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<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>CALL
FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>American
Sociological Association Meeting 2009<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Section
on Communication and Information Technologies<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>San
Francisco, Aug 8-11<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>DEADLINE:
January 14, 2008<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Only
<u>completed papers</u>, not abstracts or letters of intent, may be considered
by session organizers.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Session
#1: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Cultural
Divergences and Convergences: Mediated Communication, Community, and Social
Networks<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Organizer:
Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Session
#2:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sociology
of Communications and IT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Organizer:
Keith N. Hampton, University of Pennsylvania<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Session
#3:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Roundtables<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Organizer:
Steven G. Hoffman, SUNY Buffalo<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>HOW
TO SUBMIT:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>All
submissions for the 2009 program must be made via the online system which will
open on the ASA website in early December. Details on the submission process
and participation policies can be found at: <a
href="http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/meetings/2009_participation_policies">http://www.asanet.org/cs/root/leftnav/meetings/2009_participation_policies</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>IMPORTANT
REMINDER:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>In
past years, the Section has received many more paper submissions than can be
accepted in the regular section sessions. If you select a Section session as
your 1<sup>st</sup> or 2<sup>nd</sup> preference (as part of the online submission
process), session organizers will do their best to forward your paper to
additional session organizers for consideration. However, you are also strongly
urged to select the box to have your paper forwarded to a Roundtable Session.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>Keith
Hampton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'>CHITASA,
Chair<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"'><a
href="http://citasa.org/">http://citasa.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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