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Couchsurfing at #IR10?
by Jana Herwig 29 Sep '09

29 Sep '09

Dear list, Traveling on a very tight budget, I was wondering whether there were any Couchsurfers among the IR.10 attendees, especially among those who reside in Milwaukee, who might be able to offer a couch spot during the conference? I have a potential couch with someone who's not at the conference, but considering that the reception on the last day is planned to last until 2am, I would feel guilty to take advantage of my host's hospitality. I would be looking for a couch on the nights from 9th to 10th, and 10th to 11th (one night, or two nights, what ever works for you) - I can travel with a sleeping bag, if needed. Here is my couch surfing profile, and a link to my abstract, which ever information might matter more to you. http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/digiom http://ocs.sfu.ca/aoir/index.php/ir/10/paper/view/100 Thank you, and best wishes from Vienna Jana Herwig

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literature search: what works for online political content?
by Stephen Coleman 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Janelle - The volume 'Civic Life Online: Learning How Digital Media Can Engage Youth', edited by W. Lance Bennett (MIT Press, 2008), includes some examples that might interest you. Stephen Coleman Professor of Political Communication and Director of Research Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds New book: The Internet and Democratic Citizenship: Theory; Practice; Policy: http://www.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521817523

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_Mobile Libraries_ >>> The Road Show >>> April 2010
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Colleagues/ In late April 2010 (04/26-04/28) I plan to attend and hope to present at EMTACL10 > The International Conference On Emerging Technologies In Academic Libraries 2010 in Trondheim, Norway. I intend to prepare an abstract / paper / presentation about major initiatives relating to Mobile Libraries / Mobile Learning that will be derived from my >>> Research In Public <<< Blog _Mobile Libraries_ and my ongoing review of current and emerging developments in these areas. The EMTACL10 conference will be hosted by the Library of the Norwegian University Of Science And Technology (NTNU) "This is a new international conference for academic librarians, information professionals, academic staff, students, library system developers and suppliers, among others. The conference aims to provide answers to the following questions: What can academic libraries do to address change? How can we adapt? Which technologies can/should/must we use/create?" "This is a conference for academic library workers and others with a general interest in emerging technologies and electronic information services >>> User Profiles / Sharing / Social Technologies / Mashups / Tagging / Emerging Learning Technologies / Semantic Web / Aggregation / Cloud Computing / Virtualization / Social Networks / Mobile Technologies /Communication With Users / Location Awareness / User-Behaviour Data And Analysis / Streaming / Democratization / Interfaces I Am Greatly Interested in Spreading The World About Mobile Libraries/Learning And Would Be Honored To Present On The Topic(s) (Focused On Your Particular Interests And Those Of Your Community) At/In >>>Other Venues<<< Before/ After My Visit To Trondheim ... So ... While abroad I would willing to travel to any country in Europe / Eastern Europe / Middle East [a week or so before or after my visit to Norway] It Would Be Great To Return To Ireland, Italy, Spain, As Well As The UK, But There Are Places I've Not Been ... While an honorarium is always appreciated, I ask (as a minimum) that my direct expenses be covered (moderately-priced accommodations, meals, travel). Please Note: I always attempt to find the least expensive / best value housing and airfare/rail whenever I do travel. >>>Please contact me at gerrymck(a)iastate.edu and / or gerry.mckiernan(a)gmail.com if you are interested in sponsoring a presentation (or two [:-)])<<< Links To The Post With Links To Appropriate Conference Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/y8m2cxj ] Thanks For Considering ! >> Follow Me On Twitter >> http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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voting reminder
by Sabryna Cornish 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Hi Aoirists--Just a reminder that voting for the executive committee, graduate and open seats ends Monday, Sept. 28 at midnight CMT. If you are a member and have not received a ballot, please email me and I will check your membership status and send you a ballot immediately. If you need to review candidate names and platforms, visit http://aoir.org. I encourage you to vote and have a say in the leadership of the organization. Sincerely, Sabryna Sabryna Cornish Assistant professor of journalism Department of communication Northern Illinois University

