---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jan Servaes <[email protected]> Date: Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:07 AM Subject: Special issue of Telematics and Informatics: Radio and new participatory journalisms around the World: Understanding Convergence in News Cultures To: "Gabriel, Ann E (ELS-NYC)" <[email protected]>, Anders henten < [email protected]>, "Chen, Jie (ELS-BEI)" <[email protected]>, Michel Bauwens <[email protected]>, Sandra Braman <[email protected]>, Boonlert Supadhiloke <[email protected]>, "Charron, Claude-Yves" < [email protected]>, "Kuo Chen-Yu, Eddie (Prof)" <[email protected]>, Ulla Carlsson <[email protected]>, [email protected], Howard Frederick <[email protected]>, Francois Heinderyckx < [email protected]>, Steve Fox <[email protected]>, Connie Griffin <[email protected]>, Louis Heinsman <[email protected]>, Kasenally Roukaya <[email protected]>, Karol Jakubowicz <[email protected]>, Carmel Mathew <[email protected]>, Last Moyo <[email protected]>, Robin Mansell <[email protected]>, Pippa Norris < [email protected]> *Radio and new participatory journalisms around the World: * *Understanding Convergence in News Cultures* Special issue of *Telematics and Informatics* http://ees.elsevier.com/tele/ * * Edited by Dr. *Last Moyo* Senior lecturer, Media Studies, University of Witwatersrand, P Bag 3, 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa. E-mail: [email protected] *INTRODUCTION* The Internet and mobile phones are changing the face of radio. Their appropriation by private, public and community radio is transforming radio as a medium thus making it at least in principle more accessible through multiple platforms such as webcasting, mobile streaming, and podcasts. In most cases, these technologies have had a profound impact on radio’s institutional cultures and practices especially with regards to the way it produces and disseminates news and current affairs programming. They have a direct impact on journalistic practices in terms of the gathering, manufacturing, and subsequent dissemination of news to audiences. The use of digital media is also influencing the audiences which are seen as becoming much more actively involved in the production and consumption of news as radio changes from a mass medium to a more interactive, individualised, and participatory medium. Hence, this Special Issue aims to conduct a critical study of new media uses by the public, private and community radio stations and their audiences and the potential impact such uses have in democratizing citizen participation in radio news. Specific areas of investigation will include, among others, how radio stations and audiences use mobile phones in terms of voice calls, SMS (texting), MMS, mobile radio, podcasts, audio streaming, blogs, electronic mail, and discussion forums to construct and mediate reality in the medium of news. By new participatory journalisms, we seek to refer to what has been controversially dubbed as citizen journalism. This is a kind of journalism that is not only embedded on people’s everyday experiences, but is also driven people themselves. While these new forms of participatory journalisms have been appropriated by radio, they also find independent expression through digital media channels. While giving special attention to the confluences that exist between citizen journalism and radio journalism, this Special Issue also takes a keen interest in the general use of mobile phones and the Internet by radio and their audience *OVERALL OBJECTIVES* Contributors to this Special Issue are encouraged to provide theoretically sound and methodologically rigorous case study-based analysis of the uses of the Internet and mobile phones by radio journalists and their audiences in the production and dissemination of news. Therefore, contributions that reflect historically-grounded theorization of the Internet and mobile phone uses by radio journalists would be most welcome. *RECOMMENDED THEMES* Contributions must focus on, among other related issues, the following themes:** · Confluences of radio journalism and citizen journalism · Internet, mobile phones and the changing news room cultures on radio · Community radio and citizen participation in the digital age · Radio news and public service broadcasting in the digital age · Digital media political economy, radio audiences and the digital divide. · ICTs, gender and newsroom policies · Radio, convergence and fragmentation of audiences *Send abstracts to:* *Dr. Last Moyo* *Senior Lecturer* *Department of Media Studies* *University of Witwatersrand* *Tel: + 27 11 717 4241* *Email: **[email protected]* <[email protected]> *Submit full articles online at* *http://ees.elsevier.com/tele* -- *************************************** Jan Servaes Editor-in-Chief, Telematics and Informatics c/o Department of Communication 415 Machmer Hall University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA 01003, USA Tel: +1 (413) 545-4314 Fax: +1 (413) 545-6399 [email protected] www.elsevier.com/locate/tele **************************************** -- P2P Foundation: http://p2pfoundation.net - http://blog.p2pfoundation.net Connect: http://p2pfoundation.ning.com; Discuss: http://lists.ourproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/p2p-foundation Updates: http://del.icio.us/mbauwens; http://friendfeed.com/mbauwens; http://twitter.com/mbauwens; http://www.facebook.com/mbauwens Commons Strategies Group, http://www.commonsstrategies.org/