June 2011 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

election reminder
by Catherine Middleton 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

Just a reminder for all members of AoIR that voting for the Vice President position closes at noon (US Eastern Daylight Time) on June 5th. Catherine Middleton AoIR Secretary secretary(a)aoir.org

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More on access to Twitter via the US Library of Congress
by Amanda Lenhart 04 Jun '11

04 Jun '11

For those interested in access to Twitter data - here's a recent article from O'Reilly with quotes from US Library of Congress sources saying access for some researchers may be available as early as 4 to 5 months from now... http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/06/library-of-congress-twitter-archive.html Amanda Lenhart Senior Research Specialist Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project twitter: amanda_lenhart

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Please post
by LeeAnne French 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Please circulate - deadline is June 10. University of California Santa Barbara Media Industries Project Manager Job # CFTM 1105 UC Santa Barbara's Carsey-Wolf Center seeks a project manager for the Media Industries Project (MIP). Now entering its third year, MIP is a multidisciplinary project that examines major trends reshaping the media industries and their consequences for producers, distributors and consumers. Our research agenda focuses on digitization, globalization, and creative labor. Collaborators include media studies and communication scholars, as well as experts in related fields (http://www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu/mip) We are looking for an individual with managerial and research expertise, as well as outstanding leadership skills. The project manager will devote 50% of her/his time to organizational duties and the rest to a program of research devoted to one or more of the above-mentioned MIP areas of emphasis. The project manager works with a team of faculty, graduate students, and industry researchers under the direction of the project's Principal Investigators and the Carsey-Wolf Center Executive Director. Applicants should have expertise with issues related to the convergence of traditional and new media industries, including familiarity with relevant technologies, industry trends, professional practices, policy concerns, and social issues. Applicants should also have excellent communication skills and be comfortable interacting with high-level media professionals, scholars, and the public. A Ph.D. in media studies, communication, or a related field is required, and candidates should be published in her/his field of expertise and currently engaged in a relevant program of scholarly research. The position is an Academic Coordinator II, Step 4 at 100% time for 12 months, which is renewable based on satisfactory performance reviews. Full health and disability benefits are included. Specific duties are to: · Manage and further develop MIP research projects, publications, and online web resources · Manage MIP correspondence regarding research, conferences, interviews, outreach and development · Provide leadership and oversight of MIP staff and graduate student research assistants · Serve as the point person for MIP’s interactions with industry professionals, academics, public interest advocates, and policymakers · Convene conferences and working group meetings in Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, and Silicon Valley with media professionals, researchers, and social critics to address key questions affecting the media industries · Collaborate with university development staff in raising funds from external donors, foundations, and corporations · Coordinate activities with MIP project leaders, graduate student researchers, Carsey-Wolf Center staff, and university development staff Apply by 6/10/11. Open until filled. Please submit application letter, CV and contact information for at least 3 references to: Academic Coordinator - CFTM 1105; Carsey-Wolf Center; Attn: LeeAnne French; 4431 SSMS Building University of California; Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010 The Center is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the academic community. University of California is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. LeeAnne French, MESM Associate Director Carsey-Wolf Center 4431 SSMS Building University of California Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4010 Ph: 805 893-2186 lfrench(a)carseywolf.ucsb.edu www.carseywolf.ucsb.edu

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Telecoms/Internet Shut Down in Nigeria
by Wale Oni 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Dear All, This is important in the annals of events leading to governments shutting down communication technologies (mainly mobile phones and the Internet) for "security" reason: On May 29, 2011, Nigeria FG secretly ordered shut down of Telecoms and the Internet in the capital city of Abuja for hours (still being determined) before and after the Inauguartion ceremony of the president-elect. There are mixed reactions to the right of government to embark on this action, given the people's right to freedom of speech, expression and of the press. An ongoing survey hopes to analyse (across print and new media, e.g. Facebook) attitude of the citizenry towards such un-annouced breech in the freedom of expression and right to communicate. This becomes intriguing when the President day after the incident assented the much-awaited Freedom of Information Bill. If you have witnessed such act by your governments or any studies on this kind of government distrupting public communnication especially the new media, kindly assist by providing links and information that will be of help. *'Wale Oni* *Communication Studies Dept.,* *College of Humanities & Culture, Osun State University* *IKIRE CAMPUS,* *221104 Nigeria* +234 8160831501, +234 8056673899 color=#0000ff>* Alt. Email: walegzy(a)email.com > color=#0000ff>* walegzy(a)email.com > color=#0000ff> color=#0000ff>

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Re: [Air-L] For list: Unnatural Ecologies special issue Fibreculture Journal
by Phoebe Moore 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Oh, dear. I'll stop sending it now :0) The first time I sent the unnatural ecologies email, the message contained too much HTML. The email was sent back to me so I could adjust it. I didn't know the first one had then gone through! My sincere apologies!

