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Lecturer in STCM at Seattle University
by Paul, Christopher 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

AoIRers, We're hiring for a one-year position in Strategic Communication and we'd love someone with an AoIR kind of pedigree. The job posting is at: https://seattleu.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=150 And the ad is below. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions. -chris One-Year Lecturer in Strategic Communication at Seattle University The Department of Communication in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seattle University invites applications for a one-year position as a Lecturer in Strategic Communication for the 2017-2018 academic year. A rapidly growing program, Strategic Communication at SU provides integrated, forward-looking professional education to prepare students for leadership roles in subfields like public relations, advertising, marketing communication, public affairs communication, public information, and nonprofit advocacy. Applicants must have significant professional experience in a subfield related to strategic communication and the ability to teach courses that complement our existing offerings. Responsibilities will include teaching 7 courses over the three quarters of the academic year. Courses will include Strategic Communication Writing, Topics in Strategic Communication, and at least one special topics course in an area of interest for the candidates. An ability to teach the department's common courses, such as Media Systems, or other courses that complement and expand current departmental offerings is particularly desirable. Qualifications: Either a PhD in Communication or a related field or an MA and significant professional experience is required. Successful experience teaching at the college level is highly desired. The Communication Department is composed of a single major in Communication and Media with specializations in Communication Studies, Journalism, and Strategic Communication to give students depth of knowledge in those three areas. Faculty are expected to support all programs and teach classes to all of our students. Seattle University, founded in 1891, is a Jesuit Catholic university located on 48 acres on Seattle's Capitol Hill. More than 7,700 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools. U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2017" ranks Seattle University among the top 10 universities in the West that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs. Seattle University is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants should submit materials online at https://www.seattleu.edu/careers/, including a cover letter, statement of teaching philosophy, curriculum vitae, any evidence of teaching effectiveness, and the names and contact information of three references. Application deadline is 31 July 2017. Dr. Christopher A. Paul Associate Professor and Chair Communication Department Seattle University paulc(a)seattleu.edu

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New Media & Society special issue CfP: "Truth, facts, and fake: The shifting epistemologies of news in a digital age"
by Seth Lewis 26 Jun '17

