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Internet Policy in the MENA Region: Research Methods for Advocates
by CGCS Assistant 07 May '15

07 May '15

The Internet Policy Observatory presents: Internet Policy in the MENA Region: Research Methods for Advocates September 1-4, Kadir Has University, Istanbul Application Deadline: May 15, 2015 Application available at http://goo.gl/forms/UVH7128nvE As activists and researchers around the world endeavor to influence internet policymaking processes and raise awareness about the importance of protecting the open internet, the need for relevant, advanced internet policy research methods among advocates is brought into stark relief. This need is particularly great in the broader MENA region, where observers are witnessing increasing levels of government control online, inadequate legislation supportive of a robust and secure cyberspace, as well as increasingly sophisticated security risks to journalists, researchers, and activists. These issues are further complicated by the political, economic, and cultural dynamics that are specific to the region. Recognizing the importance of advocacy and policy efforts that make use of methodologically rigorous and contextually appropriate research as well as the need for a deeper engagement with the local environments that shape internet policy issues, the Annenberg School for Communication’s Internet Policy Observatory has teamed up with Citizen Lab, ASL19, Ranking Digital Rights, Social Media Exchange, 7iber, and Kadir Has University’s New Media Department to develop an Internet Policy Research Methods Workshop. This program will bring together young scholars and activists working in digital rights and the internet policy space in an intensive four day practicum that provides a survey of both qualitative and quantitative, online and offline research methods with the goal of enhancing and advancing their advocacy efforts. The Internet Policy Research Methods program seeks applications from activists, advocates and those working at NGOs, and early career researchers working and studying in the Middle East and North Africa. Prospective applicants should have a particular area of interest related to internet governance and policymaking, censorship, surveillance, internet access, political engagement online, protection of human rights online, or corporate governance in the ICT sector. Applicants will be asked to bring a specific research question to the program to be developed and operationalized through trainings and one-on-one mentorship with top researchers and experts from around the world. The program will provide skill-building tutorials on defining problems and framing research questions, conducting desk and archival research, policy mapping, questionnaire/interview design and techniques, conducting surveys and public opinion research, network measurement, social network analysis, data visualization, maximizing influence, research dissemination and promotional strategies, developing proposals for funding, actionable research agendas and evaluating project impact. We encourage individuals from the MENA region in the academic (early career), NGO, and public policy sectors to apply. The course will be conducted in English and applicants should have high proficiency in English in order to interact with experts, lecturers and other participants who will come from diverse backgrounds. To apply for the 2015 Summer Research Institute, please visit the online form (http://goo.gl/forms/UVH7128nvE) A limited pool of funding in the form of travel support is available and will be allocated based on the strength of the application, fit with the workshop, and demonstrated need. If you require funding support, please indicate as such in the online form (http://goo.gl/forms/UVH7128nvE) For more information about the program, please contact lsh(a)asc.upenn.edu.

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Open faculty position for a social scientist in Digital Cultures &Humanities, University of Lausanne, Switzerland
by Anna Jobin 06 May '15

