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MISTICA: (Fwd) TIS CFP SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC POLICY IN THE INFO

From: Valeria Betancourt ([email protected])
Date: Tue Jun 24 2003 - 15:06:56 AST

>Date sent: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:14:56 -0500
>From: "Rodriguez, Clemencia" <[email protected]>
>Subject: TIS CFP SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC POLICY IN THE
>INFORMATION AGE
>To: [email protected]
>
>CALL FOR PAPERS
>
>The Information Society (TIS) special issue on
>SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF PUBLIC POLICY IN THE INFORMATION AGE
>
>Edited by Milton Mueller (Syracuse University) and Becky Lentz (Ford
>Foundation)
>
>If the 1990s was the decade of market liberalization in media and
>telecommunication industries worldwide, how will the next decade be
>defined? What and who will set the agenda for communication and
>information policy?
>
>Current policy discourse is focused on relatively narrow regulatory
>or legal issues, such as broadband regulation, the proper scope of
>intellectual property rights, interconnection and competition in
>telecommunications, and media concentration. While recognizing the
>importance of issue-specific policy research, this special issue
>would attempt to shift some attention to the underlying social and
>political determinants of public policy. The objective is to encourage the
>development of revised conceptions of the public interest appropriate
>to a transformed economic and political environment. Papers that
>bring together insights from multiple areas, such as political science,
>sociology, economics, critical geography, information studies, urban
>studies, policy studies, communications and cultural studies, are
>especially welcome. Ideally, papers would shed light on current
>developments and place them in perspective that has relevance for
>future public policy directions.
>
>As more specific examples of the type of papers/research we seek:
>
>* Analyses of long-term change in media and telecommunications
>institutions that draw upon any relevant literature of institutional
>change (e.g., the New Institutional Economics, the Old Institutional
>Economics, social movement theory, sociological theories of
>organizational repertoires and innovation).
>
>* Papers exploring changes in the way citizens, consumers, business
>groups or other constituencies are organizing to influence
>communication and information policy, including new analyses of how
>so-called global civil society or transnational advocacy networks are
>involved in communication and information issues;
>
>* Papers that assess the impact of globalization on communication and
>information policies, and explore the relationship between national
>policies, constituencies, and institutions on the one hand and
>international organizations and constituencies on the other.
>
>* How conceptions of the public interest in communication and
>information policy have changed in response to new technologies, new
>industry conditions and political and social developments. Are new
>theories of the public interest in communications and information
>policy being formed? How are normative principles responding to the
>changing landscape?
>
>* Explorations of the role of ideas and scholarly research in
>shaping, fomenting or resisting changes in policy.
>
>Manuscripts prepared according to the TIS guidelines should be
>submitted by October 1, 2003. Please send the manuscripts to: Milton
>Mueller <[email protected]>. Authors are encouraged to discuss their
>ideas with the guest editors.
>
>Clemencia Rodriguez
>Associate Professor
>Department of Communication
>University of Oklahoma
>[email protected]

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