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Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly - special issue CFP "Information access and control in an age of Big Data"
by Louisa Shu Ying Ha 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Dear AOIRs: You are encouraged to submit a paper to this JMCQ special issue: Call for Papers for a Special Issue Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Information Access and Control in an Age of Big Data Submission Deadline for Papers: June 1, 2015 Guest Editors Edward L. Carter, J.D. LL.M., Associate Professor, Brigham Young University Laurie Thomas Lee, Ph.D., Professor, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Overview In a keynote address at a 1996 conference on information policy sponsored by the U.S. government, scholar and analyst William J. Drake said, “The new information infrastructure can and should be designed to balance the needs of all parties with direct stakes in it: large corporate suppliers and users, the public sector, the non-commercial sector, small and large businesses, and individual users.”[1] However, Drake warned that conflicting interests and competing international models of information access and control could impede the achievement of this vision. He suggested that use patterns and government regulation should be monitored and managed as technological advances caused changes in mass communication. Given the impact of Big Data and technological advances in the nearly 20 years since Drake’s comment, Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly proposes to publish a special issue on “Information Access and Control in an Age of Big Data.” The editorial team of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly believes this research has the potential to make an important contribution to the literature appraising the current state of information and communication technology, consumer and audience behavior, and policy and law, as well as to provide a platform for development of future research in journalism and mass communication. Papers We invite contributions to a special issue of Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly that will address access to and control of information in an age of Big Data. We encourage submissions that approach this topic from an inclusive range of fields and research methodologies within journalism and mass communication and also from other disciplines, with a focus on the implications of the topic to media and society. Papers may offer insights about technological, behavioral, policy, legal and other issues. Possible topics might include, among others, the so-called right to be forgotten on the Internet; social media and privacy; the implications of Big Data for journalism and mass communication; government and corporate surveillance; technology solutions to protect confidentiality in reporter-source relationships; access by news media and other individuals to digital records of government and other institutions; the response of journalism, public relations and advertising to challenges and opportunities in the current environment; search engine optimization and reputation management; intellectual property and freedom of expression; data protection; and the right of publicity. This special issue lends itself to research from a variety of cultural and international perspectives, and therefore papers with international and intercultural approaches are particularly encouraged. We welcome both qualitative and quantitative approaches to the topic. Details of Paper Content, Length, and Due Date Papers will undergo blind peer review. Those selected for publication will then enter the editorial publication process, resulting in publication online in January 2016 and in print in Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly in summer 2016. The deadline for full paper submissions is June 1, 2015 at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jmcq. Authors are requested to submit manuscripts in APA Style, 6th Edition. Manuscripts in other citation styles will be considered in initial review. Other manuscript submission details for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly are available at http://www.sagepub.com/journals/Journal202061/manuscriptSubmission. Further Information For questions regarding this special issue, please contact the guest editors: Edward L. Carter, Brigham Young University, ed_carter(a)byu.edu Laurie Thomas Lee, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, llee1(a)unl.edu ________________________________ [1] William J. Drake, Keynote Address, “Balancing Interest in the New Information Structure—National and Global Perspectives,” 1996 Federal Library and Information Center Committee Forum on Federal Information Policies, Summary of Proceedings, at http://www.loc.gov/flicc/Forum96.html#Keynote.<http://www.loc.gov/flicc/Forum96.html#Keynote> Louisa Ha, Ph.D. Associate Editor, Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly Professor and Chair Department of Telecommunications Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH 43403 Telephone: 419-3729103 Fax: 419-372-0202

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FW: [JoCI] New Issue Published Special Issue: Community Informatics and Urban Development
by michael gurstein 04 Dec '14

