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CFP: “Critical Data Studies” – Big Data & Society Special Theme
by Andrew J Iliadis 22 Jun '15

22 Jun '15

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 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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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 130, Issue 30
by Venessa Paech 21 Jun '15

21 Jun '15

*Reminder: Call for Papers* *SWARM 2015 Symposium on Everyday Social Media* *GTFO – Empowered Users, Objective Violence and the Governance of* Friday 4th September 2015 University of Sydney, Australia Deadline for proposals: July 3rd Notification of acceptance: July 30th Increasing online participation is now a political, cultural and economic goal for government, health, education and creative industries. Yet the everyday violence and exclusion that plays out on social media and other participatory online forums deters many from self-expression and interaction. It casts doubt on the capacity of institutions to facilitate effective public dialogue, and raises doubts about the utility of speech codes and moderation frameworks. In conjunction with the SWARM 2015 conference < http://swarmconference.com.au/> on online community management and Sydney Social Media Week, this one day symposium brings together academics and online media professionals working on innovative, systematic strategies to better govern social media participation, to tackle the abuse of speech rights online and support more inclusive user communities. The symposium has a critical cultural concern with exploring factors in the design, conduct, management and regulation of participatory media environments that enable unruly and anti-social behaviours. In this it investigates not only visible hate speech, but also what Žižek calls objective violence – symbolic aggression and the systemic, hidden relations of dominance and exploitation that underpin it. The symposium keynote will be Whitney Phillips, author of This is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things: Mapping the Relationship between Online Trolling and Mainstream Culture (MIT Press) and co-author, with Ryan M. Milner of Between Play and Hate: Antagonism, Mischief, and Humor Online (forthcoming 2017, Polity Press) who will talk about her new research into exclusionary discursive practices and systems, and the new Digital Ecologies Research Partnership with Reddit, Stack Exchange, Imgur and other online media communities. We are seeking papers that raise new challenges for social media and online community governance and regulation, and propose new means of addressing them, but would welcome specific contributions that explore: · Responses to cyberhate, doxxing and digilantism · The impact of pseudonymity and impersonation on self-expression · Critiques of Terms of Service, codes of conduct and online speech · Computational moderation and the economics of participatory control · Verified users and other behavioural incentives · Co-creating standards for community governance · Tactical and proactive moderation · Porting or closing communities · User profiling and identity management · Platform design for self-moderating communities The symposium will be hosted by the Department of Media and Communications and the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ Everyday Social Media research group. Papers will be considered for a themed journal. Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Dr Fiona Martin: fiona.martin(a)sydney.edu.au and Dr Jonathon Hutchinson: jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au by 3rd July 2015 for consideration for inclusion in the symposium. On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 8:02 AM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. CfP: The Empiricist's Challenge: Asking Meaningful Questions > in Political Science in the Age of Big Data (Mercea, Dan) > 2. Job ad: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Journalism (online/print) > (Yuwei Lin) > 3. CFP: Cyberspace 2015 (Daniela Vajbarov?) > 4. research on social network adoption/defection/migration > (Alexandra Samuel) > 5. Social Media and Self-Esteem (Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 07:40:27 +0000 > From: "Mercea, Dan" <Dan.Mercea.1(a)city.ac.uk> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] CfP: The Empiricist's Challenge: Asking Meaningful > Questions in Political Science in the Age of Big Data > Message-ID: > < > DBXPR03MB11281C120A8AA6C7C247A1FA6CA0(a)DBXPR03MB112.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Dear Colleagues, > > We would like to invite you to the conference The Empiricist's Challenge: > Asking Meaningful Questions in Political Science in the Age of Big Data, > which will take place on 23 and 24 October 2015, at the Mannheim Centre for > European Social Research, University of Mannheim. A summary of the > conference?s theme and objectives can be found in the Call for Papers > below. More details about the conference, including topics, keynote > speakers and funding opportunities can be found on the conference website ( > http://www.bigdatapoliticalscience.net) > > If you are interested in taking part in the conference, please send a > paper title, an abstract of up to 500 words, 3-5 keywords and the names and > affiliations of all authors to bigdatapolitics(a)uni-mannheim.de by July > 13, 2015. > > We look forward to your