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CFP HICSS Minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS
by Fichman, Pnina 22 May '17

22 May '17

CFP HICSS Minitrack Global, International, and Cross-Cultural Issues in IS Hawaii International Conference on Systems Science (HICSS) January 4-7, 2017, Big Island, Hawaii, USA Kauai, Hawaii, USA http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/ Papers Due: June 15, 2016 This minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. Globalization has historically been tied to technological innovation, and the present era of a networked information society is no different. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have provided the infrastructure for multinational businesses, created new cultural connections irrespective of geographic boundaries and distances, and allowed an increasingly mobile global population to be connected to their friends, families, and cultures no matter where they are. The issues surrounding global, international, and cross cultural issues in Information Systems (IS) attracted much scholarly attention and have been explored under myriad contexts. In line with the track recognition that the Internet has transformed the way we work, learn, and play, our minitrack focuses on the sociotechnical dynamics and the ways in which the Internet affects people, groups, organizations, and societies. We are in particular interested in the impact of global, international, and cross-cultural issues on ICT development, implementation and use across the globe. The minitrack welcomes submissions that relate to all aspects of global IS, or IS research situated in a global, international or cross-cultural context. The minitrack is open to all methodological approaches and perspectives. We are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * The impacts of cultural values (e.g. on adaptive user interfaces) on ICT design, adoption, and use. * The impact of cultural values on policies and practices of big data collection and use (e.g., * Cross cultural studies of quantification of self at work, by individuals or organizations * Cross-cultural comparisons of big data collection and use * Cross-national and cross-cultural comparisons of ICT adoption, use and development (e.g. Internet diffusion and impacts compared between different economies) * Effects of global social computing on work organization and practices (e.g. pricing strategies) * Issues relating to globally distributed teams (e.g. the adoption and use of social media by cross-national virtual teams, worker motivation, and human error diversity) * Issues relating to Internet adoption and the digital society at the national level (e.g. digital infrastructure sophistication across countries) *Issues relating to global knowledge management (e.g. different knowledge-sharing cultures in multi-national corporations) *Issues relating to cross-national legislation and regulation (e.g. implications of different regulations governing Green IT in the EU vs. US or Asian countries) * Issues relating to global ICT governance (e.g. sustainable strategies for standardization and harmonization in evolving business networks) * Research on global Cloud sourcing strategies *Single country studies showing implications for other locations or results different from other contexts (e.g. impact of ICT policies on a transition economy) * Multi-country studies of ICT adoption, use, and development (e.g. e-commerce adoption involving multiple countries) * Global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations Minitrack Organizers: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington; fichman(a)indiana.edu<mailto:fichman@indiana.edu> Edward W.N. Bernroider, Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU), Institute for Information Management and Control, Vienna, Austria; edward.bernroider(a)wu.ac.at<mailto:edward.bernroider@wu.ac.at> Erran Carmel, Kogod School of Business, American University, Washington D.C.; carmel(a)american.edu<mailto:carmel@american.edu> About HICSS conferences: Now in its 50th year, the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is one of the longest-standing continuously running scientific conferences. This conference brings together researchers in an aloha-friendly atmosphere conducive to free exchange of scientific ideas. Unique characteristics of the conference include: • A matrix structure of tracks and themes that enables research on a rich mixture of computer-based applications and technologies. • Three days of research paper presentations and discussions in a workshop setting that promotes interaction leading to additional research. • A full day of Symposia, Workshops, and Tutorials. See Program Components for additional detail. • A truly international experience with participants usually from over 40 countries, (approximately 50% non-US). • Papers published in the Proceedings by the IEEE Computer Society Press and carried in the IEEE digital library Xplore. Access to HICSS papers is in the top 2% of IEEE Conferences. • Paper presentations and discussions which frequently lead to revised and extended papers that are published in journals, books, and special issues. • A keynote address and distinguished lecture which explore particularly relevant topics and concepts. • Best Paper Awards<http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/bestpapers2014.htm> in each track which recognize superior research performance. • HICSS is the #1 IS conference in terms of citations as recorded by Google Scholar. Recent research that shows HICSS ranked second in citation ranking among 18 Information Systems (IS) conferences, ranked third in value to the MIS field among 13 Management Information Systems (MIS) conferences, and ranked second in conference rating among 11 IS conferences. The Australian Government's Excellence in Research project (ERA) has given HICSS an "A" rating. Important deadlines for authors: June 15: Submit full manuscripts for review. Review is double-blind. Aug 16: Review System emails Acceptance Notices to authors. September 15: Submission final papers. Oct 1: Early Registration fee deadline. Oct 15: Papers without at least one registered author will  be removed from the Proceedings. ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Chair, Department of Information and Library Science Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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ICCCN 2017 Call for Workshop Proposal
by Kang Chen 05 Dec '16

