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Reminder: Travel Scholarships
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 11 May '16

11 May '16

Hi everyone, Just a reminder that AoIR has travel scholarships available to help support travel to Berlin. The full announcement is on the AoIR website, under Awards - Travel Scholarships, and I'm posted the call here as well. Give a shout if you have questions. ~Jenny President, AoIR ++++++++++++++++++++ In order to increase the diversity of participation in the AoIR annual Internet Research conferences, the Association of Internet Researchers makes available several conference fee waivers and travel stipends per year. Applications are invited from authors whose proposals have already been accepted via the conference reviewing process, as well as by PhD Students applying to the Doctoral Colloquium. All applications should be emailed directly to the President of AoIR (Jenny Stromer-Galley, prez at aoir.org) and must be received by June 15, 2015. Late applications cannot be considered. Applications should be no longer than 2 pages, and must include the following information: * A brief description of how the author's presentation or contribution to the IR conference will uniquely articulate and/or represent a distinctive perspective (e.g., of persons and/or cultures) otherwise unlikely to be represented at the conference. * An explanation of the author's distinctive circumstances that would warrant a fee waiver, and an indication that the applicant will be able to make effective use of the funds. These may include, but are by no means limited to: exceptionally limited financial resources (e.g., as a graduate student or scholar in a non-OECD country, as a disabled person on a limited income, etc.); exceptional limits on institutional support otherwise normally available (e.g., travel funds, grant funds, etc.); other exceptional circumstances that render the usual AoIR IR conference fees an insurmountable obstacle to attending the IR conference in order to present one's own work. * A short (2-page) CV with your application. Applicants may also include a letter of support from someone familiar with her/his circumstances, special needs, etc. Such a letter is not a requirement. Applications will be reviewed by the AoIR Executive Committee. Fee waivers and travel stipends of up to $500 (with one stipend of up to $2,000) will be awarded (to be paid out after the conference) on the basis of the Executive Committee's collective judgment as to which presentations will make the most distinctive contribution to the AoIR IR conference. In order to respect and protect the privacy of the applicants, all Executive Committee discussions and deliberations will be held in strict confidence. The AoIR Executive Committee regretfully acknowledges that there may be more meritorious applications than we will be able to award and support. Nonetheless, we hope that awarded fee waivers and travel stipends will not only assist deserving scholars and researchers, but also enrich the IR 16.0 conference for all attendees.

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5 new teaching posts at the University of Nottingham's China campus
by Andrew White 11 May '16

11 May '16

The University of Nottingham’s China campus has the following vacancies in the School of International Communications: Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Film and Media Studies Closing date: 23 May 2016 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/UNNC439 Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Media and Cultural Studies Closing date: 23 May 2016 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/UNNC440 Teaching Fellow in Media and Communication Studies Closing date: 23 May 2016 http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/Jobs/CurrentVacancies/ref/UNNC441 Assistant or Associate Professor in Media and Communication Studies (2 posts) Closing date: 3 June 2016 http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/UNNC443 Dr Andrew White Associate Professor of Creative Industries & Digital Media Director of Research for the Faculty of Arts & Education Interim Director of the AHRC Centre for Digital Copyright and IP Research in China Room AB432 the School of International Communications The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (Extension 8258) http://ningbo.academia.edu/AndrewWhite

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Air-L?
by Sarina Chen 10 May '16

10 May '16

I sent the following announcement to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org, it bounced back saying the mailbox was full. Is it possible? shing-ling ************************** 2016 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture: Leopoldina Fortunati The 2016 Steve Jones Internet Research Lecture features Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine, Italy), at 12 pm, on June 14, 2016, in Hilton Fukuoka Sea Hawk, International Communication Association’s 66th Annual Conference, in Fukuoka, Japan. The title of Fortunati’s lecture is “Feminism, labor and the mechanization of everyday life.” In the lecture, Fortunati will adopt a political economy approach to examine the issue of machines diffusion in everyday life, which connects machines with labor, value production and struggles/resistance, especially by women, against the present organization and division of labor. Fortunati will address the social and political role of machines in society, as well as social robots, which can be considered in many ways the next new media. Some social robots built in recent years in many laboratories are ready to be launched on the market and more generally placed in society. But the conceptual tools to handle this last mile to go still need to be fully developed. When an object of such technological complexity and with such rhetorical power, like robots are, is no longer used only by niches of innovators or users (such as autistic) but is proposed as a good of mass consumption, a series of problems, new themes and strategies comes into the spotlight. This event is co-sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.com) University of Illinois, Chicago, and the International Communication Association. For more information about this event, please contact Shing-Ling Sarina Chen, sarina.chen(a)uni.edu.

