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UW-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Seeking Faculty in Information Systems and Technology
by Michael Zimmer 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Colleagues: Please share this job posting with any interested parties or lists. Best, Michael ZImmer -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org ==== University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Information Studies Faculty Position http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/11448 The School of Information Studies (SOIS), the iSchool at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM), invites applications for a full-time open rank tenure-track position in Information Studies at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. The selected applicant will teach courses in the School’s undergraduate and, possibly, in the master’s program, MLIS, IT concentration. Applicants should have a strong background in information systems and technology with an emphasis in areas such as human-computer interaction (HCI), database systems, mobile information applications, information security, networking, or multimedia. Professional experience is a plus. The applicant should be willing to work closely with doctoral students and to serve on dissertation committees as well as willing to pursue extramural funding in support of her/his research program. The School of Information Studies offers a competitive salary for an academic year (9 month) appointment, plus additional compensation for possible summer teaching, and generous fringe benefits. SOIS also provides extensive research support in the form of travel funding, research assistance, and internal research grant programs. Required qualifications: • PhD in Information Studies or a relevant discipline by the beginning of the contract term. • Experience or demonstrated ability in research and teaching. Preferred qualifications: • Experience or demonstrated ability in design and delivery of courses in a variety of formats, including onsite and online. • Demonstrated ability to teach in at least one of the required areas in the SOIS Bachelor of Science program in Information Science and Technology and advanced elective undergraduate or graduate courses in her/his areas of expertise. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, School of Information Studies has a large diverse, international faculty that is among the top ten LIS programs in the United States for research productivity, a thriving Center for Information Policy Research, and interdisciplinary initiatives with numerous institutions in the United States and abroad. Situated in the cultural, commercial, and educational hub of the state, in a pleasant residential neighborhood overlooking Lake Michigan, UWM is a research university committed to academic excellence. It is one of the two doctoral degree-granting institutions in the multi-campus University of Wisconsin system, and has a student enrollment of over 29,000. With more than 30 full-time faculty and teaching academic staff and more than 900 students, SOIS offers several educational programs: a Bachelor of Science in Information Science and Technology; an ALA-accredited MLIS; several coordinated graduate degree programs, including History and Anthropology; transcript-designated concentrations within the MLIS Archival Studies, Digital Libraries, Public Library Leadership, Information Organization, and Information Technology; post-masters Certificates of Advanced Study in Archives and Records Management and Digital Libraries; and a PhD in Information Studies, with concentrations in information organization, information policy, and information retrieval. SOIS hosts three research groups: the Research Group for Information Retrieval, Information Organization Research Group, and the Social Studies of Information Research Group. The SOIS research and instructional programs are designed to be a resourceful blend of the University’s mission with the School’s information focus, international scope, and interdisciplinary mindset. First priority will be given to applications received by December 17th, 2012. The starting date is August 19, 2013, or negotiable. Please follow the below link to submit your cover letter, curriculum vitae; teaching philosophy and research agenda; writing sample or recent publication, and three references to: http://jobs.uwm.edu/postings/11448 For more information, please contact Dr. Maria Haigh, Chair of the Search and Screen Committee, at mhaigh(a)uwm.edu. For questions regarding submission of your materials please contact Laura Meyer at Lauram(a)uwm.edu or (414)229-5409. For more information about the School of Information Studies please visit the web site: http://www4.uwm.edu/sois/ UWM is an affirmative action, equal employment opportunity employer. For the UWM Crime Statistics Annual Report and the Campus Security Policy, see http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/OSL/CleryAct/, or call the Office of Student Life, Mellencamp Hall 118 at (414) 229-4632 for a paper copy.

