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ICIDS 2015 - Reminder: Submission deadline July 6th
by ICIDS Announcements 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

Dear all, Do you want to visit cozy Copenhagen in December and discuss the state-of-the-art of Interactive Digital Storytelling with like-minded researchers, guests and the industry? This is a kind reminder of the July 6th submission deadline for the eight International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling, which will take place in Denmark at Aalborg University’s campus in central Copenhagen. http://icids2015.aau.dk/calls/ The first two keynote speakers at ICIDS 2015 have already been announced: Chris Crawford and Paul Mulholland. http://icids2015.aau.dk/program/keynote-speakers/ You are still very welcome to submit your full, short, demo or poster paper at: http://icids2015.aau.dk/calls/ If you are interested in arranging a workshop, please take a look here: http://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: http://icids2015.aau.dk/exhibition/ All the best, The ICIDS 2015 team P.s. If you are interested, you have a few days left to support Chris Crawford's Siboot Kickstarter campaign here: http://4kickstarter.com/projects/544670315/siboot ------------------------------------------------------------ ICIDS 2015 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTERACTIVE DIGITAL STORYTELLING View this call online at: icids2015.aau.dk Nov. 30 - Dec. 4, 2015 Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark UPDATED CALL FOR PAPERS SUBMISSION DEADLINE: JULY 6TH, 2015 [Extended] This year, the International Conference on Interactive Digital Storytelling (ICIDS 8) will take place in Denmark at Aalborg University’s campus in central Copenhagen. ICIDS has its origin in a series of related international conferences that ran between 2001 and 2007 (www.icids.org/) Since 2008, ICIDS became the premier annual venue that gathers researchers, developers, practitioners and theorists to present and share the latest innovations, insights and techniques in the expanding field of interactive storytelling and the technologies that support it. The field re-groups a highly dynamic and interdisciplinary community, in which narrative studies, computer science, interactive and immersive technologies, the arts, and creativity converge to develop new expressive forms in a myriad of domains that include artistic projects, interactive documentaries, cinematic games, serious games, assistive technologies, edutainment, pedagogy, museum science, advertisement and entertainment, to mention a few. The conference has a long-standing tradition of bringing together academia, industry, designers, developers and artists into an interdisciplinary dialogue through a mix of keynote lectures, long and short article presentations, posters, workshops, and very lively demo sessions. We welcome contributions from a large range of fields and disciplines related to interactive storytelling, including computational narrative, narratology, computer science, human-computer interaction, media studies and media production, game studies, game design and development, semiotics, museum science, edutainment, virtual and augmented reality, cognitive science, digital humanities, interactive arts and transmedia studies. We encourage original contributions in the forms of research papers, position papers, posters and demonstrations, presenting new scientific results, innovative theories, novel technological implementations, case studies and creative artistic projects in the field of Interactive Digital Storytelling and its possible applications in different domains. We particularly welcome research on topics in the following four areas: THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS ▪ Theories and aesthetics of interactive storytelling ▪ Narratology for interactive media ▪ Cognitive, conative and affective aspects of narrative interactive systems ▪ Models of narrative logic ▪ The role of the author/designer in interactive storytelling TECHNICAL ADVANCES ▪ Story/world generation and experience management ▪ Virtual characters and virtual humans ▪ Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems ▪ Synthetic actors ▪ Semantic knowledge representation and reasoning about stories ▪ Natural language generation and understanding ▪ Non-verbal interactive stories ▪ User modelling and narrative user interfaces ▪ Authoring modes and tools for interactive digital storytelling ▪ Media, VR and game technologies for interactive storytelling ANALYSES AND EVALUATION OF SYSTEMS ▪ Methods for testing user experience in interactive storytelling ▪ Evaluation