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faculty opening at the University of Minnesota
by Seth Lewis 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

Colleagues, Please spread the word about this faculty position in journalism, and direct further questions to Professor Dan Sullivan at dans(a)umn.edu ... School of Journalism and Mass Communication College of Liberal Arts University of Minnesota** Journalism Job Title: Assistant Professor Department Name: School of Journalism and Mass Communication Appointment Start Date: August 27, 2012 *Job Description:* The School of Journalism and Mass Communication invites nominations and applications for one 100%-time, nine-month, tenure-track faculty position at the rank of assistant professor. We are seeking an outstanding scholar with research and teaching interests in Journalism. Successful candidates will demonstrate a scholarly interest in research areas such as, but not limited to: the role of visual communication in journalism; the emergence of data, visualization and computational forms of journalism; the sociology of news; the flow of news through formal channels and informal/social networks; the development, roles and influences of journalism in relation to legal, social, political, economic, and technological processes, events, and trends; and economic and regulatory issues related to journalism innovation. Successful candidates for this position will demonstrate a commitment to sustaining a vigorous program of original research and publication with potential for external funding; show promise of excellence in graduate-level teaching and advising (both M.A. and Ph.D.); and demonstrate the capacity and commitment to teach undergraduate journalism context courses and professionally-oriented journalism skills courses in areas including, but not limited to: digital/interactive journalism, visual/video journalism, information visualization, journalism history, and journalism ethics. Meaningful professional journalism experience and the capacity to contribute to the ongoing development and delivery of a rapidly evolving curriculum focused on innovation in journalism are highly desirable. The salary will depend on the candidate's qualifications, consistent with collegiate and university policies. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in Journalism, Mass Communication or relevant discipline by the date of appointment. *Applications will be reviewed beginning October 17, 2011, and will be accepted until the position is filled.* To apply, submit a cover letter describing interest in the position and a curriculum vitae online by going to employment.umn.edu or by clicking on “Apply for this posting” and following the instructions. In addition, please have letters of evaluation from three references mailed directly to the School. The address is: Chair, Journalism Faculty Search Committee School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Minnesota 111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church Street S.E. Minneapolis, MN 55455 Additional application materials may be requested at a later date. Nominations of outstanding potential candidates for this position are also welcome. If you have additional questions about this position, please contact the search chair, Professor Dan Sullivan, at <dans(a)umn.edu>. -- *Seth C. Lewis* // Assistant Professor @ University of Minnesota School of Journalism & Mass Communication 111 Murphy Hall, 206 Church Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 // 612.626.8516 // sethlewis.org

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DEADLINE EXTENSION CfP: Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC2011) 'Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators'
by Венцислав Жечев ( Ventsislav Zhechev) 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

