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Deadline Extended: Social Media, Money, Elections and Democracy
by Richard Denny Taylor 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

CALL FOR PAPERS - EXTENDED DEADLINE! New Media, Old Money: Digital Technology, Social Media and the New Challenges to Campaigning and Democracy DEADLINE EXTENDED TO JULY 17, 2015. A by-invitation experts' workshop to be held at The Embassy of Switzerland in the United States of America Washington, DC, September 27-29, 2015 Electronic media have played a central role in politics almost since their introduction. The role of media in election campaigns is often seen as the origin of media and communication studies. The variety of political systems worldwide, the wide range of media systems that operate within them, and the extensive array of regulatory schemes that govern this association raise thought provoking questions about the role of media in democracy. The media-politics-capital triad has raised concerns about the effect of money on the health and fairness of political and media structures. The use of digital technologies and collaborative media has now become a critical part of these complex relationships. Increasingly, political campaigns are built around digital strategies rather than on traditional broadcast ad buys. The internet offers many additional groups cheap access to the public sphere and new possibilities for information and discussion. Accordingly, much of the most "impactful" money is spent "online," calling on expertise in building networks, conversations and communities using social networking platforms, combined with applications designed to amplify messaging as well as volunteers and users generating their own content. In addition, the ability to find, analyze and apply personal information from "big data" is becoming more important than market research and the focus has shifted to the development of comprehensive social media strategies for young, ethnic, gendered and special interest groups. Finally, legacy media and their traditional business models are affected by change as well, raising questions about implications of the internet for journalism and democracy. As a result, any current understanding of campaign spending and political communication must incorporate not just traditional advertising, but equally spending on internet and social networking platforms and the use of information technologies to identify and reach voters through multiple platforms. The same "Old Money" is being used to try to gain influence, but new media offer new approaches both to enhance and conceal its effects. Moreover, the same media brands with the same powerful owners prevail online as well. The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of Communication and Media Research DCM at the University of Fribourg and the Journal of Information Policy, are pleased to announce this call for paper proposals. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present them during a two day (September 28th and 29th, 2015) by-invitation workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen American and international experts and to be held at the Embassy of Switzerland in Washington, DC. The workshop will open with a reception on September 27th. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for review by the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org) By focusing on the media-politics-capital triad, and taking place a year before the presidential elections in the US and only weeks before the national elections in Switzerland, the workshop is ideally suited to provide important insights not only for scholarly research but also for policy-makers in both countries. Invited topics include, but are not limited to: - The role of media in election and referendum campaigns - The (democratic) need for regulation of media and campaigns - The role of money in campaigning and political communication - The role of money in media policy and regulation - Commercialization of the media and its effect on political coverage - Ownership structures of new and old media and their implications for democracy, political communication and media policy - Changes of political communication and journalism due to digitization - The strategic use of social media by political actors - Comparative studies of media regulation, political communication and campaigns - New metrics for campaign expenditures in the digital age - Political campaign money spending in online campaigns - Limitations on campaign spending - Limitations on contributions; on sources of contributions; requirements for disclosure; regulation of spending by advocacy groups; by political parties; and by individuals - The challenge of diversity of views and voices in the digital age - Applying broadcast political speech rules be applied on the Internet - Should social media, blogs, listserves and websites be subject to political speech rules? - How have the larger changes in the economics of media affected political news and commentary? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by July 17, 2015. Please write "IIPFUWS: Your Last Name" in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by July 31, 2015.

