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Call for Paper: Computers in Human Behavior Special Issue on "Newcomer Participation in Online Communities", Deadline: Sept. 30, 2013
by Aditya Johri 30 Aug '13

30 Aug '13

Special Issue of Computers in Human Behavior: "Newcomer Participation in Online Communities" Special Issue Editors Aditya Johri, Virginia Tech Vandana Singh, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Rosta Farzan, University of Pittsburgh Oded Nov, NYU Polytechnic Online communities have become one of the most common forms of organizations on the Internet. They are integral to the functioning of resources such as Wikipedia and form the backbone of many software development efforts, particularly Open Source Software. Going back at least a decade, researchers have examined various issues related to online communities. They have examined different forms of participation and highlighted the problems encountered in maintaining and growing these communities. One important finding from this literature is that it is critical to nurture and support newcomers for communities to thrive. Newcomers are essential for any organization and their successful participation determines their performance, turnover, motivation, and overall productivity and innovation in an organization. Empirical literature on how newcomers become part of an organization focuses primarily on socialization and assimilation. Studies have examined how newcomers proactively seek information, how information acquisition leads to formation of social relationships and assimilation in the work environment, and how newcomers move from peripheral to full participation within a community of practice. Despite the recognition of the importance of newcomers, few studies have looked at how newcomers actually participate in online communities and what role, if any, technology plays in this process. In this special issue we plan to further explore the role of newcomers in online communities. Some Suggested Research Topics . What role does the experience that newcomers bring with them play in their participation in online communities? How do newcomers influence practices within the community? . How does a newcomer integrate into the community and move from the peripheral circles to the core of the community? . Are newcomers and their support different in different forms of online communities such as Open Source Software or Wikipedia or Citizen Science? . What lessons can we synthesize for learning analytics? . Can newcomers be classified? The special issue will consist of around 8-12 articles. All papers will undergo peer review. Submit any queries to: CHB.newcomer(a)gmail.com. Deadlines April 30, 2013 Abstract submission(optional) (500 words) Submit abstracts to: CHB.newcomer(a)gmail.com May 15, 2013 Initial notification sent to authors Aug. 31-Sept. 30, 2013 Submission of full papers (5000-10,000 words) Submit at: Elsevier system: http://ees.elsevier.com/chb/ November 30, 2013 First round of review feedback January 31, 2013 Revised submissions due March 1, 2014 Final decisions and feedback April 30, 2014 Submission of final manuscripts _______________________________________________________ Aditya Johri Assistant Professor Engineering Education Computer Science (courtesy) Industrial and Systems Engineering (courtesy) 616 McBryde Hall, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg 24061, USA. <ajohri(a)vt.edu><540-231-0653> http://filebox.vt.edu/users/ajohri _________________________________________________________

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Autocomplete research
by Jasmine E McNealy 03 Apr '13

03 Apr '13

Hello All, I was wondering if anyone could suggests journal articles or other readings on "autocomplete" particularly with respect to the big search engines like Google and Yahoo! (and I guess Bing now). Thank you in advance for you assistance. Best, JM ________________________________ Jasmine McNealy, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor S.I. Newhouse of Public Communication Syracuse University 215 University Place Room 377 NH2 Syracuse, NY 13244 315-443-1151 jemcneal(a)syr.edu

