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Academic positions available, RMIT Vietnam
by adam.nash＠rmit.edu.au 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Dear All, There are 11 academic positions available in the Centre of Communication and Design at RMIT University, Vietnam. The Centre is headed by Professor Rick Bennett, previously of College of Fine Arts (COFA) at UNSW. To obtain a copy of the position description and application, please visit www.rmit.edu.vn/jobs then send your application to employment(a)rmit.edu.vn. The Centre of Communication and Design (CoCD) is one of three academic Centres at RMIT University Vietnam providing academic leadership in creative discipline areas throughout the Asian region. Under the guidance of the Head of Centre, and three Heads of Department, successful candidates will deliver classes and undertake administrative and research activities according to the academic workload model of RMIT University Vietnam - the largest off-shore campus in the World in a highly global environment. The Centre of Communication and Design seeks to appoint up to: 5 x Senior Educators, Lecturers, Senior Lecturers – Bachelor of Design (Digital Media); 5 x Senior Educators, Lecturers, Senior Lecturers – Bachelor of Communications (Prof. Comm.); 1 x Senior Educator, Lecturer, Senior Lecturer – Bachelor of Fashion (Merchandise Management); Responsibilities - Candidates will possess a demonstrated ability to teach and develop course materials in discipline areas (practical and/or theoretical) of: Design - Interactive Media and/or Digital Video at an undergraduate level; or Communications - Public Relations and/or Advertising at an undergraduate level; or Fashion – Logistics, Retail, Merchandising at an undergraduate level. Ideally, candidates will also have significant industry experience in one or more of the above areas. These roles may include: responsibility for teaching and development; course coordination; curriculum design; course administration; and quality assurance for core stream curriculum in relevant courses. Candidates need to: • A Masters Degree in a relevant discipline area (for Senior Educator positions); • Be an experienced educator in tertiary level programs (preferably 5 years); • Obtain IELTS (Academic) with overall score of 7.0 and with no band less than 6.5 OR equivalents: • Be engaged with established and emerging theory, practices and debates in the context of contemporary media and technologies; • Be an accomplished practitioner with highly effective organisational and communication skills; • Have wide experience in social media as a communication tool (for teaching and practice); • Be experienced with commercial client-based projects, in managing small creative teams and/or in the supervision and mentorship of senior level degree projects; • Undertake research activities in line with the University's research strategy that emphasises relevant and applied research. Preferred candidates will: • Have achieved a PhD or Doctoral qualification; • Possess a tertiary teaching qualification (Grad. Cert. offered at RMIT if currently unqualified); • Have be awarded Teaching Awards and Scholarship achievements; • Be regularly producing and exhibiting creative outcomes. Vietnamese candidates who meet the mandatory requirements and key selection criteria as detailed in the position description for this posting are encouraged to submit an application. How to Apply: To obtain a copy of the position description and application, please visit www.rmit.edu.vn/jobs then send your application to employment(a)rmit.edu.vn Please note that applicants must address the mandatory requirements and Key Selection Criteria in the position description and include all other necessary supporting documentation listed in order to be considered. Intended start date: November / December, 2015 (allowing for work-permit) Applications close: end of August, 2015 Kind regards, Adam Nash -- Dr Adam Nash Program Manager, B.Design (Digital Media). Director, Playable Media Lab, Centre for Game Design Research. School of Media and Communication, RMIT University, Building 9, Level 5, Room 4, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3001 +61-3-9925-2598 adam.nash(a)rmit.edu.au www.rmit.edu.au/mediacommunication CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A

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Social media marketing textbook recommendations?
by Katrin Tiidenberg 04 Aug '15

