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Webology: Volume 10, Number 2, December 2013
by Alireza Noruzi 24 Jan '14

24 Jan '14

Dear All, apologies for cross-posting. We are pleased to inform you that Vol. 10, No. 2 of Webology, an OPEN ACCESS bi-annual journal, is published and available ONLINE now. ------------------ Webology: Volume 10, Number 2, December 2013 TOC: http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/toc.html This issue contains: ------------------------- Articles ------------------------- - Managing online identity and diverse social networks on Facebook -- Kirsty Young -- Keywords: Online social networking; Facebook; Identity construction; Impression management; Diverse social networks -- http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/a109.pdf - A personalized adaptive e-learning approach based on semantic web technology -- Maryam Yarandi, Hossein Jahankhani, & Abdel-Rahman H. Tawil -- Keywords: Personalized learning; E-learning; Ontology; Adaptive learning; Semantic web -- http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/a110.pdf - Have digital repositories come of age? The views of library directors -- David Nicholas, Ian Rowlands, Anthony Watkinson, David Brown, Bill Russell, & Hamid R. Jamali -- Keywords: Institutional repositories; Digital repositories; Open access; Policies; Practices and strategic directions -- http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/a111.pdf - Perspectives of academic web content managers on the effectiveness of web publishing and web hosting policies -- Veronica F. McGowan, & Craig McKinley -- Keywords: Web publishing; Hosting policy; Academic web; Universities -- http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/a112.pdf - Intelligent interoperable application for employment exchange system using ontology -- Kavidha Ayechetty, & Saradha Arumugam -- Keywords: Interoperable application; distributed application integration; ontology integration; semantic integration; collaborative application; ontology mapping -- http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/a113.pdf - Asian top universities in six world university ranking systems -- Mahmood Khosrowjerdi, & Zahra Seif Kashani -- Keywords: Asian Universities, Shanghai ranking, QS ranking, THE ranking, HEEACT ranking, Webometrics ranking, Leiden University ranking -- http://www.webology.org/2013/v10n2/a114.pdf ------------------------- Call for Papers ------------------------- -- http://www.webology.org/callforpapers.html ================================== Best regards, Alireza Noruzi -------------------- Editor-in-Chief of Webology: Alireza Noruzi, Ph.D. Website: http://www.webology.org ~ The great aim of Open Access journals is knowledge sharing. ~ ~ Scientific knowledge is the result of the knowledge sharing and exchange of experiences. ~

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CALL FOR CONFERENCE PROPOSALS: 2015 HETL – SoTE Utah Conference
by Patrick Blessinger 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

*CALL FOR CONFERENCE PROPOSALS* *2015 HETL – SoTE Utah Conference* * Proposal Deadline: April 11, 2014* January 20–22, 2015 at Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah <https://www.hetl.org/events/2015-hetl-sote-utah-conference><https://www.hetl.org/events/2015-hetl-sote-utah-conference> *https://www.hetl.org/events/2015-hetl-sote-utah-conference* Please join us for the 2015 Higher Education Teaching and Learning Association (HETL) - Scholarship of Teaching and Engagement (SoTE) Conference to be held in Orem, Utah, on January 20–22, 2015, in cooperation with Utah Valley University Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence<http://www.uvu.edu/facultycenter/> . The conference theme is Reaching the Summit: Explorations in Meaningful Learning Through Community Engagement. Community-based engaged learning provides students with *authentic and meaningful learning* that applies curricula knowledge to real-world situations. Presentations are sought on meaningful community engagement by students, faculty and administration. Presentations on research and global perspectives on engagement are invited. Three tracks will accommodate submission: Track 1: Students and Community Engagement Track 2: Faculty and Community Engagement Track 3: Institution and Community Engagement Conference details are on the conference website<https://www.hetl.org/events/2015-hetl-sote-utah-conference>, and proposals may be submitted at: https://www.hetl.org/2015-<https://www.hetl.org/2015-utah-valley-conference-submission-form/> utah-valley-conference-<https://www.hetl.org/2015-utah-valley-conference-submission-form/> submission-form/<https://www.hetl.org/2015-utah-valley-conference-submission-form/>. *Please submit your proposals by April 11, 2014. * Orem, Utah is nestled in the majestic Wasatch Mountain Range and only minutes way from world renowned ski resorts<http://www.parkcitymountain.com/site/index.html>and the iconic Sundance Film Festival <https://www.sundance.org/> and other cool activities<http://www.newscastic.com/news/10-ways-provo-is-actually-becoming-cool-1329…>. We look forward to seeing you in Utah! Organizing committee, Patrick Blessinger Agata Stachowicz-Stanusch Anton Tolman

