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CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014 Doctoral Consortium
by Marcus Foth 31 Jul '14

31 Jul '14

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014: Doctoral Consortium November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark New EoI submission deadline: 15 August 2014 http://mab14.mediaarchitecture.org/doctoral-consortium/ The Doctoral Consortium at MAB is a full-day workshop on 20 November 2014. The colloquium session is primarily intended to highlight and confer around the work of research students, fellows and doctoral candidates working at the intersections of public space, digital media, socio-cultural analysis and theory, techno-artistic practices and critique. We welcome theoretical, analytical, and practice-based research. Researchers undertaking scholarly work at the PhD level are invited to take part in the Doctoral Consortium via the presentation of papers, work-in-progress and multimedia presentations (approximately 30 minutes in length). The Doctoral Consortium is free and open to other MAB delegates, too. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: * How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media * Social & Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture * Participatory Architecture & City Planning * Spatial Locative Media * Case Studies of Specific Projects * Future Trends & Prototypes * Media Facades & Urban Displays * Interaction Techniques & Interfaces * Critical & Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture * Design Processes & Methods 5 stipends of up to EUR 500 each are available for contributors to the doctoral consortium. These will be distributed according to financial need and quality of proposals. Please indicate that you wish to be considered for a stipend when you apply and list arguments for why you need the support. To apply to present your paper or presentation, please send an abstract of your study (max 500 words) to the Doctoral Consortium Chairs, Marcus Foth <m.foth(a)qut.edu.au> and Søren Pold <pold(a)cavi.au.dk>, with “MAB14-DC” in the subject line, by the extended deadline of 15 August 2014. If you are selected to participate in the Doctoral Consortium, you will be invited to submit a short paper (max. 4 pages, a template will be provided) by the extended deadline of 30 September 2014 that summarises either your overall research work-in-progress or a specific project that you are working on, as well as your questions and issues that you would like to discuss at the Doctoral Consortium. These papers will be included in the non-refereed part of the MAB 2014 conference proceedings. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: http://www.mab14.org Email: MABiennale(a)mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 Host: Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. Doctoral Consortium Chairs: Søren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) — Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Interactive & Visual Design, School of Design Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au – @UrbanInf – www.urbaninformatics.net CRICOS No. 00213J

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Gogle Faculty Research Awards
by Joly MacFie 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

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[Fwd: RFP on Implications of "Open Data"]
by Dan L. Burk 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Of possible interest. DLB ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [CyberProf] RFP on Implications of "Open Data" From: "Jennifer Urban" Date: Tue, July 29, 2014 7:27 am -------------------------------------------------------------------------- We are delighted to announce that Berkeley Center for Law & Technology and Microsoft will fund up to six projects (totaling $300,000) to explore the civil rights, human rights, security and privacy issues that arise from Open Data. This research may help ground public policy discussions and drive the development of a framework to avoid potential abuses of this data while encouraging greater engagement and innovation. The papers flowing from the RFP will be the focus of our spring 2015 Berkeley Journal for Law & Technology Symposium. The RFP is here: http://www.law.berkeley.edu/bcltopendata.htm Feel free to circulate this broadly. The RFP is broad enough to encompass thinkers from many different disciplines, including law, CS, economics, and statistics. All best, Jennifer -- Jennifer M. Urban Assistant Clinical Professor of Law Director, Samuelson Law, Technology & Public Policy Clinic UC-Berkeley School of Law http://ssrn.com/author=1788303 --++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**==--++**== -- School of Law University of California, Irvine 4500 Berkeley Place Irvine, CA 92697-8000

