**NEW 2018 CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL DIGITAL AND SOCIAL
MEDIA STUDIES**
Critical Digital and Social Media Studies is an established book series edited
by Professor Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for
Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press (UWP). We
invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope of the series.
**Submission Deadline: Monday 12 February 2017 23:00 BST**
by e-mail to Andrew Lockett (University of Westminster Press Manager) at
A.Lockett {AT} westminster.ac.uk
For fullest series details and proposal guidelines see
https://uwestminsterpress.blog/2018/01/08/call-for-book-proposal-submissions-2018-critical-digital-and-social-media-studies-series/
Books already published in the Series:
https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-social-media-studies/
University of Westminster Press Publishing Portfolio:
https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/ubiquity-partner-network/uwp/UWP_Catalogue.pdf
CALL DETAILS
After the publication of five titles in the series we invite submission of book
proposals (adhering to the guidelines set out below) as one document with one
full chapter for books in the range of 35,000-80,000 words. The books in the
series are published online in an open access format available online without
payment using a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC-ND) and simultaneously as
affordable paperbacks. We are able to publish a number of books in the call
without any book processing charges thanks to generous support by the
University of Westminster that covers these fees. Potential authors are welcome
to contact the series editor outside of the initial time frame of this call for
book proposals but should note that priority for funding support for suitable
projects will be given to those proposals meeting the deadline. There is a
preference for the submission of proposals for books whose writing can be
finished and that can be submitted to UWP within the next 6-15 months. In the
event of a surplus of strong proposals preference will be given to
single-authored book proposals over edited volumes.
We welcome submissions of a book outline proposal with (exactly one) sample
chapter submitted as one single Word or PDF document. We can only accept
suggestions for books written in English.
TOPICS
Example topics that the book series is interested in include: the political
economy of digital and social media; digital and informational capitalism;
digital labour; ideology critique in the age of social media; new developments
of critical theory in the age of digital and social media; critical studies of
advertising and consumer culture online; critical social media research
methods; critical digital and social media ethics; working class struggles in
the age of social media; the relationship of class, gender and race in the
context of digital and social media; the critical analysis of the implications
of big data, cloud computing, digital positivism, the Internet of things,
predictive online analytics, the sharing economy, location- based data and
mobile media, etc.; the role of classical critical theories for studying
digital and social media; alternative social media and Internet platforms; the
public sphere in the age of digital media; the critical study of the Internet
economy; critical perspectives on digital democracy; critical case studies of
online prosumption; public service digital and social media; commons-based
digital and social media; subjectivity, consciousness, affects, worldviews and
moral values in the age of digital and social media; digital art and culture in
the context of critical theory; environmental and ecological aspects of digital
capitalism and digital consumer culture.
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