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Fwd: ACM Policy Analyst
by Joly MacFie 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Begin forwarded message: *From: *"Annie I. Anton Ph.D." <aa16(a)gatech.edu> *Subject: **ACM Policy Analyst * *Date: *July 9, 2015 at 4:03:59 AM GMT+12 Please share this job posting for a Policy Analyst in the ACM Washington Policy Office with your networks.http://techpolicy.acm.org/blog/?p=5024 ----------------------- Policy Analyst Prestigious educational, scientific, not-for-profit society for computing professionals seeks a highly motivated Policy Analyst to support its policy and government affairs team. This full-time position in Washington, D.C. offers a great opportunity to work on substantive policy projects addressing leading and emergent policy issues, engage with prominent computing professionals, and interact with other policy professionals participating in stakeholder groups. The Policy Analyst will be responsible for supporting policy development and policy communications related to a range of technology and computing policy issues and will be responsible for leading projects to provide impartial information and recommendations to help policy leaders make better decisions. Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to: · Identifies, monitors, researches, and analyzes legislative and regulatory issues to inform conclusions about policy effectiveness, to synthesize complex issues into clear and concise language for non-technical audiences, and to develop key policy considerations and recommendations. · Writes memoranda, articles, reports, issue briefs, newsletters, and other materials based on research, data evaluation, and analysis. · Develops briefing notes, speeches, presentations, and meeting materials. · Works with members, ACM entities, and other partners to develop and implement strategies to inform policy leaders about scientific and technical policy issues. · Participates in meetings of coalitions and working groups. · Provides administrative support and other duties. Qualifications: · Strong research skills and an interest in the intersection of technology and policy. · Sound judgment, good analytical and technical capabilities, good oral communication and writing skills, and strong conceptual and strategic thinking skills. · Ability to work independently with minimal oversight, handle multiple tasks simultaneously, establish priorities, meet deadlines, and solve problems. · Interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively as part of a larger team and with a variety of colleagues, external partners, and policy leaders. · Commitment to ACM's nonpartisan mission and goals to serve the needs of policy leaders through fact-based recommendations informed by scientific evidence and technical expertise. · Must have completed an undergraduate degree in a related field. · Familiarity with or an interest in technology will be an added plus. Please send your resume, cover letter and salary requirements to hr-dept(a)acm.org. ______________________________________________________________________ Annie I. Antón, Ph.D. Chair and Professor, School of Interactive Computing Georgia Institute of Technology 85 5th Street, NW -- Suite 211B Atlanta, GA 30332 U.S.A. ______________________________________________________________________ Office: 404.894.8591 Fax: 404.894.0673 Email: aianton(a)cc.gatech.edu ______________________________________________________________________ -

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News blog 'Parenting for a Digital Future'
by Sonia Livingstone - Parenting for a Digital Future 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

View this email in your browser (http://us10.campaign-archive1.com/?u=6ed42cda03012774a98ca3add&id=53d0ab2c1…) Before we finish the academic year, and parents begin the summer childcare/work juggle, we wanted to give you the latest updates from our blog on parenting and digital media (http://www.parenting.digital/) . As our goal is to give parenting advocates, researchers and parents access to cutting-edge research, including from our current project on Parenting for a Digital Future (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/about/about-our-research/) , here’s a few things to mull on over the summer… (Click here (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/subscribe/) to subscribe, if you haven’t already). Since we last wrote, we have kept on top of breaking news and public debates in ON OUR MINDS (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/category/on-our-minds/) . We’ve been asking what difference the ‘digital’ (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-72) makes – it is a word on everyone’s lips but is rarely examined. We invited UK advocacy organisation the NSPCC to tell us about their work to convince social networking sites to try harder (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-9D) to keep kids safe, given that parents feel increasingly challenged by keeping up (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-3Z) with the latest apps. A panel for parent bloggers led us to reflect on the benefits and dangers of ‘sharenting’ (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-9H) and building a digital footprint for your children. Another guest post helped us to understand the current craze for watching ‘unboxing’ (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-9H) videos on YouTube . In FROM OUR NOTES (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/category/from-our-notes/) we draw on our current research (http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/Preparing-for-a-Digital-Future.aspx) with children, families and digital media in the UK and US. We explored the cycle of how the way that parents understand ‘the future’ (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2015/06/03/how-we-make-the-f…) impacts on how they parent in the present and how they parent in the present can have long-term implications (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2015/04/02/how-do-parents-in…) . Our observations in the homes of families with very young children resulted in both UK-focused (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-8A) and European (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-9L) posts. And we added to our book reviews with Selwyn’s ‘distrusting educational technology’ (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-b4) . Continuing with our insights from AROUND THE WORLD (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/category/around-the-world/) , guest bloggers reflected on digital technology and today’s global children. The latest posts discuss the digital lives of urban youth (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-6I) in London, the challenges of parenting a disabled child (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-6G) in the US, the idea that ‘Facebook surveillance = parental love’ (http://wp.me/p5Iy1I-9n) in Singapore, and Brazilian findings that kids are going online there far ahead of their parents (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/2015/07/03/around-the-world/) . For more, and to subscribe (http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/parenting4digitalfuture/subscribe/) or share, visit www.parenting.digital (http://www.parenting.digital/) And do get in touch if you’d like to contribute. ============================================================ Copyright © 2015 London School of Economics and Political Science, All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you expressed interest in our project. You can unsubscribe from this list at any moment. Our mailing address is: London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London, WC2A 2AE United Kingdom ** unsubscribe from this list (http://lse.us10.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=6ed42cda03012774a98ca3add&id=…) ** update subscription preferences (http://lse.us10.list-manage1.com/profile?u=6ed42cda03012774a98ca3add&id=b5b…)

