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Fwd: Launching InVisible Culture Issue 20: “Ecologies"
by iskandar zulkarnain 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Apologies for x-posting. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Anderson, Joel Neville <joel.neville.anderson(a)rochester.edu> Date: Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 1:41 PM Subject: Launching InVisible Culture Issue 20: “Ecologies" To: VCS-GRADS(a)lists.rochester.edu Dear all, I’m happy to announce that *InVisible Culture* has just launched Issue 20: “Ecologies” (Spring 2014): http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/current-issue We’ll be promoting this over the next few days, so please feel free to circulate via social media, listservs, and word of mouth. In addition, IVC is still accepting submissions to issue 22, “Opacity,” so please also circulate the CFP at the following link: http://ivc.lib.rochester.edu/cfp-invisible-culture-issue-22-opacity Thanks! I’ve pasted the press release below. Best, Joel - *InVisible Culture: An Electronic Journal of Visual Culture* (IVC), published through the University of Rochester’s graduate program in Visual and Cultural Studies, is pleased to announce the launch of Issue 20: “Ecologies.” For this issue, we explored the "ecological" turn in contemporary visual culture. Furnishing an awareness of habitat, rooted in the Latin verb “it lives,” ecology refers to the dynamism of the natural world. But it also lends to an understanding of the dynamism of different kinds of environments, from the virtual to the visual. Authors Adam Levin, Roberta Buiani, Beatrice Choi and Hans Vermy contributed articles expanding upon these connotations, at the same time reshaping definitions of liveliness, agency, and subjectivity. Issue 20 also features three artworks by Cary Peppermint/Leila Nadir (EcoArtTech), Elçin Maraşlı, and Eddee Daniels that visualize and embody a spectrum of ecologies. Making use of IVC’s open access electronic format, these works take on several forms: artist interview, installation documentation, online book, and photo essay. IVC is a student run interdisciplinary journal published online twice a year in an open access format. Through peer-reviewed articles, creative works, and reviews of books, films, and exhibitions, our issues explore changing themes in visual culture. Fostering a global and current dialog across fields, IVC investigates the power and limits of vision. ------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the VCS-GRADS list, click the following link: https://lists.rochester.edu/scripts/wa.exe?TICKET=NzM1MzQxIGl6dWxrYXJuQE1BS… -- Iskandar Zulkarnain HASTAC Scholars 2010-2014 Website: http://www.hastac.org/hastac-scholars<http://www.hastac.org/scholars> http://digitalperipheries.net/ Rochester Intermedia Studies Group Ph.D. Candidate Visual and Cultural Studies 503A Morey Hall University of Rochester Rochester, NY 14627 "Ilmu itu untuk dibagi, bukan untuk dimiliki!"

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CFP: Special Issue on Historic Design Cases-International Journal of Designs for Learning
by Noriko Hara 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