contributions, > > Yannis Theocharis > Andreas Jungherr > > > ####Call for Papers#### > > The Empiricist's Challenge: Asking Meaningful Questions in Political > Science in the Age of Big Data > > October 23-24, 2015, MZES, University of Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany > Submission deadlines: July 13, 2015 > > Keynote speakers > W. Lance Bennett, University of Washington > Sandra Gonz?lez-Bail?n, University of Pennsylvania > Jonathan Nagler, New York University > Richard Rogers, University of Amsterdam > > The continuously growing use of digital services has provided social > scientists with an expanding reservoir of data, potentially holding > valuable insights into human behavior and social systems. The potentials of > the use of digital trace data in social science research has famously given > rise to the terms ?big data? and ?computational social science?. Using such > data, social scientists have argued, will enable us to better understand > social, political and economic life through the generation of large > datasets that are composed not of questions asked of citizens concerning > their attitudes and behaviours, but of the digital traces of their actual > behaviour as they navigate the online world. > > While the potentials of the use of digital trace data have been a > continuous focus in public debate, scientific contributions using such > trace data in political science usually come in the form of > research-manifestos or isolated proofs-of-concept, only marginally > contributing to current debates in the social sciences. Examples abound of > descriptive analyses, maps and visualizations of citizens? or candidates? > social media use during electoral campaigns, or of activists during social > movement mobilisations. > > Even though there are many interesting and valuable contributions among > these studies, for moving into the main stream of political research the > field has to mature. This includes: developing standards for data > collection, preparation, analysis and reporting; establishing more > systematic links between the established body of research in the social > sciences; and a move away from proofs-of-concepts towards the systematic > development and testing of hypotheses. > > We aim to create a forum where leading practitioners, challengers and > up-and-coming social scientists who work in the area of digital trace data > meet and engage in debate. Any such endeavor needs to take > interdisciplinary considerations into account. We are thus particularly > interested in bringing together scholars from different scientific > disciplines (such as political science, sociology, media and communication > and computer science) who, although increasingly converge in their work > around similar questions, often find it difficult to establish productive > lines of communication and collaboration. > > The papers can address, but should not be limited to, the following topics: > > -- Which are the areas of political science where the use of digital trace > data hold potential and how can this be illustrated systematically? > -- Which current theories offer researchers using digital trace data a > valuable context to frame their research question and develop and test > hypotheses? > -- What are the main challenges to be resolved before the use of digital > trace data can enter the mainstream of political science? > > We invite papers that pursue these questions by specifically discussing > the abovementioned challenges, as well as for analytical empirical studies > that can serve as exemplars. In particular, we encourage papers discussing > theoretical challenges of the use of digital trace data in the social > sciences, linking the analysis of digital trace data with established > research questions and topics in political science, and discussing on how > to establish necessary methodological and procedural challenges in > establishing digital trace data as standard elements of social science > research. > > Authors of selected high quality contributions will be invited to submit > their papers for consideration in a special issue of the Journal of > Information Technology & Politics. These submissions will undergo the > journal?s regular peer-review process. > > Funding > Travel and accommodation support of up to 300? for PhD students and > postdoctoral fellows will be offered to one author for each accepted paper. > By providing resources for the participation of more junior scholars we > hope to further encourage their participation. In the case of co-authored > work the authors themselves should decide who will receive this support if > their paper is accepted. Conference meals, including a conference dinner > will also be covered. > > Submissions > Proposals including a paper title, abstract of up to 500 words, 3-5 > keywords and the names and affiliations of all authors should be submitted > to the following e-mail address no later than July 13, 2015. > > bigdatapolitics(a)uni-mannheim.de > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 15:22:53 +0100 > From: Yuwei Lin <yuwei.lin(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Job ad: Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Journalism > (online/print) > Message-ID: > < > CAP9_m++wExETZZB3O3QbCY3Qz95Vx-mGL9+j_vHmMgWVF4E8Kg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Dear Colleagues, > > Could you please kindly circulate the following job advertisements within > your networks? > > Title: 0.6 fte or 0.8 fte Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Journalism (Online / > Print) > Institution: School of Film and Media, University for the Creative Arts, UK > Closing Date: Friday 19 June 2015 > Interview Date: Tuesday 30 June 2015 > https://jobs.ucreative.