October 2012 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 99, Issue 31
by Tamara Peyton 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hi Peter You might want to suggest that your friend check out the offerings at Penn State in the College of Information Sciences & Technology (ist.psu.edu) The IST department has a lot of training, expertise and research happening in your friend's areas of interest. Penn State has a HUGE online component to the university, called the World Campus, and IST offers an award-winning cyber-security Masters through the World Campus. IST also offer bachelor degrees and associate degrees in information security, risk analysis, signals intelligence, homeland security, etc. http://www.worldcampus.psu.edu/ Oh and there is an ROTC on campus, plus the university is located in a gorgeous university town. Tamara Tamara Peyton, PhD Student College of Information Sciences & Technology The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA 16802 tamara(a)psu.edu <typ5121(a)psu.edu> / www.tamarapeyton.com / @pstamara ---- From: Peter Gloviczki <glovi002(a)umn.edu> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Cc: Date: Tue, 30 Oct 2012 08:37:34 -0500 Subject: [Air-L] Seeking online BA / MA programs in information safety, security Good morning, everyone, My friend Eric, who is in the Air Force, is looking for online programs in information systems/information security that are BA granting programs, possibly with the option of going on for an MA

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Audio User Interface / Voice to Web design
by Rodrigo Davies 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Hello, I'm working on a guide to designing Audio User Interfaces, particularly those used for web platforms (e.g. blogging platforms powered by voice calls), and wondered if people on-list could suggest any good case studies / literature in this area? I'm aware of some work done by IBM in India, but would love to hear other examples. Thanks Rodrigo -- Rodrigo Davies Research Assistant, MIT Center for Civic Media M.S. Candidate, Comparative Media Studies T: +1 857 250 1254 Skype: rodrigodavies

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"Fear and Loathing on the Social Campaign Trail"
by Stuart Shulman 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Had to miss #SAS12 due to storm, but here is "Fear and Loathing on the Social Campaign Trail" http://t.co/gsXs5qJW Original Tweet: https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman/status/263328915261624320 Sent via TweetDeck -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman people.umass.edu/stu Editor Emeritus, JITP jitp.net <http://www.jitp.net> Director, QDAP-UMass umass.edu/qdap <http://www.umass.edu/qdap> Founder and CEO, Texifter texifter.com <http://www.texifter.com> LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899> Twitter: twitter.com/#!/StuartWShulman<http://twitter.com/#%21/StuartWShulman>

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Looking for MA or Ph.D. online program in Canada in ethics or privacy security or sociology legal studies
by Peter Timusk 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Any suggestions and or advice welcome. I was talking to an AoIR professor Matthew Allen in Australia about completing a Ph.D. online in policy legal computer ethics questions, yet the costs for a foreign student stopped me. I know Queens at Kingston Ontario do research in privacy but they are about a two hour train ride away. I would hope to do the bulk of the work online with a Canadian school, so I can afford it. I have strong quantitative modeling skills and a background in reading many AoIR scholars and also more law cases in everything information age from hacking to domain name disputes to more interdisciplinary legal online issues. I have a high honours BA in legal studies and a general B.Math in statistics and work professionally managing national business statistics projects. I also have a few deep involvements in a variety of community based volunteer services such as in consumers of psychiatry and peer support and service provision to victims of crime and tragic circumstances. I can arrange for some time away from work if needed. I have also completed course work for a certificate in systems sciences from the University of Ottawa in an MSc program but did not finish the thesis.

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Seeking online BA / MA programs in information safety, security
by Peter Gloviczki 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Good morning, everyone, My friend Eric, who is in the Air Force, is looking for online programs in information systems/information security that are BA granting programs, possibly with the option of going on for an MA. What are your recommendations? His email is <cire_draws(a)yahoo.com> and he would welcome your correspondence. Thanks so much for any advice you might be able to provide to him. Peter -- Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D. http://petergloviczki.com

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Georgia Tech Digital Media Tenure Track Position
by Celia Pearce (Georgia Tech) 30 Oct '12

