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Autocomplete research
by Jasmine E McNealy 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hello All, I was wondering if anyone could suggests journal articles or other readings on "autocomplete" particularly with respect to the big search engines like Google and Yahoo! (and I guess Bing now). Thank you in advance for you assistance. Best, JM ________________________________ Jasmine McNealy, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor S.I. Newhouse of Public Communication Syracuse University 215 University Place Room 377 NH2 Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-1151 jemcneal(a)syr.edu

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Inclusion of short links in academic publications?
by yana breindl 21 Aug '12

21 Aug '12

Thank you all for your comments! The reason I asked is not because of a word limit but because one of my committee members suggested I'd use short links to ease access for readers of the print dissertation. I do have quite a lot of electronic sources as footnotes in some of the chapters and he mentioned he'd have typed a shortened url but not a long one. An alternative would be to include short urls in the footnotes and add an appendix with corresponding long links. I'm not sure it's worth the hassle though. On 22 July 2011 16:39, Sharon Haleva Amir <sharon(a)trebcon.com> wrote: > > Yana, the only advantage I can think of regarding the usage of shortened > URL > is if you're writing an article and there is a words' limitation (as long > as > the limitation refers to the bibliography/footnotes as well as the article > itself), as sometimes the URLs can be quite long. > > I think that the need to shorten texts (for twitting etc.) was the basic > rational for establishing such services. > > > Best Wishes, > Sharon Haleva Amir, HCLT Fellow > (PhD Candidate) Faculty of Law, > University of Haifa, ISRAEL. > -------------------------------------------------- > http://www.coolcite.com/user/1694 > http://weblaw.haifa.ac.il/en/research/resstudents/pages/sharonha.aspx > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of yana breindl > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:27 AM > To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Inclusion of short links in academic publications? > > Hello all, > > I was wondering what your thoughts were concerning the use of shortened > URLs > (e.g. tinyURL, bit.ly etc.) to reference electronic sources in a > dissertation or other academic publication (along with the title, date, > etc. > possibly an annexe with the long URL). Has this been done already? Is it > acceptable? Are there important differences between various shortening > sites? > > Thank you, > > Yana > > > --------------------- > Yana BREINDL > > Ph.D Candidate > Dépt des sciences de l'information et de la communication (SIC) > Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) > > Tél.: + 32 (0)2 650 44 46 > E-mail: ybreindl(a)ulb.ac.be > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- Yana BREINDL Doctorante Dépt des sciences de l'information et de la communication (SIC) Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Tél.: + 32 (0)2 650 44 46 E-mail: ybreindl(a)ulb.ac.be -- Yana BREINDL Doctorante Dépt des sciences de l'information et de la communication (SIC) Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) Tél.: + 32 (0)2 650 44 46 E-mail: ybreindl(a)ulb.ac.be

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CFP: Emerging Methods for Digital Media Research
by Jean Burgess 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Dear colleagues, If you work in a related area, I hope you'll consider submitting something to this special issue of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media that Axel Bruns, Larissa Hjorth and I are editing. Tweetable link: http://www.mappingonlinepublics.net/2012/01/30/call-for-papers-emerging-met hods-for-digital-media-research/ Best regards Jean ---------- Emerging Methods for Digital Media Research Special Themed Issue of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (JOBEM), March 2013. Guest Editors: Jean Burgess (QUT) Axel Bruns (QUT) Larissa Hjorth (RMIT) ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation (http://cci.edu.au/) Editor: Zizi Papacharissi With the rise of Œbig data¹, locative media, and smartphones, existing media and communication studies methods are being recombined, reconfigured and replaced alongside their objects of study. This special issue of JOBEM seeks to expose new research methods for understanding the changing nature of the content industries, the impact of digital media on the practices of creative workers, and the experiences and practices of everyday users of digital media technologies. We welcome papers based in the humanities and social sciences that reflect on, discuss or critique current methodological trends in digital media research, shedding light on the following questions: 1. Where are the emerging methodological gaps - are there pressing research problems that require the development of new methods, techniques and tools? 2. Where are there needs for new combinations of methods, within or across disciplines? 3. What are the implications for future pedagogical models in internet, media and communication studies, including doctoral education and other forms of research training? We especially welcome papers grounded in the experience of conducting empirical digital media research. However we will give preference to papers that contextualise, historicise, and reflect on current methodological trends; rather than simply report on the applications or results of new methods. Abstracts of 250 words are due by 31 March, 2012. Depending on the number of abstracts received, we may shortlist submissions at this stage. Please email your abstract and a list of 3 or 4 suggested peer reviewers to: jobem.edm(a)gmail.com. Full articles of no more than 7000 words should be submitted on or before 1 August, 2012 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hbem (select ³Special Issue: Emerging Digital Methods² as a manuscript type). Manuscripts should conform to the guidelines of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0883-8151&linktype=44 <http://www.beaweb.org/jobem.htm>). -- -- -- Dr Jean Burgess Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation http://cci.edu.au <http://cci.edu.au/> Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology http://creativeindustries.qut.edu.au <http://creativeindustries.qut.edu.au/> Phone: +61 3138 8253 Twitter: @jeanburgess http://twitter.com/jeanburgess Personal blog: http://creativitymachine.net <http://creativitymachine.net/> Mapping Online Publics project website: http://mappingonlinepublics.net <http://mappingonlinepublics.net/> Digital Storytelling at QUT http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au <http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au/>

