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ICA Mobile
by Brett Oppegaard 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

> > Any questions about ICA Mobile (a long-running preconference of the annual > International Communication Association conference), please contact me at > brett.oppegaard(a)hawaii.edu. Deadline is Dec. 8. > > > - Brett Oppegaard, Associate Professor, University of Hawaii > > > > Call for “Blue Sky” workshop proposals > *From Voice to … ?* *The 15th Annual ICA Mobile Preconference* > > May 23, 2018 > > > > *Deadline for Workshop Proposals:* Friday, Dec. 8, 2017 > > *Where to submit proposals:* icamobile2018 <icamobile2018(a)gmail.com> > @gmail.com <icamobile2018(a)gmail.com> > > Research on mobile communication has grown from a niche area into a > well-established sub-discipline. Since the mid-1990s, the study of mobile > communication has developed its own research trajectories, theoretical and > conceptual frameworks, and methodological approaches for better > understanding of the implications of the technology dominating contemporary > social life. > > We therefore call for “Blue Sky” workshop proposals for the 2018 Mobile > Preconference that continue to push our understandings of this field. The > proposals should focus on the discussion of new ideas, theory, and > empirical results, but also can be more practical-, community- or > industry-oriented. The preconference will be organized around several > interactive Blue Sky workshop sessions, with each lasting about 90 minutes. > We invite scholars to present ideas that are at various levels of > gestation. Research ideas that are just being formed, ideas for mobile > pedagogy, and notions of mobile applications used by practitioners in the > field particularly are welcome. This forum is designed to cultivate a > supportive and integrated community of thinkers. > > A Blue Sky workshop session typically will be organized around a > consortium of four or five main participants who present and discuss their > work around a coherent theme but also directly will engage and involve the > audience. Our preconference attendees usually participate in multiple > workshops in the same day, as a way to further develop our community of > scholars. > > The theme of “voices” at this year’s ICA conference resonates well with > the history of mobile communication research. Indeed, much of the early > work focused on just that, person-to-person talk. Mobile communication > studies, and telephone/telecommunications studies, before it, were > pioneering in attention paid to mediated voice (as well as listening). With > time, we have seen the development of ever-more-advanced ways of using our > mobile handsets to interact with one another, to gather information, and to > entertain ourselves. In all of this, however, mobile voice remains > fundamental. > > Workshop themes can focus on any of the dimensions of mobile communication > ranging from mobiles and social cohesion, mobile theory/methods, mobile > communication and the news, mobile learning, entertainment, gaming and/or > photography. They can look into mobile communication in organizations, > mobile communication and development, mobile communication for social good, > and mobile communication as a means for threats to privacy, cyberbullying > and/or robotification. Workshops could look into mobile romance, parenting > mobiles, locative gaming, mHealth, and the relationships of mobile > technologies to the elderly or children. They could focus on mobile > communication in the Global South, mobile communication and migration, > mobile journalism, etc. In short, we are open to a wide variety of themes > associated with the the use of mobile communication and mobile media in > society. > > Workshop proposals are particularly welcomed from mobile-oriented scholars > in the early stages of their careers. We also welcome established scholars > to partner with younger colleagues in the development of proposals. Each > workshop will be alloted a timeslot of 90 minutes. > > Submissions should include a workshop summary of 500-800 words (excluding > title and references). > > This summary should describe: > > (1) the topic and its relation to the preconference theme, > > (2) the goal of the workshop, > > (3) the scheduled activity, detailing how participants and audience > members will be involved, and > > (4) the participants and their relationship/contribution to the workshop. > > Proposals can be submitted via email to: icamobile2018 > <icamobile2018(a)gmail.com>@gmail.com <icamobile2018(a)gmail.com>. The > workshop summaries will be published online and in the printed program. > Submissions will be reviewed by a committee of scholars. Proposals will be > selected based on criteria of relevance, originality, composition of the > group, theoretical/practical contribution, clarity of presentation, as well > as fit with the conference theme. Review will be non-blind due to the > interactive workshop nature. Notifications of acceptance will be emailed to > contributors by early January 2018. > > The 15th annual Mobile Preconference will take place at the National > Technical Museum that is approximately 1.5 km from the Prague Old Town > Hilton Hotel. >

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Job Opening: Open Rank Research Professor @ Institute for Social Research (UMich)
by Libby Hemphill 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

