[Air-L] call for book chapter

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Call for Book Chapters:
Social media have dramatically popularized practices of
evaluation, especially of cultural products and artistic expressions. The
practices of “liking” and rating any shared contents such as music to blogs,
film, videos, photographs to artwork and performances have been ubiquitous in
today’s digital environments. As a result, creative producers are increasingly
developing reputations and careers through a complex blend of online social
reputation management and distribution platforms, and more longstanding forms
of marketing channels and professional evaluation. In this context, Online
Evaluation of Creativity and the Arts (under contract with Routledge edited by
H. Cecilia Suhr) seeks to examine the newly emerging forms of evaluation, such
as contests, competitions, ranking, commenting, liking, and rating, which are
taking place in digital environments. In doing so, this book investigates the
criteria and assessment practices tied to the evaluation of creativity and
artistic works. This book further analyzes what is at stake when digital
environments heighten the role of amateur and peer criticism to the level of
expert critiques. While exploring potential informal learning opportunities and
offering incisive critiques on the emerging norms and standards of evaluation,
the essays in this book cover a wide range of artistic and creative practices. 
 
If interested in contributing to this book, please contact H.
Cecilia Suhr, suhrhc at miamioh.edufor initial
inquiries on your topic as well as further guidelines.  This project will move very quickly. If your
abstract is accepted, a full-length chapter will be requested for final
consideration. Only those chapters that require minor revision will be
selected.