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CFP L@S 2016: Third Annual ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, Edinburgh UK
by Vitomir Kovanovic 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

** Apologies for cross-posting ** Call for Papers ================================================================================ L@S 2016, the Third Annual Meeting of the ACM Conference on Learning at Scale, will be held April 25 and 26, 2016 at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland (http://learningatscale.acm.org) It will be co-located with the 6th International Learning Analytics and Knowledge Conference, LAK 2016, April 25-29, 2016 (http://lak16.solaresearch.org/) The conference is at the intersection of computer science and the learning sciences, seeking to improve practice and theories of learning at scale. Strong submissions typically build on relevant research and frameworks beyond a single home discipline. The program committee is multidisciplinary and will expect that contributions expand what is known when the state of the art of several relevant source literatures is considered. Important Dates -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Full papers due: Oct 18, 2015 Notifications of acceptance of Full Papers: Dec 14, 2015 Work-in-progress (WiP) and Demonstration papers due: Jan 3, 2016 Full Papers camera-ready copy due: Jan 14, 2016 Notifications of acceptance of WiP and Demonstration papers: Jan 31, 2016 WiP, Demonstrations camera-ready copy due: Feb 14, 2016 L@S 2016 Conference: Apr 25, 26, 2016 No extensions will be given. Invited Topics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We solicit paper submissions reporting on rigorous research on methodologies, studies, analyses, tools, or technologies for learning at scale. Learning at Scale includes MOOCs, games (including massively multiplayer online games), citizen science communities, and other types of learning environments which (a) provide learning experiences to large number of learners and/or (b) produce detailed, high volume data about the learning process. Papers that tackle specific aspects of scale are particularly encouraged, for example, papers that deal with learning or educational phenomena that can only occur, be supported, or be observed with very large numbers of students, or in which the system improves after being exposed to data from previous use by many students. Example topics include but are not limited to: * Usability studies and effectiveness studies of design elements for students or instructors, including: * Status indicators of student progress * Status indicators of instructor effectiveness * Tools and pedagogy to promote community, support learning, or increase retention in at-scale environments * Log analysis of student behavior, e.g.: * Assessing reasons for student outcome as determined by modifying tool design * Modeling students based on responses to variations in tool design * Evaluation strategies such as quiz or discussion forum design * Instrumenting systems and data representation to capture relevant indicators of learning. * Personalization and adaptation, based on log data, user modeling, or choice. * Studies of applications of existing learning theories to the MOOC context (peer learning, project based learning, etc.). * Informing theories of learning at scale. * Large online learning in the developing world * New tools and techniques for learning at scale, including: * Games for learning at scale * Automated feedback tools (for essay writing, programming, etc) * Automated grading tools * Tools for interactive tutoring * Tools for learner modeling * Interfaces for harnessing learning data at scale * Innovations in platforms for supporting learning at scale * Tools to support for capturing, managing learning data * Tools and techniques for managing privacy of learning data * Investigation of observable student behaviors and their correlation if any with learning, e.g.: * What do more successful learners do more of? * What do more successful instructors do more of? * Self- and co-regulation of learning at scale * Collaborative learning in courses that have scale * Depth and retention of learning and understanding * Improvements to learning, community, and pedagogy in large-scale in-person and blended online and in-person courses * Instructional principles for learning at scale * Facilitation of informal subcommunities Paper Submissions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We invite full paper, shorter papers reporting on work-in-progress, and demonstrations. ### Full Papers Full papers must not exceed 10 pages (shorter is fine) and must use the ACM CHI Archive Format, available in latex[1] and Word[2]. Submissions must be in PDF format, written in English, contain original work and not be under review for any other venue while under review for this conference. All papers should be submitted through the EasyChair. In order to increase high quality papers and independent merit, the evaluation process will be double blind. The papers submitted for review MUST NOT contain the authors' names, affiliations, or any information that may disclose the authors' identity (this information is to be restored in the camera-ready version upon acceptance). Please replace author names and affiliations with Xs on submitted papers. In particular, in the version submitted for review please avoid explicit auto-references, such as "in [1] we show" -- consider "in [1] it is shown". I.e., you should cite your own relevant previous work, so that a reviewer can access it and see the new contributions, but yet the text should be written so that it does not state that the cited work belongs to the authors. ### Work-in-Progress A Work-in-Progress (WiP) is a concise report of recent findings or other types of innovative or thought-provoking work that has not yet reached a level of completion that would warrant submission of a full paper. Topics are the same as those listed for full papers. At the conference, all accepted WiP submissions will be presented in poster form. Selected WiPs may be invited for oral presentation during the conference. Rejected full-papers can be resubmitted as WiP