This post keeps bouncing back as undeliverable. I am submitting it once more. Colleagues, Please circulate widely, and apologies for cross-postings. *Call for Additional Chapters *New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa To be published by IGI Global: http://bit.ly/wmefAx *Editors: *Anthony A. Olorunnisola and Aziz Douai *Proposals Submission Deadline:* January 25, 2012 *Full Chapters Due:* May 1, 2012 *Introduction* Editors seek few additional chapters to be included in our edited book entitled, New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa. An earlier call for chapters under the tentative title, Media and Democratization: The African Experience, yielded a number of fascinating chapters. We are in need of additional chapters that would cover new media’s social and political impact, particularly in Francophone African countries, to supplement our continental coverage. Contributors who wish to analyze influences of new/digital media in other parts of Africa (Anglophone, Lusophone) are welcome to consult with the Editors about their submission prior to sending an abstract. *Objectives of the Book* This book volume includes chapters focused on social and political influences of old and new media in Africa. Contributing authors assess the successes and challenges achieved and faced by old and new media respectively with a shift in analytical orientation. Especially, chapters problematize the consistencies / inconsistencies between principles and institutions of western democracy vis-à-vis African political cultures and the role of old and new media in these processes. The “Arab Spring” and other recent events in Kenya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Niger, and in Zimbabwe among others raise important questions about old and new media’s contribution to democratic governance. The evolving volume shows that the implementation of democratic reforms in Africa’s political systems have had mixed outcomes and impacts on media freedoms. Its chapters should fill existent gap by focusing on how mass media and new communication tools are spawning digital cultures that contribute to the continent’s long and ongoing struggle for and with democracy. *Target Audience *This book should be valuable reference material for use by academics who are instructors and students (undergraduate and graduate) of media (old and new) and their influences on social and political change in Africa. Readers should spread across disciplines that include mass communications, media studies, journalism, political science, African Studies, sociology, information and communication sciences and information technology. The book also targets technocrats employed in the Civil Service of national governments and of inter-governmental organizations as well as members of the civil society engaged in social movement organizations worldwide. *Recommended Approach and Topics *Interested authors could approach their subject matter from historical and critical perspectives; by conducting meta-analyses of existing research; and/or by presenting new empirical studies (comparative or otherwise) that contribute to theory building. All theoretical, empirical, and methodology approaches are welcome. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Conceptual and methodological challenges posed by attempts to understand new media in the culturally distinct (from the West; that is) African contexts; Conceptually- and theoretically-informed evaluations of the intersections between new media and citizen activism Case studies assessing new media role in social change in Africa; Assessments of how/whether new media empower African citizens vis-à-vis the state; Empirical evidence that contributes to theory-building or challenges established theories *Submission Procedures* Authors are invited to propose and later submit well-researched chapters that provide enriching insights into the subject matter. Chapter proposals, products of original works that have not appeared, nor are under consideration, in other venues are especially welcome. Authors should follow the American Psychological Association (APA) style manual and submit abstracts and chapters in MS Word. All submissions should be sent as email attachments to the Editors at axo8@psu.edu and aziz.douai@uoit.ca. Manuscripts of full chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind basis by an international corps of readers. *Important Dates *Abstract Submission deadline: January 25, 2012 Notification to Authors: February 1, 2012 Paper Submission deadline: May 1, 2012 Respondents to this extended call for competitive chapters should send an abstract of no more than 500 words and a short bio to the Editors’ email addresses by January 25, 2012. Authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by February 1, 2012 and asked to submit a full chapter of no more than 8,000 words by May 1, 2012. Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document): Anthony A. Olorunnisola and Aziz Douai: axo8@psu.edu and aziz.douai@uoit.ca For more information, please visit IGI Website: http://bit.ly/wmefAx ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aziz Douai, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Faculty of Social Science and Humanities University of Ontario Institute of Technology 55 Bond Street East Oshawa, ON L1G 0A5 Tel: 905.721.8668, ext. 3790 Fax: 905.721.3372 E-mail: aziz.douai@uoit.ca -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both." James Madison, 1822 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------