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Re: [Air-L] Tool for collecting Instagram images/websites/data?
by Craig Hamilton 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hi Todd, Rainer and all Here’s a blog post on the Harkive site that (I hope) explains the process I described, whereby data from different social media sources can be automatically written to a single database. The post includes a short video walkthrough of the process. http://harkive.org/datcolzap/ Hope you find this useful Kind regards Craig > On 19 Sep 2016, at 13:02, Todd O'Neill <Todd.O'Neill(a)mtsu.edu> wrote: > > Craig > > Would you mind sharing your Zapier workflow with us? > > Cheers! > > Todd O'Neill > Assistant Professor, New Media > Electronic Media Communication Department > College of Media and Entertainment > Middle Tennessee State University > todd.oneill(a)mtsu.edu > LinkedIn: toddoneill | FaceBook: OneillTodd | Twitter: mtsunewmedia > >> On Sep 19, 2016, at 2:10 AM, Craig Hamilton <Craig.Hamilton(a)bcu.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi Rainer, >> >> When collecting data for my Harkive project (which collects on the #harkive hashtag across various platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, etc), I recently started using Zapier, which I found solved a lot of time-consuming issues. >> >> The main advantage for my purposes was that it significantly reduced data cleaning/organising post collection. As I’m sure you are aware, the API of each service uses slightly different terms for common elements of the data available. EG: On Twitter the text content of a Tweet is contained with the <text> element, whereas on Tumblr the text written by a user is in the <body> element. Not only that, but date/time stamps often appear in different formats. What Zapier allowed me to do was collect from the various APIs, reformat to common data formats, and then write all data to specific columns in a central GoogleDocs Spreadsheet - so, all commonly formatted date/time stamps appeared in a single column, all usernames in another, and so on, regardless of the service they originated from. I was also able to create a new entry in each row that labelled each entry as originating from Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc. This was all in an attempt to have my data rendered as ‘Tidy’, in the Hadley Wickham sense, automatically. >> >> The disadvantage of Zapier is that there is a charge. I was collecting over a short period of time so I was able to keep this cost quite low. If you are collecting a lot of data over a sustained period of time, you may find it prohibitively expensive. >> >> Let me know if you would like to know more - I am happy to share my rough workflow notes with you, or can show you in Berlin during the conference. >> >> Kind regards >> Craig >> >>> On 18 Sep 2016, at 10:24, Maurice Vergeer <m.vergeer(a)maw.ru.nl> wrote: >>> >>> maybe the R package instaR: >>> https://github.com/pablobarbera/instaR/blob/master/examples.R >>> For longterm applications you could learn web scraping with R package rvest >>> (there ar more options for web scraping) >>> The quick-and-dirty method is search a tag on Instagram with a browser, >>> scroll down multiple times to load as much pictures as you need, then save >>> the resulting Instagram page in a new specific folder, which then contains >>> all pictures with that specific tag. >>> >>> hope that helps >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Rainer Hillrichs <hillrichs(a)uni-mannheim.de >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I searched on the list and on the web but couldn't find anything: I'm >>>> looging for a tool that collects Instagram images, websites, and data >>>> associated with a specific tag. Basically, I want to type in a tag and end >>>> up with a folder full of images, websites, and a table with data (e.g. user >>>> name, date posted, URL, other tags). I already suspect that is a lot to ask >>>> for ;-) Even a simpler tool would be a good start! As long as I don't have >>>> to to end up saving individual images, websites, and typiing/copying stuff >>>> into a table. >>>> >>>> Suggestions very much appreciated! >>>> Rainer >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Rainer Hillrichs >>>> Universität Mannheim >>>> https://uni-mannheim.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ >>>> listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Maurice Vergeer >>> To contact me, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/5 >>> To see my publications, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/1 >>> ________________________________________________ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >

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The 12th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG-SI): “The Social Informatics of Work and Play”
by Fichman, Pnina 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

