Category: Publication opportunities

CFP Chinese philosophy and communication

Call for Submissions
A Special Issue of China Media Research
Theme: Chinese Philosophy and Human Communication

This special issue (CMR-2014-04) invites scholars from across disciplines to examine the relationship between Chinese philosophy and human communication. Papers dealing with communication from the perspective of Chinese philosophy, including the application of the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism, Daoism, and other schools to the levels of interpersonal, group/organizational, intercultural/international, media/mass communication, rhetorical, political, and sociolinguistic, etc., are invited. Submissions must not have been previously published nor be under consideration by another publication. We’ll accept the extended abstract (up to 1,000 words) of the paper at the first stage of the reviewing process.

Please email Word attachment of the extended abstract to the guest editors, Dr. Guo-Ming Chen and Dr. Xiaosui Xiao. All extended abstracts must be received by November 10, 2013. The complete manuscript must be received by April 25, 2014 after the extended abstract is accepted. Accepted manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with APA style and should not exceed 8,500 words (including references). Please visit China Media Research for more information about this quarterly journal. For inquiry, please contact Dr. Guo-Ming Chen.

CFP Intercultural Comm for Evolving Global Order

Call for book chapters
Intercultural Communication for an Evolving Global Order: A Reader
to be Published by Cognella, San Diego, CA, USA

Editor:
Wenshan Jia, Ph. D., Professor of Intercultural/Global Communication, Chapman University, Orange CA 92866 USA

Teachers/scholars of intercultural communication are all invited to submit competitive research or theoretical position chapters to be considered for inclusion in the textbook Intercultural Communication for an Evolving Global Order: A Reader (working title) to be published by Cognella, San Diego, California, USA by July 1, 2014. While any topic of intercultural communication in a global context is welcomed, the focus of new developments of intercultural communication based on the evolving global dynamics and structure as well as the emerging global trends of the early 21st century such as the relationship between intercultural communication and global citizenship and the relationship between intercultural communication and new media is particularly welcomed. Preference is also given to solid chapter contributions addressing issues of intercultural communication between emerging economies such as the BRICS and the established economies such as the G8 as well as among the BRICS countries such as China and India, China and Russia, China and Brazil, China and South Africa and so on. Last but not least, submissions addressing applied topics of intercultural communication in such sectors such as the global corporate and organizational arena, global public diplomacy, global health and global environmental changes, and global creative industry and so on are encouraged.  A variety of research approaches such as the qualitative, quantitative, and critical are accepted. The targeted readership consists of undergraduate and graduate students, interested professionals, and the general public.

Guidelines for Submission:
All submissions must conform to the latest APA style standards. Use Times New Roman, 12-font size, and single-space. A proposal of around 600 words is due along with a biography of 100 words and a list of intercultural communication or related courses by October 31, 2013. Tentative selections based on the proposals are made on the basis of originality, quality and fit. The full manuscript of 5000 to 7000 words is due on February 31, 2014. Formal selections for inclusion in the textbook are made on the basis of originality, quality, and fit.  Recommendations of already published articles fitting the theme of the book are also welcomed. Send all submissions electronically with the E-mail subject title “IC for the Evolving Global Order Submission” to:  Wenshan Jia with a copy also sent here. If you have any questions, please contact:

Wenshan Jia, Ph. D., Professor/IAIR Intercultural Fellow
Department of Communication Studies Doti Hall 214
Chapman University
One University Drive
Orange CA 92866 USA

NCA at 100 Microhistories

Call for Papers
NCA at 100: The Microhistories
A Special Issue of Review of Communication

Review of Communication invites essays for a special issue on “NCA at 100: The Microhistories.” With thousands of members, over a century of history, over 40 interest groups, six caucuses, seven sections, and numerous regional, state, local, and affiliated associations, the National Communication Association holds countless stories of founding, revolution, growth, and transformation.

We invite essays of roughly 5,000 words that deploy the histories of specific sub-fields, interest groups, caucuses, persons, theories, and associations to engage questions relevant to the present and future of communication studies. Essays for this volume should not only provide us a history of its subject, but use that history as an opportunity to explore larger questions of communication, pedagogy, and/or scholarship. While authors should not feel compelled to follow a formal method of microhistory, they should keep in mind that such studies do take up the task of relating local narratives to larger-scale phenomena. Manuscripts that do not make a larger connection or contribution will not be considered for publication.

To receive full consideration for this special issue, essays must be received by March 1, 2014. All submissions and correspondences are handled electronically through the ScholarOne Manuscript system. Please clearly indicate that your submission is for the special issue on NCA at 100 in the “Cover Letter” section of the electronic submission process. Inquiries to the editor are welcome.

