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Don't miss the deadline: submit to ACM HT 2014 this Friday 21st
by Denis Parra 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Dear researchers, Don't forget to submit your full, short papers, posters and demos by this Friday 21st, 11:59PM CSLCT http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=232 Thanks for your interest, see you in Santiago In September! ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hypertext 2014 - 25th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 1-4 Sept. 2014, Santiago, Chile http://ht.acm.org/ht2014/ Submissions via EasyChair: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht14 Regular and short papers, posters: 21 March 2014 Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. The ACM Hypertext 2014 conference will focus on the role of hypertext and hyperlink theory on the web and beyond, as a foundation for approaches and practices in the wider community - ranging from the usage of social media to the semantics of the 'Internet of Things'. We also welcome submissions that focus on the linguistic aspects of hypertextand user experience with linked entities, resources and events. Hypertext 2014 tracks ===================== - Links and Connections between People (chairs: Daniele Quercia, Johan Bollen) - Open Data and the Semantics of Things (chairs: Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Mathieu d'Aquin) - User Experience and Adaptive Linking (chairs: Rosta Farzan, Vincent Wade) IMPORTANT DATES =============== Full paper submission: 21 March 2014. Workshop papers, doctoral consortium papers and late-breaking results: 23 May 2014. Submission instructions: See http://ht.acm.org/ht2014 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ORGANIZATION General chairs: Leo Ferres, Gustavo Rossi Program chairs: Virgilio de Almeida, Eelco Herder Workshop and tutorial chairs: Federica Cena, Christoph Trattner Poster and demo chairs: Carlos Castillo, Jill Freyne Student chairs: Julita Vassileva, Martin Atzmüller Local and publicity chair: Denis Parra Proceedings chair: Altigran Soares da Silva ---------------------------------------------------------------- Thanks, Denis Parra Assistant Profesor, Department of Computer Science School of Engineering Pontifical Catholic University of Chile +56 (2) 2354.4442 dparra(a)ing.puc.cl

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RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA
by Joshua Uebelherr 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: http://cpi.asu.edu/cpi-now. Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 --

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RFP DEADLINE EXTENDED 3/31/14: THREE $10, 000 NSF BROADBAND SEED GRANTS FOR INNOVATIVE USE, EVALUATION, & RESEARCH DATA
by Joshua Uebelherr 19 Mar '14

19 Mar '14

Dear Colleagues, The deadline for the NSF Innovative Broadband Use Evaluation and Research Data Seed Grant request for proposals (RFP) has been extended to March 31, 2014 (from March 21). Earlier submissions are encouraged. The full updated RFP can be downloaded at: . Other dates remain the same. Sincerely, Joshua Uebelherr -- Joshua Uebelherr Doctoral student in Public Administration and Policy Graduate Research Associate Center for Policy Informatics cpi.asu.edu/network Arizona State University School of Public Affairs 411 N Central Avenue, Suite 400 Phoenix, AZ 85004-0687 --

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Shifts in Persian Cyberspace and Social Networking in Iran
by Laura Henderson 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

