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literature on (social) history of the Internet
by Polina Kolozaridi 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

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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Fwd: fembot: REMINDER: Submission deadline for Ada Issue 9 (Open Call) less than 9 days away!
by Radhika Gajjala 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: "Sarah T. Hamid" <hamidtasnuva(a)gmail.com> > Date: August 2, 2015 at 8:25:54 PM GMT+2 > To: "gender, media & technology collaboration" <fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu> > Subject: fembot: REMINDER: Submission deadline for Ada Issue 9 (Open Call) less than 9 days away! > Reply-To: "gender, media & technology collaboration" <fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu> > > The submission deadline for the upcoming Open Call issue of Ada is fast > approaching. Submissions are due on August 10th, less than 9 days away! > This is an open call issue, welcoming a wide range of topics and research. > > See our previous open call issue here: > http://adanewmedia.org/issues/issue-archives/issue7/ > > - > > *Call for papers: Open Call Issue* > http://fembotcollective.org/blog/2015/07/27/call-for-papers-issue-9-open-ca… > > Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | adanewmedia.org > Issue 9, April 2016 > > Editors: Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University) and Carol Stabile > (University of Oregon) > > We invite contributions to a peer-reviewed open call issue featuring > research on gender, new media and technology. We are particularly > interested in contributions that exemplify Ada’s commitments to politically > engaged, intersectional approaches to scholarship on gender, new media and > technology > > Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; > please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal > contributions. > > *Submission Requirements* > All submissions should be sent by August 10th, 2015 to editor(a)adanemedia.org. > Your contribution should be attached as a word document. Please use “Ada > Open Call Contribution” for your subject line and include the following in > the body of your message: > > • A 50 word abstract > • Your name > • A mailing address > • Preferred email address. > > *Important Dates* > • Deadline for full essays: August 10, 2015 > • Open peer review begins: January 25, 2016 [moved forward] > • Expected publication date: May 1, 2016 > > *About Ada* > Ada is an online, open access, open source, peer-reviewed journal run by > feminist media scholars. The journal’s first issue was published online in > November 2012. Since that launch, Ada has received more than 200,000 page > views. Ada operates a review process that combines feminist mentoring with > the rigor of peer review. > > We do not — and will never — charge fees for publishing your materials, and > we will share those materials using a Creative Commons License. > > *About the Editors* > Radhika Gajjala [@cyberdivalivesl] is professor of media studies and > American culture studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where she > teaches courses in global media, international communication, media and > cultural studies and feminist research methods. She is the author of > Cyberselves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women and of > Cyberculture and the Subaltern: Weavings of the Virtual and Real. She has > also co-edited South Asian Technospaces and Cyberfeminism 2.0 She is > co-editor of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. > > Carol Stabile [@castabile] is professor of women’s and gender studies and > media studies at the University of Oregon, where she teaches > interdisciplinary courses on gender, race, and class in media at the > University of Oregon. She is the author of Feminism and the Technological > Fix, editor of Turning the Century: Essays in Media and Cultural Studies, > co-editor of Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American > Culture, and author of White Victims, Black Villains: Gender, Race, and > Crime News in US Culture. She is currently completing a book on women > writers and the broadcast blacklist in the 1950s, entitled Black and White > and Red All Over: Women Writers and the Television Blacklist . She is a > founding member of Fembot , an online collaboration of scholars conducting > research on gender, new media, and technology, and co-editor of Ada: A > Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. > > - - - > > *Sarah T. Hamid* > > MA Candidate, Media Studies > University of Oregon, School of Journalism and Communication > > Web Mistress, The Fembot Collective | http://fembotcollective.org > Center for Women & Society, Digital Scholarship Center > Hendricks Hall, Room 347 > _______________________________________________ > fembot mailing list > fembot(a)lists.uoregon.edu > https://lists-prod.uoregon.edu/mailman/listinfo/fembot