*CALL FOR PROPOSALS* *INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF DESIGNS FOR LEARNING* *SPECIAL ISSUE ON HISTORIC DESIGN CASES* Guest Editors: Craig D. Howard & Colin M. Gray Unlike other design fields, instructional design has not had a sustained interest in documenting cases from the past and engaging in our design history in a substantive way. When we think of technology, we generally look forward---to what is possible in the future of technology in education, but it is equally as instructive to look at how far we have come and the individual designs that, as a collective, have impacted where we are now. Many of the same challenges we face in the ecology of modern technologies can be seen in technological leaps from instructional design's past: video-based instruction, systemic curricular moves (e.g., SRA Reading Lab, the "new math"), educational entertainment (e.g., Sesame Street, Bill Nye the Science Guy), and the dawn of the graphical user interface and personal computer (e.g., instruction for the Macintosh, developing for the PLATO system) to name a few. Many of these designs have directly and indirectly informed our contemporary design practice, and illustrate many of the challenges of designing for intentional change. In this special issue, we turn our focus to both the near and distant past of instructional design and technology, addressing designs intended (or used) for learning both in informal and formal learning---inside the classroom, and in our everyday lives. This special issue brings our field to the standard of precedent-building common in other design disciplines, refocusing our attention on marking significant milestones in design innovation, celebrating the often unrecognized breakthroughs instructional design and technology has had in its past. While some artifacts have been preserved, our collective knowledge of what instructional design is in the present has often been embodied in designs which themselves have been forgotten. To begin the process of documenting these past designs, we invite authors to submit design cases of designs used and/or intended for learning from 10-75 years ago, which are deemed to be of importance to the field. Some examples of appropriate historic designs might include: * *Designs that changed our understanding of what learning could be* (e.g., Airborne satellite learning, early collaborative websites, Sesame Street Workshop) * *Designs that highlighted the affordances of specific technologies when they were in their infancy* (e.g., PLATO system, remote teaching through closed circuit TV) * *Designs which failed, either in their initial implementation, or which failed to "catch on" *(e.g., computerized instruction in the 1990s, the "new math") * *Designs which serve as the basis for modern categories of educational technology* (e.g., learning management systems, SRA reading lab) * *Instructional components of mass-market devices* (e.g., training for emerging technological products, such as Apple's click-and-drag instruction) * *Designs created out of a specific felt need for a specific type of learning* (e.g., "murder houses," bespoke designs) *SUBMISSION TYPES* /Full Design Case/ 5000-7000+ words, with as many multimedia and/or visual elements as available. The goal of this submission is to not only visually and textually explain the experience of the design, but also how it came to be the way that it is. Depending on the age of the designed artifact or experience, this may come through interviews with designers, stakeholders, and/or users, analysis of related artifacts surrounding the design/design process, or reconstruction based on previously published marketing and/or academic materials. Your abstract should include the targeted design, its relevance, and any resources you will need to locate. /Brief Design Case/ 500-1500 words, a primarily visual presentation of a design with accompanying text used to annotate and explain the artifact and its experience as depicted in the images and/or video. Your abstract should include the targeted design, and any existing resources that you are aware of. *IMPORTANT DEADLINES* April 30, 2014: Submit 250 word abstract by email May 14, 2014: Acceptance of abstract: July 1, 2014: Submit Full paper/brief paper August 14, 2014: Notification of Acceptance September 14, 2014: Final Manuscripts November 2014: Projected Publication *ABOUT IJDL* The International Journal of Designs for Learning is a multidisciplinary, peer-reviewed online journal is dedicated to publishing descriptions of artifacts, environments and experiences created to promote and support learning in all contexts by designers in any field. The journal provides a venue for designers to share their knowledge-in-practice through rich representations of their designs and detailed discussion of decision-making. The aim of the journal is to support the production of high-quality precedent materials and to promote and demonstrate the value of doing so. Audiences for the journal include designers, teachers and students of design and scholars studying the practice of design. This journal is a publication of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology. More information on submissions for this special issue is available at: http://scholarworks.iu.edu/journals/index.php/ijdl/announcement/view/68 Questions and abstract submissions may be directed to the guest editors: Dr. Craig D. Howard (craig.howard(a)tamut.edu <mailto:craig.howard@tamut.edu>) and Colin M. Gray (comgray(a)indiana.edu <mailto:comgray@indiana.edu>).

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Don't miss the deadline: submit to ACM HT 2014 this Friday 21st
by Denis Parra 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Dear researchers, Don't forget to submit your full, short papers, posters and demos by this Friday 21st, 11:59PM CSLCT http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 Thanks for your interest, see you in Santiago In September! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzmüller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra(a)ing.puc.cl

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RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA
by Joshua Uebelherr 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: http://cpi.asu.edu/cpi-now. Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 --

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RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA
by Joshua Uebelherr 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: . Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 --

