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New book: Digital Advertising 2nd ed
by Andrew McStay 14 Oct '16

14 Oct '16

It seems the first edition of Digital Advertising did well, so the nice people at Palgrave-MacMillan asked me to do a 2nd edition. Little did I realise this was going to be a complete overhaul, re-write and what essentially is a totally new book. So here it is, in e-version, paper and hardback: https://he.palgrave.com/page/detail/Digital-Advertising/?K=9781137494344 TABLE OF CONTENTS * Chapter 1: Digital: The Capacity to do Things They Never Could Before * Chapter 2: The History and Business of Digital Advertising * Chapter 3: How it Works: Standard Digital Media * Chapter 4: How it Works: Non-Standard Digital Media * Chapter 5: Creativity * Chapter 6: Beyond Interruption: Attention, Authenticity and Being Native * Chapter 7: Media Hacking * Chapter 8: Adblocking and Fraud: Threats to Advertising * Chapter 9: Advertising to Children: Regulations and Ethics for Digital Media * Chapter 10: Ad-tech: Analytics, Big Data, Profiling and Identity * Chapter 11: Empathic Media: Emotiveillance and the Future of Out of Home Advertising * Chapter 12: Privacy: The Case of Mobile Apps for Android * Chapter 13: Conclusions: Reconciling Art and Science in Advertising BLURB In order to comprehend modern media, we need to understand how advertising works. Digital Advertising provides an assessment of contemporary and emergent advertising techniques that drive the world's largest media companies. The second edition has been fully updated to account for the re-shaped advertising industry and transformed media landscape since the publication of the first edition, taking on topics including the creative uses of technology, novel modes of storytelling, adblocking, the pre-eminence of analytics and big data, privacy, growing interest in data about emotional life, and alarm about the role of artificial intelligence and automation in advertising. Incorporating an increased number of case studies and analyses of campaigns, this timely and engaging text is an essential resource for students, academics and anyone interested in advertising and media. ENDORSEMENTS McStay's updated study presents the most complete, revealing and accessible overview of digital advertising and its insatiable expansion. Robert Crawford, Associate Professor of Public Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. A comprehensive and practical text that provides conceptual understanding and a wealth of case material to illustrate a number of important topics that are germane to this dynamic and quickly moving field. John Desmond, Honorary Reader in Management, University of St Andrews, UK Andrew McStay Reader in Advertising and Digital Media Director of Media and Persuasive Communication Network (MPC) School of Creative Studies and Media Bangor University New book: Digital Advertising, 2nd ed<https://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Advertising-Andrew-McStay/dp/1137494344/re…> Other books and papers: here<https://bangor.academia.edu/AndrewMcStay> T. +44 (0)1248 382740 Tw. @digi-ad<https://twitter.com/digi_ad> Rhif Elusen Gofrestredig 1141565 - Registered Charity No. 1141565 Gall y neges e-bost hon, ac unrhyw atodiadau a anfonwyd gyda hi, gynnwys deunydd cyfrinachol ac wedi eu bwriadu i'w defnyddio'n unig gan y sawl y cawsant eu cyfeirio ato (atynt). Os ydych wedi derbyn y neges e-bost hon trwy gamgymeriad, rhowch wybod i'r anfonwr ar unwaith a dilewch y neges. Os na fwriadwyd anfon y neges atoch chi, rhaid i chi beidio a defnyddio, cadw neu ddatgelu unrhyw wybodaeth a gynhwysir ynddi. Mae unrhyw farn neu safbwynt yn eiddo i'r sawl a'i hanfonodd yn unig ac nid yw o anghenraid yn cynrychioli barn Prifysgol Bangor. Nid yw Prifysgol Bangor yn gwarantu bod y neges e-bost hon neu unrhyw atodiadau yn rhydd rhag firysau neu 100% yn ddiogel. Oni bai fod hyn wedi ei ddatgan yn uniongyrchol yn nhestun yr e-bost, nid bwriad y neges e-bost hon yw ffurfio contract rhwymol - mae rhestr o lofnodwyr awdurdodedig ar gael o Swyddfa Cyllid Prifysgol Bangor. This email and any attachments may contain confidential material and is solely for the use of the intended recipient(s). If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this email. If you are not the intended recipient(s), you must not use, retain or disclose any information contained in this email. Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender and do not necessarily represent those of Bangor University. Bangor University does not guarantee that this email or any attachments are free from viruses or 100% secure. Unless expressly stated in the body of the text of the email, this email is not intended to form a binding contract - a list of authorised signatories is available from the Bangor University Finance Office.

