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2nd CfP: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing due 1 June 2014
by Marcus Foth 05 May '14

05 May '14

Transdisciplinary Approaches to Urban Computing Special Issue of the International Journal of Human-Computer Studies (IJHCS) http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP edited by Hannu Kukka, University of Oulu Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology Sebastian Boring, University of Copenhagen Anind K. Dey, Carnegie Mellon University tauc.editors(a)gmail.com Deadline for submissions: 1st June 2014 DESCRIPTION The research field of urban computing – defined as “the integration of computing, sensing, and actuation technologies into everyday urban settings and lifestyles” [1] – considers the design and use of ubiquitous computing technology in public and shared urban environments. Its impact on cities, buildings, and spaces evokes innumerable kinds of change [2]. Embedded into our everyday lived environments, urban computing technologies have the potential to alter the meaning of physical space, and affect the activities performed in those spaces. In this special issue, we invite contributions to a multi-themed discussion of various aspects that make up the, at times, messy and certainly transdisciplinary field of urban computing and urban informatics. The starting point for the proposed special issue is a call for a more transdisciplinary approach to the design and evaluation of urban computing systems that regards these systems as holistic, organic and evolving constructs comprising three interrelated components: people, place, technology. Following Nicolescu [3], we use the term transdisciplinarity to signify the positioning of urban computing research at once between different disciplines, across these disciplines, and beyond all discipline. The term differs from the related concepts of multidisciplinarity, where a topic is studied by several disciplines that are in service of a base discipline, and interdisciplinarity, where methods from one discipline are transferred to another. Looking at urban computing from a transdisciplinary perspective is useful in that a large methodological and theoretical gap exists in much of the current literature. Often, the epistemological, methodological, theoretical, and practical contributions of relevant fields of study (e.g., computer science, architecture and design, and social sciences) do not connect to form a solid basis for the advancement of cities and city life. Despite the inherent complexity and transdisciplinary nature of urban computing as a subject of study, few such efforts have been undertaken. However, moving the field forward requires explorations of the opportunities and challenges inherent in truly transdisciplinary work by researchers from several interrelated fields of study coming together to design, build, and evaluate urban computing systems. In the proposed special issue we call for contributions from both practical and theoretical points of view discussing the practice and promise of transdisciplinary work in the field of urban computing and urban informatics. Specifically, we hope to elicit contributions from researchers in the various fields closely related to urban computing such as computer science, social sciences (e.g., cultural anthropology), and architecture and urban design. We envision the following contributions: (1) experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings, reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner; and (2) theoretical/conceptual discussions on the merits of understanding the topic not only from a technological perspective, taking into consideration the various interrelated disciplines and fields of study. The proposed topic is timely and significant, since more and more explorations are conducted “at large” or "in-the-wild,” i.e. outside traditional research laboratory settings. This move from controlled laboratories to messy real-life environments is far from trivial, and requires an integrated approach that both takes into account and respects the inherent transdisciplinarity that carrying out high quality research in such settings requires. Hence, contributions in the proposed special issue should be of interest to a large and varied audience of researchers and practitioners who either already do research “in-the-wild,” or hope to transition to such work in the future. REFERENCES [1] Kindberg, C., Chalmers, M., Paulos, E. (2007) Guest Editor’s Introduction: Urban Computing. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 6(3), 18-20. [2] Fuller, M. (2013) Foreword. In: Throughout: Art and Culture Emerging with Ubiquitous Computing. MIT Press. [3] Nicolescu, B. (2001) Manifesto of Transdisciplinarity. Translated from French by Karen-Claire Voss. State of New York Press: New York. AIMS AND SCOPE The aim of this Special Issue is to present high quality, original, manuscripts related to the issue of transdisciplinary approaches to the field of urban computing. Manuscripts must be original, but significant expansions and revisions of papers recently presented at conferences and workshops will be considered. Possible topics include but are not limited to: • Experience reports on transdisciplinary projects in real-life urban settings • Reporting results from urban computing studies conducted in a transdisciplinary manner • Theoretical/conceptual discussions on the need for / the advancement of transdisciplinary work We are looking to publish a mix (roughly 50/50) of papers with a theoretical and practical contribution, depending of course on the number and types of submissions we receive. PAPER SUBMISSION Deadline: manuscripts are due 1st June 2014 but early submissions are encouraged. All contributions will be rigorously peer reviewed to the usual exacting standards of the IJHCS journal. Further information, including submission procedures and advice on formatting and preparing your manuscript, can be found at: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/international-journal-of-human-computer-st… Manuscripts are submitted via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at: http://ees.elsevier.com/ijhcs/ To discuss a possible contribution, please contact the special issue editors at: tauc.editors(a)gmail.com For more information please visit: http://bit.ly/TAUC-CfP -- 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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Re: [Air-L] Looking for research on the negative well-being effects of News Feed browsing
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 05 May '14

