[cc-community] "Yes, We’re Open!": A Special Issue of Platform Journal

elliott bledsoe elliott at creativecommons.org.au
Mon Mar 8 22:34:04 EST 2010


ccAustralia is guest editing a special issue of *PLATFORM: Journal of Media
and Communications<http://www.culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/platform>
* and we're calling for papers. PLATFORM is a biannual open-access online
graduate journal published by the Media and Communications Program of the
School of Culture and Communications at the University of Melbourne.

Through the special issue, ccAustralia and *PLATFORM* ask the question, ‘Is
“open” the new black?’ The last few years has seen a huge increase in the
uptake of CC licences. Hollywood, President Obama, Yoko Ono and even
Coca-Cola have used the licences to help them manage content. But should we
be open 24/7? When should we flip the sign around?

We're calling for papers right now on anything to do with being open;
motivations for adopting open strategies, open business models, open access
and government transparency, open educational resources, open formats and
open standards. Abstracts are due 26 April 2010. Full papers are due 2
August 2010. Full submission information available at
http://creativecommons.org.au/platform/callforpapers or below.

We look forward to your ideas/papers!


_elliott

project officer, ccAustralia <http://creativecommons.org.au/>

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Legal and Regulatory Impasses and Innovations research program in
conjunction with the QUT <http://www.qut.edu.au/> Faculty of
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Economy<http://www.ip.qut.edu.au/> research
program.


SPECIAL ISSUE (OCTOBER 2010)
YES, WE’RE OPEN!: WHY OPEN SOURCE, OPEN CONTENT AND OPEN ACCESS?

With Mozilla Firefox pushing towards a 25% share of the web browser
market and the number of Creative Commons licensed works reaching more than
250 million in 2009, perhaps it is time to ask, ‘Is “open” the new
black?’ Hollywood, President Obama, Yoko Ono and even Coca-Cola are all
experimenting with new approaches to copyright management and
commercialisation designed to help, not hinder, digital sharing. The concept
of "open" has embedded itself across sectors, industries and communities
like an internet meme, which begs the question, ’Why open?’

The new commons are flourishing on digital networks, bringing together
fields of academic thought, from computer science to economics, from
sociology to law. As these models proliferate, communities, platforms and
philosophies are emerging, but so are a number of issues. How successful are
collaborative projects at including a diverse range of people and adapting
and evolving to the changing media landscape? Are commercial models a
mutually beneficial use of user-generated content and user-led innovation,
or do they exploit their participants’ efforts for profit? Will this space
hold true to Yochai Benkler’s The Wealth of Networks or is this just a
digital rehash of the old problem of Garrett Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the
Commons”?

And above all, should we be open 24/7? When should we flip the sign around?

In this special issue of PLATFORM: Journal of Media and Communication, guest
edited by Jessica Coates and Elliott Bledsoe in collaboration with Creative
Commons Australia, we encourage submissions by postgraduate students working
in media studies or related fields which critically examine the legal,
social and technical parameters of open source, open content and open
access. Possible topics might include:


   - Can copyright build communities?
   - Motivations for adopting open strategies; motivations for being
   involved in open projects
   - Open business models; what models are out there? What’s working? What’s
   not? And what can we learn from them?
   - Governmental and political trends towards transparency and how open
   access can improve the democratic process
   - Open Education; Open Educational Resources and their impact on
   academies, classrooms and learning
   - Open design; conceptualising, manufacturing and distributing products
   from open schematics
   - Open formats and open standards
   - Measuring the commons; metrics, analytics and tracking the impact of
   open initiatives


SUBMISSION DEADLINES:

26 April 2010: Abstracts/Proposals (500-800 words)
2 August 2010: Full Papers (6,000-8,000 words, including 200 word abstracts
and six keywords)

Submissions to: info at creativecommons.org.au. Please include 'Platform
Special Issue Submission' in the subject line.
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