CFP: American Behavioral Scientist special issue on the role(s) of new media in social unrest. Please share as appropriate.(Call also available at: http://technosociology.org/?page_id=557) Guest editors:Zeynep Tufekci (University of North Carolina)Deen G. Freelon (American University) In recent years, new media have become increasingly prominent in contexts of social contention ranging from the election protests in Iran in 2009 to the more recent Arab uprisings, the social unrest in the United Kingdom, and the “Occupy” movement in the United States and elsewhere. Popular commentators and politicians have heaped both praise and blame upon new media as instigators of democratic uprisings or social unrest. We seek to deepen and contextualize this debate through theoretically-rich, empirically-grounded scholarly articles to be published in a special issue of the American Behavioral Scientist in the Summer/Fall of 2012. We invite contributions from a wide range of scholarly perspectives that examine the role of new media in contentious politics. All applicable theories, methods, and data are welcome. Possible article topics include: How does the diffusion of new media interact with dissent and/or social unrest in different contexts?How do ruling regimes use new media to monitor or otherwise undermine dissent?What factors condition more or less prominent roles for new media in protests?How do new and old media interact during periods of social unrest?What are differences and similarities in new media use for dissent in democratic and authoritarian countries?How do different actors use new media for contentious politics?Are new media primarily used by protest participants, geographically distant spectators, or both?What is the interaction between new media platforms and characteristics of social unrest?How do mainstream reporters/citizen journalists/artists/etc. use new media to report on protest events? Please send your article title, abstract, and a list of five potential reviewers to ABSunrest@gmail.com by December 14, writing “ABS [first author] abstract submission” in the Subject field. The submission of your abstract will help us identify reviewers and speed up the review process. Completed articles should be submitted by February 1, 2012 to ABSunrest@gmail.com, writing “ABS [first author] paper submission” in the Subject field be considered for inclusion. All articles will undergo peer review. Manuscripts should follow APA style and be limited to around 30 double-spaced pages.