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We seek proposals for the 6th edition of Race/Gender/Class/Media (Routledge), edited by Rebecca Ann Lind, University of Illinois at Chicago.

This reader contains upwards of 50 relatively short, tightly-written, good-quality research reports. We're looking for the same wide range of content as in prior editions, preferably focusing on contemporary media content.

- See the 5th edition at Amazon or Routledge (links below)
- See the tables of contents for the first five editions (link below).
- Contributors who meet deadlines will receive $100 payment upon publication.

Proposals from scholars representing all disciplines and using all methods are welcome. This reader is designed primarily to introduce undergraduates to considerations of race, class, and gender in the media. It generally presents original research rather than adaptations or reprints. Readings examine the consequences, implications, or opportunities associated with issues of diversity in media.

The book has three sections: content, audience, production.
- Content focuses most closely on texts created by media organizations.
- Audience includes media usage, effects of media, audience interpretations of media content, and studies of user-generated content (although user-generated content can be seen as a form of production). Focusing here generally requires some form of engagement with the audience or user-generated content.
- Production includes studies of media organizations and the creation of content, as well as media activism, access, policy, and regulation. We explicitly seek more production / media industries pieces.

Final manuscripts will be between 3250-3750 words, including 3 pedagogical activities, and must be written in an accessible fashion. Although the readings are short and accessible, they should represent good scholarship and contain important ideas. More details, and sample readings, will be provided when acceptances are announced. The editor will actively provide guidance and feedback throughout the process.

Full information about the proposals is available at http://go.uic.edu/rgcm, which is also the submission site.
- Priority deadline for proposals: September 23, 2024
- Decisions announced by: September 30, 2024
- Completed readings due: March 28, 2025
- Editing and revision through September 2025.
- Production (including additional copyediting): early 2026.

Of particular interest (but don’t feel limited to these):
- studies of production and the media industry
- studies highlighting class
- AI
- fake news and disinformation
- deepfakes
- social media
- sports
- Latinx, Asian, native/indigenous people and media
- all forms of race and ethnicity including religion
- whiteness
- masculinity
- LGBTQI people
- sexual identity

Submit proposals online: http://go.uic.edu/rgcm

Questions? rebecca@uic.edu

See compiled list of ToCs, all 5 editions: https://uofi.box.com/s/lkqncwcsdli75nflc4vqwh7ltdo1hlqy

See 5e at Routledge: https://www.routledge.com/RaceGenderClassMedia-Considering-Diversity-Across-Audiences-Content-and-Producers/Lind/p/book/9781032042114

See 5e on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Gender-Class-Media-Rebecca/dp/1032042117/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=vAuyF&content-id=amzn1.sym.a725c7b8-b047-4210-9584-5391d2d91b93%3Aamzn1.symc.d10b1e54-47e4-4b2a-b42d-92fe6ebbe579&pf_rd_p=a725c7b8-b047-4210-9584-5391d2d91b93&pf_rd_r=M9Z80VDW7ZEB92FZNCN0&pd_rd_wg=N6qPx&pd_rd_r=2c57ab92-9552-4dd9-95c3-88278c15ec2b&ref_=pd_hp_d_atf_ci_mcx_mr_hp_atf_m