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NC State looking for Professor or Associated Professor of Media Studies
by Nicholas Taylor 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

Hi there, Apologies for cross-posting. The Department of Communication at North Carolina State University invites applications for a Professor of Media Studies at the rank of Associate or Full Professor. The Department seeks a scholar specializing in one or more of the following areas of theory and research: critical media theory; philosophy of communication; critical/cultural studies; technology, power, surveillance, and control; media technologies and human subjectivity; digital media and social movements. An internationally recognized record of scholarship in critical media theory, philosophy of communication, and the critical analysis of communication technologies is strongly preferred. Candidates will be prepared to teach in the undergraduate Communication Media Concentration and to teach and mentor graduate students in the Department’s M.S. in Communication ( http://communication.chass.ncsu.edu/academics/graduate/) and its interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media ( http://crdm.chass.ncsu.edu/) By providing graduate students with contemporary knowledge in the areas of media theory, philosophy of communication, and critical analysis, this faculty member will help ensure that the Ph.D. in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media (CRDM) remains among the top national programs for the interdisciplinary study of digital media. Applicants should have a Ph.D. in Communication or a related field in the humanities or social sciences. Inclusiveness and diversity are academic imperatives and university goals at NC State. We are particularly interested in candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to diversity in their teaching and research and a dedication to improving access to higher education for students from underrepresented groups. With more than 34,000 students and nearly 8,000 faculty and staff, North Carolina State University is a comprehensive university known for its leadership in education and research and globally recognized for its strength in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The Department of Communication is one of the largest departments at NC State, with 600-700 undergraduate majors and nearly 100 M.S. and Ph.D. students. The CRDM program enjoys a growing national and international reputation as a destination for interdisciplinary digital media studies. Faculty and graduate students are actively engaged in research collaborations with colleagues in multiple departments across the College of Humanities and Social Sciences and the University as a whole. Key interdisciplinary programs and groups include the Program in Science, Technology, and Society (http://ids.chass.ncsu.edu/sts/) the Circuit Research Studio ( http://circuit.chass.ncsu.edu/) the Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities (http://ids.chass.ncsu.edu/digital_humanities/) and the PCOST project on Public Communication of Science and Technology ( http://communication.chass.ncsu.edu/pcost/) Faculty and students have access to cutting-edge simulation studios, maker spaces, and gaming research facilities at the University’s award-winning James B. Hunt Library (https://www.lib.ncsu.edu/huntlibrary/technology) Interested candidates should submit a letter of application, CV, samples of relevant scholarly publications, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. To apply, go to https://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/59223. In addition, please arrange to have three letters of reference mailed directly to: Dr. Stephen B. Wiley Search Committee Chair Department of Communication Campus Box 8104 201 Winston Hall North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC 27695 Review of applications will begin November 15, 2015 and will continue until the position is filled. For additional information regarding this position please contact the Search Committee Chair via email (wiley(a)ncsu.edu) or phone (919-302-6418). NC State University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, genetic information, status as an individual with a disability, or status as a protected veteran. Individuals with disabilities requiring disability-related accommodations in the application and interview process, please call 919-515-3148. Final candidates are subject to criminal & sex offender background checks. Some vacancies also require credit or motor vehicle checks. If highest degree is from an institution outside of the U.S., final candidates are required to have their degree verified at www.wes.org. Degree must be obtained prior to start date. NC State University participates in E-Verify. Federal law requires all employers to verify the identity and employment eligibility of all persons hired to work in the United States. -- Dr. Nicholas Taylor Assistant Professor of Digital Media Department of Communication North Carolina State University Co-director, CIRCUIT Studio <http://circuit.chass.ncsu.edu/> nickttaylor.net

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Gamification. Critical Approaches
by Jarosław Kopeć 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