05 May '14

Hi Galen If you're getting responses to this question off-list, I'd be interested in seeing them, as this idea seems to echo a popular (negative) frame for social media and I've often wondered what's cause and effect here. (Especially given that many studies use US college students as their sole respondents...) Below are the closest citations in my list (Sure someone in this group will have better ones...) Plus -you might want to ask this question in the group Facebook in the social sciences https://www.facebook.com/groups/218411394935203/ (if you're on Facebook) Oldmeadow, J.A., Quinn, S. and Kowert, K. (2012). Attachment style, social skills, and Facebook use amongst adults. Computers in Human Behavior, xxx (2012) xxx–xxx Schwartz, H., Eichstaedt, J., Kern, M., Dziurzynski, L., Ramones, S. et al. (2013). Personality, Gender, and Age in the Language of Social Media: The Open-Vocabulary Approach. PLoS ONE 8(9): e73791. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0073791 De Choudhury, M., Monroy-Hernández, A. and Mark, G. (2014). “Narco” Emotions: Affect and Desensitization in Social Media during the Mexican Drug War. To be presented at CHI 2014, April 26 - May 01 2014, Toronto, Canada. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2556288.2557197 I hope this provokes a better rewsponse to your query -Ella Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Date: Thu, 1 May 2014 17:47:54 -0700 From: Galen Panger <gpanger(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Looking for research on the negative well-being effects of News Feed browsing Message-ID: <CAKK1QYUug=SAEPZpVyr9YCX6zHfNw3YZCF-TnBg+2WGCt1h9aQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Hi everyone (this is my first post to air-l!), I've been doing a bit of work looking into the finding by a few researchers including Burke et al. that News Feed browsing (and other forms of passive consumption in social networks) leads to lower well-being outcomes. Am trying to expand my horizons on the work that's been done exploring the possible causes of this effect; in interviews with Facebook users, for example, I've heard people talk about feeling like time on FB is wasted, or like they're seeing another (unattractive, irritating) side of their friends. Then, more academically, are suggestions that social comparison (everyone's cheery and accomplished and I compare unfavorably with that) or social transparency (I can see when my friends are hanging out without me) might also play a role. Google Scholar searches and the like haven't turned up much for me, but maybe (probably) I'm missing something?does anyone have work in this area that they can point me to, or suggestions of good work by others? I'd greatly appreciate some help expanding my understanding of the literature in this area. Thanks and best regards, Galen -- galen(a)ischool.berkeley.edu Ella Taylor-Smith Institute for Informatics and Digital Innovation Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm Edinburgh Napier University offers industry informed courses and 92.3% of our graduates are in work or further study within six months of leaving. With over 17,000 students from over 110 countries, we are an international university and are also proud to be the largest UK provider of higher education in Hong Kong. In 2014, we are celebrating 50 years since we opened our doors as Napier Technical College. This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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now out: Reading Writing Interfaces | From the Digital to the Bookbound
by Lori Emerson 04 May '14