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Call for Book Chapters - Networked China: Global Dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement
by wenhong chen 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Dear colleagues, Happy New Year! My colleague Dr. Stephen Reese and I are co-editing the book Networked China: Global Dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement (Routledge, 2014). Please feel free to forward the call for book chapters - below and attached - to interested groups. best, Wenhong ********************* CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS********************* Networked China Global Dynamics of Digital Media and Civic Engagement Call for Book Chapters for the New Agendas in Communication Series Co-editors Wenhong Chen, Assistant Professor, Department of Radio-TV-Film Stephen D. Reese, Professor, School of Journalism College of Communication, the University of Texas at Austin Aim and Scope The Internet and digital media have become conduits and locales where millions of Chinese share information and engage in creative expression and social participation. The Arab Spring and the relative lack of comparable social upheaval in China highlight once again the importance of understanding the implications of digital media and technologies for civic life in the social and historical context. Yet, compared to their growing prevalence and significance, research on the contingent, non-linear, and sometimes paradoxical impacts of digital media and technologies in Chinese societies remain theoretically underdeveloped and empirically understudied. Departing from previous studies centered on censorship or online activism, the proposed volume aims to cast a wider net and explores how people navigate, negotiate, and transform social landscapes rooted in the Chinese context, revealing both the power and limitations of the Internet and other new communication technologies. Chapter authors are encouraged to update prevailing theoretical frameworks and revisit the prosumption of digital media and their implications for globalization, transnational networks and public life. In calling for theory-driven empirical research with scholarly and policy relevance, we welcome chapters engaging with diverse theoretical and methodological approaches, especially interdisciplinary and comparative research. Chapters will be organized around three interrelated themes: digital media access and use, transnational/global networks, and civic engagement. 1. Mapping the Terrain / Digital Media Practices: What are the patterns of digital media access and use in China? What are the impacts of persistent censorship and aggressive marketization? 2. Exploring Glocalized Transnational Networks: What are the patterns of glocalized, transnational networks straddling boundaries of geography, identities, and issues? How do digital technologies and media allow local actors to form these networks in the cloud and on the ground? How does access to and memberships in such networks vary by class, gender, generation, urban-rural location, as well as differential digital media skills and literacy? How does this restructuring work to subvert and transcend traditional social and official hierarchies? 3. Understanding Civic Engagement Online and Offline: How do digital mediated communication and interactions contribute to an informed, connected, and engaged public in China? To what extent do digital media and technologies facilitate transparency and enhance the visibility of oppressed groups, particularly compared with print and broadcast media under tighter government control? To what extent do glocalized transnational networks affect access to and mobilization of resources for social development and changes? Conference The New Agendas in Communication Series is a conference and publication initiative of the College of Communication, the University of Texas at Austin. It aims to call attention to important emerging new areas of study, stimulate needed forms of intellectual inquiry, accelerate the research careers of the conference participants, build community across disciplinary divides for an important young cohort, and produce edited volumes appealing to a broad audience. Contributors should be junior scholars, including recently tenured associate professors, assistant professors, and advanced doctoral students. Single-authored work is preferable, but co-authorship is acceptable as long as all are junior scholars. Selected authors will be invited to participate in the Networked China: New Agendas conference at the University of Texas at Austin to present and help strengthen each others work for publication. As such, a full draft chapter submission is required from participants prior to the conference. Travel and lodging expenses will be supported. Logistics and timeline The book will be published in the New Agendas in Communication Series (Routledge) in 2014, 250-300 pages, with 8-12 chapters. A 300-500 word abstract should be sent to wenchen2006(a)gmail.com by March 1, 2013. Initial screening decisions will be made by April 1, 2013. Authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to submit a full chapter two weeks prior to the conference, to be held in Austin in the third week of October 2013. Wenhong Chen Assistant Professor Department of Radio-TV-Film, College of Communication 1 University Station A0800, CMA 6.136 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067 T: 512-471-4952 F: 512-471-4077 wenhong.chen(a)austin.utexas.edu

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AoIR 14 Announcement. Extended Deadline and More
by Hector Postigo 03 Mar '13

03 Mar '13

Hello Everyone Some important announcements regarding AoIR 14 and the submission process. Please read carefully. 1. We are extending the deadline for submissions. It is now March 14, 2013. 2. The submission site is now open at https://www.conftool.com/aoir-ir14/index.php?page=login It is ready to accept your submissions. Please note that we are not accepting emailed submissions. They must be submitted through the submission site. If you do not have a profile please take the time to set one up. If there are any problems please let us know. The site will have specific instructions on how to submit your work be it a short paper, a panel with papers or a roundtable/fishbowl. 3. In the interests of providing reviewers with consistency in submitted papers, all paper submissions must adhere to the SPIR template. That template is now linked on the CfP page of the AoIR 14 site. See it at http://ir14.aoir.org/cfp/ 4. Because our submission requirements have changed from previous AoIR conferences we ask that you please read the CfP and template carefully. Should you have questions please contact the program chair if they are submission related and the site chair if they are venue related. All the best, Hector Postigo, Program Chair

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Big Data texts
by Mark D. Johns 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

I've been assigned to teach an advanced research methods course on "big data" next fall to upper-level undergrads. As I'm more of a qualitative guy, this is a bit outside my comfort zone. I'm seeking recommendations of books, journal articles, or other readings that would be accessible to undergraduate juniors and seniors on analytics and related topics. Please respond off list, and if there is interest, I'll post a summary later. Thanks in advance. -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers
by Richard Forno 01 Mar '13

