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*Call for Papers*

Themed Issue of New Media and Society: "10 years of Facebook"

Guest editors: Siân Lincoln, Liverpool John Moores University, UK and 
Brady Robards, Griffith University, Australia

In early 2014 Facebook will have been online for ten years. Over the 
past ten years, Facebook has accumulated over a billion users globally, 
has achieved an estimated market value of over $100 billion, and has 
consistently been the most used social network site when compared to its 
competitors to the point of ubiquity. For many, Facebook has transformed 
the ways in which we communicate with each other in practically every 
aspect of our lives. Facebook has also attracted harsh criticism from 
users for its approach to privacy and transparency, and is regularly at 
odds with governments and other institutions over regulation and 
control. Facebook blurs traditional lines between what is private and 
what is public, while often complicating social relations by naming them 
and making them visible.

The implications associated with the social network's rise to dominance 
are complex and sometimes challenging, from both the micro levels of the 
individual through to the macro levels of society more broadly. In this 
themed issue "10 years of Facebook" we wish to explore the current 
"state of play" with regards to the social, cultural and political 
significance of Facebook. Our aim is to bring together current academic 
debates surrounding this ubiquitous social network site to assess how, 
after ten years in existence, Facebook has made its mark on contemporary 
society as a space for social, cultural and political interactions. In 
addition, we wish to explore new and emerging approaches to the study of 
Facebook that interrogate the often complex relationships between the 
site, its users and everyday contexts.

We welcome short 250 word abstracts that reflect on "10 years of 
Facebook", taking stock of the impact the site has had on contemporary 
social life. While attending to this broad aim, proposed articles will 
also need to address a more specific theme. Potential themes include, 
but are not limited to, the following:

    - Identity
    - Performance and representation
    - Youth cultures and subcultures
    - Privacy
    - Friendship
    - Relationships
    - Fandom
    - Age/ageing
    - Before life and after life
    - Political activism
    - Social movements
    - Regulation and control
    - Trolling

Abstracts of no more than 250 words should be submitted to Siân Lincoln 
(s.lincoln at ljmu.ac.uk) by Wednesday 10th April 2013. On the basis of 
these short abstracts, invitations to submit full papers (of no more 
than 8000 words) will then be sent out in late April. Full papers will 
be due by August 31, and will undergo the usual New Media & Society peer 
review procedure. Invitation to submit a full paper in no way guarantees 
acceptance into the issue.

CFP URL: 
http://www.academia.edu/2978250/CFP_-_10_years_of_Facebook_themed_issue_of_New_Media_and_Society


Cheers,
Brady

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*Dr Brady Robards*
Griffith Centre for Cultural Research


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