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Online survey of how academics/university professors use social media
by Deborah Lupton 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Hello all I have begun a research project exploring how academics (or university professors in North American parlance) are using social media (or not) as part of their professional work in higher education. As the initial phase of the study, which will also include qualitative interviews at a later phase, I have devised a brief online survey that takes about 5 minutes to complete. If you would like to complete it, please find the link here<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/B8JWPRB> . Many thanks Deborah -- Deborah Lupton *From 10 February 2014: Centenary Research Professor* *Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra* *New email: deborah.lupton(a)canberra.edu.au <deborah.lupton(a)canberra.edu.au>* *New books*: *Medicine as Culture* (3rd revised edition, Sage, 2012); *Fat* (Routledge, 2012); *Risk* (2nd revised edition, Routledge, 2013); *The Social Worlds of the Unborn* (2013, Palgrave Macmillan); *The Unborn Human*(edited) (2013, Open Humanities Press). Currently working on *Digital Sociology* (forthcoming, Routledge). I blog at 'This Sociological Life'<http://simplysociology.wordpress.com> and Tweet @DALupton.

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RE : Air-L Digest, Vol 114, Issue 5
by gomezmejia 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Chère Eloísa, Les topics 2 et 5 ci-dessous pourraient t'intéresser. Surtout la biblio en lien du 2;) Besos de medianoche* G. Envoyé depuis le Samsung GALAXY S4 via le réseau SFR -------- Message d'origine -------- De : air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org Date : 07/01/2014 0:00 (GMT+01:00) A : air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Objet : Air-L Digest, Vol 114, Issue 5 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. 2 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Vienna (Gil De Zuniga, Homero) 2. History of Synthetic Speech (Meryl Alper) 3. Joss Whedon: A Celebration - May 03 - DePaul University (Paul Booth) 4. Masters internship proposal at University of Technology of Troyes, France (Babiga Birregah) 5. CFP - Napster, 15 years on: Rethinking digital music distribution. A themed special edition of First Monday (raphael nowak) 6. Books on social media (Burcu Bakioglu) 7. Re: Books on social media (Hosterman, Alec) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 04:13:14 +0000 From: "Gil De Zuniga, Homero" <hgz(a)austin.utexas.edu> To: "Air-L (air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org)" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] 2 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Vienna Message-ID: <9D199437C00D8C4FBAF31E028C0E7CD352F80D8D(a)EXMBX04.austin.utexas.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hola all ~ First I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year. I write to inform you about 2 postdoctoral positions currently open at University of Vienna, Austria, with an emphasis in Media Innovation/Media Change and Political Communication. Here is the formal call. As German knowledge is not required, unless you speak German you may wish to scroll down to check the English version: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibun… We'll be opening a new lab research unit in the Department of Communication, and we have great resources to carry on with exciting research projects, so I hope you apply. The deadline is January 22nd 2014. Please if you have further questions feel free to check with me (homero.gil.de.zuniga(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:homero.gil.de.zuniga@univie.ac.at>), with my administrative assistant, Meike M?ller (meike.mueller(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:meike.mueller@univie.ac.at>) or with the Head of the Department, Klaus Sch?nbach (klaus.schoenbach(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:klaus.schoenbach@univie.ac.at>). Saludos, HGZ Homero Gil de Z??iga Associate Professor Director, Digital Media Research Program (DMRP) communication.utexas.edu/strauss/dmrp Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life College of Communication University of Texas - Austin utexas.edu Voice (512) 471 6323 Fax (512) 471 7979 homerogdz.com Google Scholar Profile @_HGZ_ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 20:37:10 -0800 From: Meryl Alper <malper(a)usc.edu> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] History of Synthetic Speech Message-ID: <CAGv4jCcnk6QopDwVx=76gy2Q0gFQ_dTd0w1ktx8u4-B1Smsfvw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, Back in November, I asked if anyone had recommendations for books/chapters/articles on the history of synthetic speech. (My dissertation is focused on the nexus of mobile devices and augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC). I put together a short bibliography over on the HASTAC blog in case anyone is interested: http://www.hastac.org/blogs/merylalper/2014/01/05/history-synthetic-speech-… Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any other recommendations! Thanks, Meryl Alper Ph.D. Candidate in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2014 22:41:06 -0600 From: Paul Booth <pbooth81(a)gmail.com> To: air-l <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Joss Whedon: A Celebration - May 03 - DePaul University Message-ID: <CAM96_fxyJX04RWZ4i1G8WNckjZwUxaaYz5vyhLBM9TJOK9moTw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Call for Papers and Topic Proposals: Joss Whedon: A Celebration (Apologies for cross-posting) Now accepting submissions and ideas for the second annual Pop Culture Colloquium at DePaul University in Chicago! The Media and Cinema Studies program at DePaul University is hosting a one-day celebratory colloquium in honor of the work of Joss Whedon on Saturday, May 03, from 9-6. This event will feature roundtable discussions from scholars and fans of Whedon, speaking about the cultural impact of his work, as well as analyzing aspects of his television shows and films. The even will also feature special guests, screenings, screenwriting workshops, and (perhaps) a sing-a-long or two? The audience for this event is both graduate and undergraduate students, both fans and scholars, and the focus should be on informed and enlightening discussion rather than formal academic papers. ?Joss Whedon: A Celebration? will take place on DePaul?s Loop campus. If you?re interested in speaking on a round table, please send a 200 word abstract of your topic and a CV or resume to Paul Booth (pbooth(a)depaul.edu) by Mar 01. Also please email with any questions. We hope that you will be able to join in the discussion and celebration! -- Paul Booth, PhD Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies/Communication Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 08:14:17 +0100 From: Babiga Birregah <bbirregah(a)gmail.com> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Masters internship proposal at University of Technology of Troyes, France Message-ID: <CAH=BukjviMVhms31Xb2QG+F6ZOP37GDWHet==azjZGR++-JoXw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 *=== This post is open primarily to applicants already enrolled in ? French or European university.