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Theories in your social media research
by Burns, Kelli 30 Aug '10

30 Aug '10

I would like to place my research within a theoretical framework and move it away from mere descriptions of social media practice. I've been looking at a variety of topics within the realm of PR/Ad industry use of social media (brands that use Facebook, reactions to FTC endorsement guidelines by bloggers, crises in the blogosphere) as well as the intersection of social media and popular culture. I am looking for your suggestions of articles that apply theory to the understanding of social media. Any citations you can send would be much appreciated, even if you feel it's not directly relevant to my area of social media research. Thanks so much! Kelli Burns, Ph.D. Assistant Professor University of South Florida kburns(a)usf.edu<mailto:kburns@usf.edu>

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Re: [Air-L] privacy redefined - not enough
by Carmel L. Vaisman 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

doing the actions below isn't enough, it's just the email notifications settings. see account-privacy settings-customise settings-define for "places i check into" who can see it exactly (only a group of ppl, or maybe only you) and uncheck the "enable" box below if you don't want to be shown logged in that place. >>> >>> Facebook launched Facebook Places yesterday. >>> Anyone can find where you are when you are >>> logged in. It gives the actual address & map >>> location of where you are as you (and or) your >>> kids use Facebook TO UNDO: Go to "Account", >>> "Account Settings", "Notifications", then scroll >>> down to "Places" and UNCHECK the 2 boxes. >>> SAVE changes and then share this message. >> >> joan >>

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Academic Career Development Workshop at AoIR IR 11 Gothenburg 20 Oct 2010
by Marcus Foth 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Academic Career Development Workshop for Research Students and Early Career Academics in conjunction with Internet Research 11, Gothenburg, Sweden, 20 October 2010 http://ir11.aoir.org/program/pre-conference-workshops/ DESCRIPTION For research students and early career academics, universities offer resources that help develop their research skills – for example, critical theory development, literature reviews, research methods, data analysis, writing skills, etc. However, building a successful career in academia poses a wide range of new challenges in addition to the pure academic craft of research. The resources and resilience one needs in order to shape an academic career path often appear ambiguous, particularly in the innately transformative field of Internet research. In response to feedback from AoIR members, this full-day workshop seeks to address this concern by offering a supportive and constructive environment to discuss career development related issues that are of specific interest to research students and early career academics. The first half of the workshop is devoted to the process of transitioning into research student training and supervision. In the second half, we will look at issues of academic leadership. The workshop chairs, along with invited senior academic researchers, will share with the participants some of their off-the-record insights of their career development milestones and the related decisions that have shaped their career paths. The workshop chairs will act as facilitators and moderators who will encourage the participants to join the discussion and share their own views and experiences with the rest of the group. The goal is to establish a peer support atmosphere that bridges disciplinary, cultural, and regional differences in order to distill the common skills and capabilities that are necessary to identify and seize opportunities for shaping one’s own career trajectory in academia. The main topics of discussion for each session will be negotiated with the participants on the day. This is to make the workshop as relevant and practical to the participants as possible. FEES & LOGISTICS · Date: Wednesday, October 20, 2010 · Time: 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. · Location: Chalmers student union building, room TBA. · Fee: 330 SEK · Lunch and coffee included. · Draft schedule on the facebook event page at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=110293655687140 SUBMISSION & PARTICIPATION The number of participants in this workshop is limited to 25. If you are interested in attending, please send an email by 1 Sep 2010 to both workshop organisers with a single PDF file that contains: · Your name, · Affiliation, · 200 word biography, · 200 word statement expressing your career aspirations, and what you hope to get out of your participation in this workshop. CONTACT Associate Professor Marcus Foth Email: m.foth AT qut.edu.au Web: www.urbaninformatics.net Dr. Jaz Hee-jeong Choi Email: h.choi AT qut.edu.au Web: www.nicemustard.com #ir11 #AoIR -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Urban Informatics Research Lab Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) 130 Victoria Park Road, 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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CFP - Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice
by Judd Ruggill 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi all: I thought this might be of interest to the list. Sincerely, Judd Ruggill Arizona State University _____ Call for Papers: Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area SW/TX PCA/ACA & PCA/ACA Joint Conference April 20-23, 2011 San Antonio, TX The Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area of the SW/TX PCA/ACA welcomes paper, panel, and other proposals on games (digital and otherwise) and their study and development. Possible areas include (but are not limited to): Alternative reality games Archiving and artifactual preservation Competitive/clan gaming Design and development Economic and industrial histories and studies Educational games and their pedagogies Foreign language games and culture Advertising (both in-game and out) Game art/game-based art Haptics and interface studies Localization Machinima MOGs, MMOGs, and other forms of online/networked gaming Performance Pornographic games Religion and games Representations of race and gender Representations of space and place The rhetoric of games and game systems Serious games Strategy games Table-top games and gaming Technological, aesthetic, economic, and ideological convergence Theories of play Wireless and mobile gaming For paper proposals: Please submit a 250 word abstract embedded in the body of an email. Include contact information (e.g., postal and preferred email address, phone and fax numbers, etc.) and a biographical note about your connection to the topic. For panel and other proposals: Feel free to query first. Panel and other proposals should include all of the information requested for individual paper proposals, as well as a 100-word statement of the panel’s raison d’etre and any noteworthy organizational features. As always, proposals are welcome from any and all scholars (including graduate students, independent scholars, and tenured, tenure-track, and emeritus faculty) and practitioners (developers, artists, archivists, and so forth). Also, unusual formats, technologies, and the like are encouraged. The Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice Area is international in scope and emphasizes diversity, an openness to innovative approaches and presentations, and the energetic practice of post-conference collaboration and publication. Please submit proposals to Judd Ruggill (jruggill(a)asu.edu) by 12/15/2010. Information on the SW/TX PCA/ACA and its conference can be found at: http://swtxpca.org. Judd Ruggill, Area Chair Game Studies, Culture, Play, and Practice jruggill(a)asu.edu http://www.swtxpca.org

