[Air-L] Researching Crowdfunding and Online Community

Bienia Rafael (LK) rafael.bienia at maastrichtuniversity.nl
Thu Nov 7 04:44:45 PST 2013


Hello Alex!

My name is Rafael Bienia and I am working on crowdfunding in the video game industry at Maastricht University (NL).

I would like to join the discussion, but what are the practicalities of "sharing and staying in touch"? E-Mail, online platform, or ... ?

Best wishes,

Rafael

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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:24:22 +0000
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Dear colleagues,

My name is Alex Stiver and I?m a PhD researcher in the Centre for Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University (UK).

We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online community and crowdfunding.  Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and feedback?

We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us: perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes.  We would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.

Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.

Many thanks!

Alex
-- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).


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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 15:35:02 +0000
From: Filippo Trevisan <Filippo.Trevisan at glasgow.ac.uk>
To: Alexandra.Stiver <Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk>
Cc: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Researching Crowdfunding and Online Community
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Hi Alex,

Another useful network to put this question out to would be the
e-campaigning forum practitioners list: http://fairsay.com/ecflist

I imagine many on that list would be very interested in hearing more about
your work and possibly collaborating.

Filippo

-------
Dr. Filippo Trevisan
Post-doctoral Research Assistant
Adam Smith Research Foundation
University of Glasgow
66, Oakfield Avenue
Glasgow ? G12 8LS
United Kingdom

email: filippo.trevisan at glasgow.ac.uk
Web: www.filippotrevisan.net

Download some of my papers here:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1531633




On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk>
wrote:

>Dear colleagues,
>
>My name is Alex Stiver and I?m a PhD researcher in the Centre for
>Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University
>(UK).
>
>We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online
>community and crowdfunding.  Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not
>only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but
>also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and
>online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as
>collaboration, networking, and feedback?
>
>We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and
>would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us:
>perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with
>the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and
>specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes.  We would be
>most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
>
>Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be
>willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
>
>Many thanks!
>
>Alex
>-- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an
>exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland
>(SC 038302).
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:12:52 -0500
From: Seda Gurses <seda at nyu.edu>
To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Researching Crowdfunding and Online Community
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hi alex,

at the conference on online social networks[1] this year, there was a track on crowdsourcing, which had a number of quantitative studies on existing platforms.
the first presentation was titled:

Launch Hard or Go Home! Predicting the Success of Kickstarter Campaigns
Vincent Etter (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Matthias Grossglauser (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
Patrick Thiran (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

and may be of interest to you.
best,
s.

[1] http://cosn.acm.org/program.html


On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Filippo Trevisan <Filippo.Trevisan at glasgow.ac.uk> wrote:

> Hi Alex,
>
> Another useful network to put this question out to would be the
> e-campaigning forum practitioners list: http://fairsay.com/ecflist
>
> I imagine many on that list would be very interested in hearing more about
> your work and possibly collaborating.
>
> Filippo
>
> -------
> Dr. Filippo Trevisan
> Post-doctoral Research Assistant
> Adam Smith Research Foundation
> University of Glasgow
> 66, Oakfield Avenue
> Glasgow ? G12 8LS
> United Kingdom
>
> email: filippo.trevisan at glasgow.ac.uk
> Web: www.filippotrevisan.net
>
> Download some of my papers here:
> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1531633
>
>
>
>
> On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk>
> wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues,
>>
>> My name is Alex Stiver and I?m a PhD researcher in the Centre for
>> Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University
>> (UK).
>>
>> We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online
>> community and crowdfunding.  Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not
>> only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but
>> also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and
>> online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as
>> collaboration, networking, and feedback?
>>
>> We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and
>> would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us:
>> perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with
>> the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and
>> specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes.  We would be
>> most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
>>
>> Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be
>> willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
>>
>> Many thanks!
>>
>> Alex
>> -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an
>> exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland
>> (SC 038302).
>> _______________________________________________
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>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:09:27 -0500
From: Rodrigo Davies <rodrigo.davies at gmail.com>
To: Seda Gurses <seda at nyu.edu>
Cc: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Researching Crowdfunding and Online Community
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Hi Alex,

I've been looking at crowdfunding for the past year at MIT's Center
for Civic Media. My interest is mostly in so-called 'civic'
crowdfunding - the use of online platforms to raise money for projects
that provide services to communities. I'm interested in questions of
fairness/equity, geography and framing. I blog fairly regularly on the
topic (rodrigodavies.com/blog) and am working on a couple of articles
at the moment.

I'd be glad to talk and hear more about your project. Likewise, I'd be
glad to connect with other AIR folks who are working in this area.

