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New app for social media translation and annotation
by An Xiao Mina 04 Nov '15

04 Nov '15

Hi everyone, Wanted to share some news about a new project our team at Meedan has been working on, called Bridge, an app for social translation of social media. I believe I've been in touch with a number of folks on the AIR-L list independently, and I apologies for the double info. Bridge was recently featured in Nieman Lab, and the article offers a nice overview of the project: With Bridge, Meedan hopes to convey the nuances of language that often get lost in the machine translations that the social networks currently use…. Meedan is currently focused only on Arabic, Spanish, and Portuguese, and for now it’s only offering it as an iPhone app, though there is a desktop reader that lets users follow different feeds of translated posts for various events. http://www.niemanlab.org/2015/08/tweeting-across-borders-with-a-new-mobile-… Now, we’re thinking a lot about how we’re taking Bridge forward as a platform for human-powered translations of social media in real time news, and we're also interested in speaking with researchers who might want to use the app for their work. I could imagine it being particularly applicable in global research contexts. If this sounds like it might be of interest, please do reach out, and I'd be happy to share more info about the app, chat on Skype, etc. Best, An

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CFP SEADE-CHIIR Workshop on Serendipity
by Lori McCay-Peet 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Call for Papers (CFP): The Serendipity Factor: Evaluating the Affordances of Digital Environments SEADE (pronounced ‘seed’) Workshop at CHIIR 2016 (ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval) http://sigir.org/chiir2016/ March 17, 2016, 9:00am-5:00pm, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States For two decades, research has sought to understand serendipity and how it may be facilitated in digital environments such as information visualization systems, search systems, and social media. The motivation for investigating serendipity comes from its association with positive outcomes that range from personal benefits to global rewards. To date, research has made significant headway in defining and mapping the process of serendipity and new tools are emerging to support it. But we lack robust methods of evaluating new or enhanced features, functions, and tools. The goal of the Workshop is to examine how we balance the tension between diversity and novelty in designing digital environments and subsequently how we evaluate the ‘serendipitousness’ of those environments. We invite participants from a range of disciplines (e.g., information science, HCI, digital humanities, cognitive science) and research perspectives to help us solve this wicked problem. How to participate Submit a 2-page paper using the ACM SIG Proceedings Template<http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates> about your ongoing work, recent results, or study methods related to serendipity, either published, or work in progress. Possible themes for these papers may include, but are not limited to: Evaluating whether or how digital environments enableserendipity 1. Use of qualitative methods such as interviews and think-aloud to evaluate user perceptions 2. Modifications to quantitative evaluation methods such as controlled experiments and log file analyses to test designs 3. Identification of factors other than the environment (e.g., context, individual differences, strategies, emotions, attitudes) that influence serendipity that should be taken into consideration during evaluation Designing elements and functions in digital environments so that serendipity is facilitated 1. Application of theory and models in the design (or evaluation) of affordances related to serendipity 2. Design of serendipitous digital environments (e.g., information visualization systems, recommender systems, digital libraries, search engines) Authors of selected papers will be asked to A) give “lightning talks” on their work through a 5-minute presentation; or B) participate in a “show and tell event” to demonstrate their project or prototype. In addition, just prior to and during the workshop we will be conducting a whirlwind Delphi study to identify essential and novel measures for assessing “serendipitousness.” The results of the group effort will be discussed at the Workshop to highlight pertinent measures. At least one author of each accepted paper must attend the workshop and all participants much register for the workshop. **Submissions and inquiries can be sent to Lori McCay-Peet [mccay(a)dal.ca<mailto:mccay@dal.ca>]** Important dates * Submission Deadline: December 1, 2015 * Notification: December 15, 2015 * Workshop date: March 17, 2016 Conference Organizers Lori McCay-Peet, Dalhousie University, Canada Elaine G. Toms, The University of Sheffield, UK Anabel Quan-Haase, The University of Western Ontario, Canada Program Committee Members Naresh Argawal, Simmons College, USA Jamshid Beheshti, McGill University, Canada Lennart Björneborn, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Sanda Erdelez, University of Missouri, USA Jannica Heinström, Åbo Akademi University, Finland Christoph Lutz, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland Stephann Makri, City University London, UK Kim Martin, University of Western Ontario, Canada Xu Sun, The University of Nottingham Ningbo China Simon Wakeling, University of Sheffield, UK — Lori McCay-Peet, PhD Assistant Professor School of Information Management Faculty of Management Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building 6100 University Avenue PO Box 15000 Dalhousie University Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 4R2 (902)494-6119

