Call for Papers
ICA 2010 Pre-conference, “Innovations in Mobile Use”

June 22 – 23, 2010
Singapore

The Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC) is organising the ICA 2010 preconference workshop, “Innovations in Mobile Use”, to be held in Singapore, from 22nd – 23rd June 2010. The Mobiles preconference seeks to examine innovations in a variety of societal contexts highlighting different phenomena of cell phone uses. The workshop will aim to foster discussions around how developments in emerging markets reflect the trends in mature markets, and assess potential for the cross-pollination of information and communications technologies for development and/or empowerment.

You are invited to submit a 500-word extensive abstract focusing on the social scientific understanding of mobile communication, including the following themes:

  • Social impacts of mobile phones use
  • Mobile communication for development
  • Trends in mobile media systems and social contexts
  • Public sphere, social networks, and mobile communication
  • Mobile communication policy and regulation
  • Mobile broadband
  • Theoretical and methodological perspectives on mobile communication research

Please submit your abstracts to sirca_mobiles@ntu.edu.sg by 13th November (Friday) 2009, 11:59 EST.

Final papers will be due 14th May (Friday) 2010, 11:59 EST.

Please find attached more details on the Mobiles preconference. Additional information can also be found at the following website www.sirca.org.sg/mobiles2010.

Should you require any clarification, feel free to contact the SIRCA secretariat at sirca_mobiles@ntu.edu.sg.

Dr. Arul Chib
Assistant Director,
Singapore Internet Research Centre (SiRC)
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Dr. Trisha Lin Tsui-Chuan
Assistant Professor,
Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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