Pre-publication announcement Hearn, G., Tacchi, J., Foth, M., & Lennie, J. (2008, in press). Action Research and New Media: Concepts, Methods and Cases. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press. With a foreword by Douglas Schuler. Action research is now a well-documented and well-accepted research methodology. Moreover, it is especially appropriate in new media research, where innovation and change are continual, and where processes and outcomes are usually not predictable and often involve fuzzy and subjective human elements. This book offers a systematic, in- depth academic overview of the application of action research methods to the field of new media. In this space, it is the first publication of its kind in what is a new but rapidly growing field. This book is divided into three sections. Introducing the two key concepts, namely, new media and action research, the first section describes the underlying principles, processes, questions, methods and tools that are relevant to an action research approach to new media inquiry. This is followed by a deeper exploration of three advanced, innovative approaches to action research and new media: ethnographic, network, and anticipatory action research. The third and final section presents four case studies and their individual applications of action research in different new media contexts. Scheduled to be released in August 2008. Table of contents and further information at: http://eprints.qut.edu.au/archive/00014077/ If you are interested in this book, we'd appreciate it very much if you could please ask your liaison librarian to place a pre-publication order with their preferred distributor. Thank you! ISBN 978-1-57273-866-9 (hard bound) ISBN 978-1-57273-867-6 (paper bound) Best Regards, marcus -- Dr Marcus Foth Australian Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Creative Industries Precinct, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88195 - Office Z6-511 m.foth@qut.edu.au - http://www.vrolik.de/publications/