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NSA and privacy?
by Seda Guerses 17 Jun '13

17 Jun '13

dear robert, i am responding to this note with a bit of delay, mostly because of the unfolding of events in turkey, and, yet, i think this is all related. in other words, i believe that the nsa leaks could and probably should make us look at assumptions about social media, web services, surveillance etc. in our research. on a related note, my colleague claudia diaz and i authored a paper [1] on a divide in privacy research on online social networks based in computer science. one approach takes as its basis government surveillance and threat models for studying privacy problems in online social networks and proposing solutions. the other approach concentrates on online social networks as mainly consumer services and privacy as the problem of negotiating personal boundaries between users or making informed decisions with respect to it. we found that a similar analysis of a division in research was given by kate raynes goldie in her thesis [1]. we argued that the two approaches abstract each other away and research in computer science could benefit if we could better integrate the diversity of concerns (surveillance, social privacy, institutional privacy but also other matters). surely internet researchers have been more differentiated about the relationship between government surveillance and online web services, but it would be lovely to hear, if anybody has put any of this and its effects on internet research on paper? or, if any of you had ideas on how to bring these issues together in internet research? i also say these things are related as the turkish government has announced today that it will make new laws to go after social media users that distribute "provocative and false" news, and another turkish company announced that it has suspended its services in turkey since they do not want to comply with the government's requirement to give the authorities physical access to their network data (an foia request has already been submitted) [3]. while the former may be specific to turkey, the latter is a re-instantiation of prism in other countries. given these announcements, protesters using social media have turned to various tactical communication methods some of which were discussed by alternetif bilisim [4]. it would be great to get references to recent studies on tactical media use of social media or to meet with others who are thinking about these questions. so, if you are interested, please do let me know. best, s. [1] http://www.cosic.esat.kuleuven.be/publications/article-2270.pdf [2] http://www.k4t3.org/2012/09/13/privacy-in-the-age-of-facebook-discourse-arc… [3] http://www.tulumba.com/newsletter/newsletter_e.html [4] http://www.alternatifbilisim.org/wiki/An_analysis_of_Gezi_Parki Message: 4 Date: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 16:04:49 -0400 From: nativebuddha <nativebuddha(a)gmail.com> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] NSA and privacy? Message-ID: <CFB2A49A-0D1D-4C82-A4CE-9C9A861B137D(a)gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Surprised that there's no discussion here on NSA and metadata collection. Seems like prime aoir material. Maybe some privacy scholars and cryptography experts can give some expert comments? -Robert