04 Dec '14

Readers: The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics, Vancouver CANADA Phone 604-602-0624 gurstein(a)gmail.com The Journal of Community Informatics Vol 10, No 3 (2014): Special Issue: Community Informatics and Urban Development Table of Contents http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/49 Editorial -------- Community Informatics in Cities: New Catalysts for URban Change Liisa Marjatta Horelli, David Sadoway Smart Cities vs. Smart Communities: Empowering Citizens not Market Economics Michael Gurstein Articles -------- Expanded Urban Planning as a Vehicle for Understanding and Shaping Smart, Liveable Cities Aija Staffans, Liisa Horelli Rethinking Third Places: Contemporary Design With Technology Nemanja Memarovic, Sidney Fels, Junia Anacleto, Roberto Calderon, Federico Gobbo, John M. Carroll Augmented Reality or Paper-Based Plans? A comparison of the advantages and disadvantages of their use in participatory processes based on different field tests Florian Reinwald, Martin Berger, Christop Stoik, Mario Platzer, Doris Damyanovic Urban cartography for pedestrians Konstantinos Chorianopoulos Exploring the use of PPGIS in self-organizing urban development: Case softGIS in Pacific Beach Kaisa Schmidt-Thome, Sirkku Wallin, Tiina Laatikainen, Jonna Kangasoja, Marketta Kyttä Neighborhood Planning of Technology: Physical Meets Digital City from the Bottom-Up with Aging Payphones Benjamin Stokes, François Bar, Karl Baumann, Ben Caldwell Empowering Newcomers with Low-Tech Workshops and High-Tech Analyses Katia Balassiano, Christopher J. Seeger The ‘Urban Spacebook’ experimental process: Co-designing a Platform for Participation Corelia Elena Baibarac Notes from the field -------- (Re)Prioritizing Citizens in Smart Cities Governance: Examples of Smart Citizenship from Urban India David Sadoway, Satyarupa Shekhar Urban Acupuncture in the era on Ubiquitous Media Salvatore Iaconesi, Oriana Persico ICTS ENCOURAGING CHANGES IN THE CITIZEN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH GOVERNMENT AND URBAN SPACE: BRAZILIAN EXAMPLES Geisa Bugs Local knowledge and the right to the hybrid city Panayotis Antoniadis, Ileana Apostol Strengthening the Environmental Third Sector in the Hyper-Digital Era Subas P. Dhakal ________________________________________________________________________ The Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net

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CFP: Information Technology and City Life // CSCW 2015 WORKSHOP
by Raz Schwartz 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Hi everyone! I am helping to organize this workshop at CSCW. Please feel free to send this around! Information Technology and City Life // CSCW 2015 WORKSHOP Saturday March 14 & Sunday March 15, 2015 | Vancouver, BC, Canada Part of the 18th ACM conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing Our aim is to facilitate a session that encourages computer scientists, industry professionals, academic researchers, architects, urban planners, government officials, hackers, artists, and other interested participants to work together to explore timely questions relating to Information Technology and City Life. More information here: http://citytech.apps-1and1.com/ SUBMISSIONS We accept two types of submissions: (1) original research or work-in-progress and (2) project idea that includes a description of a problem and possible solution (such as tool) that might be developed as part of this workshop. All contributions must be submitted as PDF files. This workshop accepts research or work-in-progress papers (no longer than 2 pages) or position papers (no longer than 2 pages). All papers must be submitted by the deadlines provided below and formatted in CHI Extended Abstract, camera-ready style. All submitted contributions will be reviewed and judged on originality, technical correctness, relevance, and quality of presentation by the program committee. All accepted submissions must be presented during the workshop. Please submit papers to citytechcscw15(a)gmail.com<mailto:citytechcscw15@gmail.com> IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission deadline: December 15, 2014 Paper acceptance notifications: January 15, 2015 Organizers: Elizabeth Daly, IBM Research Lab Dublin Sheena Erte, DePaul University Rosta Farzan, University of Pittsburgh Gary Hsieh, University of Washington Cliff Lampe, University of Michigan Claudia Lopez, University of Pittsburgh Andres Monroy-Hernandez, Microsoft Research Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Labs Barcelona Raz Schwartz, Facebook Research Amy Voida, Indiana University Indianapolis

