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CFP Journal of Peer Production: Work and peer production
by Mathieu.O'Neil 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

<apologies if you receive this message more than twice> CFP Journal of Peer Production: Work and peer production Editors: Phoebe Moore (Middlesex University London), Mathieu O’Neil (University of Canberra), Stefano Zacchiroli (University Paris Diderot) The rise in the usage and delivery capacity of the Internet in the 1990s has led to the development of massively distributed online projects where self-governing volunteers collaboratively produce public goods. Notable examples include Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects such as Debian and GNOME, as well as the Wikipedia encyclopedia. These distributed practices have been characterised as peer production, crowdsourcing, mass customization, social production, co-configurative work, playbour, user-generated content, wikinomics, open innovation, participatory culture, produsage, and the wisdom of the crowd, amongst other terms. In peer production, labour is communal and outputs are orientated towards the further expansion of the commons, an ecology of production that aims to defy and resist the hierarchies and rules of ownership that drive productive models within capitalism (Moore, 2011); while the commons, recursively, are the chief resource in this mode of production (Söderberg & O’Neil, 2014). Peer projects are ‘ethical’ as participation is primarily motivated by self-fulfillment and validated by a community of peers, rather than by earning wages. Their governance is ‘modular’, understood in a design sense (decomposable blocks sharing a common interface), but also in political-economy terms: participants oppose restricted ownership and control by individually socializing their works into commons. Conflicting interpretations of their societal impact have been articulated (O’Neil, 2015). Skeptics view the abjuration of exclusive property rights over the goods they produce as irrelevant, and ethical-modular projects as increasing worker exploitation: participants’ passionate labour occurs at the expense of less fortunate others, who do not have the disposable income, cultural capital, or family support to engage in unpaid labour (Moore & Taylor, 2009; Huws, 2013). In contrast, reformists, often hailing from a management perspective, suggest that the co-optation of communal labour by firms will improve business practices and society (Arvidsson, 2008; Demil et al., 2015). Finally activists celebrate the abjuration of exclusive property rights, and present ethical-modular projects as key actors in a historical process leading to the supersession of capitalism and hierarchy (Kostakis & Bauwens, 2014). This last perspective raises a central challenge, which is the avoidance of purely utopian thinking. In other words, how can commons-based peer production reach deeply into daily life? How can ‘already existing non-capitalist economic processes’ be strengthened, ‘new non-capitalist enterprises’ be built, and ‘communal subjects’ be established (Gibson-Graham, 2003: 157)? An increasingly large free public goods and services sector could well cohabit in a plural economy with employment in cooperatives, paid independent work, and the wage-earning of the commercial sector. However analysis of peer production typically eschews mundane considerations such as living wages, benefits, job security, working conditions, work-induced medical conditions, and debates on labour organization. How can peer production operate as a sustainable practice enabling people to live, if labour and work issues are not formally addressed? To advance this agenda, the tenth issue of the Journal of Peer Production, titled Peer Production and Work, calls for papers in two linked areas: *Peer production in a paid work society* Nowadays firms attempt to monetize crowdsourced labour. The paradigmatic example is Amazon’s Mechanical Turk labourers (popularly known as ‘Turkers’, ‘cloud workers’ or ‘click workers’) who accomplish micro-tasks such as tagging and labeling images, transcribing audio or video recordings, and categorizing products. This extreme modularization of work results in their status being that of independent contractors rather than employees with rights, necessitating