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Re: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools
by Axel Bruns 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

G'day Gohar ! Thanks for this. As others have already pointed out, you won't be able to get all of those stats easily, and a number of them will be outdated almost as soon as you've gathered them. For small batches of general user details (as well as for most anything else that can be gathered through the Twitter APIs), though, I would very much recommend Erik Michaels-Ober's Ruby gem 't', which essentially provides a command-line interface to the Twitter API. It's available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and while - like most things Ruby - it's not the easiest to install, it's very handy for quickly getting the profile information for a batch of a few hundred user handles (or IDs), for instance. Output can be forced to CSV format using the -c or --csv switch. Details are at https://github.com/sferik/t, and Erik (@sferik) tends to be pretty helpful if you run into any trouble, too. > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2015 11:59:05 +0900 > From: "Gohar F. Khan" <gohar.feroz(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools > > Hello list members: > > I am looking for tools which can help extract all possible Twitter statistics > (such as, number of tweets, followers, followings, mentions, re-tweets, > favorites) for a list of Twitter handlers (around 120 accounts). *In > particular, I look for a tool that can take the IDs as a single file and > provide the desired statistics for each ID. * > > The Webometrics Analyst has this functionality, but unfortunately it only > provides followers and followings data. I am also familiar with the several > other tools including the ones mentioned in the Dean Freelon's curated list > <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaERzROI986HqcwrBDLaqGG8X_lYwctj6ek6ryqD > OiQ/edit>, > but > non of these can extract all the information I need. Some tools provide more > statistics, but they work with one ID at time. > > I will greatly appreciate any suggestions. > > > Thank you, > > -- > > Gohar Feroz Khan, PhD > > Adjunct Faculty & Research Adviser > Korea Advance Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) Global Information > and Telecommunication Technology Program (ITTP) > 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. -- Dr Axel Bruns a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au - @snurb_dot_info ARC Future Fellow, 2014-17 http://www.amazon.com/author/axel.bruns/ Professor, Media & Communication http://mappingonlinepublics.net/ QUT Digital Media Research Centre http://qut.edu.au/research/dmrc/ Creative Industries Faculty, K412, KG http://snurb.info/ Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld 4001, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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Assistant/Associate Professor PR/Advertising UMass Boston
by Mathias Klang 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Assistant/Associate Professor PR/Advertising The University of Massachusetts Boston welcomes applications for a tenure-track Assistant or tenured Associate Professor with expertise in Public Relations/Advertising to begin September 1, 2016. Candidates are expected to have a PhD in Communication or a related field by August 31, 2016. Successful candidates must demonstrate a record of excellence in social science research in public relations/advertising, and should demonstrate a record of, or strong potential for securing extramural funding. It would be beneficial for these interests to intersect with our current strengths in media, interpersonal, health, political, or intercultural communication. The instructional requirements for the position include developing and teaching an array of undergraduate courses, including courses in the candidate's specialty, as well as conventional communication courses. In addition to advising undergraduate students in the major, this hire will be expected to teach two courses per semester. Additional opportunities exist for summer and January session courses. An interest in professional and institutional service is required, and professional experience in the communication industry could also be a plus. Members of the Communication Department will be available to answer questions at the NCA job fair in November. Review of applications will begin on December 1 and will continue until a suitable candidate is hired. All materials must be submitted electronically; hard copy applications will not be considered. Please submit a cover letter, C.V., research statement, evidence of teaching effectiveness and contact information for three letters of recommendation online. https://www.higheredjobs.com/faculty/details.cfm?JobCode=176154625 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang Associate Professor of Political Communication, UMass Boston http://klangable.com ~ @klangable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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PLAY/REWIND -- Communication Graduate Conference
by Merlyna Lim 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