05 Dec '16

Call for Workshop Proposals The 26th International Conference on Computer Communication and Networks (ICCCN 2017) Marriott Vancouver Pinnacle Downtown July 31-August 3, 2017, Vancouver, Canada http://www.icccn.org/icccn16 The 26th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN) will be held in Vancouver, Canada, July 31-August 3, 2017. ICCCN workshops are exciting forums to present, discuss, and formulate specialized topics and emerging hot research topics (new areas, new problems or new methods). The topic of the proposed workshop should offer a perspective distinct from and complementary to the research themes of the main conference. Workshops for presenting papers from industry and papers on design and implementations of systems and services are welcome. As the ICCCN is a premier international conference in the field, a workshop at the conference will generate high visibility. Accepted and registered (and presented by one of authors) workshop papers will be published and included in the conference proceedings. Scope: The topics we are soliciting include, but are NOT limited to: * Internet of Things * Critical Infrastructure Networks * Smart Grid Networks and Smart Communities * Security and Privacy in communications, networks, and testbeds * Software Defined Networks * Cyber Physical Systems * Mobile Cloud Computing and Services * Green communications and energy-harvesting networks * Cognitive Networking and Communications * Next Generation Broadband Wireless Access Networks * Virtualized Infrastructure Systems and Architectures * Networking of Mobile Handheld Devices, Social Networking, and Novel Applications Submission Guidelines and Publication: In general, a workshop takes one day with 12-16 accepted and registered papers and presentations. Please send a workshop proposal by November 2nd, 2016, toWorkshop General Chairs Prof. Abhishek Parakh <aparakh(a)unomaha.edu<mailto:aparakh@unomaha.edu>> and Prof. Song Fu <song.fu(a)unt.edu<mailto:song.fu@unt.edu>>. Please note that the proposals will be reviewed once received and we will try to make the decision and send the notification back as soon as possible. Early-bird proposals are highly encouraged and will be given higher priority! For each approved workshop, at least one organizer must commit to attending and running the workshop on site. Please do not hesitate to send emails to the Chairs if you have any questions. The workshop proposal should include the following information: (1) workshop title; (2) the names of the organizers, their brief bios and contact information; (3) a description of why and how the workshop will be organized (half to one page) e.g., relevance and significance of the workshop to the main conference; (4) a history of the workshop, if not being offered for the first time; (5) estimated paper submission volume and paper acceptance rate; (6) expected attendance; (7) length - Full day or half day; (8) indication if a journal special issue is associated with; (9) any other relevant information. Each workshop will start to advertise and distribute its Call-For-Paper after receiving the approval notification. Papers submitted to each workshop should be original and peer reviewed by its program committee. An accepted paper must be registered and presented at the conference/workshop venue and must be limited to 6 pages in standard double-column, 10pt font format. If authors are willing to pay an over-length fee of $100/page, 2 additional pages are allowed for their submission. More updates will be posted on the ICCCN 2017 website and please refer to the Author Information at the website. Please contact the Workshop Chairs with any questions. Best wishes, Kang Chen

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CFP: DPASSH2017 - Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities - 14-15 June 2017, Brighton UK
by Natalie Harrower 01 Dec '16