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=14-AMCD324-0249-1 > > Many thanks! > > Best wishes, > Yuwei > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 19:43:04 +0200 > From: Daniela Vajbarov? <vajbarov(a)fss.muni.cz> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP: Cyberspace 2015 > Message-ID: > <CAB9X8D22=z50dsOi7ZGwVT+X2Z6i7= > ytiQ4pYwsACmn997dNaQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Dear colleagues, > > We kindly invite you to submit a paper to Cyberspace 2015. The upcoming > 13th international conference will be held in Brno, Czech Republic, 27 ? 28 > November 2015. > > === CYBERSPACE 2015: CALL FOR PAPERS === > > XIIIth international conference organized by the Institute of Law and > Technology, Faculty of Law in cooperation with the Faculty of Social > Studies, Masaryk University and the European Academy of ICT Law > > Brno, Czech Republic > 27 ? 28 November 2015 > > Papers are solicited to the following streams: > > Cybersecurity, Cybercrime > eCommerce, eFinance > Government 2.0, eJustice > Intellectual Property On-Line > International Internet Law > Privacy and Surveillance > New Media and Politics > New Media and Society > Psychology of Cyberspace > Religion in Cyberspace > Video Games and Society > Ideas for Cyberspace > > CYBERSECURITY, CYBERCRIME, chairs: V?clav Stupka, Jakub Hara?ta, > illustrative topics: cyberattacks, cyberterrorism, response teams, botnets, > digital forensics, child pornography, identity theft, hacking/cracking, > phishing, malicious code, stalking, ius ad bellum/ius in bello, rules of > engagement > > eCOMMERCE, eFINANCE, chairs: Zsolt Balogh, Libor Kyncl, > illustrative topics: information society services, EDI and EFT regulation, > model laws on eCommerce, burden of proof, on-line gambling, taxation of > e-commerce, e-banking, e-insurance, e-pensions, online investments, eFX > markets, electronic payments, electronic money, virtual money, payment > portals, payment systems, informal value transfer systems, online AML and > CTF measures incl. due diligence, property and taxation in virtual worlds > > GOVERNMENT 2.0, eJUSTICE, chair: Ludwig Gramlich, > illustrative topics: open government, open data, on-line dispute > settlement, re-use of public sector information, on-line public > procurement, on-line legal counselling, e-identity, mobile government, > e-participation vs. e-democracy?, social media strategies in the public > sector > > INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ON-LINE, chairs: Andreas Wiebe, Mat?j My?ka, > illustrative topics: copyright, digital rights management, open source, > open access, exceptions and limitations to IP, fair use, fair dealing, > protection of software, licensing, P2P networks, trademarks on-line, > collective management of copyright, trademarks in auction and search > servers, enforceability of free licences, free/open software, TDM and > limitations, IP in public sector information, protection of raw data > > INTERNATIONAL INTERNET LAW, chair: Dan Svantesson, > illustrative topics: Brussels I, Rome I, Rome II and the internet, > cross-border on-line defamation, place of damage, electronic choice of > law and choice of forum, international on-line arbitration, > cross-border consumer arbitration, cross-border eCommerce, cross-border > consumer protection, cross-border online intellectual property issues, > public international law and the Internet, private international law > and the Internet, extraterritoriality online > > PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE, chair: Ale? Zavr?nik, > illustrative topics: Privacy on-line, Internet surveillance, smart > surveillance, anonymizers, social networking surveillance, ISPs, law > enforcement and intelligence snooping, marketing surveillance, PET > technologies, right to be forgotten, cyber counter-surveillance > > NEW MEDIA AND POLITICS, chairs: Monika Metykov?, Jakub Macek, > illustrative topics: online political communication, new media and > election, campaigns, the role of social media in democracy and > democratization, social networks and transformation of journalism, > new media and political mobilization, internet and transparency of > government, the impact of WikiLeaks > > NEW MEDIA AND SOCIETY, chair: Kristian Daneback, > illustrative topics: digital media and civic participation, online public > spheres, new media in everyday lives, web 2.0, internet governance, > digital divide, communities in cyberspace, hacktivism, free culture > movement, anthropology of cyberspace, gender and internet, gaming, society > and cyberspace, new media and social services > > PSYCHOLOGY OF CYBERSPACE, chair: David ?mahel, > illustrative topics: influence of the Internet use on individuals and > family, children and adolescents in virtual worlds, Internet addiction, > identity in virtual environment, counselling on the Internet, on-line > therapy, Internet and sexuality, human personality on-line, virtual > social groups, virtual communities, blogs, games on-line, MMORPG and > virtual worlds, online communication, e-learning, opportunities of > Internet use, cyberbullying, online victimisation, intimacy and > Internet, technology and health > > RELIGION IN CYBERSPACE, chair: V?t ?isler, > illustrative topics: religious normative frameworks in cyberspace, > networking diasporas, religious collaborative environments, on-line > counseling, on-line fatwas and cyber muftis, new religious movements, > religious discourses in cyberspace > > VIDEO GAMES AND SOCIETY, chair: Cyril Brom, Zden?k Z?hora, > illustrative topics: social aspects of video games, digital game-based > learning, serious games, on-line gaming, videogames as a research tool, > work-in-progress papers are welcome > > IDEAS FOR CYBERSPACE, chairs: Herbert Hrachovec, Radim Pol??k, > illustrative topics: any thoughts for the present or future of cyberspace > > > === PUBLICATION OF PAPERS === > > Accepted papers will be, depending on their topic, published upon peer > review in one of following scientific journals: > > MUJLT - Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology ( > mujlt.law.muni.cz), > on-line and printed, listed in SCOPUS, EBSCO, Hein Online, De Gruyter, > Czech Database of Scientific Journals, Slovenian Database of Scientific > Journals > > Cyberpsychology (cyberpsychology.eu), on-line, listed in SCOPUS, EBSCO, > ERIH PLUS, Directory of Open Access Journals > > === IMPORTANT DATES === > > Abstract submission deadline: 31 July 2015 > Notice on acceptance deadline: 31 August 2015 > Conference dates: 27 ? 28 November 2015 > Papers for journal publication deadline: 11 February 2016 > > === ABSTRACT FORMAL REQUIREMENTS === > > Range: max. 1.500 characters incl. spaces > Submission: on-line at www.cyberspace.muni.cz > > === PAPER FORMAL REQUIREMENTS AND SUBMISSION === > > Papers published in MUJLT: http://mujlt.law.muni.cz/instructions.php > Papers published in Cyberpsychology: > http://www.cyberpsychology.eu/submission.php > > === CONFERENCE FEES === > > full pass - speakers: 1390 CZK (approx. 50 EUR) > full pass - delegates (not presenting a paper): 1790 CZK (approx. 65 EUR) > full pass - VIPs (upon special appointment): FREE > student pass light (programme only): FREE > student pass full (all refreshments, Friday reception, Saturday lunch): 490 > CZK (approx. 18 EUR) last minute (on-site) registration: 2100 CZK (approx. > 77 EUR) > > dinner fee: Saturday conference dinner with free complimentary drinks - 590 > CZK (approx. 22 EUR), last minute (on-site): 690 CZK (approx. 25 EUR) ? > Saturday dinner is not included in any of above passes > > The registration will be carried out on-line through the conference web at > www.cyberspace.muni.cz. The registration opens 1 June 2015 and closes 12 > November 2015 (after that, it will be possible to register on-site). > > === CONFERENCE ADDRESSES === > > Conference website: http://cyberspace.muni.cz > Central conference e-mail address: cyberspace(a)law.muni.cz > Mailing address: Masaryk University, Faculty of Law > Institute of Law and Technology > Veve?? 70 > 611 80 Brno > Czech Republic > > === CONFERENCE OFFICIALS === > > General Chair: Radim Pol??k > Deputy Chairs: Danu?e Sp??ilov?, David ?mahel > Scientific Committee: Zsolt Balogh, Cyril Brom, Kristian Daneback, Ludwig > Gramlich, Herbert Hrachovec, Libor Kyncl, Monika Metykov?, Mat?j My?ka, > Radim Pol??k, Dan Svantesson, V?clav Stupka, V?t ?isler, David ?mahel, > Andreas Wiebe, Ale? Zavr?nik > Publicity Officer: Monika Stacho?ov? > Financial Officer: Jakub Hara?ta > Hospitality Officer: Jakub M??ek > Programme Officer: Pavel Loutock? > > Best regards, > Daniela Vajbarov? > On behalf of the Organizing Committee > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 14:10:05 -0700 > From: Alexandra Samuel <alex(a)alexandrasamuel.com> > To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] research on social network > adoption/defection/migration > Message-ID: > < > CAJpOzkYHDeHeGcf2u4HA7t1ubqD4rrsGVJ8JmciHCVJgDxdBsQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > I'm going a little lazyweb here, but I'm wondering if anyone knows of good > recent research on the factors driving the relative popularity of different > social networks. I'm looking for data and insights into what drives > adoption and defection from one platform to the next (i.e. shift from FB to > Instagram, rise and fall of Twitter, etc). > > Any suggestions? Thanks in advance for your help. > > Alex > -- > Alexandra Samuel > alex(a)alexandrasamuel.com > @awsamuel on Twitter/Skype/AIM etc > cel. 604.726.5445 > > *Work Smarter with Social Media * > now available on Amazon > < > http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U2RQJCY/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&… > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 28 May 2015 21:39:49 +0000 > From: "Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl" <davis5jl(a)jmu.edu> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Social Media and Self-Esteem > Message-ID: > <EA1FD67471ACFB42B1A16663A4E51BA26A9F2F69(a)IT-EXMB3.ad.jmu.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hi all, > > I know there's lots of literature out there on social media and > self-esteem. Does anyone know of a good review article? > > Thanks!! > Jenny > > Jenny L. Davis > Assistant Professor of Sociology > James Madison University > Co-Editor: Cyborgology.org<http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/> > Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis> > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 130, Issue 30 > ************************************** >

