[Students-l] Fwd. [AoIR] PhD summer school on the political economy of ICT, Aalborg University

[M.J. Menou]

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>> > From: Anders henten <henten at cmi.aau.dk>
>> > Date: February 8, 2010 6:32:05 AM EST
>> > To: announcements at iamcr.org
>> > Subject: [IAMCR] PhD summer school on the political economy of ICT
>> > 
>> > Announcement of PhD summer school on
>> > 
>> > 
>> > The Political Economy of Information and Communication Technologies
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Dates: 22-27 August 2010
>> > 
>> > Place: Skagen, Denmark
>> > 
>> > Organizer: Center for Communication, Media and Information technologies
>> > (CMI), Aalborg University, Denmark
>> > 
>> > Information and registration:  <http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk/>
>> > http://phdsummerschool.nordict.aau.dk/ 
>> > 
>> > The topic of the 2010 PhD summer school is Social Networking
>> > 
>> > The PhD summer school on the political economy information and communication
>> > technologies focuses on social networking in 2010. Internet-based
>> > communities have existed for more than 20 years, but during the past few
>> > years, social networking has become widespread. Worldwide, people connect
>> > via the web and extend their social communities beyond what could ever have
>> > been realized without the web. 
>> > 
>> > Till now, users of web-based social networking and communities have mainly
>> > used traditional computers with large screens. For many users the concept of
>> > social networking means always-on, which sets focus on the trend of being
>> > able to do social networking also on smart phones and other smaller screens.
>> > The transition from the big screen to the small screen in relation to social
>> > networking and communities will be one of the issues examined at the PhD
>> > summer school. The summer school will concentrate on the interrelationships
>> > between the technological, economic, political, and cultural aspects of
>> > social networking.
>> > 
>> > Issues that will be dealt with at the summer school include: 
>> > 
>> > .         User generated content and applications
>> > 
>> > .         Mobility and social networks 
>> > 
>> > .         Privacy and trust in social networks
>> > 
>> > .         Standards and technical platforms 
>> > 
>> > .         New services and applications for mobile devices facilitating
>> > social networks
>> > 
>> > .         Business models for social networks
>> > 
>> > .         Regulatory aspects of social networks
>> > 
>> > The summer school is organized in cooperation with CTIF (Centre for
>> > TeleInFrastructure), the CAMMP project (Converged Advanced Mobile Media
>> > Platform), and is part of the activities of the Mobile and Wireless Cluster
>> > (KMT) located at CMI.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Aim and objectives of the summer school
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > The aim of the course is to refine the level of knowledge of the
>> > participating Ph.D. students on the economic and political structures and
>> > mechanisms affecting technology development in the information and
>> > communication technology (ICT) area. It also considers the impact of
>> > implementation and application of ICTs on the economy and broader social
>> > developments. It is a course in the political economy of technology
>> > development with a disciplinary point of departure in economics and social
>> > science. This theme is explored at a company (micro), sectoral (meso) and/or
>> > societal (macro) level. This will depend on the specific topics chosen in
>> > the course. The course targets Ph.D. students with a technology background
>> > combined with an economics and/or social science approach and students with
>> > an economics and /or social science background focusing on technology
>> > development.
>> > 
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Best regards
>> > 
>> > Anders Henten, henten at cmi.aau.dk
>> > 
>> > Reza Tadayoni,  <mailto:reza at cmi.aau.dk> reza at cmi.aau.dk 
>> > 
>> > CMI, Department of Development and Planning, Aalborg University, Denmark