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Persona Studies: New Journal Issue and Call for Papers
by Kim Barbour 13 Jun '17

13 Jun '17

Apologies for Cross-posting: *Persona Studies**: New Issue and Call for Papers and Creative Work * *Persona Studies* is soliciting papers and creative works for TWO issues: an open call for 2017 and a 2018 special issue on Scientific Persona. Details listed below. The editorial board is also pleased to announce the launch of another issue of *Persona Studies*—a rich compendium of work on digital persona productions from autobiographical games to lifestyle blogging, and celebrity persona performances of the Antichrist (Marilyn Manson) and Irish-Americanness (Aidan Quinn) In this issue: *Editorial: “5 Dimensions of the Online Persona” * Chris Moore, Kim Barbour, and Katja Lee unpack five constituent elements of online persona production and performance: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/658 *“‘Get Off My Internets’: How Anti-Fans Deconstruct Lifestyle Bloggers’ Authenticity Work”* Sarah McRae examines how communities of ‘anti-fans’ coalesce in online forums and actively monitor how bloggers perform authenticity according to ever shifting constructions of legitimacy: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/640 *“The Persona in Autobiographical Game-making as a Playful Performance of the Self”* Stefan Werning examines how autobiographical games make quite literal the *playful* possibilities of persona construction and performance within the constraints and affordances of the technologies and platforms: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/650 *“Constructing the Antichrist as Superstar: Marilyn Manson and the Mechanics of Eschatological Narrative”* Patrick William Osborne’s article focuses on construction of Manson’s controversial persona as an ‘Antichrist’ in the 1990s and the crucial role that Christian organizations and ideological frameworks played in not only crafting that persona, but infusing it with meaning and value: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/651 *“The Hyphenated Persona: Aidan Quinn’s Irish-American Performances”* Loretta Goff guides us through how ‘Irish-Americanness’ has been performed across the twentieth century, and how it continues to be performed in American contexts today using Aidan Quinn as a case study: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/64: *“ALT-RIGHT: CTRL+A;DEL”* Anastasia Salter and Bridget Blodgett’s creative practice contribution is a work of hypertext literature – part social media experience, part game, part choose your own adventure – and embeds us in the US Twittersphere during the final months of 2016 and January 2017: https://ojs.deakin.edu.au/index.php/ps/article/view/656 *CALL FOR PAPERS: 2017 & 2018* *OPEN ISSUE: 3.2 (2017)* In this issue of *Persona Studies*, we are soliciting a wide variety of creative and critical works on persona. Topics of interest might include (but are not limited to) treatments of persona and: · Consumerism · Marketing · Online & digital Identities · Life Writing · Celebrity · Print Media · War &Terrorism · Death & Mourning · Bodies · Surveillance · Children & Family · Arts & Crafts For both creative and critical works, please submit a 250-300 word abstract or proposal to personastudies [at] gmail [dot] com by 14 July 2017. Artists and authors will be notified of initial acceptance by 21 July 2017. Please note that official acceptance of the work is contingent upon peer review. Full papers (5,000-8,000 words) and projects are due 8 Sept. 2017. For creative submissions where peer review or critical response is not desired, a full submission will be required by 8 Sept. 2017. Please advise in your initial proposal if you would a creative arts review. *SPECIAL ISSUE: Scientific Persona 4.1 (2018)* The concept of “scientific persona” has been developed to understand the ways in which science is embodied and performed in a convincing way, and how this performance becomes part of what science is. It induces questions about the relation between the personal and the social, between the scientist, or scholar, as a person and the content of science. We are calling for submissions that will approach contemporary expressions and the history of scientific persona while focusing on the impact of the wider social and cultural context of gender, race and class. Themes and issues include but are not limited to: - Intersectionality and scientific persona - Bodily expressions of scientific persona - Internalization of science and scientific personas - Scientific persona in colonial settings - Artistic expressions of scientific personas - Americanization of science and scientific persona - Celebrity and scientific personas - Comparative studies of scientific persona - The relationship between scientific institutions and personas - Pre-modern historical studies on scientific personas Guest editors: Prof. Mineke Bosch, Groningen University, the Netherlands Prof. Kirsti Niskanen, Stockholm University, Sweden Prof. Kaat Wils, KU Leuven, Belgium Timeline - In the first instance, submit your abstract by 03 July 2017 by email to Kirsti Niskanen: kirsti [dot] niskanen [at] historia [dot] su [dot] se. - Full paper requests will be issued by 21 July 2017. - Full papers submissions due 27 October 2017 to the *Persona Studies* website. - Publication of Scientific Persona Special Issue scheduled for April 2018.