Dear AoIRers, I and my colleagues have published a book (on CC licence) on critical approaches to gamification. http://gamification.al.uw.edu.pl <http://gamification.al.uw.edu.pl/> We employ theoretical frameworks ranging from critical theory to Latour’s ANT. We believe that this book may take part in building a responsible critique of this widely observed phenomenon. Feel free to share it with anyone you wish. We have also published individual chapters as PDFs on our website. Probably this will make it more Mendeley-friendly ;) If you have any comments, questions or anything else, you can write directly to me or use the website to contact me or my co-editor. I hope our book may fit in your syllabuses or be a useful resource in conducting your own research. Thanks for your attention. Jarosław Kopeć Commission for Techno-Humanities Faculty of „Artes Liberales” University of Warsaw

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WEBCAST TODAY: Princeton CITP Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference and Control
by Joly MacFie 09 Oct '15

09 Oct '15

CITP's first conference of the academic year. It will be archived on YouTube, but not for a few days, so best to tune in live. joly posted: "Today, Friday October 9 2015 the Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy aka CITP will present a Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference, and Control which will examine questions like: What is the current state of internet accessibility" <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…>Today, *Friday October 9 2015* the *Princeton Center for Information Technology Policy <https://citp.princeton.edu/> *aka CITP will present a *Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference, and Control <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…> *which will examine questions like: What is the current state of internet accessibility, and what technologies and policies can help protect international security and human rights in this area? This conference will explore research by both computer scientists and political scientists into internet censorship, interference, and control. We will consider interdisciplinary perspectives on relevant contemporary questions: What is the state of the art in network measurement, and how can information about social and political conditions better inform future measurements? How should computer scientists measure and study offensive technologies, such as China’s denial of service attacks on Github, and what role should policy play in responding to these security threats? How extensive are national firewalls, internet surveillance, and filter bubbles, and how should citizens and governments respond? Speakers include *Wendy Seltzer* and *Roger Dingledine*. The conference will be streamed live via *Princeton Media Central <http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/>* *What: CITP Conference on Internet Censorship, Interference, and Control <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…> Where: Princeton University, NJ When: Friday October 9 2015 9am-3:30pm EDT | 13:00-19:30 UTC Agenda: https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer… <https://citp.princeton.edu/event/conference-on-internet-censorship-interfer…> Webcast: http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/ <http://mediacentrallive.princeton.edu/> Twitter: @PrincetonCITP <https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&vertical=default&q=%40PrincetonCITP&src…>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8104#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8104#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8104 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Digital Humanities scholars attending IR#16
by Matt Willis 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Greetings, I am reaching out to those attending this year’s IR#16 conference that work in the area of digital humanities. One of the projects I am working on looks at how groups of scientists collaborate at a distance on a project. We would like to have the perspective and experience of digital humanists in our sample. If you are a digital humanist working on a research project that includes collaborators that are distributed, I would like to hear about it. Your participation would involve an interview lasting approximately an hour, and an online survey that can be filled out at your convenience. The survey asks details about one of your collaborations and what tools, software, and devices are essential to your scholarship. If you are interested, please consider emailing me off list. I would like to find a time during or around the conference we can meet, in a quiet unused conference room or at the hotel bar, to conduct the interview. Thanks for your consideration. Best, Matt Matthew A. Willis, M.A, M.Phil Doctoral Candidate School of Information Studies Syracuse University mwillis(a)syr.edu

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Update & Deadline Extended: CFP for Gender and Games Trilogy
by Gerald Voorhees 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

