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

Quantitative analysis of online pornography
by Antoine Mazieres 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

Dear IRs, I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at available studies made out of them. I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution of the object itself. Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) Thanks for your help, All best, Antoine http://mazier.es/

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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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Call for Conference Locations
by Kendall, Lori 03 Jun '13

03 Jun '13

Please share widely... Call for Proposals to Host the Internet Research (IR) conferences in 2015 and 2016. The Executive Committee of the Association of Internet Researchers is seeking statements of interest for hosting the annual meeting of the Association in October of 2015 and 2016. The Internet Research conference draws an international group of researchers and practitioners to present and discuss work at the cutting edge in understanding the social and cultural aspects of the internet. Organizations or consortia who may be interested in hosting the conference should contact Lori Kendall at vp (at) aoir.org. We will provide a guide to a full proposal for those invited to apply. At this stage, we seek an indication of interest and intent. We are most likely to entertain applications for North American locations for 2015 and elsewhere for 2016, but all strong proposals are welcome. Hosting AoIR provides visibility to your institution and city from researchers from around the world, drawing a group of well-known scholars to your city during the period of the conference and providing lasting connections. Geography still matters in an internet age, and hosting Internet Research represents one way of locating important centers of innovation in social computing. The most recent conference was held in Salford, UK and the upcoming conferences will be held in Denver, USA and Bangkok, Thailand. (See the full list of locations at http://aoir.org/conferences/past/.) We generally seek hosting cities that are reasonably accessible by international visitors, and provide a range of lodging, dining, entertainment and cultural attractions within reasonable proximity of the venue. The venue should provide a central hall and breakout meeting rooms for a minimum of 400 attendees, as well as the necessary infrastructure for presentations and high-speed wireless internet access. There are generally 7-8 concurrent presentation rooms over a period of 3 days, plus a day of 3-6 preconferences. The conference generally provides some form of onsite refreshments during the day (snacks, coffee, and in many cases lunch), as well as a banquet and receptions. The Association generally handles registration, and will (with the aid of a program chair) provide assistance with the infrastructure for the peer review and the publication of selected papers. Officers of AoIR serve on the organizing committee and are involved closely with the planning and execution of the conference. The local hosts are responsible for coordinating all on-site arrangements, contracts, transportation, arrangements with local hotels or other lodging, technology, supporting staff for the event. The hosts should be willing and able to mobilize local support for the conference, including volunteers, fund-raising, and cost-sharing. At this time, we are seeking brief letters of interest. For those sites the Executive Committee feels are suitable for the upcoming conference, we will provide organizers with instructions for a full proposal, and are happy to work with them to provide a strong proposal. At this time, please provide some indication of what you could offer in terms of hosting. In particular: 1. Who makes up your group, who the proposed local chair would be, and your connection to internet research and AoIR. 2. Information about the venue, including recent conferences held there. We have, in the past, held AoIR in hotels and conference centers, as well as university and research campuses. Please give some indication of the layout of the facility and its proximity to lodging and dining (including less expensive options), as well as to its suitability for a conference like Internet Research. 3. Proposed dates. IR is generally held in early October, and usually over a Thursday-Saturday, with pre-conferences on a Wednesday, though there is some flexibility. It is helpful if we are able to avoid conflicts with other major conferences of interest to attendees. 4. What makes your city and venue particularly attractive to the Internet Research community? The committee will review letters of interest as they are submitted, through the end of July 2013. Best, Lori Kendall (AoIR Vice President)

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Please explain your criticism
by Barry Wellman 01 May '13

01 May '13

Thank you for calling attention to some problems with the J of Consumer Behavior paper on strong/weak ties and behavior. I couldnt spot the source of the critique you made. The paper seemed ok to me. So, I would appreciate if you would further enlighten me/us Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor FRSC NetLab Director Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $22 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________

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Pew: Digital Civic Engagement report, "who's missing" analysis
by Steven Clift 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