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UPDATE: CFP: Computer Culture (SW/TX PCA/ACA Conference, February 13-16, 2013) (Proposal deadline extended to December 2)
by Andrew Shi-hwa Chen 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Extended deadline: December 2 (Was November 16) Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Association February 13-16, 2013 Albuquerque, New Mexico http://www.swtxpca.org Proposal submission deadline: December 2, 2012 Conference hotel: Hyatt Regency Hotel & Conference Center 330 Tijeras Ave NW Albuquerque, NM 87102 Phone: +1 505 842 1234 Computer Culture: Call for Papers We are accepting papers and forming panels for the area of Computer Culture, as one of the many areas within the 34th annual conference of the Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association (SW/TX PCA/ACA). Computer is broadly defined as any computational device, whether smartphone or abacus, and any form of information technology, including the origins of concepts of interactive text which may predate computational devices as traditionally conceived. Culture is rooted in the concept of cultural meaning. We ask not just operational questions such as, "How do people communicate using computers?" but questions of meaning such as, "What does it mean when people communicate using computers instead of using pre-computer approaches to communication?" "Computer Culture" can be understood in a variety of ways: - the culture of the computer, that is, as computers interact with each other, what culture do they have of their own? - the culture around the computer, that is, (sub)cultures associated with the production, maintenance, use, and destruction of computers - the culture through the computer, that is, explicit treatment of how computer mediation influences cultural phenomena that exist or has existed in forms that did not involve computer mediation, and what these influences mean - the culture by the computer, that is, the ways in which new (sub)cultures or (sub)cultural phenomena have arisen because of computers and understandings of these given awareness of the nature and/or workings of computers Example questions associated with Computer Culture would include, but not be limited to: * What implications are there because of the powerfulness of (computer/information) technology ___ and are these implications beneficial, detrimental, inevitable, or avoidable? * What are the cultural origins of computers, computer/information technologies, and practices (such as ____ ) associated with them? What is the descriptive and prescriptive outlook for the conditions of those cultural forces associated with those cultural origins? * How do cultural forces (such as changes from one generation to the next, trends in education or society, or other cultural phenomena) impact (and are impacted by) computer/information technologies/market-forces, and what do these impacts (in either direction or both) mean? Paper topics might include (but are not limited to) those that address: - issues of (re)presentation through computers (Web site analysis and design), - methods of discourse involving computers (blogging, Twitter, social networks, viral video, live feeds), - theories focused on the relationship between computers and culture, - uses of computers in particular contexts and the impacts thereof (computers and pedagogy, online literary journals), - the relationship between computers and cultural forces (such as news, politics, and terrorism), - security/privacy/fraud and computers (online security issues, spam, scams, and hoaxes), - and others. While we will consider any relevant paper, we have a preference for those that involve transferable methodological approaches. This is an interdisciplinary conference, and other conference attendees would benefit from being able to adapt your research methods to their future research. Scholars, teachers, professionals, artists, and others interested in computer culture are encouraged to participate. Graduate students are also particularly welcome with award opportunities for best graduate papers. More information about awards can be found at http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/48.html Specifically, we would like to highlight the following award opportunities: The "Computer Culture and Game Studies Award" : http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/112.html#ComputerCultureAward_Bookmark The "Heldrich-Dvorak Travel Fellowship" : http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/113.html Given how papers may often fall into multiple categories, there may be other award opportunities listed at http://www.swtxpca.org/documents/112.html which would be appropriate for your paper. (However, each presenter may only apply for one.) If you wish to form your own panel, we would be glad to facilitate your needs. Please pass along this call to friends and colleagues. For early consideration, submit 100-200 word abstracts and proposals for panels by 2 December 2012 to the conference electronic submission system which can be found at: http://conference2013.swtxpca.org/ If you have any questions, contact the Computer Culture area co-chairs, Andrew Chen (andrewsw(a)gmail.com) and Joseph Chaney (jchaney(a)iusb.edu)

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Social Media Graduate Seminar
by Zixue Tai 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Dear AIR-L Colleagues, I am in the process of preparing for a graduate seminar for spring 2013 in social media theory and research, and would like to solicit suggestions and input from the community of AIR scholars. I anticipate three broad areas of foci in the seminar, which will comprise mainly of doctoral students in the College of Communications at the University of Kentucky: 1. theoretical foundations; 2. state-of-the-field research; 3. available social media analytics and tools. I would like welcome any suggestions for readings and sources in relation to these three topics. Feel free also to share your own recent research publications. I understand there may be colleagues who are interested in similar issues, and I will be happy to share the syllabus and whatever I decide to do eventually in this class. Please let me know if you would like to be kept in the loop. Thanks a bunch in advance! Cheers, Zixue Tai, Ph.D. & Associate Professor College of Communications and Information University of Kentucky

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Call for papers for DOCAM 13, 10th international document research conference, June 19-22 Tromsø, Norway,
by Lund Niels Windfeld 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

