Futures of media: Shifting spheres
Call for Papers to a special issue of Kybernetes [Clarivate Impact Factor: .980]. Deadline: 15 March 2019. CPF:
https://wp.me/pvO07-1eH
Guest Editors:
Markus Heidingsfelder, Habib University Karachi, Pakistan*
Holger Briel, Xi'an Jiaotong Liverpool University, PR of China
Steffen Roth, La Rochelle Business School, France, and Yerevan State University, Armenia
Focus:
The concept of publicity as a sphere was first introduced to scientific discourse by Jürgen Habermas in the 1970's and has had a remarkable career ever since. In this special issue of Kybernetes, we want to turn our attention to three thematic spheres surrounding the concept of the sphere:
- The concept: This may include its origins, its history, and its potential, as well as its limitations. At this meta-theoretical level, comparisons between the ostensibly antagonistic theoretical perspectives of systems theory and the theory of communicative action of the two become possible. As a consequence, the concept of sphere may create a theoretical sphere for discussing the extent to which the central aspects of both perspectives are compatible, and further, at which junctures they might even be coupled.
- The question of which structural and semantic transformations the so-called 'public sphere' and 'private sphere' have undergone in recent decades, particularly with regard to globalization and the digitization of society.
- The idea of transformation: What is it exactly that defines change in contrast with its opposite-i.e., the perseverance and consistency of structures?
The driving contention of this Special Issue is this: the concept of sphere is a rich theoretical resource that, if freed from its normative implications, can be effectively deployed in order to analyze current social situations ...
The full CFP is available for download here:
https://wp.me/pvO07-1eH. Full paper submission deadline: 15 March 2019.
Contributions to this special issue may be related (but not limited) to topics discussed on the 2nd "Futures of Media" conference 2018:
http://futuremediaconference.com/.
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Prof. Dr. Dr. habil. Steffen Roth
La Rochelle Business School and Yerevan State University
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BIG DATA REALITY CHECK OF SOCIAL MEGA TRENDS. Results from the first global brain wave measurement:
http://wp.me/pvO07-YZ
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