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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"><u><b>Porto Alegre -
CTP Call for Papers</b></u></font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">The Communications
Technology Policy section invites submission of abstracts for papers
and posters to be presented at the 2004 IAMCR Conference to be held in
Porto Alegre, Brazil, 25.-30. July 2004. The Conference will be held
under the theme: Communication and Democracy: Perspectives for a New
World. More information about the conference is available at:
http://www.pucrs.br/famecos/iamcr/</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Digital technology
opens up new possibilities for democratization. Through ICTs citizens
may get better access to information and find new means to participate
in democratic debate and decision-making. Yet, there are a number of
political and social challenges to enable these potentials to be fully
realized on local, national and global levels. These challenges
include questions of culture, capabilities, access and social
inclusion, of the openness of the networks and of the possibilities
for citizens to use ICTs effectively for participatory purposes. How
does policy address these issues - and how does this interact with new
market developments? How do user aspects enable or constrain
possibilities of digital participation? What new dimensions of
research can contribute to a better understanding of the relationships
between policy, information and communication technology and
democracy?</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Papers and posters to
be presented in the CTP Section should relate to the overall theme of
the conference and contributions on the following sub-themes are
especially invited:</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">* Digital Divide vs
Democratic Inclusion - political, social and cultural challenges on
local and global levels.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">* Structures and
governance of the liberalized ICT industries.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">* Strategies and
policies regarding gate keepers in converging
markets.</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">* Global Technologies
and Local Power Relations - policies, adaptation and use at community
levels.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">The
CTP section encourages papers that address these themes from the
perspective of the production and/or consumption of technologies.
Although the sub-themes above are of particular interest, the section
welcomes submissions on closely related issues and will give
consideration to such abstracts. The section encourages papers
offering theoretically informed and empirically grounded
contributions.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">Abstracts of about 500
words should be sent by 14. February 2003 to</font><font
color="#0000FF"><u> iamcr-ctp@encip.org</u></font>. In addition you
should also put<font face="Arial"> the four e-mail addresses of the
section heads and deputies in CC (Carbon Copy) (<font
color="#1919FF"><u>hdunn@cwjamaica.com</u></font>,<font
color="#1919FF"><u> Verhoest2@stb.tno.nl, jo.pierson@vub.ac.be,
tanja.storsul@media.uio.no</u></font>). Please indicate whether the
abstract is intended for the paper or poster sessions. All prospective
presenters will be advised by 12. April 2004 of the outcome of their
applications. The full text of accepted papers would be due for
submission no later than 13. July 2004.</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial">For updates and
further information about the section, please visit eCTP - the
section's website: </font></blockquote>
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