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Submissions are invited for the conference
Towards a Philosophy of Telecommunications Convergence
which is to take place in Budapest, September 27-29, 2007

Contributions are invited from philosophers, media theorists, psychologists, and other interested scholars on the following and related topics:
 
• metaphors of telecommunications convergence
• convergence and/or interaction?
• entertainment, advertisement, convergence
• the internet, cell phones, and social networking
• Wi-Fi and urban planning
• VoIP and its conseqences
• texting, chat, and networking in an environment of convergence
• pictorial communication
• varieties of blogging
• the wiki principle
• user-generated content and its effects on learning and social interaction
• microlearning
• mobile computing
• touchscreens and handwriting

Target dates:
Submission of abstracts (max. 300 words) and short biographical statements (max. 150 words) by March 25, 2007. Early submissions are strongly encouraged. Please send your submissions to Kristóf Nyíri, knyiri@t-email.hu.
Those submitting abstracts will be notified of the decision concerning acceptance by Apr. 12, 2007. Deadline for receipt of draft full-length (max. 2500 words) versions of papers: July 13, 2007. Receipt of draft papers by this deadline is a condition for inclusion in the program. The papers will be compiled and distributed to all participants at the time of the conference.
 
Previous volumes in the series
Conference organized by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and T-Mobile Hungary.

 

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