30 Oct '12

Georgia Tech Digital Media Tenure Track Position Georgia Tech's School of Literature, Media, and Communication (LMC), which provides diverse humanistic perspectives on a technological world, is seeking to fill one Digital Media tenure track position at the rank of Assistant Professor, beginning in the fall of 2013. We seek practitioner/ theorists who combine technical expertise with a strong grounding in the arts and humanities.Candidates should be prepared to teach at the undergraduate and graduate level in LMC's Computational Media and Digital Media programs. A Ph.D. in an appropriate field is required (e.g. digital media / arts, human centered computing, computer science, education, or design), as is computational proficiency and a demonstrated capacity for significant original research/creative work. Potential to secure external research funding is strongly desirable. For more information on the position, and instructions for how to apply visit: http://lmc-gt.blogspot.com/2012/10/digital-media-tenure-track-position-at.h… more on the Digital Media Program visit: http://dm.lmc.gatech.edu/

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New Book: Digital Anthropology
by Heather Horst 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Dear AoIR, It was great to see many of you at IR13 in Salford. For those who weren't able to make it, we wanted to let you know that our new edited volume, Digital Anthropology, is now out. We have a fantastic group of contributors - Bart Barendregt, Tom Boellstorff, Stefana Broadbent, Lane DeNicola, Adam Drazin, Haidy Geismar, Faye Ginsburg, Heather Horst, Jelena Karanovic, Thomas Malaby, Danny Miller, John Postill & Jo Tacchi - and a broad range of topics that we think will be of interest to members of the AoIR community. Details about the book are included below. Heather and Danny *Digital Anthropology* Heather A. Horst<http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=3213&st=advanced&author=Heather%20A.%2…> and Daniel Miller<http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=3213&st=advanced&author=Daniel%20Miller>, Editors Oct 2012, 328pp, 9 bw illus, 9780857852908 http://www.bergpublishers.com/?TabId=15894 (also available as an e-book) Anthropology has two main tasks: to understand what it is to be human and to examine how humanity is manifested differently in the diversity of culture. These tasks have gained new impetus from the extraordinary rise of the digital. This book brings together several key anthropologists working with digital culture to demonstrate just how productive an anthropological approach to the digital has already become. Through a range of case studies from Facebook to Second Life to Google Earth, Digital Anthropology explores how human and digital can be defined in relation to one another, from avatars and disability; cultural differences in how we use social networking sites or practise religion; the practical consequences of the digital for politics, museums, design, space and development to new online world and gaming communities. The book also explores the moral universe of the digital, from new anxieties to open-source ideals. Digital Anthropology reveals how only the intense scrutiny of ethnography can overturn assumptions about the impact of digital culture and reveal its profound consequences for everyday life. Combining the clarity of a textbook with an engaging style which conveys a passion for these new frontiers of enquiry, this book is essential reading for students and scholars of anthropology, media studies, communication studies, cultural studies and sociology. *Reviews of Digital Anthropology* “Digital Anthropology is a beautifully curated book that reveals the importance of anthropological insight for understanding different aspects of networked society, from the spectacular to the mundane. In this formative book, Horst and Miller call attention to the ways in which digital technologies make visible our humanity.” danah boyd, Senior Researcher at Microsoft Research “This remarkable volume provides a provocative survey of an emergent territory we are all coming to inhabit. Broad in coverage yet acutely attentive to the particulars, offering multiple perspectives yet elegantly integrative, and epistemologically bracing while deeply anthropological, this is a work of lasting value for experts and non-experts alike.” Don Brenneis, Professor of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Cruz “Researchers and teachers alike have long been waiting for this invaluable guide to the tricky terrain of digital anthropology. Demonstrating what anthropology brings to the study of the digital and vice versa, Horst and Miller's book provides a firm launching-off point for new investigations of the remediations, remodulations, and reconfigurations associated with digital media and technology.” Paul Dourish, Professor of Informatics, University of California, Irvine *Contents* *Section A: Introduction* The Digital and The Human - Daniel Miller (University College London, UK) and Heather A. Horst (RMIT University, Australia) *Section B: Positioning Digital Anthropology* Rethinking 'Digital' Anthropology - Tom Boellstorff (University of California, Irvine, USA) New Media Technologies in Everyday Life - Heather A. Horst (RMIT University, Australia) Geomedia: the Reassertion of Space Within Digital Culture - Lane DeNicola (University College London, UK) *Section C: Socialising Digital Anthropology* Disability in the Digital Age - Faye Ginsburg (New York University, USA) Approaches to Personal Communication - Stefana Broadbent (University College London, UK) Social Networking Sites - Daniel Miller (University College London, UK) *Section D: Politicising Digital Anthropology* Digital Politics and Political Engagement - John Postill (Sheffield Hallam University, UK) Free Software and the Politics of Sharing - Jelena Karanovic (New York University, USA) Diverse Digital Worlds - Bart Barendregt (Leiden University, Netherlands) Digital Engagement: Voice and Participation in Development - Jo Tacchi (RMIT University, Australia) *Section E: Designing Digital Anthropology* Digital Anthropology in Design Anthropology - Adam Drazin (University College London, UK) Museum Digital = ? - Haidy Geismar (New York University, USA) Digital Gaming, Game Design, and its Precursors - Thomas Malaby (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA) *About the Authors/Editors* Heather A. Horst is a Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow in the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Australia. Daniel Miller is Professor of Material Culture at the Department of Anthropology, University College London, UK -- Heather A. Horst Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow School of Media and Communication College of Design and Social Context RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Phone: +61 3 9925 3988 Email: heather.horst(a)rmit.edu.au Web: *http://heatherhorst.com/*