04 Aug '15

Hi David, I used the Tuten and Solomon book and it is clear, well put together and - compared to many marketing texts - not simplistic in its assumptions about social media. I only assigned two chapters to students (the course was about a bunch of stuff, not just marketing), but hey loved it, many said they’d go and buy the book. best, Kat Tiidenberg > On Aug 4, 2015, at 12:01 AM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Faculty Position in Information and Library Science, Indiana > University Bloomington (Hara, Noriko) > 2. Internet Law: Cases and Problems (Grimmelmann, James) > 3. Social media marketing textbook recommendations? (David Brake) > 4. IACAP 2016 at University of Ferrara, Italy - 1st Call for > papers (Mariarosaria Taddeo) > 5. Re: Social media marketing textbook recommendations? > (cristina Miguel) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 15:25:08 +0000 > From: "Hara, Noriko" <nhara(a)indiana.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Faculty Position in Information and Library Science, > Indiana University Bloomington > Message-ID: <2B9CEE14-6E53-4812-841E-11B4B8A00DF7(a)indiana.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > Title: Asst/ Assoc/ Full Professor > Department: Information and Library Science > Expected start date: 08/01/2016 > > Position summary: > The School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a position beginning in Fall 2016 in the Department of Information and Library Science (all subareas solicited with preference for data curation, CSCW, digital libraries, information policy, digital youth, documentation, metadata, and the social web). This position is open at all levels (assistant, associate, or full professor). Duties include teaching, research, and service. > > The Department of Information and Library Science (ILS), formerly the School of Library and Information Science, has a long, successful history, having graduated over 8,000 students since it opened its doors in 1946. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Bloomington Information and Library Science program eighth nationally in its most recent rankings. The School of Informatics and Computing is the first of its kind and among the largest in the country, with unsurpassed breadth. Its mission is to excel and lead in education, research, and outreach spanning and integrating computing and information technologies. In addition to ILS, the School includes the Department of Computer Science and Informatics and has a total of more than 100 faculty, 900 graduate students, and 1,500 undergraduate majors on the Bloomington campus. Faculty research areas in ILS include bibliometrics; big data; computer-mediated communication; data science; data curation; digital libraries; information org > anization, retrieval, and visualization; human computer interaction; science studies; semantic web; social informatics; CSCW; text mining; web science; and more. Graduate degrees offered in the School include Master?s degrees in Information Science, Library Science, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Human Computer Interaction Design, and Security Informatics, and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Informatics, and Information Science. The School is also known for its strong undergraduate programs. > > Indiana University Bloomington is a major public research university with over 2,000 faculty and over 45,000 students. The beautiful campus hosts 110 research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic departments and schools. IU is renowned for its high-performance computing and networking facilities, top-ranked music school, and performing and fine arts. Located in the wooded rolling hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is a culturally thriving college town with a moderate cost of living and the amenities for an active lifestyle. > > Basic qualifications: Applicants should have an established record (for senior level) or demonstrable potential for excellence (for junior level) in research and teaching, and a Ph.D. in Information Science or a related field or (for junior level) expected before 8/2016. > > Interested candidates should submit their application at: > https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/1658 > > Application should include curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching, and names of three references (junior level), or six references (senior level). > > Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to: Prof. Noriko Hara, nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu> or to Faculty Search, Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing, Herman B. Wells Library LI011, Bloomington, IN 47408. > > For full consideration, completed applications must be received by December 1st, 2015. > Informal and confidential inquiries may be sent to the ILS Chair, Pnina Fichman, (fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu>) or to members of the search committee: Noriko Hara (nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu>), Stasa Milojevic (smilojev(a)indiana.edu<mailto:smilojev@indiana.edu>, Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu<mailto:hrosenba@indiana.edu>), John Walsh (jawalsh(a)indiana.edu<mailto:jawalsh@indiana.edu>). > > Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. IU Bloomington is vitally interested in the needs of Dual Career couples. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Noriko Hara, Ph.D. > Associate Professor > Department of Information & Library Science > School of Informatics & Computing | Indiana University > http://norikohara.org > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 17:12:27 +0000 > From: "Grimmelmann, James" <jgrimmelmann(a)law.umaryland.