The Document Academy Invites: PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS, PRESENTATIONS AND DEMONSTRATIONS AT DOCAM’13 June 19-22, 2013 http://site.uit.no/docam13/ DOCAM13 is the tenth annual meeting of the Document Academy, an international network of scholars, artists and professionals in various fields, who are interested in the exploration of the concept of the document as a resource for scholarly, artistic, and professional work. The aim of The Document Academy is to foster a multi-disciplinary space for experimental and critical research on the document in the widest sense, drawing on scholarship, traditions and experiences from the arts and humanities, social sciences, education, and from such diverse fields as information, media, museum, archival, cultural, and science studies. The Document Academy originated as a co-sponsored effort by the Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. The 2013 conference is hosted by the Institute of Culture and Literature at the University of Tromsø, Norway, from 19 to 22 June, 2013. Papers and posters may address: * DOCUMENT THEORY (general , conceptual, and theoretical research) * DOCUMENT ANALYSIS (case studies, methodological issues, projects, history) * DOCUMENT STRUCTURE, CREATION, AND DESIGN (creative and practical work) We would like to encourage especially papers and posters in the following fields: * Documentation in the Arts * Preservation and digititzation of documents * Historical perspectives on media and documents All presentations following the keynote presentation will be allotted 30 minutes, including discussion. Poster size: 20 in. x 30 in. or 30 in. x 40 in. Posters will be on display in the atrium of the conference venue throughout the conference; open discussion is encouraged. Conference language is English. The file formats for proposals and papers are RTF, MS Word, or PDF. All proposals, including posters, must include: * description: a short (500 words) description of the work to be presented; * names of all contributors; * addresses, including email contacts; * up to 5 keywords. Paper proposals should also include: * explanation of how they will be presented (verbally only, with presentation software, video, performance, or other forms of demonstration); * special equipment needs. Proposals should be submitted electronically to niels.windfeld.lund(a)uit.no and roswitha.skare(a)uit.no<mailto:roswitha.skare@uit.no>. Submission deadline for proposals: 30 November 2012. Receipt will be confirmed within one week; decisions will be announced by 20 January 2013.

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Re: [Air-L] Other mailing lists?
by Cameran Ashraf 19 Nov '12

19 Nov '12

Hi everyone, I've gotten a few responses so far but I thought I'd share what I am already subscribed to: AIR-L LiberationTech 4S EASST ICTs and Society nettime-ann CITASA unlike-us and the usual announcement lists from various departments of information studies/internet research etc. and I was given suggestions to subscribe to SHOT's newsletter and SIGCIS. Thanks for the help and if anyone has some lists that I've not mentioned I would love to hear about them and I presume the list would be interested as well. Cameran > > On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Cameran Ashraf <chashraf(a)ucla.edu> wrote: > >> Hi list, >> >> I'm already subscribed to a good number of email lists similar to AIR-L >> but am always on the lookout for other lists dealing with internet & >> society, philosophy of technology, internet research, etc. I'm looking for >> more lists to subscribe to, so if anyone knows of other similar lists >> please let me know. >> >> Thanks! >> Cameran >> >> -- >> Ph.D. student >> Department of Geography >> University of California, Los Angeles >> >> >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> 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<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >

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Re: [Air-L] Qualitative approaches: New Social Media, New Social Science- link
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Link correction: New Social Media, New Social Science blog: "Deep Data: Digging into Social Media with Qualitative Methods" http:/tinyurl.com/c7k2gg4 <http:/tinyurl.com/c7k2gg4 .> Feel free to share (on- or off-list) methods-oriented resources or links to articles you think participants would find of interest-- and I will pass them along. For the non-tweeters who have responded, stay tuned, we are planning an interactive webinar. Janet On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 7:23 AM, Janet Salmons, Ph.D. <jesalmons(a)gmail.com>wrote: > Please join me and the New Social Media, New Social Science project for a > Tweetchat on November 20th from 5-6pm GMT/noon EST. We will be discussing > the issues facing qualitative researchers using social media in their > research projects. Follow and contribute to the discussion at # NSMNSS. See > my post for the New Social Media, New Social Science blog: "Deep Data: > Digging into Social Media with Qualitative Methods" > > In January there will be a "Knowledge Exchange Seminar" in London -- a > roundtable discussion -- focused on qual methods. If you are in London and > interested in attending, please contact me offline. Additionally, a webinar > is in the works—I will announce it here and on #einterview. The Tweetchat > be an opportunity to generate questions, ideas and issues that can be > discussed in more depth in these subsequent events. > > See you online! > > Janet > *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* > *Capella University School of Business and Technology and Vision2Lead, > Inc. > *Site- http://www.vision2lead.com > Follow Twitter at #einterview > Now available from Sage: Cases in Online Interview Research > PO Box 943 > Boulder, CO 80306-0943 > jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com > > >

