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Registration Deadline: FSN2016
by Tom Phillips (HUM) 31 May '16

31 May '16

**REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY 3RD JUNE** The fourth annual Fan Studies Network Conference is returning to the University of East Anglia for a two-day programme on 25-26 June 2016. We are delighted to welcome Professor Henry Jenkins as the keynote speaker for FSN2016. Jenkins' work has proved extremely influential in the field: He is the author/editor of thirteen books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide; Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, and one of the key texts of the first wave of fan studies, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Registration is open here: <http://store.uea.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=9&cati…> http://store.uea.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=9&cati… The current draft of the conference programme can be found at https://fanstudies.org/ Please send any enquires about the conference to: fsnconference(a)gmail.com You can join the discussion about the event on Twitter using #FSN2016. We would be delighted if you'd join us! --------------------------------------------------- Dr Tom Phillips Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park NR4 7TJ Co-chair The Fan Studies Network http://fanstudies.org/<http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/> +44 (0)1603 593149 @TheTomPhillips UK Top 20 (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016) UK Top 5 for Student Experience (National Student Survey, 2005-2015) World Top 1% (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2015-16) World Top 100 for research excellence (Leiden Ranking 2015) This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept my apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this email or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform me that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation.

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ACM Hypertext 2016 - Call for Participation
by Christoph Trattner 31 May '16

31 May '16

=== CALL for PARTICIPATION === HYPERTEXT 2016 27th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 10-13 July 2016 - Halifax, Canada Advance Registration: 17 June 2016 http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/ The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. Hypertext 2016 will take place at the campus of Dalhousie University in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia and the major cultural centre of Canada’s Atlantic provinces and is collocated with UMAP 2016, the 24th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Apart from high-quality peer-reviewed papers, posters and demos, Hypertext 2016 features a creative track, a doctoral consortium and three workshops. Evening events include - apart from the social dinner and poster/demo reception, a theatre performance, a creative track exhibition, exciting presentations at the Nova Scota College of Art and Design (NSCAD) and a PowerPoint Karaoke. Our keynote speakers are: * Hossein Derakhshan (Hoder), an Iranian-Canadian blogger who was imprisoned in Tehran from 2008 to 2014. On his release, he found the internet stripped of its power to change the world and instead serving up a stream of pointless social trivia. * Katy Börner, an engineer, scholar, author, educator, and speaker specializing in data analysis and visualization, particularly in the areas of science and technology (S&T) studies. She will talk about Data Visualization Literacy For more details and information how to register, visit http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/ ORGANIZATION General Chairs: - Jamie Blustein, Dalhousie University, Canada - Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center, Germany Program Chairs: - Helen Ashman, University of South Australia - Jessica Rubart, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Germany Track Chairs: - Weigang Wang, University of Manchester, United Kingdom - David Millard, University of Southampton, United Kingdom - Herre van Oostendorp, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Creative Track: - Stacey Mason, University of California, USA Poster and Demo Chairs: - Kevin Koidl, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Ben Steichen, Santa Clara University, USA Workshop Chair: - Dongwon Lee, Penn State University, USA Doctoral Consortium Chair: - Johan Bollen, Indiana University, USA Publicity Chairs: - Denis Parra, PUC Chile - Christoph Trattner, Know-Center, Austria -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Know-Center Research Center for Big Data Analytics & Data Driven Business Graz University of Technology, Austria E-mail: ctrattner(a)know-center.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info ------------------------------------------------------- New book: Mining, Modeling, and Recommending 'Things' in Social Media* by M. Atzmueller, A. Chin, C. Scholz, C. Trattner (eds.) http://link.springer.com/978-3-319-14723-9 -------------------------------------------------------

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CfP Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age
by Chrysi Dagoula 31 May '16