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For list: Unnatural Ecologies special issue Fibreculture Journal
by Phoebe Moore 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

To whom it may concern. Would it be possible please to post the following to the Air-l list. Many thanks, Phoebe -- Just after Easter, a special issue of Fibreculture journal went live, edited by Dr Michael Goddard and Dr Jussi Parikka and featuring articles by leading researchers in the emergent field of media ecologies Olga Goriunova, Matteo Pasquinelli, Matthew Fuller, and Phoebe Moore. http://fibreculturejournal.org/ The Unnatural Ecologies issue is a contribution to a cutting edge field of contemproary media research namely media ecologies. In the words of the fibreculture managing editor Dr Andrew Murphie: "the leading scholars writing for the Unnatural Ecologies issue do not perfrom media ecology as we have known it .... they are rewriting media ecology, exploring its limits from inside and outside. In the process the Fibreculture Journal believes this issue makes a crucial contribution to thinking about all media from the perspective of digital and networked media. In thinking through the unnatural ecologies that contemorary media make increasingly obvious, the issue challenges us to rethink not only what media are, or what they do, but what they might have been and what they have done." Coinciding with this issue, Fibreculture has introduced a new interface permitting the one click downloading of the issue as an ePub or pdf document. We hope you will enjoy this special issue and feel free to recirculate (and apologies in advance for cross-posting). Personal email pvm.doc(a)gmail.com & Manchesterfilmcooperative(a)gmail.com Work email p.moore(a)salford.ac.uk Employment profile http://www.espach.salford.ac.uk/page/Phoebe_Moore Manchester Film Cooperative http://www.manchesterfilm.coop/

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EJIS CFP - Special Issue on Mobile IS and Mobility
by Catherine Middleton 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Call for Papers: European Journal of Information Systems (EJIS) http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/index.html PDF version of this CFP: http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejis/EJIS_CFP_MISM.pdf Special Issue on Mobile Information Systems and Mobility In 2006, an EJIS special issue on mobile user behaviour published seven papers that explored the ways in which “increased mobility of the users violates some of the assumptions traditionally associated with the use of IS” (van der Heijden & Junglas, 2006, p. 249). In the five years since that special issue was published, mobile devices have become much more powerful, and users have become more demanding of mobile access to information systems. Many individuals now carry powerful computing devices with them at all times, blurring the boundaries between personal and organizational systems and uses. Individuals are becoming “experiential” computing users, with personal computing devices embedded in their everyday activities. The increased power and prevalence of mobile devices presents an opportunity, if not an obligation, for information systems researchers to revisit fundamental assumptions embedded in our theories. What changes when we assume that mobile access is a key component of information systems and that mobility is a key expectation of users? Should IS theories that were developed to investigate the deployment of fixed systems in bounded environments controlled by organizations be revisited in the context of mobility? We invite theoretical and empirical papers that explore the meanings and implications of mobility for information systems research and researchers. We encourage broad definitions of mobility and information systems, in recognition that mobility can dissolve organizational boundaries, reshape information systems, and change the nature of use and users. Potential topics include, but are not limited to: • Design of mobile information systems environments • Management challenges in a mobile information systems environment • Mobile content and services development, the rise of the mobile ‘app’ and cloud computing • Perspectives on the “always on, always connected” mobile society, the mobile device as instrument of societal change • Understanding the mobile content consumer, opportunities and threats for content providers • Theorising the mobile ICT artefact • New affordances of mobility • Understanding the materiality of mobility, exploring the mobile artifact • New actors in a mobile information systems environment, including machine to machine interaction • Mobility in the workforce, including overlapping contexts of mobile technology use (work, leisure, social), the business value of mobility, and mobility considerations in ICT strategy • The role of digital infrastructures in enabling mobility Guest Editors for the Special Issue Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University (catherine.middleton(a)ryerson.ca) Rens Scheepers, Deakin University (rens.scheepers(a)deakin.edu.au) Virpi Kristiina Tuunainen, Aalto University (virpi.tuunainen(a)aalto.fi) Submission Guidelines and Important Dates Papers may be submitted to the special issue any time before December 31, 2011. Follow the EJIS formatting guidelines at http://ejis.msubmit.net/cgibin/main.plex?form_type=display_auth_instructions Submit using the EJIS online paper submission system at http://ejis.msubmit.net/cgibin/main.plex and select the Mobile Information Systems and Mobilty (MISM) Special Issue during submission Note that papers should not exceed 8000 words. The guest editors will screen all submissions, before sending papers out for review.

