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Theorizing the Web 2014
by Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

Hi all, We are excited to announce the call for papers for Theorizing the Web 2014 #TtW14. See below. Please distribute widely. Best, Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University TtW14 Organizing Committee Theorizing the Web 2014, #TtW14 April 25th & 26th 287 Kent Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Abstract Submission Deadline: January 19th What does it mean that digital technologies are increasingly a part of everyday life? We begin with such a broad question because, though the relationship between society and digital technologies is profound, we are only just beginning to make sense of their entanglement. Our understanding is limited, in part, because so much thinking about the Web is rooted in empirical analyses too disconnected from theory, from questions of power and social justice, and from public discourse. We need new priorities in our conversations about the Web. We invite you to propose a presentation for the fourth annual Theorizing the Web, which—by popular demand—is now a two-day event. Theorizing the Web is both inter- and non-disciplinary, as we consider insights from academics, non-academics, and non-“tech theorists” alike to be equally valuable in conceptualizing the Web and its relation to the world. In this spirit, we’ve moved the event away from conventional institutional spaces and into a warehouse. We have some plans for how to use this space to help rethink conference norms (and also to have some extra fun with this year’s event). We are looking for contributions that advance clear theoretical arguments; represent a diverse range of perspectives; embrace accessibility by demystifying jargon rather than using it as a crutch; and which, importantly, appeal to concerns of power, social (in)equality, and justice—themes that will also be emphasized in a keynote panel on race and social media. Some specific topics we’ll be looking for include (but are not limited to): Race, racism, ethnicity Sex, sex work, sexuality Gender Embodiment, cyborgism, post-humanism The self, subjectivity, identity, affect Privacy/publicity Surveillance, drones, the NSA Protest, social movements, revolution Capitalism, rationalization, exploitation, Silicon Valley Hate, harassment, trolling, the “anti-social” web Disconnection, unplugging, loneliness, anomie News, journalism, knowledge, algorithms/filters Virality, memes, the sharing/attention economy Photography, video, GIFs, art Music, music production, the music industry Fiction, speculative fiction, scifi, futurism, literature Games, gamification, game culture theory, video/board/role-playing games Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, disability, and other forms of inequality (taken separately or woven into any of the above) Theorizing the Web is a conference for works-in-progress. Full papers are not required in order to submit, and papers need not be in finished form when presenting. However, we plan to curate a proceedings for full papers, essays, and art connected to the conference. Because Theorizing the Web deeply values public engagement, we seek abstracts that clearly convey the logic of the argument being made and that have titles that appeal to a general audience. While we are open to different forms of presenting one’s work, we are giving priority to presentations that can be enjoyed by people outside the presenter’s field of expertise. We expect the same spirit of accessibility in accepted presentations. Submissions will be blindly reviewed by a selections committee, and we expect selection to be competitive; in past years, we have only been able to accept ~25% of submissions. Abstracts should be 300-500 words and focus on the argument being made and its conclusions. Only the first 500 words of the abstract will be reviewed. Submission are due by 11:59 EST on January 19th, 2014. The submission form is located at: theorizingtheweb.org/submit In addition to the open submission sessions, #TtW14 will feature invited sessions. A keynote panel on race and social media will feature Lisa Nakamura (co-editor of Race After the Internet), Latoya Peterson (Owner/Editor of Racialicious), Ayesha Siddiqi (Editor at The New Inquiry), and Jenna Wortham (Staff Reporter for The New York Times). More invited speakers will be announced soon. More information can be found at the conference website: theorizingtheweb.org Registration for Theorizing the Web is whatever you deem fair or can afford, minimum 1$. Registration information can be found here: theorizingtheweb.org/registration The conference hashtag is #TtW14. ________________________________________

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CABS2014: Call for Papers
by Mary Beth Watson-Manheim 04 Dec '13