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Book Announcement: Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age
by Ashu M. G. Solo 10 May '16

10 May '16

It would be appreciated if you forward this announcement for Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age to your colleagues. Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age Editor: Ashu M. G. Solo (Maverick Technologies America Inc., USA) ISBN13: 9781466660663; ISBN10: 146666066X; EISBN13: 9781466660670; URL: http://www.igi-global.com/book/handbook-research-political-activism-informa… Technology and particularly the Internet have caused many changes in political activism. Recent revolutions in many countries in the Middle East and North Africa have started in large part due to social networking websites like Facebook and Twitter. Social networking has also played a role in protests and riots in numerous countries. The whistleblower website Wikileaks has had a tremendous impact in exposing government corruption. Mainstream media no longer has a monopoly on political commentary as anybody can set up a blog or post a video online. Political activists can network together online. Aspects of engineering, computer science, mathematics can be applied to political activism. Handbook of Research on Political Activism in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo and published by IGI Global, includes 25 research chapters from 39 researchers at universities and research institutions in 15 countries on different aspects of political activism with information technology, engineering, computer science, or math. This book strongly increases our understanding of methods for political activism in the information age, the effectiveness of these methods, and tools for analyzing these methods. Chapter 1 Political Information, Political Power, and People Power: New Media and New Social Movements in the Arab Spring (pages 1-25) Anas Alahmed Chapter 2 Social Media for Political Change: The Activists, Governments, and Firms Triangle of Powers during the Arab Movement (pages 26-36) Mohamad Alkhouja Chapter 3 The Potential of Political Changes in the Information Age: The Political Challenges Sphere of Saudi Arabia through Citizen Activism (pages 37-59) Anas Alahmed Chapter 4 Identifying Hyperlink Strategies as a Tool to Discover the Connections between Offline and Online Politics (pages 60-80) Keren Sereno Chapter 5 Cleavages and Links: Mapping Linking Patterns between Israeli Political Websites (pages 81-93) Keren Sereno, Azi Lev-On Chapter 6 Information and Communication Technologies, Democracy, and Human Rights in Nigeria (pages 94-113) Joseph Wilson, Nuhu Gapsiso Chapter 7 Memory, National Identity, and Freedom of Expression in the Information Age: Discussing the Taboo in the Zimbabwean Public Sphere (pages 114-128) Shepherd Mpofu Chapter 8 The Virtual Parallax: Imaginations of Mthwakazi Nationalism – Online Discussions and Calls for Self-Determination (pages 129-146) Brilliant Mhlanga, Mandlenkosi Mpofu Chapter 9 The Opportunities and Challenges of using Email for Political Communication in Authoritarian States: A Case of Zimbabwe's Media Monitoring Project (pages 147-165) Sam Takavarasha, Jr., Eldred Masunungure Chapter 10 Alternative Media Bridging the Digital Divide in Malaysia: Case Study of Sarawakreport.org (pages 166-178) Kevin Fernandez, Sivamurugan Pandian, Mohamad Zaini Abu Bakar Chapter 11 Politics 2.0 with Facebook (pages 179-189) Chirag Shah Chapter 12 The Wisconsin Spring (pages 190-211) James Jorstad, Jo Arney, Kerry Kuenzi, Cecilia G. Manrique Chapter 13 The Language of Threat in our Political Discourse (pages 212-230) G. R. Boynton, Glenn W. Richardson, Jr. Chapter 14 Conceptualizing Network Politics following the Arab Spring (pages 231-239) Ashu M. G. Solo, Jonathan Bishop Chapter 15 The India against Corruption Movement (pages 240-257) M. V. Rajeev Gowda, Purnima Prakash Chapter 16 Corruption in the Public Eye: From Transparency to Publicity (pages 258-272) Elitza Katzarova Chapter 17 Civic Cultures and Skills in European Digital Rights Campaigning (pages 273-295) Yana Breindl Chapter 18 Protesting in a Cultural Frame: How Social Media was used by Portuguese “Geração à Rasca” Activists and the M12M Movement (pages 296-318) António Rosas Chapter 19 Two Models of Online Petitioning in the United Kingdom (pages 319-334) Johannes Fritz Chapter 20 Googling Democracy: A Comparison of Democracy Promoters on the Internet (pages 335-350) Nelli Babayan, Stefano Braghiroli Chapter 21 A New Republic of Letters?: The Promise and Potential of the Internet (pages 351-363) John Kane, Haig Patapan Chapter 22 >From Politics to E-Politics: Updating Saul Alinsky's Community Organising Model to Meet the Challenges and Opportunities of Politics in the Information Age (pages 364-381) Sam Takavarasha, Jr., Jonathan Cox, Stanislas Bigirimana Chapter 23 The Internet, National Citizenship, and the “Sovereignty Paradox”: Asylum-Seeking Migrants' Political Agency and “Technologized” Citizenship (pages 382-406) Amadu Wurie Khan Chapter 24 Interaction of Incivility and News Frames in the Political Blogosphere: Consequences and Psychological Mechanisms (pages 407-424) Porismita Borah Chapter 25 How [Not] to Caffeinate a Political Group: Parent Post Influence on Conversational Network Structure (pages 425-442) Alison N. Novak, Christopher Mascaro, Sean P. Goggins, Emmanuel Koku