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Re: [Air-L] Risk awareness and aversion in online spaces
by Ian O'Byrne 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Hi, Thanks for sharing this. It makes me think about how we construct our identity online, in the light of this online trolling behavior that we sometimes see. I'm also concerned about these same practices as data and freedoms are under attack as well. Our research was trying to understand how to empower educators...and as a result their students as they work/play in these spaces. Thanks again. I'll grab the book. :) -Ian On Sun, Nov 30, 2014, 9:44 AM Research <researchtexts(a)gmail.com> wrote: > There is a new Canadian book that talks about how online abuse -- > tormenting, bullying, stalking, revenge porn, predation -- is driving > different types of people off the Internet. > Extreme Mean: Trolls, > Bullies and Predators > Online. Author is Paula Todd. > www.extrememean.com > > > > > On Nov 30, 2014, at 8:33 AM, Peter Timusk <peterotimusk(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > I don't read about this so much. I have heard a few law professors speak > on facebook and privacy in Canada. I think about this though. I think I > have more risk of my friends exposing my privacy than any company or social > media staff. It's in the realm of legal studies for sure. > > > > Peter T. > > > > I don't speak for my employer or associations I am a member of or > volunteer for unless otherwise noted. > > > >> On Nov 28, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Ian O'Byrne <wiobyrne(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Dear colleagues, > >> > >> I'm working on some research my colleague and we're seeing signs of this > >> form of risk awareness and/or aversion as it relates to digital identity > >> construction and sharing. Our population is pre-service and veteran > >> educators. > >> > >> I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing this in their work...and what > >> citations or literature do you reference. > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> -Ian > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ >

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CFP: Legal and Technical Issues in Cloud Computing (CLaw)
by Jat Singh 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

=========================================================== CLaw: IEEE 1st International Workshop on Legal and Technical Issues in Cloud Computing http://www.claw-workshop.org in conjunction with IC2E 2015: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering 12 March 2015 http://conferences.computer.org/IC2E/2015/ =========================================================== *** This workshop brings together legal and technical practitioners to explore technical solutions to legal problems, and to provide a legal framework for new emerging patterns in cloud computing. *** =========================================================== The rapid emergence and uptake of cloud computing services brings a number of legal concerns. Existing (and proposed) regulatory and governance regimes place obligations on those who manage (process, use and collect) data. The end-users of applications provisioned in the cloud also have certain rights that must be respected: tenants and cloud providers bear various degrees of responsibility, which must be properly managed. From a technical perspective, these issues concern the capacity for management: the mechanisms that enable control and compliance within cloud services. While cloud computing has been a revolution in IT provisioning, concerns of interaction with law and policy are now gaining prominence. Recent discussion has concerned issues of locality, including where data physically resides and/or is processed (regional clouds), and the services/information available within a locale (such as the "right to be forgotten"). Further, despite the surge toward the cloud in many commercial contexts, some sectors are hesitant in adopting cloud services due to a mismatch between the legal environment and the technology. Such issues will adversely impact new directions such as the green cloud or incorporating the Internet of Things (IoT) through "Fog". Potential topics include, but are not limited to: * Privacy and security in cloud services * Application of cloud computing in regulated sectors * Encryption, security and responsibility * Audit and proof of compliance * Regional cloud initiatives (e.g. EU-only cloud), and other data geographical location concerns * Internet of Things: threats, legal and compliance concerns of 'fog' computing. * Crime, malware and spam proliferation within cloud computing * Compatibility issues between regulation and technical reality * Technical enforcement of legal regulations * The right to be forgotten Important Dates: * Paper submission: **Extended: 14 December 2014 23:59 GMT-12** * Author notification: Mid Jan 2015 * Final camera ready: 31 Jan 2015 * Workshop date: 14 March 2015 Submission: We invite authors to submit papers relating legal and technical aspects of cloud computing. Application-specific papers are welcome (healthcare, IoT, etc). Fully implemented and evaluated systems are not essential. Ideally, the output of this first workshop on legal and technical issues will influence both regulators and service providers. Submissions must be in electronic format submitted through this EasyChair link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=claw2015. Papers should not exceed 6 pages in IEEE format (single-spaced 2-column text using 10-point size type on A4 paper, templates available). Submissions will be peer reviewed, and for each accepted paper, at least one author is required to register and present the paper at the workshop. All accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. =========================================================== -------------------------------------- Dr. Jatinder Singh Senior Research Associate Computer Laboratory University of Cambridge Office: +44 (0)1223 763690 http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~js573