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CALL FOR SMARTPHONE, MOBILE AND POCKET CAMERA FILMS & CALL FOR PAPERS
by Max Schleser 20 Jun '15

20 Jun '15

Dear colleagues, please see below the MINA call for films and call for papers. Apologies for x-posting & feel free to forward to anyone who might be interested. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CALL FOR FILMS #MINA2015 | 5th International Mobile Innovation Screening @ RMIT - Melbourne, Australia 19 November 2015 In Perspective Deadline for submission: 17 July 2015 ([1]www.mina.pro/submit) CALL FOR SMARTPHONE, MOBILE AND POCKET CAMERA FILMS The Mobile Innovation Network Australasia [ MINA ] aims to explore the possibilities of interaction between people, content and the creative industries. The International Mobile Innovation Screening 2015 will showcase short films produced on and with smartphones, mobile, pocket cameras and drones. This year MINA is pleased to announce that RMIT University (AUS) will present the screening in Melbourne, Australia, on the 18th November. #mina2015 is co-organised by Colab (AUT University, NZ), Te Rewa O Puanga - School of Music and Creative Media Production and Toi Rauwharangi, the College of Creative Arts (Massey University, NZ) in conjunction with the Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium. Working in collaboration with Super 9 (Portugal), Mobile Motion Film Festival (Switzerland), Cinephone (Spain), Mobil Film Festival (USA), Mobile Film Festival (Macedonia), Mobile Screenfest International (Australia), MINA showcases mobile filmmaking projects from around the world at the 5th International Mobile Innovation Screening. The MINA showcase will include micro-movies and micro-formats (Vine, Vyclone and live streaming apps), travel, mobility and adventure films (i.e. sports or skate videos) including projects realised with GoPro and/or drone cameras. In its 5th edition the screening theme In Perspective will explore, but not limited too: � ACTUALITIES / Vine, Vyclone & live streaming... � ACTION / Travel, mobility & adventure (i.e. sports, skate...) � CONNECTIVITY / GoPro & pocket camera videos... � DIGITAL ART / iPhonography & animation... � FICTION / Short films & micro dramas... � MICRO / Extreme short-movies & emerging formats... � NONFICTION / Documentary, moving-image & experimental... � PERSPECTIVE / Drone & underwater... Selected mobile films will be featured in the MINA showreel, MINA DVD, MINA eBook and MINA's international partner festivals. For further assistance regarding submission enquiries, please contact Dr. Max Schleser [ [2]max(a)mina.pro | +64 226 920 872 ] Deadline for submission via [3]www.mina.pro/submit - 17th July 2015. All screening proposals will be double peer reviewed and notification of acceptances will be send out on 31st August 2015. MINA 2012 showreel: [4]http://vimeo.com/51724574 E Book: [5]http://bit.ly/eBook2013 Twitter @MINAmobile Facebook: [6]https://www.facebook.com/MobileInnovationNetwork Screening programms 2011-2014: [7]https://www.scribd.com/mschleser - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CALL FOR PAPERS MINA -- 2015 | Mobile Innovation Network Australasia 5th International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium & Screening @ RMIT - Melbourne, Australia 19 November 2015 Mobile Innovation Network Australasia [ MINA - [8]www.mina.pro ] is an international network that promotes cultural and research activities to expand the emerging possibilities of mobile media. MINA aims to explore the opportunities for interaction between people, content and the creative industry within the Pacific region. This year MINA is pleased to announce that RMIT University (AUS) will host #mina2015 -International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium in Melbourne - Australia, in collaboration with Colab (AUT University, NZ) and Te Rewa O Puanga - School of Music and Creative Media Production and Toi Rauwharangi, the College of Creative Arts (Massey University, NZ) . The symposium provides a platform for artists, designers, filmmakers, researchers and industry professionals to debate the prospect of mobile and ubiquitous technologies. CALL FOR PAPERS | Being mobile: The state of play Building on a highly successful five years, including the publication of an edited collection of essays called Mobile Media Making in an Age of Smartphones by Palgrave, the Journal of Creative Technologies Mobile Special issue and Ubiquity: Journal of Pervasive Media in 2015, the 5th MINA Symposium is seeking papers, presentation or panel proposals from practitioners, researchers, academics and activists working in the area of mobile media. These papers/proposals will be published in themed special issue academic journals. We are seeking papers that will discuss the prospects of the proliferation of mobile and digital filmmaking opportunities, which has led to the rise of the videographic citizen journalist form of digital, networked and transmedia collaboration, and the embedding of filmmaking and photography in social media and participatory culture. From avant-garde filmmaking to challenges to media methods and politics, we seek contributions which reflect upon emergent practices to explore contemporary entanglements between mobile media images and sociality. We welcome papers that discuss the use of mobile mobiles as a social means of education and/or how mobile devices can enhance learning and teaching. And we are particularly interested in papers that showcase creative practice as a methodological approach and how mobiles contribute to transdisciplinary co-creation or collaboration. The 5th International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposiumwill specifically focus on the following themes: � MOBILE & AESTHETIC / Digital art, iPhonography & filmmaking... � MOBILE & EDUCATION / Pedagogy, m-learning & teaching... � MOBILE & HYBRID ART / Installation & locative media art... � MOBILE & INTERACTIVITY / Interface design, ludification & gamification... � MOBILE & MEDIA PRODUCTION / Distribution, collaboration & co-creation... � MOBILE & SOUND / Music production, creative process & instruments... � MOBILE & SPACE / GPS tagging, surveillance & big data... � MOBILE & TEXTUALITY / Writing, poetry & screenwriting... MINA welcomes presentations in a variety of formats including academic papers, workshops, poster/panel presentations, performances, project showcases and screenings. The 5th International Mobile Creativity and Mobile Innovation Symposium will also provide the opportunity to present papers via live video and live web-broadcasts. For each submission, please submit: - a proposal / abstract of approximately 400 words, including the title - a brief biographical (100 words maximum) via Easychair >[9]https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mina2015 DEADLINE for paper abstracts and presentation/panel proposals: - Friday17 July 2015, 5pm (NZ time) All papers/proposals will be double peer reviewed and presenters will be notified of acceptances by early August 2015. All selected papers will be published online. If you have any questions related to conference proposals please contact Laurent Antonczak [ [10]laurent(a)mina.pro | +64 211 625 072 ]. For further information, please check also: [11]www.mina.pro - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dr. Max Schleser Te Rewa O Puanga - School of Music and Creative Media Production College of Creative Arts - Toi Rauwharangi Massey University - Tu Kinenga Ki Purehuroa email: [12]M.Schleser(a)massey.ac.nz mobile: + 64 (0) 22 692 0872 twitter: @MaxMobile phone: + 64 (0) 4 801 5799 X 63639 office: 1D30, Block 1, Entrance C, Wallace Street, Wellington Creative Media Production: [13]https://www.massey.ac.nz/cmp Mobile filmmaking projects: [14]https://www.behance.net/maxschleser Co-Founder of the Mobile Innovation Network Aotearoa [MINA]: [15]www.mina.pro References 1. http://www.mina.pro/submit 2. mailto:max@mina.pro 3. http://www.mina.pro/submit 4. http://vimeo.com/51724574 5. http://bit.ly/eBook2013 6. https://www.facebook.com/MobileInnovationNetwork 7. https://www.scribd.com/mschleser 8. http://www.mina.pro/ 9. https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mina2015 10. mailto:laurent@mina.pro 11. http://www.mina.pro/ 12. mailto:M.Schleser@massey.ac.nz 13. https://www.massey.ac.nz/cmp 14. https://www.behance.net/maxschleser 15. http://www.mina.pro/

