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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Fw: Re: Missing Data in Qualitative and Quantitative Online Research
by Andre Brock 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Following up on Lois' (my shero) excellent response, I'd like to add my own observations. WRT blogging platforms, i find that a lot of work out there ignores the mediating work done by blogging software. Yes, the platforms are content-agnostic (heh), but each platform works differently to construct the discourses published by the blog author and expanded upon in the comments. As Lois pointed out, some blogs hand code, which leads to them possibly not showing up in subject search queries. I would like to add to this that depending on the blogs hosting situation, comment structure and interactivity will change dramatically depending on the moderation and presentation (threading/avatar/anti-spam) possibilities available. as a reviewer, I'm often bemused by the lack of interrogation of cultural ideologies, both online and offline, that are articulated in online media. Specifically, research into "mainstream" (non-POC or "straight" or "masculine") cultures often uncritically accepts the tenets and beliefs expressed by that community as "normal". Meanwhile, any research on underrepresented online cultures MUST work to establish both the differences and similarities of that culture to the mainstream. The dearth of published research on race and online media is a problem as well, as it exposes the lack of diversity in our field. (well, it's actually a good thing for me, but plays hell with my bibliographies) Even more interesting is the lack of research on race AND gender or race AND sexuality; how did we get locked into such monocultural perspectives on Internet and New Media use and design? Just some additional food for thought... André > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 17:19:43 -0400 > From: Lois Scheidt <lscheidt(a)indiana.edu> > To: "Mohammad H. Hasani" <mh_hasani(a)yahoo.com> > Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Fw: Re: Missing Data in Qualitative and Online > Research > Message-ID: > <AANLkTimY2XtPRW_LePpE+R_NsiRqRbjYuGu97ARo-6u8(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > As I write the methods section of my diss, I've been thinking about this > question. The implications here are at least two fold...data that is > overlooked and data that is difficult or impossible to obtain. Both issues > exist as limitations for all our research and are easily overlooked with > internet research as most of us suffer from a wealth of available data. > > This type of discussion is a difficult one to have because the human mind is > not well wired to recognize unexperienced absence. It's easy to see what is > missing if we have seen it before, but it is very hard to work through a > complete intellectual exercise of identifying what MIGHT be there but has > not been previously seen. I think this is particularly difficult for young > researchers in any field as you need a history to recognize where the paths > may be running parallel to the road but are hidden by the bushes. > > As a blogging researcher, I'm conscious of two groups of data that are > missing from my corpora...I should say two sets that I am clear are missing. > First, anything that his happening behind a firewall. I can't get to this > data so I define my projects as being blogs that are publicly > available...that covers for the fact that I know there is data that is > unavailable to me. > > Second, most of the blogs I find are using some form of blogging software. > It is likely that some blogs are out there that are handcoding their > posts...maybe not many but some...and those are missed when using search > engines to locate subject blogs. > > Which brings me to my last point...search engines. When I peer review, it > often hits me how much data is being missed by relying on a single search > engine for collection...also how often this is done without the author > acknowledging the biases are introduced into the work by this choice. Maybe > if the author tried another search venue they might find other important > data...maybe not...but you never know until you try. > > My $0.02. Hope that helps > > Lois > > On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani(a)yahoo.com>wrote: > >> >> >> --- On Sat, 8/7/10, Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >> From: Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani(a)yahoo.com> >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research >> To: "William Dutton" <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> >> Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 12:59 PM >> >> >> >> >> >> Generally speaking, >> >> 1. I think missing data in a Qual research is data could make >> a significant contribution to the grounded concept or theory but researcher >> neglects or fails to collect. Repeating some phases in data >> collection/analysis, >> conducting parallel Qual research or reverse previewing of the research >> phases seems to help. >> >> 2. The same for CMR, but here, the researcher should also pay more >> attention to the cases; inappropriate cases may cause collecting poor data >> could >> be seen as missed. >> >> Triangulated >> observations may help in this case. >> >> >> >> Mohammad >> H. Hasani, >> >> Instructor >> in Sociology >> >> Payame Noor >> University >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> --- On Fri, 8/6/10, William Dutton <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> From: William Dutton <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> >> Subject: [Air-L] Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research >> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> >> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 8:17 AM >> >> Dear List Members, >> >> My colleagues and I would greatly appreciate your input to an exploratory >> project on missing data in qualitative and online research.* We would >> appreciate anything from your immediate reactions while reading this e-mail >> to detailed references to literature that has addressed our questions. >> >> There are two very general but heuristically useful questions. Your views >> on either would be welcomed. Feel free to reply privately or to the list, as >> you >> wish. >> >> 1. What is ?missing data? in the context of qualitative research and how is >> it dealt with? >> >> 2. Likewise, in computer-mediated research, are researchers missing >> particular kinds of data, or believe that they are missing particular kinds >> of observations, and how are they compensating or otherwise addressing this >> gap? >> >> Thoughts? Thank you, >> >> Bill >> >> *This is a collaborative project between the ESRC?s National Centre for >> Research Methods (NCRM) ?hub? (Graham Crow, Rose Wiles), WISERD (Amanda >> Coffey), Oxford eSocial Science ?node? of NCeSS (Bill Dutton, Alison >> Powell), and Qualidata/Timescapes (Libby Bishop), based on our recognition >> of a shared but not well developed problem. >> >> William Dutton, Director >> Professor of Internet Studies >> Oxford Internet Institute >> 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS UK >> >> e-mail: william.dutton at oii.ox.ac.uk >> Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=1 >> Phone: +44 (0)1865 287 212 >> Cell: +44 (0)7768 823906 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > > -- > Lois Ann Scheidt > Doctoral Candidate - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana > University, Bloomington IN USA > Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com > CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html > Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 73, Issue 7 > ************************************