01 Dec '16

Dear Air-L: I’m pleased to announce that a second DPASSH conference is being planned for June 2017, in Brighton UK. We are interested in papers on all aspects of digital preservation in the domains of arts, social sciences and humanities. CFP below: DPASSH 2017 Call for Papers The Sussex Humanities Lab and the Digital Repository of Ireland are pleased to announce that the second Digital Preservation for the Arts, Social Science, and Humanities conference will take place 14-15 June 2017 at the University of Sussex, Brighton. The CFP has now been released, the submission deadline is midnight Sunday 11 December 2016 (GMT) Website: www.dpassh.org<http://www.dpassh.org/> Twitter: @DPASSHConf Email: dpassh2017(a)gmail.com<mailto:dpassh2017@gmail.com> DPASSH 2017 Conference Theme: ‘Preserving Abundance: The Challenge of Saving Everything’ The collaboration between SHL and DRI focuses on two major challenges for long-term digital preservation: maintaining access to the form and functionality of digital objects, and managing, filtering, interpreting, and critically engaging with these petabytes of information, now and in the future. While developments in long-term digital preservation enable ongoing access, the question of how these developments impact the way we interact with, use, reuse, investigate, and interpret our heritage, remains. What, for example, are the cultural and scholarly repercussions of saving “everything”? DPASSH 2017 will, for instance, explore the implications of asking disciplines that evolved in a world of scarcity, to engage with an expanding abundance of historical records. As such, DPASSH 2017 will focus on both the technical, cultural, and societal challenges of digital preservation and the impact on research when (and if) everything is saved. It asks: now that the human record is digital, what methods, approaches, tools, or skills will researchers, and society, require to understand these colossal datasets? Submissions are particularly sought from researchers, practitioners, and scholars in the fields of digital history, digital humanities, digital materiality, digital performance, digital arts and music, cultural heritage and research institutions, as well as libraries, archives and industry. We also invite submissions for papers that critically reflect on any area relating to digital preservation in the humanities and social sciences, arts, and cultural heritage domains. Conference themes include but are not limited to: Preserving digital humanities research; Capturing and archiving artistic performance; Methods and tools for computational humanities and/or digital history; Preservation metadata as research objects; Linking research data and ‘publication’; Stakeholder engagement and community approaches to preservation; Advocacy and national approaches to sustainability and open access; Aesthetics of preservation and content curation; Preservation and Trust; Technical challenges posed by datasets in arts/humanities/social sciences;Preservation and discovery infrastructures, software and tools. We look forward to welcoming you to Brighton. Best wishes, Sharon, on behalf of the DPASSH Organising and Programme Committee Dr. Sharon Webb (Chair) Lecturer in Digital Humanities, Sussex Humanities Lab, School of History, Art History and Philosophy, University of Sussex, Falmer DPASSH 2017 Organising Committee • Sharon Webb – Sussex Humanities Lab, University of Sussex (Chair) • Dermot Frost – Digital Repository of Ireland, Trinity College Dublin • Natalie Harrower —Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy (Outgoing Chair) • Jane Harvell – Library, University of Sussex • Clare Lanigan – The Digital Arts and Humanities PhD Program, Royal Irish Academy • Paddi Leinster -Digital Repository of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy _________________ _________________ Dr. Natalie Harrower | Director (Acting), Digital Repository of Ireland Royal Irish Academy | 19 Dawson St. Dublin 2 n.harrower(a)ria.ie<mailto:n.harrower@ria.ie> | @natalieharrower | @dri_ireland | www.dri.ie<http://www.dri.ie> To subscribe to our mailing list, send an email to LISTSERV(a)listserv.heanet.ie<mailto:LISTSERV@listserv.heanet.ie> with SUBSCRIBE DRI-FRIENDS FirstName LastName in the body of the message The Royal Irish Academy is subject to the Freedom of Information Acts 2014 and is compliant with the provisions of the Data Protection Acts 1988 & 2003. For further information see our website www.ria.ie

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Re: [Air-L] advice on course readings
by Jill Walker Rettberg 16 Nov '16

