<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-family: Consolas, monospace; "><div>Dear colleagues,</div><div><br></div><div>A reminder that abstracts for this special issue of JOBEM are due at the end of the month.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards</div><div>Jean</div><div><br></div><div>Emerging Methods for Digital Media Research</div><div>Special Themed Issue of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media</div><div>(JOBEM), March 2013.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Guest Editors:</div><div>Jean Burgess (QUT)</div><div>Axel Bruns (QUT)</div><div>Larissa Hjorth (RMIT)</div><div>ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation</div><div>(<a href="http://cci.edu.au/">http://cci.edu.au/</a>)</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Editor: Zizi Papacharissi</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>With the rise of 'big data', locative media, and smartphones, existing</div><div>media and communication studies methods are being recombined, reconfigured</div><div>and replaced alongside their objects of study. This special issue of JOBEM</div><div>seeks to expose new research methods for understanding the changing nature</div><div>of the content industries, the impact of digital media on the practices of</div><div>creative workers, and the experiences and practices of everyday users of</div><div>digital media technologies.</div><div><br></div><div>We welcome papers based in the humanities and social sciences that reflect</div><div>on, discuss or critique current methodological trends in digital media</div><div>research, shedding light on the following questions:</div><div><br></div><div>1. Where are the emerging methodological gaps - are there pressing</div><div>research problems that require the development of new methods, techniques</div><div>and tools?</div><div>2. Where are there needs for new combinations of methods, within or across</div><div>disciplines?</div><div>3. What are the implications for future pedagogical models in internet,</div><div>media and communication studies, including doctoral education and other</div><div>forms of research training?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>We especially welcome papers grounded in the experience of conducting</div><div>empirical digital media research. However we will give preference to</div><div>papers that contextualise, historicise, and reflect on current</div><div>methodological trends; rather than simply report on the applications or</div><div>results of new methods.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Abstracts of 250 words are due by 31 March, 2012. Depending on the number</div><div>of abstracts received, we may shortlist submissions at this stage. Please</div><div>email your abstract and a list of 3 or 4 suggested peer reviewers to:</div><div><a href="mailto:jobem.edm@gmail.com">jobem.edm@gmail.com</a>.</div><div><br></div><div>Full articles of no more than 7000 words should be submitted on or before</div><div>1 August, 2012 at: <a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hbem">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hbem</a> (select "Special</div><div>Issue: Emerging Digital Methods" as a manuscript type). Manuscripts should</div><div>conform to the guidelines of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic</div><div>Media</div><div>(<a href="http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0883-8151&linktype=44">http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0883-8151&linktype=44</a></div><div>).</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></span></div><div><div><br></div></div></div></div></body></html>