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content analysis software?
by Stefania Milan 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Hi everyone A student of mine (who for some reason has not been able to subscribe to this list) is looking for a (possibly open source) software to do content analysis of newspaper articles from an online database. She is also looking at the trail version of WordStat, and is curious to know whether anyone can recommend it. See her email below (to speed things up, I agree to post her request for her. Please reply to Puck directly (p.j.m.koene(a)tilburguniversity.edu)) Thanks for any suggestions and advice you might want to share with us Stefania Milan ---- From Puck Koene [p.j.m.koene(a)tilburguniversity.edu] Hey everyone, In order to graduate I am currently writing my master thesis. The plan is to examine thousands of news articles extracted from an online database. However, so far I have no knowledge of any good software to automate this process. I was hoping y?all could help me answer the question as to whether you know any software to do proper content analysis. Does any of you by any chance have experience with WordStat? I'm particularly interested in the trial version as I need to be able to have access to the results of my analysis after the trail version has expired. The software I?m looking for needs to be able to detect types of sources used by journalists and add them together, so basically I need the software to look for certain key words. If you know any good software (especially free software or trial versions) to run a proper content analysis I would love to hear from you. Thank you in advance. Best, Puck Koene, Student Communication and Information Sciences Tilburg University (Netherlands) p.j.m.koene(a)tilburguniversity.edu

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CFP: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games (EXTENDED: Abstracts now due 6 Dec 2013)
by Tama Leaver 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

CFP EXTENDED – ABSTRACTS NOW DUE FRIDAY 6 DECEMBER CFP: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games Call for Chapters: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games (Edited book collection) Social, casual and mobile games – on devices such as smartphones, tablets, or pc and accessed through online social networks – are increasingly ubiquitous, and changing the ways in which games are designed, understood and, played. This call for chapters builds on a one-day preconference that was held on 2 July 2013 at Curtin University in Perth, Australia. The book collection will explore the rapidly changing gaming landscape and discuss the ludic, methodological, theoretical, economic, social and cultural challenges that these changes invoke. Importantly, social, casual and mobile games do not exist in a vacuum, so the challenges, changes and continuities in relation to previous digital and physical games and gaming practices are also open for analysis. Topics might include, but are by no means limited to: • Design and industry shifts from traditional games to mobile and networked games • New user demographics • Virtual currencies, in-game purchases, the .99c price-point and other economic issues • Games as surveillance and the exchange of user information for game progress • Zynga: The Rise and (partial) Fall of Facebook’s Biggest Gaming Friend • Mobile Franchises: Angry Birds, Plants V Zombies, and so on. • South-East Asian and other non-Western gaming cultures • Gaming communities • Gamification - the good, the bad, and the scoreboard • Convergence and social, casual and mobile games • Edutainment • The sociality or otherwise of social games • Shifting landscape from PC and console games to social, casual and mobile games • Locative games: place and mobility Important dates: Abstracts of 500 words, using APA 6threferencing style, plus a brief biographic statement are NOW DUE 6 DECEMBER 2013 Invitations for full chapters sent to authors by 20 December 2013 Full chapters (5-7,000 words) due 31 March 2014 Please email submissions or queries to the editors, A/Prof Michele Willson and Dr Tama Leaver, Dept of Internet Studies, Curtin University, at socialcasualmobile(a)gmail.com.

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Call for Applications: International M.A. in New Media at the University of Amsterdam
by Bernhard Rieder 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