16 Nov '16

I taught Julian Dibbell’s A Rape in Cyberspace (1993) a couple of weeks ago, and it worked REALLY well. It’s a classic essay about a case of harassment in a text-only online space (LambdaMOO) in the early 1990s, and raises so many issues that are still really central: online harassment, identity, digital dualism, democracy and governance of online spaces etc etc. We always taught this essay in the early days, but I hadn’t in about 10 years and I’m so glad I did: the students loved it and it led to excellent discussions. Also, you can actually still log into LambdaMOO! (I used the Terminal app on a Mac to connect.) So having students actually spend a bit of time in a MOO would certainly let them think about what social media / computer mediated communication was like in 1993. Julian Dibbell: A Rape in Cyberspace. 1993/1998. http://www.juliandibbell.com/articles/a-rape-in-cyberspace/ How to log onto LambdaMOO http://www.cc.gatech.edu/classes/cs8113e_99_winter/lambda.html For blogs: chapter 2 of my book Blogging is kind of a history of blogs. “From Bards to Blogs.” Rettberg, Jill Walker. 2014a. Blogging. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Polity Press. There’s a short history of early online diaries and blogs in my chapter “Online Diaries and Blogs” for a forthcoming anthology on The Diary. http://jilltxt.net/txt/OnlineDiariesAndBlogs.pdf Howard Rheingold’s Virtual Communities was influential in the early 1990s, and is now freely available online. Chapter one on the WELL in the 80s might be good for students. http://www.rheingold.com/vc/book/1.html Other books on the topic that were taught during the 1990s include Sherry Turkle’s Life on the Screen (if you teach that, couple it with Nathan Jurgenson on digital dualism https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2012/04/23/sherry-turkles-chronic-d…) Steve Jones’ collection CyberSociety. Oh, if you want something on MUDs and MOOs, check out Cynthia Haynes and Jan Rune Holmevik’s collection "High Wired: On the Design, Use, and Theory of Educational MOOs” (University of Michigan Press, 1998) It’s not all about teaching, there are a few chapters that cover the history of MOOs and MUDs and what they are. There is much more of course. But this is some of it. Jill Jill Walker Rettberg Professor of Digital Culture Dept of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen Postboks 7800 5020 Bergen + 47 55588431 Blog - http://jilltxt.net Twitter - http://twitter.com/jilltxt My book "Seeing Ourselves Through Technology: How We Use Selfies, Blogs and Wearable Devices to See and Shape Ourselves" is out on Palgrave as an open access publication - buy it in print or download it for free! http://jilltxt.net/books

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Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society (London, 27 June): Registration deadline coming up
by Lina Dencik 02 Nov '16

02 Nov '16

This is a reminder of the project presentation and workshop "Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society" in London, 27 June. Please register by 31 May at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-citizenship-and-surveillance-society…. Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society For the past 18 months the research project 'Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society: UK State-Media-Citizen Relations After the Snowden Leaks' has investigated the consequences of the Snowden revelations. We will hold a workshop in London on Monday 27th June to present findings of our research and discuss their implications. Schedule: 12:30 Arrival and registration 1-2pm - Presentation of project findings 2:30-5:30pm - Workshops to discuss implications and next steps: - Journalism and news media: What are the challenges for journalist work and for covering surveillance? - Civil society activism: How do we advance data justice? - Policy reform: The Investigatory Powers Bill and beyond - What should the policy framework be? - Technology: What are the prospects of tools and standards development? The event will bring together scholars, activists, technologists, policymakers, and other experts. It will continue the productive debates from last year's conference 'Surveillance and Citizenship' (http://www.dcssproject.net/conference/) and it will serve to discuss future steps and projects regarding research, policy reform, technological development, etc. The workshop will take place at the Institute of Mechanical Engineers, One Birdcage Walk (http://www.onebirdcagewalk.com/) in London (Westminster). More information on the venue and how to get to there can be found here http://www.onebirdcagewalk.com/contact-us/one-birdcage-walk-directions. More information about the day will be published on the website http://www.dcssproject.net<http://www.dcssproject.net/><http://www.dcssproject.net/> closer to the date. Participation is free of charge but registration is required. Please register by 31 May at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-citizenship-and-surveillance-society…. This workshop is hosted by the School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. Organizing group: Dr Arne Hintz (Cardiff University), Prof Karin Wahl-Jorgensen (Cardiff University), Dr Lina Dencik (Cardiff University), Prof Ian Brown (Oxford University), Dr Michael Rogers (Briar Project), Dr Jonathan Cable (Cardiff University). For information about the project, see: http://www.dcssproject.net/ -- Dr Lina Dencik Director MA Journalism, Media and Communication School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3NB Email: DencikL(a)cardiff.ac.uk, Tel: +44 (0)29 208 75461 Twitter: @LinaDencik Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University Co-I, Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society, www.dcssproject.net<http://www.dcssproject.net/>

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CFP SIEF: a (fun!) panel in Germany on digital ethnography and related methods (deadline Nov 7)
by RGH 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

