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[ecrea] Digital Citizenship Conference

Thu Jan 22 19:38:55 GMT 2009



Dear Colleagues,

The Working Group for Communication and Politics of SOPCOM (Portuguese Society of Communication Sciences) organizes, in partnership with CAPP - Centre for Public Administration & Policies/ISCSP and with collaboration of LabTec/ISCSP, the conference "Digital Citizenship". This conference will take place in Lisbon on March 19th 2009, at the Institute of Social and Political Science (ISCSP), Portugal: entrance FREE.

Best regards.

Susana Borges
(WG Communication and Politics/ SOPCOM)



Conference "Digital Citizenship" - SOPCOM / ISCSP
19th March 2009, Lisbon, Portugal

The Working Group for Communication and Politics of SOPCOM (Portuguese Society of Communication Sciences) organizes, in partnership with CAPP - Centre for Public Administration & Policies/ISCSP and with collaboration of LabTec/ISCSP, the conference "Digital Citizenship". This conference will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, on March 19th 2009, at the Institute of Social and Political Science (ISCSP) of the Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal: entrance FREE. The aim of this conference is to expand the debate of the multidisciplinary subject of Digital Citizenship. This conference brings together experts of Communication Sciences, Journalism and Media, Politics Sciences, Politics and Administration Sciences, Sociology, Health, and Engineering and Digital Systems.

The Working Group for Communication and Politics of SOPCOM, established in 2005, is a privileged space for the debate on the communication phenomena and its relationship with politics. In its course of action, has been developing the dialogue with Universities, Institutes and Centres of Research and Divulgation of the theoretical and empirical knowledge in this field. It has already taken several initiatives on the relationship between the media and the exercise of citizenship, communication in the electoral process and the impact of the media on public opinion. Given the importance of the "Digital Citizenship", in the national and international sociopolitical context, it is vital to discuss the fundamental challenges that are presented to overcome unresolved old problems, and consider among the experts the development of new forms of exercising citizenship.


Program
9h30 ? Opening

Digital Citizenship and Democratic Participation

9h45-"ICT, Citizenship and Participation: The technology is not neutral", Prof. Doctor Pedro Ferraz de Abreu (ISCSP/LabTec, CITIDEP, MIT)

10h15 ? "The hypothesis of electronic voting in Portugal: electoral attitudes and beliefs", Prof. Doctor Paula Espírito Santo (ISCSP)

10h45 ?"Participatory Citizenship, Information and Knowledge", Prof. Doctor Victor dos Santos (ISCSP)

11h15 ? Coffee Break

11h30 ?"Digital Democracy and Participation Policy Virtues and Limits of the "citizen politician" towards the "citizen consumer", Prof. Doctor Manuel Meirinho (ISCSP)

12h00 ?"Digital Media and Social Responsibility", Prof. Doctor Rogério Santos (UCP)

12h30?"Citizen Journalism and Democratic Deliberation: misunderstanding, limits and possibilities", Prof. Doctor João Carlos Correia (UBI), chairman of the Working Group for Communication and Politics of SOPCOM

13h00 ? Lunch

14h00?"Spectators or Participants? A reflection on Democratic Participation and the Media", Prof. Doctor Susana Salgado (UNL, FCT)

14h30 ?"Digital Citizenship and new configurations of Public Space: analysis of the democratic potential of the Internet", Prof. Doctor Gil Baptista Ferreira (IPC)

15h00 ?"The Net and Democracy - Public opinion towards the New Democratic Micro Public Spaces", Prof. Doctor António Rosas (UP)

15h30 ?"Digital Citizenship? A critical approach. From Digital Cities to Barack Obama", Master Bárbara Neves (CAPP-ISCSP)

16h00 ? Coffee Break

Practical cases

16h15 ? "eHealth in Portugal ? preliminary results ?", Prof. Helena Monteiro
(ISCSP)

16h45 ? "The Health Services User's Sovereignty in the Digital Age", Master Ana Harfouche (CAPP-ISCSP)

17h15 ?"e-education policies in 2008: the reaction / movement of teachers", Doctor Isabel Salema Morgado (CAPP/CES-ISCSP)

17h45 ? Closing Ceremony
Intervention of Prof. Doctor João Bettencourt da Câmara, Coordinator of the "Unit for Media and Communication Sciences" (ISCSP).








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