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Call for chapter proposals: Conditions of Mediation
by Scott Rodgers 06 Sep '14

06 Sep '14

Apologies for cross-posting CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Conditions of Mediation: Phenomenological Approaches to Media, Technology and Communication Editors: Tim Markham and Scott Rodgers In June 2013, the ICA preconference Conditions of Mediation (see http://conditionsofmediation.wordpress.com for further information) brought together scholars from a wide range of perspectives – including audience studies, political theory, metaphysics, media archaeology, software studies, science and technology studies, cultural geography and urban studies – to critically reflect on both the merits and limits of phenomenological approaches for understanding media, in philosophical, theoretical, political and empirical terms. Inspired by this very successful conference, we are now preparing a proposal for an edited book under the same title. The proposed format of the book is to have a substantive introduction, two ‘dialogues’ involving Graham Harman, Lisa Parks, Paddy Scannell, Shaun Moores, Nick Couldry and David Berry (based on their keynote papers), and 10-12 short paper chapters of 4000 words (excluding bibliography). We are therefore issuing an Open Call for Chapter Proposals. If you are interested in contributing a chapter to this edited book, please send a chapter title and 400 word abstract by no later than 15 September 2013 to Scott Rodgers at s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk. Those that are subsequently invited to submit a full chapter will need to have this completed by 1 March 2014. Please direct any inquiries to Scott Rodgers at s.rodgers(a)bbk.ac.uk. We look forward to receiving your chapter proposals.

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Workshop invitation / CFA
by Nikolaos Thomopoulos 25 Apr '14

25 Apr '14

Dear Air-L members, this is a call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to some of you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - deadline 15th March) at our blog: http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com Theme: Theory and practice of using ICT to facilitate smart and green regional development: best practice, evaluation and future challenges for multi-level governance. Venue: History Center, Thessaloniki, Greece Dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 This workshop is organised with the support of the Regional Studies Association and the ENDURANCE research project and is anticipated to generate interesting debates between academics and practitioners. We would be grateful if you would consider submitting an abstract or alternatively if you could forward this call to other contacts with relevant interest. Please do get in touch at sgICTregion(a)gmail.com in case you have any queries about this workshop. We look forward to welcoming you in Thessaloniki! Best regards Nikolas on behalf of the Organising Committee ______________________________________ Dr Nikolas Thomopoulos Researcher - Institute for Transport Studies University of Leeds QUEEN'S ANNIVERSARY PRIZE WINNERS - 'sustained transport excellence' www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize

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Quantitative analysis of online pornography
by Antoine Mazieres 22 Mar '14

22 Mar '14

Dear IRs, I am looking at available data of online pornography and looked at available studies made out of them. I'm very surprised to mainly only find studies on impact/effect of pornography on humans with almost none study on topology/dynamics/evolution of the object itself. Does some of you have some references in mind that dig in that direction ? (If I manage to arrange a dataset out of available data on public website, I would be glad to share it, let me know if you're interested.) Thanks for your help, All best, Antoine http://mazier.es/

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PhD-Seminar, Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?
by Niels Brügger 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

***apologies for cross-postings*** PhD seminar Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ‘ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism’ This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. The number of participants is limited to 20. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The lectures and the lecturers: • “Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web”, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago • “A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research”, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam • “Archiving web material for future research?”, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark • “Probing a nation’s web sphere”, Niels Brügger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Brügger —————————————————————————————— LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk NetLab http://netlab.dk The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org

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#MLA15 CFP of interest
by Amanda Licastro 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

If you are hoping to attend MLA next January in Vancouver, please consider applying to our panel which I think will be of interest to this list. Designing an Archive for Cloud and Crowd - How can networks (human and/or digital) combat institutional amnesia? What digital spaces can we build today to preserve a history for tomorrow? 350-word proposals by 14 March 2014. Contact amanda.licastro(a)gmail.com or benmiller314(a)gmail.com Have a wonderful weekend, Amanda Amanda Licastro M.A. Doctoral Student CUNY Graduate Center Instructional Technology Fellow Macaulay Honors College http://digitocentrism.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ @amandalicastro

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Assistant Professor/College Lecturer Position: University College Dublin School of Information & Library Studies
by Lee Komito 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Open Position: Lecturer in Information Ref: 006474 Lecturer in Information (Above the Bar) University College Dublin - UCD School of Information and Library Studies The School of Information and Library Studies at University College Dublin invites applications for a five-year posts. The successful candidate will contribute significantly to the quality expansion of research in one or more of the following areas: digital curation, visualization / information design, informatisation of social/ organisational processes, information architecture, information systems design, related topics regarding the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures; and to participate effectively in the School's educational programmes. Applicants should have completed a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline. Candidates who do not yet have a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline but who expect to have completed this degree by the date of appointment may be considered. Closing date for applications is Monday, 31 March 2013 (GMT). It is envisaged an appointee will commence in post September 2014. Further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies. For more detail on the School of Information and Library Studies, and its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, see http://www.ucd.ie/sils. Informal inquiries to Dr. Lee Komito (lee.komito(a)ucd.ie) Head of School/Head of Subject. Representatives from the School will be available at upcoming iConference in Berlin for further discussion. -- Lee Komito (e) lee.komito(a)ucd.ie School of Information & Library Studies (p) +353.1.7167594 University College Dublin (f) +353.1.7161161 Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (w) www.ucd.ie/lkomito