Hello All: Coppélie Cocq and I invite submissions to our panel on "Digitally dwelling: the challenges of digital ethnology and folklore and the methods to overcome them.” This panel is sponsored by the new working group for Digital Ethnography and Folklore at the The International Society for Ethnology and Folklore in Göttingen, Germany. More on SIEF here: http://www.siefhome.org/about.shtml I will paste a bit more on the panel below, but anybody doing work on digital ethnography or related digital methods would be super welcomed. If we have enough people, we can do a full day session at the conference and spend the rest of the time checking out other great stuff. The SIEF is always a great experience and a great excuse to go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göttingen Email me if you have any questions! Papers must be proposed via the website: http://nomadit.co.uk/sief/sief2017/panels.php5?PanelID=4993 General information on the conference: http://www.siefhome.org/congresses/sief2017/index.shtml See abstract below, and see you in Göttingen! Rob Digitally dwelling: the challenges of digital ethnology and folklore and the methods to overcome them What does it mean to "dwell" in a digital community? Or inhabit a network location? Do we dwell together as we access different apps on the bus to work? Or do we dwell together in the synthetic spaces inside a virtual reality helmet? Participants in this panel will offer specific cases of challenges they faced dwelling in digital cultures and explore methodical fixes that attempt to address them. The pace at which the manifold uses of the internet and of other digital and mobile technologies are constantly evolving means that the nature of the digital worlds we inhabit together are always changing. In this environment of constant change, the researcher is always being presented with new challenges to the perspectives, methods and tools they have used before. The omnipresence and intensification of the digital challenge our perceptions of localities, presence and encounters. As a consequence, methods for online research need to redefine concepts such as the "field" and fieldwork, participant observation, interaction, etc. This panel will investigate methods in research on digital culture, digital practices and the impact and the implications of the digital in our lives by asking participants to present specific cases of problems they have faced in their digital research and the fixes they developed to address whether successful or not! We invite contributions approaching methods and methodologies in digital folklore and ethnology. Topics can include for example, but not only: - Collection and fabrication of data - Big and small data - Ethics - Ethnography Robert Glenn Howard http://rghoward.com _______________________________ University of Wisconsin -- Madison Director, Digital Studies & DesignLab Professor, Department of Communication Arts Affiliated Faculty Center for the Study of Upper Midwestern Culture Religious Studies Program Robert F. & Jean E. Holtz Center for Science and Technology Studies School of Journalism and Mass Communication

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Cfp - Language, Interaction, and Social Organization at UC Santa Barbara (May 19-20, 2017)
by Kendra Calhoun 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

Hello AoIRers, For those of you who work with interactional language data online, UC Santa Barbara's Language, Interaction and Social Organization may be of interest. The cfp is attached. Thanks! Kendra Calhoun Graduate Student Department of Linguistics University of California, Santa Barbara

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ESRC-funded PhD studentship on the ‘Relating to Data through Visualisation’ PhD Network
by Helen Kennedy 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

*Please forward to potential candidates* We are seeking an excellent candidate to join the ‘Relating to Data through Visualisation’ PhD network. The PhD studentship is funded by the ESRC through the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre (WRDTC). The network consists of three PhD projects: · *Developing** visualisation** literacy* (based at The University of Sheffield) · *Engaging diverse users in** visualisation** design and evaluation* (based at The University of York) · *Measuring visualisation engagement* (based at The University of Leeds) We are seeking to recruit a student for the third project, *Measuring Visualisation Engagement* (based at The University of Leeds). The project will build on Seeing Data research (seeingdata.org) which experimented with capturing responses to visualisations through automated processes ( http://seeingdata.org/understandingdata-visualisations/ rate-these-visualisations/). The project will advance these experiments to develop an open source application which aims to support visualisation evaluation. Through this process, it will address questions relating to how data-generating systems make and shape the data that they produce and the role of measurement in contemporary culture. The ‘Relating to Data through Visualisation’ Network aims to develop new knowledge about how people relate to data through their visualisation, the narratives and meanings people attach to visualisations and the potential understanding produced by them. It is led by Professor Helen Kennedy of the University of Sheffield and supported by award-winning visualisation agencies Visualising Data (http://www.visualisingdata.com/) and Clever Franke (https://www.cleverfranke.com/) active participants in network activities. For more information about the network visit: http://seeingdata.org/relating-data-visualisation/ The supervisors for the *Measuring Visualisation Engagement* PhD are Dr Chris Birchall from the University of Leeds and Professor Paul Clough from the University of Sheffield. *Studentship details*: · The PhD studentship covers UK/EU academic fees and a tax-free maintenance grant paid at standard Research Council rates (£14,296 in Session 2016/17) for full-time study, together with other allowances if appropriate · EU applicants will be eligible for an award paying tuition fees only, except in exceptional circumstances, or where residency has been established for more than 3 years prior to the start of the course *Application details*: · Applicants should possess an Upper Second Class Honours Degree and preferably a Masters Degree · Applicants must first submit the relevant study application form(s) and be in receipt of a Student ID Number (see http://media.leeds.ac.uk/pg/ph d/apply/) · Applicants must then complete the University’s ESRC WR DTC Studentship Application Form <http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rsa/postgraduate_scholarships/ESRCAppForm16>. This should be returned to pg_scholarships(a)leeds.ac.uk by 20 November 2016 · Please contact Chris Birchall on c.t.birchall(a)leeds.ac.uk to express an interest or to request more information about entry requirements and how to apply · Deadline: 20/11/2016; interviews during the week commencing 21st November · Start date: 1/1/2017 -- Professor Helen Kennedy, Chair in Digital Society Department of Sociological Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences Elmfield, Northumberland Road Sheffield S10 2TU T: 0114 2226488 E: h.kennedy(a)sheffield.ac.uk LATEST BOOK: *Post, Mine, Repeat: social media data mining becomes ordinary* (Palgrave Macmillan)

