[AISWorld] 2nd CFC: Online Communities as Agents of Change and Social Movements

[Gordon, Steven]

This new book aims to provide relevant theoretical and practical frameworks and the latest findings in research and practice regarding online communities and social media as agents of social and political change. It will be an important resource for those who study social movements and for those who participate in or advocate for or against social or political change.  The full call for chapters can be found at http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1987.  Articles selected for this book will be based on the peer review of submitted manuscripts.  Recommended topics include but are not limited to the following:
. Development of online communities for fomenting social change 
. Social media as a source of power 
. Interplay between social and traditional media 
. Slacktivism in online communities 
. How online communities influence attitudes and perceptions 
. Mobilizing resources for social change 
. Using social media to create personal action frames 
. Interplay between social movement organizations and online communities 
. The role of online communities and social media in establishing counter movements 
. Recruiting advocates for social change 
. Fundraising in support of social change 
. The viral propagation of triggers for action 
. Rules of engagement in social media for social action 
. Motivating collective action 
. Leadership of social movements 
. Collective sense making 
. Case studies of online communities as agents of social change

Steven R. Gordon, Editor
Professor of Information Technology Management
Babson College, TOIM Division, Babson Park, MA  02457
gordon at babson.edu
781-239-4571