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[ecrea] Networking Democracy? New media innovations in participatory politics

Mon Jan 04 15:30:38 GMT 2010



Dear all,

This is a gentle reminder that the final deadline for our CfP is fast=20
approaching. If you would like to attend our symposium please send us your=
abstracts before 11 January. Apologies for cross-postings.

Best wishes,

Dan

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Call for Papers:

Networking Democracy? New media innovations in participatory politics

A three day Symposium to be held at Babe=C5=9F-Bolyai University, Cluj, Rom=
ania

25-27 June 2010

Website:

http://www.brisc.info/NetDem/index.php?page=3Dnetworking-democracy

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Democratic politics worldwide are increasingly being conducted and=20
re-configured through the domain of digital communications networks. The=20
socio-technical developments, such as Web 2.0, facilitating these=20
media-saturated public spheres are in little doubt. What is highly=20
contested however is the interpretation of what these profound changes=20
offer for democratic governance in the twenty-first century. At its heart=
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is the recognition that these new media networks are themselves the crucial=
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site for a historical confrontation between opposing political and/or=20
business interests and discourses intent upon forging new forms of social=
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relations.

We will address questions such as:

What new forms and relations of power are produced in the digital network=
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society?

Who are the key social actors shaping the new public sphere and what are=20
their respective strategies, framing, and repertoires of action?

What is the democratic potential of Web 2.0 applications such as social=20
networking, blogging and twittering?

What empirical evidence do we have to understand and assess these=20
developments?

How is networked democracy influencing new democratic societies?

What are its consequences for human rights, social sorting, migration,=20
e-government, community politics, surveillance, protest, participation,=20
culture, identity, mobilization, representation, nationalism, security,=20
citizen journalism, trust, regulation, both exogenous and self-regulation=
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and much more?

Speakers include:

W. Lance Bennett <http://depts.washington.edu/bennett/about.html>,=20
University of Washington, USA

Bruce Bimber <http://www.polsci.ucsb.edu/faculty/bimber/>, University of=20
California at Santa Barbara, USA

Donatella Della Porta=20
<http://www.eui.eu/DepartmentsAndCentres/PoliticalAndSocialSciences/People/=
Professors/Profiles/todump/bioDellaporta.aspx>,=20
European University Institute, Italy

William H. Dutton <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/faculty.cfm?id=3D1>, Oxfo=
rd=20
Internet Institute, UK

Brian Loader <http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/soci/about/s_load.htm>,=20
University of York, UK

Rodica Mocan=20
<http://www.plaxo.com/directory/profile/141734557021/4e737db5/Rodica/Mocan>=
,=20
Babe=C5=9F-Bolyai University, Romania

We invite papers from all disciplines which have addressed these topics.=20
The paper title, an abstract of up to 500 words, a short bio and contact=20
details should be sent to Dan Mercea, Department of Sociology, University=
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of York, Heslington, YO10 5DD, (dmm505 /at/ york.ac.uk) <mailto:(dmm505 /at/ york.ac.uk)>=
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before 7 December 2009. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by 15=
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January 2010. For more details visit http://www.brisc.info/NetDem/

The event is supported by the Center for Political Analysis=20
<http://www.polito.ubbcluj.ro/cpa/en/index.html>and the European Studies=20
Department <http://www.euro.ubbcluj.ro/en/> (Babe=C5=9F-Bolyai University),=
 the=20
Science and Technology Studies Unit <http://www.york.ac.uk/res/satsu/> and=
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the Department of Sociology=20
<http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/soci/degrees/resscitech.htm>(University of=20
York)

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of=
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the international journal Information, Communication and Society=20
<http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/rics>

IMPORTANT DATES:

Submission deadline: 11 January 2009

Notifications of acceptance: before 29 January 2010

Symposium: 25-27 June 2010

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Dan Mercea
PhD Candidate
Communication Studies
Department of Sociology
University of York
E: (dmm505 /at/ york.ac.uk)
T: +44(0)1904 433578

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Nico Carpentier (Phd)
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Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels
Centre for Studies on Media and Culture (CeMeSO)
Pleinlaan 2 - B-1050 Brussels - Belgium
T: ++ 32 (0)2-629.18.56
F: ++ 32 (0)2-629.36.84
Office: 5B.401a
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