[ecrea] CfP: Riding the Korean Digital Wave - Special Issue of Media Int'l Australia

>**** Call for Papers:
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>Media International Australia no. 141 (November 2011) ****
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>Riding the Korean Digital Wave
>
>Theme Editors: Brian Yecies, Ben Goldsmith and Kwang-Suk Lee
>
>South Korea has been a world leader in a range 
>of online, digital and creative fields, 
>including Digital Multimedia Broadband (DMB), 
>web 2.0 and other new media, broadband and IT 
>technologies. Korean institutions have made 
>innovations in cyber activism and citizen 
>journalism (Ohmynews) and in social networking 
>(<http://Cyworld.com>Cyworld.com). And, with the 
>support of the Seoul City government, a Digital 
>Media City (D-City) has been built in Seoul as a 
>base for research and development for companies 
>and institutions working in digital media 
>production, broadcasting, gaming, animation, 
>software development and e-education.
>
>Yet, despite these ground-breaking developments 
>and innovations, South Korea is less prominent 
>in scholarly discussion than neighbouring China 
>and Japan. Moreover, since 2008, Ohmynews has 
>lost power as a leader of online opinion, while 
>creators of Cyworld mini-homepages have begun 
>leaving their walled garden for the open 
>pastures of new web 2.0 cultures such as Twitter 
>and iphone. The Seoul D-City project has also 
>begun losing its initial lustre due to a 
>downturn in property values, a domestic 
>construction slump and increased government intervention.
>
>We seek contributions from a wide range of 
>disciplinary areas that will offer new critical 
>insights on these fundamental changes.
>
>This special issue of MIA (for further info: 
><http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/mia/forthcoming.html>http://www.emsah.uq.edu.au/mia/forthcoming.html) 
>aims to provide new perspectives on how South 
>Koreas digital media consumption and cultural 
>production flows are changing rapidly and 
>contributing to the power dynamics of creative 
>and cultural industries in Asia and across the globe.
>
>We invite contributions on the following topics, 
>and welcome additional proposals:
>    * revitalised Hallyu (Korean wave)
>    * Web 2.0
>    * gaming culture
>    * cyber activism
>    * online/civic journalism
>    * digital media/avant-garde arts
>    * social networking culture
>    * DMB and other micro and mobile media innovations and subcultures
>    * wireless and broadband developments
>    * digital cinema and its impact on the 
> domestic film industry, and international co-productions
>    * government policy.
>
>  Join us in critically evaluating the changing 
> moments of Korean digital media culture and 
> policy as we look to the future of the so-called digital wave in the region.
>
>Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be 
>sent to Brian Yecies (Brian_Yecies@ 
><http://uow.edu.au>uow.edu.au) by 15 November 
>2010; he will then advise whether a full paper 
>is required for the reviewing process.
>
>Full contributions of 4,0005,000 words, in MIA 
>style, will be required by 1 March 2011.
>
>For further information regarding this special 
>issue, please contact the joint editors: Brian 
>Yecies 
>(<mailto:(Brian_Yecies /at/ uow.edu.au)>(Brian_Yecies /at/ uow.edu.au)), 
>Ben Goldsmith 
>(<mailto:(goldsmith.ben /at/ gmail.com)>(goldsmith.ben /at/ gmail.com)) 
>or Kwang-Suk Lee (<mailto:(kslee /at/ uow.edu.au)>(kslee /at/ uow.edu.au)).
>

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