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Internet Law: Cases and Problems > Message-ID: <390E23C5-F869-4F00-9B18-D8ABA07238EC(a)law.umaryland.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Dear all, > > The new (5th) annual edition of my book, Internet Law: Cases and Problems, is now available. It covers the core topics of the subject -- jurisdiction, free speech, privacy, online contracts, computer crimes, trademarks, domain names, virtual property, copyright, patents, antitrust, and network neutrality -- and features extensive questions and problems to prompt discussion. The new edition has been updated to include recent developments such as the FCC's network neutrality order, cyberbullying laws, and the USA FREEDOM Act. While the book was written primarily for law students (so it uses the law-school casebook format of excerpts from judicial opinions and other primary legal materials), it has been successfully adopted for a number of undergraduate courses. The extensive teacher's manual contains suggestions for using it with non-law students and I would be happy to discuss the details off-list with anyone who might be interested in assigning it. > > The book itself is available as a DRM-free PDF download from Semaphore Press at http://semaphorepress.com/InternetLaw_overview.html. The book is pay-what-you-want with a suggested price of $30. Students who have downloaded a copy are welcome to put it on tablets or other devices, print out as much or as little as they need, or redownload it as needed. Instructors considering the book are also welcome to download it for free (use the "freeride" button at the bottom right of the payment page) and should email me off-list for a copy of the teacher's manual. If you would like to use portions of the book (e.g. for a few sessions of a course on social impacts of the Internet), we suggest $1 per student per class session, and we are happy to discuss other arrangements if any of this would be infeasible for you or your students. The book also comes in a print-on-demand version available through Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Law-Problems-James-Grimmelmann/dp/1943689008/. > > Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions or suggestions. > > best wishes, > James > > ------------------------------------------------------- > James Grimmelmann jgrimmelmann(a)law.umaryland.edu > Professor of Law http://james.grimmelmann.net > University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 11:21:55 -0400 > From: David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > To: AoIR mailing list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Social media marketing textbook recommendations? > Message-ID: <11278261-234E-4F9C-ADE7-6C05F2E406C2(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 > > Dear AoIR-ers, > > I will be teaching a course on social media which will include its use to promote commercial organizations and products (with a critical but also a ?how to? element). There must be dozens of textbooks on this subject out now or on their way - I have located Sage?s Social Media Marketing Second Edition (2015) by Tracy L. Tuten and Michael R. Solomon just through a quick Google search - but I was wondering if the wise minds on this list could suggest what they think of it and what they consider the best titles. I? m looking for something suitable for upper year undergraduates and up to date but also based on sound theoretical and empirical work (not just business ?guru? prognostications) and from a communications studies perspective if possible rather than a ?pure? marketing one. Additionally if anyone knows of a decent syllabus about this and was willing to share it I would be interested as well. I know that "Hootsuite U? offers some of this but again I would like to provide s > omething with more academic heft if possible. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can give and I will endeavour to feed back a summary to the list? > > Regards, > > David > > -- > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 21:37:07 +0100 > From: Mariarosaria Taddeo <mariarosariataddeo(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] IACAP 2016 at University of Ferrara, Italy - 1st Call > for papers > Message-ID: <3007A6DD-400F-4416-A508-C32EAF277B17(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear Colleagues, > > Apologies for cross-posting. I am really pleased to announce that submissions for IACAP 2016 are now open. > > Please, see below for the call for papers and call for symposia as well as for the relevant timeline. > > Further information and updates on the conference will be posted on IACAP website http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016/ <http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016/> during the following months. > > I really hope you will all consider submitting a paper (or a symposium proposal) and attending the 2016 meeting. > > Best regards, > Mariarosaria > -- > Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo > Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford > President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy > Associate Editor for Ethics, Policy & Technology - Philosophy & Technology, Springer > http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/ <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/> > http://rosariataddeo.net <http://rosariataddeo.net/> > > International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Annual Meeting > > > > June 14-17, 2016 University of Ferrara, Italy > > > The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) [http://www.iacap.org/] <> is delighted to announce that submissions are now being accepted for its 2016 annual meeting [http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016 <http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016>], to be held on June 14-17 at the University of