I am editing a themed issue for Fat Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Body Weight and Society on the topic of body weight and digital media. Fat Studies is the first academic journal that critically examines theory, research, practices, and programs related to body weight and appearance.
If you are interested in contributing to this themed issue, please send me an article title and an abstract of 200-250 words outlining what you would propose to cover by 29 February 2016. Final submissions should be no longer than 7,000 words, including the abstract, all notes and references. Please email to deborah.lupton@canberra.edu.au
In keeping with the journal’s emphasis on ‘body weight and society’, the themed issue will include contributions that address the following and related topics from a critical sociocultural perspective:
- representations of body weight and size in the digital news media (and also how readers may comment on news reports online)
- apps and wearable devices for weight control, physical fitness and energy expenditure
- selfies and body size
- the discussion and portrayal of such issues as weight loss, body size, fat activism, thinspo, fitspo, pro-ana, pro-mia and fat pornography and erotica in blogs, social media platforms and other websites
- big data and body weight
If your abstract is accepted, the following deadlines apply:
- Full papers by 31 May 2016
- Revised final versions by 30 August 2016
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Anybody wanna collaborate with me?
Hi I was just wondering whether this journal was looking specifically for articles based within PhD research or could be expanded to include research conducted at an Honours level? I have recently completed my honours thesis in Anthropology and Sociology and was hoping to utilise my research for this thesis- that examined self work within an Instagram fitness community- within an article submission for this journal.
Hi – Honours level research is okay – but obviously will have to meet the high standards of the review process!
Hi Deborah, Could you please explain what do you mean by digital news media? does it contain social media?
By digital news media I mean online news reports/news blogs etc. Social media are included in other digital media. All digital media are relevant to this special issue!