@AoIR conference participants: time change= 12:00-12:45 Theatre Quay (after the plenary session) “Interdigital” Theories: internet studies and beyond - FRI 19 Oct 12 While in the last ten years empirical research has started differentiating, theoretical approaches for the ‘internet studies’ still need to take off, both in North America, in Europe and in other countries. The main idea is to stimulate a debate about the need to evolve from traditional ‘mass media’ or ‘Computer mediated communication’ theories - still used by many – and move forward. The idea is to reflect upon the need of building solid theory for current and future challenging scenarios (eg computers as we know them will ‘disappear’ soon). The session could be an ideal setting to think about ‘new’ theory with an “interdigital” perspective, on the light of the future of internet studies. If you are interested in this birds of a feather session @ the Aoir conference please contact Monica Murero at murero.monica@gmail.com or just join us. If you are interested in this topic fee free to contact me, even if you are not at the Aoir conference this year. Monica ------------ Monica Murero , Ph.D. AoIR Exec, 2003-2009; AoIR Treasurer, 2005-2009 AoIR Honorific Lifetime Member Director E-Life International Institute Associate Professor in Politics of e-Government in Communication & New Technology University Federico II, Italy Consultant, World Health Organization LinkedIN: http://it.linkedin.com/pub/monica-murero-ph-d/16/52/606 Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/monica_murero or @monica_murero E-MAIL murero.monica at gmail.com WEBSITE: www.elifeinternational.org Last book (2012): Interdigital Communication Theory : a new theory for the internet studies and new media http://goo.gl/lPbTC