[esocialaction] FW: [ciresearchers] Call for Papers

[Walker, Steve]

May be of interest,
Steve
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Sent: 25 January 2007 15:02
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Subject: [ciresearchers] Call for Papers


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Call for Papers


Changing politics through digital networks:
 The role of ICTs in the formation of new social and political actors
and
actions.

5-6 October 2007

Political Science Faculty, University of Florence, Italy


Organized by: 
Department of Political Science and Sociology (DISPO), University of
Florence in collaboration with the Social Informatics Research Unit
(SIRU)
based in the Department of Sociology, University of York.

Sponsored by: Information, Communication and Society (iCS) 

Key note speakers include: 

.	Lance Bennett (University of Washington, USA)
.	Donatella della Porta (European University Institute, Florence,
Italy)
.	Tim Jordan (Open University UK)
.	Michele Micheletti (Karlstad University, Sweden)

It will address such questions as: How can ICTs be best used to
facilitate
the formation of social and political identities? Do the ways ICTs are
embedded in new social and political movements contribute to change the
sociological content of the relationships between them, their members
and
their constituency? How can ICTs be best used to influence political
processes and outcomes at local, national and transnational levels? 

Theoretical and empirical works focusing on political and sociological
aspects of such analytical dimensions as power structures, organization,
technologies, communication, individual and collective behaviours are
welcomed.

The full call for papers and submission details are available on the
symposium website 
at: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/siru/dispo/





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