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CfP: Special Issue on Regulating the Sharing Economy
by Inge Sorensen 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Call for Papers for Special Issue of Internet Policy Review on *Regulating the ‘Sharing Economy'* http://policyreview.info/node/371 Special Issue editors: Kris Erickson, Research Fellow, CREATe, University of Glasgow & Inge Sørensen, Research Fellow, CCPR, University of Glasgow. You are ‘the new infrastructure’, an entrepreneur breathlessly explains to the Wall Street Journal in a recent piece on sharing economy start-ups (9 March 2015). Conceived in the early 2000s to describe alternative practices of creativity and distribution, the sharing economy has become the rallying call for an array of new businesses which rely on networked connectivity of users willing to exchange, sell and purchase services from one another. The co-optation of online ‘gifting’ by capitalist interests is a story which traces the progression of many digital social phenomena, from community discussion fora to digital video youth culture. The sharing economy raises important issues for regulators: When does ‘sharing’ cease to be a private activity and become a public concern? When do affective relationships become exploitative? When is something a gift, and when is it labour? How do we ensure that risks and costs are accurately reflected in the provision of goods? And how should costs be divided between collaborative consumers, businesses, and the public? This special issue will consider both informal norms of governance as well as formal legal structures governing sharing communities and services. As a result, contributions are likely to touch on a range of disciplines and approaches, including sociological, economic, technological and legal. It is the hope of the editors that this collection of individual contributions will lead to identification of issues of theoretical importance across different configurations of sharing economy practices, and help crystallise future areas of inquiry for empirical study. Contributions should focus on the impact of technological and social innovation in this area, with specific reference to European societies and digital regulatory frameworks. In particular, we seek papers which address the following topics of interest for regulators: • Crowdfunding and venture crowdfunding networks • Economic impacts of sharing economy on traditional sectors • Informal governance, ratings, reviews and crowd intelligence • Future of transportation, utilities, and ‘smart’ urban provision • Peer-to-peer production and distribution of media • Alternative digital currencies, legal and financial systems • Citizenship and civic engagement • Open data, privacy and accountability In addition to the above topics, we welcome proposals for original, forward-looking contributions with a focus on the European digital regulatory environment (or that of a national or local jurisdiction in Europe). By critically examining this emerging topic, this special issue will generate EU-specific understanding of policy issues, and expand our scholarly understanding of economic and social trends with potential for long-term impact. This Call for Papers is open to researchers from the fields of policy studies, sociology, law, philosophy, data, information and technology studies, economics and management. Emerging scholars are particularly encouraged to submit a proposal. Important dates 7th September 2015: Deadline for expression of interest and abstract submission (500 word abstracts) to the co-editorsKristofer.Erickson(a)glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:Kristofer.Erickson@glasgow.ac.uk> and Inge.Sorensen(a)glasgow.ac.uk<mailto:Inge.Sorensen@glasgow.ac.uk> 29th September 2015: Feedback on abstract submissions 30th December 2015: Deadline for full text submission (max. 35,000 characters) to editor(a)hiig.de<mailto:editor@hiig.de>. All details on text submissions can be found here: http://policyreview.info/authors The Internet Policy Review was established in 2013 as the first online peer-reviewed journal on Internet Regulation in Europe. It aims to be a resource on Internet policy for academics, civil society advocates, entrepreneurs, the media and policy-makers alike. It is published on a rolling quarterly basis by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin. The editorial board consists of Professor Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay (ISCC/CNRS, Paris), Professor Natali Helberger (IViR, Amsterdam), Professor Jeanette Hofmann (Berlin Social Science Center WZB), Professor Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, Glasgow) andProfessor Wolfgang Schulz (Hans Bredow Institute, Hamburg).

