[ecrea] M/C "citizen - CFP Deadline extended to 20th February.

>                           M/C - Media and Culture
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><http://www.media-culture.org.au/>http://www.media-culture.org.au/
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>            is calling for contributors to the 'citizen' issue of
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><http://journal.media-culture.org.au/>http://journal.media-culture.org.au/
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>M/C Journal is looking for new contributors. M/C is a crossover journal
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>between the popular and the academic, and a blind- and peer-reviewed
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>journal. In 2008, M/C Journal celebrates its tenth anniversary.
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>To see what M/C Journal is all about, check out our Website, which contains
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>all the issues released so far, at 
><<http://journal.media-culture.org.au/>http://journal.media-culture.org.au/>.
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>To find out how and in what format to contribute your work, visit
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><<http://journal.media-culture.org.au/journal/submission.php>http://journal.media-culture.org.au/journal/submission.php>.
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>                         Call for Papers: 'citizen'
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>                  Edited by Jason Wilson and Barry Saunders
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>Citizen is a word we hear more frequently all the time, but it's also one
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>whose meaning has never seemed less clear. "Citizen journalists" and "e-
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>citizenship" initiatives are everywhere, but so are signs of crisis in
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>democratic institutions and processes.
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>The online tools used to promote new forms of active citizenship are
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>products of an era where the traditional focus of citizenship - the nation
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>- seems far less powerful and important than ever in the face of global
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>flows of capital, communication and culture. The exhortations to pursue new
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>forms of political engagement - like public affairs blogging and citizen
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>journalism - can only be read alongside the mounting evidence of a
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>widespread disengagement from politics. It's not clear whether or how
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>democratic institutions can (or ought to) adapt themselves to the changing
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>modes of participation. And it's also unclear whether the online spaces
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>given over to political debate do anything more than further polarize our
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>conversations. But can institutions and an increasingly diverse online
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>public sphere change and adapt to one another to renew democratic
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>participation?
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>For this edition of M/C Journal, we're looking for pieces that weigh up the
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>impact of new forms of political participation. We'd especially like to
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>encourage articles that reflect on concrete attempts to increase
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>participation in the political process, and to promote citizenship. Whether
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>you'd like to reflect on an initiative you've participated in, or link
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>theory with interesting examples of media practice and activism, we'd like
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>to feature your contribution.
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>Submit papers of 3,000 words in length to the editors at
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>(citizen /at/ journal.media-culture.org.au).
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>Article deadline:     20TH FEBRUARY
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>Issue release date:   12 March 2008
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>M/C Journal was founded (as "M/C - A Journal of Media and Culture") in 1998
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>as a place of public intellectualism analysing and critiquing the meeting
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>of media and culture. Contributors are directed to past issues of M/C
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>Journal for examples of style and content, and to the submissions page for
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>comprehensive article submission guidelines. M/C Journal articles are blind
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>peer-reviewed.
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>Further M/C Journal issues scheduled for 2008 and 2009:
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>'citizen': article deadline 18 January 2008, release date 20TH FEBRUARY 2008
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>'equal':   article deadline  7 March 2008,   release date  7 May 2008
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>'able':    article deadline  2 May 2008,     release date  2 July 2008
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>'publish': article deadline 27 June 2008,    release date 27 August 2008
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>'country': article deadline 22 August 2008,  release date 22 October 2008
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>'recover': article deadline 10 October 2008, release date 10 December 2008
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>'still':   article deadline 16 January 2009, release date 11 March 2009
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>M/C - Media and Culture is located at 
><<http://www.media-culture.org.au/>http://www.media-culture.org.au/>.
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>M/C Journal is online at 
><<http://journal.media-culture.org.au/>http://journal.media-culture.org.au/>.
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>All past issues of M/C Journal on various topics are available there.
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>--
>Dr. Jason Wilson
>Research Associate, Creative Industries Faculty at QUT.
>Editor, youdecide2007.
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>Tel +61 07 31380154
>Mob +61 0423913297
>Email (j5.wilson /at/ qut.edu.au)
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><http://youdecide2007.org>http://youdecide2007.org
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