Call for Chapters: Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the
Digital Age
For more Information: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2447
Editors
Renira Rampazzo Gambarato (National Research University
Higher School of Economics, Russia)
Geane Alzamora (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Publisher
IGI Global
Call for Chapters
Proposals Submission Deadline: December 30, 2016
Full Chapters Due: April 30, 2017
Since the advent of digitization, the conceptual confusion
surrounding the semantic galaxy that comprises the media and journalism
universes has increased. Multimedia, cross-media, intermedia, and transmedia
storytelling are some of the terms aggregated in the media convergence process
involving news in liquid, fluid, participatory environments (Bauman, 2000). Transmedia
storytelling is one of the newest terms. It was coined by Henry Jenkins (2003)
in the fictional realm and refers to the expansion of content across multiple
media platforms, encouraging audience engagement in the story. Ever since,
transmedia storytelling has been the focus of diverse studies, including its
application to journalism (Alzamora &Tárcia, 2012; Canavilhas, 2014;
Dominguez, 2012; Gambarato & Tárcia, 2016; Moloney, 2011; Renó, 2014). In
the journalism realm, audience can add information to the news content, edit
it, and/or share it in online social networks, in addition to eventually
collaborating directly in the coverage. Although various media are present in
journalism and journalists employ multiple practices to cover multifaceted media
events, not every news production is necessarily transmediatic; thus far, the
majority of the content spread across different media platforms is simply
repurposed. We consider that transmedia journalism, as well as other
applications of transmedia storytelling in fictional and nonfictional realms,
is characterized by the involvement of (a) multiple media platforms, (b)
content expansion, and (c) audience engagement (Gambarato &Tárcia, 2016).
Transmedia journalism can take advantage of different media platforms such as
television, radio, print media, and, above all, the Internet and mobile media
to tell deeper stories. Content expansion, as opposed to the repetition of the
same message across multiple platforms, is the essence of transmedia
storytelling and, therefore, should be the focal point of transmedia journalism
as well.
The book "Exploring Transmedia Journalism in the
Digital Age" moves far beyond studies on multimedia journalism to explore
how to tell pervasive news stories across multiple platforms and formats, using
current digital technologies, expanding the content and engaging audiences. The
publication will conceptualize transmedia journalism, delving into theoretical
and critical approaches to this updated subject. Moreover, the book will present
analytical views on transmedia journalism case studies and the applications and
implications of technological advancements in the journalism realm.
Recommended Topics
We are seeking chapters for this edited book that address
(but are not limited to) the following topics:
- Theoretical and Critical Approaches to Transmedia Journalism
- Transmedia Journalism Analysis of Case Studies
- Transmedia Journalism & Virtual Reality
- Transmedia Journalism & Social Media Networks (Instagram, Snapchat, Tinder, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
- Transmedia Journalism & Newsgames
- Transmedia Journalism & Data, Robots, Algorithms
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or
before December 30, 2016, a chapter proposal of 500 to 1,000 words, a list
of 10 references and short biography. Authors will be notified by January
31, 2017 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines.
Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 30, 2014. Propose a
chapter here: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2447
Important Dates
December 30, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline
January 31, 2017: Notification of Acceptance
April 30, 2017: Full Chapter Submission
June 30, 2017: Review Results Returned
August 15, 2017: Final Acceptance Notification
August 30, 2017: Final Chapter Submission
Inquires can be forward to Renira Rampazzo Gambarato, National
Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow (rgambarato@hse.ru).