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Call for Papers:15th Intl Conference on Presence (ISPR 2014)
by lombard＠temple.edu 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Call for Papers ISPR 2014: The 15th International Conference on Presence International Society for Presence Research Vienna, AUSTRIA March 17th - 19th 2014 http://presence2014.univie.ac.at Following a series of 14 successful PRESENCE conferences, ISPR 2014: The 15th International Conference on Presence will retain the single-track format and pleasant social environment of previous conferences while featuring expanded oral presentations, poster presentations, panels, keynote presentations and hands-on demonstrations of presence applications, services and projects. --> The concept of Presence: Presence is commonly referred to as a sense of "being there" in a technologically mediated environment and more formally as the perceptual illusion of non-mediation. In other words, the user of an artificial environment fails to accurately and completely acknowledge the role of technology in his/her experience and thus, feels and behaves in this environment as if it was `real´: for instance, we feel and act as if we´re actually with colleagues, friends and family when we use an increasing variety of conferencing technologies; we treat computer generated virtual agents as if they are sentient social entities even though we know they are not; we feel afraid of a virtual spider crawling over our hand or of an abyss opening up beneath us even though we are in fact aware that neither the spider nor the abyss exist; we like to be thrilled and deceived by 3D IMAX films which make us feel as if we are flying over the Grand Canyon or through outer space; and we `get lost´ in TV-shows, movies and videogames. The vast benefits and implications of the Presence experience for various areas of life are still to be revealed. To date, the advantages of this `as-if´ experience are broadly used in education and training: doctors learn how to operate on difficult injuries using simulators, students visit virtual classrooms, pilots train their reactions to critical situations via virtual reality, and post traumatic stress disorder patients learn to deal with their traumatic experience by being confronted step by step to the traumatic event, which to them - even though it is virtual - feels real. Presence is a rich, fascinating subject of scientific investigation, artistic exploration and technological development and design, with increasingly important implications for the ways in which people work, play and live. Today, Presence phenomena are the subject of research and theory in communication, computer science, psychology, business, philosophy as well as many other scientific and humanities fields; and they are a great challenge for designers and developers, who are trying to refine technology in order to create the most compelling and convincing - the `optimal´ - Presence experience. --> Topics: We seek original, high quality papers and demonstrations that contribute to our collective understanding of the power and breadth of presence phenomena and presence applications in any/every aspect of life. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Presence theory * Measures of presence * Presence and emotion * Presence and education * Presence and social interaction * Gender and Presence * Neuroscience approaches to Presence * Presence in gaming and entertainment * Philosophical perspectives on presence * Ethics of presence * Presence technologies and applications (e.g. in business, arts, medicine and therapy) * The future of presence research All accepted papers will be collected in the official conference proceedings (with ISBN) and will be permanently available for download in the ISPR conference archive. --> Conference Format: ISPR 2014 will have an interactive single-track format in which all participants (attendees, presenters, speakers, keynote speakers) attend each of the sessions as well as social events, allowing participants to exchange ideas and build knowledge together as the conference progresses. The first two days will feature oral presentations, panels and keynote presentations on a variety of topics designed to provide focused educational experiences on subjects related to presence technology, theory and measurement. Additionally, a poster session will allow insights into ongoing presence related projects. The final day of the conference will feature additional academic presentations as well as hands on presentations of presence applications and technologies. The language of the conference is English. --> Venue: The conference will be held at the University of Vienna in Austria (www.univie.ac.at) Founded in 1365 it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and with approximately 91000 students one of the largest in Central Europe. As the capital and largest city in Austria Vienna is regarded as the City of Music because of its musical legacy. It is furthermore known for being the home of Sigmund Freund, the founder of psychoanalysis. The city is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque buildings, castles and gardens as well as Romanesque churches and art nouveau structures and offers a great opportunity to dive into the cultural richness of European art and music. --> Accommodations: A number of hotels with specially discounted rates for conference attendees will be available. --> Registration: Registration will be available online. Fees, which will include meals and social events, will be at or below those for previous ISPR PRESENCE conferences. Every effort will be made to reduce fees for participating academics, and particularly for students. --> Submissions: We invite researchers and practitioners to submit their work in the categories below. Note that all submissions are to be in APA format and (with the exception of panel proposals) not identify the author(s) directly or indirectly (for blind peer review). PAPERS: Comprehensive descriptions of research or design work and/or theoretical investigation within the scope of the conference. Papers must relate to existing literature on presence and make an original contribution to it. Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings and will be allocated time for oral presentation. SHORT PAPERS: Short papers may be up to 10 pages in APA format. Accepted papers will be included in the Proceedings and will be allocated time for oral presentation. PANELS: Sets of presentations on a single theme or topic within the scope of the conference. Submitters are encouraged to be creative regarding both the topic or theme and the format for panel proposals (formats that encourage guided discussion are particularly welcome). Panel proposals must identify and provide contact information for all proposed participants. Accepted panels will be included in the Proceedings. POSTERS: Visual display presentations. Poster proposals must describe and/or contain early drafts of the visual display. Accepted poster abstracts will be published in the conference Proceedings. Posters shall be in a DIN A0 (84.1 x 118.9 cm) format as they will be displayed on a board during a dedicated session of the conference. Each poster will be allocated a 2 minute oral preview. DEMONSTRATIONS/EXHIBITIONS: Step-by-step audiovisual demonstrations and/or hands-on experiences of non-commercial work within the scope of the conference. Accepted demonstration/exhibition proposals will be included in the conference Proceedings and will be presented during dedicated sessions of the conference. For the exhibitions of commercial products, please contact us for sponsorship terms and opportunities: Mareike Schmidt & Johanna Kafka Faculty of Psychology University of Vienna Liebiggasse 5/ 3 1010 Wien E: presence2014(a)univie.ac.at All submissions are to be made through the EasyChair conference online submission system (a corresponding link will be available on the conference web site: http://presence2014.univie.ac.at) Each submission will undergo a double-blind peer-review process by at least two selected reviewers. --> Important Dates: August 15th 2013 - Early registration opens August 30th 2013 - Submission deadline October 31st 2013 - Notification of acceptance decisions November 30th 2013 - Finished, camera-ready papers due January 15th 2014 - Early registration closes March 17th - 19th 2014 - Conference --> Conference Committee: Conference Chair/Hosts: Anna Felnhofer, Oswald D. Kothgassner (University of Vienna) Co-Chairs: Ilse Kryspin-Exner, Helmut Hlavacs (University of Vienna) The Program Committee members are prominent members of ISPR. --> For more Information: Web Site: http://presence2014.univie.ac.at E-Mail: presence2014(a)univie.ac.at --> About ISPR: The International Society for Presence Research (ISPR) is a non-profit membership organization founded in 2002 to support academic research related to the concept of (tele)presence. It publishes ISPR Presence News, which features news stories about presence; calls for participation in various presence-related conferences, publications and projects; job opportunities; and more, and is available in various formats (RSS feed; individual item and daily or weekly digest email; Twitter; Facebook). The ISPR web site - http://ispr.info - serves as a resource for those who conduct research, develop theory, design, market, write about, or simply are interested in, the concept and phenomena of presence. We encourage your questions, contributions, comments and suggestions (email: ispr(a)ispr.info) -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA lombard(a)temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com

