[ecrea] A new Journal and Call for Papers: Kaleidoscope

With apologies for crossposting, we are happy to inform you ona new
peer-reviewed international journal to be launched in December 2016:
*/Kaleidoscope: The Journal of Alternative Media and Social Movements/*

*Topics of interest:*

·Economic structure, sustainability and relational networks of social
movements/media

·Alternative media and pre-figurative politics

·Power relations and organizational structure within media institutions
and/or social movements

·Degree of independence and relations with/to power

·Autonomous decision making process and practices

·Text/content production and action/programme organization based on
participation, sharing and solidarity

·Alternative ethics

·Struggle against legal and illegal (economic, political, legal and
cultural) pressures and violence of global and local hegemonies.

·The relational history of social movements and alternative media.

*Focus of the first issue:*The theoretical and methodological challenges
concerning the convergence of two academic disciplines: alternative
media and social movements.

All researchers interested in this relatively new research field are
welcome to submit their original works (Articles, Book reviews,
Commentaries, Interviews and Field notes) to Kaleidoscope.

*Deadline:*September 1^st , 2016.

Please contact the Editors Bora Ataman at (boraataman /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(boraataman /at/ gmail.com)>and Barış Çoban at (barishc /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(barishc /at/ gmail.com)>for academic purposes

and the Managing Editor Özlem Erkmen at (oerkmen /at/ dogus.edu.tr)
<mailto:(oerkmen /at/ dogus.edu.tr)>for administrative affairs.

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*Call for Papers for the very first issue of /Kaleidoscope: The Journal
of Alternative Media and Social Movements/*

Kafka Kitap, led by Barış Çoban and Bora Ataman, initiated a new book
series titled /Alternative Media and Social Movements/ at the beginning
of 2015, in Turkey. The series, which consists of translated and
original books, is intended to be a prolific and efficient discussion
platform focused on media and resistance for scholars from several
disciplines in the Turkish speaking world of academy.

Kaleidoscope features academic works on alternative media practices that
are structured around democratic participation, rights-based journalism,
amateur-professional solidarity in content production, anti-capitalist
structuring, and egalitarian and autonomous experiences. It is an
interdisciplinary medium that aims to promote researches and works on
social movements which strive for rights, justice, and equality,
rebelling against the dominance of global capitalism and media arising
within and intertwined with these movements.

The 21st century’s new media platform; characterized by convergence,
digitalization and interactivity, has intensified the relationship
between alternative media and social movements, and integrated them. The
boundaries of traditional media research – mostly categorized according
to its focus on institution, content and audience - are becoming
indistinct. Differences between various familiar dualities such as the
organizational and the individual, the individual and society, the local
and the global, producers and viewers/consumers/users, etc., are
gradually becoming trivial or need to be re-assessed on the platform of
fragmented and fluid new media of our times. A similar perspective also
reveals that the relationships between the traditional new media and the
former “new social movements” are also undergoing transformation. Strong
empirical research and critical theoretical discussions are required in
order to grasp the effects of these changes and transformations on both
the movements themselves and also on the internal structures and
operation of media, and to comprehend the key roles they play on social
transformation from a larger perspective.

The journal aims to extend the intersection set between alternative
“new” media studies and social movement research in order to meet this
requirement. Therefore, it also seeks to support the comprehension,
interpretation and transformation efforts of the participants of social
movements, along with activist-academicians that have a hybrid identity
with indefinite borders within the alternative universe. With a dual
perspective that does not detach works on alternative media and social
movements from each other, Kaleidoscope aspires to become a social
science journal which mainly focuses on the following issues:

·Economic structure, sustainability and relational networks of social
movements/media

·Alternative media and pre-figurative politics

·Power relations and organizational structure within media institutions
and/or social movements

·Degree of independence and relations with/to power

·Autonomous decision making process and practices

·Text/content production and action/programme organization based on
participation, sharing and solidarity

·Alternative ethics

·Struggle against legal and illegal (economic, political, legal and
cultural) pressures and violence of global and local hegemonies.

·The relational history of social movements and alternative media.

With quality research articles, book reviews, forums and views from the
field, the journal aims to become medium force in the global arena for
newly emerging social science research under the title “alternative
media and social movements.”

For the first issue, however, we would like to focus on the theoretical
and methodological challenges concerning the convergence of two academic
disciplines: alternative media and social movements.

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*Information for the journal*

The journal will be published annually both in print and online starting
in December, 2016. The language of the journal is English. It is an open
access journal with six months embargo period. During this period all
the original articles and research papers will be offered at a lower,
affordable price for the research community. However, any subscriber who
do not have sufficient resources will be supported. Therefore, there
won’t be any submission fees for the authors. Basic subscription will be
free of charge and allow subscribers to reach various content such as
reviews, reportages, field notes etc. The first issue will be
disseminated freely to esteemed academic institutions and libraries
around the world. Detailed subscription policies and procedures will be
announced later in this year. The web site of the journal is now under
construction and planned to be active before July.

