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Fwd: [ecrea] DEL symposium Final Programme "Online political participation and, its critics", Paris, 19-20/06
by clément mabi 07 Jun '13

07 Jun '13

Dear Collegues, Please find below and in attachment the final programme of the international symposium "Online political participation and its critics", organized by the DEL network (CERTOP-CNRS and UPEC-CEDITEC) to be held on 19 and 20 June at the CNRS. A French-English and English-French simultaneous translation of the two-day event will be undertaken with the support from the General Delegation for the French Language and the Languages of France (Ministry of Culture and Communication). Online registration is imperative by *June 10*: http://colloquedel2013.fr/en/**inscription-colloque/<http://colloquedel2013.fr/en/inscription-colloque/> Best wishes, Gerard Loiseau Stephanie Wojcik http://colloquedel2013.fr/ @reseauDEL #DEL2013 *19 JUNE 2013 : "YOUNG RESEARCHERS" CONFERENCE* CNRS, 3 rue Michel Ange, 75016 Paris Auditorium Marie Curie *REGISTRATION :http://colloquedel2013.fr/en/***<http://colloquedel2013.fr/en/*> 9.00am-9.15am : Welcome 9.15am-9.30am : Patrice BOURDELAIS, Head of the Institute for Social Sciences of the CNRS, welcoming words 9.30am-10.00am: Gérard LOISEAU (CNRS-CERTOP), Objectives of the DEL network and aim of the symposium 10.00am-10.15am: Caroline OLLIVIER-YANIV, vice-chair "Humanities and Society", University of Paris Est Créteil, the DEL network and Social Sciences 10.15am-12.30am : Theoretical and ideological debates on online political participation Chair : Caroline OLLIVIER-YANIV (University of Paris Est Créteil, France) Discussant : Loïc BLONDIAUX (University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France) Speakers : - François ALLARD (CELSA, Université Paris-Sorbonne, France) : De la « démocratie électronique » à la « transparence numérique » ? - Romain BADOUARD (Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation/Mines ParisTech, France) : En quoi les technologies du web sont politiques ? - Ewa KRZATALA-JAWORSKA (CRPS, Paris 1, France) : Faut-il (vraiment) définir la participation en ligne ? - Félix TREGUER (Centre de recherche historique (CHR-CNRS), EHESS., Paris, France) : La citoyenneté insurrectionnelle sur Internet face à la démocratie représentative : contestation, résistance, désobéissance. 12.30am-2.00pm : Lunch (CNRS) 2.00pm- 4.30pm : New forms of political discourse, new spaces of politicization? Chair: Norbert KERSTING (Munster University, Germany) Discussants : Raphaël KIES (University of Luxembourg) ; Scott WRIGHT (Leicester University, United Kingdom) Speakers : - Julien BOYADJIAN (CEPEL, Université Montpellier 1, France) : Twitter, un nouveau « baromètre de l'opinion publique » ? - Patrícia DIAS DA SILVA (ESCS-IPL, School of Communication and Media Studies, Lisboa Polytechnic Institute, Portugal) : Joining the online video conversation? Discourse and practices of European political institutions and politicians on YouTube. - Gonen DORI-HACOHEN and Nimrod SHAVIT (Department of Communication, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US) : The discursive and cultural meanings of Israeli tokbek (talk-back -- online commenting) and their relevance to the online democratic public sphere. - Tim HIGHFIELD (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) : Twitter and Australian political debates. - Coralie LE CAROFF (CARISM, Université Paris 2 Panthéon- Assas, France) : Les usages sociopolitiques de Facebook sous le prisme du genre. 