[ecrea] Encyclopaedia of Gender, Media and Communication - seeking contributions

A small team of us are working with Wiley Blackwell to develop the first 
ever /Encyclopaedia of Gender, Media and Communication/ which 
constitutes the latest project in the ICA series of Sub-disciplinary 
Encyclopaedias of Communication. We hope you agree that this will be an 
exciting and important contribution to the field. While there are 
several handbooks and edited collections which focus on many of the 
gendered aspects of media, culture and communication, an encyclopaedia 
which maps the broader landscape is currently missing: our project 
intends to remedy that lack. The project is obviously ambitious and we 
will not be able to please everyone or include everything, but we have 
identified around 250 potential index entries and would be pleased if 
you would take a look and see if there is a topic about which you would 
like to write. We are keen that the encyclopaedia is as inclusive and 
broad-based as possible and we are therefore seeking a mix of 
established and less experienced contributors, from all parts of the 
global research community.

The topic list is not exhaustive and if you think there is a significant 
omission about which you like to write, then please let us know your 
suggestion. You will also see that there are a few entries where we are 
actively seeking suggestions for entries on specific people (eg 
filmmakers and political leaders), particular films and media 
representations in particular regions – all indicated on the attached 
list in *green font*. As an editorial team, with our various experiences 
of researching and writing on aspects of the gender-media relationship, 
we are mindful of issues such as intersectionality, fluid sexual 
identities and stereotypes. You will see that in the list, we continue 
to use certain terms (eg women, men, disability, age, race, LGBTQ, 
trans) in order to mark out the parameters for the topics to be 
discussed and in this way, hope to make the /Encyclopaedia/ a useful and 
useable resource. Where appropriate, we encourage you to develop a 
critical approach to the use of these labels in the entries which (we 
hope!) you will write. The /Encyclopaedia/ is focused on gender (albeit 
itself a rather contested category) so all contributions must engage 
with this central theme, either privileging one ‘identity’ category or 
else adopting a comparative or intersectional approach.

If you are interested in accessing the headword list, please click here 
<https://www.dropbox.com/s/o69un2qtc5x93xc/GenderMediaComm-Encyclopaedia-topic-list.docx?dl=0>.

If the broad ambitions of the project sound appealing, please read on.

*Timescale* – we expect the three-volume /Encyclopaedia/ to be published 
in 2019 so working backwards, we would expect to receive first drafts of 
entries in autumn 2018 for shorter entries and spring 2019 for longer ones.

*Style* – an encyclopaedic entry is a *summary* of the research on a 
particular topic and is thus more a literature review than an 
opportunity to talk about an original piece of research although you can 
obviously do this in a modest way.

*Length *– entries will be of different lengths, ranging from long 
overview essays of around 10,000 words down to smaller entries of around 
2000 words. We have identified a suggested length for each entry in the 
topic list but if you would like to write more or less, then please 
suggest an alternative length.

*Payment* – contributors will be paid in books and online access to the 
/Encyclopaedia/ for a specified length of time, currently 24 months from 
publication and for as long thereafter as you are prepared to provide 
updates: for long essays (10,000 words) = $350 worth of Wiley-Blackwell 
books; mid-length essays (4,000 - 8,000 words) = $250; short essays 
(2,000 - 4,000 words) = $150; and very short essays (1,500 - 2,000 
words) = $100.

*Next steps* – if you are interested in writing an entry, please 
provide: 1) a <200-word synopsis of what you intend to cover, key 
authors, themes, etc. and   2) a <150-word biographical statement to 
include current affiliation and your job title.  We anticipate that a 
number of topics will attract multiple expressions of interest and in 
such cases, we will make decisions taking account of the overall balance 
of contributors in order to have the most diverse group of scholars. If 
that happens, we may suggest an alternative but related topic to you.

*Deadline* – please send your synopsis and biog by 29^th May 2017, to 
the Associate Editor identified with the sub-section of the 
/Encyclopaedia/ in which you potential topic appears. We will aim to get 
back to you by 1^st August 2017.

Thanks very much for getting to the end of this email and we hope to 
hear from you soon.

Kind regards

The Editorial Team//Encyclopaedia for Gender, Culture and Communication/

Karen Ross (Editor)

Ingrid Bachmann (Associate Editor)

Valentina Cardo (Associate Editor)

Sujata Moorti (Associate Editor)

Marco Scarcelli (Associate Editor)

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Karen Ross

Professor of Gender and Media

Media|Culture|Heritage

School of Arts and Cultures

Newcastle University

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE1 7RU, UK

m: +44 (0) 7798 884110

@krossings

http://krossings.me

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/sacs/staff/profile/karen.ross

/I am available for feedback, guidance and consultation at these times: 
Mondays 11-1pm; Thursdays 2-3pm./

Latest books: Karen Ross (2017) Gender, Politics, News: A Game of Three 
Sides. Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 978-118561645;  Karen Ross and Claudia 
Padovani, eds. (2016) Gender Equality and the Media: A Challenge for 
Europe. Routledge. ISBN 978-1138892682


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