[Commlist] CfP - Childhoods in transition: mediating 'in between spaces'

Childhoods in transition: Mediating "in between spaces"


Special issue of Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture

Deadline extended: June 15, 2019

Guest Editors: Annamária Neag and Richard Berger (Bournemouth 
University, UK)

Discussions on the relationship between children & youth and (social) 
media have predominantly focused on issues involving online safety, 
self-image, media use and media literacy (e.g. Canty et al, 2016; Hoge & 
Bickham, 2017; Livingstone et al, 2017; Nikkon & Schols, 2015;). 
However, less attention has been cast on the mediated experiences of 
children and youth in what we call ‘in between spaces’. These ‘in 
between’ spaces can be both physical (e.g. migrating from one country to 
another), and more intangible or abstract, such as re-negotiating 
gender. We know that childhood and adolescence are transitional states, 
which, for many, are often contradictory and difficult. Research shows 
that children and teenagers have a fluid and interdependent relationship 
with both the world around them and the technologies they are using 
(Rooney, 2012). The work of Turkle (2011) and latterly Sefton-Green and 
Livingstone (2017) highlights, for instance, that young people often 
turn to the online world as it has “intense individual meanings” (p. 
245) for them, away from the school and the home. In this space then, 
new identities are constantly re-negotiated. As one study found, 
teenagers use selfies as tools for both confirming heteronormativity and 
for renegotiating and mocking gender norms (Forsman, 2017). In the ‘in 
between spaces’ of migrating youth then, social media is seen to play a 
vital role for maintaining social links with friends and families, and 
with new acquaintances in the receiving societies (Kutscher & Kress, 2018).

For this special issue, we are seeking contributions which explore and 
map the ‘in between’ spaces children and youth negotiate in their 
everyday lived media experiences. We seek articles which research how 
(social) media and digital technology is used/deployed in these spaces, 
as tools of negotiation and transaction. For this special issue, we are 
interested in seeing how these relationships are influenced or changed 
because of social platforms and digital technologies.

We would welcome expressions of interest from academics working in these 
fields, as well as practitioners and those who work with directly with 
children/childhood in these ‘in between spaces’ (e.g. those from 
NGO/charity sectors).

Submissions may cover, but are not limited to, the following:

    The transitioning of young people/youth through foster care;
    Unaccompanied minor asylum-seekers and migrant youth settling in a 
new country;
    Re-negotiating gender (including trans/non-binary transition);
    Children and young people who are transitioning between being 
home-schooled or from having been educated in isolated communities;
    The negotiating of new identities, such as becoming 
step-son/daughter, step-brother/sister;
    Transition from high school to university/labour market

GUIDELINES FOR SPECIAL ISSUE PROPOSALS

Please write a 300-word statement of the overall concept of your study, 
its thematic coherence and especially how it relates to the aims and 
scope of the call, carefully articulating the transition under 
discussion in a well-defined mediated ‘in between’ space. Please include 
your name, institutional affiliation and contact details. The deadline 
for sending in the proposals is the 15th of June 2019. The abstracts 
should be sent to both Dr. Annamária Neag ((aneag /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)) and 
Dr. Richard Berger ((rberger /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)).

A selection of authors will be invited to submit a full paper (from 
6000-8000 words, including references) due on the 15th of October 2019.

All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and the issue is scheduled for 
publication in November 2020.

Please make sure to follow the Intellect Style Guide and requirements 
for images, graphs and tables available at 
https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-editors-and-contributors

All inquiries about this Call for Papers can be addressed to Dr. 
Annamária Neag ((aneag /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk)) and Dr. Richard Berger 
((rberger /at/ bournemouth.ac.uk))

https://www.intellectbooks.com/asset/41518/1/ISCC_CFP_may2019.pdf




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