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Write for Cyborgology!
by David Banks 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Hi Everyone, The Society Pages hosts Cyborgology, a blog about technology and society written for a general audience. We are looking for new contributors so click here <https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2016/07/18/cyborgology-is-looking-f…> or read below to find out how to join the team! -David For nearly six years Cyborgology has been dedicated to producing thoughtful essays and commentary about society’s relationship to technology. Writers enjoy significant freedom to write essays and stories of varying length, style, and topic. We are now looking for several new contributors to join Cyborgology. *What we are looking for:* People willing to write about society, culture, and technology in an accessible but smart way. Contributions can take many forms and we are flexible about writing frequency. Scrolling through the last few months of Cyborgology is the best way to get an idea of the style and frequency of pieces we want to see. We are especially interested in writers from under-represented or marginalized subject positions. You do not need to be affiliated with any institution of higher learning but you do have to be comfortable writing about and through theoretical concepts. Of course writing schedules are very flexible and we are open to whatever work arrangement you can put together. The best way to know what kind of work we want is to read the site and check out our submission guidelines for guest posts. *The benefits of writing for Cyborgology:* For better or worse, Cyborgology is a volunteer effort. None of us get paid and we do not anticipate that changing anytime soon. Writing for Cyborgology has, however, been known to open up new opportunities of a monetary nature. We are also proud to have a dedicated, smart audience that likes to share and discuss our ideas. Work on Cyborgology has also been linked to and shared by large media organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Pacific Standard, and many more. All writing on Cyborgology is covered under a Creative Commons attribution license and authors retain full control over their work. We are also a member of an awesome community of blogs and publications under The Society Pages umbrella. *How to apply:* As our past and present contributors can attest– writing for Cyborgology is a strange animal. Therefore, we’ve done our best to simulate writing for Cyborgology in the application process. We want three polished writing samples between 500-1000 words, at least two of which need to grapple with a current event between now (July 18, 2016) and the due date which is September 1, 2016. It is totally fine to send us something you’ve published elsewhere or turned in for an assignment. We may also ask if we can run some of your submissions as guest posts before we make any final decisions. Writing samples should be saved as either .doc or .docx and sent as an attachment to david.adam.banks [at] gmail.com. In the email please indicate the best email address to reach you, a short three sentence bio, and any other accomplishments you think we should know about. A full cover letter is not necessary. *About Cyborgology: *Individuals and social groups have always been cyborgs because we have always existed in tandem with technology. Today, with the vast proliferation and diffusion of new technologies throughout society, techno-human syntheses occur in more aspects of our lives than ever before. Advances in medicine augment our bodies with technology (e.g., pills, pacemakers, IUDs, breast implants, Viagra, contact lenses). Communication is increasingly technologically mediated (e.g., radio, television, the web). We are experiencing a proliferation of personal devices like the smart phone, which is, essentially, a computer we carry with us wherever we go, often sleeping with them at our bedsides and using them check our profiles and messages first thing in the morning. It is not difficult to imagine a future where we begin to look like the cyborgs found in movies; however, our definition goes far beyond the half-human, half-robots propelled into the popular imaginary by science fiction and cyberpunk because technology is about more than electronics. The layout of a prison or a school is a technology of discipline; language is a technology of thought and communication; cultural norms themselves are technologies of social organization—in every instance, technology is the product of a particular historical moment and it becomes integrated into the social life of that period. Our focus is as broad as these examples suggest, but we most often focus on new technologies. Today, the reality is that both the digital and the material constantly augment one another to create a social landscape ripe for new ideas. As Cyborgologists, we consider both the promise and the perils of living in constant contact with technology.