04 May '14

Dear colleagues, I hope you don't mind me announcing the publication of my book _Reading Writing Interfaces: From the Digital to the Bookbound_, now out from University of Minnesota Press's Electronic Mediations series. Once again, as these things go, I'm hoping to line up reviews - please do let me know if you're either interested in writing a review or please feel free to pass on this information to any interested colleagues/students. The press information is here: http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/reading-writing-interfaces Table of Contents: Introduction Chapter 1: Indistinguishable From Magic | Invisible Interfaces and Digital Literature as Demystifier Chapter 2: From the Philosophy of the Open to the Ideology of the User-Friendly Chapter 3: Typewriter Concrete Poetry and Activist Media Poetics Chapter 4: The Fascicle as Process and Product Chapter 5: Postscript | The Googlization of Literature Works Cited And excerpt from Chapter Two, "From the Philosophy of the Open to the Ideology of the User-Friendly," is available here: http://loriemerson.net/2013/02/02/from-the-philosophy-of-the-open-to-the-id… yours, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com

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New paperback: Critique, Social Media and the Information Society (ed. Christian Fuchs, Marisol Sandoval)
by Christian Fuchs 03 May '14

03 May '14

New paperback: Fuchs, Christian and Marisol Sandoval, eds. 2014. Critique, Social Media and the Information Society. New York: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-415-72108-0. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/critique-social-media-and-the-information-society/ This book is an outcome of the 4th ICTs and Society Conference “Critique, Democracy, and Philosophy in 21st Century Information Society: Towards Critical Theories of Social Media” (May 2-4, 2012, Uppsala Univeristy, Sweden) Read the introduction: Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval - Critique, Social Media and the Information Society in the Age of Capitalist Crisis http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/intro.pdf In times of global capitalist crisis we are witnessing a return of critique in the form of a surging interest in critical theories (such as the critical political economy of Karl Marx) and social rebellions as a reaction to the commodification and instrumentalization of everything. On one hand, there are overdrawn claims that social media (Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, etc) have caused uproars in countries like Tunisia and Egypt. On the other hand, the question arises as to what actual role social media play in contemporary capitalism, crisis, rebellions, the strengthening of the commons, and the potential creation of participatory democracy. The commodification of everything has resulted also in a commodification of the communication commons, including Internet communication that is today largely commercial in character. This book deals with the questions of what kind of society and what kind of Internet are desirable, how capitalism, power structures and social media are connected, how political struggles are connected to social media, what current developments of the Internet and society tell us about potential futures, how an alternative Internet can look like, and how a participatory, commons-based Internet and a co-operative, participatory, sustainable information society can be achieved. With contributions by Andrew Feenberg, Catherine McKercher, Christian Fuchs, Graham Murdock, Gunilla Bradley, Jernej Amon Prodnik, Margareta Melin, Marisol Sandoval, Mark Andrejevic, Nick Dyer-Witheford, Peter Dahlgren, Robert Prey, Sebastian Sevignani, Thomas Allmer, Tobias Olsson, Verena Kreilinger, Vincent Mosco, Wolfgang Hofkirchner. Contents 1. Christian Fuchs and Marisol Sandoval Introduction: Critique, Social Media and the Information Society in the Age of Capitalist Crisis Part I: Critical Studies of the Information Society 2. Christian Fuchs Critique of the Political Economy of Informational Capitalism and Social Media 3. Wolfgang Hofkirchner Potentials and Risks for Creating a Global Sustainable Information Society 4. Sebastian Sevignani, Robert Prey, Marisol Sandoval, Thomas Allmer, Jernej Amon Prodnik and Verena Kreilinger Critical Studies of Contemporary Informational Capitalism: The Perspective of Emerging Scholars 5. Gunilla Bradley Social Informatics and Ethics: Towards the Good Information and Communication Society Part II: Critical Internet- and Social Media-Studies 6. Andrew Feenberg Great Refusal or Long March: How to Think About the Internet 7. Graham Murdock Producing Consumerism: Commodities, Ideologies, Practices 8. Marisol Sandoval Social Media?: The Unsocial Character of Capitalist Media 9. Nick Dyer-Witheford The Global Worker and the Digital Front 10. Mark Andrejevic Alienation’s Returns 11. Peter Dahlgren Social Media and Political Participation: Discourse and Deflection 12. Tobias Olsson “The Architecture of Participation”: For Citizens or Consumers? Part III: Critical Studies of Communication Labour 13. Catherine McKercher Precarious Times, Precarious Work: A Feminist Political Economy of Freelance Journalists in Canada and the United States 14. Margareta Melin Flight as Fight: Re-Negotiating the Work of Journalism 15. Vincent Mosco Marx is Back, But Will Knowledge Workers of the World Unite?: On the Critical Study of Labour, Media and Communication Today

