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2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies Summer Institute
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies Summer Institute. Application deadline approaching -- April 5th. http://casci.umd.edu/dsst2013/ * Applications sought from junior scholars (doc students, post-docs, pretenure faculty and early career researchers), established researchers, emerging multi-disciplinary teams, and infrastructure development teams (check out the call for applications at (http://casci.umd.edu/dsst2013/ for details.) * Applications are encouraged from students and researchers in academia, industry, NGOs, and government. * Applications are encouraged from students and researchers at any institution worldwide. -------------------- Caroline Haythornthwaite SLAIS, The iSchool at UBC c.haythorn(a)ubc.ca http://haythorn.wordpress.com/

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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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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 104, Issue 31
by Cintia Boll 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Ola a todos! Este Caderno da Cultura Digital foi escrito em 2009. Ele faz parte do Ministério da Educação e foi elaborado para auxiliar as práticas educativas nas escolas do Brasil. Veja um pequeno resumo: "O Caderno Pedagógico intitulado Cultura Digital é parte da Série de Cadernos vinculados ao Programa Mais Educação – MEC e tem por objetivo apresentar alguns exemplos e informações aos monitores, professores e gestores da escola no sentido de oferecer possibilidades de tensionar uma prática escolar refratada pela Cultura Digital em todos os campos da vida, seja do espaço escolar ou não. Ele se encontra diretamente entrecruzado com todos os Cadernos Pedagógicos do Programa Mais Educação muito especialmente por ser ele um tema contextual, o da cultura hoje em um cotidiano que é também digital. O Caderno Cultura Digital é destinado aos que se interessam em pensar a escola integral nas suas múltiplas formas de ser e habitar a contemporaneidade, na tentativa de problematizar formas de pensar as comunidades hoje, na relação de todos para todos, considerando o compartilhamento de experiências, se expandindo do mais próximo e enraizado para o mais distante e virtual. A internet, assim como a própria Cultura Digital, por ser dinâmica e se comportar como um organismo vivo que renova seu tecido celular constantemente, nos apresenta um desafio enorme na escrita deste Caderno Pedagógico e temos a certeza de que este documento se atualizará nas práticas educativas de nossos leitores. Esperamos contribuir não só para o tensionamento de conceitos e experiências, mas também para a continuidade dos estudos, reflexões e práticas atravessadas pela Cultura de uso Digital." Você poderá encontra-lo neste link http://portal.mec.gov.br/ index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16727&Itemid=1119 Att Cintia Ines Boll Profa Dra. Faculdade de Educação-UFRGS-Brasil 2013/3/29 <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. canada/privacy (Barry Wellman) > 2. online etiquette (Woodstock, Louise) > 3. Re: online etiquette (William Dutton) > 4. Re: online etiquette (Ulf-Dietrich Reips) > 5. Re: online etiquette (Ilana Gershon) > 6. Re: online etiquette (Janet Sternberg) > 7. Fwd: New from NYU Press: Cached (stephanie schulte) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 19:15:13 -0400 > From: Barry Wellman <wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> > To: Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com>, aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] canada/privacy > Message-ID: > <Pine.SGI.4.64.1303281914100.32761338(a)origin.chass.utoronto.ca> > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed > > Both the Federal and the Ontario Privacy Commissioners have done good work > in this area. With good websites. > Lots more needs to be done. > > 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 > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:09:41 -0400 > From: "Woodstock, Louise" <lwoodstock(a)ursinus.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] online etiquette > Message-ID: > > <0D4B4FB26F41EA45812E83E8D5ABAFCF405A49F7A6(a)Exchange02.ursinus.local> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear List, > Please send citations for recent articles addressing online etiquette. > Thanks in advance! > > Louise Woodstock > Associate Professor of Media & Communication Studies > Ursinus College > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 14:19:27 +0000 > From: William Dutton <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> > To: "Woodstock, Louise" <lwoodstock(a)ursinus.edu> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] online etiquette > Message-ID: > <E2F9ED409FA08A49BC1101263A99B2272AF57F(a)MBX04.ad.oak.ox.