PewInternet.org just put out one of the most important survey reports in the e-democracy/open government field in about five years. Here is my in-depth "inclusion" analysis and commentary: http://bitly.com/pewcivic Please share on Twitter and Facebook if so inspired. Direct to the report: Civic Engagement in the Digital Age http://bit.ly/15QZUPK Let's talk about it on Twitter with #pewcivic hashtag. What is your big takeaway? https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PewCivic&src=hash Here is the beginning of my summary: http://bitly.com/pewcivic The new must-read Civic Engagement in the Digital Age study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project makes it clear to me: Accepting “politics as usual” means those who already show up in political life continue to dominate online. Closing the digital civic engagement divide is a challenge for our generation to solve. Every few years, like their Neighbors Online report, the Pew Internet and American Life project releases game changing numbers that help us re-calibrate our priorities and investments to build civic and democratic good. Quick Numbers After many hours of pouring through the report, these are the numbers that stood out to me. Good: 49% of all adults participated in online “civic communication” and/or are a “political social networking site” user in 2012 10% only did online “civic communication” (34% total) 16% only were political sns users (39% total) 23% did both More on the political sns users below – Report author Aaron Smith sent us the breakdown above and other tidbits which are not detailed in the main report. Bad: Huge online civic communication gap based on income - Households over 75K at 47%+, 20K to under 30K only 24% – Almost half the participation rate participating civically online, report shows huge education gaps as well Really Bad: Whites 38% compared to Blacks at 23% and Latinos at 17% – Action oriented online civic communication helps citizens have a voice, power, and influence in democracy Bad Foundation: For offline “civic communication” Whites 43%, Blacks 31%, Latinos 26% - Survey does find better Black – White racial equity with direct involvement in offline civic groups/activities. It is essential to point out that many differences in race are more related to income and education levels than anything else – but the impact is that same, important voices are not being heard. Clift Notes: Everything about the Internet, from raising voices to organizing to information access to convenience, makes it a great equalizer for democratic participation. Today with far greater minority access to the Internet, why is the civic communication gap larger online than offline? The online gap based on race is 3% larger for Blacks and 4% for Latinos. What is it about the design, technical assumptions, perceived relevancy, marketing, and inclusive outreach with online civic engagement that is not working make democracy stronger and more equitable? Why are the clear democratic benefits of the digital age not leading to a more representative and participatory democracy for all? If we seek to engage not just more people from a small pool of the most educated and wealthier citizens, but instead want this digital opportunity to provide more democratic opportunity for all, we are going in the wrong direction. More: http://bitly.com/pewcivic

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CfP :: ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2013 :: Deadline-10th May 2013 :: 1st-4th October :: Tampere, Finland ::
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

