[Air-L] Call For Paper: Special issue of iCS on the Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies abstract due May 15

[Sang-mi,Kim]

On 2012/04/21, at 3:13, "wenhong chen" <wenchen2006 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear colleagues, 
> 
> Hope your semester is winding down well. 
> 
> Sorry for crossposting. 
> A reminder that the deadline for submitting an abstract for Information,
> Communication & Society (iCS) 
> special issue on social networks and civic engagement in Chinese societies
> is May 15. 
> 
> Please see details below and attached. 
> 
> Cheers,
> Wenhong
> 
> 
> ********************* CALL FOR PAPERS ********************* 
> 
> 
> The Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies 
> 
> A Special Issue for Information, Communication & Society (iCS) 
> 
> Guest editor: Wenhong Chen 
> 
> Aim and Scope
> The Internet and digital media have become conduits and locales where
> millions of Chinese share information and engage in creative expression and
> social participation. The Arab Spring and the relative lack of response in
> China highlight the importance of understanding the Internet implications in
> specific social context. Yet, compared to their growing prevalence and
> significance, research on the contingent, non-linear, and sometimes
> paradoxical impacts of digital media and technologies in Chinese societies
> remains theoretically underdeveloped and empirically understudied. 
> 
> Taking an eclectic approach, this special issue aims to advance a balanced
> and context-rich understanding of how digital media and technologies afford
> the construction of social networks and participation in civic engagement in
> Chinese societies including mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore,
> and the global Chinese Diaspora. It aims to reveal both the transformative
> power and the limitations of the Internet and other new communication
> technologies. It welcomes work with diverse theoretical and empirical
> approaches. Contributors are encouraged to examine the implications of the
> Internet and other new communication technologies for social networks and
> civic engagement, including but not limited to:
> 
> .    How do digital technologies and media allow actors to form and
> maintain social networks on- and offline? 
> .    What are the patterns and structure of Chinese social networks
> straddling boundaries of geography, identities, and issues in the Internet
> age? 
> .    How do access to and memberships in such networks vary by class,
> gender, generation, urban-rural gaps as well as differential digital media
> skills and literacy? 
> .    How does digital mediated communication contribute to an informed,
> connected, and engaged public in Chinese societies? 
> .    To what extent do digital media and technologies facilitate
> transparency and enhance the visibility of oppressed groups, in particular
> in comparison with print and broadcast media under tighter government
> control? 
> .    To what extent do glocalized, transnational networks affect access
> and mobilization of resources for social development and change?
> 
> Logistics and Timeline
> .    A 300-500 word abstract should be sent via email to the special
> issue editor by May 15, 2012.
> .    Initial screening decisions will be made by May 30, 2012. 
> .    Authors of accepted abstracts should submit a full paper to
> http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rics by August 15, 2012. 
> .    Authors must specify that the submission is for the special issue on
> The Internet, Social Networks and Civic Engagement in Chinese Societies.
> All submission will be subject to the journal's standard peer review
> process. Authors should follow the Information for Contributors of
> Manuscripts as published in iCS website. Information about the journal can
> be found at www.informaworld.com/ics 
> .    The special issue will be published in September 2013. 
> .    For inquiries or submission of full papers, please contact 
> 
> Wenhong Chen
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Radio-TV-Film, College of Communication University of Texas at
> Austin
> 1 University Station A0800
> Austin, TX 78712
> T: 512-471-4952
> F: 512-471-4077
> wenhong_chen at mail.utexas.edu
> 
> 
> 
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