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Second CFP: Workshop "Bringing MT to the User: Research on Integrating MT in the Translation Industry"
by "Венцислав Жечев (Ventsislav Zhechev)" 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- "Bringing MT to the User: Research on Integrating MT in the Translation Industry" Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2010) http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- At the AMTA 2010 conference (http://amta2010.amtaweb.org) the EuroMatrix+ Project (http://www.euromatrixplus.eu) and the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (http://cngl.ie) are organising the Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, titled "Bringing MT to the User: Research on Integrating MT in the Translation Industry". The workshop will take place in Denver, Colorado on 4 November 2010, immediately after the main AMTA 2010 conference. Premise: Recent years have seen a revolution in MT triggered by the emergence of statistical approaches to MT and improvements in translation quality. MT (rule-based, statistical and hybrid) is now available for many languages for free on the Web and is making strong inroads into the corporate localisation and translation industries. Open-source MT solutions are competing with proprietary products. Increasing numbers of translators are post-editing TM/MT output. At the same time, there has been some disconnect between academic research on MT, which (rightly so) focuses on algorithms to increase translation quality, and many of the practical issues that need to be addressed to make MT maximally useful in real translation and localisation scenarios. Objectives: This workshop will bring together MT researchers, developers, industrial users and translators to discuss issues that are most important in real world industrial settings involving MT, but currently not very popular in research circles. Workshop Chairs: Ventsislav Zhechev Philipp Koehn Josef van Genabith Call for Research Papers: For this workshop we solicit full research papers with industry or academic background to highlight the real-world issues that need to be tackled by new research and the recent academic advancements that improve translation quality, as well as novel and successful methods for the integration of Machine Translation with Translation Memories or Localisation Workflows. We will accept research paper submissions (reviewed anonymously) for oral presentation and publication. Papers should present clearly identifiable problem statements, research methodologies and measurable outcomes and evaluation. The papers should follow the submission guidelines for the research track of the main AMTA 2010 Conference (http://amta2010.amtaweb.org/cfp-mt.htm) with the maximum length being 10 pages in US Letter format, including references. Please, do not include your name in the paper text and avoid overt self-references to facilitate the blind review process. If a paper is accepted, at least one author will have to register through the AMTA 2010 website and travel to Denver to present it. Topics include but are not limited to: • MT/TM in Localisation/Translation Workflows • MT/TM Combinations • Post-Editing Support for MT • MT and Monolingual Post-Editing • MT Confidence Scores and Post-Editing Effort • Training Data for MT: Size, Domain and Quality • Data Cleanup and Preparation for MT • Meta-Data Mark-Up/Annotation and MT • Terminology and MT • Costing/Pricing MT • MT for Free/for a Fee • Rule-Based, Statistical and Hybrid MT • Computing Resources for MT • MT in the Cloud • MT and the Crowd • Smart Learning from Post-Edits • (Machine) Translation in Context Program Committee: The submitted papers will be reviewed by a mixed industry–academia committee. Industry members: Fred Hollowood (Symantec), Johann Roturier (Symantec), Dag Schmidtke (Microsoft), Dion Wiggins (Asia Online), Jaap van der Meer (TAUS), Manuel Tomás Carrasco Benítez (DGT of the EC), Daniel Grasmick (Lucy Software), Marc Dymetman (XRCE), Nicholas Stroppa (Google), Tony O’Dowd (Alchemy) Academic members: Michael Carl (IAI Saarbrücken), Eiichiro Sumita (NICT Japan), Julien Bourdaillet (University of Montreal), Mikel Forcada (Universitat d’Alacant), Philipp Koehn (EM+), Hans Uszkoreit (EM+), Josef van Genabith (CNGL), Andy Way (CNGL), Harold Somers (CNGL), Ventsislav Zhechev (EM+, CNGL) Deadlines (all 23:59 GMT -11): 29 August 2010 Full Paper Submissions Due 12 September 2010 Acceptance Notifications Sent Out 25 September 2010 Camera-Ready Papers Due Please, direct all enquiries to Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev at emcnglworkshop(a)me.com For up-to-date information, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010 For information about the First Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://www.euromatrixplus.eu/cngl2009 Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev EuroMatrix+ Centre for Next Generation Localisation School of Computing Dublin City University http://VentsislavZhechev.eu