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Second Call for Student Travelling Support
by Announce Announcements 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

*** Second Call for Student Travelling Support *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Following the tradition of previous years, we will offer student participation support provided by SIGCHI to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from SIGCHI must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed. You must be a member of SIGCHI before you apply ($19 dues). The objective of IUI's student support is to encourage students interested in subjects related to Intelligent User Interfaces to become active members of the IUI community. To apply, the student should be actively enrolled as a student in an academic institution. Priority will be given to students who are first authors of accepted papers and to participants in the doctoral consortium. Recipients of the stipend are also expected to help the conference organization as student volunteers. The level of support will be determined by the availability of funds and the number of eligible applications. The application should include: 1. Full name 2. Email address 3. The school you are attending, your major, and the country in which the school resides 4. If you will present at the conference, please provide the title of the submission and its type (e.g., research paper, student consortium, demo). Please note if you have submitted but have not found out if your submission has been accepted 5. A short statement describing your research interests and how you wish to benefit from attending this conference 6. The location you are flying from and the cost for your airfare, as determined by the availability of low-cost economy fares for travel to the conference. Please describe any other expenses you expect to accrue, but do not include registration and housing costs, as they are similar for all students 7. A letter of recommendation from your thesis or doctoral advisor (or supervising faculty member) sent separately by email to the Student Consortium Co-Chairs. If you are also applying to the Student Consortium, one appropriately worded recommendation letter can be used for both applications, or you may submit a slightly different letter for each application 8. You must be a member of SIGCHI before you apply The application The SSTG application has two parts: an application form that is submitted by the student; and a letter of support from the student's advisor that the student will attach to his or her application. More information and a link for submitting an application (available a month before the deadline, early July 2016) can be found on the SIGCHI website (http://www.sigchi.org/conferences/funding/student-travel-grant) Submit your single, combined PDF (except letter of recommendation, must be a separate PDF to attach to the application) to: PCS by the deadline! The application round opens in early July, create an account/login to PCS, and look for the submission link under SIGCHI. Deadline for applications for student support: August 1st, 2016. Notification of Results: August 15th, 2016.

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New OA publication - Poetics of Early YouTube: Production, Performance, Success
by Rainer Hillrichs 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, let me introduce you to my e-book about early YouTube culture, which has been published open access now. *Poetics of Early YouTube *offers an analysis of the most subscribed YouTube channels of the years 2005 and 2006 – the first two years of the platform’s operation – with methods of film and media studies. The aspects in focus are users’ backgrounds and motivations for using YouTube, video production, settings, modes of performance, cinematography, editing, the overall form of videos, and the activities of the contributing users and of others with regards to the videos once uploaded to YouTube. Is today’s professional and commercial YouTube culture the downfall of a ‘participatory culture’ in which there were no lines between producers and consumers and the approval of the ‘YouTube community’ was revenue enough? This study argues otherwise and challenges the participatory culture and social media paradigms which have been predominant in the research thus far. It shows that dedicated video production mattered already in the early years of the platform. It shows how YouTube users employed their performing bodies and audiovisual techniques in creative ways to produce their videos – and how they made their videos successful and generate revenues on and off YouTube. How is YouTube an extension, transformation, or break from media like film and television? How can YouTube videomaking be situated with regards to other cultural practices? This study offers novel insights. The website: http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2016/4407/4407.htm The full pdf: http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2016/4407/4407.pdf Kind regards, Rainer --- Dr. Rainer Hillrichs Universität Mannheim http://uni-mannheim.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs

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Transnational Mobility in the Asia Pacific Family, Friends, Facebook Symposium
by Catherine Gomes 17 Jul '16