of interactive storytelling applications ▪ Reviews, critical and normative analysis of creative works ▪ Case studies, post-mortems and best practices CURRENT AND FUTURE USAGE SCENARIOS AND APPLICATIONS ▪ Collaborative storytelling environments and multi-user systems ▪ Social, ubiquitous and mobile storytelling ▪ Interactive narratives in digital games ▪ Interactive cinema and television ▪ Interactive storyworlds ▪ Interactive non-fiction and interactive documentaries ▪ Interactive narratives as tools for learning in teaching, e-learning, training and edutainment ▪ Interactive narratives used in health, rehabilitation and exercise ▪ Interactive storytelling in roleplay, larps, theatre and improvisation ▪ Collaborative authoring ▪ Interactive narrative in the real world (live installations) ▪ Interactive narratives in museums ▪ Future applications SUBMISSIONS The review process for ICIDS will be double blind. Authors should remove all identifying information from their submissions. If you are uncertain as to how to anonymize your submission, the following guidelines are worth looking at: http://www.chi2005.org/cfp/anonymous.html All submissions must follow the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format, available at: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0. Papers must be written in English, and only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered for review.Submissions that receive high ratings in the peer review process will be selected for publication by the program committee as Springer LNCS conference proceedings. For the final print-ready version, the submission of source files (Microsoft Word/LaTeX, TIF/EPS) and a signed copyright form will be required. All submissions will be processed using the Easychair Online Conference System. Authors are advised to register a new account well in advance of the paper submission deadline: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icids2015 THE SUBMISSION CATEGORIES ARE: ▪ Full papers (10-12 pages in the main proceedings) describing interesting, novel results or completed work in all areas of interactive digital storytelling and its applications. ▪ Short papers (6-8 pages in the main proceedings) presenting exciting preliminary work or novel, thought-provoking ideas in their early stages. ▪ Demonstrations and posters (2-4 pages in the backmatter of the proceedings) describing working, presentable systems or brief explanations of a research project. IMPORTANT DATES ▪ Submission deadline [Extended] - July 6th, 2015 (11:59 pm. Hawaii Standard Time) Authors are strongly advised to upload their submissions well in advance of this deadline. ▪ August 21st, 2015 - Accept/reject notifications sent to authors. ▪ September 7th, 2015 - Camera-ready copy due. ▪ November 30-December 4, 2015 - ICIDS Conference. WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Workshops can vary in length, from half a day to a full day. Proposals for workshops should be two to four pages in length, and include the following information: 1. A brief technical description of the workshop, explaining its goals, topic and expected outcome. A format and proposed schedule, including audience, and a short draft of the call for participation. 2. The names, affiliations and email addresses of the proposed organizing committee. This committee should consist of two to four people recognized in the area. 3. The primary contact for the organizing committee. 4. If available, a list of tentatively confirmed attendees. Workshop organizers must submit their proposals including the information listed above to: icids2015(a)gmail.com by July 19, 2015. INTERNATIONAL ART EXHIBITION Since 2010, ICIDS has been hosting an international art exhibition open to the general public. A separate call for the International Art Exhibition has been issued here: http://icids2015.aau.dk/exhibition/ ORGANIZATION The conference will be hosted by the Department of Architecture, Design and Media Technology (media.aau.dk/) in collaboration with the Center for Applied Game Research, the Augmented Cognition Lab, and the ReCreate Center. Organising committee chairs: Luis Emilio Bruni, Aalborg University, Copenhagen Henrik Schoenau-Fog, Aalborg University, Copenhagen Programme Committee Chair: Sandy Louchart, The Glasgow School of Art (Digital Design Studio) Programme Committee and Organization: Please see: icids2015.aau.dk/committees/ CONTACT Questions about the conference should be directed to the organizers at: icids2015(a)gmail.com For further information and for updates please visit the webpage at http://icids2015.aau.dk/ Please feel free to distribute this call for papers further.