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THIS FRIDAY! The Radical Media Forum presents: We Can Do It! Gender, activism and technology – Bridging theory and practice
by Elinor Carmi 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hi everybody, Last reminder of our Radical Media Forum event, in between your fireworks, come, hear and debate other explosive potentials... Friday, 6th November - We can do it! Gender, activism and technology – Bridging theory and practice #RMF_WeCanDoIt Organised by Elinor Carmi As the artificial boundaries between theory and practice dissolve, more opportunities to integrate one into the other emerge. Whether it is the growing practice-based degrees, academic jobs becoming more and more precarious, an urge to utilise theory in the ‘real world’, or political and economical events pushing for response - the time for action is now. Feminism, media, culture, computing, art, anthropology, sociology, and other disciplines have a lot to offer to activist projects outside or complementary to academia, such as NGOs, think tanks and other collective who seek to make a change. How can skills acquired in academia assist in working for activist organisations? How to start your own organisation? This event is meant to bring together women who conduct research and other initiatives in what can broadly be defined as activist projects. The Radical Media Forum aims to provide a platform to discuss the options, challenges and questions that arise while working in such organisations and how to start your own with a special consideration to feminist issues. When? Friday, 6th November 2015 at 17:00. Where? Stuart Hall Building, Room LG01, Goldsmiths, University of London. THE EVENT IS FREE FOR ALL. Connect with us on our Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/RadicalMediaForum Link to the event on Facebook-> https://www.facebook.com/events/1135865936441984/ Panel speakers: Zara Rahman Zara Rahman is an information activist and researcher, currently working with the engine room, where she is looking into the role of citizen-generated data among civil society, and looking at how technology can support human rights defenders. Previously she worked with School of Data, supporting data literacy for journalists and civil society, and before that, with OpenOil, where she focused on governance and transparency in the extractive industries, especially in the MENA region. Zara is fascinated by the relationship between technology and societal power structures, and runs a regular podcast, Collusion, on this topic. Zara is a fellow at the Centre for Internet and Human Rights, and is based in Berlin, Germany. Twitter: https://twitter.com/zararah Website: http://zararah.net/ Becky Kazansky Becky Kazansky is a researcher and facilitator working on privacy, digital security, and human rights issues with practitioner groups and within academia. She is a PhD researcher at the University of Amsterdam working within the ERC-funded DATACTIVE project to understand how civil society can engage with and respond to massive data collection processes. Previously she worked with the Tactical Technology Collective supporting human rights defenders in addressing their digital security concerns. Twitter: https://twitter.com/pondswimmer Janet Gunter Janet Gunter is an American/British activist and novice anthropologist, an ex-“aid worker” who works on transformational projects involving communication, technology and new economies. She co-founded The Restart Project, a London social enterprise/charity that encourages and empowers people to use their electronics longer in order to prevent waste. She spent the end of 2011 in Maputo working with @Verdade, Mozambique’s innovative, largest circulation newspaper and continued to collaborate with them from afar.In 2012-13 she worked as a part-time consultant with the International Land Coalition on a project designed to help decentralize collection of data on large-scale land acquisition, sometimes called “land grabbing”. Twitter: https://twitter.com/JanetGunter Website: http://www.rizominha.net/ Join the debate in our live tweet (@RMF_Goldsmiths), the event's Hashtag is: #RMF_WeCanDoIt There will be reception after the event. This event is kindly sponsored by Goldsmiths media and communication department and the Graduate School. Looking forward to seeing you all! Elinor Carmi, PhD Candidate, Department of Media & Communications, Goldsmiths, University of London. www.pinkeee.com Twitter: @Elinor_Carmi

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CFP Digital gaming @revistaAnalisi
by daniel aranda 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

