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MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance at NYU
by Joly MacFie 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

http://openinggovernment.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance < info(a)thegovlab.org> Date: Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 9:04 AM Subject: New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems New Research Network to Study and Design Innovative Ways of Solving Public Problems *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance **formed to gather evidence and develop new designs for governing* *NEW YORK, NY, March 4, 2014* *-* The Governance Lab (The GovLab<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=2…>) at New York University today announced the formation of a Research Network on Opening Governance, which will seek to develop blueprints for more effective and legitimate democratic institutions to help improve people's lives. Convened and organized by the GovLab, the *MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Opening Governance*<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=c…>is made possible by a three-year grant of $5 million from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation as well as a gift from Google.org, which will allow the Network to tap the latest technological advances to further its work. Combining empirical research with real-world experiments, the Research Network will study what happens when governments and institutions open themselves to diverse participation, pursue collaborative problem-solving, and seek input and expertise from a range of people. Network members include twelve experts (see below) in computer science, political science, policy informatics, social psychology and philosophy, law, and communications. This core group is supported by an advisory network of academics, technologists, and current and former government officials. Together, they will assess existing innovations in governing and experiment with new practices and how institutions make decisions at the local, national, and international levels. Support for the Network from Google.org will be used to build technology platforms to solve problems more openly and to run agile, real-world, empirical experiments with institutional partners such as governments and NGOs to discover what can enhance collaboration and decision-making in the public interest. The Network's research will be complemented by theoretical writing and compelling storytelling designed to articulate and demonstrate clearly and concretely how governing agencies might work better than they do today. "We want to arm policymakers and practitioners with evidence of what works and what does not," says Professor Beth Simone Noveck, Network Chair and author of *Wiki Government: How Technology Can Make Government Better, Democracy Stronger and Citi More Powerful*, "which is vital to drive innovation, re-establish legitimacy and more effectively target scarce resources to solve today's problems." "From prize-backed challenges to spur creative thinking to the use of expert networks to get the smartest people focused on a problem no matter where they work, this shift from top-down, closed, and professional government to decentralized, open, and smarter governance may be the major social innovation of the 21st century," says Noveck. "The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance is the ideal crucible for helping transition from closed and centralized to open and collaborative institutions of governance in a way that is scientifically sound and yields new insights to inform future efforts, always with an eye toward real-world impacts." MacArthur Foundation President Robert Gallucci added, "Recognizing that we cannot solve today's challenges with yesterday's tools, this interdisciplinary group will bring fresh thinking to questions about how our governing institutions operate, and how they can develop better ways to help address seemingly intractable social problems for the common good." *About the Governance Lab (GovLab) at New York University * Founded in 2012, the Governance Lab (The GovLab) strives to improve people's lives by changing how we govern. The GovLab endeavors to strengthen the ability of people and institutions to work together to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflict and govern themselves more effectively and legitimately. The GovLab designs technology, policy and strategies for fostering these more open approaches to governance and active conceptions of citizenship and studies what works. More information is available at www.thegovlab.org<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=66…> . *About the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation* The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation supports creative people and effective institutions committed to building a more just, verdant, and peaceful world. In addition to selecting the MacArthur Fellows, the Foundation works to defend human rights, advance global conservation and security, make cities better places, and understand how technology is affecting children and society. More information is available at www.macfound.org<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=d…> . *For more information or how to become involved, contact:* Stefaan Verhulst, Chief Research and Development Officer at the Governance Lab, sv39(a)nyu.edu *URL*: http://www.opening-governance.org/<http://openinggovernment.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=1a990feb5c&id=4c…> *Members* The MacArthur Research Network on Opening Governance comprises: *Chair*: Beth Simone Noveck *Network Coordinator*: Andrew Young *Chief of Research*: Stefaan Verhulst *Faculty Members*: - Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)/University of Southampton, UK) - Deborah Estrin (Cornell Tech/Weill Cornell Medical College) - Erik Johnston (Arizona State University) - Henry Farrell (George Washington University) - Sheena S. Iyengar (Columbia Business School/Jerome A. Chazen Institute of International Business) - Karim Lakhani (Harvard Business School) - Anita McGahan (University of Toronto) - Cosma Shalizi (Carnegie Mellon/Santa Fe Institute) *Institutional Members*: - Christian Bason and Jesper Christiansen (MindLab, Denmark) - Geoff Mulgan (National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts - NESTA, United Kingdom) - Lee Rainie (Pew Research Center) -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com http://pinstand.com - http://punkcast.com VP (Admin) - ISOC-NY - http://isoc-ny.org -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CfP: Big Data Cultures symposium, 15 September, Canberra
by Deborah Lupton 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Hello all The News & Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra is holding a one-day symposium convened by myself (Deborah Lupton) that addresses the social, cultural, political and ethical issues and implications of the big data phenomenon. A keynote speaker will open proceedings (details to be confirmed), but paper abstracts from any interested contributors are invited for consideration. Appropriate topics may include, but are not limited to, the following areas: - - privacy, security and legal issues - - how big data are changing forms of governance and commercial operations - - big data ecosystems - - the open data/citizen data movement - - data hactivism and queering big data - - public understandings of big data - - surveillance and big data - - creative forms of data visualisation - - self-tracking and the quantified self - - data doubles and data selves - - the materiality of digital data - - the social lives of digital data-objects - - algorithmic identities and publics - - code acts - - responses to big data from artists and designers Abstracts of 150-200 words should be submitted to Deborah Lupton ( deborah.lupton(a)canberra.edu.au) by 1 July 2014 for consideration for inclusion in the symposium. Please contact Deborah if you require any further information.