International M.A. in New Media at the University of Amsterdam Call for Applications for Fall 2014, rolling admissions open on December 15, 2013 and close on 1 April 2014 One-year and two-year New Media M.A. Programs available. For the two-year "Research Master's Program: New Media Specialisation," see below. ### International M.A. in New Media & Digital Culture (one-year program) ### /// Overview The MA Program in media studies New Media and Digital Culture offers a comprehensive and critical approach to new media research and theory. It builds upon the pioneering new media scene that Amsterdam is known for, with an emphasis on the study of Internet culture. Students gain an in-depth knowledge in new media theory, including perspectives such as software studies, political economy, and other critical traditions, and applied to such topics as social media, data cultures, and locative devices. They engage with the emerging area of digital methods, an ensemble of Internet research approaches and techniques that are specific to the new media and the study of natively digital objects. Additionally, students can choose to train in the areas of issue mapping, information visualization, digital writing and publishing, or social media research. The MA program combines a variety of teaching formats, ranging from lectures and group projects to lab sessions. Interested students are also supported in undertaking research internships. Students produce a wide portfolio of work, including theoretically engaged essays, empirical research projects, new media experiments, blog and wiki entries, in addition to organizing symposia. The program thereby enables students to contribute to timely discourses on digital culture, to conduct innovative research projects, and to critically engage in new media practices. The International MA in New Media and Digital Culture is an up-to-date digital humanities study program. Students maintain a new media issues blog, recognized as among the leading academic blogs on the subject of digital culture, where they critique and discuss books, events, and new media objects. Students also get involved in a lively new media culture, both at the university, where internationally renowned speakers present their work and collaborative research projects are developed, and beyond. Cultural institutions, such as the Waag Society, the de Balie Center for Culture and Politics, and Mediamatic regularly host inspiring events. The Institute of Network Cultures, initiators of such events as UnlikeUs, Society of the Query, MyCreativity, and Video Vortex, regularly collaborates with the program. Digital media practitioners, such as Appsterdam, various Fablabs, and hacker festivals regularly open their doors to interested audiences. Finally, students are also encouraged to participate in PICNIC, the creative industries festival. /// Curriculum The New Media and Digital Culture program is a one year MA (60 EC) that begins in early September and ends with a festive graduation ceremony at the end of August. It is divided into two semesters: First Semester (September - January) Students follow a course in New Media Research Practices, which addresses doing research in and with new media. It engages with recent methodological debates around big data, realtime research, and software analysis. As part of the course, students conduct experimental new media projects, run a wiki, https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/MoM/, and the Masters of Media site, http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl, regarded as a top blog for new media research and nominated for a Dutch award for best educational blog. Concurrently, the New Media Theories class introduces students to major theoretical frameworks in new media studies, including cybernetics, software studies, digital labor theories, network criticism, media ecology, and cognitive/communicative capitalism. An important aspect involves reading influential texts on media forms and digital networked technologies, addressing key thinkers such as Marshall McLuhan, Norbert Wiener, Vilem Flusser, Friedrich Kittler, Alexander R. Galloway, N. Katherine Hayles, Matthew Fuller, Wendy Hui Kyong Chun, and Jodi Dean. Through a variety of individual and group assignments, including a symposium presentation, students gather the relevant skills and resources for writing a critical research paper that concludes the course. The final first semester class, New Media Research Methods, taught by the program Chair, Richard Rogers, trains students in digital methods research, a set of novel techniques and a methodological outlook and mindset for social and cultural research with the web. (see http://www.digitalmethods.net) Students use “natively” digital methods to investigate state Internet censorship, search engine rankings, website histories, Wikipedia, Twitter, Facebook, and other web platforms by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data through various analytical techniques. New Media Research Practices (6 EC), week 1-8 New Media Theories (12 EC), week 1-16 New Media Research Methods (12 EC), week 9-20 Second Semester (February-June) In the second semester, students have the opportunity to further specialize by choosing between theme seminars on issue mapping for politics, information visualization, social media and value, the digital book, new media literary forms, and other courses offered outside of new media. Issue Mapping for Politics is concerned with mapping online discourse, and is a member of the international network of mapping courses following, amongst others, Bruno Latour's methods. The finest student work is entered into the annual controversy mapping award in Toulouse. New Media Project: Information Visualisation is a joint theoretical-practical collaboration between designers, programmers, and analysts, where the product, showcased in the annual 'show me the