The 12th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium (SIG-SI): “The Social Informatics of Work and Play” Please join us in Copenhagen and celebrate with us as we mark the 12th year of the SIG-SI Research Symposium! Saturday, October 15, 2015, 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers Copenhagen, Denmark Organizers: Pnina Fichman, Indiana University (fichman(a)indiana.edu) Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu) Eric Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, United Kingdom Adam Worrall, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Sponsored by SIG-SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Note: Early registration deadline for the conference and the workshop is Friday, 9/25/2015 Schedule 8:30-8:40 Welcome 8:40-9:10 Opening Keynote Kalpana Shankar University of Dublin 9:10-10:10 Papers 9:10-9:30 An Analysis of Canadian Media Regarding The Potential Impact of Social Media and Cyberspaces on young bisexual and gay men Blake Hawkins; Elizabeth Saewyc 9:30-9:50 Coping with Private and Academic Information Needs Abroad: An exploratory Study of International Students Jette Hyldegård and Morten Hertzum, Royal School of Library and Information Science, University of Copenhagen 9:50-10:10 Impact of IT on Library Patrons: A Perspective from Pakistani Universities Muhammad Sajid MirzaIslamic Research Institute, International Islamic University, Islamabad 10:10-10:30 Break 10:30-11:10 Papers 10:30-10:50 Rethinking STIN Chase McCoy, Indiana University 10:50-11:10 Algorithms and the natural attitude Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University 11:10-12:00 Awards 11:10-11:25 Best Student paper Tweet to learn: Expertise and centrality in conference Twitter networks 11:25-11:40 Best Social Informatics Paper Runner up Online Favela: The Use of Social Media by the Marginalized in Brazil David Nemer, University of Kentucky 11:40-11:55 Best Social Informatics Paper Social Networks and the Success of Market Intermediaries: Evidence From the U.S. Residential Real Estate Industry Kevin Crowston and Steve Sawyer, Syracuse University 12:00-12:30 Closing Keynote Eric Meyer Oxford Internet Institute Registration Fees: Early-bird: $90 Late: $120 To register for the workshop (and the conference): https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/register/ For more about the workshop: https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2015/seminars-an… For more about Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics: http://rkcsi.indiana.edu

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CFP: Special issue of IJOC on "Privacy at the Margins" Abstract due 12/6
by Alice E. Marwick 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hi all, danah sent this last week but it never went through-- there are tons of people on this list who I'd love to see submit to this call! Ping us if you have any questions. Warmly Alice International Journal of Communication Call for Papers: Special Section on “Privacy at the Margins” http://datasociety.net/blog/2016/09/06/ijoc-cfp-privacy-at-the-margins/ Guest Editors: danah boyd , Data & Society and Microsoft Research Alice E. Marwick, Data & Society and University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Deadlines: Brief Abstracts for Review: December 6, 2016 Manuscript Submission: January 30, 2017 “Privacy” is a contested term, debated in fields as varied as computer science, law, philosophy, and sociology. Research on privacy takes many forms, from survey research which attempts to measure how much privacy people have or want, to legal scholars evaluating the constitutionality of police surveillance. Emerging technologies, from mobile phones to “Big Data,” have radically disrupted understandings and experiences of both privacy and surveillance. However, amidst decades of scholarship concerning privacy, very little attention has been given to how low-income individuals and people of color experience privacy, even though they are far more likely to be targets of surveillance. Moreover, while privacy and surveillance affect different populations in disparate ways, they are often treated as monolithic concepts by researchers. This special section of the International Journal of Communication aims to address this gap by publishing a collection of original research papers that address “privacy at the margins.” We are especially interested in empirical research addressing the privacy experiences of those whose struggles are not typically made visible. While digital technologies have reshaped many aspects of privacy, we are open to work that also addresses privacy in contexts as varied as consumer finance, criminal justice, education, employment, health, housing, and social services. By incorporating research that is often left out by privacy scholars, and by advocating for projects that discuss more diverse conceptualizations of “the user” or the subject, we can envision a future for privacy scholarship that incorporates a wider set of harms and needs, and encompasses the concerns of a larger base of citizens. Example questions that are relevant include (but are not limited to): -How do low-income individuals harness technology, collective action, or other techniques to resist surveillance and protect their privacy? -How does data collection affect those seeking to get public benefits? -What are the ramifications of data tracking on undocumented people? -How does the intersection of race, gender, sexuality and class affect people’s privacy attitudes and experiences? -How do sensors connected to the Internet of Things affect public housing? -In what ways do people from poorer and more rural environments approach digital privacy differently than those in more urban or privileged contexts? -How does police surveillance and the criminal justice system affect people’s day-to-day experiences of privacy both offline and on? -In what ways do low-income youth experience surveillance in educational contexts? -How does differential access to technology affect experiences of privacy? -What is the relationship between educational surveillance, employment, and the criminal justice system? -In what ways does state or consumer surveillance affect transgender or gender non-conforming individuals? -What are the effects of consumer surveillance and “social sorting” on people of different income levels? Submission Instructions: By December 6, 2016, submit a 150-word (max) description of your proposed paper to ijoc-privacy(a)lists.datasociety.net. This will allow the guest editors to prepare appropriate reviewers. Unless your proposed paper is wholly off-topic, you will be encouraged to submit a full paper. By January 30, 2017, submit your full paper to ijoc-privacy(a)lists.datasociety.net. For formatting instructions, word count, and other guidelines, see IJoC’s Author Guidelines. Approximately 12–15 papers will be sent out for full review. All other papers will be returned to their authors for submission elsewhere. Open Access: All papers published through the International Journal of Communication are permanently open access. Authors do not have to pay to submit or to publish. However, should authors have grant funding to contribute to the production and editorial process, please let us know as it would be greatly appreciated. Questions? Concerns? Please reach out to the guest editors at ijoc-privacy(a)lists.datasociety.net -- Alice E. Marwick, PhD Fellow, Data & Society Assistant Professor, Department of Communication University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (as of 2017) amarwick(a)gmail.com http://www.tiara.org <http://www.tiara.org>

