From nb at imv.au.dk Sat Mar 1 06:33:00 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:33:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> ***apologies for cross-postings*** PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar > > Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? > > This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. > > Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. > > The number of participants is limited to 20. > > Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. > > The lectures and the lecturers: > ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago > ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam > ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark > ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies > > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > Very best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab http://netlab.dk > The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk > LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From charles.ess at gmail.com Sun Mar 2 00:34:11 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Inaugural Issue - Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, On behalf of our Editorial Team, authors, reviewers, and supporting institutions, we are pleased and proud to introduce the Journal of Media Innovations. The Journal serves the professional and research communities engaged in the cross-disciplinary field of media innovations. The Journal is open access, peer reviewed, and published two times annually via the University of Oslo?s FRITT initiative (Frie tidsskrifter fra UiO ? Free Journals from the University of Oslo). The Journal is sponsored by the Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The inaugural issue demarcates the foundations and literatures of media innovations as a field, foregrounding many of its important components and thematic foci, and thereby points to a range of important challenges to innovation on both theoretical and practical levels. The Journal is available at ARTICLES: Charles M. Ess: Introduction to Inaugural Issue. Axel Bruns: Media Innovations, User Innovations, Societal Innovations. Val?rie-Anne Bleyen, Sven Lindmark, Heritiana Ranaivoson, and Pieter Ballon: A typology of media innovations: Insights from an exploratory study. Leyla Dogruel: What is so special about Media Innovations? A characterization of the field. Iris Jennes, Jo Pierson, and Wendy Van den Broeck: User Empowerment and Audience Commodification in a Commercial Television Context. Lars Nyre: Medium design method. RESEARCH BRIEF: Jan Bierhoff and Sander Kruitwagen: Stories behind the News; Designing an Advanced App for Journalistic Background Information. BOOK REVIEWS Arne H. Krumsvik: Book Review Editorial Statement: Mapping the Emerging Field of Media Innovation Research. George Sylvie: Storsul & Krumsvik - Media innovations: A multidisciplinary study of change. Avery E. Holton: Weller et al., Twitter and Society. Jens Barland: Ibrus & Scolari - Crossmedia Innovations. Texts, Markets, Institutions. Additional information on upcoming issues, including submission requirements and deadlines, is also found on the Journal website. With a thousand thanks, and a thousand thanks more to all who have made this Journal and Inaugural Issue possible, Charles Ess Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From stu at texifter.com Sun Mar 2 10:41:12 2014 From: stu at texifter.com (Shulman, Stu) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 18:41:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Coders needed - looking for hockey fans Message-ID: I need some part-time coders who are hockey fans. The current task is to review tweets using DiscoverText and and code them as to whether or not they are about an NHL hockey team. - We pay $13/hour - Coders get a DiscoverText license that they can use for their own research. Please email me directly (stu at texifter.com) if you can join the Coderverse. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman From m.kent at curtin.edu.au Sun Mar 2 22:31:16 2014 From: m.kent at curtin.edu.au (Mike Kent) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:31:16 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Special issue of First Monday on Disability and the Internet Message-ID: <015001cf36aa$2e430c80$8ac92580$@curtin.edu.au> ***apologies for cross-postings*** Disability and the Internet Special issue of First Monday Disability and the Internet in 2014: Where to now? edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent Internet Studies, Curtin University Earlier this decade, the emerging field of Disability Media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger's Disability and The Internet in 2012 and Disability and New Media by this issue's editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field such as Goggin and Newell's 2003 Digital Disability. This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities. As we approach the second half of this first decade of the twenty first century, this special issue of First Monday looks to bring together scholars in disability media and related fields to look at the contemporary internet and the challenges and opportunities it presents for people with disabilities. Topics of interest include developments in a number of areas as they relate to people with disabilities. These might explore: . Smartphones and Tablet computing . Social Networks . Wearable Technology . The development and relevance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, now more than five years old. . The changing impacts of technology and access for different impairments . People with intellectual disabilities and access to the Internet . Challenges to universal design . eLearning Researchers in a number of disciplines will be interested in this topic including: . Disability Media . media, communications and culture . Internet studies . Disability studies . Disability support workers in the community working with clients using the Internet and online Papers are expected by 30 June 2014. From lombard at temple.edu Mon Mar 3 06:00:52 2014 From: lombard at temple.edu (Matthew Lombard) Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:00:52 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Comm Research Methods Facebook page Message-ID: <53148B14.10563.4C15AA3@lombard.temple.edu> A few years ago I posted an announcement here about a Wordpress blog I'd set up to post news articles for a graduate level methods course, and it generated a handful of subscriptions. A little over a year ago I posted an announcement about the Commucation Research Methods Facebook page I set up to replace the blog and the page just passed 1800 'likes.' The content has expanded somewhat to include comics, links to methods-related resources and other things related to the processes of conducting, reporting and evaluating research in communication and beyond. The url for the page is: http://www.facebook.com/CommunicationResearchMethods If you're interested, please take a look, 'like' the page, and/or send me (or post) your own items. --Matthew -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA lombard at temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com From jstromer at syr.edu Mon Mar 3 06:09:15 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:09:15 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] final call for feedback on the aoir.org website Message-ID: <3837f1b0b4c94b7bb679b4807e968e60@EX13-MBX-07.ad.syr.edu> Hi everyone, Now that you're clear of the AoIR IR15 deadline, it's the perfect time to give us a bit of feedback on the main association website aoir.org (not the IR15 conference website, or the conference submission site - those are separate deals :)). The survey should take less than 10 minutes but will really help us get a sense of your thoughts on ways to improve the experience for you: https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1UhJqsqjSB9Jm5f We'll be closing out the survey by end of day tomorrow (Tuesday 9pm EST give or take :)). Thanks! Your PR/Website Committee: Anthony Hoffman, Annette Markham, and Jenny Stromer-Galley From purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk Mon Mar 3 08:44:01 2014 From: purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk (Emma Pooka) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:44:01 -0000 Subject: [Air-L] Twitter Fiction - call for participants Message-ID: <011101cf36ff$c85ca970$5915fc50$@co.uk> Calling all web fiction/digital writers, creative writing students, lecturers and anybody with an interest in collaborative fiction! I'm going to be curating a mass participatory Twitter Fiction called Among Us (http://amongustwitfic.wordpress.com/) as part of the Twitter Fiction Festival (http://www.twitterfictionfestival.com/) coming up later this month. Over the course of 24 hours, starting from 5pm GMT on the 15th March, @au_twitfic will tweet summaries of news stories about the revelation that aliens are living among us. Throughout the day and night, participants will tweet their characters' thoughts, speculations and actions in response to these stories, with the hashtag #au_tf. At 5pm GMT on the 16th March, the aliens will reveal their true origin and purpose. Anybody can join in just by using the hashtag, but if you'd like to be closer to the aliens and you're able to commit to 30 tweets over the course of the 24 hours, contact me with your character idea and I'll give you some inside information. Please share/retweet/forward this widely to anybody who might like to read or join in - tell your students, colleagues and friends. The more participants, the better it will be. Thanks for reading, Emma Pooka From nwood at sju.edu Mon Mar 3 08:58:30 2014 From: nwood at sju.edu (Natalie Wood) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:58:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Air-L] Call for Chapter Proposals: Micro-blogging / Twitter In-Reply-To: <1921661971.55693295.1393865905961.JavaMail.root@ram> Message-ID: <1191682376.55693330.1393865910047.JavaMail.root@ram> Researchers from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to marketing, management, finance, communications and law will be sought to provide their insight on specific issues, such as best practices, or overarching topics such as the legal, ethical and moral implications of adopting micro-blogs such as Twitter. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of commerce and micro-blogging while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide businesses with strategies, grounded in empirical research, on ways in which they can incorporate micro-blogs into their organization. We aim to achieve this by drawing on the collective wisdom of those academics currently conducting research on Twitter. Call for Chapter Proposals: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1264#.UxC1-fYqBDY.twitter Natalie T. Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing Assistant Director, Center for Consumer Research Marketing Department Saint Joseph's University 5600 City Ave Philadelphia PA 19131 Tel: 610-660-3452 Fax: 610-660-3239 Email: nwood at sju.edu Twitter: ntwood From jocelynmonahan at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 13:32:17 2014 From: jocelynmonahan at gmail.com (Jocelyn Monahan) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:32:17 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Debating Visual Knowledge - 2014 Symposium, University of Pittsburgh Message-ID: Debating Visual Knowledge A symposium organized by graduate students in Information Science and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh October 3 - 5, 2014 Call for Participants Visual knowledge and visual literacy have become pressing concerns across a variety of academic disciplines and areas of creative production. These concerns are shaped by the fluid definitions of "visual knowledge" and the multiple ways in which it manifests. Many forms of visual knowledge have capabilities that are not shared by language. This knowledge is produced, mediated, and distributed by a number of different objects, tools, media, and technologies. This symposium seeks to broaden understandings of intellectual and creative work by interrogating the theorization, production, use, and historicization of visual knowledge. We envision the event as an exploratory lab, comprising scholarly and creative projects that engage with these questions. Presentations might relate to (but are not limited to) topics such as: -- Digital humanities -- Cognition, intellectual history, interpretation -- Photography, printmaking, engraving -- "The spatial turn," GIS, maps, mapping -- The body, performance -- Data visualizations, modeling, categories and groups -- Law and policy -- Media theory, historiography, ecology -- Exhibition design, curating -- Network analysis, grids, graphs, timelines -- Interfaces, constructed/built environments, design -- Astronomy, physics, mathematics, botany, medicine The symposium will include traditional academic papers, posters, and keynote sessions, as well as presentations of creative works, roundtables, praxis sessions, screenings, and performances. Participants may be invited to take part in curated roundtables, seminars or workshops. We also welcome submissions of projects that could be workshopped or collaborated on in the context of the symposium. Submission Guidelines: -- For a paper, please submit a 300-word abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a CV. -- For a poster, please submit a 300-word abstract and a CV. A sketch of your poster is optional. If selected, posters must be printed and provided by the participants, and can be up to 30" x 40". -- For a creative work, please submit up to 10 images and/or a 2-minute video or sound clip, a 300-word project description, and a CV. -- For a pre-constituted panel of up to four papers, please submit a 300-word abstract describing the panel topic, and a 150-word abstract and author's CV for each proposed paper. -- To propose to lead a roundtable, seminar, or praxis session, please submit a 300-word description of the topic and CVs for all proposed participants. You may also propose a topic without having chosen participants. If you have any questions about possible submissions or formats for submissions, please contact us at debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com. Send submissions to debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com by April 11, 2014. Selected participants will be notified by mid-May. Information Studies www.ischool.pitt.edu History of Art and Architecture www.haa.pitt.edu From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 3 18:45:19 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:45:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award Message-ID: Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ From human.factor.one at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 20:47:26 2014 From: human.factor.one at gmail.com (live) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:47:26 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <15EDE3DF-9F39-4964-B1AF-9C05177AA527@gmail.com> Well deserved!! Congratulations, Lee Rainie (and Pew team). -Sharon Greenfield @SharonG On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Barry Wellman wrote: > Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award > > Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) > > The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. > - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf > > The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. > > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From deborah.lupton at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 00:17:01 2014 From: deborah.lupton at gmail.com (Deborah Lupton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:17:01 +1100 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Big Data Cultures symposium, 15 September, Canberra Message-ID: Hello all The News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra is holding a one-day symposium convened by myself (Deborah Lupton) that addresses the social, cultural, political and ethical issues and implications of the big data phenomenon. A keynote speaker will open proceedings (details to be confirmed), but paper abstracts from any interested contributors are invited for consideration. Appropriate topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - - privacy, security and legal issues - - how big data are changing forms of governance and commercial operations - - big data ecosystems - - the open data/citizen data movement - - data hactivism and queering big data - - public understandings of big data - - surveillance and big data - - creative forms of data visualisation - - self-tracking and the quantified self - - data doubles and data selves - - the materiality of digital data - - the social lives of digital data-objects - - algorithmic identities and publics - - code acts - - responses to big data from artists and designers Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Deborah Lupton ( deborah.lupton at canberra.edu.au) by 1 July 2014 for consideration for inclusion in the symposium. Please contact Deborah if you require any further information. From joly at punkcast.com Tue Mar 4 08:02:12 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:02:12 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance at NYU Message-ID: http://openinggovernment.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance < info at thegovlab.org> Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:04 AM Subject: New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance **formed to gather evidence and develop new designs for governing* *NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2014* *-* The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at New York University today announced the formation of a Research Network on Opening Governance, which will seek to develop blueprints for more effective and legitimate democratic institutions to help improve people's lives. Convened and organized by the GovLab, the *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance*is made possible by a three-year grant of $5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as a gift from Google.org, which will allow the Network to tap the latest technological advances to further its work. Combining empirical research with real-world experiments, the Research Network will study what happens when governments and institutions open themselves to diverse participation, pursue collaborative problem-solving, and seek input and expertise from a range of people. Network members include twelve experts (see below) in computer science, political science, policy informatics, social psychology and philosophy, law, and communications. This core group is supported by an advisory network of academics, technologists, and current and former government officials. Together, they will assess existing innovations in governing and experiment with new practices and how institutions make decisions at the local, national, and international levels. Support for the Network from Google.org will be used to build technology platforms to solve problems more openly and to run agile, real-world, empirical experiments with institutional partners such as governments and NGOs to discover what can enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest. The Network's research will be complemented by theoretical writing and compelling storytelling designed to articulate and demonstrate clearly and concretely how governing agencies might work better than they do today. "We want to arm policymakers and practitioners with evidence of what works and what does not," says Professor Beth Simone Noveck, Network Chair and author of *Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger and Citi More Powerful*, "which is vital to drive innovation, re-establish legitimacy and more effectively target scarce resources to solve today's problems." "From prize-backed challenges to spur creative thinking to the use of expert networks to get the smartest people focused on a problem no matter where they work, this shift from top-down, closed, and professional government to decentralized, open, and smarter governance may be the major social innovation of the 21st century," says Noveck. "The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance is the ideal crucible for helping transition from closed and centralized to open and collaborative institutions of governance in a way that is scientifically sound and yields new insights to inform future efforts, always with an eye toward real-world impacts." MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci added, "Recognizing that we cannot solve today's challenges with yesterday's tools, this interdisciplinary group will bring fresh thinking to questions about how our governing institutions operate, and how they can develop better ways to help address seemingly intractable social problems for the common good." *About the Governance Lab (GovLab) at New York University * Founded in 2012, the Governance Lab (The GovLab) strives to improve people's lives by changing how we govern. The GovLab endeavors to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and govern themselves more effectively and legitimately. The GovLab designs technology, policy and strategies for fostering these more open approaches to governance and active conceptions of citizenship and studies what works. More information is available at www.thegovlab.org . *About the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation* The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. More information is available at www.macfound.org . *For more information or how to become involved, contact:* Stefaan Verhulst, Chief Research and Development Officer at the Governance Lab, sv39 at nyu.edu *URL*: http://www.opening-governance.org/ *Members* The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance comprises: *Chair*: Beth Simone Noveck *Network Coordinator*: Andrew Young *Chief of Research*: Stefaan Verhulst *Faculty Members*: - Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/University of Southampton, UK) - Deborah Estrin (Cornell Tech/Weill Cornell Medical College) - Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) - Henry Farrell (George Washington University) - Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School/Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business) - Karim Lakhani (Harvard Business School) - Anita McGahan (University of Toronto) - Cosma Shalizi (Carnegie Mellon/Santa Fe Institute) *Institutional Members*: - Christian Bason and Jesper Christiansen (MindLab, Denmark) - Geoff Mulgan (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts - NESTA, United Kingdom) - Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From de56 at cornell.edu Tue Mar 4 08:05:26 2014 From: de56 at cornell.edu (Dmitry Epstein) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:05:26 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Postdoctoral position with Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Message-ID: [apologies for cross-posting] Dear Colleagues, Please see the announcement below. I am currently holding this position and it's been a wonderful experience. I think it can be a great opportunity for someone interested in online civic engagement. Please feel free to distribute this widely. Best, Dima -- Dmitry Epstein, PhD Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Cornell Law School www.regulationroom.org www.thinkmacro.org The following has been posted on the CU career site: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=23050 for the next 30 days. *Job Description* *Postdoctoral Associate, CeRI - Cornell eRulemaking Initiative-23050* *Description* CeRI (Cornell eRulemaking Initiative) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers spanning Cornell Law School, the departments of Computer Science, Communication, and Information Science, and the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. The group's research focuses on sociotechnical systems involved in online civic engagement with complex policymaking. CeRI operates Regulation Room - an online platform that hosts live consultations about proposed Federal policy. The senior research team of CeRI includes Profs. Claire Cardie (Computer Science), Dan Cosley (Information Science), Cynthia Farina (Law), Susan Fussell (Communication), and Gilly Leshed (Information Science). Additional information about CeRI and Regulation Room can be found at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/ and www.regulationroom.org respectively. We seek a highly motivated and qualified postdoctoral associate to conduct cutting edge social science research on the tools and practices of online civic engagement in complex policymaking. Specific topics may include (but are not limited to) framing, online communities, epistemic communities, online group dynamics, procedural justice, online collaboration, and situated knowledge. The exact focus of the associate's research will depend on his or her interests and qualifications and the team's needs. While the associate's primary focus will be on research, he/she will also have the opportunity to assist in teaching an e-government clinic through which the online research platform, RegRoom.org , is primarily operated. *Qualifications* An essential element of this position is willingness and ability to bridge disciplinary boundaries, facilitating and engaging in collaborative research and publication with various members of the group of faculty and graduate students involved in CeRI. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to carry out independent research and have a record of communicating research results via peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Expertise in qualitative and/or quantitative social science research methods is necessary; an ability to think outside the box and combine methodological approaches is highly desirable. The postdoctoral associate must have a Ph.D. in one of the following areas by the time of employment: communication and technology, HCI, information science, political science, psychology, sociology, STS or another related area. This is a full time, one year appointment, with the option to extend pending promising work and funding. The appointment comes with health insurance and other employee benefits. The preferred start date is early Summer 2014, but no later than August 15, 2014. The institutional home of the fellow will be at Cornell Law School, but he/she may receive guidance and mentoring offered by the entire senior CeRI research team. Interested candidates should submit: (1) a cover letter providing a high-level overview of their interest in and fit for the position, their career objectives, and the names and contact information for three references, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) an in-depth research statement covering their previous research experience, future research interests, and potential links to CeRI research, and (4) a relevant sample of published or submitted work. Prior to submitting their materials, candidates should review the www.regulationroom.org platform run by CeRI as well as additional information about the initiative available at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/. Materials should be emailed to John Niederbuhl, Administrative Assistant to CeRI at jwn3 at cornell.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. *Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery and engagement. Located in Ithaca, NY, Cornell's far-flung global presence includes the medical college's campuses on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, as well as the new Cornell Tech campus to be built on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City.* *Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator.* . *Job* *-*Academic *Primary Location* *-*United States *Organization* *-*Law School *Schedule* *-*Full-time From anne at digitalmethods.net Tue Mar 4 08:30:00 2014 From: anne at digitalmethods.net (Anne Helmond) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:30:00 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" Message-ID: Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18-20, 2014 Organizers: Jos? van Dijck & Thomas Poell Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida, Hallvard Moe Discussants: C.W. Anderson, Marcel Broersma, Jean Burgess, Irene Costera Meijer, Mark Deuze, Marlies Glasius, Eggo M?ller, Bernhard Rieder, Richard Rogers, and Michael Schudson This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media platforms. The main question driving the conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public space or "publicness". More specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014 Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw at uva.nl no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis and will respond to every proposal. Learn more about the conference at: http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/social-media-and-the-transformation-of-public-space.html From denisparra at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 10:36:36 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:36:36 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Hypertext 2014: One more week to submit your workshop or tutorial proposal Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) Did you miss the deadline for submitting a workshop or tutorial proposal? Our workshop chairs, Federica and Christoph, are still accepting proposals until 11 March. Please see more details below: =============== CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ================ In conjunction with Hypertext 2014, the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. Santiago, Chile, September 1-4, 2014 http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due ========================================================================= The ACM Hypertext conference focuses on all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media conference. Hypertext 2014 workshops will provide participants with opportunities to discuss and explore emerging areas of Hypertext and Social Media with fellow students, researchers, and practitioners from Industry and Academia. The goals of the workshops are to provide a a more informal setting for exchanging opinions, to share experiences, presenting ideas, foster research community and identify open problems and/or explore directions for future research. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community in an interactive atmosphere. Proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics, somehow related to the main conference tracks (links and connection between people, open data and the semantic of things, user experience and adaptive linking), but are not limited to other (novel) topics which might be of interest for the hypertext community. Acceptance of workshop proposals will be based on the experience and background of the organizers in the topic, and on the relevance of the subject matter with regard to the topics addressed in the main conference. We welcome proposals for different types of workshops, from working groups on a specific topic to more traditional conference-like workshops. However, we prefer interactive workshops that guarantee richer active interactions among participants and provide significant room for controversial and stimulating discussions. We preferentially would rather proposals for half-day workshops. The need for a full-day workshop should be motivated by some particular reason. Potential proposers are invited to discuss their ideas with the workshop chair before working out a detailed proposal. ===========================PROPOSAL FORMAT ============================= The workshop proposals ? not longer than 5 pages - have to be sent by email to theworkshop chairs, and must contain the following information: - Title of the workshop and acronym - Workshop organisers (affiliation, contact details, homepage, and prior experiences with workshop organization. - Keywords (describing the main themes of the workshop) (from 3 to 5) - Abstract (up to 70 words) - Description of the workshop (topics and goals of the workshop) (up to 500 words) - Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience) - Workshop format (paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demo, discussion, etc) - Submissions format (position papers, research papers, demo, poster, presentations..) and, for each type of submission, specify the features (length of the papers, template, etc) - Intended audience and expected attendance (with historical data of past versions of the workshop, if available) - Initial list of (potential) members of the program committee - Requested duration (half day or full day- in this case, motivation for the need of a full day) - Previous editions of the workshop series (if applicable) (URLs, conference it was co-located with, number of registrants, number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and any other relevant information) The Workshop Proceedings will be published in the ACM Hypertext Extended Proceedings. If the organizers have addition plans for dissemination (for example, a special issue of a journal) this needs to specified in the proposal. =============== ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP =============== After the acceptance of a workshop proposal, the organizer(s) should: - Create and distribute a Call for Papers and a Call for Participation; - Create a Web page for the workshop, with the call for papers and the information about the workshop organization and timeline. The link of the web site will be published on the Conference Web site; - Create a Program Committee; - Review and select contributions to be included in the workshop proceedings (at least 2 reviewers for each paper); - Schedule and coordinate the workshop activities. - Put together accepted papers into electronic workshop proceedings, to be published in the Extended Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 2014. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due March 14, 2014: Decisions announced September 1, 2014: Workshop and Tutorial day =============== SUGGESTED TIMELINE =============== Workshop web site: March 21, 2014 Workshop Call for Papers: March 21, 2014 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2014 Notification to authors: June 6, 2014 ================== WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================== Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy E-mail: cena at di.unito.it Web: http://www.di.unito.it/~cena/ Christoph Trattner, University of Gaz, Austria E-mail: trattner.christoph at gmail.com web: http://christophtrattner.info ================== Thanks, Denis Parra Local and Publicity chair, HT 2014 CS Department, PUC Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Tue Mar 4 11:22:29 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:22:29 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Director, Center for Learning Technologies Message-ID: Montclair State's College of Education and Human Services is looking for a Director, Center for Learning Technologies. Details at the link below - please share widely. http://www.higheredjobs.com/state/details.cfm?JobCode=175863851&Title=Director%2C%20ADP%20Center ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From marichal at callutheran.edu Tue Mar 4 15:23:31 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:23:31 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Political Science Editor - Journal of Integrated Social Science Message-ID: Colleagues, Please see the enclosed call for a journal editor. Regards, Jose Marichal California Lutheran University *Call for Political Science Editor* *Journal of Integrated Social Science* *www.jiss.org * The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS) is a web-based, peer-reviewed international journal committed to the scholarly investigation of social phenomena. In particular, JISS aims to predominantly publish work within the following social science disciplines: Psychology, Political Sciences, Sociology, and Gender Studies. A further goal of JISS is to encourage work that unites these disciplines by being either (a) interdisciplinary, (b) holistically oriented, or (c) captive of the transformative (developmental) nature of social phenomena. Aside from the theoretical implications of a particular study, we are also interested in serious reflections upon the specific methodology employed - and its implications on the results. JISS encourages undergraduate and graduate students to submit their best work under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. More details can be found at www.jiss.org. JISS is searching for a new political science divisional editor! General responsibilities include: * The day to day running of the journal political science editorial office, including managing article peer review, liaison with authors, editing of articles, and preparation of editorial copy. * Contributing to strategic development of the Journal * Attracting submissions and themed issue proposals to the journal to ensure continued relevance and quality of content * Promotional activities, including attending conferences To make an application, you will need to send a statement outlining your reasons for seeking the position, and overall objectives as political science editor of JISS. To discuss further or submit an application, please contact Dr. Jose Marichal (current Political Science Divisional Editor of JISS) ~ marichal at clunet.edu. -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From erf at ugr.es Tue Mar 4 15:49:32 2014 From: erf at ugr.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:49:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From eromerofrias at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 15:58:50 2014 From: eromerofrias at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:58:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:36:55 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:36:55 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] IACAP 2nd CFP - exteded deadline Message-ID: <17230C28-E17E-4D76-8E8C-F14D43FFC9D3@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers: IACAP 2014 Deadline for abstracts & symposia: 15.3.14 The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy Anatolia College/ACT Thessaloniki, Greece July 2-4, 2014 http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/ Organisation: Vincent C. M?ller & the IACAP Executive Committee Computing technologies both raise philosophical questions and shed light on traditional philosophical problems; it is this two-way relation that is the focus of IACAP meetings since 1986. We invite submission of abstracts, as well as submission of proposals for symposia on computing and philosophy. This year?s meeting will have a single main track, focusing on topics which proved to be at the core of IACAP member?s interest. In parallel, the symposia will focus on more specific topics, organised autonomously by members or member groups. One symposium will be dedicated to the work of young researchers. We will publish selected papers in a volume of the ?Synthese Library? (Springer). Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for peer-review to this volume. Some abstracts will be accepted for presentation as posters. For papers, we foresee slots of 30 minutes per talk, including discussion. Invited Speakers Judith Simon (ITU Kopenhagen) Hector Zenil (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) Selmer Bringsjord (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Covey Award Winner Gualterio Piccinini (U Missouri- St. Louis) - Simon Award Winner Simon Knight (Open University) - Brian Michael Goldberg Memorial Award Winner Gregory Chatin (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) - symposium speaker S. Barry Cooper (University of Leeds) - symposium speaker Symposia: Young reseachers symposium - Organiser: VCM History and philosophy of computing - Organisers: Giuseppe Primiero and Liesbeth De Mol Anti-reductionist computational metaphors in evolution, metamathematics and the contemporary human self-image - Organiser: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Robotics: from Science Fiction to Legal Fact - Organisers: Sabine Thuermel, Fiorella Battaglia, Barbara Henry ... more to be confirmed Topics of interest: ? Artificial Intelligence ? Artificial Life ? Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition ? Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science ? Computer-Mediated Communication ? Distance Education and Electronic Pedagogy ? Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information ? History of Computing ? Information Culture and Society ? Logic ? Metaphysics of Computing ? Philosophy of Information ? Philosophy of Information Technology ? Robotics ? Virtual Reality ... and related issues Format For abstracts, we request anonymous submission of 600-1000 words (plus references) in plain text or PDF, plus a short abstract of up to 120 words. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two members of the programme committee. For symposia, please provide a brief motivation (ca. 300 words), a list of envisaged speakers, and indication of time needed (full day, half day, etc.). Dates Submission of symposium proposals: 15 March 2014 Submissions of abstracts: 15 March 2014 [extended] Notification of acceptance or rejection: 14 April 2014 (for symposia, we respond asap) Submission on EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2014 More details on http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/online-submission -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From riseling at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:38:47 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (Rich Ling) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift ? Latitude, Sobel ? The Victorian internet, Standage ? The Control Revolution, Beniger ? Technics and civilization, Mumford ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye ? When old technologies were new, Marvin ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker ? America Calling, Fischer ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson ? Virtual communities, Rheingold ? The rise of the network society, Castells ? 6 Degrees, Watts ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff ? Play between worlds, Taylor ? Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. From anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no Wed Mar 5 03:08:06 2014 From: anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no (Anders Fagerjord) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:08:06 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Rich, I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. All the best, ?anders Anders Fagerjord, dr. art Associate professor of media studies Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 03:48:53 2014 From: paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk (Gerbaudo, Paolo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:48:53 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Activism #Now - Conference Programme - April 4th 2014 - King's College London References: Message-ID: <47215386-3D7C-4DB9-A5D3-4476A915EC9A@kcl.ac.uk> Paolo Gerbaudo Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, King's College London paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Room 217a Norfolk Building Strand +44 020 7848 1576 Dear List members, Please find below the programme of the Digital Activism #Now conference on April 4th 2014 at King's College London. The conference will host key-notes by Gabriella Coleman and Guobin Yang and panel discussions on hacking, social networking, digital propaganda and secrecy/transparency. We hope to see many of you on April 4th 2014 at King's! Best Regards, Paolo Gerbaudo ------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Activism #Now: Information Politics, Digital Culture and Global Protest Movements CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Date: April 4th 2014 Location: King?s College London, Strand Campus, King?s Building Nearest Tube: Temple Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE ? 9:00-9:45 ? River Room OPENING PLENARY The Historicity of Digital Activism ? 9:45-11:15 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania) - Respondent: Timothy Hildebrandt (LSE) BREAKOUT SESSIONS I ? 11:30-13:00 Panel 1 ? Hacking and Hacktivism ? Room K1.28 Chair: Tim Jordan (King?s College London) - Fidele Vlavo (King?s) - Mustafa al-Bassam (King?s, former Lulzsec) - Sebastian Kubitscho (Bremen University) - Sam Carlisle (Sukey) Panel 2 ? Digital Propaganda ? River Room Chair: Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin) - Kirsten Forkert (University of Birmingham) - Eugenia Siapera (Dublin City University) - Lee Salter (Sussex University) LUNCH ? 13:00 ? 14:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS II ? 14:30 ? 16:00 Panel 3: Social Networks and Digital Organising ? Room K1.28 Chair: Miriyam Arouagh (Westminster) - Paolo Gerbaudo (King?s College London) - Stephen Reid (UK Uncut co-founder) - Marta (Catorce Collective, Spain) Panel 4: Digital Transparency and Secrecy ? River Room Chair: Clare Birchall (King?s) - David Berry (Sussex University) - Smari McCarthy (ThoughtWorks) - Zach Blas (Duke University, and Eyebeam) CLOSING PLENARY Weapons of the Geeks ? 16:30 ? 18:00 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Gabriella Coleman (McGill University) - Respondent: Tim Jordan (King?s) ------------------------------------------------------------- Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Twitter: @KingsDCS #DigitalActivismNow #DANow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalCultureKings Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 From agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org Wed Mar 5 04:20:59 2014 From: agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org (Adam Grydehoj) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 13:20:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Conference call for papers: Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos Message-ID: <1187009318.23862.1394022059958.open-xchange@email.1and1.co.uk> 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' 21-25 October 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' will explore the cultures, economies, and politics of urban areas based on islands worldwide. Papers are particularly being sought concerning how changes in IT and other technologies are affecting the ways in which culture, government, and economy function in such island cities. Islands are often associated with peripherality, yet over the course of human history, they have also been important sites of urban development. Many important regional cities and global cities have developed wholly or partially on small islands or archipelagos. Physical separation from the mainland and spatial limitations along with a maritime tradition can encourage the transport of products and ideas, improved defence infrastructure, construction of social capital, consolidation of political power, formation of vibrant cultures, and concentration of population. Some such island-based cities were located on inland river islands and have since expanded far beyond their original borders (for example, Paris and Strasbourg) while others are still strongly associated with their island cores (for example, Hong Kong and New York City). Major population centres located on larger, primarily rural islands and archipelagos represent another type of island city. Each of these cities is affected not just by the dynamics at work in urban areas in general but also by the special functions it gains from acting as a metropolis that provides goods and services to rural island hinterlands. 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos is an international, interdisciplinary academic conference exploring how island status influences urban development, common attributes of island cities worldwide, and the opportunities that islandness presents for developing urban cultures and economies. It will also consider how and why different island cities have developed in different ways. Visit the conference website ( ) to see the call for papers and learn more. The deadline for abstracts is 30 April 2014. Plenary Speakers: Saskia Sassen, Jon Pierre, Godfrey Baldacchino, Christian Wicchman Matthiessen, and Brenda S.A. Yeoh. Organising Partners: University of Portsmouth's Centre of Art, Architecture & Design; Memorial University of Newfoundland's Harris Centre of Regional Policy & Development; Lund University's Department of Human Geography; and Queen's University Belfast's School of Geography, Archaeology, and Paleoecology. From susie.pratt at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 04:36:24 2014 From: susie.pratt at gmail.com (Susie Pratt) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:36:24 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: these two reading groups/lists (in an STSish vein) may be of interest http://itu.dk/tip/?p=1834 //IT University of Copenhagen http://tcrgmelbourne.wordpress.com/ //Melbourne Uni -- Susanne Pratt, Ph.D. Candidate Journalism and Media Research Centre @ UNSW http://susannepratt.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Anders Fagerjord < anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no> wrote: > Dear Rich, > > I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by > Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An > introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. > > All the best, > > --anders > > Anders Fagerjord, dr. art > Associate professor of media studies > > Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo > > Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College > > > > 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David > Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 06:01:51 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:01:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is a reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - deadline 15th March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 15th March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From wjmoner at utexas.edu Wed Mar 5 06:58:46 2014 From: wjmoner at utexas.edu (William J. Moner) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:58:46 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rich, James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the telegraph. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate and military interests in broadcast regulation. Best, William ------------------------- William J. Moner PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From dhakken at indiana.edu Wed Mar 5 08:10:44 2014 From: dhakken at indiana.edu (David Hakken) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:10:44 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended References: Message-ID: <40632D41-B6B4-4C75-9813-13FADB3091F7@indiana.edu> Dear fellow AoIR pilots Please bring these new deadlines to the attention of colleagues who might be interested especially graduate students who might be interested in the doctoral consortium (deadline 3/17) David Hakken Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrea Botero > Subject: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended > Date: March 4, 2014 at 6:11:59 AM EST > To: pdworld /Listserv > > Dear PDCers > > We've extended the deadlines for PDC 2014 papers: > - Research papers submissions extended to March 10 > - Short papers submissions extended to March 17 > - All other submissions extended to March 17 > > In addition to enabling those who weren't able to get their paper in on time, it allows all those who did make the deadline to strengthen and re-submit their papers. Authors may want to revise their papers in light of the short guide to reviewing PDC papers available on the Submission page, to get a better sense of how their papers will be assessed. > > I you are intending to submit a Research/Short paper please register in the conference system and post as soon as possible provisional title, keywords and abstract so that the assignment of papers to reviewers will not be delayed. > > Access the conference system here https://precisionconference.com/~pdc/ > > PDC2014 Conference Chairs > _______________________________________________ > Pdworld mailing list > Pdworld at listserv.uni-siegen.de > https://listserv.uni-siegen.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pdworld David Hakken Information Ethnographer Professor of Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing 901 E. 10th Street, #318 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47408 dhakken at indiana.edu 812-856-1869 office; 812-391-2966 cell; 812-856-1995 fax Faculty Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Trento, Italy http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp Spring Office Hours: M 1:20-2:20, T 1:30-2:30, or by appointment From scroeser at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 08:33:22 2014 From: scroeser at gmail.com (sky) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:33:22 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1394037202.10419.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Emily Martin's 'The Egg and the Sperm' is also a useful addition! On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 09:58 -0500, William J. Moner wrote: > Rich, > > James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the > telegraph. > http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf > > Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if > you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate > and military interests in broadcast regulation. > > Best, > William > > > ------------------------- > William J. Moner > PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin > wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From Greg.Wise at asu.edu Wed Mar 5 08:36:57 2014 From: Greg.Wise at asu.edu (Greg Wise) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:36:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Wolfgang Schivelbusch's books, Disenchanted Night and The Railway Journey, could be of interest. Greg Wise -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rich Ling Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:39 AM To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: * The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein * Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift * Latitude, Sobel * The Victorian internet, Standage * The Control Revolution, Beniger * Technics and civilization, Mumford * Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye * When old technologies were new, Marvin * The social construction of technical systems, Bijker * America Calling, Fischer * Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson * Virtual communities, Rheingold * The rise of the network society, Castells * 6 Degrees, Watts * Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling * Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra * Sociology beyond societies, Urry * In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff * Play between worlds, Taylor * Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From keckert at umd.edu Wed Mar 5 09:01:56 2014 From: keckert at umd.edu (Kristin Dagmar Eckert) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:01:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: <0A6BAADED9DB714B8885DC08221E3B9F0A5ADE6F@OITMX1006.AD.UMD.EDU> Dear AIR members I am seeking academic studies and articles on women bloggers and/or gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany in English and/or German (I am a German native). Alternatively, I am also looking for articles in the quality press of each country on women bloggers or gender and blogging. I looked through the data bases my university provides and have not had much luck. I just want to make sure I am not missing out on something. Thank you very much for your hints and links! Best, Stine Stine Eckert Ph.D. Candidate Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100N Knight Hall www.stineeckert.com @stineeckert From halavais at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 09:26:03 2014 From: halavais at gmail.com (Alexander Halavais) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:26:03 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Reading list for whom? :) I would throw on some Thomas Hughes, perhaps "Networks of Power"? I've assigned his last book, the wafer-thin "Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture" to a bunch of classes, as it provides a brief but engaging look at technological systems... - Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais From neal at hivemedia.ca Wed Mar 5 09:27:23 2014 From: neal at hivemedia.ca (Neal Thomas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:27:23 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: <53175E7B.2000907@hivemedia.ca> Hi Rich -- here's a few more you might want to include in your pile, though they lean more in the direction of philosophy and social theory: Barney / Prometheus Wired Borgmann / Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life Borgmann / Holding on to Reality Braidotti / The Posthuman Durham Peters / Speaking Into the Air Feenberg & Hannay / Technology and the Politics of Knowledge Feenberg / Questioning Technology Feenberg / Transforming Technology Genosko / Remodelling Communication Heidegger / The Question Concerning Technology Ihde / Bodies in Technology Ihde / Technology and the Lifeworld Kittler / Film, Gramophone, Typewriter Lanier / You are Not a Gadget Marx / The Grundrisse Mattelart / Networking the World Pacey / Meaning in Technology Scharff and Dusek / Philosophy of Technology: An Anthology Simpson / Technology, Time & the Conversations of Modernity Slack & Wise / Culture and Technology: A Primer Stiegler / Technics & Time 1,2 Terranova: Network Culture Wiener / The Human Use of Human Beings Winner / The Whale and the Reactor Winner / Autonomous Technology Best, Neal -- ___________ Neal Thomas Assistant Professor of Media and Technology Studies Department of Communication Studies The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285 USA From lmh13 at cornell.edu Wed Mar 5 09:36:56 2014 From: lmh13 at cornell.edu (Lee H. Humphreys) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:36:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Hi Rich, Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. Cheers, Lee Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Cornell University On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From aherman at wlu.ca Wed Mar 5 11:11:58 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Message-ID: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 From zimmerm at uwm.edu Wed Mar 5 13:41:19 2014 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael Zimmer) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:41:19 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From janet.sternberg at nyu.edu Wed Mar 5 14:03:19 2014 From: janet.sternberg at nyu.edu (Janet Sternberg) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:03:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: <53179F27.6090001@nyu.edu> One more for the technology & society list (apologies if it's a duplicate, I didn't see anyone mention it yet), definitely with a communication twist: Neil Postman, 1992, //Technopoly: The/ Surrender of Culture to Technolog/y There's also Postman's 1985 /Amusing Ourselves to Death/ about television, but I think /Technopoly/ is more general (and probably taught less frequently than /Amusing/). Regards, Janet Janet Sternberg, PhD http://about.me/JanetPhD Media scholar & author of book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com From maxigas at anargeek.net Wed Mar 5 14:27:02 2014 From: maxigas at anargeek.net (maxigas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:27:02 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <20140305.232702.1698308986204894374.maxigas@anargeek.net> From: "Andrew Herman" Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 > Hi All > > > I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production > in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I > am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that > is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on > digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that > perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of > work and work life in the industry. > > > I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, > Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I > am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries > literature and am looking for work specifically on > internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work > on the gaming industry would also be valuable Nice work. Where is the reading list? -- maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 http://research.metatron.ai/ Sent from my computer From lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu Wed Mar 5 16:36:10 2014 From: lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu (L Holly) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:36:10 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking data on distribution messages in virtual worlds Message-ID: Dear AIR members, Could you point me to any research showing the distribution of the trust level of messages? In other words, not all messages exchanged in a virtual community are supportive, many will be neutral and some will be non-supportive or hostile. What does that distribution look like? What percentage of messages are non-supportive/hostile, neutral, supportive? I am developing an agent-based model of social system and need this information to govern the messages generated. I would like the messages exchanged between agents to mimic real messages distributions. Thnk you for your time and consideration -- Leo Holly Doctoral Candidate Executive Leadership Doctoral Program The George Washington University "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes From bbirregah at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 16:42:51 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 01:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Linkedin dataset Message-ID: hi, Is there anyone who has datasets extracted from linkedin to share? regards -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 From jvickery183 at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 19:08:16 2014 From: jvickery183 at gmail.com (Jacqueline Vickery) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:08:16 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: Hi Stine, Perhaps you are already familiar with it, but if not, I recommend Tanja Carstensen's article "Gender Trouble in Web 2.0: Gender Relations in Social Network Sites, Wikis, and Weblogs" published in the International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. It focuses on German websites and is available online: http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/viewFile/18/31 Best, - jacqueline ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacqueline Vickery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of North Texas Department of Radio-TV-Film ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From riseling at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 22:45:24 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (riseling) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:45:24 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism.? These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk Thu Mar 6 02:51:07 2014 From: H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk (Helen Kennedy) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:51:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <66F01BC4D7AAFB4EA82FEAFAB093922806250580FB9E@HERMES7.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Some references, and some self-promotion thrown in: New media / web / internet work Batt, R., Christopherson, S., Rightor, N. and van Jaarsveld, D. (2000) Net Working: work patterns and workforce policies for the new media industry, Centre for Advanced Human Resource Studies Working Paper Series, Cornell University, NY, http://works.bepress.com/rosemary_batt/27/ or www.nyecon.cornell.edu/downloads/research/Net_Working.pdf Christopherson, S (2004) ?The divergent worlds of new media: how policy shapes work in the creative economy?, Review of Policy Research, 21(4): 543-558 Deuze, M. (2007) Media Work, Cambridge: Polity Press [[ something on games in here ]]. Gill, R. (2002) ?Cool, Creative and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Europe?, Information, Communication and Society 5(1): 70-89. Gill, R. (2007) ?Technobohemians or the new Cybertariat? New media work in Amsterdam a decade after the web?. Report for the Institute of Network Cultures, http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/genderInstitute/whosWho/profiles/gill.htm, date accessed 26 September 2007. Gill, R. (2010) ?Life is a Pitch: managing the self in new media work? in M. Deuze (ed) Managing Media Work, London: Sage. Gottschall, K. and Kroos, D. (2006) ?Self-employment in comparative perspectives: general trends and the case of new media? in S. Walby, H. Gottfried, K. Gottschall, and M. Osawa (eds) Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Kennedy, H. (2010) ?Net work: the professionalisation of web design?, Media, Culture and Society, 32: 187-203. Kennedy, H. (2012) Net Work: Ethics and Values in Web Design, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Kerr, Aphra, http://www.nuim.ie/people/aphra-kerr, lots on games industries Kotamraju, N.P. (2002) ?Keeping up: web design skill and the reinvented worker?. Information, Communication and Society, 5(1): 1-26. Mayer-Ahuja, N. and Wolf, H. (2007) ?Beyond the Hype: working in the German Internet Industry?, Critical Sociology, 33(1-2): 73-99. Perrons, D. (2003) ?The new economy and the work-life balance: conceptual explorations and a case study of new media?, Gender, Work and Organization, 10(1): 65-93. Perrons, D. (2007) ?Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy: new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care work? in C. Fagan, L. McDowell, D. Perrons, K. Ray and K. Ward (eds) Gender Divisions in the New Economy: changing patterns of work, care and public policy in Europe and North America (London: Edward Elgar). Ross, A. (2003) No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and its Hidden Costs, Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Wittel, A. (2001) ?Toward a network sociality?, Theory, Culture and Society, 18(6): 51-76. Social media monitoring/sentiment analysis Andrejevic, M (2011) ?The work that affective economics does?, Cultural Studies, 25, 4-5, pp604-620. Hearn, A. (2011) ?Structuring Feeling: web 2.0, online ranking and rating, and the digital ?reputation? economy?, Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organisation, vol 11 no 1, http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/index.htm. Kennedy, H. (2012) ?Perspectives on sentiment analysis?, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 56 (4): 435-450. Cultural industries: general Banks, M. (2007) The Politics of Cultural Work, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007) The Cultural Industries, 2nd edition, London: Sage. Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2010) Creative Labour: media work in three cultural industries, London: Routledge. Dr Helen Kennedy Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/) More about me: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Herman [aherman at wlu.ca] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 7:11 PM To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From rscott at walsh.edu Thu Mar 6 05:38:58 2014 From: rscott at walsh.edu (Ron Scott) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:38:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8693E10E721B814EB5C4A7617685F4A4223A591D@LUCIA4.walsh.edu> Hi All - I didn't see this book mentioned previously (if it was I apologize for missing it), and it's probably not what you're thinking of as foundational, but David Nye's American Technological Sublime speaks to the importance of steam technology in creating what Nye calls the technological sublime... rs -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of riseling Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:45 AM To: Michael Zimmer; AoIR mailing list Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I >> want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not >> the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two >> areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is >> there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and >> transport/automobilism.? These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, >> David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, >> Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the >> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change >> options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From arussell at stevens.edu Thu Mar 6 06:02:58 2014 From: arussell at stevens.edu (Andrew Russell) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:02:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Rich - Aileen Fyfe?s ?Steam-Powered Knowledge? won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from SHOT - if you?re looking for something at the intersections of steam technology and communication, Fyfe?s book is a good place to start. Since steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh?s ?Railway Journey,? which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered technological system. While I?m at it - you might add Melosi?s ?Sanitary City? to your list (if it?s not on there already). Andy On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made. > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > Thanks. > > Rich L. > >
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>
A few more voices to add: > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" > > > -- > Michael Zimmer, PhD > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > >> Hi Rich, >> >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: >> >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" >> >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. >> >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. >> >> Cheers, >> Lee >> >> Lee Humphreys, PhD >> Assistant Professor >> Dept. of Communication >> Cornell University >> >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. >>> >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >>> >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >>> >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >>> >>> ? Latitude, Sobel >>> >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >>> >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >>> >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >>> >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >>> >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >>> >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >>> >>> ? America Calling, Fischer >>> >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >>> >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >>> >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >>> >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >>> >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >>> >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >>> >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >>> >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >>> >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >>> >>> ? Where the action is, Dourish >>> >>> -- >>> Rich L. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies Assistant Professor, History College of Arts & Letters Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 arussell at stevens.edu || @RussellProf http://www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || http://www.arussell.org Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks (available for pre-order from Cambridge University Press and Amazon.com) From mbwm at uic.edu Thu Mar 6 07:18:47 2014 From: mbwm at uic.edu (Mary Beth Watson-Manheim) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:18:47 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] CABS 2014: Papers deadline extended to March 13 Message-ID: <702DCDF0-1F5B-4975-9D3B-55A6D56B9848@uic.edu> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABS 2014: Full paper deadline extension until Thursday 13 March --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upon multiple request the CABS'14 full paper deadline will be extended to Thursday 13 March. 5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries (CABS): Culture, Distance and Technology http://cabs.acm.org/ August 20-22, 2014, Kyoto, Japan Collaboration across Boundaries: Culture, Distance, & Technology 2014 (CABS 2014) is an international and interdisciplinary conference focused on exploring the nature and ways to facilitate intercultural collaboration, including improvements enabled by technology. CABS 2014 is the 5th international conference in the series formerly held as International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC). CABS aims to be a multidisciplinary forum that integrates the socio-cultural and technical perspectives, with the objective of exchanging the latest results of studying and supporting intercultural collaboration. ---------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------------------------- March 13, 2014: Submission Deadline for Full Papers, Panels, and Workshops. April 30, 2014: Notification of Acceptance for Full Papers, Panels, and Workshops. May 21, 2014: Submission Deadline for Late-Breaking Papers. June 4, 2014: Notification of Acceptance for Late-Breaking Papers. June 25, 2014: Final camera-ready papers due (Full Papers, Late-Breaking Papers, Panels, Workshops). ---------------------------------- Full Papers Full papers must present original work with contributions to research and practice of intercultural collaboration. All full papers will be evaluated using a double-blind review process. Accepted authors have the option of having their paper included or NOT to be included in the ACM digital library (http://portal.acm.org/). If the authors choose not to have their full paper included, only the abstract of the paper will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Those unpublished papers can be re-submitted and published at other conference proceedings (including ACM conferences) or journals. Full papers can be up to 10 pages long. Submission for a full paper should be thoroughly anonymized and formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format using the SIGCHI Papers Template. Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System (www.precisionconference.com/~cabs). Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and the downloadable templates. To facilitate the interdisciplinary reviewing process, authors of full papers are asked to categorize their papers by theme (one of three themes) to help us direct papers to the most appropriate reviewers. The three themes are: Communication & Management, Computer-Mediated Collaboration, and Cross-linguistic Collaboration. Although some papers will fit within multiple themes and others may not be an ideal fit for any of them, we ask the authors to choose the closest theme. We will strive to recruit the most appropriate reviewers for all papers. Below are examples of types of contributions a paper in any of the three themes can make to CABS: - DESCRIPTIONS of intercultural and multilingual experiences: Dynamics of global teams, social networks and communities of practice, globally distributed work in virtual context, language use in multicultural and global teams. - METHODOLOGIES and frameworks for studying global collaboration: Developing instruments for measuring culture including surveys, experimental paradigms, computational frameworks, etc.. - THEORIES and models for understanding cultures such as modeling culture, intercultural collaboration, and language varieties. - EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS of intercultural collaboration: Field studies of intercultural collaboration in global organizations and/or in local communities, ethnographic studies on different infrastructure and media use across nations, laboratory studies on the use of technologies, etc.. - TRANSLATION and transition of language and practice: Use of language on the Internet, translating different norms and shaping new practices in global teams, issues of translating language and practices, effects of e-learning on culture diversity. - DOMAIN-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS for collaboration across boundaries: Education/learning, global enterprise, information and knowledge management/sharing. - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES for collaboration across boundaries: HCI technologies, robots, conversational agents, language and speech technologies to overcome culture and language barriers. Late-Breaking Papers (Work in Progress) Authors are encouraged to submit their late-breaking papers to present as posters during the conference. Late-breaking papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library, if the authors wish to do so (see above). Late-breaking papers should be no longer than 4 two-column pages in length, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI template. Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and downloadable templates. Late-Breaking Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System (www.precisionconference.com/~cabs). Late-breaking papers will not be blind reviewed. Authors should include their complete names and contact information at the top of their submitted PDF file. Submitted late-breaking papers will not be divided into three subcommittees. They will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural collaboration. General Co-Chairs Vanessa Evers (University of Twente, Netherlands) Naomi Yamashita (NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan) Program Co-Chairs ?Computer Mediated Collaboration: Susan Fussell (Cornell University, USA) ?Cross-linguistic Communication: Carolyn Rose (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) ?Management and Communication: Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA) Program Committee ? Computer Supported Collaboration Pernille Bjorn (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Hideaki Kuzuoka (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine, USA) John Thomas (IBM, USA) Hao-Chuan Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) ? Cross-linguistic Communication Seza Dogruoz (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Rohit Kumar (BBN Technologies, USA) Kristine Lund (University of Lyon, France) Stephan Vogel (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar) Janyce Wiebe (University of Pittsburgh, USA) ? Management and Communication Wai Fong Boh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Miriam Erez (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Paul Leonardi (Northwestern University, USA) Michael O'Leary (Georgetown University, USA) Sundeep Sahay (University of Oslo, Norway) -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago From telmah77 at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 08:10:01 2014 From: telmah77 at gmail.com (Clara Fernandez) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 11:10:01 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers: International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2014) Message-ID: CIDS 2014: Call for Papers The 7th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2014) 3-6 November 2014, Singapore View this call online at: http://narrativeandplay.org/icids2014/call.html Submission deadline: 16 June 2014 The International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) is the premier venue for researchers, practitioners and theorists to present recent results, share novel techniques and insights, and exchange ideas about this new storytelling medium. Interactive digital storytelling is an exciting area in which narrative, computer science and art converge to create new expressive forms. The combination of narrative and computation has considerable untapped potential, ranging from artistic projects to interactive documentaries, from assistive technologies and intelligent agents to serious games, education and entertainment. The ICIDS conference series has a long-standing tradition of bringing together theoretical and practical approaches in an interdisciplinary dialogue. We encourage contributions from a range of fields related to interactive storytelling, including computer science, human-computer interaction, game design, media production, semiotics, game studies, narratology, media studies, digital humanities and interactive arts criticism. * Suggested Topics * We particularly welcome research on topics in the following four areas: 1. Theoretical Foundations - Theories and Aesthetics of Interactive Storytelling - Current and Future Usage Scenarios 2. Technical Advances - Story/World Generation and Experience Management - Virtual Characters and Virtual Humans - Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems - Semantic Knowledge Representation and Reasoning about Stories - Natural Language Generation and Understanding - User Modelling and Narrative User Interfaces - Authoring Modes and Tools for Interactive Digital Storytelling 3. Practical Applications - Collaborative Storytelling Environments and Multi-User Systems - Social, Ubiquitous and Mobile Storytelling - Interactive Narratives in Digital Games - Interactive Cinema and Television - Interactive Non-fiction and Interactive Documentaries - Interactive Narratives in E-learning, Training and Edutainment 4. Retrospective Analyses - Evaluation and User Experience Reports - Critical Close Readings of Creative Works - Case Studies, Post-mortems and Best Practices * Submissions * All submissions must follow the Lecture Notes in Computer Science format, available at: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Papers must be written in English, and only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered for review. The submission categories accepted are: - Full papers (10-12 pages in the main proceedings) describing interesting, novel results or completed work in all areas of interactive digital storytelling and its applications. - Short papers (6-8 pages in the main proceedings) presenting exciting preliminary work or novel, thought-provoking ideas that are in their early stages. - Demonstrations and posters (2-4 pages in the backmatter of the proceedings) describing working, presentable systems or brief explanations of a research project. Submissions that receive high ratings in the peer review process will be selected for publication by the program committee as Springer LNCS conference proceedings. For the final print-ready version, the submission of source files (Microsoft Word/LaTeX, TIF/EPS) and a signed copyright form will be required. Detailed submission instructions, including links to the online submission system, can be found here: http://narrativeandplay.org/icids2014/call.html#submissions The review process for ICIDS will be double blind. Authors should remove all identifying information from their submissions. * Workshop Proposals * Workshops are an integral part of the ICIDS conference. Workshops at ICIDS 2014 will be held on Thursday, 6 November 2014. Please see the separate call for proposals for workshops for details on submitting workshop proposals. * Art Exhibition * Continuing the tradition started at ICIDS 2013, there will also be an art exhibition as part of the conference. The ICIDS 2014 art exhibition will be held from 2-6 November 2014 at ArtScience MuseumTM at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, and will be open to the public. Please see the separate call for artworks for details on submitting to the art exhibition. * Important Dates * Deadline: June 16, 2014 Submission deadline for all categories. The precise deadline for paper submissions is 11:59PM on June 16, 2014, Hawaii Standard Time. Authors are strongly advised to upload their submissions well in advance of this deadline. July 28, 2014: Accept/reject notifications sent to authors. August 18, 2014: Camera-ready copy due. November 3-6, 2014: ICIDS Conference. ICIDS 2014 will be hosted by the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore (http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm), in collaboration with the Keio-NUS CUTE Centre (http://cutecenter.nus.edu.sg). * Organizing Committee * General Chair Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore Program Chairs Clara Fernandez-Vara, New York University David Thue, Reykjav?k University Art Exhibition Chair Jing Chiang, National University of Singapore * More Information * Additional information about the conference can be found online at: http://icids.org/2014 Questions about the conference should be directed to the organizers via email at: icids2014 at gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent by icids2014 at gmail.com to clarafervar at gmail.com Not interested?Unsubscribe - http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/ua/optout?od=11287eca4cd203&rd=1cb345e53386c78&sd=1cb345e53386c51&n=11699e4c1422243 Update profile - http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/ua/upc?upd=1cb345e533860af&r=1cb345e53386c78&n=11699e4c1422243&od=11287eca4cd203 ICIDS | http://icids.org. From agruzd at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 18:05:09 2014 From: agruzd at gmail.com (Anatoliy Gruzd) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:05:09 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] [2nd Call]: 2014 SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY CONFERENCE (#SMSociety14) - Sep 27-28, 2014, Toronto, Canada Message-ID: <53192955.3030207@gmail.com> *Apologies for cross-posting* Call for Submissions: Papers (extended abstracts), Panels and Posters 2014 SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY CONFERENCE (#SMSociety14) September 27-28, 2014, Toronto, Canada Conference website: http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com/ KEYNOTE: Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: John Weigelt, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada IMPORTANT DATES Paper & Panel Abstracts Due: April 18, 2014 Paper & Panel Notification: May 19, 2014 Poster Abstracts Due: May 23, 2014 Poster Notification: June 13, 2014 Conference Dates: September 27-28, 2014 DESCRIPTION We live in an era of ?Big Data?. Petabyte and exabyte-size datasets are becoming increasingly common. Much of the data is coming from social media in the form of user-generated content. What do we do with all of these ?social? data and how do we make sense of it all? What are the inherent challenges and issues surrounding working with social media data? How are social media platforms and the data that they generate changing us as individuals, changing our organizations and changing our society? Additionally what are the political, ethical, privacy, and security implications of the wide availability of these data? These are just a few questions that we have for this year?s participants of the 2014 Social Media & Society Conference (#SMSociety14). The Social Media & Society Conference is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 5th year, the 2014 Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 27 to 28. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. The conference offers an intensive two-day program comprising of paper presentations, panel discussions, and posters covering wide-ranging topics related to social media. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, the conference provides attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, learn about recently completed and work-in-progress studies, and strengthen connections with their peers. Last year?s conference hosted nearly 200 attendees, featured research from 90+ scholars and practitioners across several fields from over 60 institutions in 15 different countries. SUBMISSION PROCESS We invite you to submit papers (extended abstracts), panel proposals and posters on a variety of topics including (but not limited to!): Social Media & Big Data, Social Media Impact on Society, Theories & Methods, and Online/Offline Communities. Full papers are not required for this conference, only an extended abstract (~500 words, excluding references) on a completed or well-developed project related to the broad theme of ?Social Media & Society.? All submissions will be peer-reviewed. If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period at the conference. Author(s) of accepted paper abstracts will also be invited to submit their full papers to the new Big Data & Society Journal published by SAGE. Instructions for authors and more information is available at http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com TOPICS OF INTEREST Social Media & Big Data - Visualization of Social Media Data - Social Media Data Mining - Scalability Issues and Social Media Data - Social Media Analytics Social Media Impact on Society - Private Self/Public Self - The Sharing/Attention Economy - Virality & Memes - Political Mobilization & Engagement - Social Media and Health - Social Media and Business (Marketing, PR, HR, Risk Management, etc.) - Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) - Social Media and Public Administration - Social Media and the News Theories & Methods - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches - Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis - Social Network Analysis - Theoretical Models for Studying, Analysing and Understanding Social Media Online/Offline Communities - Trust and Credibility in Social Media - Online Community Detection - Influential User Detection - Online Identity - Case Studies of Online and/or Offline Communities Formed on Social Media CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, Canada Barry Wellman. University of Toronto, Canada Philip Mai, Dalhousie University, Canada Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada From benallenmorton at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 18:24:50 2014 From: benallenmorton at gmail.com (Ben Morton) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:24:50 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> References: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Message-ID: For technology and society readings related to transportation, you should definitely take a look at Jeremy Packer's Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship(2008) -Ben Morton University of Iowa On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Russell wrote: > Rich - > > Aileen Fyfe's "Steam-Powered Knowledge" won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from > SHOT - if you're looking for something at the intersections of steam > technology and communication, Fyfe's book is a good place to start. Since > steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial > society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & > steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the > literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh's "Railway > Journey," which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered > technological system. > > While I'm at it - you might add Melosi's "Sanitary City" to your list (if > it's not on there already). > > Andy > > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There > are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that > have been made. > > > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles > on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is > steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Rich L. > > > >
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Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with > > a communication twist)
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A few more voices to add: > > > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination" > > > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of > Culture" > > > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About > Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century" > > > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age" > > > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" > > > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of > Social Media" > > > > > > -- > > Michael Zimmer, PhD > > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > > > >> Hi Rich, > >> > >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old > favorites: > >> > >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > >> > >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's > "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > >> > >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Lee > >> > >> Lee Humphreys, PhD > >> Assistant Professor > >> Dept. of Communication > >> Cornell University > >> > >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I > want > >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that > I > >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book > similar > >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. > >>> > >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > >>> > >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > >>> > >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > >>> > >>> ? Latitude, Sobel > >>> > >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage > >>> > >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > >>> > >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > >>> > >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, > David Nye > >>> > >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > >>> > >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > >>> > >>> ? America Calling, Fischer > >>> > >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > >>> > >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > >>> > >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells > >>> > >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts > >>> > >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > >>> > >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > >>> > >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > >>> > >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > >>> > >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor > >>> > >>> ? Where the action is, Dourish > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Rich L. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >>> > >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >>> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. > Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies > Assistant Professor, History > College of Arts & Letters > Stevens Institute of Technology > Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 > > t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 > arussell at stevens.edu || @RussellProf > http://www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || http://www.arussell.org > > Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks > (available for pre-order from Cambridge University Press and Amazon.com) > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From kwfu at hku.hk Thu Mar 6 21:53:25 2014 From: kwfu at hku.hk (KW Fu) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:53:25 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Job Opening: Post-doctoral Fellow on "Big Data" Message-ID: <02d401cf39c9$8ea98dc0$abfca940$@hku.hk> Dear all, The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at The University of Hong Kong is inviting applications for a position of Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF). Applicants should hold postgraduate qualifications at PhD level in a field related to Social Sciences, Statistics, Information Science, or Journalism/Media/Communication studies. Applicants should possess a track record of publications in high quality international journals or other appropriate refereed publications and should demonstrate the potential of academic publication in the coming three years. The appointee is required to generate research outputs independently and to prepare research proposal for competitive grant application. Experience in computational social science studies, big data analysis, data visualization, social network analysis, complex systems modeling, agent-based computing would have a definite advantage. Teaching experience in courses related to media and journalism is preferred. The successful candidate will be involved in a research project entitled "A Big Data Approach to Computational Media Studies". Applicants should send a completed application form, together with an up-to-date C.V. to jmsc2 at hku.hk. Application forms (341/1111) can be obtained at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc. Please indicate clearly in the form the post applied for, as well as the field and level (if applicable), and the reference number. Review of applications will start on May 1, 2014 until the post is filled. The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only shortlisted applicants will be notified of the application result. JMSC website: http://jmsc.hku.hk/ King-wa Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong Room 206, Eliot Hall, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3917-1643 Fax: (852) 2858-8736 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/ From m.foth at qut.edu.au Thu Mar 6 23:49:43 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:49:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing due 1 June 2014 Message-ID: <0D46D348-A608-45A3-8BBE-2500DF6A8E36@qut.edu.au> Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP edited by Hannu Kukka, University of Oulu Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Sebastian Boring, University of Copenhagen Anind K. Dey, Carnegie Mellon University tauc.editors at gmail.com Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2014 DESCRIPTION The research field of urban computing ? defined as ?the integration of computing, sensing, and actuation technologies into everyday urban settings and lifestyles? [1] ? considers the design and use of ubiquitous computing technology in public and shared urban environments. Its impact on cities, buildings, and spaces evokes innumerable kinds of change [2]. Embedded into our everyday lived environments, urban computing technologies have the potential to alter the meaning of physical space, and affect the activities performed in those spaces. In this special issue, we invite contributions to a multi-themed discussion of various aspects that make up the, at times, messy and certainly transdisciplinary field of urban computing and urban informatics. The starting point for the proposed special issue is a call for a more transdisciplinary approach to the design and evaluation of urban computing systems that regards these systems as holistic, organic and evolving constructs comprising three interrelated components: people, place, technology. Following Nicolescu [3], we use the term transdisciplinarity to signify the positioning of urban computing research at once between different disciplines, across these disciplines, and beyond all discipline. The term differs from the related concepts of multidisciplinarity, where a topic is studied by several disciplines that are in service of a base discipline, and interdisciplinarity, where methods from one discipline are transferred to another. Looking at urban computing from a transdisciplinary perspective is useful in that a large methodological and theoretical gap exists in much of the current literature. Often, the epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and practical contributions of relevant fields of study (e.g., computer science, architecture and design, and social sciences) do not connect to form a solid basis for the advancement of cities and city life. Despite the inherent complexity and transdisciplinary nature of urban computing as a subject of study, few such efforts have been undertaken. However, moving the field forward requires explorations of the opportunities and challenges inherent in truly transdisciplinary work by researchers from several interrelated fields of study coming together to design, build, and evaluate urban computing systems. In the proposed special issue we call for contributions from both practical and theoretical points of view discussing the practice and promise of transdisciplinary work in the field of urban computing and urban informatics. Specifically, we hope to elicit contributions from researchers in the various fields closely related to urban computing such as computer science, social sciences (e.g., cultural anthropology), and architecture and urban design. We envision the following contributions: (1) experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings, reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner; and (2) theoretical/conceptual discussions on the merits of understanding the topic not only from a technological perspective, taking into consideration the various interrelated disciplines and fields of study. The proposed topic is timely and significant, since more and more explorations are conducted ?at large? or "in-the-wild,? i.e. outside traditional research laboratory settings. This move from controlled laboratories to messy real-life environments is far from trivial, and requires an integrated approach that both takes into account and respects the inherent transdisciplinarity that carrying out high quality research in such settings requires. Hence, contributions in the proposed special issue should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers and practitioners who either already do research ?in-the-wild,? or hope to transition to such work in the future. REFERENCES [1] Kindberg, C., Chalmers, M., Paulos, E. (2007) Guest Editor?s Introduction: Urban Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6(3), 18-20. [2] Fuller, M. (2013) Foreword. In: Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging with Ubiquitous Computing. MIT Press. [3] Nicolescu, B. (2001) Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity. Translated from French by Karen-Claire Voss. State of New York Press: New York. AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to the issue of transdisciplinary approaches to the field of urban computing. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include but are not limited to: ? Experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings ? Reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner ? Theoretical/conceptual discussions on the need for / the advancement of transdisciplinary work We are looking to publish a mix (roughly 50/50) of papers with a theoretical and practical contribution, depending of course on the number and types of submissions we receive. PAPER SUBMISSION Deadline: manuscripts are due 1st June 2014 but early submissions are encouraged. All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of the IJHCS journal. Further information, including submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies/ Manuscripts are submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at: http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs/ To discuss a possible contribution, please contact the special issue editors at: tauc.editors at gmail.com For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie Fri Mar 7 02:33:50 2014 From: Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie (Kylie Jarrett) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:33:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Console-ing Passions, Dublin 2015 Message-ID: <5319A08E.8010100@nuim.ie> I'm looking to get lots of internet, game or digital researchers, activists and/or practitioners to this conference, so get writing.* *** *CP 23 Rebooting Feminism* *Console-ing Passions International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism* *June 18-20, 2015 Dublin* ** *Deadling for Abstracts: October 1, 2014. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by Jan 31, 2015.**Please submit all proposals to: Console-ingPassions.org * Founded by a group of feminist media scholars and artists in 1989, Console-ing Passions held its first official conference at the University of Iowa in 1992. Since that time, Console-ing Passions has become the leading international scholarly network for feminist research in television, video, audio, and new media. 23 years after the group's founding, we find ourselves in a dramatically different media landscape, as well as a world in which the meanings of feminism, postfeminism, and the intersections of feminism with race, sexuality, and class are hotly contested in the academy, in the popular press, and in contemporary media representations. Console-ing Passions 2015 asks, after decades of postfeminist retrenchment, is feminism due for a reboot? CP23 seeks to bring together papers, panels, screenings, and workshops that investigate both feminism and media studies at a crossroads. We are particularly interested in work that brings together two or more of Console-ing Passions' driving themes: gender, race and ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and class. The 2015 conference invites pre-constituted panels and workshops, as well as individual papers that consider the breadth of feminist concerns related to television, digital, video, audio, and new media, as well as mobile and gaming technologies. Pre-constituted panels and workshops are especially encouraged. Possible topics include considerations of gender in relation to: *intersectional feminisms *feminism in a "post-racial" moment *"Rebooting Feminism:" what comes after postfeminism? *feminism, the economy & austerity *media production and industries *media audiences and fans *gaming and virtual worlds *masculinities, trans identities, sexualities *sex work and pornography *neoliberalism and gender *transmedia, theories of convergence and their critiques *transnational cultural flows and "Ex-pat TV" *social media and digital domains *feminism and popular music *feminism and the New Europe *spiritual belief and practice and media *feminism and the political right *new feminist icons (Elizabeth Warren, Wendy Davis, Julia Gillard) *campaigns for social justice *stardom and celebrity *affect and emotion studies *age *Pre-Constituted Panel Proposals:*Panel coordinators should submit a 200-word rationale for the panel as whole. For each contributor, please submit a 250-word abstract, a short bio, and contact information. Panels that include a diversity of panelist affiliations and experience levels are strongly encouraged. Panels should include 3-4 papers. *Individual Papers:*Individuals submitting paper proposals should provide an abstract of 250 words, a short bio, and contact information. *Workshop Proposals:*We seek workshop ideas that focus on scholarly issues in the field and matters of professionalization. Topics might include: media activism; mentoring; the job market; digital networking; workplace politics; teaching; tenure and promotion; publishing; etc. Prospective coordinators should submit a 350-word rationale (including some discussion of why the topic lends itself to a workshop format), a short bio, and contact information. For each proposed workshop participant, please submit a title, short bio, and contact information. Workshops are intended to encourage discussion; contributors will deliver a series of brief, informal presentations. Please visit our website Console-ingPassions.org for information about events, schedules, travel information, and more. Please direct all questions about the conference and the submission process to: consoleingpassions2015 at gmail.com Follow us on twitter: @CPDublin2015 Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConsoleingPassions2015 Check out our amazing city center conference venue, The Marker Hotel: http://www.themarkerhoteldublin.com/ Conference Organizers: Maeve Connolly, Kylie Jarrett, Jorie Lagerwey, Diane Negra, Maria Pramaggiore, Emma Radley, and Stephanie Rains From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Fri Mar 7 09:05:58 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:05:58 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1394211958.173924-17064@charles.daybyday.de> * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience ? Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universit?t Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de From luishestres at gmail.com Fri Mar 7 09:28:30 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:28:30 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fw: TPRC42 Announces Graduate Student Consortium In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2A673F1AB9724A7EA836D2BCF6C95E9F@gmail.com> FYI, may be of interest to some grad students on this list or those who mentor them. ~Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 Forwarded message: > From: TPRC > To: luishestres at gmail.com > Date: Friday, March 7, 2014 at 12:24:32 PM > Subject: TPRC42 Announces Graduate Student Consortium > > TPRC42 Announces Graduate Student Consortium > > Is this email not displaying correctly? > View it in your browser (http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=61cad4aa46&e=95b079ebe3). > > > > > > > 2014 TPRC | 42nd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy > September 12-14, 2014 > George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia > > TPRC will hold its inaugural Graduate Student Consortium on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the George Mason University Law School, immediately preceding the TPRC42 conference September 12 ? 14, 2014 > > > The Consortium aims to provide graduate students at all levels with opportunities for mentoring by academics, industry, and government leaders, as well as the opportunity to network with other graduate students. Consortium participants will gain insights on research topics of interest to them from the various sectors of the TPRC community. > > > The Consortium will be held immediately preceding the TPRC42 Conference. During the three-hour session, students will engage in discussion, receive feedback on their proposed research topic, and interact with fellow graduate students as well as with mentors. Mentors will be leaders from academia, industry, government, and the non-profit sectors, chosen to ensure balance among these multiple perspectives. > > > The Consortium will be highly selective and is open to all persons who are graduate or law students at any level/year during the 2014/2015 school year. Applicants should submit a statement of endorsement from a faculty member at their institution indicating how the student would benefit from participation (the endorsement form will be available for download at the TPRC website). Applications should include this endorsement and a 1500 word (~ 2 pages, single spaced) statement of a research topic, succinctly describing the academic/theoretical, industry, government, and public interest aspects of the problem. The topic can be a new topic, chosen specifically for this context, or an ongoing research area that might benefit from these multiple perspectives. Students may apply for both the Graduate Student Consortium and the Student Paper Competition, although the Consortium selection process will favor those closer to the beginning of their graduate student career. > > > Applications, including the faculty endorsement, must be submitted by April 18, 2014, at http://www.tprc.org (http://tprc.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=7bd16553c0&e=95b079ebe3). Decisions will be communicated by May 30, 2014. Students accepted to the Consortium will receive free conference registration and meals, but will be responsible for their own travel and lodging. > > Call for Papers Announcement > TPRC is soliciting abstracts of papers, proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations, and student papers for presentation at the 2014 conference, to be held September 12-14, 2014 at the George Mason University Law School, in Arlington, Virginia. These presentations should report current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy.Contributions may be from any disciplinary perspective; the sole criterion is research quality. Topic areas in previous conferences have included competition, antitrust, and other market issues; broadband deployment and adoption; spectrum and wireless application policy; media, old and new; intellectual property, technology, and Internet law; privacy, security, identity and trust; governance and institutions; innovation and entrepreneurship; and distributional outcomes and social goals. Read the complete Call for Papers here (http://tprc.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=486a6728b6&e=95b079ebe3). Abstract deadline is March 31. our web site, www.tprc.org (http://tprc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=91b9eec6dd&e=95b079ebe3). Submission deadline is March 31. Submissions are also being accepted for our Student Paper Competition and our Graduate Student Consortium. > > Call for Papers Announcement TPRC is soliciting abstracts of papers, proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations, and student papers for presentation at the 2014 conference, to be held September 12-14, 2014 at the George Mason University Law School, in Arlington, Virginia. These presentations should report current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy.Contributions may be from any disciplinary perspective; the sole criterion is research quality. Topic areas in previous conferences have included competition, antitrust, and other market issues; broadband deployment and adoption; spectrum and wireless application policy; media, old and new; intellectual property, technology, and Internet law; privacy, security, identity and trust; governance and institutions; innovation and entrepreneurship; and distributional outcomes and social goals. Read the complete Call for Papers here (http://tprc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=dd791fa6bb&e=95b079ebe3). 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It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr Fri Mar 7 22:21:34 2014 From: nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr (nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:21:34 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] What do users want from a media website? Message-ID: <20140308082134.Horde._rqJGl1lb_AwzyF3ljm3qw4@webmail.auth.gr> My name is Antonopoulos Nikos and I am a PHD candidate at the School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Aristotle University invites you to participate in an interesting research concerning the ways in which Internet users can find the information which they are looking for, on a media website. We would appreciate your feedback. Please click here: http://auth.edu.gr/index.php/999647/lang-en Thank you in advance, Yours faithfully, Antonopoulos Nikos - PhD candidate Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece From jstromer at syr.edu Sat Mar 8 06:33:51 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:33:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Job openings in data science and HCI Message-ID: Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (The iSchool, see http://ischool.syr.edu) is soliciting applications for scholars involved in the broad and evolving spaces of data science/ data analytics and human-computer interaction (HCI) to join its renowned and interdisciplinary faculty. These positions are open rank, and we specifically encourage graduating doctoral students, senior assistant professors, and recently tenured faculty to apply. Located at the center of the picturesque Syracuse University, we seek entrepreneurial colleagues with a passion for innovative scholarship, a desire to work with others on interdisciplinary projects, and enthusiasm for teaching. The iSchool has seven degree programs and an enrollment of 50 doctoral students, 650 masters' students and 650 undergraduates, led by 42 full-time faculty and over 100 part-time faculty. The iSchool is at the cutting edge of scholarship and instruction. The school hosts five research centers and laboratories and faculty with recognized strengths in natural language processing, information retrieval, Internet governance and telecommunications policy, digital literacy, information management, information and network security, new forms of work and organizing, gamification, data science, entrepreneurship, and social media. There are campus-level initiatives on computational linguistics, sustainability, and urban education, along with strategic partnerships with J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, and others as reflected in a curricular focus on Global Enterprise Technologies. The SU-ADVANCE program provides extensive mentoring services for female faculty in STEM disciplines. The ISchool recently acquired an IBM Netezza box, allowing for complex, fast analysis of large data sets, and SU has large data-storage capabilities and is home of the Qualitative Data Repository. The iSchool seeks colleagues who can deepen and extend our emerging strengths in data science. We see this as a broad area that spans the following: visualization of large data sets and analytic approaches to large and often heterogeneous data sets; developing tools and approaches for scientific collaboration, and for data access and retrieval; computational social science involving large-scale quantitative data, examining large-scale online social configurations; and other possible areas emphasizing large-scale data and its analysis and representation. The iSchool faculty also seeks colleagues who will continue to expand our strengths in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Although we encourage applications from any area of HCI, we are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching experience in the design, building and testing of online systems and environments, mobile applications, and other artifacts, and who are engaging in studies of uses and users in the field or laboratory. The ability to obtain research funding will be considered a competitive advantage in our evaluations, as will evidence of teaching excellence. A record of publishing impactful scholarship is expected. Although rank and years of experience are open, we will consider outstanding ABDs with a strong expectation of a successful dissertation defense by 2015. To be considered, applicants must submit: a cover letter outlining their interests and qualifications (including the rank they are seeking); a current curriculum vitae; short statements describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments; and the names and contact information of at least three references to: www.sujobopps.com (job #071012). Strong candidates will be contacted for letters of reference and asked to provide research samples and a teaching portfolio or other evidence of teaching experience. Please do not submit these items with the initial application. We will begin screening applicants on 2 April, 2014 and continue accepting applications until the positions are filled, which may extend into the 2014-2015 academic year. Please direct questions to Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, search chair, at jstromer at syr.edu ~Jenny Associate Professor | School of Information Studies Vice President | Association of Internet Researchers Syracuse University 220 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.1823 f 315.443.5673 e jstromer at syr.edu w www.stromer-galley.com w www.aoir.org ischool.syr.edu From berno.rieder at gmail.com Mon Mar 10 00:56:23 2014 From: berno.rieder at gmail.com (Bernhard Rieder) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:56:23 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Several Openings in New Media, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: The Mediastudies Department at the University of Amsterdam is currently looking to fill a number of positions in the New Media team and inviting applications for: # a tenure-track assistant professor position ("universitair-docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-070.html # up to three two-year lecturer positions ("docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-066.html # a five-year combined PhD/lecturer position ("docent-promovendus") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-068.html Candidates are required to master Dutch at the A2 level (reading/grading assignments). However, the department is committed to providing intensive language courses that lead up to a certification for selected candidates without the necessary language proficiency. The application deadline for all positions is March 30, 2014. For general information about working at the UvA, refer to: http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/ An overview of the Bachelor "Media en Cultuur" (in Dutch): http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/nl/p/499_20870.html An overview of the Master "New Media and Digital Cultures?: http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/en/p/741_115565.html -- Bernhard Rieder | Associate Professor | New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://thepoliticsofsystems.net | http://rieder.polsys.net | https://www.digitalmethods.net | @RiederB From d.moats at gold.ac.uk Mon Mar 10 07:20:47 2014 From: d.moats at gold.ac.uk (David Moats) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:20:47 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Going Digital and Digital Tools for Qualitative Research Workshops at Goldsmiths Message-ID: **Apologies for Cross-Posting** Two (PhD/ECR) workshops rethinking the relationship between quant-qual in social media research, will be held at Goldsmiths, University of London this May. The first, 'Going Digital', is an introductory workshop on the challenges of locating, scraping and analysing social media data facing both quantitative and qualitative researchers. The session will include presentations by Noortje Marres, Brian Alleyne, Dhiraj Murthy and David Moats and introduce students to several freely available, exploratory web based tools (Digital Methods) through hands-on instruction and small group work. The goal will be for students to approach digital data, and new methods, with open minds but equipped with more critical faculties. *Going Digital * 12 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 250 http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7438 The second event, 'Digital Tools for Qualitative Research' is a more advanced workshop specifically investigating the potential for 'quanti-quali' (Latour and Venturini 2011) methods: which allow for close reading of texts as well as patterns and relationships at the aggregate level. The first day will include presentations by Noorjte Marres, Bernhard Rieder and Tommaso Venturini and will be devoted to discussing the participant's specific research problems and the affordances of existing methods and tools for addressing them. The second day will be devoted to a specific Twitter analysis tool, currently in proto-type, which will be tested and customised in a small group environment with programmers, designers and researchers working collaboratively. *Digital Tools for Qualitative Research* 15-16 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 350 http://www.gold.ac.uk/csisp/events/digitaltools/ email d.moats at gold.ac.uk for further info about both events. The deadline for applications to both is 18 April -- ------------------- *David J Moats* Phd Candidate CSISP - Sociology Goldsmiths College http://www.csisponline.net/ www.davidjmoats.com www.thequietus.com UK +44 (0)7787562607 US (0)1-630-328-9741 From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:16:56 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:16:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Book Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF0D@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> We are pleased to announce the fourth annual AoIR award for the best book published in internet research. This award seeks to recognize the best work in our field, and highlight the breadth of work that is done relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. We will accept nominations (self and other) for Best Internet Research-Related Book published during the calendar year of 2013. Edited collections are not eligible; the book must explore a single topic and be authored or co-authored as a single text. The books will be reviewed by three eminent scholars in the field. Copies of nominated books should be sent to the committee members, arriving no later than April 30. For mailing instructions, please contact the chair of the committee, Andrew Herman, at ahermanwlu at gmail.com. The winner of the award will be announced in the summer of 2014. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to participate at the AoIR conference in Bangkok in October. Please contact Andrew Herman or Lori Kendall (prez at aoir.org) if you have any questions about this process. From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:18:05 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:18:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF25@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2014 AoIR dissertation Award. To be eligible for the 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2013 calendar year. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research in a session at Internet Research 15.0 in Bangkok, October 22-25, 2014. Submissions should be sent as PDFs via email to Michael Zimmer, michael.zimmer at gmail.com, by April 15, 2014. (Each submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an email acknowledging your submission within a week, please send a follow-up email.) You may send your own dissertation or that of an advisee (with their permission). The winner of the award will be announced in Summer. Please contact Michael with any questions. From mjohns at luther.edu Mon Mar 10 12:24:11 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:24:11 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Message-ID: CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Jennifer Dunn, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2014 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Bangkok, Thailand. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 22-25, 2014 in Bangkok. Candidates should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at mjohns at luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2014. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns at luther.edu From juebelhe at asu.edu Mon Mar 10 14:14:48 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:14:48 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] $10k Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation & Research Data Seed Grant RFP Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Public Affairs, ASU Center for Policy Informatics, and the University of Iowa are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for innovative broadband use, evaluation, and research data projects. Three $10,000 NSF seed grants will be awarded to projects that generate innovative data for individuals or organizations on broadband or mobile internet use and new methods for data collection. This data from awardees will be made available on a web-based data portal being constructed for the wider broadband research community. The RFP application deadline is March 21, 2014. Please refer to the following link for additional information: https://spa.asu.edu/news-events/spa_news/innovative-broadband-use-evaluation-and-research-data-seed-grant .. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au Mon Mar 10 17:36:12 2014 From: thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au (Thomas Robert Sutherland) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:36:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP - 'Situating Simondon: media and technics' Message-ID: <328C5AE2-5947-4073-9CCB-73801B40D25D@unimelb.edu.au> Call for Papers: ?Situating Simondon: media and technics? Platform: Journal of Media and Communication An interdisciplinary journal for early career researchers and graduate students Volume editors: Thomas Sutherland and Scott Wark Abstract submissions due: 1st of May, 2014 Full paper submissions due: 1st of July, 2014 Abetted by a paucity of translations, the work of Gilbert Simondon has remained relatively obscure in the Anglophone world for some time. Simondon is, however, finally ? if somewhat belatedly ? finding the appreciation amongst English-speaking readers that had eluded him for so long. Although Simondon?s work is probably most recognised today for its influence upon Gilles Deleuze and Bernard Stiegler, its scope is far greater than one might surmise on the basis of such associations. Amongst many other topics, Simondon?s philosophy focuses quite heavily upon questions related to technology, communication, mediation, and information. It is these areas in particular that we hope to explore in this special section of Platform. How might we situate the theories of Simondon within our contemporary media environment? Are they still relevant? Or are they too reliant upon outmoded principles and theoretical models? What lessons, both theoretical and practical, might researchers in the fields of communication and media studies take from Simondon?s philosophy? How might we extend or update his work for the digital, networked society? Platform encourages the submission of theoretical and empirical work engaging with Simondon and his legacy. We are particularly interested in papers that seek to situate Simondon?s work, both historically and within the disciplinary boundaries of media and communications. Potential themes might include, but are not limited to: ? Technological determinism in an age of digitization and unprecedented automation. Does Simondon provide us with a useful means for negotiating the question of agency in such an environment, or is he too beholden to the cybernetics and information theory of his time? ? Individuation and the associated milieu. Have subsequent media forms and communicative methods altered or halted the processes of individuation of which Simondon speaks? ? Media ecology. Some strands of media ecological study stress the dynamism and complexity of media-technical systems. How does Simondon?s understanding of technology challenge or deepen these approaches? ? Materiality and hylomorphism. At a time when communication appears increasingly immaterial, how might we understand Simondon?s attempt to escape all hylomorphic conceptions of communication and individuation? Does the notion of immateriality remain trapped within a hylomorphic distinction between form and matter, or is it indicative of a need to reconceptualise the very question of materiality? ? Technics and media. How does Simondon?s work fit within the larger field of studies on technics and its history (e.g. Mumford, Leroi-Gourhan, Ellul, Gille, Stiegler, etc.)? Might media and communications as a discipline benefit from a greater emphasis upon the role of technics in engendering media environments both past and present? ? The politics of individuation. Stiegler, Lefebvre and Mackenzie, amongst others, use Simondon?s work on transduction and individuation to describe and diagnose politics. How might Simondon help us think politics today? In addition to this special section, we also welcome submissions that more broadly deal with issues relating to the areas of media, technology, and communication in theoretical, methodological, or empirical terms. Please send all enquiries and submissions to platformjmc at gmail.com. Both abstracts and full papers must be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and biographical note. We recommend that prospective authors submit abstracts well before the abstract deadline of the 1st of May, 2014, in order to allow for feedback and suggestions from the editors. All submissions should be from early career researchers (defined as being within a few years of completing their PhD) or current graduate students undertaking their Masters, PhD, or international equivalent. All eligible submissions will be sent for double-blind peer-review. Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will commence on submission. Note: Please read the submission guidelines before submitting work. Submissions received not in house style will not be accepted and authors will be asked resubmit their work with the correct formatting before it is sent for review. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication is a fully refereed, open-access online graduate journal. Founded and published by the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne (Australia), Platform was launched in November 2008. Platform is refereed by an international board of established and emerging scholars working across diverse fields in media and communication studies, and is edited by graduate students at the University of Melbourne. From da at unc.edu Mon Mar 10 21:18:07 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:18:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award deadline extended to April 8, 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D888D06@ITS-MSXMBS2F.ad.unc.edu> The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) ?is seeking nominations (applications and self-nominations are welcome) for the 2014 AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award, which recognizes academic units that are working toward, and have attained demonstrable success in increasing equity and diversity. Read the award call at http://www.aejmc.org/home/2013/10/aejmc-equity-diversity-award/ The application deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern time, April 8, 2014. We extended the AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award submission deadline to April 8, 2014 in response to requests for more time from several schools. We also realize that extreme winter weather has disrupted work schedules in United States regions that are home to our member schools. While we are happy to extend the deadline, early submissions are always welcome. Please address any questions to me, Deb Aikat , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cordially, ? Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://www.jomc.unc.edu/faculty-staff-journalism-faculty/aikat-debashis ************************* From icais at cuas.at Tue Mar 11 03:27:03 2014 From: icais at cuas.at (icais) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:27:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 | Bournemouth, UK Message-ID: <825BADE2E9C8674B82CEBD8B5F91F6474F5743E2@EXMBX01.technikum.local> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 September 08th - 10th, 2014 Bournemouth, UK http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS/ icais at bournemouth.ac.uk Sponsored by - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society - The International Neural Network Society -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * PLENARY TALKS * * * Prof. Ludmila I Kuncheva, Bangor University, UK (Talk: Feature Extraction for Change Detection) Prof. Jo?o Gama, University of Porto Porto, Portugal (Talk: Distributed Data Stream Mining) * * * AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE * * * The ICAIS'14 conference aims at bringing together international researchers, developers and practitioners from different horizons to discuss the latest advances in system learning and adaptation. ICAIS'14 will serve as a space to present the current state of the art but also future research avenues of this thematic. Topics of the conference cover three aspects: Algorithms & theories of adaptation and learning, Adaptation issues in Software & System Engineering, Real- world Applications. ICAIS'14 will feature contributed papers as well as world-renowned guest speakers (see webpage), interactive breakout sessions, and instructional workshops. * * * IMPORTANT DATES * * * - Workshop & Special Session proposal: April 13, 2014 - Full paper submission: June 10, 2014 - Acceptance notification: July 01, 2014 - Final camera ready: July 11, 2014 * * * CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS * * * Proceedings will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series. * * * SPECIAL ISSUES / BOOK * * * A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers will be considered for possible inclusion in one of the following special issues or book: - Special Issue of Evolving Systems (Springer) on Clustering and Classification in Dynamic Environments. - Special Issue of Neurocomputing (Elsevier) on Neurocompting for Dynamically Changing Systems. - Book in the Series of Studies in Computational Intelligence (Springer). * * * MAIN TOPICS (but not limited to) * * * - Track 1: Self-X Systems o Self-adaptation o Self-organization and behavior emergence o Self-managing o Self-healing o Self-monitoring o Multi-agent systems o Self-X software agents o Self-X robots o Self-organizing sensor networks o Evolving systems - Track 2: Incremental Learning o Online incremental learning o Self-growing neural networks o Adaptive and life-long learning o Plasticity and stability o Forgetting o Unlearning o Novelty detection o Perception and evolution o Drift handling o Adaptation in changing environments - Track 3: Online Processing o Adaptive rule-based systems o Adaptive identification systems o Adaptive decision systems o Adaptive preference learning o Time series prediction o Online and single-pass data mining o Online classification o Online clustering o Online regression o Online feature selection and reduction o Online information routing - Track 4: Dynamic and Evolving Models in Computational Intelligence o (Dynamic) Neural networks architectures o (Dynamic) Evolutionary computation o (Dynamic) Swarm intelligence o (Dynamic) Immune and bacterial systems o Uncertainty and fuzziness modeling for adaptation o Approximate reasoning and adaptation o Chaotic systems - Track 5: Software & System Engineering o Autonomic computing o Organic computing o Evolution o Adaptive software architecture o Software change o Software agents o Engineering of complex systems o Adaptive software engineering processes o Component-based development - Track 6: Applications - Adaptivity and Learning o Smart systems o Ambient / ubiquitous environments o Distributed intelligence o Robotics o Industrial applications o Internet applications o Business applications o Supply chain management o etc. * * * SUBMISSION * * * Papers must be in PDF, not exceeding 10 pages and conforming to Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes guidelines. Author instructions and style files can be downloaded at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Papers must be submitted through the submission system ( http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS ). Short papers describing novel research visions, work-in-progress or less mature results are also welcome. All submission will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 qualified reviewers. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics. At least one author have to attend the conference to present the paper. * * * ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE * * * General Chair: - Abdelhamid Bouchachia, Bournemouth University, UK International Advisory Committee: - Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University, New Zealand - Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK - Djamel Ziou, University of Sherbrooke, Canada - Plamen Angelov, University of Lancaster, UK - Witold Pedrycz, University of Edmonton, Canada - Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Organization Committee: - Hammadi Nait-Charif, Bournemouth University, UK - Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Bournemouth University, UK - Damien Fay, Bournemouth University, UK - Jane McAlpine, Bournemouth University, UK Publicity Chair: - Markus Prossegger, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria From tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com Tue Mar 11 13:05:05 2014 From: tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com (Tomasz Drabowicz) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:05:05 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Publication - Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries Message-ID: Dear all, I would like to inform you about my paper: "Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries." It will be published in the May issue of Computers & Education. If your institution does not subscribe to this journal, please drop me a line. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.016 Apologies for cross-posting. Yours faithfully, tom From samuel.jay at du.edu Tue Mar 11 13:26:20 2014 From: samuel.jay at du.edu (Samuel Jay) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:26:20 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article Message-ID: I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. Best, Sam Jay -- Samuel M. Jay, M.A. ABD, University of Denver, Communication Studies Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Metropolitan State University Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Red Rocks Community College samuelmjay at gmail.com samuelmjay.com From lists at robertwgehl.org Tue Mar 11 13:29:02 2014 From: lists at robertwgehl.org (Robert W. Gehl) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:29:02 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <531F720E.5050907@robertwgehl.org> Topsy is a good place to start with Tweets. Regards, Rob Gehl Assistant Professor, Communication University of Utah robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Watch for my book, /Reverse Engineering Social Media/, from Temple this summer On 03/11/2014 02:26 PM, Samuel Jay wrote: > I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from > several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, > retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many > views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. > > Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still > a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. > > Best, > Sam Jay > From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 12 07:28:52 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:28:52 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Over 50% have attended before! Message-ID: Over 50% of those registered for the 2014 Emerging Learning Design conference on May 30th, 2014 are PAST ATTENDEES! What do they know that you may not? Come to #ELD14 and find out! Register today before the Advanced Registrations sell out http://bit.ly/14somed0 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu Wed Mar 12 07:38:50 2014 From: rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu (Rebecca Tabasky) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:38:50 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Berkman Center Job Opportunity: Communications Manager Message-ID: <5320717A.1050306@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Hi there, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a Communications Manager to join our team. You will direct the Berkman Center's overall communications strategy, with the goal of increasing the visibility, accessibility, understanding, and reach of the Center and our work and activities. Working alongside a small team of staff who manage digital media production, special initiatives, events, and community, and in company with the faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and broader community at Berkman, you will develop and implement a strategic communications plan for the Berkman Center---a high-profile, dynamic, and spirited research center at Harvard University focused on addressing a wide range of the most exciting and pressing issues presented to us by digital and information/communications technologies. You will play a central role in advancing the Center's mission, "scholarship with impact," by spearheading communications efforts that better enable us to engage with our existing networks and create bridges to new communities, people, and organizations. You'll be excited to share our efforts in novel, clear, and innovative ways; use compelling storytelling techniques and tools; incorporate design-thinking and user-centered practices into our work; and consider ways in which the Center can integrate these communications practices into our workflows. A full position description, and application information, is up on the Berkman site: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/jobs/communicationsmanager Should you have questions about the role, please feel free to reach out! Many thanks, Becca and the Berkman Center team ** From mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk Wed Mar 12 14:42:51 2014 From: mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk (Mishel Pavlovski) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Media: Theory and Practice - registation closing soon Message-ID: <001c01cf3e3c$09a3e6d0$1cebb470$@iml.ukim.edu.mk> Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4?\6 September 2014 http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies?? theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): ?40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): ?60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): ?80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ?????????? ??????/Culture?? and/or ??Investigating Culture??. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski ( mishel at cultcenter.net) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva ( loreta at cultcenter.net) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ??Ss. Cyril and Methodius?? Institute for Macedonian Literature http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies http://cultcenter.net/ From rdt4 at psu.edu Wed Mar 12 14:52:49 2014 From: rdt4 at psu.edu (Richard Denny Taylor) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Air-L] CFP Deadline for IIP/FCC Workshop Extended One Week Message-ID: <0c3e73a5.00006708.0000000e@WIN-BU1P7832ALI.comm.psu.edu> Colleagues, The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Experts' Workshop described below has been extended for one week, until March 22. Thank you. Richard Taylor Call for Paper Proposals THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND REGULATION A by-invitation experts' workshop Organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and co-sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC May 28-30, 2014 The U.S. National Broadband Plan envisions the transition of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure to a ubiquitous IP-based broadband network. While there is a vibrant discussion of how best to manage the transition, there is only a nascent discussion of what the policy framework should look like after it is completed. What is the long-term outlook (beyond the transition and into the next decade) for the broadband ecosystem, and how will the regulatory system have to adapt to a changed environment? Advances in infrastructure technology and applications have, and will likely continue to push at the boundaries of current regulatory frameworks for telecommunications, media, and even intellectual property rights The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is pleased to announce this call for paper proposals addressing the multiple factors in thinking about regulation for post-transition broadband networks. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2-day by-invitation-only workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen experts to be held at the Federal Communications Commissions on (date). The Workshop is designed to draw together the latest academic thinking on these questions and to give FCC staff the opportunity to suggest elements of a forward-looking research agenda that would contribute to the policy discourse around them. The workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers to the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org). All disciplines are welcome. Invited topics of papers may include, but are not limited to: . Will the dominant model for delivery of broadband services be fixed or mobile? How much competition will there be (especially wireline)? Will there be new technologies or entrants? . What is the future of "over-the-top" content and CDNs? . What will be the impact of the "internet of things"? What is its regulatory status? . How is the "public interest" defined in the broadband ecosystem? What sorts of regulatory safeguards/interventions will be needed to advance the public interest? . How do the FCC's broadband promotion programs interact with efforts of other agencies, on both the demand and supply side? . How should the concept of universal service evolve? What can the designers of universal service policies learn from efforts to stimulate demand for broadband? . What are the implications for regulatory frameworks of technological and other changes in the broadband ecosystem? . How should the division of labor between state and federal regulatory authorities change? . Are there any regulatory challenges on the horizon that are not yet part of the mainstream broadband regulation debate? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip at psu.edu by March 15, 2014. Please write IIPFCCPOST: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014. From radhika at cyberdiva.org Wed Mar 12 16:56:47 2014 From: radhika at cyberdiva.org (Radhika Gajjala) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:56:47 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, "Hacking the Black/White Binary" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol Stabile Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:23 PM Subject: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? To: fembot fembot The call for papers for Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? is now available on the website. Also pasted below ? please circulate far and wide! best, carol Call for Papers Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology Issue 5: Hacking the Black/White Binary Edited by Brittney Cooper (Rutgers) and Margaret Rhee (UC-Berkeley) "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change." - Audre Lorde This special issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology will bring together ongoing conversations in critical race theory, women of color feminisms, queer studies, new media studies, and the digital humanities to interrogate the persistence of binaristic Black/White paradigms in U.S. racialization. The Black/White binary is a racial hierarchy historically utilized to uphold anti-Black racism. While the binary may be theoretically useful in highlighting continued racialized violence on African American and Black diasporic communities within the U.S., this Black/White binary frame also potentially obscures multiple structural logics of hegemonic power. For example, the Black/White binary does not adequately conceptualize or theorize women of color solidarity and movement building and the racialized experiences of Latinos, Asian-Americans, and Indigenous and Native Peoples. Nevertheless, Indigenous and feminist scholar Andrea Smith cautions us not to adopt the language of moving ?beyond? the Black/White binary. This language of moving "beyond," Smith argues, fails to recognize the centrality of the Black/White binary and other binary logics such as Orientalism and settler colonialism in the structures of U.S. white supremacy. Comparative approaches to racialization, like those undertaken in the work of scholars like Roderick Ferguson, Grace Hong, and David Theo Goldberg, compellingly illuminate how racism is central to the logics of the U.S. nation state. Additionally, scholars working in new media studies such as Lisa Nakamura, Micha C?rdenas, Kara Keeling, and Tara McPherson provide critical formulations for understanding race, gender, and queerness in our digital age. We seek not to move "beyond" the Black/White binary. We seek to bridge the theoretical and creative interventions in racial theory and new media studies by convening digital feminists of color. Hacking the Black/White Binary while recognizing its continuing effects is critical. In light of persistent anti-Black racism and violence, how do we hold central our struggles against anti-Black and comparative racial oppressions in the U.S. while "hacking" the Black/White binary? How do we transform our understanding of race in our "post-racial," post-digital world? In short, can we "hack" the power structures of white supremacy, and how might women of color feminisms, and all their digital tools, inform this endeavor? Hack (Oxford English Dictionary) 1. cut with rough or heavy blows. 2. use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. New media theorists Beth Coleman and Wendy Chun argue race can be thought of as tool. Articulating techne to race, we appropriate the term "hack? -- hack in the utilization of the digital for feminist gain, and hack, as the theoretical "cut," as theorized by Fred Moten. The ideological concept of race has violently produced physical pain, and untimely deaths to bodies of color. We build upon this formulation of race as tool and "hacking the binary" to ask how feminist of color critique utilizes, reshapes, and creates new technologies to combat the dehumanizing effects of racism in our digital age. As Audre Lorde wrote in the epigraph above, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House." Lorde calls for tools that create genuine change. At the core of our special issue is the insistence on "genuine change." In the shadow of increasing racial violence in our "post-racial" state, we urge for new imaginings, formulations, and tools to make new houses and hack the binary. We invite contributors--artists, scholars, and activists--to explore the concept of "Hacking the Black/White Binary" through a feminist lens. In addition to unpublished traditional scholarly articles, we invite collaborative, digital, and multi-modal approaches that can benefit from the journal's open access online status. We also invite creative contributions (interviews, short features, videos) to an online gallery, which will be published alongside the journal issue, and will exhibit digital projects that "hack" the Black/White binary in anti-racist and feminist ways. Topics and approaches might include, but are not limited to: ? The Possibilities and Limitations of the Black-White Binary in Online Feminism and Beyond ? Categories of "Women of Color" and "People of Color" ? Racial Triangulation ? Cross-racial Alliances in Digital Feminism ? Social Media Approaches to Race and Gender ? Intersectionality ? Online Feminism as Hacker or Harbinger of White Supremacy ? Feminist Epistemology and Raced Gendered Subjects ? Creative Hacks that Emerge from POC communities ? Queer of Color Critique and Critical Race Theory in Our Digital Age ? Hacking ? The Digital Divide ? Creative Digital Solution-Making Among People of Color and in Relationship to Gender and Sexual Violence, Reproductive justice, Prison Industrial Complex, Empire, and other social justice issues Please send essays (max. 3000 words) to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu by 1 August 2014 for consideration. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions. Please send questions and queries to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu. For more information, please check Ada submission guidelines here. Peer Review and Ada Ada is an online, open access, open source peer reviewed journal. The journal?s first issue was published online in November 2012 and has so far received more than 125,000 page views. All work published in Ada will go through four rounds of review: Pre-Review, Expert Review, Community Review and Public Review. More on the Ada Review policy here. Dates ? August 1, 2014: Essays due ? August 11, 2014: First round of essays accepted, sent for Level 1 Review (expert peer review) ? September 1, 2014: Second round of essays sent for Level 2 Review (Fembot community review) ? October 1, 2014: Issue published to general public. _______________________________________________ fembot mailing list fembot at lists.uoregon.edu https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot From ierick at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 01:35:20 2014 From: ierick at gmail.com (Ingrid Erickson) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:35:20 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] DUE MARCH 20: CFP: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute Message-ID: <53216DC8.3010806@gmail.com> **UPCOMING DEADLINE** Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 -- July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy -- these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri -- Columbia on July 8 -- 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers -- Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers -- Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams -- Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams -- Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California -- Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 13 02:16:28 2014 From: daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk (Daniel Villar Onrubia) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:16:28 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives (Breaking Boundaries? Seminar) Message-ID: Dear all, I hope the final event of the "Breaking Boundaries? Series" will of interest to some of you. We will be live streaming the seminar today for those who cannot attend in person: http://breakingboundariesoxford.org/?page_id=414 Best wishes, --- Daniel Villar Onrubia Oxford Internet Institute. University of Oxford daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=170 @villaronrubia ************************ *ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives*. Thursday 13th March 2014 17:00 - 18:30 Seminar Room G/H, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens This seminar will examine the notion that technologies can contribute to healthcare development initiatives in developing countries and explore the challenges associated with such approaches. *Dr Niall Winters* *Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL)* In this talk, Niall Winters will present his current ESRC/DFID-funded research (see: http://www.mchw.org) on the design and implementation of mobile learning interventions to support the training of healthcare workers in Kenya. He will discuss how the project has sought to determine how mobile technologies can help address the boundaries to participation in learning faced by healthcare workers and their trainers. Dr. Niall Winters is a Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL), Institute of Education , University of London and Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. His main research interest is in the participatory design of mobile interventions for medical and healthcare training. The current focus of this research is two-fold: supporting the training of Kenyan community health volunteers in child development and investigating the use of mobile technology to support postgraduate medical education in London teaching hospitals. Niall is a member of the Strategy Planning Group of the London International Development Centre and of the TEL Scoping and Review Group of Health Education England . Niall was previously a RCUK Academic Fellow at the LKL and was Programme Director for the MA in Education & Technology and Programme co-Director of the MSc in Learning Technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2002) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College and a BSc (D.Hons) in Computer Science and Experimental Physics (1997) from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth . His PhD addressed how to store and search large datasets of images. The primary application was vision-based mobile robot navigation. He has held visiting research positions with the Everyday Learning Group at Media Lab Europe in Dublin, and the Computer Vision Lab at Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon. *Marco Haenssgen* *DPhil Candidate in International Development, University of Oxford* Marco's presentation will shift the focus from health workers to the potential recipients of mobile-phone-based health services. Focusing on upstream elements of mHealth, Marco will explore patterns of mobile phone use and healthcare-seeking behaviour, drawing on fieldwork insights from rural India (Rajasthan) and China (Gansu). The evidence suggests that common assumptions of mHealth proponents are easily violated; that is, mobile phone ownership is not ubiquitous and does not necessarily reflect mobile phone use, people do not necessarily share mobile phones freely amongst each other, they are not necessarily keen and excited technological learners, and they do develop mobile phone-aided coping strategies that may compete with mhealth. While both contexts offer, at least in theory, the potential for mobile technology to break boundaries, the presentation will emphasise the importance of understanding upstream factors of mHealth *before* deploying technological solutions in order to provide effective solutions and to avoid the potential exacerbation of healthcare inequities. From gurzick at hood.edu Thu Mar 13 07:27:26 2014 From: gurzick at hood.edu (Gurzick, David) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:27:26 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] DSST 2014 Research Summer Institute Message-ID: I know myself and other AoIR folk have benefitted greatly from the CSST/DSST summer workshops. Don?t miss out on the opportunity. === Let's see if this works.... Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 - July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy - these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri - Columbia on July 8 - 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers - Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers - Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams - Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams - Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) atgogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California - Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From violahl at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 09:47:03 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:47:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium Message-ID: Dear All, Apologize for cross-posting. You are cordially invited to attend the UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium held in St. Cathrine's College 7th April coming soon. The Consortium is set up to provide an opportunity for Junior IS Faculty to discuss important aspects of their academic career and build the networks that will help them with their future career and professional development. As part of the Consortium a panel of established IS faculty from different universities around the UK will give presentations on various relevant aspects of an academic career in IS and will share their own experiences. The following panel members have confirmed their contribution to the consortium: * Prof Julia Kotlarsky (Aston Business School) * Prof Liz Daniel (Open University) * Prof Ola Henfridsson (Warwick Business School) * Dr Mayasandra-Nagaraja Ravishankar (Loughborough University) In addition to the input from these panellists, the Consortium will also provide ample opportunity for delegates to get to know each other through round-table discussions, and a formal dinner followed by pub-visits in Oxford. Official registration could be done through filling the registration form here: http://www.ukais.org.uk/Documents/Downloads/23b1b159-c4f4-4ba9-944b-d27d465cf12d.docx The registration fee is 100 pounds including dinner cost. For further questions and information, please contact Andreas Schroeder at a.schroeder at aston.ac.uk. We look forward to meeting with you in Oxford! Organizer: Dr Honglei Li (Northumbria University, UK) and Dr Andreas Schroeder (Aston University, UK) -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 11:04:26 2014 From: skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com (Skaidra Puodziunas) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:04:26 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Survey Monkey Export Summary of Individual Responses: REQUEST FOR HELP Message-ID: Hello AOIR friends, This mailing list has a track-record for being incredibly helpful, so I'm asking for a helping hand... *Brief background to my problem.... * I'm currently working with Survey Monkey (the SELECT option) to recruit respondents for my online thesis. Recently I had to export all of my data. In doing so, it wiped all of my survey respondents from the Survey Monkey system. The problem is that when I exported my data, I hit *export summary data*. What I really need are summary of i*ndividual responses. * *Why is this a problem? *To answer the empirical questions in my survey, I need more than just respondent count. This is effectively all that Survey Monkey provides when you hit export summary data. I really need to find a way to get my individual response summaries... *Hence, my question(s) for all of you incredibly fabulous researchers ...* 1. Does Survey Monkey have some kind of "back-up"/ e-copy/ provide ANY way for researchers to retrieve their previously exported data? My hope is that I can find a way to re-export my data. 2. If you don't personally have any leads for my first question, might you have leads/resources/helpful links I could check out? Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, kindly in advance! Skaidra. *Skaidra Puodziunas | *@SkaidraP 4B Honours Knowledge Integration & Speech Communication University of Waterloo From tpaulus at utk.edu Thu Mar 13 13:43:56 2014 From: tpaulus at utk.edu (Paulus, Trena M) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:43:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for papers: Microanalysis Of Online Data Symposium, University of York, 14-15 July 2014 Message-ID: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AAAF@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York) University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014. The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK Call for papers and participation We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: * Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) * Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data * Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video * Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) * Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation * Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction * Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering * The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities * Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed (darren.reed at york.ac.uk) and Will Gibson (w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. From lscheidt at indiana.edu Thu Mar 13 14:22:23 2014 From: lscheidt at indiana.edu (Lois Scheidt) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:22:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: symposium In-Reply-To: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> References: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: For your consideration. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paulus, Trena M Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:50 PM Subject: symposium To: "lscheidt at indiana.edu" , "Herring, Susan Catherine (herring at indiana.edu)" Hi! Could you circulate this around IU and/or other organizations? Hope you are well! *International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York)* *University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014.* The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK *Call for papers and participation* We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: ? Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) ? Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data ? Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video ? Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) ? Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation ? Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction ? Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering ? The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities ? Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed ( darren.reed at york.ac.uk ) and Will Gibson ( w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate Department of Information & Library Science, School of Informatics & Computing Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com From denisparra at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 21:05:10 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:05:10 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1 week left to submit to ACM Hypertext 2014 Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From charles.ess at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 23:36:29 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:36:29 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Registration for ISMI'14 - April 24, 25, University of Oslo - now open Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, Registration for the 3rd International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) - April 24 and 25 - is now open: There is no registration fee, but as space will be limited, registration for the event is required. ISMI brings together editors, producers, executives, and academics from around the world to explore innovation in the media industry. The Symposium is a small, but very intense conference that serves as a barometer for the state of media innovations. This year?s symposium features three keynote speakers: Thor Gjermund Eriksen, Director General of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation): "Conditions for Innovations in Public Broadcasting? Bj?rn Taale Sandberg, Senior Vice President, Telenor Research: "Who will fund the media highway of the future?" -The (possible) need for new business models to avoid a tragedy of the commons. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago: ?Living the Good Life: IT Innovations and Human Augmentics? ISMI is sponsored this year by the Centre for Research on Media Innovations, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, and Telenor Group. Best papers from this year?s Symposium will be featured in a special issue of the Journal of Media Innovations - The Symposium will take place in the SmallTalk Auditorium, Ole-Johan Dahls hus, University of Oslo. Additional program and related information can be found on the ISMI website, We look forward to welcoming you to Oslo and ISMI in April! Charles Ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 14 00:10:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:10:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things" Message-ID: If you click though to the programyou'l see that this is a pretty effective stab at exploring the legal and policy implications of the approaching IoT explosion. Very happy that I was, at the last minute, able to arrange a webcast. All day today Friday. Direct to YouTube so easily reviewable later. joly posted: "Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY is happy to webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposium live from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things." It is prese" [image: Fordham Symposium on the Internet of Things]Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY will webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposiumlive from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "*What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things.*" It is presented by the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) and co-sponsored by the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). The "Internet of Things" is the term used to describe the networking of devices that have not traditionally been used to collect or process data. Internet connectivity and data collection mechanisms are being added to devices as diverse as pacemakers, athletic equipment, light bulbs, and coffee makers. As the networking of these devices becomes more prevalent in everyday life, legal and policy issues are now at the forefront of business and regulators' agendas. For example, the FTC and other government organizations have expressed concern over privacy, security, and even technological and financing considerations. This conference seeks to address these wide-ranging issues and explore the legal framework that can support innovation along with the protection of society. *What*: What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things. *Where*: Fordham School of Law, NYC *When*: Friday March 14 2014 8:50am - 5.00pm EDT | 1250-2100 UTC *Webcast*: http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 *Twitter*: #IoT | @FordhamCLIP | @PrincetonCITP Comment See all comments *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 01:39:32 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:39:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?Call_for_Papers_for_Philosophy_and_Techn?= =?windows-1252?q?ology=92s_special_issue_on_The_Ethics_of_Cyber_Conflicts?= Message-ID: <9B2D3C26-F212-4D48-9AE9-F9687E57B399@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology?s special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts GUEST EDITORS Ludovica Glorioso (NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence) INTRODUCTION In the age of the so-called information revolution, the ability to control, disrupt or manipulate the enemy?s information infrastructure has become as decisive as weapon superiority with respect to determining the outcome of conflicts. So much so that the Pentagon defines cyberspace as a new domain in which war is waged, alongside land, sea, air and space. Cyber conflicts, as part of a state?s defensive or offensive strategy, are a fast growing phenomenon, which is rapidly changing the dynamics of combat as well as the role that warfare plays in political negotiations and the life of civil societies. Such changes are not the exclusive concern of the military. They also have a significant bearing on ethicists and policymakers, since existing ethical theories of war, together with national and international regulations, struggle to address the novelties of this phenomenon. The issue could not be more pressing and there is a much felt and fast escalating need to share information and coordinate ethical theorising about cyber conflicts. This special issue of Springer?s Philosophy & Technology (http://www.springer.com/13347) follows the organization of the international workshop on Ethics of Cyber Conflict (http://www.ccdcoe.org/428.html), held on November 21-22, 2013 at the Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) with the support of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence. TOPICS We solicit the submission of papers that investigate issues concerning the way ICTs are affecting our ethical views of conflicts and warfare, as well as the analysis of just-war principles in the light of the dissemination of cyber conflicts; humanitarian military interventions based on ICTs; whether preventive acts of cyber war may satisfy jus-ad-bellum criteria; challenges of upholding jus-in-bello standards in cyber warfare, especially in asymmetric conflicts; attribution and proportionality of the response to cyber attacks; moral permissibility of automated responses and ethical deployment of military robotic weapons. TIMETABLE April 1, 2014: Deadline papers submissions May 1, 2014: Deadline reviews papers June 1, 2014: Deadline revised papers 2015: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal?s Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: "Special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts? from the selection provided in the submission process. This is needed in order to assign the submissions to the Guest Editors. Submissions will then be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers? Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)? Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief?s Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. The process will be reiterated in case of requests for revisions. For any further information please contact: Ludovica Glorioso, ludovica.glorioso at ccdcoe.org -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 02:34:11 2014 From: CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Dorottya_Cserz=F5?=) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Downsacling Culture Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi invite abstracts for papers and posters for an interdisciplinary conference with the theme: Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication The event will take place on 18-19 September 2014 at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Please find the full Call for Papers on the conference website. With this programme we wish to update research on intercultural communication by broadening its empirical repository. Correspondingly, researchers who haven't worked with the concept of intercultural communication - or indeed who haven't worked with 'culture' - are invited to take a fresh look at their work. A conference volume of selected papers is planned, further information will follow during and after the conference. Abstracts (300 words) for papers and posters are invited until 30 April 2014. Acceptance will be communicated by 31 May 2014. To submit an abstract or for queries, please contact the organising committee at: downscalingculture at cardiff.ac.uk Jaspal Singh, Argyro Kantara, Dorottya Cserz? Further information will be available in due course on the website. This conference is made possible through the ESRC Partnering Scheme. From Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 03:00:11 2014 From: Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk (Feldman, Zinaida) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:00:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Dilemmas launch w/ Appadurai @ Goldsmiths Message-ID: <640ca3893f74414fb3f80243487d827e@DBXPR03MB368.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> Book Launch for Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet (M.I. Franklin, Oxford University Press, 2013) M.I. Franklin in conversation with Arjun Appadurai (NYU), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths) and David Morley (Goldsmiths) Time: 26 March 2014, 18:00 - 20:00 Location: Goldsmiths, New Cross, London - room LG01, New Academic Building Department: Media & Communications Arjun Appadurai (Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, USA) will be guest speaker at this event to celebrate the UK release of Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet, by M. I. Franklin (Oxford University Press, 2013). Appadurai will join Marianne Franklin (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths, Sociology) and David Morley (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications) Full details: http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7442 .... Zeena Feldman Centre for Cultural Policy and Management School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom +44 (0)75 1283 2058 (mobile) zinaida.feldman.1 at city.ac.uk From ragnedda at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 03:58:10 2014 From: ragnedda at gmail.com (Massimo Ragnedda) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:58:10 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: CFP "Weber and the Digital Divide" Message-ID: 16 days left to submit an abstract for a Special Section on "Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age" *Call for Proposed Abstracts for a Special Section on* *"Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age"* *International Journal of Communication -** http://ijoc.org * *Special Editors: Massimo Ragnedda, Northumbria Univ. **(UK) & Glenn W. Muschert, Miami Univ. (USA)* Much of the literature on stratification in the digital sphere (i.e., digital divides) has focused on the fundamental material relations of inequality present in the digital divide, often relying on Marxist/conflict schools of thought. To broaden the scope, the current project turns to Max Weber for new perspectives on stratification in the digital sphere. The project will stimulate scholarly exchange about how social stratification in the digital age is reproduced not only based on class dynamics (economic aspects), but also by status/prestige (cultural aspects), and in group affiliations (political aspects). Access to the economic means of production can indeed limit digital participation; however, Weber also posits that the process of stratification expresses itself in two other forms, namely "status" and "party." Potential contributors are invited to explore the importance of status and political influence in a liquid society, such as the importance of prestige in digital participation (or exclusion), or the influence of political affiliation upon digital divides. Papers may be theoretical and/or analytical in nature, and should examine digital divides in relation to dynamics social class (lifestyle and culture), social status (prestige and market influence), and/or power (political impact/legitimacy). Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers, and from various relevant disciplines (sociology, communications, media studies, etc.). Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to: - Interplay among economic (class), cultural (status), and/or political (party) factors of digital divides. - The role of digital participation/exclusion on individual and/or group life chances. - The relevance of skills (digital literacy), certifications, and and legitimating credentials in digital divides. - The role of status and prestige hierarchies in digital participation/exclusion (or vice versa). - Cultural meanings (including religious and/or secular value systems) and digital divides. - Political life (i.e., power relations) and dynamics of digital inclusion/exclusion. - Bureaucratic/institutional relationships and digital divides. - Forms of rationality in the digital (e.g., *Zweckrationalit?t *vs. *Wertrationalit?t */ ends vs. means rationality). - The influence of worldview (*Weltanschauung) *on digital participation/exclusion. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts of around 750 words in MS Word, sent as an email attachment to Massimo Ragnedda ( ragnedda at gmail.com) and Glenn Muschert (muschegw at MiamiOH.edu). *The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2014. * Abstracts will be judged on criteria of relevance and originality of topic. Notification of initially-approved abstracts will be announced in mid-April, after which contributors will be asked to move forward to the peer-review submission phase. Contributions of 7000 words (maximum including abstract, footnotes, tables/figures with captions, references, and appendices, if any) *will be due 1 July 2014*. All submissions must adhere to APA (6th edition) formatting to include: - Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes. - Authors must include their profile, including affiliation and rank, when submitting a manuscript. - All articles should include an abstract of 150 words. - All articles must include a bibliography at the end that conforms to the most current APA style. - All spellings must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the *Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary*. - Only one submission per author will be considered at a time. Contributions will be subject to double-blind peer review, and to encourage coherence in the special section, all contributors will be requested to act as a peer reviewer for at least one other article. After all necessary revisions and editing, the special section is scheduled to publish in 2015. -- Massimo Ragnedda Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com http://notizie.tiscali.it/opinioni/Ragnedda/184/ skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Twitter: @massimoragnedda From violahl at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 06:15:31 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:15:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Fully-Funded PhD in Big Data with Concentration in Consumer Behavior in Virtual Communities Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Northumbria University is currently accepting applications for its fully-funded PhD Program in Information Sciences, which has concentration in Knowledge Discovery in Virtual Communities. For the application details, please check the following link: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53720&LID=2317 We are seeking a candidate with: ? ---General knowledge on the area of marketing / information systems /information management / computer sciences or similar area ? ---Data analysis skills, data mining skills are highly desired ? ----- High interests in consumer behaviour and future technology trends Eligibility criteria: Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a British higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. To apply, contact Karen Vacher to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to ee.pgradministration at northumbria.ac.uk or by using the application link on this page. Regards, Honglei -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From brabham at usc.edu Fri Mar 14 10:22:29 2014 From: brabham at usc.edu (Daren Brabham) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:22:29 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Beware IR14-related predatory journal emails Message-ID: <003d01cf3fa9$fb3f5b50$f1be11f0$@usc.edu> A public service announcement to members of this list who might be getting similar emails today from David Publishing Company about a paper you presented last year at AoIR. I received this crappy email (below) from the ?Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication,? a product of David Publishing Company. It?s the typical mass form email many predatory open access publishers send to try to get you to pay-to-publish in their poor quality, will-never-count-for-tenure publications. This time they?re referencing my Ignite talk from last year?s AoIR, which wasn?t really a paper anyway (it?s a distillation from my book). Many things wrong with this email: - They claim to be indexed with EBSCO and other databases, but I?m almost certain this can?t be true - Being catalogued by the Library of Congress is not a notable thing. Anyone can file an application for an ISSN with LoC. - ?We will charge some publication fee if the paper is published in our journal,? and of course the paper will be accepted, even if it?s gibberish or unscientific, and the fee will be hundreds or possibly a few thousand dollars. - Peer review time is 2-3 weeks, which is highly unusual. Anyway, to those of you not keeping up with the discussion of predatory open access journals are about, I recommend Jeffrey Beall?s list, where David Publishing is listed: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ For those of you who get invited to review, serve on editorial boards, or publish in these kinds of journals, please use good judgment. For every good scholar they rope in to publish with them or serve on an editorial board, they use that fact to further confuse other scholars (and new researchers and grad students) who may not be as savvy about how to tell good journals from bad ones. And if you want a non-predatory open access publishing experience in Internet studies, you?ll find many respectable journals of that stripe listed here: http://aoir.wikia.com/wiki/Journals_for_Internet_Research Cheers, db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication | www.csscjournal.org University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (213) 740-2007 office | (801) 633-4796 cell brabham at usc.edu | www.darenbrabham.com ================================================================================================ Begin forwarded craptastic email below ================================================================================================ From: journalism [mailto:journalism at davidpublishing.org] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:52 PM To: brabham Subject: Call for Papers-IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers From Knowledge to Wisdom Journalism and Mass Communication Print ISSN: 2160-6579 Current Volume: 1/2014 Dear Dr. Daren C. Brabham, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Four Approaches to Crowdsourcing to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal at http://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along with the first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company, 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org ________________________________________ ________________________________________ journalism via foxmail From c.haythorn at ubc.ca Fri Mar 14 14:56:45 2014 From: c.haythorn at ubc.ca (Caroline Haythornthwaite) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:56:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Message-ID: <5A7921AA-5771-4CEC-91C1-E902F75CBDB6@ubc.ca> CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Chairs: Maarten de Laat, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Shane Dawson & Dan Suthers Track: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, HI http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ http://www.open.ou.nl/rslmlt/HICSS_CFP_SocialMedia&Learning.htm FULL PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack calls for papers that address leading edge innovation, research methods and design to analyze and support learning through digital and social media. The ability to generate and maintain rich networked connections through social media, social networking, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, and social computing has a profound impact on the way we solve problems, learn, innovate and develop our identities, and the value this creates for individuals and groups. This minitrack will bring together state of the art research that furthers social theories of learning (such as networked learning, learning analytics, collaborative learning, viral learning, and social capital) situated in formal, non-formal and informal learning settings such as schools, higher education, organizations, workplace, leisure, communities and crowds. We call for papers that use, analyze and/or develop technologies, practices, and policies that examine social media and learning. We use the term 'social media' broadly to include many ways of interacting online and many forms of organizing online. We also use the term to include use of multiple media and welcome studies that address use across multiple platforms. We specifically welcome papers that address new and exciting areas of research in the potential of social media for new forms of learning, and the potential value social media creates for connectivity, development, and knowledge growth. ORGANIZERS Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands maarten.delaat at ou.nl Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia c.haythorn at ubc.ca Shane Dawson, University of South Australia shane.dawson at unisa.edu.au Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii suthers at hawaii.edu From rforno at infowarrior.org Fri Mar 14 16:08:01 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:08:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] US to relinquish Internet control Message-ID: I suspect there will be interesting times ahead for us net research folks. ?rick U.S. aims to give up control over Internet administration By Craig Timberg, U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web. Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year. ?The timing is right to start the transition process,? said Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. ?We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.? The practical consequences of the decision were not immediately clear, but it could alleviate rising global complaints that the United States essentially controls the Web and takes advantage of its oversight role to help spy on the rest of the world. < ? > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-relinquish-remaining-control-over-the-internet/2014/03/14/0c7472d0-abb5-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_print.html --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Sat Mar 15 10:47:11 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:47:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From info at interculturalnewmedia.com Sat Mar 15 16:13:38 2014 From: info at interculturalnewmedia.com (info at interculturalnewmedia.com) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:13:38 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR/NEW MEDIA Message-ID: <20140315161338.bfb6cefea40d8ccdf2823ebe3e136114.79facef0e5.wbe@email18.secureserver.net> Hello Air-L members, Please consider submitting your papers( and distributing this call to graduate students) by June 9, 2014 for the NCA Honors Graduate Student Seminar sponsored by Sage Publications and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. The theme of the seminar is New Media and Intercultural Communication. It will take place at the November, 2014 NCA conference in Chicago; finalists will receive monetary awards and a good deal of recognition. It is open to any currently enrolled MA or Ph.D student. Please see "call" included below and the attachment. Robert Shuter, Visiting Professor, Hugh Downs School of Communication/Professor, Marquette University Coordinator, NCA IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association, in partnership with Sage Publications, proudly announces the first IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar to be held at the 2014 NCA conference in Chicago. The theme of the seminar is Intercultural Communication and New Media and will feature competitively selected papers of currently enrolled MA and Ph.D students in communication and allied fields (multiple authors permitted but all must be currently enrolled graduate students at the time of paper submission). Intercultural new media research is an emerging and important new area of intercultural communication and consists of multiple dimensions including ( but not limited to) how new media impact intercultural communication theory (i.e. cultural adaptation/dialogue/competence/identity), how culture influences the social uses of new media, and in what ways new media affect culture. Papers will be reviewed and selected by top scholars who will also serve as scholar respondents during the honors seminar. The honors seminar will be conducted on Saturday, November 22. 2014 from 2:00PM to 5PM at the NCA conference in the Conrad Hilton, Chicago. The seminar will be followed by an IICD reception honoring the participants. Graduate students selected for participation will receive a monetary award as well as IICD honors graduate student certificates. To be considered, full papers (APA including 200 word abstract with title) are due no later than June 9, 2014. Each paper should be no more than 25 pages including references; author(s) name, contact information, and student status (MA or Ph.D and university) should be included on separate title page and sent in a separate file. Finalists will be contacted and announced by July 25, 2014. Papers should be sent electronically to the Coordinator of the IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar: Robert Shuter, Professor, Marquette University, Diederich College of Communication and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Communication:[1]robert.shuter at marquette. edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation From: Nikolaos Thomopoulos <[2]tranth at leeds.ac.uk> Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 10:47 am To: "[3]air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <[4]air-l at listserv.aoir.org> Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: [5]http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at [6]sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' [7]www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize _______________________________________________ The [8]Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [9]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [10]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [11]http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. https://emarq.marquette.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=to1FAknkiEyhZmdlSUkCoGNlHuI4FNEIUUgvvlmcetV1KICLZalOKyp_5_D0jwcezxte8WWvExA.&URL=mailto%3arobert.shuter%40marquette 2. mailto:tranth at leeds.ac.uk 3. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 5. http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com/ 6. mailto:sgICTregion at gmail.com 7. http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize 8. mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org 9. http://aoir.org/ 10. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 11. http://www.aoir.org/ From karineb at uw.edu Sun Mar 16 07:22:16 2014 From: karineb at uw.edu (Karine Nahon) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:22:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Communities: CFP HICSS Message-ID: CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48 January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm ORGANIZERS Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gruzd at dal.ca (Primary Contact) Karine Nahon, University of Washington, karineb at uw.edu Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, c.haythorn at ubc.ca Twitter: #hicss_snc This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social media and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives. We call for papers that address research, theory, practice, and/or policy around our new interlinkages via social media in support of communities of practice, inquiry, and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In the past, this minitrack has been in the Internet and Digital Economy Track. Due to its overwhelming success, the minitrack has become a founding part of the new Track: Digital and Social Media. In previous years, the minitrack has been among the largest at the conference, and ?best papers? from the minitrack have often received the ?Best Paper in Track? awards. We call for papers that address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in these endeavors. Papers are welcomed that address wholly online communities, as well as those that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction; the use of single media, as well as those that address the way different media support community practice; and community, as well as crowd-based collectives online. Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following: Social, political and/or economic impact of social media Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy Community development and community informatics Design, development, and user studies of social media Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices Serious leisure online Organizational behavior of communities Behavior in online gaming communities Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities Case studies and topologies of online communities Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc. Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community Research methods for the study of social networking and community ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation are included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15. IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS FOR HICSS 48 June 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15, 2014 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees ? including visa or your organization?s fiscal funding procedures ? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1, 2014 -- EARLY REGISTRATION FEE DEADLINE. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15, 2014 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office. From martin.wagner at yale.edu Sun Mar 16 07:31:36 2014 From: martin.wagner at yale.edu (Martin Wagner) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:31:36 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Deadline Extended: CFP: 2015 MLA Session: Writing for Algorithms Message-ID: <28D332C2-8670-4981-A168-E0716C5F7585@yale.edu> Writing for Algorithms DEADLINE EXTENDED Special Session at the 2015 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention (January 8-11, Vancouver, Canada) Writing, as it is practiced by bloggers and spammers, no longer exclusively addresses humans, but also the algorithms of search engines and email filters. In a similar way, a new generation of students at colleges throughout the country learns to adapt their essays to the criteria of automated grading apps. For the first time in history, we human readers are no longer the sole audience of the written text. What is the effect of this expansion of audience on human readers who experience, consciously or otherwise, their expulsion from the center of the textual universe? How does the emerging writing for algorithms change the landscape of traditional training in composition and poetics? Which new insights about the fundamental structures of relevance, coherence, and authenticity in linguistic communication can we gain from the struggle between spammers and the software engineers at Google & Co.? The panel seeks to answer these questions by combining contributions from a wide range of possible theoretical and professional backgrounds, including, but not limited to, rhetoric, linguistics, literary theory, media studies, journalism, and programming. Please send a proposal of up to 250 words for a 15-minute presentation by March 22, 2014 to martin.wagner at yale.edu. For more information see: www.writingforalgorithms.org From joly at punkcast.com Sun Mar 16 22:56:15 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:56:15 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] GENERATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Message-ID: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 *Generative Justice:Value from the Bottom-up* *A conference at RPI, June 27-29 2014* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? (For more see the Generative Justice wiki ) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Mar 17 16:08:09 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:08:09 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014: papers due 20 May Message-ID: <8863BD6B-5DA5-4ED9-8709-BDCC8DC29F78@qut.edu.au> CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014 November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark At the Media Architecture Biennale in 2014 we explore the emergence of new kinds of ?World Cities? through media architecture. In this context, encounters may occur when media architecture is realized and people experience and interact with it, e.g. when public spaces and urban environments and the practices they shape are influenced by elements of media architecture; it may also occur as new platforms give rise to new opportunities for shaping systems and surroundings. IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS Papers submission deadline: May 20 Notification of acceptance: July 30 Camera-ready submission: Aug 30 Conference: Nov 19-22 2014 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Expression of interest: Aug 1 Submission deadline: Aug 30 WORKSHOPS Expression of interest: 27 April EXHIBITIONS (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) STUDENTS COMPETITION (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) TOPICS We consider media architecture as an inclusive term that encompasses encounters and intersections between digital technologies and our physical surroundings. We invite papers that present and discuss novel contributions to media architecture both on a practical and theoretical level and that further our understanding of the field through case studies, design approaches, and best practices. We expect contributions to critically explore a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: - How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media - Social and Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture - Participatory Architecture & City Planning - Spatial Locative Media - Case Studies of Specific Projects - Future Trends and Prototypes - Media Facades and Urban Displays - Interaction Techniques and Interfaces- Critical and Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture - Design Processes and Methods SUBMISSION DETAILS The conference invites research presentations from both academia and industry: * We invite both short and long papers. Submitted papers should be a maximum of four and ten pages in length, for short and long papers respectively, in ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). * The papers should clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualize the authors? work within the greater body of research. * Submissions should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN or DOI number. *Authors must provide a 30-word contribution statement for their paper upon submission. The contribution statement should explain the contribution made by the paper to the Media Architecture community. *Papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple members of a program committee consisting of experts in a range of disciplines that shape media architecture. OUR VISION Building on the successful event in Aarhus 2012, Media Architecture Biennale 2014 brings together artists, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry who work with media, interactive technologies and the built environment. The 2014 Biennale comprises an academic conference track, exhibitions, and industry sessions, as well workshops. Our vision is to provide an excellent forum for debate and knowledge exchange; to of fer a unique opportunity that brings together the best minds and organizations; and to highlight state-of-the-art and experimental research in media architecture. THEME: Media Architecture and Cities of the World Media architecture is an increasingly important digital layer in cities all over the world. It is a part of shopping malls, casinos, digital signs and commercials and it holds great potential as a mouthpiece for public voice and a peephole into the heart of government. The latter was exemplified when citizen reports and the municipality's case handlings were visualized on Aarhus' notable city hall tower during the Media Architecture Biennale 2012. It is also the case, when people in the streets of Berlin are invited to show their own animations using 144 lit-up windows in a central high-rise building, which happened in the iconic project Blinkenlights. No matter if it is in Aarhus, Copenhagen or Berlin ? or in S?o Paulo, Sydney or Beijing ? media architecture augments public space and creates new settings for life in the city. These new settings will be the focus of the Media Architecture Biennale 2014. The design of media architecture invites encounters between people, the built environment, and media space. It opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. As an emerging field, diverse perspectives are coming together in media architecture, and the challenges are as abundant as the opportunities. HOST Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: www.mab14.org Email: conference at mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending). COME AND JOIN US! ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University) Co-chair and founder Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute) Conference Programme Chairs Peter Dalsgaard (Aarhus University) & Ava Fatah gen Schieck (The Bartlett, UCL) Exhibition and Awards chairs/curators Gernot Tscherteu (realitylab.at) & Morten Lervig (CAVI, Aarhus University) Workshop Chairs Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney) & Alexander Wiethoff (Ludwig-Maximillians Universit?t M?nchen) Doctoral Consortium Chairs S?ren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) Communication Chairs Lone Koefoed Hansen (Aarhus University) & Jen Stein (University of Southern California) Media and Communications Journalist Mette Stentoft (Aarhus) & designer Oleg ?uran (University of Split) Special Advisors Kim Halskov & Hank Haeusler -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From charles.ess at gmail.com Mon Mar 17 22:33:47 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:33:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for article submissions - Innovations in the Newsroom - The Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, With the usual regrets for duplications - please distribute and cross-post as seems useful. Call for submissions to The Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 1, issue 2. The Journal of Media Innovations is an open access, peer-reviewed, cross-disciplinary journal that explores media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. Each issue of The Journal includes academic articles, research briefs, and book reviews. All candidate submissions are peer reviewed; published articles usually go through at least one cycle of revision in light of reviewers? and the editorial team?s comments and suggestions. Please see the inaugural issue for examples. We invite submissions to the upcoming issue, on the theme of Innovations in the newsroom, . The issues focuses on how news media meet contemporary challenges of changing user behaviour, threatened revenue models and restructuring processes through Innovation. Submissions should focus on one or more of the following topics: - Changing journalistic practices, e.g., computer assisted journalism, public or participatory journalism, social media - Changing production routines - Changing journalistic ethics and norms - Changing forms of funding, e.g., crowd funding, pay walls, entrepreneurial journalism - Changing organizational forms - Sources of and/or obstacles to innovation in news media Submission date: 15. April 2014. Publication date: 30. September 2014. Please visit our website and follow the steps for online submissions: Inquiries may be directed to Karoline A. Ihleb?k, Editorial Assistant: On behalf of our editorial team and Editorial Board, Charles Ess, Editor, JMI Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 18 00:12:56 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:12:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <011E6D2D-ADFD-4303-9DEB-7F4BCF9AA705@imv.au.dk> ***REMINDER*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is Monday 24 March 2014. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 01/03/2014 kl. 15.33 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > > The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. > > Best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > >> ***apologies for cross-postings*** >> >> >> PhD seminar >> >> Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? >> >> Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 >> Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? >> >> This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. >> >> Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. >> >> The number of participants is limited to 20. >> >> Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. >> >> The lectures and the lecturers: >> ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago >> ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam >> ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark >> ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies >> >> Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ >> >> Very best, >> >> Niels Br?gger >> >> >> >> >> ?????????????????????????????? >> >> LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS >> >> August 2013 >> Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 >> Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract >> >> June 2013 >> Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 >> Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract >> >> March 2013 >> The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 >> Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 >> >> >> >> NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD >> Director, the Centre for Internet Studies >> Department of Aesthetics and Communication >> Aarhus University >> Helsingforsgade 14 >> 8200 Aarhus N >> Denmark >> >> Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 >> Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 >> Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 >> E-mail nb at imv.au.dk >> Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb >> >> Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 >> Skype name: niels_bruegger >> >> The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk >> NetLab http://netlab.dk >> The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk >> LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab, http://netlab.dk > Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From christian.fuchs at uti.at Tue Mar 18 04:36:11 2014 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:36:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book "Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction" Message-ID: <53282FAB.1020006@uti.at> Critical Political Economy of Communications ? A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per e-mail to christian.fuchs at uti.at Abstract If we take the late 1960s as a starting point an explicitly defined ?critical political economy of communications? is fifty years old. How salient today are the core concerns that shaped this tradition? What are the emergent themes in contemporary critical media studies? Jonathan Hardy will discuss his book-length review of critical political economists? work (Hardy, Jonathan. Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction. London: Routledge.), and reflect on what their approaches can offer for contemporary investigations into the problems of the media. Biography Dr Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the author of Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming; Cross-Media Promotion (Peter Lang, 2010), Western Media Systems (Routledge, 2008) and writes on media, marketing communications, regulation and policy. He is Secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a UK media reform group. From sherylgrant at gmail.com Tue Mar 18 07:16:58 2014 From: sherylgrant at gmail.com (Sheryl Grant) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:16:58 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) Message-ID: Hi everyone, Apologies for cross-posting: 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) - https://sites.google.com/site/obie2014ws/ - => in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2014), Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August 2014 => proceedings published by Springer IMPORTANT DATES ==================================== * 1 May 2014: Paper submission deadline * 23 May 2014: Notification of acceptance * 13 June 2014: Camera-ready paper * 12 August 2014: Open Badges in Education workshop day (to be confirmed by the Conference organizers) OVERVIEW ======== Open Badges (OBs) initiative is a community effort aimed at introducing novel means and practices for knowledge/skill assessment, recognition, and credentialing. Along the way, it is also promoting values such as openness and learner?s agency, as well as participatory learning practices and peer-learning communities. Even though digital badges are not a new phenomenon, their use prior to the emergence of the OBs initiative was largely associated with isolated efforts of individual organizations, and there was no systematic approach to issuing and using badges. Likewise, OBs should not be equated with digital badges that are used solely as a part of gamification efforts aimed at motivating users for different kinds of tasks; OBs differ in at least two significant ways. First, they allow learners to gather badges that originate from different sources (i.e., organizations acting as badge issuers), and to select and combine the earned badges into custom profiles suitable for the given occasion (e.g., job application). Second, OBs are self-sufficient in the sense that they carry all the information one would need to understand and value the achievement/status they refer to. All these novel and distinctive features have positioned OBs as suitable candidates for addressing some of the pressing challenges in the context of life-long and Web-based learning, including: i) recognition of learning in multiple and diverse locations and environments that go beyond traditional classrooms; ii) recognition of diverse kinds of skills and knowledge, including soft and general skills; iii) recognition of alternative forms of assessment; iv) the need for transparent and easily verifiable digital credentials. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Open Badges (OBs) are rapidly gaining traction among educational practitioners as well as education-oriented companies and non-profit organizations. However, so far, there have been only a few research studies aimed at validating the propositions related to OBs. This indicates an obvious need for higher engagement of the research community in order to assure a deeper understanding of not only OBs and their potential roles, but also the larger educational ecosystem within which they operate and evolve. Considering everything stated above, this workshop would welcome submissions on some of the topics from the following (though not restrictive) list: * OBs as a motivational mechanism * OBs as a mean to support and promote participatory learning practices * OBs as a mean to support and recognize alternative assessment * OBs as a mean to recognize prior learning * OBs as a mean to facilitate charting of learning trajectories * OBs as a facilitator of self-regulated learning * OBs as a mean for building and maintaining learner's profile (portfolio) * Implementation of OBs in different kinds of educational settings (formal, non-formal, informal) * Software systems and tools for the implementation and deployment of OBs * Technical challenges in enabling the intended functionalities of OBs SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ========================== We welcome the following types of contributions: * Short (up to 5 pages) and full (up to 10 pages) research papers, * Poster abstracts and system demonstrations (should not exceed 2 pages). All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format at * https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=obie2014 All the submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway * Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada * Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== * Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA * Simon Cross, The Open University, UK * Elizabeth Dalton, University of New Hampshire, USA * Rebecca Galley, The Open University, UK * Sheryl Grant, Duke University, USA * Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths University of London, UK * Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida, USA * Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Michael R. Olneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * Razvan Rughinis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania * Jose Luis Santos Odriozola, KU Leuven, Belgium * Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Felicia M. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA For further questions please contact the organisers via *** obie2014[at]easychair.org *** Sheryl Grant Director of Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition sheryl.grant at duke.edu Duke University 114 South Buchanan Blvd. Smith Warehouse Durham, NC 27708 From rhill at asis.org Tue Mar 18 10:40:14 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:40:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?US-ASCII?Q?Deadline_Reminder_=96_ASIS&T_Annual_Meeting?= Message-ID: <381-22014321817401450@LEN-dick-2011> April 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for Panels, Contributed Papers, and tutorials and workshops. Additional information below. Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ SUBMISDSION URL: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2014/index.php?page=login The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST?s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From lsh at asc.upenn.edu Tue Mar 18 10:50:07 2014 From: lsh at asc.upenn.edu (Laura Henderson) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:50:07 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Shifts in Persian Cyberspace and Social Networking in Iran Message-ID: The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between 2002 and 2010, the Persian blogosphere exploded in size and became the topic of numerous reports, essays, videos and books. However, global interest in this emerging trend seemed to decrease during the second presidential mandate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This report is aimed at providing an answer to whether Blogestan itself has faded in size, activity and influence, since 2009. The report includes an audience survey of Persian blog readers, a web crawling analysis of the Iranian blogosphere, and a series of interviews with 20 influential bloggers living inside and outside of Iran. *Liking Facebook in Tehran:Social Networking in Iran: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1609 This report, based on an online survey of Iranian Facebook users, contributes to a small but growing body of scholarship on social and new media use in Iran. Our findings offer new insights into the Iranian Facebook ecosystem, including patterns of Facebook usage among Iranians, why and how Iranians are using Facebook, what types of content they are sharing, as well as perceptions of privacy and security associated with using Facebook. In addition, the survey addresses the key question of whether Facebook is being used as a tool for political engagement and civic activism among Iranian internet users, as initial assessments suggested. AoIRists might also be interested in these other publications from the IMP: *Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia: http://cgcsblog.asc.upenn.edu/2013/11/07/citation-filtered/ Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse. The report is accompanied by an infographicdetailing blocking mechanisms and types of filtered content. *Internet Censorship in Iran: An infographic: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/sites/default/files/research/pdf/1363180689/1385/internet_censorship_in_iran.pdf This infographic illustrates the constellation of bodies currently involved in internet censorship in Iran. It attempts to show the complexity of Iran's internet governance system by mapping the relationship between the different policy-making and enforcement bodies involved in internet censorship and filtering, spotlighting four new bodies-the Supreme Council on Cyberspace, the Committee Charged with Determining Offensive Content, the Cyber Army, and the Cyber Police-that have emerged since 2009 as key institutions responsible for controlling the flow of online communications, both within Iran and betweenIranians and the global cybersphere. *Finding a way - How Iranians reach for news and information: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 This study details the results of an online questionnaire among young, metropolitan, educated and technologically savvy Iranians, and was aimed at illustrating the extent to which these youth employ new media for political purposes over a year after the contested Iranian elections and during the Tunisia, Egypt and Libya uprisings. The prevalence of Internet use, online activities, and speed of access was assessed, as was the use of and engagement with certain platforms such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. The surveys also examined the use of circumvention tools as well as the extent to which Iraniansthink citizens can be empowered through the use of new media. *Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4361 In the days immediately following the contested June 2009 Presidential election, Iranians attempting to reach news content and social media platforms were subject to unprecedented levels of the degradation, blocking and jamming of communications channels. Rather than shut down networks, which would draw attention and controversy, the government was rumored to have slowed connection speeds to rates that would render the Internet nearly unusable, especially for the consumption and distribution of multimedia content. Since, political upheavals elsewhere have been associated with headlines such as "High usage slows down Internet in Bahrain" and "Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again," with further rumors linking poor connectivity with political instability in Myanmar and Tibet. For governments threatened by public expression, the throttling of Internet connectivity appears to be an increasingly preferred and less detectable method of stifling the free flow of information. In order to assess this perceived trend and begin to create systems of accountability and transparency on such practices, we attempt to outline an initial strategy for utilizing a ubiquitous set of network measurements as a monitoring service, then apply such methodology to shed light on the recent history of censorship in Iran. *The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6398 While funding agencies have provided substantial support for the developers and vendors of services that facilitate the unfettered flow of information through the Internet, little consolidated knowledge exists on the basic communications network infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the absence of open access and public data, rumors and fear have reigned supreme. During provisional research on the country's censorship regime, we found initial indicators that telecommunications entities in Iran allowed private addresses to route domestically, whether intentionally or unintentionally, creating a hidden network only reachable within the country. Moreover, records such as DNS entries lend evidence of a 'dual stack' approach, wherein servers are assigned a domestic IP addresses, in addition to a global one. Despite the clear political implications of the claim we put forward, particularly in light of rampant speculation regarding the mandate of Article 46 of the 'Fifth Five Year Development Plan' to establish a "national information network," we refrain from hypothesizing the purpose of this structure. In order to solicit critical feedback for future research, we outline our initial findings and attempt to demonstrate that the matter under contention is a nation-wide phenomenon that warrants broader attention. Laura Schwartz-Henderson Research Project Manager Center For Global Communication Studies Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 215-898-9727 From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:00:13 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:00:13 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: . Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:10:45 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:10:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: http://cpi.asu.edu/cpi-now. Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From denisparra at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 03:26:23 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:26:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Don't miss the deadline: submit to ACM HT 2014 this Friday 21st Message-ID: Dear researchers, Don't forget to submit your full, short papers, posters and demos by this Friday 21st, 11:59PM CSLCT http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 Thanks for your interest, see you in Santiago In September! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nhara at indiana.edu Wed Mar 19 08:00:08 2014 From: nhara at indiana.edu (Noriko Hara) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:00:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Special Issue on Historic Design Cases-International Journal of Designs for Learning In-Reply-To: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> References: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> Message-ID: <5329B0F8.6090900@indiana.edu> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS* *INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGNS FOR LEARNING* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON HISTORIC DESIGN CASES* Guest Editors: Craig D. Howard & Colin M. Gray Unlike other design fields, instructional design has not had a sustained interest in documenting cases from the past and engaging in our design history in a substantive way. When we think of technology, we generally look forward---to what is possible in the future of technology in education, but it is equally as instructive to look at how far we have come and the individual designs that, as a collective, have impacted where we are now. Many of the same challenges we face in the ecology of modern technologies can be seen in technological leaps from instructional design's past: video-based instruction, systemic curricular moves (e.g., SRA Reading Lab, the "new math"), educational entertainment (e.g., Sesame Street, Bill Nye the Science Guy), and the dawn of the graphical user interface and personal computer (e.g., instruction for the Macintosh, developing for the PLATO system) to name a few. Many of these designs have directly and indirectly informed our contemporary design practice, and illustrate many of the challenges of designing for intentional change. In this special issue, we turn our focus to both the near and distant past of instructional design and technology, addressing designs intended (or used) for learning both in informal and formal learning---inside the classroom, and in our everyday lives. This special issue brings our field to the standard of precedent-building common in other design disciplines, refocusing our attention on marking significant milestones in design innovation, celebrating the often unrecognized breakthroughs instructional design and technology has had in its past. While some artifacts have been preserved, our collective knowledge of what instructional design is in the present has often been embodied in designs which themselves have been forgotten. To begin the process of documenting these past designs, we invite authors to submit design cases of designs used and/or intended for learning from 10-75 years ago, which are deemed to be of importance to the field. Some examples of appropriate historic designs might include: * *Designs that changed our understanding of what learning could be* (e.g., Airborne satellite learning, early collaborative websites, Sesame Street Workshop) * *Designs that highlighted the affordances of specific technologies when they were in their infancy* (e.g., PLATO system, remote teaching through closed circuit TV) * *Designs which failed, either in their initial implementation, or which failed to "catch on" *(e.g., computerized instruction in the 1990s, the "new math") * *Designs which serve as the basis for modern categories of educational technology* (e.g., learning management systems, SRA reading lab) * *Instructional components of mass-market devices* (e.g., training for emerging technological products, such as Apple's click-and-drag instruction) * *Designs created out of a specific felt need for a specific type of learning* (e.g., "murder houses," bespoke designs) *SUBMISSION TYPES* /Full Design Case/ 5000-7000+ words, with as many multimedia and/or visual elements as available. The goal of this submission is to not only visually and textually explain the experience of the design, but also how it came to be the way that it is. Depending on the age of the designed artifact or experience, this may come through interviews with designers, stakeholders, and/or users, analysis of related artifacts surrounding the design/design process, or reconstruction based on previously published marketing and/or academic materials. Your abstract should include the targeted design, its relevance, and any resources you will need to locate. /Brief Design Case/ 500-1500 words, a primarily visual presentation of a design with accompanying text used to annotate and explain the artifact and its experience as depicted in the images and/or video. Your abstract should include the targeted design, and any existing resources that you are aware of. *IMPORTANT DEADLINES* April 30, 2014: Submit 250 word abstract by email May 14, 2014: Acceptance of abstract: July 1, 2014: Submit Full paper/brief paper August 14, 2014: Notification of Acceptance September 14, 2014: Final Manuscripts November 2014: Projected Publication *ABOUT IJDL* The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design. This journal is a publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. More information on submissions for this special issue is available at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/announcement/view/68 Questions and abstract submissions may be directed to the guest editors: Dr. Craig D. Howard (craig.howard at tamut.edu ) and Colin M. Gray (comgray at indiana.edu ). From iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 10:46:57 2014 From: iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com (iskandar zulkarnain) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:46:57 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_Launching_InVisible_Culture_Issue_20=3A_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCcRWNvbG9naWVzIg==?= In-Reply-To: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> References: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> Message-ID: Apologies for x-posting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anderson, Joel Neville Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:41 PM Subject: Launching InVisible Culture Issue 20: ?Ecologies" To: VCS-GRADS at lists.rochester.edu Dear all, I?m happy to announce that *InVisible Culture* has just launched Issue 20: ?Ecologies? (Spring 2014): http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue We?ll be promoting this over the next few days, so please feel free to circulate via social media, listservs, and word of mouth. In addition, IVC is still accepting submissions to issue 22, ?Opacity,? so please also circulate the CFP at the following link: http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity Thanks! I?ve pasted the press release below. Best, Joel - *InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture* (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. IVC is a student run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the VCS-GRADS list, click the following link: https://lists.rochester.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1MzQxIGl6dWxrYXJuQE1BSUwuUk9DSEVTVEVSLkVEVSBWQ1MtR1JBRFMgIFrT7a%2FLA7oQ&c=SIGNOFF -- Iskandar Zulkarnain HASTAC Scholars 2010-2014 Website: http://www.hastac.org/hastac-scholars http://digitalperipheries.net/ Rochester Intermedia Studies Group Ph.D. Candidate Visual and Cultural Studies 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!" From wrysavy at email.unc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:15:14 2014 From: wrysavy at email.unc.edu (Rysavy, Wayne Erik) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:15:14 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CF Participant for NCA Panel on Information Politics Message-ID: <9429E15C908DA54D951ECCC3478D381C82E8B5F5@ITS-MSXMBS3F.ad.unc.edu> Hello, My colleague, Bryan Behrenshausen, and I have organized a panel we plan to submit to the Media Ecology Division of the 2014 National Communication Associaion conference. We already have a confirmed chair/respondent and another participant, but are looking for one more person to join our panel. Below, I've included our rationale. We are particularly interested in bringing someone on who has interest in information politics and explores information and/or theories of information and information flow from a critical perspective employing critical theory, discursive analysis, and/or historiographic analysis. Interested participants should email me at wrysavy at email.unc.edu. Inquiries about the panel are also welcome. Rationale: A fiercely contested term, commodity, and palliative, "information" is neither static nor neutral; it is relational, contextual, and deeply implicated in power relations that traverse the personal, social, cultural, and economic. As an object purportedly central to many contemporary techniques and technologies, information participates in various processes of social organization that bear decidedly political aims. It positions people and things, and it generates contexts for the ongoing work of managing their relations. Information is material, yet ephemeral?an object to be "owned" and "managed," and yet indecipherable outside the particular political and economic relations that valorize it. In precise but shifting relation with "data" and "knowledge," information authorizes and mobilizes multiple?often fractured and contradictory?truth claims. Information's historic (re)articulations persist today, shaping the ways in which popular discourses of "information" make discussing, using, and interpreting it possible. Examining information and information technologies through critical theoretical, historiographic, and discursive analyses, this panel re-contextualizes information, tracks its role in everyday systems of meaning and power, and explores the way past discourses of information influence the way we conceptualize it in the present. Thank you for your interest. Wayne Erik Rysavy, M.A. Doctoral Student and Teaching Fellow Department of Communication Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 115 Bingham, CB#3285 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 wrysavy at email.unc.edu "If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." ?Ludwig Wittgenstein From malper at usc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:34:18 2014 From: malper at usc.edu (Meryl Alper) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:34:18 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] JOB OPP: Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Message-ID: Passing along this job opportunity to work at USC Annenberg on a large-scale social media data project. Please share. Best, Meryl * * * Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (Funded by IBM Grant) The incumbent will be responsible for driving the development of innovative methods in audience research that bridge traditional and emerging approaches. In particular, we are dedicated to making meaning of large-scale social media data. The incumbent will also assist the Principal Investigator of our on-going data science research projects, fulfilling grant reporting requirements and insuring compliance with budget regulations. Additionally, the successful candidate will serve as a liaison among our researchers and work closely with our partners in the media and entertainment industries. As the Project Lead of the Lab's data science efforts, the incumbent will help integrate the data science research with other research efforts of the Lab, and contribute data science knowledge and perspective to larger Lab efforts, such as designing and implementing executive workshops and presentations. The ideal candidate will bring a unique perspective on audience research and be able to communicate with both academic and industry audiences. A background in both quantitative and qualitative approaches to audience research is strongly preferred; including some combination of surveys, interviews, focus groups, social media, and automated data-collection (e.g., Nielsen set-top boxes, Arbitron meters.) The successful candidate will be expected to implement an in-house system for large-scale data analysis. Experience with one or more programming languages and database management systems is required. Python, R, Java, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB preferred. Previous experience working with social media data is a plus. Apply here: https://jobs.usc.edu/postings/19629 -- Meryl Alper Ph.D. Candidate in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California malper at usc.edu merylalper.com From Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at Fri Mar 21 03:20:11 2014 From: Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at (Noella Edelmann) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:20:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Join us at the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May References: <532AEF10020000DA0005ED7F@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> Message-ID: <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May 2014, Danube University Krems (Austria) (apologies for cross-posting!) I am pleased to announce that the CeDEM14 programme - 3 days packed with international keynotes, workshops, presentations, a film viewing (?Blueberry Soup?) followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Eileen Jerret, an Open Space for you, opportunities for networking - is now available (www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem) CeDEM14 Programme 21-23 May 2014 21-22 May: paper presentations, workshops, reflections and keynotes. The conference dinner is held on 21 May 2014. 23 May: Viewing of the Film ?Blueberry Soup? and Podium Discussion with Eileen Jerrett ( Filmmaker); CeDEM Open Space. CeDEM14 Keynotes ?Scientific Citizenship? Alexander Gerber (innocomm Research Center for Science & Innovation Communication, Germany); ?Open Data? Jeanne Holm (Evangelist, Data.gov, U.S. General Services Administration, US); ?Statehood, the Deep Web, and Democracy? Philipp M?ller (University Salzburg, Austria); ?(E)ngaging communities through global thinking for local actions? Mohamed El-Sioufi (United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT); CeDEM14 Open Space 23 May 2014 The CeDEM Open Space is an opportunity for participants to organise their own presentations, sessions, events, workshops, birds of a feather, networking, etc. If you are interested in attending and/or presenting at the Open Space, get in touch with Michael Sachs (michael.sachs at donau-uni.ac.at). CeDEM14 Further Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem Registration: http://bit.ly/1d2ZR1F I look forward to seeing you in Krems! Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov From K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk Fri Mar 21 09:55:24 2014 From: K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk (Kate O'Riordan) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:24 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Science and Justice at UCSC invites visiting scholars for 2014-2015 Message-ID: <6305E6BA10BDAD44A9CE7A944A4E5F4E1E56B7FA@EX-SHA-MBX1.ad.susx.ac.uk> Big data, informatics and bioinformatics have been key themes at the center this year - and are likely to continue to be - so could be a good location for some on this list: ------------------------------------------ UC Santa Cruz: 2014-2015 Solicitation for Visiting Scholars, Artists, and Graduate Students The Science and Justice Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz: http://scijust.ucsc.edu is now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 academic year Visiting Scholar Program. SJRC offers opportunities for visiting scholars and artists in residence at all levels of their career to join us and participate in our community. SJRC is not an academic department, so we encourage visitors to identify other members of the university with whom they would like to work with in activities such as teaching a seminar, offering an academic talk, or attending courses. We can help facilitate such activities. All applicants are encouraged to look at our past events: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/public-events/past-events/ when developing a proposal for an event as our colloquia have a unique format. Visitors are encouraged to visit for at least one full term, however we will consider shorter visits. The application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is April 15, 2014. Our applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary advisory board. Application materials or questions can be submitted to scijust at ucsc.edu. For more information on becoming a visiting scholar, visit: Visiting Scholar Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/ For current University of California graduate students at other campuses, also visit: UC Intercampus Exchange Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/uc-intercampus-exchange-program/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Fri Mar 21 13:09:08 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:09:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Why rush home? Message-ID: Why rush home? The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference has negotiated special rates at nearby hotels. Come the day before or stay a day after - New York City is only 14 miles away. Find all the travel and venue information for #ELD14 at http://eld.montclair.edu/travel-venue/ Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140321 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 13:41:20 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:41:20 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 7th Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award || 6.000 Euros Award Sum || 19th August Deadline || Wake Up Call Message-ID: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nokia Ubimedia Awards 2013 Wake-up Call for Entries 7th Annual International Competition on Ubiquitous Media 1st-3rd October 2013, Tampere FINLAND *** 6.000 Euros Award Sum *** Deadline: 19th August 2013 *** http://www.numa.fi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as to date we received quite a few great entries to NUMA 2013, but our jury still hungers for more challenging projects. This is a "NUMA 2013 Wake-Up Call" for your ubimedia submissions and we hope that you all you aspiring Ubimedia innovators out there take the chance to join prople who won the competition in the previous years - one of them runs a successful startup. 6000 Euros price sum and travels paid to visit MindTrek 2013 for the three best projects. All we need is a description of your project and if possible a short demonstration video. And we need it til August 15th. We do especially encourage student and PhD-projects, as well as innovative start-ups. Good luck and see you in Tampere! More about the competition & submission system: http:/www.numa.fi Competition Chairs Artur LUGMAYR, EMMi Lab, Tampere Univ. of Technology, FINLAND Cai MELAKOSKI, School of Art, Music and Media, Tampere UAS (TAMK), FINLAND Ville LUOTONEN, Ubiquitous Computing Tampere Center of Expertise, Hermia Ltd., FINLAND Head of Jury Bjoern STOCKLEBEN, Project "Cross Media", University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, GERMANY From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 15:04:17 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:17 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 2 Calls || Inform. Systems & Managment in eMedia/Creative Industries || Book Chapters (Springer-Verlag) || Workshop Papers (ICME 2014) || Message-ID: <1655805046.17.1395439457022.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Dear All, Two interesting possibilties: - Call for book chapters (Springer-Verlag): Information Systems & Management in eMedia and Creative Industries (ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 15th APRIL 2014) - Call for Papers (ICME2014): Workshop on Information Systems & Managmeent in Multimedia, Arts, Education, Entertainment, and Culture (DEADLINE 2nd APRIL: 2014) PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS: 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Book Chapters Information Systems and Management in eMedia and Creative Industries Springer-Verlag Artur Lugmayr, Emilija Stojmenova, Katarina Stanoevska, and Robert Wellington (Eds.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Focus on NEW Approaches in the eMedia Industries, or Approaches HOW eMedia Support Information Systems: Strategic Importance of IT ans IS&M in Media, Big Data, Crowd, Open Data, Linked Data, Cloud Application, New Business Analytics, Information Visualization, Workflow Management, IS&M as Basis of New Business Models of New Media Products, and Global Digital Production Pipelines. * Management, Marketing, Business Aspects and Strategic Importance of IT and IS&M in Creative eMedia Industries * Technology Perspective of the Usage of Media in IS&M in Media Industry and the Application of Media in IS&M across Domains: Technology, Processes, Workflows, Infrastructures and Global Production Pipelines * Methods, Approaches, and Importance of IT and Information Systems and Management in Media - Media and Content as Part of IS&M across Application Domains * Content, Service, Application, and Artistic Viewpoint on IS&M in Media and Creativity Industries Upcoming Deadline: 15th April (abstract), 15th June (manuscript), 30th Aug. (reviews) Book Website: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/ismemedia Email List: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/ism-emedia Submission System: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2014ISMeMedia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ismemedia/ Contact us: lartur at acm.org or emilija.stojmenova at ltfe.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ? MIS-MEDIA 2014 2nd international workshop on information systems in multimedia arts, education, entertainment, and culture (MIS-MEDIA 2014) 14th-18th July 2014 http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/mis-media2014 Chengdu, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in conjunction with ICME 2014 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo http://www.icme2014.org/ EXTENDED DEADLINE: 2nd APRIL 2014 !!!!!!!!!!!!! in cooperation with the International Asscocation for Ambient Media (iAMEA) and the Assocation for Information Systems (AIS) SIG-eMedia (http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org and http://aisnet.org/group/SIG-eMedia) Paper Submission: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICME2014W/ - please tick the correct * Big Data & Multimedia Systems * Cross-media offering, distribution channels and convergence * Media business information management for multimedia * Media information system design in multimedia * Business intelligence in media industries * Knowledge management systems applications * Workflow management, operational efficiency and new capturing technologies * Home platforms, mobility, multi-play and network convergence * Systems for management reporting, analysis, and decision support * Standards to enable technical convergence * Data warehousing in converging environments * Integration of analogue and digital media productions * E2E systems and solutions in converging media environments * Asset management and metadata management * E2E systems, infrastructures and solutions * Integration of analogue and digital media production and distribution * Information systems and decision support systems * Speech, audio, image, video, and text processing in information management * Marketing information systems * Content analysis, matching, and retrieval in information management * Technologies in media art, education, entertainment, environment, and culture * Consumer experience and quality assessment in MIS * Theoretical foundations of entertainment computation * Production process management * Multimedia databases, digital libraries, and eLearning in MIS * Technology and management of E2E media delivery * Business information management in media * Standards, policies, and regulation for MIS in media industry * Mobility, Social media, ambient media, eLearning * Practical media art, education, entertainment, and cultural applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From binark at baskent.edu.tr Fri Mar 21 16:14:59 2014 From: binark at baskent.edu.tr (F. Mutlu Binark) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:14:59 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?It=E2=80=99s_Not_Twitter_It=E2=80=99s_The_Eclip?= =?utf-8?q?se_Of_Reason?= In-Reply-To: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> References: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Message-ID: <3cf9e62e421c04973580aa4fff0c668e.squirrel@www.baskent.edu.tr> It?s Not Twitter It?s The Eclipse Of Reason Twitter has become a basic communication tool for the users in Turkey to exercise freedom of speech. The President, The Prime Minister and the commissioners, journalists, bureaucrats, members of the parliament, writers, artists, unionists and activists, people with different political ideologies, oppressed groups and people from different parts of the society can state their opinions and participate in discussions about the current situations. In an environment where traditional media is constantly struggling with government oppression, communication tools like Twitter are crucial for the citizens. The only environment we can access to information without being censored is through the internet. To block an essential tool like Twitter just before the elections is unacceptable. It?s a clear violation of the right to freedom of expression. Violation of the Right To Elect and the Right To Be Elected. Turkey is on the eve of Local Elections. The running parties and the candidates use social media and Twitter frequently for their campaigns. This type of communication gives citizens the opportunity to follow the candidates closely, express their problems and hear the solutions that candidates can offer and also force them to create solutions. Therefore, blocking Twitter not only violates the freedom of speech but also violates the right to elect and to be elected. We Are Concerned About The Integrity Of Upcoming Local Elections We are experiencing great political tensions in expectation of the upcoming local elections that will take place on March 30th, 2014. These tensions are further solidified through distrust in the electoral process itself. The internet holds great potential for bringing citizen oversight to this process. It offers platforms and communication mechanisms to rapidly report on injustices and fraud attempts during the election data. Given current circumstances in Turkey, the internet is expected to play a crucial role in the supervision of the casting and counting of votes and hence in assuring the integrity and safety of the elections. The current blocking of internet based services is destructive to these citizen initiatives, increases existing social and political tensions, and negatively affects the trust in the electoral process. We are hence very concerned about both the integrity and safety of the upcoming elections. Law Has Been Reduced To A Tool In The Hands Of The Government The government points to court rulings to justify the blocking of Twitter. However, by now we are unsure about "whose" courts and rulings we can rely on. In the hands of the government, "legal grounds" are interpreted excessively or simply manipulated, leading to increasing distrust in the legal system. The Presidency of Telecommunications (Telekomunikasyon Iletisim Baskanligi or simply TIB) plays a precarious role in the enforcement of these legal rulings. In some past cases, they have abstained from taking action on select court rulings, arguing that it is beyond their legal authority. They have stated that TIB only has the authority to enforce blocking decisions when these are based on catalogued crimes. Yet in some cases, they have overstepped their authority and enforced rulings on blocking Internet based services. The arbitrary enforcement of legal rulings is in tune with the repeated threats made public by Prime Minister Erdo?an who most recently announced "we will eradicate social networks like Twitter". An ?eclipse of reason? is the current state of the Turkish government. It is not possible to articulate a rational explanation for the new regulations, including the new Internet laws, and their enforcement within a framework of governance informed by basic democratic values. We can only regard these intrusive interventions as acts of despair and a lack of intellect. These shameful acts of censorship are unacceptable. We call for action against censorship and the chilling of voices on the Internet, now! Alternative Informatics Association, March 21st, 2014 www.alternatifbilisim.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mjohns at luther.edu Fri Mar 21 20:55:20 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:55:20 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call: James W. Carey Media Research Award 2014 Message-ID: The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture -- among others -- taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Prof. Paul C. Adams, University of Texas Prof. Stuart Adam, Carleton University Prof. Regina Marchi, Rutgers University Prof. John Pauly, Marquette University Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College Prof. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2014 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2013. Submitted works should be sent to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Adobe Acrobat format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically. Then ask your publisher to furnish seven (7) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 1, 2014. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 15. The Award winner will receive the Carey Award plaque to be presented at the winner's choice of the 2014 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA). Questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 USA E-mail: mjohns [at] luther.edu From hrosenba at indiana.edu Fri Mar 21 21:56:43 2014 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Howard Rosenbaum) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:56:43 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: <151C97E2-93A4-43D3-AFF8-95F32EF1B1C5@indiana.edu> Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium at the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference (WebSci 2014) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 23 -26 June, 2014 http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/hrosenba/www/web-sci-14/doc-consortium14.html Submission deadline: 15 April 2014 We invite doctoral students to participate in the WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium, which will take place as part of the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. This half-day event is intended for those of you in the later stages (post-proposal) of your research on problems related to web science and information science. Description The goals of the Doctoral Consortium are to provide you with a supportive and critical learning opportunity to discuss your work in progress and to receive feedback and guidance from senior web and information science scholars. You will be able to explain your dissertation research and highlight theoretical and methodological problems/issues for further discussion and inquiry both with senior mentors and Consortium participants. The Doctoral Consortium aims to broaden the perspectives and to improve your research and communication skills. We expect you to have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results and have sufficient time prior to completing your dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. Generally, if you are in your second or third year of PhD work, you will benefit the most from this experience. In the Consortium, you will present your proposal and receive specific feedback and advice on how to improve your research plan. The Doctoral consortium also aim to develop a supportive community within which doctoral students can begin to develop their professional networks by interacting with peers and senior scholars in web science and information science. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The international review committee will select the best submissions for presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. Submission information We ask you to submit an 8 page description of your PhD research proposal electronically via the EasyChair conference submission System: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=9144634.cxJz4ovCrZ6XBK9a Your submission must address each of the following questions: ? Problem Statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? ? Relevance: Why the problem is important? Who will benefit if you succeed? Who should care? ? Related Work: How have others attempted to address this problem? Why is the problem difficult? ? Research Question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? ? Hypotheses: What hypotheses are related to your research questions (if your work has hypotheses)? ? Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions and test your hypotheses? What will you measure? What is the main idea behind your approach? The key innovation? Provide an argument, based either on common knowledge or on evidence that you have accumulated, that your approach is likely to succeed. ? Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success - faster/more accurate/less failures/etc.? ? Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? ? Implications: What are the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions of your work? Additional submission requirements ? All submissions must be single-author submissions. Please acknowledge your PhD advisor(s) and other contributors in the Acknowledgements section. ? Students accepted to present at the Doctoral Consortium must plan to attend the full Doctoral Consortium in order to gain as much value as possible from the experience. ? Please remember that the DC submission is not the same as a research paper. ? Submissions must be in pdf and be formatted according to the ACM Publications format. Topics The Consortium has the same scope of technical topics as the main WebSci conference: ? Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities ? Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale social interaction ? Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web ? Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions on the Web ? Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing ? Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web ? Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web ? The architecture and philosophy of the Web ? The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web ? Economics and social innovation on the Web ? Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons ? Personal data, trust, and privacy ? Web and social media research ethics ? Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems ? Big data and the study of the Web ? Web access, literacy, and development ? Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web ? People-driven Web technologies, including crowdsourcing, open data, and new interfaces ? Digital Humanities ? Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources ? Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives ? New research questions and thought-provoking ideas Important Dates: ? April 15, 2014 - paper submission ? May 2, 2014 - notification ? June 23, 2014 - doctoral consortium Doctoral Consortium Schedule: 12:00-12:30: Welcome session with light lunch 12:30-1:00: Meet mentors, group introductions and discussion of the Colloquium activities 1:00-2:30: One on one meetings where students discuss their work and receive feedback and comments from mentors 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:30: Students present their work to the group and receive feedback 4:30-5:30: Group discussion about career and professional issues in a Q&A session driven by the students From 3:00-4:30, participants will present their research briefly to familiarize each other with their dissertation project and highlight specific aspects they would like to have further discussion on. These may include specific problems that the student is seeking input on how to approach them; intriguing issues and tensions for web science and information science research generally; methodological problems that other Ph.D. students are likely to be confronting, or issues that have the potential of stimulating discussions of theoretical and methodological significance. If you have questions about this call, please contact the co-chairs ? Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba at indiana.edu ? Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman at indiana.edu ? Lora Aroyo, Computer Science, VU University Amsterdam lora.aroyo at vu.nl From antoine.mazieres at gmail.com Sat Mar 22 01:23:47 2014 From: antoine.mazieres at gmail.com (Antoine Mazieres) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:23:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Quantitative analysis of online pornography In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Just a little heads-up on this project. It yielded a paper that was just published in the first issue of Porn Studies, which is free to download : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268743.2014.888214 also a dedicated website : http://sexualitics.org Thanks again for your advices for working on this matter and for the references (most of them being actually cited in the paper) I stay at your disposal if you wish some help on handling our datasets and tools, or wish to know more about our research. Best, Antoine On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Antoine Mazieres wrote: > Dear IRs, > > I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at > available studies made out of them. > > I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of > pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution > of the object itself. > > Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? > > (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, > I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) > > Thanks for your help, > All best, > Antoine > http://mazier.es/ > From ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Sat Mar 22 04:20:13 2014 From: ronan.lynch at dkit.ie (Ronan Lynch) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:20:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: 4th Annual Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning Message-ID: Hi guys, Could you please send this CFP out to the network? Many thanks Ronan -- The Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning, now in its 4th year, provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the use of games and gamification for enhancing teaching and learning. The purpose of this symposium is to: - report on the use of GBL in primary, secondary and third-level education - provide evidence of the effectiveness of GBL to motivate and learn - identify how GBL can be included and facilitated in instructional settings. This symposium provides a unique opportunity to share and gather insights on game-based learning and gamification from different perspectives including education, sociology, educational psychology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), artificial intelligence, game design, game development and instructional design. Submissions are welcomed on any topic related to the use of games and gamification to enhance teaching and learning. This year the Cork Institute of Technology, in partnership with the SEGAN Serious Games Network, will host iGBL2014 on Friday 6th June 2014 and will offer a dynamic programme with plenty of opportunity for networking and discussion. The programme will include presentations, workshops and pecha kucha sessions as well as interactive poster presentations. All accepted abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, with the possibility of future publication in the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL). Contributions are welcome on a wide range of topics. Research-based submissions may include theoretical and/or empirical studies employing qualitative or quantitative methods. Completed research projects, such as action research or case studies, or works-in-progress are welcomed. Proposals for workshops and interactive posters are also invited. The symposium will cover, but is not restricted to, the following topics: Pedagogy: - Pedagogical/learning theories for game-based learning - Evaluation of game based learning - Assessment in game based learning - Integrating game based learning with the curriculum - Use of narrative/role-playing in game-based learning - Designing games for learning - Gamification - Serious games Technology: - Technologies, tools and platforms for developing games for learning - Technologies for mobile and multi-user games for learning - Location-based technology for game-based learning - Social/ethical/organizational issues - Social and collaborative aspects of game-based learning - Organizational issues when implementing games within educational settings - Gender/age/cultural issues Submission types: 1.Presentations (20 minutes, 5 minutes questions) Presentations should be no more than 15-20 minutes in length with 5-10 minutes for questions. These may be present research studies on a relevant theme, work-in-progress, or case studies of GBL in action. 2. Pecha Kucha (20 images, 20 seconds) PechaKucha 20?20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. Seewww.pechakucha.org. This format is particularly useful for those interested in sharing work-in-progress and getting feedback on their work/ideas-to-date. 3.Workshops (2-4 hours) Workshops involve active participation and discussion with the focus on participants developing skills and/or practical ideas for implementing games/gamification in their own settings. Workshops may be computer-based (in a laboratory environment) or may be classroom-based. However ALL workshops must include a significant hands-on element, with participation among attendees. When writing your abstract, please give indicative timings to outline the structure of your workshop. 4.Posters Posters are a useful way of sharing information visually, such as research findings or innovative case studies of GBL in action. Submissions are invited for both traditional and electronic posters (for example using PowerPoint or Prezi). We ask that you submit a 300-500 word abstract describing your poster/electronic poster. Instructions for Authors All submission types require that you submit a 300-500 word abstract to be received by 4th April 2014. Submissions must be made via the online form: http://bit.ly/1izckir. Please ensure that all required fields are completed. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the submission, the full names and affiliations of all authors, and the contact details of at least one author. In the case of multiple authors, please specify who will be the presenting author at the symposium. All submissions will go through a double-blind review process performed by 2-3 anonymous reviewers. This review process will take approximately 4 weeks and final notifications will be sent by 28th April 2014. After the presenting author(s) have booked their place at the symposium, the presentation will be fully accepted for inclusion in the programme and book of abstracts. For more information on this conference, you can contact the organizing committee using the following online form: http://igblconference.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/ You can also contact the conference hosts directly: - Roisin Garvey: Roisin.Garvey at cit.ie - Darragh Coakley: Darragh.Coakley at cit.ie Best Wishes Patrick on behalf of the organizing committee -- Ronan Lynch (R?n?n O'Loinsigh) ? BA Doctoral Researcher (Taighdeoir Iardhocht?ireachta) Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth (Institi?id Teicneola?ochta Dh?n Dealgan, B?thar ?tha Cliath, D?n Dealgan, Co. L?) Email (R?omhphost): ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Phone (F?n): +353 87 6445490 From jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:21:19 2014 From: jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com (Jeremy) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London Message-ID: This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures of creative work and play. Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, the spatial, technology and contemporary media. Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: Power and cultural politics Identity and representation Media and mediation Digital cultures, new media, and media futures Cultures and change Popular culture Contested and counter cultures Art and artistic practice Cultural labour and industries Territorial and spatial cultures Globalisation and transnational cultures Cultural and media research methodologies Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of April. For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ From philbratta at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:33:35 2014 From: philbratta at gmail.com (Phil Bratta) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 Message-ID: Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference "Entering the Conversation" Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, USA October 30 - November 1, 2014 What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a proposal. We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics conversation.Apply to be a particpant in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, 2014.Cultural Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. -- PhD Student Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures Writing Center Satellite Coordinator Michigan State University 300 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 philbratta at gmail.com http://www.philbratta.com/ From andresmh at andresmh.com Mon Mar 24 00:57:49 2014 From: andresmh at andresmh.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s_Monroy=2DHern=E1ndez?=) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:57:49 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] ACM CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation Message-ID: Hi, AoIR friend. I hope you consider submitting your work to CSCW. Details below: CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From sara.perry at york.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 02:52:52 2014 From: sara.perry at york.ac.uk (Sara Perry) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:52:52 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Digital media and visual ethics, American Anthropological Association conference, Washington, DC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please see the call for contributions below for an in-person and online event on visual ethics to be held in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington, 3-7 December 2014. Contact Sara Perry, sara.perry at york.ac.uk , for more details. Deadline for proposals: 5 April 2014. DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: A DISCUSSION ON VISUAL ETHICS Organizers: Sara Perry, Terry Wright & Jonathan Marion More than ten years ago Gross, Katz and Ruby published Image Ethics in the Digital Age, a pioneering volume whose topical concerns ? privacy, authenticity, control, access and exposure, as related to the application of visual media ? are arguably just as salient today, if not more so, than in 2003. The ethical dimensions of image use within digital cultures are necessarily fluid and complex, driven by practical needs, institutional frameworks, related regulatory requirements, specific research and intellectual circumstances, not to mention individual and collective moral tenets. The nature of visuality itself has also been extended via digital technologies, therein further complicating our interactions with and applications of visual media. Ethical practice here, then, tends to be necessarily situated, depending upon recursive reflection and constant questioning of one?s research processes, objectives and modes of engagement. This session aims simultaneously to expose practitioners to, and build a resource base of, visual ethics ?in action? in digital contexts. It relies upon two streams: (1)an online forum hosted on the Society for Visual Anthropology?s webpages where, prior to the AAA meetings, contributors will submit short descriptions of the ethical dimensions of their in-progress or recently-completed visual/digital research. These will provide fodder for more extensive debate in: (2)an open, live-streamed presentation and discussion session at the AAA meetings in Washington, DC in December where various contributors to the blog will present either on-site or via Google Hangouts, and contribute in real time to reflections/direct commentary on the online forum itself. The former will provide a stable space within which ethical debates can be added to and developed in the lead up to, during, and after the 2014 meetings. The latter offers a concentrated opportunity to channel the collective wisdom of participants (both at the meetings and online) into the negotiation and rethinking of ethical visual practice in the digital world. Deadline: For those interested in participating, please provide a brief description (max. 150 words) of the particular scenario or issue you wish to contribute to the session as soon as possible, and by 5 April 2014 at the latest. You will also need to indicate whether you plan on presenting in person or via Google Hangout at the AAA meetings in December. Decisions will be made by 10 April, and contributors will need to register for the conference via the AAA?s web-based system by 15 April. All correspondence should be sent to Sara Perry . The session will take the form of a series of brief, 10-minute presentations by participants, culminating in an extended period of group discussion and debate. Contributors will be expected to submit content for the webpages by the beginning of September 2014. Dr Sara Perry Director of Studies, Digital Heritage Director of Studies, Archaeological Information Systems Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management Archaeology, University of York King?s Manor, York, UK, YO1 7EP sara.perry at york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/perry From francesca.musiani at gmail.com Mon Mar 24 04:00:28 2014 From: francesca.musiani at gmail.com (Francesca Musiani) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:00:28 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers, 9th GigaNet Symposium Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Papers for the 9th Annual GigaNet Symposium. Please excuse cross-postings. Kind regards, Francesca Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) CALL FOR PAPERS 9th Annual Symposium 1 September 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its Ninth Annual Symposium, held on 1 September 2014, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey. GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in previous years, the symposium will provide room to discuss current and future questions as well as the challenges encountered and results achieved in global Internet governance. The 2014 GigaNet Symposium offers researchers a timely opportunity to present their work on our rapidly changing field. Conference themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. The program committee welcomes all proposals on topics related to global Internet governance including such themes as: * The WGEC process and outcomes * The WSIS review process and outcomes * The mainstreaming and proliferation of "Internet Governance" * The institutionalization of internet governance * Analysis of the NETmundial meeting * Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance * The ICANN separation roadmap from the NTIA We will continue to provide a venue for emerging scholars in the field by offering select panels. Emerging Scholars are those individuals who have received their Ph.D. within the past three years as well as current doctoral students working on their approved doctoral research. Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in a roundtable format involving business, government and technical community representatives, while emerging scholars will present their work in a more traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters should expect to have conversations about their work with people from a wide range of stakeholder groups. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at the Easy Chair platform: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2014 Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements: ? An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, that describes the paper's main research goal(s) and methodology employed ? A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link to a more detailed CV. ? Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by *15 July 2014*. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program. Process and publication The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform proposal authors of acceptance decisions by email before *1 June 2014*. Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. An online publication with selected papers on the main challenges of Internet Governance is also planned for the Istanbul IGF. Registration The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration will be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: j-laprise at northwestern.edu. -- Francesca Musiani Postdoctoral researcher Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR | Outreach officer, GigaNet Projet ANR ADAM - Architectures distribu?es et applications multim?dias Internet Policy Review @ HIIG Berlin Personal website | Twitter From Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu Mon Mar 24 04:05:33 2014 From: Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu (Nicolas Jullien) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:05:33 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] One month to go! OpenSym (WikiSym) Call for Research Papers In-Reply-To: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> References: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> Message-ID: <5330117D.3090907@telecom-bretagne.eu> Dear colleague, please consider submitting a paper to OpenSym 2014 (formerly WikiSym) in Berlin, Germany, Aug 27-29. In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB, ACM SIGSOFT, archived in the ACM Digital Library. General call for papers: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/general-call/ Track-specific calls for research papers: 1. Open Data: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-data/ 2. Open Educational Resources: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-educational-resources/ 3. Free/Libre/Open Source Software http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-source/ 4. (IT-Driven) Open Innovation: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-innovation/ 5. Wikis and Open Collaboration: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-collab-wikis/ 6. Wikipedia http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/wikipedia/ With kind regards, Nicolas Jullien From lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk Mon Mar 24 05:40:55 2014 From: lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk (Liz Sillence) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:40:55 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Air-L] Funded PhD Health decision making and social media Message-ID: <1395664855.33740.YahooMailNeo@web172001.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University ? ? "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" ? Deadline March 31st 2014 ? The Internet is well established as a major source of health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content is changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of information and advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients are turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health decisions. In addition patients are increasingly ?life logging? - tracking and monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data on weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective reports of mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this information (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which people combine all this information and use it to better understand their own condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. ? Using a mixed method approach and different patient groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand how the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The project will explore the following questions: ? How does increased awareness and monitoring of health variables affect peoples? attitudes towards their health condition and sense of wellbeing? ? How are different sources of information (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer term? ? What are the pathways by which this type of information influences decision making? ? Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - ?no decision about me without me?, how do people want to be able to share, view and monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision making process. ? Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk ? Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. ? To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk ? or by using the application link on the findaphd page http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 From marichal at callutheran.edu Mon Mar 24 07:17:52 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:17:52 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Western Political Science Association Roundtable Message-ID: Colleagues, Anyone in Political Science who happens to be going to the Western Political Science Association in Seattle next month and would like to be part of a methods roundtable on "collecting on-line data," please notify me off list at: marichal at callutheran.edu Thanks, Jose On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Liz Sillence wrote: > Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University > > > "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and > exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert > reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" > > Deadline March 31st 2014 > > The Internet is well established as a major source of > health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content > is > changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of > information and > advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients > are > turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed > patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health > decisions. In addition patients are increasingly 'life logging' - tracking > and > monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data > on > weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective > reports of > mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this > information > (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which > people combine all this information and use it to better understand their > own > condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. > > Using a mixed method approach and different patient > groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active > management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand > how > the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via > mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The > project will explore the following questions: > * How does increased awareness and monitoring of health > variables affect peoples' attitudes towards their health condition and > sense of > wellbeing? > * How are different sources of information > (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer > term? > * What are the pathways by which this type of information > influences decision making? > * Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - 'no > decision about me without me', how do people want to be able to share, > view and > monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision > making > process. > > Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr > Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk > > Applicants should hold a first or upper second class > honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education > institution, > or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, > provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an > IELTS > score of at least 6.5. > > To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate > application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to > hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk > > or by using the application link on the findaphd page > http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From roundtreea at uhd.edu Mon Mar 24 07:43:34 2014 From: roundtreea at uhd.edu (Roundtree, Aimee) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:43:34 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Study Participation: Making Medical Decisions in Uncertainty In-Reply-To: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> References: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC0FE4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC1170@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC117E@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC118B@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11B4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> Message-ID: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11E1@challenger.uhd.campus> I am conducting a study about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers handle uncertainty when they make medical decisions (UHD CPHS #26-14). Please consider volunteering to participate in a brief, online questionnaire where you share your experiences pertaining to uncertainty in medical decision making. Please also consider forwarding this invitation to others in your community who might be willing to participate. CONSUMERS, PATIENTS, FAMILIES: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GVMGDW HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GC5NJ7 Your participation will help improve models for making more effective healthcare decision products. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at roundtreea at uhd.edu or 713-222-5315. Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Master of Science in Technical Communication University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street, 1045-South Houston, TX 77002 713-222-5315 roundtreea at uhd.edu From mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 08:20:16 2014 From: mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk (Mark Mckenna) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:20:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Registration now open - 1984: Freedom and Censorship in the Media Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open and conference passes are now available from the University of Sunderland's online shop. Booking is available until the 31th of March and can be accessed by following this link: http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk/?page_id=350 Should you require any further information about the event please visit our site http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 24 14:02:58 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:02:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. Lori Kendall President, AoIR prez at aoir.org From rforno at infowarrior.org Mon Mar 24 14:11:23 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:11:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 In-Reply-To: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: Two awesome locations, Lori ? thanks for the VERY advanced notice!! ? rick, marking his calendar --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. On Mar 24, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Kendall, Lori wrote: > The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. > > We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. > > Lori Kendall > President, AoIR > prez at aoir.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From mbwm at uic.edu Mon Mar 24 14:46:28 2014 From: mbwm at uic.edu (Mary Beth Watson-Manheim) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:46:28 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Applications: 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: The OCIS division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2014 Doctoral Consortium, to be held in Philadelphia PA on August 1, 2014. The consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network, receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications, Information Science or Information Systems are invited to apply. Confirmed faculty advisers include: Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Jennifer Gibbs, Rutgers University Massimo Magni, Bocconi University Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois at Chicago Travel support will be provided for students who are admitted to the consortium. Acceptance to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials. Preference for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be represented. The application includes: 1) A 5-page, double-spaced, 12-point abstract of the proposed dissertation research 2) A letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student?s participation in the Doctoral Consortium. The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is 21 April 2014. Please email all application materials as attachments in one email to: mbwm.ocis.aom at gmail.com For questions, please contact Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (mbwm at uic.edu), the 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair. And please pass this note on to any doctoral students you know who might be interested. -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 24 18:14:30 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:14:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Message-ID: fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:54:55 +0000 From: Moira Burke To: "wellman at chass.utoronto.ca" Subject: CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Hi, Barry. Would you mind posting this to the listservs for CITASA and SOCNET? Moira __________________________________________ CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ??? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ??? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ??? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ??? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ??? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ??? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ??? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ??? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ??? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au Mon Mar 24 20:05:05 2014 From: mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au (Mathieu.O'Neil) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:05:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks Message-ID: <1303328F7CCDAA4996C62D32CA4F0C1F1AE5F3D7@VERONA.ucstaff.win.canberra.edu.au> *apologies for multiple posts* Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra Wednesday 27 August 2014 In this research practice-oriented workshop graduate students and early-career researchers will have the opportunity to present their work (including work-in-progress) and obtain feedback from a panel of specialists. A particular focus of the workshop will be to assess to what extent the methodological and conceptual tools used to analyse online communities can be applied to the personal networking behaviour of social media users. Specialist panel: Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia Associate Professor Robert Ackland, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University Associate Professor Mathieu O'Neil, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Panel members will discuss some of the latest conceptual and methodological developments in web social science, social network analysis, and online field theory. In addition, the workshop will represent an opportunity to explore connections and confrontations with: -content analysis -critical and feminist approaches -diffusion and information cascades -frame analysis -issue ballistics -mixed methods -organizational behaviour -sentiment analysis -social influence Applicants are encouraged to focus on key characteristics of online communities and networks, including but not limited to: -activist, diasporic and health communities -codes of conduct, rules and norms -emergence and disappearance -influentials and followers -mobilization and engagement -participant capabilities and skills -personal and collective identity -topologies of online communities Submission process: Proposals should be emailed to Mathieu O'Neil by 31 May 2014. As the research may not be complete, we do not expect abstracts to include all findings and conclusions. However abstracts should outline what kind of findings and conclusions the authors expect to present. Specifically the abstract should include: -the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s) -a title -a description of the paper's core topic, case, and/or argument -the methodological approach and theoretical background -the paper's relevance to related academic literature -expected findings or conclusions Proposal length should not exceed 400 words. More information can be found at the Workshop webpage: http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media-research-centre/events/concepts-and-methods-workshop From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 25 02:35:54 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD_seminar_=27Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F=92?= Message-ID: ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 March*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? (Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014) has been extended to Monday 31 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract which can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. The lectures and the lecturers: ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Br?gger ------------------------------------------------------------ PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol: http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu Tue Mar 25 05:36:29 2014 From: Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu (Eric Gordon) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:36:29 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Submissions - Civic Media Reader (MIT Press) Message-ID: <03EB0F88-B961-4F4A-9013-9145CAB1A456@emerson.edu> There is a groundswell of activity in the fields of civic engagement and technologies coming from a wide range of academic and practical disciplines. But there is no volume that attempts to pull this work together under a single umbrella. The Civic Media Reader (MIT Press, 2015), edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis, will provide a thorough exploration of the relationship between citizens, technologies and engagement in a global context and serve as a shared framework for this emerging discipline. The book is divided into five sections? Big Picture, Modes of Engagement, Institutions and Organizations, Activism and Participation, and Methods and Collaborations? each with a host of sections that investigate how civic technologies are affecting certain policy domains, civic practices, or facilitating more efficient or meaningful participation in contemporary society. To support and enrich these theoretical chapters, we are looking for case studies in the various fields and disciplines in which civic technologies and corresponding practices have developed since the turn of the 21st Century. A case study presents a detailed look at a particular organization, use of technology, or methodology which highlights a unique aspect of contemporary civics. Our submissions page is www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/submitcase. Cases will take two forms: written, descriptive pieces about 1000 words in length or multimedia cases (e.g. annotated video, audio clip, image timeline, slideshow, etc.). Successful cases will offer an overview of the organization, method, intervention or tool, and will connect it to t1he larger themes of the chapter intended to include it. Examples of cases might include Kony2012, the Harry Potter Alliance, the Civic Cloud Collaborative, Nation Builder, E-Democracy, EngagethePower.org, or Change.org. About 30 1000-word cases will be published in the print book and multimedia cases will be made available on a companion website to be launched around the time of the book?s publication. The book?s online companion will be authored on Scalar (http://scalar.usc.edu/scalar/). Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that is designed to make it easy for authors to create born-digital scholarship. These multimedia submissions will facilitate discussion about the chapters online and offer a more interactive digital perspective on their themes and ideas. If you intend to submit a multimedia submission, please indicate it on the form. For all submissions, please specify which chapter your case is intended to accompany. We are asking for 100-word proposals by April 25, 2014. Authors will be notified in early May. Final cases will be due by June 30. For further information about the project, please visit www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/thebook or email marissa_koors at emerson.edu. Thank you very much. Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis From fichman at indiana.edu Tue Mar 25 06:48:35 2014 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:48:35 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Message-ID: <90B613DA-A4C1-49A6-A1F0-A200961DAD32@indiana.edu> [Apologies for cross-posting] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Track: Internet and the Digital Economy Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Research that considers the impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on organizational work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman at indiana.edu Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider at wu.ac.at Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel at american.edu About HICSS conferences: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: * A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. * Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. * A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. * A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). * Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. * Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. * A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. * Best Paper Awards in each track which recognize superior research performance. * HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: * June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. * Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. * Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625 * Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014) * Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified. * Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference) From amyj at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 25 07:43:27 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:43:27 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From giladlotan at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 09:51:00 2014 From: giladlotan at gmail.com (Gilad Lotan) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:51:00 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] betaworks data science - summer internships [NYC] Message-ID: I know this is a *tad* late, but in case any of you (or your students) find this interesting. The data science team at betaworks is looking for summer interns. This is a paid position in NYC. betaworks is a technology studio, building new products, growing companies and seed investing. Tweetdeck, bitly, SocialFlow and Chartbeat launched out of betaworks over the past couple of years. We're currently incubating 11 startups, and are working with a wide array of data streams - social data, sharing, information consumption, news, weather, multi-media, etc. We're committed to get summer projects published either on our blog, or in academic journals. More information here - http://data.betaworks.com/betaworks-data-summer-internships/ Thanks! Gilad | @gilgul From joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu Tue Mar 25 13:12:50 2014 From: joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu (Anderson, Joel Neville) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:12:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] InVisible Culture, Issue 20: "Ecologies" Launch Message-ID: <222D0033-DCE8-429B-A382-246AB4DD30A9@rochester.edu> Dear Air-L Subscribers, InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi, and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue Please also note that IVC is still accepting submissions to Issue 22, ?Opacity,? whose CFP can be found at the link below. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity IVC is a student-run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. InVisible Culture 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu From amyj at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 26 03:22:05 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:22:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From tiltons at ohio.edu Wed Mar 26 05:44:55 2014 From: tiltons at ohio.edu (Tilton, Shane) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:44:55 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Message-ID: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org From robin at ruc.dk Wed Mar 26 06:15:54 2014 From: robin at ruc.dk (Robin Cheesman) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:15:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] P? vegne af Tilton, Shane Sendt: 26 March 2014 07:45 Til: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Emne: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From jallenh at essex.ac.uk Wed Mar 26 06:19:43 2014 From: jallenh at essex.ac.uk (Allen-Robertson, James) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:19:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. --? Dr. James Allen-Robertson Lecturer in Media and Communication Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ 01206 87(2273) Jallenh at essex.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From juan at juanmonroy.com Wed Mar 26 08:28:48 2014 From: juan at juanmonroy.com (Juan Monroy) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:28:48 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Message-ID: <35C943F0-C1B7-4DE3-BFE1-B5471CBAEEF0@juanmonroy.com> I'd also be a bit suspicious of the mailing address. There's not a lot of publishing houses in the Inwood section of Manhattan. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:19 AM, "Allen-Robertson, James" wrote: > > Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ > > They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. > > -- > > Dr. James Allen-Robertson > Lecturer in Media and Communication > Dept. of Sociology, > University of Essex, > Wivenhoe Park, > Colchester, > Essex, > CO4 3SQ > 01206 87(2273) > Jallenh at essex.ac.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane > Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > Hey gang, > > For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. > > Shane Tilton > > > Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, > > This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper > titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. > > We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. > And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. > If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. > Expect to get your reply soon. > > The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 > Descriptions > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. > > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: > ? Google Scholar > ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA > ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway > > Guidelines for Authors > 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. > 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. > 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. > 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. > > Editorial Procedures > All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. > > Best Regards, > Emma Woo > Editor Office > Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company > 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org > Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 > > Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 26 10:23:41 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:23:41 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] #ELD14 Goes National Message-ID: The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference already has attendees from more US States than last year! We're thrilled to welcome folks from CA, IL, IN, MD, TN, TX, UT, DC, and of course NY and NJ - oh, and how could we forget our friends from Quebec, Canada! Join us on May 30th! Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140327 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From bury417 at yahoo.ca Wed Mar 26 11:27:54 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:27:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> Message-ID: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> That is a disturbingly long list. Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University rbury at athabascu.ca ________________________________ From: Robin Cheesman To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ From dave at hearsayculture.com Wed Mar 26 12:20:17 2014 From: dave at hearsayculture.com (Dave Levine) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:20:17 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3288B789-553C-4D24-95AB-DE5C38BB0F30@hearsayculture.com> It is a scam: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/on-david-publishing-once-again.html. Thx Best Dave Sent from my iPhone. All typos are Apple's fault. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote: > > That is a disturbingly long list. > Rhiannon > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University > rbury at athabascu.ca > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robin Cheesman > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > > David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From joly at punkcast.com Wed Mar 26 12:27:32 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:27:32 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] OTI Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2014 PRESS RELEASE Open Technology Institute Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project with Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute WASHINGTON, DC --Together with the Global Public Policy Institute< http://www.gppi.net/news/news_item/article/gppi-launches-joint-project-on-freedom-and-security-in-the-digital-age/> in Germany, New America's Open Technology Institute has launched a new project called "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age." Over the next two years, the project will bring together experts from the United States and Europe to debate and research the balance between security and freedom. "At a time of significant Transatlantic tension on this topic, it is especially important that we build pathways for reasoned, research-driven international dialogue on controversial issues such as Internet governance, fragmentation, and cybersecurity," said Tim Maurer, research fellow at New America's Open Technology Institute. "We hope that our work in partnership with the Global Public Policy Institute can help provide fresh answers to tough questions about the future, at this critical juncture in the development of the global and open Internet." The project, which will take place over the course of 2014 and 2015, will produce two policy papers, a conference in Washington DC, and regular policy breakfasts and is a unique opportunity to address some difficult challenges at a very critical time in Transatlantic relations. Experts from the Open Technology Institute and GPPi will write the two papers. In the first, the authors will examine proposals by governments on how to re-engineer the Internet to ensure "technological sovereignty" in response to concerns over US surveillance in the context of the Internet's continued expansion. In the second paper, the authors will craft policy recommendations to ensure a free and open Internet in the event of a major cyber incident. In addition, regular articles, op-eds and blog posts will make the key project-findings accessible to a broader audience. "GPPi is very happy to partner with New America's OTI," said Thorsten Benner, co-founder and director of GPPi. "We look forward to informing the policy debates on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond during this critical stage in the development of global internet politics." The project relies on the knowledge of professionals working in various sectors (government, business, civil society and academia) as well as disciplines (politics, law and computer science). A high-level steering committee made up of senior policymakers, academics and private sector representatives from the US and Europe advises the project team. The project is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Learn more about the themes and people involved here< http://www.digitaldebates.org/home/>. ### For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jenny Mallamo, Media Relations Associate, at mallamo at newamerica.org or (202) 596-3368. About New America New America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. To learn more, please visit us online at www.newamerica.org or follow us on Twitter @NewAmerica. About the Open Technology Institute The Open Technology Institute (OTI) is a global pioneer in developing innovative communications technologies and policies to enable communities to fully participate in the global economy, and freely shape their democracies. To learn more, please visit us online at http://oti.newamerica.org and on Twitter @OTI. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu Wed Mar 26 13:22:21 2014 From: jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu (Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl)) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:22:21 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FW: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please consider taking action?this is a serious issue facing the social sciences. From: ASA Public Affairs [mailto:public.affairs at asanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:15 PM To: Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl) Subject: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds Members of the American Sociological Association: I am writing to encourage you to write your U.S. Representative immediately and ask them to oppose the FIRST Act (H.R. 4186), which serves as reauthorization legislation for the National Science Foundation (NSF). For the first time ASA is making it very easy for you to do this through a new online system! There are a number of potentially very damaging provisions in this bill for sociologists. Of particular concern to the social and behavioral science community is the proposal to cut NSF?s Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate by more than $50 million?over 22 percent. The bill also seeks to micromanage the grant application process and limits the number of awards that can be made to principal investigators, undermining the merit review process that successfully determines the very best science worthy of taxpayer support. It would also place a greater burden on NSF regarding its already-gold standard merit review process and require additional, potentially duplicative, public disclosure of research grants. Your input to Congress is needed now. The bill will soon be considered by the full House Science Committee. Join others in our social science community who are taking action by visiting the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Action Center. It provides up-to-date information and an easy way to contact your House member now and ask that he or she oppose the FIRST Act. The COSSA Action Center provides ASA members and other COSSA member social scientists a way to understand and act on important federal science policy concerns. We can no longer sit on the sidelines as issues vital to sustaining social science research are being debated. We must become vocal, convincing public officials that social science research is a critical public good. If you have not done so already, I urge you to go to the COSSA Action Center to sign up and take action. [https://ams.enoah.com/Portals/30/images/SHSigBlueSmall.jpg] Sally T. Hillsman, PhD Executive Officer To unsubscribe from future ASA calls for action, go to http://asa.enoah.com/Home/OptOut/tabid/13303/Code/CFA/ContactID/23934/Default.aspx/. [http://ams.enoah.com/DesktopModules/NOAH_Common/Pages/onOpen.ashx?DB=ASA&CID=K7fmgfffhhijji&ETC=KGECFA0314] From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:11:31 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:11:31 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con mucho cari?o. Eduardo On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.ukby > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) > or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk ), and please > check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, > USA > October 30 - November 1, 2014 > What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the > emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing > work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics > practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the > conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, > scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a > proposal.< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Online+Submission> > We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media > installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, > illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics > conversation.Apply to be a > particpant< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Apply+to+the+Roundtable > > > in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & > what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, > 2014.Cultural > Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the > things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, > web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to > emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and > theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those > frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic > Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, > Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics > covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central > home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural > Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural > Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American > Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. > > -- > PhD Student > Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures > > Writing Center Satellite Coordinator > Michigan State University > 300 Bessey Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > philbratta at gmail.com > http://www.philbratta.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 > ************************************** > From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:17:17 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:17:17 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry, I hope this is caught in time. An obvious error from my part. On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Eduardo Villanueva wrote: > Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con > mucho cari?o. > > Eduardo > > On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University > > From davis5jl at jmu.edu Wed Mar 26 17:06:30 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:06:30 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ From aherman at wlu.ca Thu Mar 27 03:08:19 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:08:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: <5333C0540200003F0007FDAD@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Ummm. I just tried the link to the program and it did not work. Can you repost? Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 >>> "Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl" 03/26/14 8:06 PM >>> Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From da at unc.edu Thu Mar 27 13:59:43 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:59:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] UNC-Chapel Hill Multimedia Bootcamp & Interactive Workshop | May 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D88ED5D@ITS-MSXMBS2M.ad.unc.edu> Attend a UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Workshop in May 2014 Join UNC professors and top professionals for an intensive, five-day, project-based learning experience with the 2014 Interactive Designer Workshop and the 2014 Multimedia Bootcamp. Both programs will be held the week of May 12-16, 2014 at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Chapel Hill, NC. Only a few spots remain. To secure your place in the program, register now! The Multimedia Bootcamp (http://bootcamp.jomc.unc.edu/) is designed for professional communicators and journalists who seek an immersive workshop experience in documentary video storytelling. The intensive, hands-on training environment introduces participants to project planning strategies, video content gathering, visual composition, audio recording, interviewing techniques for character-driven storytelling and non-linear video editing. The workshop covers all you need to know from the moment you press record through the click to export your final video. Multimedia Bootcamp registration: http://tinyurl.com/k9gz5zu The Interactive Designer Workshop (http://innovativeinteractivity.com/workshops/) is a project-based learning program that teaches both technical skills and how to design for an interactive user experience.? This workshop is custom-tailored to equip graphic designers who want to create interactive infographics using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (jQuery). The greatest certainty facing the publishing and communication industry is change. There are many graphic designers and artists who are eager to create interactive graphics in this changing world but have not had the time or resources to build those skills. Interactive Designer Workshop registration: http://tinyurl.com/kob6odz Questions??Contact Michael Penny at?mpenny at email.unc.edu?or (919) 843-2573. Cordially, Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://jomc.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat ************************* From davis5jl at jmu.edu Fri Mar 28 06:00:13 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:00:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web Program (Link Check) Message-ID: Hi all, I recently sent a link for the Theorizing the Web 2014 program (now live!). Some on this listserv had trouble with the link. Here it is again: http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/2014/program Please let me know if you are unable to open it. We Look forward to seeing you all soon!! Best, Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis From luishestres at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 11:19:19 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 From S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk Fri Mar 28 12:07:04 2014 From: S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk (S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:07:04 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <79AC3358588DEE4594F8EB99EEAAB04C31DB9B@EXMBOXA2.lse.ac.uk> Hi Luis Two articles that you may find of interest: Lewis, K., Gray, K. and Meierhenrich, j. (2014). The Structure of Online Activism. Sociological Science Online. Vol 1, February 2014. Koffman, O. and Gill, R (2013). ?The revolution will be led by a 12 year old girl? 1: Girl power and global biopolitics, Feminist Review, 105. Best wishes, Shani Dr Shani Orgad Associate Professor Department of Media and Communications LSE e-mail: s.s.orgad at lse.ac.uk tel: +44 20 7955 6493 http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media at lse/whosWho/shaniorgad.htm Recent Book: Media Representation and the Global Imagination, Polity (2012) http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745643795 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Luis Hestres Sent: 28 March 2014 18:19 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer From soates at umd.edu Fri Mar 28 12:32:38 2014 From: soates at umd.edu (Sarah Ann Oates) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:32:38 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <08FA87A2-9116-432A-8609-430A5577FDB5@umd.edu> Mary Joyce (ed) Digital Activism Decoded, particularly good for undergrad course, you can download it for free online (I am pretty sure legally). On Mar 28, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Luis Hestres wrote: Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Sarah Oates Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100L Knight Hall College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301-405-4510 Email: soates at umd.edu www.media-politics.com See an excerpt from my new book -- Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere, 2013, Oxford University Press at http://goo.gl/HTcDd From bbirregah at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 16:33:14 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:33:14 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] URGENT need for a 5-6 months internship at UTT, France Message-ID: Dear all, Please distribute this announcement to your contacts which can be interested. 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From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 28 23:50:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:50:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Speakers Open - Internet@Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 Message-ID: A little off-beam, but I hope of interest to some. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [image: Internet at Schools Track at IL2014] October 27 - 28, 2014 Monterey Conference Center | Monterey, CA A Featured Track at: [image: Internet Librarian 2014] *Call for Speakers is Open* *This is your chance to share your ideas!* The *Internet at Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 *is a 2-day track created especially for library media and technology specialists and other educators who are using the internet and technology in K?12 schools. 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Internet at Schools Track Organizers *David Hoffman* Editor, Internet at Schools magazine hoffmand at infotoday.com *Carolyn Foote* Librarian, Westlake High School Austin, Texas technolibrary at gmail.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From ekoltsova at hse.ru Sat Mar 29 02:08:58 2014 From: ekoltsova at hse.ru (=?windows-1251?B?yu7r/Pbu4uAgxevl7eAg3vD85eLt4A==?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:08:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: social media & social movements conference Message-ID: Dear all, everyone is welcom to our conf on socail media and social movements, Olessia Koltsova ?Social Media and Social Movements? September 18-19, St. Petersburg, Russia CALL FOR PAPERS The Laboratory for Internet Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for its second conference on the Internet and social media, titled ?Social Media and Social Movements,? to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 18-19, 2014. The rise of social media simultaneously opened new opportunities for ?traditional? (face-to-face) social movements and proved a platform for online movements that have weak (if any) offline activities. The relationship between social media and social movements calls for revision of ?classic? research topics that have been studied by social movement scholars (e.g. the role of social media in mobilization, protest and coalitions building), as well as a reflection on completely new questions that have resulted from the emergence of online movements (e.g. what is the social space of online-movements, what are the forms of virtual activities). The conference is aimed at the emerging ? and vibrant ? interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in digital society ? a society where social life is embedded in rapidly developing communication technologies and media. This year, we focus on how social movements have been transformed by user-generated online activities and what impact these transformed movements have had on broader social processes. Specifically, we plan to discuss the impact of social media on social movements with regards to resource mobilization, collective action frames, construction of collective identities, and (possible) radicalization. Other topics include but are not limited to social media and political participation, the role of social media in street protests, global social movements, repertoires of online activism, social media and social movement outcomes, the social space of online movements, and methodological developments in research on social media and social movements. We welcome abstracts on any of the above topics, and any other topics that analyze relationships between social media and social movements. Abstracts of proposed papers should be no more than 300 words in length. Abstracts must include the name of the proposer, title, his/her affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses. Keynote speakers Robert Ackland, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks, Australian National University Maria Petrova, Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona Keynote of practice: (to be announced) International program committee: Sandra Gonzales-Bailon, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Earl, Center for Information Technology and Society, University of Arizona Peng Hwa Ang, Singapore Internet Research Center Ivan Klimov, Center for New Media and Society, New Economic School, Moscow Samuel Greene, King?s college Russia Institute, London, UK Benjamin Lind, Department of sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Nikita Basov, Centre for German and European Studies, St. Petersburg State University Peter Meylakhs, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Olessia Koltsova, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Local program and organizing committee: Peter Meylakhs (Chair) Olessia Koltsova Svetlana Bodrunova Sergey Nikolenko Sergei Koltcov Nora Kirkizh Galina Selivanova Daria Yudenkova Requirements for submission could be found at the Registration page. There is no registration fee. Deadline for submissions is May 20, 2014. Notifications of acceptance: June 16, 2014 Extended abstracts of three pages (to be published on the conference website) should be submitted by August 16, 2014 The conference website: http://linisevents.hse.ru/ Home page of Laboratory for Internet Studies: http://linis.hse.ru/ From julian.hopkins at monash.edu Sat Mar 29 06:40:47 2014 From: julian.hopkins at monash.edu (Julian Hopkins) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:40:47 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: No syllabi, but these may be useful: Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September 2012). and (beware: self-promotion) Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins Lecturer School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia www.sass.monash.edu.my Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > From: Luis Hestres > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > build my own course. > > Thanks! > > Luis > > - - - - - > Luis E. Hestres > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > From fulvio.frati at unimi.it Sat Mar 29 07:22:10 2014 From: fulvio.frati at unimi.it (Fulvio Frati) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:22:10 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] [SPE 2014] Submission deadline extended (April 12, 2014) Message-ID: <003501cf4b5a$4650e440$d2f2acc0$@unimi.it> ***Submission Deadline April 12, 2014 (11:59 PM American Samoa time)*** [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE 4th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Engineering One day between June 27-July 2, 2014, at Hilton Anchorage, Alaska, USA Co-located with IEEE SERVICES 2014 (http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/) Workshop Web page: http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ ========================================================================== =========== Description =========== Built upon the success of spectrum of conferences within the IEEE World Congress on Services, the Security and Privacy Engineering (SPE 2014) workshop is a unique place to exchange ideas of engineering secure systems in the context of service computing, cloud computing, and big data analytics. The emphasis on engineering in security and privacy of services differentiates the workshop from other traditional prestigious security and privacy workshops, symposiums, and conferences. The practicality and value realization are examined by practitioners from leading industries as well as scientists from academia. In line with the engineering spirit, we solicit original papers on building secure service systems that can be applied to government procurement, digital medical records, cloud environments, social networking for business purposes, multimedia application, mobile commerce, education, and the like. Potential contributions could cover, but are not limited to, methodologies, protocols, tools, or verification and validation techniques. We also welcome review papers that analyze critically the status of current Security and Privacy (S&P) in a specific area. Papers from practitioners who encounter security and privacy problems and seek understanding are also welcome. Topics of interests of SPE 2014 include, but are not limited to: - S&P Engineering of Service-Based Applications - Security Engineering of Service Compositions - Practical Approaches to Security Engineering of Services - Privacy-Aware Service Engineering - Industrial and Real Use Cases in S&P Engineering of (Cloud) Services - S&P Engineering of Cloud Services - Auditing and Assessment - Assurance and Certification - Security Management and Governance - Privacy Enforcement in Clouds and Services - Cybersecurity Issues of Clouds and Services - Validation and Verification of S&P in Clouds and Services - Applied Cryptography for S&P in Clouds and Services - S&P Testing in Clouds and Services - Security and Privacy Modeling - Socio-Economics and Compliance - Education and Awareness - Big Data S&P Engineering =============== Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Due: April 12, 2014 *FIRM DEADLINE* Decision Notification (Electronic): April 24, 2014 Camera-Ready Copy & Pre-registration Due: May 1, 2014 ================ Paper Submission ================ Authors are invited to submit full papers (about 8 pages) or short papers (about 4 pages) as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (download Word templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_8.5x11x2.zip or LaTeX templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip). The submitted papers can only be in the format of PDF or WORD. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers, respectively. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the workshop and present the paper. All papers must be submitted via the confhub submission system for the SPE workshop (http://confhub.com/). First time users need to register with the system first (see these instructions for details http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/submission.html). All the accepted papers by the workshops will be included in the Proceedings of the IEEE 10th World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2014) which will be published by IEEE Computer Society. =============== Workshop Chairs =============== - Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Meiko Jensen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Zhixiong Chen, Mercy College, NY, USA - Ernesto Damiani, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy ================= Program Committee ================= - Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany - Rasool Asal, British Telecommunications, UK - Jens-atthias Bohli, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany - Bud Br?gger, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany - Ali Chettih, Pivot Point Security, Mercy College NY, USA - Frances Cleary, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland - Quiang Duan, Penn State at Abington, USA - Massimo Felici, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA - Christopher Frenz, CTO at See-Thru, USA - Atsuhiro Goto, Institute of Information Security, Japan - Nils Gruschka, University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany - Marit Hansen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Patrick Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada - Luigi Lo Iacono, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany - Florian Kerschbaum, SAP Research Karlsruhe, Germany - Zhiqiang Lin, UT Dallas, USA - J?rg Schwenk, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany - Wei Tan, IBM, USA - Jong Yoon, Mercy College, USA - Yingzhou Zhang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China =============== Publicity Chair =============== - Fulvio Frati, Universit? degli studi di Milano, Italy More information available at http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ From tobbuerger at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 08:40:31 2014 From: tobbuerger at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tobias_B=FCrger?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:40:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. Best, Tobias Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. *Health Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. -------- Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media and Communication Design eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins : > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September > 2012). > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > Regards, > Julian > > ++++++++++ > Dr Julian Hopkins > Lecturer > School of Arts & Social Sciences > Monash University Malaysia > www.sass.monash.edu.my > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > From: Luis Hestres > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi all, > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > you > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > syllabi > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > > build my own course. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Luis > > > > - - - - - > > Luis E. Hestres > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > Winding, > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From rodrigo.davies at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 10:29:18 2014 From: rodrigo.davies at gmail.com (Rodrigo Davies) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:29:18 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be helpful: http://bit.ly/netmovements14 Best, R On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > Best, > > Tobias > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > *Health > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > -------- > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > and Communication Design > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > >: > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > September > > 2012). > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > Regards, > > Julian > > > > ++++++++++ > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > Lecturer > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > Monash University Malaysia > > www.sass.monash.edu.my > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > you > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > syllabi > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > can > > > build my own course. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > - - - - - > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > LinkedIn ( > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > Winding, > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Ass -- -- Rodrigo Davies MIT Center for Civic Media T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies From seda at nyu.edu Sat Mar 29 11:17:16 2014 From: seda at nyu.edu (Seda Gurses) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:17:16 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 more of her work here: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam sounds like a great course, good luck! s. On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > helpful: > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > Best, > R > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > >> Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tobias >> >> >> >> Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: >> Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of >> Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. >> >> Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: >> An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public >> Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. >> >> Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. >> *Health >> Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. >> >> Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are >> Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. >> >> Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of >> Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of >> Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. >> >> Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through >> online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. >> >> >> >> -------- >> >> Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media >> and Communication Design >> eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger >> >> >> >> 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins >>> : >> >>> No syllabi, but these may be useful: >>> >>> Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: >>> Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of >>> Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: >>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 >> September >>> 2012). >>> >>> and (beware: self-promotion) >>> >>> Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the >>> Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, >>> Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Julian >>> >>> ++++++++++ >>> Dr Julian Hopkins >>> Lecturer >>> School of Arts & Social Sciences >>> Monash University Malaysia >>> www.sass.monash.edu.my >>> Blog: www.julianhopkins.net >>> Twitter: @julianhopkins >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 >>>> From: Luis Hestres >>>> To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" >>>> Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? >>>> Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If >>> you >>>> are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your >>> syllabi >>>> or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I >> can >>>> build my own course. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Luis >>>> >>>> - - - - - >>>> Luis E. Hestres >>>> Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University >>>> More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or >> LinkedIn ( >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( >>>> https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( >>>> http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) >>>> >>>> "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are >>>> rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a >>> Winding, >>>> Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff >>>> Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Ass > > > > -- > -- > Rodrigo Davies > MIT Center for Civic Media > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk Sat Mar 29 13:51:00 2014 From: A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk (Anastasia Kavada) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:51:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <53c70161f57943eea9f8e9feced57f8d@DB4PR07MB283.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> Hi Luis, You can also try the following: Bennett, L. W. and Segerberg, A.( 2012). The Logic of Connective Action. Information , Communication & Society, 15(5), pp. 793-768. Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A. and McCurdy, P. (2103) Mediation and Protest Movements Mediation and Social Movements, Bristol: Intellect. Fenton, N. and Barassi, V. (2011) Alternative media and social networking sites: The politics of individuation and political participation. The Communication Review 14(3): 179-196. Gerbaudo, P. (2012) Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism. Pluto Press. Juris, J. S. (2012) Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist 39(2): 259-279. Karpf, D. (2013) The Moveon Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy. Oxford University Press. Kavada, A. (2012) 'Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace'. MedieKultur 52: 28-48. Available at: http://bit.ly/1iM2wD4 Mattoni, A. (2012) Media Practices and Protest Politics: How Precarious Workers Mobilize. Ashgate. Milan, S. (2013) Social movements and their technologies: Wiring social change. Palgrave Macmillan. The Social Movement Studies special issue on 'Occupy!' (volume 11, issues 3-4) has some good pieces on the Occupy movement and social media (e.g. Gaby and Caren,2012; Constanza-Chock, 2012) Best wishes, Anastasia Kavada Senior Lecturer Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Westminster Twitter: @AnastasiaKavada www.digitalprotest.net The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. From lori.emerson at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 14:53:43 2014 From: lori.emerson at gmail.com (Lori Emerson) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:53:43 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] announcing the publication of the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media Message-ID: Dear all, I'm very happy to announce that our Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is now out (edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Benjamin Robertson, and myself). We're hoping very much to line up reviews - to that end, please let me know if you're interested and have a journal in mind and I'll arrange to have a copy sent to you. I would also be grateful if you'd help spread the word. The JHUP website is down at the moment for maintenance but you can find information on the guidebook on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Johns-Hopkins-Guide-Digital-Media/dp/1421412241) and I have also posted a list of contributors and entry titles on my blog ( http://loriemerson.net/2011/08/10/johns-hopkins-guide-to-digital-media/). yours, sincerely, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com From luishestres at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 22:51:47 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:51:47 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> References: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for all the great suggestions, everyone! - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 On Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Seda Gurses wrote: > miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 > > more of her work here: > http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam > > sounds like a great course, good luck! > s. > > > On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > > > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > > helpful: > > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > > > Best, > > R > > > > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > > > > > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Tobias > > > > > > > > > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > > > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > > > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > > > > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > > > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > > > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > > > > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > > > *Health > > > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > > > > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > > > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > > > > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > > > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > > > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > > > > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > > > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- > > > > > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > > > and Communication Design > > > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk (mailto:tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk) | @TobiasBuerger > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > > > > > > > > > > September > > > > 2012). > > > > > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > ++++++++++ > > > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > > > Lecturer > > > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > > > Monash University Malaysia > > > > www.sass.monash.edu.my (http://www.sass.monash.edu.my) > > > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net (http://www.julianhopkins.net) > > > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com (mailto:7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com)> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > > > you > > > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > > > > > > > syllabi > > > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can > > > > > build my own course. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > > > > > - - - - - > > > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LinkedIn ( > > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > > > > > > > > > > > > Winding, > > > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Ass > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Rodrigo Davies > > MIT Center for Civic Media > > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies (http://doodle.com/rodrigodavies) > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > From hk at monkprayogshala.in Sun Mar 30 20:41:23 2014 From: hk at monkprayogshala.in (hk at monkprayogshala.in) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:41:23 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Public Gossip Scale Message-ID: <001a11c2a10e54bc1004f5ded36c@google.com> Hello, Do spare 10 mins to participate in a study about gossiping behaviour. 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Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago, US Porn Studies will play an important role in encouraging deeper, more considered critical thinking about an incredibly complex and widely misunderstood cultural phenomenon. At a time when simplistic discourses circulate around pornography, often occupying binary positions between ?pro? and ?anti?, ?sex positive? and ?sex negative?, serious studies of this area have become increasingly necessary. Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. 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Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: http://bit.ly/rprncfp **************************************************************** ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html **************************************************************** From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Mon Mar 31 06:16:20 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665@martha.daybyday.de> Dear colleagues, The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, has been extended. Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 Best wishes, Steffen Albrecht ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET From: Steffen Albrecht To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience ? Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universit?t Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- From bury417 at yahoo.ca Mon Mar 31 08:49:20 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions Message-ID: <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo@web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Hi folks These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? Best, Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University, Canada's Open University rbury at athabascau.ca From javier at socialmediasociology.com Mon Mar 31 10:46:13 2014 From: javier at socialmediasociology.com (Javier de Rivera) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300@socialmediasociology.com> Hi everybody, This Call for Paper can be of your interest: http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 For English, click the UK flag. Best regards, Javier de Rivera. From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:33:54 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics Message-ID: Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you recomend me some books/readings about it? I?m focusing in this two perspectives: 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. Thanks in advance, -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From lfloridi at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:38:47 2014 From: lfloridi at gmail.com (Luciano Floridi) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F@gmail.com> You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: http://miguelsicart.net/ Best wishes, Luciano __________________________________________ Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford PA Mrs. Julia Farquet julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From robert.peaslee at ttu.edu Mon Mar 31 11:45:57 2014 From: robert.peaslee at ttu.edu (Peaslee, Robert) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Alejandro, I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu Best, rp ________________________________________ Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. Associate Professor College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series robert.peaslee at ttu.edu P: (806) 834-2562 F: (806) 742-1085 MS 3082 Lubbock, TX 79409 http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >recomend me some books/readings about it? >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > >Thanks in advance, > >-- >Alejandro Tortolini >http://dooid.me/aletor >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ From nicolesunday at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 12:13:28 2014 From: nicolesunday at gmail.com (Nicole Grove) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. Best, Nicole Grove PhD Candidate Johns Hopkins University https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >-- > >Alejandro Tortolini > >http://dooid.me/aletor > >_______________________________________________ > >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From lpotts at msu.edu Mon Mar 31 12:34:14 2014 From: lpotts at msu.edu (Liza Potts) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4@msu.edu> Hi AOIR, Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) Please find the full CFP here: http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ Best, Liza (and Michael) _________________________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Senior Researcher at WIDE Research Assistant Professor Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:35:48 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? Alejandro. 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From patrick.davison at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:46:50 2014 From: patrick.davison at gmail.com (Patrick Davison) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my favorite posts are: http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: "Death of the Player") On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good > if > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > Best, > > Nicole Grove > > PhD Candidate > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert >wrote: > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > might > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > His > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > >> > >> Best, > >> rp > >> ________________________________________ > >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > >> Associate Professor > >> College of Media & Communication > >> Texas Tech University > >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > >> > >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > >> > >> MS 3082 > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > >> > >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > the > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > >> > >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >> > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >> > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > >> games. > >> > > >> > > >> >Thanks in advance, > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > > > > > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From kschrier at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:17:01 2014 From: kschrier at gmail.com (Karen Schrier Shaenfield) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:17:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design Message-ID: Hello Alejandro, You are welcome to check out the table of contents for either of my edited collections on ethics and game design, which includes work by Sicart, Consalvo, Zagal, and many others: Ethics and Game Design http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Game-Design-Teaching-Reference/dp/1615208453 Designing Games for Ethics http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Games-Ethics-Techniques-Frameworks/dp/1609601203/ The books are way too expensive, but I'm happy to share chapters for free with anyone who is interested. You can also check out a few of my journal articles here: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/32/5/375.refs Free download at... http://www.academia.edu/2461813/Avatar_Gender_and_Ethical_Choices_in_Fable_III I have another forthcoming article on game design, ethics and environmental sustainability. I'm happy to share it with anyone once it comes out. My dissertation on games and ethics is available at: http://karenschrier.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/finalversion_dissertation_schrier_new-1.pdf Thanks, Karen Schrier On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:00 PM, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Public Gossip Scale (hk at monkprayogshala.in) > 2. New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick > (Digital Media Related) (nathaniel tkacz) > 3. New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014 (Feona Attwood) > 4. Re: CfP: Int. 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Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. > Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US > > Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. > Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia > > A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. 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Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. > Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK > > Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. > Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK > > Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries > Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US > > As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts. > ??Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK > > As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. > John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia > > One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. > John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK > > > Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: > > > Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker?s ?The ?Problem? of Sexual Fantasies? explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. > > > Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ?Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education?, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people?s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. > > > In ?Studying Porn Cultures? Lynn Comella suggests a ?porn studies-in-action? and exhorts researchers to ?leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated?. > > > Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. > > > A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: > http://bit.ly/rprncfp > > **************************************************************** > ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: > http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html > **************************************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Steffen Albrecht" > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665 at martha.daybyday.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear colleagues, > > The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, > has been extended. > > Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > Best wishes, > Steffen Albrecht > > > > > > ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- > > Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET > From: Steffen Albrecht > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > * apologies for cross-postings * > > Dear fellow Internet researchers, > > The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: > > - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) > - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) > - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) > > Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. > > A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. > > All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. > > We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! > > On behalf of the organizing team, > Steffen Albrecht > > -- > > Steffen Albrecht > > Project Coordinator > eScience ? Research Network Saxony > http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 > > Media Center > Technische Universit?t Dresden > > http://mz.tu-dresden.de > > Room 426 > Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 > 01069 Dresden > Germany > > Tel. +49 351-463-39175 > Fax: -463-35605 > eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de > > > ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rhiannon Bury > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions > Message-ID: > <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo at web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi folks > > These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? > > Best, > > Rhiannon > > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor > Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University, Canada's Open University > rbury at athabascau.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 > From: Javier de Rivera > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance > Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300 at socialmediasociology.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everybody, > > This Call for Paper can be of your interest: > http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 > > For English, click the UK flag. > > Best regards, > Javier de Rivera. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: List Aoir > Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 > From: Luciano Floridi > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: > http://miguelsicart.net/ > Best wishes, > Luciano > __________________________________________ > Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net > > Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information > Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford > > PA Mrs. Julia Farquet > julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk > > 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS > Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 > > http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ > > > > On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> recomend me some books/readings about it? >> I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 > From: "Peaslee, Robert" > To: Alejandro Tortolini , List Aoir > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >>Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>recomend me some books/readings about it? >>I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >>1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >>2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>-- >>Alejandro Tortolini >>http://dooid.me/aletor >>_______________________________________________ >>The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >>Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 > From: Nicole Grove > To: "Peaslee, Robert" > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 > From: Liza Potts > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org Kirk" > Cc: Michael J Salvo > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4 at msu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hi AOIR, > > Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. > > CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > > Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. > > This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. > > Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) > > Please find the full CFP here: > http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ > > Best, > Liza (and Michael) > _________________________________________ > Liza Potts, Ph.D. > Senior Researcher at WIDE Research > Assistant Professor > Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures > Michigan State University > 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 > Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: Nicole Grove > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > >> I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if >> you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> >> Best, >> Nicole Grove >> PhD Candidate >> Johns Hopkins University >> >> https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: >> >>> Hi Alejandro, >>> >>> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >>> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >>> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >>> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >>> >>> Best, >>> rp >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor >>> College of Media & Communication >>> Texas Tech University >>> >>> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >>> >>> >>> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >>> P: (806) 834-2562 >>> F: (806) 742-1085 >>> >>> MS 3082 >>> Lubbock, TX 79409 >>> >>> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >>> >>> >>> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >>> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >>> >>> >>> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >>> >>> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >>> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >>> > >>> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >>> > >>> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >>> games. >>> > >>> > >>> >Thanks in advance, >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Alejandro Tortolini >>> >http://dooid.me/aletor >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> > >>> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> >http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 > From: Patrick Davison > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> >> Alejandro. >> >> >> 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> >> > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good >> if >> > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > >> > Best, >> > Nicole Grove >> > PhD Candidate >> > Johns Hopkins University >> > >> > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert > >wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> might >> >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> His >> >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> rp >> >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> >> Associate Professor >> >> College of Media & Communication >> >> Texas Tech University >> >> >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> >> >> MS 3082 >> >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> the >> >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> > >> >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> > >> >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> >> games. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Thanks in advance, >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> > >> >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 31 > ************************************** From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:30:47 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:30:47 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you very much, Karen I agree, the price of some books make it inaffordable to me. I?ll preciate anything you can share about ethics and video games! Best, Alejandro. -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:58:35 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:58:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get started: Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison wrote: > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on > meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini >wrote: > > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > > > Alejandro. > > > > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To > Do > > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory > and > > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also > good > > if > > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > > > Best, > > > Nicole Grove > > > PhD Candidate > > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > > >> > > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > > might > > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > > His > > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> rp > > >> ________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > > >> Associate Professor > > >> College of Media & Communication > > >> Texas Tech University > > >> > > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > >> > > >> > > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > > >> > > >> MS 3082 > > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > > >> > > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > >> > > >> > > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > > the > > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > >> > > >> > > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >> > > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > >> > > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > >> > > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > > >> games. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Thanks in advance, > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alejandro Tortolini > > http://dooid.me/aletor > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:59:19 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:59:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just saw she beat me to it! On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Gabriela T Richard wrote: > +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. > I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get > started: > > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: > Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching > values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. > > > -- > *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* > *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the > Learning Sciences* > 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 > gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison < > patrick.davison at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ >> and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 >> >> are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, >> often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my >> favorite posts are: >> >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on >> meritocracy) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: >> "Death of the Player") >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini > >wrote: >> >> > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> > >> > Alejandro. >> > >> > >> > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> > >> > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How >> To Do >> > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory >> and >> > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also >> good >> > if >> > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > > >> > > Best, >> > > Nicole Grove >> > > PhD Candidate >> > > Johns Hopkins University >> > > >> > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >wrote: >> > > >> > >> Hi Alejandro, >> > >> >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> > might >> > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> > His >> > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> rp >> > >> ________________________________________ >> > >> >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> > >> Associate Professor >> > >> College of Media & Communication >> > >> Texas Tech University >> > >> >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> > >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> > >> >> > >> MS 3082 >> > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> > >> >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> > the >> > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> > >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> > >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> > >> games. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> > >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alejandro Tortolini >> > http://dooid.me/aletor >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > > > -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu From joly at punkcast.com Mon Mar 31 20:27:30 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:27:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up @ RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 Message-ID: Forwarded by request. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Banks Date: Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM Subject: CFP: Generative Justice To: Hello all, I'm happy to let you know that a conference inspired by the same questions and opportunities as Technoscience as Activism has just been announced. It'll also happen in Troy, New York in the early summer. See the CFP below and contact Vicki Brock (brockv2 at rpi.edu) or Ron Eglash (eglash at rpi.edu) with any questions. Solidarity, -db *Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up* A conference at RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 *Call for Papers* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Still others concern composite networks: for example community waste projects that link recycling and organic composting with artistic production, "fixer" movements and other forms of community development. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? To submit a paper or panel proposal please use the form at: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 For questions contact: BROCKV2 at rpi.edu -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From nb at imv.au.dk Sat Mar 1 06:33:00 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:33:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> ***apologies for cross-postings*** PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar > > Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? > > This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. > > Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. > > The number of participants is limited to 20. > > Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. > > The lectures and the lecturers: > ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago > ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam > ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark > ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies > > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > Very best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab http://netlab.dk > The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk > LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From charles.ess at gmail.com Sun Mar 2 00:34:11 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Inaugural Issue - Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, On behalf of our Editorial Team, authors, reviewers, and supporting institutions, we are pleased and proud to introduce the Journal of Media Innovations. The Journal serves the professional and research communities engaged in the cross-disciplinary field of media innovations. The Journal is open access, peer reviewed, and published two times annually via the University of Oslo?s FRITT initiative (Frie tidsskrifter fra UiO ? Free Journals from the University of Oslo). The Journal is sponsored by the Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The inaugural issue demarcates the foundations and literatures of media innovations as a field, foregrounding many of its important components and thematic foci, and thereby points to a range of important challenges to innovation on both theoretical and practical levels. The Journal is available at ARTICLES: Charles M. Ess: Introduction to Inaugural Issue. Axel Bruns: Media Innovations, User Innovations, Societal Innovations. Val?rie-Anne Bleyen, Sven Lindmark, Heritiana Ranaivoson, and Pieter Ballon: A typology of media innovations: Insights from an exploratory study. Leyla Dogruel: What is so special about Media Innovations? A characterization of the field. Iris Jennes, Jo Pierson, and Wendy Van den Broeck: User Empowerment and Audience Commodification in a Commercial Television Context. Lars Nyre: Medium design method. RESEARCH BRIEF: Jan Bierhoff and Sander Kruitwagen: Stories behind the News; Designing an Advanced App for Journalistic Background Information. BOOK REVIEWS Arne H. Krumsvik: Book Review Editorial Statement: Mapping the Emerging Field of Media Innovation Research. George Sylvie: Storsul & Krumsvik - Media innovations: A multidisciplinary study of change. Avery E. Holton: Weller et al., Twitter and Society. Jens Barland: Ibrus & Scolari - Crossmedia Innovations. Texts, Markets, Institutions. Additional information on upcoming issues, including submission requirements and deadlines, is also found on the Journal website. With a thousand thanks, and a thousand thanks more to all who have made this Journal and Inaugural Issue possible, Charles Ess Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From stu at texifter.com Sun Mar 2 10:41:12 2014 From: stu at texifter.com (Shulman, Stu) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 18:41:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Coders needed - looking for hockey fans Message-ID: I need some part-time coders who are hockey fans. The current task is to review tweets using DiscoverText and and code them as to whether or not they are about an NHL hockey team. - We pay $13/hour - Coders get a DiscoverText license that they can use for their own research. Please email me directly (stu at texifter.com) if you can join the Coderverse. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman From m.kent at curtin.edu.au Sun Mar 2 22:31:16 2014 From: m.kent at curtin.edu.au (Mike Kent) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:31:16 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Special issue of First Monday on Disability and the Internet Message-ID: <015001cf36aa$2e430c80$8ac92580$@curtin.edu.au> ***apologies for cross-postings*** Disability and the Internet Special issue of First Monday Disability and the Internet in 2014: Where to now? edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent Internet Studies, Curtin University Earlier this decade, the emerging field of Disability Media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger's Disability and The Internet in 2012 and Disability and New Media by this issue's editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field such as Goggin and Newell's 2003 Digital Disability. This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities. As we approach the second half of this first decade of the twenty first century, this special issue of First Monday looks to bring together scholars in disability media and related fields to look at the contemporary internet and the challenges and opportunities it presents for people with disabilities. Topics of interest include developments in a number of areas as they relate to people with disabilities. These might explore: . Smartphones and Tablet computing . Social Networks . Wearable Technology . The development and relevance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, now more than five years old. . The changing impacts of technology and access for different impairments . People with intellectual disabilities and access to the Internet . Challenges to universal design . eLearning Researchers in a number of disciplines will be interested in this topic including: . Disability Media . media, communications and culture . Internet studies . Disability studies . Disability support workers in the community working with clients using the Internet and online Papers are expected by 30 June 2014. From lombard at temple.edu Mon Mar 3 06:00:52 2014 From: lombard at temple.edu (Matthew Lombard) Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:00:52 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Comm Research Methods Facebook page Message-ID: <53148B14.10563.4C15AA3@lombard.temple.edu> A few years ago I posted an announcement here about a Wordpress blog I'd set up to post news articles for a graduate level methods course, and it generated a handful of subscriptions. A little over a year ago I posted an announcement about the Commucation Research Methods Facebook page I set up to replace the blog and the page just passed 1800 'likes.' The content has expanded somewhat to include comics, links to methods-related resources and other things related to the processes of conducting, reporting and evaluating research in communication and beyond. The url for the page is: http://www.facebook.com/CommunicationResearchMethods If you're interested, please take a look, 'like' the page, and/or send me (or post) your own items. --Matthew -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA lombard at temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com From jstromer at syr.edu Mon Mar 3 06:09:15 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:09:15 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] final call for feedback on the aoir.org website Message-ID: <3837f1b0b4c94b7bb679b4807e968e60@EX13-MBX-07.ad.syr.edu> Hi everyone, Now that you're clear of the AoIR IR15 deadline, it's the perfect time to give us a bit of feedback on the main association website aoir.org (not the IR15 conference website, or the conference submission site - those are separate deals :)). The survey should take less than 10 minutes but will really help us get a sense of your thoughts on ways to improve the experience for you: https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1UhJqsqjSB9Jm5f We'll be closing out the survey by end of day tomorrow (Tuesday 9pm EST give or take :)). Thanks! Your PR/Website Committee: Anthony Hoffman, Annette Markham, and Jenny Stromer-Galley From purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk Mon Mar 3 08:44:01 2014 From: purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk (Emma Pooka) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:44:01 -0000 Subject: [Air-L] Twitter Fiction - call for participants Message-ID: <011101cf36ff$c85ca970$5915fc50$@co.uk> Calling all web fiction/digital writers, creative writing students, lecturers and anybody with an interest in collaborative fiction! I'm going to be curating a mass participatory Twitter Fiction called Among Us (http://amongustwitfic.wordpress.com/) as part of the Twitter Fiction Festival (http://www.twitterfictionfestival.com/) coming up later this month. Over the course of 24 hours, starting from 5pm GMT on the 15th March, @au_twitfic will tweet summaries of news stories about the revelation that aliens are living among us. Throughout the day and night, participants will tweet their characters' thoughts, speculations and actions in response to these stories, with the hashtag #au_tf. At 5pm GMT on the 16th March, the aliens will reveal their true origin and purpose. Anybody can join in just by using the hashtag, but if you'd like to be closer to the aliens and you're able to commit to 30 tweets over the course of the 24 hours, contact me with your character idea and I'll give you some inside information. Please share/retweet/forward this widely to anybody who might like to read or join in - tell your students, colleagues and friends. The more participants, the better it will be. Thanks for reading, Emma Pooka From nwood at sju.edu Mon Mar 3 08:58:30 2014 From: nwood at sju.edu (Natalie Wood) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:58:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Air-L] Call for Chapter Proposals: Micro-blogging / Twitter In-Reply-To: <1921661971.55693295.1393865905961.JavaMail.root@ram> Message-ID: <1191682376.55693330.1393865910047.JavaMail.root@ram> Researchers from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to marketing, management, finance, communications and law will be sought to provide their insight on specific issues, such as best practices, or overarching topics such as the legal, ethical and moral implications of adopting micro-blogs such as Twitter. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of commerce and micro-blogging while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide businesses with strategies, grounded in empirical research, on ways in which they can incorporate micro-blogs into their organization. We aim to achieve this by drawing on the collective wisdom of those academics currently conducting research on Twitter. Call for Chapter Proposals: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1264#.UxC1-fYqBDY.twitter Natalie T. Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing Assistant Director, Center for Consumer Research Marketing Department Saint Joseph's University 5600 City Ave Philadelphia PA 19131 Tel: 610-660-3452 Fax: 610-660-3239 Email: nwood at sju.edu Twitter: ntwood From jocelynmonahan at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 13:32:17 2014 From: jocelynmonahan at gmail.com (Jocelyn Monahan) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:32:17 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Debating Visual Knowledge - 2014 Symposium, University of Pittsburgh Message-ID: Debating Visual Knowledge A symposium organized by graduate students in Information Science and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh October 3 - 5, 2014 Call for Participants Visual knowledge and visual literacy have become pressing concerns across a variety of academic disciplines and areas of creative production. These concerns are shaped by the fluid definitions of "visual knowledge" and the multiple ways in which it manifests. Many forms of visual knowledge have capabilities that are not shared by language. This knowledge is produced, mediated, and distributed by a number of different objects, tools, media, and technologies. This symposium seeks to broaden understandings of intellectual and creative work by interrogating the theorization, production, use, and historicization of visual knowledge. We envision the event as an exploratory lab, comprising scholarly and creative projects that engage with these questions. Presentations might relate to (but are not limited to) topics such as: -- Digital humanities -- Cognition, intellectual history, interpretation -- Photography, printmaking, engraving -- "The spatial turn," GIS, maps, mapping -- The body, performance -- Data visualizations, modeling, categories and groups -- Law and policy -- Media theory, historiography, ecology -- Exhibition design, curating -- Network analysis, grids, graphs, timelines -- Interfaces, constructed/built environments, design -- Astronomy, physics, mathematics, botany, medicine The symposium will include traditional academic papers, posters, and keynote sessions, as well as presentations of creative works, roundtables, praxis sessions, screenings, and performances. Participants may be invited to take part in curated roundtables, seminars or workshops. We also welcome submissions of projects that could be workshopped or collaborated on in the context of the symposium. Submission Guidelines: -- For a paper, please submit a 300-word abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a CV. -- For a poster, please submit a 300-word abstract and a CV. A sketch of your poster is optional. If selected, posters must be printed and provided by the participants, and can be up to 30" x 40". -- For a creative work, please submit up to 10 images and/or a 2-minute video or sound clip, a 300-word project description, and a CV. -- For a pre-constituted panel of up to four papers, please submit a 300-word abstract describing the panel topic, and a 150-word abstract and author's CV for each proposed paper. -- To propose to lead a roundtable, seminar, or praxis session, please submit a 300-word description of the topic and CVs for all proposed participants. You may also propose a topic without having chosen participants. If you have any questions about possible submissions or formats for submissions, please contact us at debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com. Send submissions to debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com by April 11, 2014. Selected participants will be notified by mid-May. Information Studies www.ischool.pitt.edu History of Art and Architecture www.haa.pitt.edu From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 3 18:45:19 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:45:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award Message-ID: Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ From human.factor.one at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 20:47:26 2014 From: human.factor.one at gmail.com (live) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:47:26 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <15EDE3DF-9F39-4964-B1AF-9C05177AA527@gmail.com> Well deserved!! Congratulations, Lee Rainie (and Pew team). -Sharon Greenfield @SharonG On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Barry Wellman wrote: > Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award > > Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) > > The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. > - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf > > The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. > > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From deborah.lupton at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 00:17:01 2014 From: deborah.lupton at gmail.com (Deborah Lupton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:17:01 +1100 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Big Data Cultures symposium, 15 September, Canberra Message-ID: Hello all The News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra is holding a one-day symposium convened by myself (Deborah Lupton) that addresses the social, cultural, political and ethical issues and implications of the big data phenomenon. A keynote speaker will open proceedings (details to be confirmed), but paper abstracts from any interested contributors are invited for consideration. Appropriate topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - - privacy, security and legal issues - - how big data are changing forms of governance and commercial operations - - big data ecosystems - - the open data/citizen data movement - - data hactivism and queering big data - - public understandings of big data - - surveillance and big data - - creative forms of data visualisation - - self-tracking and the quantified self - - data doubles and data selves - - the materiality of digital data - - the social lives of digital data-objects - - algorithmic identities and publics - - code acts - - responses to big data from artists and designers Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Deborah Lupton ( deborah.lupton at canberra.edu.au) by 1 July 2014 for consideration for inclusion in the symposium. Please contact Deborah if you require any further information. From joly at punkcast.com Tue Mar 4 08:02:12 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:02:12 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance at NYU Message-ID: http://openinggovernment.