*Anàlisi*, a science journal co-published by the Journalism and Communication Sciences Department of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and the Information and Communication Sciences Department of the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, invite you to submit your paper on digital gaming, Game Studies or related disciplines focusing on digital game and gaming in all its theoretical dimensions and emerging applications. Video games are now a cultural industry of great economic importance, which in 2014 had a turnover of 996€ million in Spain (AEVI, 2015). Digital technologies promote a transformation in the practice of gaming and the role it plays in contemporary society. From a broader perspective, the monograph aims to accommodate the widest possible set of approaches and scope of interest around the phenomenon of digital game taking into account primarily but not exclusively the following topics: - Digital game industry - Digital gaming and ideology - Relations between gaming and the cultural ecosystem: film, television, comics and literature. - Emerging genres like e-sports - Gamers and Youtube - Gayming - Gamergate - Music and video games: game music and sound play - Game literacy: Ludoliteracy - Ludofictional worlds in video games: semiotics, narrative and characters - Representation of the player and diversity - Advergaming or newsgame - Game Cultures: forms of social and recreational experiences - Productive relationships between players and devices (prosumers, mashups, modding) - Social perceptions about the digital game in today's society by players and/or no players - Treatment of digital game in the media (potentialities, fear, moral panics, technological optimism ...) The original can be presented in Catalan, Spanish or English before January 15th. Publication is scheduled for June-July 2016. *Author Guidelines and Submissions* http://www.analisi.cat/index.php/analisi/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions -- Daniel Aranda Juárez Estudis de Ciències de la Informació i de la Comunicació Universitat Oberta de Catalunya 93 326 (3446) | darandaj(a)uoc.edu 22@ (Rambla Poblenou, 156 / 08018 Barcelona) @darandaj <https://twitter.com/darandaj> Blog <http://spider-uoc.blogspot.com/> Web <http://transfer.rdi.uoc.edu/ca/investigador/aranda-juarez-daniel> CoDirector Revista Anàlisi <http://journals.uoc.edu/index.php/analisi/> [image: Universitat Oberta de Catalunya] Aquest missatge s'adreça exclusivament a qui va destinat i pot contenir informació privilegiada o confidencial i dades de caràcter personal, la difusió de les quals és regulada per la Llei orgànica de protecció de dades i la Llei de serveis de la societat de la informació. Si no sou la persona destinatària indicada (o la responsable de lliurar-lo a qui va destinat), no heu de copiar aquest missatge ni lliurar-lo a tercers per cap concepte. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error o l'heu aconseguit per altres mitjans, us demanem que ens ho comuniqueu immediatament per aquesta mateixa via i l'elimineu irreversiblement. Abans d'imprimir aquest missatge electrònic penseu en el medi ambient.

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[CSCW 2016] Final Calls for Submissions: 6 November 2015
by Brian Keegan 03 Nov '15

03 Nov '15

Hello all! The 19th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (CSCW 2016) will be held from February 27 through March 2 in downtown San Francisco. While the call for papers closed in May, there are still multiple opportunities to submit research and participate in CSCW 2016! *Posters* http://cscw.acm.org/2016/submit/posters.php cscw2016posters(a)acm.org CSCW 2016 will include an interactive poster category for late-breaking and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full or short paper, contributions by collaborative (inter-)national research projects, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, early student research, and other research best presented in an interactive forum. *Panels* http://cscw.acm.org/2016/submit/panels.php cscw2016panels(a)acm.org Great panels are an excellent way to generate debate, raise new and interesting issues at CSCW, and hear multiple points of view on a given topic. CSCW panels are a forum for discussing provocative, controversial, innovative, emerging, boundary spanning and boundary-breaking issues. While paper sessions provide detailed discussions of work recently completed, panels provide an opportunity to hear from research leaders about what is on the horizon — or what is already here but not yet recognized, acknowledged or discussed. *Doctoral Colloquium* http://cscw.acm.org/2016/submit/dc.php cscw2016doctoral(a)acm.org The Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced CSCW researchers and practitioners. The colloquium itself will begin with dinner Saturday night February 27, 2016 and continue all day Sunday February 28, 2016. *Demos* http://cscw.acm.org/2016/submit/demos.php cscw2016demos(a)acm.org CSCW 2016 demonstrations present implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The curated demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, and research prototypes, and may showcase work that has been or is being published at CSCW or elsewhere. Demonstrations can also serve to showcase novel commercial products not previously described in the research literature. *Telepresence *(1 December 2015 deadline) http://cscw.acm.org/2016/attend/telepresence.php cscw2016telepresence(a)acm.org This year at CSCW we will be allowing a small number of people to attend remotely using telepresence technology. The goal is to provide people who cannot attend CSCW in person with an alternative means for conference attendance. For example, we are hoping to provide those with mobility impairments, chronic health issues, or temporary travel limitations with opportunities to attend the conference from remote locations. Currently remote attendance is still at an exploratory stage, so we can only accommodate a small number of remote attendees. We are planning to study the experience as part of our research so remote attendees should expect to participate in user studies.