* Dear all, Happy and Great new year! Please distribute this announcement to your contacts which can be interested. Sorry for multiple copies. The Laboratory of Systems Modeling and Dependability (LM2S) (at University of Technology of Troyes, France) is proposing a Masters internship on the topic of "Visualization and exploration of big data streams using spatio-temporal graphs". Depending on the results, this position can lead to a PhD thesis. Requirements: Computer Science, Graph Theory, (Image and signal processing), Databases, C++ or Java Applicants should submit a CV, the names of two referees, and a statement of prior studies and research experience with respect to the above mentioned requirements via email: babiga.birregah(a)utt.fr. The work will be rewarded by a gratification according to French laws and depending on the skills of the candidate. Please spread this announcement to any potentially interested. Regards, -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS H107 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060 10004 TROYES CEDEX T?l. +33 (0) 325715869 Fax. +33 (0) 325715649 QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4 ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 10:40:56 +0000 (GMT) From: raphael nowak <rapha1106(a)yahoo.fr> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] CFP - Napster, 15 years on: Rethinking digital music distribution. A themed special edition of First Monday Message-ID: <1389004856.40231.YahooMailNeo(a)web171305.mail.ir2.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 With apologies for cross-posting: Call for papers ? First Monday themed special edition Napster, 15 years on: Rethinking digital music distribution ? Guest editors: Rapha?l Nowak (Griffith University, Australia) and Andrew Whelan (University of Wollongong, Australia) ? 2014 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the release of the peer-to-peer application Napster. Developed by a student, Shawn Fanning, with the help of his friend Shawn Parker and uncle John Fanning, Napster established music downloading as a mass phenomenon. By 2001, 50 million users had downloaded content with Napster. Many other applications followed ? Gnutella, Kazaa, LimeWire, eMule, Soulseek, BitTorrent, among others ?further developing and entrenching p2p technology. Online music distribution has been fiercely contested since Napster. Online availability has changed the way music is produced, sold, distributed, shared and consumed. While these changes are often decried or celebrated through well-rehearsed positions, their implications can also be exaggerated, as attending to contemporary industry business models and persisting analog formats would suggest. Building on multi- and cross-disciplinary approaches addressing developments in the 15 years since the advent of Napster, we seek papers that advance contemporary debates associated with music downloading (authorized and illicit) and its consequences and ramifications. We welcome 300 word abstracts reflecting on the last 15 years in the realm of online music distribution and consumption. While attending to this broad aim, proposed articles will also address a more specific theme. Potential themes may include, but are not limited to: * Exchange relations and the circulation of digital objects * Politics and ethics of p2p practices * Hyper-consumption, curatorialism and open access music archives * Online music subcultures and (social) networks * Domestication of p2p and p2p as/in technoculture * Communications, transfer, storage, and playback hardware and infrastructure * Discursive framing: leeches, pirates, free music * Contemporary music celebrity culture * Suppression and criminalization of downloading and ?copyfight? * Aesthetic experiences and qualities of digital music practices and rituals * 0day, release groups, pre-releases and leaks * Affordances, affects and materialities of the mp3 format * The evolution and ecology of music downloading * Direct downloads, music blogging, and online visibility * Monetization, markets and the business of p2p * Analog formats: continuity and resurgence * Pre-histories and futures of digital music distribution 300 word abstracts should be submitted to Rapha?l Nowak (raph.nowak(a)gmail.com)by February 21, 2014. On the basis of these abstracts, invitations to submit papers will be sent out in early March 2014. Full papers should be submitted by June 20, 2014, and will undergo the usual First Monday peer-review process. Invitation to submit a full paper does not therefore guarantee acceptance into the issue. The themed special edition will be published November 2014. This Call for Papers can be found in pdf format at http://bit.ly/1dnKzFe. Please forward as appropriate to interested parties. ? Rapha?l Nowak <raph.nowak(a)gmail.com> Andrew Whelan <awhelan(a)uow.edu.au> ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 16:32:45 -0600 From: Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> To: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Books on social media Message-ID: <CAG+du61aGuZk8YfzZ2zz4LoJeFgQ_eEGJMevQW9x8bFzzPq5tQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Hi all, Looks like I'll be leading an independent study on social media with one of my students. I have a good amount of books on the topic but I just wanted to inquire which ones you know have worked out best in your classes. This particular student is also interested in learning about the practical end of social media. Kind of like a "best practices" book. Or even the industry end of social media... Again, have some things that addresses the latter question, but want to know which books you would recommend. Any takers? Thank you in advance :) -- 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: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 22:36:10 +0000 From: "Hosterman, Alec" <alec.hosterman(a)ttu.edu> To: Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com>, AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Books on social media Message-ID: <0C5790DDC6560F4E9E00924A454FF1540F6A10(a)centaur08.ttu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I wrote a chapter for a book on social media that might be of interest: Social Media: Usage and Impact by Noor Al-Deen and Hendricks (2012) from Lexington Books. Best, Alec Alec R. Hosterman, Ph.D. alec.hosterman(a)ttu.edu Texas Tech University | Technical Communication & Rhetoric ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Burcu Bakioglu [bbakiogl(a)gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2014 4:32 PM To: AoiR list Subject: [Air-L] Books on social media Hi all, Looks like I'll be leading an independent study on social media with one of my students. I have a good amount of books on the topic but I just wanted to inquire which ones you know have worked out best in your classes. This particular student is also interested in learning about the practical end of social media. Kind of like a "best practices" book. Or even the industry end of social media... Again, have some things that addresses the latter question, but want to know which books you would recommend. Any takers? Thank you in advance :) -- 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 _______________________________________________ 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 114, Issue 5 *************************************

