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[ecrea] Call For Submissions: The Mobile Media Reader

Fri Oct 08 16:32:51 GMT 2010



Call For Submissions: The Mobile Media Reader

Editors: Noah Arceneaux (San Diego State University) and Anandam Kavoori
(University of Georgia)
Peter Lang Publishing

We are currently seeking contributions for The Mobile Media Reader, an
anthology to be published by Peter Lang in 2012. This project began as an
update of The Cell Phone Reader, a 2006 anthology of critical studies of various
aspects of mobile communication. Given the dramatic and ongoing technological
changes associated with mobile devices, we have now decided to compile an
entirely new set of essays.

The hype and hyperbole associated with mobile media recall the utopian hopes
described by Carey and Quirk in their classic essay ?The Mythos of the Electronic
Revolution.? Portable, hand-held devices, originally designed for voice
communication, are now promoted as the latest technological device necessary
to live a complete, 21st century, middle-class life. Meanwhile, all of the
established media industries, including television, film, music, and print, seek to
reach consumers through mobile devices, altering their products and economic
models in order to do so. In light of these developments, this anthology seeks
historical studies and culturally informed critiques of different forms of mobile
media. We are especially interested in essays that reveal earlier precedents for
this current phenomenon, or works that reveal how business models and
theories developed in the past should be re-evaluated for mobile audiences.

The following list indicates the range of potential topics.
-       Location-based advertising
-       Privacy and surveillance concerns related to mobile devices
-       Government efforts to restrict mobile communication
-       New forms of television, designed for mobile devices
-       Ringtones as a new musical genre
-       History of hand-held video games
-       Cultural reception of the Walkman
-       Politics of spectrum allocation
-       Innovative uses of mobile communication by ethnic/racial/cultural groups

Those interested in contributing should send an abstract (500 word max.) to
Noah Arceneaux by October 22, 2010:
(noah.arceneaux /at/ sdsu.edu)

Provisional Timeline:
Abstracts accepted until October 22, 2010.
Contributors notified by November 26, 2010.
First drafts (6,500 words, Chicago Style) due May 16, 2011.


Noah Arceneaux
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
San Diego State University

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