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Book launch and industry public panel: Media and International Education (15/03/2016)
by Dr Esther Chin 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

This public event presents a new perspective on migration and media based on interview research with Singaporean university students in Melbourne. It brings together stakeholders in the media industry and international education sector who are influencers among Singaporean students in Australia, to discuss the key issues that arise with the ongoing transformation of media and internationalisation of education, with particular reference to the case of Singaporean students in Australia. This event is open to the public. University students (local and international, Singaporean and non-Singaporean) and staff are especially welcome. EVENT PROGRAM 1. Brief summary of newly released book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb 2016) and presentation of results of interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne [by Dr Esther Chin, Author and Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology] 2. Endorsement of book [by Assoc Prof Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology] 3. Book launch [by Prof Jason Bainbridge, Chair of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology] 4. Industry public panel Speakers include: - Karen Poh [awarded Victoria's Multicultural Awards for Excellence 2015; Founder and editor-in-chief of MELD Magazine; International student engagement consultant to the Victorian Government’s Study Melbourne Student Centre (SMSC)] - Diane Leow, Digital Producer, Channel NewsAsia Other speakers TBC What is the book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces about? This book explores how we define our social spaces in a world of globalization, cultural diversity, and media convergence. It invites us to consider how each of us relates to multiple people and places worldwide through migration and media. Critiquing our focus on nation, state, and particular countries of origin and settlement, this book offers a new conceptual approach to study contemporary migration and media. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne, Australia, this book details how we organize our social relations into diverse configurations of global and local spaces. This book aims to help university students, researchers, and members of the public to think more critically about how we develop our mental maps of the world, experience the migration of others and ourselves, and shape our media environments. What do experts in media and social science research think about this book? "As migration is one of the key themes of the networked 21st century, this book makes a timely and critical contribution to our understanding of communication across diverse migration processes. Esther Chin offers a much needed theoretical approach which allows us to assess the new dense relationships between communication and mobility, creating new spaces for civic identity beyond the nation-state. Without a doubt, the book sets the agenda for a new field in transnational communication." - Ingrid Volkmer, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Melbourne, Australia "This fine book provides fresh insights into two defining global dynamics of the twenty-first century: migration and media. With a keen theoretical intelligence, Esther Chin greatly advances our understanding of how contemporary social and mobile media undergird people's need to inhabit a plurality of social spaces, creating distinctive 'cartographies of the social'. Essential reading that will equally require us to rethink migration and the place(s) of media." - Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia "This book provides a novel and innovative spatial analysis of migration, where the spaces are mediated, local, and global. It delivers a nuanced and compelling account of how migrants experience their lives, where the global and local shape the social spaces they inhabit. Esther Chin shows how media and spaces interact in a process of 'glocal cosmopolitanism', a concept which aims to move beyond nations and states to capture the interconnected globalised world we now inhabit." - Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia How can I access this book? Email customerservice(a)springer.com to order your book directly from the publisher, from anywhere in the world. You can also order the book from Amazon or your local store. Please request your local academic/public library to buy this book and make it available for other readers. What is the price of this book? Discounted price until 30th April 2016: Quote 'PM16THIRTY' to buy the book at £47.60 or $73.50. This offer is only available to individual (not library/trade) customers. The publisher has priced this book at £68.00 or $105.00. Share this event on Facebook and Twitter We hope you can make it!Cheers,Dr Esther Chin ------------------------------ Event Summary: ------------------------------ Event: Media and International Education: The Case of Singaporeans in Australia Date: Tuesday, 15 March 2016 from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM (AEDT) Location: TD121 Lecture Theatre Swinburne University of Technology John Street Hawthorn, Victoria 3122 Australia ------------------------------ Event Details: ------------------------------ This public event presents a new perspective on migration and media based on interview research with Singaporean university students in Melbourne. It brings together stakeholders in the media industry and international education sector who are influencers among Singaporean students in Australia, to discuss the key issues that arise with the ongoing transformation of media and internationalisation of education, with particular reference to the case of Singaporean students in Australia. This event is open to the public. University students (local and international, Singaporean and non-Singaporean) and staff are especially welcome. EVENT PROGRAM 1. Brief summary of newly released book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces (Palgrave Macmillan, Feb 2016) and presentation of results of interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne [by Dr Esther Chin, Author and Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology] 2. Endorsement of book [by Assoc Prof Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology] 3. Book launch [by Prof Jason Bainbridge, Chair of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology] 4. Industry public panel Speakers include: - Karen Poh [awarded Victoria's Multicultural Awards for Excellence 2015; Founder and editor-in-chief of MELD Magazine; International student engagement consultant to the Victorian Government’s Study Melbourne Student Centre (SMSC)] - Diane Leow, Digital Producer, Channel NewsAsia Other speakers TBC What is the book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces about? This book explores how we define our social spaces in a world of globalization, cultural diversity, and media convergence. It invites us to consider how each of us relates to multiple people and places worldwide through migration and media. Critiquing our focus on nation, state, and particular countries of origin and settlement, this book offers a new conceptual approach to study contemporary migration and media. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne, Australia, this book details how we organize our social relations into diverse configurations of global and local spaces. This book aims to help university students, researchers, and members of the public to think more critically about how we develop our mental maps of the world, experience the migration of others and ourselves, and shape our media environments. What do experts in media and social science research think about this book? "As migration is one of the key themes of the networked 21st century, this book makes a timely and critical contribution to our understanding of communication across diverse migration processes. Esther Chin offers a much needed theoretical approach which allows us to assess the new dense relationships between communication and mobility, creating new spaces for civic identity beyond the nation-state. Without a doubt, the book sets the agenda for a new field in transnational communication." - Ingrid Volkmer, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Melbourne, Australia "This fine book provides fresh insights into two defining global dynamics of the twenty-first century: migration and media. With a keen theoretical intelligence, Esther Chin greatly advances our understanding of how contemporary social and mobile media undergird people's need to inhabit a plurality of social spaces, creating distinctive 'cartographies of the social'. Essential reading that will equally require us to rethink migration and the place(s) of media." - Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia "This book provides a novel and innovative spatial analysis of migration, where the spaces are mediated, local, and global. It delivers a nuanced and compelling account of how migrants experience their lives, where the global and local shape the social spaces they inhabit. Esther Chin shows how media and spaces interact in a process of 'glocal cosmopolitanism', a concept which aims to move beyond nations and states to capture the interconnected globalised world we now inhabit." - Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia How can I access this book? Email customerservice(a)springer.com to order your book directly from the publisher, from anywhere in the world. You can also order the book from Amazon or your local store. Please request your local academic/public library to buy this book and make it available for other readers. What is the price of this book? Discounted price until 30th April 2016: Quote 'PM16THIRTY' to buy the book at £47.60 or $73.50. This offer is only available to individual (not library/trade) customers. The publisher has priced this book at £68.00 or $105.00. ------------------------------ Hosted By: ------------------------------ Dr Esther Chin Lecturer in Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology Author of Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces, Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication https://au.linkedin.com/in/estherchinyw ------------------------------ Register Online: ------------------------------ More information and online registration are available here: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/media-and-international-education-the-case-… ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Collect event fees online with Eventbrite http://www.eventbrite.com

