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Call for article submissions - Innovations in the Newsroom - The Journal of Media Innovations
by Charles Ess 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Dear AoIRists, With the usual regrets for duplications - please distribute and cross-post as seems useful. Call for submissions to The Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 1, issue 2. The Journal of Media Innovations is an open access, peer-reviewed, cross-disciplinary journal that explores media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. Each issue of The Journal includes academic articles, research briefs, and book reviews. All candidate submissions are peer reviewed; published articles usually go through at least one cycle of revision in light of reviewers¹ and the editorial team¹s comments and suggestions. Please see the inaugural issue <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/index> for examples. We invite submissions to the upcoming issue, on the theme of Innovations in the newsroom, <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/announcement/view/257>. The issues focuses on how news media meet contemporary challenges of changing user behaviour, threatened revenue models and restructuring processes through Innovation. Submissions should focus on one or more of the following topics: - Changing journalistic practices, e.g., computer assisted journalism, public or participatory journalism, social media - Changing production routines - Changing journalistic ethics and norms - Changing forms of funding, e.g., crowd funding, pay walls, entrepreneurial journalism - Changing organizational forms - Sources of and/or obstacles to innovation in news media Submission date: 15. April 2014. Publication date: 30. September 2014. Please visit our website <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/index> and follow the steps for online submissions: <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/about/submissions#onlineSubmiss ions> Inquiries may be directed to Karoline A. Ihlebæk, Editorial Assistant: <k.a.ihlebak(a)media.uio.no> On behalf of our editorial team and Editorial Board, Charles Ess, Editor, JMI Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no

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CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014: papers due 20 May
by Marcus Foth 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014 November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark At the Media Architecture Biennale in 2014 we explore the emergence of new kinds of “World Cities” through media architecture. In this context, encounters may occur when media architecture is realized and people experience and interact with it, e.g. when public spaces and urban environments and the practices they shape are influenced by elements of media architecture; it may also occur as new platforms give rise to new opportunities for shaping systems and surroundings. IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS Papers submission deadline: May 20 Notification of acceptance: July 30 Camera-ready submission: Aug 30 Conference: Nov 19-22 2014 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Expression of interest: Aug 1 Submission deadline: Aug 30 WORKSHOPS Expression of interest: 27 April EXHIBITIONS (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) STUDENTS COMPETITION (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) TOPICS We consider media architecture as an inclusive term that encompasses encounters and intersections between digital technologies and our physical surroundings. We invite papers that present and discuss novel contributions to media architecture both on a practical and theoretical level and that further our understanding of the field through case studies, design approaches, and best practices. We expect contributions to critically explore a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: - How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media - Social and Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture - Participatory Architecture & City Planning - Spatial Locative Media - Case Studies of Specific Projects - Future Trends and Prototypes - Media Facades and Urban Displays - Interaction Techniques and Interfaces- Critical and Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture - Design Processes and Methods SUBMISSION DETAILS The conference invites research presentations from both academia and industry: * We invite both short and long papers. Submitted papers should be a maximum of four and ten pages in length, for short and long papers respectively, in ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) * The papers should clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualize the authors’ work within the greater body of research. * Submissions should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN or DOI number. *Authors must provide a 30-word contribution statement for their paper upon submission. The contribution statement should explain the contribution made by the paper to the Media Architecture community. *Papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple members of a program committee consisting of experts in a range of disciplines that shape media architecture. OUR VISION Building on the successful event in Aarhus 2012, Media Architecture Biennale 2014 brings together artists, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry who work with media, interactive technologies and the built environment. The 2014 Biennale comprises an academic conference track, exhibitions, and industry sessions, as well workshops. Our vision is to provide an excellent forum for debate and knowledge exchange; to of fer a unique opportunity that brings together the best minds and organizations; and to highlight state-of-the-art and experimental research in media architecture. THEME: Media Architecture and Cities of the World Media architecture is an increasingly important digital layer in cities all over the world. It is a part of shopping malls, casinos, digital signs and commercials and it holds great potential as a mouthpiece for public voice and a peephole into the heart of government. The latter was exemplified when citizen reports and the municipality's case handlings were visualized on Aarhus' notable city hall tower during the Media Architecture Biennale 2012. It is also the case, when people in the streets of Berlin are invited to show their own animations using 144 lit-up windows in a central high-rise building, which happened in the iconic project Blinkenlights. No matter if it is in Aarhus, Copenhagen or Berlin – or in São Paulo, Sydney or Beijing – media architecture augments public space and creates new settings for life in the city. These new settings will be the focus of the Media Architecture Biennale 2014. The design of media architecture invites encounters between people, the built environment, and media space. It opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. As an emerging field, diverse perspectives are coming together in media architecture, and the challenges are as abundant as the opportunities. HOST Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: www.mab14.org Email: conference(a)mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending). COME AND JOIN US! ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University) Co-chair and founder Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute) Conference Programme Chairs Peter Dalsgaard (Aarhus University) & Ava Fatah gen Schieck (The Bartlett, UCL) Exhibition and Awards chairs/curators Gernot Tscherteu (realitylab.at) & Morten Lervig (CAVI, Aarhus University) Workshop Chairs Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney) & Alexander Wiethoff (Ludwig-Maximillians Universität München) Doctoral Consortium Chairs Søren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) Communication Chairs Lone Koefoed Hansen (Aarhus University) & Jen Stein (University of Southern California) Media and Communications Journalist Mette Stentoft (Aarhus) & designer Oleg Šuran (University of Split) Special Advisors Kim Halskov & Hank Haeusler -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au – @sunday9pm – http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J