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Hollingshead Measure
by Reusche, Christian Fernando 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Hi, Does anyone know how to obtain the Hollingshead measure? I've found several articles discussing the measure, but none actually have it. I believe it's copyrighted but I can't find where you purchase it. Thanks Christian Reusche

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Assistant Professor in New Media/Social Media
by Thompsen, Philip 29 Aug '10

29 Aug '10

Position Announcement: Assistant Professor, New Media/Social Media West Chester University of Pennsylvania Join a vibrant campus community whose excellence is reflected in its diversity and student success. The Department of Communication Studies at West Chester University of Pennsylvania invites applicants for the following Assistant Professor position: New Media/Social Media – The successful candidate will: (1) demonstrate the ability to teach and develop courses in new media, social media and marketing communication at the undergraduate and graduate level; (2) exhibit the ability to teach Public Speaking or Business and Professional Speaking; (3) be expected to develop and teach upper level undergraduate and graduate courses in the candidate’s area of expertise; (4) articulate a scholarly agenda that complements department needs; (5) have the potential to meet Department, College and University requirements for tenure and promotion; and (6) possess a Ph.D. in communication or communication-related discipline by August, 2011 (ABD will be considered). The Department of Communication Studies values faculty who combine excellent teaching with active scholarship and a commitment to service. We seek individuals who like to teach, who are comfortable with communication technology and who desire a collegial atmosphere. Finalists must successfully complete a teaching/research demonstration and an on-campus interview. Members of the search committee will be available to meet with qualified candidates at the National Communication Association annual conference in November 2010. Formal review of applications will begin on September 15, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. Candidates should send a letter of application indicating availability to meet with the search committee at the NCA convention, along with a vita, three current letters of reference, a list of references with contact information, graduate transcripts and sample teaching evaluations to: Dr. Edward J. Lordan, Search Committee Coordinator, Department of Communication Studies, West Chester University, West Chester, PA 19383. No application materials will be accepted electronically. West Chester University of Pennsylvania offers highly competitive salaries and excellent benefits. The university is part of the State System of Higher Education and is a public, regional, comprehensive institution of 14,000 students. The university is located in the town of West Chester, Pennsylvania, 25 miles west of Philadelphia. Libraries, museums and hospitals are nearby as are New York City, Washington D.C and the Atlantic Ocean. Developing and sustaining a diverse faculty and staff advances WCU’s educational mission and strategic Plan for Excellence. West Chester University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applications from a broad spectrum of candidates, including women, minorities and individuals with disabilities.

