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AoIR Dissertation Award Nominations - DUE May 15
by Daren Brabham 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello AoIR friends, I wanted to remind the list that the deadline for AoIR Dissertation Award nominations is coming up on May 15. Self-nominations are welcome, the dissertation author does not need to be a member of AoIR, and all methods/disciplines/perspectives are welcome so long as it pertains to internet research. Dissertations filed in 2015 are eligible. "Filed in 2015" means fully defended, all edits complete, and filed/published with the university (and/or ProQuest or similar service) such that it would have a copyright of 2015. ***For those of you who have already submitted a nomination, I have been replying to each one to confirm receipt. So if you have submitted a dissertation and have not heard back from me, please try again until you get a confirmation from me personally.*** Full details of the original call for nominations is below. Thanks! db --- Daren C. Brabham, Ph.D. Assistant Professor & Editor, Case Studies in Strategic Communication Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism University of Southern California 3502 Watt Way, Los Angeles, CA 90089 (801) 633-4796 | Brabham(a)usc.edu<mailto:Brabham@usc.edu> www.darenbrabham.com<http://www.darenbrabham.com/> | www.csscjournal.org<http://www.csscjournal.org/> ======================================================================= The Association of Internet Researchers calls for submissions for the 2016 AoIR Dissertation Award. To be eligible for the AoIR Dissertation Award, a PhD dissertation in the area of internet research must have been filed in the 2015 calendar year. Nominations (self and other) must be received by May 15, 2016. All methods and disciplines are welcome. Submissions Details: A nomination letter that explains why the dissertation is deserving of the award and how it contributes to internet research along with a PDF copy of the dissertation should be emailed to Daren Brabham at Brabham at usc.edu.<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org> The recipient of this award will be announced this summer. In addition to winning a cash prize, the individual will also be invited to present their research in a session at AoIR 2016 in Berlin, October 5-8. The committee this year is comprised of Taina Bucher, University of Copenhagen, Mathias Klang, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Anders Olof Larsson, Westerdals Oslo School of Arts, Communication and Technology, Sun Sun Lim, National University of Singapore, and is chaired by Daren Brabham, University of Southern California. For any questions please contact Daren or Jenny Stromer-Galley (prez at aoir.org<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org><mailto:prez at aoir.org<http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org>>). ~Jenny Stromer-Galley President, AoIR

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Online research Methods Book
by Nathan Fields (Nth BarFields) 10 May '16

10 May '16

Hello all, Does anyone here have a book about online research methods that they can personally give the stamp of approval, wrt recommending it to someone who wishes to make a supplemental living as an internet researcher? Thanks so much. Nathan Fields (Nth Bar-Fields) nth(a)elysiantrust.org nth(a)findmegroup.org Skype ID nth.barfields mentathlete.blogspot.com "In the absence of rigorous discipline and vigilance, smart can open the door to intellectual laziness, which leads to relying on sophistic arguments and straw men to play roles better filled by critical thinking and logic. Being smart is no defense against being stupid."--Vincent White.

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Re: [Air-L] Online research Methods Book
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 10 May '16

10 May '16

Nathan, Pardon the self-promotion, but my new textbook from SAGE, *Doing Qualitative Research Online <https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/doing-qualitative-research-online/book2429…>*, is available. Here is a short intro: https://youtu.be/fiG3Fi9ftxg. This book covers a wide range of approaches, from using extant data, to interviews and participant observation, to arts-based methods and simulations. The companion website is not online yet-- but it will include 16 media pieces, open-access to articles that accompany each chapter, as well as extensive materials for instructors. I am still scheduling a few more stops on the offering a virtual book tour <http://vision2lead.com/2016/04/the-virtual-book-tour-takes-off/>, so if that interests you, contact me off list. My previous book (2015), *Qualitative Online Interviews <https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/qualitative-online-interviews/book241778>, *not surprisingly, focuses on interviews of all kinds. It also explores online observations that accompany interviews. Here is a YouTube intro: http://bit.ly/1QWOLis. The companion site is online for this book, so you can find syllabi and instructional materials. Both books focus on visual methods and on research ethics. Here is a discount coupon that works for both books: http://bit.ly/1QWOyvE. Happy teaching and researching! Janet *Janet Salmons PhD* Indie Translational Scholar @ Vision2Lead Dissertation Chair: Walden University, PhD in Educational Technology Chair, Academy of Management Ethics Education Committee Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter @einterview Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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Use of social media and digital services for political engagement
by Ansgar Koene 09 May '16

09 May '16

Dear AoIR, we are currently running a brief 5-10 minute online survey for a project on the use of social media and digital services related to political engagement. The main target audience are students (age 18-25), but others are also invited to participate as part of the control group. For those of you who have access to student groups, we would very much appreciate it you could make them aware of the survey. Participants have chance of winning a £20 Amazon voucher. http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/2743771/Youth-engagement-with-politics-on-soc… Thank you very much for your help, Ansgar Dr. Ansgar Koene CaSMa - Citizen centric approaches to social media analysis Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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Global Media and China: Submission site now opens!
by Xiao Han 09 May '16