Official posting: http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/150687/research_professor The University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research (ISR) is seeking candidates for an open-rank appointment in the research professor track, with the potential for a joint appointment in a tenure-track position in the University of Michigan School of Information or another school or college. ISR seeks to recruit outstanding researchers with interests related to information science, including data curation, computational social science, and health informatics, especially researchers focusing on the intersection of information science with research on racial, ethnic, gender, and/or socioeconomic inequality. The Institute for Social Research, founded in 1949, is one of the world’s leading interdisciplinary social science research institutions. ISR’s five research centers – Center for Political Studies, Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, Population Studies Center, Research Center for Group Dynamics, and Survey Research Center – span a wide range of disciplines and methodological approaches. Research faculty positions in ISR include 100% ISR appointments as well as joint appointments with many departments and colleges across the university. For more information about ISR, please visit our web site: http://home.isr.umich.edu/. The School of Information is home to vibrant research and teaching programs, with 59 core faculty, and nearly 850 students. The school offers four degrees: a Ph.D., a Master of Science in Information, a Master of Health Informatics, and a Bachelor of Science in Information. The mission of the School of Information is to create and share knowledge to help people use information -- with technology -- to build a better world. A successful candidate for a position in the School of Information will be committed to, and will directly contribute to the school’s goal of being the best research and teaching institution for the understanding and design of information and its technologies in service of people and society. Required Qualifications* Candidates must have a Ph.D. in an area such as social science, information, computer science, engineering, health informatics, or related field by the time the position begins. Senior candidates should demonstrate experience and success with externally-funded research, along with a national reputation and strong publication record. *How to Apply:* Review of submitted credentials will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. All candidates should submit the following materials electronically to: http://apply.interfolio.com/47381 - Cover letter - Curriculum vitae - Three representative research papers or publications - Statement of teaching philosophy and experience - Evidence of teaching excellence - Statement of current and future research plans - Statement demonstrating contributions to diversity - Junior candidates (new and recent PhDs): Three letters of recommendation - Senior candidates: Names of three references (letters will be solicited separately) Additional Information The Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan, to maintain the excellence of the university, and to ground our research in varied disciplines, perspectives, and ways of knowing and learning. The University of Michigan is supportive of the needs of dual career couples and is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. *Background Screening* The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act. U-M EEO/AA Statement The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. -- Libby Hemphill Director, Resource Center for Minority Data, ICPSR Research Associate Professor, Institute for Social Research Associate Professor, School of Information University of Michigan libbyh(a)umich.edu

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photobombing
by Yasmin Ibrahim 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

With apologies for cross posting Here's a recently published paper on 'photobombing' for those working on digital cultures/visuality, The vernacular of photobombing The aesthetics of transgression Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1354856517743666 https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856517743666 Dr Yasmin Ibrahim, PhD, FRSA, SFHEA Reader in International Business and Communications Equalities QMUL UCU Visiting Professor, MYRA Business School, Mysore https://transientbodies.blogspot.co.uk/ <https://transientbodies.blogspot.co.uk/>http://yasminibrahim-socialmediatoday.blogspot.co.uk/ https://qmul.academia.edu/yasminibrahim Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of E-Politics, http://www.igi-global.com/journal/international-journal-politics-ijep/1147

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Latour/ANT on social media?
by Evelina Liliequist 29 Nov '17

29 Nov '17

Hi, what studies are out there that use Latours Actor Network-Theory to analyse social media? Thanks in advance, Evelina Liliequist Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden Tel: +46 90 7866305 Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>

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Journal of Peer Production: "Open" EOI and CFP for Issue #13
by Steve Collins 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