26 Jun '17

This may be of interest to folks on this list. Please spread the word — thank you! CALL FOR PAPERS Special issue of New Media & Society and related online workshop Truth, facts, and fake: The shifting epistemologies of news in a digital age Co-editors: Mats Ekström, University of Gothenburg Seth C. Lewis, University of Oregon Oscar Westlund, University of Gothenburg Tentative timeline:  * Abstract submission deadline: Monday, October 2, 2017  * Notification on submitted abstracts: Friday, October 20, 2017 * Online workshop focusing on the special issue theme: in early February 2018 * Article submission deadline: Thursday, March 1, 2018 Verified, fact-based information is presumed to be an important feature in society, for citizens individually and for democratic governance as a whole. During much the 20th century, legacy news media enjoyed a prominent position in attempting to fulfill that role, reporting on happenings near and far. Journalists professionalized over time, developing standards, norms, methods, and networks of sources that enabled them to make knowledge claims. Such epistemological practices—presumed to provide factual and reliable public information—have made journalism one of the most influential knowledge-producing institutions in society. However, both slow and sudden changes are challenging the role of journalism in society. There is an ongoing but gradual shift from legacy media to digital media. On the one hand, this shift has opened new pathways for news access and distribution across an array of platforms—social, mobile, apps, and the like. On the other hand, this shift has generally undercut the business models of legacy news media organizations, resulting in the weakening and downsizing of newsrooms and the fragmenting of collective audiences for news—altogether raising questions about the continued viability of journalism to produce reliable information. Meanwhile, the more sudden change in the information landscape is the rapid expansion of actors that, in some cases, are intent on providing “alternative facts” or otherwise questioning the accounts of news media. This comes at a moment when many people, particularly in developed countries, appear to have little confidence in the press. While some of these sources seek to verify facts in a journalistic fashion, others pursue a deliberate strategy of disinformation for political or financial purposes. The success of such “fake news” has led to widespread debate about what some are calling a “post-truth” era. Altogether, these developments point to many opportunities for research and theory. A general question concerns how the epistemologies of journalism—knowledge claims, norms, and practices—are shaped by the changes and challenges in digital news production. How do journalists know what they know, and how are their knowledge claims articulated and justified? To understand the destabilization of the epistemic status of journalism articulated in current debates, what is needed are empirical studies, historical explanations, and theoretical developments. Moreover, it is essential to better understand how news consumers perceive news, “fake” or otherwise; e.g., how do they evaluate and act upon such claims? Citizens also need media literacy skills to assess the quality of information; what constitutes such literacy, and how does it respond to the knowledge conditions of the contemporary digital environment? As a response to the rise of fake news, several groups have mobilized to investigate information. The functioning and implications of such mobilizations (such as fact-checking movements), as well as digital media tools that aid citizens and professionals in verifying information, are important to analyze to develop our understanding of the production and consumption of more or less verified and non-verified information in a changing news media landscape. For this special issue, the guest editors welcome two kinds of article submissions: theoretically informed and empirically rigorous articles (using quantitative, qualitative, computational, and/or mixed methods), as well as conceptualizations involving systematic and relevant literature reviews. Contributors may address issues including, but not limited to, the following: * The epistemology of different forms of journalism—such as data journalism, which conveys news through the analysis and visualization of numerical data, and participatory journalism, which involves audiences and communities in news construction; * Knowledge-oriented norms, values, and practices applied when publishing and distributing news, accordingly to varying socio-cultural, political, organizational, and technological contexts; * The shifting networks of sources on which journalists and other information professionals rely; * The discursive construction of “truth” and “facts” in the context of news production, distribution, and consumption; * Notions of “fake news,” “post-truth,” and related controversies brought to light by the 2016 U.S. presidential election, and which are applicable also in many other countries and contexts; * The knowledge-oriented practices of news consumers as they encounter purportedly "fake news" and propaganda online (and, by extension, questions of and conceptualizations for media literacy); * Verification on/for social media as well as related forms of technologically driven means of information assessment; * Perceptions and practices of professional footage vis-à-vis amateur footage, including issues of authenticity and authority; * The formation, vision, and practices of initiatives, groups or organizations working toward identifying “fake news,” on behalf of professionals, the public or both; * Comparative perspectives on news consumers and their relative trust in different forms of media processes and products; * The development, appropriation, and use of technological systems and tools for verification.  Information about submission:  Proposals should include the following: an abstract of 500-750 words (not including references) as well as background information on the author(s), including an abbreviated bio that describes previous and current research that relates to the special issue theme. Please submit your proposal as a PDF to the e-mail address ekstrom.lewis.westlund(a)gmail.com<mailto:ekstrom.lewis.westlund@gmail.com> no later than Monday, October 2, 2017. Later that month, by October 20, authors will be notified whether their abstract has been selected, and consequently if they will be encouraged to develop and submit an article for peer review. Please note: Authors whose abstracts are shortlisted for full-paper submission to the special issue also will be committing to take part in an online workshop, hosted by the University of Gothenburg, to be held in early February 2018. This experimental approach will allow for the sharing and commenting on drafts as well as the discussion of more general theoretical issues, future research opportunities, and networking among scholars. Live sessions will be held for portions of two days, in addition to a week period for open commenting and discussion. Further details will be conveyed to shortlisted authors. Finally, full articles will be due Thursday, March 1, 2018, for full blind review, in accordance with the journal's peer-review procedure. -- Seth C. Lewis, Ph.D. Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media School of Journalism and Communication University of Oregon sethlewis.org<http://sethlewis.org/> // Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-M-vyrcAAAAJ&hl=en> // Papers<https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Seth_Lewis2> Recent news: ** ICA Journalism Studies Article of the Year — free download<http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21670811.2014.927986> ** Algorithms, Automation, and News — submit abstracts<http://www.algorithmic.news/> by July 15; conference in Munich, 2018

