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[ecrea] Twitter and Microblogging conference, Lancaster University, 10-12 April 2013

Fri Dec 07 20:02:00 GMT 2012



Call for papers:

Twitter and Microblogging: Political, Professional and Personal Practices

Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 10 - 12 April 2013

Submission deadline: 10th December 2012!!



Twitter and other micro-blogging platforms, with their short messages, in some cases circulated to millions of followers, were at first viewed with condescension and amusement: famously David Cameron, the British Prime Minister, opined, "Too many tweets make a twat." Other media initially treated Twitter as offering platforms for celebrities, pools of banality, streams of dumbed-down opinions. But people using Twitter quickly found an enormous range of diverse uses, revelling in opportunities for creativity that microblogging and associated applications offered. People involved Twitter in organising revolutions, disseminating scientific findings, promoting brands, communicating with friends and crafting new forms of artistic endeavours and communications. Where Twitter is not allowed, as in China, other microblogging platforms have taken on similar functions.

This conference brings together a range of researchers doing detailed analyses of the discourse, practices, and social interactions of microblogging communities.



Plenary speakers include:

Janet Jones, University of the West of England

Nathan Jurgenson, University of Maryland

Greg Myers, Lancaster University

Ruth Page, University of Leicester

Lee Salter, University of the West of England



Contributions are sought in a variety of formats.  See http://bit.ly/LUtwit



Tweet about #LUTwit: http://bit.ly/T82ViM



Any queries email (lutwit13 /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)

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