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Looking for the data about google's market share in the search engine market
by Sung Wook Ji 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi everyone. This is my first post to Air-L. I've been trying to find the data about the market share of Google in the search engine market. Can anyone let me know where can I find the country-specific Google's market share in the search engine market (from 2007 to 2012)? Thank you Best regards, Sung Wook Ji Visiting Assistant Professor Dept. of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media Michigan State University

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qual/quant and all that
by Barry Wellman 08 May '14

08 May '14

I am disappointed in the implicit assumption that folks are either qual or quant. When I had influence in the Toronto Sociology dept, I helped lead the way to ensure all grad students took a basic stats course and a basic ethnography course. They don't have to use both, but they have to be literate readers of both, and not shy away from use in fear or ignorance. I continue to think it is the only way forward for serious IR scholarship Barry Wellman, who was doing "mixed methods" before it was called that. _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab FRSC INSNA Founder Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. 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 ________________________________________________________________________

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New book: Open Standards and the Digital Age
by Andrew Russell 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi everyone - I’m writing to add my voice to the chorus of our colleagues who, following list custom, have proudly/sheepishly announced the publication of their books! My own book is now available: Andrew L. Russell Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks (Cambridge University Press, 2014) available in paperback, hardcover, and e-book formats http://www.arussell.org/open How did openness become a foundational value for the networks of the twenty-first century? Open Standards and the Digital Age answers this question through an interdisciplinary history of information networks that pays close attention to the politics of standardization. For much of the twentieth century, information networks such as the monopoly Bell System and the American military's Arpanet were closed systems subject to centralized control. In the 1970s and 1980s, however, engineers in the United States and Europe experimented with design strategies to create new digital networks. In the process, they embraced discourses of "openness" to describe their ideological commitments to entrepreneurship, technological innovation, and participatory democracy. The rhetoric of openness has flourished - for example, in movements for open government, open source software, and open access publishing - but such rhetoric also obscures the ways the Internet and other "open" systems still depend heavily on hierarchical forms of control. Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Ideological origins of open standards I: telegraph and engineering standards, 1860s–1900s 3. Ideological origins of open standards II: American standards, 1910s–1930s 4. Standardization and the monopoly Bell System, 1880s–1930s 5. Critiques of centralized control, 1930s–1970s 6. International standards for the convergence of computers and communications, 1960s–1970s 7. Open systems and the limits of democratic design, 1970s–1980s 8. The Internet and the advantages of autocratic design, 1970s–1990s 9. Conclusions: open standards and an open world. I hope you enjoy it! If anyone is interested in a review copy, please contact me or Frances Bajet (fbajet(a)cambridge.org) Best regards, Andy --------------------------------------------------------------------- Andrew L. Russell, Ph.D. Director, Program in Science & Technology Studies Associate Professor, History College of Arts & Letters Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 t. 201-216-5400 || f. 201-216-8245 arussell(a)stevens.edu || @RussellProf www.stevens.edu/cal/sts || www.arussell.org Open Standards and the Digital Age: History, Ideology, and Networks (Now available from Cambridge University Press, Amazon.com, and elsewhere)

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CFC: Workshop: Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming the Story? University of Bergen 28-29 August 2014
by Jill Walker Rettberg 08 May '14

