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Inaugural Issue - Journal of Media Innovations
by Charles Ess 02 Mar '14

02 Mar '14

Dear AoIRists, On behalf of our Editorial Team, authors, reviewers, and supporting institutions, we are pleased and proud to introduce the Journal of Media Innovations. The Journal serves the professional and research communities engaged in the cross-disciplinary field of media innovations. The Journal is open access, peer reviewed, and published two times annually via the University of Oslo¹s FRITT initiative (Frie tidsskrifter fra UiO Free Journals from the University of Oslo). The Journal is sponsored by the Centre for Research in Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. The inaugural issue demarcates the foundations and literatures of media innovations as a field, foregrounding many of its important components and thematic foci, and thereby points to a range of important challenges to innovation on both theoretical and practical levels. The Journal is available at <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/> ARTICLES: Charles M. Ess: Introduction to Inaugural Issue. Axel Bruns: Media Innovations, User Innovations, Societal Innovations. Valérie-Anne Bleyen, Sven Lindmark, Heritiana Ranaivoson, and Pieter Ballon: A typology of media innovations: Insights from an exploratory study. Leyla Dogruel: What is so special about Media Innovations? A characterization of the field. Iris Jennes, Jo Pierson, and Wendy Van den Broeck: User Empowerment and Audience Commodification in a Commercial Television Context. Lars Nyre: Medium design method. RESEARCH BRIEF: Jan Bierhoff and Sander Kruitwagen: Stories behind the News; Designing an Advanced App for Journalistic Background Information. BOOK REVIEWS Arne H. Krumsvik: Book Review Editorial Statement: Mapping the Emerging Field of Media Innovation Research. George Sylvie: Storsul & Krumsvik - Media innovations: A multidisciplinary study of change. Avery E. Holton: Weller et al., Twitter and Society. Jens Barland: Ibrus & Scolari - Crossmedia Innovations. Texts, Markets, Institutions. Additional information on upcoming issues, including submission requirements and deadlines, is also found on the Journal website. With a thousand thanks, and a thousand thanks more to all who have made this Journal and Inaugural Issue possible, Charles Ess Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Extended deadline CFP "Media: Tyheory and Practice"
by Mishel Pavlovski 01 Mar '14

01 Mar '14

Call for papers Extended Deadline: 15 March 2014 Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ��Media: Theory and Practice�� Hotel Continental, Skopje, Macedonia, 4�\6 September 2014 http://cultcenter.net/ Supported by: European Communication Research and Education Association International Association for Media and Communication Research The Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies (CCCS) invites proposals for papers, thematic panels and original media productions for Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ��Media: Theory and Practice�� The aim of this conference revolves around a foundational impetus to shed greater light on all relevant aspects of media studies, including mass communication, media technology, the visual and the performing arts, TV, radio, WEB and print media, as well as other key components of media studies and mass communication. We invite proposals based on media theory (particularly critical media studies and cultural studies), and proposals that consider the relationship between media and (popular) culture, politics, arts, new media, as pertinent fields of study. We welcome submissions that offer original media productions: documentary films, fictionalized or non-narrative creative expressions. The submitted proposal needs to contain a creative or theoretical explanation of the submitted work. We invite projects by PhD students or submissions by teams of students and instructors (lecturers). Hence, the Second Annual International CCCS Conference 2014 ��Media: Theory and Practice�� strives to offer a dialogic space for media theorists and practitioners. Along those lines, we invite media studies�� theorists as well as practitioners to offer proposals through engaging and current ideas, paper topics, workshop presentations and round table discussions. Possible topics include, but are not limited to: * Media Analyses o Content analysis o Media literacy o Media discourses * Critical Theory and Media Criticism o Media and hegemony o Media and globalization * Media and Political Communication o Media activism o Media and ideology o Media and democracy * Media and Law o (De)Regulation of media o Media and privacy o Media and copyright * Art and Media o Art-science interface o Media and aesthetics o Film o Theatre o The visual arts o The performing arts * Media and Culture o Media and gender o Diaspora, migrants and media o Media and ethnicity o Media and audience o Cultural populism o Cultural capital o Media and remembrance/forgetting o Media and heritage o Media and identity o Media representation * New Media o Media and games o Social media o Digital activism o Media ecosystem o Multimedia * Journalism studies o Journalism and social and cultural representations o The role and status of journalism in the era of digital technology Paper proposals For individual paper proposals, please fill out the following form http://cultcenter.net/?wpgform_qv=registration-form-papers If you have problems filling the form, please download offline form in MS WORD format http://cultcenter.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/Registration-form.docx Submissions for individual paper proposals should number to 250 words. Important Dates and Fees Deadline for abstracts submission: 15 March 2014 Notifications of acceptance: 1 April 2014 Deadline for full paper submission: 1 December 2014 Early registration (till 1 May 2014): �40 Late registration (till 15 August 2014): �60 On-site registration (or after 15 August 2014): �80 The registration fee includes: the welcome party, conference materials, an online publication of the abstracts, refreshment breaks. Full papers that have received a positive review will be published in the journals ��ݧ� ��/Culture�� and/or ��Investigating Culture��. Official languages of Conference are English, Russian and Macedonian. The Conference will be held on 4-6 September, 2014 in Hotel Continental, Skopje, the Republic of Macedonia. For any further information please contact Dr. Mishel Pavlovski (mishel(a)cultcenter.net) or Dr. Loreta Georgievska Jakovleva (loreta(a)cultcenter.net) ============================================================================ ============== Dr. Mishel Pavlovski University ��Ss. Cyril and Methodius�� Institute for Macedonian Literature <http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/> http://www.iml.ukim.edu.mk/ Centre for Culture and Cultural Studies <http://cultcenter.net/> http://cultcenter.net/

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#MLA15 CFP of interest
by Amanda Licastro 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

If you are hoping to attend MLA next January in Vancouver, please consider applying to our panel which I think will be of interest to this list. Designing an Archive for Cloud and Crowd - How can networks (human and/or digital) combat institutional amnesia? What digital spaces can we build today to preserve a history for tomorrow? 350-word proposals by 14 March 2014. Contact amanda.licastro(a)gmail.com or benmiller314(a)gmail.com Have a wonderful weekend, Amanda Amanda Licastro M.A. Doctoral Student CUNY Graduate Center Instructional Technology Fellow Macaulay Honors College http://digitocentrism.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ @amandalicastro

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Assistant Professor/College Lecturer Position: University College Dublin School of Information & Library Studies
by Lee Komito 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

Open Position: Lecturer in Information Ref: 006474 Lecturer in Information (Above the Bar) University College Dublin - UCD School of Information and Library Studies The School of Information and Library Studies at University College Dublin invites applications for a five-year posts. The successful candidate will contribute significantly to the quality expansion of research in one or more of the following areas: digital curation, visualization / information design, informatisation of social/ organisational processes, information architecture, information systems design, related topics regarding the interplay of people, information, technology and social structures; and to participate effectively in the School's educational programmes. Applicants should have completed a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline. Candidates who do not yet have a PhD in Information and Library Science or related discipline but who expect to have completed this degree by the date of appointment may be considered. Closing date for applications is Monday, 31 March 2013 (GMT). It is envisaged an appointee will commence in post September 2014. Further information (including application procedure) should be obtained from http://www.ucd.ie/hr/jobvacancies. For more detail on the School of Information and Library Studies, and its undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, see http://www.ucd.ie/sils. Informal inquiries to Dr. Lee Komito (lee.komito(a)ucd.ie) Head of School/Head of Subject. Representatives from the School will be available at upcoming iConference in Berlin for further discussion. -- Lee Komito (e) lee.komito(a)ucd.ie School of Information & Library Studies (p) +353.1.7167594 University College Dublin (f) +353.1.7161161 Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland (w) www.ucd.ie/lkomito

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New Social Media, New Social Science... and New Ethical Issues!
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

The New Social Media, New Social Science network is a partnership of the NatCen, Sage UK and the Oxford Internet Institute. NSMNSS has convened numerous on-site and online events about the use of social media in research. Attendees at the on-site events are mostly UK-based, but the online events have attracted global participation. Ethical issues have been a persistent theme throughout the discussions. We offered a questionnaire last spring to learn more specifically about ethical concerns as well as the sources they consult when making decisions in their own research. Not surprisingly, the AOIR guidelines were frequently mentioned as trusted resources. I analyzed all of the records from events and the questionnaire responses to determine what specific issues e-researchers identify, and to what extent these issues are addressed the codes and guidelines they named. In addition to the AOIR guide, I looked at a number of other current guidelines from professional associations. You can find links to the full report and an overview presentation on the NSMNSS blog *http://bit.ly/1kvhDAH <http://bit.ly/1kvhDAH>.* You can join us for a conversation on the issues in a Tweetchat at #NSMNSS on March 11, 19:00 or 7 pm in London, 3 PM in New York. (See www.timeanddate.com for your time zone.) *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business & Vision2Lead, Inc.*Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter @einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time & Cases in Online Interview Research. Coming soon: Qualitative Online Interviews Boulder, CO jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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Call for chapter proposals: A Thousand Platforms: Deep Teaching for Computational Media and Generalist Design
by V. T. 28 Feb '14