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Podcasting trends research? Experiments in podcast discovery?
by Steven Clift 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

If you are interested in trends related to podcasting, I want to invite you to my new niche Local Podcasting Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/localpodcasting If you know of podcast or media discovery researchers who might engage the group on how to make the podcasting ecology more effective for those producing locally focused audio content to make geographic interest a more of an organic discovery process, please invite them along. In short, Facebook has figured out how to share "Groups near you" ... how about "Podcasts near you"? Thanks, Steven Clift

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doctoral students and early career scholars Digital Society Research Methods Workshop 10-11 Sept
by Dariusz Jemielniak 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

The New Research on Digital Societies (NeRDS) Research Group at Kozminski University invites applications from PhD students and early career scholars to a Digital Society Research Methods Workshop: “Interpreting Social Activites Online”, held at Kozminski University in *Warsaw on 10-11.09.2017.* The 5 mini-courses conducted during the workshop oscillate around the broad theme of social scientific interpretation of social actors’ activities online. What methods and theories can be applied to reach beyond the surface of the Internet content and digital traces, and enhance our understanding of social behavior in the digitized society? More details: http://nerds.kozminski.edu.pl/digital-society-research-methods-workshop/ I will be most grateful for your kind help in distributing this info and passing the call to anyone potentially interested. best, Dariusz

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Future of BigData 2017
by ijwa＠dline.info 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Call for Workshop Papers Third International Workshop on 'Future Big Data' (FBD 2017) In Conjunction with the Twelfth Eleventh International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2017) http://www.icdim.org/workshop.php Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan September 12-14, 2017 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Technology Management Council Accepted workshop papers will be published in the proceedings indexed by IEEE Xplore. About the Workshop Big Data concern large-volume, complex, growing data sets with multiple, autonomous sources. The developments in the Big Data research lead to almost the birth of a new domain. With the fast development of networking, data storage, and the data collection capacity, Big Data are now rapidly expanding in all science and engineering domains, including physical, biological and biomedical sciences. This workshop will address the features of the Big Data revolution, Big Data processing model, data driven models, big data standards, and so on. Topics to be addressed in the workshop, but not limited to: - Big Data models and architectures - Big data architecture and design - Security, privacy, and trust - Data protection and integrity - Big Data mining, analytics and metrics - Data representation and structures - Data capturing and acquisition - Tools and technologies - QoS of big data - Social networks analysis - Big Data searching and mining - Visualisation of data - Personal data logging and quantified-self - Context-aware data - Big Data Visualization - Personalisation of data - Data contextualisation - Data Querying - Applications of open and linked data - Data-intensive computing, - Methodologies and cases studies - Data Usability issues - Storages and network requirements - Bigdata Network models and protocols - Big data in cloud and IoT - Big data processing large-scale datasets on clusters - Smart and connected communities - Big Data and Urban Data Analytics - Cloud Computing and Network Infrastructure for Smart Cities - Intelligent Transport Systems and Traffic Management - Big data for Internet of Things Submissions Submissions should provide original and unpublished research results or ongoing research with simulations. The papers should be between 6 to 8 pages total in length in the IEEE format. * All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE and fully indexed by IEEE Xplore. All the ICDIM papers are indexed by DBLP (http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/conf/icdim/index.html) * Modified version of the selected papers will appear in the special issues of the following peer reviewed and indexed journals. (Indexed in Scopus, Thomson Reuters, Journal Citation Reports, dblp, Engineering Index and many other databases) Important Dates Full Paper Submission July 08, 2017 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection August -03, 2017 Registration Due September -01, 2017 Camera Ready Due September -01, 2017 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos September 13, 2017 Main conference September 12-14, 2017 Organizers Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Submissions at http://www.icdim.org/submission.html For additional inquiries, please contact - conference at icdim.org ---------------------

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Critical Theory in the Digital Context: Search Engine Labour and Creative Production
by Christian Fuchs 12 Jun '17

12 Jun '17

Critical Theory in the Digital Context: Search Engine Labour and Creative Production Wed, June 28, 2017, 18:00 WIAS Seminar University of Westminster 309 Regent St, Room UG.04 Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critical-theory-in-the-digital-context-searc… How are major search algorithms produced? How is their global relevance sustained and promoted? What is the role of creativity in digital games production? How do creative producers cope with contradictions in their precarious workplaces? Focusing on search engines and the digital games industry, Ergin Bulut and Paško Bilić will in two talks explore various angles of critical theory. Concepts such as technological rationality, alienation, bio-political production and exploitation will be evoked to understand the specifics of labour processes in digital contexts. Paško Bilić is Research Associate at the Department for Culture and Communication, Institute for Development and International Relations in Zagreb, Croatia. Ergin Bulut is Assistant Professor at the Department of Media and Visual Arts at Koc University, Istanbul.

