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Digital Studies Fellowship / Library of Congress
by danah boyd 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

This sounds like it's appropriate for someone on this list... Begin forwarded message: > > From: Library of Congress <loc(a)service.govdelivery.com> > Subject: New Digital Studies Fellowship Announced by The John W. Kluge Center—Dispatch September 17, 2013 > Date: September 17, 2013 11:42:13 AM EDT > To: "Steinhauer, Jason MD" <jste(a)loc.gov> > Reply-To: "loc(a)service.govdelivery.com" <loc(a)service.govdelivery.com> > > > > New Digital Studies Fellowship Announced by The John W. Kluge Center—Dispatch September 17, 2013 > > The John W. Kluge Center at the Library of Congress announces a new Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies for research related to the impact of the digital revolution on society, culture, and international relations. The application deadline is November 15, 2013. > > The new Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies is open to scholars and practitioners worldwide for deep, empirically-grounded research into the consequences of the digital revolution on how people think, how society functions, and on international relations. Proposals may also explore and analyze emerging trends and new phenomena that may generate consequential changes in the future. All proposals must state the importance of the research to fundamental thinking about the human condition. > > Conducting full time research on-site at the Library of Congress, up to three (3) Fellows will be expected to engage in scholarly research on the digital revolution’s impact on how we think, how we live, and how we relate to one another. A stipend of $4,200 per month for a period of up to 11 months supports the Fellows. Scholars should include a discussion of how the resources of the Library of Congress will inform the intended research; scholars are encouraged to think creatively of how the Library’s collections may be used. > > Apply for the Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies by visiting: > http://www.loc.gov/loc/kluge/fellowships/kluge-digital.html > > For more information, email scholarly(a)loc.gov. > > The John W. Kluge Center was established at the Library of Congress in 2000 to foster a mutually enriching relationship between the world of ideas and the world of action, between scholars and political leaders. The Center attracts outstanding scholarly figures to Washington, D.C., facilitates their access to the Library’s remarkable collections, and helps them engage in conversation with policymakers and the public. Learn more at: http://www.loc.gov/kluge. > > This service is provided by the Library of Congress at www.LOC.gov. > Unsubscribe or change your subscriber preferences > For questions or problems with subscriptions, contactsupport(a)govdelivery.com > Follow us: Blog | Facebook | Flickr | iTunes U | Twitter | YouTube > > ------ My New Book: "It's Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens" Pre-Order it now! http://bit.ly/dmbItsComplicated (pretty please) "taken out of context / i must seem so strange" -- ani http://www.danah.org/ || @zephoria

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Advice on dissertation publishing?
by Barry Wellman 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Dear Colleagues, I got an interesting query from a new colleague today. It is her specific issue, but I think a more general one for journals. See below for my edited version of the query. Please respond to the list in general Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Director FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen 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 ________________________________________________________________________ The university where I got my PhD requires publishing through ProQuest - either "traditional" or "open access." For traditional, it is closed and people must pay to access it (and I would receive a royalty, but I don't know who in their right mind might actually purchase a dissertation), and in open it is freely available for download. In either case I retain the copyright. *** My question is this: does either option impact my ability to publish journal articles from the document? Specifically, I have four papers I'd like to pull from it and much of each would be verbatim from the diss. *** Will journals see papers from an open access diss as "already published" or as somehow less desirable? I'd prefer to put it out open access, but not at the risk of not being able to publish from it.

