Book on Digital Identity and Social Media: Call for Chapters

Digital Identity and Social Media
A book edited by Dr Steven Warburton and Dr. Stylianos Hatzipanagos,
King's College London, United Kingdom.
To be published by IGI Global
http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=712

Call for Chapters
Deadlines
Proposal submission: November 30, 2009
Chapter submission: January 30, 2010
Final Chapter: June 15, 2010

Introduction
Digital or online identity is a socio-technical construct that has evolved
over the past 15 years (Turkle 1995, Jenkins 2006, boyd 2009). It has
given rise to a wide terminological spectrum: from the concept of an
identity made up of elements of personal information that authorise
participation in identity transactions to 'digital selves' - purposefully
instantiated extensions of our real persona that cohere around the use of
social tools and services that include personal aggregators, social
network services and personal Web-publishing through blogs.
Electronic information about the individual is derived from what we say
about ourselves, shaped by commentary from others and extended through
electronic exchanges with both human and computer based intelligent
agents. The creation of a digital identity is seen as a means of
empowerment - contributing to our sense of agency, and also as a critical
component in enabling participation in a globalized knowledge society
(Pena 2009). This timely book will examine the impact of social media and
distributed social spaces on our contemporary understandings of digital
identity.

Objectives of the Book
• To assess the meaning and examine the impact of digital identities on
our day-to-day activities from a range of contemporary technical and
socio-cultural perspectives;
• To deepen understanding about the diverse range of tools and practices
that compose the spectrum of online identity services and uses;
• To foster the exchange of information and good practice in online
identity management techniques, with illustrations from key contexts such
as education;
• To raise the level of awareness of the challenges and opportunities that
new social tools and new social media afford;
• To explore visions and scenarios for the future development and
deployment of online identities, for example in relation to lifelong
learning or the workplace.

Target Audience
Researchers, teaching practitioners, the wider educational community
across all sectors, educational technologists and individuals who are
interested in how social media and emerging technologies will impact on
formal education and the social implications that surround the
reformulation and fluidity of virtual communities. In addition,
professionals and researchers working in the field of information and
communication technologies and knowledge management in various disciplines
(e.g. education, library science, sociology, information and communication
sciences, computer science and information technology).

Recommended topics
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Conceptual frameworks and approaches to understanding digital identity;
• The impact of new technologies, social software and social media, on
conceptualisations of [digital] identity;
• Authenticity and trust in identity based transactions;
• Machine mediated identities;
• Digital identity management - defending identity, reputation management
and risk;
• The digital self and blurring boundaries between public and private
spaces;
• Lifelong learning and the importance of digital identity for transitions
from school to adult life and beyond;
• Negotiating individual, group, community and network based digital
identities;
• Personalisation software and the impact on digital identities;
• The economic, societal, ethical and political issues raised by the
increased availability of personal information;
• Digital literacies and accessibility in relation to digital identities;
• Identity, trust and authenticity in social networks;
• Relations between communities, networks, groups and individual
identities;
• Personalisation technologies and digital identity;
• Cultural dynamics of online identity;
• Social media and emerging identity practices;
• Presence technologies, online visibility and digital identity.

We will also consider including chapters that place digital identity
within the broad themes of young people and the Internet, digital
democracy and the implications for educational practice, typologies of
computer mediated networks, virtual mobility, social software as
community-based knowing, the Semantic Web, complexity and emergent
behaviours in social software use.

Submission Procedure:
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before November
30, 2009, a 4-6 page manuscript proposal clearly explaining the mission
and concerns of the proposed chapter, including theoretical background of
the work, methodology (if appropriate) and indication of outcomes. Authors
of accepted proposals will be notified by December 14, 2009 about the
status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full
chapters should be submitted by January 30, 2010. All submitted chapters
will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.

Publisher
This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group
Inc.), publisher of the Information Science Reference (formerly Idea Group
Reference), Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science
Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This
publication is anticipated to be released in early 2011.

Inquiries
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document)
to:
Dr Steven Warburton
School of Law
King's College London
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7848 2457
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 2456
E-mail: steven.warburton@kcl.ac.uk

Dr Stylianos Hatzipanagos
King's Learning Institute
King's College London
Tel.: +44 (0)20 7848 3716
Fax: +44 (0)20 7848 3253
E-mail: s.hatzipanagos@kcl.ac.uk