04 Dec '13

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CABS 2014: Call for Papers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5th ACM International Conference on Collaboration Across Boundaries (CABS): Culture, Distance and Technology August 20-22, 2014, Kyoto, Japan http://cabs.acm.org/ 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 1, 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 atChicago (UIC), USA) Program Committee Computer Supported Collaboration Pernille Bjørn (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 Dogruöz (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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Australian Digital Sociology Network
by Deborah Lupton 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Australian researchers who are interested in joining a new research network for digital sociology are invited to contact me (deborah.lupton(a)gmail.com) This network is convened by myself with Theresa Sauter (QUT) and Alexia Maddox (Curtin University). We plan to use the network to make connections between people located in Australia who are working in areas related to digital sociology, to share information and news (even if they do not formally identify themselves as 'sociologists'). The launch of the network coincides with two successful sessions devoted to digital sociology at the recent The Australian Sociological Association (TASA) annual conference held in Melbourne. Deborah Lupton Senior Principal Research Fellow Department of Sociology and Social Policy University of Sydney

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DEADLINE EXTENDED - CCA 2014/Technology and Emerging Media
by Guillaume Latzko-Toth 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

(voir version française plus bas) PLEASE NOTE THE NEW SUBMISSION DEADLINE: *** DECEMBER 18, 2013 *** * CCA 2014 Annual meeting: Call for papers - Technology and Emerging Media * We invite you to submit a proposal (individual paper, panel or roundtable) to the Technology and Emerging Media (TEM) track within the next Canadian Communication Association conference that will take place on May 28-30, 2014 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. All participants in the TEM track will have the opportunity to submit a paper based on their presentation, for inclusion in the "TEM Proceedings" that are published online on the sections¹ website: http://tem.fl.ulaval.ca/ Detailed guidelines will be e-mailed later on to TEM participants. The "Technology and Emerging Media" track covers works addressing a wide range of communication and media-related issues, with a focus on technology and technological innovation. Particularly relevant to the track are proposals addressing the following topics: - Information and communication technologies, notably from the points of view of their design, diffusion, and uses; - Digital media and related social phenomena; - Issues related to recent technological developments in the field of communication: social media/social Web, mobile media, online games, and new diffusion platforms for traditional media. Please note that in order for your proposal to be included in the TEM track, we recommend that you select both "technology" and "emerging media" topics on the submission form. Further details on the submission process can be found at: http://www.acc-cca.ca/submit IMPORTANT: Submission deadline: December 18th, 2013. General call for papers: http://www.acc-cca.ca/callforpaper Looking forward to meeting you in St. Catharines next Spring, Guillaume Latzko-Toth and Florence Millerand, Co-Chairs, "Technology and Emerging Media" interest group guillaume.latzko-toth(a)com.ulaval.ca | millerand.florence(a)uqam.ca VERSION FRANÇAISE * Colloque annuel de l'ACC 2014: Appel à contributions - Technologie et médias émergents * Nous vous invitons à proposer une communication individuelle, une session ou une table ronde au sein de la section "Technologie et médias émergents" (TEM) du colloque de l¹Association Canadienne de Communication qui se tiendra du 28 au 30 mai 2014 à l¹Université Brock à Saint Catharines, Ontario. Les participants à la section TEM auront la possibilité de soumettre un article court dérivé de leur présentation pour publication dans les "Actes TEM" diffusés en ligne sur le site web de la section : http://tem.fl.ulaval.ca/ Des consignes détaillées seront fournies ultérieurement par courriel aux participants de la section TEM. La section "Technologie et médias émergents" regroupe des travaux abordant un large éventail de questions concernant la communication et les médias, avec un accent mis sur la technologie et l¹innovation technique. Particulièrement bienvenues sont les présentations portant sur les sujets suivants : - Les technologies de l'information et de la communication, notamment sous l'angle de leur conception, de leur diffusion, et de leurs usages; - Les médias numériques et les phénomènes sociaux qui leur sont associés; - Les enjeux liés aux récents développements technologiques dans le champ de la communication: médias sociaux/Web social, médias mobiles, jeux en ligne, et nouvelles plateformes de diffusion des médias traditionnels. Veuillez noter que pour que votre proposition de communication, session ou table ronde soit inscrite dans le programme de la section TEM, nous vous recommandons de sélectionner les deux thématiques "technologie" et "médias émergents" sur le formulaire de soumission. Vous trouverez plus de détails sur le processus de soumission à l¹adresse suivante : http://www.acc-cca.ca/submit IMPORTANT: Date limite pour soumettre une proposition : 18 décembre 2013. Appel général à contributions : http://www.acc-cca.ca/callforpaper Au grand plaisir de vous rencontrer en mai prochain à Saint Catharines, Guillaume Latzko-Toth et Florence Millerand, coprésidents de la section "Technologie et médias émergents" guillaume.latzko-toth(a)com.ulaval.ca | millerand.florence(a)uqam.ca

