[Air-l] Repost: CFP: Cyberactivism: Critical Theories and Practices of Online Activism
Mike Ayers
mayers at vt.edu
Thu Jul 5 08:56:44 PDT 2001
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Call For Papers
Cyberactivism: Critical Theories and Practices of Online Activism
Edited by Martha McCaughey and Mike Ayers
Virginia Tech/New School University
Submission Deadline: September 15, 2001
Social movements and social movement groups have historically incorporated new
technologies into their framework towards working for social change. Activists
are also incorporating the Internet into their strategies to affect change in
society. This edited volume seeks to bring together essays that discuss
current issues surrounding how activists, social movement
groups/organizations, and grassroots organizations are using the Internet for
social change work. This volume seeks to highlight the importance of current
social movement theory, cultural studies, media studies, and cyberculture
studies to explore how cyberspace can or can not aid people working towards
social change.
We seek submissions that discuss the following:
-- The application of social movement theory to Internet social movement
groups
-- Essays by activists about how cyberspace has changed activism or allowed
activists to create social change
-- Comparative analyses of online activist groups and offline activist groups
-- Theoretical frameworks for studying online activism/social movements
-- Case studies on race-, gender-, or sexuality-based movements on the
Internet
Essays should be in the range of 5,000 to 8,000 words. Please submit completed
essays for consideration in Rich Text File (RTF) format as an attached
document to:
Martha McCaughey (marth at vt.edu) and Mike Ayers (mayers at vt.edu)
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