[game_preservation] Fwd: Call for Book Chapters: The Mobile Media Reader (digital hand held devices)

[Jose P. Zagal]

They're looking for contributions that include history of hand-held 
videogames.


Jose

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Subject: [Urbancomm] CFP: The Mobile Media Reader


Call For Submissions: The Mobile Media Reader

Editors: Noah Arceneaux (San Diego State University) and Anandam Kavoori 
(University of Georgia) Peter Lang Publishing

We are currently seeking contributions for The Mobile Media Reader, an 
anthology to be published by Peter Lang in 2012. This project began as 
an update of The Cell Phone Reader, a 2006 anthology of critical studies 
of various aspects of mobile communication. Given the dramatic and 
ongoing technological changes associated with mobile devices, we have 
now decided to compile an entirely new set of essays.

The hype and hyperbole associated with mobile media recall the utopian 
hopes described by Carey and Quirk in their classic essay "The Mythos of 
the Electronic Revolution." Portable, hand-held devices, originally 
designed for voice communication, are now promoted as the latest 
technological device necessary to live a complete, 21st century, 
middle-class life. Meanwhile, all of the established media industries, 
including television, film, music, and print, seek to reach consumers 
through mobile devices, altering their products and economic models in 
order to do so. In light of these developments, this anthology seeks 
historical studies and culturally informed critiques of different forms 
of mobile media. We are especially interested in essays that reveal 
earlier precedents for this current phenomenon, or works that reveal how 
business models and theories developed in the past should be 
re-evaluated for mobile audiences.

The following list indicates the range of potential topics.
-    Location-based advertising
-    Privacy and surveillance concerns related to mobile devices
-    Government efforts to restrict mobile communication
-    New forms of television, designed for mobile devices
-    Ringtones as a new musical genre
-    History of hand-held video games
-    Cultural reception of the Walkman
-    Politics of spectrum allocation
-    Innovative uses of mobile communication by ethnic/racial/cultural 
groups

Those interested in contributing should send an abstract (500 word max.) 
to Noah Arceneaux by October 22, 2010:
noah.arceneaux at sdsu.edu

Provisional Timeline:
Abstracts accepted until October 22, 2010.
Contributors notified by November 26, 2010.
First drafts (6,500 words, Chicago Style) due May 16, 2011.

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