*** Apologies for cross-postings *** CALL FOR PAPERS - Reminder
Dear all, Here the announcement of the Call for Proposals for the Communication Policy and Technology section (CP&T) at IAMCR conference on July 23-25, 2007 in Paris. On the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of the IAMCR, the CP&T section will devote its entire programme to the future of communication policy research and emerging technology applications. Authors are invited to submit papers that: · Identify and discuss new agendas, new approaches and present innovative methods in future and emerging communication research · Identify and critically analyse innovative ICT strategies and policies that offer the prospect of positively transforming people, their communities and societies · Analyse nascent communication technologies, their design, proposed implementation and intended uses, within specific social and policy contexts · Assess the new possibilities, benefits and limitations of existing Information and Communication Technologies and policies · Propose new Communications Technology Policies to stimulate desirable outcomes at the national, regional or global levels Abstracts of no more than 500 words, bearing on the Conference Theme and addressing one or more of the above topics should be submitted to Jo Pierson (<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) and to Pascal Verhoest ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) before January 15, 2007. Abstracts should explicitly state the prospective nature of the paper, explain the methodology or approaches used and present the empirical material on which the paper is based. Each abstract may be presented in only one Section of the IAMCR Conference. Offering duplicates of the same paper to different Sections of the Association is likely to result in elimination of the duplicate abstract. Each abstract must include title, name(s), institutional address and email address of author(s). Applicants will be advised by 1st March 2007 of the outcome of their submissions. The full text of accepted papers will be required no later than 15th June 2007. Please visit http://www.iamcr.org for more and updated information about the conference. Kind regards, Jo Pierson Jo Pierson, Ph.D. Senior Researcher SMIT, Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication IBBT, Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 | B-1050 Brussels Tel: +32 2 629 24 12 Fax: +32 2 629 28 61 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://smit.vub.ac.be Jo Pierson, Ph.D. Senior Researcher SMIT, Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication IBBT, Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 | B-1050 Brussels Tel: +32 2 629 24 12 Fax: +32 2 629 28 61 E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://smit.vub.ac.be --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
