[ecrea] Call for Chapters - Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media

  Call for Chapters: Environmental Awareness and the Role of Social Media


    Call for Chapters

Proposals Submission Deadline: December 31, 2016
Full Chapters Due: February 28, 2017
Submission Date: February 28, 2017


    Introduction

Media is playing role in shaping the attitudes of responsibility in 
general population which is more and more important nowadays and media 
is the important mode of passing each and everything to the general 
population. In all type of media Social media now a days have important 
position in the life style of every generation. Social media on one side 
is a mode of communication, sharing feelings and sharing information 
with each other, on the other hand it is also enhancing the knowledge 
general population.

There are various environment issues now days, which are in the lime 
light. In the face of worsening environment conditions of the world, 
climate change, the problem of waste disposal, increasing pollution, 
etc., are an important issue. Development of environmental awareness, or 
more broadly- promotion of the idea of sustainable development has 
become a goal, or a policy of not only government and NGOs. Social media 
is playing is important role in the sharing of various types of 
environmental issues and suitable solutions of these issues. It is also 
updating the people about different types of disasters and precautionary 
measures. Now a day’s peoples are using various modes of social media to 
share different incidents that took place at their places. Therefore the 
book will be helpful to understand the pros and cons of social media in 
the Environmental awareness and management of various environmental issues.


    Objective

This publication will lead to awareness among the masses of the 
countries working in this field. This is a new area of research in the 
media communication and environmental science which can represent that 
how social media plays a key role in the conservation of environment and 
save the life of peoples during disaster.

The book will also be helpful in increasing the research data in this 
field as very less no of book are available for the particular topic.


    Target Audience

The book will be benefited to all journalism institutions and 
organization in the World that are working for the environmental 
awareness and disaster management. Researchers working in the same field 
will also benefited and may consider the book for research purpose. As 
this is a new area of research therefore book may be mile stone for the 
researchers. This book could be marketed in Indian as well as 
International market especially institutions that have journalism courses.


    Recommended Topics

1. Environmental Awareness and Social media
2. Social media awareness and Environment
3. Usage of Social media in Environmental awareness
4. Social media and pollution control
5. Social media and disaster awareness and management
6. Social media and wild life conservation


    Submission Procedure

You and your team have been recommended as a potential author to our 
upcoming book titled “Social media and Environmental Awareness” being 
published by IGI Global, USA with valid ISBN number (https:// 
www.igi-global.com/ <http://www.igi-global.com/>). This book will be a 
composition of 15-20 chapters and you are welcome to propose a chapter 
for this. Please note that publication in this includes no charge for 
contributors and acceptance is purely based on the merit/quality of the 
manuscript. Moreover, each corresponding author will receive a free pdf 
copy of the chapter.

If you are interested in contribution, your group can send an OUTLINE of 
your intended chapter(s) including the name of authors and their 
affiliation (e-mail address of corresponding author), proposed title and 
the website of your group, if available (all in one file) to this e-mail 
((srai /at/ gwa.amity.edu)/(snarula /at/ gwa.amity.edu) 
<http://(srai /at/ gwa.amity.edu)/(snarula /at/ gwa.amity.edu)>) December, 31 2016. 
Selected titles will be announced by Feburary 2017. The book will be 
released in the market at the end of 2017. Looking forward to hearing 
from you at your earliest convenience,


    Publisher

This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly 
Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," 
"Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" 
imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please 
visit www.igi-global.com <http://www.igi-global.com/>. This publication 
is anticipated to be released in 2017.


    Important Dates

December 31, 2016 : Proposal Submission Deadline
Feburary, 2017 : Submission of Full Chapter
March 01, - April 30, 2017 : Review Process
June 30, 2017 : Final Acceptance of chapters


    Editors

1. Dr Sumit Narula
ASCO, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, Gwalior
Bhind Road, opp. Airport, Maharjpura, Gwalior – 474005 - India
Tel.: (+91) 9685424152 <tel:%28%2B91%29%209685424152>; E-mail: 
(snarula /at/ gwa.amity.edu) <mailto:(snarula /at/ gwa.amity.edu)>


2. Dr Swapnil Rai
Department of Environmental Science, Amity University Madhya Pradesh, 
Gwalior
Bhind Road, opp. Airport, Maharjpura, Gwalior – 474005 - India
Tel.: (+91) 9826544473 <tel:%28%2B91%29%209826544473> E-mail: 
(srai /at/ gwa.amity.edu) <mailto:(srai /at/ gwa.amity.edu)>


3. Dr Archana Sharma
Department of Humanities, ITM University, Turari, AH- 43 Bypass, Jhansi Road
Gwalior – 475001 - India
Tel.: (+91) 9479877527 <tel:%28%2B91%29%209479877527>; E-mail: 
(archana12sharma /at/ gmail.com) <mailto:(archana12sharma /at/ gmail.com)>

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Dr Sumit Narula (Ph.D)
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