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What governments have programs/initiatives/funds to support "net activism"?
by Muzammil M. Hussain 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hello, I am trying to put together a short-list of countries that have publicly created programs/initiatives/funds to support political net activism, most often for democracy promotion. The US Department of State, and Swedish Foreign Ministry are two excellent examples. Does such a list exist that covers other countries? If not, would you kindly let me know of the ones you know of -- I will happily compile the responses and post a shared document for those interested in this question. Thank you in advance, Muzammil -- Muzammil M. Hussain, PhC Department of Communication University of Washington

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Last Chance to Submit Abstract for Theorizing the Web 2012!
by PJ Rey 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

I hope you'll join us as we bring together and interdisciplinary and international crowd to discuss theories pertaining to the Web. Best, PJ Rey University of Maryland ****************************** Theorizing the Web 2012 ****************************** #TtW12 www.cyborgology.org/theorizingtheweb/2012/ Saturday, April 14th University of Maryland Keynote Session: “Social Media & Social Movements” Andy Carvin (NPR; @acarvin) with Zeynep Tufekci (UNC; @techsoc) Deadline for Abstracts: February 5th Registration Opens: February 1st Call for Papers: Building off the success of last year’s conference, the goal of the second annual Theorizing the Web conference is to expand the range and depth of theory used to help us make sense of how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways humans live. We hope to bring together researchers from a range of disciplines, including sociology, communications, philosophy, economics, English, history, political science, information science, the performing arts and many more. We especially encourage international perspectives. In addition, we invite session and other proposals by tech-industry professionals, journalists, and other figures outside of academia. Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability will not be isolated in seperate panels; instead, we fully expect these issues to be woven throughout the conference. Submit abstracts online at http://tinyurl.com/TtW12. Topics include: Citizen/participant journalism and media curation Identity, self-documentation and self-presentation Privacy and publicity on the Web Cyborgism and the technologically-mediated body (e.g., body modification) Political mobilization, uprisings, revolutions and riots on social media (including the Arab Spring/Fall, Occupy) Repression and the Web: Surveillance, wire-tapping, anonymity, pseudonymity Code, values and design Epistemology of the Web: Wikipedia, Global Voices, “filter bubbles” and the prosumption of information Theorizing whose Web? How power and inequality (e.g., the Digital Divide) manifest on the Web Mobile computing, online/offline space Digital dualism & augmented reality; should the online/offline be conceptualized as seperate or enmeshed Education, pedagogy and technology in the classroom What art/literature can offer research and theory of the Web We plan to curate 7 open submission panels, 4 presenters each as well as a couple invited panels and a keynote session on social media and social movements with Andy Carvin (NPR) and Zeynep Tufekci (UNC). Other events may be added before April. The first Theorizing the Web conference happened last year. We decided to do this because there often is not a place for scholars who are theorizing about the Internet and society to gather and share their work. The 2011 program consisted of 14 panels, two workshops, two symposia (one on social media’s role in the Arab revolutions, the other, on social media and street art), two plenaries (by Saskia Sassen on "Digital Formations of the Powerful and the Powerless" and George Ritzer on "Why the Web Needs Post-Modern Theory"), and a keynote by danah boyd from Microsoft Research and NYU on "Privacy, Publicity Intertwined." Presenters traveled from around the world (including Hong Kong and New Zealand). The archive is available here. There will be a new website with much more information coming January 2012. For further inquiries, email theorizingtheweb(a)gmail.com. Call for Artists: In addition to traditional presentations, the conference will feature a variety of artistic and multimedia events. As such, we invite proposals from artists for relevant works or performances in any medium as well as for discussion of such pieces. We seek to display art of all forms during the conference and after at a reception. This could include, but is not limited to, paintings, sculpture, poetry, fiction writing, digital art, and performance art.

