Workshop : New political communication and EU
Dubrovnik, Croatia, 28 – 29 May 2012
Supported by the IPSA RC10

Organized by the Faculty of Political Science, in partnership with DEL research network

Call for papers

IPSA’s Research Committee 10 on Electronic Democracy and the Faculty of Political Science in partnership with DEL research network announce call for papers for the upcoming IPSA Workshop on “New political communication and European Union” that will be held in Dubrovnik, Inter University Center, Croatia from 28 to 29 May 2012.
The Workshop is a part of the annual Information Technology and Journalism conference organized by the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb and the Institute for New Media and E-Democracy that will take place from 29 of May to 1 of June 2012.

Topics :
* Transformation of political communication through new media
* Elections and the net campaigning
* Catching up with the net generation : governments, political parties and civil society
* The role of the new media in raising support for the EU
* EU institutions and the net
* Euroscepticism and the net
* Social networks, blogs and the EU

Interested participants should first submit an abstract (a 300-word outline) of their paper by 1 March, 2012, indicating clearly its subject and scope, and including a provisional title. The abstracts received will be peer-reviewed and authors will be notified of the outcome by 30 March, 2012.

Authors of accepted abstracts will be required to send the full paper by 10, May 2012. Full papers should not exceed 8,000 words in length, including notes and references.

The conference language is English.

Important dates :
- Abstract submission : please submit a 300-word abstract by 1 March, 2012.
- Notification of acceptance of abstracts : 30 March, 2012
- Full paper submission : please submit the full paper by 10 May, 2012.
Workshop : 28 – 29 May 2012
Conference : 29 May – 1 June 2011

Submissions
Please send all submissions by electronic mail in pdf format to milica@edemokracija.hr
All submissions are subject to a double-blind full paper review by at least 2 reviewers. To facilitate the review process, please write a separate cover sheet with the paper title and affiliation/s and omit the affiliations in the actual paper.

Participants who are not contributors (i.e. who do not propose a paper) can apply through our web site www.edemocracyinstitute.eu. Please note that the number of non contributing participants is limited so we encourage you to apply as early as possible.

For further information please visit : www.edemocracyinstitute.eu or www.edemokracija.hr