[ecrea] 2nd CFP: Violence and Network Society Conference November 6-7th 2009 in Helsinki

> Second Call For Papers - Please notice deadline extention!
>
> Violence and Network Society Conference -
> School Shootings in the Contemporary Public Life
>
> November 6-7th 2009, Helsinki
>
> Confirmed speakers:
>
> Professor Barbie Zelizer, Annenberg School for Communication, University
> of Pensylvania
> 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
>
> - Psychology: Fear and Hate in the Network Society
>
> - Ethics: Ethics of the News Gathering
>
> - Violence, Media and Collective Trauma
>
> - Visual Culture: Images of Violence
>
> - Law, Politics and the Age of Insecurity
>
> 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 May 15th, 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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