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Update to CFP: Projects due 3/1/14: Surveillance and Dataveillance
by Estee N Beck 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Please excuse any cross postings. If you have any questions, please email me off the list at esteenbeck at gmail dot com Call for Projects: Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture Special Edition: Privacy and Dataveillance Updated Deadeline is March 1, 2014 You may view the video CFP and full version of the text-based CFP at this link: http://itineration.org/node/45 Itineration: Cross-Disciplinary Studies in Rhetoric, Media, and Culture invites projects that engage questions of data collection and dataveillance. Some possible areas of inquiry may include, but are not limited to: * Foucault's metaphor of the panopticon and its relationship to questions concerning dataveillance * The rhetorical means companies use to promote dataveillance tracking * The concept of anonymity within social networks, social applications, or other data gathering endeavours (such as medical and financial fields) * Means, implications, and consequences of subverting and resisting data-mining online * Emergent needs of identity protection online from tracking technologies * Public rhetorics concerning security and privacy * The political and social implications of increased observational structures (online or not) and the resulting decrease in privacy * Issues of legal and educational advocacy for greater privacy protection * Technical communication regarding how terms of service and end user agreements discuss tracking technologies along with privacy and anonymity * How data mining and advertising customization leads to assumptions about the attitudes and beliefs in geographical areas * The roles of embodiment and disembodiment connected with gender and identity/privacy and anonymity * The relationship between decreased privacy and anonymity online and boutique and big data practices Interested parties are invited to submit multimedia projects of varying style, form, and content. We are especially interested in projects that push the boundaries in their composition and presentation. In short, please experiment. Play. Learn a new trick. To that end, please note that Itineration no longer publishes text-based articles ("traditional" essay format). Please send any questions concerning project design, format, technical specifications, etc. to Senior Editor and Technical Specialist, Gerald Jackson, at geraldsjackson at gmail dot com. Submissions should be emailed directly to Special Edition editor, Estee Beck, at esteenbeck at gmail dot com. Deadline for submissions is March 1st, 2014. Submission accepted for publication will be published on a rolling basis upon completing the editorial process.

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CABS 2014: Call for Papers
by Mary Beth Watson-Manheim 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