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Call for Papers: Persona Studies
by Kim Barbour 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Persona Studies: Call for papers, Volume 2, Issue 1 Open Call - https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/pages/view/callforpapers In this open call, we invite submissions on any aspect of persona, but are particularly interested in empirical research or creative practice. Creative works and traditional article submissions could address (but are not limited to) persona in: Politics Television, film, radio Games Social media Subculture Celebrity Feminism Youth Professions Mobile media For both creative and critical works, please submit a 250-300 word abstract or proposal to personastudies[at]deakin[dot]edu[dot]au by 1 December 2015. Artists/authors will be notified of initial acceptance by December 14th. Please note that official acceptance of the work is contingent upon peer review. Full papers (5,000-8,000 words) and projects are due 5 February 2016. For creative submissions where peer review or critical response is not desired, a full submission will be required by 1 April 2016. Please advise in your initial proposal if you would a creative arts review. See volume 1 issue 2 - Special issue: Work(ing) Personas - here: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/issue/view/86 See volume 1 issue 1 here: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/issue/view/82 Kind regards, Dr Kim Barbour University of Adelaide

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SMC PhD internship application call for 2016!
by QCENTRAL 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Please share with your favorite graduate students! (and sorry for crossposts and/or weird typos that make their way into this note!) http://wp.me/p1yguQ-Fk APPLICATION DEADLINE: JANUARY 29, 2016 Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for advanced PhD students to join the Social Media Collective (SMC) for its 12-week 2016 Intern Program. The Social Media Collective scholars at MSRNE bring together empirical and critical perspectives to address complex socio-technical issues. Our research agenda draws on a social scientific/humanistic lens to understand the social meanings and possible futures of media and communication technologies. The ideal candidate may be trained in any number of disciplines (including anthropology, communication, information studies, media studies, sociology, science and technology studies, or a related field), but should have a strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation, be interested in questions related to media or communication technologies and society or culture, and be interested in working in a highly interdisciplinary environment that includes computer scientists, mathematicians, and economists. MSRNE internships are 12-week paid internships in Cambridge, Massachusetts. PhD interns are expected to be on-site for the duration of their internship. Primary mentors for this year will be Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray, with additional guidance offered by our lab postdocs and visiting scholars. PhD interns at MSRNE are expected to devise and execute a research project (see project requirements below), based on their application project proposals, during their internships. The expected outcome of an internship at MSRNE is a draft of a publishable scholarly paper for an academic journal or conference of the intern’s choosing. Our goal is to help the intern advance their own career; interns are strongly encouraged to work towards a creative outcome that will help them on the academic job market. Interns are also expected to collaborate on projects or papers with full-time researchers and visitors, contribute to the SMC blog, give short presentations, attend the weekly lab colloquia, and contribute to the life of the community through weekly lunches with fellow PhD interns and the broader lab community. While this is not an applied program, MSRNE encourages interdisciplinary collaboration with computer scientists, economists, and mathematicians. PEOPLE AT MSRNE SOCIAL MEDIA COLLECTIVE The Social Media Collective is comprised of full-time researchers, postdocs, visiting faculty, Ph.D. interns, and research assistants. Current projects in New England include: • How does the use of social media affect relationships between artists and audiences in creative industries, and what does that tell us about the future of work? (Nancy Baym) • How are social media platforms, through algorithmic design and user policies, adopting the role of intermediaries for public discourse? (Tarleton Gillespie) • What are the cultural, political, and economic implications of crowdsourcing as a new form of semi-automated, globally-distributed digital labor? (Mary L. Gray) • How are predictive analytics used by law enforcement