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**NEW 2018 CALL FOR BOOK PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS: CRITICAL DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES** Critical Digital and Social Media Studies<https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-social-media-studies/> is an established book series edited by Professor Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press (UWP). We invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope of the series. **Submission Deadline: Monday 12 February 2017 23:00 BST** by e-mail to Andrew Lockett (University of Westminster Press Manager) at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> For fullest series details and proposal guidelines see https://uwestminsterpress.blog CALL DETAILS After the publication of five titles in the series we invite submission of book proposals (adhering to the guidelines set out below) as one document with one full chapter for books in the range of 35,000-80,000 words. The books in the series are published online in an open access format available online without payment using a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC-ND) and simultaneously as affordable paperbacks. We are able to publish a number of books in the call without any book processing charges thanks to generous support by the University of Westminster that covers these fees. Potential authors are welcome to contact the series editor outside of the initial time frame of this call for book proposals but should note that priority for funding support for suitable projects will be given to those proposals meeting the deadline. There is a preference for the submission of proposals for books whose writing can be finished and that can be submitted to UWP within the next 6-15 months. In the event of a surplus of strong proposals preference will be given to single-authored book proposals over edited volumes. We welcome submissions of a book outline proposal with (exactly one) sample chapter submitted as one single Word or PDF document. We can only accept suggestions for books written in English. TOPICS Example topics that the book series is interested in include: the political economy of digital and social media; digital and informational capitalism; digital labour; ideology critique in the age of social media; new developments of critical theory in the age of digital and social media; critical studies of advertising and consumer culture online; critical social media research methods; critical digital and social media ethics; working class struggles in the age of social media; the relationship of class, gender and race in the context of digital and social media; the critical analysis of the implications of big data, cloud computing, digital positivism, the Internet of things, predictive online analytics, the sharing economy, location- based data and mobile media, etc.; the role of classical critical theories for studying digital and social media; alternative social media and Internet platforms; the public sphere in the age of digital media; the critical study of the Internet economy; critical perspectives on digital democracy; critical case studies of online prosumption; public service digital and social media; commons-based digital and social media; subjectivity, consciousness, affects, worldviews and moral values in the age of digital and social media; digital art and culture in the context of critical theory; environmental and ecological aspects of digital capitalism and digital consumer culture. EDITORIAL BOARD: Dr Thomas Allmer, University of Stirling, UK Prof Mark Andrejevic, Pomona College, USA Dr Miriyam Aouragh, University of Westminster, UK Charles Brown, University of Westminster, UK Dr Eran Fisher, Open University of Israel Dr Peter Goodwin, University of Westminster, UK Prof Jonathan Hardy, University of East London, UK Dr Kylie Jarrett, Maynooth University, Ireland Dr Anastasia Kavada, University of Westminster, UK Dr Maria Michalis, University of Westminster, UK Dr Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands Dr Vincent Mosco, Queens University, Canada Dr Jack L Qiu, Chinese University of Hong Kong Dr Jernej Amon Prodnik, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia Dr Marisol Sandoval, City University London, UK Dr Sebastian Sevignani, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Germany Dr Pieter Verdegem, University of Westminster PUBLISHED TITLES CRITICAL THEORY OF COMMUNICATION: LUKÁCS, ADORNO, MARCUSE, HONNETH AND HABERMAS IN THE AGE OF THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA Prof Christian Fuchs, Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Westminster <https://doi.org/10.16997/book1>https://doi.org/10.16997/book1 <https://doi.org/10.16997/book1> KNOWLEDGE IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL CAPITALISM: AN INTRODUCTION TO COGNITIVE MATERIALISM Mariano Zukerfeld (CONICET), Argentina. <https://doi.org/10.16997/book3>https://doi.org/10.16997/book3 POLITICIZING DIGITAL SPACE: THEORY, THE INTERNET, AND RENEWING DEMOCRACY Trevor Smith Carleton University Ottowa. <https://doi.org/10.16997/book5>https://doi.org/10.16997/book5 CAPITAL, STATE, EMPIRE: THE NEW AMERICAN WAY OF DIGITAL WARFARE Scott Timcke, University of the West Indies, at St Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago. <https://doi.org/10.16997/book6>https://doi.org/10.16997/book6 THE SPECTACLE 2.0: READING DEBORD IN THE CONTEXT OF DIGITAL CAPITALISM Edited by Marco Briziarelli, University of New Mexico and Emiliana Armano, the State University of Milan. https://doi.org/10.16997/book11 https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-social-media-studies/ www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk<applewebdata://72503DFA-C7CB-45F7-A44A-543A73E10674/www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk> The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. 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