*** New Submission Deadline - March 6, 2014 *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABS 2014: Call for Papers --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries (CABS): Culture, Distance and Technology http://cabs.acm.org/ August 20-22, 2014, Kyoto, Japan Collaboration across Boundaries: Culture, Distance, & Technology 2014 (CABS 2014) is an international and interdisciplinary conference focused on exploring the nature and ways to facilitate intercultural collaboration, including improvements enabled by technology. CABS 2014 is the 5th international conference in the series formerly held as International Conference on Intercultural Collaboration (ICIC). CABS aims to be a multidisciplinary forum that integrates the socio-cultural and technical perspectives, with the objective of exchanging the latest results of studying and supporting intercultural collaboration. ---------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES: ---------------------------------- March 6, 2014: Submission Deadline for Full Papers, Panels, and Workshops. April 30, 2014: Notification of Acceptance for Full Papers, Panels, and Workshops. May 21, 2014: Submission Deadline for Late-Breaking Papers. June 4, 2014: Notification of Acceptance for Late-Breaking Papers. June 25, 2014: Final camera-ready papers due (Full Papers, Late-Breaking Papers, Panels, Workshops). ---------------------------------- Full Papers Full papers must present original work with contributions to research and practice of intercultural collaboration. All full papers will be evaluated using a double-blind review process. Accepted authors have the option of having their paper included or NOT to be included in the ACM digital library (http://portal.acm.org/) If the authors choose not to have their full paper included, only the abstract of the paper will be included in the ACM Digital Library. Those unpublished papers can be re-submitted and published at other conference proceedings (including ACM conferences) or journals. Full papers can be up to 10 pages long. Submission for a full paper should be thoroughly anonymized and formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI Publications Format using the SIGCHI Papers Template. Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System (www.precisionconference.com/~cabs) Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and the downloadable templates. To facilitate the interdisciplinary reviewing process, authors of full papers are asked to categorize their papers by theme (one of three themes) to help us direct papers to the most appropriate reviewers. The three themes are: Communication & Management, Computer-Mediated Collaboration, and Cross-linguistic Collaboration. Although some papers will fit within multiple themes and others may not be an ideal fit for any of them, we ask the authors to choose the closest theme. We will strive to recruit the most appropriate reviewers for all papers. Below are examples of types of contributions a paper in any of the three themes can make to CABS: - DESCRIPTIONS of intercultural and multilingual experiences: Dynamics of global teams, social networks and communities of practice, globally distributed work in virtual context, language use in multicultural and global teams. - METHODOLOGIES and frameworks for studying global collaboration: Developing instruments for measuring culture including surveys, experimental paradigms, computational frameworks, etc.. - THEORIES and models for understanding cultures such as modeling culture, intercultural collaboration, and language varieties. - EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATIONS of intercultural collaboration: Field studies of intercultural collaboration in global organizations and/or in local communities, ethnographic studies on different infrastructure and media use across nations, laboratory studies on the use of technologies, etc.. - TRANSLATION and transition of language and practice: Use of language on the Internet, translating different norms and shaping new practices in global teams, issues of translating language and practices, effects of e-learning on culture diversity. - DOMAIN-SPECIFIC APPLICATIONS for collaboration across boundaries: Education/learning, global enterprise, information and knowledge management/sharing. - INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES for collaboration across boundaries: HCI technologies, robots, conversational agents, language and speech technologies to overcome culture and language barriers. Late-Breaking Papers (Work in Progress) Authors are encouraged to submit their late-breaking papers to present as posters during the conference. Late-breaking papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library, if the authors wish to do so (see above). Late-breaking papers should be no longer than 4 two-column pages in length, formatted according to the ACM SIGCHI template. Please see the SIGCHI author instruction page (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform) for more information and downloadable templates. Late-Breaking Papers should be submitted through the Precision Conference System (www.precisionconference.com/~cabs) Late-breaking papers will not be blind reviewed. Authors should include their complete names and contact information at the top of their submitted PDF file. Submitted late-breaking papers will not be divided into three subcommittees. They will be reviewed by a panel of distinguished researchers in the area of intercultural collaboration. General Co-Chairs Vanessa Evers (University of Twente, Netherlands) Naomi Yamashita (NTT Communication Science Laboratories, Japan) Program Co-Chairs ・Computer Mediated Collaboration: Susan Fussell (Cornell University, USA) ・Cross-linguistic Communication: Carolyn Rose (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) ・Management and Communication: Mary Beth Watson-Manheim (University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), USA) Program Committee ・ Computer Supported Collaboration Pernille Bjorn (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Hideaki Kuzuoka (University of Tsukuba, Japan) Gloria Mark (University of California, Irvine, USA) John Thomas (IBM, USA) Hao-Chuan Wang (National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan) ・ Cross-linguistic Communication Seza Dogruoz (Tilburg University, Netherlands) Rohit Kumar (BBN Technologies, USA) Kristine Lund (University of Lyon, France) Stephan Vogel (Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar) Janyce Wiebe (University of Pittsburgh, USA) ・ Management and Communication Wai Fong Boh (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Miriam Erez (Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel) Paul Leonardi (Northwestern University, USA) Michael O'Leary (Georgetown University, USA) Sundeep Sahay (University of Oslo, Norway) -- Mary Beth Watson-Manheim Associate Professor MIS PhD Program Director Department of Information & Decision Sciences Department of Communications University of Illinois, Chicago

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Research on middle class and use of social media for political participation
by Joan Okitoi 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Dear fellow AoiR's, I am doing a qualitative PhD research at the University of Bonn on how the middle class are using social media to engage in political discussions online vis-a-vis their actions offline, to communicate with politicians, to mobilize and protest when certain political decisions are made by leaders etc. Does anyone know of research that sheds more light on how the middle class utilize social media to shape politics? Thank you all very much in advance. Best regards, Joan

