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REMINDER: Fan Studies Network Symposium Registration deadline is this Friday
by Bertha Chin 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Dear all, Please be reminded that the deadline for the Fan Studies Network Symposium registration is this *Friday, 22nd November*. Programme, travel and registration information can be found here: http://www.uea.ac.uk/politics-international-media/events/fan-studies-networ… We look forward to seeing you at the symposium! -- Dr. Bertha Chin Independent Scholar <http://cardiff.academia.edu/BerthaChin> Board Member, Fan Studies Network (http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/)

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ICA Mobile Pre-conference 2014 (last) Call for Papers
by Andrew Schrock 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

Final reminder -- submissions for the ICA Mobile Communication pre-conference are due tonight at midnight. http://icamobile.org/2014cfp/ > ICA Mobile Pre-conference 2014 Call for Papers > > Call for Papers > 11th Annual ICA Mobile Pre-conference Workshop > Mobile Research for Building a Better World > May 21 – 22, 2014 > Seattle, WA > www.icamobile.org > > Mobile communication focuses on the intersection of mobility, place, technology, and culture, against a backdrop of rapid international economic and social change. The past decade of research on mobile communication has expanded on topics such as the reordering of social relationships, the global diffusion of mobile media, and the societal and psychological effects of mobile usage. This uniquely situates mobile communication for an interdisciplinary pre-conference to address positive and negative impacts of mobile-mediated communication in society. In the 11th ICA Mobile Pre-conference Workshop, in the lush Pacific Northwest, we want to reflect upon the positive and negative aspects brought to our lives by this rapid spread of mobile communication, through the theme of “Mobile Research for Building a Better World.” Complementing the main conference theme, we expect participants to promote various definitions of “the good life” – such as capital enhancement, personal freedoms, social justice, more productive interactions, and stronger social ties – or factors that impede it. We anticipate a broad range of topics in mobile communication and welcome abstracts based on empirical and theoretical work entwined with mobile communication as it relates to: > > International contexts > International development > Health > Social media > Cultural differences > Gender > Local culture and heritage > Learning and education > Journalism > Activism and social movements > Politics > Civic engagement > Usability issues > Methodologies > Submission Information > > Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers, and across multiple disciplines engaged in research on mobile communication. Submissions should be extended abstracts of no more than 750 words and be in Word doc/docx or PDF format. Submissions will be accepted through email tosubmissions(a)icamobile.org. The deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM EST on November 18, 2013. Papers will be judged by peer review on criteria of relevance and originality of topic, adequacy of literature review and methodology, legitimacy of conclusions, clarity of presentation, as well as fit with — and contribution to — the conference theme. Notifications on acceptance will be emailed in early January. > > Best Paper Award > > An award for the best paper will be given at this event. Only full papers submitted by the spring deadline for full paper submission (March 31st, 2014) will be considered for this award. > > Venue > > The mobile pre-conference will be held at the University of Washington. Transportation to the venue from the conference hotel will be provided at the beginning and end of each day’s events. Additionally, the venue is accessible by public transportation. > Andrew Schrock USC Annenberg Doctoral Candidate Twitter: @aschrock Email: aschrock(a)usc.edu Phone: 714.330.6545

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OA Journal of Community Informatics Passes Million Downloaded Papers
by michael gurstein 18 Nov '13

18 Nov '13

The ten year old online open access Journal of Community Informatics http://ci-journal.net has now passed the one million downloaded papers mark. Congratulations and thanks to all who have contributed as authors, reviewers, editors, layout people, technical support and readers! Best to all, Mike Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics web: http://ci-journal.net email: gurstein(a)gmail.com

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New all-in-one innovative tabbed interface Office Suite
by mariza georgalou 17 Nov '13

