Dear CITASA members, this is a call for papers that may be of interest for some of you. Please contact directly Lisbeth Rogers network@golsonmedia.com Gustavo Mesch, your CITASA Chair On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:53:08 -0600, <network@golsonmedia.com> wrote: > Dear Dr. Gustavo S. Mesch, > > The ASA provided me with your email address as the contact for their > section "Communication and Information Technologies". I am currently > recruiting authors for a new reference work from SAGE Publications > "Encyclopedia of Social Networking. I am seeking to send the announcement > below to the members of your section via your listserv or email list. > I have attached the article list, submission guidelines, and sample article > for your review. > > Your assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > Thank you! > > Lisbeth Rogers > Author Manager > Golson Media > network@golsonmedia.com > > CALL FOR AUTHORS: Encyclopedia of Social Networking > > We are inviting academic editorial contributors to the Encyclopedia of > Social Networking, a new 2-volume reference to be published in 2011 by SAGE > Publications. > > This comprehensive work will be marketed and sold to college, public, and > academic libraries and includes some 400 articles, covering all aspects of > social networking from historical perspectives on social networks in > ancient times to social networks in the Renaissance to the social networks > of war to Twitter. We are now making assignments with a deadline of > February 1, 2010. > > Each article, ranging from 800 to 4,000 words, is signed by the > contributor. The General Editor for the encyclopedia is George Barnett, > Ph.D. University of California – Davis, who will review all the articles > for editorial content and academic consistency. > > If you are interested in contributing to the encyclopedia, it can be a > notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing > credits. Payments for the articles are honoraria that range from a $50 book > credit at SAGE Publications for article submissions totaling up to 1,000 > words to a free set of the finished encyclopedia (a $250 value) for > contributions totaling 10,000 words. More than this, your involvement can > help assure that credible and detailed data, descriptions, and analysis are > available to students of social networking issues. > > The list of available articles (Excel file) and Style Guidelines are > prepared and will be sent to you in response to your inquiry. Please then > select which unassigned articles may best suit your interests and > expertise. > > If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference > with the Encyclopedia of Social Networking, please contact me by the e-mail > information below. Please provide a brief summary of your background in > social networking. Thanks for your time and interest. > > Lisbeth Rogers > Author Manager > Golson Media > network@golsonmedia.com