======================================== FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS DEADLINE EXTENSION –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– “Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators” Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2011) http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The EuroMatrixPlus Project (http://www.euromatrixplus.eu) the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) (http://cngl.ie) the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT, European Commission) (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation) and Autodesk (http://www.autodesk.ch) are co-organising the Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2011), entitled “Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators”. The JEC 2011 workshop will be hosted by the Directorate General for Translation (DGT) (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation) in Luxembourg on October 14th, 2011. In keeping with previous JECs, the format of the workshop is highly interactive with research paper presentations, invited talks and a panel discussion. Premise: Recent years have seen a revolution in MT triggered by the emergence of statistical approaches and improvements in translation quality. MT (rule-based, statistical and hybrid) is now available for many languages for free (on the Web) or for a fee and MT technologies are making strong inroads into the corporate localisation and translation industries as well as large public and administrative organisations dealing with multi-lingual content. Open-source MT solutions are competing with proprietary products. Increasing numbers of (professional) translators are post-editing TM/MT output. MT is a reality for internet users accessing and gisting content which is not available in their native language. At the same time, there has been a degree of disconnect between mainstream academic research and conferences on MT, often (and rightly so) focusing on algorithms to improve translation quality, and many of the important practical issues that need to be addressed to make MT maximally useful in real translation and localisation workflows, with human translators and users in general. Objectives: JEC 2011 brings together translators, users, academic and industrial MT researchers and developers to discuss issues that are most important in real world industrial settings and applications involving MT, but currently under-represented in research circles. Call for Research Papers: We solicit full research papers with industry, academic and/or user background to highlight real-world issues that need to be tackled by new research and recent advancements that improve translation quality, as well as novel and successful methods for the integration of machine translation with translation memories, localisation workflows, human translators and users. Papers should present clearly identifiable problem statements, research methodologies, measurable outcomes and evaluation. Papers are reviewed anonymously. Papers should follow the submission guidelines listed on the workshop website (http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011/Call_for_Papers.html) with the maximum length being 10 pages in A4 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 for JEC 2011 and travel to Luxembourg to present the paper. Workshop proceedings will be made available in hard-copy by DGT, and will be available for download on the JEC 2011 website. Publication of selected revised and expanded papers from JEC 2010 and JEC 2011 in journal or book form is currently under negotiation. Topics include but are not limited to: • Human Factors and MT • Introducing MT into large organisations • MT and language technologies for SMEs • MT/TM in Localisation/Translation and Content Management Workflows • MT/TM Combinations • Post-Editing Support for MT • MT and Monolingual Post-Editing • Smart Learning from Post-Edits • Interactive MT • 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 • Interoperability and Localisation/Translation Workflows • Standards and Localisation/Translation Workflows • MT Evaluation • Costing/Pricing MT • MT for Free/for a Fee • Rule-Based, Statistical and Hybrid MT • Linguistic resources for MT • Computing Resources for MT • MT in the Cloud • MT and the Crowd • MT, Games, Video and TV Localisation • (Machine) Translation in Context • Social Aspects of (Machine) Translation: Access to Information as a Human Right Deadlines (all 23:59 GMT -11): 21th August: Submission deadline for papers (EXTENDED DEADLINE) 12th September: Announcement for submitted papers 30th September: Camera-ready deadline for accepted papers 14th October: Workshop takes place at DGT in Luxembourg Submission URL: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=jec2011 Workshop Chair: Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Workshop Senior PC: Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Andreas Eisele (DGT) Philipp Koehn (Univ. of Edinburgh) Josef van Genabith, Declan Groves (CNGL) Program Committee: Submitted papers will be reviewed by a joint industry–academia committee. Industry members: Pedro L. Diez-Orzas (Linguaserve), Tony O’Dowd (Xcelerator), Marc Dymetman (XRCE), Andreas Eisele (DGT of the EC), Daniel Grasmick (Lucy Software), Michael Jellinghaus (EU Parliament), Will Lewis (Microsoft), Yanjun Ma (Baidu), Spyridon Pilos (DGT of the EC), Alexandros Poulis (EU Parliament), Johann Roturier (Symantec), Andy Way (Applied Language Solutions), Zoran Zakic (DGT of the EC), Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Academic members: Michael Carl (CBS, Denmark), Jinhua Du (Xi’ian Univ. of Technology), Josef van Genabith (CNGL, EM+), Declan Groves (CNGL), Philipp Koehn (EM+), Philippe Langlais (University of Montreal), Alon Lavie (CMU), Ruslan Mitkov (RIILP, UK), Michel Simard (NCR, Canada), Lucia Specia (RIILP, UK), Eiichiro Sumita (NICT, Japan), John Tinsley (CNGL, PLuTO), Hans Uszkoreit (DFKI, Germany), David Vilar (DFKI, Germany), Martin Volk (UZH, Switzerland) For inquiries please contact Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev at emcnglworkshop(a)me.com For up-to-date information, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011 For information about the First Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://www.euromatrixplus.eu/cngl2009 For information about the Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010

