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CfP ACADEMIC MINDTREK (EXTENDED 10/Aug): Academic MindTrek * GAMES, SOCIAL MEDIA, HCI, PERVASIVE MEDIA, eGOVERNMENT, MEDIA MANAGMENT & BUSINESS, HYBRID MEDIA *
by Artur Lugmayr 10 Jul '14

10 Jul '14

============================================================================================ ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2014 4th to 6th November 2014 Tampere, Finland In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, ACM SIGCHI, and iAMEA http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR SHORT PAPERS, POSTERS, DEMONSTRATIONS, EXTENDED ABSTRACTS AND WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: - 10th AUGUST 2014 TUTORIALS DUE ON: - 30th September 2014 *** published within the ACM digital library *** selected contributions will be published in high-level journals *** thematic areas: * Social Media * Ambient/Ubiquitous Media & Open Source * Business & Media * Human-Computer Interaction * Hybrid Media (new track!) * Digital Games * ICT & E-Government * Information Systems & Management in Creativity Industry (new track!) *** high level keynotes in the past and also this year: Steve Wozniak (Co-Founder, Apple Computers), David S. Cohen (Editor, Variety), Robert Neuman (Disney), Vili Lehdonvirta (University of Oxford), Keith Partridge, Tomi T. Ahonen (Consultant), Latif Ladid (IPV6 Forum), Beat Schwegler (Microsoft), Cinzia dal Zotto (Univ. of Neuchatel), Ari Ojansivu (Google), Ramine Darabiha (Rovio), Molly R?nge (Crowdculture), Slava Kozlov (Philips Design), Dave Nielsen (CloudCamp), Janne J?rvinen (F-Secure), Olavi Toivainen (Nokia), Herbert Snorrason (OpenLeaks), Tuija Aalto (YLE), Juha Kaario (Varaani), among many others *** stay Informed Questions: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/admin/academic-mindtrek-organizers/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/AcademicMindTrekConference/ Email: academic-mindtrek-chairs(a)listmail.tut.fi Submissions: http://www.academicmindtrek.org *** supported by MindTrek Association, City of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere University (UTA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), International Ambient Media Association (iAMEA) ============================================================================================ CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, DEMOS, WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS Conference Themes 1. Social Media - Business models, service models, and policies - Social media in innovation and business - Intra and inter organizational use of social media - Questions related to identity, motivation and values - Blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - Knowledge management and learning with social media - Experience management with social media - Crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - Enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - Evaluation and research methods of social media - Social media and community design - Benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient/Ubiquitous Media & Open Source - Applications utilizing ubiquitous technology - Ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - Next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - Art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - Context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive Internet, and smart daily objects - Personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - Ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - User positioning, location awareness - Augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - Device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections - Forms of openness: open source software, open standards, open content, open media, open Source hardware, and open access. - Establishment of an open source community - Practices on developing open source systems - Practices for maintaining a successful project - Open source processes and techniques - Differences on open source and closed source systems - Using open source in commercial context - Challenges of open source development - Teaching open source in academia and industry 3. Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management - Media politics: policy, practices, conception, and media regulation - Production technology: processes, and optimization - Business models: value chain/value net, revenue models, and product architecture - Strategic and operational Management of TIME Industries: Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment - Key data analytics: balanced scorecard, competition analysis, performance indicators, social media monitoring, google analytics. - Media use: patterns, engagement, and consumer experiences - Customer relationship management: communities & engagement 4. Human-Computer Interaction - User experience and experience design - Interaction design techniques and methods - User interaction and HCI design - Creativity, practices and innovation in HCI - Analysis, theories, and procedures in interaction design - Methods, systems, and toolkits supporting HCI - Human centered computing and understanding interaction - Interactivity methods - Designing for experience and interactivity - Design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive systems - Phenomena surrounding interactivity 5. Hybrid Media - Combining traditional media and new media - Enhancing printed material with digital and vice versa - Bridging digital and physical media - Interactive media with material components - Hybrid Experiences (combining digital & material etc.) - Connected toys and social objects - Role of traditional media within an internet of things - New methods of media personalization - Perceptive media - Interactive/smart packaging - Paper interfaces, sensitive paper and paper as a display - Interactive reading experiences - Touch enabled material 6. Digital Games - Theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - Analysis of player experience - Game design research - Economy and business models in the game industry - Innovation in and around games - Digital distribution of games - Online, mobile and cross-platform games - Social and casual games - Pervasive and ubiquitous games - augmented and altered reality games - Mobile and cross-media games - Gamification, fun ware and playful design - Player-created content 7. ICT & E-Government - M-government - Web 2.0 and e-government social network - E-government obstacles and challenges - E-government project failure - Future of e-government - Improving the public service efficiency and effectiveness - E-government in developing countries - Citizen?s technological limitations - ICT and democracy (e-Democracy agenda at e-government level) - Citizens' education and accessibility to ICT - exploiting the learning and communicative potential of emerging online tools - new media forms (games, blogs, wiki, G3 mobile communications 8. Information Systems & Management in Creativity Industry - Management, Marketing, Business Aspects and Strategic Importance of IT and IS&M in Creative eMedia Industries - New business models/new media products - Customer intelligence either in real-time / non-real-time - Consumer, Audience, Human-Computer-Interaction, and User Viewpoints: perception of media Content in systems - Understanding audiences, advertisement statistics, audience trends, and audience Preferences - Strategic Importance of IT and IS&M in Media, Big Data, Crowd, Open Data, Linked Data, Cloud Application, New Business Analytics, Information Visualization, Workflow Management. - IS&M as Basis of New Business Models of New Media Products, and Global Digital Production Pipelines Organizing Committee General Chair Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Program Chairs Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Track chair: Social Media Mike Friedrichsen, Humboldt School of Digital Management, GER Track chair: Ambient Media & Open Source Moyen Mustaquim, Uppsala University, SE Track chair: Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management Johanna Gr?blbauer, St. P?lten University of Applied Sciences (FH), AT Track chair: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Pauliina Tuomi, University of Turku, FIN Track chair: Digital Games Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Track chair: ICT & E-Government Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeleti, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Track chair: Hybrid Media Timo Nummenmaa, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Track chair: Information Systems & Management in Creativity Industry Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Panel Chair Jari Jussila, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Demonstrations & Poster Chair Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, UK Workshop & Tutorial Chair Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, UK Conference Manager and Local Arrangements Lester Lasrado, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN

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Introducing the E-Rhythms Data Sonifier (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 09 Jul '14

09 Jul '14

fyi Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ Faculty of Information (iSchool) University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $14 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 15:18:18 -0400 From: Jeffrey Boase <jeffrey.boase(a)ryerson.ca> Subject: Introducing the E-Rhythms Data Sonifier Dear friends and colleagues, As some of you may know, Ive been thinking about developing a tool for converting time-stamped data into rhythmic sound for some time now. The stars aligned when I met Jack Jamieson last summer. Jack has a background in sound engineering and coding, and he will be starting his PhD at the University of Torontos iSchool this fall. Jack has been leading the development of a sonification tool under my direction as part of my E-Rhythms project. This tool has been developed to explore patterns within calling and texting log data. However, it can be used to sonify many kinds of time stamped data, allowing users to flexibly setup a range of filters that can be assigned to multiple tracks. The E-Rhythms Data Sonifier is available for download here: http://www.ryerson.ca/~jboase/assets/e-rhythms-data-sonifier.dmg It currently requires Mac OS 10.7.3 or newer, but a Windows version is in the works. You will need to set your Mac to allow the use of apps downloaded from anywhere (System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General). We are now making this software public so please feel free to forward this message to others that may find this of interest. A more detailed description of the software is below. Warm regards, Jeff Jeffrey Boase Associate Professor School of Professional Communication Ryerson University http://www.ryerson.ca/~jboase/ ______________ About the E-Rhythms Data Sonifier The E-Rhythms Data Sonifier software allows you to listen to the rhythms contained within any time-stamped data. How does it work? The Data Sonifier works by counting the number of events that take place in a given period, and playing a sound to represent this number. You can choose the length of the period, which events to count, and how sound output should reflect this number (i.e., by adjusting pitch and/or volume). For example, if you choose one day (24 hours) as your sample period, you will hear one beat for every day. One a day with a large number of events, then sound will be more intense, and on with fewer events, it will be less intense (or even silent). Youll be able to hear rhythmic patterns on a daily schedule, such as whether activity is different on weekends or other days. Choosing a shorter sample period, such as one hour or fifteen minutes would allow one to identify rhythms on a finer scale (whether activity change around lunch time, in the evenings and so on). You can create rules that direct certain types of events to four distinct tracks. This allows you to compare rhythmic differences between these types of events. These rules are built according to whatever is already in your data, so no special formatting is required. Why Not Just Visualize Your Data? Sound and images are processed differently and may bring to our attention different aspects of the same data. Given that data exploration is subjective in nature, this sonifier was developed to provide another tool that might help researchers recognize patterns that may be less easily recognized when visualized. Doesnt Sonification Software Already Exist? It does. However, we were unable to find software that focuses mainly on the rhythmic aspects of data. We feel that rhythmic sonification is particularly well suited to understanding interactional data that occurs in short busts over time (e.g. mobile texting data). Moreover, we wanted to develop software that was simple to use for social scientists who might be unfamiliar with advanced aspects of sonification, but still want to explore their data using a sonification approach. Using your data In order to use your data with the Data Sonifier, all you have to do is save it as a .csv file. One column of the data must contain a time-stamp, and the data in the other columns can be used for setting up filtering rules. Formatting for the time stamp column must be consistent across all rows, and should follow one of the following structures: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM An example data file is included with the software so you can test it out before converting your data (Example data set.csv in the example data folder). Detailed instructions are in the ReadMe.docx file included with the software. Software Download http://www.ryerson.ca/~jboase/assets/e-rhythms-data-sonifier.dmg The software currently requires Mac OS 10.7.3 or newer, but a Windows version is in the works. You will need to set your Mac to allow the use of apps downloaded from anywhere (System Preferences -> Security & Privacy -> General). E-Rhythms Project Information http://www.ryerson.ca/~jboase/e-rhythms.html Questions and Suggestions If you have any questions about how to use the software or would like report bugs, please e-mail Jack Jamieson (jjamieso(a)ryerson.ca)

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IR15: Keynote and Plenary
by Erika Pearson 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Dear all We are very excited to announce our plenary and keynote events for IR15 in Daegu. More information on our speakers and other events can be found online at http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=86 . We look forward to seeing you in Daegu. Erika Pearson Program Chair Keynote Speaker: Jack Linchuan Qiu “Social Media on the Picket Line” Date: October 23, 2014 – 2-3.30pm Location: 7F (main hall) How do Chinese workers use social media during strikes? This talk provides a genealogy of working-class resistance via online tools (e.g., Weblog, QQ, Weibo) in China, “the world’s factory”. Through Raymond Williams’s framework of the dominant, the residual, and the emergent, it argues that social media on the picket is better understood as an enlarged ecology of new and old communication practices, among workers, NGOs, and activists. Most remarkable is the making of “worker-generated content (WGC)” during industrial strikes, where labor politics find their latest expression, online and off. The patterns of picket-line social media practices, their content and genres, and their consequences, will be examined and reflected upon. Jack Linchuan Qiu is associate professor at the School of Journalism and Communication, the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He researches on information and communication technologies (ICTs), class, globalization, and social change. He is the author of World Factory in An Information Era 信息时代的世界工厂 (Guangxi Normal University Press, 2013) and Working-Class Network Society (MIT Press, 2009). Some of his publications have been translated into German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean. He serves on the editorial boards of 10 international academic journals, including six indexed in the SSCI. He has also worked with several grassroots labor NGOs and provided consultancy services for various international organizations. http://ihome.cuhk.edu.hk/~b200167/ Plenary Panel Panelists: Jean Burgess (Queensland University of Technology) Jakob Linaa Jensen (Aarhus University) Daren C Brabham (University of Southern California) Sun Sun Lim (National University of Singapore) Date: October 22, 2014, 9-10.30am Location: 7F (main hall) This year, IR15 is going to open with a conversation, between researchers working in different areas and from different perspectives. The plenary panel will discuss what they feel are the interesting trajectories, the under-explored avenues, and the current boundaries we are facing as ‘internet’ researchers. The plenary is designed to spark new ideas and open up new directions as we explore the boundaries and intersections of internet research in our 15th year of IR conferences.

