[ecrea] CALL FOR AUTHORS: Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics

We are inviting academic editorial contributors to the Encyclopedia of 
Social Media and Politics, a new 2-volume reference to be published by 
CQ Press/SAGE Reference in 2013.


*Please see the list of topics currently available for assignment below*



Social media are revolutionizing and galvanizing politics in the United 
States and around the world. Old modes and methods of political 
communication from elites to the masses (top down) and from the masses 
to elites (bottom up) are being rapidly displaced by new social media, 
and activists are building new movements and protests using social media 
to alter mainstream political agendas. Members of Congress now routinely 
turn to Twitter to spar with partisan opponents or broadcast messages to 
constituents, and use YouTube to post their latest campaign 
advertisements. The power of social media in politics is not isolated to 
the United States. In the popular uprisings triggered by the Arab Spring 
social media have played an enormous part in the organizing of protests 
and keeping dissident voices from being completely stifled by repressive 
regimes, despite attempts by those regimes to restrict access to the 
Internet and social media platforms or technologies. In approximately 
400 signed articles, this 2-volume reference work will cover the 
phenomenon of social media and politics in an A-to-Z format.



This comprehensive encyclopedia will be marketed to academic and public 
libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the 
library’s electronic services. The General Editor, who will be reviewing 
each submission to the project, is Dr. Kerric Harvey, Center for 
Innovative Media, George Washington University.



We are currently making assignments with a final deadline for 
submissions of December 1, 2012.



If you are interested in contributing to this cutting-edge reference, it 
is a unique opportunity to contribute to the contemporary literature, 
redefining sociological issues in today’s terms. Moreover, it can be a 
notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your 
publishing credits. CQ Press/SAGE Publications offers an honorarium 
ranging from SAGE book credits for smaller articles up to a free set of 
the printed product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more.



If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding 
reference with the Encyclopedia of Social Media and Politics, please 
contact me by the e-mail information below. I will provide you with 
submission guidelines and a sample article. Please provide a brief 
summary of your academic/publishing credentials in related disciplines.



Thanks very much,

Lisbeth Rogers

Author Manager

(politics /at/ golsonmedia.com)

The list of topics (including words counts) currently available for 
assignment follows below.  Please note, this is not the complete list of 
topics to be included in the encyclopedia, but only those that are 
currently available.

