6th Global Conference (2011)

6th Global Conference

Friday 11th March – Sunday 13th March 2011
Prague, Czech Republic

The programme for the conference is available below. Delegates are listed according to the session in which they appear. Clicking on the Session Title will take you to the abstracts (where available) for that session. Each delegate is listed according to their affiliation.

Final Conference Programme

Friday 11th March 2011
from 12.30
Registration

13.30
Welcome and Opening Words
Daniel Riha

14.00
Session 1: Concepts of Cyberspace and Cyberculture
Chair: Daniel Riha

The Hermeneutics of the Cyber Subject
Chris Fletcher

Cyberspace: An Approach from “Spatial Praxis”
M. Luisa Gómez Martínez

Understanding Interactivity in New Media Arts through Performative Act
Haeyoung Youn

15:30
Coffee

16:00
Session 2: Freedom in Cyberspace
Chair: Sabine Baumann

Quotidian Visual Images: From Corporeality to Virtuality
Yaroslav Barichko

Electronic Angels and Digital Devils: Reflections of Hackers in Legal and Popular Discourse
Wayne Rumbles

Who’s Blocking the Chinese Internet? The Rise of Cybercultures and the Generational Conflicts in China
Yang (Wilfred) Wang

17:30
Notices and Announcements

17:40
Wine Reception

Saturday 12^th March 2011
09:00
Session 3: New Media Politics
Chair: Wayne Rumbles

Cyberculture, Politics and the Public Sphere Amongst Diasporic Groups in the UAE
Ilhem Allagui and Harris Breslow

Conversing with and Commercially Controlling the Customer – The Use of Social Media Networks in Corporate Communication
Sabine Baumann

Political Communication in Social Networking Websites
Andrius Suminas

10:30
Coffee

11:00
Session 4: Online Collaboration in Business and Academia
Chair: Harris Breslow

Risks and Challenges of Creative Collaboration within the Services Society
Anastasiya Yurchyshyna and Michel Leonard

Social Networking Sites as Sources to elicit User Requirements: Case Study on a Data Visualization System for Students
Ivana Ebel

Academic  E-Journal Publication in Turkey and the Case of Ataturk University
Hüseyin Odabaş and Zuhal Yonca  Odabaş

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Session 5: Cyber Sub-Cultures
Chair: Chris Fletcher

‘Like’ and ‘Comment’: Meanings of Online Participation in Context of Mental Health Activism
Krzysztof Bierski

Disability in the Blogosphere
John Bothwell

I [heart] Ana: The Use of Facebook by Individuals with Eating Disorders
Kayleigh Newby

Twittering the City: A Case Study of Surabaya
Dina Septiani and Satrya Wibawa

16:00
Coffee

16:30
Session 6: Fan Cultures Online
Chair: Margret Grebowicz

The Scene as Online and Offline Music Network: A Case Study on Contemporary Liverpool Indie Rock Bands
Emília Barna

When I Saw You, or Whatever Happened to a Movie Fans after YouTube. The Curious Case of the Saw Horror Series
Tomasz Żaglewski

Sunday 13^th March 2011
9:00
Session 7: Gender and Cyberspace
Chair: John Bothwell

Cyberporn and the Political
Margret Grebowicz

Gender Intercultural: Online/Offline Queer Communities
Marta Kosińska

10:30
Coffee

11:00
Session 8: Controversial Issues in Cyberlife
Chair: Kayleigh Newby

Machinima Activism
Daniel Riha

‘Scandal’ in Filipino Popcyberculture
Maria F. Mangahas

Hip Hop Authenticity Online: E(race)ing the Race Debate
Eloise Tan

12:30
Lunch

14:00
Development Meeting and Closing Remarks

15:00
Conference Ends