========================================================================================= ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2013 ?Making Sense of Converging Media? 1st-4th October, 2013 Tampere, Finland **** Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, Posters, Demonstration, Workshops, Tutorials http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org Long and short papers, posters, demonstrations, and extended abstracts due on 10th May 2013 Tutorials and Workshops due on 28th April 2013 In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI Contributions will be published in the ACM digital library and selected set of high-level work will be published as book chapters or in journals ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, DEMOS, WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS ========================================================================================= We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference, 1st ? 4th October 2013, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in many facets. The conference explores academically the emerging and frontier-breaking applications of new media in everyday contexts of leisure, business and organizational life. October 2nd will be the main Academic MindTrek day with other sessions on the preceding and following days. Due to increasing popularity of the conference, we are extending the scope of Academic MindTrek 2013! The academic conference features six major themes: * Social Media * Ambient & Ubiquitous Media * Business & Media * Human-Computer Interaction (new track!) * Open Source * Digital Games * ICT & E-Government ========================================================================================= Why to Participate? ========================================================================================= The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where researchers, experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society: * Real chance for media enthusiasts to think outside the box * Brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy to technology * The highest ranked papers will be published in academic journals (e.g. in 2012 we published a selected set of articles in ACM Computers in Entertainment, Electronic Markets ? The International Journal on Networked Business, and the International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence. * Provides a chance to learn from the vast media genre at large * Allows participants to exchange views with cross-disciplinary experts * Aims to provide insights about the convergence of the various media and the future of media * High-level keynote speakers. A few examples from previous years: Keith Partridge, Tomi T. Ahonen (Consultant), Latif Ladid (IPV6 Forum), Beat Schwegler (Microsoft), Cinzia dal Zotto (Univ. of Neuchatel), Ari Ojansivu (Google), Ramine Darabiha (Rovio), Molly R?nge (Crowdculture), Slava Kozlov (Philips Design), Dave Nielsen (CloudCamp), Janne J?rvinen (F-Secure), Olavi Toivainen (Nokia), Herbert Snorrason (OpenLeaks), Tuija Aalto (YLE), Juha Kaario (Varaani), among many others. Also this year we are preparing a wide set of invited speakers & keynotes. Social Media ========================================================================================= ?Get social!? Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media ========================================================================================= ?The medium is the message!? ? This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, location based services, ubiquitous computation, augmented reality, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. Media Business, Media Production and Media Management ========================================================================================= Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media and focuses on leadership practices, business models and value chains. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) ========================================================================================= The wide field of HCI is to discuss issues around human computer interaction modalities, consumer experience, design of computer systems, human aspects, universal media access, ergonomics, communication, novel interaction modalities, privacy, trusted systems, interaction theories, and sociological and psychological factors. This theme of devotes to several of these aspects, and is targeted to the scientific community dealing with several applied and theoretical aspects of HCI and user experience. Open Source ========================================================================================= The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. Digital Games ========================================================================================= The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. ICT & E-Government ========================================================================================= In recent years, ICT has played a pivotal role in the development of digital economy. This technology facilitates the rapid accumulation and dissemination of information, group interaction, communication, and collaboration. ICT has become one of the core elements of managerial reform around the world. Since the launch of web 2.0 and emergence of ICT infrastructure, processes and policies many governments and public officials use new online tools to communicate among themselves, and with organizations and citizens. Demonstrations ========================================================================================= The aim is to gather demonstrations from researchers and professionals from the communities related to the topics of MindTrek. The objective for the demonstrations is to provide a forum for exchanging experiences, practical projects, or media demonstrators. The target audience includes members of the academic community, industry, or laboratories who can demonstrate the results of their research projects with a practical implementation. Special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to register for the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference with our special registration rate. The Academic MindTrek registration includes full service such as coffees, lunches, and social gatherings. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. ========================================================================================= Conference Publications ========================================================================================= The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes short and long papers, workshop proposals, demonstration proposals, and tutorial proposals. Extended abstracts will be published in the adjunct conference proceedings; however, they will not be published within the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. All the papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference. Short and Long Paper Proposals ========================================================================================= All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Short papers should be between 2-4 pages long and the paper presentation will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion within a session; long papers should be 6-8 pages and will be presented in 20 minutes slots, plus 5 minutes discussion. Workshop Proposals ========================================================================================= Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with the Academic MindTrek. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Depending on the attracted number of papers for each workshop, we provide space for either half-day or full-day workshops. Previous examples include e.g. a workshop on eLearning. Nevertheless, feel free to suggestion your own. Demonstrations Proposals ========================================================================================= Demonstration proposals shall be 2-3 pages and include: a) a description and motivation of the demonstration; b) general architecture of the demonstration; c) description of the main features; d) a brief comparison with other existing related demonstrations; e) audio-visual materials to illustrate the demonstration (if applicable); f) the type of license, and g) the Internet address of the demonstration (if applicable). It is strongly recommended that the authors make the demonstration (or a suitable version or movie) on the Internet during the evaluation. Tutorial Proposals ========================================================================================= Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. Previous examples include a tutorial on audio based media. However, feel free to suggest your own. Extended Abstracts ========================================================================================= Extended abstracts should be between 1-2 pages long and contain 500-800 words. They should describe the research problem, background, research questions, and the contribution to the conference. Extended abstracts will not be published within the ACM digital library. Poster Presentations ========================================================================================= Posters should be between 2-3 pages long and a poster should be presented during the conference. Attendees have the possibility to exhibit their posters on a A0 poster wall d uring the conference. ========================================================================================= Submission Deadlines ========================================================================================= - 10th May 2013: deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), extended abstracts (1-2 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 28th April 2013: deadline for tutorial proposals and workshop proposals - 30th June 2013: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, extended abstracts, posters, and demos, tutorials - 20th July 2013: camera ready papers and copyright forms - 5th August 2013: submission of camera ready papers - 