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance < info at thegovlab.org> Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:04 AM Subject: New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance **formed to gather evidence and develop new designs for governing* *NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2014* *-* The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at New York University today announced the formation of a Research Network on Opening Governance, which will seek to develop blueprints for more effective and legitimate democratic institutions to help improve people's lives. Convened and organized by the GovLab, the *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance*is made possible by a three-year grant of $5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as a gift from Google.org, which will allow the Network to tap the latest technological advances to further its work. Combining empirical research with real-world experiments, the Research Network will study what happens when governments and institutions open themselves to diverse participation, pursue collaborative problem-solving, and seek input and expertise from a range of people. Network members include twelve experts (see below) in computer science, political science, policy informatics, social psychology and philosophy, law, and communications. This core group is supported by an advisory network of academics, technologists, and current and former government officials. Together, they will assess existing innovations in governing and experiment with new practices and how institutions make decisions at the local, national, and international levels. Support for the Network from Google.org will be used to build technology platforms to solve problems more openly and to run agile, real-world, empirical experiments with institutional partners such as governments and NGOs to discover what can enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest. The Network's research will be complemented by theoretical writing and compelling storytelling designed to articulate and demonstrate clearly and concretely how governing agencies might work better than they do today. "We want to arm policymakers and practitioners with evidence of what works and what does not," says Professor Beth Simone Noveck, Network Chair and author of *Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger and Citi More Powerful*, "which is vital to drive innovation, re-establish legitimacy and more effectively target scarce resources to solve today's problems." "From prize-backed challenges to spur creative thinking to the use of expert networks to get the smartest people focused on a problem no matter where they work, this shift from top-down, closed, and professional government to decentralized, open, and smarter governance may be the major social innovation of the 21st century," says Noveck. "The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance is the ideal crucible for helping transition from closed and centralized to open and collaborative institutions of governance in a way that is scientifically sound and yields new insights to inform future efforts, always with an eye toward real-world impacts." MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci added, "Recognizing that we cannot solve today's challenges with yesterday's tools, this interdisciplinary group will bring fresh thinking to questions about how our governing institutions operate, and how they can develop better ways to help address seemingly intractable social problems for the common good." *About the Governance Lab (GovLab) at New York University * Founded in 2012, the Governance Lab (The GovLab) strives to improve people's lives by changing how we govern. The GovLab endeavors to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and govern themselves more effectively and legitimately. The GovLab designs technology, policy and strategies for fostering these more open approaches to governance and active conceptions of citizenship and studies what works. More information is available at www.thegovlab.org . *About the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation* The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. More information is available at www.macfound.org . *For more information or how to become involved, contact:* Stefaan Verhulst, Chief Research and Development Officer at the Governance Lab, sv39 at nyu.edu *URL*: http://www.opening-governance.org/ *Members* The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance comprises: *Chair*: Beth Simone Noveck *Network Coordinator*: Andrew Young *Chief of Research*: Stefaan Verhulst *Faculty Members*: - Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/University of Southampton, UK) - Deborah Estrin (Cornell Tech/Weill Cornell Medical College) - Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) - Henry Farrell (George Washington University) - Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School/Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business) - Karim Lakhani (Harvard Business School) - Anita McGahan (University of Toronto) - Cosma Shalizi (Carnegie Mellon/Santa Fe Institute) *Institutional Members*: - Christian Bason and Jesper Christiansen (MindLab, Denmark) - Geoff Mulgan (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts - NESTA, United Kingdom) - Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From de56 at cornell.edu Tue Mar 4 08:05:26 2014 From: de56 at cornell.edu (Dmitry Epstein) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:05:26 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Postdoctoral position with Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Message-ID: [apologies for cross-posting] Dear Colleagues, Please see the announcement below. I am currently holding this position and it's been a wonderful experience. I think it can be a great opportunity for someone interested in online civic engagement. Please feel free to distribute this widely. Best, Dima -- Dmitry Epstein, PhD Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Cornell Law School www.regulationroom.org www.thinkmacro.org The following has been posted on the CU career site: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=23050 for the next 30 days. *Job Description* *Postdoctoral Associate, CeRI - Cornell eRulemaking Initiative-23050* *Description* CeRI (Cornell eRulemaking Initiative) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers spanning Cornell Law School, the departments of Computer Science, Communication, and Information Science, and the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. The group's research focuses on sociotechnical systems involved in online civic engagement with complex policymaking. CeRI operates Regulation Room - an online platform that hosts live consultations about proposed Federal policy. The senior research team of CeRI includes Profs. Claire Cardie (Computer Science), Dan Cosley (Information Science), Cynthia Farina (Law), Susan Fussell (Communication), and Gilly Leshed (Information Science). Additional information about CeRI and Regulation Room can be found at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/ and www.regulationroom.org respectively. We seek a highly motivated and qualified postdoctoral associate to conduct cutting edge social science research on the tools and practices of online civic engagement in complex policymaking. Specific topics may include (but are not limited to) framing, online communities, epistemic communities, online group dynamics, procedural justice, online collaboration, and situated knowledge. The exact focus of the associate's research will depend on his or her interests and qualifications and the team's needs. While the associate's primary focus will be on research, he/she will also have the opportunity to assist in teaching an e-government clinic through which the online research platform, RegRoom.org , is primarily operated. *Qualifications* An essential element of this position is willingness and ability to bridge disciplinary boundaries, facilitating and engaging in collaborative research and publication with various members of the group of faculty and graduate students involved in CeRI. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to carry out independent research and have a record of communicating research results via peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Expertise in qualitative and/or quantitative social science research methods is necessary; an ability to think outside the box and combine methodological approaches is highly desirable. The postdoctoral associate must have a Ph.D. in one of the following areas by the time of employment: communication and technology, HCI, information science, political science, psychology, sociology, STS or another related area. This is a full time, one year appointment, with the option to extend pending promising work and funding. The appointment comes with health insurance and other employee benefits. The preferred start date is early Summer 2014, but no later than August 15, 2014. The institutional home of the fellow will be at Cornell Law School, but he/she may receive guidance and mentoring offered by the entire senior CeRI research team. Interested candidates should submit: (1) a cover letter providing a high-level overview of their interest in and fit for the position, their career objectives, and the names and contact information for three references, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) an in-depth research statement covering their previous research experience, future research interests, and potential links to CeRI research, and (4) a relevant sample of published or submitted work. Prior to submitting their materials, candidates should review the www.regulationroom.org platform run by CeRI as well as additional information about the initiative available at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/. Materials should be emailed to John Niederbuhl, Administrative Assistant to CeRI at jwn3 at cornell.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. *Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery and engagement. Located in Ithaca, NY, Cornell's far-flung global presence includes the medical college's campuses on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, as well as the new Cornell Tech campus to be built on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City.* *Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator.* . *Job* *-*Academic *Primary Location* *-*United States *Organization* *-*Law School *Schedule* *-*Full-time From anne at digitalmethods.net Tue Mar 4 08:30:00 2014 From: anne at digitalmethods.net (Anne Helmond) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:30:00 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" Message-ID: Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18-20, 2014 Organizers: Jos? van Dijck & Thomas Poell Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida, Hallvard Moe Discussants: C.W. Anderson, Marcel Broersma, Jean Burgess, Irene Costera Meijer, Mark Deuze, Marlies Glasius, Eggo M?ller, Bernhard Rieder, Richard Rogers, and Michael Schudson This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media platforms. The main question driving the conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public space or "publicness". More specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014 Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw at uva.nl no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis and will respond to every proposal. Learn more about the conference at: http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/social-media-and-the-transformation-of-public-space.html From denisparra at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 10:36:36 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:36:36 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Hypertext 2014: One more week to submit your workshop or tutorial proposal Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) Did you miss the deadline for submitting a workshop or tutorial proposal? Our workshop chairs, Federica and Christoph, are still accepting proposals until 11 March. Please see more details below: =============== CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ================ In conjunction with Hypertext 2014, the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. Santiago, Chile, September 1-4, 2014 http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due ========================================================================= The ACM Hypertext conference focuses on all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media conference. Hypertext 2014 workshops will provide participants with opportunities to discuss and explore emerging areas of Hypertext and Social Media with fellow students, researchers, and practitioners from Industry and Academia. The goals of the workshops are to provide a a more informal setting for exchanging opinions, to share experiences, presenting ideas, foster research community and identify open problems and/or explore directions for future research. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community in an interactive atmosphere. Proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics, somehow related to the main conference tracks (links and connection between people, open data and the semantic of things, user experience and adaptive linking), but are not limited to other (novel) topics which might be of interest for the hypertext community. Acceptance of workshop proposals will be based on the experience and background of the organizers in the topic, and on the relevance of the subject matter with regard to the topics addressed in the main conference. We welcome proposals for different types of workshops, from working groups on a specific topic to more traditional conference-like workshops. However, we prefer interactive workshops that guarantee richer active interactions among participants and provide significant room for controversial and stimulating discussions. We preferentially would rather proposals for half-day workshops. The need for a full-day workshop should be motivated by some particular reason. Potential proposers are invited to discuss their ideas with the workshop chair before working out a detailed proposal. ===========================PROPOSAL FORMAT ============================= The workshop proposals ? not longer than 5 pages - have to be sent by email to theworkshop chairs, and must contain the following information: - Title of the workshop and acronym - Workshop organisers (affiliation, contact details, homepage, and prior experiences with workshop organization. - Keywords (describing the main themes of the workshop) (from 3 to 5) - Abstract (up to 70 words) - Description of the workshop (topics and goals of the workshop) (up to 500 words) - Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience) - Workshop format (paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demo, discussion, etc) - Submissions format (position papers, research papers, demo, poster, presentations..) and, for each type of submission, specify the features (length of the papers, template, etc) - Intended audience and expected attendance (with historical data of past versions of the workshop, if available) - Initial list of (potential) members of the program committee - Requested duration (half day or full day- in this case, motivation for the need of a full day) - Previous editions of the workshop series (if applicable) (URLs, conference it was co-located with, number of registrants, number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and any other relevant information) The Workshop Proceedings will be published in the ACM Hypertext Extended Proceedings. If the organizers have addition plans for dissemination (for example, a special issue of a journal) this needs to specified in the proposal. =============== ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP =============== After the acceptance of a workshop proposal, the organizer(s) should: - Create and distribute a Call for Papers and a Call for Participation; - Create a Web page for the workshop, with the call for papers and the information about the workshop organization and timeline. The link of the web site will be published on the Conference Web site; - Create a Program Committee; - Review and select contributions to be included in the workshop proceedings (at least 2 reviewers for each paper); - Schedule and coordinate the workshop activities. - Put together accepted papers into electronic workshop proceedings, to be published in the Extended Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 2014. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due March 14, 2014: Decisions announced September 1, 2014: Workshop and Tutorial day =============== SUGGESTED TIMELINE =============== Workshop web site: March 21, 2014 Workshop Call for Papers: March 21, 2014 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2014 Notification to authors: June 6, 2014 ================== WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================== Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy E-mail: cena at di.unito.it Web: http://www.di.unito.it/~cena/ Christoph Trattner, University of Gaz, Austria E-mail: trattner.christoph at gmail.com web: http://christophtrattner.info ================== Thanks, Denis Parra Local and Publicity chair, HT 2014 CS Department, PUC Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Tue Mar 4 11:22:29 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:22:29 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Director, Center for Learning Technologies Message-ID: Montclair State's College of Education and Human Services is looking for a Director, Center for Learning Technologies. Details at the link below - please share widely. http://www.higheredjobs.com/state/details.cfm?JobCode=175863851&Title=Director%2C%20ADP%20Center ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From marichal at callutheran.edu Tue Mar 4 15:23:31 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:23:31 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Political Science Editor - Journal of Integrated Social Science Message-ID: Colleagues, Please see the enclosed call for a journal editor. Regards, Jose Marichal California Lutheran University *Call for Political Science Editor* *Journal of Integrated Social Science* *www.jiss.org * The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS) is a web-based, peer-reviewed international journal committed to the scholarly investigation of social phenomena. In particular, JISS aims to predominantly publish work within the following social science disciplines: Psychology, Political Sciences, Sociology, and Gender Studies. A further goal of JISS is to encourage work that unites these disciplines by being either (a) interdisciplinary, (b) holistically oriented, or (c) captive of the transformative (developmental) nature of social phenomena. Aside from the theoretical implications of a particular study, we are also interested in serious reflections upon the specific methodology employed - and its implications on the results. JISS encourages undergraduate and graduate students to submit their best work under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. More details can be found at www.jiss.org. JISS is searching for a new political science divisional editor! General responsibilities include: * The day to day running of the journal political science editorial office, including managing article peer review, liaison with authors, editing of articles, and preparation of editorial copy. * Contributing to strategic development of the Journal * Attracting submissions and themed issue proposals to the journal to ensure continued relevance and quality of content * Promotional activities, including attending conferences To make an application, you will need to send a statement outlining your reasons for seeking the position, and overall objectives as political science editor of JISS. To discuss further or submit an application, please contact Dr. Jose Marichal (current Political Science Divisional Editor of JISS) ~ marichal at clunet.edu. -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From erf at ugr.es Tue Mar 4 15:49:32 2014 From: erf at ugr.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:49:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From eromerofrias at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 15:58:50 2014 From: eromerofrias at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:58:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:36:55 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:36:55 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] IACAP 2nd CFP - exteded deadline Message-ID: <17230C28-E17E-4D76-8E8C-F14D43FFC9D3@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers: IACAP 2014 Deadline for abstracts & symposia: 15.3.14 The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy Anatolia College/ACT Thessaloniki, Greece July 2-4, 2014 http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/ Organisation: Vincent C. M?ller & the IACAP Executive Committee Computing technologies both raise philosophical questions and shed light on traditional philosophical problems; it is this two-way relation that is the focus of IACAP meetings since 1986. We invite submission of abstracts, as well as submission of proposals for symposia on computing and philosophy. This year?s meeting will have a single main track, focusing on topics which proved to be at the core of IACAP member?s interest. In parallel, the symposia will focus on more specific topics, organised autonomously by members or member groups. One symposium will be dedicated to the work of young researchers. We will publish selected papers in a volume of the ?Synthese Library? (Springer). Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for peer-review to this volume. Some abstracts will be accepted for presentation as posters. For papers, we foresee slots of 30 minutes per talk, including discussion. Invited Speakers Judith Simon (ITU Kopenhagen) Hector Zenil (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) Selmer Bringsjord (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Covey Award Winner Gualterio Piccinini (U Missouri- St. Louis) - Simon Award Winner Simon Knight (Open University) - Brian Michael Goldberg Memorial Award Winner Gregory Chatin (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) - symposium speaker S. Barry Cooper (University of Leeds) - symposium speaker Symposia: Young reseachers symposium - Organiser: VCM History and philosophy of computing - Organisers: Giuseppe Primiero and Liesbeth De Mol Anti-reductionist computational metaphors in evolution, metamathematics and the contemporary human self-image - Organiser: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Robotics: from Science Fiction to Legal Fact - Organisers: Sabine Thuermel, Fiorella Battaglia, Barbara Henry ... more to be confirmed Topics of interest: ? Artificial Intelligence ? Artificial Life ? Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition ? Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science ? Computer-Mediated Communication ? Distance Education and Electronic Pedagogy ? Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information ? History of Computing ? Information Culture and Society ? Logic ? Metaphysics of Computing ? Philosophy of Information ? Philosophy of Information Technology ? Robotics ? Virtual Reality ... and related issues Format For abstracts, we request anonymous submission of 600-1000 words (plus references) in plain text or PDF, plus a short abstract of up to 120 words. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two members of the programme committee. For symposia, please provide a brief motivation (ca. 300 words), a list of envisaged speakers, and indication of time needed (full day, half day, etc.). Dates Submission of symposium proposals: 15 March 2014 Submissions of abstracts: 15 March 2014 [extended] Notification of acceptance or rejection: 14 April 2014 (for symposia, we respond asap) Submission on EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2014 More details on http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/online-submission -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From riseling at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:38:47 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (Rich Ling) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift ? Latitude, Sobel ? The Victorian internet, Standage ? The Control Revolution, Beniger ? Technics and civilization, Mumford ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye ? When old technologies were new, Marvin ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker ? America Calling, Fischer ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson ? Virtual communities, Rheingold ? The rise of the network society, Castells ? 6 Degrees, Watts ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff ? Play between worlds, Taylor ? Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. From anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no Wed Mar 5 03:08:06 2014 From: anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no (Anders Fagerjord) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:08:06 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Rich, I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. All the best, ?anders Anders Fagerjord, dr. art Associate professor of media studies Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 03:48:53 2014 From: paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk (Gerbaudo, Paolo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:48:53 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Activism #Now - Conference Programme - April 4th 2014 - King's College London References: Message-ID: <47215386-3D7C-4DB9-A5D3-4476A915EC9A@kcl.ac.uk> Paolo Gerbaudo Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, King's College London paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Room 217a Norfolk Building Strand +44 020 7848 1576 Dear List members, Please find below the programme of the Digital Activism #Now conference on April 4th 2014 at King's College London. The conference will host key-notes by Gabriella Coleman and Guobin Yang and panel discussions on hacking, social networking, digital propaganda and secrecy/transparency. We hope to see many of you on April 4th 2014 at King's! Best Regards, Paolo Gerbaudo ------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Activism #Now: Information Politics, Digital Culture and Global Protest Movements CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Date: April 4th 2014 Location: King?s College London, Strand Campus, King?s Building Nearest Tube: Temple Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE ? 9:00-9:45 ? River Room OPENING PLENARY The Historicity of Digital Activism ? 9:45-11:15 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania) - Respondent: Timothy Hildebrandt (LSE) BREAKOUT SESSIONS I ? 11:30-13:00 Panel 1 ? Hacking and Hacktivism ? Room K1.28 Chair: Tim Jordan (King?s College London) - Fidele Vlavo (King?s) - Mustafa al-Bassam (King?s, former Lulzsec) - Sebastian Kubitscho (Bremen University) - Sam Carlisle (Sukey) Panel 2 ? Digital Propaganda ? River Room Chair: Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin) - Kirsten Forkert (University of Birmingham) - Eugenia Siapera (Dublin City University) - Lee Salter (Sussex University) LUNCH ? 13:00 ? 14:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS II ? 14:30 ? 16:00 Panel 3: Social Networks and Digital Organising ? Room K1.28 Chair: Miriyam Arouagh (Westminster) - Paolo Gerbaudo (King?s College London) - Stephen Reid (UK Uncut co-founder) - Marta (Catorce Collective, Spain) Panel 4: Digital Transparency and Secrecy ? River Room Chair: Clare Birchall (King?s) - David Berry (Sussex University) - Smari McCarthy (ThoughtWorks) - Zach Blas (Duke University, and Eyebeam) CLOSING PLENARY Weapons of the Geeks ? 16:30 ? 18:00 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Gabriella Coleman (McGill University) - Respondent: Tim Jordan (King?s) ------------------------------------------------------------- Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Twitter: @KingsDCS #DigitalActivismNow #DANow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalCultureKings Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 From agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org Wed Mar 5 04:20:59 2014 From: agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org (Adam Grydehoj) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 13:20:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Conference call for papers: Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos Message-ID: <1187009318.23862.1394022059958.open-xchange@email.1and1.co.uk> 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' 21-25 October 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' will explore the cultures, economies, and politics of urban areas based on islands worldwide. Papers are particularly being sought concerning how changes in IT and other technologies are affecting the ways in which culture, government, and economy function in such island cities. Islands are often associated with peripherality, yet over the course of human history, they have also been important sites of urban development. Many important regional cities and global cities have developed wholly or partially on small islands or archipelagos. Physical separation from the mainland and spatial limitations along with a maritime tradition can encourage the transport of products and ideas, improved defence infrastructure, construction of social capital, consolidation of political power, formation of vibrant cultures, and concentration of population. Some such island-based cities were located on inland river islands and have since expanded far beyond their original borders (for example, Paris and Strasbourg) while others are still strongly associated with their island cores (for example, Hong Kong and New York City). Major population centres located on larger, primarily rural islands and archipelagos represent another type of island city. Each of these cities is affected not just by the dynamics at work in urban areas in general but also by the special functions it gains from acting as a metropolis that provides goods and services to rural island hinterlands. 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos is an international, interdisciplinary academic conference exploring how island status influences urban development, common attributes of island cities worldwide, and the opportunities that islandness presents for developing urban cultures and economies. It will also consider how and why different island cities have developed in different ways. Visit the conference website ( ) to see the call for papers and learn more. The deadline for abstracts is 30 April 2014. Plenary Speakers: Saskia Sassen, Jon Pierre, Godfrey Baldacchino, Christian Wicchman Matthiessen, and Brenda S.A. Yeoh. Organising Partners: University of Portsmouth's Centre of Art, Architecture & Design; Memorial University of Newfoundland's Harris Centre of Regional Policy & Development; Lund University's Department of Human Geography; and Queen's University Belfast's School of Geography, Archaeology, and Paleoecology. From susie.pratt at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 04:36:24 2014 From: susie.pratt at gmail.com (Susie Pratt) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:36:24 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: these two reading groups/lists (in an STSish vein) may be of interest http://itu.dk/tip/?p=1834 //IT University of Copenhagen http://tcrgmelbourne.wordpress.com/ //Melbourne Uni -- Susanne Pratt, Ph.D. Candidate Journalism and Media Research Centre @ UNSW http://susannepratt.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Anders Fagerjord < anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no> wrote: > Dear Rich, > > I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by > Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An > introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. > > All the best, > > --anders > > Anders Fagerjord, dr. art > Associate professor of media studies > > Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo > > Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College > > > > 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David > Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 06:01:51 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:01:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is a reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - deadline 15th March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 15th March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From wjmoner at utexas.edu Wed Mar 5 06:58:46 2014 From: wjmoner at utexas.edu (William J. Moner) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:58:46 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rich, James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the telegraph. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate and military interests in broadcast regulation. Best, William ------------------------- William J. Moner PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From dhakken at indiana.edu Wed Mar 5 08:10:44 2014 From: dhakken at indiana.edu (David Hakken) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:10:44 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended References: Message-ID: <40632D41-B6B4-4C75-9813-13FADB3091F7@indiana.edu> Dear fellow AoIR pilots Please bring these new deadlines to the attention of colleagues who might be interested especially graduate students who might be interested in the doctoral consortium (deadline 3/17) David Hakken Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrea Botero > Subject: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended > Date: March 4, 2014 at 6:11:59 AM EST > To: pdworld /Listserv > > Dear PDCers > > We've extended the deadlines for PDC 2014 papers: > - Research papers submissions extended to March 10 > - Short papers submissions extended to March 17 > - All other submissions extended to March 17 > > In addition to enabling those who weren't able to get their paper in on time, it allows all those who did make the deadline to strengthen and re-submit their papers. Authors may want to revise their papers in light of the short guide to reviewing PDC papers available on the Submission page, to get a better sense of how their papers will be assessed. > > I you are intending to submit a Research/Short paper please register in the conference system and post as soon as possible provisional title, keywords and abstract so that the assignment of papers to reviewers will not be delayed. > > Access the conference system here https://precisionconference.com/~pdc/ > > PDC2014 Conference Chairs > _______________________________________________ > Pdworld mailing list > Pdworld at listserv.uni-siegen.de > https://listserv.uni-siegen.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pdworld David Hakken Information Ethnographer Professor of Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing 901 E. 10th Street, #318 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47408 dhakken at indiana.edu 812-856-1869 office; 812-391-2966 cell; 812-856-1995 fax Faculty Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Trento, Italy http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp Spring Office Hours: M 1:20-2:20, T 1:30-2:30, or by appointment From scroeser at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 08:33:22 2014 From: scroeser at gmail.com (sky) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:33:22 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1394037202.10419.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Emily Martin's 'The Egg and the Sperm' is also a useful addition! On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 09:58 -0500, William J. Moner wrote: > Rich, > > James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the > telegraph. > http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf > > Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if > you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate > and military interests in broadcast regulation. > > Best, > William > > > ------------------------- > William J. Moner > PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin > wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From Greg.Wise at asu.edu Wed Mar 5 08:36:57 2014 From: Greg.Wise at asu.edu (Greg Wise) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:36:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Wolfgang Schivelbusch's books, Disenchanted Night and The Railway Journey, could be of interest. Greg Wise -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rich Ling Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:39 AM To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: * The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein * Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift * Latitude, Sobel * The Victorian internet, Standage * The Control Revolution, Beniger * Technics and civilization, Mumford * Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye * When old technologies were new, Marvin * The social construction of technical systems, Bijker * America Calling, Fischer * Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson * Virtual communities, Rheingold * The rise of the network society, Castells * 6 Degrees, Watts * Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling * Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra * Sociology beyond societies, Urry * In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff * Play between worlds, Taylor * Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From keckert at umd.edu Wed Mar 5 09:01:56 2014 From: keckert at umd.edu (Kristin Dagmar Eckert) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:01:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: <0A6BAADED9DB714B8885DC08221E3B9F0A5ADE6F@OITMX1006.AD.UMD.EDU> Dear AIR members I am seeking academic studies and articles on women bloggers and/or gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany in English and/or German (I am a German native). Alternatively, I am also looking for articles in the quality press of each country on women bloggers or gender and blogging. I looked through the data bases my university provides and have not had much luck. I just want to make sure I am not missing out on something. Thank you very much for your hints and links! Best, Stine Stine Eckert Ph.D. Candidate Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100N Knight Hall www.stineeckert.com @stineeckert From halavais at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 09:26:03 2014 From: halavais at gmail.com (Alexander Halavais) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:26:03 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Reading list for whom? :) I would throw on some Thomas Hughes, perhaps "Networks of Power"? I've assigned his last book, the wafer-thin "Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture" to a bunch of classes, as it provides a brief but engaging look at technological systems... - Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais From neal at hivemedia.ca Wed Mar 5 09:27:23 2014 From: neal at hivemedia.ca (Neal Thomas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:27:23 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: <53175E7B.2000907@hivemedia.ca> Hi Rich -- here's a few more you might want to include in your pile, though they lean more in the direction of philosophy and social theory: Barney / Prometheus Wired Borgmann / Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life Borgmann / Holding on to Reality Braidotti / The Posthuman Durham Peters / Speaking Into the Air Feenberg & Hannay / Technology and the Politics of Knowledge Feenberg / Questioning Technology Feenberg / Transforming Technology Genosko / Remodelling Communication Heidegger / The Question Concerning Technology Ihde / Bodies in Technology Ihde / Technology and the Lifeworld Kittler / Film, Gramophone, Typewriter Lanier / You are Not a Gadget Marx / The Grundrisse Mattelart / Networking the World Pacey / Meaning in Technology Scharff and Dusek / Philosophy of Technology: An Anthology Simpson / Technology, Time & the Conversations of Modernity Slack & Wise / Culture and Technology: A Primer Stiegler / Technics & Time 1,2 Terranova: Network Culture Wiener / The Human Use of Human Beings Winner / The Whale and the Reactor Winner / Autonomous Technology Best, Neal -- ___________ Neal Thomas Assistant Professor of Media and Technology Studies Department of Communication Studies The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285 USA From lmh13 at cornell.edu Wed Mar 5 09:36:56 2014 From: lmh13 at cornell.edu (Lee H. Humphreys) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:36:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Hi Rich, Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. Cheers, Lee Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Cornell University On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From aherman at wlu.ca Wed Mar 5 11:11:58 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Message-ID: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 From zimmerm at uwm.edu Wed Mar 5 13:41:19 2014 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael Zimmer) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:41:19 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From janet.sternberg at nyu.edu Wed Mar 5 14:03:19 2014 From: janet.sternberg at nyu.edu (Janet Sternberg) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:03:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: <53179F27.6090001@nyu.edu> One more for the technology & society list (apologies if it's a duplicate, I didn't see anyone mention it yet), definitely with a communication twist: Neil Postman, 1992, //Technopoly: The/ Surrender of Culture to Technolog/y There's also Postman's 1985 /Amusing Ourselves to Death/ about television, but I think /Technopoly/ is more general (and probably taught less frequently than /Amusing/). Regards, Janet Janet Sternberg, PhD http://about.me/JanetPhD Media scholar & author of book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com From maxigas at anargeek.net Wed Mar 5 14:27:02 2014 From: maxigas at anargeek.net (maxigas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:27:02 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <20140305.232702.1698308986204894374.maxigas@anargeek.net> From: "Andrew Herman" Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 > Hi All > > > I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production > in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I > am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that > is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on > digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that > perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of > work and work life in the industry. > > > I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, > Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I > am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries > literature and am looking for work specifically on > internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work > on the gaming industry would also be valuable Nice work. Where is the reading list? -- maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 http://research.metatron.ai/ Sent from my computer From lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu Wed Mar 5 16:36:10 2014 From: lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu (L Holly) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:36:10 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking data on distribution messages in virtual worlds Message-ID: Dear AIR members, Could you point me to any research showing the distribution of the trust level of messages? In other words, not all messages exchanged in a virtual community are supportive, many will be neutral and some will be non-supportive or hostile. What does that distribution look like? What percentage of messages are non-supportive/hostile, neutral, supportive? I am developing an agent-based model of social system and need this information to govern the messages generated. I would like the messages exchanged between agents to mimic real messages distributions. Thnk you for your time and consideration -- Leo Holly Doctoral Candidate Executive Leadership Doctoral Program The George Washington University "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes From bbirregah at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 16:42:51 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 01:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Linkedin dataset Message-ID: hi, Is there anyone who has datasets extracted from linkedin to share? regards -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 From jvickery183 at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 19:08:16 2014 From: jvickery183 at gmail.com (Jacqueline Vickery) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:08:16 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: Hi Stine, Perhaps you are already familiar with it, but if not, I recommend Tanja Carstensen's article "Gender Trouble in Web 2.0: Gender Relations in Social Network Sites, Wikis, and Weblogs" published in the International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. It focuses on German websites and is available online: http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/viewFile/18/31 Best, - jacqueline ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacqueline Vickery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of North Texas Department of Radio-TV-Film ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From riseling at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 22:45:24 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (riseling) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:45:24 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism.? These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk Thu Mar 6 02:51:07 2014 From: H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk (Helen Kennedy) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:51:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <66F01BC4D7AAFB4EA82FEAFAB093922806250580FB9E@HERMES7.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Some references, and some self-promotion thrown in: New media / web / internet work Batt, R., Christopherson, S., Rightor, N. and van Jaarsveld, D. (2000) Net Working: work patterns and workforce policies for the new media industry, Centre for Advanced Human Resource Studies Working Paper Series, Cornell University, NY, http://works.bepress.com/rosemary_batt/27/ or www.nyecon.cornell.edu/downloads/research/Net_Working.pdf Christopherson, S (2004) ?The divergent worlds of new media: how policy shapes work in the creative economy?, Review of Policy Research, 21(4): 543-558 Deuze, M. (2007) Media Work, Cambridge: Polity Press [[ something on games in here ]]. Gill, R. (2002) ?Cool, Creative and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Europe?, Information, Communication and Society 5(1): 70-89. Gill, R. (2007) ?Technobohemians or the new Cybertariat? New media work in Amsterdam a decade after the web?. Report for the Institute of Network Cultures, http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/genderInstitute/whosWho/profiles/gill.htm, date accessed 26 September 2007. Gill, R. (2010) ?Life is a Pitch: managing the self in new media work? in M. Deuze (ed) Managing Media Work, London: Sage. Gottschall, K. and Kroos, D. (2006) ?Self-employment in comparative perspectives: general trends and the case of new media? in S. Walby, H. Gottfried, K. Gottschall, and M. Osawa (eds) Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Kennedy, H. (2010) ?Net work: the professionalisation of web design?, Media, Culture and Society, 32: 187-203. Kennedy, H. (2012) Net Work: Ethics and Values in Web Design, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Kerr, Aphra, http://www.nuim.ie/people/aphra-kerr, lots on games industries Kotamraju, N.P. (2002) ?Keeping up: web design skill and the reinvented worker?. Information, Communication and Society, 5(1): 1-26. Mayer-Ahuja, N. and Wolf, H. (2007) ?Beyond the Hype: working in the German Internet Industry?, Critical Sociology, 33(1-2): 73-99. Perrons, D. (2003) ?The new economy and the work-life balance: conceptual explorations and a case study of new media?, Gender, Work and Organization, 10(1): 65-93. Perrons, D. (2007) ?Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy: new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care work? in C. Fagan, L. McDowell, D. Perrons, K. Ray and K. Ward (eds) Gender Divisions in the New Economy: changing patterns of work, care and public policy in Europe and North America (London: Edward Elgar). Ross, A. (2003) No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and its Hidden Costs, Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Wittel, A. (2001) ?Toward a network sociality?, Theory, Culture and Society, 18(6): 51-76. Social media monitoring/sentiment analysis Andrejevic, M (2011) ?The work that affective economics does?, Cultural Studies, 25, 4-5, pp604-620. Hearn, A. (2011) ?Structuring Feeling: web 2.0, online ranking and rating, and the digital ?reputation? economy?, Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organisation, vol 11 no 1, http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/index.htm. Kennedy, H. (2012) ?Perspectives on sentiment analysis?, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 56 (4): 435-450. Cultural industries: general Banks, M. (2007) The Politics of Cultural Work, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007) The Cultural Industries, 2nd edition, London: Sage. Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2010) Creative Labour: media work in three cultural industries, London: Routledge. Dr Helen Kennedy Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/) More about me: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Herman [aherman at wlu.ca] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 7:11 PM To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From rscott at walsh.edu Thu Mar 6 05:38:58 2014 From: rscott at walsh.edu (Ron Scott) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:38:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8693E10E721B814EB5C4A7617685F4A4223A591D@LUCIA4.walsh.edu> Hi All - I didn't see this book mentioned previously (if it was I apologize for missing it), and it's probably not what you're thinking of as foundational, but David Nye's American Technological Sublime speaks to the importance of steam technology in creating what Nye calls the technological sublime... rs -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of riseling Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:45 AM To: Michael Zimmer; AoIR mailing list Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I >> want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not >> the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two >> areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is >> there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and >> transport/automobilism.? These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, >> David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, >> Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the >> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change >> options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From arussell at stevens.edu Thu Mar 6 06:02:58 2014 From: arussell at stevens.edu (Andrew Russell) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:02:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Rich - Aileen Fyfe?s ?Steam-Powered Knowledge? won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from SHOT - if you?re looking for something at the intersections of steam technology and communication, Fyfe?s book is a good place to start. Since steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh?s ?Railway Journey,? which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered technological system. While I?m at it - you might add Melosi?s ?Sanitary City? to your list (if it?s not on there already). Andy On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made. > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > Thanks. > > Rich L. > >
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A few more voices to add: > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" > > > -- > Michael Zimmer, PhD > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > >> Hi Rich, >> >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: >> >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" >> >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. >> >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. >> >> Cheers, >> Lee >> >> Lee Humphreys, PhD >> Assistant Professor >> Dept. of Communication >> Cornell University >> >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. >>> >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >>> >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >>> >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >>> >>> ? Latitude, Sobel >>> >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >>> >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >>> >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >>> >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >>> >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >>> >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >>> >>> ? America Calling, Fischer >>> >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >>> >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >>> >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >>> >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >>> >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >>> >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >>> >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >>> >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >>> >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >>> >>> ? 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Much of the data is coming from social media in the form of user-generated content. What do we do with all of these ?social? data and how do we make sense of it all? What are the inherent challenges and issues surrounding working with social media data? How are social media platforms and the data that they generate changing us as individuals, changing our organizations and changing our society? Additionally what are the political, ethical, privacy, and security implications of the wide availability of these data? These are just a few questions that we have for this year?s participants of the 2014 Social Media & Society Conference (#SMSociety14). The Social Media & Society Conference is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 5th year, the 2014 Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 27 to 28. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. The conference offers an intensive two-day program comprising of paper presentations, panel discussions, and posters covering wide-ranging topics related to social media. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, the conference provides attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, learn about recently completed and work-in-progress studies, and strengthen connections with their peers. Last year?s conference hosted nearly 200 attendees, featured research from 90+ scholars and practitioners across several fields from over 60 institutions in 15 different countries. 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University of Toronto, Canada Philip Mai, Dalhousie University, Canada Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada From benallenmorton at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 18:24:50 2014 From: benallenmorton at gmail.com (Ben Morton) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:24:50 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> References: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Message-ID: For technology and society readings related to transportation, you should definitely take a look at Jeremy Packer's Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship(2008) -Ben Morton University of Iowa On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Russell wrote: > Rich - > > Aileen Fyfe's "Steam-Powered Knowledge" won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from > SHOT - if you're looking for something at the intersections of steam > technology and communication, Fyfe's book is a good place to start. Since > steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial > society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & > steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the > literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh's "Railway > Journey," which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered > technological system. > > While I'm at it - you might add Melosi's "Sanitary City" to your list (if > it's not on there already). > > Andy > > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There > are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that > have been made. > > > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles > on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is > steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Rich L. > > > >
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A few more voices to add: > > > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination" > > > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of > Culture" > > > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About > Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century" > > > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age" > > > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" > > > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of > Social Media" > > > > > > -- > > Michael Zimmer, PhD > > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > > > >> Hi Rich, > >> > >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old > favorites: > >> > >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > >> > >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's > "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > >> > >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Lee > >> > >> Lee Humphreys, PhD > >> Assistant Professor > >> Dept. of Communication > >> Cornell University > >> > >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I > want > >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that > I > >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book > similar > >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. > >>> > >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > >>> > >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > >>> > >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > >>> > >>> ? Latitude, Sobel > >>> > >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage > >>> > >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > >>> > >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > >>> > >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, > David Nye > >>> > >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > >>> > >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > >>> > >>> ? America Calling, Fischer > >>> > >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > >>> > >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > >>> > >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells > >>> > >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts > >>> > >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > >>> > >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > >>> > >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > >>> > >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > >>> > >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor > >>> > >>> ? 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Applicants should hold postgraduate qualifications at PhD level in a field related to Social Sciences, Statistics, Information Science, or Journalism/Media/Communication studies. Applicants should possess a track record of publications in high quality international journals or other appropriate refereed publications and should demonstrate the potential of academic publication in the coming three years. The appointee is required to generate research outputs independently and to prepare research proposal for competitive grant application. Experience in computational social science studies, big data analysis, data visualization, social network analysis, complex systems modeling, agent-based computing would have a definite advantage. Teaching experience in courses related to media and journalism is preferred. The successful candidate will be involved in a research project entitled "A Big Data Approach to Computational Media Studies". Applicants should send a completed application form, together with an up-to-date C.V. to jmsc2 at hku.hk. Application forms (341/1111) can be obtained at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc. Please indicate clearly in the form the post applied for, as well as the field and level (if applicable), and the reference number. Review of applications will start on May 1, 2014 until the post is filled. The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only shortlisted applicants will be notified of the application result. JMSC website: http://jmsc.hku.hk/ King-wa Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong Room 206, Eliot Hall, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3917-1643 Fax: (852) 2858-8736 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/ From m.foth at qut.edu.au Thu Mar 6 23:49:43 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:49:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing due 1 June 2014 Message-ID: <0D46D348-A608-45A3-8BBE-2500DF6A8E36@qut.edu.au> Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP edited by Hannu Kukka, University of Oulu Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Sebastian Boring, University of Copenhagen Anind K. Dey, Carnegie Mellon University tauc.editors at gmail.com Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2014 DESCRIPTION The research field of urban computing ? defined as ?the integration of computing, sensing, and actuation technologies into everyday urban settings and lifestyles? [1] ? considers the design and use of ubiquitous computing technology in public and shared urban environments. Its impact on cities, buildings, and spaces evokes innumerable kinds of change [2]. Embedded into our everyday lived environments, urban computing technologies have the potential to alter the meaning of physical space, and affect the activities performed in those spaces. In this special issue, we invite contributions to a multi-themed discussion of various aspects that make up the, at times, messy and certainly transdisciplinary field of urban computing and urban informatics. The starting point for the proposed special issue is a call for a more transdisciplinary approach to the design and evaluation of urban computing systems that regards these systems as holistic, organic and evolving constructs comprising three interrelated components: people, place, technology. Following Nicolescu [3], we use the term transdisciplinarity to signify the positioning of urban computing research at once between different disciplines, across these disciplines, and beyond all discipline. The term differs from the related concepts of multidisciplinarity, where a topic is studied by several disciplines that are in service of a base discipline, and interdisciplinarity, where methods from one discipline are transferred to another. Looking at urban computing from a transdisciplinary perspective is useful in that a large methodological and theoretical gap exists in much of the current literature. Often, the epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and practical contributions of relevant fields of study (e.g., computer science, architecture and design, and social sciences) do not connect to form a solid basis for the advancement of cities and city life. Despite the inherent complexity and transdisciplinary nature of urban computing as a subject of study, few such efforts have been undertaken. However, moving the field forward requires explorations of the opportunities and challenges inherent in truly transdisciplinary work by researchers from several interrelated fields of study coming together to design, build, and evaluate urban computing systems. In the proposed special issue we call for contributions from both practical and theoretical points of view discussing the practice and promise of transdisciplinary work in the field of urban computing and urban informatics. Specifically, we hope to elicit contributions from researchers in the various fields closely related to urban computing such as computer science, social sciences (e.g., cultural anthropology), and architecture and urban design. We envision the following contributions: (1) experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings, reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner; and (2) theoretical/conceptual discussions on the merits of understanding the topic not only from a technological perspective, taking into consideration the various interrelated disciplines and fields of study. The proposed topic is timely and significant, since more and more explorations are conducted ?at large? or "in-the-wild,? i.e. outside traditional research laboratory settings. This move from controlled laboratories to messy real-life environments is far from trivial, and requires an integrated approach that both takes into account and respects the inherent transdisciplinarity that carrying out high quality research in such settings requires. Hence, contributions in the proposed special issue should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers and practitioners who either already do research ?in-the-wild,? or hope to transition to such work in the future. REFERENCES [1] Kindberg, C., Chalmers, M., Paulos, E. (2007) Guest Editor?s Introduction: Urban Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6(3), 18-20. [2] Fuller, M. (2013) Foreword. In: Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging with Ubiquitous Computing. MIT Press. [3] Nicolescu, B. (2001) Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity. Translated from French by Karen-Claire Voss. State of New York Press: New York. AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to the issue of transdisciplinary approaches to the field of urban computing. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include but are not limited to: ? Experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings ? Reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner ? Theoretical/conceptual discussions on the need for / the advancement of transdisciplinary work We are looking to publish a mix (roughly 50/50) of papers with a theoretical and practical contribution, depending of course on the number and types of submissions we receive. PAPER SUBMISSION Deadline: manuscripts are due 1st June 2014 but early submissions are encouraged. All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of the IJHCS journal. Further information, including submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies/ Manuscripts are submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at: http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs/ To discuss a possible contribution, please contact the special issue editors at: tauc.editors at gmail.com For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie Fri Mar 7 02:33:50 2014 From: Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie (Kylie Jarrett) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:33:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Console-ing Passions, Dublin 2015 Message-ID: <5319A08E.8010100@nuim.ie> I'm looking to get lots of internet, game or digital researchers, activists and/or practitioners to this conference, so get writing.* *** *CP 23 Rebooting Feminism* *Console-ing Passions International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism* *June 18-20, 2015 Dublin* ** *Deadling for Abstracts: October 1, 2014. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by Jan 31, 2015.**Please submit all proposals to: Console-ingPassions.org * Founded by a group of feminist media scholars and artists in 1989, Console-ing Passions held its first official conference at the University of Iowa in 1992. Since that time, Console-ing Passions has become the leading international scholarly network for feminist research in television, video, audio, and new media. 23 years after the group's founding, we find ourselves in a dramatically different media landscape, as well as a world in which the meanings of feminism, postfeminism, and the intersections of feminism with race, sexuality, and class are hotly contested in the academy, in the popular press, and in contemporary media representations. Console-ing Passions 2015 asks, after decades of postfeminist retrenchment, is feminism due for a reboot? CP23 seeks to bring together papers, panels, screenings, and workshops that investigate both feminism and media studies at a crossroads. We are particularly interested in work that brings together two or more of Console-ing Passions' driving themes: gender, race and ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and class. The 2015 conference invites pre-constituted panels and workshops, as well as individual papers that consider the breadth of feminist concerns related to television, digital, video, audio, and new media, as well as mobile and gaming technologies. Pre-constituted panels and workshops are especially encouraged. Possible topics include considerations of gender in relation to: *intersectional feminisms *feminism in a "post-racial" moment *"Rebooting Feminism:" what comes after postfeminism? *feminism, the economy & austerity *media production and industries *media audiences and fans *gaming and virtual worlds *masculinities, trans identities, sexualities *sex work and pornography *neoliberalism and gender *transmedia, theories of convergence and their critiques *transnational cultural flows and "Ex-pat TV" *social media and digital domains *feminism and popular music *feminism and the New Europe *spiritual belief and practice and media *feminism and the political right *new feminist icons (Elizabeth Warren, Wendy Davis, Julia Gillard) *campaigns for social justice *stardom and celebrity *affect and emotion studies *age *Pre-Constituted Panel Proposals:*Panel coordinators should submit a 200-word rationale for the panel as whole. For each contributor, please submit a 250-word abstract, a short bio, and contact information. Panels that include a diversity of panelist affiliations and experience levels are strongly encouraged. Panels should include 3-4 papers. *Individual Papers:*Individuals submitting paper proposals should provide an abstract of 250 words, a short bio, and contact information. *Workshop Proposals:*We seek workshop ideas that focus on scholarly issues in the field and matters of professionalization. Topics might include: media activism; mentoring; the job market; digital networking; workplace politics; teaching; tenure and promotion; publishing; etc. Prospective coordinators should submit a 350-word rationale (including some discussion of why the topic lends itself to a workshop format), a short bio, and contact information. For each proposed workshop participant, please submit a title, short bio, and contact information. Workshops are intended to encourage discussion; contributors will deliver a series of brief, informal presentations. Please visit our website Console-ingPassions.org for information about events, schedules, travel information, and more. Please direct all questions about the conference and the submission process to: consoleingpassions2015 at gmail.com Follow us on twitter: @CPDublin2015 Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConsoleingPassions2015 Check out our amazing city center conference venue, The Marker Hotel: http://www.themarkerhoteldublin.com/ Conference Organizers: Maeve Connolly, Kylie Jarrett, Jorie Lagerwey, Diane Negra, Maria Pramaggiore, Emma Radley, and Stephanie Rains From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Fri Mar 7 09:05:58 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:05:58 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1394211958.173924-17064@charles.daybyday.de> * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! 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It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr Fri Mar 7 22:21:34 2014 From: nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr (nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:21:34 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] What do users want from a media website? Message-ID: <20140308082134.Horde._rqJGl1lb_AwzyF3ljm3qw4@webmail.auth.gr> My name is Antonopoulos Nikos and I am a PHD candidate at the School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Aristotle University invites you to participate in an interesting research concerning the ways in which Internet users can find the information which they are looking for, on a media website. We would appreciate your feedback. Please click here: http://auth.edu.gr/index.php/999647/lang-en Thank you in advance, Yours faithfully, Antonopoulos Nikos - PhD candidate Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece From jstromer at syr.edu Sat Mar 8 06:33:51 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:33:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Job openings in data science and HCI Message-ID: Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (The iSchool, see http://ischool.syr.edu) is soliciting applications for scholars involved in the broad and evolving spaces of data science/ data analytics and human-computer interaction (HCI) to join its renowned and interdisciplinary faculty. These positions are open rank, and we specifically encourage graduating doctoral students, senior assistant professors, and recently tenured faculty to apply. Located at the center of the picturesque Syracuse University, we seek entrepreneurial colleagues with a passion for innovative scholarship, a desire to work with others on interdisciplinary projects, and enthusiasm for teaching. The iSchool has seven degree programs and an enrollment of 50 doctoral students, 650 masters' students and 650 undergraduates, led by 42 full-time faculty and over 100 part-time faculty. The iSchool is at the cutting edge of scholarship and instruction. The school hosts five research centers and laboratories and faculty with recognized strengths in natural language processing, information retrieval, Internet governance and telecommunications policy, digital literacy, information management, information and network security, new forms of work and organizing, gamification, data science, entrepreneurship, and social media. There are campus-level initiatives on computational linguistics, sustainability, and urban education, along with strategic partnerships with J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, and others as reflected in a curricular focus on Global Enterprise Technologies. The SU-ADVANCE program provides extensive mentoring services for female faculty in STEM disciplines. The ISchool recently acquired an IBM Netezza box, allowing for complex, fast analysis of large data sets, and SU has large data-storage capabilities and is home of the Qualitative Data Repository. The iSchool seeks colleagues who can deepen and extend our emerging strengths in data science. We see this as a broad area that spans the following: visualization of large data sets and analytic approaches to large and often heterogeneous data sets; developing tools and approaches for scientific collaboration, and for data access and retrieval; computational social science involving large-scale quantitative data, examining large-scale online social configurations; and other possible areas emphasizing large-scale data and its analysis and representation. The iSchool faculty also seeks colleagues who will continue to expand our strengths in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Although we encourage applications from any area of HCI, we are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching experience in the design, building and testing of online systems and environments, mobile applications, and other artifacts, and who are engaging in studies of uses and users in the field or laboratory. The ability to obtain research funding will be considered a competitive advantage in our evaluations, as will evidence of teaching excellence. A record of publishing impactful scholarship is expected. Although rank and years of experience are open, we will consider outstanding ABDs with a strong expectation of a successful dissertation defense by 2015. To be considered, applicants must submit: a cover letter outlining their interests and qualifications (including the rank they are seeking); a current curriculum vitae; short statements describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments; and the names and contact information of at least three references to: www.sujobopps.com (job #071012). Strong candidates will be contacted for letters of reference and asked to provide research samples and a teaching portfolio or other evidence of teaching experience. Please do not submit these items with the initial application. We will begin screening applicants on 2 April, 2014 and continue accepting applications until the positions are filled, which may extend into the 2014-2015 academic year. Please direct questions to Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, search chair, at jstromer at syr.edu ~Jenny Associate Professor | School of Information Studies Vice President | Association of Internet Researchers Syracuse University 220 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.1823 f 315.443.5673 e jstromer at syr.edu w www.stromer-galley.com w www.aoir.org ischool.syr.edu From berno.rieder at gmail.com Mon Mar 10 00:56:23 2014 From: berno.rieder at gmail.com (Bernhard Rieder) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:56:23 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Several Openings in New Media, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: The Mediastudies Department at the University of Amsterdam is currently looking to fill a number of positions in the New Media team and inviting applications for: # a tenure-track assistant professor position ("universitair-docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-070.html # up to three two-year lecturer positions ("docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-066.html # a five-year combined PhD/lecturer position ("docent-promovendus") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-068.html Candidates are required to master Dutch at the A2 level (reading/grading assignments). However, the department is committed to providing intensive language courses that lead up to a certification for selected candidates without the necessary language proficiency. The application deadline for all positions is March 30, 2014. For general information about working at the UvA, refer to: http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/ An overview of the Bachelor "Media en Cultuur" (in Dutch): http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/nl/p/499_20870.html An overview of the Master "New Media and Digital Cultures?: http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/en/p/741_115565.html -- Bernhard Rieder | Associate Professor | New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://thepoliticsofsystems.net | http://rieder.polsys.net | https://www.digitalmethods.net | @RiederB From d.moats at gold.ac.uk Mon Mar 10 07:20:47 2014 From: d.moats at gold.ac.uk (David Moats) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:20:47 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Going Digital and Digital Tools for Qualitative Research Workshops at Goldsmiths Message-ID: **Apologies for Cross-Posting** Two (PhD/ECR) workshops rethinking the relationship between quant-qual in social media research, will be held at Goldsmiths, University of London this May. The first, 'Going Digital', is an introductory workshop on the challenges of locating, scraping and analysing social media data facing both quantitative and qualitative researchers. The session will include presentations by Noortje Marres, Brian Alleyne, Dhiraj Murthy and David Moats and introduce students to several freely available, exploratory web based tools (Digital Methods) through hands-on instruction and small group work. The goal will be for students to approach digital data, and new methods, with open minds but equipped with more critical faculties. *Going Digital * 12 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 250 http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7438 The second event, 'Digital Tools for Qualitative Research' is a more advanced workshop specifically investigating the potential for 'quanti-quali' (Latour and Venturini 2011) methods: which allow for close reading of texts as well as patterns and relationships at the aggregate level. The first day will include presentations by Noorjte Marres, Bernhard Rieder and Tommaso Venturini and will be devoted to discussing the participant's specific research problems and the affordances of existing methods and tools for addressing them. The second day will be devoted to a specific Twitter analysis tool, currently in proto-type, which will be tested and customised in a small group environment with programmers, designers and researchers working collaboratively. *Digital Tools for Qualitative Research* 15-16 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 350 http://www.gold.ac.uk/csisp/events/digitaltools/ email d.moats at gold.ac.uk for further info about both events. The deadline for applications to both is 18 April -- ------------------- *David J Moats* Phd Candidate CSISP - Sociology Goldsmiths College http://www.csisponline.net/ www.davidjmoats.com www.thequietus.com UK +44 (0)7787562607 US (0)1-630-328-9741 From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:16:56 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:16:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Book Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF0D@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> We are pleased to announce the fourth annual AoIR award for the best book published in internet research. This award seeks to recognize the best work in our field, and highlight the breadth of work that is done relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. We will accept nominations (self and other) for Best Internet Research-Related Book published during the calendar year of 2013. Edited collections are not eligible; the book must explore a single topic and be authored or co-authored as a single text. The books will be reviewed by three eminent scholars in the field. Copies of nominated books should be sent to the committee members, arriving no later than April 30. For mailing instructions, please contact the chair of the committee, Andrew Herman, at ahermanwlu at gmail.com. The winner of the award will be announced in the summer of 2014. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to participate at the AoIR conference in Bangkok in October. Please contact Andrew Herman or Lori Kendall (prez at aoir.org) if you have any questions about this process. From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:18:05 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:18:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF25@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2014 AoIR dissertation Award. To be eligible for the 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2013 calendar year. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research in a session at Internet Research 15.0 in Bangkok, October 22-25, 2014. Submissions should be sent as PDFs via email to Michael Zimmer, michael.zimmer at gmail.com, by April 15, 2014. (Each submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an email acknowledging your submission within a week, please send a follow-up email.) You may send your own dissertation or that of an advisee (with their permission). The winner of the award will be announced in Summer. Please contact Michael with any questions. From mjohns at luther.edu Mon Mar 10 12:24:11 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:24:11 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Message-ID: CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Jennifer Dunn, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2014 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Bangkok, Thailand. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 22-25, 2014 in Bangkok. Candidates should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at mjohns at luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2014. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns at luther.edu From juebelhe at asu.edu Mon Mar 10 14:14:48 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:14:48 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] $10k Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation & Research Data Seed Grant RFP Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Public Affairs, ASU Center for Policy Informatics, and the University of Iowa are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for innovative broadband use, evaluation, and research data projects. Three $10,000 NSF seed grants will be awarded to projects that generate innovative data for individuals or organizations on broadband or mobile internet use and new methods for data collection. This data from awardees will be made available on a web-based data portal being constructed for the wider broadband research community. The RFP application deadline is March 21, 2014. Please refer to the following link for additional information: https://spa.asu.edu/news-events/spa_news/innovative-broadband-use-evaluation-and-research-data-seed-grant .. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au Mon Mar 10 17:36:12 2014 From: thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au (Thomas Robert Sutherland) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:36:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP - 'Situating Simondon: media and technics' Message-ID: <328C5AE2-5947-4073-9CCB-73801B40D25D@unimelb.edu.au> Call for Papers: ?Situating Simondon: media and technics? Platform: Journal of Media and Communication An interdisciplinary journal for early career researchers and graduate students Volume editors: Thomas Sutherland and Scott Wark Abstract submissions due: 1st of May, 2014 Full paper submissions due: 1st of July, 2014 Abetted by a paucity of translations, the work of Gilbert Simondon has remained relatively obscure in the Anglophone world for some time. Simondon is, however, finally ? if somewhat belatedly ? finding the appreciation amongst English-speaking readers that had eluded him for so long. Although Simondon?s work is probably most recognised today for its influence upon Gilles Deleuze and Bernard Stiegler, its scope is far greater than one might surmise on the basis of such associations. Amongst many other topics, Simondon?s philosophy focuses quite heavily upon questions related to technology, communication, mediation, and information. It is these areas in particular that we hope to explore in this special section of Platform. How might we situate the theories of Simondon within our contemporary media environment? Are they still relevant? Or are they too reliant upon outmoded principles and theoretical models? What lessons, both theoretical and practical, might researchers in the fields of communication and media studies take from Simondon?s philosophy? How might we extend or update his work for the digital, networked society? Platform encourages the submission of theoretical and empirical work engaging with Simondon and his legacy. We are particularly interested in papers that seek to situate Simondon?s work, both historically and within the disciplinary boundaries of media and communications. Potential themes might include, but are not limited to: ? Technological determinism in an age of digitization and unprecedented automation. Does Simondon provide us with a useful means for negotiating the question of agency in such an environment, or is he too beholden to the cybernetics and information theory of his time? ? Individuation and the associated milieu. Have subsequent media forms and communicative methods altered or halted the processes of individuation of which Simondon speaks? ? Media ecology. Some strands of media ecological study stress the dynamism and complexity of media-technical systems. How does Simondon?s understanding of technology challenge or deepen these approaches? ? Materiality and hylomorphism. At a time when communication appears increasingly immaterial, how might we understand Simondon?s attempt to escape all hylomorphic conceptions of communication and individuation? Does the notion of immateriality remain trapped within a hylomorphic distinction between form and matter, or is it indicative of a need to reconceptualise the very question of materiality? ? Technics and media. How does Simondon?s work fit within the larger field of studies on technics and its history (e.g. Mumford, Leroi-Gourhan, Ellul, Gille, Stiegler, etc.)? Might media and communications as a discipline benefit from a greater emphasis upon the role of technics in engendering media environments both past and present? ? The politics of individuation. Stiegler, Lefebvre and Mackenzie, amongst others, use Simondon?s work on transduction and individuation to describe and diagnose politics. How might Simondon help us think politics today? In addition to this special section, we also welcome submissions that more broadly deal with issues relating to the areas of media, technology, and communication in theoretical, methodological, or empirical terms. Please send all enquiries and submissions to platformjmc at gmail.com. Both abstracts and full papers must be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and biographical note. We recommend that prospective authors submit abstracts well before the abstract deadline of the 1st of May, 2014, in order to allow for feedback and suggestions from the editors. All submissions should be from early career researchers (defined as being within a few years of completing their PhD) or current graduate students undertaking their Masters, PhD, or international equivalent. All eligible submissions will be sent for double-blind peer-review. Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will commence on submission. Note: Please read the submission guidelines before submitting work. Submissions received not in house style will not be accepted and authors will be asked resubmit their work with the correct formatting before it is sent for review. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication is a fully refereed, open-access online graduate journal. Founded and published by the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne (Australia), Platform was launched in November 2008. Platform is refereed by an international board of established and emerging scholars working across diverse fields in media and communication studies, and is edited by graduate students at the University of Melbourne. From da at unc.edu Mon Mar 10 21:18:07 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:18:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award deadline extended to April 8, 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D888D06@ITS-MSXMBS2F.ad.unc.edu> The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) ?is seeking nominations (applications and self-nominations are welcome) for the 2014 AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award, which recognizes academic units that are working toward, and have attained demonstrable success in increasing equity and diversity. Read the award call at http://www.aejmc.org/home/2013/10/aejmc-equity-diversity-award/ The application deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern time, April 8, 2014. We extended the AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award submission deadline to April 8, 2014 in response to requests for more time from several schools. We also realize that extreme winter weather has disrupted work schedules in United States regions that are home to our member schools. While we are happy to extend the deadline, early submissions are always welcome. Please address any questions to me, Deb Aikat , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cordially, ? Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://www.jomc.unc.edu/faculty-staff-journalism-faculty/aikat-debashis ************************* From icais at cuas.at Tue Mar 11 03:27:03 2014 From: icais at cuas.at (icais) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:27:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 | Bournemouth, UK Message-ID: <825BADE2E9C8674B82CEBD8B5F91F6474F5743E2@EXMBX01.technikum.local> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 September 08th - 10th, 2014 Bournemouth, UK http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS/ icais at bournemouth.ac.uk Sponsored by - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society - The International Neural Network Society -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * PLENARY TALKS * * * Prof. Ludmila I Kuncheva, Bangor University, UK (Talk: Feature Extraction for Change Detection) Prof. Jo?o Gama, University of Porto Porto, Portugal (Talk: Distributed Data Stream Mining) * * * AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE * * * The ICAIS'14 conference aims at bringing together international researchers, developers and practitioners from different horizons to discuss the latest advances in system learning and adaptation. ICAIS'14 will serve as a space to present the current state of the art but also future research avenues of this thematic. Topics of the conference cover three aspects: Algorithms & theories of adaptation and learning, Adaptation issues in Software & System Engineering, Real- world Applications. ICAIS'14 will feature contributed papers as well as world-renowned guest speakers (see webpage), interactive breakout sessions, and instructional workshops. * * * IMPORTANT DATES * * * - Workshop & Special Session proposal: April 13, 2014 - Full paper submission: June 10, 2014 - Acceptance notification: July 01, 2014 - Final camera ready: July 11, 2014 * * * CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS * * * Proceedings will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series. * * * SPECIAL ISSUES / BOOK * * * A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers will be considered for possible inclusion in one of the following special issues or book: - Special Issue of Evolving Systems (Springer) on Clustering and Classification in Dynamic Environments. - Special Issue of Neurocomputing (Elsevier) on Neurocompting for Dynamically Changing Systems. - Book in the Series of Studies in Computational Intelligence (Springer). * * * MAIN TOPICS (but not limited to) * * * - Track 1: Self-X Systems o Self-adaptation o Self-organization and behavior emergence o Self-managing o Self-healing o Self-monitoring o Multi-agent systems o Self-X software agents o Self-X robots o Self-organizing sensor networks o Evolving systems - Track 2: Incremental Learning o Online incremental learning o Self-growing neural networks o Adaptive and life-long learning o Plasticity and stability o Forgetting o Unlearning o Novelty detection o Perception and evolution o Drift handling o Adaptation in changing environments - Track 3: Online Processing o Adaptive rule-based systems o Adaptive identification systems o Adaptive decision systems o Adaptive preference learning o Time series prediction o Online and single-pass data mining o Online classification o Online clustering o Online regression o Online feature selection and reduction o Online information routing - Track 4: Dynamic and Evolving Models in Computational Intelligence o (Dynamic) Neural networks architectures o (Dynamic) Evolutionary computation o (Dynamic) Swarm intelligence o (Dynamic) Immune and bacterial systems o Uncertainty and fuzziness modeling for adaptation o Approximate reasoning and adaptation o Chaotic systems - Track 5: Software & System Engineering o Autonomic computing o Organic computing o Evolution o Adaptive software architecture o Software change o Software agents o Engineering of complex systems o Adaptive software engineering processes o Component-based development - Track 6: Applications - Adaptivity and Learning o Smart systems o Ambient / ubiquitous environments o Distributed intelligence o Robotics o Industrial applications o Internet applications o Business applications o Supply chain management o etc. * * * SUBMISSION * * * Papers must be in PDF, not exceeding 10 pages and conforming to Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes guidelines. Author instructions and style files can be downloaded at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Papers must be submitted through the submission system ( http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS ). Short papers describing novel research visions, work-in-progress or less mature results are also welcome. All submission will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 qualified reviewers. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics. At least one author have to attend the conference to present the paper. * * * ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE * * * General Chair: - Abdelhamid Bouchachia, Bournemouth University, UK International Advisory Committee: - Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University, New Zealand - Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK - Djamel Ziou, University of Sherbrooke, Canada - Plamen Angelov, University of Lancaster, UK - Witold Pedrycz, University of Edmonton, Canada - Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Organization Committee: - Hammadi Nait-Charif, Bournemouth University, UK - Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Bournemouth University, UK - Damien Fay, Bournemouth University, UK - Jane McAlpine, Bournemouth University, UK Publicity Chair: - Markus Prossegger, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria From tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com Tue Mar 11 13:05:05 2014 From: tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com (Tomasz Drabowicz) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:05:05 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Publication - Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries Message-ID: Dear all, I would like to inform you about my paper: "Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries." It will be published in the May issue of Computers & Education. If your institution does not subscribe to this journal, please drop me a line. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.016 Apologies for cross-posting. Yours faithfully, tom From samuel.jay at du.edu Tue Mar 11 13:26:20 2014 From: samuel.jay at du.edu (Samuel Jay) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:26:20 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article Message-ID: I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. Best, Sam Jay -- Samuel M. Jay, M.A. ABD, University of Denver, Communication Studies Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Metropolitan State University Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Red Rocks Community College samuelmjay at gmail.com samuelmjay.com From lists at robertwgehl.org Tue Mar 11 13:29:02 2014 From: lists at robertwgehl.org (Robert W. Gehl) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:29:02 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <531F720E.5050907@robertwgehl.org> Topsy is a good place to start with Tweets. Regards, Rob Gehl Assistant Professor, Communication University of Utah robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Watch for my book, /Reverse Engineering Social Media/, from Temple this summer On 03/11/2014 02:26 PM, Samuel Jay wrote: > I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from > several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, > retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many > views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. > > Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still > a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. > > Best, > Sam Jay > From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 12 07:28:52 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:28:52 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Over 50% have attended before! Message-ID: Over 50% of those registered for the 2014 Emerging Learning Design conference on May 30th, 2014 are PAST ATTENDEES! What do they know that you may not? Come to #ELD14 and find out! Register today before the Advanced Registrations sell out http://bit.ly/14somed0 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu Wed Mar 12 07:38:50 2014 From: rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu (Rebecca Tabasky) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:38:50 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Berkman Center Job Opportunity: Communications Manager Message-ID: <5320717A.1050306@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Hi there, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a Communications Manager to join our team. You will direct the Berkman Center's overall communications strategy, with the goal of increasing the visibility, accessibility, understanding, and reach of the Center and our work and activities. Working alongside a small team of staff who manage digital media production, special initiatives, events, and community, and in company with the faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and broader community at Berkman, you will develop and implement a strategic communications plan for the Berkman Center---a high-profile, dynamic, and spirited research center at Harvard University focused on addressing a wide range of the most exciting and pressing issues presented to us by digital and information/communications technologies. You will play a central role in advancing the Center's mission, "scholarship with impact," by spearheading communications efforts that better enable us to engage with our existing networks and create bridges to new communities, people, and organizations. You'll be excited to share our efforts in novel, clear, and innovative ways; use compelling storytelling techniques and tools; incorporate design-thinking and user-centered practices into our work; and consider ways in which the Center can integrate these communications practices into our workflows. A full position description, and application information, is up on the Berkman site: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/jobs/communicationsmanager Should you have questions about the role, please feel free to reach out! Many thanks, Becca and the Berkman Center team ** From mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk Wed Mar 12 14:42:51 2014 From: mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk (Mishel Pavlovski) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Media: Theory and Practice - registation closing soon Message-ID: <001c01cf3e3c$09a3e6d0$1cebb470$@iml.ukim.edu.mk> Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4?\6 September 2014 http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies?? theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): ?40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): ?60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): ?80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ?????????? ??????/Culture?? and/or ??Investigating Culture??. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski ( mishel at cultcenter.net) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva ( loreta at cultcenter.net) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ??Ss. Cyril and Methodius?? Institute for Macedonian Literature http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies http://cultcenter.net/ From rdt4 at psu.edu Wed Mar 12 14:52:49 2014 From: rdt4 at psu.edu (Richard Denny Taylor) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Air-L] CFP Deadline for IIP/FCC Workshop Extended One Week Message-ID: <0c3e73a5.00006708.0000000e@WIN-BU1P7832ALI.comm.psu.edu> Colleagues, The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Experts' Workshop described below has been extended for one week, until March 22. Thank you. Richard Taylor Call for Paper Proposals THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND REGULATION A by-invitation experts' workshop Organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and co-sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC May 28-30, 2014 The U.S. National Broadband Plan envisions the transition of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure to a ubiquitous IP-based broadband network. While there is a vibrant discussion of how best to manage the transition, there is only a nascent discussion of what the policy framework should look like after it is completed. What is the long-term outlook (beyond the transition and into the next decade) for the broadband ecosystem, and how will the regulatory system have to adapt to a changed environment? Advances in infrastructure technology and applications have, and will likely continue to push at the boundaries of current regulatory frameworks for telecommunications, media, and even intellectual property rights The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is pleased to announce this call for paper proposals addressing the multiple factors in thinking about regulation for post-transition broadband networks. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2-day by-invitation-only workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen experts to be held at the Federal Communications Commissions on (date). The Workshop is designed to draw together the latest academic thinking on these questions and to give FCC staff the opportunity to suggest elements of a forward-looking research agenda that would contribute to the policy discourse around them. The workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers to the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org). All disciplines are welcome. Invited topics of papers may include, but are not limited to: . Will the dominant model for delivery of broadband services be fixed or mobile? How much competition will there be (especially wireline)? Will there be new technologies or entrants? . What is the future of "over-the-top" content and CDNs? . What will be the impact of the "internet of things"? What is its regulatory status? . How is the "public interest" defined in the broadband ecosystem? What sorts of regulatory safeguards/interventions will be needed to advance the public interest? . How do the FCC's broadband promotion programs interact with efforts of other agencies, on both the demand and supply side? . How should the concept of universal service evolve? What can the designers of universal service policies learn from efforts to stimulate demand for broadband? . What are the implications for regulatory frameworks of technological and other changes in the broadband ecosystem? . How should the division of labor between state and federal regulatory authorities change? . Are there any regulatory challenges on the horizon that are not yet part of the mainstream broadband regulation debate? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip at psu.edu by March 15, 2014. Please write IIPFCCPOST: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014. From radhika at cyberdiva.org Wed Mar 12 16:56:47 2014 From: radhika at cyberdiva.org (Radhika Gajjala) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:56:47 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, "Hacking the Black/White Binary" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol Stabile Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:23 PM Subject: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? To: fembot fembot The call for papers for Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? is now available on the website. Also pasted below ? please circulate far and wide! best, carol Call for Papers Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology Issue 5: Hacking the Black/White Binary Edited by Brittney Cooper (Rutgers) and Margaret Rhee (UC-Berkeley) "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change." - Audre Lorde This special issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology will bring together ongoing conversations in critical race theory, women of color feminisms, queer studies, new media studies, and the digital humanities to interrogate the persistence of binaristic Black/White paradigms in U.S. racialization. The Black/White binary is a racial hierarchy historically utilized to uphold anti-Black racism. While the binary may be theoretically useful in highlighting continued racialized violence on African American and Black diasporic communities within the U.S., this Black/White binary frame also potentially obscures multiple structural logics of hegemonic power. For example, the Black/White binary does not adequately conceptualize or theorize women of color solidarity and movement building and the racialized experiences of Latinos, Asian-Americans, and Indigenous and Native Peoples. Nevertheless, Indigenous and feminist scholar Andrea Smith cautions us not to adopt the language of moving ?beyond? the Black/White binary. This language of moving "beyond," Smith argues, fails to recognize the centrality of the Black/White binary and other binary logics such as Orientalism and settler colonialism in the structures of U.S. white supremacy. Comparative approaches to racialization, like those undertaken in the work of scholars like Roderick Ferguson, Grace Hong, and David Theo Goldberg, compellingly illuminate how racism is central to the logics of the U.S. nation state. Additionally, scholars working in new media studies such as Lisa Nakamura, Micha C?rdenas, Kara Keeling, and Tara McPherson provide critical formulations for understanding race, gender, and queerness in our digital age. We seek not to move "beyond" the Black/White binary. We seek to bridge the theoretical and creative interventions in racial theory and new media studies by convening digital feminists of color. Hacking the Black/White Binary while recognizing its continuing effects is critical. In light of persistent anti-Black racism and violence, how do we hold central our struggles against anti-Black and comparative racial oppressions in the U.S. while "hacking" the Black/White binary? How do we transform our understanding of race in our "post-racial," post-digital world? In short, can we "hack" the power structures of white supremacy, and how might women of color feminisms, and all their digital tools, inform this endeavor? Hack (Oxford English Dictionary) 1. cut with rough or heavy blows. 2. use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. New media theorists Beth Coleman and Wendy Chun argue race can be thought of as tool. Articulating techne to race, we appropriate the term "hack? -- hack in the utilization of the digital for feminist gain, and hack, as the theoretical "cut," as theorized by Fred Moten. The ideological concept of race has violently produced physical pain, and untimely deaths to bodies of color. We build upon this formulation of race as tool and "hacking the binary" to ask how feminist of color critique utilizes, reshapes, and creates new technologies to combat the dehumanizing effects of racism in our digital age. As Audre Lorde wrote in the epigraph above, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House." Lorde calls for tools that create genuine change. At the core of our special issue is the insistence on "genuine change." In the shadow of increasing racial violence in our "post-racial" state, we urge for new imaginings, formulations, and tools to make new houses and hack the binary. We invite contributors--artists, scholars, and activists--to explore the concept of "Hacking the Black/White Binary" through a feminist lens. In addition to unpublished traditional scholarly articles, we invite collaborative, digital, and multi-modal approaches that can benefit from the journal's open access online status. We also invite creative contributions (interviews, short features, videos) to an online gallery, which will be published alongside the journal issue, and will exhibit digital projects that "hack" the Black/White binary in anti-racist and feminist ways. Topics and approaches might include, but are not limited to: ? The Possibilities and Limitations of the Black-White Binary in Online Feminism and Beyond ? Categories of "Women of Color" and "People of Color" ? Racial Triangulation ? Cross-racial Alliances in Digital Feminism ? Social Media Approaches to Race and Gender ? Intersectionality ? Online Feminism as Hacker or Harbinger of White Supremacy ? Feminist Epistemology and Raced Gendered Subjects ? Creative Hacks that Emerge from POC communities ? Queer of Color Critique and Critical Race Theory in Our Digital Age ? Hacking ? The Digital Divide ? Creative Digital Solution-Making Among People of Color and in Relationship to Gender and Sexual Violence, Reproductive justice, Prison Industrial Complex, Empire, and other social justice issues Please send essays (max. 3000 words) to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu by 1 August 2014 for consideration. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions. Please send questions and queries to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu. For more information, please check Ada submission guidelines here. Peer Review and Ada Ada is an online, open access, open source peer reviewed journal. The journal?s first issue was published online in November 2012 and has so far received more than 125,000 page views. All work published in Ada will go through four rounds of review: Pre-Review, Expert Review, Community Review and Public Review. More on the Ada Review policy here. Dates ? August 1, 2014: Essays due ? August 11, 2014: First round of essays accepted, sent for Level 1 Review (expert peer review) ? September 1, 2014: Second round of essays sent for Level 2 Review (Fembot community review) ? October 1, 2014: Issue published to general public. _______________________________________________ fembot mailing list fembot at lists.uoregon.edu https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot From ierick at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 01:35:20 2014 From: ierick at gmail.com (Ingrid Erickson) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:35:20 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] DUE MARCH 20: CFP: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute Message-ID: <53216DC8.3010806@gmail.com> **UPCOMING DEADLINE** Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 -- July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy -- these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri -- Columbia on July 8 -- 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers -- Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers -- Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams -- Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams -- Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California -- Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 13 02:16:28 2014 From: daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk (Daniel Villar Onrubia) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:16:28 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives (Breaking Boundaries? Seminar) Message-ID: Dear all, I hope the final event of the "Breaking Boundaries? Series" will of interest to some of you. We will be live streaming the seminar today for those who cannot attend in person: http://breakingboundariesoxford.org/?page_id=414 Best wishes, --- Daniel Villar Onrubia Oxford Internet Institute. University of Oxford daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=170 @villaronrubia ************************ *ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives*. Thursday 13th March 2014 17:00 - 18:30 Seminar Room G/H, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens This seminar will examine the notion that technologies can contribute to healthcare development initiatives in developing countries and explore the challenges associated with such approaches. *Dr Niall Winters* *Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL)* In this talk, Niall Winters will present his current ESRC/DFID-funded research (see: http://www.mchw.org) on the design and implementation of mobile learning interventions to support the training of healthcare workers in Kenya. He will discuss how the project has sought to determine how mobile technologies can help address the boundaries to participation in learning faced by healthcare workers and their trainers. Dr. Niall Winters is a Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL), Institute of Education , University of London and Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. His main research interest is in the participatory design of mobile interventions for medical and healthcare training. The current focus of this research is two-fold: supporting the training of Kenyan community health volunteers in child development and investigating the use of mobile technology to support postgraduate medical education in London teaching hospitals. Niall is a member of the Strategy Planning Group of the London International Development Centre and of the TEL Scoping and Review Group of Health Education England . Niall was previously a RCUK Academic Fellow at the LKL and was Programme Director for the MA in Education & Technology and Programme co-Director of the MSc in Learning Technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2002) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College and a BSc (D.Hons) in Computer Science and Experimental Physics (1997) from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth . His PhD addressed how to store and search large datasets of images. The primary application was vision-based mobile robot navigation. He has held visiting research positions with the Everyday Learning Group at Media Lab Europe in Dublin, and the Computer Vision Lab at Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon. *Marco Haenssgen* *DPhil Candidate in International Development, University of Oxford* Marco's presentation will shift the focus from health workers to the potential recipients of mobile-phone-based health services. Focusing on upstream elements of mHealth, Marco will explore patterns of mobile phone use and healthcare-seeking behaviour, drawing on fieldwork insights from rural India (Rajasthan) and China (Gansu). The evidence suggests that common assumptions of mHealth proponents are easily violated; that is, mobile phone ownership is not ubiquitous and does not necessarily reflect mobile phone use, people do not necessarily share mobile phones freely amongst each other, they are not necessarily keen and excited technological learners, and they do develop mobile phone-aided coping strategies that may compete with mhealth. While both contexts offer, at least in theory, the potential for mobile technology to break boundaries, the presentation will emphasise the importance of understanding upstream factors of mHealth *before* deploying technological solutions in order to provide effective solutions and to avoid the potential exacerbation of healthcare inequities. From gurzick at hood.edu Thu Mar 13 07:27:26 2014 From: gurzick at hood.edu (Gurzick, David) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:27:26 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] DSST 2014 Research Summer Institute Message-ID: I know myself and other AoIR folk have benefitted greatly from the CSST/DSST summer workshops. Don?t miss out on the opportunity. === Let's see if this works.... Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 - July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy - these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri - Columbia on July 8 - 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers - Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers - Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams - Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams - Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) atgogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California - Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From violahl at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 09:47:03 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:47:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium Message-ID: Dear All, Apologize for cross-posting. You are cordially invited to attend the UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium held in St. Cathrine's College 7th April coming soon. The Consortium is set up to provide an opportunity for Junior IS Faculty to discuss important aspects of their academic career and build the networks that will help them with their future career and professional development. As part of the Consortium a panel of established IS faculty from different universities around the UK will give presentations on various relevant aspects of an academic career in IS and will share their own experiences. The following panel members have confirmed their contribution to the consortium: * Prof Julia Kotlarsky (Aston Business School) * Prof Liz Daniel (Open University) * Prof Ola Henfridsson (Warwick Business School) * Dr Mayasandra-Nagaraja Ravishankar (Loughborough University) In addition to the input from these panellists, the Consortium will also provide ample opportunity for delegates to get to know each other through round-table discussions, and a formal dinner followed by pub-visits in Oxford. Official registration could be done through filling the registration form here: http://www.ukais.org.uk/Documents/Downloads/23b1b159-c4f4-4ba9-944b-d27d465cf12d.docx The registration fee is 100 pounds including dinner cost. For further questions and information, please contact Andreas Schroeder at a.schroeder at aston.ac.uk. We look forward to meeting with you in Oxford! Organizer: Dr Honglei Li (Northumbria University, UK) and Dr Andreas Schroeder (Aston University, UK) -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 11:04:26 2014 From: skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com (Skaidra Puodziunas) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:04:26 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Survey Monkey Export Summary of Individual Responses: REQUEST FOR HELP Message-ID: Hello AOIR friends, This mailing list has a track-record for being incredibly helpful, so I'm asking for a helping hand... *Brief background to my problem.... * I'm currently working with Survey Monkey (the SELECT option) to recruit respondents for my online thesis. Recently I had to export all of my data. In doing so, it wiped all of my survey respondents from the Survey Monkey system. The problem is that when I exported my data, I hit *export summary data*. What I really need are summary of i*ndividual responses. * *Why is this a problem? *To answer the empirical questions in my survey, I need more than just respondent count. This is effectively all that Survey Monkey provides when you hit export summary data. I really need to find a way to get my individual response summaries... *Hence, my question(s) for all of you incredibly fabulous researchers ...* 1. Does Survey Monkey have some kind of "back-up"/ e-copy/ provide ANY way for researchers to retrieve their previously exported data? My hope is that I can find a way to re-export my data. 2. If you don't personally have any leads for my first question, might you have leads/resources/helpful links I could check out? Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, kindly in advance! Skaidra. *Skaidra Puodziunas | *@SkaidraP 4B Honours Knowledge Integration & Speech Communication University of Waterloo From tpaulus at utk.edu Thu Mar 13 13:43:56 2014 From: tpaulus at utk.edu (Paulus, Trena M) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:43:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for papers: Microanalysis Of Online Data Symposium, University of York, 14-15 July 2014 Message-ID: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AAAF@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York) University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014. The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK Call for papers and participation We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: * Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) * Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data * Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video * Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) * Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation * Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction * Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering * The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities * Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed (darren.reed at york.ac.uk) and Will Gibson (w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. From lscheidt at indiana.edu Thu Mar 13 14:22:23 2014 From: lscheidt at indiana.edu (Lois Scheidt) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:22:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: symposium In-Reply-To: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> References: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: For your consideration. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paulus, Trena M Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:50 PM Subject: symposium To: "lscheidt at indiana.edu" , "Herring, Susan Catherine (herring at indiana.edu)" Hi! Could you circulate this around IU and/or other organizations? Hope you are well! *International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York)* *University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014.* The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK *Call for papers and participation* We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: ? Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) ? Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data ? Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video ? Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) ? Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation ? Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction ? Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering ? The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities ? Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed ( darren.reed at york.ac.uk ) and Will Gibson ( w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate Department of Information & Library Science, School of Informatics & Computing Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com From denisparra at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 21:05:10 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:05:10 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1 week left to submit to ACM Hypertext 2014 Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From charles.ess at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 23:36:29 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:36:29 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Registration for ISMI'14 - April 24, 25, University of Oslo - now open Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, Registration for the 3rd International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) - April 24 and 25 - is now open: There is no registration fee, but as space will be limited, registration for the event is required. ISMI brings together editors, producers, executives, and academics from around the world to explore innovation in the media industry. The Symposium is a small, but very intense conference that serves as a barometer for the state of media innovations. This year?s symposium features three keynote speakers: Thor Gjermund Eriksen, Director General of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation): "Conditions for Innovations in Public Broadcasting? Bj?rn Taale Sandberg, Senior Vice President, Telenor Research: "Who will fund the media highway of the future?" -The (possible) need for new business models to avoid a tragedy of the commons. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago: ?Living the Good Life: IT Innovations and Human Augmentics? ISMI is sponsored this year by the Centre for Research on Media Innovations, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, and Telenor Group. Best papers from this year?s Symposium will be featured in a special issue of the Journal of Media Innovations - The Symposium will take place in the SmallTalk Auditorium, Ole-Johan Dahls hus, University of Oslo. Additional program and related information can be found on the ISMI website, We look forward to welcoming you to Oslo and ISMI in April! Charles Ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 14 00:10:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:10:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things" Message-ID: If you click though to the programyou'l see that this is a pretty effective stab at exploring the legal and policy implications of the approaching IoT explosion. Very happy that I was, at the last minute, able to arrange a webcast. All day today Friday. Direct to YouTube so easily reviewable later. joly posted: "Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY is happy to webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposium live from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things." It is prese" [image: Fordham Symposium on the Internet of Things]Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY will webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposiumlive from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "*What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things.*" It is presented by the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) and co-sponsored by the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). The "Internet of Things" is the term used to describe the networking of devices that have not traditionally been used to collect or process data. Internet connectivity and data collection mechanisms are being added to devices as diverse as pacemakers, athletic equipment, light bulbs, and coffee makers. As the networking of these devices becomes more prevalent in everyday life, legal and policy issues are now at the forefront of business and regulators' agendas. For example, the FTC and other government organizations have expressed concern over privacy, security, and even technological and financing considerations. This conference seeks to address these wide-ranging issues and explore the legal framework that can support innovation along with the protection of society. *What*: What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things. *Where*: Fordham School of Law, NYC *When*: Friday March 14 2014 8:50am - 5.00pm EDT | 1250-2100 UTC *Webcast*: http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 *Twitter*: #IoT | @FordhamCLIP | @PrincetonCITP Comment See all comments *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 01:39:32 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:39:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?Call_for_Papers_for_Philosophy_and_Techn?= =?windows-1252?q?ology=92s_special_issue_on_The_Ethics_of_Cyber_Conflicts?= Message-ID: <9B2D3C26-F212-4D48-9AE9-F9687E57B399@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology?s special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts GUEST EDITORS Ludovica Glorioso (NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence) INTRODUCTION In the age of the so-called information revolution, the ability to control, disrupt or manipulate the enemy?s information infrastructure has become as decisive as weapon superiority with respect to determining the outcome of conflicts. So much so that the Pentagon defines cyberspace as a new domain in which war is waged, alongside land, sea, air and space. Cyber conflicts, as part of a state?s defensive or offensive strategy, are a fast growing phenomenon, which is rapidly changing the dynamics of combat as well as the role that warfare plays in political negotiations and the life of civil societies. Such changes are not the exclusive concern of the military. They also have a significant bearing on ethicists and policymakers, since existing ethical theories of war, together with national and international regulations, struggle to address the novelties of this phenomenon. The issue could not be more pressing and there is a much felt and fast escalating need to share information and coordinate ethical theorising about cyber conflicts. This special issue of Springer?s Philosophy & Technology (http://www.springer.com/13347) follows the organization of the international workshop on Ethics of Cyber Conflict (http://www.ccdcoe.org/428.html), held on November 21-22, 2013 at the Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) with the support of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence. TOPICS We solicit the submission of papers that investigate issues concerning the way ICTs are affecting our ethical views of conflicts and warfare, as well as the analysis of just-war principles in the light of the dissemination of cyber conflicts; humanitarian military interventions based on ICTs; whether preventive acts of cyber war may satisfy jus-ad-bellum criteria; challenges of upholding jus-in-bello standards in cyber warfare, especially in asymmetric conflicts; attribution and proportionality of the response to cyber attacks; moral permissibility of automated responses and ethical deployment of military robotic weapons. TIMETABLE April 1, 2014: Deadline papers submissions May 1, 2014: Deadline reviews papers June 1, 2014: Deadline revised papers 2015: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal?s Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: "Special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts? from the selection provided in the submission process. This is needed in order to assign the submissions to the Guest Editors. Submissions will then be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers? Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)? Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief?s Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. The process will be reiterated in case of requests for revisions. For any further information please contact: Ludovica Glorioso, ludovica.glorioso at ccdcoe.org -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 02:34:11 2014 From: CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Dorottya_Cserz=F5?=) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Downsacling Culture Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi invite abstracts for papers and posters for an interdisciplinary conference with the theme: Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication The event will take place on 18-19 September 2014 at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Please find the full Call for Papers on the conference website. With this programme we wish to update research on intercultural communication by broadening its empirical repository. Correspondingly, researchers who haven't worked with the concept of intercultural communication - or indeed who haven't worked with 'culture' - are invited to take a fresh look at their work. A conference volume of selected papers is planned, further information will follow during and after the conference. Abstracts (300 words) for papers and posters are invited until 30 April 2014. Acceptance will be communicated by 31 May 2014. To submit an abstract or for queries, please contact the organising committee at: downscalingculture at cardiff.ac.uk Jaspal Singh, Argyro Kantara, Dorottya Cserz? Further information will be available in due course on the website. This conference is made possible through the ESRC Partnering Scheme. From Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 03:00:11 2014 From: Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk (Feldman, Zinaida) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:00:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Dilemmas launch w/ Appadurai @ Goldsmiths Message-ID: <640ca3893f74414fb3f80243487d827e@DBXPR03MB368.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> Book Launch for Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet (M.I. Franklin, Oxford University Press, 2013) M.I. Franklin in conversation with Arjun Appadurai (NYU), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths) and David Morley (Goldsmiths) Time: 26 March 2014, 18:00 - 20:00 Location: Goldsmiths, New Cross, London - room LG01, New Academic Building Department: Media & Communications Arjun Appadurai (Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, USA) will be guest speaker at this event to celebrate the UK release of Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet, by M. I. Franklin (Oxford University Press, 2013). Appadurai will join Marianne Franklin (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths, Sociology) and David Morley (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications) Full details: http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7442 .... Zeena Feldman Centre for Cultural Policy and Management School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom +44 (0)75 1283 2058 (mobile) zinaida.feldman.1 at city.ac.uk From ragnedda at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 03:58:10 2014 From: ragnedda at gmail.com (Massimo Ragnedda) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:58:10 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: CFP "Weber and the Digital Divide" Message-ID: 16 days left to submit an abstract for a Special Section on "Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age" *Call for Proposed Abstracts for a Special Section on* *"Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age"* *International Journal of Communication -** http://ijoc.org * *Special Editors: Massimo Ragnedda, Northumbria Univ. **(UK) & Glenn W. Muschert, Miami Univ. (USA)* Much of the literature on stratification in the digital sphere (i.e., digital divides) has focused on the fundamental material relations of inequality present in the digital divide, often relying on Marxist/conflict schools of thought. To broaden the scope, the current project turns to Max Weber for new perspectives on stratification in the digital sphere. The project will stimulate scholarly exchange about how social stratification in the digital age is reproduced not only based on class dynamics (economic aspects), but also by status/prestige (cultural aspects), and in group affiliations (political aspects). Access to the economic means of production can indeed limit digital participation; however, Weber also posits that the process of stratification expresses itself in two other forms, namely "status" and "party." Potential contributors are invited to explore the importance of status and political influence in a liquid society, such as the importance of prestige in digital participation (or exclusion), or the influence of political affiliation upon digital divides. Papers may be theoretical and/or analytical in nature, and should examine digital divides in relation to dynamics social class (lifestyle and culture), social status (prestige and market influence), and/or power (political impact/legitimacy). Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers, and from various relevant disciplines (sociology, communications, media studies, etc.). Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to: - Interplay among economic (class), cultural (status), and/or political (party) factors of digital divides. - The role of digital participation/exclusion on individual and/or group life chances. - The relevance of skills (digital literacy), certifications, and and legitimating credentials in digital divides. - The role of status and prestige hierarchies in digital participation/exclusion (or vice versa). - Cultural meanings (including religious and/or secular value systems) and digital divides. - Political life (i.e., power relations) and dynamics of digital inclusion/exclusion. - Bureaucratic/institutional relationships and digital divides. - Forms of rationality in the digital (e.g., *Zweckrationalit?t *vs. *Wertrationalit?t */ ends vs. means rationality). - The influence of worldview (*Weltanschauung) *on digital participation/exclusion. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts of around 750 words in MS Word, sent as an email attachment to Massimo Ragnedda ( ragnedda at gmail.com) and Glenn Muschert (muschegw at MiamiOH.edu). *The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2014. * Abstracts will be judged on criteria of relevance and originality of topic. Notification of initially-approved abstracts will be announced in mid-April, after which contributors will be asked to move forward to the peer-review submission phase. Contributions of 7000 words (maximum including abstract, footnotes, tables/figures with captions, references, and appendices, if any) *will be due 1 July 2014*. All submissions must adhere to APA (6th edition) formatting to include: - Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes. - Authors must include their profile, including affiliation and rank, when submitting a manuscript. - All articles should include an abstract of 150 words. - All articles must include a bibliography at the end that conforms to the most current APA style. - All spellings must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the *Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary*. - Only one submission per author will be considered at a time. Contributions will be subject to double-blind peer review, and to encourage coherence in the special section, all contributors will be requested to act as a peer reviewer for at least one other article. After all necessary revisions and editing, the special section is scheduled to publish in 2015. -- Massimo Ragnedda Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com http://notizie.tiscali.it/opinioni/Ragnedda/184/ skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Twitter: @massimoragnedda From violahl at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 06:15:31 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:15:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Fully-Funded PhD in Big Data with Concentration in Consumer Behavior in Virtual Communities Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Northumbria University is currently accepting applications for its fully-funded PhD Program in Information Sciences, which has concentration in Knowledge Discovery in Virtual Communities. For the application details, please check the following link: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53720&LID=2317 We are seeking a candidate with: ? ---General knowledge on the area of marketing / information systems /information management / computer sciences or similar area ? ---Data analysis skills, data mining skills are highly desired ? ----- High interests in consumer behaviour and future technology trends Eligibility criteria: Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a British higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. To apply, contact Karen Vacher to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to ee.pgradministration at northumbria.ac.uk or by using the application link on this page. Regards, Honglei -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From brabham at usc.edu Fri Mar 14 10:22:29 2014 From: brabham at usc.edu (Daren Brabham) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:22:29 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Beware IR14-related predatory journal emails Message-ID: <003d01cf3fa9$fb3f5b50$f1be11f0$@usc.edu> A public service announcement to members of this list who might be getting similar emails today from David Publishing Company about a paper you presented last year at AoIR. I received this crappy email (below) from the ?Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication,? a product of David Publishing Company. It?s the typical mass form email many predatory open access publishers send to try to get you to pay-to-publish in their poor quality, will-never-count-for-tenure publications. This time they?re referencing my Ignite talk from last year?s AoIR, which wasn?t really a paper anyway (it?s a distillation from my book). Many things wrong with this email: - They claim to be indexed with EBSCO and other databases, but I?m almost certain this can?t be true - Being catalogued by the Library of Congress is not a notable thing. Anyone can file an application for an ISSN with LoC. - ?We will charge some publication fee if the paper is published in our journal,? and of course the paper will be accepted, even if it?s gibberish or unscientific, and the fee will be hundreds or possibly a few thousand dollars. - Peer review time is 2-3 weeks, which is highly unusual. Anyway, to those of you not keeping up with the discussion of predatory open access journals are about, I recommend Jeffrey Beall?s list, where David Publishing is listed: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ For those of you who get invited to review, serve on editorial boards, or publish in these kinds of journals, please use good judgment. For every good scholar they rope in to publish with them or serve on an editorial board, they use that fact to further confuse other scholars (and new researchers and grad students) who may not be as savvy about how to tell good journals from bad ones. And if you want a non-predatory open access publishing experience in Internet studies, you?ll find many respectable journals of that stripe listed here: http://aoir.wikia.com/wiki/Journals_for_Internet_Research Cheers, db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication | www.csscjournal.org University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (213) 740-2007 office | (801) 633-4796 cell brabham at usc.edu | www.darenbrabham.com ================================================================================================ Begin forwarded craptastic email below ================================================================================================ From: journalism [mailto:journalism at davidpublishing.org] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:52 PM To: brabham Subject: Call for Papers-IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers From Knowledge to Wisdom Journalism and Mass Communication Print ISSN: 2160-6579 Current Volume: 1/2014 Dear Dr. Daren C. Brabham, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Four Approaches to Crowdsourcing to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal at http://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along with the first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company, 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org ________________________________________ ________________________________________ journalism via foxmail From c.haythorn at ubc.ca Fri Mar 14 14:56:45 2014 From: c.haythorn at ubc.ca (Caroline Haythornthwaite) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:56:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Message-ID: <5A7921AA-5771-4CEC-91C1-E902F75CBDB6@ubc.ca> CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Chairs: Maarten de Laat, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Shane Dawson & Dan Suthers Track: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, HI http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ http://www.open.ou.nl/rslmlt/HICSS_CFP_SocialMedia&Learning.htm FULL PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack calls for papers that address leading edge innovation, research methods and design to analyze and support learning through digital and social media. The ability to generate and maintain rich networked connections through social media, social networking, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, and social computing has a profound impact on the way we solve problems, learn, innovate and develop our identities, and the value this creates for individuals and groups. This minitrack will bring together state of the art research that furthers social theories of learning (such as networked learning, learning analytics, collaborative learning, viral learning, and social capital) situated in formal, non-formal and informal learning settings such as schools, higher education, organizations, workplace, leisure, communities and crowds. We call for papers that use, analyze and/or develop technologies, practices, and policies that examine social media and learning. We use the term 'social media' broadly to include many ways of interacting online and many forms of organizing online. We also use the term to include use of multiple media and welcome studies that address use across multiple platforms. We specifically welcome papers that address new and exciting areas of research in the potential of social media for new forms of learning, and the potential value social media creates for connectivity, development, and knowledge growth. ORGANIZERS Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands maarten.delaat at ou.nl Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia c.haythorn at ubc.ca Shane Dawson, University of South Australia shane.dawson at unisa.edu.au Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii suthers at hawaii.edu From rforno at infowarrior.org Fri Mar 14 16:08:01 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:08:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] US to relinquish Internet control Message-ID: I suspect there will be interesting times ahead for us net research folks. ?rick U.S. aims to give up control over Internet administration By Craig Timberg, U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web. Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year. ?The timing is right to start the transition process,? said Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. ?We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.? The practical consequences of the decision were not immediately clear, but it could alleviate rising global complaints that the United States essentially controls the Web and takes advantage of its oversight role to help spy on the rest of the world. < ? > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-relinquish-remaining-control-over-the-internet/2014/03/14/0c7472d0-abb5-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_print.html --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Sat Mar 15 10:47:11 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:47:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From info at interculturalnewmedia.com Sat Mar 15 16:13:38 2014 From: info at interculturalnewmedia.com (info at interculturalnewmedia.com) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:13:38 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR/NEW MEDIA Message-ID: <20140315161338.bfb6cefea40d8ccdf2823ebe3e136114.79facef0e5.wbe@email18.secureserver.net> Hello Air-L members, Please consider submitting your papers( and distributing this call to graduate students) by June 9, 2014 for the NCA Honors Graduate Student Seminar sponsored by Sage Publications and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. The theme of the seminar is New Media and Intercultural Communication. It will take place at the November, 2014 NCA conference in Chicago; finalists will receive monetary awards and a good deal of recognition. It is open to any currently enrolled MA or Ph.D student. Please see "call" included below and the attachment. Robert Shuter, Visiting Professor, Hugh Downs School of Communication/Professor, Marquette University Coordinator, NCA IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association, in partnership with Sage Publications, proudly announces the first IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar to be held at the 2014 NCA conference in Chicago. The theme of the seminar is Intercultural Communication and New Media and will feature competitively selected papers of currently enrolled MA and Ph.D students in communication and allied fields (multiple authors permitted but all must be currently enrolled graduate students at the time of paper submission). Intercultural new media research is an emerging and important new area of intercultural communication and consists of multiple dimensions including ( but not limited to) how new media impact intercultural communication theory (i.e. cultural adaptation/dialogue/competence/identity), how culture influences the social uses of new media, and in what ways new media affect culture. Papers will be reviewed and selected by top scholars who will also serve as scholar respondents during the honors seminar. The honors seminar will be conducted on Saturday, November 22. 2014 from 2:00PM to 5PM at the NCA conference in the Conrad Hilton, Chicago. The seminar will be followed by an IICD reception honoring the participants. Graduate students selected for participation will receive a monetary award as well as IICD honors graduate student certificates. To be considered, full papers (APA including 200 word abstract with title) are due no later than June 9, 2014. Each paper should be no more than 25 pages including references; author(s) name, contact information, and student status (MA or Ph.D and university) should be included on separate title page and sent in a separate file. Finalists will be contacted and announced by July 25, 2014. Papers should be sent electronically to the Coordinator of the IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar: Robert Shuter, Professor, Marquette University, Diederich College of Communication and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Communication:[1]robert.shuter at marquette. edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation From: Nikolaos Thomopoulos <[2]tranth at leeds.ac.uk> Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 10:47 am To: "[3]air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <[4]air-l at listserv.aoir.org> Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: [5]http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at [6]sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' [7]www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize _______________________________________________ The [8]Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [9]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [10]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [11]http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. https://emarq.marquette.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=to1FAknkiEyhZmdlSUkCoGNlHuI4FNEIUUgvvlmcetV1KICLZalOKyp_5_D0jwcezxte8WWvExA.&URL=mailto%3arobert.shuter%40marquette 2. mailto:tranth at leeds.ac.uk 3. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 5. http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com/ 6. mailto:sgICTregion at gmail.com 7. http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize 8. mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org 9. http://aoir.org/ 10. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 11. http://www.aoir.org/ From karineb at uw.edu Sun Mar 16 07:22:16 2014 From: karineb at uw.edu (Karine Nahon) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:22:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Communities: CFP HICSS Message-ID: CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48 January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm ORGANIZERS Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gruzd at dal.ca (Primary Contact) Karine Nahon, University of Washington, karineb at uw.edu Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, c.haythorn at ubc.ca Twitter: #hicss_snc This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social media and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives. We call for papers that address research, theory, practice, and/or policy around our new interlinkages via social media in support of communities of practice, inquiry, and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In the past, this minitrack has been in the Internet and Digital Economy Track. Due to its overwhelming success, the minitrack has become a founding part of the new Track: Digital and Social Media. In previous years, the minitrack has been among the largest at the conference, and ?best papers? from the minitrack have often received the ?Best Paper in Track? awards. We call for papers that address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in these endeavors. Papers are welcomed that address wholly online communities, as well as those that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction; the use of single media, as well as those that address the way different media support community practice; and community, as well as crowd-based collectives online. Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following: Social, political and/or economic impact of social media Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy Community development and community informatics Design, development, and user studies of social media Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices Serious leisure online Organizational behavior of communities Behavior in online gaming communities Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities Case studies and topologies of online communities Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc. Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community Research methods for the study of social networking and community ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation are included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15. IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS FOR HICSS 48 June 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15, 2014 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees ? including visa or your organization?s fiscal funding procedures ? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1, 2014 -- EARLY REGISTRATION FEE DEADLINE. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15, 2014 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office. From martin.wagner at yale.edu Sun Mar 16 07:31:36 2014 From: martin.wagner at yale.edu (Martin Wagner) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:31:36 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Deadline Extended: CFP: 2015 MLA Session: Writing for Algorithms Message-ID: <28D332C2-8670-4981-A168-E0716C5F7585@yale.edu> Writing for Algorithms DEADLINE EXTENDED Special Session at the 2015 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention (January 8-11, Vancouver, Canada) Writing, as it is practiced by bloggers and spammers, no longer exclusively addresses humans, but also the algorithms of search engines and email filters. In a similar way, a new generation of students at colleges throughout the country learns to adapt their essays to the criteria of automated grading apps. For the first time in history, we human readers are no longer the sole audience of the written text. What is the effect of this expansion of audience on human readers who experience, consciously or otherwise, their expulsion from the center of the textual universe? How does the emerging writing for algorithms change the landscape of traditional training in composition and poetics? Which new insights about the fundamental structures of relevance, coherence, and authenticity in linguistic communication can we gain from the struggle between spammers and the software engineers at Google & Co.? The panel seeks to answer these questions by combining contributions from a wide range of possible theoretical and professional backgrounds, including, but not limited to, rhetoric, linguistics, literary theory, media studies, journalism, and programming. Please send a proposal of up to 250 words for a 15-minute presentation by March 22, 2014 to martin.wagner at yale.edu. For more information see: www.writingforalgorithms.org From joly at punkcast.com Sun Mar 16 22:56:15 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:56:15 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] GENERATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Message-ID: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 *Generative Justice:Value from the Bottom-up* *A conference at RPI, June 27-29 2014* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? (For more see the Generative Justice wiki ) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Mar 17 16:08:09 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:08:09 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014: papers due 20 May Message-ID: <8863BD6B-5DA5-4ED9-8709-BDCC8DC29F78@qut.edu.au> CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014 November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark At the Media Architecture Biennale in 2014 we explore the emergence of new kinds of ?World Cities? through media architecture. In this context, encounters may occur when media architecture is realized and people experience and interact with it, e.g. when public spaces and urban environments and the practices they shape are influenced by elements of media architecture; it may also occur as new platforms give rise to new opportunities for shaping systems and surroundings. IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS Papers submission deadline: May 20 Notification of acceptance: July 30 Camera-ready submission: Aug 30 Conference: Nov 19-22 2014 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Expression of interest: Aug 1 Submission deadline: Aug 30 WORKSHOPS Expression of interest: 27 April EXHIBITIONS (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) STUDENTS COMPETITION (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) TOPICS We consider media architecture as an inclusive term that encompasses encounters and intersections between digital technologies and our physical surroundings. We invite papers that present and discuss novel contributions to media architecture both on a practical and theoretical level and that further our understanding of the field through case studies, design approaches, and best practices. We expect contributions to critically explore a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: - How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media - Social and Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture - Participatory Architecture & City Planning - Spatial Locative Media - Case Studies of Specific Projects - Future Trends and Prototypes - Media Facades and Urban Displays - Interaction Techniques and Interfaces- Critical and Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture - Design Processes and Methods SUBMISSION DETAILS The conference invites research presentations from both academia and industry: * We invite both short and long papers. Submitted papers should be a maximum of four and ten pages in length, for short and long papers respectively, in ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). * The papers should clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualize the authors? work within the greater body of research. * Submissions should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN or DOI number. *Authors must provide a 30-word contribution statement for their paper upon submission. The contribution statement should explain the contribution made by the paper to the Media Architecture community. *Papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple members of a program committee consisting of experts in a range of disciplines that shape media architecture. OUR VISION Building on the successful event in Aarhus 2012, Media Architecture Biennale 2014 brings together artists, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry who work with media, interactive technologies and the built environment. The 2014 Biennale comprises an academic conference track, exhibitions, and industry sessions, as well workshops. Our vision is to provide an excellent forum for debate and knowledge exchange; to of fer a unique opportunity that brings together the best minds and organizations; and to highlight state-of-the-art and experimental research in media architecture. THEME: Media Architecture and Cities of the World Media architecture is an increasingly important digital layer in cities all over the world. It is a part of shopping malls, casinos, digital signs and commercials and it holds great potential as a mouthpiece for public voice and a peephole into the heart of government. The latter was exemplified when citizen reports and the municipality's case handlings were visualized on Aarhus' notable city hall tower during the Media Architecture Biennale 2012. It is also the case, when people in the streets of Berlin are invited to show their own animations using 144 lit-up windows in a central high-rise building, which happened in the iconic project Blinkenlights. No matter if it is in Aarhus, Copenhagen or Berlin ? or in S?o Paulo, Sydney or Beijing ? media architecture augments public space and creates new settings for life in the city. These new settings will be the focus of the Media Architecture Biennale 2014. The design of media architecture invites encounters between people, the built environment, and media space. It opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. As an emerging field, diverse perspectives are coming together in media architecture, and the challenges are as abundant as the opportunities. HOST Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: www.mab14.org Email: conference at mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending). COME AND JOIN US! ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University) Co-chair and founder Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute) Conference Programme Chairs Peter Dalsgaard (Aarhus University) & Ava Fatah gen Schieck (The Bartlett, UCL) Exhibition and Awards chairs/curators Gernot Tscherteu (realitylab.at) & Morten Lervig (CAVI, Aarhus University) Workshop Chairs Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney) & Alexander Wiethoff (Ludwig-Maximillians Universit?t M?nchen) Doctoral Consortium Chairs S?ren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) Communication Chairs Lone Koefoed Hansen (Aarhus University) & Jen Stein (University of Southern California) Media and Communications Journalist Mette Stentoft (Aarhus) & designer Oleg ?uran (University of Split) Special Advisors Kim Halskov & Hank Haeusler -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From charles.ess at gmail.com Mon Mar 17 22:33:47 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:33:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for article submissions - Innovations in the Newsroom - The Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, With the usual regrets for duplications - please distribute and cross-post as seems useful. Call for submissions to The Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 1, issue 2. The Journal of Media Innovations is an open access, peer-reviewed, cross-disciplinary journal that explores media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. Each issue of The Journal includes academic articles, research briefs, and book reviews. All candidate submissions are peer reviewed; published articles usually go through at least one cycle of revision in light of reviewers? and the editorial team?s comments and suggestions. Please see the inaugural issue for examples. We invite submissions to the upcoming issue, on the theme of Innovations in the newsroom, . The issues focuses on how news media meet contemporary challenges of changing user behaviour, threatened revenue models and restructuring processes through Innovation. Submissions should focus on one or more of the following topics: - Changing journalistic practices, e.g., computer assisted journalism, public or participatory journalism, social media - Changing production routines - Changing journalistic ethics and norms - Changing forms of funding, e.g., crowd funding, pay walls, entrepreneurial journalism - Changing organizational forms - Sources of and/or obstacles to innovation in news media Submission date: 15. April 2014. Publication date: 30. September 2014. Please visit our website and follow the steps for online submissions: Inquiries may be directed to Karoline A. Ihleb?k, Editorial Assistant: On behalf of our editorial team and Editorial Board, Charles Ess, Editor, JMI Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 18 00:12:56 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:12:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <011E6D2D-ADFD-4303-9DEB-7F4BCF9AA705@imv.au.dk> ***REMINDER*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is Monday 24 March 2014. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 01/03/2014 kl. 15.33 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > > The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. > > Best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > >> ***apologies for cross-postings*** >> >> >> PhD seminar >> >> Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? >> >> Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 >> Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? >> >> This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. >> >> Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. >> >> The number of participants is limited to 20. >> >> Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. >> >> The lectures and the lecturers: >> ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago >> ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam >> ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark >> ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies >> >> Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ >> >> Very best, >> >> Niels Br?gger >> >> >> >> >> ?????????????????????????????? >> >> LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS >> >> August 2013 >> Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 >> Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract >> >> June 2013 >> Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 >> Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract >> >> March 2013 >> The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 >> Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 >> >> >> >> NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD >> Director, the Centre for Internet Studies >> Department of Aesthetics and Communication >> Aarhus University >> Helsingforsgade 14 >> 8200 Aarhus N >> Denmark >> >> Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 >> Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 >> Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 >> E-mail nb at imv.au.dk >> Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb >> >> Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 >> Skype name: niels_bruegger >> >> The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk >> NetLab http://netlab.dk >> The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk >> LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab, http://netlab.dk > Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From christian.fuchs at uti.at Tue Mar 18 04:36:11 2014 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:36:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book "Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction" Message-ID: <53282FAB.1020006@uti.at> Critical Political Economy of Communications ? A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per e-mail to christian.fuchs at uti.at Abstract If we take the late 1960s as a starting point an explicitly defined ?critical political economy of communications? is fifty years old. How salient today are the core concerns that shaped this tradition? What are the emergent themes in contemporary critical media studies? Jonathan Hardy will discuss his book-length review of critical political economists? work (Hardy, Jonathan. Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction. London: Routledge.), and reflect on what their approaches can offer for contemporary investigations into the problems of the media. Biography Dr Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the author of Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming; Cross-Media Promotion (Peter Lang, 2010), Western Media Systems (Routledge, 2008) and writes on media, marketing communications, regulation and policy. He is Secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a UK media reform group. From sherylgrant at gmail.com Tue Mar 18 07:16:58 2014 From: sherylgrant at gmail.com (Sheryl Grant) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:16:58 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) Message-ID: Hi everyone, Apologies for cross-posting: 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) - https://sites.google.com/site/obie2014ws/ - => in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2014), Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August 2014 => proceedings published by Springer IMPORTANT DATES ==================================== * 1 May 2014: Paper submission deadline * 23 May 2014: Notification of acceptance * 13 June 2014: Camera-ready paper * 12 August 2014: Open Badges in Education workshop day (to be confirmed by the Conference organizers) OVERVIEW ======== Open Badges (OBs) initiative is a community effort aimed at introducing novel means and practices for knowledge/skill assessment, recognition, and credentialing. Along the way, it is also promoting values such as openness and learner?s agency, as well as participatory learning practices and peer-learning communities. Even though digital badges are not a new phenomenon, their use prior to the emergence of the OBs initiative was largely associated with isolated efforts of individual organizations, and there was no systematic approach to issuing and using badges. Likewise, OBs should not be equated with digital badges that are used solely as a part of gamification efforts aimed at motivating users for different kinds of tasks; OBs differ in at least two significant ways. First, they allow learners to gather badges that originate from different sources (i.e., organizations acting as badge issuers), and to select and combine the earned badges into custom profiles suitable for the given occasion (e.g., job application). Second, OBs are self-sufficient in the sense that they carry all the information one would need to understand and value the achievement/status they refer to. All these novel and distinctive features have positioned OBs as suitable candidates for addressing some of the pressing challenges in the context of life-long and Web-based learning, including: i) recognition of learning in multiple and diverse locations and environments that go beyond traditional classrooms; ii) recognition of diverse kinds of skills and knowledge, including soft and general skills; iii) recognition of alternative forms of assessment; iv) the need for transparent and easily verifiable digital credentials. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Open Badges (OBs) are rapidly gaining traction among educational practitioners as well as education-oriented companies and non-profit organizations. However, so far, there have been only a few research studies aimed at validating the propositions related to OBs. This indicates an obvious need for higher engagement of the research community in order to assure a deeper understanding of not only OBs and their potential roles, but also the larger educational ecosystem within which they operate and evolve. Considering everything stated above, this workshop would welcome submissions on some of the topics from the following (though not restrictive) list: * OBs as a motivational mechanism * OBs as a mean to support and promote participatory learning practices * OBs as a mean to support and recognize alternative assessment * OBs as a mean to recognize prior learning * OBs as a mean to facilitate charting of learning trajectories * OBs as a facilitator of self-regulated learning * OBs as a mean for building and maintaining learner's profile (portfolio) * Implementation of OBs in different kinds of educational settings (formal, non-formal, informal) * Software systems and tools for the implementation and deployment of OBs * Technical challenges in enabling the intended functionalities of OBs SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ========================== We welcome the following types of contributions: * Short (up to 5 pages) and full (up to 10 pages) research papers, * Poster abstracts and system demonstrations (should not exceed 2 pages). All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format at * https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=obie2014 All the submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway * Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada * Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== * Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA * Simon Cross, The Open University, UK * Elizabeth Dalton, University of New Hampshire, USA * Rebecca Galley, The Open University, UK * Sheryl Grant, Duke University, USA * Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths University of London, UK * Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida, USA * Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Michael R. Olneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * Razvan Rughinis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania * Jose Luis Santos Odriozola, KU Leuven, Belgium * Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Felicia M. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA For further questions please contact the organisers via *** obie2014[at]easychair.org *** Sheryl Grant Director of Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition sheryl.grant at duke.edu Duke University 114 South Buchanan Blvd. Smith Warehouse Durham, NC 27708 From rhill at asis.org Tue Mar 18 10:40:14 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:40:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?US-ASCII?Q?Deadline_Reminder_=96_ASIS&T_Annual_Meeting?= Message-ID: <381-22014321817401450@LEN-dick-2011> April 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for Panels, Contributed Papers, and tutorials and workshops. Additional information below. Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ SUBMISDSION URL: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2014/index.php?page=login The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST?s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From lsh at asc.upenn.edu Tue Mar 18 10:50:07 2014 From: lsh at asc.upenn.edu (Laura Henderson) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:50:07 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Shifts in Persian Cyberspace and Social Networking in Iran Message-ID: The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between 2002 and 2010, the Persian blogosphere exploded in size and became the topic of numerous reports, essays, videos and books. However, global interest in this emerging trend seemed to decrease during the second presidential mandate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This report is aimed at providing an answer to whether Blogestan itself has faded in size, activity and influence, since 2009. The report includes an audience survey of Persian blog readers, a web crawling analysis of the Iranian blogosphere, and a series of interviews with 20 influential bloggers living inside and outside of Iran. *Liking Facebook in Tehran:Social Networking in Iran: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1609 This report, based on an online survey of Iranian Facebook users, contributes to a small but growing body of scholarship on social and new media use in Iran. Our findings offer new insights into the Iranian Facebook ecosystem, including patterns of Facebook usage among Iranians, why and how Iranians are using Facebook, what types of content they are sharing, as well as perceptions of privacy and security associated with using Facebook. In addition, the survey addresses the key question of whether Facebook is being used as a tool for political engagement and civic activism among Iranian internet users, as initial assessments suggested. AoIRists might also be interested in these other publications from the IMP: *Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia: http://cgcsblog.asc.upenn.edu/2013/11/07/citation-filtered/ Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse. The report is accompanied by an infographicdetailing blocking mechanisms and types of filtered content. *Internet Censorship in Iran: An infographic: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/sites/default/files/research/pdf/1363180689/1385/internet_censorship_in_iran.pdf This infographic illustrates the constellation of bodies currently involved in internet censorship in Iran. It attempts to show the complexity of Iran's internet governance system by mapping the relationship between the different policy-making and enforcement bodies involved in internet censorship and filtering, spotlighting four new bodies-the Supreme Council on Cyberspace, the Committee Charged with Determining Offensive Content, the Cyber Army, and the Cyber Police-that have emerged since 2009 as key institutions responsible for controlling the flow of online communications, both within Iran and betweenIranians and the global cybersphere. *Finding a way - How Iranians reach for news and information: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 This study details the results of an online questionnaire among young, metropolitan, educated and technologically savvy Iranians, and was aimed at illustrating the extent to which these youth employ new media for political purposes over a year after the contested Iranian elections and during the Tunisia, Egypt and Libya uprisings. The prevalence of Internet use, online activities, and speed of access was assessed, as was the use of and engagement with certain platforms such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. The surveys also examined the use of circumvention tools as well as the extent to which Iraniansthink citizens can be empowered through the use of new media. *Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4361 In the days immediately following the contested June 2009 Presidential election, Iranians attempting to reach news content and social media platforms were subject to unprecedented levels of the degradation, blocking and jamming of communications channels. Rather than shut down networks, which would draw attention and controversy, the government was rumored to have slowed connection speeds to rates that would render the Internet nearly unusable, especially for the consumption and distribution of multimedia content. Since, political upheavals elsewhere have been associated with headlines such as "High usage slows down Internet in Bahrain" and "Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again," with further rumors linking poor connectivity with political instability in Myanmar and Tibet. For governments threatened by public expression, the throttling of Internet connectivity appears to be an increasingly preferred and less detectable method of stifling the free flow of information. In order to assess this perceived trend and begin to create systems of accountability and transparency on such practices, we attempt to outline an initial strategy for utilizing a ubiquitous set of network measurements as a monitoring service, then apply such methodology to shed light on the recent history of censorship in Iran. *The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6398 While funding agencies have provided substantial support for the developers and vendors of services that facilitate the unfettered flow of information through the Internet, little consolidated knowledge exists on the basic communications network infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the absence of open access and public data, rumors and fear have reigned supreme. During provisional research on the country's censorship regime, we found initial indicators that telecommunications entities in Iran allowed private addresses to route domestically, whether intentionally or unintentionally, creating a hidden network only reachable within the country. Moreover, records such as DNS entries lend evidence of a 'dual stack' approach, wherein servers are assigned a domestic IP addresses, in addition to a global one. Despite the clear political implications of the claim we put forward, particularly in light of rampant speculation regarding the mandate of Article 46 of the 'Fifth Five Year Development Plan' to establish a "national information network," we refrain from hypothesizing the purpose of this structure. In order to solicit critical feedback for future research, we outline our initial findings and attempt to demonstrate that the matter under contention is a nation-wide phenomenon that warrants broader attention. Laura Schwartz-Henderson Research Project Manager Center For Global Communication Studies Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 215-898-9727 From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:00:13 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:00:13 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: . Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:10:45 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:10:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: http://cpi.asu.edu/cpi-now. Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From denisparra at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 03:26:23 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:26:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Don't miss the deadline: submit to ACM HT 2014 this Friday 21st Message-ID: Dear researchers, Don't forget to submit your full, short papers, posters and demos by this Friday 21st, 11:59PM CSLCT http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 Thanks for your interest, see you in Santiago In September! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nhara at indiana.edu Wed Mar 19 08:00:08 2014 From: nhara at indiana.edu (Noriko Hara) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:00:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Special Issue on Historic Design Cases-International Journal of Designs for Learning In-Reply-To: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> References: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> Message-ID: <5329B0F8.6090900@indiana.edu> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS* *INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGNS FOR LEARNING* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON HISTORIC DESIGN CASES* Guest Editors: Craig D. Howard & Colin M. Gray Unlike other design fields, instructional design has not had a sustained interest in documenting cases from the past and engaging in our design history in a substantive way. When we think of technology, we generally look forward---to what is possible in the future of technology in education, but it is equally as instructive to look at how far we have come and the individual designs that, as a collective, have impacted where we are now. Many of the same challenges we face in the ecology of modern technologies can be seen in technological leaps from instructional design's past: video-based instruction, systemic curricular moves (e.g., SRA Reading Lab, the "new math"), educational entertainment (e.g., Sesame Street, Bill Nye the Science Guy), and the dawn of the graphical user interface and personal computer (e.g., instruction for the Macintosh, developing for the PLATO system) to name a few. Many of these designs have directly and indirectly informed our contemporary design practice, and illustrate many of the challenges of designing for intentional change. In this special issue, we turn our focus to both the near and distant past of instructional design and technology, addressing designs intended (or used) for learning both in informal and formal learning---inside the classroom, and in our everyday lives. This special issue brings our field to the standard of precedent-building common in other design disciplines, refocusing our attention on marking significant milestones in design innovation, celebrating the often unrecognized breakthroughs instructional design and technology has had in its past. While some artifacts have been preserved, our collective knowledge of what instructional design is in the present has often been embodied in designs which themselves have been forgotten. To begin the process of documenting these past designs, we invite authors to submit design cases of designs used and/or intended for learning from 10-75 years ago, which are deemed to be of importance to the field. Some examples of appropriate historic designs might include: * *Designs that changed our understanding of what learning could be* (e.g., Airborne satellite learning, early collaborative websites, Sesame Street Workshop) * *Designs that highlighted the affordances of specific technologies when they were in their infancy* (e.g., PLATO system, remote teaching through closed circuit TV) * *Designs which failed, either in their initial implementation, or which failed to "catch on" *(e.g., computerized instruction in the 1990s, the "new math") * *Designs which serve as the basis for modern categories of educational technology* (e.g., learning management systems, SRA reading lab) * *Instructional components of mass-market devices* (e.g., training for emerging technological products, such as Apple's click-and-drag instruction) * *Designs created out of a specific felt need for a specific type of learning* (e.g., "murder houses," bespoke designs) *SUBMISSION TYPES* /Full Design Case/ 5000-7000+ words, with as many multimedia and/or visual elements as available. The goal of this submission is to not only visually and textually explain the experience of the design, but also how it came to be the way that it is. Depending on the age of the designed artifact or experience, this may come through interviews with designers, stakeholders, and/or users, analysis of related artifacts surrounding the design/design process, or reconstruction based on previously published marketing and/or academic materials. Your abstract should include the targeted design, its relevance, and any resources you will need to locate. /Brief Design Case/ 500-1500 words, a primarily visual presentation of a design with accompanying text used to annotate and explain the artifact and its experience as depicted in the images and/or video. Your abstract should include the targeted design, and any existing resources that you are aware of. *IMPORTANT DEADLINES* April 30, 2014: Submit 250 word abstract by email May 14, 2014: Acceptance of abstract: July 1, 2014: Submit Full paper/brief paper August 14, 2014: Notification of Acceptance September 14, 2014: Final Manuscripts November 2014: Projected Publication *ABOUT IJDL* The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design. This journal is a publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. More information on submissions for this special issue is available at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/announcement/view/68 Questions and abstract submissions may be directed to the guest editors: Dr. Craig D. Howard (craig.howard at tamut.edu ) and Colin M. Gray (comgray at indiana.edu ). From iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 10:46:57 2014 From: iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com (iskandar zulkarnain) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:46:57 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_Launching_InVisible_Culture_Issue_20=3A_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCcRWNvbG9naWVzIg==?= In-Reply-To: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> References: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> Message-ID: Apologies for x-posting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anderson, Joel Neville Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:41 PM Subject: Launching InVisible Culture Issue 20: ?Ecologies" To: VCS-GRADS at lists.rochester.edu Dear all, I?m happy to announce that *InVisible Culture* has just launched Issue 20: ?Ecologies? (Spring 2014): http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue We?ll be promoting this over the next few days, so please feel free to circulate via social media, listservs, and word of mouth. In addition, IVC is still accepting submissions to issue 22, ?Opacity,? so please also circulate the CFP at the following link: http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity Thanks! I?ve pasted the press release below. Best, Joel - *InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture* (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. IVC is a student run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the VCS-GRADS list, click the following link: https://lists.rochester.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1MzQxIGl6dWxrYXJuQE1BSUwuUk9DSEVTVEVSLkVEVSBWQ1MtR1JBRFMgIFrT7a%2FLA7oQ&c=SIGNOFF -- Iskandar Zulkarnain HASTAC Scholars 2010-2014 Website: http://www.hastac.org/hastac-scholars http://digitalperipheries.net/ Rochester Intermedia Studies Group Ph.D. Candidate Visual and Cultural Studies 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!" From wrysavy at email.unc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:15:14 2014 From: wrysavy at email.unc.edu (Rysavy, Wayne Erik) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:15:14 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CF Participant for NCA Panel on Information Politics Message-ID: <9429E15C908DA54D951ECCC3478D381C82E8B5F5@ITS-MSXMBS3F.ad.unc.edu> Hello, My colleague, Bryan Behrenshausen, and I have organized a panel we plan to submit to the Media Ecology Division of the 2014 National Communication Associaion conference. We already have a confirmed chair/respondent and another participant, but are looking for one more person to join our panel. Below, I've included our rationale. We are particularly interested in bringing someone on who has interest in information politics and explores information and/or theories of information and information flow from a critical perspective employing critical theory, discursive analysis, and/or historiographic analysis. Interested participants should email me at wrysavy at email.unc.edu. Inquiries about the panel are also welcome. Rationale: A fiercely contested term, commodity, and palliative, "information" is neither static nor neutral; it is relational, contextual, and deeply implicated in power relations that traverse the personal, social, cultural, and economic. As an object purportedly central to many contemporary techniques and technologies, information participates in various processes of social organization that bear decidedly political aims. It positions people and things, and it generates contexts for the ongoing work of managing their relations. Information is material, yet ephemeral?an object to be "owned" and "managed," and yet indecipherable outside the particular political and economic relations that valorize it. In precise but shifting relation with "data" and "knowledge," information authorizes and mobilizes multiple?often fractured and contradictory?truth claims. Information's historic (re)articulations persist today, shaping the ways in which popular discourses of "information" make discussing, using, and interpreting it possible. Examining information and information technologies through critical theoretical, historiographic, and discursive analyses, this panel re-contextualizes information, tracks its role in everyday systems of meaning and power, and explores the way past discourses of information influence the way we conceptualize it in the present. Thank you for your interest. Wayne Erik Rysavy, M.A. Doctoral Student and Teaching Fellow Department of Communication Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 115 Bingham, CB#3285 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 wrysavy at email.unc.edu "If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." ?Ludwig Wittgenstein From malper at usc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:34:18 2014 From: malper at usc.edu (Meryl Alper) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:34:18 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] JOB OPP: Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Message-ID: Passing along this job opportunity to work at USC Annenberg on a large-scale social media data project. Please share. Best, Meryl * * * Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (Funded by IBM Grant) The incumbent will be responsible for driving the development of innovative methods in audience research that bridge traditional and emerging approaches. In particular, we are dedicated to making meaning of large-scale social media data. The incumbent will also assist the Principal Investigator of our on-going data science research projects, fulfilling grant reporting requirements and insuring compliance with budget regulations. Additionally, the successful candidate will serve as a liaison among our researchers and work closely with our partners in the media and entertainment industries. As the Project Lead of the Lab's data science efforts, the incumbent will help integrate the data science research with other research efforts of the Lab, and contribute data science knowledge and perspective to larger Lab efforts, such as designing and implementing executive workshops and presentations. The ideal candidate will bring a unique perspective on audience research and be able to communicate with both academic and industry audiences. A background in both quantitative and qualitative approaches to audience research is strongly preferred; including some combination of surveys, interviews, focus groups, social media, and automated data-collection (e.g., Nielsen set-top boxes, Arbitron meters.) The successful candidate will be expected to implement an in-house system for large-scale data analysis. Experience with one or more programming languages and database management systems is required. Python, R, Java, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB preferred. Previous experience working with social media data is a plus. Apply here: https://jobs.usc.edu/postings/19629 -- Meryl Alper Ph.D. Candidate in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California malper at usc.edu merylalper.com From Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at Fri Mar 21 03:20:11 2014 From: Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at (Noella Edelmann) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:20:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Join us at the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May References: <532AEF10020000DA0005ED7F@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> Message-ID: <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May 2014, Danube University Krems (Austria) (apologies for cross-posting!) I am pleased to announce that the CeDEM14 programme - 3 days packed with international keynotes, workshops, presentations, a film viewing (?Blueberry Soup?) followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Eileen Jerret, an Open Space for you, opportunities for networking - is now available (www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem) CeDEM14 Programme 21-23 May 2014 21-22 May: paper presentations, workshops, reflections and keynotes. The conference dinner is held on 21 May 2014. 23 May: Viewing of the Film ?Blueberry Soup? and Podium Discussion with Eileen Jerrett ( Filmmaker); CeDEM Open Space. CeDEM14 Keynotes ?Scientific Citizenship? Alexander Gerber (innocomm Research Center for Science & Innovation Communication, Germany); ?Open Data? Jeanne Holm (Evangelist, Data.gov, U.S. General Services Administration, US); ?Statehood, the Deep Web, and Democracy? Philipp M?ller (University Salzburg, Austria); ?