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Fwd: [governance] Fwd: Student Writing Competition: Case Studies on Multistakeholder Models
by Jeremy Hunsinger 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

forwarded: Dear Friends: The Berkman Center for Internet and Society is excited to announce a student writing competition to identify innovative multistakeholder governance groups and help us understand the conditions under which they are most effective. We are seeking original papers (8 to 12 pages, single spaced) that help us better understand innovative, globally diverse governance groups. The top submissions with receive cash stipends. We are hoping that you will share this announcement with any students or post-doctoral scholars that might be interested in submitting a short case study. Submissions will be due September 15, 2015, and the full details about the competition and submission are available here: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/98897. The Berkman Center, in collaboration with the Global Network of Interdisciplinary Internet & Society Research Centers <http://networkofcenters.net> (NoC), recently examined twelve diverse examples <http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2549270> of multistakeholder governance groups. Through this writing competition, we are seeking submissions that will add to this list and help us help us explore other globally diverse and unique real-world examples. A sample case study (based on the NoC case study about Switzerland’s fiber optic cable deployment) is available for reference here <https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Swiss%20Com…>. >From the submitted case studies, we will select the top three. First place will receive a cash stipend of $ 4000; second place will receive $3000; and third place will receive $2000. Additional awards for honorable mentions may be given at the discretion of the Berkman Center. These cash stipends are made possible by a generous Google Research Grant <http://research.google.com/university/relations/research_awards.html> awarded to the Berkman Center. In addition, the top case studies will be published as part of a forthcoming Berkman Center report on multistakeholder governance groups. We believe this is a great opportunity for students to contribute to our understanding of how these governance groups operate and what makes them successful. We hope you’ll help us publicize this opportunity and let students know about this competition. If you have any questions, please contact me (rbudish(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu ). Warmly, Ryan Budish -- Ryan Budish Senior Researcher Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard University rbudish(a)cyber.law.harvard.edu | @budish <https://twitter.com/budish>

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tracking memes and virality (and money+politics) on television
by kalev leetaru 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Apologies for cross-posting - thought many of you would be extremely interested in two new interactive visualizations in collaboration with the Internet Archive that we released this morning, one tracing the flow of money through campaign advertising in Philadelphia in the 2014 election cycle, and the other introducing a whole new way of tracing what “goes viral” on television by charting how the US President’s 2015 State of the Union address was excerpted and discussed across American and select international television over the following two weeks: http://blog.archive.org/2015/07/22/tracking-politics-on-television-campaign… PHILLY 2014 - Using human coding and machine tracking, all 74 political ads that ran on 7 major television stations in the Philadelphia market September 1 to November 4, 2014 were coded for acclaim/attack/defend tone, a transcript entered, and the sponsor who paid for each of the 13,675 airings of the ads was determined. You can drill through all of this via an interactive visualization, doing things like comparing the ads about a candidate that were paid for by that candidate vs his/her opponents. You can also view all 74 ads in order from most positive to most negative: http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/cgi-bin/iatv_philly2014/iatv_philly2014 http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/iatv/philly2014/clips.html STATE OF THE UNION 2015 - Using massive audio scanning algorithms, the 2015 State of the Union address was broken into soundbites and each was tracked across American and select international television monitored by the Internet Archive for the two weeks following the address. An interactive visualization lets you search/filter/browse the entire speech and see how each line went viral, and even view the actual video clips of all 524 broadcasts that aired excerpts of the speech, including a wide array of domestic programming and television stations from Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Morocco, Nigeria, Portugal, Thailand, Venezuala, and Vietnam. The underlying scanning algorithms operate entirely on the audio channel, so they are not dependent on closed captioning, which is extremely noisy and absent from many foreign stations. It turns out they are accurate enough to pick up even very short excerpts masked by overdubbing, music, and other noise, offering an entirely new approach to tracking memes and what "goes viral" on television: http://analytics.gdeltproject.org/cgi-bin/iatv_sotu2015/iatv_sotu2015 Kalev Leetaru http://kalevleetaru.com/ http://blog.gdeltproject.org/

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New 3-year job working with the Geonet team at the Oxford Internet Institute: ‘Researcher in ICTs, Geography and Development’
by Mark Graham 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

