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Re: [Air-L] Twitter Data Sharing Update - Thou Shalt Not Share Collections of Tweets
by Alex Leavitt 05 May '11

05 May '11

>From what I understand talking with Devin and others on our team at the Web Ecology Project, having dealt with 140kit a few months ago, Twitter didn't want any data made available regardless of it being free or anyone getting paid. I think the stipulation was that you can download and pass around your own tweets, but not others'. You can also do analytics on any data that you gather and release that, but not the actual tweets. But I'm sure Devin can explain all this in more detail. Alex --- Alexander Leavitt PhD Student USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Researcher Microsoft Research New England http://alexleavitt.com Twitter: @alexleavitt On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Ulf-Dietrich Reips <u.reips(a)ikerbasque.org>wrote: > To me it seems the owners of Internet-based services go too far sometimes > in claiming rights to authors' content. To vary an old Internet metaphor: An > owner of a road should not be entitled to claim royalties to pictures of > cars that have driven over the road. > > Eventually it may boil down to something like this: you may publish > collections of tweets, but they will have to be stripped from any > service-specific "marks" (e.g. hashtags). > > Best --u > > > At 9:51 Uhr -0500 5.5.2011, Michael Zimmer wrote: > >> Stu- >> >> I'm not in full agreement with your starting point that tweets "yearn to >> be free". I think the nature of the platform (140 character limit, >> broadcast as one voice among millions of accounts, viewed via a live stream >> that makes it almost impossible to read every single one) also supports the >> notion that tweets are meant to be fleeting. >> >> -michael >> >> >> >> On May 5, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Stuart Shulman wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michael, >>>> >>>> We did not contest the violation warning and so we took the data down. >>>> The policy is another matter. These are tweets that yearn to be free, >>>> insofar as tweets can collectively yearn for anything: >>>> >>>> http://bit.ly/ixJVHu >>>> >>>> In this instance, I find myself liking the Facebook policy, which in an >>>> opposite manner sets data free. This may explain, in part, why the "Scraping >>>> Facebook" video seems to be getting more views than the one on harvesting >>>> Twitter tweets: >>>> >>>> http://www.screencast.com/t/iW3rvdYY >>>> >>>> ~Stu >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Michael Zimmer <zimmerm(a)uwm.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> It appears the Twitter API doesn't care if you're selling or giving it >>>> away, as I.4.a prohibits any attempt to "sell, rent, lease, sublicense, >>>> redistribute, or syndicate access to the Twitter API or Twitter Content to >>>> any third party without prior written approval from Twitter", as well as >>>> noting that "Exporting Twitter Content to a datastore as a service or other >>>> cloud based service, however, is not permitted" >>>> >>>> http://dev.twitter.com/pages/api_terms >>>> >>>> I'm not justifying their terms, but it does appear that you violated >>>> them. >>>> >>>> -mz >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Zimmer, PhD >>>> Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies >>>> Co-Director, Center for Information Policy Research >>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >>>> e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu >>>> w: www.michaelzimmer.org >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 5, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Stuart Shulman wrote: >>>> >>>> Twitter closed down our efforts to share post-Osama bin Laden Twitter >>>>> data >>>>> (or any other collections) for research purposes, again citing their >>>>> TOS & >>>>> API TOS. >>>>> >>>>> http://bit.ly/l8DSA3 >>>>> >>>>> To be clear: we were giving the data away, not selling it. Also, it >>>>> was not >>>>> scraped of Twitter. Rather, it was gathered using a Twitter-authorized >>>>> account and an API that lets us fetch 1500 items at a time. >>>>> >>>>> It is a shame that the now 2 million tweets cannot, for example, be >>>>> sampled >>>>> and coded using a crowd source model. Or could they? >>>>> >>>>> I am assuming the provision against sharing data does not extend to >>>>> individuals who gather it and keep it to themselves or work with it in >>>>> a >>>>> research team. >>>>> >>>>> ~Stu >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Stuart Shulman >>>>> President & CEO >>>>> Texifter, LLC <http://www.texifter.com/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have you tried DiscoverText? >>>>> http://discovertext.com >>>>> *Featuring the Facebook Graph & Twitter APIs* >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > 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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New issue of Cultural Science journal published: Internet Research Methods as Moments of Revolution
by Henry Siling Li 05 May '11

