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[eccr] CFP: The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) from an Asian-Pacific Region Perspective
Mon May 31 18:44:58 GMT 2004
Telematics and Informatics
CALL FOR PAPERS
The World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) from an Asian-Pacific
Region Perspective
Publication: Winter 2004
The First Phase of the WSIS, which culminated in the Summit Meeting in
Geneva in
December 2003, has identified the key challenges facing the global
information society. It
sees accelerating convergence between telecommunications, broadcasting
multimedia
and information and communication technologies (ICTs) as driving new
products and services,
as well as shaping the ways of conducting business and commerce.
At the same time, commercial, social and professional opportunities are
exploding as new
markets open to competition and foreign investment and participation.
Technology is
transforming modern world, as the industrial society that marked the 20th
century rapidly
gives way to the information society of the 21st century. This dynamic
process promises a
fundamental change in all aspects of our lives, including knowledge
dissemination, social
interaction, economic and business practices, political engagement, media,
education,
health, leisure and entertainment. Summit organisers concluded that "we are
indeed in the
midst of a revolution, perhaps the greatest that humanity has ever
experienced".
To benefit the world community, the successful and continued growth of this
new dynamic
requires global discussion. This special issue would like to contribute to
this discussion
from an Asian-Pacific Region perspective. This means responding to the WSIS
Plan of
Action and identifying how the Asia-Pacific Region should respond.
Both general and regional as well as local and case-based perspectives are
welcome.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission deadline: August 1 2004 Notification of acceptance: November 1 2004
Submissions should be made direct to the Guest Editors:
Professor Jan Servaes and Professor Tom O'Regan
School of Journalism and Communication, The University of Queensland, St-Lucia,
Brisbane, QLD 4072, Australia
Fax: +61 73365 1377 E-mail: (j.servaes /at/ uq.edu.au)
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