Call for Papers: LSE PhD Media Symposium 2012
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>Cosmopolitanism, New Media and Protests
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>The LSE Media and Communications Department invites abstracts for papers
>on 'Cosmopolitanism, New Media and Protests', to be presented at our
>fifth annual PhD Symposium on 15 June 2012. Research students from
>across disciplines in the social sciences are welcome to apply. The
>deadline for submission of proposals is Monday 20 February 2012.
>
>In the last two years, significant waves of civil protests have been
>taking place around the globe. There are many examples: the so-called
>'Arab Spring' has targeted totalitarian regimes in the Arab world; the
>'indignados' in Spain, Greece and other EU countries have been
>protesting against austerity, unemployment and corrupt governments; the
>#Occupy movement, in the USA and Europe, emerged as a response to the
>financial crisis, targeting financial elites and demanding social
>change; there have also been riots in a number of UK cities; and
>political protests in Russia.
>
>On the one hand, these developments can be approached as local events in
>which information technologies and new media played a significant role
>in the mediation of protests. On the other, we could argue that we are
>witnessing the emergence of a new global political system, as all these
>events are interrelated and reflect the rise of a new type of
>cosmopolitan networked society. In the latter case, new media may not
>just be a tactical tool but a major factor for system change.
>
>Conceptualising cosmopolitanism as a contested term resting on a tension
>between the local and the global, the Symposium will examine the
>mediation of protests through new media platforms as they expand within
>and beyond national borders. The key question we will address is: How
>are new media implicated in the creation of cosmopolitan dispositions
>and protest mobilisations?
>
>The Symposium welcomes, but is not limited to, abstracts in the
>following areas of enquiry:
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>- Local/global media in protests
>- Cosmopolitan identity and cosmopolitan publics
>- Global consciousness
>- Social media and political change
>- Networked journalism
>- Mediation of protests
>- Cosmopolitan identity and engagement in protests
>- Media attention >- The state-networks relationship and mediation
>- Mediating violence and representation of suffering in protests.
>
>Submission >
>Please submit 300-word proposal (title & abstract) for paper and
>presentation of 15 minutes by 20 February 2012 to:
>media.symposium@lse.ac.uk |. In a
>separate attachment, please include your name, paper title,
>institutional affiliation, short bio and contact details as well as your
>PhD project title. Successful submissions will be announced by 30 March
>2012. Subject to availability, research students wishing to attend the
>workshop without presenting are welcome; please indicate your interest
>by emailing the above address with details of your institutional
>affiliation and PhD project title.
>
>Further information
>
>For more information and updates about the Symposium, visit our website
>at http://www2.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/events/Symposium2012.aspx
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>We look forward to receiving your proposals!

>
>Call for papers

>Communications &Strategies
>Dossier to be published in no. 86 ­ 2nd quarter 2012
>Development of ICT in Africa
>
>
>Edited by Laurent GILLE, Anders HENTEN, Robin MANSELL & Didier POUILLOT
>
>ICTs can be seen as systemic tools for economic and social development.
>
>This has been acknowledged for decades in Africa ­ first with respect to
>telecommunications and later with respect to information and
>communication technologies (ICT) generally. Lately, much emphasis has
>been given to the many different social applications of ICT such as
>e-learning, e-health, e- governance, etc.
>
>For many years nothing much happened concerning telecommunications and
>ICT development in Africa. However, over the last decade mobile
>communication has developed rapidly in Africa providing the basis for
>voice communication and, increasingly, for a growing variety of data
>communications services.
>
>This call for papers seeks contributions on experiences regarding the
>development of telecommunications and especially mobile communications,
>the adoption and use of ICTs, and the policies and regulations framing
>these developments. Which policies and regulations have had positive
>effects on the development, adoption and use of ICTs and what are the
>less positive experiences?
>
>We also welcome contributions on the applications of ICT in various
>public social contexts (health, learning, etc.), in smaller and larger
>business environments and for private residential purposes. What are the
>experiences so far regarding ICTs supporting public services and how has
>the use of mobile communications influenced the strategies and
>performance of micro, small, and large businesses?
>
>In the selection of papers for this dossier consideration will be given
>to papers that highlight areas where technology solutions and
>applications have developed earlier or faster than in other countries or
>regions of the world. The take-up of technology in African countries
>frequently is seen as following more economically developed countries.
>However, in some areas, for instance, e-money, African countries are
>among the leaders. Papers analyzing other similar developments will be
>welcome.
>
>
>Potential Topics:
>. Benchmarking telecom market status in Africa: priorities (fixed vs
>mobile coverage), pricing, regulation and competition policiesŠ; .
>Opportunities and barriers to the development of innovative services and
>usage (m-payment, e-health, e-learning, e-governanceŠ); . Roles of
>intermediaries (social movement organizations, industry sector
>organizations, etc.) in encouraging demand for ICT applications; .
>Industrial organization: strategy of western telcos in Africa, new
>emerging African groups; . Impact of telecom network deployments on
>Internet and media developments in Africa.

