[eccr] Addition to NPO/NGO Media & Technology Calendar

Dear all,
I received one addition to the "NPO/NGO Media & Technology Calendar" I've 
just forwarded.
Nico Carpentier

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>Electronic Networks and Democratic Life
>9-12 October 2002
>Nijmegen, The Netherlands
>http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/~jankow/Euricom

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Electronic Networks & Democratic Engagement

October 9-12, 2002

The European Institute for Communication and Culture (Euricom) is hosting a 
second colloquium of scholars concerned with the relation between 
electronic networks and democratic engagement. This colloquium will build 
on the inroads developed at the first event held in Piran, Slovenia, in 
2001. A central objective of this colloquium is to lay the groundwork for 
international collaborative research initiatives. Special attention is to 
be given to the place of electronic networks during periods of collective 
crisis such as experienced after the September 11th attacks on New York and 
Washington. Contributions are welcome that are conceived within the more 
general concerns of designing networks aimed at providing politically-based 
information, and supporting public debate and citizen action. The arenas of 
electronic community networks, digital cities, and other virtual spaces 
within democratic engagement are particularly suitable for contributions to 
this colloquium.
Background

Interest in and experimentation with electronic networks has been ongoing 
since cable television infrastructures were constructed in the late 1960s. 
This concern intensified with development of opportunities for 
computer-mediated communication in the 1980s and with popularization of the 
Internet in the 1990s. In 1996 the European Institute for Communication and 
Culture (Euricom) sponsored a colloquium concerned with virtual 
democracy. Contributions to the most recent Euricom colloquium, held in 
2001, continue in this tradition and are currently being prepared for 
publication in the journals Javnost - The Public and Communications: The 
European Journal of Communication Research.
Questions

This work, taken as a whole, reflects increasing concern about the possible 
contributions of electronic networks to democratic life. Some of the 
questions emerging from this work include:
·       In what manner and to what degree do electronic networks contribute 
to a more informed and politically active citizenry?
·       How can electronic networks be designed to increase democratic 
engagement?
·       In what ways are electronic networks utilized in collective crises?
The upcoming Euricom colloquium is intended to explore these and related 
questions. An edited volume, assembled from contributions to both 
colloquia, is to be published by Hampton Press.

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For more info, please contact:

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>Dr. N.W. Jankowski
>Associate Professor
>Department of Communication
>University of Nijmegen
>Post Office Box 9104
>6500 HE Nijmegen, The Netherlands
>tel. +31 24 3612372; fax. +31 24 3613073
>email: (N.Jankowski /at/ maw.kun.nl)
>email: (nickjan /at/ xs4all.nl)
>Euricom Project: http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/~jankow/Euricom
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