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Oxford Internet Institute MSc in Social Science of the Internet (DL 22 Nov)
by Vili Lehdonvirta 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Hi All, My department is increasing its MSc student intake for the next year. Please do let any undergraduates know who might be interested. The application deadline is next Friday already. I personally look forward to supervising students interested in online markets, virtual currencies, and digital work. The programme caters to many other interests as well (see below). --- In the context of consistently high demand over the first four years, we are delighted to announce that our challenging Master’s degree 'Social Science of the Internet' will be expanding its intake by 50%, from 20 to 30 students per year from 2014. Scholarship funding is available for the best candidates via the department's own scholarship fund and University-allocated awards such as the Clarendon Fund. The degree offers cutting-edge multi-disciplinary study of life online, including options in the law, politics or economics of the Internet as well as rigorous training in online data collection, analysis and management appropriate for careers in data science. For more information on the programme and how to apply, visit our MSc website http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/graduatestudy/msc/ --- -- Dr Vili Lehdonvirta Virtual economies and digital work Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford http://vili.lehdonvirta.com -- Twitter: ViliLe -- Skype: vlehdonv -- Tel. +44 7456 420012

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Fixed Term Teaching Fellow in New Media
by Helen Kennedy 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Hi AOIR people Please forward this message to anyone you think might be suitable/interested. Best wishes Helen Dr Helen Kennedy Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/) More about me: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy ------------------ Teaching Fellow in New Media Fixed term for 18 months, from 1 January 2014 (or as soon as possible thereafter) to 30 June 2015. Part time - 50% of full time equivalent. You will cover teaching on the Institute of Communications Studies’ BA Hons New Media (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/ug/new-media/) and MA New Media (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/pg/taught- ma-programmes/ma-new-media/) for a member of staff on extended research leave. You will have expertise in some of these areas of new media (ideally bringing together theoretical and practical knowledge): work practices in the new media industries; usability and user experience design; digital storytelling; digital design; work placements and internships; some aspects of practical new media production (such as HTML, CSS, WordPress, visual design, animation). This post is an excellent opportunity for new media specialists to apply their new media production experience to the education of tomorrow’s new media thinkers and practitioners. Students on the Institute of Communications Studies’ BA Hons New Media and forthcoming MA New Media, undertake a challenging mix of theoretical study and hands-on new media production that produces graduates who are reflective practitioners, with the knowledge and skills required for careers in the new media industries. You must possess an undergraduate degree (BA or BSc) and industry experience in a relevant area and a postgraduate degree or equivalent professional experience. The ability to take responsibility for allocated teaching duties and excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential to the post. It should be noted that there will be an imbalance in workload for the successful candidate, with more teaching in the January to June Semester 2 period than in the September to January Semester 1 period and you must be able to work to this imbalance. University Grade 7 (£30,728 - £36,661 p.a. pro rata) Informal enquiries may be made Chris Birchall, email c.t.birchall(a)leeds.ac.uk. Closing Date: 26 November 2013 Ref: PVCOM0030 Click here for further information about working at the University of Leeds www.leeds.ac.uk/info/20025/university_jobs Click here to apply for this post: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/fe/tpl_universityofleeds01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&j…

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Social media as an industry
by David Brake 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

To follow up for all of you, here's what I have had recommended to me: Albarran, A. B. (Ed.). (2013). The social media industries. New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415523196/ Fattal, Alex Facebook: Corporate Hackers, a Billion Users, and the Geo-politics of the "Social Graph". Anthropological Quarterly 85(3) http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/anthropological… van Dijck, J. (2013). The culture of connectivity : a critical history of social media. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199970780.do (which led me to): van Dijck, J., & Poell, T. (2013). Understanding social media logic. Media and Communication, 1(1), 2-14. Retrieved from http://www.librelloph.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/MaC-1.1.2 Hope this helps! Will let you know if more gems come my way... (ObPlug) Two AoIR-related publications recently released: Brake, D. R. (2013). Are we all online content creators now? Web 2.0 and digital divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12042 Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcc4.12042/abstract Brake, D. R. (2013). Journalists, User Generated Content and Digital Divides. In J. Gordon, G. Stewart & P. Rowinski (Eds.), Br(e)aking The News: Journalism, Politics and New Media (pp. 253-270). Oxford, UK: Peter Lang

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ICA Preconference: Innovation in Higher Education
by William Dutton 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

My colleagues and I invite abstracts on innovation in higher education for an ICA Preconference to be held at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=634 William H. Dutton Professor of Internet Studies Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS UNITED KINGDOM Tel +44 (0)1865 287 210 Fax +44 (0)1865 287 211 Cell +44 (0)7768 823906 Web: http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/about/ You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=478025 Latest Book: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589074.do

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Free, simple software to analyse specifics hashtags in Twitter
by Muhammad Babur 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Dear All I am sure that you can help me to identify a simple facility to analyse specific hashtags e.g mlearning. I believe that you will not mind this kind of basic requests. Kind Regards MB

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Re: [Air-L] Free, simple software to analyse specifics hashtags in Twitter
by Alex Leavitt 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

