[Air-l] Fwd: CTP Call for Papers - IAMCR Porto Alegre 2004

[Maren Hartmann]

>*** Apologies for possible cross postings ***
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>Porto Alegre - CTP Call for Papers
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>The Communications Technology Policy section invites submission of 
>abstracts for papers and posters to be presented at the 2004 IAMCR 
>Conference to be held in Porto Alegre, Brazil, 25.-30. July 2004. 
>The Conference will be held under the theme: Communication and 
>Democracy: Perspectives for a New World. More information about the 
>conference is available at: http://www.pucrs.br/famecos/iamcr/
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>Digital technology opens up new possibilities for democratization. 
>Through ICTs citizens may get better access to information and find 
>new means to participate in democratic debate and decision-making. 
>Yet, there are a number of political and social challenges to enable 
>these potentials to be fully realized on local, national and global 
>levels. These challenges include questions of culture, capabilities, 
>access and social inclusion, of the openness of the networks and of 
>the possibilities for citizens to use ICTs effectively for 
>participatory purposes. How does policy address these issues - and 
>how does this interact with new market developments? How do user 
>aspects enable or constrain possibilities of digital participation? 
>What new dimensions of research can contribute to a better 
>understanding of the relationships between policy, information and 
>communication technology and democracy?
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>Papers and posters to be presented in the CTP Section should relate 
>to the overall theme of the conference and contributions on the 
>following sub-themes are especially invited:
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>* Digital Divide vs Democratic Inclusion - political, social and 
>cultural challenges on local and global levels.
>* Structures and governance of the liberalized ICT industries.
>* Strategies and policies regarding gate keepers in converging markets.
>* Global Technologies and Local Power Relations - policies, 
>adaptation and use at community levels.
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>The CTP section encourages papers that address these themes from the 
>perspective of the production and/or consumption of technologies. 
>Although the sub-themes above are of particular interest, the 
>section welcomes submissions on closely related issues and will give 
>consideration to such abstracts.  The section encourages papers 
>offering theoretically informed and empirically grounded 
>contributions.
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>Abstracts of about 500 words should be sent by 14. February 2003 to 
>iamcr-ctp at encip.org. In addition you should also put the four e-mail 
>addresses of the section heads and deputies in CC (Carbon Copy) 
>(hdunn at cwjamaica.com, Verhoest2 at stb.tno.nl, jo.pierson at vub.ac.be, 
>tanja.storsul at media.uio.no). Please indicate whether the abstract is 
>intended for the paper or poster sessions. All prospective 
>presenters will be advised by 12. April 2004 of the outcome of their 
>applications. The full text of accepted papers would be due for 
>submission no later than 13. July 2004.
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>For updates and further information about the section, please visit 
>eCTP - the section's website: 
>http://www.komdat.sbg.ac.at/ectp/
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