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New book on the Internet of Things
by Graham Meikle 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi everyone Some of you may be interested in this new book about the Internet of Things by me and Mercedes Bunz, published this month by Polity http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459. >From the back cover: More objects and devices are connected to digital networks than ever before. Things – from your phone to your car, from the heating to the lights in your house – have gathered the ability to sense their environments and create information about what is happening. Things have become media, able to both generate and communicate information. This has become known as 'the internet of things'. In this accessible introduction, Graham Meikle and Mercedes Bunz examine its promises of convenience and the breaking of new frontiers in communication. They also raise urgent questions about ubiquitous surveillance, networked sensors, and artificial intelligence, as well as the transformation of intimate personal information into commercial data. Discussing the internet of things from a media and communication perspective, this book is an important resource for courses analysing the internet and society, and essential reading for anyone who wants to better understand our rapidly changing networked lives. ‘In this remarkably profound and accessible book, Bunz and Meikle analyse the internet of things as a matter of communication for both machines and humans. It is a must read for anyone interested in understanding how the world around us is changing.’ Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, Brown University ‘Sick of people banging on about the internet of things? Read Bunz and Meikle’s wonderful and timely book to understand this powerful and complex next wave of digital technology development and in what ways the profound changes in the internet really do matter for contemporary life. A delight to read, this exceptionally lucid, deeply researched, insightful and witty account deserves to be widely read by anyone interested in media, communication and technology futures.’ Gerard Goggin, The University of Sydney Mercedes Bunz is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster. Graham Meikle is Professor of Communication and Digital Media at the University of Westminster. Cheers, gm -------------------- Professor Graham Meikle Communication and Media Research Institute, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster, HA1 3TP, UK Phone: +44 (0)20 3506 8381 LinkedIn: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/gmeikle Latest book The Internet of Things<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459> published November 2017 The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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Funded PhD student opportunities at Illinois
by Jodi Schneider 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

The School of Information Sciences, the iSchool at Illinois, is actively recruiting highly motivated, prospective doctoral students who are interested in becoming partners in our world-renowned research and scholarship program. We encourage applications from students from all disciplinary backgrounds. Admitted candidates are offered up to four years of funding in the form of research, teaching, and service assistantships, including tuition waivers and stipends as long as they remain in good standing. Students receive one-on-one mentorship from faculty with a global reputation for excellence in scholarship and high impact science. The School's flexible program ensures that each student is provided with the intellectual guidance and experiences necessary to prepare them for vibrant research careers in a wide range of academic, business, and government settings. We study how: * Information literacy enables participation in the knowledge society, * Systems serve people, * Libraries shape what we know and who we are, * History informs our identity and guides our information future, * Data science opens new windows to knowledge, * Information is a vital human resource. For more on our vision: http://ischool.illinois.edu/research/vision We highly value interdisciplinary work at our school. Our faculty and students conduct research and collaborate on a broad range of topics: * Community informatics * Data curation * Data science * Digital humanities * Digital archives and libraries * Health and bioinformatics * History of information * Human-centered data science, Computational social science * Human-computer interaction, User experience, Computer supported cooperative work * Information policy, privacy, security, and ethics * Information literacy, Information access * Information retrieval * Information visualization * Informetrics * Libraries and librarianship * Machine learning * Natural language processing, Text mining, Text analysis * Network science * Organization of knowledge and information * Scientific data and knowledge practices * Youth services and digital youth FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION * Our PhD program: http://ischool.illinois.edu/academics/degrees/phd or contact ischool-phd(a)illinois.edu * The iSchool faculty: http://ischool.illinois.edu/people/faculty We encourage foreign and domestic students from historically and statistically underrepresented minority groups to apply. Deadline for PhD applications is Monday December 04, 2017 (23:59, AoE (anywhere on earth), more formally known as Howland Island time). ONLINE INFORMATION SESSION On Tuesday, November 7, 2017, from 8:00-9:00 a.m. Central Standard Time, we will host an online information session about our PhD degree in library and information science. During the session, iSchool faculty and staff will answer questions and provide information about our School and programs. Login instructions are below. ONLINE: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/meet Login Instructions: http://groups.lis.illinois.edu/itdweb/bbcollaborate/ bbcmeetingrooms.php If you are away from your computer or without a microphone, you may dial in to the session as follows: Meeting Room Number: +1-571-392-7703 <(571)%20392-7703>, PIN: 504 275 651 202 If you have questions or problems with regard to participation, please contact our Help Desk: help(a)support.ischool.illinois.edu, +1-217-244-4903 <(217)%20244-4903> or +1-800-377-1892 <(800)%20377-1892>. For additional information about the online information session: http://ischool.illinois.edu/events/2017/11/07/phd-online-information-session