(E)ngaging communities through global thinking for local actions? Mohamed El-Sioufi (United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT); CeDEM14 Open Space 23 May 2014 The CeDEM Open Space is an opportunity for participants to organise their own presentations, sessions, events, workshops, birds of a feather, networking, etc. If you are interested in attending and/or presenting at the Open Space, get in touch with Michael Sachs (michael.sachs at donau-uni.ac.at). CeDEM14 Further Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem Registration: http://bit.ly/1d2ZR1F I look forward to seeing you in Krems! Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov From K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk Fri Mar 21 09:55:24 2014 From: K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk (Kate O'Riordan) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:24 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Science and Justice at UCSC invites visiting scholars for 2014-2015 Message-ID: <6305E6BA10BDAD44A9CE7A944A4E5F4E1E56B7FA@EX-SHA-MBX1.ad.susx.ac.uk> Big data, informatics and bioinformatics have been key themes at the center this year - and are likely to continue to be - so could be a good location for some on this list: ------------------------------------------ UC Santa Cruz: 2014-2015 Solicitation for Visiting Scholars, Artists, and Graduate Students The Science and Justice Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz: http://scijust.ucsc.edu is now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 academic year Visiting Scholar Program. SJRC offers opportunities for visiting scholars and artists in residence at all levels of their career to join us and participate in our community. SJRC is not an academic department, so we encourage visitors to identify other members of the university with whom they would like to work with in activities such as teaching a seminar, offering an academic talk, or attending courses. We can help facilitate such activities. All applicants are encouraged to look at our past events: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/public-events/past-events/ when developing a proposal for an event as our colloquia have a unique format. Visitors are encouraged to visit for at least one full term, however we will consider shorter visits. The application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is April 15, 2014. Our applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary advisory board. Application materials or questions can be submitted to scijust at ucsc.edu. For more information on becoming a visiting scholar, visit: Visiting Scholar Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/ For current University of California graduate students at other campuses, also visit: UC Intercampus Exchange Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/uc-intercampus-exchange-program/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Fri Mar 21 13:09:08 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:09:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Why rush home? Message-ID: Why rush home? The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference has negotiated special rates at nearby hotels. Come the day before or stay a day after - New York City is only 14 miles away. Find all the travel and venue information for #ELD14 at http://eld.montclair.edu/travel-venue/ Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140321 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 13:41:20 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:41:20 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 7th Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award || 6.000 Euros Award Sum || 19th August Deadline || Wake Up Call Message-ID: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nokia Ubimedia Awards 2013 Wake-up Call for Entries 7th Annual International Competition on Ubiquitous Media 1st-3rd October 2013, Tampere FINLAND *** 6.000 Euros Award Sum *** Deadline: 19th August 2013 *** http://www.numa.fi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as to date we received quite a few great entries to NUMA 2013, but our jury still hungers for more challenging projects. This is a "NUMA 2013 Wake-Up Call" for your ubimedia submissions and we hope that you all you aspiring Ubimedia innovators out there take the chance to join prople who won the competition in the previous years - one of them runs a successful startup. 6000 Euros price sum and travels paid to visit MindTrek 2013 for the three best projects. All we need is a description of your project and if possible a short demonstration video. And we need it til August 15th. We do especially encourage student and PhD-projects, as well as innovative start-ups. Good luck and see you in Tampere! More about the competition & submission system: http:/www.numa.fi Competition Chairs Artur LUGMAYR, EMMi Lab, Tampere Univ. of Technology, FINLAND Cai MELAKOSKI, School of Art, Music and Media, Tampere UAS (TAMK), FINLAND Ville LUOTONEN, Ubiquitous Computing Tampere Center of Expertise, Hermia Ltd., FINLAND Head of Jury Bjoern STOCKLEBEN, Project "Cross Media", University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, GERMANY From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 15:04:17 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:17 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 2 Calls || Inform. Systems & Managment in eMedia/Creative Industries || Book Chapters (Springer-Verlag) || Workshop Papers (ICME 2014) || Message-ID: <1655805046.17.1395439457022.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Dear All, Two interesting possibilties: - Call for book chapters (Springer-Verlag): Information Systems & Management in eMedia and Creative Industries (ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 15th APRIL 2014) - Call for Papers (ICME2014): Workshop on Information Systems & Managmeent in Multimedia, Arts, Education, Entertainment, and Culture (DEADLINE 2nd APRIL: 2014) PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS: 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Book Chapters Information Systems and Management in eMedia and Creative Industries Springer-Verlag Artur Lugmayr, Emilija Stojmenova, Katarina Stanoevska, and Robert Wellington (Eds.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Focus on NEW Approaches in the eMedia Industries, or Approaches HOW eMedia Support Information Systems: Strategic Importance of IT ans IS&M in Media, Big Data, Crowd, Open Data, Linked Data, Cloud Application, New Business Analytics, Information Visualization, Workflow Management, IS&M as Basis of New Business Models of New Media Products, and Global Digital Production Pipelines. * Management, Marketing, Business Aspects and Strategic Importance of IT and IS&M in Creative eMedia Industries * Technology Perspective of the Usage of Media in IS&M in Media Industry and the Application of Media in IS&M across Domains: Technology, Processes, Workflows, Infrastructures and Global Production Pipelines * Methods, Approaches, and Importance of IT and Information Systems and Management in Media - Media and Content as Part of IS&M across Application Domains * Content, Service, Application, and Artistic Viewpoint on IS&M in Media and Creativity Industries Upcoming Deadline: 15th April (abstract), 15th June (manuscript), 30th Aug. (reviews) Book Website: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/ismemedia Email List: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/ism-emedia Submission System: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2014ISMeMedia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ismemedia/ Contact us: lartur at acm.org or emilija.stojmenova at ltfe.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ? MIS-MEDIA 2014 2nd international workshop on information systems in multimedia arts, education, entertainment, and culture (MIS-MEDIA 2014) 14th-18th July 2014 http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/mis-media2014 Chengdu, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in conjunction with ICME 2014 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo http://www.icme2014.org/ EXTENDED DEADLINE: 2nd APRIL 2014 !!!!!!!!!!!!! in cooperation with the International Asscocation for Ambient Media (iAMEA) and the Assocation for Information Systems (AIS) SIG-eMedia (http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org and http://aisnet.org/group/SIG-eMedia) Paper Submission: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICME2014W/ - please tick the correct * Big Data & Multimedia Systems * Cross-media offering, distribution channels and convergence * Media business information management for multimedia * Media information system design in multimedia * Business intelligence in media industries * Knowledge management systems applications * Workflow management, operational efficiency and new capturing technologies * Home platforms, mobility, multi-play and network convergence * Systems for management reporting, analysis, and decision support * Standards to enable technical convergence * Data warehousing in converging environments * Integration of analogue and digital media productions * E2E systems and solutions in converging media environments * Asset management and metadata management * E2E systems, infrastructures and solutions * Integration of analogue and digital media production and distribution * Information systems and decision support systems * Speech, audio, image, video, and text processing in information management * Marketing information systems * Content analysis, matching, and retrieval in information management * Technologies in media art, education, entertainment, environment, and culture * Consumer experience and quality assessment in MIS * Theoretical foundations of entertainment computation * Production process management * Multimedia databases, digital libraries, and eLearning in MIS * Technology and management of E2E media delivery * Business information management in media * Standards, policies, and regulation for MIS in media industry * Mobility, Social media, ambient media, eLearning * Practical media art, education, entertainment, and cultural applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From binark at baskent.edu.tr Fri Mar 21 16:14:59 2014 From: binark at baskent.edu.tr (F. Mutlu Binark) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:14:59 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?It=E2=80=99s_Not_Twitter_It=E2=80=99s_The_Eclip?= =?utf-8?q?se_Of_Reason?= In-Reply-To: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> References: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Message-ID: <3cf9e62e421c04973580aa4fff0c668e.squirrel@www.baskent.edu.tr> It?s Not Twitter It?s The Eclipse Of Reason Twitter has become a basic communication tool for the users in Turkey to exercise freedom of speech. The President, The Prime Minister and the commissioners, journalists, bureaucrats, members of the parliament, writers, artists, unionists and activists, people with different political ideologies, oppressed groups and people from different parts of the society can state their opinions and participate in discussions about the current situations. In an environment where traditional media is constantly struggling with government oppression, communication tools like Twitter are crucial for the citizens. The only environment we can access to information without being censored is through the internet. To block an essential tool like Twitter just before the elections is unacceptable. It?s a clear violation of the right to freedom of expression. Violation of the Right To Elect and the Right To Be Elected. Turkey is on the eve of Local Elections. The running parties and the candidates use social media and Twitter frequently for their campaigns. This type of communication gives citizens the opportunity to follow the candidates closely, express their problems and hear the solutions that candidates can offer and also force them to create solutions. Therefore, blocking Twitter not only violates the freedom of speech but also violates the right to elect and to be elected. We Are Concerned About The Integrity Of Upcoming Local Elections We are experiencing great political tensions in expectation of the upcoming local elections that will take place on March 30th, 2014. These tensions are further solidified through distrust in the electoral process itself. The internet holds great potential for bringing citizen oversight to this process. It offers platforms and communication mechanisms to rapidly report on injustices and fraud attempts during the election data. Given current circumstances in Turkey, the internet is expected to play a crucial role in the supervision of the casting and counting of votes and hence in assuring the integrity and safety of the elections. The current blocking of internet based services is destructive to these citizen initiatives, increases existing social and political tensions, and negatively affects the trust in the electoral process. We are hence very concerned about both the integrity and safety of the upcoming elections. Law Has Been Reduced To A Tool In The Hands Of The Government The government points to court rulings to justify the blocking of Twitter. However, by now we are unsure about "whose" courts and rulings we can rely on. In the hands of the government, "legal grounds" are interpreted excessively or simply manipulated, leading to increasing distrust in the legal system. The Presidency of Telecommunications (Telekomunikasyon Iletisim Baskanligi or simply TIB) plays a precarious role in the enforcement of these legal rulings. In some past cases, they have abstained from taking action on select court rulings, arguing that it is beyond their legal authority. They have stated that TIB only has the authority to enforce blocking decisions when these are based on catalogued crimes. Yet in some cases, they have overstepped their authority and enforced rulings on blocking Internet based services. The arbitrary enforcement of legal rulings is in tune with the repeated threats made public by Prime Minister Erdo?an who most recently announced "we will eradicate social networks like Twitter". An ?eclipse of reason? is the current state of the Turkish government. It is not possible to articulate a rational explanation for the new regulations, including the new Internet laws, and their enforcement within a framework of governance informed by basic democratic values. We can only regard these intrusive interventions as acts of despair and a lack of intellect. These shameful acts of censorship are unacceptable. We call for action against censorship and the chilling of voices on the Internet, now! Alternative Informatics Association, March 21st, 2014 www.alternatifbilisim.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mjohns at luther.edu Fri Mar 21 20:55:20 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:55:20 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call: James W. Carey Media Research Award 2014 Message-ID: The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture -- among others -- taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Prof. Paul C. Adams, University of Texas Prof. Stuart Adam, Carleton University Prof. Regina Marchi, Rutgers University Prof. John Pauly, Marquette University Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College Prof. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2014 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2013. Submitted works should be sent to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Adobe Acrobat format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically. Then ask your publisher to furnish seven (7) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 1, 2014. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 15. The Award winner will receive the Carey Award plaque to be presented at the winner's choice of the 2014 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA). Questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 USA E-mail: mjohns [at] luther.edu From hrosenba at indiana.edu Fri Mar 21 21:56:43 2014 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Howard Rosenbaum) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:56:43 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: <151C97E2-93A4-43D3-AFF8-95F32EF1B1C5@indiana.edu> Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium at the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference (WebSci 2014) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 23 -26 June, 2014 http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/hrosenba/www/web-sci-14/doc-consortium14.html Submission deadline: 15 April 2014 We invite doctoral students to participate in the WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium, which will take place as part of the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. This half-day event is intended for those of you in the later stages (post-proposal) of your research on problems related to web science and information science. Description The goals of the Doctoral Consortium are to provide you with a supportive and critical learning opportunity to discuss your work in progress and to receive feedback and guidance from senior web and information science scholars. You will be able to explain your dissertation research and highlight theoretical and methodological problems/issues for further discussion and inquiry both with senior mentors and Consortium participants. The Doctoral Consortium aims to broaden the perspectives and to improve your research and communication skills. We expect you to have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results and have sufficient time prior to completing your dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. Generally, if you are in your second or third year of PhD work, you will benefit the most from this experience. In the Consortium, you will present your proposal and receive specific feedback and advice on how to improve your research plan. The Doctoral consortium also aim to develop a supportive community within which doctoral students can begin to develop their professional networks by interacting with peers and senior scholars in web science and information science. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The international review committee will select the best submissions for presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. Submission information We ask you to submit an 8 page description of your PhD research proposal electronically via the EasyChair conference submission System: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=9144634.cxJz4ovCrZ6XBK9a Your submission must address each of the following questions: ? Problem Statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? ? Relevance: Why the problem is important? Who will benefit if you succeed? Who should care? ? Related Work: How have others attempted to address this problem? Why is the problem difficult? ? Research Question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? ? Hypotheses: What hypotheses are related to your research questions (if your work has hypotheses)? ? Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions and test your hypotheses? What will you measure? What is the main idea behind your approach? The key innovation? Provide an argument, based either on common knowledge or on evidence that you have accumulated, that your approach is likely to succeed. ? Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success - faster/more accurate/less failures/etc.? ? Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? ? Implications: What are the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions of your work? Additional submission requirements ? All submissions must be single-author submissions. Please acknowledge your PhD advisor(s) and other contributors in the Acknowledgements section. ? Students accepted to present at the Doctoral Consortium must plan to attend the full Doctoral Consortium in order to gain as much value as possible from the experience. ? Please remember that the DC submission is not the same as a research paper. ? Submissions must be in pdf and be formatted according to the ACM Publications format. Topics The Consortium has the same scope of technical topics as the main WebSci conference: ? Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities ? Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale social interaction ? Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web ? Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions on the Web ? Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing ? Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web ? Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web ? The architecture and philosophy of the Web ? The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web ? Economics and social innovation on the Web ? Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons ? Personal data, trust, and privacy ? Web and social media research ethics ? Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems ? Big data and the study of the Web ? Web access, literacy, and development ? Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web ? People-driven Web technologies, including crowdsourcing, open data, and new interfaces ? Digital Humanities ? Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources ? Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives ? New research questions and thought-provoking ideas Important Dates: ? April 15, 2014 - paper submission ? May 2, 2014 - notification ? June 23, 2014 - doctoral consortium Doctoral Consortium Schedule: 12:00-12:30: Welcome session with light lunch 12:30-1:00: Meet mentors, group introductions and discussion of the Colloquium activities 1:00-2:30: One on one meetings where students discuss their work and receive feedback and comments from mentors 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:30: Students present their work to the group and receive feedback 4:30-5:30: Group discussion about career and professional issues in a Q&A session driven by the students From 3:00-4:30, participants will present their research briefly to familiarize each other with their dissertation project and highlight specific aspects they would like to have further discussion on. These may include specific problems that the student is seeking input on how to approach them; intriguing issues and tensions for web science and information science research generally; methodological problems that other Ph.D. students are likely to be confronting, or issues that have the potential of stimulating discussions of theoretical and methodological significance. If you have questions about this call, please contact the co-chairs ? Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba at indiana.edu ? Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman at indiana.edu ? Lora Aroyo, Computer Science, VU University Amsterdam lora.aroyo at vu.nl From antoine.mazieres at gmail.com Sat Mar 22 01:23:47 2014 From: antoine.mazieres at gmail.com (Antoine Mazieres) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:23:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Quantitative analysis of online pornography In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Just a little heads-up on this project. It yielded a paper that was just published in the first issue of Porn Studies, which is free to download : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268743.2014.888214 also a dedicated website : http://sexualitics.org Thanks again for your advices for working on this matter and for the references (most of them being actually cited in the paper) I stay at your disposal if you wish some help on handling our datasets and tools, or wish to know more about our research. Best, Antoine On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Antoine Mazieres wrote: > Dear IRs, > > I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at > available studies made out of them. > > I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of > pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution > of the object itself. > > Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? > > (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, > I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) > > Thanks for your help, > All best, > Antoine > http://mazier.es/ > From ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Sat Mar 22 04:20:13 2014 From: ronan.lynch at dkit.ie (Ronan Lynch) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:20:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: 4th Annual Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning Message-ID: Hi guys, Could you please send this CFP out to the network? Many thanks Ronan -- The Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning, now in its 4th year, provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the use of games and gamification for enhancing teaching and learning. The purpose of this symposium is to: - report on the use of GBL in primary, secondary and third-level education - provide evidence of the effectiveness of GBL to motivate and learn - identify how GBL can be included and facilitated in instructional settings. This symposium provides a unique opportunity to share and gather insights on game-based learning and gamification from different perspectives including education, sociology, educational psychology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), artificial intelligence, game design, game development and instructional design. Submissions are welcomed on any topic related to the use of games and gamification to enhance teaching and learning. This year the Cork Institute of Technology, in partnership with the SEGAN Serious Games Network, will host iGBL2014 on Friday 6th June 2014 and will offer a dynamic programme with plenty of opportunity for networking and discussion. The programme will include presentations, workshops and pecha kucha sessions as well as interactive poster presentations. All accepted abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, with the possibility of future publication in the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL). Contributions are welcome on a wide range of topics. Research-based submissions may include theoretical and/or empirical studies employing qualitative or quantitative methods. Completed research projects, such as action research or case studies, or works-in-progress are welcomed. Proposals for workshops and interactive posters are also invited. The symposium will cover, but is not restricted to, the following topics: Pedagogy: - Pedagogical/learning theories for game-based learning - Evaluation of game based learning - Assessment in game based learning - Integrating game based learning with the curriculum - Use of narrative/role-playing in game-based learning - Designing games for learning - Gamification - Serious games Technology: - Technologies, tools and platforms for developing games for learning - Technologies for mobile and multi-user games for learning - Location-based technology for game-based learning - Social/ethical/organizational issues - Social and collaborative aspects of game-based learning - Organizational issues when implementing games within educational settings - Gender/age/cultural issues Submission types: 1.Presentations (20 minutes, 5 minutes questions) Presentations should be no more than 15-20 minutes in length with 5-10 minutes for questions. These may be present research studies on a relevant theme, work-in-progress, or case studies of GBL in action. 2. Pecha Kucha (20 images, 20 seconds) PechaKucha 20?20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. Seewww.pechakucha.org. This format is particularly useful for those interested in sharing work-in-progress and getting feedback on their work/ideas-to-date. 3.Workshops (2-4 hours) Workshops involve active participation and discussion with the focus on participants developing skills and/or practical ideas for implementing games/gamification in their own settings. Workshops may be computer-based (in a laboratory environment) or may be classroom-based. However ALL workshops must include a significant hands-on element, with participation among attendees. When writing your abstract, please give indicative timings to outline the structure of your workshop. 4.Posters Posters are a useful way of sharing information visually, such as research findings or innovative case studies of GBL in action. Submissions are invited for both traditional and electronic posters (for example using PowerPoint or Prezi). We ask that you submit a 300-500 word abstract describing your poster/electronic poster. Instructions for Authors All submission types require that you submit a 300-500 word abstract to be received by 4th April 2014. Submissions must be made via the online form: http://bit.ly/1izckir. Please ensure that all required fields are completed. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the submission, the full names and affiliations of all authors, and the contact details of at least one author. In the case of multiple authors, please specify who will be the presenting author at the symposium. All submissions will go through a double-blind review process performed by 2-3 anonymous reviewers. This review process will take approximately 4 weeks and final notifications will be sent by 28th April 2014. After the presenting author(s) have booked their place at the symposium, the presentation will be fully accepted for inclusion in the programme and book of abstracts. For more information on this conference, you can contact the organizing committee using the following online form: http://igblconference.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/ You can also contact the conference hosts directly: - Roisin Garvey: Roisin.Garvey at cit.ie - Darragh Coakley: Darragh.Coakley at cit.ie Best Wishes Patrick on behalf of the organizing committee -- Ronan Lynch (R?n?n O'Loinsigh) ? BA Doctoral Researcher (Taighdeoir Iardhocht?ireachta) Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth (Institi?id Teicneola?ochta Dh?n Dealgan, B?thar ?tha Cliath, D?n Dealgan, Co. L?) Email (R?omhphost): ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Phone (F?n): +353 87 6445490 From jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:21:19 2014 From: jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com (Jeremy) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London Message-ID: This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures of creative work and play. Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, the spatial, technology and contemporary media. Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: Power and cultural politics Identity and representation Media and mediation Digital cultures, new media, and media futures Cultures and change Popular culture Contested and counter cultures Art and artistic practice Cultural labour and industries Territorial and spatial cultures Globalisation and transnational cultures Cultural and media research methodologies Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of April. For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ From philbratta at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:33:35 2014 From: philbratta at gmail.com (Phil Bratta) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 Message-ID: Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference "Entering the Conversation" Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, USA October 30 - November 1, 2014 What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a proposal. We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics conversation.Apply to be a particpant in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, 2014.Cultural Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. -- PhD Student Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures Writing Center Satellite Coordinator Michigan State University 300 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 philbratta at gmail.com http://www.philbratta.com/ From andresmh at andresmh.com Mon Mar 24 00:57:49 2014 From: andresmh at andresmh.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s_Monroy=2DHern=E1ndez?=) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:57:49 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] ACM CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation Message-ID: Hi, AoIR friend. I hope you consider submitting your work to CSCW. Details below: CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From sara.perry at york.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 02:52:52 2014 From: sara.perry at york.ac.uk (Sara Perry) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:52:52 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Digital media and visual ethics, American Anthropological Association conference, Washington, DC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please see the call for contributions below for an in-person and online event on visual ethics to be held in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington, 3-7 December 2014. Contact Sara Perry, sara.perry at york.ac.uk , for more details. Deadline for proposals: 5 April 2014. DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: A DISCUSSION ON VISUAL ETHICS Organizers: Sara Perry, Terry Wright & Jonathan Marion More than ten years ago Gross, Katz and Ruby published Image Ethics in the Digital Age, a pioneering volume whose topical concerns ? privacy, authenticity, control, access and exposure, as related to the application of visual media ? are arguably just as salient today, if not more so, than in 2003. The ethical dimensions of image use within digital cultures are necessarily fluid and complex, driven by practical needs, institutional frameworks, related regulatory requirements, specific research and intellectual circumstances, not to mention individual and collective moral tenets. The nature of visuality itself has also been extended via digital technologies, therein further complicating our interactions with and applications of visual media. Ethical practice here, then, tends to be necessarily situated, depending upon recursive reflection and constant questioning of one?s research processes, objectives and modes of engagement. This session aims simultaneously to expose practitioners to, and build a resource base of, visual ethics ?in action? in digital contexts. It relies upon two streams: (1)an online forum hosted on the Society for Visual Anthropology?s webpages where, prior to the AAA meetings, contributors will submit short descriptions of the ethical dimensions of their in-progress or recently-completed visual/digital research. These will provide fodder for more extensive debate in: (2)an open, live-streamed presentation and discussion session at the AAA meetings in Washington, DC in December where various contributors to the blog will present either on-site or via Google Hangouts, and contribute in real time to reflections/direct commentary on the online forum itself. The former will provide a stable space within which ethical debates can be added to and developed in the lead up to, during, and after the 2014 meetings. The latter offers a concentrated opportunity to channel the collective wisdom of participants (both at the meetings and online) into the negotiation and rethinking of ethical visual practice in the digital world. Deadline: For those interested in participating, please provide a brief description (max. 150 words) of the particular scenario or issue you wish to contribute to the session as soon as possible, and by 5 April 2014 at the latest. You will also need to indicate whether you plan on presenting in person or via Google Hangout at the AAA meetings in December. Decisions will be made by 10 April, and contributors will need to register for the conference via the AAA?s web-based system by 15 April. All correspondence should be sent to Sara Perry . The session will take the form of a series of brief, 10-minute presentations by participants, culminating in an extended period of group discussion and debate. Contributors will be expected to submit content for the webpages by the beginning of September 2014. Dr Sara Perry Director of Studies, Digital Heritage Director of Studies, Archaeological Information Systems Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management Archaeology, University of York King?s Manor, York, UK, YO1 7EP sara.perry at york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/perry From francesca.musiani at gmail.com Mon Mar 24 04:00:28 2014 From: francesca.musiani at gmail.com (Francesca Musiani) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:00:28 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers, 9th GigaNet Symposium Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Papers for the 9th Annual GigaNet Symposium. Please excuse cross-postings. Kind regards, Francesca Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) CALL FOR PAPERS 9th Annual Symposium 1 September 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its Ninth Annual Symposium, held on 1 September 2014, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey. GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in previous years, the symposium will provide room to discuss current and future questions as well as the challenges encountered and results achieved in global Internet governance. The 2014 GigaNet Symposium offers researchers a timely opportunity to present their work on our rapidly changing field. Conference themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. The program committee welcomes all proposals on topics related to global Internet governance including such themes as: * The WGEC process and outcomes * The WSIS review process and outcomes * The mainstreaming and proliferation of "Internet Governance" * The institutionalization of internet governance * Analysis of the NETmundial meeting * Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance * The ICANN separation roadmap from the NTIA We will continue to provide a venue for emerging scholars in the field by offering select panels. Emerging Scholars are those individuals who have received their Ph.D. within the past three years as well as current doctoral students working on their approved doctoral research. Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in a roundtable format involving business, government and technical community representatives, while emerging scholars will present their work in a more traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters should expect to have conversations about their work with people from a wide range of stakeholder groups. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at the Easy Chair platform: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2014 Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements: ? An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, that describes the paper's main research goal(s) and methodology employed ? A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link to a more detailed CV. ? Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by *15 July 2014*. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program. Process and publication The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform proposal authors of acceptance decisions by email before *1 June 2014*. Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. An online publication with selected papers on the main challenges of Internet Governance is also planned for the Istanbul IGF. Registration The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration will be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: j-laprise at northwestern.edu. -- Francesca Musiani Postdoctoral researcher Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR | Outreach officer, GigaNet Projet ANR ADAM - Architectures distribu?es et applications multim?dias Internet Policy Review @ HIIG Berlin Personal website | Twitter From Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu Mon Mar 24 04:05:33 2014 From: Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu (Nicolas Jullien) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:05:33 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] One month to go! OpenSym (WikiSym) Call for Research Papers In-Reply-To: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> References: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> Message-ID: <5330117D.3090907@telecom-bretagne.eu> Dear colleague, please consider submitting a paper to OpenSym 2014 (formerly WikiSym) in Berlin, Germany, Aug 27-29. In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB, ACM SIGSOFT, archived in the ACM Digital Library. General call for papers: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/general-call/ Track-specific calls for research papers: 1. Open Data: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-data/ 2. Open Educational Resources: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-educational-resources/ 3. Free/Libre/Open Source Software http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-source/ 4. (IT-Driven) Open Innovation: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-innovation/ 5. Wikis and Open Collaboration: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-collab-wikis/ 6. Wikipedia http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/wikipedia/ With kind regards, Nicolas Jullien From lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk Mon Mar 24 05:40:55 2014 From: lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk (Liz Sillence) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:40:55 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Air-L] Funded PhD Health decision making and social media Message-ID: <1395664855.33740.YahooMailNeo@web172001.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University ? ? "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" ? Deadline March 31st 2014 ? The Internet is well established as a major source of health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content is changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of information and advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients are turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health decisions. In addition patients are increasingly ?life logging? - tracking and monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data on weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective reports of mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this information (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which people combine all this information and use it to better understand their own condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. ? Using a mixed method approach and different patient groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand how the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The project will explore the following questions: ? How does increased awareness and monitoring of health variables affect peoples? attitudes towards their health condition and sense of wellbeing? ? How are different sources of information (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer term? ? What are the pathways by which this type of information influences decision making? ? Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - ?no decision about me without me?, how do people want to be able to share, view and monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision making process. ? Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk ? Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. ? To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk ? or by using the application link on the findaphd page http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 From marichal at callutheran.edu Mon Mar 24 07:17:52 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:17:52 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Western Political Science Association Roundtable Message-ID: Colleagues, Anyone in Political Science who happens to be going to the Western Political Science Association in Seattle next month and would like to be part of a methods roundtable on "collecting on-line data," please notify me off list at: marichal at callutheran.edu Thanks, Jose On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Liz Sillence wrote: > Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University > > > "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and > exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert > reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" > > Deadline March 31st 2014 > > The Internet is well established as a major source of > health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content > is > changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of > information and > advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients > are > turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed > patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health > decisions. In addition patients are increasingly 'life logging' - tracking > and > monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data > on > weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective > reports of > mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this > information > (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which > people combine all this information and use it to better understand their > own > condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. > > Using a mixed method approach and different patient > groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active > management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand > how > the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via > mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The > project will explore the following questions: > * How does increased awareness and monitoring of health > variables affect peoples' attitudes towards their health condition and > sense of > wellbeing? > * How are different sources of information > (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer > term? > * What are the pathways by which this type of information > influences decision making? > * Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - 'no > decision about me without me', how do people want to be able to share, > view and > monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision > making > process. > > Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr > Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk > > Applicants should hold a first or upper second class > honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education > institution, > or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, > provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an > IELTS > score of at least 6.5. > > To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate > application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to > hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk > > or by using the application link on the findaphd page > http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From roundtreea at uhd.edu Mon Mar 24 07:43:34 2014 From: roundtreea at uhd.edu (Roundtree, Aimee) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:43:34 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Study Participation: Making Medical Decisions in Uncertainty In-Reply-To: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> References: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC0FE4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC1170@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC117E@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC118B@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11B4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> Message-ID: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11E1@challenger.uhd.campus> I am conducting a study about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers handle uncertainty when they make medical decisions (UHD CPHS #26-14). Please consider volunteering to participate in a brief, online questionnaire where you share your experiences pertaining to uncertainty in medical decision making. Please also consider forwarding this invitation to others in your community who might be willing to participate. CONSUMERS, PATIENTS, FAMILIES: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GVMGDW HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GC5NJ7 Your participation will help improve models for making more effective healthcare decision products. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at roundtreea at uhd.edu or 713-222-5315. Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Master of Science in Technical Communication University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street, 1045-South Houston, TX 77002 713-222-5315 roundtreea at uhd.edu From mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 08:20:16 2014 From: mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk (Mark Mckenna) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:20:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Registration now open - 1984: Freedom and Censorship in the Media Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open and conference passes are now available from the University of Sunderland's online shop. Booking is available until the 31th of March and can be accessed by following this link: http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk/?page_id=350 Should you require any further information about the event please visit our site http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 24 14:02:58 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:02:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. Lori Kendall President, AoIR prez at aoir.org From rforno at infowarrior.org Mon Mar 24 14:11:23 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:11:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 In-Reply-To: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: Two awesome locations, Lori ? thanks for the VERY advanced notice!! ? rick, marking his calendar --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. On Mar 24, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Kendall, Lori wrote: > The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. > > We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. > > Lori Kendall > President, AoIR > prez at aoir.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From mbwm at uic.edu Mon Mar 24 14:46:28 2014 From: mbwm at uic.edu (Mary Beth Watson-Manheim) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:46:28 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Applications: 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: The OCIS division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2014 Doctoral Consortium, to be held in Philadelphia PA on August 1, 2014. The consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network, receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications, Information Science or Information Systems are invited to apply. Confirmed faculty advisers include: Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Jennifer Gibbs, Rutgers University Massimo Magni, Bocconi University Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois at Chicago Travel support will be provided for students who are admitted to the consortium. Acceptance to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials. Preference for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be represented. The application includes: 1) A 5-page, double-spaced, 12-point abstract of the proposed dissertation research 2) A letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student?s participation in the Doctoral Consortium. The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is 21 April 2014. Please email all application materials as attachments in one email to: mbwm.ocis.aom at gmail.com For questions, please contact Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (mbwm at uic.edu), the 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair. And please pass this note on to any doctoral students you know who might be interested. -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 24 18:14:30 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:14:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Message-ID: fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:54:55 +0000 From: Moira Burke To: "wellman at chass.utoronto.ca" Subject: CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Hi, Barry. Would you mind posting this to the listservs for CITASA and SOCNET? Moira __________________________________________ CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ??? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ??? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ??? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ??? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ??? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ??? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ??? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ??? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ??? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au Mon Mar 24 20:05:05 2014 From: mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au (Mathieu.O'Neil) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:05:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks Message-ID: <1303328F7CCDAA4996C62D32CA4F0C1F1AE5F3D7@VERONA.ucstaff.win.canberra.edu.au> *apologies for multiple posts* Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra Wednesday 27 August 2014 In this research practice-oriented workshop graduate students and early-career researchers will have the opportunity to present their work (including work-in-progress) and obtain feedback from a panel of specialists. A particular focus of the workshop will be to assess to what extent the methodological and conceptual tools used to analyse online communities can be applied to the personal networking behaviour of social media users. Specialist panel: Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia Associate Professor Robert Ackland, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University Associate Professor Mathieu O'Neil, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Panel members will discuss some of the latest conceptual and methodological developments in web social science, social network analysis, and online field theory. In addition, the workshop will represent an opportunity to explore connections and confrontations with: -content analysis -critical and feminist approaches -diffusion and information cascades -frame analysis -issue ballistics -mixed methods -organizational behaviour -sentiment analysis -social influence Applicants are encouraged to focus on key characteristics of online communities and networks, including but not limited to: -activist, diasporic and health communities -codes of conduct, rules and norms -emergence and disappearance -influentials and followers -mobilization and engagement -participant capabilities and skills -personal and collective identity -topologies of online communities Submission process: Proposals should be emailed to Mathieu O'Neil by 31 May 2014. As the research may not be complete, we do not expect abstracts to include all findings and conclusions. However abstracts should outline what kind of findings and conclusions the authors expect to present. Specifically the abstract should include: -the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s) -a title -a description of the paper's core topic, case, and/or argument -the methodological approach and theoretical background -the paper's relevance to related academic literature -expected findings or conclusions Proposal length should not exceed 400 words. More information can be found at the Workshop webpage: http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media-research-centre/events/concepts-and-methods-workshop From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 25 02:35:54 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD_seminar_=27Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F=92?= Message-ID: ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 March*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? (Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014) has been extended to Monday 31 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract which can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. The lectures and the lecturers: ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Br?gger ------------------------------------------------------------ PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol: http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu Tue Mar 25 05:36:29 2014 From: Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu (Eric Gordon) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:36:29 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Submissions - Civic Media Reader (MIT Press) Message-ID: <03EB0F88-B961-4F4A-9013-9145CAB1A456@emerson.edu> There is a groundswell of activity in the fields of civic engagement and technologies coming from a wide range of academic and practical disciplines. But there is no volume that attempts to pull this work together under a single umbrella. The Civic Media Reader (MIT Press, 2015), edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis, will provide a thorough exploration of the relationship between citizens, technologies and engagement in a global context and serve as a shared framework for this emerging discipline. The book is divided into five sections? Big Picture, Modes of Engagement, Institutions and Organizations, Activism and Participation, and Methods and Collaborations? each with a host of sections that investigate how civic technologies are affecting certain policy domains, civic practices, or facilitating more efficient or meaningful participation in contemporary society. To support and enrich these theoretical chapters, we are looking for case studies in the various fields and disciplines in which civic technologies and corresponding practices have developed since the turn of the 21st Century. A case study presents a detailed look at a particular organization, use of technology, or methodology which highlights a unique aspect of contemporary civics. Our submissions page is www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/submitcase. Cases will take two forms: written, descriptive pieces about 1000 words in length or multimedia cases (e.g. annotated video, audio clip, image timeline, slideshow, etc.). Successful cases will offer an overview of the organization, method, intervention or tool, and will connect it to t1he larger themes of the chapter intended to include it. Examples of cases might include Kony2012, the Harry Potter Alliance, the Civic Cloud Collaborative, Nation Builder, E-Democracy, EngagethePower.org, or Change.org. About 30 1000-word cases will be published in the print book and multimedia cases will be made available on a companion website to be launched around the time of the book?s publication. The book?s online companion will be authored on Scalar (http://scalar.usc.edu/scalar/). Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that is designed to make it easy for authors to create born-digital scholarship. These multimedia submissions will facilitate discussion about the chapters online and offer a more interactive digital perspective on their themes and ideas. If you intend to submit a multimedia submission, please indicate it on the form. For all submissions, please specify which chapter your case is intended to accompany. We are asking for 100-word proposals by April 25, 2014. Authors will be notified in early May. Final cases will be due by June 30. For further information about the project, please visit www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/thebook or email marissa_koors at emerson.edu. Thank you very much. Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis From fichman at indiana.edu Tue Mar 25 06:48:35 2014 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:48:35 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Message-ID: <90B613DA-A4C1-49A6-A1F0-A200961DAD32@indiana.edu> [Apologies for cross-posting] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Track: Internet and the Digital Economy Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Research that considers the impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on organizational work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman at indiana.edu Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider at wu.ac.at Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel at american.edu About HICSS conferences: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: * A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. * Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. * A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. * A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). * Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. * Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. * A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. * Best Paper Awards in each track which recognize superior research performance. * HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: * June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. * Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. * Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625 * Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014) * Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified. * Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference) From amyj at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 25 07:43:27 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:43:27 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From giladlotan at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 09:51:00 2014 From: giladlotan at gmail.com (Gilad Lotan) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:51:00 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] betaworks data science - summer internships [NYC] Message-ID: I know this is a *tad* late, but in case any of you (or your students) find this interesting. The data science team at betaworks is looking for summer interns. This is a paid position in NYC. betaworks is a technology studio, building new products, growing companies and seed investing. Tweetdeck, bitly, SocialFlow and Chartbeat launched out of betaworks over the past couple of years. We're currently incubating 11 startups, and are working with a wide array of data streams - social data, sharing, information consumption, news, weather, multi-media, etc. We're committed to get summer projects published either on our blog, or in academic journals. More information here - http://data.betaworks.com/betaworks-data-summer-internships/ Thanks! Gilad | @gilgul From joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu Tue Mar 25 13:12:50 2014 From: joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu (Anderson, Joel Neville) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:12:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] InVisible Culture, Issue 20: "Ecologies" Launch Message-ID: <222D0033-DCE8-429B-A382-246AB4DD30A9@rochester.edu> Dear Air-L Subscribers, InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi, and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue Please also note that IVC is still accepting submissions to Issue 22, ?Opacity,? whose CFP can be found at the link below. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity IVC is a student-run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. InVisible Culture 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu From amyj at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 26 03:22:05 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:22:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From tiltons at ohio.edu Wed Mar 26 05:44:55 2014 From: tiltons at ohio.edu (Tilton, Shane) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:44:55 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Message-ID: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org From robin at ruc.dk Wed Mar 26 06:15:54 2014 From: robin at ruc.dk (Robin Cheesman) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:15:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] P? vegne af Tilton, Shane Sendt: 26 March 2014 07:45 Til: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Emne: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From jallenh at essex.ac.uk Wed Mar 26 06:19:43 2014 From: jallenh at essex.ac.uk (Allen-Robertson, James) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:19:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. --? Dr. James Allen-Robertson Lecturer in Media and Communication Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ 01206 87(2273) Jallenh at essex.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From juan at juanmonroy.com Wed Mar 26 08:28:48 2014 From: juan at juanmonroy.com (Juan Monroy) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:28:48 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Message-ID: <35C943F0-C1B7-4DE3-BFE1-B5471CBAEEF0@juanmonroy.com> I'd also be a bit suspicious of the mailing address. There's not a lot of publishing houses in the Inwood section of Manhattan. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:19 AM, "Allen-Robertson, James" wrote: > > Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ > > They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. > > -- > > Dr. James Allen-Robertson > Lecturer in Media and Communication > Dept. of Sociology, > University of Essex, > Wivenhoe Park, > Colchester, > Essex, > CO4 3SQ > 01206 87(2273) > Jallenh at essex.ac.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane > Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > Hey gang, > > For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. > > Shane Tilton > > > Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, > > This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper > titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. > > We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. > And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. > If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. > Expect to get your reply soon. > > The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 > Descriptions > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. > > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: > ? Google Scholar > ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA > ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway > > Guidelines for Authors > 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. > 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. > 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. > 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. > > Editorial Procedures > All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. > > Best Regards, > Emma Woo > Editor Office > Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company > 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org > Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 > > Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 26 10:23:41 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:23:41 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] #ELD14 Goes National Message-ID: The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference already has attendees from more US States than last year! We're thrilled to welcome folks from CA, IL, IN, MD, TN, TX, UT, DC, and of course NY and NJ - oh, and how could we forget our friends from Quebec, Canada! Join us on May 30th! Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140327 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From bury417 at yahoo.ca Wed Mar 26 11:27:54 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:27:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> Message-ID: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> That is a disturbingly long list. Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University rbury at athabascu.ca ________________________________ From: Robin Cheesman To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ From dave at hearsayculture.com Wed Mar 26 12:20:17 2014 From: dave at hearsayculture.com (Dave Levine) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:20:17 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3288B789-553C-4D24-95AB-DE5C38BB0F30@hearsayculture.com> It is a scam: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/on-david-publishing-once-again.html. Thx Best Dave Sent from my iPhone. All typos are Apple's fault. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote: > > That is a disturbingly long list. > Rhiannon > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University > rbury at athabascu.ca > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robin Cheesman > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > > David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From joly at punkcast.com Wed Mar 26 12:27:32 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:27:32 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] OTI Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2014 PRESS RELEASE Open Technology Institute Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project with Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute WASHINGTON, DC --Together with the Global Public Policy Institute< http://www.gppi.net/news/news_item/article/gppi-launches-joint-project-on-freedom-and-security-in-the-digital-age/> in Germany, New America's Open Technology Institute has launched a new project called "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age." Over the next two years, the project will bring together experts from the United States and Europe to debate and research the balance between security and freedom. "At a time of significant Transatlantic tension on this topic, it is especially important that we build pathways for reasoned, research-driven international dialogue on controversial issues such as Internet governance, fragmentation, and cybersecurity," said Tim Maurer, research fellow at New America's Open Technology Institute. "We hope that our work in partnership with the Global Public Policy Institute can help provide fresh answers to tough questions about the future, at this critical juncture in the development of the global and open Internet." The project, which will take place over the course of 2014 and 2015, will produce two policy papers, a conference in Washington DC, and regular policy breakfasts and is a unique opportunity to address some difficult challenges at a very critical time in Transatlantic relations. Experts from the Open Technology Institute and GPPi will write the two papers. In the first, the authors will examine proposals by governments on how to re-engineer the Internet to ensure "technological sovereignty" in response to concerns over US surveillance in the context of the Internet's continued expansion. In the second paper, the authors will craft policy recommendations to ensure a free and open Internet in the event of a major cyber incident. In addition, regular articles, op-eds and blog posts will make the key project-findings accessible to a broader audience. "GPPi is very happy to partner with New America's OTI," said Thorsten Benner, co-founder and director of GPPi. "We look forward to informing the policy debates on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond during this critical stage in the development of global internet politics." The project relies on the knowledge of professionals working in various sectors (government, business, civil society and academia) as well as disciplines (politics, law and computer science). A high-level steering committee made up of senior policymakers, academics and private sector representatives from the US and Europe advises the project team. The project is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Learn more about the themes and people involved here< http://www.digitaldebates.org/home/>. ### For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jenny Mallamo, Media Relations Associate, at mallamo at newamerica.org or (202) 596-3368. About New America New America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. To learn more, please visit us online at www.newamerica.org or follow us on Twitter @NewAmerica. About the Open Technology Institute The Open Technology Institute (OTI) is a global pioneer in developing innovative communications technologies and policies to enable communities to fully participate in the global economy, and freely shape their democracies. To learn more, please visit us online at http://oti.newamerica.org and on Twitter @OTI. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu Wed Mar 26 13:22:21 2014 From: jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu (Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl)) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:22:21 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FW: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please consider taking action?this is a serious issue facing the social sciences. From: ASA Public Affairs [mailto:public.affairs at asanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:15 PM To: Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl) Subject: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds Members of the American Sociological Association: I am writing to encourage you to write your U.S. Representative immediately and ask them to oppose the FIRST Act (H.R. 4186), which serves as reauthorization legislation for the National Science Foundation (NSF). For the first time ASA is making it very easy for you to do this through a new online system! There are a number of potentially very damaging provisions in this bill for sociologists. Of particular concern to the social and behavioral science community is the proposal to cut NSF?s Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate by more than $50 million?over 22 percent. The bill also seeks to micromanage the grant application process and limits the number of awards that can be made to principal investigators, undermining the merit review process that successfully determines the very best science worthy of taxpayer support. It would also place a greater burden on NSF regarding its already-gold standard merit review process and require additional, potentially duplicative, public disclosure of research grants. Your input to Congress is needed now. The bill will soon be considered by the full House Science Committee. Join others in our social science community who are taking action by visiting the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Action Center. It provides up-to-date information and an easy way to contact your House member now and ask that he or she oppose the FIRST Act. The COSSA Action Center provides ASA members and other COSSA member social scientists a way to understand and act on important federal science policy concerns. We can no longer sit on the sidelines as issues vital to sustaining social science research are being debated. We must become vocal, convincing public officials that social science research is a critical public good. If you have not done so already, I urge you to go to the COSSA Action Center to sign up and take action. [https://ams.enoah.com/Portals/30/images/SHSigBlueSmall.jpg] Sally T. Hillsman, PhD Executive Officer To unsubscribe from future ASA calls for action, go to http://asa.enoah.com/Home/OptOut/tabid/13303/Code/CFA/ContactID/23934/Default.aspx/. [http://ams.enoah.com/DesktopModules/NOAH_Common/Pages/onOpen.ashx?DB=ASA&CID=K7fmgfffhhijji&ETC=KGECFA0314] From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:11:31 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:11:31 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con mucho cari?o. Eduardo On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.ukby > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) > or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk ), and please > check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, > USA > October 30 - November 1, 2014 > What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the > emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing > work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics > practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the > conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, > scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a > proposal.< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Online+Submission> > We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media > installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, > illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics > conversation.Apply to be a > particpant< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Apply+to+the+Roundtable > > > in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & > what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, > 2014.Cultural > Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the > things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, > web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to > emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and > theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those > frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic > Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, > Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics > covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central > home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural > Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural > Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American > Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. > > -- > PhD Student > Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures > > Writing Center Satellite Coordinator > Michigan State University > 300 Bessey Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > philbratta at gmail.com > http://www.philbratta.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 > ************************************** > From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:17:17 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:17:17 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry, I hope this is caught in time. An obvious error from my part. On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Eduardo Villanueva wrote: > Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con > mucho cari?o. > > Eduardo > > On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University > > From davis5jl at jmu.edu Wed Mar 26 17:06:30 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:06:30 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ From aherman at wlu.ca Thu Mar 27 03:08:19 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:08:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: <5333C0540200003F0007FDAD@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Ummm. I just tried the link to the program and it did not work. Can you repost? Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 >>> "Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl" 03/26/14 8:06 PM >>> Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From da at unc.edu Thu Mar 27 13:59:43 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:59:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] UNC-Chapel Hill Multimedia Bootcamp & Interactive Workshop | May 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D88ED5D@ITS-MSXMBS2M.ad.unc.edu> Attend a UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Workshop in May 2014 Join UNC professors and top professionals for an intensive, five-day, project-based learning experience with the 2014 Interactive Designer Workshop and the 2014 Multimedia Bootcamp. Both programs will be held the week of May 12-16, 2014 at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Chapel Hill, NC. Only a few spots remain. To secure your place in the program, register now! The Multimedia Bootcamp (http://bootcamp.jomc.unc.edu/) is designed for professional communicators and journalists who seek an immersive workshop experience in documentary video storytelling. The intensive, hands-on training environment introduces participants to project planning strategies, video content gathering, visual composition, audio recording, interviewing techniques for character-driven storytelling and non-linear video editing. The workshop covers all you need to know from the moment you press record through the click to export your final video. Multimedia Bootcamp registration: http://tinyurl.com/k9gz5zu The Interactive Designer Workshop (http://innovativeinteractivity.com/workshops/) is a project-based learning program that teaches both technical skills and how to design for an interactive user experience.? This workshop is custom-tailored to equip graphic designers who want to create interactive infographics using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (jQuery). The greatest certainty facing the publishing and communication industry is change. There are many graphic designers and artists who are eager to create interactive graphics in this changing world but have not had the time or resources to build those skills. Interactive Designer Workshop registration: http://tinyurl.com/kob6odz Questions??Contact Michael Penny at?mpenny at email.unc.edu?or (919) 843-2573. Cordially, Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://jomc.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat ************************* From davis5jl at jmu.edu Fri Mar 28 06:00:13 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:00:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web Program (Link Check) Message-ID: Hi all, I recently sent a link for the Theorizing the Web 2014 program (now live!). Some on this listserv had trouble with the link. Here it is again: http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/2014/program Please let me know if you are unable to open it. We Look forward to seeing you all soon!! Best, Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis From luishestres at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 11:19:19 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 From S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk Fri Mar 28 12:07:04 2014 From: S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk (S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:07:04 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <79AC3358588DEE4594F8EB99EEAAB04C31DB9B@EXMBOXA2.lse.ac.uk> Hi Luis Two articles that you may find of interest: Lewis, K., Gray, K. and Meierhenrich, j. (2014). The Structure of Online Activism. Sociological Science Online. Vol 1, February 2014. Koffman, O. and Gill, R (2013). ?The revolution will be led by a 12 year old girl? 1: Girl power and global biopolitics, Feminist Review, 105. Best wishes, Shani Dr Shani Orgad Associate Professor Department of Media and Communications LSE e-mail: s.s.orgad at lse.ac.uk tel: +44 20 7955 6493 http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media at lse/whosWho/shaniorgad.htm Recent Book: Media Representation and the Global Imagination, Polity (2012) http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745643795 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Luis Hestres Sent: 28 March 2014 18:19 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer From soates at umd.edu Fri Mar 28 12:32:38 2014 From: soates at umd.edu (Sarah Ann Oates) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:32:38 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <08FA87A2-9116-432A-8609-430A5577FDB5@umd.edu> Mary Joyce (ed) Digital Activism Decoded, particularly good for undergrad course, you can download it for free online (I am pretty sure legally). On Mar 28, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Luis Hestres wrote: Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Sarah Oates Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100L Knight Hall College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301-405-4510 Email: soates at umd.edu www.media-politics.com See an excerpt from my new book -- Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere, 2013, Oxford University Press at http://goo.gl/HTcDd From bbirregah at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 16:33:14 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:33:14 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] URGENT need for a 5-6 months internship at UTT, France Message-ID: Dear all, Please distribute this announcement to your contacts which can be interested. Depending on the results, this position can lead to a PhD thesis. We can also discuss about an eventual participation of UTT to the travel/living cost. The intended starting date of the internship can be is April or shortly thereafter. Thanks Babiga The Laboratory of Systems Modeling and Dependability (LM2S) (at University of Technology of Troyes, France) is proposing a Masters internship on the topic of "Visualization and exploration of big data streams using spatio-temporal graphs". The intern's work will aim to provide: - A spatio-temporal graphs-based model for the tracking of events such as collocation, - An algorithm (fast and interactive) for the generation and the visualization of these spatio-temporal graphs from raw data stream, - A complete chain metrics adapted to the proposed model to allow the use of the model in a wide range of issues (social networks, GPS traces, mobile and static sensors networks, etc.). Requirements: Computer Science, Graph Theory, (Image and signal processing), Databases, C++ or Java Applicants should submit a CV, the names of one or two referees, and a statement of prior studies and research experience with respect to the above mentioned requirements via email: babiga.birregah at utt.fr. The work will be rewarded by a gratification according to French laws (436 EURO/month). The intern is encouraged to submit a well-referenced conference paper based on his work. UTT will take in charge the cost of his participation to conference. From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 28 23:50:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:50:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Speakers Open - Internet@Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 Message-ID: A little off-beam, but I hope of interest to some. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [image: Internet at Schools Track at IL2014] October 27 - 28, 2014 Monterey Conference Center | Monterey, CA A Featured Track at: [image: Internet Librarian 2014] *Call for Speakers is Open* *This is your chance to share your ideas!* The *Internet at Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 *is a 2-day track created especially for library media and technology specialists and other educators who are using the internet and technology in K?12 schools. Sponsored by *Internet at Schools* magazine, *the track covers technology, tools, trends, and practical topics, and takes place during the first 2 days of Internet Librarian in Monterey, California, October 27-28, 2014. **You Are Invited?* If you are running an innovative program through your school library or media/technology center that is helping your students learn or your colleagues teach, or if you are willing to share your practical tips, tools, or techniques about using technology and the internet in schools, we want you! Please volunteer to speak at the Internet at Schools track at Internet Librarian. Submit a proposal as soon as possible by clicking on the link in the button below. Include the following brief details of your proposed presentation on the form: title, abstract, a few sentences of biographical information that relate you to the topic, and full contact information (title, address, email, phone, and fax). All proposals will be reviewed by the organizers, and notification regarding acceptance will be made soon. So think over your latest success stories or technology ventures and submit your proposal today. If your proposal is chosen to be presented at Internet Librarian 2014, you will be able to register for the full conference or for the Internet at Schools track at a Special Speaker rate - a 60% discount off the full price. *The deadline to submit your proposal is April 9, 2014. * NOTE: If you have already submitted a K?12-oriented proposal in response to the Internet Librarian 2014 call for speakers?the deadline was March 7?you need not submit it again through this Internet at Schools track call for speakers. Conference organizers Carolyn Foote and I already have it! If you haven't, *THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! * [image: Submit your proposal here] We look forward to hearing from you! Internet at Schools Track Organizers *David Hoffman* Editor, Internet at Schools magazine hoffmand at infotoday.com *Carolyn Foote* Librarian, Westlake High School Austin, Texas technolibrary at gmail.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From ekoltsova at hse.ru Sat Mar 29 02:08:58 2014 From: ekoltsova at hse.ru (=?windows-1251?B?yu7r/Pbu4uAgxevl7eAg3vD85eLt4A==?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:08:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: social media & social movements conference Message-ID: Dear all, everyone is welcom to our conf on socail media and social movements, Olessia Koltsova ?Social Media and Social Movements? September 18-19, St. Petersburg, Russia CALL FOR PAPERS The Laboratory for Internet Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for its second conference on the Internet and social media, titled ?Social Media and Social Movements,? to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 18-19, 2014. The rise of social media simultaneously opened new opportunities for ?traditional? (face-to-face) social movements and proved a platform for online movements that have weak (if any) offline activities. The relationship between social media and social movements calls for revision of ?classic? research topics that have been studied by social movement scholars (e.g. the role of social media in mobilization, protest and coalitions building), as well as a reflection on completely new questions that have resulted from the emergence of online movements (e.g. what is the social space of online-movements, what are the forms of virtual activities). The conference is aimed at the emerging ? and vibrant ? interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in digital society ? a society where social life is embedded in rapidly developing communication technologies and media. This year, we focus on how social movements have been transformed by user-generated online activities and what impact these transformed movements have had on broader social processes. Specifically, we plan to discuss the impact of social media on social movements with regards to resource mobilization, collective action frames, construction of collective identities, and (possible) radicalization. Other topics include but are not limited to social media and political participation, the role of social media in street protests, global social movements, repertoires of online activism, social media and social movement outcomes, the social space of online movements, and methodological developments in research on social media and social movements. We welcome abstracts on any of the above topics, and any other topics that analyze relationships between social media and social movements. Abstracts of proposed papers should be no more than 300 words in length. Abstracts must include the name of the proposer, title, his/her affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses. Keynote speakers Robert Ackland, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks, Australian National University Maria Petrova, Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona Keynote of practice: (to be announced) International program committee: Sandra Gonzales-Bailon, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Earl, Center for Information Technology and Society, University of Arizona Peng Hwa Ang, Singapore Internet Research Center Ivan Klimov, Center for New Media and Society, New Economic School, Moscow Samuel Greene, King?s college Russia Institute, London, UK Benjamin Lind, Department of sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Nikita Basov, Centre for German and European Studies, St. Petersburg State University Peter Meylakhs, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Olessia Koltsova, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Local program and organizing committee: Peter Meylakhs (Chair) Olessia Koltsova Svetlana Bodrunova Sergey Nikolenko Sergei Koltcov Nora Kirkizh Galina Selivanova Daria Yudenkova Requirements for submission could be found at the Registration page. There is no registration fee. Deadline for submissions is May 20, 2014. Notifications of acceptance: June 16, 2014 Extended abstracts of three pages (to be published on the conference website) should be submitted by August 16, 2014 The conference website: http://linisevents.hse.ru/ Home page of Laboratory for Internet Studies: http://linis.hse.ru/ From julian.hopkins at monash.edu Sat Mar 29 06:40:47 2014 From: julian.hopkins at monash.edu (Julian Hopkins) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:40:47 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: No syllabi, but these may be useful: Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September 2012). and (beware: self-promotion) Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins Lecturer School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia www.sass.monash.edu.my Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > From: Luis Hestres > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > build my own course. > > Thanks! > > Luis > > - - - - - > Luis E. Hestres > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > From fulvio.frati at unimi.it Sat Mar 29 07:22:10 2014 From: fulvio.frati at unimi.it (Fulvio Frati) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:22:10 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] [SPE 2014] Submission deadline extended (April 12, 2014) Message-ID: <003501cf4b5a$4650e440$d2f2acc0$@unimi.it> ***Submission Deadline April 12, 2014 (11:59 PM American Samoa time)*** [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE 4th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Engineering One day between June 27-July 2, 2014, at Hilton Anchorage, Alaska, USA Co-located with IEEE SERVICES 2014 (http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/) Workshop Web page: http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ ========================================================================== =========== Description =========== Built upon the success of spectrum of conferences within the IEEE World Congress on Services, the Security and Privacy Engineering (SPE 2014) workshop is a unique place to exchange ideas of engineering secure systems in the context of service computing, cloud computing, and big data analytics. The emphasis on engineering in security and privacy of services differentiates the workshop from other traditional prestigious security and privacy workshops, symposiums, and conferences. The practicality and value realization are examined by practitioners from leading industries as well as scientists from academia. In line with the engineering spirit, we solicit original papers on building secure service systems that can be applied to government procurement, digital medical records, cloud environments, social networking for business purposes, multimedia application, mobile commerce, education, and the like. Potential contributions could cover, but are not limited to, methodologies, protocols, tools, or verification and validation techniques. We also welcome review papers that analyze critically the status of current Security and Privacy (S&P) in a specific area. Papers from practitioners who encounter security and privacy problems and seek understanding are also welcome. Topics of interests of SPE 2014 include, but are not limited to: - S&P Engineering of Service-Based Applications - Security Engineering of Service Compositions - Practical Approaches to Security Engineering of Services - Privacy-Aware Service Engineering - Industrial and Real Use Cases in S&P Engineering of (Cloud) Services - S&P Engineering of Cloud Services - Auditing and Assessment - Assurance and Certification - Security Management and Governance - Privacy Enforcement in Clouds and Services - Cybersecurity Issues of Clouds and Services - Validation and Verification of S&P in Clouds and Services - Applied Cryptography for S&P in Clouds and Services - S&P Testing in Clouds and Services - Security and Privacy Modeling - Socio-Economics and Compliance - Education and Awareness - Big Data S&P Engineering =============== Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Due: April 12, 2014 *FIRM DEADLINE* Decision Notification (Electronic): April 24, 2014 Camera-Ready Copy & Pre-registration Due: May 1, 2014 ================ Paper Submission ================ Authors are invited to submit full papers (about 8 pages) or short papers (about 4 pages) as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (download Word templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_8.5x11x2.zip or LaTeX templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip). The submitted papers can only be in the format of PDF or WORD. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers, respectively. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the workshop and present the paper. All papers must be submitted via the confhub submission system for the SPE workshop (http://confhub.com/). First time users need to register with the system first (see these instructions for details http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/submission.html). All the accepted papers by the workshops will be included in the Proceedings of the IEEE 10th World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2014) which will be published by IEEE Computer Society. =============== Workshop Chairs =============== - Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Meiko Jensen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Zhixiong Chen, Mercy College, NY, USA - Ernesto Damiani, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy ================= Program Committee ================= - Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany - Rasool Asal, British Telecommunications, UK - Jens-atthias Bohli, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany - Bud Br?gger, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany - Ali Chettih, Pivot Point Security, Mercy College NY, USA - Frances Cleary, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland - Quiang Duan, Penn State at Abington, USA - Massimo Felici, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA - Christopher Frenz, CTO at See-Thru, USA - Atsuhiro Goto, Institute of Information Security, Japan - Nils Gruschka, University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany - Marit Hansen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Patrick Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada - Luigi Lo Iacono, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany - Florian Kerschbaum, SAP Research Karlsruhe, Germany - Zhiqiang Lin, UT Dallas, USA - J?rg Schwenk, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany - Wei Tan, IBM, USA - Jong Yoon, Mercy College, USA - Yingzhou Zhang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China =============== Publicity Chair =============== - Fulvio Frati, Universit? degli studi di Milano, Italy More information available at http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ From tobbuerger at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 08:40:31 2014 From: tobbuerger at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tobias_B=FCrger?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:40:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. Best, Tobias Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. *Health Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. -------- Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media and Communication Design eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins : > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September > 2012). > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > Regards, > Julian > > ++++++++++ > Dr Julian Hopkins > Lecturer > School of Arts & Social Sciences > Monash University Malaysia > www.sass.monash.edu.my > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > From: Luis Hestres > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi all, > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > you > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > syllabi > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > > build my own course. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Luis > > > > - - - - - > > Luis E. Hestres > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > Winding, > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From rodrigo.davies at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 10:29:18 2014 From: rodrigo.davies at gmail.com (Rodrigo Davies) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:29:18 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be helpful: http://bit.ly/netmovements14 Best, R On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > Best, > > Tobias > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > *Health > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > -------- > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > and Communication Design > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > >: > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > September > > 2012). > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > Regards, > > Julian > > > > ++++++++++ > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > Lecturer > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > Monash University Malaysia > > www.sass.monash.edu.my > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > you > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > syllabi > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > can > > > build my own course. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > - - - - - > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > LinkedIn ( > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > Winding, > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Ass -- -- Rodrigo Davies MIT Center for Civic Media T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies From seda at nyu.edu Sat Mar 29 11:17:16 2014 From: seda at nyu.edu (Seda Gurses) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:17:16 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 more of her work here: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam sounds like a great course, good luck! s. On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > helpful: > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > Best, > R > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > >> Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tobias >> >> >> >> Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: >> Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of >> Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. >> >> Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: >> An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public >> Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. >> >> Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. >> *Health >> Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. >> >> Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are >> Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. >> >> Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of >> Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of >> Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. >> >> Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through >> online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. >> >> >> >> -------- >> >> Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media >> and Communication Design >> eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger >> >> >> >> 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins >>> : >> >>> No syllabi, but these may be useful: >>> >>> Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: >>> Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of >>> Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: >>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 >> September >>> 2012). >>> >>> and (beware: self-promotion) >>> >>> Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the >>> Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, >>> Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Julian >>> >>> ++++++++++ >>> Dr Julian Hopkins >>> Lecturer >>> School of Arts & Social Sciences >>> Monash University Malaysia >>> www.sass.monash.edu.my >>> Blog: www.julianhopkins.net >>> Twitter: @julianhopkins >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 >>>> From: Luis Hestres >>>> To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" >>>> Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? >>>> Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If >>> you >>>> are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your >>> syllabi >>>> or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I >> can >>>> build my own course. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Luis >>>> >>>> - - - - - >>>> Luis E. Hestres >>>> Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University >>>> More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or >> LinkedIn ( >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( >>>> https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( >>>> http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) >>>> >>>> "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are >>>> rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a >>> Winding, >>>> Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff >>>> Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Ass > > > > -- > -- > Rodrigo Davies > MIT Center for Civic Media > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk Sat Mar 29 13:51:00 2014 From: A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk (Anastasia Kavada) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:51:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <53c70161f57943eea9f8e9feced57f8d@DB4PR07MB283.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> Hi Luis, You can also try the following: Bennett, L. W. and Segerberg, A.( 2012). The Logic of Connective Action. Information , Communication & Society, 15(5), pp. 793-768. Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A. and McCurdy, P. (2103) Mediation and Protest Movements Mediation and Social Movements, Bristol: Intellect. Fenton, N. and Barassi, V. (2011) Alternative media and social networking sites: The politics of individuation and political participation. The Communication Review 14(3): 179-196. Gerbaudo, P. (2012) Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism. Pluto Press. Juris, J. S. (2012) Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist 39(2): 259-279. Karpf, D. (2013) The Moveon Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy. Oxford University Press. Kavada, A. (2012) 'Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace'. MedieKultur 52: 28-48. Available at: http://bit.ly/1iM2wD4 Mattoni, A. (2012) Media Practices and Protest Politics: How Precarious Workers Mobilize. Ashgate. Milan, S. (2013) Social movements and their technologies: Wiring social change. Palgrave Macmillan. The Social Movement Studies special issue on 'Occupy!' (volume 11, issues 3-4) has some good pieces on the Occupy movement and social media (e.g. Gaby and Caren,2012; Constanza-Chock, 2012) Best wishes, Anastasia Kavada Senior Lecturer Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Westminster Twitter: @AnastasiaKavada www.digitalprotest.net The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. From lori.emerson at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 14:53:43 2014 From: lori.emerson at gmail.com (Lori Emerson) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:53:43 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] announcing the publication of the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media Message-ID: Dear all, I'm very happy to announce that our Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is now out (edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Benjamin Robertson, and myself). We're hoping very much to line up reviews - to that end, please let me know if you're interested and have a journal in mind and I'll arrange to have a copy sent to you. I would also be grateful if you'd help spread the word. The JHUP website is down at the moment for maintenance but you can find information on the guidebook on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Johns-Hopkins-Guide-Digital-Media/dp/1421412241) and I have also posted a list of contributors and entry titles on my blog ( http://loriemerson.net/2011/08/10/johns-hopkins-guide-to-digital-media/). yours, sincerely, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com From luishestres at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 22:51:47 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:51:47 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> References: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for all the great suggestions, everyone! - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 On Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Seda Gurses wrote: > miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 > > more of her work here: > http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam > > sounds like a great course, good luck! > s. > > > On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > > > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > > helpful: > > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > > > Best, > > R > > > > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > > > > > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Tobias > > > > > > > > > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > > > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > > > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > > > > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > > > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > > > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > > > > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > > > *Health > > > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > > > > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > > > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > > > > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > > > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > > > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > > > > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > > > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- > > > > > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > > > and Communication Design > > > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk (mailto:tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk) | @TobiasBuerger > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > > > > > > > > > > September > > > > 2012). > > > > > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > ++++++++++ > > > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > > > Lecturer > > > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > > > Monash University Malaysia > > > > www.sass.monash.edu.my (http://www.sass.monash.edu.my) > > > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net (http://www.julianhopkins.net) > > > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com (mailto:7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com)> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > > > you > > > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > > > > > > > syllabi > > > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can > > > > > build my own course. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > > > > > - - - - - > > > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LinkedIn ( > > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > > > > > > > > > > > > Winding, > > > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Ass > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Rodrigo Davies > > MIT Center for Civic Media > > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies (http://doodle.com/rodrigodavies) > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > From hk at monkprayogshala.in Sun Mar 30 20:41:23 2014 From: hk at monkprayogshala.in (hk at monkprayogshala.in) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:41:23 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Public Gossip Scale Message-ID: <001a11c2a10e54bc1004f5ded36c@google.com> Hello, Do spare 10 mins to participate in a study about gossiping behaviour. 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To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DIe-gqKnIf4FQH4l2qnjFv30CqL4HxX7_fQbtVaYZq4/viewform From n.tkacz at warwick.ac.uk Mon Mar 31 01:40:51 2014 From: n.tkacz at warwick.ac.uk (nathaniel tkacz) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:40:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick (Digital Media Related) Message-ID: Hello All, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies has a new (permanent) post at the level of Assistant Professor. The position is research based, but does include some MA teaching (in Digital Media and Culture), PhD supervision and administrative tasks. Follow the link for further details: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim Best Nate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nathaniel Tkacz - Assistant Professor | CIM - The University of Warwick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research: CIM | Twitter: @__nate__ | Current Project: MoneyLab ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From f.attwood at mdx.ac.uk Mon Mar 31 04:32:46 2014 From: f.attwood at mdx.ac.uk (Feona Attwood) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:32:46 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Porn Studies; first double issue free online until 31 May 2014: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rprn20/current#.UzlWDa1dW3k Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) publish the first double issue of Porn Studies, the premier dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal tocritically explore those cultural products and services designated as pornographic and their cultural, economic, historical, institutional, legal and social contexts. Porn Studies is edited by Professor Feona Attwood of Middlesex University and Professor Clarissa Smith of the University of Sunderland and supported by an international editorial board. Finally we have a journal that brings together the urgently needed research, theories, and debates to make sense of an important aspect of social and cultural life. The breadth, depth, and richness of its packed first issue confirms its promise as a platform, not only for understanding pornography - but as a space for new, adventurous, genuinely cosmopolitan rethinking of many of the things about identity, bodies, power, belonging, media, and contemporary reality that we take-for-granted, but still know too little about. Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Sydney, Australia A scholarly journal about pornography is long overdue. Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. One of the things it is most important to take seriously is what is taken for pleasure, and Porn Studies will provide the needed critical forum for doing so. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago, US Porn Studies will play an important role in encouraging deeper, more considered critical thinking about an incredibly complex and widely misunderstood cultural phenomenon. At a time when simplistic discourses circulate around pornography, often occupying binary positions between ?pro? and ?anti?, ?sex positive? and ?sex negative?, serious studies of this area have become increasingly necessary. Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts. Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker?s ?The ?Problem? of Sexual Fantasies? explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ?Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education?, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people?s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. In ?Studying Porn Cultures? Lynn Comella suggests a ?porn studies-in-action? and exhorts researchers to ?leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated?. Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: http://bit.ly/rprncfp **************************************************************** ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html **************************************************************** From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Mon Mar 31 06:16:20 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665@martha.daybyday.de> Dear colleagues, The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, has been extended. Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 Best wishes, Steffen Albrecht ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET From: Steffen Albrecht To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience ? Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universit?t Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- From bury417 at yahoo.ca Mon Mar 31 08:49:20 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions Message-ID: <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo@web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Hi folks These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? Best, Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University, Canada's Open University rbury at athabascau.ca From javier at socialmediasociology.com Mon Mar 31 10:46:13 2014 From: javier at socialmediasociology.com (Javier de Rivera) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300@socialmediasociology.com> Hi everybody, This Call for Paper can be of your interest: http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 For English, click the UK flag. Best regards, Javier de Rivera. From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:33:54 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics Message-ID: Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you recomend me some books/readings about it? I?m focusing in this two perspectives: 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. Thanks in advance, -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From lfloridi at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:38:47 2014 From: lfloridi at gmail.com (Luciano Floridi) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F@gmail.com> You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: http://miguelsicart.net/ Best wishes, Luciano __________________________________________ Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford PA Mrs. Julia Farquet julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From robert.peaslee at ttu.edu Mon Mar 31 11:45:57 2014 From: robert.peaslee at ttu.edu (Peaslee, Robert) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Alejandro, I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu Best, rp ________________________________________ Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. Associate Professor College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series robert.peaslee at ttu.edu P: (806) 834-2562 F: (806) 742-1085 MS 3082 Lubbock, TX 79409 http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >recomend me some books/readings about it? >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > >Thanks in advance, > >-- >Alejandro Tortolini >http://dooid.me/aletor >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ From nicolesunday at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 12:13:28 2014 From: nicolesunday at gmail.com (Nicole Grove) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. Best, Nicole Grove PhD Candidate Johns Hopkins University https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >-- > >Alejandro Tortolini > >http://dooid.me/aletor > >_______________________________________________ > >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From lpotts at msu.edu Mon Mar 31 12:34:14 2014 From: lpotts at msu.edu (Liza Potts) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4@msu.edu> Hi AOIR, Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) Please find the full CFP here: http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ Best, Liza (and Michael) _________________________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Senior Researcher at WIDE Research Assistant Professor Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:35:48 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? Alejandro. 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From patrick.davison at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:46:50 2014 From: patrick.davison at gmail.com (Patrick Davison) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my favorite posts are: http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: "Death of the Player") On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good > if > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > Best, > > Nicole Grove > > PhD Candidate > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert >wrote: > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > might > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > His > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > >> > >> Best, > >> rp > >> ________________________________________ > >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > >> Associate Professor > >> College of Media & Communication > >> Texas Tech University > >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > >> > >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > >> > >> MS 3082 > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > >> > >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > the > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > >> > >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >> > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >> > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > >> games. > >> > > >> > > >> >Thanks in advance, > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > > > > > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From kschrier at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:17:01 2014 From: kschrier at gmail.com (Karen Schrier Shaenfield) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:17:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design Message-ID: Hello Alejandro, You are welcome to check out the table of contents for either of my edited collections on ethics and game design, which includes work by Sicart, Consalvo, Zagal, and many others: Ethics and Game Design http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Game-Design-Teaching-Reference/dp/1615208453 Designing Games for Ethics http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Games-Ethics-Techniques-Frameworks/dp/1609601203/ The books are way too expensive, but I'm happy to share chapters for free with anyone who is interested. You can also check out a few of my journal articles here: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/32/5/375.refs Free download at... http://www.academia.edu/2461813/Avatar_Gender_and_Ethical_Choices_in_Fable_III I have another forthcoming article on game design, ethics and environmental sustainability. I'm happy to share it with anyone once it comes out. My dissertation on games and ethics is available at: http://karenschrier.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/finalversion_dissertation_schrier_new-1.pdf Thanks, Karen Schrier On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:00 PM, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Public Gossip Scale (hk at monkprayogshala.in) > 2. New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick > (Digital Media Related) (nathaniel tkacz) > 3. New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014 (Feona Attwood) > 4. Re: CfP: Int. 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Porn Studies is edited by Professor Feona Attwood of Middlesex University and Professor Clarissa Smith of the University of Sunderland and supported by an international editorial board. > > > Finally we have a journal that brings together the urgently needed research, theories, and debates to make sense of an important aspect of social and cultural life. The breadth, depth, and richness of its packed first issue confirms its promise as a platform, not only for understanding pornography - but as a space for new, adventurous, genuinely cosmopolitan rethinking of many of the things about identity, bodies, power, belonging, media, and contemporary reality that we take-for-granted, but still know too little about.? > Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Sydney, Australia > > A scholarly journal about pornography is long overdue. Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. > Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US > > Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. > Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia > > A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. 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Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. > Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK > > Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. > Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK > > Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries > Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US > > As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts. > ??Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK > > As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. > John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia > > One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. > John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK > > > Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: > > > Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker?s ?The ?Problem? of Sexual Fantasies? explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. > > > Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ?Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education?, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people?s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. > > > In ?Studying Porn Cultures? Lynn Comella suggests a ?porn studies-in-action? and exhorts researchers to ?leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated?. > > > Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. > > > A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: > http://bit.ly/rprncfp > > **************************************************************** > ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: > http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html > **************************************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Steffen Albrecht" > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665 at martha.daybyday.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear colleagues, > > The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, > has been extended. > > Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > Best wishes, > Steffen Albrecht > > > > > > ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- > > Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET > From: Steffen Albrecht > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > * apologies for cross-postings * > > Dear fellow Internet researchers, > > The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: > > - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) > - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) > - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) > > Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. > > A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. > > All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. > > We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! > > On behalf of the organizing team, > Steffen Albrecht > > -- > > Steffen Albrecht > > Project Coordinator > eScience ? Research Network Saxony > http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 > > Media Center > Technische Universit?t Dresden > > http://mz.tu-dresden.de > > Room 426 > Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 > 01069 Dresden > Germany > > Tel. +49 351-463-39175 > Fax: -463-35605 > eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de > > > ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rhiannon Bury > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions > Message-ID: > <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo at web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi folks > > These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? > > Best, > > Rhiannon > > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor > Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University, Canada's Open University > rbury at athabascau.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 > From: Javier de Rivera > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance > Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300 at socialmediasociology.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everybody, > > This Call for Paper can be of your interest: > http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 > > For English, click the UK flag. > > Best regards, > Javier de Rivera. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: List Aoir > Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 > From: Luciano Floridi > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: > http://miguelsicart.net/ > Best wishes, > Luciano > __________________________________________ > Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net > > Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information > Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford > > PA Mrs. Julia Farquet > julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk > > 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS > Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 > > http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ > > > > On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> recomend me some books/readings about it? >> I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 > From: "Peaslee, Robert" > To: Alejandro Tortolini , List Aoir > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >>Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>recomend me some books/readings about it? >>I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >>1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >>2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>-- >>Alejandro Tortolini >>http://dooid.me/aletor >>_______________________________________________ >>The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >>Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 > From: Nicole Grove > To: "Peaslee, Robert" > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 > From: Liza Potts > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org Kirk" > Cc: Michael J Salvo > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4 at msu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hi AOIR, > > Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. > > CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > > Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. > > This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. > > Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) > > Please find the full CFP here: > http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ > > Best, > Liza (and Michael) > _________________________________________ > Liza Potts, Ph.D. > Senior Researcher at WIDE Research > Assistant Professor > Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures > Michigan State University > 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 > Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: Nicole Grove > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > >> I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if >> you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> >> Best, >> Nicole Grove >> PhD Candidate >> Johns Hopkins University >> >> https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: >> >>> Hi Alejandro, >>> >>> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >>> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >>> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >>> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >>> >>> Best, >>> rp >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor >>> College of Media & Communication >>> Texas Tech University >>> >>> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >>> >>> >>> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >>> P: (806) 834-2562 >>> F: (806) 742-1085 >>> >>> MS 3082 >>> Lubbock, TX 79409 >>> >>> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >>> >>> >>> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >>> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >>> >>> >>> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >>> >>> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >>> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >>> > >>> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >>> > >>> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >>> games. >>> > >>> > >>> >Thanks in advance, >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Alejandro Tortolini >>> >http://dooid.me/aletor >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> > >>> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> >http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 > From: Patrick Davison > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> >> Alejandro. >> >> >> 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> >> > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good >> if >> > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > >> > Best, >> > Nicole Grove >> > PhD Candidate >> > Johns Hopkins University >> > >> > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert > >wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> might >> >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> His >> >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> rp >> >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> >> Associate Professor >> >> College of Media & Communication >> >> Texas Tech University >> >> >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> >> >> MS 3082 >> >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> the >> >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> > >> >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> > >> >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> >> games. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Thanks in advance, >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> > >> >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 31 > ************************************** From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:30:47 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:30:47 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you very much, Karen I agree, the price of some books make it inaffordable to me. I?ll preciate anything you can share about ethics and video games! Best, Alejandro. -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:58:35 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:58:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get started: Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison wrote: > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on > meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini >wrote: > > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > > > Alejandro. > > > > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To > Do > > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory > and > > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also > good > > if > > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > > > Best, > > > Nicole Grove > > > PhD Candidate > > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > > >> > > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > > might > > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > > His > > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> rp > > >> ________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > > >> Associate Professor > > >> College of Media & Communication > > >> Texas Tech University > > >> > > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > >> > > >> > > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > > >> > > >> MS 3082 > > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > > >> > > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > >> > > >> > > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > > the > > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > >> > > >> > > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >> > > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > >> > > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > >> > > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > > >> games. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Thanks in advance, > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alejandro Tortolini > > http://dooid.me/aletor > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:59:19 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:59:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just saw she beat me to it! On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Gabriela T Richard wrote: > +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. > I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get > started: > > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: > Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching > values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. > > > -- > *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* > *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the > Learning Sciences* > 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 > gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison < > patrick.davison at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ >> and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 >> >> are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, >> often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my >> favorite posts are: >> >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on >> meritocracy) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: >> "Death of the Player") >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini > >wrote: >> >> > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> > >> > Alejandro. >> > >> > >> > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> > >> > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How >> To Do >> > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory >> and >> > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also >> good >> > if >> > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > > >> > > Best, >> > > Nicole Grove >> > > PhD Candidate >> > > Johns Hopkins University >> > > >> > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >wrote: >> > > >> > >> Hi Alejandro, >> > >> >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> > might >> > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> > His >> > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> rp >> > >> ________________________________________ >> > >> >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> > >> Associate Professor >> > >> College of Media & Communication >> > >> Texas Tech University >> > >> >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> > >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> > >> >> > >> MS 3082 >> > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> > >> >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> > the >> > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> > >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> > >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> > >> games. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> > >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alejandro Tortolini >> > http://dooid.me/aletor >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > > > -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu From joly at punkcast.com Mon Mar 31 20:27:30 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:27:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up @ RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 Message-ID: Forwarded by request. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Banks Date: Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM Subject: CFP: Generative Justice To: Hello all, I'm happy to let you know that a conference inspired by the same questions and opportunities as Technoscience as Activism has just been announced. It'll also happen in Troy, New York in the early summer. See the CFP below and contact Vicki Brock (brockv2 at rpi.edu) or Ron Eglash (eglash at rpi.edu) with any questions. Solidarity, -db *Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up* A conference at RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 *Call for Papers* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Still others concern composite networks: for example community waste projects that link recycling and organic composting with artistic production, "fixer" movements and other forms of community development. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? To submit a paper or panel proposal please use the form at: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 For questions contact: BROCKV2 at rpi.edu -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From nb at imv.au.dk Sat Mar 1 06:33:00 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:33:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> ***apologies for cross-postings*** PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar > > Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? > > This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. > > Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. > > The number of participants is limited to 20. > > Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. > > The lectures and the lecturers: > ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago > ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam > ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark > ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies > > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > Very best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab http://netlab.dk > The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk > LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From charles.ess at gmail.com Sun Mar 2 00:34:11 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Inaugural Issue - Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, On behalf of our Editorial Team, authors, reviewers, and supporting institutions, we are pleased and proud to introduce the Journal of Media Innovations. The Journal serves the professional and research communities engaged in the cross-disciplinary field of media innovations. The Journal is open access, peer reviewed, and published two times annually via the University of Oslo?s FRITT initiative (Frie tidsskrifter fra UiO ? Free Journals from the University of Oslo). The Journal is sponsored by the Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The inaugural issue demarcates the foundations and literatures of media innovations as a field, foregrounding many of its important components and thematic foci, and thereby points to a range of important challenges to innovation on both theoretical and practical levels. The Journal is available at ARTICLES: Charles M. Ess: Introduction to Inaugural Issue. Axel Bruns: Media Innovations, User Innovations, Societal Innovations. Val?rie-Anne Bleyen, Sven Lindmark, Heritiana Ranaivoson, and Pieter Ballon: A typology of media innovations: Insights from an exploratory study. Leyla Dogruel: What is so special about Media Innovations? A characterization of the field. Iris Jennes, Jo Pierson, and Wendy Van den Broeck: User Empowerment and Audience Commodification in a Commercial Television Context. Lars Nyre: Medium design method. RESEARCH BRIEF: Jan Bierhoff and Sander Kruitwagen: Stories behind the News; Designing an Advanced App for Journalistic Background Information. BOOK REVIEWS Arne H. Krumsvik: Book Review Editorial Statement: Mapping the Emerging Field of Media Innovation Research. George Sylvie: Storsul & Krumsvik - Media innovations: A multidisciplinary study of change. Avery E. Holton: Weller et al., Twitter and Society. Jens Barland: Ibrus & Scolari - Crossmedia Innovations. Texts, Markets, Institutions. Additional information on upcoming issues, including submission requirements and deadlines, is also found on the Journal website. With a thousand thanks, and a thousand thanks more to all who have made this Journal and Inaugural Issue possible, Charles Ess Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From stu at texifter.com Sun Mar 2 10:41:12 2014 From: stu at texifter.com (Shulman, Stu) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 18:41:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Coders needed - looking for hockey fans Message-ID: I need some part-time coders who are hockey fans. The current task is to review tweets using DiscoverText and and code them as to whether or not they are about an NHL hockey team. - We pay $13/hour - Coders get a DiscoverText license that they can use for their own research. Please email me directly (stu at texifter.com) if you can join the Coderverse. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman From m.kent at curtin.edu.au Sun Mar 2 22:31:16 2014 From: m.kent at curtin.edu.au (Mike Kent) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:31:16 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Special issue of First Monday on Disability and the Internet Message-ID: <015001cf36aa$2e430c80$8ac92580$@curtin.edu.au> ***apologies for cross-postings*** Disability and the Internet Special issue of First Monday Disability and the Internet in 2014: Where to now? edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent Internet Studies, Curtin University Earlier this decade, the emerging field of Disability Media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger's Disability and The Internet in 2012 and Disability and New Media by this issue's editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field such as Goggin and Newell's 2003 Digital Disability. This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities. As we approach the second half of this first decade of the twenty first century, this special issue of First Monday looks to bring together scholars in disability media and related fields to look at the contemporary internet and the challenges and opportunities it presents for people with disabilities. Topics of interest include developments in a number of areas as they relate to people with disabilities. These might explore: . Smartphones and Tablet computing . Social Networks . Wearable Technology . The development and relevance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, now more than five years old. . The changing impacts of technology and access for different impairments . People with intellectual disabilities and access to the Internet . Challenges to universal design . eLearning Researchers in a number of disciplines will be interested in this topic including: . Disability Media . media, communications and culture . Internet studies . Disability studies . Disability support workers in the community working with clients using the Internet and online Papers are expected by 30 June 2014. From lombard at temple.edu Mon Mar 3 06:00:52 2014 From: lombard at temple.edu (Matthew Lombard) Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:00:52 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Comm Research Methods Facebook page Message-ID: <53148B14.10563.4C15AA3@lombard.temple.edu> A few years ago I posted an announcement here about a Wordpress blog I'd set up to post news articles for a graduate level methods course, and it generated a handful of subscriptions. A little over a year ago I posted an announcement about the Commucation Research Methods Facebook page I set up to replace the blog and the page just passed 1800 'likes.' The content has expanded somewhat to include comics, links to methods-related resources and other things related to the processes of conducting, reporting and evaluating research in communication and beyond. The url for the page is: http://www.facebook.com/CommunicationResearchMethods If you're interested, please take a look, 'like' the page, and/or send me (or post) your own items. --Matthew -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA lombard at temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com From jstromer at syr.edu Mon Mar 3 06:09:15 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:09:15 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] final call for feedback on the aoir.org website Message-ID: <3837f1b0b4c94b7bb679b4807e968e60@EX13-MBX-07.ad.syr.edu> Hi everyone, Now that you're clear of the AoIR IR15 deadline, it's the perfect time to give us a bit of feedback on the main association website aoir.org (not the IR15 conference website, or the conference submission site - those are separate deals :)). The survey should take less than 10 minutes but will really help us get a sense of your thoughts on ways to improve the experience for you: https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1UhJqsqjSB9Jm5f We'll be closing out the survey by end of day tomorrow (Tuesday 9pm EST give or take :)). Thanks! Your PR/Website Committee: Anthony Hoffman, Annette Markham, and Jenny Stromer-Galley From purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk Mon Mar 3 08:44:01 2014 From: purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk (Emma Pooka) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:44:01 -0000 Subject: [Air-L] Twitter Fiction - call for participants Message-ID: <011101cf36ff$c85ca970$5915fc50$@co.uk> Calling all web fiction/digital writers, creative writing students, lecturers and anybody with an interest in collaborative fiction! I'm going to be curating a mass participatory Twitter Fiction called Among Us (http://amongustwitfic.wordpress.com/) as part of the Twitter Fiction Festival (http://www.twitterfictionfestival.com/) coming up later this month. Over the course of 24 hours, starting from 5pm GMT on the 15th March, @au_twitfic will tweet summaries of news stories about the revelation that aliens are living among us. Throughout the day and night, participants will tweet their characters' thoughts, speculations and actions in response to these stories, with the hashtag #au_tf. At 5pm GMT on the 16th March, the aliens will reveal their true origin and purpose. Anybody can join in just by using the hashtag, but if you'd like to be closer to the aliens and you're able to commit to 30 tweets over the course of the 24 hours, contact me with your character idea and I'll give you some inside information. Please share/retweet/forward this widely to anybody who might like to read or join in - tell your students, colleagues and friends. The more participants, the better it will be. Thanks for reading, Emma Pooka From nwood at sju.edu Mon Mar 3 08:58:30 2014 From: nwood at sju.edu (Natalie Wood) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:58:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Air-L] Call for Chapter Proposals: Micro-blogging / Twitter In-Reply-To: <1921661971.55693295.1393865905961.JavaMail.root@ram> Message-ID: <1191682376.55693330.1393865910047.JavaMail.root@ram> Researchers from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to marketing, management, finance, communications and law will be sought to provide their insight on specific issues, such as best practices, or overarching topics such as the legal, ethical and moral implications of adopting micro-blogs such as Twitter. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of commerce and micro-blogging while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide businesses with strategies, grounded in empirical research, on ways in which they can incorporate micro-blogs into their organization. We aim to achieve this by drawing on the collective wisdom of those academics currently conducting research on Twitter. Call for Chapter Proposals: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1264#.UxC1-fYqBDY.twitter Natalie T. Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing Assistant Director, Center for Consumer Research Marketing Department Saint Joseph's University 5600 City Ave Philadelphia PA 19131 Tel: 610-660-3452 Fax: 610-660-3239 Email: nwood at sju.edu Twitter: ntwood From jocelynmonahan at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 13:32:17 2014 From: jocelynmonahan at gmail.com (Jocelyn Monahan) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:32:17 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Debating Visual Knowledge - 2014 Symposium, University of Pittsburgh Message-ID: Debating Visual Knowledge A symposium organized by graduate students in Information Science and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh October 3 - 5, 2014 Call for Participants Visual knowledge and visual literacy have become pressing concerns across a variety of academic disciplines and areas of creative production. These concerns are shaped by the fluid definitions of "visual knowledge" and the multiple ways in which it manifests. Many forms of visual knowledge have capabilities that are not shared by language. This knowledge is produced, mediated, and distributed by a number of different objects, tools, media, and technologies. This symposium seeks to broaden understandings of intellectual and creative work by interrogating the theorization, production, use, and historicization of visual knowledge. We envision the event as an exploratory lab, comprising scholarly and creative projects that engage with these questions. Presentations might relate to (but are not limited to) topics such as: -- Digital humanities -- Cognition, intellectual history, interpretation -- Photography, printmaking, engraving -- "The spatial turn," GIS, maps, mapping -- The body, performance -- Data visualizations, modeling, categories and groups -- Law and policy -- Media theory, historiography, ecology -- Exhibition design, curating -- Network analysis, grids, graphs, timelines -- Interfaces, constructed/built environments, design -- Astronomy, physics, mathematics, botany, medicine The symposium will include traditional academic papers, posters, and keynote sessions, as well as presentations of creative works, roundtables, praxis sessions, screenings, and performances. Participants may be invited to take part in curated roundtables, seminars or workshops. We also welcome submissions of projects that could be workshopped or collaborated on in the context of the symposium. Submission Guidelines: -- For a paper, please submit a 300-word abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a CV. -- For a poster, please submit a 300-word abstract and a CV. A sketch of your poster is optional. If selected, posters must be printed and provided by the participants, and can be up to 30" x 40". -- For a creative work, please submit up to 10 images and/or a 2-minute video or sound clip, a 300-word project description, and a CV. -- For a pre-constituted panel of up to four papers, please submit a 300-word abstract describing the panel topic, and a 150-word abstract and author's CV for each proposed paper. -- To propose to lead a roundtable, seminar, or praxis session, please submit a 300-word description of the topic and CVs for all proposed participants. You may also propose a topic without having chosen participants. If you have any questions about possible submissions or formats for submissions, please contact us at debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com. Send submissions to debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com by April 11, 2014. Selected participants will be notified by mid-May. Information Studies www.ischool.pitt.edu History of Art and Architecture www.haa.pitt.edu From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 3 18:45:19 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:45:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award Message-ID: Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ From human.factor.one at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 20:47:26 2014 From: human.factor.one at gmail.com (live) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:47:26 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <15EDE3DF-9F39-4964-B1AF-9C05177AA527@gmail.com> Well deserved!! Congratulations, Lee Rainie (and Pew team). -Sharon Greenfield @SharonG On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Barry Wellman wrote: > Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award > > Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) > > The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. > - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf > > The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. > > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From deborah.lupton at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 00:17:01 2014 From: deborah.lupton at gmail.com (Deborah Lupton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:17:01 +1100 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Big Data Cultures symposium, 15 September, Canberra Message-ID: Hello all The News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra is holding a one-day symposium convened by myself (Deborah Lupton) that addresses the social, cultural, political and ethical issues and implications of the big data phenomenon. A keynote speaker will open proceedings (details to be confirmed), but paper abstracts from any interested contributors are invited for consideration. Appropriate topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - - privacy, security and legal issues - - how big data are changing forms of governance and commercial operations - - big data ecosystems - - the open data/citizen data movement - - data hactivism and queering big data - - public understandings of big data - - surveillance and big data - - creative forms of data visualisation - - self-tracking and the quantified self - - data doubles and data selves - - the materiality of digital data - - the social lives of digital data-objects - - algorithmic identities and publics - - code acts - - responses to big data from artists and designers Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Deborah Lupton ( deborah.lupton at canberra.edu.au) by 1 July 2014 for consideration for inclusion in the symposium. Please contact Deborah if you require any further information. From joly at punkcast.com Tue Mar 4 08:02:12 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:02:12 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance at NYU Message-ID: http://openinggovernment.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance < info at thegovlab.org> Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:04 AM Subject: New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance **formed to gather evidence and develop new designs for governing* *NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2014* *-* The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at New York University today announced the formation of a Research Network on Opening Governance, which will seek to develop blueprints for more effective and legitimate democratic institutions to help improve people's lives. Convened and organized by the GovLab, the *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance*is made possible by a three-year grant of $5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as a gift from Google.org, which will allow the Network to tap the latest technological advances to further its work. Combining empirical research with real-world experiments, the Research Network will study what happens when governments and institutions open themselves to diverse participation, pursue collaborative problem-solving, and seek input and expertise from a range of people. Network members include twelve experts (see below) in computer science, political science, policy informatics, social psychology and philosophy, law, and communications. This core group is supported by an advisory network of academics, technologists, and current and former government officials. Together, they will assess existing innovations in governing and experiment with new practices and how institutions make decisions at the local, national, and international levels. Support for the Network from Google.org will be used to build technology platforms to solve problems more openly and to run agile, real-world, empirical experiments with institutional partners such as governments and NGOs to discover what can enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest. The Network's research will be complemented by theoretical writing and compelling storytelling designed to articulate and demonstrate clearly and concretely how governing agencies might work better than they do today. "We want to arm policymakers and practitioners with evidence of what works and what does not," says Professor Beth Simone Noveck, Network Chair and author of *Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger and Citi More Powerful*, "which is vital to drive innovation, re-establish legitimacy and more effectively target scarce resources to solve today's problems." "From prize-backed challenges to spur creative thinking to the use of expert networks to get the smartest people focused on a problem no matter where they work, this shift from top-down, closed, and professional government to decentralized, open, and smarter governance may be the major social innovation of the 21st century," says Noveck. "The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance is the ideal crucible for helping transition from closed and centralized to open and collaborative institutions of governance in a way that is scientifically sound and yields new insights to inform future efforts, always with an eye toward real-world impacts." MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci added, "Recognizing that we cannot solve today's challenges with yesterday's tools, this interdisciplinary group will bring fresh thinking to questions about how our governing institutions operate, and how they can develop better ways to help address seemingly intractable social problems for the common good." *About the Governance Lab (GovLab) at New York University * Founded in 2012, the Governance Lab (The GovLab) strives to improve people's lives by changing how we govern. The GovLab endeavors to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and govern themselves more effectively and legitimately. The GovLab designs technology, policy and strategies for fostering these more open approaches to governance and active conceptions of citizenship and studies what works. More information is available at www.thegovlab.org . *About the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation* The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. More information is available at www.macfound.org . *For more information or how to become involved, contact:* Stefaan Verhulst, Chief Research and Development Officer at the Governance Lab, sv39 at nyu.edu *URL*: http://www.opening-governance.org/ *Members* The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance comprises: *Chair*: Beth Simone Noveck *Network Coordinator*: Andrew Young *Chief of Research*: Stefaan Verhulst *Faculty Members*: - Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/University of Southampton, UK) - Deborah Estrin (Cornell Tech/Weill Cornell Medical College) - Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) - Henry Farrell (George Washington University) - Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School/Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business) - Karim Lakhani (Harvard Business School) - Anita McGahan (University of Toronto) - Cosma Shalizi (Carnegie Mellon/Santa Fe Institute) *Institutional Members*: - Christian Bason and Jesper Christiansen (MindLab, Denmark) - Geoff Mulgan (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts - NESTA, United Kingdom) - Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From de56 at cornell.edu Tue Mar 4 08:05:26 2014 From: de56 at cornell.edu (Dmitry Epstein) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:05:26 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Postdoctoral position with Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Message-ID: [apologies for cross-posting] Dear Colleagues, Please see the announcement below. I am currently holding this position and it's been a wonderful experience. I think it can be a great opportunity for someone interested in online civic engagement. Please feel free to distribute this widely. Best, Dima -- Dmitry Epstein, PhD Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Cornell Law School www.regulationroom.org www.thinkmacro.org The following has been posted on the CU career site: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=23050 for the next 30 days. *Job Description* *Postdoctoral Associate, CeRI - Cornell eRulemaking Initiative-23050* *Description* CeRI (Cornell eRulemaking Initiative) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers spanning Cornell Law School, the departments of Computer Science, Communication, and Information Science, and the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. The group's research focuses on sociotechnical systems involved in online civic engagement with complex policymaking. CeRI operates Regulation Room - an online platform that hosts live consultations about proposed Federal policy. The senior research team of CeRI includes Profs. Claire Cardie (Computer Science), Dan Cosley (Information Science), Cynthia Farina (Law), Susan Fussell (Communication), and Gilly Leshed (Information Science). Additional information about CeRI and Regulation Room can be found at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/ and www.regulationroom.org respectively. We seek a highly motivated and qualified postdoctoral associate to conduct cutting edge social science research on the tools and practices of online civic engagement in complex policymaking. Specific topics may include (but are not limited to) framing, online communities, epistemic communities, online group dynamics, procedural justice, online collaboration, and situated knowledge. The exact focus of the associate's research will depend on his or her interests and qualifications and the team's needs. While the associate's primary focus will be on research, he/she will also have the opportunity to assist in teaching an e-government clinic through which the online research platform, RegRoom.org , is primarily operated. *Qualifications* An essential element of this position is willingness and ability to bridge disciplinary boundaries, facilitating and engaging in collaborative research and publication with various members of the group of faculty and graduate students involved in CeRI. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to carry out independent research and have a record of communicating research results via peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Expertise in qualitative and/or quantitative social science research methods is necessary; an ability to think outside the box and combine methodological approaches is highly desirable. The postdoctoral associate must have a Ph.D. in one of the following areas by the time of employment: communication and technology, HCI, information science, political science, psychology, sociology, STS or another related area. This is a full time, one year appointment, with the option to extend pending promising work and funding. The appointment comes with health insurance and other employee benefits. The preferred start date is early Summer 2014, but no later than August 15, 2014. The institutional home of the fellow will be at Cornell Law School, but he/she may receive guidance and mentoring offered by the entire senior CeRI research team. Interested candidates should submit: (1) a cover letter providing a high-level overview of their interest in and fit for the position, their career objectives, and the names and contact information for three references, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) an in-depth research statement covering their previous research experience, future research interests, and potential links to CeRI research, and (4) a relevant sample of published or submitted work. Prior to submitting their materials, candidates should review the www.regulationroom.org platform run by CeRI as well as additional information about the initiative available at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/. Materials should be emailed to John Niederbuhl, Administrative Assistant to CeRI at jwn3 at cornell.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. *Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery and engagement. Located in Ithaca, NY, Cornell's far-flung global presence includes the medical college's campuses on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, as well as the new Cornell Tech campus to be built on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City.* *Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator.* . *Job* *-*Academic *Primary Location* *-*United States *Organization* *-*Law School *Schedule* *-*Full-time From anne at digitalmethods.net Tue Mar 4 08:30:00 2014 From: anne at digitalmethods.net (Anne Helmond) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:30:00 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" Message-ID: Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18-20, 2014 Organizers: Jos? van Dijck & Thomas Poell Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida, Hallvard Moe Discussants: C.W. Anderson, Marcel Broersma, Jean Burgess, Irene Costera Meijer, Mark Deuze, Marlies Glasius, Eggo M?ller, Bernhard Rieder, Richard Rogers, and Michael Schudson This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media platforms. The main question driving the conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public space or "publicness". More specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014 Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw at uva.nl no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis and will respond to every proposal. Learn more about the conference at: http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/social-media-and-the-transformation-of-public-space.html From denisparra at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 10:36:36 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:36:36 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Hypertext 2014: One more week to submit your workshop or tutorial proposal Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) Did you miss the deadline for submitting a workshop or tutorial proposal? Our workshop chairs, Federica and Christoph, are still accepting proposals until 11 March. Please see more details below: =============== CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ================ In conjunction with Hypertext 2014, the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. Santiago, Chile, September 1-4, 2014 http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due ========================================================================= The ACM Hypertext conference focuses on all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media conference. Hypertext 2014 workshops will provide participants with opportunities to discuss and explore emerging areas of Hypertext and Social Media with fellow students, researchers, and practitioners from Industry and Academia. The goals of the workshops are to provide a a more informal setting for exchanging opinions, to share experiences, presenting ideas, foster research community and identify open problems and/or explore directions for future research. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community in an interactive atmosphere. Proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics, somehow related to the main conference tracks (links and connection between people, open data and the semantic of things, user experience and adaptive linking), but are not limited to other (novel) topics which might be of interest for the hypertext community. Acceptance of workshop proposals will be based on the experience and background of the organizers in the topic, and on the relevance of the subject matter with regard to the topics addressed in the main conference. We welcome proposals for different types of workshops, from working groups on a specific topic to more traditional conference-like workshops. However, we prefer interactive workshops that guarantee richer active interactions among participants and provide significant room for controversial and stimulating discussions. We preferentially would rather proposals for half-day workshops. The need for a full-day workshop should be motivated by some particular reason. Potential proposers are invited to discuss their ideas with the workshop chair before working out a detailed proposal. ===========================PROPOSAL FORMAT ============================= The workshop proposals ? not longer than 5 pages - have to be sent by email to theworkshop chairs, and must contain the following information: - Title of the workshop and acronym - Workshop organisers (affiliation, contact details, homepage, and prior experiences with workshop organization. - Keywords (describing the main themes of the workshop) (from 3 to 5) - Abstract (up to 70 words) - Description of the workshop (topics and goals of the workshop) (up to 500 words) - Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience) - Workshop format (paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demo, discussion, etc) - Submissions format (position papers, research papers, demo, poster, presentations..) and, for each type of submission, specify the features (length of the papers, template, etc) - Intended audience and expected attendance (with historical data of past versions of the workshop, if available) - Initial list of (potential) members of the program committee - Requested duration (half day or full day- in this case, motivation for the need of a full day) - Previous editions of the workshop series (if applicable) (URLs, conference it was co-located with, number of registrants, number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and any other relevant information) The Workshop Proceedings will be published in the ACM Hypertext Extended Proceedings. If the organizers have addition plans for dissemination (for example, a special issue of a journal) this needs to specified in the proposal. =============== ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP =============== After the acceptance of a workshop proposal, the organizer(s) should: - Create and distribute a Call for Papers and a Call for Participation; - Create a Web page for the workshop, with the call for papers and the information about the workshop organization and timeline. The link of the web site will be published on the Conference Web site; - Create a Program Committee; - Review and select contributions to be included in the workshop proceedings (at least 2 reviewers for each paper); - Schedule and coordinate the workshop activities. - Put together accepted papers into electronic workshop proceedings, to be published in the Extended Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 2014. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due March 14, 2014: Decisions announced September 1, 2014: Workshop and Tutorial day =============== SUGGESTED TIMELINE =============== Workshop web site: March 21, 2014 Workshop Call for Papers: March 21, 2014 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2014 Notification to authors: June 6, 2014 ================== WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================== Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy E-mail: cena at di.unito.it Web: http://www.di.unito.it/~cena/ Christoph Trattner, University of Gaz, Austria E-mail: trattner.christoph at gmail.com web: http://christophtrattner.info ================== Thanks, Denis Parra Local and Publicity chair, HT 2014 CS Department, PUC Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Tue Mar 4 11:22:29 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:22:29 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Director, Center for Learning Technologies Message-ID: Montclair State's College of Education and Human Services is looking for a Director, Center for Learning Technologies. Details at the link below - please share widely. http://www.higheredjobs.com/state/details.cfm?JobCode=175863851&Title=Director%2C%20ADP%20Center ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From marichal at callutheran.edu Tue Mar 4 15:23:31 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:23:31 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Political Science Editor - Journal of Integrated Social Science Message-ID: Colleagues, Please see the enclosed call for a journal editor. Regards, Jose Marichal California Lutheran University *Call for Political Science Editor* *Journal of Integrated Social Science* *www.jiss.org * The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS) is a web-based, peer-reviewed international journal committed to the scholarly investigation of social phenomena. In particular, JISS aims to predominantly publish work within the following social science disciplines: Psychology, Political Sciences, Sociology, and Gender Studies. A further goal of JISS is to encourage work that unites these disciplines by being either (a) interdisciplinary, (b) holistically oriented, or (c) captive of the transformative (developmental) nature of social phenomena. Aside from the theoretical implications of a particular study, we are also interested in serious reflections upon the specific methodology employed - and its implications on the results. JISS encourages undergraduate and graduate students to submit their best work under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. More details can be found at www.jiss.org. JISS is searching for a new political science divisional editor! General responsibilities include: * The day to day running of the journal political science editorial office, including managing article peer review, liaison with authors, editing of articles, and preparation of editorial copy. * Contributing to strategic development of the Journal * Attracting submissions and themed issue proposals to the journal to ensure continued relevance and quality of content * Promotional activities, including attending conferences To make an application, you will need to send a statement outlining your reasons for seeking the position, and overall objectives as political science editor of JISS. To discuss further or submit an application, please contact Dr. Jose Marichal (current Political Science Divisional Editor of JISS) ~ marichal at clunet.edu. -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From erf at ugr.es Tue Mar 4 15:49:32 2014 From: erf at ugr.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:49:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From eromerofrias at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 15:58:50 2014 From: eromerofrias at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:58:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:36:55 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:36:55 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] IACAP 2nd CFP - exteded deadline Message-ID: <17230C28-E17E-4D76-8E8C-F14D43FFC9D3@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers: IACAP 2014 Deadline for abstracts & symposia: 15.3.14 The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy Anatolia College/ACT Thessaloniki, Greece July 2-4, 2014 http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/ Organisation: Vincent C. M?ller & the IACAP Executive Committee Computing technologies both raise philosophical questions and shed light on traditional philosophical problems; it is this two-way relation that is the focus of IACAP meetings since 1986. We invite submission of abstracts, as well as submission of proposals for symposia on computing and philosophy. This year?s meeting will have a single main track, focusing on topics which proved to be at the core of IACAP member?s interest. In parallel, the symposia will focus on more specific topics, organised autonomously by members or member groups. One symposium will be dedicated to the work of young researchers. We will publish selected papers in a volume of the ?Synthese Library? (Springer). Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for peer-review to this volume. Some abstracts will be accepted for presentation as posters. For papers, we foresee slots of 30 minutes per talk, including discussion. Invited Speakers Judith Simon (ITU Kopenhagen) Hector Zenil (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) Selmer Bringsjord (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Covey Award Winner Gualterio Piccinini (U Missouri- St. Louis) - Simon Award Winner Simon Knight (Open University) - Brian Michael Goldberg Memorial Award Winner Gregory Chatin (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) - symposium speaker S. Barry Cooper (University of Leeds) - symposium speaker Symposia: Young reseachers symposium - Organiser: VCM History and philosophy of computing - Organisers: Giuseppe Primiero and Liesbeth De Mol Anti-reductionist computational metaphors in evolution, metamathematics and the contemporary human self-image - Organiser: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Robotics: from Science Fiction to Legal Fact - Organisers: Sabine Thuermel, Fiorella Battaglia, Barbara Henry ... more to be confirmed Topics of interest: ? Artificial Intelligence ? Artificial Life ? Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition ? Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science ? Computer-Mediated Communication ? Distance Education and Electronic Pedagogy ? Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information ? History of Computing ? Information Culture and Society ? Logic ? Metaphysics of Computing ? Philosophy of Information ? Philosophy of Information Technology ? Robotics ? Virtual Reality ... and related issues Format For abstracts, we request anonymous submission of 600-1000 words (plus references) in plain text or PDF, plus a short abstract of up to 120 words. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two members of the programme committee. For symposia, please provide a brief motivation (ca. 300 words), a list of envisaged speakers, and indication of time needed (full day, half day, etc.). Dates Submission of symposium proposals: 15 March 2014 Submissions of abstracts: 15 March 2014 [extended] Notification of acceptance or rejection: 14 April 2014 (for symposia, we respond asap) Submission on EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2014 More details on http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/online-submission -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From riseling at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:38:47 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (Rich Ling) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift ? Latitude, Sobel ? The Victorian internet, Standage ? The Control Revolution, Beniger ? Technics and civilization, Mumford ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye ? When old technologies were new, Marvin ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker ? America Calling, Fischer ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson ? Virtual communities, Rheingold ? The rise of the network society, Castells ? 6 Degrees, Watts ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff ? Play between worlds, Taylor ? Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. From anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no Wed Mar 5 03:08:06 2014 From: anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no (Anders Fagerjord) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:08:06 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Rich, I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. All the best, ?anders Anders Fagerjord, dr. art Associate professor of media studies Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 03:48:53 2014 From: paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk (Gerbaudo, Paolo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:48:53 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Activism #Now - Conference Programme - April 4th 2014 - King's College London References: Message-ID: <47215386-3D7C-4DB9-A5D3-4476A915EC9A@kcl.ac.uk> Paolo Gerbaudo Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, King's College London paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Room 217a Norfolk Building Strand +44 020 7848 1576 Dear List members, Please find below the programme of the Digital Activism #Now conference on April 4th 2014 at King's College London. The conference will host key-notes by Gabriella Coleman and Guobin Yang and panel discussions on hacking, social networking, digital propaganda and secrecy/transparency. We hope to see many of you on April 4th 2014 at King's! Best Regards, Paolo Gerbaudo ------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Activism #Now: Information Politics, Digital Culture and Global Protest Movements CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Date: April 4th 2014 Location: King?s College London, Strand Campus, King?s Building Nearest Tube: Temple Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE ? 9:00-9:45 ? River Room OPENING PLENARY The Historicity of Digital Activism ? 9:45-11:15 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania) - Respondent: Timothy Hildebrandt (LSE) BREAKOUT SESSIONS I ? 11:30-13:00 Panel 1 ? Hacking and Hacktivism ? Room K1.28 Chair: Tim Jordan (King?s College London) - Fidele Vlavo (King?s) - Mustafa al-Bassam (King?s, former Lulzsec) - Sebastian Kubitscho (Bremen University) - Sam Carlisle (Sukey) Panel 2 ? Digital Propaganda ? River Room Chair: Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin) - Kirsten Forkert (University of Birmingham) - Eugenia Siapera (Dublin City University) - Lee Salter (Sussex University) LUNCH ? 13:00 ? 14:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS II ? 14:30 ? 16:00 Panel 3: Social Networks and Digital Organising ? Room K1.28 Chair: Miriyam Arouagh (Westminster) - Paolo Gerbaudo (King?s College London) - Stephen Reid (UK Uncut co-founder) - Marta (Catorce Collective, Spain) Panel 4: Digital Transparency and Secrecy ? River Room Chair: Clare Birchall (King?s) - David Berry (Sussex University) - Smari McCarthy (ThoughtWorks) - Zach Blas (Duke University, and Eyebeam) CLOSING PLENARY Weapons of the Geeks ? 16:30 ? 18:00 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Gabriella Coleman (McGill University) - Respondent: Tim Jordan (King?s) ------------------------------------------------------------- Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Twitter: @KingsDCS #DigitalActivismNow #DANow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalCultureKings Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 From agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org Wed Mar 5 04:20:59 2014 From: agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org (Adam Grydehoj) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 13:20:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Conference call for papers: Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos Message-ID: <1187009318.23862.1394022059958.open-xchange@email.1and1.co.uk> 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' 21-25 October 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' will explore the cultures, economies, and politics of urban areas based on islands worldwide. Papers are particularly being sought concerning how changes in IT and other technologies are affecting the ways in which culture, government, and economy function in such island cities. Islands are often associated with peripherality, yet over the course of human history, they have also been important sites of urban development. Many important regional cities and global cities have developed wholly or partially on small islands or archipelagos. Physical separation from the mainland and spatial limitations along with a maritime tradition can encourage the transport of products and ideas, improved defence infrastructure, construction of social capital, consolidation of political power, formation of vibrant cultures, and concentration of population. Some such island-based cities were located on inland river islands and have since expanded far beyond their original borders (for example, Paris and Strasbourg) while others are still strongly associated with their island cores (for example, Hong Kong and New York City). Major population centres located on larger, primarily rural islands and archipelagos represent another type of island city. Each of these cities is affected not just by the dynamics at work in urban areas in general but also by the special functions it gains from acting as a metropolis that provides goods and services to rural island hinterlands. 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos is an international, interdisciplinary academic conference exploring how island status influences urban development, common attributes of island cities worldwide, and the opportunities that islandness presents for developing urban cultures and economies. It will also consider how and why different island cities have developed in different ways. Visit the conference website ( ) to see the call for papers and learn more. The deadline for abstracts is 30 April 2014. Plenary Speakers: Saskia Sassen, Jon Pierre, Godfrey Baldacchino, Christian Wicchman Matthiessen, and Brenda S.A. Yeoh. Organising Partners: University of Portsmouth's Centre of Art, Architecture & Design; Memorial University of Newfoundland's Harris Centre of Regional Policy & Development; Lund University's Department of Human Geography; and Queen's University Belfast's School of Geography, Archaeology, and Paleoecology. From susie.pratt at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 04:36:24 2014 From: susie.pratt at gmail.com (Susie Pratt) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:36:24 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: these two reading groups/lists (in an STSish vein) may be of interest http://itu.dk/tip/?p=1834 //IT University of Copenhagen http://tcrgmelbourne.wordpress.com/ //Melbourne Uni -- Susanne Pratt, Ph.D. Candidate Journalism and Media Research Centre @ UNSW http://susannepratt.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Anders Fagerjord < anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no> wrote: > Dear Rich, > > I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by > Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An > introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. > > All the best, > > --anders > > Anders Fagerjord, dr. art > Associate professor of media studies > > Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo > > Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College > > > > 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David > Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 06:01:51 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:01:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is a reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - deadline 15th March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 15th March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From wjmoner at utexas.edu Wed Mar 5 06:58:46 2014 From: wjmoner at utexas.edu (William J. Moner) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:58:46 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rich, James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the telegraph. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate and military interests in broadcast regulation. Best, William ------------------------- William J. Moner PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From dhakken at indiana.edu Wed Mar 5 08:10:44 2014 From: dhakken at indiana.edu (David Hakken) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:10:44 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended References: Message-ID: <40632D41-B6B4-4C75-9813-13FADB3091F7@indiana.edu> Dear fellow AoIR pilots Please bring these new deadlines to the attention of colleagues who might be interested especially graduate students who might be interested in the doctoral consortium (deadline 3/17) David Hakken Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrea Botero > Subject: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended > Date: March 4, 2014 at 6:11:59 AM EST > To: pdworld /Listserv > > Dear PDCers > > We've extended the deadlines for PDC 2014 papers: > - Research papers submissions extended to March 10 > - Short papers submissions extended to March 17 > - All other submissions extended to March 17 > > In addition to enabling those who weren't able to get their paper in on time, it allows all those who did make the deadline to strengthen and re-submit their papers. Authors may want to revise their papers in light of the short guide to reviewing PDC papers available on the Submission page, to get a better sense of how their papers will be assessed. > > I you are intending to submit a Research/Short paper please register in the conference system and post as soon as possible provisional title, keywords and abstract so that the assignment of papers to reviewers will not be delayed. > > Access the conference system here https://precisionconference.com/~pdc/ > > PDC2014 Conference Chairs > _______________________________________________ > Pdworld mailing list > Pdworld at listserv.uni-siegen.de > https://listserv.uni-siegen.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pdworld David Hakken Information Ethnographer Professor of Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing 901 E. 10th Street, #318 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47408 dhakken at indiana.edu 812-856-1869 office; 812-391-2966 cell; 812-856-1995 fax Faculty Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Trento, Italy http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp Spring Office Hours: M 1:20-2:20, T 1:30-2:30, or by appointment From scroeser at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 08:33:22 2014 From: scroeser at gmail.com (sky) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:33:22 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1394037202.10419.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Emily Martin's 'The Egg and the Sperm' is also a useful addition! On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 09:58 -0500, William J. Moner wrote: > Rich, > > James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the > telegraph. > http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf > > Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if > you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate > and military interests in broadcast regulation. > > Best, > William > > > ------------------------- > William J. Moner > PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin > wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From Greg.Wise at asu.edu Wed Mar 5 08:36:57 2014 From: Greg.Wise at asu.edu (Greg Wise) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:36:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Wolfgang Schivelbusch's books, Disenchanted Night and The Railway Journey, could be of interest. Greg Wise -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rich Ling Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:39 AM To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: * The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein * Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift * Latitude, Sobel * The Victorian internet, Standage * The Control Revolution, Beniger * Technics and civilization, Mumford * Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye * When old technologies were new, Marvin * The social construction of technical systems, Bijker * America Calling, Fischer * Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson * Virtual communities, Rheingold * The rise of the network society, Castells * 6 Degrees, Watts * Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling * Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra * Sociology beyond societies, Urry * In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff * Play between worlds, Taylor * Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From keckert at umd.edu Wed Mar 5 09:01:56 2014 From: keckert at umd.edu (Kristin Dagmar Eckert) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:01:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: <0A6BAADED9DB714B8885DC08221E3B9F0A5ADE6F@OITMX1006.AD.UMD.EDU> Dear AIR members I am seeking academic studies and articles on women bloggers and/or gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany in English and/or German (I am a German native). Alternatively, I am also looking for articles in the quality press of each country on women bloggers or gender and blogging. I looked through the data bases my university provides and have not had much luck. I just want to make sure I am not missing out on something. Thank you very much for your hints and links! Best, Stine Stine Eckert Ph.D. Candidate Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100N Knight Hall www.stineeckert.com @stineeckert From halavais at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 09:26:03 2014 From: halavais at gmail.com (Alexander Halavais) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:26:03 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Reading list for whom? :) I would throw on some Thomas Hughes, perhaps "Networks of Power"? I've assigned his last book, the wafer-thin "Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture" to a bunch of classes, as it provides a brief but engaging look at technological systems... - Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais From neal at hivemedia.ca Wed Mar 5 09:27:23 2014 From: neal at hivemedia.ca (Neal Thomas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:27:23 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: <53175E7B.2000907@hivemedia.ca> Hi Rich -- here's a few more you might want to include in your pile, though they lean more in the direction of philosophy and social theory: Barney / Prometheus Wired Borgmann / Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life Borgmann / Holding on to Reality Braidotti / The Posthuman Durham Peters / Speaking Into the Air Feenberg & Hannay / Technology and the Politics of Knowledge Feenberg / Questioning Technology Feenberg / Transforming Technology Genosko / Remodelling Communication Heidegger / The Question Concerning Technology Ihde / Bodies in Technology Ihde / Technology and the Lifeworld Kittler / Film, Gramophone, Typewriter Lanier / You are Not a Gadget Marx / The Grundrisse Mattelart / Networking the World Pacey / Meaning in Technology Scharff and Dusek / Philosophy of Technology: An Anthology Simpson / Technology, Time & the Conversations of Modernity Slack & Wise / Culture and Technology: A Primer Stiegler / Technics & Time 1,2 Terranova: Network Culture Wiener / The Human Use of Human Beings Winner / The Whale and the Reactor Winner / Autonomous Technology Best, Neal -- ___________ Neal Thomas Assistant Professor of Media and Technology Studies Department of Communication Studies The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285 USA From lmh13 at cornell.edu Wed Mar 5 09:36:56 2014 From: lmh13 at cornell.edu (Lee H. Humphreys) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:36:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Hi Rich, Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. Cheers, Lee Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Cornell University On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From aherman at wlu.ca Wed Mar 5 11:11:58 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Message-ID: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 From zimmerm at uwm.edu Wed Mar 5 13:41:19 2014 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael Zimmer) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:41:19 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From janet.sternberg at nyu.edu Wed Mar 5 14:03:19 2014 From: janet.sternberg at nyu.edu (Janet Sternberg) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:03:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: <53179F27.6090001@nyu.edu> One more for the technology & society list (apologies if it's a duplicate, I didn't see anyone mention it yet), definitely with a communication twist: Neil Postman, 1992, //Technopoly: The/ Surrender of Culture to Technolog/y There's also Postman's 1985 /Amusing Ourselves to Death/ about television, but I think /Technopoly/ is more general (and probably taught less frequently than /Amusing/). Regards, Janet Janet Sternberg, PhD http://about.me/JanetPhD Media scholar & author of book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com From maxigas at anargeek.net Wed Mar 5 14:27:02 2014 From: maxigas at anargeek.net (maxigas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:27:02 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <20140305.232702.1698308986204894374.maxigas@anargeek.net> From: "Andrew Herman" Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 > Hi All > > > I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production > in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I > am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that > is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on > digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that > perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of > work and work life in the industry. > > > I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, > Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I > am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries > literature and am looking for work specifically on > internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work > on the gaming industry would also be valuable Nice work. Where is the reading list? -- maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 http://research.metatron.ai/ Sent from my computer From lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu Wed Mar 5 16:36:10 2014 From: lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu (L Holly) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:36:10 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking data on distribution messages in virtual worlds Message-ID: Dear AIR members, Could you point me to any research showing the distribution of the trust level of messages? In other words, not all messages exchanged in a virtual community are supportive, many will be neutral and some will be non-supportive or hostile. What does that distribution look like? What percentage of messages are non-supportive/hostile, neutral, supportive? I am developing an agent-based model of social system and need this information to govern the messages generated. I would like the messages exchanged between agents to mimic real messages distributions. Thnk you for your time and consideration -- Leo Holly Doctoral Candidate Executive Leadership Doctoral Program The George Washington University "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes From bbirregah at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 16:42:51 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 01:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Linkedin dataset Message-ID: hi, Is there anyone who has datasets extracted from linkedin to share? regards -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 From jvickery183 at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 19:08:16 2014 From: jvickery183 at gmail.com (Jacqueline Vickery) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:08:16 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: Hi Stine, Perhaps you are already familiar with it, but if not, I recommend Tanja Carstensen's article "Gender Trouble in Web 2.0: Gender Relations in Social Network Sites, Wikis, and Weblogs" published in the International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. It focuses on German websites and is available online: http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/viewFile/18/31 Best, - jacqueline ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacqueline Vickery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of North Texas Department of Radio-TV-Film ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From riseling at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 22:45:24 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (riseling) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:45:24 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism.? These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk Thu Mar 6 02:51:07 2014 From: H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk (Helen Kennedy) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:51:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <66F01BC4D7AAFB4EA82FEAFAB093922806250580FB9E@HERMES7.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Some references, and some self-promotion thrown in: New media / web / internet work Batt, R., Christopherson, S., Rightor, N. and van Jaarsveld, D. (2000) Net Working: work patterns and workforce policies for the new media industry, Centre for Advanced Human Resource Studies Working Paper Series, Cornell University, NY, http://works.bepress.com/rosemary_batt/27/ or www.nyecon.cornell.edu/downloads/research/Net_Working.pdf Christopherson, S (2004) ?The divergent worlds of new media: how policy shapes work in the creative economy?, Review of Policy Research, 21(4): 543-558 Deuze, M. (2007) Media Work, Cambridge: Polity Press [[ something on games in here ]]. Gill, R. (2002) ?Cool, Creative and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Europe?, Information, Communication and Society 5(1): 70-89. Gill, R. (2007) ?Technobohemians or the new Cybertariat? New media work in Amsterdam a decade after the web?. Report for the Institute of Network Cultures, http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/genderInstitute/whosWho/profiles/gill.htm, date accessed 26 September 2007. Gill, R. (2010) ?Life is a Pitch: managing the self in new media work? in M. Deuze (ed) Managing Media Work, London: Sage. Gottschall, K. and Kroos, D. (2006) ?Self-employment in comparative perspectives: general trends and the case of new media? in S. Walby, H. Gottfried, K. Gottschall, and M. Osawa (eds) Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Kennedy, H. (2010) ?Net work: the professionalisation of web design?, Media, Culture and Society, 32: 187-203. Kennedy, H. (2012) Net Work: Ethics and Values in Web Design, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Kerr, Aphra, http://www.nuim.ie/people/aphra-kerr, lots on games industries Kotamraju, N.P. (2002) ?Keeping up: web design skill and the reinvented worker?. Information, Communication and Society, 5(1): 1-26. Mayer-Ahuja, N. and Wolf, H. (2007) ?Beyond the Hype: working in the German Internet Industry?, Critical Sociology, 33(1-2): 73-99. Perrons, D. (2003) ?The new economy and the work-life balance: conceptual explorations and a case study of new media?, Gender, Work and Organization, 10(1): 65-93. Perrons, D. (2007) ?Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy: new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care work? in C. Fagan, L. McDowell, D. Perrons, K. Ray and K. Ward (eds) Gender Divisions in the New Economy: changing patterns of work, care and public policy in Europe and North America (London: Edward Elgar). Ross, A. (2003) No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and its Hidden Costs, Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Wittel, A. (2001) ?Toward a network sociality?, Theory, Culture and Society, 18(6): 51-76. Social media monitoring/sentiment analysis Andrejevic, M (2011) ?The work that affective economics does?, Cultural Studies, 25, 4-5, pp604-620. Hearn, A. (2011) ?Structuring Feeling: web 2.0, online ranking and rating, and the digital ?reputation? economy?, Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organisation, vol 11 no 1, http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/index.htm. Kennedy, H. (2012) ?Perspectives on sentiment analysis?, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 56 (4): 435-450. Cultural industries: general Banks, M. (2007) The Politics of Cultural Work, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007) The Cultural Industries, 2nd edition, London: Sage. Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2010) Creative Labour: media work in three cultural industries, London: Routledge. Dr Helen Kennedy Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/) More about me: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Herman [aherman at wlu.ca] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 7:11 PM To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From rscott at walsh.edu Thu Mar 6 05:38:58 2014 From: rscott at walsh.edu (Ron Scott) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:38:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8693E10E721B814EB5C4A7617685F4A4223A591D@LUCIA4.walsh.edu> Hi All - I didn't see this book mentioned previously (if it was I apologize for missing it), and it's probably not what you're thinking of as foundational, but David Nye's American Technological Sublime speaks to the importance of steam technology in creating what Nye calls the technological sublime... rs -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of riseling Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:45 AM To: Michael Zimmer; AoIR mailing list Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I >> want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not >> the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two >> areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is >> there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and >> transport/automobilism.? These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, >> David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, >> Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the >> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change >> options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From arussell at stevens.edu Thu Mar 6 06:02:58 2014 From: arussell at stevens.edu (Andrew Russell) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:02:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Rich - Aileen Fyfe?s ?Steam-Powered Knowledge? won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from SHOT - if you?re looking for something at the intersections of steam technology and communication, Fyfe?s book is a good place to start. Since steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh?s ?Railway Journey,? which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered technological system. While I?m at it - you might add Melosi?s ?Sanitary City? to your list (if it?s not on there already). Andy On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made. > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > Thanks. > > Rich L. > >
