Final call for papers
(please note deadline for full papers now extended to 20 December)
Electronic Journal of Communication / La Revue Electronique de =
Communication
Special Issue: Social Media in News Discourse=20
As professional media producers pay more attention to social media, from =
personal blog entries and tweets to Facebook updates and YouTube videos, =
journalists are faced with numerous decisions. Among these are how to =
integrate personal and often-relationship-focused media with the public =
and fact-centred discourse of the news.
This special issue of the Electronic Journal of Communication invites =
contributions exploring the conventions that are emerging around the use =
of social media by news organisations, and the implications of those =
conventions for public communication. Contributions will have as their =
central concern whether or not the encounter with social media is =
changing aspects of news journalism.
Possible questions arising from this concern include: How do the forms =
of personal expression to be found in social media translate into news =
discourse? What authority or status as knowers is given in the news to =
voices from various social media? How are specific kinds of social media =
typically made use of within news discourse? How are journalism=7Fs =
ethical frameworks applied to these media? to what extent is social =
media content decontextualised from its online social context when used =
by journalism? Are social media texts produced within news organisations =
also used in news texts?
Papers should be 5000-7500 words in length and submitted electronically =
to the guest editor, Donald Matheson, at =
(donald.matheson /at/ canterbury.ac.nz). Deadline for completed manuscripts is =
20 December 2010. The issue is scheduled for publication in the second =
half of 2011.
Authors are welcome to contact the guest editor to discuss proposed =
papers or related matters.
http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/socmedia_news.htm
Regards,
Donald
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Dr Donald Matheson
Head of Programme
Media and Communication
School of Social and Political Sciences
University of Canterbury | Te Whare Wananga o Waitaha
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch 8140
Aotearoa New Zealand
tel: +64 3 364 2987 ext 7888
fax: +64 3 364 2007