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Reminder: CFP - Writing in a Digital Age due 10/17
by Les Hutchinson 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Hi all, A reminder that our web text collection on topics surrounding surveillance, privacy, and writing infrastructures is accepting proposals until 10/17. We are very interested in inter/cross-disciplinary book chapters that focus on identity, communities, and cultures. If interested, please go to this link: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0NLr285sb3uSzFmWkp5blBoMVE A sample of what we're interested in include: * how community members respond to local to national events where acts of sur- and sous-veillance occur to protect the interests of those in authority and those of the citizenry, e.g., Ferguson, Flint, and online. * ways surveillance impact culture(s) and influence daily habits and/or lives as it connects to digital rhetoric and writing, e.g., algorithmic discrimination, fitness trackers, Internet of Things objects, social media habits, intellectual property. * how digital rhetoric and writing scholars/educators or communicators inform public and private industries to make reforms to surveillance practices. * how writing educators, WPAs, and administrators address ways surveillance and privacy impact student & faculty composing acts and student identity formation. <mailto:digitalwriting@protonmail.com>Again, the deadline for 500-word proposals of webtexts is October 17, 2016. We will notify authors on December 19, 2016 and drafts for chapters are due April 17, 2017. Please send any queries or submissions to: digitalwritingatprotonmaildotcom / digitalwriting(a)protonmail.com Sincerely, Estee Beck, PhD Assistant Professor of Professional & Technical Writing/Digital Humanities Department of English The University of Texas at Arlington estee.beck(a)uta.edu Les Hutchinson Doctoral Student Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures Michigan State University 434 Farm Lane Rm 237 East Lansing, MI 48824 Twitter: @techairos

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Virtual community building and maintenance in the social media age
by David Brake 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

Dear colleagues, I will be teaching a course next semester on virtual community building and management, blending theory and practice. A few years ago, I felt pretty confident that I could put together a reading list of books on virtual community management and be comfortable it would cover what is needed. But that was before social media. Now (depending on the purpose of a virtual community itself) I might not even recommend a website-based virtual community at all – for all of the vexed issues of platform ownership, a Facebook group or even Twitter hashtag might be a better solution for some groups. Are you aware of any good books and articles (preferably academic but not necessarily) which bring virtual community advice up-to-date to take into consideration managing virtual communities spread across multiple platforms, some of which a virtual community manager has no direct control over? The books I am currently considering teaching from are: Kim, A. J. (2000). Community building on the Web. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. Powazek, D. M. (2002). Design for community: the art of connecting real people in virtual places. Indianapolis, Ind.: New Riders. O'Keefe, P. (2008). Managing online forums: everything you need to know to create and run successful community discussion boards. New York: AMACOM. Bacon, J. (2012). The art of community: Building the new age of participation (2nd ed.). Sebastopol, CA: O'Reilly Media, Inc. Retrieved from http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/ <http://www.artofcommunityonline.org/> Kraut, R. E., Resnick, P., & Kiesler, S. (2012). Building successful online communities evidence-based social design. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. I am also considering: Howard, T.W. (2010). Design to thrive: Creating social networks and online communities that last. Burlington, MA: Morgan Kaufmann He talks about social networks vs online communities but seems to suggest they are mutually exclusive while I would say you can layer an online community on top of a social network or use the latter to bring people into the former. Anyway, I am keen either to find a book that properly takes the new social media options into account when talking about virtual community or at least a book or article that gestures towards the existing conventional wisdom and suggests what the new social media can add. I will happily feed back to the list or interested people the curated list that results... Any ideas? 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 <https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline>

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Assistant Professor Job UMass Boston
by Mathias Klang 13 Oct '16