4.30pm-4.45pm : break 4.45pm-7.15pm : New actors, new reconfigurations of political power? Chair : Vincent SIMOULIN (University of Toulouse-Le-Mirail, France) Discussants : Eric GEORGE (University of Quebec in Montreal, Canada); Karolina KOC MICHALSKA, Centre de recherches politiques de Science Po, France) Speakers : - Nicolas BAYGERT (LASCO -- Laboratoire d'Analyse des Systèmes de Communication des Organisations, Université catholique de Louvain, Belgique et CELSA, Université Paris IV-Sorbonne, France): L'activisme numérique au regard du consumérisme politique: Pirates et Tea Partiers sous la loupe. - Davide BERALDO (Graduate School in Social and Political Sciences, University of Milan, Italy) and Juan GALAN-PAEZ (Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, University of Seville, Spain): New media, new movements? The #OCCUPY network on Twitter and the challenges to social movements theory and research. - Clément MABI (Laboratoire COSTECH, Université de Technologie de Compiègne, France) et Anaïs THEVIOT (Sciences po Bordeaux, Centre Emile Durkheim, France) : La rénovation par le web? Dispositifs numériques et évolution du militantisme au PS - Clémence PENE (Laboratoire des théories du politique (LabTop), Université Paris 8, France) : Les « experts » de la politique en ligne, de Solferino à Chicago. - Chang SUP PARK (College of Mass Communication and Media Arts, Southern Illinois University Carbondale, USA) : Political carnivalism: digital media use and a new political participation in South Korea. 7.30pm-9.00pm: Cocktail, at the CNRS, Perrin room *20 JUNE 2013 : ROUNDTABLES* CNRS, 3 rue Michel Ange, 75016 Paris Auditorium Marie Curie *REGISTRATION :http://colloquedel2013.fr/en/***<http://colloquedel2013.fr/en/*> 9.00am-9.30am : Welcome 9.30am-10.00am: Stéphanie WOJCIK (University of Paris Est Créteil), Presentation of roundtables 10.00am -- 1.00pm : First roundtable : Activism and mobilization Chair : Fabien GRANJON (University of Paris 8, France) Discussant : Thierry VEDEL (Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po, France) Speakers : · Frédérick BASTIEN (University of Montreal, Canada): "Revisiting Political Participation? Approaches and Measures of Participation in Online Democracy Era". · Nico CARPENTIER (Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium) : "Expanding participatory theory. Towards a radical diversification and locatisation of participation". · Fabienne GREFFET (University of Lorraine, France) and Rachel GIBSON (University of Manchester, UK): "Digital Participation and Political Parties: A Source of Strength or a Final Nail in the Coffin?" · Yanina WELP (University of Zurich, Switzerland): "Surfing for better democracy? Reflections based on some Latin American experiences". 1.00pm -- 2pm: Lunch (CNRS) 2.30pm -- 5.30pm : Second roundtable: Expressions and deliberation Chair: Dimitris GOUSCOS (Athens University, Greece) Discussant : Jean-Michel FOURNIAU (INRETS, France) Speakers : · Nick ANSTEAD (London School of Economics, United Kingdom): "Social media metrics: measuring manifestations of the public in online spaces". · Dominique CARDON (Orange Labs, France): "Individualisation des engagements et formes collectives sur Internet". · Todd GRAHAM (University of Groningen, The Netherlands): "Talking politics in online 'third spaces': Discursive equality and the impact of 'Super Participants" · Laurence MONNOYER-SMITH (University of Technology of Compiegne, France) : "Deliberation as a deuleuzian dispositif" This symposium is supported by the Délégation générale à la langue française et aux langues de France (ministère de la Culture et de la Communication). ---------------- ECREA-Mailing list ---------------- This mailing list is a free service from ECREA. --- To unsubscribe, please visit http://www.ecrea.eu/**mailinglist<http://www.ecrea.eu/mailinglist> --- ECREA - European Communication Research and Education Association Postal address: ECREA Université Libre de Bruxelles c/o Dept. of Information and Communication Sciences CP123, avenue F.D. Roosevelt 50, b-1050 Bruxelles, Belgium Email: info(a)ecrea.eu URL: http://www.ecrea.eu ---------------- -- Clément MABI Doctorant Sciences de l'information et de la communication Université de Technologie de Compiègne Laboratoire Costech/Equipe EPIN Centre Pierre Guillaumat BP 60319- Rue du Docteur Schweitzer 60203 Compiègne Cedex-France Tel: + 33 (0)6 83 41 36 61 -- Clément MABI Doctorant Sciences de l'information et de la communication Université de Technologie de Compiègne Laboratoire Costech/Equipe EPIN Centre Pierre Guillaumat BP 60319- Rue du Docteur Schweitzer 60203 Compiègne Cedex-France Tel: + 33 (0)6 83 41 36 61

