[ecrea] CFP Reminder Wikileaks: Journalism, Politics and Ethics

From: Jacob Johanssen <(jacob /at/ cyborgsubjects.org)>

In 2010, WikiLeaks released U.S. embassy diplomatic cables (creating what
some already refer to as the =91Cablegate=92 affair), as well as classified
reports and top secret footage extracted from the wars in Afghanistan and
Iraq. These unprecedented developments ignited a lively international debat=
e
involving politicians, journalists and members of the public, raising
questions and concerns about Wikileaks=92 short and long term political,
legal, ethical and logistical effects. On the one hand, Wikileaks shocked
the international diplomatic community and brought up issues of national
security and censorship. Simultaneously, media experts started exploring
what Wikileaks might mean for (the future of) journalism and how it might
change the role of the Internet in news reporting. Wikileaks also brought t=
o
the table issues concerning the boundaries of digital journalism and raised
questions about how news reporting is done in an age of digital
communications, particularly in what the functions of =91whistleblowers=92 =
and
online leaks are concerned.

Cyborg Subjects (www.cyborgsubjects.org) takes great pleasure and active
interest in placing these issues at the core of its next project. We invite
all interested authors to send full-length articles (3000 words maximum),
short commentaries (500-800 words), interviews or book reviews (1000-1500
words) to (submissions /at/ cyborgsubjects.org)
. Artworks, Videos, Performances, etc. related to the topic are also very
welcome.
Contributions may wish to report, comment on or review theoretical and
empirical insights into topics such as the following (and beyond):
=95What is the relationship between the most recent Wikileaks and the recen=
t
uprisings in the Arab world?
=95Why has Wikileaks provoked such a huge amount of controversy and
international reaction?
=95 What are the main legal and ethical issues raised by Wikileaks?
=95Wikileaks: freedom of speech and the right to information. Where is the
line drawn? Does this line even exist?
=95 Wikileaks: privacy, online data protection and national security.
=95 What are the implications of Wikileaks for the study and conceptualizin=
g
of new media journalism and political communication?
=95 Is Wikileaks a journalistic organization?
=95 Can Wikileaks be considered investigative journalism?
=95 How does Wikileaks challenge traditional journalistic standards?
=95 What type of media activism is served by Wikileaks?
=95 What is the role of =91whistleblowers=92 in Wikileaks (e.g. the case of
Bradley Manning)?
=95 What are the policy implications of the extrajudicial tactics deployed =
to
censor Wikileaks?
=95 What does the collaboration between WikiLeaks and traditional newspaper=
s
have to say about the future of mass media technologies?
=95 How is Wikileaks=92 editor in chief, Julian Assange, significant as a p=
ublic
figure? How, and by whom is he being =91sanctified=92 or =91demonized=92?
=95 What is significant (feminist, post-feminist and/or non-feminist
discussions welcome) about Julian Assange's accusations of rape, in the
midst of the WikiLeaks international scandal?
=95 How can researchers (ethically) deal with data published by WikiLeaks?
=95 How =91unexpected=92 were the insights revealed by Wikileaks? Do they d=
efy, or
merely confirm public expectations of what goes on behind political fa=E7ad=
es?

We invite all those interested to send their full contribution (including a
150-200 word abstract) to (submissions /at/ cyborgsubjects.org), by June 6, 2011.
Contributors are free to use any reference style systems (e.g., APA, Harvar=
d
etc), as long as they are consistent in how they cite their sources
throughout the article, and use endnotes, rather than footnotes, for
citations.
Cyborg Subjects offers a radical and new review system. We believe that
knowledge should be free and that the process of knowledge production shoul=
d
not be obfuscated by the less transparent, =93knowledge is power=94 peer re=
view
system associated with traditional academic journals. Therefore, submitted
articles will be published as they come in and reviews will be posted as
comments. Authors are asked to engage in the ensuing discussion and to
comment on the review, as well as on other individuals=92 (potential)
reactions to the article.
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