February 2013 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

CFP: EVE Online Workshop at at FDG 2013 (Extended Deadline)
by Darryl Woodford 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Apologies for Cross-Posting. By request, and to align the submission deadline with those of the other workshops being held at the Foundations of Digital Games conference, we have extended the deadline for submissions to 4 March. Authors who have already submitted their papers are welcome to upload new versions of their papers to easychair up until the new deadline. The CFP is below, and for more details please visit http://eveonline.gamescholarship.org. ============================ CALL FOR PARTICIPATION +++ EVE Online Workshop +++ Workshop at FDG 2013. May 14-17, 2013. Chania, Crete, Greece. IMPORTANT DATES ------- Papers & Works in Progress Submissions due: March 4, 23:59 PST, 2013. Notification: March 10, 2013 Extended Abstracts Submissions due: March 10, 2013 Notification: March 25, 2013 ============================ GENERAL INFORMATION ------- EVE Online is a space-themed Massively Multiplayer Online Game that breaks from many conventions of the MMOG genre. From its single shard server to the developer's "sandbox" approach to game design, this particular MMOG has become the site of various research activities situated across several academic disciplines. This workshop aims to bring together the multidisciplinary community of scholars currently conducting research on or within EVE Online to share their work and foster new research collaborations. We invite proposals about all stages of research (works-in-progress to completed studies). Interested researchers not currently researching EVE are also welcome to attend. CCP Game's research team has confirmed their attendance at the workshop. WORKSHOP GOALS ------- The goals of this workshop include, but are not limited to: § Bringing together EVE Online researchers in order to form a cohesive, constructive research community. § Involving interested researchers not necessarily researching EVE Online, and provide them with an opportunity to engage with various nascent EVE projects, by offering their expertise and reflection. § Gaining an overview of methodological challenges present in researching EVE Online. § Identifying and discussing the important and immediate contributions that EVE Online scholarship can make to game studies and other disciplines. § Stimulating discussion, speculation and collaboration with regards to the future development of academic research into EVE Online. § Providing a context for work-in-progress papers, discussion of recent developments in EVE Online and encouraging future collaboration. § Planning of an edited volume of EVE Online scholarship presented as an EVE Online reader. CALL FOR PAPERS ------- Papers are invited on any topic that involves research conducted on or through EVE Online. Authors are invited to submit to one of three tracks; § Papers Authors are invited to submit position papers, short papers and long papers to this track. Work submitted to this track is requested to be no longer than 8 pages (suggested length between 4 and 6 pages). In accordance with the goals of this workshop, selected papers will be recommended for further publication. § Works In Progress Papers of up to 4 pages describing works in progress or a proposed research project are invited to be presented and workshopped. The text should outline disciplinary context and background, research rigor, timelines for research and potential contribution to knowledge. Further, works in progress will be reviewed in light of their potential contribution to an EVE Online reader when complete. Short position papers and PhD project proposals are also welcome to be submitted to this track. § Extended Abstracts - Between 200 and 400 words. As the workshops will be integrated in FDG 2013 rather than held a day prior to the conference, we invite scholars not necessarily researching EVE Online to submit extended abstracts outlining their own research and identifying the potential contributions that further research into EVE Online might make to that topic. Authors will be invited to make a 10 minute presentation on the basis of this abstract, prompting discussion from workshop attendees. SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ------- Submissions must adhere to the ACM format<http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates>. Further details regarding the submission process and publication details will be circulated at a later date. ORGANIZERS ------- Marcus Carter, Interaction Design Lab, The University of Melbourne. Darryl Woodford, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation, Queensland University of Technology. Kelly Bergstrom, Faculty of Education, York University. FURTHER INFORMATION ------- Further details will be made available on the conference website, http://eveonline.gamescholarship.org/ For further information please contact: Mail: marcusc(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:marcusc@unimelb.edu.au>

1 0

Pointers for Undergraduate degrees in Digital Cultures
by Nishant Shah 18 Feb '13

