Workshop: ?E-democracy and Political Communication?
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 24-26 May 2010
Organised by the Institute for New Media and Democracy
Supported by the International Political Science
Association (IPSA) Research Committee 10
And in partnership with DEL research network
Call for papers
DEADLINE = 15 March 2010
IPSA's Research Committee 10 on Electronic
democracy and the Institute for New Media and
EDemocracy in partnership with Electronic
Democracy (DEL) research network
(<http://www.certop.fr/DEL>http://www.certop.fr/DEL)
announce call for papers for the upcoming IPSA
Workshop on ?E-Democracy and Political Communication? that will be
held in Dubrovnik, Inter University Center,
Croatia from 24 to 26 May 2010. The Workshop is
a part of the annual Information Technology and
Journalism conference organised by the Faculty
of Political Science in Zagreb and the Institute for New Media and E-Democracy.
The Workshop invites papers that focus on the following topics:
? E-campaigning
? On-line deliberation
? Internet and (re)conceptualisation of the public
? Internet and the empowerment of ?citizen-consumer?
? The role of the Internet in political engagement of youth
? The influence of different forms of on-line activism on political cynicism
? On-line and off-line campaigning: towards convergence or takeover?
? Internet and personalisation of politics
? Internet and the idea of civic (public) journalism
? Discussion on four different models of
e-democracy: consumerist, plebiscitary, pluralist and participative
Paper proposals should list the author's name,
address, university affiliations, telephone,
fax, and email, followed by the paper's title
and an abstract. All abstracts should be written
in English and should not exceed 500 words. All
paper proposals should be sent to
<mailto:(ivona /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(ivona /at/ edemokracija.hr)
Submission deadline is 15 March 2010. All
submissions will be reviewed by the Programme
committee and acceptance notifications will be sent until 31 March 2010.
Participants who are not contributors (i.e. who
do not propose a paper) can apply through our
web site
<http://www.edemocracyinstitute.eu>www.edemocracyinstitute.eu.
Application for non-contributors starts on 15
February 2010. Please note that the number of
non-contributing participants is limited so we
encourage you to apply as early as
possible.
For further information please visit:
<http://www.edemocracyinstitute.eu>www.edemocracyinstitute.eu
Conference Chairs:
Prof. dr. Nenad Prelog (<mailto:(nenad /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(nenad /at/ edemokracija.hr))
Dr. Domagoj Bebi (<mailto:(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr))
Programme committee:
? Prof. dr. Harald Baldersheim, member of the
IPSA RC10 board (University of Oslo, Institute
for statsvitenskap)
? Prof. dr. Norbert Kersting, chair of the IPSA
RC10 board (Stellenbosch University,
Department of Political Science)
? Prof. dr. Nenad Prelog, Institute for New
Media and E-democracy and University of Zadar,
Department of Communication and Tourism
? Prof. dr. Damir Boras, University of Zagreb,
Faculty of Philosophy, Department of Information
Sciences
? Prof. dr. Robert M. Hayes, University of
California Los Angeles, Graduate School of Education
and Information Studies
? Prof. dr. Robert P. Bergland, Missouri Western
State University, Department of English,
Foreign Languages and Journalism
? Prof. dr. Stjepan Malovi , University of
Dubrovnik, Department of Media Studies and University
of Zadar, Department of Communication and Tourism
? Prof. dr. Josip Vidakovi , University of
Zadar, Department of Communication and Tourism
? dr. Marijana Grbe?a, University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science
Organising committee: dr. Domagoj Bebi
(<mailto:(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr)),
Institute for New Media and
Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Zagreb
Contact Details:
Prof. dr. Nenad Prelog (president)
<mailto:(nenad /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(nenad /at/ edemokracija.hr)
Domagoj Bebi (secretary general)
<mailto:(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr)
Ivona Gelo (Communication Coordinator)
<mailto:(ivona /at/ edemokracija.hr)>(ivona /at/ edemokracija.hr)
?ibenska 1, 10 000 Zagreb, Hrvatska
t: 01 307 9113 f: 01 307 9113
<http://www.edemocracyinstitute.eu>www.edemocracyinstitute.eu
<mailto:(domagoj /at/ edemokracija.hr)>