Dear colleagues, We are hiring a Researcher to work with us to study low-wage digital work being carried out in Sub-Saharan Africa <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/microwork/>. This is a 3-year position to work with me and a team of social scientists on the Geonet <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk> project. The job description is below. Feel free to forward this to relevant people and lists, and please get in touch if you would like to discuss any aspect of the position. Best, Mark *Researcher in ICTs, Geography and Development* *OXFORD INTERNET INSTITUTE* *Grade 7: £30,434 – £37,394 p.a.* The Oxford Internet Institute is a leading centre for research into individual, collective and institutional behaviour on the Internet. We are looking for a full-time Researcher to work with Professor Mark Graham <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=165> on the ERC-funded project Geonet <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk/>: Investigating the Changing Connectivities and Potentials of Sub-Saharan Africa's Knowledge Economy. Combining archival research, surveys, and in-depth interviews, this ambitious project will critically assess the changing landscape of digital work in Sub-Saharan Africa, and ask who benefits (and who doesn’t) from those changes. In this exciting role, the Researcher will carry out 9-12 months of fieldwork among digital workers and organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa, as well as working at OII’s premises in Oxford. The Researcher will also contribute to the dissemination of the findings through peer-reviewed academic papers, project reports, events, blogs and social media. Candidates should have experience of social science research in Development Studies, Geography, Sociology, Social Anthropology, Communications, Organization Studies, Management or related disciplines, training and practical experience in qualitative research methods. Based primarily at the Oxford Internet Institute (with periods of fieldwork), this position is available immediately for 3 years in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter, funding permitting. For qualified candidates, there may also be opportunities to teach course modules on our ‘Social Science of the Internet’ MSc course. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. The application form and further details, including a job description and selection criteria, are available on Oxford University's recruitment website <https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs…> . *The closing date for applications is 12:00 BST on Thursday 3 September 2015 and only applications received before then can be considered.* Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing Monday 21 September 2015. ------------------------------------------ Dr Mark Graham Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford Research Fellow Green Templeton College University of Oxford Visiting Research Associate School of Geography and the Environment University of Oxford oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham> | geospace.co.uk <http://www.geospace.co.uk> | Information Geographies <http://geography.oii.ox.ac.uk> | wikichains.org <http://www.wikichains.org> | @geoplace <http://twitter.com/geoplace> | zerogeography blog <http://www.zerogeography.net/> | Connectivity, Inclusion and Inequality Group <http://cii.oii.ox.ac.uk/> | GEONET <http://geonet.oii.ox.ac.uk> <http://twitter.com/geoplace>

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Troll data collection methods
by Natalie Sappleton 22 Jul '15

22 Jul '15

AoIR-isters Has anyone had any experience in interviewing online trolls? Can you offer any insights re access/methods/pitfalls/challenges? Thanks Natalie "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer "

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Erasmus Assistant Professor Position
by Jason Pridmore 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

An Assistant Professor in Digital Research Methods is open in the Department of Media and Communication at Erasmus University in the Netherlands. The position begins November 2015. More information about this can be found on https://www.academictransfer.com/employer/EUR/vacancy/28937/lang/en/ Jason Pridmore Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communication Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication Erasmus University PO Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands Phone: +31 (0) 104089133 http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/english/personal/pridmore_jason/ http://www.eshcc.eur.nl/english/ermecc/research/research_highlight/

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submission for the list
by Heider, Donald 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Big Boulder Initiative's Fall Workshop; Using Social Data for Social Good. We are looking for proposals for talks or panels for our fall workshop, Saturday, November 7th, in downtown Chicago. This Big Boulder Initiative workshop is being co-sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, Northwestern University, and University of Chicago. Program chairs are Sean Gorman and Don Heider. Send your ideas and proposals to Don Heider, dheider(a)luc.edu<mailto:dheider@luc.edu>. Thanks! Don Heider Dean School of Communication Loyola University Chicago

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Tenure-track position at the Department of Communication and Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
by Nicholas John 21 Jul '15

