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Interdisciplinary PhD Positions, Information Studies
by Andrea Forte 21 Oct '16

21 Oct '16

Hi all, It's that time of year when students look for advice about PhD program applications. This year we are launching a new, redesigned PhD program in Information Studies here in the College of Computing and Informatics at Drexel University. PhD in Information Studies http://drexel.edu/cci/PhDIS It's designed to be a highly interdisciplinary program with a lot of flexibility that would suit students interested in Internet research. We are currently accepting applicants for a variety of funded research assistantship positions in various areas of: - human-centered computing (HCC), - data science, and - information science. Some of our RA openings are highlighted here: http://drexel.edu/cci/programs/graduate-programs/phd-information-studies/Ad…, but this is not an exhaustive list of opportunities. Questions can be directed to PhD program director, moi, (aforte(a)drexel.edu) First consideration deadline is Dec 15th, but we accept apps til Jan 15th. -Andrea -- :: Andrea Forte :: Associate Professor :: College of Computing and Informatics :: Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA :: http://andreaforte.net | aforte(a)drexel.edu | 215.895.0543 :: http://www.drexelsocialcomputing.net

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Re: [Air-L] advice on course readings
by Elizabeth Rodwell 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

I’d add excerpts from My TIny Life, by Julian Dibbell >> > On 19 Oct 2016, at 11:45 PM, Adriana de Souza e Silva > <aasilva(a)ncsu.edu> wrote: > > > All, > > > I’m teaching a graduate seminar for MS and PhD students called > “internet and society” next spring. > > > I’m looking for good readings (book chapters and/or journal > articles) on two subjects: > > - history of asynchronous communication platforms (USENET, BBS, > blogs, wikis, etc.) > > - history of synchronous communication platforms (MUDs, chat > environments, etc.) > > > I find a lot of stuff on specific uses of blogs, twitter etc, but > very little on their historical antecedents. Any suggestions would be > welcome! > > > Best, > > Adriana > > ______________________________ > > Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D. > > Associate Professor of Communication > > Director of the Communication Rhetoric and Digital Media (CRDM) > Ph.D. Program > > NC State University > > http://www.souzaesilva.com >

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Tenure Track Position, Michigan State University Dept. of Media and Information
by Keith Hampton 20 Oct '16

20 Oct '16

Job Opening: Tenure System Position in Human-Centered Technology Tenure System Assistant or Associate Professor in Human-Centered Technology Department of Media and Information Michigan State University The Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor or Associate Professor in the area of Human-Centered Technology. We seek an emerging scholar and teacher with an innovative research program that can complement our efforts to expand the boundaries of our field. While we are open to candidates with a wide range of backgrounds and interests, we are particularly interested in candidates with a strong interest in human-computer interaction (HCI), including social computing, crowdsourcing, collective intelligence, social media, computer-supported collaborative work, interaction design, and the multi-disciplinary study of the design, use and effects of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Expected start date is August 16, 2017. To apply, please visit the Michigan State University Employment Opportunities website (https://jobs.msu.edu) refer to Posting #4276, and complete an electronic submission. Applicants should submit the following materials electronically: (1) a cover letter indicating the position you are interested in and summarizing your qualifications for it, (2) a current vita, (3) if appropriate, the URL to an existing individual or collaborative website that conveys your current scholarship, and (4) the names and contact information for three individuals willing to serve as your recommenders to the search committee. Review of applications will begin on November 28, 2016, and continue until the position is filled. Please direct any questions to Professor Rick Wash, Search Committee Chair, Department of Media and Information at Michigan State University, at < wash(a)msu.edu>. MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities. -- ______________________________________________________________ *Keith N. Hampton, Ph.D.* *Professor* College of Communication Arts and Sciences Department of Media and Information <http://tism.msu.edu/> www.mysocialnetwork.net www.twitter.com/mysocnet

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news imagery metadata and iphones as news cameras
by kalev leetaru 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Apologies for cross-posting. Thought many on this list that look at online news imagery would find of great interest my latest that looks at a 48 hour period last week of over 1.3 million news images from news outlets worldwide and ran them all through Image::ExifTool to pull all of the available metadata fields out of each image. In total there were more than 5,000 distinct metadata fields found across the collection. Various statistics on the average age of news images (just over a third of news images that contain date information are from the last 24 hours, while more than a quarter of news images are more than a year old, reflecting file and stock photos), while mobile phones are found to account for a growing fraction of news imagery: http://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/10/19/the-hidden-world-of-new… For those interested in deep diving, here is a special extract of just the metadata in JSON format: http://blog.gdeltproject.org/vgkg-2-0-metadata-stats-at-2-weeks/ ~Kalev http://kalevleetaru.com/ http://blog.gdeltproject.org/

