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Do You Follow on Twitter?
by Eric P. S. Baumer 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

(apologies for cross-posting) We're looking for participants for a study of following on Twitter (details below). Please forward this information to local and departmental mailing lists. Also, if you're interested in participating, please feel free to respond. If you're on Twitter, please consider sending the tweet below. Tweet: participate in a study of #following on Twitter: http://bit.ly/1L3qLC. please RT. --- Do You Use Twitter? Join Research about Following on Twitter Requirements: - A regular user of Twitter or other microblogging service (such as Jaiku) – must be following at least 5 other users - Can participate in phone/Skype interview, or lives near Orange County, CA - Owns a personal computer - Age of 18 or over The purpose of this research is to investigate how people follow and interact on Twitter and other microblogs. Participation in this research will involve in-person interviews every 4 to 6 weeks lasting through Spring of 2010, and possibly one or more group interviews. There is no risk to participants and involvement can be ended at any time. Participants will be entered in a drawing for a $100 Amazon.com gift card at the end of the research period. Participants’ privacy and rights will be completely protected. Participation is completely voluntary and may be discontinued at any time. If interested contact: Lead Researcher - Eric Baumer: ebaumer(a)uci.edu Department of Informatics University of California, Irvine Co-Researcher - Allison Leis: aleis(a)uci.edu Faculty Sponsor - Bill Tomlinson

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IP Osgoode Assistant Director Position + Media Suppression Event -- all are welcome
by Giuseppina D'Agostino/osgoode 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

**apologies for cross-postings** I wanted to bring two items to your attention that might be of interest: (1) IP Osgoode, Osgoode Hall Law School's Intellectual Property and Technology Program, is seeking an Assistant Director. Deadline is March 12, 2010. More details here: http://www.iposgoode.ca/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/IP_Osgoode_Assistant_Dir… (2) IP Osgoode and the Nathanson Centre on Transnational Human Rights, Crime and Security are presenting a workshop entitled "Media Suppression: Life and Livelihood" Date: Tuesday, March 16 Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm Location: Room W132, Schulich School of Business, York University The agenda and list of speakers can be seen here: http://www.iposgoode.ca/media-suppression/ (Heather Robertson, author and journalist and Ronald Diebert, associate professor, U of T are just some of the speakers) Please do feel free to pass the information along to anyone whom you think may be interested. Kind regards, Pina Dr Giuseppina D'Agostino, DPhil Assistant Professor of Law Founder & Director, IP Osgoode Intellectual Property Law & Technology Program www.iposgoode.ca Osgoode Hall Law School York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON Canada M3J 1P3 +1.416.736.5319 gdagostino(a)osgoode.yorku.ca

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Paper: Way to De-Anonymize Social Network Users
by Richard Forno 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

I thought this might be interesting reading for those AIR'ers involved in SNS research. -rick A Practical Attack to De-Anonymize Social Network Users Gilbert Wondracek Thorsten Holz Technical University Vienna, Austria Engin Kirda Institute Eurecom, Christopher Kruegel University of California, Santa Barbara Paper @ http://www.iseclab.org/papers/sonda-TR.pdf Abstract. Social networking sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, and Xing have been reporting exponential growth rates. These sites have millions of registered users, and they are interesting from a security and privacy point of view because they store large amounts of sensitive personal user data. In this paper, we introduce a novel de-anonymization attack that exploits group membership information that is available on social networking sites. More precisely, we show that information about the group memberships of a user (i.e., the groups of a social network to which a user belongs) is often sufficient to uniquely identify this user, or, at least, to significantly reduce the set of possible candidates. To determine the group membership of a user, we leverage well-known web browser history stealing attacks. Thus, whenever a social network user visits a malicious website, this website can launch our de-anonymization attack and learn the identity of its visitors. The implications of our attack are manifold, since it requires a low effort and has the potential to affect millions of social networking users. We perform both a theoretical analysis and empirical measurements to demonstrate the feasibility of our attack against Xing, a medium-sized social network with more than eight million members that is mainly used for business relationships. Our analysis suggests that about 42% of the users that use groups can be uniquely identified, while for 90%, we can reduce the candidate set to less than 2,912 persons. Furthermore, we explored other, larger social networks and performed experiments that suggest that users of Facebook and LinkedIn are equally vulnerable (although attacks would require more resources on the side of the attacker). An analysis of an additional five social networks indicates that they are also prone to our attack. Paper @ http://www.iseclab.org/papers/sonda-TR.pdf