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Re: [Air-L] e: Facebook Journalism and Twitter Journalism
by Alfred Hermida 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Thanks for highlighting my paper on Twitter and journalism. I've also published a second paper in M/C Journal which is available online: - From TV to Twitter: How Ambient News became Ambient Journalism (2010) http://journal.media-culture.org.au/index.php/mcjournal/article/viewArticle… Best, Alfred Alfred Hermida: Assistant Professor The Graduate School of Journalism | University of British Columbia 6388 Crescent Road | Vancouver | BC | V6T 1Z2 Contact: alfred.hermida(a)ubc.ca | Twitter: @hermida Web: http://www.journalism.ubc.ca | Blog: http://www.reportr.net On 8 Aug 2010, at 18:00, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2010 01:05:04 +0300 > From: "Carmel L. Vaisman" <carmelv(a)gmail.com> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook Journalism and Twitter Journalism > Message-ID: <01C4B4F7E0FA451689035AD22D967C24@user2f5fdbe5c5> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1255" > > Hey Naz. > > i didn't hear of facebook journalism but you could read this one for twitter journalism: > > Hermida, A. (2010). Twittering the News: The Emergence of Ambient Journalism. Journalism Practice, 4 (3), 297 - 308. > > > Carmel Vaisman > http://www.absolutecarmel.com > Twitter @carmelva