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call for proposals, database narrative and video
by Adrian Miles 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

hi all this is something that has come out of the Database Narrative Archive symposium held in May in Montréal. The work will be published via Scalar, a multimedia authoring/publishing platform (we do the work in Scalar, not you). a. the original outline: http://www.dnasymposium.com/2011/08/15/cfp/ b. blog entry of the actual call for proposals (which is only available as a pdf at above site) http://vogmae.net.au/vlog/2011/08/call-for-proposals-dna-post-symposium-pub… c. summary of the questions: 1. What new ethical considerations arise for producers/directors of nonlinear digital storytelling? (Sheila Schroeder) 2. What new inventions, tools and methods can be used for digital and database narrative? (Kim Sawchuk) 3. What about the Plot? (David Clark) 4. How do we give shape to a user’s cognitive and emotional engagement with database narratives? (Will Luers) 5. How do we think about the lifespan of a web-based project? (Dayna McLeod) 6. How might scholars explore interactive and digital technologies as forms of ‘procedural scholarship’? (Chris Hanson) 7. How do directors, audiences, and texts change as a consequence of database narrative? (Adrian Miles) feel free to distribute far and wide an appropriate closing Adrian Miles about.me/vogmae

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CFP for Workshop "From SMS to Smartphones" (Deadline: 15 September 2011)
by Sun Sun LIM 16 Aug '11

16 Aug '11

>From SMS to Smartphones: Tracing the Impact and Developmental Trajectory of the Mobile Phone in Asia 13-14 February 2012, National University of Singapore Asia is widely regarded as a region that has enthusiastically embraced information technology. This observation is especially true of the region's adoption and appropriation of the mobile phone. The affordability, versatility and ubiquity of the mobile phone has had a discernible impact on Asia. Despite the significance of mobile phones in the Asian landscape, research on this topic has been shaped by studies on the US and Scandinavia, while research on Asia is growing, but in its nascent stages. This workshop seeks to address the imbalance by bringing together researchers who are studying mobile phone trends in Asia and collectively, workshop participants will discuss and deliberate over the global implications of their research findings and the developmental trajectory of the mobile phone. The workshop will be held at the Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore from 13-14 February 2012. The workshop aims to be multi-disciplinary, comprising up to fifteen speakers who will have the opportunity for sustained discussion and engagement over two days. Based on the quality of proposals and the availability of funds, partial or full funding is available for successful applicants. Full funding would cover air travel to Singapore by the most economical means, plus board and lodging for the duration of the workshop. Priority for funding will be accorded to applicants who are based in Asia. We invite those interested in participating in the workshop to submit original paper proposals which should include a title, an abstract of 500 words, a short biography of 250 words by 15 September 2011. Papers that have been selected will be notified by 30 September 2011. If accepted, the full paper must be submitted by 30 November 2011. Selected papers will be developed and included in a special journal issue or edited volume. Please see the workshop website <http://blog.nus.edu.sg/cnmblog/2011/08/16/call-for-papers-for-workshop-from…> for submission details. Set within the Asian context, the workshop seeks to address questions including, but not limited to the following: * does a digital divide exist in Asia with regard to mobile phone penetration and usage trends and if so, how can and should they be remedied? * what are the implications of the development of mobiles - especially smartphones and mobile Internet - for contemporary media in Asia? * how is the growing proliferation of the smartphone facilitating unprecedented forms and scales of communication? * how are the location based services offered by smartphones altering user behaviour? * how does mobile Internet use complement and possibly complicate fixed location Internet use? * what implications does the growth of smartphone apps have for the cultural complexion of Asian countries? * to what extent do smartphones and the behaviour which they enable test the boundaries of existing regulatory frameworks? * how does the rising ubiquity of the smartphone and by implication, that of always-on, always-available Internet access challenge prevailing theoretical frameworks relating to inter alia, technology acceptance, mobility, communication, social influence and identity? Workshop Convenors Associate Professor Sun Sun LIM (sunlim(a)nus.edu.sg<mailto:sunlim@nus.edu.sg>) Department of Communications and New Media, National University of Singapore Prof Gerard GOGGIN (ggoggin(a)usyd.edu.au<mailto:ggoggin@usyd.edu.au>) Department of Communications, University of Sydney

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Teachingmedia - Website for sharing teaching idea
by Anthony Nadler 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