01 Mar '13

Biella does great work.....ergo I'm looking forward to adding this to my must-read pile.....which right now is more like a "scholastic endtable" which is one year away from becoming am "academic-style room divider." ;) --rick Geek Researcher Spends Three Years Living With Hackers http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/coleman/ When you’re starting off as an anthropologist, you aim is to explore a subculture your peers have yet to uncover, spending years living with the locals and learning their ways. That’s what Gabriella Coleman did. She went to San Francisco and lived with the hackers. Coleman, an anthropologist who teaches at McGill University, spent three years living in the Bay Area, studying the community that builds the Debian Linux open source operating system and other hackers — i.e., people who pride themselves on finding new ways to reinvent software. More recently, she’s been peeling away the onion that is the Anonymous movement, a group that hacks as a means of protest — and mischief. When she moved to San Francisco, she volunteered with the Electronic Frontier Foundation — she believed, correctly, that having an eff.org address would make people more willing to talk to her — and started making the scene. She talked free software over Chinese food at the Bay Area Linux User Group’s monthly meetings upstairs at San Francisco’s Four Seas Restaurant. She marched with geeks demanding the release of Adobe eBooks hacker Dmitry Sklyarov. She learned the culture inside-out. Now, she’s written a book on her experiences: Coding Freedom: The Ethics and Aesthetics of Hacking. It’s a scholarly work of anthropology that examines the question: What does it mean to be a hacker? Earlier this month, she dropped by Wired’s offices to talk about the book. Here’s an edited transcript of the conversation: < -- > http://www.wired.com/wiredenterprise/2012/11/coleman/ --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it.

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Question about preserving digital records
by Peter Gloviczki 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Friends, I'm passing along this question for a friend of mine. Can you help? Please respond to Gordon directly at <gordon.hoke(a)abbott.com> Thanks in advance, Peter I'm wondering if you or a colleague might have encountered the challenge of preserving content that appears on social media and mobile apps. I am dealing with that here at Abbott Labs. There are questions about 1) ownership of the content 2) ways to capture it, and 3) ways to preserve it for posterity (or regualtions, audits, or legal defense.) Any ideas or referrals? Thanks!

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Reimagining Scholarly Communication in the 21st Century
by Jessie Daniels 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Apologies for cross-posting, thanks in advance for sharing with your networks. * * * Please forward widely. * * *JustPublics@365 The Graduate Center, CUNY * *Create. Connect. Transform. March 1st - 6th, 2013 * *Reimagining Scholarly Communication for the 21st Century* JustPublics@365 SUMMIT a week-long series of events JustPublics@365 is pleased to announce our inaugural Summit. In this week-long series of events (March 1-6), the JustPublics@365 Summit will bring together academics, activists, and innovators in scholarly communication to explore big changes in academia in the digital era. *Summit Events* *#OccupyData Hackathon<http://occupydatanyc.org/2013/01/20/occupydata-hackathon-returns-to-nyc1-2-…> * Friday 3/1 12p-3:30p and 3/2 12p-6pm The James Gallery *Theorizing the Web 2013 (#TtW12)<http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ttw13-conference/> * Friday 3/1 4p-6p, *Alice Marwick*, The James Gallery, (ticketed event); Saturday 3/2 6:30-7:30p Concourse Level - "Free Speech for Whom?" Panel: *Adrian Chen, danah boyd, *and* Zeynup Tufecki *Moderator: Jessie Daniels (open to the public, photo ID required to enter building, no ticket required). *Poverty, YouTube, and Representation<http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/poverty-youtube-representation/> * Tuesday 3/5 6:30p-8p The James Gallery *Natalie Bookchin *and* Alex Juhasz* *Hands-On Workshops in Digital Media* Wednesday 3/6 9a-1p Rooms 9204, 9205, and 9206 *#AltMetrics: Changing Measures of Scholarly Impact<http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/altmetrics-2/> * Wednesday 3/6 2p-4p Elebash Hall Panelists: *David Harvey, Chris Caruso, *and* Robert Hilliker* Moderator: Matthew K. Gold *Closing Reception and Plenary<http://justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/plenary-anthea-butler/> * Wednesday 3/6 Reception: 6p-7p Lobby of Elebash Hall Plenary: 7p-8p Elebash Hall *Professor Anthea Butler* (UPenn) in Conversation with Provost Chase Robinson about the changes in scholarly communication in the digital era. *Co-Sponsors* We are grateful for the support of The Graduate Center, CUNY, the Center for Humanities and Sociology Program, ARC Advance Research Collaborative and, the Ford Foundation in making this Summit possible. The JustPublics@365summits are intended to engage academics in creating new kinds of knowledge streams, connecting scholars, activists, policy makers, and media to wider publics as well as, focusing on specific areas and ways that we can transform the world in ways that promote social justice. The Graduate Center, CUNY, is located at 365 Fifth Avenue. All events are free and open to the public (photo ID required to enter building). * * * Jessie Daniels, PhD Mellon Fellow, 2012-2013 Professor CUNY Graduate Center Public Health, Sociology, Environmental Psychology and Hunter College, Public Health Office: Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave., #3302 New York, NY 10016 * * * http:// <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessiedaniels> www.gc.cuny.edu/justpublics365* * * * *