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ICA preconference: Sharing - A keyword for the digital age
by Nicholas John 03 May '14

03 May '14

** Apologies for cross-posting ** ICA preconference: Sharing - A keyword for the digital age If you're attending the ICA conference in Seattle, you may be especially interested in the preconference, Sharing: A keyword for the digital age. A bunch of internet scholars (but not only) will be presenting a fascinating range of papers that interrogate the rich and evocative concept of sharing. You can view the program here: http://sharing2014.wordpress.com You can sign up here: https://www.icahdq.org/shopping/Default.asp (attending a preconference doesn’t obligate you to attend the main ICA conference) Some details: Cost - $70, which includes coffee breaks, lunch and transport to and from the Sheraton Seattle Hotel Date - Thursday, 22 May, 2014, from about 9-5 Location - University of Washington ____________ Nicholas John Department of Communication, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel: +972-54-7906073 @nicholasajohn https://sites.google.com/site/smarthuji/people/faculty/dr-nicholas-john

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The Politics & Aesthetics of Posthumanism conference 16-20 May 2014 Tel Aviv, Israel
by Carmel Vaisman 03 May '14

03 May '14

Dear Colleagues, A few months ago I posted our CFP here and now i am excited to present the program of our posthumanism conference. As you will see, digital media is represented in a few panels in various ways and in discussion with various disciplines: http://oh-man-oh-machine.com/ If any of you happen to be "around" or know people that this might be relevant to them, please let them know - attendance is free of charge. Best Regards, Carmel Vaisman, PhD. http://www.absolutecarmel.com Twitter: @carmelva

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Webinars & discussions about qualitative online research
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 02 May '14

02 May '14

I am hosting an interactive, global online multi-platform extravaganza to celebrate the release of Qualitative Online Interviews, including free webinars, discussions and tweetchats about using e-interviews in research. Topics will include strategies for teaching online qualitative research methods, designing and conducting online studies, and e-research ethics. SCoPE, an online community of students and academics interested in educational technology research and practice, will host the Qualitative Online Interviews seminar from May 1 to 16. The SCoPE Moodle forum will be home base, a place to post and share resources, and have asynchronous dialogue. Visit SCoPE at http://bit.ly/1i7W73j for free registration, webinar log-in information and related resources. . Asynchronous Discussion Forum May 1-16: Teaching Digital Qualitative Interview Methods Designing an (Approvable) Study with Digital Qualitative Interview Methods Open Discussion with Q & A Webinars, May 5 and 12, and June 7: Monday, May 5, 2014 at 17:00:00 Fair and Good? Ethics and Quality in Online Interview Research Monday, May 12, 2014 at 17:00:00 See, Share, Create: Visual E-Interviews Saturday, June 7, 2014 at 15:00 Online Interviews for Active Online Learning Tweetchat, May 8: Thursday, May 8, 2014 at 14:00:00 5 Tips for Teaching E-Interview Methods (Tweet to #NSMNSS) e/merge Africa Events, July 21-25: Use What You Have: Online, Hybrid and Low-Bandwidth Options. Details TBA Vibrant Exchange with Event Partners! Collaborative partners will extend the reach and scope of global dialogue about potential and practices related to qualitative online interview research. They include the following. - e/merge Africa, an educational technology network that offers professional development and exchange for educators and students throughout Africa. - Integrating Technology for Active Lifelong Learning, or IT4ALL, offers professional development and exchange for global educators who use online technologies. - New Social Media, New Social Science or NSMNSS, a collaboration of the NatCen, Oxford Internet Institute and Sage Publications, addresses questions related to the implications of and methods for using social media in research. See you online! Janet *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business and Vision2Lead* Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter @einterview Coming soon from Sage!* Qualitative Online Interviews* PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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Looking for SurveyMonkey Users
by Shulman, Stu 02 May '14