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Track at Italian STS conference - INTERNET AND NEW PRODUCTIVE PARADIGMS
by Stefano De Paoli 20 Feb '12

20 Feb '12

Hello list, with 2 colleagues I am running a track at forthcoming Italian STS conference "EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, SOCIAL WORLDS" this June 21-23, 2012, in Rovigo. The CfP of our track might be of interest for some people in this list. Feel free to submit an abstract. :-) Abstracts (in Italian or English) should be sent as email attachment (as MS word or Rich Text Format) to the track’s coordinators (and carbon copied to 4convegnosts(a)gmail.com) by March 1, 2012. Abstracts with a maximum length of 500 words should contain the title, author's name, affiliation and contact details including e-mail. Further information on the conference on: www.stsitalia.org TRACK: INTERNET AND NEW PRODUCTIVE PARADIGMS: THE STS CONTRIBUTION Convernors: Stefano De Paoli (Fondazione <ahref, Trento, stefano(a)ahref.eu) Cristiano Storni (University of Limerick, cristiano.storni(a)ul.ie) Maurizio Teli (Fondazione <ahref, Trento, maurizio(a)ahref.eu) The exponential diffusion of the Internet on a global scale shows the emergence of new and socio-technical arrangements that seem to call into question our traditional separation between production and consumption. For many, we are witnessing the emergence and consolidation of a completely new production paradigm where production processes are decentralised, distributed among an undisclosed mass of actors often proactive, sometimes without a predictable path. The examples of this grow daily: Wikipedia, free and open source software and hardware, folksonomies, crowdsourcing platforms, online hacktivism, Do-it-Yourself communities, and so on. New concepts have been developed in an attempt to capture these new practices and these new socio-technical arrangements: in the late 1970s, Toffler (1980) theorized the emergence of the prosumer, both producer and consumer of goods. This phenomenon of convergence between the producer and consumer has stimulated research to generate new concepts such as "wikinomics (Tapscott and Williams, 2006)," commons-based peer production "(Benkler, 2006)," produsage "(Bruns, 2008), and ideas like the Hack-tivism (Auty, 2004) or Mash-ups technology (Hartmann et al. 2006). At the same time, however, we are witnessing the emergence of criticisms that highlight that these innovative aspects are the perpetuation, more or less obvious, of the traditional capitalist logic. This seems to fuel disputes around the themese of control, surveillance, exploitation of intellectual property management, deskilling, etc. (Lash, 2002, Terranova, 2000, De Paoli and Storni, 2011) Instead of taking the emergence of the new production paradigm as a matter of fact, the goal of this track is to describe and understand the practices and dynamics that characterize the sociotechnical collectives behind the phenomena mentioned above, and discuss how they help us to rethink not only the traditional division of labour between production and consumption, but mostly what we mean with the terms work, production, consumption, and property (commons) in our information society. In this sense to invite contributions and case studies in different areas to discuss, but are not limited to: - the role of STS in the study of new emerging practices in the information society; - how to rethink and/or deconstruct empirically the concepts of production, consumption, property, work and good: debates, controversies and new definitions; - doing and undoing the boundaries between production and consumption (or design and use); - new conceptions of labor and its distribution; - Do-it-Yourself and Do-it-with-Others: new practices? References Auty, C., 2004, “Political Hacktivism: tool of the underdog or scourge of cyberspace?” in Aslib proc: new information perspectives, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. 212-22 Benkler, Y, 2006, The wealth of Networks: how social production transform markets and freedom. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. Bruns, A., 2008, Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From production to produsage. New York: Peter Lang. De Paoli S. and Storni C, 2011, “Produsage in hybrid networks: sociotechnical skills in the case of Arduino”. New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 17(1), 31-52. Hartmann, B. et al., 2006, Hacking, Mashing, Gluing: A Study of Opportunistic Design and Development, Technical Report, Stanford University Computer Science Department. Lash, Scott. 2002. Critique of Information. London: Sage Tapscott, D. and Williams, A. 2006, Wikinomics: how mass collaboration changes everything. New York: Portfolio. Toffler, A., 1980, The Third Wave. New York: Morrow. -- ---- Crimes and punishments in Virtual Worlds http://www.springerlink.com/content/n4m858m182677h44/ Produsage, ANT & Skills http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a935694592~frm=titl…

