CALL FOR PAPERS

The European Political Sociology Research Group and the Political Internet Watch of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques - Strasbourg - France are convening their 2nd International Colloquium on March 30-31, 2001. Its chief focus will be :

Campaigning on the Net

The numerous elections that are due to take place in 2000 in France as well as in English-speaking countries have spurred the creation of an ever-larger number of campaigning sites on the Internet. We will concentrate on the producers of Internet campaign material - politicians, supporters and net admins - and on their targets - supporters, swing voters, print media or TV journalists.

The debates will chiefly center on case studies in France, Great-Britain and the USA. The Political Internet Watch being a cross-disciplinary research group, the debates will go beyond political analysis to encompass the sociological, linguistic and aesthetic aspects of Internet campaigning sites. Proposals originating from political scientists, sociologists, communication experts, linguists or graphic design specialists will be welcome.

Two- to three-hundred-word abstracts in English or in French should be sent before December 23, 2000 to viviane.serfaty@iep.u-strasbg.fr, http://www.chez.com/call-papers.html