Dear all,
Here is a call for papers that might be of interest to some of you.
Rich L.
PS. Please note that I am discontinuing use of the Ning site since they are
charging for use.
JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND INTERCULTURAL
COMMUNICATION ANNOUNCES SPECIAL FORUM ON NEW MEDIA/TECHNOLOGIES AND
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION
Editor, Robert Shuter
The Journal of International and Intercultural Communication invites proposals
for a special forum comprised of state-of-the-art essays on new
media/technologies and intercultural communication. New media/technologies
abound and, while definitions vary, the terms generally refer to digital
information transmitted through computers and wireless handheld devices and
include, among others, the Internet, SMS or text messaging, instant messaging
(IM), blogs, social media (i.e Facebook and Twitter), social games (i.e Spore
Islands), websites, and virtual communities/worlds (i.e. Second Life). Although
global communication has been unalterably affected by the emergence of new
media, there is a paucity of scholarly research on how they impact
international and intercultural communication. The proposed JIIC Forum will
present four state-of-the-art essays not to exceed 3000 words (including
references) on new media/technologies and international/intercultural
communication with the aim of stimulating critical analysis, theorizing, and/or
empirical investigations on the topic. While there are myriad ways new
media/technologies can affect international/intercultural communication, the
following are fertile areas for possible exploration:
1. How do national cultures vary in their use of new media/technologies to
communicate within and across cultures?
2. How do co-cultures vary in their use of new media/technologies to
communicate within and across cultures?
3. In what ways are cultural/social identities affected by new
media/technologies? Conversely, are the uses of new media/technologies
influenced by cultural/social identities?
4. How do new media/technologies affect the process of
acculturation?
5. How do new media/technologies impact communication between
ethnic
groups/races?
6. How do social media influence intercultural dialogue?
7. How do social media, social games and virtual worlds affect the
development and maintenance of intercultural relationships?
8. How do blogs influence the development of intercultural
relationships?
9. Are national cultures developing interpersonal norms of text messaging,
and how do these norms influence TM use within and across societies?
An essay proposal, not to exceed 500 words, describing the focus, content, and
contribution of the proposed submission should be sent electronically by August
10, 2010 to the Forum Editor: Dr. Robert Shuter, Marquette University
commj...@marquette.edu Forum essays will be commissioned by October 10, 2010
with final manuscripts due February 1, 2011.
Editor will determine the suitability of each proposal and advance selected
proposals for review. Each proposal selected by editor to be developed into an
essay will only be published in the forum if the completed manuscript meets
editor/reviewer requirements for publication. Acceptance of proposal for
development does not guarantee publication in the forum.
Rich L.
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