17 Jul '16

Transnational Mobility in the Asia Pacific Family, Friends, Facebook Symposium 3 November 2016 RMIT University Travelling internationally for work, study, humanitarian and lifestyle reasons has become a global phenomenon and commonplace in the Asia-Pacific. Facilitated by cheaper and more frequent modes of travel together with varied degrees of desire, determination and desperation, the past few decades has seen greater and increasing numbers of people leaving their countries of origin and families to pursue better and improved lives for themselves. The normality of transnational mobility also means that people have prior, if not frequent experience living outside the country of origin. Transnational mobility however does not mean a loss of connectivity to family and friends left behind due to the vast improvements in media and communication technologies. Social media which has grown rapidly in less than a decade has become an embedded part of everyday life. Social media has changed the landscape of communication. We are now able to communicate with family, friends and acquaintances en masse and privately, constantly and in real time wherever we are and in whatever we are doing. More than just presenting us with various ways of communicating with each other, social media has also expanded the social groups we communicate with. While social media is a platform of choice for everyday communication with people we know, it also allows us to broadcast our thoughts, opinions, ideas and ideologies with a broad audience – across state and national lines. Discussing the intersections of transnational mobility with new communication technologies and their impact on familial and social networks and relations, this symposium brings together cutting edge research from scholars across disciplines. Keynote address: Prof Brenda Yeoh, National University of Singapore Convenor: Dr Catherine Gomes This event is funded by the RMIT Foundation, International Visiting Fellowship, Digital Ethnographic Research Centre and Asia@RMIT Registration is FREE Website: https://tmapsite.wordpress.com/ -- Dr Catherine Gomes Senior Lecturer School of Media and Communication RMIT University GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001 Australia Room: 9.2.03 (city campus) tel: + 61 3 9925 5068 fax: + 61 3 99259730 email: catherine.gomes(a)rmit.edu.au Staff website <http://www1.rmit.edu.au/staff/catherinegomes> Leader, Migration and Digital Media, Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) <http://www.digital-ethnography.net/> Founding Editor, Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration <http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=252/view,page=0/> Transient Migrant project website <http://translatingimpermanence.org/> (Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship) Symposium: Transnational Mobility in the Asia Pacific: Family, Friends, Facebook <https://tmapsite.wordpress.com/> Forthcoming books: Catherine Gomes, Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in Australia and Singapore <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811016387> Catherine Gomes (Ed.), *The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for Community and Identity on and through Social Media*, London, NY, Delhi: Anthem Press. Recent book: Multiculturalism through the Lens: A Guide to Ethnic and Migrant Anxieties in Singapore <https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/multiculturalism-through-the-lens-a-…> CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A This message contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use only of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in relation to it. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender at the above address.

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HUJI Dept of Communication Position Advert
by Neta Kligler-Vilenchik 17 Jul '16

17 Jul '16

*Faculty of Social Sciences - Tenure-Track Position in Communication and Journalism* The Noah Mozes Department of Communication and Journalism <http://communication.mscc.huji.ac.il/> at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites outstanding candidates to apply for a tenure-track position starting July, 2017. Excellent candidates in all areas of communications are invited to apply. The successful applicant will join a dynamic research-oriented faculty offering innovative undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. For more information about our faculty and research please visit: https://scholars.huji.ac.il/smart Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree at the time of hire, and demonstrate an active research program, indicating the potential for outstanding scholarship. The person hired will teach introductory and advanced courses in communications in their areas of specialization. He/she will also be expected to supervise Masters and Ph.D. students and to contribute to departmental and university service. Ability to teach in Hebrew is required (in exceptional cases, successful candidates will be expected to teach courses in Hebrew within a few years of their arrival). Applications should include the following documents in a *single PDF file*. Documents should be in English in the order described below. • Candidate’s letter of application (cover letter). • Detailed CV (including email address) according to the format of the Hebrew University <http://academic-secretary.huji.ac.il/mini/minuyim/mini/minuyim/?cmd=mini.466> . • Full list of publications according to the format of the Hebrew University <http://academic-secretary.huji.ac.il/mini/minuyim/mini/minuyim/?cmd=mini.468>. Please present each of the following as separate categories: books (authored and edited), articles in refereed journals, chapters in books, other publications. • Scientific biography outlining research and teaching interests and research plans for the next several years (3-4 pages long). • Names, addresses, affiliation, academic status, and email addresses of at least *two* referees qualified and willing to assess the candidate’s achievements and potential. The candidate should ask the referees to send their letters of recommendation directly to the Head of the Department of Communication by the deadline noted here below. • Brief description of 3-4 potential courses that the candidate would be able teach. For each proposed course please include the following information: Title, type of course, brief description, and specify whether the candidate has taught it before. • Teaching evaluations (if such exist). • Copies of *three* selected recent publications that best showcase the candidate’s scholarship (these may also include articles or book chapters accepted but not yet published). Applicants will compete with candidates of other departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences for academic positions. Appointment procedures will be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Hebrew University and are subject to the approval of the university authorities. The university is not obliged to appoint any of the candidates who apply for the position. PLEASE SEND THESE DOCUMENTS IN *ONE SINGLE PDF* ATTACHED FILE TO: msifat(a)mail.huji.ac.il Inquiries should be directed to: Professor Ifat Maoz Head, Department of Communication and Journalism, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mount Scopus Jerusalem 91905 Israel Email: msifat(a)mail.huji.ac.il Deadline for applications: September 22, 2016. Please inform your referees that their letters should also arrive by the deadline.

