[ecrea] CfP: International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2017: Track Political Communication & Public Spheres in a Digital Age

cfp: International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2017: 
Track Political Communication & Public Spheres in a Digital Age


Call for proposals - Deadline: December 12, 2016

CeDEM 17 | INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR E-DEMOCRACY AND OPEN GOVERNMENT 2017
TRACK: POLITICAL COMMUNICATION & PUBLIC SPHERES IN A DIGITAL AGE
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May 17-19, 2017, Danube University Krems, Austria

Download the full CfP at hwww.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem17

Theme and Rationale
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The international Conference for e-Democracy and Open Government (CeDEM) 
brings together e-democracy, e-participation and open government 
specialists working in academia, politics, government and business to 
critically analyse the innovations, issues, ideas and challenges in the 
networked societies of the digital age.


Track: Political Communication & Public Spheres in a Digital Age

Digital communication is affecting all areas of political communication 
on a macro-, meso- and micro-level. Studying current phenomena like the 
UK referendum to leave the European Union, the campaign of Donald Trump, 
or other populist attempts to use migration, terrorism or security issue 
are challenging not only political actions, but also researchers. It is 
paramount to critically (re-)assess traditional models of democracy, the 
(transnational) public sphere, to analyse and compare the changing 
structure of the media environment and its impacts on discourse, 
participation, the effects of digital media on its users in a political 
context, as well as communication strategies of political organizations. 
We invite empirical and/or theoretical contributions, as well as case 
studies on the changing nature of the relationship between citizens, the 
public, political actors and the media in a digital environment.
Typical issues might include, but are not limited to:
- The implications of a (transnational) networked public sphere on the 
quality of modern democracy, discourses and political decision making;
- Policy debates in a digital environment;
- The role of experts in digital policy debates;
- New agents and actors in the digital sphere;
- Discourse structures, strategic framing, and issue careers;
- Interactions and interdependencies between digital and traditional media;
- New journalistic practices in a digital age;
- Propaganda and deception in online discourse;
- Diffusion of political communication online;
- Critical assessments and reflections on a networked public sphere;
- The role of counter-publics and populist political actors;
- Effects of digital communication on user perceptions, attitudes, and 
political orientation;
- Digital communication strategies and news management of political 
organizations in national and supranational contexts (e.g. government 
communication, strategies of international organizations, populist 
political communication).


Submission and Selection Process
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We invite individuals from academic and applied backgrounds as well as 
business, public authorities, NGOs, NPOs and education institutions to 
submit their papers, reflections as well as workshop proposals to the 
topics addressed in the tracks. We welcome interdisciplinary approaches 
to the conference topics/tracks:
• Research papers/Case studies/Project papers: 12 pages maximum 
(double-blind peer- reviewed);
• Reflections: 6 pages maximum (selected by the chairs);
• Workshops: 4 pages maximum (selected by the chairs);
• PhD Colloquium papers: 3 pages maximum (excluding literature list; 
selected by the
colloquium track directors);


Important Dates
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• Submission deadline for all papers, workshop proposals, reflections: 
12 December 2016
• Notification of acceptance: 13 February 2017
• Camera-ready paper submission and author registration: 6 March 2017
• Conference: 17-19 May 2017


Track Organizers
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Christina Hainzl (Danube University)
Jonas Kaiser (Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Hardvard 
University)
Francisco Seoane Perez (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Cornelius 
Puschmann (Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society and 
Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research at the University of Hamburg)
Markus Rhomberg (Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen)

For information please contact (markus.rhomberg /at/ zu.de).

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