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Not that recent, but not a new issue. See: Dutton, W. H. (1996), ?Network > Rules of Order: Regulating Speech in Public Electronic Fora,? Media, > Culture, and Society, 18 (2), 269-90. > > On 29 Mar 2013, at 14:09, Woodstock, Louise wrote: > > > Dear List, > > Please send citations for recent articles addressing online etiquette. > Thanks in advance! > > > > Louise Woodstock > > Associate Professor of Media & Communication Studies > > Ursinus College > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > William H. Dutton > Professor of Internet Studies > Oxford Internet Institute > University of Oxford > 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS > UNITED KINGDOM > > Tel +44 (0)1865 287 210 > Fax +44 (0)1865 287 211 > Cell +44 (0)7768 823906 > Web: http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/about/ > You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: > http://ssrn.com/author=478025 > Latest Book: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies: > http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589074.do > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:35:20 +0100 > From: Ulf-Dietrich Reips <u.reips(a)ikerbasque.org> > To: "Woodstock, Louise" <lwoodstock(a)ursinus.edu>, > "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] online etiquette > Message-ID: <p0624083ecd7b55f8d1ac(a)[130.206.138.44]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" > > Hi Louise: > here some other ones: > > 1. Boehlefeld, S. P. (1996). Doing the right > thing: Ethical cyberspace research. The > Information Society, 12, 141-152. > > 2. Dzeyk, W. (2001). Ethische Dimensionen der > Online-Forschung [Ethical dimensions of online > research]. K?lner Psychologische Studien, 6(1), > 1-30. Online available at: > http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/2424/ > > 2. Ess, C. (2007). Internet research ethics. In > A. N. Joinson, K. Y. A. McKenna, T. Postmes & > U.-D. Reips (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of > Internet psychology (pp. 487-502). Oxford, UK: > Oxford University Press. > > 3. Eysenbach, G. and Till, J. (2001). Information > in practice. Ethical issues in qualitative > research on internet communities. BMJ (British > Medical Journal) 2001; 323(10 November), > 1103-1105. Available online: > <http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/cgi/reprint/323/7321/1103> > > 4. Olivero, N. & Lunt, P. (2004). When the ethic > is functional to the method: The case of e-mail > qualitative interviews. In Buchanan (Ed.), > Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: Issues and > Controversies. Hershey, PA: Information Science > Pub. > > 5. Peden, B. F., & Flashinski, D. P. (2004). > Virtual Research Ethics: A Content Analysis of > Surveys and Experiments Online. In E. Buchanan > (Ed.), Readings in Virtual Research Ethics: > Issues and Controversies. Hershey, PA: > Information Science Pub. > http://www.idea-group.com/downloads/excerpts/1591401526E.pdf > > 6. Reips, U.-D. (1999). Online research with > children. In U.-D. Reips, B. Batinic, W. > Bandilla, M. Bosnjak, L. Gr?f, K. Moser, & A. > Werner (Eds.), Current Internet science - trends, > techniques, results. Z?rich: Online Press. [WWW > document]. Available URL: > http://gor.de/gor99/tband99/pdfs/q_z/reips.pdf > > 7. International Journal of Internet Research > Ethics: > http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire/index.html > > Best wishes --u > > > At 10:09 Uhr -0400 29.3.2013, Woodstock, Louise wrote: > >Dear List, > >Please send citations for recent articles > >addressing online etiquette. Thanks in advance! > > > >Louise Woodstock > >Associate Professor of Media & Communication Studies > >Ursinus College > > > >_______________________________________________ > >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/ > > > -- > Prof. Dr. Ulf-Dietrich Reips > Ikerbasque Research Professor > Director, iScience group > Facultades de Ingener?a y de Psicolog?a y Educaci?n > Universidad de Deusto > Avda. de las Universidades 24 > 48007 Bilbao, Espa?a > > http://iscience.deusto.es/ > http://www.facebook.com/InternetScience > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:49:32 -0400 > From: Ilana Gershon <imgershon(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] online etiquette > Message-ID: <5155A9FC.5050806(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > > Dear Louise, > I think my book, The Breakup 2.0, is all about how people try to figure > out what should be the etiquette around using > new technologies to end relationships. > > Best, > Ilana > > Ilana Gershon > Dept. of Communication and Culture > Indiana University > > > On 3/29/2013 10:09 AM, Woodstock, Louise wrote: > > Dear List, > > Please send citations for recent articles addressing online etiquette. > Thanks in advance! > > > > Louise Woodstock > > Associate Professor of Media & Communication Studies > > Ursinus College > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > . > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:09:58 -0400 > From: Janet Sternberg <janet.sternberg(a)nyu.edu> > To: William Dutton <william.dutton(a)oii.ox.ac.uk> > Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org>, "Woodstock, > Louise" <lwoodstock(a)ursinus.