21 Jul '15

Tenure-Track Position at the Department of Communication and Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jersualem The Noah Mozes Department of Communication and Journalism at The Hebrew University of Jerusalem invites outstanding candidates to apply for a tenure-track position starting July, 2016. Excellent candidates in all areas of communication are invited to apply. The successful applicant will join a dynamic research-oriented faculty offering innovative undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs. For more information about our faculty and research please visit: https://scholars.huji.ac.il/smart <https://scholars.huji.ac.il/smart> Applicants must hold a Ph.D. degree at the time of hire, and demonstrate an active research program, indicating the potential for outstanding scholarship. The person hired will teach introductory and advanced courses in communications in their areas of specialization. He/she will also be expected to supervise Masters and Ph.D. students and to contribute to departmental and university service. Ability to teach in Hebrew is required (in exceptional cases, successful candidates will be expected to teach courses in Hebrew within a few years of their arrival). Appointment procedures will be conducted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Hebrew University and are subject to the approval of the university authorities. The university is not obliged to appoint any of the candidates who apply for the position. Applications should be submitted via the following website: https://ttp.ekmd.huji.ac.il <https://ttp.ekmd.huji.ac.il/> Applications should include the following documents (each in a separate PDF file) in English: • Candidate’s letter of application (cover letter). • Detailed CV (including email address) according to the format of the Hebrew University <http://academic-secretary.huji.ac.il/mini/minuyim/mini/minuyim/?cmd=mini.466>. • Full list of publications according to the format of the Hebrew University <http://academic-secretary.huji.ac.il/mini/minuyim/mini/minuyim/?cmd=mini.468>. Please present each of the following as separate categories: books, articles in refereed journals, chapters in books, other publications. • Scientific biography outlining research and teaching interests and research plans for the next several years (3-4 pages long). • Names, addresses, affiliation, academic status, and email addresses of at least two referees qualified and willing to assess the candidate’s achievements and potential. The referees will upload their letters of recommendation directly to the system. • Copies of three selected recent publications that best showcase the candidate’s scholarship (it may also include accepted articles or book chapters) • Brief description of 3-4 potential courses that the candidate would be able teach. For each proposed course please include the following information: Title, type of course, brief description, and specify whether the candidate has taught it before. • Teaching evaluations (if such exist). Applicants will compete with candidates of other departments in the Faculty of Social Sciences for academic positions. PLEASE ALSO SEND THESE DOCUMENTS IN ONE SINGLE PDF ATTACHED FILE TO: msifat(a)mail.huji.ac.il <mailto:msifat@mail.huji.ac.il> Inquiries should be directed to: Professor Ifat Maoz Chair, Department of Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Mount Scopus Jerusalem 91905, Israel Email: msifat(a)mail.huji.ac.il <mailto:msifat@mail.huji.ac.il> Deadline for applications: September 20, 2015. In order to ensure that the referees' letters arrive by the deadline, it is recommended to create an account in the application system as early as possible. ____________ Nicholas John Department of Communication, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel: +972-54-7906073 @nicholasajohn http://nicholasjohn.huji.ac.il <http://nicholasjohn.huji.ac.il/>

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IR16 Update #6: Appropriate Attire
by Alex Halavais 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

As you may know, Phoenix gets hot, but you'll be even hotter (or cooler, or something) in the very official IR16 T-shirt! Thanks to the efforts of the designers of all our submissions, and especially to Julian Unkel, the creator of the winning design, you can now fly your Internet Research colors, for the very reasonable price of $15. Take a look: http://aoir.org/ir16-t-shirts-available-for-order/ If you've already registered (and you have, haven't you? you aren't the sort to put things off to the earlybird deadline of August 1!) you can head back to conference registration to add your shirt. If not, you can add it to your order when you register. And did I mention... you'll look marvelous! - Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor of Social Technologies, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais

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Correction: September 15 due date for Video Games, Culture, and Justice CFP
by André Brock 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