>Please send proposals (full papers) until February 29th 2012 to:

>s.nigon@idate.org

Internet Research 13.0: Technologies
>
>The 13th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the
>Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR)
>
>
>October 18-21, 2012
>
>MediaCity:UK - University of Salford
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>Salford - Greater Manchester - UK
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>http://ir13.aoir.org
>
>
>Internet Research 13.0 will focus on the theme of technologies,
>understood in the broadest sense as crafts, techniques, and systems. The
>conference will examine the place of the Internet in the contemporary
>world and in relation to a range of existing and emerging technologies,
>considering its impact in a context where life is entangled with
>technologies of all kinds as never before. The conference will bring
>together scholars, researchers, students and practitioners from many
>disciplines to map and situate the development of the Internet as part of
>the history of human technology.
>
>To this end, we call for papers, panel and pre-conference workshop
>proposals from any discipline, methodology, community or a combination of
>them that address the conference themes, including, but not limited to,
>papers that intersect and/or interconnect with the following:
>
>
> * the speed and acceleration of technological change
> * the past, present and future of technology
> * emerging and converging technologies
> * educational technology
> * cultures of crafting
> * connectivity and access
> * space, location and mobile technologies
> * technology, networks and attachments
> * technology and the body
> * technologies of the self
> * technology, regulation and ethics
>
>
>Sessions at the conference will be established that specifically address
>the conference themes, and we welcome innovative, exciting, and
>unexpected takes on those themes. We also welcome submissions on topics
>that address social, cultural, political, legal, aesthetic, economic,
>and/or philosophical aspects of the internet beyond the conference
>themes. In all cases, we welcome disciplinary and interdisciplinary
>submissions as well as international collaborations from both AoIR and
>non-AoIR members.
>
>
>
>SUBMISSIONS
>
>We seek proposals for several different kinds of contributions. As in the
>past, we welcome proposals for traditional academic conference PAPERS,
>organized PANEL PROPOSALS that present a coherent group of papers on a
>single theme, as well as PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS which focus on a
>particular topic. We also invite proposals that will focus on discussion
>and interaction among conference delegates. A common form of this type is
>the ROUNDTABLE SESSION, but we would also like to encourage other
>formats, such as OPEN FISHBOWL SESSIONS. (See the Wikipedia entry under
>³Fishbowl (conversation)² for a description of this format. Fishbowl
>sessions should cover broad topics of interest to a wide segment of the
>AoIR community.) Finally, we invite short 5-minute talks on topics of
>interest to the community as part of our Ignite-IR panels. Please see
>below for more information on this format.
>
>DEADLINES
>
>Submissions Due: 1 March 2012 (Papers, Panels and Pre-Workshops. Details
>below.)
>NOTE: The submission deadline is a HARD DEADLINE; there will be NO
>extensions to this date.
>
>Notification: 1 May 2012
>
>Full Papers Submissions Due for inclusion in Selected Papers of IR: 1
>July 2012
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>Ignite-IR Final Proposal Deadline: 1 August 2012
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>Ignite-IR Slides Due: 15 September 2012
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>
>SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS
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>All papers and presentations will be evaluated in a standard blind peer
>review.
>
>PAPERS (individual or multi-author) ­ submit abstract of 600-800 words
>
>
>PANEL PROPOSALS ­ submit a description of 600-800 words on the panel
>theme, plus a 250-500 word abstract for each paper or presentation. The
>panel organizer must assemble these materials for submission
>
>ROUNDTABLE and FISHBOWL PROPOSALS ­ submit a statement indicating the
>nature of the discussion and form of interaction, and listing initial
>participants. (In the case of a fishbowl proposal, this will include the
>name of the moderator, and the names of the first four speakers for the
>fishbowl.)
>
>PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS ­ please submit all workshop proposals via email
>to attwood@aoir.org. Workshop proposals should
>include names of presenters and a 1,000-word description.
>
>IGNITE-IR ­ please submit a one-paragraph abstract and other information.
>Details at http://ir13.aoir.org/ignite-ir
>
>
>Papers, presentations and panels will be selected from the submitted
>proposals on the basis of multiple blind peer review, coordinated and
>overseen by the Program Chair. Each individual may present only one paper
>during the conference, though they may be listed as a co-author on
>multiple papers. In addition to this one presentation, they may also
>appear on a panel, roundtable, or performance. The exception is the
>Ignite-IR lightening talk, which may be in addition to any other
>presentations.
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>PUBLICATION OF PAPERS
>
>Full papers submitted by the 1 July 2012 deadline will undergo review to
>be published in an open-access, online collection, Selected Papers of
>Internet Research (ISSN 2162-3317). A template and guidelines for
>preparing your final paper are available on the conference website
>(http://ir13.aoir.org/papers)
>
>Selected papers from the conference will alternatively be published in a
>special issue of the journal Information, Communication& Society.
>Authors selected for submission for this issue will be contacted prior to
>the conference.
>
>PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS
>
>On 18 October 2012, there will be a limited number of pre-conference
>workshops and symposia that will provide participants with in-depth,
>hands-on and/or creative opportunities. We invite proposals for these
>pre-conference workshops. Local presenters are encouraged to propose
>workshops that will invite visiting researchers into their labs or
>studios or locales. Proposals should be no more than 1,000 words, and
>should clearly outline the purpose, methodology, structure, costs,
>equipment and minimal attendance required, as well as explaining its
>relevance to the conference as a whole. Proposals will be accepted if
>they demonstrate that the workshop will add significantly to the overall
>program in terms of thematic depth, hands on experience, or local
>opportunities for scholarly or artistic connections. These proposals and
>all inquiries regarding pre-conference proposals should be submitted as
>soon as possible to the program chair
>(attwood@aoir.org) and no later than 1 March
>2012.
>
>
>IGNITE-IR
>
>For the second year, the Internet Research conference will offer the
>opportunity to present short, five minute talks in rapid succession.
>Presenters provide a deck of twenty slides, which will auto-advance each
>fifteen seconds. Details on the session maybe found at the conference
>website. Because talks are intended to be of the moment, the submission
>deadline is much later than for papers: 1 August 2012.
>
>
>CONTACT INFORMATION
>
>Program Chair: Feona Attwood, Communication, Sheffield Hallam University,
>UK, email attwood@aoir.org
>
>Local Conference Chair: Ben Light, School of Media, Music, and
>Performance, University of Salford, email:
>light@aoir.org