data' event (http://showmethedata.nl) is an online tool, digital visualization or interactive graphic. The Value of the Social - Studying Social Media is a theoretical/empirical module which addresses the valorisation of social life in digital media, including concerns around data mining, platform politics, the numerification of affect, and digital economies. The Digital Book investigates how the concept of the ‘book’ is translated into new media forms that coincide with transformations in the contemporary publishing industry. The subject contains both theoretical and practical components. New Media Literary Forms explores new forms of writing for and in digital media and practically engages with the production of creative, interactive, or collaborative texts. The program of study concludes with the MA thesis, an original analysis that makes a contribution to the field, undertaken with the close mentorship of a faculty supervisor. The graduation ceremony includes an international symposium with renowned speakers. Elective (12 EC), week 1-16 MA Thesis (18 EC), week 1-20 /// Career perspectives Graduates in New Media and Digital Culture will have gained the critical faculties, skills, and outlook that will enable them to pursue a career in research as well as in the public and private sectors, ranging from NGOs, government, and cultural institutions to online marketing and the growing field of creative industries. Various alumni have also started their own successful new media businesses. As the exposure to the Internet and related technologies continues to grow, new media researchers are in demand in a variety of sectors. With digital technologies becoming the preferred platforms for business, information exchange, cultural expression, and political struggle, research skills focusing on these complex and dynamic environments are becoming central to working in these fields. In addition, advanced students can pursue academic careers in research and teaching. /// Student Life The quality-of-living in Amsterdam ranks among the highest of international capitals. UvA's competitive tuition and the ubiquity of spoken English both on and off-campus make the program especially accommodating for foreign students. The city's many venues, festivals, and other events provide remarkably rich cultural offerings and displays of technological innovation (seehttps://wiki.digitalmethods.net/MoM/NewMediaAmsterdam) The program has many ties to cultural institutions and companies active in the new media sector, where internship opportunities and collaborations may be available, in consultation with the student's thesis supervisor. Students attend and blog, tweet or otherwise capture local new media events and festivals, while commenting as well on larger international issues and trends pertaining to new media. The quality of student life is equally to be found in the university's lively and varied intellectual climate. New Media and Digital Culture students come from North and South America, Africa, Asia, and across Europe; they draw from academic and professional backgrounds including journalism, art and design, engineering, the humanities, and the social sciences. /// Application and Deadlines Rolling admissions from December 15, 2013 to April 1, 2014 for Fall 2014 admission. More Info & Questions - International M.A. in New Media & Digital Culture - University of Amsterdam - http://gsh.uva.nl/ma-programmes/programmes/item/new-media-and-digital-cultu… for admission details, including fees. - Student information website - http://student.uva.nl/mnm/ - Graduate School for Humanities, General Information - http://gsh.uva.nl - Further general questions? Please write to UvA's Graduate School of the Humanities, graduateschoolhumanities-fgw[at]uva.nl. - Specific questions about curriculum and student life? Please write to Dr. Carolin Gerlitz, New Media Program Coordinator, University of Amsterdam, c.gerlitz[at]uva.nl ### Research Master's in Media Studies, New Media Specialization (two-year program) ### /// Overview The New Media Research Master is a specialization within the Media Studies Research Master's Degree Program, and focuses on the theoretical, artistic, practical and methodological study of digital culture. The New Media Research Master has two 'routes,' the theoretical aesthetic and the practical empirical ones. In the theoretical aesthetic route, students focus on contemporary media theory, with a concentration on critical media art, including areas that have been pioneered in Amsterdam (tactical media, distributed aesthetics). The other route is the practical empirical, which is the other specialty of new media research in Amsterdam: digital methods and information visualization. Students also may combine coursework from each of the two routes, putting together a course package that treats aesthetics and visualization, on the one hand, or media art and digital methods, on the other. As a crucial component of the Amsterdam New Media Research Program, the New Media Research Master encourages fieldwork and lab work, which result in a 'new media project' and also provide materials for the thesis. In undertaking fieldwork, students are given the opportunity to spend a period abroad for structured data collection and study, doing either a 'research internship' or an independent project, supervised by a staff member. For example, in the past students have studied ICTs for development in Africa, and electronics factories in China. The lab work, which fits well with the practical-empirical route, would result in a research project that combines web data collection, tool use and development as well as visualisation. It often addresses a contemporary issue, such as Wikileaks Cablegate, and brings together a group of researchers in a data sprint, hackathon or barcamp, intensively working to output new info-graphics, blog postings and research reports on the state of art