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mailing list analysis
by Cernison, Matteo 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Dear colleagues, can I ask you an additional help? Could you suggest me some tools for the analysis of the mailing lists (traditional content analysis / recognition of hyperlinks within the text?) Thnaks, Matteo ---------------------------------- Matteo Cernison PhD Candidate Department of Social and Political Sciences European University Institute Via della Badia dei Roccettini 9 50014 Fiesole (FI) email: matteo.cernison(a)eui.eu skype: cinusskype ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Cernison, Matteo [Matteo.Cernison(a)EUI.eu] Sent: 02 June 2011 09:45 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Facebook communication flows Dear Colleagues, my name is Matteo Cernison, and I am exploring in my PhD research the relationship between the web and the actor involved in the Italian campaign against the privatization of water. In particular, now I am observing how the hundreds of local committees of this campaign communicate on Facebook, simply reading and noting what happens in their posts and events. Nevertheless, i think that the analysis could become easier with the help of some tools or applications. So, could you suggest me some application / tools / literature to observe the communication of disperse phenomena on Facebook? In particular, do you know if exists: a) a tool to summarize basic information about a group (number of daily posts, number of likes and comments, and similar)? b) a tool to detect where and how a certain symbol or link spreads on Facebook? c) a tool that indicates what is becoming trendy or "viral" on Facebook? Or, better, a web page dedicated to research software for facebook analysis in social science? Thank you very much for your help, Matteo ---------------------------------- Matteo Cernison PhD Candidate Department of Social and Political Sciences European University Institute Via della Badia dei Roccettini 9 50014 Fiesole (FI) email: matteo.cernison(a)eui.eu skype: cinusskype ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Grainne Kirwan [Grainne.Kirwan(a)iadt.ie] Sent: 09 May 2011 14:19 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Virtual Immersive and Cyber Technologies — First Summer School The Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) is delighted to announce "Virtual Immersive and Cyber Technologies — First Summer School on using the Internet for Behavioural Research". The Summer School has been funded under the IRCHSS 2010 Research Development Initiative Strand 3 — Summer School and will be held from June 13-17 in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. The theme of the summer school is broad. There will be an array of introductory talks and seminars on recent research into cybercrime, gaming, online consumer behaviour, learning online, e-governance, virtual reality and the social aspects of online behaviour. There will be lectures discussing the dark side of online behaviour with topics on Internet addiction, Online Child Pornography and Cyberbullying. The summer school will focus on the challenges and creative potential of using digital technologies for research into applied topics such as the psychology of social networking and the psychology of virtual reality. Practical workshops will be offered in the afternoons to demonstrate how the internet and immersive technologies such as the v- lab can be used for research purposes. Seminars, case studies and discussions on issues such as ethical considerations of using digital technologies for research will be highlighted. The summer school is open to all staff and students within the higher education sector but places are strictly limited. There are also some places reserved for representatives from industry. Further information and registration for the event is available at www.cyberpsychology.ie<http://www.cyberpsychology.ie> Queries can be directed to grainne.kirwan(a)iadt.ie<mailto:grainne.kirwan@iadt.ie> Dr. Gráinne Kirwan Lecturer in Cyberpsychology School of Creative Technologies Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Kill Avenue Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin Rep. of Ireland Phone: 01 - 2394936 International: + 353 1 2394936 Facebook: MSc Cyberpsychology Twitter: MScCyberpsych Linked in: Cyberpsychology Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADT Disclaimer. This e-mail and any other items transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or relay on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by return email or inform Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art | Design | Technology's (IADT) Information Communication Technology Office on 01 2144770 or mailto:support@iadt.ie Any views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of IADT. IADT does not guarantee that this e-mail is free from viruses, worms or the like. Please undertake your own checks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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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mobiles and affect
by Natalie Dixon 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Dear Colleagues I am currently researching affect and mobiles at the University of Amsterdam. For my new media masters thesis I would like to test the notion of *subjectivity (*how users become subjects to their phones, themselves and others) and how this links to affect. To test this further I have designed a survey. My experience with surveys is limited and I was hoping I could ask for some feedback on the survey design and/or positioning. Perhaps there are similar mobile surveys out there? Or other researchers working with the same themes that I can touch base with? Any pointers are welcome. The survey link is: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/P5PS27G Thanks in advance Regards Natalie -- Natalie Dixon MA Student University of Amsterdam m: +31 655 881 413 w: www.nataliedixon.info

