[Air-L] What's Cooking at SSRC?

[Jeremy Hunsinger]

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> Hi all,
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> (With apologies to those of you who have received a variant of this
> email)
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> We want to signal a couple of things SSRC is doing these days and  
> invite
> your participation. Some of you will be familiar with the SSRC Media
> Research Hub (http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org ).  The Hub is intended
> as a resource and brokering service for researchers, activists, and
> practitioners working on (and in) the convergent media environment.
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> (1) Some of you already have profiles in the Resource Database
> (http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/resource-database ).  The Resource
> Database is a tool for mapping this complex intersection of fields
> and-increasingly-for analyzing it. It combines elements of a social
> networking tool and a wiki: anyone can create or edit profiles of
> people, institutions, research resources, networks, and projects;  
> anyone
> can connect these profiles to provide richer descriptions of
> institutions, social networks and collaborations.
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> The Resource Database is readable for all visitors, but you must log  
> in
> to add, edit, or make use of advanced features (such as claiming your
> profile to gain sole control over your personal and contact
> information-and, if you choose, hide that information).  So please  
> come,
> create an account, claim your profile, and help us expand and enrich
> this collective resource.  For those of you who miss Netzwissenschaft,
> this is a good place to come and play.  See, e.g., this charming URL:
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> (http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/resource-database/@@rdb-search.html?fo
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> .search_text=&form.portal_types=Person&form.person_role=researcher&for
> m.gender=&form.institutional_role-empty-marker=1&form.resource_type- 
> empt
> y-marker=1&form.person_role-empty-marker=1&form.country=&form.gender- 
> emp
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> marker=1&form.institutional_location=&form.topics:list=f0265830ebf104
> 25cf66d75d705d1631&type_of_search=Internet 
> %20Researchers&form.actions.se
> arch=1 )
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> (2) The Hub also hosts grant projects designed to foster public
> scholarship and research-activist collaboration
> (http://mediaresearchhub.ssrc.org/grants ).
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> Have a look especially at five recently-announced Research Bounties  
> (and
> at the other Open Projects. These are calls from advocates for
> collaboration with the research community.  Researchers are invited to
> comment on and/or propose to take up the listed projects. Several of
> these come with prize money (bounties). Several are Internet related.
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> (3) The Media Hub hosts a low-volume email list for notification of
> grant opportunities and other program activities. To subscribe, visit:
> http://programs.ssrc.org/media/emaillist/ .
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> (4) We welcome suggestions for how to use (and improve) the Media
> Research Hub in support of work in this area. As the dataset  
> expands, it
> will become an increasingly rich tool for understanding and analyzing
> the field.  If you have a design, data visualization, or network
> analysis itch that might be scratched via the Hub, do drop us a line.
> The backend skillset for the Hub, fyi, is Python/Zope/Plone, but the
> site is web service friendly.
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> So like other collectively-produced goods, the Research Hub depends on
> community support. We will be happy to repost submissions of relevant
> news, job opportunities, and internship offers. We will be happier  
> still
> if you document your area(s) of work and interest on the hub.  And we
> will be borderline ecstatic if you have an interest in making major
> additions (such as online bibliographies, class projects, other
> organized contributions). On this or other subjects, drop us a note at
> mediahub at ssrc.org .
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> Best,
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> Joe Karaganis
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> Karaganis at ssrc.org
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> Minna Aslama
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> aslama at ssrc.org
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joe Karaganis
> Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2008 2:49 PM
> To: 'Jeremy Hunsinger'
> Subject: RE: postdocs
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> Hi Jeremy,
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> We did hire one -- http://www.ssrc.org/staff/Guilhot/ ;
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> I've been out of the loop on this discussion this year.  If you're
> interested I'll inquire.
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> I hope Chicago has been good to you this year.  I haven't been back at
> all, unfortunately.
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> Best,
>
> Joe
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Hunsinger [mailto:jhuns at vt.edu]
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2008 8:58 AM
> To: Joe Karaganis
> Subject: postdocs
>
> Hi Joe,
>
> I hope all I well with and I'm sorry I've missed you when you've been
> to Chicago.  I'm just wondering did SSRC hire any PostDocs last
> year?   I'm curious because I've just received another announcement of
> them from Becky.
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> jeremy hunsinger
> Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research,
> School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
> (www.cipr.uwm.edu
> )
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