31 May '16

*Call for Papers - Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age* *Deadline:* 15th of July, 2016 This is a call for papers for the upcoming conference 'Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age*'*, hosted by the Department of Journalism Studies at the *University of Sheffield*. The conference will be held on *26 and 27 January 2017*. This conference will explore new directions in journalism and media research in digital environments. The emergence of social media has ignited lively discussion about the opportunities they can offer to journalism, but also about the challenges they pose. These opportunities and challenges are not only technological: they touch on a variety of areas including social, political and financial realities. What is more, by trying to adapt to these changes, journalistic practices are constantly evolving and the relationships between producers and consumers of news are constantly redefined. Drawing on these discussions, this conference aims to address a wide range of thematic areas, which are: - Theoretical approaches - Methodological approaches - Practical approaches - Contextual approaches Keynote speakers (so far confirmed) - Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of Research, at the Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism, Oxford University - Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths University - Brian Loader, Director, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of York - Scott Eldridge, Lecturer in Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield Call for papers We welcome abstracts related to the thematic areas above, or to the broader topic. We strongly encourage submissions by PhD students and early career researchers, though all scholars interested in these areas are welcome to apply. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by 15 July 2016 to jnlconferences(a)sheffield.ac.uk <jnlconferences(a)sheffield.ac.uk?body=Digital%20Opportunities%20and%20Challenges> . Registration Registration will open in autumn 2016. There will be a £35 registration fee (£25 early bird rate), which covers lunch and refreshments on both days. For further information, or to register your interest in advance, please contact the organising committee at jnlconferences(a)sheffield.ac.uk <jnlconferences@sheffield.ac.uk?subject=Digital%20Opportunities%20and%20Challenges> . (Web: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/events/digital-age) -- *Chrysi Dagoula* PhD Student Department of Journalism Studies The University of Sheffield 9 Mappin Street Sheffield, S1 4DT E-mail: cdagoula1(a)sheffield.ac.uk Twitter: @chrysadag

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Violent Online Political Extremism Conference, Dublin, 22 - 24 June
by Maura Conway 31 May '16

31 May '16

**Apologies for cross-postings** Dear Colleagues, VOX-Pol is a DCU-coordinated European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7)-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of *Violent Online Political Extremism* and responses to it. Registration <http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-o…> is now open for our VOX-Pol Mid-project Conference ‘Taking Stock of Research on Violent Online Political Extremism’, which comprises three pre-conference workshops, two keynotes, two high-level roundtables, and 50 paper presentations over three days from 22 – 24 June in Dublin, Ireland. *MORE DETAILS:* *Workshops* A number of ‘hands on’ workshops on research tools and methods for scholars of violent online political extremism, will be held on the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, 22 June. *Python for Social Scientists* <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-pre-conference-workshop-1/>, convened by Prof. Padraig Cunningham (University College Dublin), Dr. Derek Greene (University College Dublin), and Tania Malik (Dublin City University & University College Dublin); *Internet Research Ethics for Violent Extremism & Terrorism Researchers* <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-pre-conference-workshop-2-internet-research…>, convened by Prof. Elizabeth Buchanan (University of Wisconsin) & Prof. Charles Ess (University of Oslo); *Human Reasoning Meets Machine Learning* <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-pre-conference-workshop-3/>, convened by Heather Griffioen-Young (TNO). *Keynote Speakers* JM Berger, co-author of *The ISIS Twitter Census* (2015) and *ISIS: The State of Terror* (2015) will address ‘Extremists on Social Media, the Post-ISIS Challenge.’ Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE’s Representative on Freedom of the Media, will speak on ‘Exercising Free Expression to Counter Violent Extremism.’ *Roundtables* *Taking Stock: Online CVE* *Taking Stock: Violent Online Political Extremism Research, Policy, and Practice* Confirmed contributors: Representatives from Twitter, US Department of State, UNESCO, West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, Targeted Violence Prevention Program (Illinois). *Panels* Twelve panels addressing a variety of topics: - Hot Contemporary Topics: Youth, 'Lonewolves,' OSINT - Approaches to (Online) CVE - National Separatists versus State Supporters: Cases from Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and Ukraine - Region- and Language-specific Violent Jihadi Content - Towards an Effective (Online) Counter-Narratives Framework - Analysing Extremist Visuals - Transmedia, Narratives, and Gender Issues - How Effective is #Hashtagging? - Trends in Online Research: Core Research Questions, Ethics, and a Move Towards Behavioural Analyses - Mobilising Media: A Deep and Comparative Analysis of Terrorist Magazines, Music, and Videos - Online Extreme Right Mobilisation and Hate Speech - Software-enhanced Research on Violent Online Political Extremism *Further Information* Conference Website <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-of-rese…> Panel Details <http://voxpol.eu/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-of-research-on…> Queries should be directed to conference(a)voxpol.eu. *Registration* Registration is open until 15 June via Eventbrite <http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-o…> . It includes teas/coffees, lunch on both days, and the conference dinner. Regards, Maura Conway For the VOX-Pol Conference Team *Dr. Maura Conway* *Senior Lecturer in International Security *School of Law and Government Dublin City University Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Tel. +353 1 700 6472 E-Mail. maura.conway(a)dcu.ie Skype. galwaygrrl Twitter: @galwaygrrl Website: http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Conway,_Maura.html ********** VOX-Pol Project on Violent Online Political Extremism Website: http://www.voxpol.eu Twitter: @VOX_Pol -- *Email Disclaimer"This e-mail and any files transmitted with it are confidential and are intended solely for use by the addressee. Any unauthorised dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender and delete the message. 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aWEAR'16 Conference on wearable technologies, knowledge development, and learning, Nov 14-15, 2016, Stanford University
by srecko joksimovic 30 May '16