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Ph.D. student position in Older adults' Interaction with Robots
by Galit Nimrod 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Dear colleagues, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev invites outstanding candidates to apply for a fully funded Marie Skłodowska-Curie PhD position in a new and exciting area -- Older adults' Interaction with Robots. Applicants should have social sciences background and excellent qualitative research skills. Expected starting date is 1st of April 2017. For additional information please visit: http://in.bgu.ac.il/humsos/Masscom/Documents/Call%20for%20BGU%20PhD%20Socia… We would greatly appreciate your help in distributing the call to your students, colleagues, and other relevant mailing lists. If you are not familiar with social robots, take a look at this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYY3RCzuwBA The future is here!! Best wishes, Galit Nimrod, Ph.D., Department of Communication Studies, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Two Tenure-Track Positions in Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University (NYC)
by Gregory Donovan 20 Sep '16

20 Sep '16

Hi Everyone - We just announced a search for two tenure-track positions in the Department of Communication and Media Studies: an Assistant Professor of Digital Storytelling and an Assistant or Associate Professor of Digital Technologies and Emerging Media. Details below, apps are due 10/10. Hope all is well! -- Gregory T. Donovan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies Co-Chair, Digital Humanities Working Group Fordham University Joseph A. Martino Hall 45 Columbus Ave, Office 713 New York, NY 10023 http://gtd.nyc | @gdonovan - - - - - - - - - - - - Two Tenure-Track Positions in Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University (NYC) The Department of Communication and Media Studies <http://www.fordham.edu/cms> at Fordham University, The Jesuit University of New York, invites applications for the tenure-track position to commence September 1, 2017. These positions will contribute to our new undergraduate major in Digital Technologies and Emerging Media <http://www.fordham.edu/info/25795/digital_technologies_and_emerging_media>, the interdisciplinary program in New Media and Digital Design <http://www.fordham.edu/info/20709/new_media_and_digital_design>, our new Masters in Public Media <http://www.fordham.edu/info/20770/master_of_arts_in_public_media> as well as to Fordham’s program in American Studies. We ask that applicants apply to only ONE position via Interfolio: applications for both positions will be reviewed by a joint, interdisciplinary committee. Applications for both positions are due on October 10, 2016. Assistant Professor, Digital Storytelling: We are looking for a specialist in digital storytelling, ideally with an emphasis on social justice and/or civic media. The successful candidate would specialize in transmedia and interactive storytelling, multi-platform narratives, participatory and community-based media design, sustainable data preservation, or visualizing data from qualitative and/or quantitative sources. Applied digital production skills are highly desirable. The candidate should have a robust research agenda, evidence of teaching excellence, and the ability to contribute to Fordham’s Jesuit core curriculum. Although the position will be based at our Lincoln Center campus, responsibilities involve potential teaching at the Rose Hill campus. Ph.D. required by June 30, 2017 in communication, media studies or a related field. We ask that candidates submit applications electronically via INTERFOLIO at apply.interfolio.com/37579 <http://apply.interfolio.com/37579>. Please include (1) a cover letter with qualifications, including approach to teaching and scholarship; (2) curriculum vitae, (3) up to two samples of scholarship; and (4) three letters of reference Associate or Assistant Professor, Digital Technologies and Emerging Media: Desired areas of specialization include internet policy, access, and development; social media; and qualitative and/or quantitative digital research methods. We seek a candidate who can contribute to the university’s mission to strengthen its commitment to diversity and inclusion from a research and curricular perspective, as well as the department’s emphasis on civic and social engagement. The candidate should have a robust research agenda, evidence of teaching excellence, and the ability to contribute to Fordham’s Jesuit core curriculum. Although the position will be based at our Rose Hill campus, responsibilities involve potential teaching at the Lincoln Center campus. Ph.D. required by June 30, 2017 in communication, media studies or a related field. We ask that candidates submit applications electronically via INTERFOLIO at apply.interfolio.com/37587 <http://apply.interfolio.com/37587>. Please include (1) a cover letter with qualifications, including approach to teaching and scholarship; (2) curriculum vitae, (3) up to two samples of scholarship; and (4) three letters of reference. Fordham University is an independent, Catholic University in the Jesuit tradition that welcomes applications from men and women of all backgrounds. Fordham University is committed to excellence through diversity and welcomes candidates of all backgrounds; it is an equal opportunity employer.