02 May '14

We are looking for a few SurveyMonkey users with large surveys completed and stored that include open ended questions. We have just completed an integration that allows DiscoverText users to connect to SurveyMonkey to import data to perform text and metadata analytics. If you are willing to be a beta tester of the integration, we will sponsor your DiscoverText account for three months. Participants will be asked for periodic feedback about how well the integration works. One question might be: what is 'large' in this context? If you have 1,000+ responses, I'd call that large enough. It would be nice to find 1-2 folks with >5,000 responses. Thanks! ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman

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The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England is hiring a Research Assistant
by Nancy Baym 01 May '14

01 May '14

Microsoft Research (MSR) is looking for a Research Assistant for its Social Media Collective in the New England lab, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Social Media Collective consists of Nancy Baym, Mary Gray, Jessa Lingel, and Kevin Driscoll in Cambridge, and Kate Crawford and danah boyd in New York City, as well as faculty visitors and Ph.D. interns. The RA will be working directly with Nancy Baym, Kate Crawford and Mary Gray. An appropriate candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate and knowledgeable about the social and cultural implications of technology. Strong skills in writing, organisation and academic research are essential, as are time-management and multi-tasking. Minimal qualifications are a BA or equivalent degree in a humanities or social science discipline and some qualitative research training. Job responsibilities will include: - Sourcing and curating relevant literature and research materials - Producing literature reviews and/or annotated bibliographies - Coding ethnographic and interview data - Editing manuscripts - Working with academic journals on themed sections - Assisting with research project and event organization The RA will also get to collaborate on ongoing research and, while publication is not a guarantee, the RA will be encouraged to co-author papers while at MSR. The RAship will require 40 hours per week on site in Cambridge, MA, and remote collaboration with the researchers in the New York City lab. It is a 1-year only contractor position, paid hourly with flexible daytime hours. The start date will ideally be in late June, although flexibility is possible for the right candidate. This position is ideal for junior scholars who will be applying to PhD programs in Communication, Media Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Information Studies, and related fields and want to develop and hone their research skills before entering a graduate program. Current New England-based MA/PhD students are welcome to apply provided they can commit to 40 hours of on-site work per week. To apply, please send an email to Nancy Baym (baym(a)microsoft.com) with the subject "RA Application" and include the following attachments: - One-page (single-spaced) personal statement, including a description of research experience, interests, and professional goals - CV or resume - Writing sample (preferably a literature review or a scholarly-styled article) - Links to online presence (e.g., blog, homepage, Twitter, journalistic endeavors, etc.) - The names and emails of two recommenders We will begin reviewing applications on May 12 and will continue to do so until we find an appropriate candidate.

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See what our friends at NJEDge.Net have to say about the ELD Conference
by AJ Kelton 01 May '14

01 May '14

Less than a month until the 2014 Emerging Learning Design Conference. Check out what our Gold Partner NJEdge.net has to share about the event. http://njedge.net/emerging-learning-design-conference-2014/ -- ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- Emerging Learning Design 2014 http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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