From ku26 at drexel.edu Tue Oct 14 09:49:36 2014 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2014 13:49:36 +0000 Subject: [Sigifp-l] FW: ICA Workshop CFP: Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294EA316CE70@MB1.drexel.edu> OF interest to some I'm certain! Kristene Unsworth, Ph.D. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG-IFP Chair The College of Computing and Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 ?| ?Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci -----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Richard Denny Taylor Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2014 7:55 AM To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] ICA Workshop CFP: Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies An ICA pre-conference co-hosted by the Journal of Information Policy, the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the LINKS-ICORE project at the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the ICA Communication Law and Policy Division Tensions, disagreements, differences and disputes of both a methodological and theoretical nature have always been an attribute of communication policy studies. One of the major contributions to this debate is Paul Lazarsfeld's seminal piece "Remarks on Administrative and Critical Communication Research."* The Journal of Information Policy ( www.jip-online.org), the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the LINKS-ICORE project at the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the ICA Communication Law and Policy Division are holding a pre-conference in which the relevance of the distinction between "administrative" and "critical" scholarship in light of Lazarsfeld's analysis will be tested when applied to today's information society and the research questions contemporary information policy raises. The Journal will publish a special issue dedicated to the 75th anniversary of this essay in 2016. The pre-conference will be held on May 21, 2015 at one of the two ICA hotels in San Juan. Administrative research, according to Lazarsfeld, which takes its name from the corporate or government funding that supports it, emanates from the notion that the media are "tools handled by people or agencies for given purposes" and therefore the studies themselves focus on making the "tool(s) better known, and thus to facilitate (their) use." Critical research, on the other hand, is guided by the notion that "the general role of our media of communication in the present social order should be studied." Lazarsfeld saw "administrative" research as being focused on questions such as "Who are the people exposed to different media? What are their specific preferences? What are the effects of different methods of presentation?" and "critical" research as asking a different set of questions, such as "How are these media organized and controlled? How, in their institutional set-up is the trend toward centralization, standardization and promotional pressure expressed? In what form, however disguised, are they threatening human values?" Administrative research, explains Lazarsfeld, is criticized for solving only "little problems, generally of a business character, when the same methods could be used to improve the life of the community if only they were applied to forward looking projects related to the pressing economic and social problems of our time." Critical research, however, is opposed by those who believe "that so much of its effort is spent on what might be called 'showing up' things, rather than fact-finding or constructive suggestions." Self-described as one "whose interests and occupational duties are in the field of administrative research," Lazarsfeld called for the development of critical policy research, since he believed it could "contribute much in terms of challenging problems and new concepts." Contemporary society stands, 75 years later, at the same crossroads. The media may have changed, they have assumed new names, they are "digital" and "social", interactive and mobile; however, the social challenges they raise are similar. While media are accessible as never before, the divide among their users is more complex, and on many more levels, than could have been fathomed three quarters of a century ago. The increased pace of technological change also implies that it has become more difficult to undertake the sort of anticipatory "reimagining" of media potentialities with which critical research was tasked. Instead, many of the most radical innovations capitalizing on the affordances of new technologies are taking place in entrepreneurial contexts. Governments, ideologically disinclined or unable to undertake regulation preemptively (as witnessed in the net neutrality debates), are allowing greater play for market forces in media environments. Is there a role for critical research in this new scenario? Further, many policy issues now go well beyond the boundary of nation-states and need to be addressed at the international, the regional or even the global levels. Would a debate originated in the U.S. context shed light on those issues in the age of networked power and global governance? What direction is communication policy research taking? Is it driven by researchers focused on the "tools" or on the context in which the tools are used? What kinds of research should drive policy? How can media researchers, who now have access to vastly improved sources of data and research methods, compared to those in Lazarsfeld's time, most effectively conduct administrative research? What ethical questions are raised by the use of consumer data for administrative research? Should research focus on understanding the media of communications, what they are capable of doing and what their effects may be, or should it focus on the social implications of access or lack of access to these media? This Call for Papers invites submissions that identify the tension between administrative and critical research as it pertains to information and communication policy studies in both national and global contexts. Submissions may focus on, but are not limited to, addressing the following questions: . What are the normative foundations of administrative research? . Can administrative research ethically inform information policy? . How can policy research be made more democratic? . What, if any, is the role of the moral imagination