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From: Mark Nunes: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> Call for Papers CULTURES OF NOISE: Communicating Error in an Information Age Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference Boston, MA April 4-7, 2007 The Electronic Communication and Culture Area of the Popular Culture Association is soliciting proposals for panels and individual papers on the theme of error/noise in a cybernetic society. In a culture of information, "noise" marks a rupture of signification that lays bare the dispersive and dissipative features of digital networks. In what ways are "error" and "noise" structured in popular culture as a threat to social and cultural forms? How might "aberrant" communicative practices suggest a poetics of noise? Possible topics include: "Web Junk" & "Viral Videos" Spam Phishing Denial of Service Attacks Online Jihadists YTMND & Other Web Fads The PATRIOT Act Flash Mobbing Blog Hoaxes "Something Awful" Submit a 250 word maximum proposal to: Mark Nunes, Chair Department of English, Technical Communication, and Media Arts Southern Polytechnic State University 1100 South Marietta Parkway Marietta, GA 30060-2896 [log in to unmask] Deadline for Submissions: November 1, 2006 ==== This e-mail is intended solely for the addressee. It may contain private and confidential information. If you are not the intended addressee, please take no action based on it nor show a copy to anyone. Please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error. You should also be aware that all electronic mail from, to, or within Northumbria University may be the subject of a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and related legislation, and therefore may be required to be disclosed to third parties. This e-mail and attachments have been scanned for viruses prior to leaving Northumbria University. Northumbria University will not be liable for any losses as a result of any viruses being passed on. ************************************************************************************ Distributed through Cyber-Society-Live [CSL]: CSL is a moderated discussion list made up of people who are interested in the interdisciplinary academic study of Cyber Society in all its manifestations.To join the list please visit: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/cyber-society-live.html *************************************************************************************