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Western Political Science Association Virtual Brown Bag
by jose marichal 28 Feb '13

28 Feb '13

Colleagues, I thought the following announcement would be of particular relevance to the group... more so for the approach to promoting scholarly work than for the content itself. I'd be curious to know if other disciplinary associations sponsor "virtual brown bags." Regards, Jose On Tuesday, March 5th at 1:00 PST, the Western Political Science Association will launch their new bi-monthly “Virtual Brown Bag” series where we will discuss a new book written by authors affiliated with the WPSA. This Virtual Brown Bag will be hosted on a social video platform, Spreecast, where you can submit questions to the authors, “chat” with others in the audience, go on camera to engage “face to face” in the discussion, or simply sit back and watch. The first Virtual Brown Bag discussion will feature Dr. Lisa Garcia Bedolla & Dr. Melissa R. Michelson, authors of *Mobilizing Inclusion: Transforming the Electorate Through Get-Out-The-Vote Campaigns*. You can find out more about their new book here<http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300166781> . On March 5th, please join us! Better yet, if you are one of the first 10 people to RSVP to the Virtual Brown Bag and “follow” the WPSA on Spreecast, the WPSA Social Media Task Force will send you a free copy of their new book compliments of the publisher. To RSVP, simply go to the event page<http://www.spreecast.com/events/virtual-brown-bag-mobilizing-inclusion>, establish a free account and click “RSVP.” -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ josé marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science <http://about.me/marichal> department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328

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Understanding Technology and Society
by Barry Wellman 27 Feb '13

27 Feb '13

Nice new book on our sort of stuff. Published by Oxford U Press in Canada, but generally applicable. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:@barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $20 Kindle $16 Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to me ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:54:32 -0500 From: Oxford University Press Canada <sales.hed.ca(a)oup.com> To: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Subject: Understanding Technology and Society <http://sandbox.oupcanada.com/lists2/lt.php?id=bEgKAAcGDQVMU1IZUw0CAwU%3D> ISBN 9780195437836 304 pp. © 2013 Technology and Society Social Networks, Power, and Inequality Anabel Quan-Haase <www.oupcanada.com/tcs> "This text makes a major contribution to our understanding of how technology transforms current Canadian as well as global trends by providing an in-depth analysis of the social, cultural, economic, historical, and political landscape." âBarry Wellman, University of Toronto <http://sandbox.oupcanada.com/lists2/lt.php?id=bEgKAAcGDQRMU1IZUw0CAwU%3D> <http://sandbox.oupcanada.com/lists2/lt.php?id=bEgKAAcGDQVMU1IZUw0CAwU%3D> Highlights Comprehensive yet concise. Offers in-depth discussions of the rise of technology, major sociological theories, and real-life examples, giving students a well-rounded introduction to the study of technology and society. Accessible coverage of cutting-edge topics. Emphasizes the human context of topics such as real-time technologies, wearable computing, electronic surveillance, and virtual mourning. Balances theory with real-world examples. Abstract concepts are illustrated by real-life examples such as Obama's campaign strategies and the use of Twitter in the recent Iran election conflict. Explores technology as a social process. Approaches technological issues through the lenses of social structures such as power, inequality, and communication. To consider Technology and Society <http://sandbox.oupcanada.com/lists2/lt.php?id=bEgKAAcGDQVMU1IZUw0CAwU%3D> , or another great OUP title for your upcoming courses, please contact your local Oxford University Press Sales Representative or email sales.hed.ca(a)oup.com <mailto:sales.hed.ca@oup.com> . Please include the following information in your message: course code/name, estimated enrolment, current book in use, and the course start date. <table width="600" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td class="footer">To unsubscribe, please use http://sandbox.oupcanada.com/lists2/lt.php?id=bEhFBgNNBgMEVFM%3D <br>To update your preferences, please use http://sandbox.oupcanada.com/lists2/lt.php?id=bEgKAAcGDQFMU1IZUw0CAwU%3D --></td></tr></tbody></table> -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com --

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