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Barry, May I ask you to circulate this call for papers to the mailing lists / listservs that you believe would be appropriate? (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 25 Jun '17

25 Jun '17

Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2017 01:59:29 +0000 From: "Katz, James" <katz2020(a)bu.edu> To: Barry Wellman <Wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca> Subject: Barry, May I ask you to circulate this call for papers to the mailing lists / listservs that you believe would be appropriate? Hi Barry, May I ask you to circulate this call for papers to the mailing lists / listservs that you believe would be appropriate? Many thanks, Jim James E. Katz, Ph.D., Dr.H.C. ---------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers International conference Emerging Media: Connection, Innovation & Transformation September 15, 2017 Peking University Beijing, China Emerging media are innovative and interactive technologies used to share ideas, communicate with others and create and co-create content. Examples of emerging media include augmented reality, smart phones, microblogs, dating apps and social networking sites. Emerging media have become crucial as people connect, create, and share new perspectives on the world and on themselves. More than ever, people feel the need, and have the ability, to stay up-to-date with their social circles and to understand the world. Seemingly overnight, and sometimes from mere rented apartments, entrepreneurs are using emerging media to create globe-spanning enterprises, and in the process are transforming the world. With increasing speed and reach, emerging media are also dramatically modifying not only social routines but also the way people experience their interior lives. Given the consequences of emerging media in the economic, political, social and cultural areas, we invite you to participate in a special international conference on the subject of "Emerging Media: Connection, Innovation & Transformation." The day-long event is scheduled for September 15, 2017 in Beijing, China. Its purpose is to explore vital research questions concerning the rise of the emerging media era. Papers discussing emerging media from a variety of perspectives and subjects are invited, including (but not limited to) the following topics: l Social effects of emerging media; l Social innovation and emerging media; l Social networks and emerging media; l Social transformation and emerging media; l Internet governance and emerging media; l Health communication and emerging media; l And other topics related to emerging media. In addition to being a significant intellectual event in the field of emerging media in its own right, the conference provides an opportunity to spark conversations regarding next steps in the advancing a discipline of emerging media studies. Please submit a 500-word abstract to emergingmedia2017(a)163.com before July 15, 2017. Decisions on acceptance will be communicated by July 25, 2017. Full papers (with a suggested length of 3,000 words) need to be submitted by September 5. After the conference, selected papers will be published as a book by a respected international publishing house. There is no registration charge for attendees to this day-long event. Lunch and conference amenities will be provided to attendees. Important dates: Submission of abstract: July 15, 2017 Notification of Acceptance: July 25, 2017 Submission of full Papers: September 05, 2017 Registration: September 14, 2017 Event: September 15, 2017 Contact information: emergingmedia2017(a)163.com

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new regular issue of gamevironments 2017 + CfP for the next regular issue 2018
by Zeiler, Xenia 25 Jun '17

