I have been asked to share this CFP with interested persons. Nick Jankowski Call for Papers NEW MEDIA AND OLD MEDIA THE IMPACT OF THE INTERNET ON THE MASS MEDIA Tromsø, Norway, 20-21 June 2002 There are today more than 10,000 web sites that contain material that competes with the sort of content that was traditionally carried by the mass media. It is possible to read newspapers and listen to radio stations online. It is possible to visit the sites of TV channels like CNN and the BBC, and of course it is possible to find a vast range of music. All of this has posed a major challenge for media organisation. The development of online media has implications for the business of the offline media, for its content, and for the different audiences that it has in the past relied upon. So far, despite an enormous amount of activity, the nature and dynamics of these new challenges are little understood. The aim of the conference is to gather together the best of existing research in this new field, and to provide a forum in which the experiences of different media and different cultural environments can be compared and discussed. To that end, the organisers invite proposals for papers concerned with any aspect of the general issue. Because this is an infant field, and because there are as yet no firmly established protocols for studying it, the organisers are particular concerned to stress that proposals for papers addressing all media, in whatever respect, and adopting any methodological approach, are welcomed and will be given serious consideration. The conference will take place at the University of Tromsø at midsummer 2002. Accommodation will be in the beautiful Norwegian fishing port of Tromsø, which lies north of Arctic Circle, and enjoys twenty-four hours of daylight during the summer months. Tromsø goes under the name "Paris of the north" due to its fantastic social life and incredible atmosphere. More information about the city may be obtained at http://www.destinasjontromso.no/eng_default.htm . If you are interested in participating, send an abstract of around 250 words to: Professor Farrel Corcoran School of Communication Dublin City University Dublin 9 Ireland Email: Farrel.Corcoran@dcu.ie The closing date for abstracts is 28 February 2002 The conference is sponsored by: The European Union's COST Network A20 on `The Impact of the Internet on the Mass Media' (for further details, visit our WebPages: http://cost-a20.iscte.pt/ ), the Department of Documentation of the University of Tromsø, the Department of Media and Communication of the University of Oslo, and the Norwegian Science Foundation. **************************************************************************** ****** Nicholas W. Jankowski European Institute for Communication and Culture (Euricom) Euricom Project: Electronic Networks and Democratic Engagement 9-11 October 2002 email: nickjan@xs4all.nl http://baserv.uci.kun.nl/~jankow/Euricom **************************************************************************** ******