[ecrea] 10 years of Facebook - CFP for themed issued of New Media & Society

*Call for Papers*

Themed Issue of New Media and Society: ‘10 years of Facebook’

Guest editors: Siân Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and 
Brady Robards, Griffith University, Australia

In early 2014 Facebook will have been online for ten years. Over the 
past ten years, Facebook has accumulated over a billion users globally, 
has achieved an estimated market value of over $100 billion, and has 
consistently been the most used social network site when compared to its 
competitors to the point of ubiquity. For many, Facebook has transformed 
the ways in which we communicate with each other in practically every 
aspect of our lives. Facebook has also attracted harsh criticism from 
users for its approach to privacy and transparency, and is regularly at 
odds with governments and other institutions over regulation and 
control. Facebook blurs traditional lines between what is private and 
what is public, while often complicating social relations by naming them 
and making them visible. The implications associated with the social 
network’s rise to dominance are complex and sometimes challenging, from 
both the micro levels of the individual through to the macro levels of 
society more broadly.

In this themed issue ‘10 years of Facebook’ we wish to explore the 
current ‘state of play’ with regards to the social, cultural and 
political significance of Facebook. Our aim is to bring together current 
academic debates surrounding this ubiquitous social network site to 
assess how, after ten years in existence, Facebook has made its mark on 
contemporary society as a space for social, cultural and political 
interactions. In addition, we wish to explore new and emerging 
approaches to the study of Facebook that interrogate the often complex 
relationships between the site, its users and everyday contexts.

We welcome short 250 word abstracts that reflect on ‘10 years of 
Facebook’, taking stock of the impact the site has had on contemporary 
social life. While attending to this broad aim, proposed articles will 
also need to address a more specific theme. Potential themes include, 
but are not limited to, the following:

   * Identity
   * Performance and representation
   * Youth cultures and subcultures
   * Privacy
   * Friendship
   * Relationships
   * Fandom
   * Age/ageing
   * Before life and after life
   * Political activism
   * Social movements
   * Regulation and control
   * Trolling

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to Siân Lincoln 
((s.lincoln /at/ ljmu.ac.uk) <mailto:(s.lincoln /at/ ljmu.ac.uk)>) by Wednesday 10th 
April 2013. On the basis of these short abstracts, invitations to submit 
full papers (of no more than 8000 words) will then be sent out in late 
April. Full papers will be due by August 31, and will undergo the usual 
New Media & Society peer review procedure. Invitation to submit a full 
paper in no way guarantees acceptance into the issue.

CFP URL: 
http://www.academia.edu/2978250/CFP_-_10_years_of_Facebook_themed_issue_of_New_Media_and_Society

Cheers,
Brady

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*Dr Brady Robards*
Griffith Centre for Cultural Research
Griffith University, QLD, Australia