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 114, Issue 5
by joel＠uia.be 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

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CFP - Napster, 15 years on: Rethinking digital music distribution. A themed special edition of First Monday
by raphael nowak 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

With apologies for cross-posting: Call for papers – First Monday themed special edition Napster, 15 years on: Rethinking digital music distribution Guest editors: Raphaël Nowak (Griffith University, Australia) and Andrew Whelan (University of Wollongong, Australia) 2014 marks the fifteenth anniversary of the release of the peer-to-peer application Napster. Developed by a student, Shawn Fanning, with the help of his friend Shawn Parker and uncle John Fanning, Napster established music downloading as a mass phenomenon. By 2001, 50 million users had downloaded content with Napster. Many other applications followed – Gnutella, Kazaa, LimeWire, eMule, Soulseek, BitTorrent, among others –further developing and entrenching p2p technology. Online music distribution has been fiercely contested since Napster. Online availability has changed the way music is produced, sold, distributed, shared and consumed. While these changes are often decried or celebrated through well-rehearsed positions, their implications can also be exaggerated, as attending to contemporary industry business models and persisting analog formats would suggest. Building on multi- and cross-disciplinary approaches addressing developments in the 15 years since the advent of Napster, we seek papers that advance contemporary debates associated with music downloading (authorized and illicit) and its consequences and ramifications. We welcome 300 word abstracts reflecting on the last 15 years in the realm of online music distribution and consumption. While attending to this broad aim, proposed articles will also address a more specific theme. Potential themes may include, but are not limited to: * Exchange relations and the circulation of digital objects * Politics and ethics of p2p practices * Hyper-consumption, curatorialism and open access music archives * Online music subcultures and (social) networks * Domestication of p2p and p2p as/in technoculture * Communications, transfer, storage, and playback hardware and infrastructure * Discursive framing: leeches, pirates, free music * Contemporary music celebrity culture * Suppression and criminalization of downloading and ‘copyfight’ * Aesthetic experiences and qualities of digital music practices and rituals * 0day, release groups, pre-releases and leaks * Affordances, affects and materialities of the mp3 format * The evolution and ecology of music downloading * Direct downloads, music blogging, and online visibility * Monetization, markets and the business of p2p * Analog formats: continuity and resurgence * Pre-histories and futures of digital music distribution 300 word abstracts should be submitted to Raphaël Nowak (raph.nowak(a)gmail.com)by February 21, 2014. On the basis of these abstracts, invitations to submit papers will be sent out in early March 2014. Full papers should be submitted by June 20, 2014, and will undergo the usual First Monday peer-review process. Invitation to submit a full paper does not therefore guarantee acceptance into the issue. The themed special edition will be published November 2014. This Call for Papers can be found in pdf format at http://bit.ly/1dnKzFe. Please forward as appropriate to interested parties. Raphaël Nowak <raph.nowak(a)gmail.com> Andrew Whelan <awhelan(a)uow.edu.au>