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Seeking Best Practices in Asking Gender Identity
by Tiffani St.Cloud 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Hello, The association where I work added sexual orientation and gender identity questions to our surveys three years ago (we survey graduate students in the US and Canada). While the sexual orientation question is working quite well, we are not satisfied with the reliability of the information we get from the gender identity question. We get a great many people writing in comments which makes it difficult to report reliable rates of transgender individuals. This is the item we currently use, which is based upon the Williams Institute recommendations. How do you self-identify? o Female o Male o Transgender female-to-male o Transgender male-to-female o Transgender do not identify as exclusively male or female o I self-identify as: _________________ A great many of our researchers have noted issues with this question so we have decided to convene a workgroup to look at the current best practices in asking gender identity and to decide upon the best way to ask this question (i.e. keep, modify, completely revise). If you are aware of any best practice documents on asking gender identity, or have developed items you feel might be more appropriate, I would greatly appreciate receiving that information. You can email me directly at: tstcloud(a)gmail.com. Thank you in advance for your consideration. Tiffani

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Job Opening: NYC-based RA for PhD students/postdocs starting Sept 2015
by Alice E. Marwick 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Come work with danah boyd & I at Data & Society. One project is on privacy & the other on connected learning. NYC-based only! http://www.datasociety.net/blog/jobs/research-analysts-reframing-privacy-en… We are seeking either one full-time research analyst (40+ hours/week) or two part-time (20+ hours/week) research analysts to help drive research components of two Data & Society projects. Start date is negotiable (by September 15 strongly preferred), and the appointment is for one year (with renewal possibilities). Applicants should have a Master’s or PhD in a social science or related field or significant experience doing similar types of research. This position is ideal for a researcher seeking to strengthen their research skills. Current New York City-based PhD students will be considered so long as they have flexibility in their schedules; students currently enrolled in coursework typically do not. Postdocs will be considered, but postdoctoral candidates should be attentive to how working in an interdisciplinary research institute may not be received well by traditional academic departments. PhDs seeking to work outside of the academy, in think tanks, or across disciplines may find this position quite satisfying. This is a fully funded position with benefits and vacation; starting salary is dependent on experience (full-time range: $45,000-$60,000). The appointment requires residency in New York. Travel may be necessary, both for conducting the research and for disseminating findings. The work will involve coding and analyzing interview transcripts, conducting focus groups and qualitative interviews, doing literature reviews, and managing tasks to assure completion of the research agenda. The work might also involve survey design, depending on experience. The research analyst would work as a part of our research team, collaborating with danah boyd, Alice Marwick, and Monica Bulger, as well as other Data & Society researchers. Core findings from the work will be published through white papers, public-facing venues, and scholarly venues; the research analyst can expect to be a co-author on at least one paper. ---- See the full call for more deets & where to send questions. D&S is great and these projects are both pretty awesome. -- Alice E. Marwick, PhD Director, McGannon Center Assistant Professor, Department of Communication and Media Studies Fordham University amarwick(a)fordham.edu http://www.mcgannoncenter.com http://www.tiara.org <http://www.tiara.org>

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Announcing New Part-Time MSc at the OII
by Eric Meyer 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