17 Nov '13

Dear all, I'm writing to inform you about a brand new all-in-one innovative tabbed interface Office Suite called 'Petals Office' which allows to edit text and spreadsheet documents as well as to display PDFs, side by side. More information is available on: http://www.petalsoffice.org/ https://www.facebook.com/petalsoffice You can support the developers' campaign on Indiegogo: http://igg.me/at/petalsoffice/x/4066775 Best regards, Mariza Georgalou *----------------------------------------------------------------* *Mariza GeorgalouPhD CandidateDepartment of Linguistics and English Language Lancaster University, UKhttp://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/mariza-georgalou <http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/mariza-georgalou>* *lancaster.academia.edu/MarizaGeorgalou*<https://exchange.lancs.ac.uk/owa/redir.aspx?C=f7ebc41f7d744e20b79d7dccb8cca…>

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Seminar: Smart publics? Mediation and public engagement with science and technology
by Aristea Fotopoulou 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Smart publics? Mediation and public engagement with science and technology Thursday 5 December, 11:00 until 14:30 Silverstone Lecture Theatre 309, University of Sussex. Speakers: Jenn Barth, Aristea Fotopoulou, Tobie Kerridge Part of the Travelling Seminars Series of the Publics then, now and beyond network, co-hosted by Centre for Material Digital Culture, Attenborough Centre for the Arts and Public Culture Hub, University of Sussex. This research event focuses on the publics and public issues relating to emerging technologies, such as smart energy grids, wearable devices and the Cloud, and co-design for sustainable energy. Bringing together the work of three different research projects: EPINET (Sussex), CAST (Goldsmiths) and ECDC (Goldsmiths), the talks explore the imaginaries and mediation of emerging technologies; public engagement with behavioural tracking and the Human Cloud; and speculative design with energy communities respectively. In their own distinct way, the papers seek to address a range of questions: the different modes of making publics, the different kinds of knowledge and expertise, and the public issues that emerge in this field. This second Travelling Seminar of the Publics then, now and beyond network is positioned within wider research questions posed by the stream Making/Doing/Being Publics. This research stream of the network focuses on the practices, infrastructures and forms of mediation through which publics are brought into being and through which things are made public. The event is co-organised by two members of the Publics then, now and beyond network, Aristea Fotopoulou (Sussex) and Tobie Kerridge (Goldsmiths). Programme 11.00 – 11.30 Introductions: Nick Mahony about the Publics then, now and beyond network, Hilde Stephansen & Aristea Fotopoulou on the Making/doing/being publics stream, David Hendy about the Public Culture Hub. 11.30 - 1.30 Talks. Chair: Sally-Jane Norman Discussant: Kate Lacey - Aristea Fotopoulou (University of Sussex) "Imaginaries of Smart Grids: Public Issues, Contradiction and Controversy" - Jenn Barth (Goldsmiths, University of London) “Digital Devices, Research and Social Experience” - Tobie Kerridge (Goldsmiths, University of London) "Energy Babble: Prototyping with energy demand reduction communities" 1.30-2.30 Lunch & Networking The Publics, then now and beyond network is an international and interdisciplinary network supported by the Creating Publics project, the Centre for Citizenship, Identities and Governance and the Faculty of Social Science at the Open University. For more information see publicsnetwork.wordpress.com. For abstracts see https://tinyurl.com/ntkwrdk and http://www.sussex.ac.uk/newsandevents/events?id=20662 All welcome. To register, please email A.Fotopoulou(a)sussex.ac.uk --------------------------------- Dr Aristea Fotopoulou EPINET Research Fellow Department of Media & Film University of Sussex Silverstone Building Falmer, BN1 9RG http://www.sussex.ac.uk/profiles/206365

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FW: [CivicAccess-discuss] New Scientist: How Open Data Empowers Citizens of Poorer Nations
by michael gurstein 16 Nov '13

