[ecrea] Dígitos Journal - CFP Fourth Issue (2018): Internet & Women

https://revistadigitos.com/documentos/CFP_Digitos4_EN.pdf

DÍGITOS JOURNAL – CFP FOURTH ISSUE (2018)

Monographic section: Internet & Women: Practices, female stereotypes and 
gender representation in the web

Coordinated by Meritxell Roca-Sales, Ph.D. (Columbia University, USA)

The Internet has dramatically changed the way we communicate. Anyone 
with a computer or a cellphone connected to the Internet can publish 
contents potentially accessible by an infinite and geographically 
distributed audience. This paradigm shift has also had an impact on mass 
media, which have been forced to compete for a fragmented audience; 
attention has become an upward value.

There may be areas without access to the Net and even governments that 
censor contents, but the Internet isn’t meant to have boundaries. The 
question is, has the freedom that Tim Berners-Lee promised in 1989 with 
the invention of the World Wide Web translated into a plurality of 
content? Or is the Internet only reproducing old models and structures 
that one can find in the media since the very old days? Can we talk 
about a feminine Internet or is this a realm mostly masculine, a 
patriarchy that is only trying to perpetuate obsolete gender 
stereotypes? This monographic section aims to trigger an 
interdisciplinary debate around these and other issues related to 
practices and gender representations on the Internet.

Dígitos will give priority to articles addressing the following topics:

•Uses and evolution of gender stereotypes in the media (television, 
radio, press)
•Gender stereotypes and representation of women in digital media
•Gender discourses on social networks (Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat ...)
•Cyberfeminism and activism on the Internet
•Self-presentation on the Internet (special emphasis on gender issues)
•Women and technology (representation and actions that promote a change 
of perception)
•Analysis of the transformation and evolution of the female imaginary on 
the Internet
•Influencers, a female phenomenon?
•Online adolescents (creation of gender discourses, gender differences 
in use ...)
•LGBTI: representation, stigmatization, vindication
•Internet and love: gender differences (uses and attitudes) in online 
dating sites

The monographic section of Dígitos issue #4 will prioritize papers 
focused on the topics listed above but will also consider originals that 
approach these subjects from a different angle.

Journal URL: http://revistadigitos.com

Author registration for sending article or review proposals:
http://revistadigitos.com/index.php/digitos/user/register

Author guidelines for Dígitos:
http://revistadigitos.com/index.php/digitos/about/submissions#authorGuidelines

Article length: 3000-10000 words (for the Monograph and Open Section)

DEADLINE FOR SUBMITTING DOCUMENTS:

15TH DECEMBER 2017


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