Ferrara, Italy [http://www.unife.it/international] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrara <http://www.unife.it/international]%20[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrara>]. The meeting will be hosted by Professor Marcello D?Agostino [http://docente.unife.it/dgm <http://docente.unife.it/dgm>] and Professor Marcello D?Alfonso [http://docente.unife.it/dlfmtv/ <http://docente.unife.it/dlfmtv/>]. > > IACAP has a long-lasting tradition of promoting philosophical dialogue and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of the computational and informational turn. This puts it in a privileged position, as IACAP?s members have contributed shaping the philosophical and ethical debate about computing, information technologies, and artificial intelligence. The 2016 annual meeting will keep this tradition and will gather philosophers, ethicists, roboticists, and computer scientists interested in the following topics: > > > Artificial Intelligence > Artificial Life > Automated Warfare > Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition > Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science > Computer-Mediated Communication > Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information > History of Computing > Information Culture and Society > Metaphysics of Computing > Philosophy of Information > Philosophy of Information Technology > Robotics > Virtual Reality > > ... and related issues > > The meeting will have a main track focusing on topics at the core of IACAP members? interests. Symposia will also be organized and run by members, or groups of members, to focus on more specific topics. > > We invite submissions of papers (between 3000 and 6000 words) as well as submissions of proposals for symposia. A selection of the papers presented during the meeting will be included (after peer review) in a volume planned for the ?Philosophical Library Studies? (Springer). > > Important dates > > Papers > > Submission: January 11, 2016 > > Notification of acceptance: February 25, 2016 > > Submissions should be sent using the following link: > > https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016> > Symposia > > Submission: January 11, 2016 > > Notification of acceptance: 2 February 2016 > > Submissions should be sent using the following link: > > https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016> > Proposal for symposia should indicate: > > > the title of the proposed symposium; > a description of the topic and of its relevance for the IACAP membership; > a list the participants (indicating those who have confirmed their participation); > the number of hours required. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 20:59:03 +0000 (UTC) > From: cristina Miguel <kristinakreativa(a)yahoo.es> > To: David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com>, AoIR mailing list > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Social media marketing textbook recommendations? > Message-ID: > <2107688247.42774.1438635543421.JavaMail.yahoo(a)mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Hi David,? > Here you are some references from media perspectives:? > Jenkins, H., Ford, S., & Green, J.(2013).?Spreadable media: Creating value and meaning in anetworked culture.?NYU Press. > > > Kamerer, D (2012).??Disclosing materialconnections online: Legal an ethical issues??in Heider, D., Massanari, A.,Brinkman, A., Jones, C., & Skipper, R. B. (Eds) Digital ethics: research& practice.?Digital formations.? > > Kent, M (2010).??Directions?inSocial Media for Professionals and Scholars??in Heath, R?TheSage Handbook of Public Relations, Sage. > > ?Macnamara, J (2013)?The 21st?CenturyMedia (R)Evolution: Emergent Communication Practices?(secondedition) Peter Lang. > > ?Phillips, D and Young, P (2009)?OnlinePublic Relations: A practical guide to developing an online strategy in theworld of social media?(second edition) Kogan Page. > > > ? > Standage, T (2013) Writing on theWall: Social Media, the first 2,000 years, Bloomsbury. > > > Best wishes,? > ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?? > Cristina Miguel > PhD Candidate > School of Media and Communication > University of Leeds > Clothworkers Building North > Leeds LS2 9JT > > E? cscm(a)leeds.ac.uk > W http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/people/cristina-miguel-martos/? > ? > > > El Lunes 3 de agosto de 2015 19:22, David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com> escribi?: > > > Dear AoIR-ers, > > I will be teaching a course on social media which will include its use to promote commercial organizations and products (with a critical but also a ?how to? element). There must be dozens of textbooks on this subject out now or on their way - I have located Sage?s Social Media Marketing Second Edition (2015) by Tracy L. Tuten and Michael R. Solomon just through a quick Google search - but I was wondering if the wise minds on this list could suggest what they think of it and what they consider the best titles. I? m looking for something suitable for upper year undergraduates and up to date but also based on sound theoretical and empirical work (not just business ?guru? prognostications) and from a communications studies perspective if possible rather than a ?pure? marketing one. Additionally if anyone knows of a decent syllabus about this and was willing to share it I would be interested as well. I know that "Hootsuite U? offers some of this but again I would like to provide s > omething with more academic heft if possible. > > Thanks in advance for any help you can give and I will endeavour to feed back a summary to the list? > > Regards, > > David > > -- > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media? https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 133, Issue 4 > *************************************