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Journal of Community Informatics Special Issue: Research in Action: Linking Communities and Universities
by michael gurstein 06 Feb '12

06 Feb '12

The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training Vancouver CANADA Phone 604-602-0624 gurstein(a)gmail.com The Journal of Community Informatics Special Issue: Research in Action: Linking Communities and Universities Table of Contents http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/38 Editorial -------- Research in Action for Community Informatics: A matter for conversation Matthew Allen, Marcus Foth Evolving Relationships: Universities, Researchers and Communities Michael Gurstein Articles -------- Rhetoric and the Digital Humanities: Imagining The Michigan State University Israelite Samaritan Collection as the Foundation for a Thriving Social Network Jim Ridolfo, William Hart-Davidson, Michael McLeod Visions, Participation and Engagement in New Community Information Infrastructures John M Carroll, Michael A. Horning, Blaine Hoffman, Craig H Ganoe, Harold R. Robinson, Mary Beth Rosson Research informing practice: Toward effective engagement in community ICT in New Zealand Barbara Craig, Jocelyn E. Williams Community-based learning: A model for higher education and community partnerships Peter Day DigiPopEd: Popular Education and Digital Culture Dan O'Reilly-Rowe Conducting ICT Research in Community Networks: Reflections from a Long Term Study of the European Social Forum Saqib Saeed, Markus Rohde, Volker Wulf Towards Participatory Action Design Research: Adapting Action Research and Design Science Research Methods for Urban Informatics Mark Bilandzic, John Venable Participant-Making: bridging the gulf between community knowledge and academic research Ann Light, Paul Egglestone, Tom Wakeford, Jon Rogers Notes from the field -------- Networking for Communications Challenged Communities: Report from a European project targeting conditions of poor or lacking ICT coverage Maria Kristina Udén ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net

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Google privacy policy changes in 2012
by Richard Forno 04 Feb '12

04 Feb '12

Might be of interest to some AOIR'ers here, either as a matter of scholastic research or just a personal concern. -- rick Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out By Cecilia Kang, Tuesday, January 24, 4:33 PM Google will soon know far more about who you are and what you do on the Web. The Web giant announced Tuesday that it plans to follow the activities of users across nearly all of its ubiquitous sites, including YouTube, Gmail and its leading search engine. Google has already been collecting some of this information. But for the first time, it is combining data across its Web sites to stitch together a fuller portrait of users. Consumers won’t be able to opt out of the changes, which take effect March 1. And experts say the policy shift will invite greater scrutiny from federal regulators of the company’s privacy and competitive practices. < -- > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/google-tracks-consumers-acro… Google Blog Post @ http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/01/updating-our-privacy-policies-and-te… --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it.