30 May '16

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - 2016 aWEAR Conference November 14-15, 2016 Stanford University, Stanford, California, US awear.interlab.me Important Dates =============== Abstract Submission Deadline: 31 July, 2016 Author Notification: mid-August, 2016 Format: 500 word abstracts (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=awear16) About the Conference ==================== aWEAR: The First International Conference on wearable technologies, knowledge development, and learning The rapid development of mobile phones has contributed to increasingly personal engagement with our technology. Building on the success of mobile, wearables (watches, smart clothing, clinical-grade bands, fitness trackers, VR) are the next generation of technologies offering not only new communication opportunities, but more importantly, new ways to understand ourselves, our health, our learning, and personal and organizational knowledge development. Wearables hold promise to greatly improve personal learning and the performance of teams and collaborative knowledge building through advanced data collection. For example, predictive models and learner profiles currently use log and clickstream data. Wearables capture a range of physiological and contextual data that can increase the sophistication of those models and improve learner self-awareness, regulation, and performance. When combined with existing data such as social media and learning management systems, sophisticated awareness of individual and collaborative activity can be obtained. Wearables are developing quickly, including hardware such as fitness trackers, clothing, earbuds, contact lens and software, notably for integration of data sets and analysis. The 2016 aWEAR (awear.interlab.me) conference is the first international wearables in learning and education conference. It will be held at Stanford University and provide researchers and attendees with an overview of how these tools are being developed, deployed, and researched. Attendees will have opportunities to engage with different wearable technologies, explore various data collection practices, and evaluate case studies where wearables have been deployed. Conference audience =================== This conference will appeal to individuals in K-12, higher education, corporate learning, and existing technology companies, including startups. In addition to sharing emerging research, the conference will take a hands-on approach to exploring wearable technologies, including pilot and prototype developments. Conference topics ================= Topics of interest to the conference include, but are not limited to: - Bridging the gap between humans and technology - Wearable technology in the classroom - Wearable technology in online educational settings - Scaling wearable technology for education and learning - Collecting and processing data about learning and learning context from wearable devices - Collaboration and connectivity using wearable technology for education and learning - Wearables and virtual reality in learning - Using wearable technology to support student mental and physical wellbeing - Institutional adoption of wearable technology in the classroom - Physiological data collection: analyses and implications for learning and education - Prototypes and early stage pilots of wearables in classroom, blended and online settings, including schools, higher education, and corporate learning - Contextual and ambient computing (internet of things, sensors, smart glasses) in learning and education - Quantified self: wearables to improve self-regulation - User experience in self/institutional surveillance - Openness: algorithms, technologies, and learner models - Integration of wearable with existing social media, learning management systems, student information systems, and related technologies - Face recognition and emotion detection through automated video - Non-touch sensor interaction with hardware, software, and knowledge elements - Ethics of physiological data collection and analysis. Conference Organizers ===================== This conference is organized by LINK Research Lab (University of Texas, Arlington), Stanford University, and University of Edinburgh.

