<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><style>p { margin: 0; }</style><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div class="_5pbx userContent"><p>Dear Colleagues,</p>I am glad to inform you about the publication of a new issue of 'Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture' (Volume 5, Issue 3), published by Intellect, which is now available at http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-issue,id=2841/<br><br>The thematic issue on 'New Media and Participation' was edited by Beybin Kejanlioglu and includes articles by Peter Dahlgren, Nico Carpentier, Pantelis Vatikiotis, Minna Aslama Horowitz&Philip M.Napoli, Tugba Tas&Oguzhan Tas, Malin Isaksson, Jetta Huttunen, Ethem Ozguven and Petra Holzer.<br><br>This is a selection of papers based on a conference held at Bahçeşehir University and supported by the COST Action IS0906, ‘Transforming Audiences, Transforming Societies’ (Istanbul, 22-23 November 2013).<br><br><br>Table of Contents<br><br>New media and participation<br>D. Beybin Kejanlioglu <br><br>Political participation via the web: Structural and subjective contingencies<br>Peter Dahlgren <br><br>Moving from potentiality to diversity: A typology of Belgian civil society’s online media practices to enhance social engagement<br>Nico Carpentier <br><br>New media, democracy, participation and the political<br>Pantelis Vatikiotis <br><br>Diversity 2.0: A framework for audience participation in assessing media systems<br>Minna Aslama Horowitz and Philip M. Napoli <br><br>Resistance on the walls, reclaiming public space: Street art in times of political turmoil in Turkey<br>Tugba Tas and Oguzhan Tas <br><br>Negotiating contemporary romance: Twilight fan fiction<br>Malin Isaksson <br><br>Redefining aspects of participation for amateur film-makers in the Nordic countries<br>Jetta Huttunen <br><br>Contra small local slow (CSLS) against adverts<br>Ethem Ozgüven and Petra Holzer <br><br><br><br>About the journal<br><br>
<div>'Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture' recognises the interdisciplinary nature of the
fields of media, communication and cultural studies and we therefore
encourage diverse themes, subjects, contexts and approaches; empirical,
theoretical and historical. Our objective is to engage readers and
contributors from different parts of the world in a critical debate on
the myriad interconnections and interactions between communication,
culture and society at the outset of the twenty first century.<br><br></div>
<p>It is our intention to encourage the development of the widest
possible scholarly community, both in terms of geographical location
and intellectual scope and we will publish leading articles from both
established scholars and those at the beginning of their careers.</p>
<br>'Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture' is a journal
published by Intellect. For further information, please visit the
journal's webpage at <br>
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=165/<br><br>Editor: Salvatore Scifo (Maltepe University, Istanbul)<br>Associate Editor: Alessandro D'Arma (University of Westminster)<br><br><br></div>-- <br><div><span></span><br>-------------------------------------<br><br>Assist.Prof.Dr.Salvatore Scifo<br>Maltepe University <br>Faculty of Communication, Room A502<br>Department of Public Relations and Publicity (English)<br>Marmara Eğitim Köyü <br>TR-34857 Maltepe, Istanbul<br>Turkey<br><br>T: +90(0)216 626 10 50 (switchboard) Ext.:2733<br>E: salvatorescifo@maltepe.edu.tr<br><br><br>-----------------------------<br>Editor, Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture<br>Intellect Books<br>http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=165/ <br><br><br>-----------------------------<br>Yrd. Doç. Dr. Salvatore Scifo<br>Maltepe Üniversitesi <br>İletişim Fakültesi, Ofis A502<br>Halkla İlişkiler ve Tanıtım - İngilizce<br>Marmara Eğitim Köyü <br>TR-34857 Maltepe, Istanbul<br>Türkiye<br><br>T: +90(0)216 626 10 50 (pbx) Ext.:2733<br>E: salvatorescifo@maltepe.edu.tr<br><span></span></div></div></div><br><br></div></body></html>