18 Feb '13

Dear All, We are right now trying to conceptualise what an undergraduate degree programme in Digital Cultures could look like. We have been trawling the web but largely we come across graduate programmes that offer it as a degree, and I was wondering if anybody has pointers on where to look and what to keep in mind while trying to conceptualise a degree programme like this. Links to programmes that you think are successful, or just reminders about disciplines/stakes that need to be factored in to build a Bachelor's programme that brings in Historical Review + Critical philosophy + Media Studies + Social Science & Humanities Critique + Computing and Management skills, with a global perspective would be greatly appreciated. If you are already running courses in this field, also, do get in touch because we are thinking of a distributed course creation, and would also be able to commission existing experts from around the world to help us do the design in the coming year or two. Warmly Nishant -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,Bangalore, India ( www.cis-india.org ) International Tandem Partner, Inkubator - Leuphana University, Lueneburg, Germany # +49-0176-841-660-87 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

8 8

Re: [Air-L] literature on e-learning in higher education
by Margaret Weigel 17 Feb '13

17 Feb '13

Depending on what you're looking for, this summary might be helpful: http://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/education/moocs-online-learn… Margaret Weigel

1 0

literature on e-learning in higher education?
by Suzanne Aurilio 16 Feb '13

16 Feb '13

Marius, You might also try the the British Journal of Educational Technology, DistanceEducator.com and Research in Learning Technology http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt Good luck, Suzanne -- ~ ~ ~ Suzanne Aurilio, PhD saurilio.blogspot.com

1 0

March 1 Deadline: Fandom and/as Labor
by Mel Stanfill 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

Hi all, Here is one final reminder on the call for papers for the upcoming special issue of *Transformative Works and Cultures* on Fandom and/as Labor. Submissions are due March 1, 2013, or in two weeks. Thanks Mel Stanfill PhD Candidate Illinois Distinguished Fellow Institute of Communications Research University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign http://www.melstanfill.com Please forward widely >> >> * >> * >> >> *Fandom and/as Labor* >> >> >> >> Call for papers >> >> >> >> Special issue of *Transformative Works and Cultures* ( >> http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) March 2014 >> >> >> >> Edited by Mel Stanfill and Megan Condis (University of Illinois, >> Urbana-Champaign) >> >> >> >> CFP online: >> http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/21 >> http://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/announcement/view/21 >> >> >> It has long been recognized both within academia and in the various >> communities organized around fandom that the practice of being a fan does >> not merely consist of passive consumption. Rather, fans are also >> productive: they generate interpretations of their favorite television >> shows, extratextual products like fan fiction and fan videos, and data >> about their own consumption habits and those of their peers that will be >> used to market new products. Whether labors of love or value extracted from >> unaware fans, this productivity is rarely conceptualized as labor. >> >> >> >> Given recent events like the 2011 Wisconsin labor protests, however, >> broader questions of labor and fair compensation have been reinvigorated, >> such that taking these productive fan activities seriously as labor seems >> to be particularly vital in the current moment. >> >> >> In this special issue on Fandom and/as Labor, we invite contributions >> that ask after how labor relates to fandom, how labor happens in fandom, >> and what happens when we reconceptualize fandom as labor. >> >> We welcome submissions dealing with, but not limited to, the following >> topics: >> >> - Case studies of how fans negotiate/conceptualize the labors that >> they perform. >> - Analyses of the ways in which popular texts present/narrate the >> labor involved in participating in fandom. >> - Examinations of how fan labor is gendered, raced, classed, and/or >> related to sexuality, ability, and nation. >> - Analysis of the monetization of existing fan labor and/or the >> production of profitable new types of fan labor. >> - Theoretical or experiential accounts of the tension between freely >> given fan labor or the fan gift economy and exploitation through the >> extraction of surplus value. >> >> *Submission guidelines* >> >> TWC accommodates academic articles of varying scope as well as other >> forms that embrace the technical possibilities of the Web and test the >> limits of the genre of academic writing. Contributors are encouraged to >> include embedded links, images, and videos in their articles or to propose >> submissions in alternative formats that might comprise interviews, >> collaborations, or video/multimedia works. We are also seeking reviews of >> relevant books, events, courses, platforms, or projects. >> >> *Theory:* Often interdisciplinary essays with a conceptual focus and a >> theoretical frame that offer expansive interventions in the field. Blinded >> peer review. Length: 5,000–8,000 words plus a 100–250-word abstract. >> >> *Praxis:* Analyses of particular cases that may apply a specific theory >> or framework to an artifact; explicate fan practice or formations; or >> perform a detailed reading of a text. Blinded peer review. Length: >> 4,000–7,000 words plus a 100–250-word abstract. >> >> *Symposium:* Short pieces that provide insight into current developments >> and debates. Nonblinded editorial review. Length: 1,500–2,500 words. >> >> Submissions are accepted online only. Please visit TWC's Web site ( >> http://journal.transformativeworks.org/) for complete submission >> guidelines, or e-mail the TWC Editor (editor AT transformativeworks.org) >> >> >> *Contact* >> >> We encourage potential contributors to contact the guest editor with >> inquiries or proposals: *Mel Stanfill **and Megan Condis* (fandom.labor >> AT gmail.com) >> >> *Due dates* >> Contributions for blinded peer review (Theory and Praxis essays) are due >> by *March 1, 2013*.** >> >> Contributions that undergo editorial review (Symposium, Interview, >> Review) are due by *April 1, 2013*. >> >

