Hello all, Here is a call for papers for the 2008 ICA pre-conference on mobile communication. Please take a look and send us an abstract if you have the opportunity. Rich Ling
Call for papers: The global and globalizing dimensions of mobile
communication: Developing or developed?
International Communication Association Pre-conference Workshop
This pre-conference has the intention of examining the global dimensions
of mobile communication. Mobile communication (both via traditional
mobile telephony and via other wireless systems) is being felt on a
global basis. There are, for example, currently more mobile telephones
in the developing world than in the traditional industrialized
countries. Thus while mobile communication has become a relatively
normal part of daily life in industrialized countries, it is also
becoming increasingly common in the developing world.
This means that mobile communication is truly a global phenomenon. The
use of mobile communication in both developing and in the industrialized
countries has had dramatic impact on how we communicate and how we
access to basic information. Through use of mobile communication we
coordinate our everyday affairs; we used the technology to enhance
entrepreneurial opportunities and we have gained a way to organize
assistance when it is needed. In the industrialized world, many
countries have more subscriptions than they have population and in the
developing world, mobile communication is morphing into an efficient way
to organize remittances between guest workers and their families back
home.
The "first wave" of mobile communication research has included case
studies from dozens of countries around the world. However, there has
been a relative paucity of studies which use comparative methods, or try
to assess and describe local/regional phenomena in light of broader
international/universal themes. Because of this, we wish to welcome
abstracts that focus on issues such as:
* Global/universal patterns vs. local improvisation
* Mobile communication and social and/or economic development and
change
* Mobile communication and globalization
* Comparative studies of mobile communication (use patterns,
political economies, media and communication systems, etc)
* Cross-cultural approaches to mobile communication
* Easy and inexpensive network access and inexpensive/used mobile
phones has meant that mobile communication has become the primary way in
which many persons in the developing world first experience the use of
telephony.
In order to examine this question as well as other dimensions mobile
communication we are issuing a call for papers for a pre-conference at
the 2008 meeting of the International Communication Association.
Abstracts are due by 15 October. Please send them to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] The papers that are accepted will be notified
by 30 October 2007. Final papers are due by May 1, 2008. The program
will accommodate up to 6 panel sessions.
The pre-conference is a joint effort by the University of Michigan,
Temple University & Telenor. It will be held at Le Centre Sheraton in
Montreal (the conference hotel for the general ICA meeting), starting
with a plenary session on Tues the 20th of May along with sessions on
the 20th and the 21st.
Cost: ICA Members: $50.00 USD
ICA Student members: $20.00 USD
Non-member price: $75.00
(Includes refreshments, lunch and reception)
Organized by
Dr. Rich Ling, Telenor Research [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prof. Scott Campbell, University of Michigan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Prof. Concetta Stewart, Temple University [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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