08 May '14

Workshop: Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming the Story? University of Bergen 28-29 August 2014 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND CONTRIBUTIONS In december 2012, a one-day workshop Exploring Paratexts in Digital Contexts was organized at the University of Bergen by the Digital Culture Research Group. The point of departure of this first workshop was paratextual theory as it was first articulated by Gérard Genette in 1987 (Seuils / English translation Paratexts. Thresholds of Interpretation 1997). This event was followed by the book Examining Paratextual Theory and its Applications in Digital Culture edited by Nadine Desrochers and Daniel Apollon (forthcoming Spring 2014). These two initiatives have revealed a strong interest in the academic community for appraising the potential and limits of paratextual theory in digital culture. The Digital Culture and Electronic Literature Research Groups at UiB invite potential contributors and attendants to a new workshop Pasts, Presents and Futures of Paratext in Digital Culture: Is Paratext Becoming the Story? The goal of this workshop is to share ongoing research on paratextual devices, functions and strategies in digital culture and brainstorm about new research opportunities. The participants will explore further how paratext and related concepts may contribute to a better understanding of the nature and function of digital objects. KEYWORDS paratextual theory, paratext, digital culture, digital objects, digital literacy, multiliteracy, multimedia, digital content, electronic literature, digital art, remediation, digital materiality, ebooks, text technology, metadata, markup. HOW TO CONTRIBUTE TO THIS WORKSHOP? The submission and acceptance of an abstract is required. Attending participants without presentation are also welcome. This workshop is opened to all interested. Feel free to spread this call to whom may be interested. REGISTRATION INFO Organizer : Digital Culture Research Group and Electronic Literature Research Group Dpt. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies Faculty of Humanities University of Bergen , Norway Workshop Advisory Committee Nadine Desrochers, UdeM, EBSI, Montréal Scott Rettberg, UiB Digital Culture Patricia Tomaszek, UiB Digital Culture Jill Walker Rettberg, UiB Digital Culture Daniel Apollon, UiB Digital Culture Date Workshop start: 28 August 2014 09H00 Workshop end: 29 August 2014 13h00 Location: University of Bergen , Humanities Faculty, HF-bygget, Sydnesplassen 7, 5007 Bergen, Norway Participation is open to: Participants with accepted abstract Participants only interested in attending the workshop Contributions welcomed : - Short oral presentation of maximum 20 minutes followed by a 10 minute discussion (abstract between 300 and 800 words). - Book or chapter presentation by author(s) or editor(s) of maximum 15 minutes followed by a 5-minute discussion (required: book description maximum one page and /or copy of brochure in PDF format). - Presentation of resources, metadata tools and technologies 20 minutes followed by a 10-minute discussion (abstract between 300 and 800 words). Cost : Participation in the workshop is free to all. Participants will cover their own travel and lodging expenses. Food and beverages will be provided during the workshop. A dinner will be offered by the University of Bergen to contributing participants Thursday evening 28 Review form: Submitted abstracts will be reviewed for acceptance by the Workshop Advisory Committee. To register to the workshop: 1. Download the workshop package at : https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4MkGfaDvQfxVXZqZzBOQklJMlE&usp=sha… 2. Email your registration form and your abstract (two MS Word documents) to Daniel.Apollon(a)uib.no DEADLINE June 5, 2014 IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for abstract submission : 5 June Notification of acceptance: 20 June Preliminary program: 21 June Final registration of attending non-contributing participants: 7 August Arrival of participants: 27 August Workshop start: 28 August 09h00 Workshop end: 29 August 13h00 Business meeting(for those who would like to discuss future research collaboration):29 august 15h00-17h00 CONTACT : Daniel Apollon Digital Culture Research Group Dpt. of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies University of Bergen Postal address: PB 7805, 5020 BERGEN, Norway Office address: Room 349, HF-bygget Sydnesplassen 7, 5007 Bergen Phone: +47 55 58 24 27 Mobile: (+47) 480 45 347 Email: Daniel.Apollon(a)uib.no

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Asking for readings about Digital Life
by radian ye 08 May '14

08 May '14

Hi, everyone. I'm preparing for a course about "digital life". Can you recommend me some books/papers/online materials? Especially focusing in the following perspectives: 1) human behavior, everyday life and information society 2) the growing importance of ICTs, social and environmental capital in profiling the competitiveness of cities, in other words, smart home and smart city Thanks in advance. ------------------------------- WeiMing YE School of Humanities & Social Sciences B402 Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School University Town, Nanshan District Shenzhen 518055, P. R. China TEL: 86-755-26032170

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CFP -
by Charles Ess 08 May '14

08 May '14

Dear AoIRists, On behalf of the conference organizers - please distribute as you judge best. - charles ess == Call for Papers INAUGURAL VOX-POL CONFERENCE: VIOLENT ONLINE POLITICAL EXTREMISM: SETTING A RESEARCH AGENDA¹ WHEN: August 28 August 29, 2014 a WHERE: King¹s College London The VOX-Pol Network of Excellence (NoE) is an EU-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of Violent Online Political Extremism and responses to it. The inaugural VOX-Pol conference will be held at King¹s College London on 28-29 August 2014, and will feature panels and papers describing and discussing cutting-edge research on violent extremism and the Internet, and addressing frontiers in social science methodologies for this research. The conference will include hands-on workshops on using free/open-source software packages for social network analysis, content analysis, and data collection. Perspectives from any academic discipline are welcome, particularly: communications, computer science, cultural studies, information science, international relations, internet studies, law, media studies, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. The following topics are of particular interest: - - Online radicalisation; - - The Internet and recruitment into violent political extremist groups; - - Methodologies for terrorism-related Internet research; - - Network analysis and violent online political extremism; - - The content and functioning of violent political extremist Internet forums; - - The role of video in violent online political extremism; - - Children/youth, violent extremism, and new media; - - Women/gender, violent extremism, and new media; - - Sexual orientation, violent extremism and new media; - - Case studies of particular groups¹ use of new media (e.g. al-Qaeda and related, FARC, Hamas, Hizbollah, dissident Irish Republicans, Neo-Nazis, etc.); - - Case studies of the manifestation(s) and workings of violent political extremism on specific online platforms (e.g. Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, YouTube, etc.); - - Policy/legislative responses to violent online political extremism; - - Critical responses to research on, reporting of, and governmental responses to the conjunction of violent extremism and the Internet; - - Ethical issues surrounding online extremism-related research. - We welcome papers or panel proposals in all these areas, particularly where they report significant new results. Innovative methodological papers are especially welcome. Authors of individual papers should submit a 300-word abstract at our proposal submission page, https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vope2014 by 16 May 2014. Panel proposals should include a 200-word abstract and confirmed list of min. 3 panelists.A selection of papers will be considered for publication in the journals Policy and Internet, and Perspectives on Terrorism. Deadlines - Abstract deadline: 300 words to be submitted by 16 May 2014 - Registration: from 14 April 2014 - Decision on abstracts: 16 June 2014 - Registration Deadline: 14 August 2014 no on-site registration - Early bird registration deadline: 13 July 2014 Travel Funding The conference organisers are able to provide a number of travel grants for PhD students, early career researchers, end-users, and colleagues from the developing world. Support may be requested for registration fees, transportation, and accommodation. Further details will be provided when decisions are made on selected papers. For more information, visit http://www.voxpol.eu <http://www.voxpol.eu/>; for conference-related queries, email conference(a)voxpol.eu. Dr. Maura Conway Senior Lecturer in International Security School of Law and Government Dublin City University Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Tel. +353 1 700 6472 E-Mail. maura.conway(a)dcu.ie Skype. galwaygrrl Twitter: @galwaygrrl Website: http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Conway,_Maura.html ********** VOX-Pol Project on Violent Online Political Extremism Website: http://www.voxpol.eu <http://www.voxpol.eu/> Twitter: @VOX_Pol

