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Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops
by Maurizio 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

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New issue -- Journal of Peer Production #5: Shared Machine Shops
by maxigas 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

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**deadline extended*** PhD scholarship - Disability on Television: Access, representation and reception
by Katie Ellis 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

**apologies for cross posting** Dear colleagues, Please alert current honours students of the below PhD scholarship opportunity and note extended deadline of 21 November. Call for expressions of interest PhD Scholarship - Disability on Television: Access, representation and reception Department of Internet Studies Curtin University is looking for an outstanding scholar for a full-time PhD scholarship to work on a large-scale study of disability and television. The study aims to assess the mutually important areas of accessibility and representation to explore the importance of digital televisions to the social inclusion of Australians with disability. Using an innovative multimodal research programme the project leverages participatory media to gain new user centred insights. The project will also offer insights regarding newer forms of television through a usability analysis of the range of web-capable devices that can be used to access TV to discover whether they are more or less enabling for people across a diverse range of disabilities. The successful applicant will be a full team member of an Australian Research Council grant that asks, 'How does digital television create a social space for people with disability, when impairment makes watching television challenging and social stigma against disability is perpetuated through representation?' Possible areas of research include: * Television's transition to the internet and the implications for people with disability * Television accessibility * The representation of disability on contemporary forms of television such as online streaming platforms * The representation of disability (and audience response to it) on contemporary drama such as Game of Thrones * The intersections between television representation and online discussion * Employment of people with disabilities in television industries The successful applicant will work with Dr Katie Ellis. Applicants with disciplinary backgrounds in media studies, disability studies, communications or the digital humanities are encouraged to apply. The award is to commence in 2015. Value and benefits The successful candidate will receive a stipend of $25,392 ( 2014 value) tax-free per annum which will be indexed annually for the duration of the award Eligibility criteria To be eligible for the scholarship, applicants should be enrolling full-time and possess the following: * A first class Honours degree, research Masters degree or equivalent * Strong research skills * Experience working with people with disabilities How to apply See: https://scholarships.curtin.edu.au/scholarships/scholarship.cfm?id=1996 Further information Please contact Dr Katie Ellis via email Katie.ellis(a)curtin.edu.au<mailto:Katie.ellis@curtin.edu.au> Applications Close: 5pm Friday 21 November 2014 Best wishes Katie Dr Katie Ellis Senior Research Fellow | Department of Internet Studies Curtin University Tel |+61 8 9266 9130 Fax |+61 8 9266 3152 Mobile | 0402 488 168 Email |katie.ellis(a)curtin.edu.au<mailto:katie.ellis@curtin.edu.au> Web |http://curtin.edu.au<http://curtin.edu.au/>

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Re: [Air-L] Hyperlink analysis tools
by Steffen Schilke 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Hi I can recommend http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html With the results set you can do a lot Regards sws On Oct 29, 2014 11:00 PM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: ... > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 15:46:44 +0900 > From: Gohar Feroz Khan <gohar.feroz(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Hyperlink analysis tools > Message-ID: > < CAERGarR08220U5cWYFGcoB7_-p7iDWGLwMF1LUgDjjFrdnZ0xQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello Group members: > > I wonder if you could recommend a good hyperlinks extraction and analysis > tool other than Webometrics Analytics and Voson. > > Thanks you, > Khan > > > > > -- > > Khan, Gohar Feroz (PhD) > Assistant Professor > Korea University of Technology & Education (KoreaTECH) > 1600 Chungjol-ro Byungcheon-myun > Cheonan city, 330-708, South Korea > Office: 82-41-560-1415; Mobile: +82-10-5510-8071 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >

