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Call for Submissions: 2014 SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY CONFERENCE (#SMSociety14) - Sep 27-28, 2014, Toronto, Canada
by Anatoliy Gruzd 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

*Apologies for cross-posting* Call for Submissions: Papers (extended abstracts), Panels and Posters 2014 SOCIAL MEDIA & SOCIETY CONFERENCE (#SMSociety14) September 27-28, 2014, Toronto, Canada Conference website: http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com/ IMPORTANT DATES Paper & Panel Abstracts Due: April 18, 2014 Paper & Panel Notification: May 19, 2014 Poster Abstracts Due: May 23, 2014 Poster Notification: June 13, 2014 Conference Dates: September 27-28, 2014 DESCRIPTION We live in an era of “Big Data”. Petabyte and exabyte-size datasets are becoming increasingly common. Much of the data is coming from social media in the form of user-generated content. What do we do with all of these “social” data and how do we make sense of it all? What are the inherent challenges and issues surrounding working with social media data? How are social media platforms and the data that they generate changing us as individuals, changing our organizations and changing our society? Additionally what are the political, ethical, privacy, and security implications of the wide availability of these data? These are just a few questions that we have for this year’s participants of the 2014 Social Media & Society Conference (#SMSociety14). The Social Media & Society Conference is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 5th year, the 2014 Conference will be held in Toronto, Canada from September 27 to 28. From its inception, the conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. The conference offers an intensive two-day program comprising of paper presentations, panel discussions, and posters covering wide-ranging topics related to social media. Organized by the Social Media Lab at Dalhousie University, the conference provides attendees an opportunity to exchange ideas, present their original research, learn about recently completed and work-in-progress studies, and strengthen connections with their peers. Last year’s conference hosted nearly 200 attendees, featured research from 90+ scholars and practitioners across several fields from over 60 institutions in 15 different countries. SUBMISSION PROCESS We invite you to submit papers (extended abstracts), panel proposals and posters on a variety of topics including (but not limited to!): Social Media & Big Data, Social Media Impact on Society, Theories & Methods, and Online/Offline Communities. Full papers are not required for this conference, only an extended abstract (~500 words, excluding references) on a completed or well-developed project related to the broad theme of “Social Media & Society.” All submissions will be peer-reviewed. If selected, the author(s) will be invited to give a 15-minute oral presentation followed by a 5 min Q&A period at the conference. Author(s) of accepted paper abstracts may also be invited to submit their full papers to the new Big Data & Society Journal published by SAGE. Instructions for authors and more information is available at http://SocialMediaAndSociety.com TOPICS OF INTEREST Social Media & Big Data - Visualization of Social Media Data - Social Media Data Mining - Scalability Issues and Social Media Data - Social Media Analytics Social Media Impact on Society - Private Self/Public Self - The Sharing/Attention Economy - Virality & Memes - Political Mobilization & Engagement - Social Media and Health - Social Media and Business (Marketing, PR, HR, Risk Management, etc.) - Social Media and Academia (Alternative Metrics. Learning Analytics, etc.) - Social Media and Public Administration - Social Media and the News Theories & Methods - Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches - Opinion Mining and Sentiment Analysis - Social Network Analysis - Theoretical Models for Studying, Analysing and Understanding Social Media Online/Offline Communities - Trust and Credibility in Social Media - Online Community Detection - Influential User Detection - Online Identity - Case Studies of Online and/or Offline Communities Formed on Social Media CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS Anatoliy Gruzd Associate Professor, School of Information Management Director, Social Media Lab Dalhousie University, Canada Twitter: @gruzd Barry Wellman Professor, Faculty of Information (iSchool) Director, NetLab University of Toronto, Canada Twitter: @barrywellman CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, Canada Philip Mai, Dalhousie University, Canada Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada

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Seeking item batteries, measurements, empirical tools etc. concerning (online) research ethics
by Nele Heise 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