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New Social Media, New Social Science... and New Ethical Issues!
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

The New Social Media, New Social Science network is a partnership of the NatCen, Sage UK and the Oxford Internet Institute. NSMNSS has convened numerous on-site and online events about the use of social media in research. Attendees at the on-site events are mostly UK-based, but the online events have attracted global participation. Ethical issues have been a persistent theme throughout the discussions. We offered a questionnaire last spring to learn more specifically about ethical concerns as well as the sources they consult when making decisions in their own research. Not surprisingly, the AOIR guidelines were frequently mentioned as trusted resources. I analyzed all of the records from events and the questionnaire responses to determine what specific issues e-researchers identify, and to what extent these issues are addressed the codes and guidelines they named. In addition to the AOIR guide, I looked at a number of other current guidelines from professional associations. You can find links to the full report and an overview presentation on the NSMNSS blog *http://bit.ly/1kvhDAH <http://bit.ly/1kvhDAH>.* You can join us for a conversation on the issues in a Tweetchat at #NSMNSS on March 11, 19:00 or 7 pm in London, 3 PM in New York. (See www.timeanddate.com for your time zone.) *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business & Vision2Lead, Inc.*Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter @einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time & Cases in Online Interview Research. Coming soon: Qualitative Online Interviews Boulder, CO jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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Call for chapter proposals: A Thousand Platforms: Deep Teaching for Computational Media and Generalist Design
by V. T. 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALSA Thousand Platforms: Deep Teaching for Computational Media and Generalist DesignEdited by Michael Filimowicz, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University Today’s creators of interactive media “switch hardware and software tools like colors of paint.”[1] This edited collection focuses on undergraduate teaching and learning by bringing together essays addressing pedagogies that produce the fabled "unicorns" – graduates who can Program, Design and Create. Curricula in computational media are faced with various challenges, such as (1) maintaining a balance between breadth and depth of specialist knowledge; (2) developing fluency in coding despite otherwise advanced technological creativity; or (3) the role of numeracy in visually-dominated media. A multiplicity of technical skillsets– animation, graphic design, electronics, computer vision, web design, sound design, 3D printing, algorithmic thinking amongst many others – contribute to an equally diverse set of professional fields, such as UXD, audiovisual postproduction, web application development, project management, creative directing practices, game programming, storytelling, industrial design, communication design and beyond. This rich combination of skillsets and possible roles are profoundly cross-pollinating and thus trigger continuous shifts in professional contexts. Within this framework, this edited collection intends to address topics such as ( but not limited to): • Project-based courses and teamwork• Entrepreneurial components to curricula• The perception and realities of specialist vs. generalist knowledge• Translating faculty research and graduate collegiality into the undergraduate realm• Conceptualization of similarities, differences, continuums and relationships between art and design pedagogies• Ways in which generalist creative and technical knowledge translate to a student audience with "glamour job" expectations • Pedagogical strategies that acclimate students for a fast changing workforce where much of the most interesting and rewarding work is performed on a per project basis• Instructional strategies that evoke students’ passion about coding, mathematics, research methodologies and writing In brief, this edited collection asks: what does it mean to teach students toward a thousand technological platforms? Please send your original 500 word abstracts in the body of the email along with a short bio to mfa13(a)sfu.ca with the subject heading “1000 Platforms.” Deadline: Aug 1, 2014.Notification of acceptance: Oct 1, 2014Full chapters (6000-7000 words) due: January 11th, 2015. ---------[1] To cite an interview with Matt Cottam in Joshua Noble's Programming Interactivity.

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U of Arkansas Little Rock tenure-track opening
by Joe Williams 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Hi All, My apologies for cross-postings. The Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in professional writing. We are especially interested in candidates with expertise and experience in one of the following areas: a) new media design and development; b) creative nonfiction, especially related to new media. Here is the link to the complete job posting: http://ualr.peopleadmin.com/postings/1939 A bit about us: The Department of Rhetoric and Writing, a stand-alone writing department, houses the First-Year Composition program, the University Writing Center, and the Little Rock Writing Project. The department offers a BA, a minor, and an MA in Professional and Technical Writing. These degrees include courses in rhetoric, editing, creative nonfiction, and technical writing. The department has approximately 70 active majors and 60 active graduate students. If you have any questions about UALR or our program in general, don't hesitate to email me. Best, Joe Williams -------- Joseph John Williams, Ph.D. Co-Director, ATLE Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 S. University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 569-8313 jjwilliams(a)ualr.edu

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Search reopened: Assistant Prof. for Computing and Emerging Technologies, Pratt Institute, NYC
by Anthony Cocciolo 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, has an opening for full time tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor in the area of *Computing and Emerging Information Technologies* Full time, tenure-track, beginning Fall 2014 *http://tinyurl.com/search2014 <http://tinyurl.com/search2014>* To apply: Applicants are invited to submit a single PDF file that includes the following documents: Cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement on research and teaching interests, and names of four references. Please e-mail materials to: Debbie Rabina: drabina(a)pratt.edu To learn more about Pratt SILS full-time faculty visit http://research.prattsils.org/ -- Debbie Rabina, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science 144 West 14th Street, 6th fl. New York, NY 10011-7301 drabina(a)pratt.edu http://mysite.pratt.edu/~drabina/index.htm

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