To facilitate review, manuscripts should be free of any material identifying the author(s) or their affiliation(s). Before submission, authors should be sure their manuscripts are double-spaced throughout and are saved in a standard word processor format (.doc, .docx, or .rtf). Manuscripts submitted to the journal must not be previously published or under review for publication elsewhere, and before publication, authors must ensure their accepted manuscripts conform to the 16th edition of the Chicago Manual of Style. Authors are responsible for acquiring any permissions for the reproduction of texts, images, tables, illustrations, or other materials, as well as for providing camera-ready copies of tables, figures, and images. For further information on permissions, please see here.

Int’l Journal of Intercultural Relations: editor needed

CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST:
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS EDITOR IN CHIEF

Expressions of interest are called for the position of Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Intercultural Relations, for a 3-year term, commencing 1 January, 2015.
The journal is the official publication of the International Academy for Intercultural Research. IJIR is dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of theory, research and practice in the field of intercultural relations, including, but not limited to, topics such as acculturation; intercultural communication; intergroup perceptions, contact, and interactions; intercultural training; and cultural diversity in education, organizations and society. The journal  currently receives between 275-300 submissions per annum, primarily from scholars in the discipline of psychology and secondarily from communication, but submissions come from a wide variety of disciplines. The Editor-in-Chief is currently supported by two Associate Editors.

Please direct Expressions of Interest to ijir AT vuw.ac.nz by 1 December, 2013. The EoIs should include a cv, with particular attention to editorial experience, and a statement of your vision for IJIR.  Past editorial experience and a supportive institutional environment are desirable.  It is also expected that the successful candidate will be (or become) a Member or Fellow of the International Academy of Intercultural Research.

Any general questions about the journal operations can be directed to Colleen Ward ,  the current Editor-in-Chief, at ijir AT vuw.ac.nz or to Dan Landis, Founding Editor, at danl AT hawaii.edu.

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CFP Immigrants and meanings of work

CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS
Immigrants and Meanings of Work: A Global Perspective (Working Title)

Editors
Suchitra Shenoy-Packer, DePaul University
Elena Gabor, Bradley University

Extended abstract submission deadline: October 15, 2013

We would like to invite you to contribute, help shape, and develop an important area of scholarship – Meanings of work from immigrants’ perspectives.

If you are an immigrant yourself and/or you have conducted research with immigrants within the intersections of race, class, gender, immigration status (or others), and work, we are interested in chapters that reveal how you or other immigrants construct the meaning of work in your/their lives. We take a deliberate interdisciplinary focus in order to be inclusive of theoretical perspectives. However, because we are interested in the subjective experiential realities of diverse groups of immigrants working in different parts of the world, we prefer interpretive, critical-cultural works that include immigrants’ voices (either as quotes or as first person narratives) as primary sources of research investigations.

Potential Topics:
We are open to a variety of innovative topics pertaining to Immigrants and Meanings of Work. Here are some examples:
* Immigrant first-person accounts of their work experience explained in the context of academic perspectives of meanings of work/meaningful work
* Religious ethos that influence meanings of work (and that carry over into the immigrant’s adopted culture)/i.e., A Buddhist immigrant’s views of work that influence her work experiences and meaning-making in an adopted Catholic country.
* Immigrant work ethic/work ethic in transition
* Socialization/adaptation dissonance between what was taught (e.g., values) in one’s native country vis-à-vis what is experienced (the “reality”) in the adopted country
* Social construction of immigrant work identity
* Pan-cultural/culturally universal work values

Please submit an extended abstract between 600-800 words (excluding references) to Suchitra at sshenoy1 AT depaul.edu and Elena at egabor AT bradley.edu by October 15, 2013. Questions may be directed at either or both.

CFP Mapping the Arab Spring

Mapping the “Arab Spring”: Social and Political Influence of New Media in the Arab World

Call for Chapters

Editor: Aziz Douai
Faculty of Social Science and Humanities
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Email: aziz.douai AT uoit.ca

Editor: Mohamed Ben Moussa
Art School and Humanities
Canadian University of Dubai
m.benmoussa AT cud.ac.ae

Abstract Submission Deadline: October 15, 2013
Notification to Authors: October 30, 2013
Final Paper Submission deadline: February 30, 2014

