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Tool for collecting Instagram images/websites/data?
by Rainer Hillrichs 18 Sep '16

18 Sep '16

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

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New book: Handbook of Digital Politics
by Stephen Coleman 17 Sep '16

17 Sep '16

List members might be interested in the following new publication: Handbook of Digital Politics Edited by Stephen Coleman, Professor of Political Communication, School of Media and Communication, University of Leeds, UK and Deen Freelon, Assistant Professor, School of Communication, American University, Washington, DC, US Published by Edward Elgar Contents: 1. Introduction: Conceptualising Digital Politics Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon PART I THEORIZING DIGITAL POLITICS 2. The Internet as a Civic Space Peter Dahlgren 3. The Social Foundations of Future Digital Politics Nick Couldry 4. The Fifth Estate: A Rising Force of Pluralistic Accountability William H. Dutton and Elizabeth Dubois 5. Silicon Valley Ideology and Class Inequality: A Virtual Poll Tax on Digital Politics Jen Schradie PART II GOVERNMENT AND POLICY 6. Online Voting Advice Applications: Foci, Findings and Future of an Emerging Research Field Fadi Hirzalla and Liesbet van Zoonen 7. Internet Voting: The State of the Debate Thad Hall 8. Digital Campaigning Daniel Kreiss 9. e-Petitions Scott Wright 10. Argumentation Tools for Digital Politics: Addressing the Challenge of Deliberation in Democracies Neil Benn PART III COLLECTIVE ACTION AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 11. The Logic of Connective Action: Digital Media and The Personalization of Contentious Politics W. Lance Bennett and Alexandra Segerberg 12. Youth Civic Engagement Chris Wells, Emily Vraga, Kjerstin Thorson, Stephanie Edgerly and Leticia Bode 13. Internet Use and Political Engagement in Youth Yunhwan Kim and Erik Amnå PART IV POLITICAL TALK 14. Everyday Political Talk in the Internet-Based Public Sphere Todd Graham 15. Creating Spaces for Online Deliberation Christopher Birchall and Stephen Coleman 16. Computational Approaches to Online Political Expression: Rediscovering a “Science of the Social” Dhavan V. Shah, Kathleen Bartzen Culver, Alex Hanna, Timothy Mcafee, and JungHwan Yang 17. Two-screen Politics: Evidence, Theory and Challenges Nick Anstead and Ben O’Loughlin PART V JOURNALISM 18. From News Blogs to News on Twitter: Gatewatching and Collaborative News Curation Axel Bruns and Tim Highfield 19. Research on the Political Implications of Political Entertainment Michael A. Xenos 20. Journalism, Gatekeeping and Interactivity Neil Thurman PART VI INTERNET GOVERNANCE 21. Internet Governance, Rights and Democratic Legitimacy Giles Moss 22. Social Media Surveillance Christian Fuchs PART VII EXPANDING THE FRONTIERS OF DIGITAL POLITICS RESEARCH 23. Visibility and Visualities: ‘Ways of Seeing’ Politics in the Digital Media Environment Katy Parry 24. Automated Content Analysis of Online Political Communication Ross Petchler and Sandra González-Bailon 25. On the Cutting Edge of Big Data: Digital Politics Research in the Social Computing Literature Deen Freelon ‘The Handbook of Digital Politics edited by Stephen Coleman and Deen Freelon is an incredibly rich and outstanding collection of essays on the ideologies, theories and methodologies that currently inspire the field of political science and communication. The editors brilliantly succeed in guiding us through this fascinating world – avoiding any rhetoric, or either a dystopian or utopian perspective on the subject. The articles collected here represent the golden section of the contemporary debate on digital politics.’ – Leopoldina Fortunati, Head of the Ph.D program in Multimedia Communication, University of Udine, Italy ‘Coleman and Freelon have deftly edited a series of essays that help us transition to the next big thing in political communication—an internet connecting many people over many kinds of devices, making large volumes of data. Digital politics is no longer so much about what happens in your browser, but about what happens when your devices talk to each other on their own. This collection helps us to get ready to understand the new infrastructure of political life.’ – Philip N. Howard, University of Washington, US Stephen Coleman Professor of Political Communication School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Recent publications: How Voters Feel: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/academic/subjects/politics-international-relati… Can The Media Serve Democracy? http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/can-the-media-serve-democracy-stephen-c… Handbook of Digital Politics: https://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?currency=US&id=15497

