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CFP Rhetoric and Experience Architecture
by Liza Potts 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Hi AOIR, Michael Salvo and I are pleased to invite you to contribute to our collection Rhetoric and Experience Architecture. We welcome proposals from academic researchers and industry practitioners. Please feel free to contact us about this book project. CFP: Rhetoric and Experience Architecture Experience architecture (XA) is an emerging area of study focused on the research and practice of creating technologies, products, policies, and services that serve the needs of various participants. Situated in the Humanities and Social Sciences, XA focuses onissues addressing usability, interaction design, service design, user experience, information architecture and content management for websites, mobile apps, software applications, and technology services. This collection will focus on the research, theory, and practice of creating compelling experiences across digital and physical spaces based on the foundation of rhetoric. This edited collection will consist of an editors’ introduction and three sections. The first section contains eight to twelve chapters that define field connections between rhetoric and experience architecture. The second section is formed by eight to twelve chapters focused on research methodology. The third section includes eight to twelve short vision statements, modeled after the NEH white paper genre, which offer several paths for exploring interdisciplinary trajectories between rhetorical studies and experience architecture. Deadline for 500-750 word proposals: Oct. 1, 2014 (Notification by Dec. 1, 2014) Please find the full CFP here: http://www.lizapotts.org/research/rhetoric-and-experience-architecture/ Best, Liza (and Michael) _________________________________________ Liza Potts, Ph.D. Senior Researcher at WIDE Research Assistant Professor Department of Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures Michigan State University 434 Farm Lane (Bessey Hall) Room 291, East Lansing, MI 48824 Gtalk: LKPotts | Skype: LKPotts | Portfolio: http://www.lizapotts.org/

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CFP Global Surveillance and Forms of Resistance
by Javier de Rivera 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Hi everybody, This Call for Paper can be of your interest: http://teknokultura.net/index.php/tk/announcement/view/30 For English, click the UK flag. Best regards, Javier de Rivera.

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Effectiveness of Online Petitions
by Rhiannon Bury 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Hi folks These days I am receiving as many as 5 online petitions for various causes, all important and just in my view. I am curious if any one here could point me to articles or book chapters, preferably based on empirical research, that address the issue of effectiveness. Best, Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University, Canada's Open University rbury(a)athabascau.ca

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Re: [Air-L] CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities
by Steffen Albrecht 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Dear colleagues, The deadline for the "International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities", Leipzig, 4 - 6 June 2014, has been extended. Papers and abstracts can be submitted until 10 April 2014 via the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 Best wishes, Steffen Albrecht ----- ursprüngliche Nachricht --------- Subject: CfP: Int. Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities Date: Fr 07 Mär 2014 18:05:58 CET From: Steffen Albrecht<steffen.albrecht(a)berlin.de> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org * apologies for cross-postings * Dear fellow Internet researchers, The International Conference on Infrastructures and Cooperation in E-Science and E-Humanities will be held from June 4-6 2014 in Leipzig, Germany. We invite you to participate and submit your paper addressing current questions and solutions in relation to one of the following thematic fields or other relevant topics: - Invention, design and implementation of information and communication technologies to enable, enhance or empower academic activities (field 1) - Analysis of academic processes, business models, and needs (field 2) - Social and cultural influences and outcomes related to the use of technology in academic activities (field 3) Submissions of full papers with originial work in english language are welcome. All papers will be peer-reviewed, a selection of the best conference papers will be published by Springer. All other papers will be published as open access electronic conference proceedings. A special track of the conference will experiment with the innovative format of a "flipped conference". Here, presentation videos will be shared prior to the conference via an online platform, and the meeting in Leipzig will be used in innovative and productive ways - depending on the ideas of the presenters. All information about the submission process, conference registration, the venue and the conference program as well as the "flipped conference" track can be found at the conference website: http://openaccess.tu-dresden.de/ocs/index.php/ic-escience/iceseh2014 The conference is organized by the eScience Research Network Saxony. Information about the research network can be found at http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685. We look forward to seeing you in Leipzig! On behalf of the organizing team, Steffen Albrecht -- Steffen Albrecht Project Coordinator eScience – Research Network Saxony http://www.escience-sachsen.de/?page_id=685 Media Center Technische Universität Dresden http://mz.tu-dresden.de Room 426 Strehlener Straße 22/24 01069 Dresden Germany Tel. +49 351-463-39175 Fax: -463-35605 eMail: steffen_albrecht(a)mailbox.tu-dresden.de ---- ursprüngliche Nachricht Ende ----

