[ecrea] Twitter and Microblogging conference, Lancaster University, 10-12 April 2013

Call for papers:

Twitter and Microblogging: Political, Professional and Personal Practices

Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK, 10 - 12 April 2013

Submission deadline: 10th December 2012!!



Twitter and other micro-blogging platforms, with their short messages, 
in some cases circulated to millions of followers, were at first viewed 
with condescension and amusement: famously David Cameron, the British 
Prime Minister, opined, "Too many tweets make a twat." Other media 
initially treated Twitter as offering platforms for celebrities, pools 
of banality, streams of dumbed-down opinions. But people using Twitter 
quickly found an enormous range of diverse uses, revelling in 
opportunities for creativity that microblogging and associated 
applications offered. People involved Twitter in organising revolutions, 
disseminating scientific findings, promoting brands, communicating with 
friends and crafting new forms of artistic endeavours and 
communications. Where Twitter is not allowed, as in China, other 
microblogging platforms have taken on similar functions.

This conference brings together a range of researchers doing detailed 
analyses of the discourse, practices, and social interactions of 
microblogging communities.



Plenary speakers include:

Janet Jones, University of the West of England

Nathan Jurgenson, University of Maryland

Greg Myers, Lancaster University

Ruth Page, University of Leicester

Lee Salter, University of the West of England



Contributions are sought in a variety of formats.  See http://bit.ly/LUtwit



Tweet about #LUTwit: http://bit.ly/T82ViM



Any queries email (lutwit13 /at/ lancaster.ac.uk)

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