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Social media marketing textbook recommendations?
by David Brake 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Dear AoIR-ers, I will be teaching a course on social media which will include its use to promote commercial organizations and products (with a critical but also a “how to” element). There must be dozens of textbooks on this subject out now or on their way - I have located Sage’s Social Media Marketing Second Edition (2015) by Tracy L. Tuten and Michael R. Solomon just through a quick Google search - but I was wondering if the wise minds on this list could suggest what they think of it and what they consider the best titles. I’ m looking for something suitable for upper year undergraduates and up to date but also based on sound theoretical and empirical work (not just business ‘guru’ prognostications) and from a communications studies perspective if possible rather than a “pure” marketing one. Additionally if anyone knows of a decent syllabus about this and was willing to share it I would be interested as well. I know that "Hootsuite U” offers some of this but again I would like to provide something with more academic heft if possible. Thanks in advance for any help you can give and I will endeavour to feed back a summary to the list… Regards, David -- Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media” https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline

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IACAP 2016 at University of Ferrara, Italy - 1st Call for papers
by Mariarosaria Taddeo 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Dear Colleagues, Apologies for cross-posting. I am really pleased to announce that submissions for IACAP 2016 are now open. Please, see below for the call for papers and call for symposia as well as for the relevant timeline. Further information and updates on the conference will be posted on IACAP website http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016/ <http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016/> during the following months. I really hope you will all consider submitting a paper (or a symposium proposal) and attending the 2016 meeting. Best regards, Mariarosaria -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy Associate Editor for Ethics, Policy & Technology - Philosophy & Technology, Springer http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/ <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/> http://rosariataddeo.net <http://rosariataddeo.net/> International Association for Computing and Philosophy - Annual Meeting June 14-17, 2016 University of Ferrara, Italy The International Association for Computing and Philosophy (IACAP) [http://www.iacap.org/] <> is delighted to announce that submissions are now being accepted for its 2016 annual meeting [http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016 <http://www.iacap.org/iacap-2016>], to be held on June 14-17 at the University of Ferrara, Italy [http://www.unife.it/international] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrara <http://www.unife.it/international]%20[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrara>]. The meeting will be hosted by Professor Marcello D’Agostino [http://docente.unife.it/dgm <http://docente.unife.it/dgm>] and Professor Marcello D’Alfonso [http://docente.unife.it/dlfmtv/ <http://docente.unife.it/dlfmtv/>]. IACAP has a long-lasting tradition of promoting philosophical dialogue and interdisciplinary research on all aspects of the computational and informational turn. This puts it in a privileged position, as IACAP’s members have contributed shaping the philosophical and ethical debate about computing, information technologies, and artificial intelligence. The 2016 annual meeting will keep this tradition and will gather philosophers, ethicists, roboticists, and computer scientists interested in the following topics: Artificial Intelligence Artificial Life Automated Warfare Cognitive Science, Computation & Cognition Computational Modeling in Science and Social Science Computer-Mediated Communication Ethical Problems and Societal Impact of Computation and Information History of Computing Information Culture and Society Metaphysics of Computing Philosophy of Information Philosophy of Information Technology Robotics Virtual Reality ... and related issues The meeting will have a main track focusing on topics at the core of IACAP members’ interests. Symposia will also be organized and run by members, or groups of members, to focus on more specific topics. We invite submissions of papers (between 3000 and 6000 words) as well as submissions of proposals for symposia. A selection of the papers presented during the meeting will be included (after peer review) in a volume planned for the ‘Philosophical Library Studies’ (Springer). Important dates Papers Submission: January 11, 2016 Notification of acceptance: February 25, 2016 Submissions should be sent using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016> Symposia Submission: January 11, 2016 Notification of acceptance: 2 February 2016 Submissions should be sent using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iacap2016> Proposal for symposia should indicate: the title of the proposed symposium; a description of the topic and of its relevance for the IACAP membership; a list the participants (indicating those who have confirmed their participation); the number of hours required.

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Internet Law: Cases and Problems
by Grimmelmann, James 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Dear all, The new (5th) annual edition of my book, Internet Law: Cases and Problems, is now available. It covers the core topics of the subject -- jurisdiction, free speech, privacy, online contracts, computer crimes, trademarks, domain names, virtual property, copyright, patents, antitrust, and network neutrality -- and features extensive questions and problems to prompt discussion. The new edition has been updated to include recent developments such as the FCC's network neutrality order, cyberbullying laws, and the USA FREEDOM Act. While the book was written primarily for law students (so it uses the law-school casebook format of excerpts from judicial opinions and other primary legal materials), it has been successfully adopted for a number of undergraduate courses. The extensive teacher's manual contains suggestions for using it with non-law students and I would be happy to discuss the details off-list with anyone who might be interested in assigning it. The book itself is available as a DRM-free PDF download from Semaphore Press at http://semaphorepress.com/InternetLaw_overview.html. The book is pay-what-you-want with a suggested price of $30. Students who have downloaded a copy are welcome to put it on tablets or other devices, print out as much or as little as they need, or redownload it as needed. Instructors considering the book are also welcome to download it for free (use the "freeride" button at the bottom right of the payment page) and should email me off-list for a copy of the teacher's manual. If you would like to use portions of the book (e.g. for a few sessions of a course on social impacts of the Internet), we suggest $1 per student per class session, and we are happy to discuss other arrangements if any of this would be infeasible for you or your students. The book also comes in a print-on-demand version available through Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/Internet-Law-Problems-James-Grimmelmann/dp/1943689008/. Please don't hesitate to get in touch with any questions or suggestions. best wishes, James ------------------------------------------------------- James Grimmelmann jgrimmelmann(a)law.umaryland.edu Professor of Law http://james.grimmelmann.net University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law