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Facebook communication flows
by Cernison, Matteo 02 Jun '11

02 Jun '11

Dear Colleagues, my name is Matteo Cernison, and I am exploring in my PhD research the relationship between the web and the actor involved in the Italian campaign against the privatization of water. In particular, now I am observing how the hundreds of local committees of this campaign communicate on Facebook, simply reading and noting what happens in their posts and events. Nevertheless, i think that the analysis could become easier with the help of some tools or applications. So, could you suggest me some application / tools / literature to observe the communication of disperse phenomena on Facebook? In particular, do you know if exists: a) a tool to summarize basic information about a group (number of daily posts, number of likes and comments, and similar)? b) a tool to detect where and how a certain symbol or link spreads on Facebook? c) a tool that indicates what is becoming trendy or "viral" on Facebook? Or, better, a web page dedicated to research software for facebook analysis in social science? Thank you very much for your help, Matteo ---------------------------------- Matteo Cernison PhD Candidate Department of Social and Political Sciences European University Institute Via della Badia dei Roccettini 9 50014 Fiesole (FI) email: matteo.cernison(a)eui.eu skype: cinusskype ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Grainne Kirwan [Grainne.Kirwan(a)iadt.ie] Sent: 09 May 2011 14:19 To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Virtual Immersive and Cyber Technologies — First Summer School The Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) is delighted to announce "Virtual Immersive and Cyber Technologies — First Summer School on using the Internet for Behavioural Research". The Summer School has been funded under the IRCHSS 2010 Research Development Initiative Strand 3 — Summer School and will be held from June 13-17 in Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, Ireland. The theme of the summer school is broad. There will be an array of introductory talks and seminars on recent research into cybercrime, gaming, online consumer behaviour, learning online, e-governance, virtual reality and the social aspects of online behaviour. There will be lectures discussing the dark side of online behaviour with topics on Internet addiction, Online Child Pornography and Cyberbullying. The summer school will focus on the challenges and creative potential of using digital technologies for research into applied topics such as the psychology of social networking and the psychology of virtual reality. Practical workshops will be offered in the afternoons to demonstrate how the internet and immersive technologies such as the v- lab can be used for research purposes. Seminars, case studies and discussions on issues such as ethical considerations of using digital technologies for research will be highlighted. The summer school is open to all staff and students within the higher education sector but places are strictly limited. There are also some places reserved for representatives from industry. Further information and registration for the event is available at www.cyberpsychology.ie<http://www.cyberpsychology.ie> Queries can be directed to grainne.kirwan(a)iadt.ie<mailto:grainne.kirwan@iadt.ie> Dr. Gráinne Kirwan Lecturer in Cyberpsychology School of Creative Technologies Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Kill Avenue Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin Rep. of Ireland Phone: 01 - 2394936 International: + 353 1 2394936 Facebook: MSc Cyberpsychology Twitter: MScCyberpsych Linked in: Cyberpsychology Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADT Disclaimer. This e-mail and any other items transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or relay on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by return email or inform Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art | Design | Technology's (IADT) Information Communication Technology Office on 01 2144770 or mailto:support@iadt.ie Any views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of IADT. IADT does not guarantee that this e-mail is free from viruses, worms or the like. Please undertake your own checks. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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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