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GENERATIVE JUSTICE CONFERENCE - CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
by Joly MacFie 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

http://www.3helix.rpi.edu/?page_id=4073 *Generative Justice:Value from the Bottom-up* *A conference at RPI, June 27-29 2014* Social problems are often addressed through the top-down forms of "distributive justice": intervention from government agencies and regulations for example. But science and technology innovations have opened new possibilities for "generative justice": bottom-up networks that strive for a more equitable and sustainable world through communitarian value generation. Some examples of generative justice involve lay innovation: maker spaces, DIY movements, and "appropriated" technologies. Other examples are more focused on nature as a generator of value, such as urban agriculture, food justice, and indigenous harvesting. Some focus on the framework of Open Source, putting code, blueprints and manufacturing processes into the public domain. Generative justice can apply to social entrepreneurship, restorative justice, community media, social solidarity economies, and many other structures that allow those who generate value to directly participate in its benefits, create their own conditions of production, and nurture sustainable paths for its circulation. We invite presentation and panel proposals on the theory and practice of generative justice. What theories of ethics, law, epistemology and politics can help to define this concept and improve its utility? What research methods are best used to explore it, and in what analytic frameworks can it be deployed? Are the relations between distributive and generative justice best viewed as opposite ends of a continuum? As mutually supportive symbiosis? How might generative justice experiences and outcomes differ across identities such as race, gender, class, and sexual orientation; across geographic and national differences; across ideological and institutional spectrums? How can we distinguish generative justice from bottom-up forms of exploitation, oppression, or unsustainable ecologies? What kinds of technologies and scientific programs might foster more generative justice, and conversely, how might generative justice contribute to better STEM education, research, and infrastructure? (For more see the Generative Justice wiki<http://generativejustice.wikispaces.com/home> ) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Deadline Extended: CFP: 2015 MLA Session: Writing for Algorithms
by Martin Wagner 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

Writing for Algorithms DEADLINE EXTENDED Special Session at the 2015 Modern Language Association (MLA) Convention (January 8-11, Vancouver, Canada) Writing, as it is practiced by bloggers and spammers, no longer exclusively addresses humans, but also the algorithms of search engines and email filters. In a similar way, a new generation of students at colleges throughout the country learns to adapt their essays to the criteria of automated grading apps. For the first time in history, we human readers are no longer the sole audience of the written text. What is the effect of this expansion of audience on human readers who experience, consciously or otherwise, their expulsion from the center of the textual universe? How does the emerging writing for algorithms change the landscape of traditional training in composition and poetics? Which new insights about the fundamental structures of relevance, coherence, and authenticity in linguistic communication can we gain from the struggle between spammers and the software engineers at Google & Co.? The panel seeks to answer these questions by combining contributions from a wide range of possible theoretical and professional backgrounds, including, but not limited to, rhetoric, linguistics, literary theory, media studies, journalism, and programming. Please send a proposal of up to 250 words for a 15-minute presentation by March 22, 2014 to martin.wagner(a)yale.edu. For more information see: www.writingforalgorithms.org