novel means of protection and redress (Irani & Silberman, 2013). The so-called 'sharing economy' also uses peer production methods, such as the self-selection of modular and granular tasks, to extract ever-more value from the labour of volunteer ‘prosumers’ (Frayssé & O’Neil, 2015). Capitalist firms are also increasingly engaging with ethical-modular organizations, in some cases paying wages to participants. Such labour is thus both ‘alienated’, or sold, and ‘communal’, as workers freely cooperate to produce commons. Do traditional categories such as exploitation and alienation still apply? Topics may include, but are not limited to: - Peer production and the global political economy - Peer production and the rise of precarious work - Peer workers and possibilities for worker organisation - Does the autonomy of peer workers cause conflict in firms, and how is it resolved? - What strategies do firms adopt to co-opt peer production (e.g., ‘hackhathons’)? - Do tensions around property rights emerge? - Subjectivity in peer production - Peer production and intellectual property, coded work *Paid work in peer production projects* How does paid labour affect ethical P2P projects? Mansell and Berdou (2010) argue that firms supporting the work of programmers who contribute to volunteer projects, to the commons, will not affect the ‘cooperative spirit’ of projects; nor can this support prevent the results of labour from being socialized into commons. Is this always the case? Topics may include, but are not limited to: - How do peer projects deal with the presence of paid or waged labour? - Is this topic discussed within peer production projects? In what way? - What benefits do paid or waged workers enjoy in peer projects? - How does paid labour affect peer production projects? *Timeline* 300-500 word-abstract due: 30 July 2015 Notification to authors: 30 August 2015 Submission of full paper: 31 December 2015 Reviews to authors: 15 February 2016 Revised papers: 30 April 2016 Signals due: 30 May 2016 Issue release: June/July 2016 *Submission guidelines* Submission abstracts of 300-500 words are due by July 30, 2015 and should be sent to <work(a)peerproduction.net>. All peer reviewed papers will be reviewed according to Journal of Peer Production guidelines. See http://peerproduction.net/peer-review/process/ Full papers and materials are due by December 31, 2015 for review. Peer reviewed papers should be around 8,000 words; personal testimonies or ‘tales of toil’ in the Processed World tradition should be up to 4,000 words. *References* Arvidsson, A. (2008). The ethical economy of consumer coproduction. Journal of Macromarketing, 8, 326-338. Demil, B., Lecoq. X. & Warnier, E. (2015). The capabilities of bazaar governance: Investigating the advantage of business models based on open communities. Journal of Organizational Change Management, in press. Frayssé, O. & O’Neil, M. (2015) Digital labour and prosumer capitalism: The US matrix. Basingstoke: Palgrave, in press. Gibson-Graham, J.K. (2003). Enabling ethical economies: Cooperativism and class. Critical Sociology, 29, 123-164. Huws, U. (2013). The underpinnings of class in the digital age: Living, labour and value. Socialist Register, 50, 80-107. Irani, L. & Silberman, M. (2013). Turkopticon: Interrupting worker invisibility in Amazon Mechanical Turk. Proceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Kostakis, V. & Bauwens, M. (2014) Network society and future scenarios for a collaborative economy. Basingstoke: Palgrave. Mansell, R. & Berdou, E. (2010). Political economy, the internet and FL/OSS development. In Hunsinger, J., Allen, M. & Klastrup, L. (Eds.) International handbook of Internet research (pp. 341-362). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Springer. Moore, P. (2011). Subjectivity in the ecologies of P2P Production. The Journal of Fibreculture FCJ-119. Online. Moore, P. & Taylor, P. A. (2009). Exploitation of the self in community-based software production: Workers’ freedoms or firm foundations? Capital & Class, 99-117. O’Neil, M. (2015). Labour out of control: The political economy of capitalist and ethical organizations. Organization Studies, 1-21. Söderberg, J. & O’Neil, M. (2014). 'Introduction'. Book of Peer Production (pp. 2-3). Göteborg: NSU Press. ******************************************