and will be evaluated accordingly. Formatting: Work-in-Progress submissions 4 pages or fewer in length in the Extended Abstracts Format[3] and submitted as a PDF file. Due to the very rapid selection process we cannot offer any extensions to the deadline. WiP submissions are not anonymous and should therefore include all author names, affiliations and contact information. If accepted, you should expect to prepare a poster to present at the conference venue. WiP submissions should be submitted through the EasyChair. ### Demonstrations Demonstrations show aspects of learning at scale in an interactive hands-on form. A live demonstration is a great opportunity to communicate ideas and concepts in a powerful way that a regular presentation cannot. We invite demonstrations of learning and analytical environments and other systems that have direct relevance to learning at scale. We especially encourage authors of accepted papers and industrial partners to showcase their technologies using this format. Demonstration submissions are 2 pages or fewer in length in the Extended Abstracts Format[3] and submitted as a PDF file. A demonstration proposal should address two components: * The merit and nature of the demonstrated technology. If the proposed demonstration is associated with a Full Paper or a WiP submission, please point to the title of the submission instead of repeating the information here. * Details of how the demo will be executed in practice, and how visitors will interact with it during the conference. Proposals for demonstrations should be submitted through the EasyChair. ### Archival Proceedings Full papers will appear in the conference proceedings published by the ACM Press in the ACM Digital Library. Work-in-Progress and Demonstration papers will appear in a separate part of the conference proceedings. The status of Work-in-Progress paper will be akin to what CHI describes as "semi-archival", meaning the results reported in the WIP must be original, but copyright is retained by the authors and the material can be used as the basis for future publications in ACM venues as long as there are significant revisions from the original. Proceedings from prior years can be accessed here: * L@S 2014 Proceedings (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2556325) * L@S 2015 Proceedings (http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2724660) ### Submission Instructions Full Papers and Work in Progress should be submitted at EasyChair (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=las2016) Inquiries -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please direct all inquiries to: pc-chairs(a)learningatscale.acm.org Organization -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Chair: Jeff Haywood, the University of Edinburgh, UK Program Co-Chairs: Vincent Aleven, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Judy Kay, University of Sydney, Australia Ido Roll, University of British Columbia, Canada Local Organization Chair: Dragan Gasevic, the University of Edinburgh, UK Program Committee: Tiffany Barnes, North Carolina State University, USA Marie Bienkowski, SRI International, USA Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University, USA Ulrike Cress, Knowledge Media Research Center, Germany Pierre Dillenbourg, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland Douglas Fisher Vanderbilt University, USA Armando Fox, University of California at Berkeley, USA Dragan Gasevic, University of Edinburgh, UK Art Graesser, University of Memphis, USA Philip Guo, University of Rochester, USA Marti Hearst, University of California at Berkeley, USA Daniel Hickey, Indiana University, USA Ulrich Hoppe, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Juho Kim, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Kenneth Koedinger, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Chinmay Kulkarni, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Marcia Linn, University of California at Berkeley, USA Marsha Lovett, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Rose Luckin, The London Knowledge Lab, UK Robert Miller, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA John Mitchell, Stanford University, USA Antonija Mitrović, University of Canterbury, New Zealand Zachary Pardos, University of California at Berkeley, USA Beverly Park Woolf, University of Massachusetts, USA Jeremy Roschelle, SRI International, USA Carolyn Rose, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Daniel Russell, Google, USA Mehran Sahami, Stanford University, USA Eileen Scanlon, Open University, UK Daniel Seaton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Karen Swan, Univ of Illinois, Springfield, USA Candace Thille, Stanford University, USA Astrid Wichmann, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany [1] https://github.com/sigchi/Document-Formats [2] http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-paper-format-2016/view [3] http://chi2015.acm.org/authors/format/#extendedformat -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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5th Annual Social Media Technology Conference and Workshop - Howard University, Washington, D.C., Oct. 1-2, 2015
by Michael Austin 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Hello Colleagues, I wanted to draw your attention to our upcoming social media conference at Howard University. This year's conference is a two-day intensive conference that will explore the various -isms in social media research and examine the impact and implications of social media on society. The conference will be held on October 1-2, 2015 on the campus of Howard University in Washington, D.C. in the new Interdisciplinary Research Building. Information about registration, hotels, parking, and the complete program can be found online at: http://socialmediatechnologyconference.com/ Please let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to seeing some of you at the beginning of next month! My best, Michael Michael Austin, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Media, Journalism, and Film Coordinator, School of Communications Interdisciplinary Studies Program Howard University Washington, D.C.