of the subject. Outstanding New Media research master graduates are expected to compete favorably for PhD positions nationally and internationally, and have skill sets enabling new media research in scholarly and professional settings. The New Media Research Master Specialization has as its target 15 students annually. /// Curriculum - Year one 1st Semester: students follow courses in new media research practices and digital methods, which provides in-depth training in Internet critique and empirical analysis of the web. The research practices course is an introduction to and overall resource crash course on searching & collecting, social media data, journals in the field, blogging, the Amsterdam Scene, new media events, academic writing, (data) collections, data tools, data visualisation, new media methods, key works, collaboration & coordination. Concurrently students take new media theories, a course that introduces students to some of the major theoretical traditions in new media, including perspectives such as software studies, political economy, and other critical traditions, and applied to such topics as social media, data cultures, and locative devices. (For more details on these courses, see the one-year MA description above.) 2nd Semester: the student follows media & politics, which places both historically crucial and contemporary political manifestos in relation to media analyses, encouraging a consideration of concepts such as labour, spectacle, the machine, identity and affect. Students also have an elective, and may choose between theme seminars on issue mapping for politics, information visualization, social media and value, the digital book, new media literary forms and other courses offered in the research master's. (For more details on theme seminars, see the one-year MA description above.) - Year two 1st Semester: students may pursue a "research internship" or a study abroad program with partner universities. They may undertake fieldwork for a research project, or join a digital methods lab project. Students also may follow an elective course, taken from the broader Media Studies offerings. 2nd Semester: students follow an elective course, where again the choice is between theme seminars on issue mapping for politics, information visualization, social media and value, the digital book, new media literary forms and others. Students also write the thesis, which is expected to be original and make a contribution to a discourse in the field. The research master's degree program concludes with a presentation and defense of the thesis. /// Application and Deadlines Rolling admissions from December 15, 2013 to April 1, 2014 for Fall 2014 admission. More Info & Questions - International Research M.A. in Media Studies - University of Amsterdam - http://gsh.uva.nl/ma-programmes/programmes/item/media-studies-research.html for details, including fees. When applying, indicate that your application is for the "New Media Specialization." - Student information website - http://student.uva.nl/mmic/ - Graduate School for Humanities, General Information - http://gsh.uva.nl - Further general questions? Please write to UvA's Graduate School of the Humanities, graduateschoolhumanities-fgw[at]uva.nl. - Specific questions about curriculum and student life? Please write to Dr. Carolin Gerlitz, New Media Program Coordinator, University of Amsterdam, c.gerlitz[at]uva.nl ### New Media M.A. Faculty - University of Amsterdam ### Richard Rogers, Professor and Chair. Web epistemology, digital methods. Publications include Information Politics on the Web (MIT Press, 2004/2005), awarded American Society for Information Science and Technology's 2005 Best Information Science Book of the Year Award, and Digital Methods (MIT Press, 2013). Founding director of govcom.org and digitalmethods.net. Bernhard Rieder, Associate Professor. Digital Methods, software theory and politics. Current research interests include search engine politics and the mechanization of knowledge production.http://thepoliticsofsystems.net Jan Simons, Associate Professor. Mobile Culture, gaming, film theory. Publications include Playing The Waves: Lars von Trier's Game Cinema (AUP, 2007). Project Director, Mobile Learning Game Kit, Senior Member, Digital Games research group. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/j.a.a.simons/ Carolin Gerlitz, Assistant Professor. Digital research, software/platform studies, social media, economic sociology, topology, numeracy and issue mapping online. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/c.gerlitz/ Niels van Doorn. Assistant Professor. Materialization of gender, sexuality, and embodiment in digital spaces. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/n.a.j.m.vandoorn/ Thomas Poell. Assistant Professor. Social media and the transformation of activist communication in different parts of the world. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/t.poell/ Yuri Engelhardt, Assistant Professor. Computer modeling and information visualization. Publications include The Language of Graphics (2002); founder and moderator of InfoDesign (1995-9); co-developer of Future Planet Studies at UvA. http://www.yuriweb.com Erik Borra, Lecturer. Data science, digital methods, issue mapping online. Digital methods lead developer. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.k.borra/ Esther Weltevrede, Lecturer. Controversy mapping with the Web, temporalities and dynamics online, device studies. http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.j.t.weltevrede/ Mark Tuters, Lecturer. New media literary forms, avant-garde media history, locative media. Michael Dieter, Lecturer. Media art and materialist philosophy. Critical uses of digital and networked technologies such as locative media, information visualization, gaming and software modification.http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/m.j.dieter/