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Faculty Position in Information and Library Science, Indiana University Bloomington
by Hara, Noriko 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Title: Asst/ Assoc/ Full Professor Department: Information and Library Science Expected start date: 08/01/2016 Position summary: The School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a position beginning in Fall 2016 in the Department of Information and Library Science (all subareas solicited with preference for data curation, CSCW, digital libraries, information policy, digital youth, documentation, metadata, and the social web). This position is open at all levels (assistant, associate, or full professor). Duties include teaching, research, and service. The Department of Information and Library Science (ILS), formerly the School of Library and Information Science, has a long, successful history, having graduated over 8,000 students since it opened its doors in 1946. U.S. News & World Report ranked the Bloomington Information and Library Science program eighth nationally in its most recent rankings. The School of Informatics and Computing is the first of its kind and among the largest in the country, with unsurpassed breadth. Its mission is to excel and lead in education, research, and outreach spanning and integrating computing and information technologies. In addition to ILS, the School includes the Department of Computer Science and Informatics and has a total of more than 100 faculty, 900 graduate students, and 1,500 undergraduate majors on the Bloomington campus. Faculty research areas in ILS include bibliometrics; big data; computer-mediated communication; data science; data curation; digital libraries; information organization, retrieval, and visualization; human computer interaction; science studies; semantic web; social informatics; CSCW; text mining; web science; and more. Graduate degrees offered in the School include Master’s degrees in Information Science, Library Science, Bioinformatics, Computer Science, Data Science, Human Computer Interaction Design, and Security Informatics, and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science, Informatics, and Information Science. The School is also known for its strong undergraduate programs. Indiana University Bloomington is a major public research university with over 2,000 faculty and over 45,000 students. The beautiful campus hosts 110 research centers and institutes, as well as a wide array of distinguished academic departments and schools. IU is renowned for its high-performance computing and networking facilities, top-ranked music school, and performing and fine arts. Located in the wooded rolling hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is a culturally thriving college town with a moderate cost of living and the amenities for an active lifestyle. Basic qualifications: Applicants should have an established record (for senior level) or demonstrable potential for excellence (for junior level) in research and teaching, and a Ph.D. in Information Science or a related field or (for junior level) expected before 8/2016. Interested candidates should submit their application at: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/hr/postings/1658 Application should include curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching, and names of three references (junior level), or six references (senior level). Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to: Prof. Noriko Hara, nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu> or to Faculty Search, Department of Information and Library Science, School of Informatics and Computing, Herman B. Wells Library LI011, Bloomington, IN 47408. For full consideration, completed applications must be received by December 1st, 2015. Informal and confidential inquiries may be sent to the ILS Chair, Pnina Fichman, (fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu>) or to members of the search committee: Noriko Hara (nhara(a)indiana.edu<mailto:nhara@indiana.edu>), Stasa Milojevic (smilojev(a)indiana.edu<mailto:smilojev@indiana.edu>, Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu<mailto:hrosenba@indiana.edu>), John Walsh (jawalsh(a)indiana.edu<mailto:jawalsh@indiana.edu>). Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. IU Bloomington is vitally interested in the needs of Dual Career couples. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Noriko Hara, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Information & Library Science School of Informatics & Computing | Indiana University http://norikohara.org

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CfA Conference - Digital Literacy: Policies, research and good practices
by Marco Scarcelli 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