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MONEYLAB#2: ECONOMIES OF DISSENT (Amsterdam, Dec 3/4 2015)
by Geert Lovink 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

MONEYLAB#2: ECONOMIES OF DISSENT CONFERENCE on ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT December 3 - 4, 2015 Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam Organized by the Institute of Network Cultures (HvA) Tickets: 30 euro/day and 60 euro/both days. Students: 15 euro/day and 30 euro/both days. All tickets include lunch. Program and tickets: http://networkcultures.org/blog/2015/09/10/tickets-for-moneylab2-economies-… The Institute of Network Cultures presents MONEYLAB#2: ECONOMIES OF DISSENT – an international symposium hosting artists, activists, programmers and academics that probe, challenge and hack today’s global economy. What political imperatives shape the economy of dissent? What different views on the redistribution of wealth and the exchange of value are out there? How can we re-design our financial infrastructures? The important first steps are being taken beyond moral outrage and towards systemic interventions in the global austerity economy. We witness an impressive amount of financial counter-concepts, works of art, digital currencies, tools and hacks giving shape to an emerging economy of dissent. This economy operates across borders, on different scales, from sole acts of defiance to a sovereign ‘oxi’, and is expressed variously as: strategy, circumvention, innovation, visualization, and making-do. Two days of talks, performances, and workshops provide a stage for a variety of financial interventions such as visualizations of shadow economies, a guidebook how to extort money from banks, Robin Hood-style financial hacks, peer-to-peer insurance companies, financial leak platforms, and blockchain initiatives for the commons. Confirmed speakers: Robert van Boeschoten / Enric Duran / Rachel O’ Dwyer /Eduard de Jong / Primavera De Filippi / David Golumbia / Núria Güell / Max Haiven / Femke Herregraven / Cecile Landman / Silvio Lorusso / Paul Radu / Jip de Ridder / Lena Rethel / Robin Hood Minor Asset Management / Stephanie Rothenberg / Brett Scott Topics: Bringing the Dark Side of Money to Light | Financial Literacy | Artistic Interventions in Finance | Digital Revenue Models in the Arts | Crypto-Currencies and their Future | Tactics for Economic Dissent | Blockchain Technologies and Initiatives | Distributed Insurance | Digital Currencies | Financial Leak Platforms | Hacking Global Finance | Bank Extortion | Web-based offshore corruption games | Sharia Banking | Ethereum | Exposing Shadow Economies | Discussion List: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/moneylab_listcultures.org Blog: http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/ MoneyLab Reader: http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/moneylab-reader-an-intervention…. Editors: Geert Lovink, Patricia de Vries Advisors: Nathaniel Tkacz, Brett Scott, Patrice Riemens BACKGROUND We witness the development and production of an impressive amount of financial counter-concepts, tools, platforms, works of art, digital currencies, and payment services giving shape to an emerging economy of dissent. This economy operates across borders, on different scales, from sole acts of defiance to sovereign refusal, and is expressed variously as: strategy, circumvention, innovation, visualization, making-do, and whatever else can be done with limited resources. What political imperatives shape the economy of dissent? What different views on the redistribution of wealth and the exchange of value are out there? How can we re-design our financial infrastructures? What types of experiments do we need? Can we formalize value without relying on central mediators or the money form? Amidst crashing markets there are dangers of falling back on populism, nihilism or anti-globalism. We need to channel our outrage, talk innovation, and help foster alternatives in the service of the commons. We need to develop scalable models that allow for more autonomy and a sense of ownership. This second edition of MoneyLab provides a podium for a variety of financial interventions such as visualizations of shadow economies, a Robin Hood-style financial hack asset bank, peer-to-peer insurance companies, financial leak platforms, blockchain initiatives for the commons, and a guidebook on how to extort money from banks. These forms of dissent face serious challenges, ranging from funding, scaling and competition with central monetary institutions to issues of power, security and trust. Despite these challenges, the development of these alternatives represents a move away from the legacy powers and monetary institutions of our previous centuries. It is a move toward more bottom up and smaller-scale initiatives, a call for more ownership and control by citizens, a need for a more participatory form of finance. They are nascent organizational forms and initiatives, operating on smaller-scales, aiming to harness network effects so that the economy of dissent will, at some point, reach a critical mass and morph into wider structural transformation. As the Greek ‘oxi’ shows us, we need to stand up and demand the democratization of global finance. MoneyLab starts with the conviction that we need to experiment with initiatives that allow for the distribution and exchange of value in different ways. The economic mire we’re in is not merely a technological problem waiting for a technical solution or ‘best practice’. Our creative interventions must be considered an exercise in future world building, spanning the political, legal, social, psychological, technical and economic. Founded in 2013, MoneyLab is a network of researchers, artists and activists that critique global finance while working on alternatives at the same