25 Jun '17

**sorry for cross-posting** Dear colleagues, we are happy to announce the new issue of gamevironments, http://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/! In this year's regular issue, #6 (2017), you find articles, a game review, and a research report. #6 (2017) Authentic Historical Imagery: A Suggested Approach for Medieval Videogames http://nbn-resolving.de/ urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105937-19 Article by Julian Wolterink, 1-33. You can Be Anyone; but there are Limits. A Gendered Reading of Sexuality and Player Avatar Identification in Dragon Age: Inquisition http://nbn-resolving.de/ urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105939-12 Article by Mohamed S. Hassan, 34-67. “Do you feel like a hero yet?” – Spec Ops: The Line and the Concept of the Hero. http://nbn-resolving.de/ urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105940-10 Article by Henrik Andergard, 68-99. Accept your baptism, and die! Redemption, Death and Baptism in Bioshock Infinite http://nbn-resolving.de/ urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105941-11 Article by Frank Bosman, 100-129. Night in the Woods : a Review. http://nbn-resolving.de/ urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105942-13 Article by Kathrin Trattner, 130-137. Games of Social Control. A Sociological Study of ‚Addiction‘ to Massively Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Games http://nbn-resolving.de/ urn:nbn:de:gbv:46-00105943-14 Article by Stef Aupers, 138-161. Enjoy :) The next special issue, on Jewish gamevironments (issue editor Owen Gottlieb), is in preparation and will be published in winter 2017. The next regular issue will be out in summer 2018. We now invite submissions for the next regular issue in a number of formats - articles, book or game reviews, research reports on new or planned research projects, etc. Just check the CfP on the website! Please also share this CfP and the deadlines with interested colleagues, doctoral students etc.: 31.10.2017 Full Chapter Submission 31.12.2017 Review Results Returned 31.02.2018 Revised Chapter Submission summer 2018 Online-Publication Best Kerstin Radde-Antweiler & Xenia Zeiler (editors-in-chief) -- Prof. Dr. Xenia Zeiler Associate Professor, South Asian Studies P.O. Box 59 (Unioninkatu 38B) 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland +358 50 4482713 http://tuhat.halvi.helsinki.fi/portal/en/person/zeiler

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JOB: Capacity Building Professor in Digital Media and Communication, QUT
by Jean Burgess 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

Dear colleagues Applications are now open for a new Capacity Building Professor in Digital Media and Communication. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior person to lead a distinctive program of research as part of the QUT Digital Media Research Centre and School of Communication. We are looking for a star researcher working at the leading edge of their discipline, who can also collaborate, inspire and mentor others. Details at the below link. Feel free to contact either me or the recruiter directly, and/or share onward. http://www2.qut.edu.au/jobs/cbpcif/ Jean

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WEBCAST THU/FRI: Barbados Internet Governance Forum 2017
by Joly MacFie 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

This IGF is on its second day. A very high quality of discussion, and media production. Yesterday's sessions, after an intro to IG basics, went deeply into local legislative matters. Today the early session is covering cyber security, after which there will be sessions on Internet Activism, and the Digital Economy. [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb>On *Thursday - Friday June 22-23 2017* the *Barbados Internet Governance Forum 2017 <http://igf%2Cbb/>* will be held in Cave Hill, Barbados. Hosted jointly by the *Internet Society Barbados Chapter <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCBB/>*, the *Barbados Government <http://www.gov.bb/>* and its *Telecoms Unit <http://www.telecoms.gov.bb/>*, this inaugural national *Internet Governance Forum* <https://www.intgovforum.org/> (IGF) will provide Barbadians from all sectors of society with a platform to discuss how they use the Internet and the most pertinent issues affecting them. One of the key outputs from the IGF will be a comprehensive report detailing the critical Internet Governance (IG) issues affecting business, government, civic organizations and ordinary citizens across the island. We also hope to educate citizens about the various processes by which they can become involved to build their knowledge and make valuable contributions to Internet Governance. The event is being webcast live via the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb>* and the *Internet Society Barbados Chapter Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCBB/>*. *What: Barbados Internet Governance Forum 2017 <http://igf%2Cbb/>* *Where: Cave Hill Business School, UWI, Barbados* *When: Thursday - Friday June 22-23 2017* *Agenda: http://igf.bb/ <http://igf.bb/>* *Webcast 1: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfbb>* *Webcast 2: https://www.facebook.com/ISOCBB/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCBB/>* *Twitter: #igfbb <https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfbb?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9253#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9253#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9253 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CfPs: ACM IUI 2018 (Tokyo, Japan)
by Christoph Trattner 23 Jun '17