Ahoi, you wonderful list-people: I'm writing to you today because I need your help regarding a survey on online research ethics. The debate about the ethical dilemmas, challenges, responsibilities etc. in online-based research is going on for many years (and is constantly re-freshed with new research possibilities such as big data ...). Nevertheless, we do not have too much information about how researchers deal with these questions, how they negotiate new standards or in how far they consider ethical questions in their everyday practices at all. In this context, an explorative interview study - which I carried out with 17 Internet researchers in 2010 - revealed some interesting aspects and I always wanted to do something with a wider scale on this topic. This year I finally have the chance to carry out a survey with Internet researchers in Germany/German speaking countries due to a (small) funding by the German Association of Online Researchers. At the moment, I am starting to work on the questionnaire - and here's my question to you: Can you recommend any item batteries, surveys, measurements etc. concerning (online) research ethics? I am aware of several documents such as the AoIR guidelines, McKee/Porter's book and so forth, but I cannot recall any empirical work (maybe M. Zimmer's survey on Twitter research?). Your suggestions - no matter from which research disciplines - would be really really helpful! Although the survey is limited to German-speaking countries, the results might also be interesting for researchers in other countries. So, if the whole thing is successful (and even if it's not) I'll gladly share the outcomes with y'all :-) Many thanks and "Tschüss" from Hamburg, Nele -- Nele Heise, M.A. Junior Researcher Hans-Bredow-Institut Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg Tel. (+49 40) 450 217 87 Fax: (+49 40) 450 217 77 E-Mail: n.heise(a)hans-bredow-institut.de Twitter: @neleheise www.neleheise.de <http://www.hans-bredow-institut.de>

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Invitation to PhD-course on Mediatization
by Knut Lundby 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

‘Mediatization’ has become a key term in contemporary media and communication studies. PhD-students are invited to a two days PdD-seminar on "Mediatization" 20-21 March 2014 at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Please see: http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/forskning/aktuelt/arrangementer/phd/2014/seminar-m… The course is directed by Professor Knut Lundby, supported by Dr. Sigrid Kannengiesser from University of Bremen. Expressions of Interest should be stated no later than 28 February to <dagfinn.hagen(a)media.uio.no>. See details under the above link. _________________________________ KNUT LUNDBY. Professor Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo - www.media.uio.no <knut.lundby(a)media.uio.no>

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Reminder: CFP for Digital Divide Research Preconference at ICA 2014/Seattle Conference
by Susan B. Kretchmer 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