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Re: [Air-L] Software that counts words per line of text
by Maurice Vergeer 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Dear Xanat do you have access to SPSS and have you worked with it? Lately SPSS has become more capable handling texts. A procedure listed below should enable you to do the job. Use it with the compute statement to create variables indicating the keywords are present or not. Similar things can be done in R. SPSS manual: CHAR.SUBSTR. CHAR.SUBSTR(strexpr,pos[,length]). String. Returns the substring beginning at character position pos of strexpr. The optional third argument represents the number of characters in the substring. If the optional argument length is omitted, returns the substring beginning at character position pos of strexpr and running to the end of strexpr. For example CHAR.SUBSTR('abcd', 2) returns 'bcd' and CHAR.SUBSTR('abcd', 2, 2) returns 'bc'. (Note: Use the SUBSTR function instead of CHAR.SUBSTR if you want to use the function on the left side of an equals sign to replace a substring.) Hope this gets you on your way Maurice On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 7:05 AM, Xanat Meza <kt_designbox(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > Is there any available software where I can input a list of keywords and a > long text composed by several sentences (or paragraphs), and the output > gives me the keyword count per sentence/paragraph? > Regards, Xanat V. Meza > > Ph.D. candidate - Kansei, Behavioral and Brain SciencesUniversity of > Tsukuba > M.A. Media and Communication > Yeungnam University > B.D. Graphic Communication Design > Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana > _______________________________________________ > 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 For yesterday's news in perspective: http://www.echovannl.nl/ To see my publications, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/1 PGP public key: https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE7BF24D19BE34017 ________________________________________________

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Professor of the Practice Graduate Program Director, Data Science
by Richard Forno 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Hi all - FYI, if anyone is interested and/or knows of someone who is. Apply @ the link in the referenced webpage. (Disclosure: I'm chairing the search) Thanks, -- rick Professor of the Practice Graduate Program Director, Data Science Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) https://www.csee.umbc.edu/2017/06/umbc-seeks-professor-practice-data-scienc… The Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) invites applications for a full time, non-tenure track Professor of the Practice position at its Catonsville, MD main campus. Responsibilities: Reporting to the Chair of the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, this position serves as the Graduate Program Director of UMBC’s program leading to a master’s degree in Data Science. This cross-disciplinary program is offered to professional students through a partnership between the College of Engineering and Information Technology; the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences; the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering; and UMBC’s Division of Professional Studies (DPS). The incumbent will teach at least two courses per semester in the program. In addition to teaching, among other faculty duties, the incumbent will oversee curriculum and instruction; recruit and supervise qualified part-time faculty; collaborate with DPS on program marketing, student recruitment and retention activities; advise students; pursue business development opportunities with industry; manage UMBC’s Data Science Advisory Board; and carry out the necessary administrative duties associated with academic program oversight. Salary: Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications and experience, and includes regular university benefits. About UMBC: UMBC’s campus is located on 500 acres just off I-95 between Baltimore and Washington DC, and less than 10 minutes from the BWI airport and Amtrak station. The campus includes the bwtech@UMBC research and technology park, which has special programs for startups focused on cybersecurity, clean energy, life sciences and training. We are surrounded by one of the greatest concentrations of commercial, cultural and scientific activity in the nation. Located at the head of the Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore has all the advantages of modern, urban living, including professional sports, major art galleries, theaters and a symphony orchestra. The city’s famous Inner Harbor is an exciting center for entertainment and commerce. The nation’s capital, Washington, DC, is a great tourist attraction with its historical monuments and museums. Just ten minutes from downtown Baltimore and 30 from the D.C. Beltway, UMBC offers easy access to the region’s attractions by car or public transportation. Qualifications: Earned doctoral degree or anticipated completion of a doctoral program in a relevant field within one year of hire. Preference will be given to applicants with at least five years of relevant professional experience, preferably as a data scientist. Teaching experience in classroom and/or on-line environments for industry-oriented graduate programs is desired. Candidates should have strong organizational, management, and public communication skills. Application Instructions: For best consideration, submit a cover letter, a brief statement of teaching, academic, industrial or government experience, complete CV, and three professional or academic references by 1 July 2017 via Interfolio. Document review and selection of candidates will start immediately. Position will remain open until filled. Emailed applications will not be accepted. We are committed to inclusive excellence and innovation and welcome applications from women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. UMBC is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. https://www.csee.umbc.edu/2017/06/umbc-seeks-professor-practice-data-scienc…