23 Jun '17

*** Please forward to anyone who might be interested *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: ACM IUI 2018 to be held in Tokyo, Japan, 7th-11th March 2018 http://iui.acm.org/2018/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACM IUI 2018 is the 23rd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. In 2018, IUI will be held in the Hitotsubashi Hall in central Tokyo Japan from March 7th - 11th and will co-locate with the Japanese IPSJ Interactions conference. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from any relevant arena: academia, business, or non-profit organizations. Along with 25 other topics in AI & HCI, this year we especially encourage submissions on explainable intelligent user interfaces for IUI 2018. ** Why you should submit to ACM IUI ** At ACM IUI, we focus on the interaction between machine intelligence and human intelligence. While other conferences focus on one side or the other, we address the complex interaction between the two. We welcome research that explores how to make the interaction between computers and people smarter, which may leverage solutions from data mining, knowledge representation, novel interaction paradigms, and emerging technologies. We strongly encourage submissions that discuss research from both HCI and AI simultaneously, but also welcome works that focus more on one side or the other. The conference brings together people from academia, industry and non-profit organizations and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. - IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Affective and aesthetic interfaces - Big Data and analytics - Collaborative interfaces - Education and learning-related technologies - Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces - Explainable intelligent user interfaces. - Health and intelligent health technologies - Information retrieval and search - Intelligent assistants for complex tasks - Intelligent wearable and mobile interfaces - Intelligent ubiquitous user interfaces - Intelligent visualization tools - Interactive machine learning - Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation - Modeling and prediction of user behavior - Multi-modal interfaces (speech, gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) - Natural language and speech processing - Persuasive and assistive technologies in IUI - Planning and plan recognition for IUI - Proactive and agent-based user interaction - Recommender systems - Smart environments and tangible computing - Social media analysis - User Modelling for Intelligent Interfaces - User-Adaptive interaction and personalization ** Dates ** 1st Oct, 2017: Abstract deadline (compulsory) 8th Oct, 2017: Papers deadline 7th Dec, 2017: Notification 21st Dec, 2017: Camera ready due 7th Mar, 2018: Conference starts ** Submission - Full and Short Papers ** We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. A selected set of accepted top quality full papers will be invited to submit their extended versions for publication in an ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2018". ** Submission Guidelines ** - Full paper (anonymized 10 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) should make substantial, novel, and relevant contribution to the field. - Short paper (anonymized 4 pages, references do not count toward the page limit) is a much more focused and succinct contribution to the field. Short papers are not expected to include a discussion of related work that is as broad and complete as that of Full papers. - Anonymization: ACM IUI uses a double-blind review process. All submissions must be appropriately anonymized according to the following guidelines: -- Author’s names and affiliations are not visible anywhere in the paper. -- Acknowledgements should be anonymized or removed during the review process. -- Self-citations should be included where necessary, but must use the third person. For example, "... as shown in our previous user study [2] ... " is not allowed, whereas "... as shown in Smith et al. [2] " is acceptable (because in this case the citation [2] will NOT be perceived as self-citation). - Failure to follow these guidelines may result in submissions being rejected without review. - Authors should also be aware of the SIGCHI Policy for Submission and Review at SIGCHI Conferences, see: http://www.sigchi.org/ conferences/Conferences%20Policies/chi-review. - Submissions should follow the standard SigCHI format. Use either the Microsoft Word template (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/ sigchi-paper-format-2016/view) or the LaTeX template ( https://github.com/sigchi) Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation. Accepted short papers will be invited either as oral or poster presentation, depending on the nature and quality of the paper. ** AUTHORS TAKE NOTE ** The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (For those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date remains the first day of the conference.) ** Chairs - program2018(a)iui.acm.org ** - Margaret M. Burnett, Oregon State University, USA - Mark Billinghurst, University of South Australia - Aaron Quigley, University of St Andrews, UK ** Senior Program Committee ** - Saleema Amershi, Microsoft Research, USA - Elisabeth Andre, Augsburg University, Germany - Joshi Anirudha, IIT Bombay, India - Lora Aroyo, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands - Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA - Andrea Bunt, University of Manitoba, Canada - Marc Cavazza, University of Kent, UK - Cristina Conati, University of British Columbia, Canada - Sakamoto Daisuke, Hokkaido University, Japan - Jill Freyne, CSIRO, Australia - Ido Guy, Yahoo Labs, Israel - Tracy Hammond, Texas A&M University, USA - Giulio Jacucci, Univeristy of Helsinki, Finland - Anthony Jameson, DFKI: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany - Per-Ola Kristensson, University of Cambridge, UK - Antonio Kruger, DFKI: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany - Tsvi Kuflik, The University of Haifa, Israel - Henry Lieberman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA - Brian Lim, National University, Singapore - Sugimoto Maki, Keio University, Japan - Hamasaki Masahiro, AIST: The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan - Wendy E. Mackay, INRIA, France - Jeffrey Nichols, Google, USA - Nuria Oliver, Vodafone/Data-Pop Alliance, Spain - Cecile Paris, CSIRO/ICT Centre, Australia - Fabio Paterno, CNR-ISTI, Italy - Barry Smyth, University College Dublin, Ireland - Simone Stumpf, City University London, UK - Nava Tintarev, TU Delft, Amsterdam, Netherlands - Itoh Tkayuki, Ochanomizu University, Japan - Matthew Turk, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA - Nakano Yukiko, Seikei University, Japan -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Assistant Professor MODUL University Vienna Department of New Media Technology E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)modul.ac.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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Re: [Air-L] Meme Tracking
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

