[ecrea] CFP for Digital Divide Research Preconference at ICA 2014/Seattle Conference

I would like to encourage you to submit abstracts for the Digital Divide 
and Inclusion ICA Preconference. The deadline for submissions is 20 
January 2014. I hope you will join us in Seattle to share your insights 
and expertise -- please read more about the call of proposals here: 
http://www.icahdq.org/conf/2014/aroundtheworldcfp.asp.

If you have any local or regional networks that you can distribute this 
to, please do. I am organising the European contributions so proposals 
from ECREA members in particular are very, very welcome. Contact me 
directly if you have queries.

Best regards,

Ellen Helsper
(e.j.helsper /at/ lse.ac.uk)
@ellenhel

Here is more information about the preconference submission:

Communication and “The Good Life” Around the World After Two Decades of the Digital Divide

Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) Preconference
International Communication Association (ICA) 2014 Conference
Seattle, Washington, USA
Thursday, 22 May 2014

*** Submit an Abstract to Present Your Work During the Preconference
Deadline: 20 January 2014, 11:59 p.m. U.S. Pacific Time
Notification of Acceptance: 1 February 2014

Submissions are welcome from scholars at all stages of their careers as well as from policymakers and practitioners, from any theoretical and methodological approach, and across multiple disciplines engaged in research that informs issues related to the digital divide, including, but not limited to:
- gaps in access and connectivity
- digital inclusion
- digital exclusion
- digital (dis)engagement
- challenges and opportunities
- social and cultural aspects of the divide
- the skills and digital/information literacy needed to interpret, understand, and navigate information presented online
- the impact of socioeconomic factors on user behavior
- the role of motivation
- differences in patterns of usage
- characteristics and conceptualizations of non-users
- how people use the Internet to create content
- different forms of capital and power relationships
- the impact of new and evolving technologies
- the mobile divide
- the interplay of influence with mobile technologies
- socioeconomic and cultural effects
- community informatics
- social informatics
- international development
- education
- health
- politics and civic engagement
- telecommunication policy
- the application of research to communities, practice, and public and private sector initiatives

If desired, each author may submit one sole authored work and one or more co-authored works, but each individual can only make one presentation at the Preconference so additional submissions would have to be presented by another member of the co-authorship team.

Please include the following information in your submission:
- Title of presentation
- Name(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es) of author(s)
- On co-authored submissions, the name, affiliation, and email address of the author who will be presenting the work at the Preconference
- A 1 page (250 words excluding notes and references) abstract in 12 pt. Times New Roman in Word doc/docx format



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