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Listserves old and new
by Jeremy Hunsinger 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Distribute as appropriate. Hello everybody. Since the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture is now the Collaboratory for Digital Discourse and Culture. I have migrated many of the listserves to a new server. I know not everyone likes to join lists or have email traffic, but if you are interested in such things below is a listing of the CDDC lists and other lists that I manage. With the relaunch I also created two new lists, one for Critical Internet Studies and one for Infrastructure Studies, those links are at the end of the list. You are welcome to join any of these lists, they are mostly low traffic, but occasionally pick up. I've included short descriptions and links below: http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/transdisciplinarystudies-tmttlt.com This is the list for the book series ‘transdisciplinary studies’ which is seeking scholars interested in discussing transdisciplinary research and book proposals for transdisciplinary research —– http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/softwareandculture-tmttlt.com This is a list that began at the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. It is dedicated to discussing the relationships between software and culture. http://lists.tmttlt.com/listinfo.cgi/political-economy-internet-tmttlt.com This is a list that began at the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. It is dedicated to discussing the political economy of the internet. —– http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/althumancomp-digital-discou… is a list of the collaboratory for digital discourse and culture. it is dedicated to alternatives in humanities computing. It was started in 2001. http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/politicsandtechnology-digit… This is a list of the collaboratory for digital discourse and culture. It is dedicated to the relationships between politics and technology broadly construed. It was started in 2001. http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/cddc-digital-discourse.org The is the list for the Collaboratory for Digital Discourse and Culture, formerly the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. The Center was founded in 1998. http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/critics-l-digital-discourse… <http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/critics-l-digital-discourse…>This is the Critics-l list. from the CRITICS projects it used to be hosted http://www.discourses.org/CRI-Form.htm http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/hypermodernism-digital-disc… This is the list of the collaboratory for digital discourse and culture. It is dedicated to the discussion of hypermodernism and supermodernism. —– http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/critical-internet-studies-d… This is a new list of the collaboratory for digital discourse and culture. it is dedicated to the discussion of the critical study of the internet and critical study of internet based phenomena (and noumena as some might posit) http://lists.digital-discourse.org/listinfo.cgi/infrastructure-studies-digi… This is a new list of the collaboratory for digital discourse and culture. it is dedicated to the discussion of infrastructure as a topic of research/scholarship.

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Job Opening: Digital Media Studies, San Diego State University
by Noah Arceneaux 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

*Tenure-track Faculty in Digital Media Studies* *School of Journalism and Media Studies | San Diego State University* *Applications:* Review of application materials will begin *September 1, 2015*, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/30303) The School of Journalism and Media Studies at San Diego State University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in digital media studies, specifically a critical theorist of digital media with an emphasis on race, ethnicity, or other identity markers, at the level of assistant professor, to start August 2016. *Responsibilities:* The successful candidate will be able to teach in the long term across the undergraduate curriculum in media studies. The immediate teaching need, in rank order, is for coverage of courses in principles of media studies, media technology and society, and creative uses of emerging media. The faculty member will be expected to create a new undergraduate course on media and culture as defined by race, ethnicity, and other identity markers. The faculty member also is expected to have a scholarly research agenda in digital media studies (broadly defined) and significant digital media production skills. The faculty member will participate in the University’s designated Area of Excellence for Digital Humanities and Global Diversity as a scholar of digital media who takes a critical/cultural approach to the exploration of human experiences as differentiated by race, ethnicity, and other identity markers. This hire will also provide service to the School and to academic and professional media communities. *Required Qualifications:* An earned doctorate in media studies, mass communication, communication, or a related field is required by the position start date. Candidates should have a demonstrated commitment to excellence in both teaching, and research, in line with SDSU’s teacher-scholar model. Evidence or promise of a strong research agenda in digital media studies (broadly defined) is required. Relevant professional work experience in digital media is strongly preferred. *Rank and Salary:* This is a tenure-track faculty position at the assistant professor level. Appointment to the position requires that the candidate’s doctoral degree be earned by the appointment start date in August 2016. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. *Applications:* Review of application materials will begin *September 1, 2015*, and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should apply via Interfolio (http://apply.interfolio.com/30303) All additional inquiries should be addressed to: *Noah Arceneaux, Ph.D.* *Associate Professor and Chair, Media Studies Search Committee* *School of Journalism and Media Studies* *San Diego State University* *5500 Campanile Drive* *San Diego CA 92182-4561* *noah.arceneaux(a)sdsu.edu <noah.arceneaux(a)sdsu.edu>* SDSU is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer. -- Noah Arceneaux School of Journalism and Media Studies San Diego State University noah.arceneaux(a)sdsu.edu