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Legal Hackers Summit 2016 Livestream
by Joly MacFie 16 Jul '16

16 Jul '16

https://youtu.be/y42sYunr3uM - -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Alert about missing abstracts for CFP: "ethic as method in an era of big data" special issue in SM&S
by Annette Markham 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hi all, Did you submit an abstract to our CFP for the "Ethic as Method in an Era of Big Data" special issue of SM&S? it has come to our attention that the email address we used in our CFP was/became defunct/inoperable. So we have heard from two people whose abstracts never got through to us. If you submitted an abstract and have not heard from Andrew Herman or Annette Markham, please let one of us know asap and we will consider your abstract. By ASAP, we mean to say end of July, 2016. So sorry for the inconvenience, apologies for spamming the list with the equivalent of a message in a bottle, and thanks for alerting anyone you think might have submitted something to us but didn't hear from us and won't likely read this post, cheers, annette and andrew ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Professor MSO, School of Communication & Culture, Aarhus University Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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ACM GROUP'16 CFP: Posters, Demos and Doctoral Consortium Submissions (AUGUST 01, 2016)
by Hanna Maurin Söderholm 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

*************************************************************************************** ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork (Group 2016) Call for Poster, Demo and Doctoral Consortium Submissions November 13-16, 2016, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA Submission deadline: August 01, 2016 http://www.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/ *************************************************************************************** For over 25 years, the Group conferences have showcased the work of researchers and practitioners on the design, development, management, deployment, and analysis of computer-based collaborative systems, as well as explorations of the ethical, social, and political dimensions of such systems. A strong emphasis of GROUP conferences is to foster a discourse on collaborative technology that bridges the fields of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Information Systems (IS), and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) among others. Relevant issues include the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of the impact of these systems as well as examinations of relevant research methodologies. UPCOMING DEADLINES, AUGUST 01 2016: - Posters and Demos: http://oldwww.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/publish.html#po… - Doctoral Consortium: http://oldwww.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/student.html#dc *********************************************** POSTERS AND DEMOS AT GROUP *********************************************** Posters and demos are an opportunity to present late-breaking and preliminary results that may not suitable for a Paper or a Note submission, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, student research, and other research best presented in an open and interactive format. Demos are expected to present design and implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The peer-reviewed demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, try them out, and discuss the systems with those who created them. SUBMISSION: Poster and demo submissions should include an extended abstract that is no longer than 4 pages, including all figures and references, in the ACM Standard Format (available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) In addition, submissions may include a separate Tabloid sized (11 x 17 inches) draft of the poster for review purposes. Please note that the poster draft is optional and not required for review purposes. The submission is NOT anonymous and both the extended abstract and the poster draft should include the author(s)’ names. Posters and demos will be displayed during a special session at the conference. Poster and demo authors are expected to be available to discuss their work. In addition, the audience will vote on the top three posters and/or demos. Accepted poster and demo submissions will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Please send submissions directly to the poster and demo co-chairs at: posters(a)group2016.org. DEADLINE: August 1, 2016 POSTERS/DEMOS CO-CHAIRS: Adriana Vivacqua, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Alexander Boden, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Nassim JafariNaimi, Georgia Tech, USA *********************************************** DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM AT GROUP *********************************************** The Group’16 Doctoral Research Consortium (DC) provides a forum for late-stage doctoral students to advance their dissertation projects and career planning through guided interaction peers and distinguished faculty mentors. The program will begin with a full-day dissertation-focused session on Sunday, November 13th, culminating in a career-focused dinner with the mentor team. On Monday, all DC participants will participate in the poster and demo session to engage the entire Group’16 conference with their projects. The program will conclude with a closing meal on WedWe encourage applicants from a broad range of disciplines and approaches that inform Group, including HCI, CSCW, anthropology, sociology, information science, computer science, information systems, cognitive science, organizational studies, design and related fields. We are particularly interested in applications from institutions and programs that have not traditionally been well-represented at past Group conferences. We also encourage applications from non-US institutions. Applicants should be late-stage Ph.D. students with an already well-established direction of research, but whose research would benefit from guidance provided by peers and senior colleagues. Preference will be given to students who have a clearly defined topic and program of work underway. They have likely proposed their topics and are within 2 years of graduation within a 5 year program or are half way through a 3 (or 4) year program. The DC committee will select up to 10 participants. These scholars will be expected to present their research for critique at the main DC event, interact with the conference around their poster at the reception, attend the full technical program, and the wrap-up meeting. APPLICATION: Applicants should submit the following items by email to DC(a)group2016.org with the subject line "GROUP 2016 DC Application" This should include TWO PDF attachments: overview and bio/cv. • A FOUR-page overview of your doctoral research project that describes your research question, work in progress, and expected contributions. This includes an abstract of no more than 100 words. Please submit your overview in the SIGCHI Extended Abstract Format (Word, Latex). • A short 1-paragraph biographical sketch (on its own page) appended to your up-to-date curriculum vitae. • Separately your supervisor should send an e-mail to DC(a)group2016.org indicating that they support your application and that they agree that your research is at an appropriate stage for participation. These letters should also make reference to how you might personally benefit from the DC and how you might contribute to the advancement of other participants. The email should have "GROUP 2016 DC: " + YOUR NAME in the subject header. DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by the chair by 11:59pm PDT on August 1, 2016. Submissions will be acknowledged by email once they have been checked for completeness. FUNDING We are hoping to offer financial support to DC participants. The details of this support will be announced in the future once sponsorship has been finalized. We anticipate that it will cover all on-site expenses for all participants including conference registration (at the “early bird” student rate), four nights of lodging in the conference hotel in a shared unit, meals during the working meetings, and ground transportation to/from RSW airport. We also may be able to offer a modest travel allowance for domestic students. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM CHAIR: Wayne Lutters, UMBC * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Ph. D. Swedish School of Library and Information Science University of Borås SE-501 90 Borås SWEDEN Tel. +46 33 435 59 89

