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RC10 panels on Electronic Democracy, IPSA World Congress, July 8-12, 2012
by Stephanie Wojcik 18 May '12

18 May '12

Hello all, The 22nd World Congress of the International Political Science Association will take place in Madrid (Spain) from 8 to 12 July 2012. The programme of the 8 panels organized by the RC 10 on Electronic Democracy is now available. Full details about them can be found at http://rc10.ipsa.org/post/2012/02/16/Panels-of-the-RC10-at-the-next-IPSA-Wo… And on the IPSA website : http://www.ipsa.org/ Stéphanie Wojcik Lecturer in communication studies Université Paris Est Créteil @stephaniewojcik

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New Book --- Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents
by Jean-François Blanchette 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hello all, I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Burdens of Proof, at MIT Press. I am hoping it may prove of interest to researchers on this list and/or to those who once in a while wonder, "Whatever happened to crypto?" For more information, you can take a peek online at the first 50 pages or peruse a summary of the book on my site. -- Book flap --- The gradual disappearance of paper and its familiar evidential qualities affects almost every dimension of contemporary life. From health records to ballots, almost all documents are now digitized at some point of their life cycle, easily copied, altered, and distributed. In Burdens of Proof, Jean-François Blanchette examines the challenge of defining a new evidentiary framework for electronic documents, focusing on the design of a digital equivalent to handwritten signatures. From the blackboards of mathematicians to the halls of legislative assemblies, Blanchette traces the path of such an equivalent: digital signatures based on the mathematics of public-key cryptography. In the mid-1990s, cryptographic signatures formed the centerpiece of a worldwide wave of legal reform and of an ambitious cryptographic research agenda that sought to build privacy, anonymity, and accountability into the very infrastructure of the Internet. Yet markets for cryptographic products collapsed in the aftermath of the dot-com boom and bust along with cryptography’s social projects. Blanchette describes the trials of French bureaucracies as they wrestled with the application of electronic signatures to real estate contracts, birth certificates, and land titles, and tracks the convoluted paths through which electronic documents acquire moral authority. These paths suggest that the material world need not merely succumb to the virtual but, rather, can usefully inspire it. Indeed, Blanchette argues, in renewing their engagement with the material world, cryptographers might also find the key to broader acceptance of their design goals. -- Endorsements -- “Jean-François Blanchette has written more than the history of electronic signatures; this is a masterful account of how---as we enter the digital age---our ideas of authenticity remain solidly anchored in our analog past. What emerges is a gripping tale, untold so far, of high aspirations, dashed hopes, and an epic struggle. Uncovering why and how digital technologies fail to change professions and society, Burdens of Proof is a truly important book.” -- Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Oxford Internet Institute “This book is a wonderful weave of social and technical analysis of the history of cryptography, unified by a passion for exploring the material nature of computers. With grace and wit, Blanchette has produced a work which makes a major contribution to our understanding of complex configurations of the virtual and the real.” -- Geoffrey C. Bowker, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine “A technology guaranteeing the authority of electronic documents would appear an essential tool of the digital age, which is why there is so much to learn from the failure to develop one. Jean-François Blanchette shows that understanding this failure requires addressing the historical evolution of contemporary cryptography and the legal concerns such a technology raises, together with a fearsome array of contextual issues ranging from state power to the materiality of mathematics. In contrast with the parochialism of much contemporary academia, Blanchette explains these events through an exemplary embrace of the requisite skills of a polymath.” -- Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture, University College London

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The Googlization of Everything by Siva Vaidhyanathan Wins 2011 Donald McGannon Book Award
by PHILIP M NAPOLI 17 May '12

17 May '12

The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry) by Siva Vaidhyanathan Wins the 2011 Donald McGannon Award for Social & Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research: The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry) (University of California Press) by Siva Vaidhyanathan of the University of Virginia. Each year, via the Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, the McGannon Center seeks to honor the best in book-length research in the field of communications policy. The award carries with it a $2,000 prize and is named in the honor of Donald H. McGannon, former CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting and a 1940 graduate of Fordham University. More information about the book award and nomination guidelines for the 2012 award, can be found at [1]www.fordham.edu/mcgannon. References 1. http://www.fordham.edu/mcgannon