09 May '16

Global Media and China: Communication University of China (CUC)/SAGE Publishing Editor-in-Chief: Professor Daya Thussu, University of Westminster, London The new journal, the Global Media and China, will be published quarterly by SAGE. The website for online submissions is now live: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac> Global Media China is a peer reviewed, open access, scholarly journal that provides a dedicated, interdisciplinary forum for international research on communication and media with a focus on China. It covers both Chinese communication and media from a global perspective, and global communication and media from a Chinese perspective. Submit your research to Global Media and China and benefit from: Rigorous peer review of your research Prompt publishing Guaranteed targeted, multidisciplinary audience High visibility for maximum global exposure Possible article topic examples include: Chinese film and television in the global context China’s Internet civil movements ICTs and the development of Chinese society Creative industries of China and the world Chinese public diplomacy Chinese nationalism and its representations Chinese immigrants and diasporic media Interactions between digital technology and media arts in China and the world Those with questions about the submission to the Global Media and China, please contact: Xiao Han, kilou_123(a)me.com <mailto:kilou_123@me.com> Research Assistant, Communication University of China, CUC Commissioning Editor, Global Media and China (SAGE), gch.sagepub.com <http://gch.sagepub.com/>

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Final Call: Carl J. Couch Internet Student Research Award 2016
by Mark D. Johns 08 May '16

08 May '16

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2016 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Lois Scheidt, Indiana University, Bloomington Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2016 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Berlin, Germany. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 6-8, 2016 in Berlin. Candidates should send a copy of their paper electronically, along with information concerning the location and level of their studies, to Mark Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2016. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Second Call for Workshop Proposals
by Announce Announcements 07 May '16

07 May '16

** Second Call for Workshop Proposals *** 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… Overview ACM IUI 2017 is the 22nd annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. The 22nd edition of the conference will be held in Limassol, Cyprus. Limassol (or Lemesos) is a multicultural bustling town, flanked by two ancient cities, Amathus and Kourion, and guarded by the Amathusian Aphrodite and Appolo Hylates. It is a town of great visual diversity and contrast from spectacular seafront views, historic places like the mediaeval Castle, and Byzantine churches. Along the 17 km long sandy beaches, two Marinas, world renowned 5 star hotels, and a most exciting dining, shopping, nightlife and yachting scene create a year-round vibrant lifestyle well beyond the expectations of a Mediterranean island. 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. IUI 2017 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The goal of the workshops is to provide a venue for presenting research on focused topics of interest and an informal forum to discuss research questions and challenges. Workshops will be held on the first day of the conference. We invite submissions of full-day (6 hours) and half-day (3 hours) workshop proposals on any of the conference topics. We encourage proposals for a wide range of workshops, including but not limited to: · "Mini-conferences" on specialized topics; such workshops may have their own paper submission and review processes. · "Late breaking work" meetings; such workshops usually have a lighter review process (e.g. based on abstracts only). · "Hands-on" workshops around a specific problem or topic that may wish to ask participants to submit a position statement. · "Project centric" workshops that may be closely related to the scope of an existing large scale (e.g. EU funded) project. · "Mini-competitions", challenges, or hack-a-thons around selected topics with individual or team participation. Proposal Format Note: The key to a successful workshop submission is to CONTACT THE CHAIRS WITH YOUR IDEAS (workshop2017(a)iui.acm.org) and work together to prepare an exciting proposal! Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI Paper Format, http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Please submit your proposal by e-mail to the workshop chairs at workshop2017(a)iui.acm.org. The proposals should be organized as follows: · Name and title: A one-word workshop acronym and a full title. · Description of workshop topic and goal: This description should discuss the relevance of the suggested topic to IUI and its interest for the IUI 2017 audience. Include a brief discussion of why and for which audience the workshop is of particular interest. · Organizers: Names, affiliations, emails, and web pages of the workshop organizers. This can be a single person or a group of people. Strong proposals normally include organizers who bring differing perspectives on the topic and are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. Please indicate the primary contact person and the organizers who plan to attend the workshop. · Previous history: List of previous workshops that were held on the topic including the conferences that hosted past workshops and the number of participants. Also please provide the list of other workshops organized by workshop organizers in the past. · Workshop program committee: Names and affiliation of the members of the workshop program committee that will evaluate the workshop submissions. · Participants: A statement saying how many participants you expect and how you plan to invite participants for the workshop. We recommend the proposal to include the names of at least 10 people who have expressed interest to participate in the workshop. · Workshop format: A brief description of the workshop format regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, demonstrations, and general discussion. · Length: Full-day or half-day. · Proposal format: Workshop proposals should be maximum 2 pages long and follow the formatting instructions from SIGCHI: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Additional Guidelines · Workshop proposals will be reviewed and evaluated by the workshop chairs and the IUI 2017 program committee chairs. · Organizers: We strongly encourage the workshop organizers to attend IUI and take part in their workshop. This can make the workshops more appealing for the participants and strengthen the discussion part. · Workshop summary: An extended abstract (max. 3 pages) with a summary of the workshop goals and an overview of the workshop topics will be included in the ACM Digital Library for IUI 2017. · Workshop proceedings: At the convenience of the workshop organizers, we will arrange a joint volume of online proceedings for the workshop papers. Workshops should request the authors to submit papers in the ACM SIGCHI Paper Format. · Cancellation: Workshops with fewer than 10 submissions by December 23, 2016 may be cancelled. This will be done in consultation between the workshop chairs of IUI 2017 and the workshop organizers. Additionally, we strongly encourage to have workshop organizers from different institutions and research communities, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that attracts various types of contributions and ensures rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops are responsible for producing a call for participation and publicizing it, such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the IUI conference community. Workshop organizers will maintain their own web site with updated information about the workshop and the IUI 2017 web site will refer to the workshop site. The workshop organizers will coordinate the paper sollicitation, collection, and review process, and coordinate the production of the joint online proceedings with IUI 2017 workshop chairs. Important Dates Discuss your topic with the workshop chairs: ASAP (workshop2017(a)iui.acm.org) · Workshop Proposals: September 16, 2016 · Decisions Sent: October 7, 2016 ** TENTATIVE dates of the review cycle ** · Submission Deadline: December 16, 2016 · Final go/no-go Decision: December 23, 2016 · Camera-Ready of Workshop Summary: January 5, 2017 · Notifications to Authors: January 23, 2017 · Camera-Ready of Accepted Papers: February 6, 2017 · Workshop Date: March 13, 2017 Workshops Co-Chairs · Shlomo Berkovsky, CSIRO, Australia · Bart Kninijnburg, Clemson University, USA