http://carletoncgc.com/upcoming-events-lectures/cfps/ Carleton University's Communication Graduate Conference is pleased to announce our 11th annual conference: PLAY/REWIND. The conference will be held March 3rd-4th, 2016, in Carleton University's picturesque River Building. Call for papers: To understand the present and shape the future, we must confront and critique the past. Our 11th annual conference, Play/Rewind, invites explorations in communication that look backward to move forward. When we invite ‘play’ into communication we get a sense of lightheartedness, of fun, and of spectacle. Play suggests malleability, change, and transformation. Yet beneath this frivolity are anxieties over our increasingly myopic and entertainment-minded society. We rewind to consider what has come before. New discoveries emerge from the gaps and missed connections of previous ones. To rewind is to remember; to replay, to search for what was missed, to consider what came before. Between the moment of rewind and play is ‘pause’ – a state in which we can critically reflect before moving on to new discoveries, new experiences, and the next part of the story. Both of the concepts of ‘play’ and ‘rewind’ could stand on their own, but when working in tandem they operate as a give and take of ideas. An exchange. They ask questions of our present and future, while recalling the past that paved the way. The conference theme, Play/Rewind, encourages submissions examining a broad range of topics and themes, such as a rethink of history or performance studies, the politics of play, digital activism, emergent technologies, or digital and social media. Other examples of themes and issues that paper presentations may address include: • Entertainment, spectacle, and ludology • Remediation, intertextuality, and transmedia analysis • Creative and cultural industries, cultural and media policy, ideology and practice • Representation and identity • Relationship between the self and communication technology • Memory and identity We welcome 250-word abstract proposals for individual paper presentations and panels. Panel proposals should include both a 250-word abstract for the panel, explaining how it relates to the conference theme, and a 250-word abstract for the paper. The annual Attallah Lecture will take place during the conference, featuring Dr. Mia Consalvo, Canada Research Chair in Game Studies and Design at Concordia University, and author of Cheating: Gaining Advantage in Video Games. Dr. Consalvo runs the mLab, which is developing innovative methods for studying games and game players, and is the President of the Digital Games Research Association. Please send your 250-word abstract and panel proposals to cgc(a)carleton.ca byJANUARY 02, 2016. Include “CGC conference submission” in the email subject line. Upon abstract acceptance, students are encouraged to submit their papers for the Canadian Journal of Communication Student Paper Prize. To be considered for the prize, the full paper must be submitted by February 12th, 2016. http://carletoncgc.com/upcoming-events-lectures/cfps/

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Screen casting software recommendations?
by Jackie Militello 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hi Everyone, I¹m looking for screen-casting software recommendations for pcs for students to install on their own computers. (I have Quicktime for my mac users) I have looked online. Camtasia at US$300 is too expensive for the 45 minutes per computer I need. I need something easy to use, similar to Quicktime that is easily/quickly installed and easy to use. Camstudio seems to have malware issues according to several searches and comments in this PC World article I found. http://www.pcworld.com/article/2862985/how-to-create-and-distribute-an-instr uctional-screencast-video-for-free.html Appreciate any help, Jackie Militello | Hong Kong University | School of English

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Barcelona CFP 2016 Bridging Gaps: What are the media, publicists & celebrities selling?
by Dr Samita Nandy 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

*The following CFP might be of strong interest to faculty and students examining social media and online celebrities.* *CALL FOR PAPERS* *Bridging Gaps**: What are the media, publicists, and celebrities selling?* Red Room, Four Points by Sheraton Barcelona Diagonal Barcelona, Spain July 3rd - 5th, 2016 Public personalities hold the power to draw attention to products, services, and charities through their endorsement. Celebrity activists, for example, can help to change the world. From Elizabeth Taylor to George Clooney, celebrities have proven that their status can help raise awareness and funds for issues such as aids, poverty and global warming. However, many activists have also gained fame by standing up for their beliefs such as Harvey Milk, Dian Fossey, Malala Yousafzai, and Rosa Parks, thereby bridging gaps between celebrity activists and activists as celebrities. Thanks to social media, people today have a platform to share their views and gain a following, meaning activism is now in the power of the people. They can bring communities together from around the world to make a difference. We invite you to send in abstracts about media control, activism, and celebrity status to interrogate, draw attention to the good that is being done, and suggest ways we can improve the world. What actions need to be taken and how can celebrity status help achieve this? How much power does a celebrity really have? Can someone create celebrity status through their activism? What role does public relations and the media play in promoting messages from beauty ideals to saving the planet? The Centre for Media and Celebrity Studies (CMCS) *Bridging Gaps* conference series aims to connect scholars with industry professionals and generate a discussion and practice that will inspire change. CMCS in association with sponsors Centre for Ecological, Social, and Informatics Cognitive Research (ESI.CORE) and WaterHill Publishing, invite academics, filmmakers, journalists, publicists, advertisers, charity organizers, and guests to attend, speak and collaborate at the international conference. Attendees may present papers, take part in a workshop or create a roundtable discussion on the theme of celebrity activism, media ethics and endorsements. Extended versions of selected papers will be published in an edited book by WaterHill Publishing, while others will be invited for the opportunity to publish work in the *CrossBridge* Journal. We also invite people to send in videos for the *Celebrity Chat* Award. The best video/documentary will be selected based on its ability to draw attention to a significant matter, be relevant to the conference theme and inspire change. *Registration includes*: Your printed conference package*,* catered lunch, coffee / tea breaks, evening drinks, professional development workshop, access to evening receptions, eligibility to publish in edited book, and consideration for the $100 best paper and screen awards. *Submission guidelines:* - 250-word abstract or workshop / roundtable proposal - Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if applicable - Submit to conference Chairs Dr Jackie Raphael and Dr Celia Lam at email address: *celeb.studies(a)gmail.com* <celeb.studies(a)gmail.com> - Deadline for abstract submission: *December 20, 2015* - Notification of acceptance: *January 20, 2016* - Full text due: *June 4, 2016* - Pre-Conference Reception*: July 3, 2016* - Conference presentation: *July 4-5, 2016* - Publication of edited book: *Approximately November 30, 2016* *Celebrity Chat** Video Submissions:* - Video length should be 10-20 minutes - Include a title, your name, e-mail address, and affiliation if applicable - Submit to conference Chairs Dr Jackie Raphael and Dr Celia Lam at email address: *celeb.studies(a)gmail.com* <celeb.studies(a)gmail.com> - Deadline for submission: *December 20, 2015* - Notification of acceptance: *January 20, 2016* - Conference screening: *July 4-5, 2016* *Topics include but are not limited to:* - Mass media and social media - Public relations and publicity - Social Advocacy - Human rights and animal rights - Environmental sustainability - Celebrity activists - Activists as celebrities - Endorsements - Advertising - Branding - Persona - Journalism and newsworthy topics - Fame and Fortune - Beauty Ideals - Interviews - Audiences - Fandom - Literature - Film and Video - Television - Photography - Laws and Policies - Theory and Methods - Research Agenda - Business Models - Ethics and Morality - Cognition and Memory - Media Literacy - Social Innovation and Change - Education and Advocacy - Community Building - Business and Community Partnerships *Conference Chairs*: Dr Jackie Raphael and Dr Celia Lam *Conference Committee Members*: Dr Samita Nandy, Dr Louis Massey, Josh Nathan, and Andrea Marshall *Conference URL* http://cmc-centre.com/conferences/barcelona/