The NodeXL plug-in might be right up your alley: https://blogs.k-state.edu/it-news/2013/04/06/the-nodexl-series-conducting-a… --- Alexander Leavitt PhD Student USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism http://alexleavitt.com Twitter: @alexleavitt <http://twitter.com/alexleavitt> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:10 PM, Muhammad Babur <baburanwer(a)gmail.com>wrote: > I need very simple tool for a basic description: > > who is talking ? > What key words are being used? > > Ultimately, I want to make a typology of key words > > Thanks for your kind message. > > > > On 15 November 2013 11:06, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Inb4 DiscoverText lolz. >> >> But, to really answer this question, here's another question: can you be >> more specific about what kind of analysis you'd like to do on the >> particular hashtag(s)? There are many options (from pre-programed GUI >> interfaces to open-source software packages), so the exact type of analysis >> is important in recommending something. >> >> Alex >> >> --- >> >> Alexander Leavitt >> PhD Student >> USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism >> http://alexleavitt.com >> Twitter: @alexleavitt <http://twitter.com/alexleavitt> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 10:03 PM, Muhammad Babur <baburanwer(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Dear All >>> >>> I am sure that you can help me to identify a simple facility to analyse >>> specific hashtags e.g mlearning. I believe that you will not mind this >>> kind of basic requests. >>> >>> Kind Regards >>> >>> MB >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >> >> > > > -- > > Kind Regards > > *Muhammad Babur* > > *Founder & Executive Board Member, **(ellta.org <http://ellta.org/>)* > > *ELLTA 2014 - **Leadership and Learning in the Asian Century (**May > 12-14, 2014)* *USM, Malaysia * > > *Facebook:* http://www.facebook.com/ELLTA.Association > > *LinkedIn Group**:* *ELLTA Conference 2012 - Knowledge Creation & > Recreation* > >

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conference "Cooperating for innovation: devices for collective exploration"
by Annie Gentes 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Dear colleagues, The interdisciplinary institute on innovation (i3), which brings together researchers from Mines ParisTech and Telecom ParisTech, is pleased to invite you to the conference"Cooperating for innovation: devices for collective exploration" which will take place on December the 2nd at Telecom ParisTech (46 rue Barrault, 75013 Paris). You will find a short presentation of the conference below. The full program is enclosed and also available on the conference website: http://www.i-3.fr/conference-2/important-dates-and-programme/ Participants should register at http://www.i-3.fr/conference-2/registration-and-venue/. *** 1st Interdisciplinary Innovation Conference “Cooperating for innovation: devices for collective exploration” Paris, 2 December 2013 Conference theme Innovation activities face a threefold challenge today: they build on the advancement of science and include an increasingly strong technological component; they involve a growing number of actors, among whom large corporations, high-technology start-ups, public research organizations, and user associations; they are to take into account various stakeholders’ concerns which extend beyond a mere economic or financial logic. In other words, innovation becomes – or at least attempts to become - increasingly disruptive, open, and responsible. The uncertainty inherent to innovation hence bears not only on the odds of success, but also on the nature of scientific knowledge to build and leverage, on the identity of partners to enroll, and on the evaluation criteria to rely on. Marked by this threefold uncertainty, innovation regimes pertain to the exploration of new possibilities, rather than the exploitation of things already known, as James March famously put it. The conference will investigate new forms of organizing collective action given the uncertainty inherent in exploratory innovation. This issue will be addressed through the analysis of practices and devices that are put forward and tried out to equip collective exploration activities. Scientific committee Luis Araujo (Lancaster University), François-Xavier De Vaujany (Université Paris-Dauphine), Maria Elmquist (ChalmersUniversity of Technology), Valérie Fernandez (TELECOM ParisTech), Peter Karnoe (Aalborg University), Christian Licoppe (TELECOM ParisTech), Alexandre Mallard (MINES ParisTech), Yann Ménière (MINES ParisTech), Stefan Meisiek (Copenhagen Business School), Ashveen Peerbaye (Université Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée), Sophie Pène (ENSCI), Julien Pénin (Université de Strasbourg), Cristina Rossi Lamastra (Politecnico di Milano), Benoît Weil (MINES ParisTech) Programme 8h30-9h Participants welcome / coffee 9h-9h15 Welcome (Amphi Estaunié) Yves Poilane, Director, Telecom ParisTech, and Matthieu Glachant, Director, Interdisciplinary Institute on Innovation (i3) 9h15-10h Plenary session (Amphi Estaunié) Charles Baden-Fuller (Cass Business School): “Business models: A challenging agenda” 10h-10h30 Coffee break (Hall Barrault) 10h30-12h30 Thematic parallel sessions (1) Session 1: Users and design (Amphi Estaunié) Session 2: Alternative forms of collective exploration (Room Rubis) Session 3: Managing exploration (Room Jade) 12h30-14h Lunch (Hall Barrault) 14h-14h45 Plenary session (Amphi Estaunié) Bill Gaver (Goldsmiths, University of London): “Polyphony in design” 14h45-15h15 Coffee break (Hall Barrault ) 15h15-17h45 Thematic parallel sessions (2) Session 4: Collective exploration practices (Amphi Estaunié) Session 5: Framing collective exploration (Room Rubis) Session 6: Design: sharing concepts (Room Jade) Session 7: Organizing for collective exploration (Room B603) 17h45-18h Next steps for the I3 community (Amphi Estaunié) 18h Cocktail (Hall Barrault) *** Best regards, Liliana Doganova and Sébastien Gand (Mines ParisTech) Annie Gentès and Laurie Marrauld (Telecom ParisTech) i3conference2013(a)mines-telecom.fr

