[Air-L] IAMCR Stockholm 2008: Deadline extended

[Jo Pierson]

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

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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

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> 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  
> (M.Michalis at Westminster.ac.uk) and Jo Pierson (CPT08 at telenet.be)  
> 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 (M.Michalis at Westminster.ac.uk) and  
> Jo Pierson (CPT08 at telenet.be)
> 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)