[ecrea] Cfp: "Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology" conference

Cfp: "Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology" conference
organised by IPSA-RC 34, IPSA-RC 22 and IPSA-RC 10 in
Rovinj, Croatia


CALL FOR PAPERS

Conference

"Communication, Democracy and Digital Technology"

organised by IPSA-RC 34, IPSA-RC 22, IPSA-RC 10


Hotel ?Lone?, Rovinj, Croatia, 2 - 3 October 2015

The conference is organised by a committee formed from IPSA RC10
(Electronic Democracy), RC22 (Political Communication) and RC34
(Quality of Democracy). The conference is going to take place in
cooperation with the Faculty of Political Science, University of Zagreb.
The conference theme focuses on the intersection between the work of
three strands of political science, all of which ask questions of
vital importance for the well-being of democracy globally. These
questions revolve around measures, standards and analyses of the
quality of democracy, the role of political communication in enhancing
democracy and the extent that information and communication technology
offers potential for a richer, interactive and co-created politics.
Without imposing any normative ontologies onto the discussion we
inquire how communicative acts, particularly but not exclusively those
which take place using digital technologies, contribute positively or
negatively to the quality of the democratic experience for citizens
and to sustaining active democracies.
We therefore invite papers which contribute theoretically and
empirically to this and relevant debates. Papers should have the
concept of democracy (political participation, engagement and
deliberation) at their heart and make explicit links to the
contribution from theory and practice of digital political
communication either by governments, political parties or candidates,
media organisations, citizens, non-governmental actors or social
movements. Papers focusing on cross-national comparative analyses are
particularly welcome.
Selection will be based on the submission of abstracts which should
contain the following information:
?	Title
?	Author and Affiliation
?	Core theoretical premise of the paper
?	Methodology and relevant information on data collection and analysis
?	Key findings or questions that analysis will address if ongoing research

Abstracts should not be longer than 500 words.
Abstracts should be emailed (toipsa2015 /at/ fpzg.hr)  and must be received
by 20 January 2015. Notifications of acceptance will be sent by 1
March 2015.

The conference will take place in Rovinj, one of the most picturesque
towns in the Mediterranean (http://www.tzgrovinj.hr). For more
information on paper submission, registration, location, travel and
accommodation check
http://www.fpzg.unizg.hr/en/ipsa_conference_croatia_2015.

If you have any questions about the conference please contact
organising committee (atipsa2015 /at/ fpzg.hr)  or Dr Marijana Grbesa on
behalf of the local partner, Faculty of Political Science, University
of Zagreb (atgrbesa /at/ fpzg.hr).




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