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Special issue tripleC: Capitalist Crisis, Communication & Culture
by Christian Fuchs 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. Vol. 8. No. 2: Special Issue on Capitalist Crisis, Communication & Culture Edited by Christian Fuchs, Matthias Schafranek, David Hakken, Marcus Breen http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/issue/current Suggested citation: Fuchs, Christian, Matthias Schafranek, David Hakken and Marcus Breen. Eds. 2010. Special issue on “Capitalist crisis, communication & culture“. tripleC (cognition, communication, co-operation): Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society 8 (2): 193-309. “Capitalism […] is approaching an apocalyptic zero-point” (Slavoj Žižek). What is the role of communication in the general situation of capitalist crisis? The global economic downturn is an indicator of a new worldwide capitalist crisis. The main focus of most public debates as well as of economic and policy analyses is the role of finance capital and the housing market in creating the crisis, less attention is given to the role of communication technologies, the media, and culture in the world economic crisis. The task of this special issue of tripleC is to present analyses of the role of ICTs, the media, and culture in the current crisis of capitalism. The seven papers focus on the causes, development, and effects of the crisis. Each paper relates one or more of these dimensions to ICTs, the media, or culture. Capitalist Crisis, Communication, & Culture – Introduction to the Special Issue of tripleC Christian Fuchs, Matthias Schafranek, David Hakken and Marcus Breen (Special Issue Editors) pp 193-204 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/228/189 Computing and the Current Crisis: The Significant Role of New Information Technologies in Our Socio-Economic Meltdown David Hakken pp 205-220 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/161/193 The Virtual Debt Factory: Towards an Analysis of Debt and Abstraction in the American Credit Crisis Vincent R. Manzerolle pp 221-236 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/149/192 Calculating the Unknown. Rationalities of Operational Risk in Financial Institutions Matthias Werner and Hajo Greif pp 237-250 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/184/194 Crisis, What Crisis? The Media: Business and Journalism in Times of Crisis Rosario de Mateo, Laura Bergés, Anna Garnatxe* pp 251-274 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/212/195 Anglo-American Credit Scoring and Consumer Debt in the Subprime Mortgage Crisis of 2007 as Models for Other Countries? Thomas Ruddy pp 275-284 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/176/198 Crise, Genre et TIC : Recette pour une Dés-Union Pronon- cée. L’Exemple de l’Afrique du Sud (in French) Joelle Palmieri pp 285-309 http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/141/197 -- - - - Priv.-Doz. Dr. Christian Fuchs Unified Theory of Information Research Group christian.fuchs(a)uti.at Personal Website: http://fuchs.uti.at NetPolitics Blog: http://fuchs.uti.at/blog Research Group: http;//www.uti.at Editor of tripleC - Cognition, Communication, Co-Operation | Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society http://www.triple-c.at Fuchs, Christian. 2008. Internet and Society: Social Theory in the Information Age. New York: Routledge. http://fuchs.uti.at/?page_id=40

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Assistant Professor position in New Media and Digital Technologies at UNC-Chapel Hill
by Brabham, Daren C 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

Assistant Professor position in New Media and Digital Technologies School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill The School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is searching for an outstanding person to join its faculty as an assistant professor in the research tenure track. The selected candidate will contribute to the M.A. in Technology and Communication, a new online degree program to be launched in Fall 2011. The selected candidate will teach one or two courses in the MATC program each year as well as courses in other areas of the School. DUTIES: Teach two courses a semester. One or two courses a year will be taught online. Perform other customary duties of a faculty member: research and scholarly activities, advising and service. EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND EXPERIENCE: Successful applicants must have a Ph.D. An established research agenda and teaching experience are preferred in the emerging areas of new media and digital technologies. Applicants for the position should be able to teach "Research Methods and Applications" as well as at least one other course in the MATC curriculum (http://jomc.unc.edu/onlinemasters) Applicants should have experience teaching and be capable of supervising graduate students' theses and final projects. DATE APPLICATIONS WILL BEGIN TO BE REVIEWED: Oct. 1, 2010 STARTING DATE FOR THE APPOINTMENT: July 1, 2011 CANDIDATE INSTRUCTIONS: Go to http://jobs.unc.edu/1002535 to apply. Submit a letter, curriculum vita or resume, an example of published research and at least three references. The letter should address the applicant’s vision for how his/her research and teaching will complement the MATC program. Applicants also may submit course syllabi and other material as relevant. Supporting documents should be submitted as electronic attachments to the application when possible. Any other materials that cannot be attached to the application may be mailed to: Jo Bass Assistant to the Dean School of Journalism and Mass Communication UNC-Chapel Hill Campus Box 3365 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3365 USA The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal-opportunity employer. --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Journalism & Mass Communication University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Carroll Hall, CB 3365 Chapel Hill, NC 27599 (801) 633-4796 (cell) daren.brabham(a)unc.edu www.darenbrabham.com

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FW: Blogpost: Towards an Urban Community Informatics
by Michael Gurstein 28 Aug '10

28 Aug '10

I thought that this might be of wider interest. http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/towards-an-urban-community-informat ics-movement/ Processes of both embodied and electronically enabled mutual support, collaborative norm setting, reciprocity, trust building and so on will need to be put to the service of activities associated with creating sustainable environments in cities. There is thus a very considerable scope, even a requirement for concerted efforts towards the development of an urban community informatics movement. Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training (CCIRDT) Vancouver, CANADA http://www.communityinformatics.net Cape Town, SA (in conjunction with Izandla Zethu SA) http://www.izandlazethu.co.za/ Now blogging at http://gurstein.wordpress.com/

