(Sorry for the cross-posting, but today is Saturday.)
*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 at indiana.edu <mailto:fichman at indiana.edu>); Noriko Hara (nhara at indiana.edu <mailto:nhara at 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. ****************************************** EASA Media Anthropology Network http://www.media-anthropology.net For further information please contact: Dr. John Postill RMIT University, Melbourne jrpostill@gmail.com To manage your subscription to this mailing list, visit: http://lists.easaonline.org/listinfo.cgi/medianthro-easaonline.org
Hello Everton,
thank you for your call for chapter submissions
I have two questions that I guess are of global concern
* author income: how much would authors be paid per contributed page?
* author license choice: what licences could authors choose for their contributions without having to argue with the publishers at length?
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
---------- Original Message ----------- From:Everton Zanella Alvarenga ezalvarenga@wikimedia.org To:Mailing list do Capítulo brasileiro da Wikimedia. <wikimediabr- l@lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia- l@lists.wikimedia.org>, Research into Wikimedia content and communities wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent:Sat, 19 Jan 2013 13:41:50 -0200 Subject:[Wiki-research-l] Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration
(Sorry for the cross-posting, but today is Saturday.)
*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 at indiana.edu <mailto:fichman at indiana.edu>); Noriko Hara (nhara at indiana.edu <mailto:nhara at 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. ****************************************** EASA Media Anthropology Network http://www.media-anthropology.net For further information please contact: Dr. John Postill RMIT University, Melbourne jrpostill@gmail.com To manage your subscription to this mailing list, visit: http://lists.easaonline.org/listinfo.cgi/medianthro-easaonline.org
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Hi, Claudia.
This message I've circulated was sent to me by a researcher friend. I recommend you ask the editors in the message.
Please, share with us the answer. I made the same question regarding the licenses, but I won't have time to submit any proposal, although there are really interesting things we can do with this proposal, for this I didn't go further.
I strongly recommend we do not publish if it will be in a closed journal.
Tom
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:04 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hello Everton,
thank you for your call for chapter submissions
I have two questions that I guess are of global concern
author income: how much would authors be paid per contributed page?
author license choice: what licences could authors choose for their
contributions without having to argue with the publishers at length?
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
It's a book, Tom. I suppose copyright in this case is the same as other traditional book copyrights.
As for the other question, nowadays I've been rather more concerned about having to pay the publisher in order to be edited than the other way round. I don't know if this is also the case for books, but I find it alarming that this abominable practice has turned to current practice in academic journals.
Juliana
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Em 20/01/2013, às 11:03, Everton Zanella Alvarenga ezalvarenga@wikimedia.org escreveu:
Hi, Claudia.
This message I've circulated was sent to me by a researcher friend. I recommend you ask the editors in the message.
Please, share with us the answer. I made the same question regarding the licenses, but I won't have time to submit any proposal, although there are really interesting things we can do with this proposal, for this I didn't go further.
I strongly recommend we do not publish if it will be in a closed journal.
Tom
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 5:04 AM, koltzenburg@w4w.net wrote:
Hello Everton,
thank you for your call for chapter submissions
I have two questions that I guess are of global concern
author income: how much would authors be paid per contributed page?
author license choice: what licences could authors choose for their
contributions without having to argue with the publishers at length?
thanks & cheers, Claudia koltzenburg@w4w.net
-- Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) "A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing."
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Hi, Ju.
On Sun, Jan 20, 2013 at 11:11 AM, domusaurea domusaurea@gmail.com wrote:
It's a book, Tom. I suppose copyright in this case is the same as other traditional book copyrights.
Same recommendation for the book.
As for the other question, nowadays I've been rather more concerned about having to pay the publisher in order to be edited than the other way round. I don't know if this is also the case for books, but I find it alarming that this abominable practice has turned to current practice in academic journals.
I see. There are people trying progress, see this interesting proposal
http://www.nature.com/news/mathematicians-aim-to-take-publishers-out-of-publ...
http://gowers.wordpress.com/2013/01/16/why-ive-also-joined-the-good-guys/
I recommend this working group discussions
Tom
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