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

Twitter tools
by rain coaster 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

I'm probably too late to chime in on this discussion, but as a reporter I love topsy.com for hashtag tracking, etc. As long as the account is extant, not deleted, it can find even deleted tweets. Lorraine Murphy http://dailydot.com -- raincoaster <http://raincoaster.com>: 49 degrees latitude, 360 degrees attitude! raincoaster media <http://raincoastermedia.com>: transformative social media training

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Re: [Air-L] suggestions for Twitter aggregating & analytic tools
by Axel Bruns 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

G'day ! Erica asked: > I was wondering if anyone can suggest particular tools for aggregating and > analyzing Twitter content. Maybe I'm old-school on this, but I'm surprised no-one's mentioned yourTwapperkeeper yet - in my experience, very straightforward to set up (all you need is a standard LAMP server setup to run it on), and fine for most standard Twitter capture tasks (e.g. tracking hashtags, keywords, specific users, etc.). It's open source and available here: https://github.com/jobrieniii/yourTwapperKeeper We've made some modifications to more easily export datasets in CSV/TSV-format datasets - see details here: http://mappingonlinepublics.net/2012/01/09/twapperkeeper-and-beyond-a-remin… Personally, I don't trust most out-of-the-box Twitter analytics tools, and prefer to roll my own - for processing CSV/TSV datasets containing Twapperkeeper-format data, I've been using the scriptable command-line tool Gawk with great success. A collection of Gawk scripts for standard Twapperkeeper data processing tasks is available under a Creative Commons licence here: http://mappingonlinepublics.net/2011/06/22/gawk-scripts-for-processing-twit… Additionally, my 'Swiss army knife' Gawk script for extracting activity metrics from a Twapperkeeper dataset is here: http://mappingonlinepublics.net/2012/01/31/more-twitter-metrics-metrify-rev… The question of developing standard, case-independent metrics for the description of Twitter activity patterns is something Stefan Stieglitz and I are taking up in two forthcoming papers (happy to share drafts - email me off-list). The keynote which Jean Burgess and I presented at the recent Conference on Science and the Internet foreshadows some of this discussion, though: Axel Bruns and Jean Burgess. "Notes towards the Scientific Study of Public Communication on Twitter." Keynote presented at the Conference on Science and the Internet, Düsseldorf, 4 Aug. 2012. http://snurb.info/files/2012/Notes%20towards%20the%20Scientific%20Study%20o… - and the slides and video of the presentation are here: http://snurb.info/node/1678 Detailed notes on how we use these scripts to process Twitter data, and additional processing tools, are also on our Website - see http://mappingonlinepublics.net/category/twitter/ for more. For network visualisation, I recommend the open source software Gephi. My article in Information, Communication & Society describes how I've used yourTwapperkeeper, Gawk and Gephi to create dynamic visualisations of Twitter conversation networks: Axel Bruns. "How Long Is a Tweet? Mapping Dynamic Conversation Networks on Twitter Using Gawk and Gephi." Information, Communication & Society, 17 Nov. 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1369118X.2011.635214 For more sophisticated, 'big data' research (i.e. upwards of a few million tweets per dataset), the yourTwapperkeeper approach is less useful (the LAMP framework just isn't built for big data), and you'll probably need to build your own customised solution. Eugene Liang and I discuss the pros and cons of both approaches in a recent article in First Monday (while we frame this in a crisis communication context, the discussion applies well beyond this): Axel Bruns and Yuxian Eugene Liang. "Tools and Methods for Capturing Twitter Data during Natural Disasters." First Monday 17.4 (2012). http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/viewArtic… Hope that helps. <insert obligatory plug for the "Digital data - lost, found, and made" panel at the upcoming AoIR conference, where I'm sure we can discuss the question of Twitter research methods some more as well> -- Dr Axel Bruns http://snurb.info/ - http://produsage.org/ ARC Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation http://cci.edu.au/ Associate Professor, Media & Communication a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au Creative Industries Faculty, Z1-515, CIP Twitter: @snurb_dot_info Queensland University of Technology +61 7 31385548 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Out now! Rasa Smite, Creative Networks -- In the Rearview Mirror of Eastern European History
by Geert Lovink 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