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Social Media Analysis Tool
by Sulkhan Metreveli 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Dear AIR-Community, We are developing a social media analysis tool at the Media Change and Innovation Division at IPMZ of University of Zurich. This tool is designed to collect and analyze social media data from various sources. At the moment, we are able to collect data from Twitter, Facebook, Google+ YouTube and Blogger.com. It present, the application is able to collect text from the above-listed sources and enables users to save the collected text in txt format for further analysis. Additionally, we have integrated different text analysis tools. Hence, the user of the application is able to automatically examine the text and, thereby, detect positive, negative and neutral sentiments, find words closely associated with different emotional states such as affect, anger, fear anxiety, etc. Also, we have integrated word cloud which displays the most frequently used words in the text and sorts them according to their importance. Furthermore, we provide different buzz statistics from all the sources listed above. All this is available only in the beta version and additional features are added on a weekly basis. We would like to offer you a two months' trial access which is limited to 20 users. If you are interested, please contact me directly. Access will be granted on a first come, first served basis. In exchange for the trial, we welcome your comments and suggestions for further improvement of the application. Best regards, Sulkhan Sulkhan Metreveli, Dr. Des. Research and Teaching Associate Institute of Mass Communication and Media Research Division of Media Change and Innovation University of Zurich Tel: +41(0)44 635 20 93 Fax: +41(0)446344934 Email: <mailto:s.metreveli@ipmz.uzh.ch> s.metreveli(a)ipmz.uzh.ch

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Paper Call: Collective Action Online: Theories and Methods
by David Sutcliffe 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Hello everyone.. Just to say the paper deadline is approaching for the following workshop on online collective action: Paper Call: Collective Action Online: Theories and Methods Workshop for ECPR Joint Sessions, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, 11-16 March 2013 PDF: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/ECPR_Workshop_2013.pdf Convenors: Lance Bennett, Helen Margetts Deadline: 5th November 2012 Submit: http://ecprnet.eu/Joint%20Sessions/Default.aspx Any queries: lbennett(a)u.washington.edu or helen.margetts(a)oii.ox.ac.uk Best wishes, David Sutcliffe (Oxford Internet Institute, Univ. Oxford)

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ICA Panel: Social Media as Motivators of Change
by Dr. Rasha Abdulla 29 Oct '12

29 Oct '12

Dear colleagues, I know this is last minute, but I'm hoping to put together a panel for ICA on "Social Media as Motivators of Change". If you are interested, please email me your information and a short abstract. Conversely, if you're working on something similar and need participants, please let me know. My contribution will be focused on aspects of social media use before, during, and after Egypt's revolution. Best regards. Rasha Rasha A. Abdulla, Ph.D. Associate Professor and former Chair Journalism and Mass Communication The American University in Cairo www.rashaabdulla.com Twitter: @RashaAbdulla <http://twitter.com/rashaabdulla>

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