1 0

6ème cycle annuel des Journées d'étude PraTIC : De la "Data Science" à l’infovisualisation, lundi 25 février 2013 à GOBELINS, l'école de l’Image, Paris
by jcplantin 15 Feb '13

15 Feb '13

6ème cycle annuel des Journées d'étude PraTIC : De la "Data Science" à l’infovisualisation Le lundi 25 février 2013 à *GOBELINS, l'école de l’Image*,salle de conférence 318 Inscription gratuite obligatoire sur : http://bit.ly/Yo0tKj <http://bit.ly/Yo0tKj> (150 places disponibles) Programme en ligne : http://www.omnsh.org/spip.php?breve117 Edition organisée par *Gobelins, l'école de l’image*, et son*Département Multimédia * *Conception et mise en oeuvre :** Étienne-Armand AMATO *(UP8, OMNSH) & *Étienne PERÉNY *(UP8) *Adossement scientifique *: *Laboratoire Paragraphe de l’Université Paris 8 *(Equipe d’Accueil 349) *Partenaire éditorial *: *OMNSH (O*bservatoire des *M*ondes *N*umériques en* S*ciences *H*umaines) Depuis 2008, les journées d'étude PraTIC (*Pra*tiques des *T*echnologiesde l’*I*nformation et de la *C*ommunication) questionnent les dispositifs numériques et interactifs, tout en suivant leurs évolutions de fond. Leur originalité est de croiser les regards d'acteurs issus de l'université, de l'entreprise, de l'industrie, de la forma- tion professionnelle, des médias, de l'art et du design. Ils partagent leurs retours d'expériences, analyses et visions, afin de stimuler le débat et dresser des perspectives autour d'une thématique de pointe. Aujourd’hui, pour rendre accessibles et intelligibles toutes ces donnéesen constante inflation, des visualisa- tions singulières s'offrent à nos regards, et même à nos désirs avec l'interactivité. Ces "Dataviz","Infoviz" ou encore "Cartoviz" s'affirment comme opérateurs ou interfaces sensibles et cognitives avec le monde. De façon transversale, cette journée d’étude a pour ambition de mettre en évidence l'ensemble du processus, depuis l'identification dessources, ainsi que l'extraction, qualification et structuration des données,en passant par leur traitement informatique, mathématique et statistique(analytics), jusqu’au choix de design visuel, de représentation et de manipulation de ces visualisations (infographics). Ce faisant, seront abordées les récentes évolutions que constituent notamment la publication de données institutionnelles (*open data*), des données d'entreprises ou d'usages (*big** data*), l’appropriation contributive des composites cartographiques (*mashups*), ou encore ces usages contributifs ou persuasifs. *Conseil éditorial de cette édition, au titre de l'OMNSH *: *Jean-Christophe PLANTIN* *Partenaires thématiques **:* * * *Le médialab de Sciences Po Paris* * * *Le Laboratoire COSTECH de l'Université de Technologie de Compiègne* * * *Partenaire technique vidéo **: UBICAST* -- Jean-Christophe Plantin Blog: cartonomics.org Twitter: @jcplantin <https://twitter.com/#!/jcplantin>