The due date for the submission of abstracts for this trilogy of books exploring the gendered practices enacted in relation to games and gaming technologies has been extended to October 25. Some aspects of the CFP have been updated to clarify the intended aims and orientation of the project and potential contributors may also care to note the expanded configuration of the editorial team for each volume. We are seeking chapter contributors for a “trilogy” of edited volumes that collect and curate previously unpublished scholarship looking at gender, sexuality and games. We envision three volumes that bring together: - women’s studies and game studies to focus on feminist criticism of women's experiences with games, gaming and game cultures - queer studies and game studies to focus on queer and genderqueer experiences with games, gaming and game cultures - masculinity studies and game studies to focus on men's experiences with games, gaming and game cultures. Acknowledging that gaming acts as a key – and heavily contested -- site of subject formation in the lives of those who play, we are soliciting explorations of the gendered practices enacted in relation to games and gaming technologies. In doing so, we hope to provide a comprehensive (though by no means exhaustive) account of the increasingly significant roles gaming plays in the reproduction, and possible subversion, of contemporary regimes of gender-based power. We are seeking chapter contributors for a "trilogy" of edited volumes that collect and curate previously unpublished scholarship looking at gender and games. We envision three volumes: one each on femininity, masculinity and genderqueer identities, respectively. In particular, we are concerned with theoretically-grounded explorations of the following: - the relationships -- identification, idealization, appropriation, negotiation, rejection, contestation, etc -- between representations/performances of gender in games and their uptake in gaming practices and cultures; - the gendered dynamics and communicative practices of cultures coalescing around particular games and gaming pursuits; - the historical and/or contemporary processes by which gaming technologies (platforms, peripherals, software, etc) become (dis)associated with particular subject positions; - gendered patterns of privilege and inequity that characterize gaming-related labor, including (but not limited to) game production, modding, e-sports, and spectatorship; - the persistent and limiting dichotomization of gender in gaming-related texts, discourses and practices; - the intersections of gender and other systems of oppression, such as race, sexuality, ability, age, and socio-economic status, with regards to any of these above facets. Contributions from all academic disciplines and geographic regions are invited, and emerging and unaffiliated scholars are encouraged as the trilogy aims to bring different voices and perspectives into conversation. However, the audience of the work is academic and scholarly style and rigor are expected. To that end, all chapters will undergo peer review and willingness to accept criticism and undertake revisions is necessary. Also note that we can ensure double blind peer-review of your chapter if requested, but, we also ask that each chapter contributor be willing to peer-review one other chapter submitted to the trilogy to help expedite this. For consideration, please email an abstract of 250 - 500 words and a short bio statement of no more than 100 words to the editors at ( gender.games.trilogy(a)gmail.com) no later than October 15. The abstract should provide a clear summary of the proposed chapter’s thesis and outline of its structure. Indicate which volume of the trilogy you are submitting to in the subject line of your email. Complete chapter drafts will be due February 1, 2016 and should be no more than 6000 words (including notes and references) and use the Chicago Manual of Style author-date sytem (http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/home.html) for references. All contributions must be the original work of the author and cannot be published elsewhere. For co-authored works, all authors must agree to the submission of the chapter. Questions and inquiries can be sent to (gender.games.trilogy(a)gmail.com) Masculinity Studies Volume Nick Taylor North Carolina State University Gerald Voorhees University of Waterloo Women’s Studies Volume Kishonna Leah Gray Eastern Kentucky University Gerald Voorhees University of Waterloo Emma Vossen University of Waterloo Queer Studies Volume Todd Harper University of Baltimore Nick Taylor North Carolina State University Meghan Blythe-Adams University of Western Ontario

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social media and research ethics
by Tiffany Woelfel 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Hello fellow internet researchers, Would you like to help me with my MPH thesis? I am currently recruiting participants with at least 6 months of past or current experience reviewing the ethical conduct of research to find out more about their beliefs and attitudes regarding the ethical use of social media in research. If you're eligible and have 20-30 minutes to spare, please contact me at *tpw(a)uw.edu <tpw(a)uw.edu> or (206) 451-5429.* All participants will receive a $10 gift card. Thank you! *Tiffany Woelfel, MSW, MPHc* *University of Washington*

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Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology - CFP for Issue 10, Open Call
by Sarah T. Hamid 08 Oct '15