time. The initiative is coordinated from the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences (HvA) by the Institute of Network Cultures. PROGRAM Thursday December 3: Session 1: Bringing the Dark Side of Money to Light From the Swiss Leaks project, that showed how the HSBC Bank helped its clients shield income from tax collectors, to the exposure of financial loopholes and web-based games that visualize the shadow world of the offshore economy; much of the finance and banking scandals that have unraveled over the past year started off with whistleblowing and the work of thorough investigative journalism. Some artists, journalists and activists have taken the important first step beyond moral outrage towards systemic interventions. What forms do these interventions take and what do they unravel? Do we need to become financially literate, and if so, what do we need to raise our financial literacy? What does it take to read the classified documents of the world's private banking systems? Can only experts make proper use of them? What are the key takeaways of these investigative projects? Are we drowning in material or have we only caught a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg? Confirmed speakers: Femke Herregraven, Paul Radu Moderator: Cecile Landman Workshop & Break-Out Sessions: - Artistic Interventions in Finance (with Max Haiven) Max Haiven is Assistant Professor in the Division of Art History and Critical Studies at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Canada and an expert in all matters money and art. During this workshop he will discuss his recent book ‘Cultures of Financialization’. - Crowdfunding in the Arts: the NL Case In this workshop we want to give an overview of different initiatives in the Netherlands to overcome the problems caused by budget cuts and economic malaise amongst artists. What is the current situation with crowdfunding? Where is need for research? Can platforms like Spotify or YouTube provide a living? Session 2: Tactics for Economic Dissent The tasks on the table after formulating a rigorous critique on the current banking and finance system are plentiful. The question is not what can be done, but where do we start? Financial activism today goes beyond calls for laws, regulations and institutional oversight. Different alternative practices unfold, ranging from networking initiatives, ethical banking, speculative hacks in high finance trading, and hands-on grass roots solutions. What are the power dynamics surrounding these practices? What are the hindrances? What counter-narrative is being produced here? Confirmed speakers: Robin Hood Minor Asset Management, Enric Duran, Lena Rethel Moderator: Brett Scott Friday December 4: Session 3: Artistic Interventions If money is a medium, it can be imagined in different ways. If money is a medium, it can be used to different ends. Over the last seven years we have seen the rise of finance art: shrewd, bold, well-versed, trickster-like tools, installations and objects actively engaging with high finance and banking systems. In depth-research, provocation and visualization are some of the tactics used to critique, visualize and materialize the virtual political economy of banking and finance. How does money affect social processes and the way we relate to one another? Where is there room for intervention and autonomy? Is there such a thing as finance art? And what alternatives are imagined? Confirmed speakers: Stephanie Rothenberg, Núria Güell, Silvio Lorusso Moderator: Max Haiven Workshop & Break-Out Sessions: - Temporary Amsterdam Office of Robin Hood Asset Management Robin Hood Minor Asset Management is a financial project most known for its ‘Deleuzian' hedge fund that began in 2013 in Helsinki. It describes itself as “an alternative method of financial investment, providing a way for those shut out of big-time investment funds to profit from the same systems that benefit the Wall Street fat cats”. Besides presenting their algorithm, also known as The Parasite, Robin Hood will discuss their current plans to launch its own blockchain technologies. - P2P Insurance with Jip de Ridder Decentralized insurance claims that we can insure ourselves at a lower cost, regardless of pre-existing conditions. As we all know, commercial insurance companies take up to a 20% cut and spend it on employees who look for reasons to reject your claim. Why don’t your friends and family validate your health insurance claim? Session 4: Blockchain: Revolution or Business as Usual? The different usages of the blockchain — as the grid on which Bitcoin and other crypto-currencies are running, as a platform to sell art, as the administration and as a transparent decision-making and voting technology for various kinds of organizations —show that it is a political-economic response to the question: what needs to change? The undermining of existing finance formations can be found in anonymity; p-2-p, bottom-up initiatives are made possible by this consensus-based protocol. Trust is a central challenge to a different future economy. How can we generate trust in these types of technologies on a larger-scale — expanding outside the domain of the small, tech-savvy communities and progressive developers who currently use it — without falling back on a centralized mediator, like banks? What does it mean when we argue in favor of such a general tool that is designed to administrate whatever value or procedure? And how decentralized is it anyway? What underlying structures, political and economic, does it tackle? What does the future hold for crypto-currencies and blockchain technology? Will they be co-opted by the big banks as an extra payment service? Will they form parallel exchange systems of trust and security? Confirmed speakers: Primavera De Filippi, David Golumbia, Rachel O’Dwyer Moderator: Eduard de Jong

