[Air-l] workshop announcement

[Charles Steinfield]

Colleagues,
I am posting the following workshop announcement on behalf of Filippo  
Dal Fiore, who is organizing this for the upcoming Communities and  
Technologies 2007 Conference.

with best regards,

Charles Steinfield

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Workshop for 3rd Annual Communities&Technologies Conference
(June 28-30, 2007, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI)

- The paradox of communication. Towards a society of inattention? -

Abstract (full description on website: https://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/ 
cct2007/page4i.html)

The overabundance of communication opportunities inside and outside  
the workplace, through e-mails,  instant messages and mobile  
connectivity, can be detrimental to their degree of reflectiveness  
and care.  People are often unable to properly deal with an excess of  
communications; their continuous partial attention  could lead to a  
more superficial and disrupted approach, in some cases resulting in  
digitally amplified problems.  Implications are still unclear, both  
on the level of accuracy with which decisions are taken and  
initiatives are  managed as well as on social capital.  This workshop  
is aimed at exploring this issue and its relevance in the social and  
organizational sciences.  Without denying the many positive sides of  
hyper-connectivity and multi-tasking, it will prioritize empirical   
research findings on the topic.

How to participate

  The proposed full-day workshop will be open to scientists and  
practitioners of all disciplines, prioritizing empirical research  
focussed on the conditions under which the depicted society of  
inattention scenario is true and the ones  under which it is not. The  
final objective will be that of shaping a multi-disciplinary research  
agenda on the topic as  well as enucleating recommendations on how to  
build digital systems that protect users’ attention and how to  
design  educational initiatives explicitly dedicated to proper use of  
new media. Participants will be recruited through a call for extended  
abstracts. 10 to 15 scholars will be selected to present their  work  
and participate into a structured debate. Expressions of interests  
and extended abstracts should be sent to: Filippo Dal Fiore -  
dalfiore at mit.edu - by May 11, 2007.

Important dates

·      Deadline for submitting extended abstracts: May 11, 2007
·      Communication of acceptance: May 18, 2007
·      End of early registration to workshop and/or conference: May  
25, 2007
·       Workshop date: June 28, 2007

Workshop homepage: https://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007/page4i.html
Conference homepage: http://ebusiness.tc.msu.edu/cct2007/
Workshop Organizer: Filippo Dal Fiore, M.I.T. and University of  
Salzburg, dalfiore at mit.edu

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