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Book Announcement: Political Campaigning in the Information Age
by Ashu M. G. Solo 10 May '16

10 May '16

It would be appreciated if you forward this announcement for Political Campaigning in the Information Age to your colleagues. Political Campaigning in the Information Age Editor: Ashu M. G. Solo (Maverick Technologies America Inc., USA) ISBN13: 9781466660625; ISBN10: 1466660627; EISBN13: 9781466660632 URL: http://www.igi-global.com/book/political-campaigning-information-age/99490 Technology and particularly the Internet have brought about many changes in political campaigning. Politicians and candidates use their own websites and social network profiles to get their message out. Aspects of engineering, computer science, or mathematics can be applied to political campaigning and political communications. Political Campaigning in the Information Age, edited by Ashu M. G. Solo and published by IGI Global, includes 20 research chapters from 33 researchers at universities and research institutions in 15 countries on different aspects of political campaigning and political communications with information technology, engineering, computer science, or math. This book strongly increases our understanding of methods for political campaigning and political communications in the information age, the effectiveness of these methods, and tools for analyzing these methods. Chapter 1 Relationship between Social Media and Political Parties: The Case of Turkey (pages 1-31) Kamil Demirhan Chapter 2 Social Media in Political Public Relations: The Cases of the Portuguese Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the Socialist Party (PS) in the 2009 Parliamentary Campaign (pages 32-50) Sónia Pedro Sebastião, Alice Donat Trindade Chapter 3 Amplification and Virtual Back-Patting: The Rationalities of Social Media Uses in the Nina Larsson Web Campaign (pages 51-65) Jakob Svensson Chapter 4 A Europe Wide Web?: Political Parties' Websites in the 2009 European Parliament Elections (pages 66-87) Cristian Vaccari Chapter 5 New Media in the Process of Shaping Local Democracy: The Case of Poland (pages 88-109) Ilona Biernacka-Ligieza Chapter 6 Online Political Marketing: The Use of Facebook in the 2010 Greek Municipal Elections (pages 110-127) Georgios Lappas, Prodromos Yannas, Amalia Triantafillidou, Alexandros Kleftodimos Chapter 7 Microblogging and the News: Political Elites and the Ultimate Retweet (pages 128-147) Kevin Wallsten Chapter 8 Reframing Audience: Co-Motion at #SOTU (pages 148-164) G. R. Boynton, Glenn W. Richardson Jr. Chapter 9 Sources and Formats of Campaign Information on YouTube (pages 165-178) Robert Klotz Chapter 10 Do Web Campaigns by Party Leaders Enhance the Images of Party Leaders Held by Voters?: Experimental Evidence from Finland (pages 179-196) Tom Carlson, Göran Djupsund, Kim Strandberg Chapter 11 Using Presidential Popularity for Understanding the Relationship between President Bush and Congressional Republicans' Online Campaigning: A Preliminary Examination of Representative Websites for the 2002, 2004, 2006, and 2008 Elections (pages 197-209) Christopher Latimer Chapter 12 A Diachronic Analysis of Portuguese Digital Campaigning (pages 210-225) Rui Alexandre Novais, Álvaro Cúria Chapter 13 The New Interdisciplinary Fields of Political Engineering and Computational Politics (pages 226-232) Ashu M. G. Solo Chapter 14 The New Interdisciplinary Fields of Public Policy Engineering and Computational Public Policy (pages 233-238) Ashu M. G. Solo Chapter 15 Type-One Fuzzy Logic for Quantitatively Defining Imprecise Linguistic Terms in Politics and Public Policy (pages 239-255) Ashu M. G. Solo, Madan M. Gupta, Noriyasu Homma, Zeng-Guang Hou Chapter 16 Interval Type-Two Fuzzy Logic for Quantitatively Defining Imprecise Linguistic Terms in Politics and Public Policy (pages 256-264) Ashu M. G. Solo Chapter 17 Using Graph Theory Software for Political Discourse Analysis (pages 265-286) Bogdan Pătruţ, Monica Pătruţ, Camelia Cmeciu Chapter 18 Online Election Campaigning: Exploring Supply and Demand during the France 2012 Presidential Election (pages 287-304) Darren G. Lilleker, Karolina Koc-Michalska Chapter 19 Hungarian MPs' Response Propensity to Emails (pages 305-317) Norbert Merkovity Chapter 20 Mapping Research Methodology in Online Political Communication (pages 318-335) Rosanna De Rosa, Valentina Reda, Tommaso Ederoclite