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Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
by Marta Delatte 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Gang, Regarding the gender and surveys question, here's the thread from last April. I don't know if the previous messages will follow and be easily retrieved. If not let me know and I will copy paste them all. Demographic questions are interesting. Maybe not that much if you a cis white male, but in any case, it's good to shift the male centred gaze and make other populations visible for once. It is even better to have this conversation, as many times as necessary. thanks, Marta Delatte creative director and co-founder ellenjames.net <http://www.ellenjames.net/> @martadelatte PhD Researcher Media & Memory Research Initiative University of Hull (UK) 44 (0) 7923 528128 wanderingliquen.com @liquen_ 2016-04-13 19:50 GMT+01:00 Umar Ruhi <umar.ruhi(a)gmail.com>: > Thanks for bringing this up Sky and thanks to everyone else for a very > useful discussion on this important issue. > I have to admit that in the past, I have experimented with several > variations on the gender question including providing the “other” and/or > the “prefer not to say” options. I have also used a text field which > resulted in some rather rowdy data being entered in that field – which > while fun to read through, made us doubt the seriousness of responses on > the rest of the survey. > > We took a rather more traditional/conservative approach this time, but I do > like the suggestion about non-binary male/female with prefer not to say. > Will certainly give this more thought for our next survey. > > Thanks, > > Umar Ruhi > umar.ruhi(a)uottawa.ca > University of Ottawa > _______________________________________________ > 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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Gender in surveys/tests
by Devayani Tirthali 15 Jul '16

15 Jul '16

Hi all, I have always followed the rule of thumb to not ask the demographic questions - gender, race/ethnicity - in the beginning of the survey or a test because it affects how people answer the questions. Can somebody please share some research that supports this? I remember reading research about how test scores are affected when students are reminded about their gender and gender related stereotype. I also remember reading a thread on air listserv where somebody pointed out not to ask gender questions in the beginning of the survey. But cannot find any of the papers or that email thread. If Can anybody share literature that offers reason for not asking gender question in the beginning of the survey? Thanks, Devayani

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