Dear all, Please let me remind you of the approaching deadline of the call for papers for a thematic issue of the Cogitatio Media and Communication Open Access Journal. If you have any questions, e.g. regarding the open access fees, please let me know. Best regards, Julia
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Cogitatio Media and Communication, Volume 4, Issue 6 http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/pages/view/nex...
Title: Post-Snowden Internet Policy
Editors: Julia Pohle (WZB Berlin Social Science Center, Germany) and Leo Van Audenhove (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium, and University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
Deadline for Abstracts: 31 May 2016 Deadline for Submissions: 31 August 2016 Publication of the Issue: December 2016
Information: In summer 2013, the world was shaken by the revelations of Edward Snowden, a former NSA systems administrator who leaked classified records of the surveillance programmes of the US intelligence agencies. In several countries, these disclosures led to a chorus of outrage by internet users and policy-makers. In addition, despite the fact that many international corporations dissociated themselves from US surveillance practices, the disclosed documents revealed how the nexus between the US government and the IT industry entails the neglect of privacy concerns on a large scale. Hence, the NSA scandal has demonstrated that existing Internet policy frameworks are not adequate to address illegitimate data collection and surveillance through global digital infrastructures. It thereby accelerated a necessary debate about the future of Internet policy in an increasingly globalised word that is interconnected by digital infrastructures.
But as much consternation as Snowden’s revelations have caused, the discursive response to the scandal appears disconnected from the practical response. While users continue to entrust their data and personal information to US-based corporations, policy-makers in Europe and other regions have yet to put forward alternative approaches that would reform existing domestic and international Internet policy and ensure the respect of legal obligations and human rights.
This thematic issue seeks contributions that approach the consequences that the Snowden disclosures have had, might have or should have on the discursive and practical level. We particularly invite submissions that reveal the complex mechanisms of Internet policy and its many interrelated (and often competing) discourses, issues and actors. Approaching the topic of post-Snowden Internet policy from a theoretical, conceptual or case-study perspective, contributions could address the following topics:
- Privacy by policy or by design - Data protection in a globalised network society - Digital literacy and the power of users/consumers - Surveillance – between care and control - Digital sovereignty and data localisation - Accountability of international corporations - Policy-making in a black box society - Civil disobedience, (h)activists and their impact on policy debates
Instructions for Authors: Authors interested in submitting a paper for this issue are asked to consult the journal's instructions for authors and to send their abstracts (about 200-250 words, with a tentative title) by email to the journal's editorial office (mac@cogitatiopress.com) by 31 May 2016. Authors shall also check with their institutions if funds are available to cover open access publication costs. Further information about the journal's open access charges and institutional memberships can be found in the "About" webpage.