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New book announcement: Communication and Control: Tools, Systems, and New Dimensions
by MacDougall, Robert 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Hi All, And please do pardon any message redundancies... -rob "Communication and Control: Tools, Systems, and New Dimensions" edited by R C MacDougall, now available at Amazon.com and other outlets, including: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9780739198766/Communication-and-Control-Tools-Syste… "Communication and Control" advocates a systems view of human communication in a time of intelligent, learning machines. This edited collection sheds new light on things as mundane-yet still profoundly consequential (and seemingly "low-tech")-as push buttons, pagers, and telemarketing systems. Contributors also investigate aspects of "remote control" related to education, organizational design, artificial intelligence, cyberwarfare, drones, and even binge-watching on Netflix. In line with a systems view, the collection takes up a media ecological view and will be of interest to students, scholars, and researchers in communication, new media, cognitive science, and science and technology studies. MacDougall has assembled a satisfying spectrum of voices to track how the pulsing, global spray of electrons we stubbornly call "media" continues to transform us. From theory to case study, Communication and Control is truly cutting-edge stuff that will put you in the feedback loop. - Roger Stahl, University of Georgia The shift from analog to digital is about much more than efficiency, precision, and progress. As MacDougall points out, it is a dramatic shift in what it is to be human and how we relate to the world. Computers are enveloping areas of expertise that were once the sole domain of human creativity and are transforming the relationship of humans to those domains. Such a shift is difficult to see and discuss, but MacDougall gets the conversation started. - Michael Wesch, Kansas State University Almost no part of life stays untouched by technology and media. Yet our everyday understanding of technological systems, media dynamics, and data networks is still relatively low-key in comparison. This powerful collection of essays comes to offer timely guidance by creatively and critically mapping the media ecologies of a rich array of systems, networks, and fields. A must-read for anyone who wants to probe the extent to which "control" controls. - Yoni Van Den Eede, Free University of Brussels This fine edited volume covers a broad spectrum of theoretical and applied topics. For the theorist, there are stimulating reinterpretations of Norbert Wiener and Marshall McLuhan. For those more intrigued by case studies, behold the chapters on push buttons, pagers, call centers, and chatbots. By consolidating so much varied work on emerging communication systems, this collection does exactly what a good anthology is supposed to do. - Graham Harman, American University in Cairo TOC Chapter 1: A Brief History of Communication and Control in Humans and Machines. Robert C. MacDougall Chapter 2: Four Dimensions of Control. Robert C. MacDougall Chapter 3: Panic Button: Thinking Historically about Danger, Interfaces, and Control-at-a-Distance. Rachel Plotnick Chapter 4: A Waiting Room Without Walls: Paging, Pagers, and the Future of Mobile Communication. Benjamin Morton Chapter 5: Chained to the Dialer, or Frederick Taylor Reaches Out and Touches Someone Brett Lunceford Chapter 6: Chatbots in the Metropolis: Turing and the Communicative Labor of the Multitude Kevin Cummings and Cameron Kunzelman Chapter 7: Remote Control from the C-Suite: Chief Knowledge Officers, Chief Learning Officers, and Globalized Corporate Noopower. Robert Gehl Chapter 8: So Many Choices, So Little Choice: Streaming media, artificial intelligence, and the Illusion of Control. Matthew Pittman and Ryan Eanes Chapter 9: Educational Policy and Political Action as Mechanisms of Remote Control. Karla Loya and Zeke Kimball Chapter 10: Mobile geospatial search and the limits of knowledge: linking application design and use in time and space. Jim Thatcher Chapter 11: Reflections on the Nature of Organization, Control and Resilience in Sociotechnical Systems. Vincenzo DeFlorio Chapter 12: Mediascape as Battlefield: Infrastructure Convergence and Smart War. Kathleen Oswald Chapter 13: Remotely Piloted Vehicles, Ubiquitous Networks, and New Manifestations of Control in Open Society National Security Environments. R.E. Burnett Chapter 14: Remotely Human: The 'Remote-Me' and the Emergence of the Companion-Head. Madhusudan Raman