The Amsterdam Institute of Network Cultures presents: Theory on Demand #11 Rasa Smite, Creative Networks, In the Rearview Mirror of Eastern European History This study explores the dawn of internet culture from an Eastern European perspective. Starting with a theoretical angle several networks are introduced and interpreted as complex socio-technical systems. The author analyzes the development of self-organized formations that started off as 'virtual communities', 'creative networks' that emerged from the early days of internet culture during the roaring mid 1990s until today's social media. Along with translocal case studies of Nettime, Syndicate, Faces and Xchange, as well as other important facets of early network culture in Europe, the study looks into the local E-Lab initiative in Riga, Latvia. Describing the pioneering network culture of 1990s, this study reflects on the larger changes in the social structure of today's society, 15 years later, that occur as follow-ups of these earlier socio-technical transformations. Rasa Smite is an artist, network researcher and cultural inventor, working with emerging media since the mid-1990s. She holds a PhD in sociology from the Riga Stradins University and currently is Associate Professor and Researcher in the Art Research Lab at Liepaja University. Rasa Smite is founding director of the Center for New Media Culture RIXC in Riga (www.rixc.lv) and founder of Internet culture and networked art projects such as Xchange, Acoustic Space Lab and more recently the Renewable Network. Together with her centre she organizes the annual festival Art+Communication (since 1996), curates networked art exhibitions and publishes Acoustic Space journal series, introducing novel themes such as internet radio (1997), locative media (2003), electromagnetic waves as material and medium in art (2006), art and renewable energy (2009), techno-ecologies (2009) and the art of resilience (2012). Translation (from Latvian): Linda Vebere. Copy editing: Miriam Rasch. Design: Katja van Stiphout. DTP: Margreet Riphagen. Printer: ‘Print on Demand’. Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam 2012. ISBN: 978-90-818575-0-5. Free downloadable as PDF here: http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/theoryondemand/titles/no-11-creative-networ… Available as a print-on-demand title at Lulu.com: http://www.lulu.com/shop/rasa-smite/creative-networks-in-the-rearview-mirro… With a Web reader online at Issuu: http://issuu.com/instituteofnetworkcultures/docs/creativenetwork Or read the book on the Web with Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/doc/107097212/Creative-Networks-in-the-Rearview-Mirro…

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CFP - Experiments in (and out of) the studio: Art and Design Methods for Science and Technology Studies
by Laura Forlano 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Experiments in (and out of) the studio: Art and Design Methods for Science and Technology Studies One day workshop, Tuesday October 16th, 2012 10:30AM-5:30PM, Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen The organizers invite participation in an interdisciplinary one-day hands-on workshop on emerging methods of critical practice in science and technology studies, in particular methods that engage with art and design as well as performance and exhibition. Ultimately, we aim to refine our understanding and also intervene in the way that objects can stimulate and embody critique in STS. The workshop comprises three parts: (1) A morning of talks and participant discussion in the creation and interpretation of digital and material artifacts will operate as a means of exploring how techno-scientific knowledge is produced and how the social significance of that knowledge is refracted through material things. (2) A midday ethnographic exploration of the city of Copenhagen will focus on documenting urban technology through notes, photography, video and sketches to feed into the final session. (3) In the afternoon, we invite participants to build 'machines of enquiry' to materialise and experiment with the ethnographic material as a way of prototyping research insights. If you are interested in participating, please send a brief (3-5 sentences) expression of interest and a short 250-word bio or CV to Dehlia Hannah dh2058(a)columbia.edu by October 8th at 5pm EST. Please put ‘Pre-EASST Workshop’ in the subject heading. We will notify all participants about the status of their application shortly afterwards. Co-organizers: Laura Forlano, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology Dehlia Hannah, Philosophy Department, Columbia University Kat Jungnickel, Sociology Department, Goldsmiths, University of London Julien McHardy, Sociology Department, Lancaster University Hannah Star Rogers, Science and Technology Studies, University of Virginia This event has been jointly supported by INCITE, Goldsmiths (University of London) and Microsoft Research Cambridge.

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Dean at College of Computing Sciences, NJIT (New York City area)
by Michael Bieber 28 Sep '12

28 Sep '12

Dean: College of Computing Sciences - New Jersey Institute of Technology NJIT seeks applications and nominations for the position of Dean of the College of Computing Sciences (CCS). Established in 2001, CCS comprises the Computer Science and Information Systems departments and an Information Technology program. CCS enrolls 1500 majors including 925 undergraduates, 600 masters and 60 doctoral students, taught by 35 tenured/tenure track faculty and 18 full-time non-tenure track faculty. CS and IS degree programs are ABET accredited. US News & World Report's 2012 annual Guide to America's Best Colleges ranks NJIT among the nations top tier of national research universities. NJIT is located in the greater New York City area, with strong industry ties and an orientation toward interdisciplinary research. The Dean serves as the CEO of the College, with primary responsibility for enhancing its national leadership in computing education and research. Candidates must possess an earned doctorate and a record of teaching, research, publication, and funding that merits appointment as a full professor with tenure in CCS. For full consideration, material must be posted at njit.jobs <https://njit.jobs> by October 15, 2012. Please search postings for number 0601085. NJIT is an equal opportunity employer. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Bieber, Professor and Interim Chair, Information Systems Email/MSN IM: bieber(a)njit.edu <mailto:bieber@njit.edu> Web: web.njit.edu/~bieber <http://web.njit.edu/%7Ebieber> IM/Skype: profbieber (AIM/Google/Yahoo) Phone: (973) 596-2681 FAX: (973) 596-2986 [email/IM preferred] (Calendar link <http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=profbieber@gmail.com>) Information Systems Department - College of Computing Sciences - is.njit.edu <http://is.njit.edu> New Jersey Institute of Technology 5500 Information Technology Center University Heights, Newark, New Jersey 07102-1982 USA ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ICT for democracy and freedom of expression
by Fouad Bajwa 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