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WikiSym - Wikis and Open Collaboration: Florida. 25-27 Oct
by Dario Taraborelli 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

(forwarding to the list on behalf of Martin Cleaver) Begin forwarded message: > The WikiSym conference is in less than one month, based in Orlando, > Florida and held in an unconference + presentation format. > > Where else can you meet people using and developing all the major > wikis, managers at companies responsible for selecting and deploying > solutions, plus social scientists, academic researchers, and end- > users? > > Check out http://www.wikisym.org/ for video testimonials, covering who > attended and why they keep coming back. Over the next 24 hours you'll > see some faces from across the wiki industry! > > Best, > Martin > -- > Martin Cleaver M.Sc. MBA > Martin(a)Cleaver.org > http://twitter.com/mrjcleaver > +1 416-786-6752 (GMT-5)

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FW: Last Call for Papers: SAME 2009 - 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience
by Artur R. Lugmayr 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

============================================================================ =============== Call for Papers SAME 2009 - 2nd International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience Salzburg, 18th-21st November 2009 in conjunction with AmI-09 !!! SUBMISSION OF 2-4 PAGE POSITION PAPERS UNTIL THE 19th OCTOBER 2009 !!! More information on: http://namu.cs.tut.fi/same2009/ and http://www.ami-09.org/ ============================================================================ =============== * Submissions are expected to be 2-4 pages position papers according the paper format of AmI-09: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 * Please send your submissions via email to lartur(a)acm.org * More information on the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience held in conjunction with ACM Multimedia 2008: http://namu.cs.tut.fi/acmmm2008/same2008/index.html * Best contributions will be compiled to a special issue following up the workshop * Check also the Ambient Media Association (AMEA): www.ambientmediaassociation.org and http://webhotel2.tut.fi/emmi/forum/node/3 Description of the Workshop The medium is the message! And the message was literacy, media democracy and music charts. Mostly one single distinguishable media such as TV, the Web, the radio, or books transmitted the message. No in the age of ubiquitous and pervasive computing, where information flows through a plethora of distributed interlinked media what is the message ambient media will tell us? What means semantic in this context? Which experiences will it open to us? What is content in the age of ambient media? Ambient media are embedded throughout the natural environment of the consumer in his home, in his car, in restaurants, and on his mobile device. Predominant sample services are smart wallpapers in homes, location based services, RFID based entertainment services for children, or intelligent homes. The distribution of the medium throughout the natural environment implies a paradigm change of how to think about content. Until recently, content was identified as single entities to information a video stream, audio stream, TV broadcast. However, in the age of ambient media, the notion of content extends from the single entity thinking towards a plethora of sensor networks, smart devices, personalized services, and media embedded in the natural environment of the user. The consumer actively participates and co-designs contextual media experience One example is e.g. location based information. Initiatives as the smart Web considering location based tagging for web-pages underline this development. This multidisciplinary workshop aims to address the challenges: ? how to select, compose, and generate ambient content? ? how to present ambient content? ? how to re-use ambient content and learning experiences? ? what are the characteristics of ambient media, its content, and technology? ? how can collaborative, participatory, or social media service better supported and extended? ? and what are ambient media in terms of story-telling, interactive, and art? The workshop aims at a series, and at the creation of a think-tank of creative thinkers coming from technology, art, human-computer interaction, and