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Call for Papers - International Symposium on Digital Ethics
by Heider, Donald 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

Call for papers The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding its 4th Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on Nov 7th, 2014. We are looking for papers on digital ethics. Topics might include privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, and/or the ethical use of digital technologies in journalism, advertising and public relations. Paper abstracts should propose original research and be between 500 and 1,000 words in length (not including references). Authors invited to present papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium. The author(s) of the Top Student Paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds. Abstracts are due by midnight CST on April 15th, 2014, should follow APA or MLA. Authors of top papers will have the opportunity to have their work published in Proceedings from the 4th Annual Symposium on Digital Ethics. Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to contact(a)digitalethics.org<mailto:contact@digitalethics.org>, and please write Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line. Please send questions to the same email address.

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New BS degree in Information Communication Technology
by McNealy, Jasmine E 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

{Apologies for cross posts.} Please circulate to any undergraduate students that may have an interest in our new program. The Bachelors of Science in Information Communication Technology (ICT) at the University of Kentucky focuses on the intersection of technology, people who use that technology, policies and regulations that govern the use of that technology and communities or environments in which that technology is used. It is the newest undergraduate degree program in the College of Communication and Information<http://ci.uky.edu/>, the university’s official iSchool<http://www.ischools.org/>, part of a collection of Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field. Housed in the School of Library and Information Science<http://ci.uky.edu/lis>, ICT is an applied information technology degree program. The full press release can be found here: https://ci.uky.edu/lis/content/ict-program-debuts More program specifics can be found here: http://ict.uky.edu Thank you, Jasmine McNealy, J.D., Ph.D. Assistant Professor Information Communication Technology Program University of Kentucky 320 Little Library Building Lexington, KY 40506 (859) 218-2297

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AMCIS 2014> Final CFP: Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data
by Fichman, Pnina 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

[Apologies for cross-posting] Final CALL FOR PAPERS: AMCIS Minitrack - Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS): Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity, Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ DESCRIPTION Manyika et al. (2011; 4) note “big data has now reached every sector of the global economy. Like other essential factors of production … much of modern economic activity simply couldn’t take place without it.” An emerging grand challenge involves gathering, organizing, curating, managing, analyzing, visualizing and disseminating these heterogeneous data over the lifecycle of the data for such purposes such as scientific discovery, medical advances, entrepreneurial activity and public policy formulation. People in the public and private sectors are taking note of this development as are academics, who are exploring ways of dealing with big data, defined by the National Science Foundation (2012) as: …large, diverse, complex, longitudinal, and/or distributed data sets generated from instruments, sensors, Internet transactions, email, video, click streams, and/or all other digital sources available today and in the future. This minitrack solicits high quality conceptual and empirical work that focuses on the global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations. Big data datasets and the technologies for analyzing them are developing faster than our understanding of the ways in which this phenomenon is impacting and will impact the ways work is done in a wide range of settings. As scholars and researchers begin to investigate the impacts of Big Data, this minitrack provides a venue for them to share their work. Appropriate topics for this minitrack include (but are not limited to) the following: • Big data use in organizational, national and international settings • How the introduction of big data affects organizational and group work flow • Ways that big data is affecting organizational and group decision making • Security and privacy impacts of big data use • The intended and unintended consequences of big data • The dark side of big data: surveillance, illicit activities, discriminatory analytics, and the end of privacy • Big data as a social, political, economic, and/or cultural phenomenon Minitrack chairs: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu SUBMISSION PROCESS: Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system no later than March 1, 2014. Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions on January 5, 2014 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014 Additional instructions for authors: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers Important Dates: March 1, 2014: (11:59 PM EST): Deadline for paper submissions April 4 2014: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 18, 2014: Authors revisions due April 25, 2014: (11:59 PM EST): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due ----------------------- Pnina Fichman, Ph.D. Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies 901 E. 10th St. Informatics West #301 Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47408 Office: (812) 856-1587 Cell: (812) 322-0219 Web: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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AMCIS 2014 > Final CFP: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14)
by Fichman, Pnina 22 Feb '14