World Public Relations Forum Research Colloquium
>Call for Abstracts
>
>Theme: Communication Without Borders
>
>In 2012, the Public Relations Institute of Australia will host the 7th
>World Public Relations Forum in Melbourne
>from 18 to 20 November.
>
>The forum includes a full-day research colloquium, and two-day conference
>program. The forum will bring together thought leaders, industry experts,
>researchers, educators, and delegates from around the world.
>
>The forum aims to examine, explore and reflect on the impact of
>globalization on our profession withithe context of rapid changes. As
>global communities merge and media systems converge, the boundaries
>within which we communicate are blurring and disappearing. The shifts in
>economic and political power present new challenges and opportunities for
>public relations and communication practitioners and scholars. Global
>issues such as climate change, health, food security, poverty reduction
>and transitioning democracies offer our discipline a much larger template
>in which to work. Stakeholders and audiences are not easily defined as
>they become more mobile, more media-savvy and more multicultural.
>Moreover, audiences are active 'produsers' of media messages in a world
>interconnected by advancing technologies.
>
>It is within this context that we ask how organisations and individual
>practitioners respond to this new world without borders? How will
>universities prepare future practitioners for this shifting template? How
>do we connect and meaningfully engage with cultures that may otherwise be
>unfamiliar? Will English continue to be the lingua franca of the
>profession? How will public relations be positioned with advertising,
>marketing, public diplomacy and strategic communication? To what extent
>should the practice move from a 'command and control' to an 'inform and
>influence' model of communication? Will ethics and corporate social
>responsibility drive organisations to maintain their social license to
>operate? What is the role of public relations in society, and in
>engendering social change?
>
>Academics and practitioners are invited to submit 500-word abstracts that
>address these questions or others that relate to the main conference
>theme. There is also an opportunity to submit 1500-word extended
>abstracts for consideration in published conference proceedings. Also, a
>special issue of the Asia-Pacific Public Relations Journal will publish
>selected papers from the colloquium. The Journal of Communication
>Management will also accept a limited number of papers. An international
>panel of scholars will review the submissions.
>
>Selected abstracts will be considered for presentation in the research
>colloquium and the two-day conference. Please indicate if you have a
>preference.
>
>Deadlines
>
>23 January Submission of abstracts opens
>29 February Submission of abstracts closes
>15 April Notification of results
>31 May Confirmation of acceptance of abstract and conference attendance
>30 June Submission of extended abstracts and full papers due
>
>Please submit your abstracts to info@worldprforum.com. If you have any
>queries, please contact Dr Marianne Sison, Chair, Academic Program
>Committee: marianne.sison@rmit.edu.au