social sciences, that are interested in glimpsing the future of semantic ambient intelligent empowered media technology. We are aiming at multidisciplinary, highly future oriented submissions that help to develop the "ambient media form" for entertainment services, such as: * case-studies (successful, and especially unsuccessful ones) * oral presentation of fresh and innovative ideas * artistic installations and running system prototypes * user-experience studies and evaluations * technological novelties, evaluations, and solutions Topics The following (and related) topics are within the scope of this workshop and shall act as examples: * Understanding of the semantics of ambient content and methods for adding intelligence to daily objects * Mobile and stationary sensor data collection and interpretation algorithms and techniques * Context awareness and collection and context aware composition/selection of ambient content * Creation and maintenance of meta-information including metadata and data management * Ambient and mobile social networks, user generated content, and co-creation of content and products * Characteristics of ambient media, its content, and technological platforms * Ambient content creation techniques, asset management, and programming ambient media * Algorithms and techniques for sensor data interpretation and semantic interpretation * Applications and services, including ambient games, art and leisure content in specific contexts * Ambient interactive storytelling, narrations, and interactive advertising * Personalization, user models, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and universal access * Experience design, usability, audience research, ethnography, user studies, and interface design * Business models, marketing studies, media economics, and " x" -commerce The workshop aims at answering the following questions: * What is "content" and how can it be presented in the age of "ubiquitous" and "pervasive" ? * How to select, compose and generate ambient content? * How to manage and re-use ambient content in specific application scenarios (e.g. e-learning)? * What is interactivity between the single consumers and consumer groups in the ambient context? * How can collaborative or audience participatory content be supported? * Which methods for experience design, prototyping, and business models exist? * How can sensor data be interpreted and intelligently mined? * How can existing media such as TV, home entertainment, cinema extended by ambient media? Important Dates * position paper submission: 19th October, 2009 * notification of acceptance: 22nd October, 2009 * final papers due: 27th October, 2009 * workshop day : 21st November , 2009 * special issue articles due: December 14th , 2009 Target Audience The target audience are researchers and practitioners in the field of ubiquitous and pervasive computation and its related areas. These include pervasive computation, emotional computation, content creation, ubiquitous computation, human-computer-interaction and usability experts, mobile industry, service creators, etc. Workshop participants shall have previous experience in this or related fields to be able to contribute on a high scientific level. The workshop participants will actively contribute to the development of semantic ambient media, due to a different method of workshop organization. Participants shall participate rather than passively contribute. The participants shall discuss and actively elaborate the topic and we plan to kick-off an international web-based informal forum for ambient media, which shall increase the effect of this workshop tremendously. We strongly welcome multidisciplinary contributions coming from the media technology, artistic, and human experience side. Case studies (successful and especially unsuccessful), artistic installations, technologies, media studies, and user-experience evaluations are highly welcome, which are affecting the development of ambient media as new form of media. Especially visionary contributions shaping the future of ambient media are strongly welcome. Workshop Chairs * Artur Lugmayr, Tampere University of Technology (TUT) & lugYmedia Inc., FINLAND * Thomas Risse, L3S Research Center, GERMANY * Bjorn Stockleben, Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg (RBB), GERMANY * Juha Kaario, NOKIA, FINLAND * Kari Laurila, NOKIA, FINLAND