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message for listserv
by Rahul Mitra 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Subject: Participants Reqd. for Research on Communication Graduate Student Work Message: We are looking for Communication Studies graduate students to participate in a research project currently underway, on graduate school work experiences. *Eligible participants must be enrolled in a Communication Studies school or department in a U.S.-based university.* To participate, please complete an online survey instrument at https://purdue.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_d1qdxY6jyZ7NNIM. Answering the survey should take you not more than 30 minutes. *You are eligible to win a gift card from Amazon.com, worth $15, upon completion of the survey.* Moreover, after taking the online survey, if you would like to participate in Phase II of the project, which involves a 30 minute interview via phone or Skype, you could win another gift card from Amazon.com, *worth $20*. *If you are a faculty member OR graduate student, p**lease forward this email notification (and the included URL link) to any of your contacts, who might be interested to participate.* Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions. This project has been cleared by the Institutional Review Board at Purdue University, and is funded by the National Communication Association. Patrice Buzzanell Professor, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University buzzanel(a)purdue.edu Rahul Mitra Doctoral Candidate, Brian Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University rmitra(a)purdue.edu

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cfp, Law Section, IAMCR
by Sandra Braman 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Folks -- The CFP for the Law Section of the International Association of Media and Communication Research, meeting this July in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, follows. Deadline is Feb. 14. Let me know if you have any questions. This is typically an extraordinarily international event. -------------------------------- IAMCR 2012: Law Section Call for Papers The Law Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2012 conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban (South Africa). The deadline for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals is February 14, 2012. The Law Section focuses on communication laws and regulations, policies and policy-making principles, and decision-making processes and institutions, and on the social, cultural, economic, and political dimensions of law-state-society relations. Legal and policy issues of interest to the Section may arise at the infra-state, state, supra-state, international or global levels, or out of interactions and policy transfers within and across levels. The span of issues of concern ranges from traditional and enduring problems of free speech and access to information to new problems generated by technological change. The Section is open to all theoretical and methodological approaches. In addition to the open call for papers on any topics of interest, the Law Section also welcomes papers specific to the conference theme, 'South-North Conversations.' This theme emphasizes the two-way nature of flows between those who are at the center of power and those who are marginalized within and across societies. Research illuminating how those in the North are affected by, or learn from, those in the South or the margins is of particular interest. Any papers dealing with the conference theme from a legal or policy perspective are welcome. Topical areas suggested by the theme that are appropriate for this section include but are not limited to: - Flows of legal concepts, institutions, texts, and practices across national borders - Global equity and intellectual property rights - International trade and free speech - Patent wars and power - International arbitrage in speech and privacy rights - Technologies as global tools for implementing and for evading the law Submissions for program collaborations with other sections are also sought: - Emerging scholars are encouraged to submit papers to the section. - For a joint panel with the Political Communication Research Section on "Electoral Law and Political Communication" (see the [1]Joint Session specific CFP), proposals can be submitted to either section and should be accompanied by a note to the pertinent section chair regarding your interest in this panel. - For joint panels with the Communication Policy and Technology Section on legal issues raised by the Occupy movements and on developments in European privacy law, proposals can be submitted to either section and should be accompanied by a note to the pertinent sectio nchair regarding your interest in these panels. Finally, the Law Section will be continuing the tradition of offering a "state of the law" panel with succinct country reports on significant legal developments from around the world. Please contact Sandra Braman if you are interested in being a part of this panel. Submission information To propose a paper for the Law Section, submit an abstract of 300-500 words. Abstracts should state the title, the methods or approach used, and briefly introduce the theoretical framework and empirical research on which the paper will be based. The scholarly presentation of accepted submissions can take place in several types of sessions: Paper presentation sessions (i.e. 4-5 presenters each with 12-15 minutes, requiring full paper submitted on time) and High intensity sessions (i.e. 6-8 presenters each with 5-7 minutes). While IAMCR accepts presentations and papers in English, French and Spanish, it is requested that abstracts and panel proposals, if at all possible, be submitted in English to facilitate the reviewing process. Proposals for panels are also welcome. A proposal should have four to five papers and should provide: (1) a panel title, (2) a framing text and (3) short abstracts for all the papers with paper titles and authors. The framing text (maximum 500 words) should contain the overall idea and goal of the panel as well as how it responds to the Law Section CFP. A panel chair and a discussant should also be proposed. The 500 word panel framing text and the individual paper abstracts need to be submitted separately. They will be reviewed and based on this review we will accept, accept with revisions, or decline the panel. Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and (once accepted) full papers can only be done online through [2]IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS). The OCS system at will open on 1 December 2011 and close on 14 February 2012. Submissions via e-mail will not be reviewed. It is expected that, normally, only one abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the Conference. However, under no circumstances should there be more than three abstracts bearing the name of the same proposer either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other IAMCR Sections or Working Groups for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System (OCS), by the Head of the Section or by the Conference Programme Referee. Applicants submitting multiple abstracts for papers risk being removed entirely from the conference programme. The deadlines are: * February 14, 2012: Submission of abstracts via OCS (papers and panel proposals will be assessed by double blind review). * March 12, 2012: Announcement of acceptances and start of conference registration. * June 10, 2012: Full papers due via OCS (around 7,500 words, excluding notes and references). There is no second round of reviewing for acceptance. If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must also register for conference participation in order to be included in the final conference programme of the Section. For additional information about the Law Section in general or Law Section sessions for the IAMCR 2012 conference, contact Chair Sandra Braman ([3]braman(a)uwm.edu) For further information on the conference (registration, theme, location, etc.), please contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) or consult the Conference Organizers via the website at: [4]http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za or by email at IAMCR2012[AT]ukzn.ac.za References 1. http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/pco/834-iamcr2012pcocfp#js 2. http://iamcr-ocs.org/ 3. mailto:braman@uwm.edu 4. http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/

