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(a)w4w.net
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Subject:[Wiki-research-l] Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural
issues in online collaboration
(Sorry for the cross-posting, but today is
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*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(a)gmail.com
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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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