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ICA Workshop CFP: Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies
by Richard Denny Taylor 14 Oct '14

14 Oct '14

Administrative v. Critical Research: Implications for Contemporary Information Policy Studies An ICA pre-conference co-hosted by the Journal of Information Policy, the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the LINKS-ICORE project at the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the ICA Communication Law and Policy Division Tensions, disagreements, differences and disputes of both a methodological and theoretical nature have always been an attribute of communication policy studies. One of the major contributions to this debate is Paul Lazarsfeld's seminal piece "Remarks on Administrative and Critical Communication Research."* The Journal of Information Policy ( <http://www.jip-online.org> www.jip-online.org) the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State, the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science, the LINKS-ICORE project at the Department of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and the ICA Communication Law and Policy Division are holding a pre-conference in which the relevance of the distinction between "administrative" and "critical" scholarship in light of Lazarsfeld's analysis will be tested when applied to today's information society and the research questions contemporary information policy raises. The Journal will publish a special issue dedicated to the 75th anniversary of this essay in 2016. The pre-conference will be held on May 21, 2015 at one of the two ICA hotels in San Juan. Administrative research, according to Lazarsfeld, which takes its name from the corporate or government funding that supports it, emanates from the notion that the media are "tools handled by people or agencies for given purposes" and therefore the studies themselves focus on making the "tool(s) better known, and thus to facilitate (their) use." Critical research, on the other hand, is guided by the notion that "the general role of our media of communication in the present social order should be studied." Lazarsfeld saw "administrative" research as being focused on questions such as "Who are the people exposed to different media? What are their specific preferences? What are the effects of different methods of presentation?" and "critical" research as asking a different set of questions, such as "How are these media organized and controlled? How, in their institutional set-up is the trend toward centralization, standardization and promotional pressure expressed? In what form, however disguised, are they threatening human values?" Administrative research, explains Lazarsfeld, is criticized for solving only "little problems, generally of a business character, when the same methods could be used to improve the life of the community if only they were applied to forward looking projects related to the pressing economic and social problems of our time." Critical research, however, is opposed by those who believe "that so much of its effort is spent on what might be called 'showing up' things, rather than fact-finding or constructive suggestions." Self-described as one "whose interests and occupational duties are in the field of administrative research," Lazarsfeld called for the development of critical policy research, since he believed it could "contribute much in terms of challenging problems and new concepts." Contemporary society stands, 75 years later, at the same crossroads. The media may have changed, they have assumed new names, they are "digital" and "social", interactive and mobile; however, the social challenges they raise are similar. While media are accessible as never before, the divide among their users is more complex, and on many more levels, than could have been fathomed three quarters of a century ago. The increased pace of technological change also implies that it has become more difficult to undertake the sort of anticipatory "reimagining" of media potentialities with which critical research was tasked. Instead, many of the most radical innovations capitalizing on the affordances of new technologies are taking place in entrepreneurial contexts. Governments, ideologically disinclined or unable to undertake regulation preemptively (as witnessed in the net neutrality debates), are allowing greater play for market forces in media environments. Is there a role for critical research in this new scenario? Further, many policy issues now go well beyond the boundary of nation-states and need to be addressed at the international, the regional or even the global levels. Would a debate originated in the U.S. context shed light on those issues in the age of networked power and global governance? What direction is communication policy research taking? Is it driven by researchers focused on the "tools" or on the context in which the tools are used? What kinds of research should drive policy? How can media researchers, who now have access to vastly improved sources of data and research methods, compared to those in Lazarsfeld's time, most effectively conduct administrative research? What ethical questions are raised by the use of consumer data for administrative research? Should research focus on understanding the media of communications, what they are capable of doing and what their effects may be, or should it focus on the social implications of access or lack of access to these media? This Call for Papers invites submissions that identify the tension between administrative and critical research as it pertains to information and communication policy studies in both national and global contexts. Submissions may focus on, but are not limited to, addressing the following questions: . What are the normative foundations of administrative research? . Can administrative research ethically inform information policy? . How can policy research be made more democratic? . What, if any, is the role of the moral imagination in policy research? . Can empiricism/positivism engage ethical/moral values? . How can scholarly policy researchers (of any kind) avoid being compromised by the dominant agents of influence? . Should critical research have a greater presence in forums directed to administrative research? . Can critical scholarship inform policy? . Is critical scholarship utilized enough by policymakers? . What is and what should be the relationship of social activism to scholarship? . What current policy issues heighten the tension between administrative and critical research? Case studies, which combine these questions with specific examples of contemporary policy issues, are encouraged as well. Abstracts of between 400-500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be sent to <mailto:pennstateiip@psu.edu> pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by December 19, 2014. Please write IIPCLAPWS: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Abstracts not sent according to the above instructions will not be reviewed. Authors will be notified of their acceptance before January 14, 2015. Up to 8 abstracts will be accepted to the workshop and full papers are expected by May 14, 2015. Each paper will be assigned a respondent, and discussed at length at the workshop in order to help the author develop a paper to be submitted to the Journal of Information Policy. Authors presenting at the pre-conference will be invited to submit their completed papers for review in a special issue of the Journal of Information Policy ( <http://www.jip-online.org/> www.jip-online.org) to be published in 2016 highlighting the 75th anniversary of Lazarfeld's essay. Now in its 5th year, the JIP is an open-access peer-reviewed journal dedicated to timely policy research that addresses contemporary challenges and connects researchers to policymakers. This pre-conference is the 10th workshop of the "Making Policy Research Accessible," project organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State. * Lazarsfeld, P. (1941). Remarks on administrative and critical research. Studies in Philosophy and Social Science, 9, 2-16.

