Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1992 17:56:35 EDT From: "PETER B. WHITE" Subject: File 5--Call for papers : Digitisation SPECIAL ISSUE MEDIA INFORMATION AUSTRALIA SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIGITISATION MEDIA INFORMATION AUSTRALIA will be publishing a special issue devoted to the social implications of digitisation in February 1993. Issues to be considered include the social, economic and political implications of digitisation for: - electronic communities - journalism, publishing and broadcasting - telecommunications - privacy and free speech - work practices - gender relations - international communications - leisure, education and training MEDIA INFORMATION AUSTRALIA, founded by the late Professor Henry Mayer, is a peer-reviewed journal with an international orientation, in its sixteenth year of publication. It is published by the Australian Film Television and Radio School. Potential contributors should send abstracts of no more than 300 words by July 15, 1992, Commissioned papers of 3000-5000 words will be due by October 1, 1992 and they will be peer- reviewed in the normal way. Please send abstracts to the Issue Editor : Dr Peter B. White, Media Centre, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria 3083, Australia or EMAIL: PBWHITE@LATROBE.EDU.AU FAX: + 61 3 817 5875. Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253