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Re: [Air-L] The review process for IR15
by sava saheli singh 07 May '14

07 May '14

hi, long time lurker, second time reviewer. I enjoyed reviewing the papers this year, as I did last year. a possible solution to being presented with a paper that doesn't quite fit in with keywords that we specified or our comfort level with qual vs quant might be a system by which we can send the paper back with a comment on why we couldn't or didn't want to review it, and a recommendation on who might be better suited to review it - in terms of expertise required. hope that helps, sava On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:00 PM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. EAGER Workshop live on HASTAC (Marco Toledo Bastos) > 2. Now Available: Kids on YouTube (Patricia Lange) > 3. Re: The review process for IR15 (Deller, Ruth A) > 4. Re: The review process for IR15 (Jeremy hunsinger) > 5. MOOD-Y call for submissions EXTENDED (Paulus, Trena M) > 6. CFP for Workshops co-located with Hypertext 2014, deadline > May 23rd (Denis Parra) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 00:11:20 +0100 > From: "Marco Toledo Bastos" <herrcafe(a)gmail.com> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] EAGER Workshop live on HASTAC > Message-ID: <015801cf68b7$54e52140$feaf63c0$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear AoIR?ers, > > > > HASTAC is organizing a workshop focusing on the impact of social networks > on scholarly research. The full day workshop will be held on May 28 in the > PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge at Duke University. The morning session will > be live streamed over the internet, but if you happen to be in the area > make sure to register on Eventbrite: > > > > https://www.eventbrite.com/e/eager-conference-tickets-11358969985 > > > > Feel free to pass this on to graduate students and faculty who may be > interested and able to participate in the workshop. > > > > Best, > > Marco Bastos > > -- > > Postdoctoral Fellow > > NSF EAGER Grant > > mtabastos(a)hastac.org > > hastac.org/collections/eager > > > > > > http://www.hastac.org/events/eager-conference-may-28-2014 > > > <http://www.hastac.org/events/eager-conference-may-28-2014> > > EAGER Conference MAY 28, 2014 | HASTAC > > The National Science Foundation awarded HASTAC the EAGER grant to allow > for extensive data mining of HASTAC data. The website includes over 200MB > in SQL tables with individual and institutional information of scholars. > > <http://www.hastac.org/events/eager-conference-may-28-2014> Read more... > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 5 May 2014 16:17:22 -0700 (PDT) > From: Patricia Lange <pglange(a)yahoo.com> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Now Available: Kids on YouTube > Message-ID: > <1399331842.57540.YahooMailNeo(a)web165003.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > > Dear Colleagues, > ? > Following others? leads, I?m announcing the publication of my > new book, Kids on YouTube: Technical Identities and Digital Literacies > (Left > Coast Press, 2014). If you?d like to write a review let me know! The book > describes what kids learn (and what they don?t) when they hang out on the > ?Tube. > Please feel free to pass along to interested colleagues! > ? > Book description is here: https://www.lcoastpress.com/book.php?id=500 > ? > Henry Jenkins did a multi-part blog interview series with > me: > Part one: > > http://henryjenkins.org/2014/03/kids-on-youtube-an-interview-with-patricia-… > Part two: > > http://henryjenkins.org/2014/03/kids-on-youtube-an-interview-with-patricia-… > Part three: > > http://henryjenkins.org/2014/03/kids-on-youtube-an-interview-with-patricia-… > Part four: > > http://henryjenkins.org/2014/03/kids-on-youtube-an-interview-with-patricia-… > ? > Table of Contents > Chapter 1? Introduction: > Ways With Video | 8 > Chapter 2? Video-Mediated > Friendships: specialization and Relational expertise | 32 > Chapter 3? Girls > Geeking out on YouTube | 63 > Chapter 4 ?Mediated > Civic engagement | 97 > Chapter 5? Video-Mediated > Lifestyles | 126 > Chapter 6? Representational > ideologies | 157 > Chapter 7? On being > self-Taught | 189 > Chapter 8? Conclusion > | 216 > Appendix: Studying YouTube: An ethnographic Approach | 231 > ? > Best regards, > ? > Patricia G. Lange > Assistant Professor > Critical Studies > California College of the Arts > plange(a)cca.edu > ? > Editor-in-Chief > The CASTAC Blog > http://blog.castac.org > ? > Websites: > http://www.cca.edu/academics/faculty/plange > http://www.patriciaglange.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 09:29:00 +0000 > From: "Deller, Ruth A" <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk> > To: list list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] The review process for IR15 > Message-ID: > <D613DA7973AF0E4985AF66F86C4A09F8F919BF40(a)kidney.hallam.shu.