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CFP Cyberpsychology: Online Self-Disclosure and Privacy - deadline (abstract): 15 November
by Walrave Michel 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Dear colleague, Please find hereafter a CFP for a special issue of Cyberpsychology concerning online self-disclosure and privacy. The deadline for submitting your abstract is 15 November. Best regards, Michel -------- Online self-disclosure and privacy: Unravelling individuals’ motivations and behaviors. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace announces a call for a special issue to be published in 2016. The special issue invites papers that extend our understanding of online self-disclosure decisions and privacy-protective behaviors. Topics suitable for this special issue could include, but are not limited to, the following: - Cross-cultural or intergenerational comparisons with respect to online self-disclosure and privacy protection - Longitudinal analyses of online privacy related decision-making - Social network site users' privacy risk awareness, privacy protection strategies and behaviors - Privacy concerns in new areas of computing (e.g., mobile apps, cloud services, wearables, biometrical data) - Personalisation in online marketing and consumers’ privacy concerns - The influence or adoption of privacy enhancing technologies - A ‘privacy paradox’? Privacy-related attitudes versus privacy protective behaviors - The application of (privacy) theories to online privacy decision-making - Users' awareness of the unintended consequences of online self-disclosure on social network sites - The extent to which the openness of a channel/app affects self-disclosure among peers - Public intimacy on social network sites: revealing emotions and secrets to elicit peer feedback - Ambient intimacy: developing a feeling of intimacy by following the (intimate) self-disclosure of others on social media - The impact of extreme posts on social network sites on impression formation about the posts' author - Intimate self-disclosures: motives and consequences of sexting - Partner surveillance or social network site users’ voyeurism on social network sites - Factors affecting the use of privacy settings or other forms of online privacy protection (e.g., social steganography, whitewalling, super log-offs) - Sharenting: parents' disclosure of children's personal data and pictures - Adolescents' online self-disclosure and privacy protective strategies - The effects of online privacy education or awareness raising on individuals' decision-making Also other topics not specifically mentioned are welcome, on the condition that they fit within the scope of the special issue. The special issue will be edited by: Michel Walrave (1), Sonja Utz (2), Alexander Schouten (3) and Wannes Heirman (1) (1) Department of Communication Sciences, University of Antwerp (2) Leibniz-Institut für Wissensmedien, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen (3) Department of Communication and Information Sciences, Tilburg University Interested in submitting your contribution to this special issue? Please contact Michel Walrave to express your interest (michel.walrave(a)uantwerpen.be) on 15 November 2015 at the latest. Include a 500-word abstract and also your contact information. Please specify your affiliations in a biographical note (up to 75 words). The authors of the submitted abstracts will be notified by 30 November 2015. The ideal manuscript length is between 7,000 and 8,000 words. Authors should adhere to the guidelines provided on the journal’s website (http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/submission.php) The deadline for submission of full papers is 1 February 2016. All papers will be subject to anonymous peer review following submission. Acceptance of the abstract does not guarantee the acceptance of the full paper for publication. The 'Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace' is a webbased, peer-reviewed scholarly journal. The first peer-reviewed issue was published in September 2007. The journal is focused on social science research about cyberspace. It brings psychosocial reflections of the impact of the Internet on people and society. The journal is interdisciplinary, publishing works written by scholars of psychology, media studies, communication science, sociology, political science, nursing, ICT security, organizational psychology and also other disciplines with relevance to psychosocial aspects of cyberspace. The journal accepts original research articles, as well as theoretical studies and research meta-analyses. Proposals for special issues are also welcomed. The journal is indexed with SCOPUS, ERIH PLUS, EBSCO Academic Search Complete, the Directory of Open Access Journals and the Czech Database of Scientific Journals. The articles in Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace are open access articles licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The CFP can be downloaded from http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/call-privacy.pdf More information about the journal on http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/

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Call for Abstracts CYPSY21, Dublin, Ireland, June 27-29 2016
by Grainne Kirwan 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