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Call: “Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism“ - ESA RN18 Conference
by Christian Fuchs 17 May '12

17 May '12

European Sociological Association (ESA): Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research Conference “Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism“ October 18-20, 2012. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao Abstract submission deadline: May 31st Keynote talk: Peter Golding "Why a Sociologist should take Communications and Media Seriously” Submission information: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/uploads/ESA_RN18_CfP2012.pdf Dear colleagues, In my role as chair of the European Sociological Association’s (ESA) Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research, I want to invite you to submit abstracts for presentations at the RN18 conference “Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism“. The deadline for submission is approaching – May 31st. The conference will provide opportunities for presenting ideas in the field of the critical study of media, communication & society, for networking, and for meeting people working in this research area. It will feature the keynote talk “Why a Sociologist should take Communications and Media Seriously” by Peter Golding, who is not only a leading scholar in the political economy of media and communication, but also founded RN18 and is its honorary chair. The conference will take place in Bilbao, which is a great city to visit in autumn. Membership in the ESA and RN18 provides reduced participation fees both for the bi-annual ESA conference and the bi-annual RN18 conference and furthermore gives you access to a great community of scholars interested in critical studies of media, communication & society. http://www.europeansociology.org/member/ RN18 also has a mailing list, to which you can subscribe here: http://lists.jacobs-university.de/mailman/listinfo/esa-rn18 Best, Christian Fuchs -- Chair of ESA RN18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research http://www.europeansociology.org/research-networks/rn18-sociology-of-commun…

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Theory in the Era of Climate Change: two new open access books from Open Humanities Press
by Gary Hall 17 May '12

17 May '12

OPEN HUMANITIES PRESS <http://openhumanitiespress.org/> is delighted to announce the publication of two new open access books in its Critical Climate Change series: TELEMORPHOSIS: THEORY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, vol. 1 edited by Tom Cohen (University at Albany) Freely available at: http://openhumanitiespress.org/telemorphosis.html The writers in the volume explore how the 21st century horizons that exceed any political, economic, or conceptual models alter or redefine a series of key topoi. These range from figures of sexual difference through to bioethics, care, species invasion, war, post-carbon thought, ecotechnics and time. As such, the volume is also a dossier on what metamorphoses await the legacies of “humanistic” thought in adapting to, or rethinking, the other materialities that impinge of contemporary “life as we know it.” # Introduction: Murmurations—“Climate Change” and the Defacement of Theory by Tom Cohen # 1. Time by Robert Markley # 2. Ecotechnics by J. Hillis Miller # 3. Care by Bernard Stiegler # 4. Unicity by Justin Read # 5. Scale by Timothy Clark # 6. Sexual Indifference by Claire Colebrook # 7. Nonspecies Invasion by Jason Groves # 8. Bioethics by Joanna Zylinska # 9. Post-Trauma by Catherine Malabou # 10. Ecologies of War by Mike Hill # 11. Notes Toward a Post-Carbon Philosophy by Martin McQuillan # 12. Health by Eduardo Cadava and Tom Cohen IMPASSES OF THE POST-GLOBAL: THEORY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, vol. 2 edited by Henry Sussman (Yale University) Freely available at: http://openhumanitiespress.org/impasses-of-the-post-global.html The diverse materials comprising Impasses of the Post-Global take as their starting point an interrelated, if seemingly endless, sequence of current ecological, demographic, socio-political, economic, and informational disasters. These include the contemporary discourses of climate change, ecological imbalance and despoilment, sustainability, security, economic bailout, auto-immunity, and globalization itself. # Introduction: Spills, Countercurrents, Sinks by Henry Sussman and Jason Groves # 1. Anecographics: Climate Change and “Late” Deconstruction by Tom Cohen # 2. Autopoiesis and the Planet by Bruce Clarke # 3. Of Survival: Climate Change and Uncanny Landscape in the Photography of Subhankar Banerjee by Yates McKee # 4. Global Warming as a Manifestation of Garbage by Tian Song # 5. The Physical Reality of Water Shapes by James H. Bunn # 6. Sacrifice Mimesis, and the Theorizing of Victimhood (A Speculative Essay) by Rey Chow # 7. Security: From “National” to “Homeland” … and Beyond by Samuel Weber # 8. Common Political Democracy: The Marrano Register by Alberto Moreiras # 9. Bare Life by Ewa Plonowska Ziarek # 10. Sustainability by Haun Saussy # 11. The Global Unworld: A Meditative Manifesto by Krzysztof Ziarek # 12. Bailout by Randy Martin # 13. Auto-Immunity by Henry Sussman -- Gary Hall Research Professor of Media and Performing Arts Director of the Centre for Disruptive Media School of Art and Design, Coventry University Co-editor of Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net Co-founder of the Open Humanities Press http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Website http://www.garyhall.info