1st-4th October 2013: Academic MindTrek and MindTrek Business Conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers ========================================================================================= - 15th August 2013: deadline for workshop papers - 10th September 2013: deadline for camera-ready papers ========================================================================================= Conference Themes ========================================================================================= 1. Social Media - Business models, service models, and policies - Social media in innovation and business - Intra and inter organizational use of social media - Questions related to identity, motivation and values - Blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - Knowledge management and learning with social media - Experience management with social media - Crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - Enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - Evaluation and research methods of social media - Social media and community design - Benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - Applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - Ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - Next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - Art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - Context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive Internet, and smart daily objects - Personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - Ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - Software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - Theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - Business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - User positioning, location awareness - Augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - Device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management - Media politics: policy, practices, conception, and media regulation - Production technology: processes, and optimization - Business models: value chain/value net, revenue models, and product architecture - Strategic and operational Management of TIME Industries: Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment - Key data analytics: balanced scorecard, competition analysis, performance indicators, social media monitoring, google analytics, ? - Media use: patterns, engagement, and consumer experiences - Customer relationship management: communities & engagement 4. Human-Computer Interaction - User experience and experience design - Interaction design techniques and methods - User interaction and HCI design - Creativity, practices and innovation in HCI - Analysis, theories, and procedures in interaction design - Methods, systems, and toolkits supporting HCI - Human centered computing and understanding interaction - Interactivity methods - Designing for experience and interactivity - Design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive systems - Phenomena surrounding interactivity 5. Open Source - Forms of openness: open source software, open standards, - Open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - Establishment of an open source community - Practices on developing open source systems - Practices for maintaining a successful project - Open source processes and techniques - Differences on open source and closed source systems - Using open source in commercial context - Challenges of open source development - Teaching open source in academia and industry 6. Digital Games - Theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - Analysis of player experience - Game design research - Economy and business models in the game industry - Innovation in and around games - Digital distribution of games - Online, mobile and cross-platform games - Social and casual games - Pervasive and ubiquitous games - augmented and altered reality games - Mobile and cross-media games - Gamification, fun ware and playful design - Player-created content 7. ICT & E-Government - M-government - Web 2.0 and e-government social network - E-government obstacles and challenges - E-government project failure - Future of e-government - Improving the public service efficiency and effectiveness - E-government in developing countries - Citizen?s technological limitations - ICT and democracy (e-Democracy agenda at e-government level) - Citizens' education and accessibility to ICT - exploiting the learning and communicative potential of emerging online tools - new media forms (games, blogs, wiki, G3 mobile communications ========================================================================================= Paper Submission ========================================================================================= - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your paper - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2013mindtrek/ ========================================================================================= Organizing Committee ========================================================================================= General Chair Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Program Chairs Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Track chair: Social Media Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Track chair: Ambient Media Moyen Mustaquim, Uppsala University, SE Track chair: Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management Johanna Gr?blbauer, St. P?lten University of Applied Sciences (FH), AT Track chair: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Pauliina Tuomi, University of Turku, FIN Track chair: Digital Games Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Track chair: ICT & E-Government Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeleti, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Track chair: Open source Imed Hammouda, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Panel Chair Jari Jussila, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Demonstrations & Poster Chair Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, UK Workshop & Tutorial Chair Andreas Meiszner, UNU, Netherlands Conference Management Consultant Yuan Fu, TUT, FIN Conference Manager and Local Arrangements Subodh Agnihotri, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Lester Lasrado, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Program Committee (from Academic Mindtrek 2012 - to be confirmed) Alexander Eichhorn, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Anders Larsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Andreas Sackl, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria Annika Waern, Stockholm University, Sweden Antti Salovaara, Aalto University, Finland Antti Syv?nen, University of Tampere, Finland Ben Kirman, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom Bj?rn Von Rimscha, University of Zurich, Switzerland Conor Linehan, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom Corinna Ogonowski, University of Siegen, Germany Cumhur Erkut, Aalto University, Finland Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Elina Ollila, Knight Wish, United States Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Hannu Korhonen, University of Tampere, Finland Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, Finland Helj? Franssila, University of Tampere, Finland Jaakko Stenros, University of Tampere, Finland Jaakko Suominen, University of Turku, Finland Jan Krone, University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten, Austria Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere, Finland Jan-Niklas Antons, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Germany Jari Jussila, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jeff McCarthy, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Joerg Niesenhaus, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Juho Hamari, HIIT, Finland Jukka vanhala, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jussi Holopainen, Independent, Germany Jussi Okkonen, University of Tampere, Finland Karin Puehringer, University Salzburg, Austria Katrin Schoenenberg, T-Labs, TU-Berlin, Germany Kristina Kunze, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany Leena Arhippainen, Center for Internet Excellence / University of Oulu, Finland Mark Lochrie, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Paul Murschetz, University of Westminster, United Kingdom Per Backlund, University of Sk?vde, Sweden Peter Haric, Leitbetriebe Institut, Austria Sara Kepplinger, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany Sebastian Egger, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria Sonja Kangas, Souplala, Finland Staffan Bj?rk, Gothenburg University, Sweden Sujan Shrestha, Towson University, United States Svenja Hagenhoff, University Erlangen, Germany Teija Vainio, University of Tampere, Finland Thomas Olsson, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Tobias Nystr?m, Uppsala University, Sweden Veikko Ikonen, VTT, Finland Yuan Fu, EMMi Lab. Finland Yue Dai, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China ========================================================================================= Contact ========================================================================================= Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic-mindtrek-chairs(a)listmail.tut.fi General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: Email: academic-mindtrek-info(a)listmail.tut.fi ========================================================================================= Submit papers here ========================================================================================= http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2013mindtrek/ ========================================================================================= Further Information ========================================================================================= http://www.academicmindtrek.org Supported by MindTrek Association, City of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere University (UTA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Ambient Media Association (AMEA)