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Re: [Air-L] Open Internet (speech) and Economics
by Becky Lentz 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

You might consider posting your question to ³commoners" doing very interesting work/thinking on economic commons issues: http://www.schoolofcommoning.com/ http://www.onthecommons.org/ http://www.onthecommons.org/work/commons-field B. Lentz ---------------------- 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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CFP Internet Policy Review
by Uta Meier-Hahn 03 Jul '15

03 Jul '15

Dear colleagues, Please kindly take note of the Internet Policy Review’s quarterly call for papers. The Internet Policy Review is calling for submissions: http://policyreview.info/authors <http://policyreview.info/authors> The Internet Policy Review is a journal on internet regulation in Europe – peer-reviewed, fast-track and open access. It analyses public regulatory changes as well as private policy developments which are expected to have long lasting impacts on European societies. The journal contributes research to contemporary debates about media, information technology, telecommunications and internet governance. The journal is open to research papers and scholarly essays of up to 25,000 characters on the following topics: * Internet infrastructure & Standards * Business & Trade * Access & Content * Copyright & Intellectual Property Rights * Privacy & Security * Procedures & Governance Please send your submissions to the editors (editor(a)hiig.de <mailto:editor@hiig.de>) at any time. There is no deadline. The Internet Policy Review is committed to facilitating short review cycles and publishes articles on an ongoing basis. — About — The Internet Policy Review was established in 2013 as the first peer-reviewed journal that aims to be a resource on internet policy for academics, civil society advocates, entrepreneurs, the media and policy-makers alike. It is published on an ongoing basis by the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (Berlin) in cooperation with CREATe (Glasgow) and the Institut des sciences de la communication CNRS (Paris-Sorbonne). The advisory board currently consists of Professor Jeanette Hofmann (Berlin Social Science Center WZB), Professor Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay (CNRS), Professor Martin Kretschmer (CREATe, Glasgow) and Professor Wolfgang Schulz (Hans Bredow Institute, Hamburg). If you have any questions or would like to discuss if there is a fit with your paper, do not hesitate to get in touch. Kind regards, Uta Meier-Hahn Academic Editor

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Open Position, DEADLINE soon: Research Project Manager Internet Policy & Governance
by Christian Katzenbach 02 Jul '15

02 Jul '15

Hi all, here at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin we currently have an open position for Research Project Manager Internet Policy & Governance. The successful candidate will practically lead and manage the research of the governance group (from a social science perspective) at our Institute. I can tell, it’s a top-ace job. Actually the position is a stand-in for my (part-time) parental leave. See full details below. Two things you need to know: - Professional Proficiency in GERMAN is a must (lot of coordination and communication within/outside the institute) - We are already reviewing applications, so please send me short note if you are interested in the position, so that I can feed you into the process. Best, Christian #### From 1 September 2015, in the context of parental leave cover, the team at the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is looking for an excellent ** Project manager for the Internet Policy & Governance Research Unit ** (TV-L 14 plus family allowance, depending on qualifications, 75%, limited to 12 months with an option to extend) The Internet Policy & Governance Research Unit studies prominent fields of Internet regulation such as copyright, freedom of expression and infrastructure. The research programme contributes to debates on Internet regulation that have so far been shaped by legal scholarship and adds a social scientific approach, hence allowing us to understand rule-making on the Internet as a social process. The holder of the position will coordinate research in the field of Internet policy & governance for the duration of the leave. In addition to conceptual work, the position includes research management as well as the acquisition of third-party funding. _What we expect from you:_ • Coordination and organisation of the unit’s research activities, incl. mentoring doctoral candidates, leading the colloquium as well as budget and HR responsibility for the research unit. • Further development of the research programme in the field of Internet policy & governance, ideally related to infrastructure, algorithms and governance • Project management and role of academic editor at the open access journal Internet Policy Review • Development of a system for monitoring and evaluating funding lines and applications; writing of third-party funding applications in the field of Internet policy and governance • Development and maintenance of collaborations and partnerships, and the development of ideas for thematically appropriate conferences and workshops _What you can offer:_ • A high degree of self-reliance, an implementation focus and a creative drive • An interest in interdisciplinary research in the field of Internet policy & governance and the ability to identify and make use of connections to other disciplines • An understanding of the relevant scientific literature (e.g. Internet governance and regulation, copyright, infrastructure, STS) and political debates, as well as publications in refereed journals in the field of Internet policy & governance are desired • Experience in project/research management and in applying for third-party funding • Some initial experience in HR management, an ability to motivate and steer project teams and very good communication skills • An excellent PhD thesis in a social science subject (at least submitted) • Proficient in German, very good English skills are a basic requirement _What we offer:_ • The chance to independently develop and steer a research unit with a broad range of tasks. • The opportunity to independently establish themes in an international research environment and to develop structures cooperatively • A diverse, dynamic team with dedicated colleagues from various disciplines in a pioneering institute in the heart of Berlin. _Application_ Please submit your application with a cover letter, curriculum vitae and a list of selected publication using the online form at bottom of page. The selection of the applications will begin on 29 June 2015. We will continue to accept applications until a suitable candidate is found. Interviews are expected to take place on 13 July 2015. Applicants with severe disabilities will be given special consideration where aptitude, qualifications and skills are otherwise substantially equal. As we are already reviewing applications, please send a short note directly Research Group Leader Christian Katzenbach (katzenbach(a)hiig.de) if you are interested in the position. http://www.hiig.de/en/call-for-applications-project-manager-internet-policy…

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AoIR meetup at IAMCR Montreal
by Guillaume Latzko-Toth 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