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CFP: JMCQ Special Issue on Social Media and Political Campaigning
by Louisa Shu Ying Ha 31 Oct '16

31 Oct '16

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly Special Issue, Call for Papers Social Media in Political Campaigning Around the World The growth of social media worldwide has been simply unprecedented. Latest statistics show that more than ¾ of US adults use social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, with social network use becoming almost ubiquitous among young adults, according to recent data from the Pew Research Center. Globally, an estimated 2.2 billion people use social networks on a daily basis, with that number projected to reach 2.5 billion by 2018. With their tremendous growth, social media have become an indispensable part of modern political campaigning, both in the United States and internationally. The increasing importance of social media among potential voters has not gone unnoticed by politicians. Hillary Clinton, for instance, launched her 2016 presidential campaign on Twitter and YouTube in an effort to reach a younger demographic and create a more accessible image among the public. As politicians increasingly rely on social media to get their messages across, the potential impact of social media in politics has become the focus of a growing number of research studies. Yet there is a lack of thorough understanding of the ways in which social media engagement affects voters, and a clear need to develop more comprehensive and inclusive models that go beyond simple linear relationships and take into account personal and psychological predispositions. There is also a need for more theoretically-driven content studies that examine social media as part of the larger ecosystem along with traditional media. With the upcoming 2016 US presidential elections, scholars have a timely opportunity to contribute to theory-building and revisit underlying key questions such as: How has social media use by political candidates evolved over time? Is there any conclusive evidence that politicians' use of social media tools increases their favorability or strengthens citizen engagement? What are the key factors that may mitigate the effects of social media on voters? Do these effects hold true in different contexts and for different platforms? Most importantly, does stronger reliance on social media motivate voters to retain higher levels of political knowledge or political participation, and if so, what are the underlying mechanisms? Given the evolution of social media use over time, the growing importance of social media for politicians around the globe and the lack of comprehensive theoretical understanding of the social media political content and use, underlying processes and potential effects, this special issue of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly has the potential to fill an important gap in the political communication literature. Combining a number of articles under this research umbrella could lead to important theoretical and methodological contributions, and also bridge several disciplinary domains including journalism, mass communication, new media and political science. Contributions: The proposed special issue will focus on the content and use of different social networks-such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Pinterest, Reddit, and YouTube-and their perceived and observed effects during most recent political campaigns in the United States and internationally. There is a need for more research on how social media function in a global context. Producing a volume that goes beyond stand-alone research studies and that combines individual articles in a comprehensive journal issue allows for better understanding of the underlying processes and potential outcomes of social media use across various demographic groups and different national contexts. Contributions may employ a variety of methodological approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, and could explore different forms of social media use for political purposes. Submissions are encouraged to examine a range of political outcome variables, including but not limited to campaign interest, political knowledge, and political and civic engagement. Both US-based and international authors can share most recent research findings related to innovative uses of social media in politics and discuss some of the opportunities and challenges brought by social media nationally and globally. The purpose of this special issue is to provide an opportunity for theory-building toward more comprehensive, comparative models of social media effects in political campaigns. Submission Deadline: The deadline for full paper submissions is June 1, 2017 at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmcq Authors should cearly designate their submission online as "Special Issue on Social Media and Political Campaigning" and also note in their cover letters that the manuscript is for the JMCQ special issue. Authors are requested to submit manuscripts in APA Style, 6th edition. Submitted papers should be in line with the submission guidelines for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, available at http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202061/manuscriptSubmission For questions regarding this special issue, please contact the co-editors: Dr. Daniela Dimitrova Dr. Jörg Matthes Professor & Director of Graduate Education Professor of Communication and Director Greenlee School of Journalism & Communication Department of Communication Iowa State University University of Vienna DanielaD(a)iastate.edu<mailto:DanielaD@iastate.edu> joerg.matthes(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:joerg.matthes@univie.ac.at> Louisa Ha, Ph.D. Editor, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Professor, Department of Media Production and Studies (formerly Telecommunications) School of Media and Communication Bowling Green State University 419-3729103 http://works.bepress.com/louisa_ha/ https://bgsu.academia.edu/LouisaHa Twitter: @LouisaHaJMCQ