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CfP: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorizing Digital Labour and Virtual Work: Definitions, Forms and Transformations
by Christian Fuchs 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

CfP: Philosophers of the World Unite! Theorizing Digital Labour and Virtual Work: Definitions, Forms and Transformations Special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique Download CfP: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CfP_DigitalLabour.pdf CfP: http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/14 Supported by COST Action IS1202 “Dynamics of Virtual Work”-Working Group 3 “Innovation and the Emergence of New Forms of Value Creation and New Economic Activities“ (http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com, http://dynamicsofvirtualwork.com/wg3/) tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at) Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society. Editors: Marisol Sandoval, Christian Fuchs, Jernej A. Prodnik, Sebastian Sevignani, Thomas Allmer In 1845, Karl Marx (1845, 571) formulated in the 11th Feuerbach Thesis: “The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it”. Today, interpretation of the world has become an important form of labour that is expressed on and with the help of digital media. It has therefore become common to talk about digital labour and virtual work. Yet the changes that digital, social and mobile media bring about in the world of labour and work have thus far only been little theorized and theoretically interpreted. In order to change the information society to the better, we first have to interpret digital labour with the help of critical theories. Theorists of the world from different fields, backgrounds, interdisciplines, transdisciplines and disciplines have to unite for this collective philosophical task. The overall task of this special issue of tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique is to gather contributions that help to an understanding of how to critically theorize digital labour, virtual work and related concepts. Theorizing digital labour requires us to provide grounded 1) definitions of digital labour and virtual work, 2) systematic distinctions and typologies of forms of digital labour and 3) theorizing the transformations that digital labour is undergoing. All submitted papers should be theoretical and profoundly engage with the meanings of various concepts. Rather than presenting case studies, papers should focus on fundamental theoretical concepts and discuss definitions. They can also explore the relations between concepts, the historical development of these concepts, typologies and the relevance of different theoretical approaches. The special issue is interested in theorizing the broader picture of digital labour. We welcome submissions that cover one or more of the following or related questions. 1) Concepts of Labour * How should concepts such of work and labour be defined and what are the implications of these definitions for understanding digital labour and virtual work? * Which theoretical or philosophical definitions of work and labour exist and which of them are meaningful for understanding virtual work and digital labour? * What is the difference between labour and digital labour? What is part of digital labour and what is not? Which online, offline, knowledge, physical, industrial, agricultural etc forms of work are part of it or not part of it? Is digital labour only knowledge labour that happens online or do we have to extend the concept to the offline realms and physical labour? Where is the demarcation line? Is digital labour also labour where digital technologies are of vast importance or not? Does digital labour involve the physical forms of work necessary for producing digital labour? * Is there a difference between 'work' and 'labour' and if so, how does it matter for the discussion of digital labour and virtual work? * What is the role of Karl Marx’ theory of labour and surplus value for understanding digital labour and virtual work? * Is the traditional distinction between the material base and superstructure in the realm of social media and digital labour still valid or does it become blurred or undermined? Are new information and communication technologies and social media, their production and use (n)either part of the base (n)or the superstructure or are they part of both? *If in the agricultural and industrial age land and nature have been the traditional objects of labour, how do the objects of labour and productive forces look like in the world of digital media and digital labour and how are these productive forces linked to class relations? * What is meant by concepts such as digital labour, telework, virtual work, cyberwork, immaterial labour, knowledge labour, creative work, cultural labour, communicative labour, informational work, digital craft, service work, prosumption, consumption work, online work, audience labour, playbour (play labour) in the context of digital media? How should they be defined? How are they related? How have they developed historically? How are these concepts related to the wider social context and the existing capitalist order? How can a systematic typology of the existing literature in this research field be constructed? Should any of these concepts be rejected? Why? Why not? Do any of these concepts especially matter? If so, why? * What is the etymological history of concepts such as work and labour in different languages and how have these concepts changed throughout history? Which of these historically different meanings are important for understanding digital labour and virtual work? * What are historically new aspects of digital labour, what are predecessors of digital work and which aspects of digital labour have parallels to the pre-digital era? * What is the role of the concept of value for understanding digital labour and virtual work as well as “immaterial” labour, affective labour, knowledge/communicative/information work etc in the context of digital media? 