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Re: [Air-L] Software for recording focus groups and interview in virtual worlds
by M.B.Gaved 03 Feb '12

03 Feb '12

Hi Katie: A colleague suggests "Try http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/snapzprox/ or Camtasia for Mac" Kind regards Mark Gaved http://www.xdelia.org Sent: 01 February 2012 13:56 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Software for recording focus groups and interview in virtual worlds I should also clarify that I have a Macbook Pro. Thanks! I am about to start conducting in-world focus groups and interviews in Second Life. I may also be record some events. Could someone recommend a good easy-to use and relatively inexpensive software for this? Thanks! Katie Vizenor, MLS, MA PhD Candidate, Anthropology, University at Buffalo-SUNY -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).

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2012 Christians Ethics Research Award Call
by Shing-Ling (Sarina) Chen 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award Sponsored by Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for research papers and published works (i.e., books or articles) to be considered for Clifford G. Christians Ethics Research Award. To be considered for the Christians Award, submissions should interpret or address important theoretical issues in the areas of ethics, mass communication theory, and the relationship between media and technology and culture; interpret and apply concepts employed in Christians' work in new and insightful ways. Submissions will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of Christians’ approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Dr. Lee Wilkins, University of Missouri Dr. Robert Fortner, International Center for Media Studies Dr. Deni Elliott, University of South Florida Dr. Ronald Arnett, Duquesne University Both single and co-authored works are accepted. Applications may only be submitted for award consideration once. Published materials submitted must have appeared no earlier than eighteen months prior to each year’s application.* *The Award winner will receive a Christians Award plaque to be presented in the 2012 Annual Convention of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or the National Communication Association (NCA). Those interested please send six copies of the research papers or published works (if the publication is a book, six copies of the table of contents and of one chapter is sufficient) with a 100-word abstract to: Shing-Ling S. Chen Dept. of Communication Studies Univ. of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 Tel: 319-273-6021 E-mail: sarina.chen(a)uni.edu Application deadline is *March 31, 2012*. Notification of the award will be sent out by June 30, 2012. Questions and comments about Christians Award application, please contact Shing-Ling S. Chen, Dept. of Communication Studies, Univ. of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, IA 50614; Tel: 319-273-6021; E-mail: sarina.chen(a)uni.edu ****************************************************************