Introduction
The popular uprisings in in Arab countries took the world by surprise. Described as the beginning of “the Arab democratic spring”, and likened to the fall of the Arab “Berlin” wall, the wave of protests has galvanized the attention of the world not only because of its transformative political implications for the region, but also because of the alleged central role of the Internet, specifically social media platforms in bringing about the first “Facebook” and “Twitter” revolutions (Wan, 2011), and in empowering “generation 2.0” (Hererra, 2011) to rise against tyranny and defy fear and repression.  However, after more than two years since the beginning of the uprisings, and the deposition of several dictators, democratic transition in the region is facing formidable challenges, chief among them political and economic instability, deep polarizations between Islamist and secular/liberal movements, multiple forms of sectarian, ethnic and religious cleavages, in addition to endemic corruption and inefficient governance. These challenges have already shifted into full-blown civil war in Syria and are threatening other countries, such as Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. Against this background, one key question that needs to be addressed is whether ICTs in general can play a role in promoting civil society, civic culture and trust, bridging political elites to disenchanted young people and the general population, and enhancing governance. In conjunction with this question, there is an urgent need to examine how identity politics is informing and shaping how the notions of civil society, citizenship, and pluralism are imagined and enacted online and the implications thereof for democratic transition in the region. While the outcome of these regional upheavals is still difficult to predict, we believe the time is ripe for a rigorous debate and research into the intersections of the cultural, political and technological issues that led to the “Arab Spring.”

Objectives of the Book
Editors seek innovative contributions that analyze the role of ICTs, particularly the Internet and other new media, in the ongoing upheavals in Arab societies. We are interested in chapters that interrogate the implications of these technologies for cultural expression, and identity building at the individual and collective levels in these societies.  Given how new cultural forms of self-expression from rap music to blogging have become intertwined in the Tunisian and the Egyptian revolutions, for instance, we seek contributions on the various linkages between self-expression, self-reflexivity, political dissent and new media discourses in the region.  Underscoring the linkages between identity politics, collective action repertoire, political culture, and new communication technologies, this book seeks to examine the Arab new media environment leading to the Arab Spring and its aftermath.

Sample Topics
We encourage multidisciplinary approaches that employ social movement theory, cultural studies, radical democracy theory, or network theory, among others, to study and interpret dissent, resistance, collective action, and democratic transition in Arab societies. Other theoretical, empirical and methodology approaches are also welcome. Themes and questions to be considered could include but are not limited to
1)    Research that theorizes/applies social movement theory to analyze the “Arab Spring;”
2)    Cases studies addressing new cultural forms and Arab/Muslim identities (e.g. hip hop music, digital art, and photography);
3)    Critical assessment of youth movement, youth culture, and political consciousness;
4)    Case studies addressing ICTs, new media audiences, ethnic minorities and identities;
5)    New empirical analyses of ICTs and political Islam/other social movements in the Arab world;
6)    Theoretical and empirical assessments of the intersection between new media and gender in the region (e.g. feminist movements, women identities and self-expression);
7)    Comparative analyses of new journalism forms in the Arab world (e.g. citizen journalism);
8)    Conceptually- and theoretically-informed evaluation of the intersections between new media and democracy in the region;
9)    Other approaches that fit with the above themes and contribute to theory building are welcome.

Submission Requirements
Interested authors should send an abstract of no more than 600 words and a short bio to the Editors’ email addresses by October 15, 2013. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by October 30, 2013 and asked to submit a full chapter of no more than 8,000 words by February 30, 2014.
Chapter proposals must be original work that has not been published. Authors should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style manual and submit abstracts and chapters in MS Word. All submissions should be sent as email attachments to BOTH editors at aziz.douai AT uoit.ca and m.benmoussa AT cud.ac.ae. All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by an international editorial board.

CFP Int J Nonprofit Marketing

Richard D. Waters is currently editing a special issue of the International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing on the best practices of nonprofit marketing communication.  Briefly, he is looking for a variety of research papers (and methods!) that demonstrate how nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations use strategic communication to reach their stakeholders.  Stakeholders being broadly defined so as not to solely focus on donors, volunteers, and clients.  The deadline for full manuscripts is December 1, 2013, and they should be submitted through the Journal‘s Manuscript Central website.  The full call for papers with a brief listing of possible paper topics can be found here.

Those with questions can contact Richard D. Waters at: rdwaters AT usfca.edu

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CFP Immigrants and work

CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS
Immigrants and Meanings of Work: A Global Perspective (Working Title)

Editors
Suchitra Shenoy Packer, DePaul University
Elena Gabor, Bradley University

Extended abstract submission deadline: October 15, 2013

“We would like to invite you to contribute, help shape, and develop an important area of scholarship – Meanings of work from immigrants’ perspectives.