Dear all, I am very pleased to announce that from September 2015 the Oxford Internet Institute<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>, University of Oxford, will be accepting applications for part-time study<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/graduatestudy/part-time-msc/> for the post-graduate MSc degree in the Social Science of the Internet starting in October 2016. This will enable students to take the degree on a part-time basis, but one that is fully integrated with the full-time MSc programme. Introduced in 2009, the MSc programme in the Social Science of the Internet regularly attracts high numbers of excellent applicants who spend a year in Oxford taking a range of classes helping them understand life online and become active internet researchers. By also offering the option of part-time study we hope to broaden access to Oxford to those who are not able to attend on a full-time basis. The part-time option is aimed at working professionals in the internet industry, government policy experts, and any other types of students who would prefer to study on a part-time basis for personal or work reasons. Note that the part-time programme is open to applicants with the right to live in the UK legally; students needing a visa to study are encouraged to look at our full-time MSc degree<http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/graduatestudy/msc/>, which is able to support applications for student visas. As the Director of Graduate Studies at the OII, I am delighted we are able to expand our post-graduate education offerings to what we hope will be a diverse pool of students living and working in the UK. I encourage potential applicants and employers who would like to support their employees earning a Master's degree to contact teaching(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:teaching@oii.ox.ac.uk> with your questions, or to get in touch with me directly. We will be holding Open Days at the OII on 18 September and 17 November, in addition to our virtual Open Day which is held online on 1 December. I encourage anyone interested to attend one of those Open Days and to talk to us about the programme prior to the application deadlines in November, January and March for an October 2016 start. For further details, please visit: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/graduatestudy/part-time-msc/ Warm regards, Professor Eric T. Meyer Director of Graduate Studies Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Email: eric.meyer(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:eric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk> Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/meyer/ Twitter: @etmeyer

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Disorder Book Launch and talks
by Jonathan Marshall 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

If anyone is in Sydney Australia next week..... Launch of Disorder and the Disinformation Society: The social dynamics of information, networks and software http://www.tandf.net/books/details/9780415540001/ Thursday 16 July, Great Hall UTS, Sydney 6.00pm drinks and canapés for 6.30pm start, concludes 8.15pm Order Causing Chaos Has the urgent pursuit of efficiency, innovation and self-gratification blinded us to the destabilising effects of change? The technological and scientific advances ignited by the industrial revolution are unquestionable. Yet on the flip side its many innovations disrupted communities, economies, ecosystems and the very power structures of nations. Its influence lingers still. One legacy is our information age – powerful computers driven by software of bewildering complexity and indispensable application, enabling interconnectivity to fuel the internet and, in turn, social media linkages across the globe. And it must all surely be good. In this lecture UTS researchers explore dimensions of the information age where the intended ‘ordering’ effects of new information technologies led to disorders never anticipated. From light-speed financial transactions making market strife, to social media movements losing momentum for lack of true leaders, join us to discover how disorder from order also shapes us. Dr Jonathan Marshall, Research Anthropologist Jonathan researches technology and society, publishing works on online life and gender, information mess, the social-psychology of climate change, and is currently working on climate politics and coal dependence. Dr Didar Zowghi, Professor of Software Engineering Based in the UTS Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Didar researches the issues and challenges that arise out of communication rich, multidisciplinary activities of software and system development. Dr Francesca da Rimini, Honorary Research Associate Currently based with the Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, Francesca is a cultural activist, writer and academic, investigating the radical potential of information communication technologies. Associate Professor James Goodman Based in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. He An expert in political sociology researches the role of social movements in international politics, and works on policy agendas to address global crises, including financial and climate crises. University Hall Science Building 4, University of Technology Sydney 745 Harris Street Ultimo Please register attendance with Robert Button for catering Email: robert.button(a)uts.edu.au UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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CFP: ACM IUI 2016 ~ 21st ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces
by Denis Parra 08 Jul '15