08 Oct '15

Call for papers: Open issue Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology | adanewmedia.org Issue 10, forthcoming November 2016 Edited by Radhika Gajjala (Bowling Green State University) and Carol Stabile (University of Oregon) We invite contributions to a peer-reviewed open call issue featuring research on gender, new media and technology. We are particularly interested in contributions that exemplify Ada’s commitments to politically engaged, intersectional approaches to scholarship on gender, new media and technology. Contributions in formats other than the traditional essay are encouraged; please contact the editors to discuss specifications and/or multimodal contributions. *Submission Details* All submissions should be sent by FEBRUARY 1, 2016 to editor(a)adanewmedia.org. Contributions should be no more than 5,000 words, inclusive of notes and citations. Please attach your contribution as a word document and use “Ada Open Call Contribution” for your subject line and include the following in the body of your message: • Your name and a short biography • A 50 word abstract • A list of five keywords/subject tags • Preferred email address • Citation style used *About Ada* Ada is an online, open access, open source, peer-reviewed journal run by feminist media scholars. The journal’s first issue was published online in November 2012. Since that launch, Ada has received more than 200,000 page views. Ada operates a review process that combines feminist mentoring with the rigor of peer review. We do not — and will never — charge fees for publishing your materials, and we will share those materials using a Creative Commons License. *About the Editors* Radhika Gajjala [@cyberdivalivesl] is professor of media studies and American culture studies at Bowling Green State University, Ohio, where she teaches courses in global media, international communication, media and cultural studies and feminist research methods. She is the author of Cyberselves: Feminist Ethnographies of South Asian Women and of Cyberculture and the Subaltern: Weavings of the Virtual and Real. She has also co-edited South Asian Technospaces and Cyberfeminism 2.0 She is co-editor of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology. Carol A. Stabile [@castabile] is head of the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Oregon, where she teaches interdisciplinary courses on gender, race, and class in media at the University of Oregon. She is the author of Feminism and the Technological Fix, editor of Turning the Century: Essays in Media and Cultural Studies, co-editor of Prime Time Animation: Television Animation and American Culture, and author of White Victims, Black Villains: Gender, Race, and Crime News in US Culture. She is completing a book on women writers and the broadcast blacklist in the 1950s, entitled The Broadcast 41: Women and the Television Blacklist. She is a founding member of Fembot, an online collaboration of scholars conducting research on gender, new media, and technology, co-editor of Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media, and Technology, and edits the Feminist Media Studies book series for University of Illinois Press. *Questions or Queries?* Direct them to issue editors: editor(a)adanewmedia.org or to the Fembot Webmistress: shamid(a)uoregon.edu --- Sarah T. Hamid Web Mistress, The Fembot Collective http://fembotcollective.org