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Social Networking and Communities: CFP HICSS
by Karine Nahon 16 Mar '14

16 Mar '14

CFP: HICSS Social Networking And Community Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48 January 5-8, 2015, Grand Hyatt, Kauai, Hawaii PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm ORGANIZERS Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University, gruzd(a)dal.ca<mailto:gruzd@dal.ca> (Primary Contact) Karine Nahon, University of Washington, karineb(a)uw.edu<mailto:karineb@uw.edu> Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia, c.haythorn(a)ubc.ca<mailto:c.haythorn@ubc.ca> Twitter: #hicss_snc This HICSS minitrack has been ongoing since 2003 under various titles. Papers address the interrelationship between social media and communities in all aspects of our (online and offline) lives. We call for papers that address research, theory, practice, and/or policy around our new interlinkages via social media in support of communities of practice, inquiry, and interest for business, political, social, learning, and gaming initiatives and outcomes. In the past, this minitrack has been in the Internet and Digital Economy Track. Due to its overwhelming success, the minitrack has become a founding part of the new Track: Digital and Social Media. In previous years, the minitrack has been among the largest at the conference, and ‘best papers’ from the minitrack have often received the ‘Best Paper in Track’ awards. We call for papers that address issues of online communities of practice, inquiry and interest created in the interest of political, educational, business, social and/or gaming pursuits, and with attention to how online community building and management contribute to success in these endeavors. Papers are welcomed that address wholly online communities, as well as those that address the interplay between online and offline means of interaction; the use of single media, as well as those that address the way different media support community practice; and community, as well as crowd-based collectives online. Examples of possible interdisciplinary topics of interest in these contexts include, but are not limited to the following: Social, political and/or economic impact of social media Crowds and Communities as sociological phenomenon in the digital economy Community development and community informatics Design, development, and user studies of social media Design of online crowds and/or communities of practice, inquiry or interest Online learning communities: structures, implementations, and practices Serious leisure online Organizational behavior of communities Behavior in online gaming communities Social network studies and analyses of online crowds and communities Mobile applications, services and use for and by online communities Case studies and topologies of online communities Case studies and analyses of the rise and fall of social network sites and online communities Theoretical models of online crowds and communities, social media use, etc. Models and cases of synergies and/or conflicts between offline and online worlds Critical perspectives on social media and local and/or virtual community Research methods for the study of social networking and community ABOUT HICSS CONFERENCES http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm HICSS conferences are devoted to the most relevant advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Accepted papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those selected for presentation are included in the Conference Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society and maintained in the IEEE Digital Library. How to Submit a Paper: Follow Author Instructions<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_44/apahome44.htm> posted on the conference web site: http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm HICSS papers must contain original material. They may not have been previously published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. All submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process. Abstracts are optional, but recommended. You may contact the Minitrack Chair(s) for guidance or verification of content. Submit a paper to only one Minitrack. If a paper is submitted to more than one minitrack, then either paper may be rejected by either minitrack without consultation with author or other chairs. If you are not sure of the appropriate Minitrack, submit an abstract to the Track Chair(s) for determination, and/or seek informal opinion(s) of Minitrack Chair(s) before submitting. Do not author or co-author more than 5 papers. This means that an individual may be listed as author or co-author on no more than 5 submitted papers. Track Chairs must approve any names added after submission or acceptance on August 15. IMPORTANT DEADLINES FOR AUTHORS FOR HICSS 48 June 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FULL MANUSCRIPTS FOR REVIEW as instructed. The review is double-blind; therefore, this initial submission must be without author names. Aug 15, 2014 -- Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. It is very important that at least one author of each accepted paper attend the conference. Therefore, all travel guarantees – including visa or your organization’s fiscal funding procedures – should begin immediately. Make sure your server accepts the review system address https://precisionconference.com/~hicss. Sept 15, 2014 -- SUBMIT FINAL PAPER. Add author names to your paper, and submit your Final Paper for Publication to the site provided in your Acceptance Notice. (This URL is not public knowledge.) Oct 1, 2014 -- EARLY REGISTRATION FEE DEADLINE. At least one author of each paper should register by this date in order secure publication in the Proceedings. Fees will increase on Oct 2 and Dec 2. Oct 15, 2014 -- Papers without at least one paid-in-full registered author may be deleted from the Proceedings and not scheduled for presentation; authors will be so notified by the Conference Office.

