New Media

Contributors are invited to submit critical works that consider the role of narrative in digital texts. How are they different from, or similar to, non-digital texts? How do users participate in and contribute to digital narratives? What are the relationships between on-line and off-line experiences and our understanding of narrative? What are the potentials and pitfalls of these kinds of narratives? What is the role of these narratives in the 21st century? Possible topics (although contributors are not limited to these) may include:

• Avatars
• The body in digital spaces
• Console and on-line games
• Digital narrative creation and design
• Fan communities
• Gender and sexuality
• Interactive works
• Mythology and history
• New Media in the Academy
• Postcolonialism and race
• Relationship Formation
• Role-playing in digital environments