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Selfie Citizenship “pocket book”: Call for Contributions / deadline 1st July 2015
by Adi Kuntsman 08 Jun '15

08 Jun '15

Selfie Citizenship “pocket book”: Call for Contributions Deadline for abstract submissions: 1st July 2015 Following the highly successful “Selfie Citizenship” workshop, held in Manchester in April 2015, contributions are invited to the Selfie Citizenship “pocket book” edited for Palgrave Pivot (a new initiative by Palgrave Macmillan for fast dissemination of fully peer-reviewed research on current matters). We invite conceptual, empirical or creative interventions, of 3-5,000 words maximum, that contribute to the intellectual and political conversation around the notion of selfie citizenship, at the intersection of politics, visual culture, social and digital media, and cultural and social studies of citizenship. Background In the recent years we have become accustomed to photographs of individuals with hand-written banners, as well as to various selfie memes and hashtag actions, spread on social media as actions of protest and political or social statements. Their circulation is global, and their iconography is often deceivingly similar, yet their motivations, causes and context vary – some stand against police abuse or military occupation, others call for clearer cities or smaller classrooms, yet others promote a charity cause or a social awareness, and there are those that incite violence or call for a war. While some perform citizenship as a form of nationalism, other mobilise notions of global citizenship, and yet others operate in contexts where citizenship is absent, in question or violently denied. Such mobilisation of the selfie genre – understood broadly as self-portraits in viral digital circulation –challenges the prevalent popular view of selfies as narcissistic, inherently a-political and even anti-social. Yet selfie citizenship -- as a political, affective, visual and networked phenomenon, as a performance and a social and aesthetic practice-- still remains to be theorised, both as a framework for different understanding of selfies, and as a way to think differently about citizenship in the social media age. Possible topics include, but are not limited to • “Acts of citizenship” (Isin 2008) and selfie performativity • Selfies and affective citizenship • Selfie citizenship and “impossible subjects” • Selfie actions across borders and contexts • Biopolitics, necropolitics and selfie protest • Visibility/invisibility regimes and selfie citizenship • Selfie citizenship and surveillance • Selfies and the limits of digital citizenship • Selfie citizenship and consumerism • Selfie citizenship and digital labour • Selfies and “hashtag solidarity” (Mottahedeh 2015) • Selfie citizenship and algorithms • Selfie citizenship and biometric governance Submission guidelines Please submit a 300 word abstract, together with a short bio for each author, to Dr Adi Kuntsman a.kuntsman(a)mmu.ac.uk , by 1st of July 2015. Timeline Abstract and bio submission 1 July 2015 Successful contributors notified 15 July 2015 Full chapters submitted and sent to peer review 1 October 2015 Revised chapter submission 31 January 2016 Publication June 2016 --- Dr. Adi Kuntsman | Department of Languages, Information and Communications | Manchester Metropolitan UniversityOffice: Geoffrey Manton 437 | Tel: ++44-(0)-161-2476165 |https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/ | @Dr_Ku Summer term office hours: by appointment a.kuntsman[(a)]mmu.ac.uk Out now:Digital Militarism: Israel's Occupation in theSocial Media Age (with Rebecca L. Stein, Stanford U Press)

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Call for Submissions - Game Studies Area: 2016 PCA/ACA National Confe rence.
by Matthew Wy. 07 Jun '15

