[ecrea] CfP 'China and the global information society: A West-East-discourse'

We invite submissions for our track on 'China and the global information 
society: A West-East-discourse’

http://summit.is4is.org/calls/call-for-papers/china-and-the-global-information-society 


at the

ISIS Summit Vienna 2015


THE INFORMATION SOCIETY AT THE CROSSROADS
Response and Responsibility of the Sciences of Information

Vienna University of Technology, June 3-7, 2015 (Austria)



Kind regards,
Thomas Herdin & Robert M. Bichler


Objectives

The People’s Republic of China, with an estimated total population going 
beyond 1.35 billions, is one of the fastest growing telecommunication 
markets in the world, whereas the total number of Internet users for 
example exceeds the number of users in the European Union. There is no 
doubt that the country is becoming a new superpower in various ways, 
including the IT sector. Although China is becoming a central player in 
the offline- and online-world, there are still many misconceptions, 
especially in the West, about the way the information society is 
emerging and shaped by the citizens. This track strives for shedding 
more light on current developments taking place in China on its way to 
an information society by providing a discussion forum for Eastern and 
Western scholars.


Subjects and scope

Possible theoretical and empirical contributions include, but are not 
limited to the following questions and topics.

Questions:

·      What myths concerning the information society in China are 
dominant from a Western perspective?

·      How is the Western information society represented in the Chinese 
academic discourse?

·      What are the prevailing topics in Chinese information society 
research and how do they differ from the Western focus?

·      How does the current economic crisis influence the emerging 
Chinese information society?

·      Are traditional Chinese norms and values transferred to the 
information society or are they transformed due to the use of technologies?

·      What consequences does the rise of an information society have on 
the individual’s self-construction and the social embedding of Chinese 
citizens?

·      How does the information society affect the ways social 
relationships are experienced and managed in China?

·      How can the Western world and China learn from each other?

·      What are the methodological challenges in cross-cultural 
(West-East) research?

·      What are the opportunities and challenges concerning 
Western-Chinese information society research cooperations?

·      What new areas of conflict can arise between China and the 
Western world?


Topics (comparisons are favoured where appropriate):

·      Governance and government in the information society

·      Health in the information society

·      Digital Divide

·      New forms of participation and empowerment in the information society

·      Cross-cultural comparison: methodological challenges and research 
paradigms

·      The influences of values on information societies (regarding 
intercultural and transcultural dimensions)

·      Legal issues

·      Ecological challenges and opportunities

·      Technological challenges and opportunities


Format

The track will consist of presentations (20 minutes each) and time for 
discussion (10 minutes each).


Submissions

Please submit an abstract (up to 1000 words) of your proposed paper, 
including your affiliation, contact information and up to five keywords.



Contacts

(thomas.herdin /at/ sbg.ac.at)
(robert.bichler /at/ sbg.ac.at)


Important Dates

Submission deadline: 27 February 2015
Notification of acceptance: 20 March 2015






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Ass.Prof. Dr. Thomas Herdin
University of Salzburg
Department of Communication Science
Transcultural Communication
Rudolfskai 42, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
e-mail: (tom /at/ herdin.at) www.herdin.at
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