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REMINDER - CCA 2014/Technology and Emerging Media
by Guillaume Latzko-Toth 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

(voir version française plus bas) * CCA 2014 Annual meeting: Call for papers - Technology and Emerging Media * We invite you to submit a proposal (individual paper, panel or roundtable) to the Technology and Emerging Media (TEM) track within the next Canadian Communication Association conference that will take place on May 28-30, 2014 at Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario. All participants in the TEM track will have the opportunity to submit a paper based on their presentation, for inclusion in the "TEM Proceedings" that are published online on the sections¹ website: http://tem.fl.ulaval.ca/ Detailed guidelines will be e-mailed later on to TEM participants. The "Technology and Emerging Media" track covers works addressing a wide range of communication and media-related issues, with a focus on technology and technological innovation. Particularly relevant to the track are proposals addressing the following topics: - Information and communication technologies, notably from the points of view of their design, diffusion, and uses; - Digital media and related social phenomena; - Issues related to recent technological developments in the field of communication: social media/social Web, mobile media, online games, and new diffusion platforms for traditional media. Please note that in order for your proposal to be included in the TEM track, we recommend that you select both "technology" and "emerging media" topics on the submission form. Further details on the submission process can be found at: http://www.acc-cca.ca/submit Deadline for submitting proposals to the CCA conference: December 10th, 2013. General call for papers: http://www.acc-cca.ca/callforpaper Looking forward to meeting you in St. Catharines next Spring, Guillaume Latzko-Toth and Florence Millerand, Co-Chairs, "Technology and Emerging Media" interest group guillaume.latzko-toth(a)com.ulaval.ca | millerand.florence(a)uqam.ca VERSION FRANÇAISE * Colloque annuel de l'ACC 2014: Appel à contributions - Technologie et médias émergents * Nous vous invitons à proposer une communication individuelle, une session ou une table ronde au sein de la section "Technologie et médias émergents" (TEM) du colloque de l¹Association Canadienne de Communication qui se tiendra du 28 au 30 mai 2014 à l¹Université Brock à Saint Catharines, Ontario. Les participants à la section TEM auront la possibilité de soumettre un article court dérivé de leur présentation pour publication dans les "Actes TEM" diffusés en ligne sur le site web de la section : http://tem.fl.ulaval.ca/ Des consignes détaillées seront fournies ultérieurement par courriel aux participants de la section TEM. La section "Technologie et médias émergents" regroupe des travaux abordant un large éventail de questions concernant la communication et les médias, avec un accent mis sur la technologie et l¹innovation technique. Particulièrement bienvenues sont les présentations portant sur les sujets suivants : - Les technologies de l'information et de la communication, notamment sous l'angle de leur conception, de leur diffusion, et de leurs usages; - Les médias numériques et les phénomènes sociaux qui leur sont associés; - Les enjeux liés aux récents développements technologiques dans le champ de la communication: médias sociaux/Web social, médias mobiles, jeux en ligne, et nouvelles plateformes de diffusion des médias traditionnels. Veuillez noter que pour que votre proposition de communication, session ou table ronde soit inscrite dans le programme de la section TEM, nous vous recommandons de sélectionner les deux thématiques "technologie" et "médias émergents" sur le formulaire de soumission. Vous trouverez plus de détails sur le processus de soumission à l¹adresse suivante : http://www.acc-cca.ca/submit Date limite de soumission des propositions de communication au colloque de l¹ACC : 10 décembre 2013. Appel général à contributions : http://www.acc-cca.ca/callforpaper Au grand plaisir de vous rencontrer en mai prochain à Saint Catharines, Guillaume Latzko-Toth et Florence Millerand, coprésidents de la section "Technologie et médias émergents" guillaume.latzko-toth(a)com.ulaval.ca | millerand.florence(a)uqam.ca

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Call for papers
by Pilar Garces 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

CALL FOR PAPERS Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict Language studies have for years tended to concentrate on the analysis of harmonious interactions. However, more recently, the study of acrimonious interaction has started gathering momentum. Therefore, the launching of the Journal of Language Aggression and Conflict (John Benjamins) is a timely event to give center stage to research focusing on the language of conflict and aggression. For more information please visit http://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/jlac/main The first volume is coming out in June 2013. We would like to invite scholars working in these areas to contribute research papers or book reviews for the third or subsequent volumes. The journal is peer-reviewed and is published bi-annually (March and August). The third volume is due March 2014. Interested colleagues are invited to submit their contributions by the end of December 2013. For questions, please contact: Pilar Garcés Blitvich (pgblitvi(a)uncc.edu) and Maria Sifianou (msifian(a)enl.uoa.gr) Please disseminate this information to any colleagues you think might be interested.

