January 2014 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Statistics on Rate of Return on E-mail Surveys
by nativebuddha 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Does anyone have the most current stats on rate of return when doing surveys over e-mail? Thank you. -Robert

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Research on Facebook groups: thank you and a compiled list
by Page, Ruth (Dr.) 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Dear AoIR members, Last week I posted a request for recommendations for academic studies on Facebook Groups (rather than on Facebook profiles). Thank you so much for all your replies. I've compiled your suggestions in a google doc, which you can add to if you find more work in this area. http://tinyurl.com/Facebookgroupbibliography Thanks again, Ruth Dr Ruth Page Reader in English Language School of English University of Leicester LE1 7RH +44 116 223 1286

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Job Posting: Niagara University
by Doug Tewksbury 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

Please circulate. Apologies for cross-posting! — POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Media Studies Niagara University (Starting Fall 2014) The Communication Studies Department at Niagara University is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Media Studies to begin in fall 2014. Responsibilities: Candidates should have a strong critical media studies focus, with the ability to teach a variety of courses that incorporate a media literacy approach. The capacity to teach courses in media writing/production areas and/or industry experience is also desirable. The teaching load is a 3/3 with the opportunity to develop a new course in the candidate’s area of specialization. The successful candidate will also be expected to participate in departmental and university duties, including student advising and committee work. The Communication Studies Department applies the teacher-scholar model and holds an expectation of an active program of scholarly research and publication, as well as service to the University, the profession, and the community. The department’s maximum class size is 35 students, and it values a close-knit collegial community amongst both faculty and students. The successful candidate is required to have a Ph.D. in Communication or Media Studies in hand by the time of appointment. About the Department: The Communication Studies Department at Niagara University has a curriculum built on principles of social justice, and seeks to instill in its students the important contribution that mass media can play in bettering the human condition. The program is designed to give students a strong background in both the liberal arts and professional approaches to understanding mass media. Niagara University, founded in 1856, is a private Catholic institution sponsored by the Vincentian community. The university overlooks the Niagara River on the U.S.-Canada border, just north of Niagara Falls, NY, and is in close proximity to both Buffalo and Toronto. To Apply: You may apply online at http://jobs.niagara.edu. Additionally, please email the following materials as attachments to Dr. Doug Tewksbury at dtewksbury(a)niagara.edu: (1) letter of interest, (2) CV, (3) teaching statement, (4) research sample. Please also have three recommenders email their letters to Dr. Tewksbury directly. Review of applications will begin March 1st and will continue until the job is filled. Niagara University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. Individuals identifying with historically marginalized populations are particularly encouraged to apply. — Doug Tewksbury, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Communication Studies Department Niagara University PO Box 1922 Niagara University, NY 14109 Fulbright Visiting Research Chair in Globalization and Cultural Studies [2013-2014] The Institute on Globalization and the Human Condition McMaster University Hamilton, ON, Canada p: 716.286.8338 e: dtewksbury(a)niagara.edu

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South Asian Survey Request
by Mohammad Delwar Hossain 30 Jan '14

30 Jan '14

I am conducting an online survey for my Ph.D. dissertation. Please forward the following survey invitation to your South Asian friends, colleagues and students. Your help is highly appreciated. "Dear Friend/Colleague: You are requested to participate in this study because you are a member of the South Asian (Bangladesh, India, Pakistan) immigrant community in the U.S. and your E-mail address was obtained from my personal contact addresses. Any adult member of the South Asian immigrant community lives in the U.S. eligible to participate in this study. I am from Bangladesh and a Ph.D. student in the College of Mass Communication and Media Arts at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. I am conducting a study on uses of social media among the South Asian diaspora in the U.S. The linked survey will take approximately 15 minutes to complete. All your responses will be kept as confidential as possible. Only people directly involved with this project will have access to the surveys. You have a chance to enter a raffle draw for a $10 Amazon gift card, and 50 participants will be randomly selected.The survey can be found at: http://mypage.siu.edu/delwarif/diaspora/start.html Completion and submission of this survey indicate voluntary consent to participate in this study. Questions about this study can be directed to me, Delwar Hossain, SIUC, Carbondale, IL 62901-6601.Phone (618)-319-9185. If you do not respond to this survey or reply to opt out of the study, you will be contacted again with this request one time during the next four weeks. Thank you for taking the time to assist me in this research. Delwar Hossain 618-319-9185 delwarif(a)siu.edu This project has been reviewed and approved by the SIUC Human Subjects Committee. Questions concerning your rights as a participant in this research may be addressed to the Committee Chairperson, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration, SIUC, Carbondale, IL 62901-4709. Phone (618) 453-4533. E-mail: siuhsc(a)siu.edu