*Apologies for cross-posting. * *Call for Abstract for the Conference: Digital Literacy: Policies, research and good practices. University of Padua, 10th December 2015* Digital media has become ever more pervasive in the social, political, economical and cultural life of every individual, changing the role of the user to become more active in mediation processes. Digital Literacy is the ability to access, analyse, evaluate and produce messages in all the various formats of communication. It is a necessary skill set for living and participating in what is referred to as the “information society”. The term Digital Literacy does not solely refer to technical skills, but also to the various combinations of those skills, and to a broader socio-cultural context. It is, therefore, an important key concept which involves diverse pathways to highlight different cultural and social points of view in contemporary society. The conference will address the issue of digital literacy by focussing on three main areas: (1) Policies that promote the development of these skills; (2) Research on the necessary skills for efficiently engaging in digital environments in an informed manner; (3) Experiences and best practices related to the teaching and strengthening of the skills needed for the critical use of digital resources. We welcome abstracts related to theoretical, methodological and empirical sub-themes such as the following: Research and assessment of Digital Literacy Informal education and Digital Literacy Formal Education and Digital Literacy Digital Literacy paradigm The media industry and Digital Literacy Digital Literacy in Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Oceania Digital Literacy policies Digital Literacy and intimacy, sexuality and gender The participatory and educational potential of Digital Literacy Digital Literacy and social inequality Good practices for the development of Digital Literacy ** Guidelines for the presentation of abstracts* * a. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words, and may be written in either English or Italian (presentations, however, will be made in English). b. Abstract and any other information must be sent as a Microsoft Word file (.doc or .docx) c. The first page of the proposal must contain: 1. The full name, title and affiliation of the author/s 2. The email address/es of the author/s 3. A short biography for each author, of no longer than 50 words per each author d. As all accepted abstracts will be printed in the conference program, we advise authors to evaluate their abstracts before submission. Please send proposals to cosimomarco.scarcelli(a)unipd.it. The deadline for proposals is 4th October 2015. ** When and where the conference will be held ** 10th December 2015 Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology –University of Padua. ** Subscription to the conference ** Attendance to the conference is free of charge but pre-booking is required Kindly confirm your attendance by 1st November 2015, the registration form can be found at http://goo.gl/forms/MBrojO7KYa Registration will open on 5th August 2015. ** Important dates ** 5th August – Registration for the conference opens (http://goo.gl/forms/MBrojO7KYa) 4th October – Deadline for sending in abstracts 11th October – Communication of acceptance/rejection of abstracts 1st November – Last day for registering to attend the conference 3rd November – Publication of definitive program (speakers will be promptly informed) 10th December – Conference The scientific and organisational committee is composed of: Renato Stella – University of Padua Cosimo Marco Scarcelli – University of Padua Claudio Riva – University of Padua Michela Drusian – IUSVE Venice Please contact us for further information at cosimomarco.scarcelli(a)unipd.it. We look forward to seeing you in Padua on 10th December, and hope you all have a good and relaxing summer break. With kind regards -- Marco Scarcelli PhD Department of Philosophy, Sociology, Education and Applied Psychology University of Padova via Cesarotti, 10/12 35123 Padova (Italy) e-mail: marco.scarcelli(a)gmail.com, cosimomarco.scarcelli(a)unipd.it mobile: +39 347 0408094 Skype contact: marscarci

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Re: [Air-L] literature on (social) history of the Internet
by Jay Hauben 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Hi Mathias, Many chapters in *Netizens: On the History and Impact of Usenet and the Internet*, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1997 document some of the social history of usenet and the internet. Besides the hard cover edition there is a version online at http://www.columbia.edu/~rh120. Take care. Jay ------------------------------------------ > Dear all, > > I am now writing a part of my dissertation about social history of the > Internet and looking for some good sources on this subject (or just history > of the Internet). > > Could you please suggest me some articles/books about it? > > gratefully, > Polina Kolozaridi > *HSE Higher School of Economics, Moscow* > *researcher, PhD candidate* > >

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CFP: Children's and young people's rights in the digital age (Special issue of New Media and Society)
by Livingstone,S 03 Aug '15