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digital tools track / SIG at ICQI
by Paulus, Trena M 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

We are pleased to announce a new Special Interest Group (SIG) on Digital Tools for Qualitative Research and a request for proposals to be presented at the International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry May 18-21, 2016: University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana For more information about the SIG and submitting papers/panels/posters, visit the Digital Tools for Qualitative Research SIG at: http://icqi.org/pre-congress-days/digital-tools-for-qualitative-research/ See the detailed program (including abstracts) from last year's ICQI Digital Tools for Qualitative Research track at: http://www.queri.com/DTFlipFiles/DigitalToolsProgram.html If you are interested in playing a more active role in the SIG, please contact Kristi Jackson at DigitalTools(a)queri.com<mailto:DigitalTools@queri.com>. The activities of the SIG in preparing for the Congress include: * Coordinating the Digital Tools for Qualitative Research program * Planning opening/closing events for our community at the Congress * Developing awards/recognition for scholarship/leadership in our community * Preparing feedback systems to review the SIG goals and activities * Providing support to the larger Congress We will post updates on our Congress activities and our other collaborative efforts on our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/DigitalToolsforQualitativeResearch. You can also request to be added to our email list by sending a message to DigitalTools(a)queri.com<mailto:DigitalTools@queri.com>. Please forward this announcement to any colleagues who might be interested! Kristi Jackson Judith Davidson Trena Paulus -- Kristi Jackson, MEd, PhD DigitalTools(a)queri.com<mailto:DigitalTools@queri.com>