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Critical studies of affectivity and internet culturue
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Dear all, I have searched the AIR-L archives but this did not yield any results, therefore I'm directing my question to the full AIR audience: I'm trying to get an overview of critical studies of internet cultural practices that have employed the lens of affectivity. I'm looking at YouTube video consumption of minority youths myself, and throughout the interviews emotional attachments to for instance diasporic materials were foregrounded. I'm trying to gauge the meanings of these processes and I'm starting to believe the recent critical work on affectivity might be a good entry point. Feminist/critical theory/post-colonial/anti-race/migration/queer work on affectivity & technologies is especially welcome. I will post back to the list an overview of responses. Kind regards, Koen. These are my own findings so far: Ahmed, S. (2010). Happy objects. In M. Gregg and G.J. Seigworth (Eds.), The affect theory reader, (pp. 29-51). Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Ahmed, S. (2004). The cultural politics of emotion. New York, NY: Routledge. Boehm, D.A. & Swank, H. (2011). Introduction. Special issue on affecting global movement: The emotional terrain of transnationality. International Migration, 49(6), 1-6. Diminescu, D. (2008). The connected migrant: an epistemological manifesto. Social Science Information, 47(4), 565-579. Hansen, M.B.N. (2004). New Philosophy for New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Hillis, K. (2009). Online a lot of the time. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Koivunen, A. (2010). An affective turn? Reimagining the subject of feminist theory. In M. Liljeström & S. Paasonen (Eds.), Working with affect in feminist readings, (pp. 8-28). New York, NY: Routledge Leung, L.Y.M. (2011). ‘Pro-suming swearing (verbal violence). ‘Affect’ as (feminist) internet criticism. Feminist Media Studies, 11(1), 89-94. Massumi, B. (2002). Parables for the virtual: Movement, affect, sensation. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Nelson, A. & Hwang, J.W. (2012). Roots and revelation. genetic ancestry testing and the YouTube generation. In L. Nakamura & P.A. Chow-White, Race after the Internet (pp. 271-290). New York, NY: Routledge. Sedgwick, E.K. (2003). Touching feeling: Affect, pedagogy, performativity. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Wise, A. & Velayutham, S. (2006). Towards a typology of transnational affect. Sydney: Macquarie University, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion. Retrieved from: http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/public/download.jsp?id=10615 (Accessed February 1, 2012). Koen Leurs | Phd student Graduate Gender Programme | Utrecht University | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 BL Utrecht | tel. 030-253 7859 | K.H.A.Leurs(a)uu.nl | www.uu.nl/wiredup | www.koenleurs.net | www.digitalcrossroads.nl

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Test the Full Twitter Fire Hose
by Stuart Shulman 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

DiscoverText (http://DiscoverText.com <http://discovertext.com/>) is launching a second beta test period using "Power Track for Twitter Fire Hose Filtering" a service provided by GNIP. We have streamlined the process of providing 30-days of Enterprise class access to the beta test. This beta includes access to an expanding set of tools for archiving, filtering, coding, validating and machine classifying text. You can train a machine classifier in about 30 minutes to perform a custom classification scheme. The GNIP PowerTrack, in partnership with Twitter, provides users with unrestricted, real-time filtering of the Twitter Firehose. This enriched feature for DiscoverText provides a valuable analytical tool to our users. Not only will the GNIP PowerTrack provide users with access to the full stream of Fire Hose data, it will also provide Klout scores, language data, re-tweet frequency, geographic coordinates, and all #hashtags where available in the results. Taken together, this quantity of data and rich metadata fields will allow users to perform valuable social media analysis within DiscoverText. For more information: info(a)DiscoverText.com -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman people.umass.edu/stu Editor Emeritus, JITP jitp.net <http://www.jitp.net> Director, QDAP-UMass umass.edu/qdap <http://www.umass.edu/qdap> Founder and CEO, Texifter texifter.com <http://www.texifter.com> LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899> Twitter: twitter.com/#!/StuartWShulman<http://twitter.com/#%21/StuartWShulman>

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Re: [Air-L] Critical studies of affectivity and internet culturue
by Andrew Herman 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