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Casual sex through dating apps an urban phenomena?
by Evelina Liliequist 30 May '16

30 May '16

Dear all! I’m looking for research that explores casual sex through dating apps an urban phenomena and/or commitment and marriage as a norm in rural areas. Thank you in advance for all suggestions! Best regards, Evelina Liliequist Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University Umeå University SE-901 87 Umeå Sweden Tel: +46 90 7866305 Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se>

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New book: Economics of the Internet
by m.latzer＠ipmz.uzh.ch 30 May '16

30 May '16

Dear colleagues, The "Handbook on the Economics of the Internet", edited by Prof. Johannes M. Bauer, Michigan State University, and Prof. Michael Latzer, University of Zurich, is now available at Edward Elgar. http://www.e-elgar.com/shop/handbook-on-the-economics-of-the-internet In this book, leading authors discuss theoretical frameworks for the study of the economics of the Internet and its unique economics as a global information and communications infrastructure. They also examine the effects of the Internet on economic transactions (including social production, advertising, innovation, and intellectual property rights), the economics and management of Internet-based industries (including search, news, entertainment, culture, and virtual worlds), and the effects of the Internet on the economy at large. The first chapter can be read for free here: http://www.elgaronline.com/abstract/9780857939845.xml Contributors: S. Aggarwal, C. Antonelli, H. Asghari, J.M. Bauer, S. Bauer, Y. Benkler, S.M. Besen, I. Brown, E. Castronova, D.D. Clark, C. Corrado, C. Feijóo, D.L. Garcia, J.-L. Gómez-Barroso, C. Handke, J. Haucap, K. Hollnbuchner, N. Just, G. Knieps, I. Knowles, J.J. Kranz, L. Küng, M. Latzer, W.H. Lehr, Y.-L. Liu, W. Ma, P. Mazepa, V. Mosco, N. Newman, E.M. Noam, P.P. Patrucco, R. Picard, A. Picot, G. Sadowsky, F. Saurwein, V. Schneider, S.J. Schultze, R. Sherman, P. Stepan,T. Stühmeier, R. Towse, B. Van Ark, M. Van Eeten, B. Van Schewick, H.R. Varian, D. Waterman, R.S. Whitt, S.S. Wildman, S. Wunsch-Vincent Critical Acclaim: ‘Internet development dynamics are tackled in this Handbook by leading scholars representing mainstream, institutional, evolutionary economics and political economy perspectives. They show how complex markets for digital technologies and services are evolving. Crucially, they demonstrate why conventional analytical tool kits need to be extended by bridging disciplinary boundaries. This volume offers significant advances in the analysis of technological and institutional change and demonstrates how important it is to acknowledge conflict resolution and tradeoffs as essential aspects of the internet’s history and its future.’ Robin Mansell, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK 'The Internet has transformed many fundamental economic facts of life and business, but it is challenging to catalogue them all. This topic deserves a comprehensive handbook, and the editors have delivered. The chapters are engaging and lucid, and cover a wide range of topics. The editors were not shy about spanning boundaries between technical detail, economic analysis, and policy relevance. This is a great resource for any modern scholar of the Internet.' Shane Greenstein, Harvard Business School, US -------------------------------------------------- Prof. Michael Latzer, IPMZ - University of Zurich, Chair, Media Change & Innovation Division mediachange.ch -------------------------------------------------- * Bauer, J. M./Latzer, M. eds. (2016). Handbook on the Economics of the Internet. Edward Elgar. * Just, N./Latzer, M. (2016). Governance by Algorithms: Reality Construction by Algorithmic Selection on the Internet. In: Media, Culture & Society. (Top Faculty Paper Award of the International Communications Association’s CLAP Division, Fukuoka 2016) * Büchi, M./Just, N./Latzer, M. (2015). Modeling the second-level digital divide: A five-country study of social differences in Internet use. In: New Media & Society. (Best Paper Award, Swiss Association of Communication and Media Research Conference 2015) * Saurwein, F./Just, N./Latzer, M. (2015). Governance of Algorithms: Options and Limitations. In: Info. (Outstanding Paper in the 2016 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence)