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CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR/NEW MEDIA
by info＠interculturalnewmedia.com 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Hello Air-L members, Please consider submitting your papers( and distributing this call to graduate students) by June 9, 2014 for the NCA Honors Graduate Student Seminar sponsored by Sage Publications and the NCA International and Intercultural Communication Division. The theme of the seminar is New Media and Intercultural Communication. It will take place at the November, 2014 NCA conference in Chicago; finalists will receive monetary awards and a good deal of recognition. It is open to any currently enrolled MA or Ph.D student. Please see "call" included below and the attachment. Robert Shuter, Visiting Professor, Hugh Downs School of Communication/Professor, Marquette University Coordinator, NCA IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar CALL FOR PAPERS: NCA IICD HONORS GRADUATE STUDENT SEMINAR The International and Intercultural Communication Division (IICD) of the National Communication Association, in partnership with Sage Publications, proudly announces the first IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar to be held at the 2014 NCA conference in Chicago. The theme of the seminar is Intercultural Communication and New Media and will feature competitively selected papers of currently enrolled MA and Ph.D students in communication and allied fields (multiple authors permitted but all must be currently enrolled graduate students at the time of paper submission). Intercultural new media research is an emerging and important new area of intercultural communication and consists of multiple dimensions including ( but not limited to) how new media impact intercultural communication theory (i.e. cultural adaptation/dialogue/competence/identity), how culture influences the social uses of new media, and in what ways new media affect culture. Papers will be reviewed and selected by top scholars who will also serve as scholar respondents during the honors seminar. The honors seminar will be conducted on Saturday, November 22. 2014 from 2:00PM to 5PM at the NCA conference in the Conrad Hilton, Chicago. The seminar will be followed by an IICD reception honoring the participants. Graduate students selected for participation will receive a monetary award as well as IICD honors graduate student certificates. To be considered, full papers (APA including 200 word abstract with title) are due no later than June 9, 2014. Each paper should be no more than 25 pages including references; author(s) name, contact information, and student status (MA or Ph.D and university) should be included on separate title page and sent in a separate file. Finalists will be contacted and announced by July 25, 2014. Papers should be sent electronically to the Coordinator of the IICD Honors Graduate Student Seminar: Robert Shuter, Professor, Marquette University, Diederich College of Communication and Visiting Professor, Arizona State University, Hugh Downs School of Communication:[1]robert.shuter@marquette. edu -------- Original Message -------- Subject: [Air-L] FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation From: Nikolaos Thomopoulos <[2]tranth(a)leeds.ac.uk> Date: Sat, March 15, 2014 10:47 am To: "[3]air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <[4]air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this blog: [5]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 Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 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 [6]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' [7]www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize _______________________________________________ The [8]Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers [9]http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: [10]http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: [11]http://www.aoir.org/ References 1. https://emarq.marquette.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=to1FAknkiEyhZmdlSUkCoGNlHuI4FN… 2. mailto:tranth@leeds.ac.uk 3. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org 4. mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org 5. http://sgICTregion.wordpress.com/ 6. mailto:sgICTregion@gmail.com 7. http://www.its.leeds.ac.uk/queensprize 8. mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org 9. http://aoir.org/ 10. http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org 11. http://www.aoir.org/

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FINAL REMINDER: Call for Abstracts - RSA workshop invitation
by Nikolaos Thomopoulos 15 Mar '14