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New Open Access Book: Social Media in South India
by Major, Alison 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

*****Apologies for any cross-posting***** UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a brand new open access book that may be of interest to readers of this list, Social Media in South India. Download it free from https://goo.gl/venXV4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- Social Media in South India Shriram Venkatraman Download free: https://goo.gl/venXV4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- This title is available in both free open access (PDF) and print editions (paperback, £15.00 | hardback, £35.00). One of the first ethnographic studies to explore use of social media in the everyday lives of people in Tamil Nadu, Social Media in South India provides an understanding of this subject in a region experiencing rapid transformation. The influx of IT companies over the past decade into what was once a space dominated by agriculture has resulted in a complex juxtaposition between an evolving knowledge economy and the traditions of rural life. While certain class tensions have emerged in response to this juxtaposition, a study of social media in the region suggests that similarities have also transpired, observed most clearly in the blurring of boundaries between work and life for both the old residents and the new. Venkatraman explores the impact of social media at home, work and school, and analyses the influence of class, caste, age and gender on how, and which, social media platforms are used in different contexts. These factors, he argues, have a significant effect on social media use, suggesting that social media in South India, while seeming to induce societal change, actually remains bound by local traditions and practices. Download free: https://goo.gl/venXV4 ----------------------------------------------------------------- About Why We Post Why do we post on social media? Is it true that we are replacing face-to-face relationships with on-screen life? Are we becoming more narcissistic with the rise of selfies? Does social media create or suppress political action, destroy privacy or become the only way to sell something? And are these claims equally true for a factory worker in China and an IT professional in India? With these questions in mind, nine anthropologists each spent 15 months living in communities in China, Brazil, Turkey, Chile, India, England, Italy and Trinidad. They studied not only platforms but the content of social media to understand both why we post and the consequences of social media on our lives. Their findings indicate that social media is more than communication - it is also a place where we now live. This series explores and compares the results in a collection of ground-breaking and accessible ethnographic studies. To find out more, visit http://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-post<http://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-> About UCL Press UCL Press is the UK's first fully open access university press. Re-established at UCL in 2015, UCL Press publishes peer-reviewed scholarly monographs, edited collections, textbooks and journals, by both UCL academics and non-UCL academics. All its books are made available as free, downloadable PDFs from its website, as well as in print for sale through retailers at affordable prices, and many of its books are also made available on a free, enhanced, browser-based platform. Its mission is to make its published outputs available to a global audience, irrespective of their ability to pay. Find out more at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice
by Adam Fish 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

> Dear AOIR Scholars, > > Great opportunity for a theorist/digital media producer in our sociology > department. Take a look and write me if interested... Best, Adam Fish > > > > *Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice* > > *Department of Sociology* > *Salary: *Grade 7-9 > *Closing Date: * TBC > *Interview Date: * TBC > *Reference: *A > > > > Lancaster University’s Department of Sociology invites applications for a > full-time Lecturer position in Critical Digital Media Practice. The ideal > candidate will be a theorist and media-maker—broadly defined--with an > established production practice whose work is created within, and > circulated across, a range of media tools and digital platforms. Candidates > must have competency in a range of digital media authoring and computing > tools consistent with their theoretical and creative practice. Candidates > will be expected to teach undergraduate and advanced graduate seminars in > the theory, history, or practice of critical digital media production, as > well as supervise graduate student research. This is an open call and > desired areas of expertise include video and audio production, new media > journalism, software development, social media campaigns, participatory or > community-based media design, DIY and mobile media, or hardware production > and hacking. We especially welcome critical race, post-colonial, > indigenous, and feminist approaches. > > > > Please refer to the job description and person specification to decide > which grade to apply for. > > > > For informal enquiries please contact Dr Adam Fish by email > a.fish2(a)lancaster.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)1524 592699 or Professor > Corinne May-Chahal, Head of Department c.may-chahal(a)lancaster.ac.uk, > telephone +44 (0)1524 594104 <+44%201524%20594104>. >

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Software that counts words per line of text
by Xanat Meza 09 Jun '17

09 Jun '17

Is there any available software where I can input a list of keywords and a long text composed by several sentences (or paragraphs), and the output gives me the keyword count per sentence/paragraph? Regards, Xanat V. Meza Ph.D. candidate - Kansei, Behavioral and Brain SciencesUniversity of Tsukuba M.A. Media and Communication Yeungnam University B.D. Graphic Communication Design Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana

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