For the time being please contact the Editors at (boraataman /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(boraataman /at/ gmail.com)>and (barishc /at/ gmail.com)
<mailto:(barishc /at/ gmail.com)>for academic purposes and the Managing Editor
at (oerkmen /at/ dogus.edu.tr) <mailto:(oerkmen /at/ dogus.edu.tr)>for administrative
affairs.

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*/Submission of manuscripts/*

*Deadline:*September 1^st , 2016.

All researchers interested in this relatively new research field are
welcome to submit their original works to Kaleidoscope. Articles deemed
by the journal’s editors to be in line with the objectives and scope of
the journal will then be submitted to two colleagues from the
international referee committee for a blind review process. Afterwards,
the referees’ reports will also be shared with the authors, whatever the
decision. We have a strong commitment to the relatively rapid handling
of all submissions. Authors can expect a first decision on their
submission within eight weeks.

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*/Style and Format/*

*Language:*Manuscripts can be submitted in English.

*File format:*Manuscripts can be submitted in DOC, DOCX or PDF formats.

*Length:*The maximum length for each manuscript type (including titles,
endnotes and bibliography) is listed below:

·Articles: 8000 words

·Book reviews: 1500 words

·Commentaries & Interviews & Field notes: 500-2000 words

*Font and layout:*The text should be written in a single column with:

·Times New Roman, 12 pt. and 1,5 spacing for the main text,

·Times New Roman, 10 pt. and single spacing for endnotes.

*Headings:*Sections and sub-sections should be limited to 3 heading
levels. Please assure that the heading levels are clearly indicated in
the text.

*Tables and Figures:*should be numbered and inserted after the first
paragraph in which they are cited.

*References:*APA Style 6th Edition

*/Organization of the submissions/*

Each submission should contain, in the following order:

·*Cover page: *Including the type and title of the manuscript, The
name(s) of the author(s), affiliation(s) and contact information,
Abstract and keywords

·Title

·Abstract (maximum 500 words)

·Keywords (5 keywords in italic, alphabetically ordered)

·Manuscript (including the following elements named and presented in any
order as needed: Introduction, Methodology, Findings, Discussion,
Conclusions)

·Endnotes (numbered in Arabic numerals)

·Acknowledgements

·Conflicts of interests

·References (APA Style 6th Edition)

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*Edited by*

Bora Ataman and Barış Çoban - Doğuş University at Istanbul, Turkey.

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*Editorial Board *

Adrienne Russell - University of Denver

Ahmet Taylan - Mersin University

Altuğ Akın - İzmir University of Economy

Clemencia Rodriguez - The University of Oklahoma

Çiler Dursun - Ankara University

Dal Yong Jin – Simon Fraser University

Dieter Rucht - WZB

Dorothy Kidd - University of San Francisco

Funda Başaran - Ankara University

Gülüm Şener - Arel University

Hamid Dabashi – Columbia University

Herbert Pimlott - Wilfrid Laurier University

Jaeho Kang - SOAS University of London

James Hamilton - University of Georgia

Jodi Dean - Hobart and William Smith Colleges

John Downing - Northwestern University of Qatar

Laurence Cox - Maynooth University

Lina Dencik – Cardiff University

Lyndon Way - İzmir University of Economy

Marco Briziarelli - University of New Mexico

Mario Diani - University of Trento

Mike Wayne - Brunel University London

Mine Gencel Bek - Ankara University

Murat Yüksel - Nişantaşı University

Muzammil M. Hussain - University of Michigan

Natalie Fenton - Goldsmiths University of London

Nilgün Tutal Cheviron - Galatasaray University

Noha Mellor - University of Bedfordshire

Olga Bailey - Nottingham Trent University

Pantelis Vatikiotis - İzmir University of Economy

Paolo Gerbaudo - King’s College London

Perrin Öğün Emre - Kadir Has University

Richard Keeble - University of Lincoln

Richard Maxwell - Queens College - CUNY

Robert A. Hackett - Simon Fraser University

Ronaldo Munck - Dublin City University

Sevda Alankuş - Kadir Has University

Stephen J. A. Ward - University of British Columbia

Stuart Allan - Cardiff University

Suncem Koçer - Kadir Has University

Ülkü Doğanay - Ankara University

Veronica Barassi - Goldsmiths University of London

WJT Mitchell - Indiana University

Yasemin İnceoğlu – Galatasaray University

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