PEER PRODUCTION: RESEARCH AND PRACTICE The Journal of Peer Production (JoPP) is a volunteer-run peer-reviewed journal which has since 2011 both researched and put into practice the principles of peer production, understood as a mode of commons-based and oriented production in which participation is voluntary and predicated on the self-selection of tasks. Notable examples are the collaborative development of Free Software projects and of the Wikipedia online encyclopedia. JoPP is an open-access journal that allows readers to read, download, copy, distribute and link to the full texts of articles. Authors license works under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) and retain full copyright in their work. In terms of research, we have published ten landmark issues exploring the interconnection of peer production with activism, political economy, bio and hardware hacking, free software, value and currency, shared machine shops, the law, state policies, feminism and queer issues, alternative infrastructures, and waged labour. We will publish our eleventh issue on peer production and urbanism in January 2018 and our twelfth on the institutionalisation of shared machine shops in May 2018. In terms of practice, we have debated policy decisions on a public and archived mailing list. We have renovated the scientific peer review system by publishing not only reviews of papers, but also – in order to fully appreciate the impact of reviews – original submissions of articles. We have launched a “signalling” system so that imperfect articles can be published rapidly, whilst maintaining the standards and reputation of the journal. *Having defined the field of peer production studies and put into practice peer production principles, we now seek to foster new avenues and partnerships.* We are calling this new phase in the development of the Journal of Peer Production “OPEN”. At the root of “OPEN” is the fact that we now live in an era where exclusion and inequality are being justified by overtly racist, even fascist, ideas. It is therefore more important than ever for progressives to develop viable alternatives to plutocracy and environmental destruction which highlight peer values such as inclusion and openness. *There are two parts to JoPP “OPEN”: “OPEN” EOI and “OPEN” CFP.* JOPP: “OPEN” EOI *We are calling for “OPEN” editorial Expressions of Interest from people wanting to develop their own take on peer production.* This means we are offering our website and network of reviewers for the production and dissemination of activist or scientific interventions in the field of peer production. We are open to accounts of projects, to explorations of special interests, to analysis of the “infrastructures of the commons” (universal income systems, cooperatives and unions, free public services), etc. We are particularly interested in initiatives that would disseminate peer production knowledge and values to audiences beyond the academic and activist communities. Please write to the JoPP general public list <jopp-public AT lists.ourproject.org> with your ideas or if you prefer to discuss them in confidence please contact the private JoPP editorial team mailing list <jopp-editorial AT lists.ourproject.org>. We look forward to hearing from you! JOPP: “OPEN” CFP ISSUE #13 *We are also announcing a Call for Papers for issue #13 of the Journal of Peer Production on the theme of “OPEN”.* This means that contributions can explore any aspect of peer production. Please refer to past issues for examples and to our style guidelines <http://peerproduction.net/about/submissions/> for guidance on the type of contributions we accept. Important dates: 500-word abstracts 15th January 2018 Acceptance of papers 15th February 2018 Full papers due 30th June 2018 Reviews due and sent to authors 30th August 2018 Revised papers due 30th October 2018 Signals due 30th December 2018 Issue released 31st January 2019 Submission guidelines *Extended paper abstracts *of up to 500 words *are due 15 January, 2018. *Peer reviewed papers should be no more than 8,000 words. These should be sent directly to the editors. All peer reviewed papers will be reviewed according to Journal of Peer Production guidelines. See http://peerproduction.net/peer-review/process/ for details. *Full papers for peer review *will be due by *30th June, 2018.* Editors For more information and feedback on proposed contributions please contact the issue editors: Mathieu O’Neil | http://bit.ly/2A7JgAV | <mathieu.oneil AT canberra.edu.au> Steve Collins | http://bit.ly/2xNhOmV <http://bit.ly/2xNhOmV>| <stephen.collins AT mq.edu.au> -- *Dr Steve Collins* Senior Lecturer in Multimedia Department of Media, Music, Communication & Cultural Studies Macquarie University P: (02) 9850 2165 W: http://bit.ly/122QivW L: Y3A 191D

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Government Regulation of Social Media Would a 'Cure' Far Worse than the Disease
by Paul Levinson 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

just published in The Conversation: "Government Regulation of Social Media Would a 'Cure' Far Worse than the Disease" https://theconversation.com/government-regulation-of-social-media-would-be-… -PL just published: Marilyn and Monet <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076HHZP39/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20> watch FREE on Amazon Prime: The Chronology Protection Case <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NEH25KY/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20>

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Re: [Air-L] Latour/ANT on social media?
by Kristen Moore 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Evelina, You might check out Liza Potts' Social Media in Disaster Response. She uses Latourean ANT to analyze social media responses to 3 different disaster cases. http://attw.org/publications/book-series/social-media-disaster-response I've taught it several times at the graduate level, and students respond really well to it, in part because the treatment of ANT is so accessible. ~krm On Tue, Nov 28, 2017 at 7:11 AM Evelina Liliequist < evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se> wrote: > Hi, > > what studies are out there that use Latours Actor Network-Theory to > analyse social media? > > Thanks in advance, > Evelina Liliequist > > Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities > Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University > > Umeå University > SE-901 87 Umeå > Sweden > > Tel: +46 90 7866305 <+46%2090%20786%2063%2005> > Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se> > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Faoir.org&da… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Flistserv.ao… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aoir.or… -- Dr. Kristen R. Moore Assistant Professor Director of Undergraduate Studies Technical Communication and Rhetoric Program Texas Tech University