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Call for Chapters: New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds
by Denise Doyle 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Dear AoiR list Please find below a Call for Chapters for 'New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds' Many thanks Denise ----------------- CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2014 New Opportunities for Artistic Practice in Virtual Worlds A book edited by Dr. Denise Doyle (University of Wolverhampton, UK) To be published by IGI Global: http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/1228 Introduction Although virtual worlds remain unstable phenomena a substantial amount of research continues to be undertaken within them and is reflected in the number of disciplines that study them particularly in an interdisciplinary context. Whilst there is already a history of artists investigating new spaces and new technological forms this exploration has continued more recently with sections of the artistic community utilising virtual worlds as a new form, or a new potential artistic space. Established real-world artists have explored virtual worlds as environments for practice and a number of artists and designers have continued to specifically work with Second Life to explore the potential and limitations of the platform itself. A range of early key works and other seminal works produced in Second Life still hold strong to be scrutinised in the context of new technologies and for their contribution in expanding our understanding and experience of virtual space. Objective of the Book The mission of the publication is to provide a coherent account of artistic practices in virtual worlds and to consider the contribution the Second Life platform has made in an historical, theoretical and critical context within the field of art and technology and digital art. The book will bring together a diverse group of stakeholders who have yet to have a coherent dialogue on Second Life’s contribution to artistic practice and will provide a platform to bring together artists critical reflections on the work they have undertaken in the platform and in other virtual worlds. Finally, the volume will examine the specific features and characteristics of Second Life that contribute to the virtual aesthetics and languages born out of the nature of avatar-based interaction that have been developed by the artistic and creative community. Target Audience The volume is intended for both artists and scholars in the fields of digital art, art and technology, media arts history, virtual worlds, games studies and a broader academic audience who are interested in the history of art and technology and the philosophical implications of virtual space. It will be an important study book for media arts, games studies and virtual worlds studies students and will be a useful resource as a historical and critical reference for new media art. The book will be of value to the field of the philosophy of technology and contribute to the continued theoretical discourse of physical and virtual space. Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following: Artistic spaces for collaborative experiences MGandhi: Joseph DeLappe’s Salt Satyagraha Project The histories and technologies of the artistic imagination Early artist pioneers in Second Life The transreal: the politics and aesthetics of the virtual and physical Art and performance in Second Life Critical frameworks for the analysis of artworks in virtual worlds Paul Sermon, telematics and Second Life Art between worlds: artistic strategies of imagination and place The Kritical Works in SL project The phenomenological experience of the artist in virtual Worlds Sound and aesthetics in virtual space Virtual Sweat-shops: the politics of virtual world spaces High art/Folk art practices Lynn Hershman and the Presence project Digital materialisations: from the virtual to the physical Second Life: Ten years on Artist as avatar; audience as avatar Performance, Affect, Virtuality Virtual worlds and media art histories Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before February 28, 2014, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Submissions should be made through the link at the bottom of this page. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 15, 2014 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2014. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the ìInformation Science Referenceî (formerly Idea Group Reference), ìMedical Information Science Reference,î ìBusiness Science Reference,î and ìEngineering Science Referenceî imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2015. Important Dates February 28, 2014: Proposal Submission Deadline March 15, 2014: Notification of Acceptance June 30, 2014: Full Chapter Submission August 30, 2014: Review Results Returned October 15, 2014: Final Acceptance Notification October 30, 2014: Final Chapter Submission Inquiries can be forwarded to Dr. Denise Doyle Faculty of Arts, MK Building Molineux Street UNIVERSITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON WV1 1SB Tel.: +44 1902 322 443 E-mail: D.Doyle(a)wlv.ac.uk

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Research on agenda setting and social media
by Ilona GRZYWINSKA 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Dear Fellow Researchers, I am looking for any interesting recent studies on the impact of social media on agenda setting in traditional media. I am currently designing a qualitative research on the topic and collecting materials that could help. Thank you so much:) Best Regards Ilona Grzywińska PhD candidate University of Warsaw Twitter: @igrzywinska

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Help finding research on "Stans, " "Stanning" and Celebrity Fandom?
by Natalie T.J. Tindall, Ph.D. 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Hello, Have any scholars done or know about research on stans, or "the overzealous fans and supporters"? Most often it is used with celebrities such as Rihanna and Beyonce. If so, could you please send me any links related to this idea or any research on extreme fans of a brand, celebrity or team? Many Thanks, Natalie ---------------------------------------------- Natalie T. J. Tindall, Ph.D., APR | Associate Professor & Graduate Director Georgia State University | Department of Communication Email <drnatalietjtindall(a)gmail.com> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/dr_tindall>| Website <http://natalietjtindall.wordpress.com/>

