Haven't seen this call here yet... Apologies if it's a duplication! -Jodi
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From: Noriko Hara <nhara(a)indiana.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 4:16 PM
Subject: [Air-L] CFP> Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural
issues in online collaboration
To: air-l(a)aoir.org
*Call for Chapters: *
*Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online
collaboration*
*Important dates:*
Proposals Submission Due: January 31, 2013
Full Chapters Due: March 15, 2013
Final Submission Due: July 1, 2013
*Editors *(to whom chapters should be sent and questions addressed):**
Pnina Fichman (fichman(a)indiana.edu <mailto:fichman@indiana.edu>); Noriko
Hara (nhara(a)indiana.edu <mailto:nhara@indiana.edu>)
Indiana University, Bloomington.
**
*Introduction:*
Wikipedia offers articles in 285 languages and more than 80% of Wikipedia
articles are written in languages other than English. In addition, the
English Wikipedia itself attracts users from all over the world. This
global nature of Wikipedia provides a rich socio-technical environment to
examine a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Despite
the global reach of Wikipedia, most of the published works about Wikipedia
are based on the English site. More research should pay attention to the
global, multilingual nature of Wikipedia to gain a better understanding of
online international cooperation, on one hand, and of cross-cultural
variations in mass knowledge production processes and outcomes, on the
other. The purpose of this book is to explore a wide range of international
and cross-cultural issues as they are manifested on Wikipedia. We are
particularly interested in research that takes a socio-technical
perspective on the global Wikipedia and integrates social theory to explain
online interactions. For example, we invite studies on online global
collaboration, coordination, and conflict management in this rich
socio-technical environment. We hope that these works will highlight
implications for other socio-technical environments or extend the use and
development of social theory. This unique publication aims to be a
collection of international and cross-cultural research on the Wikipedia.We
expect that this edited volume will appeal to academic researchers,
graduate, and undergraduate students interested in Wikipedia and, more
broadly, in social studies of information and communication technologies,
as well as to Wikipedia contributors.
*Recommended topics*:
We are seeking chapters that include both empirical and conceptual work and
soliciting innovative analysis of international and cross-cultural aspects
of Wikipedia to be part of this book.
Appropriate topics for chapters include (but are not limited to) the
following list:
·Case studies of Wikipedia in one of the 285 languages, with special
interest in small and medium size Wikipedias; for example, focusing on
policies, processes, interactions or information quality
·Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries on any
particular language of Wikipedia
·International and cross-cultural collaboration; for example, international
cooperation in fighting vandalism
·Intercultural synergy across boundaries on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects
·Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, for example,
focusing on:
·Cross-cultural comparisons of content, structures, and contributions
·Comparative studies of policies, interactions, and processes
·Efforts to understand similarities and differences across Wikipedia in
multiple languages in user motivations, establishment and maintenance of
local communities and challenges
·Comparative analysis of editing policies around the globe
·Information quality across two or more Wikipedia languages
·Comparison of scope and representation of topics across Wikipedia in
several languages
·Vandalism and trolling behaviors across national and language boundaries
Chapters are expected to have between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding
references, figures, and tables). Only original work whose copyright is
owned (or cleared) by the chapter authors and not considered for
publication elsewhere can be considered for inclusion.
*Important dates*:
*January 31, 2013:*submit 2-3 page chapter proposals and authors’ bios (200
words)
Feb 1, 2013: receive acceptance notification
*March 15, 2013:*submit first full chapters
May 15, 2013: receive reviewers’ comments
*July 1, 2013:*submit final versions
This book is scheduled to be published by Scarecrow Press. For additional
information, please visit
https://rowman.com/Scarecrow. Scarecrow Press is
the publisher of, among other titles, /Digital Media/: /Technological and
Social Challenges of the Interactive World/ (2011). The publication is
anticipated to be released in 2014.
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