CALL FOR PAPERS
CETIC.br | NIC.br | CGI.br PUBLICATIONS

The Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society (Cetic.br|NIC.br) invites researchers and professionals from academia, the government, the private sector, the civil society, and from national and international organizations to submit article proposals for the following publications:

• ICT Households 2022 (https://cetic.br/en/pesquisa/domicilios/): Survey on the Use of Information and Communication Technologies in Brazilian Households, carried out among the general population
• ICT in Education 2022 (https://cetic.br/en/pesquisa/educacao/): Survey on the use of information and communication technologies in Brazilian schools, carried out among students, teachers, director of studies, and school principals from the Basic Education
• ICT Kids Online Brazil 2022 (https://cetic.br/en/pesquisa/kids-online/): Survey on internet use by children and adolescents in Brazil, carried out among the population between 9 and 17 years old

Besides the data analysis and methodological reports for the surveys conducted by Cetic.br|NIC.br in 2022, these publications will contain a section with selected papers, to be published in English and in Portuguese, both in print and online formats.

Authors should submit an expanded abstract of between 800 and 1,000 words by January 9, 2023, indicating one or more of the thematic lines presented below (or suggesting new ones).

Articles may be submitted in either English, Spanish, or Portuguese.

Submitted proposals will be assessed by Cetic.br|NIC.br’s editorial team, and the authors of the accepted proposals must submit the full article (up to 3,000 words) by February 28, 2023.

IMPORTANT DATES

• January 9, 2023: deadline for abstract submission
• January 13, 2023: result of the abstract selection
• February 28, 2023: deadline for submission of the full article

SUGGESTED THEMES
Suggestions of themes which the article may cover are listed below:

General themes (across publications)

• Connectivity and access to technologies
• Digital divide and inequalities
• The development of digital skills
• Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and information and communication technologies (ICT)

Specific themes

ICT Households

• Public policies for broadband expansion in Brazil and Latin America
• Online trust (information security, personal data protection, disinformation, cyberbullying etc.)
• Online transactional activities (e-government, e-commerce, e-finance)
• E-democracy (online transparency, e-participation, and activism, co-production of public services etc.)
• E-waste

ICT in Education

• Policies and strategies for implementing and improving meaningful connectivity in public schools and between students and teachers
• Inclusive education, digital educational resources, and assistive technologies
• Artificial Intelligence in Basic Education (ethical aspects, opportunities, educational policies, Data for Learning)
• Digitization and platformization of Education through digital systems, applications, and platforms use
• Privacy, data governance, and guarantee of digital rights for students and educators
• Digital literacy, media education and education for digital citizenship

ICT Kids Online Brazil

• Citizenship, participation, and engagement on the Internet: opportunities for children
• Diversity and children’s rights: sexualities, identities and hate speech on the Internet
• Privacy and personal data protection: online risks for children
• Digital skills for a safe and responsible use of the Internet by children
• Parental mediation for children's use of information and communication technologies
• Health and well-being of children in online environments
• Research about and with children: methodological challenges and new research methods

HOW TO APPLY
Submit the article proposal by January 9th, 2023, to publicacao@nic.br.

Abstract submission guidelines

• Title: up to 80 characters
• Text length: between 800 and 1,000 words, excluding references (mandatory; in APA style)
• File format: editable text (.docx, .doc, or .odt)
• Formatting: Arial font, size 12, 1.5 line spacing
• Short bio: up to 150 words

Full article submission guidelines

• Text length: up to 3,000 words
• Formatting: based on the template to be sent to the selected authors

* Articles that do not follow these guidelines may be disqualified.
 
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About Cetic.br
The Regional Center for Studies on the Development of the Information Society, a department of NIC.br, is responsible for producing indicators and statistics on the availability and use of the Internet in Brazil and publishes regular analyses and information about the development of the Internet in the country. Cetic.br is a regional center for studies under the auspices of UNESCO. More information can be found at: https://cetic.br.

About NIC.br
The Brazilian Network Information Center (https://nic.br) is a nonprofit civil society organization that implements the decisions and projects developed by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee. Its permanent activities consist of coordinating the registration of domain names through Registro.br (https://registro.br), studying, responding to and resolving security incidents in Brazil through Cert.br (https://cert.br), studying and researching network and operational technologies through Ceptro.br (https://ceptro.br), producing indicators on information and communication technologies through Cetic.br (https://cetic.br), and hosting the W3C Brazil Office (https://w3c.br).

About CGI.br
The Brazilian Internet Steering Committee is responsible for establishing strategic directives related to the use and development of the Internet in Brazil, and coordinates and integrates all the Internet service initiatives in the country, promoting technical quality, innovation and dissemination of the services provided. Based on the principles of multilateralism, transparency, and democracy, CGI.br represents a multistakeholder Internet governance model that includes the effective participation of all sectors of society in its decisions. One of its formulations is the 10 Principles for Internet Governance and Use (https://principios.cgi.br). More information can be found at: https://cgi.br.