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Re: [Air-L] Research of Facebook public groups (Page, Ruth (Dr.))
by Ayman Bajnaid 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Dear Dr. Page, The following are some references that maybe useful for you: Fernandes, J., Giurcanu, M., Bowers, K. W., & Neely, J. C. (2010). The writing on the wall: A content analysis of college students' Facebook groups for the 2008 presidential election. Mass Communication and Society, 13(5), 653-675. Ashley, S.(2012) *Exploring facebook as an online support group for smoking cessation. *Unpublished master thesis. Colorado State University Young, J. (2012) * Political conversations on facebook: an exploration of practices. *Unpublished master thesis. Georgetown University By the way I am a PhD student at Leicester university. Best regards, Ayman 2014/1/23 <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> > 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. New Issue of eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government > (Noella Edelmann) > 2. Research of Facebook public groups (Page, Ruth (Dr.)) > 3. new post-doc opportunity at UM/Purdue, studying social media > and college access issues (Nicole Ellison) > 4. JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government (Joly MacFie) > 5. social_media_readings_teaching (air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) > (Burcu Bakioglu (Google Drive)) > 6. Social Media reading list (Burcu Bakioglu) > 7. Call for Abstracts - Digital Media and Society, Canadian > Sociological Association annual meeting (David Toews) > 8. Re: social_media_readings_teaching (air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) > (Burcu Bakioglu) > 9. Research on selfies (Adi Kuntsman) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:55:58 +0100 > From: "Noella Edelmann" <Noella.Edelmann(a)donau-uni.ac.at> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] New Issue of eJournal of eDemocracy and Open > Government > Message-ID: <52DF95AE020000DA000597D1(a)gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" > > Hello, > > I thought you may be interested in knowing that JeDEM - the Open Access > eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government - has just published its > latest issue (5,2), to be found http://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11 . > > This issue presents the best peer-reviewed papers from the CeDEM13 > (Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2013). We invite you to > review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review > articles and items of interest. > > JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government > Vol 5, No 2 (2013) > Table of Contents > http://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11 > > *Editorial 5(2) > Noella Edelmann, Peter Parycek > > Scientific Research Papers: > > *Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of > research > Graeme Baxter, Rita Marcella > > *The Five Stars Movement in the Italian Political Scenario. A Case for > Cybercratic Centralism? > Rosanna De Rosa > > *Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic > Reform > Julie Freeman, Sharna Quirke > > *Safe Online e-Services Building Legitimacy for E-government. A Case > Study of Public E-services in Education in Sweden > Mariana Gustafsson, Wihlborg Elin > > *Parliamentary Information Visualization as a Means for Legislative > Transparency and Citizen Empowerment? > Aspasia Papaloi, Dimitris Gouscos > > *Re-Designing Open Data 2.0 > Alon Peled > > *Collective Action *Going Digital*: Overcoming Institutional and > Micro-Structural Constraints through Technology Use > Carol Soon > > BTW: CeDEM14 will be held 21-23 May 2014 at the Danube University Krems > Austria, maybe see you there? Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem > > Kind regards > Noella > > > > > Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS > Researcher > > CeDEM14 > Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government > www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem > > JeDEM > eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government > www.jedem.org > > Digital Government Blog > http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ > > Centre for E-Government > Danube University Krems > Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 > 3500 Krems > Austria > www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 09:49:09 +0000 > From: "Page, Ruth (Dr.)" <rep22(a)leicester.ac.uk> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Research of Facebook public groups > Message-ID: > <6E61AC1252115240BEFB63F66879D668029129(a)exp-dag1-n1.uol.le.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Dear AoIR list members, > > I'm doing some work from a discourse analysis perspective on the way > interactions on Facebook public groups take place. I'm specifically looking > at the RIP pages set up in response to the death of former Prime Minister > Margaret Thatcher. > > I'm familiar with a lot of the research literature on Facebook, but most > of what I know is based on studies that examined personal Facebook > accounts/wall interactions. > > Can anyone please recommend studies of Facebook groups? I'm especially > interested in anything that has a linguistic/discourse analysis focus, but > it would also be good to learn from studies from a more general social > science perspective too. > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions! > > Ruth > > Dr Ruth Page > Room 1509, Attenborough Tower > School of English > University of Leicester > Leicester > LE1 7RH > UK > +44 (0)116 223 1286 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 10:43:03 -0500 > From: Nicole Ellison <enicole(a)umich.