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NEW BOOK: Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces (Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication)
by Esther Chin 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, I would like to share the news that my book Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces has just been released in print and e-book, in the Palgrave Macmillan Series in International Political Communication. Please see below and attached for details, consider including it in your course reading material, and forward this information to your contacts. I will send a separate email regarding the book launch and industry public panel for those who are able to participate in Melbourne. Thank you for your support. :) What is this book about? This book explores how we define our social spaces in a world of globalization, cultural diversity, and media convergence. It invites us to consider how each of us relates to multiple people and places worldwide through migration and media. Critiquing our focus on nation, state, and particular countries of origin and settlement, this book offers a new conceptual approach to study contemporary migration and media. Drawing on in-depth interviews with Singaporean university students in Melbourne, Australia, this book details how we organize our social relations into diverse configurations of global and local spaces. This book aims to help university students, researchers, and members of the public to think more critically about how we develop our mental maps of the world, experience the migration of others and ourselves, and shape our media environments. What do experts in media and social science research think about this book? "As migration is one of the key themes of the networked 21st century, this book makes a timely and critical contribution to our understanding of communication across diverse migration processes. Esther Chin offers a much needed theoretical approach which allows us to assess the new dense relationships between communication and mobility, creating new spaces for civic identity beyond the nation-state. Without a doubt, the book sets the agenda for a new field in transnational communication." - Ingrid Volkmer, Associate Professor in the Department of Media and Communications, University of Melbourne, Australia "This fine book provides fresh insights into two defining global dynamics of the twenty-first century: migration and media. With a keen theoretical intelligence, Esther Chin greatly advances our understanding of how contemporary social and mobile media undergird people's need to inhabit a plurality of social spaces, creating distinctive 'cartographies of the social'. Essential reading that will equally require us to rethink migration and the place(s) of media." - Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communications, University of Sydney, Australia "This book provides a novel and innovative spatial analysis of migration, where the spaces are mediated, local, and global. It delivers a nuanced and compelling account of how migrants experience their lives, where the global and local shape the social spaces they inhabit. Esther Chin shows how media and spaces interact in a process of 'glocal cosmopolitanism', a concept which aims to move beyond nations and states to capture the interconnected globalised world we now inhabit." - Karen Farquharson, Associate Dean (Research & Engagement) and Associate Professor Sociology, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia How can I access this book? Email customerservice(a)springer.com to order your book directly from the publisher, from anywhere in the world. You can also order the book from Amazon<http://www.amazon.co.uk/Migration-Global-Local-MacMillan-International-Comm…> or your local store. Please request your local academic/public library to buy this book and make it available for other readers. What is the price of this book? Discounted price until 30th April 2016: Quote 'PM16THIRTY' to buy the book at £47.60 or $73.50. This offer is only available to individual (not library/trade) customers. The publisher has priced this book at £68.00 or $105.00. Dr Esther Chin Lecturer in Media and Communications Faculty of Health, Arts and Design Swinburne University of Technology Australia Office AS315 | Phone +61 3 9214 4695 https://au.linkedin.com/in/estherchinyw Chin, E. (2016). Migration, Media, and Global-Local Spaces. Palgrave Macmillan.

