[ICTs-and-Society] CfP - Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space

[Thomas Poell]

International conference on ‘Social Media and the Transformation of
Public Space’
University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
June 18-20, 2014

Organizers: José van Dijck & Thomas Poell
Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida,
Hallvard Moe

This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and
techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media
platforms.  The main question driving the conference is how social
media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are
transforming concepts of public space or “publicness”. More
specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the
transformation of particular domains, including news production,
public broadcasting, activism, and law and order.

Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014

Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or
Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw at uva.nl no later than
Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis
and will respond to every proposal.

Learn more about the conference at:
http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/news/news/news/content/folder/2013/11/social-media-and-the-transformation-of-public-space.html