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literature search: what works for online political content?
by Janelle Ward 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

Hello all, I'm currently putting together a research proposal that will involve a look at how civil society organizations (like NGOs) are using the internet to inform and mobilize citizens and citizens' response to these initiatives. I'm searching for literature that has taken a particular website(s) or online approach and examined citizen response to that specific content. There's plenty of literature theorizing about various approaches to online communication and empirical studies of content OR citizen's political behavior online, but I'm having trouble finding literature that specifically answers the question "what works?". I can think of two such studies that I used in my dissertation research, though my focus is now broader than youth: Livingstone, S. (2007). The challenge of engaging youth online: Contrasting producers’ and teenagers’ interpretations of websites. European Journal of Communication 22(2), 165-184. Xenos, M., & Foot, K. (2008). Not your father’s internet: The generation gap in online politics. In W. L. Bennett (Ed.,) Civic life online: Learning how digital media can engage youth (pp. 51-70). Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Any suggestions are appreciated! I'll probably see many of you next week at the AoIR conference, too. Really looking forward to it. Best, Janelle -- Janelle Ward, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Media and Communication Erasmus University Rotterdam Faculty of History and Arts P.O. Box 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands http://www.fhk.eur.nl/personal/ward/ http://janelleward.wordpress.com/

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MA, PhD Studentships by WCU Webometrics Institute at YeungNam University in South Korea
by Se Jung PARK 28 Sep '09

28 Sep '09

*Welcome to WCU (World Class University) Webometrics Institute at YeungNam University, South Korea. (http://english-webometrics.yu.ac.kr)* Our institute at YeungNam University( http://www.yu.ac.kr/_english/admission/index.php?c=admission_02_b) is inviting a few WCU-funded MA, PhD students in the Department of Media & Communication. Successful applicants will join the team led by Prof. Han Woo Park, Prof. Greg Elmer of Infoscape Research Lab (Canada, http://www.infoscapelab.ca) and Prof. Maurice Vergeer of Radboud University (the Netherlands) and carry out a project titled "Investigating Internet-based Politics with e-Research Tools" Our Institute has recently been awarded a 4-year competitive grant, running from April 2009 to June 2012, by the Korean Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. (For further details: http://www.kosef.re.kr/english_new/programs/programs_06_02.html) Please find attached files including admission procedures for international students and application. - Period for submitting applications: September 28, 2009 to October 23, 2009 - Place for submitting applications: Office of International Services (in-person or by mail) - Location: Rm. 317, 3rd Floor, Daegu Bank Building - Application fee: 100,000 Korean Won or 100 USD (Cash can be mailed within Korea, but money orders should be enclosed in the document package if you apply from overseas.) - Announcement of admission: November 10, 2009 (The name list will be uploaded to the Graduate School web page.) - Invoices for tuition and other fees will be distributed to applicants residing in Korea by the Graduate School Administration Office starting December 11, 2009. Applicants residing outside Korea will be sent invoices by email. - Period and place of making payments: December 16, 2009 to December 18, 2009 at the Yeungnam University Branch Office of Daegu Bank *Contact Information* *Consultation on admission* International support team: +82-53-810-1622, 1624, 1628 Administration Office of Graduate School, Yeungnam University 214-1 Dae-dong, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Korea Phone: +82-53-810-3754, Fax:+82-53-810-4640 Send the application to the Administration Office of Graduate School, Yeungnam University (www.yu.ac.kr) *Consultation on WCU Webometrics Institute* wcuatyeungnam(a)gmail.com -- Se Jung PARK Ph.D. Student Dept of Media & Communication, YeungNam University, 214-1, Dae-dong, Gyeongsan-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, Republic of Korea, Zip Code 712-749 English Vita- http://english-webometrics.yu.ac.kr/Latest%20news/CV(Aug2009).pdf Twitter- http://twitter.com/sejungpark Researcher at WCU Webometrics Institute http://english-webometrics.yu.ac.kr

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Chinese Journal of Communication Special Edition Call for Papers
by Radhika Gajjala 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

