[ecrea] Call for Papers: Violence and Network Society Conference Nov. 6-7th. 2009, Helsinki

> Call for Papers
>
> Violence and Network Society Conference -
> School Shootings in the Contemporary Public Life
>
> November 6-7th 2009, Helsinki
>
> Confirmed speakers:
>
> Professor Stewart R. Clegg, University of Technology, Sidney
> Professor Douglas Kellner, UCLA, Los Angeles.
>
> The two day confernce will take place at the University of Helsinki, Finland.
>
> The conference organisers would like to invite papers from scholars
> with an interest in school shootings in the network society. The
> conference aims to be transdisciplinary and we welcome papers from all
> academic subject areas. Possible themes and subject areas include (but
> are not limited to):
>
> - Journalism: Telling the news about the school shootings. Facing the
> challenges of the information age
>
> - Media and Politics: Internet as the public sphere for school violence
>
> - Media Culture: Circulating hate ­ the role of the new media
> technology and youth cultures
>
> - Media and Society: Mourning rituals in the network society
>
> - Organizational Communication: School shootings and the official society
>
> - Organizational Studies: Crisis management in the network society
>
> - Media Psychology: Mediated fear and hate
>
> - Media Ethics: Ethics of the news gathering
>
> - Violence, Media and Collective Trauma
>
> Interested contributors should send an abstract (maximum 500 words) or
> a panel proposal (maximum 500 words, five participants) including full
> contact details and information on institutional affiliation(s) to the
> organizing committee Chair, Dr Johanna Sumiala, via email
> (johanna.sumiala(at)helsinki.fi), conference secretary BSocSc Minttu
> Tikka (minttu.mt.tikka(at)helsinki.fi) no later than March 31st, 2009.
>
> Notice of acceptance will be given within a month.
>
> Full papers should be sent (likewise via email) no later than
> September 15th, 2009.
>
> More information:
> http://blogs.helsinki.fi/crisisandcommunication/
>
> On behalf of the organizing committee:
> Conference secretary,
> Minttu Tikka
> (minttu.mt.tikka /at/ helsinki.fi)
> +358 9 191 24759

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