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Call for chapter proposals: Social Media/Social Writing collection
by Stephanie Vie 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

*Call for Papers (CFP)* We invite contributions for an edited collection on social media and writing within higher education entitled *Social Writing/Social Media: Pedagogy, Presentation, and Publics*. The prospectus for this project has been preliminarily approved by the WAC Clearinghouse's Perspectives on Writing book series, an imprint of Parlor Press that publishes books in free digital editions and low-cost print editions. We are committed to moving this project through the review process in a timely manner, both because of the timeliness of research on social media as well as our collective interest in seeing this book in print as soon as possible. This edited collection imagines social media broadly and encourages pieces that examine specific social media spaces such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, etc., within theoretical frameworks as well as pieces that look at writing within larger social media categories, such as micro-blogging, social networking, etc. We ask authors to consider their proposed chapter for one of the following three sections: - *Social media and pedagogy*: How are social media shaping and being shaped by educational issues related to writing studies? Pedagogy chapters should be theoretically informed and avoid atheoretical "what I did in my class" approaches. We welcome empirical and qualitative studies of pedagogical approaches. We especially welcome projects that engage in critical making pedagogies. - *Social media and personalities*: How do individuals use writing to create, maintain, and reshape their identities in relation to others? We are particularly interested in chapters that use critical, professional, or other theoretically informed approaches for examining social media and writing. - *Social media and publics*: In what ways are social media being used to develop and sustain writing-related efforts in local and national communities? We are specifically interested in chapters that interrogate civic engagement, politics, and/or activism vis-à-vis writing and social media. Contributors are encouraged to consider the following possible social media topics (however, other areas are welcome): - Literacy practices and communal norms about writing - Student writing produced outside of class - Pedagogies of possibilities and resistances - Critical issues in/and group dynamics - Issues of identity, anonymity, and pseudonymity - Privacy and surveillance within social media - End-User Licensing Agreements, Terms of Service, and/or copyright law - Non-alphabetic rhetorical activity - Digital divide and access issues for faculty, students, and/or community stakeholders - Service-learning and community-based research efforts in the community facilitated by social media - Genre-based analyses of social media activities Please send abstracts of no more than 500 words to Douglas Walls (Douglas.Walls at ucf.edu) and Stephanie Vie (Stephanie.Vie at ucf.edu) by June 15, 2014. Submissions should include full contact information and a brief biographical statement (including institutional affiliation) for all proposed authors. Indicate which of the three sections (pedagogy, presentation, or publics) where you see your chapter best fitting. Accepted authors will be invited to submit full chapter drafts by September 15, 2014. Initial queries are welcome. The editors will be in attendance at Writing Research Across Borders (February), the Conference on College Composition and Communication (March), Rhetoric Society of America (May), and Computers & Writing (June) and would be happy to meet to talk over proposals and/or chapter drafts. Proposed Timeline: - Deadline for abstracts: June 15, 2014 - Notification of acceptance to authors: June 22, 2014 - Deadline for first draft of accepted chapters: September 15, 2014 - Editors' feedback on first drafts: December 15, 2014 - Deadline for revised chapters: February 15, 2015 Douglas Walls, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Writing and Rhetoric University of Central Florida Douglas.Walls at ucf.edu Stephanie Vie, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Writing and Rhetoric University of Central Florida Stephanie.Vie at ucf.edu

