Gender and Social Computing

SUBMISSION DUE DATE: February 1, 2010

SPECIAL ISSUE ON: Gender and Social Computing

International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

Editor-in-Chief: Celia Romm Livermore

Published: Quarterly (both in Print and Electronic form)

OBJECTIVE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE:

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.

RECOMMENDED TOPICS:

Topics to be discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the following:

eDating

·         Impact of culture on eDating practices

·         Manner in which technology shapes different eDating environments

·         Ways in which IT affects the balance of power between consumers of eDating services

·         Ways that technology affects the behavior of eDaters

ePolitics

·         Gender differences in IT enabled grass-roots politics

·         Gender issues and the politics of cyber security

·         Gender issues in eVoting

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

·         Gender issues in the politics of eGovernment

IT and Gender at Work

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

·         Effect of gender on adoption of IT in various professions

·         Impact of gender on the IT profession

·         impact of IT on changing the work/home balance

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

·         roles that men and women play in virtual teams

Virtual communities and social networking

·         Gender relation in virtual worlds

·         Gender relations in a social networking environments

·         Gender relations in gaming communities

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

·         Gender relations in virtual communities

SUBMISSION PROCEDURE:

Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this special theme issue on Gender and Social Computing on or before February 1, 2010. All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another publication. INTERESTED AUTHORS SHOULD CONSULT THE JOURNAL'S GUIDELINES FOR MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSIONS at http://www.igi-global.com/development/author_info/guidelines submission.pdf.  All submitted papers will be reviewed on a double-blind, peer review basis. Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

ABOUT International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP):

The mission of the International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) is to define and expand the boundaries of e-politics as an emerging area of inter-disciplinary research and practice by assisting in the development of e-politics theories and empirical models. The journal creates a venue for empirical, theoretical, and practical scholarly work on e-politics to be published, leading to sharing of ideas between practitioners and academics in this field. IJEP contributes to the creation of a community of e-politics researchers by serving as a "hub" for related activities, such as organizing seminars and conferences on e-politics and publication of books on e-politics.

This journal is an official publication of the Information Resources Management Association

www.igi-global.com/ijep

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), "Medical Information Science Reference", "Business Science Reference", and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.

All submissions should be directed to the attention of:

Celia Romm Livermore (PhD)

Editor-in-Chief

International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP)

E-mail address: ak1667@wayne.edu

www.igi-global.com/IJEP