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] online etiquette > Message-ID: <5155E706.1040902(a)nyu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed > > My 2012 book, Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Regulation of Online > Conduct in Virtual Communities on the Internet, deals with the earlier > stages of online etiquette (including references to Dutton's 1996 > article and work of many other AoIR folks). > > Janet Sternberg, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor > Communication and Media Studies > Latin American and Latino Studies > Fordham University > Bronx, NY 10458-9993 USA > http://about.me/JanetPhD > New book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places > http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com > > > > William Dutton wrote: > > Not that recent, but not a new issue. See: Dutton, W. H. (1996), > ?Network Rules of Order: Regulating Speech in Public Electronic Fora,? > Media, Culture, and Society, 18 (2), 269-90. > > > > On 29 Mar 2013, at 14:09, Woodstock, Louise wrote: > > > >> Dear List, > >> Please send citations for recent articles addressing online etiquette. > Thanks in advance! > >> > >> Louise Woodstock > >> Associate Professor of Media & Communication Studies > >> Ursinus College > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:01:50 -0500 > From: stephanie schulte <stephanieschulte(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Fwd: New from NYU Press: Cached > Message-ID: > < > CAECmVM2hVYCR0i+HMUKtdR6Lf-ANO7c9xjwYUEJfbNzTWCCOoA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Hello, > I thought my new book might interest some listserv members. > Best wishes, > Steph > > *Cached <http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookId=8212>*: > Decoding > the Internet in Global Popular Culture (NYU Press, 2013) > > In the 1980s and 1990s, the internet became a major player in the global > economy and a revolutionary component of everyday life for much of the > United States and the world. It offered users new ways to relate to one > another, to share their lives, and to spend their time?shopping, working, > learning, and even taking political or social action. Policymakers and news > media attempted?and often struggled?to make sense of the emergence and > expansion of this new technology. They imagined the internet in conflicting > terms: as a toy for teenagers, a national security threat, a new democratic > frontier, an information superhighway, a virtual reality, and a framework > for promoting globalization and revolution. > > Schulte maintains that contested concepts had material consequences and > helped shape not just our sense of the internet, but the development of the > technology itself. *Cached* focuses on how people imagine and relate to > technology, delving into the political and cultural debates that produced > the internet as a core technology able to revise economics, politics, and > culture, as well as to alter lived experience. Schulte illustrates the > conflicting and indirect ways in which culture and policy combined to > produce this transformative technology. > > *Stephanie Ricker Schulte* is Assistant Professor of Communication at the > University of Arkansas. > > "This is the most culturally sophisticated history of the Internet yet > written. We can't make sense of what the Internet means in our lives > without reading Schulte's elegant account of what the Internet has meant at > various points in the past 30 years." > ?Siva Vaidhyanathan, Chair of the Department of Media Studies, University > of Virginia > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 104, Issue 31 > ************************************** >

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Re: [Air-L] Looking for best practices re privacy education
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Hi Terri Don't know how this evaluated, but it seemed like a nice idea (if you like robots) https://onorobot.org/ -Ella Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Edinburgh Napier University is one of Scotland's top universities for graduate employability. 93.6% of graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. The Telegraph newspaper named us as one of the "top ten UK universities for getting a job" in 2012. This university is also proud winner of the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education 2009, awarded for innovative housing construction for environmental benefit and quality of life. This message is intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied or disclosed to anyone else outwith the University without the permission of the sender. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and any attachments are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this email or any attachment, or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Email entering the University's system is subject to routine monitoring and filtering by the University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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5 PhD positions, University of Tampere