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Masters internship proposal at University of Technology of Troyes, France
by Babiga Birregah 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

*=== This post is open primarily to applicants already enrolled in à French or European university.* Dear all, Happy and Great new year! Please distribute this announcement to your contacts which can be interested. Sorry for multiple copies. The Laboratory of Systems Modeling and Dependability (LM2S) (at University of Technology of Troyes, France) is proposing a Masters internship on the topic of "Visualization and exploration of big data streams using spatio-temporal graphs". Depending on the results, this position can lead to a PhD thesis. Requirements: Computer Science, Graph Theory, (Image and signal processing), Databases, C++ or Java Applicants should submit a CV, the names of two referees, and a statement of prior studies and research experience with respect to the above mentioned requirements via email: babiga.birregah(a)utt.fr. The work will be rewarded by a gratification according to French laws and depending on the skills of the candidate. Please spread this announcement to any potentially interested. Regards, -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation UTT - ROSAS H107 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060 10004 TROYES CEDEX Tél. +33 (0) 325715869 Fax. +33 (0) 325715649 QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4

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Joss Whedon: A Celebration - May 03 - DePaul University
by Paul Booth 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Call for Papers and Topic Proposals: Joss Whedon: A Celebration (Apologies for cross-posting) Now accepting submissions and ideas for the second annual Pop Culture Colloquium at DePaul University in Chicago! The Media and Cinema Studies program at DePaul University is hosting a one-day celebratory colloquium in honor of the work of Joss Whedon on Saturday, May 03, from 9-6. This event will feature roundtable discussions from scholars and fans of Whedon, speaking about the cultural impact of his work, as well as analyzing aspects of his television shows and films. The even will also feature special guests, screenings, screenwriting workshops, and (perhaps) a sing-a-long or two… The audience for this event is both graduate and undergraduate students, both fans and scholars, and the focus should be on informed and enlightening discussion rather than formal academic papers. “Joss Whedon: A Celebration” will take place on DePaul’s Loop campus. If you’re interested in speaking on a round table, please send a 200 word abstract of your topic and a CV or resume to Paul Booth (pbooth(a)depaul.edu) by Mar 01. Also please email with any questions. We hope that you will be able to join in the discussion and celebration! -- Paul Booth, PhD Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies/Communication Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604

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History of Synthetic Speech
by Meryl Alper 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Hi all, Back in November, I asked if anyone had recommendations for books/chapters/articles on the history of synthetic speech. (My dissertation is focused on the nexus of mobile devices and augmentative and alternative communication, or AAC). I put together a short bibliography over on the HASTAC blog in case anyone is interested: http://www.hastac.org/blogs/merylalper/2014/01/05/history-synthetic-speech-… Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any other recommendations! Thanks, Meryl Alper Ph.D. Candidate in Communication Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California

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2 Postdoctoral Positions at University of Vienna
by Gil De Zuniga, Homero 06 Jan '14

