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<p>Call for Papers, Deadline extented<br> <br> International Review of
Information Ethics<br>
<a href="http://www.i-r-i-e.net/" target="_blank">http://www.i-r-i-e.net/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
The Ethics of Sharing<br>
<br>
Call for Papers for Vol. 15 - July 2011<br>
• Deadline for extended abstracts: January 31, 2011<br>
• Notification of acceptance to authors: February 8,<br>
2011<br>
• Deadline for full articles: April 30, 2011<br>
• Publication: July, 2011<br>
<br>
Sharing has emerged as one of the core cultural and ethical<br>
values native to the networked environment. It is built both<br>
into the technical protocols that make up the Internet, and<br>
holds together distributed, mediated communities and<br>
organizations (even if they try to limit sharing to members<br>
inside the organizations).<br>
<br>
In information ethics, sharing has implicitly been discussed<br>
in terms of privacy, intellectual property, secrecy, security<br>
and freedom of speech, which together define the social<br>
character of the information environment. But recent<br>
developments such as WikiLeaks have shown that there is<br>
a need to go beyond discussing the legitimacy of access or<br>
restrictions. We need to address the motivations and ethical<br>
positions that compel people to share information, even at<br>
considerable risk to themselves. Has sharing of information<br>
a special virtue of the information society? How are<br>
choices of sharing or withholding information justified? Is<br>
sharing subversive of the new global information regime, or<br>
an integral aspect of it?<br>
<br>
This issue of IRIE brings together contributions towards an<br>
ethics of sharing that embeds the technological<br>
potentialities in lived social experience. In our<br>
understanding, information ethics "deals with ethical<br>
questions in the field of digital production and reproduction<br>
of phenomena and processes such as the exchange,<br>
combination and use of information."<br>
<br>
The task is both descriptive – helping us understand the<br>
contemporary complexities of the ethics of sharing as it<br>
emerges from practices across a wide range social and<br>
cultural contexts – as well as normative – helping us to<br>
address blind-spots and clarifying possible ethical<br>
frameworks to address unresolved issues.<br>
<br>
We seeks submission that might address, without being<br>
limited to, issues such as<br>
<br>
• Sharing of information of different kinds, such<br>
technical, social and cultural information<br>
• Sharing of resources, such as bandwidth and<br>
processing power<br>
• Ethics of sharing across different cultures<br>
• Values that facilitate sharing<br>
• Ethics of Sharing in historical perspectives<br>
• Values emerging from environments characterized by<br>
pervasive sharing<br>
• Subjectivities of sharing<br>
• Shifting boundaries between the personal/common<br>
• Similarities and differences between the sharing of<br>
material and of information resources<br>
• Ethical limits of sharing, in regard to other values<br>
• Ethical economies of sharing<br>
• Economies of sharing vs. economies of exchange<br>
• Dangers of sharing<br>
<br>
We aim at addressing this field from a cross-disciplinary<br>
and cross cultural perspective, thus we encourage<br>
submission from wide range of research disciplines and<br>
from Western and non-Western perspectives.<br>
<br>
Guest Editors<br>
<br>
Dr. Felix Stalder a
href="mailto:<a href="mailto:felix.stalder@zhdk.ch">felix.stalder@zhdk.ch</a>"><a href="mailto:felix.stalder@zhdk.ch">felix.stalder@zhdk.ch</a>><br>
Zürich University of the Arts<br>
Research project "Media Activism" at the University of<br>
Innsbruck<br>
<br>
Dr. Wolfgang Sützl a
href="mailto:<a href="mailto:wolfgang.suetzl@uibk.ac.at">wolfgang.suetzl@uibk.ac.at</a>"><a href="mailto:wolfgang.suetzl@uibk.ac.at">wolfgang.suetzl@uibk.ac.at</a>><br>
Research Project "Media Activism" at the University of<br>
Innsbruck<br>
<br>
Abstracts and Submissions<br>
<br>
Potential authors are requested to provide an extended<br>
abstract (max. 1,000 words) by January 31, 2011.<br>
Abstracts may be submitted in the native language of the<br>
author though an English translation of this abstract must<br>
be included if the chosen language is not English. IRIE will<br>
publish articles in English, French, German, Portuguese or<br>
Spanish. The author(s) of contributions in French,<br>
Portuguese, or Spanish must nominate at least two<br>
potential peer reviewers.<br>
<br>
Abstracts will be evaluated by the guest editors. The<br>
authors will be informed of acceptance or rejection by<br>
February 8, 2011.<br>
<br>
Deadline for the final article (usually ca. 3,000 words or<br>
20,000 characters including blanks) is April 30, 2011..<br>
All submissions will be subject to peer review. Therefore<br>
the acceptance of an extended abstract does not imply the<br>
publication of the final text by July, 2011, unless the<br>
article has passed the peer review.<br>
<br>
All submissions should be sent by email with ‘IRIE<br>
Submission’ in the header to: <a href="mailto:wolfgang.suetzl@uibk.ac.at">wolfgang.suetzl@uibk.ac.at</a></p>
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