by Frans Mäyrä 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Dear Colleagues, Hopefully you can help us in spreading the word: The School where our Game Research Lab is located has opened a call for five PhD positions (1-4 years), and we are of course interested to see good applications from those working on game and internet studies areas. - Frans The School of Information Sciences (SIS) at the University of Tampere invites applications for FIVE DOCTORAL STUDENT POSITIONS. The positions are for a fixed-term of one to four years. Successful candidates may accept the position by 1 August 2013 at the earliest. Successful candidates will pursue a doctoral degree in one of the doctoral programmes of the School of Information Sciences at the University of Tampere. More information about the three doctoral programmes of the School of Information Sciences can be found at the School's website. Full-time doctoral studies are expected to be completed in four years. Fixed-term contracts can be drawn up for a period of one to four years; the length of the contract depends on how far along in their studies the successful candidates are and when they expect to graduate. The personal study and supervision plans of doctoral students define the terms of their dissertation work and are used to monitor their progress annually. The personal study and supervision plan includes a detailed annual working schedule. In addition to the dissertation work, doctoral students teach or participate in other tasks connected to their studies at the School. These duties must equal to a maximum of five per cent of total working hours. Successful candidates must have a higher university degree, be currently pursuing a doctoral degree in one of the Schools doctoral programmes and have their study and research plan approved, before writing the contract. If the candidate does not have a right to pursue a doctoral degree at the School of Information Sciences, the candidate must apply it at the same time when applying for the salaried doctoral student position. Successful candidates are selected on the basis of how promising they are academically. This is evaluated on the basis of their study and research plans and previous academic success. The research plan is evaluated using e.g. the following criteria: clarity of research questions, feasibility and possible risks of the plan, knowledge of relevant literature and research methods. In addition, the originality of the research and its compatibility with SIS research profile is evaluated. The salary will be based on the demand level chart for the teaching and research staff of Finnish Universities. The preliminary level of demand is 2 - 4, depending on how far advanced the candidate's research is. The basic salary will be supplemented with a performance increase based on the employee's individual performance. The positions carry a four-month trial period. Please submit your application documents through the University's online application system (link below) at 15:45 (Finnish time) on 30 April 2013, and submit the following enclosures along with your application: - Your curriculum vitae, including the date when you received your right to pursue a doctoral degree or when you have applied for it. The curriculum vitae must include the information of two referees if the Masters degree was not taken at the University of Tampere. - Transcript of academic records (Masters degree) - A list of publications - A study plan - A research plan including a time schedule for your dissertation. More detailed instructions on how to draft a research plan can be found at the Schools website. - An account of grants received for dissertation research and previous employment at Finnish doctoral programs or other similar institutions. For further information about the position, please contact: Dean Kari-Jouko Räihä, tel: +358-40-5489700; kari-jouko.raiha(at)uta.fi Professor Veikko Surakka, tel: +358-40-5573265; veikko.surakka(at)uta.fi For more information about the application process, please contact: Head of Administration Sivi Aalto, tel: +358-50-3186378; sivi.aalto(at)uta.fi -- Frans Mäyrä, Professor, Information Studies and Interactive Media ** INFIM/TRIM/Game Research Lab, http://gamelab.uta.fi ** School of Information Sciences, SIS, www.uta.fi/sis/ ** ** 33014 University of Tampere, Finland ** frans.mayra(a)uta.fi / fransmayra(a)gmail.com ** ** gms 050 3367650 / fax 03 3551 7503 ** www.fransmayra.fi www.unet.fi www.uta.fi/~frans.mayra

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2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute
by Brian Butler 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute (a joint effort of the Consortium for Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) and the Summer Social Webshop) July 28 – August 1, 2013 University of Maryland -- College Park, Maryland USA APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 5, 2013 MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy – these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical. To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science. Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies. The 2013 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Maryland, College Park on July 28-August 1: Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers – Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Established researchers – Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems. Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams – Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals. Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation. Research infrastructure development teams – Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers. These infrastructure “hackathon” sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources. APPLYING FOR DSST 2013 Applications are encouraged from all academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide. To apply for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Brian Butler) at bsbutler(a)umd.edu by April 5th, 2013: * Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: “How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?” Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community. Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date. * Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: “What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems? What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?” Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises. * Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: “What is the research focus/problem domain? What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain? How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?” References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community. Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles. * Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to: “What is the problem you are seeking to address? What will you do to address that problem? How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?” References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal. Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions. However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed). Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants. Limited travel support is available, if needed, for participants from US and Canadian institutions (with preference given to doctoral and post-doctoral students). Travel support may also be available for other Summer Institute participants. To be considered for all available financial support you should provide the following information when you apply: * What college, university, or organization are you affiliated with? * What is your primary department affiliation? * If you are applying from a Canadian university, are you a member of the GRAND network? Materials should be sent to Summer Institute co-coordinator (Brian Butler) at bsbutler(a)umd.edu by April 5th, 2013. Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning April 6th, 2013 using the following criteria: * Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems * Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team * Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants The number of participants selected will depend on the available funding and the fit between applicants’ interests and goals. For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Brian Butler (bsbutler(a)umd.edu) and Susan Winter (sjwinter(a)umd.edu) For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see: CSST (www.sociotech.net) Social Webshop (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/webshop2012/) the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst(a)listserv.syr.edu) DSST 2013 ADVISORY GROUP Diane Bailey (University of Texas, Austin) John Bertot (University of Maryland, College Park) Jeremy Birnholtz (Northwestern University) Amy Bruckman (Georgia Tech) John Carroll (Penn State University) Derrick Cogburn (American University) Nosh Contractor (Northwestern University) Dan Cosley (Cornell University) Jonathon Cummings (Duke University) Laura Dabbish (Carnegie Mellon University) Leslie DeChurch (Georgia Tech) Paul Dourish (University of California, Irvine) Nicole Ellison (University of Michigan) Susan Fussell (Cornell University) Matt Germonprez (University of Nebraska at Omaha) Sean Goggins (Drexel University) Jen Golbeck (University of Maryland, College Park) Rebecca Grinter (Georgia Tech) Anatoliy Gruzd (Dalhousie University) Caroline Haythornthwaite (University of British Columbia) Libby Hemphill (Illinois Institute of Technology) Pamela Hinds (Stanford University) Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) Nicolas Jullien (TELECOM Bretagne) Sara Kiesler (Carnegie Mellon University) Aniket Kittur (Carnegie Mellon University) Mark Klein (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Bob Kraut (Carnegie Mellon University) Karim Lakhani (Harvard University) Natalia Levina (New York Univesity) Wayne Lutters (University of Maryland, Baltimore