15 Mar '14

Dear Air-L members, this is the final reminder of the call for abstracts for a workshop which may be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-postings. You may find the RSA workshop invitation along with the Call For Abstracts (250w - DEADLINE: 22nd March) at this 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 Workshop dates: 5th - 6th June 2014 Abstract submission deadline: 22nd March 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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US to relinquish Internet control
by Richard Forno 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

I suspect there will be interesting times ahead for us net research folks. —rick U.S. aims to give up control over Internet administration By Craig Timberg, U.S. officials announced plans Friday to relinquish federal government control over the administration of the Internet, a move likely to please international critics but alarm some business leaders and others who rely on smooth functioning of the Web. Pressure to let go of the final vestiges of U.S. authority over the system of Web addresses and domain names that organize the Internet has been building for more than a decade and was supercharged by the backlash to revelations about National Security Agency surveillance last year. “The timing is right to start the transition process,” said Lawrence E. Strickling, assistant secretary of commerce for communications and information. “We look forward to ICANN convening stakeholders across the global Internet community to craft an appropriate transition plan.” The practical consequences of the decision were not immediately clear, but it could alleviate rising global complaints that the United States essentially controls the Web and takes advantage of its oversight role to help spy on the rest of the world. < — > http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/us-to-relinquish-remainin… --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it.

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CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

CFP: HICSS Social Media & Learning Minitrack Chairs: Maarten de Laat, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Shane Dawson & Dan Suthers Track: Digital and Social Media Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) 48, January 5-8, 2015, Kauai, HI http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ http://www.open.ou.nl/rslmlt/HICSS_CFP_SocialMedia&Learning.htm FULL PAPERS DUE: June 15, 2014 via the HICSS conference system http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm This minitrack calls for papers that address leading edge innovation, research methods and design to analyze and support learning through digital and social media. The ability to generate and maintain rich networked connections through social media, social networking, crowdsourcing, cloud technology, and social computing has a profound impact on the way we solve problems, learn, innovate and develop our identities, and the value this creates for individuals and groups. This minitrack will bring together state of the art research that furthers social theories of learning (such as networked learning, learning analytics, collaborative learning, viral learning, and social capital) situated in formal, non-formal and informal learning settings such as schools, higher education, organizations, workplace, leisure, communities and crowds. We call for papers that use, analyze and/or develop technologies, practices, and policies that examine social media and learning. We use the term 'social media' broadly to include many ways of interacting online and many forms of organizing online. We also use the term to include use of multiple media and welcome studies that address use across multiple platforms. We specifically welcome papers that address new and exciting areas of research in the potential of social media for new forms of learning, and the potential value social media creates for connectivity, development, and knowledge growth. ORGANIZERS Maarten de Laat, Open University of the Netherlands maarten.delaat(a)ou.nl Caroline Haythornthwaite, University of British Columbia c.haythorn(a)ubc.ca Shane Dawson, University of South Australia shane.dawson(a)unisa.edu.au Dan Suthers, University of Hawaii suthers(a)hawaii.edu

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Beware IR14-related predatory journal emails
by Daren Brabham 14 Mar '14