Apologies for cross-postings. The Interactive Media Institute in association with the Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (Dublin, Ireland) are delighted to announce that abstract submissions are now being accepted for the 21st Annual Cyberpsychology, Cybertherapy and Social Networking Conference 2016 (CYPSY21). This conference will be held in Dublin, Ireland from 27-29 June 2016. Details of the conference are available at http://interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy21/ Abstracts of up to 250 words should be submitted via the link on the ‘Abstract Submission’ page on the conference website. The deadline for abstract submissions is 1st January 2016. We encourage submissions on any topic related to social media, online behaviour, psychological applications of gaming and virtual reality, information technologies, and a range of other topics, listed on the submissions website. We are delighted to announce keynote speeches from Prof. Daniel Freeman (University of Oxford), Prof. Adam Joinson (UWE Bristol), Prof. John McCarthy (University College Cork) and Dr. Gary O’Reilly (University College Dublin). Queries regarding the conference and/or abstract submission can be directed to cybertherapy(a)vrphobia.com or grainne.kirwan(a)iadt.ie Please circulate to any colleagues or students who might be interested. We hope that you can join us in Ireland for the 2016 conference. Grainne

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Big data and social media analysis courses (R, gephi, NodeXL) - Canberra Jan 2016, Melbourne Feb 2016
by Robert Ackland 13 Nov '15

13 Nov '15

The following short courses run by the VOSON Lab in the ACSPRI Summer Program 2016 (https://www.acspri.org.au/summerprogram2016) may be of interest to this list. The early-bird discount close this coming Wednesday 18th November. *Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists * This course introduces you to the collection and analysis of socially-generated 'big data' using the R statistical software and Gephi network visualisation software. The focus is on programmatic approaches for collecting and analysing big data from social media and the WWW. The course will also provide an opportunity for you to learn how these data and techniques are already being used in social science research. The course involves the use of a R package (soon to be released publicly) for collecting data from Facebook, Twitter, Youtube and Instagram via free APIs, and constructing datasets ready for network and text analysis. 18-22 January, Canberra. Instructors: Tim Graham, Haris Memic. See: https://www.acspri.org.au/summerprogram2016 8-12 February, Melbourne. Instructor: Robert Ackland. See: https://www.acspri.org.au/summerprogram2016/big-data-analysis-social-scient… *Social Media Analysis** *This course will provide students with an introduction to social media analysis in the context of social research. The course provides an introduction to both social network analysis and text analysis, and is designed for non-programmers. The course provides practical training in three software tools that can be used for social research using digital trace data: NodeXL (Excel template for collecting and analysing social media data), Gephi (for network visualisation), and VOSON (for hyperlink network construction and analysis). The course also provides a broad overview of online research methods, including an introduction to using Virtual Worlds (e.g. Second Life and Massively Multiplayer Online Games) and online experiments for social research. 1-5 February, Melbourne. Instructor: Robert Ackland. See: https://www.acspri.org.au/summerprogram2016/social-media-analysis -- Dr Robert Ackland Associate Professor, School of Sociology and ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Leader, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) Lab <http://voson.anu.edu.au> Australian National University

