[ecrea] Call for Book Chapters: Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age

Call for Book Chapters
Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the Digital Age

Editors
Nhamo Anthony Mhiripiri, (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe)
Tendai Chari, (University of Venda, South Africa)
Call for Chapters
Proposals Submission Deadline: August 30, 2015
Full Chapters Due: January 15, 2016

Introduction
Law, ethics and policy often attempt to bring rules and order to the 
media, information and communications sectors of various countries as 
well as to the social spaces where media interact with institutions, the 
public and private individuals. Ideally, such laws, ethics and policy 
formulations must realise a healthy balance between protection of the 
rights and integrity of individuals, the public and institutions 
vis-Ã -vis freedom of the media and rights to information. The inception 
of digital technologies at the turn of the century portends numerous 
challenges for media and communications regulators and media 
practitioners alike.
We invite contributions across all imaginable media law, ethics and 
policy in the digital age, as this book aspires to be universal and 
comprehensive in its coverage of topics and issues. Treatment of topical 
events and processes that have caught the global media attention are 
welcome, ranging from Julian Assange’s WikiLeaks, Edward Snowden’s 
exposures of invasion of privacy by the U.S. government, disgraced 
former IMF boss Dominique Strauss-Kahn alleged sex scandal, South 
Africa’s Oscar Pistorious’ hyper-mediated court trial, Charlie Hebdo 
cartoons and ‘sacrilege’, industrial phone hacking, etc, 
notwithstanding the usual cases of (criminal) libel, invasion of privacy 
and normative approaches to media and new/social media practices.
Chapters in Media Law, Ethics and Policy in the Digital Age should be 
able to enunciate the challenges of news gathering and how the 
craftsmanship of media practitioners require rethinking in the context 
of enabling and equally intrusive technologies available not only to 
media but state institutions and other snoopers. This book project tries 
to draw some empirical (social) media and journalism studies from global 
contexts entangled in the World Information Society and new ICTs. 
Authors should provide basic, stimulating and/or exceptional examples to 
illustrate their chosen case narratives.

Objective
This publication with a comparative global focus aims to be a timely and 
essential reference source, building on the available literature in the 
field of media law, ethics and policy at a time when new ICTs and 
digital technologies offer new challenges and opportunities to 
communicative actions. It is hoped that this text will provide updated 
reference materials for researchers and policymakers in line with 
realities of new communication technologies across the globe.
The methodology of the book on media law and ethics requires that 
contributors be conversant with comparative empirical materials from at 
least two countries pertaining to specific issues on a chosen area. 
While maintaining a general global focus, the book will endeavour to 
give a fair representation of media law, ethics and policy chapters with 
empirical examples drawn from areas that have been historically 
marginalised in major media law, ethics and policy texts. These areas 
include Africa and nations of the global South.

Target Audience
Media and communications policymakers, academicians, researchers, 
advanced-level, graduate and post graduate students, government 
officials and active media practitioneers such as journalists, 
filmmakers and musicians, etc., interested in regional, continental and 
global media law, ethics and policy issues trends will find this text 
useful in furthering their understanding of these subjects with new 
cases and examples, especially with the contemporary complexities 
associated with new information technologies and the digital age.

Recommended Topics
Contributors are welcome to submit chapters including, but not limited 
to, the following topics:
•	Constitutionalism and (New) Media freedom
•	Media Ownership Policy
•	Media Regulatory Models: Statutory Regulation, self-regulation, 
co-regulation, etc.
•	Law, Media and New Media Technology
•	Social Media Sources and Ethics
•	Social Media and the Sub-judice Rule
•	Citizen Journalism/Guerilla journalism: an Ethical dimension
•	User Generated content, Law and Ethics
•	Photographic Manipulation, law and ethics
•	Internet and Cyber-crime
•	National Security Laws, Information Leaks and Freedom of Information
•	Reporting Parliament, Reporting the Courts and Reporting Elections
•	Labour relations, contract law and the media
•	The Media and Intellectual Property Rights
•	Criminal and/or Civil Defamation/Libel/Sedition and their Defenses
•	Invasion of Privacy
•	Blasphemy and the media
•	Regulation of Pornography and Erotic Materials
•	Protection of News Sources and Contempt law
•	Muckraking, Investigative Journalism and/or (Social) Media Legislation
•	Media Ethics Philosophy and Practice
•	Advertising, Law and Ethics
•	Telecommunications Regulation

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 
30, 2015, a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining 
the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors will be 
notified by September 15, 2015, about the status of their proposals and 
sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by 
January 15, 2016, and all interested authors must consult the guidelines 
for manuscript submissions at 
http://www.igi-global.com/publish/contributor-resources/before-you-write/ prior 
to submission. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind 
review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers 
for this project.
Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts 
submitted to this book publication, Media Law, Ethics, and Policy in the 
Digital Age. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer 
review editorial process.
All proposals should be submitted through the E-Editorial DiscoveryTM 
online submission manager.
Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea 
Group Inc.), an international academic publisher of the “Information 
Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference), “Medical 
Information Science Reference,” “Business Science Reference” 
and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. IGI Global specializes 
in publishing reference books, scholarly journals, and electronic 
databases featuring academic research on a variety of innovative topic 
areas including, but not limited to, education, social science, medicine 
and healthcare, business and management, information science and 
technology, engineering, public administration, library and information 
science, media and communication studies, and environmental science. For 
additional information regarding the publisher, please visit 
www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016.
Book Series
For release in the Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts Book 
Series
ISSN: Pending
Throughout time, technical and artistic cultures have integrated 
creative expression and innovation into industrial and craft processes. 
Art, entertainment and the media have provided means for societal 
self-expression and for economic and technical growth through creative 
processes.
The Advances in Media, Entertainment, and the Arts (AMEA) book series 
aims to explore current academic research in the field of artistic and 
design methodologies, applied arts, music, film, television, and news 
industries, as well as popular culture. Encompassing titles which focus 
on the latest research surrounding different design areas, services and 
strategies for communication and social innovation, cultural heritage, 
digital and print media, journalism, data visualization, gaming, design 
representation, television and film, as well as both the fine applied 
and performing arts, the AMEA book series is ideally suited for 
researchers, students, cultural theorists, and media professionals.

Important Dates

August 30, 2015:	 Proposal Submission Deadline
September 15, 2015:	 Notification of Acceptance

January 15 2016: 	 Full Chapter Submission

March 15, 2016:		 Review Results Returned

April 15, 2016: 		 Revised Chapter Submission from Authors

April 30, 2016: 		 Final Acceptance Notification to Chapter Authors
Inquiries
Prof Dr.Nhamo A. Mhiripiri, Midlands State University, Zimbabwe
E-mail: (nhamoanthony /at/ yahoo.com) or (mhiripirina /at/ msu.ac.zw)

Copied to: Mr. Tendai Chari, University of Venda, South Africa
Email: (Tendai.Chari /at/ univen.ac.za) or (tendai.chari /at/ yahoo.com)



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