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>
A few more voices to add: > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" > > > -- > Michael Zimmer, PhD > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > >> Hi Rich, >> >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: >> >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" >> >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. >> >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. >> >> Cheers, >> Lee >> >> Lee Humphreys, PhD >> Assistant Professor >> Dept. of Communication >> Cornell University >> >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. >>> >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >>> >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >>> >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >>> >>> ? Latitude, Sobel >>> >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >>> >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >>> >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >>> >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >>> >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >>> >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >>> >>> ? America Calling, Fischer >>> >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >>> >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >>> >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >>> >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >>> >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >>> >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >>> >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >>> >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >>> >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >>> >>> ? Where the action is, Dourish >>> >>> -- >>> Rich L. >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies Assistant Professor, History College of Arts & Letters Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 arussell at stevens.edu || @RussellProf http://www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || http://www.arussell.org Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks (available for pre-order from Cambridge University Press and Amazon.com) From mbwm at uic.edu Thu Mar 6 07:18:47 2014 From: mbwm at uic.edu (Mary Beth Watson-Manheim) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:18:47 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] CABS 2014: Papers deadline extended to March 13 Message-ID: <702DCDF0-1F5B-4975-9D3B-55A6D56B9848@uic.edu> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABS 2014: Full paper deadline extension until Thursday 13 March --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Upon multiple request the CABS'14 full paper deadline will be extended to Thursday 13 March. 5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries (CABS): Culture, Distance and Technology http://cabs.acm.org/ August 20-22, 2014, Kyoto, Japan Collaboration across Boundaries: Culture, Distance, & Technology 2014 (CABS 2014) is an international and interdisciplinary conference focused on exploring the nature and ways to facilitate intercultural collaboration, including improvements enabled by technology. CABS 2014 is the 5th international conference in the series formerly held as International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC). CABS aims to be a multidisciplinary forum that integrates the socio-cultural and technical perspectives, with the objective of exchanging the latest results of studying and supporting intercultural collaboration. ---------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------------------------- March 13, 2014: Submission Deadline for Full Papers, Panels, and Workshops. April 30, 2014: Notification of Acceptance for Full Papers, Panels, and Workshops. May 21, 2014: Submission Deadline for Late-Breaking Papers. June 4, 2014: Notification of Acceptance for Late-Breaking Papers. June 25, 2014: Final camera-ready papers due (Full Papers, Late-Breaking Papers, Panels, Workshops). ---------------------------------- Full Papers Full papers must present original work with contributions to research and practice of intercultural collaboration. All full papers will be evaluated using a double-blind review process. Accepted authors have the option of having their paper included or NOT to be included in the ACM digital library (http://portal.acm.org/). If the authors choose not to have their full paper included, only the abstract of the paper will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Those unpublished papers can be re-submitted and published at other conference proceedings (including ACM conferences) or journals. Full papers can be up to 10 pages long. Submission for a full paper should be thoroughly anonymized and formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format using the SIGCHI Papers Template. Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System (www.precisionconference.com/~cabs). Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and the downloadable templates. To facilitate the interdisciplinary reviewing process, authors of full papers are asked to categorize their papers by theme (one of three themes) to help us direct papers to the most appropriate reviewers. The three themes are: Communication & Management, Computer-Mediated Collaboration, and Cross-linguistic Collaboration. Although some papers will fit within multiple themes and others may not be an ideal fit for any of them, we ask the authors to choose the closest theme. We will strive to recruit the most appropriate reviewers for all papers. Below are examples of types of contributions a paper in any of the three themes can make to CABS: - DESCRIPTIONS of intercultural and multilingual experiences: Dynamics of global teams, social networks and communities of practice, globally distributed work in virtual context, language use in multicultural and global teams. - METHODOLOGIES and frameworks for studying global collaboration: Developing instruments for measuring culture including surveys, experimental paradigms, computational frameworks, etc.. - THEORIES and models for understanding cultures such as modeling culture, intercultural collaboration, and language varieties. - EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS of intercultural collaboration: Field studies of intercultural collaboration in global organizations and/or in local communities, ethnographic studies on different infrastructure and media use across nations, laboratory studies on the use of technologies, etc.. - TRANSLATION and transition of language and practice: Use of language on the Internet, translating different norms and shaping new practices in global teams, issues of translating language and practices, effects of e-learning on culture diversity. - DOMAIN-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS for collaboration across boundaries: Education/learning, global enterprise, information and knowledge management/sharing. - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES for collaboration across boundaries: HCI technologies, robots, conversational agents, language and speech technologies to overcome culture and language barriers. Late-Breaking Papers (Work in Progress) Authors are encouraged to submit their late-breaking papers to present as posters during the conference. Late-breaking papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library, if the authors wish to do so (see above). Late-breaking papers should be no longer than 4 two-column pages in length, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI template. Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and downloadable templates. Late-Breaking Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System (www.precisionconference.com/~cabs). Late-breaking papers will not be blind reviewed. Authors should include their complete names and contact information at the top of their submitted PDF file. Submitted late-breaking papers will not be divided into three subcommittees. They will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural collaboration. General Co-Chairs Vanessa Evers (University of Twente, Netherlands) Naomi Yamashita (NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan) Program Co-Chairs ?Computer Mediated Collaboration: Susan Fussell (Cornell University, USA) ?Cross-linguistic Communication: Carolyn Rose (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) ?Management and Communication: Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA) Program Committee ? Computer Supported Collaboration Pernille Bjorn (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Hideaki Kuzuoka (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine, USA) John Thomas (IBM, USA) Hao-Chuan Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) ? Cross-linguistic Communication Seza Dogruoz (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Rohit Kumar (BBN Technologies, USA) Kristine Lund (University of Lyon, France) Stephan Vogel (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar) Janyce Wiebe (University of Pittsburgh, USA) ? Management and Communication Wai Fong Boh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Miriam Erez (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Paul Leonardi (Northwestern University, USA) Michael O'Leary (Georgetown University, USA) Sundeep Sahay (University of Oslo, Norway) -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago From telmah77 at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 08:10:01 2014 From: telmah77 at gmail.com (Clara Fernandez) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 11:10:01 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers: International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2014) Message-ID: CIDS 2014: Call for Papers The 7th International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 2014) 3-6 November 2014, Singapore View this call online at: http://narrativeandplay.org/icids2014/call.html Submission deadline: 16 June 2014 The International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS) is the premier venue for researchers, practitioners and theorists to present recent results, share novel techniques and insights, and exchange ideas about this new storytelling medium. Interactive digital storytelling is an exciting area in which narrative, computer science and art converge to create new expressive forms. The combination of narrative and computation has considerable untapped potential, ranging from artistic projects to interactive documentaries, from assistive technologies and intelligent agents to serious games, education and entertainment. The ICIDS conference series has a long-standing tradition of bringing together theoretical and practical approaches in an interdisciplinary dialogue. We encourage contributions from a range of fields related to interactive storytelling, including computer science, human-computer interaction, game design, media production, semiotics, game studies, narratology, media studies, digital humanities and interactive arts criticism. * Suggested Topics * We particularly welcome research on topics in the following four areas: 1. Theoretical Foundations - Theories and Aesthetics of Interactive Storytelling - Current and Future Usage Scenarios 2. Technical Advances - Story/World Generation and Experience Management - Virtual Characters and Virtual Humans - Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems - Semantic Knowledge Representation and Reasoning about Stories - Natural Language Generation and Understanding - User Modelling and Narrative User Interfaces - Authoring Modes and Tools for Interactive Digital Storytelling 3. Practical Applications - Collaborative Storytelling Environments and Multi-User Systems - Social, Ubiquitous and Mobile Storytelling - Interactive Narratives in Digital Games - Interactive Cinema and Television - Interactive Non-fiction and Interactive Documentaries - Interactive Narratives in E-learning, Training and Edutainment 4. Retrospective Analyses - Evaluation and User Experience Reports - Critical Close Readings of Creative Works - Case Studies, Post-mortems and Best Practices * Submissions * All submissions must follow the Lecture Notes in Computer Science format, available at: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0 Papers must be written in English, and only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered for review. The submission categories accepted are: - Full papers (10-12 pages in the main proceedings) describing interesting, novel results or completed work in all areas of interactive digital storytelling and its applications. - Short papers (6-8 pages in the main proceedings) presenting exciting preliminary work or novel, thought-provoking ideas that are in their early stages. - Demonstrations and posters (2-4 pages in the backmatter of the proceedings) describing working, presentable systems or brief explanations of a research project. Submissions that receive high ratings in the peer review process will be selected for publication by the program committee as Springer LNCS conference proceedings. For the final print-ready version, the submission of source files (Microsoft Word/LaTeX, TIF/EPS) and a signed copyright form will be required. Detailed submission instructions, including links to the online submission system, can be found here: http://narrativeandplay.org/icids2014/call.html#submissions The review process for ICIDS will be double blind. Authors should remove all identifying information from their submissions. * Workshop Proposals * Workshops are an integral part of the ICIDS conference. Workshops at ICIDS 2014 will be held on Thursday, 6 November 2014. Please see the separate call for proposals for workshops for details on submitting workshop proposals. * Art Exhibition * Continuing the tradition started at ICIDS 2013, there will also be an art exhibition as part of the conference. The ICIDS 2014 art exhibition will be held from 2-6 November 2014 at ArtScience MuseumTM at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, and will be open to the public. Please see the separate call for artworks for details on submitting to the art exhibition. * Important Dates * Deadline: June 16, 2014 Submission deadline for all categories. The precise deadline for paper submissions is 11:59PM on June 16, 2014, Hawaii Standard Time. Authors are strongly advised to upload their submissions well in advance of this deadline. July 28, 2014: Accept/reject notifications sent to authors. August 18, 2014: Camera-ready copy due. November 3-6, 2014: ICIDS Conference. ICIDS 2014 will be hosted by the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore (http://www.fas.nus.edu.sg/cnm), in collaboration with the Keio-NUS CUTE Centre (http://cutecenter.nus.edu.sg). * Organizing Committee * General Chair Alex Mitchell, National University of Singapore Program Chairs Clara Fernandez-Vara, New York University David Thue, Reykjav?k University Art Exhibition Chair Jing Chiang, National University of Singapore * More Information * Additional information about the conference can be found online at: http://icids.org/2014 Questions about the conference should be directed to the organizers via email at: icids2014 at gmail.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This email was sent by icids2014 at gmail.com to clarafervar at gmail.com Not interested?Unsubscribe - http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/ua/optout?od=11287eca4cd203&rd=1cb345e53386c78&sd=1cb345e53386c51&n=11699e4c1422243 Update profile - http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/ua/upc?upd=1cb345e533860af&r=1cb345e53386c78&n=11699e4c1422243&od=11287eca4cd203 ICIDS | http://icids.org. From agruzd at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 18:05:09 2014 From: agruzd at gmail.com (Anatoliy Gruzd) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 22:05:09 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] [2nd Call]: 2014 SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY CONFERENCE (#SMSociety14) - Sep 27-28, 2014, Toronto, Canada Message-ID: <53192955.3030207@gmail.com> *Apologies for cross-posting* Call for Submissions: Papers (extended abstracts), Panels and Posters 2014 SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY CONFERENCE (#SMSociety14) September 27-28, 2014, Toronto, Canada Conference website: http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com/ KEYNOTE: Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University INDUSTRY KEYNOTE: John Weigelt, National Technology Officer, Microsoft Canada IMPORTANT DATES Paper & Panel Abstracts Due: April 18, 2014 Paper & Panel Notification: May 19, 2014 Poster Abstracts Due: May 23, 2014 Poster Notification: June 13, 2014 Conference Dates: September 27-28, 2014 DESCRIPTION We live in an era of ?Big Data?. Petabyte and exabyte-size datasets are becoming increasingly common. Much of the data is coming from social media in the form of user-generated content. What do we do with all of these ?social? data and how do we make sense of it all? What are the inherent challenges and issues surrounding working with social media data? How are social media platforms and the data that they generate changing us as individuals, changing our organizations and changing our society? Additionally what are the political, ethical, privacy, and security implications of the wide availability of these data? These are just a few questions that we have for this year?s participants of the 2014 Social Media & Society Conference (#SMSociety14). The Social Media & Society Conference is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 5th year, the 2014 Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 27 to 28. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. The conference offers an intensive two-day program comprising of paper presentations, panel discussions, and posters covering wide-ranging topics related to social media. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, the conference provides attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, learn about recently completed and work-in-progress studies, and strengthen connections with their peers. Last year?s conference hosted nearly 200 attendees, featured research from 90+ scholars and practitioners across several fields from over 60 institutions in 15 different countries. SUBMISSION PROCESS We invite you to submit papers (extended abstracts), panel proposals and posters on a variety of topics including (but not limited to!): Social Media & Big Data, Social Media Impact on Society, Theories & Methods, and Online/Offline Communities. Full papers are not required for this conference, only an extended abstract (~500 words, excluding references) on a completed or well-developed project related to the broad theme of ?Social Media & Society.? All submissions will be peer-reviewed. If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period at the conference. Author(s) of accepted paper abstracts will also be invited to submit their full papers to the new Big Data & Society Journal published by SAGE. Instructions for authors and more information is available at http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com TOPICS OF INTEREST Social Media & Big Data - Visualization of Social Media Data - Social Media Data Mining - Scalability Issues and Social Media Data - Social Media Analytics Social Media Impact on Society - Private Self/Public Self - The Sharing/Attention Economy - Virality & Memes - Political Mobilization & Engagement - Social Media and Health - Social Media and Business (Marketing, PR, HR, Risk Management, etc.) - Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) - Social Media and Public Administration - Social Media and the News Theories & Methods - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches - Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis - Social Network Analysis - Theoretical Models for Studying, Analysing and Understanding Social Media Online/Offline Communities - Trust and Credibility in Social Media - Online Community Detection - Influential User Detection - Online Identity - Case Studies of Online and/or Offline Communities Formed on Social Media CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, Canada Barry Wellman. University of Toronto, Canada Philip Mai, Dalhousie University, Canada Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada From benallenmorton at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 18:24:50 2014 From: benallenmorton at gmail.com (Ben Morton) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:24:50 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> References: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Message-ID: For technology and society readings related to transportation, you should definitely take a look at Jeremy Packer's Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship(2008) -Ben Morton University of Iowa On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Russell wrote: > Rich - > > Aileen Fyfe's "Steam-Powered Knowledge" won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from > SHOT - if you're looking for something at the intersections of steam > technology and communication, Fyfe's book is a good place to start. Since > steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial > society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & > steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the > literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh's "Railway > Journey," which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered > technological system. > > While I'm at it - you might add Melosi's "Sanitary City" to your list (if > it's not on there already). > > Andy > > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There > are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that > have been made. > > > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles > on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is > steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Rich L. > > > >
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Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with > > a communication twist)
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A few more voices to add: > > > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination" > > > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of > Culture" > > > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About > Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century" > > > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age" > > > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" > > > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of > Social Media" > > > > > > -- > > Michael Zimmer, PhD > > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > > > >> Hi Rich, > >> > >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old > favorites: > >> > >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > >> > >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's > "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > >> > >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Lee > >> > >> Lee Humphreys, PhD > >> Assistant Professor > >> Dept. of Communication > >> Cornell University > >> > >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I > want > >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that > I > >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book > similar > >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. > >>> > >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > >>> > >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > >>> > >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > >>> > >>> ? Latitude, Sobel > >>> > >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage > >>> > >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > >>> > >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > >>> > >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, > David Nye > >>> > >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > >>> > >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > >>> > >>> ? America Calling, Fischer > >>> > >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > >>> > >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > >>> > >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells > >>> > >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts > >>> > >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > >>> > >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > >>> > >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > >>> > >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > >>> > >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor > >>> > >>> ? Where the action is, Dourish > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Rich L. > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >>> > >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >>> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. > Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies > Assistant Professor, History > College of Arts & Letters > Stevens Institute of Technology > Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 > > t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 > arussell at stevens.edu || @RussellProf > http://www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || http://www.arussell.org > > Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks > (available for pre-order from Cambridge University Press and Amazon.com) > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From kwfu at hku.hk Thu Mar 6 21:53:25 2014 From: kwfu at hku.hk (KW Fu) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 13:53:25 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Job Opening: Post-doctoral Fellow on "Big Data" Message-ID: <02d401cf39c9$8ea98dc0$abfca940$@hku.hk> Dear all, The Journalism and Media Studies Centre (JMSC) at The University of Hong Kong is inviting applications for a position of Post-doctoral Fellow (PDF). Applicants should hold postgraduate qualifications at PhD level in a field related to Social Sciences, Statistics, Information Science, or Journalism/Media/Communication studies. Applicants should possess a track record of publications in high quality international journals or other appropriate refereed publications and should demonstrate the potential of academic publication in the coming three years. The appointee is required to generate research outputs independently and to prepare research proposal for competitive grant application. Experience in computational social science studies, big data analysis, data visualization, social network analysis, complex systems modeling, agent-based computing would have a definite advantage. Teaching experience in courses related to media and journalism is preferred. The successful candidate will be involved in a research project entitled "A Big Data Approach to Computational Media Studies". Applicants should send a completed application form, together with an up-to-date C.V. to jmsc2 at hku.hk. Application forms (341/1111) can be obtained at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc. Please indicate clearly in the form the post applied for, as well as the field and level (if applicable), and the reference number. Review of applications will start on May 1, 2014 until the post is filled. The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only shortlisted applicants will be notified of the application result. JMSC website: http://jmsc.hku.hk/ King-wa Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong Room 206, Eliot Hall, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3917-1643 Fax: (852) 2858-8736 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/ From m.foth at qut.edu.au Thu Mar 6 23:49:43 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:49:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing due 1 June 2014 Message-ID: <0D46D348-A608-45A3-8BBE-2500DF6A8E36@qut.edu.au> Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP edited by Hannu Kukka, University of Oulu Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Sebastian Boring, University of Copenhagen Anind K. Dey, Carnegie Mellon University tauc.editors at gmail.com Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2014 DESCRIPTION The research field of urban computing ? defined as ?the integration of computing, sensing, and actuation technologies into everyday urban settings and lifestyles? [1] ? considers the design and use of ubiquitous computing technology in public and shared urban environments. Its impact on cities, buildings, and spaces evokes innumerable kinds of change [2]. Embedded into our everyday lived environments, urban computing technologies have the potential to alter the meaning of physical space, and affect the activities performed in those spaces. In this special issue, we invite contributions to a multi-themed discussion of various aspects that make up the, at times, messy and certainly transdisciplinary field of urban computing and urban informatics. The starting point for the proposed special issue is a call for a more transdisciplinary approach to the design and evaluation of urban computing systems that regards these systems as holistic, organic and evolving constructs comprising three interrelated components: people, place, technology. Following Nicolescu [3], we use the term transdisciplinarity to signify the positioning of urban computing research at once between different disciplines, across these disciplines, and beyond all discipline. The term differs from the related concepts of multidisciplinarity, where a topic is studied by several disciplines that are in service of a base discipline, and interdisciplinarity, where methods from one discipline are transferred to another. Looking at urban computing from a transdisciplinary perspective is useful in that a large methodological and theoretical gap exists in much of the current literature. Often, the epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and practical contributions of relevant fields of study (e.g., computer science, architecture and design, and social sciences) do not connect to form a solid basis for the advancement of cities and city life. Despite the inherent complexity and transdisciplinary nature of urban computing as a subject of study, few such efforts have been undertaken. However, moving the field forward requires explorations of the opportunities and challenges inherent in truly transdisciplinary work by researchers from several interrelated fields of study coming together to design, build, and evaluate urban computing systems. In the proposed special issue we call for contributions from both practical and theoretical points of view discussing the practice and promise of transdisciplinary work in the field of urban computing and urban informatics. Specifically, we hope to elicit contributions from researchers in the various fields closely related to urban computing such as computer science, social sciences (e.g., cultural anthropology), and architecture and urban design. We envision the following contributions: (1) experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings, reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner; and (2) theoretical/conceptual discussions on the merits of understanding the topic not only from a technological perspective, taking into consideration the various interrelated disciplines and fields of study. The proposed topic is timely and significant, since more and more explorations are conducted ?at large? or "in-the-wild,? i.e. outside traditional research laboratory settings. This move from controlled laboratories to messy real-life environments is far from trivial, and requires an integrated approach that both takes into account and respects the inherent transdisciplinarity that carrying out high quality research in such settings requires. Hence, contributions in the proposed special issue should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers and practitioners who either already do research ?in-the-wild,? or hope to transition to such work in the future. REFERENCES [1] Kindberg, C., Chalmers, M., Paulos, E. (2007) Guest Editor?s Introduction: Urban Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6(3), 18-20. [2] Fuller, M. (2013) Foreword. In: Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging with Ubiquitous Computing. MIT Press. [3] Nicolescu, B. (2001) Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity. Translated from French by Karen-Claire Voss. State of New York Press: New York. AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to the issue of transdisciplinary approaches to the field of urban computing. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include but are not limited to: ? Experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings ? Reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner ? Theoretical/conceptual discussions on the need for / the advancement of transdisciplinary work We are looking to publish a mix (roughly 50/50) of papers with a theoretical and practical contribution, depending of course on the number and types of submissions we receive. PAPER SUBMISSION Deadline: manuscripts are due 1st June 2014 but early submissions are encouraged. All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of the IJHCS journal. Further information, including submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies/ Manuscripts are submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at: http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs/ To discuss a possible contribution, please contact the special issue editors at: tauc.editors at gmail.com For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie Fri Mar 7 02:33:50 2014 From: Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie (Kylie Jarrett) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:33:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Console-ing Passions, Dublin 2015 Message-ID: <5319A08E.8010100@nuim.ie> I'm looking to get lots of internet, game or digital researchers, activists and/or practitioners to this conference, so get writing.* *** *CP 23 Rebooting Feminism* *Console-ing Passions International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism* *June 18-20, 2015 Dublin* ** *Deadling for Abstracts: October 1, 2014. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by Jan 31, 2015.**Please submit all proposals to: Console-ingPassions.org * Founded by a group of feminist media scholars and artists in 1989, Console-ing Passions held its first official conference at the University of Iowa in 1992. Since that time, Console-ing Passions has become the leading international scholarly network for feminist research in television, video, audio, and new media. 23 years after the group's founding, we find ourselves in a dramatically different media landscape, as well as a world in which the meanings of feminism, postfeminism, and the intersections of feminism with race, sexuality, and class are hotly contested in the academy, in the popular press, and in contemporary media representations. Console-ing Passions 2015 asks, after decades of postfeminist retrenchment, is feminism due for a reboot? CP23 seeks to bring together papers, panels, screenings, and workshops that investigate both feminism and media studies at a crossroads. We are particularly interested in work that brings together two or more of Console-ing Passions' driving themes: gender, race and ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and class. The 2015 conference invites pre-constituted panels and workshops, as well as individual papers that consider the breadth of feminist concerns related to television, digital, video, audio, and new media, as well as mobile and gaming technologies. Pre-constituted panels and workshops are especially encouraged. Possible topics include considerations of gender in relation to: *intersectional feminisms *feminism in a "post-racial" moment *"Rebooting Feminism:" what comes after postfeminism? *feminism, the economy & austerity *media production and industries *media audiences and fans *gaming and virtual worlds *masculinities, trans identities, sexualities *sex work and pornography *neoliberalism and gender *transmedia, theories of convergence and their critiques *transnational cultural flows and "Ex-pat TV" *social media and digital domains *feminism and popular music *feminism and the New Europe *spiritual belief and practice and media *feminism and the political right *new feminist icons (Elizabeth Warren, Wendy Davis, Julia Gillard) *campaigns for social justice *stardom and celebrity *affect and emotion studies *age *Pre-Constituted Panel Proposals:*Panel coordinators should submit a 200-word rationale for the panel as whole. For each contributor, please submit a 250-word abstract, a short bio, and contact information. Panels that include a diversity of panelist affiliations and experience levels are strongly encouraged. Panels should include 3-4 papers. *Individual Papers:*Individuals submitting paper proposals should provide an abstract of 250 words, a short bio, and contact information. *Workshop Proposals:*We seek workshop ideas that focus on scholarly issues in the field and matters of professionalization. Topics might include: media activism; mentoring; the job market; digital networking; workplace politics; teaching; tenure and promotion; publishing; etc. Prospective coordinators should submit a 350-word rationale (including some discussion of why the topic lends itself to a workshop format), a short bio, and contact information. For each proposed workshop participant, please submit a title, short bio, and contact information. Workshops are intended to encourage discussion; contributors will deliver a series of brief, informal presentations. Please visit our website Console-ingPassions.org for information about events, schedules, travel information, and more. Please direct all questions about the conference and the submission process to: consoleingpassions2015 at gmail.com Follow us on twitter: @CPDublin2015 Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConsoleingPassions2015 Check out our amazing city center conference venue, The Marker Hotel: http://www.themarkerhoteldublin.com/ Conference Organizers: Maeve Connolly, Kylie Jarrett, Jorie Lagerwey, Diane Negra, Maria Pramaggiore, Emma Radley, and Stephanie Rains From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Fri Mar 7 09:05:58 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:05:58 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1394211958.173924-17064@charles.daybyday.de> * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience ? Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universit?t Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de From luishestres at gmail.com Fri Mar 7 09:28:30 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 12:28:30 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fw: TPRC42 Announces Graduate Student Consortium In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <2A673F1AB9724A7EA836D2BCF6C95E9F@gmail.com> FYI, may be of interest to some grad students on this list or those who mentor them. ~Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 Forwarded message: > From: TPRC > To: luishestres at gmail.com > Date: Friday, March 7, 2014 at 12:24:32 PM > Subject: TPRC42 Announces Graduate Student Consortium > > TPRC42 Announces Graduate Student Consortium > > Is this email not displaying correctly? > View it in your browser (http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=61cad4aa46&e=95b079ebe3). > > > > > > > 2014 TPRC | 42nd Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy > September 12-14, 2014 > George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia > > TPRC will hold its inaugural Graduate Student Consortium on Friday, September 12, 2014, at the George Mason University Law School, immediately preceding the TPRC42 conference September 12 ? 14, 2014 > > > The Consortium aims to provide graduate students at all levels with opportunities for mentoring by academics, industry, and government leaders, as well as the opportunity to network with other graduate students. Consortium participants will gain insights on research topics of interest to them from the various sectors of the TPRC community. > > > The Consortium will be held immediately preceding the TPRC42 Conference. During the three-hour session, students will engage in discussion, receive feedback on their proposed research topic, and interact with fellow graduate students as well as with mentors. Mentors will be leaders from academia, industry, government, and the non-profit sectors, chosen to ensure balance among these multiple perspectives. > > > The Consortium will be highly selective and is open to all persons who are graduate or law students at any level/year during the 2014/2015 school year. Applicants should submit a statement of endorsement from a faculty member at their institution indicating how the student would benefit from participation (the endorsement form will be available for download at the TPRC website). Applications should include this endorsement and a 1500 word (~ 2 pages, single spaced) statement of a research topic, succinctly describing the academic/theoretical, industry, government, and public interest aspects of the problem. The topic can be a new topic, chosen specifically for this context, or an ongoing research area that might benefit from these multiple perspectives. Students may apply for both the Graduate Student Consortium and the Student Paper Competition, although the Consortium selection process will favor those closer to the beginning of their graduate student career. > > > Applications, including the faculty endorsement, must be submitted by April 18, 2014, at http://www.tprc.org (http://tprc.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=7bd16553c0&e=95b079ebe3). Decisions will be communicated by May 30, 2014. Students accepted to the Consortium will receive free conference registration and meals, but will be responsible for their own travel and lodging. > > Call for Papers Announcement > TPRC is soliciting abstracts of papers, proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations, and student papers for presentation at the 2014 conference, to be held September 12-14, 2014 at the George Mason University Law School, in Arlington, Virginia. These presentations should report current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy.Contributions may be from any disciplinary perspective; the sole criterion is research quality. Topic areas in previous conferences have included competition, antitrust, and other market issues; broadband deployment and adoption; spectrum and wireless application policy; media, old and new; intellectual property, technology, and Internet law; privacy, security, identity and trust; governance and institutions; innovation and entrepreneurship; and distributional outcomes and social goals. Read the complete Call for Papers here (http://tprc.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=486a6728b6&e=95b079ebe3). Abstract deadline is March 31. our web site, www.tprc.org (http://tprc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=91b9eec6dd&e=95b079ebe3). Submission deadline is March 31. Submissions are also being accepted for our Student Paper Competition and our Graduate Student Consortium. > > Call for Papers Announcement TPRC is soliciting abstracts of papers, proposals for panels, tutorials and demonstrations, and student papers for presentation at the 2014 conference, to be held September 12-14, 2014 at the George Mason University Law School, in Arlington, Virginia. These presentations should report current theoretical or empirical research relevant to communication and information policy.Contributions may be from any disciplinary perspective; the sole criterion is research quality. Topic areas in previous conferences have included competition, antitrust, and other market issues; broadband deployment and adoption; spectrum and wireless application policy; media, old and new; intellectual property, technology, and Internet law; privacy, security, identity and trust; governance and institutions; innovation and entrepreneurship; and distributional outcomes and social goals. Read the complete Call for Papers here (http://tprc.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d9832174c964ecbebbfddfa8c&id=dd791fa6bb&e=95b079ebe3). 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It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr Fri Mar 7 22:21:34 2014 From: nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr (nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:21:34 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] What do users want from a media website? Message-ID: <20140308082134.Horde._rqJGl1lb_AwzyF3ljm3qw4@webmail.auth.gr> My name is Antonopoulos Nikos and I am a PHD candidate at the School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Aristotle University invites you to participate in an interesting research concerning the ways in which Internet users can find the information which they are looking for, on a media website. We would appreciate your feedback. Please click here: http://auth.edu.gr/index.php/999647/lang-en Thank you in advance, Yours faithfully, Antonopoulos Nikos - PhD candidate Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece From jstromer at syr.edu Sat Mar 8 06:33:51 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:33:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Job openings in data science and HCI Message-ID: Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (The iSchool, see http://ischool.syr.edu) is soliciting applications for scholars involved in the broad and evolving spaces of data science/ data analytics and human-computer interaction (HCI) to join its renowned and interdisciplinary faculty. These positions are open rank, and we specifically encourage graduating doctoral students, senior assistant professors, and recently tenured faculty to apply. Located at the center of the picturesque Syracuse University, we seek entrepreneurial colleagues with a passion for innovative scholarship, a desire to work with others on interdisciplinary projects, and enthusiasm for teaching. The iSchool has seven degree programs and an enrollment of 50 doctoral students, 650 masters' students and 650 undergraduates, led by 42 full-time faculty and over 100 part-time faculty. The iSchool is at the cutting edge of scholarship and instruction. The school hosts five research centers and laboratories and faculty with recognized strengths in natural language processing, information retrieval, Internet governance and telecommunications policy, digital literacy, information management, information and network security, new forms of work and organizing, gamification, data science, entrepreneurship, and social media. There are campus-level initiatives on computational linguistics, sustainability, and urban education, along with strategic partnerships with J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, and others as reflected in a curricular focus on Global Enterprise Technologies. The SU-ADVANCE program provides extensive mentoring services for female faculty in STEM disciplines. The ISchool recently acquired an IBM Netezza box, allowing for complex, fast analysis of large data sets, and SU has large data-storage capabilities and is home of the Qualitative Data Repository. The iSchool seeks colleagues who can deepen and extend our emerging strengths in data science. We see this as a broad area that spans the following: visualization of large data sets and analytic approaches to large and often heterogeneous data sets; developing tools and approaches for scientific collaboration, and for data access and retrieval; computational social science involving large-scale quantitative data, examining large-scale online social configurations; and other possible areas emphasizing large-scale data and its analysis and representation. The iSchool faculty also seeks colleagues who will continue to expand our strengths in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Although we encourage applications from any area of HCI, we are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching experience in the design, building and testing of online systems and environments, mobile applications, and other artifacts, and who are engaging in studies of uses and users in the field or laboratory. The ability to obtain research funding will be considered a competitive advantage in our evaluations, as will evidence of teaching excellence. A record of publishing impactful scholarship is expected. Although rank and years of experience are open, we will consider outstanding ABDs with a strong expectation of a successful dissertation defense by 2015. To be considered, applicants must submit: a cover letter outlining their interests and qualifications (including the rank they are seeking); a current curriculum vitae; short statements describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments; and the names and contact information of at least three references to: www.sujobopps.com (job #071012). Strong candidates will be contacted for letters of reference and asked to provide research samples and a teaching portfolio or other evidence of teaching experience. Please do not submit these items with the initial application. We will begin screening applicants on 2 April, 2014 and continue accepting applications until the positions are filled, which may extend into the 2014-2015 academic year. Please direct questions to Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, search chair, at jstromer at syr.edu ~Jenny Associate Professor | School of Information Studies Vice President | Association of Internet Researchers Syracuse University 220 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.1823 f 315.443.5673 e jstromer at syr.edu w www.stromer-galley.com w www.aoir.org ischool.syr.edu From berno.rieder at gmail.com Mon Mar 10 00:56:23 2014 From: berno.rieder at gmail.com (Bernhard Rieder) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:56:23 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Several Openings in New Media, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: The Mediastudies Department at the University of Amsterdam is currently looking to fill a number of positions in the New Media team and inviting applications for: # a tenure-track assistant professor position ("universitair-docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-070.html # up to three two-year lecturer positions ("docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-066.html # a five-year combined PhD/lecturer position ("docent-promovendus") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-068.html Candidates are required to master Dutch at the A2 level (reading/grading assignments). However, the department is committed to providing intensive language courses that lead up to a certification for selected candidates without the necessary language proficiency. The application deadline for all positions is March 30, 2014. For general information about working at the UvA, refer to: http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/ An overview of the Bachelor "Media en Cultuur" (in Dutch): http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/nl/p/499_20870.html An overview of the Master "New Media and Digital Cultures?: http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/en/p/741_115565.html -- Bernhard Rieder | Associate Professor | New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://thepoliticsofsystems.net | http://rieder.polsys.net | https://www.digitalmethods.net | @RiederB From d.moats at gold.ac.uk Mon Mar 10 07:20:47 2014 From: d.moats at gold.ac.uk (David Moats) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:20:47 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Going Digital and Digital Tools for Qualitative Research Workshops at Goldsmiths Message-ID: **Apologies for Cross-Posting** Two (PhD/ECR) workshops rethinking the relationship between quant-qual in social media research, will be held at Goldsmiths, University of London this May. The first, 'Going Digital', is an introductory workshop on the challenges of locating, scraping and analysing social media data facing both quantitative and qualitative researchers. The session will include presentations by Noortje Marres, Brian Alleyne, Dhiraj Murthy and David Moats and introduce students to several freely available, exploratory web based tools (Digital Methods) through hands-on instruction and small group work. The goal will be for students to approach digital data, and new methods, with open minds but equipped with more critical faculties. *Going Digital * 12 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 250 http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7438 The second event, 'Digital Tools for Qualitative Research' is a more advanced workshop specifically investigating the potential for 'quanti-quali' (Latour and Venturini 2011) methods: which allow for close reading of texts as well as patterns and relationships at the aggregate level. The first day will include presentations by Noorjte Marres, Bernhard Rieder and Tommaso Venturini and will be devoted to discussing the participant's specific research problems and the affordances of existing methods and tools for addressing them. The second day will be devoted to a specific Twitter analysis tool, currently in proto-type, which will be tested and customised in a small group environment with programmers, designers and researchers working collaboratively. *Digital Tools for Qualitative Research* 15-16 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 350 http://www.gold.ac.uk/csisp/events/digitaltools/ email d.moats at gold.ac.uk for further info about both events. The deadline for applications to both is 18 April -- ------------------- *David J Moats* Phd Candidate CSISP - Sociology Goldsmiths College http://www.csisponline.net/ www.davidjmoats.com www.thequietus.com UK +44 (0)7787562607 US (0)1-630-328-9741 From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:16:56 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:16:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Book Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF0D@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> We are pleased to announce the fourth annual AoIR award for the best book published in internet research. This award seeks to recognize the best work in our field, and highlight the breadth of work that is done relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. We will accept nominations (self and other) for Best Internet Research-Related Book published during the calendar year of 2013. Edited collections are not eligible; the book must explore a single topic and be authored or co-authored as a single text. The books will be reviewed by three eminent scholars in the field. Copies of nominated books should be sent to the committee members, arriving no later than April 30. For mailing instructions, please contact the chair of the committee, Andrew Herman, at ahermanwlu at gmail.com. The winner of the award will be announced in the summer of 2014. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to participate at the AoIR conference in Bangkok in October. Please contact Andrew Herman or Lori Kendall (prez at aoir.org) if you have any questions about this process. From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:18:05 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:18:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF25@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2014 AoIR dissertation Award. To be eligible for the 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2013 calendar year. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research in a session at Internet Research 15.0 in Bangkok, October 22-25, 2014. Submissions should be sent as PDFs via email to Michael Zimmer, michael.zimmer at gmail.com, by April 15, 2014. (Each submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an email acknowledging your submission within a week, please send a follow-up email.) You may send your own dissertation or that of an advisee (with their permission). The winner of the award will be announced in Summer. Please contact Michael with any questions. From mjohns at luther.edu Mon Mar 10 12:24:11 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:24:11 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Message-ID: CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Jennifer Dunn, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2014 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Bangkok, Thailand. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 22-25, 2014 in Bangkok. Candidates should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at mjohns at luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2014. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns at luther.edu From juebelhe at asu.edu Mon Mar 10 14:14:48 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:14:48 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] $10k Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation & Research Data Seed Grant RFP Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Public Affairs, ASU Center for Policy Informatics, and the University of Iowa are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for innovative broadband use, evaluation, and research data projects. Three $10,000 NSF seed grants will be awarded to projects that generate innovative data for individuals or organizations on broadband or mobile internet use and new methods for data collection. This data from awardees will be made available on a web-based data portal being constructed for the wider broadband research community. The RFP application deadline is March 21, 2014. Please refer to the following link for additional information: https://spa.asu.edu/news-events/spa_news/innovative-broadband-use-evaluation-and-research-data-seed-grant .. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au Mon Mar 10 17:36:12 2014 From: thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au (Thomas Robert Sutherland) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:36:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP - 'Situating Simondon: media and technics' Message-ID: <328C5AE2-5947-4073-9CCB-73801B40D25D@unimelb.edu.au> Call for Papers: ?Situating Simondon: media and technics? Platform: Journal of Media and Communication An interdisciplinary journal for early career researchers and graduate students Volume editors: Thomas Sutherland and Scott Wark Abstract submissions due: 1st of May, 2014 Full paper submissions due: 1st of July, 2014 Abetted by a paucity of translations, the work of Gilbert Simondon has remained relatively obscure in the Anglophone world for some time. Simondon is, however, finally ? if somewhat belatedly ? finding the appreciation amongst English-speaking readers that had eluded him for so long. Although Simondon?s work is probably most recognised today for its influence upon Gilles Deleuze and Bernard Stiegler, its scope is far greater than one might surmise on the basis of such associations. Amongst many other topics, Simondon?s philosophy focuses quite heavily upon questions related to technology, communication, mediation, and information. It is these areas in particular that we hope to explore in this special section of Platform. How might we situate the theories of Simondon within our contemporary media environment? Are they still relevant? Or are they too reliant upon outmoded principles and theoretical models? What lessons, both theoretical and practical, might researchers in the fields of communication and media studies take from Simondon?s philosophy? How might we extend or update his work for the digital, networked society? Platform encourages the submission of theoretical and empirical work engaging with Simondon and his legacy. We are particularly interested in papers that seek to situate Simondon?s work, both historically and within the disciplinary boundaries of media and communications. Potential themes might include, but are not limited to: ? Technological determinism in an age of digitization and unprecedented automation. Does Simondon provide us with a useful means for negotiating the question of agency in such an environment, or is he too beholden to the cybernetics and information theory of his time? ? Individuation and the associated milieu. Have subsequent media forms and communicative methods altered or halted the processes of individuation of which Simondon speaks? ? Media ecology. Some strands of media ecological study stress the dynamism and complexity of media-technical systems. How does Simondon?s understanding of technology challenge or deepen these approaches? ? Materiality and hylomorphism. At a time when communication appears increasingly immaterial, how might we understand Simondon?s attempt to escape all hylomorphic conceptions of communication and individuation? Does the notion of immateriality remain trapped within a hylomorphic distinction between form and matter, or is it indicative of a need to reconceptualise the very question of materiality? ? Technics and media. How does Simondon?s work fit within the larger field of studies on technics and its history (e.g. Mumford, Leroi-Gourhan, Ellul, Gille, Stiegler, etc.)? Might media and communications as a discipline benefit from a greater emphasis upon the role of technics in engendering media environments both past and present? ? The politics of individuation. Stiegler, Lefebvre and Mackenzie, amongst others, use Simondon?s work on transduction and individuation to describe and diagnose politics. How might Simondon help us think politics today? In addition to this special section, we also welcome submissions that more broadly deal with issues relating to the areas of media, technology, and communication in theoretical, methodological, or empirical terms. Please send all enquiries and submissions to platformjmc at gmail.com. Both abstracts and full papers must be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and biographical note. We recommend that prospective authors submit abstracts well before the abstract deadline of the 1st of May, 2014, in order to allow for feedback and suggestions from the editors. All submissions should be from early career researchers (defined as being within a few years of completing their PhD) or current graduate students undertaking their Masters, PhD, or international equivalent. All eligible submissions will be sent for double-blind peer-review. Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will commence on submission. Note: Please read the submission guidelines before submitting work. Submissions received not in house style will not be accepted and authors will be asked resubmit their work with the correct formatting before it is sent for review. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication is a fully refereed, open-access online graduate journal. Founded and published by the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne (Australia), Platform was launched in November 2008. Platform is refereed by an international board of established and emerging scholars working across diverse fields in media and communication studies, and is edited by graduate students at the University of Melbourne. From da at unc.edu Mon Mar 10 21:18:07 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:18:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award deadline extended to April 8, 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D888D06@ITS-MSXMBS2F.ad.unc.edu> The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) ?is seeking nominations (applications and self-nominations are welcome) for the 2014 AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award, which recognizes academic units that are working toward, and have attained demonstrable success in increasing equity and diversity. Read the award call at http://www.aejmc.org/home/2013/10/aejmc-equity-diversity-award/ The application deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern time, April 8, 2014. We extended the AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award submission deadline to April 8, 2014 in response to requests for more time from several schools. We also realize that extreme winter weather has disrupted work schedules in United States regions that are home to our member schools. While we are happy to extend the deadline, early submissions are always welcome. Please address any questions to me, Deb Aikat , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cordially, ? Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://www.jomc.unc.edu/faculty-staff-journalism-faculty/aikat-debashis ************************* From icais at cuas.at Tue Mar 11 03:27:03 2014 From: icais at cuas.at (icais) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:27:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 | Bournemouth, UK Message-ID: <825BADE2E9C8674B82CEBD8B5F91F6474F5743E2@EXMBX01.technikum.local> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 September 08th - 10th, 2014 Bournemouth, UK http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS/ icais at bournemouth.ac.uk Sponsored by - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society - The International Neural Network Society -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * PLENARY TALKS * * * Prof. Ludmila I Kuncheva, Bangor University, UK (Talk: Feature Extraction for Change Detection) Prof. Jo?o Gama, University of Porto Porto, Portugal (Talk: Distributed Data Stream Mining) * * * AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE * * * The ICAIS'14 conference aims at bringing together international researchers, developers and practitioners from different horizons to discuss the latest advances in system learning and adaptation. ICAIS'14 will serve as a space to present the current state of the art but also future research avenues of this thematic. Topics of the conference cover three aspects: Algorithms & theories of adaptation and learning, Adaptation issues in Software & System Engineering, Real- world Applications. ICAIS'14 will feature contributed papers as well as world-renowned guest speakers (see webpage), interactive breakout sessions, and instructional workshops. * * * IMPORTANT DATES * * * - Workshop & Special Session proposal: April 13, 2014 - Full paper submission: June 10, 2014 - Acceptance notification: July 01, 2014 - Final camera ready: July 11, 2014 * * * CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS * * * Proceedings will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series. * * * SPECIAL ISSUES / BOOK * * * A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers will be considered for possible inclusion in one of the following special issues or book: - Special Issue of Evolving Systems (Springer) on Clustering and Classification in Dynamic Environments. - Special Issue of Neurocomputing (Elsevier) on Neurocompting for Dynamically Changing Systems. - Book in the Series of Studies in Computational Intelligence (Springer). * * * MAIN TOPICS (but not limited to) * * * - Track 1: Self-X Systems o Self-adaptation o Self-organization and behavior emergence o Self-managing o Self-healing o Self-monitoring o Multi-agent systems o Self-X software agents o Self-X robots o Self-organizing sensor networks o Evolving systems - Track 2: Incremental Learning o Online incremental learning o Self-growing neural networks o Adaptive and life-long learning o Plasticity and stability o Forgetting o Unlearning o Novelty detection o Perception and evolution o Drift handling o Adaptation in changing environments - Track 3: Online Processing o Adaptive rule-based systems o Adaptive identification systems o Adaptive decision systems o Adaptive preference learning o Time series prediction o Online and single-pass data mining o Online classification o Online clustering o Online regression o Online feature selection and reduction o Online information routing - Track 4: Dynamic and Evolving Models in Computational Intelligence o (Dynamic) Neural networks architectures o (Dynamic) Evolutionary computation o (Dynamic) Swarm intelligence o (Dynamic) Immune and bacterial systems o Uncertainty and fuzziness modeling for adaptation o Approximate reasoning and adaptation o Chaotic systems - Track 5: Software & System Engineering o Autonomic computing o Organic computing o Evolution o Adaptive software architecture o Software change o Software agents o Engineering of complex systems o Adaptive software engineering processes o Component-based development - Track 6: Applications - Adaptivity and Learning o Smart systems o Ambient / ubiquitous environments o Distributed intelligence o Robotics o Industrial applications o Internet applications o Business applications o Supply chain management o etc. * * * SUBMISSION * * * Papers must be in PDF, not exceeding 10 pages and conforming to Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes guidelines. Author instructions and style files can be downloaded at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Papers must be submitted through the submission system ( http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS ). Short papers describing novel research visions, work-in-progress or less mature results are also welcome. All submission will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 qualified reviewers. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics. At least one author have to attend the conference to present the paper. * * * ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE * * * General Chair: - Abdelhamid Bouchachia, Bournemouth University, UK International Advisory Committee: - Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University, New Zealand - Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK - Djamel Ziou, University of Sherbrooke, Canada - Plamen Angelov, University of Lancaster, UK - Witold Pedrycz, University of Edmonton, Canada - Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Organization Committee: - Hammadi Nait-Charif, Bournemouth University, UK - Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Bournemouth University, UK - Damien Fay, Bournemouth University, UK - Jane McAlpine, Bournemouth University, UK Publicity Chair: - Markus Prossegger, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria From tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com Tue Mar 11 13:05:05 2014 From: tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com (Tomasz Drabowicz) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:05:05 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Publication - Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries Message-ID: Dear all, I would like to inform you about my paper: "Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries." It will be published in the May issue of Computers & Education. If your institution does not subscribe to this journal, please drop me a line. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.016 Apologies for cross-posting. Yours faithfully, tom From samuel.jay at du.edu Tue Mar 11 13:26:20 2014 From: samuel.jay at du.edu (Samuel Jay) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:26:20 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article Message-ID: I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. Best, Sam Jay -- Samuel M. Jay, M.A. ABD, University of Denver, Communication Studies Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Metropolitan State University Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Red Rocks Community College samuelmjay at gmail.com samuelmjay.com From lists at robertwgehl.org Tue Mar 11 13:29:02 2014 From: lists at robertwgehl.org (Robert W. Gehl) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:29:02 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <531F720E.5050907@robertwgehl.org> Topsy is a good place to start with Tweets. Regards, Rob Gehl Assistant Professor, Communication University of Utah robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Watch for my book, /Reverse Engineering Social Media/, from Temple this summer On 03/11/2014 02:26 PM, Samuel Jay wrote: > I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from > several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, > retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many > views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. > > Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still > a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. > > Best, > Sam Jay > From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 12 07:28:52 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:28:52 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Over 50% have attended before! Message-ID: Over 50% of those registered for the 2014 Emerging Learning Design conference on May 30th, 2014 are PAST ATTENDEES! What do they know that you may not? Come to #ELD14 and find out! Register today before the Advanced Registrations sell out http://bit.ly/14somed0 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu Wed Mar 12 07:38:50 2014 From: rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu (Rebecca Tabasky) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:38:50 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Berkman Center Job Opportunity: Communications Manager Message-ID: <5320717A.1050306@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Hi there, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a Communications Manager to join our team. You will direct the Berkman Center's overall communications strategy, with the goal of increasing the visibility, accessibility, understanding, and reach of the Center and our work and activities. Working alongside a small team of staff who manage digital media production, special initiatives, events, and community, and in company with the faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and broader community at Berkman, you will develop and implement a strategic communications plan for the Berkman Center---a high-profile, dynamic, and spirited research center at Harvard University focused on addressing a wide range of the most exciting and pressing issues presented to us by digital and information/communications technologies. You will play a central role in advancing the Center's mission, "scholarship with impact," by spearheading communications efforts that better enable us to engage with our existing networks and create bridges to new communities, people, and organizations. You'll be excited to share our efforts in novel, clear, and innovative ways; use compelling storytelling techniques and tools; incorporate design-thinking and user-centered practices into our work; and consider ways in which the Center can integrate these communications practices into our workflows. A full position description, and application information, is up on the Berkman site: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/jobs/communicationsmanager Should you have questions about the role, please feel free to reach out! Many thanks, Becca and the Berkman Center team ** From mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk Wed Mar 12 14:42:51 2014 From: mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk (Mishel Pavlovski) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Media: Theory and Practice - registation closing soon Message-ID: <001c01cf3e3c$09a3e6d0$1cebb470$@iml.ukim.edu.mk> Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4?\6 September 2014 http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies?? theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): ?40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): ?60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): ?80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ?????????? ??????/Culture?? and/or ??Investigating Culture??. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski ( mishel at cultcenter.net) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva ( loreta at cultcenter.net) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ??Ss. Cyril and Methodius?? Institute for Macedonian Literature http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies http://cultcenter.net/ From rdt4 at psu.edu Wed Mar 12 14:52:49 2014 From: rdt4 at psu.edu (Richard Denny Taylor) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Air-L] CFP Deadline for IIP/FCC Workshop Extended One Week Message-ID: <0c3e73a5.00006708.0000000e@WIN-BU1P7832ALI.comm.psu.edu> Colleagues, The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Experts' Workshop described below has been extended for one week, until March 22. Thank you. Richard Taylor Call for Paper Proposals THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND REGULATION A by-invitation experts' workshop Organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and co-sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC May 28-30, 2014 The U.S. National Broadband Plan envisions the transition of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure to a ubiquitous IP-based broadband network. While there is a vibrant discussion of how best to manage the transition, there is only a nascent discussion of what the policy framework should look like after it is completed. What is the long-term outlook (beyond the transition and into the next decade) for the broadband ecosystem, and how will the regulatory system have to adapt to a changed environment? Advances in infrastructure technology and applications have, and will likely continue to push at the boundaries of current regulatory frameworks for telecommunications, media, and even intellectual property rights The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is pleased to announce this call for paper proposals addressing the multiple factors in thinking about regulation for post-transition broadband networks. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2-day by-invitation-only workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen experts to be held at the Federal Communications Commissions on (date). The Workshop is designed to draw together the latest academic thinking on these questions and to give FCC staff the opportunity to suggest elements of a forward-looking research agenda that would contribute to the policy discourse around them. The workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers to the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org). All disciplines are welcome. Invited topics of papers may include, but are not limited to: . Will the dominant model for delivery of broadband services be fixed or mobile? How much competition will there be (especially wireline)? Will there be new technologies or entrants? . What is the future of "over-the-top" content and CDNs? . What will be the impact of the "internet of things"? What is its regulatory status? . How is the "public interest" defined in the broadband ecosystem? What sorts of regulatory safeguards/interventions will be needed to advance the public interest? . How do the FCC's broadband promotion programs interact with efforts of other agencies, on both the demand and supply side? . How should the concept of universal service evolve? What can the designers of universal service policies learn from efforts to stimulate demand for broadband? . What are the implications for regulatory frameworks of technological and other changes in the broadband ecosystem? . How should the division of labor between state and federal regulatory authorities change? . Are there any regulatory challenges on the horizon that are not yet part of the mainstream broadband regulation debate? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip at psu.edu by March 15, 2014. Please write IIPFCCPOST: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014. From radhika at cyberdiva.org Wed Mar 12 16:56:47 2014 From: radhika at cyberdiva.org (Radhika Gajjala) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:56:47 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, "Hacking the Black/White Binary" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol Stabile Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:23 PM Subject: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? To: fembot fembot The call for papers for Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? is now available on the website. Also pasted below ? please circulate far and wide! best, carol Call for Papers Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology Issue 5: Hacking the Black/White Binary Edited by Brittney Cooper (Rutgers) and Margaret Rhee (UC-Berkeley) "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change." - Audre Lorde This special issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology will bring together ongoing conversations in critical race theory, women of color feminisms, queer studies, new media studies, and the digital humanities to interrogate the persistence of binaristic Black/White paradigms in U.S. racialization. The Black/White binary is a racial hierarchy historically utilized to uphold anti-Black racism. While the binary may be theoretically useful in highlighting continued racialized violence on African American and Black diasporic communities within the U.S., this Black/White binary frame also potentially obscures multiple structural logics of hegemonic power. For example, the Black/White binary does not adequately conceptualize or theorize women of color solidarity and movement building and the racialized experiences of Latinos, Asian-Americans, and Indigenous and Native Peoples. Nevertheless, Indigenous and feminist scholar Andrea Smith cautions us not to adopt the language of moving ?beyond? the Black/White binary. This language of moving "beyond," Smith argues, fails to recognize the centrality of the Black/White binary and other binary logics such as Orientalism and settler colonialism in the structures of U.S. white supremacy. Comparative approaches to racialization, like those undertaken in the work of scholars like Roderick Ferguson, Grace Hong, and David Theo Goldberg, compellingly illuminate how racism is central to the logics of the U.S. nation state. Additionally, scholars working in new media studies such as Lisa Nakamura, Micha C?rdenas, Kara Keeling, and Tara McPherson provide critical formulations for understanding race, gender, and queerness in our digital age. We seek not to move "beyond" the Black/White binary. We seek to bridge the theoretical and creative interventions in racial theory and new media studies by convening digital feminists of color. Hacking the Black/White Binary while recognizing its continuing effects is critical. In light of persistent anti-Black racism and violence, how do we hold central our struggles against anti-Black and comparative racial oppressions in the U.S. while "hacking" the Black/White binary? How do we transform our understanding of race in our "post-racial," post-digital world? In short, can we "hack" the power structures of white supremacy, and how might women of color feminisms, and all their digital tools, inform this endeavor? Hack (Oxford English Dictionary) 1. cut with rough or heavy blows. 2. use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. New media theorists Beth Coleman and Wendy Chun argue race can be thought of as tool. Articulating techne to race, we appropriate the term "hack? -- hack in the utilization of the digital for feminist gain, and hack, as the theoretical "cut," as theorized by Fred Moten. The ideological concept of race has violently produced physical pain, and untimely deaths to bodies of color. We build upon this formulation of race as tool and "hacking the binary" to ask how feminist of color critique utilizes, reshapes, and creates new technologies to combat the dehumanizing effects of racism in our digital age. As Audre Lorde wrote in the epigraph above, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House." Lorde calls for tools that create genuine change. At the core of our special issue is the insistence on "genuine change." In the shadow of increasing racial violence in our "post-racial" state, we urge for new imaginings, formulations, and tools to make new houses and hack the binary. We invite contributors--artists, scholars, and activists--to explore the concept of "Hacking the Black/White Binary" through a feminist lens. In addition to unpublished traditional scholarly articles, we invite collaborative, digital, and multi-modal approaches that can benefit from the journal's open access online status. We also invite creative contributions (interviews, short features, videos) to an online gallery, which will be published alongside the journal issue, and will exhibit digital projects that "hack" the Black/White binary in anti-racist and feminist ways. Topics and approaches might include, but are not limited to: ? The Possibilities and Limitations of the Black-White Binary in Online Feminism and Beyond ? Categories of "Women of Color" and "People of Color" ? Racial Triangulation ? Cross-racial Alliances in Digital Feminism ? Social Media Approaches to Race and Gender ? Intersectionality ? Online Feminism as Hacker or Harbinger of White Supremacy ? Feminist Epistemology and Raced Gendered Subjects ? Creative Hacks that Emerge from POC communities ? Queer of Color Critique and Critical Race Theory in Our Digital Age ? Hacking ? The Digital Divide ? Creative Digital Solution-Making Among People of Color and in Relationship to Gender and Sexual Violence, Reproductive justice, Prison Industrial Complex, Empire, and other social justice issues Please send essays (max. 3000 words) to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu by 1 August 2014 for consideration. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions. Please send questions and queries to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu. For more information, please check Ada submission guidelines here. Peer Review and Ada Ada is an online, open access, open source peer reviewed journal. The journal?s first issue was published online in November 2012 and has so far received more than 125,000 page views. All work published in Ada will go through four rounds of review: Pre-Review, Expert Review, Community Review and Public Review. More on the Ada Review policy here. Dates ? August 1, 2014: Essays due ? August 11, 2014: First round of essays accepted, sent for Level 1 Review (expert peer review) ? September 1, 2014: Second round of essays sent for Level 2 Review (Fembot community review) ? October 1, 2014: Issue published to general public. _______________________________________________ fembot mailing list fembot at lists.uoregon.edu https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot From ierick at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 01:35:20 2014 From: ierick at gmail.com (Ingrid Erickson) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:35:20 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] DUE MARCH 20: CFP: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute Message-ID: <53216DC8.3010806@gmail.com> **UPCOMING DEADLINE** Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 -- July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy -- these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri -- Columbia on July 8 -- 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers -- Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers -- Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams -- Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams -- Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California -- Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 13 02:16:28 2014 From: daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk (Daniel Villar Onrubia) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:16:28 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives (Breaking Boundaries? Seminar) Message-ID: Dear all, I hope the final event of the "Breaking Boundaries? Series" will of interest to some of you. We will be live streaming the seminar today for those who cannot attend in person: http://breakingboundariesoxford.org/?page_id=414 Best wishes, --- Daniel Villar Onrubia Oxford Internet Institute. University of Oxford daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=170 @villaronrubia ************************ *ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives*. Thursday 13th March 2014 17:00 - 18:30 Seminar Room G/H, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens This seminar will examine the notion that technologies can contribute to healthcare development initiatives in developing countries and explore the challenges associated with such approaches. *Dr Niall Winters* *Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL)* In this talk, Niall Winters will present his current ESRC/DFID-funded research (see: http://www.mchw.org) on the design and implementation of mobile learning interventions to support the training of healthcare workers in Kenya. He will discuss how the project has sought to determine how mobile technologies can help address the boundaries to participation in learning faced by healthcare workers and their trainers. Dr. Niall Winters is a Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL), Institute of Education , University of London and Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. His main research interest is in the participatory design of mobile interventions for medical and healthcare training. The current focus of this research is two-fold: supporting the training of Kenyan community health volunteers in child development and investigating the use of mobile technology to support postgraduate medical education in London teaching hospitals. Niall is a member of the Strategy Planning Group of the London International Development Centre and of the TEL Scoping and Review Group of Health Education England . Niall was previously a RCUK Academic Fellow at the LKL and was Programme Director for the MA in Education & Technology and Programme co-Director of the MSc in Learning Technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2002) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College and a BSc (D.Hons) in Computer Science and Experimental Physics (1997) from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth . His PhD addressed how to store and search large datasets of images. The primary application was vision-based mobile robot navigation. He has held visiting research positions with the Everyday Learning Group at Media Lab Europe in Dublin, and the Computer Vision Lab at Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon. *Marco Haenssgen* *DPhil Candidate in International Development, University of Oxford* Marco's presentation will shift the focus from health workers to the potential recipients of mobile-phone-based health services. Focusing on upstream elements of mHealth, Marco will explore patterns of mobile phone use and healthcare-seeking behaviour, drawing on fieldwork insights from rural India (Rajasthan) and China (Gansu). The evidence suggests that common assumptions of mHealth proponents are easily violated; that is, mobile phone ownership is not ubiquitous and does not necessarily reflect mobile phone use, people do not necessarily share mobile phones freely amongst each other, they are not necessarily keen and excited technological learners, and they do develop mobile phone-aided coping strategies that may compete with mhealth. While both contexts offer, at least in theory, the potential for mobile technology to break boundaries, the presentation will emphasise the importance of understanding upstream factors of mHealth *before* deploying technological solutions in order to provide effective solutions and to avoid the potential exacerbation of healthcare inequities. From gurzick at hood.edu Thu Mar 13 07:27:26 2014 From: gurzick at hood.edu (Gurzick, David) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:27:26 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] DSST 2014 Research Summer Institute Message-ID: I know myself and other AoIR folk have benefitted greatly from the CSST/DSST summer workshops. Don?t miss out on the opportunity. === Let's see if this works.... Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 - July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy - these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri - Columbia on July 8 - 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers - Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers - Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams - Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams - Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) atgogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California - Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From violahl at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 09:47:03 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:47:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium Message-ID: Dear All, Apologize for cross-posting. You are cordially invited to attend the UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium held in St. Cathrine's College 7th April coming soon. The Consortium is set up to provide an opportunity for Junior IS Faculty to discuss important aspects of their academic career and build the networks that will help them with their future career and professional development. As part of the Consortium a panel of established IS faculty from different universities around the UK will give presentations on various relevant aspects of an academic career in IS and will share their own experiences. The following panel members have confirmed their contribution to the consortium: * Prof Julia Kotlarsky (Aston Business School) * Prof Liz Daniel (Open University) * Prof Ola Henfridsson (Warwick Business School) * Dr Mayasandra-Nagaraja Ravishankar (Loughborough University) In addition to the input from these panellists, the Consortium will also provide ample opportunity for delegates to get to know each other through round-table discussions, and a formal dinner followed by pub-visits in Oxford. Official registration could be done through filling the registration form here: http://www.ukais.org.uk/Documents/Downloads/23b1b159-c4f4-4ba9-944b-d27d465cf12d.docx The registration fee is 100 pounds including dinner cost. For further questions and information, please contact Andreas Schroeder at a.schroeder at aston.ac.uk. We look forward to meeting with you in Oxford! Organizer: Dr Honglei Li (Northumbria University, UK) and Dr Andreas Schroeder (Aston University, UK) -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 11:04:26 2014 From: skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com (Skaidra Puodziunas) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:04:26 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Survey Monkey Export Summary of Individual Responses: REQUEST FOR HELP Message-ID: Hello AOIR friends, This mailing list has a track-record for being incredibly helpful, so I'm asking for a helping hand... *Brief background to my problem.... * I'm currently working with Survey Monkey (the SELECT option) to recruit respondents for my online thesis. Recently I had to export all of my data. In doing so, it wiped all of my survey respondents from the Survey Monkey system. The problem is that when I exported my data, I hit *export summary data*. What I really need are summary of i*ndividual responses. * *Why is this a problem? *To answer the empirical questions in my survey, I need more than just respondent count. This is effectively all that Survey Monkey provides when you hit export summary data. I really need to find a way to get my individual response summaries... *Hence, my question(s) for all of you incredibly fabulous researchers ...* 1. Does Survey Monkey have some kind of "back-up"/ e-copy/ provide ANY way for researchers to retrieve their previously exported data? My hope is that I can find a way to re-export my data. 2. If you don't personally have any leads for my first question, might you have leads/resources/helpful links I could check out? Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, kindly in advance! Skaidra. *Skaidra Puodziunas | *@SkaidraP 4B Honours Knowledge Integration & Speech Communication University of Waterloo From tpaulus at utk.edu Thu Mar 13 13:43:56 2014 From: tpaulus at utk.edu (Paulus, Trena M) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:43:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for papers: Microanalysis Of Online Data Symposium, University of York, 14-15 July 2014 Message-ID: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AAAF@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York) University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014. The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK Call for papers and participation We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: * Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) * Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data * Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video * Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) * Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation * Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction * Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering * The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities * Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed (darren.reed at york.ac.uk) and Will Gibson (w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. From lscheidt at indiana.edu Thu Mar 13 14:22:23 2014 From: lscheidt at indiana.edu (Lois Scheidt) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:22:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: symposium In-Reply-To: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> References: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: For your consideration. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paulus, Trena M Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:50 PM Subject: symposium To: "lscheidt at indiana.edu" , "Herring, Susan Catherine (herring at indiana.edu)" Hi! Could you circulate this around IU and/or other organizations? Hope you are well! *International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York)* *University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014.* The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK *Call for papers and participation* We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: ? Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) ? Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data ? Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video ? Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) ? Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation ? Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction ? Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering ? The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities ? Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed ( darren.reed at york.ac.uk ) and Will Gibson ( w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate Department of Information & Library Science, School of Informatics & Computing Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com From denisparra at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 21:05:10 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:05:10 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1 week left to submit to ACM Hypertext 2014 Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From charles.ess at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 23:36:29 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:36:29 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Registration for ISMI'14 - April 24, 25, University of Oslo - now open Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, Registration for the 3rd International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) - April 24 and 25 - is now open: There is no registration fee, but as space will be limited, registration for the event is required. ISMI brings together editors, producers, executives, and academics from around the world to explore innovation in the media industry. The Symposium is a small, but very intense conference that serves as a barometer for the state of media innovations. This year?s symposium features three keynote speakers: Thor Gjermund Eriksen, Director General of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation): "Conditions for Innovations in Public Broadcasting? Bj?rn Taale Sandberg, Senior Vice President, Telenor Research: "Who will fund the media highway of the future?" -The (possible) need for new business models to avoid a tragedy of the commons. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago: ?Living the Good Life: IT Innovations and Human Augmentics? ISMI is sponsored this year by the Centre for Research on Media Innovations, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, and Telenor Group. Best papers from this year?s Symposium will be featured in a special issue of the Journal of Media Innovations - The Symposium will take place in the SmallTalk Auditorium, Ole-Johan Dahls hus, University of Oslo. Additional program and related information can be found on the ISMI website, We look forward to welcoming you to Oslo and ISMI in April! Charles Ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 14 00:10:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:10:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things" Message-ID: If you click though to the programyou'l see that this is a pretty effective stab at exploring the legal and policy implications of the approaching IoT explosion. Very happy that I was, at the last minute, able to arrange a webcast. All day today Friday. Direct to YouTube so easily reviewable later. joly posted: "Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY is happy to webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposium live from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things." It is prese" [image: Fordham Symposium on the Internet of Things]Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY will webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposiumlive from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "*What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things.*" It is presented by the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) and co-sponsored by the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). The "Internet of Things" is the term used to describe the networking of devices that have not traditionally been used to collect or process data. Internet connectivity and data collection mechanisms are being added to devices as diverse as pacemakers, athletic equipment, light bulbs, and coffee makers. As the networking of these devices becomes more prevalent in everyday life, legal and policy issues are now at the forefront of business and regulators' agendas. For example, the FTC and other government organizations have expressed concern over privacy, security, and even technological and financing considerations. This conference seeks to address these wide-ranging issues and explore the legal framework that can support innovation along with the protection of society. *What*: What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things. *Where*: Fordham School of Law, NYC *When*: Friday March 14 2014 8:50am - 5.00pm EDT | 1250-2100 UTC *Webcast*: http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 *Twitter*: #IoT | @FordhamCLIP | @PrincetonCITP Comment See all comments *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 01:39:32 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:39:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?Call_for_Papers_for_Philosophy_and_Techn?= =?windows-1252?q?ology=92s_special_issue_on_The_Ethics_of_Cyber_Conflicts?= Message-ID: <9B2D3C26-F212-4D48-9AE9-F9687E57B399@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology?s special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts GUEST EDITORS Ludovica Glorioso (NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence) INTRODUCTION In the age of the so-called information revolution, the ability to control, disrupt or manipulate the enemy?s information infrastructure has become as decisive as weapon superiority with respect to determining the outcome of conflicts. So much so that the Pentagon defines cyberspace as a new domain in which war is waged, alongside land, sea, air and space. Cyber conflicts, as part of a state?s defensive or offensive strategy, are a fast growing phenomenon, which is rapidly changing the dynamics of combat as well as the role that warfare plays in political negotiations and the life of civil societies. Such changes are not the exclusive concern of the military. They also have a significant bearing on ethicists and policymakers, since existing ethical theories of war, together with national and international regulations, struggle to address the novelties of this phenomenon. The issue could not be more pressing and there is a much felt and fast escalating need to share information and coordinate ethical theorising about cyber conflicts. This special issue of Springer?s Philosophy & Technology (http://www.springer.com/13347) follows the organization of the international workshop on Ethics of Cyber Conflict (http://www.ccdcoe.org/428.html), held on November 21-22, 2013 at the Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) with the support of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence. TOPICS We solicit the submission of papers that investigate issues concerning the way ICTs are affecting our ethical views of conflicts and warfare, as well as the analysis of just-war principles in the light of the dissemination of cyber conflicts; humanitarian military interventions based on ICTs; whether preventive acts of cyber war may satisfy jus-ad-bellum criteria; challenges of upholding jus-in-bello standards in cyber warfare, especially in asymmetric conflicts; attribution and proportionality of the response to cyber attacks; moral permissibility of automated responses and ethical deployment of military robotic weapons. TIMETABLE April 1, 2014: Deadline papers submissions May 1, 2014: Deadline reviews papers June 1, 2014: Deadline revised papers 2015: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal?s Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: "Special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts? from the selection provided in the submission process. This is needed in order to assign the submissions to the Guest Editors. Submissions will then be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers? Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)? Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief?s Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. The process will be reiterated in case of requests for revisions. For any further information please contact: Ludovica Glorioso, ludovica.glorioso at ccdcoe.org -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 02:34:11 2014 From: CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Dorottya_Cserz=F5?=) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Downsacling Culture Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi invite abstracts for papers and posters for an interdisciplinary conference with the theme: Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication The event will take place on 18-19 September 2014 at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Please find the full Call for Papers on the conference website. With this programme we wish to update research on intercultural communication by broadening its empirical repository. Correspondingly, researchers who haven't worked with the concept of intercultural communication - or indeed who haven't worked with 'culture' - are invited to take a fresh look at their work. A conference volume of selected papers is planned, further information will follow during and after the conference. Abstracts (300 words) for papers and posters are invited until 30 April 2014. Acceptance will be communicated by 31 May 2014. To submit an abstract or for queries, please contact the organising committee at: downscalingculture at cardiff.ac.uk Jaspal Singh, Argyro Kantara, Dorottya Cserz? Further information will be available in due course on the website. This conference is made possible through the ESRC Partnering Scheme. From Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 03:00:11 2014 From: Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk (Feldman, Zinaida) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:00:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Dilemmas launch w/ Appadurai @ Goldsmiths Message-ID: <640ca3893f74414fb3f80243487d827e@DBXPR03MB368.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> Book Launch for Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet (M.I. Franklin, Oxford University Press, 2013) M.I. Franklin in conversation with Arjun Appadurai (NYU), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths) and David Morley (Goldsmiths) Time: 26 March 2014, 18:00 - 20:00 Location: Goldsmiths, New Cross, London - room LG01, New Academic Building Department: Media & Communications Arjun Appadurai (Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, USA) will be guest speaker at this event to celebrate the UK release of Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet, by M. I. Franklin (Oxford University Press, 2013). Appadurai will join Marianne Franklin (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths, Sociology) and David Morley (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications) Full details: http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7442 .... Zeena Feldman Centre for Cultural Policy and Management School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom +44 (0)75 1283 2058 (mobile) zinaida.feldman.1 at city.ac.uk From ragnedda at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 03:58:10 2014 From: ragnedda at gmail.com (Massimo Ragnedda) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:58:10 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: CFP "Weber and the Digital Divide" Message-ID: 16 days left to submit an abstract for a Special Section on "Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age" *Call for Proposed Abstracts for a Special Section on* *"Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age"* *International Journal of Communication -** http://ijoc.org * *Special Editors: Massimo Ragnedda, Northumbria Univ. **(UK) & Glenn W. Muschert, Miami Univ. (USA)* Much of the literature on stratification in the digital sphere (i.e., digital divides) has focused on the fundamental material relations of inequality present in the digital divide, often relying on Marxist/conflict schools of thought. To broaden the scope, the current project turns to Max Weber for new perspectives on stratification in the digital sphere. The project will stimulate scholarly exchange about how social stratification in the digital age is reproduced not only based on class dynamics (economic aspects), but also by status/prestige (cultural aspects), and in group affiliations (political aspects). Access to the economic means of production can indeed limit digital participation; however, Weber also posits that the process of stratification expresses itself in two other forms, namely "status" and "party." Potential contributors are invited to explore the importance of status and political influence in a liquid society, such as the importance of prestige in digital participation (or exclusion), or the influence of political affiliation upon digital divides. Papers may be theoretical and/or analytical in nature, and should examine digital divides in relation to dynamics social class (lifestyle and culture), social status (prestige and market influence), and/or power (political impact/legitimacy). Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers, and from various relevant disciplines (sociology, communications, media studies, etc.). Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to: - Interplay among economic (class), cultural (status), and/or political (party) factors of digital divides. - The role of digital participation/exclusion on individual and/or group life chances. - The relevance of skills (digital literacy), certifications, and and legitimating credentials in digital divides. - The role of status and prestige hierarchies in digital participation/exclusion (or vice versa). - Cultural meanings (including religious and/or secular value systems) and digital divides. - Political life (i.e., power relations) and dynamics of digital inclusion/exclusion. - Bureaucratic/institutional relationships and digital divides. - Forms of rationality in the digital (e.g., *Zweckrationalit?t *vs. *Wertrationalit?t */ ends vs. means rationality). - The influence of worldview (*Weltanschauung) *on digital participation/exclusion. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts of around 750 words in MS Word, sent as an email attachment to Massimo Ragnedda ( ragnedda at gmail.com) and Glenn Muschert (muschegw at MiamiOH.edu). *The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2014. * Abstracts will be judged on criteria of relevance and originality of topic. Notification of initially-approved abstracts will be announced in mid-April, after which contributors will be asked to move forward to the peer-review submission phase. Contributions of 7000 words (maximum including abstract, footnotes, tables/figures with captions, references, and appendices, if any) *will be due 1 July 2014*. All submissions must adhere to APA (6th edition) formatting to include: - Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes. - Authors must include their profile, including affiliation and rank, when submitting a manuscript. - All articles should include an abstract of 150 words. - All articles must include a bibliography at the end that conforms to the most current APA style. - All spellings must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the *Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary*. - Only one submission per author will be considered at a time. Contributions will be subject to double-blind peer review, and to encourage coherence in the special section, all contributors will be requested to act as a peer reviewer for at least one other article. After all necessary revisions and editing, the special section is scheduled to publish in 2015. -- Massimo Ragnedda Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com http://notizie.tiscali.it/opinioni/Ragnedda/184/ skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Twitter: @massimoragnedda From violahl at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 06:15:31 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:15:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Fully-Funded PhD in Big Data with Concentration in Consumer Behavior in Virtual Communities Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Northumbria University is currently accepting applications for its fully-funded PhD Program in Information Sciences, which has concentration in Knowledge Discovery in Virtual Communities. For the application details, please check the following link: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53720&LID=2317 We are seeking a candidate with: ? ---General knowledge on the area of marketing / information systems /information management / computer sciences or similar area ? ---Data analysis skills, data mining skills are highly desired ? ----- High interests in consumer behaviour and future technology trends Eligibility criteria: Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a British higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. To apply, contact Karen Vacher to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to ee.pgradministration at northumbria.ac.uk or by using the application link on this page. Regards, Honglei -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From brabham at usc.edu Fri Mar 14 10:22:29 2014 From: brabham at usc.edu (Daren Brabham) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:22:29 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Beware IR14-related predatory journal emails Message-ID: <003d01cf3fa9$fb3f5b50$f1be11f0$@usc.edu> A public service announcement to members of this list who might be getting similar emails today from David Publishing Company about a paper you presented last year at AoIR. I received this crappy email (below) from the ?Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication,? a product of David Publishing Company. It?s the typical mass form email many predatory open access publishers send to try to get you to pay-to-publish in their poor quality, will-never-count-for-tenure publications. This time they?re referencing my Ignite talk from last year?s AoIR, which wasn?t really a paper anyway (it?s a distillation from my book). Many things wrong with this email: - They claim to be indexed with EBSCO and other databases, but I?m almost certain this can?t be true - Being catalogued by the Library of Congress is not a notable thing. Anyone can file an application for an ISSN with LoC. - ?We will charge some publication fee if the paper is published in our journal,? and of course the paper will be accepted, even if it?s gibberish or unscientific, and the fee will be hundreds or possibly a few thousand dollars. - Peer review time is 2-3 weeks, which is highly unusual. Anyway, to those of you not keeping up with the discussion of predatory open access journals are about, I recommend Jeffrey Beall?s list, where David Publishing is listed: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ For those of you who get invited to review, serve on editorial boards, or publish in these kinds of journals, please use good judgment. For every good scholar they rope in to publish with them or serve on an editorial board, they use that fact to further confuse other scholars (and new researchers and grad students) who may not be as savvy about how to tell good journals from bad ones. And if you want a non-predatory open access publishing experience in Internet studies, you?ll find many respectable journals of that stripe listed here: http://aoir.wikia.com/wiki/Journals_for_Internet_Research Cheers, db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication | www.csscjournal.org University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (213) 740-2007 office | (801) 633-4796 cell brabham at usc.edu | www.darenbrabham.com ================================================================================================ Begin forwarded craptastic email below ================================================================================================ From: journalism [mailto:journalism at davidpublishing.org] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:52 PM To: brabham Subject: Call for Papers-IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers From Knowledge to Wisdom Journalism and Mass Communication Print ISSN: 2160-6579 Current Volume: 1/2014 Dear Dr. Daren C. Brabham, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Four Approaches to Crowdsourcing to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal at http://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along with the first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company, 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org ________________________________________ ________________________________________ journalism via foxmail From c.haythorn at ubc.ca Fri Mar 14 14:56:45 2014 From: c.haythorn at ubc.ca (Caroline Haythornthwaite) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:56:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Message-ID: <5A7921AA-5771-4CEC-91C1-E902F75CBDB6@ubc.ca> CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Chairs: Maarten de Laat, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Shane Dawson & Dan Suthers Track: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, HI http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ http://www.open.ou.nl/rslmlt/HICSS_CFP_SocialMedia&Learning.htm FULL PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack calls for papers that address leading edge innovation, research methods and design to analyze and support learning through digital and social media. The ability to generate and maintain rich networked connections through social media, social networking, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, and social computing has a profound impact on the way we solve problems, learn, innovate and develop our identities, and the value this creates for individuals and groups. This minitrack will bring together state of the art research that furthers social theories of learning (such as networked learning, learning analytics, collaborative learning, viral learning, and social capital) situated in formal, non-formal and informal learning settings such as schools, higher education, organizations, workplace, leisure, communities and crowds. We call for papers that use, analyze and/or develop technologies, practices, and policies that examine social media and learning. We use the term 'social media' broadly to include many ways of interacting online and many forms of organizing online. We also use the term to include use of multiple media and welcome studies that address use across multiple platforms. We specifically welcome papers that address new and exciting areas of research in the potential of social media for new forms of learning, and the potential value social media creates for connectivity, development, and knowledge growth. ORGANIZERS Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands maarten.delaat at ou.nl Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia c.haythorn at ubc.ca Shane Dawson, University of South Australia shane.dawson at unisa.edu.au Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii suthers at hawaii.edu From rforno at infowarrior.org Fri Mar 14 16:08:01 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:08:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] US to relinquish Internet control Message-ID: I suspect there will be interesting times ahead for us net research folks. ?rick U.S. aims to give up control over Internet administration By Craig Timberg, U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web. Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year. ?The timing is right to start the transition process,? said Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. ?We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.? The practical consequences of the decision were not immediately clear, but it could alleviate rising global complaints that the United States essentially controls the Web and takes advantage of its oversight role to help spy on the rest of the world. < ? > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-relinquish-remaining-control-over-the-internet/2014/03/14/0c7472d0-abb5-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_print.html --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Sat Mar 15 10:47:11 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:47:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From info at interculturalnewmedia.com Sat Mar 15 16:13:38 2014 From: info at interculturalnewmedia.com (info at interculturalnewmedia.com) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:13:38 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR/NEW MEDIA Message-ID: <20140315161338.bfb6cefea40d8ccdf2823ebe3e136114.79facef0e5.wbe@email18.secureserver.net> Hello Air-L members, Please consider submitting your papers( and distributing this call to graduate students) by June 9, 2014 for the NCA Honors Graduate Student Seminar sponsored by Sage Publications and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. The theme of the seminar is New Media and Intercultural Communication. It will take place at the November, 2014 NCA conference in Chicago; finalists will receive monetary awards and a good deal of recognition. It is open to any currently enrolled MA or Ph.D student. Please see "call" included below and the attachment. Robert Shuter, Visiting Professor, Hugh Downs School of Communication/Professor, Marquette University Coordinator, NCA IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association, in partnership with Sage Publications, proudly announces the first IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar to be held at the 2014 NCA conference in Chicago. The theme of the seminar is Intercultural Communication and New Media and will feature competitively selected papers of currently enrolled MA and Ph.D students in communication and allied fields (multiple authors permitted but all must be currently enrolled graduate students at the time of paper submission). Intercultural new media research is an emerging and important new area of intercultural communication and consists of multiple dimensions including ( but not limited to) how new media impact intercultural communication theory (i.e. cultural adaptation/dialogue/competence/identity), how culture influences the social uses of new media, and in what ways new media affect culture. Papers will be reviewed and selected by top scholars who will also serve as scholar respondents during the honors seminar. The honors seminar will be conducted on Saturday, November 22. 2014 from 2:00PM to 5PM at the NCA conference in the Conrad Hilton, Chicago. The seminar will be followed by an IICD reception honoring the participants. Graduate students selected for participation will receive a monetary award as well as IICD honors graduate student certificates. To be considered, full papers (APA including 200 word abstract with title) are due no later than June 9, 2014. Each paper should be no more than 25 pages including references; author(s) name, contact information, and student status (MA or Ph.D and university) should be included on separate title page and sent in a separate file. Finalists will be contacted and announced by July 25, 2014. Papers should be sent electronically to the Coordinator of the IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar: Robert Shuter, Professor, Marquette University, Diederich College of Communication and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Communication:[1]robert.shuter at marquette. edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation From: Nikolaos Thomopoulos <[2]tranth at leeds.ac.uk> Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 10:47 am To: "[3]air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <[4]air-l at listserv.aoir.org> Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: [5]http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at [6]sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' [7]www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize _______________________________________________ The [8]Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [9]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [10]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [11]http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. https://emarq.marquette.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=to1FAknkiEyhZmdlSUkCoGNlHuI4FNEIUUgvvlmcetV1KICLZalOKyp_5_D0jwcezxte8WWvExA.&URL=mailto%3arobert.shuter%40marquette 2. mailto:tranth at leeds.ac.uk 3. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 5. http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com/ 6. mailto:sgICTregion at gmail.com 7. http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize 8. mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org 9. http://aoir.org/ 10. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 11. http://www.aoir.org/ From karineb at uw.edu Sun Mar 16 07:22:16 2014 From: karineb at uw.edu (Karine Nahon) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:22:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Communities: CFP HICSS Message-ID: CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48 January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm ORGANIZERS Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gruzd at dal.ca (Primary Contact) Karine Nahon, University of Washington, karineb at uw.edu Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, c.haythorn at ubc.ca Twitter: #hicss_snc This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social media and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives. We call for papers that address research, theory, practice, and/or policy around our new interlinkages via social media in support of communities of practice, inquiry, and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In the past, this minitrack has been in the Internet and Digital Economy Track. Due to its overwhelming success, the minitrack has become a founding part of the new Track: Digital and Social Media. In previous years, the minitrack has been among the largest at the conference, and ?best papers? from the minitrack have often received the ?Best Paper in Track? awards. We call for papers that address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in these endeavors. Papers are welcomed that address wholly online communities, as well as those that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction; the use of single media, as well as those that address the way different media support community practice; and community, as well as crowd-based collectives online. Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following: Social, political and/or economic impact of social media Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy Community development and community informatics Design, development, and user studies of social media Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices Serious leisure online Organizational behavior of communities Behavior in online gaming communities Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities Case studies and topologies of online communities Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc. Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community Research methods for the study of social networking and community ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation are included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15. IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS FOR HICSS 48 June 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15, 2014 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees ? including visa or your organization?s fiscal funding procedures ? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1, 2014 -- EARLY REGISTRATION FEE DEADLINE. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15, 2014 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office. From martin.wagner at yale.edu Sun Mar 16 07:31:36 2014 From: martin.wagner at yale.edu (Martin Wagner) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:31:36 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Deadline Extended: CFP: 2015 MLA Session: Writing for Algorithms Message-ID: <28D332C2-8670-4981-A168-E0716C5F7585@yale.edu> Writing for Algorithms DEADLINE EXTENDED Special Session at the 2015 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention (January 8-11, Vancouver, Canada) Writing, as it is practiced by bloggers and spammers, no longer exclusively addresses humans, but also the algorithms of search engines and email filters. In a similar way, a new generation of students at colleges throughout the country learns to adapt their essays to the criteria of automated grading apps. For the first time in history, we human readers are no longer the sole audience of the written text. What is the effect of this expansion of audience on human readers who experience, consciously or otherwise, their expulsion from the center of the textual universe? How does the emerging writing for algorithms change the landscape of traditional training in composition and poetics? Which new insights about the fundamental structures of relevance, coherence, and authenticity in linguistic communication can we gain from the struggle between spammers and the software engineers at Google & Co.? The panel seeks to answer these questions by combining contributions from a wide range of possible theoretical and professional backgrounds, including, but not limited to, rhetoric, linguistics, literary theory, media studies, journalism, and programming. Please send a proposal of up to 250 words for a 15-minute presentation by March 22, 2014 to martin.wagner at yale.edu. For more information see: www.writingforalgorithms.org From joly at punkcast.com Sun Mar 16 22:56:15 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:56:15 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] GENERATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Message-ID: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 *Generative Justice:Value from the Bottom-up* *A conference at RPI, June 27-29 2014* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? (For more see the Generative Justice wiki ) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Mar 17 16:08:09 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:08:09 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014: papers due 20 May Message-ID: <8863BD6B-5DA5-4ED9-8709-BDCC8DC29F78@qut.edu.au> CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014 November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark At the Media Architecture Biennale in 2014 we explore the emergence of new kinds of ?World Cities? through media architecture. In this context, encounters may occur when media architecture is realized and people experience and interact with it, e.g. when public spaces and urban environments and the practices they shape are influenced by elements of media architecture; it may also occur as new platforms give rise to new opportunities for shaping systems and surroundings. IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS Papers submission deadline: May 20 Notification of acceptance: July 30 Camera-ready submission: Aug 30 Conference: Nov 19-22 2014 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Expression of interest: Aug 1 Submission deadline: Aug 30 WORKSHOPS Expression of interest: 27 April EXHIBITIONS (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) STUDENTS COMPETITION (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) TOPICS We consider media architecture as an inclusive term that encompasses encounters and intersections between digital technologies and our physical surroundings. We invite papers that present and discuss novel contributions to media architecture both on a practical and theoretical level and that further our understanding of the field through case studies, design approaches, and best practices. We expect contributions to critically explore a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: - How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media - Social and Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture - Participatory Architecture & City Planning - Spatial Locative Media - Case Studies of Specific Projects - Future Trends and Prototypes - Media Facades and Urban Displays - Interaction Techniques and Interfaces- Critical and Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture - Design Processes and Methods SUBMISSION DETAILS The conference invites research presentations from both academia and industry: * We invite both short and long papers. Submitted papers should be a maximum of four and ten pages in length, for short and long papers respectively, in ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). * The papers should clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualize the authors? work within the greater body of research. * Submissions should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN or DOI number. *Authors must provide a 30-word contribution statement for their paper upon submission. The contribution statement should explain the contribution made by the paper to the Media Architecture community. *Papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple members of a program committee consisting of experts in a range of disciplines that shape media architecture. OUR VISION Building on the successful event in Aarhus 2012, Media Architecture Biennale 2014 brings together artists, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry who work with media, interactive technologies and the built environment. The 2014 Biennale comprises an academic conference track, exhibitions, and industry sessions, as well workshops. Our vision is to provide an excellent forum for debate and knowledge exchange; to of fer a unique opportunity that brings together the best minds and organizations; and to highlight state-of-the-art and experimental research in media architecture. THEME: Media Architecture and Cities of the World Media architecture is an increasingly important digital layer in cities all over the world. It is a part of shopping malls, casinos, digital signs and commercials and it holds great potential as a mouthpiece for public voice and a peephole into the heart of government. The latter was exemplified when citizen reports and the municipality's case handlings were visualized on Aarhus' notable city hall tower during the Media Architecture Biennale 2012. It is also the case, when people in the streets of Berlin are invited to show their own animations using 144 lit-up windows in a central high-rise building, which happened in the iconic project Blinkenlights. No matter if it is in Aarhus, Copenhagen or Berlin ? or in S?o Paulo, Sydney or Beijing ? media architecture augments public space and creates new settings for life in the city. These new settings will be the focus of the Media Architecture Biennale 2014. The design of media architecture invites encounters between people, the built environment, and media space. It opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. As an emerging field, diverse perspectives are coming together in media architecture, and the challenges are as abundant as the opportunities. HOST Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: www.mab14.org Email: conference at mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending). COME AND JOIN US! ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University) Co-chair and founder Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute) Conference Programme Chairs Peter Dalsgaard (Aarhus University) & Ava Fatah gen Schieck (The Bartlett, UCL) Exhibition and Awards chairs/curators Gernot Tscherteu (realitylab.at) & Morten Lervig (CAVI, Aarhus University) Workshop Chairs Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney) & Alexander Wiethoff (Ludwig-Maximillians Universit?t M?nchen) Doctoral Consortium Chairs S?ren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) Communication Chairs Lone Koefoed Hansen (Aarhus University) & Jen Stein (University of Southern California) Media and Communications Journalist Mette Stentoft (Aarhus) & designer Oleg ?uran (University of Split) Special Advisors Kim Halskov & Hank Haeusler -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From charles.ess at gmail.com Mon Mar 17 22:33:47 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:33:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for article submissions - Innovations in the Newsroom - The Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, With the usual regrets for duplications - please distribute and cross-post as seems useful. Call for submissions to The Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 1, issue 2. The Journal of Media Innovations is an open access, peer-reviewed, cross-disciplinary journal that explores media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. Each issue of The Journal includes academic articles, research briefs, and book reviews. All candidate submissions are peer reviewed; published articles usually go through at least one cycle of revision in light of reviewers? and the editorial team?s comments and suggestions. Please see the inaugural issue for examples. We invite submissions to the upcoming issue, on the theme of Innovations in the newsroom, . The issues focuses on how news media meet contemporary challenges of changing user behaviour, threatened revenue models and restructuring processes through Innovation. Submissions should focus on one or more of the following topics: - Changing journalistic practices, e.g., computer assisted journalism, public or participatory journalism, social media - Changing production routines - Changing journalistic ethics and norms - Changing forms of funding, e.g., crowd funding, pay walls, entrepreneurial journalism - Changing organizational forms - Sources of and/or obstacles to innovation in news media Submission date: 15. April 2014. Publication date: 30. September 2014. Please visit our website and follow the steps for online submissions: Inquiries may be directed to Karoline A. Ihleb?k, Editorial Assistant: On behalf of our editorial team and Editorial Board, Charles Ess, Editor, JMI Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 18 00:12:56 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:12:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <011E6D2D-ADFD-4303-9DEB-7F4BCF9AA705@imv.au.dk> ***REMINDER*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is Monday 24 March 2014. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 01/03/2014 kl. 15.33 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > > The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. > > Best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > >> ***apologies for cross-postings*** >> >> >> PhD seminar >> >> Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? >> >> Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 >> Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? >> >> This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. >> >> Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. >> >> The number of participants is limited to 20. >> >> Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. >> >> The lectures and the lecturers: >> ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago >> ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam >> ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark >> ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies >> >> Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ >> >> Very best, >> >> Niels Br?gger >> >> >> >> >> ?????????????????????????????? >> >> LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS >> >> August 2013 >> Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 >> Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract >> >> June 2013 >> Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 >> Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract >> >> March 2013 >> The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 >> Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 >> >> >> >> NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD >> Director, the Centre for Internet Studies >> Department of Aesthetics and Communication >> Aarhus University >> Helsingforsgade 14 >> 8200 Aarhus N >> Denmark >> >> Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 >> Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 >> Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 >> E-mail nb at imv.au.dk >> Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb >> >> Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 >> Skype name: niels_bruegger >> >> The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk >> NetLab http://netlab.dk >> The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk >> LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab, http://netlab.dk > Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From christian.fuchs at uti.at Tue Mar 18 04:36:11 2014 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:36:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book "Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction" Message-ID: <53282FAB.1020006@uti.at> Critical Political Economy of Communications ? A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per e-mail to christian.fuchs at uti.at Abstract If we take the late 1960s as a starting point an explicitly defined ?critical political economy of communications? is fifty years old. How salient today are the core concerns that shaped this tradition? What are the emergent themes in contemporary critical media studies? Jonathan Hardy will discuss his book-length review of critical political economists? work (Hardy, Jonathan. Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction. London: Routledge.), and reflect on what their approaches can offer for contemporary investigations into the problems of the media. Biography Dr Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the author of Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming; Cross-Media Promotion (Peter Lang, 2010), Western Media Systems (Routledge, 2008) and writes on media, marketing communications, regulation and policy. He is Secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a UK media reform group. From sherylgrant at gmail.com Tue Mar 18 07:16:58 2014 From: sherylgrant at gmail.com (Sheryl Grant) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:16:58 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) Message-ID: Hi everyone, Apologies for cross-posting: 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) - https://sites.google.com/site/obie2014ws/ - => in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2014), Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August 2014 => proceedings published by Springer IMPORTANT DATES ==================================== * 1 May 2014: Paper submission deadline * 23 May 2014: Notification of acceptance * 13 June 2014: Camera-ready paper * 12 August 2014: Open Badges in Education workshop day (to be confirmed by the Conference organizers) OVERVIEW ======== Open Badges (OBs) initiative is a community effort aimed at introducing novel means and practices for knowledge/skill assessment, recognition, and credentialing. Along the way, it is also promoting values such as openness and learner?s agency, as well as participatory learning practices and peer-learning communities. Even though digital badges are not a new phenomenon, their use prior to the emergence of the OBs initiative was largely associated with isolated efforts of individual organizations, and there was no systematic approach to issuing and using badges. Likewise, OBs should not be equated with digital badges that are used solely as a part of gamification efforts aimed at motivating users for different kinds of tasks; OBs differ in at least two significant ways. First, they allow learners to gather badges that originate from different sources (i.e., organizations acting as badge issuers), and to select and combine the earned badges into custom profiles suitable for the given occasion (e.g., job application). Second, OBs are self-sufficient in the sense that they carry all the information one would need to understand and value the achievement/status they refer to. All these novel and distinctive features have positioned OBs as suitable candidates for addressing some of the pressing challenges in the context of life-long and Web-based learning, including: i) recognition of learning in multiple and diverse locations and environments that go beyond traditional classrooms; ii) recognition of diverse kinds of skills and knowledge, including soft and general skills; iii) recognition of alternative forms of assessment; iv) the need for transparent and easily verifiable digital credentials. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Open Badges (OBs) are rapidly gaining traction among educational practitioners as well as education-oriented companies and non-profit organizations. However, so far, there have been only a few research studies aimed at validating the propositions related to OBs. This indicates an obvious need for higher engagement of the research community in order to assure a deeper understanding of not only OBs and their potential roles, but also the larger educational ecosystem within which they operate and evolve. Considering everything stated above, this workshop would welcome submissions on some of the topics from the following (though not restrictive) list: * OBs as a motivational mechanism * OBs as a mean to support and promote participatory learning practices * OBs as a mean to support and recognize alternative assessment * OBs as a mean to recognize prior learning * OBs as a mean to facilitate charting of learning trajectories * OBs as a facilitator of self-regulated learning * OBs as a mean for building and maintaining learner's profile (portfolio) * Implementation of OBs in different kinds of educational settings (formal, non-formal, informal) * Software systems and tools for the implementation and deployment of OBs * Technical challenges in enabling the intended functionalities of OBs SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ========================== We welcome the following types of contributions: * Short (up to 5 pages) and full (up to 10 pages) research papers, * Poster abstracts and system demonstrations (should not exceed 2 pages). All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format at * https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=obie2014 All the submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway * Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada * Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== * Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA * Simon Cross, The Open University, UK * Elizabeth Dalton, University of New Hampshire, USA * Rebecca Galley, The Open University, UK * Sheryl Grant, Duke University, USA * Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths University of London, UK * Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida, USA * Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Michael R. Olneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * Razvan Rughinis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania * Jose Luis Santos Odriozola, KU Leuven, Belgium * Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Felicia M. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA For further questions please contact the organisers via *** obie2014[at]easychair.org *** Sheryl Grant Director of Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition sheryl.grant at duke.edu Duke University 114 South Buchanan Blvd. Smith Warehouse Durham, NC 27708 From rhill at asis.org Tue Mar 18 10:40:14 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:40:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?US-ASCII?Q?Deadline_Reminder_=96_ASIS&T_Annual_Meeting?= Message-ID: <381-22014321817401450@LEN-dick-2011> April 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for Panels, Contributed Papers, and tutorials and workshops. Additional information below. Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ SUBMISDSION URL: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2014/index.php?page=login The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST?s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From lsh at asc.upenn.edu Tue Mar 18 10:50:07 2014 From: lsh at asc.upenn.edu (Laura Henderson) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:50:07 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Shifts in Persian Cyberspace and Social Networking in Iran Message-ID: The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between 2002 and 2010, the Persian blogosphere exploded in size and became the topic of numerous reports, essays, videos and books. However, global interest in this emerging trend seemed to decrease during the second presidential mandate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This report is aimed at providing an answer to whether Blogestan itself has faded in size, activity and influence, since 2009. The report includes an audience survey of Persian blog readers, a web crawling analysis of the Iranian blogosphere, and a series of interviews with 20 influential bloggers living inside and outside of Iran. *Liking Facebook in Tehran:Social Networking in Iran: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1609 This report, based on an online survey of Iranian Facebook users, contributes to a small but growing body of scholarship on social and new media use in Iran. Our findings offer new insights into the Iranian Facebook ecosystem, including patterns of Facebook usage among Iranians, why and how Iranians are using Facebook, what types of content they are sharing, as well as perceptions of privacy and security associated with using Facebook. In addition, the survey addresses the key question of whether Facebook is being used as a tool for political engagement and civic activism among Iranian internet users, as initial assessments suggested. AoIRists might also be interested in these other publications from the IMP: *Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia: http://cgcsblog.asc.upenn.edu/2013/11/07/citation-filtered/ Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse. The report is accompanied by an infographicdetailing blocking mechanisms and types of filtered content. *Internet Censorship in Iran: An infographic: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/sites/default/files/research/pdf/1363180689/1385/internet_censorship_in_iran.pdf This infographic illustrates the constellation of bodies currently involved in internet censorship in Iran. It attempts to show the complexity of Iran's internet governance system by mapping the relationship between the different policy-making and enforcement bodies involved in internet censorship and filtering, spotlighting four new bodies-the Supreme Council on Cyberspace, the Committee Charged with Determining Offensive Content, the Cyber Army, and the Cyber Police-that have emerged since 2009 as key institutions responsible for controlling the flow of online communications, both within Iran and betweenIranians and the global cybersphere. *Finding a way - How Iranians reach for news and information: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 This study details the results of an online questionnaire among young, metropolitan, educated and technologically savvy Iranians, and was aimed at illustrating the extent to which these youth employ new media for political purposes over a year after the contested Iranian elections and during the Tunisia, Egypt and Libya uprisings. The prevalence of Internet use, online activities, and speed of access was assessed, as was the use of and engagement with certain platforms such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. The surveys also examined the use of circumvention tools as well as the extent to which Iraniansthink citizens can be empowered through the use of new media. *Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4361 In the days immediately following the contested June 2009 Presidential election, Iranians attempting to reach news content and social media platforms were subject to unprecedented levels of the degradation, blocking and jamming of communications channels. Rather than shut down networks, which would draw attention and controversy, the government was rumored to have slowed connection speeds to rates that would render the Internet nearly unusable, especially for the consumption and distribution of multimedia content. Since, political upheavals elsewhere have been associated with headlines such as "High usage slows down Internet in Bahrain" and "Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again," with further rumors linking poor connectivity with political instability in Myanmar and Tibet. For governments threatened by public expression, the throttling of Internet connectivity appears to be an increasingly preferred and less detectable method of stifling the free flow of information. In order to assess this perceived trend and begin to create systems of accountability and transparency on such practices, we attempt to outline an initial strategy for utilizing a ubiquitous set of network measurements as a monitoring service, then apply such methodology to shed light on the recent history of censorship in Iran. *The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6398 While funding agencies have provided substantial support for the developers and vendors of services that facilitate the unfettered flow of information through the Internet, little consolidated knowledge exists on the basic communications network infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the absence of open access and public data, rumors and fear have reigned supreme. During provisional research on the country's censorship regime, we found initial indicators that telecommunications entities in Iran allowed private addresses to route domestically, whether intentionally or unintentionally, creating a hidden network only reachable within the country. Moreover, records such as DNS entries lend evidence of a 'dual stack' approach, wherein servers are assigned a domestic IP addresses, in addition to a global one. Despite the clear political implications of the claim we put forward, particularly in light of rampant speculation regarding the mandate of Article 46 of the 'Fifth Five Year Development Plan' to establish a "national information network," we refrain from hypothesizing the purpose of this structure. In order to solicit critical feedback for future research, we outline our initial findings and attempt to demonstrate that the matter under contention is a nation-wide phenomenon that warrants broader attention. Laura Schwartz-Henderson Research Project Manager Center For Global Communication Studies Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 215-898-9727 From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:00:13 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:00:13 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: . Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:10:45 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:10:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: http://cpi.asu.edu/cpi-now. Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From denisparra at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 03:26:23 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:26:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Don't miss the deadline: submit to ACM HT 2014 this Friday 21st Message-ID: Dear researchers, Don't forget to submit your full, short papers, posters and demos by this Friday 21st, 11:59PM CSLCT http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 Thanks for your interest, see you in Santiago In September! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nhara at indiana.edu Wed Mar 19 08:00:08 2014 From: nhara at indiana.edu (Noriko Hara) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:00:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Special Issue on Historic Design Cases-International Journal of Designs for Learning In-Reply-To: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> References: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> Message-ID: <5329B0F8.6090900@indiana.edu> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS* *INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGNS FOR LEARNING* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON HISTORIC DESIGN CASES* Guest Editors: Craig D. Howard & Colin M. Gray Unlike other design fields, instructional design has not had a sustained interest in documenting cases from the past and engaging in our design history in a substantive way. When we think of technology, we generally look forward---to what is possible in the future of technology in education, but it is equally as instructive to look at how far we have come and the individual designs that, as a collective, have impacted where we are now. Many of the same challenges we face in the ecology of modern technologies can be seen in technological leaps from instructional design's past: video-based instruction, systemic curricular moves (e.g., SRA Reading Lab, the "new math"), educational entertainment (e.g., Sesame Street, Bill Nye the Science Guy), and the dawn of the graphical user interface and personal computer (e.g., instruction for the Macintosh, developing for the PLATO system) to name a few. Many of these designs have directly and indirectly informed our contemporary design practice, and illustrate many of the challenges of designing for intentional change. In this special issue, we turn our focus to both the near and distant past of instructional design and technology, addressing designs intended (or used) for learning both in informal and formal learning---inside the classroom, and in our everyday lives. This special issue brings our field to the standard of precedent-building common in other design disciplines, refocusing our attention on marking significant milestones in design innovation, celebrating the often unrecognized breakthroughs instructional design and technology has had in its past. While some artifacts have been preserved, our collective knowledge of what instructional design is in the present has often been embodied in designs which themselves have been forgotten. To begin the process of documenting these past designs, we invite authors to submit design cases of designs used and/or intended for learning from 10-75 years ago, which are deemed to be of importance to the field. Some examples of appropriate historic designs might include: * *Designs that changed our understanding of what learning could be* (e.g., Airborne satellite learning, early collaborative websites, Sesame Street Workshop) * *Designs that highlighted the affordances of specific technologies when they were in their infancy* (e.g., PLATO system, remote teaching through closed circuit TV) * *Designs which failed, either in their initial implementation, or which failed to "catch on" *(e.g., computerized instruction in the 1990s, the "new math") * *Designs which serve as the basis for modern categories of educational technology* (e.g., learning management systems, SRA reading lab) * *Instructional components of mass-market devices* (e.g., training for emerging technological products, such as Apple's click-and-drag instruction) * *Designs created out of a specific felt need for a specific type of learning* (e.g., "murder houses," bespoke designs) *SUBMISSION TYPES* /Full Design Case/ 5000-7000+ words, with as many multimedia and/or visual elements as available. The goal of this submission is to not only visually and textually explain the experience of the design, but also how it came to be the way that it is. Depending on the age of the designed artifact or experience, this may come through interviews with designers, stakeholders, and/or users, analysis of related artifacts surrounding the design/design process, or reconstruction based on previously published marketing and/or academic materials. Your abstract should include the targeted design, its relevance, and any resources you will need to locate. /Brief Design Case/ 500-1500 words, a primarily visual presentation of a design with accompanying text used to annotate and explain the artifact and its experience as depicted in the images and/or video. Your abstract should include the targeted design, and any existing resources that you are aware of. *IMPORTANT DEADLINES* April 30, 2014: Submit 250 word abstract by email May 14, 2014: Acceptance of abstract: July 1, 2014: Submit Full paper/brief paper August 14, 2014: Notification of Acceptance September 14, 2014: Final Manuscripts November 2014: Projected Publication *ABOUT IJDL* The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design. This journal is a publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. More information on submissions for this special issue is available at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/announcement/view/68 Questions and abstract submissions may be directed to the guest editors: Dr. Craig D. Howard (craig.howard at tamut.edu ) and Colin M. Gray (comgray at indiana.edu ). From iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 10:46:57 2014 From: iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com (iskandar zulkarnain) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:46:57 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_Launching_InVisible_Culture_Issue_20=3A_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCcRWNvbG9naWVzIg==?= In-Reply-To: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> References: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> Message-ID: Apologies for x-posting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anderson, Joel Neville Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:41 PM Subject: Launching InVisible Culture Issue 20: ?Ecologies" To: VCS-GRADS at lists.rochester.edu Dear all, I?m happy to announce that *InVisible Culture* has just launched Issue 20: ?Ecologies? (Spring 2014): http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue We?ll be promoting this over the next few days, so please feel free to circulate via social media, listservs, and word of mouth. In addition, IVC is still accepting submissions to issue 22, ?Opacity,? so please also circulate the CFP at the following link: http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity Thanks! I?ve pasted the press release below. Best, Joel - *InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture* (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. IVC is a student run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the VCS-GRADS list, click the following link: https://lists.rochester.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1MzQxIGl6dWxrYXJuQE1BSUwuUk9DSEVTVEVSLkVEVSBWQ1MtR1JBRFMgIFrT7a%2FLA7oQ&c=SIGNOFF -- Iskandar Zulkarnain HASTAC Scholars 2010-2014 Website: http://www.hastac.org/hastac-scholars http://digitalperipheries.net/ Rochester Intermedia Studies Group Ph.D. Candidate Visual and Cultural Studies 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!" From wrysavy at email.unc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:15:14 2014 From: wrysavy at email.unc.edu (Rysavy, Wayne Erik) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:15:14 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CF Participant for NCA Panel on Information Politics Message-ID: <9429E15C908DA54D951ECCC3478D381C82E8B5F5@ITS-MSXMBS3F.ad.unc.edu> Hello, My colleague, Bryan Behrenshausen, and I have organized a panel we plan to submit to the Media Ecology Division of the 2014 National Communication Associaion conference. We already have a confirmed chair/respondent and another participant, but are looking for one more person to join our panel. Below, I've included our rationale. We are particularly interested in bringing someone on who has interest in information politics and explores information and/or theories of information and information flow from a critical perspective employing critical theory, discursive analysis, and/or historiographic analysis. Interested participants should email me at wrysavy at email.unc.edu. Inquiries about the panel are also welcome. Rationale: A fiercely contested term, commodity, and palliative, "information" is neither static nor neutral; it is relational, contextual, and deeply implicated in power relations that traverse the personal, social, cultural, and economic. As an object purportedly central to many contemporary techniques and technologies, information participates in various processes of social organization that bear decidedly political aims. It positions people and things, and it generates contexts for the ongoing work of managing their relations. Information is material, yet ephemeral?an object to be "owned" and "managed," and yet indecipherable outside the particular political and economic relations that valorize it. In precise but shifting relation with "data" and "knowledge," information authorizes and mobilizes multiple?often fractured and contradictory?truth claims. Information's historic (re)articulations persist today, shaping the ways in which popular discourses of "information" make discussing, using, and interpreting it possible. Examining information and information technologies through critical theoretical, historiographic, and discursive analyses, this panel re-contextualizes information, tracks its role in everyday systems of meaning and power, and explores the way past discourses of information influence the way we conceptualize it in the present. Thank you for your interest. Wayne Erik Rysavy, M.A. Doctoral Student and Teaching Fellow Department of Communication Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 115 Bingham, CB#3285 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 wrysavy at email.unc.edu "If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." ?Ludwig Wittgenstein From malper at usc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:34:18 2014 From: malper at usc.edu (Meryl Alper) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:34:18 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] JOB OPP: Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Message-ID: Passing along this job opportunity to work at USC Annenberg on a large-scale social media data project. Please share. Best, Meryl * * * Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (Funded by IBM Grant) The incumbent will be responsible for driving the development of innovative methods in audience research that bridge traditional and emerging approaches. In particular, we are dedicated to making meaning of large-scale social media data. The incumbent will also assist the Principal Investigator of our on-going data science research projects, fulfilling grant reporting requirements and insuring compliance with budget regulations. Additionally, the successful candidate will serve as a liaison among our researchers and work closely with our partners in the media and entertainment industries. As the Project Lead of the Lab's data science efforts, the incumbent will help integrate the data science research with other research efforts of the Lab, and contribute data science knowledge and perspective to larger Lab efforts, such as designing and implementing executive workshops and presentations. The ideal candidate will bring a unique perspective on audience research and be able to communicate with both academic and industry audiences. A background in both quantitative and qualitative approaches to audience research is strongly preferred; including some combination of surveys, interviews, focus groups, social media, and automated data-collection (e.g., Nielsen set-top boxes, Arbitron meters.) The successful candidate will be expected to implement an in-house system for large-scale data analysis. Experience with one or more programming languages and database management systems is required. Python, R, Java, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB preferred. Previous experience working with social media data is a plus. Apply here: https://jobs.usc.edu/postings/19629 -- Meryl Alper Ph.D. Candidate in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California malper at usc.edu merylalper.com From Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at Fri Mar 21 03:20:11 2014 From: Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at (Noella Edelmann) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:20:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Join us at the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May References: <532AEF10020000DA0005ED7F@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> Message-ID: <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May 2014, Danube University Krems (Austria) (apologies for cross-posting!) I am pleased to announce that the CeDEM14 programme - 3 days packed with international keynotes, workshops, presentations, a film viewing (?Blueberry Soup?) followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Eileen Jerret, an Open Space for you, opportunities for networking - is now available (www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem) CeDEM14 Programme 21-23 May 2014 21-22 May: paper presentations, workshops, reflections and keynotes. The conference dinner is held on 21 May 2014. 23 May: Viewing of the Film ?Blueberry Soup? and Podium Discussion with Eileen Jerrett ( Filmmaker); CeDEM Open Space. CeDEM14 Keynotes ?Scientific Citizenship? Alexander Gerber (innocomm Research Center for Science & Innovation Communication, Germany); ?Open Data? Jeanne Holm (Evangelist, Data.gov, U.S. General Services Administration, US); ?Statehood, the Deep Web, and Democracy? Philipp M?ller (University Salzburg, Austria); ?(E)ngaging communities through global thinking for local actions? Mohamed El-Sioufi (United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT); CeDEM14 Open Space 23 May 2014 The CeDEM Open Space is an opportunity for participants to organise their own presentations, sessions, events, workshops, birds of a feather, networking, etc. If you are interested in attending and/or presenting at the Open Space, get in touch with Michael Sachs (michael.sachs at donau-uni.ac.at). CeDEM14 Further Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem Registration: http://bit.ly/1d2ZR1F I look forward to seeing you in Krems! Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov From K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk Fri Mar 21 09:55:24 2014 From: K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk (Kate O'Riordan) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:24 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Science and Justice at UCSC invites visiting scholars for 2014-2015 Message-ID: <6305E6BA10BDAD44A9CE7A944A4E5F4E1E56B7FA@EX-SHA-MBX1.ad.susx.ac.uk> Big data, informatics and bioinformatics have been key themes at the center this year - and are likely to continue to be - so could be a good location for some on this list: ------------------------------------------ UC Santa Cruz: 2014-2015 Solicitation for Visiting Scholars, Artists, and Graduate Students The Science and Justice Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz: http://scijust.ucsc.edu is now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 academic year Visiting Scholar Program. SJRC offers opportunities for visiting scholars and artists in residence at all levels of their career to join us and participate in our community. SJRC is not an academic department, so we encourage visitors to identify other members of the university with whom they would like to work with in activities such as teaching a seminar, offering an academic talk, or attending courses. We can help facilitate such activities. All applicants are encouraged to look at our past events: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/public-events/past-events/ when developing a proposal for an event as our colloquia have a unique format. Visitors are encouraged to visit for at least one full term, however we will consider shorter visits. The application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is April 15, 2014. Our applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary advisory board. Application materials or questions can be submitted to scijust at ucsc.edu. For more information on becoming a visiting scholar, visit: Visiting Scholar Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/ For current University of California graduate students at other campuses, also visit: UC Intercampus Exchange Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/uc-intercampus-exchange-program/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Fri Mar 21 13:09:08 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:09:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Why rush home? Message-ID: Why rush home? The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference has negotiated special rates at nearby hotels. Come the day before or stay a day after - New York City is only 14 miles away. Find all the travel and venue information for #ELD14 at http://eld.montclair.edu/travel-venue/ Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140321 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 13:41:20 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:41:20 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 7th Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award || 6.000 Euros Award Sum || 19th August Deadline || Wake Up Call Message-ID: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nokia Ubimedia Awards 2013 Wake-up Call for Entries 7th Annual International Competition on Ubiquitous Media 1st-3rd October 2013, Tampere FINLAND *** 6.000 Euros Award Sum *** Deadline: 19th August 2013 *** http://www.numa.fi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as to date we received quite a few great entries to NUMA 2013, but our jury still hungers for more challenging projects. This is a "NUMA 2013 Wake-Up Call" for your ubimedia submissions and we hope that you all you aspiring Ubimedia innovators out there take the chance to join prople who won the competition in the previous years - one of them runs a successful startup. 6000 Euros price sum and travels paid to visit MindTrek 2013 for the three best projects. All we need is a description of your project and if possible a short demonstration video. And we need it til August 15th. We do especially encourage student and PhD-projects, as well as innovative start-ups. Good luck and see you in Tampere! More about the competition & submission system: http:/www.numa.fi Competition Chairs Artur LUGMAYR, EMMi Lab, Tampere Univ. of Technology, FINLAND Cai MELAKOSKI, School of Art, Music and Media, Tampere UAS (TAMK), FINLAND Ville LUOTONEN, Ubiquitous Computing Tampere Center of Expertise, Hermia Ltd., FINLAND Head of Jury Bjoern STOCKLEBEN, Project "Cross Media", University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, GERMANY From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 15:04:17 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:17 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 2 Calls || Inform. Systems & Managment in eMedia/Creative Industries || Book Chapters (Springer-Verlag) || Workshop Papers (ICME 2014) || Message-ID: <1655805046.17.1395439457022.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Dear All, Two interesting possibilties: - Call for book chapters (Springer-Verlag): Information Systems & Management in eMedia and Creative Industries (ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 15th APRIL 2014) - Call for Papers (ICME2014): Workshop on Information Systems & Managmeent in Multimedia, Arts, Education, Entertainment, and Culture (DEADLINE 2nd APRIL: 2014) PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS: 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Book Chapters Information Systems and Management in eMedia and Creative Industries Springer-Verlag Artur Lugmayr, Emilija Stojmenova, Katarina Stanoevska, and Robert Wellington (Eds.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Focus on NEW Approaches in the eMedia Industries, or Approaches HOW eMedia Support Information Systems: Strategic Importance of IT ans IS&M in Media, Big Data, Crowd, Open Data, Linked Data, Cloud Application, New Business Analytics, Information Visualization, Workflow Management, IS&M as Basis of New Business Models of New Media Products, and Global Digital Production Pipelines. * Management, Marketing, Business Aspects and Strategic Importance of IT and IS&M in Creative eMedia Industries * Technology Perspective of the Usage of Media in IS&M in Media Industry and the Application of Media in IS&M across Domains: Technology, Processes, Workflows, Infrastructures and Global Production Pipelines * Methods, Approaches, and Importance of IT and Information Systems and Management in Media - Media and Content as Part of IS&M across Application Domains * Content, Service, Application, and Artistic Viewpoint on IS&M in Media and Creativity Industries Upcoming Deadline: 15th April (abstract), 15th June (manuscript), 30th Aug. (reviews) Book Website: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/ismemedia Email List: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/ism-emedia Submission System: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2014ISMeMedia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ismemedia/ Contact us: lartur at acm.org or emilija.stojmenova at ltfe.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ? MIS-MEDIA 2014 2nd international workshop on information systems in multimedia arts, education, entertainment, and culture (MIS-MEDIA 2014) 14th-18th July 2014 http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/mis-media2014 Chengdu, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in conjunction with ICME 2014 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo http://www.icme2014.org/ EXTENDED DEADLINE: 2nd APRIL 2014 !!!!!!!!!!!!! in cooperation with the International Asscocation for Ambient Media (iAMEA) and the Assocation for Information Systems (AIS) SIG-eMedia (http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org and http://aisnet.org/group/SIG-eMedia) Paper Submission: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICME2014W/ - please tick the correct * Big Data & Multimedia Systems * Cross-media offering, distribution channels and convergence * Media business information management for multimedia * Media information system design in multimedia * Business intelligence in media industries * Knowledge management systems applications * Workflow management, operational efficiency and new capturing technologies * Home platforms, mobility, multi-play and network convergence * Systems for management reporting, analysis, and decision support * Standards to enable technical convergence * Data warehousing in converging environments * Integration of analogue and digital media productions * E2E systems and solutions in converging media environments * Asset management and metadata management * E2E systems, infrastructures and solutions * Integration of analogue and digital media production and distribution * Information systems and decision support systems * Speech, audio, image, video, and text processing in information management * Marketing information systems * Content analysis, matching, and retrieval in information management * Technologies in media art, education, entertainment, environment, and culture * Consumer experience and quality assessment in MIS * Theoretical foundations of entertainment computation * Production process management * Multimedia databases, digital libraries, and eLearning in MIS * Technology and management of E2E media delivery * Business information management in media * Standards, policies, and regulation for MIS in media industry * Mobility, Social media, ambient media, eLearning * Practical media art, education, entertainment, and cultural applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From binark at baskent.edu.tr Fri Mar 21 16:14:59 2014 From: binark at baskent.edu.tr (F. Mutlu Binark) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:14:59 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?It=E2=80=99s_Not_Twitter_It=E2=80=99s_The_Eclip?= =?utf-8?q?se_Of_Reason?