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter data collection tools
by Maurice Vergeer 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

you could look at R's twitterR package. See https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/twitteR/twitteR.pdf But then you would need to know how to use R. Not that difficult but yet a new program. One benefit: you have it directly ready for analysis Hope that helps Maurice On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 3:59 AM, Gohar F. Khan <gohar.feroz(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list members: > > I am looking for tools which can help extract all possible Twitter > statistics (such as, number of tweets, followers, followings, mentions, > re-tweets, favorites) for a list of Twitter handlers (around 120 > accounts). *In > particular, I look for a tool that can take the IDs as a single file and > provide the desired statistics for each ID. * > > The Webometrics Analyst has this functionality, but unfortunately it only > provides followers and followings data. I am also familiar with the several > other tools including the ones mentioned in the Dean Freelon's curated list > < > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UaERzROI986HqcwrBDLaqGG8X_lYwctj6ek6ryq… > >, > but > non of these can extract all the information I need. Some tools provide > more statistics, but they work with one ID at time. > > I will greatly appreciate any suggestions. > > > Thank you, > > -- > > Gohar Feroz Khan, PhD > > Adjunct Faculty & Research Adviser > Korea Advance Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) > Global Information and Telecommunication Technology Program (ITTP) > 291 Daehak-ro, Yuseong-gu, Daejeon, South Korea. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out my new book on social media analytics > <http://7layersanalytics.com/>! > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > Please consider submitting your work to the social media analytics track at > PACIS201 <http://www.pacis2016.org/Page/Index/71>6. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > -------------------- > Social Identities: || Blog <http://gfkhan.wordpress.com> || Twitter > <https://twitter.com/gfkhan> || LinkedIn > <https://www.linkedin.com/pub/gohar-feroz-khan/7/62b/42> || Research > Centre > <http://centreforsocialtech.com/>|| > _______________________________________________ > 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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Winners of the 2014 McGannon Book Award (& soliciting nominations for 2015)
by Alice E. Marwick 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University is pleased to announce the co-winners of the 2014 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Technology Research: Low Power to the People (MIT) by Christina Dunbar-Hester of Rutgers University and the University of Southern California and The War on Learning (MIT) by Elizabeth Losh of the College of William and Mary. This is the first award under the center’s revised mission to further understanding of the ethical and social justice dimensions of media and communication technologies. Both books were deemed by the review committee to make substantial contributions to the study of the social and ethical implications of communication technologies. More: http://www.mcgannoncenter.com/?p=180 About the Donald McGannon Book Award Each year, via the Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communication Technology Research, the McGannon Center seeks to honor the best in book-length research in the social justice and/or ethical dimensions of communication technology, broadly defined. The award carries with it a $2,000 prize and is named in the honor of Donald H. McGannon, former CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting and a 1940 graduate of Fordham University. If you want to nominate a book for the 2015 award (must have been published for the first time in 2015 and pertain to the ethical and social justice dimensions of communication technologies), please drop me a line. Guidelines are here: http://www.mcgannoncenter.com/?page_id=53 Thanks! Alice -- Alice E. Marwick, PhD Director, McGannon Center Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University amarwick(a)fordham.edu http://www.mcgannoncenter.com http://www.tiara.org <http://www.tiara.org>

