[Commlist] invitation to submit a chapter to the New Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media (Wiley)

Karen Ross is pleased to announce that we are now inviting contributions 
to the New Edition of /The Handbook of Gender, Sex and Media/, which was 
originally published in 2012. We set out below the CFP which includes 
the context, broad themes and next steps. We look forward to hearing 
from you.


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*Context:*the original version of this Handbook 
<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/book/10.1002/9781118114254> was 
published in 2012 and over the past 14 years, the research agenda which 
considers these inter-related concepts has seen significant change, 
largely reflecting the very different media, social and cultural 
landscape in which we now exist.  While legacy media still has an 
important role in informing sections of the general public, albeit 
mostly now consumed digitally, the multiple influences exerted by social 
media platforms (and users) on citizens is on a scale scarcely 
imaginable even a decade ago. It therefore seems very timely to revisit 
the broad themes we sketched out in the 2010s, in light of these two 
complementary shifts in concept and platform, in order to understand the 
ever more complicated and complex relationships between gender, sex and 
media. As with the original volume, we are keen for contributors to 
engage with these concepts from a variety of perspectives, focusing on 
cultures and countries both familiar and less well-researched in both 
the Global South and the Global North. We set out below the broad themes 
we would like the volume to explore.

*Themes:*(1) perpetuating and/or challenging stereotypes about women: 
topics could include violence against women; feminist activism; gender 
in/and news; women in public life; influencer trends. (2) shifting 
notions of masculinity/ies: topics could include representations on 
legacy or social media across any genre; fatherhood; crime; manosphere; 
men in public life. (3) sexualities and identities: topics could 
include: any aspect of L/G/B/T/Q+ representations on legacy or social 
media across any genre; discourses around identities; activism and 
rights campaigning; audiences. (4) sex and bodies: topics could include 
sex work; dating sites; romance fraud; health influencers; image-based 
sexual abuse; sexting; makeover/reality shows.

*MediaFirst:*while we have identified four core themes, there are 
obviously overlaps, so contributions which cover more than one 
topic/aspect are very welcome, as are contributions which take an 
intersectional approach, and work which considers the ways in which AI 
is employed to promote or challenge gender stereotypes. While our themes 
are deliberately broad, all contributions should be grounded in some 
type/genre of media, from news to TikTok to pods to Grok.

*Next steps:*if you are interested in contributing to the new edition of 
the Handbook, please send us a 200-300-word abstract by 14 August. We 
anticipate receiving the first draft of essays (around 7000-8000 words) 
by the end of May 2027 and final drafts by end-September 2027.

Contact Karen Ross and Valentina Cardo, editors, 
<(Karen.Ross /at/ newcastle.ac.uk)>
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