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Apologies for cross-posting Call for papers: Alan Turing Institute Workshop on “The Ethics of Data Science: The Landscape for the Alan Turing Institute” November 30, 2015 - Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK Abstracts are invited for the workshop “The Ethics of Data Science: The Landscape for the Alan Turing Institute”. This event is being organised as part of a series of activities promoted by the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) in order to define the national and international land
by Mariarosaria Taddeo 11 Sep '15

11 Sep '15

Apologies for cross-posting Call for papers: Alan Turing Institute Workshop on “The Ethics of Data Science: The Landscape for the Alan Turing Institute” November 30, 2015 - Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK Abstracts are invited for the workshop “The Ethics of Data Science: The Landscape for the Alan Turing Institute”. This event is being organised as part of a series of activities promoted by the Alan Turing Institute (ATI) in order to define the national and international landscape around data science and to support the ATI’s scientific programme. Data science provides huge opportunities to improve private and public life. However, such a potentially high positive impact is coupled to significant ethical challenges. The extensive use of increasingly more data (Big Data), the growing reliance on algorithms to analyse them and to make decisions (machine learning), as well as the gradual reduction of human oversight over many automatic processes pose pressing issues of fairness, responsibility, and respect of human rights. The workshop will be a major occasion to gather leading experts from different fields in order to discuss these issues and to share information and views on the ethics of data science. In particular, papers presented during the meting will focus on the following topics: 1. The ethics of data. The definition of ethical principles ensuring fair data handling and protection of individual rights while using large datasets for scientific or commercial purposes. 2. The ethics of algorithms. The analysis of ethical problems and of the responsibilities and accountabilities of designers and data scientists with respect to unforeseen and undesired consequences as well as missed opportunities concerning the design and deployment of complex autonomous algorithms. 3. The ethics of practices. The identification of the appropriate ethical framework to shape a deontological code about responsible innovation and data management to ensure ethical practises fostering both the progress of data science and the protection of the rights of data subjects. Dates, instructions, and timeline The workshop will be held at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, on November 30, 2015. 500-word abstracts (MS Word or PDF format) can be submitted to Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo by October 1, 2015. Authors will be notified of the outcome by October 15, 2015. Authors planning to submit an abstract are kindly requested to contact the workshop organisers, Professor Luciano Floridi and Doctor Mariarosaria Taddeo, by September 21, 2015 in order to notify their intention. Authors of the accepted abstracts will be invited to participate in the workshop and to submit a full paper by February 1, 2016. Contact information Mariarosaria Taddeo mariarosaria.taddeo(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:mariarosaria.taddeo@oii.ox.ac.uk> Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS, United Kingdom -- Dr. Mariarosaria Taddeo Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford President, International Association for Computing and Philosophy Associate Editor for Ethics, Policy & Technology - Philosophy & Technology, Springer http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/ <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/taddeo/> http://rosariataddeo.net <http://rosariataddeo.net/>

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Hotel room at IR16 to give up
by Peter Timusk 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

I had let Alex know I might cancel my hotel booking. Not sure how to offer this to someone else. It's for October 21st to October 24th. 1 King bed non smoking at 569.21 USD. Let me know how to offer it up to someone else.