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reminder: IR14 doctoral colloquium
by Annette Markham 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear colleagues, A reminder that applications for participation in the doctoral colloquium are due in a couple of weeks: May 17, 2013. Original announcement below. Please forward to interested parties. This is a great opportunity to meet one-on-one and get feedback from senior scholars. Best, Annette * * * Announcing the Doctoral Colloquium at the IR14.0 conference in Denver, October 23, 2013 * * * In keeping with its commitment to students’ scholarship in the Association of Internet Researchers, the IR14.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on October 23, 2013. For many years, this pre-conference event has provided students with the opportunity to spend some hours with senior scholars talking about their research projects, addressing methodological and theoretical challenges, and getting informal advice on juggling the multiple pressures associated with job searching, publishing, and finishing the dissertation. This year, Annette Markham will coordinate the Doctoral Colloquium and will be joined by colleagues including: Tom Boellstorf, University of California, Irvine Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Mia Consalvo, Concordia University Charles Ess, University of Oslo Alice Marwick, Fordham University Michele Jackson, University of Colorado, Boulder Adrienne Russell, University of Denver Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ....Others to be announced later. Details forthcoming on the IR14 conference website: http://ir14.aoir.org/ SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION If you're an interested student, you should prepare a brief application including: a) a two-page summary of your research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and primary concerns and issues; and b) A brief statement indicating why you want to participate in this doctoral colloquium and what you’d like to get out of it. Submission format: Single PDF document Submission address: amarkham(a)gmail.com Submission deadline: Friday, May 17, 2013 Applicants will be notified of acceptance by July 1, 2013. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare a four-page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 31, 2013. Feel free to contact me with questions, annette ****************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Guest and Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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Re: [Air-L] Language Online by Barton & Lee is now available
by Barton, David 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi Caroline, yes there are various eBook possibilities on the Routledge website http://bit.ly/15lGaUa including getting an electronic inspection copy of the book. Thanks, David. Professor David Barton, Director, Literacy Research Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YD, England. http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/david-barton ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:44:53 +1000 From: Caroline Polak Scowcroft <cpolakscowcroft(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Air-L] Language Online by Barton & Lee is now available I can't find an online version - seems strange - is there one? Caroline Polak Scowcroft, Cairns, Australia ------------ > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:57:32 +0000 > From: "Barton, David" <d.barton(a)lancaster.ac.uk> > Subject: [Air-L] Language Online by Barton & Lee is now available > Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices by David > Barton and Carmen Lee, Routledge Linguistics Book of the Month, is now available! > http://bit.ly/15lGaUa > Chapters include: Ten Reasons for Studying Language Online; Acting in > a Textually-Mediated World; Taking up the Affordances of Multiple > Languages; Writing the Self Online; Stance-taking through Language and > Image; Everyday Learning Online; Researching Language Online; Flows of > Language Online and Offline.

