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Gender and surveys
by sky c 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

I seem to be sending a similar email quite often lately, so I thought it might be worth sending out a version to the list more generally. Many of the surveys I see sent out over this list still include a 'gender' option that offers users the choice of only 'male' or 'female'. If you're developing a survey to send out, it might be worth considering: * Whether gender is relevant to your research question/topic? (If not, you may consider leaving out a question about gender) * Offering more options for gender. Gender is complex, and many people don't identify as either male or female. Offering an option for a text field is a useful way to allow people to answer the question honestly: http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation/ I'm also curious how people who are already addressing the gender spectrum in research surveys are approaching this: do you use a text field, 'male'/'female'/'other', or something else? Thanks, sky.

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Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys
by Deller, Ruth A 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Thanks for that - yes, non-binary is probably better than other, thinking about it. ________________________________________ From: Kinloch, Karen [k.kinloch(a)lancaster.ac.uk] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:11 To: Sarah Merry; Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: RE: [Air-L] Gender and surveys I use male/female/prefer not to say and then rather than other use non-binary and that seemed to be agreeable to the students who took the survey. Karen Kinloch Department of English Language and Linguistics Lancaster University @Karrie_Don ________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Sarah Merry [skmerry(a)gmail.com] Sent: 13 April 2016 14:03 To: Deller, Ruth A Cc: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys I'm cautious of using 'other', since it can be offensive to some people. Though it is difficult to know what to use in its place. I used 'trans*' with an asterisk because my reading at the time suggested it was the best option. I wouldn't use it now, because I think it is (or rather can be) problematic in itself. I tried to find some clear and straightforward guidance to the best way of asking for gender in research and couldn't. (My supervisors weren't much help because they couldn't really see past the binary.) Some students in my research methods classes have also mentioned it as a difficult issue, so it looks as though that this question is going to run and run. On 13 April 2016 at 13:46, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk> wrote: > I mainly use male, female, other and sometimes 'prefer not to say' > depending on how important gender is to the research. With 'other', I > usually have a text box for people to write in. I don't tend to use 'trans' > as a separate term because many trans people identify as either male or > female rather than 'other' or non-binary, and there are people who are > non-binary but wouldn't necessarily call themselves trans. It depends on > what your research involves-if you are working with trans or genderqueer > communities specifically, you might want to have a selection of different > identity options around that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Sarah > Merry > Sent: 13 April 2016 11:28 > To: sky c; Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Gender and surveys > > In my PhD three/four years ago I used radio buttons (male / female / > trans*) plus a text box for anyone who felt they could not click one of > the buttons. This was successful, in that some (about 2% IIRC) respondents > used the text box. > > Now I mostly just use a text box, or don't ask for gender at all. > > Sarah Merry > > On 13 April 2016 at 02:43, sky c <skyc(a)riseup.net> wrote: > > > I seem to be sending a similar email quite often lately, so I thought > > it might be worth sending out a version to the list more generally. > > > > Many of the surveys I see sent out over this list still include a > > 'gender' option that offers users the choice of only 'male' or 'female'. > > If you're developing a survey to send out, it might be worth > > considering: > > * Whether gender is relevant to your research question/topic? (If not, > > you may consider leaving out a question about gender) > > * Offering more options for gender. Gender is complex, and many people > > don't identify as either male or female. Offering an option for a text > > field is a useful way to allow people to answer the question honestly: > > http://www.sarahmei.com/blog/2010/11/26/disalienation/ > > > > I'm also curious how people who are already addressing the gender > > spectrum in research surveys are approaching this: do you use a text > > field, 'male'/'female'/'other', or something else? > > > > Thanks, > > sky. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > _______________________________________________ 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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WEBCAST WEDS: The Internet at a Crossroads w/ Laura DeNardis, Kathy Brown, + Fiona Alexander
by Joly MacFie 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