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Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference, February 27-March 1, 2014
by Ben Morton 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Save the Date: The Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference, February 27-March 1, 2014 “Interesting questions are the lifeblood of any field. In our case, they must be questions that make a difference, that puzzle and stimulate, and that give some intellectual coherence to this field of communication studies.” – Samuel L. Becker, 1984 The Samuel L. Becker Memorial Conference: Interesting Questions in Health, Social Change, and Technology >From Thursday, February 27 to Saturday, March 1, 2014, the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa will host a conference honoring the life and work of Sam Becker. In Sam’s 1984 keynote address to the Central States Speech Association, he took up the theme of “interesting questions” to argue for more sustained intradisciplinary conversations among communication studies scholars, which will better enable them to address critical issues in our time. In that spirit, we have assembled a series of speakers to address the themes of health, social change, and technology, all issues of which are issues Sam addressed in his own work, are areas of central concern to communication studies, and represent thematic areas of inquiry in the Department of Communication Studies at the University of Iowa. The list of speakers includes: Dudley Andrew (Yale) Karma Chávez (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Erin Donovan-Kicken (University of Texas-Austin) Ashley Duggan (Boston College) Derek Johnson (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Phaedra Pezzullo (Indiana University) John Sloop (Vanderbilt University) Lynn Spigel (Northwestern University) Ted Striphas (Indiana University) Joseph Walther (Michigan State University) In the near future, we will provide more information on the registration process. If you would like to book a room now, we have secured a block of rooms at the Sheraton for $99/night, and you can follow this link to make a reservation: https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/StarGroupsWeb/res?id=1306141421&key=AB64E We will also publicize information about the conference on a Facebook event page, which can be found here: www.facebook.com/events/158346821010248/ . The event page is open to everyone, and we encourage you to invite your friends to be a part of the event. If you have any questions about the conference, please contact us at becker-conference(a)uiowa.edu .

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 110, Issue 26
by cathy.fowley＠dcu.ie 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

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U of Westminster - CAMRI Research Seminars Autumn 2013: Programme
by Christian Fuchs 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Communication and Media Research Institute: CAMRI Research Seminar Series Autumn 2013 Programme Full details and collection of abstracts [1]http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CAMRI2013.pdf University of Westminster, Watford Road, Northwick Park, HA1 3TP, London Room A7.03 Participation is free and everyone is welcome. For guest registration to one or more of the events, please contact [2]christian.fuchs(a)uti.at at latest three days in advance of the first event you want to attend. Programme Vincent Mosco: To the Cloud: Big Data in a Turbulent World 25 September 2013, 02:00 pm (registration closed) [3]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/to-the-cloud-big-data-in-a-turbulent-world Ravi Sundaram: Revisiting the Event, Postcolonial Life after New Media 2 October 2013, 02:00pm [4]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/revisiting-the-event-postcolonial-life-after-new-media Arne Hintz: Generating Media Change: From Advocacy to Policy Hacking 23 October 2013, 02:00pm [5]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/generating-media-change-from-advocacy-to-policy-hackin g Paddy Scannell: Third Generation (G3) Media and Communication Studies 30 October 2013, 02:00 pm [6]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/third-generation-g3-media-and-communication-studies Mirca Madianou: Family Life at a Distance: Polymedia and Ambient Co-Presence among Filipino Transnational Families. 6 November 2013, 02:00 pm [7]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/family-life-at-a-distance-polymedia-and-ambient-co-pre sence-among-filipino-transnational-families. Ehab Galal: The Sacred and the Secular on Islamic Television 27 November 2013, 02:00 pm [8]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/the-sacred-and-secular-on-islamic-television Bob Nicholson: America and the Victorian Press 4 December 2013, 02:00 pm [9]http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-semin ar-calendar/2013/america-and-the-victorian-press Please note that we do not live-stream or record events. References 1. http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CAMRI2013.pdf 2. mailto:christian.fuchs@uti.at 3. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale… 4. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale… 5. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale… 6. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale… 7. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale… 8. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale… 9. http://www.westminster.ac.uk/research/a-z/camri/seminars/camri-seminar-cale…