16 Nov '13

Also see: Journal of Community Informatics: Special Issue: Community Informatics and Open Government Data: Vol 8, No 2 (2012) http://ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/41 M -----Original Message----- From: civicaccess-discuss-bounces(a)civicaccess.ca [mailto:civicaccess-discuss-bounces@civicaccess.ca] On Behalf Of Glen Newton Sent: Friday, November 15, 2013 2:26 PM To: civicaccess discuss; GOSLING members in Ottawa Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] New Scientist: How Open Data Empowers Citizens of Poorer Nations How Open Data Empowers Citizens of Poorer Nations New Scientist (11/13/13) Niall Firth http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22029434.400-how-open-data-empowers-ci tizens-of-poorer-nations.html#.UoafRvFMWzF -Glen _______________________________________________ CivicAccess-discuss mailing list CivicAccess-discuss(a)civicaccess.ca http://lists.pwd.ca/mailman/listinfo/civicaccess-discuss

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Re: [Air-L] Social media as an industry
by Andrew Herman 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Thanks, David. This is awesome! Chair Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 >>> David Brake 11/15/13 9:43 AM >>> To follow up for all of you, here's what I have had recommended to me: Albarran, A. B. (Ed.). (2013). The social media industries. New York: Routledge. http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415523196/ Fattal, Alex Facebook: Corporate Hackers, a Billion Users, and the Geo-politics of the "Social Graph". Anthropological Quarterly 85(3) http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/anthropological… van Dijck, J. (2013). The culture of connectivity : a critical history of social media. Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press. http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199970780.do (which led me to): van Dijck, J., & Poell, T. (2013). Understanding social media logic. Media and Communication, 1(1), 2-14. Retrieved from http://www.librelloph.com/mediaandcommunication/article/view/MaC-1.1.2 Hope this helps! Will let you know if more gems come my way... (ObPlug) Two AoIR-related publications recently released: Brake, D. R. (2013). Are we all online content creators now? Web 2.0 and digital divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12042 Retrieved from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jcc4.12042/abstract Brake, D. R. (2013). Journalists, User Generated Content and Digital Divides. In J. Gordon, G. Stewart & P. Rowinski (Eds.), Br(e)aking The News: Journalism, Politics and New Media (pp. 253-270). Oxford, UK: Peter Lang _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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RDAP14 CFP and Registration Open
by Richard Hill 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

REMINDER: RDAP14 Call for Proposals and Registration Open Research Data Access and Preservation Summit 2014 March 26-28, 2014 Sheraton San Diego Hotel and Marina, San Diego, CA RDAP14, the fifth annual Research Data Access and Preservation Summit, is accepting proposals (max. 300 words) for two panels, interactive posters, and lightning talks. Themes for RDAP14 were selected by this year�s planning committee with input from previous years� attendees and RDAP community members. Important Dates November 25, 2013: Panel Presentations Submissions Due December 16, 2013: Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks Submissions Due February 14, 2014: Early Bird Registration Ends March 26-28, 2014: RDAP14 Conference and Workshops Panel Presentations We are seeking panelists for the following topics: Developing and implementing institutional policies for research data: ownership, preservation, and compliance. This panel will discuss approaches institutions have taken to develop and implement policies for a variety of issues related to research data, including ownership, copyright, commercialization, privacy, embargoes, access controls, sharing, reuse, and preservation. Building data curation/management services on a shoestring budget. This panel will discuss how to quickly start up data curation/management services with limited resources from the perspective of institutions that have recently done so in response to funding agency policies and/or other external factors. Interactive Posters and Lightning Talks We are soliciting posters and lightning talks on any of the following themes: Institutional policies for research data Building/expanding research data services Collaboration or tension between units involved with research data Institutional responses to government policies/guidelines concerning research data Systems/strategies for full-lifecycle research data curation Tools developed and/or used for data curation/management Digital preservation Data citation and reuse Data repositories (institutional/disciplinary/other) Education and training for research data management/curation Submit your 300 word (maximum) summary or abstract, along with any supplementary documentation, for Panel Presentations by November 25, 2013. Submissions for Interactive Posters and (Seven Minute) Lightning Talks are due December 16, 2013. Submit your proposals for RDAP14 here: http://www.softconf.com/asis/rdap-14/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit In addition to the topics covered in the call, the RDAP14 program will include keynote speakers, hands-on workshops, and curated panels on: Inter-unit collaboration and tension around research data services Responses to the OSTP public access memo NSF DataNet project updates More details on the program coming soon! View previous RDAP presentations and posters on our Slideshare site. Links to previous Summits� programs, videos and articles in the ASIS&T Bulletin are available on our RDAP Past Events page. Keep up with RDAP news by joining our Listserv, following us on Twitter or visiting our Facebook page. For questions, contact rdapinfo(a)asis.org. We look forward to hearing from you! ---------------------------------- Andrew Johnson RDAP14 Program Chair . Richard Hill Executive Director Association for Information Science and Technology 1320 Fenwick Lane, Suite 510 Silver Spring, MD 20910 FAX: (301) 495-0810 (301) 495-0900

