[ecrea] CfP: "Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising Challenges"

7th ECPR General Conference
4th - 7th September 2013
Sciences Po, Bordeaux

Deadline 1st February 2013

Call for Papers for the Panel:

Internet and International Politics: Comparing Opportunities and Rising 
Challenges

Chair: Andrea Calderaro (European University Institute)

Discussant: Ben Wagner (European University Institute)

The consolidation of worldwide Internet practices calls for research 
looking at the influence that this scenario has on politics from a 
comparative and transnational perspective of analysis. We can observe a 
growing scholarly interest in how the Internet is increasingly 
influencing International Politics, especially by empowering local 
actors in the development of and the coordination around contentious 
issues – both locally and internationally. Recent key international 
events have illustrated this empirically. The recent streams of protests 
challenging authoritarian regimes have generated interest in the 
potentialities of the Internet in transition countries. Furthermore, new 
tools have been developed to support the rising of local voices and to 
connect these to a global audience. Within this framework, the debate on 
the opportunities offered by the Internet to protect Human Rights is 
rich of contributions addressing new opportunities and new challenges. 
However, despite a general agreement that the Internet influences 
International Politics along this line, further effort is demanded to 
clarify the nature and dynamics of such an influence.
This panel calls for papers addressing novel research and empirical 
cases that capture the influence of the Internet on International 
Politics, as well as comparative research strategies exploring the use 
of internet-mediated communication across countries and political 
systems. The goal is to establish clear lines of dialogues between 
empirical research and innovative methodological approaches to new media 
and International Politics, with a main focus on contentious politics.

For further information, please contact:
(andrea.calderaro /at/ eui.eu)

How to propose a paper
After having logged in,  select the panel's title, and submit an 
abstract of 300 max words via:
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Further information on the "Internet and Politics " Program at the ECPR:
http://new.ecprnet.eu/Events/PanelList.aspx?EventID=5&SectionID=83

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Andrea Calderaro, PhD | European University Institute


Center for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom | European University Institute

Guest Editor "Policy and Internet" special issue: "Online Collective 
Action and Policy Change" - http://t.co/YWe2a7ya

Chair "Internet and Politics" Standing Group - European Consortium of 
Political Research (ECPR)

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