A reminder that the deadline to submit an abstract to present your work during the Preconference is 20 January 2014. We hope you will join us to share your insights and expertise -- please see CFP below. ** Please pass this message on to colleagues, networks, and lists to whom it would be of interest. Thank you! ** Communication and “The Good Life” Around the World After Two Decades of the Digital Divide Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) Preconference International Communication Association (ICA) 2014 Conference Seattle, Washington, USA Thursday, 22 May 2014 http://www.icahdq.org/conf/2014/aroundtheworldcfp.asp Call for Participation This interdisciplinary Preconference, sponsored by Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) explores the nexus of the International Communication Association (ICA) Conference Theme of “The Good Life” and the issues of digital inclusion/exclusion for those who do not share the advantages of continuous connectivity. The PPDD Preconference is co-sponsored by the ICA Communication and Technology Division, the ICA Communication Law and Policy Division, and the ICA Mass Communication Division. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the recognition of the digital divide through social scientific research. As the Internet became commonplace in the 1990s, officials in the Clinton Administration wondered if there should be concern about equity of access to computers and the Information Superhighway. As a result, based on the analysis of Census data about computer/modem ownership and usage collected in 1994, the newly created National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) prepared and released in 1995 the landmark report entitled "Falling Through the Net: A Survey of the 'Have Nots' in Rural and Urban America." From there, the discussion of the inequalities of online access as a new aspect of the larger issues of wealth and poverty began and the "Digital Divide” became a major focus in countries around the world. Recent research from scholars in, for example, the U.S., U.K., and Canada indicates that nearly 20 years later, even in the most highly developed countries around the world, as much as 20% of the population does not benefit from even minimal access to the Internet. And, that lack of consistent, quality access to emergent communication technologies is antithetical to the nature of a “good life” amidst the transformative changes enjoyed by members of the wired population; those who are offline are alienated from the benefits of the “new opportunities to communicate and interact . . . new experiences, behaviors, and habits . . . [and the ability to] engage with others or receive information” suggested by the ICA Conference Theme. Thus, this Preconference responds to ICA’s call to consider “what a ‘good life’ might look like in a contemporary, digital, and networked society, and what new challenges we might face in attaining it” to include all members of society. In the search for equity in access to “the good life” in the digital age, scholarly research has played a key role in the public discourse on the issues of the digital divide as well as in the decision-making by policymakers and practitioners as they work to craft solutions to this pressing societal concern. As the digital divide persists past its 20th anniversary, this Preconference provides an extended, in-depth opportunity to consider the current state and future possibilities for research that informs issues related to the digital divide around the world. Further, the Preconference works to identify new areas of necessary, productive research focus to foster greater understanding and enlighten practice and policy going forward so that all global citizens can create their own “good life” in the digital, networked age. After a brief welcome and summary introduction to the status of the digital divide around the world, the Preconference schedule features three 75-minute breakout time periods with multiple simultaneous sessions focusing on the status of communication, an inclusive “good life”, and digital divide research in various regions of the world. Involving scholars at all stages of their careers as well as policymakers and practitioners, these sessions will include research from any discipline and any theoretical and methodological approach that contributes to exploring the issues surrounding the digital divide. In addition, there will be a luncheon keynote. The final session of the Preconference is a highly interactive, lively brainstorming and collaborative thinking dialogue among all presenters and other attendees to create partnerships and inspire new ideas for the third decade of digital divide research. All participants in the Preconference will have the opportunity to provide in advance position papers that will be made available prior to the Preconference and permanently archived via an e-book on the PPDD website. Please join us to share your insights and expertise. How to Participate *** Submit an Abstract to Present Your Work During the Preconference Deadline: 20 January 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 1 February 2014 Submissions are welcome from scholars at all stages of their careers as well as from policymakers and practitioners, from any theoretical and methodological approach, and across multiple disciplines engaged in research that informs issues related to the digital divide, including, but not limited to: - gaps in access and connectivity - digital inclusion - digital exclusion - digital (dis)engagement - challenges and opportunities - social and cultural aspects of the divide - the skills and digital/information literacy needed to interpret, understand, and navigate information presented online - the impact of socioeconomic factors on user behavior - the role of motivation - differences in patterns of usage - characteristics and conceptualizations of non-users - how people use the Internet to create content - different forms of capital and power relationships - the impact of new and evolving technologies - the mobile divide - the interplay of influence with mobile technologies - socioeconomic and cultural effects - community informatics - social informatics - international development - education - health - politics and civic engagement - telecommunication policy - the application of research to