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CFP: Culture, Migration, and Health Communication in the Global Context
by Yuping Mao 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS Title: Culture, Migration, and Health Communication in the Global Context Editors: Dr. Yuping Mao, Assistant Professor Department of Media and Communication, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands mao(a)eshcc.eur.nl<mailto:mao@eshcc.eur.nl> Dr. Rukhsana Ahmed, Associate Professor Department of Communication, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada rahmed(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:rahmed@uottawa.ca> Proposal Submission Deadline: January 15, 2015 Overview of the Book: With the globalization of the world, there is increasing migration happening across geographic regions within a country or across different countries. The migrant populations keep some of their original cultures with them that influence their communication about health outcomes. Meanwhile, migrant populations are constantly exposed to and adopting cultural values and practices in their host countries or regions, which gradually alter their health related communication and behaviors. On the one hand, migrants' health communication and behaviors have become an important social topic in many countries especially in North America and some European countries with a relatively long history of having immigrants from other countries. On the other hand, in countries like China, urbanization accelerates migration within the country, primarily with economically and socially disadvantaged population migrating from rural to urban areas. Both international and internal migration bring new challenges to public health systems. Our edited book aims to critically review theoretical frameworks and literature, as well as discuss new practices and lessons related to culture, migration, and health communication in different countries. Scope and Recommended Topics: We invite chapters that critically review the strengths and limitations of widely applied theoretical frameworks such as assimilation, acculturation, cultural adaptation, culture-centered approach, cultural safety, cultural competency, and intercultural sensitivity. The review of those theoretical frameworks should be embedded in public health and health communication contexts. Taking a communication perspective, this edited book will examine how differences among different cultural communities relate to health communication at interpersonal, group, and societal levels. We are interested but not limited to chapters on the following topics: * Health communication disparities among immigrant groups * Health information diffusion among migrant groups * Social support and migrant groups' health communication This edited book will also discuss how content and format of media in combination with other social factors such as social capital and social networks influence individuals' health beliefs and behaviors. For instance, we are interested in receiving book chapters on the following topics: * Comprehensive literature on media effects on migrants' health behaviors * Media coverage and public discourse on migrants' health * Media campaigns and migrant population Health communication is always situated in certain social, political, historical, and cultural contexts. This book addresses a few important contextual factors that practitioners and researchers need to be aware of in research, practice, and policy making. As such we also solicit stimulating health communication cases on immigrants' health to be included with in-depth analysis of their unique contexts. Target Audience: The target audience for this book will consist of upper-level undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members and practitioners in both communication studies and health sciences, as well as their respective allied fields such as media studies, telecommunications, journalism, sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, medical science, nursing, public health, psychology/psychiatry, and medical informatics. In addition to speaking to an academic audience, authors are encouraged to write so as to provide valuable information and resources to practitioners, administrators, and policy makers working in the health sector. Submission Guidelines: Chapter proposals should include the following components: 1. A title page with contact information for all authors; 2. A 750-1200 word (including references), single-spaced extended abstract clearly explaining: * The purpose and the contents of the proposed chapter; and * How the proposed chapter relates to the overall objectives of the book; 3. A working bibliography - a list of potential resources for your chapter done in APA style (6th edition); and, 4. A brief biographical statement (maximum 200 words) written in the third person containing the following information: * Current position and affiliation; * Highest degree held, field, and institution granting that degree; and, * Current area of research and/or current research project. Submission Format and Procedures: Please e-mail your title page, 750-1200 word extended abstract, working bibliography, and brief biographical statement (maximum 200 words) as a Word attachment (combine all files) to mao(a)eshcc.eur.nl<mailto:mao@eshcc.eur.nl> or rahmed(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:rahmed@uottawa.ca> no later than January 15, 2015. Full chapters should be between 6,000-8,000 words, including references. Important Dates: Chapter Proposal Due: January 15, 2015 Notification of Acceptance, and Chapter Submission Guidelines: March 15, 2015 First Draft of Full Chapters Due: July 15, 2015 Review Result Returned: September 15, 5 Revised Draft of Final Chapters (as needed) Due: November 1, 2015 Inquiries: For inquiries, please contact editors Yuping Mao at mao(a)eshcc.eur.nl<mailto:mao@eshcc.eur.nl>, or Rukhsana Ahmed at rahmed(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:rahmed@uottawa.ca>. NOTE: All written work should be prepared in English and conform to APA style (6th edition). Submitted work must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The editors will review all complete chapter proposals; however, there is no guarantee of eventual publication. Yuping Mao, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Media and Communication Erasmus University Rotterdam Mail address: Erasmus University, L.3-82 P.O. Box 1738, NL-3000 DR Rotterdam The Netherlands E-mail: mao(a)eshcc.eur.nl Tel: +31 (0)10 4082468 Fax: +31 (0)10 4089135

