[Commlist] cfp: Crime, Criminals, and Mass Media

*Call for Volume: Crime, Criminals, and Mass Media*

*Editor: Julie B. Wiest*

*Initial Deadline: September 30, 2019*

This volume will include social science research that advances knowledge 
about the complex relationships between media and crime. Chapters will 
be divided into central focal areas within this literature to seek the 
widest breadth of current scholarship. In particular, studies are sought 
that examine: representations of crime and criminals in mass media; 
links between media representations of crime and related public beliefs 
and behaviors; the use of new/digital media in the commission/detection 
of crime or in the dissemination of crime stories; and advances in 
theory and/or methods relevant to studies of media and crime.

Topics might include:

1. Crime and Criminals in Mass Media: Chapters may examine the 
representation of crime and/or criminals in news or entertainment media, 
possibly focusing on depictions of crime rates, criminal incidents, or 
characteristics of criminals such as race, gender, age, nationality, 
occupation, etc.

2. Theorizing Media and Crime: Chapters may explore classical and 
emerging theories used in

studies of media and crime, such as uses and gratifications theory, the 
mean world syndrome, mediatization, media logic, and others.

3. Mediated Perceptions of Crime: Chapters may focus on relationships 
between media representations of crime/criminals and public perceptions, 
attitudes, and/or behaviors related to criminality and/or criminal 
victimization.

4. Crime and Criminals in a New Media Landscape: Chapters may examine 
the role of new/ digital media technologies in the commission of crime, 
the detection/policing of crime, or the dissemination of information 
about crime and/or criminals.

5. Methods for Studying Media and Crime: Chapters may explore classical 
and/or emerging research methods used to study the relationships between 
media and crime, including quantitative, qualitative, and/or mixed methods.

Volume Deadlines

· Proposal submissions: Sept. 30, 2019 (acceptance notifications by Nov. 
1, 2019)

o Proposals should be emailed to (jbwiest /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(jbwiest /at/ gmail.com)> as an attached Word file

in the form of an extended abstract of 500 to 1,000 words, plus references.

o All proposals should include information about the purpose and 
significance

of the study, the data and methods employed, and major findings.

· Chapter drafts: Feb. 3, 2020 (peer review feedback by March 16, 2020)

· Final chapters: May 15, 2020 (about 8,000 – 10,000 words, including 
notes and references)

QUESTIONS? Contact the volume editor at (jbwiest /at/ gmail.com) 
<mailto:(jbwiest /at/ gmail.com)>

Editor Julie Wiest is Associate Professor at West Chester University of 
Pennsylvania USA.  As a sociologist of culture and media, Julie Wiest 
applies mainly symbolic interactionist and social constructivist 
perspectives to studies in three primary areas: (1) the sociocultural 
context of violence, (2) mass media effects, and (3) the relationship 
between new media technologies and social change. Wiest received her 
Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Tennessee and M.A. in 
journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia. Before 
academia, she worked as a print and online journalist for nearly a decade.

*Also see: http://www.emeraldmediastudies.com/Calls---Volumes.html*



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