communities, practice, and public and private sector initiatives If desired, each author may submit one sole authored work and one or more co-authored works, but each individual can only make one presentation at the Preconference so additional submissions would have to be presented by another member of the co-authorship team. Please include the following information in your submission: - Title of presentation - Name(s), affiliation(s), and email address(es) of author(s) - On co-authored submissions, the name, affiliation, and email address of the author who will be presenting the work at the Preconference - A 1 page (250 words excluding notes and references) abstract in 12 pt. Times New Roman in Word doc/docx format - For each author, a 100-word-maximum description of the author’s area(s) of research interest related to the digital divide in 12 pt. Times New Roman in a separate Word doc/docx format file Please email your submission to the appropriate Sessions Organizer below based on where your research was conducted: Eastern and Western Europe Sessions Organizer: Ellen Helsper, London School of Economics and Political Science e.j.helsper (at) lse (dot) ac (dot) uk Asia, Oceania, the Middle East, and Africa Sessions Organizer: Gerard Goggin, University of Sydney gerard.goggin (at) Sydney (dot) edu (dot) au Canada Sessions Organizer: Catherine Middleton, Ryerson University catherine.middleton (at) Ryerson (dot) ca United States Sessions Organizer: Susan B. Kretchmer, Johns Hopkins University and Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide susankretchmer (at) yahoo (dot) com Central and South America Sessions Organizer: Laura Robinson, Santa Clara University laura (at) laurarobinson (dot) org *** If Not Submitting Work for Presentation, Chair a Session During the Preconference Deadline: 20 January 2014 Notification of Acceptance: 1 February 2014 If you are not submitting your work for presentation but would like to Chair a session, please email your request to the Sessions Organizer for the region of major interest to you from the list above. Please include your name, affiliation, and email address as well as a 100-word-maximum description of your area(s) of research interest related to the digital divide in 12 pt. Times New Roman in a Word doc/docx format file. *** Submit a Position Paper for Inclusion in the Preconference E-Book Deadline: 15 March 2014 Presenters, session Chairs, and all others who will be attending the Preconference are invited to submit to ebook(a)ppdd.org a 3-5 page (750-1250 words excluding notes and references) position paper, in 12 pt. Times New Roman in Word doc/docx format, discussing: - Your vision for the future of digital divide research; - Your thoughts on what questions need to be asked and what research methods and critical perspectives should be used to answer them; and - How that research can impact policymaking, practice, and the attainment of a “good life” going forward in your unique region of the world as well as globally. If you will not be presenting your work or Chairing a session but will be attending the Preconference and submitting a position paper by the March 15 deadline, please email the Preconference Organizer, Susan Kretchmer (susankretchmer (at) yahoo (dot) com), by 20 January to indicate your intention so that we can anticipate your position paper and include you in all emailings of Preconference announcements. In that email, please include your name, affiliation, and email address as well as a 100-word-maximum description of your area(s) of research interest related to the digital divide in 12 pt. Times New Roman in a Word doc/docx format file. *** Join in the Dialogue at the Preconference Without Presenting, Chairing, or Submitting a Position Paper If you would like to just attend the Preconference to join in the dialogue without any other involvement, please email the Preconference Organizer, Susan Kretchmer (susankretchmer (at) yahoo (dot) com), to indicate your intention so that we can include you in all emailings of Preconference announcements. Please contact Susan (susankretchmer (at) yahoo (dot) com) for any other questions or further information. About Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) -- Continuing the work and collaborations that began under the auspices of the National Communication Association Task Force on the Digital Divide, and with former U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce Larry Irving as Honorary Director, PPDD is a not-for-profit organization that engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership between scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age. PPDD reaches out beyond the communication discipline and academia to various other disciplines and groups in the U.S. and abroad who share interests, methods, and goals and want to work with PPDD to build on that common ground to find solutions to these pressing societal concerns. For example, PPDD has been actively involved with government, policymakers, and practitioners across a broad range, including submitting a “friend-of-the-court” brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to counsel on a recent case of major import for Americans’ access to the Internet in public libraries and advising the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as it developed and now implements the National Broadband Plan mandated by Congress. About the International Communication Association (ICA) -- ICA is an academic association for scholars interested in the study, teaching, and application of all aspects of human and mediated communication and is a truly international association with more than 4,800 members in 77 countries. Since 2003, ICA has been officially associated with the United Nations as a non-governmental association (NGO). Further information about ICA is available at http://www.icahdq.org/ and complete details about ICA's 64th Annual Conference in Seattle, 22-26 May 2014, are available at http://www.icahdq.org/conf/index.asp. The ICA Communication and Technology Division (http://cat.icahdq.org/ohana/website/index.cfm?p=8354660) the ICA Communication Law and Policy Division (http://clap.icahdq.org/ohana/website/index.cfm?p=72631611) and the ICA Mass Communication Division (http://mass.icahdq.org/ohana/website/index.cfm?p=89243202) have joined with PPDD to be co-sponsors of the Preconference.