This message is addressed to AoIR members who will attend the International Association for Media and Communication Research Conference which will be held in Montreal from July 12th to 16th. On behalf of AoIR members based in Montreal as well as the LabCMO research group (which includes a number of AoIR members), I would like to invite AoIR members to an informal happy hour taking place on Wednesday, July 15, 5 pm to 7 pm, at pub L'Ile Noire (1649 Saint-Denis - www.ilenoire.com) This event will allow AoIR members who attend the IAMCR Conference to discuss a possible AoIR activity within the 2016 World Social Forum (which will also take place in Montreal in August 2016: http://www.fsm2016.org/en/) It will also be an opportunity for AoIR members to get to know each other better. And, for those who intend to visit Montreal and its surroundings, you will be able to ask questions to AoIR members who live in the area! If you plan to attend, please *join* the Facebook event we have set up: https://www.facebook.com/events/1648679558683559/ (or send a note to: myles.david(a)uqam.ca) We are looking forward to meeting you on that occasion. Guillaume Latzko-Toth Associate Professor, Departement of information and communication, Université Laval Codirector, Laboratory on Computer-Mediated Communication (LabCMO - www.labcmo.ca)

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Hiring New Coders: Political Fear
by Shulman, Stu 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Do you know political fear when you see it in a Tweet? Can you identify the difference between an economic fear and an ideological or competency fear, based solely on 140 characters and perhaps an image, headline, or snippet of metadata? We are hiring fear coders. Our CoderVerse members get free DiscoverText access for their own research plus $13/hour for their coding on the political fear project. This work is actually quite interesting, especially if you are into the historical uses of fear in the US electoral system. Please send me a CV (stu(a)texifter.com) if you want to do some of this Twitter content labeling. The project ends July 14. There may be other subsequent projects. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Founder and CEO, Texifter LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman

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REVISED CFP Special Issue of Popular Communication: Self-(Re)presentation Now
by Nancy Thumim 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Dear all, resending this as there was an error in the previous version. Dear colleagues, please see below call for papers. Apologies for cross posting. Best wishes, Nancy Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture Special Issue: Self-(Re)presentation Now Guest Editor: Nancy Thumim Call for Papers The editors of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture invite submissions for a special issue on the topic of Self-(Re)presentation. We welcome critical approaches in new media, film, television and cultural studies; media and communication studies; museum studies and allied fields. We seek manuscripts that examine the politics, practices and aesthetics of self-(re)presentation and that engage critically with questions of conceptualization and methodology. >From a time when self-(re)presentation was arguably a marginal, often political, practice at the edges of media culture, we are at a moment in media and cultural spaces in diverse local and national contexts where we are seeing: 1) An explosion of individual and group self-(re)presentations; 2) an explosion of popular and media discussion about the practice, possibilities and promise for presenting and representing the self and others; 3) a corresponding explosion of academic research tackling different kinds of presentations, performances and representations of individual selves and communities. This special issue of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture aims to showcase intersecting, contradictory, complementary and critical approaches to self-(re)presentation. We are aiming for a multi-disciplinary issue that will showcase excellent scholarship on self-(re)presentation with the aim of highlighting key areas of debate and contention in research that invokes the concept of self-(re)presentation. We welcome proposals for articles addressing topics including (but not limited to) the following: · Questions of methodology and conceptualisation of self-(re)presentation · Historical approaches to self-(re)presentation · Visual studies of self-(re)presentations · Audiences for self-(re)presentations · Practices and uses of self-(re)presentation by particular individuals, groups and communities · The relationship of audio visual and digital self-(re)presentation to political representation and questions of citizenship · Self-(re)presentation and Big Data · Self-(re)presentation, surveillance and sousveillance · Selfies · Self-(re)presentational photography and film making as political practice for groups and communities · Community Media and self-(re)presentation · Self-(re)presentation and documentary · Self-(re)presentation and photography · Invited, facilitated and co-produced self-(re)presentation · Digital storytelling Submitted papers should be 6,000 -7,000 words in length (inclusive of all elements). The deadline for submission is 30th December 2015. Peer review and author responses to peer review will then be completed by 30th December 2016, with anticipated publication of the special issue in early 2017. Nancy Thumim n.thumim(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:n.thumim@leeds.ac.uk> welcomes email queries before this date. Instructions for submitting your article can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hppc20/current Some manuscripts may not be sent out for review if deemed inappropriate for the journal. Popular Communication provides a forum for scholarly investigation, analysis, and dialogue on communication symbols, forms, phenomena and systems within the context of popular culture across the globe. Popular Communication publishes articles on all aspects of popular communication, examining different media such as television, film, new media, games, print media, radio, music, and dance; the study of texts, events, artifacts, spectacles, audiences, technologies, and industries; and phenomena and practices, including, but not limited to, fan, youth and subcultures, questions of representation, digitalization, cultural globalization, spectator sports, sexuality, advertising, and consumer culture. Yours sincerely Patrick C Burkart, Miyase Christensen, Mehdi Semati, Nabeel Zuberi and Nancy Thumim Dr Nancy Thumim Programme Leader of the MA in Communication Studies Lecturer in Media and Communication School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/nancy-thumim/

