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new deadline for CFP RAMSM 2012
by Babiga Birregah 22 Jun '12

22 Jun '12

* * *Dear all;* * * *Special Issue on: "Risk Assessment in Mobile Social Media: Trends, Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures"* http://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=1822 * Sorry for crossed posts. Could you please share this call with researchers in your networks which might be interested? deadline: 20 August, 2012 (extended) Thanks a lot * -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Enseignant-Chercheur/ Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS - CREIDD, H107 12 rue Marie Curie, BP. 2060 - 10010 Troyes CEDEX Tél. 0325715869

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Call for Papers - Youth Movements / Youth Organizations (for Kinder & Braver World Project)
by danah boyd 21 Jun '12

21 Jun '12

Are you working on topics related to youth movements or youth organizations? Do you know people who are? We need your help. We're looking for folks who can help make research publicly consumable. Please check out the CFP below and pass it on to others you know. Thanks so much!!! danah The Berkman Center for Internet & Society is delighted to announce a Call for Papers for The Kinder & Braver World Project: Research Series (danah boyd and John Palfrey, editors) presented by the Berkman Center and the Born This Way Foundation, and supported by the John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.  For more information regarding the series, please see: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/youthandmedia/kinderbraverworld This working paper series publishes short papers that synthesize existing peer-reviewed research or equivalent scholarship and provide research-grounded insight to the variety of stakeholders working on issues related to youth empowerment and action towards creating a kinder, braver world. The papers grow out of different types of research (e.g., social science, mental health, medical, legal) and are aimed at different audiences (e.g., youth, parents, teachers, school boards, religious leaders, policy makers). It will be developed in phases, and over time will cover a wide range of topics related to youth empowerment and the development of kindness and bravery. For this call, we are looking for papers that are related to two topics: Youth Movements for Social Change. What is known about youth organizing and youth social movements? How do adults and youth work together for social change? How do youth movements leverage technology? What are psychosocial predictors of youth engagement? How do peer norms affect youth activism? What is the relationship between self-efficacy and youth empowerment? What are key research insights that organizations trying to create a social movement with youth need to know? The Role of Youth Organizations. Youth have long participated in religious and secular organizations, including programs like the Girl Scouts of America, 4-H, and Gay-Straight Alliances. How has participation in these organizations shaped youths’ worldviews, civic engagement, and social wellbeing? What kinds of organizational structures work best to engage youth? Does participation in youth organizations predict healthy civic engagement? How is social media used by youth organizations? What are notable successes and failures in creating youth organizations? What are key lessons from youth organizations that anyone working to support youth should know? For more information, see the call for papers: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/youthandmedia/kinderbraverworld. To view previous papers on Meanness and Cruelty, see: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7491 Important Dates Submissions are due by July 25, 2012 to kbw-series(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu. For information on content and formatting requirements, as well as our review process and all other deadlines, please review our Guidelines to Authors: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/7747. Learn more about The Kinder & Braver World Research Series here:http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/research/youthandmedia/kinderbraverworld. We look forward to hearing from you; please forward and distribute widely to networks that may be interested.

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Facebook Usage: Limiting and Leaving
by Eric P. S. Baumer 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Please distribute widely. Twitter-friendly link: t.co/OKJLtdpz Do you use Facebook? We want to hear from you. You don’t use Facebook? We want to hear from you. We’re interested in people limiting their Facebook usage in some way, including deactivating their account or leaving. The only requirement to participate in this study is that you are a legal adult (18 years of age or older). Please click on the link below to answer a few questions. Thanks! https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_cLO3N59g37z7i7y

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Digital Crossroads. Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective, Utrecht University 28-30 June, 2012
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 20 Jun '12

20 Jun '12

Apologies for crossposting! The international conference 'Digital Crossroads. Media, Migration and Diaspora in a Transnational Perspective' will take place in Utrecht next week 28-29-30 June, 2012. The opening is Thursday 28 June at 9.45 in the Aula of the Academic Building. For more information please find the programma overview attached. The full programme with abstracts and bios is available online: http://www.digitalcrossroads.nl For further information please e-mail: info(a)digitalcrossroads.nl<mailto:info@digitalcrossroads.nl> Keynote speakers: Shakuntala Banaji London School of Economics and Political Science, UK Kirsten Drotner University of Southern Denmark, Denmark Radhika Gajjala Bowling Green State University, USA Eva Lam University of Northwestern, USA Lisa Nakamura University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA Liesbet van Zoonen Loughborough University, UK and Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Because of the disjunctive and unstable interplay of commerce, media, national policies, and consumer fantasies, ethnicity, once a genie contained in the bottle of some sort of locality (however large), has now become a global force, forever slipping in and through the cracks between states and borders – Appadurai 1996, p. 41, Modernity at Large The rapid development of digital technologies has radically transformed ways of keeping in touch with home cultures and diasporic networks. Moreover, the notion of migration has undergone significant shifts, coming to signifyimaginaries on the move which are not necessarily linked to geographical displacement. The aim of this conference is to address the relationship between migration and digital technologies across national contexts and ethnic belonging. Migrancy embeds many of the local and global paradoxes that alsopertain to digital media with their compression of space and time. However, the link between the two fields is still under-theorized and in need of more situated and comparative analysis. Drawing from approaches from the humanities and social sciences (media theory, communication studies, learning sciences, gender studies, cultural studies, postcolonial theory, migration and transnational studies, among others), the primary aim of this conference is to explore how the study of digitalization and migration challenges existing notions of diaspora, identity, nation, family, learning, literacy, social networks, youth, body, gender and ethnicity, asking for new approaches and a rethinking of traditional social and cultural categories. The conference comes at the end of a five-year High Potential project, entitled “Wired Up: Digital media as innovative socialization practices for migrant youth”, carried out by the Faculty of Humanities (project leader Dr. Sandra Ponzanesi) and the Faculty of Social Sciences (project leader Prof. Dr. Mariette de Haan) at Utrecht University in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, USA (Dr. Kevin Leander, Peabody College for Education). The project was funded by the Executive Board of Utrecht University to stimulate interdisciplinary research. See http://www.uu.nl/wiredup. Chair Dr Sandra Ponzanesi Coordinator Dr Fadi Hirzalla Scientific committee Prof Dr Mariette de Haan Dr Kevin Leander Conference commitee Dr Koen Leurs Dr Lisa Schwartz Dr Fleur Prinsen Asli Ünlosoy, MSC Koen Leurs | Phd student Graduate Gender Programme | Utrecht University | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 BL Utrecht | tel. 030-253 7859 | K.H.A.Leurs(a)uu.nl<mailto:K.H.A.Leurs@uu.nl> | www.uu.nl/wiredup<http://www.uu.nl/wiredup> | www.koenleurs.net<http://www.koenleurs.net>

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EU27 survey of privacy, data protection and electronic identity
by IPTS eID team 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear all [ apologies for cross posting, please disseminate ] We have the pleasure to announce that our Scientific and Policy Report 'Pan-European survey of practices, attitudes and policy preferences as regards personal identity data' has been published. It is found at http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/TFS/eidsurvey.html. This study presents the results of the largest survey ever conducted in Europe and elsewhere about people’s behaviours, attitudes and regulatory preferences concerning data protection, privacy and electronic identity, both on the Internet and otherwise in their daily lives. The study aims to remedy the lack of EU evidence. It is original in many respects: - It covers EU27; - It targets multiple areas: eCommerce, Social Networking, Authentication and Medical information; - It retrieves data directly relevant to policy making. The full reference is: W. Lusoli, M. Bacigalupo, F. Lupiañez, N. Andrade, S. Monteleone, I. Maghiros (2012). Pan-European survey of practices, attitudes and policy preferences as regards personal identity data management (JRC Scientific and Policy Reports EUR 25295 EN). Sevilla: EC JRC IPTS. Available from http://is.jrc.ec.europa.eu/pages/TFS/eidsurvey.html . Of course, comments are most appreciated. Kind regards The JRC IPTS eID team

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New journal Mobile Media & Communication launching 2013
by Swart, Wernard 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear All, SAGE will launch an exciting new journal in January 2013 called Mobile Media & Communication<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202140?siteId=sage-uk&prodTypes=a…>. The journal will be published three times a year and will be edited by Rich Ling (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark), Veronika Karnowski (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany), Thilo von Pape (University of Hohenheim, Germany) and Steve Jones (University of Illinois at Chicago, USA). Access to the first volume will by free by registering here<https://online.sagepub.com/cgi/register?registration=FTMMC>. If you are interested in submitting a manuscript please visit this<http://www.uk.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202140?siteId=sage-uk&prodTypes=a…> page. About the journal: Mobile Media & Communication is a peer-reviewed forum for international, interdisciplinary academic research on the dynamic field of mobile media and communication. Mobile Media & Communication draws on a wide and continually renewed range of disciplines, engaging broadly in the concept of mobility itself. The journal embraces both quantitative and qualitative approaches to the study of mobility in communication, but above all aims toward state-of-the-art methodology. While the center of gravity lies in social sciences and humanities, the journal is open to research with technical, economic, and design aspects, provided they help to enlighten the social dimensions of mobile communication. Mobile Media & Communication examines the phenomenon of mobility in communication – that is, what is understood as mobile media and communication, but also emerging phenomena such as mobile and ubiquitous computing. Contributions may include, but are certainly not limited to, explorations of the following topics: • Mobile communication as an innovation, including the emergence of new usage forms, the negotiation of norms, and symbolic representation by producers and users • The interrelationship of this nearly ubiquitous technology and the users’ everyday lives • The embeddedness of mobile communication within social networks, and the mutual shaping of technology and social structure • Local cultures and forms of use of mobile communication • Mobile communication in developing countries • Cultural differences in mobile communication • Mobile communication and gender • Specific methodologies that address the mobile character of the phenomenon: ethnography, observation, network analysis, experience sampling, and other still emerging methods • Mobile learning and education. • Persuasion through mobile media in various domains • History of mobile media • Journalism and mobile media • Specific methodologies that address the mobile character of the phenomenon: ethnography, observation, network analysis, experience sampling, and other still emerging methods Please forward this message to any of your colleagues that may be interested. Best wishes, Vern Swart ---------------------------- SAGE, the Independent Publishers Guild Academic and Professional Publisher of the Year 2012 ----------------------------

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Needing advice for teaching
by Sylvain Firer-Blaess 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear all, I am going to give an undergrad course in media analysis. In here I am notably going to teach introductions to Marx and Ideology, Psychoanalysis, and gender studies. I am currently looking for good and accessible academic papers that would analyze audio-visual contents through one of these method. Do you have any in mind? That would greatly help me to build my course. Thank you all. Sylvain Firer-Blaess Ph.D. Cand., Uppsala University

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CFP: Special Issue on: Risk Assessment in Mobile Social Media
by Babiga Birregah 19 Jun '12

19 Jun '12

Dear all, The dealine for the CFP is approaching. http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1822 For any question about the deadline, please send e.mail to gest editors. *Special Issue on: "Risk Assessment in Mobile Social Media: Trends, Threats, Vulnerabilities and Countermeasures"* * * [image: Go Top]<http://www.inderscience.com/browse/callpaper.php?callID=1822#top> *Subject Coverage* Suitable topics include but are not limited to: - Trends in new threat and vulnerability identification - Survey of risk assessment in mobile social media - Empirical and comparative studies (microblogging, social networks, online professional networks, etc.) - Security and privacy issues in mobile social media (digital confidence, privacy policy integration in mobile application) - Digital identity theft - Trust and reputation - Mobile social media use among teens and young adults: trends and vulnerabilities - Best practices and applications in mobile social media - Competitive intelligence (brand attack, social media crisis, rumours, etc.) - Societal and political issues (e-citizenship, e-government, etc.) - Mobile cloud computing - Data mining and web mining for risk assessment - Data collection and new tools for data analysis (semantic approaches, data mining, etc.) - Data pre-processing for data from mobile social media - Methods and tools for identification and assessment of new forms of threats - Risk assessment in mobile social network services: URL-shortening, geolocation, etc. - Convergence mobile phone, social media and network - Anomaly detection - Mobile network forensics: indicators, metrics, etc. - Models and visualisation tools for behaviour understanding - User modelling and pattern identification in mobile social media - Visualisation tools and techniques for cybercrime analysis - Mathematical models: fuzzy logic, Bayesian approaches, probabilistic and statistical methods, kernel methods, etc. -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Enseignant-Chercheur/ Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS - CREIDD, H107 12 rue Marie Curie, BP. 2060 - 10010 Troyes CEDEX Tél. 0325715869

