[eccr] 1st Global Conference: Interactive Convergence: Research in

>1st Global Conference: Interactive Convergence: Research in
>Multimedia
>7 to 9 August 2003, Prague, Czech Republic
>
>Keynote Speaker: Professor Bruce Klopfenstein
>Director, Dowden Center
>Grady College
>University of Georgia
>
>Call For Papers
>(Please cross post where appropriate)
>
>This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference
>marks the launch of a new annual project in the Critical
>Issues series of research projects. The project aims to
>provide a challenging forum for the examination and
>evaluation of the theme of  'convergence' in media and
>multimedia. Viewing multimedia research as a divergent
>and multi-layered phenomenon, the conference series
>seeks to provide a forum whereby people working in
>differing disciplines and professions can become aware
>of and share the perspectives generated by
>developments in areas other than their own.
>
>One of the primary goals of the project will be to evaluate
>the issue of where the study of Interactive Multimedia
>properly belongs. Is it a part of Computer Science, Art and
>Design, Communication, Education, Business,
>Psychology, Sociology or any of the many other
>disciplines? Or is Interactive Multimedia an
>interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary area in its own
>right?
>
>The aim of the inaugural conference will be to examine
>Research in Multimedia in its many disciplines in an
>attempt to identify and critique its characteristics, its
>impact and the implications for its integration into our
>every day lives.
>
>Papers, reports, presentations and workshops are invited
>on any of the following themes:
>
>Usability and design
>Visual design
>Virtual communities and collaborative work
>Social impacts such as online pornography, internet
>addiction, and gender divides
>E-commerce and E-Business
>Games and game theory
>Education
>Hypermedia
>Mobility and Wireless Access
>
>This is an indicative list - and papers dealing with
>related themes will be considered.
>
>Papers will be peer reviewed. All papers accepted for and
>presented at the conference will be published in an ISBN
>e-Book. Selected papers will be developed and published
>in a themed hard copy book.
>
>500 word abstracts are to be submitted to the Joint
>Organising Chairs by Friday 2nd May 2003:
>Dr. Melissa Lee Price
>PO Box 660
>College Road
>Staffordshire University
>Stoke on Trent, UK ST4 2XN
>email: (m.l.price /at/ staffs.ac.uk)
>
>Dr Rob Fisher
>c/o Learning Solutions
>Priory House
>149B Wroslyn Road
>Freeland, Oxfordshire OX29 8HR
>Email: (rf /at/ inter-disciplinary.net)
>
>Papers should be sent as an email attachment in Word or
>WordPerfect; abstracts can also be submitted in the body
>of the email text rather than as an attachment.
>
>The conference is sponsored by Staffordshire University,
>Learning Solutions and Inter-Disciplinary.Net
>
>Further details and information about the Critical Issues
>in Multimedia project can be found at
>http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/cimm.htm
>For specific information about the conference, please go
>to:
>http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/rim03cfp.htm

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Carpentier Nico (Phd)
Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University Brussels
Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication (SMIT)
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