Call for Papers Journal of Information Technology & Politics Online deliberation: Developments and future directions Over the past ten years, a sizeable, multidisciplinary body of research has developed which is focused on analyzing new sites and practices of public deliberation online. This special issue of the Journal of Information Technology & Politics, following on from the 2010 Online Deliberation conference held at the University of Leeds, aims to take stock of this field of research and debate the future direction it should take. The editors invite original papers that reflect critically on the development of online deliberation theory, practice, and research, as well as contributions that introduce new research findings and innovative theoretical and empirical approaches to the field. Full drafts of all papers are due by 3 December, 2010 Papers will be returned to authors by 25 March, 2011 Final versions of papers must be received by 20 May, 2011 Submission information Details of submission types can be found here: http://www.jitp.net/m_submiss.php. In preparing manuscripts for submission, authors are asked to review the information on replication (http://www.jitp.net/m_replicat.php), the JITP checklist for APA style (http://www.jitp.net/files/jitp_style_checklist.pdf), and the referee guidelines (http://www.jitp.net/files/refguide.pdf) Manuscripts should be submitted electronically using the JITP’s online system: http://www.jitp.net/m_submit.php. When submitting your manuscript, please note (using the relevant field) that the submission is for the ‘Online Deliberation’ special issue. Guest Editors: Stephen Coleman, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. Giles Moss, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds. Stephen Coleman Professor of Political Communication Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds <http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521817523>