28 Feb '14

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALSA Thousand Platforms: Deep Teaching for Computational Media and Generalist DesignEdited by Michael Filimowicz, School of Interactive Arts and Technology, Simon Fraser University Today’s creators of interactive media “switch hardware and software tools like colors of paint.”[1] This edited collection focuses on undergraduate teaching and learning by bringing together essays addressing pedagogies that produce the fabled "unicorns" – graduates who can Program, Design and Create. Curricula in computational media are faced with various challenges, such as (1) maintaining a balance between breadth and depth of specialist knowledge; (2) developing fluency in coding despite otherwise advanced technological creativity; or (3) the role of numeracy in visually-dominated media. A multiplicity of technical skillsets– animation, graphic design, electronics, computer vision, web design, sound design, 3D printing, algorithmic thinking amongst many others – contribute to an equally diverse set of professional fields, such as UXD, audiovisual postproduction, web application development, project management, creative directing practices, game programming, storytelling, industrial design, communication design and beyond. This rich combination of skillsets and possible roles are profoundly cross-pollinating and thus trigger continuous shifts in professional contexts. Within this framework, this edited collection intends to address topics such as ( but not limited to): • Project-based courses and teamwork• Entrepreneurial components to curricula• The perception and realities of specialist vs. generalist knowledge• Translating faculty research and graduate collegiality into the undergraduate realm• Conceptualization of similarities, differences, continuums and relationships between art and design pedagogies• Ways in which generalist creative and technical knowledge translate to a student audience with "glamour job" expectations • Pedagogical strategies that acclimate students for a fast changing workforce where much of the most interesting and rewarding work is performed on a per project basis• Instructional strategies that evoke students’ passion about coding, mathematics, research methodologies and writing In brief, this edited collection asks: what does it mean to teach students toward a thousand technological platforms? Please send your original 500 word abstracts in the body of the email along with a short bio to mfa13(a)sfu.ca with the subject heading “1000 Platforms.” Deadline: Aug 1, 2014.Notification of acceptance: Oct 1, 2014Full chapters (6000-7000 words) due: January 11th, 2015. ---------[1] To cite an interview with Matt Cottam in Joshua Noble's Programming Interactivity.

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U of Arkansas Little Rock tenure-track opening
by Joe Williams 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Hi All, My apologies for cross-postings. The Department of Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor to teach undergraduate and graduate courses in professional writing. We are especially interested in candidates with expertise and experience in one of the following areas: a) new media design and development; b) creative nonfiction, especially related to new media. Here is the link to the complete job posting: http://ualr.peopleadmin.com/postings/1939 A bit about us: The Department of Rhetoric and Writing, a stand-alone writing department, houses the First-Year Composition program, the University Writing Center, and the Little Rock Writing Project. The department offers a BA, a minor, and an MA in Professional and Technical Writing. These degrees include courses in rhetoric, editing, creative nonfiction, and technical writing. The department has approximately 70 active majors and 60 active graduate students. If you have any questions about UALR or our program in general, don't hesitate to email me. Best, Joe Williams -------- Joseph John Williams, Ph.D. Co-Director, ATLE Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 S. University Avenue Little Rock, AR 72204 (501) 569-8313 jjwilliams(a)ualr.edu

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Search reopened: Assistant Prof. for Computing and Emerging Technologies, Pratt Institute, NYC
by Anthony Cocciolo 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science, has an opening for full time tenure-track position at the level of assistant professor in the area of *Computing and Emerging Information Technologies* Full time, tenure-track, beginning Fall 2014 *http://tinyurl.com/search2014 <http://tinyurl.com/search2014>* To apply: Applicants are invited to submit a single PDF file that includes the following documents: Cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement on research and teaching interests, and names of four references. Please e-mail materials to: Debbie Rabina: drabina(a)pratt.edu To learn more about Pratt SILS full-time faculty visit http://research.prattsils.org/ -- Debbie Rabina, Ph.D. Associate Professor Pratt Institute, School of Information and Library Science 144 West 14th Street, 6th fl. New York, NY 10011-7301 drabina(a)pratt.edu http://mysite.pratt.edu/~drabina/index.htm

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CfP Media Art in Media Education
by Sützl, Wolfgang 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Call for Papers MEDIENIMPULSE 2/2014 MEDIENIMPULSE is a quarterly, peer-reviewed open-access online journal on media education publishing German and English language contributions. Please send 300-word abstracts and enquiries to Wolfgang Suetzl at suetzl(a)ohio.edu<mailto:suetzl@ohio.edu> by 10 March 2014. Full papers of max. 25000 characters due by 15 May 2014 Date of publication 21 June 2014 Special focus: The Potential of Media art in Media Education The development of media technologies has long met with the interest of media educationalists. Media art offers a wide range of possibilities of experimentation, critical reflection, and communication in educational settings. This edition of MEDIENIMPULSE is dedicated to an in-depth exploration of this area of research. One question artists have been pursuing is how media help create new structures and communicative processes in society. On the one hand, media art itself is facing a paradox of communication, often working with digital technologies while not benefitting from large digital audiences. Additionally, possibilities of communicating about media art in a text-based fashion are often limited. On the other hand, media artists have adopted progressive positions in debates on media technologies in understanding media art as intervention and questioning, and, not least of all, as a deconstruction of media themselves. Against this background, digital media art has created non-commercialized discursive openings for education, critical reflection, subversive media use, innovation, and resistance. The contributions to this issue of MEDIENIMPULSE concern the interrelations between media art and media education, and their particular relevance to the practical and theoretical challenges in media education.

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Survey on vlogs
by Dr. Jacqueline Vickery 27 Feb '14

27 Feb '14

Hello, One of my grad students is conducing research on vlogs for his thesis. If you have 10 minutes to spare please consider taking his survey: https://unt.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6WeVcs4m7jD3Qj3 and please feel free to distribute widely. Thanks, - jacqueline ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Jacqueline Vickery, Ph.D. Assistant Professor College of Arts & Sciences Department of Radio, Television, & Film University of North Texas -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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