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Webology: Volume 11, Number 1, 2014
by Alireza Noruzi 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 11, No. 1 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS bi-annual journal, is published and available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 11, Number 1, 2014 TOC: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/toc.html This issue contains: ------------------------- Articles ------------------------- - The Information Service Evaluation (ISE) Model -- Laura Schumann, & Wolfgang G. Stock -- Keywords: Information services; Technology acceptance; Evaluation -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a115.pdf - A metatheory integrating social, biological and technological factors in information behavior research -- Leon James, & Diane Nahl -- Keywords: Discourse analysis; Constructionism; Information behavior; Technological affordances -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a116.pdf - The cataloging of virtual communities of educational thematic -- Roman Korzh, Andriy Peleschyshyn, Yuriy Syerov, & Solomia Fedushko -- Keywords: Virtual community; Higher Educational Institution; Catalog; Web; Educational web community; Socio-demographic characteristic; Internet -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a117.pdf - Content marketing through data mining on Facebook social network -- Saman Forouzandeh, Heirsh Soltanpanah, & Amir Sheikhahmadi -- Keywords: Social networks; Marketing; Data mining; Decision tree -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a118.pdf - Webometric analysis of Iranian medical universities according to visibility, size and rich files -- Roghaye Tafaroji, Iman Tahamtan, Masoud Roudbari, & Shahram Sedghi -- Keywords: Webometric; Visibility; University ranking; Web Impact Factor; Rich files; Iran; External inlinks; Size; Web sites -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a119.pdf - Non-users of Internet in the information society -- Marina Viktorovna Zagidullina -- Keywords: Internet-using; Non-users; Media-behavior; Russia, Provincialism; Surveys -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a120.pdf - Improvement of methodical approaches to higher schools' marketing activity assessment on the basis of internet technologies application -- Elizaveta E. Tarasova, & Evgeny A. Shein -- Keywords: Marketing activity; Higher schools; Internet technologies; Integral evaluation of assessment indicators; Quality indicators; Functioning indicators -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a121.pdf - Google Patents: The global patent search engine -- Alireza Noruzi, & Mohammadhiwa Abdekhoda -- Keywords: Google Patents; Patent analysis; Patentometric -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/a122.pdf ------------------------- Book Review ------------------------- - Visual indexing and retrieval -- Mohammadamin Erfanmanesh, & Elaheh Hosseini -- Keywords: Visual indexing; Image indexing; Image processing; Content indexing; Context indexing; Information retrieval -- URL: http://www.webology.org/2014/v11n1/bookreview24.pdf ------------------------- Call for Papers ------------------------- -- http://www.webology.org/callforpapers.html ================================== Best regards, Alireza Noruzi -------------------- Editor-in-Chief of Webology: Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Website: http://www.webology.org ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~ ~ Scientific knowledge is the result of the knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ~

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CeDEM Asia 2014
by Nathaniel Poor 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

c/o Marko Skoric, mskoric(a)cityu.edu.hk CeDEM Asia 2014, December 4-5th, 2014, Hong Kong Extended Submission Deadline August 10th, 2014 The International Conference on e-Democracy and Open Government Asia 2014 (CeDEM Asia 2014) aims to bring together researchers, policy-makers, industry professionals, and civil society activists to discuss the role of social and mobile media in the future of citizenship and governance, and to discuss ongoing research, best practices, and emerging topics that aim to shape the future of e-government, e-democracy and open government, in Asia and around the world. CeDEM Asia 2014 will be held at the City University of Hong Kong on December 4-5, 2014. The submitted papers will be subjected to a double-blind peer-review and accepted papers will be published in the open access conference proceedings. CeDEM Asia is a spin-off event of the renowned international conference series on e-democracy and open government taking place annually since 2011 at the Centre for E-Governance at the Danube-University Krems, Austria. For more information and submission instructions, please visit: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem-asia-14 ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. http://natpoor.blogspot.com/ https://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/

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CFP: journal issue on surveillance
by James Schwoch 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

CFP: special issue of Media and Communication on surveillance Further information: http://cogitatiopress.com/ojs/index.php/mediaandcommunication/pages/view/sp… James Schwoch Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies 2400 Campus Drive Evanston IL 60208 j-schwoch(a)northwestern.edu<mailto:j-schwoch@northwestern.edu> Brief description: Proposals are sought for article publication in Media and Communication for a special issue on surveillance. The deadline for abstracts is 10-15 November 2014, for completion of accepted papers 24-31 March 2015, and publication is scheduled for October 2015. We welcome contemporary and historical projects, research ranging from local to global issues, and interdisciplinary approaches. We aim to present work that will collectively address an international audience.

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New book: Symbolic Interaction and New Social Media
by Mark D. Johns 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Symbolic Interaction and New Social Media (Studies in Symbolic Interaction series, Volume 43), edited by Mark D. Johns (Luther College), Shing-Ling S. Chen (University of Northern Iowa), Laura A. Terlip (University of Northern Iowa) has just been published by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd. (UK). https://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0163-2396&volume=43 Contents: When McLuhan Met Simmel: Form is the Content, Medium is the Message Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (University of Northern Iowa), Mark D. Johns (Luther College) and Laura Terlip (University of Northern Iowa) >From Object to Flow: Network Sensibility, Symbolic Interactionism, and Social Media Annette Markham and Simon Lindgren (Umea University) Social Network Analysis for Facebook: Locating Cliques and Visualizing Sociability Jeffery Coons and Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (University of Northern Iowa) New Iowa School Redux: Second Life as Laboratory Michael Katovich (Texas Christians University) and Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (University of Northern Iowa) Mutable Selves and Digital Reflexivities: Social Media for Social Change in the Middle East and North America Victoria Ann Newsom (Olympic College) and Lara Lengel (Bowling Green State University) Structural Roles in Massively-Multiplayer Online Games: A Case Study of Guild and Raid Leaders in World of Warcraft J. Patrick Williams, David Kirschner, and Zahirah binte Suhaimi (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) (Re)Embodiment of the Digital Self and First Life Body in a New Social Media Environment: Paid Sex Work in Second Life Justin A. Martin (Southern Illinois University) Surfing to an Alternative Self: Internet Technology and Sexuality among “Married Straight Homosexual Men” Avi Shoshana (Bar-Ilan University, Israel) New Empirical Studies “The Wall is the City”: A Narrative Analysis of Vancouver’s Post-Riot “Apology Wall” Jennifer A.A. Lavoie, Judy Eaton, Carrie B. Sanders, Matthew Smith -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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Scholarship for Masters of International Politics of the Internet...
by Madeline Carr 29 Jul '14