Dear Colleagues, Kindly read the call below from SIDA. If anyone is interested in working in Pakistan and identifying partners, do get in touch with me. CALLS FOR PROPOSALS ICT for democracy and freedom of expression Sida invites civic organisations and other relevant actors to apply for funding for initiatives where ICT is being used to support democracy and freedom of expression. SIDA CFP Source: http://www.sida.se/democracy-initiative -- Regards. -------------------------- Fouad Bajwa Public Policy Advocacy and Research Student Executive MA in Public Policy, CPPG Centre for Public Policy and Governance. http://cppg.fccollege.edu.pk/ Forman Christian College University , Lahore, Pakistan. http://fccollege.edu.pk/ My Blog: Internet's Governance: http://internetsgovernance.blogspot.com/ Follow my Tweets: http://twitter.com/fouadbajwa

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Final programme for RETHINKING SMALL MEDIA (at SOAS, University of London on 6-7 October 2012)
by Klara Chlupata 27 Sep '12

27 Sep '12

*Dear All, We are pleased to announce that the full programme for the Small Media Initiative’s second conference, Rethinking small media, is now available here: goo.gl/MhhjD <http://t.co/G0q7tzlS> The conference will take place at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London on 6-7 October 2012. The event, to include five sessions (with lots of room for discussion!), two lightning talks, a magazine launch and film screening, will bring together academics, journalists, bloggers, techies and activists to explore some of the intractable binaries (online/offline, small/big media, old/new social movements, control/freedom) that dominate our thinking about media and politics. Join in the conversation with: Annabelle Sreberny (SOAS), Tim Jordan (King’s College London), Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin University), Paolo Gerbaudo (King’s College London), Antonin Moulart (Internet Sans Frontières), Janet Gunter (rizominha.net) Gus Hosein (Privacy International), Oliver Leistert (Universität Paderborn), Federico "bomboclat" Prando (autistici/inventati dot org), Gillian Youngs (University of Brighton), Anastasia Kavada (University of Westminster), Jérémie Bédard-Wien (Coalition Large de l’Association pour une Solidarité Syndicale Étudiante), Sameer Padania (Open Society Foundations-London), Pooneh Ghoddoosi (BBC), Claire Ulrich (Global Voices), Jennifer Jones (University of the West of Scotland), Nazek Ramadan (Migrant Voice), Matt McAlister (Guardian Media Group), Rohan Jayasekera (Index on Censorship) You can purchase tickets for £30 (incl. conference materials, breakfasts, lunches and a drinks reception) here: goo.gl/n22dG <http://t.co/ieHpdfZJ> For more information about the Small Media Initiative, please visit www.smallmediainitiative.com. All Best, Klara Chlupata on behalf of the Small Media Initiative *

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References suggestions: qualitative interviewing
by Oltmann, Shannon M 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hello. I'm seeking suggestions for references pertaining to different modes of qualitative interviewing (interviewing face-to-face, via telephone, email, IM, etc.). I think I have a robust reading list but would appreciate any suggestions that deal with qualitative interviewing modes. Thanks in advance! -Shannon Oltmann Shannon M. Oltmann, Ph.D. Assistant Professor School of Library & Information Science College of Communication & Information University of Kentucky shannon.oltmann(a)uky.edu 859.257.0788

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Seeking participants for Hackerspaces panel, ICA 2013
by Kevin Driscoll 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hello everyone, A group of young scholars is seeking a small number of participants for a panel on hackerspaces for the 2013 International Communication Association (ICA) convention in London. Hackerspaces are here thought to be a vital touchstone for informal education, shared rituals, resistant media practices, and various amateur pre-histories. An interdisciplinary perspective on hackerspaces, rather than hacker culture in general, will help to bridge the many disciplinary perspectives already at play in this field by grounding the discussion in terms of specific people, places, and events. Possible topics include: * Hacker motivation for technological appropriation and tinkering * Spaces and social environments for creative and technical making * Trans-national hobbyist networks * Gender, race and ethnicity in hacker culture * Hackers in popular culture * Hacker literacies For more information, please contact Andrew Schrock at aschrock(a)usc.edu. -- Kevin Driscoll PhD candidate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California

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Looking for roommate IR13
by Magdalena O! 26 Sep '12

26 Sep '12

Hi, If anyone is looking for a roommate, would be great to get in touch. I need to find accommodations for IR13. Oct 18 -21 Thanks :) Magdalena ________________________________ PhD Student Communication Studies Concordia University Montréal, QC Mailing Address: 7141 Sherbrooke Street West CJ 3.230, 3rd FL Montreal, QC H4B 1R6 Canada ************************************

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