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

[Jose P. Zagal]

I suspect the editors would be more than happy to entertain articles 
more specific than "ALL hand-held gaming devices". Perhaps a history of 
the early ones? Or of the Gameboy family?


Jose

On 8/26/2010 4:23 PM, Andrew Armstrong wrote:

> 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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José P. Zagal
Assistant Professor
College of Computing and Digital Media
DePaul University

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