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Networking Workshop in Computational Social Science (open for applications + travel funding, deadline Dec. 10, 2015).
by Weller, Katrin 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Dear colleagues, I would like to point out this international funding opportunity for young postdocs in computational social sciences (0-3 years after graduation). Cheers Katrin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Applications - Networking Workshop in Computational Social Science ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Networking Opportunity for International Research in Computational Social Sciences - Workshop for Early Career Postdoctoral Researchers Worldwide Funded by Volkswagen Foundation February 23-26, 2016 held at GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Cologne, Germany https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/en/computational-social-sciences.html -------------------- BACKGROUND: VOLKSWAGEN FOUNDATION GRANTS IN COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE -------------------- The Volkswagen Foundation has released a new funding scheme in the field of computational social science, with a focus on the exploration of socially relevant research questions. The Foundation supports international workshops and summer schools as well as international research co-operations of up to four postdoctoral researchers; any proposal submitted must address socially important topics, which can be explored using (new) tools and methods offered by the "Computational Social Sciences". Project teams can be interdisciplinary, but a social scientist must always be involved. Submission deadlines for proposals for research projects, workshops or summer schools is June 15th, 2016. For further information see https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/en/computational-social-sciences.html -------------------- ABOUT THE NETWORKING WORKSHOP -------------------- In advance of the deadline for applications for cooperative research projects, a networking workshop will be held in Cologne (Germany) on February 23 to 26, 2016. The workshop is directed at postdoctoral researchers worldwide who are interested in collaborating with others in an international cooperative project. The event offers an opportunity to get to know and network with other postdocs - who might turn out to be potential partners for a cooperative project. Furthermore, it will provide space to develop ideas for joint projects. The event will offer both thematic input as well as space to develop cooperative research ideas. Workshop participants will be selected based on this call for applications, see also: https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/en/funding/international-focus/encomputat… -------------------- IMPORTANT DATES -------------------- Workshop dates: February 23-26, 2016 Application for workshop participation: December 10, 2015 (Proposals for cooperative research projects, workshops, or summer schools due: June 15, 2016) -------------------- TARGET AUDIENCE -------------------- The networking workshop addresses scholars who are either working in the thematic area of "Computational Social Sciences" or who wish to specialize within this field. We particularly welcome researchers from social science disciplines who apply computational tools or methods, or who study socio-technical systems. Researchers from technical disciplines (e.g. computer science) with strong interest in social science research questions are also welcome. Applications for workshop participation are welcome from postdoctoral candidates across the globe (project grant proposals will later need at least one project partner based in Germany). Applicants for the workshop must match the funding criteria for cooperative research projects. In particular, the PhD must have been completed within the last three years prior to the deadline of project applications (after 15 June 2013). For further information see: https://www.volkswagenstiftung.de/fileadmin/downloads/merkblaetter/MB_107_e… -------------------- APPLICATION DETAILS -------------------- Deadline for submitting short applications to participate in the workshop is December 10, 2015. Applications should be submitted in English and consist of a brief personal motivation to participate (up to two pages) and a CV. Please send these two documents as pdf-version to css(at)volkswagenstiftung.de. The Foundation covers participation in the event as well as the cost of travel and accommodation. Participation in this workshop does in no way affect the chances of succeeding in acquiring a grant for a cooperative project; neither is it a prerequisite for submitting an application for a cooperative project (with deadline on 15 June 2016). -------------------- LOGISTICS -------------------- After a review process, successful applicants will be invited to join the networking workshop in Cologne. Notification of acceptance will be given in January 2016. It is only with this invitation that the cost of travel and accommodation will be covered. -------------------- CONTACT -------------------- SCIENTIFIC LEAD --------------- Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: markus.strohmaier(a)gesis.org<mailto:markus.strohmaier@gesis.org> Twitter: @mstrohm Phone: +49 (221) 47694-225 WORKSHOP ORGANISATION --------------------- Dr. Katrin Weller GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: katrin.weller(a)gesis.org<mailto:katrin.weller@gesis.org> Twitter: @kwelle Phone: +49 221 47694472 GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE VOLKSWAGEN FOUNDATION'S CALLS IN COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Anika Haverig VolkswagenStiftung Kastanienallee 35 30519 Hannover GERMANY Tel: 0511 8381-237 Fax: 0511 8381-344 Email: haverig(a)volkswagenstiftung.de<mailto:haverig@volkswagenstiftung.de> www.volkswagenstiftung.de<http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de> Dr. Cora Ziegenbalg VolkswagenStiftung Kastanienallee 35 30519 Hannover GERMANY Tel: 0511 8381-291 Fax: 0511 8381-344 Email: ziegenbalg(a)volkswagenstiftung.de<mailto:ziegenbalg@volkswagenstiftung.de> www.volkswagenstiftung.de<http://www.volkswagenstiftung.de>

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools
by U. Reips 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Check out iScience Maps at http://tweetminer.eu Paper on example study here: http://www.uni-konstanz.de/iscience/reips/pubs/papers/2011ReipsGaraizar_fin… Best wishes Ulf At 23:51 Uhr +0000 11.11.2015, Axel Bruns wrote: >G'day Gohar ! > >Thanks for this. As others have already pointed out, you won't be >able to get all of those stats easily, and a number of them will be >outdated almost as soon as you've gathered them. > >For small batches of general user details (as well as for most >anything else that can be gathered through the Twitter APIs), >though, I would very much recommend Erik Michaels-Ober's Ruby gem >'t', which essentially provides a command-line interface to the >Twitter API. It's available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and while - >like most things Ruby - it's not the easiest to install, it's very >handy for quickly getting the profile information for a batch of a >few hundred user handles (or IDs), for instance. Output can be >forced to CSV format using the -c or --csv switch. > >Details are at https://github.com/sferik/t, and Erik (@sferik) tends >to be pretty helpful if you run into any trouble, too. > > > >> Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:59:05 +0900 >> From: "Gohar F. Khan" <gohar.feroz(a)gmail.com> >> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org >> Subject: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools >> >> Hello list members: >> >> I am looking for tools which can help extract all possible Twitter >>statistics >> (such as, number of tweets, followers, followings, mentions, re-tweets, >> favorites) for a list of Twitter handlers (around 120 accounts). *In >> particular, I look for a tool that can take the IDs as a single file and >> provide the desired statistics for each ID. * >> >> The Webometrics Analyst has this functionality, but unfortunately it only >> provides followers and followings data. I am also familiar with the several >> other tools including the ones mentioned in the Dean Freelon's curated list >> >><https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaERzROI986HqcwrBDLaqGG8X_lYwctj6ek6ryqD >> OiQ/edit>, >> but >> non of these can extract all the information I need. Some tools provide more >> statistics, but they work with one ID at time. >> >> I will greatly appreciate any suggestions. >> >> >> Thank you, >> >> -- >> >> Gohar Feroz Khan, PhD >> >> Adjunct Faculty & Research Adviser >> Korea Advance Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Global Information >> and Telecommunication Technology Program (ITTP) >> 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. > > > > > > >-- >Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - @snurb_dot_info >ARC Future Fellow, 2014-17 http://www.amazon.com/author/axel.bruns/ >Professor, Media & Communication http://mappingonlinepublics.net/ >QUT Digital Media Research Centre http://qut.edu.au/research/dmrc/ >Creative Industries Faculty, K412, KG http://snurb.info/ >Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 >GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/