2) Forms of Labour * What is the role of agricultural, industrial, service and knowledge work in the world of digital labour and how are they related? How are different modes of production related to each other in the world of digital labour? * What are the important dimensions for constructing a typology of work that takes place in online spaces (e.g. crowdsourcing, online gambling, gold farming, turking, microwork, production of and trade with virtual items, clickwork etc)? * How can a typology of alternative forms of online work that rejects the profit logic be constructed (e.g. free software development, creative commons and copyleft publishing, Wikipedia collaboration, peer-production, open access publishing, file sharing etc)? * Which forms of labour are involved in the global value chain of digital media, how do they differ from each other and how are they related (e.g. mining, hardware assemblage, call centre work, software engineering, transport labour, prosumer labour, e-waste labour etc)? 3) Transformations of Labour * How can blurring boundaries between toil and play, labour and leisure time, the factory and society, production and consumption, public and private, the sphere of production and reproduction, economic value and social wealth in the realm of digital media be conceptualized? * What is the relationship between creativity, participation, do-it-yourself culture on the one hand and exploitation, alienation and/or emancipation on the other hand? * What is the role of the concepts of the working class and the proletariat for theorizing digital labour? * How would the concepts of digital work and digital labour look like in a post-capitalist society? Does the post-capitalist end of the working class also mean the end of and abolition of digital work? Or just the end of digital labour? What are the anthropologically constant and the historically variable dimensions of productive human activities? How should they be conceptualized and named? How are they related to the realm of digital media? Do concepts such as anti-work, zerowork, the abolition of work, post-work and the right to be lazy take the anthropological, creative and productive aspects of human life that are expressed on digital media into account? What are the elements of digital media activities that will continue to exist in a post-capitalist society? What are the historically continuous and discontinuous elements of digital labour? * What has historically been the role of communications – including digital communications – in labour transformations and in the construction of global labour chains (e.g. global division of labour and social interdependencies; the concept of collective worker / Gesamtarbeiter; socialization of labour etc.)? Deadlines: Abstract submission: July 31, 2013 All abstracts will be reviewed and decisions on acceptance/rejection will be communicated to the authors at the latest by the end of summer 2013. Full paper submission: January 15, 2014 Please submit article titles, author names and contact data and abstracts of 200-400 words to: Marisol Sandoval, marisol.sandoval(a)uti.at Marx, Karl. 1845. Theses on Feuerbach. In The German ideology, including Theses on Feuerbach and Introduction to the critique of political economy, 569-571. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books. About the Editors Marisol Sandoval is Lecturer in Culture, Policy & Management at City University London. Christian Fuchs is Professor of Social Media at the University of Westminster and editor of tripleC. Jernej Amon Prodnik is PhD candidate at the University of Ljubljana’s Faculty of Social Sciences. Sebastian Sevignani is PhD candidate at the University of Salzburg's Faculty of Cultural & Social Sciences and a research associate in the Unified Theory of Information Research Group (UTI). Website: http://sevignani.uti.at Thomas Allmer is PhD candidate at the University of Salzburg and member of the Unified Theory of Information Research Group. Website: http://allmer.uti.at About the Journal: tripleC Editor: Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at) Communication, Capitalism & Critique. Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society focuses on information society studies and studies of media, digital media, information and communication in society with a special interest in critical studies in these thematic areas. The journal has a special interest in disseminating articles that focus on the role of information (cognition/knowledge, communication, cooperation) in contemporary capitalist societies. For this task, articles should employ critical theories and/or empirical research inspired by critical theories and/or philosophy and ethics guided by critical thinking as well as relate the analysis to power structures and inequalities of capitalism, especially forms of stratification such as class, racist and other ideologies and capitalist patriarchy. tripleC is a transdisciplinary journal that is open to contributions from all disciplines and approaches that critically and with a focus on power structures analyze the role of cognition, communication, cooperation, information, media, digital media and communication in the information society. tripleC is indexed in the databases Communication and Mass Media Complete and Scopus. Its application for inclusion in Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI) is under review/observation by ISI Thomson.

