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2014 AoIR Dissertation Award Announcement
by Michael Zimmer 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

I am very pleased to announce the recipient of the 2014 AoIR Dissertation Award: "From Farm to Farmville: Circulation, Adoption, and Use of ICT between Urban and Rural China” by Dr. Elisa Argil Dr. Oreglia received her PhD in Information Management and Systems from the UC Berkeley School of Information. Her dissertation is an ethnographic case study of the diffusion and appropriation of information & communication technologies, such as mobile phones and computers, among rural Chinese residents and migrant workers. The abstract is provided below. There were also two honorable mentions: "A Multi-method Examination of Race, Class, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Motivations for Participation in the YouTube-based “It Gets Better Project”” by Dr. Laurie Phillips (UNC-Chapel Hill) "YouTube Shakespeares: Encountering Ethical, Theoretical, and Methodological Challenges in Researching Online Performance” by Dr. Valerie Fazel (Arizona State University) As chair of the Dissertation Award committee, I would also like to extend my deep appreciation to the committee members: Kath Albury, Ben Light, Alice Marwick, and Katrin Weller. We received twenty-six submissions to review, and were quite impressed with the high quality and great variety of the dissertations that is indicative of the strength (and the future) of Internet studies. Please join me in congratulating Drs. Oreglia, Phillips and Fazel! Michael Zimmer -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org "From Farm to Farmville: Circulation, Adoption, and Use of ICT between Urban and Rural China” by Dr. Elisa Oreglia http://gradworks.umi.com/36/16/3616383.html In the mid-2000s, China began a set of policies to ‘informatize’ the countryside, i.e. to bring Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to rural residents in order to improve their economic conditions. These policies posit the countryside as a world of ‘less,’ compared to urban areas, and they are framed in terms of what people who are at the margins of China’s modernization (migrant workers, rural residents, older people, and farmers) need in order to improve their lives, how ICT can benefit them, and how they can access more and better information despite their low educational and income levels. In contrast to this widespread view of marginalized users as passive recipients of technologies that will help them improve their material conditions, this dissertation looks at the diffusion and appropriation of ICT such as mobile phones and computers among rural residents and migrant workers in their own terms: not as foils for elite views of why they would/should go online, but rather as people who discover the opportunities offered by the Internet that are of interest to them, and try to use these opportunities as best as they can. By following the paths through which ICT travel in urban and rural China and the social relations that are maintained, renewed, and reinvented along the way, I argue that people at the margins have to ‘invent’ themselves as users, and find a connection between themselves and ICT. Migrant workers play a key role in bringing ICT to the countryside, where family networks, shop keepers, and community life foster the circulation of information about ICT and their use. With the help of these intermediaries, even people who are typically dismissed by urban elites as non-users because of their age or educational level, and who live far away from the resource-rich areas where such devices are common, can still be connected to them through their personal ties as well as through appropriate and mediated use of new ICT. As a counter-narrative to the prevailing discourse on ICT and rural users, this dissertation argues that the combination of new technologies and personal networks are a powerful but often overlooked vector along which some aspects of urban growth are shared with the countryside, and that ICT have so far helped to strengthen the familial and personal networks commonly present in rural villages and often lamented as being broken by the dual forces of migration and urbanization.

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CfP: Current dimensions of Terrorism Research: Developments and boundaries of Terrorism and other Crime phenomena in the Digital Age
by Dr. Stephan Humer 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

Call for Papers 2nd Symposium and 15th Workshop of the Terrorism Research Network (Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung e.V.) Main topic: Current dimensions of Terrorism Research: Developments and boundaries of Terrorism and other Crime phenomena in the Digital Age Place and time: Our 2nd Symposium and our 15th Workshop is organized together with the Federation of German Police Detectives and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation and will take place in Wesseling near Cologne, Germany on October 15 – 17, 2014 We are looking for scientific Workshop presentations on October 16 and 17! The main topic: Terrorism is neither a new nor a static phenomenon. Terrorism and Extremism are in constant, sometimes rapid change, which does not always make definitions and boundaries very easy. Are definitions of the current state and foreseeable development fair and suitable? What role, for example, play organized crime and war crimes? Are there symbioses with other phenomena? Are there special cases of terrorism, beyond the existing definitions and boundaries? And what does all this mean for science, authorities and organizations with security tasks in a more and more digitized world? The Symposium and the Workshop offer the possibility to explore the changes of Terrorism and its links with other crime phenomena in the Digital Age on an usual level. To emphasize and deepen transdisciplinarity this event is organized together with the Federation of German Police Detectives and with the support of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation. Traditionally a large part of our workshop (October 17) is not limited to the main topic. It should also provide space for other terrorism-related lectures and discussions. In particular, we especially invite PhD candidates to present their projects! Abstracts and Deadline: Please send abstracts for a lecture of about 30 minutes. There will be room for discussions after every single presentation (30 mins). Abstracts should not exceed 500 words and can be send to stephan.humer(a)netzwerk-terrorismusforschung.org The deadline for abstracts/presentations - in German language is August 31, 2014 - in English language is September 7, 2014 Please remember that we are not able to pay for travel costs, but for the entrance fee and an overnight stay (if applicable). You can of course attend the Symposium and the Workshop without a presentation, but not for free. Please check our website for updates on this issue. -- Dr. Stephan G. Humer Research Director and Founder, Internet Sociology Department; Principal Investigator, Digital Security Research Digital Class, Berlin University of the Arts Phone: +49 (0) 176 6719 3413 Phone: +49 (0) 30 3185 1284 Mail: humer(a)udk-berlin.de Website: www.humer.de Twitter: @netsociology