in policy research? . Can empiricism/positivism engage ethical/moral values? . How can scholarly policy researchers (of any kind) avoid being compromised by the dominant agents of influence? . Should critical research have a greater presence in forums directed to administrative research? . Can critical scholarship inform policy? . Is critical scholarship utilized enough by policymakers? . What is and what should be the relationship of social activism to scholarship? . What current policy issues heighten the tension between administrative and critical research? Case studies, which combine these questions with specific examples of contemporary policy issues, are encouraged as well. Abstracts of between 400-500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be sent to pennstateiip at psu.edu by December 19, 2014. Please write IIPCLAPWS: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Abstracts not sent according to the above instructions will not be reviewed. Authors will be notified of their acceptance before January 14, 2015. Up to 8 abstracts will be accepted to the workshop and full papers are expected by May 14, 2015. Each paper will be assigned a respondent, and discussed at length at the workshop in order to help the author develop a paper to be submitted to the Journal of Information Policy. Authors presenting at the pre-conference will be invited to submit their completed papers for review in a special issue of the Journal of Information Policy ( www.jip-online.org) to be published in 2016 highlighting the 75th anniversary of Lazarfeld's essay. Now in its 5th year, the JIP is an open-access peer-reviewed journal dedicated to timely policy research that addresses contemporary challenges and connects researchers to policymakers. This pre-conference is the 10th workshop of the "Making Policy Research Accessible," project organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State. * Lazarsfeld, P. (1941). Remarks on administrative and critical research. Studies in Philosophy and Social Science, 9, 2-16. _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From michel.menou at orange.fr Mon Oct 27 06:13:08 2014 From: michel.menou at orange.fr (Michel Menou) Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 11:13:08 +0100 Subject: [Sigifp-l] Fwd: [icie] IRIE on Global Citizenship In-Reply-To: <544D4726.4010109@capurro.de> References: <544D4726.4010109@capurro.de> Message-ID: <544E1AB4.5020807@orange.fr> -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [icie] IRIE on Global Citizenship Date: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 20:10:30 +0100 From: Rafael Capurro Reply-To: rafael at capurro.de To: icie at zkm.de Dear colleagues, this mail is just to remind you about the IRIE Call for Papers on Global Citizenship (Guest Editor: Jared Bielby, Univ. of Alberta, Canada: bielby at ualberta.ca ) http://www.i-r-i-e.net/call_for_papers_23.htm Globalization via the digital age is upon us, demanding a new ethics and an intercultural awareness while the dialectics of globalism and cyberspace mandate a committed reflection on what the synthesis between the digital realm and global citizenship entails. In many ways, the borders that previously separated us as citizens physically and culturally have begun to dissipate, replaced by a call for an intercultural accountability and a form of global citizenship that, on one hand, surpasses borders, patriotism, and nationalism alike, but while on the other, demands an understanding and respect for the cultural idiosyncrasies among us, acknowledging the unique existential paradox of universal citizenship that posits each of us as both stranger and citizen on a commonly shared globe. What is cosmopolitan in the digital age? Is a global digital citizen the same as merely a digital citizen? While talk of digital citizenship has increased in recent years, usually centered on a capitalist drive, encouraging a full electronic participation in society and a responsibility to digital commerce, many questions remain unanswered. Is the netizen the citizen of a democratic state, and of digital democracy? As a citizen of the world interacting online, how will one?s ?rights? and ?duties? be determined? And are these ?rights? universal, and in such a case, what does ?universal? mean? What are the legal parameters of netizenship, and what will they be as globalization further takes hold? Is democracy critical to citizenship, or is it not? What are the political landscapes of global citizenship in the digital age? And last of all, is the concept of digital citizenship even tangible? Is it real? This issue of IRIE will explore the cultural and ethical dimensions of global citizenship in a digital age, looking at the implications, challenges and future of a digitally constructed globalization. We welcome the exploration of, while not restricting to, the following subject areas: * Defining ?rights? and ?duties? in terms of digital citizenship * Universal rights in the digital age * Intercultural perspectives on citizenship * Exploration of the digital divide in terms of citizenship * Borders and nationalism * Digital citizenship as defined by responsible use of technology * Governance, law and/or civil rights in terms of globalization * Ontology, identity and themes of belonging & alienation * Social justice in terms of cyberspace vs. ?real? space * Global information flow and developing power structures Deadline for extended abstracts: December 31, 2014. Please, forward this mail to whom it may concern. Best regards, Rafael -- Prof.em. Dr. Rafael Capurro Hochschule der Medien (HdM), Stuttgart, Germany Capurro Fiek Foundation for Information Ethics (http://www.capurro-fiek-foundation.org) Distinguished Researcher at the African Centre of Excellence for Information Ethics (ACEIE), Department of Information Science, University of Pretoria, South Africa. President, International Center for Information Ethics (ICIE) (http://icie.zkm.de) Editor in Chief, International Review of Information Ethics (IRIE) (http://www.i-r-i-e.net) Postal Address: Redtenbacherstr. 9, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany E-Mail:rafael at capurro.de Voice: + 49 - 721 - 98 22 9 - 22 (Fax: -21) Homepage:www.capurro.de No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2015.0.5315 / Virus Database: 4189/8457 - Release Date: 10/26/14 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: