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'MEN Invented the Internet'?
by Conley, Tara 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

Hi list members, In case you haven't already seen David Streitfeld's controversial NYTimes piece this weekend, here it is<http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/03/technology/lawsuit-against-kleiner-perkin…>. The controversy stems from his lede, "MEN invented the Internet'. You may also be interested in the response from tech journalist Xeni Jardin<http://boingboing.net/2012/06/03/nyt-men-invented-the-inter.html> . I also wrote a response piece about the controversy from an historical perspective for Ms. Magazine<http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2012/06/04/the-women-and-people-of-color-wh…> today. Interesting to think about the history of the Internet in terms of gender and 'race' consciousness, no? Also, if any list members could recommend further reading on Internet history (including computing) that includes discussions about gender, 'race', and so forth, I'd appreciate it! Tara -- Tara L. Conley Teachers College Columbia University Ed.D. Student in Computing Communication & Technology in Education tlc2132(a)tc.columbia.edu *"If you can't locate the other, how are you to locate your-self?" - Trinh T. Minh-ha*

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men invented feminism
by Alex Juhasz 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

I am part of a global effort--FemTechNet--to archive and teach the history of feminism and technology and invite members of this list to join us in our collective efforts in building the world's first MDCLE. “Dialogues in Feminism and Technology” is a Massively Distributed Collaborative Learning Experiment: a feminist rethinking of a MOOC. For our feminist endeavor, teaching and learning are adaptive, dispersed, and shared. As technology remakes academia and the arts, we see that critical analysis of gender, sexualities, and race have been absent in much of this re-thinking of disciplines and practices. Feminist scholarship that made great strides in the pre-Internet era may be lost in the digital one. Feminists who work in a variety of disciplinary and institutional homes may not share their histories or current work. Course Description Produced collectively by FemTechNet—a network of hundreds of international feminist scholars in a variety of fields and disciplines—“Dialogues in Feminism and Technology” delivers (and grows) ten weeks of course content covering both the histories and cutting edge scholarship on technology produced through art, science and visual studies. Recorded conversations between luminaries in these fields will anchor each of ten weeks of themed content, but from there, each professor will tailor a course best-suited to her students, institution, locale, and discipline from a diverse, robust, and growing database of “Boundary Objects that Learn”—readings, media, web-resources, and conversations that are submitted and peer-reviewed for teaching by the network. Shared assignments will link learners across disciplines, institutions and national boundaries as their own efforts become part of the feminist database and dialogue. You can join the network by joining our listserv which sits on the fembotcollective.org<http://fembotcollective.org/> site under the pull-down "Register" Thanks and I hope to be collaborating with many of you soon. Alex Juhasz Media Studies Pitzer College

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Call for Collaborators | Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City
by Medialab-Prado comunicacion 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

*MEDIALAB-PRADO* Plaza de las Letras C/ Alameda, 15 · 28014 Madrid +34 913 692 303 www.medialab-prado.es* * * * Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs Call for Collaborators Call for collaborations in the advanced workshop for project pevelopment Interactivos?'12 Dublin: Hack the City. Current and Future Needs, that takes place in July 11 - 26, 2012 in Dublin (Ireland). Collaborators will participate in the production of selected projects that will create an experimental laboratory to channel hacker culture, and allow artists, designers, makers, doers, data nerds, hobbyists, citizen scientists, tech geeks, activists, edgy engineers and DIY urban planners to take control over the resolution of problems that affect and link together worldwide 'communities of concern'. Workshop: July 11 - 26, 2012. Seminar: June 11 and 12, 2012 Open call collaborators through July 5, 2012. Workshop advisors: Tim Redfern, Carolina García Cataño, John Lynch with Teresa Dillon (HACK THE CITY curator). Workshop assistant: Max Kazemzadeh Complete information and guidelines: http://medialab-prado.es/article/interactivos_dublin_call_collaborators **Activity within the framework of Studiolab European project: http://www.studiolabproject.eu/ http://medialab-prado.es http://www.sciencegallery.com/ -- Nerea García Garmendia Medialab-Prado Área de Las Artes, Ayuntamiento de Madrid Plaza de las Letras Alameda, 15 28014 Madrid Tfno. +34 914 202 754 nerea(a)medialab-prado.es www.medialab-prado.es http://www.facebook.com/MedialabPradoMadrid Twitter: @medialabprado "Antes de imprimir este documento asegúrate de que es realmente necesario. ¡Gracias por tu colaboración!"

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CFP InVisible Culture Issue 19: Blind Spots
by iskandar zulkarnain 08 Jun '12

08 Jun '12

My colleagues and I in *InVisible Culture* just launched our latest call for paper for our journal. And we would like to use this list to spread the word. Feel free to disseminate this CFP! *Blind Spots*<http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-19-blind-spots/> *InVisible Culture* <http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu>, Issue 19 To set up a critical conversation under the thematic framework of “blindness” runs the risk of holding one mode or locus of vision above others. In other words, by inviting our peers to carry out their thinking with the question of “blind spots” in mind, do we mean to encourage a purely negative criticality or counter-discourse aimed at new technologies of vision: of revealing their artifice and lamenting their hegemony? Such concerns might provisionally be put to rest when we consider blindness less as a metaphor for criticism and more as an actual phenomenon, even how blindness itself might ground a phenomenology. In considering such questions, we began by inquiring into the horizon of vision as it currently presents itself. It is as if everything increasingly makes itself available to sight. Google now not only seeks to “organize the data of the world” but evidently has in mind the visualization of that data as well--of turning seeing itself into a question of data, as evident in the company’s various projects (or products?) such as Google maps and its latest Google glasses technology. In part because of this hyper-availability of information by way of (for instance) technologies of algorithmic vision, seeing has not only become de-centered from the eye: the eye is itself becoming an obsolete organ, at best a point of *support *for the manifold ways in which technology narrows the space between itself and bodies. And yet, how might the blindness of the eye—its “ability” to falter—assist us in thinking about these new and complex modes of vision? In what way can sensorial limits be understood as horizons of possibility? What fresh insights might a critical examination of past discourses on technological vision and blindness offer to our current understanding of contemporary technologies of augmented vision? Another question we hope to address with this issue, then, concerns the relationship between blindness as a condition of the lived body and blindness as a condition attributable to certain media. In Derek Jarman's 1993 film *Blue*, film itself is taken up as a medium that might provide the basis for reflecting upon and even substituting for the AIDS-stricken artist's own faltering vision. Comprised entirely of a single, seamless blue image, *Blue *incorporates voice-over from a variety of sources (including Jarman himself) as a means of envisioning what is “technically” absent to sight. Both the eye and the film camera lens are, in the case of * Blue,* mediated by a larger “poetics” of blindness. By mentioning the examples of emergent technologies of algorithmic/augmented vision as well as a film such as Jarman's, and by generally proceeding under this rubric of “blind spots,” we at *InVisible Culture** *wish to encourage a cross-disciplinary and vibrant conversation as well as creative/artistic expression concerning the rhetoric of vision and blindness from the perspective of our culturally, historically, and technologically unique moment. Topics could include: *new media and sensorial “authenticity” * blindness as a critical-discursive symptom * blindness and affect * media decay/rejuvenation * glitches * how media reflect on their own blindness * gender and blindness * impairment and access * blind temporalities * blindness as form and content * histories and theories of technologies of visualization (i.e. stereoscope, 3D, IMAX) * race/ethnicity/nationality and technological blindness * code/algorithm and augmented vision technologies * blindness and the politics of (in)visibility* Please send inquiries and completed papers (MLA style) of between 4,000 and 10,000 words to ivc[dot]rochester[at]gmail[dot]com by *September 1st, 2012 at 11:59pm EST*. *Creative/Artistic Works* * *In addition to written materials, *InVisible Culture* is for this issue accepting work done on other media (video, photography, drawing, codework) that reflect upon the theme as it is outlined above. For questions or more details concerning acceptable formats, please use the contact form on our website with the subject "Creative/Artistic Work Submission." *Reviews* * **InVisible Culture* is also currently seeking submissions for reviews of book, exhibition, and film (600-1000 words). To submit a review proposal, please use the contact form on our website with the subject "Review Submission." *Blog* * *The journal also invites post submissions to its blog feature, which will accommodate more immediate responses to the topic of the current issue. For further details, please use the contact form on our website with the subject "Blog Submission." <http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/invisibleculture_lo…> ** InVisible Culture <http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/>*(An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture) is a peer-reviewed journal dedicated to explorations of the material and political dimensions of cultural practices: the means by which cultural objects and communities are produced, the historical contexts in which they emerge, and the regimes of knowledge or modes of social interaction to which they contribute. -- Iskandar Zulkarnain HASTAC Scholars 2011-2012 Website: http://www.hastac.org/hastac-scholars<http://www.hastac.org/scholars> Rochester Intermedia Studies Group Ph.D. Student Visual and Cultural Studies 424 Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!"

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Berkman Jobs: Project Manager, Lead Platform Manager, Senior Systems Architect, and Junior Web Developer
by Rebecca Tabasky 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Hi all, The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has three new job listings for which we are now accepting applications. These technically-inclined leadership positions will provide the right candidates the chance to join Berkman's dynamic community in our collaborative exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, challenging, and compelling issues, and the freedom and responsibility to help direct our cutting-edge initiatives. We are excited to launch our search for the following positions: ** Project Manager <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=880847&Part…> * Senior Systems Architect <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881344&Part…> * Lead Platform Manager <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881338&Part…>* In addition, we are still accepting applications for a: ** Junior Web Developer <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=865430&Part…>* Berkman's committed and tight-knit community <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people> encourages serious fun and creativity, supports deep inquiry, values novel approaches to solving problems, strives for transparency, continually builds upon best-practices and lessons learned, and is supportive of individual and collective goals. We look forward to growing our community with people who will thrive in and contribute to our unique, fulfilling environment. To learn more about the Berkman Center, please visit the Berkman site <http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/>. Short descriptions for these positions can be found below; full descriptions can be found in the Harvard Human Resources system. Applications must be submitted through the Harvard site. As ever, we are thankful for your help in sharing these opportunities with your networks - please forward this note and/or share through other networks (we've tweeted these opportunities <https://twitter.com/berkmancenter/status/210780763141050368>). If you are, or know, a strong candidate for one of the below positions, we most welcome you to reach out! All best, Becca --- *Project Manager <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=880847&Part…>:* The Center is looking to hire a Project Manager to drive forward a diverse portfolio of Berkman's research projects; support critical institutional initiatives; and provide high level, strategic management to project teams, focusing on systems/efficacy of the efforts. The project manager will have a broad skill set, including deft management abilities, project team coordination and experience with direct supervision and mentoring; extensive research and writing experience; adaptive workflow management; event planning and implementation; and outstanding writing and verbal skills. In addition, the project manager will have outstanding interpersonal skills; a proven capacity to work independently and as a team member; sound judgment; and exceptional ethical standards. For this role, we have a strong preference for technological interest and experience, ideally managing projects that rely on technical tools or platforms and experience with guiding technical development processes. For a full description of the responsibilities, qualifications, and application instructions, please visit the Harvard Human Resources Project Manager listing <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=880847&Part…>. <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881344&Part…>*Senior Systems Architect <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881344&Part…>* and *Lead Platform Manager <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881338&Part…>:* Berkman seeks leadership in the planning, design, and implementation of a novel approach that aims to increase the robustness of Internet communication and reduce the vulnerability of websites to deliberate attack. This project is a key component of a future, new, robust Internet and is an enabler for free and open online expression, disaster recovery, and load balancing in any online arena. For this project, the Berkman Center is considering two possible candidate profiles: either a very hands-on technologist to work as a Senior Systems Architect or a skilled project manager to work as a Lead Platform Manager. Both iterations of this role are listed and we ask interested candidates to please apply to the one that best suits you. The Senior Systems Architect <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881344&Part…> is a very hands-on technical position. The candidate must have demonstrated expertise in complex, multi-tiered application development and displayed experience developing large-scale applications. The Senior Systems Architect will own the roadmap for this project and must collaborate with project managers and technical team on features, requirements, and critical technical decisions. She or he will produce and review high-level, detailed technical designs for architecture enhancements and additions; review code with developers and ensure adherence to coding standards; write and execute test cases at various phases of the project. As well, she or he will be responsible for the progress of the project during research, pilot and implementation phases. For a full description of the responsibilities, qualifications, and application instructions, please visit the Harvard Human Resources Senior Systems Architect listing <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881344&Part…>. The Lead Platform Manager <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881338&Part…> will own the roadmap for the Internet Robustness project and must collaborate with technical leads on features, requirements, and critical technical decisions. She or he will be engaged in strategic discussions with 3rd party software projects working in the same arena, and will be responsible for the progress of the project during research, pilot and implementation phases. This position will work closely with the entire project team, including Berkman Center staff and Principal Investigator, and will oversee the contributions of junior staff and Research Assistants. A passion for Internet freedom and history of delivering great products are instrumental for this role. A specific focus on tools for network health, network proxies, routing robustness and/or network circumvention is helpful, but any background in managing a complex development project may be considered. For a full description of the responsibilities, qualifications, and application instructions, please visit the Harvard Human Resources Lead Platform Manager listing <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=881338&Part…>. *Junior Web Developer <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=865430&Part…>:* Our Geek Cave is in a phase of exciting expansion, and, along with the above additions that will all touch and work with the technologists on staff, we are still accepting applications for a junior web developer. We welcome applications from adaptable, flexible and persistent geeks who love clean, well-designed code and who want to help us expand our Blogs@Law platform. The successful candidate will support a growing WordPress installation, develop web-based applications and build UIs, and create technical and end-user guide documents. In concert with others, the developer will interface with clients. The developer will need to keep current with tools and technologies of open source software. He or she will work as part of a team and support other developers on their projects. For a full listing of the responsibilities, qualifications, and application instructions, please visit the Harvard Human Resources Junior Web Developer listing <https://sjobs.brassring.com/1033/asp/tg/cim_jobdetail.asp?jobId=865430&Part…>.

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Last Call: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Begin forwarded message: > From: Anatoliy Gruzd <agruzd(a)gmail.com> > Date: June 6, 2012 4:45:56 PM PDT > To: <asis-l(a)asis.org> > Subject: [Asis-l] Last Call: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media > > Apologies for cross-posting > ******************************** > CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS AND RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS POSTERS > > What: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on > Social Media > Where: School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, > Nova Scotia, Canada > When: September 28-29, 2012 > Website: http://SocialMediaLab.ca/influence12 > Twitter hashtag: #Influence12 > > Industry Keynote Speaker: Gilad Lotan, VP of Research & Development, > Socialflow.com > > ABOUT THE EVENT: > This is a two-day symposium and workshop organized and hosted by the > Social Media Lab (http://SocialMediaLab.ca) at Dalhousie University and > supported by MITACS, SSHRC, NCE GRAND, Dalhousie’s Faculty of Computer > Science and Faculty of Management. > > It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, > and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, > users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks > have exploded. With a multitude of voices all talking at once on social > media, finding interesting and influential voices among the masses can > be difficult. The objective of this 2-day workshop is to bring together > experts in social media and online social networks from both the > academic and business worlds, to share ideas on the best practices > around how to study the impact of social media on our society, and > specifically how to measure influence on social media. The workshop will > provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate > their ideas, and provide graduate students with the opportunity to build > academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn > about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective. > > SCHEDULE: > During the first day, the participants will present and conduct > discussions based on their work in this area. Over the second day, the > participants will be tasked to brainstorm and develop new metrics for > studying and measuring influence and engagement on social media. > > REGISTRATION FEE: None > > STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDIES: > A limited number of competitive travel subsidies ($500 + 3-night shared > accommodation with another student in a local hotel) will be available > to PhD and Postdoctoral students from Canadian academic institutions. > Please indicate on your submission whether you would like to be > considered for a travel subsidy. > > TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: > 1) Position Papers: Proposals should be in the form of a position paper > (up to 1,000 words excluding references) and formatted using the ACM > Proceedings Format (a template is available at > http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) The > position paper must be on a completed or well-developed project relating > to the main theme of the workshop. If selected, the author(s) will be > invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A > period. > > 2) “Work-in-progress” Posters: Posters will display visual presentations > of early-stage projects. Proposals should be in the form of a short > abstract (up to 500 words excluding references). If selected, author(s) > will have an opportunity to present their poster as part of a dedicated > poster session during the workshop. > > *All submissions are due June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard > Time)* and must be submitted via the EasyChair website at > https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=influence12 > > TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE: > • Influential User Detection > • Information Visualization in Social Media > • Mobile Applications > • Online and Offline Social Networks > • Online Community Detection > • Online Identity > • Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis > • Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media > • Scalability Issues and Social Media Data > • Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) > • Social Media Mining > • Social Network Analysis > > All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee and > evaluated based on their relevance and potential contribution to the > main theme of the workshop: How do we define and measure influence on > social media? The goal is to select and invite up to 50 researchers to > participate in the workshop. Accepted and finalized papers and posters > will be published on the Social Media Lab website after the event and > promoted through various media channels. The workshop presentations will > also be streamed online. > > IMPORTANT DATES: > • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) > • Notification Date: July 15, 2012 > • Camera-Ready Deadline: August 30, 2012 > • Workshop Dates: September 28-29, 2012 > > PROGRAM COMMITTEE: > > * danah boyd, Microsoft Research, USA > * Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia > * Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA > * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing > * Greg Elmer, Ryerson University, Canada > * Andrea Forte, Drexel University, USA > * Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University, USA > * Carolyn Hank, McGill University, Canada > * Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada > * Susan Herring, Indiana University, USA > * Bernie Hogan, University of Oxford, UK > * Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA > * Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto, Canada > * Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University, Canada > * Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario, Canada > * Diane Rasmussen Neal, University of Western Ontario, Canada > * Anthony Rotolo, Syracuse University, USA > * Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation, USA > * Louise Spiteri, Dalhousie University, Canada > * Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, UK > > > For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd at gruzd(a)dal.ca > > > ________________________________________ > Asis-l mailing list > Asis-l(a)asis.org > http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l

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Decoding /understanding message of TVAdvertisements
by Muhammad Babur 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Dear Colleagues Can you please indicate some studies /framework to decode /understanding messages from TV advertisements? I am particularly interested to see its implications for education. Many regards Babur

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STS/Media studies post-doc opportunity at Sussex
by Kate O'Riordan 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Research Fellow (Fixed Term, 0.5 Part-time) School of Media, Film and Music, Media and Cultural Studies Subject Group Centre for Material Digital Culture http://www.sussex.ac.uk/rcmdc/ Salary range: £37,012 to £44,166 per annum pro rata Closing date for applications: 09 July 2012 Expected start date: January 2013 Description The School of MFM and Centre for Material Digital Culture are pleased to offer a part time post-doc fellowship to plan and conduct a media analysis of three case studies: synthetic meat, wearable sensors and smart grid technologies. The fellowship entails interdisciplinary work at the intersection of media studies and science and technology studies. It will involve using a variety of qualitative media analysis techniques including digital methods. It will involve collaborative work with researchers in a consortium across the three case studies. The consortium includes the University of Bergen, Lancaster University, Free University of Brussels, University of Utrecht, European Commission and the Autonomous University of Barcelona. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/aboutus/jobs/660 Dr Kate O'Riordan Reader, Media Film and Music University of Sussex Falmer BN1 9RG k.oriordan(a)sussex.ac.uk

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"how we met" FB research
by Nicole Ellison 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Hi Ali, This isn't exactly what you are looking for, but a recent short paper at ICWSM (International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media) in Dublin used Facebook data to explore the "how we met each other" meme on Facebook, which some analysis of these trends. It is linked on Lada Adamic's site (http://www.ladamic.com/) as: How you met me. Lada A. Adamic, Thomas M. Lento, Andrew T. Fiore, ICWSM'12 short paper. Abstract: A popular Facebook meme asks a user’s friends to recall how they met that user and then to paste the same query in their own status. We study the spread of this particular meme, which engaged millions of Facebook users, and the insights into relationship formation that the resulting compilation of answers provides. We describe the locations, relationships, and circumstances that contribute to formations of friendships that are represented on Facebook. I'll take this opportunity to say I'm at ICWSM now, and have been very impressed with the quality of the papers (disclosure: I'm a co-chair) and its relevance for AOIR-ers. I encourage you all to look through the proceedings (online at http://www.aaai.org/Library/ICWSM/icwsm12contents.php) and consider this as a venue for your work. It will be in the US next year - venue TBD. Nicole ---------------- Message: 5 Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:59:14 +0100 From: "S. M. Ali Abbas" <m.ali.abbas(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 94, Issue 29 Message-ID: <4FCF6232.2030101(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Hi Natalie and others, Thanks for your reply. I appreciate it. Natalie, the link you gave me isn't working, but I guess, you were trying to share this paper: Lewis, K., Kaufman, J., Gonzalez, M., Wimmer, A., & Christakis, N. (2008). Tastes, ties, and time: A new social network dataset using Facebook.com. /Social Networks/, /30/(4), 330-342. doi:10.1016/j.socnet.2008.07.002 I already know about it, but thanks anyway. What I was looking for, for instance, how people have developed their links in Facebook feature by self-reporting (how X met with Y in real life). Some of this data of students has been mentioned in: Mayer, A., & Puller, S. L. (2008). The old boy (and girl) network: social network formation on university campuses. /Journal of Public Economics/, /92/, 329-347. If there are similar studies please share. Currently I am exploring the Facebook project (thefacebookproject.com) to find relevant material. Thanks! Best Regards. -- Ali Abbas Doctoral Student at Centre for Policy Modelling Manchester Metropolitan Business School All Saints Campus Oxford Road Manchester M15 6BH http:www.cfpm.org/~ali

