[ecrea] CFP IPSA RC34, RC22, RC10 "Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology", Rovinj, Croatia, 2-3 Oc

Call for papers RC34, RC22, RC10 "Communication, Democracy and Digital 
Technology", Rovinj, Croatia, 2-3 October 2015

CALL FOR PAPERS
IPSA-RC 34, IPSA-RC 22, IPSA-RC 10
"Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology"
Hotel “Lone”, Rovinj, Croatia, 2 - 3 October 2015
http://rc10.ipsa.org/

The conference is organised by a committee formed from IPSA RC10 
(Electronic Democracy), RC22 (Political Communication) and RC34 (Quality 
of Democracy). The conference is going to take place in cooperation with 
the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb.

The conference theme focuses on the intersection between the work of 
three strands of political science, all of which ask questions of vital 
importance for the well-being of democracy globally. These questions 
revolve around measures, standards and analyses of the quality of 
democracy, the role of political communication in enhancing democracy 
and the extent that information and communication technology offers 
potential for a richer, interactive and co-created politics. Without 
imposing any normative ontologies onto the discussion we enquire how 
communicative acts, particularly but not exclusively those which take 
place using digital technologies, contribute positively or negatively to 
the quality of the democratic experience for citizens and to sustaining 
active democracies.

We therefore invite papers which contribute theoretically and 
empirically to this and relevant debates. Papers should have the concept 
of democracy (political participation, engagement and deliberation) at 
their heart and make explicit links to the contribution from theory and 
practice of digital political communication either by governments, 
political parties or candidates, media organisations, citizens, 
non-governmental actors or social movements. Papers focusing on 
cross-national comparative analyses are particularly welcome.

Selection will be based on the submission of abstracts which should 
contain the following information:
• Title
• Author and Affiliation
• Core theoretical premise of the paper
• Methodology and relevant information on data collection and analysis
• Key findings or questions that analysis will address if ongoing research
Abstracts should not be longer than 500 words.
Abstracts should be emailed to (ipsa2015 /at/ fpzg.hr) and must be received by 
20 January 2015. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 1 March 2015.

The conference will take place in Rovinj, one of the most picturesque 
towns in the Mediterranean (http://www.tzgrovinj.hr). For more 
information on paper submission, registration, location, travel and 
accommodation check 
http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr/en/ipsa_conference_croatia_2015.
If you have any questions about the conference please contact organising 
committee at (ipsa2015 /at/ fpzg.hr) or Dr Marijana Grbesa on behalf of the 
local partner, Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb at 
(grbesa /at/ fpzg.hr).

Event fees
Conference fees include participation, conference packs, coffee breaks 
and welcome event.
Standard fee €120.00
Student fee €80.00
Please note that all participants wishing to attend need to pay a 
conference fee.

Key dates and deadlines
20 January 2015 Submission deadline
1 March 2015 Notification of acceptance
1 June 2015 Booking and registration deadline
1 September 2015 Full paper submission

Contact
Organising committee: (ipsa2015 /at/ fpzg.hr)
Local organiser: (grbesa /at/ fpzg.hr)



---------------
ECREA-Mailing list
---------------
This mailing list is a free service offered by Nico Carpentier and ECREA.
--
To subscribe, post or unsubscribe, please visit
http://commlist.org/
--
To contact the mailing list manager:
Email: (nico.carpentier /at/ vub.ac.be)
URL: http://homepages.vub.ac.be/~ncarpent/
--
ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association
Chaussée de Waterloo 1151, 1180 Uccle, Belgium
Email: (info /at/ ecrea.eu)
URL: http://www.ecrea.eu
---------------