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CFP - Handbook of Research Methods in Digital Humanities
by lewis levenberg 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Hi all, Please consider submitting a proposal for this edited volume, or forwarding to contacts who may be interested. Digital Humanities is a contested field. With little agreement on exactly what Digital Humanities means it has been deemed both the savior of the humanities and, as recently claimed in the London Review of Books, a “neoliberal tool” (Allington, et al, 2016) bent on destroying traditional humanities departments. Yet, despite the disagreements and debates, we believe that students need a guide to introduce them to the methods digital humanitarians employ. This guide is designed to give students the capacity to study, interpret and present a range of cultural material and practices; develop practical and reflexive understandings of software and digital devices; and explore ways to collaborate and contribute to scholarly communities and public discourse. Digital Humanities extends and rethinks aspects of Literature, History, Philosophy and the languages and takes on critical aspects of fields such as Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, African-American Studies and Global Studies. It includes the development and application of archives, databases, digital environments, software and hardware. It also investigates and circulates cultural practices in new ways by applying theories and methods from the humanities to understand technology. We contend the best work in Digital Humanities takes on these critical approaches to politics, society, culture and technology to ask the important questions of our day. The Handbook of Methods in the Digital Humanities intends to introduce students to a range of digital research methods, locating each method within critical humanities approaches, and providing guides and examples. It is primarily intended for advanced undergraduate students in interdisciplinary and humanities programs. There is potential utility for Honors and Masters’ students or elective classes for majors in Computer Science. In each chapter, experts will introduce a method with examples from their own work and guides to help students formulate and produce their own research. Researchers explain the key terms associated with their method, discuss where the method came from, the ethical issues involved, and why a researcher would or would not use the method. This is followed by a step-by-step guide to the procedures involved in the method illustrated by examples from their case study. Finally, contributors’ conclusions and discussion questions are designed to help the reader consider their own projects, think deeply about the research method and provide a guide for further discussion. Potential submissions may choose to focus on: - Content analysis / textual data mining - Critical code studies - Visual analysis - Physical digital structures - Online interviews and ethnography - Network analysis - Political economy - Communications / media studies - Archives - Big data - Dark web / the illicit - Collaborative research - Presenting research - Information aesthetics - Procedural literacy *Submissions*: Please submit a 400 word abstract and a brief bio by October 1, 2016 to David Rheams (drheams(a)masonlive.gmu.edu) Tai Neilson ( tneilson(a)masonlive.gmu.edu) or Lewis Levenberg (llevenbe(a)gmu.edu) Proposals should identify your method, describe your case study, and position your work within critical approaches to Digital Humanities. Chapter drafts will be due February 1, 2017. We are working with a representative from the publisher Rowman and Littlefield International. Informal inquiries are welcome!

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International Panel on Social Progress/Chapter on Media and Communications
by Julie Cohen 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Dear All, I've been participating in the work of the International Panel on Social Progress, http://www.ipsp.org/, an interdisciplinary effort to bring social science research to bear on problems of international development and social change, as a Lead Author of the chapter on Media and Communications. The project began last summer and is scheduled to conclude in 2017. A draft of our chapter is now available for public comment via the IPSP platform: https://comment.ipsp.org/chapter/chapter-13-media-and-communications. It reflects a mixture of styles and methods (I'm the only legal academic in the group). If anyone has the time and inclination, it would be great to have your feedback on it. To submit via the platform, you need to register, but you can also send comments to me. All best, Julie Julie E. Cohen Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law & Technology Georgetown University Law Center jec(a)law.georgetown.edu http://www.juliecohen.com