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Call: Conference Panel ”The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of the Media” at the 2nd Marx Conference
by Christian Fuchs 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Call for Abstracts: Conference Panel ”The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of the Media” (2 sessions) Part of the 2nd Marx Conference, Stockholm, Sweden. October 14-16, 2016. Venue: ABF-huset, Sveavägen 41. Website: http://www.marx2016.org Convenors: Arwid Lund, Uppsala University, Sweden; Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster, UK. Supported by the open access journal tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique (http://www.triple-c.at) Details: http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/26 Abstract submission: max. 250 words. Deadline January 31, 2016. Submission to: arwid.lund(a)abm.uu.se. Please indicate to which of the two sessions you submit (see below). Each session will consist of a panel of four speakers, 15 min. for each presentation, and half an hour for concluding questions and discussions. In 2013, a very successful Marx conference was held in Stockholm, gathering 2000 activists and scholars, with keynote speakers such as Michael Heinrich and Wolfgang Haug. The main topic of the conference was Marxist theory as a tool for analysing contemporary society. 2016’s follow-up conference (Marx2016) aims at political openings and potentials for a world beyond capitalism based on a thorough analysis of contemporary society. The general theme of the conference is To change a changed world. The conference consists of four main tracks. One of the sub-tracks will focuses on Marxist studies of media, communication and information There will be two sessions based on the following questions and themes: Theme 1: Digital labour, Marx and Dallas Smythe: In 1977, almost 40 years ago, Dallas Smythe published his seminal article “Communications: Blindspot of Western Marxism”, in which he introduced the notions of audience labour and the audience commodity. This session asks: What is the relevance of “audience labour” for the political project of Marxism and the analysis of online participants and user generated content in the age of commercial social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Google? Does it matter for Marxism as a political project if the analysis of digital capitalism is based on the concepts of surplus-value or rent? Theme 2: Exploitation 2.0: Class and Exploitation in the Digital Age: Capitalism is a dynamic, dialectical system that changes in order to maintain its fundamental structures of exploitation. The rise of the computer, digitisation and the Internet’s role in the economy and society has brought about changes of class structures. This session asks: How have class and exploitation changed in the age of digital media? How can we analyse unpaid activities on commercial platforms with the help of class and other concepts such as the multitude and exploitation? What is the role of conflicts and struggles between users and the owners of corporate Internets platforms (such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, LinkedIn, Weibo, Amazon, Pinterest, Tumblr, Flickr, etc.). Can peer production and non-commercial, alternative online media challenge capitalism? What are the implications of digital Marxism and media Marxism for Marxist theory and socialist politics? The sub-theme of The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of the Media will be accompanied by one keynote talk in a general plenary session that provides a general introduction to the Marxist political economy of media, information and communication: Christian Fuchs: “The Marxist Critique of the Political Economy of Media in the Age of Digital Capitalism”.

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Analysing YouTube comments
by Anna E. Haverinen 11 Nov '15

11 Nov '15

Hello list members, I am looking for tools to extract YouTube comment sections or any other relevant applications that would aid me in that kind of data collection and analysis. Any suggestions? Thank you already in advance, Anna Haverinen _________________________ Anna E. Haverinen, PhD Visiting Scholar, Existential Terrains research program (DIGMEX) University of Stockholm, Sweden Postdoctoral Researcher Digital Culture University of Turku, Finland Chairwoman of the Finnish Death Studies Association www.kuolemantutkimus.com www.thanatos-journal.com anna.haverinen(a)utu.fi http://www.annahaverinen.com @Ahaverine

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Re: [Air-L] Analysing YouTube comments
by Maurice Vergeer 10 Nov '15

10 Nov '15

you might want to consider http://infoextractor.org/ hope that helps On Wed, Nov 11, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Anna E. Haverinen <aehaverinen(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello list members, > > I am looking for tools to extract YouTube comment sections or any other > relevant applications that would aid me in that kind of data collection and > analysis. > > Any suggestions? > > Thank you already in advance, > > Anna Haverinen > > _________________________ > Anna E. Haverinen, PhD > Visiting Scholar, Existential Terrains research program (DIGMEX) > University of Stockholm, Sweden > > Postdoctoral Researcher > Digital Culture > University of Turku, Finland > > Chairwoman of the Finnish Death Studies Association > www.kuolemantutkimus.com > www.thanatos-journal.com > > anna.haverinen(a)utu.fi > http://www.annahaverinen.com > @Ahaverine > _______________________________________________ > 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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