[ecrea] New Issue of PLATFORM Journal Online

>*** New Issue of PLATFORM Journal Online! ***
>
>PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication is pleased to announce
>the publication of our new issue, Volume 2 Issue 2 "Collaborative
>Media and Networked Publics". The new issue is available to view on
>our revamped website at
>http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/.
>
>This issue contains the following articles:
>
>Editorial
>by Dale Leorke
>
>Crowdsourcing for the Environment: The Case of Brighter Planet
>by Jeff Biggar
>
>London 2012: Distributed Imag(in)ings and Exploiting Protocol
>by Paul Caplan
>
>Wikipedia and the Politics of Mass Collaboration
>by Nathaniel Tkacz
>
>Promoting Civic Engagement Through Ethnic Media
>by Sherry S. Yu and Daniel Ahadi
>
>*** About the Journal ***
>PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication is a fully refereed, open
>access online graduate journal. Founded and published by the Media and
>Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication,
>University of Melbourne (Australia), PLATFORM was launched in November
>2008. PLATFORM is refereed by an international board of established
>and emerging scholars working across diverse fields in media and
>communication studies and edited by graduate students at the
>University of Melbourne. To submit an article, essay or review or for
>more information, email us at (platformjmc /at/ gmail.com) or visit
>http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform/
>
>*** Forthcoming Issues ***
>Media Coverage and the Election 'Race' (March 2011)
>
>Deadline for full paper submissions: 11 October, 2010
>PLATFORM is currently seeking submissions from current graduate
>students which critically examine issues of race and racism in media
>coverage and analysis of elections and online deliberations around the
>world. Submissions can explore any of the intersections between race,
>identity, class, culture and history, but should explicitly focus on
>these in relation to media and new communication technologies.
>Suggested topics could include, but are by no means limited to:
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>- The interplay between race and mediatised democracy and online
>deliberation
>- Race and the political economy of media
>- Race and identity in political discourse and campaign rhetoric
>- Race in policy and policy debates
>- Race in neoliberal discourses and policy
>
>To submit, please email us at (platformjmc /at/ gmail.com)
>
>*** Apply to Peer Review ***
>PLATFORM invites early career, PhD and Masters researchers to peer
>review its scholarly submissions. If you would like to apply, please
>submit a 150 word bio as well as a CV highlighting research projects,
>publications and paper presentations to (platformjmc /at/ gmail.com)
>
>*** Call for essays and reviews ***
>PLATFORM is currently seeking short essays that promote and provoke
>debate around contemporary issues in media and communications. Unlike
>the main issues of the journal, essays are published all year round
>and will not be refereed. Instead, PLATFORM editors will select the
>essays that best combine theoretical knowledge with a strong personal
>voice and which facilitate discussion around the chosen topic.
>
>We also welcome reviews of recent works published in the field of
>media and communications. Anyone may submit to the essays and reviews
>section. Essays should be 2,000 - 4,000 words and reviews no more than
>1,000 words.
>
>To submit or for more information, contact:
>Essays - Christopher Traficante ((c.traficante /at/ pgrad.unimelb.edu.au))
>Book Reviews - Ruhie Kumar ((r.kumar4 /at/ pgrad.unimelb.edu.au))
>
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>PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication
>URL: http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform
>Email: (platformjmc /at/ gmail.com)
>

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New Book:
Trans-Reality Television
The Transgression of Reality, Genre, Politics, and Audience.
Lexington. (Sofie Van Bauwel & Nico Carpentier eds.)
http://www.lexingtonbooks.com/Catalog/SingleBook.shtml?command=Search&db=^DB/CATALOG.db&eqSKUdata=0739131885
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