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Oxford Internet Institute MSc in Social Science of the Internet (DL 22 Nov)
by Vili Lehdonvirta 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Hi All, My department is increasing its MSc student intake for the next year. Please do let any undergraduates know who might be interested. The application deadline is next Friday already. I personally look forward to supervising students interested in online markets, virtual currencies, and digital work. The programme caters to many other interests as well (see below). --- In the context of consistently high demand over the first four years, we are delighted to announce that our challenging Master’s degree 'Social Science of the Internet' will be expanding its intake by 50%, from 20 to 30 students per year from 2014. Scholarship funding is available for the best candidates via the department's own scholarship fund and University-allocated awards such as the Clarendon Fund. The degree offers cutting-edge multi-disciplinary study of life online, including options in the law, politics or economics of the Internet as well as rigorous training in online data collection, analysis and management appropriate for careers in data science. For more information on the programme and how to apply, visit our MSc website http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/graduatestudy/msc/ --- -- Dr Vili Lehdonvirta Virtual economies and digital work Research Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford http://vili.lehdonvirta.com -- Twitter: ViliLe -- Skype: vlehdonv -- Tel. +44 7456 420012

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Fixed Term Teaching Fellow in New Media
by Helen Kennedy 15 Nov '13

15 Nov '13

Hi AOIR people Please forward this message to anyone you think might be suitable/interested. Best wishes Helen Dr Helen Kennedy Senior Lecturer in New Media, Institute of Communications Studies, University of Leeds (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/) More about me: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy ------------------ Teaching Fellow in New Media Fixed term for 18 months, from 1 January 2014 (or as soon as possible thereafter) to 30 June 2015. Part time - 50% of full time equivalent. You will cover teaching on the Institute of Communications Studies’ BA Hons New Media (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/ug/new-media/) and MA New Media (http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/pg/taught- ma-programmes/ma-new-media/) for a member of staff on extended research leave. You will have expertise in some of these areas of new media (ideally bringing together theoretical and practical knowledge): work practices in the new media industries; usability and user experience design; digital storytelling; digital design; work placements and internships; some aspects of practical new media production (such as HTML, CSS, WordPress, visual design, animation). This post is an excellent opportunity for new media specialists to apply their new media production experience to the education of tomorrow’s new media thinkers and practitioners. Students on the Institute of Communications Studies’ BA Hons New Media and forthcoming MA New Media, undertake a challenging mix of theoretical study and hands-on new media production that produces graduates who are reflective practitioners, with the knowledge and skills required for careers in the new media industries. You must possess an undergraduate degree (BA or BSc) and industry experience in a relevant area and a postgraduate degree or equivalent professional experience. The ability to take responsibility for allocated teaching duties and excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential to the post. It should be noted that there will be an imbalance in workload for the successful candidate, with more teaching in the January to June Semester 2 period than in the September to January Semester 1 period and you must be able to work to this imbalance. University Grade 7 (£30,728 - £36,661 p.a. pro rata) Informal enquiries may be made Chris Birchall, email c.t.birchall(a)leeds.ac.uk. Closing Date: 26 November 2013 Ref: PVCOM0030 Click here for further information about working at the University of Leeds www.leeds.ac.uk/info/20025/university_jobs Click here to apply for this post: http://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/fe/tpl_universityofleeds01.asp?s=4A515F4E5A565B1A&j…

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