I would be very interested in seeing this as well. Andrew Herman, Ph. D. Associate Professor and Chairperson Department of Communication Studies Graduate Program in Cultural Analysis and Social Theory Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3C5 CANADA 519 884-1970 x3693 >>> "Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen)" <K.H.A.Leurs(a)uu.nl> 02/02/12 6:05 AM >>> Dear all, I have searched the AIR-L archives but this did not yield any results, therefore I'm directing my question to the full AIR audience: I'm trying to get an overview of critical studies of internet cultural practices that have employed the lens of affectivity. I'm looking at YouTube video consumption of minority youths myself, and throughout the interviews emotional attachments to for instance diasporic materials were foregrounded. I'm trying to gauge the meanings of these processes and I'm starting to believe the recent critical work on affectivity might be a good entry point. Feminist/critical theory/post-colonial/anti-race/migration/queer work on affectivity & technologies is especially welcome. I will post back to the list an overview of responses. Kind regards, Koen. These are my own findings so far: Ahmed, S. (2010). Happy objects. In M. Gregg and G.J. Seigworth (Eds.), The affect theory reader, (pp. 29-51). Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Ahmed, S. (2004). The cultural politics of emotion. New York, NY: Routledge. Boehm, D.A. & Swank, H. (2011). Introduction. Special issue on affecting global movement: The emotional terrain of transnationality. International Migration, 49(6), 1-6. Diminescu, D. (2008). The connected migrant: an epistemological manifesto. Social Science Information, 47(4), 565-579. Hansen, M.B.N. (2004). New Philosophy for New Media. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Hillis, K. (2009). Online a lot of the time. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Koivunen, A. (2010). An affective turn? Reimagining the subject of feminist theory. In M. Liljeström & S. Paasonen (Eds.), Working with affect in feminist readings, (pp. 8-28). New York, NY: Routledge Leung, L.Y.M. (2011). Pro-suming swearing (verbal violence). Affect as (feminist) internet criticism. Feminist Media Studies, 11(1), 89-94. Massumi, B. (2002). Parables for the virtual: Movement, affect, sensation. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Nelson, A. & Hwang, J.W. (2012). Roots and revelation. genetic ancestry testing and the YouTube generation. In L. Nakamura & P.A. Chow-White, Race after the Internet (pp. 271-290). New York, NY: Routledge. Sedgwick, E.K. (2003). Touching feeling: Affect, pedagogy, performativity. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Wise, A. & Velayutham, S. (2006). Towards a typology of transnational affect. Sydney: Macquarie University, Centre for Research on Social Inclusion. Retrieved from: http://www.crsi.mq.edu.au/public/download.jsp?id=10615 (Accessed February 1, 2012). Koen Leurs | Phd student Graduate Gender Programme | Utrecht University | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 BL Utrecht | tel. 030-253 7859 | K.H.A.Leurs(a)uu.nl | www.uu.nl/wiredup | www.koenleurs.net | www.digitalcrossroads.nl _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Reminder: CfP IAMCR CP&T Durban 2012
by Jo Pierson 02 Feb '12