= In-Reply-To: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> References: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Message-ID: <3cf9e62e421c04973580aa4fff0c668e.squirrel@www.baskent.edu.tr> It?s Not Twitter It?s The Eclipse Of Reason Twitter has become a basic communication tool for the users in Turkey to exercise freedom of speech. The President, The Prime Minister and the commissioners, journalists, bureaucrats, members of the parliament, writers, artists, unionists and activists, people with different political ideologies, oppressed groups and people from different parts of the society can state their opinions and participate in discussions about the current situations. In an environment where traditional media is constantly struggling with government oppression, communication tools like Twitter are crucial for the citizens. The only environment we can access to information without being censored is through the internet. To block an essential tool like Twitter just before the elections is unacceptable. It?s a clear violation of the right to freedom of expression. Violation of the Right To Elect and the Right To Be Elected. Turkey is on the eve of Local Elections. The running parties and the candidates use social media and Twitter frequently for their campaigns. This type of communication gives citizens the opportunity to follow the candidates closely, express their problems and hear the solutions that candidates can offer and also force them to create solutions. Therefore, blocking Twitter not only violates the freedom of speech but also violates the right to elect and to be elected. We Are Concerned About The Integrity Of Upcoming Local Elections We are experiencing great political tensions in expectation of the upcoming local elections that will take place on March 30th, 2014. These tensions are further solidified through distrust in the electoral process itself. The internet holds great potential for bringing citizen oversight to this process. It offers platforms and communication mechanisms to rapidly report on injustices and fraud attempts during the election data. Given current circumstances in Turkey, the internet is expected to play a crucial role in the supervision of the casting and counting of votes and hence in assuring the integrity and safety of the elections. The current blocking of internet based services is destructive to these citizen initiatives, increases existing social and political tensions, and negatively affects the trust in the electoral process. We are hence very concerned about both the integrity and safety of the upcoming elections. Law Has Been Reduced To A Tool In The Hands Of The Government The government points to court rulings to justify the blocking of Twitter. However, by now we are unsure about "whose" courts and rulings we can rely on. In the hands of the government, "legal grounds" are interpreted excessively or simply manipulated, leading to increasing distrust in the legal system. The Presidency of Telecommunications (Telekomunikasyon Iletisim Baskanligi or simply TIB) plays a precarious role in the enforcement of these legal rulings. In some past cases, they have abstained from taking action on select court rulings, arguing that it is beyond their legal authority. They have stated that TIB only has the authority to enforce blocking decisions when these are based on catalogued crimes. Yet in some cases, they have overstepped their authority and enforced rulings on blocking Internet based services. The arbitrary enforcement of legal rulings is in tune with the repeated threats made public by Prime Minister Erdo?an who most recently announced "we will eradicate social networks like Twitter". An ?eclipse of reason? is the current state of the Turkish government. It is not possible to articulate a rational explanation for the new regulations, including the new Internet laws, and their enforcement within a framework of governance informed by basic democratic values. We can only regard these intrusive interventions as acts of despair and a lack of intellect. These shameful acts of censorship are unacceptable. We call for action against censorship and the chilling of voices on the Internet, now! Alternative Informatics Association, March 21st, 2014 www.alternatifbilisim.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mjohns at luther.edu Fri Mar 21 20:55:20 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:55:20 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call: James W. Carey Media Research Award 2014 Message-ID: The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture -- among others -- taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Prof. Paul C. Adams, University of Texas Prof. Stuart Adam, Carleton University Prof. Regina Marchi, Rutgers University Prof. John Pauly, Marquette University Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College Prof. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2014 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2013. Submitted works should be sent to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Adobe Acrobat format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically. Then ask your publisher to furnish seven (7) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 1, 2014. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 15. The Award winner will receive the Carey Award plaque to be presented at the winner's choice of the 2014 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA). Questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 USA E-mail: mjohns [at] luther.edu From hrosenba at indiana.edu Fri Mar 21 21:56:43 2014 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Howard Rosenbaum) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:56:43 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: <151C97E2-93A4-43D3-AFF8-95F32EF1B1C5@indiana.edu> Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium at the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference (WebSci 2014) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 23 -26 June, 2014 http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/hrosenba/www/web-sci-14/doc-consortium14.html Submission deadline: 15 April 2014 We invite doctoral students to participate in the WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium, which will take place as part of the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. This half-day event is intended for those of you in the later stages (post-proposal) of your research on problems related to web science and information science. Description The goals of the Doctoral Consortium are to provide you with a supportive and critical learning opportunity to discuss your work in progress and to receive feedback and guidance from senior web and information science scholars. You will be able to explain your dissertation research and highlight theoretical and methodological problems/issues for further discussion and inquiry both with senior mentors and Consortium participants. The Doctoral Consortium aims to broaden the perspectives and to improve your research and communication skills. We expect you to have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results and have sufficient time prior to completing your dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. Generally, if you are in your second or third year of PhD work, you will benefit the most from this experience. In the Consortium, you will present your proposal and receive specific feedback and advice on how to improve your research plan. The Doctoral consortium also aim to develop a supportive community within which doctoral students can begin to develop their professional networks by interacting with peers and senior scholars in web science and information science. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The international review committee will select the best submissions for presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. Submission information We ask you to submit an 8 page description of your PhD research proposal electronically via the EasyChair conference submission System: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=9144634.cxJz4ovCrZ6XBK9a Your submission must address each of the following questions: ? Problem Statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? ? Relevance: Why the problem is important? Who will benefit if you succeed? Who should care? ? Related Work: How have others attempted to address this problem? Why is the problem difficult? ? Research Question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? ? Hypotheses: What hypotheses are related to your research questions (if your work has hypotheses)? ? Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions and test your hypotheses? What will you measure? What is the main idea behind your approach? The key innovation? Provide an argument, based either on common knowledge or on evidence that you have accumulated, that your approach is likely to succeed. ? Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success - faster/more accurate/less failures/etc.? ? Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? ? Implications: What are the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions of your work? Additional submission requirements ? All submissions must be single-author submissions. Please acknowledge your PhD advisor(s) and other contributors in the Acknowledgements section. ? Students accepted to present at the Doctoral Consortium must plan to attend the full Doctoral Consortium in order to gain as much value as possible from the experience. ? Please remember that the DC submission is not the same as a research paper. ? Submissions must be in pdf and be formatted according to the ACM Publications format. Topics The Consortium has the same scope of technical topics as the main WebSci conference: ? Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities ? Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale social interaction ? Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web ? Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions on the Web ? Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing ? Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web ? Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web ? The architecture and philosophy of the Web ? The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web ? Economics and social innovation on the Web ? Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons ? Personal data, trust, and privacy ? Web and social media research ethics ? Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems ? Big data and the study of the Web ? Web access, literacy, and development ? Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web ? People-driven Web technologies, including crowdsourcing, open data, and new interfaces ? Digital Humanities ? Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources ? Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives ? New research questions and thought-provoking ideas Important Dates: ? April 15, 2014 - paper submission ? May 2, 2014 - notification ? June 23, 2014 - doctoral consortium Doctoral Consortium Schedule: 12:00-12:30: Welcome session with light lunch 12:30-1:00: Meet mentors, group introductions and discussion of the Colloquium activities 1:00-2:30: One on one meetings where students discuss their work and receive feedback and comments from mentors 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:30: Students present their work to the group and receive feedback 4:30-5:30: Group discussion about career and professional issues in a Q&A session driven by the students From 3:00-4:30, participants will present their research briefly to familiarize each other with their dissertation project and highlight specific aspects they would like to have further discussion on. These may include specific problems that the student is seeking input on how to approach them; intriguing issues and tensions for web science and information science research generally; methodological problems that other Ph.D. students are likely to be confronting, or issues that have the potential of stimulating discussions of theoretical and methodological significance. If you have questions about this call, please contact the co-chairs ? Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba at indiana.edu ? Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman at indiana.edu ? Lora Aroyo, Computer Science, VU University Amsterdam lora.aroyo at vu.nl From antoine.mazieres at gmail.com Sat Mar 22 01:23:47 2014 From: antoine.mazieres at gmail.com (Antoine Mazieres) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:23:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Quantitative analysis of online pornography In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Just a little heads-up on this project. It yielded a paper that was just published in the first issue of Porn Studies, which is free to download : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268743.2014.888214 also a dedicated website : http://sexualitics.org Thanks again for your advices for working on this matter and for the references (most of them being actually cited in the paper) I stay at your disposal if you wish some help on handling our datasets and tools, or wish to know more about our research. Best, Antoine On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Antoine Mazieres wrote: > Dear IRs, > > I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at > available studies made out of them. > > I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of > pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution > of the object itself. > > Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? > > (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, > I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) > > Thanks for your help, > All best, > Antoine > http://mazier.es/ > From ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Sat Mar 22 04:20:13 2014 From: ronan.lynch at dkit.ie (Ronan Lynch) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:20:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: 4th Annual Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning Message-ID: Hi guys, Could you please send this CFP out to the network? Many thanks Ronan -- The Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning, now in its 4th year, provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the use of games and gamification for enhancing teaching and learning. The purpose of this symposium is to: - report on the use of GBL in primary, secondary and third-level education - provide evidence of the effectiveness of GBL to motivate and learn - identify how GBL can be included and facilitated in instructional settings. This symposium provides a unique opportunity to share and gather insights on game-based learning and gamification from different perspectives including education, sociology, educational psychology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), artificial intelligence, game design, game development and instructional design. Submissions are welcomed on any topic related to the use of games and gamification to enhance teaching and learning. This year the Cork Institute of Technology, in partnership with the SEGAN Serious Games Network, will host iGBL2014 on Friday 6th June 2014 and will offer a dynamic programme with plenty of opportunity for networking and discussion. The programme will include presentations, workshops and pecha kucha sessions as well as interactive poster presentations. All accepted abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, with the possibility of future publication in the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL). Contributions are welcome on a wide range of topics. Research-based submissions may include theoretical and/or empirical studies employing qualitative or quantitative methods. Completed research projects, such as action research or case studies, or works-in-progress are welcomed. Proposals for workshops and interactive posters are also invited. The symposium will cover, but is not restricted to, the following topics: Pedagogy: - Pedagogical/learning theories for game-based learning - Evaluation of game based learning - Assessment in game based learning - Integrating game based learning with the curriculum - Use of narrative/role-playing in game-based learning - Designing games for learning - Gamification - Serious games Technology: - Technologies, tools and platforms for developing games for learning - Technologies for mobile and multi-user games for learning - Location-based technology for game-based learning - Social/ethical/organizational issues - Social and collaborative aspects of game-based learning - Organizational issues when implementing games within educational settings - Gender/age/cultural issues Submission types: 1.Presentations (20 minutes, 5 minutes questions) Presentations should be no more than 15-20 minutes in length with 5-10 minutes for questions. These may be present research studies on a relevant theme, work-in-progress, or case studies of GBL in action. 2. Pecha Kucha (20 images, 20 seconds) PechaKucha 20?20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. Seewww.pechakucha.org. This format is particularly useful for those interested in sharing work-in-progress and getting feedback on their work/ideas-to-date. 3.Workshops (2-4 hours) Workshops involve active participation and discussion with the focus on participants developing skills and/or practical ideas for implementing games/gamification in their own settings. Workshops may be computer-based (in a laboratory environment) or may be classroom-based. However ALL workshops must include a significant hands-on element, with participation among attendees. When writing your abstract, please give indicative timings to outline the structure of your workshop. 4.Posters Posters are a useful way of sharing information visually, such as research findings or innovative case studies of GBL in action. Submissions are invited for both traditional and electronic posters (for example using PowerPoint or Prezi). We ask that you submit a 300-500 word abstract describing your poster/electronic poster. Instructions for Authors All submission types require that you submit a 300-500 word abstract to be received by 4th April 2014. Submissions must be made via the online form: http://bit.ly/1izckir. Please ensure that all required fields are completed. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the submission, the full names and affiliations of all authors, and the contact details of at least one author. In the case of multiple authors, please specify who will be the presenting author at the symposium. All submissions will go through a double-blind review process performed by 2-3 anonymous reviewers. This review process will take approximately 4 weeks and final notifications will be sent by 28th April 2014. After the presenting author(s) have booked their place at the symposium, the presentation will be fully accepted for inclusion in the programme and book of abstracts. For more information on this conference, you can contact the organizing committee using the following online form: http://igblconference.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/ You can also contact the conference hosts directly: - Roisin Garvey: Roisin.Garvey at cit.ie - Darragh Coakley: Darragh.Coakley at cit.ie Best Wishes Patrick on behalf of the organizing committee -- Ronan Lynch (R?n?n O'Loinsigh) ? BA Doctoral Researcher (Taighdeoir Iardhocht?ireachta) Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth (Institi?id Teicneola?ochta Dh?n Dealgan, B?thar ?tha Cliath, D?n Dealgan, Co. L?) Email (R?omhphost): ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Phone (F?n): +353 87 6445490 From jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:21:19 2014 From: jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com (Jeremy) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London Message-ID: This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures of creative work and play. Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, the spatial, technology and contemporary media. Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: Power and cultural politics Identity and representation Media and mediation Digital cultures, new media, and media futures Cultures and change Popular culture Contested and counter cultures Art and artistic practice Cultural labour and industries Territorial and spatial cultures Globalisation and transnational cultures Cultural and media research methodologies Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of April. For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ From philbratta at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:33:35 2014 From: philbratta at gmail.com (Phil Bratta) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 Message-ID: Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference "Entering the Conversation" Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, USA October 30 - November 1, 2014 What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a proposal. We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics conversation.Apply to be a particpant in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, 2014.Cultural Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. -- PhD Student Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures Writing Center Satellite Coordinator Michigan State University 300 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 philbratta at gmail.com http://www.philbratta.com/ From andresmh at andresmh.com Mon Mar 24 00:57:49 2014 From: andresmh at andresmh.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s_Monroy=2DHern=E1ndez?=) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:57:49 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] ACM CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation Message-ID: Hi, AoIR friend. I hope you consider submitting your work to CSCW. Details below: CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From sara.perry at york.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 02:52:52 2014 From: sara.perry at york.ac.uk (Sara Perry) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:52:52 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Digital media and visual ethics, American Anthropological Association conference, Washington, DC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please see the call for contributions below for an in-person and online event on visual ethics to be held in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington, 3-7 December 2014. Contact Sara Perry, sara.perry at york.ac.uk , for more details. Deadline for proposals: 5 April 2014. DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: A DISCUSSION ON VISUAL ETHICS Organizers: Sara Perry, Terry Wright & Jonathan Marion More than ten years ago Gross, Katz and Ruby published Image Ethics in the Digital Age, a pioneering volume whose topical concerns ? privacy, authenticity, control, access and exposure, as related to the application of visual media ? are arguably just as salient today, if not more so, than in 2003. The ethical dimensions of image use within digital cultures are necessarily fluid and complex, driven by practical needs, institutional frameworks, related regulatory requirements, specific research and intellectual circumstances, not to mention individual and collective moral tenets. The nature of visuality itself has also been extended via digital technologies, therein further complicating our interactions with and applications of visual media. Ethical practice here, then, tends to be necessarily situated, depending upon recursive reflection and constant questioning of one?s research processes, objectives and modes of engagement. This session aims simultaneously to expose practitioners to, and build a resource base of, visual ethics ?in action? in digital contexts. It relies upon two streams: (1)an online forum hosted on the Society for Visual Anthropology?s webpages where, prior to the AAA meetings, contributors will submit short descriptions of the ethical dimensions of their in-progress or recently-completed visual/digital research. These will provide fodder for more extensive debate in: (2)an open, live-streamed presentation and discussion session at the AAA meetings in Washington, DC in December where various contributors to the blog will present either on-site or via Google Hangouts, and contribute in real time to reflections/direct commentary on the online forum itself. The former will provide a stable space within which ethical debates can be added to and developed in the lead up to, during, and after the 2014 meetings. The latter offers a concentrated opportunity to channel the collective wisdom of participants (both at the meetings and online) into the negotiation and rethinking of ethical visual practice in the digital world. Deadline: For those interested in participating, please provide a brief description (max. 150 words) of the particular scenario or issue you wish to contribute to the session as soon as possible, and by 5 April 2014 at the latest. You will also need to indicate whether you plan on presenting in person or via Google Hangout at the AAA meetings in December. Decisions will be made by 10 April, and contributors will need to register for the conference via the AAA?s web-based system by 15 April. All correspondence should be sent to Sara Perry . The session will take the form of a series of brief, 10-minute presentations by participants, culminating in an extended period of group discussion and debate. Contributors will be expected to submit content for the webpages by the beginning of September 2014. Dr Sara Perry Director of Studies, Digital Heritage Director of Studies, Archaeological Information Systems Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management Archaeology, University of York King?s Manor, York, UK, YO1 7EP sara.perry at york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/perry From francesca.musiani at gmail.com Mon Mar 24 04:00:28 2014 From: francesca.musiani at gmail.com (Francesca Musiani) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:00:28 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers, 9th GigaNet Symposium Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Papers for the 9th Annual GigaNet Symposium. Please excuse cross-postings. Kind regards, Francesca Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) CALL FOR PAPERS 9th Annual Symposium 1 September 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its Ninth Annual Symposium, held on 1 September 2014, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey. GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in previous years, the symposium will provide room to discuss current and future questions as well as the challenges encountered and results achieved in global Internet governance. The 2014 GigaNet Symposium offers researchers a timely opportunity to present their work on our rapidly changing field. Conference themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. The program committee welcomes all proposals on topics related to global Internet governance including such themes as: * The WGEC process and outcomes * The WSIS review process and outcomes * The mainstreaming and proliferation of "Internet Governance" * The institutionalization of internet governance * Analysis of the NETmundial meeting * Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance * The ICANN separation roadmap from the NTIA We will continue to provide a venue for emerging scholars in the field by offering select panels. Emerging Scholars are those individuals who have received their Ph.D. within the past three years as well as current doctoral students working on their approved doctoral research. Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in a roundtable format involving business, government and technical community representatives, while emerging scholars will present their work in a more traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters should expect to have conversations about their work with people from a wide range of stakeholder groups. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at the Easy Chair platform: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2014 Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements: ? An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, that describes the paper's main research goal(s) and methodology employed ? A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link to a more detailed CV. ? Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by *15 July 2014*. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program. Process and publication The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform proposal authors of acceptance decisions by email before *1 June 2014*. Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. An online publication with selected papers on the main challenges of Internet Governance is also planned for the Istanbul IGF. Registration The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration will be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: j-laprise at northwestern.edu. -- Francesca Musiani Postdoctoral researcher Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR | Outreach officer, GigaNet Projet ANR ADAM - Architectures distribu?es et applications multim?dias Internet Policy Review @ HIIG Berlin Personal website | Twitter From Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu Mon Mar 24 04:05:33 2014 From: Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu (Nicolas Jullien) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:05:33 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] One month to go! OpenSym (WikiSym) Call for Research Papers In-Reply-To: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> References: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> Message-ID: <5330117D.3090907@telecom-bretagne.eu> Dear colleague, please consider submitting a paper to OpenSym 2014 (formerly WikiSym) in Berlin, Germany, Aug 27-29. In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB, ACM SIGSOFT, archived in the ACM Digital Library. General call for papers: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/general-call/ Track-specific calls for research papers: 1. Open Data: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-data/ 2. Open Educational Resources: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-educational-resources/ 3. Free/Libre/Open Source Software http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-source/ 4. (IT-Driven) Open Innovation: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-innovation/ 5. Wikis and Open Collaboration: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-collab-wikis/ 6. Wikipedia http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/wikipedia/ With kind regards, Nicolas Jullien From lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk Mon Mar 24 05:40:55 2014 From: lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk (Liz Sillence) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:40:55 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Air-L] Funded PhD Health decision making and social media Message-ID: <1395664855.33740.YahooMailNeo@web172001.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University ? ? "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" ? Deadline March 31st 2014 ? The Internet is well established as a major source of health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content is changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of information and advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients are turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health decisions. In addition patients are increasingly ?life logging? - tracking and monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data on weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective reports of mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this information (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which people combine all this information and use it to better understand their own condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. ? Using a mixed method approach and different patient groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand how the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The project will explore the following questions: ? How does increased awareness and monitoring of health variables affect peoples? attitudes towards their health condition and sense of wellbeing? ? How are different sources of information (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer term? ? What are the pathways by which this type of information influences decision making? ? Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - ?no decision about me without me?, how do people want to be able to share, view and monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision making process. ? Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk ? Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. ? To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk ? or by using the application link on the findaphd page http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 From marichal at callutheran.edu Mon Mar 24 07:17:52 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:17:52 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Western Political Science Association Roundtable Message-ID: Colleagues, Anyone in Political Science who happens to be going to the Western Political Science Association in Seattle next month and would like to be part of a methods roundtable on "collecting on-line data," please notify me off list at: marichal at callutheran.edu Thanks, Jose On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Liz Sillence wrote: > Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University > > > "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and > exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert > reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" > > Deadline March 31st 2014 > > The Internet is well established as a major source of > health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content > is > changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of > information and > advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients > are > turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed > patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health > decisions. In addition patients are increasingly 'life logging' - tracking > and > monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data > on > weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective > reports of > mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this > information > (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which > people combine all this information and use it to better understand their > own > condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. > > Using a mixed method approach and different patient > groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active > management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand > how > the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via > mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The > project will explore the following questions: > * How does increased awareness and monitoring of health > variables affect peoples' attitudes towards their health condition and > sense of > wellbeing? > * How are different sources of information > (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer > term? > * What are the pathways by which this type of information > influences decision making? > * Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - 'no > decision about me without me', how do people want to be able to share, > view and > monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision > making > process. > > Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr > Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk > > Applicants should hold a first or upper second class > honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education > institution, > or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, > provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an > IELTS > score of at least 6.5. > > To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate > application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to > hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk > > or by using the application link on the findaphd page > http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From roundtreea at uhd.edu Mon Mar 24 07:43:34 2014 From: roundtreea at uhd.edu (Roundtree, Aimee) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:43:34 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Study Participation: Making Medical Decisions in Uncertainty In-Reply-To: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> References: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC0FE4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC1170@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC117E@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC118B@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11B4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> Message-ID: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11E1@challenger.uhd.campus> I am conducting a study about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers handle uncertainty when they make medical decisions (UHD CPHS #26-14). Please consider volunteering to participate in a brief, online questionnaire where you share your experiences pertaining to uncertainty in medical decision making. Please also consider forwarding this invitation to others in your community who might be willing to participate. CONSUMERS, PATIENTS, FAMILIES: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GVMGDW HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GC5NJ7 Your participation will help improve models for making more effective healthcare decision products. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at roundtreea at uhd.edu or 713-222-5315. Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Master of Science in Technical Communication University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street, 1045-South Houston, TX 77002 713-222-5315 roundtreea at uhd.edu From mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 08:20:16 2014 From: mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk (Mark Mckenna) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:20:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Registration now open - 1984: Freedom and Censorship in the Media Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open and conference passes are now available from the University of Sunderland's online shop. Booking is available until the 31th of March and can be accessed by following this link: http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk/?page_id=350 Should you require any further information about the event please visit our site http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 24 14:02:58 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:02:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. Lori Kendall President, AoIR prez at aoir.org From rforno at infowarrior.org Mon Mar 24 14:11:23 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:11:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 In-Reply-To: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: Two awesome locations, Lori ? thanks for the VERY advanced notice!! ? rick, marking his calendar --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. On Mar 24, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Kendall, Lori wrote: > The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. > > We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. > > Lori Kendall > President, AoIR > prez at aoir.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From mbwm at uic.edu Mon Mar 24 14:46:28 2014 From: mbwm at uic.edu (Mary Beth Watson-Manheim) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:46:28 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Applications: 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: The OCIS division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2014 Doctoral Consortium, to be held in Philadelphia PA on August 1, 2014. The consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network, receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications, Information Science or Information Systems are invited to apply. Confirmed faculty advisers include: Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Jennifer Gibbs, Rutgers University Massimo Magni, Bocconi University Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois at Chicago Travel support will be provided for students who are admitted to the consortium. Acceptance to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials. Preference for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be represented. The application includes: 1) A 5-page, double-spaced, 12-point abstract of the proposed dissertation research 2) A letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student?s participation in the Doctoral Consortium. The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is 21 April 2014. Please email all application materials as attachments in one email to: mbwm.ocis.aom at gmail.com For questions, please contact Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (mbwm at uic.edu), the 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair. And please pass this note on to any doctoral students you know who might be interested. -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 24 18:14:30 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:14:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Message-ID: fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:54:55 +0000 From: Moira Burke To: "wellman at chass.utoronto.ca" Subject: CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Hi, Barry. Would you mind posting this to the listservs for CITASA and SOCNET? Moira __________________________________________ CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ??? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ??? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ??? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ??? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ??? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ??? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ??? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ??? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ??? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au Mon Mar 24 20:05:05 2014 From: mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au (Mathieu.O'Neil) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:05:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks Message-ID: <1303328F7CCDAA4996C62D32CA4F0C1F1AE5F3D7@VERONA.ucstaff.win.canberra.edu.au> *apologies for multiple posts* Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra Wednesday 27 August 2014 In this research practice-oriented workshop graduate students and early-career researchers will have the opportunity to present their work (including work-in-progress) and obtain feedback from a panel of specialists. A particular focus of the workshop will be to assess to what extent the methodological and conceptual tools used to analyse online communities can be applied to the personal networking behaviour of social media users. Specialist panel: Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia Associate Professor Robert Ackland, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University Associate Professor Mathieu O'Neil, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Panel members will discuss some of the latest conceptual and methodological developments in web social science, social network analysis, and online field theory. In addition, the workshop will represent an opportunity to explore connections and confrontations with: -content analysis -critical and feminist approaches -diffusion and information cascades -frame analysis -issue ballistics -mixed methods -organizational behaviour -sentiment analysis -social influence Applicants are encouraged to focus on key characteristics of online communities and networks, including but not limited to: -activist, diasporic and health communities -codes of conduct, rules and norms -emergence and disappearance -influentials and followers -mobilization and engagement -participant capabilities and skills -personal and collective identity -topologies of online communities Submission process: Proposals should be emailed to Mathieu O'Neil by 31 May 2014. As the research may not be complete, we do not expect abstracts to include all findings and conclusions. However abstracts should outline what kind of findings and conclusions the authors expect to present. Specifically the abstract should include: -the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s) -a title -a description of the paper's core topic, case, and/or argument -the methodological approach and theoretical background -the paper's relevance to related academic literature -expected findings or conclusions Proposal length should not exceed 400 words. More information can be found at the Workshop webpage: http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media-research-centre/events/concepts-and-methods-workshop From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 25 02:35:54 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD_seminar_=27Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F=92?= Message-ID: ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 March*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? (Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014) has been extended to Monday 31 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract which can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. The lectures and the lecturers: ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Br?gger ------------------------------------------------------------ PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol: http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu Tue Mar 25 05:36:29 2014 From: Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu (Eric Gordon) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:36:29 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Submissions - Civic Media Reader (MIT Press) Message-ID: <03EB0F88-B961-4F4A-9013-9145CAB1A456@emerson.edu> There is a groundswell of activity in the fields of civic engagement and technologies coming from a wide range of academic and practical disciplines. But there is no volume that attempts to pull this work together under a single umbrella. The Civic Media Reader (MIT Press, 2015), edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis, will provide a thorough exploration of the relationship between citizens, technologies and engagement in a global context and serve as a shared framework for this emerging discipline. The book is divided into five sections? Big Picture, Modes of Engagement, Institutions and Organizations, Activism and Participation, and Methods and Collaborations? each with a host of sections that investigate how civic technologies are affecting certain policy domains, civic practices, or facilitating more efficient or meaningful participation in contemporary society. To support and enrich these theoretical chapters, we are looking for case studies in the various fields and disciplines in which civic technologies and corresponding practices have developed since the turn of the 21st Century. A case study presents a detailed look at a particular organization, use of technology, or methodology which highlights a unique aspect of contemporary civics. Our submissions page is www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/submitcase. Cases will take two forms: written, descriptive pieces about 1000 words in length or multimedia cases (e.g. annotated video, audio clip, image timeline, slideshow, etc.). Successful cases will offer an overview of the organization, method, intervention or tool, and will connect it to t1he larger themes of the chapter intended to include it. Examples of cases might include Kony2012, the Harry Potter Alliance, the Civic Cloud Collaborative, Nation Builder, E-Democracy, EngagethePower.org, or Change.org. About 30 1000-word cases will be published in the print book and multimedia cases will be made available on a companion website to be launched around the time of the book?s publication. The book?s online companion will be authored on Scalar (http://scalar.usc.edu/scalar/). Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that is designed to make it easy for authors to create born-digital scholarship. These multimedia submissions will facilitate discussion about the chapters online and offer a more interactive digital perspective on their themes and ideas. If you intend to submit a multimedia submission, please indicate it on the form. For all submissions, please specify which chapter your case is intended to accompany. We are asking for 100-word proposals by April 25, 2014. Authors will be notified in early May. Final cases will be due by June 30. For further information about the project, please visit www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/thebook or email marissa_koors at emerson.edu. Thank you very much. Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis From fichman at indiana.edu Tue Mar 25 06:48:35 2014 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:48:35 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Message-ID: <90B613DA-A4C1-49A6-A1F0-A200961DAD32@indiana.edu> [Apologies for cross-posting] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Track: Internet and the Digital Economy Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Research that considers the impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on organizational work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman at indiana.edu Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider at wu.ac.at Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel at american.edu About HICSS conferences: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: * A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. * Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. * A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. * A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). * Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. * Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. * A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. * Best Paper Awards in each track which recognize superior research performance. * HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: * June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. * Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. * Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625 * Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014) * Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified. * Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference) From amyj at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 25 07:43:27 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:43:27 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From giladlotan at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 09:51:00 2014 From: giladlotan at gmail.com (Gilad Lotan) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:51:00 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] betaworks data science - summer internships [NYC] Message-ID: I know this is a *tad* late, but in case any of you (or your students) find this interesting. The data science team at betaworks is looking for summer interns. This is a paid position in NYC. betaworks is a technology studio, building new products, growing companies and seed investing. Tweetdeck, bitly, SocialFlow and Chartbeat launched out of betaworks over the past couple of years. We're currently incubating 11 startups, and are working with a wide array of data streams - social data, sharing, information consumption, news, weather, multi-media, etc. We're committed to get summer projects published either on our blog, or in academic journals. More information here - http://data.betaworks.com/betaworks-data-summer-internships/ Thanks! Gilad | @gilgul From joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu Tue Mar 25 13:12:50 2014 From: joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu (Anderson, Joel Neville) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:12:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] InVisible Culture, Issue 20: "Ecologies" Launch Message-ID: <222D0033-DCE8-429B-A382-246AB4DD30A9@rochester.edu> Dear Air-L Subscribers, InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi, and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue Please also note that IVC is still accepting submissions to Issue 22, ?Opacity,? whose CFP can be found at the link below. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity IVC is a student-run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. InVisible Culture 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu From amyj at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 26 03:22:05 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:22:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From tiltons at ohio.edu Wed Mar 26 05:44:55 2014 From: tiltons at ohio.edu (Tilton, Shane) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:44:55 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Message-ID: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org From robin at ruc.dk Wed Mar 26 06:15:54 2014 From: robin at ruc.dk (Robin Cheesman) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:15:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] P? vegne af Tilton, Shane Sendt: 26 March 2014 07:45 Til: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Emne: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From jallenh at essex.ac.uk Wed Mar 26 06:19:43 2014 From: jallenh at essex.ac.uk (Allen-Robertson, James) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:19:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. --? Dr. James Allen-Robertson Lecturer in Media and Communication Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ 01206 87(2273) Jallenh at essex.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From juan at juanmonroy.com Wed Mar 26 08:28:48 2014 From: juan at juanmonroy.com (Juan Monroy) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:28:48 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Message-ID: <35C943F0-C1B7-4DE3-BFE1-B5471CBAEEF0@juanmonroy.com> I'd also be a bit suspicious of the mailing address. There's not a lot of publishing houses in the Inwood section of Manhattan. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:19 AM, "Allen-Robertson, James" wrote: > > Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ > > They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. > > -- > > Dr. James Allen-Robertson > Lecturer in Media and Communication > Dept. of Sociology, > University of Essex, > Wivenhoe Park, > Colchester, > Essex, > CO4 3SQ > 01206 87(2273) > Jallenh at essex.ac.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane > Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > Hey gang, > > For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. > > Shane Tilton > > > Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, > > This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper > titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. > > We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. > And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. > If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. > Expect to get your reply soon. > > The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 > Descriptions > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. > > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: > ? Google Scholar > ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA > ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway > > Guidelines for Authors > 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. > 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. > 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. > 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. > > Editorial Procedures > All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. > > Best Regards, > Emma Woo > Editor Office > Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company > 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org > Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 > > Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 26 10:23:41 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:23:41 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] #ELD14 Goes National Message-ID: The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference already has attendees from more US States than last year! We're thrilled to welcome folks from CA, IL, IN, MD, TN, TX, UT, DC, and of course NY and NJ - oh, and how could we forget our friends from Quebec, Canada! Join us on May 30th! Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140327 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From bury417 at yahoo.ca Wed Mar 26 11:27:54 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:27:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> Message-ID: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> That is a disturbingly long list. Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University rbury at athabascu.ca ________________________________ From: Robin Cheesman To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ From dave at hearsayculture.com Wed Mar 26 12:20:17 2014 From: dave at hearsayculture.com (Dave Levine) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:20:17 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3288B789-553C-4D24-95AB-DE5C38BB0F30@hearsayculture.com> It is a scam: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/on-david-publishing-once-again.html. Thx Best Dave Sent from my iPhone. All typos are Apple's fault. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote: > > That is a disturbingly long list. > Rhiannon > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University > rbury at athabascu.ca > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robin Cheesman > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > > David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From joly at punkcast.com Wed Mar 26 12:27:32 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:27:32 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] OTI Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2014 PRESS RELEASE Open Technology Institute Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project with Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute WASHINGTON, DC --Together with the Global Public Policy Institute< http://www.gppi.net/news/news_item/article/gppi-launches-joint-project-on-freedom-and-security-in-the-digital-age/> in Germany, New America's Open Technology Institute has launched a new project called "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age." Over the next two years, the project will bring together experts from the United States and Europe to debate and research the balance between security and freedom. "At a time of significant Transatlantic tension on this topic, it is especially important that we build pathways for reasoned, research-driven international dialogue on controversial issues such as Internet governance, fragmentation, and cybersecurity," said Tim Maurer, research fellow at New America's Open Technology Institute. "We hope that our work in partnership with the Global Public Policy Institute can help provide fresh answers to tough questions about the future, at this critical juncture in the development of the global and open Internet." The project, which will take place over the course of 2014 and 2015, will produce two policy papers, a conference in Washington DC, and regular policy breakfasts and is a unique opportunity to address some difficult challenges at a very critical time in Transatlantic relations. Experts from the Open Technology Institute and GPPi will write the two papers. In the first, the authors will examine proposals by governments on how to re-engineer the Internet to ensure "technological sovereignty" in response to concerns over US surveillance in the context of the Internet's continued expansion. In the second paper, the authors will craft policy recommendations to ensure a free and open Internet in the event of a major cyber incident. In addition, regular articles, op-eds and blog posts will make the key project-findings accessible to a broader audience. "GPPi is very happy to partner with New America's OTI," said Thorsten Benner, co-founder and director of GPPi. "We look forward to informing the policy debates on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond during this critical stage in the development of global internet politics." The project relies on the knowledge of professionals working in various sectors (government, business, civil society and academia) as well as disciplines (politics, law and computer science). A high-level steering committee made up of senior policymakers, academics and private sector representatives from the US and Europe advises the project team. The project is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Learn more about the themes and people involved here< http://www.digitaldebates.org/home/>. ### For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jenny Mallamo, Media Relations Associate, at mallamo at newamerica.org or (202) 596-3368. About New America New America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. To learn more, please visit us online at www.newamerica.org or follow us on Twitter @NewAmerica. About the Open Technology Institute The Open Technology Institute (OTI) is a global pioneer in developing innovative communications technologies and policies to enable communities to fully participate in the global economy, and freely shape their democracies. To learn more, please visit us online at http://oti.newamerica.org and on Twitter @OTI. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu Wed Mar 26 13:22:21 2014 From: jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu (Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl)) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:22:21 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FW: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please consider taking action?this is a serious issue facing the social sciences. From: ASA Public Affairs [mailto:public.affairs at asanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:15 PM To: Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl) Subject: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds Members of the American Sociological Association: I am writing to encourage you to write your U.S. Representative immediately and ask them to oppose the FIRST Act (H.R. 4186), which serves as reauthorization legislation for the National Science Foundation (NSF). For the first time ASA is making it very easy for you to do this through a new online system! There are a number of potentially very damaging provisions in this bill for sociologists. Of particular concern to the social and behavioral science community is the proposal to cut NSF?s Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate by more than $50 million?over 22 percent. The bill also seeks to micromanage the grant application process and limits the number of awards that can be made to principal investigators, undermining the merit review process that successfully determines the very best science worthy of taxpayer support. It would also place a greater burden on NSF regarding its already-gold standard merit review process and require additional, potentially duplicative, public disclosure of research grants. Your input to Congress is needed now. The bill will soon be considered by the full House Science Committee. Join others in our social science community who are taking action by visiting the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Action Center. It provides up-to-date information and an easy way to contact your House member now and ask that he or she oppose the FIRST Act. The COSSA Action Center provides ASA members and other COSSA member social scientists a way to understand and act on important federal science policy concerns. We can no longer sit on the sidelines as issues vital to sustaining social science research are being debated. We must become vocal, convincing public officials that social science research is a critical public good. If you have not done so already, I urge you to go to the COSSA Action Center to sign up and take action. [https://ams.enoah.com/Portals/30/images/SHSigBlueSmall.jpg] Sally T. Hillsman, PhD Executive Officer To unsubscribe from future ASA calls for action, go to http://asa.enoah.com/Home/OptOut/tabid/13303/Code/CFA/ContactID/23934/Default.aspx/. [http://ams.enoah.com/DesktopModules/NOAH_Common/Pages/onOpen.ashx?DB=ASA&CID=K7fmgfffhhijji&ETC=KGECFA0314] From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:11:31 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:11:31 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con mucho cari?o. Eduardo On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.ukby > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) > or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk ), and please > check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, > USA > October 30 - November 1, 2014 > What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the > emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing > work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics > practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the > conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, > scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a > proposal.< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Online+Submission> > We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media > installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, > illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics > conversation.Apply to be a > particpant< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Apply+to+the+Roundtable > > > in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & > what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, > 2014.Cultural > Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the > things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, > web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to > emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and > theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those > frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic > Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, > Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics > covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central > home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural > Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural > Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American > Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. > > -- > PhD Student > Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures > > Writing Center Satellite Coordinator > Michigan State University > 300 Bessey Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > philbratta at gmail.com > http://www.philbratta.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 > ************************************** > From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:17:17 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:17:17 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry, I hope this is caught in time. An obvious error from my part. On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Eduardo Villanueva wrote: > Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con > mucho cari?o. > > Eduardo > > On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University > > From davis5jl at jmu.edu Wed Mar 26 17:06:30 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:06:30 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ From aherman at wlu.ca Thu Mar 27 03:08:19 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:08:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: <5333C0540200003F0007FDAD@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Ummm. I just tried the link to the program and it did not work. Can you repost? Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 >>> "Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl" 03/26/14 8:06 PM >>> Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From da at unc.edu Thu Mar 27 13:59:43 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:59:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] UNC-Chapel Hill Multimedia Bootcamp & Interactive Workshop | May 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D88ED5D@ITS-MSXMBS2M.ad.unc.edu> Attend a UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Workshop in May 2014 Join UNC professors and top professionals for an intensive, five-day, project-based learning experience with the 2014 Interactive Designer Workshop and the 2014 Multimedia Bootcamp. Both programs will be held the week of May 12-16, 2014 at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Chapel Hill, NC. Only a few spots remain. To secure your place in the program, register now! The Multimedia Bootcamp (http://bootcamp.jomc.unc.edu/) is designed for professional communicators and journalists who seek an immersive workshop experience in documentary video storytelling. The intensive, hands-on training environment introduces participants to project planning strategies, video content gathering, visual composition, audio recording, interviewing techniques for character-driven storytelling and non-linear video editing. The workshop covers all you need to know from the moment you press record through the click to export your final video. Multimedia Bootcamp registration: http://tinyurl.com/k9gz5zu The Interactive Designer Workshop (http://innovativeinteractivity.com/workshops/) is a project-based learning program that teaches both technical skills and how to design for an interactive user experience.? This workshop is custom-tailored to equip graphic designers who want to create interactive infographics using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (jQuery). The greatest certainty facing the publishing and communication industry is change. There are many graphic designers and artists who are eager to create interactive graphics in this changing world but have not had the time or resources to build those skills. Interactive Designer Workshop registration: http://tinyurl.com/kob6odz Questions??Contact Michael Penny at?mpenny at email.unc.edu?or (919) 843-2573. Cordially, Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://jomc.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat ************************* From davis5jl at jmu.edu Fri Mar 28 06:00:13 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:00:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web Program (Link Check) Message-ID: Hi all, I recently sent a link for the Theorizing the Web 2014 program (now live!). Some on this listserv had trouble with the link. Here it is again: http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/2014/program Please let me know if you are unable to open it. We Look forward to seeing you all soon!! Best, Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis From luishestres at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 11:19:19 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 From S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk Fri Mar 28 12:07:04 2014 From: S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk (S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:07:04 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <79AC3358588DEE4594F8EB99EEAAB04C31DB9B@EXMBOXA2.lse.ac.uk> Hi Luis Two articles that you may find of interest: Lewis, K., Gray, K. and Meierhenrich, j. (2014). The Structure of Online Activism. Sociological Science Online. Vol 1, February 2014. Koffman, O. and Gill, R (2013). ?The revolution will be led by a 12 year old girl? 1: Girl power and global biopolitics, Feminist Review, 105. Best wishes, Shani Dr Shani Orgad Associate Professor Department of Media and Communications LSE e-mail: s.s.orgad at lse.ac.uk tel: +44 20 7955 6493 http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media at lse/whosWho/shaniorgad.htm Recent Book: Media Representation and the Global Imagination, Polity (2012) http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745643795 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Luis Hestres Sent: 28 March 2014 18:19 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer From soates at umd.edu Fri Mar 28 12:32:38 2014 From: soates at umd.edu (Sarah Ann Oates) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:32:38 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <08FA87A2-9116-432A-8609-430A5577FDB5@umd.edu> Mary Joyce (ed) Digital Activism Decoded, particularly good for undergrad course, you can download it for free online (I am pretty sure legally). On Mar 28, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Luis Hestres wrote: Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Sarah Oates Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100L Knight Hall College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301-405-4510 Email: soates at umd.edu www.media-politics.com See an excerpt from my new book -- Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere, 2013, Oxford University Press at http://goo.gl/HTcDd From bbirregah at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 16:33:14 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:33:14 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] URGENT need for a 5-6 months internship at UTT, France Message-ID: Dear all, Please distribute this announcement to your contacts which can be interested. 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From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 28 23:50:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:50:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Speakers Open - Internet@Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 Message-ID: A little off-beam, but I hope of interest to some. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [image: Internet at Schools Track at IL2014] October 27 - 28, 2014 Monterey Conference Center | Monterey, CA A Featured Track at: [image: Internet Librarian 2014] *Call for Speakers is Open* *This is your chance to share your ideas!* The *Internet at Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 *is a 2-day track created especially for library media and technology specialists and other educators who are using the internet and technology in K?12 schools. 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Internet at Schools Track Organizers *David Hoffman* Editor, Internet at Schools magazine hoffmand at infotoday.com *Carolyn Foote* Librarian, Westlake High School Austin, Texas technolibrary at gmail.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From ekoltsova at hse.ru Sat Mar 29 02:08:58 2014 From: ekoltsova at hse.ru (=?windows-1251?B?yu7r/Pbu4uAgxevl7eAg3vD85eLt4A==?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:08:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: social media & social movements conference Message-ID: Dear all, everyone is welcom to our conf on socail media and social movements, Olessia Koltsova ?Social Media and Social Movements? September 18-19, St. Petersburg, Russia CALL FOR PAPERS The Laboratory for Internet Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for its second conference on the Internet and social media, titled ?Social Media and Social Movements,? to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 18-19, 2014. The rise of social media simultaneously opened new opportunities for ?traditional? (face-to-face) social movements and proved a platform for online movements that have weak (if any) offline activities. The relationship between social media and social movements calls for revision of ?classic? research topics that have been studied by social movement scholars (e.g. the role of social media in mobilization, protest and coalitions building), as well as a reflection on completely new questions that have resulted from the emergence of online movements (e.g. what is the social space of online-movements, what are the forms of virtual activities). The conference is aimed at the emerging ? and vibrant ? interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in digital society ? a society where social life is embedded in rapidly developing communication technologies and media. This year, we focus on how social movements have been transformed by user-generated online activities and what impact these transformed movements have had on broader social processes. Specifically, we plan to discuss the impact of social media on social movements with regards to resource mobilization, collective action frames, construction of collective identities, and (possible) radicalization. Other topics include but are not limited to social media and political participation, the role of social media in street protests, global social movements, repertoires of online activism, social media and social movement outcomes, the social space of online movements, and methodological developments in research on social media and social movements. We welcome abstracts on any of the above topics, and any other topics that analyze relationships between social media and social movements. Abstracts of proposed papers should be no more than 300 words in length. Abstracts must include the name of the proposer, title, his/her affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses. Keynote speakers Robert Ackland, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks, Australian National University Maria Petrova, Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona Keynote of practice: (to be announced) International program committee: Sandra Gonzales-Bailon, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Earl, Center for Information Technology and Society, University of Arizona Peng Hwa Ang, Singapore Internet Research Center Ivan Klimov, Center for New Media and Society, New Economic School, Moscow Samuel Greene, King?s college Russia Institute, London, UK Benjamin Lind, Department of sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Nikita Basov, Centre for German and European Studies, St. Petersburg State University Peter Meylakhs, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Olessia Koltsova, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Local program and organizing committee: Peter Meylakhs (Chair) Olessia Koltsova Svetlana Bodrunova Sergey Nikolenko Sergei Koltcov Nora Kirkizh Galina Selivanova Daria Yudenkova Requirements for submission could be found at the Registration page. There is no registration fee. Deadline for submissions is May 20, 2014. Notifications of acceptance: June 16, 2014 Extended abstracts of three pages (to be published on the conference website) should be submitted by August 16, 2014 The conference website: http://linisevents.hse.ru/ Home page of Laboratory for Internet Studies: http://linis.hse.ru/ From julian.hopkins at monash.edu Sat Mar 29 06:40:47 2014 From: julian.hopkins at monash.edu (Julian Hopkins) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:40:47 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: No syllabi, but these may be useful: Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September 2012). and (beware: self-promotion) Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins Lecturer School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia www.sass.monash.edu.my Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > From: Luis Hestres > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > build my own course. > > Thanks! > > Luis > > - - - - - > Luis E. Hestres > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > From fulvio.frati at unimi.it Sat Mar 29 07:22:10 2014 From: fulvio.frati at unimi.it (Fulvio Frati) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:22:10 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] [SPE 2014] Submission deadline extended (April 12, 2014) Message-ID: <003501cf4b5a$4650e440$d2f2acc0$@unimi.it> ***Submission Deadline April 12, 2014 (11:59 PM American Samoa time)*** [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE 4th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Engineering One day between June 27-July 2, 2014, at Hilton Anchorage, Alaska, USA Co-located with IEEE SERVICES 2014 (http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/) Workshop Web page: http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ ========================================================================== =========== Description =========== Built upon the success of spectrum of conferences within the IEEE World Congress on Services, the Security and Privacy Engineering (SPE 2014) workshop is a unique place to exchange ideas of engineering secure systems in the context of service computing, cloud computing, and big data analytics. The emphasis on engineering in security and privacy of services differentiates the workshop from other traditional prestigious security and privacy workshops, symposiums, and conferences. The practicality and value realization are examined by practitioners from leading industries as well as scientists from academia. In line with the engineering spirit, we solicit original papers on building secure service systems that can be applied to government procurement, digital medical records, cloud environments, social networking for business purposes, multimedia application, mobile commerce, education, and the like. Potential contributions could cover, but are not limited to, methodologies, protocols, tools, or verification and validation techniques. We also welcome review papers that analyze critically the status of current Security and Privacy (S&P) in a specific area. Papers from practitioners who encounter security and privacy problems and seek understanding are also welcome. Topics of interests of SPE 2014 include, but are not limited to: - S&P Engineering of Service-Based Applications - Security Engineering of Service Compositions - Practical Approaches to Security Engineering of Services - Privacy-Aware Service Engineering - Industrial and Real Use Cases in S&P Engineering of (Cloud) Services - S&P Engineering of Cloud Services - Auditing and Assessment - Assurance and Certification - Security Management and Governance - Privacy Enforcement in Clouds and Services - Cybersecurity Issues of Clouds and Services - Validation and Verification of S&P in Clouds and Services - Applied Cryptography for S&P in Clouds and Services - S&P Testing in Clouds and Services - Security and Privacy Modeling - Socio-Economics and Compliance - Education and Awareness - Big Data S&P Engineering =============== Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Due: April 12, 2014 *FIRM DEADLINE* Decision Notification (Electronic): April 24, 2014 Camera-Ready Copy & Pre-registration Due: May 1, 2014 ================ Paper Submission ================ Authors are invited to submit full papers (about 8 pages) or short papers (about 4 pages) as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (download Word templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_8.5x11x2.zip or LaTeX templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip). The submitted papers can only be in the format of PDF or WORD. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers, respectively. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the workshop and present the paper. All papers must be submitted via the confhub submission system for the SPE workshop (http://confhub.com/). First time users need to register with the system first (see these instructions for details http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/submission.html). All the accepted papers by the workshops will be included in the Proceedings of the IEEE 10th World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2014) which will be published by IEEE Computer Society. =============== Workshop Chairs =============== - Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Meiko Jensen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Zhixiong Chen, Mercy College, NY, USA - Ernesto Damiani, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy ================= Program Committee ================= - Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany - Rasool Asal, British Telecommunications, UK - Jens-atthias Bohli, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany - Bud Br?gger, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany - Ali Chettih, Pivot Point Security, Mercy College NY, USA - Frances Cleary, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland - Quiang Duan, Penn State at Abington, USA - Massimo Felici, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA - Christopher Frenz, CTO at See-Thru, USA - Atsuhiro Goto, Institute of Information Security, Japan - Nils Gruschka, University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany - Marit Hansen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Patrick Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada - Luigi Lo Iacono, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany - Florian Kerschbaum, SAP Research Karlsruhe, Germany - Zhiqiang Lin, UT Dallas, USA - J?rg Schwenk, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany - Wei Tan, IBM, USA - Jong Yoon, Mercy College, USA - Yingzhou Zhang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China =============== Publicity Chair =============== - Fulvio Frati, Universit? degli studi di Milano, Italy More information available at http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ From tobbuerger at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 08:40:31 2014 From: tobbuerger at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tobias_B=FCrger?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:40:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. Best, Tobias Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. *Health Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. -------- Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media and Communication Design eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins : > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September > 2012). > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > Regards, > Julian > > ++++++++++ > Dr Julian Hopkins > Lecturer > School of Arts & Social Sciences > Monash University Malaysia > www.sass.monash.edu.my > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > From: Luis Hestres > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi all, > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > you > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > syllabi > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > > build my own course. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Luis > > > > - - - - - > > Luis E. Hestres > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > Winding, > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From rodrigo.davies at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 10:29:18 2014 From: rodrigo.davies at gmail.com (Rodrigo Davies) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:29:18 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be helpful: http://bit.ly/netmovements14 Best, R On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > Best, > > Tobias > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > *Health > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > -------- > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > and Communication Design > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > >: > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > September > > 2012). > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > Regards, > > Julian > > > > ++++++++++ > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > Lecturer > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > Monash University Malaysia > > www.sass.monash.edu.my > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > you > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > syllabi > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > can > > > build my own course. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > - - - - - > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > LinkedIn ( > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > Winding, > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Ass -- -- Rodrigo Davies MIT Center for Civic Media T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies From seda at nyu.edu Sat Mar 29 11:17:16 2014 From: seda at nyu.edu (Seda Gurses) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:17:16 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 more of her work here: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam sounds like a great course, good luck! s. On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > helpful: > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > Best, > R > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > >> Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tobias >> >> >> >> Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: >> Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of >> Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. >> >> Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: >> An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public >> Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. >> >> Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. >> *Health >> Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. >> >> Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are >> Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. >> >> Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of >> Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of >> Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. >> >> Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through >> online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. >> >> >> >> -------- >> >> Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media >> and Communication Design >> eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger >> >> >> >> 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins >>> : >> >>> No syllabi, but these may be useful: >>> >>> Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: >>> Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of >>> Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: >>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 >> September >>> 2012). >>> >>> and (beware: self-promotion) >>> >>> Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the >>> Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, >>> Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Julian >>> >>> ++++++++++ >>> Dr Julian Hopkins >>> Lecturer >>> School of Arts & Social Sciences >>> Monash University Malaysia >>> www.sass.monash.edu.my >>> Blog: www.julianhopkins.net >>> Twitter: @julianhopkins >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 >>>> From: Luis Hestres >>>> To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" >>>> Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? >>>> Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If >>> you >>>> are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your >>> syllabi >>>> or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I >> can >>>> build my own course. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Luis >>>> >>>> - - - - - >>>> Luis E. Hestres >>>> Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University >>>> More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or >> LinkedIn ( >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( >>>> https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( >>>> http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) >>>> >>>> "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are >>>> rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a >>> Winding, >>>> Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff >>>> Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Ass > > > > -- > -- > Rodrigo Davies > MIT Center for Civic Media > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk Sat Mar 29 13:51:00 2014 From: A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk (Anastasia Kavada) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:51:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <53c70161f57943eea9f8e9feced57f8d@DB4PR07MB283.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> Hi Luis, You can also try the following: Bennett, L. W. and Segerberg, A.( 2012). The Logic of Connective Action. Information , Communication & Society, 15(5), pp. 793-768. Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A. and McCurdy, P. (2103) Mediation and Protest Movements Mediation and Social Movements, Bristol: Intellect. Fenton, N. and Barassi, V. (2011) Alternative media and social networking sites: The politics of individuation and political participation. The Communication Review 14(3): 179-196. Gerbaudo, P. (2012) Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism. Pluto Press. Juris, J. S. (2012) Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist 39(2): 259-279. Karpf, D. (2013) The Moveon Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy. Oxford University Press. Kavada, A. (2012) 'Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace'. MedieKultur 52: 28-48. Available at: http://bit.ly/1iM2wD4 Mattoni, A. (2012) Media Practices and Protest Politics: How Precarious Workers Mobilize. Ashgate. Milan, S. (2013) Social movements and their technologies: Wiring social change. Palgrave Macmillan. The Social Movement Studies special issue on 'Occupy!' (volume 11, issues 3-4) has some good pieces on the Occupy movement and social media (e.g. Gaby and Caren,2012; Constanza-Chock, 2012) Best wishes, Anastasia Kavada Senior Lecturer Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Westminster Twitter: @AnastasiaKavada www.digitalprotest.net The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. From lori.emerson at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 14:53:43 2014 From: lori.emerson at gmail.com (Lori Emerson) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:53:43 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] announcing the publication of the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media Message-ID: Dear all, I'm very happy to announce that our Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is now out (edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Benjamin Robertson, and myself). We're hoping very much to line up reviews - to that end, please let me know if you're interested and have a journal in mind and I'll arrange to have a copy sent to you. I would also be grateful if you'd help spread the word. The JHUP website is down at the moment for maintenance but you can find information on the guidebook on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Johns-Hopkins-Guide-Digital-Media/dp/1421412241) and I have also posted a list of contributors and entry titles on my blog ( http://loriemerson.net/2011/08/10/johns-hopkins-guide-to-digital-media/). yours, sincerely, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com From luishestres at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 22:51:47 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:51:47 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> References: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for all the great suggestions, everyone! - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 On Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Seda Gurses wrote: > miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 > > more of her work here: > http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam > > sounds like a great course, good luck! > s. > > > On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > > > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > > helpful: > > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > > > Best, > > R > > > > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > > > > > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Tobias > > > > > > > > > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > > > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > > > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > > > > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > > > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > > > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > > > > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > > > *Health > > > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > > > > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > > > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > > > > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > > > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > > > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > > > > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > > > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- > > > > > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > > > and Communication Design > > > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk (mailto:tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk) | @TobiasBuerger > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > > > > > > > > > > September > > > > 2012). > > > > > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > ++++++++++ > > > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > > > Lecturer > > > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > > > Monash University Malaysia > > > > www.sass.monash.edu.my (http://www.sass.monash.edu.my) > > > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net (http://www.julianhopkins.net) > > > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com (mailto:7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com)> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > > > you > > > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > > > > > > > syllabi > > > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can > > > > > build my own course. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > > > > > - - - - - > > > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LinkedIn ( > > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > > > > > > > > > > > > Winding, > > > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Ass > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Rodrigo Davies > > MIT Center for Civic Media > > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies (http://doodle.com/rodrigodavies) > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > From hk at monkprayogshala.in Sun Mar 30 20:41:23 2014 From: hk at monkprayogshala.in (hk at monkprayogshala.in) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:41:23 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Public Gossip Scale Message-ID: <001a11c2a10e54bc1004f5ded36c@google.com> Hello, Do spare 10 mins to participate in a study about gossiping behaviour. 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Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago, US Porn Studies will play an important role in encouraging deeper, more considered critical thinking about an incredibly complex and widely misunderstood cultural phenomenon. At a time when simplistic discourses circulate around pornography, often occupying binary positions between ?pro? and ?anti?, ?sex positive? and ?sex negative?, serious studies of this area have become increasingly necessary. Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. 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Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: http://bit.ly/rprncfp **************************************************************** ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html **************************************************************** From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Mon Mar 31 06:16:20 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665@martha.daybyday.de> Dear colleagues, The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, has been extended. Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 Best wishes, Steffen Albrecht ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET From: Steffen Albrecht To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience ? Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universit?t Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- From bury417 at yahoo.ca Mon Mar 31 08:49:20 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions Message-ID: <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo@web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Hi folks These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? Best, Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University, Canada's Open University rbury at athabascau.ca From javier at socialmediasociology.com Mon Mar 31 10:46:13 2014 From: javier at socialmediasociology.com (Javier de Rivera) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300@socialmediasociology.com> Hi everybody, This Call for Paper can be of your interest: http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 For English, click the UK flag. Best regards, Javier de Rivera. From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:33:54 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics Message-ID: Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you recomend me some books/readings about it? I?m focusing in this two perspectives: 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. Thanks in advance, -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From lfloridi at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:38:47 2014 From: lfloridi at gmail.com (Luciano Floridi) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F@gmail.com> You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: http://miguelsicart.net/ Best wishes, Luciano __________________________________________ Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford PA Mrs. Julia Farquet julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From robert.peaslee at ttu.edu Mon Mar 31 11:45:57 2014 From: robert.peaslee at ttu.edu (Peaslee, Robert) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Alejandro, I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu Best, rp ________________________________________ Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. Associate Professor College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series robert.peaslee at ttu.edu P: (806) 834-2562 F: (806) 742-1085 MS 3082 Lubbock, TX 79409 http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >recomend me some books/readings about it? >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > >Thanks in advance, > >-- >Alejandro Tortolini >http://dooid.me/aletor >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ From nicolesunday at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 12:13:28 2014 From: nicolesunday at gmail.com (Nicole Grove) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. Best, Nicole Grove PhD Candidate Johns Hopkins University https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >-- > >Alejandro Tortolini > >http://dooid.me/aletor > >_______________________________________________ > >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From lpotts at msu.edu Mon Mar 31 12:34:14 2014 From: lpotts at msu.edu (Liza Potts) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4@msu.edu> Hi AOIR, Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) Please find the full CFP here: http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ Best, Liza (and Michael) _________________________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Senior Researcher at WIDE Research Assistant Professor Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:35:48 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? Alejandro. 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From patrick.davison at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:46:50 2014 From: patrick.davison at gmail.com (Patrick Davison) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my favorite posts are: http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: "Death of the Player") On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good > if > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > Best, > > Nicole Grove > > PhD Candidate > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert >wrote: > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > might > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > His > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > >> > >> Best, > >> rp > >> ________________________________________ > >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > >> Associate Professor > >> College of Media & Communication > >> Texas Tech University > >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > >> > >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > >> > >> MS 3082 > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > >> > >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > the > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > >> > >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >> > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >> > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > >> games. > >> > > >> > > >> >Thanks in advance, > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > > > > > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From kschrier at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:17:01 2014 From: kschrier at gmail.com (Karen Schrier Shaenfield) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:17:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design Message-ID: Hello Alejandro, You are welcome to check out the table of contents for either of my edited collections on ethics and game design, which includes work by Sicart, Consalvo, Zagal, and many others: Ethics and Game Design http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Game-Design-Teaching-Reference/dp/1615208453 Designing Games for Ethics http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Games-Ethics-Techniques-Frameworks/dp/1609601203/ The books are way too expensive, but I'm happy to share chapters for free with anyone who is interested. You can also check out a few of my journal articles here: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/32/5/375.refs Free download at... http://www.academia.edu/2461813/Avatar_Gender_and_Ethical_Choices_in_Fable_III I have another forthcoming article on game design, ethics and environmental sustainability. I'm happy to share it with anyone once it comes out. My dissertation on games and ethics is available at: http://karenschrier.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/finalversion_dissertation_schrier_new-1.pdf Thanks, Karen Schrier On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:00 PM, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Public Gossip Scale (hk at monkprayogshala.in) > 2. New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick > (Digital Media Related) (nathaniel tkacz) > 3. New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014 (Feona Attwood) > 4. Re: CfP: Int. 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Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. > Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US > > Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. > Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia > > A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. 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Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. > Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK > > Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. > Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK > > Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries > Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US > > As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts. > ??Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK > > As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. > John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia > > One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. > John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK > > > Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: > > > Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker?s ?The ?Problem? of Sexual Fantasies? explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. > > > Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ?Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education?, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people?s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. > > > In ?Studying Porn Cultures? Lynn Comella suggests a ?porn studies-in-action? and exhorts researchers to ?leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated?. > > > Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. > > > A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: > http://bit.ly/rprncfp > > **************************************************************** > ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: > http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html > **************************************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Steffen Albrecht" > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665 at martha.daybyday.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear colleagues, > > The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, > has been extended. > > Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > Best wishes, > Steffen Albrecht > > > > > > ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- > > Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET > From: Steffen Albrecht > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > * apologies for cross-postings * > > Dear fellow Internet researchers, > > The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: > > - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) > - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) > - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) > > Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. > > A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. > > All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. > > We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! > > On behalf of the organizing team, > Steffen Albrecht > > -- > > Steffen Albrecht > > Project Coordinator > eScience ? Research Network Saxony > http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 > > Media Center > Technische Universit?t Dresden > > http://mz.tu-dresden.de > > Room 426 > Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 > 01069 Dresden > Germany > > Tel. +49 351-463-39175 > Fax: -463-35605 > eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de > > > ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rhiannon Bury > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions > Message-ID: > <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo at web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi folks > > These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? > > Best, > > Rhiannon > > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor > Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University, Canada's Open University > rbury at athabascau.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 > From: Javier de Rivera > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance > Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300 at socialmediasociology.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everybody, > > This Call for Paper can be of your interest: > http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 > > For English, click the UK flag. > > Best regards, > Javier de Rivera. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: List Aoir > Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 > From: Luciano Floridi > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: > http://miguelsicart.net/ > Best wishes, > Luciano > __________________________________________ > Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net > > Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information > Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford > > PA Mrs. Julia Farquet > julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk > > 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS > Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 > > http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ > > > > On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> recomend me some books/readings about it? >> I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 > From: "Peaslee, Robert" > To: Alejandro Tortolini , List Aoir > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >>Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>recomend me some books/readings about it? >>I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >>1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >>2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>-- >>Alejandro Tortolini >>http://dooid.me/aletor >>_______________________________________________ >>The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >>Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 > From: Nicole Grove > To: "Peaslee, Robert" > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 > From: Liza Potts > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org Kirk" > Cc: Michael J Salvo > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4 at msu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hi AOIR, > > Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. > > CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > > Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. > > This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. > > Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) > > Please find the full CFP here: > http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ > > Best, > Liza (and Michael) > _________________________________________ > Liza Potts, Ph.D. > Senior Researcher at WIDE Research > Assistant Professor > Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures > Michigan State University > 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 > Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: Nicole Grove > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > >> I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if >> you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> >> Best, >> Nicole Grove >> PhD Candidate >> Johns Hopkins University >> >> https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: >> >>> Hi Alejandro, >>> >>> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >>> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >>> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >>> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >>> >>> Best, >>> rp >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor >>> College of Media & Communication >>> Texas Tech University >>> >>> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >>> >>> >>> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >>> P: (806) 834-2562 >>> F: (806) 742-1085 >>> >>> MS 3082 >>> Lubbock, TX 79409 >>> >>> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >>> >>> >>> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >>> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >>> >>> >>> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >>> >>> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >>> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >>> > >>> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >>> > >>> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >>> games. >>> > >>> > >>> >Thanks in advance, >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Alejandro Tortolini >>> >http://dooid.me/aletor >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> > >>> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> >http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 > From: Patrick Davison > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> >> Alejandro. >> >> >> 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> >> > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good >> if >> > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > >> > Best, >> > Nicole Grove >> > PhD Candidate >> > Johns Hopkins University >> > >> > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert > >wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> might >> >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> His >> >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> rp >> >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> >> Associate Professor >> >> College of Media & Communication >> >> Texas Tech University >> >> >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> >> >> MS 3082 >> >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> the >> >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> > >> >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> > >> >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> >> games. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Thanks in advance, >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> > >> >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 31 > ************************************** From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:30:47 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:30:47 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you very much, Karen I agree, the price of some books make it inaffordable to me. I?ll preciate anything you can share about ethics and video games! Best, Alejandro. -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:58:35 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:58:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get started: Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison wrote: > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on > meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini >wrote: > > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > > > Alejandro. > > > > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To > Do > > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory > and > > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also > good > > if > > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > > > Best, > > > Nicole Grove > > > PhD Candidate > > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > > >> > > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > > might > > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > > His > > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> rp > > >> ________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > > >> Associate Professor > > >> College of Media & Communication > > >> Texas Tech University > > >> > > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > >> > > >> > > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > > >> > > >> MS 3082 > > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > > >> > > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > >> > > >> > > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > > the > > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > >> > > >> > > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >> > > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > >> > > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > >> > > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > > >> games. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Thanks in advance, > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alejandro Tortolini > > http://dooid.me/aletor > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:59:19 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:59:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just saw she beat me to it! On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Gabriela T Richard wrote: > +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. > I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get > started: > > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: > Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching > values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. > > > -- > *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* > *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the > Learning Sciences* > 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 > gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison < > patrick.davison at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ >> and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 >> >> are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, >> often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my >> favorite posts are: >> >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on >> meritocracy) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: >> "Death of the Player") >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini > >wrote: >> >> > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> > >> > Alejandro. >> > >> > >> > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> > >> > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How >> To Do >> > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory >> and >> > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also >> good >> > if >> > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > > >> > > Best, >> > > Nicole Grove >> > > PhD Candidate >> > > Johns Hopkins University >> > > >> > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >wrote: >> > > >> > >> Hi Alejandro, >> > >> >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> > might >> > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> > His >> > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> rp >> > >> ________________________________________ >> > >> >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> > >> Associate Professor >> > >> College of Media & Communication >> > >> Texas Tech University >> > >> >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> > >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> > >> >> > >> MS 3082 >> > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> > >> >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> > the >> > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> > >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> > >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> > >> games. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> > >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alejandro Tortolini >> > http://dooid.me/aletor >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > > > -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu From joly at punkcast.com Mon Mar 31 20:27:30 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:27:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up @ RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 Message-ID: Forwarded by request. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Banks Date: Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM Subject: CFP: Generative Justice To: Hello all, I'm happy to let you know that a conference inspired by the same questions and opportunities as Technoscience as Activism has just been announced. It'll also happen in Troy, New York in the early summer. See the CFP below and contact Vicki Brock (brockv2 at rpi.edu) or Ron Eglash (eglash at rpi.edu) with any questions. Solidarity, -db *Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up* A conference at RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 *Call for Papers* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Still others concern composite networks: for example community waste projects that link recycling and organic composting with artistic production, "fixer" movements and other forms of community development. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? To submit a paper or panel proposal please use the form at: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 For questions contact: BROCKV2 at rpi.edu -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From nb at imv.au.dk Sat Mar 1 06:33:00 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2014 14:33:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> ***apologies for cross-postings*** PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar > > Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? > > This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. > > Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. > > The number of participants is limited to 20. > > Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. > > The lectures and the lecturers: > ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago > ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam > ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark > ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies > > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > Very best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab http://netlab.dk > The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk > LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From charles.ess at gmail.com Sun Mar 2 00:34:11 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Inaugural Issue - Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, On behalf of our Editorial Team, authors, reviewers, and supporting institutions, we are pleased and proud to introduce the Journal of Media Innovations. The Journal serves the professional and research communities engaged in the cross-disciplinary field of media innovations. The Journal is open access, peer reviewed, and published two times annually via the University of Oslo?s FRITT initiative (Frie tidsskrifter fra UiO ? Free Journals from the University of Oslo). The Journal is sponsored by the Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The inaugural issue demarcates the foundations and literatures of media innovations as a field, foregrounding many of its important components and thematic foci, and thereby points to a range of important challenges to innovation on both theoretical and practical levels. The Journal is available at ARTICLES: Charles M. Ess: Introduction to Inaugural Issue. Axel Bruns: Media Innovations, User Innovations, Societal Innovations. Val?rie-Anne Bleyen, Sven Lindmark, Heritiana Ranaivoson, and Pieter Ballon: A typology of media innovations: Insights from an exploratory study. Leyla Dogruel: What is so special about Media Innovations? A characterization of the field. Iris Jennes, Jo Pierson, and Wendy Van den Broeck: User Empowerment and Audience Commodification in a Commercial Television Context. Lars Nyre: Medium design method. RESEARCH BRIEF: Jan Bierhoff and Sander Kruitwagen: Stories behind the News; Designing an Advanced App for Journalistic Background Information. BOOK REVIEWS Arne H. Krumsvik: Book Review Editorial Statement: Mapping the Emerging Field of Media Innovation Research. George Sylvie: Storsul & Krumsvik - Media innovations: A multidisciplinary study of change. Avery E. Holton: Weller et al., Twitter and Society. Jens Barland: Ibrus & Scolari - Crossmedia Innovations. Texts, Markets, Institutions. Additional information on upcoming issues, including submission requirements and deadlines, is also found on the Journal website. With a thousand thanks, and a thousand thanks more to all who have made this Journal and Inaugural Issue possible, Charles Ess Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From stu at texifter.com Sun Mar 2 10:41:12 2014 From: stu at texifter.com (Shulman, Stu) Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2014 18:41:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Coders needed - looking for hockey fans Message-ID: I need some part-time coders who are hockey fans. The current task is to review tweets using DiscoverText and and code them as to whether or not they are about an NHL hockey team. - We pay $13/hour - Coders get a DiscoverText license that they can use for their own research. Please email me directly (stu at texifter.com) if you can join the Coderverse. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman From m.kent at curtin.edu.au Sun Mar 2 22:31:16 2014 From: m.kent at curtin.edu.au (Mike Kent) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:31:16 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Special issue of First Monday on Disability and the Internet Message-ID: <015001cf36aa$2e430c80$8ac92580$@curtin.edu.au> ***apologies for cross-postings*** Disability and the Internet Special issue of First Monday Disability and the Internet in 2014: Where to now? edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent Internet Studies, Curtin University Earlier this decade, the emerging field of Disability Media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger's Disability and The Internet in 2012 and Disability and New Media by this issue's editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field such as Goggin and Newell's 2003 Digital Disability. This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities. As we approach the second half of this first decade of the twenty first century, this special issue of First Monday looks to bring together scholars in disability media and related fields to look at the contemporary internet and the challenges and opportunities it presents for people with disabilities. Topics of interest include developments in a number of areas as they relate to people with disabilities. These might explore: . Smartphones and Tablet computing . Social Networks . Wearable Technology . The development and relevance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, now more than five years old. . The changing impacts of technology and access for different impairments . People with intellectual disabilities and access to the Internet . Challenges to universal design . eLearning Researchers in a number of disciplines will be interested in this topic including: . Disability Media . media, communications and culture . Internet studies . Disability studies . Disability support workers in the community working with clients using the Internet and online Papers are expected by 30 June 2014. From lombard at temple.edu Mon Mar 3 06:00:52 2014 From: lombard at temple.edu (Matthew Lombard) Date: Mon, 03 Mar 2014 09:00:52 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Comm Research Methods Facebook page Message-ID: <53148B14.10563.4C15AA3@lombard.temple.edu> A few years ago I posted an announcement here about a Wordpress blog I'd set up to post news articles for a graduate level methods course, and it generated a handful of subscriptions. A little over a year ago I posted an announcement about the Commucation Research Methods Facebook page I set up to replace the blog and the page just passed 1800 'likes.' The content has expanded somewhat to include comics, links to methods-related resources and other things related to the processes of conducting, reporting and evaluating research in communication and beyond. The url for the page is: http://www.facebook.com/CommunicationResearchMethods If you're interested, please take a look, 'like' the page, and/or send me (or post) your own items. --Matthew -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA lombard at temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com From jstromer at syr.edu Mon Mar 3 06:09:15 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 14:09:15 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] final call for feedback on the aoir.org website Message-ID: <3837f1b0b4c94b7bb679b4807e968e60@EX13-MBX-07.ad.syr.edu> Hi everyone, Now that you're clear of the AoIR IR15 deadline, it's the perfect time to give us a bit of feedback on the main association website aoir.org (not the IR15 conference website, or the conference submission site - those are separate deals :)). The survey should take less than 10 minutes but will really help us get a sense of your thoughts on ways to improve the experience for you: https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1UhJqsqjSB9Jm5f We'll be closing out the survey by end of day tomorrow (Tuesday 9pm EST give or take :)). Thanks! Your PR/Website Committee: Anthony Hoffman, Annette Markham, and Jenny Stromer-Galley From purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk Mon Mar 3 08:44:01 2014 From: purplepooka at blueyonder.co.uk (Emma Pooka) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:44:01 -0000 Subject: [Air-L] Twitter Fiction - call for participants Message-ID: <011101cf36ff$c85ca970$5915fc50$@co.uk> Calling all web fiction/digital writers, creative writing students, lecturers and anybody with an interest in collaborative fiction! I'm going to be curating a mass participatory Twitter Fiction called Among Us (http://amongustwitfic.wordpress.com/) as part of the Twitter Fiction Festival (http://www.twitterfictionfestival.com/) coming up later this month. Over the course of 24 hours, starting from 5pm GMT on the 15th March, @au_twitfic will tweet summaries of news stories about the revelation that aliens are living among us. Throughout the day and night, participants will tweet their characters' thoughts, speculations and actions in response to these stories, with the hashtag #au_tf. At 5pm GMT on the 16th March, the aliens will reveal their true origin and purpose. Anybody can join in just by using the hashtag, but if you'd like to be closer to the aliens and you're able to commit to 30 tweets over the course of the 24 hours, contact me with your character idea and I'll give you some inside information. Please share/retweet/forward this widely to anybody who might like to read or join in - tell your students, colleagues and friends. The more participants, the better it will be. Thanks for reading, Emma Pooka From nwood at sju.edu Mon Mar 3 08:58:30 2014 From: nwood at sju.edu (Natalie Wood) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 11:58:30 -0500 (EST) Subject: [Air-L] Call for Chapter Proposals: Micro-blogging / Twitter In-Reply-To: <1921661971.55693295.1393865905961.JavaMail.root@ram> Message-ID: <1191682376.55693330.1393865910047.JavaMail.root@ram> Researchers from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to marketing, management, finance, communications and law will be sought to provide their insight on specific issues, such as best practices, or overarching topics such as the legal, ethical and moral implications of adopting micro-blogs such as Twitter. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of commerce and micro-blogging while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide businesses with strategies, grounded in empirical research, on ways in which they can incorporate micro-blogs into their organization. We aim to achieve this by drawing on the collective wisdom of those academics currently conducting research on Twitter. Call for Chapter Proposals: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1264#.UxC1-fYqBDY.twitter Natalie T. Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing Assistant Director, Center for Consumer Research Marketing Department Saint Joseph's University 5600 City Ave Philadelphia PA 19131 Tel: 610-660-3452 Fax: 610-660-3239 Email: nwood at sju.edu Twitter: ntwood From jocelynmonahan at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 13:32:17 2014 From: jocelynmonahan at gmail.com (Jocelyn Monahan) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 16:32:17 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Debating Visual Knowledge - 2014 Symposium, University of Pittsburgh Message-ID: Debating Visual Knowledge A symposium organized by graduate students in Information Science and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh October 3 - 5, 2014 Call for Participants Visual knowledge and visual literacy have become pressing concerns across a variety of academic disciplines and areas of creative production. These concerns are shaped by the fluid definitions of "visual knowledge" and the multiple ways in which it manifests. Many forms of visual knowledge have capabilities that are not shared by language. This knowledge is produced, mediated, and distributed by a number of different objects, tools, media, and technologies. This symposium seeks to broaden understandings of intellectual and creative work by interrogating the theorization, production, use, and historicization of visual knowledge. We envision the event as an exploratory lab, comprising scholarly and creative projects that engage with these questions. Presentations might relate to (but are not limited to) topics such as: -- Digital humanities -- Cognition, intellectual history, interpretation -- Photography, printmaking, engraving -- "The spatial turn," GIS, maps, mapping -- The body, performance -- Data visualizations, modeling, categories and groups -- Law and policy -- Media theory, historiography, ecology -- Exhibition design, curating -- Network analysis, grids, graphs, timelines -- Interfaces, constructed/built environments, design -- Astronomy, physics, mathematics, botany, medicine The symposium will include traditional academic papers, posters, and keynote sessions, as well as presentations of creative works, roundtables, praxis sessions, screenings, and performances. Participants may be invited to take part in curated roundtables, seminars or workshops. We also welcome submissions of projects that could be workshopped or collaborated on in the context of the symposium. Submission Guidelines: -- For a paper, please submit a 300-word abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a CV. -- For a poster, please submit a 300-word abstract and a CV. A sketch of your poster is optional. If selected, posters must be printed and provided by the participants, and can be up to 30" x 40". -- For a creative work, please submit up to 10 images and/or a 2-minute video or sound clip, a 300-word project description, and a CV. -- For a pre-constituted panel of up to four papers, please submit a 300-word abstract describing the panel topic, and a 150-word abstract and author's CV for each proposed paper. -- To propose to lead a roundtable, seminar, or praxis session, please submit a 300-word description of the topic and CVs for all proposed participants. You may also propose a topic without having chosen participants. If you have any questions about possible submissions or formats for submissions, please contact us at debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com. Send submissions to debatingvisualknowledge at gmail.com by April 11, 2014. Selected participants will be notified by mid-May. Information Studies www.ischool.pitt.edu History of Art and Architecture www.haa.pitt.edu From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 3 18:45:19 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 21:45:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award Message-ID: Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ From human.factor.one at gmail.com Mon Mar 3 20:47:26 2014 From: human.factor.one at gmail.com (live) Date: Mon, 3 Mar 2014 20:47:26 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <15EDE3DF-9F39-4964-B1AF-9C05177AA527@gmail.com> Well deserved!! Congratulations, Lee Rainie (and Pew team). -Sharon Greenfield @SharonG On Mar 3, 2014, at 6:45 PM, Barry Wellman wrote: > Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award > > Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center?s Internet & American Life Project) > > The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. > - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.TjhOPXrs.dpuf > > The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. > > > Barry Wellman > _______________________________________________________________________ > > NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder > Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building > 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 > http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman > NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen > NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman > MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 > Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 > ________________________________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From deborah.lupton at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 00:17:01 2014 From: deborah.lupton at gmail.com (Deborah Lupton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 19:17:01 +1100 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Big Data Cultures symposium, 15 September, Canberra Message-ID: Hello all The News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra is holding a one-day symposium convened by myself (Deborah Lupton) that addresses the social, cultural, political and ethical issues and implications of the big data phenomenon. A keynote speaker will open proceedings (details to be confirmed), but paper abstracts from any interested contributors are invited for consideration. Appropriate topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - - privacy, security and legal issues - - how big data are changing forms of governance and commercial operations - - big data ecosystems - - the open data/citizen data movement - - data hactivism and queering big data - - public understandings of big data - - surveillance and big data - - creative forms of data visualisation - - self-tracking and the quantified self - - data doubles and data selves - - the materiality of digital data - - the social lives of digital data-objects - - algorithmic identities and publics - - code acts - - responses to big data from artists and designers Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Deborah Lupton ( deborah.lupton at canberra.edu.au) by 1 July 2014 for consideration for inclusion in the symposium. Please contact Deborah if you require any further information. From joly at punkcast.com Tue Mar 4 08:02:12 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:02:12 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance at NYU Message-ID: http://openinggovernment.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance < info at thegovlab.org> Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:04 AM Subject: New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance **formed to gather evidence and develop new designs for governing* *NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2014* *-* The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at New York University today announced the formation of a Research Network on Opening Governance, which will seek to develop blueprints for more effective and legitimate democratic institutions to help improve people's lives. Convened and organized by the GovLab, the *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance*is made possible by a three-year grant of $5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as a gift from Google.org, which will allow the Network to tap the latest technological advances to further its work. Combining empirical research with real-world experiments, the Research Network will study what happens when governments and institutions open themselves to diverse participation, pursue collaborative problem-solving, and seek input and expertise from a range of people. Network members include twelve experts (see below) in computer science, political science, policy informatics, social psychology and philosophy, law, and communications. This core group is supported by an advisory network of academics, technologists, and current and former government officials. Together, they will assess existing innovations in governing and experiment with new practices and how institutions make decisions at the local, national, and international levels. Support for the Network from Google.org will be used to build technology platforms to solve problems more openly and to run agile, real-world, empirical experiments with institutional partners such as governments and NGOs to discover what can enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest. The Network's research will be complemented by theoretical writing and compelling storytelling designed to articulate and demonstrate clearly and concretely how governing agencies might work better than they do today. "We want to arm policymakers and practitioners with evidence of what works and what does not," says Professor Beth Simone Noveck, Network Chair and author of *Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger and Citi More Powerful*, "which is vital to drive innovation, re-establish legitimacy and more effectively target scarce resources to solve today's problems." "From prize-backed challenges to spur creative thinking to the use of expert networks to get the smartest people focused on a problem no matter where they work, this shift from top-down, closed, and professional government to decentralized, open, and smarter governance may be the major social innovation of the 21st century," says Noveck. "The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance is the ideal crucible for helping transition from closed and centralized to open and collaborative institutions of governance in a way that is scientifically sound and yields new insights to inform future efforts, always with an eye toward real-world impacts." MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci added, "Recognizing that we cannot solve today's challenges with yesterday's tools, this interdisciplinary group will bring fresh thinking to questions about how our governing institutions operate, and how they can develop better ways to help address seemingly intractable social problems for the common good." *About the Governance Lab (GovLab) at New York University * Founded in 2012, the Governance Lab (The GovLab) strives to improve people's lives by changing how we govern. The GovLab endeavors to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and govern themselves more effectively and legitimately. The GovLab designs technology, policy and strategies for fostering these more open approaches to governance and active conceptions of citizenship and studies what works. More information is available at www.thegovlab.org . *About the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation* The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. More information is available at www.macfound.org . *For more information or how to become involved, contact:* Stefaan Verhulst, Chief Research and Development Officer at the Governance Lab, sv39 at nyu.edu *URL*: http://www.opening-governance.org/ *Members* The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance comprises: *Chair*: Beth Simone Noveck *Network Coordinator*: Andrew Young *Chief of Research*: Stefaan Verhulst *Faculty Members*: - Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/University of Southampton, UK) - Deborah Estrin (Cornell Tech/Weill Cornell Medical College) - Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) - Henry Farrell (George Washington University) - Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School/Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business) - Karim Lakhani (Harvard Business School) - Anita McGahan (University of Toronto) - Cosma Shalizi (Carnegie Mellon/Santa Fe Institute) *Institutional Members*: - Christian Bason and Jesper Christiansen (MindLab, Denmark) - Geoff Mulgan (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts - NESTA, United Kingdom) - Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From de56 at cornell.edu Tue Mar 4 08:05:26 2014 From: de56 at cornell.edu (Dmitry Epstein) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:05:26 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Postdoctoral position with Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Message-ID: [apologies for cross-posting] Dear Colleagues, Please see the announcement below. I am currently holding this position and it's been a wonderful experience. I think it can be a great opportunity for someone interested in online civic engagement. Please feel free to distribute this widely. Best, Dima -- Dmitry Epstein, PhD Cornell eRulemaking Initiative Cornell Law School www.regulationroom.org www.thinkmacro.org The following has been posted on the CU career site: https://cornellu.taleo.net/careersection/10161/jobdetail.ftl?job=23050 for the next 30 days. *Job Description* *Postdoctoral Associate, CeRI - Cornell eRulemaking Initiative-23050* *Description* CeRI (Cornell eRulemaking Initiative) is an interdisciplinary group of researchers spanning Cornell Law School, the departments of Computer Science, Communication, and Information Science, and the Scheinman Institute on Conflict Resolution. The group's research focuses on sociotechnical systems involved in online civic engagement with complex policymaking. CeRI operates Regulation Room - an online platform that hosts live consultations about proposed Federal policy. The senior research team of CeRI includes Profs. Claire Cardie (Computer Science), Dan Cosley (Information Science), Cynthia Farina (Law), Susan Fussell (Communication), and Gilly Leshed (Information Science). Additional information about CeRI and Regulation Room can be found at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/ and www.regulationroom.org respectively. We seek a highly motivated and qualified postdoctoral associate to conduct cutting edge social science research on the tools and practices of online civic engagement in complex policymaking. Specific topics may include (but are not limited to) framing, online communities, epistemic communities, online group dynamics, procedural justice, online collaboration, and situated knowledge. The exact focus of the associate's research will depend on his or her interests and qualifications and the team's needs. While the associate's primary focus will be on research, he/she will also have the opportunity to assist in teaching an e-government clinic through which the online research platform, RegRoom.org , is primarily operated. *Qualifications* An essential element of this position is willingness and ability to bridge disciplinary boundaries, facilitating and engaging in collaborative research and publication with various members of the group of faculty and graduate students involved in CeRI. Candidates should have demonstrated ability to carry out independent research and have a record of communicating research results via peer-reviewed publications and presentations. Expertise in qualitative and/or quantitative social science research methods is necessary; an ability to think outside the box and combine methodological approaches is highly desirable. The postdoctoral associate must have a Ph.D. in one of the following areas by the time of employment: communication and technology, HCI, information science, political science, psychology, sociology, STS or another related area. This is a full time, one year appointment, with the option to extend pending promising work and funding. The appointment comes with health insurance and other employee benefits. The preferred start date is early Summer 2014, but no later than August 15, 2014. The institutional home of the fellow will be at Cornell Law School, but he/she may receive guidance and mentoring offered by the entire senior CeRI research team. Interested candidates should submit: (1) a cover letter providing a high-level overview of their interest in and fit for the position, their career objectives, and the names and contact information for three references, (2) a curriculum vitae, (3) an in-depth research statement covering their previous research experience, future research interests, and potential links to CeRI research, and (4) a relevant sample of published or submitted work. Prior to submitting their materials, candidates should review the www.regulationroom.org platform run by CeRI as well as additional information about the initiative available at http://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/ceri/. Materials should be emailed to John Niederbuhl, Administrative Assistant to CeRI at jwn3 at cornell.edu. Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. *Cornell University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students and staff impart an uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further the university's mission of teaching, discovery and engagement. Located in Ithaca, NY, Cornell's far-flung global presence includes the medical college's campuses on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Doha, Qatar, as well as the new Cornell Tech campus to be built on Roosevelt Island in the heart of New York City.* *Diversity and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator.* . *Job* *-*Academic *Primary Location* *-*United States *Organization* *-*Law School *Schedule* *-*Full-time From anne at digitalmethods.net Tue Mar 4 08:30:00 2014 From: anne at digitalmethods.net (Anne Helmond) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 17:30:00 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" Message-ID: Final Call for Papers: International conference on 'Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space" University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, June 18-20, 2014 Organizers: Jos? van Dijck & Thomas Poell Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida, Hallvard Moe Discussants: C.W. Anderson, Marcel Broersma, Jean Burgess, Irene Costera Meijer, Mark Deuze, Marlies Glasius, Eggo M?ller, Bernhard Rieder, Richard Rogers, and Michael Schudson This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media platforms. The main question driving the conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public space or "publicness". More specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014 Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw at uva.nl no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis and will respond to every proposal. Learn more about the conference at: http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/upcoming-events/item/social-media-and-the-transformation-of-public-space.html From denisparra at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 10:36:36 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:36:36 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Hypertext 2014: One more week to submit your workshop or tutorial proposal Message-ID: (Apologies for cross-posting) Did you miss the deadline for submitting a workshop or tutorial proposal? Our workshop chairs, Federica and Christoph, are still accepting proposals until 11 March. Please see more details below: =============== CALL FOR WORKSHOP AND TUTORIAL PROPOSALS ================ In conjunction with Hypertext 2014, the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media. Santiago, Chile, September 1-4, 2014 http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due ========================================================================= The ACM Hypertext conference focuses on all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media conference. Hypertext 2014 workshops will provide participants with opportunities to discuss and explore emerging areas of Hypertext and Social Media with fellow students, researchers, and practitioners from Industry and Academia. The goals of the workshops are to provide a a more informal setting for exchanging opinions, to share experiences, presenting ideas, foster research community and identify open problems and/or explore directions for future research. As such, they also offer a good opportunity for researchers to present their work and to obtain feedback from an interested community in an interactive atmosphere. Proposals are especially encouraged on emerging topics, somehow related to the main conference tracks (links and connection between people, open data and the semantic of things, user experience and adaptive linking), but are not limited to other (novel) topics which might be of interest for the hypertext community. Acceptance of workshop proposals will be based on the experience and background of the organizers in the topic, and on the relevance of the subject matter with regard to the topics addressed in the main conference. We welcome proposals for different types of workshops, from working groups on a specific topic to more traditional conference-like workshops. However, we prefer interactive workshops that guarantee richer active interactions among participants and provide significant room for controversial and stimulating discussions. We preferentially would rather proposals for half-day workshops. The need for a full-day workshop should be motivated by some particular reason. Potential proposers are invited to discuss their ideas with the workshop chair before working out a detailed proposal. ===========================PROPOSAL FORMAT ============================= The workshop proposals ? not longer than 5 pages - have to be sent by email to theworkshop chairs, and must contain the following information: - Title of the workshop and acronym - Workshop organisers (affiliation, contact details, homepage, and prior experiences with workshop organization. - Keywords (describing the main themes of the workshop) (from 3 to 5) - Abstract (up to 70 words) - Description of the workshop (topics and goals of the workshop) (up to 500 words) - Motivation (why the topic is of interest for the conference audience) - Workshop format (paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demo, discussion, etc) - Submissions format (position papers, research papers, demo, poster, presentations..) and, for each type of submission, specify the features (length of the papers, template, etc) - Intended audience and expected attendance (with historical data of past versions of the workshop, if available) - Initial list of (potential) members of the program committee - Requested duration (half day or full day- in this case, motivation for the need of a full day) - Previous editions of the workshop series (if applicable) (URLs, conference it was co-located with, number of registrants, number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and any other relevant information) The Workshop Proceedings will be published in the ACM Hypertext Extended Proceedings. If the organizers have addition plans for dissemination (for example, a special issue of a journal) this needs to specified in the proposal. =============== ORGANIZATION OF WORKSHOP =============== After the acceptance of a workshop proposal, the organizer(s) should: - Create and distribute a Call for Papers and a Call for Participation; - Create a Web page for the workshop, with the call for papers and the information about the workshop organization and timeline. The link of the web site will be published on the Conference Web site; - Create a Program Committee; - Review and select contributions to be included in the workshop proceedings (at least 2 reviewers for each paper); - Schedule and coordinate the workshop activities. - Put together accepted papers into electronic workshop proceedings, to be published in the Extended Proceedings of ACM Hypertext 2014. =============== IMPORTANT DATES =============== March 11, 2014: Workshop proposals due March 14, 2014: Decisions announced September 1, 2014: Workshop and Tutorial day =============== SUGGESTED TIMELINE =============== Workshop web site: March 21, 2014 Workshop Call for Papers: March 21, 2014 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2014 Notification to authors: June 6, 2014 ================== WORKSHOP CHAIRS ================== Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy E-mail: cena at di.unito.it Web: http://www.di.unito.it/~cena/ Christoph Trattner, University of Gaz, Austria E-mail: trattner.christoph at gmail.com web: http://christophtrattner.info ================== Thanks, Denis Parra Local and Publicity chair, HT 2014 CS Department, PUC Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Tue Mar 4 11:22:29 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:22:29 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Director, Center for Learning Technologies Message-ID: Montclair State's College of Education and Human Services is looking for a Director, Center for Learning Technologies. Details at the link below - please share widely. http://www.higheredjobs.com/state/details.cfm?JobCode=175863851&Title=Director%2C%20ADP%20Center ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From marichal at callutheran.edu Tue Mar 4 15:23:31 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:23:31 -0800 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Political Science Editor - Journal of Integrated Social Science Message-ID: Colleagues, Please see the enclosed call for a journal editor. Regards, Jose Marichal California Lutheran University *Call for Political Science Editor* *Journal of Integrated Social Science* *www.jiss.org * The Journal of Integrated Social Sciences (JISS) is a web-based, peer-reviewed international journal committed to the scholarly investigation of social phenomena. In particular, JISS aims to predominantly publish work within the following social science disciplines: Psychology, Political Sciences, Sociology, and Gender Studies. A further goal of JISS is to encourage work that unites these disciplines by being either (a) interdisciplinary, (b) holistically oriented, or (c) captive of the transformative (developmental) nature of social phenomena. Aside from the theoretical implications of a particular study, we are also interested in serious reflections upon the specific methodology employed - and its implications on the results. JISS encourages undergraduate and graduate students to submit their best work under the supervision of a faculty sponsor. More details can be found at www.jiss.org. JISS is searching for a new political science divisional editor! General responsibilities include: * The day to day running of the journal political science editorial office, including managing article peer review, liaison with authors, editing of articles, and preparation of editorial copy. * Contributing to strategic development of the Journal * Attracting submissions and themed issue proposals to the journal to ensure continued relevance and quality of content * Promotional activities, including attending conferences To make an application, you will need to send a statement outlining your reasons for seeking the position, and overall objectives as political science editor of JISS. To discuss further or submit an application, please contact Dr. Jose Marichal (current Political Science Divisional Editor of JISS) ~ marichal at clunet.edu. -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From erf at ugr.es Tue Mar 4 15:49:32 2014 From: erf at ugr.es (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:49:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From eromerofrias at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 15:58:50 2014 From: eromerofrias at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Esteban_Romero_Fr=EDas?=) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 23:58:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences in Spanish and Portuguese Message-ID: [Mensaje en espa?ol debajo] Dear colleagues, We write to invite you to participate in a new project whose aim is to give visibility to the Spanish and Portuguese speaking community of digital scholars, *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* (#AtlasCSHD). The *#AtlasCSHD* is a new project in collaboration between GrinUGR and MapaHD. In order to collaborate we only ask you to fill in this brief form through which we will gather information about *digital projects, research centres, researchers* and *other initiatives* related to *Internet and digital culture* in the Social Sciences and the Humanities. The information provided will be included in the *Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Sciences* in Spanish and Portuguese, the resulting database will be openly available under a Creative Commons licence. We will be very grateful too if you could share the project through social media: *Join the **Atlas of Digital Humanities and Social Science in Spanish and Portuguese #atlascshd* *http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * If you happen to have a suggestion or comment you can contact us here or directly on our email addresses below. Warm regards, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, University of Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) and ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex Lab, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega) ---- Estimados colegas: Les escribimos para invitarlos a participar en un nuevo proyecto que pretende dar visibilidad a la comunidad de acad?micos digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s: el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales *(#AtlasCSHD). El *#AtlasCSHD* es un proyecto que surge de la colaboraci?n entre GrinUGR y MapaHD avanzando en los trabajos ya realizados de forma aut?noma. Para colaborar solamente es preciso que completen el siguiente formulario, en el que recogeremos informaci?n sobre *proyectos digitales, centros de investigaci?n, investigadores y otras iniciativas vinculadas con Internet y las culturas digitales* en ciencias sociales y humanidades. La informaci?n ser? incluida en el *Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales * en espa?ol y portugu?s. Los resultados de esta exploraci?n se incluir?n en una base de datos abierta con licencias Creative Commons. Les agradecemos que compartan el proyecto en las redes sociales. *Forma parte del Atlas de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades Digitales en espa?ol y portugu?s #atlascshd **http://bit.ly/atlascshdform * Para cualquier consideraci?n o sugerencia pueden contactarnos aqu? o directamente en nuestros correos electr?nicos Muchas gracias, Esteban Romero (GrinUGR, Universidad de Granada; erf at ugr.es; @polisea) & ?lika Ortega (CulturePlex, University of Western Ontario; eortegag at uwo.ca; @elikaortega). From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:36:55 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:36:55 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] IACAP 2nd CFP - exteded deadline Message-ID: <17230C28-E17E-4D76-8E8C-F14D43FFC9D3@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers: IACAP 2014 Deadline for abstracts & symposia: 15.3.14 The Annual Meeting of the International Association for Computing and Philosophy Anatolia College/ACT Thessaloniki, Greece July 2-4, 2014 http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/ Organisation: Vincent C. M?ller & the IACAP Executive Committee Computing technologies both raise philosophical questions and shed light on traditional philosophical problems; it is this two-way relation that is the focus of IACAP meetings since 1986. We invite submission of abstracts, as well as submission of proposals for symposia on computing and philosophy. This year?s meeting will have a single main track, focusing on topics which proved to be at the core of IACAP member?s interest. In parallel, the symposia will focus on more specific topics, organised autonomously by members or member groups. One symposium will be dedicated to the work of young researchers. We will publish selected papers in a volume of the ?Synthese Library? (Springer). Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper for peer-review to this volume. Some abstracts will be accepted for presentation as posters. For papers, we foresee slots of 30 minutes per talk, including discussion. Invited Speakers Judith Simon (ITU Kopenhagen) Hector Zenil (Karolinska Institute, Stockholm) Selmer Bringsjord (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY) - Covey Award Winner Gualterio Piccinini (U Missouri- St. Louis) - Simon Award Winner Simon Knight (Open University) - Brian Michael Goldberg Memorial Award Winner Gregory Chatin (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro) - symposium speaker S. Barry Cooper (University of Leeds) - symposium speaker Symposia: Young reseachers symposium - Organiser: VCM History and philosophy of computing - Organisers: Giuseppe Primiero and Liesbeth De Mol Anti-reductionist computational metaphors in evolution, metamathematics and the contemporary human self-image - Organiser: Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic Robotics: from Science Fiction to Legal Fact - Organisers: Sabine Thuermel, Fiorella Battaglia, Barbara Henry ... more to be confirmed Topics of interest: ? Artificial Intelligence ? Artificial Life ? Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition ? Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science ? Computer-Mediated Communication ? Distance Education and Electronic Pedagogy ? Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information ? History of Computing ? Information Culture and Society ? Logic ? Metaphysics of Computing ? Philosophy of Information ? Philosophy of Information Technology ? Robotics ? Virtual Reality ... and related issues Format For abstracts, we request anonymous submission of 600-1000 words (plus references) in plain text or PDF, plus a short abstract of up to 120 words. All submissions will be reviewed double-blind by at least two members of the programme committee. For symposia, please provide a brief motivation (ca. 300 words), a list of envisaged speakers, and indication of time needed (full day, half day, etc.). Dates Submission of symposium proposals: 15 March 2014 Submissions of abstracts: 15 March 2014 [extended] Notification of acceptance or rejection: 14 April 2014 (for symposia, we respond asap) Submission on EasyChair at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2014 More details on http://www.pt-ai.org/iacap/2014/online-submission -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From riseling at gmail.com Tue Mar 4 23:38:47 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (Rich Ling) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 08:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift ? Latitude, Sobel ? The Victorian internet, Standage ? The Control Revolution, Beniger ? Technics and civilization, Mumford ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye ? When old technologies were new, Marvin ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker ? America Calling, Fischer ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson ? Virtual communities, Rheingold ? The rise of the network society, Castells ? 6 Degrees, Watts ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff ? Play between worlds, Taylor ? Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. From anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no Wed Mar 5 03:08:06 2014 From: anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no (Anders Fagerjord) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 12:08:06 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Rich, I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. All the best, ?anders Anders Fagerjord, dr. art Associate professor of media studies Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 03:48:53 2014 From: paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk (Gerbaudo, Paolo) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:48:53 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Activism #Now - Conference Programme - April 4th 2014 - King's College London References: Message-ID: <47215386-3D7C-4DB9-A5D3-4476A915EC9A@kcl.ac.uk> Paolo Gerbaudo Lecturer in Digital Culture and Society, King's College London paolo.gerbaudo at kcl.ac.uk Room 217a Norfolk Building Strand +44 020 7848 1576 Dear List members, Please find below the programme of the Digital Activism #Now conference on April 4th 2014 at King's College London. The conference will host key-notes by Gabriella Coleman and Guobin Yang and panel discussions on hacking, social networking, digital propaganda and secrecy/transparency. We hope to see many of you on April 4th 2014 at King's! Best Regards, Paolo Gerbaudo ------------------------------------------------------------------- Digital Activism #Now: Information Politics, Digital Culture and Global Protest Movements CONFERENCE PROGRAMME Date: April 4th 2014 Location: King?s College London, Strand Campus, King?s Building Nearest Tube: Temple Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 REGISTRATION AND COFFEE ? 9:00-9:45 ? River Room OPENING PLENARY The Historicity of Digital Activism ? 9:45-11:15 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Guobin Yang (University of Pennsylvania) - Respondent: Timothy Hildebrandt (LSE) BREAKOUT SESSIONS I ? 11:30-13:00 Panel 1 ? Hacking and Hacktivism ? Room K1.28 Chair: Tim Jordan (King?s College London) - Fidele Vlavo (King?s) - Mustafa al-Bassam (King?s, former Lulzsec) - Sebastian Kubitscho (Bremen University) - Sam Carlisle (Sukey) Panel 2 ? Digital Propaganda ? River Room Chair: Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin) - Kirsten Forkert (University of Birmingham) - Eugenia Siapera (Dublin City University) - Lee Salter (Sussex University) LUNCH ? 13:00 ? 14:00 BREAKOUT SESSIONS II ? 14:30 ? 16:00 Panel 3: Social Networks and Digital Organising ? Room K1.28 Chair: Miriyam Arouagh (Westminster) - Paolo Gerbaudo (King?s College London) - Stephen Reid (UK Uncut co-founder) - Marta (Catorce Collective, Spain) Panel 4: Digital Transparency and Secrecy ? River Room Chair: Clare Birchall (King?s) - David Berry (Sussex University) - Smari McCarthy (ThoughtWorks) - Zach Blas (Duke University, and Eyebeam) CLOSING PLENARY Weapons of the Geeks ? 16:30 ? 18:00 ? Safra Lecture Theatre - Gabriella Coleman (McGill University) - Respondent: Tim Jordan (King?s) ------------------------------------------------------------- Website: http://www.digitalactivismnow.org Twitter: @KingsDCS #DigitalActivismNow #DANow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalCultureKings Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-activism-now-tickets-9047139237 From agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org Wed Mar 5 04:20:59 2014 From: agrydehoj at islanddynamics.org (Adam Grydehoj) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 13:20:59 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Conference call for papers: Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos Message-ID: <1187009318.23862.1394022059958.open-xchange@email.1and1.co.uk> 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' 21-25 October 2014, Copenhagen, Denmark 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos' will explore the cultures, economies, and politics of urban areas based on islands worldwide. Papers are particularly being sought concerning how changes in IT and other technologies are affecting the ways in which culture, government, and economy function in such island cities. Islands are often associated with peripherality, yet over the course of human history, they have also been important sites of urban development. Many important regional cities and global cities have developed wholly or partially on small islands or archipelagos. Physical separation from the mainland and spatial limitations along with a maritime tradition can encourage the transport of products and ideas, improved defence infrastructure, construction of social capital, consolidation of political power, formation of vibrant cultures, and concentration of population. Some such island-based cities were located on inland river islands and have since expanded far beyond their original borders (for example, Paris and Strasbourg) while others are still strongly associated with their island cores (for example, Hong Kong and New York City). Major population centres located on larger, primarily rural islands and archipelagos represent another type of island city. Each of these cities is affected not just by the dynamics at work in urban areas in general but also by the special functions it gains from acting as a metropolis that provides goods and services to rural island hinterlands. 'Island Cities and Urban Archipelagos is an international, interdisciplinary academic conference exploring how island status influences urban development, common attributes of island cities worldwide, and the opportunities that islandness presents for developing urban cultures and economies. It will also consider how and why different island cities have developed in different ways. Visit the conference website ( ) to see the call for papers and learn more. The deadline for abstracts is 30 April 2014. Plenary Speakers: Saskia Sassen, Jon Pierre, Godfrey Baldacchino, Christian Wicchman Matthiessen, and Brenda S.A. Yeoh. Organising Partners: University of Portsmouth's Centre of Art, Architecture & Design; Memorial University of Newfoundland's Harris Centre of Regional Policy & Development; Lund University's Department of Human Geography; and Queen's University Belfast's School of Geography, Archaeology, and Paleoecology. From susie.pratt at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 04:36:24 2014 From: susie.pratt at gmail.com (Susie Pratt) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 20:36:24 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: these two reading groups/lists (in an STSish vein) may be of interest http://itu.dk/tip/?p=1834 //IT University of Copenhagen http://tcrgmelbourne.wordpress.com/ //Melbourne Uni -- Susanne Pratt, Ph.D. Candidate Journalism and Media Research Centre @ UNSW http://susannepratt.com/ On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Anders Fagerjord < anders.fagerjord at media.uio.no> wrote: > Dear Rich, > > I think you would be interested in, and possibly provoked by, a text by > Bruno Latour. For example, Latour, B. (2005). Reassembling the social: An > introduction to Actor-network-theory. Oxford: Oxford University Press. > > All the best, > > --anders > > Anders Fagerjord, dr. art > Associate professor of media studies > > Department of Media Studies, University of Oslo > > Norwegian Media Technology Lab, Gj?vik University College > > > > 5. mars 2014 kl. 08:38 skrev Rich Ling : > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David > Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Wed Mar 5 06:01:51 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 14:01:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is a reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - deadline 15th March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 15th March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From wjmoner at utexas.edu Wed Mar 5 06:58:46 2014 From: wjmoner at utexas.edu (William J. Moner) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 09:58:46 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Rich, James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the telegraph. http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate and military interests in broadcast regulation. Best, William ------------------------- William J. Moner PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From dhakken at indiana.edu Wed Mar 5 08:10:44 2014 From: dhakken at indiana.edu (David Hakken) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 11:10:44 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended References: Message-ID: <40632D41-B6B4-4C75-9813-13FADB3091F7@indiana.edu> Dear fellow AoIR pilots Please bring these new deadlines to the attention of colleagues who might be interested especially graduate students who might be interested in the doctoral consortium (deadline 3/17) David Hakken Begin forwarded message: > From: Andrea Botero > Subject: [Pdworld] Participatory Design Conference 2014 Deadlines Extended > Date: March 4, 2014 at 6:11:59 AM EST > To: pdworld /Listserv > > Dear PDCers > > We've extended the deadlines for PDC 2014 papers: > - Research papers submissions extended to March 10 > - Short papers submissions extended to March 17 > - All other submissions extended to March 17 > > In addition to enabling those who weren't able to get their paper in on time, it allows all those who did make the deadline to strengthen and re-submit their papers. Authors may want to revise their papers in light of the short guide to reviewing PDC papers available on the Submission page, to get a better sense of how their papers will be assessed. > > I you are intending to submit a Research/Short paper please register in the conference system and post as soon as possible provisional title, keywords and abstract so that the assignment of papers to reviewers will not be delayed. > > Access the conference system here https://precisionconference.com/~pdc/ > > PDC2014 Conference Chairs > _______________________________________________ > Pdworld mailing list > Pdworld at listserv.uni-siegen.de > https://listserv.uni-siegen.de/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pdworld David Hakken Information Ethnographer Professor of Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing 901 E. 10th Street, #318 Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47408 dhakken at indiana.edu 812-856-1869 office; 812-391-2966 cell; 812-856-1995 fax Faculty Fellow at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Trento, Italy http://www.informatics.indiana.edu/research/profiles/dhakken.asp Spring Office Hours: M 1:20-2:20, T 1:30-2:30, or by appointment From scroeser at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 08:33:22 2014 From: scroeser at gmail.com (sky) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 11:33:22 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <1394037202.10419.7.camel@localhost.localdomain> Emily Martin's 'The Egg and the Sperm' is also a useful addition! On Wed, 2014-03-05 at 09:58 -0500, William J. Moner wrote: > Rich, > > James Carey's essays might be of use, particularly this gem about the > telegraph. > http://www9.georgetown.edu/faculty/irvinem/theory/Carey-TechnologyandIdeology.pdf > > Also, you might consider Susan Douglas' Inventing American Broadcasting if > you're interested in how the concept of the amateur collides with corporate > and military interests in broadcast regulation. > > Best, > William > > > ------------------------- > William J. Moner > PhD Candidate, Media Studies, University of Texas at Austin > wjmoner at utexas.edu || 512.666.4865 || @williamj > > > On Wed, Mar 5, 2014 at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > > > -- > > Rich L. > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From Greg.Wise at asu.edu Wed Mar 5 08:36:57 2014 From: Greg.Wise at asu.edu (Greg Wise) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 16:36:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Wolfgang Schivelbusch's books, Disenchanted Night and The Railway Journey, could be of interest. Greg Wise -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Rich Ling Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 12:39 AM To: AoIR mailing list Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all, I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: * The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein * Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift * Latitude, Sobel * The Victorian internet, Standage * The Control Revolution, Beniger * Technics and civilization, Mumford * Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye * When old technologies were new, Marvin * The social construction of technical systems, Bijker * America Calling, Fischer * Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson * Virtual communities, Rheingold * The rise of the network society, Castells * 6 Degrees, Watts * Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling * Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra * Sociology beyond societies, Urry * In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff * Play between worlds, Taylor * Where the action is, Dourish -- Rich L. _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From keckert at umd.edu Wed Mar 5 09:01:56 2014 From: keckert at umd.edu (Kristin Dagmar Eckert) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:01:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: <0A6BAADED9DB714B8885DC08221E3B9F0A5ADE6F@OITMX1006.AD.UMD.EDU> Dear AIR members I am seeking academic studies and articles on women bloggers and/or gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany in English and/or German (I am a German native). Alternatively, I am also looking for articles in the quality press of each country on women bloggers or gender and blogging. I looked through the data bases my university provides and have not had much luck. I just want to make sure I am not missing out on something. Thank you very much for your hints and links! Best, Stine Stine Eckert Ph.D. Candidate Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100N Knight Hall www.stineeckert.com @stineeckert From halavais at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 09:26:03 2014 From: halavais at gmail.com (Alexander Halavais) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 10:26:03 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> References: <0532336B2414FD47A20B70E2BD404E0828EA3A0C@exmbw01.asurite.ad.asu.edu> Message-ID: Reading list for whom? :) I would throw on some Thomas Hughes, perhaps "Networks of Power"? I've assigned his last book, the wafer-thin "Human-Built World: How to Think About Technology and Culture" to a bunch of classes, as it provides a brief but engaging look at technological systems... - Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais From neal at hivemedia.ca Wed Mar 5 09:27:23 2014 From: neal at hivemedia.ca (Neal Thomas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 12:27:23 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: <53175E7B.2000907@hivemedia.ca> Hi Rich -- here's a few more you might want to include in your pile, though they lean more in the direction of philosophy and social theory: Barney / Prometheus Wired Borgmann / Technology and the Character of Contemporary Life Borgmann / Holding on to Reality Braidotti / The Posthuman Durham Peters / Speaking Into the Air Feenberg & Hannay / Technology and the Politics of Knowledge Feenberg / Questioning Technology Feenberg / Transforming Technology Genosko / Remodelling Communication Heidegger / The Question Concerning Technology Ihde / Bodies in Technology Ihde / Technology and the Lifeworld Kittler / Film, Gramophone, Typewriter Lanier / You are Not a Gadget Marx / The Grundrisse Mattelart / Networking the World Pacey / Meaning in Technology Scharff and Dusek / Philosophy of Technology: An Anthology Simpson / Technology, Time & the Conversations of Modernity Slack & Wise / Culture and Technology: A Primer Stiegler / Technics & Time 1,2 Terranova: Network Culture Wiener / The Human Use of Human Beings Winner / The Whale and the Reactor Winner / Autonomous Technology Best, Neal -- ___________ Neal Thomas Assistant Professor of Media and Technology Studies Department of Communication Studies The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3285 USA From lmh13 at cornell.edu Wed Mar 5 09:36:56 2014 From: lmh13 at cornell.edu (Lee H. Humphreys) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 17:36:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Hi Rich, Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. Cheers, Lee Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Cornell University On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > Dear all, > > I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want > to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I > realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar > to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > books. Key articles are also of interest. > > My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > > ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > > ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > > ? Latitude, Sobel > > ? The Victorian internet, Standage > > ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > > ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > > ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye > > ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > > ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > > ? America Calling, Fischer > > ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > > ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > > ? The rise of the network society, Castells > > ? 6 Degrees, Watts > > ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > > ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > > ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > > ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > > ? Play between worlds, Taylor > > ? Where the action is, Dourish > > -- > Rich L. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From aherman at wlu.ca Wed Mar 5 11:11:58 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Message-ID: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 From zimmerm at uwm.edu Wed Mar 5 13:41:19 2014 From: zimmerm at uwm.edu (Michael Zimmer) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 15:41:19 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From janet.sternberg at nyu.edu Wed Mar 5 14:03:19 2014 From: janet.sternberg at nyu.edu (Janet Sternberg) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 17:03:19 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> References: <291F6ABE-A05F-460A-B28C-95EBB8F72F90@cornell.edu> Message-ID: <53179F27.6090001@nyu.edu> One more for the technology & society list (apologies if it's a duplicate, I didn't see anyone mention it yet), definitely with a communication twist: Neil Postman, 1992, //Technopoly: The/ Surrender of Culture to Technolog/y There's also Postman's 1985 /Amusing Ourselves to Death/ about television, but I think /Technopoly/ is more general (and probably taught less frequently than /Amusing/). Regards, Janet Janet Sternberg, PhD http://about.me/JanetPhD Media scholar & author of book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com From maxigas at anargeek.net Wed Mar 5 14:27:02 2014 From: maxigas at anargeek.net (maxigas) Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 23:27:02 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <20140305.232702.1698308986204894374.maxigas@anargeek.net> From: "Andrew Herman" Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2014 14:11:58 -0500 > Hi All > > > I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production > in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I > am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that > is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on > digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that > perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of > work and work life in the industry. > > > I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, > Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I > am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries > literature and am looking for work specifically on > internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work > on the gaming industry would also be valuable Nice work. Where is the reading list? -- maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 http://research.metatron.ai/ Sent from my computer From lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu Wed Mar 5 16:36:10 2014 From: lholly at gwmail.gwu.edu (L Holly) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 19:36:10 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking data on distribution messages in virtual worlds Message-ID: Dear AIR members, Could you point me to any research showing the distribution of the trust level of messages? In other words, not all messages exchanged in a virtual community are supportive, many will be neutral and some will be non-supportive or hostile. What does that distribution look like? What percentage of messages are non-supportive/hostile, neutral, supportive? I am developing an agent-based model of social system and need this information to govern the messages generated. I would like the messages exchanged between agents to mimic real messages distributions. Thnk you for your time and consideration -- Leo Holly Doctoral Candidate Executive Leadership Doctoral Program The George Washington University "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." - Oliver Wendell Holmes From bbirregah at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 16:42:51 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 01:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Linkedin dataset Message-ID: hi, Is there anyone who has datasets extracted from linkedin to share? regards -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 From jvickery183 at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 19:08:16 2014 From: jvickery183 at gmail.com (Jacqueline Vickery) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 21:08:16 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking studies on women bloggers, gender and blogging in Switzerland and Germany Message-ID: Hi Stine, Perhaps you are already familiar with it, but if not, I recommend Tanja Carstensen's article "Gender Trouble in Web 2.0: Gender Relations in Social Network Sites, Wikis, and Weblogs" published in the International Journal of Gender, Science, and Technology. It focuses on German websites and is available online: http://genderandset.open.ac.uk/index.php/genderandset/article/viewFile/18/31 Best, - jacqueline ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jacqueline Vickery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of North Texas Department of Radio-TV-Film ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From riseling at gmail.com Wed Mar 5 22:45:24 2014 From: riseling at gmail.com (riseling) Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 07:45:24 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Message-ID: Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism.? These are mostly >> books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk Thu Mar 6 02:51:07 2014 From: H.Kennedy at leeds.ac.uk (Helen Kennedy) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 10:51:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms In-Reply-To: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> References: <531730AE0200003F0007DE14@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Message-ID: <66F01BC4D7AAFB4EA82FEAFAB093922806250580FB9E@HERMES7.ds.leeds.ac.uk> Some references, and some self-promotion thrown in: New media / web / internet work Batt, R., Christopherson, S., Rightor, N. and van Jaarsveld, D. (2000) Net Working: work patterns and workforce policies for the new media industry, Centre for Advanced Human Resource Studies Working Paper Series, Cornell University, NY, http://works.bepress.com/rosemary_batt/27/ or www.nyecon.cornell.edu/downloads/research/Net_Working.pdf Christopherson, S (2004) ?The divergent worlds of new media: how policy shapes work in the creative economy?, Review of Policy Research, 21(4): 543-558 Deuze, M. (2007) Media Work, Cambridge: Polity Press [[ something on games in here ]]. Gill, R. (2002) ?Cool, Creative and Egalitarian? Exploring Gender in Project-Based New Media Work in Europe?, Information, Communication and Society 5(1): 70-89. Gill, R. (2007) ?Technobohemians or the new Cybertariat? New media work in Amsterdam a decade after the web?. Report for the Institute of Network Cultures, http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/genderInstitute/whosWho/profiles/gill.htm, date accessed 26 September 2007. Gill, R. (2010) ?Life is a Pitch: managing the self in new media work? in M. Deuze (ed) Managing Media Work, London: Sage. Gottschall, K. and Kroos, D. (2006) ?Self-employment in comparative perspectives: general trends and the case of new media? in S. Walby, H. Gottfried, K. Gottschall, and M. Osawa (eds) Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). Kennedy, H. (2010) ?Net work: the professionalisation of web design?, Media, Culture and Society, 32: 187-203. Kennedy, H. (2012) Net Work: Ethics and Values in Web Design, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Kerr, Aphra, http://www.nuim.ie/people/aphra-kerr, lots on games industries Kotamraju, N.P. (2002) ?Keeping up: web design skill and the reinvented worker?. Information, Communication and Society, 5(1): 1-26. Mayer-Ahuja, N. and Wolf, H. (2007) ?Beyond the Hype: working in the German Internet Industry?, Critical Sociology, 33(1-2): 73-99. Perrons, D. (2003) ?The new economy and the work-life balance: conceptual explorations and a case study of new media?, Gender, Work and Organization, 10(1): 65-93. Perrons, D. (2007) ?Living and working patterns in the new knowledge economy: new opportunities and old social divisions in the case of new media and care work? in C. Fagan, L. McDowell, D. Perrons, K. Ray and K. Ward (eds) Gender Divisions in the New Economy: changing patterns of work, care and public policy in Europe and North America (London: Edward Elgar). Ross, A. (2003) No-Collar: The Humane Workplace and its Hidden Costs, Philadelphia: Temple University Press. Wittel, A. (2001) ?Toward a network sociality?, Theory, Culture and Society, 18(6): 51-76. Social media monitoring/sentiment analysis Andrejevic, M (2011) ?The work that affective economics does?, Cultural Studies, 25, 4-5, pp604-620. Hearn, A. (2011) ?Structuring Feeling: web 2.0, online ranking and rating, and the digital ?reputation? economy?, Ephemera: Theory and Politics in Organisation, vol 11 no 1, http://www.ephemeraweb.org/journal/index.htm. Kennedy, H. (2012) ?Perspectives on sentiment analysis?, Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 56 (4): 435-450. Cultural industries: general Banks, M. (2007) The Politics of Cultural Work, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. Hesmondhalgh, D. (2007) The Cultural Industries, 2nd edition, London: Sage. Hesmondhalgh, D. and Baker, S. (2010) Creative Labour: media work in three cultural industries, London: Routledge. Dr Helen Kennedy Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/) More about me: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Herman [aherman at wlu.ca] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 7:11 PM To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Reading List on Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms Hi All I am putting together a reading list on "Cultures of Production in Internet/Social Media/App Firms" or something like that. I am particularly interested in empirical, qualitative work that is theoretically informed (i.e. by work on digital/immaterial/affective labour though not limited to that perspective) but does a deep dive in the quotidian cultures of work and work life in the industry. I am already rockin' the work of Gina Neff, Alice Marwick, Melissa Gregg, Richard Sennett, David Stark and Ursula Huws. I am also broadly familiar with the cultural industries literature and am looking for work specifically on internet/mobile and social media/software app enterprises. Work on the gaming industry would also be valuable. Thanks Andrew Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From rscott at walsh.edu Thu Mar 6 05:38:58 2014 From: rscott at walsh.edu (Ron Scott) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:38:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8693E10E721B814EB5C4A7617685F4A4223A591D@LUCIA4.walsh.edu> Hi All - I didn't see this book mentioned previously (if it was I apologize for missing it), and it's probably not what you're thinking of as foundational, but David Nye's American Technological Sublime speaks to the importance of steam technology in creating what Nye calls the technological sublime... rs -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of riseling Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 1:45 AM To: Michael Zimmer; AoIR mailing list Subject: Re: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) Dear all,? Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. ?There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made.? As one would expect from this list, ?there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. That said, ?one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled?? Thanks. ? Rich L.