County) Kalle Lyytinen (Case Western Reserve) Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine) Anne Massey (Indiana University) Bonnie Nardi (University of California, Irvine) Mark Newman (University of Michigan) Gary Olson (University of California, Irvine) Felipe Ortega (University Rey Juan Carlos) Jenny Preece (University of Maryland, College Park) David Ribes (Georgetown University) Tony Salvador (Intel) Steve Sawyer (Syracuse University) Ben Shneiderman (University of Maryland, College Park) Marc Smith (Social Media Research Foundation) Charles Steinfeld (Michigan State University) Kate Stewart (University of Maryland, College Park) Susan Straus (Rand Corporation) Andrea Tapia (Penn State University) Michael Twidale (University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign) Youngjin Yoo (Temple University) DSST 2013 SPONSORS AND PARTNERS The 2013 DSST Summer Institute is offered in conjunction with the following partners: * The Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), * The Summer Social Webshop Financial support for DSST 2013 is being provided by the following Enabling Sponsors: * U.S. National Science Foundation via Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network (DST-RCN) * GRAND-NCE Facilities, administrative, and logistical support for DSST 2013 is provide by the following Host Sponsors: * The University of Maryland, College of Information Studies (UMD iSchool) *The Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information (CASCI) * Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL), * Information Policy and Access Center (iPAC)

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Re: [Air-L] Qualitative analysis of Twitter data
by Dhiraj Murthy 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

Dear Satarupa, I recently published a book, Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age (Polity Press, 2013) which may be helpful for you. http://amzn.to/VNrgNn It has both qualitative and quantitative chapters about Twitter. It has a qualitative chapter on social movements and Twitter as well! Regards, Dhiraj ******************************************* Dhiraj Murthy Assistant Professor of Sociology Director, Social Network Innovation Lab http://bowdoin.edu/faculty/d/dmurthy/ http://socialnetworks.bowdoin.edu/ On Apr 1, 2013, at 6:02 PM, "air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Qualitative analysis of Twitter data (F. Mutlu Binark) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 22:21:00 +0300 > From: "F. Mutlu Binark" <binark(a)baskent.edu.tr> > To: "danah boyd" <aoir.z3z(a)danah.org> > Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org, Satarupa Joardar <joardar1(a)umbc.edu> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Qualitative analysis of Twitter data > Message-ID: > <74ac3e4675c5e769ca3341a9b786c441.squirrel(a)eposta2.baskent.edu.tr> > Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-9 > > Dear Satarupa > This proceedings might be ueful for you. > ? Bayraktutan, G., Binark, M., ?omu, T., Do?u, B., ?slamo?lu, G. ve > Telli-Aydemir, A ?Discussion on Methodology in New Media Studies: > Evaluation on Quantitative- Qualitative Interface Analysis on the Use of > Twitter and Facebook by Political Parties-Leaders during 2011General > Elections in Turkey?, International Symposium on Language and > Communication: Research Trends and Challenges (ISLC), 10- 13 Haziran 2012, > ?zmir, T?rkiye. 683- 696. (2012) > ISBN: 978-605-86867-0-0 > > -- > Prof.Dr. Mutlu Binark > Baskent Universitesi > Iletisim Fakultesi > Radyo-Tv. ve Sinema Blm. > Bagl?ca Kampusu > Eskisehir Yolu 20.km. > 06530 Ankara > Tel: (312) 246 6652-53 > Fax: (312) 246 66 57 > www.yenimedya.wordpress.com > www.dijitaloyun.wordpress.com > alternatifbilisim.tv > >> I (sorta) maintain a bibliography of Twitter research at: >> http://www.danah.org/researchBibs/twitter.php >> >> Anyone can add their own research to the list by clicking "submit new >> citation" on the upper right corner. I'd strongly welcome/encourage folks >> to submit their work because lots of researchers from different fields >> visit this site pretty regularly. >> >> The articles on this list cover a lot of ground, far beyond qualitative >> analysis, but there's a lot of material there that's qualitative too. >> >> I hope that this helps! >> >> danah >> >> >> On Mar 31, 2013, at 7:25 PM, Satarupa Joardar wrote: >> >>> Dear Scholars, >>> >>> I am conducting research on the social media (Twitter) discourses of the >>> Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement in India. I have a corpus of tweets >>> collected during five days that are significant for the movement. I >>> would >>> highly appreciate any recommendations for literature on qualitative >>> (thematic/discourse/content) analysis of Twitter data, especially in the >>> context of a social/protest movement. >>> >>> Please feel free to write to me off the list if you have any questions. >>> >>> Thanks a lot in advance! >>> >>> Satarupa Joardar >>> PhD Candidate, Language, Literacy and Culture Program >>> University of Maryland, Baltimore County >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >> >> ------ >> >> "you don't have to like me for who i am / >> but we'll see what you're made of / >> by what you make of me" -- ani >> >> http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ >> http://www.danah.org/ >> @zephoria >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> >> >> > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 105, Issue 2 > *************************************

