Cybercultures – Exploring Critical Issues
5th Global Conference: Cybercultures – Exploring Critical Issues
5th Global Conference
Cybercultures – Exploring Critical Issues
Friday 12th March – Sunday 14th March 2010
Salzburg, Austria
Call for Papers
This inter- and multi-disciplinary conference aims
to examine, explore and critically engage with the
issues and implications created by the
growing adoption of information technologies for
inter-human communication. The project will also
focus on assessing the continuing impact of
emergent cybermedia for human communication and
culture. In particular the conference will
encourage equally theoretical and practical
debates which surround the cultural contexts
within which cybermedial and technological
advances are occurring.
Papers, presentations, workshops and reports are
invited on any of the following themes:
1. Cyberspace and Cyberculture
Theories and Concepts of Cyberspace and
Cyberculture. Identifying Key Features and Issues
2. Cybercultures and Online Communities
Emerging Practices in Social Networking. The
Shaping of Individual and Collective Identities.
Webnography. The Role and Use of Online
Environments for Disadvantaged and other
Minorities. Mobile Media.
3. Cyber-Subcultures
Multi-National, Cross-Continental and Online
Diaspora Communities. Youth and Fan Cultures
Online. The changing Social Identity in Cyberspace.
4. Video Game Cultures
Social Dimension of Online Gaming and Presence in
Virtual Worlds. The impact of Gaming Cultures on
Online and Offline Behaviour. The History
of Virtual Worlds and their Cultures.
5. Digital and Interactive Arts
Performative and collaborative Use of Crossmedia.
Interactive Storytelling. Transmedia Storytelling.
User generated Content and cultural Practices.
6. Cybercultures and Politics
Governance and Control in the Online Environment.
Cyber-Democracy and the Impact on National and
Global Politics. Surveillance and Privacy in
the Online World. Cyber-Activism and Social
Mobilisation. Digital Divide. Digital Rights in
Virtual Environments. Cybercrime.
7. Cybermedia and Cyberjournalism
Cyberjournalism. Crossmedia and Digital
Publishing. Digital Communications and Free
Speech. New Censorship.
8. New Media Literacies
Virtual Communities and Collaborative Work.
Educational Use of Virtual Environments. Cultures
of Online Learning. Online Research Networking.
The Steering Group particularly welcomes the
submission of pre-formed panel proposals. 300 word
abstracts should be submitted by Friday 2nd
October 2009. All submissions are minimally double
blind peer reviewed where appropriate. If an
abstract is accepted for the conference, a full
draft paper should be submitted by Friday 5th
February 2010. Abstracts should be submitted
simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts
may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with
the following information and in this order:
a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d)
title of abstract, e) body of abstract
Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain
from using footnotes and any special formatting,
characters or emphasis (such as bold,
italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and
answer to all paper proposals submitted. If you do
not receive a reply from us in a week you
should assume we did not receive your proposal; it
might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, to
look for an alternative electronic route or resend.
Organising Chairs
Daniel Riha
Cyber Hub Leader, Inter-Disciplinary.Net and
Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
E-mail: Daniel.Riha@ff.cuni.cz
Rob Fisher
Network Founder and Network Leader
Inter-Disciplinary.Net,
Freeland, Oxfordshire, UK
E-mail: cyber5@inter-disciplinary.net
The conference is part of the ‘At the Interface’
programme of research projects. It aims to bring
together people from different areas and
interests to share ideas and explore various
discussions which are innovative and exciting.
All papers accepted for and presented at this
conference will be eligible for publication in an
ISBN eBook. Selected papers maybe invited
for development for publication in a themed hard
copy volume(s) or for inclusion in a new Cyber
journal (launching 2010).
For further details about the project please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/
For further details about the conference please visit:
http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/critical-issues/cyber/cybercultures/call-for-papers/
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