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Added on Mar 9th, 2008

March 10 is the registration deadline for this conference on politics web 2.0. For those of you that have been attending “law 2.0″ events, this looks like a particularly good complement showing some other emerging issues.

Has there been a shift in political use of the internet and digital new media - a new web 2.0 politics based on participatory values? How do broader social, cultural, and economic shifts towards web 2.0 impact, if at all, on the contexts, the organizational structures, and the communication of politics and policy? Does web 2.0 hinder or help democratic citizenship? This conference provides an opportunity for researchers to share and debate perspectives.

It is a large event with over 40 panels and over 100 papers, with keynotes from:

• Helen Margetts, Professor of Internet and Society, University of Oxford:
  “Digital-era Governance: Peer production, Co-creation and the Future of
  Government.”
• Robin Mansell, Professor of New Media, LSE: “The Light and the Dark
  Sides of Web 2.0.”
• Rachel Gibson, Professor of Political Science, University of Manchester:
  “Trickle-up Politics?: the Impact of Web 2.0 Technologies on Citizen
  Participation.”
• Micah Sifry, Personal Democracy Forum/TechPresident: “The Revolution
  Will Be Networked: How Open Source Politics is Emerging in America.”
• Michael Turk, US National Cable & Telecommunications Association and
  e-campaign manager for Bush-Cheney 04: “Managed Chaos: Bringing Order to
  User-Generated Activism.”
• Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication, University of
  Leeds: (title to be confirmed).

Registration for the conference and affordable accommodation is quick
and easy via our website, where you may also download the full
provisional programme:

http://newpolcom.rhul.ac.uk/politics-web-2-0-conference/

New Political Communication Unit, Department of Politics and International Relations, Royal Holloway, University of London, April 17-18, 2008.