In 2010, we launched www. <goog_1727118000>teachingmedia.org to provide a space for college-level media studies instructors to share teaching resources and ideas -- from recommended readings to video clips to assignments and syllabi. Whether you work with media analysis, production, history, and/or other approaches, we’re trying to pool insights from a variety of critical perspectives on teaching media, journalism, and popular culture. We’re building a platform that goes beyond syllabi sharing by allowing media instructors to help each other with the nitty-gritty of lesson planning and share why they have chosen specific readings, clips, etc. If you're putting together materials for Fall classes, try visiting our site to browse for ideas and contribute your own. We had a major influx of new visitors after our initial posting on Air-L. Though we’re just getting started, many users have already told us the site has been helpful in giving them new ideas for teaching. Please help us build a collaborative media studies commons by sharing materials and strategies you have used to spur meaningful educational experiences in your classes. Best, Tony Nadler University of Minnesota Julie Wilson Allegheny College

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Fwd: EU Kids Online conference - last chance to register
by stald 15 Aug '11

15 Aug '11

Dear everyone, EU Kids Online conference is getting closer - and so is deadline for registering: EU KIDS ONLINE CONFERENCE - LAST CHANCE TO REGISTER WHEN AND WHERE § An international conference for researchers and stakeholders. § 22-23 September 2011. § LondonSchool of Economics and Political Science, London, UK. CONFERENCE THEME The conference will ask a series of pressing questions: § Are all children benefiting from the internet and if not, why not? § What new digital literacies and coping skills are they developing? § How can parents and policy makers balance online opportunities and risks for children? § How do children themselves perceive online risk and safety issues? § Why do risks differ from country to country, and what new risks are emerging? § How can governments, educators, NGOs and industry better support children online? Papers will be presented by researchers from over 20 countries in Europe and beyond. _EU KIDS ONLINE_ SURVEY RESULTS The conference will showcase final results and recommendations regarding online activities, risks and safety, based on a survey of 25,000 European children conducted by the _EU Kids Online _network of more than 100 researchers in 25 countries and funded by the European Commission's Safer Internet Programme. REGISTRATION Registration is now open at www.eukidsonline.net [1]. § Full programme is now online. § A non-refundable conference fee of £40 covers the conference reception and materials. § Deadline for registration: EXTENDED TO 31ST AUGUST 2011 We look forward to welcoming you to LSE to celebrate the end of our project and to debate the future agenda for research and evidence-based policy on children, risk and safety online. With regards, Prof. Sonia Livingstone, Dr. Leslie Haddon and the EU Kids Online network. Please access the attached hyperlink for an important electronic communications disclaimer: http://lse.ac.uk/emailDisclaimer Links: ------ [1] http://www.eukidsonline.net/

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Otago University graduate Twitter conference.
by Andrew Long 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Hi - Some AoIR folk might be interested in a Twitter only conference happening all day today (Monday NZ time). Graduate students from a range of disciplines at the University of Otago will present papers, six tweets in length (including a title tweet and conclusion). If this appeals, search on the hashtag #outwecon or check in on the official proceedings here: http://storify.com/socialspace/outwecon (these will be updated from time to time). Kind regards Andrew _________________________________________________________________ http://andrew-long.name | Department of Information Science | School of Business University of Otago | NZ | +64 3 479 8319 | mailto:andrew.long@otago.ac.nz