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CfP deadline 31 Jan 2018: Macromarketing (Leipzig 10-13 Jul 2018)
by Tracy Harwood 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi there I am delighted to announce a track focussing on the impacts and roles of technologies at the 43rd Annual Macromarketing Conference, which will be held in Leipzig in 2018 (July 10-13). Suggested topics, which may be conceptual, applied or practice-based, that address any aspect of the roles of emergent technologies and their application in disrupting and transforming markets, may include – · market structures and roles of emergent technologies in their development · technology-led market adaptations and their influence on customers and firms · decision-support systems and algorithmic design (eg., AI and IA) for markets and marketing structures · interface design (device led or ubiquitous) and their influence on behaviour · data and open data initiatives and the roles of facilitating structures such as legislation, market forces, etc. · impacts of supply chain technologies eg., IoT, crypto-currencies, etc. · impacts of automated service actors (AI and IA-based) · ethical considerations related to emergent technologies in market and service design · case studies of specific roles of identified technologies eg., QS, autonomous vehicles, drones, IBM’s WatsonTM, etc. · any other relevant aspects Multi-disciplinary perspectives are very welcome! For details about submitting papers: see Call for Papers<https://uni-leipzig.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=4784388005651a42dd36…> (follow link, track information on p7). The co-chairs look forward to receiving submissions by 31 January 2018. Kind regs Tracy http://society.macromarketing.org/conference/ on behalf of co-chairs of TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES & MARKETING FUTURES (track) Dr Tracy Harwood, De Montfort University, UK (lead contact) Dr Tony Garry, University of Otago, NZ Prof Alladi Venkatesh, University of California Irvine, USA Prof Russ Belk, York University, Toronto, CA CALL FOR PAPERS: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/4784388005651a42dd36b0a0c/files/5610bbce-0c4e… Dr Tracy Harwood FRSA | MCIM | HEA National Teacher Fellow Manager, Usability Lab Reader in Digital Marketing and Consumer Culture Institute of Creative Technologies De Montfort University The Gateway | Leicester | LE1 9BH | UK T 44+ (0)116 207 8028 | M 44+(0)7941 098733 | Skype tracy.harwood E tharwood(a)dmu.ac.uk Twitter @tgharwood

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Fwd: PhD scholarships at JYU, Finland (Digital technologies, ageing and care)
by Daniel Blanche Tarragó 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hello there, I'm sending an announcement about 15 to 20 PhD positions at University of Jyväskylä, Finland. If interested, please t ake a look below for detailed information. All the best, ************************************************************ Dear colleagues, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences <https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/en> of the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, is seeking to recruit 15-20 fully-funded new doctoral students for a fixed term of maximum 4 years, starting on 1st of January 2018 (or according to a separate agreement). The application deadline is 17 November 2017. My research team welcomes applications that deal with the use of digital technologies, ranging from personal communication technologies to social robotics, preferably from the perspectives of ageing and care. Being part of the Centre of Excellence in Research on Ageing and Care <https://www.jyu.fi/hytk/fi/laitokset/yfi/en/research/projects/research-grou…> (CoE AgeCare, 2018-2025), the research team provides an excellent environment for carrying out doctoral studies. Job announcement is available here: https://www.jyu.fi/saima /certiahome/open_job_view.html;jsessionid=5A5021BE4BC639 DFD78C770BB27EE3FA.worker2?id=00004493&did=5600&lang=en&jc= 12&nav_from_open_jobs_view_new=true Please feel free to contact me for further information and advice in preparing an application. I’m would be happy if you could spread the word about this call. All best wishes, Sakari Sakari Taipale, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Academy of Finland Research Fellow Senior Lecturer of Social and Public Policy (LOA) Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy Opinkivi-building (Room 212.1) P.O. Box 35 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland Mobile (work) +358 40 0728 852 https://staff.jyu.fi/Members/saktaipa