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advice on course readings - hiltz & turoff
by Barry Wellman 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Roxanne Hiltz & Murray Turoff were creating the Internet before there was an Internet. See their engaged but scholarly account in Hiltz, S. R., & Turoff, M. (1978). The Network Nation: Human Communication via Computer. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Inc. and their 1993 updated version 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 _______________________________________________________________________

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WEBCAST TODAY: What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?
by Joly MacFie 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

If tweeting, please include @CUBE_bk <https://twitter.com/CUBE_bk> handle. joly posted: "Today Wednesday October 19 2016 Brooklyn Law School’s Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship (CUBE) presents What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?. A panel will address questions: Do the benefits of data collection and usage outweigh the privacy intrusio" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/bigdata>Today *Wednesday October 19 2016* Brooklyn Law School’s *Center for Urban Business Entrepreneurship <http://www.brooklaw.edu/en/intellectuallife/CUBE/Overview.aspx>* (CUBE) presents *What’s the Big Deal with Big Data?* <https://www.brooklaw.edu/intellectuallife/CUBE/Events/2015>. A panel will address questions: Do the benefits of data collection and usage outweigh the privacy intrusions? Does the Blockchain, or other emerging technologies, somehow save us and our data from control by (un)trusted intermediaries while advancing the value of a data-driven world? How do lawyers wrestle with these questions in a real-world context? Speakers: *Solon Barocas*, Postdoc Researcher, New York City Lab, Microsoft Research; *Dimitri Nemirovsky*, Co-Founder of Reyhani Nemirovsky LLP and Vida Identity; *Rachel F. Strom*, Partner, Levine Sullivan Koch & Schulz, LLP; *Dana V. Syracuse*, Counsel, BuckleySandler LLP. Moderator: *Christina Mulligan*, Associate Professor of Law, Brooklyn Law School. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/bigdata>*. *What: What’s the Big Deal with Big Data? <https://www.brooklaw.edu/intellectuallife/CUBE/Events/2015>* * Where: Brooklyn Law School* * When: Wednesday October 19 2016 6:45-8:15pm ET | 22:45-00:15 UTC* * Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/bigdata <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/bigdata>* * Twitter: #bigdata + @brooklynlaw http://bit.ly/2dllTrE <http://bit.ly/2dllTrE>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8728#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8728#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8728 <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8728> <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8728> Joly MacFie President - Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) http://isoc-ny.org 218 565 9365 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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course readings
by Barry Wellman 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Reminder that Lee Rainie & my Networked book is not only available online and in pb, but either Lee or I will skype lecture if your class orders 15+ copies. With a 100 copies you get both of us! http://amzn.to/zXZg39 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 _______________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] advice on course readings
by Gabriella "Biella" Coleman 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

Hi, So here are some recommendations: Amazing piece on Usenet and early battles that led to establishment of a free speech ethic is "If I Want It, It's OK": Usenet and the (Outer) Limits of Free Speech http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/019722496129350 Early history of the Internet that juxtaposes 4 books on the internet to come up with some more convincing arguments about the internet than each book = http://www.pne.people.si.umich.edu/PDF/ahrcwreview.pdf Wizards, Bureaucrats, Warriors, and Hackers: Writing the History of the Internet Roy Rosenzweig Kevin Driscoll has also done some great work on early networking http://kevindriscoll.info/ And there is an 8 part documentary on the BBS by Jason Scott that is quite good http://bbsdocumentary.com/ Big fan of Bruce Sterling's chapter on the BBS and hackers in the Hacker Crackdown as well. Maxigas is working on a huge history of IRC (but I don't think he has yet to publish anything and yes, he publishes with only his first name). Lucas Grave's piece on blogs is quite good https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=zYci-… The Affordances of Blogging A Case Study in Culture and Technological Effects <http://jci.sagepub.com/content/31/4/331.short> Finally Julian Dibbells piece on Muds, and a rape in cyberspace = classic. All best, Gabriella On 2016-10-19 12:22 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Re: [Air-L] advice on course readings m teaching a graduate seminar for MS and PhD students called “internet and society” next spring. I’m looking for good readings (book chapters and/or journal articles) on two subjects: - history of asynchronous communication platforms (USENET, BBS, blogs, wikis, etc.) - history of synchronous communication platforms (MUDs, chat environments, etc.) -- Gabriella Coleman Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy Department of Art History & Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, PQ H3A 0G5 http://gabriellacoleman.org/ 514-398-8572

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Connected migrants: KNAW colloquium and phd masterclass, 14-16 December, Amsterdam
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

-- Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross-posting. We have several spots left for the masterclass and colloquium on connected migrants: encapsulation and cosmopolitanism in Amsterdam 14-16 December 2016. The registration deadline has been extended. Kindly register before November 28. If you have questions, do get in touch! Best wishes, Koen. “Today, every society is just a collection of diasporas. People join the societies to which they are loyal and pay their taxes, but at the same time, they do not want to give up their identity. The connection between where you live and identity has been broken” – Zygmunt Bauman (http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/19/inenglish/1453208692_424660.html) “Most people use social media not to open their horizons wider, but to lock themselves in a comfort zone” – Zygmunt Bauman (http://elpais.com/elpais/2016/01/19/inenglish/1453208692_424660.html) World renown emeritus professor Zygmunt Bauman will assess contemporary formations of the internet, diaspora, migration and multiculturalism on a public lecture on Friday 16, from 15.00-16.30. The KNAW (The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences) has granted funding to Prof. Sandra Ponzanesi and Dr Koen Leurs. In December 2016, they will organise a KNAW Academy Colloquium entitled ‘Connected migrants: encapsulation or cosmopolitanism?’ with 16 international experts. Koen Leurs & Sandra Ponzanesi will organise a two-day seminar and a one-day masterclass for advanced PhD students and emerging scholars. ENCAPSULATION AND COSMOPOLITANISM In our contemporary world, migrants should be considered as 'connected migrants'. More than ever before, migrants can chose between different technologies to be in contact with loved ones living in their country of origin. This colloquium will innovatively address how digital practices of migrants revolves around the dialectic of 'encapsulation' and 'cosmopolitanism'. Previously, scholars singled out one or another of these processes. 'Homophily', the assumption that 'birds of a feather flock together', is popular among those who argue that transnational communication hinders integration and leads to segregation and radicalisation. Scholars however also contend that migrants can be present in both their host society and their homeland . Seen this way, migrants can connect with their homeland and diaspora, forming bonding capital and developing bridging, cosmopolitan capital by connecting with their host society. Although contested, cosmopolitanism is indispensable as a 'grounded category' to capture everyday reflexive imaginations of openness between self, other and world among elite and subaltern subjects. This colloquium innovatively brings experts in the field together to acknowledge how boundary making and cosmopolitanisation operate simultaneously and grasps social, cultural and political implications of migrant digital practices as grounded in everyday practices. Confirmed speakers include Prof. Zygmunt Bauman Prof. Miyase Christensen Dr. Dana Diminescu Dr. Alexander Dhoest Prof Godfried Engbersen Prof. Radhika Gajjala Dr. Myria Georgiou Prof. Cees Hamelink Dr. Gavan Titley Dr. Nishant Shah Dr. Sanjay Sharma Dr. Kevin Smets Prof. Huub Dijsselbloem Dr. Farida Vis Dr. Roopika Risam Dr Saskia Witteborn Dr. Kishonna Gray We also welcome PhD students, early career researchers and advanced students interested in the topic to apply for this exciting masterclass preceding the colloquium on December 14, 2016 in Amsterdam. International experts Farida Vis, Kishonna Gray & Roopika Risam will equip participants with a solid theoretical grounding and methodological skillset to analyse migrant connectivity practices. See https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/staff/vis, http://www.kishonnagray.com<http://www.kishonnagray.com/> and http://roopikarisam.com<http://roopikarisam.com/>. Sign up before October 15, 2016! – deadline extended to November 28. Questions? Email Koen Leurs @ k.h.a.leurs(a)uu.nl<mailto:k.h.a.leurs@uu.nl> There is no fee for participating in the masterclass. This is the open call for colloquium participants (150 euro’s fee): http://www.knaw.nl/en/news/calendar/academy-colloquium-connected-migrants?s… This is the open call for masterclass participants (free of charge): http://www.knaw.nl/en/news/calendar/connected-migrants-encapsulation-or-cos… Thanks for your kind assistance! Best wishes, Koen.

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Re: [Air-L] advice on course readings
by Stephen Rea 19 Oct '16

19 Oct '16

In addition to the already excellent list, I would suggest Pavel Curtis's "Mudding: Social Phenomena in Text-based Virtual Realities" and Fred Turner's "Where the Counterculture Met the New Economy: The WELL and the Origins of Virtual Community" (the latter pairs really well with Rheingold, for obvious reasons). Also, Morningstar and Farmer's "The Lesson's of Lucasfilm's *Habitat*," which also had its own trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVpulhO3jyc Cheers, Stephen -- Stephen C. Rea, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Sociology & Anthropology Bucknell University

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