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Paper: Influence and Passivity in Social Media
by Richard Forno 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

http://www.scribd.com/doc/35401457/Influence-and-Passivity-in-Social-Media-… Influence and Passivity in Social Media Daniel M. Romero Cornell University Center for Applied Mathematics Ithaca, NY, USA dmr239(a)cornell.edu Sitaram Asur Social Computing Lab HP Labs Palo Alto, California, USA sitaram.asur(a)hp.com Wojciech Galuba EPFL Distributed Information Systems Lab Lausanne, Switzerland wojciech.galuba(a)epfl.ch Bernardo A. Huberman Social Computing Lab HP Labs Palo Alto, California, USA bernardo.huberman(a)hp.com ABSTRACT The ever-increasing amount of information flowing through Social Media forces the members of these networks to com- pete for attention and influence by relying on other people to spread their message. A large study of information propa- gation within Twitter reveals that the majority of users act as passive information consumers and do not forward the content to the network. Therefore, in order for individuals to become influential they must not only obtain attention and thus be popular, but also overcome user passivity. We propose an algorithm that determines the influence and pas- sivity of users based on their information forwarding activ- ity. An evaluation performed with a 2.5 million user dataset shows that our influence measure is a good predictor of URL clicks, outperforming several other measures that do not ex- plicitly take user passivity into account. We also explicitly demonstrate that high popularity does not necessarily imply high influence and vice-versa. http://www.scribd.com/doc/35401457/Influence-and-Passivity-in-Social-Media-…

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Survey > RSS Feeds For Collection Development / Instruction Services / Reference Services
by Gerry McKiernan 09 Aug '10

09 Aug '10

Colleagues/ I am greatly interested in learning more about the practice of subscribing to Alerts / RSS / WebFeeds from any/all A&I databases in order to track the publications of departmental researchers at your institution to inform one's identification and selection of other / non-institutional relevant publications and/or instruction responsibilities and/or reference services. That Is > Knowledge of themes / topics / foci of current / recent institutional research can / might / would provide greater insight and thus permit one to select current / recent items that can / might / would be of greater potential value for supporting the current / future research agenda of one's department(s) / institution and/or guiding information and /or reference services >>> Whew !!! [:-) I have created a very/very brief Survey Monkey survey at [ http://bit.ly/aZFG4x ] And Kindly Ask That You Take The Three (3) (Or Less) Minutes To Complete Thanks A Million ! BTW: For Links To RSS Related Information > Please Visit [ http://bit.ly/bIb6rP ] Regards /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs "There Is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come!" / Victor Hugo [ http://bit.ly/b2i4Yl ]

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e: Fw: Re: Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research
by andrea baker 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Hi, William and others, I'd like to first express my appreciation for the question of missing data in qualitative and online research and for the excellent responses that make for such good reading and opportunities for thinking on this list. I also offer a few thoughts on the matter. May I first underscore the aforementioned basic tool of triangulation, using other methods of inquiry to supplement whatever ia your primary data collection technique? I don't think this can be overstated, that interviews can add to participant/observation, for example, to give different perspectives. Second, through what people say about each other, data is gained, through the secondary source, even when a person or group may not share that information directly. This information gives a more well-rounded picture than not having access to it at all. Third, we may have to trade off completeness for an in-depth look at some areas. For example, the researcher may know of a splinter group that exists behind the scenes and know from evidence that the influence on the main online community is there. However, without direct access or people talking about it in depth, the researcher may decide to mention it briefly, giving most attention to the main community, All this is predicated on working within what your IRB has approved, of course. -- cheers, andee

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Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research
by Murray Turoff 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

I know i have expressed this in past papers but their has not been enough work in the area of comparing the distribution of types of communication units in various types of group discussions online vs. normal face to face group discussions. The first controlled experiment comparing the two using Bales coding showed very significant differences. There are a tremendous number of online discussions that it would be interesting to analyze including online courses which has never been done. i suspect just looking at what the instructor said in these discussions vs. whether they had high or low ratings by the class would be a significant result. All types of problem solving discussions are also of interest and information exchange discussions as well. Here are the full reports from roxanne's original experiments with far more detail then ever appeared in teh journal article. this is from the following njit library location http://library.njit.edu/archives/cccc-materials/index.php RR#12 Face-to-face vs. computerized conferences : a controlled experiment, Volume I: Findings<http://archives.njit.edu/vol01/cccc-materials/njit-cccc-rr-012/njit-cccc-rr…> Aug. 1980 Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Kenneth Johnson, Charles Aronovitch, Murray Turoffbegin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting RR#12a Face-to-face vs. computerized conferences : a controlled experiment, Volume II: Methodological Appendices<http://archives.njit.edu/vol01/cccc-materials/njit-cccc-rr-012a/njit-cccc-r…> Aug. 1980 Starr Roxanne Hiltz, Kenneth Johnson, Charles Aronovitch, Murray Turoffbegin_of_the_skype_highlighting -- Distinguished Professor Emeritus Information Systems, NJIT homepage: http://is.njit.edu/turoff

