MCLC: CIRC 11--cfp

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Anne Henochowicz <annemh at alumni.upenn.edu>
Subject: CIRC 11--cfp
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>From the Chinese Internet Research mailing list
(chineseinternetresearch at yahoogroups.com):

China and the New Internet World: The Eleventh Chinese Internet Research
Conference (CIRC11)
Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford
14-15 June 2013 

CIRC is an interdisciplinary conference that brings together scholars,
analysts, industry leaders, journalists and legal practitioners from
around the world to examine the impact of the Internet on Chinese society,
including its social, cultural, political and economic aspects, as well as
how China is changing the Internet. Founded in 2003, the eleventh meeting
of the Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) will be held in Oxford,
hosted and co-organized by the Oxford Internet Institute, the Programme of
Comparative Media Law and Policy, and the Reuters Institute for the Study
of Journalism at the University of Oxford in collaboration with the
Steering Committee of the CIRC, the Annenberg School for Communication &
Journalism at USC, the Center for Global Communications Studies (CGCS) at
the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania,
the Global Communication Research Institute (GCRI) at Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, and Singapore Internet Research Centre at Nanyang
Technological University.

CIRC11 will begin with a dinner at Balliol College on 14 June 2013, which
follows the ICA Pre-Conference on ŒChina and the New Internet World¹. This
conference will be organized by the OII, PCMLP and RISJ, in collaboration
with an organizing committee, which will include representatives of CIRC
and our academic partners. CIRC11 will continue on Saturday, 15 June with
academic panels and presentations from 9am to 5pm, followed by a closing
session. 

While individuals may register to attend CIRC11 whether or not they are
able to attend the ICA Pre-Conference on the 14th (and vice versa), the
conferences are designed to flow seamlessly together providing a broad
range of current research on the Chinese Internet and drawing prominent
researchers to this these consecutive events.

Registration 

Those who wish to attend the ICA Pre-Conference should register through
the ICA: 
http://www.icahdq.org/conf/index.asp. Those who wish to attend the CIRC11
Dinner on 14 June or CIRC11 on 15 June should send an email expressing
interest to events (at) oii.ox.ac.uk <http://oii.ox.ac.uk/> with CIRC in
the subject heading.

Accepting Proposals and Abstracts

The CIRC11 Organizing Committee welcomes proposals for panels or abstracts
of presentations for the 15 June conference. Any panel or presentation
that promises to advance social research on the Internet and related media
and communication technologies in China or within the broader Chinese user
community is welcomed. Panel proposals should be written in English and
should not exceed two pages or 1000 words, and abstracts not exceed one
page or 500 words. 

Graduate Student Paper Competition

Papers by graduate students are particularly welcomed. Graduate students
who submit conference papers will be considered for CIRC¹s annual graduate
student paper competition. Eligibility is limited to papers that do not
include any faculty co-authors.

Thematic Focus 

CIRC examines trends and themes concerning the role of the Internet and
related media and communication technologies in Chinese political,
economic, cultural and social life. We welcome contributions from any
disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective that seek to address these
themes. Forward looking and historical perspectives on the Internet in
China and the Asian region are particularly welcome.

Potential topics include:

* presentations on the Internet and media industries, such as new
companies and innovations in China;

* applications, ranging from gaming and social media to journalism, news
and information; patterns of consuming Internet products and services,
from online shopping to digital government;

* issues related to the creative industries and online popular culture;

* media and Internet governance in China and globally;

* social movements, such as grassroots activism and e-tactics, and digital
divides in technology, skills, and access; and

* methodological perspectives and challenges in performing Internet
research in China.