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Call for Papers – International Journal of E-Politics
by Yasmin Ibrahim 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Call for Papers – International Journal of E-Politics The INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF E-POLITICS (IJEP) invites submissions on a broad range of topics: The International Journal of E-Politics (IJEP) acknowledges the foundations of e-politics as an interdisciplinary area of enquiry open to diverse range of topics which define politics as a means to question emerging and established practices in the broad remit of information technology, information and knowledge economies and within the wider digitally-connected worlds we live in. Amenable to research and practice, the board welcomes publications which focus on theoretical and empirical contributions on the manifestations of e-politics in various contexts, cultures and environments. This journal encompasses a diverse spectrum of e-politics; strategy, e-commerce, decision sciences, marketing, economics, psychology, sociology, anthropology, media studies, communication studies, women studies, black studies, political science, philosophy, law, criminology, technology studies, visual culture and ethics. The journal is published quarterly, in both print and digital editions. All manuscripts undergo editorial screening; scholarly articles are selected for publication through a double-blind peer review process. The journal invites submissions in the following areas: • Rigorous scholarly articles • Scholarly position papers • Reviews of relevant scholarly publications • Reviews of recent publications • Proposals for themed clusters in future issues. Please send queries to Y.Ibrahim(a)qmul.ac.uk Editors-in-Chief; Celia Romm Livermore (PhD) School of Business Administration Wayne State University - Detroit, MI, 48202, USA and Yasmin Ibrahim School of Business and Management Queen Mary, University of London For additional information regarding the journal, please visit, IJEP site: www.igi-global.com/IJEP _______________________________________________ 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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Hyperlink analysis tools
by Gohar Feroz Khan 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Hello Group members: I wonder if you could recommend a good hyperlinks extraction and analysis tool other than Webometrics Analytics and Voson. Thanks you, Khan -- Khan, Gohar Feroz (PhD) Assistant Professor Korea University of Technology & Education (KoreaTECH) 1600 Chungjol-ro Byungcheon-myun Cheonan city, 330-708, South Korea Office: 82-41-560-1415; Mobile: +82-10-5510-8071 ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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CFP: "Translation and international professional communication: Building bridges and strengthening skills"
by connexions journal 30 Oct '14

