[Air-L] CFP: Special issue of JCMC on Participatory Websites

[Joe Walther]

Call for Papers: Special issue of the Journal of Computer-Mediated
Communication, "Communication Approaches to Participatory Websites and
User-Generated Content." Joseph B. Walther, guest editor.

 

Among the most important developments in CMC are participatory websites
featuring user-generated content (e.g., Web 2.0 sites with product/seller
reviews, social network sites that invite "friends'" contributions,
talk-back features on online news sites, wikis, etc.). This issue of JCMC
will focus on the extension, adaptation, and application of theoretical
approaches to the uses and effects of these messaging systems. We invite
evidence-based papers that address the creation and impacts of
user-generated content, system-aggregated indicators of user input, and/or
their interplay with owner-generated content, on the perceptions, attitudes,
and behavior of participants and viewers of such sites. Criteria for
acceptance will involve the degree of exemplification of the communication
aspects of the topic, and the degree to which articles join theoretical
analysis with rigorous empirical investigation. Manuscripts will be reviewed
anonymously by a special editorial board and other JCMC reviewers; authors
must prepare submissions to facilitate anonymous review. Submissions must
not exceed 30 pages, and must reflect APA (6th ed.) style. Deadline for
submission is December 10, 2011.  Please contact the editor with any
questions, or to submit manuscripts as attachments, at
<mailto:jcmc at cmcresearch.org> jcmc at cmcresearch.org.

 

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Joseph B. Walther 

Professor of Communication

Professor of Telecommunication, Information Studies & Media

Michigan State University

https://www.msu.edu/~jwalther/