Special Issue on Gender and Social Computing

CFP: Special Issue on Gender and Social Computing: The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

IJEP is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association

www.igi-global.com/ IJEP

Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm Livermore

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

International Editorial Review Board:
Advisory board
Ada Scupola, Carol Saunders, Christine Williams, Ezendu Ariwa, Lynne Markus, Philip Ein-Dor, Prashant Palvia, Robert Davison, Ron Rice, Shailendria Palvia, Shezaf Rafaeli, Steven Gordon, Symour (Sy) Goodman
Associate editors Anastasia Deligiaouri, Anastasia Kavada, Andrea Calderaro, Arik Ragowsky, Balaji Rajagopalan, Carlo Bellini, Cathy Urquhart, Changchit Chuleeporn, Christopher Reddick, Dave Oliver, Dubravka Cecez-Kecmanovic, Isaac Mostovicz, Itir Akdogan, Jack Quarter, Jens Hoff, Joan Francesc Fondevila i Gascón, Joy Peluchette, Karine Barzilai-Nahon, Katherine Karl, Katherine Ognyanova, Lakshmi Iyer, Laurie Schatzberg, Linda Coleman, Lorenzo Mosca, Luciano Paccagnella, Marick Masters, Myles Stern, Nada Kakabadse, Nava Pliskin, Naveed Baqir, Nico Carpentier, Nicolas Ducheneaut, Pierluigi Rippa, Pippa Norris, Ramesh Srinivasan, Sandy Staples, Stephen Fox, Tim Roberts, Toni Somers, Toru Sakaguchi, Yana Breindl, Yasmin Ibrahim
MISSION OF IJEP:
The primary objective of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is to lay the foundations of E-Politics as an emerging interdisciplinary area of research and practice, as well as, to offer a venue for publications that focus on theories and empirical research on the manifestations of E-Politics in various contexts and environments. E-Politcs is defined as influence attempts facilitated by or related to electronic media or to the information technology field. As such, it is seen as interdisciplinary, encompassing areas such as information systems, political science, social science (psychology, sociology, and cultural studies), security, ethics, law, management and others.

SPECIAL ISSUE ON GENDER AND SOCIAL COMPUTING

Recommended topics for the special issue include, but are not limited to the following:
1.      IT and Gender at Work

·         the behavior of men and women as on-line consumers, service providers, etc.

·         the roles that men and women play in virtual teams

·         the impact of gender on the IT profession

·         information technology as an enabler of leadership for women in various professions,

·         The effect of gender on adoption of IT in various professions

·         The impact of IT on changing the work/home balance

2.      eDating

·         The ways in which IT affects the balance of power between consumers of eDating services,

·         The ways that technology affects the behavior of eDaters

·         The impact of culture on eDating practices

·         The manner in which technology shapes different eDating environments

3.      Virtual communities and social networking

·         Gender relations in a social networking environments

·         Gender relations in gaming communities

·         Gender relations in virtual communities

·         Gender relation in virtual worlds

·         Gender relations in social networking environments that are supported by technologies other than the Internet (e.g., cell phones, Internet TV)

4.      ePolitics

·         Gender issues in IT supported party politics, including in the last US elections

·         Gender differences in IT enabled grass-roots politics

·         Gender issues in eVoting

·         Gender issues in the politics of eGovernment

·         Gender issues and the politics of cyber security

SUBMITTING TO IJEP:

Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished articles will be considered. INTERESTED AUTHORS MUST CONSULT THE JOURNAL’S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at:

http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf

PRIOR TO SUBMISSION. All article submissions will be forwarded to at least 3 members of the Editorial Review Board of the journal for double-blind, peer review. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews received from the reviewers. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to Celia Romm Livermore at ak1667@wayne.edu.

PUBLISHER:

The International Journal of E-Politics is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group Reference) and “Medical Information Science Reference” imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

GENDER AND SOCIAL COMPUTING IMPRTANT DATES

February 1, 2010:  - paper submission

March 15, 2010 - Review Results Returned to authors

May 1, 2010 - Submission of final papers to editor

June 1, 2010 - Submission of all materials to the publisher

Inquiries and submissions should be forwarded electronically (Word document) to:

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Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)
Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)
School of Business Administration
Wayne State University
Detroit, MI, 48202, USA
E-mail address: ak1667@wayne.edu
www.igi-global.com/IJEP