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Call for Papers: CollaborateCom 2012
by David Nemer 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

The 8th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing - CollaborateCom 2012 Co-Sponsored by EAI and IEEE 14-17 October 2012 Pittsburgh, PA, USA http://www.collaboratecom.org/ ============================================================================ HIGHLIGHTS - The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation (www.eai.eu) a leading community-based organisation devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT - All accepted and presented papers will be included in the conference proceedings, made available in IEEE Xplore, as well as in the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). IEEE Proceedings are submitted for inclusion to EI Engineering Index (Compendex), Google Scholar, ISI Proceedings. - Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus and many more - Springer MONET and IJCIS special issues have been confirmed for CollaboratecCom 2012 - Best paper and Best Student paper awards - Support for Student Travel grant has been confirmed from the University of Pittsburgh and CSIRO, Australia (up to 10 confirmed) CALL FOR PAPERS [Scope] Over the last two decades, many organizations and individuals have relied on electronic collaboration between distributed teams of humans, computer applications, and/or autonomous robots to achieve higher productivity and produce joint products that would have been impossible to develop without the contributions of multiple collaborators. Technology has evolved from standalone tools, to open systems supporting collaboration in multi-organizational settings, and from general purpose tools to specialized collaboration grids. Future collaboration solutions that fully realize the promises of electronic collaboration require advancements in networking, technology and systems, user interfaces and interaction paradigms, and interoperation with application-specific components and tools. The eighth International Conference on Collaborative Computing (CollaborateCom 2012) will continue to serve as a premier international forum for discussion among academic and industrial researchers, practitioners, and students interested in collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications. [Topics] Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: -Architectures, protocols, and enabling technologies for collaborative computing networks and systems -Autonomic computing and quality of services in collaborative networks, systems, and applications -Collaboration in pervasive and cloud computing environments -Collaboration in data-intensive scientific discovery -Collaboration in health-care environments -Collaborative e-education, e-learning, and collaborative computing in large scale digital libraries -Collaborative mobile networks and infrastructures -Collaborative technologies for fast creation and deployment of new mobile services -Collaborative, location-aware mobile systems/applications -Collaboration techniques in data-intensive computing and cloud computing -Collaborative sensor networks, unmanned air and ground vehicle networks & applications -Collaborative, context-aware infrastructure -Collaborative social networks & web-based collaboration -Computer supported collaborative work with distributed systems -Distributed collaborative workflows -Data management and middleware support for collaborative information systems -Energy management for collaborative networks -Group-driven composition of systems from components -Human-robot collaboration -Human-centric ubiquitous collaboration -Methodologies and tools for design and analysis of collaborative user applications -Models & mechanisms for real-time collaboration -Multi-agent technology and software technologies for collaborative networking and applications -Peer-to-peer and overlay networks, systems, & applications -P2P platforms for supporting collaboration -Security, privacy and trust management in collaborative networks, systems, and applications -Simulation, performance evaluation, experiments, and case studies of collaborative networks and applications -Software design, testing, and experimentation technology for collaborative networking and applications -Theoretical foundations and algorithms for collaborative networks, applications, and worksharing -Tools for collaborative decision making processes -Trustworthy collaborative business processing in virtual organizations -Visualization techniques, interaction devices and visual languages for collaborative networks and applications -Web services technologies and service-oriented architectures for collaborative networking and applications -Workflow management for collaborative networks/systems We invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Contributions addressing all areas related to collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications are solicited. The submitted manuscript should closely reflect the final paper as it will appear in the Proceedings. Submitted papers should be 10 pages in two-column IEEE proceeding format. The papers can be submitted in regular track or Industry/Application track [Publications] All submitted papers and posters will be rigorously reviewed. All accepted papers will be made available in IEEE Xplore and other external indexing services (DBLP database, ZB1Math/CompuServe, IO-Port, EI, Scopus, INSPEC, ISI proceeding - pending approval). Approval is being granted for a special issue on CollaborateCom'12 to be published on ACM/Springer MOBILE NETWORKS & APPLICATIONS (MONET). 