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PhD Scholarship Opportunity: Music Industries and Digital Platforms
by Axel Bruns 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

G'day ! We're now calling for expressions of interest in the following PhD scholarship, based at Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia, and working in partnership with researchers at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane. If you're interested, please contact Ramon Lobato at Swinburne University directly: rlobato(a)swin.edu.au. PhD scholarship with top-up funding - Music Industries and Digital Platforms ============================================================================ Supervisors: Dr Ramon Lobato and Professor Dan Hunter This PhD project forms part of an Australian Research Council Linkage project, Music Usage Metrics and the Future of the Australian Music Industry (2016-2018), which investigates how digital platforms and subscription services are affecting various sectors of the music industry. Working with a team of leading academics at Swinburne and Queensland University of Technology, the successful candidate will conduct a series of interviews with artists and music industry professionals and will develop an original project on music industries and digital technology. Areas of investigation include, but are not limited to: * impact of digital distribution on specific music genres/scenes * streaming services and live music culture * digital music marketing * audience intelligence in the Spotify era * record labels and digital aggregators * local economies of digital distribution Applicants should have a first-class Honours degree in a relevant humanities or social science field (e.g. media and communication, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, law, economics), or equivalent industry experience, along with a keen interest in the topic area. Applicants should ensure they meet Swinburne's PhD academic entry requirements. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work closely in a supportive environment with an interdisciplinary team of media and culture researchers conducting cutting-edge research on topics including digital platforms, music industry economics and intellectual property. In addition to a PhD stipend of A$25,849 p/a, the successful candidate will receive top-up funding of A$5000 p/a as well as travel funds and other project support. To enquire about this position please contact Dr Ramon Lobato, E: rlobato(a)swin.edu.au, T: +61 3 9214 8637. For more details, see http://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/institute-social-research/study-opport…. -- 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://bit.ly/qutdmrc 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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Digital Labour and Prosumer Capitalism: The US Matrix
by Mathieu.O'Neil 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

<apologies for repeated exposure> Hi all I am delighted to announce the publication of the first volume in the new book series, "Dynamics of Virtual Work". cheers, Mathieu =-=-=-= Digital Labour and Prosumer Capitalism: The US Matrix. Fraysse, O. & O'Neil, M. (eds) Palgrave, 2015. >From the back cover: The global dimension of recreational and professional uses of information and communication technologies makes them look universal and almost ahistorical. Aiming to reterritorialize globalized issues, this collection interrogates new forms of digital labour as economic facts and as ideological justifications for the social order, both of which emerged in the United States. Digital Labour and Prosumer Capitalism features contributions from some of the leading theorists of value and labour in the digital age, as well as incisive case studies of swiping technologies, collaborative consumption, and convergent media. It explores the two core dynamics at the heart of digital work: tasks, or services, are broken down into components or modularized, and users work for no pay and become "prosumers". Placing digital labour and prosumption within the wider political economy, this volume presents a deeply contextualized critical account of the forces which shape contemporary subjects, networks, and work practices. The enrolment of consumers into production undermines labour rights, benefiting US digital corporations. Yet digital labour may ultimately challenge the capitalist logic, as user disregard for property rights extends from bits to atoms. What the people said: "Digital capitalism marks an epochal moment of historical transition, both in society and in thought. Proliferating digital devices are enabling a rapidly growing share of all human activity to be appropriated by capital. What does this signify for labour? The contributors to this volume - a welcome mix of seasoned analysts and younger scholars - give us tools for forging the critical reason we will need in order to understand our swiftly changing reality." -Dan Schiller, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA "Digital Labour and Prosumer Capitalism is a brilliant exploration of the contradictions within the social relations and the ideological underpinnings of technological utopianism and the so-called sharing economy." - David Bensman, Rutgers University, USA "This collection is excellent reading for anyone wanting to better understand digital capitalism and why it needs to be replaced with an alternative, just, and democratic societal formation." -Christian Fuchs, University of Westminster, UK Authors: Olivier Frayssé is Professor of American Studies at Paris-Sorbonne University, France. Mathieu O'Neil is Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Canberra, Australia and Adjunct Research Fellow at the Australian National University, Australia. Sample chapter here: http://www.palgrave.com/resources/sample-chapters/9781137473899_sample.pdf More information here: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/digital-labour-and-prosumer-capitalism-… =-=-=-=