22 Feb '14

[Apologies for cross-posting] Final Call For Papers: AMCIS Mini-track: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14) 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS): Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems opportunity, Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ DESCRIPTION: This Mini Track solicits papers that make use of social theory in information systems research drawing upon such approaches as sociotechnical theory, critical theory, social informatics, organizational theory, cultural anthropology, sociology and others. We are interested in understanding and supporting the evolution of social theory, socio-technical theory, and social informatics in information systems research. We want to highlight research that uses these approaches to critically examine the constitution of information and communications technologies, and their roles in organizations and society; these are among the most important questions about IS, organizations, and society. We particularly invite IS research that applies, builds on, compares, or critiques these social theories. We are interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and theorize about application domains including large-scale social and organizational phenomena. We seek to attract research papers and research-in-progress papers from all IS researchers who are using the work of social theorists, organizational theorists, sociotechnical theorists, and cultural anthropologists, symbolic interactionists, and many others. We are particularly interested in research that makes use of social theory 1) to address issues of designing a smart and sustainable digital future, 2) to answer questions about how we are interacting with ICTs in our work and social lives in ways that help and hinder the move towards sustainability, and 3) to critically examine the constitution of ICTs, and their roles in the design, maintenance and dissolution of sustainable organizations and social groups. This will be the 14th consecutive year for the Mini Track at AMCIS, and we hope to continue a tradition of high quality paper submissions, thought-provoking presentations and lively discussion for all IS researchers using, or considering the use of, social theory in their work. SUGGESTED TOPICS In addition to research aligned with the conference theme we are also interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and understand: * The implications of social networks for organizations and social groups * Conceptual and empirical work focusing on the ways ICT can promote or hinder social inclusion * The significance of cyberinfrastructure for commerce, governing and research and development * The relationships between ICTs and people as they participate in online communities and virtual teams * Online communities of practice, their processes and outcomes * The dynamics of crowdsourcing online * Hacktivism and the use of technology to mobilize resources and advance ideology * Unintended consequences of technology implementation and use in organizations and in social life * Scientific collaboration and scholarly communication as enabled and constrained by ICTs * The impacts of social computing on our social and work lives Minitrack chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu Submission Process: Instructions for authors and more information is available at: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system. Papers can be submitted beginning on January 5, 2014. The link will be available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2014_papers/ Submissions will close on March 1, 2014. ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies 901 East 10th Street, Informatics West #301 Indiana University, Bloomington, 47408 Phone (812) 856-1587 E-Mail fichman(a)indiana.edu Web http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/ _______________________________________________

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MA/PhD in Emerging Media Studies at Boston University
by Jacob Groshek 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear Colleagues, Please circulate to students that may have an interest in either our newly formed MA or PhD tracks, or both. More information can be found here http://www.bu.edu/com/academics/emerging-media/ and our MA course listings for fall 2014 onward are attached. Early applications are eligible for generous tuition scholarships and funding for teaching or research. I'm happy to answer any additional questions as well. Best, Jacob (Ps. Apologies for cross-posts) -- Dr. Jacob Groshek Assistant Professor of Emerging Media 704 Commonwealth Ave., Office 302D Boston University 617-353-6421 jgroshek.com <http://www.jgroshek.com/>

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Research of Facebook public groups
by Page, Ruth (Dr.) 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear AoIR list members, I'm doing some work from a discourse analysis perspective on the way interactions on Facebook public groups take place. I'm specifically looking at the RIP pages set up in response to the death of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. I'm familiar with a lot of the research literature on Facebook, but most of what I know is based on studies that examined personal Facebook accounts/wall interactions. Can anyone please recommend studies of Facebook groups? I'm especially interested in anything that has a linguistic/discourse analysis focus, but it would also be good to learn from studies from a more general social science perspective too. Thanks in advance for any suggestions! Ruth Dr Ruth Page Room 1509, Attenborough Tower School of English University of Leicester Leicester LE1 7RH UK +44 (0)116 223 1286