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Digitally Literate Research Project
by Ian O'Byrne 10 May '16

10 May '16

Good afternoon colleagues, Together with my colleagues Michelle Hagerman and Heather Woods from the University of Ottawa, we are surveying and interviewing educators from K-12 to higher ed to see how they integrate new and digital literacies into instruction. The project is referred to as the Digitally Literate Research Project <http://digitallyliterate.net/>. We are conducting this work with the support of the Literacy, eLearning, Communication, and Culture Committee (LECC) of the ILA <http://www.literacyworldwide.org/>. We would appreciate your support in this endeavor. We recently launched our survey <http://digitallyliterate.net/announcement/tltsurvey/> to collect participant data. Click here to go directly to the survey. <https://cofc.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_d08stZ0o2NwWLWd> We will follow-up with interviews of participants using survey data and snowball sampling. This is an open research project. We are sharing the data collection tools openly online. We will also include our researcher notes in open blog posts on the website mentioned above. Finally, we will also share participant interviews openly online. We would most appreciate your support in reaching out to educators in international contexts. We're currently in the process of translating materials as we piece together funding opportunities. Please let us know if you can help connect us to educators around the globe. Please also feel free to share the website <http://digitallyliterate.net/> and Twitter account <https://twitter.com/digit_lit> to interested parties. Thanks in advance. Please feel free to send us questions/comments/feedback. -Ian, Michelle, and Heather _________________________ W. Ian O'Byrne, Ph.D. College of Charleston wiobyrne.com Be sure to subscribe to my newsletter.