07 Jun '15

Game Studies Area: 2016 PCA/ACA National Conference. The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference invites proposals for papers and panels on games and game studies for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association National Conference to be held Monday, March 21 through Friday, March 25, 2016 at the Sheraton in Seattle, WA. The database for proposal submissions opens July 1. Below, please find: I. Topics of Interest II. Submission Process III. Information about the Conference IV. Contact Information ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I. Topics of Interest The organizers seek proposals and papers covering all aspects of gaming, gaming culture and game studies. Proposals can address any game medium (computer, social, console, tabletop, etc) and all theoretical and methodological approaches are welcome. Possible topics include but are not limited to: -- new game mediums and platforms (Facebook, iPhone/iPad/iPod, etc) -- representation or performance of race, class, gender and sexuality in games -- gaming culture, game specific cultures, and multicultural and cross-cultural issues -- game development, design, authorship and other industry issues -- game advertising, reviews, packaging, promotion, integrated marketing and other commercial concerns -- political and legal entailments such as regulation, censorship, intellectual property -- ludology, textual criticism, media ecology, narratology, etc as paradigms for games studies -- player generated content in MUDs and MMORPGs, Mods, maps and machinima -- game genres, platforms, consoles, console wars and connections to other media -- serious games for education, business, healthcare, (military) training, etc -- space and place in games, play spaces, virtual/physical communities, mobile gaming and localization -- digital literacy, discourse practices, social norms and norming, the politics of play -- public discourse/controversy over violence, militarism, sex, criminality, racism, etc in games -- game pedagogy and classroom practices, gamification, learning as play II. Submission Process The Game Studies area of the National Popular Culture Association and the American Culture Association Conference, which began as the Video Games Studies area in 2003, has the most enduring footprint of any North American academic organization that give serious attention to the social and cultural impact of games and gaming. The area continues to grow and offers two avenues for scholars to participate and present their work. A. Paper Proposals For individual paper proposal submissions, please submit a 250-word (maximum) abstract by October 1, 2015. Submissions must be made online at http://ncp.pcaaca.org. Detailed instructions for using the online submission system can be found at http://www.pcaaca.org/conference/instructions.php. B. Panel Proposals For panel submissions, please submit a 250-word (maximum) panel abstract, as well as 100-word abstracts for each individual presentation, by October 1, 2015. Panel proposals must be emailed to digitalgames.pcaaca(a)gmail.com. Be sure to include the proposed title of the panel, the organizer’s name, affiliation, mailing address, and email, as well as this information for all panelists. Panel submissions may take the form of debates, dialogs, roundtable discussions, thematic panels, (or other format,) and should be designed to last approximately eighty minutes. III. Information about the Conference A. So that there will be ample time for discussion, each individual paper presentation should be designed to last approximately twelve to fifteen minutes (there will typically be four presentations per session with time for Q&A). B. Technology for use during presentations may be limited. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.pcaaca.org/ C. Presenters will be required to join either the Popular Culture Association or the American Culture Association prior to attending the conference, as well as pay a registration fee for the conference. Information about these fees can be found at http://www.pcaaca.org/conference/membership_registration.php. D. Awards and Travel Grants are offered, on a competitive basis, by the National Popular Culture Association / American Culture Association 1. Travel Grants The Michael Schoenecke Travel Grant for Graduate Students to the National Conference. For application requirements, please visit http://www.pcaaca.org/grant/schoenecke.php The Peter Rollins Travel Grant for Early-Career Faculty. For application requirements, please visit http://www.pcaaca.org/grant/rollins.php The Madonna Marsden International Travel Grant for Individuals presenting at the National Conference. For application requirements, please visit http://www.pcaaca.org/grant/marsden.php 2. Graduate Student Awards William E. Brigman Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper presented at the National Conference in a specific year. Applications go to Brigman Award, c/o Gary Hoppenstand, Journal of Popular Culture, 4C Morrill Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824 . Please send three hard copies of the paper (without author's name), as well as a copy on disc and photocopy of your student identification card. Those concerned for their privacy may obscure the Social Security number should it appear on the card. Please also include a copy of the acceptance letter/email from the PCA area chair who accepted the paper for presentation in the national conference. Papers should address popular culture and be accepted for a PCA panel. Submissions must be received by January 7th of the year the conference is held. The winning paper must be presented at the upcoming PCA/ACA meeting in the year it is accepted. Should the winning paper not be presented in person, the award will be forfeited. The winning author is invited to submit the essay to The Journal of Popular Culture and work with the editor toward its publication. This award is selected by a panel chosen by the editor of the journal. The winner receives a $500 travel award to attend the national conference in the year the paper is selected. William M. Jones Award for the Outstanding Graduate Student Paper presented at the National Conference in a specific year. Entries are submitted to Amy Dudley, Editorial Assistant, William M. Jones Graduate Student Paper Award Selection Committee, the Journal of American Culture, Virginia Wesleyan College, 1584 Wesleyan Drive, Norfolk, VA 23502. Papers must be submitted by January 7th of the year the conference is held. Three copies of the paper, as well as a photocopy of the applicant's student identification card must be submitted. Papers should address American culture. The winning paper must be presented at the PCA/ACA conference. The winner receives a $500 travel award to attend the national conference in the year the paper is selected. Should the winning paper not be presented in person, the award will be forfeited. The winning author should also submit the essay to the Journal of American Culture and work with the editor toward its publication. This award is selected by a panel chosen by the editor of the journal. IV. Contact Information Questions and concerns can be sent to digitalgames.pcaaca(a)gmail.com, or may be directed to one of the area chairs listed below. Matthew Wysocki, Department of Communication, Flagler College mwysocki(a)flagler.edu Nicholas Mizer, nicholas.j.mizer(a)gmail.com

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New blog post - "Welcome to America - Here is your Linux computer"
by Becky Lentz 06 Jun '15

06 Jun '15

This may be of interest to those working on Internet access issues, e-waste, and open source B. Lentz, McGill -----Original Message----- From: Steven Clift <clift(a)e-democracy.org> Reply-To: <inclusion(a)forums.e-democracy.org> Date: Friday, June 5, 2015 at 5:38 PM Subject: Re: [Inclusion] New blog post - "Welcome to America - Here is your Linux computer" >One resource if others way to help distribute used PCs with Linux >installed is >the ³Free Geek² movement. >For example: http://freegeektwincities.org/ http://www.freegeek.org/ - >Portland > >And others: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=free+geek >Steve > >Steven Clift - Executive Director, E-Democracy.org > >clift(a)e-democracy.org - +1.612.234.7072 > >@democracy - http://linkedin.com/in/netclift > >E-Democracy can help: http://e-democracy.org/services > >On Fri, Jun 5, 2015 at 12:52 PM, Phil Shapiro wrote: > >Here is a new blog post about a refurbished computer I recently delivered. > >https://opensource.com/life/15/6/five-linux-programs > >>

