[ecrea] Call For Submissions: The Mobile Media Reader

> 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