This is just kicking off. A preview of the book is at http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137533265 joly posted: "On Wednesday April 13 2016 at 10am The Internet Governance Lab at American University (AU) and the Internet Policy Forum of the Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society (ISOC-DC) will host a book launch of The Turn to Infrastructure in Intern" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crossroads/>On *Wednesday April 13 2016* at *10am* The *Internet Governance Lab* at *American University <http://www.american.edu/> *(AU) and the *Internet Policy Forum* of the *Greater Washington DC Chapter of the Internet Society <http://isoc-dc.org> *(ISOC-DC) will host a book launch <https://www.isoc-dc.org/next-event/> of *The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance <http://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137533265>* in Washington DC. Authors *Derrick Cogburn*, *Laura DeNardis*, *Nanette Levinson*, will be joined by *Dean James Goldgeier* of the AU School of International Service, *Jeffrey Rutenbeck* of the AU School of Communication, plus special guests *Kathy Brown* of the Internet Society and *Fiona Alexander* from the NTIA, to discuss the book. A live webcast from the AU a/v team will be mirrored on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel*. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crossroads/> *What: Book launch: The Turn to Infrastructure in Internet Governance <https://www.isoc-dc.org/next-event/> Where: American University, Washington DC When: Wednesday April 13 2016 10am-11:30am EDT | 14:00-15:30 UTC Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crossroads <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/crossroads> Twitter: #isocdc http://twitter.com/hashtag/isocdc <http://twitter.com/hashtag/isocdc>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8420#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8420#comments> <https://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=febb059bada75fe9efc44db6c269a480&email…> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8420 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Historicizing the Digital, University of Leicester
by Caroline.Tagg 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

With apologies for cross-posting, please see below for details of our seminar. Historicizing the Digital: language practices in new and old media Mon 27th - Tues 28th June 2016 University of Leicester, UK CALL FOR PAPERS: deadline 18th April 2016 REGISTRATION: opening soon Language and new media is a rapidly emerging area of applied linguistics which considers how the affordances of digital technologies promote new linguistic strategies for identity work by individuals and communities (Seargeant and Tagg 2013). Research suggests that language use in digital spaces is highly innovative (in forms, functions, ideologies and cultural norms), and especially so for written language, such as online spelling variation, code-switching, multimodality, and sharing (Georgakoupoulou and Spilioti 2015). Our seminar, 'Historicizing the Digital', provides a space in which researchers are encouraged to re-evaluate assumptions and claims of digital communication research. The event explores the extent to which digital practices really are "new". What precedents might be found in earlier periods? What practices show continuity between the pre- and post-digital age? What practices constitute genuine innovation within digital spaces? The event invites speakers working within different historical periods who may not otherwise join in conversation to promote fresh discussions from a trans-historical perspective. Proposals should be submitted to the Conference Organisers (histthedig(a)gmail.com) as a Word document, containing the following information: * Title of proposal in bold * Name of presenter * Name and address of institution, telephone and email * Abstract text max. 300 words * 12pt, left-aligned, single-spaced Please visit our website for more details: www.histthedig.blogspot.co.uk<https://mail.bham.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?REF=wO1TlPlwFPYBiM2oGJSHYAFzFUT4XtFo…>

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Online Survey on Social Media Security & Privacy Practices
by Umar Ruhi 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Dear fellow AoIRists, My graduate students and I are conducting an online survey examining security and privacy practices among various types of social media users. We would like to get some responses from Internet experts, and what better venue to ask for help than here! We would appreciate if you participated in the survey and also circulated the call to your colleagues and friends. We’re really looking forward to analyzing the data we collect and I would be happy to share our results with the list once we’ve completed the analysis. I’m also interested in any feedback you might have after you complete the survey. Survey Link: http://bit.ly/1T2iWZS Thanks, Umar Ruhi umar.ruhi(a)uottawa.ca University of Ottawa

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Special Issue of CSMC on Queer Communication Technologies published
by Adrienne Shaw 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