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ASIST - Thomson Reuters Dissertation Proposal Award - seeking applications
by Freund, Luanne 07 May '16

07 May '16

Dear Colleagues, The Thomson Reuters Information Science Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship is now calling for nominations/applications. Please encourage outstanding current PhD students who have had their dissertation proposals accepted to apply for this award. The award consists of a $1500 prize plus $500 travel expenses to attend the Annual ASIST meeting. Each application should include an abbreviated 10 page research proposal, a cover letter from the Dissertation Advisor endorsing the proposal, and an up-to-date CV of the applicant. Full details of the award and application procedures are available here: https://www.asis.org/awards/doctoraldissertationscholarship.html The deadline for nominations: July 1, 2016. Submission page: http://www.softconf.com/asist2/ISI_DocDiss/submit.html Questions may be directed to Jury Chair and member of the ASIST Information Science Education Committee - Luanne Freund: Luanne.freund(a)ubc.ca<mailto:Luanne.freund@ubc.ca> Best wishes, Luanne Freund Luanne Freund Associate Professor and Acting Director SLAIS, the iSchool @ UBC The University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada Luanne.freund(a)ubc.ca<mailto:Luanne.freund@ubc.ca>

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Fully funded PhD studentships at Loughborough University
by Jenny Fry 06 May '16

06 May '16

*** Fully funded PhD studentships at Loughborough University *** The School of the Arts, English and Drama at Loughborough University have four fully funded studentships (covering tuition fees at the UK/EU rate) available starting October 2016. We are recruiting into a number of strategic areas relevant for the AoIR community. Closing date for proposals 6th June 2016. Full details are on jobs.ac.uk at the following link: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANO685/phd-studentships/ Please forward to those you think might be interested.

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Fully funded PhD studentships at Loughborough University
by Jenny Fry 06 May '16

06 May '16

*** Fully funded PhD studentships at Loughborough University *** The School of the Arts, English and Drama at Loughborough University have four fully funded studentships (covering tuition fees at the UK/EU rate) available starting October 2016. We are recruiting into a number of strategic areas relevant for the AoIR community. Closing date for proposals 6th June 2016. Full details are on jobs.ac.uk at the following link: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ANO685/phd-studentships/ Please forward to those you think might be interested. ******************************************* Dr Jenny Fry Senior Lecturer Director of Postgraduate Research School of the Arts, English and Drama John Hardie Building, room QQ004 Loughborough University Leicestershire LE11 3TU Email: j.fry(a)lboro.ac.uk<mailto:j.fry@lboro.ac.uk> Tel: +44 (0)1509 223074 URL: http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/english-drama/staff/dr-jenny-fry.html

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