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Social Network Analysis and Gephi workshops and webinars
by Alessandro Zonin 06 Nov '17

06 Nov '17

Hi all, a series of events dedicated to Social Network Analysis will take place in november: WEBINARS (in english) Introduction to Social Network Analysis - Nov 15, 10:00 AM CET https://goo.gl/pBLQQM https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-introduction-to-social-network-analysi… Mastering Gephi for Network Analysis - Nov 15, 4:00 PM CET https://goo.gl/w7i7bn https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-mastering-gephi-for-network-analysis-t… IN-PRESENCE (in italian) Gephi per network analysis e data visualization - (Italy, Milan) - Nov 22, 7:30 PM CET https://goo.gl/tsMbVu https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gephi-per-network-analysis-e-data-visualizatio… ONLINE COURSES (in english) Introduction to Social Network Analysis (online self-paced course) https://goo.gl/67JFiE https://gumroad.com/l/SNAIntro Regards -- Twitter @AlessandroZonin <https://twitter.com/AlessandroZonin> Blog: Social Network Analysis <https://alessandrozonin.wordpress.com/> Gumroad: Online courses <https://gumroad.com/alessandrozonin#>

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Fwd: [liberationtech] LIMITS Workshop, Call for Papers
by Cecilia Tanaka 05 Nov '17

05 Nov '17

Passion, success and luck, Doug! :) c. ------- "Don't let anyone rob you of your imagination, your creativity, or your curiosity. It's your place in the world; it's your life. Go on and do all you can with it, and make it the life you want to live." - Mae Jemison ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Doug Schuler <douglas(a)publicsphereproject.org> Date: Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 8:24 PM Subject: [liberationtech] LIMITS Workshop, Call for Papers To: liberationtech <liberationtech(a)lists.stanford.edu> This should be a great conference! I hope to see you all there. Please distribute to anybody who might be interested. *LIMITS 2018Fourth Workshop on Computing within LimitsMay 12-13, Toronto, Canada* *computingwithinlimits.org <http://computingwithinlimits.org/>* *ABOUT ACM LIMITS 2018* The ACM LIMITS workshop aims to foster discussion on the impact of present and future ecological, material, energetic, and societal limits on computing. These topics are seldom discussed in contemporary computing research. A key aim of the workshop is to promote innovative, concrete research, potentially of an interdisciplinary nature, that focuses on technologies, critiques, techniques, and contexts for computing within fundamental economic and ecological limits. A longer-term goal is to build a community around relevant topics and research. We hope to impact society through the design and development of computing systems in the abundant present for use in a future of limits. This year we are colocating for the first time with ICT4S (ICT for Sustainability). *PROGRAM COMMITTEE* Oliver Bates, Lancaster University, o.bates(a)lancaster.ac.uk Eli Blevis, Indiana University, eblevis(a)indiana.edu Jay Chen, NYU, jay.chen(a)nyu.edu (co-chair) Steve Easterbrook, University of Toronto, sme(a)cs.toronto.edu Elina Eriksson, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, elina(a)kth.se Kurtis Heimerl, University of Washington, kheimerl(a)cs.washington.edu Lara Houston, Goldsmiths, University of London, l.houston(a)gold.ac.uk Ann Light, University of Sussex, ann.light(a)sussex.ac.uk Bonnie Nardi, UC Irvine, nardi(a)ics.uci.edu (co-chair) Lisa Nathan, UBC, lisa.nathan(a)ubc.ca Teresa Cerratto Pargman, Stockholm University, tessy(a)dsv.su.se Daniel Pargman, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, pargman(a)kth.se Don Patterson, Westmont College, dpatterson(a)westmont.edu Birgit Penzenstadler, bpenzens(a)gmail.com Barath Raghavan, ICSI, barath(a)icsi.berkeley.edu Christian Remy, University of Zurich, remy(a)ifi.uzh.ch Debra Richardson, UC Irvine, djr(a)ics.uci.edu Nithya Sambasivan, Google, nithyas(a)gmail.com Douglas Schuler, The Evergreen State College, douglas@ publicsphereproject.org Bill Tomlinson, Victoria University of Wellington, bill.tomlinson(a)vuw.ac.nz *IMPORTANT DATES* Abstract registration deadline: Feb 2, 2018, 11:59pm Pacific Time Paper submission deadline: Feb 9, 2018, 11:59pm Pacific Time Paper reviews available: March 7, 2018 Douglas Schuler douglas(a)publicsphereproject.org Twitter: @doug_schuler A Mobilization Story: Patterns for the Impending Emergency <http://publicsphereproject.org/sites/default/files/Patterns%20for%20the%20I…> Creating the World Citizen Parliament <http://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/may-june-2013/creating-the-world-c…> <http://publicsphereproject.org/curated/all-patterns.html>Liberating Voices! A Pattern Language for Communication Revolution <http://publicsphereproject.org/curated/all-patterns.html> -- Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable on Google. Violations of list guidelines will get you moderated: https://mailman.stanford.edu/ mailman/listinfo/liberationtech. Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by emailing the moderator at zakwhitt(a)stanford.edu.