02 Feb '12

Dear all, With this a reminder of the deadline of FEBRUARY 14th 2012 for submitting abstracts for the Communication Policy and Technology section of the 2012 IAMCR conference in Durban. See our call for proposals below. Best regards, Jo Pierson ----------------- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference, July 15-19, 2012, Durban (South-Africa) 'South-North Conversations' http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za/ Communication Policy & Technology Section CALL FOR PAPERS The Communication Policy and Technology (CP&T) Section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) invites submissions for the IAMCR 2012 conference to be held from July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban (South Africa). The deadline for submissions of abstracts and panel proposals is February 14, 2012. The conference will be held under the general theme, 'South-North Conversations'. While the theme points to the asymmetry of and divides in global communication flows, it expresses at the same time a need for Western countries to listen to and learn from experiences from the global South. The theme thus calls for balanced and empowering narratives that do not regard those in ‘the South’ primarily as victims in need of hand-outs from the more affluent. Rather, the conference wishes to emphasise the communicative empowerment and the positive potential of media and communication technologies in and from the ‘Global South’. The general conference theme is very relevant for the CP&T Section, which is oriented towards policy and practices with respect to (digital) communication technology. The role and meaning of ICT in the global South-North relationship also serves as a metaphor for issues of disempowerment-empowerment on national and local levels. The use of the notion of ‘empowerment’ is a long-standing tradition especially in the social welfare and radical education literature. When applying it in the analysis of the implications of communication technology, however, it is crucial to take into account Mansell’s (2002: 409) assertion that: ‘(...) the implications of the new media are contradictory. Once connected, there are no grounds for simply assuming that citizens will be empowered to conduct their social lives in meaningful ways. There is, therefore, a growing need to examine whether the deployment of new media is consistent with ensuring that the majority of citizens acquire the necessary capabilities for interpreting and acting upon a social world that is intensively mediated by the new media.’ Starting from this perspective, we observe a paradox: on the one hand, ICT instruments like social media are proliferating, reinforcing the potential for communicative empowerment; on the other hand, empirical evidence on what empowerment actually consists of is still limited. In addition, the risks and structural constraints associated with this potential for empowerment are often downplayed in techno-optimistic accounts of the impact of technology on society and politics. Understanding both the opportunities and risks involved in the co-evolution of media technologies and society is at the core of the section’s remit in the IAMCR 2012 conference. In addition to our open call for papers, the CP&T section invites paper and panel proposals addressing the following themes that are particularly relevant to the section, organised for presentational purposes by a thematic focus on policy, on practices, and on technology: 1 - Policy - Net-neutrality: a first amendment for the Internet? - Internet censorship and control mechanisms - Transparency of government, open data and whistleblowing in the post-Wikileaks age - DPI (Deep Packet Inspection) and Internet governance - Redefining Internet openness and power relations in the age of ‘platformisation’ - Civic/internet liberties in relation to hacktivism and peer-to-peer file sharing - A new civil society agenda and a new strategy for the next WSIS? - Social, economic and legal issues related to (new) regulatory initiatives worldwide on privacy and data protection (eg EU) 2 - Practices - User (dis)empowerment and the disappearance of media for people living ‘in’ media - Reconfiguring trust and identity in online/offline communities and user-generated content - Privacy and the commodification of personal data - Radical protest, (everyday) resistance and networks - Social and policy consequences of (behavioural) advertising - targeting, filtering, profiling and sorting - Mitigation of risks and responsibility in online environments for different audiences - OccupyWallStreet/ Indignados movement: how communication technologies and policies are used by and affected by those involved? - Tensions between content producers (including users and ‘produsers’) and content distributors 3 - Technology - Construction of technology: privacy-by-design versus surveillance-by-design - Political economy of social media - Changing policies, value networks and user practices in a digital audio-visual landscape - Role of mobile technologies and services in global South contexts - Hegemony and post-hegemony, and Internet technologies and algorithms - Creativity and control through ambient intelligence, and the Internet-of-Things (RFID) - Changing nature of digital divides and mass self-communication Submission information The CP&T section welcomes proposals for papers bearing on the above or related issues by submitting an abstract (300 – maximum 500 words). Abstracts should state the title, the methods or approach used, and briefly introduce the theoretical framework and empirical research on which the paper will be based. The scholarly presentation of accepted submissions can take place in several types of sessions: Paper presentation sessions (i.e. 4-5 presenters each with 12-15 minutes, requiring full paper submitted on time) and High intensity sessions (i.e. 6-8 presenters each with 5-7 minutes). While, IAMCR accepts presentations and papers in English, French and Spanish, it is requested that abstracts and panel proposals, if at all possible, be submitted in English to facilitate the reviewing process. Proposals for panels are also welcome. A proposal should have four to five papers and should provide: (1) a panel title, (2) a framing text and (3) short abstracts for all the papers with paper titles and authors. The framing text (maximum 500 words) should contain the overall idea and goal of the panel, how it responds to the CP&T section CfP. A panel chair and a discussant should also be proposed. The 500 word panel framing text and the individual paper abstracts need to be submitted separately. They will be reviewed and based on this review we will accept, accept with revisions, or decline the panel. Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and (once accepted) full papers can only be done online through IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS) using the link to be found on the official Durban conference website. The OCS system at <http://iamcr-ocs.org> will open on 1 December 2011 and close on 14 February 2012. Submissions via e-mail will not be reviewed. It is expected that, normally, only one abstract will be submitted per person for consideration by the Conference. However, under no circumstances should there be more than three abstracts bearing the name of the same proposer either individually or as part of any group of authors. Please note also that the same abstract or another version with minor variations in title or content must not be submitted to other IAMCR Sections or Working Groups for consideration, after an initial submission. Such submissions will be deemed to be in breach of the conference guidelines and will be automatically rejected by the Open Conference System (OCS), by the Head of the Section or by the Conference Programme Referee. Applicants submitting multiple abstracts for papers risk being removed entirely from the conference programme. The deadlines are: - February 14, 2012: Submission of abstracts via OCS (papers and panel proposals will be assessed by double blind review) - March 12, 2012: Announcement of acceptances and start of conference registration. - June 10, 2012: Full papers due via OCS (around 7,500 words, excluding notes and references). There is no second round of reviewing for acceptance. If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must also register for conference participation in order to be included in the final conference programme of the Section. A CP&T best paper award will be made to one of the paper presenters, based on the full papers submitted in time. Additional questions about the CP&T sessions (submission, themes, panels etc.) at the IAMCR 2012 conference can be addressed to Maria Michalis (m.michalis[AT]westminster.ac.uk) and Jo Pierson (jo.pierson[AT]vub.ac.be). For further information on the conference (registration, theme, location, etc.), please contact the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) or consult the Conference Organizers via the website at: <http://www.iamcr2012.ukzn.ac.za> or by email at <IAMCR2012(a)ukzn.ac.za>. Section Chair: Jo Pierson / Vice-Chairs: Maria Michalis and Bart Cammaerts

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