05 May '11

Dear Colleages, Guest-edited by two emerging scholars, and featuring work from several continents, a special issue of the *Cultural Science Journal* is (Vol 3.2) now published, presenting important experimental explorations in a nascent, fast-changing and potentially vast field of study. The issue showcases work by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as well as established figures, and includes work from The Netherlands, Australia, Taiwan, Bulgaria and the USA. It was co-edited by doctoral students Thomas Petzold and Henry Siling Li – while both were in the throes of final write-up and submission of their own PhD theses. The idea for the issue was born out of discussions at the CCI Symposium of mid-2010. In a context where large-scale data generation and collection is occurring across a wide range of individuals and organisations, the core questions raised by that discussion were: · How to address the need for new ways of researching and theorising human interactions in the era of the internet? · What tools are available to us? · What challenges we are facing? The overarching idea is that not only cultural phenomena but also the tools to understand them can be treated as points of evolution in a longer evolutionary process. With that in mind, the issue has included papers that combine innovative research design with a large-context treatment of socio-cultural phenomena. The issue opens with two papers by senior researchers *Mark Deuze *and *Alan McKee* (co-authored with PhD student *Ben Hamley *and* Christy Collis*) on the need for an evolutionary and interdisciplinary approach to media culture in an era of ‘the survival of the mediated.’ These are followed by 5 papers by ECRs – *Denise N. Rall, Hui-Jung Chang, Nikoleta Daskalova, Jason Tocci, and Han-Teng Liao & Thomas Petzold*. They address issues of *data and reality, geo-linguistic analysis, cross-cultural comparison, reflective use of social media and the change and evolution of internet scholarship itself*. The papers cover a good variety of internet scholarship, from quantitative to qualitative analysis, from critical to empirical approaches. Beyond the fascinating articles themselves, the publication of this special issue of *Cultural Science Journal* is another example of the CCI strategy of nurturing next-generation research leaders through practical experience in the difficult arts of editing and publishing globally networked research. Congratulations to Thomas and Henry. Check it out at: http://cultural-science.org/journal/index.php/culturalscience Henry Siling Li PhD Candidate,CCI (Z1-515) Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove QLD, 4059, Australia Tel: 07 3138 8775 Mobile: 0449 286 996 e: Slhenrylee(a)gmail.com

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Online consent forms
by Sanaz Raji 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi: I'd appreciate any advice from AoIR members. Are there any programs that allow for participants to easily give an electronic signature for consent forms online? If not, I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to go about getting participants to submit a completed online consent form with a signature included? Many thanks for your help. Best wishes: Sanaz --- Sanaz Raji ICS PhD Scholar Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds Mobile: +44 (0) 785 4706 374 ICS URL: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/details.cfm?id=185&susername=cssr Guardian URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sanaz-raji

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Two large post-bin Laden tweet collections can be downloaded in XML format
by Stuart Shulman 04 May '11

04 May '11

Two large post-bin Laden tweet collections can be downloaded in XML format. http://discovertext.com/osamabinladen.aspx The datafiles are samples taken from live feed Twitter imports starting shortly after the announcement that Osama bin Laden’s death. - Twitter searches for "bin laden" (647,585 documents, 505 MB) - Twitter searches for "osama" (586,665 documents, 451 MB) Smaller random samples (<50,000 - <10,000) are posted as sample datasets inside DiscoverText. Holders of valid email addresses from the following Universities have Enterprise license access to DiscoverText text analytic Web services: - Carnegie Mellon University - SUNY College at Oneonta - Tennessee State University - University at Buffalo - University of Manchester - University of Massachusetts Amherst - University of Pittburgh - University of Washington If you have a valid email address from any of these schools, there is a easy method to request your license key. https://discovertext.com/RegisterEduSelect.aspx If you do not see your school listed, please contact me about getting an educational site license. Alternately, the 30-day free trial is available to any new user. With DiscoverText you can: + Archive social media content from various sources including YouTube, Twitter & Facebook + Search for key concepts & code text with powerful tools + Remove duplicates & cluster similar comments automatically + Auto-highlight unique & offensive language + Generate & drill into tag clouds + Form peer & project networks to work on projects and tasks + Establish credentials & permissions to give you complete control over your data + Assign multiple coders to tasks giving you greater qualitative analysis + Annotate coding with shared memos to further leverage human insight & knowledge + Easily measure inter-coder reliability for accurate analysis + Adjudicate valid & invalid coder decisions + Generate reports in RTF, CSV, PDF or XML format + Archive or share completed projects online ~Stu -- Stuart Shulman President & CEO Texifter, LLC <http://www.texifter.com/> Have you tried DiscoverText? http://discovertext.com *Featuring the Facebook Graph & Twitter APIs*