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Vince Miller on his forthcoming book about presence, crisis and culture (CAMRI seminar 10/12)
by Christian Fuchs 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

The Crisis of Presence in Contemporary Culture Vince Miller (Univ of Kent) Wed, Dec 10 14:00 UNiv of Westminster Harrow Campus Room A7.01 http://www.westminster.ac.uk/camri/research-seminars/the-crisis-of-presence… Registration: e-mail to christian.fuchs(a)uti.at In this presentation, Vince Miller problematises the notion of presence within a contemporary culture in which social life is increasingly lived and experienced through networked digital communication technologies alongside the physical presence of co-present bodies. Using the work of Heidegger, Levinas, Bauman, Rotman (and others), he suggests that the increasing use of these technologies and our increasing presence in online environments challenges our tendencies to ground moral and ethical behaviours in face-to-face or materially co-present contexts. Instead, the mediated presences we can achieve amplify our cultural tendency to objectify the social world and weaken our sense of moral and ethical responsibility to others. Such a disjuncture manifests itself in a number of popular contemporary concerns over privacy, ‘anti-social’ behaviour, and the problems of free speech and inappropriate disclosure. Vince Miller will suggest that the solution of overcoming such problems lies not in increasing regulation, but in more scrutiny paid to the software architecture of social media as the medium by which humans are ‘made present’ online, as well as an expansion of the notion of being/presence to include virtual data/presences, so that these may gain ‘ethical weight’. Vincent Miller is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Cultural Studies at the University of Kent, where he has research interests in digital culture and urban sociology. He is author of ‘Understanding Digital Culture’ (Sage) and is currently writing ‘The Crisis of Presence in Contemporary Culture: Ethics, Privacy and Disclosure in Mediated Social Life’, also for Sage.

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2nd CfP: AAAI Int'l Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-15)
by Sarita Yardi Schoenebeck 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

The 9th International Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-15) Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://icwsm.org/2015/ * Workshop Proposals Due: December 15, 2014 * Paper Abstracts Due: January 18, 2015 (by 11:59 pm AOE) * Full Papers Due: January 23, 2015 (by 11:59 pm AOE) * Acceptance Notification: March 9, 2015 * Conference: May 26-29, 2015 in Oxford, UK SUMMARY SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Full paper format: Full paper submissions to ICWSM are recommended to be 8 pages long, and must be at most 10 pages long, including figures and references. The final camera-ready length (between 8-10 pages) for each full paper in the proceedings will be at the discretion of the program chairs. All papers must follow AAAI formatting guidelines. Poster and demo paper format: Poster paper submissions to ICWSM must be 4 pages long, including figures and references. Demo paper submissions to ICWSM must be 2 pages long, including figures and references. All papers must be follow AAAI formatting guidelines. Anonymity: Paper submissions to ICWSM must be anonymized. Social science track with only abstracts in the proceedings: We will be continuing the “social science” track at ICWSM-15 following its successful debut in 2013. This option is for researchers in social science who wish to submit full papers without publication in the conference proceedings. While papers in this track will not be published, we expect these submissions to describe the same high-quality and complete work as the main track submissions. Papers accepted to this track will be full presentations integrated with the conference, but they will be published only as abstracts in the conference proceedings. DISCIPLINES * Computational approaches to social media research including * Natural language processing * Text / data mining * Machine learning * Image / multimedia processing * Graphics and visualization * Distributed computing * Graph theory and graphical models * Human-computer interaction * Social science approaches to social media research including * Psychology * Sociology and social network analysis * Communication * Political science * Economics * Anthropology * Media studies and journalism * Interdisciplinary approaches to social media research combining computational algorithms and social science methodologies TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA include * Weblogs (posts, comments, and/or social shares) * Social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn) * Microblogs (e.g., Twitter, Tumblr) * Wiki-based knowledge sharing sites (e.g., Wikipedia) * Social news sites and websites of news media (e.g., Huffington Post) * Forums, mailing lists, newsgroups * Community media sites (e.g., YouTube, Flickr, Instagram) * Social Q & A sites (e.g., Quora, Yahoo Answers) * User reviews (e.g., Yelp, Amazon.com) * Social curation sites (e.g., Reddit, Pinterest) * Location-based social networks (e.g., Foursquare) TOPICS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) * Psychological, personality-based and ethnographic studies of social media * Analysis of the relationship between social media and mainstream media * Qualitative and quantitative studies of social media * Centrality/influence of social media publications and authors * Ranking/relevance of blogs and microblogs; web page ranking based on weblogs * Social network analysis; communities identification; expertise and authority discovery * Collaborative filtering * Trust; reputation; recommendation systems * Human computer interaction; social media tools; navigation and visualization * Subjectivity in textual data; sentiment analysis; polarity/opinion identification and extraction, linguistic analyses of social media behavior * Text categorization; topic recognition; demographic/gender/age identification * Trend identification and tracking; time series forecasting * Measuring predictability of real world phenomena based on social media, e.g., spanning politics, finance, and health * New social media applications; interfaces; interaction techniques * Social innovation and effecting change through social media * Social media usage on mobile devices; location, human mobility, and behavior * Organizational and group behavior mediated by social media; interpersonal communication mediated by social media * Studies of digital humanities (culture, history, arts) using social media General Chair Daniele Quercia, Yahoo! Labs Barcelona Local Chair Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute Program Co-Chairs Meeyoung Cha, KAIST Cecilia Mascolo, University of Cambridge Christian Sandvig, University of Michigan --- Assistant Professor School of Information University of Michigan http://yardi.people.si.umich.edu/

