[Air-L] Last Minute NCA Panel Discussion on non-use

[Nathanael Bassett]

Hi All,

I’m hoping to put together a last minute panel on non-use for NCA. I’ve
been doing a lot of work in this area the past few years and there are some
really great people working on these ideas which I’d like to see get
together at a venue like NCA. There is an affilaite organization, PPDD
 (Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide) that is calling for
submissions on this topic. Most of the work I’ve been doing critically
interrogates the notion of a digital divide and centers around the right
(or lack thereof) to refuse. As the deadline is wednesday, if you’re
interested or already planning on being at NCA, please reach out to me ASAP
and lets work something out. Apologies for the last minute email (my wife
just had a baby so I’ve been distracted).

Original CFP follows:

——

Susan B. Kretchmer, Susan.Kretchmer at ppdd.org


NCA 2018 Call for Papers, Panels, and Works-in-Progress on the Challenges
and Opportunities of the Digital Age


Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD), an NCA affiliate
organization, invites submissions on the myriad challenges and
opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication
technology, society, and life in the digital age.


PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to
spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among
scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions
in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and
opportunities presented by the digital age. Fully interdisciplinary and
international, PPDD is the only academic professional organization in the
world focused solely on the digital divide and on connecting research to
policymaking and practice to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to
this pressing societal concern. PPDD works to identify new areas of
necessary, productive research focus to foster greater understanding and
enlighten policy and practice going forward so that all global citizens can
participate fully in the digital, networked age.


Submissions are welcome from researchers, policymakers, and practitioners
at all stages of their careers, from any theoretical and methodological
approach, and across multiple disciplines engaged in work that informs
issues related to the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the
nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the
digital age and, thus, the digital divide, including but not limited to:


– gaps in access and connectivity
– digital inclusion
– digital exclusion
– digital (dis)engagement
– challenges and opportunities
– social and cultural aspects of the divide
– the skills and digital/information literacy needed to interpret,
understand, and navigate information presented online
- effective use by individuals and communities
– the impact of socioeconomic factors on user behavior
– the role of motivation, attitudes, and interests
– differences in patterns of usage
– characteristics and conceptualizations of non-users
– the ways in which people use the Internet to create content
– different forms of capital and power relationships
– the impact of new and evolving technologies
– the mobile divide
– the interplay of influence with mobile technologies
– human-computer interaction, human factors, and usability
– social media
– digital games
– apps
– socioeconomic and cultural effects
– social equity, social and economic justice, and democracy
– the ethics of digital inequality
– community informatics
– social informatics
– social planning
– international development
– indigenous populations
– education
– ICTs and well-being
– health
– disability and accessibility
– politics, digital government, digital citizenship, smart
cities/citizens/government, civic engagement, adoption issues, and
(in)equality
– global citizenship
– policy and its impacts, including information/telecommunications policy,
net neutrality, and open access
– public access initiatives
– practitioner-oriented topics considering aspects of design, management,
implementation, assessment, and collaboration
- architectural challenges and deployment experiences
- Internet access cost analyses
– the application of research to communities, practice, and public and
private


Submission Process: *Electronic submission is required in accordance with
NCA policies by **March 28, 2018 at 11:59pm
<http://airmail.calendar/2018-03-28%2023:59:00%20CDT> Pacifc. Submissions
will be accepted as of January 15, 2018
<http://airmail.calendar/2018-01-15%2012:00:00%20CST>** through NCA
Convention Central.* For questions, please contact the program planner,
Susan Kretchmer, Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide, at
susan.kretchmer at ppdd.org. Submissions will be reviewed by scholars with
appropriate expertise in the myriad challenges and opportunities presented
by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life
in the digital age and the digital divide. All submitters are encouraged to
review the NCA’s Professional Standards for Convention Participants prior
to submission. Helpful resources, including step-by-step submission
instructions and how to create a blind copy, are provided at the Convention
Resource Library: http://www.natcom.org/conventionresources/.


Individual Papers: Submissions should be no more than 25 pages in length,
exclusive of notes, citations, and tables. Title, author information, and a
100-200 word abstract are submitted separately from the uploaded text
document, which should be stripped of any identifying text or document
coding to facilitate blind review. Research that is appropriate for
alternative media or interactive settings may be designated for
Scholar-to-Scholar consideration. If interested in participating in Scholar
to Scholar, check the appropriate agreement box. Student work should be
designated at submission in order to qualify for appropriate awards. All
authors must be students for submission as student work.


Paper Session Proposal: Submissions should include a session title, 200-500
word rationale and an overview description of the planned program. Provide
a complete list of papers include title, abstract, and author information
(name, affiliations, and email address). A chair is required.


Panel Discussion Proposals: Submissions should include a session title,
200-500 word rationale and an overview description of the planned program.
Provide a complete list of participants including identifying information
(name, affiliations, and email address) as well as a summary of the
participant's anticipated contribution to the panel. A chair is required.


Works-in-Progress: As PPDD wishes to encourage cutting-edge and highly
topical work that may not be in full-paper form eight months prior to the
Convention, we will consider 250-word abstracts of works-in-progress.
Please submit your abstract in accordance with the instructions above for
Individual Papers submissions.

-- 
Nathanael Bassett
PhD Candidate | Department of Communication
University of Illinois at Chicago
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