The Iran Media Program (http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en) announces two new reports that might be of interest to AoIRists: *Whither Blogestan: Evaluating Shifts in Persian Cyberspace: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1607 Between 2002 and 2010, the Persian blogosphere exploded in size and became the topic of numerous reports, essays, videos and books. However, global interest in this emerging trend seemed to decrease during the second presidential mandate of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. This report is aimed at providing an answer to whether Blogestan itself has faded in size, activity and influence, since 2009. The report includes an audience survey of Persian blog readers, a web crawling analysis of the Iranian blogosphere, and a series of interviews with 20 influential bloggers living inside and outside of Iran. *Liking Facebook in Tehran:Social Networking in Iran: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/download/1609 This report, based on an online survey of Iranian Facebook users, contributes to a small but growing body of scholarship on social and new media use in Iran. Our findings offer new insights into the Iranian Facebook ecosystem, including patterns of Facebook usage among Iranians, why and how Iranians are using Facebook, what types of content they are sharing, as well as perceptions of privacy and security associated with using Facebook. In addition, the survey addresses the key question of whether Facebook is being used as a tool for political engagement and civic activism among Iranian internet users, as initial assessments suggested. AoIRists might also be interested in these other publications from the IMP: *Citation Filtered: Iran's Censorship of Wikipedia: http://cgcsblog.asc.upenn.edu/2013/11/07/citation-filtered/ Using proxy servers in Iran, researchers scanned 800,000 Persian language Wikipedia articles. Every blocked article was identified and blocked pages were divided into ten categories to determine the type of content to which state censors are most adverse. The report is accompanied by an infographicdetailing blocking mechanisms and types of filtered content. *Internet Censorship in Iran: An infographic: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/sites/default/files/research/pdf/136318068… This infographic illustrates the constellation of bodies currently involved in internet censorship in Iran. It attempts to show the complexity of Iran's internet governance system by mapping the relationship between the different policy-making and enforcement bodies involved in internet censorship and filtering, spotlighting four new bodies-the Supreme Council on Cyberspace, the Committee Charged with Determining Offensive Content, the Cyber Army, and the Cyber Police-that have emerged since 2009 as key institutions responsible for controlling the flow of online communications, both within Iran and betweenIranians and the global cybersphere. *Finding a way - How Iranians reach for news and information: http://www.iranmediaresearch.org/en/research/pdffile/990 This study details the results of an online questionnaire among young, metropolitan, educated and technologically savvy Iranians, and was aimed at illustrating the extent to which these youth employ new media for political purposes over a year after the contested Iranian elections and during the Tunisia, Egypt and Libya uprisings. The prevalence of Internet use, online activities, and speed of access was assessed, as was the use of and engagement with certain platforms such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter. The surveys also examined the use of circumvention tools as well as the extent to which Iraniansthink citizens can be empowered through the use of new media. *Dimming the Internet: Detecting Throttling as a Mechanism of Censorship in Iran: http://arxiv.org/abs/1306.4361 In the days immediately following the contested June 2009 Presidential election, Iranians attempting to reach news content and social media platforms were subject to unprecedented levels of the degradation, blocking and jamming of communications channels. Rather than shut down networks, which would draw attention and controversy, the government was rumored to have slowed connection speeds to rates that would render the Internet nearly unusable, especially for the consumption and distribution of multimedia content. Since, political upheavals elsewhere have been associated with headlines such as "High usage slows down Internet in Bahrain" and "Syrian Internet slows during Friday protests once again," with further rumors linking poor connectivity with political instability in Myanmar and Tibet. For governments threatened by public expression, the throttling of Internet connectivity appears to be an increasingly preferred and less detectable method of stifling the free flow of information. In order to assess this perceived trend and begin to create systems of accountability and transparency on such practices, we attempt to outline an initial strategy for utilizing a ubiquitous set of network measurements as a monitoring service, then apply such methodology to shed light on the recent history of censorship in Iran. *The Hidden Internet of Iran: Private Address Allocations on a National Network: http://arxiv.org/abs/1209.6398 While funding agencies have provided substantial support for the developers and vendors of services that facilitate the unfettered flow of information through the Internet, little consolidated knowledge exists on the basic communications network infrastructure of the Islamic Republic of Iran. In the absence of open access and public data, rumors and fear have reigned supreme. During provisional research on the country's censorship regime, we found initial indicators that telecommunications entities in Iran allowed private addresses to route domestically, whether intentionally or unintentionally, creating a hidden network only reachable within the country. Moreover, records such as DNS entries lend evidence of a 'dual stack' approach, wherein servers are assigned a domestic IP addresses, in addition to a global one. Despite the clear political implications of the claim we put forward, particularly in light of rampant speculation regarding the mandate of Article 46 of the 'Fifth Five Year Development Plan' to establish a "national information network," we refrain from hypothesizing the purpose of this structure. In order to solicit critical feedback for future research, we outline our initial findings and attempt to demonstrate that the matter under contention is a nation-wide phenomenon that warrants broader attention. Laura Schwartz-Henderson Research Project Manager Center For Global Communication Studies Annenberg School for Communication University of Pennsylvania 215-898-9727

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Deadline Reminder � ASIS&T Annual Meeting
by Richard Hill 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