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copyright
by Lauri Goldkind 04 Nov '17

04 Nov '17

Internet Scholars, Has anyone published anything recently that reproduces an illustration or photograph of twitter conversations or a facebook group? Did you get permission directly from the mothership? This may sound elementary, but if you have recently solved this puzzle could you please reach out to me off list? Many thanks, lauri. _________________________________________ Lauri Goldkind, PhD ~ Visiting Research Fellow ~ UN University Computing + Society Editor in Chief, Journal of Technology in Human Services Associate Professor, Graduate School of Social Service, Fordham http://www.laurigoldkind.net/ The future is always beginning now. Strand, M. 1934 - 2014

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CFP: The Digital Dissertation: History, Theory, Practice (an eBook & Database Project)
by Kathie Gossett 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

Have you completed or advised a digital dissertation or know someone who has? Then please consider this project. We’re looking for submissions from across the Humanities internationally. Please share widely! Call for Participation The Digital Dissertation: History, Theory, Practice A Database and eBook Project Virginia Kuhn, Kathie Gossett (eds.) Abstract submission: 12 January 2018 Humanities scholars recognize the growing importance of digital media in knowledge production and distribution. However, recognition does not imply acceptance. How does one negotiate digital scholarship in an academy that remains largely print based in its outputs? The most valued scholarship is still the book, monograph, or journal article, and this not only limits the audience for humanities research to university scholars, but also limits its forms of argumentation to a primarily Western, linearly structured way of thinking. That is, relying on one mode of communication limits what can be said and to whom it can be said, making the humanities insular rather than allowing it to take advantage of opportunities to communicate with the broader public. In their study, The Responsive PhD, The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, argues that “scholarship is the heart of the doctorate” and that programs need to ask “What encourages adventurous scholarship? What retards and discourages it?” Adventurous scholarship requires “new paradigms,” which demand an examination of the often unarticulated philosophies that govern what qualifies as legitimate scholarship. How do these “new paradigms” play out in the context of the dissertation? While digital dissertations have been around for twenty years or more, the precise processes by which they are defined, created and defended remain something of a mystery. Is an interactive pdf significantly different than its paper-based counterpart? What specific possibilities can a digitally networked environment offer that are impossible without its affordances? How are dissertation committees able to gauge the quality of natively digital work? What support systems and processes do students need to complete these types of projects? How do precedents prove helpful in defending one’s choice to create a digital dissertation? How do digital projects change the ways faculty members advise dissertations? This project, The Digital Dissertation: History, Theory, Practice, will consist of a definitive database of digital dissertation projects as well as an ebook whose chapters explore the larger implications of digital scholarship across institutional, geographic and disciplinary divides. There are two ways to participate: 1. Complete this brief survey about the work <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PQkSmceYNV8JDoaCH9db_Z2UxUjGa8ao1ddK8JgzzM…> (which will form a database) by January 12, 2018. 2. Complete this brief survey about the work <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1PQkSmceYNV8JDoaCH9db_Z2UxUjGa8ao1ddK8JgzzM…> (which will form a database for others) and submit a 300--500 word proposal by January 12, 2018 for a chapter in the e-book which responds to the most salient issue/s surrounding the digital dissertation and the ways that students and committee members managed the possibilities and obstacles inherent in this type of work. We imagine these chapters as being 3000 to 5000 words in length and due on May 11, 2018. Authors will be notified in early February. Please send proposals and/or any questions about the project to Kathie Gossett (kegossett(a)ucdavis.edu <mailto:kegossett@ucdavis.edu>) and Virginia Kuhn (vkuhn(a)cinema.usc.edu <mailto:vkuhn@cinema.usc.edu>). Thanks, Kathie _______________________________ Kathie Gossett, PhD University Writing Program University of California, Davis Skype | Twitter | G+: gossettphd