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AoIR Dissertation Award Nominations - DUE May 15
by Daren Brabham 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello AoIR friends, I wanted to remind the list that the deadline for AoIR Dissertation Award nominations is coming up on May 15. Self-nominations are welcome, the dissertation author does not need to be a member of AoIR, and all methods/disciplines/perspectives are welcome so long as it pertains to internet research. Dissertations filed in 2015 are eligible. "Filed in 2015" means fully defended, all edits complete, and filed/published with the university (and/or ProQuest or similar service) such that it would have a copyright of 2015. ***For those of you who have already submitted a nomination, I have been replying to each one to confirm receipt. So if you have submitted a dissertation and have not heard back from me, please try again until you get a confirmation from me personally.*** Full details of the original call for nominations is below. Thanks! db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (801) 633-4796 | Brabham(a)usc.edu<mailto:Brabham@usc.edu> www.darenbrabham.com<http://www.darenbrabham.com/> | www.csscjournal.org<http://www.csscjournal.org/> ======================================================================= The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2016 AoIR Dissertation Award. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2015 calendar year. Nominations (self and other) must be received by May 15, 2016. All methods and disciplines are welcome. Submissions Details: A nomination letter that explains why the dissertation is deserving of the award and how it contributes to internet research along with a PDF copy of the dissertation should be emailed to Daren Brabham at Brabham at usc.edu.<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> The recipient of this award will be announced this summer. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research in a session at AoIR 2016 in Berlin, October 5-8. The committee this year is comprised of Taina Bucher, University of Copenhagen, Mathias Klang, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Anders Olof Larsson, Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore, and is chaired by Daren Brabham, University of Southern California. For any questions please contact Daren or Jenny Stromer-Galley (prez at aoir.org<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org><mailto:prez at aoir.org<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org>>). ~Jenny Stromer-Galley President, AoIR

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Online research Methods Book
by Nathan Fields (Nth BarFields) 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello all, Does anyone here have a book about online research methods that they can personally give the stamp of approval, wrt recommending it to someone who wishes to make a supplemental living as an internet researcher? Thanks so much. Nathan Fields (Nth Bar-Fields) nth(a)elysiantrust.org nth(a)findmegroup.org Skype ID nth.barfields mentathlete.blogspot.com "In the absence of rigorous discipline and vigilance, smart can open the door to intellectual laziness, which leads to relying on sophistic arguments and straw men to play roles better filled by critical thinking and logic. Being smart is no defense against being stupid."--Vincent White.

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Re: [Air-L] Online research Methods Book
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 10 May '16

10 May '16

Nathan, Pardon the self-promotion, but my new textbook from SAGE, *Doing Qualitative Research Online <https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/doing-qualitative-research-online/book2429…>*, is available. Here is a short intro: https://youtu.be/fiG3Fi9ftxg. This book covers a wide range of approaches, from using extant data, to interviews and participant observation, to arts-based methods and simulations. The companion website is not online yet-- but it will include 16 media pieces, open-access to articles that accompany each chapter, as well as extensive materials for instructors. I am still scheduling a few more stops on the offering a virtual book tour <http://vision2lead.com/2016/04/the-virtual-book-tour-takes-off/>, so if that interests you, contact me off list. My previous book (2015), *Qualitative Online Interviews <https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/qualitative-online-interviews/book241778>, *not surprisingly, focuses on interviews of all kinds. It also explores online observations that accompany interviews. Here is a YouTube intro: http://bit.ly/1QWOLis. The companion site is online for this book, so you can find syllabi and instructional materials. Both books focus on visual methods and on research ethics. Here is a discount coupon that works for both books: http://bit.ly/1QWOyvE. Happy teaching and researching! Janet *Janet Salmons PhD* Indie Translational Scholar @ Vision2Lead Dissertation Chair: Walden University, PhD in Educational Technology Chair, Academy of Management Ethics Education Committee Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter @einterview Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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Use of social media and digital services for political engagement
by Ansgar Koene 09 May '16

09 May '16

Dear AoIR, we are currently running a brief 5-10 minute online survey for a project on the use of social media and digital services related to political engagement. The main target audience are students (age 18-25), but others are also invited to participate as part of the control group. For those of you who have access to student groups, we would very much appreciate it you could make them aware of the survey. Participants have chance of winning a £20 Amazon voucher. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2743771/Youth-engagement-with-politics-on-soc… Thank you very much for your help, Ansgar Dr. Ansgar Koene CaSMa - Citizen centric approaches to social media analysis Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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