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Teaching: Understanding Social Media
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

Hello colleagues, Michael Glassman asked: "I wonder if people have thought about throwing out written materials and treating social media not only as the topic but as the means of the course?" I did something like that for a Masters level business course called "Leadership and New Media Communication." Before starting on the electronic communications, we first spent some time on general foundations of business/organizational communication-- and we used a text for those readings. Beyond that, some (electronic of course) articles for course readings to expose them to research/writings about the kinds of communications media they were experiencing. Throughout the term assignments asked them to look for, analyze, compare and share with peers exemplars of new/social media representing different genres of business communication. But at the heart of the course was an experiential project. Each person chose a (free) place to develop a course-long project. Since it was "new media" rather than "social media" the project options were defined broadly to include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, Second Life. They were given a series of "communication challenge" assignments, which they'd implement on their project site. The course was offered online in Blackboard, so we had as our home base the online discussion area. They'd post links to their projects, and go visit, comment on and critique their peers' projects. A big part of the discussion centered on what online communications approaches were effective for what kinds of tasks or business objectives. At the end of the term, they presented what they'd done and learned using Adobe Connect, with some peers there live to discuss it. The link to the presentation was also posted in the class discussion, and they were required to watch and give feedback to peers. They did submit a short paper describing the background reading etc. for the project, but nearly all of the work for this course walked the talk, with a very rich online practice, exchange and analysis. The course was fun and interesting for students-- as well as for their professor ;-) Janet *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business and Vision2Lead, Inc. *Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time & Cases in Online Interview Research Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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Understanding Social Media
by Dominic Yeo 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

I proposed a series of social media courses for the undergraduate programme at my department. This is how I organized the introductory-level course "Web 2.0 and Social Media": 1 Introduction to Web 2.0 and Social Media - media, technological and cultural characteristics 2 Communicating, Interacting, Sharing - online communities, blogging, social network sites, etc. 3 Searching, Playing, Entertaining - social games, virtual worlds, e-health, cyber dating/sexuality, etc. 4 Targeting, Listening, Engaging - data mining, word-of-mouth marketing, digital communication management, etc. 5 Social and Ethical Issues - privacy, social movements, consumer activism, etc. After taking this course, students have a choice of two intermediate-level social media courses related to their specific specialization (PR or advertising) and an advanced-level course on "Research using Social Media". Dominic Yeo Research Assistant Professor Dept of Communication Studies Hong Kong Baptist University Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2013 17:58:25 -0400 From: "Kayla D. Hales" <haleskay(a)msu.edu> To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Understanding Social Media Message-ID: <007101ce616e$a745cf30$f5d16d90$(a)msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hello All, I am designing a new Masters level course titled "Understanding Social Media." Information from the course description is below. If any of you have taken or taught similar courses or have ideas about the most relevant content to include in the course, I would greatly appreciate you sharing those thoughts/that content; this includes any journal articles or syllabi you have personally written/created. Thank you in advance. Course objectives: To develop an understanding of social media and their implications. Outline of major topics: 1. Social media in politics 2. Social media applications 3. Social media technologies 4. Social media uses 5. Social media effects 6. Social media in organizations 7. Social media research 8. Trends in social media industries 9. Mobile and location-based social media 10. Social media for interpersonal communication -- Best Regards, Kayla D. Hales, Ph.D. Email: <mailto:HalesKay@msu.edu> HalesKay(a)msu.edu Assistant Professor Michigan State University College of Communication Arts & Sciences