If you are an immigrant yourself and/or you have conducted research with immigrants within the intersections of race, class, gender, immigration status (or others), and work, we are interested in chapters that reveal how you or other immigrants construct the meaning of work in your/their lives. We take a deliberate interdisciplinary focus in order to be inclusive of theoretical perspectives. However, because we are interested in the subjective experiential realities of diverse groups of immigrants working in different parts of the world, we prefer interpretive, critical-cultural works that include immigrants’ voices (either as quotes or as first person narratives) as primary sources of research investigations.

Potential Topics:
We are open to a variety of innovative topics pertaining to Immigrants and Meanings of Work. Here are some examples:
*       Immigrant first-person accounts of their work experience explained in the context of academic perspectives of meanings of work/meaningful work
*       Religious ethos that influence meanings of work (and that carry over into the immigrant’s adopted culture)/i.e., A Buddhist immigrant’s views of work that influence her work experiences and meaning-making in an adopted Catholic country.
*       Immigrant work ethic/work ethic in transition
*       Socialization/adaptation dissonance between what was taught (e.g., values) in one’s native country vis-à-vis what is experienced (the “reality”) in the adopted country
*       Social construction of immigrant work identity
*       Pan-cultural/culturally universal work values

Please submit an extended abstract between 600-800 words (excluding references) to Suchitra at sshenoy1 AT depaul.edu and Elena at egabor AT bradley.edu by October 15, 2013. Questions may be directed at either or both of us.”

CFP Nollywood: Nigerian movie making as glocal

Call for Chapters

Nollywood: Nigerian Movie-Making and Entertainment Culture in Glocal Perspective

In the last two decades, Nollywood, Nigeria’s movie and video industry, has undergone significant transformation, from a primarily home-video production and distribution system for local consumption to a sophisticated, internationally competitive entertainment industry with worldwide recognition. Its storytelling captures the experience, aspirations, and struggles of Africa and the African diaspora. This volume seeks to examine the impact and culture of Nollywood, as well as the local and global forces that influence its emergence and growth. The work will be published as part of the University Press of America’s Communication, Society and Change in Africa series. We invite chapter contributions that will examine various aspects of Nollywood such as, but not limited to, the following:
1.      History and evolution of Nollywood
2.      Nollywood’s narrative themes and film genres
3.      Challenges and triumphs of creativity and technological innovation in Nollywood
4.      Nollywood’s effect on African values and worldview
5.      Nollywood stars: Celebrity, fame, and personality cult
6.      Talent development in Nollywood
7.      Political influence of Nollywood
8.      Nollywood and the cultural representation of Africa
9.      Internal and external influences on Nollywood movie industry
10.     The economics of movie-making in Nollywood
11.     Effects of communication policies and regulation on Nollywood
12.     Nollywood on religion, spirituality, and metaphysics in Africa
13.     The future of Nollywood
14.     Competition and collaboration in the global marketplace
15.     Nollywood’s role in culture and social change
16.     Gender and sexuality in Nollywood movies.

All methodological approaches are welcomed. Proposals will be reviewed for conceptual framework, theoretical substance, methodological integrity, and intellectual contribution. Papers should be written in Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition.  Lengths of chapters are to be between 6,000-7,500 words, and typed double-spaced.

Interested contributors should submit 250-300-word abstract proposals or any inquiries to cfcnollywood AT gmail.com by August 31st, 2013.

Project Timeline:
Abstract Proposal Due: August 31, 2013
Notification of Acceptance of Proposal: September 30, 2013
Completed Paper Due: January 31, 2014
Expected Publication Date: June 30, 2014

Editors:
Ivon Alcime, Ph.D. (Western Connecticut State University)
Agaptus Anaele, Doctoral Candidate (Purdue University)
Bala A. Musa, Ph.D. (Azusa Pacific University)

CFP China international comm annual

China International/Intercultural Communication Annual 2013

For Greater China (including Mainland China, Hong Kong and Macau, Taiwan, as well as overseas Chinese and elsewhere), working within the scope of the relevant international / intercultural communication research group, construction of the academic publishing field, comprehensive reflection of international / intercultural communication research topics, and frontiers of the latest research results, the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences has developed the innovative project “Intercultural Communication in the Age of Globalization: Academic Research and Application of Achievements.” Specifically, we plan to launch the China International / Intercultural Communication  Annual, in order to publish research on international / intercultural communication each year. The annual will be published each October starting in 2014.

We hope this annual will be an important summit from which to review the past and plan the future. We welcome all scholars who are interested in international / intercultural communication research to submit papers. Please submit your proposed title and abstract, as well as your affiliation, academic rank, telephone number and E-mail address.

Deadlines: Title and abstract by 15 September 2013, full paper by 31 December 2013

For submission or inquiry, please email ciica2013 AT 163.com to contact Ms. XIE Ming