Hello all, Here is a call for papers for the next in Kristof Nyiri's series on mobile communication. Past events have been well attended and the location has to be one of the best conference sites ever, The academy of sciences in Budapest. The building is a gem, that overlooks the Danube and Budapest is a wonderful city.
Rich L. MOBILE COMMUNICATION AND THE ETHICS OF SOCIAL NETWORKING Conference to take place in Budapest, September 25-27, 2008 Conference organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary Speakers will include: Wolfgang Vossenkuhl (opening plenary talk) Charles Ess (concluding plenary talk) Andras Benedek Stefan Bertschi Wolfgang Coy Andras Falus Leopoldina Fortunati Larissa Hjorth James E. Katz Zsuzsanna Kondor Rich Ling Laszlo Lovasz Istvan Maradi Kurt Roettgers Satomi Sugiyama Jane Vincent Contributions are invited from philosophers, sociologists, psychologists, media theorists, and other interested scholars on the following and related topics: - Ethical implications of mediated relationships - The mobile internet - Exploring the self through social networking - Mobile social networking and citizen journalism - Mutual respect und acknowledgement - Gossip and social cohesion - The re-interpretation of privacy - Geobrowsing, privacy, and GPS-equipped phones - Real and virtual identities - M-learning, life-long learning - Inclusion of elderly people - Exclusion and the network effect - Social networking and big business - Conversational marketing - Netocracy - Fraud and secrecy - Surveillance - Informatics challenging bioethics (genomics and the new biology) Target dates: Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by April 20, 2008. Early submissions are strongly encouraged. Please send your submissions to Kristóf Nyíri, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Those submitting abstracts will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by May 19, 2008. Deadline for receipt of draft full-length (max. 2500 words) versions of papers: July 13, 2008. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed to all participants at the time of the conference. Interested in attending the conference? Contact Iris Zamfirache <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> as soon as possible. Registration is free, no conference fees will be charged. Registered participants are offered coffee and refreshments, will receive the pre-proceedings volume, are invited to the get-together beginning at 19:00 on Sept. 24, and to the farewell party on Sept. 27. Participants are encouraged to arrange their own accommodation. The conference venue (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Roosevelt ter 9) is located in downtown Budapest, near the Parliament building. Conference website: http://www.socialscience.t-mobile.hu/2008 Previous volumes in the series COMMUNICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY: http://www.socialscience.t-mobile.hu/kiad_en.htm --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