08 Jul '15

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR LONG & SHORT PAPERS IUI 2016, 21st ACM Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces Sonoma, CA, USA / March 7 - 10, 2016 Website: http://iui.acm.org/2016/ -------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** Submission Deadline * Abstracts (required) : October 9, 2015, 6pm PST * Papers : October 14, 2015, 6pm PST Overview: ================ ACM IUI 2016 is the 21st annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as the principal international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. IUI is a multidisciplinary field where Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) meets Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as cognitive science, computer graphics, psychology, behavioural science, design, the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine learning, natural-language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. The conference brings together people from academia, industry and non-profit organizations and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in an focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively (we expect over 200 people), but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels and doctoral consortium for graduate students. Authors of accepted IUI 2016 full papers will have an opportunity to submit extended versions to the ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems (TiiS, http://tiis.acm.org) for consideration for a special issue titled "Highlights of IUI 2016". For information on what counts as an appropriate "extension" of a conference paper for TiiS, see submissions) Topics: ================ IUI topics of interest include, but are not limited to: ** Processing of multi-modal input (gestures, eye gaze, face, physiological information etc.) ** Natural language and speech processing ** Intelligent visualization tools ** Generation of multimodal content ** Big Data/Text summarization and analytics ** Intelligent interfaces for ubiquitous computing ** Smart environments and tangible computing ** Smart interaction and interfaces for wearable computing ** Intelligent assistants for complex tasks ** Support for collaboration in multiuser environments ** Persuasive and assistive technologies in IUI ** Affective, social and aesthetic interfaces ** Education and learning-related technologies ** User-Adaptive interaction ** Recommender systems ** Modelling and prediction of user behaviour ** Interactive Machine Learning ** Planning and plan recognition for IUI ** Knowledge-based approaches to user interface design and generation ** Proactive and agent-based paradigms for user interaction ** Example-and demonstration-based interfaces ** Evaluations of intelligent user interfaces ** Submission - Long and Short Papers We invite original paper submissions that describe novel user interfaces, ** applications, interactive and intelligent technologies, empirical studies, or design techniques. IUI 2016 especially encourages submissions on innovative and visionary new concepts or directions for the design of intelligent interfaces. We do not require evaluations with users, but we do expect papers to include an appropriate evaluation for their stated contribution. Accepted papers will appear in the ACM Digital Library and citation indices. Full papers (10 pages with unlimited references) should make substantial, novel and relevant contributions to the field. Short papers (4 pages with unlimited references) can either contain smaller contributions or novel work that is still progress. Accepted full papers will be invited for oral presentation and short papers either as oral or poster presentation. ----- Denis Parra, PUC Chile Christoph Trattner, NTNU & Know-Center IUI 2016 Publicity chairs

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CALL FOR POSTERS: IAMCR online conference: The Edge of Money: Hegemony or resistance?
by Becky Lentz 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Please excuse any unavoidable cross-postings CALL FOR POSTERS: IAMCR online conference TITLE: The Edge of Money: Hegemony or resistance? https://edgeofmoney.noblogs.org/ DEADLINE: NOW upload your posters (png, gif, jpg) >From July 12-16, 2015, the cutting edge of communications researchers will converge in Montreal, Canada, at the annual meeting of International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR/AIECS/AIERI), the world¹s preeminent global communications and media research association. Rich in resonances, deft in dialog, an abundance of work on surveillance, democracy, technology, and cultural production will be shared under the theme hegemony or resistance¹. However, one important hegemony the edge of money will be largely unaccounted for. Due to high conference fees of hundreds of dollars per participant, vast segments of the IAMCR community will be underrepresented. The absence of civil society and community organizations, students, adjuncts, and other researchers without institutional affiliations and support reduces the richness of IAMCR¹s work. The Edge of Money online conference seeks to raise important questions, including: - Whose stories remain untold? - Which experiences will IAMCR miss? - What research will be excluded, and what important areas of policy will either be neglected or presented only from a privileged viewpoint? - What research is most valued and needed by those who cannot afford to attend? We propose to raise these questions through an IAMCR online conference featuring posters. We ask that those who cannot afford to attend IAMCR, but have something to contribute, post photographs of your posters to the online platform: https://edgeofmoney.noblogs.org Please create a poster telling your story, you may choose to include: 1) Who you are or how you want to be identified? 2) What perspective you would bring to IAMCR if you could afford to attend? 3) What burning issues you feel need to be addressed to make IAMCR more accessible? 4) A photo of your poster and, in the style of wearethe99percent.tumblr.com, you may want to include yourself in the photo (holding the poster, for instance). These posters will be on display during the IAMCR event in Montreal. ---------------------- Becky Lentz, PhD Associate Professor of Communication Studies Department of Art History/Communication Studies McGill University 853 Sherbrooke Street West, Arts Building, W-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 Fax 514.398.8557 Email: becky.lentz(a)mcgill.ca http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs

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