[ecrea] cfp - New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa

Colleagues,

Please circulate widely, and apologies for cross-postings.

*Call for Additional Chapters*

*New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa*

To be published by IGI Global:
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*Editors: *Anthony A. Olorunnisola and Aziz Douai

 *Call for Chapters: *

Proposals Submission Deadline: January 25, 2012
Full Chapters Due: May 1, 2012
Submission Date: July 30, 2012

 *Introduction*
Editors seek few additional chapters to be included in our edited book
entitled, New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa. An
earlier call for chapters under the tentative title, Media and
Democratization: The African Experience, yielded a number of fascinating
chapters. We are in need of additional chapters that would cover new
media=92s social and political impact, particularly in Francophone African
countries, to supplement our continental coverage. Contributors who wish to
analyze influences of new/digital media in other parts of Africa
(Anglophone, Lusophone) are welcome to consult with the Editors about their
submission prior to sending an abstract.

*Objectives of the Book*
This book volume includes chapters focused on social and political
influences of old and new media in Africa. Contributing authors assess the
successes and challenges achieved and faced by old and new media
respectively with a shift in analytical orientation. Especially, chapters
problematize the consistencies / inconsistencies between principles and
institutions of western democracy vis-=E0-vis African political cultures an=
d
the role of old and new media in these processes. The =93Arab Spring=94 and
other recent events in Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, and in Zimbabwe
among others raise important questions about old and new media=92s
contribution to democratic governance.  The evolving volume shows that the
implementation of democratic reforms in Africa=92s political systems have h=
ad
mixed outcomes and impacts on media freedoms. Its chapters should fill
existent gap by focusing on how mass media and new communication tools are
spawning digital cultures that contribute to the continent=92s long and
ongoing struggle for and with democracy.

*Target Audience*
This book should be valuable reference material for use by academics who
are instructors and students (undergraduate and graduate) of media (old and
new) and their influences on social and political change in Africa. Readers
should spread across disciplines that include mass communications, media
studies, journalism, political science, African Studies, sociology,
information and communication sciences and information technology. The book
also targets technocrats employed in the Civil Service of national
governments and of inter-governmental organizations as well as members of
the civil society engaged in social movement organizations worldwide.

*Recommended Approach and Topics*
Interested authors could approach their subject matter from historical and
critical perspectives; by conducting meta-analyses of existing research;
and/or by presenting new empirical studies (comparative or otherwise) that
contribute to theory building. All theoretical, empirical, and methodology
approaches are welcome. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to,
the following:

   - Conceptual and methodological challenges posed by attempts to
   understand new media  in the culturally distinct (from the West; that is=
)
   African contexts;
   - Conceptually- and theoretically-informed evaluations of the
   intersections between new media and citizen activism
   - Case studies assessing new media role in social change in Africa;
   - Assessments of how/whether new media empower African citizens
   vis-=E0-vis the state;
   - Empirical evidence that contributes to theory-building or challenges
   established theories


*Submission Procedures*
Authors are invited to propose and later submit well-researched chapters
that provide enriching insights into the subject matter. Chapter proposals,
products of original works that have not appeared, nor are under
consideration, in other venues are especially welcome.
Authors should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style
manual and submit abstracts and chapters in MS Word. All submissions should
be sent as email attachments to the Editors at (axo8 /at/ psu.edu) and
(aziz.douai /at/ uoit.ca). Manuscripts of full chapters will be reviewed on a
double-blind basis by an international corps of readers.

*Important Dates*
Abstract Submission deadline: January 25, 2012
Notification to Authors: February 1, 2012
Paper Submission deadline: May 1, 2012

Respondents to this extended call for competitive chapters should send an
abstract of no more than 500 words and a short bio to the Editors=92 email
addresses by January 25, 2012. Authors of accepted abstracts will be
notified by February 1, 2012 and asked to submit a full chapter of no more
than 8,000 words by May 1, 2012.

*Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document):
*Anthony A. Olorunnisola and Aziz Douai: (axo8 /at/ psu.edu) and aziz.douai@uoit.c=
a

For more information, please visit IGI Website:
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Aziz Douai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
55 Bond Street East
Oshawa, ON   L1G 0A5

Tel: 905.721.8668, ext. 3790
Fax:    905.721.3372
E-mail: (aziz.douai /at/ uoit.ca)
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