06 Jan '14

Hola all ~ First I'd like to wish you a Happy New Year. I write to inform you about 2 postdoctoral positions currently open at University of Vienna, Austria, with an emphasis in Media Innovation/Media Change and Political Communication. Here is the formal call. As German knowledge is not required, unless you speak German you may wish to scroll down to check the English version: https://univis.univie.ac.at/ausschreibungstellensuche/flow/bew_ausschreibun… We'll be opening a new lab research unit in the Department of Communication, and we have great resources to carry on with exciting research projects, so I hope you apply. The deadline is January 22nd 2014. Please if you have further questions feel free to check with me (homero.gil.de.zuniga(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:homero.gil.de.zuniga@univie.ac.at>), with my administrative assistant, Meike Müller (meike.mueller(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:meike.mueller@univie.ac.at>) or with the Head of the Department, Klaus Schönbach (klaus.schoenbach(a)univie.ac.at<mailto:klaus.schoenbach@univie.ac.at>). Saludos, HGZ Homero Gil de Zúñiga Associate Professor Director, Digital Media Research Program (DMRP) communication.utexas.edu/strauss/dmrp Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life College of Communication University of Texas - Austin utexas.edu Voice (512) 471 6323 Fax (512) 471 7979 homerogdz.com Google Scholar Profile @_HGZ_

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Second Call for Papers: Int'l Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-14)
by Brian Keegan 04 Jan '14

04 Jan '14

A second and final reminder to consider submitting your research to ICWSM. Abstracts are due in less than two weeks (15 Jan) and full papers in three (22 Jan). ICWSM authors also have the option of submitting to a "Social Science track" that preserves the option of subsequent journal publication. http://icwsm.org/2014/submitting/call-for-papers/ THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL AAAI CONFERENCE ON WEBLOGS AND SOCIAL MEDIA (ICWSM-14) SPONSORED BY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE * Abstracts Due: January 15, 2014 (by 11:59 pm PST) * Full Papers Due: January 22, 2014 (by 11:59 pm PST) * Acceptance Notification: March 10, 2014 * Conference: June 1-4, 2014 in Ann Arbor, Michigan The International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM) is a forum for researchers in computer science and social science to come together to share knowledge, discuss ideas, exchange information, and learn about cutting-edge research in diverse fields with the common theme of online social media. This overall theme includes research in new perspectives in social theories, as well as computational algorithms for analyzing social media. ICWSM is a singularly fitting venue for research that blends social science and computational approaches to answer important and challenging questions about human social behavior through social media while advancing computational tools for vast and unstructured data. ICWSM, now in its eighth year, has become one of the premier venues for computational social science, and previous years of ICWSM have featured papers, posters, and demos that draw upon network science, machine learning, computational linguistics, sociology, communication, and political science. The uniqueness of the venue and the quality of submissions have contributed to a fast growth of the conference and a competitive acceptance rate of 20% for full-length research papers published in the proceedings by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). For ICWSM-14, in addition to the usual program of contributed technical talks, posters and invited presentations, the main conference will include a selection of keynote talks from prominent social scientists and technologists. Building on successes in previous years, ICWSM-14 will also hold a day of workshops and tutorials in addition to the main conference. SUMMARY SUBMISSION GUIDELINE Full paper format: Full paper submissions to ICWSM are recommended to be 8 pages long, and must be at most 10 pages long, including figures and references. The final camera-ready length (between 8-10 pages) for each full paper in the proceedings will be at the discretion of the program chairs. All papers must follow AAAI formatting guidelines. Poster and demo paper format: Poster paper submissions to ICWSM must be 4 pages long, including figures and references. Demo paper submissions to ICWSM must be 2 pages long, including figures and references. All papers must be follow AAAI formatting guidelines. Anonymity: Paper submissions to ICWSM must be anonymized. Social science track with only abstracts in the proceedings: We will be continuing the “social science” track at ICWSM-14 following its successful debut in 2013. This option is for researchers in social science who wish to submit full papers without publication in the conference proceedings. While papers in this track will not be published, we expect these submissions to describe the same high-quality and complete work as the main track submissions. Papers accepted to this track will be full presentations integrated with the conference, but they will be published only as abstracts in the conference proceedings. DISCIPLINES * Computational approaches to social media research including * Natural language processing * Text / data mining * Machine learning * Image / multimedia processing * Graphics and visualization * Distributed computing * Graph theory and graphical models * Human-computer interaction * Social science approaches to social media research including * Psychology * Sociology and social network analysis * Communication * Political science * Economics * Anthropology * Media studies and journalism * Interdisciplinary approaches to social media research combining computational algorithms and social science methodologies TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA include * Weblogs (posts, comments, and/or social shares) * Social networking sites (e.g., Facebook, LinkedIn) * Microblogs (e.g., Twitter, Tumblr) * Wiki-based knowledge sharing sites (e.g., Wikipedia) * Social news sites and websites of news media (e.g., Huffington Post) * Forums, mailing lists, newsgroups * Community media sites (e.g., YouTube, Flickr, Instagram) * Social Q & A sites (e.g., Quora, Yahoo Answers) * User reviews (e.g., Yelp, Amazon.com) * Social curation sites (e.g., Reddit, Pinterest) * Location-based social networks (e.g., Foursquare) TOPICS INCLUDE (BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO) * Psychological, personality-based and ethnographic studies of social media * Analysis of the relationship between social media and mainstream media * Qualitative and quantitative studies of social media * Centrality/influence of social media publications and authors * Ranking/relevance of blogs and microblogs; web page ranking based on weblogs * Social network analysis; communities identification; expertise and authority discovery * Collaborative filtering * Trust; reputation; recommendation systems * Human computer interaction; social media tools; navigation and visualization * Subjectivity in textual data; sentiment analysis; polarity/opinion identification and extraction, linguistic analyses of social media behavior * Text categorization; topic recognition; demographic/gender/age identification * Trend identification and tracking; time series forecasting * Measuring predictability of real world phenomena based on social media, e.g., spanning politics, finance, and health * New social media applications; interfaces; interaction techniques * Social innovation and effecting change through social media * Social media usage on mobile devices; location, human mobility, and behavior * Organizational and group behavior mediated by social media; interpersonal communication mediated by social media * Studies of digital humanities (culture, history, arts) using social media CONFERENCE WEBSITE http://icwsm.org/2014/ General Co-Chairs Eytan Adar, University of Michigan Paul Resnick, University of Michigan PROGRAM Co-Chairs Munmun De Choudhury, Microsoft Research Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute Alice Oh, KAIST -- Brian C. Keegan, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Lazer Lab College of Social Sciences and Humanities, Northeastern University Fellow, Institute for Quantitative Social Sciences, Harvard University Affiliate, Berkman Center for Internet & Society, Harvard Law School b.keegan(a)neu.edu www.brianckeegan.com M: 617.803.6971 O: 617.373.7200 Skype: bckeegan