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CFP Special Issue of Popular Communication: Self- (Re) presentation Now
by Nancy Thumim 01 Jul '15

01 Jul '15

Dear colleagues, please see below call for papers. Apologies for cross posting. Best wishes, Nancy Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture Special Issue: Self- (Re) presentation Now Guest Editor: Nancy Thumim Call for Papers The editors of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture invite submissions for a special issue on the topic of Self (re)presentation. We welcome critical approaches in new media, film, television and cultural studies; media and communication studies; museum studies and allied fields. We seek manuscripts that examine the politics, practices and aesthetics of self (re)presentation and that engage critically with questions of conceptualization and methodology. >From a time when (re)presentation was arguably a marginal, often political, practice at the edges of media culture, we are at a moment in media and cultural spaces in diverse local and national contexts where we are seeing: 1) An explosion of individual and group self-(re)presentations; 2) an explosion of popular and media discussion about the practice, possibilities and promise for presenting and representing the self and others; 3) a corresponding explosion of academic research tackling different kinds of presentations, performances and representations of individual selves and communities. This special issue of Popular Communication: The International Journal of Media and Culture aims to showcase intersecting, contradictory, complementary and critical approaches to self-(re)presentation. We are aiming for a multi-disciplinary issue that will showcase excellent scholarship on self (re)presentation with the aim of highlighting key areas of debate and contention in research that invokes the concept of self-(re)presentation. We welcome proposals for articles addressing topics including (but not limited to) the following: * Questions of methodology and conceptualization of self (re) presentation * Historical approaches to self(re)presentation * Visual studies of self (re)presentations * Audiences for self-(re)presentations * Practices and uses of self-(re)presentation by particular individuals, groups and communities * The relationship of audio visual and digital self-(re)presentation to political representation and questions of citizenship * Self-(re)presentation and Big Data * Self-(re)presentation, surveillance and sousveillance * Selfies * Self-(re)presentational photography and film making as political practice for groups and communities * Community Media and self-(re)presentation * Self (re)presentation and documentary * Self (re)presentation and photography * Invited, facilitated and co-produced self-(re)presentation * Digital storytelling Submitted papers should be 6,000 -7,000 words in length (inclusive of all elements). The deadline for submission is 30th December 2015. Peer review and author responses to peer review will then be completed by 30th December 2016, with anticipated publication of the special issue in early 2017. Nancy Thumim n.thumim(a)leeds.ac.uk<mailto:n.thumim@leeds.ac.uk> welcomes email queries before this date. Instructions for submitting your article can be found at http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/hppc20/current Some manuscripts may not be sent out for review if deemed inappropriate for the journal. Popular Communication provides a forum for scholarly investigation, analysis, and dialogue on communication symbols, forms, phenomena and systems within the context of popular culture across the globe. Popular Communication publishes articles on all aspects of popular communication, examining different media such as television, film, new media, games, print media, radio, music, and dance; the study of texts, events, artifacts, spectacles, audiences, technologies, and industries; and phenomena and practices, including, but not limited to, fan, youth and subcultures, questions of representation, digitalization, cultural globalization, spectator sports, sexuality, advertising, and consumer culture. Yours sincerely Patrick C Burkart, Miyase Christensen, Mehdi Semati, Nabeel Zuberi and Nancy Thumim Dr Nancy Thumim Programme Leader of the MA in Communication Studies Lecturer in Media and Communication School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT http://media.leeds.ac.uk/people/nancy-thumim/

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ASIST '15> SIG-SI workshop - First call for papers
by Rosenbaum, Howard S. 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

