Call for Chapter Proposals Submission Deadline Nov. 15, 2005
For the Edited Collection
Linguistic and Cultural Online Communication Issues in the Global Age
Edited by Kirk St.Amant, Texas Tech University, USA
INTRODUCTION TO SUBJECT AREA
International online access has grown rapidly in recent years with the number of global Internet users growing by almost 2.8 million in July of 2004 alone. This increased global access, however, brings with it a variety of new conditions and concerns that could markedly affect international interactions in online environments. Differences in language, cultural communication expectations, laws, and software standards are but some of the factors individuals need to consider when using online media to interact with individuals from different countries and cultures. This collection will address these issues by exploring the various aspects that could affect communication and comprehension in international online interactions.
OBJECTIVE OF PROPOSED BOOK
The primary objective of this text is to provide readers with in-depth information on the various linguistic, cultural, technological, legal, and other factors that affect interactions in online exchanges. Through examining such topics, this collection would help readers make more effective decisions related to the uses and design of online media when interacting with individuals from other cultures. This primary objective would also accomplish two secondary, but equally important, objectives:
The collection would provide readers with the foundational knowledge needed to communicate effectively with individuals from other countries and cultures via online media.
The collection would provide readers with the knowledge needed to create effective online materials for users (clients, students, colleagues, etc.) from other countries and cultures.
AUDIENCE FOR THIS PROPOSED TEXT
The primary audience for this book would include seven groups that would use this text for a variety of reasons. These audiences/groups are:
Executives, managers, and other business decision makers
Marketers, service providers, and support personnel
Researchers (both academic and corporate) studying cross-cultural discourse in online environments
Educators who teach in online learning environments
Educational administrators who manage international students participating in online programs
Administrators of international non-profit agencies
RECOMMENDED TOPICS
Prospective subject areas and specific topics for this publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
The Growth of Global Online Access
Historical developments affecting international Internet access and developments or trends currently affecting international online access
The global digital divide and public and private projects used to expand international Internet use.
Language, Culture, and Online Communication
Linguistic and other cultural communication factors affecting online exchanges
Implications linguistic or cultural communication differences could have for future developments related to online communication
English as a global language and how cultural groups use different kinds of online media
Technology, Compatibility, and International Online Discourse
Technological factors that affect if, how, and when individuals from different nations use online media to locate or to exchange information
Different kinds of software and hardware/computing technology used to interact online
Effects telecommunications infrastructures of different regions have on online access in those areas
Law, Policy, and International Internet Use
Legal standards or policy stances affecting how individuals in different nations use online media
Different national privacy and copyright laws affecting the nature of international online interactions
Policies of government monitoring that affect uses of online media in different nations
Policies on infrastructure developments that affect online access in different regions
Markets, Economics, and International E-commerce
Economic conditions affecting how individuals in different nations use online media
Prospects of using online media to tap overseas markets
Corporate plans for expanding online access into different regions (especially developing nations)
E-marketing practices related to global audiences
International outsourcings affects on online access in different regions
Economic factors affecting the language and design choices used when interacting online
Globalization, Education, and Online Environments
Educational factors affecting online access and use in different regions
Effects of globalization on online education and enrollments in online programs
Examinations of how different educational conditions and standards uses of online media
Discussions of how online environments can improve education in different regions
Perspectives on the Future of Global Cyberspace
Future development of international online access and discourse in global cyberspace
Establishing global standards for online discourse (or online legal practices)
Examining how technology developments might change the nature of international cyberspace
Discussions of what increased global online access might mean for domestic online interactions
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Prospective authors are invited to submit chapter proposals of 200-500 words on or before November 15, 2005. In their proposal, prospective authors should clearly explain:
The purpose and the contents of their proposed chapter
How their proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book
Authors will be notified of the status of their proposal and sent chapter organization guidelines by December 15, 2005. Drafts of chapters will be due by March 15, 2006.
Please send inquiries or submit material electronically (Rich Text files) to the editor at
kirk.st-amant(a)ttu.edu
The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing, and Idea Group Reference imprints, in Spring 2007.
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James E. Porter
Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
Writing in Digital Environments
Michigan State University
porterj8(a)msu.edu
http://wide.msu.edu/
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THE WIDE RESEARCH CENTER, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT
http://wide.msu.edu/
The WIDE Research Center at Michigan State University is pleased to announce
its first professional conference, Writing::Digital Knowledge, April 6 & 7,
2006 at the James B. Henry Center <http://www.bus.msu.edu/edc/> at Michigan
State University in East Lansing, Michigan.
Speakers include Barbara Mirel, Keynote, Panel Presenters Clay Spinuzzi,
Johndan Johnson-Eilola, Cheryl Geisler, Chip Steinfield, Huatong Sun, Ellen
Cushman, Samantha Blackmon, John Austin, Ann Bishop, Stuart Selber, John
Logie, Danielle DeVoss, David Gift, Jim Porter, Jeff Grabill, Bill
Hart-Davidson, and Mark Wilson.
The cost of the conference is $150. Online registration will be available
mid-January at the conference website:
http://www.wide.msu.edu/conference/schedule.
The conference brings together researchers concerned with the creation and
use of digital information and asks them to focus on these key questions:
* How is the emerging digital economy changing writing practices and the
nature of knowledge work -- or how will it?
* How is writing a form of knowledge work? (Is it?)
* What issues, problems, questions face researchers studying the effects of
the digital economy on writing practices?
Presenters will focus on how writing relates to the knowledge economy and
knowledge work, issues of culture and identity, and related public policy
challenges.
The conference begins on Thursday evening, April 6 with a keynote
presentation by Barbara Mirel followed by three plenary sessions the next
day, Friday, April 7. Plenty of time for questions, conversation, and
interaction is built into the schedule. For conference details and
schedule, please visit http://www.wide.msu.edu/conference/schedule.
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James E. Porter
Co-Director, WIDE Research Center
Writing in Digital Environments
Michigan State University
porterj8(a)msu.edu
http://wide.msu.edu/
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New reviews (found at http://www.com.washington.edu/rccs/ ) for NOVEMBER 2005
include:
[1]
Cyberprotest: New Media, Citizens and Social Movements, eds. Wim van de Donk,
Brian D. Loader, Paul G. Nixon, and Dieter Rucht (Routledge, 2004)
Reviewed by: Arthur L. Morin, Associate Professor in the Department of
Political Science and Justice Studies and Director of the Master of Liberal
Studies Program at Fort Hays State University.
[2]
Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet, by Graham Meikle (Routledge,
2002)
Reviewed by: Roberta Buiani, Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Programme in
Communication and Culture at York University, Toronto, Canada.
Reviewed by: Victor Pickard, PhD student in the Institute of Communications
Research at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
[3]
Profiling Machines: Mapping the Personal Information Economy, by Greg Elmer
(MIT Press, 2004)
Reviewed by: Timothy D. Ray, Assistant Professor of English at West Chester
University of Pennsylvania, West Chester, PA.
[4]
Virtual Publics: Policy and Community in an Electronic Age, ed. Beth E. Kolko
(Columbia University Press, 2003)
Reviewed by: Nathan Rambukkana, Ph.D. Candidate in the Joint Program in
Communication at Concordia University in Montral, Canada.
Enjoy.
david silver
http://faculty.washington.edu/dsilver/
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