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*Extended Deadline July 24th* - CFP: “Critical Data Studies” – Big Data & Society Special Theme
by Andrew J Iliadis 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

*Extended Deadline July 24th* - CFP: “Critical Data Studies” – Big Data & Society Special Theme Guest Editors: Andrew Iliadis (Purdue University) and Federica Russo (Universiteit van Amsterdam) Critical Data Studies (CDS) is a growing field of research that focuses on the unique theoretical, ethical, and epistemological challenges posed by “Big Data.” Rather than treat Big Data as a scientifically empirical, and therefore largely neutral phenomena, CDS advocates the view that data should be seen as always-already constituted within wider data assemblages. Assemblages is a concept that helps capture the multitude of ways that already-composed data structures inflect and interact with society, its organization and functioning, and the resulting impact on individuals’ daily lives. CDS questions the many assumptions about data that permeate contemporary literature on information and society by locating instances where data may be naively taken to denote objective and transparent informational entities. CDS may be viewed as an emerging field connected to Information Ethics, Software Studies, and Critical Information Studies in that it seeks to question the ethical import of information and Big Data for society. Problems of causality, quality, security, and uncertainty concern CDS scholars. Recent articles outlining the theoretical program of CDS offer a new platform from which to question data in this manner. We seek essays for this special volume that broaden these latest commitments in CDS to include new empirical research projects on information and communication technologies (ICTs) that fall under the umbrella of Big Data, while also seeking to question their attendant epistemological shifts. Through the critical lens of ethics and morality, this special volume opens up CDS to localizations where Big Data can no longer be seen as neutral, and where an ethics of Big Data might emerge. Issues of interest include (but are not limited to): - Causality: how should we find causes in the era of ‘data-driven science?’ Do we need a new conception of causality to fit with new practices? - Quality: how should we ensure that data are good enough quality for the purposes for which we use them? What should we make of the open access movement; what kind of new technologies might be needed? - Security: how can we adequately secure data, while making it accessible to those who need it? How do we protect databases? - Uncertainty: can Big Data help with uncertainty, or does it generate new uncertainties? What technologies are essential to reduce uncertainty elements in data-driven sciences? Proposals of 1000 words are invited for consideration and inclusion in the Special Theme to be published in Big Data & Society (BD&S), an open access peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes interdisciplinary work principally in the social sciences, humanities and computing and their intersections with the arts and natural sciences about the implications of Big Data for societies. Manuscripts should be 8,000 words for an Original Research Article, 3,000 words for a Commentary, and 1,000 words for an essay in the Early Career Research Forum section. All submissions of Original Research Articles to BD&S are double-blind, and triple peer-reviewed. Commentaries and ECR submissions are reviewed by the Guest Editors. Proposals should be sent to the Guest Editors: ailiadis(a)purdue.edu and f.russo(a)uva.nl Manuscript Guidelines: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/msg/bds.htm#PEERREVIEWPOLICY Style Guidelines: http://www.uk.sagepub.com/repository/binaries/pdf/SAGE_UK_style_guide_short… Proposal Deadline: July 10, 2015 *Extended Deadline July 24th* Notification of Acceptance: end of July Paper Deadline: October 4, 2015 Reviews Returned: end of December Revised Paper Deadline: February 29, 2016 Anticipated Publication Date: Spring/Summer 2016 CFP link: http://bigdatasoc.blogspot.co.uk/2015/06/call-for-proposals-special-theme-o…

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ICIDS 2015 - Last extension: Final Deadline July 10th
by ICIDS Announcements 07 Jul '15