April 30 is the deadline for submitting proposals for Panels, Contributed Papers, and tutorials and workshops. Additional information below. Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities 77th ASIST Annual Meeting October 31 - November 4, 2014 Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA http://www.asis.org/asist2014/ SUBMISDSION URL: https://www.conftool.pro/asist2014/index.php?page=login The Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology is the premier international conference dedicated to the study of information, people, and technology in contemporary society. The ASIST AM gathers leading scholars and practitioners from around the globe to share innovations, ideas, research, and insights into the state and future of information and communication in play, work, governance, and society. ASIST AM has an established record for pushing the boundaries of information studies, exploring core concepts and ideas, and creating new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. The conference welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and technology. The conference celebrates plurality in methods, theories and conceptual frameworks and has historically presented research and development from a broad spectrum of domains, as encapsulated in ASIST�s many special interest groups: Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts; Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy; International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information; Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound. Important Dates Papers, Panels, and Workshops: Submissions: April 30th Notifications: June 11th Final copies: July 15th Posters: Submissions: July 1th Notifications: July 30th Final copies: August 20th (All deadlines: midnight, Hawaii Standard Time) . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014)
by Sheryl Grant 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Hi everyone, Apologies for cross-posting: 1st International Workshop on Open Badges in Education (#OBIE2014) - https://sites.google.com/site/obie2014ws/ - => in conjunction with the 13th International Conference on Web-based Learning (ICWL2014), Tallinn, Estonia, 13-16 August 2014 => proceedings published by Springer IMPORTANT DATES ==================================== * 1 May 2014: Paper submission deadline * 23 May 2014: Notification of acceptance * 13 June 2014: Camera-ready paper * 12 August 2014: Open Badges in Education workshop day (to be confirmed by the Conference organizers) OVERVIEW ======== Open Badges (OBs) initiative is a community effort aimed at introducing novel means and practices for knowledge/skill assessment, recognition, and credentialing. Along the way, it is also promoting values such as openness and learner?s agency, as well as participatory learning practices and peer-learning communities. Even though digital badges are not a new phenomenon, their use prior to the emergence of the OBs initiative was largely associated with isolated efforts of individual organizations, and there was no systematic approach to issuing and using badges. Likewise, OBs should not be equated with digital badges that are used solely as a part of gamification efforts aimed at motivating users for different kinds of tasks; OBs differ in at least two significant ways. First, they allow learners to gather badges that originate from different sources (i.e., organizations acting as badge issuers), and to select and combine the earned badges into custom profiles suitable for the given occasion (e.g., job application). Second, OBs are self-sufficient in the sense that they carry all the information one would need to understand and value the achievement/status they refer to. All these novel and distinctive features have positioned OBs as suitable candidates for addressing some of the pressing challenges in the context of life-long and Web-based learning, including: i) recognition of learning in multiple and diverse locations and environments that go beyond traditional classrooms; ii) recognition of diverse kinds of skills and knowledge, including soft and general skills; iii) recognition of alternative forms of assessment; iv) the need for transparent and easily verifiable digital credentials. TOPICS OF INTEREST ================== Open Badges (OBs) are rapidly gaining traction among educational practitioners as well as education-oriented companies and non-profit organizations. However, so far, there have been only a few research studies aimed at validating the propositions related to OBs. This indicates an obvious need for higher engagement of the research community in order to assure a deeper understanding of not only OBs and their potential roles, but also the larger educational ecosystem within which they operate and evolve. Considering everything stated above, this workshop would welcome submissions on some of the topics from the following (though not restrictive) list: * OBs as a motivational mechanism * OBs as a mean to support and promote participatory learning practices * OBs as a mean to support and recognize alternative assessment * OBs as a mean to recognize prior learning * OBs as a mean to facilitate charting of learning trajectories * OBs as a facilitator of self-regulated learning * OBs as a mean for building and maintaining learner's profile (portfolio) * Implementation of OBs in different kinds of educational settings (formal, non-formal, informal) * Software systems and tools for the implementation and deployment of OBs * Technical challenges in enabling the intended functionalities of OBs SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION ========================== We welcome the following types of contributions: * Short (up to 5 pages) and full (up to 10 pages) research papers, * Poster abstracts and system demonstrations (should not exceed 2 pages). All submissions must be written in English and must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS format (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0) Please submit your contributions electronically in PDF format at * https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=obie2014 All the submissions will go through a double-blind review process. Submissions will be evaluated according to their significance, originality, technical content, style, clarity, and relevance to the workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper is expected to attend the workshop. All accepted workshop papers will be published in a separate post-proceedings volume in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS =================== * Weiqin Chen, University of Bergen, Norway * Vladan Devedzic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Dragan Gasevic, Athabasca University, Canada * Jelena Jovanovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia PROGRAMME COMMITTEE =================== * Samuel Abramovich, University at Buffalo - SUNY, USA * Simon Cross, The Open University, UK * Elizabeth Dalton, University of New Hampshire, USA * Rebecca Galley, The Open University, UK * Sheryl Grant, Duke University, USA * Richard Kimbell, Goldsmiths University of London, UK * Rudy McDaniel, University of Central Florida, USA * Ivana Mijatovic, University of Belgrade, Serbia * Michael R. Olneck, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA * Razvan Rughinis, University Politehnica of Bucharest, Romania * Jose Luis Santos Odriozola, KU Leuven, Belgium * Julian Sefton-Green, London School of Economics and Political Sciences, UK * Felicia M. Sullivan, Tufts University, USA For further questions please contact the organisers via *** obie2014[at]easychair.org *** Sheryl Grant Director of Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition sheryl.grant(a)duke.edu Duke University 114 South Buchanan Blvd. Smith Warehouse Durham, NC 27708