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Call for Papers, Internet Policy Review: "Doing Internet Governance"
by Francesca Musiani 12 Nov '15

12 Nov '15

Dear AoIR colleagues, Please find below and at this link http://policyreview.info/node/382 a call for papers for the Internet Policy Review that may be of interest for many of you. This CfP follows up to the similarly-titled panel that Dmitry Epstein, Christian Katzenbach and I organized at IR16 in Phoenix. Kind regards Francesca -- Special issue on 'Doing internet governance: practices, controversies, infrastructures, and institutions' *Call for papers of the Internet Policy Review* TOPIC & RELEVANCE Internet governance is gaining attention in the post-Snowden era, which increased distrust of formal government institutions and their ‘dangerous liaisons’ with the private sector. User-driven, technology-embedded, decentralised approaches keep on seeing the light: in contracts, currency, privacy protection, just to name a few. Politics and traditional purveyors of authority negotiate ways of readjusting to the changing environment. Thus, investigating the “ordering” (Flyverbom, 2011) and governing processes as they relate to the network of networks is both timely and important. Traditionally, when talking about Internet Governance researchers and practitioners refer to the new organisations and institutions that have been explicitly established to regulate, discuss, and negotiate issues of internet governance (e.g. ICANN, WSIS, IGF). Recently, authors have criticised this institutional focus, arguing the need for a more comprehensive conceptualisation of internet governance (DeNardis, 2012; Eeten/Mueller, 2013; Musiani, 2014; Hofmann et al., 2014). Among these recent developments, a small set of publications has drawn on perspectives from Science and Technology Studies (STS) to rethink and substantiate questions of ordering and governing the net. These contributions highlight the day-to-day, mundane practices that constitute internet governance, take into account the plurality and ‘‘networkedness’’ of devices and arrangements involved, and investigate the invisibility, pervasiveness, and apparent agency of the digital infrastructure itself (Musiani, 2014). Internet governance, in this view, is not only negotiated in dedicated institutions; the doing of internet governance more broadly consists in practices and controversies of the design, regulation, and use of material infrastructures. In this way, STS-informed perspectives are increasingly instrumental for challenging and expanding our understanding and for informing our examination of ordering and governing processes in the digital realm. SCOPE OF THE SPECIAL ISSUE This special issue seeks to nurture this nascent interest by pioneering a conversation on the governance of digitally networked environments from an STS-informed perspective and, more broadly, from perspectives that highlight the role of design, infrastructures, and informal communities of practice in governance. First, this issue will touch upon how the norms shaping the provision, design and usage of the internet are negotiated, de- and re-stabilised, and subject to controversies. Second, it will open up new, STS-informed perspectives on digital uses and practices, delving into the variety of ways in which they may be an integral part of today’s internet governance -- not only because such practices reflect belonging and commitment to a community, but because they allow issues of sovereignty, autonomy and liberty to come into play. Finally, expanding the notion of governance in internet governance through the conceptual tool-set of STS may open this field to meaningful contributions from scholars studying constitutional aspects of technology design and use, which are typically excluded from traditional internet governance literature. FOCUS OF THE PAPERS We invite papers that share a strong conceptual interest in understanding processes of ordering and governing the internet as a core infrastructure of our daily lives. More focused paper topics may include, but in no way are limited to, the following: - *Internet governance theory*: how can STS inform theoretical perspectives on internet governance? - *Controversies*: how do socio-technical internet-related controversies reveal tensions and critical junctures of internet politics? - *Privatisation*: what are the practices of internet governance privatisation? What does it mean for the internet as a socio-technical phenomenon? - *Unintended consequences*: what are the examples of unintended consequences of technology regulation and design that affect the openness, security, and stability of the internet? - *Re-intermediation and delegation*: what are the forms of re-intermediation of the “decentralised” system that is the internet? How can we study them? - *Participatory governance*: how can STS help unpack the practices of “multistakeholderism” and their potential effects (or lack thereof)? - *Infrastructures and architectures as governance arrangements*: how can STS-informed approaches help us unveil the power and control structures embedded in internet architecture? Submissions must be in clearly-written English. The *Internet Policy Review* is an open access, short-form journal. Full papers are requested to be around 30,000 characters (5,000 words) in length, to encourage concise and parsimonious discussion of core issues. SPECIAL ISSUE EDITORS - Dmitry Epstein, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago (dmitry(a)uic.edu) - Christian Katzenbach, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (katzenbach(a)hiig.de) - Francesca Musiani, Institute for Communication Sciences, CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne/UPMC; *Internet Policy Review* academic editor ( francesca.musiani(a)cnrs.fr) IMPORTANT DATES *12 November 2015:* Release of the Call for papers *25 January 2016*: Deadline for expression of interest and abstract submissions (500 word abstracts) via the form on the IPR website. *15 February*: Feedback / Invitation to submit full text submissions *25 April*: Full text submissions deadline. All details on text submissions can be found under: http://policyreview.info/authors *13 June*: Comprehensive peer review and feedback *11 July*: Re-submission deadline *5 September*: Publication of the special issue -- Francesca Musiani Researcher, ISCC-CNRS <http://www.iscc.cnrs.fr/> | Associate researcher, CSI-MINES ParisTech <http://www.csi.ensmp.fr/> Co-Chair, ESN-IAMCR <http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn> | Outreach officer, GigaNet <http://giga-net.org> | Member, ComNum <http://www2.assemblee-nationale.fr/14/commissions/numerique> On the Web <http://www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/People/musiani/> | On Twitter <https://twitter.com/franmusiani>