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Re: [Air-L] Latour/ANT on social media?
by Light Ben 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Hey Evilina, I’ve been involved, with others, in a few pieces that do this – depends how far your definition of social media stretches. Here they are with links to open access versions: Light, B. (2016). The rise of speculative devices: Hooking up with the bots of Ashley Madison. First Monday, 21(6): http://usir.salford.ac.uk/40326/ Light, BA and McGrath, K 2010, 'Ethics and social networking sites: a disclosive analysis of Facebook' , Information Technology and People, 23 (4) , pp. 290-311. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/11574/ Light, BA, Fletcher, G and Adam, AE 2008, 'Gay men, Gaydar and the commodification of difference' , Information Technology and People, 21 (3) , pp. 300-314. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/2254/ Not sure if it helps any, but also my stuff on disconnection has a broader STS lens underpinning it, see: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/39484/ and this stuff refers to ANT, but via Callon Gosling, VK, Crawford, G, Bagnall, G and Light, BA 2016, 'Branded app implementation at the London symphony orchestra' , Arts and the Market, 6 (1) , pp. 2-16. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/view/authors/59563.html And Light, BA, Bagnall, G, Crawford, G and Gosling, VK 2016, 'The material role of digital media in connecting with, within, and beyond museums' , Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies . (Online First): http://usir.salford.ac.uk/40325/ Also see: Stefanie Duguay, Dressing up Tinderella: interrogating authenticity claims on the mobile dating app Tinder, Information Communication and Society: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1168471 There will be many more, maybe tell us a bit more about what you want? Hope this helps! Ben. Ben Light - BA (Hons), MSc, PhD. Professor of Digital Society School of Health and Society Connected Lives, Diverse Realities Research Group University of Salford, Salford M5 4WT tel: +44(0)1612950159 | twitter: @doggyb web: www.benlight.me <http://www.benlight.me/> open access papers: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/view/authors/59563.html Recent Publications Include: Albury, K., Burgess, J., Light, B., Race, K., and Wilken, R. (2017). Data cultures of mobile dating and hook-up apps: Emerging issues for critical social science research, Big Data and Society 4(2): http://usir.salford.ac.uk/43296/ Light, B., Burgess, J. and Duguay, S. (2016). The walkthrough method: An approach to the study of apps. New Media and Society: http://usir.salford.ac.uk/40327/ Light, B. (2016b). The rise of speculative devices: Hooking up with the bots of Ashley Madison. First Monday, 21(6): http://usir.salford.ac.uk/40326/ On 11/28/17, 1:10 PM, "Air-L on behalf of Evelina Liliequist" <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org on behalf of evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se> wrote: Hi, what studies are out there that use Latours Actor Network-Theory to analyse social media? Thanks in advance, Evelina Liliequist Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden Tel: +46 90 7866305 Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se> _______________________________________________ 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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Web-based and/or GUI NLTK applications?
by Emma Stamm 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Hi all, Is anybody aware of applications that use Python/NLTK (a toolkit for natural language processing) in a web-based and/or GUI format? Any softwares that use any of the NLTK libraries will work. I'd like to be able to demonstrate and potentially use this for research without doing too much coding. Thanks, -- *Emma Stamm* *PhD Student, ASPECT* *Instructor, Department of Religion and Culture, Virginia Tech*

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Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists training course - Melbourne, 29 Jan-2 Feb 2018
by Robert Ackland 28 Nov '17

28 Nov '17

Dear List, I am running a 5-day ACSPRI training course on Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists - University of Melbourne, Monday, January 29, 2018 - Friday, February 2, 2018. *Early bird enrolment finishes midnight Wednesday 29th (Australian Eastern Standard Time)**. * The course focuses on the collection and analysis of socially-generated 'big data' from social media such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube and also the WWW (hyperlink networks). There is an emphasis on the R statistical software, with particular focus on the SocialMediaLab R package (https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/SocialMediaLab/index.html) for network/text data collection and igraph for network analysis. Text analysis using R packages such as tm is also covered. Course material from the last ACSPRI course I ran is here: http://vosonlab.net/big-data-analysis-ACSPRI-Summer2017. The course is updated each year, so expect the 2018 course to be bigger and better! For booking, see here: https://www.acspri.org.au/summer-program-2018 https://www.acspri.org.au/summer-program-2018/big-data-analysis-social-scie… Please remember that early bird enrolment finishes tomorrow! -- Dr Robert Ackland Associate Professor, School of Sociology and ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods Leader, Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) Lab <http://vosonlab.net> Australian National University

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