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Please Cite Women Academics
by Gabriella "Biella" Coleman 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Hi all, I am posting this very interesting blog post on behalf of its author Meryl Alper (who is changing email addresses and can't post here right now). It raises all sorts of vital questions about the erasure of women's academic work in tech reporting. The comments too are quite lively and worth taking a read: https://merylalper.com/2016/02/22/please-read-the-article-please-cite-women… All best, Gabriella -- Gabriella Coleman Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy Department of Art History & Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, PQ H3A 0G5 http://gabriellacoleman.org/ 514-398-8572

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Internet Policy in Eastern Partnership - 8 March 2016 FFO
by Ben Wagner 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

Dear colleagues, here is the final draft of our workshop on 8 March 2016. If you have any questions about the event please do not hesitate to contact event(a)cihr.eu <mailto:event@cihr.eu>. Best regards, Ben Wagner Workshop Program: Internet Policy in Eastern Partnership Countries - #IPEP16 March 8, 2016, 10:00 – 18.00 European University Viadrina, Frankfurt (Oder) Senatssaal (HG 109), Main Building Open to the public. To register email: event(a)cihr.eu <mailto:event@cihr.eu> 10:00 – 10:30 Welcoming remarks - Alexander Wöll, President of European University Viadrina - Joanna Bronowicka and Ben Wagner, European University Viadrina 10:00 – 12:00 Russian, EU and global perspectives on internet policy - Points of tension: Russia, the West and the Rest, Madeline Carr, Cardiff University - Russian perspective on internet policy, Agnieszka Bryc, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń - Framing the EU in the global Internet Governance debate, Andrea Calderaro, Cardiff University 12.00 – 13:30 Lunch break 13.30 – 15.30 Country perspectives from Ukraine and Armenia - Internet Policy of Ukraine: From Diverse Vectors Strategy Ahead Towards Holistic Approach, Professor Andrii Paziuk, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv - The Role of Civil Society in Promoting the Internet Freedom Agenda in Ukrainian Internet Governance Discourse, Tetyana Lokot, University of Maryland - Armenian experience on Internet Governance: Achievements and Challenges, Samvel Martitosyan, Institute for Strategic and Innovative Research 15.30 – 16.00 Coffee break 16.00 – 18.00 Internet Policy in the Eastern Partnership - Media freedom and Internet policy in Eastern Parnership countries, Aidar Botagarov, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe - Thinking from the Edges: Internet Policy in Eastern Partnership Countries, Joanna Bronowicka, European University Viadrina About the workshop To understand global human rights challenges of the digital age, we need to know more how Internet policies are developed at the national level. We think it is particularly important to research internet policies in countries, which are at the borders of large geopolitical systems. At the periphery of the global system, internet policy is often not so strongly institutionalised as a result of which human rights norms are more in flux. At this workshop, we want to take a closer look at internet polices in the Eastern Partnership countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. Torn between two large geopolitical block, those six countries are very vulnerable to the growing mistrust between Brussels and Moscow. Strong trade and investment links to both Russia and Europe force them to make decisions, which can be politically hard and economically costly. Internet policy is one of the areas most affected by competing human rights discourses and trade interests. Our working hypothesis is that geopolitics will affect how Internet policy is developed, but can be mitigated by other economic or social factors, such as the strength of actors from private sector or civil society. This workshop is organized by the Centre for the Internet and Human Rights in collaboration with the B/ORDERS IN MOTION Centre, both at European University Viadrina. CIHR is a vibrant hub for academic research about technology and society at Viadrina. Our goal is to inform current public and academic debates by producing high-quality research grounded in theory and empirical data. You can find out more information about the project on CIHR website: cihr.eu <http://cihr.eu/> -- Dr. Ben Wagner Centre for Internet & Human Rights European University Viadrina https://cihr.eu <https://cihr.eu/> Twitter: @benwagne_r Office: +49 335 5534 2832 Mobile: +49 170 110 2881 GPG Key Id: 494604B0A3479DBB

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ACM UMAP 2016 Final Call for Papers (DEADLINE EXTENDED)
by Christoph Trattner 25 Feb '16