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Just to contribute to the discussion as someone who didn't submit this > year (I had surgery the day before deadline - all your awwws here plsthnx) > but has been accepted and reviewed the past couple of years and who also > reviewed this year: > > As others have noted about their experiences, I had one paper in > particular I didn't feel was really in my comfort zone as a reviewer this > year. I am not sure what the conftool system allows for but I think it'd > be great if we were able to review according to discipline and not just > topic. For example, one of my selected topics is something suitably vague > like 'social networking' - which is great if someone's done a lovely > qualitative analysis of discourse or user opinions etc - I am all over > that. But if I was sent a really complicated stat-heavy analysis of social > media algorithms or something (this hasn't happened thankfully) I would > have no clue what to do with it! Interdisciplinarity is great when we get > there but to ensure it is interdisciplinary, it probably would be good if > familiarity with disciplinary approaches and framing was part of the review > process... > > ...which also leads us back to the short paper format. I found it easier > this year to work with than last year having gotten more used to it - but > it's still difficult to assess the quality of scholarship and ideas based > on something that is an uncomfortable halfway house between an abstract and > a paper - I know some people like it, but maybe multiple submission > formats would work - and reviewers could choose which format they reviewed? > Possibly messy to administer, but maybe it would help the problem of > trying to make one approach work for all disciplines? > > Ruth > > > > ________________________________________ > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] > on behalf of Radhika G [gradhika2012(a)gmail.com] > Sent: 04 May 2014 14:33 > To: Jill Walker Rettberg > Cc: list list > Subject: Re: [Air-L] The review process for IR15 > > we do open review at ADA: Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology which > I co-edit with Carol Stabile. > > http://fembotcollective.org > > I can talk to you about how that's going sometime via google hangout if you > like and put you in touch with Carol and the terrific ADA editorial team. > > r > ___ > > Radhika Gajjala > http://www.cyberdiva.org > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Jill Walker Rettberg < > Jill.Walker.Rettberg(a)lle.uib.no> wrote: > > > Congratulations and condolences to everyone who's just received > > acceptances and rejections for their IR15 papers and panels. I got one of > > each (hooray for our pre-conference selfie workshop!) - and I was hoping > to > > renew the (sorry, I know kind of exhausting) discussions about how an > ideal > > review process would look. > > > > First, thank you to the organisers for seeing through a very complicated > > process - and getting the notifications out on time, too! I genuinely > > appreciate that it is a HUGE job organising a conference, and that there > > probably is no perfect system - especially in a radically > > cross-disciplinary conference like this. I'm also program chair for > another > > conference next year and obviously would like to make sure that the > > reviewing process for that goes as well as possible. > > > > My main disappointment was that the two papers I was assigned to review > > weren't in my area of expertise. I think I made the mistake of checking > > "digital humanities" among the list of topics and methodologies I could > > review and I got two papers that had that in their keywords but had > > absolutely nothing to do with digital humanities at all. I thought that > was > > pretty disappointing, especially since I know many people in the > humanities > > didn't get humanities reviewers, and there I was, a humanist reviewing > > statistical and sociological methods. Not optimal at all. > > > > I would prefer an open review process, though I realise traditional blind > > review might be easier (due to familiarity?) and for an open process > you'd > > have to find ways to avoid people just voting for their friends or people > > they know of. There are systems for this though, aren't there? And you > > could even still have semi-blind review where authors were anonymised. > > > > If that's not going to happen, at the least I think tracks (perhaps > > especially for the humanities) or, better, allowing reviewers to bid for > > papers they would like to review (based on the titles or perhaps title + > > abstract) would make sense. It's such a waste to use me to review > > statistics and have ethnographers reviewing literary/textual analysis, > and > > that can be avoided with bidding. I think Easychair.org allows this. Also > > it's really fun as a reviewer to see the titles of ALL the proposed > papers. > > You really get an idea of the field as a whole. I don't see any reason > why > > that should be secret. > > > > Anyway, in the interest of openness, and because rejection is part of > > being an academic and one we tend to pretend never happens, I posted my > > rejected proposal and the reviews it received here: > > http://jilltxt.net/?p=3963 along with some thoughts about the process > > both of being a reviewer and of receiving reviews. There are also some > > interesting comments from others in the Facebook thread I posted here > > (because nobody comments on blogs anymore) > > https://www.facebook.com/jill.rettberg/posts/510785413159 > > > > I'd really like to hear other peoples' experiences with the process and > > ideas for how to set up an ideal reviewing process for a > cross-disciplinary > > conference. > > > > Jill > > > > > > Jill Walker Rettberg > > Professor of Digital Culture > > Dept of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies > > University of Bergen > > Postboks 7800 > > 5020 Bergen > > > > + 47 55588431 > > > > Blog - http://jilltxt.net > > Twitter - http://twitter.com/jilltxt > > > > My latest book, Blogging (2nd ed), is available from Polity: > > http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745663648 > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 07:50:48 -0400 > From: Jeremy hunsinger <jhunsinger(a)wlu.ca> > To: "Deller, Ruth A" <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk> > Cc: list list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] The review process for IR15 > Message-ID: > < > CALCDE-LeyGpoX25V+kHR3yXeJTY+zDR_z48qhOHd-CXApkMrQA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > In that regard rather than discipline, it might