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Two Visiting Assistant Professor Positions in Media
by stephanie schulte 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT Working Title: Visiting Assistant Professor Department: COMMUNICATION Close Date: 07/15/2015 or until position is filled Salary: Commensurate to education and experience Anticipated Start Date: August 2015 (Fall 2015 Semester) Summary of Job Duties: The J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville invites nominations and applications for two full-time non-tenure track visiting assistant professor positions in the Department of Communication. These are nine-month, one-year, non-renewable positions; part time hours may be available also (please specify a preference in the cover letter). Candidates should be qualified to teach the department’s courses in Media, Community, and Citizenship, as well as Introduction to Electronic Media. The successful candidate may also teach advanced undergraduate courses from current department offerings in their areas of specialization. Minimum Qualifications: The individuals selected will be expected to possess the following required qualifications: 1. An earned doctorate from a nationally recognized and accredited institution in Communication or related discipline; 2. Demonstrated competency in the classroom commensurate with institutions holding the highest Carnegie classification; Special Instructions: For a complete position announcement and information regarding how to apply, visit http://jobs.uark.edu/postings/7270 Applicants should specify if they are interested in full or part time employment in their cover letter. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. To be considered for the position, applicants should submit (1) cover letter, (2) curriculum vitae, (3) college transcripts (copies acceptable), (4) writing samples, (5) evidence of teaching effectiveness[Submit in Other Documents], and (6) three letters of reference. Completed applications received by July 15, 2015 will be assured full consideration. Late applications will be reviewed as necessary to fill the position. The University of Arkansas is an equal opportunity, affirmative action institution. The University welcomes applications without regard to age, race, gender (including pregnancy), national origin, disability, religion, marital or parental status, protected veteran status, military service, genetic information, sexual orientation or gender identity. Persons must have proof of legal authority to work in the United States on the first day of employment. All applicant information is subject to public disclosure under the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act. -- Stephanie Ricker Schulte / Associate Professor of Communication University of Arkansas / 417 Kimpel Hall / Fayetteville, AR 72701 / 479 575 3769 Author of *Cached: Decoding the Internet in Global Popular Culture <http://nyupress.org/books/book-details.aspx?bookid=8212#.UUeEietGIVw>*

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Call for Abstracts: Unlocking the Black Box (Yale Law School Information Society Project)
by Michael T Zimmer 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Call for Abstracts: Unlocking the Black Box http://isp.yale.edu/event/call-abstracts-unlocking-black-box Yale Law School Information Society Project Unlocking the Black Box The Promise and Limits of Algorithmic Accountability in the Professions The Yale Law School Information Society Project is seeking abstracts of papers for a conference on big data and algorithmic accountability to be held on April 1-2, 2016. The best papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology (YJoLT). The increasing power of big data and algorithmic decision-making—in commercial, government, and even non-profit contexts—has raised concerns among academics, activists, journalists and legal experts. Three characteristics of algorithmic ordering have made the problem particularly difficult to address. The data used may be inaccurate or inappropriate. Algorithmic modeling may be biased or limited. And the uses of algorithms are still opaque in many critical sectors. No single academic field can address all the new problems created by algorithmic decision-making. Collaboration among experts in different fields is starting to yield important responses. For example, digital ethicists have offered new frameworks for assessing algorithmic manipulation of content and persons, grounding their interventions in empirical social science—and, in turn, influencing regulation of firms and governments deploying algorithms. Empiricists may be frustrated by the “black box” nature of algorithmic decision making; they can work with legal scholars and activists to open up certain aspects of it (via FOIA and fair data practices laws). Journalists, too, have been teaming up with computer programmers and social scientists to expose new privacy-violating technologies of data collection, analysis, and use—and to push regulators to crack down on the worst offenders. Researchers are going beyond the analysis of extant data, and joining coalitions of watchdogs, archivists, open data activists, and public interest attorneys, to assure a more balanced set of “raw materials” for analysis, synthesis, and critique. As an ongoing, intergenerational project, social science must commit to assuring the representativeness and relevance of what is documented—lest the most powerful “pull the strings” in comfortable obscurity, while scholars’ agendas are dictated by the information that, by happenstance or design, is readily available. What would similar directions for legal scholars and journalists look like? This conference will aim to answer that question, setting forth algorithmic accountability as a paradigm of what Kenneth Gergen has called “future-forming” research. Algorithmic accountability calls for the development of a legal-academic community, developed inter-disciplinarily among theorists and empiricists, practitioners and scholars, journalists and activists. This conference will explore early achievements among those working for algorithmic accountability, and will help chart the future development of an academic community devoted to accountability as a principle of research, investigation, and action. The conference seeks abstracts on topics including: • The law and ethics of artificial intelligence • Algorithmic accountability in medicine, finance, journalism, law, and education • Algorithms and transparency • How can law enable “innovative” journalism and research? • The effect of socio-technological environment on professional practices and norms • What are the black boxes lawyers and policymakers most want exposed? 500-700 word abstracts may be submitted by August 15 to Heather Branch atheather.branch(a)yale.edu(link sends e-mail). Notifications of selection will be made by September 10. Full first draft papers are expected on December 15, 2015. The best papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the Yale Journal of Law and Technology (YJoLT) to be published in Spring 2016. Conference Organizers Frank Pasquale (Professor of Law, University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law), Caitlin Petre (Resident Fellow, Yale Information Society Project), and Valerie Belair-Gagnon (Executive Director and Research Scholar, Yale Information Society Project) -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org

