<nettime-ann> Open CFP - Convergence 14.2

This is a general call for submissions to Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies. Convergence is published by Sage Publications, and is one of the longest-standing journals in new media studies.

Regular readers and subscribers will know that, apart from two annual special issues, Convergence publishes two numbers a year which are open to any submissions that fall within our remit. This is an open call for papers for Volume 14, number 2, which will appear in May 2008. For this issue, papers would need to be submitted by 30th May 2007.

Papers in areas including the following are welcome

Video games
Cable and telecomms,
Mobile media/content
Internet studies
Digital/new media art
Digital photography
VR
Control and censorship of the media
Copyright/intellectual property
New media policy
New media industries/institutions
New media history
New media in cross-cultural/international contexts
new media products
Digital TV
DVD
Digital music – recording, production, distribution, file formats/file sharing
Cinema
gender and technology

Submission details: Electronic submissions are preferred via email (Macintosh Word98 compatible) These should be sent to the editors with the following information attached separately: name, institution and address for correspondence, telephone, fax and email address. Papers should be typed on one side of the sheet with endnotes in accordance with Sage referencing style (see our website at http://www.luton.ac.uk/Convergence). Refereed articles should be between 5000-8000 words, ‘Debates ‘ pieces should be between 1000-3000 words and Feature Reports should be approximately 4000 words, Authors should also enclose a 50 word biography and an abstract.

Proposals for articles or completed papers should be sent to: [email protected]

***Please note NEW author-date style for Convergence**

see www.beds.ac.uk/convergence/callforpapers/instructions

Convergence: The Journal of Research into New Media Technologies

Editors: Julia Knight and Alexis Weedon

Editorial assistant: Jason Wilson

Associate editors: Jeanette Steemers (Europe), Rebecca Coyle (Western Pacific), Amy Bruckman and Jane Singer (North America)

Published quarterley. ISSN 1354-8564

Editorial e-mail: [email protected]

Editorial website: www.beds.ac.uk/convergence

SAGE http://con.sagepub.com

Jason Wilson