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PostDoc Opening: Social Media Mining for News at Insight @NUI Galway (former DERI)
by Heravi, Bahareh 02 Aug '15

02 Aug '15

The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at National University of Ireland, Galway (formerly known as DERI), is seeking an outstanding candidate for a Postdoctoral Researcher or a Research Associate in Social Media Mining for News and Data Journalism. The successful candidate will work within the Insight News Lab (Digital Humanities and Journalism group) at the Insight @NUIG, on a project on ‘a socially aware multimedia enrichment solution for journalists and newswire subscribers’, funded by the Science Foundation Ireland. Website: http://newslab.insight-centre.org/ The Insight Centre for Data Analytics at NUI Galway (former DERI) hosts one of the most internationally-recognised Linked Data research groups in the world, and is dedicated to research aimed at enabling Networked Knowledge using Semantic Web technologies. The successful candidate will conduct research in the area of social media mining, Linked Data applications, natural language processing and social event classification. She/he will have strong communication skills and be involved in the overall success of the group. Additionally the successful candidate is expected to: - Increase the international reputation of the research group and the institution through world-class research, publications, standards and applications through collaborations with academic and industry peer researchers. - Contribute actively to the ongoing initiatives within the research group and the institute. Essential criteria for the applicant: PhD in Computer Science, Information Systems, Informatics, or relevant subjects (Masters degree with considerable professional experience is accepted for Research Associate position). Evidence of participation in research grant acquisition (national and international, from public bodies or from industry) and the ability to help lead a research team. Minimum two years software development experience with strong Java or Python programming skills. - Knowledge of software design, development and maintenance processes. - Strong background in front- and backend Web application development. - Have experience in some, if not all, of the following: Social Media Mining Natural Language Processing Social Network Analysis Semantic Web and Linked Data technologies Stream processing - Proven ability to work independently and in a team environment. - The applicant should be creative and enthusiastic, with excellent communication skills. It is desirable that applicant will possess: - A Masters degree in Journalism, Communication, Political Studies or relevant subjects. - International research experience. - Experience working on project acquisition. - Experience working in industry and developing commercial software products. - Experience in / familiarity with the following is highly desirable: Natural Language Processing Text Mining - A good record of theoretical and applied research on the Social Web and the Semantic Web and/or Data Journalism, warranted by a scientific publication record in workshops, conferences, journals and book chapters and/or awards in national or international challenges. - Excellent interpersonal communication and scientific writing skills. Salary range: €33,975 to €46,255 p.a. (10 points) This post is available from 15th August 2015 and is full time for a fixed term for 9 months. For informal discussion about this post please contact: Bahareh.Heravi(a)insight-centre.org To Apply: Applicants should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a list of publications, a research statement and the names and addresses of at least three referees, via email (text, postscript or PDF only) to: hr-nuig(a)insight-centre.org Closing date for receipt of applications is 9th August 2015. For more information please visit: http://newslab.insight-centre.org/pd-newswire/

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Final notice/reminder: International Journal of Communication Call for Papers (Special Section on Net Neutrality) - deadline August 31, 2015
by Becky Lentz 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

