[ecrea] Announcement for International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 7(4)

*Abstract Announcement for International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) 7(4)*

The contents of the latest issue of:
*International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)*
Volume 7, Issue 4, October - December 2016

*GUEST EDITORIAL PREFACE*

Special Issue on Democratizing Research for Social Justice: The Role of 
Digital Technologies and Audio-Visual Tools

Alejandra Boni (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, 
Valencia, Spain),

Gynna Millan (Queen Mary University of London, London, UK)

To obtain a copy of the Guest Editorial Preface, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=171174&ptid=131916&ctid=15&t=Special 
Issue on Democratizing Research for Social Justice: The Role of Digital 
Technologies and Audio-Visual Tools 
<http://www.igi-global.com/pdf.aspx?tid=171174&ptid=131916&ctid=15&t=Special%20Issue%20on%20Democratizing%20Research%20for%20Social%20Justice:%20The%20Role%20of%20Digital%20Technologies%20and%20Audio-Visual%20Tools>

*ARTICLE 1*

PAR and Digital Inclusion, An Analysis Using the Capabilities Approach 
and Critical Pedagogy

Sammia Cristina Poveda Villalba (United Nations University Institute on 
Computing and Society, Macau)

This paper draws upon the capability approach and critical pedagogy to 
analyse the value of using Problem-posing Education, a participatory 
action research method, in a digital inclusion initiative in Brazil. 
First it the capability approach and explains why using critical 
pedagogy is a valuable way to deal with issues of power, collective 
conscientisation and adaptive preference. To obtain a copy of the entire 
article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/par-and-digital-inclusion-an-analysis-using-the-capabilities-approach-and-critical-pedagogy/171175 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/par-and-digital-inclusion-an-analysis-using-the-capabilities-approach-and-critical-pedagogy/171175>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171175 
<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171175>

*ARTICLE 2*

Playing with Participatory Action Research (PAR): The Role of Digital 
and Audio-Visual Tools

Gioel Gioacchino (Institute Development Studies, University of Sussex, 
Brighton, UK), Kirsten Cheryll Williams (Recrear International, 
Medellin, Colombia)

A myriad of new tools have been integrated into participatory action 
research (PAR). This article reviews the role and effectiveness of 
Photovoice and Participatory Videos as tools for conducting PAR. 
Advocating for experimentation and innovation in research, the authors 
discuss the process of adapting new media and creative techniques to 
PAR. To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/playing-with-participatory-action-research-par/171176 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/playing-with-participatory-action-research-par/171176>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171176 
<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171176>

*ARTICLE 3*

Grassroots Innovation for Human Development: Exploring the Potential of 
Participatory Video

Alejandra Boni (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, 
Valencia, Spain), Monique Leivas (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat 
Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain), Teresa De La Fuente (INGENIO 
(CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de València, Valencia, Spain), 
Sergio Belda-Miquel (INGENIO (CSIC-UPV), Universitat Politècnica de 
València, Valencia, Spain)

Can digital technologies serve to highlight and strengthen the work of 
social organizations that promote human development? This is the 
question the authors want to answer in this article, in which they 
analyse an eight-month participatory video (PV) process, promoted by a 
group of university researchers and conducted in collaboration with two 
grassroots innovations (GI) in the city of Valencia (Spain): the Fuel 
Poverty Group and Sólar Dómada. The innovative component of PV is 
situated in two areas: firstly, as an action research methodology, the 
PV process enables people's participation, with the aim of generating 
learning, agency and contextual knowledge from the participants; 
secondly, the innovation is found in the product, the video itself. The 
video narratives can be used to disseminate the practices of the GIs and 
offer a space for critical reflection on the structural constraints that 
may hamper the diffusion of innovations. To obtain a copy of the entire 
article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/grassroots-innovation-for-human-development/171177 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/grassroots-innovation-for-human-development/171177>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171177 
<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171177>

*ARTICLE 4*

Conducting Video Research in the Social and Solidarity Economy: 
Empowering the Cinderella Economy Towards Social Justice

Sara Calvo (Middlesex University, London, UK), Andres Morales (The Open 
University, London, UK)

This paper focuses on the potential use of visual research for the study 
of the social and solidarity economy, by presenting some of the 
methodological insights and challenges that arise for the use of video 
research in the study of such initiatives reflecting on the authors 
experience of the Living in Minca project. This paper contributes to 
advancing the debate on the use of non-conventional research methods and 
the impact that visual researchers can make by empowering small and 
local practices, which are part of the so-called ‘Cinderella' economy 
towards social justice and reaching audiences outside academia.

To obtain a copy of the entire article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/article/conducting-video-research-in-the-social-and-solidarity-economy/171178 
<http://www.igi-global.com/article/conducting-video-research-in-the-social-and-solidarity-economy/171178>

To read a PDF sample of this article, click on the link below.
www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171178 
<http://www.igi-global.com/viewtitlesample.aspx?id=171178>

*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Mission of IJEP:

The mission of the *International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)* is to 
define and expand the boundaries of e-politics as an emerging area of 
inter-disciplinary research and practice by assisting in the development 
of e-politics theories and empirical models. The journal creates a venue 
for empirical, theoretical, and practical scholarly work on e-politics 
to be published, leading to sharing of ideas between practitioners and 
academics in this field. IJEP contributes to the creation of a community 
of e-politics researchers by serving as a “hub” for related activities, 
such as organizing seminars and conferences on e-politics and 
publication of books on e-politics.

Indices of IJEP:

  * ACM Digital Library
  * Bacon's Media Directory
  * Cabell's Directories
  * DBLP
  * Google Scholar
  * INSPEC
  * JournalTOCs
  * MediaFinder
  * Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS International)
  * The Index of Information Systems Journals
  * The Standard Periodical Directory
  * Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
  * Worldwide Political Abstracts (WPSA)

Coverage of IJEP:

The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) focuses on three major 
topic areas: the politics of information technology function and its 
role within organizations, the politics of virtual communities and 
social networking communities, and the role that electronic media plays 
in community activism and party politics at the local, national, and 
international levels. Within these major areas, specific topics of 
interest to be discussed in the journal include (but are not limited to) 
the following:

  * E-voting and electronically enabled e-government
  * Impact of globalization on the political role played by the IT unit
    within organizations
  * Impact of race and gender on electronically enabled political
    manipulations
  * Party politics and social activism
  * Politics of diffusion of change within organizations
  * Politics of social networking communities, including: learning
    communities, customers' communities, e-dating communities, gaming
    communities, support group communities, etc.
  * Politics of the IT function and role in organizations
  * Politics of virtual communities and social networking communities
  * Politics of geographically based virtual communities
  * Use of electronic media for surveillance manipulation and harassment
  * Use of electronic media in industrial and labor relations
  * Utilization of electronic media for governance and politicking at
    the municipal, state, national, and international levels
  * Utilization of electronic media for political debate, information
    sharing, political decision making, and fundraising

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission 
guidelines 
www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147 
<http://www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147>

Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijep 
<http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147>

Editor-in-Chief: Yasmin Ibrahim (Queen Mary, University of London, 
United Kingdom) and Celia Romm Livermore (Wayne State University, USA)

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