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Uottawa / two tenure-track faculty positions; one in Public Relations and the second in International Communication and Digital Media
by Hélène BOURDELOIE 06 Jun '15

06 Jun '15

As part of a major expansion of its research programs in Communication, the Faculty of Arts at the University of Ottawa invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions; one in Public Relations and the second in International Communication and Digital Media. Title of the positions: Assistant Professor Duties: The functions of a member of the academic staff include, in varying proportions: a) teaching activities; b) scholarly activities revealed by research or professional work; c) academic service activities; d) supervision of graduate students. Terms: Tenure-track position Salary: The salary scale for an Assistant Professor starts at $77,379.00 Benefits package: The University of Ottawa provides a complete compensation package which includes long term disability, basic group life insurance, supplementary health insurance, University of Ottawa Pension Plan and optional life insurance. Location of work: Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier East, Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 Contact information: Dr. Isaac Nahon-Serfaty, Faculty of Arts Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5 inahonse(a)uOttawa.ca Telephone: 613-562-5800 ext: 3836, fax: 613-562-5240 # 1 Public Relations Skill requirements: . Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Communication (preferred) or in a related field. . Candidates must have an excellent record of research and peer-reviewed publications in Public Relations or Marketing Communication. . Candidates must have an excellent knowledge of theories in Public Relations and/or Marketing Communication. . Preference will be given to candidates developing a research program relating to the digital ecosystem. . Candidates must be able to teach in English or in French at the time of hire and must possess a passive understanding of the other official language. Active bilingualism at the time of hire is an asset and is required in order to receive tenure . Experience in teaching preferred. . Experience supervising masters and doctoral students would be an asset. # 2 International Communication and Digital Media. Skill Requirements: . Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Communication (preferred) or in a related field. . Candidates must have an excellent record of research and peer-reviewed publications in International Communication and Digital Media. . Candidates must have an excellent knowledge of contemporary approaches in International Communication as well as Digital Media. . Preference will be given to candidates developing a research program that relates to globalization in media ecosystems and digital platforms. . Preference will be given to candidates using quantitative methods in their research program. . Candidates must be able to teach in English or in French at the time of hire and must possess a passive understanding of the other official language. Active bilingualism at the time of hire is an asset and is required in order to receive tenure . Experience in teaching preferred. . Experience supervising masters and doctoral students would be an asset. Application deadline: July 15, 2015. Please send your curriculum vitae, a detailed research proposal, a description of teaching interests and three confidential letters of reference to: Isaac Nahon-Serfaty, Chair Department of Communication University of Ottawa, 55 Laurier East Av., 11th floor (room 11101B) Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1N 6N5 Email: inahonse(a)uottawa.ca -------- Hélène Bourdeloie Maître de conférences en sciences de l'information et de la communication Université Paris 13 - Sorbonne Paris Cité LabSIC - Labex ICCA & chercheuse associée au laboratoire COSTECH (UTC) Skype: Helene.bourdeloie http://www.helenebourdeloie.org

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WEBCAST TODAY: CITI - The impact of the Internet on employment and how to deal with the losers?
by Joly MacFie 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

I've been streaming this all day. Mostly hard core economics but interesting nonetheless. joly posted: "Today Tuesday March 31 2015 the Northeast DAS and Small Cell Association’s (NEDAS) Third Annual Spring In-Building Wireless Summit brings together leading industry executives, vendors, service providers and end-users for learning, sharing, collaborating a" [image: CitiJobs] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/citijobs/>Today *Friday June 5 2015* the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information* <http://www.citicolumbia.org/>, in collaboration with *Telecom Italia <http://www.telecomitalia.com/>* present* The impact of the Internet on employment and how to deal with the losers? <http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/jobs.html>* – a conference to discuss the following topics:Is the Internet a net creator of jobs?How are job profiles changed by the digital economy? What are the impacts on income distribution? Is it a winner-takes-all tournament? What are models to facilitate adjustment without slowing innovation? Speakers include *Bruce Lincoln* of Silicon Harlem and *Michael Nelson* of Cloudflare. The entire event will be webcast live via the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <http://bit.ly/citijobs15>*. *What: The impact of the Internet on employment and how to deal with the losers?Where: Columbia Business School NYCWhen: Friday June 5 2015 9am-5pm EDT | 13:00-21:00 UTCAgenda: http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/jobs.html <http://www.citicolumbia.org/events/2015/jobs.html>Webcast: http://bit.ly/citijobs15 <http://bit.ly/citijobs15>Twitter: #citijobs15 <https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=%23citijobs15&src=typd>* *Permalink - http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7817 <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7817>* -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CFP: NMP open themes for 2016-2018
by Mél Hogan 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