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Reminder: Applications for the CCI Digital Methods Summer School close on Wednesday 10 December
by Ellie Rennie 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

**Reminder: Applications for the CCI Digital Methods Summer School close on Wednesday 10 December** The CCI Summer School is to be held from 9-12 February at Swinburne University, Hawthorn campus, Melbourne, Australia. <http://www.ccidigitalmethods.org/> This CCI Summer School is designed for university researchers at all stages of their careers, from doctoral students, postdoctoral and mid-career academics to established scholars. It is an intensive, four-day programme focussed on new quantitative, qualitative and data-driven digital methods and their research applications in creative industries, media and cultural studies, internet studies, and related fields in the humanities and social sciences. Participants will work with leading researchers, engage in interactive workshop activities and receive direct feedback and individual mentoring on their own work. The Summer School will feature a Project Clinic where participants collaboratively workshop methodological aspects of their current project, receiving valuable advice from participants and mentors. Social activities will provide additional opportunities for participants to get to know each other and form collaborative relationships that will last for years to come. We particularly encourage applications from researchers working on projects or project ideas that incorporate, but are not limited to, some aspect of digital methods. The School will offer a range of introductory technical workshops in topics including: * Social media data analytics * Software and app studies * Instagrammatics: Analysing Visual Social Media * Spatial information and geovisualisation * Data visualisation * Using agent-based simulation methods to analyse complex dynamic systems * Web Scraping * Sensory ethnography The program will be grounded in contemporary problems in the analysis of social media, privacy, digital media production and consumption, and related ethical issues. Mentors, speakers and facilitators include: * Prof Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology * A/Prof Jean Burgess, Queensland University of Technology * D/Prof John Hartley, Curtin University * A/Prof Patrik Wikström, Queensland University of Technology * Dr Tama Leaver, Curtin University * Dr Peta Mitchell, Queensland University of Technology * Dr Tim Highfield, Queensland University of Technology * Dr Stephen Glackin, Swinburne University of Technology * Dr Rowan Wilken, Swinburne University of Technology * Sandra Hanchard, Swinburne University of Technology * Prof Deb Verhoven, Deakin University * Dr Heather Horst, RMIT * Prof Sarah Pink, RMIT Australian and international scholars interested in applying for one of 30 places should send applications - comprising a CV, a cover letter outlining your experience and interests in digital methods, and a one-paragraph description of a current project or project idea relevant to the Summer School’s themes - to isrevents(a)swin.edu.au by 10 December 2014. Please use the subject heading CCI Summer School Application and send all materials as a single PDF file. There is no charge for participants, and the event will include some catering. Participants will need to organise their own transport and accommodation in Melbourne. A limited number of bursaries (up to $500) for travel and/or accommodation will be offered on a competitive basis to interstate/overseas applicants. Please indicate in your cover letter if you wish to be considered for a bursary. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation (CCI)<http://www.cci.edu.au/> is a national research network, with partner universities located around Australia. It is a cross-disciplinary, internationally-focused centre embracing both theoretical and applied research in media, cultural and communication studies, law, education, economics and business and information technology. The Centre addresses key problems and opportunities arising for Australia, the Asian region, from innovation in and through the creative economy. Over the past five years, the CCI has established a tradition of offering high-quality professional development for its own doctoral students and early career researchers as well as those from around the world, and through the Summer School we continue this tradition. Associate Professor Ellie Rennie Deputy Director Swinburne Institute for Social Research Swinburne University of Technology erennie(a)swin.edu.au sisr.net

