5th ICTs and Society Conference 2015: The Internet and Social Media at a
Crossroads: Capitalism or Commonism? Perspectives for Critical Political
Economy and Critical Theory.
Vienna. June 3-7, 2015
Abstract Submission Deadline: February 27
http://sciforum.net/conference/isis-summit-vienna-2015/icts
The information society has come with the promise to restore
information as a commons. The promise has not yet proven true. Instead,
we face trends towards the commercialisation and commoditisation of all
information; towards the totalisation of surveillance and the extension
of the battlefield to civil society through information warfare; towards
disinfotainment overflow; towards a collapse of the technological
civilisation itself.
Given that the information society and the study of information face a
world of crisis today and are at a crossroads, also the future of the
Internet and social media are in question. The 5th ICTs and Society
Conference therefore wants to focus on the questions: What are the main
challenges that the Internet and social media are facing in capitalism
today? What potentials for an alternative, commonist Internet are there?
What are existing hindrances for such an Internet? What is the
relationship of power structures, protest movements, societal
developments, struggles, radical reforms, etc. to the Internet? How can
critical political economy and critical theory best study the Internet
and social media today?
Presentations and submissions are organised in the form of 23 panel
topics (ICT&S1-ICT&S23; please indicate the panel identification number
to which you submit in your submisison).
More details:
http://icts-and-society.net/events/5th-icts-and-society-conference/
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