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Sexting expert
by Sharon Polsky 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Hello, Kelly, If the journalist is interested in the Canadian perspective, I’d be happy to speak with her/him. Thanks Sharon Polsky, MAPP President — Privacy and Access Council of Canada — Conseil du Canada de l’Accès et la vie Privée — PACC-CCAP.ca Direct: 403.254.4376 Give up, give in, or give it all you’ve got. Follow @PACC-CCAP to stay abreast of data protection, privacy, and information risk management laws, issues and trends. To change your contact preferences contact us at consent(a)pacc-ccap.ca or at Suite 330, Unit 440 | 10816 Macleod Trail SE | Calgary AB T2J 5N8 On Jul 8, 2014, at 4:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: Message: 5 Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2014 09:48:30 -0400 From: Kelly Boudreau <ac(a)aoir.org> To: aoir <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Seeking Expert Message-ID: <CAPZP47oHCS-sTtxoKA5nu=eFN5PiRB7eyNkg4JJC9gpDyVHUdg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 We have recently been contacted by a journalist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who is writing a story on sexting and is looking to speak with an expert in this area. If you are interested in talking with him, please contact me directly and I will make the connection. Sincerely, Kelly Boudreau, Association Coordinator Association of Internet Researchers

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Revisiting Critical GIS - short meeting at Friday Harbor
by Jim T 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Hi all, While this may not seem immediately appropriate, this meeting is *very much *meant to appeal to a diverse set of scholars studying related topics in interesting ways. Please feel encouraged to apply! Best, Jim Revisiting Critical GIS The rapid development and dissemination of digital geospatial technologies, datasets, and practices raise questions about how various arguments of 'critical GIS' remain as relevant as ever, require rejuvenation, or have run their course. Drawing in part on such developments, but also on enthusiasm for the digital humanities and on new materialist and even speculative realist currents of thought within social and cultural theory, the prospects for a renewed engagement between critical human and quantitative geographies appears more hopeful today than they have for some time (Barnes 2009). This forum provides a venue within which participants can think through these and other issues collaboratively, emerging with fresh ideas and perspectives to bring to research and teaching. To this end, the 2+ day format will blend pre-planned and collaboratively organized sessions. Four sessions have been organized around broad themes that touch upon recent discussions in the cognate literatures. Each participant will be associated with one of these planned sessions and will co-organize its content and format with others. Additionally, there are three periods scheduled for collaboratively formed sessions (collective or break-out) that emerge from the discussions at the conference. The event will be held from later on Friday, October 17th to the morning of Monday, October 20th at the University of Washington’s Friday Harbor Laboratories on San Juan Island <https://depts.washington.edu/fhl/>. Day 0 (Friday) Afternoon / evening arrivals, welcome event Dinner Note: Ferry/flight schedules tend to be such that one needs to arrive at this time in order to be present for the critical first sessions in the morning. Day 1 (Saturday) Breakfast Session 1: Getting to know one another: who we are, why we’re here, and what we want to do Session 2: The story so far: critical GIS, GIScience, and 'not only... but also' Lunch Session 3: Hybrids: Critical Quantification and Digital Humanities Session 4: Collaborative session I (Collective or break-out) Dinner Collaboration and creativity Day 2 (Sunday) Breakfast Session 5: Corporatization of spatial information and our response Session 6: What tools? What theory? Lunch Session 7: Collaborative session II (Collective or break-out) Session 8: Collaborative session III (Collective or break-out) Dinner Collaboration and creativity Day 3 (Monday) Breakfast Session 9: Concluding Session: Paths Forward Departure Given the nature of this event, the number of participants will be limited to fewer than thirty, with a firm aim towards inclusivity (including, but not limited to academic seniority; students, early career faculty, and #alt-ac are strongly encouraged to participate). Would-be participants should submit a short prospectus (300 word maximum). The prospectus should address what the participant hopes to do at the gathering and muse about what s/he hopes might emerge in the time beyond--a forward-looking aspirational piece, rather than a description of previous works. Prospectuses are due August 1, 2014 and successful applicants will be informed by September 1, 2014. Please submit your prospectus via email to revisitingcritgis(a)gmail.com. The cost of attendance is estimated to be approximately $345 for faculty and $225 for students, meals and shared accommodations included. Confirmation of costs will be provided at time of acceptance. Limited support may be available to assist graduate student attendance. Please apply and we will try to make a solution work. Organizing Committee Luke Bergmann, University of Washington Jim Thatcher, University of Washington - Tacoma David O’Sullivan, University of California - Berkeley Jeremy Crampton, University of Kentucky Sarah Elwood, University of Washington Reuben Rose-Redwood, University of Victoria Nadine Schuurman, Simon Fraser Matt Wilson, University of Kentucky References Barnes TJ. 2009. Not Only... But Also: Critical and Quantitative Geography. The Professional Geographer 61, 1442-54.