07 Jul '15

Dear all, Due to numerous requests for a few days more to finish the ICIDS 2015 papers, we have decided to extend the final deadline to the 10th of July. Please submit your full, short, demo or poster paper at: icids2015.aau.dk/calls/ The first two keynote speakers at ICIDS 2015 are: Chris Crawford and Paul Mulholland. icids2015.aau.dk/program/keynote-speakers/ <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ficids2015.aau.dk%2Fprogram%2Fkey…> If you are interested in arranging a workshop, please take a look here: icids2015.aau.dk/workshops/ Finally, there is also the option to contribute with your artwork at the International Art Exhibition on Interactive Digital Storytelling here: icids2015.aau.dk/exhibition/ <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ficids2015.aau.dk%2Fexhibition%2F…> See you in Copenhagen, The ICIDS 2015 team P.s. If you are interested, you still have a few hours left to support Chris Crawford's Siboot Kickstarter campaign here: kickstarter.com/projects/544670315/siboot <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fkickstarter.com%2Fprojects%2F544…>

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Research in Verifying User Generated Content - Platforms and Initiatives?
by R.A. Larsen 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Hello all, My name is Rebekah Larsen, and I'm a current grad student at the University of Cambridge. I'm part of a project researching how to make it easier for citizen witnesses of human rights violations to capture the attention of journalists and human rights defenders, which includes facilitating the verification of social media. More information on the project can be found at the link below. http://www.smhr.sociology.cam.ac.uk/blog/TheWhistleOverview We are currently surveying the range of online platforms or initiatives already being developed with potential for social media verification, both commercial (e.g., Storyful) and non-profit (e.g., CheckDesk). If anyone can point me towards any other examples, resources, research, etc., it would be much appreciated! Best, and many thanks, Rebekah

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Lecturer in Media, Lancaster University
by Adam Fish 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

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/ http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A1295

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Fwd: New Job at Leuphana: Ethnography of Anonymity
by Goetz Bachmann 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Our new anonymity project at Leuphana in Lüneburg, Germany, has an open position for a doctoral researcher (ethnographer): http://www.leuphana.de/bewerben/jobs-und-karriere/forschung-lehre/ansicht-f… Maybe of interest to some? G.

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New Book Announcement: 7 Layers of Social Media Analytics
by Gohar F. Khan 06 Jul '15

06 Jul '15

Dear colleagues: I am pleased to announce my new book <http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Layers-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1507823207/ref…> on *social media analytics*. The book offers concepts, tools, tutorials, and cases studies to understand and analyze the seven layers of social media data, including *text, actions, networks, apps, hyperlinks, search engine, and location layers. * It is non-technical in nature best suited for business (and information systems) students, professors, and manager. Here is how the book is structured: Chapter 1: The Seven Layers of Social Media Analytics Chapter 2: Understanding Social Media Chapter 3: Social Media Text Analytics Chapter 4: Social Media Network Analytics Chapter 5: Social Media Actions Analytics Chapter 6: Social Media Apps Analytics Chapter 7: Social Media Hyperlinks Analytics Chapter 8: Social Media Location Analytics Chapter 9: Social Media Search Engine Analytics Chapter 10: Aligning Social Media Analytics with Business Goals The book also comes with a companion site (http://7layersanalytics.com/) which offers Updated Tutorials, Power-Point Slide, Case Studies, Sample Data, and Syllabus. It is available through Amazon Store <http://www.amazon.com/Seven-Layers-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1507823207/ref…> and CreateSpace <https://www.createspace.com/5264856> Store. I am sorry if you receive multiple copies of this email. Sincerely, -- Gohar Feroz Khan, PhD Assistant Professor Korea University of Technology & Education (KoreaTECH) 1600 Chungjol-ro Byungcheon-myun Cheonan city, 330-708, South Korea Office: 82-41-560-1415; Mobile: +82-10-5510-8071 email: gohar.feroz(a)kut.ac.kr ------------------------------------------------------- Director Centre for Social Technologies <http://centreforsocialtech.com> Associate Editor Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia <http://eastasia.yu.ac.kr/> I blog here <http://gfkhan.wordpress.com/dr-khan/> --------------------------------------------------------------------- Stay tuned for my new book on 7 Layers of s <http://7layersanalytics.com/introduction-to-the-book/>ocial media analytics to be available soon... <http://7layersanalytics.com/introduction-to-the-book/>.

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Reddit dataset
by Katy Pearce 05 Jul '15

05 Jul '15

Someone posted a link to a dataset of Reddit posts to the AOIR Facebook page. I wonder what the AOIR community members feel about this in terms of this being "public" data.

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