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Call for Chapters: Politics in the Information Age, Springer, Deadline
of Apr. 30, 2012 It would be appreciated if you could forward this call for chapters to anyone who might be interested. Web site: http://polnetics.com Politics in the Information Age is a set of book volumes being published by Springer Springer Science+Business Media, LLC and being edited by Jonathan Bishop and Ashu M. G. Solo. We are now taking submissions of full chapters for review with or without prior chapter proposal submissions. However, if you want to know if your chapter is relevant to our book volumes, you can send us a short abstract for our evaluation first, but you can directly submit chapters for review too now. Purpose of Politics in the Information Age Set of Book Volumes to be Published by Springer Technology and particularly the Internet have brought about many changes in the realm of politics. Recent revolutions in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa have started in large part due to social networking Web sites like Facebook and Twitter. Social networking has also played a role in protests and riots in numerous countries. The whistleblower Web site Wikileaks has had a tremendous impact in exposing government corruption. Politicians and candidates use their own Web sites and social networking profiles to get their message out. The mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as anybody can set up a blog or post a video online. Political activists can network together online. Voting is often done using electronic voting machines, which has created many problems. In the future, voting will likely be done over the Internet, but there are many issues that need to be worked out. Internet freedom and equal access are important issues that have many facets. The Internet offers the means for greater citizen input and interaction in government political processes. These kinds of issues will be studied in the research book volumes Politics in the Information Age being edited by A. M. G. Solo and J. Bishop and being published by Springer Science+Business Media, LLC. Potential Topics Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Political Revolutions, Political Protests, and Other Citizen Activism in the Information Age -- role of social networking in political revolutions -- role of social networking in political revolutions in the Middle East and North Africa -- role of social networking in political protests -- online petitions -- electronic civil disobedience -- hacktivism -- role of social networking in political riots in the United Kingdom -- case studies -- future research directions Other Political Expression in the Information Age -- editorial controls by political party hierarchies -- political blogs -- online political videos -- political vlogs -- parliamentary informatics -- case studies -- future research directions Whistleblowing in the Information Age -- Wikileaks -- whistleblower Web sites -- transparency -- advantages and disadvantages of transparency -- whistleblowing -- whistleblower protection -- whistleblower prosecution -- whistleblower persecution -- lawsuits against whistleblowers -- case studies -- future research directions Internet Freedom -- information freedom -- global access to information -- equal access to information -- government restriction on access to Web sites -- freedom to connect on the Internet -- freedom to organize on the Internet -- freedom from computer crime and abuse -- net neutrality -- privacy issues in the information age -- right to privacy on the Internet -- citizen surveillance on the Internet -- warrantless wiretapping -- freedom of expression in the information age -- free speech in the information age -- Internet censorship -- super-injunctions -- online piracy -- freedom of religion on the Internet -- netizen rights -- domain name seizures without due process -- disability accommodation in technology usage -- Internet access in prisons -- Internet abuse and data misuse -- digital divide -- case studies -- future research directions Political Campaigns in the Information Age -- online campaigning -- online campaigning using social networking -- online campaigning using multimedia tools -- political activism on the Internet -- political debates on the Internet -- guerilla politics (cyberbullying, satire) -- virtual town hall -- virtual war-room -- case studies -- future research directions Voting in the Information Age -- e-voting -- remote e-voting over Internet -- e-voting advantages and risks -- electronic voting theft -- stolen elections through e-voting -- electronic instant results voting (IRV) -- case studies -- future research directions Government Political Processes in the Information Age -- e-democracy -- digital democracy -- collaborative e-democracy -- e-participation -- open-source governance -- open politics -- electronic rulemaking -- interactive public docket -- open government -- hacking into government computers -- online harassment of decision makers -- case studies -- future research directions Information Editors: Cllr Jonathan Bishop and Ashu M. G. Solo Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC (Springer) Publisher Web Site: http://springer.com Web Site for Call for Chapters: http://polnetics.com Email Address for Submissions: submissions@polnetics.com Email Address for Inquiries: jbishop@polnetics.com Chapter Submissions Please email chapters to submissions@polnetics.com by April 30, 2012. We are now taking submissions of full chapters for review with or without prior chapter proposal submissions. However, if you want to know if your chapter is relevant to our book volumes, you can send us a short abstract for our evaluation first, but you can directly submit chapters for review too now. Extended Deadlines Full chapter deadline: April 30, 2012 Chapter review deadline: June 30, 2012 Chapter revisions deadline: August 31, 2012 The books will be published in fall 2012. Editors Jonathan Bishop Chartered IT Professional Fellow of BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT Fellow of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce Town Councillor for Treforest, Wales Director of Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, Swansea University Founder, The Crocels Trolling Academy Company Secretary at Glamorgan Blended Learning Ltd. Mailing Address: Centre for Research into Online Communities and E-Learning Systems, ILS Building, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP Wales, U.K. Ashu M. G. Solo Fellow of British Computer Society Principal/Interdisciplinary R&D Engineer and Mathematician at Maverick Technologies America Inc. Director/Interdisciplinary Researcher at Solo Research Lab, Crocels, Swansea University and Maverick Technologies America Inc. Principal/Intelligent Systems and New Math Instructor at Trailblazer Intelligent Systems, Inc. City Committee Representative on Saskatoon Cultural Diversity and Race Relations Committee Former Platoon Commander Understudy in Cdn. Army Reserve Infantry Mailing Address: Maverick Technologies America Inc., Suite 808, 1220 North Market Street, Wilmington, DE 19801 U.S.A. URL: http://polnetics.com |
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