Apologies for any cross posting. Digital Games and Society A special edition of Information, Communication and Society CALL FOR PAPERS Academic research and debate around digital games, gaming industries and the associated practices has begun to rapidly expand and develop in recent years. New empirical and theoretical investigations have broadened previous concerns with text-based analysis and debate over violent content by exploring more broad social, economic and cultural questions. Recent technological developments in gaming platforms and network access have reshaped domestic leisure, social interaction and contemporary forms of consumption. Further, the growth of mobile gaming, the promise of always-on gaming connections, and experiments in mediated reality and pervasive/convergence games (such as EA's Majestic) have raised important questions about access, identity, privacy and the nature of public/private spaces which have yet to be fully explored. In response to these developments Information, Communication & Society (iCS) are planning to publish a special edition on digital gaming in December 2003 with Jason Rutter (CRIC, Manchester University) and Jo Bryce (University of Central Lancashire) as guest editors and hence invites the submissions of papers for consideration for inclusion. Given the international and interdisciplinary remit of iCS papers are being called for on, but not restricted to, the following computer, video and mobile game themes: * New and newly mediated forms of interaction and identity * User demand, consumption and production * Game cultures, communities and social organisation * Globalisation and localisation * Everyday experiences of digital gaming * Gender, exclusion and negotiated involvement * Digital gaming and education * Labour markets, ethical practices and international distribution Papers should not exceed 7000 words and include an abstract of up to 300 words along with a list of up to six key words. They must represent original, unpublished, work which is not under consideration for publication elsewhere Please send email submissions (preferably in as a Microsoft Word file) to Jason.Rutter@man.ac.uk The deadline for receipt of complete papers is 6th December 2002. More information on iCS, paper layout and references can be found at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/1369118x.html. Authors are recommended to consult this and/or the journal itself before submitting a paper for consideration. Questions about the special edition should be directed to Jason.Rutter@man.ac.uk. -- Dr Jason Rutter (Research Fellow) ESRC Centre for Research on Innovation and Competition (CRIC), The University of Manchester, Harold Hankins Building, Booth Street West, Manchester, M13 9QH PH: +44 (0) 161 275 6859 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 7361 http://www.cric.ac.uk/cric/Jason_Rutter