[ecrea] EUROPEANISED AFTER ALL: European publics in the EU communicative space

>CALL FOR PAPERS
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>EUROPEANISED AFTER ALL: European publics in the EU communicative space
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>Edited by Chiara Valentini (University of 
>Jyväskylä, Finland) and Giorgia Nesti (University of Padua, Italy)
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>Proposals are invited for a collection that 
>examines the EU and different communication 
>actions towards, with, by different publics. 
>Communicating the EU, its institutions, policies 
>and achievements should not only be perceived as 
>a top-down strategy, that is from the EU to its 
>publics. Several interesting cases of bottom-up 
>communication activities - from a public towards 
>the EU - have shown to be of a great assistance 
>to existing EU information and communication 
>actions. In this respect, we are interested in 
>presenting a portray of information and 
>communication activities planned and/or already 
>developed both by the EU institutions at the 
>European, national and local levels and by 
>private and public organizations and civil 
>society actors. The intent is to analyse and 
>discuss past, present and future actions, 
>campaigns, initiatives from the perspectives of 
>several EU countries. We welcome contributions 
>from different theoretical perspectives and 
>fields of study, including but not limited to 
>political and intercultural communications, 
>public relations and management, organizational 
>studies, psychology, sociology and cultural 
>studies. This book attempts to present different 
>facades of EU communications within 
>multi-national and multi-theoretical frameworks.
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>Potential topics include (but are not limited to):
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>-          EU communication and information 
>policies: we are interested in contributions 
>that describe historical developments in the EU 
>information and communication policies from the 
>early stages of integration until recent events 
>(the Plan D, the White Paper on Communication, 
>etc..) but also in theoretical analyses 
>investigating EU communication strategies.
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>-          EU web communication (communications 
>with citizens via web 2.0, such as blogs and 
>other online media tools): the diffusion of ICTs 
>and recent developments in the internet 
>structure have opened up for new innovative 
>forms of political interaction and 
>participation. EU institutions are employing the 
>web 2.0 to test new tools for communicating with 
>citizens, such as EUtube, blogs, forum, etc. 
>Besides, even more interesting experiences of 
>Europeanization through the web are spreading 
>from below, thanks to citizens willingness of 
>creating their own actions. Papers dealing with 
>this topic should describe and critically assess 
>EU initiatives on the web 2.0 and/or any 
>relevant case study of online activities 
>developed at the local/national or at the 
>trans-national levels specifically aiming at 
>creating an European public sphere.
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>-          EU media relations (communications 
>with/towards journalists/media): A discussion of 
>EU policies and activities launched in the last 
>5-6 years for attracting national media 
>professionals on EU issues and institutions, but 
>NOT papers on EU media content analyses or 
>discussing EU media coverage. In this topic we 
>welcome critical discussions - even supported by 
>qualitative/quantitative data - on what EU has 
>lately been doing for addressing journalists 
>needs and expectations; for instance, analyses 
>on the quality and usefulness of EU media 
>courses for journalists or 
>qualitative/quantitative studies on national 
>journalists satisfaction with the activity of 
>EU press and communication departments, how 
>cultures influence reporting EU news at the 
>national level, differences/ constrains/ skills 
>of Brussels correspondents versus national journalists, etc.
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>-          EU and civil society (communication 
>with/towards non-profit 
>organizations/associations): Contributions 
>should take a multidisciplinary look at the 
>concept of civil society and its application at 
>the EU level, focusing on the interactions 
>between civil society organisations and the EU 
>(functions, roles within EU political discourses 
>and decisions making, significance of civil 
>societys activities at local level, etc.). We 
>also welcome case studies describing the 
>activities of the national Europe Direct centres 
>for the involvement of civil society 
>organisations as well as studies on specific 
>campaigns and informative actions implemented by 
>civil society organizations dealing with EU themes.
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>-          EU and its business partners 
>(communications with/towards multinational 
>companies). We are interested in papers that 
>present both qualitative/quantitative studies 
>and critical discourses on EU policies/ 
>activities for involving diverse business 
>partners/stakeholders as EU communication 
>multipliers. We also seek case studies on 
>activities created and developed by business 
>partners/stakeholders which have an EU 
>framework, for instance, but not limited, papers 
>that present and discuss specific information 
>campaigns put in place by financial/economic 
>organizations for informing employees and 
>surrounding communities about the introduction 
>of the euro, about energy/environmental issues 
>and/or other EU and business themes.
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>-          EU diplomatic communication 
>(communications with non EU nation-states). We 
>are interested in contributions that describe EU 
>information campaigns for the enlargement in new 
>member states and/or in candidate countries and 
>that critically assess the main issues 
>concerning EU diplomatic communications.
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>Guidelines for proposals:
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>Proposals should be between 500-1000 words. They 
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><mailto:(dr.chiara.valentini /at/ gmail.com)>(dr.chiara.valentini /at/ gmail.com) 
>and <mailto:(giorgia.nesti /at/ unipd.it)>(giorgia.nesti /at/ unipd.it)
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>Applicants should also send a short bio 
>indicating title, affiliation, and scholarly interests.
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>The deadline for submission is 13th JULY 2008.
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>Applicants will be notified of the selection process by 15th AUGUST 2008.
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>We need to receive the final draft of the paper 
>by 1 NOVEMBER 2008. The paper should be between 
>6000 and 8000 words and should be proofread by 
>the authors. We will be more precise about the 
>length once we receive specific information by the publishers.
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>Summary info:
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>Deadline proposal: 13 JULY 2008
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>Notification of the selection: 15 AUGUST 2008
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>Submission of the full paper: 1 NOVEMBER 2008
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>Expected publishing date: SPRING/SUMMER 2009
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