Call For Papers Cyberactivism: Critical Practices and Theories of Online Activism Edited by Martha McCaughey and Mike Ayers Virginia Tech/New School University Submission Deadline: September 15, 2001 Social movements and social movement groups have historically incorporated new technologies into their framework towards working for social change. Activists are also incorporating the Internet into their strategies to affect change in society. This edited volume seeks to bring together essays that discuss current issues surrounding how activists, social movement groups/organizations, and grassroots organizations are using the Internet for social change work. This volume seeks to highlight the importance of current social movement theory, cultural studies, media studies, and cyberculture studies to explore how cyberspace can or can not aid people working towards social change. We seek submissions that discuss the following: · The application of social movement theory to Internet social movement groups · Essays by activists about of how cyberspace has changed activism or allowed activists to create social change · Comparative analyses of online activist groups and offline activist groups · Theoretical frameworks for studying online activism/social movements · Case studies on race-, gender-, or sexuality-based movements on the Internet Essays should be in the range of 5,000 8,000 words. Please submit completed essays for consideration in Rich Text File (RTF) format as an attached document to: Martha McCaughey (marth@vt.edu) and Mike Ayers (mayers@vt.edu)