[ecrea] Call for Chapters: Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age

*Call for Chapters: Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age*

*For more Information:* 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2447

*Editors*
Renira Rampazzo Gambarato (National Research University Higher School of 
Economics, Russia)
Geane Alzamora (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)

*Publisher*
IGI Global

*Call for Chapters*
Proposals Submission Deadline: December 30, 2016
Full Chapters Due: April 30, 2017

Since the advent of digitization, the conceptual confusion surrounding 
the semantic galaxy that comprises the media and journalism universes 
has increased. Multimedia, cross-media, intermedia, and transmedia 
storytelling are some of the terms aggregated in the media convergence 
process involving news in liquid, fluid, participatory environments 
(Bauman, 2000). Transmedia storytelling is one of the newest terms. It 
was coined by Henry Jenkins (2003) in the fictional realm and refers to 
the expansion of content across multiple media platforms, encouraging 
audience engagement in the story. Ever since, transmedia storytelling 
has been the focus of diverse studies, including its application to 
journalism (Alzamora &Tárcia, 2012; Canavilhas, 2014; Dominguez, 2012; 
Gambarato & Tárcia, 2016; Moloney, 2011; Renó, 2014). In the journalism 
realm, audience can add information to the news content, edit it, and/or 
share it in online social networks, in addition to eventually 
collaborating directly in the coverage. Although various media are 
present in journalism and journalists employ multiple practices to cover 
multifaceted media events, not every news production is necessarily 
transmediatic; thus far, the majority of the content spread across 
different media platforms is simply repurposed. We consider that 
transmedia journalism, as well as other applications of transmedia 
storytelling in fictional and nonfictional realms, is characterized by 
the involvement of (a) multiple media platforms, (b) content expansion, 
and (c) audience engagement (Gambarato &Tárcia, 2016). Transmedia 
journalism can take advantage of different media platforms such as 
television, radio, print media, and, above all, the Internet and mobile 
media to tell deeper stories. Content expansion, as opposed to the 
repetition of the same message across multiple platforms, is the essence 
of transmedia storytelling and, therefore, should be the focal point of 
transmedia journalism as well.

The book "Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the Digital Age" moves far 
beyond studies on multimedia journalism to explore how to tell pervasive 
news stories across multiple platforms and formats, using current 
digital technologies, expanding the content and engaging audiences. The 
publication will conceptualize transmedia journalism, delving into 
theoretical and critical approaches to this updated subject. Moreover, 
the book will present analytical views on transmedia journalism case 
studies and the applications and implications of technological 
advancements in the journalism realm.

*Recommended Topics*
We are seeking chapters for this edited book that address (but are not 
limited to) the following topics:
- Theoretical and Critical Approaches to Transmedia Journalism
- Transmedia Journalism Analysis of Case Studies
- Transmedia Journalism & Virtual Reality
- Transmedia Journalism & Social Media Networks (Instagram, Snapchat, 
Tinder, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
- Transmedia Journalism & Newsgames
- Transmedia Journalism & Data, Robots, Algorithms

*Submission Procedure*
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before* 
December 30, 2016*, a chapter proposal of 500 to 1,000 words, a list of 
10 references and short biography. Authors will be notified by *January 
31, 2017* about the status of their proposals and sent chapter 
guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *April 30, 
2014*. Propose a chapter here: 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2447

*Important Dates*
December 30, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline
January 31, 2017: Notification of Acceptance
April 30, 2017: Full Chapter Submission
June 30, 2017: Review Results Returned
August 15, 2017: Final Acceptance Notification
August 30, 2017: Final Chapter Submission

Inquires can be forward to Renira Rampazzo Gambarato, National Research 
University Higher School of Economics, Moscow ((rgambarato /at/ hse.ru)).



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