[ecrea] Call for Submissions (Book chapters for a Book on Democracy, Media and Education)

*Call for Submissions (Book chapters for a Book on Democracy, Media and
Education)*

BOOK TITLE: /Democracy 2.0: Media, Political Literacy and Education in
the Era of Corporate and (Potentially) Participatory Media/

EDITORS: Paul R. Carr, Michael Hoechsmann & Gina Thésée (eds.)

PUBLISHER: Sense Publishers

*Description*

**

With the emergence of social and (potentially) participatory media 2.0
in a period of continued and increasing corporate control of the
institutions and instruments of media comes a need to re-evaluate
existing paradigms for teaching and learning about the impact and
potential of media for democratic processes. The mainstream,
corporate-controlled media undoubtedly continue to exert a powerful
influence upon the thinking, agenda and actions of students and
educators today; what we know, how we know it, and how we understand our
identities, power, agency, change and society is (still) shaped or
influenced, to varying degrees, by the powerful hegemonic machinations
of the mass media. These media are undergoing ruptured transitions of
their own, in particular consolidating and downsizing the “fourth
estate” of “objective” journalistic news-gathering. At the same time,
production-oriented pedagogies in contemporary participatory media 2.0
offer emancipatory opportunities to provide individuals and communities
the tools to speak back to power through alternative and social media
forms. Democracy requires a functioning, engaged and literate populace,
one that can participate and shape, in meaningful and critical ways, the
discourses and forms of the society in which it exists. Education for
democracy, therefore, requires not only political literacy but also
media literacy, given the immersive ubiquity of media and their prolific
consumption and use by students and citizens of all ages today. Thus,
the focus of this book is to develop frameworks that locate the old and
new media in relation to education and democracy, and, particularly,
education for democracy. The theoretical core of this volume crosses the
fences between Media Studies and Education, both of which cover
interdisciplinary and epistemologically diverse spaces and traditions.
Media Studies examines a range of issues, concerns, methods, and
concepts related to the history, political economy, production, textual
properties, reception, influence, and impact of old and new media. The
role of Education is fundamental in relation to frameworks of media
literacy that support both how we teach and learn about the media and
how we produce and disseminate it. Moreover, with, in, through and in
conjunction with Education, especially in relation to Education for
democracy, formal Education can play an important role in preparing
students as citizens and potentially activists to engage with media in a
critical way. Thus, this book aims to bring together, in a critical
manner, the media, education and democracy, and offers educators,
students, researchers, scholars, and others in the media, the
government, the non-governmental and other sectors an interwoven and
dynamic collection of texts that present both a scholarly and practical
resource that will fill the gap in the literature related to the
salience of the media as a force for building a more vibrant, inclusive,
participatory and counter-hegemonic democracy.

*Statement of Aims*

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It is virtually impossible to imagine a society or world that is not
always already re-presented through media forms. The popular imaginary
is already inhabited by pre-packaged soundbites of common sense wisdom
derived from hegemonic sources and the mainstream corporate media has
long skilfully demonstrated its ability to incorporate and sublimate
yesterday’s radical or alternative ideas into today’s slogans and
products. Nonetheless, we have witnessed over the last decade a profound
transformation in who shapes the media and how. The emergence and
consolidation of Web 2.0 has irrevocably transformed a number of media
functions, particularly in relation to news reporting, advertising and
music production, and it has opened spaces where anyone with a video
camera, a computer and Internet access can become a global changemaker.
Activist media in the era of participation have flourished, sometimes
resulting in profound new alliances and social change though often
transforming in to superficial forms of “clicktivism” that are feel-good
but ineffectual forms of social activism. With the exponential growth in
technological platforms and social media, the need to understand,
contextualize, and problematize the meaning of the media in and through
Education, especially as it relates to democracy, is increasingly
necessary. This book examines the media within a broad and critical
lens, seeking to build a more meaningful education for democracy. It
also takes inventory of the potential alternative and community media
have in forging democratic power relationships, and fostering
participation in civic and social life of citizens across the globe.


  This books aims to do the following:

1)clearly connect media and media literacy with education and democracy,
and, particularly, education for democracy, which we believe is
innovative, in demand, and necessary;

2)develop an analytical and conceptual framework to critically
understand the connection between political literacy and media literacy;

3)provide a range of case studies and theoretical and conceptual
frameworks and analyses to more fully frame the developing field of
media and democracy;

4)explicate and problematize the multi- inter and trans-disciplinary
fields of media studies, educational studies and democracy studies,
developing unique and critical perspectives;

5)offer suggestions and proposals for the development, usage and
comprehension of the media as well as critical engagement in view of
forging more robust, dynamic, responsive and participatory forms of
democracy that consider social justice, political literacy and power
relations;

6)explore the salience of social movements and educational practices
that may offer potential and hope for building thicker forms of democracy.

**

*Potential themes and sub-themes addressed in book:*

**

I – Media Technologies, Institutions, Genres

·Media technologies and platforms

·Older media; media histories

·Corporate media

·News and journalism

·Media 2.0

II – Media literacy, teaching and learning

·Media as pedagogy

·Media and cultural studies

·Media literacy in schools

·Media literacy in community organizations and programs

III – Media/Social Activism

·Youth voice

·Alternative and activist media

·Other voices

·Social and participatory media as instruments for change

IV – Media/Education for Democracy

·Media and formal democracy

·Media and counter-hegemonic movements

·Education for democracy, the media and transformative education

**

There will be roughly 20 6,000-word chapters in the book.

**

*Audience for the book*

The book would appeal to a wide audience, particularly students and
scholars in Education (foundations, teacher education, sociology of
education), sociology, political science and media studies, and also
civil society groups, activists, non-governmental organizations and the
broader public to a certain extent. The book should also of some
interest to educational organizations and the media.

*Submission process*

**

Those interested in submitting a chapter proposal should do so by _May
1, 2016_, by sending the proposal in Word to Paul R. Carr at
(prcarr /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(prcarr /at/ gmail.com)>. The proposal should include
the following:

1)name(s), affiliation, mailing and email address for the proposed
contributor(s);

2)a 150-word biography for each proposed contributor;

3)proposed title of the chapter;

4)7 keywords for the proposed chapter;

5)a 250-word abstract for the proposed chapter, including focus,
approach, methods, where applicable, findings, main arguments, etc..;

6)acknowledgement that the proposed chapter has not been previously
published or submitted elsewhere;

7)identification of connection to one of the potential themes of the
book or a new, proposed category.

*Calendar*

**

1)Call for Proposals sent out by March 1, 2016;

2)Proposals received by May 1, 2016;

3)Review of proposals, and confirmation of first-level contributions
made by May 20, 2016, and contributors informed of decisions at this stage;

4)First drafts submitted by September 1, 2016;

5)Evaluation and peer-review of first drafts, and feedback sent to
contributors by October 15, 2016;

6)Second and final drafts submitted by December 20, 2016;

7)Review of second drafts, and follow-up with contributors, where
applicable, by January 30, 2017;

8)Completion of manuscript (introduction, index, copyediting,
formatting, etc.) by March 10, 2017, and then submitted to the Publisher.



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