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CFP IIP-FCC Broadband Reg Wksp
by Richard Denny Taylor 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Colleagues, With apologies for cross-postings: Call for Paper Proposals THE FUTURE OF BROADBAND REGULATION A by-invitation experts' workshop Organized by the Institute for Information Policy at Penn State University and co-sponsored by the Federal Communications Commission Federal Communications Commission 445 12th St. SW Washington, DC May 28-30, 2014 The U.S. National Broadband Plan envisions the transition of the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure to a ubiquitous IP-based broadband network. While there is a vibrant discussion of how best to manage the transition, there is only a nascent discussion of what the policy framework should look like after it is completed. What is the long-term outlook (beyond the transition and into the next decade) for the broadband ecosystem, and how will the regulatory system have to adapt to a changed environment? Advances in infrastructure technology and applications have, and will likely continue to push at the boundaries of current regulatory frameworks for telecommunications, media, and even intellectual property rights The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), is pleased to announce this call for paper proposals addressing the multiple factors in thinking about regulation for post-transition broadband networks. Authors of selected papers will be invited to present and discuss them during a 2-day by-invitation-only workshop designed to bring together up to a dozen experts to be held at the Federal Communications Commissions on (date). The Workshop is designed to draw together the latest academic thinking on these questions and to give FCC staff the opportunity to suggest elements of a forward-looking research agenda that would contribute to the policy discourse around them. The workshop is part of a series of events focused on "Making Policy Research Accessible," organized by the IIP, with the support of the Ford Foundation and the Media Democracy Fund. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers to the Journal of Information Policy (www.jip-online.org) All disciplines are welcome. Invited topics of papers may include, but are not limited to: . Will the dominant model for delivery of broadband services be fixed or mobile? How much competition will there be (especially wireline)? Will there be new technologies or entrants? . What is the future of "over-the-top" content and CDNs? . What will be the impact of the "internet of things"? What is its regulatory status? . How is the "public interest" defined in the broadband ecosystem? What sorts of regulatory safeguards/interventions will be needed to advance the public interest? . How do the FCC's broadband promotion programs interact with efforts of other agencies, on both the demand and supply side? . How should the concept of universal service evolve? What can the designers of universal service policies learn from efforts to stimulate demand for broadband? . What are the implications for regulatory frameworks of technological and other changes in the broadband ecosystem? . How should the division of labor between state and federal regulatory authorities change? . Are there any regulatory challenges on the horizon that are not yet part of the mainstream broadband regulation debate? Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by March 15, 2014. Please write IIPFCCPOST: YOUR NAME in the subject line. Accepted presenters will be notified by March 31, 2014.

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Fellowship in Berlin 2014 at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
by Constantin Hoferer 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Dear AOIRers, I would like to use the possibility to inform you about our this years fellowship program. The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG | @HIIG_berlin) which has been founded in March 2012 is meant to enable innovative scientific research in the field of Internet and society and to observe the development of the Internet in its interplay with societal transformation processes. This year the HIIG opens its doors for fellows from all over the world again. We invite applications from early stage researchers pursuing a project of transdisciplinary Internet research. If you are seeking exchange regarding your research aspirations and find our objectives to match yours or to complement them, we are looking forward to hearing your thoughts! Feel free to share our call. Constantin *Abstract:* Opportunities: Our fellowship <http://www.hiig.de/en/fellow-programme/> provides innovative thinkers a unique opportunity to exchange experiences and set off new initiatives in an inviting intellectual environment. The selected fellows are very welcome to collaborate in a growing international team and to participate in the research activities at our institute. We encourage you to actively shape your stay according to your research interests. We offer a number of opportunities to get involved with our research programme and discuss your research project with the HIIG research team, such as: - Developing a paper concerning your research project, e.g. writing a journal paper in our SSRN Internet & Society Series<http://www.hiig.de/en/research/ssrn-internet-society-series> - Holding a presentation about a topic of your choice in our weekly Journal Club - Organising a workshop of your research topic - Engage in joint activities and projects with other fellows - And more - according to your interest Benefits: Based in the heart of Berlin we will provide you with modern office space that you will share with our researchers. Fellows are expected to bring their own funding through their home institution or outside grants. Fellows must take care of their accommodation, insurance, childcare, and transportation arrangements. However, in specific cases we can provide fellows on request with a travel allowance of up to EURO 700,- and a visa subsidy of up to EURO 200,-. Read more about last years Fellow Programme<http://www.hiig.de/en/summer-fellows-2013-2/> . Timeframe: We offer fellowships from 3 up to 12 months starting from June 1st, 2014. Qualifications: - Master's degree - Fluency in English; command of German is appreciated - Research experience and an Internet research project of your own Required application documents: - curriculum vitae - letter of motivation: explaining your interest in the fellowship, your expectations and your research background (1 page) - outline of a) your research project, b) the work you aim to conduct during the fellowship, c) contributions you plan to realise during your stay, d) projects on our research agenda that are of interest to you, and e) if possible, preferred project partners at our institute (altogether on a maximum of 3 pages) - optional: your latest publication or work sample covering Internet research (maximum of 1 paper / chapter / presentation in English or German) Applications will only be accepted through our online application form attached below. Closing date for applications is Monday, March 17 2014. Please contact Jana Schudrowitz <http://www.hiig.de/staff/jana-schudrowitz-3/> with any questions via application(a)hiig.de. You may apply here<http://www.hiig.de/en/fellowship-2014-internet-society/> . -- [image: HIIG-Logo] <http://www.hiig.de> Constantin Hoferer Alexander von Humboldt Institut für Internet und Gesellschaft gGmbH Bebelplatz 1 · 10099 Berlin T +49 30 20 07 60 82 · F +49 30 20 93-3435 · www.hiig.de · [image: Facebook-Button] <http://www.facebook.com/HIIG.Berlin> [image: Twitter-Button] <https://twitter.com/hiig_berlin> [image: Google+1-Button]<https://plus.google.com/u/0/104662709701524780855> Gesellschaftssitz Berlin | Amtsgericht Berlin Charlottenburg | HRB 140911B USt-ID DE 27/601/54619 | Geschäftsführung: Dr. Jeanette Hofmann · Prof. Dr. Dr. Ingolf Pernice · Prof. Dr. Dr. Thomas Schildhauer · Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz · Dr. Karina Preiß