because André posted the incorrect version (and refers to itself in 3rd person, it doessss). Please breathe a sigh of relief and/or reconsider contributing to this volume! +++++ Call for Papers *Video Games, Culture, & Justice* Kishonna L Gray (Eastern Kentucky University), Co-Editor David J Leonard (Washington State University), Co-Editor André Brock (University of Michigan), Co-Editor Deadline for Abstracts (500 words) + bio + CV/Resumé: *September 15th, 2015* Full Essays Due: *December 28th, 2015* The purpose of this edited volume will be to propel game studies towards a more responsive existence in the area of social justice. The text will attempt to move beyond the descriptive level of analysis of *what* and begin engaging the *why*, highlighting the structural and institutional factors perpetuating inequalities that permeate gaming culture and extend into a myriad of institutions. The public outcry associated with GamerGate has put ‘why’ at the forefront of game studies. This attack directed at ‘social justice warriors’ brought the hidden reality of harassment, cyberbullying, sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, and other injustices to light. These attacks are part and parcel of gaming culture; challenges to the lack of diversity or the gross stereotypes are often met with demonization and rhetorical violence. Yet, we must move beyond individual acts of prejudice, discrimination, and microaggressions to examine the structural and institutional factors that allow them to exist. We must look at how the daily practices sustain what Mark Anthony Neal calls “micro-nooses” and lived reality of violence on and offline. Amid this culture of violence, the gaming industry has embraced the rhetoric of diversity and inclusion. In response to protests, game developers have incorporated statements asserting their commitment to producing diverse games and creating an industry that is not dominated by white men. GamerGaters, who gained media attention through their misogynist and racist attacks on women gamers and developers, tried to justify their campaign as an attempt to restore the ethics needed in video game journalism. Given the post-racial rhetorical turn of the last six years, it is important to push conversations about gaming and gamers beyond diversity, to expose the disconnect between rhetorics of multiculturalism and the struggle for justice and equity. It is important to highlight the contradiction between ideals of inclusion espoused within the video game industry and society as a whole and the persistence of injustices within the structural and institutional context in which they may have developed. This compilation not only seeks to answer these questions but also to produce work that intervenes in the culture of violence and inequity from which these works emanate from inside and outside of academia. Traditionally, academic public discourses concerned with criminal justice focused on issues pertaining to crime and legal justice; within game studies, there has an effort to examine criminogenic effects of violent video games on the streets. We must move beyond this simple construction of justice and video games. This interdisciplinary text defines justice broadly, but in terms to speak to the struggle of racial, gender, and social justice. Moving beyond abstract principles, the collection focuses on the stakes playing out in virtual reality, demonstrating the ways that struggles for justice online, in the policy booth, in the court house, in our schools, in legislatures and in streets must be waged online. As such, this collection seeks a broader range of critical perspectives on justice issues within gaming culture seeking whether gaming culture can foster critical consciousness, aid in participatory democracy, and effect social change. It will give voice to the silenced and marginalized, offering counter narratives to those post-racial and post-gendered fantasies that so often obscure the violent context of production and consumption. In offering this framework, this volume will be grounded in the concrete situations of marginalized members within gaming culture Early career scholars, game industry personnel, gaming activists, graduate students, and others are invited to submit work addressing the connected themes of Video Games, Culture, & Justice. Suggested essay topics may include (but are not limited to): - · Representation and Identity in Video Games - · Examining the complex nature of intersections - · Marginalized identities within gaming culture - · Developing culturally responsive games - · Activism within video games - · Power and anonymity - · Negative experiences in multiplayer settings - · Applying social justice theories to gaming - · Militarization and video games - · Cyberbullying, online harassment, and other virtual violence - · Policing game communities - · Swatting and blurring boundaries of virtual and physical spaces - · Online disinhibition, anonymity, and trolling - · The impact of serious games and games for change - · Hacking inequalities (sexism, racism, heterosexism, ableism, etc) - · Solutions to eliminate bias - · Hypermasculinity in tech culture - · Methodological successes and challenges - · Genre, representation, and social justice - · Gaming interfaces as social praxis - · The graphical arms race: hyperreality, phenotype, and identity *Please submit abstracts (500 word max) along with a short bio and your CV/resume to gamesculturejustice(a)gmail.com <gamesculturejustice(a)gmail.com>** by September 15th, 2015.* Authors will be notified by October 5th, 2015 if their proposals have been accepted for the prospectus. Notifications to submit full essays will occur shortly after abstracts are submitted and they will be due December 28th, 2015. Final essays should be within the range of 4000 – 6000 words, submitted as a Word or Rich Text Format. For more information please contact the co-editors at gamesculturejustice(a)gmail.com. Deadline for Abstracts: September 15th, 2015 Full Essays Due: December 28th, 2015 *Kishonna L. Gray* (*Ph.D., Arizona State University*) is the Director of the Critical Gaming Lab at Eastern Kentucky University as well as faculty in the School of Justice Studies, African/African-American Studies, & Women & Gender Studies. Her work broadly intersects identity and new media although she has a particular focus on gaming. Her most recent book, Race, Gender, & Deviance in Xbox Live, provides a much-needed theoretical framework for examining deviant behavior and deviant bodies within that virtual gaming community. Her work can be found at www.kishonnagray.com and at www.criticalgaminglab.com. Follow her on Twitter @DrGrayThaPhx <https://twitter.com/drgraythaphx> and @CriticalGameLab <https://twitter.com/CriticalGameLab>. *David J. Leonard* (*Ph.D., University of California – Berkeley*) is Associate Professor and chair in the Department of Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies at Washington State University, Pullman. He regularly writes about issues of race, gender, inequality, and popular culture. His work has appeared in a number of academic journals and anthologies. His works can be found at http://www.drdavidjleonard.com. Follow him on Twitter <http://twitter.com/drdavidjleonard>@drdavidjleonard <http://twitter.com/drdavidjleonard>. *André Brock* (*Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign*) is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at the University of Michigan. His research interests include digital and online performances of race and culture, African American technoculture, and critical cultural informatics. Follow him on Twitter @DocDre.

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Lecturer in Media Studies, Lancaster University
by Adam Fish 20 Jul '15

20 Jul '15

Dear List, Please see our call for applicants for a permanent position in our department. https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A1295 Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies*Sociology* *Salary: * £33,242 to £45,954 *Closing Date: * Wednesday 22 July 2015 *Interview Date: * Tuesday 11 August 2015 *Reference: *A1295 We are looking to appoint a Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies to teach across the Media & Cultural Studies degree programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. You should hold a PhD (or award within 12 months) in the social sciences, humanities or related disciplines and have the ability to conduct original and innovative research. You should have a developing portfolio of research publications and demonstrate excellent teaching abilities. You will contribute actively to the life of the Department, enjoy working as part of a team, and possess the ability to adapt to the demands of working in an intensive and exciting interdisciplinary environment. Informal enquiries are welcome and should be made to Dr Bronislaw Szerszynski, tel +44 (0)1524 592659, e-mail: bron(a)lancaster.ac.uk. The Department’s webpage is at http://www.lancs.ac.uk/fass/sociology/ Best, Adam Fish

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