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Lee Rainie wins major American Sociological Association Award
by Barry Wellman 04 Mar '14

04 Mar '14

Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues Award Lee Rainie (Pew Research Centers Internet & American Life Project) The Award for Excellence in the Reporting of Social Issues honors individuals for their promotion of sociological findings and a broader vision of sociology. The ASA would like to recognize the contributions of those who have been especially effective in disseminating sociological perspectives and research. The ASA is cognizant of the fact that there are many professionals (e.g., journalists, filmmakers) whose job it is to translate and interpret a wide range of information, including sociological perspectives and research, for the general public. - See more at: http://www.asanet.org/footnotes/feb14/asa_awards_0214.html#sthash.FSHDGmPs.… The award will be presented at the ASA annual meeting mid-August in SFO. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ 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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CFP: Debating Visual Knowledge - 2014 Symposium, University of Pittsburgh
by Jocelyn Monahan 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Debating Visual Knowledge A symposium organized by graduate students in Information Science and History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh October 3 - 5, 2014 Call for Participants Visual knowledge and visual literacy have become pressing concerns across a variety of academic disciplines and areas of creative production. These concerns are shaped by the fluid definitions of "visual knowledge" and the multiple ways in which it manifests. Many forms of visual knowledge have capabilities that are not shared by language. This knowledge is produced, mediated, and distributed by a number of different objects, tools, media, and technologies. This symposium seeks to broaden understandings of intellectual and creative work by interrogating the theorization, production, use, and historicization of visual knowledge. We envision the event as an exploratory lab, comprising scholarly and creative projects that engage with these questions. Presentations might relate to (but are not limited to) topics such as: -- Digital humanities -- Cognition, intellectual history, interpretation -- Photography, printmaking, engraving -- "The spatial turn," GIS, maps, mapping -- The body, performance -- Data visualizations, modeling, categories and groups -- Law and policy -- Media theory, historiography, ecology -- Exhibition design, curating -- Network analysis, grids, graphs, timelines -- Interfaces, constructed/built environments, design -- Astronomy, physics, mathematics, botany, medicine The symposium will include traditional academic papers, posters, and keynote sessions, as well as presentations of creative works, roundtables, praxis sessions, screenings, and performances. Participants may be invited to take part in curated roundtables, seminars or workshops. We also welcome submissions of projects that could be workshopped or collaborated on in the context of the symposium. Submission Guidelines: -- For a paper, please submit a 300-word abstract for a 20-minute talk, and a CV. -- For a poster, please submit a 300-word abstract and a CV. A sketch of your poster is optional. If selected, posters must be printed and provided by the participants, and can be up to 30" x 40". -- For a creative work, please submit up to 10 images and/or a 2-minute video or sound clip, a 300-word project description, and a CV. -- For a pre-constituted panel of up to four papers, please submit a 300-word abstract describing the panel topic, and a 150-word abstract and author's CV for each proposed paper. -- To propose to lead a roundtable, seminar, or praxis session, please submit a 300-word description of the topic and CVs for all proposed participants. You may also propose a topic without having chosen participants. If you have any questions about possible submissions or formats for submissions, please contact us at debatingvisualknowledge(a)gmail.com. Send submissions to debatingvisualknowledge(a)gmail.com by April 11, 2014. Selected participants will be notified by mid-May. Information Studies www.ischool.pitt.edu History of Art and Architecture www.haa.pitt.edu

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Call for Chapter Proposals: Micro-blogging / Twitter
by Natalie Wood 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Researchers from a variety of disciplines including, but not limited to marketing, management, finance, communications and law will be sought to provide their insight on specific issues, such as best practices, or overarching topics such as the legal, ethical and moral implications of adopting micro-blogs such as Twitter. This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of commerce and micro-blogging while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide businesses with strategies, grounded in empirical research, on ways in which they can incorporate micro-blogs into their organization. We aim to achieve this by drawing on the collective wisdom of those academics currently conducting research on Twitter. Call for Chapter Proposals: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1264#.UxC1-f… Natalie T. Wood, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Marketing Assistant Director, Center for Consumer Research Marketing Department Saint Joseph's University 5600 City Ave Philadelphia PA 19131 Tel: 610-660-3452 Fax: 610-660-3239 Email: nwood(a)sju.edu Twitter: ntwood