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need free Linkedin downloadable datasets repositories.
by Babiga Birregah 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

hi everyone, I am wondering if someone can recommend me some relevant and free Linkedin downloadable datasets repositories. Thanks a lot for your insight best regards -- -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Sciences et Technologies pour la Maîtrise des Risques Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation University of Technology of Troyes

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CFP-ISCRAM 2015 24-27 Kristiansand, Norway
by Andrea H. Tapia 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

ISCRAM 2015: 12th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response & Management "Getting Ready for the Unexpected" 24-27 May 2015, Kristiansand, Norway http://iscram2015.uia.no<http://iscram2015.uia.no/> ISCRAM 2015 has two major deadlines: NOVEMBER 21, 2014 Long Papers (archival) Panel Proposals Tutorial Proposals Workshop Proposals JANUARY 30, 2015 Short Papers Demos Posters Doctoral Consortium Because of the tight schedule, these deadlines are firm. Please see http://iscram2015.uia.no<http://iscram2015.uia.no/> for full calls for each submission venue, including modifications to the Long and Short Papers formats. LONG & SHORT PAPER TRACKS (more details: http://iscram2015.uia.no/?page_id=518) Network Theory Analytical Modelling & Simulation Planning, Foresight & Risk Analysis Ethical, Legal & Social Issues Geospatial Data & Geographical Information Science Command & Control Studies Human-Cented Design & Evaluation Social Media Studies Community Engagement Decision Support Systems Practitioner Cases and Practitioner-Centred Research Researching Crisis: Methodologies Serious Gaming Understanding Collaborative Work Practices ... plus an Open Track to field other submissions CONFERENCE CHAIRS: Tina Comes & Bjørn Erik Munkvold PAPERS: Monika Buscher, Amanda Hughes and Leysia Palen WORKSHOPS: Jose Gonzalez & Jan Håvard Skjetne DEMOS: Ole-Christoffer Granmo & Morten Wenstad PANELS: Jose Gonzalez and Victor A. Bañuls TUTORIALS: Ole-Christoffer Granmo POSTERS: Christian Webersik DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM: Julie Dugdale

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Call For Chapters: Economic Development of Turkey
by Shefali Virkar 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