4-6 papers on the themes related to MONET will be selected for publication on this issue. Springer MONET and IJCIS special issues have been confirmed. [Posters] The conference will include a poster session that highlights recent and on-going research, experiments, and provocative ideas that have not been published elsewhere. Poster submissions will be reviewed and one page summaries of accepted posters will appear in the conference proceedings. [Workshops proposals] Proposals for half-day or full day workshops that focus on CollaborateCom 2012 related themes are solicited. Workshop proposals should be at most five pages, including a biographical sketch of each instructor, and submitted to the Workshop Chairs. Proposals will be evaluated based on the expertise and experience of the organizers and the relevance and importance of the subject matter. Please refer to call for workshop proposals for details. [Panels proposals] Proposals for panel discussions that focus on future visions for collaborative networking, applications, and worksharing are preferred. Potential panel organizers should submit a panel proposal of at most five pages, including biographical sketches of the proposed panellists to the Panel Chairs. [Tutorial proposals] Proposals for full and half-day tutorials are solicited. Tutorials are intended to enhance the technical program, and as such they should be relevant to collaborative computing, networking, worksharing, and applications. Potential tutorial presenters should submit a tutorial proposal of at most three pages, including: description of potential audience and background knowledge expected from the audience, if any; tutorial description; biographical sketch of presenter(s). [Paper submission] All paper, poster, panel, and workshop submissions will be handled electronically. Please visit the conference website www.CollaborateCom.orgfor detailed submission requirements and procedures. [Important dates] Abstract deadline: July 6th, 2012 Full Paper deadline: July 13th, 2012 Notification and registration opens: August 31st, 2012 Camera-ready deadline: September 20th, 2012 [Conference organising committee] General Chair: Calton Pu. Georgia Institute of Technology, USA James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA TPC Co-Chairs: Barbara Carminati, Univ. Of Insubria, Italy Lakshmish Ramaswamy, Univ. Of Georgia, USA Panels Co-Chairs: Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA Mohamed Eltoweissy, Pacific Northwest National Lab and Virginia Tech, USA Publications Chair: Surya Nepal, CSIRO, Australia Industry Co-Chairs: Yuecel Karabulut, SAP, USA Mudhakar Srivastav. IBM, USA Workshop Co-Chairs: Lujo Bauer, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Anna C Squicciarini, Pennsylvania State University, USA Sponsorhsip Chair: Dimitrios Georgakopoulos, CSIRO, Australia Publicity Chair: Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, USA Local Arrangments Chair: Konstantinos Pelechrinis, University of Pittsburgh, USA Finance Chair: Natasa Milosevic, EAI Conference Coordinator: Erica Polini contact: erica.polini[at]eai.eu [Steering Committee] Imrich Chlamtac (Chair), Create-Net, Italy Tao Zhang (Vice Chair), Telcordia Technologies, USA Ken Birman, Cornell University, USA Nim Cheung, Telcordia Technologies, USA Arun Iyengar, IBM T.J. Watson, USA Pradeep Khosla, Carnegie Mellon Univ., USA Ling Liu, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh, USA ABOUT EAI The European Alliance for Innovation is a dynamic eco-system for fostering ICT enabled innovation to improve European competitiveness and to benefit society. EAI uses open e-platforms to inspire grassroots collaboration among all relevant actors, from organizations to individuals, to stimulate community driven innovation to its institutional and individual members worldwide. Through EAI, organizations find ideas and talent, and individual innovators find organizations for their ingenuity and craft. Join the innovation community at www.eai.eu _______________________________________________ Please do not post msgs that are not relevant to the database community at large. Go to www.cs.wisc.edu/dbworld for guidelines and posting forms. To unsubscribe, go to https://lists.cs.wisc.edu/mailman/listinfo/dbworld -- *David Nemer* PhD Student in Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Editor of the Social Informatics Blog - http://socialinformaticsblog.com http://www.dnemer.com dnemer(a)indiana.edu