be good just to have a > click for click for 'statistics' which would allow better review of > those abstracts. There are plenty of people in AoIR that are > statistic's capable though, and no one is required to do a review that > they do not want to do or can't do, so all they would have to do now > is to send those back to the conference organizer and they would be > reassigned. > > On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 5:29 AM, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk> > wrote: > > Just to contribute to the discussion as someone who didn't submit this > year (I had surgery the day before deadline - all your awwws here plsthnx) > but has been accepted and reviewed the past couple of years and who also > reviewed this year: > > > > As others have noted about their experiences, I had one paper in > particular I didn't feel was really in my comfort zone as a reviewer this > year. I am not sure what the conftool system allows for but I think it'd > be great if we were able to review according to discipline and not just > topic. For example, one of my selected topics is something suitably vague > like 'social networking' - which is great if someone's done a lovely > qualitative analysis of discourse or user opinions etc - I am all over > that. But if I was sent a really complicated stat-heavy analysis of social > media algorithms or something (this hasn't happened thankfully) I would > have no clue what to do with it! Interdisciplinarity is great when we get > there but to ensure it is interdisciplinary, it probably would be good if > familiarity with disciplinary approaches and framing was part of the review > process... > > > > ...which also leads us back to the short paper format. I found it > easier this year to work with than last year having gotten more used to it > - but it's still difficult to assess the quality of scholarship and ideas > based on something that is an uncomfortable halfway house between an > abstract and a paper - I know some people like it, but maybe multiple > submission formats would work - and reviewers could choose which format > they reviewed? Possibly messy to administer, but maybe it would help the > problem of trying to make one approach work for all disciplines? > > > > Ruth > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] > on behalf of Radhika G [gradhika2012(a)gmail.com] > > Sent: 04 May 2014 14:33 > > To: Jill Walker Rettberg > > Cc: list list > > Subject: Re: [Air-L] The review process for IR15 > > > > we do open review at ADA: Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology > which > > I co-edit with Carol Stabile. > > > > http://fembotcollective.org > > > > I can talk to you about how that's going sometime via google hangout if > you > > like and put you in touch with Carol and the terrific ADA editorial team. > > > > r > > ___ > > > > Radhika Gajjala > > http://www.cyberdiva.org > > > > > > On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Jill Walker Rettberg < > > Jill.Walker.Rettberg(a)lle.uib.no> wrote: > > > >> Congratulations and condolences to everyone who's just received > >> acceptances and rejections for their IR15 papers and panels. I got one > of > >> each (hooray for our pre-conference selfie workshop!) - and I was > hoping to > >> renew the (sorry, I know kind of exhausting) discussions about how an > ideal > >> review process would look. > >> > >> First, thank you to the organisers for seeing through a very complicated > >> process - and getting the notifications out on time, too! I genuinely > >> appreciate that it is a HUGE job organising a conference, and that there > >> probably is no perfect system - especially in a radically > >> cross-disciplinary conference like this. I'm also program chair for > another > >> conference next year and obviously would like to make sure that the > >> reviewing process for that goes as well as possible. > >> > >> My main disappointment was that the two papers I was assigned to review > >> weren't in my area of expertise. I think I made the mistake of checking > >> "digital humanities" among the list of topics and methodologies I could > >> review and I got two papers that had that in their keywords but had > >> absolutely nothing to do with digital humanities at all. I thought that > was > >> pretty disappointing, especially since I know many people in the > humanities > >> didn't get humanities reviewers, and there I was, a humanist reviewing > >> statistical and sociological methods. Not optimal at all. > >> > >> I would prefer an open review process, though I realise traditional > blind > >> review might be easier (due to familiarity?) and for an open process > you'd > >> have to find ways to avoid people just voting for their friends or > people > >> they know of. There are systems for this though, aren't there? And you > >> could even still have semi-blind review where authors were anonymised. > >> > >> If that's not going to happen, at the least I think tracks (perhaps > >> especially for the humanities) or, better, allowing reviewers to bid for > >> papers they would like to review (based on the titles or perhaps title + > >> abstract) would make sense. It's such a waste to use me to review > >> statistics and have ethnographers reviewing literary/textual analysis, > and > >> that can be avoided with bidding. I think Easychair.org allows this. > Also > >> it's really fun as a reviewer to see the titles of ALL the proposed > papers. > >> You really get an idea of the field as a whole. I don't see any reason > why > >> that should be secret. > >> > >> Anyway, in the interest of openness, and because rejection is part of > >> being an academic and one we tend to pretend never happens, I posted my > >> rejected proposal and the reviews it received here: > >> http://jilltxt.net/?p=3963 