FYI. -------- Original Message --------Subject:Call For Chapters: Economic Development of TurkeyDate:Wed, 8 Oct 2014 16:43:57 +0300From:Bryan Christiansen <nobel2035a(a)gmail.com> <nobel2035a(a)gmail.com>To:Shefali Virkar <shefali.virkar(a)politics.ox.ac.uk> <shefali.virkar(a)politics.ox.ac.uk> Dear Colleagues: Please find below the Call For Chapters link for the upcoming book, *Comparative Economics and Regional Development of Turkey*: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1501 We seek Editorial Board members as well as Chapter Contributors, so please distribute this link throughout your network at your earliest convenience due to the time factor involved. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Regards, Bryan Christiansen Chairman PRYMARKE, LLC 9408 Bellevue Road Battle Creek, Michigan 49014 USA Cell: +90-549-680-1080 (Turkey) Michigan Corporate ID: E42528 D-U-N-S #: 965461531 http://prymarkell1.wix.com/global

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Announcing DOCAM 2015 -correction
by Scifleet, Paul 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

I would like to briefly update the early DOCAM ¹15 posting with a correct link to the conference website and big thank you to those who notified me about the broken URL, now corrected, with apologies for double posting. Please reserve the date and visit our website: http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/conferences-and-seminars/docum ents-unbounded/about-conference Announcing DOCAM 2015: ³Documents unbounded² The 12th annual international Conference of the Document Academy The Document Academy¹s 12th annual meeting, DOCAM ¹15 will be taking place from July 20-22, 2015 at the University of Technology¹s Broadway campus in Sydney, Australia. It will be the first DOCAM to be held in the antipodes! So, put the dates in your diary and prepare for a visit to Australia to explore the conference theme of ³Documents Unbounded². The international Document Academy conference provides a unique multidisciplinary space for reporting experimental and critical research on the concept of the document and documentation in the widest sense. Participants draw on scholarly traditions and experiences from the arts, humanities, social sciences, education, and natural science, and come from fields as diverse as information, media, museum, archives, culture, and science studies. In 2015 we will come together under the theme of ³Documents Unbounded² to examine the challenges ahead, as our understanding of data, documents, records, artefacts, evidence and memory, form in the continuously changing landscape of new media and communications. The Document Academy, commenced as a co-sponsored initiative of Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley has grown into a truly international event. In 2015, two Australian universities and their information programs will co-host the 12th annual meeting of the Document Academy (DOCAM). They are the IKM and Digital Studies Program University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and School of information Studies at Charles Sturt University (CSU). For more information about the conference and the call for proposals, visit the DOCAM¹15 website at http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/conferences-and-seminars/docum ents-unbounded/about-conference Join us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/docam2015 and follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/docam2015 Conference Co-Chairs: Paul Scifleet, Maureen Henninger (UTS) and Mary Anne Kennan (CSU). The DOCAM Chairs can be contacted by Email: docam2015(a)gmail.com Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia http://www.csu.edu.au The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Numbers: 00005F (NSW), 01947G (VIC), 02960B (ACT)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Charles Sturt University in Ontario http://www.charlessturt.ca 860 Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: www.peqab.ca Consider the environment before printing this email.

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[JVWR] Call for Issue Editor - Assembled 2015
by Tzafnat Shpak 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

[image: Journal of Virtual Worlds Logo] <http://jvwresearch.org/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Annou…> Call for a Guest Editor of JVWR Assembled Issue 2015 October 05, 2014 At the beginning of every year we publish a special *Assembled issue* that includes the best of all the papers submitted during the precedent year and are not designated for a topical issue. We are now looking for a prime guest editor and co-editors (can be a group) to manage the process for 2015. There are already more than 10 papers in our publishing system. This is a great opportunity to influence the state of our field. Please *reply by Nov 1, 2014* to info(a)jvwresearch.org with a short CV and a cover letter listing your publishing and editing experience. If you have colleagues who may be interested in becoming an editor or a co-editor, please feel free to forward this call further. This is also a good opportunity for a reminder of #theJVWR always open call for new updated research papers. Looking forward to hearing from you, Thankfully, *Tzafnat Shpak* Coordinating Editor, The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research <http://www.jvwresearch.org?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+An…> tzafnat.shpak(a)jvwresearch.org *[image: Like Call for Issue Editor - Assembled 2015 on Facebook] <http://us2.campaign-archive2.com/?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=a78f1528bc…>* © 2014 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research All rights reserved.