25 Feb '16

***** UMAP'2016 DEADLINE EXTENDED WITH 5 DAYS****** Due to popular request, UMAP'2016 deadlines have been extended! ***************************************** ACM UMAP 2016 Call for Papers The 24th ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada 13-17 July 2016 http://www.um.org/umap2016/ (collocated with Hypertext 2016) UMAP is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users, to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. UMAP is the successor to the biennial User Modeling (UM) and Adaptive Hypermedia and Adaptive Web-based Systems (AH) conferences that were merged in 2009. It is sponsored by ACM SIG CHI and SIG WEB, and organized under the auspices of User Modeling Inc. ACM UMAP 2016 covers a wide variety of research areas where adaptation may be applied. This include (but is in no way limited to) a number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation: recommender systems; adaptive educational systems; intelligent user interfaces; eCommerce; advertising; digital humanities; social networks; personalized health; entertainment, and many more. Key Areas: UMAP 2016 will explore, study and shape a broad range of dimensions faced by modern user adaptive systems, covering the following Key Areas chaired by leading researchers. User Modelling for Recommender Systems (Area Chairs: Alexander Felfernig & Pasquale Lops) - Semantic recommenders - Social recommenders - User Experience, Explanations, Trust, Control - Context-aware recommender systems - Conversational recommender systems - Implicit and explicit user feedback - Preference elicitation - Machine learning for recommender systems - Case studies of real-world implementations Adaptive & Personalized Educational Systems (Area Chairs: Antonija Mitrovic & Kalina Yacef) - Learner modeling - Intelligent tutoring systems - Adaptive and personalized learning support - Collaborative and group learning - Emerging environments such as MOOCs and educational games - Educational data mining and learning analytic modeling techniques - Learning at scale Modeling affective, motivational, and metacognitive aspects of learning Case studies of real-world implementations Personalization in the Social Web & Crowdsourcing Era (Area Chairs: Alessandro Bozzon & Harith Alani) - Data-driven approaches and big data techniques - Deep learning for personalization with social and crowd-generated data - Social network analysis - Modeling individuals, groups, and communities - Engagement & sustainability for personalization - User awareness and control - Privacy, perceived security, and trust - Adaptations based on personality, society, and culture - Mining of social media and crowd-generated data - Human computation and machine intelligence for personalization - Harnessing wisdom of the crowd for personalization - Case studies of real-world implementations Adaptive, Intelligent, & Multimodal User Interfaces (Area Chairs: Julien Epps & Hatice Gunes) - Multimodal user models - Natural interaction (speech, language, gestures) - Brain-computer interfaces - Adaptive information visualization - Adaptive hypermedia systems - Adaptive collaboration support - User modeling for special needs - Case studies of real-world implementations Architectures, techniques & methodologies for UMAP (Area Chairs: Stephan Weibelzahl & Mihaela Cocea) - Models of perception, action, cognition, and affect - Neurobiological and physiological models - User experience - Ongoing continuous modeling - Lifewide modeling - Data-driven approaches - Non-standard database representations (networks, graphs) - Sensor networks - Handheld and mobile devices - Standards and specifications - Interoperability, semantics - Evaluation methodologies and metrics - Case studies of real-world implementations Submission Categories and Review Process UMAP 2016 will include high quality peer-reviewed papers related to the above key areas. We welcome original, and principled research papers addressing both the theory and practice of UMAP and papers showcasing innovative use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP technology in real-life applications and contexts. Authors will be asked to indicate one or more key areas (from the five listed below) at the time of submission. Submissions should be made into one of two categories - long and short papers as defined below. Long papers (8 pages + references) should present original reports of substantive new research techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work within the field and clearly indicate innovative aspects. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be explicitly discussed. Short papers (4 pages + references) should present original and highly promising research or applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies, although some form of validation is desirable. Maintaining the high quality and impact of the UMAP series, each paper will be single-blind reviewed by three program committee members and meta-reviewed to present the reviewersí consensual view; the review process will be coordinated by the program chairs in collaboration with the corresponding area chairs. Separation of long and short papers will be strictly enforced so papers will not compete across categories but within each category. Papers that receive high scores and are considered promising by reviewers, but didnít make the acceptance cut, will be invited to be resubmitted as posters and/or demos. Submission Details and Publication: Page limits: Long papers - 8 pages + references; Short pages: 4 pages + references. Note that reference do not count towards page limits. Papers that exceed the page limits or formatting guidelines will be returned without review. Submissions should be single-blinded, i.e. the authors can have their names in the paper. Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIG proceedings template and submitted via EasyChair. Submission templates: http://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template Easychair submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2016 Accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. At least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference by May 1, 2016 for the paper to be included in the proceedings. Authors are expected to attend the conference and present the paper there. Important Dates: (NEW) 28 February 2016: Abstracts for Full and Short Papers (mandatory) (NEW 6 March 2016: Full and Short Papers due 25 March 2016: Doctoral Consortium (DC) papers 15 April 2016: Notification for Full, Short and DC papers 1 May 2016: Camera-ready for Full, Short and DC papers (main proceedings) Author Registration Deadline for main proceedings 7 May 2016: Workshop Papers, Posters & Demos, Late-Breaking Results (LBR) 1 June 2016: Notification of Workshop Papers, Posters & Demos, LBR papers 7 June 2016: Camera-ready for Workshop papers & Demos, LBR papers (extended proceedings) Early Registration Deadline (author registration for extended proceedings) 12 July 2016: Regular Registration Deadline 13-17 July 2016: UMAP 2016 Conference On-site Registration The submissions times are 11:59 pm Hawaii time. Organization: General Chairs: Julita Vassileva and James Blustein Program Chairs: Lora Aroyo and Sidney DíMello Workshop Chairs: Federica Cena and Jie Zhang Doctoral Consortium Chairs: Vania Dimitrova and Maria Bielikova Posters, Demos and LBR Chairs: Darina Dicheva and Michel Desmarais Publicity Chairs: Christoph Trattner and Denis Parra Conference Website http://www.um.org/umap2016/ -- ------------------------------------------------------- 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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additional pieces of bias against women in journalism
by Gabriella "Biella" Coleman 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Hi all, I have heard back from some folks claiming that the case Meryl highlighted was not indicative of larger trends. I thought I would pass on a few pieces that do deal with the fact that the omission and invisibility of female voices in journalism and journalistic writing is not a sporadic occurrence but a systematic one. If others have good pieces on the topic, I would love to see them. http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/02/gender-diversity-jour… http://democracyjournal.org/magazine/31/closed-network/ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/12/upshot/even-famous-female-economists-get-… All best, Gabriella -- Gabriella Coleman Wolfe Chair in Scientific and Technological Literacy Department of Art History & Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West Montreal, PQ H3A 0G5 http://gabriellacoleman.org/ 514-398-8572