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Computer Classes at the Universities of the Third Age
by Patrícia Dias da Silva 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Dear Jaroslaw, Bárbara Barbosa Neves has done some work connected with that age group. Try checking her articles to see if her methodological choices can help your research: http://bbneves.com/publications/ • Neves, Bárbara Barbosa, Fausto Amaro, & Jaime Fonseca (2013). Coming of (old) age in the digital age: ICT usage and non-usage among older adults. Sociological Research Online. 18(2) 6 (Sage). • Neves, Bárbara Barbosa & Fausto Amaro (2012). Too old for technology? How the elderly of Lisbon use and perceive ICT. The Journal of Community Informatics, 8 (1). Best, Patrícia Dias da Silva Escola Superior de Comunicação Social, Instituto Politécnico de Lisboa ESCS-IPL School of Communication and Media Studies, IPL > Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2013 21:37:41 +0100 > Subject: [Air-L] Computer Classes at the Universities of the Third Age > Dear All, > > I am working on a research concerning computer classes at the Universities > of the Third Age, especially participants' motivations. I am going to do > some ethnography, netnography, interviews and maybe other methods. And this > is why I would like to ask you whether you know any articles, books or > other sources concerning this subject. > > -- > Jarosław Kopeć > http://surfing.wymiarywiedzy.pl >

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NEWS> Indiana University offering affordable online certificate in data science
by Howard Rosenbaum 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Indiana University offering affordable online certificate in data science Nov. 13, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing has announced a new online program in data science. The program, which will launch in January, is designed to lead to a Certificate in Data Science that is anticipated to be available by spring, pending approvals by the Indiana University Board of Trustees and Indiana Commission for Higher Education. “We’re excited to launch one of the first and broadest online data science programs in the nation,” Dean Bobby Schnabel said. “The breadth of the School of Informatics and Computing -- with faculty expertise in computer science, informatics and information/library science -- is ideally suited to creating a successful program in this burgeoning area.” The program will teach concepts and skills essential for success in this rapidly emerging field: data collection, data management and infrastructure, data analysis, and data visualization. Three-credit courses available in the 12-credit certificate program include: • Big Data Applications and Analytics • Cloud Computing for Data Intensive Sciences • Information Visualization • Big Data in Drug Discovery, Health and Translational Medicine • Data Management: Volume, Variety, Velocity, Veracity • Big Data Software Tools and Project • Big Data Analysis for Web and Text • High-Performance Computing The program provides maximum flexibility for students, who can choose courses based on their interest area and career needs, as well as complete the courses at their own pace. The first four courses will be available for enrollment in January; the rest will be available by August. “We’ve worked hard to make the program affordable for students, with total fees for the full certificate initially set at approximately $4,500. We feel it provides great value, particularly given the wide range of opportunities in this area,” said Howard Rosenbaum, associate dean for graduate studies and Data Science Program co-director. The program responds to a high need by employers. According to a McKinsey Global Institute report, by 2018 the U.S. alone could face a shortage of 140,000 to 190,000 people with deep analytical skills, as well as 1.5 million managers and analysts with the know-how to use the analysis of big data to make effective decisions. Examples of jobs in this field include big data analyst, data solutions architect, and director of data science and analytics. “Big data can provide a unique competitive advantage to organizations across a range of areas, including tech companies, health care organizations, government and defense, manufacturers and retailers,” said Geoffrey Fox, associate dean for research and co-director of the Data Science Program. “It will take people skilled in data science for those organizations to realize that competitive advantage. We’re pleased to provide an opportunity for individuals to develop these skills in an online environment.” The program is designed for students with an applicable bachelor’s or master’s degree, including but not limited to computer science, informatics, information science, information systems, mathematics or statistics, and some relevant professional work experience. Students seeking enrollment information should contact Rhonda Spencer at 812-855-2018 or datasci(a)indiana.edu Program information http://www.soic.indiana.edu/graduate/programs/data-science/index.shtml School of Informatics and Computing http://www.soic.indiana.edu/graduate/programs/

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Computer Classes at the Universities of the Third Age
by Jarosław Kopeć 14 Nov '13

14 Nov '13

Dear All, I am working on a research concerning computer classes at the Universities of the Third Age, especially participants' motivations. I am going to do some ethnography, netnography, interviews and maybe other methods. And this is why I would like to ask you whether you know any articles, books or other sources concerning this subject. -- Jarosław Kopeć http://surfing.wymiarywiedzy.pl

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