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CHI14 Workshop: Biological Rhythms and Technology
by Jaime Snyder 03 Jan '14

03 Jan '14

[Apologies for cross posting] Biological Rhythms and Technology http://pac.cs.cornell.edu/rhythms/ Workshop at CHI 2014 Toronto, Canada, April 27th 9.00am – 6.00pm We are constantly changing. Every week. Every day. Every minute. Our bodies coordinate many physiological and mental changes to help us adapt to our environment. As a consequence of these fluctuations, we can be more suited to certain types of activities at specific times of the day. Disruptions of our rhythms can have serious impacts on our sleep, productivity, and well-being. In spite of these natural fluctuations, the technologies we use to work and to communicate respond identically throughout the day to our interactions. However, a new class of technologies has emerged that takes our biological rhythms into account. This interactive workshop will bring together researchers interested in designing technologies to support biological rhythms. We invite participants from a range of disciplines (including sleep, well-being, and mental health) to take part in this workshop to discuss the design and development of technology to support individual rhythms; social impacts of measuring these physiological, behavioral, and mental changes; and feedback interventions to help people become more aware of these changes. The goal of the workshop is to create a community around incorporating an awareness of biological rhythms into the design of technology How to participate Submit a 2-4 page paper in the ACM Extended Abstract format about your ongoing work, recent results, or study methods related to biological rhythms. At least one author of each accepted papers must attend the workshop and all participants much register for the workshop and attend at least one day of the conference. Papers should be submitted via EasyChair<https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=chibrt2014> (https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=chibrt2014) or sent in PDF to biologicalrhythms.CHI2014(a)gmail.com<mailto:biologicalrhythms.CHI2014@gmail.com>. Important dates • Submission Deadline: 17 Jan 2014 • Notification: 10 Feb 2014 • Workshop date: 27 April 2014 For more info: http://pac.cs.cornell.edu/rhythms/ Organizers Mark Matthews, Cornell University, USA  Erin Carroll, University of Rochester, USA  Saeed Abdullah, Cornell University, USA  Jaime Snyder, Cornell University & Syracuse University, USA  Matthew Kay, University of Washington, USA  Tanzeem Choudhury, Cornell University, USA  Geri Gay, Cornell University, USA  Julie Kientz, University of Washington, USA

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