along with some thoughts about the process > >> both of being a reviewer and of receiving reviews. There are also some > >> interesting comments from others in the Facebook thread I posted here > >> (because nobody comments on blogs anymore) > >> https://www.facebook.com/jill.rettberg/posts/510785413159 > >> > >> I'd really like to hear other peoples' experiences with the process and > >> ideas for how to set up an ideal reviewing process for a > cross-disciplinary > >> conference. > >> > >> Jill > >> > >> > >> Jill Walker Rettberg > >> Professor of Digital Culture > >> Dept of Linguistic, Literary and Aesthetic Studies > >> University of Bergen > >> Postboks 7800 > >> 5020 Bergen > >> > >> + 47 55588431 > >> > >> Blog - http://jilltxt.net > >> Twitter - http://twitter.com/jilltxt > >> > >> My latest book, Blogging (2nd ed), is available from Polity: > >> http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745663648 > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >> > >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > >> http://www.aoir.org/ > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 15:27:43 +0000 > From: "Paulus, Trena M" <tpaulus(a)utk.edu> > To: "Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org" <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] MOOD-Y call for submissions EXTENDED > Message-ID: > <4E0A039660057645950E27692F7EF9CD3B053945(a)kmbx2.utk.tennessee.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > International Symposium: MOOD-Y (Micro-Analysis Of Online Data in York) > The deadline for submissions has been extended to 14th May, 2014 > University of York, UK, 14-15 July, 2014. > The analysis of online social behaviours is a vital aspect of contemporary > social science, and it is important that large-scale data analysis is > complemented by the detailed, qualitative analysis of interaction > processes. Through themed presentations of empirical research and > methodological processes on the first day, as well as researcher-led > collaborative data workshops on the second day, the MOOD-Y symposium will > provide a space for developing the theory and methodology of > interaction(al) analysis of online social behaviour. > The symposium will be appropriate for a range of participants, from > specialists in particular analytic perspectives (such as Conversation > Analysis, multimodality, Critical Discourse Analysis and cognate areas) to > qualitative researchers interested in developing their analytic skills in > relation to online data. A substantial aim for the symposium is to further > develop an already flourishing interdisciplinary and international network > of scholars who share an interest in the analysis of online interactional > processes. > The symposium is free to attend and has four invited keynotes > > * William Gibson, Institute of Education, University of London. > Topic: Questions, Methodologies, and Key Debates in the MicroAnalysis of > Online Data > > > > * Wyke Stommel, Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands. Topic: > Comparing chat and phone interaction > > > * Trena Paulus, University of Tennessee, USA, Jessica Lester, > Indiana University, USA. Topic: A critical review of CA and DP applications > in CMC contexts: Methodological implications. > > > * David Giles, The University of Winchester, UK. Topic: The vexed > questions of violation and vulnerability. The problems and paradoxes of > 'privacy', and the terror of Tweets, traceability, and truth claims. > > Call for papers and participation > We invite 200-500 word proposals for papers that address the qualitative, > micro-analytic examination of online data in all its forms, including > audio, video and other textual materials. The proposals may deal with > either theoretical or methodological issues relating to this area, and may > include the use of perspectives such as conversation analysis, forms of > discourse analysis, multimodal analysis. > Some indicative paper topics include: > > * Methods for studying interaction in social media (both > synchronous and asynchronous) > > * Using techniques from conversation analysis, discourse analysis > and other forms of interactional analysis to investigate online data > > * Challenges in applying methodologies developed for speech to the > study of interaction through text, images and video > > * Developing methodologies for specific data formats (e.g. > discussion threads; comment fields; music compositions; video contributions) > > * Use of new technologies for data collection, management, > analysis and representation > > * Reports on the findings of an empirical study of online > interaction > > * Discussion of the ethical issues of domain access and data > gathering > > * The relevance of the online/offline divide for the study of > online communities > > * Situating microanalytic techniques within broader research > frameworks > > Proposals should be emailed in Word or PDF format to both Darren Reed ( > darren.reed(a)york.ac.uk<mailto:Darren.reed@york.ac.uk>) and Will Gibson ( > w.gibson(a)ioe.ac.uk<mailto:w.gibson@ioe.ac.uk>) by the 14th May, 2014. > Proposals should include a title, a 200-500 word abstract, as well as the > name, institutional affiliation, email address and contact telephone number > of the presenter(s). If there is more than one author or presenter named on > the abstract please indicate which is the correspondence author. > The symposium will be hosted at the University of York and will be > organised over two days with keynote presentations on each of the days. > Registration is free. > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 17:51:22 -0400 > From: Denis Parra <denisparra(a)gmail.com> > To: "SOCNET(a)lists.ufl.edu" <SOCNET(a)lists.ufl.edu>, > Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org, SIGWEB-MEMBERS(a)listserv.acm.org, > IRList(a)lists.shef.ac.uk, CHI-ANNOUNCEMENTS(a)listserv.acm.org > Subject: [Air-L] CFP for Workshops co-located with Hypertext 2014, > deadline May 23rd > Message-ID: > < > CAH-4Yj7CcKAN_axj238bRbec2y7qP0VvfpinLMY888EmDq0Tbg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Apologies for cross posting > > ==================================================================== > CALL FOR PAPERS - 4 Workshops co-located at Hypertext 2014 > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Important Dates: > ** Submission Deadline: May 23rd 2014 (23:59 Chile Time) > ** Notification of Acceptance: Jun 6, 2014 > > ** Final Papers Due: Jul 6, 2014 > > ** Workshop date: September 1, 2014 > ==================================================================== > DataWiz: Workshop on Data Visualization. > Martina Deplano, University of Turin, Italy. > Andr? Panisson, ISI Foundation, Italy. > Giancarlo Ruffo, University of Turin, Italy. > Web page: http://datawiz2014.di.unito.it/ > > Abstract: > DataWiz aims at bringing together an interdisciplinary audience (e.g. > computer and cognitive scientists, designers, data journalists), in order > to discuss tools, models and metaphors useful to understand and explain > input or output data through advanced graphical user interfaces. In fact, > interacting with data by means of intriguing visual representations, that > can eventually be accessed from the Web, is a fundamental approach to > accurately present scientific findings in an appealing way. The aim is to > leave to the observer (likely an expert of the domain) the task of > exploring complex phenomena, without the pain of dealing with issues such > as data complexity and overload of information. This workshop focuses on > both scientific and information visualization, and discussions of best > practices and innovative approaches are welcome. > > ==================================================================== > LinkQS: Workshop on Linking The Quantified Self. > Amon Rapp, Universit? di Torino, Italy. > Frank Hopfgartner, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Germany. > Till Plumbaum, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Germany. > Bob Kummerfeld, University of Sydney, Australia. > Judy Kay, University of Sydney, Australia. > Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center Hannover, Germany. > Web page: http://linkqsws.wordpress.com/ > > Abstract: > Quantified Self tools help users to collect their data, aggregate them > through some forms of reasoning, and feed them back through data > visualizations. Although the current spread on the market of these kinds of > tools, many issues arise in their usage. Looking at diverse fields of > research, such as User Modeling, Web of Things and semantic web it is now > possible to imagine to overcome some of these issues. This workshop aims to > discuss the new opportunities that arise from these research fields. > > ==================================================================== > SP 2014: Workshop on Social Personalization. > Peter Brusilovsky, University of Pittsburgh, USA. > Leandro Balby Marinho, Federal University of Campina Grande, Brasil. > Denis Parra, Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica, Chile. > Eliana Scheihing, Universidad Austral, Chile. > Christoph Trattner, Know-Center, Austria. > Web page: http://columbus.exp.sis.pitt.edu/sp2014/ > > Abstract: > For the Social Personalization workshop, we aim to attract researchers from > all over the world working in the fields of User Modeling, Personalization > and Recommendations where the social context plays a fundamental role. This > topic is important because it involves leveraging new sources of > information that are specific for social systems such as shared items and > tags, user public profiles, social connections, and logs of user social > activities in order to improve people's information access in a wide > variety of tasks and across different devices. These social information > sources offer social personalization systems a chance to compensate for the > lack of information and structure that is used by traditional > personalization technologies ranging from recommender systems to > E-learning. The goal of this workshop is to share and discuss research that > goes hopefully beyond classic personalization techniques, trying to > capitalise potentially useful information available in social data for > paving the way to more efficient personalized information access > technologies. > > ==================================================================== > WLT 2014: Workshop on Hyperlinking in the Web of Linked Things. > Carlos Buil-Aranda, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Chile. > Federica Cena, University of Torino, Italy. > Ilaria Torre, University of Genoa, Italy. > Web page: http://wlt.dibris.unige.it > > Abstract: > The Web is now evolving from a mere network of connections among virtual > content and data to a network of connections among real things and objects. > In such new emerging Web, hyperlinks are consequently changing their > nature. They can now connect very different kinds of resources that are > real world things, data and documents; moreover they can be typed, i.e. > they can describe the kind of relationship between the resources they > connect, following the Linked Data principles. This workshop aims to > discuss the new issues that arise from the rapid changes in this research > field. > > ==================================================================== > > Denis Parra > Assistant Professor, CS Department > School of Engineering, PUC CHile > http://denisparra.github.io > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 118, Issue 6 > ************************************* >