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New Journal Launch free online until 31 May 2014
by Feona Attwood 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Porn Studies; first double issue free online until 31 May 2014: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rprn20/current#.UzlWDa1dW3k Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group) publish the first double issue of Porn Studies, the premier dedicated, international, peer-reviewed journal tocritically explore those cultural products and services designated as pornographic and their cultural, economic, historical, institutional, legal and social contexts. Porn Studies is edited by Professor Feona Attwood of Middlesex University and Professor Clarissa Smith of the University of Sunderland and supported by an international editorial board. Finally we have a journal that brings together the urgently needed research, theories, and debates to make sense of an important aspect of social and cultural life. The breadth, depth, and richness of its packed first issue confirms its promise as a platform, not only for understanding pornography - but as a space for new, adventurous, genuinely cosmopolitan rethinking of many of the things about identity, bodies, power, belonging, media, and contemporary reality that we take-for-granted, but still know too little about.  Gerard Goggin, Professor of Media and Communication, University of Sydney, Australia A scholarly journal about pornography is long overdue. Porn studies has matured into a vibrant and flourishing field, and the kind of solid, carefully researched work that is now available will help to counter the ill-informed and inflamed rhetoric that the topic seems to attract. Gayle Rubin, Associate Professor, Anthropology and Women's Studies, University of Michigan, US Porn Studies is the first peer-reviewed journal to take an evidence-based approach to the controversial area of pornography, gender and culture. Its editors are internationally recognized researchers who bring a creative and critical eye to the field. Catharine Lumby, Professor of Media, Macquarie University, Australia A journal dedicated to porn studies is long overdue and most welcome. One of the things it is most important to take seriously is what is taken for pleasure, and Porn Studies will provide the needed critical forum for doing so. Steve Jones, Distinguished Professor of Communication, University of Illinois Chicago, US  Porn Studies will play an important role in encouraging deeper, more considered critical thinking about an incredibly complex and widely misunderstood cultural phenomenon. At a time when simplistic discourses circulate around pornography, often occupying binary positions between ‘pro’ and ‘anti’, ‘sex positive’ and ‘sex negative’, serious studies of this area have become increasingly necessary. Analyses of such diverse topics as education, genres, distribution, and ‘effects’ converge in this interdisciplinary academic journal, which both looks backwards to explore the history of porn studies, and suggests a range of ways in which this provocative new area can move forwards. Will Brooker, Professor of Film and Cultural Studies Kingston University, UK and Amy E Forrest, University of Birmingham, UK Porn Studies, the new journal, provides a strong interdisciplinary platform for the critical and level-headed interrogation of an important field of re/presentation that pervades every day life in many forms and the cultural imagination. The unremitting glut of images, fuelled by technological advances and carried by established and emergent media platforms including social media, places an urgency on how imageries in/form subjectivisation and what role pornographic re/presentations play in this process: across cultures, territories and times. Bringing into a productive dialogue a wide range of existing and new voices and perspectives, Porn Studies will shape the future understanding of the production and consumption, dynamics and impact of pornography. Kerstin Mey, Professor of Contemporary Art and Theory, Westminster University, UK Porn Studies is a long overdue scholarly response to one of the world's major culture industries Andrew Ross, Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University, US As a feminist of a certain age, porn has never been an easy topic for me, neither in personal, nor in research or political terms. Porn Studies takes such a predicament seriously and promises not only to demonstrate the wide variety of opinions and theories about porn, but also to present sound empirical and historical research about the meanings of porn for different kinds of consumers in different contexts.   Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Media and Communication, Loughborough University, UK As may be more common than we like to think, pornography leads the way for the rest of the media. It's a serial innovator. Now Porn Studies does the same for media studies. I welcome it the more because it is a beacon of good scholarship. Just look at the first issue to discover a template for media research at its best. It is international in scope. It brings together a fine interdisciplinary team of scholars and industry figures at all stages of their careers. It conducts valuable methodological conversations while addressing significant research questions. Crucially, it seeks to explain pornography in use, without falling for one prejudged approach or school of thought. Here is where economics and culture, production and consumption, practice and ideology, history and technology intersect, revealingly, in lively colloquy that advances knowledge. John Hartley, Professor of Cultural Science, Curtin University, Australia One of the oldest cultural practices in the world has finally got an academic journal. Here at last is an arena for serious discussion and critical debate. John Storey, Professor of Cultural Studies, University of Sunderland, UK Articles by leading scholars identify some of the leading themes in pornography research today: Utilising data from more than 5000 responses to an online questionnaire, Martin Barker’s ‘The “Problem” of Sexual Fantasies’ explores understandings of the relations between pornography and sexual imaginaries. Fears about what children might be learning from pornography have been centre stage for some time, in ‘Porn and Sex Education, Porn as Sex Education’, Kath Albury addresses those concerns and their intersections with other issues around young people’s sexual practices, sexual self-representation and sexual knowledge. In ‘Studying Porn Cultures’ Lynn Comella suggests a ‘porn studies-in-action’ and exhorts researchers to ‘leave the confines of our offices, and spend time in the places where pornography is made, distributed and consumed, discussed and debated, taught and adjudicated’. Read these and more free online until 31 May 2014. A selection of call for papers for issues of Porn Studies can be found here: http://bit.ly/rprncfp **************************************************************** ACS List signoff instructions, and other important stuff: http://listserv.uta.fi/archives/acs.html ****************************************************************