30 Oct '14

Dear Colleagues, I am sending along the CFP for the special issue on "Translation and international professional communication: Building bridges and strengthening skills." Please distribute widely to colleagues from professional, technical and business communication departments, translation departments, translators and localizers, professional, technical and science communicators, and to other listserves. On behalf of the guest editors, Rosário Durão and Kyle Mattson Editors connexions • international professional communication journal ______ *Translation and international professional communication:* *Building bridges and strengthening skills* CFP at: https://connexionsj.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/translation-and-internation… <http://connexionsj.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/translation-and-internationa…> <http://connexionsj.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/translation-and-internationa…> <http://connexionsj.files.wordpress.com/2013/09/translation-and-internationa…> Guest editors: *Bruce Maylath* *North Dakota State University, USA* *Marta Pacheco Pinto* *Centre for Comparative Studies, Portugal* *Ricardo Muñoz Martín**University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain* The globalization and the fast mobility of today’s markets—aiming to serve as many heterogeneous settings and audiences as possible—have posited a growing need for high quality products and optimal performance in nearly all areas of everyday life. Specialists in communication play an important, albeit often hidden, role in these processes. Translators and other international professional communicators operate as mediators to facilitate understanding across global, international, national and local contexts through diverse communication channels. Translating today often involves several agents with different roles, responsibilities and skills. This entails creative work, various innovative procedures, and collaborative networks in highly technological, distributed environments. All these agents can be seen as text producers with an increasing expertise in the tools and skills of their trades to find, manage, process, and adapt information to target audiences. Despite disperse attempts at acknowledging the importance of approaching professional communication as translation or as involving translation-related skills (e.g., Hoft 1995; Weiss 1995, 1997; Melton 2008), translation often remains invisible both in the literature and in the training of (international) professional communicators. The extant literature in Communication Studies that actually addresses translation usually tends to emphasize, and concentrate on, localization issues, and it often draws from functional approaches to translation as production of a communicative message or instrument (e.g., Vermeer 1996; Nord 1997; Reiss 2000). In Translation Studies, on the other hand, there is an increasing awareness of the need to tend bridges to Communication Studies in research (e.g., Risku 2010; Ehrensberger-Dow & Daniel 2013). However, more dialogue seems necessary to fully grasp the implications and commonalities in all areas of multilingual professional communication, not the least that they are usually ascribed peripheral roles in business, technical, and scientific endeavors. The emerging figure of the multitasked professional communicator has brought translation as part of the document production process to a different level of discussion. It is drawing increasing attention to translators’ profiles and training as competent communicators and vice versa, thus showing that the role translation plays in international professional communication, and the role of international professional communication in translator training cannot be downplayed (Gnecchi et al., 2011). This issue of the *conne**x**ions *journal seeks to build bridges of cross-disciplinary understanding between international professional communication scholars and practitioners and translation scholars and practitioners. It aims to foster debate around the *role of translation as a special kind of international professional communication and also as an integral part of other (international) professional communication instances* . Suggested *topic areas *include, but are not limited to: - University-level training of international professional communicators, its adjustment to market and translation demands, pedagogical challenges to collaborative work. - Curriculum design, (communication and translation) skill development and performance assessment. - Communicative purposes and settings and their impact on translation norms, process and associated abilities. - Ethics and other deontological considerations. - Team work, translation companies and quality-control procedures. - Localization, computer-assisted translation, post-editing and international professional communication. - Localization, multilanguage content delivery, language and communication audit (LCA). - Translating the verbal and the visual in international professional communication (case studies, overall considerations). *Abstracts *to be developed into - Original research articles of 5,000 to 7,000 words of body text. - Review articles of 3,000 to 5,000 words of body text. - Focused commentary and industry perspectives articles of 500 to 3,000 words of body text. - Teaching cases of 3,000 to 5,000 words of body text on the interface between translation and communication are invited (*deadline for submissions *is April 10, 2015). *Submission procedures*: - Prepare the cover page and manuscript with 1.5 line spacing and Georgia, 12-point font. - Save the cover page and manuscript in doc, docx, or rtf format. - Cover page containing your name, institutional affiliation, and email address. - 500-word abstract for original research articles, review articles, and teaching cases; 250-word abstracts for focused commentary and industry perspectives. - Whether you are submitting a research article, a review article, industry perspective article, or teaching case. - Submit via email to Bruce Maylath, Marta Pacheco Pinto and Ricardo Muñoz Martín at trans.profcommunication(a)gmail.com <trans.profcommunication(a)gmail.com?subject=> Upon acceptance of your proposal, you will be invited to submit your manuscript. All manuscripts that meet the journal’s standards and requirements will be, without exception, submitted to double-blind peer review. *Schedule* - submission deadline for manuscript abstracts: April 10, 2015 - notification of acceptance: June 14, 2015 - submission deadline for full manuscripts: September 30, 2015 - expected date of publication: December 30, 2015 *Contact information* Bruce Maylath, Marta Pacheco Pinto, and Ricardo Muñoz Martín at trans.profcommunication(a)gmail.com <trans.profcommunication(a)gmail.com?subject=> ______ Rosário Durão and Kyle Mattson Editors *www.connexionsjournal.org <http://www.connexionsjournal.org/>**connexions •** international professi**onal communication journal *(ISSN 2325-6044)

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Inaugural “Sports, Communication, and Technology Summit” hosted by the Marist College Center for Sports Communication
by Ryan Rogers 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