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Call for Applications, 2014-15 Yahoo! Fellow in Residence, Georgetown University
by Francesca Musiani 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Yahoo! Fellow in Residence International Values, Communications Technology & the Global Internet School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University Washington, D.C. The Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service is pleased to invite applications for the position of Yahoo! Fellow in Residence for the academic year 2014-2015. This one academic year position is funded by the Yahoo! Fund on International Values, Communications Technology and the Global Internet, which was established at Georgetown University by a gift from Yahoo! Inc. The Yahoo! Fellow will be chosen by Georgetown University from applicants drawn from the government, corporate, non-profit and academic sectors. The Fellowship The Yahoo! Fellow in Residence explores the relationship between new communications technologies and international values in varying national and international contexts. Projects should address the issue of applying international values and principles (e.g., free expression, regulation, citizenship and privacy) to new communications technologies and the diffusion of information in rapidly changing global environments. These might include large and evolving economies--including Brazil, Russia, India, and China--as well as interactions between the developing and developed worlds. Projects can draw on insights from many disciplines, including politics, economics, business, and socio-cultural research. It is expected that the Yahoo! Fellow will undertake research and writing, some of which will be posted on the website of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy, during his or her stay. In addition, the Fellow must organize at least one workshop or conference during each of the two semesters in residence, work with graduate fellows supported by the same Yahoo! grant, engage in co-curricular offerings and other interactions with the Georgetown student body, and participate in the professional life of Washington, D.C. The Yahoo! Fellow in Residence will be a part of the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy (ISD) at Georgetown University. The Institute will provide office space, supplies, and administrative support during the fellowship year. The Yahoo! Fellow will have the opportunity to be a member of a group of ISD associates and fellows drawn from the United States and foreign government agencies. The fellowship provides a stipend of $60,000 to support housing and living expenses for the academic year and $5,000 to cover travel associated with the appointment. The appointment will cover the period of August 15, 2014 to May 15, 2015. Within the School of Foreign Service, the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program (MSFS) will provide a locus for the applied curricular and research support activities associated with the Yahoo! Fellows. The Program's multi-disciplinary faculty, including experienced public and private sector practitioners, comprises a broad resource base for research and collaboration on globalization forces and impacts across an array of diverse sectors and cross-national applications. Relevant results generated by the Yahoo! Fellows' projects could be incorporated into the MSFS Program's curriculum through guest lectures, special seminars, case studies and/or course modules. It is anticipated that research projects may thereby yield multiplier educational effects that extend beyond the tenure of a particular Yahoo! Fellow. MSFS graduate students will also be selected to receive partial-tuition fellowships as Junior Yahoo! Fellows. The selected students will engage in study and research associated with the Yahoo! Fellow in Residence and/or other faculty engaged in related project activities. Applications Applications should be imaginative, multidisciplinary, analytical, and capable of being completed during the fellowship year. They should include proposals for projects and associated conferences or workshops. An advanced degree is not required, however, for those pursuing graduate work, the degree must be completed and in hand prior to assuming the fellowship. Applicants should submit the following: * Letter of interest * Curriculum vitae * Statement describing a proposed project and methodology (not to exceed 2,500 words) Submit application materials to: Institute for the Study of Diplomacy Attn: Yahoo! Fellow Search 1316 36th Street, NW Washington, DC 20007 Deadline: Applicants are advised to submit materials by Monday, April 7, 2014. 3 Applications will be considered until a final applicant has been selected and has accepted the appointment. Electronic submissions may be sent to the following email address: dolgasc(a)georgetown.edu. In the subject line, please add the text: Yahoo! Fellow Application. Background Information For information on the Yahoo! Program and current and past fellows, please visit the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy website: http://isd.georgetown.edu/programs/yahoofellow/. Kalev Leetaru (2013-2014) Francesca Musiani (2012-2013) Séverine Arsène (2011-2012) Han-Teng Liao (2010-2011) Evgeny Morozov (2009-2010) Gaurav Mishra (2008-2009) Irene Wu (2007-2008) For information on the Master of Science in Foreign Service (MSFS) graduate program, please visit http://msfs.georgetown.edu. For information on Georgetown University, please visit www.georgetown.edu. -- Francesca Musiani Postdoctoral researcher Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation <http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/> MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint-Michel 75272 Paris Cedex 06, France

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Special issue on "Religion in Digital Games" is online!
by Simone Heidbrink 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear all, The editors of "online - Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet" (http://online.uni-hd.de) are pleased to announce the publication of the special issue "Religion in Digital Games" featuring a multitude of exciting scientific perspectives on videogames as new research focus in Cultural and Religious Studies by authors from many different disciplines. It includes articles on theory and method as well as case studies with a focus on both game content and the player. We hope the articles assembled in this issue will contribute to encouraging further academic debate on the topic of religion in digital games and help openig up the field for even more motivated and enthusiastic scholars and research projects. The journal is keen to collect high quality scholarship on issues relating to religions on the Internet and welcomes submissions pertaining to all aspects of theses matters anytime to be published in our next issue scheduled for fall 2014! Of course we will gladly consider the publication of further articles related to religion and video games as well as any other topic fitting the scope of the journal. Submissions and queries should be send to the following address: online.religion(a)zegk.uni-heidelberg.de Best regards Simone Heidbrink & Tobias Knoll (editors of the special issue) -- Simone Heidbrink, M.A. Institut für Religionswissenschaft Zentrum für Europäische Geschichts- und Kulturwissenschaften (ZEGK) Universität Heidelberg Akademiestr. 4-8 D - 69117 Heidelberg fon: ++49-(0)6221-54 74 82 fax: ++49-(0)6221-54 76 24

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Re: [Air-L] Critical theory of gamification / Archaeology of gamification
by V. T. 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

I would highly recommend Graeme Kirkpatrick's Computer Games and the Social Imaginary:http://ca.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0745641105.html veronika tzankova

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Critical theory of gamification / Archaeology
by Sebastian Deterding 21 Feb '14

21 Feb '14

Dear Jaroslaw, I have a chapter in print that extensively traces the prehistory of gamification: Deterding, S. (in print): The Ambiguity of Games: Histories and Rhetorics of the Gameful World, in Walz, S. P. & Deterding, S. (eds.), The Gameful World: Approaches, Issues, Applications. Cambridge, MA, London: MIT Press. Email me for a copy. Best Sebastian -- Cheers, Sebastian ------------------------------------------------------------- Sebastian Deterding | coding conduct Mail: sebastian(a)codingconduct.cc | Twitter: @dingstweets Web: http://codingconduct.cc | Skype: sebastiandeterding US mobile: +1 (585) 747-8616 | DE mobile: +49 15140030044 ------------------------------------------------------------- This email is [_] assumed public and may be forwarded, blogged, etc. [X] assumed to be private. Please ask before redistributing -------------------------------------------------------------

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