>CALL FOR PAPERS
>Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture (WPCC), Vol 9, Issue 3
>Media ethnography: The challenges of breaking disciplinary boundaries
>Scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines have embraced
>ethnography as a
>way to understand media as artefacts, experiences and practices. Whilst
>this trend has
>contributed significantly to the study of media, culture and society,
>researchers that adopt
>or are inspired by ethnographic approaches to the study of media face the
>challenges of
>producing knowledge on both the margins and intersections of clearly
>demarcated
>disciplines. What are the constraints and opportunities created by media
>ethnography’s
>inherent hybridity? How can researchers effectively locate the field,
>especially given the
>rise of multi sited and digital ethnographies? What range of research
>methods is
>appropriate? To what extent can media ethnography be thought of and
>practiced as an
>independent field? What is distinctive about the knowledge that is
>produced through an
>engagement with media ethnography?
>Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture invites submissions from
>international
>and multidisciplinary perspectives that explore some of the key debates
>around media
>ethnography and/or draw on media ethnography (or studies inspired by it)
>to produce
>original empirical research. In keeping with the aims of WPCC, we welcome
>submissions
>from new and emerging scholars.
>Possible topics include but are not limited to:
>* Challenges and opportunities, strengths and weaknesses of media
>ethnography
>* Ethical concerns in media ethnography
>* Media ethnography, social activism and social change
>* Sensory ethnography and anthropology of the senses
>* Media ethnography, power and authority
>* Media ethnography, presence, non-presence, digital ethnography and the
>concept of
>“the field”
>* We particularly encourage the submission of original empirical studies
>of
>media which draw on ethnographic approaches
>A 300 word abstract, full contact information for the corresponding
>author, and a
>biographical note (up to 75 words) on each of the authors should be
>submitted by no
>later than 3 February 2012. Authors of accepted abstracts will be
>notified in February
>2012 and will then be invited to submit a full paper by 15 June 2012.
>Complete manuscripts should be prepared in English in MS Word and adhere
>to the
>Manuscript Submission Guidelines (http://www.wmin.ac.uk/mad/page-1201);
>they
>should be 6000 - 8000 words, including notes and references. Papers
>should be
>accompanied by an abstract of 100-150 words and up to six keywords. The
>manuscript
>must contain a separate title page that should include: the title of the
>manuscript; the
>name(s) and affiliation(s) of the author(s); full contact details of the
>author(s); the author's
>brief biographical statement. An invitation to submit a full paper does
>not constitute a
>commitment for publication; all papers will be subject to anonymous peer
>review following
>submission.
>Please send your abstract as an e-mail attachment to the issue editors,
>Dr Andrea
>Medrado and Helena Nassif at: andrea.medrado@rhul.ac.uk.
>Deadline for abstracts: 03 February 2012.
>Deadline for complete manuscripts: 15 June 2012.

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  The deadline for submitting abstracts is January 15, 2012.
 

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25-27 JUNE 2012 · BONN , GERMANY

International conference
Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum 2012

Culture. Education. Media.

Shaping a sustainable world

Approximately 850 million people around the world are illiterate, most
of them in crisis regions and war zones.

In 2002, the United Nations General Assembly adopted a resolution to
declare the ten-year period from 2005-2014 the Decade of Education for
Sustainable Development. It is increasingly evident that education,
culture and upbringing form the key to peaceful co-existence and a
sustainable future.

The 2012 Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum will examine the role and
responsibility of the media with their images and messages. How can
media contribute constructively to cultural diversity? How can they
serve to enhance awareness of the essential importance of education for
sustainable development? Can media themselves carry out educational
activities? Do they serve as a role model for presenting and conveying
educational content?

The conference is divided into the following subject areas:

*Right to education and Education For All (EFA)
*Preserving and advancing cultural diversity / World Heritage
*Political culture and intercultural dialogue
*Education for sustainability (cultural, economic, political, social)
*New approaches to learning (E-learning, social media etc.)
*Media and education ­ What can the media contribute?

The Deutsche Welle Global Media Forum is a congress with international
reach. It draws media representatives from around the world ­ including
many of Deutsche Welle¹s partners ­ and people from the fields of
politics, culture, business, development cooperation and science. About
1600 participants from more than 100 countries attended the conference
in 2011.

More information on the conference can be found here:
www.dw-gmf.de

Deutsche Welle is Germany¹s international broadcaster. Its task is to
explain Germany¹s role as a cultured European nation with democratic
freedoms based on the rule of law, and to promote understanding and
exchange between cultures and peoples.

Conference Secretariat

DW-MEDIA SERVICES GmbH
Kurt-Schumacher-Str. 3
53113 Bonn, Germany
Phone: +49.228.429-2142
Fax: +49.228.429-2140
gmf@dw-world.de

The first Call for Papers for Futures Conference 2012.
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