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Google+ Hangouts
by Laura Rosenbaun 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Dear All, I'm doing my PhD research on Video-mediated Communication, and I'd like to know if there are any data on Google+ Hangouts usage. I know there are some figures on the number of G+ users, and the average time users spend on G+. However, I'm interested in the actual usage of video streaming. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! Thanks, Laura

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Call for Participation: IR14 Preconf on Microcredentials
by Alexander Halavais 16 Jun '13

16 Jun '13

Representing personal history, ability, and reputation online: Microcredentials, badges, endorsements, and other mechanisms With the momentous changes in social media use in professional contexts, and the rapid evolution of learning ecologies and experimentation with different kinds of learning online, the need to present experience and expertise to new communities is now more pressing than ever. The ways in which individuals formally construct their identities for multiple publics is also changing. While the traditional resume or biography remains important, we are finding new ways of explicitly summarizing our traces online and communicating these experiences to various publics. During this half-day pre-conference, attendees will present recently completed work and work in progress that addresses badges, microcredentials, reputation economies, markers of expertise, and related work. Our emphasis will be on empirical work that draws on a range of approaches to understand how reputation, experience, and expertise are made visible, regulated, and shared within online contexts and across contexts. The time will be split between a small number of presentations of more completed work, and thematic discussions around broader questions and research agendas for the area. Thanks to support through the Digital Media and Learning Competition, the pre-conference and lunch is free of charge to participants but there will a limited number of seats. If you are interested in participating, please submit a one-page (max) brief of your research and interests with a brief bio, to Alexander.Halavais(a)asu.edu by June 15, 2013. -- -- // // This email is // [x] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net // // Please attribute any stupid errors above to autocorrect on my phone. // (But I probably was typing on a keyboard.)

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Reminder: Call for Proposals for 2013 CPTSC Annual Meeting/Conference
by connexions journal 15 Jun '13

15 Jun '13

Dear All, The 2013 CPTSC Annual Meeting/Conference will take place in Cincinnati, OH, on OCt. 10-12, 2013. The deadline for regular submissions is Monday, 8 July (in approximately 3 weeks). Please consider submitting a proposal. The CFP is available at http://cptsc.org/cptscCFP2013.pdf. Thank you, Rosário Rosário Durão Editor *www.connexionsjournal.org **connexions •** international professi****onal communication journal *(ISSN 2325-6044) *Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, Social Sciences<http://infohost.nmt.edu/~class/> * *New Mexico Tech <http://www.nmt.edu>** ***

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Good evening!
by Heidi Campbell 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

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ECSCW Workshop on Backchannels & audience participation
by Matti Nelimarkka 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

[Apologies for Cross Posting] Call for Participation: Workshop on Backchannels and Live participation tools, including: * Examples and demos of prototypes, experiments and system descriptions of and for backchanneling and other forms of audience participation * Research methods for analysis * Case studies and empirical findings * Exploration of new ideas Part of ECSCW 2013 (Sep 21st - Sep 25th @ Paphos, Cyprus) Workshop date: Sep 21st Submission deadline: June 28th (two weeks to submit!) Teaser: Backhannels and live participation tools are used e.g. in education, conferences and TV shows to increase the interactivity and participation of learners, participants and viewers. Research-wise the domain is scattered across different fields, such as HCI, CSCW and education. This workshop aims to draw together researchers, developers and practitioners in this area to consider (1) how to conduct high quality research and (2) how to make research with impact on the larger society. More details: http://lead.aalto.fi/activities/ecscw-2013-workshop/

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CFP - Compromised Data? New paradigms for social media theory and methods
by ganaele langlois 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