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CfP for AMCIS 2014 Minitrack titled "ICTs for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked Poor in Developing Economies"
by Dr. Devendra Potnis 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

***Apologies for Cross-posting*** *Track*: ICTs for Global Development *Minitrack*: ICTs for Financial Inclusion of the Unbanked Poor in Developing Economies We invite articles to be submitted to this mini-track at the 20th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2014) to be held on August 7-10, 2014 in Savannah, Georgia. AMCIS 2014 brings together academics and industry professionals around the world to exchange knowledge related to the AMCIS 2014 theme, Smart Sustainability, the Information Systems Opportunity. For more information visit: http://amcis2014.aisnet.org *Minitrack Description * Financial inclusion is critical for global development since it provides financial services at an affordable cost to the poor, who are left out of the formal financial sector. A 2009 study by the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), a donor consortium affiliated to the World Bank, found that the number of branches per 100,000 adults was only eight in developing countries compared to 24 in developed countries (CGAP, 2009). The CGAP study also established a relationship between lack of access to basic financial services and low incomes. Of the 2.9 billion “unbanked” adults, 2.7 billion were concentrated in developing economies. Traditional financial institutions do not serve the poor, especially in remote locations in rural areas, because it is risky and expensive. The poor are often illiterate and find it difficult to complete the paperwork required for financial services. They cannot also furnish collateral for any loans. Neither do they have any credit histories. The tiny profits from a small loan, or a savings account with a small balance, make it unprofitable for banks to serve the poor (Khavul, 2010). A more pertinent question is whether financial inclusion helps in lifting the poor out of poverty. An empirical study based on data from 160 countries found that access to finance had a positive impact on economic development (Honohan, 2006). The stark impact of financial exclusion can be seen in one statistic: 42% of India’s population, or 490 million people, live under the poverty benchmark of USD1.25 per day at purchasing power parity according to a study published by the United Nations Development Program in 2009. Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are creating new channels to reach the poor through branchless banking. Last-mile technologies such as ATMs (Prodem in Bolivia), mobile phones (Safaricom’s M-Pesa in Kenya, GCash and Smart Money in Philippines), RFID, smart cards (Wizzit in South Africa), biometric identification (FINO in India) and Near Field Communication technologies (ALW’s “bank in a box” in India) are used by microfinance institutions (MFIs), banks, and mobile network operators (Mas, 2009). Information systems also play a role in expanding the number of customers reached. SKS Microfinance and Equitas, two MFIs in India, implemented innovative systems to manage portfolio risk and monitor the performance of field agents, who contact borrowers (Mohan et al., In Press). ICTs have also played a transformational role in creating a new business model to serve the unbanked poor – online microlending. In this model, individual donors give loans to the poor for establishing or expanding their businesses rather than giving charitable handouts to them. Kiva.org was the first to launch a person-to-person website in 2005. As of October 2013, Kiva had reached over 1.5 million borrowers in over 73 countries, disbursing more than USD480 million from over 1 million lenders. Several implementation challenges hinder the objective of using ICTs for promoting financial inclusion in developing economies. An important issue is the use of ICT solutions applied to a poor business process. It is imperative that the business process for effecting financial transactions is streamlined before applying technology solutions. For