A new special issue of Critical Studies in Media and Communication I co-edited with Katherine Sender is now available and the articles are potentially of interest to AoIR members (it also features the work of several AoIR members). Articles will be freely available for a limited time: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcsm20/33/1 Contents: Queer technologies: affordances, affect, ambivalence by Adrienne Shaw & Katherine Sender Queen don't compute: reading and casting shade on Facebook's real names policy by Maggie MacAulay & Marcos Daniel Moldes Making a name for yourself: tagging as transgender ontological practice on Tumblr by Avery Dame Aesthetics of queer becoming: Comrade Yue and Chinese community-based documentaries online by Jia Tan Lez takes time: designing lesbian contact in geosocial networking apps by Sarah Murray & Megan Sapnar Ankerson Trans(affective)mediation: feeling our way from paper to digitized zines and back again by Daniel C. Brouwer & Adela C. Licona The queer case of video games: orgasms, Heteronormativity, and video game narrative by Shira Chess Disorienting guitar practice: an alternative archive by Joshua Hochman “I Did It All Online:” Transgender identity and the management of everyday life by Andre Cavalcante Hacking Xena: Technological innovation and queer influence in the production of mainstream television by Elena Maris -- Adrienne Shaw Assistant Professor Temple University Department of Media Studies and Production School of Media and Communication 2020 N. 13th St. Annenberg Hall, room 203A Philadelphia, PA 19122 telephone: 215-204-6201 fax: 215-214-5402 email: adrienne.shaw(a)temple.edu smc.temple.edu/msp www.adrienneshaw.com Author of: Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture, University of Minnesota Press, 2014 (http://www.upress.umn.edu/book-division/books/gaming-at-the-edge) Office Hours: 5-6pm Tuesday-Thursday Email Hours (when I respond to emails): 10am-Noon, Monday-Friday

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First OpenData Fest in Sierra Leone
by nativebuddha 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

For those of you who follow IT and West Africa: Event Description The Right to Access Information Commission in collaboration with the Open Data Council and the Ministry of Information and Communication with support from the Open Aid Partnership of the World Bank and other partners are organising a two-day datafest to raise the awareness of Open Data and its importance to economic development through a multi stakeholder process on Thursday and Friday, April 21 - 22, 2016 at 10 a.m. As a Preamble to that event will be a symposium celebrating International Open Data Day on March 5, 2016 and an ideathon in the afternoon to kickstart the Hackathon process which ends on April 22. The Hackathon will encourage young developers and coders in Information Technology to develop their own "do-it-yourself" projects via hackathons over 6 weeks on specific topics to include: - Peacebuilding and State-Building - The Sustainable Development Goals - Exposing Gender-Based Violence - Land and Women’s Rights - Academia - Agriculture - Legal aid, the Judiciary and Freedom of Information Open Data Day <http://opendataday.org/> is a gathering of citizens in cities around the world to write applications, liberate data, create visualizations and publish analyses using open public data to show support for and encourage the adoption of open data policies by the world’s local, regional and national governments. The event is open to all, curious citizens, journalists, tech-geeks, students, scientists, graphic designers. Come by on the day to learn, hack, wrangle and just plain hangout. We emphasize that no specialist skills are needed - come along to learn and connect with other members of the community. You don’t need to know anything about (open) data or technology in advance – enthusiasm and interest is all that is needed and you’ll get support and advice from others! Events: The following are the events that would be held on the Open Data Day: - Launch of national awareness campaign on open data - Formal presentations on open data activities - Ideation workshops for brainstorming on projects related to open data - Scrap-a-thon workshops on creating web tools for collecting data from sources online - Sessions and talks from some of our amazing partners, such as Code for Africa and the World Bank! Learn more about how you can use tech to drive social impact for your own communities! Register for Training Before the Hackathon! Never been to a hackathon before? Want to get accustomed with how open data can be used for creating products that benefit the community? Sign up for our Data Fest Training in the link below! The training shall run from the 4th-5th of March. Register Now! Limited seats available! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1nIEDvWO_Sh82hAmEYU5Ecj9HRBaSLRXqNADl0Jks3Z… FAQs: Q. Who is this event for? A. Everyone. If you have an idea for using open data, want to find an interesting project to contribute towards, learn about how to visualize or analyze data or simply want to see what's happening, then definitely come participate! No matter your skillset or interests, we shall be fostering opportunities for you to learn and help the global open data community grow. Developers: We need computer cowboys and cowgirls like yourself to wrangle data into something useful. That means visualization, notification, integration, etc., all in the name of doing something crazy and fantastic. Designers: We need people like you to make the everything look amazing, feel intuitive, and have a smooth user experience. Librarians: I heard you folks like books and eat catalogs of data for breakfast. You beautiful people are going to scour the earth for interesting data, help the rest of us figure out what’s important, and generally be useful. Statisticians: YES! YOU ARE SO NEEDED. Seriously. While we can find it, blow it up, calculate it, and make it look pretty, we needs us some mean number crunchin’ to present meaningful visualizations. Join up. Citizens: We need you the most. If it weren’t for you, this whole thing wouldn’t be happening. We need ideas, cheerleaders, and friends to spread the word. Q. What to Expect? A. A lot will be going on. So... expect to: - Learn more about open data. - Find out how your local and national government could do more to release open data. - Meet & network with tons of cool people in your city and around the world. - Voice your opinion & share your ideas with the people and media attending. - Find out about apps being created, and get to play around with them as well. - Help out with parts of the conceptualization, creation, design, advertisement and testing of apps. - Have lots and lots of fun! Q. Should I bring anything? A. We recommend bringing a device that will allow you to access and browse the internet (via wifi - wifi will be provided). A laptop or tablet would be perfect. If you plan to code, design or write quite bit of content we recommend bringing a laptop rather than just a tablet as it will be easier to write with. Q. Do I need specific skills to participate? A. No - you don’t need any special skills (technical, data or otherwise) to get involved. Interest and enthusiasm are recommended :-) Our Partners for the Event: - Open Data Council - Ministry of Information and Communication, Sierra Leone - The World Bank - Code for Africa WHENThursday, April 21, 2016 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, May 22, 2016 at 11:30 PM (GMT) - Add to Calendar <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-data-festival-sierra-leone-2016-registrat…> WHEREFreetown - Right to Access Information Commission Open Data Council and the Ministry of Information and Communication Miatta Conference Centre,Youyi Building, Brookfields, Freetown, Sierra Leone - View Map <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/open-data-festival-sierra-leone-2016-registrat…>

