[Air-L] 2017 Nancy Baym Book Award Nominations

[Michelle, AoIR Association Coordinator]

We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book
Award. Named after former Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
president Nancy Baym, this award recognizes the best scholarship of AoIR
and highlights the breadth of work relating to the sociocultural dimensions
of networked media. We will accept nominations from AoIR members for books
they found of great scholarly value and wish to champion. The books will be
reviewed by a committee of Nancy Baym, Kate O’Riordan and chaired by
Eugenia Siapera.

To be eligible for the award:
- The book must be authored or co-authored as a monograph and must explore
a single topic (edited collections are not eligible).
- All of the book’s authors must be current members of AoIR at the time of
submission (April 15, 2017). Memberships may be purchased at
https://aoir.org/membership/.
- The book must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2016.

Each book should be accompanied by an emailed letter of nomination.
Self-nominations from AoIR members are welcome. The letter of nomination,
which must be written by a current member of AoIR, should outline:
- How the book contributes to AoIR’s intellectual community.
- The book’s unique contributions and overall strengths.
- If not a self-nomination, the letter should also include a statement that
the nominated author has been contacted prior to its submission and accepts
the nomination.

Books submitted without a meaningful nomination letter outlining both the
strengths of the book and the book's contribution to the AoIR community to
AoIR will not be eligible.

Nomination letters and book copies in either digital or hard copy should
arrive no later than April 15, 2017.

If digital, please provide access to BookAward at aoir.org.

Please indicate in the subject line: “AoIR Nancy Baym Book Award
Submission.”

Hard copies (1 each) should be mailed to:

Eugenia Siapera
School of Communications,
Dublin City University
Collins Avenue,
Glasnevin, Dublin
Ireland

Dr Kate O'Riordan
Director of Teaching and Learning
Media Film and Music
Silverstone Building 330
University of Sussex
Falmer
BN1 9RG
UK

Nancy Baym
Microsoft, 12th Floor
1 Memorial Dr.
Cambridge MA 02142 USA

The winner of the award will be announced in June 2017. In addition to
winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present during
a panel session on the winning book at the AoIR conference in Tartu,
Estonia, in October 2017.

Please contact Eugenia Siapera (BookAward at aoir.org) or Jenny Stromer-Galley
(prez at aoir.org) if you have any questions about this process.

Regards,
Michelle
AoIR Association Coordinator