13 Oct '16

interpersonal communication and technology OR identity and technology The University of Massachusetts Boston welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor with expertise in interpersonal communication and technology OR identity and technology to begin September 1, 2017. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Communication or a related field prior to Fall 2017. Successful candidates must demonstrate a record of excellence in social science research and should demonstrate a record of, or potential for securing extramural funding. It would be beneficial for these interests to intersect with our current strengths in media, health, political, strategic, or intercultural communication. Possible areas of research interest include interpersonal/group communication in mediated environments, mediated relational communication, or family communication. For specialists in identity, we are particularly interested in mediated representations of race/ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. The instructional requirements for the position include developing and teaching an array of undergraduate courses, including courses in the candidate’s specialty, as well as conventional communication courses. In addition to advising undergraduate students in the major, this hire will be expected to teach two courses per semester and contribute to the development of graduate programs. Additional opportunities exist for summer and January session courses.An interest in professional and institutional service is required. Members of the Communication Department will be available to answer questions at the NCA job fair in November. Review of applications will begin on November 15 and will continue until a suitable candidate is hired. All materials must be submitted electronically; hard copy applications will not be considered. Please submit a cover letter, C.V., research statement, three letters of recommendation, and evidence of teaching effectiveness at umb.interviewexchange.com. Questions should be sent to search chair Jessie Quintero Johnson at Jessie.Quintero(a)umb.edu <mailto:Jessie.Quintero@umb.edu>. /UMass Boston is committed to building a culturally diverse faculty and staff and strongly encourages applications from women, persons of color, individuals with disabilities, and covered veterans./ // /UMass Boston extends full benefits to all employees, spouses/same-sex domestic partners, and dependent children. / -- Mathias Klang Associate Professor Political Communication UMass Bostonwww.klangable.com <http://www.klangable.com>

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Deadline Approaching -- CSCL 2017: The International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
by Gabriela T Richard 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

**Reminder: Deadline approaching. Papers due November 4th.** *CSCL 2017: Preliminary Call for Papers* The 12th International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning June 18-21, 2017 Drexel University & The University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA Conference theme: Making a Difference — Prioritizing Equity and Access in CSCL Computer Supported Collaborative Learning is a premier conference of the International Society of the Learning Sciences that focuses on the study of social learning processes with and without technology as well as the development and evaluation of tools to enhance or improve collective thinking and learning. The conference is a major international event bringing together researchers with a wide variety of backgrounds and research interests including educational technology, design, HCI, information sciences, educational psychology, museum research, library science, curriculum and instruction, psychology, computer science, cognitive science, and many more. We welcome high quality conceptual, empirical, and theoretical contributions. This year's conference theme focuses on the need to consider issues such as equity, access, and inclusion in the design, implementation, and deployment of computer-supported learning environments. CSCL 2017 will prioritize keynote speakers, workshops and papers that champion research and tools focused on equity and access relative to CSCL. Hosted by a diverse leadership team in the Learning Sciences, the conference will highlight work that discusses ways to broaden the CSCL pipeline, promotes and/or celebrates out of the box thinking, or that brings a wide range of viewpoints or voices to CSCL topics or tools. *Submissions* We are currently seeking submissions for the following: • Full Papers (8 pages): Full papers are for mature work, requiring lengthy explanations of the conceptual background, methodology and data and analysis. Full paper submissions should state: (a) the major issue(s) addressed, (b) potential significance of the work, (c) the theoretical and methodological approach(es) pursued, (d) major findings, conclusions, implications, and (e) relevant scholarly references. • Short Papers (4 pages): Short papers are for work that makes significant contributions, but that is still in progress, of smaller scale, or that can be reported briefly. Otherwise, the same criteria apply as listed for full papers above. • Posters (2 pages): Posters are for work in early stages and for novel and promising ideas. The two page abstract should identify the aspect of the work that will likely lead to productive discussions with conference participants in a poster session, including figures exemplifying the visual support to be provided for these discussions in the poster. • Symposia (8 pages): Symposia are for conveying larger ideas or results about a specific issue. Discussion among members of the symposium and with the audience should be moderated to focus on certain positions or controversies. We expect symposia to address large issues of interest toCSCL, particularly those related to this year's conference theme. *Deadlines* Papers, Posters, and Symposia: November 4, 2016 Pre-Conference Workshops: December 9, 2016 Early and Mid-Career Workshops + Doctoral Consortium: January 13, 2017 Interactive Events and Tutorials: TBA *Further information* For more information, see the conference website <http://isls.org/cscl/2017> (http://isls.org/*cscl*/*2017* <http://isls.org/cscl/2017)>) and/or send email cscl.philly(a)gmail.com. *About ISLS* The International Society of the Learning Sciences (ISLS) is a professional society dedicated to the interdisciplinary empirical investigation of learning as it exists in real-world settings and how learning may be facilitated both with and without technology. ISLS sponsors two professional conferences, held in alternate years. Visit the ISLS site at http://www.isls.org. -- *Gabriela T. Richard, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor * Learning, Design, and Technology Program Department of Learning and Performance Systems College of Education, Penn State University

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Call for Chapter: Open Access Collection
by Trent M Kays 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