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] new post-doc opportunity at UM/Purdue, studying > social media and college access issues > Message-ID: > <CAHtr= > Ay+p5gE3wx1y2Qbpd_0BZPUxe9upY9jdRsX8E-WMC5eHg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi AOIR-ers, > Rey Junco and I are working on a cool research project, and are looking for > a post doc! Please see application here: > http://umjobs.org/job_detail/91635/post_doctoral_associate > > The position will entail working closely with us to design studies > exploring outcomes associated with use of a series of new apps, websites, > and games designed to address college access issues. We will have tons of > data and hope to find the perfect person to help us turn these data into > bright and shiny new papers! > > >From the ad: > The Post Doctoral Associate will assist with a one-year research project > entitled Evaluating The Effectiveness of Social Media for Improving College > Access. The goal of the project is to assess the effectiveness of a series > of software products and social media applications designed to address > college access issues. These products were funded by the College Knowledge > Challenge project: see www.collegeknowledgechallenge.org/. The post-doc > will work closely with Drs. Ellison and Junco to design, conduct, and write > up a series of studies using server-level and survey data. > > The postdoc will be an equal member of the research team. S/he will be > expected not only to assist with the research but to take the lead in > working with external groups (such as schools and software developers), > designing and implementing research studies, and working with the rest of > the project team. The postdoc will be expected to contribute substantially > to publications resulting from the project, including acting as first > author on some and as a secondary author on others. > > The successful candidate will have experience in the following areas: > > *Manipulating and analyzing quantitative data sets > *Knowledge of advanced statistical techniques > *Conducting outcomes assessments > *Understanding of or interest in young people, college access, and > educational technologies or social media more broadly > *Conducting literature reviews and writing up research results > *Ability to work effectively with a research team > *Strong communication skills and ability to coordinate with external > parties such as technology developers and K-12 contacts > *Ability to independently plan and implement research projects > > Required Qualifications > A Ph.D. degree in a relevant field, including but not limited to education, > communication, information studies, psychology, or sociology, completed no > later than June 30, 2014. Strong quantitative analysis and survey design > skills and experience are required. Familiarity with the college access and > educational technology literatures is desired. We hope to find someone with > a strong work ethic, excellent organizational skills, and the ability to > work independently. > > Details about how to apply are in the posting. Please let Rey or I know if > you have any questions. Please share! > > Thanks, > Nicole > ------------------------ > Nicole Ellison > Associate Professor > School of Information > University of Michigan > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:24:56 -0500 > From: Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> > To: Researchers <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government > Message-ID: > < > CAM9VJk0K6T8A+Cun0ek0Rd3aC3-YsKSU1-ZTcfR+m7_hhp6Mzg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Glenn McKnight <mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com> > Date: Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 9:02 AM > > > > I thought you may be interested in knowing that JeDEM - eJournal of > eDemocracy and Open Government - has published its latest issue (5,2), > to be foundhttp://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11 . > > This issue presents the best peer-reviewed papers from the CeDEM13 > (Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government 2013). We invite you > to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to > review articles and items of interest - all articles are Open Access. > > JeDEM - eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government > Vol 5, No 2 (2013) > Table of Contents > http://www.jedem.org/issue/view/11 > > *Editorial 5(2) > Noella Edelmann, Peter Parycek > > Scientific Research Papers: > > *Online parliamentary election campaigns in Scotland: a decade of > research > Graeme Baxter, Rita Marcella > > *The Five Stars Movement in the Italian Political Scenario. A Case for > Cybercratic Centralism? > Rosanna De Rosa > > *Understanding E-Democracy Government-Led Initiatives for Democratic > Reform > Julie Freeman, Sharna Quirke > > *Safe Online e-Services Building Legitimacy for E-government. A Case > Study of Public E-services in Education in Sweden > Mariana Gustafsson, Wihlborg Elin > > *Parliamentary Information Visualization as a Means for Legislative > Transparency and Citizen Empowerment? > Aspasia Papaloi, Dimitris Gouscos > > *Re-Designing Open Data 2.0 > Alon Peled > > *Collective Action *Going Digital*: Overcoming Institutional and > Micro-Structural Constraints through Technology Use > Carol Soon > > BTW: CeDEM14 will be held 21-23 May 2014 at the Danube University > Krems Austria, maybe see you there? Details: www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem > Glenn McKnight > mcknight.glenn(a)gmail.com > skype gmcknight > twitter gmcknight > . > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > 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: 5 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 20:49:18 +0000 > From: "Burcu Bakioglu (Google Drive)" <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] social_media_readings_teaching > (air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) > Message-ID: <047d7b6d8030310d6104f09542f1(a)google.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed; delsp=yes > > I've shared an item with you: > > social_media_readings_teaching > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-RJM8ktJ7_2goKFbaQUoF4kOBfjc7t19T4BMDJ… > > It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just click > the link above. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:52:28 -0600 > From: Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> > To: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Social Media reading list > Message-ID: > <CAG+du63UzwHnRt= > hB1sK_LuDcpzk8tr0i9xckgBdBxYhTVDrFA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi all, > As you may have remember, couple of weeks ago I solicited readings on > social media for an independent study that I was planning on conducting > next term. I promised you that I'd share my compiled list. You can access > it here: > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-RJM8ktJ7_2goKFbaQUoF4kOBfjc7t19T4BMDJ… > > Sorry it took me awhile. The list is great and covers a range of topics > about social media. Thank you for everyone for sharing the wealth. Enjoy! > > BsB > > -- > Thanks, > > Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. > Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media > Lawrence University > > http://www.palefirer.com > > -- "There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight." Lon > Chaney > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:58:54 -0500 > From: David Toews <dtoews(a)yorku.ca> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Call for Abstracts - Digital Media and Society, > Canadian Sociological Association annual meeting > Message-ID: <1390424334.52e0310e1962c(a)oldmymail.yorku.ca> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Call for Abstracts, deadline Jan 31 > > Digital Media and Society > > Papers are sought that illuminate the role of digital media in contemporary > societies. The theoretical framework of the paper should fit recognizably > within the field of sociology. It may be analytical or structural in nature > (eg. network analysis) or more oriented to the phenomenology of the > experience > of social interactions involving digital media (eg. the analysis of > interactions; the presentation of the self). Ideally all the papers, while > specializing in certain areas, will demonstrate an awareness of the > importance > of both of these dimensions in how digital media shapes and is shaped by > social > life. The idea is to highlight current research, to encourage intellectual > community among sociological researchers in this area, and to provide an > opportunity to identify and deepen shared themes of research. > > Session Organizer: David Toews, PhD, York University, dtoews(a)yorku.ca > > Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Annual Meeting, Brock University, > June, 2014 > > To submit an abstract go to: > > http://www.csa-scs.ca/files/webapps/csapress/annual-conferences/call-for-pa… > -- > Dr. David Toews, PhD > Assistant Professor > Sociology Department > York University > 2060 Vari Hall > 4700 Keele Street > Toronto, Ontario > Canada M3J 1P3 > Tel. 416-736-2100 ext. 60307 > Fax. 416-736-5370 > dtoews(a)yorku.ca > > Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/dtoews > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 15:08:15 -0600 > From: Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> > To: "Alexandra.Stiver" <Alexandra.Stiver(a)open.ac.uk>, AoiR list > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] social_media_readings_teaching > (air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) > Message-ID: > < > CAG+du614wyToPNabKyZ2Z_ib4GRVF1CdaUuB5jVcyEPrszMQ5w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Not a problem guys! When I had inquired about this couple of weeks a lot of > people messaged me privately to ask for a compiled list. Just got around to > it. In retrospect I should have just started on Google docs to begin with. > Hind sight 20/20. Please add more stuff so we can all use it. Forgot about > danah's list so glad someone put that there :) Howard has a nice syllabus > at the end of the list too. > > BsB > > > On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 3:03 PM, Alexandra.Stiver < > Alexandra.Stiver(a)open.ac.uk> wrote: > > > Thanks so much for sharing, Burcu! Much appreciated. > > > > Alex > > ________________________________________ > > From: Burcu Bakioglu (Google Drive) [bbakiogl(a)gmail.com] > > Sent: 22 January 2014 20:49 > > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > Subject: [Air-L] social_media_readings_teaching (air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > ) > > > > I've shared an item with you: > > > > social_media_readings_teaching > > > > > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D-RJM8ktJ7_2goKFbaQUoF4kOBfjc7t19T4BMDJ… > > > > It's not an attachment -- it's stored online. To open this item, just > click > > the link above. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an > > exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland > (SC > > 038302). > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. > Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media > Lawrence University > > http://www.palefirer.com > > -- "There is nothing more frightening than a clown after midnight." Lon > Chaney > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2014 14:25:40 -0800 (PST) > From: Adi Kuntsman <adi_kuntsman(a)yahoo.com> > To: "air-l(a)aoir.org" <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Research on selfies > Message-ID: > <1390429540.64075.YahooMailNeo(a)web161906.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > Dear fellow AoiR's > > I am looking for any scholarly work on the "selfie", from any disciplinary > perspective > > Also, has anyone written on recent examples of social/political protest in > social media, involving either messages written directly on the body, or > individuals holding small pieces of paper with a message on them? > > putting together an exciting preliminary project and want to make sure I > don't miss anything > > thanks very much in advance > > Adi > > ? > -- > > Dr. Adi Kuntsman > Simon Research Fellow > Department of Anthropology and > Research Institute for Cosmopolitan Cultures > The University of Manchester > Second Floor, Arthur Lewis Building, room 2.007 > Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK > http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/ricc/index.html > http://adi.kuntsman.googlepages.com > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > 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 114, Issue 22 > ************************************** > -- Ayman Bajnaid Lecturer at Communication Department Faculty of Arts and Humanities King Abdulaziz University Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Email:anbajnaid@gmail.com <Email%3Aanbajnaid(a)yahoo.com>