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Re: [Air-L] Tool for collecting Instagram images/websites/data?
by Craig Hamilton 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Hi Todd, I’d be happy to share. I’ve been meaning to put together a blog post over on the Harkive site about this for a while, and this gives me the necessary push to do just that! Give me 24 hours or so to put it together and then I’ll circulate the link here. Kind regards Craig > On 19 Sep 2016, at 13:02, Todd O'Neill <Todd.O'Neill(a)mtsu.edu> wrote: > > Craig > > Would you mind sharing your Zapier workflow with us? > > Cheers! > > Todd O'Neill > Assistant Professor, New Media > Electronic Media Communication Department > College of Media and Entertainment > Middle Tennessee State University > todd.oneill(a)mtsu.edu > LinkedIn: toddoneill | FaceBook: OneillTodd | Twitter: mtsunewmedia > >> On Sep 19, 2016, at 2:10 AM, Craig Hamilton <Craig.Hamilton(a)bcu.ac.uk> wrote: >> >> Hi Rainer, >> >> When collecting data for my Harkive project (which collects on the #harkive hashtag across various platforms, including Instagram, Twitter, etc), I recently started using Zapier, which I found solved a lot of time-consuming issues. >> >> The main advantage for my purposes was that it significantly reduced data cleaning/organising post collection. As I’m sure you are aware, the API of each service uses slightly different terms for common elements of the data available. EG: On Twitter the text content of a Tweet is contained with the <text> element, whereas on Tumblr the text written by a user is in the <body> element. Not only that, but date/time stamps often appear in different formats. What Zapier allowed me to do was collect from the various APIs, reformat to common data formats, and then write all data to specific columns in a central GoogleDocs Spreadsheet - so, all commonly formatted date/time stamps appeared in a single column, all usernames in another, and so on, regardless of the service they originated from. I was also able to create a new entry in each row that labelled each entry as originating from Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram, etc. This was all in an attempt to have my data rendered as ‘Tidy’, in the Hadley Wickham sense, automatically. >> >> The disadvantage of Zapier is that there is a charge. I was collecting over a short period of time so I was able to keep this cost quite low. If you are collecting a lot of data over a sustained period of time, you may find it prohibitively expensive. >> >> Let me know if you would like to know more - I am happy to share my rough workflow notes with you, or can show you in Berlin during the conference. >> >> Kind regards >> Craig >> >>> On 18 Sep 2016, at 10:24, Maurice Vergeer <m.vergeer(a)maw.ru.nl> wrote: >>> >>> maybe the R package instaR: >>> https://github.com/pablobarbera/instaR/blob/master/examples.R >>> For longterm applications you could learn web scraping with R package rvest >>> (there ar more options for web scraping) >>> The quick-and-dirty method is search a tag on Instagram with a browser, >>> scroll down multiple times to load as much pictures as you need, then save >>> the resulting Instagram page in a new specific folder, which then contains >>> all pictures with that specific tag. >>> >>> hope that helps >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Rainer Hillrichs <hillrichs(a)uni-mannheim.de >>>> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear all, >>>> >>>> I searched on the list and on the web but couldn't find anything: I'm >>>> looging for a tool that collects Instagram images, websites, and data >>>> associated with a specific tag. Basically, I want to type in a tag and end >>>> up with a folder full of images, websites, and a table with data (e.g. user >>>> name, date posted, URL, other tags). I already suspect that is a lot to ask >>>> for ;-) Even a simpler tool would be a good start! As long as I don't have >>>> to to end up saving individual images, websites, and typiing/copying stuff >>>> into a table. >>>> >>>> Suggestions very much appreciated! >>>> Rainer >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Dr. Rainer Hillrichs >>>> Universität Mannheim >>>> https://uni-mannheim.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ >>>> listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> ________________________________________________ >>> Maurice Vergeer >>> To contact me, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/5 >>> To see my publications, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/1 >>> ________________________________________________ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >

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New Book Announcement
by Dal Yong Jin 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

Please share with other AOIR members: Mobile Gaming in Asia: Politics, Culture and Emerging Technologies By Dal Yong Jin, Simon Fraser University Springer, 2016 http://www.springer.com/gp/book/9789402408249 This book provides holistic approaches to the field of mobile gaming, includes a comprehensive analysis of mobile gaming in the context of Asian smartphones, and develops a local perspective using translated papers published in national languages. This book analyzes mobile gaming in the Asian context and looks into a hitherto neglected focus of inquiry – a localized mobile landscape, with particular reference to young Asians’ engagement with mobile gaming. This edition focuses not only on the remarkable success of local mobile games, but also on the significance of social milieu in the development of Asian mobile technologies and gaming culture. It examines the growth of the current mobile technologies and mobile gaming not as separate but as continuous developments in tandem with the digital economy. It is of interest to both academics and a broader readership from the business, government, and information technology sectors. Dal Yong Jin is Associate Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University, Canada (djin(a)sfu.ca)

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Social Media Research Survey
by דפנה שוורץ-אשר 19 Sep '16

19 Sep '16

You are invited to participate in a social media research survey at the following link: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/C26QTLD The survey will only take a few minutes to complete. The participation is anonymous. Your feedback is important. Daphna Shwartz-Asher, Phd Visiting Research Associate CIMIC Rutgers University 1 Washington park, Newark, NJ, 07102 Email: daphna.shwartzasher(a)rutgers.edu <adam(a)adam.rutgers.edu>

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Final Call for 3rd Computational Social Science Winter Symposium (#cssws16), Deadline September 30
by Weller, Katrin 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

