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The University of Western Ontario, Government of Canada's Department of
Canadian Heritage and the Canadian
International Development Agency
Call for Papers
CITIZENS AT THE CROSSROADS: WHOSE INFORMATION SOCIETY?
October 21-24, 1999, London, ON Canada
Abstracts and papers are invited for a conference to address issues
related to the growth of the knowledge-based economy and society.
Specifically the conference, as part of a government-wide policy
research agenda, will address citizenship in the information society
by exploring the forces that advance and impede civic participation
domestically and internationally, in the developing and developed
world.
The conference is expected to attract both researchers and policy
professionals.
Abstracts and papers are invited on these topics:
Ownership and control of electronic and other media networks,
services and information; different forms of commercial and
political control; impact on access and on the exercise of
citizenship
Controversial content, censorship, propaganda, and privacy;
tensions between freedom of expression and the control of illegal
activities; new forms of propaganda and censorship; the protection
of children
Civic knowledge, education, and participation: rights and
responsibilities and citizenship in an information society;
is a virtual education, education?; how the net and other forms
of communication expand and constrain civic participation.
Democracy and political action: effects of new networks and
the freer flow of information on national and other identities,
political cultures and the way people mobilize for action within
and across borders (esp. in biotechnology as information)
Human rights, diversity, and marginalization: importance of access
to information and communication media for human rights; risks of
marginalization and homogenization.
Abstracts: May 31, 1999
Papers: October 1, 1999
Submissions should be sent electronically to
fims-conference@julian.uwo.ca and should include a one-page abstract
of a paper or panel proposal in MS word or ASCII format. In addition,
the Program Committee needs a one-page C.V. or biography, which
includes citations of relevant work. Selected papers should be no
more than 30 pages. Papers not received by the October 1 deadline
will be removed from the program. The conference also intends to
provide access to all accepted papers either through publication or
via our web site. A monograph will be published based on a selected
number of papers presented at the conference. Please check our web
site at www.fims.uwo.ca after May 1 for conference and registration
information.
Manjunath Pendakur, Dean
Chair, Conference Program Committee
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
The University of Western Ontario
London, ON N6A 5B7 Canada
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Bernd Frohmann, Associate Professor
Faculty of Information & Media Studies
The University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario N6A 5B7 CANADA
voice: (519) 661-2111 ext. 4235 | fax: (519) 661-3506
<http://www.fims.uwo.ca/people/faculty/frohmann.html>
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