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Announcing DOCAM 2015
by Scifleet, Paul 12 Oct '14

12 Oct '14

On behalf of the DOCAM Conference Committee for 2015 and the host institutions, Charles Sturt University (CSU) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS), I am very pleased to announce DOCAM 2015: ³Documents unbounded² The 12th annual international Conference of the Document Academy. Please follow the links below or see the attached announcement for further details. Pick up your pens and commence writing, I look forward to seeing you all in Sydney, Australia next July. Paul Scifleet. ______________________ The Document Academy¹s 12th annual meeting, DOCAM ¹15 will be taking place from July 20-22, 2015 at the University of Technology¹s Broadway campus in Sydney, Australia. It will be the first DOCAM to be held in the antipodes! So, put the dates in your diary and prepare for a visit to Australia to explore the conference theme of ³Documents Unbounded². The international Document Academy conference provides a unique multidisciplinary space for reporting experimental and critical research on the concept of the document and documentation in the widest sense. Participants draw on scholarly traditions and experiences from the arts, humanities, social sciences, education, and natural science, and come from fields as diverse as information, media, museum, archives, culture, and science studies. In 2015 we will come together under the theme of ³Documents Unbounded² to examine the challenges ahead, as our understanding of data, documents, records, artefacts, evidence and memory, form in the continuously changing landscape of new media and communications. The Document Academy, commenced as a co-sponsored initiative of Program of Documentation Studies, University of Tromsø, Norway, and the School of Information, University of California, Berkeley has grown into a truly international event. In 2015, two Australian universities and their information programs will co-host the 12th annual meeting of the Document Academy (DOCAM). They are the IKM and Digital Studies Program University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) and School of information Studies at Charles Sturt University (CSU). For more information about the conference and the call for proposals, visit the DOCAM¹15 website at http://ww.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/conferences-and-seminars/docume nts-unbounded <http://www.uts.edu.au/partners-and-community/conferences-and-seminars/docu ments-unbounded> Join us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/docam2015 and follow us on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/docam2015 Conference Co-Chairs: Paul Scifleet, Maureen Henninger (UTS) and Mary Anne Kennan (CSU). The DOCAM Chairs can be contacted by Email: docam2015(a)gmail.com Dr Paul Scifleet Research Fellow in Information Studies School of Information Studies Charles Sturt University NSW, Australia Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia http://www.csu.edu.au The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Numbers: 00005F (NSW), 01947G (VIC), 02960B (ACT)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Charles Sturt University in Ontario http://www.charlessturt.ca 860 Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: www.peqab.ca Consider the environment before printing this email.

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Berkman Center for Internet & Society Call for Fellowship Applications
by Joly MacFie 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

http://www.hastac.org/opportunities/berkman-center-internet-society-call-fe… The Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University has opened its annual call for fellowship applications. This opportunity is for those who wish to spend the 2015-2016 academic year in residence in Cambridge, MA as part of Berkman's community of pioneers, and who seek to deeply engage in the collaborative, cross-disciplinary, and cross-sectoral exploration of some of the Internet's most interesting, challenging, and compelling issues. Applications will be accepted through Friday December 12, 2014 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- 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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New book on Digital Media
by Andrew White 11 Oct '14