140ELECT.com (Twitter campaigns)  800

2000 Congressional Campaigns  1,800

2002 Congressional Campaigns  1,800

2004 Congressional Campaigns  2,200

2004 Presidential Campaigns  2,200

2006 Congressional Campaigns  3,000

2008 Congressional Campaigns  5,000

Aggregation  1,200

Alpha Blogger  1,200

American Debt Crisis (and Twitter)  2,200

Anonoblog  800

Bahrain (social media, unrest)  2,200

Berkman Center (Harvard)  1,200

Blog storm  800

Blog Syndication  800

Blogs  3,500

Blood Sport Campaigns  1,200

Bookmarking  800

Bottom-Up Campaigns  1,800

Bounce Back (technical)  1,000

Bounce Back effect (cultural)  1,200

Buzz Creation  1,000

Campaigns, Digital  3,000

Campaigns, Email  1,200

Campaigns, Grassroot  3,000

Campaigns, Organizing  3,000

Campaigns, Virtual  2,200

Cantor, Eric  2,200

Cause-Marketing Campaigns  1,800

Center for Civic Media  800

Center for Innovative Media (GWU)  800

Center for International Media Assistance   800

Chaffetz, Jason  2,200

Chartered Institute of Public Relations

Social Media Guidelines  1,000

Civil Rights  2,200

Clickable Calls to Action  800

Click-Through Rate  800

Coattail Effect  1,000

Coburn, Tom  2,200

Code Pink  1,000

Cognitive Surplus  1,200

Communication  2,200

Constituency  3,000

Constituent Relations Manager  800

Content Communities  800

ContractFromAmerica.com  800

Cultivation  1,000

Cyber-Vigilantism  800

Cyclical message strategy (Julielyn Gibbons)  1,200

Cynicism, Political  1,000

Debate (via social media)  2,200

Decoy Campaign Websites  1,000

Delicious.com  800

Deliverability  1,200

DeMint, Jim  2,200

Demonstrations, Organizing  1,800

Digerati  800

Digital Cultures Research Centre  800

Durbin, Richard J.  2,200

Earned Media  800

Edgerank  800

Education, Issues In  3,000

Ellmers, Renee  2,200

Embedding  800

Engagement Advertising  1,200

Engagement Features  1,000

E-Voter Institute  800

Fan page  800

FAX Machine and Tiananmen Square Crisis  1,200

Feedreader  800

Findability  800

Fleming, John  2,200

Forbes, J. Randy  2,200

Forecasting Elections (social media data)  3,000

Foreign Policy  3,000

Friendster  1,100

Fund Raising  2,200

Geo-Locational Enabling  800

Geotagging  800

Get Out The Vote (GOTV) Drives  1,800

Grassley, Chuck  2,200

Gutierrez, Luis V.  2,200

Hagan, Kay  2,200

Haloscan  800

Hard Place Theatre  800

HeadCount.org  800

Healthcare  2,200

Honeycomb Framework  800

Hootsuite.com  800

Hoyer, Steny  2,200

I Am Gonna Be Your Friend Campaign  800

I Am Second Movement  800

Immersive Journalism  1,200

Inferring Sentiment  800

Influence on Elections  3,000

Information Aggregation  1,000

Informationalized Nations Versus Industrialized Nations  2,200

      Innovation and Technology 5,000

Inouye, Dan2,200

Instant Messengers, IRC, ICQ 800

Institutional Cabling 800

International Online Communities  5,000

Internet gathering (online protest)  1,800

Issa, Darrell  2,200

LGBT Rights  1,800

Lieberman, Joe  2,200

List Cleaning/Scrubbing/Pruning  800

Lobbyists  2,800

Luddite  800

McCarthy, Kevin  2,200

McCotter, Thaddeus  2,200

Medicare  1,200

Meetup.com 800

Meltwater Group/Meltwater Election Buzz  1,000

Membership Communications Project (data aggregation project)  1,200

Meme Mapping  800

Menendez, Robert  2,200

Meta-Data  800

Mobile/Smart Phone Messaging  1,200

Moblog.net  800

Moblogging  800

Morozov Principle  1,200

Multiple (social media campaign aid)  800

Multiple Leveraging  1,200

Nation of Islam Movement  1,000

Network Influentials  1,200

News Media  2,200

Obama for America iPhone Application  800

Online Smear Campaigns (2008)  1,200

Open Dems  800

Open Rate  800

Outparty Innovation Incentives   800

Over-Building  800

Parallel Modeling  1,200

Peer to Peer  800

Pelosi, Nancy  2,200

Pence, Mike  2,200

Personalization  1,000

Pew Internet and American Life Project 800

Phishing, Political  800

Picasa  800

PICON Principle  1,000

Pioneers in Social Media and Politics  3,000

Platform  800

Polis, Jared  2,200

Political Base  1,800

Political Parties (compare social media use)  2,200

Politico  800

Politics, Impulse  1,200

Polling  2,800

Portman, Rob  2,200

Poverty  1,800

Predictive Analytics  1,800

Price, Tom  2,200

Professional bloggers

(Problogger, Mediabistro, Journalism Jobs)  1,200

Proxy Measurements  1,000

Psychographics   1,200

Public Diplomacy Institute (GWU)  800

Real-Time Communication Nodes  1,000

Return on Investment  1,800

Rich Media Ad   800

Robin Hood Foundation  800

RSS Feeds  800

Ryan, Paul   2,200

Sanders, Bernie  2,200

Schools4All  800

Schumer, Charles  2,200

Search and Scrape Capability (FBI plan)  1,200

Search Engine Optimization  800

Secondhand Political Engagement  1,400

Shirky Principle, The  1,000

Shot@Life Campaign  800

Signal Blocking  800

Skunk Ops  1,200

Snowball Effect 1,200

Social Good Summit (September 22, 2011)  1,000

Social Security  1,800

Sockpuppets  900

Spending and Debt, Government  2,200

Sponsored Listings  800

Streaming Media  800

StumbleUpon  800

Superconnected  800

Survey Monkey  800

Take the Pledge  800

Taxes  1,800

Technology Diffusion Paradigm (Joel Achenbach article)  1,200

      Technology Steward  800

Television and Social Media  2,200

Television Personalities and Social Media in Politics  3,000

Terrorism  1,800

Thune, John  2,200

Townhall.com  800

Trackback  800

Transparency  1,200

Trendrr  800

Truth Team  800

Truthout  800

Truthy Research Project (Indiana University)  1,000

Twestival  800

TwitVid.com  800

Ubicomp  800

Udall, Mark  2,200

Unemployment  2,200

United States (social media, unrest)  3,500

Viralocity  800

Vitter, David  2,200

Voter Apathy  1,000

Voter Demographics  2,200

Voter Turnout (social media's impact)  1,800

Warm Traffic  800

Warner, Mark  2,200

Web Mapping and Online Politics  1,800

World Can't Wait  800

Youth Engagement (social media and politics) 2,000





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