and what are the implications of new data-driven surveillance practices? (Sarah Brayne) • What are the social and political consequences of popular computing folklore? (Kevin Driscoll) • How are the technologies of money changing and what are the social implications of those changes? (Lana Swartz) SMC PhD interns may have the opportunity to connect with our sister Social Media Collective members in New York City. Related projects in New York City include: • What are the politics, ethics, and policy implications of big data science? (Kate Crawford, MSR-NYC) • What are the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development? (danah boyd, Data & Society Research Institute) We are looking for applicants to focus their proposals on one of the following six areas:Audiences and the shifting landscapes of socially mediated entertainment • Personal relationships and digital media • Affective, immaterial, and other frameworks for understanding digital labor • The social and political consequences of popular computing folklore • The politics of big data, algorithms, and computational culture • How emerging technologies shape countercultures, identities, and communities of difference • Histories of computing and the internet that focus on the experiences of people from marginalized social, economic, racial, or geographic groups Applicants should have advanced to candidacy in their PhD program by the time they start their internship (unfortunately, there are no opportunities for Master’s students or early PhD students at this time). Interns will benefit most from this opportunity if there are natural opportunities for collaboration with other researchers or visitors currently working at MSRNE. Applicants from historically marginalized communities, underrepresented in higher education, and students from universities outside of the United States are encouraged to apply. For a complete list of all permanent researchers and current postdocs based at the New England lab see: Which is: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/labs/newengland/people/bios.aspx Previous MSRNE interns in the Collective have included Amelia Abreu (UWashington, information), Stacy Blasiola (University of Illinois, Chicago, communication), Jed Brubaker (UC-Irvine, informatics), Aleena Chia (Indiana U. communication and culture), Jade Davis (University of North Carolina, communication), Brittany Fiore-Silfvast (University of Washington, communication), Scott Golder (Cornell, sociology), Germaine Halegoua (U. Wisconsin, communications), Tero Karppi (University of Turku, media studies), Airi Lampinen (HIIT, information), Jessa Lingel (Rutgers, library and information science), Joshua McVeigh-Schultz (University of Southern California, interactive media), Alice Marwick (NYU, media culture communication), J. Nathan Matias (MIT Media Lab), Jolie Matthews (Stanford, learning sciences), Tressie McMillan Cottom (Emory, sociology), Andrés Monroy-Hernandez (MIT, CSAIL), Laura Noren (NYU, sociology), Nick Seaver (UC Irvine, anthropology), Jaroslav Svelch (Charles University, media studies), Katrin Tiidenberg (Tallinn University, Institute of International and Social Studies), Shawn Walker (UWashington, information), Omar Wasow (Harvard, African-American studies), Sarita Yardi (GeorgiaTech, HCI), and Kathryn Zyskowski (University of Washington, anthropology). For more information about the Social Media Collective, visit our blog: http://socialmediacollective.org/ APPLICATION PROCESS To apply for a PhD internship with the social media collective: • Fill out the online application form: https://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/jobs/intern.aspx On the application website, indicate that your research area of interest is “Anthropology, Communication, Media Studies, and Sociology” and that your location preference is “New England, MA, U.S.” in the pull down menus. Also enter the name of a mentor (Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, or Mary Gray) whose work most directly relates to your own in the “Microsoft Research Contact” field. IF YOU DO NOT MARK THESE PREFERENCES WE WILL NOT RECEIVE YOUR APPLICATION. So, please, make sure to follow these detailed instructions. Your application will need to include: • A brief description of your dissertation project. • An academic article-length manuscript (~7,000 or more) that you have authored or co-authored (published or unpublished) that demonstrates your writing skills. • A copy of your CV. • The names and contact information for 3 references (one contact name must be your dissertation advisor). • A pointer to your website or other online presence (if available; not required). • A short description (no more than 2 pages, single spaced) of 1 or 2 projects that you propose to do while interning at MSRNE, independently and/or in collaboration with current SMC researchers. The project proposals can be related to but must be distinct from your dissertation research. Be specific and tell us: 1) What is the research question animating your proposed project? 