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ESN-IAMCR CfP Reminder: February 14 deadline
by Francesca Musiani 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, just a reminder that the deadline for presenting your abstract proposals for the Emerging Scholars Network section of the 2012 IAMCR conference is two weeks away, *February 14th*. Apologies for cross-posting. Best regards, Francesca ---------------- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) DURBAN 2012 EMERGING SCHOLARS NETWORK SECTION CALL FOR PAPERS The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2012 International Congress of the IAMCR to be held on July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. This year’s theme is South North Conversations. We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as well as papers addressing the concrete conference theme. Diverging from traditional world systems implications, this theme reflects the asymmetry of global communication flows, without suggesting the negatives that usually accompany discussions of the 'digital divide' within the context of the “global south.” The term ‘global south’ refers to countries, territories and communities that have been excluded from the mainstream of economic, social and communication development. In much of the discourse around global geo-politics, these countries and communities are still regarded as the recipients of economic and technical largesse from more developed sources. It is the theme of this conference to interrogate this assumption, and to emphasize the communicative empowerment and the positive potential of media and communication in and from the ‘Global South’. For more information on this year’s conference theme please see the general call for papers. The ESN is a section dedicated to the work and careers of emerging scholars in the field of media and communication. Hence, we especially look for works in progress from graduate students and new university instructors/professors who are interested in substantial feedback and comments intended to advance their projects. The ESN organizes emerging scholar panels and joint panels with other sections. Our emerging scholar panels provide a comfortable environment for the presentation of theses and works in progress, where emerging scholars can receive feedback from colleagues also at the beginning of their careers and from senior scholars who act as respondents to individual papers. The joint panels with other sections allow for the exchange of ideas with senior scholars in the field and networking. Should there be enough submissions we are planning to co-sponsor panels together with the following IAMCR Sections and Working Groups: Law Section; Gender and Communication Section; Media Education Section; Political Communication Section; Health, Communication and Change Working Group; and the Task Force on Media Policies. In line with the purpose of our section, the ESN also organizes panels about issues affecting emerging scholars, such as: - Publishing research results; - Mentoring and the Student-mentor relationship; - Academic work and academic jobs; - Neoliberalism in the academy; - Language barriers in academia. Scholars who wish to organize or contribute to an issue-related panel are welcome to contact Sara Bannerman at Sara.Bannerman [at] gmail.com and Stefania Milan at stefania.milan [at] eui.eu. SUBMISSIONS The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. Please note that this deadline will not be extended. The OCS system at http://iamcr-ocs.org will open on December 1, 2012, and will close on February 14, 2012. Decisions on acceptance of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by their Section or Working Group Head no later than March 12, 2012. On the same day, March 12, 2012, conference registration will open for bookings by participants. For those whose abstracts are accepted, full conference papers are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS by June 10, 2012. - Questions may be addressed to the section co-chairs, Stefania Milan stefania.milan(a)eui.eu and Sara Bannerman at Sara.Bannerman(a)gmail.com. - Submissions must include author name(s), affiliation, address, e-mail address, and paper title. - If you are submitting a work in progress, we welcome your submission! Please state that it is a work in progress in your abstract. - Abstracts should be 250-300 words. Please also take a look at our suggestions on how to write an abstract: http://iamcr.org/component/docman/doc_download/315-2010-esn-how-to-write-an… New ! Special Call ESN in Spanish / ESN Hispanohablante El grupo de estudios ESN Hispanohablante y Comunicación Latinoamericana abre una convocatoria para presentar trabajos en idioma español en la Conferencia IAMCR 2012. Para el grupo ESN Hispanohablante y Comunicación Latinoamericana es especialmente pertinente el tema de la conferencia en Durban, “Conversaciones Norte-Sur”, que vincula los problemas sociales, las propuestas de desarrollo sostenible, y los contextos interculturales de América Latina con varias perspectivas de comunicación ciudadana, estudios de recepción, comunicación para el desarrollo y metodologías participativas de la comunicación. Invitamos investigadores emergentes a presentar propuestas de ponencia en idioma español y con un enfoque latinoamericano de la comunicación, que pone énfasis en comunicaciones y contextos socioculturales diferentes; reflexiona en lo intercultural e interdisciplinar, adecuando epistemologías, definiciones y metodologías de la comunicación a la realidad social. Los planteamientos de la comunicación en América Latina incluyen la diversidad de sujetos múltiples, negociando identidades y significados ante la modernidad y procesos de urbanización, mestizaje sociocultural, nuevas narrativas, medios, lugares y espacios de la comunicación. Para dudas o preguntas antes de enviar la propuesta, se puede escribir a Franklin Cornejo (fcu_75(a)yahoo.com) coordinador de ESN-Hispanohablante y Comunicación Latinoamericana y a la coordinadora de comunicación de ESN Francesca Musiani (francesca.musiani(a)gmail.com) MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ABOUT THE ESN - Please take a look at our website ((http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn) - Join the ESN Facebook group (http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44068562342) - Or subscribe to the ESN listserv (http://iamcr.org/mailman/listinfo/esn_iamcr.org) -- Francesca Musiani Ingénieur de recherche ARMINES Doctorante, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (associé au CNRS, UMR7185) MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint Michel 75272 PARIS Cedex 06 France 33 (0)1 40 51 92 77 33 (0)6 45 31 90 53 francesca.musiani(a)mines-paristech.fr Site: www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/Perso/Musiani/ Projet ADAM: adam.hypotheses.org Incoming Chair, Outreach & Partnerships Committee, Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) (http://giga-net.org/) Communications coordinator, Emerging Scholars Network, IAMCR (http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn)