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Call for Papers - Tapestry Journal Special Issue: Digital literacies for English Learners (ELs)
by Ian O'Byrne 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Hello AoIR friends and family, I hope you will consider submitting a paper to a special edition of The Tapestry Journal that I am guest editing with Martha Castaneda from Miami University. The focus is on the intersection between digital literacies and English Learners (ELs). I know there is a lot of expertise in this community. Please feel free to re-share this information widely. The details about the submissions are available below...or by clicking here<http://journals.fcla.edu/tapestry/announcement/view/6> . Thank you, -Ian O'Byrne *Tapestry Journal Special Issue: Digital literacies for English Learners (ELs)* ** *Information for Contributors:* The Tapestry Journal seeks manuscript submissions of previously unpublished work for the Special Issue on the topic of Digital Literacies for English Learners. This special issue of the Tapestry journal aims to provide scholars and practitioners with a set of focused pieces and empirical studies that reflect current digital literacy practices for English Learners (ELs). Given the burgeoning use of digital literacies when working with ELs, it seems important to collect and publish a special issue dedicated to the research, practices, and beliefs of these technologies. The Tapestry Journal is a peer reviewed journal published online:http://journals.fcla.edu/tapestry/index ** *Submission Deadline:* November 1st, 2013, published Fall 2013 ** *Guest Editors:* Martha Castaneda, Miami University, castanme(a)MiamiOh.edu and W. Ian O’Byrne, University of New Haven, wiobyrne(a)newhaven.edu *Categories: *Manuscripts are being solicited in three categories: Research and Theory, Effective Practices from the Field, and Commentaries. Topics, methods, and frameworks can include, but are not limited, to the following: digital storytelling in L2 settings, Case studies or survey research focusing on the use of digital literacies with ELs, Digital literacies and proficiency, Digital literacies and TESOL Standards. Articles should report original research, present an original framework that links previous research, educational theory, and teaching practices, or present promising practices involving a variety of school-based personnel or social and community services. Full-length articles should contain no more than 7,000 words, including any figures, drawings, and tables, as well as an abstract of no more than 150 words. Commentaries should not exceed 3,000 words. ** *Submission Guidelines:* All submissions should conform to the *Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA) (6th edition). *Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references and citations. Manuscripts, including the abstract of less than 150 words, and any figures, drawings, and tables should not exceed 7,000 words for articles, 3,000 words for commentaries, or 1,500 words for book reviews. Submissions may be made in Microsoft Word documents or RTF documents, and should be sent electronically to the Managing Editor, Melanie Gonzalez, at tapestry(a)ucf.edu. Each submission should consist of two separate files: - Article or commentary, including the title, and an abstract (~150 words). The body should be free of identifying information. Contact information containing the manuscript title, names, institutions, e-mail addresses, and if applicable, World Wide Web addresses (URLs), of all authors. Also include a brief biographical statement (maximum 50 words, in sentence format) for each author, as well as a brief statement that the work has not already been published elsewhere and is not currently under review elsewhere. ** *General Publication Policies:* The following policies are applied to all articles, reviews, and commentaries submitted for consideration or published: - All submissions must conform to the requirements of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition). Authors are responsible for the accuracy of references and citations, which must be in the required format. Manuscripts may be rejected if they do not meet the APA requirements. - Manuscripts that have already been published elsewhere or are being considered for publication elsewhere are not eligible to be considered for publication in The Tapestry Journal. The (first) author is responsible to inform the editor of the existence of any similar work that is already published elsewhere or is under consideration for publication elsewhere. - Authors of accepted manuscripts will assign to The Tapestry Journal the permanent right to electronically distribute the article. - The editors of The Tapestry Journal reserve the right to make editorial changes in any manuscript accepted for publication for the sake of style or clarity. Authors will be consulted only if the changes are substantial. - The views expressed in The Tapestry Journal do not necessarily represent the views of the journal editors, the institutions associated with the ESOL MIAMI grant, or the U.S. Department of Education. - The Tapestry Journal expects authors to adhere to ethical standards for research involving human subjects. All manuscripts submitted for consideration must meet the human subjects review established by your institution. _________________________ W. Ian O'Byrne, Ph.D. wiobyrne.com University of New Haven Department of Education *"Feet on the Ground and Eyes to the Sky"* 300 Boston Post Road West Haven, CT 06516 (203) 479-4272

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FINAL NOTICE: Call For Papers: iCS/CITASA Special Issue of Papers from 2013 ASA Meeting‎
by Earl, Jennifer Suzanne - (jenniferearl) 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Dear Colleagues, ‎ For the seventh year, the journal Information, Communication & Society (iCS, published by Routledge) ‎will publish a special issue in cooperation with the ASA section on Communication ‎and Information Technologies (CITASA). The special issue will be comprised of papers ‎presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association in New York, New York that focus on issues of social media, technology, communication, information, or other related topics. Jennifer Earl (University of Arizona) and Katrina Kimport (University of California, San Francisco) will be the ‎editors. ‎ We invite you to submit a paper that was presented at the ASA 2013 meetings for consideration in this special ‎issue. Please submit manuscripts for consideration through ScholarOne, available at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rics. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one. Also, be sure to check the box for “Special Issue” and indicate “CITASA” in it, so that it will be routed appropriately. ‎Submitted manuscripts should be a maximum of 6,000 words and should conform to the ‎journal's submission guidelines; see http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=rics20&page=…. Deadlines: Full papers due: September 30, 2013 Refereeing completed: November 29, 2013 Final version of accepted papers due: January 10, 2014 Special issue publication (anticipated): June 2014 ‎ Please contact us with any questions. We hope to hear from you. Sincerely, Jennifer Earl jenniferearl(a)email.arizona.edu School of Sociology University of Arizona Chair, Communication and Information Technology Section<http://citasa.org/>, American Sociological Association and Katrina Kimport kimportk(a)obgyn.ucsf.edu Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) University of California, San Francisco Secretary/Treasurer, Communication and Information Technology Section<http://citasa.org/>, American Sociological Association *********************************** Jennifer Earl Professor of Sociology Social Sciences 421 University of Arizona Tucson, AZ 85721-0027 Phone: (520) 621-3296 ***********************************

