[Air-l] Zeitschrift fuer Sozialpsychologie CfP

Anja Göritz Anja.Goeritz at wiso.uni-erlangen.de
Mon Apr 3 03:48:57 PDT 2006


**Apologies for cross posting**

Call for papers for a special issue of "Zeitschrift fuer Sozialpsychologie"
on "New Media and Social Psychology"

by guest editors Bernad Batinic & Anja Goeritz

Data collection based on novel communication technologies such as the
Internet is becoming increasingly popular. The possibilities of adaptive
testing, integration of multimedia elements, data collection independent of
a particular time and place as well as reduced costs for implementing
studies have made these innovative methods particularly appealing to social
psychological researchers. 

Besides using electronic networks for gathering data obtrusively (e.g.,
online surveys, Web-based experiments, interviews) the Internet can also be
used as a platform for unobtrusive data collection such as observations of
virtual communities or analyses of log files. Moreover, with the help of
Internet services and mobile communication technologies, online and offline
elements of data collection can be combined into mixed-mode studies. 

A special issue of the peer-reviewed journal "Zeitschrift fuer
Sozialpsychologie" will present empirical as well as theoretical
contributions to data collection involving novel communication technologies.
Contributions should have a bearing on social psychology. Topics may range
from comparisons of data collection methods via issues of data quality in
online studies to innovations at the frontier of methodological development
such as Web-based network analysis. Articles may include examinations of a
genuinely social psychological phenomenon with the help of new media.
Articles may also focus on innovative research methods while establishing a
link with social psychology. 

The special issue "New Media and Social Psychology" will appear in the
English language. Contributions may be submitted from now until the 15th of
December, 2006. Authors should prepare manuscripts according to the
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (5th ed.).
Please send your manuscript in Word format attached to an email to the
following email address: 
special_issue_zfsp at wiso.uni-erlangen.de

Regards,
Anja Goeritz


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Dr. Anja Goeritz
Erlangen-Nuremberg University
Dept. of Organizational & Social Psychology
Lange Gasse 20, 90403 Nuremberg, Germany
Tel +49/(0)911/5302373
http://www.goeritz.net





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