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Fw: Re: Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research
by Mohammad H. Hasani 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

--- On Sat, 8/7/10, Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani(a)yahoo.com> wrote: From: Mohammad H. Hasani <mh_hasani(a)yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research To: "William Dutton" <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> Date: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 12:59 PM Generally speaking, 1. I think missing data in a Qual research is data could make a significant contribution to the grounded concept or theory but researcher neglects or fails to collect. Repeating some phases in data collection/analysis, conducting parallel Qual research or reverse previewing of the research phases seems to help. 2. The same for CMR, but here, the researcher should also pay more attention to the cases; inappropriate cases may cause collecting poor data could be seen as missed. Triangulated observations may help in this case. Mohammad H. Hasani, Instructor in Sociology Payame Noor University --- On Fri, 8/6/10, William Dutton <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> wrote: From: William Dutton <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> Subject: [Air-L] Missing Data in Qualitative and Online Research To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Date: Friday, August 6, 2010, 8:17 AM Dear List Members, My colleagues and I would greatly appreciate your input to an exploratory project on missing data in qualitative and online research.* We would appreciate anything from your immediate reactions while reading this e-mail to detailed references to literature that has addressed our questions. There are two very general but heuristically useful questions. Your views on either would be welcomed. Feel free to reply privately or to the list, as you wish. 1. What is ‘missing data’ in the context of qualitative research and how is it dealt with? 2. Likewise, in computer-mediated research, are researchers missing particular kinds of data, or believe that they are missing particular kinds of observations, and how are they compensating or otherwise addressing this gap? Thoughts? Thank you, Bill *This is a collaborative project between the ESRC’s National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) ‘hub’ (Graham Crow, Rose Wiles), WISERD (Amanda Coffey), Oxford eSocial Science ‘node’ of NCeSS (Bill Dutton, Alison Powell), and Qualidata/Timescapes (Libby Bishop), based on our recognition of a shared but not well developed problem. William Dutton, Director Professor of Internet Studies Oxford Internet Institute 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS UK e-mail: william.dutton at oii.ox.ac.uk Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=1 Phone: +44 (0)1865 287 212 Cell: +44 (0)7768 823906 _______________________________________________ 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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[Corrected] Double CFP: Continuum Approaches to Digital Game Studies Book Series
by Voorhees, Gerald 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Double CFP: Continuum Approaches to Digital Game Studies Book Series (Edited Collection on Digital Role-playing Games and Edited Collection on First Person Shooters) These two collections will be the first two titles in a larger series of edited volumes, Approaches to Digital Game Studies, published by Continuum. Each book in the series will be organized around a thematic or functional genre of game. Although digital game genres and the criteria for defining such genres are contested and dynamic categories, exploring the promises and pitfalls of genre is precisely one of the goals the series hopes to accomplish. Additionally, the series will bring the insights of a variety of scholarly disciplines to bear on the analysis of digital games in order to better understand the nature of this medium, its role in reshaping civic life and its impact on the production, circulation and contestation of global and local cultures. Potential chapter contributions will be vetted by the series Review Board and invited manuscripts will be reviewed by the series Editors and approved by the Review Board. Series Review Board: Mia Conslavo, University of Ohio James Paul Gee, Arizona State University Helen Kennedy, University of the West of England* Frans Mayra, University of Tampere Toby Miller, University of California, Riverside* Torill Elvira Mortensen, IT University Copenhagen* Lisa Nakamura, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Gareth Schott, University of Waikato Mark JP