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Final Call for Papers: The 13th biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) in Windhoek, Namibia. (6. – 10. October 2014)
by Maurizio 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

Apologies for cross-posting --- Final Call for Papers: The 13th biennial Participatory Design Conference (PDC) in Windhoek, Namibia. (6. – 10. October 2014) www.pdc2014.org Join us in Windhoek, Namibia in 2014 to celebrate the 13th Participatory Design Conference (PDC). The conference theme of the PDC 2014 is “Reflecting connectedness”. We are currently experiencing a technologically pushed trend in ‘being always connected’. This is manifested in a number of designed artifacts, such as smart-phones, social networks, computer supported cooperative work and distributed working tools. By ‘reflecting connectedness’ in PD, we acknowledge influential relations across continents, societies, people, disciplines and time, beyond the direct involvement of stakeholders. While PD has evolved as a discipline on its own, we should continuously reflect on interrelations of theories and practices within and across the field and thereby enriching PD within a wider context. We must further engage in critical debates of what it means to design within and for a multilayered network, such as the on-line world versus off-line interactions, the blurring distinction of designers and users, researchers and artists, design and research ‘in the wild’, designing for social justice, inclusiveness, and sustainability. We invite authors to deliberate on these relations within and beyond the field of PD, which affect its conceptualization and practices all over. The 2014 PDC seeks to attract submissions from different disciplines, academics, practitioners and artists in form of tutorials, workshops, doctorial consortiums, participatory art encounters, papers, and industry cases. Important dates: Conference dates: 6. – 10. October 2014 Full papers 28 February 2014 Short papers 10 March 2014 Workshop proposals 10 March 2014 Tutorials 10 March 2014 Doctorial Consortium 10 March 2014 Industry Cases 10 March 2014 pArt Installations 10 March 2014 Nomination to the Artful Integrators Award 10 March 2014 Acceptance Notification 13 June 2014 PDC’14 invites submissions in the following categories: Research papers: (full papers - maximum 10 pages). Research papers should report on original research which advances Participatory Design (PD) and reflect on state of the art themes in our field. As a single track conference, and the only one exclusively dedicated to PD, PDC Research papers have a broad impact on the development of PD theory, approaches and practices. Research papers will be published in the ACM International Conference series. Each submitted paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Each submission will be managed by a meta-reviewer to ensure that feedback is relevant, the learning experience significant and the process fair. Please make sure your submission is correctly anonymized. Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and the language should be checked by a native English speaker. Short papers: (short papers – maximum 4 pages). Short papers should present original, unpublished ideas and research that advances the field of Participatory Design (PD) and reflect on its potential future developments. As discussed in parallel, thematic sessions, PDC Short Papers can benefit from a clear scope and are expected to contribute to the emergence of new possibilities for PD. Compared to Research Papers, Short Papers may offer a more limited discussion of related work, or they may, for example, provide a novel design, method or theoretical concepts, without a full evaluation or with less detailed explanation. Short Papers are reviewed to the same standard of scientific quality as Research Papers, but the contribution is more focused and clear-cut. Each submitted short paper will be double blind reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Please make sure submissions are anonymous. Accepted papers should be revised according to the review reports and the language should be checked by a native English speaker. Interactive Workshops: (maximum 2 pages) The workshop proposal should describe half day or full day sessions on topics that include methods, practices, and other areas of interest related to Participatory Design (PD). They should support an interactive format wherein active participation is possible, beyond a presentation format. These formats could include a mapping of a problem definition, small discussion groups, etc. The proposal must be written in a format that can be used for recruitment via the web. It should justify the need for the workshop and should contain a title, goals, format, method or technique, its relevance to PD and a schedule. Intended participants and how they will be recruited should also be described. In the recruitment procedure important dates should be clearly communicated to the participants (see timing). Also, it should be clear to the organizers and the participants what the maximum amount of participants is for the workshop and what the workshop duration is (half day or full day). Finally, the workshop proposal should include a clear statement about the expected outcomes of the workshop (e.g. journal publication, research proposal, exhibition, etc.). Tutorials: (2 page proposal) Half day and full day sessions for teaching conceptual frameworks, methods/techniques, and novel approaches in Participatory Design (PD). The proposal should contain a title, goals, method or technique, relevance to PD and a schedule. Please describe in the proposal any handouts that you intend to make available. Industry Cases: (2-4 page case description) should report on the use of participatory methods, tools, and/or practices within commercial, non-profit, or governmental organizations. We are interested in a broad range of submissions that explore what a participatory approach means to different practitioners and audiences and may include ideas, approaches, projects, experimentations or reflections on participation. We encourage submissions from practitioners who might not ordinarily attend the Participatory Design (PD) conference but who are grappling with the complexities of participation or who are experimenting with novel approaches. Cases should highlight the benefits, challenges, and outcomes from the application of participatory approaches and should provide concrete lessons for others who are interested in applying PD in their organizations. Each submitted case will be peer reviewed for applicability to the PD community. Doctoral consortium: (4 page proposal) The doctoral consortium is a full-day session intended for PhD students working within the field of Participatory Design (PD). It will provide students with an opportunity to discuss issues of concern to them in their studies and receive extensive feedback from the session co-chairs and other student participants. Enrolment is limited and selection will be based on the quality of application submissions, taking into account how the research is related to PD. The aim will be to include a spread of students with different disciplinary emphases, at different stages of study, and coming from different cultural backgrounds. The proposal should give an overview of the PhD project, including research motivations, questions, methods, status of current work, major findings and plans for further research. Accepted applicants will be asked to provide a revised and elaborated research summary (4 pages), and to participate in some pre-workshop on-line discussions. Art installations: (2 page proposal) Interdisciplinary collaborations have often yielded surprising yet astonishing results, leading both research and knowledge to new heights. PDC has a long history of incorporating participatory art installations to inspire and innovate. Artists and designers working with any form of interactive participatory methods are invited to submit their projects. The works can take inspiration from visual and digital media, performance arts, installations, communication technologies, touch, sound and any other genres that allow participants to take part or become part of the art piece. Projects should address/explore the theme ‘reflecting connectedness’. Please submit a 2 page proposal of the art work, in which the project is described (incl. sketch/design), the relation to PD, and specific requirements for display. Alternatively artists can submit audio or video files describing the project. The Artful Integrators’ Award: We welcome nominations for the sixth Artful Integrators’ Award, to be presented at PDC 14 in Namibia. The Award is intended to recognize outstanding achievement in the area of participatory design of information and communications technologies. Where traditional design awards have gone to individual designers and/or singular objects, the Artful Integrator’s Award emphasizes the importance of collaborative participation in design, and a view of good design as the effective alignment of diverse collections of people, practices and artefacts. Submission and formatting guidelines The submissions in all categories are subject to double-blind peer review. For previous PDC conferences, the acceptance rate for research papers has been about 25% and for the other submission categories about 50%.All submissions should follow thePDC paper template to be found on the conference website (www.pdc2014.org) The PDC 2014 proceedings will be published as part of the International Conference Proceedings Series published by ACM and available online from the ACM Digital Library. Accepted research papers will comprise Volume I of the Proceedings of the 13th Participatory Design Conference. Volume II of the proceedings will comprise the accepted papers in the other submission categories. Authors of accepted papers will need to complete the ACM copyright form as a condition of inclusion in the proceedings.Only PDF files (.pdf) may be submitted and submissions are only accepted through the PDC conference management system. Heike Winschiers-Theophilus, Vincenzo D'Andrea & Ole Sejer Iversen PDC’14 chairs.