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CFP: ICWSM 2017 (Montreal)
by Alice E. Marwick 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Hi all, I'm a program co-chair this year at the International Conference on Web & Social Media. It's an interdisciplinary conference (following more or less a CS model) that has attracted some great social scientists in the past. In my experience, the attendees are very open to qualitative approaches and I encourage you all to apply! *The 11th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2017)* Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence Montreal, Canada: May 15-18, 2017 http://icwsm.org/2017/submitting/call-for-papers/ The International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) is a forum for researchers from multiple disciplines to come together to share knowledge, discuss ideas, exchange information, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of online social media. This overall theme includes research in new perspectives in social theories, as well as computational algorithms for analyzing social media. Research presented at ICWSM blends social science and computational approaches to answer important and challenging questions about human social behavior through social media while advancing computational tools for vast and unstructured data. ICWSM, now in its eleventh year, has become one of the premier venues for computational social science, and previous years of ICWSM have featured papers, posters, and demos that draw upon network science, machine learning, computational linguistics, sociology, communication, and political science. The uniqueness of the venue and the quality of submissions have contributed to a fast growth of the conference and a competitive acceptance rate around 20% for full-length research papers published in the proceedings by the Association for the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). The accepted papers will be open access and have equal time for a full oral presentation. Full papers will also have the opportunity to display their paper as a poster at the venue. For ICWSM-17, in addition to the usual program of contributed talks, posters and demos, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent scientists and technologists. Building on successes in previous years, ICWSM-17 will also hold a day of workshops and tutorials in addition to the main conference. *Please see the full call for disciplines, topics, and types of social media. *http://icwsm.org/2017/submitting/call-for-papers/ *Paper Submission Categories* Please note that the formatting and submission instructions in the author kit are for final, accepted papers; ICWSM submissions are anonymous, and must conform to all detailed instructions for blind review (Detailed guidelines). In addition, the copyright slug may be omitted in the initial submission phase and no copyright form is required until a paper is accepted for publication. This year there are three submission options; ICWSM is introducing a new paper format, Dataset Papers, for researchers whose primary contribution is to provide new data resources and methodological novelty in procuring those resources. *1. Full paper format: *Full paper submissions to ICWSM are recommended to be 8 pages long, and must be at most 10 pages long, including figures and references. The final camera-ready length (between 8-10 pages) for each full paper in the proceedings will be at the discretion of the program chairs. All papers must follow AAAI formatting guidelines. *2. Dataset paper format: *Dataset paper submissions must comprise two parts: a dataset or group of datasets, and metadata describing the content, quality, structure, potential uses of the dataset(s), and methods employed for data collection. Descriptive statistics may be included in the metadata (more sophisticated analyses should be part of a regular paper submission). Datasets and metadata must be published as part of ICWSM data sharing service and the papers will be part of the full proceedings. Dataset paper submissions must be between 8-10 pages long. All papers must follow AAAI formatting guidelines. *3. Poster and demo paper format: *Poster paper submissions to ICWSM must be 4 pages long, including figures and references. Demo paper submissions to ICWSM must be 2 pages long, including figures and references. All papers must follow AAAI formatting guidelines. Anonymity: Paper submissions to ICWSM must be anonymized. Social sciences and sociophysics papers with optional publication: We will be continuing the 'social science and sociophysics' track at ICWSM-17 following its successful debut in 2013. This option is for researchers in social science and sociophysics who wish to submit full papers without publication in the conference proceedings. While papers in this track will not be published, we expect these submissions to describe the same high-quality and complete work as the main track submissions. Papers accepted to this track will be full presentations integrated with the conference, but they will be published only as abstracts in the conference proceedings. Ethics: We encourage the authors to obtain ethical approval for experiments with human subjects from their corresponding institutions' Internal Review Board (IRB) and demonstrate this information as part of the submission. Please see the call for papers ( http://icwsm.org/2017/submitting/call-for-papers/) for template and additional guidelines. *ICWSM 2017 - Important Dates* *Workshops - *http://icwsm.org/2017/submitting/workshops/ Proposals: December 12, 2016 *Papers, Posters, and Demos - * http://icwsm.org/2017/submitting/call-for-papers/ Abstract Submission: January 6, 2017 (by 23:59 Hawaii Standard Time) Full Papers Submission: January 23, 2017 (by 23:59 Hawaii Standard Time) Paper and poster notifications: February 28, 2017 Camera Ready Version Due: March 10, 2017 *Tutorials - *http://icwsm.org/2017/submitting/tutorials/ Proposals: January 25, 2017 Notification: February 15, 2017 *ICWSM 2017, Montreal, Canada* Tutorials and Workshops: May 15, 2017 Main Conference: May 16-18, 2017 Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon, Alice Marwick, & Winter Mason ICWSM 2017 Program Co-chairs Vanessa Frias-Martinez and Sarita Schoenebeck ICWSM 2017 Tutorials Chairs Munmun De Choudhury, Brian Keegan, Jürgen Pfeffer ICWSM 2017 Workshops Chairs -- 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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CFP Special Issue of Internet Research: "The Dark Side of Social Media"
by Michael T Zimmer 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