First Call for Papers and Participation The 11th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Impacts of Social Informatics Research Sponsored by: ASIS&T SIG Social Informatics and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University Saturday, November 7, 2015, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch, USA Organizers: Pnina Fichman, Indiana University (fichman(a)indiana.edu) Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu) Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics -and- School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University, Bloomington This year we are celebrating the start of our second decade of successful and vibrant SIG-SI Research Symposia. Since 2004, established scholars, young researchers and doctoral students interested in the study of people, ICT and work and play have gathered at the SIG-SI ASIS&T Annual Research Symposium to share their work and ideas. Approximately 110 papers, posters and panels have been presented and for the past three years, we have given awards for the best papers published by Social Informatics (SI) faculty and students in the preceding years. This year we gather to celebrate a decade of intellectually challenging and engaging work in SI and hope that you will join us. Our goal remains the same: to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIS&T. Building on the success of past years, the symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines “social” broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. It also defines “technology” broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive devices. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. We are particularly interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the Symposium’s theme but are also soliciting research on other related social informatics topics. We encourage all scholars interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. Papers that take social informatics further in theoretical conceptualization or empirical grounding are of particular interest to SIG-SI this year as we celebrate a decade of Symposia in ASIS&T. This year’s conference theme is “Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community.” In keeping with this theme, the symposium is also soliciting work from Social Informatics researchers that focuses on the impact of their work on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, GLAMs, and on other practice contexts. We are interested in work that addresses questions and issues such as the following: • What are the social, political, economic, and legal implications of social informatics research? • What are the ways in which social informatics research impacts various organizations, groups, and communities of practice? • How can social informatics researchers work more closely with members of these communities? • What can a social informatics approach tell us about roles of information and communication technologies in the work and social practices of people in these communities? • What are the challenges and opportunities of engaging in SI work that seeks to understand and improve the work and social lives of people in these communities? The schedule for the workshop will involve the presentations of papers and the best social informatics paper awards for 2013 (call to follow). We expect an engaging discussion with lively interactions with the audience. Deadlines: August 9, 2014: Submit a short paper (2000 words), a poster (500 words), or a panel (1000 words) by email to Kiotta Marshall (kiomarsh(a)indiana.edu) September 2, 2014: Author notifications (in time for conference early registration (NOTE: this timeline may be adjusted when the registration dates are announced). Fees: To be determined

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CFP: Understanding the Responsibilities of Online Service Providers in Information Societies
by Luciano Floridi 30 Jun '15

30 Jun '15

> Begin forwarded message: > Workshop “Understanding the Responsibilities of Online Service Providers in Information Societies” > > 9 October 2015 - Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, UK > > The exponential development of Internet services and resources has brought enormous benefits and opportunities to ever more people. However, it has also greatly outpaced our understanding of their ethical implications, raising unprecedented social challenges, ranging from the protection of individual rights and the regulation of surveillance measures to access to data and information. In this complex scenario, Online Service Providers (OSPs) - such as for example AOL, Apple, Dropbox, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, and Yahoo- are major actors, which significantly influence the informational environment and users’ interactions within it. Such a role is unprecedented and problematic for OSPs as well as for other stakeholders, like governments and citizens’ groups, as proven by recent examples like the PRISM scandal and the debate on the “right to be forgotten”. > > The need to understand the responsibilities that OPSs bear in contemporary information societies is thus fast escalating and addressing it requires a coordinated interdisciplinary theorising able to consider legal, social, and ethical standpoints. The workshop will be a major occasion to gather leading experts from different fields in order to share information and views. Contributions to the workshop will address issues concerning: > > · The role of OSPs in contemporary information societies, whether and to what extent their role differs from the one of publishers, mass-media, and gate-keepers; > > · The moral responsibilities of OSPs in contemporary societies; > > · Ethical frameworks for the understanding of OSPs responsibilities, e.g. corporate social responsibilities or human rights; > > · The gap in OSPs’ policies and possible strategies to overcome it; > > · The gap in existing legal frameworks regulating OSPs. > > Dates, instructions, and timeline > > The workshop will be a one-day event and will be held at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, on October 9, 2015. > > 500-word abstracts (in MS Word or PDF format) can be submitted to Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo by August 1, 2015. > > All submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the workshop organizers, Professor Luciano Floridi and Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo, and authors will be notified of the outcome by August the 17, 2015. > > Authors of the accepted abstracts will be invited to participate in the workshop and to submit a full paper by November the 2, 2015, for peer-review and publication in a dedicated edited volume. > > Contact information > > Mariarosaria Taddeo mariarosaria.taddeo(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:mariarosaria.taddeo@oii.ox.ac.uk> > Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, > > 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS, United Kingdom

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