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CfP Media Futures EASA MAN network
by Elisenda Ardèvol 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

Hi, We would like to invite you to send papers proposal to our panel on: Media futures: media anthropology of, for and through the notion of 'future' at the EASA2014: Collaboration, Intimacy & Revolution to be held in Tallinn University, Estonia, 31st July - 3rd August, 2014 This panel examines the implications of a 'futures turn' and how might an anthropology of media (including design, content, materialities, spaces and practices) enable us to understand how futures are imagined, made, hoped for, contested and lived cross-culturally and in the present and recent past. A new wave of critical future-focused scholarship has recently emerged across the social sciences and humanities. This field of research, which encompasses anthropology (Collins 2007), has developed in design anthropology (Gunn and Donovan 2012), in the sociology of expectations (Brown and Michael 2003) and through anticipatory practices in geography (Anderson 2010). Media anthropology has intensively explored social change and cultural transformations (Postill, Ardevol and Tenhunen forthcoming), but little attention has been paid to how media are implicated in the ways futures are imagined, projected, predicted or contested. Media, especially in its relationship with digital technologies, are nowadays at the core of most meaningful social transformations, creative and innovation processes. Digital media encompasses new models of social intervention, citizenship, public engagement and knowledge production based on collaboration and sharing, as well as new models of social control and surveillance (Coleman 2010). Which media futures are in dispute? Which futures are embedded in digital media content, design and practices? How are images of the future interwoven with media regarding space, materiality, the sensory, sociality and intimacy? How do media futures change over time and cross-culturally? This Media Anthropology Network panel works in collaboration with the Anthropology at the edge of the future EASA Lab, proposed by Sarah Pink, Juan Salazar, Andrew Irving and Johannes Sjoberg. Convenors Elisenda Ardèvol (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Débora Lanzeni (IN3/ UOC) Philipp Budka (University of Vienna) Discussant: Juan Salazar (UWS) The call for papers is now open, closing on 27th Feburary Send papers proposal via: http://www.nomadit.co.uk/easa/easa2014/panels.php5?PanelID=3070 -- Elisenda Ardevol Estudis d'Arts i Humanitats Universitat Oberta de Catalunya http://mediacciones.es

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IWT SPION-Workshop: Privacy and Responsibilisation in Online Social Networks
by Seda Gurses 16 Jan '14

16 Jan '14

sorry for cross-posting. this workshop is coming up and may be of interest for those of you who are close to brussels (also for the cpdp conference). best, s. IWT SPION-Workshop: Privacy and Responsibilisation in Online Social Networks Speakers: David Barnard-Wills, Rula Sayaf, Laura Brandimarte, Bo Gao, Ero Balsa One of the main goals of the SPION project is to investigate ways of mitigating the responsibilisation of individuals for existing privacy risks on online social networks. As it is accustomed in SPION, the participants of this workshop will explore and discuss responsibilisation from different interdisciplinary angles and perspectives. We will explore how governments and companies push responsibilities onto individuals by externalizing online privacy risks. We will further explore the reasons behind processes of responsibilisation and the strategies employed to do this. We will present several user studies which explore the adequacy and efficacy of popular privacy tools, such as increased transparency and privacy preserving tools, and discus the role they may play in responsibilisation of individuals with respect to their privacy. Other topics that we will cover include the ethical issues that inform current access control models in online social networks, as well as the use of cryptography and feedback and awareness tools to help users protect their privacy online. Speakers from within and without SPION will present these issues and try to provide answers to them, and we look forward to the audience's input for taking the discussion further! You can find more info at http://www.spion.me/cosicWorkshop/ By registering, you will ensure you get a name badge and food. Please spread this invitation also to others in your networks who may be interested in attending! Looking forward to seeing you there Ero Balsa, Claudia Diaz and Stefaan Seys.