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Re: [Air-L] Facebook, cookies and self-control?
by nativebuddha 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

that was my impression as well. -robert On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Deanya Lattimore <deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com > wrote: > Here'e the study itself, downloadable - > http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2155864 > > It's hard to say anything about a study that doesn't say anything. > The researchers do everything that researchers do these days who want > their studies to become public and picked up by the media; in this way, the > media draws its own conclusions that the researchers themselves are too > cautious to draw. > > I think this one deserves to be put up for an Ig Nobel. > :-) > Deanya > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:20 PM, nativebuddha <nativebuddha(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Wondered what others thought about the validity of these findings: >> >> http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/self-control-and-facebook/ >> >> -Robert >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> >> > > > -- > Deanya Lattimore > http://www.deanya.com > 573-326-9257 Google Voice; leave a message > Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deanya.lattimore > Google Chat: deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com > Second Life: Deanya Zenfold > Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya >

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Fwd: Access to tweet archives
by Sky Croeser 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi Stacy, #rbnews is very heavily used within Greece and the Greek diaspora, and even then mostly within left-wing and perhaps centre-left circles. It plays an important role in Greek news reporting (even outside radiobubble), but may not be 'popular' in the broader sense. They want the complete archives going back to the beginning of the hashtag's use, and had heard that there were commercial services which may be able to provide this. I thought perhaps some people here who are using these services for research could help. Eugenia, does the export function work just for your own account or could you do it for a hashtag also? Thanks, sky. On 30 April 2013 11:22, Stacy Blasiola <sblasi2(a)uic.edu> wrote: > Hi Sky, > > Do you mean that they want the entire archive going back, going > forward, or both? If it's going back, there's really not much you can > do about that once you hit the limit on search (7 days or X tweets; I > can't recall exactly). > > Also, do you have any idea of how popular the hashtag is? I did a > search.twitter.com on it, and it doesn't seem to be too heavily used. > I could just be wrong on that account, though, or it could be a slow > period. I donno. > > If it's not too heavily used (less than 1500 per hour), and they want > more complete archives going forward, I'd recommend they use Martin > Hawksey's TAGS http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/02/twitter-archive-tagsv5/, > or setup the free Your Twapper Keeper if they're a bit more techy and > have some server space https://github.com/540co/yourTwapperKeeper > > No matter what they do, they like all of us, will be limited by the > Twitter API. > > Anyway, I have been reading your name all night because I'm using your > paper on DLM in something i'm working on now, so I figured it was > fateful that I respond. > > Hope your research is going well. Safe travels. > > Cheers, > Stacy > Stacy Blasiola > IGERT Fellow - Electronic Security & Privacy > JOBEM - Editorial Associate > Department of Communication > University of Illinois at Chicago > 1007 W Harrison Street, Behavioral Sciences Building > Chicago, IL 60607 > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Sky Croeser <scroeser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm in Athens doing some research and was interviewing some people from > > RadioBubble (http://international.radiobubble.gr/) a non-profit web > radio > > station which is providing vital coverage of the crisis, the fascist > > movement, and the antifascist movement. > > > > They've kept some archives of a hashtag they use for gathering news, > > #rbnews, but don't have the complete archives, and want them to use a > basis > > for writing an overview of the crisis. > > > > Does anyone know how they could do this for free? Like most people in > > Greece, radiobubble is hanging on by the skin of their teeth financially. > > > > Thanks, > > sky. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ >

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