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A few more voices to add: Baym, Nancy.? "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm at uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > Hi Rich, > > Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: > > Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > > Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication"? and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > > I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > > Cheers, > Lee > > Lee Humphreys, PhD > Assistant Professor > Dept. of Communication > Cornell University > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I >> want to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not >> the only technology. I have put together the following list. The two >> areas that I realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is >> there a book similar to Eisenstein for steam?) and >> transport/automobilism.? These are mostly books. Key articles are also of interest. >> >> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >> >> ?????? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >> >> ?????? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >> >> ?????? Latitude, Sobel >> >> ?????? The Victorian internet, Standage >> >> ?????? The Control Revolution, Beniger >> >> ?????? Technics and civilization, Mumford >> >> ?????? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, >> David Nye >> >> ?????? When old technologies were new, Marvin >> >> ?????? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >> >> ?????? America Calling, Fischer >> >> ?????? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >> >> ?????? Virtual communities, Rheingold >> >> ?????? The rise of the network society, Castells >> >> ?????? 6 Degrees, Watts >> >> ?????? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >> >> ?????? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, >> Stinestra >> >> ?????? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >> >> ?????? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >> >> ?????? Play between worlds, Taylor >> >> ?????? Where the action is, Dourish >> >> -- >> Rich L. >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the >> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change >> options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From arussell at stevens.edu Thu Mar 6 06:02:58 2014 From: arussell at stevens.edu (Andrew Russell) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 09:02:58 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Rich - Aileen Fyfe?s ?Steam-Powered Knowledge? won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from SHOT - if you?re looking for something at the intersections of steam technology and communication, Fyfe?s book is a good place to start. Since steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh?s ?Railway Journey,? which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered technological system. While I?m at it - you might add Melosi?s ?Sanitary City? to your list (if it?s not on there already). Andy On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > Dear all, > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that have been made. > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > Thanks. > > Rich L. > >
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A few more voices to add: > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination? > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of Culture? > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century? > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age? > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet? > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of Social Media" > > > -- > Michael Zimmer, PhD > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > >> Hi Rich, >> >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old favorites: >> >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" >> >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. >> >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. >> >> Cheers, >> Lee >> >> Lee Humphreys, PhD >> Assistant Professor >> Dept. of Communication >> Cornell University >> >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: >> >>> Dear all, >>> >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I want >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that I >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book similar >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. >>> >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: >>> >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein >>> >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift >>> >>> ? Latitude, Sobel >>> >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage >>> >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger >>> >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford >>> >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, David Nye >>> >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin >>> >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker >>> >>> ? America Calling, Fischer >>> >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson >>> >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold >>> >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells >>> >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts >>> >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling >>> >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra >>> >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry >>> >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff >>> >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor >>> >>> ? 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Much of the data is coming from social media in the form of user-generated content. What do we do with all of these ?social? data and how do we make sense of it all? What are the inherent challenges and issues surrounding working with social media data? How are social media platforms and the data that they generate changing us as individuals, changing our organizations and changing our society? Additionally what are the political, ethical, privacy, and security implications of the wide availability of these data? These are just a few questions that we have for this year?s participants of the 2014 Social Media & Society Conference (#SMSociety14). The Social Media & Society Conference is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 5th year, the 2014 Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 27 to 28. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. The conference offers an intensive two-day program comprising of paper presentations, panel discussions, and posters covering wide-ranging topics related to social media. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, the conference provides attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, learn about recently completed and work-in-progress studies, and strengthen connections with their peers. Last year?s conference hosted nearly 200 attendees, featured research from 90+ scholars and practitioners across several fields from over 60 institutions in 15 different countries. 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University of Toronto, Canada Philip Mai, Dalhousie University, Canada Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada From benallenmorton at gmail.com Thu Mar 6 18:24:50 2014 From: benallenmorton at gmail.com (Ben Morton) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 20:24:50 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] Reading list on technology and society (with a communication twist) In-Reply-To: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> References: <81CDB8F0-0535-4968-B081-9FAAABB91980@stevens.edu> Message-ID: For technology and society readings related to transportation, you should definitely take a look at Jeremy Packer's Mobility Without Mayhem: Safety, Cars, and Citizenship(2008) -Ben Morton University of Iowa On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 8:02 AM, Andrew Russell wrote: > Rich - > > Aileen Fyfe's "Steam-Powered Knowledge" won the 2013 Edelstein Prize from > SHOT - if you're looking for something at the intersections of steam > technology and communication, Fyfe's book is a good place to start. Since > steam engines became so deeply embedded in many aspects of industrial > society (stationary steam engines in factories, transport via railroads & > steamboats, engineering activity to prevent boiler explosions, etc), the > literature is vast. Someone already mentioned Schivelbucsh's "Railway > Journey," which is a brilliant cultural history of a steam-powered > technological system. > > While I'm at it - you might add Melosi's "Sanitary City" to your list (if > it's not on there already). > > Andy > > > On Mar 6, 2014, at 1:45 AM, riseling wrote: > > > Dear all, > > > > Thanks for all the great suggestions for tech. and society books. There > are a lot of "old friends" and "new acquaintances" in the suggestions that > have been made. > > > > As one would expect from this list, there are a lot of books/articles > on IT and comm. Indeed I noted a need for that bias in my original mail. > > > > That said, one theme for which I haven't seen the foundational book is > steam technology. Is this a hole awaiting to be filled? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Rich L. > > > >
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A few more voices to add: > > > > Baym, Nancy. "Personal Connections in a Digital Age" > > > > Douglas, Susan. "Listening In: Radio And The American Imagination" > > > > Gitelman, Lisa. "Always Already New: Media, History, and the Data of > Culture" > > > > Marvin, Carolyn. "When Old Technologies Were New: Thinking About > Electric Communication in the Late Nineteenth Century" > > > > Papacharissi, Zizi. "A Private Sphere: Democracy in a Digital Age" > > > > Turkle, Sherry. "Life on the Screen: Identity in the Age of the Internet" > > > > van Dijck, Jos?. "The Culture of Connectivity: A Critical History of > Social Media" > > > > > > -- > > Michael Zimmer, PhD > > Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies > > Director, Center for Information Policy Research > > University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee > > e: zimmerm at uwm.edu > > w: www.michaelzimmer.org > > > > On Mar 5, 2014, at 11:36 AM, Lee H. Humphreys wrote: > > > >> Hi Rich, > >> > >> Among the others that have already been mentioned, here are some old > favorites: > >> > >> Raymond Williams "Television: Technology & Cultural Form" > >> Josh Meyrowitz "No Sense of Place" > >> Roger Silverstone "Television and Everyday life" > >> Jacques Ellul "The Technological Society" > >> > >> Of course, there's also Innis' "Bias of Communication" and McLuhan's > "Understanding Media", which can be fun to teach as well. > >> > >> I'm also a huge fan of Nick Couldry's book "Media, Society, World. > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Lee > >> > >> Lee Humphreys, PhD > >> Assistant Professor > >> Dept. of Communication > >> Cornell University > >> > >> On Mar 5, 2014, at 2:38 AM, Rich Ling wrote: > >> > >>> Dear all, > >>> > >>> I am trying to think of a readings list on technology and society. I > want > >>> to have a bit of a bias towards communication, but that it not the only > >>> technology. I have put together the following list. The two areas that > I > >>> realize I don't have much on is steam technology (is there a book > similar > >>> to Eisenstein for steam?) and transport/automobilism. These are mostly > >>> books. Key articles are also of interest. > >>> > >>> My current list (starting with the older technologies) is as follows: > >>> > >>> ? The Printing press as a agent of change, Eisenstein > >>> > >>> ? Shaping the day, Glennie and Thrift > >>> > >>> ? Latitude, Sobel > >>> > >>> ? The Victorian internet, Standage > >>> > >>> ? The Control Revolution, Beniger > >>> > >>> ? Technics and civilization, Mumford > >>> > >>> ? Electrifying America: Social meanings of a new technology, > David Nye > >>> > >>> ? When old technologies were new, Marvin > >>> > >>> ? The social construction of technical systems, Bijker > >>> > >>> ? America Calling, Fischer > >>> > >>> ? Crabgrass Frontier, Jackson > >>> > >>> ? Virtual communities, Rheingold > >>> > >>> ? The rise of the network society, Castells > >>> > >>> ? 6 Degrees, Watts > >>> > >>> ? Taken for grantedness (maybe New Tech, New Ties), Ling > >>> > >>> ? Configuring the User as Everybody: Oudshoorn, Rommes, Stinestra > >>> > >>> ? Sociology beyond societies, Urry > >>> > >>> ? In the Age of the Smart Machine, Zuboff > >>> > >>> ? Play between worlds, Taylor > >>> > >>> ? 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Applicants should hold postgraduate qualifications at PhD level in a field related to Social Sciences, Statistics, Information Science, or Journalism/Media/Communication studies. Applicants should possess a track record of publications in high quality international journals or other appropriate refereed publications and should demonstrate the potential of academic publication in the coming three years. The appointee is required to generate research outputs independently and to prepare research proposal for competitive grant application. Experience in computational social science studies, big data analysis, data visualization, social network analysis, complex systems modeling, agent-based computing would have a definite advantage. Teaching experience in courses related to media and journalism is preferred. The successful candidate will be involved in a research project entitled "A Big Data Approach to Computational Media Studies". Applicants should send a completed application form, together with an up-to-date C.V. to jmsc2 at hku.hk. Application forms (341/1111) can be obtained at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc. Please indicate clearly in the form the post applied for, as well as the field and level (if applicable), and the reference number. Review of applications will start on May 1, 2014 until the post is filled. The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only shortlisted applicants will be notified of the application result. JMSC website: http://jmsc.hku.hk/ King-wa Fu, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong Room 206, Eliot Hall, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong Tel: (852) 3917-1643 Fax: (852) 2858-8736 Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/ From m.foth at qut.edu.au Thu Mar 6 23:49:43 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 07:49:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing due 1 June 2014 Message-ID: <0D46D348-A608-45A3-8BBE-2500DF6A8E36@qut.edu.au> Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP edited by Hannu Kukka, University of Oulu Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Sebastian Boring, University of Copenhagen Anind K. Dey, Carnegie Mellon University tauc.editors at gmail.com Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2014 DESCRIPTION The research field of urban computing ? defined as ?the integration of computing, sensing, and actuation technologies into everyday urban settings and lifestyles? [1] ? considers the design and use of ubiquitous computing technology in public and shared urban environments. Its impact on cities, buildings, and spaces evokes innumerable kinds of change [2]. Embedded into our everyday lived environments, urban computing technologies have the potential to alter the meaning of physical space, and affect the activities performed in those spaces. In this special issue, we invite contributions to a multi-themed discussion of various aspects that make up the, at times, messy and certainly transdisciplinary field of urban computing and urban informatics. The starting point for the proposed special issue is a call for a more transdisciplinary approach to the design and evaluation of urban computing systems that regards these systems as holistic, organic and evolving constructs comprising three interrelated components: people, place, technology. Following Nicolescu [3], we use the term transdisciplinarity to signify the positioning of urban computing research at once between different disciplines, across these disciplines, and beyond all discipline. The term differs from the related concepts of multidisciplinarity, where a topic is studied by several disciplines that are in service of a base discipline, and interdisciplinarity, where methods from one discipline are transferred to another. Looking at urban computing from a transdisciplinary perspective is useful in that a large methodological and theoretical gap exists in much of the current literature. Often, the epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and practical contributions of relevant fields of study (e.g., computer science, architecture and design, and social sciences) do not connect to form a solid basis for the advancement of cities and city life. Despite the inherent complexity and transdisciplinary nature of urban computing as a subject of study, few such efforts have been undertaken. However, moving the field forward requires explorations of the opportunities and challenges inherent in truly transdisciplinary work by researchers from several interrelated fields of study coming together to design, build, and evaluate urban computing systems. In the proposed special issue we call for contributions from both practical and theoretical points of view discussing the practice and promise of transdisciplinary work in the field of urban computing and urban informatics. Specifically, we hope to elicit contributions from researchers in the various fields closely related to urban computing such as computer science, social sciences (e.g., cultural anthropology), and architecture and urban design. We envision the following contributions: (1) experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings, reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner; and (2) theoretical/conceptual discussions on the merits of understanding the topic not only from a technological perspective, taking into consideration the various interrelated disciplines and fields of study. The proposed topic is timely and significant, since more and more explorations are conducted ?at large? or "in-the-wild,? i.e. outside traditional research laboratory settings. This move from controlled laboratories to messy real-life environments is far from trivial, and requires an integrated approach that both takes into account and respects the inherent transdisciplinarity that carrying out high quality research in such settings requires. Hence, contributions in the proposed special issue should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers and practitioners who either already do research ?in-the-wild,? or hope to transition to such work in the future. REFERENCES [1] Kindberg, C., Chalmers, M., Paulos, E. (2007) Guest Editor?s Introduction: Urban Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6(3), 18-20. [2] Fuller, M. (2013) Foreword. In: Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging with Ubiquitous Computing. MIT Press. [3] Nicolescu, B. (2001) Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity. Translated from French by Karen-Claire Voss. State of New York Press: New York. AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to the issue of transdisciplinary approaches to the field of urban computing. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include but are not limited to: ? Experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings ? Reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner ? Theoretical/conceptual discussions on the need for / the advancement of transdisciplinary work We are looking to publish a mix (roughly 50/50) of papers with a theoretical and practical contribution, depending of course on the number and types of submissions we receive. PAPER SUBMISSION Deadline: manuscripts are due 1st June 2014 but early submissions are encouraged. All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of the IJHCS journal. Further information, including submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-human-computer-studies/ Manuscripts are submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at: http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs/ To discuss a possible contribution, please contact the special issue editors at: tauc.editors at gmail.com For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie Fri Mar 7 02:33:50 2014 From: Kylie.Jarrett at nuim.ie (Kylie Jarrett) Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2014 10:33:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Console-ing Passions, Dublin 2015 Message-ID: <5319A08E.8010100@nuim.ie> I'm looking to get lots of internet, game or digital researchers, activists and/or practitioners to this conference, so get writing.* *** *CP 23 Rebooting Feminism* *Console-ing Passions International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media and Feminism* *June 18-20, 2015 Dublin* ** *Deadling for Abstracts: October 1, 2014. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by Jan 31, 2015.**Please submit all proposals to: Console-ingPassions.org * Founded by a group of feminist media scholars and artists in 1989, Console-ing Passions held its first official conference at the University of Iowa in 1992. Since that time, Console-ing Passions has become the leading international scholarly network for feminist research in television, video, audio, and new media. 23 years after the group's founding, we find ourselves in a dramatically different media landscape, as well as a world in which the meanings of feminism, postfeminism, and the intersections of feminism with race, sexuality, and class are hotly contested in the academy, in the popular press, and in contemporary media representations. Console-ing Passions 2015 asks, after decades of postfeminist retrenchment, is feminism due for a reboot? CP23 seeks to bring together papers, panels, screenings, and workshops that investigate both feminism and media studies at a crossroads. We are particularly interested in work that brings together two or more of Console-ing Passions' driving themes: gender, race and ethnicity, nationality, sexuality, and class. The 2015 conference invites pre-constituted panels and workshops, as well as individual papers that consider the breadth of feminist concerns related to television, digital, video, audio, and new media, as well as mobile and gaming technologies. Pre-constituted panels and workshops are especially encouraged. Possible topics include considerations of gender in relation to: *intersectional feminisms *feminism in a "post-racial" moment *"Rebooting Feminism:" what comes after postfeminism? *feminism, the economy & austerity *media production and industries *media audiences and fans *gaming and virtual worlds *masculinities, trans identities, sexualities *sex work and pornography *neoliberalism and gender *transmedia, theories of convergence and their critiques *transnational cultural flows and "Ex-pat TV" *social media and digital domains *feminism and popular music *feminism and the New Europe *spiritual belief and practice and media *feminism and the political right *new feminist icons (Elizabeth Warren, Wendy Davis, Julia Gillard) *campaigns for social justice *stardom and celebrity *affect and emotion studies *age *Pre-Constituted Panel Proposals:*Panel coordinators should submit a 200-word rationale for the panel as whole. For each contributor, please submit a 250-word abstract, a short bio, and contact information. Panels that include a diversity of panelist affiliations and experience levels are strongly encouraged. Panels should include 3-4 papers. *Individual Papers:*Individuals submitting paper proposals should provide an abstract of 250 words, a short bio, and contact information. *Workshop Proposals:*We seek workshop ideas that focus on scholarly issues in the field and matters of professionalization. Topics might include: media activism; mentoring; the job market; digital networking; workplace politics; teaching; tenure and promotion; publishing; etc. Prospective coordinators should submit a 350-word rationale (including some discussion of why the topic lends itself to a workshop format), a short bio, and contact information. For each proposed workshop participant, please submit a title, short bio, and contact information. Workshops are intended to encourage discussion; contributors will deliver a series of brief, informal presentations. Please visit our website Console-ingPassions.org for information about events, schedules, travel information, and more. Please direct all questions about the conference and the submission process to: consoleingpassions2015 at gmail.com Follow us on twitter: @CPDublin2015 Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ConsoleingPassions2015 Check out our amazing city center conference venue, The Marker Hotel: http://www.themarkerhoteldublin.com/ Conference Organizers: Maeve Connolly, Kylie Jarrett, Jorie Lagerwey, Diane Negra, Maria Pramaggiore, Emma Radley, and Stephanie Rains From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Fri Mar 7 09:05:58 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 18:05:58 +0100 (CET) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1394211958.173924-17064@charles.daybyday.de> * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! 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It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr Fri Mar 7 22:21:34 2014 From: nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr (nantonopoulos at jour.auth.gr) Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:21:34 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] What do users want from a media website? Message-ID: <20140308082134.Horde._rqJGl1lb_AwzyF3ljm3qw4@webmail.auth.gr> My name is Antonopoulos Nikos and I am a PHD candidate at the School of Journalism & Mass Communications. Aristotle University invites you to participate in an interesting research concerning the ways in which Internet users can find the information which they are looking for, on a media website. We would appreciate your feedback. Please click here: http://auth.edu.gr/index.php/999647/lang-en Thank you in advance, Yours faithfully, Antonopoulos Nikos - PhD candidate Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece From jstromer at syr.edu Sat Mar 8 06:33:51 2014 From: jstromer at syr.edu (Jennifer Stromer-Galley) Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2014 14:33:51 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Job openings in data science and HCI Message-ID: Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (The iSchool, see http://ischool.syr.edu) is soliciting applications for scholars involved in the broad and evolving spaces of data science/ data analytics and human-computer interaction (HCI) to join its renowned and interdisciplinary faculty. These positions are open rank, and we specifically encourage graduating doctoral students, senior assistant professors, and recently tenured faculty to apply. Located at the center of the picturesque Syracuse University, we seek entrepreneurial colleagues with a passion for innovative scholarship, a desire to work with others on interdisciplinary projects, and enthusiasm for teaching. The iSchool has seven degree programs and an enrollment of 50 doctoral students, 650 masters' students and 650 undergraduates, led by 42 full-time faculty and over 100 part-time faculty. The iSchool is at the cutting edge of scholarship and instruction. The school hosts five research centers and laboratories and faculty with recognized strengths in natural language processing, information retrieval, Internet governance and telecommunications policy, digital literacy, information management, information and network security, new forms of work and organizing, gamification, data science, entrepreneurship, and social media. There are campus-level initiatives on computational linguistics, sustainability, and urban education, along with strategic partnerships with J.P. Morgan Chase, IBM, and others as reflected in a curricular focus on Global Enterprise Technologies. The SU-ADVANCE program provides extensive mentoring services for female faculty in STEM disciplines. The ISchool recently acquired an IBM Netezza box, allowing for complex, fast analysis of large data sets, and SU has large data-storage capabilities and is home of the Qualitative Data Repository. The iSchool seeks colleagues who can deepen and extend our emerging strengths in data science. We see this as a broad area that spans the following: visualization of large data sets and analytic approaches to large and often heterogeneous data sets; developing tools and approaches for scientific collaboration, and for data access and retrieval; computational social science involving large-scale quantitative data, examining large-scale online social configurations; and other possible areas emphasizing large-scale data and its analysis and representation. The iSchool faculty also seeks colleagues who will continue to expand our strengths in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Although we encourage applications from any area of HCI, we are particularly interested in candidates with research and teaching experience in the design, building and testing of online systems and environments, mobile applications, and other artifacts, and who are engaging in studies of uses and users in the field or laboratory. The ability to obtain research funding will be considered a competitive advantage in our evaluations, as will evidence of teaching excellence. A record of publishing impactful scholarship is expected. Although rank and years of experience are open, we will consider outstanding ABDs with a strong expectation of a successful dissertation defense by 2015. To be considered, applicants must submit: a cover letter outlining their interests and qualifications (including the rank they are seeking); a current curriculum vitae; short statements describing research and teaching interests and accomplishments; and the names and contact information of at least three references to: www.sujobopps.com (job #071012). Strong candidates will be contacted for letters of reference and asked to provide research samples and a teaching portfolio or other evidence of teaching experience. Please do not submit these items with the initial application. We will begin screening applicants on 2 April, 2014 and continue accepting applications until the positions are filled, which may extend into the 2014-2015 academic year. Please direct questions to Dr. Jennifer Stromer-Galley, search chair, at jstromer at syr.edu ~Jenny Associate Professor | School of Information Studies Vice President | Association of Internet Researchers Syracuse University 220 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 t 315.443.1823 f 315.443.5673 e jstromer at syr.edu w www.stromer-galley.com w www.aoir.org ischool.syr.edu From berno.rieder at gmail.com Mon Mar 10 00:56:23 2014 From: berno.rieder at gmail.com (Bernhard Rieder) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 08:56:23 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Several Openings in New Media, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: The Mediastudies Department at the University of Amsterdam is currently looking to fill a number of positions in the New Media team and inviting applications for: # a tenure-track assistant professor position ("universitair-docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-070.html # up to three two-year lecturer positions ("docent") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-066.html # a five-year combined PhD/lecturer position ("docent-promovendus") http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/14-068.html Candidates are required to master Dutch at the A2 level (reading/grading assignments). However, the department is committed to providing intensive language courses that lead up to a certification for selected candidates without the necessary language proficiency. The application deadline for all positions is March 30, 2014. For general information about working at the UvA, refer to: http://www.uva.nl/en/about-the-uva/working-at-the-uva/ An overview of the Bachelor "Media en Cultuur" (in Dutch): http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/nl/p/499_20870.html An overview of the Master "New Media and Digital Cultures?: http://studiegids.uva.nl/web/uva/sgs/en/p/741_115565.html -- Bernhard Rieder | Associate Professor | New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://thepoliticsofsystems.net | http://rieder.polsys.net | https://www.digitalmethods.net | @RiederB From d.moats at gold.ac.uk Mon Mar 10 07:20:47 2014 From: d.moats at gold.ac.uk (David Moats) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:20:47 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Going Digital and Digital Tools for Qualitative Research Workshops at Goldsmiths Message-ID: **Apologies for Cross-Posting** Two (PhD/ECR) workshops rethinking the relationship between quant-qual in social media research, will be held at Goldsmiths, University of London this May. The first, 'Going Digital', is an introductory workshop on the challenges of locating, scraping and analysing social media data facing both quantitative and qualitative researchers. The session will include presentations by Noortje Marres, Brian Alleyne, Dhiraj Murthy and David Moats and introduce students to several freely available, exploratory web based tools (Digital Methods) through hands-on instruction and small group work. The goal will be for students to approach digital data, and new methods, with open minds but equipped with more critical faculties. *Going Digital * 12 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 250 http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7438 The second event, 'Digital Tools for Qualitative Research' is a more advanced workshop specifically investigating the potential for 'quanti-quali' (Latour and Venturini 2011) methods: which allow for close reading of texts as well as patterns and relationships at the aggregate level. The first day will include presentations by Noorjte Marres, Bernhard Rieder and Tommaso Venturini and will be devoted to discussing the participant's specific research problems and the affordances of existing methods and tools for addressing them. The second day will be devoted to a specific Twitter analysis tool, currently in proto-type, which will be tested and customised in a small group environment with programmers, designers and researchers working collaboratively. *Digital Tools for Qualitative Research* 15-16 May 2014 10-5PM RHB 350 http://www.gold.ac.uk/csisp/events/digitaltools/ email d.moats at gold.ac.uk for further info about both events. The deadline for applications to both is 18 April -- ------------------- *David J Moats* Phd Candidate CSISP - Sociology Goldsmiths College http://www.csisponline.net/ www.davidjmoats.com www.thequietus.com UK +44 (0)7787562607 US (0)1-630-328-9741 From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:16:56 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:16:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Book Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF0D@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> We are pleased to announce the fourth annual AoIR award for the best book published in internet research. This award seeks to recognize the best work in our field, and highlight the breadth of work that is done relating to the social and cultural dimensions of networked media. We will accept nominations (self and other) for Best Internet Research-Related Book published during the calendar year of 2013. Edited collections are not eligible; the book must explore a single topic and be authored or co-authored as a single text. The books will be reviewed by three eminent scholars in the field. Copies of nominated books should be sent to the committee members, arriving no later than April 30. For mailing instructions, please contact the chair of the committee, Andrew Herman, at ahermanwlu at gmail.com. The winner of the award will be announced in the summer of 2014. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to participate at the AoIR conference in Bangkok in October. Please contact Andrew Herman or Lori Kendall (prez at aoir.org) if you have any questions about this process. From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 10 12:18:05 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:18:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A61AF25@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2014 AoIR dissertation Award. To be eligible for the 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2013 calendar year. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research in a session at Internet Research 15.0 in Bangkok, October 22-25, 2014. Submissions should be sent as PDFs via email to Michael Zimmer, michael.zimmer at gmail.com, by April 15, 2014. (Each submission will be acknowledged. If you do not receive an email acknowledging your submission within a week, please send a follow-up email.) You may send your own dissertation or that of an advisee (with their permission). The winner of the award will be announced in Summer. Please contact Michael with any questions. From mjohns at luther.edu Mon Mar 10 12:24:11 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:24:11 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Message-ID: CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2013 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Jennifer Dunn, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2014 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Bangkok, Thailand. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 22-25, 2014 in Bangkok. Candidates should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark Johns at mjohns at luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2014. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns at luther.edu From juebelhe at asu.edu Mon Mar 10 14:14:48 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 14:14:48 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] $10k Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation & Research Data Seed Grant RFP Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The Arizona State University (ASU) School of Public Affairs, ASU Center for Policy Informatics, and the University of Iowa are pleased to announce a request for proposals (RFP) for innovative broadband use, evaluation, and research data projects. Three $10,000 NSF seed grants will be awarded to projects that generate innovative data for individuals or organizations on broadband or mobile internet use and new methods for data collection. This data from awardees will be made available on a web-based data portal being constructed for the wider broadband research community. The RFP application deadline is March 21, 2014. Please refer to the following link for additional information: https://spa.asu.edu/news-events/spa_news/innovative-broadband-use-evaluation-and-research-data-seed-grant .. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au Mon Mar 10 17:36:12 2014 From: thomas.sutherland at unimelb.edu.au (Thomas Robert Sutherland) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 00:36:12 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP - 'Situating Simondon: media and technics' Message-ID: <328C5AE2-5947-4073-9CCB-73801B40D25D@unimelb.edu.au> Call for Papers: ?Situating Simondon: media and technics? Platform: Journal of Media and Communication An interdisciplinary journal for early career researchers and graduate students Volume editors: Thomas Sutherland and Scott Wark Abstract submissions due: 1st of May, 2014 Full paper submissions due: 1st of July, 2014 Abetted by a paucity of translations, the work of Gilbert Simondon has remained relatively obscure in the Anglophone world for some time. Simondon is, however, finally ? if somewhat belatedly ? finding the appreciation amongst English-speaking readers that had eluded him for so long. Although Simondon?s work is probably most recognised today for its influence upon Gilles Deleuze and Bernard Stiegler, its scope is far greater than one might surmise on the basis of such associations. Amongst many other topics, Simondon?s philosophy focuses quite heavily upon questions related to technology, communication, mediation, and information. It is these areas in particular that we hope to explore in this special section of Platform. How might we situate the theories of Simondon within our contemporary media environment? Are they still relevant? Or are they too reliant upon outmoded principles and theoretical models? What lessons, both theoretical and practical, might researchers in the fields of communication and media studies take from Simondon?s philosophy? How might we extend or update his work for the digital, networked society? Platform encourages the submission of theoretical and empirical work engaging with Simondon and his legacy. We are particularly interested in papers that seek to situate Simondon?s work, both historically and within the disciplinary boundaries of media and communications. Potential themes might include, but are not limited to: ? Technological determinism in an age of digitization and unprecedented automation. Does Simondon provide us with a useful means for negotiating the question of agency in such an environment, or is he too beholden to the cybernetics and information theory of his time? ? Individuation and the associated milieu. Have subsequent media forms and communicative methods altered or halted the processes of individuation of which Simondon speaks? ? Media ecology. Some strands of media ecological study stress the dynamism and complexity of media-technical systems. How does Simondon?s understanding of technology challenge or deepen these approaches? ? Materiality and hylomorphism. At a time when communication appears increasingly immaterial, how might we understand Simondon?s attempt to escape all hylomorphic conceptions of communication and individuation? Does the notion of immateriality remain trapped within a hylomorphic distinction between form and matter, or is it indicative of a need to reconceptualise the very question of materiality? ? Technics and media. How does Simondon?s work fit within the larger field of studies on technics and its history (e.g. Mumford, Leroi-Gourhan, Ellul, Gille, Stiegler, etc.)? Might media and communications as a discipline benefit from a greater emphasis upon the role of technics in engendering media environments both past and present? ? The politics of individuation. Stiegler, Lefebvre and Mackenzie, amongst others, use Simondon?s work on transduction and individuation to describe and diagnose politics. How might Simondon help us think politics today? In addition to this special section, we also welcome submissions that more broadly deal with issues relating to the areas of media, technology, and communication in theoretical, methodological, or empirical terms. Please send all enquiries and submissions to platformjmc at gmail.com. Both abstracts and full papers must be accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and biographical note. We recommend that prospective authors submit abstracts well before the abstract deadline of the 1st of May, 2014, in order to allow for feedback and suggestions from the editors. All submissions should be from early career researchers (defined as being within a few years of completing their PhD) or current graduate students undertaking their Masters, PhD, or international equivalent. All eligible submissions will be sent for double-blind peer-review. Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will commence on submission. Note: Please read the submission guidelines before submitting work. Submissions received not in house style will not be accepted and authors will be asked resubmit their work with the correct formatting before it is sent for review. Platform: Journal of Media and Communication is a fully refereed, open-access online graduate journal. Founded and published by the School of Culture and Communication at the University of Melbourne (Australia), Platform was launched in November 2008. Platform is refereed by an international board of established and emerging scholars working across diverse fields in media and communication studies, and is edited by graduate students at the University of Melbourne. From da at unc.edu Mon Mar 10 21:18:07 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 04:18:07 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award deadline extended to April 8, 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D888D06@ITS-MSXMBS2F.ad.unc.edu> The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) ?is seeking nominations (applications and self-nominations are welcome) for the 2014 AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award, which recognizes academic units that are working toward, and have attained demonstrable success in increasing equity and diversity. Read the award call at http://www.aejmc.org/home/2013/10/aejmc-equity-diversity-award/ The application deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern time, April 8, 2014. We extended the AEJMC Equity & Diversity Award submission deadline to April 8, 2014 in response to requests for more time from several schools. We also realize that extreme winter weather has disrupted work schedules in United States regions that are home to our member schools. While we are happy to extend the deadline, early submissions are always welcome. Please address any questions to me, Deb Aikat , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cordially, ? Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://www.jomc.unc.edu/faculty-staff-journalism-faculty/aikat-debashis ************************* From icais at cuas.at Tue Mar 11 03:27:03 2014 From: icais at cuas.at (icais) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 10:27:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 | Bournemouth, UK Message-ID: <825BADE2E9C8674B82CEBD8B5F91F6474F5743E2@EXMBX01.technikum.local> [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * CALL FOR PAPERS * * * The 2014 International Conference on Adaptive & Intelligent Systems - ICAIS'14 September 08th - 10th, 2014 Bournemouth, UK http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS/ icais at bournemouth.ac.uk Sponsored by - IEEE Computational Intelligence Society - The International Neural Network Society -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * * * PLENARY TALKS * * * Prof. Ludmila I Kuncheva, Bangor University, UK (Talk: Feature Extraction for Change Detection) Prof. Jo?o Gama, University of Porto Porto, Portugal (Talk: Distributed Data Stream Mining) * * * AIMS OF THE CONFERENCE * * * The ICAIS'14 conference aims at bringing together international researchers, developers and practitioners from different horizons to discuss the latest advances in system learning and adaptation. ICAIS'14 will serve as a space to present the current state of the art but also future research avenues of this thematic. Topics of the conference cover three aspects: Algorithms & theories of adaptation and learning, Adaptation issues in Software & System Engineering, Real- world Applications. ICAIS'14 will feature contributed papers as well as world-renowned guest speakers (see webpage), interactive breakout sessions, and instructional workshops. * * * IMPORTANT DATES * * * - Workshop & Special Session proposal: April 13, 2014 - Full paper submission: June 10, 2014 - Acceptance notification: July 01, 2014 - Final camera ready: July 11, 2014 * * * CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS * * * Proceedings will be published by Springer in Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Series. * * * SPECIAL ISSUES / BOOK * * * A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers will be considered for possible inclusion in one of the following special issues or book: - Special Issue of Evolving Systems (Springer) on Clustering and Classification in Dynamic Environments. - Special Issue of Neurocomputing (Elsevier) on Neurocompting for Dynamically Changing Systems. - Book in the Series of Studies in Computational Intelligence (Springer). * * * MAIN TOPICS (but not limited to) * * * - Track 1: Self-X Systems o Self-adaptation o Self-organization and behavior emergence o Self-managing o Self-healing o Self-monitoring o Multi-agent systems o Self-X software agents o Self-X robots o Self-organizing sensor networks o Evolving systems - Track 2: Incremental Learning o Online incremental learning o Self-growing neural networks o Adaptive and life-long learning o Plasticity and stability o Forgetting o Unlearning o Novelty detection o Perception and evolution o Drift handling o Adaptation in changing environments - Track 3: Online Processing o Adaptive rule-based systems o Adaptive identification systems o Adaptive decision systems o Adaptive preference learning o Time series prediction o Online and single-pass data mining o Online classification o Online clustering o Online regression o Online feature selection and reduction o Online information routing - Track 4: Dynamic and Evolving Models in Computational Intelligence o (Dynamic) Neural networks architectures o (Dynamic) Evolutionary computation o (Dynamic) Swarm intelligence o (Dynamic) Immune and bacterial systems o Uncertainty and fuzziness modeling for adaptation o Approximate reasoning and adaptation o Chaotic systems - Track 5: Software & System Engineering o Autonomic computing o Organic computing o Evolution o Adaptive software architecture o Software change o Software agents o Engineering of complex systems o Adaptive software engineering processes o Component-based development - Track 6: Applications - Adaptivity and Learning o Smart systems o Ambient / ubiquitous environments o Distributed intelligence o Robotics o Industrial applications o Internet applications o Business applications o Supply chain management o etc. * * * SUBMISSION * * * Papers must be in PDF, not exceeding 10 pages and conforming to Springer-Verlag Lecture Notes guidelines. Author instructions and style files can be downloaded at http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html. Papers must be submitted through the submission system ( http://computing.bournemouth.ac.uk/ICAIS ). Short papers describing novel research visions, work-in-progress or less mature results are also welcome. All submission will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 qualified reviewers. Selection criteria will include: relevance, significance, impact, originality, technical soundness, and quality of presentation. Preference will be given to submissions that take strong or challenging positions on important emergent topics. At least one author have to attend the conference to present the paper. * * * ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE * * * General Chair: - Abdelhamid Bouchachia, Bournemouth University, UK International Advisory Committee: - Nikola Kasabov, Auckland University, New Zealand - Xin Yao, University of Birmingham, UK - Djamel Ziou, University of Sherbrooke, Canada - Plamen Angelov, University of Lancaster, UK - Witold Pedrycz, University of Edmonton, Canada - Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland Organization Committee: - Hammadi Nait-Charif, Bournemouth University, UK - Emili Balaguer-Ballester, Bournemouth University, UK - Damien Fay, Bournemouth University, UK - Jane McAlpine, Bournemouth University, UK Publicity Chair: - Markus Prossegger, Carinthia University of Applied Sciences, Austria From tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com Tue Mar 11 13:05:05 2014 From: tomasz.drabowicz at gmail.com (Tomasz Drabowicz) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 21:05:05 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Publication - Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries Message-ID: Dear all, I would like to inform you about my paper: "Gender and digital usage inequality among adolescents: A comparative study of 39 countries." It will be published in the May issue of Computers & Education. If your institution does not subscribe to this journal, please drop me a line. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compedu.2014.01.016 Apologies for cross-posting. Yours faithfully, tom From samuel.jay at du.edu Tue Mar 11 13:26:20 2014 From: samuel.jay at du.edu (Samuel Jay) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:26:20 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article Message-ID: I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. Best, Sam Jay -- Samuel M. Jay, M.A. ABD, University of Denver, Communication Studies Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Metropolitan State University Adjunct Faculty, Communications, Red Rocks Community College samuelmjay at gmail.com samuelmjay.com From lists at robertwgehl.org Tue Mar 11 13:29:02 2014 From: lists at robertwgehl.org (Robert W. Gehl) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2014 14:29:02 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] need help tracking the flow of a web-based news article In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <531F720E.5050907@robertwgehl.org> Topsy is a good place to start with Tweets. Regards, Rob Gehl Assistant Professor, Communication University of Utah robertwgehl.org | @robertwgehl Watch for my book, /Reverse Engineering Social Media/, from Temple this summer On 03/11/2014 02:26 PM, Samuel Jay wrote: > I am currently trying to track the dissemination of an ESPN.com story from > several months ago. Is there a way to track the link through tweets, > retweets, likes, blog posts, etc.? I am interested in figuring out how many > views the story received and how many online public mentions were made. > > Any help would be much appreciated. As a communications scholar, I am still > a little 'green' in regards to Internet research tools. > > Best, > Sam Jay > From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 12 07:28:52 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:28:52 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Over 50% have attended before! Message-ID: Over 50% of those registered for the 2014 Emerging Learning Design conference on May 30th, 2014 are PAST ATTENDEES! What do they know that you may not? Come to #ELD14 and find out! Register today before the Advanced Registrations sell out http://bit.ly/14somed0 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu Wed Mar 12 07:38:50 2014 From: rtabasky at cyber.law.harvard.edu (Rebecca Tabasky) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 10:38:50 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Berkman Center Job Opportunity: Communications Manager Message-ID: <5320717A.1050306@cyber.law.harvard.edu> Hi there, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University seeks a Communications Manager to join our team. You will direct the Berkman Center's overall communications strategy, with the goal of increasing the visibility, accessibility, understanding, and reach of the Center and our work and activities. Working alongside a small team of staff who manage digital media production, special initiatives, events, and community, and in company with the faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and broader community at Berkman, you will develop and implement a strategic communications plan for the Berkman Center---a high-profile, dynamic, and spirited research center at Harvard University focused on addressing a wide range of the most exciting and pressing issues presented to us by digital and information/communications technologies. You will play a central role in advancing the Center's mission, "scholarship with impact," by spearheading communications efforts that better enable us to engage with our existing networks and create bridges to new communities, people, and organizations. You'll be excited to share our efforts in novel, clear, and innovative ways; use compelling storytelling techniques and tools; incorporate design-thinking and user-centered practices into our work; and consider ways in which the Center can integrate these communications practices into our workflows. A full position description, and application information, is up on the Berkman site: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/getinvolved/jobs/communicationsmanager Should you have questions about the role, please feel free to reach out! Many thanks, Becca and the Berkman Center team ** From mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk Wed Mar 12 14:42:51 2014 From: mpavlovski at iml.ukim.edu.mk (Mishel Pavlovski) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 22:42:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Media: Theory and Practice - registation closing soon Message-ID: <001c01cf3e3c$09a3e6d0$1cebb470$@iml.ukim.edu.mk> Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4?\6 September 2014 http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ??Media: Theory and Practice?? strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies?? theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): ?40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): ?60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): ?80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ?????????? ??????/Culture?? and/or ??Investigating Culture??. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski ( mishel at cultcenter.net) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva ( loreta at cultcenter.net) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ??Ss. Cyril and Methodius?? Institute for Macedonian Literature http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies http://cultcenter.net/ From rdt4 at psu.edu Wed Mar 12 14:52:49 2014 From: rdt4 at psu.edu (Richard Denny Taylor) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 17:52:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [Air-L] CFP Deadline for IIP/FCC Workshop Extended One Week Message-ID: <0c3e73a5.00006708.0000000e@WIN-BU1P7832ALI.comm.psu.edu> Colleagues, The deadline for the submission of abstracts for the Experts' Workshop described below has been extended for one week, until March 22. Thank you. Richard Taylor Call for Paper Proposals THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND REGULATION A by-invitation experts' workshop Organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and co-sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC May 28-30, 2014 The U.S. National Broadband Plan envisions the transition of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure to a ubiquitous IP-based broadband network. While there is a vibrant discussion of how best to manage the transition, there is only a nascent discussion of what the policy framework should look like after it is completed. What is the long-term outlook (beyond the transition and into the next decade) for the broadband ecosystem, and how will the regulatory system have to adapt to a changed environment? Advances in infrastructure technology and applications have, and will likely continue to push at the boundaries of current regulatory frameworks for telecommunications, media, and even intellectual property rights The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is pleased to announce this call for paper proposals addressing the multiple factors in thinking about regulation for post-transition broadband networks. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2-day by-invitation-only workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen experts to be held at the Federal Communications Commissions on (date). The Workshop is designed to draw together the latest academic thinking on these questions and to give FCC staff the opportunity to suggest elements of a forward-looking research agenda that would contribute to the policy discourse around them. The workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers to the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org). All disciplines are welcome. Invited topics of papers may include, but are not limited to: . Will the dominant model for delivery of broadband services be fixed or mobile? How much competition will there be (especially wireline)? Will there be new technologies or entrants? . What is the future of "over-the-top" content and CDNs? . What will be the impact of the "internet of things"? What is its regulatory status? . How is the "public interest" defined in the broadband ecosystem? What sorts of regulatory safeguards/interventions will be needed to advance the public interest? . How do the FCC's broadband promotion programs interact with efforts of other agencies, on both the demand and supply side? . How should the concept of universal service evolve? What can the designers of universal service policies learn from efforts to stimulate demand for broadband? . What are the implications for regulatory frameworks of technological and other changes in the broadband ecosystem? . How should the division of labor between state and federal regulatory authorities change? . Are there any regulatory challenges on the horizon that are not yet part of the mainstream broadband regulation debate? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip at psu.edu by March 15, 2014. Please write IIPFCCPOST: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014. From radhika at cyberdiva.org Wed Mar 12 16:56:47 2014 From: radhika at cyberdiva.org (Radhika Gajjala) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2014 18:56:47 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, "Hacking the Black/White Binary" In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Carol Stabile Date: Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 6:23 PM Subject: fembot: CFP: Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? To: fembot fembot The call for papers for Ada, Issue 5, ?Hacking the Black/White Binary? is now available on the website. Also pasted below ? please circulate far and wide! best, carol Call for Papers Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology Issue 5: Hacking the Black/White Binary Edited by Brittney Cooper (Rutgers) and Margaret Rhee (UC-Berkeley) "For the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never enable us to bring about genuine change." - Audre Lorde This special issue of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology will bring together ongoing conversations in critical race theory, women of color feminisms, queer studies, new media studies, and the digital humanities to interrogate the persistence of binaristic Black/White paradigms in U.S. racialization. The Black/White binary is a racial hierarchy historically utilized to uphold anti-Black racism. While the binary may be theoretically useful in highlighting continued racialized violence on African American and Black diasporic communities within the U.S., this Black/White binary frame also potentially obscures multiple structural logics of hegemonic power. For example, the Black/White binary does not adequately conceptualize or theorize women of color solidarity and movement building and the racialized experiences of Latinos, Asian-Americans, and Indigenous and Native Peoples. Nevertheless, Indigenous and feminist scholar Andrea Smith cautions us not to adopt the language of moving ?beyond? the Black/White binary. This language of moving "beyond," Smith argues, fails to recognize the centrality of the Black/White binary and other binary logics such as Orientalism and settler colonialism in the structures of U.S. white supremacy. Comparative approaches to racialization, like those undertaken in the work of scholars like Roderick Ferguson, Grace Hong, and David Theo Goldberg, compellingly illuminate how racism is central to the logics of the U.S. nation state. Additionally, scholars working in new media studies such as Lisa Nakamura, Micha C?rdenas, Kara Keeling, and Tara McPherson provide critical formulations for understanding race, gender, and queerness in our digital age. We seek not to move "beyond" the Black/White binary. We seek to bridge the theoretical and creative interventions in racial theory and new media studies by convening digital feminists of color. Hacking the Black/White Binary while recognizing its continuing effects is critical. In light of persistent anti-Black racism and violence, how do we hold central our struggles against anti-Black and comparative racial oppressions in the U.S. while "hacking" the Black/White binary? How do we transform our understanding of race in our "post-racial," post-digital world? In short, can we "hack" the power structures of white supremacy, and how might women of color feminisms, and all their digital tools, inform this endeavor? Hack (Oxford English Dictionary) 1. cut with rough or heavy blows. 2. use a computer to gain unauthorized access to data in a system. New media theorists Beth Coleman and Wendy Chun argue race can be thought of as tool. Articulating techne to race, we appropriate the term "hack? -- hack in the utilization of the digital for feminist gain, and hack, as the theoretical "cut," as theorized by Fred Moten. The ideological concept of race has violently produced physical pain, and untimely deaths to bodies of color. We build upon this formulation of race as tool and "hacking the binary" to ask how feminist of color critique utilizes, reshapes, and creates new technologies to combat the dehumanizing effects of racism in our digital age. As Audre Lorde wrote in the epigraph above, "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House." Lorde calls for tools that create genuine change. At the core of our special issue is the insistence on "genuine change." In the shadow of increasing racial violence in our "post-racial" state, we urge for new imaginings, formulations, and tools to make new houses and hack the binary. We invite contributors--artists, scholars, and activists--to explore the concept of "Hacking the Black/White Binary" through a feminist lens. In addition to unpublished traditional scholarly articles, we invite collaborative, digital, and multi-modal approaches that can benefit from the journal's open access online status. We also invite creative contributions (interviews, short features, videos) to an online gallery, which will be published alongside the journal issue, and will exhibit digital projects that "hack" the Black/White binary in anti-racist and feminist ways. Topics and approaches might include, but are not limited to: ? The Possibilities and Limitations of the Black-White Binary in Online Feminism and Beyond ? Categories of "Women of Color" and "People of Color" ? Racial Triangulation ? Cross-racial Alliances in Digital Feminism ? Social Media Approaches to Race and Gender ? Intersectionality ? Online Feminism as Hacker or Harbinger of White Supremacy ? Feminist Epistemology and Raced Gendered Subjects ? Creative Hacks that Emerge from POC communities ? Queer of Color Critique and Critical Race Theory in Our Digital Age ? Hacking ? The Digital Divide ? Creative Digital Solution-Making Among People of Color and in Relationship to Gender and Sexual Violence, Reproductive justice, Prison Industrial Complex, Empire, and other social justice issues Please send essays (max. 3000 words) to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu by 1 August 2014 for consideration. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions. Please send questions and queries to bcc63[at]scarletmail[dot]utgers[dot]edu and mrhee[at]berkeley[dot]edu. For more information, please check Ada submission guidelines here. Peer Review and Ada Ada is an online, open access, open source peer reviewed journal. The journal?s first issue was published online in November 2012 and has so far received more than 125,000 page views. All work published in Ada will go through four rounds of review: Pre-Review, Expert Review, Community Review and Public Review. More on the Ada Review policy here. Dates ? August 1, 2014: Essays due ? August 11, 2014: First round of essays accepted, sent for Level 1 Review (expert peer review) ? September 1, 2014: Second round of essays sent for Level 2 Review (Fembot community review) ? October 1, 2014: Issue published to general public. _______________________________________________ fembot mailing list fembot at lists.uoregon.edu https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot From ierick at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 01:35:20 2014 From: ierick at gmail.com (Ingrid Erickson) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:35:20 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] DUE MARCH 20: CFP: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute Message-ID: <53216DC8.3010806@gmail.com> **UPCOMING DEADLINE** Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 -- July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri -- Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy -- these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri -- Columbia on July 8 -- 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers -- Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers -- Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams -- Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams -- Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California -- Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk Thu Mar 13 02:16:28 2014 From: daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk (Daniel Villar Onrubia) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:16:28 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives (Breaking Boundaries? Seminar) Message-ID: Dear all, I hope the final event of the "Breaking Boundaries? Series" will of interest to some of you. We will be live streaming the seminar today for those who cannot attend in person: http://breakingboundariesoxford.org/?page_id=414 Best wishes, --- Daniel Villar Onrubia Oxford Internet Institute. University of Oxford daniel.villaronrubia at oii.ox.ac.uk http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=170 @villaronrubia ************************ *ICT for Development: Healthcare perspectives*. Thursday 13th March 2014 17:00 - 18:30 Seminar Room G/H, Department of Education, 15 Norham Gardens This seminar will examine the notion that technologies can contribute to healthcare development initiatives in developing countries and explore the challenges associated with such approaches. *Dr Niall Winters* *Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL)* In this talk, Niall Winters will present his current ESRC/DFID-funded research (see: http://www.mchw.org) on the design and implementation of mobile learning interventions to support the training of healthcare workers in Kenya. He will discuss how the project has sought to determine how mobile technologies can help address the boundaries to participation in learning faced by healthcare workers and their trainers. Dr. Niall Winters is a Reader in Learning Technologies at the London Knowledge Lab (LKL), Institute of Education , University of London and Deputy Head of the Department of Culture, Communication and Media. His main research interest is in the participatory design of mobile interventions for medical and healthcare training. The current focus of this research is two-fold: supporting the training of Kenyan community health volunteers in child development and investigating the use of mobile technology to support postgraduate medical education in London teaching hospitals. Niall is a member of the Strategy Planning Group of the London International Development Centre and of the TEL Scoping and Review Group of Health Education England . Niall was previously a RCUK Academic Fellow at the LKL and was Programme Director for the MA in Education & Technology and Programme co-Director of the MSc in Learning Technologies. He holds a PhD in Computer Science (2002) from the University of Dublin, Trinity College and a BSc (D.Hons) in Computer Science and Experimental Physics (1997) from the National University of Ireland, Maynooth . His PhD addressed how to store and search large datasets of images. The primary application was vision-based mobile robot navigation. He has held visiting research positions with the Everyday Learning Group at Media Lab Europe in Dublin, and the Computer Vision Lab at Instituto Superior Tecnico in Lisbon. *Marco Haenssgen* *DPhil Candidate in International Development, University of Oxford* Marco's presentation will shift the focus from health workers to the potential recipients of mobile-phone-based health services. Focusing on upstream elements of mHealth, Marco will explore patterns of mobile phone use and healthcare-seeking behaviour, drawing on fieldwork insights from rural India (Rajasthan) and China (Gansu). The evidence suggests that common assumptions of mHealth proponents are easily violated; that is, mobile phone ownership is not ubiquitous and does not necessarily reflect mobile phone use, people do not necessarily share mobile phones freely amongst each other, they are not necessarily keen and excited technological learners, and they do develop mobile phone-aided coping strategies that may compete with mhealth. While both contexts offer, at least in theory, the potential for mobile technology to break boundaries, the presentation will emphasise the importance of understanding upstream factors of mHealth *before* deploying technological solutions in order to provide effective solutions and to avoid the potential exacerbation of healthcare inequities. From gurzick at hood.edu Thu Mar 13 07:27:26 2014 From: gurzick at hood.edu (Gurzick, David) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:27:26 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] DSST 2014 Research Summer Institute Message-ID: I know myself and other AoIR folk have benefitted greatly from the CSST/DSST summer workshops. Don?t miss out on the opportunity. === Let's see if this works.... Call for Participation: 2014 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute July 8 - July 10, 2014 (arrival July 7; departure July 11 for 3 full days) University of Missouri - Columbia, Columbia, MO http://www.sociotech.net/v2/dsst2014 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy - these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2014 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Missouri - Columbia on July 8 - 10, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers - Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers - Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams - Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams - Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure "hackathon" sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. Applying for DSST 2014 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) atgogginss at missouri.edu by March 20, 2014: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?" Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: "What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?" References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: What college or university do you attend? What is your primary department affiliation? If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Sean Goggins) at gogginss at missouri.edu by March 20th, 2014. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning March 30th, 2013 using the following criteria: -Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems -Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team -Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants' interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Sean Goggins (gogginss at missouri.edu) and Diane Bailey (debailey at ischool.utexas.edu). For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst at listserv.syr.edu). 2014 Mentors Mark Ackerman, University of Michigan Diane Bailey, University of Texas (Co-Director) Paul Dourish, University of California - Irvine Nicole Ellison, University of Michigan Sean Goggins, University of Missouri (Co-Director) Erik Johnston, Arizona State University Tony Salvador, Intel Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Syracuse Susan Stuckey, IBM Steve Sawyer, Syracuse (Digital Societies RCN) Wayne Lutters, UMBC (Digital Societies RCN) Brian Butler, Maryland (Digital Societies RCN) Andrea Hoplight-Tapia, The Pennsylvania State University (Digital Societies RCN) From violahl at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 09:47:03 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 16:47:03 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium Message-ID: Dear All, Apologize for cross-posting. You are cordially invited to attend the UKAIS Junior Faculty Consortium held in St. Cathrine's College 7th April coming soon. The Consortium is set up to provide an opportunity for Junior IS Faculty to discuss important aspects of their academic career and build the networks that will help them with their future career and professional development. As part of the Consortium a panel of established IS faculty from different universities around the UK will give presentations on various relevant aspects of an academic career in IS and will share their own experiences. The following panel members have confirmed their contribution to the consortium: * Prof Julia Kotlarsky (Aston Business School) * Prof Liz Daniel (Open University) * Prof Ola Henfridsson (Warwick Business School) * Dr Mayasandra-Nagaraja Ravishankar (Loughborough University) In addition to the input from these panellists, the Consortium will also provide ample opportunity for delegates to get to know each other through round-table discussions, and a formal dinner followed by pub-visits in Oxford. Official registration could be done through filling the registration form here: http://www.ukais.org.uk/Documents/Downloads/23b1b159-c4f4-4ba9-944b-d27d465cf12d.docx The registration fee is 100 pounds including dinner cost. For further questions and information, please contact Andreas Schroeder at a.schroeder at aston.ac.uk. We look forward to meeting with you in Oxford! Organizer: Dr Honglei Li (Northumbria University, UK) and Dr Andreas Schroeder (Aston University, UK) -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 11:04:26 2014 From: skaidra.puodziunas at gmail.com (Skaidra Puodziunas) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 14:04:26 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Survey Monkey Export Summary of Individual Responses: REQUEST FOR HELP Message-ID: Hello AOIR friends, This mailing list has a track-record for being incredibly helpful, so I'm asking for a helping hand... *Brief background to my problem.... * I'm currently working with Survey Monkey (the SELECT option) to recruit respondents for my online thesis. Recently I had to export all of my data. In doing so, it wiped all of my survey respondents from the Survey Monkey system. The problem is that when I exported my data, I hit *export summary data*. What I really need are summary of i*ndividual responses. * *Why is this a problem? *To answer the empirical questions in my survey, I need more than just respondent count. This is effectively all that Survey Monkey provides when you hit export summary data. I really need to find a way to get my individual response summaries... *Hence, my question(s) for all of you incredibly fabulous researchers ...* 1. Does Survey Monkey have some kind of "back-up"/ e-copy/ provide ANY way for researchers to retrieve their previously exported data? My hope is that I can find a way to re-export my data. 2. If you don't personally have any leads for my first question, might you have leads/resources/helpful links I could check out? Any help/suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you, kindly in advance! Skaidra. *Skaidra Puodziunas | *@SkaidraP 4B Honours Knowledge Integration & Speech Communication University of Waterloo From tpaulus at utk.edu Thu Mar 13 13:43:56 2014 From: tpaulus at utk.edu (Paulus, Trena M) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 20:43:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for papers: Microanalysis Of Online Data Symposium, University of York, 14-15 July 2014 Message-ID: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AAAF@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York) University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014. The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK Call for papers and participation We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: * Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) * Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data * Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video * Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) * Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation * Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction * Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering * The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities * Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed (darren.reed at york.ac.uk) and Will Gibson (w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. From lscheidt at indiana.edu Thu Mar 13 14:22:23 2014 From: lscheidt at indiana.edu (Lois Scheidt) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2014 17:22:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: symposium In-Reply-To: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> References: <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B02AB08@kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> Message-ID: For your consideration. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Paulus, Trena M Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:50 PM Subject: symposium To: "lscheidt at indiana.edu" , "Herring, Susan Catherine (herring at indiana.edu)" Hi! Could you circulate this around IU and/or other organizations? Hope you are well! *International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York)* *University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014.* The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional processes. The symposium has four invited keynote speakers - Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands - Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA - Jessica Lester, Indiana University, USA - David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK *Call for papers and participation* We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. Some indicative paper topics include: ? Methods for studying interaction in social media (both synchronous and asynchronous) ? Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data ? Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the study of interaction through text, images and video ? Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) ? Use of new technologies for data collection, management, analysis and representation ? Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online interaction ? Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data gathering ? The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of online communities ? Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research frameworks Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed ( darren.reed at york.ac.uk ) and Will Gibson ( w.gibson at ioe.ac.uk) by the end of April 30th 2014. Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate Department of Information & Library Science, School of Informatics & Computing Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com From denisparra at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 21:05:10 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 00:05:10 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1 week left to submit to ACM Hypertext 2014 Message-ID: Apologies for cross-posting. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From charles.ess at gmail.com Thu Mar 13 23:36:29 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 07:36:29 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Registration for ISMI'14 - April 24, 25, University of Oslo - now open Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, Registration for the 3rd International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) - April 24 and 25 - is now open: There is no registration fee, but as space will be limited, registration for the event is required. ISMI brings together editors, producers, executives, and academics from around the world to explore innovation in the media industry. The Symposium is a small, but very intense conference that serves as a barometer for the state of media innovations. This year?s symposium features three keynote speakers: Thor Gjermund Eriksen, Director General of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation): "Conditions for Innovations in Public Broadcasting? Bj?rn Taale Sandberg, Senior Vice President, Telenor Research: "Who will fund the media highway of the future?" -The (possible) need for new business models to avoid a tragedy of the commons. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago: ?Living the Good Life: IT Innovations and Human Augmentics? ISMI is sponsored this year by the Centre for Research on Media Innovations, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo, and Telenor Group. Best papers from this year?s Symposium will be featured in a special issue of the Journal of Media Innovations - The Symposium will take place in the SmallTalk Auditorium, Ole-Johan Dahls hus, University of Oslo. Additional program and related information can be found on the ISMI website, We look forward to welcoming you to Oslo and ISMI in April! Charles Ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 14 00:10:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 03:10:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] WEBCAST TODAY: "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things" Message-ID: If you click though to the programyou'l see that this is a pretty effective stab at exploring the legal and policy implications of the approaching IoT explosion. Very happy that I was, at the last minute, able to arrange a webcast. All day today Friday. Direct to YouTube so easily reviewable later. joly posted: "Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY is happy to webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposium live from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things." It is prese" [image: Fordham Symposium on the Internet of Things]Today Friday March 14 2014 ISOC-NY will webcast the Eighth Law and Information Society Symposiumlive from Fordham School of Law. This year's event has the theme "*What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things.*" It is presented by the Fordham Center on Law and Information Policy (CLIP) and co-sponsored by the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy (CITP). The "Internet of Things" is the term used to describe the networking of devices that have not traditionally been used to collect or process data. Internet connectivity and data collection mechanisms are being added to devices as diverse as pacemakers, athletic equipment, light bulbs, and coffee makers. As the networking of these devices becomes more prevalent in everyday life, legal and policy issues are now at the forefront of business and regulators' agendas. For example, the FTC and other government organizations have expressed concern over privacy, security, and even technological and financing considerations. This conference seeks to address these wide-ranging issues and explore the legal framework that can support innovation along with the protection of society. *What*: What is your car saying to your shoes? Assessing the Internet of Things. *Where*: Fordham School of Law, NYC *When*: Friday March 14 2014 8:50am - 5.00pm EDT | 1250-2100 UTC *Webcast*: http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 *Twitter*: #IoT | @FordhamCLIP | @PrincetonCITP Comment See all comments *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/6380 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 01:39:32 2014 From: mariarosariataddeo at gmail.com (Mariariosaria Taddeo) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 08:39:32 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?Call_for_Papers_for_Philosophy_and_Techn?= =?windows-1252?q?ology=92s_special_issue_on_The_Ethics_of_Cyber_Conflicts?= Message-ID: <9B2D3C26-F212-4D48-9AE9-F9687E57B399@gmail.com> Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross posting Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology?s special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts GUEST EDITORS Ludovica Glorioso (NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence) INTRODUCTION In the age of the so-called information revolution, the ability to control, disrupt or manipulate the enemy?s information infrastructure has become as decisive as weapon superiority with respect to determining the outcome of conflicts. So much so that the Pentagon defines cyberspace as a new domain in which war is waged, alongside land, sea, air and space. Cyber conflicts, as part of a state?s defensive or offensive strategy, are a fast growing phenomenon, which is rapidly changing the dynamics of combat as well as the role that warfare plays in political negotiations and the life of civil societies. Such changes are not the exclusive concern of the military. They also have a significant bearing on ethicists and policymakers, since existing ethical theories of war, together with national and international regulations, struggle to address the novelties of this phenomenon. The issue could not be more pressing and there is a much felt and fast escalating need to share information and coordinate ethical theorising about cyber conflicts. This special issue of Springer?s Philosophy & Technology (http://www.springer.com/13347) follows the organization of the international workshop on Ethics of Cyber Conflict (http://www.ccdcoe.org/428.html), held on November 21-22, 2013 at the Centro Alti Studi per la Difesa (CASD) with the support of the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre of Excellence. TOPICS We solicit the submission of papers that investigate issues concerning the way ICTs are affecting our ethical views of conflicts and warfare, as well as the analysis of just-war principles in the light of the dissemination of cyber conflicts; humanitarian military interventions based on ICTs; whether preventive acts of cyber war may satisfy jus-ad-bellum criteria; challenges of upholding jus-in-bello standards in cyber warfare, especially in asymmetric conflicts; attribution and proportionality of the response to cyber attacks; moral permissibility of automated responses and ethical deployment of military robotic weapons. TIMETABLE April 1, 2014: Deadline papers submissions May 1, 2014: Deadline reviews papers June 1, 2014: Deadline revised papers 2015: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal?s Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: "Special issue on The Ethics of Cyber Conflicts? from the selection provided in the submission process. This is needed in order to assign the submissions to the Guest Editors. Submissions will then be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers? Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)? Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief?s Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. The process will be reiterated in case of requests for revisions. For any further information please contact: Ludovica Glorioso, ludovica.glorioso at ccdcoe.org -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Research Fellow in Cyber Security and Ethics, PAIS, University of Warwick Research Associate - Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy http://rosariataddeo.net From CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 02:34:11 2014 From: CserzoDC at cardiff.ac.uk (=?iso-8859-2?Q?Dorottya_Cserz=F5?=) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 09:34:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Downsacling Culture Message-ID: Dear colleagues, The Centre for Language and Communication Research at Cardiff University, in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi invite abstracts for papers and posters for an interdisciplinary conference with the theme: Downscaling Culture: Revisiting Intercultural Communication The event will take place on 18-19 September 2014 at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Please find the full Call for Papers on the conference website. With this programme we wish to update research on intercultural communication by broadening its empirical repository. Correspondingly, researchers who haven't worked with the concept of intercultural communication - or indeed who haven't worked with 'culture' - are invited to take a fresh look at their work. A conference volume of selected papers is planned, further information will follow during and after the conference. Abstracts (300 words) for papers and posters are invited until 30 April 2014. Acceptance will be communicated by 31 May 2014. To submit an abstract or for queries, please contact the organising committee at: downscalingculture at cardiff.ac.uk Jaspal Singh, Argyro Kantara, Dorottya Cserz? Further information will be available in due course on the website. This conference is made possible through the ESRC Partnering Scheme. From Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk Fri Mar 14 03:00:11 2014 From: Zinaida.Feldman.1 at city.ac.uk (Feldman, Zinaida) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:00:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Digital Dilemmas launch w/ Appadurai @ Goldsmiths Message-ID: <640ca3893f74414fb3f80243487d827e@DBXPR03MB368.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com> Book Launch for Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet (M.I. Franklin, Oxford University Press, 2013) M.I. Franklin in conversation with Arjun Appadurai (NYU), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths) and David Morley (Goldsmiths) Time: 26 March 2014, 18:00 - 20:00 Location: Goldsmiths, New Cross, London - room LG01, New Academic Building Department: Media & Communications Arjun Appadurai (Paulette Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University, USA) will be guest speaker at this event to celebrate the UK release of Digital Dilemmas: Power, Resistance and the Internet, by M. I. Franklin (Oxford University Press, 2013). Appadurai will join Marianne Franklin (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications), Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths, Sociology) and David Morley (Goldsmiths, Media & Communications) Full details: http://www.gold.ac.uk/calendar/?id=7442 .... Zeena Feldman Centre for Cultural Policy and Management School of Arts and Social Sciences, City University London Northampton Square London EC1V 0HB United Kingdom +44 (0)75 1283 2058 (mobile) zinaida.feldman.1 at city.ac.uk From ragnedda at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 03:58:10 2014 From: ragnedda at gmail.com (Massimo Ragnedda) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:58:10 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Reminder: CFP "Weber and the Digital Divide" Message-ID: 16 days left to submit an abstract for a Special Section on "Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age" *Call for Proposed Abstracts for a Special Section on* *"Weber and the Digital Divide: Class, Status, and Power in the Digital Age"* *International Journal of Communication -** http://ijoc.org * *Special Editors: Massimo Ragnedda, Northumbria Univ. **(UK) & Glenn W. Muschert, Miami Univ. (USA)* Much of the literature on stratification in the digital sphere (i.e., digital divides) has focused on the fundamental material relations of inequality present in the digital divide, often relying on Marxist/conflict schools of thought. To broaden the scope, the current project turns to Max Weber for new perspectives on stratification in the digital sphere. The project will stimulate scholarly exchange about how social stratification in the digital age is reproduced not only based on class dynamics (economic aspects), but also by status/prestige (cultural aspects), and in group affiliations (political aspects). Access to the economic means of production can indeed limit digital participation; however, Weber also posits that the process of stratification expresses itself in two other forms, namely "status" and "party." Potential contributors are invited to explore the importance of status and political influence in a liquid society, such as the importance of prestige in digital participation (or exclusion), or the influence of political affiliation upon digital divides. Papers may be theoretical and/or analytical in nature, and should examine digital divides in relation to dynamics social class (lifestyle and culture), social status (prestige and market influence), and/or power (political impact/legitimacy). Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers, and from various relevant disciplines (sociology, communications, media studies, etc.). Possible topics for articles include, but are not limited to: - Interplay among economic (class), cultural (status), and/or political (party) factors of digital divides. - The role of digital participation/exclusion on individual and/or group life chances. - The relevance of skills (digital literacy), certifications, and and legitimating credentials in digital divides. - The role of status and prestige hierarchies in digital participation/exclusion (or vice versa). - Cultural meanings (including religious and/or secular value systems) and digital divides. - Political life (i.e., power relations) and dynamics of digital inclusion/exclusion. - Bureaucratic/institutional relationships and digital divides. - Forms of rationality in the digital (e.g., *Zweckrationalit?t *vs. *Wertrationalit?t */ ends vs. means rationality). - The influence of worldview (*Weltanschauung) *on digital participation/exclusion. Submissions should be in the form of extended abstracts of around 750 words in MS Word, sent as an email attachment to Massimo Ragnedda ( ragnedda at gmail.com) and Glenn Muschert (muschegw at MiamiOH.edu). *The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2014. * Abstracts will be judged on criteria of relevance and originality of topic. Notification of initially-approved abstracts will be announced in mid-April, after which contributors will be asked to move forward to the peer-review submission phase. Contributions of 7000 words (maximum including abstract, footnotes, tables/figures with captions, references, and appendices, if any) *will be due 1 July 2014*. All submissions must adhere to APA (6th edition) formatting to include: - Any endnotes should be converted to footnotes. - Authors must include their profile, including affiliation and rank, when submitting a manuscript. - All articles should include an abstract of 150 words. - All articles must include a bibliography at the end that conforms to the most current APA style. - All spellings must be rendered in American English. To change British or Commonwealth spellings to their American equivalents, please see the *Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary*. - Only one submission per author will be considered at a time. Contributions will be subject to double-blind peer review, and to encourage coherence in the special section, all contributors will be requested to act as a peer reviewer for at least one other article. After all necessary revisions and editing, the special section is scheduled to publish in 2015. -- Massimo Ragnedda Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com http://notizie.tiscali.it/opinioni/Ragnedda/184/ skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Twitter: @massimoragnedda From violahl at gmail.com Fri Mar 14 06:15:31 2014 From: violahl at gmail.com (Honglei Li) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 13:15:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Fully-Funded PhD in Big Data with Concentration in Consumer Behavior in Virtual Communities Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: Department of Mathematics and Information Sciences at Northumbria University is currently accepting applications for its fully-funded PhD Program in Information Sciences, which has concentration in Knowledge Discovery in Virtual Communities. For the application details, please check the following link: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53720&LID=2317 We are seeking a candidate with: ? ---General knowledge on the area of marketing / information systems /information management / computer sciences or similar area ? ---Data analysis skills, data mining skills are highly desired ? ----- High interests in consumer behaviour and future technology trends Eligibility criteria: Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a British higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. To apply, contact Karen Vacher to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to ee.pgradministration at northumbria.ac.uk or by using the application link on this page. Regards, Honglei -- ??? -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi at gmail.com; Honglei.Li at northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li From brabham at usc.edu Fri Mar 14 10:22:29 2014 From: brabham at usc.edu (Daren Brabham) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 10:22:29 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Beware IR14-related predatory journal emails Message-ID: <003d01cf3fa9$fb3f5b50$f1be11f0$@usc.edu> A public service announcement to members of this list who might be getting similar emails today from David Publishing Company about a paper you presented last year at AoIR. I received this crappy email (below) from the ?Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication,? a product of David Publishing Company. It?s the typical mass form email many predatory open access publishers send to try to get you to pay-to-publish in their poor quality, will-never-count-for-tenure publications. This time they?re referencing my Ignite talk from last year?s AoIR, which wasn?t really a paper anyway (it?s a distillation from my book). Many things wrong with this email: - They claim to be indexed with EBSCO and other databases, but I?m almost certain this can?t be true - Being catalogued by the Library of Congress is not a notable thing. Anyone can file an application for an ISSN with LoC. - ?We will charge some publication fee if the paper is published in our journal,? and of course the paper will be accepted, even if it?s gibberish or unscientific, and the fee will be hundreds or possibly a few thousand dollars. - Peer review time is 2-3 weeks, which is highly unusual. Anyway, to those of you not keeping up with the discussion of predatory open access journals are about, I recommend Jeffrey Beall?s list, where David Publishing is listed: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ For those of you who get invited to review, serve on editorial boards, or publish in these kinds of journals, please use good judgment. For every good scholar they rope in to publish with them or serve on an editorial board, they use that fact to further confuse other scholars (and new researchers and grad students) who may not be as savvy about how to tell good journals from bad ones. And if you want a non-predatory open access publishing experience in Internet studies, you?ll find many respectable journals of that stripe listed here: http://aoir.wikia.com/wiki/Journals_for_Internet_Research Cheers, db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication | www.csscjournal.org University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (213) 740-2007 office | (801) 633-4796 cell brabham at usc.edu | www.darenbrabham.com ================================================================================================ Begin forwarded craptastic email below ================================================================================================ From: journalism [mailto:journalism at davidpublishing.org] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:52 PM To: brabham Subject: Call for Papers-IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers From Knowledge to Wisdom Journalism and Mass Communication Print ISSN: 2160-6579 Current Volume: 1/2014 Dear Dr. Daren C. Brabham, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Four Approaches to Crowdsourcing to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal at http://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along with the first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company, 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org ________________________________________ ________________________________________ journalism via foxmail From c.haythorn at ubc.ca Fri Mar 14 14:56:45 2014 From: c.haythorn at ubc.ca (Caroline Haythornthwaite) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 14:56:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Message-ID: <5A7921AA-5771-4CEC-91C1-E902F75CBDB6@ubc.ca> CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Chairs: Maarten de Laat, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Shane Dawson & Dan Suthers Track: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, HI http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ http://www.open.ou.nl/rslmlt/HICSS_CFP_SocialMedia&Learning.htm FULL PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack calls for papers that address leading edge innovation, research methods and design to analyze and support learning through digital and social media. The ability to generate and maintain rich networked connections through social media, social networking, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, and social computing has a profound impact on the way we solve problems, learn, innovate and develop our identities, and the value this creates for individuals and groups. This minitrack will bring together state of the art research that furthers social theories of learning (such as networked learning, learning analytics, collaborative learning, viral learning, and social capital) situated in formal, non-formal and informal learning settings such as schools, higher education, organizations, workplace, leisure, communities and crowds. We call for papers that use, analyze and/or develop technologies, practices, and policies that examine social media and learning. We use the term 'social media' broadly to include many ways of interacting online and many forms of organizing online. We also use the term to include use of multiple media and welcome studies that address use across multiple platforms. We specifically welcome papers that address new and exciting areas of research in the potential of social media for new forms of learning, and the potential value social media creates for connectivity, development, and knowledge growth. ORGANIZERS Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands maarten.delaat at ou.nl Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia c.haythorn at ubc.ca Shane Dawson, University of South Australia shane.dawson at unisa.edu.au Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii suthers at hawaii.edu From rforno at infowarrior.org Fri Mar 14 16:08:01 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 19:08:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] US to relinquish Internet control Message-ID: I suspect there will be interesting times ahead for us net research folks. ?rick U.S. aims to give up control over Internet administration By Craig Timberg, U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web. Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year. ?The timing is right to start the transition process,? said Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. ?We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.? The practical consequences of the decision were not immediately clear, but it could alleviate rising global complaints that the United States essentially controls the Web and takes advantage of its oversight role to help spy on the rest of the world. < ? > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-relinquish-remaining-control-over-the-internet/2014/03/14/0c7472d0-abb5-11e3-adbc-888c8010c799_print.html --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. From tranth at leeds.ac.uk Sat Mar 15 10:47:11 2014 From: tranth at leeds.ac.uk (Nikolaos Thomopoulos) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 17:47:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation Message-ID: Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize From info at interculturalnewmedia.com Sat Mar 15 16:13:38 2014 From: info at interculturalnewmedia.com (info at interculturalnewmedia.com) Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 16:13:38 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR/NEW MEDIA Message-ID: <20140315161338.bfb6cefea40d8ccdf2823ebe3e136114.79facef0e5.wbe@email18.secureserver.net> Hello Air-L members, Please consider submitting your papers( and distributing this call to graduate students) by June 9, 2014 for the NCA Honors Graduate Student Seminar sponsored by Sage Publications and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. The theme of the seminar is New Media and Intercultural Communication. It will take place at the November, 2014 NCA conference in Chicago; finalists will receive monetary awards and a good deal of recognition. It is open to any currently enrolled MA or Ph.D student. Please see "call" included below and the attachment. Robert Shuter, Visiting Professor, Hugh Downs School of Communication/Professor, Marquette University Coordinator, NCA IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association, in partnership with Sage Publications, proudly announces the first IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar to be held at the 2014 NCA conference in Chicago. The theme of the seminar is Intercultural Communication and New Media and will feature competitively selected papers of currently enrolled MA and Ph.D students in communication and allied fields (multiple authors permitted but all must be currently enrolled graduate students at the time of paper submission). Intercultural new media research is an emerging and important new area of intercultural communication and consists of multiple dimensions including ( but not limited to) how new media impact intercultural communication theory (i.e. cultural adaptation/dialogue/competence/identity), how culture influences the social uses of new media, and in what ways new media affect culture. Papers will be reviewed and selected by top scholars who will also serve as scholar respondents during the honors seminar. The honors seminar will be conducted on Saturday, November 22. 2014 from 2:00PM to 5PM at the NCA conference in the Conrad Hilton, Chicago. The seminar will be followed by an IICD reception honoring the participants. Graduate students selected for participation will receive a monetary award as well as IICD honors graduate student certificates. To be considered, full papers (APA including 200 word abstract with title) are due no later than June 9, 2014. Each paper should be no more than 25 pages including references; author(s) name, contact information, and student status (MA or Ph.D and university) should be included on separate title page and sent in a separate file. Finalists will be contacted and announced by July 25, 2014. Papers should be sent electronically to the Coordinator of the IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar: Robert Shuter, Professor, Marquette University, Diederich College of Communication and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Communication:[1]robert.shuter at marquette. edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation From: Nikolaos Thomopoulos <[2]tranth at leeds.ac.uk> Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 10:47 am To: "[3]air-l at listserv.aoir.org" <[4]air-l at listserv.aoir.org> Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: [5]http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at [6]sgICTregion at gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' [7]www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize _______________________________________________ The [8]Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [9]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [10]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [11]http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. https://emarq.marquette.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=to1FAknkiEyhZmdlSUkCoGNlHuI4FNEIUUgvvlmcetV1KICLZalOKyp_5_D0jwcezxte8WWvExA.&URL=mailto%3arobert.shuter%40marquette 2. mailto:tranth at leeds.ac.uk 3. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l at listserv.aoir.org 5. http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com/ 6. mailto:sgICTregion at gmail.com 7. http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize 8. mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org 9. http://aoir.org/ 10. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 11. http://www.aoir.org/ From karineb at uw.edu Sun Mar 16 07:22:16 2014 From: karineb at uw.edu (Karine Nahon) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 14:22:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Social Networking and Communities: CFP HICSS Message-ID: CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48 January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm ORGANIZERS Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gruzd at dal.ca (Primary Contact) Karine Nahon, University of Washington, karineb at uw.edu Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, c.haythorn at ubc.ca Twitter: #hicss_snc This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social media and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives. We call for papers that address research, theory, practice, and/or policy around our new interlinkages via social media in support of communities of practice, inquiry, and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In the past, this minitrack has been in the Internet and Digital Economy Track. Due to its overwhelming success, the minitrack has become a founding part of the new Track: Digital and Social Media. In previous years, the minitrack has been among the largest at the conference, and ?best papers? from the minitrack have often received the ?Best Paper in Track? awards. We call for papers that address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in these endeavors. Papers are welcomed that address wholly online communities, as well as those that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction; the use of single media, as well as those that address the way different media support community practice; and community, as well as crowd-based collectives online. Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following: Social, political and/or economic impact of social media Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy Community development and community informatics Design, development, and user studies of social media Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices Serious leisure online Organizational behavior of communities Behavior in online gaming communities Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities Case studies and topologies of online communities Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc. Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community Research methods for the study of social networking and community ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation are included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions posted on the conference web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15. IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS FOR HICSS 48 June 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15, 2014 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees ? including visa or your organization?s fiscal funding procedures ? should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1, 2014 -- EARLY REGISTRATION FEE DEADLINE. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15, 2014 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office. From martin.wagner at yale.edu Sun Mar 16 07:31:36 2014 From: martin.wagner at yale.edu (Martin Wagner) Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 10:31:36 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Deadline Extended: CFP: 2015 MLA Session: Writing for Algorithms Message-ID: <28D332C2-8670-4981-A168-E0716C5F7585@yale.edu> Writing for Algorithms DEADLINE EXTENDED Special Session at the 2015 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention (January 8-11, Vancouver, Canada) Writing, as it is practiced by bloggers and spammers, no longer exclusively addresses humans, but also the algorithms of search engines and email filters. In a similar way, a new generation of students at colleges throughout the country learns to adapt their essays to the criteria of automated grading apps. For the first time in history, we human readers are no longer the sole audience of the written text. What is the effect of this expansion of audience on human readers who experience, consciously or otherwise, their expulsion from the center of the textual universe? How does the emerging writing for algorithms change the landscape of traditional training in composition and poetics? Which new insights about the fundamental structures of relevance, coherence, and authenticity in linguistic communication can we gain from the struggle between spammers and the software engineers at Google & Co.? The panel seeks to answer these questions by combining contributions from a wide range of possible theoretical and professional backgrounds, including, but not limited to, rhetoric, linguistics, literary theory, media studies, journalism, and programming. Please send a proposal of up to 250 words for a 15-minute presentation by March 22, 2014 to martin.wagner at yale.edu. For more information see: www.writingforalgorithms.org From joly at punkcast.com Sun Mar 16 22:56:15 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 01:56:15 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] GENERATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS Message-ID: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 *Generative Justice:Value from the Bottom-up* *A conference at RPI, June 27-29 2014* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? (For more see the Generative Justice wiki ) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From m.foth at qut.edu.au Mon Mar 17 16:08:09 2014 From: m.foth at qut.edu.au (Marcus Foth) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 23:08:09 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014: papers due 20 May Message-ID: <8863BD6B-5DA5-4ED9-8709-BDCC8DC29F78@qut.edu.au> CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014 November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark At the Media Architecture Biennale in 2014 we explore the emergence of new kinds of ?World Cities? through media architecture. In this context, encounters may occur when media architecture is realized and people experience and interact with it, e.g. when public spaces and urban environments and the practices they shape are influenced by elements of media architecture; it may also occur as new platforms give rise to new opportunities for shaping systems and surroundings. IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS Papers submission deadline: May 20 Notification of acceptance: July 30 Camera-ready submission: Aug 30 Conference: Nov 19-22 2014 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Expression of interest: Aug 1 Submission deadline: Aug 30 WORKSHOPS Expression of interest: 27 April EXHIBITIONS (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) STUDENTS COMPETITION (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) TOPICS We consider media architecture as an inclusive term that encompasses encounters and intersections between digital technologies and our physical surroundings. We invite papers that present and discuss novel contributions to media architecture both on a practical and theoretical level and that further our understanding of the field through case studies, design approaches, and best practices. We expect contributions to critically explore a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: - How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media - Social and Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture - Participatory Architecture & City Planning - Spatial Locative Media - Case Studies of Specific Projects - Future Trends and Prototypes - Media Facades and Urban Displays - Interaction Techniques and Interfaces- Critical and Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture - Design Processes and Methods SUBMISSION DETAILS The conference invites research presentations from both academia and industry: * We invite both short and long papers. Submitted papers should be a maximum of four and ten pages in length, for short and long papers respectively, in ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). * The papers should clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualize the authors? work within the greater body of research. * Submissions should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN or DOI number. *Authors must provide a 30-word contribution statement for their paper upon submission. The contribution statement should explain the contribution made by the paper to the Media Architecture community. *Papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple members of a program committee consisting of experts in a range of disciplines that shape media architecture. OUR VISION Building on the successful event in Aarhus 2012, Media Architecture Biennale 2014 brings together artists, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry who work with media, interactive technologies and the built environment. The 2014 Biennale comprises an academic conference track, exhibitions, and industry sessions, as well workshops. Our vision is to provide an excellent forum for debate and knowledge exchange; to of fer a unique opportunity that brings together the best minds and organizations; and to highlight state-of-the-art and experimental research in media architecture. THEME: Media Architecture and Cities of the World Media architecture is an increasingly important digital layer in cities all over the world. It is a part of shopping malls, casinos, digital signs and commercials and it holds great potential as a mouthpiece for public voice and a peephole into the heart of government. The latter was exemplified when citizen reports and the municipality's case handlings were visualized on Aarhus' notable city hall tower during the Media Architecture Biennale 2012. It is also the case, when people in the streets of Berlin are invited to show their own animations using 144 lit-up windows in a central high-rise building, which happened in the iconic project Blinkenlights. No matter if it is in Aarhus, Copenhagen or Berlin ? or in S?o Paulo, Sydney or Beijing ? media architecture augments public space and creates new settings for life in the city. These new settings will be the focus of the Media Architecture Biennale 2014. The design of media architecture invites encounters between people, the built environment, and media space. It opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. As an emerging field, diverse perspectives are coming together in media architecture, and the challenges are as abundant as the opportunities. HOST Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: www.mab14.org Email: conference at mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending). COME AND JOIN US! ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University) Co-chair and founder Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute) Conference Programme Chairs Peter Dalsgaard (Aarhus University) & Ava Fatah gen Schieck (The Bartlett, UCL) Exhibition and Awards chairs/curators Gernot Tscherteu (realitylab.at) & Morten Lervig (CAVI, Aarhus University) Workshop Chairs Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney) & Alexander Wiethoff (Ludwig-Maximillians Universit?t M?nchen) Doctoral Consortium Chairs S?ren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) Communication Chairs Lone Koefoed Hansen (Aarhus University) & Jen Stein (University of Southern California) Media and Communications Journalist Mette Stentoft (Aarhus) & designer Oleg ?uran (University of Split) Special Advisors Kim Halskov & Hank Haeusler -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth at qut.edu.au ? @sunday9pm ? http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J From charles.ess at gmail.com Mon Mar 17 22:33:47 2014 From: charles.ess at gmail.com (Charles Ess) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 06:33:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for article submissions - Innovations in the Newsroom - The Journal of Media Innovations Message-ID: Dear AoIRists, With the usual regrets for duplications - please distribute and cross-post as seems useful. Call for submissions to The Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 1, issue 2. The Journal of Media Innovations is an open access, peer-reviewed, cross-disciplinary journal that explores media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. Each issue of The Journal includes academic articles, research briefs, and book reviews. All candidate submissions are peer reviewed; published articles usually go through at least one cycle of revision in light of reviewers? and the editorial team?s comments and suggestions. Please see the inaugural issue for examples. We invite submissions to the upcoming issue, on the theme of Innovations in the newsroom, . The issues focuses on how news media meet contemporary challenges of changing user behaviour, threatened revenue models and restructuring processes through Innovation. Submissions should focus on one or more of the following topics: - Changing journalistic practices, e.g., computer assisted journalism, public or participatory journalism, social media - Changing production routines - Changing journalistic ethics and norms - Changing forms of funding, e.g., crowd funding, pay walls, entrepreneurial journalism - Changing organizational forms - Sources of and/or obstacles to innovation in news media Submission date: 15. April 2014. Publication date: 30. September 2014. Please visit our website and follow the steps for online submissions: Inquiries may be directed to Karoline A. Ihleb?k, Editorial Assistant: On behalf of our editorial team and Editorial Board, Charles Ess, Editor, JMI Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess at media.uio.no From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 18 00:12:56 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 07:12:56 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD-Seminar=2C_Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F?= In-Reply-To: <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> References: <719F6AC5-D76B-431C-8D7A-15DBEBE2A476@imv.au.dk> <9465CD6F-C4D1-494A-A96D-CB93FC9D359C@imv.au.dk> Message-ID: <011E6D2D-ADFD-4303-9DEB-7F4BCF9AA705@imv.au.dk> ***REMINDER*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is Monday 24 March 2014. Best, Niels Br?gger Den 01/03/2014 kl. 15.33 skrev Niels Br?gger : > ***apologies for cross-postings*** > > > PhD seminar: Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? > Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > > The submission website for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? is now open. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract. The abstract can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. > > Best, > > Niels Br?gger > > > > Den 04/02/2014 kl. 09.21 skrev Niels Br?gger : > >> ***apologies for cross-postings*** >> >> >> PhD seminar >> >> Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? >> >> Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 >> Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ?ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism? >> >> This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. >> >> Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. >> >> The number of participants is limited to 20. >> >> Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. >> >> The lectures and the lecturers: >> ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago >> ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam >> ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark >> ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies >> >> Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ >> >> Very best, >> >> Niels Br?gger >> >> >> >> >> ?????????????????????????????? >> >> LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS >> >> August 2013 >> Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 >> Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract >> >> June 2013 >> Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 >> Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract >> >> March 2013 >> The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 >> Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 >> >> >> >> NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD >> Director, the Centre for Internet Studies >> Department of Aesthetics and Communication >> Aarhus University >> Helsingforsgade 14 >> 8200 Aarhus N >> Denmark >> >> Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 >> Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 >> Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 >> E-mail nb at imv.au.dk >> Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb >> >> Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 >> Skype name: niels_bruegger >> >> The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk >> NetLab http://netlab.dk >> The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk >> LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > ?????????????????????????????? > PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 > Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ > > > LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS > > August 2013 > Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 > Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract > > June 2013 > Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 > Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract > > March 2013 > The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 > Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 > > > > NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD > Director, the Centre for Internet Studies > Department of Aesthetics and Communication > Aarhus University > Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 > 8200 Aarhus N > Denmark > > Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 > Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 > Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 > E-mail nb at imv.au.dk > Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb > > Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 > Skype name: niels_bruegger > > The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk > NetLab, http://netlab.dk > Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk > > > > ?????????????????????????????? PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From christian.fuchs at uti.at Tue Mar 18 04:36:11 2014 From: christian.fuchs at uti.at (Christian Fuchs) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 11:36:11 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book "Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction" Message-ID: <53282FAB.1020006@uti.at> Critical Political Economy of Communications ? A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per e-mail to christian.fuchs at uti.at Abstract If we take the late 1960s as a starting point an explicitly defined ?critical political economy of communications? is fifty years old. How salient today are the core concerns that shaped this tradition? What are the emergent themes in contemporary critical media studies? Jonathan Hardy will discuss his book-length review of critical political economists? work (Hardy, Jonathan. Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction. London: Routledge.), and reflect on what their approaches can offer for contemporary investigations into the problems of the media. Biography Dr Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the author of Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming; Cross-Media Promotion (Peter Lang, 2010), Western Media Systems (Routledge, 2008) and writes on media, marketing communications, regulation and policy. He is Secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a UK media reform group. From sherylgrant at gmail.com Tue Mar 18 07:16:58 2014 From: sherylgrant at gmail.com (Sheryl Grant) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:16:58 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) Message-ID: Hi everyone, Apologies for cross-posting: 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) - https://sites.google.com/site/obie2014ws/ - => in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2014), Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August 2014 => proceedings published by Springer IMPORTANT DATES ==================================== * 1 May 2014: Paper submission deadline * 23 May 2014: Notification of acceptance * 13 June 2014: Camera-ready paper * 12 August 2014: Open Badges in Education workshop day (to be confirmed by the Conference organizers) OVERVIEW ======== Open Badges (OBs) initiative is a community effort aimed at introducing novel means and practices for knowledge/skill assessment, recognition, and credentialing. Along the way, it is also promoting values such as openness and learner?s agency, as well as participatory learning practices and peer-learning communities. Even though digital badges are not a new phenomenon, their use prior to the emergence of the OBs initiative was largely associated with isolated efforts of individual organizations, and there was no systematic approach to issuing and using badges. Likewise, OBs should not be equated with digital badges that are used solely as a part of gamification efforts aimed at motivating users for different kinds of tasks; OBs differ in at least two significant ways. First, they allow learners to gather badges that originate from different sources (i.e., organizations acting as badge issuers), and to select and combine the earned badges into custom profiles suitable for the given occasion (e.g., job application). Second, OBs are self-sufficient in the sense that they carry all the information one would need to understand and value the achievement/status they refer to. All these novel and distinctive features have positioned OBs as suitable candidates for addressing some of the pressing challenges in the context of life-long and Web-based learning, including: i) recognition of learning in multiple and diverse locations and environments that go beyond traditional classrooms; ii) recognition of diverse kinds of skills and knowledge, including soft and general skills; iii) recognition of alternative forms of assessment; iv) the need for transparent and easily verifiable digital credentials. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Open Badges (OBs) are rapidly gaining traction among educational practitioners as well as education-oriented companies and non-profit organizations. However, so far, there have been only a few research studies aimed at validating the propositions related to OBs. This indicates an obvious need for higher engagement of the research community in order to assure a deeper understanding of not only OBs and their potential roles, but also the larger educational ecosystem within which they operate and evolve. Considering everything stated above, this workshop would welcome submissions on some of the topics from the following (though not restrictive) list: * OBs as a motivational mechanism * OBs as a mean to support and promote participatory learning practices * OBs as a mean to support and recognize alternative assessment * OBs as a mean to recognize prior learning * OBs as a mean to facilitate charting of learning trajectories * OBs as a facilitator of self-regulated learning * OBs as a mean for building and maintaining learner's profile (portfolio) * Implementation of OBs in different kinds of educational settings (formal, non-formal, informal) * Software systems and tools for the implementation and deployment of OBs * Technical challenges in enabling the intended functionalities of OBs SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ========================== We welcome the following types of contributions: * Short (up to 5 pages) and full (up to 10 pages) research papers, * Poster abstracts and system demonstrations (should not exceed 2 pages). All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format at * https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=obie2014 All the submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway * Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada * Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== * Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA * Simon Cross, The Open University, UK * Elizabeth Dalton, University of New Hampshire, USA * Rebecca Galley, The Open University, UK * Sheryl Grant, Duke University, USA * Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths University of London, UK * Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida, USA * Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Michael R. Olneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * Razvan Rughinis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania * Jose Luis Santos Odriozola, KU Leuven, Belgium * Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Felicia M. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA For further questions please contact the organisers via *** obie2014[at]easychair.org *** Sheryl Grant Director of Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition sheryl.grant at duke.edu Duke University 114 South Buchanan Blvd. Smith Warehouse Durham, NC 27708 From rhill at asis.org Tue Mar 18 10:40:14 2014 From: rhill at asis.org (Richard Hill) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:40:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?US-ASCII?Q?Deadline_Reminder_=96_ASIS&T_Annual_Meeting?= Message-ID: <381-22014321817401450@LEN-dick-2011> April 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for Panels, Contributed Papers, and tutorials and workshops. Additional information below. Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ SUBMISDSION URL: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2014/index.php?page=login The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST?s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900 From lsh at asc.upenn.edu Tue Mar 18 10:50:07 2014 From: lsh at asc.upenn.edu (Laura Henderson) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 13:50:07 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Shifts in Persian Cyberspace and Social Networking in Iran Message-ID: The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between 2002 and 2010, the Persian blogosphere exploded in size and became the topic of numerous reports, essays, videos and books. However, global interest in this emerging trend seemed to decrease during the second presidential mandate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This report is aimed at providing an answer to whether Blogestan itself has faded in size, activity and influence, since 2009. The report includes an audience survey of Persian blog readers, a web crawling analysis of the Iranian blogosphere, and a series of interviews with 20 influential bloggers living inside and outside of Iran. *Liking Facebook in Tehran:Social Networking in Iran: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1609 This report, based on an online survey of Iranian Facebook users, contributes to a small but growing body of scholarship on social and new media use in Iran. Our findings offer new insights into the Iranian Facebook ecosystem, including patterns of Facebook usage among Iranians, why and how Iranians are using Facebook, what types of content they are sharing, as well as perceptions of privacy and security associated with using Facebook. In addition, the survey addresses the key question of whether Facebook is being used as a tool for political engagement and civic activism among Iranian internet users, as initial assessments suggested. AoIRists might also be interested in these other publications from the IMP: *Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia: http://cgcsblog.asc.upenn.edu/2013/11/07/citation-filtered/ Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse. The report is accompanied by an infographicdetailing blocking mechanisms and types of filtered content. *Internet Censorship in Iran: An infographic: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/sites/default/files/research/pdf/1363180689/1385/internet_censorship_in_iran.pdf This infographic illustrates the constellation of bodies currently involved in internet censorship in Iran. It attempts to show the complexity of Iran's internet governance system by mapping the relationship between the different policy-making and enforcement bodies involved in internet censorship and filtering, spotlighting four new bodies-the Supreme Council on Cyberspace, the Committee Charged with Determining Offensive Content, the Cyber Army, and the Cyber Police-that have emerged since 2009 as key institutions responsible for controlling the flow of online communications, both within Iran and betweenIranians and the global cybersphere. *Finding a way - How Iranians reach for news and information: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 This study details the results of an online questionnaire among young, metropolitan, educated and technologically savvy Iranians, and was aimed at illustrating the extent to which these youth employ new media for political purposes over a year after the contested Iranian elections and during the Tunisia, Egypt and Libya uprisings. The prevalence of Internet use, online activities, and speed of access was assessed, as was the use of and engagement with certain platforms such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. The surveys also examined the use of circumvention tools as well as the extent to which Iraniansthink citizens can be empowered through the use of new media. *Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4361 In the days immediately following the contested June 2009 Presidential election, Iranians attempting to reach news content and social media platforms were subject to unprecedented levels of the degradation, blocking and jamming of communications channels. Rather than shut down networks, which would draw attention and controversy, the government was rumored to have slowed connection speeds to rates that would render the Internet nearly unusable, especially for the consumption and distribution of multimedia content. Since, political upheavals elsewhere have been associated with headlines such as "High usage slows down Internet in Bahrain" and "Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again," with further rumors linking poor connectivity with political instability in Myanmar and Tibet. For governments threatened by public expression, the throttling of Internet connectivity appears to be an increasingly preferred and less detectable method of stifling the free flow of information. In order to assess this perceived trend and begin to create systems of accountability and transparency on such practices, we attempt to outline an initial strategy for utilizing a ubiquitous set of network measurements as a monitoring service, then apply such methodology to shed light on the recent history of censorship in Iran. *The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6398 While funding agencies have provided substantial support for the developers and vendors of services that facilitate the unfettered flow of information through the Internet, little consolidated knowledge exists on the basic communications network infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the absence of open access and public data, rumors and fear have reigned supreme. During provisional research on the country's censorship regime, we found initial indicators that telecommunications entities in Iran allowed private addresses to route domestically, whether intentionally or unintentionally, creating a hidden network only reachable within the country. Moreover, records such as DNS entries lend evidence of a 'dual stack' approach, wherein servers are assigned a domestic IP addresses, in addition to a global one. Despite the clear political implications of the claim we put forward, particularly in light of rampant speculation regarding the mandate of Article 46 of the 'Fifth Five Year Development Plan' to establish a "national information network," we refrain from hypothesizing the purpose of this structure. In order to solicit critical feedback for future research, we outline our initial findings and attempt to demonstrate that the matter under contention is a nation-wide phenomenon that warrants broader attention. Laura Schwartz-Henderson Research Project Manager Center For Global Communication Studies Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 215-898-9727 From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:00:13 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:00:13 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: . Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From juebelhe at asu.edu Tue Mar 18 20:10:45 2014 From: juebelhe at asu.edu (Joshua Uebelherr) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2014 20:10:45 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: http://cpi.asu.edu/cpi-now. Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 -- From denisparra at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 03:26:23 2014 From: denisparra at gmail.com (Denis Parra) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 06:26:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Don't miss the deadline: submit to ACM HT 2014 this Friday 21st Message-ID: Dear researchers, Don't forget to submit your full, short papers, posters and demos by this Friday 21st, 11:59PM CSLCT http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 Thanks for your interest, see you in Santiago In September! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudr?-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzm?ller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra at ing.puc.cl From nhara at indiana.edu Wed Mar 19 08:00:08 2014 From: nhara at indiana.edu (Noriko Hara) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 11:00:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Special Issue on Historic Design Cases-International Journal of Designs for Learning In-Reply-To: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> References: <5329B0B2.90906@indiana.edu> Message-ID: <5329B0F8.6090900@indiana.edu> *CALL FOR PROPOSALS* *INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGNS FOR LEARNING* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON HISTORIC DESIGN CASES* Guest Editors: Craig D. Howard & Colin M. Gray Unlike other design fields, instructional design has not had a sustained interest in documenting cases from the past and engaging in our design history in a substantive way. When we think of technology, we generally look forward---to what is possible in the future of technology in education, but it is equally as instructive to look at how far we have come and the individual designs that, as a collective, have impacted where we are now. Many of the same challenges we face in the ecology of modern technologies can be seen in technological leaps from instructional design's past: video-based instruction, systemic curricular moves (e.g., SRA Reading Lab, the "new math"), educational entertainment (e.g., Sesame Street, Bill Nye the Science Guy), and the dawn of the graphical user interface and personal computer (e.g., instruction for the Macintosh, developing for the PLATO system) to name a few. Many of these designs have directly and indirectly informed our contemporary design practice, and illustrate many of the challenges of designing for intentional change. In this special issue, we turn our focus to both the near and distant past of instructional design and technology, addressing designs intended (or used) for learning both in informal and formal learning---inside the classroom, and in our everyday lives. This special issue brings our field to the standard of precedent-building common in other design disciplines, refocusing our attention on marking significant milestones in design innovation, celebrating the often unrecognized breakthroughs instructional design and technology has had in its past. While some artifacts have been preserved, our collective knowledge of what instructional design is in the present has often been embodied in designs which themselves have been forgotten. To begin the process of documenting these past designs, we invite authors to submit design cases of designs used and/or intended for learning from 10-75 years ago, which are deemed to be of importance to the field. Some examples of appropriate historic designs might include: * *Designs that changed our understanding of what learning could be* (e.g., Airborne satellite learning, early collaborative websites, Sesame Street Workshop) * *Designs that highlighted the affordances of specific technologies when they were in their infancy* (e.g., PLATO system, remote teaching through closed circuit TV) * *Designs which failed, either in their initial implementation, or which failed to "catch on" *(e.g., computerized instruction in the 1990s, the "new math") * *Designs which serve as the basis for modern categories of educational technology* (e.g., learning management systems, SRA reading lab) * *Instructional components of mass-market devices* (e.g., training for emerging technological products, such as Apple's click-and-drag instruction) * *Designs created out of a specific felt need for a specific type of learning* (e.g., "murder houses," bespoke designs) *SUBMISSION TYPES* /Full Design Case/ 5000-7000+ words, with as many multimedia and/or visual elements as available. The goal of this submission is to not only visually and textually explain the experience of the design, but also how it came to be the way that it is. Depending on the age of the designed artifact or experience, this may come through interviews with designers, stakeholders, and/or users, analysis of related artifacts surrounding the design/design process, or reconstruction based on previously published marketing and/or academic materials. Your abstract should include the targeted design, its relevance, and any resources you will need to locate. /Brief Design Case/ 500-1500 words, a primarily visual presentation of a design with accompanying text used to annotate and explain the artifact and its experience as depicted in the images and/or video. Your abstract should include the targeted design, and any existing resources that you are aware of. *IMPORTANT DEADLINES* April 30, 2014: Submit 250 word abstract by email May 14, 2014: Acceptance of abstract: July 1, 2014: Submit Full paper/brief paper August 14, 2014: Notification of Acceptance September 14, 2014: Final Manuscripts November 2014: Projected Publication *ABOUT IJDL* The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design. This journal is a publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. More information on submissions for this special issue is available at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/announcement/view/68 Questions and abstract submissions may be directed to the guest editors: Dr. Craig D. Howard (craig.howard at tamut.edu ) and Colin M. Gray (comgray at indiana.edu ). From iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com Wed Mar 19 10:46:57 2014 From: iskandar.zulkarnain.78 at gmail.com (iskandar zulkarnain) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 13:46:57 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?Fwd=3A_Launching_InVisible_Culture_Issue_20=3A_?= =?utf-8?b?4oCcRWNvbG9naWVzIg==?= In-Reply-To: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> References: <5F07EE0C-B40B-41F6-BC3A-C96BA28CC104@rochester.edu> Message-ID: Apologies for x-posting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anderson, Joel Neville Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:41 PM Subject: Launching InVisible Culture Issue 20: ?Ecologies" To: VCS-GRADS at lists.rochester.edu Dear all, I?m happy to announce that *InVisible Culture* has just launched Issue 20: ?Ecologies? (Spring 2014): http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue We?ll be promoting this over the next few days, so please feel free to circulate via social media, listservs, and word of mouth. In addition, IVC is still accepting submissions to issue 22, ?Opacity,? so please also circulate the CFP at the following link: http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity Thanks! I?ve pasted the press release below. Best, Joel - *InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture* (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. IVC is a student run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the VCS-GRADS list, click the following link: https://lists.rochester.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1MzQxIGl6dWxrYXJuQE1BSUwuUk9DSEVTVEVSLkVEVSBWQ1MtR1JBRFMgIFrT7a%2FLA7oQ&c=SIGNOFF -- Iskandar Zulkarnain HASTAC Scholars 2010-2014 Website: http://www.hastac.org/hastac-scholars http://digitalperipheries.net/ Rochester Intermedia Studies Group Ph.D. Candidate Visual and Cultural Studies 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!" From wrysavy at email.unc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:15:14 2014 From: wrysavy at email.unc.edu (Rysavy, Wayne Erik) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 20:15:14 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CF Participant for NCA Panel on Information Politics Message-ID: <9429E15C908DA54D951ECCC3478D381C82E8B5F5@ITS-MSXMBS3F.ad.unc.edu> Hello, My colleague, Bryan Behrenshausen, and I have organized a panel we plan to submit to the Media Ecology Division of the 2014 National Communication Associaion conference. We already have a confirmed chair/respondent and another participant, but are looking for one more person to join our panel. Below, I've included our rationale. We are particularly interested in bringing someone on who has interest in information politics and explores information and/or theories of information and information flow from a critical perspective employing critical theory, discursive analysis, and/or historiographic analysis. Interested participants should email me at wrysavy at email.unc.edu. Inquiries about the panel are also welcome. Rationale: A fiercely contested term, commodity, and palliative, "information" is neither static nor neutral; it is relational, contextual, and deeply implicated in power relations that traverse the personal, social, cultural, and economic. As an object purportedly central to many contemporary techniques and technologies, information participates in various processes of social organization that bear decidedly political aims. It positions people and things, and it generates contexts for the ongoing work of managing their relations. Information is material, yet ephemeral?an object to be "owned" and "managed," and yet indecipherable outside the particular political and economic relations that valorize it. In precise but shifting relation with "data" and "knowledge," information authorizes and mobilizes multiple?often fractured and contradictory?truth claims. Information's historic (re)articulations persist today, shaping the ways in which popular discourses of "information" make discussing, using, and interpreting it possible. Examining information and information technologies through critical theoretical, historiographic, and discursive analyses, this panel re-contextualizes information, tracks its role in everyday systems of meaning and power, and explores the way past discourses of information influence the way we conceptualize it in the present. Thank you for your interest. Wayne Erik Rysavy, M.A. Doctoral Student and Teaching Fellow Department of Communication Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 115 Bingham, CB#3285 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 wrysavy at email.unc.edu "If people did not sometimes do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done." ?Ludwig Wittgenstein From malper at usc.edu Thu Mar 20 13:34:18 2014 From: malper at usc.edu (Meryl Alper) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 13:34:18 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] JOB OPP: Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab Message-ID: Passing along this job opportunity to work at USC Annenberg on a large-scale social media data project. Please share. Best, Meryl * * * Project Manager, Data Science, USC Annenberg Innovation Lab (Funded by IBM Grant) The incumbent will be responsible for driving the development of innovative methods in audience research that bridge traditional and emerging approaches. In particular, we are dedicated to making meaning of large-scale social media data. The incumbent will also assist the Principal Investigator of our on-going data science research projects, fulfilling grant reporting requirements and insuring compliance with budget regulations. Additionally, the successful candidate will serve as a liaison among our researchers and work closely with our partners in the media and entertainment industries. As the Project Lead of the Lab's data science efforts, the incumbent will help integrate the data science research with other research efforts of the Lab, and contribute data science knowledge and perspective to larger Lab efforts, such as designing and implementing executive workshops and presentations. The ideal candidate will bring a unique perspective on audience research and be able to communicate with both academic and industry audiences. A background in both quantitative and qualitative approaches to audience research is strongly preferred; including some combination of surveys, interviews, focus groups, social media, and automated data-collection (e.g., Nielsen set-top boxes, Arbitron meters.) The successful candidate will be expected to implement an in-house system for large-scale data analysis. Experience with one or more programming languages and database management systems is required. Python, R, Java, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB preferred. Previous experience working with social media data is a plus. Apply here: https://jobs.usc.edu/postings/19629 -- Meryl Alper Ph.D. Candidate in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California malper at usc.edu merylalper.com From Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at Fri Mar 21 03:20:11 2014 From: Noella.Edelmann at donau-uni.ac.at (Noella Edelmann) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 11:20:11 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Join us at the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May References: <532AEF10020000DA0005ED7F@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> Message-ID: <532C206B020000DA0005EF3C@gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 21-23 May 2014, Danube University Krems (Austria) (apologies for cross-posting!) I am pleased to announce that the CeDEM14 programme - 3 days packed with international keynotes, workshops, presentations, a film viewing (?Blueberry Soup?) followed by a discussion with the filmmaker Eileen Jerret, an Open Space for you, opportunities for networking - is now available (www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem) CeDEM14 Programme 21-23 May 2014 21-22 May: paper presentations, workshops, reflections and keynotes. The conference dinner is held on 21 May 2014. 23 May: Viewing of the Film ?Blueberry Soup? and Podium Discussion with Eileen Jerrett ( Filmmaker); CeDEM Open Space. CeDEM14 Keynotes ?Scientific Citizenship? Alexander Gerber (innocomm Research Center for Science & Innovation Communication, Germany); ?Open Data? Jeanne Holm (Evangelist, Data.gov, U.S. General Services Administration, US); ?Statehood, the Deep Web, and Democracy? Philipp M?ller (University Salzburg, Austria); ?(E)ngaging communities through global thinking for local actions? Mohamed El-Sioufi (United Nations Human Settlements Programme, UN-HABITAT); CeDEM14 Open Space 23 May 2014 The CeDEM Open Space is an opportunity for participants to organise their own presentations, sessions, events, workshops, birds of a feather, networking, etc. If you are interested in attending and/or presenting at the Open Space, get in touch with Michael Sachs (michael.sachs at donau-uni.ac.at). CeDEM14 Further Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem Registration: http://bit.ly/1d2ZR1F I look forward to seeing you in Krems! Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher CeDEM14 Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov From K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk Fri Mar 21 09:55:24 2014 From: K.ORiordan at sussex.ac.uk (Kate O'Riordan) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:55:24 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Science and Justice at UCSC invites visiting scholars for 2014-2015 Message-ID: <6305E6BA10BDAD44A9CE7A944A4E5F4E1E56B7FA@EX-SHA-MBX1.ad.susx.ac.uk> Big data, informatics and bioinformatics have been key themes at the center this year - and are likely to continue to be - so could be a good location for some on this list: ------------------------------------------ UC Santa Cruz: 2014-2015 Solicitation for Visiting Scholars, Artists, and Graduate Students The Science and Justice Research Center at the University of California, Santa Cruz: http://scijust.ucsc.edu is now accepting applications for the 2014-2015 academic year Visiting Scholar Program. SJRC offers opportunities for visiting scholars and artists in residence at all levels of their career to join us and participate in our community. SJRC is not an academic department, so we encourage visitors to identify other members of the university with whom they would like to work with in activities such as teaching a seminar, offering an academic talk, or attending courses. We can help facilitate such activities. All applicants are encouraged to look at our past events: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/public-events/past-events/ when developing a proposal for an event as our colloquia have a unique format. Visitors are encouraged to visit for at least one full term, however we will consider shorter visits. The application deadline for the 2014-2015 academic year is April 15, 2014. Our applications are reviewed by an interdisciplinary advisory board. Application materials or questions can be submitted to scijust at ucsc.edu. For more information on becoming a visiting scholar, visit: Visiting Scholar Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/ For current University of California graduate students at other campuses, also visit: UC Intercampus Exchange Program: http://scijust.ucsc.edu/what-we-do/research-center/visiting-scholar-program/uc-intercampus-exchange-program/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Fri Mar 21 13:09:08 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 16:09:08 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Why rush home? Message-ID: Why rush home? The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference has negotiated special rates at nearby hotels. Come the day before or stay a day after - New York City is only 14 miles away. Find all the travel and venue information for #ELD14 at http://eld.montclair.edu/travel-venue/ Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140321 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 13:41:20 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:41:20 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 7th Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award || 6.000 Euros Award Sum || 19th August Deadline || Wake Up Call Message-ID: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nokia Ubimedia Awards 2013 Wake-up Call for Entries 7th Annual International Competition on Ubiquitous Media 1st-3rd October 2013, Tampere FINLAND *** 6.000 Euros Award Sum *** Deadline: 19th August 2013 *** http://www.numa.fi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as to date we received quite a few great entries to NUMA 2013, but our jury still hungers for more challenging projects. This is a "NUMA 2013 Wake-Up Call" for your ubimedia submissions and we hope that you all you aspiring Ubimedia innovators out there take the chance to join prople who won the competition in the previous years - one of them runs a successful startup. 6000 Euros price sum and travels paid to visit MindTrek 2013 for the three best projects. All we need is a description of your project and if possible a short demonstration video. And we need it til August 15th. We do especially encourage student and PhD-projects, as well as innovative start-ups. Good luck and see you in Tampere! More about the competition & submission system: http:/www.numa.fi Competition Chairs Artur LUGMAYR, EMMi Lab, Tampere Univ. of Technology, FINLAND Cai MELAKOSKI, School of Art, Music and Media, Tampere UAS (TAMK), FINLAND Ville LUOTONEN, Ubiquitous Computing Tampere Center of Expertise, Hermia Ltd., FINLAND Head of Jury Bjoern STOCKLEBEN, Project "Cross Media", University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, GERMANY From artur.lugmayr at tut.fi Fri Mar 21 15:04:17 2014 From: artur.lugmayr at tut.fi (artur.lugmayr at tut.fi) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:04:17 +0200 (EET) Subject: [Air-L] 2 Calls || Inform. Systems & Managment in eMedia/Creative Industries || Book Chapters (Springer-Verlag) || Workshop Papers (ICME 2014) || Message-ID: <1655805046.17.1395439457022.