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[Commlist] Special Issue & Virtual Conference: Digital Futures A Human Centred Digitization and Communication
Wed Sep 22 23:49:25 GMT 2021
CONNECTIST ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SCIENCES
SPECIAL ISSUE
DIGITAL FUTURES: A HUMAN CENTRED DIGITIZATION AND COMMUNICATION
CALL FOR PAPERS
CONNECTIST Istanbul University Journal of Communication Sciences, Issue 63
Issue Guest Editors:
* Dr. Paul Elmer (University of Westminster, UK)
Associate Head of Westminster Business School
* Dr. Candan Celik Elmer (University of Central Lancashire, UK)
Senior Lecturer/Associate Prof.
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DIGITAL FUTURES: A HUMAN CENTRED DIGITIZATION AND COMMUNICATION
VIRTUAL CONFERENCE
May 26-27, 2022
This call for papers is for publication of a special issue of
Connectist. It is combined with a call for submissions to a virtual
conference on the same theme, which may precede publication.
Participants in the virtual conference on Digital Futures: A Human
Centred Digitization and Communication will benefit from feedback and an
opportunity to refine or develop work, prior to submission to the
associated journal. Also, it will be a great opportunity to network
with other researchers from different parts of the world to open a
discussion on various emerging topics, compare practices in different
communities, and develop research networks.
Successful submission to the journal does not depend upon participation
in the conference, and nor does participation in the conference
guarantee publication, but we aim that these two activities will support
each other, and our participants, as they develop work for publication
in the Connectist special issue Digital Futures: A Human Centred
Digitization and Communication
If you would like to be considered as a participant for the virtual
conference, please submit a word document containing:
- title of the project
- author(s) name
- author(s) affiliation(s)
- author(s) organization(s)
- 500-word abstract.
Submission Deadline: February 4, 2022
Email submissions to (connectist /at/ istanbul.edu.tr)
<mailto:(connectist /at/ istanbul.edu.tr)>
Notification of acceptance: March 4, 2022.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Connectist special issue
The way we experience change has been characterised as a Fourth
Industrial Revolution (4IR). This single phrase simply, but perhaps
unhelpfully, refers to a broad sweep of ongoing socio-economic change,
and invites us to experience our lives as subject to rapid, simultaneous
and systematic transformation. Such changes are framed by advances in
science and technology, expressed through new ways of living, working
and communicating with each other. The term has been applied to explain
blurred geographical boundaries, challenges to existing regulatory
frameworks, and even to redefine what it means to be human (World
Economic Forum, 2018).
Further explanations enrich this narrative of change. A discernible
optimism flows from some accounts, in which the violence of coal, steam
and water in the first industrial revolution, contrasts with a positive
emphasis on bringing together the potentials of human and machine in the
fourth. Change in the 4IR is suspected of being faster and deeper than
any other revolutions (Pollitzer, 2019), and some of those changes touch
upon what it means to be a human, and challenge us to develop a
human-centred approach for the future (World Economic Forum, 2021). The
fusion of digital technologies in the shape of robotics, machine
learning, ICT, big data, augmented reality, affect all aspects of our
lives, from how we work to how we learn, how we consume and how we
communicate. Through these instruments, it is claimed, the Fourth
Industrial Revolution will change not only what we do, but also who we
are. In consequence, change is focussed at the level of the individual;
as change to our identity and all the issues associated with it, our
sense of privacy, our notions of ownership, our consumption patterns,
the time we devote to work and leisure, and how we develop our careers,
cultivate our skills, meet people, and nurture relationships (Schwap, 2016).
We can quantify beyond doubt a digital transformation that has touched
all aspects of human life and society. More than five billion people
have mobile phones (Pewresearch, 2019). There are 4.66 billion active
internet users, which is 59.5% of the global population. Most internet
users, 4.32 billion, use a mobile device to access the internet, and
over 3.6 billion people are using social media worldwide which will
increase 4.41 billion in 2025 (Statistica, 2021).