*Inaugural “Sports, Communication, and Technology Summit” hosted by the Marist College Center for Sports Communication* Saturday, March 28, 2015 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Location: Marist College The Marist College Center for Sports Communication is pleased to announce its first Summit on Sports, Communication, and Technology. This day-long event will bring together undergraduate students, graduate students, faculty, practitioners, and industry leaders for a robust discussion of and unique skill training in the broadly defined domain of sports communication technology – from video and audio production to sports apps to wearable computing technology at live events. While this event is focused on unique experiences for undergraduate students, there will be important learning endeavors for faculty, graduate students, and those working in the field. We encourage registration and involvement from all groups. The event is open to all those from various and divergent fields with an interest in this topic. To encourage participation, registration is set at $35 for all participants, which goes towards offsetting event costs. You can register for the event here <http://sportscomm.marist.edu/techregister.html>. The summit will consist of the following events: *Undergraduate Case Study Competition* Student groups of up to six will present a solution to a case that will be assigned approximately two months in advance of the event (the beginning of the spring semester). This case will ask students to solve a problem/quandary in sports using communication technology. The solution can come in a variety of forms: a concept or research paper, a campaign, software, an app, or any other format that best provides a solution to the presented problem. At the symposium, students groups will give a ten minute presentation to the audience and panel of judges on their solution. At the conclusion of group presentations, judges will ask questions to participants. Awards will be given to the winning three groups. More information about the case, including specific guidelines and rules, will be given to teams upon registration and the assignment of the project. *Panel Discussion* The symposium will feature a panel of leading professionals, innovators, and scholars in a discussion of a vital topic in the sports, communication, and technology space. Attendees will be able to ask questions of the panelists after the presentation. This year’s panel will focus on communication technology for the in-arena experience. The panel will focus on ways interactive technology , from smart devices to video boards, have enriched fan experiences at live sporting events and ways that sport producers are enhancing these technologies to keep up with/surpass the at-home viewing experience. Panelists will address successes, challenges, and possible future evolution. *Lunch and Keynote Speaker* Lunch will be provided for all registered attendees. A keynote speaker (to be named) will address the assembly during the lunch period. Additionally, Marist College Center for Sports Communication faculty will discuss the Center’s research agenda in and highlight their student/faculty research collaborations. *Hands-on Tutorials* In 45-minute sessions, professors and practitioners will provide tutorials on relevant sports communication technology. These sessions will offer attendees hands-on experience in some form of sports communication technology, particularly ones that might fall outside of traditional classroom instruction. Sessions will fall into one of the following categories, all as pertinent to sport: video/editing application, web development/design, mobile technology, and social media technology. Several sessions will run concurrently, and each will be limited to approximately 20 students per session. There will be three 45-minute sessions, allowing students to try three different tutorials if they wish. There will be a signup page for each session, allowing for students to sign up in advance and plan their afternoon. *Workshops* In these sessions, student groups will be able to workshop projects and concepts with application to sport media and communication. Examples could include web stories, apps, websites, software, digital productions, hardware, and social media productions, among others. Students will receive feedback and assistance from experts such as faculty, industry professionals, and potential users. These workshops will allow for student developers to present their ideas to experts and receive feedback and constructive critique toward improving these products. Student groups must submit a request in advance for these workshops, as there will be limited spots available. *Faculty/Industry Expert Volunteers* There are several opportunities for faculty and industry experts to volunteer for various tasks at the summit. These primarily include tutorial session leader/assistant and workshop panelist. If you have a particular area of expertise in sports, communication, and technology, please contact any of the summit organizers (listed below) to inquire about volunteering. You may also indicate this on the registration form. All assistance is greatly appreciated and will help make for a more robust learning experience for summit attendees. For more information about the summit, please contact Keith Strudler, director of the Marist College Center for Sports Communication, at Keith.Strudler(a)marist.eduor (845) 575-3506, Ryan Rogers at Ryan.Rogers(a)marist.edu, or Tim Mirabito at Tim.Mirabito(a)marist.edu.

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Call for nominations: PCA Electronic Reference Award
by Paul Booth 29 Oct '14

29 Oct '14

Hi all, Sorry for the cross posting. Please see below and distribute to anyone who may be interested! * Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association* *2015 Award* *Electronic Reference Site Award* The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association sponsors this prestigious award each year along with literary and film awards. This award recognizes the growth and importance of new academic formats. Award winners will be announced at the PCA/ACA annual convention in New Orleans, LA in 2015 and posted on the PCA/ACA website at http://www.h-net.org/~pcaacca/ and on other appropriate websites, and in other media forums. Recipients need not be present at the conference to receive the award. *Submissions and Nominations Procedures: * The policies and procedures for the Electronic Awards are similar to all the other awards with a focus on quality and relevancy. The award in a particular year would look at the submissions of websites created over a three year period. The deadline for receipt of materials to be considered is *December 16, 2014.* The subjects of the site should be relevant to Popular and American Culture. The criteria for judgment by the committee would include: Quality of research/scholarship, Use of hypertext/networking of electronic medium, Use of Supplementary/Secondary Materials, Contribution to Popular and American studies scholarship, Breadth of archived material, Ease of searching, Updatability For nominating sites for the PCA/ACA Best Electronic Reference Site award, please contact Paul Booth at pbooth(a)depaul.edu. In your nomination, please include the website address, the subject of the site, and contact information for the nominator/nominate. Self-nominations welcome. -- Paul Booth, PhD Associate Professor of Media and Cinema Studies/Communication Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604

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