Manuscripts will examine the consequences, implications, or opportunities associated with issues of diversity (socially constructed differences such as race, ethnicity, gender, class, and so forth) in media.* There are three main sections: Text, Audience, and Production. The reader is designed primarily to introduce undergraduates to considerations of race, class, and gender in the media, although this text has been used in graduate courses and in high schools. Most accepted pieces will present original scholarship. If the piece has been published elsewhere, you must have reprint permission.

*Of particular interest are Latino/a/x media; native media; studies of whiteness; studies of production and the media industry

*Of less interest, because there will be much written about this by the time this book is published, is the 2016 presidential election and Trump presidency.

Final manuscripts will be about 3500-4000 words, will encourage active engagement with the material (examples will be provided), and must be written in an accessible fashion. Contributors who meet the deadline (January 5, 2018 for submission, and subsequent deadlines for responding to feedback) will receive a payment of $100 upon publication. More details, and sample readings, will be made available as time goes on. 

We strongly recommend you prepare responses for the questions prior to completing the proposal submission form. If for any reason you cannot complete this form but wish to submit a proposal please contact the editor. The list of questions in the proposal may be found here. You may also ask the editor questions by email:  rebecca@uic.edu .

You must respond to all of the questions to submit your proposal. There is no “redo” option once you have submitted, so please be sure your responses are as you wish before hitting submit. You may submit more than one proposal, although it is unlikely that anyone will have more than one piece in the book.