Best regards,
Rodrigo


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On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 11:12 AM, Seda Gurses <seda at nyu.edu> wrote:
> hi alex,
>
> at the conference on online social networks[1] this year, there was a track on crowdsourcing, which had a number of quantitative studies on existing platforms.
> the first presentation was titled:
>
> Launch Hard or Go Home! Predicting the Success of Kickstarter Campaigns
> Vincent Etter (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
> Matthias Grossglauser (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
> Patrick Thiran (EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)
>
> and may be of interest to you.
> best,
> s.
>
> [1] http://cosn.acm.org/program.html
>
>
> On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:35 AM, Filippo Trevisan <Filippo.Trevisan at glasgow.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> Hi Alex,
>>
>> Another useful network to put this question out to would be the
>> e-campaigning forum practitioners list: http://fairsay.com/ecflist
>>
>> I imagine many on that list would be very interested in hearing more about
>> your work and possibly collaborating.
>>
>> Filippo
>>
>> -------
>> Dr. Filippo Trevisan
>> Post-doctoral Research Assistant
>> Adam Smith Research Foundation
>> University of Glasgow
>> 66, Oakfield Avenue
>> Glasgow ? G12 8LS
>> United Kingdom
>>
>> email: filippo.trevisan at glasgow.ac.uk
>> Web: www.filippotrevisan.net
>>
>> Download some of my papers here:
>> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1531633
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> My name is Alex Stiver and I?m a PhD researcher in the Centre for
>>> Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open University
>>> (UK).
>>>
>>> We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online
>>> community and crowdfunding.  Our research hopes to unearth knowledge not
>>> only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful financially, but
>>> also the nature of the relationship between crowdfunding projects and
>>> online community: how do the two impact each other across factors such as
>>> collaboration, networking, and feedback?
>>>
>>> We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with crowdfunding, and
>>> would be willing to share their stories and impressions with us:
>>> perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement with
>>> the community (online or offline) associated with the project, and
>>> specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes.  We would be
>>> most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
>>>
>>> Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be
>>> willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>> -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an
>>> exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland
>>> (SC 038302).
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 08:15:09 -0800
From: "Daren Brabham" <brabham at usc.edu>
Cc: <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: Re: [Air-L] Researching Crowdfunding and Online Community
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I would also point you to http://www.crowdsourcing.org/ to find some stuff
on crowdfunding (and crowdsourcing). The site is an aggregator of sorts for
anything that discusses these issues. There's not much of a filter, for
better or worse, so just about any company or scholarly article that claims
to be about crowdsourcing or crowdfunding ends up catalogued on the site. It
may serve as a good starting point, though, for tracking down key studies,
companies, or researchers on crowdfunding.

As a crowdsourcing researcher, I haven't done much on crowdfunding (which I
consider conceptually distinct!), but I'm working on a paper now about how
the discourse on crowdfunding may affect public arts funding - get in touch
in a few weeks and I can share a copy of it.

Cheers,

db



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>>
>>
>> On 05/11/2013 13:24, "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver at open.ac.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Dear colleagues,
>>>
>>> My name is Alex Stiver and I?m a PhD researcher in the Centre for
>>> Research in Computing (http://crc.open.ac.uk/) at The Open
>>> University (UK).
>>>
>>> We are carrying out a three-year funded project related to online
>>> community and crowdfunding.  Our research hopes to unearth knowledge
>>> not only about what makes crowdfunding projects successful
>>> financially, but also the nature of the relationship between
>>> crowdfunding projects and online community: how do the two impact
>>> each other across factors such as collaboration, networking, and
feedback?
>>>
>>> We are wondering if colleagues may have experience with
>>> crowdfunding, and would be willing to share their stories and
impressions with us:
>>> perspectives on the role of project creators or funders, involvement
>>> with the community (online or offline) associated with the project,
>>> and specific thoughts on crowdfunding platforms and processes.  We
>>> would be most grateful to hear from you and to be in touch further.
>>>
>>> Please contact me <alexandra.stiver <at> open.ac.uk> if you would be
>>> willing to contribute, or for further information about the project.
>>>
>>> Many thanks!
>>>
>>> Alex
>>> -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391),
>>> an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in
>>> Scotland (SC 038302).
>>> _______________________________________________
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>>> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe,
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:04:11 -0500
From: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
To: Researchers <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: [Air-L] Internet Society launches call for academic and
        scholarly papers on multistakeholder participation
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From: Konstantinos Komaitis <komaitis at isoc.org>
Date: Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 5:10 AM
Subject: Internet Society launches call for academic and scholarly papers
on multistakeholder participation



Dear all,

in August 2013, the Internet Society launched a two-phased process on
multistakeholder participation. Seeking public input on how Internet
governance has evolved over the years, the first phase included a
questionnaire on a range of issues including multistakeholder
participation, enhanced cooperation and issues of balance and participation.