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New Post - Assistant Professor - The University of Warwick (Digital Media Related)
by nathaniel tkacz 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Hello All, The Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies has a new (permanent) post at the level of Assistant Professor. The position is research based, but does include some MA teaching (in Digital Media and Culture), PhD supervision and administrative tasks. Follow the link for further details: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim Best Nate ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Nathaniel Tkacz - Assistant Professor | CIM - The University of Warwick ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Research: CIM <http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/people/tkacz/> | Twitter: @__nate__ <https://twitter.com/__nate__> | Current Project: MoneyLab <http://networkcultures.org/moneylab/> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Public Gossip Scale
by hk＠monkprayogshala.in 31 Mar '14

31 Mar '14

Hello, Do spare 10 mins to participate in a study about gossiping behaviour. Your contribution will be extremely useful to us :) Feel free to share the link with others who may be interested. Thank you :) This is the third part of a study on gossip behaviour. You are eligible to participate regardless of whether you've filled a similar form earlier or not :) PURPOSE: This is the third survey in a series of studies concerning the tendency of people to talk about public figures. It is a tendency which occurs almost every day, and most people indulge in it. WHO IS CONDUCTING THIS STUDY: This study is being conducted by Aakankshi Javeri, Research Intern at the Department of Psychology, Monk Prayogshala (aj(a)monkprayogshala.in) under the supervision of Hansika Kapoor, Research Author at Monk Prayogshala (hk(a)monkprayogshala.in) HAS THIS STUDY BEEN APPROVED? Yes, this study has received Ethical Approval from the IRB at Monk Prayogshala, in November 2013 (#013-003). For queries regarding the same, you may contact aa(a)monkprayogshala.in WHAT YOU WILL DO: You will begin by providing some basic information about yourself. Then you will be required to respond to a few statements. There are no right or wrong answers to any of the items and this test is in no way a test of your intelligence. Please be as truthful as possible. We anticipate that the entire questionnaire will take about 20 minutes to complete. RISKS: There are NO anticipated risks with participating in this study. BENEFITS: On completion, your email id will be entered into a raffle where you can win a Rs. 500/- Flipkart voucher! :) PLEASE NOTE THE MORE PEOPLE YOU GET TO FILL IN THIS FORM, THE BETTER CHANCE YOU HAVE OF WINNING! Also, your email id will only be used to enter you into the raffle and will not be associated with your identity in any way. [If you are not a resident of India, and if your email id is selected, you will be eligible for an Amazon gift card of the equivalent amount.] CONFIDENTIALITY: Your participation will remain strictly confidential and your responses will not be associated with your identity. PARTICIPATION AND WITHDRAWAL: Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, and you may withdraw at any time without penalty. If at any time during the study you begin to feel uncomfortable, you may exit the study by closing your browser window. CONTACT: If you have any questions, comments or feedback regarding this study, you can contact us at aj(a)monkprayogshala.in By continuing, you are stating that you are over 16 years of age, and that you understand the provided information and consent to participate in the study being conducted. I've invited you to fill out the form Public Gossip Scale. To fill it out, visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1DIe-gqKnIf4FQH4l2qnjFv30CqL4HxX7_fQbtVaYZq…

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Re: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media?
by Julian Hopkins 30 Mar '14