> Please post/forward as appropriate and excuse any unavoidable cross-postings > > > International Journal of Communication > Call for Papers > Special Section on Net Neutrality > The Work for Internet Freedoms: Network Neutrality in the U.S. > and the Labors of Policy Advocacy > > Special Section Editors > > Becky Lentz, McGill University > Allison Perlman, University of California, Irvine > > Deadline for submissions: August 31, 2015 > > When the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted in February 2015 to > reclassify broadband under Title II of the Telecommunications Act, and thus to > secure Network Neutrality and the principle of nondiscrimination at its > center, it delivered an important victory to the millions of people who had > insisted that strong Network Neutrality protections were crucial for an open, > democratic Internet. This victory owed in large part to the tremendous > outpouring of public support for Network Neutrality, which itself owed to the > ongoing labors of community organizers, issue campaigners, funders, scholar > activists, public interest lawyers and many others to make visible how issues > of media policy fundamentally affect issues of social justice and political > change. > > For this special section, we seek articles that foreground these and other > multiple labors involved in achieving policy victories like the Network > Neutrality Order. We aim to make visible the often invisible work required to > effect lawmaking, judicial rulings, and regulations in the public interest. > > In this issue of the International Journal of Communication we take a > capacious approach to the study of media advocacy labor. We encourage > submissions that address this topic from a range of perspectives and seek > diverse methodological approaches to the study of media advocacy. Submissions > could address topics ranging from the role of philanthropic foundations in > supporting advocacy labor to John Oliver¹s segment on Network Neutrality, Code > Pink¹s public protests, or Free Press¹ National Conferences on Media Reform. > Our goal is to provide an interdisciplinary look at the many labors of media > advocacy and to foreground the ³how² and the ³why² of how media advocacy > operates. > > We specifically wish to publish historically and theoretically informed > articles that are attentive to examples of multiple forms of advocacy labor. > Topics could include (but are not limited to): > · Investigations into the political economy of advocacy and to the many > forms of capital (financial, informational, reputational, and/or cultural) > that it requires > > · Analyses of the cultural artifacts and performances that constitute > advocacy work, such as educational videos, street theater/public > demonstrations, political satire, op-ed columns, > > · Examinations of the various strategies deployed by media advocacy > groups, collectives, and networks, such as community organizing, popular > education campaigns, lobbying, regulatory filings, strategic research, and > policy advocacy pedagogy > > · Examinations of the intersections between media policy advocacy and > social justice activism > > · Studies of how various news sources, including non-corporate and civil > society outlets, reported on and framed advocacy work > > > Finally, we seek ideas for book reviews relevant to the topic of the special > section (maximum 1,500 words including references; guidelines available). > > Note: For this special section, we will not be seeking legal interpretations > and policy analyses of the Network Neutrality issue itself; sufficient work > already exists in this area in media, technology, and communication studies > journals as well as law journals. Nor are we seeking normative papers > advancing solutions to achieve Network Neutrality. Instead, our focus is on > scholarship that foregrounds the processes and varieties of work required to > intervene on behalf of the public interest in the Network Neutrality debate. > > If interested, please submit full articles by August 31, 2015. Articles should > be no more than 8,000 words (all-inclusive) and should follow the APA-6th > Edition style guide. Articles should be submitted to http://ijoc.org > <http://ijoc.org> and specify ³Net Neutrality Special Section² in your entry. > For author guidelines, see > http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/about/submissions#authorGuidelines > <http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/about/submissions#authorGuidelines> . > > Please direct any questions about topics, formats, article length and expected > submission standards to the special section editors Becky Lentz > (becky.lentz(a)mcgill.ca <mailto:becky.lentz@mcgill.ca> ) and Allison Perlman > (aperlman(a)uci.edu <mailto:aperlman@uci.edu> ). Be sure to specify ³Net > Neutrality Special Section² in your email subject line.

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Policy position at Wikimedia
by Patricia Aufderheide 01 Aug '15

01 Aug '15

Peeled from another mailing list: Hi all, We're looking for a Public Policy Manager to drive Wikimedia Foundation's work on policy issues. Please forward this to any current or former students who may be interested in joining in our ambitious project to empower people to create and share the sum of all knowledge: https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/77384?t=h74ai8#.Vbv01GRViko Best, Yana -- Yana Welinder @yanatweets -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor and Senior Research Fellow Center for Media & Social Impact School of Communication 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact www.cmsimpact.org <http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org> paufder(a)american.edu 202-643-5356 Sample *Reclaiming Fair Use! * <http://cmsimpact.org/reclaiming> Order Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright, University of Chicago Press, 2011. <http://www.amazon.com/Reclaiming-Fair-Use-Balance-Copyright/dp/0226032280/r…>

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