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Learn to Use DiscoverText - Free Interactive Webinar
by stu＠texifter.com 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Learn to Use DiscoverText Free Tutorial Webinar Tuesday August 16 at 1:00 PM EST Webinar Registration: [1]https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750225288 This free Webinar introduces DiscoverText and key features used to ingest, filter, search & code text. We take your questions and demonstrate the newest tools, including a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) machine-learning classifier. You can create a classification scheme, train the system, and run the classifier in less than 20 minutes. DiscoverText's latest feature additions can be easily trained to perform customized mood, sentiment and topic classification. Any custom classification scheme or topic model can be created and implemented by the user. Once a classification scheme is created, you can then use advanced, threshold-sensitive filters to look at just the documents you want. You can also generate interactive, custom, salient word clouds using the "Cloud Explorer" and drill into the most frequently occurring terms or use advanced search and filters to create "buckets" of text. The system makes it possible to capture, share and crowd source text data analysis in novel ways. For example, you can collect text content off Facebook, Twitter & YouTube, as well as other social media or RSS feeds. Dataset owners can assign their "peers" to coding tasks. It is simple to measure the reliability of two or more coder's choices. A distinctive feature is the ability to adjudicate coder choices for training purposes or to report validity by code, coder or project. So please join us Tuesday August 16 at 1:00 PM EST for an interactive Webinar. Find out why sorting thousands of items from social media, email and electronic document repositories is easier than ever. Webinar Registration: [2]https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750225288 -- Stuart Shulman ([3]@texifter) [4]http://people.umass.edu/stu President & CEO [5]Texifter, LLC 413-230-1255 (c) Have you tried DiscoverText? [6]http://discovertext.com Featuring the Facebook Graph & Twitter APIs References 1. https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750225288 2. https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/750225288 3. http://twitter.com/#!/texifter 4. http://people.umass.edu/stu 5. http://www.texifter.com/ 6. http://discovertext.com/

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compiled answers re: online resources
by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Dear AIR-lies and -lers, a couple of days ago I asked for your help in identifying online ressources focussing on international media systems (including media law, media politics, media use, etc.) from a comparative perspective. Two answers came up (see below) - thanks for that; if anyone has more to add, pleas share :-) Best, Jan > Ideally, it would be a database where one can select certain countries > and/or certain indicators to get an selective overview, but hints on > any other ressources (including books, encyclopedias, etc.) are > appreciated. It could be something similar to the [German] > "Internationales Handbuch Medien", which is edited by my colleagues at > the Hans-Bredow-Institute and published as a book > (http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de/de/internationales-handbuch-medien/inter…) > but should be in english and online. Thanks a lot in advance, Jan --------- > You may find ITU's statistics/data page helpful: > http://www.itu.int/ITU-D/ict/statistics/ > ------------ > https://www.ismho.org/wiki.asp -- ---- Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt Wissenschaftlicher Referent für Digitale Interaktive Medien und Politische Kommunikation Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung Warburgstr. 8-10 D-20354 Hamburg Germany T: 040-450217-83 F: 040-450217-99 j.schmidt(a)hans-bredow-institut.de http://www.schmidtmitdete.de http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de

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Re: [Air-L] Facebook cencorship and regulation research
by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 14 Aug '11

14 Aug '11

Hi Korinna, not a field report, but an interesting report nevertheless dealing with the different approaches big platform providers (facebook, youtube, flickr, blogger.com, twitter) take on regulating content on their site: York, Jillian C. (2011): Policing content in the quasi-public sphere. OpenNet Initiative Bulletin. Online: http://opennet.net/policing-content-quasi-public-sphere Best, Jan Am 14.08.2011 00:00, schrieb air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org: > > Censoring Facebook practices are extremely complicated. We are doing some comparative research here in Athens as you might know Facebook did censor the Greek uprising of the indignants in greece as well as the rioting happening at time in July). Like with all monopoly media research the issue of access has again sprung up in that neither Facebook or the local authorities are publishing any information on exactly how all this happens and participating in our research is not up there in their priorities ( i think they mostly dont answer queries cause of lack of staff as oppose to anything else). I am however fascinated by the cultural discrepancy between local law enforcers and Facebook employes, which is one of the key aspects of what we are researching. Anyway the question is: is there anybody doing field research on Facebook censorship, that might be interested to share with us??????? > -- ---- Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt Wissenschaftlicher Referent für Digitale Interaktive Medien und Politische Kommunikation Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung Warburgstr. 8-10 D-20354 Hamburg Germany T: 040-450217-83 F: 040-450217-99 j.schmidt(a)hans-bredow-institut.de http://www.schmidtmitdete.de http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de

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