11 Oct '14

Digital Media and Society: Transforming Economics, Politics and Social Practices By Andrew White Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. 240 pages. Hardcover/paperback/e-book: http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/digital-media-and-society-andrew-white/… http://www.amazon.co.uk/Digital-Media-Society-Transforming-Economics-ebook/… Reviews "White has provided a ground-breaking examination of the implications of digital media for the fundamental workings of society. Its international perspective makes this new classic required reading for any serious student of media in the age of global and digital communication." - John Pavlik, Rutgers, USA "In his new book, Andrew White takes the bird's eye view of digital media. He carefully guides us through the theoretical minefields opened up by the networked world: identity politics, the distinction between private/public, the democratic state, economics, surveillance, and other key concepts. White appears a reliable guide who knows how to strike a balance between complexity and elucidation, between argument and exposition, between summary and probe. I am confident this book will be very useful for students and faculty alike. It addresses poignant issues in a clear voice." - José van Dijck, University of Amsterdam, and author of The Culture of Connectivity(2013) Summary Referencing key contemporary debates on issues such as surveillance, identity, the global financial crisis, the digital divide and Internet politics, this book is a critical intervention in discussions on the impact of the proliferation of digital media technologies on politics, the economy and social practices. Divided into three parts, the first highlights the way in which digital media challenges normative conceptions of the public sphere and discusses this in relation to the creation of new forms of knowledge through the digitization of scholarly resources and the impact of digital media on traditional conceptions of identity. The second part focuses on the digital economy, emphasizing the opportunities it affords through the creative industries, as well as the threat posed by the computerization of the financial industry, and the third part focuses on uses of digital media through a number of case studies relating to online reading, the new social movements, surveillance and the developing world. Andrew White Associate Professor of Creative Industries & Digital Media Director of Research for the Faculty of Arts & Education The School of International Communications The University of Nottingham Ningbo China andrew [dot] white [at] nottingham [dot] edu [dot] cn http://ningbo.academia.edu/AndrewWhite Sent from my iPhone

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Just out: The Allure of the Selfie by Brook Wendt
by Geert Lovink 10 Oct '14

10 Oct '14

http://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/no-08-the-allure-of-the-selfie-… INC Network Notebooks #08 The Allure of the Selfie--Instagram and the New Self Portrait by Brooke Wendt Order a free copy of the print book by filling out the form below. If you want to order different INC titles at once, please go to Order INC publications. About the publication: Over 130 million images with the hashtag ‘selfie’ have been uploaded to the social media platform Instagram. In The Allure of the Selfie: Instagram and the New Self-Portrait, Brooke Wendt examines the significant hold that the ‘selfie’, or the digital self-portrait, has over self and society. Media theorist Vilém Flusser observed that society could become programmed to snap pictures for the sole benefit of cameras, as though under a ‘magical spell’, if photographs continued to be undecoded. Wendt examines this magical spell by analyzing users’ self-portraits on Instagram, one of the most popular contemporary platforms for image production. Marshall McLuhan’s reframing of the Narcissus myth elucidates the allure of the selfie. McLuhan notes that Narcissus was numb to his mirror image and did not recognize his reflection as his own – he thought his image was that of another. As though unaware that we are looking at ourselves, we quickly become numb to our selfies, taking numerous pictures of ourselves without hesitation. It is the promise of pluripotentiality that fascinates us; however, we are also perpetually tempted and trapped by the notion of creating an ideal self with digital tools such as filter and hashtag functions. In the five essays comprising The Allure of the Selfie: Instagram and the New Self-Portrait, Brooke Wendt thus questions the changing nature of identity and the self-portrait in the age of Instagram. About the author: Brooke Wendt is a visual culture critic, photographer, and curator. She holds a BFA in Photography from Kendall College of Art and Design (Grand Rapids, Michigan) and an MA in Critical Theory and Creative Research from Pacific Northwest College of Art (Portland, Oregon). Currently, Brooke Wendt works as a strategic researcher in the design strategy field and questions the purposes of new technologies. Network Notebooks editors: Geert Lovink and Miriam Rasch. Design: Medamo, Rotterdam http://www.medamo.nl. ePub developer: André Castro. Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam. Supported by: Amsterdam Creative Industries Publishing, University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam), Stichting Democratie en Media, and Pacific Northwest College of Art. Order free copies for classes etc. here: http://networkcultures.org/publications/order-inc-publications/ Brooke Wendt, The Allure of the Selfie: Instagram and the New Self Portrait. Network Notebooks 08, Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam, 2014. ISBN 978-90-822345-1-0.

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