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#WebSci14: CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
by Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

The 6th ACM Web Science Conference will be held 23-26 June 2014 on the beautiful campus of Indiana University, Bloomington. Web Science continues to focus on the study of information networks, social communities, organizations, applications, and policies that shape and are shaped by the Web. The WebSci14 program includes 29 paper presentations, 35 posters with lightening talks, a documentary, and keynotes by Dame Wendy Hall (U. of Southampton), JP Rangaswami (Salesforce.com) Laura DeNardis (American University) and Daniel Tunkelang (LinkedIn). Several workshops will be held in conjunction with the conference on topics such as Altmetrics, computational approaches to social modeling, the complex dynamics of the Web, the Web of scientific knowledge, interdisciplinary coups to calamities, Web Science education, Web observatories, and Cybercrime and Cyberwar. Conference attendees will have an opportunity to enjoy the exhibit Places & Spaces: Mapping Science, meant to inspire cross-disciplinary discussion on how to track and communicate human activity and scientific progress on a global scale. Finally, we will award prizes for the most innovative visualizations of Web data. For this data challenge, we are providing four large datasets that will remain publicly available to Web scientists. For more information on the program, registration, and a full schedule please visit http://WebSci14.org <http://websci14.org/> and follow us on Twitter (@WebSciConf) or like us on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/WebSci14) -- Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia ✎ 919 E 10th ∙ Bloomington 47408 IN ∙ USA ☞ http://www.inf.usi.ch/phd/ciampaglia/ ✆ +1 812 287-3471 ✉ gciampag(a)indiana.edu

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Second Call for Papers: HICSS 48 minitrack – Social Media and Location Information
by Jim T 03 Jun '14

03 Jun '14

Hi everyone, Britta and I wanted to remind folks that the deadline for paper submission is *June 15th *which is rapidly approaching. *Obligatory apologies for cross-posting.* *HICSS 48 minitrack – Social Media and Location Information* Jim Thatcher and Britta Ricker would like to announce and invite submission to a new minitrack at the HICSS 48 <http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/apahome48.htm> conference to be held this January 5-8, 2015 in Hawaii. The minitrack, *Social Media and Location Information <http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_48/Tracks/DSM/DSMLocation.pdf>, *is a sub-track of the *Digital and Social Media <http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/HICSS_48/Tracks/DigitalandSocialMedia.htm>* track. The Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) will be held at the Grand Hyatt Kauai <http://kauai.hyatt.com/en/hotel/home.html> (more information on the venue is here <http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/accommodation48.htm>). The conference CFP is found here <http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/48CFP-final.pdf>. In addition to the amazing venue, HICSS is one of the top conferences in paper citation index rating. Papers are peer-reviewed and all accepted papers are published in the IEEE Digital Library and made available for free to all parties. The conference attracts a diverse, transdisciplinary set of researchers and promotes lively, interactive sessions and the cross-pollination of ideas. *Our Call for Papers follows:* This minitrack focuses broadly on the location information generated through the use of digital and social media with a particular emphasis on how that information may be collected and interpreted to better understand how location and environment intersect with social, political, and economic forces. We would like to attract papers that examine social media through an explicitly spatial lens. These would include papers interested in the technical praxis of gathering and visualizing spatial information as well as theoretical papers exploring the generation, capture, use, and exchange of spatial information with respect to social science theory. We call for papers that address the production, capture, and study of location information in social media through both technical and theoretical perspectives. Papers are encouraged to address “location information” in a broad sense that includes both precise geolocated coordinates and more general expressions of space and place. This includes, *but is not limited to*, papers that: - Offer new technical solutions to the capture, interpretation, or visualization of spatial media; - Examine the epistemological and ontological effects of spatial social media upon users; - Present empirical work on the creation or consumption of spatial social media; - Advance our understanding of how spatial social media relate to social and political processes; - Present new work on the role of economic forces in the creation and use of spatial social media, for example, location-specific advertising; or - Explore spatial social media as a means of better understanding urban and non-urban environments. The deadline for submission is *June 15th. *Please take a look at the *author instructions.* <http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_48/authorinstructions.htm> If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact Jim or Britta. http://jimthatcher.net/?p=104

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The Post-Digital: Critical Responses, June 11th Creativity Zone, University of Sussex
by Kate O'Riordan 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

The Post-Digital: Critical Responses, June 11th Creativity Zone, University of Sussex Programme 12.30-1.00-Register 1-2.15 - Florian Cramer + discussant Sharif Mowlabocus 2.30-3.15-Panel 1–Feminism and technology after the digital (FemTechNet), Caroline Bassett, Sarah Kember, Kate O’Riordan 3.15-3.45-Break 3.45-4.30- Panel 2-Weird Commodities-art and theory for a post digital economy. David Garcia in conversation with Sally Jane Norman and Florian Cramer 4.35-5.50- Panel 3-Creative and critical responses to the post-digital: Cécile Chevalier with Mick Feltham, Nanette Hoogslag, Micheál O’Connell / Mocksim, Fernando Sobron, 5.50pm-7pm Reception and SusNet launch, Michael Bull and Aristea Fotopoulou All welcome - but please let me know in advance if you are attending. Kate O'Riordan