06 May '15

Apologies for cross-posting. ******************** University of Lausanne: The Faculty of social sciences is seeking a Associate professor OR tenure track professor assistant to the rank of associate professor in DIGITAL HUMANITIES AND CULTURE IN THE SOCIAL SCIENCES Starting date: 01.02.2016 Duration of contract: 6 years renewable for associate professor, 2 years renewable thrice for tenure track professor assistant Degree of activity: 100% Work place: University of Lausanne, Géopolis Reference: Offre n°3573 Published on: 04.05.2015 Published in: Français, English ***Specifications Teaching (45%) - It will be necessary to assure 4-6 weekly teaching hours per year in the field of digital humanities and culture. - The incumbent will assure the supervision of master and doctoral theses. Research (45%) - The selected candidate will develop social science research studies in the field relative to digital humanities and culture. - The candidate will take charge of the master's programme in digital humanities and culture - He/She will take responsibility for contracts which favour collaboration with local and international partners. - He/She will seek out research opportunities from outside sources, in particular those offered by the National Fund for Scientific Research (NFSR). Administrative tasks (10%) - In accordance with the legal system and the requirements of the collegial structure, the successful candidate agrees to assume administrative tasks from the Institute, the Faculty, the University and its associated bodies. - He/She will assume responsibility for the development and follow-up of the master's programme in digital humanities and culture and assure the cooperation with local partners, the various faculties, as well as other institutes of higher education, in particular the digital humanities section of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne (EPFL). ***Desired profile - Doctorate degree in social science or equivalent - University teaching experience in the field of digital humanities and culture either in terms of the subject of digital studies or in the conception and development of social science tools. - Recognised research in the field of digital humanities and culture. - Good information technology skills for the social sciences. - Excellent mastery of qualitative and/or quantitative analyses methods most notably applied to a corpus and/or images with the ability to update these methods. - Ability to collaborate and integrate his/her studies into the core of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. - Ability to initiate and lead a group project involving several partners. - Well established in international networks. ***How to apply Interested candidates are kindly requested to submit via email a letter of application, curriculum vitae, copies of degrees, a list of publications and the five most significant publications in pdf format to: rhssp(a)unil.ch. Only applications received in the above manner will be considered. ***Salary >From 138,211 to 158,197 Swiss francs according to the 2015 scale for an Associate Professor. >From 115,616 to 146,569 Swiss francs according to the 2015 scale for an Assistant Professor. ***Remarks Seeking to promote an equitable representation of men and women among its staff, the University encourages applications from women. Apply by 15.07.2015 For further information, contact Prof. Fabien Ohl: Fabien.Ohl(a)unil.ch This post is affiliated with the Institute of Social Sciences (ISS) and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences. ******************** https://applicationsinter.unil.ch/inter/noauth/php/Po/pooffres.php?poid=357… ********************

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HICSS 2016 - CFP: Space, Location Data, and Social Media Information
by Jim T 06 May '15

06 May '15

Hello all, Building off of last year, we are organizing a mini-track for HICSS 49 centered around engagements with and analyses of location information as part of the Digital and Social Med Track. The full CFP is available here: http://faculty.washington.edu/bricker0/HICSS16.html Details follow: We call for papers that address the production, capture, and study of location information in social media through both technical and theoretical perspectives. Papers are encouraged to address ‘location information’ in a broad sense that includes both precise geolocated coordinates and more general expressions of space and place. This includes, but is not limited to, papers that: offer new technical and methodological solutions to the capture, interpretation, analysis or visualization of spatial media; examine the epistemological and ontological effects of spatial social media upon users; present empirical work on the creation or consumption of spatial social media; advance our understanding of how spatial social media relate to social and political processes; present new work on the role of economic forces in the creation and use of spatial social media, for example, location-specific advertising; or explore spatial social media as a means of better understanding urban and non-urban environments. More specifically, we encourage papers that engage with the following topics or related areas: Spatial Informatics, data mining and data exploration of spatial information Crowdsourced spatial information Resistance and/or surveillance through spatial digital information and social media Mapping Social media for humanitarian efforts FOSS technologies for location aware research Social media and citizen science initiatives Governmental Open Data distributed through social media Gendered representations in spatial digital information and social media Ethical considerations associated with the use of spatial digital media for information sharing Scale and information relevance related to social media networks and location Qualitative research on the use of spatial social media by end-users and firms New or alternative methodological techniques for the collection, analysis and visualization of spatial social media information. The deadline for submission is June 15th, 2015. Please see author instructions for submission informationhere <http://www.hicss.org/#!call-for-papers/c1cd9>. If you have any additional questions, don’t hesitate to contact the organizers: Jim Thatcher jethatch at uw.edu Britta Ricker bricker0 at uw.edu Stéphane Roche stephane.roche at scg.ulaval.ca

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Announcing the launch of Photomediations: An Open Book
by Joanna Zylinska 06 May '15