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Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England Call for Postdocs
by Nancy Baym 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Please share with your mailing lists, departments, and any excellent students finishing Ph.D.s this year who would be good fits. Tarleton Gillespie and I will be in Phoenix as will several current and former postdocs. Please feel free to grab us there if you have questions! http://socialmediacollective.org/2015/10/07/the-social-media-collective-is-… The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for a social media postdoctoral researcher (start date: 5 July, 2016). This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work draws on anthropology, communication, media studies, sociology, and/or science and technology studies to bring empirical and critical perspectives to complex socio-technical issues. Application deadline: Friday 6 November, 2015. Microsoft Research provides a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment, with an open publications policy and close links to top academic institutions around the world. Postdoctoral researcher positions provide emerging scholars (PhDs received late 2015 or to be conferred by July 2016) an opportunity to develop their research career and to interact with some of the top minds in the research community. Postdoctoral researchers define their own research agenda. Successful candidates will have a well-established research track record as demonstrated by journal publications and conference papers, as well as participation on program committees, editorial boards, and advisory panels. While each of the Microsoft Research labs has openings in a variety of different disciplines, this position with the Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England specifically seeks social science/humanities candidates with critical approaches to their topics. Qualifications include a strong academic record in anthropology, communication, media studies, sociology, science and technology studies, or a related field. The ideal candidate may be trained in any number of disciplines, but should have a strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation, be interested in questions related to technology or the internet and society or culture, and be interested in working in a highly interdisciplinary environment that includes computer scientists, mathematicians, and economists. The Social Media Collective is comprised of full-time researchers, postdocs, visiting faculty, Ph.D. interns, and research assistants. Current projects in New England include: - How does the use of social media affect relationships between artists and audiences in creative industries, and what does that tell us about the future of work? (Nancy Baym) - How are social media platforms, through algorithmic design and user policies, adopting the role of intermediaries for public discourse? (Tarleton Gillespie) - What are the cultural, political, and economic implications of crowdsourcing as a new form of semi-automated, globally-distributed digital labor? (Mary L. Gray) - How are predictive analytics used by law enforcement and what are the implications of new data-driven surveillance practices? (Sarah Brayne) - What are the social and political consequences of popular computing folklore? (Kevin Driscoll) - How are the technologies of money changing and what are the social implications of those changes? (Lana Swartz) SMC postdocs may have the opportunity to visit and collaborate with our sister Social Media Collective members in New York City. Related project in New York City include - What are the politics, ethics, and policy implications of big data science? (Kate Crawford, MSR-NYC) - What are the social and cultural issues arising from data-centric technological development? (danah boyd, Institute for Data and Society) Postdoctoral researchers receive a competitive salary and benefits package, and are eligible for relocation expenses. Postdoctoral researchers are hired for a two-year term appointment following the academic calendar, starting in July 2016. Applicants must have completed the requirements for a PhD, including submission of their dissertation, prior to joining Microsoft Research. We encourage those with tenure-track job offers from other institutions to apply, so long as they can defer their start date to accept our position. To apply for a postdoc position at MSRNE: Submit an online application here.<https://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/jobs/fulltime.aspx> - On the application website, indicate that your research area of interest is "Anthropology, Communication, Media Studies, and Sociology" and that your location preference is "New England, MA, U.S." in the pull down menus. IF YOU DO NOT MARK THESE PREFERENCES WE WILL NOT RECEIVE YOUR APPLICATION. - In addition to your CV and names of three referees (including your dissertation advisor) that the online application requires, upload the following 3 attachments with your online application: a. two journal articles, book chapters, or equivalent writing samples (uploaded as two separate attachments); b. a single research statement (four page maximum length) that does the following: outlines the questions and methodologies central to your research agenda (~two page); provides an abstract and chapter outline of your dissertation (~one page); offers a description of how your research agenda relates to research conducted by the Social Media Collective (~one page) After you submit your application, a request for letters will be sent to your list of referees on your behalf. NOTE: THE APPLICATION SYSTEM WILL NOT REQUEST REFERENCE LETTERS UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION! Please warn your letter writers in advance so that they will be ready to submit them when they receive the prompt. The email they receive will automatically tell them they have two weeks to respond but that an individual call for applicants may have an earlier deadline. Please ensure that they expect this and are prepared to submit your letter by our application deadline of Friday 6 November, 2015. Please make sure to check back with your referees if you have any questions about the status of your requested letters of recommendation. You can check the progress on individual reference requests at any time by clicking the status tab within your application page. Note that a complete application must include three submitted letters of reference. For more information, see here.<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/jobs/fulltime/postdoc.aspx> Nancy Baym Principal Researcher Microsoft Research New England New book Personal Connections in the Digital Age, Second Edition, is now available worldwide www.amazon.com/dp/0745670342/

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Job Announcement: TT Asst. Prof of Multimedia Journalism, GVSU
by Eric Harvey 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