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CAMRI Seminar: Jonathan Hardy on his forthcoming book "Critical Political Economy of the Media: An Introduction"
by Christian Fuchs 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Critical Political Economy of Communications – A Mid-Term Report: The First Fifty Years and the Future Jonathan Hardy University of Westminster Harrow Campus (tube stop: Northwick Park, Metropolitan Line) Wed, March 26. !4:00-16:00 Room A6.08 Registration at latest until Monday, March 24, per e-mail to christian.fuchs(a)uti.at Abstract If we take the late 1960s as a starting point an explicitly defined ‘critical political economy of communications’ is fifty years old. How salient today are the core concerns that shaped this tradition? What are the emergent themes in contemporary critical media studies? Jonathan Hardy will discuss his book-length review of critical political economists’ work (Hardy, Jonathan. Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction. London: Routledge.), and reflect on what their approaches can offer for contemporary investigations into the problems of the media. Biography Dr Jonathan Hardy is Reader in Media Studies at the University of East London and teaches political economy of media at Goldsmiths College, London. He is the author of Critical Political Economy of Media: An Introduction (Routledge, forthcoming; Cross-Media Promotion (Peter Lang, 2010), Western Media Systems (Routledge, 2008) and writes on media, marketing communications, regulation and policy. He is Secretary of the Campaign for Press and Broadcasting Freedom, a UK media reform group.

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PhD-Seminar, Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study?
by Niels Brügger 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

***apologies for cross-postings*** PhD seminar Web Archiving and Archived Web — a new Research Method, a new Object of Study? Aarhus University, Denmark, 11-12 June 2014 Organised by the Danish Digital Humanities Lab/NetLab & Aarhus University, the PhD programme ‘ICT, Media, Communication and Journalism’ This PhD seminar focus on web archiving and web archives with a view to investigating the nexus between web archiving and web archives as a new research method and as a new object of study. The aim of the seminar is double. On the one hand it is to introduce web archiving as a research method to be used by scholars studying contemporary political, social, and cultural phenomena within the humanities and the social sciences, and, on the other hand, the aim is to introduce to the methodological and theoretical issues related to the use of existing (trans)national web archives, in the main in relation to historical studies involving the web. Participation as well as coffee and lunch are free of charge. Participants must pay for dinner, travel and accomodation themselves. The number of participants is limited to 20. Deadline for submission of application is Monday 24 March 2014. The lectures and the lecturers: • “Virtual Digs: Excavating, Preserving, and Archiving the Web”, Meghan Dougherty, Assistant Professor, Digital Communication, Loyola University Chicago • “A Data Driven Approach to Web Archive Research”, Anat Ben-David, post-doctoral researcher with the WebART project, University of Amsterdam • “Archiving web material for future research?”, Ditte Laursen, senior researcher and curator at the State Media Archive, State Library in Denmark • “Probing a nation’s web sphere”, Niels Brügger, Associate Professor, Aarhus University, Head of the Centre for Internet Studies Read the full call, including more about the course format, the venue, and how to enrol:http://www.netlab.dk/courses/ Very best, Niels Brügger —————————————————————————————— LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS August 2013 Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives, New Media & Society, 15(5), 752-764 Read more: http://nms.sagepub.com/content/15/5/752.abstract June 2013 Historical Network Analysis of the Web, Social Science Computer Review, 31(3), 306-321 Read more: http://ssc.sagepub.com/content/31/3/306.abstract March 2013 The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.O. Finnemann), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Director, the Centre for Internet Studies Department of Aesthetics and Communication Aarhus University Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8715 0000 Phone (direct) +45 8716 1971 Phone (mobile) +45 2945 3231 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Skype name: niels_bruegger The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.au.dk NetLab http://netlab.dk The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk LARM (Radio Culture and Auditory Resources Research Infrastructure) http://www.larm-archive.org

