CFP: Digital Citizenship and Activism: Questions of Power and Participation Online
Call for Papers: Special Issue of JeDEM (eJournal of eDemocracy & Open Government): Vol. 4 (1) Digital Citizenship and Activism: Questions of Power and Participation Online GUEST EDITORS Dr. Maria Bakardjieva (University of Calgary, Canada) Dr. Jakob Svensson (Karlstad University, Sweden) Dr. Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Nowadays, when citizens, activists and participants in social movements want to voice their opinions and negotiate their political identities they increasingly do so in hybrid media environments that are particularly suitable for mobilisation, organisation and discussion. With a massive increase in online social networking, digital infrastructures are lowering the threshold for political involvement. This, in turn, is considerably shifting the power dynamics of participation. Digital storytelling, for example, has become part of the strategies used by contemporary political activists. While strategies in the past revolved mainly around the attempts to influence the mass media and gatekeepers, today more and more citizens are becoming reporters and commentators themselves, often providing first-hand, real-time coverage of offline political activities. However, some have questioned the notion of social networking platforms as tools for social change and/or horizontal power structures, in particular in relation to issues of surveillance and data privacy. These sorts of critical views have been voiced in public debates on the implications of corporate ownership of social networks. Another question that has been raised is whether “clicktivism” is eroding the physical or embodied participation constituting traditional offline activism. It must be also taken into account that very few movements have succeed through mediated activism alone. Hence, on the one hand we are witnessing how increasing access to the internet has resulted in an array of new strategies and success stories for contemporary activism, in particular with regards to mobilisation. On the other hand, we are still groping in the dark when it comes to understanding the place of digital participatory activities in the shifting landscapes of power in late modernity. For this special issue of JeDEM, we invite scholarly research to shed light on the issues of power and participation online. TOPICS CAN INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: Digital divides, hierarchy and marginalisation in political collectives, citizen networks and social movements Identity negotiation in digital activism and online collective action The intersections of individual, collective and connective identities in political movements online Socio-psychological aspects of political communication online Slacktivism, clicktivism, micro-activism and socio-political change Empirical accounts of shifting power relations and citizen/community empowerment in contemporary political participatory initiatives Mappings of power relations in online political networks Online platforms for mediated sociability and social capital creation and their role in civic mobilization The politics of privacy and surveillance in a networked world New governmental policies and networks Examples of new media strategies, real-time coverage and networked organisation in social and ad-hoc movements Implications and criticism of corporate ownership of social networks Social media activism in emerging and transitional democracies Multimedia configuations and citizens’ involvement in the public sphere Relevant articles from different national and disciplinary perspectives are welcome. We also encourage authors to submit policy papers and case studies, as well as critical essays analyzing existing methods and approaches. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Articles submitted for consideration must be written in English. Length of paper: 7,500-12,000 words, including footnotes. Template and guidelines are available athttp://www.jedem.org/about/submissions#authorGuidelines IMPORTANT DATES Call for papers 01.03.2012 Submission deadline 11.06.2012 Editor decision 16.07.2012 Camera ready paper 06.08.2012 CONTACT Judith Schossböck, Managing Editor Centre for E-Government, Danube University Krems Email: judith.schossboeck@donau-uni.ac.at Phone: +43 (0)2732 893-2309 Jakob Svensson, Ph. D. Director HumanIT (www.kau.se/en/humanit) Ass. Prof. in Media and Communication Studies Karlstad University 65188 Karlstad - Sweden + 46 (0) 54 700 1893 jakob.svensson@kau.se
Dear ecrea listies, In this e-mail you find the detailed conference programme of CeDEM12 and the latest call for paper of JeDEM. ****** ******apologies for cross posting ******* ***** ****** *********************************** ***** Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 3 - 4 May 2012 www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem REGISTER NOW ! KEYNOTES * Ralph Schroeder: The Internet, Science, and Transformations of Knowledge * Arthur Lupia: Evolving Technologies and the Human Dimension of Attempts to Increase Civic Competence * Anke Domscheit-Berg: tba PRESENTATIONS Session: E-Participation * eParticipation that works * Real Name Policy in E-Participation * Speaking Danish in Japan: Good practice lessons to learn and emulate Session: Bottom-Up Movements * What kind of activist are you? * SADproject.tv * Role of social media in political mobilization in Russia Session: Citizens Inclusion * Bringing Citizens Opinions to Members of Parliament * Towards budget transparency and improvement in the South Kivu Province * The impact of public transparency in fighting corruption: A study in Brazilian municipalities e-government Province Session: E-Politics and E-Campaigning * Mobilizing Effects of Online Campaigning * Social Media and the Arab Spring * Jobbik on Web. Right-wing extremism in Hungary * Mapping the Austrian political Twittersphere Session: Government 2.0 * The necessity of metadata for open linked data and its contribution to policy analyses * Internal data monitoring for Open Government * A Temperature Check on Open Government. Accessing parliamentarians attitude towards democratic concepts Session: E-Democracy * Founding an E-government in Algeria by 2014: Prospects and Constraints for Implementation * The Largest Democracy - India - Poised for Open, Transparent, Accountable, Responsive and Sensitive - OTARS - eDemocracy * DualVote: A Generic User Interface Demonstrating High Usability with Prêt à Voter Session: Lightning Talks * E-Participation Declined? Constituency Boundary Commission Review in Ireland * Social computing potential for citizen engagement in public sector services * How the New Social Media are changing the Social and Political Landscape in Romania and Serbia * The OurSpace project, connecting young people and decision makers * Implications of open access and e-participation on democracy in Nigeria * E-democracy in Bulgaria* Open Nuts! Open Government Data activities in Austria * Performance Measurement of MEMS Elements for Information Security of G-Cloud Channels * The fitness of OGD for the creation of public value WORKSHOPS * Open Access and Preservation in eGovernment * E-Policy Making * Open linked governmental data for citizen engagement * Open Governmental Data FURTHER INFORMATION www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem **************************************************** **************************************************** CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: JeDEM Vol. 4 (1) Theme: Digital Citizenship and Activism: Questions of Power and Participation Online http://www.jedem.org Guest Editors * Dr. Maria Bakardjieva (University of Calgary, Canada) * Dr. Jakob Svensson (Karlstad University, Sweden) * Dr. Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Nowadays, when citizens, activists and participants in social movements want to voice their opinions and negotiate their political identities they increasingly do so in hybrid media environments that are particularly suitable for mobilisation, organisation and discussion. With a massive increase in online social networking, digital infrastructures are lowering the threshold for political involvement. This, in turn, is considerably shifting the power dynamics of participation. Digital storytelling, for example, has become part of the strategies used by contemporary political activists. While strategies in the past revolved mainly around the attempts to influence the mass media and gatekeepers, today more and more citizens are becoming reporters and commentators themselves, often providing first-hand, real-time coverage of offline political activities. However, some have questioned the notion of social networking platforms as tools for social change and/or horizontal power structures, in particular in relation to issues of surveillance and data privacy. These sorts of critical views have been voiced in public debates on the implications of corporate ownership of social networks. Another question that has been raised is whether clicktivism is eroding the physical or embodied participation constituting traditional offline activism. It must be also taken into account that very few movements have succeed through mediated activism alone. Hence, on the one hand we are witnessing how increasing access to the internet has resulted in an array of new strategies and success stories for contemporary activism, in particular with regards to mobilisation. On the other hand, we are still groping in the dark when it comes to understanding the place of digital participatory activities in the shifting landscapes of power in late modernity. For this special issue of JeDEM, we invite scholarly research to shed light on the issues of power and participation online. Important Dates * Submission deadline 11.06.2012 * Editor decision 16.07.2012 * Camera ready paper 06.08.2012 http://www.jedem.org **************************************************** **************************************************** Kind Regards, Center for E-Governance Danube University Krems **************************************************** To UNSUBSCRIBE from this mailing list, follow this link: http://egov.donau-uni.ac.at/mailman/options/edem _______________________________________________ Edem mailing list Edem@egov.donau-uni.ac.at http://egov.donau-uni.ac.at/mailman/listinfo/edem
Dear AIR listies, the Journal of E-Democracy and Open Government runs a cooperation with the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government. I would like to share with you the summary of this great event: http://tinyurl.com/CeDEM12summary Additionally, I kindly invite to submit a paper to the present CFP of JeDEM or another CFP below: Special Issue: Digital Citizenship and Activism Deadline: 11 June 2012 http://www.jedem.org/announcement/view/6 Guest Editors * Maria Bakardjieva (University of Calgary, Canada) * Jakob Svensson (Karlstad University, Sweden) * Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) More CALLs FOR PAPERS in the Domain of E-Democracy and Open Government: ********************************************************** CeDEM Asia 2012: Social & Mobile Media for Governance 14-15 November 2012, Singapore Submission Deadline: 15 July 2012 http://tinyurl.com/CFP-CeDEM-Asia-2012 Conference Chairs * Nojin Kwak (University of Michigan, USA) * Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems, Austria) * Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) ********************************************************** HICSS-46: Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences Minitrack: Social Media and Networks Deadline: 15 June 2012 http://tinyurl.com/HICSS46SocMedNetTrack Minitrack Chairs * Suha AlAwadhi (Kuwait University) * Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems) * Jay P. Kesan (University of Illinois) ********************************************************** If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Judith Schoßböck (Managing Editor) Centre for E-Governance Danube University Krems A-3500 Krems www.donau-uni.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------- Blog: Digital Government and Society ( http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ ) ------------------------------------------------------- CeDEM11- Conference for eDemocracy 2012 ( http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem ) ( about:www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem ) ------------------------------------------------------- Mag. Judith Schoßböck Zentrum für E-Governance Donau-Universität Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 A-3500 Krems +43 2732 893 2309 judith.schossboeck@donau-uni.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------- JeDEM - Journal for eDemocracy and Open Government ( http://www.jedem.org/ ) ------------------------------------------------------- Twitter: e_society ( http://twitter.com/e_society ) -------------------------------------------------------
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