64 3 364 2007

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