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Social media and Political Horizons: Israel/Palestine, the Middle East and Beyond
by Adi Kuntsman 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

Social media and Political Horizons: Israel/Palestine, the Middle East and Beyond 14 June 2013 1-5pm Samuel Alexander Building Organised by: Adi Kuntsman, The University of Manchester and Rebecca L. Stein, Duke University Sponsored by: The Simon Research Fund, The University of Manchester and The Duke University Office of Global Strategy and Programs and The Duke University Center for Jewish Studies Programme 9.30 -10.00 Registration Samuel Alexander Classics foyer 10.00-12.00 Roundtable discussion S3.1 ‘"Now you get a picture, you can put it in your Facebook": Thoughts on activism, the movement of images, and Israel/Palestine’, Simon Faulkner, Manchester Metropolitan University ‘Viral Occupation: Cameras and Networked Human Rights in the West Bank Rebecca L. Stein, Duke Uniersity ‘Colonialism 2.0: cybercide as digital oppression' , Miriyam Aouragh, Oxford University ‘Social Media and Public Diplomacy: Nation branding through Twitter', Yasmin Ibrahim, Queen Mary ‘Collecting data for #pillarofdefense and #failing: on the complexities of real-time data collection on Twitter’, Farida Vis, Sheffield University Chair: Adi Kuntsman, The University of Manchester 12.00-1.00 Lunch S1.7 1.00-2.30 Public lecture SG1 Theresa Senft, NYU ‘My Body Belongs to Me? On Global Spheres, Networked Nudity and Feminist Activism’ Attendance is free but registration is required. Please email naveeda.raoufi(a)student.manchester.ac.uk to register Registration deadline: 10 June 2013 --- Dr Adi Kuntsman https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/

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WUNC displays and microblogging?
by Joe Eckert 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

Hi gang, Long time lurker, first time author! We're writing a paper that utilizes Tilly's notion of WUNC displays. I was wondering if you would be so kind to share any references that you know of that might specifically link WUNC displays to Twitter or other microblogging activity? I've come across one or two via Google Scholar and other database searches, but I've noticed that searching for Twitter-related research can be kind of a pain now that we're including handles in our bylines. :) Thanks for any help you might be able to provide! Off-list replies are lovely. cheers, Joe Eckert, Ph. C Department of Geography University of Washington somelab.net founder

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Analyst Job in statistics in Canadian Government
by Peter Timusk 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

For those interested, experience shows only Canadian citizens are likely to qualify. https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?toggleLa nguage=en <https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?toggleL anguage=en&noBackBtn=true&poster=213986&psrsMode=1> &noBackBtn=true&poster=213986&psrsMode=1 Analyst - EC Recruitment and Development Program Organization Name: Statistics Canada Location: Ottawa (Ontario) Classification: EC - 02 or EC - 04 for more information <https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page100040;jsess ionid=J9kgRw2Sh2nM1BV62b4DTt3BRVp1pLmp1N2QbGFbk0yywVJ1T9hq%21-1377461483?vie w=213986&administrator=false&toggleLanguage=en&noBackBtn=true> Salary: $51,764 to $58,782 (EC-04: $60,943 to $70,742) Closing Date: June 10, 2013 - 23:59, Pacific Time Useful Information <http://www.jobs-emplois.gc.ca/centres/date-eng.htm> Reference Number: STC13J-013644-000014 Selection Process Number: 13-STC-EA-NCR-536034 Vacancies: Number to be determined Employment Tenure: You must ensure that you select at least one employment type when submitting your application: Employment Tenure <https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page100100;jsess ionid=J9kgRw2Sh2nM1BV62b4DTt3BRVp1pLmp1N2QbGFbk0yywVJ1T9hq%21-1377461483?vie w=213986&administrator=false&toggleLanguage=en&noBackBtn=true> Process Intent A pool of qualified persons resulting from this process may be used to fill similar positions at the EC-02 or EC-04 levels within Statistics Canada with various linguistic profiles, tenures and security clearances, which may vary according to the position being staffed. https://psjobs-emploisfp.psc-cfp.gc.ca/psrs-srfp/applicant/page1800?toggleLa nguage=en&noBackBtn=true&poster=213986&psrsMode=1