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Call for article submissions - Innovations in the Newsroom - The Journal of Media Innovations
by Charles Ess 18 Mar '14

18 Mar '14

Dear AoIRists, With the usual regrets for duplications - please distribute and cross-post as seems useful. Call for submissions to The Journal of Media Innovations, vol. 1, issue 2. The Journal of Media Innovations is an open access, peer-reviewed, cross-disciplinary journal that explores media technologies, media policies, organizational structures, media management, media production, journalism, media services, and usages. Each issue of The Journal includes academic articles, research briefs, and book reviews. All candidate submissions are peer reviewed; published articles usually go through at least one cycle of revision in light of reviewers¹ and the editorial team¹s comments and suggestions. Please see the inaugural issue <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/index> for examples. We invite submissions to the upcoming issue, on the theme of Innovations in the newsroom, <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/announcement/view/257>. The issues focuses on how news media meet contemporary challenges of changing user behaviour, threatened revenue models and restructuring processes through Innovation. Submissions should focus on one or more of the following topics: - Changing journalistic practices, e.g., computer assisted journalism, public or participatory journalism, social media - Changing production routines - Changing journalistic ethics and norms - Changing forms of funding, e.g., crowd funding, pay walls, entrepreneurial journalism - Changing organizational forms - Sources of and/or obstacles to innovation in news media Submission date: 15. April 2014. Publication date: 30. September 2014. Please visit our website <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/index> and follow the steps for online submissions: <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/about/submissions#onlineSubmiss ions> Inquiries may be directed to Karoline A. Ihlebæk, Editorial Assistant: <k.a.ihlebak(a)media.uio.no> On behalf of our editorial team and Editorial Board, Charles Ess, Editor, JMI 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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CfP: Media Architecture Biennale 2014: papers due 20 May
by Marcus Foth 17 Mar '14