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Last Call: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media
by Anatoliy Gruzd 07 Jun '12

07 Jun '12

Apologies for cross-posting ******************************** CALL FOR POSITION PAPERS AND RESEARCH-IN-PROGRESS POSTERS What: #Influence12: Symposium & Workshop on Measuring Influence on Social Media Where: School of Information Management, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada When: September 28-29, 2012 Website: http://SocialMediaLab.ca/influence12 Twitter hashtag: #Influence12 Industry Keynote Speaker: Gilad Lotan, VP of Research & Development, Socialflow.com ABOUT THE EVENT: This is a two-day symposium and workshop organized and hosted by the Social Media Lab (http://SocialMediaLab.ca) at Dalhousie University and supported by MITACS, SSHRC, NCE GRAND, Dalhousie’s Faculty of Computer Science and Faculty of Management. It is no secret that social media has become mainstream in recent years, and its adoption has skyrocketed. As a result of its growing popularity, users’ online contributions and membership in online social networks have exploded. With a multitude of voices all talking at once on social media, finding interesting and influential voices among the masses can be difficult. The objective of this 2-day workshop is to bring together experts in social media and online social networks from both the academic and business worlds, to share ideas on the best practices around how to study the impact of social media on our society, and specifically how to measure influence on social media. The workshop will provide researchers in this area an opportunity to present and debate their ideas, and provide graduate students with the opportunity to build academic and professional contacts, present their research, and learn about latest research in this area from a multidisciplinary perspective. SCHEDULE: During the first day, the participants will present and conduct discussions based on their work in this area. Over the second day, the participants will be tasked to brainstorm and develop new metrics for studying and measuring influence and engagement on social media. REGISTRATION FEE: None STUDENT TRAVEL SUBSIDIES: A limited number of competitive travel subsidies ($500 + 3-night shared accommodation with another student in a local hotel) will be available to PhD and Postdoctoral students from Canadian academic institutions. Please indicate on your submission whether you would like to be considered for a travel subsidy. TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS: 1) Position Papers: Proposals should be in the form of a position paper (up to 1,000 words excluding references) and formatted using the ACM Proceedings Format (a template is available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) The position paper must be on a completed or well-developed project relating to the main theme of the workshop. If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period. 2) “Work-in-progress” Posters: Posters will display visual presentations of early-stage projects. Proposals should be in the form of a short abstract (up to 500 words excluding references). If selected, author(s) will have an opportunity to present their poster as part of a dedicated poster session during the workshop. *All submissions are due June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time)* and must be submitted via the EasyChair website at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=influence12 TOPICS OF INTEREST INCLUDE: • Influential User Detection • Information Visualization in Social Media • Mobile Applications • Online and Offline Social Networks • Online Community Detection • Online Identity • Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis • Political Mobilization & Engagement on Social Media • Scalability Issues and Social Media Data • Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) • Social Media Mining • Social Network Analysis All submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Program Committee and evaluated based on their relevance and potential contribution to the main theme of the workshop: How do we define and measure influence on social media? The goal is to select and invite up to 50 researchers to participate in the workshop. Accepted and finalized papers and posters will be published on the Social Media Lab website after the event and promoted through various media channels. The workshop presentations will also be streamed online. IMPORTANT DATES: • Submission Deadline: June 15, 2012, 23:59 (Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time) • Notification Date: July 15, 2012 • Camera-Ready Deadline: August 30, 2012 • Workshop Dates: September 28-29, 2012 PROGRAM COMMITTEE: * danah boyd, Microsoft Research, USA * Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology, Australia * Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA * Alvin Chin, Nokia Research Center, Beijing * Greg Elmer, Ryerson University, Canada * Andrea Forte, Drexel University, USA * Keith N. Hampton, Rutgers University, USA * Carolyn Hank, McGill University, Canada * Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, Canada * Susan Herring, Indiana University, USA * Bernie Hogan, University of Oxford, UK * Karrie Karahalios, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA * Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto, Canada * Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University, Canada * Anabel Quan-Haase, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Diane Rasmussen Neal, University of Western Ontario, Canada * Anthony Rotolo, Syracuse University, USA * Marc Smith, Social Media Research Foundation, USA * Louise Spiteri, Dalhousie University, Canada * Monica Whitty, University of Leicester, UK For further inquiries, please contact Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd at gruzd(a)dal.ca

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