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Seeking conference speakers and/or workshop leader for the aconference on digital discrimination and social networks
by Jj Pedregosa 29 Nov '13

29 Nov '13

Seeking conference speakers and/or workshop leader for the I:CUD project conference on digital discrimination and social networks ( http://digitaldiscrimination.eu/) taking place March, 13th and 14th in Barcelona, Spain and that is supported by the Fundamental Rights and Citizenship Programme of the European Union. We are currently identifying people or groups who wish to present projects about online activism and/or art interventions related to youths, social media and discrimination. There is the possibility to organize a workshop on the 13th of March and/or to participate in a round table discussion on the 14th of March. You can find here the draft conference programme and call for papers: http://digitaldiscrimination.eu/international-conference/ and here our call for artists: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=593389260709255&l=4f3389bc33. Both calls are due on the 15th of December 2013. Follow us on twitter, facebook, google+ and subscribe to our newsletter here: http://digitaldiscrimination.eu/

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Call for Papers: Future of Learnings and emerging new spaces for learning
by Muhammad Babur 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Dear Colleagues, You may be interested in sending in abstracts to ELLTA 2014: Leadership and Learning in the Asian Century (May 12-14, 2014; Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia). Under this banner, the conference has taken up important themes such as future of learnings and emerging spaces for learning (educational apps/ games, mlearning etc.) For ELLTA – Exploring Leadership and Learning Theories in Asia - see details: http://ellta.org/ The details of the conference: http://ellta.org/test/ellta2014/ PS: Abstracts can be submitted on line by Dec 30, 2013. Kind regards Muhammad -- Kind Regards, Muhammad Babur - Founder & Executive Board Member *ELLTA *- Challenging Assumptions ~ Creating Possibilities 3rd International Conference: "*Leadership and Learning in the Asian Century"* *Twitter: @ELLTAOrg* *Facebook: *http://www.facebook.com/ELLTA.Association *Website: *http://www.ellta.org

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Blogpost: Internet Justice: A Meme Whose Time Has Come
by michael gurstein 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Perhaps this may be of interest http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/internet-justice-a-meme-whose-time- has-come/ http://tinyurl.com/lwuyvdk Comments (preferably on the blogsite itself) greatfully welcomed. (I see it as a bit of a living document and it has already been slightly modified based on feedback I've received. Best, M

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Innovative ways of marketing an academic conference through Internet
by Muhammad Babur 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Dear Colleagues I cannot thank you enough for the help that have always been available here - all the time and instantly! Can you please give me some ideas on announcing an academic conference through uncommon /untapped ways. Thanks in advance. Best, Muhammad -- Kind Regards, Muhammad Babur - Founder & Executive Board Member *ELLTA *- Challenging Assumptions ~ Creating Possibilities 3rd International Conference: "*Leadership and Learning in the Asian Century"* *Twitter: @ELLTAOrg* *Facebook: *http://www.facebook.com/ELLTA.Association *Website: *http://www.ellta.org