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IANA Transition Webinars
by Joly MacFie 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

As you may be aware the CWG yesterday announced its draft IANA Transition Proposal https://community.icann.org/x/SoEHAw Further to this , various Webinars have been announced for this week and next week on the IANA Stewardship Transition.. Thanks to Olivier Crepin-Leblond we have the following summary. *Webinars of the CWG on Naming Related Functions Public Consultation on Draft Transition Proposal*: - 3 December from 7:00 – 8:30 UTC | 02:00-03:30 EST - 4 December from 12:30 – 14:00 UTC | 07:30 - 09:00 EST - 4 December from 16:00 – 17:30 UTC | 11:00 - 12:30 EST These Webinars are repeats of each other and are organised and Chaired by the Community Working Group (CWG) which is presenting a first draft of the Naming Communities input to the IANA Stewardship Transition process. This Webinar will be used to explain the contents of the First Draft of the Proposal. This will really help in understanding the draft which is currently under Public Comment from 1 to 22 December 2014. I highly recommend you attend at least one of them. More details: https://www.icann.org/news/announcement-3-2014-12-01-en ------ *Capacity Building Program Webinar #1:* *- Wednesday 3 December 2014 13:00 - 14:00 UTC | 08:00 - 09:00 EST* *IANA Functions (standards, Numbering and Naming) - Patrik Fältström* Are you interested in this topic but do not know where to start? This Webinar is for you! Indeed, this Webinar is a great introduction about all of the IANA Functions, introduced by the Chairman of the ICANN Security and Stability Advisory Committee. He is an expert! If you are interested in what is probably one of the key topics for the year and want to learn about it, then do not miss this Webinar! Tell anyone who is interested! Watch, listen, learn and ask questions - that's what this Webinar is about. The draft Agenda and call details are on: https://community.icann.org/x/2zrxAg *------Capacity Building Program Webinar #2:* *- Wednesday 10 December 2014 21:00 - 22:30 UTC* *IANA Naming Issues by IANA Issues WG* This Webinar will have the members of the At-Large IANA Naming Issues working group explain the proposed ALAC response to the Public Comment period that has opened on 1 December and will close on 22 December 2014. This is your chance ask any questions about the proposed response and to comment on it too! However, we highly recommend that you attend the above capacity building Webinar before to better understand the issues and at least one of the three CWG Webinars above to learn about the CWG's First Draft. Call details for this Webinar will be sent out in due course. Reserve the time slot now! -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Call for Papers - 2015 ICA Preconference on Discussion, Dialogue, Discourse: Meanings and Methods
by RUSSMANN Uta | FHWien der WKW 02 Dec '14