Hi all If we are interested in studying what people are doing on the Internet (what they think they're doing etc.), then we can't ignore that people share images -especially images with words in -that they call memes. The books coming out of the Why We Post project take this line and are rewarded with all sorts of insights about the contemporary use of memes in various cultures. E.g. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/why-we-post/discoveries/14-memes-have-become-the-mora… Miller and Sinanan's book about Facebook use is a good place to start Miller, D. & Sinanan, J. (2017). Visualising Facebook. London: UCL Press. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/visualising-facebook If we're interested in the relationship between Dawkins' ideas and the concept of an internet meme, I have a couple of pointers that might help. It seems to be that media scholars use the term meme to study how content spreads across the Internet, by focusing on the content of the content -virality, while virality is a metaphor -people do the spreading, not the content. For Dawkins (in the meme) "the idea of purpose is only a metaphor" (The Selfish Gene). When Godwin introduced the Internet meme idea, he seemed to be taking this concept of virality in order to introduce a counter-meme (Godwin's Law of Nazi Analogies). In this case, the meme's purpose is Godwin's purpose. https://www.wired.com/1994/10/godwin-if-2/ Many definitions of meme emphasise humour e.g. “a piece of culture, typically a joke, which gains inﬂuence through online transmission.” Davison, P. (2012). The Language of Internet Memes. In M. Mandiberg (ed.), The Social Media Reader (pp. 120–34), New York: New York University Press If we lose our sense of humour while studying or discussing memes, we will not be able to understand them at all. Probably best not to underestimate the role of humour in any communications, but especially online. Hope this helps. -Ella Dr Ella Taylor-Smith School of Computing Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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Postdoc and PhD Positions at LMU Munich
by sahana udupa 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