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Use of Social Media Tools at an Academic Conference
by jose marichal 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Colleagues, I've been asked to come up with ideas on innovative and useful ways to incorporate social media tools into an upcoming academic conference in the social sciences. Have any of you come across some particularly useful integrations of social media/web tool at academic conferences. Thanks, Jose -- _______________________________________________________________________________________ josé marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science <http://about.me/marichal> department | california lutheran university 60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca 91360 805-493-3328

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International conference on ‘Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space’
by Anne Helmond 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

International conference on ‘Social Media and the Transformation of Public Space’ University of Amsterdam, Netherlands June 18-20, 2014 Organizers: José van Dijck & Thomas Poell Confirmed speakers: Lance Bennett, Tarleton Gillespie, Alfred Hermida, Hallvard Moe This conference explores the potentially contradictory cultural and techno-commercial mechanisms introduced by the rise of social media platforms. The main question driving the conference is how social media, looked at from different angles and scholarly approaches, are transforming concepts of public pace or “publicness”. More specifically, we will ask how social media are involved in the transformation of particular domains, including news production, public broadcasting, activism, and law and order. Abstract deadline: March 7, 2014 Proposals for presentations or full panels should be sent in a PDF or Word format as email attachments to asmc14-fgw(a)uva.nl no later than Friday, March 7, 2014. We will evaluate submissions on a rolling basis and will respond to every proposal. Learn more about the conference at: http://acgs.uva.nl/news-and-events/news/news/news/content/folder/2013/11/so… --- Anne Helmond | Phd Candidate and Lecturer | New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/a.p.helmond/ | http://www.annehelmond.nl/ | @silvertje Latest publication: Helmond, Anne. “The Algorithmization of the Hyperlink.” Computational Culture 3 (2013): http://computationalculture.net/article/the-algorithmization-of-the-hyperli…

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Call for Papers - First Death Online Research Symposium
by Lisbeth Klastrup 28 Nov '13

28 Nov '13

Dear all, As announced in a session at the IR14.0 conference, the Death Online Research network is putting together its first Symposium, which will take place at Durham University in England, April 9th-10th 2014. Here goes the Call for Papers. We hope that those of you doing research within the field will consider participating! And if you want, please help us by circulating the CFP in relevant networks, lists etc. On behalf of the organising committee, Lisbeth Klastrup, ITU, Copenhagen **************************************************************************** ********************************** CALL FOR PAPERS First Death Online Research Symposium April 9th and 10th, 2014 Center for Life and Death Studies University of Durham, England As digital media have become an integral part of our everyday life, so have also death and our afterlife become inextricably interwoven with technology. Marking the formation of the international research network Death Online Research, this first Death Online Research Symposium will focus on current research into the digital mediation of dying, death, mourning and personal legacy, in order to explore and discuss how online connectivity is changing how, when and where we engage with death. Confirmed keynote speaker at the symposium will be Professor Tony Walters, Director of the Centre for Death and Society at the University of Bath. For the symposium, we invite presentations of ongoing or recently completed research within the following areas: memorial sites online; explorations of new ways of grieving though social media; the use of mobile technologies in graveyards; and the discussion of pertinent problems related to the digital afterlife and people's digital inheritance. In addition, we welcome other relevant perspectives on the impact digital technology has on everyday practices in the context of death in the 21st century. We expect papers to be presented in either one or two tracks, pending on the number of submissions. All submissions will be peer-reviewed, and full papers will, following the conference, be published in an institutional context. Submission format: 400 word abstract Submission deadline: January 5th, 2014 Submission feedback: January 20th, 2014 All submissions and enquiries should be sent to: deathonline(a)itu.dk marked "Death Online Symposium Submission" in the subject field. Papers will be reviewed by an international committee consisting of: Professor Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago, US Dr. Tim Hutchings, University of Durham, England Associate Professor Lisbeth Klastrup, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark Associate Professor Dorthe Refslund Christensen, University of Aarhus, Denmark Stay updated on the symposium and read more about the network, including how to join, at www.deathonlineresearch.net. **************************************************************************** *************************************

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