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Doctoral position in Information Studies, Lund, Sweden
by Jutta Haider 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Doctoral position in Information Studies at Lund University, Sweden. We are seeking applications for the position of one doctoral student fellow in Information Studies at Lund University, Sweden to start 1st September 2013. Details: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=524026&Type=E Application deadline: 1st of March 2013 How to apply: http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/jobs The doctoral program in Information Studies at Lund University is located at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences. The research environment is dynamic with well-established national and international contacts. For examples of ongoing and completed projects see: http://www4.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=21355&p=_BOA A Swedish doctoral education lasts four years full-time. It is fully funded including wages, social security and entitlement to benefits. If you are interested, please contact olof.sundin(a)kultur.lu.se for more information. Best regards, Jutta

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ESA 2013 Conference "Crisis, Critique and Change": Deadline extended until Feb 15.
by Christian Fuchs 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, The submission deadline for the European Sociological Association's 2013 conference "Crisis, Critique and Change" has been extended. Therefore also submissions to the RN18 (Sociology of Communications and Media Research) sessions on "Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change" are welcome until Feb 15th. RN18 sessions 01RN18 Capitalism, Communication, Crisis & Critique Today 02RN18 Communication, Crisis and Change in Europe 03RN18 Knowledge Labour in the Media and Communication Industries in Times of Crisis 04RN18 Critical Social Theory and the Media: Studying Media, Communication and Society Critically 05RN18 Sociology of Communications and Media Research (open) 06JS18 - Critical Political Economy of the Media and Communication in Times of Capitalist Crisis and Change (Joint session with RN06 - Critical Political Economy) 18JS29 - Social Theory and Media Sociology Today (Joint session with RN29 - Social Theory) http://esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN18 http://esa11thconference.eu/home ESA 2013 Facebook event page: ESA RN18 on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/esarn18 https://www.facebook.com/events/584968444850447/

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CFP: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games ANZCA Pre-Conference (2 July 2013)
by Tama Leaver 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

CFP: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games, ANZCA 2013 PreConference, 2 July 2013, Perth, Western Australia. Keynote Speaker: Mia Consalvo, Concordia University,Montreal http://about.me/miaconsalvo Plenary Speaker: John Banks, Queensland University of Technology http://www.playification.com/ Social, casual and mobile games – primarily experienced on smartphones and online social networks – are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, and in the process, changing the ways in which games are designed, understood and, most importantly, played. This preconference will explore this rapidly changing gaming landscape and discuss the ludic, methodological, theoretical, economic, social and cultural challenges that these changes invoke. Importantly, social, casual and mobile games do not exist in a vacuum, so the challenges, changes and continuities in relation to previous digital and physical games and gaming practices are also open for analysis. Topics might include, but are by no means limited to: • Design and industry shifts from traditional games to mobile and networked games • New user demographics • Virtual currencies, in-game purchases, the .99c price-point and other economic issues • Games as surveillance and the exchange of user information for game progress • Zynga: The Rise and (partial) Fall of Facebook’s Biggest Gaming Friend • Mobile Franchises: Angry Birds, Plants V Zombies, and so on. • South-East Asian and other non-Western gaming cultures • Gaming communities • Gamification - the good, the bad, and the scoreboard • Convergence and social, casual and mobile games • Edutainment • The sociality or otherwise of social games • Shifting landscape from PC and console games to social, casual and mobile games • Locative games: place and mobility Paper abstracts of no more than 500 words, or full papers of no more than 5000 words, including a brief biographic statement, using APA 6th referencing style, are due Friday, 29 March 2013 (accepted papers and abstracts will be notified by 15 April 2013), emailed to socialcasualmobile(a)gmail.com. Pre-conference papers and abstracts will not appear in the ANZCA proceedings; rather they will automatically be considered for inclusion in an edited collection on the topic Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games being organised concurrently with the preconference. If you do NOT want your paper or abstract considered for inclusion in this collection, please note this when emailing your submission. For more details please visit http://socialcasualmobile.blogspot.com.

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Fwd: Occupy Sandy Data and Open Data Day
by Jen Jack Gieseking 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

FYI for those in NYC. -- Jen Jack Gieseking, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Research Professor, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York Project Manager, JustPublics@365 jgieseking(a)gc.cuny.edu 212.817.1839 justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ || @justpublics365<http://www.twitter.com/justpublics365> jgieseking.org <http://www.jgieseking.org/> || @jgieseking<http://www.twitter.com/jgieseking> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Suzanne Tamang <suzanne.tamang(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:55 PM Subject: Occupy Sandy Data and Open Data Day To: "occupydata(a)lists.occupy.net" <occupydata(a)lists.occupy.net> We'll be working with Occupy Sandy to get a data set ready for the March 1/2nd Occupy Data Hackathon <http://occupydatanyc.org/>. Part of that will involve digitizing and preprocessing existing data so that we can more easily use it is a variety of analysis and visualization tools. Also, it is a big help to Occupy Sandy efforts. If you're interested in helping to prepare the data, or want to begin some exploratory work before March 1st, they'll be an Occupy Sandy Project<http://wiki.opendataday.org/NYC2013#NYC_Occupy_Sandy_Data_Project>in conjunction with International Open Data Day <http://opendataday.org/> on Feb 23rd. The goal of the 23rd is to release an open data set that can be used for the Occupy Data Hackathon, and research and activism more broadly. Please help share this info with others that might be interested. -Suzanne

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