[Air-l] CFP: Digital Games & Society

Jason Rutter Jason.Rutter at man.ac.uk
Thu Nov 7 07:38:29 PST 2002


Apologies for any cross posting.

Digital Games and Society
A special edition of Information, Communication and Society

CALL FOR PAPERS

Academic research and debate around digital games, gaming industries and the
associated practices has begun to rapidly expand and develop in recent
years. New empirical and theoretical investigations have broadened previous
concerns with text-based analysis and debate over violent content by
exploring more broad social, economic and cultural questions.

Recent technological developments in gaming platforms and network access
have reshaped domestic leisure, social interaction and contemporary forms of
consumption. Further, the growth of mobile gaming, the promise of always-on
gaming connections, and experiments in mediated reality and
pervasive/convergence games (such as EA's Majestic) have raised important
questions about access, identity, privacy and the nature of public/private
spaces which have yet to be fully explored.

In response to these developments Information, Communication & Society (iCS)
are planning to publish a special edition on digital gaming in December 2003
with Jason Rutter (CRIC, Manchester University) and Jo Bryce (University of
Central Lancashire) as guest editors and hence invites the submissions of
papers for consideration for inclusion.

Given the international and interdisciplinary remit of iCS papers are being
called for on, but not restricted to, the following computer, video and
mobile game themes:

* New and newly mediated forms of interaction and identity
* User demand, consumption and production
* Game cultures, communities and social organisation
* Globalisation and localisation
* Everyday experiences of digital gaming
* Gender, exclusion and negotiated involvement
* Digital gaming and education
* Labour markets, ethical practices and international distribution

Papers should not exceed 7000 words and include an abstract of up to 300
words along with a list of up to six key words. They must represent
original, unpublished, work which is not under consideration for publication
elsewhere

Please send email submissions (preferably in as a Microsoft Word file) to
Jason.Rutter at man.ac.uk

The deadline for receipt of complete papers is 6th December 2002.

More information on iCS, paper layout and references can be found at
http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1369118x.html. Authors are
recommended to consult this and/or the journal itself before submitting a
paper for consideration.

Questions about the special edition should be directed to
Jason.Rutter at man.ac.uk.

--
Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow)
ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC),
The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building,
Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH
PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859    Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361
http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter






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