Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18-20, 2014 Organizers: José van Dijck & Thomas Poell Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida, Hallvard Moe Discussants: C.W. Anderson, Marcel Broersma, Jean Burgess, Irene Costera Meijer, Mark Deuze, Marlies Glasius, Eggo Müller, Bernhard Rieder, Richard Rogers, and Michael Schudson This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media platforms. The main question driving the conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public space or "publicness". More specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014 Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw@uva.nl no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis and will respond to every proposal. Learn more about the conference at: http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/social-media-and-the...