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AoIR Statement of Inclusivity
by Kendall, Lori 15 Aug '14

15 Aug '14

I am pleased to announce that the AoIR Executive Committee has adopted a new Statement of Inclusivity for the organization. You can find it on our website here: http://aoir.org/diversity-and-inclusivity/ We have also updated our Statement of Principles to conform it to the new Inclusivity Statement. I would like to particularly thank Anna Lauren Hoffmann, the AoIR student representative, for spearheading and shepherding this initiative. Also assisting in formulating the statement were Jenny Korn, Anne Pasek, Pip Shea, as well as several members of AoIR who provided feedback on a draft of the Statement. Lori Kendall President, AoIR

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IR15: Hotel Registrations
by Kendall, Lori 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hey folks! I had hoped that we would have our hotel registration system up by now but it is taking longer than expected. I do want to reassure you that we have reserved blocks of rooms at each the four hotels previously described (see here: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=247, here: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=274, and here: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=311 for more information about these hotels). In addition, we now have about 20 rooms reserved at The Grand Hotel Daegu as well. The Grand Daegu Hotel is just a few blocks from the conference venue, the Saint Western Hotel Beomeo. We do hope to have news shortly about how to place your hotel reservations, and there will still be plenty of available rooms once we do. Thank you for your patience, Lori Kendall President, AoIR

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IR15 Best Student Paper Award
by Kendall, Lori 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

The IR15 Conference Committee is pleased to announce that this year’s Best Student Paper award goes to Rodrigo Davies from MIT for his paper “Three Provocations for Civic Crowdfunding.” Davies' paper takes a thoughtful approach to considering crowdfunding strategies and their implications for civic and political participation. The reviewers appreciated the way the paper advances our ways of understanding crowdfunding rather than merely rehashing old debates. We had many high quality student submissions this year. Congratulations to Davies and all our student authors. We look forward to seeing your paper presentations in Korea in October. Lori Kendall President, AoIR

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Online reputation and information share
by Ilona GRZYWINSKA 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hello everyone, I am conducting a research on active public within convergent media ecosystem and wanted to ask you if you came across any empirical studies on how the care of online reputation affects the type of content that users share in social media including the possibility that some content is not passed at all cause would affect the personal image a person wants to create for themselves. I would appreciate any hints on that. Thank you so much in advance:-) -- Best Regards Ilona Grzywińska PhD Candidate University of Warsaw Tel: +48 501 985 516 Twitter: @igrzywinska Skype: ilona.grzywinska Web: www.webkomunikacja.pl http://about.me/ilona.grzywinska

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About hatred towards technology
by Alejandro Tortolini 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Dear AoIRlisters: a journalist friend of mine is looking for authors / authorities about hatred towards technology, to send her/him some questions. Can you recommend me somebody? Thanks in advance, -- Alejandro Tortolini Buenos Aires - Argentina

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Image/ Fair Use Question
by shira chess 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Hi everyone, Quick question regarding fair use of images in publications: If a YouTube video does not have any copyright on them, would a screen shot of that video fall under fair use for scholarly publications? Thanks in advance for any advice! Best, Shira Shira Chess Assistant Professor of Mass Media Arts Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communication The University of Georgia

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Image/ Fair Use Question
by Nancy Van House 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

I can't speak for this person's grasp of the law, but this is a really useful graphic for answering questions about images including screen shots from social media. http://visual.ly/can-i-use-picture The conclusion from this would be yes, if the video was initially intended for public viewing. -- *********************************************************************************** Nancy Van House Professor Emerita, School of Information 102 South Hall #4600 University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-4600 http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/~vanhouse --------------------------------------------------------------- Office: 307A South Hall ****************************************************

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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College
by Jefferson Pooley 14 Aug '14

14 Aug '14

Media and Communication - Tenure-track, Assistant Professor, beginning Fall 2015. Our curriculum emphasizes the relationships between communication, democracy, and social justice, and seeks to integrate theory and practice. It provides students with a critical approach to the analysis of media forms, institutions, practices, and effects. We seek a generalist with a strong commitment to teaching in a liberal arts environment. Areas of specialization are open, but expertise in the sociology of media, the political economy and social impact of digital media, and / or global media studies will complement current departmental initiatives. The new colleague must be able to teach major requirements such as Media and Society, Documentary Research and / or Media Theory and Methods, and other elective courses in their area of expertise. The successful candidate must combine teaching excellence with a strong commitment to Muhlenberg's general education curriculum, including diversity and global engagement, along with an intellectually compelling research agenda. Three courses per semester load. More information is available on the department website: www.muhlenberg.edu/mediacom. Ph.D. preferred; exceptional ABDs considered. To apply, candidates should email a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of teaching philosophy, and contact information for three references as a single PDF file to Dr. Jeff Pooley, Associate Professor and Chair of Media and Communication, at pooley(a)muhlenberg.edu. Application review begins on October 1, 2014 and will continue until the position is filled. Muhlenberg College is a highly selective liberal arts college of 2200 students with a strong tradition of excellence in undergraduate teaching. Muhlenberg is located in Allentown, PA, about 50 miles north of Philadelphia and 90 miles west of Manhattan. Muhlenberg College is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of, and applications from, women and members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, as well as others who would bring additional dimensions to the College's research and teaching missions.

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