In this first phase, the Internet Society received approximately 300
responses from more than 53 countries around the world. An initial report
was produced with an analysis of the results -- the report can be found
here:
http://www.internetsociety.org/sites/default/files/bp-msfinalreport-20132010-en.pdf

At the Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) symposium in
Bali, the Internet Society launched the second phase of the project, which
includes a call for research and scholarly papers on the issue of
multistakeholder governance and participation.

I would like to invite you all to consider submitting papers for this call.
Please feel free to disseminate this to your respective networks and
mailing lists. If you are affiliated with any university, please do also
distribute accordingly.

The call for papers can be found via
http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/call-papers

Please note that the deadline for the submission of abstracts is December
31, 2013.

Many thanks and please do not hesitate to contact me should you require any
further information.

With best wishes

Konstantinos


Konstantinos Komaitis
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Internet Society
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 13:06:21 -0500
From: Joly MacFie <joly at punkcast.com>
To: Researchers <air-l at listserv.aoir.org>
Subject: [Air-L] APRICOT 2014 call for papers is now open
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Asia Pacific Regional Internet Conference on Operational Technologies
(APRICOT)
18 - 28 February 2014, Bangkok, Thailand
https://2014.apricot.net

CALL FOR PAPERS
===============

The APRICOT 2014 Programme Committee is now seeking contributions for
Presentations and Tutorials for APRICOT 2014.

We are looking for presenters who would:

- Offer a technical tutorial on an appropriate topic;
- Participate in the technical conference sessions as a speaker;
- Convene and chair panel sessions of relevant topics.

Please submit on-line at:

        http://papers.apricot.net/user/login.php?event=6

CONFERENCE MILESTONES
---------------------

Call for Papers Opens:             1 November 2013
First Draft Programme Published:   6 December 2013
Final Deadline for Submissions:    7 February 2014
Final Programme Published:        14 February 2014
Final Slides Received:            21 February 2014

PROGRAMME MATERIAL
------------------

The APRICOT Programme is organised in three parts, including
workshops, tutorials and the conference.

Topics for tutorials and the conference must be relevant to Internet
Operations and Technologies:

- IPv4 / IPv6 Routing and operations
- IPv6 deployment and transition technologies
- Internet backbone operations
- ISP and Carrier services
- IXPs and Peering
- Research on Internet Operations and Deployment
- Thai Internet
- Network security issues (NSP-SEC, DDoS, Anti-Spam, Anti-Malware)
- DNS / DNSSEC
- Internet policy (Security, Regulation, Content Management,
  Addressing, etc)
- Access and Transport Technologies, including Cable/DSL, 3G/LTE,
  wireless, metro ethernet, fibre, MPLS
- Content & Service Delivery (Multicast, Voice, Video, "telepresence",
  Gaming) and Cloud Computing


CfP SUBMISSION
--------------

Draft slides for both tutorials and conference sessions MUST be
provided with CfP submissions otherwise the Programme Committee will
be unable to review the submission. For work in progress, the most
current information available at time of submission is acceptable.

All draft and complete slides must be submitted in PDF format
only.

Final slides are to be provided by the specified deadline for
publication on the APRICOT website.

Prospective presenters should note that the majority of speaking slots
will be filled well before the final submission deadline.  The PC will
retain a limited number of slots up to the final submission deadline
for presentations that are exceptionally timely, important, or of
critical operational importance.

Please submit on-line at:

        http://papers.apricot.net/user/login.php?event=6

Any questions or concerns should be addressed to the Programme
Committee by e-mail at:

        pc-chairs at apricot.net

We look forward to receiving your presentation proposals.

Dean Pemberton, Mark Tinka & Philip Smith
Co-Chairs, APRICOT Programme Committee
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Date: Tue, 5 Nov 2013 12:27:51 -0800
From: Joe Eckert <jeckert1 at uw.edu>
To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
Subject: [Air-L] AAG 2014 CFP, final call: ?Future Directions in
        Geoweb Research: an alt.conference on Big Data, Theory, and
        Geography?s Role."
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FINAL CALL, REAL-DEAL DEADLINE: Nov. 15, 2013

Apologies for cross posting.  This is the final call for papers for the
"Future Directions in Geoweb Research: an alt.conference on Big Data,
Theory, and Geography's Role."

