[Air-L] ASA2009: Call for Papers

[Keith Hampton]

CALL FOR PAPERS

American Sociological Association Meeting 2009

Section on Communication and Information Technologies

San Francisco, Aug 8-11

 

DEADLINE: January 14, 2008

Only completed papers, not abstracts or letters of intent, may be
considered by session organizers.

 

Session #1: 

Cultural Divergences and Convergences: Mediated Communication,
Community, and Social Networks

Organizer: Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University

Through social networking, commerce, or political activism, many
internet users engage in a host of mediated communities and social
networks. To date, little attention has been paid to how cultural
context shapes differentiated use of IT both within and beyond national
borders. This session takes on this challenge by examining how new media
practices diverge or converge in different cultural settings both in the
United States and internationally. Papers will explore differences and
similarities between how different cultural groups use mediated
communication to initiate, sustain, or strengthen different forms of
community and/or social networks.

 

Session #2:

Sociology of Communications and IT

Organizer: Keith N. Hampton, University of Pennsylvania

Open session on any topic related to the study of the sociology of
communications, media, or information and communication technologies.
Quantitative, qualitative, conceptual, critical, and theory
contributions are welcome. Topics may include: health, politics, work,
relationships, virtual environments, social networks, media, teaching,
software, hardware, the Internet, cell phones, mobile computing, etc.

 

Session #3:

Roundtables

Organizer: Steven G. Hoffman, SUNY Buffalo

 

HOW TO SUBMIT:

All submissions for the 2009 program must be made via the online system
which will open on the ASA website in early December. Details on the
submission process and participation policies can be found at:
http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/meetings/2009_participation_polici
es

 

IMPORTANT REMINDER:

In past years, the Section has received many more paper submissions than
can be accepted in the regular section sessions. If you select a Section
session as your 1st or 2nd preference (as part of the online submission
process), session organizers will do their best to forward your paper to
additional session organizers for consideration. However, you are also
strongly urged to select the box to have your paper forwarded to a
Roundtable Session.

 

 

Keith Hampton

CITASA, Chair

http://citasa.org/