29 Jul '14

Hi Everyone, I'd be grateful if you could spread the word about this scholarship we have available for our Masters of International Politics of the Internet here at Aberystwyth University in Wales. The deadline is tight - Friday, and there are certain restrictions on who can apply but it's a full scholarship and worth applying for. http://tiny.cc/92arjx Thanks! Madeline Dr. Madeline Carr Lecturer in International Politics and the Cyber Dimension Department of International Politics Aberystwyth University Penglais, Aberystwyth SY23 3FE Wales desk: +44 01970 621955 mobile: +44 (0)752 867 2088 email: madeline.carr(a)aber.ac.uk twitter: @MadelineCarr 2013 Teaching Through Technology Award 2014 Blackboard Exemplary Course Award

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IR15: Report on Lori's Daegu Visit
by Kendall, Lori 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

Come for the conference, stay for the patbingsu! Thanks to Professor Han Woo Park, the Daegu IR15 Local Organizing Committee, and especially the generosity of the Daegu Convention & Visitors Bureau, Program Chair Erika Pearson and I visited Daegu last week. As promised, I've provided a little travelogue of our visit on the conference website: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=274. (You can also find it under the Destination Daegu drop-down menu.) As part of our visit, we were able to visit all four of the hotels that are offering rooms at special rates for IR15 attendees, and I include information about those hotels in my report. We should have a hotel registration link up soon. Don't forget to register for the conference before the early bird date, August 31: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=142 Applications for Travel Grants are due July 31: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=245 Lori Kendall President, AoIR

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CFP: Queer Technologies in Communication
by Adrienne Shaw 28 Jul '14

28 Jul '14

*CALL FOR PAPERS* *Critical Studies in Media Communication* Special Issue: Queer Technologies in Communication Editors: Katherine Sender, University of Auckland, k.sender(a)auckland.ac.nz Adrienne Shaw, Temple University, adrienne.shaw(a)temple.edu Abstract deadline: 30 September 2014 Decisions on abstracts: 15 October 2014 First drafts due: 28 February 2015 Second drafts due: 31 July 2015 Final drafts due: 31 October 2015 Publication: April 2016 (Volume 33, issue 2) Communication and media scholars have productively engaged with the representation of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people in popular media. They have also investigated how LGBTQ people and communities connect via communication technologies. This special issue invites scholars to engage with a third framework for understanding intersections among gender, sexuality, and communication technologies: how can queer theory and queer methodologies complicate our understanding of communication technologies, their structures and uses, and the cultural and political implications of these? Papers might address topics that include: Historically and contemporarily, how do communication technologies create the possibilities for queer cultural production and consumption? In what ways do the design, structure, and underlying architecture of these technologies presume a gender normative or heterosexual subject? What would a queer design or queer restructuring of these technologies entail? What would a queer “hack” of communication technologies involve? How are queer and trans* lives particularly affected by surveillance technologies? How do big data organize assumptions about gender and sexual identities? How might queer and trans* people resist these normalizing forces? How do queer and trans* people use computer applications and technologies to navigate a world that is not necessarily built with them in mind? How are queer mobilities and transnational gender and sexual formations facilitated and/or hindered by communication technologies? We are interested in work that addresses a broad range of communication technologies including, but not limited to: radio, television, music, games, social networking sites, the internet, mobile phones, film, video, print media, computers, information systems, and so on. We also encourage authors to address the intersections of class, race, nationality, religion, and other structuring formations with gender and sexuality. Should you wish to discuss possible submissions, please email both special issue editors at the email addresses above. *About the Journal* *Critical Studies in Media Communication (CSMC) *publishes scholarship in media and mass communication written from a cultural studies and critical perspective. Research articles selected for publication make a substantial contribution to existing literature in media studies, provide novel theoretical insights that have the potential to stimulate further research, and serve as foundational contributions for debates within and beyond the field of communication. While each essay is well researched, primary emphasis is on the theoretical contribution the essay makes through the development of concepts, terms, and ideas that move the field in new and exciting directions. *Submission Details* Abstracts must be no longer than 500 words, and can be submitted as a Word document via email to adrienne.shaw(a)temple.edu with the subject head: “Abstract for special issue of CSMC.” Please make sure your name and the paper title is on the abstract itself, not only in the email. If accepted to be developed into full papers, all manuscripts must conform to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (6th edition, 2010). Full papers should not exceed 7,000 words including references, notes, figures, and tables. Shorter pieces will be considered. Essays significantly longer than 7,000 words may be returned.

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