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e-journal: Crisis and Critique
by Işık Barış Fidaner 23 Jan '14

23 Jan '14

Crisis and Critique DEMOCRACY AND REVOLUTION Volume 1, Issue 1, 2014 Edited by Henrik Jøker Bjerre & Agon Hamza http://materializmidialektik.org/crisis-and-critique/ http://materializmidialektik.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Crisis-and-Crit… Editorial note, H.J.Bjerre & A.Hamza The Impasses of Today’s Radical Politics, Slavoj Žižek Socialist Democracy with Chinese Characteristics, Roland Boer The Indignant of the Earth, Frank Ruda Democracy and revolution on the Internet, Katarina Peović Vuković Alain Badiou and the aporia of democracy within generic communism, Panagiotis Sotiris Climate Crisis, Ideology, and Collective Action, Ted Stolze Lacan and Rational Choice, Yuan Yao Redemptive Revolutions: The Political Hermeneutics of Walter Benjamin, Nicolai Krejberg Knudsen The Necessity of Philosophy, Srdjan Cvjetičanin What is a Party a part of?, Gabriel Tupinambá Communism is Wrong, Jana Tsoneva The Jews and the Zionists; The Story of a Reversal, Sina Badiei REVIEW ARTICLES: Prolegomena to Any Future Materialism, by Adrian Johnston by H.J.Bjerre >From Myth to Symptom: the case of Kosovo, by S. Žižek & A.Hamza by C.Crockett Enjoying What We Don’t Have: The Political Project of Psychoanalysis, by Todd McGowan by D.Tutt Badiou and the Philosophers, ed.T.Tho & G.Bianco by A.Ryder Notes on Contributors The Impasses of Today’s Radical Politics, Slavoj Žižek http://materializmidialektik.org/the-impasses-of-todays-radical-politics/ http://materializmidialektik.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Zizek_Politics.… Distortions in "The Impasses of Today’s Radical Politics" by Slavoj Žižek https://www.facebook.com/groups/Zizekstudies/permalink/10152016128365777/ http://ijzsinformal.activeboard.com/t56433384/distortions-in-the-impasses-o… –––––✂–––––––––––––––––––––––– 288HΧR慳Ρ0ا٣Ε3KA6嬜٥8Χ٤O٢ΕΧج٥٨ÛΝ Ψت٩H١涘CЗД٨N٩0J٩٠٧Δ2Γد蘳红ΑHذ9ΔÊ学 Fན甼٣ENCOUNTEDلC3٤Êظ9譛瞧Ι捖Ξ١صM ⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋⪌⪋

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