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Partners & Sponsors for IR15 in Daegu, Korea
by Michael Zimmer 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Dear AoIR community: As treasurer, I wanted to take a moment to thank — in advance — our partners and sponsors that are helping make IR15 a reality in Daegu, Korea. These organizations have helped defray the growing costs of holding successful events, and they have shown a commitment to ensuring AoIR’s conferences remain affordable and accessible to a range of students and scholars. Some have supported AoIR for multiple conferences! Local Sponsors + Daegu Convention and Visitors Bureau + Korea Tourism Organization Primary Partners + UIUC Graduate School of Library and Information Science + Singapore Internet Research Centre Major Partners + Microsoft Research + UI-Chicago Department of Communication Supporting Partners + University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Information Studies Sponsors + Syracuse University School of Information Studies If anyone would like information about how their institution could help support IR15, please feel free to contact me directly for more information. Michael Zimmer Treasurer, AoIR -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Associate Professor, School of Information Studies Director, Center for Information Policy Research University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu w: www.michaelzimmer.org

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Seeking Expert
by Kelly Boudreau 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

We have recently been contacted by a journalist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution who is writing a story on sexting and is looking to speak with an expert in this area. If you are interested in talking with him, please contact me directly and I will make the connection. Sincerely, Kelly Boudreau, Association Coordinator Association of Internet Researchers

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MECCSA: “Theorizing Digital Divides
by Massimo Ragnedda 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Dear Colleagues, Glenn W. Muschert and I are proposing a panel on “Theorizing Digital Divides” for the Media, Communication and Cultural Studies Association (MECCSA) conference that will be hold at Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK), in January 2015. If you are not familiar with this association or conference, there is more information here: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/conference/. We plan to propose one or more panel session(s) at MECCSA on the topic of “Theorizing Digital Divides,” which we intend to use as point(s) of departure for an edited volume on the same topic. The intention is to create panels as an opportunity for colleagues to present their papers, and of course to have the opportunity to meet in person. We intend the panel(s) not merely as sets of talks with limited interaction among panelists, but rather as interactive opportunities for us to examine our common theme. The aim is to promote lively dialogue among experts, and to offer a venue for fruitful and satisfying discussion of how we theorize digital divides. Each session is 90 minutes, and in order to increase the interaction with the audience, we will make every attempt to limit the number of participants for each session. The final number of sessions will depend on the number of participant, and we will try to avoid parallel session in order to increase the interactivity and the discussion. As we mention, we also plan an edited volume on the topic of Theorizing Digital Divides, and we anticipate the conference sessions on this theme as a point of departure for that project. The deadline for us to propose a panel at the conference is the 1 September 2014. Therefore, if you would like to participate in the MECCSA this conference, we request that you please send us the details of the authors/participants and a brief abstract of 150-200 words. We would need to receive proposals to contribute to the MCCSA by 10 August 2014 at the latest (emailed to Massimo Ragnedda – ragnedda(a)gmail.com and Glenn Muschert – muschegw(a)MiamiOH.edu) One point that might be obvious, however which perhaps bears clarification, is that participation in the MCCSA conference panel does not imply, nor is it contingent upon, final acceptance of a manuscript for the proposed volume on theorizing digital divides. While the MECCSA panels and the planned volume may complement one another, they are nonetheless separate projects. In particular, acceptance for publication in the edited volume will require successful peer and editorial review prior to publication. We mention this simply to be clear, and to avoid any potential confusion. In organizing a number of session at the same conference, it is ultimately our intention to provide venues for those interested in digital divide studies. In all, we hope to have a number of sessions which will be of interest to you and other scholars, and we will be happy to bring together numerous innovative and dynamic scholars. For now, please feel welcome to be in contact if you have any questions or concerns. With best regards, Massimo Ragnedda (Northumbria University, UK) ragnedda(a)gmail.com Glenn Muschert (Miami University, USA) muschegw(a)MiamiOH.eduo _______________________________ Massimo Ragnedda Senior Lecturer in Mass Communication Northumbria University (Newcastle, UK) mragnedda.wordpress.com http://notizie.tiscali.it/opinioni/Ragnedda/184/ skype: massimo.ragnedda http://northumbria.academia.edu/MassimoRagnedda Twitter: @massimoragnedda