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Looking for literature on trigger warnings
by Deller, Ruth A 07 May '14

07 May '14

Hi all - can anyone point me in the direction of any literature on trigger warnings in online communities, blogs etc? I'm writing something about regulation of practice in different online comms and negotiations around trigger warnings are a key part of some of the sites involved. Thanks Ruth

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DePaul University/Communication - One year position Documentary/Digital Communication
by Paul Booth 07 May '14

07 May '14

*Sorry for crossposting - may be of interest to some. Please pass along to any interested parties!* *The College of Communication at DePaul University seeks applicants for a one-year, Instructor Position in Documentary and Digital Communication to begin in September 2014.* The faculty member will teach courses in the College’s undergraduate and graduate programs in Media and Cinema Studies and potentially within the Digital Communication and Media Arts graduate program. Ideal candidates will have the ability to teach courses in both media studies and production. In particular, we seek candidates who can develop and teach courses in documentary studies, with digital or documentary production experience a plus. In addition, the candidate must also have expertise in digital communication and/or media ethics. The successful candidate will join a dynamic, diverse, and growing faculty. Ph.D. or M.F.A. required. Salary is competitive and commensurate with experience. To apply, please follow the link below: https://facultyopportunities.depaul.edu/applicants/jsp/shared/position/JobD… Review of applications will begin on May 16, 2014 and continue until the position is filled. DePaul University is the nation’s largest Catholic university and the largest private university in Chicago, with more than 25,000 undergraduate and graduate students. This vibrant, diverse, and urban university provides a comprehensive liberal arts education and emphasizes both teaching and research. The College of Communication has 54 full-time faculty serving approximately 1,600 undergraduate majors and 200 graduate students. *Statement:* As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer, DePaul University provides job opportunities to qualified individuals without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local EEO laws. *Required Application Documents: * Cover Letter Curriculum Vitae Evidence of Scholarly or Creative Work Statement of Teaching Philosophy Sample Course Syllabus Complete and unedited prior teaching evaluations, including both statistical summary data and students’ responses to open-ended questions Three names and contact information for references Finalists will be asked to supply three letters of recommendation. -- Paul Booth, PhD Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies/Communication Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604

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Experience as Evidence? A Symposium on the Sciences of Subjectivity in Healthcare, Policy and Practice
by Fadhila Mazanderani 07 May '14

07 May '14

Apologies for cross-posting. --- EXPERIENCE AS EVIDENCE? A Symposium on the Sciences of Subjectivity in Healthcare, Policy and Practice St Hugh’s College, Oxford 13-14 October 2014 ‘Experience’ has long been referenced as a valuable, if ‘subjective’, resource in a variety of fields. Especially in healthcare, highly personal, embodied understandings of illness have been studied as an alternative to ‘objective’ biomedical knowledge and are often used to critique biomedical reductionism. In the wake of this critique, as well as burgeoning patient activism and health consumerism, over the last fifty years an industry has emerged that aims to capture, process and distribute the patient ‘experience’. This raises a number of questions about the nature of the knowledge generated by these ‘technologies of experience’: – What does it take to turn experience into evidence? What new methods and expertise are emerging in this field? – What promises, pitfalls and politics come with these approaches? – And what are the implications for research, policy and practice? The symposium brings together a multidisciplinary group of leading scholars and practitioners to discuss these and related questions, critically engaging with how the concept of ‘experience’ is articulated, studied, and developed within medical sociology, science and technology studies (STS), health services research, healthcare policy and practice. Speakers include: Samantha Adams, Madeleine Akrich, Susannah Fox, Havi Carel, Trisha Greenhalgh, Tiago Moreira, Jeannette Pols, Vololona Rabeharisoa, Glenn Robert, Tanja Schneider, Natasha Schüll, Paul Wicks, Alex Wilkie For more information and registration, see: http://experience-as-evidence.org/ Organizing committee: Angela Martin, Fadhila Mazanderani, Louise Locock, John Powell, Steve Woolgar, Sue Ziebland, Malte Ziewitz Hosted by the University of Oxford’s Health Experiences Research Group (HERG) and made possible with the support of NIHR and the Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness. http://experience-as-evidence.org

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