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Qualitative analysis of Twitter data
by Satarupa Joardar 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Dear Scholars, I am conducting research on the social media (Twitter) discourses of the Anna Hazare anti-corruption movement in India. I have a corpus of tweets collected during five days that are significant for the movement. I would highly appreciate any recommendations for literature on qualitative (thematic/discourse/content) analysis of Twitter data, especially in the context of a social/protest movement. Please feel free to write to me off the list if you have any questions. Thanks a lot in advance! Satarupa Joardar PhD Candidate, Language, Literacy and Culture Program University of Maryland, Baltimore County

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digitalSTS Workshop: Call for Applications (due April 8th, 2013)
by Laura Forlano 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Apologies for X-posting. Dear Colleagues, Following upon the success of last year’s digitalSTS event at the 4S Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, we invite your participation in a second workshop. Over the course of two days this summer (June 27-28, 2013) we will use design methods to explore new hybrid forms of materiality in technoscience. This is an opportunity to learn new skills or lead others in making visualizations, maps, models, and data documentaries. Across domains of science and technology studies, increased attention is being focused on the material dimensions of digital media. Indeed, scholars convened around social studies of materiality are seeking out new methods to study the stuff of “big data,” “information infrastructures,” and the “internet of things.” Moreover, these new phenomena are understood as hybrids, merging digital and non-digital practices that resist simple analysis. We see productive means of engaging with hybrid forms of materiality in the interpretive, collaborative, and interventionist approaches pioneered by designers including codesign, participatory design, design fiction, speculative design, and critical making. Design is particularly relevant to digital studies; through making, it is possible to become a participant in the otherwise opaque technical work of constructing data and other digital artifacts. The workshop will be staged at Harvard University’s Arnold Arboretum, one of the most comprehensive and best-documented living collections of trees, shrubs, and vines in the world. The Arboretum is equal parts urban forest, museum, and open laboratory. It is a venerable and sprawling site for the public display of scientific objects and knowledge. Workshop participants will take part in hands-on, team-based design projects that leverage the collection’s digital data as well as their woody referents in the landscape. Please join us at this second digitalSTS workshop to explore new tools for taking apart technoscience. To apply for a spot in the digitalSTS Workshop, please submit the following materials to digitalsts(a)zoho.com 1. A 1-paragraph biography 2. A 1-2 paragraph statement of interest in design methods and digital STS 3. A link to your online presence The application deadline is APRIL 8th, 2013. Participants will be notified soon after the deadline as to the status of their application. We encourage submissions by anyone engaged in digital studies of science and technology. Support for travel and accommodations may be available to graduate students. This workshop is hosted in cooperation with metaLAB(at)Harvard and the Arnold Arboretum, and supported by funds and in-kind contributions from metaLAB, the Arboretum, NSF’s Office for Cyberinfrastructure, and Microsoft Research. More information is available at: http://digitalsts.wordpress.com. Please feel free to pass this e-mail on to other scholars, designers, scientists, writers, bloggers, museum curators, researchers, journalists, filmmakers, colleagues, graduate students, faculty administrators, departments, and other professionals who might be interested. Kind regards, Yanni Loukissas, metaLAB/Graduate School of Design, Harvard University Laura Forlano, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology David Ribes, Communication, Culture and Technology, Georgetown University Janet Vertesi, Sociology, Princeton University

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CFP: Quantifying Politics Using Online Data - Social Science Computer Review
by Deen Freelon 01 Apr '13

01 Apr '13