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Twitter Fiction - call for participants
by Emma Pooka 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Calling all web fiction/digital writers, creative writing students, lecturers and anybody with an interest in collaborative fiction! I'm going to be curating a mass participatory Twitter Fiction called Among Us (http://amongustwitfic.wordpress.com/) as part of the Twitter Fiction Festival (http://www.twitterfictionfestival.com/) coming up later this month. Over the course of 24 hours, starting from 5pm GMT on the 15th March, @au_twitfic <https://twitter.com/AU_twitfic> will tweet summaries of news stories about the revelation that aliens are living among us. Throughout the day and night, participants will tweet their characters' thoughts, speculations and actions in response to these stories, with the hashtag #au_tf. At 5pm GMT on the 16th March, the aliens will reveal their true origin and purpose. Anybody can join in just by using the hashtag, but if you'd like to be closer to the aliens and you're able to commit to 30 tweets over the course of the 24 hours, contact me <http://amongustwitfic.wordpress.com/contact/> with your character idea and I'll give you some inside information. Please share/retweet/forward this widely to anybody who might like to read or join in - tell your students, colleagues and friends. The more participants, the better it will be. Thanks for reading, Emma Pooka

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final call for feedback on the aoir.org website
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Now that you're clear of the AoIR IR15 deadline, it's the perfect time to give us a bit of feedback on the main association website aoir.org (not the IR15 conference website, or the conference submission site - those are separate deals :)). The survey should take less than 10 minutes but will really help us get a sense of your thoughts on ways to improve the experience for you: https://syracuseuniversity.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1UhJqsqjSB9Jm5f We'll be closing out the survey by end of day tomorrow (Tuesday 9pm EST give or take :)). Thanks! Your PR/Website Committee: Anthony Hoffman, Annette Markham, and Jenny Stromer-Galley

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Comm Research Methods Facebook page
by Matthew Lombard 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

A few years ago I posted an announcement here about a Wordpress blog I'd set up to post news articles for a graduate level methods course, and it generated a handful of subscriptions. A little over a year ago I posted an announcement about the Commucation Research Methods Facebook page I set up to replace the blog and the page just passed 1800 'likes.' The content has expanded somewhat to include comics, links to methods-related resources and other things related to the processes of conducting, reporting and evaluating research in communication and beyond. The url for the page is: http://www.facebook.com/CommunicationResearchMethods If you're interested, please take a look, 'like' the page, and/or send me (or post) your own items. --Matthew -- Matthew Lombard, Ph.D. Temple University Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA lombard(a)temple.edu http://matthewlombard.com

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CFP Special issue of First Monday on Disability and the Internet
by Mike Kent 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

***apologies for cross-postings*** Disability and the Internet Special issue of First Monday Disability and the Internet in 2014: Where to now? edited by Dr Katie Ellis & Dr Mike Kent Internet Studies, Curtin University Earlier this decade, the emerging field of Disability Media began to focus on the Internet and people with disabilities. Books such as Paul T. Jaeger's Disability and The Internet in 2012 and Disability and New Media by this issue's editors in 2011 both extended earlier work in this field such as Goggin and Newell's 2003 Digital Disability. This new focus incorporated changes to the environment with the hype around Web 2.0, the rise of social networks and the increasing prevalence of smartphone and other mobile devices to access the Internet, as well as the evolving legal environment around access to technology for people with disabilities. As we approach the second half of this first decade of the twenty first century, this special issue of First Monday looks to bring together scholars in disability media and related fields to look at the contemporary internet and the challenges and opportunities it presents for people with disabilities. Topics of interest include developments in a number of areas as they relate to people with disabilities. These might explore: . Smartphones and Tablet computing . Social Networks . Wearable Technology . The development and relevance of the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0, now more than five years old. . The changing impacts of technology and access for different impairments . People with intellectual disabilities and access to the Internet . Challenges to universal design . eLearning Researchers in a number of disciplines will be interested in this topic including: . Disability Media . media, communications and culture . Internet studies . Disability studies . Disability support workers in the community working with clients using the Internet and online Papers are expected by 30 June 2014.

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Coders needed - looking for hockey fans
by Shulman, Stu 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

I need some part-time coders who are hockey fans. The current task is to review tweets using DiscoverText and and code them as to whether or not they are about an NHL hockey team. - We pay $13/hour - Coders get a DiscoverText license that they can use for their own research. Please email me directly (stu(a)texifter.com) if you can join the Coderverse. ~Stu -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman http://people.umass.edu/stu Founder and CEO, Texifter http://texifter.com LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/stuartwshulman Twitter https://twitter.com/StuartWShulman

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