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Shifts in Persian Cyberspace and Social Networking in Iran
by Laura Henderson 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between 2002 and 2010, the Persian blogosphere exploded in size and became the topic of numerous reports, essays, videos and books. However, global interest in this emerging trend seemed to decrease during the second presidential mandate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This report is aimed at providing an answer to whether Blogestan itself has faded in size, activity and influence, since 2009. The report includes an audience survey of Persian blog readers, a web crawling analysis of the Iranian blogosphere, and a series of interviews with 20 influential bloggers living inside and outside of Iran. *Liking Facebook in Tehran:Social Networking in Iran: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1609 This report, based on an online survey of Iranian Facebook users, contributes to a small but growing body of scholarship on social and new media use in Iran. Our findings offer new insights into the Iranian Facebook ecosystem, including patterns of Facebook usage among Iranians, why and how Iranians are using Facebook, what types of content they are sharing, as well as perceptions of privacy and security associated with using Facebook. In addition, the survey addresses the key question of whether Facebook is being used as a tool for political engagement and civic activism among Iranian internet users, as initial assessments suggested. AoIRists might also be interested in these other publications from the IMP: *Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia: http://cgcsblog.asc.upenn.edu/2013/11/07/citation-filtered/ Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse. The report is accompanied by an infographicdetailing blocking mechanisms and types of filtered content. *Internet Censorship in Iran: An infographic: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/sites/default/files/research/pdf/136318068… This infographic illustrates the constellation of bodies currently involved in internet censorship in Iran. It attempts to show the complexity of Iran's internet governance system by mapping the relationship between the different policy-making and enforcement bodies involved in internet censorship and filtering, spotlighting four new bodies-the Supreme Council on Cyberspace, the Committee Charged with Determining Offensive Content, the Cyber Army, and the Cyber Police-that have emerged since 2009 as key institutions responsible for controlling the flow of online communications, both within Iran and betweenIranians and the global cybersphere. *Finding a way - How Iranians reach for news and information: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 This study details the results of an online questionnaire among young, metropolitan, educated and technologically savvy Iranians, and was aimed at illustrating the extent to which these youth employ new media for political purposes over a year after the contested Iranian elections and during the Tunisia, Egypt and Libya uprisings. The prevalence of Internet use, online activities, and speed of access was assessed, as was the use of and engagement with certain platforms such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. The surveys also examined the use of circumvention tools as well as the extent to which Iraniansthink citizens can be empowered through the use of new media. *Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4361 In the days immediately following the contested June 2009 Presidential election, Iranians attempting to reach news content and social media platforms were subject to unprecedented levels of the degradation, blocking and jamming of communications channels. Rather than shut down networks, which would draw attention and controversy, the government was rumored to have slowed connection speeds to rates that would render the Internet nearly unusable, especially for the consumption and distribution of multimedia content. Since, political upheavals elsewhere have been associated with headlines such as "High usage slows down Internet in Bahrain" and "Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again," with further rumors linking poor connectivity with political instability in Myanmar and Tibet. For governments threatened by public expression, the throttling of Internet connectivity appears to be an increasingly preferred and less detectable method of stifling the free flow of information. In order to assess this perceived trend and begin to create systems of accountability and transparency on such practices, we attempt to outline an initial strategy for utilizing a ubiquitous set of network measurements as a monitoring service, then apply such methodology to shed light on the recent history of censorship in Iran. *The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6398 While funding agencies have provided substantial support for the developers and vendors of services that facilitate the unfettered flow of information through the Internet, little consolidated knowledge exists on the basic communications network infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the absence of open access and public data, rumors and fear have reigned supreme. During provisional research on the country's censorship regime, we found initial indicators that telecommunications entities in Iran allowed private addresses to route domestically, whether intentionally or unintentionally, creating a hidden network only reachable within the country. Moreover, records such as DNS entries lend evidence of a 'dual stack' approach, wherein servers are assigned a domestic IP addresses, in addition to a global one. Despite the clear political implications of the claim we put forward, particularly in light of rampant speculation regarding the mandate of Article 46 of the 'Fifth Five Year Development Plan' to establish a "national information network," we refrain from hypothesizing the purpose of this structure. In order to solicit critical feedback for future research, we outline our initial findings and attempt to demonstrate that the matter under contention is a nation-wide phenomenon that warrants broader attention. Laura Schwartz-Henderson Research Project Manager Center For Global Communication Studies Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 215-898-9727

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Deadline Reminder � ASIS&T Annual Meeting
by Richard Hill 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