Colleagues. Please find attached (in PDF) a call for chapters for an edited collection, tentatively titled: *The World Blown Open: Open Access, Open Education, and Open Knowledge for an Uncertain Future. * If you prefer the Google Docs version, you can find it here <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1f4PDpLDw8yF8eG1YSqh1CJQrbM9FlkvDmekzmPR…> . Submissions should be sent to oacollection(a)gmail.com. If you have questions or concerns about the call, please email me directly: trent(a)trentmkays.com. Onward. tmk –– Trent M Kays Assistant Professor | Department of English and Foreign Languages Hampton University | trentmkays.com “To educate is essentially to form."–Paulo Freire

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New Open Access Book: Social Media in Southeast Italy
by Major, Alison 12 Oct '16

12 Oct '16

*****Apologies for any cross-posting***** UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand new open access book that may be of interest to readers of this list, Social Media in Southeast Italy. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media in Southeast Italy Razvan Nicolescu Download free: http://bit.ly/2e51g5A ----------------------------------------------------------------- This title is available in both free open access (PDF/ html) and print editions (paperback, £15.00 | hardback, £35.00). Why is social media in southeast Italy so predictable when it is used by such a range of different people? This book describes the impact of social media on the population of a town in the southern region of Puglia, Italy. Razvan Nicolescu spent 15 months living among the town's residents, exploring what it means to be an individual on social media. Why do people from this region conform on platforms that are designed for personal expression? Nicolescu argues that social media use in this region of the world is related to how people want to portray themselves. He pays special attention to the ability of users to craft their appearance in relation to collective ideals, values and social positions, and how this feature of social media has, for the residents of the town, become a moral obligation: they are expected to be willing to adapt their appearance to suit their different audiences at the same time, which is crucial in a town where religion and family are at the heart of daily life. Download free: http://bit.ly/2e51g5A ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Why We Post Why do we post on social media? Is it true that we are replacing face-to-face relationships with on-screen life? Are we becoming more narcissistic with the rise of selfies? Does social media create or suppress political action, destroy privacy or become the only way to sell something? And are these claims equally true for a factory worker in China and an IT professional in India? With these questions in mind, nine anthropologists each spent 15 months living in communities in China, Brazil, Turkey, Chile, India, England, Italy and Trinidad. They studied not only platforms but the content of social media to understand both why we post and the consequences of social media on our lives. Their findings indicate that social media is more than communication - it is also a place where we now live. This series explores and compares the results in a collection of ground-breaking and accessible ethnographic studies. To find out more, visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-post<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-> About UCL Press UCL Press is the UK's first fully open access university press. Re-established at UCL in 2015, UCL Press publishes peer-reviewed scholarly monographs, edited collections, textbooks and journals, by both UCL academics and non-UCL academics. All its books are made available as free, downloadable PDFs from its website, as well as in print for sale through retailers at affordable prices, and many of its books are also made available on a free, enhanced, browser-based platform. Its mission is to make its published outputs available to a global audience, irrespective of their ability to pay. Find out more at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Podcasting/audio on-demand researchers?
by Steven Clift 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Are you involved with podcasting related research? If yes, please get in touch. I am interested in particular on the consumption of "fresh" hourly and daily news on-demand versus more classic more evergreen podcasts. Thanks, Steven Clift http://1radionews.com

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Predoctoral research position at Medialab UGR
by Esteban Romero Frías 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

Dear all, I'd like to share a predoctoral research position at Medialab UGR ( http://medialab.ugr.es/) in the University of Granada (Spain). It is linked to a project called *Knowmetrics: evaluation of knowledge in the digital society*. The contract is initially for 6 months (with an extension of 16 months). We look for a person who is comfortable working with an Open Science approach and committed to the vision of Medialab UGR (page in English: http://medialab.ugr.es/what-is-ugr-medialab/) It is necessary to speak Spanish. The position is open to any candidate. More information in: http://medialab.ugr.es/noticias/oferta-de-contrato- de-investigacion-en-medialab-ugr-para-el-proyecto-knowmetrics/ Best regards - Esteban Romero-Frías http://estebanromero.com/ Twitter: @polisea <http://twitter.com/polisea> Director de Medialab UGR <http://medialab.ugr.es/> - Laboratorio de Investigación en Cultura y Sociedad Digital Vicerrectorado de Investigación y Transferencia de la Universidad de Granada - Departamento de Economía Financiera y Contabilidad Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales Universidad de Granada Campus Universitario de Cartuja, s/n C.P. 18071 Granada (España)