*Postdoc and PhD positions at LMU Munich * *beginning January 2018* *new media political cultures, India, diaspora* Ludwig Maximilian University Munich is one of Europe’s leading research universities with more than 500 years of tradition. ERC Project ONLINERPOL hosted at LMU Munich invites applications for fully funded *one postdoctoral and two doctoral positions * ONLINERPOL (www.fordigitaldignity.com) is a five year research project (2017-22) on political cultures of new media in India and the diaspora. The project is funded by the European Research Council Starting Grant. ONLINERPOL explores new media practices in India and the diaspora in Europe, and examines the relationship between expanding Internet media and the politics of national belonging mediated by secular-religious-liberal fissures. The project is carried out by a core team of researchers based at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, in cooperation with the Department of Communication and Media Research, LMU Munich, and a global network of collaborators. We seek energetic and committed applicants who can design projects on new media and political cultures, and creatively connect with the objectives of ONLINERPOL. *PhD positions (3.5 years)* *PhD position 1:* *Ethnography of online media, political cultures and Hindu identities among the Indian diaspora in the UK and Germany* The project will carry out an ethnographic study of online practices and narratives around national belonging/Hindu nationalism among the Indian diaspora in the UK and Germany. The project will closely follow particular social media sites and user groups (Facebook/Twitter or website/online discussion group). *PhD position 2: * *Ethnography of online meda, poltiical cultures and Muslim identities among the Indian diaspora in the UK and Germany* The project will carry out an ethnographic study of online practices, Muslim identities and narratives of national belonging among the Indian diaspora in the UK and Germany. The project will closely follow particular social media sites and user groups (Facebook/Twitter or website/online discussion group). The broad objective of the doctoral positions is to understand the dynamics of online use cultures as they mediate diapora experiences and political cultures of national belonging, and how they bring about new, real-time connections between diasporic locations and homeland politics. In both the projects, ethnographic fielwork among online users will be supplmented with an analysis of the design and organization of sampled Facebook groups, Twitter handles or websites, and the social texts and activities they have generated. Candidates with a background in anthropology, media and communication studies, or cultural studies with regional interest in South Asia are invited to apply. PhD researchers will participate in specially designed reading courses on anthropology of digital media; media and religion; and digital media activism, with opportunities to enrol for other courses at the university. They will also have an opportunity to assist/offer undergraduate courses on media anthropology. Candidates will take part in various project related activities, including workshops, conferences and social media contributions. Doctoral positions are funded (TVL E13 50%) for 3.5 years. The project will cover fieldwork expenses and participation in international conferences. *Postdoctoral position (2 years)* *New media and political Islam in India* The study will map and analyze online media engagaemets of a major organization for political Islam in India (for eg., *Jamaat-i-Islami*) using ethnographic techniques and discourse anlaysis. How does the organization engage, organize and regulate its online presence? How does it engage online debates on national belonging and what are the implications for historically configured politics of religious difference? How is authority affirmed and reconfigured in light of the emerging online Muslim publics? Candidates with a background in anthropology, media and communication studies, cultural studies, or Islamic studies with regional interest in South Asia are invited to apply. The posdoctoral researcher is invited to co-design and co-teach the courses on media and religion, and digital ethnography, and actively participate in planning and organizing project related offline and online activities. Postdoctoral position is contracted with TVL E13 100% salary for 2 years. All fieldwork expenses will be covered, and participation in international conferences will be fully funded. **** Successful applicants are expected to begin on or by *1 January 2018*. Proficiency in English is needed. Net savviness is highly desired. Successful candidates will be part of an exciting multidisciplinary conversation on new media, with opportunties to partner with the core research team based in Munich and a global network of collaborators. *Our offer* The university is centrally located in Munich and can be reached very easily by public transport. We offer a stimating work atmosphere with opportunities for further education and growth. Differently abled people are given a priority. Send your application (cover letter, 2 page proposal with a clear research plan and timeline, updated CV, 2 writing samples , names of two referees and copies of degree certificates as a single pdf) by email to ONLINERPOL(a)ethnologie.lmu.de with the subject line ˊApplication for doctoral/postdoctoral position ONLINERPOLˊ or by post to Prof. Dr. Sahana Udupa Professor of Media Anthropology Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology Ludwig Maximilian University Oettingenstr. 67 D-80538 Munich Telefon +49 (0)89 2180-9614 <+49%2089%2021809614> *Deadline for submission: 31 August 2017. * Queries may be addressed to onlinerpol(a)ethnologie.lmu.de <sahana.udupa(a)lmu.de>. For more on the project visit www.fordigitaldignity.com

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CfP EXTENDED: Int. Workshop on Social Network Analysis and Digital Humanities co-located with i-Know 2017
by Christoph Trattner 22 Jun '17