17 Mar '14

CALL FOR PAPERS MEDIA ARCHITECTURE BIENNALE 2014 November 19-22, 2014 Aarhus, Denmark At the Media Architecture Biennale in 2014 we explore the emergence of new kinds of “World Cities” through media architecture. In this context, encounters may occur when media architecture is realized and people experience and interact with it, e.g. when public spaces and urban environments and the practices they shape are influenced by elements of media architecture; it may also occur as new platforms give rise to new opportunities for shaping systems and surroundings. IMPORTANT DATES PAPERS Papers submission deadline: May 20 Notification of acceptance: July 30 Camera-ready submission: Aug 30 Conference: Nov 19-22 2014 DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Expression of interest: Aug 1 Submission deadline: Aug 30 WORKSHOPS Expression of interest: 27 April EXHIBITIONS (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) STUDENTS COMPETITION (see website MAB14.org for submission deadlines) TOPICS We consider media architecture as an inclusive term that encompasses encounters and intersections between digital technologies and our physical surroundings. We invite papers that present and discuss novel contributions to media architecture both on a practical and theoretical level and that further our understanding of the field through case studies, design approaches, and best practices. We expect contributions to critically explore a wide range of topics including, but not limited to: - How to support the development of social structures with urban digital media - Social and Cultural Aspects of Media Architecture - Participatory Architecture & City Planning - Spatial Locative Media - Case Studies of Specific Projects - Future Trends and Prototypes - Media Facades and Urban Displays - Interaction Techniques and Interfaces- Critical and Historical Perspectives on Media Architecture - Design Processes and Methods SUBMISSION DETAILS The conference invites research presentations from both academia and industry: * We invite both short and long papers. Submitted papers should be a maximum of four and ten pages in length, for short and long papers respectively, in ACM format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) * The papers should clearly explain the research question addressed, research methods and tasks, findings or results, and contributions of the work. Papers should also provide sufficient background and related work to situate and contextualize the authors’ work within the greater body of research. * Submissions should consist of original work not previously published or concurrently under consideration for any other conference, workshop, journal, or other publication with an ISBN, ISSN or DOI number. *Authors must provide a 30-word contribution statement for their paper upon submission. The contribution statement should explain the contribution made by the paper to the Media Architecture community. *Papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple members of a program committee consisting of experts in a range of disciplines that shape media architecture. OUR VISION Building on the successful event in Aarhus 2012, Media Architecture Biennale 2014 brings together artists, practitioners and researchers from academia and industry who work with media, interactive technologies and the built environment. The 2014 Biennale comprises an academic conference track, exhibitions, and industry sessions, as well workshops. Our vision is to provide an excellent forum for debate and knowledge exchange; to of fer a unique opportunity that brings together the best minds and organizations; and to highlight state-of-the-art and experimental research in media architecture. THEME: Media Architecture and Cities of the World Media architecture is an increasingly important digital layer in cities all over the world. It is a part of shopping malls, casinos, digital signs and commercials and it holds great potential as a mouthpiece for public voice and a peephole into the heart of government. The latter was exemplified when citizen reports and the municipality's case handlings were visualized on Aarhus' notable city hall tower during the Media Architecture Biennale 2012. It is also the case, when people in the streets of Berlin are invited to show their own animations using 144 lit-up windows in a central high-rise building, which happened in the iconic project Blinkenlights. No matter if it is in Aarhus, Copenhagen or Berlin – or in São Paulo, Sydney or Beijing – media architecture augments public space and creates new settings for life in the city. These new settings will be the focus of the Media Architecture Biennale 2014. The design of media architecture invites encounters between people, the built environment, and media space. It opens up rich opportunities for new forms of participation through dialogue and engagement. As an emerging field, diverse perspectives are coming together in media architecture, and the challenges are as abundant as the opportunities. HOST Aarhus University, Denmark, in collaboration with Media Architecture Institute. INFORMATION Twitter: @MABiennale Facebook: Facebook.com/MABiennale Web: www.mab14.org Email: conference(a)mediaarchitecture.org Proceedings of the Media Architecture Biennale Conference 2012: http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2421076 PUBLICATION Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library (approval pending). COME AND JOIN US! ORGANISING COMMITTEE General Chair Martin Brynskov (Aarhus University) Co-chair and founder Gernot Tscherteu (Media Architecture Institute) Conference Programme Chairs Peter Dalsgaard (Aarhus University) & Ava Fatah gen Schieck (The Bartlett, UCL) Exhibition and Awards chairs/curators Gernot Tscherteu (realitylab.at) & Morten Lervig (CAVI, Aarhus University) Workshop Chairs Martin Tomitsch (University of Sydney) & Alexander Wiethoff (Ludwig-Maximillians Universität München) Doctoral Consortium Chairs Søren Pold (Aarhus University) & Marcus Foth (Queensland University of Technology) Communication Chairs Lone Koefoed Hansen (Aarhus University) & Jen Stein (University of Southern California) Media and Communications Journalist Mette Stentoft (Aarhus) & designer Oleg Šuran (University of Split) Special Advisors Kim Halskov & Hank Haeusler -- Associate Professor Marcus Foth Director, Urban Informatics Research Lab Principal Research Fellow, School of Design Queensland University of Technology 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia m.foth(a)qut.edu.au – @sunday9pm – http://www.urbaninformatics.net/ CRICOS No. 00213J

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