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ASIST Annual Meeitng - Early reg.date extended to Sept 30
by Richard Hill 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Early registration deadline extended to Sept. 30, 2013 Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Nov. 1-6, Montreal, Canada http://asis.org/asist2013/ 83 papers contributed papers 78 posters 28 panels. The program is extremely rich in content and will draw attendance from scholars and practitioners from information related fields all over the world. The conference program focuses on research and technological development on the latest issues affecting information environments, information phenomena, and information users. The program sets to provide a wide range of research topics and related practical issues such as cloud-based metadata, biomedical research, social informatics to collective information seeking, adoption of social media, digital humanities and human information interaction, among others. We hope that the discussions generated by the papers, panels and posters will contribute to expand our understanding of information problems and to help us in better addressing them in our research and professional endeavors. Keynote speaker: Jorge Garcia, a Montreal-based expert in the area of business intelligence and data management. His work involves the assessment and implementation of information technologies. This year, the Annual Meeting follows the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Management (ICKM), another great venue for learning about developments in information and knowledge management. The presence of ICKM attendees at ASIS&T Annual Meeting should provide additional opportunities for great discussions. http://asis.org/asist2013/ . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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2n CFP Special Issue of CoDesign: CoDesign with People Living with Cognitive and Sensory Impairments
by Niels Hendriks 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

*CoDesign with people living with cognitive and sensory impairments * The main focus of this special issue is on methods and techniques for codesign with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments. The issue will collect a number of high-quality papers describing how existing methods/techniques were adjusted for people living with impairments, or how dedicated methods/techniques were developed. *Focus & topics:* The special issue aims to go beyond collecting case studies. Moreover, it will identify commonalities in current practices to determine main principles behind adjustments made to codesign techniques (or behind developing new techniques) for users with cognitive or sensory impairments. The focus of the individual papers should therefore be methodological, answering the main question of how the research approach has been different from an approach for codesign with users without impairments. *Specific topics to be dealt with may include: * - Specific methods/techniques for codesign that were adapted or developed for use with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments - Sensory stimuli/tools/etc. that were used in codesign sessions with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments - Ethical issues when doing codesign with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments - The role in the codesign process of both people living with cognitive or sensory impairments as well as caregivers - The process of translation and interpretation of data and insights towards concepts and designs - Personal interaction with people living with cognitive or sensory impairments (including issues such as vocabulary, instruction material, use of language, interpreters, etc.) - Dealing with the fact that you as a researcher/designer are not an expert in the area of the specific impairment of your target group - Flexibility with respect to the codesign approach - Collaboration with people with whom it is difficult to relate and whose world of experience is very different from that of the researcher/designer *Important deadlines:* Submission of intentions to contribute should be submitted by October 18, 2013. Notifications of relevance (and thus invitations to write a full paper) will be sent by November 29. 2013. Full papers are due by March 28, 2014. The special issue will be published in the spring of 2015. *Further information:* For the full call for papers, go to: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/ncdncfp3.pdf Potential authors should contact Karin Slegers ( karin.slegers(a)soc.kuleuven.be) with any questions about the Special Issue.

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ir14 Post-conference room share
by Julian Hopkins 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

Hi, is anyone going to the post-conference interested in sharing a room and cutting accomodation costs by half? thanks, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins Lecturer School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia www.sass.monash.edu.my Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins

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