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international Handbook of internet research
by jeremy hunsinger 27 Aug '10

27 Aug '10

Distribute as appropriate-jh ---------- International Handbook of Internet Research http://www.springer.com/computer/general+issues/book/978-1-4020-9788-1 Edited by Jeremy Hunsinger, Lisbeth Klastrup, and Matthew Allen Over 600 pages With co/authors from: Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, India, North America, South America From a wide variety of fields and perspectives. Contents: Forward: The New Media, the New Meanwhile, and the Same Old Stories Steve Jones Introduction Jeremy Hunsinger and Matt Allen Are Instant Messages Speech? Naomi S. Baron From MUDs to MMORPGs: The History of Virtual Worlds Richard A. Bartle Visual Iconic Patterns of Instant Messaging: Steps Towards Understanding Visual Conversations Hillary Bays Research in e-Science and Open Access to Data and Information Matthijs den Besten, Paul A. David, and Ralph Schroeder Toward Information Infrastructure Studies: Ways of Knowing in a Networked Environment Geoffrey C. Bowker, Karen Baker, Florence Millerand, and David Ribes From Reader to Writer: Citizen Journalism as News Produsage Axel Bruns The Mereology of Digital Copyright Dan L. Burk Traversing Urban Social Spaces: How Online Research Helps Unveil Offline Practice Julie-Anne Carroll, Marcus Foth, and Barbara Adkins Internet Aesthetics Sean Cubitt Internet Sexualities Nicola Döring After Convergence: YouTube and Remix Culture Anders Fagerjord The Internet in Latin America Suely Fragoso and Alberto Efendy Maldonado Campaigning in a Changing Information Environment: The Anti-war and Peace Movement in Britain Kevin Gillan, Jenny Pickerill, and Frank Webster Web Content Analysis: Expanding the Paradigm Susan C. Herring The Regulatory Framework for Privacy and Security Janine S. Hiller Toward Nomadological Cyberinfrastructures Jeremy Hunsinger Toward a Virtual Town Square in the Era of Web 2.0 Andrea Kavanaugh, Manuel A. Perez-Quinones, John C. Tedesco, and William Sanders “The Legal Bit’s in Russian”: Making Sense of Downloaded Music Marjorie D. Kibby Understanding Online (Game)worlds Lisbeth Klastrup Strategy and Structure for Online News Production – Case Studies of CNN and NRK Arne H. Krumsvik Political Economy, the Internet and FL/OSS Development Robin Mansell and Evangelia Berdou Intercreativity: Mapping Online Activism Graham Meikle Internet Reagency: The Implications of a Global Science for Collaboration, Productivity, and Gender Inequity in Less Developed Areas B. Paige Miller, Ricardo Duque, Meredith Anderson, Marcus Antonius Ynalvez, Antony Palackal, Dan-Bright S. Dzorgbo, Paul N. Mbatia, and Wesley Shrum Strangers and Friends: Collaborative Play in World of Warcraft Bonnie Nardi and Justin Harris Trouble with the Commercial: Internets Theorized and Used Susanna Paasonen (Dis)Connected: Deleuze’s Superject and the Internet David Savat Language Deterioration Revisited: The Extent and Function of English Content in a Swedish Chat Room Malin Sveningsson Elm Visual Communication in Web Design – Analyzing Visual Communication in Web Design Lisbeth Thorlacius Feral Hypertext: When Hypertext Literature Escapes Control Jill Walker Rettberg The Possibilities of Network Sociality Michele Willson Web Search Studies: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Web Search Engines Michael Zimmer Appendix A: Degree Programs Appendix B: Major Research Centers and Institutes as described on the backmatter: This handbook, the first of its kind, is a detailed introduction to the numerous academic perspectives we can apply to the study of the internet as a political, social and communicative phenomenon. Covering both practical and theoretical angles, established researchers from around the world discuss everything: the foundations of internet research appear alongside chapters on understanding and analyzing current examples of online activities and artifacts. The material covers all continents and explores in depth subjects such as networked gaming, economics and the law. The sheer scope and breadth of topics examined in this volume, which ranges from on-line communities to e-science via digital aesthetics, are evidence that in today’s world, internet research is a vibrant and mature field in which practitioners have long since stopped considering the internet as either an utopian or dystopian "new" space, but instead approach it as a medium that has become an integral part of our everyday culture and a natural mode of communication. (I don't know if it was the first of the kind published, but I think it was the first done this way -jh) Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso

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