06 May '15

PHOTOMEDIATIONS: AN OPEN BOOK http://photomediationsopenbook.net/ Trailer: https://vimeo.com/124738389 We are pleased to announce the launch of Photomediations: An Open Book. The project redesigns a coffee-table book as an online experience to produce a creative resource that explores the dynamic relationship between photography and other media. Photomediations: An Open Book uses open (libre) content, drawn from various online repositories (Europeana, Wikipedia Commons, Flickr Commons) and tagged with the CC-BY licence and other open licences. In this way, the book showcases the possibility of the creative reuse of image-based digital resources. Through a comprehensive introduction and four specially commissioned chapters on light, movement, hybridity and networks that include over 200 images, Photomediations: An Open Book tells a unique story about the relationship between photography and other media. The book’s four main chapters are followed by three ‘open’ chapters, which will be populated with further content over the next 18 months. The three open chapters are made up of a social space, an online exhibition and an open reader. A version of the reader, featuring academic and curatorial texts on photomediations, will be published in a stand-alone book form later in 2015, in collaboration with Open Humanities Press. Photomediations: An Open Book’s online form allows for easy sharing of its content with educators, students, publishers, museums and galleries, as well as any other interested parties. Promoting the socially significant issues of ‘open access’, ‘open scholarship’ and ‘open education’, the project also explores a low-cost hybrid publishing model as an alternative to the increasingly threatened traditional publishing structures. Photomediations: An Open Book is a collaboration between academics from Goldsmiths, University of London, and Coventry University. It is part of Europeana Space, a project funded by the European Union's ICT Policy Support Programme under GA n° 621037. It is also a sister project to the curated online site Photomediations Machine: http://photomediationsmachine.net Project team: Professor Joanna Zylinska, Dr Kamila Kuc, Jonathan Shaw, Ross Varney, Dr Michael Wamposzyc. Project advisor: Professor Gary Hall. Visit Photomediations: An Open Book: http://photomediationsopenbook.net Follow us on Twitter: @photomediations For further enquiries please contact: j.zylinska(a)gold.ac.uk -- Professor Joanna Zylinska Department of Media and Communications Goldsmiths, University of London http://www.joannazylinska.net

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Join us at the Media Innovations Congress in Brussels on June 2nd
by Wendy Van den Broeck 06 May '15

06 May '15

Join us at the Media Innovations Congress in Brussels on June 2nd. The fourth International Symposium on Media Innovations will unite scholars and industry representatives to discuss innovation in the media industry. As the media sector is in flux, many challenges and opportunities will be addressed in this symposium. After previous successful editions of the Symposium in Oslo (2012), Brussels (2013) and Oslo (2014), the symposium will take place in Brussels on June 2nd. ISMI will be part of a conference week, adjoined conferences are the Private Television Conference (June 3rd) and ACM TVX 2015 (June 3-5). The focus of the Media Innovations symposium is on evolutions and trends in the different media sectors. We aim to explore how changing technologies, and changing modes of usage and engagement with media bring about innovation and transformation of the media industry. We will work with a combination of industrial and academic panels to discuss the current trends and challenges in (a selection of) the following sectors: print, publishing, television, film, radio, advertising, gaming, social media, music sector… More information and registration: http://www.mediainnovations.be

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Announcing FrameCheck:
by Eric P. S. Baumer 05 May '15

05 May '15

-- Please forward or Retweet: https://twitter.com/EricPSB/status/595655650853724160 -- *** Are you a political junkie? Addicted to the news? Is your browser's homepage the New York Times or Wall Street Journal? Or maybe it's the National Review Online or the Huffington Post? Ever wanted a deeper look at what's being said between the lines? Our team has developed an online tool called FrameCheck, a web browser plug-in that identifies and highlights framing in political news articles as you read them. We're currently looking for people who want to try out the tool. Plus, you'll be entered in a drawing for one of two $100 Amazon gift cards. To get started, just complete the initial survey at https://cornell.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_bBfduRIWeBjloe9. At the end of the survey there will be a link with directions to install the tool. Thanks!

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AoIR Mailing List Archives Restored and Available!
by Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Association Coordinator 05 May '15

05 May '15

Greetings, AoIRistas! You might recall a note from me on here awhile back letting you all know that our mailing list archives were unavailable as a result of a hardware migration at Dreamhost (our mailing list's host service). I am happy to report that - after working with Dreamhost to get the issue fixed - the archives are now fully restored. You can find them at http://listserv.aoir.org/pipermail/air-l-aoir.org/ We are thrilled to see this valuable resource back and available to the public, as it represents an important body of discussion not only for AoIR but for the scholarly community in general. If you have any issues while trying to navigate the archives, please let me know. Your humble AC, Anna -- Anna Lauren Hoffmann Association Coordinator, AoIR

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UPEC Summer school 2015 - Programme IMPACT (International Media, Political Action & Communication Technologies)
by Stephanie Wojcik 05 May '15

