[ecrea] CFP "Forms and Functions of Political Participation in the Digital World"

Call for Papers



INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: “Forms and Functions of Political

Participation in the Digital World”



University of Burgundy – Dijon – France, Thursday 6th & Friday 7th

November 2014







The massive arrival of ICT in the domain of politics, though use of the

internet, blogs and mainstream social media (Facebook, YouTube, Twitter,

Flick’r...) or dedicated specialist tools (activist management platforms

or specialised social networks) has impacted governance, relationships

between citizens, political figures and the media, and more generally

the way people “do politics”, in many countries around the world. This

conference aims to bring together academics working in different

countries and different disciplinary fields, studying the impact of ICT

on politics and governance at different levels. It will allow them to

analyse their work in an international perspective. The conference will

be organised around two main themes: “Political Communication during

Election Campaigns” and “Governance and e-Citizenship”. Workshops

organised on the basis of objects or research questions studied - and

not by country - will bring together academics with similar centres of

interest working in different national political contexts.



This call for papers is aimed at specialists in area studies,

communication science, political science, sociology or linguistics,

among others. They will be keen to work in an interdisciplinary

perspective, and interested in issues such as:



•            Politicians’ digital/cross-media communication strategies



•            Political parties’ use of social media



•            “Politics 2.0” campaign strategies



•            Political discourse in the age of social media : soundbites

and retweets



•            Private lives of public figures on social networks



•            The multimodal dimension of online political communication



•            Interactions between politicians and the media on the

social networks



•            Social media and transparency in politics



•            Online political debates involving politicians, citizens

and activists



•            E-citizenship and direct democracy



•            Minority political representation through social networks



•            “Technoscapes”, diasporas and politics



•            “Virtual” political parties



•            Social media as catalysts of political involvement



•            Social networks, politics and young people



The conference follows on from the one-day conference “POLITICS - MEDIA

- ICT: Use of Social Media in Politics”, which was held in Dijon in June

2012, and which constituted the beginning of this comparative project

looking into usage and appropriation of ICT in national and

international politics. The project “POLITICS - MEDIA – ICT” is

coordinated by the “Text - Image – Language” Research Group (EA4182) at

the University of Burgundy. This conference is organised in

collaboration with CIMEOS (EA4177) and the Human Sciences Centre in Dijon.



Participants are invited to submit proposals for paper presentations or

posters, either in English or in French. Participants will receive

digital versions of all papers and posters upon arrival at the conference.



Following the conference, a selection of papers will be published as

book chapters.







Fees:



Academics presenting papers/posters:                             100 €



Other academics:                                                     150 €



PhD students presenting papers/posters:            50 €



Other PhD students:                                                  75 €



The conference is free of charge for members of the scientific committee

and staff and students of the University of Burgundy.



Fees include midday meals on Thursday 6th and Friday 7th November, wine

tasting and conference dinner on Thursday evening, coffee breaks and

conference materials.



Participants will soon be able to register, pay, and upload abstracts

and papers on the website: http://www.politics-social-media.eu







Calendar:



1st April 2014: Deadline for paper proposals (400-600 words)



1st June 2014: Participants notified of acceptance



15th September 2014: Deadline for full texts







Scientific Committee:



Agnès Alexandre Collier (UB, Dijon)

Mario Anastasiadis (Univ. Bonn)

Gilles Brachotte (UB, Dijon)

Elena Cebrian Guinovart (Univ. CEU, Madrid)

Francine Charest (Univ. Laval)

Fausto Colombo (USC, Milan)

Christelle Crumière (Univ. du Havre)

François De Chantal (Univ. Paris 7)

Barbara De Cock (UCL, Louvain)

Geoff Craig (Univ. of Kent)

Jessica Einspänner (Univ. Bonn)

Alex Frame (UB, Dijon)

Laurent Gautier (UB, Dijon)

Roberto Gelado Marcos (Univ. CEU, Madrid)

Pierre-Paul Gregorio (UB, Dijon)

Pascal Lardellier (UB, Dijon)

Matt Leggett (UB, Dijon)

Fabien Liénard (Univ. du Havre)

Darren Lilleker (Univ. of Bournemouth)

Arnaud Mercier (Univ. de Metz)

Daniel Moatti (Univ de Nice Sophia Antipolis)

Will Noonan (UB, Dijon)

Nanta Novello Paglianti (UB, Dijon)

Sandrine Roginsky (UCL, Louvain)

Brigitte Sebbah (Univ. Paris Est Créteil)

Marina Villa (Uni. Catt., Milan)

Sami Zlitni (Univ. du Havre)



Organisers:



Alex Frame

Gilles Brachotte

Will Noonan

Myriam Segura-Pineiro

Tatiana Kondrashova
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