Wolf, Concordia University Wisconsin (* indicates commitment still subject to final contract) Series Editors: Gerald Voorhees, High Point University Joshua Call, Grand View University Katie Whitlock, California State University, Chico >>> Edited Collection on Digital Role-playing Games: "Dungeons, Dragons and Digital Denizens: Digital Role-playing Games" One of the most popular and culturally significant game genres, digital role-playing games (RPGs) generate a rich tapestry of technologies, players, communities, cultures and commercial forces. This edited collection, provisionally titled, "Dungeons, Dragons and Digital Denizens: Digital Role-playing Games," is designed for a broad academic audience and will feature essays that either examine specific games or consider the genre as a whole. We invite scholars and critics to contribute to this edited collection of essays exploring the theory and criticism of digital RPGs. The collection will publish essays on digital RPGs that engage the theory and criticism of console, computer and/or massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs). However, contributions not focused on MMORPGs are especially encouraged. Contributions from all academic disciplines and geographic regions are invited. The collection and series aim to advance theory and criticism by bringing different voices and perspectives into conversation. However, critical inquiry is preferred. All contributions must be the original work of the author and cannot be published elsewhere, unless author retains copyrights. For co-authored essays, all authors must agree to submission of work. For consideration, please send an abstract to gamestudies.books(a)gmail.com by September 15, 2011. Abstracts should be 500 words and must outline a theoretically grounded approach to a specific game or set of games. Completed essays must be 7000 words (including notes and references) and Continuum uses Chicago Manual of Style for references. Reprints will be considered on a case by case basis. Provisional Timeline: Abstracts will be accepted until September 15, 2010 Abstracts will be evaluated and requests for manuscripts will be issued by October 15, 2010 Completed manuscript will be required by January 15, 2010 Revisions must be completed by March 1, 2011 >>> Edited Collection on First Person Shooters: "Guns, Grenades and Grunts: First Person Shooter Games" Known for their graphical extravagance and social recognition, first-person shooters have long held a highly visible position among digital games. This edited collection, provisionally titled, "Guns, Grenades, and Grunts: First-Person Shooter Games" is designed for a broad academic audience and will feature essays that either examine specific games or consider the genre as a whole. We invite scholars and critics to contribute to this edited collection of essays exploring the theory and criticism of FPS games. The collection will publish essays on FPS games that engage the theory and criticism of console, computer and hand-held FPS games. Contributions from all academic disciplines and geographic regions are invited. The collection and series aim to advance theory and criticism by bringing different voices and perspectives into conversation. However, critical inquiry is preferred. All contributions must be the original work of the author and cannot be published elsewhere, unless author retains copyrights. For co-authored essays, all authors must agree to submission of work. For consideration, please send an abstract to gamestudies.books(a)gmail.com by November 15, 2011. Abstracts should be 500 words and must outline a theoretically grounded approach to a specific game or set of games. Completed essays must be 7000 words (including notes and references) and Continuum uses Chicago Manual of Style for references. Reprints will be considered on a case by case basis. Provisional Timeline: Abstracts will be accepted until November 15, 2010 Abstracts will be evaluated and requests for manuscripts will be issued by January 1, 2011 Completed manuscript will be required by April 1, 2011 Revisions must be completed by July 15, 2011 Queries and questions may also be sent to gamestudies.books(a)gmail.com. Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Games and Interactive Media Nido R. Qubein School of Communication Drawer 33 High Point University High Point, NC 27262-3598 Tel: 336.841.9174 Office: Qubein 356 www.communication.highpoint.edu/ Co-Chair, Game Studies Area Popular Culture Association National Conference http://www.pcaaca.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ At High Point University, every student receives an extraordinary education in an inspiring environment with caring people.