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Web Sciences Master Open Seminar program for the Open Day (May 5th)
by Antoine Mazières 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi all, For the third year, we are opening applications for the Master degree in Web Sciences in Paris. The main purpose of this cursus is to allow students from the fields of sciences, design, humanities and art to perform interdisciplinary studies/researches on the Web and Internet, from academics, public and private contexts. All of you are welcome at the open day: May 5th, 5:30pm, at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research http://masterwebscience.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/open-day/ Their will be an open seminar where your presentation are welcome. So far the program can be found here : http://masterwebscience.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/open-seminar/ This master degree, “Interdisciplinary Approaches of the Web” (in french “Approches Interdisciplinaires du Web”, AIW) was built in order to understand how Internet transfrom more and more aspects of our societies, and how to participate to this evolution by building an interdisciplinary point of view. We aim at building a teaching around topics as the modelisation of Internet, interfaces design, services economy, usage sociology, information spreading, e-education. AIW Master, like all courses at CRI, are built on the principle of “formation by doing research”. Students from very different disciplines are encouraged to work together and build projects both theoretical and with concrete outputs. In order to give means to its student to realize projects, AIW is in deep relation with Fabelier's prototyping lab ( http://fabelier.org ), hosted at the same place. If you are a M2 student, you can follow tuesday's seminars (5:30pm-7:30pm) and get 12 university credits (ECTS). If you want to be full-time AIW student, you have to follow the tuesday's seminars and do 3 interships form different disciplines (humanities/sciences/engineering/art) and contexts (research/industry/association/personnal projects). If you just want to come by... you can ! Agenda of the May 5th: - meeting teachers and former students - open seminar (your presentations are welcomed ) - Q&A session - inscriptions - presentation of student club See you there, Antoine Mazières Please help us spread this event by forwarding this email. You can also join and share the facebook event : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124371250970825 and the related facebook group : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36959650917 and retweeting this : http://twitter.com/mazieres/status/57838100356927489

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Postdoctoral and Associate Specialist positions for the DML Research Hub
by danah boyd 04 May '11

04 May '11

In case anyone on this list is looking for a postdoc position: Begin forwarded message: > From: Courtney Santos <csantos(a)hri.uci.edu> > > Position: Postdoctoral Scholar > UCHRI announces three Postdoctoral Scholar positions for the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub. > > Postdoctoral positions are available in the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub, at the UC Humanities Research Institute, based on the Irvine campus. The postdoctoralscholars will collaborate in MacArthur Foundation-funded research investigating national and international developments in digital media and learning. The postdoctoral scholars will be responsible for conducting research, analyzing research findings and working collaboratively with principle investigators and others involved in the digital media and learning initiative. > > Requirements – Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and research experience with contemporary developments concerning youth, digital media and learning in the US and globally. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in social network analysis, Internet research, organizational theory and/or experience with ethnographic research with young people. Evidence of collaborative and mixed methods research will also be valued. Travel may berequired in this position to perform research and meet with collaborators. > > Positions are dependent on extramural funding. Initial appointments are for one year and renewal is based on performance and is contingent on receipt of project funding. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue through application deadline of May 31, 2011. > > The appointments may begin as early as June 1, 2011 (two positions are contingent upon IRB approval) and would continue until May 31, 2012, renewable pending review and available funding. Annual salary ranges from $49,452 to $52,944 depending on experience. > > Application Procedure - Candidates should send a CV and a letter of interest (including research skills), and have three letters of reference sent to the address below: > > Courtney Santos > University of California, Irvine > Humanities Research Institute > Digital Media and Learning Research Hub > 4000 Humanities Gateway > Irvine CA 92697-3350 > Email: dmlhub(a)hri.uci.edu > > The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellencethrough diversity. > > OEOD 5272 > > > Position: Associate Specialist > The UC Humanities Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine anticipates an opening for an Associate Specialist. > > An Associate Specialist position will be available at the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub at the UC Humanities Research Institute. The Hub is a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative, dedicated to supporting research collaboration and field building related to digital media and learning. The specialist will collaborate in supporting research investigating young people’s learning in relation to new media technology. Specific responsibilities include project management, data management and coordination of research for a distributed research team. > > Minimum requirements: Applications are sought from candidates with a Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field, and 2 or more years ofcollaborative research experience. Candidate must have experience with or knowledge of relevant software tools and platforms, storage issues, and metadata issues pertinent to digital libraries and/or institutional repositories. Candidate must have the ability to draft and maintain clear documentation and policies for projects and programs. > > Desired skills include experience with mixed methods social scientific research and data analysis software, strong communication skills and experience with educational and other institutional settings. The position is dependent on extramural funding. > > Initial appointments are for one year, and renewal is based on performance and is contingent on receipt of project funding. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue through application deadline of May 31, 2011. > > The appointment may begin as early as June 1, 2011 and would continue until May 31, 2012, renewable pending review and available funding. Annual salary ranges from $55,464 – 58,224, commensurate with experience. > > Application Procedure - Candidates should send a CV, a letter of interest (including research skills), and a list of 3 references to the address below: > > Courtney Santos > University of California, Irvine > Humanities Research Institute > Digital Media and Learning Research Hub > 4000 Humanities Gateway > Irvine CA 92697-3350 > Email: dmlhub(a)hri.uci.edu > > The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity. > > OEOD 5271 > > On the web: > http://www.uchri.org/page.php?page_id=1389 > > -- > Courtney Santos, Program Administrator > UC Humanities Research Institute > Digital Media and Learning Hub > 4020 Humanities Gateway > University of California, Irvine > Irvine, CA 92697 > Phone: 949-824-3095 > Fax: 949-824-2115 > Email: csantos(a)hri.uci.edu