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools
by Axel Bruns 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

G'day Gohar ! Thanks for this. As others have already pointed out, you won't be able to get all of those stats easily, and a number of them will be outdated almost as soon as you've gathered them. For small batches of general user details (as well as for most anything else that can be gathered through the Twitter APIs), though, I would very much recommend Erik Michaels-Ober's Ruby gem 't', which essentially provides a command-line interface to the Twitter API. It's available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and while - like most things Ruby - it's not the easiest to install, it's very handy for quickly getting the profile information for a batch of a few hundred user handles (or IDs), for instance. Output can be forced to CSV format using the -c or --csv switch. Details are at https://github.com/sferik/t, and Erik (@sferik) tends to be pretty helpful if you run into any trouble, too. > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:59:05 +0900 > From: "Gohar F. Khan" <gohar.feroz(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools > > Hello list members: > > I am looking for tools which can help extract all possible Twitter statistics > (such as, number of tweets, followers, followings, mentions, re-tweets, > favorites) for a list of Twitter handlers (around 120 accounts). *In > particular, I look for a tool that can take the IDs as a single file and > provide the desired statistics for each ID. * > > The Webometrics Analyst has this functionality, but unfortunately it only > provides followers and followings data. I am also familiar with the several > other tools including the ones mentioned in the Dean Freelon's curated list > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaERzROI986HqcwrBDLaqGG8X_lYwctj6ek6ryqD > OiQ/edit>, > but > non of these can extract all the information I need. Some tools provide more > statistics, but they work with one ID at time. > > I will greatly appreciate any suggestions. > > > Thank you, > > -- > > Gohar Feroz Khan, PhD > > Adjunct Faculty & Research Adviser > Korea Advance Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Global Information > and Telecommunication Technology Program (ITTP) > 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. -- Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - @snurb_dot_info ARC Future Fellow, 2014-17 http://www.amazon.com/author/axel.bruns/ Professor, Media & Communication http://mappingonlinepublics.net/ QUT Digital Media Research Centre http://qut.edu.au/research/dmrc/ Creative Industries Faculty, K412, KG http://snurb.info/ Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Assistant/Associate Professor PR/Advertising UMass Boston
by Mathias Klang 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Assistant/Associate Professor PR/Advertising The University of Massachusetts Boston welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor with expertise in Public Relations/Advertising to begin September 1, 2016. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Communication or a related field by August 31, 2016. Successful candidates must demonstrate a record of excellence in social science research in public relations/advertising, and should demonstrate a record of, or strong potential for securing extramural funding. It would be beneficial for these interests to intersect with our current strengths in media, interpersonal, health, political, or intercultural communication. The instructional requirements for the position include developing and teaching an array of undergraduate courses, including courses in the candidate's specialty, as well as conventional communication courses. In addition to advising undergraduate students in the major, this hire will be expected to teach two courses per semester. Additional opportunities exist for summer and January session courses. An interest in professional and institutional service is required, and professional experience in the communication industry could also be a plus. Members of the Communication Department will be available to answer questions at the NCA job fair in November. Review of applications will begin on December 1 and will continue until a suitable candidate is hired. All materials must be submitted electronically; hard copy applications will not be considered. Please submit a cover letter, C.V., research statement, evidence of teaching effectiveness and contact information for three letters of recommendation online. https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=176154625 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang Associate Professor of Political Communication, UMass Boston http://klangable.com ~ @klangable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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PLAY/REWIND -- Communication Graduate Conference
by Merlyna Lim 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