instance, SKS Microfinance recognized the importance of reengineering the business process first (Mohan and Potnis, 2010). The financial illiteracy of the customer, lack of basic infrastructure in developing economies, and government policies are other barriers to be overcome. Untapped business opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid offer an exciting and lucrative proposition for IT professionals and businesses to develop innovative customer-centric technical solutions, financial products and services to serve the unbanked poor. Such innovations can be instrumental for global development by putting “the tools for a digital economy into the hands of the world’s poor” (Heeks, 2009). *Suggested Topics* We invite papers from the following areas, although contributions are not limited to the topics listed below. 1. Frameworks for financial inclusion in developing economies 2. Adoption and continued usage of last-mile technologies for mobile banking 3. Case examples of applications of new technologies and information systems to serve the unbanked poor 4. Case examples of failed initiatives for financial inclusion in developing economies 5. Potential of value-added financial services (e.g., mobile applications) for the bottom of the pyramid 6. Innovative delivery models for financial services and products in the digital economy 7. Business process management issues for serving the unbanked poor 8. Government policies regulating the interplay between actors such as banks, mobile network operators, microfinance institutions, and the poor customers 9. Training for financial literacy of the poor in developing economies 10. Challenges, opportunities, and barriers to the adoption of ICTs by the poor 11. Human-computer interaction issues related to ICTs used for financial inclusion *Minitrack Chairs* Lakshmi Mohan School of Business, University at Albany, State University of New York l.mohan(a)albany.edu Devendra Potnis School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee at Knoxville dpotnis(a)utk.edu *Instructions for Authors and Submission* Manuscript submissions for AMCIS 2014 will open in early January 2014. Exact dates and instructions to authors to follow as soon as these are made available. *References* Consultative Group to Assist the Poor. (2009). Financial Access 2009: Measuring Access to Financial Inclusion Around the World. Retrieved from http://www.cgap.org/gm/document-1.9.38735/FA2009.pdf Heeks, R. (2009). Emerging Markets: IT and the World’s Bottom Billion. Communications of the ACM, April 22-24. Honohan, P. (2006). Household Financial Assets in the Process of Development (Vol. Policy Research Working Paper 3965). Washington, D.C.: World Bank. Khavul, S. (2010). Microfinance: Creating Opportunities for the Poor? Academy of Management Perspectives, 24(3), 57-71. Mas, I. (2009). The Economics of Branchless Banking. Innovations, 4(2), 57-75. Mohan, L., & Potnis, D. (2010). Catalytic Innovation in Microfinance for Inclusive Growth: Insights from SKS Microfinance. Journal of Asia-Pacific Business, 11(Special Issue on Value Creation, Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Global Economies), 218-239. Mohan, L., Potnis, D., & Alter, S. (In Press). Using Information Systems to Support “Door-step Banking”: Enabling Scalability of Microfinance to Serve More of the Poor at the Bottom of the Pyramid. Communications of the AIS, 32(Special Issue on Information Systems in Emerging Economies). Mohan, L., Potnis, D., & Mattoo, N. (2013). A Pan-India Footprint of Microfinance Borrowers from an Exploratory Survey: Impact of Over-Indebtedness on Financial Inclusion of the Poor. Enterprise Development and Microfinance, 24(1), 55-71. Morawczynski, O., & Pickens, M. (2009). Poor People Using Mobile Financial Services: Observations on Customer Usage and Impact from M-PESA. World Bank. Washington, D.C. _____________________________________ Devendra Potnis, PhD Assistant Professor School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee 1345 Circle Park Dr., Suite 451 Knoxville, TN 37996 +1-865-974-2148; Twitter: DPotnis https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis

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Websci'14 Call for Data Visualization Challenge
by Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

** Apologies for multiple postings; please circulate widely ** Websci'14 Call for Data Visualization Challenge =============================================== We are delighted to announce the Web Science 2014 Visualization Challenge! The Web has generated huge amounts of data at massive scale, but making sense of these datasets and representing them in a compact and easily-interpretable way remains very difficult. The goal of this challenge is to encourage innovative visualizations of Web data. We particularly encourage entries that reflect the interdisciplinary spirit of the Web Science conference. To enable this visualization, we have prepared several large-scale, easy-to-use, publicly-available datasets: 1. Web traffic data, including more than 200 million HTTP requests from browsers to servers; 2. Twitter data, including a sample of more than 22 million tweets; 3. Social bookmarking data, consisting of about 430,000 bookmarked pages; 4. Co-authorship of academic papers, consisting of about 21.5 million papers and 10.8 million authors Complete details on these datasets are available here: http://cnets.indiana.edu/groups/nan/webtraffic/websci14-data. All of the datasets are stored in simple file formats, so that they can be easily used without much technical expertise. We are pleased to offer a cash prize of at least $1000 to be split among the winning entries. Winners will be announced and displayed at the Web Science conference in June 2014, presented on the Web Science website (http://websci14.org) and the winners will be encouraged to present a poster at the conference describing their work. The entries will be judged based on four criteria: (1) innovative use of data, (2) clarity of visualization, (3) quality of design, and (4) potential impact. Rules 1. For fairness, the visualization must be primarily based on the data that we provide. Other datasets may be used to augment ours, but these datasets must be publicly-available and described in detail in the documentation (see #4 below). 2. The visualization must be a static image, and must be submitted as a PDF. In addition to the main PDF, please submit a PNG version at a resolution of about 640x480, for display on Web pages, social media sites, mobile devices, etc. This PNG version need not contain the full visualization, but should be an appropriate representation (e.g. a subset of the full PDF). 3. Please include a separate PDF file containing a description of the visualization, including: (1) name(s), affiliation(s), and contact information of the creator(s), (2) the purpose of the visualization, (3) which dataset(s) were used, (4) a brief description of how the visualizations was created, and (5) any other information you would like to share with the judges. 4. By submitting your visualization, you agree to allow us to display your visualization at the conference and on the Web Science website and social media channels. (We will give proper attribution, of course.) You also certify that you are the copyright holder of the visualization and are authorized to give us this permission. 5. Entries are due by 11:59PM Hawaii time on April 15, 2014. Please e-mail your entry to David Crandall <djcran(a)indiana.edu>. (If you do not receive a confirmation email within 24 hours, your entry has not been received and should be re-sent.) Panel of judges * Yong-Yeol Ahn, Indiana University * Katy Borner, Indiana * University Mark Meiss, * Google Dimitar Nikolov, Indiana University * Maximilian Schich, University of Texas For questions, please contact David Crandall <djcran(a)indiana.edu>. For more information about the 2014 Web Science Conference, please see http://websci14.org. -- Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia Postdoctoral fellow Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research Indiana University ✎ 910 E 10th St ∙ Bloomington ∙ IN 47408 ☞ http://cnets.indiana.edu/ ✉ gciampag(a)indiana.edu ✆ 1-812-855-7261

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New issue and Call for submissions: Participations: The journal for audience and reception studies
by Rosenbaum-Andre, Judith E. 03 Dec '13

03 Dec '13

Participations, The Journal for Audience and Reception Studies has published its latest issue online at http://www.participations.org/ The current issue addresses a features a wide variety of articles, from a study by Galit Nimrod into the use of gerontographics in the examination of older internet users, to Vainikka and Herkman's work on the reading and media production practices of young adults, to Katrien Jacobs' work on a animiation fandom, Cosplay, and queer sexuality. In addition, this particular issue include a special section on audience involvement in the development of digital media content, entitled "moving targets". The journal is open to all users, so please check out this latest endeavor. Participations is also always on the lookout for new contributions in the field of mass/popular culture. Please see http://www.participations.org/submission_guidelines.htm for details on submitting an essay -------------------------------------------------------------- Judith E. Rosenbaum, PhD Associate Professor, Mass Communication Research Facilitator, Health Disparities Research Community Albany State University 504 College Drive Albany, GA 31705 Phone: 229.430.3684 Office: ACAD 261/Wiley 304

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ASA Panel Recap: Identity Work and Identity Play Online
by Daniel Greene 02 Dec '13

02 Dec '13

Hello AIR, I convened a panel at the recent American Studies Association in DC with Laura Portwood-Stacer, Anne Cong-Huyen, Lisa Nakamura, and Tara McPherson that was intended to be a 'state of the field' conversation on digital cultural studies. Resonated with a lot of the resistance & appropriation themes we debated in Denver, with some interesting, ASA-specific divergences. CUNY's Digital Labor Working Group was kind enough to host my write-up of the panel and its discussion here<http://digitallabor.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/12/02/panel-review-identity-wo…> (http://goo.gl/p5wqfc) Comments welcome. And please do consider bringing your digital media work to the ASA (next year in LA). Our digital media focus is growing, but we're especially welcoming for those who feel critical race theory, gender & sexuality studies, postcolonialism, etc. is their starting point for talking about the internet. Cheers, Dan -- Daniel Greene University Flagship Fellow PhD candidate Department of American Studies University of Maryland, College Park Email: dan.greene10(a)gmail.com Twitter: @Greene_DM <https://twitter.com/Greene_DM>

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