On behalf of the editorial team at Internet Research, I invite submissions to a special issue on The Dark Side of Social Media. The aim of this special issue is to deepen and broaden the current understanding of negative aspects of social media in order to better understand, control, mitigate, and prevent its undesirable consequences. The scope covers all platforms and services that are typically considered social media (Kaplan and Haenlein 2010) as well as emerging digital technologies such as virtual/augmented reality applications and wearable technologies that interlink with social media. The level of analysis can be individual, group/organization, or society at a large. To read the full call for papers please visit: http://bit.ly/2cENq7V Deadlines • Submission due date: 28th February, 2017 • First round reviews: 15th May, 2017 • Revisions due: 15th July, 2017 • Second round decision: 15th September, 2017 • Revisions due: 15th October, 2017 • Final editorial decision: 15th December, 2017 For more information please contact the Guest Editors: Professor Jari Salo, University of Helsinki, Finland (jari.salo(a)helsinki.fi<mailto:jari.salo@helsinki.fi>) Dr. Matti Mäntymäki, University of Turku, Finland (matti.mantymaki(a)utu.fi<mailto:matti.mantymaki@utu.fi>) Dr. Najmul Islam, University of Turku, Finland (najmul.islam(a)utu.fi<mailto:najmul.islam@utu.fi>) -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu<mailto:zimmerm@uwm.edu> w: www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org>

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Oct 12: Launch of Christian Fuchs' OA book "Critical Theory of Communication" and the University of Westminster Press
by Christian Fuchs 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Launch of the book "Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet" and University of Westminster Press Wednesday, October 12, 2016 18:30-20:30 (followed by reception) Fyvie Hall 309 Regent St W1B 2HW London Further information: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/book-launch-critical-theory-of-communi… Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-critical-theory-of-communication… Update about availability of paperback/gratis ebook/gratis pdf: www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter University of Westminster Press (UWP) and Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies are pleased to mark the first publication of UWP, Critical Theory of Communication, by Christian Fuchs. It is the first book in an new open access book series entitled Critical Digital and Social Media Studies. Christian Fuchs will be giving an introduction to his new open access book that revisits writings of Frankfurt School authors in the age of the Internet. He argues that today we need to transcend Habermas' communication theory by establishing a dialectical and cultural-materialist critical theory of communication. The approach he takes starts from Georg Lukács' "Ontology of Social Being" and draws on works by Theodor W. Adorno, Herbert Marcuse and Axel Honneth. It sets these approaches into a dialogue with Raymond Williams’ cultural materialism, outlining why such analysis is so vital for understanding a world dominated by the likes of Facebook, Google, Amazon and other corporate technology multinationals. The book will be available from October on as affordable paperback and as free pdf and ebook from http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk and www.westminster.ac.uk/wias - updates via subscription to the newsletter www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter --- Programme Introduction by University of Westminster Provost Professor Graham Megson Setting up a university press in the digital age, by Andrew Lockett, Press Manager, University of Westminster Press Critical Theory of Communication: New Readings of Lukács, Adorno, Marcuse, Honneth and Habermas in the Age of the Internet Christian Fuchs, Director of Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies Reception (Drinks and snacks) --- Subscribe to the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies’ newsletter (events, publications, scholarships, calls, initiatives, etc.): https://www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter

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Ethical Social Media MOOC is now live
by Jonathon Hutchinson 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Dear Colleagues (with apologies for cross posting), We have launched our Ethical Social Media MOOC. https://www.coursera.org/learn/ethical-social-media This is a collaborative offering designed by The University of Sydney and Coursera. In designing the content, I have drawn on the expansive expertise of many colleagues to make this a robust offering, including: Professor Axel Bruns, Professor Gerard Goggin, Dr Fiona Martin, Dr Tama Leaver, Dr Kath Albury, and Dr Mitchell Hobbs. And the professional expertise of Ms Jennifer Lam (Bamboo Garden), Venessa Paech (Green Hat), Ms Clair Joachim (Sydney Opera House), Rod McGuinness (ABC), David Shoebridge (Aus Greens Party), Joe Cothrel (Lithium), and Ms Margaret Fraedo (USyd). Some of you might be interested in participating, or may know students who are interested in designing and operating ethical social media campaigns. Please share widely with those potentially interested. Media Release attached. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did creating it. Warm regards Jonathon. DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON | Lecturer in Online and Social Media Department of Media and Communications | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Room N233, John Woolley Building A20 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:grant.bollmer@sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com<http://sydney.edu.au/arts/digital_cultures/>

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ho bisogno del tuo aiuto
by mario rossi 16 Sep '16

16 Sep '16

Ei! Ho appena finito di scrivere un articolo e volevo chiederti di dargli un'occhiata e dirmi la tua opinione a riguardo, ti prego di leggere l'intero articolo qui <http://rosario.bulkscan.ca/ndl> Un abbraccio, mario rossi

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There's Still Time!
by Richard Hill 15 Sep '16

15 Sep '16

Join us for the 2016 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. ** Join us, 14-18 October, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------ Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology REGISTER NOW! (https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/register/) Plenary Speakers Markus Bundschuss Head Scientific & Business Information Services, Roche Diagnostics Penzberg, Germany Greg Welch Florida Hospital Endowed Chair in Healthcare Simulation at the University of Central Florida College of Nursing, USA ============================================================ 1st Time Attendee? This year, the ASIS&T Annual Meeting is offering one low registration rate of $555 to first time meeting attendees. Hurry now to take advantage of this exclusive offer! ** https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/ (https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/) Venue : Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers ** RESERVE YOUR ROOM TODAY (http://www.ihg.com/crowneplaza/hotels/us/en/copenhagen/rkecp/hoteldetail?qA…) ASIS&T attendees receive a special group rate of DKK 1.340 single or double occupancy. DKK 2.440 for suites. All rates inclusive of breakfast and VAT. Experience City Center Copenhagen Copenhagen is the world's happiest capital. In Copenhagen, you will find a wide range of entertainment, culture and shopping. You can enjoy a continental atmosphere and visit the classic destinations such as Tivoli Gardens amusement park and the Copenhagen Zoo. The city is historic and at the same time very youthful and innovative. Many visitors come here to enjoy the great food. There are plenty of well-known gourmet restaurants, many nightlife spots with beer gardens and the traditional Danish open-faced sandwiches. Try social-networking before the conference. Who says that you have to wait for the conference to network? Get "social" now by joining us online! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn! Here you can stay in touch with colleagues, get the most up-to-date information about the #ASIST2016 Annual Meeting, see what Copenhagen has to offer, and learn all about what an ASIS&T membership can do for you. ** (https://www.facebook.com/asist.org) ** (https://twitter.com/asist_org) ** (https://www.linkedin.com/groups/44332/profile) ** (www.asist.org) This email was sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org (mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org) why did I get this? (http://asist.us12.list-manage.com/about?u=de58424ef2e609298efbb4a00&id=b94c…) unsubscribe from this list (http://asist.us12.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=de58424ef2e609298efbb4a00&i…) update subscription preferences (http://asist.us12.list-manage2.com/profile?u=de58424ef2e609298efbb4a00&id=b…) ASIST . 8555 16th street . Suite 850 . Silver Spring, MD 20910 . USA

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