27.1523, FYI: Call for Papers: Explorations in Critical Discourse and New Media Studies

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Subject: 27.1523, FYI: Call for Papers: Explorations in Critical Discourse and New Media Studies

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Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 10:22:35
From: Foluke Unuabonah [foluke.unuabonah at gmail.com]
Subject: Call for Papers: Explorations in Critical Discourse and New Media Studies

Explorations in Critical Discourse and New Media Studies: Essays in Honour of
Rotimi Taiwo

A collection of essays entitled Explorations in Critical Discourse and New
Media Studies is being proposed to honour Rotimi Taiwo, Professor of English
and New Media Studies at the Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo
University, Nigeria. Prof. Taiwo’s experience in the university has spanned
two decades of resourceful research, impactful teaching and persistent
mentoring.

Prof. Taiwo, a recipient of the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Fellowship and editor of the impressive Handbook of Research on Discourse
Behavior and Communication (Vols. I & II), is a highly prolific scholar whose
numerous articles have appeared in peer-reviewed journals both locally and
internationally. He has also co-edited a number of books and contributed many
chapters to books on (Critical) Discourse Analysis and Digital Communication.

The proposed book project provides the platform for scholars to engage CDA
tools to explore the dynamics of social processes in the New Media. Therefore,
contributions are invited from interested scholars to this noble project which
will further extend research frontiers in discourse and New Media studies.
Such contributions are to address any topic related to the following themes.  

1. Theoretical issues in CDA and the New Media
2. CDA and corpus research
3. Corpus research and New Media Studies
4. Literary engagements in the New Media
5. Political discourse in the New Media
6. Migration and human rights issues in the New Media  
7. Climate change awareness in the New Media
8. Youth culture and anti-language practices in the New Media
9. Multimodal discourse analysis of online interactions
10. Terrorism and the New Media 
11. Civil unrest and the New Media 
12. Civic engagement and the New Media
13. English Language (Learning) and the New Media
14. Patterns of religious engagements in the New Media

Interested contributors are to prepare a proposal of about 500 words, which
should contain a brief statement of the research problem, objectives of the
study, methodology, theoretical framework and expected contributions to
knowledge. The deadline for the submission of the proposal is 30 June 2016.
Contributors whose proposals are accepted will be notified by 31 July 2016,
following which the final manuscript of not more than 7,000 words should be
submitted by 31 October, 2016. The style sheet to be adopted for referencing
is APA Format 6th edition. The volume is expected to be published by July
2017. 

All submissions should be sent electronically to foluke.unuabonah at gmail.com. 

Editorial Team

Dr Foluke Unuabonah, 
Department of English, 
Redeemer's University, Nigeria 

Dr Kehinde Ayoola, 
Department of English,                          
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.     

Dr Adeyemi Adegoju,
Department of English,                          
Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria.

Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis

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