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MEA Convention 2013: problematic dates
by Sam Lehman-wilzig 18 Jun '12

18 Jun '12

I assume that the MEA board is aware that the timing of next year's MEA Convention in Michigan (June 20-23) is somewhat problematic. The ICA conference will be held in London from June 15-19, so that anyone attending there will have a hard time making it back to Michigan in time for the MEA -- assuming that once overseas, the ICA attendees tend to stay on for a mini-vacation in our former "Motherland". FYI. Sam L-W Prof. Sam Lehman-Wilzig Deputy Director School of Communication Bar-Ilan University 52900 Ramat Gan ISRAEL (office) +972-3-5317651 (office secretary) +972-3-5317060 (cell) +972-52-3410163 (fax) +972-3-9234511 Sam.Lehman-Wilzig(a)biu.ac.il<mailto:Sam.Lehman-Wilzig@biu.ac.il> website: www.ProfSLW.com Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2012 12:58:50 -0400 From: Janet Sternberg <janet.sternberg(a)nyu.edu<mailto:janet.sternberg@nyu.edu>> To: Association of Internet Researchers <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> Subject: [Air-L] Call for Papers - Media Ecology Association Convention June 20-23 2013 Michigan Message-ID: <4FDE0CCA.8010203(a)nyu.edu<mailto:4FDE0CCA.8010203@nyu.edu>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed The Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association Call for Papers Media Ecology Unplugged June 20?23, 2013 Grand Valley State University Grand Rapids, Michigan Convention Coordinators: Corey Anton (antonc(a)gvsu.edu<mailto:antonc@gvsu.edu>) Grand Valley State University Valerie V. Peterson (petersov(a)gvsu.edu<mailto:petersov@gvsu.edu>) Grand Valley State University In 2013, Grand Valley will happily host the Media Ecology Association?s 14th annual convention in the city of Grand Rapids. Our aim is to provoke academic dialogue, raise public awareness of media ecology, and discuss the relevance of media ecological thought to the broader culture. The 14th Annual Convention, with the theme of ?unplugged,? invites papers, panels, creative projects, and other proposals presenting research and/or exploring topics and ideas related to the convention theme. Media ecology ?unplugged? seeks to remind people that media technologies are simply plug-in devices. The ?unplugged? theme is meant to capture the wide span of environmental mediation prior to the wired and plugged-in revolution of mass media, including architecture, literacy, urban design, transportation, art, and other discursive and non-discursive forms. It also turns attention to recent and cutting-edge technologies that have de-tethered from the plug, including satellites, nanotechnology, robotics, genetic engineering, modern pharmacology, cell phones, Bluetooth, e-readers, solar cells, green technologies, neuroscience, and much more. All abstracts, completed papers, and panel proposal submissions, etc., are welcome, but priority will be given to submissions that touch upon or align with the convention theme. A maximum of two submissions per author will be accepted. Authors who wish their papers to be considered for the Top Paper or Top Student Paper award must indicate this on their submission(s). All submissions will be acknowledged. The convention site, approximately 15 minutes by taxi from the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, is located in the heart of Grand Rapids, Michigan at Grand Valley?s downtown campus. It has an assortment of hotels and a wide range of places to eat, from inexpensive eateries to fine restaurants, all within a few city blocks. Accommodation and excursion information is forthcoming. Guidelines for Submission For Manuscripts: 1. Suggested length of manuscripts is 15 to 25 double-spaced pages (4,000?6,000 words). 2. Include a cover page (or e-submission first page) with your academic or professional affiliation and other contact information. 3. Include a 150-word abstract, with the title. Use APA, MLA, or Chicago style. For Paper and Panel Proposals: 1. Include title, abstract, and contact information with your proposal. 2. Outline, as relevant, how your paper or panel will fit with the convention theme. Submission Deadline: November 1, 2012 For more on the Media Ecology Association, visit the website: http://www.media-ecology.org. ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@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/ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 95, Issue 17 *************************************

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