2) What methods would you use to address your question? 3) How does your research question speak to the interests of the SMC? and 4) Who do you hope to reach (who are you engaging) with this proposed research? This is important – we really want to know what it is you want to work on with us and we need to know that it is not, simply, a continuation of your dissertation project. On Letters of Reference: After you submit your application, a request for letters will be sent to your list of referees, on your behalf. NOTE: THE APPLICATION SYSTEM WILL NOT REQUEST REFERENCE LETTERS UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION! Please warn your letter writers in advance so that they will be ready to submit them when they receive the prompt. The email they receive will automatically tell them they have two weeks to respond but that an individual call for applicants may have an earlier deadline. Please ensure that they expect this email (tell them to check their spam folders, too!) and are prepared to submit your letter by our application deadline of Friday 29 January, 2016. Please make sure to check back with your referees if you have any questions about the status of your requested letters of recommendation. You can check the progress on individual reference requests at any time by clicking the status tab within your application page. Note that a complete application must include three submitted letters of reference. TIMELINE Due to the volume of applications, late submissions (including submissions with late letters of reference) will not be considered. We will not be able to provide specific feedback on individual applications. Finalists will be contacted the last week in February to arrange a Skype interview before the internship slots available to us are assigned (note: number of available slots changes year-to-year). Please keep an eye on the socialmediacollective.org blog as we announce the 2016 PhD Interns on the blog by the end of March. If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Mary Gray at mLg(a)microsoft.com and include “SMC PhD Internship” in the subject line. PREVIOUS INTERN TESTIMONIALS “The internship at Microsoft Research was all of the things I wanted it to be – personally productive, intellectually rich, quiet enough to focus, noisy enough to avoid complete hermit-like cave dwelling behavior, and full of opportunities to begin ongoing professional relationships with other scholars who I might not have run into elsewhere.” — Laura Noren, Sociology, New York University “If I could design my own graduate school experience, it would feel a lot like my summer at Microsoft Research. I had the chance to undertake a project that I’d wanted to do for a long time, surrounded by really supportive and engaging thinkers who could provide guidance on things to read and concepts to consider, but who could also provoke interesting questions on the ethics of ethnographic work or the complexities of building an identity as a social sciences researcher. Overall, it was a terrific experience for me as a researcher as well as a thinker.” — Jessica Lingel, Library and Information Science, Rutgers University “Spending the summer as an intern at MSR was an extremely rewarding learning experience. Having the opportunity to develop and work on your own projects as well as collaborate and workshop ideas with prestigious and extremely talented researchers was invaluable. It was amazing how all of the members of the Social Media Collective came together to create this motivating environment that was open, supportive, and collaborative. Being able to observe how renowned researchers streamline ideas, develop projects, conduct research, and manage the writing process was a uniquely helpful experience – and not only being able to observe and ask questions, but to contribute to some of these stages was amazing and unexpected.” — Germaine Halegoua, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison “Not only was I able to work with so many smart people, but the thoughtfulness and care they took when they engaged with my research can’t be stressed enough. The ability to truly listen to someone is so important. You have these researchers doing multiple, fascinating projects, but they still make time to help out interns in whatever way they can. I always felt I had everyone’s attention when I spoke about my project or other issues I had, and everyone was always willing to discuss any questions I had, or even if I just wanted clarification on a comment someone had made at an earlier point. Another favorite aspect of mine was learning about other interns’ projects and connecting with people outside my discipline.” –Jolie Matthews, Education, Stanford University

