[ecrea] CFP "New Media and Surveillance" Teaching Media Quarterly 2(1)

“New Media and Surveillance” Teaching Media Quarterly 2(1): 2013


Call for Proposals:

In recent years, there has been a continued proliferation of social 
media platforms (like Facebook and Twitter), recording and 
video-streaming devices (like TiVo and Apple TV), and online 
"deal-of-the-day" services (like Groupon and Living Social). As 
individuals participate in these platforms and services, we open 
ourselves up to new forms of surveillance and monitoring, not only by 
state authorities but also by private marketers. A whole new industry of 
social media analysis has been created that aims to perfect algorithms 
in order to turn personal user data into profit. While some may welcome 
“customized advertising,” the data mining processes that have emerged 
over the past few years have far-reaching implications for our everyday 
lives. Teaching Media Quarterly is seeking materials that critically 
explore the relationship between surveillance and new media.

Potential topics engaging with new media surveillance might include, but 
are not limited to, assignments and lessons that address any of the 
following:

-          political economy of social media platforms

-          data mining, collection, storage, and the use of this data by 
a range of actors

-          use of social media by law enforcement agencies

-          customized/targeted advertising

-          tracking software/cookies that monitor consumer behavior/patterns

-          critical interrogations of consumer power and new media

-          user/student perspectives on data mining and privacy issues

-          social classification and discrimination through data mining

-          ethics of data mining

-          policy and regulation of data mining


Teaching Media Quarterly Submission Guidelines & Review Policy

Teaching Media Quarterly seeks innovative assignments and lessons that 
can be used to critically engage with “new media and surveillance” in 
the undergraduate classroom. All submissions must include: 1) a title, 
2) an overview and comprehensive rationale (250-500 words), 3) a 
detailed lesson plan or assignment instructions, 4) teaching materials 
(handouts, rubrics, discussion prompts, viewing guides, etc.), 5) a full 
bibliography of readings, links, and/or media examples, and 6) a short 
biography (100-150).

Please email all submissions in ONE Microsoft Word document to 
(teachingmedia.contact /at/ gmail.com).

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: October 31, 2013

Submissions will be reviewed by each member of the editorial board. 
Editors will make acceptance decisions based on their vision for the 
issue and an assessment of contributions. It is the goal of Teaching 
Media Quarterly to notify submitters of the editors’ decisions within 
two weeks of submission receipt.

Teaching Media Quarterly is dedicated to circulating practical and 
timely approaches to media concepts and topics from a variety of 
disciplinary and methodological perspectives. Our goal is to promote 
collaborative exchange of undergraduate teaching resources between media 
educators at higher education institutions. As we hope for continuing 
discussions and exchange as well as contributions to Teaching Media 
Quarterly we encourage you to visit our website at 
http://www.teachingmedia.org/

Best,

Teaching Media Quarterly editorial board

Jacquelyn Arcy

Mia Fischer

Julie Wight
Heidi Zimmerman

University of Minnesota







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PhD Candidate
Department of Communication
University of Minnesota
224 Church St. S.E.
250 Ford Hall
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Office: Ford Hall 294
(fisch792 /at/ umn.edu)



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