05 May '15

Dear all, We are glad to present you the detailed syllabus of the IMPACT program (International Media, Political Action & Communication Technologies), which will take place between June 29th and July 10th within the UPEC Summer School. IMPAC aims at giving to its students (Master 2 & PhD) a critical perspective on how the internationalization of communication, the sharp increase and speeding up of the production of information, and the unprecedent development of digital media, play a role in the way political action, citizens mobilizations and public debates are now be framed. During their stay at our University the student can take both courses that enable to get some credits and courses of French language, along with the possibility to visit the most beautiful and famous places of interest in France. Registration now opens!! To find the detailed program, please visit our website: http://summerschool.u-pec.fr/courses-credits/impact-international-media-pol…<http://summerschool.u-pec.fr/> [https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif] We would be grateful if you could share this information with your students and colleagues. We'll be happy to answer your questions: summerschool(a)u-pec.fr<mailto:summerschool@u-pec.fr> <mailto:summerschool@u-pec.fr<mailto:summerschool@u-pec.fr>>or stephanie.wojcik(a)u-pec.fr<mailto:stephanie.wojcik@u-pec.fr> <mailto:stephanie.wojcik@u-pec.fr<mailto:stephanie.wojcik@u-pec.fr>>or benjamin.ferron(a)u-pec.fr<mailto:benjamin.ferron@u-pec.fr> <mailto:benjamin.ferron@u-pec.fr<mailto:benjamin.ferron@u-pec.fr>> Looking forward to welcoming your students to our campus! Best regards, Stéphanie Wojcik et Benjamin Ferron

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Re: [Air-L] Nominate Yourself for the AoIR Executive Committee!
by Paula Todd 05 May '15

05 May '15

(Apologies for second post) Can you believe that autocorrect is that aggressive?? Sorry! Thanks for looking .... The new book on negative online behaviour is a review of academic literature, accompanied by empirical research in the field. Best, Paula www.extrememean.com Adrienne, I think you just fulfilled your first campaign promise: To help grow the AoIR community through more interaction: I’d like AoIR to continue its role as welcoming place for new internet scholars. However, I’d like it to grow into a space that also as provides mentorship, community, and networking possibilities for individuals at all stages of their careers. Now that internet research is fully ensconced as a legitimate field, it would be nice to continue broadening our concerns into policy, ethics, and things like open source publishing, etc. I know that AoIR folks have already done a fabulous job of starting this conversation - I’d just like to see us continue them." I second your nomination! * * * And I have a question: If you have extensive online research, legal, policy, media and teaching experience (eg. digital media professor, journalist, free speech advocate, Internet researcher), and a graduate degree (JD, law) but aren't yet accepted into a PhD program (though working toward that), do you have a chance of serving AOIR? Or is membership and leadership restricted to PhD students and postdocs? I am relatively new, too, having just met AOIR members in person in Korea. Thanks, Paula PAULA TODD, B.A., LL.B. (JD) Toronto, Ontario *www.extrememean.com <http://www.extrememean.com>* *PAULA TODD, B.A., LL.B.* Mobile: 647-466-7778 Office: 905-640-6006 Twitter: @paula_todd *paulatoddmedia(a)gmail.com* <paulatoddmedia(a)gmail.com> *PAULA TODD, B.A., LL.B.* Mobile: 647-466-7778 Office: 905-640-6006 Twitter: @paula_todd *paulatoddmedia(a)gmail.com* <paulatoddmedia(a)gmail.com> On Tue, May 5, 2015 at 11:36 AM, Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> wrote: > Hi Paula, > > i just tried to go to your www.extrememean.org site listed in your > signature... it seems to be inaccessible:( > > jeremy >

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Measuring employment risks of social media (mis)use
by David Brake 05 May '15

05 May '15

Dear all, It’s well established that what people post on social media can influence their future job prospects (see for example Bohnert, D., & Ross, W. H. (2010). The influence of social networking web sites on the evaluation of job candidates. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 13(3), 341-347. doi: 10.1089/cyber.2009.0193). Has anyone from, for example, the field of Human Resources Management, come up with some kind of “employability index” one could use to measure the extent of positive and negative employability factors in someone’s public social media profiles? The idea would be to try to “score” people’s social media profiles eg from +5 (“I’d be much more likely to hire this person because of what I just read about them online) to -5 ("this person’s online profile makes them impossible to hire”). Regards, David -- Dr David Brake, Professor of Journalism, Humber College, School of Media Studies & Information Technology, Toronto, ON, Canada Office: +1 416 675 3111 x79323 Cell: 289 400 4525 @drbrake http://davidbrake.org/ skype:davidbrake

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