CALL FOR PAPERS

8th International GOR Conference GOR 06

GENERAL ONLINE RESEARCH '06

Organized by:

scientific co-organizers:

sponsored by:

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What is GOR?

Conference Languages:

Contributions:

A: The Internet as a Resarch Tool

• Methods' Effects of Online Data Collection
• Mobile Data Collection
• Statistical Biases in Online Sampling
• Best Practice Examples
• Innovative Data Collection Tools
• Online Access Panels
• Quality Standards
• Data Mining
• Online Experiments

B: The Internet Measured

• Diffusion of Visual Online & Mobile Communication
• Indices of the Digital Divide(s) and Digital Inequality
• Use of Logfiles and Databases
• Indices of the Information Society
• Measurement of Range of Coverage

Internet, Mobile Communication, and Civil Society

• Online Groups / Online Communities
• Social Networks and Relationships
• E-Government and E-Voting
• Internet, Social Movements, and Collective Action
• Internet & Science

Electronic & Mobile Business

• E-Business
• Evaluation of Web-Sites and E-Commerce
• Mobile Commerce
• Electronic Customer Relationship Management

Internet & Mobile Communication in Everyday Life

• Mobile & Online Entertainment
• Social and Psychological Effects of Internet Use
• E-Health
• E- & M-Learning
• Weblogs

Internet & Mobile Communication in Organizations

• Online Employee Surveys
• Virtual Teams & Online Communities of Practice
• Online Knowledge Exchange and Knowledge Management in Organizations

Paper Presentations:

Paper presentations include an oral presentation of max. 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for discussion time.

Selected contributions will be invited to submit their paper for publication in an international English language conference proceedings' volume or in an international English language journal.

Posters:

Sessions:

Workshops:

There will be tutorial workshops covering key methods of Internet Science. The workshops will take place the day before the GOR conference (March 20, 2006) as well as during the conference.

Participation in workshops is not free of charge and the number of participants will be limited. Registered visitors of the conference have priority. More information is available at www.gor.de.

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Exhibition Stand Space:

Social Events and Membership Meeting:

The traditional early-bird-meeting will take place in the evening of March 20, 2006. During this meeting visitors and participants will have the opportunity to socialize with colleagues and meet with other researchers.

On Tuesday 21st March 2006, there will be a social event in the evening which will include dinner and dancing.

During the conference there will be a meeting of the members of the German Society for Online Research. The members will receive additional information about the meeting at a later date.

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Submission Guidelines

If you would like to contribute to the conference by presenting a paper or a poster, please submit an abstract electronically no later than:

Abstracts should contain no more than 350 words. The abstract has to be written in English language. An additional German language version is appreciated, if possible.

Authors may present in English or German. In any case the transparencies have to be prepared in English language.

Papers can be only submitted via the Web-based online tool located at the GOR-Website. We ask for your understanding that we cannot accept papers sent via email.

Authors will receive notification of acceptance by:

The preliminary program will be posted by January 1st, 2006 at the following URL:

Accepted oral presentation transparencies or Power-Point files in English are to be sent by February 17th 2006.

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Conference Fees:

Conference fees include conference materials, two lunches, conference dinner, drinks and snacks during breaks.

Participants living in the EU will have their conference fees to be paid fully in advance. Other participants may pay their fees at the conference venue. Day tickets are not available.

DGOF members receive a fee reduction of 20% (membership application forms can be found at http://www.dgof.de/dgof_antrage.pdf)

Early registrants (excluding DGOF members), who register before January 20, 2006 receive a fee reduction of 15%.

For first authors there are special deadlines for registration:

After notification of acceptance (Nov. 30, 2005) first authors can register immediately. First authors who register no later than December 15, 2005 receive a fee reduction of 15% (not valid for DGOF members). First authors have to register no later than December 31, 2005.

Registration for all other participants will begin on January 1st 2006. Further detailed information will be posted continually at the following URL:

www.gor.de

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Most important deadlines:

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Summary of contacts:

• Conference Website, Abstract submission, Workshop: www.gor.de
• Business activities & questions on organisation: office@dgof.de
• Questions concerning the conference program and contents:
  u.matzat at tm.tue.nl (Uwe Matzat, Eindhoven University of Technology, Chair of the Program Committee)