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Assistant Professor in Communications & Information Design at SUNYIT in Utica, NY
by KR Stam 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Greetings: The SUNY Institute of Technology (SUNYIT) is currently seeking an Assistant Professor in Communications & Information Design to join a small but growing faculty with interests in new media. If you know of any relatively recent or soon-to-be graduates, I'd appreciate if you could send this along to them. While we'd prefer degree-in-hand, we will give full consideration to applications from ABDs. I'm happy to talk with anyone who would like to know more about SUNYIT, central New York, or this job in particular prior to applying. The job ad reads as follows: "The successful candidate will teach undergraduates in the Communication and Information Design major, and graduate students earning an M.S. in Information Design and Technology. Applicants should be proficient with information design theory and have advanced new media skills, and should demonstrate a research agenda examining the role of new and emerging media within contemporary culture. A professional portfolio evidencing experience in new media production is desirable. Faculty will be expected to serve both on-campus and online learners and take an active role in the ongoing development of both programs. PhDs desired; ABDs or theory-oriented MFAs considered. Applications considered immediately; position open until filled." Link to the ad and application page: http://sunyit.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdetails.jsp?JOBID=17247 More info about this job and SUNYIT: The teaching load is 3 courses/semester, of which at least one will most likely be online. SUNYIT is a small, specialized campus within the SUNY system. We currently have about 2,500 students, with committments for about $100m in capital construction and $75m in public-private investment in nanotechnology facilities in the next three years. SUNYIT is in Utica, NY, about an hour from Syracuse, two hours from Albany, and five hours from New York, Boston and Montreal. Central New York has a low cost-of-living, with easy access to extensive recreational opportunities in the Adirondack Mountains, Finger Lakes and the Green Mountains. Thanks so much for circulating this. Kathryn Kathryn Stam Asst. Professor of Anthropology Coordinator, Master's Program in Information Design and Technology SUNY Institute of Technology Utica, NY <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>

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Previous Research on YouTube Comments?
by Alex Leavitt 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

To anyone that can provide sources, I am looking for any previous work analyzing the YouTube commenting system, or research on comments in a similar online space where the commenting system is not the primary function of the space (eg., how YouTube is videos > comments). Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Alex --- Alexander Leavitt Research Specialist, Convergence Culture Consortium Comparative Media Studies, MIT http://doalchemy.org Twitter: @alexleavitt

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OT: Article/Paper reference organisational software (for Mac)
by live 08 Mar '10

08 Mar '10

Hi all. I'm looking to organise all the articles I've looked up, downloaded - and tag them appropriately. Does anyone have a favourite bit of references organisation software? I'm on a Mac. Would love if it also had an iPhone/mobile component.

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Call for students: UBI Summer School 2010, Oulu, Finland
by Marcus Foth 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Call for students: 1st International UBI Summer School 2010 May 31 - June 4, 2010, Oulu, Finland http://www.ubioulu.fi/en/UBI-summer-school-2010 The purpose of the summer school is to provide young researchers with an opportunity to gain deeper insight to the multidisciplinary fields of ubiquitous and urban computing, to stimulate international R&D networking and to promote the UBI-challenge. The summer school comprises of six parallel workshops: A: Real World Context-Aware Systems by Professor Anind Dey, Carnegie Mellon University, USA B: Urban Informatics and Sustainable Cities by Associate Professor Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia C: Urban Social Networks Analysis by Professor Vassilis Kostakos, University of Madeira, Portugal D: Creating and Sharing Artistic Experiences with Ubiquitous Technology by Jürgen Scheible, Aalto University, Finland E: IP-based Wireless Sensor Networks by CTO Zach Shelby, Sensinode, Finland F: Interactive Textures – rethinking materiality by Professor Mikael Wiberg, Umeå University, Sweden How to apply: The number of students accepted for each workshop is limited. Therefore, prospective young researchers should email by Apr 19, 2010 to Professor Timo Ojala (timo.ojala(a)ee.oulu.fi) a one page statement (PDF), which contains your contact information, a brief description of your research interests in ubiquitous and/or urban computing, a brief desciprtion of your motivation to attend the summer school, and a ranked list of the workshop(s) you would be interested in attending. If you are accepted to the summer school, then you will work in one particular workshop for the whole week. For example, if you wish to first attend workshop E but in case it would not be available you would also consider attending workshop B, then please state "my preferred workshops: E B" in your statement. Best regards, Professor Timo Ojala University of Oulu Finland timo.ojala(a)ee.oulu.fi 2nd Open Ubiquitous City Seminar May 31, 2010, Oulu, Finland http://www.ubioulu.fi/en/2nd-Open-Ubiquitous-City-Seminar -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) Victoria Park Rd, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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Re: [Air-L] Previous Research on YouTube Comments?
by Lotte Belice 07 Mar '10