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AMCIS 2014 > CFP: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14)
by Howard Rosenbaum 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

[Apologies for cross-posting] Call For Papers: AMCIS Mini-track: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '14) 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS): Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems opportunity, Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ DESCRIPTION: This Mini Track solicits papers that make use of social theory in information systems research drawing upon such approaches as sociotechnical theory, critical theory, social informatics, organizational theory, cultural anthropology, sociology and others. We are interested in understanding and supporting the evolution of social theory, socio-technical theory, and social informatics in information systems research. We want to highlight research that uses these approaches to critically examine the constitution of information and communications technologies, and their roles in organizations and society; these are among the most important questions about IS, organizations, and society. We particularly invite IS research that applies, builds on, compares, or critiques these social theories. We are interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and theorize about application domains including large-scale social and organizational phenomena. We seek to attract research papers and research-in-progress papers from all IS researchers who are using the work of social theorists, organizational theorists, sociotechnical theorists, and cultural anthropologists, symbolic interactionists, and many others. We are particularly interested in research that makes use of social theory 1) to address issues of designing a smart and sustainable digital future, 2) to answer questions about how we are interacting with ICTs in our work and social lives in ways that help and hinder the move towards sustainability, and 3) to critically examine the constitution of ICTs, and their roles in the design, maintenance and dissolution of sustainable organizations and social groups. This will be the 14th consecutive year for the Mini Track at AMCIS, and we hope to continue a tradition of high quality paper submissions, thought-provoking presentations and lively discussion for all IS researchers using, or considering the use of, social theory in their work. SUGGESTED TOPICS In addition to research aligned with the conference theme we are also interested in high quality empirical and conceptual work that uses social theory to study and understand: * The implications of social networks for organizations and social groups * Conceptual and empirical work focusing on the ways ICT can promote or hinder social inclusion * The significance of cyberinfrastructure for commerce, governing and research and development * The relationships between ICTs and people as they participate in online communities and virtual teams * Online communities of practice, their processes and outcomes * The dynamics of crowdsourcing online * Hacktivism and the use of technology to mobilize resources and advance ideology * Unintended consequences of technology implementation and use in organizations and in social life * Scientific collaboration and scholarly communication as enabled and constrained by ICTs * The impacts of social computing on our social and work lives Minitrack chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu Submission Process: Instructions for authors and more information is available at: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system. Papers can be submitted beginning on January 5, 2014. The link will be available at: http://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2014_papers/ Submissions will close on March 1, 2014. ------------------------ Pnina Fichman Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies 901 East 10th Street, Informatics West #301 Indiana University, Bloomington, 47408 Phone (812) 856-1587 E-Mail fichman(a)indiana.edu Web http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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AMCIS 2014> CFP: Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data Minitrack
by Howard Rosenbaum 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

