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Subject: Reminder deadline 8 Feb - CfP IAMCR CP&T Istanbul 2011
*** Reminder FINAL DEADLINE tomorrow 8 February ***
International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)
Conference 'Cities, Creativity, Connectivity' in Istanbul (Turkey)
July 13-17, 2011
http://iamcr2011istanbul.com
Communication Policy & Technology Section
CALL FOR PAPERS
The Communication Policy and Technology (CP&T) Section invites
submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR 2011 conference to be
held in Istanbul (Turkey) from July 13-17. The IAMCR conference theme
for 2011 is 'Cities, Creativity, Connectivity'.
In the network society the media and telecommunication landscape of
one-way broadcasting and two-way personal communication is
transforming into a digitized, converged and interactive ecosystem,
based on internet technologies and applications. This transformation
has also driven the development of horizontal networks of interactive
communication that connect local and global in chosen time. Castells
labels this new form of socialized communication as 'mass self-
communication', and sees it as a potential new medium for power and
counter-power.
These changes in communication technologies co-evolve with fundamental
transformations in cities and urban agglomerations, linked to
globalisation and network infrastructures. In his theory of urbanism
Castells characterises these transformation of cities in the network
society on three bipolar axes. First - functionally speaking - the
network society is organised around the opposition between the global
and the local. Cities as communication systems are supposed to connect
both. However, as these logics are conflicting, they disrupt cities
from within when they attempt to respond to both, simultaneously.
Second - in terms of meaning - our society is characterised by the
opposing development of individuation and communalism. Because cities
are big aggregates of individuals, forced to coexist, and communes are
located in the metropolitan space, the divide between personality and
communality brings intensified stress upon the social system of cities
as communicative and institutionalising devices. Third - in terms of
spatial form - the urbanised world is also caught up in a complex
interplay between the 'space of flows' (i.e. hybrid space of separate
geographical territories being linkup electronically in an interactive
network) and the 'space of places' (i.e. physical space within the
confines of geographical locality organizing experience and activity
in everyday life). Hence urban environments do not disappear into the
virtual networks, but are transformed in the interface between
electronic communication and physical interaction.
The Call for Proposals by the IAMCR Communication Policy & Technology
section takes this co-evolutionist perspective between cities and ICT
as an entry point and metaphor for investigating and understanding the
mutual shaping between society and communication technology. We invite
papers that discuss policy concerns, regulatory developments, user
practices, market trends and business strategies related to this kind
of socio-technological co-evolution, framed within the overall
conference theme of 'Cities, Creativity, Connectivity'.
In addition to themes related to ICT and cities, we also invite papers
and proposals for panels that address the following overall themes in
relation to information and communication technologies and
applications, from the perspective of policy, users/audiences and
industry.
Themes
1. Privacy, surveillance and vulnerability
Mass self-communication and other forms of interaction via social
media, mobile communication, internet-of-things technologies can give
more autonomy to media users. At the same time the resulting amplified
self-directed control over time, place and content of communication
and interaction with many more people increases the chance of negative
(but also positive) consequences and implies more responsibilities.
This means that the vulnerability of people engaging in mass self-
communication changes and possibly increases. This notion of
'vulnerability' refers to issues like privacy, surveillance, trust and
security.
2. Creativity, innovation and users
Nowadays users are supposed to be in the driver's seat of creative
destruction - based on disruptive technologies - and of the co-
creation of new media, content and technology. The lowering of
thresholds for multi media content production, distribution, storage,
retrieval and consumption is seen as an enabler for empowerment,
especially in relation to do-it-yourself media and related
craftsmanship. Various terms and concepts are used to classify the
users depending on their involvement in technology innovation and
content production (e.g. Nielsen 1-9-90 rule, produsers, lead users,
pro-ams, co-creators, citizen journalists and warm experts). We invite
papers that reflect upon, re-conceptualise and question current
dominant visions and categorisations of users as innovators in the
changing ICT landscape.
