[ecrea] Call for chapter proposals: Narratives in Research and Interventions on Cyberbullying among Young People

On behalf of Heidi Vandebosch (U Antwerp) and myself, please consider 
contributing a 300-400 word Chapter abstract in response to the Call for 
chapters below, before 1 April.

Springer has contracted the title, and we are keen to identify 
participants in response to our proposal outline, which arises out of a 
Marie Curie IRSES project examining Health Narratives.

The book aims to describe innovative ways to do research about, and 
design interventions for, cyberbullying amongst children and 
adolescents.  It does this by taking a “narrative” approach. How can 
narrative research methods complement the mostly quantitative methods 
(e.g. surveys, experiments, etc.,) in cyberbullying research? And how 
can “stories” be used to inform young people about bullying online, and 
to empower them? Throughout the book, special attention will be paid to 
new information and communication technologies (ICTs) and the 
opportunities they provide for narrative research (e.g. as a source of 
naturally occurring stories on cyberbullying, such as testimonials of 
victims on help fora or youtube) and for narrative health interventions 
(e.g. interactive stories).

The completed volume will integrate insights from the fields of 
cyberbullying, narrative methods, narrative health communication, and 
new information and communication technologies.

We hope that this will be of particular interest to ECREA members and 
further information follows.

Please let us know if you have any questions

Best wishes

Lelia Green, PhD
Professor of Communications,
School of Arts and Humanities, Edith Cowan University, 18.207 Mount 
Lawley Campus, WA 6050

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Call for Chapters:
Narratives in Research and Interventions on Cyberbullying among Young People

Editors
Heidi Vandebosch, Ph.D. ((Heidi.Vandebosch /at/ uantwerpen.be)), University of 
Antwerp (Belgium)
Lelia Green, Ph.D. ((L.Green /at/ ecu.edu.au)), Edith Cowan University (Perth, 
Australia)

Timing
Proposals Submission Deadline: April 1, 2017
Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2017
Full Chapters Due: August 1, 2017
Review process: August – September, 2017
Revisions Due: November 1, 2017
Deadline fully edited version to publisher: December 31, 2017

Recommended Topics
Topics to be discussed in this book include (but are not limited to) the 
following:

PART I – Narratives
•       Narrative research methods (in research on young people and 
ICT): definition, different types of narrative methods, opportunities 
for data-gathering and data- analysis provided by ICT, … ?
•       Narrative health communication: definition, types of narratives, 
mediated/ICT narratives, narrative impact and underlying processes, …
PART II – Cyberbullying
•       State-of-the art:  research methods (quantitative and 
qualitative) and findings (prevalence, profiles of 
victims/perpetrators/bystanders, impacts on physical and mental health)
•       Evidence-based interventions: description, components, results, 
scalability, ...
PART III -  Narrative methods in cyberbullying research - cases
•       Studying victims’ stories on online help fora
•       Generating stories on negative online interactions through photo 
elicitation methods
•       Generating stories on (unwanted) picture sharing practices
•       Collecting stories in interviews and focus groups, …
PART IV – Narratives in cyberbullying interventions aimed at young 
people  - cases
•       Using stories to (co-)create interventions with youngsters
•       Using games /interactive stories to promote positive bystander 
behavior
•       Using books/movies on cyberbullying to create awareness of 
cyberbullying and to change behaviors
•       The impact of (celebrity) testimonials on cyberbullying
PART IV – Narratives and community-level responses - cases
•       How do news media report on cyberbullying?
•       How can narratives be used to encourage action and intervention 
by parents, schools, the police, policymakers, and other children ….?
•       Narratives of/in industry-responses to cyberbullying

Target Audience
The target audience of this book will be composed of professionals and 
researchers of: cyberbullying; narrative research methods; narrative 
health communication; new media.

Chapter length, etc.
Commissioned chapters will be approx. 5,000 words. Please indicate the 
expected length of the chapter you are proposing. Style and referencing 
guides will be provided to authors whose chapter proposals are accepted.
The editors reserve the right to negotiate chapter contents to avoid 
content crossover, duplication and gaps.

Publisher
This book has been contracted by Springer. It is due to be published in 
2018.

Proposals Submission & Inquiries
Proposals (max. 400 words) should be sent to:
Heidi Vandebosch, Ph.D. ((Heidi.Vandebosch /at/ uantwerpen.be)), University of 
Antwerp (Belgium)
Lelia Green, Ph.D. ((L.Green /at/ ecu.edu.au)), Edith Cowan University (Perth, 
Australia)


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