During the rapid period of social change prompted by Covid-19, observers
have pointed out that the digital and physical space has merged in new
ways, and the expansion of digital technologies into areas of human life
appeared to gather pace. When the pandemic enforced restrictions on face
to face and physical communication, human behaviours quickly adopted
digital communication technologies and we observed new individual
habits. We rapidly learned how to celebrate the birthday parties on
WhatsApp, have meetings with our colleagues on Teams, or watch films
with our friends in a Netflix Party. Socially, our city streets were
busy with delivery drivers, taking parcels to online shoppers while
retail districts were deserted, and many retailers remained closed. By
necessity, many people adopted new ways of communicating; some of these
adaptations may become permanent. Yet we also felt the loss of physical
contact with one another and suffered the absence of traditional
communication. Across the globe, humans experienced a wave of change as
digital technology rapidly altered our behaviours. As a result, now is
the right time to explore salient questions about the prospects for
human-centred digitization and communication.
In this issue we would like to explore how the changing role of
technology in our communication experience, and understanding of,
societies, economies, human relations, businesses, and environment. We
would like to question how individuals and societies can shape the
future using technology, and how digital futures will change human
experience. We are interested in exploring the optimism that has
attached to 4IR; how technology and digital transformation can be
deployed to improve the quality of communication and life in all areas.
We believe the more we understand about the impact of this change on our
lives, we can be the part of this change and we have the ability to
manage this change.
We welcome all articles exploring the human-digital technologies
relationship in communication and we have two specific questions to answer:
How digital technologies will positively contribute future of human
communication?
How can we deal with the negative outcomes of digital technologies on
human communication?
In these subject areas:
Media and creative industries
Smart environment and smart cities
Future of work
Equitable digital future
Future of education
Understanding of new society
Consumer engagement and consumer behaviour.
Publication Details
Papers must not exceed 7,000 words. Papers for publication must be in
English. Submissions will receive double peer review. You can find the
author guidelines at the
https://iupress.istanbul.edu.tr/en/journal/connectist/information/author-guidelines
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If you have further questions you can contact to issue editors.
Dr. Paul Elmer (P.Elmer /at/ westminster.ac.uk) <mailto:(P.Elmer /at/ westminster.ac.uk)>
Dr. Candan Celik Elmer (Ccelik /at/ uclan.ac.uk) <mailto:(Ccelik /at/ uclan.ac.uk)>
Please submit your papers for the journal with the title page. Title
page should include;
- title of the project
- author(s) name
- author(s) affiliation(s)
- author(s) organization(s)
- author(s) email address(es) and telephone number(s).
Important Dates:
Submission Deadline for Virtual Conference: February 4, 2022
Notification of Acceptance for Virtual Conference: March 4, 2022
Virtual Conference: 26-27 May, 2022
Deadline for Initial Connectist Submission: June 10, 2022
Deadline for Final Connectist Manuscripts: October 7, 2022
No payment from the authors will be required.
Bibliography:
Pew Research Center. (2019). Smartphone Ownership Is Growing Rapidly
Around the World, but Not Always Equal.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2019/02/05/smartphone-ownership-is-growing-rapidly-around-the-world-but-not-always-equally/
Pollitzer, E. (2019). Creating A Better Future: Four Scenarios for
Digital Technologies Could Change The World. Journal of International
Affairs, Vol. 72, No: 1, 75-90.
Samans, R. & Davis, N. (2017). Human Centered Economic Progress in the
Fourth Industrial Revolution: A leadership Agenda For G20 Governments.
World Economic Forum.
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Advancing_Human_Centred_Economic_Progress_WP_2017.pdf
Schway, K. (2016) The Fourth Industrial Revolution: What It Means, How
to Respond. World Economic Forum.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2016/01/the-fourth-industrial-revolution-what-it-means-and-how-to-respond/
Statistica. (Jan, 2021). Global Digital Population as of January 2021.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/617136/digital-population-worldwide/
Statistica. (2021). Number of social network users worldwide from 2017
to 2025.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/278414/number-of-worldwide-social-network-users/
World Economic Forum. (2018). Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
http://www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_Center_4th_Industrial_Revolution.pdf
World Economic Forum. (2021). Fourth Industrial Revolution.
https://www.weforum.org/focus/fourth-industrial-revolution
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