1 0

Clinical Position at NYU
by shira chess 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Was asked to pass along by a friend... Please direct all questions to contact listed in the job ad. Department of Media, Culture, and Communication Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development New York University Clinical Assistant Professor, Non-Tenure-Track The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication in the Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development at New York University invites applications for a Clinical Assistant Professor specializing in digital-software literacy. The appointment, which will begin September 1, 2013, is a one-year, teaching-intensive non-tenure-track appointment that is renewable upon review. We are seeking applicants for a clinical assistant professor to teach courses and lead initiatives in digital-software literacy primarily for undergraduates with some involvement in the MA program. This position will be key to fostering departmental initiatives in digital-software-coding literacy for our large number of undergraduate majors, and designing courses that integrate theory and technical skills. The Department of Media, Culture, and Communication serves over 750 undergraduate majors and offers MA and Ph.D. programs of study. The Department emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarship and encourages applications from a broad range of methodological perspectives. For more information please see: http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/mcc/. NYU is committed to building a culturally diverse educational environment and strongly encourages applications from historically underrepresented groups. Responsibilities: Responsibilities will include teaching undergraduate courses in digital literacy and could also include specialized courses in code studies, algorithmic and computational approaches to media, data mining, media activism, copyright, code studies, multi-model inquiry, and software studies. This faculty member would initiate and manage pedagogical projects in digital literacy; advise student projects in digital media; and provide public engagement with issues of digital media for the department. The primary foci of this position are teaching and administration. Qualifications: A Ph.D. is required and skills in software programming are preferred. Applications: Please apply via e-mail with a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching experience and relevant research, and contact information for three references in your letter of application (letters are not required at this point). Please e-mail your materials as attachments to mccnyusearch(a)gmail.com. Further information about the position can be obtained from Marita Sturken, Department Chair: marita.sturken(a)nyu.edu. Review of applications will begin on March 4, 2013, and will continue until the position is filled. New York University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

1 0

New Book Announcement
by PHILIP Napoli [Staff/Faculty [BUS]] 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

NEW BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University is pleased to announce the publication of the second volume in the Center’s Everett C. Parker Book Series: Rethinking Media Pluralism by Kari Karppinen (Fordham University Press, 2013). This provocative new book argues that media pluralism needs to be rescued from its depoliticized uses and re-imagined more broadly as a normative value that refers to the distribution of communicative power in the public sphere. In Rethinking Media Pluralism, Kari Karppinen contends that the notions of media pluralism and diversity have been reduced to empty catchphrases or conflated with consumer choice and market competition. He suggests that in this narrow logic, key questions about social and political values, democracy, and citizenship are left unexamined. To solve this difficult issue, the author argues that media pluralism should be understood, instead, in terms of its ability to challenge inequalities and create a more democratic public sphere. This book will be valuable to scholars, students, activists, and media policy makers. According to The Institute for Information Law’s Natali Helberger, “uncertainty or disagreement over how to conceptualize media pluralism is a persistent stumbling block in academic and policy debates. Tackling this difficult issue is an important, brave and necessary exercise, and it is what this book does.” Kari Karppinen is a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Social Research at the University of Helsinki, Finland. His research interests include media and communication policy, media and democracy, political philosophy, and theories of the public sphere. He is currently working on a research project titled “Facing The Coordinating Challenge: Problems, Policies, and Politics in Media and Communication Regulation,” which is funded by the Academy of Finland. The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center conducts, supports, rewards, and disseminates research that informs the communications policymaking process and ethical decision-making in the management of media organizations. The McGannon Center seeks to contribute to the development of a tradition of rigorous research into media performance and media policy, with a particular emphasis on the interaction between the economic and the public service dimensions of media performance. More information about the McGannon Center and its activities can be found at the Center’s home page: http://www.fordham.edu/mcgannon. *The McGannon Center’s* *Everett C. Parker Book Series* is devoted to the publication of research that addresses social and ethical issues in communications policy. Published by Fordham University Press,<http://www.fordhampress.com/>this series seeks to publish research that can inform the work of policy makers, scholars, and students as they grapple with today's rapidly changing communications environment and the variety of policy issues arising within it. The series commemorates the work of Everett C. Parker, a founding figure in public interest communications policy activism, co-founder of the McGannon Center, and a pioneer in the linking of communications research with policy advocacy. Submission guidelines for the Everett C. Parker Book Series can be found at the McGannon Center’s home page, http://www.fordham.edu/mcgannon, by following the Everett C. Parker Book Series link.