CFP: No More Potlucks (www.nomorepotlucks.org) —> open themes for 2016-2018 Hi everyone, NMP will be wrapping up our regular bimonthly issues when we reach year 10 (!) in 2018. Thereafter, we’ll turn NMP into an ongoing offbeat blog of sorts (so, all is not lost!) For these last few issues, the themes will be shaped from the submissions we receive and/or the keywords you propose. We’re looking for raw, sensitive, and provocative submissions from activists, academics, and artists *especially in, from or about Canada. We curate 5 pieces per issue, and we book up fast, so please send us your ideas as soon as possible, by email (info(a)nomorepotlucks.org) in a clear short pitch, with links or images. We welcome interviews, theoretical texts, fictional accounts — all kinds of experiments. We are also looking for a cover photographer (with an accompanying interview) for each upcoming issue. Thank you, NMP Eds M-C MacPhee Andrea Zeffiro Mél Hogan .... NOMOREPOTLUCKS An online and pod journal of arts and politics since 2009 Email: info(a)nomorepotlucks.org Click: www.nomorepotlucks.org Tweet: @nomorepotlucks.org Facebook: www.facebook.com/nomorepotlucks

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Fwd: fembot: CFP Ada, Issue 9, Open Call
by Radhika G 05 Jun '15

05 Jun '15

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Stabile Carol <carol.stabile(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jun 4, 2015 at 8:07 PM Subject: fembot: CFP Ada, Issue 9, Open Call To: Fembot List <fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu> Please find information about the call for papers for Ada, Issue 9 here < http://fembotcollective.org/blog/2015/03/09/call-for-papers-issue-9-open-ca…>. The deadline for submissions is August 10, 2015. Please share with your networks! best, Carol A. Stabile, Professor Women’s and Gender Studies/School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon Radhika Gajjala *Co-editor of ADA: Journal of Gender and New Media* *http://adanewmedia.org <http://adanewmedia.org/>* *Fulbright Professor/Research Scholar in Digital Culture at University of Bergen, August 1, 2015-July 31, 2016* *__* Professor School of Media and Communication and American Culture Studies Program Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green Ohio http://www.radhikagajjala.org <http://www.cyberdiva.org/> _______________________________________________ fembot mailing list fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot

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Lecturer position-the iSchool@UBC
by Caroline Haythornthwaite 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA SCHOOL OF LIBRARY, ARCHIVAL AND INFORMATION STUDIES 1-Year Term Appointment: Lecturer The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies (SLAIS the iSchool@ubc) at the University of British Columbia invites applications for a 12-Month Lecturer position for a 1-year term appointment commencing as early as August 1, 2015. The successful candidate will have a teaching and research interest/experience in the area of technology and information. Applicants should hold a Ph.D. (or expect to have successfully defended prior to the start date of the appointment), or a combination of extensive professional experience and a master’s degree in a field related to the teaching areas of the position. Applicants must demonstrate potential for excellence and must provide strong evidence of their teaching ability and effectiveness. Applicants with experience teaching in one or more of the following areas will be given preference: web programming, web design, social media management, database design, data analysis, data science/analytics, systems analysis, information systems. This is a full-time position that carries a teaching load of six (6) 3-credit courses per year plus administrative and service responsibilities as appropriate, including contributions to curriculum development. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. The School offers a Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS), Master of Archival Studies (MAS), a joint MAS/MLIS, a multidisciplinary Master of Arts in Children’s Literature (MACL), and a doctorate in library, archival and information studies leading to the awarding of a Ph.D. The School also offers courses at the undergraduate level in the Bachelor of Media Studies Program. Further information about the School can be found on its Web site at www.slais.ubc.ca. The deadline for receipt of applications is Monday, July 6, 2015 Application materials should include a cover letter stating the candidate’s qualifications for the position, teaching philosophy, evidence of teaching effectiveness, a complete CV, and the names and contact information for 3 referees. The University of British Columbia hires on the basis of merit and is committed to employment 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 or gender identities, and others with the skills and knowledge to engage productively with diverse communities. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada will be given priority. Applications should be sent to: Connie Wintels SLAIS the iSchool@ubc, The University of British Columbia Suite 470 - 1961 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1 Email: ischool.admin(a)ubc.ca Questions should be directed to: Luanne Freund Associate Professor and Acting Director SLAIS the iSchool@ubc Email luanne.freund(a)ubc.ca