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CFP: Distribution Matters ICA 2017 Pre-Conference
by Joshua Braun 11 Oct '16

11 Oct '16

With apologies for cross-posting! —Josh Distribution Matters // Media Circulation in Civic Life and Popular Culture ICA PRECONFERENCE CALL May 25, 2017 in San Diego [This call is on the web at https://distributionmatters.wordpress.com] This preconference aims to examine how and why media distribution matters to civic life and media culture and the ways in which it underpins issues that are more traditionally examined in terms of media production or textual analysis. After all, many of the biggest challenges and opportunities facing the media industries today revolve around the capacity to circulate media and information instantaneously and more cheaply than ever before via the internet—what Michael Curtin, Jennifer Holt, and Kevin Sanson (2014) have referred to as the "distribution revolution." At the same time, grappling with the signal importance of media distribution in industry and public life also means understanding that this importance is older than, and reaches beyond, today's commercial internet. Scholars from across the field of media industry research—and in other areas including media law and regulation, communication history, journalism studies, and cultural theory—have used a variety of analytical vocabularies to theorize the distribution process. Historian and social theorist Michael Warner (2002), for instance, offers examples from the 17th century press when he argues that distribution is the central concern in the construction of democratic publics. "Not texts themselves create publics, but the concatenation of texts through time," he writes. "Only when a previously existing discourse can be supposed, and when a responding discourse can be postulated, can a text address a public" (p. 90). In other words, reliable distribution networks make possible the individual and collective conceit that when we publish a text we are speaking to the same assembled group over time. Media distribution, then, can be read as the infrastructural heart of "imagined communities" in the style of Benedict Anderson (2006). If, as Charles Acland (2003) argues, "the organization of how, when, and under what conditions people congregate is a fundamental dimension of social life," it is through distribution practices and infrastructures that much of this organization takes place (Tryon, 2013), both historically and in today's media environment. CALL FOR ABSTRACTS We aim to bring together the growing group of scholars who focus on distribution as its own topic of study, as well as other work that intersects with distribution, but has not typically been framed in that way—topics such as internet governance, trending algorithms, digital rights management, media infrastructures, and others. Participants should submit an extended abstract of one to two pages. Accepted abstracts will be developed into papers to be distributed to panelists and other attendees in advance of the event. Abstracts may take the form of brief case studies, position papers, conceptual interventions, or other formats likely to lead to engaged discussion. Rather than lengthy research presentations, participants will present briefly (5 minutes) on their work before participating in a roundtable discussion. Submissions dealing with both contemporary and historical themes and subjects are welcomed, as are submissions from a wide variety of disciplinary approaches. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: * Distribution and Imagined Community. How do contemporary, legacy, and historical distribution infrastructures, practices, and policies affect the construction of publics and our sense of community? Whether it's a nation's postal network, the broadcast radius of the local television station, the circulation footprint of the local newspaper, the far-flung reach of satellite television channels, or the "calculated publics" (e.g., Gillespie, 2014) produced by algorithms on contemporary online media platforms, we welcome explorations of the ways in which distribution brings together—or divides—publics and public discourses. * Distribution and Media Work. Can a focus on distribution broaden traditionally production-focused accounts of labor in the media industries, whether by considering distribution as an important form of labor unto itself or by exploring the impact of distribution on production work? We welcome accounts that examine what it takes to get content in front of audiences, and the various kinds of labour involved—from PR and marketing work to warehousing, shelf-stacking and transportation. * Distribution and Public Discourse. Much has been said—and debated—about the manner in which digital technologies have allowed ordinary people to distribute their own content, as well as the manner in which a few large online intermediaries have come to dominate revenues and the market for audiences' attention. Digital distribution platforms (and some of their historical predecessors) also present us with a high-choice media environment characterized by filter bubbles and fragmentation. Where do these debates about disintermediation and fragmentation stand today? And what does it mean to examine them in terms of distribution? * Distribution, Public Visibility, and Surveillance. The infrastructures of distribution—the presence of papers on news racks or channels on the dial—have long served to make the audiences for particular media visible to a broader public, as well as to interpellate prospective members of those audiences/publics. At the same time, distribution infrastructures also offer tremendous affordances for surveillance—rifling the mail, intercepting telegraph signals, tapping phones, placing digital cookies, deep packet inspection. We welcome contributions that examine distribution as a tool of visibility and/or consider its role in the