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Social Media/New Media Communication Faculty Position at Oregon State University
by Gerald Voorhees 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

The program in New Media Communications at Oregon State University is seeking to hire a tenure track assistant professor with specialization in social media. Please feel free to distribute this call. ---------------- Position Title: Assistant Professor - Social Media Appointment Type: Academic Teaching/Research Faculty, Tenure Track Position Summary: The New Media Communications program in the proposed School of Arts and Communication invites applications for a full-time (1.0 FTE), 9-month, tenure-track Assistant Professor in Social Media. Secondary emphasis in one or more of the following areas: new media, media management and economics, media history, non-linear storytelling and gaming. Teaching and research activities should pertain to social media and one or more of these secondary areas. Minimum/Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in Communication or relevant field. (Ph.D. must be in-hand by position start date). Demonstrated experience and excellence in teaching courses in communication, social media, new media, and/or secondary areas. Record of scholarly achievement or scholarly promise in a program of research. Record of commitment to service to the department, college and community and to the establishment of a community of scholars/teachers. Ability to work with faculty and students in an interdisciplinary/collaborative environment. Preferred Qualifications: Educational emphasis in one of the following secondary areas of expertise: new media, media management and economics, media history, non-linear storytelling and gaming. Prior experience in an academic appointment or related professional field. A demonstrable commitment to promoting and enhancing diversity. Scholarly Outcomes for Position (academic faculty only) For Full Consideration Date Salary is commensurate with education and experience. OSU is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. For full consideration, applications must be submitted online at jobs.oregonstate.edu by February 24, 2012. Posting Number: 0008562. Quicklink for Posting: jobs.oregonstate.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=59858 When applying you will be required to attach the following electronic documents: 1. Letter of application indicating how your qualifications and experience have prepared you for this position. 2. Current, comprehensive curriculum vita. 3. Professional statement that includes teaching and research philosophy (upload as "Other Document"). 4. Three confidential letters of recommendation. Note: These must be sent directly to the department address listed below. Bill Loges, Search Committee Chair Oregon State University New Media Communications 403 Strand Ag. Hall Corvallis, OR 97331 5. Graduate transcripts must be submitted for all required and/or related courses. All courses must be from accredited colleges, universities, or private vocational schools. The online application system will allow you to attach your transcripts if the PDF file is 5MB or less. If over 5MB in size, submit to the contact person listed. Transcripts must be received by the closing date. 6. Evidence of excellence in teaching such as teaching evaluation summaries for both lower division and upper division courses, and if available, graduate courses (upload as "Other Document 2"). 7. Scholarly writing sample (e.g., published essay, convention paper)(Upload as "Other Document 3"). For additional information please contact: Bill Loges, 541-737-4580 or bill.loges(a)oregonstate.edu, New Media Communications 403 Strand Ag. Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331

