4th Global Conference (2009)

4th Global Conference

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Friday 13th March – Sunday 15th March 2009
Salzburg, Austria


Friday 13th March 2009
from 09.30
Registration

10.30
Welcome and Opening Words
Rob Fisher and Daniel Riha

11.00
Session 1: Theories and Concepts of Cyberspace and Cyberculture
Chair: Daniel Riha

Umut Burcu Tasa
Redefining the Body in Cyberculture: Art’s Contribution to a New Understanding of Embodiment

Ayse Sat
Human Bodies in Cyberspace

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 2: Online Communities, Web 2.0 and Emerging Practices in Social Networking
Chair: Melissa DeZwart

Donata Marletta
Hybrid Communities to Digital Arts Festivals: From Online Discussions to Offline Gatherings

Nils Gustafsson
This Time It’s Personal: Social Networks, Viral Politics and Identity Management

Kristi N. Scott
The Second Self through Second Life®: Mask or Mirror?

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 3: Cyber-Subcultures
Chair: Jef Folkerts

Vikki Fraser
Sex, Sexuality and Cyberspace: Intersecting Queer Spaces on and Offline

Natalia Waechter
Online and Offline Social Networks: Use of Social Networking Sites by Emerging Adults

Bittiandra Chand Somaiah
Cybergrace among Eating Disorder Survivors in Singapore

17.30
Notices and Announcements
Wine Reception

Saturday 14th March
09.00
Session 4: The Future of Interactive Entertainment
Chair: David Lindsay

Jef Folkerts
How Video Games Produce Meaning through Narrative and Play

Anna Maj and Michal Derda-Nowakowski
Anthropology of Accessibility. The Perceptual Problems of Human Computer Interactions

10.30
Coffee

11.00
Session 5: Social Presence in Virtual Worlds
Chair: Michal Derda-Nowakowski

Göknur Bostanci Ege
Social Nature of Time and Space in Online Games: Designing Fantastic Social Worlds

Burak Dogu and Zehra Ziraman
Web Based Authorship in the Context of User Generated Content, An Analysis of a Turkish Website: Eksi Sozluk

12.30
Lunch

14.00
Session 6: Cultures of Online Learning and Educational Use of Videogames and Virtual Worlds
Chair: Anna Maj

Daniel Riha
3-D Virtual Library Concept Revisited

Theodoros Thomas
Cyberculture: Learning New Literacies through Machinima

15.30
Coffee

16.00
Session 7: Digital Art and Interactive Storytelling
Chair: Natalia Waechter

Tatiani Rapatzikou
Print Novels and the Mark of the Digital: Mark Z. Danielewski’s Only Revolutions (2006) and Media Convergence

Tyng Shiuh Yap
Intermedia Performance: Digital Connectivity

17.00
Sessions End

Sunday 15th March
10.00
Session 8: Cyber-Policy and Cyber-Democracy and their Impact on National and Global Politics
Chair: Nils Gustafsson

Melissa DeZwart and David Lindsay
Governance and the Global Metaverse

Celina Raffl and Christina Neumayer
Politics and Social Software: Recommendations for Inclusive ICTs

Rasha El-Ibiary
Scrutinizing Al-Qaeda’s Media Strategy: Discursive Analysis of Bin Laden’s Videotaped Messages

12.00
Cofee

12.30
Development Meeting

13.00
Conference Close

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