Call for Book Chapter Proposals: "Politics in the Information Age"

Call for Book Chapter Proposals: Politics in the Information Age,
Springer, Chapter Proposal Deadline: Nov. 30, 2011

It would be appreciated if you could forward this call for chapter
proposals to anyone who might be interested.


Editors: Jonathan Bishop and Ashu M. G. Solo

Publisher: Springer

Publisher Web Site: http://springer.com

Web Site for Call for Chapter Proposals: http://polnetics.com

Email Address for Submissions: submissions@polnetics.com

Email Address for Inquiries: jonathan.bishop@polnetics.com


Book Purpose

Technology and particularly the Internet have brought about many changes
in the realm of politics. Recent revolutions in many countries in the
Middle East and North Africa have started in large part due to social
networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social networking has
also played a role in protests and riots in numerous countries. The
whistleblower Web site Wikileaks has had a tremendous impact in exposing
government corruption. Politicians and candidates use their own Web
sites and social networking profiles to get their message out. The
mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as
anybody can set up a blog or post an article or video online. Political
activists can network together online. Voting is often done using
electronic voting machines, which has created many problems. In the
future, voting will likely be done over the Internet, but there are many
issues that need to be worked out. Internet freedom and equal access
are important issues that have many facets. These kinds of issues will
be studied in the research book Politics in the Information Age being
edited by A. M. G. Solo and J. Bishop.


Chapter Proposal Submissions

Please email chapter proposals including an abstract (approximately 100
words) and short professional biographies of the chapter authors to
submissions@polnetics.com by November 30, 2011.


Potential Topics

Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

Political Revolutions, Political Protests, and Citizen Activism in the
Information Age
-- role of social networking in political revolutions
-- role of social networking in political revolutions in the Middle East
and North Africa
-- role of social networking in political protests
-- role of social networking in political riots in the U.K.
-- online petitions
-- political blogs
-- online political videos
-- political vlogs
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Whistleblowing in the Information Age
-- Wikileaks
-- whistleblower Web sites
-- transparency
-- advantages and disadvantages of transparency
-- whistleblowing
-- whistleblower protection
-- whistleblower prosecution
-- whistleblower persecution
-- lawsuits against whistleblowers
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Political Campaigns in the Information Age
-- online campaigning
-- online campaigning using social networking
-- online campaigning using multimedia tools
-- political activism on the Internet
-- political debates on the Internet
-- e-participation
-- virtual town hall
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Voting in the Information Age
-- e-voting
-- remote e-voting over Internet
-- e-voting advantages and risks
-- electronic voting theft
-- stolen elections through e-voting
-- electronic instant runoff voting (IRV)
-- case studies
-- future research directions

Internet Freedom
-- global access to information
-- equal access to information
-- government restriction on access to Web sites
-- freedom to connect on the Internet
-- freedom to organize on the Internet
-- net neutrality
-- privacy issues in the information age
-- right to privacy on the Internet
-- citizen surveillance on the Internet
-- warrantless wiretapping
-- freedom of expression in the information age
-- free speech in the information age
-- Internet censorship
-- freedom of religion on the Internet
-- netizen rights
-- domain name seizures without due process
-- disability accommodation in technology usage
-- Internet access in prisons
-- digital divide
-- case studies
-- future research directions


Tentative Deadlines

Chapter proposal deadline: November 30, 2011
Full chapter deadline: March 31, 2012
Chapter review deadline: June 15, 2012
Chapter review results returned: June 30, 2012
Chapter revisions deadline: August 31, 2012
Deadline: 30/11/2011
Organiza: Springer


Mais informações: http://springer.com/

International Communication Association 2012 Preconference. New Media and Citizenship in Asia: Social Media, Politics, and Community-Building

Call for papers
New Media and Citizenship in Asia:
Social Media, Politics, and Community-Building
International Communication Association 2012 Preconference
Phoenix AZ, USA - May 24, 2012
http://www.politicalcommunication.org/announcements.html#icaasia

Abstracts of no more than 500 words are due on November 28, 2011.

The role of new communication technologies, such as the internet, social media, and mobile phones in political and civic engagement has generated significant interest not only from scholars, but also from organizations, politicians, and ordinary citizens. While recent events in the Middle East help recognize the potential of new communication media as an agent contributing to macro-level political changes, these new communication tools are also actively utilized in more traditional political processes, such as electoral campaigns. Also important is people’s everyday use of new communication technologies, which research has uncovered as providing an opportunity to encounter public affairs news and discourse, enhance understanding of issues, and get involved in civic and political activities.

This preconference aims to showcase innovative scholarly work examining various subjects concerning the role of social media, mobile phones, and other new communication technologies in the formation of democratic citizenship-writ large—in Asia. The preconference seeks studies that address relevant topics in a particular Asian country, and welcomes comparative research on Asian countries or Asian and non-Asian countries. The preconference encourages researchers to explore diverse topics, and possible areas include (but are not limited to): use of social media, mobile phones, and other new communication technologies in elections; influence of new media on citizen choices, participation, and knowledge; political elites’ use of new media; use of social media by civic and grassroots groups; social media and civic engagement; new media and community; political talk and social media; patterns of new media use and political and civic consequences; trends in social media; cloud computing and collective action; changes in news consumption; computational social science.

Up to 15 papers will be selected through a peer-review process and divided into three or four interactive panels. Selected papers will be published in an edited volume or a special issue of a journal.

Travel Grants

Travel grants will be available to participants, particularly those who are from developing/transitional countries that appear in Tiers B and C on the ICA country tier chart (country of residence, not of origin). All graduate students who are first authors or presenters will be provided with a travel grant.


Submission guidelines

Abstracts of no more than 500 words are due on November 28, 2011.
Submit your abstract to kwak@umich.edu as an MS Word attachment (please use your full name to label the file).
The authors of accepted abstracts will be notified by 15 December, 2011.
Final papers (5,000-8,000 words) are due by March 15, 2012.

Organizers

Nojin Kwak, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Director of the Nam Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan, USA

Marko M. Skoric, Assistant Professor, Division of Communication Research, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Scott Campbell, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Michigan, USA

Junho Choi, Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information, Yonsei University, South Korea


Supported by

Nam Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan, USA

Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Political Communication Division, ICA

Deadline: 28/11/2011

Data: 24/05/2012 a 24/05/2012

Lugar: Phoenix AZ, USA

Organiza: University of Michigan, USA

Mais informações: http://www.politicalcommunication.org/announcements.html#icaasia

Comunicación para el Cambio Social: Universidad, sociedad civil y medios

Asociación Vagamundo nace en Madrid (España) en el año 2007 fruto de las inquietudes de un grupo de personas y de su deseo por trabajar a favor de otro mundo posible y mejor.
Pretende, a través de la cooperación internacional al desarrollo, con la comunicación como herramienta fundamental, contribuir a la defensa de los derechos humanos, sociales, culturales y económicos, la igualdad, el medio ambiente y la paz.

Site oficial http://www.asociacionvagamundo.org/SeminarioURJC.htm
Programa:
http://www.asociacionvagamundo.org/pdf/URJC_programa.pdf
Díptico:
http://www.asociacionvagamundo.org/pdf/URJC_diptico.pdf

Inscripción

Data: 29/11/2011 a 30/11/2011

Local: Aulario III - Aula 322. Campus Fuenlabrada. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
Organização: Asociación Vagamundo, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Mais informações: http://www.asociacionvagamundo.org/SeminarioURJC.htm