[Air-L] Nancy Baym Book Award Nominations - Deadline May 1st

[Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers]

We are pleased to call for nominations for the Nancy Baym Annual Book
Award. This award recognizes the best scholarship of the Association of
Internet Researchers, and highlights the breadth of work relating to the
social and cultural dimensions of networked media.

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 (May 1, 2023). Memberships may be purchased here
https://members.aoir.org/.
-The book must have been published between January 1 and December 31, 2022.

The books will be reviewed by a committee of Andrew Herman-Wilfrid Laurier
University (Chair), Marco Bastos-University College Dublin, Nick
Bowman-Syracuse University, Niki Cheong-King's College London, and Jun
Liu-University of Copenhagen.

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.

We are happy to accept books in either digital or hard copy. If digital,
please send pdf to bookaward [at] aoir.org or contact for individual email
addresses.

Additional nomination details available here:
https://aoir.org/2023bookaward/

Please send in all nomination materials by May 1, 2023.