============================================================== FINAL CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: DEADLINE SEPTEMBER 30 ============================================================== 3rd GESIS COMPUTATIONAL SOCIAL SCIENCE WINTER SYMPOSIUM Cologne, Germany Symposium dates: NOV 30 - DEC 01, 2016 Website: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/ Hashtag: #cssws16 ============================================================== ----------------------------------------- CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS ----------------------------------------- We are delighted to announce that the following keynote speakers will be giving a talk at this years' CSS Winter Symposium: Noshir CONTRACTOR (Northwestern University), Tina ELIASSI-RAD (Northeastern University), Krishna GUMMADI (Max Planck Institute for Software Systems), Petter HOLME (Sungkyunkwan University), Helen MARGETTS (University of Oxford) ------------------------------------------ ABOUT THE WINTER SYMPOSIUM ------------------------------------------ The GESIS CSS Winter Symposium 2016 will be a two-day event consisting of: * an exciting program featuring a series of invited talks that will provide different perspectives on current advances and limitations of computational social science * an open call for contributed posters and short presentations that will provide opportunities for computational social scientists to present and discuss their own work * plenty of possibilities for interdisciplinary networking including an informal evening event at the famous Cologne Christmas markets ------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES ------------------------- September30 2016: submissions due October 18 2016: notifications November 14 2016: registration deadline Nov 30 - Dec 01 2016: symposium days ------------------------------------------------ SUBMISSIONS FOR POSTERS + SHORT PRESENTATIONS ------------------------------------------------ We invite submissions that describe research results or tools and methods for computational social science. Exemplary topics for submissions include but are not limited to: - Theories and models explaining the dynamics in social systems, networks, communities and teams - Studies of political discourse and spread of opinions, attitudes and information on the web - Studies of cultures and conflicts, segregation, discrimination, prejudice via new kinds of data - Social-/Computational aspects of health, life style, sports and diet - Social-/Computational aspects of human movement, mobility and urban planning - Mixed methods and techniques (e.g. obtrusive/unobtrusive methods) - Methods to deal with biased, selective and incomplete observational data on the Web - Tools that detect and prevent mobbing or depressive behavior online - Tools that support social scientists to capture, store and analyze social data on the Web - Methods for the design and execution of online experiments for the social sciences Other related topics are explicitly welcome. --------------------------- PRESENTATION FORMATS --------------------------- Based on the submitted abstracts, submissions may be accepted as posters and/or short presentations. The standard format will be a poster presentation. As this is a single track conference, only few submissions can be selected for short plenary presentations of approx. 10-15 minutes. --------------------------- SUBMISSION GUIDELINES --------------------------- Submissions should be 1-2 page abstracts (up to approx. 1000 words) summarizing the work to be presented. We encourage researchers to also submit mature work that has already been published and/or submit work-in-progress. Accepted submissions will be non-archival, i.e. there are no proceedings. We may however discuss options for publishing selected submissions after the conference (e.g. as a journal special issue or edited collection). Submissions will mostly be evaluated based on relevance and the potential to stimulate interesting discussions. Authors are kindly requested to submit a PDF file via the easychair submission system for the event: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cssws16 The full call for submissions can also be found at: http://www.gesis.org/css-wintersymposium/call/ ---------------------------- ORGANIZATION AND VENUE ---------------------------- The GESIS CSS Winter Symposium will take place at the heart of Cologne, at KOMED Im MediaPark 7. We aim to keep registration costs as low as possible (approx. around 70 EUR). More information will be made available soon. Paper/poster submission is not a requirement for attendance. PLEASE NOTE: Unfortunately we cannot take responsibility for support on visa related issues. ------------ CONTACT ------------ SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS: ----------------- Prof. Dr. Markus Strohmaier GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: markus.strohmaier(a)gesis.org<mailto:markus.strohmaier@gesis.org> Phone: +49 (221) 47694-225 Dr. Katrin Weller GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: katrin.weller(a)gesis.org<mailto:katrin.weller@gesis.org> Phone: +49 (221) 47694-472 LOCAL ORGANIZATION: -------------------- Diana Lindner, M.A. GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Computational Social Science Department Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-mail: diana.lindner(a)gesis.org<mailto:diana.lindner@gesis.org> Phone: +49 (221) 47694-401

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New issue from communication +1: Machine Communication
by Zach McDowell 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

*communication +1 *is pleased to present: *Machine Communication* *Edited by David Gunkel and Zachary McDowell* With this special issue we explore the boundaries of communication beyond the human subject and the restrictions of humanism by considering that which is radically other – the machine. These articles seek to interrogate the opportunities and challenges that emerge around, within, and from interactions and engagements with machines of all types and varieties. By examining the full range of human-machine interactions, machine-machine interactions, or other hitherto unanticipated configurations, we believe we have assembled a collection of ground-breaking essays that push the boundaries of our discipline and probe the new social configurations of the 21st century. *Contributors include: * Zachary McDowell David Gunkel Andrea Guzman Anna Nacher John Novak Jason Archer Victor Mateevitsi Steve Jones Sun-ha Hong Samuel Goyet Cléo Collomb Sandra Robinson Lisa Tam Rajiv Khosla To the authors we extend our deep gratitude for their contributions. To the readers we extend our invitation for input and suggestions. The following pages begin a conversation we hope will continue. And it is to those whom have spoken we shall turn. For free access to the issue, and all of *communication +1,* please visit http://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/. *communication +1 *is an open access journal supported by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries and the Department of Communication * Editor in Chief: Briankle G. Chang, University of Massachusetts Amherst * Managing Editor: Zachary J. McDowell, University of Massachusetts Amherst *Advisory Board* Kuan-Hsing Chen, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Sean Johnson Andrews, Columbia College Chicago Nathalie Casemajor, University of Québec Outaouais Bernard Geoghegan, Coventry University, United Kingdom Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill David Gunkel, Northern Illinois University Peter Krapp, University of California Irvine Catherine Malabou, Kingston University, United Kingdom Jussi Parikka, University of Southampton, United Kingdom John Durham Peters, University of Iowa Gil Rodman, University of Minnesota Florian Sprenger, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Germany Johnathan Sterne, McGill University Ted Striphas, University of Colorado, Boulder Greg Wise, Arizona State University best Zach -------------------- Zachary J. McDowell, PhD University of Massachusetts Amherst Postdoctoral Fellow, National Center for Digital Government Research Fellow, Wiki Education Foundation Managing Editor, communication +1 www.zachmcdowell.com

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