*Call for papers – research colloquium* *Compromised Data?* *New paradigms in social media theory and methods* * * *October 28, 29, 2013 - Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada* *Organizers: Greg Elmer (Ryerson University), Ganaele Langlois (U. of Ontario **Institute of Technology), & Joanna Redden (Ryerson University)* *Proposals for papers (750-1000 words) are due August 1**st**, 2013. Decisions **will be communicated by August 15. Partial funding for travel and hotel **expenses will be available for this event. Please direct questions and proposals **to Greg Elmer, Bell Globemedia Research Chair and Director, Infoscape Centre **for the Study of Social Media, Ryerson University <**gelmer(a)ryerson.ca**>.* *Confirmed speakers*: Jean Burgess (Queensland University of Technology), Axel Bruns (Queensland University of Technology), Daniel Paré (U. of Ottawa), Mary Francoli (Carleton U.), Anatoliy Gruzd (Dalhousie U.) There has been a data rush in the past decade – one brought about by the ubiquity of online communication, social media in particular (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, etc.), and by the adoption within the Social Science and Humanities of analytical software-based tools. Such practices, tools, and data sets seemingly promise a new digital enlightenment, where social roles, patterns of communication, political and economic debates and controversies are thrown open to the public, researchers, and users. Yet, scholarly and public research into social media is notoriously difficult because of the proprietary nature of most social media platforms and the consequent difficulty of extracting data from these platforms. Furthermore, data mining and analysis raise crucial issues concerning about the ethics of social media research. Finally, the digital research paradigm itself is not without limitations: can all aspects of life, including emotions and affective ties be translated into data without losing something essential about the fluidity of social life and the complexity of communication? This colloquium focuses on the critical juncture between the birth of new research paradigms, methods and tools, and the increasingly complex politics of social media as contested global platforms, data repositories, and sources of rich revenue streams. Key to this juncture is the question of data, from the nature of data itself to its privatization and monetization; from the accessibility of data to understanding how it can both represent and betray social phenomena. This colloquium seeks position papers that interrogate the theoretical and methodological challenges presented by the availability, formatting, and ownership of socially mediated data-objects, meta-data, and so-called “big” data. The aim of the colloquium is to develop new paradigms for critical social media research that seek to understand how social media data impact our understanding of the broader social, political and economic implications of social media platforms and their users/communities. The colloquium will focus on four areas of research: the politics of social media interfaces, tracking media objects, big data pitfalls, and transformative practices within social media. Examples of possible topics follow below. 1. *The politics of the interface between social media and users* - social media accounts - data-mining, data-collecting, user labour and work - governance and regulation of users and data: legal, political and aesthetics - history of social media interfaces and functions - APIs and programmable data 2. *Tracking and mapping media objects, stories, debates, and controversies* - Tracking stories through data-objects - cross-platform analysis and methods - new paradigms of social network analysis 3. *Rethinking Big Data in social media research* -administrative and critical perspectives - the limits of sentiment and other automated analyses -human/machine produced (meta)data - live or real-time research with big data - small, thick, or streamed data 4. *Transformative platforms, collaborative agendas, and new data-publics* - the promise and sustainability of activist platforms - governance, transparency and accountability - the potential of open-data projects - radical publicities, hacks and events - Academic and public social media research vs. research for surveillance or commercial purposes * * *Funding for this event is made available by the Social Science and Humanities **Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).* -- Ganaele Langlois Assistant Professor Communication Program Faculty of Social Science and Humanities UOIT Associate Director Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media www.infoscapelab.ca

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Ethnografilm Festival
by Wesley M Shrum 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

Dear Colleagues, As a list member for some time, I'm excited to announce a new film festival next April in Paris, sponsored by the International Social Science Council and the Society for Social Studies of Science. The first annual Ethnografilm Festival (April 2014) will be held at Ciné 13 Théâtre in the Montmartre district. I'm writing to beg your assistance in distributing this information, but most especially in soliciting your films in either Academic or Documentary categories. Please let me know if you have any thoughts, questions, or comments! I'd truly appreciate it. Wes Shrum shrum(a)lsu.edu Ethnografilm 2014 http://ethnografilm.com<http://ethnografilm.com/> We are delighted to announce and humbly invite your submissions to the first annual Ethnografilm Festival<http://ethnografilm.com>, 18-20 April 2014, in Paris, France, at Ciné 13 Théâtre, an historic site for film premieres in the 18th arrondissement. Four years in the making, Ethnografilm will highlight the academic and documentary films that best contribute to the systematic understanding of our social world through film. Sponsored by the International Social Science Council and the Society for Social Studies of Science, this global initiative meets the growing need for non-fiction filmmakers to present peer-reviewed audiovisual work in an international forum. Ethnografilm solicits submissions in four categories: academic, academic short, documentary, & documentary short (shorts defined as under 10 minutes). Academic films are generally those in which a scholar has a principal role such as editor, director, or producer. Please contact the festival manager<mailto:info@ethnografilm.com> if there are questions. Ethnografilm make no distinction by career stage, and particularly solicits films by students and youth. We are honored to view all contributions. Ethnografilm…Profoundly Entertaining

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by Heidi Campbell 14 Jun '13

14 Jun '13

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