Apologies for Cross-Posting Final few places available - registration closes Tuesday, 30th August. Logged On but Disaffected? Young People, Citizenship and ICTs A symposium to be held at Wentworth College, University of York, York, UK 26th -27th September 2005 Sponsored by Community Informatics Research & Applications (CIRA) University of Teesside, UK. & Department of Sociology, University of York This two day symposium brings together a number of leading scholars, policy practitioners and activists who are involved in the study and adoption of ICTs as a means to facilitate the active engagement of young people in democratic governance. The symposium aims to address such questions as: * How can ICTs be best used to facilitate active participation by young people in democratic politics? * Can ICTs become a part of citizenship education curriculum? * What kinds of online interaction facilitate effective deliberation between young people? * What kinds of ICTs are most likely to engage the hard-to-reach groups of disaffected young people? * How can ICTs enable genuine respect and involvement of young people in national and local decision-making? * Do ICTs make participation more difficult? There are a few places still available at the symposium for delegates. For more information including registration and a copy of the programme, please go to http://www.cira.org.uk/logged_on/index.htm. Research Officer & iCS Reviews Editor CIRA School of Computing University of Teesside Middlesbrough Tees Valley TS1 3BA UK www.cira.org.uk www.infosoc.co.uk This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you receive this e-mail by mistake,please advise the sender immediately by using the reply facility in your e-mail software. Please also destroy and delete the message from your computer. Any modification of the contents of this e-mail is strictly prohibited unless expressly authorised by the sender.