Hi Everyone, We're delighted to update our current call to include the Caribbean. For additional information please see http://www.emeraldmediastudies.com/Calls---Volumes.html or the call below: VOLUME 12: ICTs and the Politics of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean Guest Editors, Latin America: Hernan Galperin, Alejandro Artopoulos, and Jason Beech Guest Editor, Caribbean: Hopeton S. Dunn This volume assembles relevant research focusing on ICTs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Regarding Latin America, the mobile broadband revolution is taking place in Latin America. Despite various constraints faced by Latin American countries, the spread of mobile telephony and broadband Internet has reached very high levels even among low-income populations. However about half of the continent’s population remains unconnected, and the benefits of connectivity have been slow to materialize. Submissions may examine any aspect of the theme of digital divide in Latin America and the politics of digital inclusion. We welcome submissions on different dimensions of the theme such as mobile youth identities, technology affordability, school transformation by digital media, the diffusion of e-commerce platforms and digital technology in SMEs. We are interested in submissions that address theoretical and/or methodological issues on the topic. The Caribbean region reflects perhaps the greatest cultural, geographical and linguistic diversity in the Western hemisphere. It consists of large and small states with English, French, Spanish, Dutch and Indian cultural backgrounds, and in some instances offer a combination of several languages and varied traditions. Because of historical links with Africa, Europe and other metropoles and the region's proximity to the United States and Latin America, the Caribbean has developed a cosmopolitan reputation, enhanced in some parts by an active tourism sector and openness to diverse external influences. One such is the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on practices of governance, business operation, education and civic life among other areas. Although surveys conducted in Jamaica and other parts of the region reflect an almost ubiquitous access to the mobile phone, there remains a prevailing high percentage of exclusion from high speed broadband technologies and from Internet-based content, particularly among sections of rural populations, the urban poor and persons with disabilities. How can these issues of exclusion be addressed in small island developing states such as those in the Eastern Caribbean archipelago, or in countries experiencing conditions of severe economic challenge such as in Haiti, or in more buoyant but still emerging economies of countries like Barbados, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic? Volume 12 in the proposed new editions by Emerald seeks to address ICTs and the Politics of Inclusion in Latin America and the Caribbean. This timely publication will provide an opportunity to share on-going research and analysis of the subject, not only on Latin America, but also on the Caribbean, including such countries as Haiti, Trinidad and Tobago, Suriname, St Lucia, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. Potential contributors would examine not only issues of access but also areas of content, policy and size. The potential contributions would also explore the differentiated effects of ICT technology use on various demographic groups including youth, the elderly, men and women. The gender dimension would also factor into strategies for ICT adoption and emerging forms of broadband uses across different population groups. Consistent with the Call By Emerald, chapters which also address research-related methodological and theoretical issues would also be invited as part of the contributions from the Caribbean region. VOLUME 13: Brazil: Media from the Country of the Future This volume assembles research on any aspect of Brazilian media and communication in its various forms. The parameters are set as broadly as possible as long as the research speaks to a facet of the topic as defined in the call for submissions. Submissions may be empirical, theoretical, or methodological--using any method or approach. The volume aims to encompass research on emergent phenomena, as well as studies with a historical or longitudinal dimension. Comparative studies are welcome as long as Brazil is one of the central case studies. Guest Editors: Sonia Virgínia Moreira, Monica Martinez, Heloisa Pait, Joseph D. Straubhaar, Antonio C. La Pastina, Samantha Nogueira Joyce, and Pedro Aguiar Best, Laura Laura Robinson www.laurarobinson.org laura@laurarobinson.org Assistant Professor, Santa Clara University Affiliated Faculty, UC Berkeley ISSI CITAMS Past Chair Series Editor, Emerald Studies in Media and Communication <laura@laurarobinson.org>