* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * WANTED: CHAPTER ABOUT PEOPLE USING THE WEB FOR 'SELF-HELP' SUPPORT * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SUMMARY: We are editing the second edition of the book "Web.Studies: Rewiring Media Studies for the Digital Age", and we are looking for someone who is able to write a chapter on how the Web is used by people for 'self- help' purposes -- for example, gaining support to get through a particular illness, or traumatic stage of life. Discussion of other ways in which people use the Web to transform their everyday existence (e.g. to develop their self-worth) would also be welcome as part of this. The piece should be 3,500 words and written in an accessible, introductory style. If you are someone who could do this -- and have it written by 15th October 2002 -- then please get in touch with us (email david@theory.org.uk). If you can forward this to anyone you know who might be able to help, please do. Thank you very much. A FEW DETAILS: The first edition of "Web.Studies" was published in August 2000. Several reviewers have described it as an "excellent" introduction to new media issues for students of media, communications, cyberculture and cultural studies. The website about the book (first edition) is at: http://www.newmediastudies.com/book The publishers, Arnold in the UK and Oxford University Press in the USA, have asked us to prepare a Second Edition for publication in August 2003. The first edition was edited by David Gauntlett (me). This time around I have invited a co-editor aboard -- Ross Horsley, also based at the Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. The second edition of the book will be a combination of substantially updated versions of the best chapters from the first edition, plus several all-new chapters. The target audience is primarily undergraduates, but of course we would expect postgraduates, academics, and interested other people to learn something from it too. You get a small fee for writing the chapter -- for 3,500 words it would be UK £35, which is around US $52. Obviously that's not much, but most academic journals pay zero, so this is much better (!). Contributors are likely to be academics or PhD students. If you think you can provide the kind of chapter we are looking for, please send a short summary of who you are and what you would be able to cover. Of course we will be happy to answer any questions that potential writers may have. Many thanks David Gauntlett and Ross Horsley ______________________________________________ Dr David Gauntlett // david@theory.org.uk http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ics/david.htm The media & identity website: http://www.theory.org.uk ______________________________________________ Next book, 'Media, Gender & Identity: An Introduction' published by Routledge on 17 July 2002. Website at http://www.theoryhead.com/gender ______________________________________________