This just in: this alt.conference is now sponsored by the GI Science and
Systems, Urban Geography, and Communication specialty groups!  We're also
very excited by both the quality and quantity of responses so far.  We're
set to have a very robust series.

We'd like to call attention to the unique format we are able to facilitate.
We're encouraging submissions for short "lightning panels" that do not
interfere with your ability to present more substantial papers at the AAG.

The lightning talks are organized by theme and will then be discussed by
panelists including Rob Kitchin, Nadine Schuurman, Matt Wilson, Matt Zook,
Jeremy Crampton, Monica Stephens, Mark Graham, David O'Sullivan, Agnieszka
Leszczynski, Renee Sieber, and others.

The purpose of the alt.conference is to give an opportunity for younger
scholars to receive immediate feedback and begin discussions with more
senior researchers. Contributions will then be solicited for potential
inclusion in an edited volume.

Consider submitting a short talk and encouraging others to do so as well.

Future Directions in Geoweb Research: an alt.conference on Big Data,
Theory, and Geography's Role

Call for Participants:
Association of American Geographers Annual Meeting
8-12 April 2014 Tampa, FL USA

Organizers (alphabetical by last name):
Josef Eckert, University of Washington
Andrew Shears, Mansfield University
Jim Thatcher, Clark University

Over the last two decades, widespread internet access integrated into daily
life as a platform for information exchange, social networking, and
commercial transactions. The expansive, rapidly changing data sets produced
through these and other digital processes have come to be termed "Big
Data." With an estimated 80% of these aggregated data sets containing
spatial referent information, Geography as a discipline offers a "home
field advantage" in the study of "Big Data" (Pozdnoukhov and Farmer 2012).
The addition of "where" to information that records who is doing what,
when, and with whom opens new avenues for knowledge and capital production
(probably want a citation here). In the eyes of its boosters, the rapid
aggregation and analysis of data destroys the need for social explanation
as the numbers are able to "speak for themselves" (Anderson 2008).

While Big Data and the Geoweb are oft heralded as a veritable gold mine for
private industry and a tantalizing new source of data for social research,
the rapid development of these technologies in the face of the often
personal nature of the derived data is of concern. Studies of the geoweb
call our attention to the ways in which user-generated data come into the
world and are complicit in its unfolding. Scholars have voiced caution
regarding the use of spatial big data, citing issues of accuracy (Liu et.
al 2013), heterogenous data and sources, (Goodchild 2012), surveillance
(Crampton 2013), shifting privacies (Elwood & Leczynszki 2011), capital
investment (Wilson 2012), and urban experience (Thatcher 2013). In spite of
this, urban planners (Torrens 2010), politicians (Morozov 2011), marketers
(LeValle et al., 2011), and even national funding agencies (NSF 2012) are
embracing the modeling of this data as a primary tool by which to
understand society.

This alt.conference will explore many of the broad implications of Big Data
and the Geoweb and its study, including:

- Big Data, the Geoweb, and the Critical GIS tradition
- New methodologies for gathering and analyzing data
- The epistemologies and ontologies of Big Data and the Geoweb
-  Big Data and the Geoweb as tools for education
- Big Data and Geoweb for policy and spatial decision-making
- Big Data and urban experience
- Big Data and Geoweb as a tool for community planning
- Amateur practitioners of Big Data analytics
- Activist appropriation of Big Data platforms
- Geographies of Big Data beyond GIS
- Gendered Big Data
- Big Data as Digital Humanities
- Data mining vs. data exploration
As well as other related topics.

The alt.conference will feature a series of sessions of five-minute
"lightning talks," each followed by panel and workshop sessions that link
the themes discussed to theory and praxis. These sessions will run
consecutively on the first day of the AAG conference, and will be capped by
an evening networking gathering.

Unlike the AAG"s traditional 15-minute papers, a lightning talk is an
engaging five-minute presentation that quickly examines intensive subject
matter by heavy use of simple but arresting graphics and visuals. The goal
is to provide the audience with an entertaining way to absorb information
on a number of topics. Traditionally, the presenter spends roughly a minute
on each slide. Because these talks do not fit into the AAG"s traditional
format, lightning talks do not preclude the presentation of a manuscript or
poster elsewhere in the conference. In other words, a lightning talk does
not preclude you from given a traditional talk elsewhere at the conference.

Scholars interested in giving a lightning talk as part of the
alt.conference are asked to submit an abstract or position paper of no
longer than 500 words, plus any preliminary graphics, to
ashears at mansfield.edu by November 15, 2013. Submissions are particularly
encouraged from scholars early in their career, from disadvantaged
populations and from the developing world.


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