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The Vanguard Factor > Metrics For Ideas Before Their Time(s)
by Gerry McKiernan 08 Aug '10

08 Aug '10

Colleagues/ I am posting to ask if you are aware of any efforts that have/seek to create (a) metric(s) that measure the The Prescience Of Citations(s) > Publication(s) > Research > Scholarship > Work > Etc. Relative To Current / Recent Citations(s) > Publication(s) > Research > Scholarship > Work > Etc. That Is >>> Are there Measures of Previous Activities that have / now been (more) widely Cited > Quoted > Etc > ? In Short > Are There Any/All Measure(s) Of The Impact of Those Who Knew / Saw The Future > Before Their Time ? (But Enough About Me [:-)]) [snap] Certainly Citaton Analyses / Studies Are One Metric > > > And I am aware of "A Principal Component Analysis of 39 Scientific Impact Measures", which I blogged just over a year ago >>> Bollen J, Van de Sompel H, Hagberg A, Chute R, 2009 A Principal Component Analysis of 39 Scientific Impact Measures. PLoS ONE 4(6): e6022. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0006022 Background The impact of scientific publications has traditionally been expressed in terms of citation counts. However, scientific activity has moved online over the past decade. To better capture scientific impact in the digital era, a variety of new impact measures has been proposed on the basis of social network analysis and usage log data. Here we investigate how these new measures relate to each other, and how accurately and completely they express scientific impact. [more] [snip] [BTW: Thanks Stevan Harnad For The Reminder / I Will ReVisit] But ... >>> What I Sense Is Much More Dynamic And Broader >>> Here Goes >>> To What Degree Can One ***Measure and Incorporate*** >>> The *Weight* of a subsequently highly-cited ; highly-linked ; highly-shared ; etc. Article / Idea / Work >>> That Was Initially Dismissed or Rejected For Example > [snip] Rejecting Nobel-Class Papers On some occasions, referees have advised editors to reject papers which reported findings that eventually earned the Nobel Prize for their authors. Documented cases of such rejection include Severo Ochoa’s work on polynucleotide phosphorylase (Ochoa 1980); Hans Krebs’ account of the citric acid cycle (Dixon 1989); Rosalind Yalow’s initial work on radioimmunoassay (Yalow 1982); Murray Gell-Mann’s work on quarks (Crozon 1987); and Harmut Michel’s research on photosynthetic processes (Garfield 1989a). [snip] Juan Miguel Campanario, “Commentary: On Influential Books and Journal Articles. Initially Rejected Because of Negative Referees' Evaluations," Science Communication 16 no. 3. (March 1995): 306-325. [snip] BTW: We would not focus only on Nobel Prize winners; certainly less Noble [:-)] individuals should be considered >>> And Would Not The ***Number of Rejections*** prior to eventual publication and high-citations / Etc. be an Indicator of ??? >>>Prescience <<< ??? And Could Other Negative Actions (Criticism ; Protests ; Bad Reviews ; Etc.) Of A Work That Subsequently Became Widely Recognized As Innovative / Insightful / Pioneering / Etc. [?] Also Be Another Component Of ??? >>> The Vanguard Factor <<< ??? And Could The Lag Time Between Original Publication / Presentation / Etc. And Subsequent Adoption (At Various Thesholds) Be Useful, That Is >>> The Longer It Took For An Idea To Become Widely Accepted (At Specific Thesholds), The Greater The Vanguard Factor ? Others ? >>> Your (Prescient [:-)] Thoughts ? / Please Leave As A Comment On The Post At [ http://bit.ly/b6MVYx ] BTW: I've been/will be in touch with The Usual Suspects > Stevan, Gene, Barry, two of whom are native Bronxites like myself [To my knowledge Stevan is not [:-)] !!! Thanks A Million !!! /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs " There Is Nothing More Powerful Than An Idea Whose Time Has Come!" / Victor Hugo [ http://bit.ly/b2i4Yl ]

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