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Seeking research on use of privacy and security tools
by gus andrews 15 Jan '14

15 Jan '14

I'm working at the Open Internet Tools Project, starting a track on Secure User Practices -- both studying how users understand their privacy, anonymity, and security online, and developing better teaching materials to help everyone protect their privacy and security. I'm specifically interested in learning more about user practices on the ground, especially in non-Western cultures, which impact their privacy and security. If anyone has references on the topic, could you please send them along to me off-list? (I'll digest the list once it's done and post it here.) Thanks! Gillian "Gus" Andrews Senior Program Associate Open Internet Tools Project openitp.org

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JITP Issue 6 Call for Submissions: Deadline 4/20/14
by Kiersten Greene 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

*Call for Submissions* *Issue 6 of **The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy*<http://cuny.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2d55d162acd43cdb3525dd014&id=…> * (JITP)* *Special Issue: * *Intersections: Heritage, Development, Digital Technologies, and Pedagogy in Africa and the African Diaspora* JITP Co-Editors: Stephen Brier and Kiersten Greene Guest Co-Editors: Marla L. Jaksch, Ph.D. and Angel David Nieves, Ph.D. *Abstract * *JITP* welcomes work that explores critical and creative uses of interactive technology in teaching, learning, and research. For Issue 6, we are seeking submissions under the theme of “Intersections of Heritage, Development, Digital Technologies, & Pedagogy in Africa & the African Diaspora.” Recent scholarship in development studies has highlighted the importance of new digital technologies as tools for furthering social justice while at the same time revealing continued economic and educational inequalities. How are information communication technologies (ICTs) being used, challenged, implemented, and incorporated in grassroots and institutional heritage development in Africa and in the Diaspora? We are especially interested in the ways that heritage education, policy and pedagogy intersect in the arts, in the classroom, in the community, in cyberworlds/spaces, and/or in academic and action research. Submissions should explore the teaching, policy, and/or research impact of digital media—e.g. application software, social media, virtual environments, audio or visual media, and the Internet—on heritage, historic and cultural conservation, and development in Africa and/or in the Diaspora. Submitters are encouraged to address research and/or teaching and learning questions through inter-, multi-, and/or trans-disciplinary approaches in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences and to include any kind of multimedia element(s) in what they submit. *Possible topics for submissions could include (but are not limited to)*: - Teaching digital and virtual heritage as a subject - Distance learning - Digital texts and editions - Mapping software/spatial Humanities - Collaboration (Community, across academic disciplines, etc.) - Virtual worlds/reconstructions, e.g., Edward Gonzalez-Tennant’s digital history of Rosewood, Florida (http://www.virtualrosewood.com/<http://cuny.us7.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=2d55d162acd43cdb3525dd014&id…> ) - Digital storytelling - Unintended consequences of using digital media - Authorial/ownership issues - Creative Commons licensing - Ethics and digital media - Access issues / “digital divides” - Social media/social networking - Technologies of colonialism - Email and the historical record - Mobile technologies (cell/Smart phones, PDAs), e.g., *MAMA mobi* ( http://askmama.mobi/<http://cuny.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2d55d162acd43cdb3525dd014&id=…>), a South African mobile app on maternal and child health - Cyberculture(s) and Race - Politics of knowledge; new knowledge production - Globalization and digital media - Portability of learning materials - Class/race/gender/nation and digital media - Digital media and the arts - Personal vulnerabilities/exposures in the digital world - Creating digital media - Immediacy/ubiquity of information - Disciplinary shifts In addition to traditional long-form articles, we invite submissions of audio or visual presentations; aural/video interviews, dialogues, or conversations; creative/artistic works; manifestos and jeremiads; or other scholarly materials. All submissions are subject to an open review process. Manuscripts should be less than 8,000 words, though editors will consider longer pieces on a case-by-case basis. Submissions received that do not fall under the specific theme of Issue 6 but do fall under the broader themes that *JITP* features will be considered for publication in a future issue. *Important Dates* The submission deadline for the Fall 2014 issue is April 20, 2014. When submitting using our Open Journal Systems software, under “Journal Section,” please select the section titled “Issue 6: Special Issue.” Submission instructions are below. *About the Journal* All work appearing in the Issues section of *JITP* is reviewed by the issue editors and independently by two scholars in the field, who provide formative feedback to the author(s) during the review process. We intend that the journal itself—both in our process and in our digital product—serve as an opportunity to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practices. All submissions for this special issue will be considered for our “Behind the Seams” feature, in which we publish dynamic representations of the revision and editorial processes, including reflections from the authorial and editorial participants. Research-based submissions should include discussions of approach, method, and analysis. When possible, research data should be made publicly available and accessible via the Web and/or other digital mechanisms, a process that JITP can and will support as necessary. Successes and interesting failures are equally welcome (although see the Teaching Fails section below for an alternative outlet). Submissions that focus on pedagogy should balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations of how new technologies play out in both formal and informal educational settings. Discipline-specific submissions should be written for non-specialists. As a courtesy to our reviewers, we will not consider simultaneous submissions, but we will do our best to reply to you within two to three months of the submission deadline. All work should be original and previously unpublished. Essays or presentations posted on a personal blog may be accepted, provided they are substantially revised; please contact us with any questions at editors(a)jitpedagogy.org For submission guidelines please visit: http://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#how-to-submit<http://cuny.us7.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=2d55d162acd43cdb3525dd014&id…> The mission of *The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy* (ISSN 2166-6245) is to promote open scholarly discourse around critical and creative uses of digital technology in teaching, learning, and research. Educational institutions have often embraced instrumentalist conceptions and market-driven implementations of technology that over determine its uses in academic environments. Such approaches underestimate the need for critical engagement with the integration of technological tools into pedagogical practice. The JITP will endeavor to counter these trends by re-centering questions of pedagogy in our discussions of technology in higher education. The journal will also work to change what counts as scholarship—and how it is presented, disseminated, and reviewed—by allowing contributors to develop their ideas, publish their work, and engage their readers using multiple formats. We are committed first and foremost to teaching and learning, and intend that the journal itself—both in process and in product—provide opportunities to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practice. -- kierstengreene.net brookerhollow.com

