Do this! RFP for chapters of forthcoming book titled “Web Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship?”

The deadline for the proposal is 1/18/08 with a chapter submission deadline of 7/11/08.

Don’t you so want to do this!? I do.

Here’s a little bit more from the PJNet.org post about the project:

In particular, we wish to examine how interactive participatory media are transforming the relationship between the traditional professional media and their audience. It is intended that some chapters will be devoted to an examination of new Web experiences in the developing world, considering questions such as whether citizen journalists and bloggers will have an impact on decision-making with regard to policy issues, including conflict resolution, trade and environment.

We are open to suggestions, but among the areas we are interested in considering are:

the democratic influence of the Internet on journalism; whether cross-border conversation challenges or bridges significant cultural and digital divides

whether the early democratic promise of participatory journalism is becoming dominated by the corporate hegemony of market-driven journalism

whether the public or the market are asserting control, with citizens being increasingly exploited as a free source of labour

how participatory forms such as blogs, wikis, etc. have been perceived and adopted

questions of veracity and objectivity in web journalism, such as whether the loyalty of a virtual news community depends on the transparency of the blog’s sources and bias etc.

the effect of automation and participation on the process of news selection and editing

how organisational factors such as organisational culture, professional backgrounds, paradigms and systems, etc. have played a part in shaping the form that ‘online journalism’ has taken in the past ten years

how traditional journalists have responded to the process of ‘going online’, including with regard to their perceptions of their role, newsgathering and the effect of their own blogging etc.

the impact of participatory comment rejoinders on traditional media columnists

the pressures for rapid content - what the impact is on traditional journalism if news is streamed directly from news agencies via phones, palm tops and even gaming consoles

case studies that examine how online journalism technologies are chosen and implemented.

The Ohio ’sphere could write every single one of those! (I have a lot of practice at being a proud mom-type person.)

Here’s what you need to do now:

In the first instance, please email a brief CV and an abstract of no more than 500 words, which can use bullet points, to garrett.monaghan@port.ac.uk. The final deadline for this is January 18, 2008 and the deadline for chapter submissions is July 11, 2008. (If you do send in a chapter proposal, tell them you heard about it at the PJNet.org. Thanks.)

Seriously, I’m going to think about doing this.

Any other takers??

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By Jill Miller Zimon at 11:51 pm November 26th, 2007 in Writing, Announcements, Media, Tech, Blogging

Comments

2 Responses to “Do this! RFP for chapters of forthcoming book titled “Web Journalism: A New Form of Citizenship?””

1 Jeff Hess on November 27th, 2007 7:49 am

Shalom Jill,

I’m so in. Thanks for the alert.

B’shalom,

Jeff
2 Jill Miller Zimon on November 28th, 2007 12:09 am

Doesn’t it look great! I swear, the entire Ohio blogosphere could write a book like this.