[Apologies for cross-posting] CALL FOR PAPERS: AMCIS Minitrack - Global and Cross Cultural Impacts of Big Data 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS): Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity, Savannah, GA, August 7-10, 2014 Conference Website: http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ DESCRIPTION Manyika et al. (2011; 4) note “big data has now reached every sector of the global economy. Like other essential factors of production … much of modern economic activity simply couldn’t take place without it.” An emerging grand challenge involves gathering, organizing, curating, managing, analyzing, visualizing and disseminating these heterogeneous data over the lifecycle of the data for such purposes such as scientific discovery, medical advances, entrepreneurial activity and public policy formulation. People in the public and private sectors are taking note of this development as are academics, who are exploring ways of dealing with big data, defined by the National Science Foundation (2012) as: …large, diverse, complex, longitudinal, and/or distributed data sets generated from instruments, sensors, Internet transactions, email, video, click streams, and/or all other digital sources available today and in the future. This minitrack solicits high quality conceptual and empirical work that focuses on the global impacts of big data on governments, multinational companies, NGOs and other organizations. Big data datasets and the technologies for analyzing them are developing faster than our understanding of the ways in which this phenomenon is impacting and will impact the ways work is done in a wide range of settings. As scholars and researchers begin to investigate the impacts of Big Data, this minitrack provides a venue for them to share their work. Appropriate topics for this minitrack include (but are not limited to) the following: • Big data use in organizational, national and international settings • How the introduction of big data affects organizational and group work flow • Ways that big data is affecting organizational and group decision making • Security and privacy impacts of big data use • The intended and unintended consequences of big data • The dark side of big data: surveillance, illicit activities, discriminatory analytics, and the end of privacy • Big data as a social, political, economic, and/or cultural phenomenon Minitrack chairs: Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu Howard Rosenbaum, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu SUBMISSION PROCESS: Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system no later than March 1, 2014. Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions on January 5, 2014 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2014 Additional instructions for authors: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org/index.php/call-for-papers Important Dates: March 1, 2014: (11:59 PM EST): Deadline for paper submissions April 4 2014: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 18, 2014: Authors revisions due April 25, 2014: (11:59 PM EST): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Pinterest, Google+ and Foursquare stats
by Fabio 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

Hello AoIR, I'm working on a project about various social network sites and I'm looking for updated data about Pinterest, G+ and Foursquare. I already found old global stats but at the moment what I really need are demographic and usage information (both global and nation-based, in particular italian and european ones) about the current situation of these SNS (or at least not older than few months). Can anyone suggest or recommend a trusted and updated source? Thank you so much: any help will be surely welcome. -- Fabio Stefano Alla Dipartimento di Comunicazione e Ricerca Sociale Sapienza Università di Roma

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Conference on Digital Discrimination and Social Networks. Barcelona, 13th and 14th of March
by Jj Pedregosa 10 Feb '14

10 Feb '14

The main aim of the conference is to invite participants to actively *share current experiences and research and push forward our knowledge to fight discrimination*. Academics, NGOs working with youths or on discrimination, activists, trainers, teachers, policy makers, journalists, social media professionals and the general public are welcome to attend. Programme of the conference: http://digitaldiscrimination.eu/conference/