A job that may be of interest to members of this list. Please feel free to share and send any questions to me (Eric Harvey, harveyer(a)gvsu.edu) Position Title: Tenure-track Assistant Professor of Multimedia Journalism Qualifications: A Master’s degree in Journalism or a related field with significant professional experience, and a record of public affairs reporting is required. A doctoral degree in Journalism or related field is preferred (ABD will be considered, with expectations of degree completion by August 2017). Demonstrated excellence in teaching at the university level is preferred. In addition to these qualifications, preference will be given to candidates with strong digital media skills, active involvement in professional and/or academic associations and a potential for academic publications. Responsibilities – Essential Functions: The successful candidate will have the opportunity to teach a range of core and elective courses in the undergraduate Multimedia Journalism major (www.gvsu.edu/soc<http://www.gvsu.edu/soc>) and become involved in curriculum development. However, their primary focus will be in teaching advanced and innovative reporting techniques (social media, data analysis),investigative journalism (public documents and databases) and issues in journalism (technology, law and ethics). Faculty members in the School of Communications at GVSU teach a 3/3 load, advise and mentor students, actively engage in scholarly and/or creative work, and provide service to the School of Communications and university by working on committees or taking on other administrative duties. Salary: Salary is commensurate with skills and experience. Department/Division: The GVSU School of Communications (www.gvsu.edu/soc<http://www.gvsu.edu/soc>) places a premium on commitment to the integration of liberal and professional education. The School, located in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences,offers a core of courses in communications, after which students select a major in Advertising/Public Relations, Communication Studies, Film/Video Production, Health Communication, Multimedia Journalism, Photography, and Theatre. The School also offers a Masters in Communication. The School of Communications has more than 1,800 students. Campus: Grand Valley State University offers more than 200 undergraduate and graduate degree programs to more than 25,000 students. The university is located in West Michigan, with access to the urban amenities of metropolitan Grand Rapids area as well as the scenic environment of the Lake Michigan shoreline. There areample opportunities to engage the professional community and enjoy a positive quality of life. How To Apply: Apply online at https://www.gvsujobs.org Candidates should attach: (1) letter of interest addressing relevantqualifications and experience; (2) current CV (that includes clear dates, titles and descriptions of any previous courses taught at the university level, and a website link to examples of professional/creative work; (3) a statement of teaching philosophy; and (4) the names, email addresses and current telephone numbers of three references. The online system will allow you to attach these documents electronically. If you need assistance or have questions, call Human Resources at 616-331-2215. Application Deadline Date: Application materials must be received no later than Nov. 16, 2015. Interviews will be conducted in early 2016 for a position to start in August 2016. -- Eric Harvey, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, School of Communications Grand Valley State University Lake Superior Hall 287 Allendale, MI 49401

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CFP - Digital Sociology
by Jessie Daniels 07 Oct '15