30 Mar '14

No syllabi, but these may be useful: Bennett WL, Wells C and Freelon D (2011) Communicating Civic Engagement: Contrasting Models of Citizenship in the Youth Web Sphere. *Journal of Communication*, 61(5), 835-856, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01588.x (accessed 15 September 2012). and (beware: self-promotion) Hopkins J (2014) Cybertroopers & tea parties: government use of the Internet in Malaysia. *Asian Journal of Communication*, 24(1), 5-24, Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01292986.2013.851721. Regards, Julian ++++++++++ Dr Julian Hopkins Lecturer School of Arts & Social Sciences Monash University Malaysia www.sass.monash.edu.my Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2014 14:19:19 -0400 > From: Luis Hestres <luishestres(a)gmail.com> > To: "=?utf-8?Q?air-l=40listserv.aoir.org?=" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media? > Message-ID: <7B30D09F79554F1A803A1904BCB25A04(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I?ll be teaching a course on ?Advocacy and Social Media? this fall. If you > are teaching or have taught something similar, could you share your syllabi > or reading lists? I?m trying to gather some good examples on which I can > build my own course. > > Thanks! > > Luis > > - - - - - > Luis E. Hestres > Ph.D. candidate | School of Communication | American University > More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com/) or LinkedIn ( > http://www.linkedin.com/in/hestres) | Follow me on Twitter ( > https://twitter.com/#!/luishestres/) | Visit my SSRN Author page ( > http://ssrn.com/author=1820222) > > "Theoretical critiques are like sociopaths: Their aggressive drives are > rarely balanced by constructive instincts." -- From "Caught in a Winding, > Snarling Vine: The Structural Bias of Political Process Theory" by Jeff > Goodwin and James M. Jasper, Sociological Forum 14(1), 1999 >

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announcing the publication of the Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media
by Lori Emerson 29 Mar '14

29 Mar '14

Dear all, I'm very happy to announce that our Johns Hopkins Guide to Digital Media is now out (edited by Marie-Laure Ryan, Benjamin Robertson, and myself). We're hoping very much to line up reviews - to that end, please let me know if you're interested and have a journal in mind and I'll arrange to have a copy sent to you. I would also be grateful if you'd help spread the word. The JHUP website is down at the moment for maintenance but you can find information on the guidebook on Amazon ( http://www.amazon.com/Johns-Hopkins-Guide-Digital-Media/dp/1421412241) and I have also posted a list of contributors and entry titles on my blog ( http://loriemerson.net/2011/08/10/johns-hopkins-guide-to-digital-media/) yours, sincerely, Lori Emerson -- Lori Emerson Assistant Professor | Director, Media Archaeology Lab Department of English, University of Colorado at Boulder Hellems 101, 226 UCB, Boulder, CO 80309-0226 loriemerson.net | mediaarchaeologylab.com

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Re: [Air-L] Syllabi/reading lists on advocacy and social media?
by Anastasia Kavada 29 Mar '14

29 Mar '14

Hi Luis, You can also try the following: Bennett, L. W. and Segerberg, A.( 2012). The Logic of Connective Action. Information , Communication & Society, 15(5), pp. 793-768. Cammaerts, B., Mattoni, A. and McCurdy, P. (2103) Mediation and Protest Movements Mediation and Social Movements, Bristol: Intellect. Fenton, N. and Barassi, V. (2011) Alternative media and social networking sites: The politics of individuation and political participation. The Communication Review 14(3): 179-196. Gerbaudo, P. (2012) Tweets and the Streets: Social Media and Contemporary Activism. Pluto Press. Juris, J. S. (2012) Reflections on #Occupy Everywhere: Social media, public space, and emerging logics of aggregation. American Ethnologist 39(2): 259-279. Karpf, D. (2013) The Moveon Effect: The Unexpected Transformation of American Political Advocacy. Oxford University Press. Kavada, A. (2012) 'Engagement, bonding, and identity across multiple platforms: Avaaz on Facebook, YouTube, and MySpace'. MedieKultur 52: 28-48. Available at: http://bit.ly/1iM2wD4 Mattoni, A. (2012) Media Practices and Protest Politics: How Precarious Workers Mobilize. Ashgate. Milan, S. (2013) Social movements and their technologies: Wiring social change. Palgrave Macmillan. The Social Movement Studies special issue on 'Occupy!' (volume 11, issues 3-4) has some good pieces on the Occupy movement and social media (e.g. Gaby and Caren,2012; Constanza-Chock, 2012) Best wishes, Anastasia Kavada Senior Lecturer Department of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Westminster Twitter: @AnastasiaKavada www.digitalprotest.net<http://www.digitalprotest.net> The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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