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 115, Issue 9
by Sarah Logan 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Wow, this is amazing! Surely we don't need all the numbers: we can say, for example, that readership from Thailand increased by some huge among over the second week, showing that the website draws topical readers, which makes the poll more relevant. And we can say that the bulk of the readership comes from SE Asia, especially Thailand and Malaysia... So it might not be necessary to do the hugely detailed stats< especially as the numbers over two weeks are not really generalisable to a trend - we could try and pull them out to a year, but I suspect they would remain the same. What do you think? Digital Politics Research Fellow State, Society and Governance in Melanesia Australian National University Twitter: @circt -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org Sent: Monday, 10 February 2014 10:00 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Air-L Digest, Vol 115, Issue 9 Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Scratch Big Data Summit at MIT-- sharing 5 years of online community data (Andr?s Monroy-Hern?ndez) 2. Re: Selfies Research Network (Joly MacFie) 3. IR15 Submission System OPEN (Erika Pearson) 4. Research on Africans and mobile photography? (Terri Senft) 5. Re: Research on Africans and mobile photography? (Nancy Baym) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 15:44:48 -0800 From: Andr?s Monroy-Hern?ndez <andresmh(a)andresmh.com> Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Scratch Big Data Summit at MIT-- sharing 5 years of online community data Message-ID: <CAOVpNgz+XvE5FDajrpfjedr3n7gi1gP-vDnGi-6GjuLHOkCddA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hello, AIR, I'm writing to let you know about a workshop that we're organizing on March 21 at the MIT Media Lab, bringing together researchers who are interested in studying the Scratch online community <http://scratch.mit.edu>. At the workshop, we'll be sharing a dataset with the first five years of public data from the Scratch community, and discussing ways that people might use this dataset. Here's a website with more information about the workshop and how to apply: https://sites.google.com/site/scratchdatameeting/ Cheers. ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2014 19:08:53 -0500 From: Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> To: Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com> Cc: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Selfies Research Network Message-ID: <CAM9VJk3vjVjSX=GBqdAZSHq5CZaZzAN+Pu=PewfOsPyVijgWRg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 An International Legal Hackers Data Privacy Hackathon, is happening this weekend, At the NYC location, one group is hacking legal solutions to revenge porn. You can see a brief introduction late in the last few minutes of www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lu_H_Bgt9po - where they note most of the raw material comes from selfies. What is briefly discussed is possibly the creation of a new copyright registration category for what are private thus technically unpublished works, in order that the DMCA can be invoked if the selfies are exploited by others. More info https://www.hackerleague.org/hackathons/data-privacy-legal-hackathon/hacks/… j On Sat, Feb 8, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Selfies Research Network, anyone? > > Yes we made on. Yes ,it's already fantastic, Yes you are invited if > you are researching in the area of selfies, digital photography, > autobiography, performance, etc. > > Yes, we are ESPECIALLY interested to hear from you if you do research > with populations outside of North America or Europe, or work in > languages other than English. > > Our Facebook group is here: > > https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292/ > > See you there! > > Terri > > p.s. Scholars from China and other places Facebook is blocked. I > desperately want to hear from you, and am open to thoughts about how > to include you in the conversation/research. Please write me > personally to think through these issues. We will figure something out, I promise!! > > > > -- > <http://goog_689013053> > > <http://goog_689013053> > > Dr. Theresa M. Senft > Global Liberal Studies Program > School of Arts & Sciences > New York University > 726 Broadway NY NY 10003 > > home: *www.terrisenft.net <http://goog_689013053>* (needs a serious > updating) > facebook: www.facebook.com/theresa.senft > twitter: @terrisenft > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the > Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change > options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- --------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------- - ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 21:02:32 +0000 From: Erika Pearson <erika.pearson(a)otago.ac.nz> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] IR15 Submission System OPEN Message-ID: <739B75D2B089AC4B945845F518CCAF51959BD3CD(a)ITS-EXM-P06.registry.otago.ac.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Dear colleagues We are pleased to open submissions for proposals for IR15: Boundaries and Intersections (Bangkok, October, 2014). To re-familiarize yourself with the call for papers and types of submissions solicited, please see: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=19 . If you submitted a proposal to the conference last year (through ConfTools) your login credentials should be the same (tied to your email address). When submitting your proposal, please take the time to read the submission categories and topics carefully, as they are different from previous years. If you have any queries about the submission process, please email conference chair Erika Pearson ( ir15programchair(a)aoir.org ). We look forward to seeing your proposals. To go directly to the submission site: https://www.conftool.com/aoir-ir15/ Yours Erika Pearson IR15 Program Chair ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 17:34:13 -0500 From: Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com> To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Research on Africans and mobile photography? Message-ID: <CAMsrFiGMokSA+PgCet1oH=o3fwa_3D3c6xeOQj-qM7swwtDfHA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi All, While putting together the Selfies Research Network, I find myself at a complete loss for names of researchers who have studied mobile photography practices in Africa. Anybody have names of authors or articles that come to mind? Better yet, if you are a scholar studying these practices yourself, we'd love to have you join our international group. Feel free to drop me a line personally, and our Facebook group is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292 Many thanks! Terri -- <http://goog_689013053> <http://goog_689013053> Dr. Theresa M. Senft Global Liberal Studies Program School of Arts & Sciences New York University 726 Broadway NY NY 10003 home: *www.terrisenft.net <http://goog_689013053>* (needs a serious updating) facebook: www.facebook.com/theresa.senft twitter: @terrisenft ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 22:37:25 +0000 From: Nancy Baym <baym(a)microsoft.com> To: Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com>, aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Research on Africans and mobile photography? Message-ID: <CF1D6D21.121F6%baym(a)microsoft.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hey Terri, Not EXACTLY what you are looking for but very close: Paula Uimonen (2013) Visual identity in Facebook, Visual Studies, 28:2, 122-135, DOI: 10.1080/1472586X.2013.801634 Abstract: Seeing your friends in Facebook has become a common means of social interaction, illustrating a visual turn in digital media in general and social media in particular. This article explores visual identity in Facebook, focusing on the use of profile photographs in the performance of digitally mediated selfhood. In Facebook, relationships are increasingly communicated through images, thus rendering the interactive reflexivity of performance rather visible. Based on the profile photographs of students at an arts college in Tanzania, the article discusses the construction of cultural identities through visual communication. By visually expressing their selves through profile photographs, users engage in the social construction of reality, crafting their digitally mediated identities in interaction with their online social relations. The online performance of selfhood is analysed in the context of offline social and material realities, to underline cultural aspirations for global inclusion. Building on anthropological readings of performance, the concept of social aesthetic frame is introduced to capture patterns of digital stratification that encompass the online construction of networked selfhood in the peripheries of the global network society. The article builds on anthropological research on digital media and intercultural interaction at a national arts institute in Tanzania, using a combination of digital, sensory and visual research methods. On 2/9/14 5:34 PM, "Terri Senft" <tsenft(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Hi All, > >While putting together the Selfies Research Network, I find myself at a >complete loss for names of researchers who have studied mobile photography >practices in Africa. > >Anybody have names of authors or articles that come to mind? > >Better yet, if you are a scholar studying these practices yourself, we'd >love to have you join our international group. > >Feel free to drop me a line personally, and our Facebook group is at: > >https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292 > > >Many thanks! >Terri >-- ><http://goog_689013053> > ><http://goog_689013053> > >Dr. Theresa M. Senft >Global Liberal Studies Program >School of Arts & Sciences >New York University >726 Broadway NY NY 10003 > >home: *www.terrisenft.net <http://goog_689013053>* >(needs a serious updating) >facebook: www.facebook.com/theresa.senft >twitter: @terrisenft >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 115, Issue 9 *************************************