*****Special Issue CJoC 3(4) CFP****** Chinese Journal of Communication Special Edition Call for Papers "Emerging Media and Challenges in Chinese Communities" Editor Professor Louisa Ha, Bowling Green State University, USA louisah(a)bgsu.edu<mailto:louisah@bgsu.edu> Submission by January 15, 2010 Launched in 2008 and published by Routledge, Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is an English language scholarly publication aimed at elevating Chinese communication studies along theoretical, empirical, and methodological dimensions. This special issue of the Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is to address the impact and nature of emerging media in Chinese communities or comparison with other countries or ethnic communities. Emerging media is defined as message delivery vehicles achieving higher utilization among the general population, but has neither universally accepted technical standards for content transmission and display, nor established operation models such as revenue sources and content strategies. Examples of emerging media are digital television, webcasting, podcasting, cellular phones, IPTV, blogs, social media and networking sites, etc. China is at the forefront of emerging media. The number of Internet users in China is the largest in the world and Chinese consumers are among the most avid users of media technologies. The adoption of these media can have significant political, social, and economic implications on Greater China and present challenges to the current media industry structure there. The use of the emerging media by overseas Chinese can reconnect them to the mainland and connect them to the Chinese around the world. Topics for papers could include, but are by no means limited to: 1. Political, social or economic impact of emerging media on Greater China and other Chinese communities 2. Public perception of emerging media and their role in politics and formation of public opinion 3. Comparison of the use of emerging media between Chinese and non-Chinese markets 4. Comparison of emerging media use in different Chinese markets 5. Business models of emerging media in Chinese markets 6. Market competition and management of emerging media in Chinese markets 7. Comparison of the use of different emerging media by Chinese consumers 8. Policy and regulatory issues on emerging media in Greater China. 9. Online advertising, online games, and Internet search services development in Greater China 10. Audience measurement of emerging media in Greater China 11. Methodological issues in studying emerging media in Chinese communities Both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the issue are welcome. We especially encourage the collaboration of Chinese scholars and non-Chinese scholars to submit manuscript to this issue to facilitate exchange of ideas and offer cross-national perspectives on the issue. Submissions should conform to the editorial guidelines of the Chinese Journal of Communication to be found at http://www.informaworld.com/cjoc under "Instructions for Authors." Papers for consideration in this special edition should be emailed to: louisah(a)bgsu.edu<mailto:louisah@bgsu.edu>. Papers will undergo a double blind peer review process and should be submitted by January 15, 2010. Informal enquiries are welcome and please contact the special issue editor for potential topics. Planned publication date is December 2010. Chinese Journal of Communication (CJoC) is a refereed journal serving as an important international platform for students and scholars in Chinese communication studies to exchange ideas and research results. Interdisciplinary in scope, it examines subjects in all Chinese societies in Mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Singapore, and the global Chinese diaspora. The journal will be published quarterly beginning 2010. The CJoC welcomes research articles using social scientific or humanistic approaches on such topics as mass communication, journalism studies, telecommunications, rhetoric, cultural studies, media effects, new communication technologies, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, advertising and PR, political communication, communications law and policy, and so on. Articles employing historical and comparative analysis focused on traditional Chinese culture as well as contemporary processes such as globalization, deregulation, and democratization are also welcome. Published by Routledge, CJoC is institutionally based at the Communication Research Centre, the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong . For more information and submission instructions, please visit http://www.informaworld.com/cjoc -- Radhika Gajjala Professor of Communication Studies and Cultural Studies Interim Women's Studies Director 2009-2010 233 Shatzel Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik

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textPlus > Free, Unlimited Texting For iPod Touch And iPhone
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 27 Sep '09

27 Sep '09

Colleagues/ On My High Hits List ... / ... Although Not Previously Posted To The eLists /Gerry Free, unlimited texts > Texts sent from textPlus are entirely free, and there's no limit to how many messages you can send or receive. Seriously. Real group conversations > Your iPhone can already send texts to several people at once, right? Sure, but when any of them reply, it only goes to you. Kinda weird, right? For the first time, textPlus brings REAL GROUP CONVERSATIONS to SMS. Everyone gets every message. It's like an instant chatroom in text! New message notifications (Push and Regular Text) > You'll never miss an incoming message -- even when the app is closed -- when you enable new message notifications using either Push (free, requires iPhone 3.0) or Regular Text (standard msg rates apply). textPlus is completely free to download and use, thanks to the support of our sponsors.Standard message rates apply when optional "Regular Text Notifications" are enabled. News Coverage Best iPhone/ iTouch Apps for Teens A Teenager's Dream: An iPhone App for Free Texting textPlus for iPhone Review GOGII Blog / GOGII Facebook Page / Twitter YouTube GOGII Channel Post Comments Links To App / Links Available At [ http://tinyurl.com/n2dvmw ] EnJOY ! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 gerrymck(a)iastate.edu There Are No Answers, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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