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reminder: Disability and Social Media (Edited collection, abstracts due 15 July 2014)
by Mike Kent 08 Jul '14

08 Jul '14

Dear colleagues, The closing date for the below cfp is nearing Call for Papers CFP: Disability and Social Media (Edited collection, abstracts due 15 July 2014) Disability and Social Media edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent Internet Studies, Curtin University Social media is popularly seen as an important media for people with disability in terms of communication, exchange and activism. These sites potentially increase both employment and leisure opportunities for one of the most traditionally isolated groups in society. However, the offline inaccessible environment has, to a certain degree, been replicated online and particularly social networking sites. For example, despite recognized benefits of social inclusion for people with disabilities, Scott Hollier notes the continuation of inaccessibility in social media in his report Sociability: Social Media for People with a Disability: ...all of the popular social media tools remain inaccessible to some degree. Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, blogging websites and the emerging Google+ all feature limited accessibly, denying many consumers with disabilities the opportunity to participate in social media. Fortunately, users have often found ways around the accessibility barriers such as alternative website portals, mobile apps, additional keyboard navigation shortcuts and online support groups. This is a rich source of expertise, and social media users with disability continue to find creative ways to access the most popular platforms. (Hollier 2012) Although Hollier paints a dreary picture regarding accessibility in social media, his report holds much scope for optimism, as do we. Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives yet the impact on people with disabilities has gone largely unscrutinised. This collection will explore the opportunities and challenges social media represents for the social inclusion of people with disabilities. The book will be published as part of Ashgate's Interdisciplinary Disability Studies series Some suggested topics (which are by no means exhaustive): * Activism * Communication * Community creation * Leisure/Entertainment/ Socialising * Creating new types of representation * Web/media literacy * Mashups * Education * Social Network specific case studies We are particularly interested in chapter proposals that explore social networks popular outside the Anglosphere Submission procedure: Potential authors are invited to submit chapter abstract of no more than 500 words, including a title, 4 to 6 keywords, and a brief bio, by email to both Dr Mike Kent <m.kent(a)curtin.edu.au<mailto:m.kent@curtin.edu.au>> and Dr Katie Ellis <katie.ellis(a)curtin.edu.au<mailto:katie.ellis@curtin.edu.au>> by 15 July 2014. (Please indicate in your proposal if you wish to use any visual material, and how you have or will gain copyright clearance for visual material.) Authors will receive a response by 15 August 2014, with those provisionally accepted due as chapters of no more than 6000 words (including references) by 15 November 2015. About the editors: The editors are from the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University. Dr Katie Ellis is Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Internet Studies at Curtin University. Her research focuses on disability and the media extending across both representation and active possibilities for social inclusion. Her books include Disability and New Media (2011 with Mike Kent), Disabling Diversity (2008), Disability, Ageing and Obesity: Popular Media Identifications (2014; with Debbie Rodan & Pia Lebeck), Disability and the Media (2015; with Gerard Goggin), and Disability and Popular Culture (2015). Dr Mike Kent's research focus is on people with disabilities and their use of, and access to, information technology and the Internet. His other area of research interest is in higher education and particularly online education, as well as online social networking platforms. His edited collection An Education in Facebook? Higher Education and the World's Largest Social Network was released in May 2014 through Routledge.

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CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014 Doctoral Consortium
by Marcus Foth 07 Jul '14

07 Jul '14

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014: Doctoral Consortium November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark 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 1 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 30 August 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) -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au – @sunday9pm – http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J

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