1 0

Re: [Air-L] query about sociology of computer modeling
by Nicholas Weber 14 Feb '13

14 Feb '13

Jon - I'm not sure what type of application you are looking for, but I can suggest some literature from STS that might be a helpful starting point: Lahsen, M. (2005). Seductive Simulations? Uncertainty Distribution Around Climate Models. Social Studies of Science, 35(6), 895–922. doi:10.1177/0306312705053049 Maglio, P. P., Cefkin, M., Haas, P. J., & Selinger, P. (2010). Social Factors in Creating an Integrated Capability for Health System Modeling and Simulation 1 Toward a Science of Health Policy Decision Making. Computer, 44–51. Sundberg, M. (2008). The Everyday World of Simulation Modeling: The Development of Parameterizations in Meteorology. Science, Technology & Human Values, 34(2), 162–181. doi:10.1177/0162243907310215 Sundberg, M. (2010). Organizing Simulation: Code Collectives. Science, 23(1), 37–57. (see her dissertation as well – much about models and simulation in sciences: http://www.dissertations.se/dissertation/8191d46521/) Stephen Jackson at Cornell did a dissertation in 2005 partially to do with models: “Building the Virtual River: Numbers, Models, and the Politics of Water in California” (you can find it in an ETD database) You might also take a look at Morgan and Morison's "Models as Mediators" which provides a very helpful framework for thinking about how models "work" in science. http://books.google.com/books/about/Models_as_Mediators.html?id=amUBWTJ1zTEC Sherry Turkle has a book "Simulation and its discontents" which has a few different perspectives on the use of computer simulation in areas like architecture and design. http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/simulation-and-its-discontents Would love to hear more about what you come up with… (ping me off list if you need PDFs) Nic

1 0

Deadline (Feb 15): ESA 2013 Conference, RN18 panel on "Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change"
by christian.fuchs＠uti.at 13 Feb '13

13 Feb '13

Dear colleagues, This is a brief reminder that the deadline for abstract submissions for the European Sociological Association's bi-annual conference is this Friday, February 15th. Best, Christian Fuchs Chair, ESA RN18: Sociology of Communications and Media Research http://esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN18 Deadline: February 15th European Sociological Association 2013 Conference "Crisis, Critique and Change" University of Torino, Italy August 28-31, 2013 The ESA 2013 conference asks the overall questions: What is behind the crisis? Which crisis is it? Whose critique is required? What changes are needed? RN18 - Sociology of Communications and Media Research: Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change Call for Abstracts Submission: http://esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN18 (click on panel titles for submission...) ESA RN18 focuses in its conference stream on the discussion of how crisis, critique and societal changes shape the study of media, communication & society today. The overall questions we want to address are: Which crises (including the financial and economic crisis of capitalism, global wars and conflicts, ecological crisis, the crisis of democracy, legitimation crisis, etc) are we experiencing today and how do they influence media and communication in contemporary society? What are the major changes of society, the media, and communication that we are experiencing today? What forms of political critique (political movements) and academic critique (critical studies, critical media sociology, critical theory, etc) are emerging today and are needed for interpreting and changing media, communication and society? ESA RN18 is calling for both general submissions on “Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change” that address these questions as wellas more specific submissions that address a number of specific session topics. 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) Joint Sessions 06JS18 - Critical Political Economy of the Media and Communication in Times of Capitalist Crisis and Change Joint session with RN06 - Critical Political Economy Chairs: Ian Bruff & Christian Fuchs 18JS29 - Social Theory and Media Sociology Today Joint session with RN29 - Social Theory Chairs: George Pleios and Csaba Szalo

1 0