07 Oct '15

Apologies for cross-posting, CFP below...please consider sharing your work. Abstract (only) submissions due: October 19. *Jessie Daniels* Professor, CUNY [image: photo] Website: www.jessienyc.com My latest in the new york times: nyti.ms/1JiVKV0 <http://twitter.com/JessieNYC> <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jessiedaniels/> Racism Review Art and Racism: Healing Racial Schisms <http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/racismreview/nYnz/~3/na8ptrfcOzk/> *Digital Sociology Miniconference (2016)* *@ The Eastern Sociological Society* March 17-20, 2016 The Boston Park Plaza Hotel and Towers Boston, MA In keeping with the Eastern Sociological Society’s theme of “My Day Job: Politics and Pedagogy in Academia,” the Digital Sociology Mini-Conference will address the many ways digital technologies are changing ways of knowing and doing our jobs as academics, as well as the broader ways that digital technologies are changing patterns of human social behavior. We maintain that the field of sociology has insights to offer the questions that emerge from the proliferation of digital technologies and that a sociology without a thorough understanding of the digital will be a discipline that is irrelevant to the most pressing issues of the 21st century. In keeping with this year’s theme of “My Day Job: Politics and Pedagogy in Academia,” the *Digital Sociology Miniconference *seeks papers that address the many digital ways of knowing, particularly as those impinge on the work we do as scholars, both within and outside the academy. We seek abstracts, and wholly constituted panels, on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following themes: - *Public Scholarship, Digital Media and the Neoliberal University: *How is the participation of scholars on public, digital media platforms regarded within the neoliberal university? - *Digital Scholars, Legacy Institutions:* What does it mean to do digital sociology within institutions that are steeped in legacy modes of rewarding scholarship? How are scholars navigating the landscape of getting hired, tenured and promoted with a strong digital presence, or without one? - *Digital Sociological Methods: *How do traditional, analog sociological methods become digital? Are there new, “born digital” sociological methods? Is knowledge production different now? Will big data replace survey methodology? - *Social and Political Change through Social Media:* Given the increasing attention to social media as a tool used by both political and social movements as well as political campaigns in the U.S. and abroad, how does social media contribute to both grassroots organizing and the growth of astroturfed political and social movement structures? What do we know about online and offline activism? What are the risks and costs associated with online activism? How do online activists craft their identities? How do political and social organizations view the utility of online activism? How do specific media platforms are better for transmitting particular types of movement content such as frames, identities and programmatic claims? How do social movement and political movements using media managers interact with activists and constituents? For consideration within this theme, please email abstracts to organizers Rachel Durso ( rdurso2(a)washcoll.edu) and Andrew Martin (martin.1026(a)osu.edu) - *Critical Theories of the Digital Itself: *How have we theorized the digital? What challenges does the digital pose to epistemologies underlying sociological methods? - *Digital Structures, Digital Institutions:* The datafication of everyday life is posing unique challenges to the composition of social institutions and giving rise to new instantiations of education, finance, labor, and governance. How do we theorize, study, and conceptualize the recomposition of these institutions? - *Identity, Community, and Networks: *How do sociological concepts of micro and macro, personal and public, “front stage” and “back stage,” evolve as digital and mobile technologies increasingly blur these boundaries? How do digital environments shape identities of race, gender, sexuality and queerness? And how do the identities of those who create the platforms we use shape the platforms? How do race, gender, sexuality and queerness shape the communities and networks in which we participate? - *Digital Pedagogies, Digital Sociology:* How are digital technologies changing the sociological classroom? Beyond simply a recitation of ‘what I did in my class,’ we’re interested in theoretical and empirical explorations of how to think about digitally-informed pedagogies in the sociology classroom. For consideration under this theme, please send abstracts to: Jan Purk at jpurk(a)mansfield.edu. Organized with jointly with the Committee on Undergraduate Education. We encourage submissions from scholars at all levels, and are particularly enthusiastic to support the work of graduate students and early career researchers. We welcome submissions for individual papers and for entirely constituted sessions. The organizers share a commitment to creating a field that honors diverse voices, and as such are excited to see scholars from groups that are typically underrepresented in sociology. When proposing entirely constituted panels, please keep this commitment to diverse voices in mind. If you have any questions about proposals, topics, or session ideas please contact one of the organizers: Leslie Jones (lesjones(a)sas.upenn.edu) Tressie McMillan Cottom or Jessie Daniels (jdaniels(a)hunter.cuny.edu) For individual presentations, please submit an abstract of no more than 250 words, as well as the title of the paper, name of presenter, institutional affiliation and contact details. For wholly constituted sessions, please include a short description of the concept behind your session, and then include all of the abstracts (along with names and affiliations of presenters) in one document. Deadline: *October 19, 2015.* Please email your submissions to:*ESSDigitalSociology@gmail.com <ESSDigitalSociology(a)gmail.com>*. Those whose proposals are not accepted for the Mini-Conference will be alerted in time to submit to the ESS general call for submissions. The Mini-Conference is organized by Leslie Jones (UPenn) Tressie McMillan Cottom (VCU) and Jessie Daniels (CUNY). - See more at: http://digsoc.commons.gc.cuny.edu/

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