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*FINAL CALL: Proposal deadline: 1 March 2016 FINAL CALL ***
by Christian Fuchs 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

A reminder that the deadline of 1 March 2016 is approaching for book submissions to the Critical and Digital Social Media Studies. https://www.westminster.ac.uk/news/2016/critical-digital-and-social-media-s… http://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/news/ "Critical Digital & Social Media Studies" is a book series edited by Christian Fuchs on behalf of the Westminster Insitute for Advanced Studies and published by the University of Westminster Press. It publishes books that critically study the role of the Internet, digital and social media in society and make critical interventions. We invite submissions of book proposals that fall into the scope of the series. The books in the series are published in an open access format available online without payment using a Creative Commons licence (CC-BY-NC-ND) and simultaneously as affordable paperbacks. We are able to publish a number of books in the call without any book processing charges thanks to support by the University of Westminster Library. The Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies http://www.westminster.ac.uk/wias is a new interdisciplinary institute at the University of Westminster. Its inaugural research theme is critical digital & social media research. Subscription to its newsletter is possible here: http://www.westminster.ac.uk/newsletter

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MARCH 1 deadline for CMAP masters program
by Eric Gordon 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

Dear Friends and Colleagues, A reminder that there 1 WEEK left to apply for the Master of Arts Program in Civic Media, Art & Practice (CMAP) at Emerson College. The deadline to apply for funding consideration is MARCH 1. We would appreciate your sharing this announcement with anyone who may be interested in the program for Fall 2016. Seeking interdisciplinary minded people including recent college graduates, entrepreneurs, socially engaged artists, civic leaders and creative technologists to apply for admission to CMAP. CMAP is an intensive 12-month program housed in the Engagement Lab<http://elab.emerson.edu/>, an applied research lab at Emerson College. The graduate program centers around engaged research, specifically the production of a creative thesis project, rooted in the theories and methodologies explored during course work and conducted in collaboration with external partners in such areas government, international development, advocacy, public health, to name a few. There are also teaching opportunities for those interested in education or global development at the Salzburg Academy of Media and Global Change each summer. More details about CMAP: http://elab.emerson.edu/cmap Check out a short video about CMAP: https://vimeo.com/146805861 Thank you for your help getting the word out about this opportunity. Eric

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Final call for papers: Social Media in the Newsroom (SMnews 2016) workshop, co-located with ICWSM 2016
by Heravi, Bahareh 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