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Call for Chapters: Media Ethics, Edited Collection
by Paul Booth 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Sorry for any cross posting! Call for Chapters: Media Ethics, Edited Collection Editors: Paul Booth, DePaul University Amber Davisson, DePaul University Among readers as well as teachers and students, there is a strong interest in understanding the complex ethical issues raised by seemingly omnipresent media forces. We invite submissions for an edited collection that deals broadly with current issues in contemporary media ethics. The book will deal with ethical issues facing both media producers and consumers. We welcome essays that discuss ethical issues facing media professionals in both print and broadcast journalism, advertising, public relations, and entertainment. These essays may deal with issues raised by emerging technologies, convergence media, or more established mass media outlets. Beyond the discussion of ethical issues facing media professionals, we are also invite essays that address private media consumption and production practices. We are interested in both classical and contemporary philosophical approaches to media ethics Essays may explore, but are certainly not limited to, the following topics: · Changing perspectives on media and privacy · The evolution of intellectual property rights (copyright, trademark, and patent law) · Citizen Journalist · Pornography · Information Ethics · Comedy News Shows · Political Opinion/Commentary Shows · Photoshop · Defamation · Diversity and Representation in Film and Television · Native Advertising · Public Relations and Strategic Communication Please submit proposals of 300-500 words with a brief biographical statement and contact information via email attachment to Paul Booth and Amber Davisson at adavisso(a)depaul.edu no later than March 30th 2014. Notice of acceptance will be sent out by May 2014 and completed essays accepted for publication will be due in September 2014. -- Paul Booth, PhD Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies/Communication Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604

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They forgot to shut down the submission page!
by AJ Kelton 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Shhhh. The #ELD14 Program Committee has not shut down the call for proposals page yet! Due to the revise-and-resubmit process, the proposals already submitted are still being reviewed. That means there is still time to sneak in a proposals at http://eld.montclair.edu/eld14-call-for-proposals/. No telling how long the form will remain online, so submit something today. -- ----- The week of February 3rd I'll be at the ELI Annual Meeting and will have limited time to respond to email. Please forgive any delay in response. pssst - the #ELD14 conference is still working on all the submissions it received close to the 1/26 deadline, and the online submission form is still open. There's still time to submit, but it won't last long. ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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Penn State I-school seeks new Dean
by Andrea H. Tapia 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

DEAN OF THE COLLEGE OF INFORMATION SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY The Pennsylvania State University seeks candidates for the position of Dean of the College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST). Penn State is the land-grant University of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is composed of the University Park campus and 23 other campuses throughout the state. Reporting directly to the Executive Vice President and Provost of the University, the Dean serves as the principal academic and administrative officer of the College. The College was founded in 1998 to develop information science and technology leaders for the digital information age. The digital age has made the world smaller, faster, more interactive and increasingly mobile. But no matter how fast and smart machines become, they still rely on the power of human creativity. It’s people who create new ways to look at and evaluate the infinite opportunities of the digital age. IST draws on a variety of knowledge disciplines to help individuals unlock the power of their creativity and fuel the world’s most powerful problem solving machine—the human mind. The College is internationally recognized for its research strengths in areas such as cyber-security, web search, human computer interaction, and socio-technical systems. IST serves approximately 2,100 resident undergraduate students University-wide, 500 non-resident degree-seeking students via Penn State’s World Campus and 120 resident graduate students in master’s and Ph.D. programs at the University Park campus. An additional 400 non-resident students are pursuing on-line masters of professional studies. The College has a full-time equivalent faculty of 64, a staff of 60 and a budget of approximately $20.4 million. The undergraduate curriculum is offered at 19 Penn State campuses by another 100 faculty affiliated with the College. The position requires an individual who can lead effectively and manage one of the most cutting-edge, rapidly growing academic units in a multi-disciplinary research university. Prior leadership experience with responsibility for strategic management of personnel, programs, and resources is required, along with an ability to inspire students and faculty to expand their knowledge and understanding of the integration of information, technology and people and its impact in a multicultural, global society. In addition, the successful candidate should have a demonstrated record of accomplishment in fundraising. Candidates should have significant interdisciplinary understanding of the fields of study included in the College’s intellectual portfolio with credentials appropriate for a tenured appointment at the rank of professor. Salary will be commensurate with experience and qualifications. Please send letters of application (cover letter and curriculum vitae), nominations and inquiries to the address below or to PSUSearch(a)psu.edu. The Search Committee will review applications and nominations beginning March 7 and will continue to receive them until the position is filled. For more information about the College of Information Sciences and Technology, visit our web site at http://ist.psu.edu/.