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Re: [Air-L] Casual sex through dating apps an urban phenomena?
by Ben Light 30 May '16

30 May '16

Hey Evelina, There may be something in the hook-up apps bibliography I created, but I’m not sure to be honest. Also you should joint the FB group on hook-up app studies, really good stuff get shared there too. Links to both here: http://benlight.me/hookupapps/ Also, you might want to check out Mary Gray’s book - Out in the Country too. Cheers, Ben. Ben Light Professor of Digital Media Studies / Chief Investigator - DMRC http://staff.qut.edu.au/staff/lightb/ http://eprints.qut.edu.au/view/person/Light,_Ben.html http://www.benlight.me Ph: +617 3138 8280 | Email: ben.light(a)qut.edu.au | Twitter: @doggyb QUT Digital Media Research Centre Creative Industries Faculty | Queensland University of Technology Z1-515 | Musk Ave | Kelvin Grove QLD 4059 | Ph: +617 3138 3889 Website: www.qut.edu.au/research/dmrc <http://www.qut.edu.au/research/dmrc> | Twitter: @qutdmrc | Centre email: dmrc(a)qut.edu.au On 5/30/16, 5:11 PM, "Evelina Liliequist" <evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se> wrote: >Dear all! > >I’m looking for research that explores casual sex through dating apps an urban phenomena and/or commitment and marriage as a norm in rural areas. > >Thank you in advance for all suggestions! > >Best regards, >Evelina Liliequist > >Postgraduate student Ethnology, Digital humanities >Department of Culture and Media Studies, Umeå University > >Umeå University >SE-901 87 Umeå >Sweden > >Tel: +46 90 7866305 >Email: evelina.liliequist(a)umu.se<mailto:evelina.liliequist@umu.se> > >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter mining software
by Maurice Vergeer 30 May '16

30 May '16

dear Mareike For an overview of social media data collection tools see http://socialmediadata.wikidot.com/ best regards Maurice On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 9:49 PM, Jenner, Mareike < mareike.jenner(a)anglia.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi all, > I really need to apologise, I'm sure this question has been asked a > million times already. Does anyone know a good software to collect tweets > under a certain hashtag. Also, is there a way to order or search old tweets > (by date and time)? > > Thank you very much for any helpful tips. > > Best wishes, > Mareike > > > > > Mareike Jenner > Lecturer in Media Studies > Anglia Ruskin University > Department of English & Media > > Office: HEL 362 > Office Hours: Tue: 10.00-11.00, Wed. 12.00-14.00 > > Author: American TV Detective Dramas > > -- > Please click here to view our e-mail disclaimer > http://www.anglia.ac.uk/email-disclaimer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- ________________________________________________ Maurice Vergeer To contact me, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/5 To see my publications, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/1 ________________________________________________

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Twitter mining software
by Jenner, Mareike 29 May '16

29 May '16

Hi all, I really need to apologise, I'm sure this question has been asked a million times already. Does anyone know a good software to collect tweets under a certain hashtag. Also, is there a way to order or search old tweets (by date and time)? Thank you very much for any helpful tips. Best wishes, Mareike Mareike Jenner Lecturer in Media Studies Anglia Ruskin University Department of English & Media Office: HEL 362 Office Hours: Tue: 10.00-11.00, Wed. 12.00-14.00 Author: American TV Detective Dramas -- Please click here to view our e-mail disclaimer http://www.anglia.ac.uk/email-disclaimer

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