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Re: [Air-L] CFP: ICA Internet governance pre-conference
by Dmitry Epstein 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Hello everyone, I am re-sending my previous message that bounced back due to an attachment. At the moment, however, there seem to be two ICA pre-conferences on Internet governance. To clear the confusion, this one will take place in Tokyo. I am pasting the call below and it is also available online: http://giga-net.org/page/ica2016intgov Please consider submitting and feel free to distribute widely. Thank you! Dima P.S. Thank you again to Alex and his team for the excellent conference! ====== ICA 2016 Preconference Call for Papers Power, communication, and technology in Internet governance Organized by GigaNet (Global Internet Governance Academic Network) Co-Sponsored by ICA's Communication Law and Policy, and Communication and Technology Divisions Hosted by Kanazawa Institute of Technology (Tokyo campus) Wednesday, 8 June 2016 Extended abstract due: 15 January 2016 Full papers due: 15 April 2016 Submit at: http://tiny.cc/ica2016intgov Research on Internet governance has been gaining momentum since the concept broke into public and policy discourses in the years leading to, and especially during, the WSIS (World Summit on Information Society). The year 2015 marks the 10thanniversary of the WSIS process and the year 2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the first GigaNet symposium, which owes its genesis to a joint ICA-IAMCR workshop and has been part of the Internet Governance Forum since 2006. Over the years research on Internet governance has evolved and is no longer focused solely on Internet infrastructure and politics surrounding its protocols, unique identifiers, and domain names. Social media, sharing economy, cyberwarfare, Internet of things, and wearable technology are just a few relatively new developments raising new governance challenges. Yet, even with the expanding boundaries, the core questions of Internet governance remain focused on the intersection of power, communication, and technology. With this pre-conference we want to embark on a boundary searching exercise for Internet governance studies. What do we see as cutting edge work on Internet governance both conceptually and empirically? What questions do Internet governance researchers ask? What methods are they using? What theories do they build upon? What are the burning issues and the most provocative challenges in the field? What are the best cases illustrating those issues and challenges? How has Internet governance changed over the years? What are the events that have shaped this trajectory? What have we learned about technology, politics, agency, and power over close to two decades of Internet governance research? What are we expecting Internet governance to encompass in the years to come? What forces will shape it? We invite contributions from researchers working on Internet governance questions in the broadest sense. All theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Potential more specific topics may include, but are in no way limited to, the following: -  Meta explorations of Internet governance research (paradigms, theories, methods). -  Multidisciplinarity in Internet governance research: key concepts, methodological challenges, theoretical innovations. -  Power dynamics in Internet governance ecosystem. -  Internet Governance 10 years after the WSIS. -  Analyzing, critiquing or supporting multistakeholder governance as an ideology or practice. -  Reflecting and analyzing the outcome of UN negotiations about prolongation of IGF mandate. -  Sustainable development and inequalities as it relates to global Internet Governance. -  Trade agreements and Internet governance. -  Technical, legal and policy initiatives for cybersecurity and their impact on global Internet Governance. -  The respective powers of the users, technology designers and regulators in distributed systems. -  The changing role of governments in Internet governance. -  Analysis of key Internet governance concepts such as net neutrality, multistakeholderism, digital divide, etc., and their contestations. The preconference is organized by Global Internet Governance Academic Network (GigaNet) and co- sponsored by the ICA Communication Law and Policy and Communication and Technology divisions, but it touches upon the fields of many more ICA divisions and interest groups. We aim to bring together researchers from different theoretical and methodological backgrounds, as well as practically oriented researchers of Internet governance. Given the location of ICA this year and our plan to have the pre- conference in Tokyo, we hope to see increased participation of researchers from the region. Depending on the mix of submissions we will seek to engage in a dialogue with the local community of Internet governance practitioners. Our goal to have a mutual learning process and exchange of ideas and challenges for the further development of Internet governance research. SUBMISSION DETAILS At this time we invite authors to submit extended abstracts (800-1000 words) that describe the main thesis, research goals, and to the extent possible, the methodological background and findings of their paper. All extended abstracts must be uploaded through EasyChair at http://tiny.cc/ica2016intgov by 15 January 2016, with all identifying information removed. All contributions will be blindly peer-reviewed, and acceptance notifications will be sent out before the end of February 2015. Authors of the accepted abstracts will be asked to submit a full original manuscript of approximately 4000 to 8000 words, which have not been published elsewhere, by 15 April 2016. Based on the volume and the quality of submissions we intend to explore a potential thematic publication of pre-conference materials. PRE-CONFERENCE LOGISTICS The preconference will take place on Wednesday, 8 June 2016 on the Tokyo campus of Kanazawa Institute of Technology. Presenters are expected to register for the pre-conference, but registration is open to both presenters and non-presenters. At the moment, the registration fees stand at 75 USD. GigaNet is an international association of academic researchers with a focus on the multidisciplinary field of Internet Governance. It was founded in 2006 and is open to researchers from all over the world who are contributing to local, regional and international debates on Internet Governance. More information on GigaNet's institutional structures and activities can be found on the website http://www.giga-net.org. For any direct inquiries regarding this preconference, please contact: Dmitry Epstein (dmitry(a)uic.edu) On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 9:21 AM, Dmitry Epstein <dmitry.epstein(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > Thank you again to Alex and his team for the excellent conference! > > Please find attached a call for papers for an Internet governance > pre-conference for the annual meeting of the International Communication > Association. The call is also available online > <http://giga-net.org/page/ica2016intgov>. > > Please consider submitting and feel free to distribute widely. > > Thank you! > Dima >