Please contact the special issue coeditors (ymejova(a)yahoo-inc.com, iweber(a)qf.org.qa) if you have questions about this CFP, thanks. --- Quantifying Politics Using Online Data Special Issue -- Social Science Computer Review Journal https://sites.google.com/site/qpol2013 Submission deadline: July 7, 2013 (Abstracts: June 1) Submission website:https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qpol2013 Large web-based datasets make possible political studies at a scale inconceivable just a few decades before. Everything from personal opinions to popular political movements leaves a footprint online, and provides a first-hand account of both everyday and historic events. This new data also calls for new approaches -- quantitative methods developed in the realms of political and social science, but also in data analysis and mining. Applied to online data, these make possible language modeling, topic tracking, novelty detection, social network mining, and many more types of analyses, all providing new insights into the social and political realities. This special issue focuses on the application of quantitative methods in political analysis of online data. The sources of such data may be, but are not limited to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, news comments, Wikipedia edits, discussion forums, blogs, etc. Social Science Computer Review (SSCR) is an interdisciplinary journal covering social science instructional and research applications of computing, as well as societal impacts of information technology. Impact Factor: 1.075 Ranked: 58 out of 99 in Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications, 26 out of 89 in Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary and 28 out of 83 in Information Science & Library Science Source: 2011 Journal Citation Reports® (Thomson Reuters, 2012) Important Dates June 1, 2013 -- Abstracts (1 page excluding references) due June 7, 2013 -- Abstracts notifications sent out July 7, 2013 -- Paper submission deadline (11h59pm Hawaii time,http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=103) August 20, 2013 -- Author notification sent out September 1, 2013 -- Camera ready version due November 1, 2013 -- Expected online publication date (http://online.sagepub.com/site/sphelp/SageColl_PAP.xhtml) February 15, 2014 -- Expected print publication date Submission Instructions Submitted papers should not be under review for any other conference or journal, and should be significantly different from previously published work, and should present original contributions. Duplicate submissions will be rejected. The special edition will apply a two-step reviewing process. The 1-page abstract, due by June 1, will be reviewed by the editors and checked for (i) topical relevance, (ii) presentation quality, (iii) novelty, and (iv) at least one quantitative finding, meaning that there has to be at least one number in the abstract that quantifies some aspect of politics. Authors of abstracts that satisfy the conditions are then invited to submit a full paper by July 7. This paper will then undergo a conference style reviewing cycle to ensure timely publication. All submissions will be reviewed by at least three distinct experts. Additional external reviewers might be called upon depending on the submission volume. Authors will receive acceptance notification and detailed feedback from the reviewers on August 20. Formatting: Use this template [https://sites.google.com/site/qpol2013/submission-details/sscr_template.doc] meaning submissions must be: Only OpenOffice or MS Word .doc or .docx file format 12 point font, double-spaced (including references) Target page count: 25 pages, maximum: 40 pages, including citations and figures For more formatting information see Submission Details,https://sites.google.com/site/qpol2013/submission-details Submission website:https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qpol2013 Editors Yelena Mejova, Yahoo! Research Barcelona Ingmar Weber, Qatar Computing Research Institute Program Committee Bob Boynton, Political Science, University of Iowa, USA Andrew Dowdle, Political Science, University of Arkansas, USA Deen Freelon, School of Communication, American University, USA Justin Grimmer, Political Science, Stanford University, USA Brian Keegan, Political Science, Northeastern University, USA Wolfgang Nejdl, Computer Science, L3S, Germany Paolo Parigi, Sociology, Stanford University, USA Marco Pennacchiotti, Computer Science, eBay Inc., USA Ana-Maria Popescu, Computer Science, Pinfluencer, USA Maya Ramanath, Computer Science, IIT-Delhi, India Richard Rogers, New Media & Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands David Rothschild, Economy, Microsoft Research, USA Adam Sharp, Government, News & Social Innovation, Twitter Inc., USA Stefan Stieglitz, Kommunikations- und Kollaborationsmanagement, Universität Münster, Germany Elad Yom-Tov, Computer Science, Microsoft Research, USA -- Deen Freelon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor American University School of Communication Office: Asbury 228A dfreelon(a)gmail.com http://dfreelon.org

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