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Announcing AoIR's new Association Coordinator
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

As many of you know, AoIR is almost entirely a volunteer-run organization, with one exception: the Association Coordinator. The AC helps make this organization run on a daily basis: answering your emails about membership issues, updating the website and social media, getting all of the conference proceedings up on SPIR, and a thousand other little things that are part of the work of an Association. This month we make a transition in our AC position. We are pleased to welcome Courtney Bennett as the new Association Coordinator for AoIR. Courtney holds a PhD in communication from the University of Pennsylvania, and an MSc in Social Psychology from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She has worked as a consultant for several years, for clients such as the Blue Shield of California Foundation and Children's Hospital Oakland, and currently has a contract with the University of California, Office of the President in the Office of Diversity and Engagement. Courtney is stepping in as Anna Hoffmann, who has served as our Coordinator for just over two years, takes her leave so that she can focus more actively on her academic career. Anna has been essential to making the Association go these past years, and I personally am grateful for her dedication, conscientiousness, and attention to the Association. We will miss Anna tremendously, and wish her luck and give her our eternal gratitude. ~Jenny Stromer-Galley President, AoIR

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Henryk Grossman 2.0: A Critique of Paul Mason’s Book “PostCapitalism"
by Christian Fuchs 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

Fuchs, Christian. 2016. Henryk Grossman 2.0: A Critique of Paul Mason’s Book “PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future“. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 14 (1): 232-242. http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/article/view/757 Abstract This article reviews Paul Mason’s book “PostCapitalism: A Guide to Our Future”. It discusses Mason’s version of long wave theory, the book’s interpretation of Karl Marx, its analysis of the Grundrisse’s “Fragment on Machines”, and aspects of political struggles and societal change. The conclusion is that Paul Mason is digital Marxism’s Henryk Grossman 2.0.