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Mediacities@LSE Today at 12.30 Community Through Digital Connectivity? & Urban Politics of London Youth Analyzed
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Dear all, Apologies for the late message, but for those interested, there will be a session at 12.30 today at the LSE on MediaCities, with presentations on Community Through Digital Connectivity? & Urban Politics of London Youth Analyzed Digitally. With kind regards, Koen Leurs. ----------------------------------------- From: Deeley,JA Sent: 17 June 2015 09:35 To: Media-Communications-Department-Meeting; Media-Communications-PhD-Researchers; Media-Communications-Visitors; Media-Communications-Researchers Subject: TOMORROW: Research Dialogue with Koen Leurs & Wallis Motta Dear All, You are warmly invited to tomorrow’s Research Dialogue, featuring our two post-doc researchers Koen Leurs and Wallis Motta! The title of the session is Mediacities@LSE and Myria Georgiou will act as chair and discussant. It will start at 12:30 in 32L. LG.02 as usual. Please see below for more details. Best, Bingchun Community Through Digital Connectivity? Communication Infrastructure in Multicultural London Dr. Wallis Motta Visiting Fellow, LSE I will present some of the research findings from this pilot project that has as principal investigator Dr. Myria Georgiou, as a co-investigator Prof. Sonia Livingstone, and for which I worked as Research Officer. The study examines the use of communication infrastructure for bridging, bonding and separating three different ethnic groups occupying the same multicultural neighbourhood in London: Harringay. We ask: How does London’s rich communication infrastructure enable Londoners to communicate with each other? Does this in turn contribute to social capital and building of multi-cultural communities? Or are people segregated across socio-cultural lines in spite of it? The project juxtaposes the theory of communication infrastructure from Ball-Rokeach and the Metamorphosis project at USC with Bourdieu’s conception of social capital. We developed a mixed-methods approach to understand the uses of communication infrastructure. First, a small-scale survey allowed us to measure social-capital, local media and national media use preferences, as well as neighbourhood discussion topics. In addition, we conducted 5 asset-mapping workshops and focus group conversations, in order to have detailed discussion on how people mobilise communication assets or resources to advance their interests. Finally we conducted ethnographic participant observation in key local events. http://www.lse.ac.uk/media@lse/research/Community-Through-Digital-Connectiv… M.C.Motta-Guarneros(a)lse.ac.uk Urban Politics of London Youth Analyzed Digitally Koen Leurs, Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow, London School of Economics and Political Science This presentation introduces U.P.L.O.A.D – Urban Politics of London Youth Analyzed Digitally, the EU funded Mare Curie project investigating the lived experience of cultural difference among young Londoners. I take social media as an entry point to study how young people negotiate living in co-presence and close proximity to cultural differences. My focus will be two-fold: I will discuss the methodological approach and I will conceptualize initial empirical findings. >From fall 2013 to winter 2014, I carried out 84 in-depth interviews with young people living across three different London neighborhoods, Haringey, Hammersmith-Fulham and Chelsea-Kensington – each corresponding to a predominantly working class, middle class and upper (middle) class demographic composition respectively. During these interviews I gathered additional data through hand-drawn concept-maps and Facebook friendship network visualizations. Currently I am in the process of doing follow-up research with a selection of 10 informants using virtual ethnography. The young participants can be characterized by significant diversity, in terms of classed and gendered experiences and of mobility within and beyond urban spaces. However, all young people participating in the study own smartphones and extensively use a variety of social media platforms. At the intersection of urban experience, mobility and digital connectivity, the informants differently imagine their position and belonging in the urban world. Young Londoners’ imaginings of their city constitute powerful processes that contribute to making a cosmopolitan, as well as an exclusive and segregated, city. In particular I will focus on two diverting cosmopolitan urban imaginaries – vernacular and elite – as reflected respectively in the narratives of informants from working class and upper (middle) class families. www.koenleurs.net --------------------------------------------------------- Dr Bingchun Meng Associate Professor Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Tel. +44 2071075020 Email: b.meng(a)lse.ac.uk Koen Leurs, PhD | Marie Curie Postdoctoral Researcher, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) | | Affiliated researcher Graduate Gender Studies Institute for Cultural Enquiry (ICON) Utrecht University | www.koenleurs.net