April 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for Panels, Contributed Papers, and tutorials and workshops. Additional information below. Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ SUBMISDSION URL: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2014/index.php?page=login The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST�s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014)
by Sheryl Grant 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Apologies for cross-posting: 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) - https://sites.google.com/site/obie2014ws/ - => in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2014), Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August 2014 => proceedings published by Springer IMPORTANT DATES ==================================== * 1 May 2014: Paper submission deadline * 23 May 2014: Notification of acceptance * 13 June 2014: Camera-ready paper * 12 August 2014: Open Badges in Education workshop day (to be confirmed by the Conference organizers) OVERVIEW ======== Open Badges (OBs) initiative is a community effort aimed at introducing novel means and practices for knowledge/skill assessment, recognition, and credentialing. Along the way, it is also promoting values such as openness and learner?s agency, as well as participatory learning practices and peer-learning communities. Even though digital badges are not a new phenomenon, their use prior to the emergence of the OBs initiative was largely associated with isolated efforts of individual organizations, and there was no systematic approach to issuing and using badges. Likewise, OBs should not be equated with digital badges that are used solely as a part of gamification efforts aimed at motivating users for different kinds of tasks; OBs differ in at least two significant ways. First, they allow learners to gather badges that originate from different sources (i.e., organizations acting as badge issuers), and to select and combine the earned badges into custom profiles suitable for the given occasion (e.g., job application). Second, OBs are self-sufficient in the sense that they carry all the information one would need to understand and value the achievement/status they refer to. All these novel and distinctive features have positioned OBs as suitable candidates for addressing some of the pressing challenges in the context of life-long and Web-based learning, including: i) recognition of learning in multiple and diverse locations and environments that go beyond traditional classrooms; ii) recognition of diverse kinds of skills and knowledge, including soft and general skills; iii) recognition of alternative forms of assessment; iv) the need for transparent and easily verifiable digital credentials. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Open Badges (OBs) are rapidly gaining traction among educational practitioners as well as education-oriented companies and non-profit organizations. However, so far, there have been only a few research studies aimed at validating the propositions related to OBs. This indicates an obvious need for higher engagement of the research community in order to assure a deeper understanding of not only OBs and their potential roles, but also the larger educational ecosystem within which they operate and evolve. Considering everything stated above, this workshop would welcome submissions on some of the topics from the following (though not restrictive) list: * OBs as a motivational mechanism * OBs as a mean to support and promote participatory learning practices * OBs as a mean to support and recognize alternative assessment * OBs as a mean to recognize prior learning * OBs as a mean to facilitate charting of learning trajectories * OBs as a facilitator of self-regulated learning * OBs as a mean for building and maintaining learner's profile (portfolio) * Implementation of OBs in different kinds of educational settings (formal, non-formal, informal) * Software systems and tools for the implementation and deployment of OBs * Technical challenges in enabling the intended functionalities of OBs SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ========================== We welcome the following types of contributions: * Short (up to 5 pages) and full (up to 10 pages) research papers, * Poster abstracts and system demonstrations (should not exceed 2 pages). All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format at * https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=obie2014 All the submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway * Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada * Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== * Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA * Simon Cross, The Open University, UK * Elizabeth Dalton, University of New Hampshire, USA * Rebecca Galley, The Open University, UK * Sheryl Grant, Duke University, USA * Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths University of London, UK * Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida, USA * Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Michael R. Olneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * Razvan Rughinis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania * Jose Luis Santos Odriozola, KU Leuven, Belgium * Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Felicia M. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA For further questions please contact the organisers via *** obie2014[at]easychair.org *** Sheryl Grant Director of Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition sheryl.grant(a)duke.edu Duke University 114 South Buchanan Blvd. Smith Warehouse Durham, NC 27708

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CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book "Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction"
by Christian Fuchs 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Critical Political Economy of Communications – A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per e-mail to christian.fuchs(a)uti.at Abstract If we take the late 1960s as a starting point an explicitly defined ‘critical political economy of communications’ is fifty years old. How salient today are the core concerns that shaped this tradition? What are the emergent themes in contemporary critical media studies? Jonathan Hardy will discuss his book-length review of critical political economists’ work (Hardy, Jonathan. Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction. London: Routledge.), and reflect on what their approaches can offer for contemporary investigations into the problems of the media. Biography Dr Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the author of Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming; Cross-Media Promotion (Peter Lang, 2010), Western Media Systems (Routledge, 2008) and writes on media, marketing communications, regulation and policy. He is Secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a UK media reform group.

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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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