03 Aug '15

Apologies for cross-posting Children's and young people's rights in the digital age Call for papers for a special issue of NEW MEDIA & SOCIETY Editors: Sonia Livingstone and Amanda Third Abstracts due (400-500 words): 15th September 2015 In 1989, Sir Tim Berners Lee released the code that would form the foundation of the World Wide Web, which now boasts an audience of three billion users worldwide. The same year, the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), the most widely ratified human rights treaty in the history of the UN. The trajectories thereby set in motion have recently become explicitly intertwined, with growing momentum behind calls for the recognition of the potential of online and networked media for promoting children's rights. At the same time, researchers, child rights' advocates and internet governance experts, among others, are concerned that children's rights are being newly infringed rather than enhanced in the digital age. While the past quarter of a century has seen the emergence of a significant literature examining the broad issue of children's rights and, in parallel, a burgeoning field of research on children's new media and digital practices in a variety of national and international contexts, the question of children's rights in the digital age has yet to receive sustained scholarly attention, especially compared with the attention paid to adult rights online. Within popular discourse, children and young people are frequently configured as riding at the forefront of the 'digital revolution'. Nonetheless, as high level debates about global internet provision and governance extend their geographic, political and economic scope, the position of children and young people is barely acknowledged. Further, in the twists and turns of often heated policy debates, children's own experiences, voices and interests are vastly under-considered. This special issue thus seeks to contribute to the definition, empirical evidence base, and theorisation of the field internationally. Not only are children's needs and experiences in the digital age often treated as merely a minority interest but they are also often seen as essentially problematic, as demanding exceptional treatment from adult society or causing unwarranted restrictions on adult freedoms. It is important to recognise the fundamental nature of the challenges - this is not just a matter of 'digital rights' but of all children's rights as they may be being transformed in a 'digital age'. Nor is it just a matter of the exceptional circumstances that apply to children, for addressing the rights of children and young people also has implications for adult rights in a digital age. How does a consideration of children compel a wider re-examination of the concepts both of the digital and of human rights? If children's rights in the digital age have yet to receive attention in the global North, this is even more acute in the global South. The tipping point has already passed, with two thirds of the world's nearly three billion internet users living in developing countries, many of them children. At present, the evidence regarding their online activities is very patchy, too often drawing on anecdote, practitioners' observations and institutional reports or media accounts. There is thus an urgent need for a scholarly focus on the rights of children and young people within this larger picture of expanding connectivity in the global South. This is vital to foster debates about children's rights informed by dialogues among diverse epistemologies, experiences and normative frameworks. This special issue seeks to unpack the ways digital media are impacting - both positively and negatively - children's rights today and, in doing so, to reflect on the ways that children's rights might provide a meaningful counterpoint from which to consider the role of 'the digital' in advancing human rights more broadly. Assembling contributions from leading scholars and practitioners in the field internationally, this special issue seeks to bring fully into view the ways in which children's rights - indeed rights generally - may be being reconfigured by the appropriation of digital networked technologies around the world. Submissions will critically examine the normative and socio-technological assumptions embedded in conceptual, policy and practitioner perspectives. To catalyse the debates, we now call for reflective papers of 6000-7000 words analysing key dilemmas or tensions shaping children's rights in the digital age, as well as shorter empirical or practitioner pieces (3000-4000 words each). Papers on key dilemmas or tensions that respondents to the call might address include: * The tension between universal or fundamental human rights and the specific rights demanded by the digital age * The tensions between 'adult rights' and 'children's rights' * The relationship between children's rights and their citizenship * Collective rights versus individual rights * The tension between 'adult power' and 'children's rights' * The tension between the universal ('the child', 'rights') and the specific (the lived experiences of children) * Hierarchies of children's rights in the digital age * Children's rights in the digital age in the global North and global South Empirical or practitioner pieces might address: * Children's privacy rights and the role of peers and peer culture * Youth participation rights in the mediated public sphere * Historical shifts in children's communication rights * Child protection in the global South: is the internet helping or hindering? * From principles to practice: applying arguments about digital rights in particular domains * Who is (or should be) ensuring children's rights online - parents, government, industry? * Children's creative workarounds to gain health resources online * Evaluating initiatives for e-learning and other digital educational programmes * How are children's rights represented or abused in 'big data' * Digital exclusion as a barrier to children's communication rights * Rethinking possibilities for children's identity and expression in the network society * Problems of reputation for networked youth * Public policy /multi-stakeholder governance regarding children's rights in the digital age * Children's information rights: what are the dilemmas? * Education for all - newly possible in the network society? * Grooming, hacking, cyberstalking, trolling and other crimes against children online * Meanings/limits of "voice" in participatory research on children's rights in the digital age * The intergenerational dimensions of children's rights Please submit abstracts for either the 'dilemma' papers or 'empirical/practitioner papers' by 15th September 2015 to both editors - Sonia Livingstone (s.livingstone(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:s.livingstone@lse.ac.uk>) and Amanda Third (A.Third(a)uws.edu.au<mailto:A.Third@uws.edu.au>). The editors will invite full papers from selected submissions by early October, with full papers to be submitted for independent review by 1st February 2016. It is anticipated that the special issue will be published via Online First by late 2016. Professor Sonia Livingstone, DPhil, FBPS, FRSA, OBE Department of Media and Communications, LSE S105, St Clements Building, Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE, UK Web: www.sonialivingstone.net<http://www.sonialivingstone.net> Blog: www.parenting.digita<http://www.parenting.digita@Livingstone_S>l Twitter: @Livingstone_S EU Kids Online: www.eukidsonline.net<http://www.eukidsonline.net> TEDx talk: http://ow.ly/wwWiC Open access papers: http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/view/lseauthor/Livingstone,_Sonia.default.html Fellow, Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard Fellow and past President, International Communication Association Books: Meanings of Audiences (2013), Digital Technologies in the Lives of Young People (2014)

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Networked
by Barry Wellman 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Polina, The text and references in Rainie-Wellman Networked book should be useful for a social history of the internet, especially chapters 3 and 5 Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ FRSC INSNA Founder University of Toronto http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $9 _______________________________________________________________________

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