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Qualitative approaches: New Social Media, New Social Science project
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Please join me and the New Social Media, New Social Science project for a Tweetchat on November 20th from 5-6pm GMT/noon EST. We will be discussing the issues facing qualitative researchers using social media in their research projects. Follow and contribute to the discussion at # NSMNSS. See my post for the New Social Media, New Social Science blog: "Deep Data: Digging into Social Media with Qualitative Methods" http:// tinyurl.com/c7k2gg4 <https://mail.capella.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=yhSCrneetUqVUJLpL16NWOR5dp8tmc9I-…> . In January there will be a "Knowledge Exchange Seminar" in London -- a roundtable discussion -- focused on qual methods. If you are in London and interested in attending, please contact me offline. Additionally, a webinar is in the works—I will announce it here and on #einterview. The Tweetchat be an opportunity to generate questions, ideas and issues that can be discussed in more depth in these subsequent events. See you online! Janet *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business and Technology and Vision2Lead, Inc. *Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available from Sage: Cases in Online Interview Research<http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book235442> PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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SPIR announcement (ref. IR13.0)
by Suely Fragoso 18 Nov '12

18 Nov '12

Dear all I'm very happy to announce that the second issue of the open access online collection, Selected Papers of Internet Research (SPIR) with papers from IR 13.0 in Manchester, is now available at http://spir.aoir.org/ As with the inaugural issue in 2011, it would not have been possible to create this resource without the motivation and support of the Editorial Committee or the commitment and responsiveness of the authors. I thank all authors and fellow editors Andrew Herman, Axel Bruns, Kate O'Riordan and Jocelyn Williams most sincerely for their hard work. Please browse, enjoy and refer to this excellent collection, and recommend it to your networks. In this way AoIR scholarship, as well as its annual conference, gains visibility. Best wishes Suely Fragoso SPIR Editor

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are you doing research on Facebook, Twitter, or other social media?
by danah boyd 17 Nov '12

17 Nov '12

At this point, my bibliographies on social network sites and Twitter are sorely out-of-date even though folks often write to me asking for them. If you're doing research on topics that connect to social network sites or Twitter, please consider adding citations to your work (by simply clicking "submit new citation" in the upper right corner): Social Network Sites: http://www.danah.org/researchBibs/sns.php Twitter: http://www.danah.org/researchBibs/twitter.php I hope that this continues to be useful to folks! danah

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Re: [Air-L] Anyone researching post-Sandy use of online groups and social media?
by Balazs Lengyel 16 Nov '12

16 Nov '12

Hi Steven, Thanks for your summary. I have found this twitter dataset at 140kit.org: http://140kit.com/datasets/1028 Best, Balazs Balázs Lengyel research fellow International Business School Budapest Tárogató út 2-4, Budapest blengyel(a)ibs-b.hu +36 30 4377807 > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2012 23:07:41 -0600 > From: Steven Clift <slc(a)publicus.net> > To: "Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, > ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net > Cc: Steven Clift <clift(a)e-democracy.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Anyone researching post-Sandy use of online groups > and social media? > Message-ID: > <CALAwQWrj1= > v_2J+8fu0iwaPTARVjisO+C-u2q_u93ztCv9XJNg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > This mother lode of mostly Facebook groups and pages may be of interest: > > http://bitly.com/sandygroups > > I'd be interested in what lessons can be pulled out overtime around > which ones are most effective and what they really did on the ground > in terms of impact. > > Groups go far beyond the limited impact of "Like" IMHO, but something > deeper research wise would contribute a lot. > > On a related note here are some lessons I shared: > http://bitly.com/localrecovery > > It is hard from a distance to determine what "dark social" nearest > neighbor networking is happening online say along a destroyed stretch > of beach. It would be fascinating to learn about any long-term > e-networks created in urban buildings still uninhabitable and then > what happens when folks return. I would guess that there are some > online groups created for residents of specific buildings, but I > haven't located any yet. > > If you reply, please cc: clift(a)e-democracy.org > > Thanks, > Steven Clift > http://stevenclift.com > >

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