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Research on Africans and mobile photography?
by Terri Senft 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Hi All, While putting together the Selfies Research Network, I find myself at a complete loss for names of researchers who have studied mobile photography practices in Africa. Anybody have names of authors or articles that come to mind? Better yet, if you are a scholar studying these practices yourself, we'd love to have you join our international group. Feel free to drop me a line personally, and our Facebook group is at: https://www.facebook.com/groups/664091916962292 Many thanks! Terri -- <http://goog_689013053> <http://goog_689013053> Dr. Theresa M. Senft Global Liberal Studies Program School of Arts & Sciences New York University 726 Broadway NY NY 10003 home: *www.terrisenft.net <http://goog_689013053>* (needs a serious updating) facebook: www.facebook.com/theresa.senft twitter: @terrisenft

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IR15 Submission System OPEN
by Erika Pearson 09 Feb '14

09 Feb '14

Dear colleagues We are pleased to open submissions for proposals for IR15: Boundaries and Intersections (Bangkok, October, 2014). To re-familiarize yourself with the call for papers and types of submissions solicited, please see: http://ir15.aoir.org/?page_id=19 . If you submitted a proposal to the conference last year (through ConfTools) your login credentials should be the same (tied to your email address). When submitting your proposal, please take the time to read the submission categories and topics carefully, as they are different from previous years. If you have any queries about the submission process, please email conference chair Erika Pearson ( ir15programchair(a)aoir.org ). We look forward to seeing your proposals. To go directly to the submission site: https://www.conftool.com/aoir-ir15/ Yours Erika Pearson IR15 Program Chair

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