Media's third issue invites submissions
on all aspects of new media use in the region, as well as submissions on the topic of e-governance that will form the cluster of the issue.
Between Big Brother and the Digital Utopia: e-Governance in Post-Totalitarian Space
Deadline: May 1, 2010
The use of information and communications technology to overcome traditional difficulties associated with the interaction of the state and its citizens represents a double-edged sword in post-totalitarian space. For many, the coming of digitised governance heralds an end to needless bureaucracy, countless hours wasted in queues, and access to hitherto unavailable government services. For others, however, the
expansion of the state into the virtual realm is a harbinger of a dystopian future where the panopticon is always watching, and even the most private thoughts of citizens are monitored and recorded by the state. This issue of Digital Icons aims to examine the inherent tension between these two extremes.
We are interest in research exploring the evolution and impact of e-governance in the Russian Federation and other post-Soviet states; however, we also invite submissions on digitised government in post-Communist Central Europe (Poland, Bulgaria, etc.), as well as comparative essays on other countries (particularly the People's Republic of China) that include analysis of states within the former Soviet bloc. While articles on e-governance will form a thematic cluster in this issue, submissions on other topics are encouraged, too.
This message serves as a call for submissions - the deadline for which is May 1, 2010. For more information, including a more extensive thematic outline, guidelines and contact information, please visit the CfP link on our website, or contact the RC team.
Best regards,
The editors
Sudha Rajagopalan (Utrecht)
Ellen Rutten (Bergen/Amsterdam)
Robert A. Saunders (New York)
Henrike Schmidt (Berlin)
Vlad Strukov (Leeds/London)
Please quote 10 Academic Resources Daily in your application to this opportunity!
