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Call for Chapters


New Directions in Media: IIM Critical Practitioner Series


New Directions in Media

Editors: Prof K. M. Baharul Islam and Nandita Roy

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Please note that the Call for Chapters for the book volume New 
Directions in Media is now open. We are seeking individual or 
co-authored submissions of chapters for this international publication.

Participants are invited to submit full papers by
20 Feb 2015
. Preliminary submission of abstracts is not required
if the paper clearly focused on the topics listed below.



Further details for the book volume are given below.


New Directions in Media


Media and communication play a defining role in the era of 
globalization, technological revolution and democratization. Economic 
and cultural globalisation would arguably be impossible without a global 
commercial media system. Thus, in order to understand the state and the 
society as they exist today, we need to look into the pivotal role that 
media has played in the past three decades.


In the pre globalisation and neo-liberalisation era, domestically owned 
radio, television and newspaper industries were the primary national 
media systems. However, in the last three decades, a global commercial 
media market has emerged, along with the advent of new media, 
facilitated through technological growth and advancement.

The changing scenario in global media has resulted in a handful of major 
corporations taking ownership of media throughout the globe. The 
conventional explanation of this phenomenon is that advancements in 
communication technology have made global media empires feasible and 
mass convergences logistically possible. This has changed the way media 
systems work, and has radically transformed the political economy of the 
contemporary global media and communication industries.


However, it is not just technology which has given this direction to 
media in the past three decades. It is also the shift to neoliberal 
deregulation that has facilitated the pursuit of profit, thereby 
changing the way the entire system of media and communication works. At 
the same time, global media has also seen resistance to capitalist 
ideologies in the form of independent, alternate and ‘pirate’ media.

This shift in the past three decades has resulted in significant changes 
in the way we understand politics, culture, democracy, society and also 
professional practices within media and communication industries.

It is within this dynamic context that we place our book. We seek to 
design a volume where the different aspects of this change are recorded 
and new directions charted in terms of social, political, cultural, 
economic and technological aspects of media.



Guidelines


We welcome empirical papers (qualitative or quantitative), theoretical 
discussions, comparative analyses, and in-depth case studies. Topics for 
submission may fall under the following thematic divisions, but are not 
limited to the same:

·       Media and Society

·       Media and Culture

·       Media and Political Economy

·       Media and Resistance

·       Media and Gender Studies

·       New Media

·       Changing discourses of democracy

·       Media and Technology

Target Audience


The book is targeted to be suitable for policy makers, academicians, 
researchers, advanced level students and practitioners working with 
civil society. They will find this book useful in furthering their 
research and exposure to pertinent topics in media and communication.

In addition, it can serve as a reference book for research and 
supplementary reading for students of media and communication. The 
expected audience will use this book as a reference as well as to learn 
more about new trends in the field.


Submission Procedure


Authors may submit a chapter capturing the theme of the book title, 
preferably falling under one of the mentioned thematic divisions. 
CoE-PPG, Indian Institute of Management Kashipur shall publish this book 
by Bloomsbury India or by an international repute publisher 
(Sage/Routledge/others) with an ISBN Number.


Deadline of Submission:

·       Full chapters are expected to be submitted by 2
th January, 2015. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a 
double-blind review basis.

·       Full chapters should be emailed at: (coeppg /at/ iimkashipur.ac.in) 
with subject as “Chapter Proposal for New Directions in Media”

Word Limit and Chapter Format:

·       The chapter’s length should be not less than 5000 words and not 
more than 6500 words.

·       The authors are required to send a short biographical sketch 
(less than 250 words) about themselves to the editor.

·       The chapter may be an individual submission or a co-authored 
submission.

·       Font used should be Times New Roman and font size 12pt with 
1.15pt line spacing.

·       The chapters should follow APA style of referencing.







Notification of acceptance:

·       Authors of accepted chapters will be notified by mid February 
2015, regarding the acceptance of their chapters.

·       Manuscripts must be submitted in word format.

About us


The Centre of Excellence in Public Policy and Government at Indian 
Institute of Management Kashipur is a leading policy think tank 
dedicated to extensive and cutting-edge international research, 
teaching, training and capacity building on current economic, social, 
and political issues. The Centre is set by IIM Kashipur as a platform to 
serve as a link between policymakers, government agencies, civil 
society, industry and academia. In this capacity the centre supports 
scholarly research, public policy and administration of training 
programs, and other capacity building activities at the intersection of 
government and society addressing some of the most important public 
policy and Government issues. The Center also provides research, 
training and advisory services based on thematic public policy analyses.


Contact Information


Any queries may be sent to (coeppg /at/ iimkashipur.ac.in) or mailed at the 
address below:

Prof K. M. Baharul Islam

Chairperson, Centre for Public Policy and Government

Indian Institute of Management Kashipur,

Bazpur Road, Kashipur, Uttarakhand,

India, PIN- 244713 (India)






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