http://carletoncgc.com/upcoming-events-lectures/cfps/ Carleton University's Communication Graduate Conference is pleased to announce our 11th annual conference: PLAY/REWIND. The conference will be held March 3rd-4th, 2016, in Carleton University's picturesque River Building. Call for papers: To understand the present and shape the future, we must confront and critique the past. Our 11th annual conference, Play/Rewind, invites explorations in communication that look backward to move forward. When we invite ‘play’ into communication we get a sense of lightheartedness, of fun, and of spectacle. Play suggests malleability, change, and transformation. Yet beneath this frivolity are anxieties over our increasingly myopic and entertainment-minded society. We rewind to consider what has come before. New discoveries emerge from the gaps and missed connections of previous ones. To rewind is to remember; to replay, to search for what was missed, to consider what came before. Between the moment of rewind and play is ‘pause’ – a state in which we can critically reflect before moving on to new discoveries, new experiences, and the next part of the story. Both of the concepts of ‘play’ and ‘rewind’ could stand on their own, but when working in tandem they operate as a give and take of ideas. An exchange. They ask questions of our present and future, while recalling the past that paved the way. The conference theme, Play/Rewind, encourages submissions examining a broad range of topics and themes, such as a rethink of history or performance studies, the politics of play, digital activism, emergent technologies, or digital and social media. Other examples of themes and issues that paper presentations may address include: • Entertainment, spectacle, and ludology • Remediation, intertextuality, and transmedia analysis • Creative and cultural industries, cultural and media policy, ideology and practice • Representation and identity • Relationship between the self and communication technology • Memory and identity We welcome 250-word abstract proposals for individual paper presentations and panels. Panel proposals should include both a 250-word abstract for the panel, explaining how it relates to the conference theme, and a 250-word abstract for the paper. The annual Attallah Lecture will take place during the conference, featuring Dr. Mia Consalvo, Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design at Concordia University, and author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Video Games. Dr. Consalvo runs the mLab, which is developing innovative methods for studying games and game players, and is the President of the Digital Games Research Association. Please send your 250-word abstract and panel proposals to cgc(a)carleton.ca byJANUARY 02, 2016. Include “CGC conference submission” in the email subject line. Upon abstract acceptance, students are encouraged to submit their papers for the Canadian Journal of Communication Student Paper Prize. To be considered for the prize, the full paper must be submitted by February 12th, 2016. http://carletoncgc.com/upcoming-events-lectures/cfps/

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Screen casting software recommendations?
by Jackie Militello 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hi Everyone, I¹m looking for screen-casting software recommendations for pcs for students to install on their own computers. (I have Quicktime for my mac users) I have looked online. Camtasia at US$300 is too expensive for the 45 minutes per computer I need. I need something easy to use, similar to Quicktime that is easily/quickly installed and easy to use. Camstudio seems to have malware issues according to several searches and comments in this PC World article I found. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2862985/how-to-create-and-distribute-an-instr uctional-screencast-video-for-free.html Appreciate any help, Jackie Militello | Hong Kong University | School of English

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