[ecrea] Call for Essays and Interview Essays: "Audience Interactivity & Participation"

COST Action ISO906 "Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies"
Working Group 2: Audience Interactivity and Participation


Call for Essays and Interview Essays: "Audience Interactivity & 
Participation"


The Working Group 2 of the COST action Transforming Audiences, 
Transforming Societies is calling upon people from Academia (PhD 
students, research assistants, professors…) for essays and interview 
essays, in relation to the theoretical frame of audience, interactivity 
and participation. Essays selected will be published on COST website:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu

What is COST and "Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies"?
It is a network financed by the European Cooperation in Science and 
Technology (COST) framework. The objective of this network is to advance 
state-of-the-art of the key transformations of European audiences within 
a changing media landscape.

What is the Working Group 2: "Audience Interactivity and Participation"?
The group aims at looking at the possibilities and constraints of 
mediated public participation, the roles that new and old media 
institutions and professionals play in facilitating public participation 
and in building citizenship; the interlocking of mainstream media and 
nonmainstream media and their production of new hybrid organizational 
structures and audience participation. You can follow research of this 
group here:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/node/303

What is the difference between essays and interview essays?
The self-authored essay is written on a specific topic by the author 
her- or himself. The interview essays are created on the basis of an 
interview conducted by the author of the paper. You can see an example 
with media companies representatives following this link:
http://www.cost-transforming-audiences.eu/node/558

What are the contributions dealing with (but not limited to)?
- Audience feedback and participation
- Cross-media and transmedia processes in relation with audiences
- The role of interactivity in communication strategies of media 
organizations
- Strategies with/of community networks and social media
- The changes in audience practices, in consumption and/or production

Submissions:
We welcome essays and interview essays of no more than 1500 words 
(references included).
Essays should be sent in .doc or .rtf format to the Working Group 2 
Liaison Officer of Academic Projects & Networks, José Manuel Noguera 
((jmnoguera /at/ gmail.com) and/or (jmnoguera /at/ pdi.ucam.edu)), on April 25, 2012.


Deadlines:
April 25, 2012 - Submission of full academic essays or interview essays
May 2, 2012 - Notification of acceptance/suggestions
May 15, 2012 - Submission of final version
End of May - Publication of essays in COST website


Style Guide for Essays and interview Essays

I. GENERAL FORMATTING PRINCIPLES

In order for self-authored and interview essays to have a common outlook 
and design please write and submit your 3-page essays in Times New Roman 
style with font 12 and double line spacing. Submit the essay in .doc or 
.rtf format.

1. Identification

Make sure you add the following information at the beginning of the 
self-authored essay:
- Name of the author
- Institution
- Country
- Email Address
- Keywords

In case the author submits an interview essay make sure you add the 
following information at the beginning of the text:
- Name of the Author (Interviewer)
- Institution
- Country
- Email Address
&
- Name of the Interviewee
- Institution
- Country
- Date of the interview
- Keywords
This information can be typed in the upper left corner of the first 
page, above the title.

2. Title

Use a title that communicates the central idea of your essay. The title 
is to be centered atop the opening page of the essay, written in 
capitals in Times New Roman style with font 16. Titles are required for 
both self-authored and interview essays. Under the title please write in 
the brackets whether the essay is self-authored or an interview essay, 
using Times New Roman style with font 12 in italics.

3. Page numbering

Do not use a title page. The first page of text should be page 1. It may 
be numbered at the bottom centre, or in the upper right corner.

4. Margins and Alignment:

Top, bottom, and side margins are to be 2.4 centimeters, which is a 
default setting in most of word processing software, such as Word and 
Open Office. The text is to be left aligned.

II. ESSAY STRUCTURE

1. Opening

For self-authored essays, please indicate the subject of the essay and 
the focus of the essay in the opening paragraph. Make sure that the 
opening paragraph of the interview essay provides information about the 
interviewee to legitimate him/her as a relevant informer and interpreter 
of the theme and/or topic. This will allow readers to anticipate and 
understand the development of the essay. Also in the case of interview 
essays, please write a short introduction, introducing the topic and the 
interviewee.

2. Headings

You are welcome to use subheadings that indicate major sections of a 
paper. Please use Times New Roman style with font 14 and left-aligned.

3. Endings

In the final paragraph of self-authored essays, make sure to recall the 
most important concerns of the essay. At the end of these authored 
essays, confirm the points you have made, include the main claims, 
and/or suggest implications. In the case of interview essays, there is 
no need for a conclusion.

4. Quotations

If you quote somebody's work, please make sure to follow the exact 
wording, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling of the original. If 
you change anything within a quotation, even capitalization, place the 
changed part in square brackets to signal that it has been changed. 
Indent any long quotation (over forty words) instead of placing it in 
quotation marks. Indent the passage 2.4 centimeters from the left 
margin. When you indent a long passage, quotation marks become redundant.

5. Paragraphs

Please make sure to use one white space between paragraphs. There should 
also be one white space before and after long quotations. For interview 
essays please use separate paragraphs for questions and answers, and put 
the question paragraphs in bold. Make sure that it is clear who is speaking.

III. REFERENCES

You do not have to include a reference list, if you do not want to. If 
you do not include a reference list at the end, please make sure that 
the material that you refer to can be retraced. Simply mention in your 
text the author's name, the title of the publication and the year it 
appeared. If you quote somebody's work, please do add the page number as 
well. When you do use a reference list, list all publications that you 
have mentioned, used, paraphrased or quoted, at the end of your article. 
Use the heading "Reference list". Make sure that each reference 
identifies the author, title and publication details (year, place and 
publisher of publication). Also make sure that the format of each 
reference is the same, but you are free to select the reference format 
yourself.

In the actual text, mention the name of the author and the year of 
publication between brackets, like this (xxx, 2011). When you use a 
citation, please also add the page number(s) where the quote can be 
found, like this: (xxx, 2011: yy).
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