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IR 16 Update #4 - Hot, Hot, Hot
by Alex Halavais 18 Jun '15

18 Jun '15

Hello, Everyone, I hope you are enjoying the warm summer. We're due to hit 115 (that's 46 for those of you in normal countries) this week in Phoenix, which means that I'm probably hotter than you are. But you knew that. Some points below that should be of interest to all attendees, including information about submissions and hotel reservations. 1. The deadline for the T-shirt Design Competition is coming up on JUNE 30. Looking forward to what folks come up with. Details: http://aoir.org/announcing-the-very-official-ir16-design-competition/ 2. AUGUST 1 is a deadline for two other things. First, you must register by this date if you are a presenter. I would recommend registering earlier, however, if you are planning to attend a workshop on workshop day. There are limited seats in these, and when they fill up, you are out of luck. 3. The second thing that is due by AUGUST 1 is an updated submission for publication in SPIR. This doesn't apply to you if you proposed a Roundtable, Fishbowl, or Experimental session, though you are welcome to update your abstract based on comments from reviewers. For papers and panels, an updated version of the paper, which minimally (re)includes the names of the authors and follows SPIR formatting, MUST be uploaded by that date for inclusion in SPIR. If it is not, the submission cannot be included in the program. I've received a number of questions about the nature of the revisions. At this point, submissions have been peer-reviewed and accepted. Its presentation is contingent on submission of an updated version, in the SPIR format, with names included. You are welcome and encouraged to revise your submission to respond to reviewers comments. You are not limited to 1,200 words. Indeed, a number of people each year submit a full paper, and you are welcome to do so. 4. The program will be made available after the August 1 earlybird deadline. Inevitably, some presenters will be unable to attend, and rather than provide a version of the program that is unlikely to be stable, we will present a schedule in (nearly) finalized form after the August 1 earlybird deadline. Please note that you may be scheduled on any of the presentation days (Thursday, Friday, and Saturday) of the conference, and so you should plan to attend all three days. 5. I've received a couple of requests regarding finding roommates at the Embassy Suites. Please note that the rooms generally have pull-out sofas in addition to the bed or beds, though there may be an extra charge for a third occupant. I've put up an open Google Doc here: https://goo.gl/PDUZNb Where you can post if you are looking for a roommate. 6. I've received a number of emails from folks who are having trouble getting the conference rate at the hotel. I have a request in to the hotel to update us on our caps, and a request to extend the number of rooms at the conference rate. If you are having difficulty with the evening of the 20th or the 25th, you may want to make a reservation for the evenings of the 21st through the 24th at the conference rate. The allocation at the beginning and end of the conference are not as high as during the main nights. I will update you with the status of the hotel as soon as I have more information. Until IR 16 Update #5, Alex -- // Alexander Halavais, Sociologist, Semiologist, and Saboteur Extraordinaire // Associate Professor of Social Technologies, Arizona State University // http://alex.halavais.net/bio @halavais

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CfP: Philosophy of Computer Games 2015
by Rune Klevjer 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

------------------- SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS ----------------------------------- 9th International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games Meaning and Computer Games Berlin, 14-17 October 2015 http://2015.gamephilosophy.org ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline for abstracts: 1. July 2015 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- We hereby invite scholars in any field of studies who take a professional interest in the philosophy of computer games to submit papers to the 9th International Conference on the Philosophy of Computer Games, to be held in Berlin, 14-17 October 2015. Please find the full Call for papers at: http://2015.gamephilosophy.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Calleja Patrick Coppock Stephan Günzel, organising committee chair Rune Klevjer Olli Tapio Leino Sebastian Möring, programme committee chair Christopher Thi Nguyen John Richard Sageng _____________ Rune Klevjer Associate Professor University of Bergen Mail address: Dept of Information Science and Media Studies PO box 7802, University of Bergen NO-5020 Bergen Telephone: +47 55584123

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Symposium “History of Gender in Games”
by Gabrielle Trepanier Jobin 17 Jun '15

17 Jun '15

Hi everyone, The program of the Symposium “History of Gender in Games,” that will take place in the auditorium of the Grande Bibliothèque June 26-27 2015, is now available online at http://www.sahj.ca. Organized in partnership by TAG, MIT-CMS|W, LUDOV, Homo Ludens, Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec and Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design, this event is free and open to the public (250 spaces – first-come, first-served). We are looking forward to seeing you, Gabrielle Trépanier-Jobin Postdoctoral Researcher MIT Comparative Media Studies | Writing Co-chair of the Symposium “History of Gender in Games”

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Participant observation online: an article-length study?
by Rainer Hillrichs 16 Jun '15

16 Jun '15

Dear all, in my seminar "Methods for researching online media and media culture" there is a session on participant observation. I have an introductory text to the method (the respective chapter from Boellstorff et al., *Ethnography and Virtual Worlds: A Handbook of Method*), but I still need an article or chapter-length study to sort of illustrate the application of the method. Any suggestions? Best, Rainer https://uni-bonn.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs

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