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CFP: Workshop on New Media, Old Money, Elections and Democracy
by Richard Denny Taylor 04 Jun '15

04 Jun '15

Colleagues, I am pleased to share with you this CFP for a Workshop in Washington, D.C., Sept. 27-29. Richard New Media, Old Money: Digital Technology, Social Media and the New Challenges to Campaigning and Democracy A by-invitation experts' workshop to be held at The Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America Washington, DC, September 27-29, 2015 Electronic media have played a central role in politics almost since their introduction. The role of media in election campaigns is often seen as the origin of media and communication studies. The variety of political systems worldwide, the wide range of media systems that operate within them, and the extensive array of regulatory schemes that govern this association raise thought provoking questions about the role of media in democracy. The media-politics-capital triad has raised concerns about the effect of money on the health and fairness of political and media structures. The use of digital technologies and collaborative media has now become a critical part of these complex relationships. Increasingly, political campaigns are built around digital strategies rather than on traditional broadcast ad buys. The internet offers many additional groups cheap access to the public sphere and new possibilities for information and discussion. Accordingly, much of the most "impactful" money is spent "online," calling on expertise in building networks, conversations and communities using social networking platforms, combined with applications designed to amplify messaging as well as volunteers and users generating their own content. In addition, the ability to find, analyze and apply personal information from "big data" is becoming more important than market research and the focus has shifted to the development of comprehensive social media strategies for young, ethnic, gendered and special interest groups. Finally, legacy media and their traditional business models are affected by change as well, raising questions about implications of the internet for journalism and democracy. As a result, any current understanding of campaign spending and political communication must incorporate not just traditional advertising, but equally spending on internet and social networking platforms and the use of information technologies to identify and reach voters through multiple platforms. The same "Old Money" is being used to try to gain influence, but new media offer new approaches both to enhance and conceal its effects. Moreover, the same media brands with the same powerful owners prevail online as well. The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of Communication and Media Research DCM at the University of Fribourg and the Journal of Information Policy, are pleased to announce this call for paper proposals. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present them during a two day (September 28th and 29th, 2015) by-invitation workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen American and international experts and to be held at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC. The workshop will open with a reception on September 27th. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for review by the Journal of Information Policy ( <http://www.jip-online.org/> www.jip-online.org) By focusing on the media-politics-capital triad, and taking place a year before the presidential elections in the US and only weeks before the national elections in Switzerland, the workshop is ideally suited to provide important insights not only for scholarly research but also for policy-makers in both countries. Invited topics include, but are not limited to: * The role of media in election and referendum campaigns * The (democratic) need for regulation of media and campaigns * The role of money in campaigning and political communication * The role of money in media policy and regulation * Commercialization of the media and its effect on political coverage * Ownership structures of new and old media and their implications for democracy, political communication and media policy * Changes of political communication and journalism due to digitization * The strategic use of social media by political actors * Comparative studies of media regulation, political communication and campaigns * New metrics for campaign expenditures in the digital age * Political campaign money spending in online campaigns * Limitations on campaign spending * Limitations on contributions; on sources of contributions; requirements for disclosure; regulation of spending by advocacy groups; by political parties; and by individuals * The challenge of diversity of views and voices in the digital age * Applying broadcast political speech rules be applied on the Internet * Should social media, blogs, listserves and websites be subject to political speech rules? * How have the larger changes in the economics of media affected political news and commentary? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to <mailto:pennstateiip@psu.edu> pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by July 10, 2015. Please write "IIPFUWS: Your Last Name" in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by July 25, 2015.

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