14 Mar '14

A public service announcement to members of this list who might be getting similar emails today from David Publishing Company about a paper you presented last year at AoIR. I received this crappy email (below) from the “Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication,” a product of David Publishing Company. It’s the typical mass form email many predatory open access publishers send to try to get you to pay-to-publish in their poor quality, will-never-count-for-tenure publications. This time they’re referencing my Ignite talk from last year’s AoIR, which wasn’t really a paper anyway (it’s a distillation from my book). Many things wrong with this email: - They claim to be indexed with EBSCO and other databases, but I’m almost certain this can’t be true - Being catalogued by the Library of Congress is not a notable thing. Anyone can file an application for an ISSN with LoC. - “We will charge some publication fee if the paper is published in our journal,” and of course the paper will be accepted, even if it’s gibberish or unscientific, and the fee will be hundreds or possibly a few thousand dollars. - Peer review time is 2-3 weeks, which is highly unusual. Anyway, to those of you not keeping up with the discussion of predatory open access journals are about, I recommend Jeffrey Beall’s list, where David Publishing is listed: http://scholarlyoa.com/publishers/ For those of you who get invited to review, serve on editorial boards, or publish in these kinds of journals, please use good judgment. For every good scholar they rope in to publish with them or serve on an editorial board, they use that fact to further confuse other scholars (and new researchers and grad students) who may not be as savvy about how to tell good journals from bad ones. And if you want a non-predatory open access publishing experience in Internet studies, you’ll find many respectable journals of that stripe listed here: http://aoir.wikia.com/wiki/Journals_for_Internet_Research Cheers, db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication | www.csscjournal.org University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (213) 740-2007 office | (801) 633-4796 cell brabham(a)usc.edu | www.darenbrabham.com ================================================================================================ Begin forwarded craptastic email below ================================================================================================ From: journalism [mailto:journalism@davidpublishing.org] Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 10:52 PM To: brabham Subject: Call for Papers-IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers From Knowledge to Wisdom Journalism and Mass Communication Print ISSN: 2160-6579 Current Volume: 1/2014 Dear Dr. Daren C. Brabham, This is the Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication (ISSN 2160-6579), a professional journal published across the United States by David Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, USA. I am pleased to learn you have submitted the paper titled The Four Approaches to Crowdsourcing to IR14-The 14th Annual Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers. We are very interested in your research, if the paper mentioned has not been published in other journal, please feel free to send electronic version to us. And all your other original and unpublished papers are welcome. If you are interested in our journal, we also want to invite some people to be our reviewers or become our editorial board members. You can send your CV to us. Expect to get your reply soon. The below is more information on our journal and some guidelines for you and you can know our journal at http://www.davidpublishing.com/journals_info.asp?jId=418 Descriptions The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication, a professional scholarly peer-reviewed academic journal, commits itself to promoting the academic communication about recent developments on Journalism and Mass Communication, covers all sorts of research on journalism, radio and television journalism, new media, news ethics and regulations, the integration of media and culture and other relevant areas, and tries to provide a platform for experts and scholars worldwide to exchange their latest findings. The Journal of Journalism and Mass Communication is collected and indexed by the Library of U.S. Congress, on whose official website (http://catalog.loc.gov) an on-line inquiry can be triggered with their publication numbers, ISSN2160--6579 respectively, as keywords in “Basic Search” column. In addition, the journal is retrieved by some renowned databases: ★ Google Scholar ★ Database of EBSCO, Massachusetts, USA ★ Chinese Database of CEPS, American Federal Computer Library center (OCLC), USA ★ Chinese Scientific Journals Database, VIP Corporation, Chongqing, P. R. China ★ Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, USA ★ Pro Quest Social Science Collection, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), USA ★ Summon Serials Solutions, USA ★Universe Digital Library S/B, Malaysia ★Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD), Norway Guidelines for Authors 1. Submission of Manuscript: The manuscript should be original, and has not been published previously. Do not submit material that is currently being considered by another journal. The manuscript should be in MS Word format, submitted as an email attachment to our email address: journalism(a)davidpublishing.com; journalism(a)davidpublishing.org 2. Some requirements : Manuscripts may be 3000-12000 words or longer if approved by the editor, including an abstract, texts, tables, footnotes, appendixes, and references. The title should be on page 1 and not exceed 15 words, and should be followed by an abstract of 100-200 words. 3-5 keywords or key phrases are required. 3. Transfer of Copyright Agreement: Authors of the articles being accepted are required to sign up the Transfer of Copyright Agreement form. 4. Hard Copies: Author will receive 2 hard copies of the journal containing their articles. 5. Publication Fee: We will charge some fee if the paper is published in our journal. Editorial Procedures All papers considered appropriate for this journal are reviewed anonymously by at least two outside reviewers. The review process usually takes two to three weeks. Papers are accepted for publication subject to no substantive, stylistic editing. The editor reserves the right to make any necessary changes in the papers, or request the author to do so, or reject the paper submitted. A copy of the edited paper along with the first proofs will be sent to the author for proofreading. They should be corrected and returned to the editor within seven days. Once the final version of the paper has been accepted, authors are requested not to make further changes to the text. 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