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#digcult12 Call for Participation
by Light Ben 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi all, The programme for the #digcult12 is now available and registration is open. The event will be held 13/14 June 2012 at the University of Salford's MediaCity:UK Campus. Our Keynote speakers are: Terri Senft, New York University, USA. Everything I Ever Wanted to Know about Micro-celebrity, I Learned from the Camgirls James Newman, Bath Spa University, UK. Dead games: the National Videogame Archive and the preservation of play Full details about the conference can be found at http://www.digcult.org Cheers, Ben. Professor Ben Light Associate Dean – Research and Innovation College of Arts and Social Sciences Professor of Digital Media School of Media, Music and Performance University of Salford Maxwell Building SALFORD, M5 4WT b.light(a)salford.ac.uk | www.benlight.org | @doggyb

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Deadline Extension for WON 2012
by Pete[r] Landwehr 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hey AoIR, If any of you are doing work with language use on the web or in digital contexts, the call for the below workshop at WebSci may be of interest. Best, pml ----------------------------------- Call for short papers: Words and Networks: Language Use in Socio-Technical Networks (WON 2012) (see http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/calls/WON_2012.html) We are soliciting short papers for a workshop on research at the nexus of text analysis and network analysis. The half-day workshop will be held at the 2012 ACM Web Science Conference in Evanston, IL, on June 22nd. While text analysis and network analysis have evolved into mature fields, new work emerging at their intersection enhances our understanding of the transformative role that language can play in networks and the relationship between information and networks. By jointly considering text data and network data we can analyze networks along multiple dimensions of human behavior. This has facilitated eminent work on collective problem solving through information propagation, language change, and the adoption of beliefs and sentiments, to name a few areas. The overarching goal with this workshop is to bring together people that bridge the gap between text analysis and network analysis, and to discuss current advances and challenges in this new field. What and how to submit: We welcome short papers (2-6 pages) on algorithmic, methodological and applied empirical work that considers text data and network data. We are also interested in computational solutions that support this process. Please submit your paper via EasyChair. (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=won2012) Please use the Word or LaTeX templates for WebSci12 for you submission. (http://www.websci12.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WebSci-Proceedings-Templ…) Topics of interest include: Semantic network analysis Information networks Mental maps Joint utilization of natural language processing or computational linguistics and network analysis, e.g. in the context of social media analytics Evolution and change of language, trust and reputation in online and offline settings Important dates: May 21: Short papers due May 27: Acceptance notes sent out June 08: Final version of short papers due June 22: Workshop June 22-24: Web Science Conference, Evanston, Illinois, USA Organizers: Jana Diesner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The iSchool/ Graduate School of Library and Information Science Web: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/ David Reitter Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Psychology and Penn State, College of Information Sciences and Technology Web: http://www.david-reitter.com Program Committee: Christian Baden, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Moira Burke, Facebook Lee Giles, Penn State University Scott Golder, Cornell University Georg Groh, Technical University Munich Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Peter Landwehr, Carnegie Mellon University Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, University of Porto Wouter van Atteveldt, University Amsterdam John Yen, Penn State University

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Velvet Light Trap CFP (Useful Media: Industrial, Educational, Institutional)
by Holly Kruse 16 May '12