3. Connectivity, inclusion and media literacies
Connectivity deals with access (for instance, urban versus rural), but
also with use and domestication. In the changing media environment of
mass self-communication, new affordances of communication tools
require a rethinking of digital exclusion-inclusion. The latter links
in with the notion of digital literacy and skills, with different
levels of capabilities, and with the way inclusion is (not) scripted
into media technologies from a social shaping perspective. Finally we
also invite papers that discuss connectivity in relation to different
types of online and offline communities, in particular discussing the
role of virtual social worlds and social network sites in human
relations.
4. Copyright, -left and -riot
Digitalisation reverting cultural products to the immaterial and the
internet facilitating total automation whereby digital products can be
copied infinitely and distributed on a global scale are challenging
the prevalent property regime in terms of cultural production
fundamentally. Lobby organisations of the copyright industry are
increasingly aggressive in their attempts to coerce users and fans
back into the commodity exchange model and away from the prevalent
gift economies online. Governments are being pressured into adopting
legislation penalising copyright infringers and making ISPs liable for
what occurs on their networks. Another strategy consists in collapsing
piracy with filesharing and propagating a discourse that peer2peer
networks and filesharing is per definition criminal and illegal. We
invite papers that focus on discourses of copyright industries,
innovative strategies of content producers, creative commons, audience
research relating to downloading of digital copyright protected
content, the consequences of state intervention for (online) privacy,
or any other topic relating to the context set-out above.
Submission information
The CP&T section welcomes proposals for papers bearing on
aforementioned and related issues by submitting an abstract (300 - 500
words). Abstracts should state the title as well as the methods or
approaches used and introduce the empirical and theoretical material
on which the paper is based. Besides the abstract title and text, each
abstract must include title, author name(s), affiliation,
institutional address and email address of (all) author(s).
The scholarly presentations of accepted submissions can take place in
different types of sessions: Paper presentation sessions (i.e. 4-5
presenters with each around 12-15 minutes, requiring full paper
submitted in time), High intensity sessions (i.e. 6-8 presenters with
each around 5-7 minutes) or Poster sessions (i.e. presenting work
individually through a poster).
Proposals for panels are also welcome. The proposal should have no
more than five papers and needs to contain a framing text and the
abstracts of all the papers. The framing text (max. 500 words excl.
bio) contains the idea and goal of the full panel, how it fits in the
CP&T section CfP, a listing of all paper titles with authors, and
adding short bio-data of each individual author. It would also be
recommended to suggest a panel chair and a discussant. The proposal
framing text and the individual abstracts will be reviewed and based
on this review we will accept, accept with revisions or decline the
panel.
IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However,
it is requested that abstracts and panel proposals, if at all
possible, be submitted in English. By rule, IAMCR does not permit
submission of identical abstracts to more than one section/working
group, and this policy is strictly enforced.
Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and (once accepted) full
papers can only be done online through IAMCR Open Conference System
(OCS) using the link to be found on the official Istanbul conference
website. For more on the submission, registration, theme, location,
etc., please go to <http://iamcr2011istanbul.com> or visit IAMCR at
<http://iamcr.org
>.
The deadlines are as follows:
- February 8, 2011: Submission of abstracts (papers and panel
proposals will be assessed by double blind review)
- March 25, 2011: Announcement of acceptances
- June 3, 2011: Full papers due (max. 7500 words), in order to ensure
that authors' names and papers' titles are included in final
conference program. There is no second round of reviewing for
acceptance.
If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must also be registered for
conference participation, in order to be included in the final program
of the Section. A CP&T best paper award will be granted to one of the
presenters, based on the full papers submitted in time.
Additional questions on the CP&T sessions at the IAMCR 2011 conference
(e.g. on panels) may be addressed to Bart Cammaerts
(B.Cammaerts[AT]lse.ac.uk) and Jo Pierson (jo.pierson[AT]vub.ac.be).
Section Chair: Jo Pierson / Vice-Chairs: Bart Cammaerts and Maria
Michalis
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