business and politics of seeing and being seen. * Distribution, Popular Culture, and Personalization. Digital media is characterized by the contrasting dynamics of increased sociability (through apps, social media and 'sharing') and increased individualization (through mobile viewing, miniature screens, and personalized recommendations). By some accounts, media use has shifted from being a communal, in-person experience in theaters and living rooms to a rather more individual and personalized one, enjoyed by each user on her own personal device. We welcome contributions that examine the changing scale of media experiences through various distribution technologies. * Distribution and Intellectual Property. The one-click model of friction-free digital distribution is still a work in progress. Content providers, streaming services, and digital storefronts jockey for position in ways that have resulted in fragmentation, incompatible standards, and copy protection schemes that alter consumers' relationships with their media and devices. Unsurprisingly then, unauthorized distribution (i.e., piracy) remains a constant feature of everyday media consumption in all countries. We welcome contributions examining the relationship between distribution, IP, and consumption. * Affordances of Distribution, Past and Present. Digital distribution infrastructures include a tremendous number of high-tech affordances for selectively placing content in front of audiences—filters, recommender systems, geolocation/geoblocking, and metadata-based categorization to name just a few. What role do these affordances (and their associated constraints) play in contemporary media distribution and its social impacts? And what historical precedents exist for what we typically think of as uniquely digital phenomena? FORMAT Panelists whose abstracts are accepted will develop them into papers that will be distributed in May to preconference attendees in advance of the event. Participants will introduce, then discuss their papers with other scholars in a series of thematically organized roundtables, with the conversation moderated by a panel chair who participates in the conversation. Roundtables will be held in front of the full audience of preconference attendees; after the initial moderated discussion the floor will be opened to audience questions. The final panel of the preconference will be a reflection by senior scholars on the work and themes of the day. The organizers hope to work with participants following the event to develop a selection of the conference abstracts into papers for a special issue or edited volume. SUBMISSION PROCESS Please email submissions to <distribution.matters.preconf(a)gmail.com> by November 20, 2016. Authors will be informed of acceptance/rejection decisions no later than December 20, 2016. Accepted abstracts will be posted to the preconference website in advance of the event. If you have questions about submissions or any aspect of the preconference, you may direct them to <distribution.matters.preconf(a)gmail.com> or contact any of the individual organizers—Joshua Braun <jabraun at umass dot edu>, Ramon Lobato <ramonlobato at gmail dot com>, or Amanda Lotz <lotz at umich dot edu>. LOCATION AND REGISTRATION The preconference will be held at San Diego State University's Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union (6075 Aztec Cir Dr.), which is located directly on the San Diego trolley system's Green Line, making it reachable from the conference hotel for just $5 round-trip. For faster door-to-door service, participants can split cab fares to and from the event. More details on transport to and from the event will be provided at a later date. Registration will be limited to 60 persons via a registration code to be issued by the organizers. After accepted presenters have registered, registration will be open to any ICA attendee who requests a code until the cap of 60 is reached or administrative deadlines force us to finalize event attendance. Thanks to the generosity of our sponsors, we do not anticipate a registration fee. CONFIRMED PARTICIPANTS Sandra Ball-Rokeach, ICA Fellow, Professor in the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at the University of Southern California, director of the USC Communication Technology and Community Program Sandra Braman, ICA Fellow, John Paul Abbott Professor of Liberal Arts and Professor of Communication at Texas A&M University. Stuart Cunningham, Distinguished Professor of Media and Communications, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology Greg Downey, Evjue-Bascom Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication and the School of Library and Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Sharon Strover, Philip G. Warner Regents Professor in Communication, director of the Technology and Information Policy Institute at UT Austin SPECIAL THANKS This preconference is possible thanks to the ICA Media Industry Studies Interest Group and the ICA Journalism Studies and Popular Communication Divisions. We are especially grateful for financial support from the Media Industry Studies Interest Group; the University of Michigan Department of Communication Studies; the University of Massachusetts Amherst Journalism Department and College of Social and Behavioral Sciences; and the Culture Digitally scholarship collective. It is thanks to their generous support that we have been able to make this event free to participants. -- Josh Braun, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Journalism Studies Journalism Department University of Massachusetts Amherst @josh_braun Skype: wideaperture http://wideaperture.net/ new book: http://yalebooks.com/book/9780300197501/program-brought-you "Maybe the only gift is a chance to inquire, to know nothing for certain. An inheritance of wonder and nothing more." William Least Heat-Moon

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