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Job Posting: Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty Position in Media and Technology Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill
by Neal Thomas 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

Tenure-track or Tenured Faculty Position in Media and Technology Studies POSITION Assistant or Associate Professor in Department of Communication with specialization in media and technology studies, beginning July 1, 2016. Responsibilities include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses, conducting research, supervising theses and dissertations, and performing departmental, university, and public service. Review of applications will begin November 1st and continue until the position is filled. Salary is competitive. QUALIFICATIONS Ph.D. (or conferral during the 2015-16 academic year) in Communication, Science and Technology Studies, Media Studies, Cultural Studies, or any other media and technology-studies related field. Areas of research are open, but the applicant’s research agenda should complement the department’s existing approaches to media and technology. An active program of scholarship and publication is essential. Candidates should have a record of, or demonstrated potential for, outstanding teaching, research, and service. Evidence of externally funded research is desirable. GENERAL INFORMATION The Department of Communication has 30 full-time faculty with areas of emphasis in Media and Technology Studies, Media Production, Cultural Studies, Performance Studies, Interpersonal and Organizational Communication, and Rhetorical Studies. Approximately 850 undergraduate and 50 M.A. and Ph.D. students major in the department. The department is broadly committed to critical, socio-cultural, and aesthetic approaches to communication. Additional information can be found at http://comm.unc.edu. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is located in one corner of the Research Triangle and has an enrollment of approximately 28,000 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university enjoys a reputation as one of the nation’s leading universities (ranked 5th among U.S. public universities). The Triangle area, including Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, has a population of over two million and is ranked as one of the best places to live in the United States. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Qualified applicants should apply online at http://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/83502. Include a cover letter, CV, teaching philosophy, research statement, up to three reprints of articles and/or other evidence of scholarly activity, as well as evidence of teaching effectiveness. At minimum, three letters of recommendation are required. At the time of application, candidates will be required to identify the names, titles and email addresses of professional references (minimum of 3). Reference providers identified by the applicant will be contacted via email with instructions for uploading their letters of support. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, race, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran. For any inquiries, please contact the search committee at comm-search(a)unc.edu.

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Call for papers: Impact of Technology on Interpersonal Relationships
by Harrison, Teresa M 10 Sep '15

10 Sep '15

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue: Impact of Technology on Interpersonal Relationships Electronic Journal of Communication http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm We invite submissions for a special issue that will examine the ways in which new media technologies impact people's interpersonal identities and relationships -- positively and negatively. We define technology in the broadest sense to include social media and personal communications technologies such as cell phones, tablet computers, personal music players, and other devices. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, technology's relationship to or influences on: Relational identities Virtual relationships Online impression management Online intimacy initiation, escalation, maintenance, and termination The impact of being tethered to technology People's sense of isolation or community People's social skills Religious and spiritual life Interpersonal and intercultural relationships Relationship initiation and maintenance Personal relationships in public space Changes in empathic abilities Sex and gender expression Raising and maintaining relationships with children We welcome research essays that use qualitative and/or quantitative methodological tools. Potential contributors should send complete contact information (name, title, affiliation, home and work postal addresses and phone numbers, and email address) along with your manuscript to BOTH editors at vharvey(a)csustan.edu and Teresa.Housel(a)adjunct.openpolytechnic.ac.nz Manuscripts should use APA Style (6th edition) for in-text citations and reference list. Deadline for manuscript submission is Friday, October 30, 2015. We welcome your questions and inquiries about the special issue or about possible essays. Please address your concerns to the co-editors: Dr. Vickie L. Harvey, Professor of Communication, California State University, Stanislaus; VHarvey(a)csustan.edu; and Dr. Teresa Housel, Adjunct Faculty of Communication, The Open Polytechnic of New Zealand; Teresa.Housel(a)adjunct.openpolytechnic.ac.nz. For complete call for papers, see: http://www.cios.org/www/ejc/calls/harvey.htm For EJC journal contents, see: http://www.cios.org/www/ejcmain.htm

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