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

[Andrew Armstrong]

  A broad topic indeed...would be tough writing something that covers it 
all ;)

I know an article wouldn't ever seriously try that though...or would it? 

:D Please post when this is out and if it contains anything interesting!


Andrew

On 26/08/2010 17:49, Jose P. Zagal wrote:

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

> videogames.

>

>

> Jose

>

> -----Original Message-----

> 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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