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Reminder: CfP - CHI 2014 Workshop on Technology Non-use: Refusing, Limiting, Departing
by Eric P. S. Baumer 14 Jan '14

14 Jan '14

*** Deadline Friday, January 17 *** ==================================================================== Refusing, Limiting, Departing: Why We Should Study Technology Non-use Workshop at ACM CHI Conference Saturday, April 26, 2014 Toronto, ON, Canada http://nonuse.jedbrubaker.com/ ==================================================================== Most research in human-centered/social computing focuses on when and how people use technology. We argue that examining non-use – when and how people do not use technology – is an equally informative line of inquiry. This workshop will consider the theories, methods, foundational texts, and central research questions in the study of non-use. In addition to a special issue proposal, we expect the research thread brought to the fore in this workshop will speak to foundational questions of use and the user in HCI. The workshop will center on discussion and agenda-setting around four guiding foci: - discussing theoretical grounding - identifying methodological approaches - creating a living bibliography - crafting a research agenda. The outcomes of these discussions will be used as the basis for proposing a special issue of a journal on non-use as an important theoretical concern. We request that participants submit 2-4 page position papers in the HCI Archive format that describe how non-use relates to their research, with an eye toward a longer piece that could be included in a special issue. Papers should include at least one suggestion for the living bibliography and speak to at least one of the guiding foci (theories, methods, or research agenda) of the author’s choosing. Papers will be accepted based on originality, quality, and how well they represent a range of disciplinary perspectives. Submissions from outside the HCI community (e.g., science and technology studies, the humanities, sociology, and others) are strongly encouraged. We will ask workshop attendees to engage in a week of reflexive technology non-use to inform workshop discussion sessions. Limited support is available to defray costs for students and junior academics who are at the periphery of or outside the CHI community. Please contact the organizers for further information. Papers may be submitted via email to: nonuse2014(a)gmail.dot.com Important Dates: - Submission Deadline - January 17, 2014 - Notification of Acceptance - February 10, 2014 - Workshop at CHI - April 26, 2014 Organizers: Eric P. S. Baumer, Communication Department, Cornell University Morgan G. Ames, Intel Science and Technology Center for Social Media, University of California, Irvine Jed Brubaker, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine Jenna Burrell, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley Paul Dourish, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine

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