07 Mar '10

Dear Alex, I know of a couple: - Tubers Talk: Examining the Comments on Presidential YouTube Videos Using Dialogic Theory by Kristin Nicole English. - Exploring the Gender Divide on YouTube: An Analysis of the Creation and Reception of Vlogs by Heather Molyneaux, Susan O’Donnell, Kerri Gibson and Janice Singer - And of course xkcd has made brilliant comics about YouTube commenters. Here are two examples: 1, 2. Good luck! Best, Lotte Belice Baltussen --- On Sun, 3/7/10, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt(a)gmail.com> wrote: From: Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Air-L] Previous Research on YouTube Comments? To: "aoir list" <air-l(a)aoir.org> Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010, 2:26 AM To anyone that can provide sources, I am looking for any previous work analyzing the YouTube commenting system, or research on comments in a similar online space where the commenting system is not the primary function of the space (eg., how YouTube is videos > comments). Any help is appreciated! Thanks, Alex --- Alexander Leavitt Research Specialist, Convergence Culture Consortium Comparative Media Studies, MIT http://doalchemy.org Twitter: @alexleavitt _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Re: [Air-L] News discourse of online papers
by wenche.nag＠telenor.com 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Hi there, Philippa! I suggest you look into the work of prof. Martin Engebretsen whos has studied genre development of online journalism in the Nordic. His article " "Shallow and Static or Deep and Dynamic? Studying the State of Online Journalism in Scandinavia" (2006) is available online and might be of interest to you. I'm not updated on his recent work. Most of it seems to be in Norwegian so it might be good to contact him directly to get updates. You'll find his contact details on his homepage. Regards, Wenche (Wen) Nag, senior advisor Telenor Group Business Development & Research NORWAY

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REMINDER: EASST 2010 - TRACK 22. TECHNOLOGICALLY DENSE ENVIRONMENTS: A BRIDGE BETWEEN STS AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES
by Maurizio 06 Mar '10

06 Mar '10

Call for Abstracts - Apologies for Crossposting EASST 2010 - TRACK 22. TECHNOLOGICALLY DENSE ENVIRONMENTS: A BRIDGE BETWEEN STS AND ORGANIZATION STUDIES In the past years, a reflection has emerged around the connection between STS (Science and Technology Studies) and other domains, especially management and organization studies. That is exemplified, for example, by the international workshop titled “Does STS mean business?” in 2004, the session at EASST 2006 titled “STS as a boundary discipline: interacting with Organization Studies”, where a number of established STS scholars shared their experiences of “becoming” STS researchers, or by the special issue of the journal “Organization” in January 2009, exploring the relationship between STS and Organization and Management Studies. Regardless of these efforts, many are still struggling to engage with other disciplines, or find the balance between being “STS” and “practically useful”. Our intent, with this stream, is to deepen such reflection, focusing on the empirical issues emerging in Technologically Dense Environments (TDE). In such an environment complex socio-material practices mobilize the joint action of heterogeneous elements, both humans and non-humans, in supporting collective work, blurring the distinction between natural and artificial ontologies. The connections that take place in TDE are the locus where the performance of science and technology is enacted through organizational and working practices. Proposing such a tightly integrated STS-informed Organization-oriented view suggests that we should not speak from the STS perspective only, of which critical analysis de-constructs the making of technological products or services or phenomena, but also apply our observation and findings to the field in a more proactive way, helping to balance the construction of a TDE. Through this lens, we would like to call for contributions studying TDE, that can be seen as sites of scientific and technological production, as well as sites of working and organizing practices using scientific and technical means. Doing this kind of research pushes the STS scholars to confront situated methodological challenges, act as a boundary worker across different fields. Such discussion can serve as relationship building and networking between STS scholars for sharing experiences and support, as well as a bridge for linking empirical, methodological and theoretical issues that different disciplines (e.g., STS, Organization Studies) face, finding a common ground to tackle and/or conceptualise these issues. Possible topics are, but not limited to: • empirical findings from TDE fields, studying organizing processes from a STS-informed perspective; • theoretical reflections on the bridge building and spanning between different fields; • map, discuss and exchange methods and methodologies used in different fields. Abstracts of no more than 500 words should be sent by email (following website instructions) by 2010 March 15th. More info at: http://events.unitn.it/en/easst010 Call-for-Abstract PDF: http://events.unitn.it/sites/events.unitn.it/files/EASST_010_Track_22.pdf Convenors: Manuela Perrotta is research fellow at the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento. Her main research interests concern the socio-materiality of working and organizing practices, technological change and knowing, and collective memories and technologies. (http://www.unitn.it/rucola/members/perrotta.htm) Maurizio Teli is researcher at Museo Tridentino di Scienze Naturali, Trento. His main research interests concern the political dimensions of software development, three dimensional environments and the organizational transformation in the communication of science. (http://www.maurizioteli.eu)

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