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Dear All, Two interesting possibilties: - Call for book chapters (Springer-Verlag): Information Systems & Management in eMedia and Creative Industries (ABSTRACT DEADLINE: 15th APRIL 2014) - Call for Papers (ICME2014): Workshop on Information Systems & Managmeent in Multimedia, Arts, Education, Entertainment, and Culture (DEADLINE 2nd APRIL: 2014) PLEASE READ BELOW FOR MORE DETAILS: 1) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Book Chapters Information Systems and Management in eMedia and Creative Industries Springer-Verlag Artur Lugmayr, Emilija Stojmenova, Katarina Stanoevska, and Robert Wellington (Eds.) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Special Focus on NEW Approaches in the eMedia Industries, or Approaches HOW eMedia Support Information Systems: Strategic Importance of IT ans IS&M in Media, Big Data, Crowd, Open Data, Linked Data, Cloud Application, New Business Analytics, Information Visualization, Workflow Management, IS&M as Basis of New Business Models of New Media Products, and Global Digital Production Pipelines. * Management, Marketing, Business Aspects and Strategic Importance of IT and IS&M in Creative eMedia Industries * Technology Perspective of the Usage of Media in IS&M in Media Industry and the Application of Media in IS&M across Domains: Technology, Processes, Workflows, Infrastructures and Global Production Pipelines * Methods, Approaches, and Importance of IT and Information Systems and Management in Media - Media and Content as Part of IS&M across Application Domains * Content, Service, Application, and Artistic Viewpoint on IS&M in Media and Creativity Industries Upcoming Deadline: 15th April (abstract), 15th June (manuscript), 30th Aug. (reviews) Book Website: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/ismemedia Email List: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/ism-emedia Submission System: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2014ISMeMedia/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ismemedia/ Contact us: lartur at acm.org or emilija.stojmenova at ltfe.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS ? MIS-MEDIA 2014 2nd international workshop on information systems in multimedia arts, education, entertainment, and culture (MIS-MEDIA 2014) 14th-18th July 2014 http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/mis-media2014 Chengdu, China ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- in conjunction with ICME 2014 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo http://www.icme2014.org/ EXTENDED DEADLINE: 2nd APRIL 2014 !!!!!!!!!!!!! in cooperation with the International Asscocation for Ambient Media (iAMEA) and the Assocation for Information Systems (AIS) SIG-eMedia (http://www.ambientmediaassociation.org and http://aisnet.org/group/SIG-eMedia) Paper Submission: https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/ICME2014W/ - please tick the correct * Big Data & Multimedia Systems * Cross-media offering, distribution channels and convergence * Media business information management for multimedia * Media information system design in multimedia * Business intelligence in media industries * Knowledge management systems applications * Workflow management, operational efficiency and new capturing technologies * Home platforms, mobility, multi-play and network convergence * Systems for management reporting, analysis, and decision support * Standards to enable technical convergence * Data warehousing in converging environments * Integration of analogue and digital media productions * E2E systems and solutions in converging media environments * Asset management and metadata management * E2E systems, infrastructures and solutions * Integration of analogue and digital media production and distribution * Information systems and decision support systems * Speech, audio, image, video, and text processing in information management * Marketing information systems * Content analysis, matching, and retrieval in information management * Technologies in media art, education, entertainment, environment, and culture * Consumer experience and quality assessment in MIS * Theoretical foundations of entertainment computation * Production process management * Multimedia databases, digital libraries, and eLearning in MIS * Technology and management of E2E media delivery * Business information management in media * Standards, policies, and regulation for MIS in media industry * Mobility, Social media, ambient media, eLearning * Practical media art, education, entertainment, and cultural applications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From binark at baskent.edu.tr Fri Mar 21 16:14:59 2014 From: binark at baskent.edu.tr (F. Mutlu Binark) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:14:59 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] =?utf-8?q?It=E2=80=99s_Not_Twitter_It=E2=80=99s_The_Eclip?= =?utf-8?q?se_Of_Reason?= In-Reply-To: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> References: <1171353006.13.1395434480824.JavaMail.lugmayr@HLO76-LT> Message-ID: <3cf9e62e421c04973580aa4fff0c668e.squirrel@www.baskent.edu.tr> It?s Not Twitter It?s The Eclipse Of Reason Twitter has become a basic communication tool for the users in Turkey to exercise freedom of speech. The President, The Prime Minister and the commissioners, journalists, bureaucrats, members of the parliament, writers, artists, unionists and activists, people with different political ideologies, oppressed groups and people from different parts of the society can state their opinions and participate in discussions about the current situations. In an environment where traditional media is constantly struggling with government oppression, communication tools like Twitter are crucial for the citizens. The only environment we can access to information without being censored is through the internet. To block an essential tool like Twitter just before the elections is unacceptable. It?s a clear violation of the right to freedom of expression. Violation of the Right To Elect and the Right To Be Elected. Turkey is on the eve of Local Elections. The running parties and the candidates use social media and Twitter frequently for their campaigns. This type of communication gives citizens the opportunity to follow the candidates closely, express their problems and hear the solutions that candidates can offer and also force them to create solutions. Therefore, blocking Twitter not only violates the freedom of speech but also violates the right to elect and to be elected. We Are Concerned About The Integrity Of Upcoming Local Elections We are experiencing great political tensions in expectation of the upcoming local elections that will take place on March 30th, 2014. These tensions are further solidified through distrust in the electoral process itself. The internet holds great potential for bringing citizen oversight to this process. It offers platforms and communication mechanisms to rapidly report on injustices and fraud attempts during the election data. Given current circumstances in Turkey, the internet is expected to play a crucial role in the supervision of the casting and counting of votes and hence in assuring the integrity and safety of the elections. The current blocking of internet based services is destructive to these citizen initiatives, increases existing social and political tensions, and negatively affects the trust in the electoral process. We are hence very concerned about both the integrity and safety of the upcoming elections. Law Has Been Reduced To A Tool In The Hands Of The Government The government points to court rulings to justify the blocking of Twitter. However, by now we are unsure about "whose" courts and rulings we can rely on. In the hands of the government, "legal grounds" are interpreted excessively or simply manipulated, leading to increasing distrust in the legal system. The Presidency of Telecommunications (Telekomunikasyon Iletisim Baskanligi or simply TIB) plays a precarious role in the enforcement of these legal rulings. In some past cases, they have abstained from taking action on select court rulings, arguing that it is beyond their legal authority. They have stated that TIB only has the authority to enforce blocking decisions when these are based on catalogued crimes. Yet in some cases, they have overstepped their authority and enforced rulings on blocking Internet based services. The arbitrary enforcement of legal rulings is in tune with the repeated threats made public by Prime Minister Erdo?an who most recently announced "we will eradicate social networks like Twitter". An ?eclipse of reason? is the current state of the Turkish government. It is not possible to articulate a rational explanation for the new regulations, including the new Internet laws, and their enforcement within a framework of governance informed by basic democratic values. We can only regard these intrusive interventions as acts of despair and a lack of intellect. These shameful acts of censorship are unacceptable. We call for action against censorship and the chilling of voices on the Internet, now! Alternative Informatics Association, March 21st, 2014 www.alternatifbilisim.org -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. From mjohns at luther.edu Fri Mar 21 20:55:20 2014 From: mjohns at luther.edu (Mark D. Johns) Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 22:55:20 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Final Call: James W. Carey Media Research Award 2014 Message-ID: The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self-nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time, space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture -- among others -- taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Prof. Paul C. Adams, University of Texas Prof. Stuart Adam, Carleton University Prof. Regina Marchi, Rutgers University Prof. John Pauly, Marquette University Prof. Jeff Pooley, Muhlenberg College Prof. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2014 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2013. Submitted works should be sent to Mark D. Johns, executive director of CCCSIR at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word, Corel WordPerfect, or Adobe Acrobat format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically. Then ask your publisher to furnish seven (7) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 1, 2014. Notification of award application will be sent out by June 15. The Award winner will receive the Carey Award plaque to be presented at the winner's choice of the 2014 annual convention of the International Communication Association (ICA), Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC), or National Communication Association (NCA). Questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College Decorah, IA 52101 USA E-mail: mjohns [at] luther.edu From hrosenba at indiana.edu Fri Mar 21 21:56:43 2014 From: hrosenba at indiana.edu (Howard Rosenbaum) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 00:56:43 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: <151C97E2-93A4-43D3-AFF8-95F32EF1B1C5@indiana.edu> Call for Participation: WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium at the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference (WebSci 2014) Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, USA 23 -26 June, 2014 http://ils.indiana.edu/faculty/hrosenba/www/web-sci-14/doc-consortium14.html Submission deadline: 15 April 2014 We invite doctoral students to participate in the WebSci 2014 Doctoral Consortium, which will take place as part of the ACM Web Science 2014 Conference in Bloomington, Indiana, USA. This half-day event is intended for those of you in the later stages (post-proposal) of your research on problems related to web science and information science. Description The goals of the Doctoral Consortium are to provide you with a supportive and critical learning opportunity to discuss your work in progress and to receive feedback and guidance from senior web and information science scholars. You will be able to explain your dissertation research and highlight theoretical and methodological problems/issues for further discussion and inquiry both with senior mentors and Consortium participants. The Doctoral Consortium aims to broaden the perspectives and to improve your research and communication skills. We expect you to have a specific research proposal and some preliminary results and have sufficient time prior to completing your dissertation to benefit from the consortium experience. Generally, if you are in your second or third year of PhD work, you will benefit the most from this experience. In the Consortium, you will present your proposal and receive specific feedback and advice on how to improve your research plan. The Doctoral consortium also aim to develop a supportive community within which doctoral students can begin to develop their professional networks by interacting with peers and senior scholars in web science and information science. All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Consortium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The international review committee will select the best submissions for presentation at the Doctoral Consortium. Submission information We ask you to submit an 8 page description of your PhD research proposal electronically via the EasyChair conference submission System: https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?key=9144634.cxJz4ovCrZ6XBK9a Your submission must address each of the following questions: ? Problem Statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? ? Relevance: Why the problem is important? Who will benefit if you succeed? Who should care? ? Related Work: How have others attempted to address this problem? Why is the problem difficult? ? Research Question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? ? Hypotheses: What hypotheses are related to your research questions (if your work has hypotheses)? ? Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions and test your hypotheses? What will you measure? What is the main idea behind your approach? The key innovation? Provide an argument, based either on common knowledge or on evidence that you have accumulated, that your approach is likely to succeed. ? Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success - faster/more accurate/less failures/etc.? ? Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? ? Implications: What are the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions of your work? Additional submission requirements ? All submissions must be single-author submissions. Please acknowledge your PhD advisor(s) and other contributors in the Acknowledgements section. ? Students accepted to present at the Doctoral Consortium must plan to attend the full Doctoral Consortium in order to gain as much value as possible from the experience. ? Please remember that the DC submission is not the same as a research paper. ? Submissions must be in pdf and be formatted according to the ACM Publications format. Topics The Consortium has the same scope of technical topics as the main WebSci conference: ? Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities ? Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale social interaction ? Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web ? Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions on the Web ? Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing ? Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web ? Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web ? The architecture and philosophy of the Web ? The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web ? Economics and social innovation on the Web ? Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons ? Personal data, trust, and privacy ? Web and social media research ethics ? Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems ? Big data and the study of the Web ? Web access, literacy, and development ? Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web ? People-driven Web technologies, including crowdsourcing, open data, and new interfaces ? Digital Humanities ? Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources ? Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives ? New research questions and thought-provoking ideas Important Dates: ? April 15, 2014 - paper submission ? May 2, 2014 - notification ? June 23, 2014 - doctoral consortium Doctoral Consortium Schedule: 12:00-12:30: Welcome session with light lunch 12:30-1:00: Meet mentors, group introductions and discussion of the Colloquium activities 1:00-2:30: One on one meetings where students discuss their work and receive feedback and comments from mentors 2:30-3:00 Break 3:00-4:30: Students present their work to the group and receive feedback 4:30-5:30: Group discussion about career and professional issues in a Q&A session driven by the students From 3:00-4:30, participants will present their research briefly to familiarize each other with their dissertation project and highlight specific aspects they would like to have further discussion on. These may include specific problems that the student is seeking input on how to approach them; intriguing issues and tensions for web science and information science research generally; methodological problems that other Ph.D. students are likely to be confronting, or issues that have the potential of stimulating discussions of theoretical and methodological significance. If you have questions about this call, please contact the co-chairs ? Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba at indiana.edu ? Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman at indiana.edu ? Lora Aroyo, Computer Science, VU University Amsterdam lora.aroyo at vu.nl From antoine.mazieres at gmail.com Sat Mar 22 01:23:47 2014 From: antoine.mazieres at gmail.com (Antoine Mazieres) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 09:23:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Quantitative analysis of online pornography In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Dear all, Just a little heads-up on this project. It yielded a paper that was just published in the first issue of Porn Studies, which is free to download : http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23268743.2014.888214 also a dedicated website : http://sexualitics.org Thanks again for your advices for working on this matter and for the references (most of them being actually cited in the paper) I stay at your disposal if you wish some help on handling our datasets and tools, or wish to know more about our research. Best, Antoine On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Antoine Mazieres wrote: > Dear IRs, > > I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at > available studies made out of them. > > I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of > pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution > of the object itself. > > Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? > > (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, > I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) > > Thanks for your help, > All best, > Antoine > http://mazier.es/ > From ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Sat Mar 22 04:20:13 2014 From: ronan.lynch at dkit.ie (Ronan Lynch) Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 11:20:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: 4th Annual Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning Message-ID: Hi guys, Could you please send this CFP out to the network? Many thanks Ronan -- The Irish Symposium on Game Based Learning, now in its 4th year, provides a forum for teachers, lecturers, students and researchers to disseminate research, exchange ideas and best practice on the use of games and gamification for enhancing teaching and learning. The purpose of this symposium is to: - report on the use of GBL in primary, secondary and third-level education - provide evidence of the effectiveness of GBL to motivate and learn - identify how GBL can be included and facilitated in instructional settings. This symposium provides a unique opportunity to share and gather insights on game-based learning and gamification from different perspectives including education, sociology, educational psychology, Human Computer Interaction (HCI), artificial intelligence, game design, game development and instructional design. Submissions are welcomed on any topic related to the use of games and gamification to enhance teaching and learning. This year the Cork Institute of Technology, in partnership with the SEGAN Serious Games Network, will host iGBL2014 on Friday 6th June 2014 and will offer a dynamic programme with plenty of opportunity for networking and discussion. The programme will include presentations, workshops and pecha kucha sessions as well as interactive poster presentations. All accepted abstracts will be included in the conference proceedings, with the possibility of future publication in the International Journal of Game-Based Learning (IJGBL). Contributions are welcome on a wide range of topics. Research-based submissions may include theoretical and/or empirical studies employing qualitative or quantitative methods. Completed research projects, such as action research or case studies, or works-in-progress are welcomed. Proposals for workshops and interactive posters are also invited. The symposium will cover, but is not restricted to, the following topics: Pedagogy: - Pedagogical/learning theories for game-based learning - Evaluation of game based learning - Assessment in game based learning - Integrating game based learning with the curriculum - Use of narrative/role-playing in game-based learning - Designing games for learning - Gamification - Serious games Technology: - Technologies, tools and platforms for developing games for learning - Technologies for mobile and multi-user games for learning - Location-based technology for game-based learning - Social/ethical/organizational issues - Social and collaborative aspects of game-based learning - Organizational issues when implementing games within educational settings - Gender/age/cultural issues Submission types: 1.Presentations (20 minutes, 5 minutes questions) Presentations should be no more than 15-20 minutes in length with 5-10 minutes for questions. These may be present research studies on a relevant theme, work-in-progress, or case studies of GBL in action. 2. Pecha Kucha (20 images, 20 seconds) PechaKucha 20?20 is a simple presentation format where you show 20 images, each for 20 seconds. The images advance automatically and you talk along to the images. Seewww.pechakucha.org. This format is particularly useful for those interested in sharing work-in-progress and getting feedback on their work/ideas-to-date. 3.Workshops (2-4 hours) Workshops involve active participation and discussion with the focus on participants developing skills and/or practical ideas for implementing games/gamification in their own settings. Workshops may be computer-based (in a laboratory environment) or may be classroom-based. However ALL workshops must include a significant hands-on element, with participation among attendees. When writing your abstract, please give indicative timings to outline the structure of your workshop. 4.Posters Posters are a useful way of sharing information visually, such as research findings or innovative case studies of GBL in action. Submissions are invited for both traditional and electronic posters (for example using PowerPoint or Prezi). We ask that you submit a 300-500 word abstract describing your poster/electronic poster. Instructions for Authors All submission types require that you submit a 300-500 word abstract to be received by 4th April 2014. Submissions must be made via the online form: http://bit.ly/1izckir. Please ensure that all required fields are completed. Abstracts must include the proposed title for the submission, the full names and affiliations of all authors, and the contact details of at least one author. In the case of multiple authors, please specify who will be the presenting author at the symposium. All submissions will go through a double-blind review process performed by 2-3 anonymous reviewers. This review process will take approximately 4 weeks and final notifications will be sent by 28th April 2014. After the presenting author(s) have booked their place at the symposium, the presentation will be fully accepted for inclusion in the programme and book of abstracts. For more information on this conference, you can contact the organizing committee using the following online form: http://igblconference.wordpress.com/call-for-papers/ You can also contact the conference hosts directly: - Roisin Garvey: Roisin.Garvey at cit.ie - Darragh Coakley: Darragh.Coakley at cit.ie Best Wishes Patrick on behalf of the organizing committee -- Ronan Lynch (R?n?n O'Loinsigh) ? BA Doctoral Researcher (Taighdeoir Iardhocht?ireachta) Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dublin Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth (Institi?id Teicneola?ochta Dh?n Dealgan, B?thar ?tha Cliath, D?n Dealgan, Co. L?) Email (R?omhphost): ronan.lynch at dkit.ie Phone (F?n): +353 87 6445490 From jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:21:19 2014 From: jeremyrmatthew at gmail.com (Jeremy) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London Message-ID: This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures of creative work and play. Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, the spatial, technology and contemporary media. Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: Power and cultural politics Identity and representation Media and mediation Digital cultures, new media, and media futures Cultures and change Popular culture Contested and counter cultures Art and artistic practice Cultural labour and industries Territorial and spatial cultures Globalisation and transnational cultures Cultural and media research methodologies Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of April. For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ From philbratta at gmail.com Sun Mar 23 08:33:35 2014 From: philbratta at gmail.com (Phil Bratta) Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 Message-ID: Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference "Entering the Conversation" Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, USA October 30 - November 1, 2014 What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a proposal. We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics conversation.Apply to be a particpant in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, 2014.Cultural Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. -- PhD Student Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures Writing Center Satellite Coordinator Michigan State University 300 Bessey Hall East Lansing, MI 48824 philbratta at gmail.com http://www.philbratta.com/ From andresmh at andresmh.com Mon Mar 24 00:57:49 2014 From: andresmh at andresmh.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Andr=E9s_Monroy=2DHern=E1ndez?=) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 00:57:49 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] ACM CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation Message-ID: Hi, AoIR friend. I hope you consider submitting your work to CSCW. Details below: CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From sara.perry at york.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 02:52:52 2014 From: sara.perry at york.ac.uk (Sara Perry) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 09:52:52 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Digital media and visual ethics, American Anthropological Association conference, Washington, DC In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please see the call for contributions below for an in-person and online event on visual ethics to be held in conjunction with the American Anthropological Association conference in Washington, 3-7 December 2014. Contact Sara Perry, sara.perry at york.ac.uk , for more details. Deadline for proposals: 5 April 2014. DIGITAL MEDIA AND THE PRODUCTION OF ANTHROPOLOGY: A DISCUSSION ON VISUAL ETHICS Organizers: Sara Perry, Terry Wright & Jonathan Marion More than ten years ago Gross, Katz and Ruby published Image Ethics in the Digital Age, a pioneering volume whose topical concerns ? privacy, authenticity, control, access and exposure, as related to the application of visual media ? are arguably just as salient today, if not more so, than in 2003. The ethical dimensions of image use within digital cultures are necessarily fluid and complex, driven by practical needs, institutional frameworks, related regulatory requirements, specific research and intellectual circumstances, not to mention individual and collective moral tenets. The nature of visuality itself has also been extended via digital technologies, therein further complicating our interactions with and applications of visual media. Ethical practice here, then, tends to be necessarily situated, depending upon recursive reflection and constant questioning of one?s research processes, objectives and modes of engagement. This session aims simultaneously to expose practitioners to, and build a resource base of, visual ethics ?in action? in digital contexts. It relies upon two streams: (1)an online forum hosted on the Society for Visual Anthropology?s webpages where, prior to the AAA meetings, contributors will submit short descriptions of the ethical dimensions of their in-progress or recently-completed visual/digital research. These will provide fodder for more extensive debate in: (2)an open, live-streamed presentation and discussion session at the AAA meetings in Washington, DC in December where various contributors to the blog will present either on-site or via Google Hangouts, and contribute in real time to reflections/direct commentary on the online forum itself. The former will provide a stable space within which ethical debates can be added to and developed in the lead up to, during, and after the 2014 meetings. The latter offers a concentrated opportunity to channel the collective wisdom of participants (both at the meetings and online) into the negotiation and rethinking of ethical visual practice in the digital world. Deadline: For those interested in participating, please provide a brief description (max. 150 words) of the particular scenario or issue you wish to contribute to the session as soon as possible, and by 5 April 2014 at the latest. You will also need to indicate whether you plan on presenting in person or via Google Hangout at the AAA meetings in December. Decisions will be made by 10 April, and contributors will need to register for the conference via the AAA?s web-based system by 15 April. All correspondence should be sent to Sara Perry . The session will take the form of a series of brief, 10-minute presentations by participants, culminating in an extended period of group discussion and debate. Contributors will be expected to submit content for the webpages by the beginning of September 2014. Dr Sara Perry Director of Studies, Digital Heritage Director of Studies, Archaeological Information Systems Lecturer in Cultural Heritage Management Archaeology, University of York King?s Manor, York, UK, YO1 7EP sara.perry at york.ac.uk http://www.york.ac.uk/archaeology/staff/academic-staff/perry From francesca.musiani at gmail.com Mon Mar 24 04:00:28 2014 From: francesca.musiani at gmail.com (Francesca Musiani) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:00:28 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers, 9th GigaNet Symposium Message-ID: Dear colleagues, Please find below the Call for Papers for the 9th Annual GigaNet Symposium. Please excuse cross-postings. Kind regards, Francesca Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) CALL FOR PAPERS 9th Annual Symposium 1 September 2014 Istanbul, Turkey Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 The Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) is seeking research submissions about Internet Governance to be presented at its Ninth Annual Symposium, held on 1 September 2014, one day before the United Nations Internet Governance Forum (IGF) in Istanbul, Turkey. GigaNet is a scholarly community that promotes the development of Internet Governance as a recognized, interdisciplinary field of study and facilitates informed dialogue on policy issues and related matters between scholars and governments, international organizations, the private sector and civil society. http://giga-net.org/ Since 2006, GigaNet has organized an Annual Symposium to showcase research about Internet Governance, bringing together researchers and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and fields. As in previous years, the symposium will provide room to discuss current and future questions as well as the challenges encountered and results achieved in global Internet governance. The 2014 GigaNet Symposium offers researchers a timely opportunity to present their work on our rapidly changing field. Conference themes GigaNet is interested in receiving abstracts related to Internet Governance themes, especially those containing innovative approaches and/or emerging research areas. The program committee welcomes all proposals on topics related to global Internet governance including such themes as: * The WGEC process and outcomes * The WSIS review process and outcomes * The mainstreaming and proliferation of "Internet Governance" * The institutionalization of internet governance * Analysis of the NETmundial meeting * Global Trade, Intellectual Property and Internet Governance * The ICANN separation roadmap from the NTIA We will continue to provide a venue for emerging scholars in the field by offering select panels. Emerging Scholars are those individuals who have received their Ph.D. within the past three years as well as current doctoral students working on their approved doctoral research. Accepted papers from senior scholars will be presented and discussed in a roundtable format involving business, government and technical community representatives, while emerging scholars will present their work in a more traditional academic panel. In both cases, presenters should expect to have conversations about their work with people from a wide range of stakeholder groups. Submissions Interested scholars should submit abstracts of their research paper at the Easy Chair platform: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=giganet2014 Deadline for abstract submissions: April 15 2014 Paper proposals should be submitted following these requirements: ? An abstract of 800-1000 words, in English, that describes the paper's main research goal(s) and methodology employed ? A short bio note focused on institutional affiliations, advanced degrees, scholarly publications and work in the field of Internet Governance and related issues (for example ICTs). Please include a link to a more detailed CV. ? Authors of accepted abstracts must submit their final papers by *15 July 2014*. Those unable to do so will be removed from the program. Process and publication The Program Committee will evaluate submitted abstracts and inform proposal authors of acceptance decisions by email before *1 June 2014*. Accepted submissions and final papers will be published on the GigaNet website. An online publication with selected papers on the main challenges of Internet Governance is also planned for the Istanbul IGF. Registration The GigaNet Annual Symposium is free of charge. However, registration will be required to gain entry to the event venue. Please continue visiting our website for further information about registration, venue and accommodation. If you have any question related to the submission or the symposium activities, please e-mail the Program Committee Chair: j-laprise at northwestern.edu. -- Francesca Musiani Postdoctoral researcher Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR | Outreach officer, GigaNet Projet ANR ADAM - Architectures distribu?es et applications multim?dias Internet Policy Review @ HIIG Berlin Personal website | Twitter From Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu Mon Mar 24 04:05:33 2014 From: Nicolas.Jullien at telecom-bretagne.eu (Nicolas Jullien) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:05:33 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] One month to go! OpenSym (WikiSym) Call for Research Papers In-Reply-To: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> References: <532D16AA.3040602@fau.de> Message-ID: <5330117D.3090907@telecom-bretagne.eu> Dear colleague, please consider submitting a paper to OpenSym 2014 (formerly WikiSym) in Berlin, Germany, Aug 27-29. In-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB, ACM SIGSOFT, archived in the ACM Digital Library. General call for papers: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/general-call/ Track-specific calls for research papers: 1. Open Data: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-data/ 2. Open Educational Resources: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-educational-resources/ 3. Free/Libre/Open Source Software http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-source/ 4. (IT-Driven) Open Innovation: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-innovation/ 5. Wikis and Open Collaboration: http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/open-collab-wikis/ 6. Wikipedia http://www.opensym.org/os2014/submission/research-track-calls/wikipedia/ With kind regards, Nicolas Jullien From lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk Mon Mar 24 05:40:55 2014 From: lizsillence at yahoo.co.uk (Liz Sillence) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 12:40:55 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Air-L] Funded PhD Health decision making and social media Message-ID: <1395664855.33740.YahooMailNeo@web172001.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University ? ? "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" ? Deadline March 31st 2014 ? The Internet is well established as a major source of health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content is changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of information and advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients are turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health decisions. In addition patients are increasingly ?life logging? - tracking and monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data on weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective reports of mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this information (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which people combine all this information and use it to better understand their own condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. ? Using a mixed method approach and different patient groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand how the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The project will explore the following questions: ? How does increased awareness and monitoring of health variables affect peoples? attitudes towards their health condition and sense of wellbeing? ? How are different sources of information (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer term? ? What are the pathways by which this type of information influences decision making? ? Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - ?no decision about me without me?, how do people want to be able to share, view and monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision making process. ? Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk ? Applicants should hold a first or upper second class honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education institution, or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an IELTS score of at least 6.5. ? To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk ? or by using the application link on the findaphd page http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 From marichal at callutheran.edu Mon Mar 24 07:17:52 2014 From: marichal at callutheran.edu (jose marichal) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 07:17:52 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Western Political Science Association Roundtable Message-ID: Colleagues, Anyone in Political Science who happens to be going to the Western Political Science Association in Seattle next month and would like to be part of a methods roundtable on "collecting on-line data," please notify me off list at: marichal at callutheran.edu Thanks, Jose On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 5:40 AM, Liz Sillence wrote: > Funded PhD studentship at Northumbria University > > > "Understanding the impact of gathering, tracking and > exchanging information via social media on health decision making (advert > reference: HLS/DRFPSSR7/53455)" > > Deadline March 31st 2014 > > The Internet is well established as a major source of > health information, but both the source and the nature of e-health content > is > changing rapidly. Patients are increasingly the first source of > information and > advice for other patients in a new peer-to-peer process in which patients > are > turning to others like themselves for advice and support and where detailed > patient experiences (PEx) are offered online and used to inform health > decisions. In addition patients are increasingly 'life logging' - tracking > and > monitoring information about their own health, for example, objective data > on > weight, blood pressure and treatment response, alongside subjective > reports of > mood and anxiety. Whilst some sites encourage people to share this > information > (see for example Patients Like Me) little is known about the ways in which > people combine all this information and use it to better understand their > own > condition and importantly make decisions about their health and wellbeing. > > Using a mixed method approach and different patient > groups (segmented around, type and stage of disease, level of active > management, age and gender) this programme of research aims to understand > how > the gathering, tracking and exchanging of information and experiences via > mobile applications and social media influences health decision making. The > project will explore the following questions: > * How does increased awareness and monitoring of health > variables affect peoples' attitudes towards their health condition and > sense of > wellbeing? > * How are different sources of information > (self-collected, GP provided and peer-to-peer) integrated over the longer > term? > * What are the pathways by which this type of information > influences decision making? > * Finally, given the choice agenda within the NHS - 'no > decision about me without me', how do people want to be able to share, > view and > monitor their health as a way of enhancing their input to the decision > making > process. > > Enquiries regarding this studentship should be made to Dr > Liz Sillence: elizabeth.sillence at northumbria.ac.uk > > Applicants should hold a first or upper second class > honours degree (in a relevant subject) from a UK higher education > institution, > or equivalent. Students who are not UK/EU residents are eligible to apply, > provided they hold the relevant academic qualifications, together with an > IELTS > score of at least 6.5. > > To apply, contact Paul Agnew to request the appropriate > application form, quoting the advert reference above, via email to > hl.pgradmin at northumbria.ac.uk > > or by using the application link on the findaphd page > http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=53455 > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ jos? marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328 From roundtreea at uhd.edu Mon Mar 24 07:43:34 2014 From: roundtreea at uhd.edu (Roundtree, Aimee) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:43:34 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Study Participation: Making Medical Decisions in Uncertainty In-Reply-To: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> References: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC0FE4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC1170@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC117E@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC118B@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11B4@challenger.uhd.campus>, <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11C1@challenger.uhd.campus> Message-ID: <45357B0D6B9B6143B058FBF877ABD02316CC11E1@challenger.uhd.campus> I am conducting a study about how patients, caregivers, and healthcare providers handle uncertainty when they make medical decisions (UHD CPHS #26-14). Please consider volunteering to participate in a brief, online questionnaire where you share your experiences pertaining to uncertainty in medical decision making. Please also consider forwarding this invitation to others in your community who might be willing to participate. CONSUMERS, PATIENTS, FAMILIES: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GVMGDW HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2GC5NJ7 Your participation will help improve models for making more effective healthcare decision products. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me at roundtreea at uhd.edu or 713-222-5315. Aimee Kendall Roundtree, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Director Master of Science in Technical Communication University of Houston-Downtown One Main Street, 1045-South Houston, TX 77002 713-222-5315 roundtreea at uhd.edu From mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk Mon Mar 24 08:20:16 2014 From: mark.mckenna at research.sunderland.ac.uk (Mark Mckenna) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 15:20:16 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Registration now open - 1984: Freedom and Censorship in the Media Message-ID: Apologies for cross posting Dear All, We are pleased to inform you that registration is now open and conference passes are now available from the University of Sunderland's online shop. Booking is available until the 31th of March and can be accessed by following this link: http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk/?page_id=350 Should you require any further information about the event please visit our site http://www.where-are-we-now.co.uk From loriken at illinois.edu Mon Mar 24 14:02:58 2014 From: loriken at illinois.edu (Kendall, Lori) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:02:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 Message-ID: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. Lori Kendall President, AoIR prez at aoir.org From rforno at infowarrior.org Mon Mar 24 14:11:23 2014 From: rforno at infowarrior.org (Richard Forno) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:11:23 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Announcing Locations for IR 16 and IR 17 In-Reply-To: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> References: <72A7C5438AAF2B4382455117C749427D2A69DF63@CITESMBX1.ad.uillinois.edu> Message-ID: Two awesome locations, Lori ? thanks for the VERY advanced notice!! ? rick, marking his calendar --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it. On Mar 24, 2014, at 5:02 PM, Kendall, Lori wrote: > The Association of Internet Researchers is pleased to announce that Internet Research 16 will be held from 22-24 October 2015 (with pre-conference workshops on the 21st) in sunny Phoenix, Arizona. The venue is the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore Hotel. A call for papers and more information about the conference will be announced this summer. > > We are also pleased to announce that Internet Research 17 will take place in Berlin in Fall of 2016. Further details on dates and venue for that conference will be announced later. > > Lori Kendall > President, AoIR > prez at aoir.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From mbwm at uic.edu Mon Mar 24 14:46:28 2014 From: mbwm at uic.edu (Mary Beth Watson-Manheim) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:46:28 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Applications: 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium Message-ID: The OCIS division of the Academy of Management is pleased to announce the 2014 Doctoral Consortium, to be held in Philadelphia PA on August 1, 2014. The consortium will provide an opportunity for doctoral students to network, receive feedback on their research and discuss career issues. All interested PhD students working on research in the areas of Organizational Communications, Information Science or Information Systems are invited to apply. Confirmed faculty advisers include: Noshir Contractor, Northwestern University Jennifer Gibbs, Rutgers University Massimo Magni, Bocconi University Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California Mary Beth Watson-Manheim, University of Illinois at Chicago Travel support will be provided for students who are admitted to the consortium. Acceptance to the consortium will be based on a review of the application materials. Preference for attendance and funding will be given to students who will have defended their dissertation proposals but not their dissertations by the date of the consortium, to those who have not previously participated in the OCIS consortium, and to those whose institutions or fields would not otherwise be represented. The application includes: 1) A 5-page, double-spaced, 12-point abstract of the proposed dissertation research 2) A letter of recommendation from dissertation chair/advisor supporting the student?s participation in the Doctoral Consortium. The due date for applications and letters of recommendation is 21 April 2014. Please email all application materials as attachments in one email to: mbwm.ocis.aom at gmail.com For questions, please contact Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (mbwm at uic.edu), the 2014 OCIS Doctoral Consortium chair. And please pass this note on to any doctoral students you know who might be interested. -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago From wellman at chass.utoronto.ca Mon Mar 24 18:14:30 2014 From: wellman at chass.utoronto.ca (Barry Wellman) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 21:14:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Message-ID: fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:54:55 +0000 From: Moira Burke To: "wellman at chass.utoronto.ca" Subject: CSCW 2015 Call for Participation Hi, Barry. Would you mind posting this to the listservs for CITASA and SOCNET? Moira __________________________________________ CSCW 2015 | Call for Participation March 14-18, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada http://cscw.acm.org The ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. Bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry who are interested in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. The development and application of new technologies continues to enable new ways of working together and coordinating activities. The conference offers several types of submissions with the following deadlines. Papers: June 4, 2014 Workshops proposals: August 8, 2014 Interactive Posters: November 10, 2014 Panels: November 10, 2014 Doctoral Colloquium: November 10, 2014 Demonstrations: December 12, 2014 See the individual calls at http://cscw.acm.org/2015/submit/ for more details. The scope of CSCW spans socio-technical domains including work, home, education, healthcare, the arts, leisure, and entertainment. The conference seeks novel research results or new ways of thinking about, studying, or supporting shared activities in these and related areas: ??? Social and crowd computing. Studies, theories, designs, mechanisms, systems, and/or infrastructures addressing social media, social networking, wikis, blogs, online gaming, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, virtual worlds or collaborative information behaviors. ??? System Design. Hardware, architectures, infrastructures, interaction design, technical foundations, algorithms, and/or toolkits that enable the building of new social and collaborative systems and experiences. ??? Theories. Critical analysis or theory with clear relevance to the design or study of social and collaborative systems. ??? Empirical investigations. Findings, guidelines, and/or studies related to communication, collaboration, and social technologies, practices, or use. CSCW welcomes diverse methods and approaches. ??? Mining and Modeling. Studies, analyses and infrastructures for making use of large- and small-scale data. ??? Methodologies and tools. Novel methods or combinations of approaches and tools used in building systems or studying their use. ??? Domain-specific social and collaborative applications. Including applications to healthcare, transportation, gaming, ICT4D, sustainability, education, accessibility, global collaboration, or other domains. ??? Collaboration systems based on emerging technologies. Mobile and ubiquitous computing, game engines, virtual worlds, multi-touch, novel display technologies, vision and gesture recognition, big data, MOOCs, crowd labor markets, SNSs, or sensing systems. ??? Crossing boundaries. Studies, prototypes, or other investigations that explore interactions across disciplines, distance, languages, generations, and cultures, to help better understand how to transcend social, temporal, and/or spatial boundaries. General Co-Chairs Andrea Forte, Drexel University Dan Cosley, Cornell University chairs2015 at cscw.acm.org Program Co-Chairs Luigina Ciolfi, Sheffield Hallam University David McDonald, University of Washington papers2015 at cscw.acm.org Posters Co-Chairs Karyn Moffatt, McGill University Aleksandra Sarcevic, Drexel University posters2015 at cscw.acm.org Panels Co-Chairs Louise Barkhuus, Stockholm University Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University panels2015 at cscw.acm.org Workshops Co-Chairs Laura Dabbish, Carnegie Mellon University Jenn Thom, Amazon workshops2015 at cscw.acm.org Demos Co-Chairs Tomoo Inoue, University of Tsukuba Tony Tang, University of Calgary demos2015 at cscw.acm.org Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs Carl Gutwin, University of Saskatchewan Abigail Sellen, Microsoft Research Cambridge dc2015 at cscw.acm.org From mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au Mon Mar 24 20:05:05 2014 From: mathieu.oneil at canberra.edu.au (Mathieu.O'Neil) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 03:05:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks Message-ID: <1303328F7CCDAA4996C62D32CA4F0C1F1AE5F3D7@VERONA.ucstaff.win.canberra.edu.au> *apologies for multiple posts* Concepts and Methods Workshop: Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra Wednesday 27 August 2014 In this research practice-oriented workshop graduate students and early-career researchers will have the opportunity to present their work (including work-in-progress) and obtain feedback from a panel of specialists. A particular focus of the workshop will be to assess to what extent the methodological and conceptual tools used to analyse online communities can be applied to the personal networking behaviour of social media users. Specialist panel: Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia Associate Professor Robert Ackland, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University Associate Professor Mathieu O'Neil, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra Panel members will discuss some of the latest conceptual and methodological developments in web social science, social network analysis, and online field theory. In addition, the workshop will represent an opportunity to explore connections and confrontations with: -content analysis -critical and feminist approaches -diffusion and information cascades -frame analysis -issue ballistics -mixed methods -organizational behaviour -sentiment analysis -social influence Applicants are encouraged to focus on key characteristics of online communities and networks, including but not limited to: -activist, diasporic and health communities -codes of conduct, rules and norms -emergence and disappearance -influentials and followers -mobilization and engagement -participant capabilities and skills -personal and collective identity -topologies of online communities Submission process: Proposals should be emailed to Mathieu O'Neil by 31 May 2014. As the research may not be complete, we do not expect abstracts to include all findings and conclusions. However abstracts should outline what kind of findings and conclusions the authors expect to present. Specifically the abstract should include: -the name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number of the presenter(s) -a title -a description of the paper's core topic, case, and/or argument -the methodological approach and theoretical background -the paper's relevance to related academic literature -expected findings or conclusions Proposal length should not exceed 400 words. More information can be found at the Workshop webpage: http://www.canberra.edu.au/faculties/arts-design/research/research-centres/news-and-media-research-centre/events/concepts-and-methods-workshop From nb at imv.au.dk Tue Mar 25 02:35:54 2014 From: nb at imv.au.dk (=?Windows-1252?Q?Niels_Br=FCgger?=) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 09:35:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] =?windows-1252?q?PhD_seminar_=27Web_Archiving_and_Archive?= =?windows-1252?q?d_Web_=97_a_new_Research_Method=2C_a_new_Object_of_Study?= =?windows-1252?q?=3F=92?= Message-ID: ***DEADLINE EXTENDED TO 31 March*** Submission deadline for the PhD seminar 'Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?? (Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014) has been extended to Monday 31 March 2014. The seminar application consists of a one-page abstract which can be either a project description or an expression of interest in the field. Please visit the submission website http://webarc.netlab.dk/index.php/netlab/2014/index, create an account and submit your abstract. The lectures and the lecturers: ? ?Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web?, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago ? ?A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research?, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam ? ?Archiving web material for future research??, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark ? ?Probing a nation?s web sphere?, Niels Br?gger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Br?gger ------------------------------------------------------------ PhD seminar ? Web Archiving and Archived Web ? a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? ? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol: http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BR?GGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14, room 236 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb at imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research, http://cfi.au.dk NetLab, http://netlab.dk Big UK Domain Data for the Arts and Humanities (BUDDAH), http://buddah.projects.history.ac.uk From Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu Tue Mar 25 05:36:29 2014 From: Eric_Gordon at emerson.edu (Eric Gordon) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:36:29 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Submissions - Civic Media Reader (MIT Press) Message-ID: <03EB0F88-B961-4F4A-9013-9145CAB1A456@emerson.edu> There is a groundswell of activity in the fields of civic engagement and technologies coming from a wide range of academic and practical disciplines. But there is no volume that attempts to pull this work together under a single umbrella. The Civic Media Reader (MIT Press, 2015), edited by Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis, will provide a thorough exploration of the relationship between citizens, technologies and engagement in a global context and serve as a shared framework for this emerging discipline. The book is divided into five sections? Big Picture, Modes of Engagement, Institutions and Organizations, Activism and Participation, and Methods and Collaborations? each with a host of sections that investigate how civic technologies are affecting certain policy domains, civic practices, or facilitating more efficient or meaningful participation in contemporary society. To support and enrich these theoretical chapters, we are looking for case studies in the various fields and disciplines in which civic technologies and corresponding practices have developed since the turn of the 21st Century. A case study presents a detailed look at a particular organization, use of technology, or methodology which highlights a unique aspect of contemporary civics. Our submissions page is www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/submitcase. Cases will take two forms: written, descriptive pieces about 1000 words in length or multimedia cases (e.g. annotated video, audio clip, image timeline, slideshow, etc.). Successful cases will offer an overview of the organization, method, intervention or tool, and will connect it to t1he larger themes of the chapter intended to include it. Examples of cases might include Kony2012, the Harry Potter Alliance, the Civic Cloud Collaborative, Nation Builder, E-Democracy, EngagethePower.org, or Change.org. About 30 1000-word cases will be published in the print book and multimedia cases will be made available on a companion website to be launched around the time of the book?s publication. The book?s online companion will be authored on Scalar (http://scalar.usc.edu/scalar/). Scalar is a free, open source authoring and publishing platform that is designed to make it easy for authors to create born-digital scholarship. These multimedia submissions will facilitate discussion about the chapters online and offer a more interactive digital perspective on their themes and ideas. If you intend to submit a multimedia submission, please indicate it on the form. For all submissions, please specify which chapter your case is intended to accompany. We are asking for 100-word proposals by April 25, 2014. Authors will be notified in early May. Final cases will be due by June 30. For further information about the project, please visit www.cmr-acq.tumblr.com/thebook or email marissa_koors at emerson.edu. Thank you very much. Eric Gordon and Paul Milhailidis From fichman at indiana.edu Tue Mar 25 06:48:35 2014 From: fichman at indiana.edu (Fichman, Pnina) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:48:35 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Message-ID: <90B613DA-A4C1-49A6-A1F0-A200961DAD32@indiana.edu> [Apologies for cross-posting] CFP HICSS minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Track: Internet and the Digital Economy Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, Hawaii http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Research that considers the impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on organizational work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman at indiana.edu Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider at wu.ac.at Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel at american.edu About HICSS conferences: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm Now in its 48th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: * A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. * Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. * A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. * A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). * Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. * Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. * A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. * Best Paper Awards in each track which recognize superior research performance. * HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: * June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. * Aug 15: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. * Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. (Fees will increase on Sept 16 and Dec 1.) Early Registration fee: $625 * Oct 2: General Registration Fee begins: $695 (Registration price remains through December 1, 2014) * Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will be deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified. * Dec 2: Late Registration fee beings: $795 (Registration price remains through conference) From amyj at MIT.EDU Tue Mar 25 07:43:27 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 14:43:27 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From giladlotan at gmail.com Tue Mar 25 09:51:00 2014 From: giladlotan at gmail.com (Gilad Lotan) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 12:51:00 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] betaworks data science - summer internships [NYC] Message-ID: I know this is a *tad* late, but in case any of you (or your students) find this interesting. The data science team at betaworks is looking for summer interns. This is a paid position in NYC. betaworks is a technology studio, building new products, growing companies and seed investing. Tweetdeck, bitly, SocialFlow and Chartbeat launched out of betaworks over the past couple of years. We're currently incubating 11 startups, and are working with a wide array of data streams - social data, sharing, information consumption, news, weather, multi-media, etc. We're committed to get summer projects published either on our blog, or in academic journals. More information here - http://data.betaworks.com/betaworks-data-summer-internships/ Thanks! Gilad | @gilgul From joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu Tue Mar 25 13:12:50 2014 From: joel.neville.anderson at rochester.edu (Anderson, Joel Neville) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 20:12:50 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] InVisible Culture, Issue 20: "Ecologies" Launch Message-ID: <222D0033-DCE8-429B-A382-246AB4DD30A9@rochester.edu> Dear Air-L Subscribers, InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture (IVC), published through the University of Rochester?s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: ?Ecologies.? For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb ?it lives,? ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi, and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), El?in Mara?l?, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC?s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue Please also note that IVC is still accepting submissions to Issue 22, ?Opacity,? whose CFP can be found at the link below. http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity IVC is a student-run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. InVisible Culture 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu From amyj at MIT.EDU Wed Mar 26 03:22:05 2014 From: amyj at MIT.EDU (Amy Johnson) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 10:22:05 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Cyberscholars working group: 3/27 @6pm @Harvard Message-ID: In the Boston/Cambridge area this week? If so, come join us for dinner and interesting conversation at this month's Cyberscholars working group! This month Cyberscholars will meet on 3/27 at 6pm at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard. Presentations include: Any Colour You Like: The History (and Future?) of Internet Security Policy -- Axel Arnbak Local Commercialization Incentives -- Camilla Hrdy Promise Tracker -- Heather Craig More info and RSVP here: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/cyberscholars/2014/03/berkman ~Amy --- @shrapnelofme From tiltons at ohio.edu Wed Mar 26 05:44:55 2014 From: tiltons at ohio.edu (Tilton, Shane) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 08:44:55 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Message-ID: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org From robin at ruc.dk Wed Mar 26 06:15:54 2014 From: robin at ruc.dk (Robin Cheesman) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:15:54 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] P? vegne af Tilton, Shane Sendt: 26 March 2014 07:45 Til: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Emne: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From jallenh at essex.ac.uk Wed Mar 26 06:19:43 2014 From: jallenh at essex.ac.uk (Allen-Robertson, James) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:19:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> Message-ID: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. --? Dr. James Allen-Robertson Lecturer in Media and Communication Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester, Essex, CO4 3SQ 01206 87(2273) Jallenh at essex.ac.uk -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company Hey gang, For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. Shane Tilton Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ? Google Scholar ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. Best Regards, Emma Woo Editor Office Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From juan at juanmonroy.com Wed Mar 26 08:28:48 2014 From: juan at juanmonroy.com (Juan Monroy) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:28:48 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <2D875D54CCE1D049A3B50EEB4A7BC69372C6998B@mbx1-node0.essex.ac.uk> Message-ID: <35C943F0-C1B7-4DE3-BFE1-B5471CBAEEF0@juanmonroy.com> I'd also be a bit suspicious of the mailing address. There's not a lot of publishing houses in the Inwood section of Manhattan. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 9:19 AM, "Allen-Robertson, James" wrote: > > Predatory scam publisher I'd say. The website was the first clue (poor grammar, spelling, formatting) and a little googling brought up this... http://scholarlyoa.com/2012/02/29/david-publishing-flipping-its-model/ > > They'll accept the article and then charge you for the privilege I imagine. > > -- > > Dr. James Allen-Robertson > Lecturer in Media and Communication > Dept. of Sociology, > University of Essex, > Wivenhoe Park, > Colchester, > Essex, > CO4 3SQ > 01206 87(2273) > Jallenh at essex.ac.uk > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Tilton, Shane > Sent: 26 March 2014 12:45 > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > Hey gang, > > For those that presented at IR14, did you receive a letter like this? I could use the publication for the vita. But, I wanted a second (or third or fourth) opinion. > > Shane Tilton > > > Dear Dr. Shane Tilton, > > This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper > titled The Foreign Fabric to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. > > We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. > And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. > If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. > Expect to get your reply soon. > > The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal athttp://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 > Descriptions > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. > > The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov), an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in ?Basic Search? column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: > ? Google Scholar > ? Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA > ? Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ? Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ? Ulrich?s Periodicals Directory, USA ? Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ? Summon Serials Solutions, USA ?Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ?Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway > > Guidelines for Authors > 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be inMS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address:journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. > 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. > 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. > 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. > > Editorial Procedures > All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along withthe first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. > > Best Regards, > Emma Woo > Editor Office > Journalism and Mass Communication, ISSN 2160-6579 David Publishing Company > 240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA, > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org > Tel: 1-323-984-7526; 1-323-410-1082 Fax: 1-323-984-7374; 1-323-908-0457 > > Address of Headquarters: David Publishing Company,240 Nagle Avenue #15C, New York, NY 10034, USA > E-mail: journalism at davidpublishing.com; journalism at davidpublishing.org _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From ajk407 at nyu.edu Wed Mar 26 10:23:41 2014 From: ajk407 at nyu.edu (AJ Kelton) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:23:41 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] #ELD14 Goes National Message-ID: The 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference already has attendees from more US States than last year! We're thrilled to welcome folks from CA, IL, IN, MD, TN, TX, UT, DC, and of course NY and NJ - oh, and how could we forget our friends from Quebec, Canada! Join us on May 30th! Registration is currently open - http://eld14.eventbrite.com/?aff=14wsm140327 ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton From bury417 at yahoo.ca Wed Mar 26 11:27:54 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:27:54 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> Message-ID: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> That is a disturbingly long list. Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University rbury at athabascu.ca ________________________________ From: Robin Cheesman To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ From dave at hearsayculture.com Wed Mar 26 12:20:17 2014 From: dave at hearsayculture.com (Dave Levine) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:20:17 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] David Publishing Company In-Reply-To: <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> References: <866CED1A-D5F4-4BA8-B75C-AC926A201FBB@ohio.edu> <9752086FAECC7B499FE3D02E2AC1093567DF6CC3@MBX2.ad.ruc.dk> <1395858474.95687.YahooMailNeo@web162305.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <3288B789-553C-4D24-95AB-DE5C38BB0F30@hearsayculture.com> It is a scam: http://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2013/06/on-david-publishing-once-again.html. Thx Best Dave Sent from my iPhone. All typos are Apple's fault. > On Mar 26, 2014, at 2:27 PM, Rhiannon Bury wrote: > > That is a disturbingly long list. > Rhiannon > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University > rbury at athabascu.ca > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Robin Cheesman > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 7:15:54 AM > Subject: Re: [Air-L] David Publishing Company > > > David Publishing Company is on "Beall's list" of predatory publishers: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From joly at punkcast.com Wed Mar 26 12:27:32 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:27:32 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] OTI Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project Message-ID: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- For Immediate Release Wednesday, March 26, 2014 PRESS RELEASE Open Technology Institute Launches New "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age" Project with Berlin-based Global Public Policy Institute WASHINGTON, DC --Together with the Global Public Policy Institute< http://www.gppi.net/news/news_item/article/gppi-launches-joint-project-on-freedom-and-security-in-the-digital-age/> in Germany, New America's Open Technology Institute has launched a new project called "Transatlantic Dialogues on Security and Freedom in a Digital Age." Over the next two years, the project will bring together experts from the United States and Europe to debate and research the balance between security and freedom. "At a time of significant Transatlantic tension on this topic, it is especially important that we build pathways for reasoned, research-driven international dialogue on controversial issues such as Internet governance, fragmentation, and cybersecurity," said Tim Maurer, research fellow at New America's Open Technology Institute. "We hope that our work in partnership with the Global Public Policy Institute can help provide fresh answers to tough questions about the future, at this critical juncture in the development of the global and open Internet." The project, which will take place over the course of 2014 and 2015, will produce two policy papers, a conference in Washington DC, and regular policy breakfasts and is a unique opportunity to address some difficult challenges at a very critical time in Transatlantic relations. Experts from the Open Technology Institute and GPPi will write the two papers. In the first, the authors will examine proposals by governments on how to re-engineer the Internet to ensure "technological sovereignty" in response to concerns over US surveillance in the context of the Internet's continued expansion. In the second paper, the authors will craft policy recommendations to ensure a free and open Internet in the event of a major cyber incident. In addition, regular articles, op-eds and blog posts will make the key project-findings accessible to a broader audience. "GPPi is very happy to partner with New America's OTI," said Thorsten Benner, co-founder and director of GPPi. "We look forward to informing the policy debates on both sides of the Atlantic and beyond during this critical stage in the development of global internet politics." The project relies on the knowledge of professionals working in various sectors (government, business, civil society and academia) as well as disciplines (politics, law and computer science). A high-level steering committee made up of senior policymakers, academics and private sector representatives from the US and Europe advises the project team. The project is supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States. Learn more about the themes and people involved here< http://www.digitaldebates.org/home/>. ### For more information or to schedule an interview, please contact Jenny Mallamo, Media Relations Associate, at mallamo at newamerica.org or (202) 596-3368. About New America New America is a nonprofit, nonpartisan public policy institute that invests in new thinkers and new ideas to address the next generation of challenges facing the United States. To learn more, please visit us online at www.newamerica.org or follow us on Twitter @NewAmerica. About the Open Technology Institute The Open Technology Institute (OTI) is a global pioneer in developing innovative communications technologies and policies to enable communities to fully participate in the global economy, and freely shape their democracies. To learn more, please visit us online at http://oti.newamerica.org and on Twitter @OTI. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu Wed Mar 26 13:22:21 2014 From: jenniferearl at email.arizona.edu (Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl)) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 20:22:21 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] FW: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Please consider taking action?this is a serious issue facing the social sciences. From: ASA Public Affairs [mailto:public.affairs at asanet.org] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2014 1:15 PM To: Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl) Subject: Call for Action: Restore NSF's Social Science Research Funds Members of the American Sociological Association: I am writing to encourage you to write your U.S. Representative immediately and ask them to oppose the FIRST Act (H.R. 4186), which serves as reauthorization legislation for the National Science Foundation (NSF). For the first time ASA is making it very easy for you to do this through a new online system! There are a number of potentially very damaging provisions in this bill for sociologists. Of particular concern to the social and behavioral science community is the proposal to cut NSF?s Social, Behavioral and Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate by more than $50 million?over 22 percent. The bill also seeks to micromanage the grant application process and limits the number of awards that can be made to principal investigators, undermining the merit review process that successfully determines the very best science worthy of taxpayer support. It would also place a greater burden on NSF regarding its already-gold standard merit review process and require additional, potentially duplicative, public disclosure of research grants. Your input to Congress is needed now. The bill will soon be considered by the full House Science Committee. Join others in our social science community who are taking action by visiting the Consortium of Social Science Associations (COSSA) Action Center. It provides up-to-date information and an easy way to contact your House member now and ask that he or she oppose the FIRST Act. The COSSA Action Center provides ASA members and other COSSA member social scientists a way to understand and act on important federal science policy concerns. We can no longer sit on the sidelines as issues vital to sustaining social science research are being debated. We must become vocal, convincing public officials that social science research is a critical public good. If you have not done so already, I urge you to go to the COSSA Action Center to sign up and take action. [https://ams.enoah.com/Portals/30/images/SHSigBlueSmall.jpg] Sally T. Hillsman, PhD Executive Officer To unsubscribe from future ASA calls for action, go to http://asa.enoah.com/Home/OptOut/tabid/13303/Code/CFA/ContactID/23934/Default.aspx/. [http://ams.enoah.com/DesktopModules/NOAH_Common/Pages/onOpen.ashx?DB=ASA&CID=K7fmgfffhhijji&ETC=KGECFA0314] From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:11:31 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:11:31 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con mucho cari?o. Eduardo On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.ukby > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) > or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk ), and please > check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University , East Lansing, Michigan, > USA > October 30 - November 1, 2014 > What is this conference for?To continue ongoing conversations in the > emergent field Cultural Rhetorics, connect conversations among those doing > work in this field, and build a consortium of cultural rhetorics > practitioners.Who is this conference for?Anyone who wants to join the > conversation about cultural rhetorics! Faculty, grad students, teachers, > scholars, writers, artists, activists ...How can I participate?Submit a > proposal.< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Online+Submission> > We're looking for papers, panels, roundtables, performances, media > installations, posters, readings, workshops & more that define, expand, > illustrate, and/or question what it means to join the cultural rhetorics > conversation.Apply to be a > particpant< > http://culturalrhetorics.org/coming-soon.php?Title=Apply+to+the+Roundtable > > > in our opening roundtable -- "What does it mean to do cultural rhetorics & > what does it look like?"Proposals must be submitted by April 15th, > 2014.Cultural > Rhetorics scholars study meaning-making practices and, sometimes, the > things produced through those practices like baskets, books, dances, poems, > web-sites, buildings, landscapes.We use the term "cultural rhetorics" to > emphasize an orientation to a set of constellating methodological and > theoretical frames we engage in our scholarly and teaching practices. Those > frames draw from and across Rhetoric & Composition Studies, various Ethnic > Studies fields, Postcolonial Studies, Decolonial Studies, Gender Studies, > Performance Studies, Cultural Studies, and others.While cultural rhetorics > covers a wide breadth of fields and disciplines, we haven't had a central > home or space to get together and share our work. The 2014 Cultural > Rhetorics Conference: Entering the Conversation, hosted by the Cultural > Rhetorics Theory Lab and the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American > Cultures at Michigan State University, is that space. > > -- > PhD Student > Department of Writing, Rhetoric & American Cultures > > Writing Center Satellite Coordinator > Michigan State University > 300 Bessey Hall > East Lansing, MI 48824 > philbratta at gmail.com > http://www.philbratta.com/ > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 > ************************************** > From evillan at gmail.com Wed Mar 26 15:17:17 2014 From: evillan at gmail.com (Eduardo Villanueva) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 19:17:17 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 23 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sorry, I hope this is caught in time. An obvious error from my part. On Wednesday, March 26, 2014, Eduardo Villanueva wrote: > Saludos para tus padres. Especialmente a tu madre, a quien recuerdo con > mucho cari?o. > > Eduardo > > On Sunday, March 23, 2014, wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate conference in > Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College > London (Jeremy) > 2. Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 (Phil Bratta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 15:21:19 +0000 > From: Jeremy > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Reminder: Creating Cultures, postgraduate > conference in Culture, Media, and the Creative Industries, King's > College London > Message-ID: > < > CAOEBRmmuSXQkoZVJ7zn9BKrjHhWBXrZyYJEZSRRALPSRM2nXUg at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This is a friendly reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions is > at the end of the week (Friday 28th March). > > > > Call for Papers: Creating Cultures, a postgraduate conference in Culture, > Media, and the Creative Industries, King's College London > > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > Keynote speaker: Prof. Lev Manovich, CUNY > > Held on the 12th and 13th of June 2014, this multi-disciplinary > postgraduate conference seeks a broad array of perspectives that explore > cultural representations, practices, and industries. The title 'Creating > Cultures' prompts inquiries into concepts of culture being created, > cultures of creativity, cultures evolving and changing, and also cultures > of creative work and play. > > Culture evokes ideas about its conflicting and disputed foundations, and > culture as a medium through which social, political, spatial, and > historical meanings are communicated and understood. The theme of this > conference invites explorations of power relations, gender, subjectivity, > the spatial, technology and contemporary media. > > Abstract submissions for presentations and pre-formed panels are invited on > themes in cultural and/or media studies, such as: > > Power and cultural politics > Identity and representation > Media and mediation > Digital cultures, new media, and media futures > Cultures and change > Popular culture > Contested and counter cultures > Art and artistic practice > Cultural labour and industries > Territorial and spatial cultures > Globalisation and transnational cultures > Cultural and media research methodologies > > Please submit 300 word abstracts, or proposals for creative presentation > formats, and a maximum 100-word biography to cmci-conference at kcl.ac.uk by > the 28th of March. Decisions on submissions will be sent by the 17th of > April. > > For any queries contact: Jeremy Matthew (jeremy.matthew at kcl.ac.uk) or > Photini Vrikki (photini.vrikki at kcl.ac.uk), and please check our website at > > http://thecmcisocialfactory.wordpress.com/creating-cultures-postgrad-conference/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2014 11:33:35 -0400 > From: Phil Bratta > To: Air-L at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Cultural Rhetorics conference October 30-November 1 > Message-ID: > 67Q at mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Proposals: http://culturalrhetorics.org/cfp.php > 2014 Cultural Rhetorics Conference > "Entering the Conversation" > Michigan State University > > From davis5jl at jmu.edu Wed Mar 26 17:06:30 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:06:30 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ From aherman at wlu.ca Thu Mar 27 03:08:19 2014 From: aherman at wlu.ca (Andrew Herman) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 06:08:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web 2014 Program Message-ID: <5333C0540200003F0007FDAD@gwvia03.wlu.ca> Ummm. I just tried the link to the program and it did not work. Can you repost? Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 >>> "Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl" 03/26/14 8:06 PM >>> Hello Everyone, Theorizing the Web is just around the corner! There are lots of really exciting developments still in the works but the full schedule is now live. Now you can start agonizing over which panels you're going to attend and curate your #ttw14 Twitter list. We'll continue to link more information to the schedule as things develop. Also, please, please, please remember to register as soon as you can if you haven't already. The fee is pay-what-you-want, so give as little or as much as you're able and willing. We've also just added a volunteer signup sheet. #TtW14 volunteers will help greet attendees, register them, and help with setup and teardown. Volunteering makes for a great CV item for young scholars and the volunteer co-ordinator is happy to coordinate with NYC-based professors and organizers interested in using #ttw14 volunteering as a means to providing extra credit for classes or service/volunteer hours. Just contact any one of the committee members and we'll get that setup. You can keep up with all of our announcements by following the conference on Tumblr and on Twitter at @TtW_conf. See you soon! Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis ________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ From da at unc.edu Thu Mar 27 13:59:43 2014 From: da at unc.edu (Aikat, Debashis) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:59:43 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] UNC-Chapel Hill Multimedia Bootcamp & Interactive Workshop | May 2014 Message-ID: <51A4C9DD05DF694580693F93A43985F93D88ED5D@ITS-MSXMBS2M.ad.unc.edu> Attend a UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication Workshop in May 2014 Join UNC professors and top professionals for an intensive, five-day, project-based learning experience with the 2014 Interactive Designer Workshop and the 2014 Multimedia Bootcamp. Both programs will be held the week of May 12-16, 2014 at the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication in Chapel Hill, NC. Only a few spots remain. To secure your place in the program, register now! The Multimedia Bootcamp (http://bootcamp.jomc.unc.edu/) is designed for professional communicators and journalists who seek an immersive workshop experience in documentary video storytelling. The intensive, hands-on training environment introduces participants to project planning strategies, video content gathering, visual composition, audio recording, interviewing techniques for character-driven storytelling and non-linear video editing. The workshop covers all you need to know from the moment you press record through the click to export your final video. Multimedia Bootcamp registration: http://tinyurl.com/k9gz5zu The Interactive Designer Workshop (http://innovativeinteractivity.com/workshops/) is a project-based learning program that teaches both technical skills and how to design for an interactive user experience.? This workshop is custom-tailored to equip graphic designers who want to create interactive infographics using HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript (jQuery). The greatest certainty facing the publishing and communication industry is change. There are many graphic designers and artists who are eager to create interactive graphics in this changing world but have not had the time or resources to build those skills. Interactive Designer Workshop registration: http://tinyurl.com/kob6odz Questions??Contact Michael Penny at?mpenny at email.unc.edu?or (919) 843-2573. Cordially, Deb ************************* Debashis 'Deb' Aikat, Ph. D. Associate Professor School of Journalism and Mass Communication CB # 3365, Carroll Hall 374 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 ? Phone: 919 962 4090 (office) Fax: 919 962 0620 Email: da at unc.edu ? URL: http://jomc.unc.edu/directory/faculty/debashis-aikat ************************* From davis5jl at jmu.edu Fri Mar 28 06:00:13 2014 From: davis5jl at jmu.edu (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 13:00:13 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Theorizing the Web Program (Link Check) Message-ID: Hi all, I recently sent a link for the Theorizing the Web 2014 program (now live!). Some on this listserv had trouble with the link. Here it is again: http://theorizingtheweb.tumblr.com/2014/program Please let me know if you are unable to open it. We Look forward to seeing you all soon!! Best, Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Weekly Author: Cyborgology.org Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis From luishestres at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 11:19:19 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 From S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk Fri Mar 28 12:07:04 2014 From: S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk (S.S.Orgad at lse.ac.uk) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:07:04 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <79AC3358588DEE4594F8EB99EEAAB04C31DB9B@EXMBOXA2.lse.ac.uk> Hi Luis Two articles that you may find of interest: Lewis, K., Gray, K. and Meierhenrich, j. (2014). The Structure of Online Activism. Sociological Science Online. Vol 1, February 2014. Koffman, O. and Gill, R (2013). ?The revolution will be led by a 12 year old girl? 1: Girl power and global biopolitics, Feminist Review, 105. Best wishes, Shani Dr Shani Orgad Associate Professor Department of Media and Communications LSE e-mail: s.s.orgad at lse.ac.uk tel: +44 20 7955 6493 http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/media at lse/whosWho/shaniorgad.htm Recent Book: Media Representation and the Global Imagination, Polity (2012) http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745643795 -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Luis Hestres Sent: 28 March 2014 18:19 To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer From soates at umd.edu Fri Mar 28 12:32:38 2014 From: soates at umd.edu (Sarah Ann Oates) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 19:32:38 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> References: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04@gmail.com> Message-ID: <08FA87A2-9116-432A-8609-430A5577FDB5@umd.edu> Mary Joyce (ed) Digital Activism Decoded, particularly good for undergrad course, you can download it for free online (I am pretty sure legally). On Mar 28, 2014, at 2:19 PM, Luis Hestres wrote: Hi all, I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can build my own course. Thanks! Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 _______________________________________________ The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ Sarah Oates Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100L Knight Hall College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301-405-4510 Email: soates at umd.edu www.media-politics.com See an excerpt from my new book -- Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere, 2013, Oxford University Press at http://goo.gl/HTcDd From bbirregah at gmail.com Fri Mar 28 16:33:14 2014 From: bbirregah at gmail.com (Babiga Birregah) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 00:33:14 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] URGENT need for a 5-6 months internship at UTT, France Message-ID: Dear all, Please distribute this announcement to your contacts which can be interested. Depending on the results, this position can lead to a PhD thesis. We can also discuss about an eventual participation of UTT to the travel/living cost. The intended starting date of the internship can be is April or shortly thereafter. Thanks Babiga The Laboratory of Systems Modeling and Dependability (LM2S) (at University of Technology of Troyes, France) is proposing a Masters internship on the topic of "Visualization and exploration of big data streams using spatio-temporal graphs". The intern's work will aim to provide: - A spatio-temporal graphs-based model for the tracking of events such as collocation, - An algorithm (fast and interactive) for the generation and the visualization of these spatio-temporal graphs from raw data stream, - A complete chain metrics adapted to the proposed model to allow the use of the model in a wide range of issues (social networks, GPS traces, mobile and static sensors networks, etc.). Requirements: Computer Science, Graph Theory, (Image and signal processing), Databases, C++ or Java Applicants should submit a CV, the names of one or two referees, and a statement of prior studies and research experience with respect to the above mentioned requirements via email: babiga.birregah at utt.fr. The work will be rewarded by a gratification according to French laws (436 EURO/month). The intern is encouraged to submit a well-referenced conference paper based on his work. UTT will take in charge the cost of his participation to conference. From joly at punkcast.com Fri Mar 28 23:50:34 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 02:50:34 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Call for Speakers Open - Internet@Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 Message-ID: A little off-beam, but I hope of interest to some. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- [image: Internet at Schools Track at IL2014] October 27 - 28, 2014 Monterey Conference Center | Monterey, CA A Featured Track at: [image: Internet Librarian 2014] *Call for Speakers is Open* *This is your chance to share your ideas!* The *Internet at Schools track at Internet Librarian 2014 *is a 2-day track created especially for library media and technology specialists and other educators who are using the internet and technology in K?12 schools. Sponsored by *Internet at Schools* magazine, *the track covers technology, tools, trends, and practical topics, and takes place during the first 2 days of Internet Librarian in Monterey, California, October 27-28, 2014. **You Are Invited?* If you are running an innovative program through your school library or media/technology center that is helping your students learn or your colleagues teach, or if you are willing to share your practical tips, tools, or techniques about using technology and the internet in schools, we want you! Please volunteer to speak at the Internet at Schools track at Internet Librarian. Submit a proposal as soon as possible by clicking on the link in the button below. Include the following brief details of your proposed presentation on the form: title, abstract, a few sentences of biographical information that relate you to the topic, and full contact information (title, address, email, phone, and fax). All proposals will be reviewed by the organizers, and notification regarding acceptance will be made soon. So think over your latest success stories or technology ventures and submit your proposal today. If your proposal is chosen to be presented at Internet Librarian 2014, you will be able to register for the full conference or for the Internet at Schools track at a Special Speaker rate - a 60% discount off the full price. *The deadline to submit your proposal is April 9, 2014. * NOTE: If you have already submitted a K?12-oriented proposal in response to the Internet Librarian 2014 call for speakers?the deadline was March 7?you need not submit it again through this Internet at Schools track call for speakers. Conference organizers Carolyn Foote and I already have it! If you haven't, *THIS IS YOUR CHANCE! * [image: Submit your proposal here] We look forward to hearing from you! Internet at Schools Track Organizers *David Hoffman* Editor, Internet at Schools magazine hoffmand at infotoday.com *Carolyn Foote* Librarian, Westlake High School Austin, Texas technolibrary at gmail.com -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- - From ekoltsova at hse.ru Sat Mar 29 02:08:58 2014 From: ekoltsova at hse.ru (=?windows-1251?B?yu7r/Pbu4uAgxevl7eAg3vD85eLt4A==?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 09:08:58 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: social media & social movements conference Message-ID: Dear all, everyone is welcom to our conf on socail media and social movements, Olessia Koltsova ?Social Media and Social Movements? September 18-19, St. Petersburg, Russia CALL FOR PAPERS The Laboratory for Internet Studies is pleased to announce a call for papers for its second conference on the Internet and social media, titled ?Social Media and Social Movements,? to be held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on September 18-19, 2014. The rise of social media simultaneously opened new opportunities for ?traditional? (face-to-face) social movements and proved a platform for online movements that have weak (if any) offline activities. The relationship between social media and social movements calls for revision of ?classic? research topics that have been studied by social movement scholars (e.g. the role of social media in mobilization, protest and coalitions building), as well as a reflection on completely new questions that have resulted from the emergence of online movements (e.g. what is the social space of online-movements, what are the forms of virtual activities). The conference is aimed at the emerging ? and vibrant ? interdisciplinary community of scholars interested in digital society ? a society where social life is embedded in rapidly developing communication technologies and media. This year, we focus on how social movements have been transformed by user-generated online activities and what impact these transformed movements have had on broader social processes. Specifically, we plan to discuss the impact of social media on social movements with regards to resource mobilization, collective action frames, construction of collective identities, and (possible) radicalization. Other topics include but are not limited to social media and political participation, the role of social media in street protests, global social movements, repertoires of online activism, social media and social movement outcomes, the social space of online movements, and methodological developments in research on social media and social movements. We welcome abstracts on any of the above topics, and any other topics that analyze relationships between social media and social movements. Abstracts of proposed papers should be no more than 300 words in length. Abstracts must include the name of the proposer, title, his/her affiliation, postal and e-mail addresses. Keynote speakers Robert Ackland, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks, Australian National University Maria Petrova, Graduate School of Economics, Barcelona Keynote of practice: (to be announced) International program committee: Sandra Gonzales-Bailon, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania Jennifer Earl, Center for Information Technology and Society, University of Arizona Peng Hwa Ang, Singapore Internet Research Center Ivan Klimov, Center for New Media and Society, New Economic School, Moscow Samuel Greene, King?s college Russia Institute, London, UK Benjamin Lind, Department of sociology, Higher School of Economics, Moscow Nikita Basov, Centre for German and European Studies, St. Petersburg State University Peter Meylakhs, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Olessia Koltsova, Laboratory for Internet Studies, Higher School of Economics, St. Petersburg Local program and organizing committee: Peter Meylakhs (Chair) Olessia Koltsova Svetlana Bodrunova Sergey Nikolenko Sergei Koltcov Nora Kirkizh Galina Selivanova Daria Yudenkova Requirements for submission could be found at the Registration page. There is no registration fee. Deadline for submissions is May 20, 2014. Notifications of acceptance: June 16, 2014 Extended abstracts of three pages (to be published on the conference website) should be submitted by August 16, 2014 The conference website: http://linisevents.hse.ru/ Home page of Laboratory for Internet Studies: http://linis.hse.ru/ From julian.hopkins at monash.edu Sat Mar 29 06:40:47 2014 From: julian.hopkins at monash.edu (Julian Hopkins) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 21:40:47 +0800 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: No syllabi, but these may be useful: Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September 2012). and (beware: self-promotion) Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins Lecturer School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia www.sass.monash.edu.my Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > From: Luis Hestres > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > build my own course. > > Thanks! > > Luis > > - - - - - > Luis E. Hestres > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > From fulvio.frati at unimi.it Sat Mar 29 07:22:10 2014 From: fulvio.frati at unimi.it (Fulvio Frati) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:22:10 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] [SPE 2014] Submission deadline extended (April 12, 2014) Message-ID: <003501cf4b5a$4650e440$d2f2acc0$@unimi.it> ***Submission Deadline April 12, 2014 (11:59 PM American Samoa time)*** [Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ========================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE 4th International Workshop on Security and Privacy Engineering One day between June 27-July 2, 2014, at Hilton Anchorage, Alaska, USA Co-located with IEEE SERVICES 2014 (http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/) Workshop Web page: http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ ========================================================================== =========== Description =========== Built upon the success of spectrum of conferences within the IEEE World Congress on Services, the Security and Privacy Engineering (SPE 2014) workshop is a unique place to exchange ideas of engineering secure systems in the context of service computing, cloud computing, and big data analytics. The emphasis on engineering in security and privacy of services differentiates the workshop from other traditional prestigious security and privacy workshops, symposiums, and conferences. The practicality and value realization are examined by practitioners from leading industries as well as scientists from academia. In line with the engineering spirit, we solicit original papers on building secure service systems that can be applied to government procurement, digital medical records, cloud environments, social networking for business purposes, multimedia application, mobile commerce, education, and the like. Potential contributions could cover, but are not limited to, methodologies, protocols, tools, or verification and validation techniques. We also welcome review papers that analyze critically the status of current Security and Privacy (S&P) in a specific area. Papers from practitioners who encounter security and privacy problems and seek understanding are also welcome. Topics of interests of SPE 2014 include, but are not limited to: - S&P Engineering of Service-Based Applications - Security Engineering of Service Compositions - Practical Approaches to Security Engineering of Services - Privacy-Aware Service Engineering - Industrial and Real Use Cases in S&P Engineering of (Cloud) Services - S&P Engineering of Cloud Services - Auditing and Assessment - Assurance and Certification - Security Management and Governance - Privacy Enforcement in Clouds and Services - Cybersecurity Issues of Clouds and Services - Validation and Verification of S&P in Clouds and Services - Applied Cryptography for S&P in Clouds and Services - S&P Testing in Clouds and Services - Security and Privacy Modeling - Socio-Economics and Compliance - Education and Awareness - Big Data S&P Engineering =============== Important Dates =============== Paper Submission Due: April 12, 2014 *FIRM DEADLINE* Decision Notification (Electronic): April 24, 2014 Camera-Ready Copy & Pre-registration Due: May 1, 2014 ================ Paper Submission ================ Authors are invited to submit full papers (about 8 pages) or short papers (about 4 pages) as per IEEE 8.5 x 11 manuscript guidelines (download Word templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_8.5x11x2.zip or LaTeX templates http://conferences.computer.org/icws/2014/IEEECS_CPS_LaTeX_Letter_2Col.zip). The submitted papers can only be in the format of PDF or WORD. Please follow the IEEE Computer Society Press Proceedings Author Guidelines to prepare your papers, respectively. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to attend the workshop and present the paper. All papers must be submitted via the confhub submission system for the SPE workshop (http://confhub.com/). First time users need to register with the system first (see these instructions for details http://www.servicescongress.org/2014/submission.html). All the accepted papers by the workshops will be included in the Proceedings of the IEEE 10th World Congress on Services (SERVICES 2014) which will be published by IEEE Computer Society. =============== Workshop Chairs =============== - Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy - Meiko Jensen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Zhixiong Chen, Mercy College, NY, USA - Ernesto Damiani, Universit? degli Studi di Milano, Italy ================= Program Committee ================= - Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany - Rasool Asal, British Telecommunications, UK - Jens-atthias Bohli, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany - Bud Br?gger, Fraunhofer IAO, Germany - Ali Chettih, Pivot Point Security, Mercy College NY, USA - Frances Cleary, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland - Quiang Duan, Penn State at Abington, USA - Massimo Felici, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA - Christopher Frenz, CTO at See-Thru, USA - Atsuhiro Goto, Institute of Information Security, Japan - Nils Gruschka, University of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany - Marit Hansen, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - Patrick Hung, University of Ontario Institute of Technology, Canada - Luigi Lo Iacono, University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Germany - Florian Kerschbaum, SAP Research Karlsruhe, Germany - Zhiqiang Lin, UT Dallas, USA - J?rg Schwenk, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany - Wei Tan, IBM, USA - Jong Yoon, Mercy College, USA - Yingzhou Zhang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China =============== Publicity Chair =============== - Fulvio Frati, Universit? degli studi di Milano, Italy More information available at http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/SPE2014/ From tobbuerger at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 08:40:31 2014 From: tobbuerger at gmail.com (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Tobias_B=FCrger?=) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:40:31 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. Best, Tobias Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. *Health Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. -------- Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media and Communication Design eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins : > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September > 2012). > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > Regards, > Julian > > ++++++++++ > Dr Julian Hopkins > Lecturer > School of Arts & Social Sciences > Monash University Malaysia > www.sass.monash.edu.my > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 2 > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > From: Luis Hestres > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > Hi all, > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > you > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > syllabi > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > > build my own course. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Luis > > > > - - - - - > > Luis E. Hestres > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > Winding, > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From rodrigo.davies at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 10:29:18 2014 From: rodrigo.davies at gmail.com (Rodrigo Davies) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:29:18 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be helpful: http://bit.ly/netmovements14 Best, R On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > Best, > > Tobias > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > *Health > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > -------- > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > and Communication Design > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > >: > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > September > > 2012). > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > Regards, > > Julian > > > > ++++++++++ > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > Lecturer > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > Monash University Malaysia > > www.sass.monash.edu.my > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Message: 2 > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > you > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > syllabi > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > can > > > build my own course. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > - - - - - > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > LinkedIn ( > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > Winding, > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Ass -- -- Rodrigo Davies MIT Center for Civic Media T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies From seda at nyu.edu Sat Mar 29 11:17:16 2014 From: seda at nyu.edu (Seda Gurses) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 14:17:16 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 more of her work here: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam sounds like a great course, good luck! s. On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > helpful: > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > Best, > R > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > >> Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Tobias >> >> >> >> Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: >> Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of >> Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. >> >> Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: >> An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public >> Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. >> >> Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. >> *Health >> Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. >> >> Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are >> Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. >> >> Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of >> Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of >> Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. >> >> Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through >> online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. >> >> >> >> -------- >> >> Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media >> and Communication Design >> eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk | @TobiasBuerger >> >> >> >> 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins >>> : >> >>> No syllabi, but these may be useful: >>> >>> Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: >>> Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of >>> Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: >>> http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 >> September >>> 2012). >>> >>> and (beware: self-promotion) >>> >>> Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the >>> Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, >>> Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Julian >>> >>> ++++++++++ >>> Dr Julian Hopkins >>> Lecturer >>> School of Arts & Social Sciences >>> Monash University Malaysia >>> www.sass.monash.edu.my >>> Blog: www.julianhopkins.net >>> Twitter: @julianhopkins >>> >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Message: 2 >>>> Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 >>>> From: Luis Hestres >>>> To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" >>>> Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? >>>> Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com> >>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If >>> you >>>> are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your >>> syllabi >>>> or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I >> can >>>> build my own course. >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Luis >>>> >>>> - - - - - >>>> Luis E. Hestres >>>> Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University >>>> More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or >> LinkedIn ( >>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( >>>> https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( >>>> http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) >>>> >>>> "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are >>>> rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a >>> Winding, >>>> Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff >>>> Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Ass > > > > -- > -- > Rodrigo Davies > MIT Center for Civic Media > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk Sat Mar 29 13:51:00 2014 From: A.Kavada at westminster.ac.uk (Anastasia Kavada) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 20:51:00 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? Message-ID: <53c70161f57943eea9f8e9feced57f8d@DB4PR07MB283.eurprd07.prod.outlook.com> Hi Luis, You can also try the following: Bennett, L. W. and Segerberg, A.( 2012). The Logic of Connective Action. Information , Communication & Society, 15(5), pp. 793-768. Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A. and McCurdy, P. (2103) Mediation and Protest Movements Mediation and Social Movements, Bristol: Intellect. Fenton, N. and Barassi, V. (2011) Alternative media and social networking sites: The politics of individuation and political participation. The Communication Review 14(3): 179-196. Gerbaudo, P. (2012) Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism. Pluto Press. Juris, J. S. (2012) Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist 39(2): 259-279. Karpf, D. (2013) The Moveon Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy. Oxford University Press. Kavada, A. (2012) 'Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace'. MedieKultur 52: 28-48. Available at: http://bit.ly/1iM2wD4 Mattoni, A. (2012) Media Practices and Protest Politics: How Precarious Workers Mobilize. Ashgate. Milan, S. (2013) Social movements and their technologies: Wiring social change. Palgrave Macmillan. The Social Movement Studies special issue on 'Occupy!' (volume 11, issues 3-4) has some good pieces on the Occupy movement and social media (e.g. Gaby and Caren,2012; Constanza-Chock, 2012) Best wishes, Anastasia Kavada Senior Lecturer Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Westminster Twitter: @AnastasiaKavada www.digitalprotest.net The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. From lori.emerson at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 14:53:43 2014 From: lori.emerson at gmail.com (Lori Emerson) Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 15:53:43 -0600 Subject: [Air-L] announcing the publication of the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media Message-ID: Dear all, I'm very happy to announce that our Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is now out (edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Benjamin Robertson, and myself). We're hoping very much to line up reviews - to that end, please let me know if you're interested and have a journal in mind and I'll arrange to have a copy sent to you. I would also be grateful if you'd help spread the word. The JHUP website is down at the moment for maintenance but you can find information on the guidebook on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Johns-Hopkins-Guide-Digital-Media/dp/1421412241) and I have also posted a list of contributors and entry titles on my blog ( http://loriemerson.net/2011/08/10/johns-hopkins-guide-to-digital-media/). yours, sincerely, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com From luishestres at gmail.com Sat Mar 29 22:51:47 2014 From: luishestres at gmail.com (Luis Hestres) Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 01:51:47 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? In-Reply-To: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> References: <4696187B-23B5-4826-A8B9-A3DDB37CB2A2@nyu.edu> Message-ID: Thanks for all the great suggestions, everyone! - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn (http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter (https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page (http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 On Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 2:17 PM, Seda Gurses wrote: > miriyam aouragh does some great work on digital activism in the mena region: > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2013) Between Cybercide and Cyber Intifada: Technologic (dis-)empowerment of Palestinian activism. In: Jayyushi, Lena, (ed.) Arab media and political contestations. Muwatin Press, Ramallah. > > Aouragh, Miriyam (2012) Tweeting like a pigeon: the Internet in the Arab. CyberOrient, 6 (2). ISSN 1804-3194 > > more of her work here: > http://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/aouragh-dr-miriyam > > sounds like a great course, good luck! > s. > > > On Mar 29, 2014, at 1:29 PM, Rodrigo Davies wrote: > > > Sasha Costanza-Chock's "Networked Social Movements" syllabus might be > > helpful: > > http://bit.ly/netmovements14 > > > > Best, > > R > > > > > > On Saturday, March 29, 2014, Tobias B?rger wrote: > > > > > Hi Luis, you might also find the following articles useful. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > Tobias > > > > > > > > > > > > Auger, Giselle A. 2013. Fostering democracy through social media: > > > Evaluating diametrically opposed nonprofit advocacy organizations' use of > > > Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. *Public Relations Review *39(4), 369-376. > > > > > > Bortree, Denise S. & Seltzer, Trent 2009. Dialogic strategies and outcomes: > > > An analysis of environmental advocacy groups' Facebook profiles. *Public > > > Relations Review *35(3), 317-319. > > > > > > Galer-Unti, R. A. 2010. Advocacy 2.0: Advocating in the Digital Age. > > > *Health > > > Promotion Practice *11(6), 784-787. > > > > > > Guo, C. & Saxton, G. D. 2013. Tweeting Social Change: How Social Media Are > > > Changing Nonprofit Advocacy. *Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly*. > > > > > > Thackeray, Rosemary & Hunter, MaryAnne 2010. Empowering Youth: Use of > > > Technology in Advocacy to Affect Social Change. *Journal of > > > Computer-Mediated Communication *15(4), 575-591. > > > > > > Weberling, Brooke 2012. Framing breast cancer: Building an agenda through > > > online advocacy and fundraising. *Public Relations Review *38(1), 108-115. > > > > > > > > > > > > -------- > > > > > > Tobias B?rger | PhD candidate, Northumbria University, Department of Media > > > and Communication Design > > > eMail: tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk (mailto:tobias.burger at northumbria.ac.uk) | @TobiasBuerger > > > > > > > > > > > > 2014-03-29 13:40 GMT+00:00 Julian Hopkins > > > > : > > > > > > > > > > No syllabi, but these may be useful: > > > > > > > > Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: > > > > Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of > > > > Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: > > > > http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 > > > > > > > > > > September > > > > 2012). > > > > > > > > and (beware: self-promotion) > > > > > > > > Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the > > > > Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, > > > > Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Julian > > > > > > > > ++++++++++ > > > > Dr Julian Hopkins > > > > Lecturer > > > > School of Arts & Social Sciences > > > > Monash University Malaysia > > > > www.sass.monash.edu.my (http://www.sass.monash.edu.my) > > > > Blog: www.julianhopkins.net (http://www.julianhopkins.net) > > > > Twitter: @julianhopkins > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Message: 2 > > > > > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > > > > > From: Luis Hestres > > > > > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" > > > > > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > > > > > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com (mailto:7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04 at gmail.com)> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If > > > > you > > > > > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your > > > > > > > > syllabi > > > > > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I > > > > > > > > > > > > > > can > > > > > build my own course. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > Luis > > > > > > > > > > - - - - - > > > > > Luis E. Hestres > > > > > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > > > > > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > LinkedIn ( > > > > > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > > > > > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > > > > > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > > > > > > > > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > > > > > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a > > > > > > > > > > > > > Winding, > > > > > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > > > > > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > > > Join the Ass > > > > > > > > -- > > -- > > Rodrigo Davies > > MIT Center for Civic Media > > T: +1 857 250 1254 | Skype: rodrigodavies > > Find a time to talk: doodle.com/rodrigodavies (http://doodle.com/rodrigodavies) > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org (mailto:Air-L at listserv.aoir.org) mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > From hk at monkprayogshala.in Sun Mar 30 20:41:23 2014 From: hk at monkprayogshala.in (hk at monkprayogshala.in) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 03:41:23 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Public Gossip Scale Message-ID: <001a11c2a10e54bc1004f5ded36c@google.com> Hello, Do spare 10 mins to participate in a study about gossiping behaviour. 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To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DIe-gqKnIf4FQH4l2qnjFv30CqL4HxX7_fQbtVaYZq4/viewform From n.tkacz at warwick.ac.uk Mon Mar 31 01:40:51 2014 From: n.tkacz at warwick.ac.uk (nathaniel tkacz) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:40:51 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick (Digital Media Related) Message-ID: Hello All, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies has a new (permanent) post at the level of Assistant Professor. The position is research based, but does include some MA teaching (in Digital Media and Culture), PhD supervision and administrative tasks. Follow the link for further details: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim Best Nate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nathaniel Tkacz - Assistant Professor | CIM - The University of Warwick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research: CIM | Twitter: @__nate__ | Current Project: MoneyLab ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From f.attwood at mdx.ac.uk Mon Mar 31 04:32:46 2014 From: f.attwood at mdx.ac.uk (Feona Attwood) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:32:46 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Porn Studies; first double issue free online until 31 May 2014: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rprn20/current#.UzlWDa1dW3k Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) publish the first double issue of Porn Studies, the premier dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal tocritically explore those cultural products and services designated as pornographic and their cultural, economic, historical, institutional, legal and social contexts. Porn Studies is edited by Professor Feona Attwood of Middlesex University and Professor Clarissa Smith of the University of Sunderland and supported by an international editorial board. Finally we have a journal that brings together the urgently needed research, theories, and debates to make sense of an important aspect of social and cultural life. The breadth, depth, and richness of its packed first issue confirms its promise as a platform, not only for understanding pornography - but as a space for new, adventurous, genuinely cosmopolitan rethinking of many of the things about identity, bodies, power, belonging, media, and contemporary reality that we take-for-granted, but still know too little about. Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Sydney, Australia A scholarly journal about pornography is long overdue. Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. One of the things it is most important to take seriously is what is taken for pleasure, and Porn Studies will provide the needed critical forum for doing so. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago, US Porn Studies will play an important role in encouraging deeper, more considered critical thinking about an incredibly complex and widely misunderstood cultural phenomenon. At a time when simplistic discourses circulate around pornography, often occupying binary positions between ?pro? and ?anti?, ?sex positive? and ?sex negative?, serious studies of this area have become increasingly necessary. Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts. Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker?s ?The ?Problem? of Sexual Fantasies? explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ?Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education?, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people?s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. In ?Studying Porn Cultures? Lynn Comella suggests a ?porn studies-in-action? and exhorts researchers to ?leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated?. Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: http://bit.ly/rprncfp **************************************************************** ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html **************************************************************** From steffen.albrecht at berlin.de Mon Mar 31 06:16:20 2014 From: steffen.albrecht at berlin.de (Steffen Albrecht) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665@martha.daybyday.de> Dear colleagues, The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, has been extended. Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 Best wishes, Steffen Albrecht ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET From: Steffen Albrecht To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience ? Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universit?t Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- From bury417 at yahoo.ca Mon Mar 31 08:49:20 2014 From: bury417 at yahoo.ca (Rhiannon Bury) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions Message-ID: <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo@web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Hi folks These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? Best, Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University, Canada's Open University rbury at athabascau.ca From javier at socialmediasociology.com Mon Mar 31 10:46:13 2014 From: javier at socialmediasociology.com (Javier de Rivera) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300@socialmediasociology.com> Hi everybody, This Call for Paper can be of your interest: http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 For English, click the UK flag. Best regards, Javier de Rivera. From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:33:54 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics Message-ID: Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you recomend me some books/readings about it? I?m focusing in this two perspectives: 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. Thanks in advance, -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From lfloridi at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 11:38:47 2014 From: lfloridi at gmail.com (Luciano Floridi) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F@gmail.com> You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: http://miguelsicart.net/ Best wishes, Luciano __________________________________________ Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford PA Mrs. Julia Farquet julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ From robert.peaslee at ttu.edu Mon Mar 31 11:45:57 2014 From: robert.peaslee at ttu.edu (Peaslee, Robert) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Hi Alejandro, I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu Best, rp ________________________________________ Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. Associate Professor College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series robert.peaslee at ttu.edu P: (806) 834-2562 F: (806) 742-1085 MS 3082 Lubbock, TX 79409 http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >recomend me some books/readings about it? >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > >Thanks in advance, > >-- >Alejandro Tortolini >http://dooid.me/aletor >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ From nicolesunday at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 12:13:28 2014 From: nicolesunday at gmail.com (Nicole Grove) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. Best, Nicole Grove PhD Candidate Johns Hopkins University https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > > >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > > >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > > > >Thanks in advance, > > > >-- > >Alejandro Tortolini > >http://dooid.me/aletor > >_______________________________________________ > >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From lpotts at msu.edu Mon Mar 31 12:34:14 2014 From: lpotts at msu.edu (Liza Potts) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4@msu.edu> Hi AOIR, Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) Please find the full CFP here: http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ Best, Liza (and Michael) _________________________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Senior Researcher at WIDE Research Assistant Professor Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:35:48 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? Alejandro. 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From patrick.davison at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 13:46:50 2014 From: patrick.davison at gmail.com (Patrick Davison) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my favorite posts are: http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: "Death of the Player") On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good > if > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > Best, > > Nicole Grove > > PhD Candidate > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert >wrote: > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > might > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > His > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > >> > >> Best, > >> rp > >> ________________________________________ > >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > >> Associate Professor > >> College of Media & Communication > >> Texas Tech University > >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > >> > >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > >> > >> MS 3082 > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > >> > >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > the > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > >> > >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > >> > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > >> > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > >> games. > >> > > >> > > >> >Thanks in advance, > >> > > >> >-- > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > >> >_______________________________________________ > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > > > > > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From kschrier at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:17:01 2014 From: kschrier at gmail.com (Karen Schrier Shaenfield) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:17:01 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design Message-ID: Hello Alejandro, You are welcome to check out the table of contents for either of my edited collections on ethics and game design, which includes work by Sicart, Consalvo, Zagal, and many others: Ethics and Game Design http://www.amazon.com/Ethics-Game-Design-Teaching-Reference/dp/1615208453 Designing Games for Ethics http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Games-Ethics-Techniques-Frameworks/dp/1609601203/ The books are way too expensive, but I'm happy to share chapters for free with anyone who is interested. You can also check out a few of my journal articles here: http://bst.sagepub.com/content/32/5/375.refs Free download at... http://www.academia.edu/2461813/Avatar_Gender_and_Ethical_Choices_in_Fable_III I have another forthcoming article on game design, ethics and environmental sustainability. I'm happy to share it with anyone once it comes out. My dissertation on games and ethics is available at: http://karenschrier.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/finalversion_dissertation_schrier_new-1.pdf Thanks, Karen Schrier On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:00 PM, wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner at listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Public Gossip Scale (hk at monkprayogshala.in) > 2. New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick > (Digital Media Related) (nathaniel tkacz) > 3. New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014 (Feona Attwood) > 4. Re: CfP: Int. 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Porn Studies is edited by Professor Feona Attwood of Middlesex University and Professor Clarissa Smith of the University of Sunderland and supported by an international editorial board. > > > Finally we have a journal that brings together the urgently needed research, theories, and debates to make sense of an important aspect of social and cultural life. The breadth, depth, and richness of its packed first issue confirms its promise as a platform, not only for understanding pornography - but as a space for new, adventurous, genuinely cosmopolitan rethinking of many of the things about identity, bodies, power, belonging, media, and contemporary reality that we take-for-granted, but still know too little about.? > Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Sydney, Australia > > A scholarly journal about pornography is long overdue. Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. > Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US > > Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. > Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia > > A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. 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Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ?effects? converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. > Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK > > Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. > Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK > > Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries > Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US > > As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts. > ??Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK > > As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. > John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia > > One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. > John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK > > > Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: > > > Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker?s ?The ?Problem? of Sexual Fantasies? explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. > > > Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ?Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education?, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people?s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. > > > In ?Studying Porn Cultures? Lynn Comella suggests a ?porn studies-in-action? and exhorts researchers to ?leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated?. > > > Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. > > > A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: > http://bit.ly/rprncfp > > **************************************************************** > ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: > http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html > **************************************************************** > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:16:20 +0200 (CEST) > From: "Steffen Albrecht" > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Message-ID: <1396271780.173924-3665 at martha.daybyday.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear colleagues, > > The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and > Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, > has been extended. > > Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > Best wishes, > Steffen Albrecht > > > > > > ----- urspr?ngliche Nachricht --------- > > Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities > Date: Fr 07 M?r 2014 18:05:58 CET > From: Steffen Albrecht > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > > * apologies for cross-postings * > > Dear fellow Internet researchers, > > The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: > > - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) > - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) > - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) > > Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. > > A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. > > All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: > http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 > > The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. > > We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! > > On behalf of the organizing team, > Steffen Albrecht > > -- > > Steffen Albrecht > > Project Coordinator > eScience ? Research Network Saxony > http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 > > Media Center > Technische Universit?t Dresden > > http://mz.tu-dresden.de > > Room 426 > Strehlener Stra?e 22/24 > 01069 Dresden > Germany > > Tel. +49 351-463-39175 > Fax: -463-35605 > eMail: steffen_albrecht at mailbox.tu-dresden.de > > > ---- urspr?ngliche Nachricht Ende ---- > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 08:49:20 -0700 (PDT) > From: Rhiannon Bury > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org" > Subject: [Air-L] Effectiveness of Online Petitions > Message-ID: > <1396280960.80349.YahooMailNeo at web162302.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Hi folks > > These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to? articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness.? > > Best, > > Rhiannon > > > Rhiannon Bury > Associate Professor > Women's and Gender Studies > Athabasca University, Canada's Open University > rbury at athabascau.ca > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:46:13 +0200 > From: Javier de Rivera > To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance > Message-ID: <5339A9E5.4080300 at socialmediasociology.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi everybody, > > This Call for Paper can be of your interest: > http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 > > For English, click the UK flag. > > Best regards, > Javier de Rivera. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:33:54 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: List Aoir > Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > recomend me some books/readings about it? > I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. > > > Thanks in advance, > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:38:47 +0100 > From: Luciano Floridi > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: <34CF8CA7-604A-4AEC-A757-2ED13204309F at gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > You may wish to check the work by Miguel Sicart: > http://miguelsicart.net/ > Best wishes, > Luciano > __________________________________________ > Luciano Floridi | www.philosophyofinformation.net > > Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information > Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford > > PA Mrs. Julia Farquet > julia.farquet at oii.ox.ac.uk > > 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS > Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 > > http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ > > > > On 31 Mar 2014, at 19:33, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> recomend me some books/readings about it? >> I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> 1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> 2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:45:57 +0000 > From: "Peaslee, Robert" > To: Alejandro Tortolini , List Aoir > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi Alejandro, > > I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might > message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His > name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > Best, > rp > ________________________________________ > > Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > College of Media & Communication > Texas Tech University > > Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > P: (806) 834-2562 > F: (806) 742-1085 > > MS 3082 > Lubbock, TX 79409 > > http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > > "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the > planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > > On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > >>Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>recomend me some books/readings about it? >>I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >>1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >>2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> >> >>Thanks in advance, >> >>-- >>Alejandro Tortolini >>http://dooid.me/aletor >>_______________________________________________ >>The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >>Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 09:13:28 -1000 > From: Nicole Grove > To: "Peaslee, Robert" > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > Best, > Nicole Grove > PhD Candidate > Johns Hopkins University > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: > >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> Best, >> rp >> ________________________________________ >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor >> College of Media & Communication >> Texas Tech University >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> MS 3082 >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video games. >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> >-- >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >_______________________________________________ >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 11 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 15:34:14 -0400 > From: Liza Potts > To: "air-l at listserv.aoir.org Kirk" > Cc: Michael J Salvo > Subject: [Air-L] CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > Message-ID: <3E0B6CC8-AAA4-44E9-9F32-DB667E6B08D4 at msu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hi AOIR, > > Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. > > CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture > > Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. > > This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors? introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. > > Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) > > Please find the full CFP here: > http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ > > Best, > Liza (and Michael) > _________________________________________ > Liza Potts, Ph.D. > Senior Researcher at WIDE Research > Assistant Professor > Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures > Michigan State University > 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 > Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 12 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 17:35:48 -0300 > From: Alejandro Tortolini > To: Nicole Grove > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > Alejandro. > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > >> I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good if >> you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> >> Best, >> Nicole Grove >> PhD Candidate >> Johns Hopkins University >> >> https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert wrote: >> >>> Hi Alejandro, >>> >>> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you might >>> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >>> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. His >>> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >>> >>> Best, >>> rp >>> ________________________________________ >>> >>> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor >>> College of Media & Communication >>> Texas Tech University >>> >>> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >>> >>> >>> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >>> P: (806) 834-2562 >>> F: (806) 742-1085 >>> >>> MS 3082 >>> Lubbock, TX 79409 >>> >>> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >>> >>> >>> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of the >>> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >>> >>> >>> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >>> >>> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >>> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >>> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >>> > >>> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >>> > >>> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >>> games. >>> > >>> > >>> >Thanks in advance, >>> > >>> >-- >>> >Alejandro Tortolini >>> >http://dooid.me/aletor >>> >_______________________________________________ >>> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> > >>> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> >http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> > > > -- > Alejandro Tortolini > http://dooid.me/aletor > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 13 > Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 13:46:50 -0700 > From: Patrick Davison > To: Alejandro Tortolini > Cc: List Aoir > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics > Message-ID: > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini wrote: > >> Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> >> Alejandro. >> >> >> 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> >> > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To Do >> > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory and >> > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also good >> if >> > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > >> > Best, >> > Nicole Grove >> > PhD Candidate >> > Johns Hopkins University >> > >> > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert > >wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Alejandro, >> >> >> >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> might >> >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> His >> >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> rp >> >> ________________________________________ >> >> >> >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> >> Associate Professor >> >> College of Media & Communication >> >> Texas Tech University >> >> >> >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> >> >> >> >> >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> >> >> >> MS 3082 >> >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> >> >> >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> >> >> >> >> >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> the >> >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> >> >> >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> >> > >> >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> >> > >> >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> >> games. >> >> > >> >> > >> >> >Thanks in advance, >> >> > >> >> >-- >> >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> >> >_______________________________________________ >> >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> > >> >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> >> > >> > >> >> >> -- >> Alejandro Tortolini >> http://dooid.me/aletor >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 116, Issue 31 > ************************************** From alemtor at gmail.com Mon Mar 31 15:30:47 2014 From: alemtor at gmail.com (Alejandro Tortolini) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 19:30:47 -0300 Subject: [Air-L] Ethics and Game Design In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Thank you very much, Karen I agree, the price of some books make it inaffordable to me. I?ll preciate anything you can share about ethics and video games! Best, Alejandro. -- Alejandro Tortolini http://dooid.me/aletor From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:58:35 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:58:35 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get started: Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison wrote: > Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ > and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 > > are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, > often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my > favorite posts are: > > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) > http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on > meritocracy) > http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: > "Death of the Player") > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini >wrote: > > > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! > > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? > > > > Alejandro. > > > > > > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : > > > > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How To > Do > > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory > and > > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also > good > > if > > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. > > > > > > Best, > > > Nicole Grove > > > PhD Candidate > > > Johns Hopkins University > > > > > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < > robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Hi Alejandro, > > >> > > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you > > might > > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just > > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. > > His > > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu > > >> > > >> Best, > > >> rp > > >> ________________________________________ > > >> > > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. > > >> Associate Professor > > >> College of Media & Communication > > >> Texas Tech University > > >> > > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series > > >> > > >> > > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu > > >> P: (806) 834-2562 > > >> F: (806) 742-1085 > > >> > > >> MS 3082 > > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 > > >> > > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee > > >> > > >> > > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of > > the > > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters > > >> > > >> > > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: > > >> > > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you > > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? > > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: > > >> > > > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. > > >> > > > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video > > >> games. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> >Thanks in advance, > > >> > > > >> >-- > > >> >Alejandro Tortolini > > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor > > >> >_______________________________________________ > > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > http://aoir.org > > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > >> > > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Alejandro Tortolini > > http://dooid.me/aletor > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > From gabriela at nyu.edu Mon Mar 31 15:59:19 2014 From: gabriela at nyu.edu (Gabriela T Richard) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 18:59:19 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] Asking for readings about video games and ethics In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Just saw she beat me to it! On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 6:58 PM, Gabriela T Richard wrote: > +1 to referencing these two fabulous designers and scholars. > I would also recommend these two volumes for overviews and places to get > started: > > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2011). Designing games for ethics: > Models, techniques and frameworks, Hershey, PA: IGI. > Schrier, K. and Gibson, D. (Eds.) (2010). Ethics and game design: Teaching > values through play, Hershey, PA: IGI. > > > -- > *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* > Postdoctoral Research Fellow > Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* > *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the > Learning Sciences* > 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 > gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 4:46 PM, Patrick Davison < > patrick.davison at gmail.com> wrote: > >> Both Mattie Brice: http://www.mattiebrice.com/ >> and Anna Anthropy: http://auntiepixelante.com/?page_id=2142 >> >> are people who both make games and write very intelligently about them, >> often (but not always) various ethical dimensions to them. Some of my >> favorite posts are: >> >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=1853 (on goals in games) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2182 (on game design and kink) >> http://auntiepixelante.com/?p=2152 (on difference and class) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/the-meritocracy-of-video-games/ (on >> meritocracy) >> http://www.mattiebrice.com/death-of-the-player/ (fantastically titled: >> "Death of the Player") >> >> >> On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:35 PM, Alejandro Tortolini > >wrote: >> >> > Jennifer, Nicole, Luciano, Robert: thank you very much!! >> > Other AIRlisters: more recommendations? >> > >> > Alejandro. >> > >> > >> > 2014-03-31 16:13 GMT-03:00 Nicole Grove : >> > >> > > I agree with Robert, Ian Bogost's book Unit Operations and also How >> To Do >> > > Things with Video Games are very good. McKenzie Wark's Gamer Theory >> and >> > > Alexander Galloway's Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture are also >> good >> > if >> > > you are interested in the ethics of games and gaming. >> > > >> > > Best, >> > > Nicole Grove >> > > PhD Candidate >> > > Johns Hopkins University >> > > >> > > https://johnshopkins.academia.edu/grove >> > > >> > > >> > > On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:45 AM, Peaslee, Robert < >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >wrote: >> > > >> > >> Hi Alejandro, >> > >> >> > >> I would recommend Ian Bogost's work on procedural rhetoric, and you >> > might >> > >> message a MA student with whom I've been working, whose thesis, just >> > >> defended, deals precisely with game design ethics among other things. >> > His >> > >> name is Andrew Potter: andrew.potter at ttu.edu >> > >> >> > >> Best, >> > >> rp >> > >> ________________________________________ >> > >> >> > >> Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. >> > >> Associate Professor >> > >> College of Media & Communication >> > >> Texas Tech University >> > >> >> > >> Coordinator, Texas Tech University International Film Series >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> robert.peaslee at ttu.edu >> > >> P: (806) 834-2562 >> > >> F: (806) 742-1085 >> > >> >> > >> MS 3082 >> > >> Lubbock, TX 79409 >> > >> >> > >> http://ttu.academia.edu/RobPeaslee >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> "It's a measure of the depth of our consumer trance that the death of >> > the >> > >> planet is not sufficient to break it." - Kalle Lasn, Adbusters >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> On 3/31/14 1:33 PM, "Alejandro Tortolini" wrote: >> > >> >> > >> >Hi, I?m doing some research about video games and ethics... Can you >> > >> >recomend me some books/readings about it? >> > >> >I?m focusing in this two perspectives: >> > >> > >> > >> >1) Implicit or explicit values in video games. >> > >> > >> > >> >2) Gameplay and mechanics as a frame for ethical decisions in video >> > >> games. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >Thanks in advance, >> > >> > >> > >> >-- >> > >> >Alejandro Tortolini >> > >> >http://dooid.me/aletor >> > >> >_______________________________________________ >> > >> >The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > >> > >> >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> >http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >> http://aoir.org >> > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > -- >> > Alejandro Tortolini >> > http://dooid.me/aletor >> > _______________________________________________ >> > The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> > >> > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> > http://www.aoir.org/ >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > > > > -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* Postdoctoral Research Fellow Graduate School of Education | *University of Pennsylvania* *Center for Collaboration, Computation, Complexity, and Creativity in the Learning Sciences* 3700 Walnut St., Suite 202 | Philadelphia, PA 19104 gric at upenn.edu | gabriela at nyu.edu From joly at punkcast.com Mon Mar 31 20:27:30 2014 From: joly at punkcast.com (Joly MacFie) Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:27:30 -0400 Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up @ RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 Message-ID: Forwarded by request. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: David Banks Date: Sun, Dec 29, 2013 at 1:01 PM Subject: CFP: Generative Justice To: Hello all, I'm happy to let you know that a conference inspired by the same questions and opportunities as Technoscience as Activism has just been announced. It'll also happen in Troy, New York in the early summer. See the CFP below and contact Vicki Brock (brockv2 at rpi.edu) or Ron Eglash (eglash at rpi.edu) with any questions. Solidarity, -db *Generative Justice: Value from the Bottom-up* A conference at RPI, Troy NY, June 27-29 2014 *Call for Papers* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Still others concern composite networks: for example community waste projects that link recycling and organic composting with artistic production, "fixer" movements and other forms of community development. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? To submit a paper or panel proposal please use the form at: http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 For questions contact: BROCKV2 at rpi.edu -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -