Hi Vit, all: a possible reference for any of the articles in your special issue could be the article by Alqudsi-ghabra et al. that recently appeared in the International Journal of Internet Science (http://ijis.net): Alqudsi-ghabra, T. M., Al-Bannai, T., Al-Bahrani, M. (2011). The Internet in the Arab Gulf Cooperation Council (AGCC): Vehicle of change. International Journal of Internet Science, (6)1, 44-67. http://www.ijis.net/ijis6_1/ijis6_1_alqudsi-ghabra_et_al_pre.html The authors might even be interested in submitting a contribution to your special issue. Best wishes --u At 13:22 Uhr +0200 5.5.2012, Vit Sisler wrote:
2nd Call for Papers **apologies for cross posting**
"The Net Worth of the Arab Spring" Call for Papers - Special Issue CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Ines Braune Submission deadline: 31 May 2012
Aim
As the first anniversary of the "Arab Spring" nears, several long-standing dictators have been toppled, protests still continue in other countries and new governments are being formed. Arguably, throughout this last year digital media have played an important, if not defining, role through Twitter, Facebook, blogs and the extensive news coverage in cyberspace. This is a call for papers across disciplines aiming for critical and evidence-based evaluation of the use of social media in the Arab Spring, the coverage of the Arab Spring in cyberspace and beyond, and the remediation and appropriation between social media and traditional media outlets, including satellite TVs and the press. First-person and ethnographic accounts are welcomed, but CyberOrient welcomes contributions from any field.
About CyberOrient
CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an "Orient", in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. The articles will be published online with free access in early autumn, 2012.
Submission
Articles should be submitted directly to Ines Braune (ines.braune@uni-marburg.de) and Vit Sisler (vit.sisler@ff.cuni.cz).
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