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Open Cultural Data Symposium - Birkbeck 25 Nov
by Joel McKim 28 Oct '16

28 Oct '16

Open Cultural Data Symposium Keynes Library, Birkbeck School of Arts - 25 Nov https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-cultural-data-symposium-tickets-2885823… This symposium presents an opportunity to reflect upon several decades of major digitisation initiatives within UK cultural institutions. Motivated by the desire to improve public access and capitalise on the potential of new technologies, the mass digitisation of collections and archives in the UK has been one of the most significant contemporary changes to our cultural and heritage institutions. These projects have been enthusiastically funded by public organisations, such as the AHRC and the Heritage Lottery Fund, as well as private companies, charities and foundations, such as Google and the Wellcome Trust. Given the advances made in public access initiatives in recent years, this appears to be an ideal moment to look back at this developing history of cultural digitisation, reflect upon its underpinning rationales, and discuss the successes and challenges faced by those entrusted with carrying out these projects. The topic of "open data" has generated a great deal of interest and debate in such diverse fields as science research, city planning and citizenship and government. A starting off point for this symposium will be to discuss whether the term is also applicable to the cultural sector. Should cultural material held in collections and archives also be considered a form of data? Can cultural institutions learn from the assumptions, achievements and failures of these various other "open movements"? We hope to debate these questions, alongside other challenges specific to cultural digitisation projects - including issues of safeguarding and sustainability, dealing with copyright, and diversifying audiences. While prioritising open and free flowing discussion, we propose to organise the symposium into panels exploring the following three themes: Adoption Beyond Access: If access is only the first step, how do institutions facilitate the use of their archives and collections? What forms of learning outreach have been successful and how are these initiatives funded and supported? How can engagement by diverse audiences be promoted? Legalities and Logistics: What are the key legal, practical and ethical/political implications of working on open source/access projects? How do artists negotiate the issues raised? What are the particular issues of copyright, creative commons and fair dealing faced by cultural archives and collections? Do legal or logistical restrictions create biases in the nature of available cultural content? Does the general public need to be educated in the legal and logistical implications of open cultural data? Joining Collections, Joining Forces: How can multiple institutions partner to form connections between their collections? What issues of standardisation or incompatibility does this engender? Do common frameworks and initiatives exist to facilitate these efforts? The symposium is co-organized by Hannah Barton, Dr. Joel McKim and Professor Martin Eve, and co-funded by the Vasari Research Centre for Art and Technology and the Birkbeck Centre for Technology and Publishing. Symposium Schedule 9:45 – 10:00 Registration 10:00 - 10:15 Welcome Remarks: Martin Eve, Joel McKim and Hannah Barton 10.15 - 12:15 Panel 1: Adoption Beyond Access Rebecca Sinker (Digital Learning, Tate) Mia Ridge (Digital Curator, British Library) Natalie Kane (Curator / Researcher) Chair: Hannah Barton 12:15 – 1:15 Lunch (provided) 1:15 – 3:15 Panel 2: Legalities and Logistics Naomi Korn (Copyright Consultant) Bernard Horrocks (IP Manager, Tate) Mahendra Mahey (Project Manager, British Library Labs) Chair: Joel McKim 3:15 - 3:30 Break 3:30 - 5:30 Panel 3: Joining Collections, Joining Forces Bill Thompson (Partnership Lead, BBC Make It Digital) Dr. Mark Coté (Lecturer in Digital Cultures, King’s College) Ben Johnson (Policy Adviser, Research, HEFCE) Chair: Martin Eve 5:30 - 6:30 Drinks Reception

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