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CFP: Death Online Research Symposium
by Stine Gotved 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

The 4th Symposium of the International Death Online Research Network will take place at The University of Hull, UK, August 15 – 17, 2018. The symposium will consolidate the links between existing and new members of the network and provide opportunities for the discussion of ongoing and new orientations in the interdisciplinary field of death online. The meeting will explore the ways in which online connectivity is changing how, when and where we engage with death and dying and how we invest death-related practices with meaning in the online environment. We warmly welcome new members to the network as well as old friends. * Opening Keynote Address: Professor Charles Ess, University of Oslo, Norway. Themes and perspectives of the symposium: For this 4th Death Online Research Symposium we invite abstracts for oral presentations of new, recently completed, or ongoing research (including ideas for future academic research) on all kinds of death-related online practices. We welcome qualitative and quantitative work which expands our understanding of the current and future trends in death online research from a variety of disciplines, addressing any of the following themes: * Digitally mediated dying and narrative * Digitally mediated grieving and memorialising * Death online and embodied experience * Digital afterlife,, post - mortem identity and digital legacy * Technological developments in the death care industry * Digital immortality * Online vs offline experiences * Theorising online life and death * Ethical challenges for studying death online. The symposium will host a special workshop for participating Post Graduate students and early career researchers. We particularly welcome submissions from these groups. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and we envisage publication of selected full papers in a special issue of an academic journal in the field as well as a collection of writing from the symposium in an open-access online platform. Important information ell Submission format: 300 word abstract Submission deadline: March 1st, 2018 Submission feedback: April 1st, 2018 Registration open: May 1st, 2018 Registration fee: TBC All submissions and en quiries should b e submitted to Dr Jo Bell (j.bell(at)hull.ac.uk) marked ‘Death Online Research Symposium Submission’ in the subject field. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words. Please include full contact info (author name, institutional/organisational affiliation and email address) in the submission. Submissions will be anonymised by the organisers before review. If you want to be a member of the network, please contact Stine Gotved directly (mail above) for further information.

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Funded PhD opportunities Digital Media Culture, Brighton
by Aristea Fotopoulou 03 Nov '17

03 Nov '17

The Centre for Digital Media Culture at the University of Brighton invites applications from PhD students with interests in digital media or technology-related topics, with funding options through ESCR, EPSRC and AHRC-funded Training Partnerships. The Centre for Digital Media Culture critically examines how changes in digital media and data technologies are interlinked with sociocultural change. There are several thematic areas through which the Centre¹s theoretical and practical explorations address these key issues: * Social, political and cultural change, including digital citizenship, smart cities, ethics, health and wellbeing. * Changes in the arts and creative practice and content, including serious gaming, user experiences and interaction, as well as audience engagement. * Changes in technical applications, standards, methods, policies and infrastructures, including data science, data literacy and design guidelines. * Innovation and change in the creative and digital industries and their business models. Centre Members come from the Schools of Media, Applied Social Sciences, Arts and Computing, Engineering, Maths. You can find out more about the Centre for Digital Media Cultures here https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/cores/centre-for-digital -media-cultures.aspx Please contact Mary Darking m.l.darking(a)brighton.ac.uk well ahead of any deadlines to discuss whether we could develop an application with you. For more information, including submission deadlines (many are in early December), please see: https://www.brighton.ac.uk/research-and-enterprise/postgraduate-research-de grees/funding-opportunities-and-studentships/index.aspx ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx

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