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inquiry on appendices from international handbook of internet research
by Jeremy hunsinger 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

As many of you know, Matt, Lisbeth and I are working on a second volume of the international handbook of internet research. In volume 1, we included 2 appendices that I thought might be of interest to the community. One was a self-reported standardized listing of degree programs that teach internet research/internet studies and the other was a self-reported standardized list of research centers, significant figures at the centers, and major research projects/trajectories of the centers. The thought when we created these appendices helped define the field of internet research and documented, in part, the field at the time. What i don't know is that anyone found those appendices useful and to what end people may have used them? I bring this up because it is possible to update and extend those listings, or even create new appendices with new information. So if you found them useful in some manner, please drop me a note letting me know your thoughts. thanks! -j -- jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso

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A New Issue from JVWR: Assembled 2014 is here
by Tzafnat Shpak 02 Jun '14

02 Jun '14

[image: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research] <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> We are happy to announce the publication of *a **NEW ISSUE* from the Journal of Virtual Worlds Research (JVWR): *Volume 7, Number 2: * *Assembled 2014* The editorial team: - *Samuel Cruz-Lara* - LORIA (UMR 7503) CNRS – INRIA, Université de Lorraine, France - *Sue Gregory* - University of New England, Australia - *Suely Fragoso* - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil - *Urs-Vito Albrecht* - Braunschweig University & Hannover Medical School, Germany - *Christopher Lueg* - University of Tasmania, Australia The Assembled 2014 issue includes six papers demonstrating the diversity and depth of topics we strive to cover: - The future of massive collaborative events - The future of anonymity (and antisocial behavior) - The future of 3D collaboration - The future of friendships - The future of health care via “Motivational Interviewing - The future of looking at the other These six papers demonstrate some of JVWR goals. They are pushing our thinking about both the virtual and the real, they are presenting “new” academic science that go beyond the trivial, and they are taking a stand about the world. We encourage authors to follow the diverse models presented here. Editor In-Chief Corner Impacting the Real Future via the Virtual Present <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Yesha Y. Sivan Peer Reviewed Research Papers Distributed Immersive Participation as Crowd-Sensing in Culture Events <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Theo Kanter, Rahim Rahmani, Jamie Walters, Willmar Sauter A Multi-faceted Approach to Anonymity Online: Examining the Relations between Anonymity and Antisocial Behavio <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> Rebecca Chui Virtual Collaboration Spaces: Bringing Presence to Distributed Collaboration <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> Austin Tate, Jeffrey T. Hansberger, Stephen Potter, Gerhard Wickler Virtually Friends: An Exploration of Friendship Claims and Expectations in Immersive Virtual Worlds <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Brooke Foucault Welles, Tommy Rousse, Nick Merrill, Noshir Contractor Using 3D Virtual Standardized Patients to Teach Motivational Interviewing <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> Margaret Czart White Man’s Virtual World: A Systematic Content Analysis of Gender and Race in Massively Multiplayer Online Games <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> T. Franklin Waddell, James D. Ivory, Rommelyn Conde, Courtney Long, Rachel McDonnell Enjoy your ride to the real world's future as reflected in the current research of the virtual. ------------------------------ More from the JVWR - *A call for reviewers* <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…>: the JVWR submission system is always open to competent academicians & researchers to join us as members of the JVWR review team. Being a reviewer is a matter of prestige and achievement. The JVWR believes in the value and importance of the reviewers throughout the publication process. It is not only about bringing the individual paper to its best, but also about shaping the credibility and reputation of the journal as a leader in the evolving field of Virtual Worlds. If you are interested - join us a *peer-reviewer* of the JVWR. Please contact us by email to info(a)jvwresearch.org <info(a)jvwresearch.org?subject=RE%3A%20Call%20for%20reviewers>, send CV or a short resume and let us know what *areas of interest* you are able to review. - Check our website http://www.jvwresearch.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67c…> for our planned schedule of issues and activities. If you have an idea for a thematic issue, we will be happy to know about it. - You are invited to browse JVWR's *previous issues* <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> . - *Subscribe* <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> to our mailing list (on the top left of http://www.jvwresearch.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…>) to receive JVWR news and updates (no spam guaranteed). - Join our Facebook <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> page (TheJVWR) - follow us on *twitter <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…>* @TheJVWR. Looking forward to hearing your comments, Thankfully, *Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan* Editor In-Chief TheJVWR - The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research http://jvwresearch.org <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> [image: Assembled 2014 Cover] <http://jvwresearch.us2.list-manage.com/track/click?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb…> © 2014 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research All rights reserved.

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reminder--HICSS deadline June 15
by Robert Mason 01 Jun '14

01 Jun '14

Looking for papers [and reviewers] from our AoIR colleagues: http://bit.ly/1my805g Bob Mason Dianne Ford

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