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introducing Maria
by Maria Eronen 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself: I am Maria Eronen, a PhD student of Communication Studies from University of Vaasa, Finland. I am currently working with my PhD dissertation concerning how celebrity gossip leads to moral discussion on Internet forums and discussion boards. By utilizing the analysis of evaluative language (e.g. Martin & White 2005) with rhetorical perspective, and by comparing Finnish and English language online discussions with each other, I hope to answer to two questions: 1) Do participants in celebrity-related online discussions form a moral community? and 2) Do they construe moral norms by interacting? The number of hate speech and naming of other discussion participants, for instance, can be seen as a sign of unsolved moral uncertainty typical of multinational and multicultural Internet discussions. It would be nice to know if anyone else works with similar topics ;) Greetings from sunny but very cold Finland, Maria

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Learning, Media and Technology - call for proposals for 2013 guest edited special issue
by Rebecca Eynon 03 May '11

03 May '11

* Apologies for cross posting * We are currently inviting proposals from potential guest editors willing to produce a special issue of the Taylor & Francis journal Learning, Media and Technology. The issue will be published in 2013 (volume 38) on a theme of the guest editors’ choice. The team should consist of two (or more) guest editors. Applicants should have a clear vision of the purpose and content of their special issue – outlining the theme and rationale of their proposed special issue in no more than 500 words. The deadline for proposals is July 4th 2011 (the successful guest editorial team will be notified by August 1st 2011) Further details, and guidance on how to submit a proposal can be found here: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/cjemcfp.pdf Many thanks Rebecca Eynon, Martin Oliver, Neil Selwyn LMT Editorial team

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Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award <ASIST SIG-SI>
by Pnina Shachaf 03 May '11

03 May '11

Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award Call for nomination for the 2010 Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award The Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI) is seeking nominations for an award for the best paper written by a doctoral student on a topic informed by social informatics. Nominations may include a published paper in a peer reviewed journal during 2010 or a conference paper presented in 2010. The author or authors will present their paper and receive a $500 cash award at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in New Orleans in October, 2011. Nominations letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu) or Pnina Shachaf (shachaf(a)indiana.edu) by June 30, 2011 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable. Winners will be notified by July 31, 2011. ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics

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Final Call for Participation WikiSym 2011
by Felipe Ortega 03 May '11

03 May '11

FYI, Still on time to send posters, demos and works for Doctoral Symposium of WikiSym 2011. Best, Felipe. ==================== CALL FOR PAPERS - WikiSym 2011 - 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration October 3-5, 2011 | Mountain View, California http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011 The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym) is the premier conference on open collaboration and related technologies. In 2011, WikiSym celebrates its 7th year of scholarly, technical and community innovation in Mountain View, California at the Microsoft Research Campus in Silicon Valley. Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details are available on the conference website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/submitting:start * Posters, Demos: May 13 * Doctoral Symposium: May 20 * Notification of Acceptance: June 17 The conference program will include a peer-reviewed research track, as well as workshops, a doctoral consortium, invited keynotes and panel speakers. Evening social events will follow, because wiki folks know the value of a good party for sparking conversation and collaboration. As always, Open Space, a participant-organized track will also run throughout the conference. Many of the most innovative technology companies in the world have a presence in Mountain View, which makes it an ideal venue for hatching new ideas and thoughtful debate about collaborative computing among technologists, researchers, educators, and activists. Topics appropriate for research submissions include all aspects of the people, tools, contexts, and content that comprise open collaboration systems. For example: * Collaboration tools and processes * Social and cultural aspects of collaboration * Collaboration beyond text: images, video, sound, etc. * Communities and workgroups * Knowledge and information production * New media literacies * Uses and impact of wikis and open resources in specific fields, such as - Education/Open Educational Resources - Law/Intellectual Property - Journalism - Art - Science - Publishing - Business - Entertainment In addition to research and development topics, WikiSym also invites innovative proposals for wiki-style art and performance. Felipe Ortega, Conference Chair University Rey Juan Carlos http://felipeortega.net/ Andrea Forte, Program Chair Drexel University http://www.andreaforte.net/ -- José Felipe Ortega Soto | Researcher & Project Manager Tel: (+34)-91 488 8105 | Fax: (+34)-91 664 7494 | GSyC/Libresoft - U. Rey Juan Carlos jfelipe _at_libresoft_dot_es | Edif. Departamental II - Office 106 http://libresoft.es/ | c/Tulipán s/n 28933 Móstoles (Madrid)

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