======================================================= Social Media in the Newsroom (SMnews 2016), workshop co-located with ICWSM 2016 http://www.smnews.newslab.ie/ 17th May, 2016 - Cologne, Germany ======================================================= FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS --------------- The exponential growth of social media as a central communication practice, and its agility in capturing and announcing breaking news events more rapidly than traditional media, has changed the journalistic landscape: social media has been adopted as a significant source by professional journalists, and conversely, citizens are able to use social media as a form of direct reportage. This brings along new opportunities for newsrooms and journalists by providing new means for newsgathering through access to a wealth of citizen reportage and updates about current affairs, as well as an additional showcase for news dissemination. This workshop aims to focus on the intersection of social media and journalism, as a subset of Computational and Data Journalism. It will particularly focus on the development of novel algorithms, methods, and tools, and to further understand and to make the most of social media content for the purposes of news and media industries and journalism practitioners. We are aiming to have an invited speaker from the journalism industry, as well as a number of presentations for the accepted papers in the workshop programme. Topics of Interest ------------------ This workshop aims to bring together practitioners and academics in the fields of journalism and news production, information science, data science and computer science, facilitating a multidisciplinary discussion on these topics in order to advance research in the broad area of Data and Computational journalism, with specific focus on social media data for news production and reporting. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Newsgathering from social media * Social Event Detection * Social media content curation * Social media analytics for news * Verification of source and content * Detection of eyewitnesses and experts * Ethical issues concerning social media newsgathering and eyewitness media * Credibility assessment * Provenance * Analysis of social news and online news from traditional media * Fact-checking * Citizen journalism * Data Driven journalism * Computational Journalism * Robot journalism * Algorithmic accountability * Approaches to boost reputation of journalists in social media * Diffusion of news stories in social media * Social media news audiences and network gatekeeping * Social media and censorship * Visualisation of news and social media Important Dates --------------- * 27th February, 2016: Paper submission deadline. * 11th March, 2016: Notification to authors. * 17th March, 2016: Camera-ready papers due. * 17th May, 2016: Workshop day. Paper Submission ---------------- Two types of submissions will be accepted: full papers that present advanced work (5-8 pages), and short papers that present work in progress (up to 4 pages). Submissions will be assessed through peer review, with each submission being reviewed by at least three committee members. Papers must be in trouble-free, high resolution PDF format, formatted for US Letter (8.5″ x 11″) paper, using Type 1 or TrueType fonts. Submission must be formatted in AAAI two-column, camera-ready style: http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Author/author.php Submissions will be made through Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=smnews2016 Organising Committee -------------------- * Bahareh R. Heravi, NUI Galway, Ireland * Arkaitz Zubiaga, University of Warwick, UK Programme Committee ------------------- * Luca Maria Aiello, Yahoo! Labs, UK * Martin Atzmueller, University of Kassel, Germany * Stefano Ceccon, The Times and The Sunday Times, UK * Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Aalto University, Finland * Nicholas Diakopoulos, University of Maryland, USA * George Gkotsis, King’s College London, UK * Phil Hahn, CTV News, Canada * Ulrika Hedman, University of Gothenburg, Sweden * Hongzhao Huang, Facebook, USA * David Laniado, Eurecat, Spain * Maria Liakata, University of Warwick, UK * Miguel Martinez-Alvarez, Signal Media Ltd., UK * Donn Morrison, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway * Anika Oellrich, King’s College London, UK * Symeon Papadopoulos, ITI-CERTH, Greece * Gavin Sheridan, VizLegal (former Storyful), Ireland * Damiano Spina, RMIT University, Australia * Thomas Steiner, Google, Germany * Jane Suiter, Dublin City University, Ireland * Laura Tolosi-Halacheva, Ontotext, Bulgaria * Pablo Torres, NUI Galway, Ireland * Christoph Trattner, Know-Center, Austria * Sumithra Velupillai, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden and King’s College London, UK

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WEBCAST WEDS/THURS – NY DPS Telecom Study Technical Conference
by Joly MacFie 24 Feb '16

24 Feb '16

This is already underway. Plenty of meat for telecom wonks! Spicing up the proceedings is the $500m of Wall St fines <http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/albany/2015/01/8560363/cuomo-re-annou…> that Gov Cuomo has allotted to broadband upgrades. It's on a matching dollar basis, something that has caused some smaller ISPs to complain, claiming it discriminates on behalf of larger incumbents. There are no live captions, sorry, but NYS DPL promises a transcript by early next week. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nydps/>On *Wednesday - Thursday February 24-25 2016* The *New York State Department of Public Service <http://www.dps.ny.gov/>* will hold a *Technical Conference <http://on.ny.gov/1OuP1UI>* in NYC to discuss their recent Telecommunications Study. The Telecommunications Study is designed to help the Commission and the State Legislature identify areas where there may be market failures or opportunities to advance the public interest. The event will be webcast live, and that webcast will be mirrored via the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nydps>*. * What: NY DPS Telecom Study Technical Conference <http://on.ny.gov/1OuP1UI> Where: New York City When: Wednesday - Thursday February 24-25 2016 Agenda: http://on.ny.gov/1p4pEVc <http://on.ny.gov/1p4pEVc> Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nydps <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/nydps> Twitter: @NYSDPS https://twitter.com/search?q=%40nysdps <https://twitter.com/search?q=%40nysdps>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8325#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8325#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8325 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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