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Media Spaces
by Massimo Ragnedda 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

Dear AoIR colleagues I am looking for inspiration for a course titled “Media Spaces”, offered in the framework of a BA (Hons), Media, Culture and Society. This module aims to develop a theoretical understanding of the complex and overlapping spaces in which media are produced and consumed as well as understand the spaces that these media create. I appreciate any help regarding good websites, sources, syllabi or textbooks containing case studies. Is anyone teaching something similar who wants to get in touch to exchange ideas? This is a provisional list of module contents Introduction to Media and Space Theoretical approaches to space and place Consuming global television locally Folding spaces: globalisation and live event television Cyberspace and the virtual: the rise of spatial metaphors The Internet and online spaces Videogames as space, place and world. Best regards Massimo Ragnedda NEW BOOK: *The Digital Divide: The Internet and Social Inequality in International Perspective, Routledge, 2013 http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415525442/ * -- Massimo Ragnedda mragnedda.wordpress.com http://notizie.tiscali.it/opinioni/Ragnedda/184/ skype: massimo.ragnedda http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/sass/about/media/staff/ragnedda/?v… uniss.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Twitter: @massimoragnedda

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OPEN PhD Positions @SCIUX in mHealth, UX and Internationalisation and Interaction Design for the Workplace
by Jose Abdelnour-Nocera 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

The Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience (SCIUX) is inviting PhD research proposals in the areas of mHealth, User experience and Internationalisation, and Interaction Design for the Workplace. The topic titles are: -HCI should not be WEIRD! Replicating Studies across Countries and Cultures -Sociotechnical design of mHealth applications in resource-constrained environments -Interaction Design for the Workplace Applications are invited from UK and EU students. (Non-EU candidates can apply to study any of these PhD topics with us if they are externally funded for their fees and stipend). Starting Date: 1 September 2013. The Graduate Scholars will register as full-time MPhil/PhD students in one of the above strategic priority areas and will teach up to six hours per week (seminars, tutorials, marking and assisting in monitoring the academic progress of students). The Scholarship will offer: * MPhil/PhD fee waiver at the home/EU rate (scholarship only open to UK/EU students); * Tax-free stipend of £7000 per annum; * Support,subject to satisfactory performance and academic progress, for three years. For more information about the subject areas of these PhD positions and candidate profiles, please visit the link below: https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~sciux/news/ please contact Dr. Jose Abdelnour Nocera on jose.abdelnour-nocera(a)uwl.ac.uk for further informal queries on the research topics. For further information about the Graduate Scholarships, please email researchdegrees(a)uwl.ac.uk indicating the area in which you are interested. You will then be sent details of the specific projects available including the entry criteria for each project and details of the application process. Last date for enquiries: Friday 21 June 2013 Closing date for applications: Sunday 30 June 2013 Dr. José Abdelnour Nocera Reader in Sociotechnical Design Institute for Practice and Interdisciplinary Research (INSPIRE) Head of Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience University of West London St Mary¹s Road, Ealing London W5 5RF https://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~jabdelno

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link
by Bella Minw 06 Jun '13

06 Jun '13

http://pesarini.info/gir/aulibsxovxqbsbb

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