[CITASA] Call for Papers: CITASA @ ASA 2009

[Keith Hampton]

CALL FOR PAPERS
Section on Communication and Information Technologies (CITASA)
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting
August 8-11 2009
San Francisco, CA
 
DEADLINE: January 14, 2009
 
CITASA SESSIONS
 
Session 1: Cultural Divergences and Convergences: Mediated
Communication, Community, and Social Networks
Organizer: Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University
Through social networking, commerce, or political activism, many
internet users engage in a host of mediated communities and social
networks. To date, little attention has been paid to how cultural
context shapes differentiated use of IT both within and beyond national
borders. This session takes on this challenge by examining how new media
practices diverge or converge in different cultural settings both in the
United States and internationally. Papers will explore differences and
similarities between how different cultural groups use mediated
communication to initiate, sustain, or strengthen different forms of
community and/or social networks.
 
Session 2: Sociology of Communications and IT
Organizer: Keith N. Hampton, University of Pennsylvania
Open session on any topic related to the study of the sociology of
communications, media, or information and communication technologies.
Quantitative, qualitative, conceptual, critical, and theory
contributions are welcome. Topics may include: health, politics, work,
relationships, virtual environments, social networks, media, teaching,
software, hardware, the Internet, cell phones, mobile computing, etc.
 
Session 3: Round Tables
Organizer: Steven G. Hoffman, SUNY Buffalo
Open Submission
HOW TO SUBMIT: All submissions must be made via the ASA online system.
Organizers cannot consider papers sent to them directly. Only completed
papers, not abstracts or letters of intent, may be considered by session
organizers. Details on the submission process and participation policies
can be found at:
http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/meetings/2009_call_for_papers
IMPORTANT REMINDER: If you select one of the above sessions as your 1st
or 2nd preference (as part of the ASA online submission process), in the
event that your paper is not accepted for a CITASA session, organizers
will do their best to forward your paper to additional sessions for
consideration. However, you are also strongly urged to select the box to
have your paper forwarded to a Roundtable Session.
Keith Hampton, Program/Section Chair
 
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 Keith N. Hampton 
 Assistant Professor 
 Annenberg School for Communication 
 University of Pennsylvania 
 3620 Walnut Street 
 Philadelphia, PA 19104 
 F: 215.898.2024 
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