<div dir="ltr">Involving Citizens in Emergency Preparedness and Response<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">
International Conference<br><br><br>
Location: Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul<br>
Date: September 4, 2014; Thursday <br>
<br><br>New communication technologies play an increasingly important role
during emergencies and crises, such as natural and man made disasters
and political crises. Particularly social media can potentially enable
citizens to more quickly share information, assist response and recovery
in emergencies, and mobilize for action in political crises.<br>
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This conference will examine the role of citizens as first responders,
social activists, and citizen journalists at times of emergencies and
crises and will focus on practical, theoretical, and ethical issues
related to citizen participation in emergency/crisis
response/communication. The conference will result in a set of
guidelines for citizens, government authorities, first responders and
industry for the most effective use of ICTs to aid citizen security
during crises.<br>
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<br>Possible topics include, but are not limited to:<br>
• The role that conventional media and social media may play in recruitment and training of emergency response volunteers <br>
• Community involvement in emergency response planning<br>
• Social activism, mobilization, and social media<br>
• Citizen journalism and social media (e.g., reporting processes,
threats to citizen journalists involved in coverage of emergencies,
information verification)<br>
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Selected papers from the conference will be published in the
Interactions: Studies in Communication & Culture journal (published
by Intellect, see <a href="http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=165/" target="_blank">http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=165/</a> ).<br>
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<br>Submission Information: <br>
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Full Papers: Submit a 500 word maximum proposal and a short author biography to Mr. Mert Bal <a href="mailto:hbal13@ku.edu.tr" target="_blank">hbal13@ku.edu.tr</a><br>
<br>PechaKucha Poster Papers: Submit a 250 word maximum proposal and a short author biography to Mr. Mert Bal <a href="mailto:hbal13@ku.edu.tr" target="_blank">hbal13@ku.edu.tr</a><br>
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Key Dates:<br>
• Deadline for Submissions: February 14, 2014<br>
• Announcement of Decisions Regarding the Submissions: March 15, 2014<br>
• Announcement of the Workshop Programme: May 15, 2014<br>
• Registration (free): May 15, 2014 – July 15, 2014<br>
• Submission of Full Paper (format to be announced later): August 15, 2014<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">A pdf version of this CfP is attached to this message.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br>Best Regards,<br>
<br>Salvo<span class=""><font color="#888888"><br></font></span></div><span class=""><font color="#888888"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></font></span></div></div><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr">
<div><br>Salvatore Scifo<br>Post-Doctoral Researcher<br>COSMIC (The COntribution of Social Media In Crisis management) <br><a href="http://www.cosmic-project.eu/">http://www.cosmic-project.eu/</a><br><br>Mediated and Experience Lab (Mixlab)<br>
Koç
University<br><a href="http://kumixlab.weebly.com/" target="_blank">http://kumixlab.weebly.com/</a><br></div><br><a href="mailto:sscifo@ku.edu.tr" target="_blank">sscifo@ku.edu.tr</a><br><div><br></div></div>
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