22 Jun '17

** Due to several requests the deadline has been extended ** -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS (Extended Deadline) International Workshop on Social Network Analysis and Digital Humanities to be held in Graz, Austria co-located with i-Know 2017 (http://i-know.tugraz.at/) Website: https://snandig.github.io/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates (Extended Deadlines): ===================================== ** July 7th, 2017 - Paper submission deadline ** July 31th, 2017 - Notification to authors ** August 21st, 2017 - Camera-Ready Version ** October 11th/12th, 2017 - 10:30-17:00 - Workshop Workshop Organizers: ==================== Christian Guetl (Graz University of Technology, Austria) Denis Helic (Graz University of Technology, Austria) Elisabeth Lex (Graz University of Technology, Austria) Christoph Trattner (MODUL University Vienna, Austria) Objectives & Topics: ==================== We invite original submissions addressing all aspects of social networks analysis and digital humanities. Online social networks and social media sites enable numerous users to collaboratively create online information by producing new content and by establishing new links between people, information, and services. At the same time, these user leave digital traces on the Web, which provide unparalleled research opportunities for studying questions in sociology, psychology, behavioral science, or political and economic science. While the study of human digital traces has attracted attention from different communities, understanding human social behavior via non-invasive methods remains a challenging task and an open problem. Tackling this challenge requires new methods, instruments and techniques as well as an interdisciplinary effort from researchers across disciplines such as computer science, humanities, social sciences and others. This workshop seeks original submissions on either methods or practices at the crossroads of these various disciplines. We invite submissions that may include the following topics, but are not limited to: ** Studies of online communities ** Communities of practice, online participation ** Graph partitioning and community discovery ** Link prediction ** Location-aware social networks and mobility ** Expertise and trust in online social networks ** Crowdsourcing and social media ** Information diffusion in social networks ** Social influence ** Opinion formation in social networks ** Social bots and their role in shaping of public opinion ** Studies of human culture based on online social networks and encyclopedia, computational methods to assess human culture along different dimensions (such as language, food, music, literature etc.) ** Using social media to study psychological and social phenomena, and corresponding methods to assess such phenomena via web-based investigations ** Biases in social media, such as population biases, channel bias, self-selection bias, etc and computational methods for assessment and correction ** The study of limitations of tools used in digital humanities, extension of traditional source criticism into the development of systematic "tool criticism" ** Social and individual inequalities on the web, e.g. gender or race disparities, computational methods and instruments to assess and track inequalities ** Studies of political processes and dynamics on the web, such as elections, political unrest, grassroots movements ** Predictions with social media, e.g. stock markets, spread of language, culture, memes or diseases ** Longitudinal studies of social phenomena and social change on the web ** Computational methods to assess and improve social and/or individual well-being via the web ** Studies investigating the role and causal impact of algorithms in facilitating social interactions on the web Submissions: ============ Submissions: We solicit research papers (max. 8 pages) in the ACM conference paper style. Acceptance of the papers will be either as full (regular) or short/demo papers with the corresponding presentation slots. Papers accepted as full will be published in the ACM Digital Library and papers accepted as short/demo will be published in special online workshop proceedings. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iknow2017. Please select "Social Network Analysis" as a track in EasyChair. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; All papers will be peer-reviewed, must not be under review in any other conference, workshop or journal (at the time of submission), and must contain novel contributions. Location: ========= The workshop will take place at the Messe Congress Graz, Austria and will be held in conjunction with i-Know 2017. Further information of this location can be found on the i-Know website: http://i-know.tugraz.at/. Contact: ======== Christian Guetl - c.guetl(at)tugraz.at Denis Helic - dhelic(at)tugraz.at Elisabeth Lex - elisabeth.lex(at)tugraz.at Christoph Trattner - christoph.trattner(at)modul.ac.at -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Assistant Professor MODUL University Vienna Department of New Media Technology E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)modul.ac.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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