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Now Accepting Submissions For Different Games Conference 2016
by Brian McKernan 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

Different Games invites participants for its 2016 edition at NYU's Polytechnic School of Engineering, located in Brooklyn, NY, on Friday April 8 and Saturday April 9. Over three years of presenting New York City’s first conference on diversity and inclusivity in games culture, Different Games has drawn more than 700 attendees to NYU’s Downtown Brooklyn campus, in addition to more than 100 arcade games and 150 presenters and speakers! We are thrilled to invite submissions for our fourth annual event which welcomes proposals from all members of the games community — whether designers, students, activists, researchers, journalists and others — to present as part of our two-day program. Submission Formats Paper Presentations and Talks We invite designers, academics and other creative minds to share recent projects as speakers on our conference panels. Possible submission topics may include, but are not limited to: post mortems, design methodology, reflections on playtesting, analysis/commentary on games content (theme, gender, sexuality, etc.), game reception, and game culture/communities. Workshop or Breakout Groups We invite topic-specific or exploratory discussions on challenges and solutions for promoting diversity and inclusion in the broader game community/communities and other pertinent subjects. Hands-on workshop sessions geared towards learning design, development or other creative and professional skills are also invited. Arcade Games We welcome submissions from designers interested in showcasing their game in the Different Games arcade, including pieces that will be in (beta) or playtesting phase as well as those further along in the development process. Analog games, non screen-based digital games and other types of media such as short films, installations or interactive art related to the themes of the conference are welcome as well.. Submission Deadlines Paper Presentations and Talks: Deadline 12/15/15 Workshop or Breakout Groups: Deadline 12/15/15 Arcade Games: Deadline 1/22/16 For more information or to submit to Different Games 2016, please visit our conference website 2016.differentgames.org. If you’d like to view last year’s conference sessions and arcade titles, visit 2015.differentgames.org. For more information about Different Games Collective, please visit differentgames.org. Send questions to DifferentGamesConference(a)gmail.com

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Tenure Track Faculty Position in Information and Media Studies
by Freund, Luanne 02 Nov '15

02 Nov '15

THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Faculty Position (tenure-stream) - Information and Media Studies The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS), the iSchool at The University of British Columbia (UBC), invites applications for a full-time position to begin July 1, 2016. The position is expected to be filled at the rank of tenure-track Assistant Professor. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Candidates should demonstrate achievement of, or potential for, excellence in teaching, research, and service in an interdisciplinary environment. The position is subject to final budgetary approval. The successful candidate will be expected to teach and conduct research in the area of information and media studies, broadly interpreted. Applications are encouraged from candidates with research and teaching interests in areas including: media studies, Internet research, online communities, social media, digital media and design, social computing, information policy, scholarly communication, and the social impact of ICTs. Primary teaching responsibilities will be in the Bachelor of Media Studies (BMS) and the Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS) programs. These high quality professionally oriented programs engage innovative and creative teaching practices and offer the chance to work with outstanding students. This position offers candidates the opportunity to contribute to the development of information and media studies as an area of strength within the iSchool and UBC, and to join a dynamic community of scholars shaping the future of the iSchool. Applicants must: • hold a Ph.D. (or provide evidence of imminent completion) in the field of information and media studies from an iSchool or equivalent institution • demonstrate excellence in research and scholarly activity appropriate to their experience • have some experience conducting collaborative and multidisciplinary research, preferably in an iSchool or Library and Information Studies (LIS) context • possess a willingness to assume a future leadership role in teaching and/or research • demonstrate a commitment to teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels • show a capacity to innovate in technology-enriched and community-engaged educational settings • demonstrate intercultural understanding and openness to diverse perspectives and experiences UBC has an international reputation for excellence in advanced research and learning. It is located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, one of the world’s most beautiful and culturally diverse cities. The iSchool, a unit within the Faculty of Arts, offers a Ph.D. program and Master’s programs in Library and Information Studies (MLIS) and Archival Studies (MAS), with both Master’s programs offering an optional First Nations specialization. The iSchool also offers an interdisciplinary MA in Children’s Literature (MACL) program and is a charter participant in the new multidisciplinary Bachelor of Media Studies program. Further information about the iSchool can be found at www.slais.ubc.ca. The closing date for all applications is January 8, 2016 Application materials must include: a cover letter stating the candidate’s qualifications for the position and projected research agenda; a current curriculum vitae; and a teaching portfolio of no more than 5 pages, including a statement of teaching philosophy and evidence of teaching effectiveness. Applications should be addressed to Dr. Luanne Freund, Co-Chair, Faculty Search Committee and documents should be sent as separate files (in .pdf or Word format) via email to: ischool.recruit(a)ubc.ca. Applicants should arrange to have at least 3 referees send confidential letters of reference to the Faculty Search Committee Co-Chair at ischool.recruit(a)ubc.ca prior to the closing date. Enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Luanne Freund, Associate Professor and Acting Director, and Co-Chair of the Faculty Search Committee via email to: luanne.freund(a)ubc.ca. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is strongly committed to equity and diversity within its community. We especially welcome applications from members of visible minority groups, women, Aboriginal persons, persons with disabilities, persons of minority sexual orientations and gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. We encourage all qualified persons to apply; Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. Luanne Freund Associate Professor and Acting Director The iSchool, University of British Columbia luanne.freund(a)ubc.ca

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