Dear all, The deadline for submitting abstracts for IAMCR's Stockholm Congress has been extended to 15 February 2008.
With this I would also like to remind you on the Call for Papers of the IAMCR Communication Policy & Technology section (see below). Best regards, Jo Pierson ----------------- Consult the Calls for Proposals at the IAMCR website http://www.iamcr.org/content/view/286/1/ IAMCR's Congress will take place in Stockholm, Sweden from 20-25 July. For more information, visit the Congress website at http://www.jmk.su.se/contents/sidor/english/info/ scientific_conference.php ========== > International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) > 26th Annual Research Conference, 20-25 July 2008 > Stockholm University, Stockholm (Sweden) > Theme: Media and Global Divides > > Call for Papers > COMMUNICATION POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY (CPT) Section > Sub-theme: DIGITAL DIVIDES - NEW MEDIA, ICT POLICIES AND USER > EMPOWERMENT > > The theme ‘Media and Global Divides’ reflects one of the prevailing > challenges of public policy-making in digital domains globally. It > also represents one of the primary research areas of the > Communication Policy and Technology Section of the IAMCR. The > Section therefore welcomes this subject as the overall theme of the > Stockholm 2008 IAMCR Conference and invites the submission of > abstracts bearing on the related Sectional sub-theme: Digital > Divides - New Media, ICT Policies and User Empowerment. > > Economic, gender, age, racial and social divides have typified > global society from ancient times to the present, and are > frequently reflected in conventional media representations and > output. These traditional divides often re-emerge in the context of > New Digital Media, at the centre of which are the Internet, Web 2.0 > applications and Next Generation Networks. The CPT Section is > inviting further and deeper research and reflections on social > context, policy implications and solutions to the related issues. > > Are public and corporate policies keeping up with changes in > citizen demand for greater access to the new communication tools? > Is there now a more balanced inclusion of the voices of varied > demographic groups such as youth, the elderly, women, men and the > disabled in digital media output? Do the burgeoning information and > communication technologies (ICTs) offer more access or less for > those at the bottom of the economic pyramid? What are the new > innovations that offer a greater chance of social equity? Can New > Media help to redress imbalances in conventional communications > output or do these emerging applications mainly create new info- > elites? Are the new patterns of user-generated content and online > communities a form of emancipation from conventional output > inequalities and how do they affect concepts of quality, ownership, > participation and identity? Is there now more scope for redressing > the historic access and informational chasm between the global > North and the Global South? The questions abound. > > The CPT Section welcomes abstracts of between 300 and 500 words > from scholars of any academic discipline bearing on these and > related issues. Topics of particular interest in abstract > submissions to the Section include: > > * The Impacts of National or Regional Communications Policies on > Minorities > * The Meaning and Significance of Digital Technologies and Global > Divides for varied communities of interest, such as Rural or Urban > residents, youth and the elderly > * Technology, Communications Policy and Inequality in Historical > Perspectives > * Mobile Broadband, Telephony Usage Patterns and Poverty > * Emerging Divides in Relation to New Media use within Families, > Personal Relationships, Neighbourhoods, Communities and Cities > * Mediating Dominance - ICT’s and Alternative Media > * Emerging Technologies, Markets and New Business Models > * New Media, First Nations and Cultural Challenges or Empowerment > * Technology Designs, Markets and Issues of Consumer Usage > * Digital Divides and the future of NGNs and Web 2.0 > * Wars, Conflicts and the Digital Divide > * Internet Governance, the WSIS Process and Global Divides > * Gender, Race and Social Representations on the Internet > * Intellectual Property, Open Source Policies and the Future of > Research > * Public Policy-making, ICTs and e-Inclusion > > Abstracts of no more than 500 words, addressing one or more of the > above topics should be submitted in Word format to Maria Michalis > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and Jo Pierson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > before February 15, 2008. Abstracts should state the title as well > as the methodology or approaches used and introduce the empirical > material on which the paper is based. > > Each abstract may be presented in only one Section of the IAMCR > Conference. Offering duplicates of the same paper to different > Sections of the Association is likely to result in elimination of > the duplicate abstract. > > Each abstract must include title, presenter’s name(s), > institutional affiliation and email addresses of author(s). > Applicants will be advised by March 31, 2008 of the outcome of > their submissions. The full text of accepted papers will be > required no later than 15th June 2008. Please visit the following > website for more and updated information about the conference: > http://www.jmk.su.se/contents/sidor/english/info/ > scientific_conference.php. > > > SUBMISSION SYNOPSIS > Abstract Submission Deadline: February 15, 2008 > Abstract Length: Maximum 500 words, incl. keywords > To be sent to: Maria Michalis ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and > Jo Pierson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > Notification of Acceptance: March 31, 2008 > Full Papers to be submitted by: June 15, 2008 > > IAMCR CPT Section > Hopeton S. Dunn and Jo Pierson (Section Chairs) > Maria Michalis and Bart Cammaerts (Deputy Section Chairs) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. 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