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