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Call for Papers: Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference (Sydney 14-17 December 2016)
by Catherine Driscoll 12 Apr '16

12 Apr '16

PROPOSALS DUE April 30th, 2016! For the first time in its history, Crossroads in Cultural Studies is coming to the southern hemisphere. Hosted by the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University, the 11th International Conference Crossroads in Cultural Studies will be held in Sydney, Australia from December 14th to 17th 2016. Scholars from around the world will come together in the beautiful summertime setting of Sydney University to engage with the past, present and future of cultural studies scholarship. Keynote Speakers: Ghassan Hage, Audra Simpson, Kamala Visweswaran. Other Plenary and Featured Spotlight Speakers Will Include: Paula Banerjee, Sarah Banet-Weiser, Alison Bashford, Amita Baviskar, Jean Burgess, John Erni, Martin Fredriksson, Steve Kinnane, Denisa Kera, Maria Lugones, Mark McLelland, Cecilia Mariz, Aileen Moreton-Robinson, Kado Muir, Laikwan Pang, Susanna Paasonen, Elizabeth Povinelli, Cristina Rocha, Evelyn Ruppert, Rachel Silvey, Gavin Smith, Maristella Svampa, Imre Szeman, Martina Tazzioli, Irene Watson, Brenda Weber, Nira Yuval-Davis. Stay tuned for the announcement of more speakers! The Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference has played an important role in the creation of a global discussion of Cultural Studies. It has become a major international conference where scholars from all five continents gather regularly to exchange research, views, and insights. Organized by the Association for Cultural Studies (ACS), the Crossroads conference is held every other year in different parts of the world. Previous conferences have taken place in Birmingham (United Kingdom), Urbana-Champaign (USA), Istanbul (Turkey), Kingston (Jamaica), Hong Kong (China), Paris (France), and Tampere (Finland). A day-long postgraduate/graduate research student conference will precede the main conference (on 13 December, 2016) – this event will be held at Western Sydney University. * Submit your proposal using the online forms before April 30th, 2016: The call for both paper and pre-organised panel proposals is now open. Submission guidelines and forms can be accessed through our website: www.crossroads2016.org<https://webmail.sydney.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=CpSPOK7mQXtHbFtzAKh5ORJ08…>. * ACS Assistance Fund for Crossroads 2016. The Association for Cultural Studies will offer a small number of grants to assist participants from ACS under-represented regions with travel, accommodation and/or registration expenses. Find more information on the website here: http://crossroads2016.org/register/ * Information on registration and accommodation, and on the student pre-conference will follow soon, along with more confirmed speakers. * Spread the news! Please forward this message to your colleagues and friends – we look forward to seeing you in Sydney in our summer 2016! Possible topics The conference is open to all topics relevant to cultural studies. Here are some suggested topics as food for thought, drawing on the work of our invited keynote, plenary and spotlight speakers, and on more general themes in cultural studies research. However, all contemporary cultural studies research is welcome at this conference: * Diversity, culture, governance * Indigenous knowledge and politics * Borders and mobilities * Culture, gender and decolonisation * Data cultures * Extraction: cultures and industries * Media regulation: from censorship to piracy * Popular affect online * Transforming christianities * Who counts in the anthropocene? gender, sexuality, race and class * Securitization * Australasian cultural studies * Consumption and everyday life * Critical and cultural theory * Digital infrastructure * Culture, gender and sexuality * Globalisation and culture * Human/non-human relations * Inter-Asian cultural studies * Managing cities * Migrant cultural studies * Multicultural, intercultural and cross-cultural studies * Popular cultures and genres * Public culture and cultural policy * Race and racism * Rethinking the human * Rural cultural studies * Screen and media culture * Transforming/Globalising universities Steering Committee: Professor Catherine Driscoll (USyd), Professor Tony Bennett (WSU), Associate Professor Tess Lea (USyd), Professor Brett Nielsen (WSU), Professor Elspeth Probyn (USyd), Associate Professor Kane Race (USyd), Dr Guy Redden (USyd), Dr Shanthi Robertson (WSU). Web: www.crossroads2016.org<https://webmail.sydney.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=CpSPOK7mQXtHbFtzAKh5ORJ08…> Email: acs.2016(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:acs.2016@sydney.edu.au> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/XR2016/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/XR_2016 Hashtag: #XR2016 Professor Catherine Driscoll Department of Gender and Cultural Studies School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry The University of Sydney Email: catherine.driscoll(a)sydney.edu.au Web: http://sydney.edu.au/arts/gender_cultural_studies/staff/profiles/catherine.… CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments.

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