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Last call for papers, panel proposals - CATaC'12 (June 18-20, 2012, Aarhus, Denmark)
by Charles Ess 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Dear colleagues, With the usual apologies for cross-postings and duplications - please pass on to potentially interested students and colleagues. CATaC¹12 (Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication) Call for Papers, Panel Proposals Conference theme: Beyond the digital/cultural divide: in/visibility and new media. The conference will take place June 18-20, 2012, at Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. A pre-conference field trip will help us explore local sites of historical and contemporary significance in the development and deployment of diverse communication technologies. The conference dinner will feature some of the best of new Scandinavian cuisine at Nordens Folkekøkken, Aarhus (<http://www.nordensfolkekokken.dk/>). Keynote speakers * Dr. Rasha Abdullah (Associate Professor and Chair of the Journalism & Mass Communication Department, The American University in Cairo). Provisional title: ³Lessons from Egypt: the roles and limits of social media in political activism and transformation.² * Dr. Randi Markussen (Associate Professor and Head of Group, ³Technologies in Practice,² IT University of Copenhagen). Provisional title: ³E-Voting and Public Control of Elections.² The biennial CATaC conference series, begun in 1998, has become a premier international forum for current research on the complex interactions between culturally-variable norms, practices, and communication preferences, and interaction with the design, implementation and use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). CATaC has been ranked by the Australian Research Council among the top 20% of conferences in terms of international impact and significance. Our 2012 conference, as the title suggests, begins with the recognition that the ongoing issues and challenges clustering around digital divides - often involving mutually reinforcing cultural divides - extends beyond classic and stubborn problems of access to new media and communication technologies. Additional submissions are encouraged that address further conference points of emphasis: - Theoretical and practical approaches to analyzing 'culture' - New layers of imaging and texting interactions fostering and/or threatening cultural diversity - Impact of mobile technologies on privacy and surveillance - Gender, sexuality and identity issues in social networks - Cultural diversity in e-learning and/or m-learning - Culturally-variable approaches to online identity management/creation, privacy, trust Copyright and intellectual property rights: recent developments, culturally-variable future directions - Culturally-variable responses to commodification in online environments For further details on conference themes and topics, please see the conference website, <catacconferences.org>. Both short (3-5 pages) and long (10-15 pages) original papers are sought for presentation. Panel proposals addressing a specific theme or topic are also encouraged. IMPORTANT DATES: Submission of papers (short or full), panel proposals: 17 February 2012 Notification of acceptance: 16 March 2012 Final formatted papers (for conference proceedings): 19 April 2012 Conference: 18-20 June 2012 Registration fees (including pre-conference field trip and conference dinner) Earlybird (until April 20, 2012): Full: $515.00 Reviewer: $495.00 Author: $495.00 Author & Reviewer: $475.00 Student: $400.00 (After April 20, 2012, add $50.00) The primary conference hotel is First Hotel Atlantic (<http://www.firsthotels.com/Our-hotels/Hotels-in-Denmark/Aarhus/First-Hotel -Atlantic/>) Conference participants will receive a discounted rate for accommodations. Additional accommodations are also available: more details soon on the conference website, along with further details regarding program, submission and registration procedures, travel, etc. We look forward to welcoming you to Aarhus next June! Charles Ess (IMV, Aarhus University, Denmark), Chair Fay Sudweeks (Professor Emerita, Murdoch University, Australia), honorary chair Herbert Hrachovec (University of Vienna, Austria) Leah Macfadyen (University of British Columbia, Canada) Jose Abdelnour Nocera (University of West London, UK) Kenneth Reeder (University of British Columbia, Canada) Ylva Hård af Segerstad (Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden) Michele M. Strano (Bridgewater College, Virginia, USA) Andra Siibak (University of Tartu, Estonia) Maja van der Velden (University of Oslo)

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[E-Voting.CC] EVOTE2012 - submission deadline extend to 17 February 2012
by Manuel J. Kripp 31 Jan '12

31 Jan '12

Dear Colleagues, We have received numerous requests from authors to extend the submission date for papers for the EVOTE2012 conference. We are therefore extending the deadline to submit papers by two weeks. We look forward to receive your paper by no later than Friday, February 17, 2012 (11:59pm). Please make sure that you submit your paper(s) by this new deadline. The EVOTE2012 is the fifth international conference on electronic voting and brings together a unique international and interdisciplinary mix of academia, administration, government and industry to discuss the latest trends and developments in e-voting. The EVOTE2012 conference is taking place under the theme "Challenges for Electronic Voting - Transparency, Trust and Voter Education". The conference takes place at Schloss Hofen in Austria 11-14 July 2012. To submit your paper please use the template as well as the guidelines and us the submission system available at http://www.easychair.org/conference/?conf=evote2012 Only submissions in Word and PDF format submitted via easychair are accepted. We look forward to your submission and if you need any further information about the conference, go to http://www.e-voting.cc/2012 Best regards, Manuel Kripp -- Manuel J. Kripp Managing Director E-Voting.CC GmbH Competence Center for Electronic Voting and Participation Pyrkergasse 33/1/2 A-1190 Wien Phone: +43 1 3193950 Fax: +43 1 3193955 Mobile: +43 676 9697 962 Skype: manuelkripp E-Mail: m.kripp(a)e-voting.cc Web: http://www.e-voting.cc -- All information is available at http://www.e-voting.cc/2012/ Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to! This e-mail is confidential and may also contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are not authorised to read, print, save, process or disclose this message. If you have received this message by mistake, please inform the sender immediately and delete this e-mail, its attachments and any copies. Any use, distribution, reproduction or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited and the person responsible may incur penalties. Thank you!

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