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summer school (BA level) in "Digital Living" by Annette Markham
by Annette Markham 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Dear Colleagues, I'm offering a summer school at Aarhus University this summer. If you have Bachelor level students who are interested in this course, they're welcome! Basically (and I'll send info about this to the list in a couple of weeks), I'm using this summer school as advertising & promotion to recruit students to our new international Masters Programme in Digital Living here at the Information Studies department at Aarhus University. The summer school is July 15-Aug 13, a perfect time of year in Northern Denmark! Text details below, as well as here: http://kursuskatalog.au.dk/en/coursecatalog/Course/show/49690/ Send any queries directly to Annette at imvam(a)hum.au.dk Spend a month in Denmark, studying issues and concerns about "digital living" Attitudes about social media and the forms of social life that emerge with them range from enthusiastic to suspicious. Scholars discuss the issues in different ways. On the one hand, we benefit greatly from our connection to technologies. People can experiment with new personae, new social communities. We have access to more information than ever before, which allows us to acquire more in-depth knowledge, if we seek it out. On the other hand, the "always on" state of the mobile internet (smart phones, e.g.) plus the rise of social networking sites (Facebook and Twitter, e.g.) prompts many critiques. Are we better off? What happens when our everyday activities via the internet are under surveillance? How do the algorithms of Google influence what we are exposed to? The course will take up these questions and issues. Students will read contributions from internationally leading scholars in order to investigate 'digital living' and the opportunities and challenges that come with social media and the internet. InstructorAnnette Markham, PhD Associate Professor, Information Studies, Aarhus University, DenmarkHours - weeks - periodsJuly 16th - August 13th (exam included)Academic prerequisitesAny student with interest in this topic is welcome. The reading is advanced, so students should be prepared to grapple with interesting, but complex, topics. All readings are in English. Course is targeted to students who want to grapple with the complexity of contemporary experience, which involves the tangled intersections of media, technologies, humans, and devices.Themes The course is divided into five sub-themes. In each, course participants will learn about and discuss key issues, concepts, and concerns. We will address cutting edge questions. Since there are no universally agreed upon answers to these questions, participants will not gain answers, but will gain a range of perspectives about how to continue to address these issues after they leave the course. 1. *Identity/Relationships*: What does the concept of identity mean in the digital age? Do we have a single identity? Or do we cycle though various personalities in our everyday lives? How do contemporary enactments of identity influence personal and professional relationships? 2. *Privacy/Surveillance: *Is privacy disappearing or are we reconfiguring the concept to suit the way we think about our actions in increasingly public digital spheres? How does surveillance fit into this discussion, whether it's from outside forces or inside motivations (self-surveillance, self-quantification) 3. *Smart Devices, Smart Cities, and Smart Mobs:* How does the concept of "smart" blur with information and connectivity in modern discourses? What impact does this have on how we think about ourselves in relation to our devices and the spaces/places around us? 4. *Time/Space:* How has the internet shifted our understanding of time and space? How do we enact identities differently in networked culture? How have relationships and workplaces or worktimes changed? 5. *Remix(ing) culture:* How do current practices of sharing and collaboration provide the potential for new cultural formations? How does the concept and practice of remix challenge current legal and ethical considerations of copyright and piracy? Forms of instruction The course will be a combination of lectures, discussions, assignments, and exercises in various digital or physical field contexts. Primary instruction by social media and internet research scholar Dr. Annette Markham. Exam details Grading: Internal co-examination Assessment: 7-point grading scale Notes: Exam comprised of four short essays, completed throughout the summer school. Assignments accompany each sub-theme and will be evaluated. Students must complete 4 out of the 5 total assignments in order to pass the course. They may also submit all five assignments -their lowest score will be dropped from the final evaluation. All assignments are graded equally (each is worth 25% of the final grade) ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Aesthetics & Communication, Aarhus University Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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PhD Studentiship and Research Fellowship in Data Practices
by Luciano Floridi 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