16 May '12

Forwarded on request. Please do not send inquires to me. Thanks. Holly -- Holly Kruse List Manager, AIR-L holly(a)aoir.org ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Velvet Light Trap Call for Papers From: "Velvet Light Trap" <thevelvetlighttrap(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 9:56 am To: air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org cultstud-l-owner(a)lists.comm.umn.edu visualculture(a)education.wisc.edu cvc(a)education.wisc.edu listserv(a)listserv.loc.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To whom it may concern, I am one of the coordinating editors for the Velvet Light Trap, a scholarly journal of film and media, produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas-Austin. Our upcoming issue is on Useful Media: Industrial, Educational, Institutional and seeks submissions concerning the production, distribution, exhibition, and/or reception of educational, industrial, and other institutional film, video, television, audio, and new media, past and present. We were hoping that you would be willing to distribute our call for papers on your listserv, as it may prove interesting to your subscribers. Below is the link to our website through the University of Texas Press, where our call can be found. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jvlt.html Thank you for your time and please let me know if you need any additional information from me to help distribute our call. Sincerely, Amanda McQueen PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison -- The Velvet Light Trap is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal of film, television, and new media. It is collectively edited by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Texas at Austin, with the support of media scholars at those institutions and throughout the country. Each issue provokes debate about critical, theoretical, and historical topics relating to a particular theme.

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Call for short papers: "Words and Networks" workshop at ACM Web Science Conference 2012
by David Reitter 15 May '12

15 May '12

*** EXTENDED DEADLINE - MAY 21ST *** Call for short papers: Words and Networks: Language Use in Socio-Technical Networks (WON 2012) We solicit short papers for a workshop on research at the nexus of text analysis and network analysis. The workshop will be held at the ACM Web Science 2012 Conference in Evanston, IL, on June 22nd (http://www.websci12.org/) Workshop webpage: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/calls/WON_2012.html. While text analysis and network analysis have evolved into mature yet still quickly advancing fields, new work at their intersection emerges that enhances our understanding of the transformative role that language can play in networks and the relationship between information and networks. By jointly considering text data and network data we can analyze networks along multiple dimensions of human behavior. This has facilitated eminent work on collective problem solving through information propagation, language change, and the adoption of beliefs and sentiments, to name a few areas. The overarching goal with this workshop is to bring together people that bridge the gap between text analysis and network analysis, and to discuss current advances and challenges in this new field. What and how to submit: We welcome short papers (2-6 pages) on algorithmic, methodological and applied empirical work that considers text data and network data. We are also interested in computational solutions that support this process. Please submit your paper EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=won2012) Please use the Word or LaTeX templates for WebSci12 for you submission (http://www.websci12.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WebSci-Proceedings-Templ…) Topics of interest include: - Semantic network analysis - Information networks - Mental maps - Joint utilization of natural language processing or computational linguistics and network analysis, e.g. in the context of social media analytics - Evolution and change of language, trust and reputation in online and offline settings Important dates: May 21 (EXTENDED DEADLINE): Short papers due May 27: Acceptance notes sent out June 08: Final version of short papers due June 22: Workshop June 22-24: Web Science Conference, Evanston, Illinois, USA Organizers: Jana Diesner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The iSchool/ Graduate School of Library and Information Science Web: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/ David Reitter Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Psychology and Penn State, College of Information Sciences and Technology Web: http://www.david-reitter.com Program Committee: Christian Baden, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Moira Burke, Facebook Lee Giles, Penn State University Scott Golder, Cornell University Georg Groh, Technical University Munich Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Peter Landwehr, Carnegie Mellon University Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, University of Porto Wouter van Atteveldt, University Amsterdam John Yen, Penn State University

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Call for texts on digital collaboration- Deadline extended
by Lorna Heaton 15 May '12

15 May '12

Hello, The deadline has been extended for a special issue of tic& société on forms and issues surrounding digital collaboration. We can accept texts in English for initial evaluation, but the final product must be in FRENCH. The journal is well distributed on both sides of the Atlantic. You can consult the call for texts on line at http://ticetsociete.revues.org/1022 Date limit: July 1st 2012 Thank you for distributing this call among your colleagues. Lorna Heaton Associate Professor Department of communication Université de Montréal

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