02 Dec '14

This may be of interest for some of you. Sorry for cross posting. Call for Papers 2015 ICA Preconference Discussion, Dialogue, Discourse: Meanings and Methods Deadline for Extended Abstracts: December 15, 2014 2015 International Communication Association Annual Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico Thursday, May 21, 2015 - 9:00a.m.-3:00p.m. Sponsored by the Public Relations and Organizational Communication Divisions THEME RATIONALE Discussion, dialogue, and discourse have long been regarded as important concepts across a range of communication-related disciplines such as public relations, organizational communication, interpersonal communication, and strategic management. These concepts are becoming even more significant with the increasing use of social media and other forms of online communication by organizations and their publics/stakeholders/citizens. The online environment has provided a unique milieu for the conduct of discussion, dialogue, and discourse, but it has also focused attention on the inconsistent use of these labels, the significance of the differences between the concepts, and the gaps between normative theory and pragmatic action. The focus of this preconference therefore will be to invite theoretical and empirical contributions that add to the understanding of discussion, dialogue, and discourse with particular emphasis on the translation of these concepts into the online space. Guiding questions to be addressed in this preconference may include the following: * What are the theoretical connections between discussion, dialogue, and discourse? * How do the concepts of discussion, dialogue, and discourse differ across disciplines? What is the significance of the differences to the theorizing of the concepts? * Are there differences between the normative and empirical perspectives on discussion, dialogue, and discourse? What does this mean for the development of theory in this area? * What sort of data and methodological approaches are most appropriate to study discussion, dialogue, and discourse? * How do the concepts of discussion, dialogue, and discourse differ in different cultures? * How are discussion, dialogue, and discourse enacted in intercultural contexts? * What are the differences among the concepts discussion, dialogue, and discourse? How are they being translated to the online environment? * How do we define discussion, dialogue, and discourse in online communication/social media? * Is it possible to have genuine dialogue and discourse online or in social media? * How can technology be used to enhance discussion, dialogue, and discourse? * What connections are there - if any - between rhetoric and discussion, dialogue, and discourse? The aim of this preconference is to bring together participants from a wide variety of communication-related disciplines including public relations, organizational communication, computer-mediated communication, new technology, political communication, and others. Industry professionals will also benefit from involvement at this session, especially those with experience in working in organizational social media. We hope that this preconference will be a stimulating and engaging session in which ideas can be presented in a supportive but robustly-enquiring environment. Submission and Selection Process We are looking for submissions that feature the most current research on discussion, dialogue, and discourse. The successful abstracts will be chosen on the basis of their research rigor and contribution to knowledge. Content may include case studies, empirical analyses, and theoretical pieces. Practitioner perspectives and cross-disciplinary studies will be particularly welcome. Extended abstracts (up to 500 words) should be submitted by December 15, 2014 to Uta Russmann via email: uta.russmann(a)fh-wien.ac.at<mailto:uta.russmann@fh-wien.ac.at>. The organizers - Uta Russmann (FHWien University of Applied Sciences of WKW, Vienna, Austria) and Anne Lane (QUT Business School / Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia) (a.lane(a)qut.edu.au<mailto:a.lane@qut.edu.au>) - will make decisions on accepted papers by January 15, 2015. Full papers will be due in advance of the pre-conference on April 15, 2014. Authors of accepted abstracts are expected to attend the pre-conference and present their paper. Participation fee (including coffee break and lunch buffet) is $100 US for presenters and non-presenters. TIMELINE: · Deadline for abstract submission: December 15, 2014 · Acceptance provided: January 15, 2015 · Deadline for full paper submissions: April 15, 2015 · Preconference in San Juan, Puerto Rico: May 21, 2015 Best regards, Uta ******************************************************************** Prof. Mag. Dr. Uta Russmann Department of Communication, Marketing & Sales FHWien University of Applied Sciences of WKW Währinger Gürtel 97, 1180 Vienna, Austria Phone: +43 (1) 476 77-5848, Fax: +43 (1) 476 77-5704 uta.russmann(a)fh-wien.ac.at<mailto:uta.russmann@fh-wien.ac.at> www.fh-wien.ac.at/kommas<http://www.fh-wien.ac.at/kommas> **************************NEWS********************************** Der MASTERPLAN für Ihre Karriere: Die 8 Master-Studiengänge für Management & Kommunikation! 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