> PhD Studentship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at Egenis, University of Exeter > > The Department of Sociology, Philosophy & Anthropology of the University of Exeter (UK) is advertising two positions in connection to Sabina Leonelli’s ERC project 'The Epistemology of Data-Intensive Science' (DATA_SCIENCE): > > (1) A Research Fellowship available from 1 October 2014 until 31 March 2018. The successful applicant will investigate how the use of online databases is affecting research practices and outcomes in biomedicine. This study will be carried out in collaboration with scholars conducting similar research on other fields, so as to facilitate comparison across different sciences. The successful applicant will have a PhD or equivalent in the philosophy, history and/or social studies of biomedicine. The ability to conduct ethnographic research is desirable but not essential, as long as the applicant is willing to be trained as required to conduct this type of research. The deadline for applications is 29 April 2014; interviews are expected to take place on 27 May 2014. Detailed job description and application procedure: https://jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecruitment/wrd/run/ETREC107GF.open?VACAN… > > (2) A fully funded studentship, available from September 2014 to September 2017, for a Home / EU student studying for an MPhil / PhD programme in the Exeter Centre for the Study of the Life Sciences (Egenis). Egenis has a strongly interdisciplinary culture, encompassing a range of perspectives from social science, biology, history and philosophy. Topics of relevance include open science and the ways in which scientific data are disseminated and processed today, or have been in the past; data production, dissemination and interpretation in biological research (an interest in yeast, fungi or plants will be particularly valued); epistemological, political, social and ethical issues to do with data processing in biology and biomedicine. A wide range of other topics in the philosophy, history and social studies of science will be considered, as long as candidates make an argument for how they would fit in the DATA_SCIENCE project. Detailed description and application procedures: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=1383 > > For further information on either post please contact Dr Leonelli, e-mail S.Leonelli(a)exeter.ac.uk. > > The University of Exeter is an equal opportunity employer which is 'Positive about Disabled People'. Whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from groups currently underrepresented in the workforce.

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Skype Connections and the Gaze of Friendship and Family
by Richard Harper 29 Jan '14

29 Jan '14

Skype Connections and the Gaze of Friendship and Family MSR and Skype are pleased to invite extended abstracts for a mini academic conference/workshop on all aspects of interaction in video-mediated communications in private and domestic life. See here for further details.<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/events/scgff/> It will be held on June 3rd and 4th 2014 at MSR Cambridge, England. Chairs: Richard Harper, Microsoft Research Cambridge; Christian Licoppe, Telecom ParisTech, Paris; Rod Watson, Institut Marcel Mauss, Paris. This is the first call for participation (January 20th 2014). Extended abstracts (of up to 600 words excluding title and affiliation) should report theoretical and empirical research into the interactional order of video calling in domestic and personal life. Ethnomethodological and conversation analytic perspectives are particularly welcomed on such things as: * the relationship between the sequential patterns of communication and the medium of Skype-type video connections in the social and family sphere; * the methods and patterns of recipient design and repair within such communications; * the properties and shape of topic management (e.g., news announcements and personal disclosures); * the character and role of embodiment and embodied interaction in such communications; * the salience of the visual and 'visual availability'; * the relation between individual instances of Skype-type communications and the larger activity assemblies of which they are a part - whether it be a routine 'catch-up' call within friendship or a special occasion like a dinner or birthday celebration for a distributed family. These are of course not exclusive and other topics are welcome. There will be a preference for wholly original work, though research previously presented of an extremely high quality may be considered. The conference will be framed by keynote addresses by leaders in the field of interaction analysis, CA and ethnomethodology. Announcement of these will be made shortly. A selection of papers from the conference will be prepared for a Special Issue of Pragmatics, the Journal of the International Pragmatics Association<http://www.worldcat.org/title/pragmatics-quarterly-publication-of-the-inter…>. Selection will be made by the conference chairs and reviewing panel. Some support for researchers seeking to attend the event is available. Attendance at the conference is free and will include attendance at a gala dinner in a Cambridge College. For informal enquiries about the topics and format of the event, please contact Richard Harper<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/people/r.harper/> (r.harper(a)microsoft.com<mailto:r.harper@microsoft.com>). To attend (as speaker or auditor), email scgff(a)microsoft.com<mailto:scgff@microsoft.com>

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