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CfP - International Symposium on Media Innovations (ISMI) 2014 - University of Oslo - April 24-25
by Charles Ess 18 Oct '13

18 Oct '13

Dear AoIRists, - please cross-post and distribute as appropriate - And please note that our very own Steve Jones will provide the academic (emphasis) keynote! On behalf of the Planning Committee, we are very pleased to call your attention to the third annual International Symposium on Media Innovations, to be held at the University of Oslo, April 24-25, 2014. The Media Innovations Symposium explores how changing technologies, and changing modes of usage and engagement with media bring about innovation and transformation of the media sector. The Symposium invites participation from scholars, editors, producers, and executives across the globe. The Symposium offers a small and thereby very intense conference that examines the state of media innovations from a wide range of industry and academic perspectives. Sponsors include: the Centre for Research on Media Innovations (CeRMI) and the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Keynote speakers Thor Gjermund Eriksen, Director General of NRK (the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Distinguished Professor Provisional keynote title: ³Living the Good Life: IT Innovations and the Quantified Self² Submissions are invited that address the themes listed below. Submissions will be peer-reviewed. Extended abstracts of proposed papers 750 word maximum should be send to <symposium(a)mediainnovations.no>. Deadlines and Dates November 22, 2013: extended abstracts due December 20, 2013: acceptance notices due March 14, 2014: full papers due April 14, 2014: best paper award announced Special issue, Journal of Media Innovations. Submitted papers will be further reviewed for inclusion in a special issue of The Journal of Media Innovations, Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall, 2014. Themes for paper and panel presentations (For the complete call, including accommodation information, please see <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/events/I SMI14_cfp.html>) Industry emphases We invite both paper and panel proposals designed to encourage practitioner involvement. The following are example themes of interest: Best-case / worst-case examples of innovation: ³Break-through² examples that may serve as models for others? ³Learning from our failures² how not to pursue innovation? Taxing matters: how tax policies foster/hinder media innovations Beta mentality: How are newsrooms dealing with constant change? Additional possible themes, topics: media entrepreneurs and small media firms as innovators innovation in media content (focus on ways of describing and comparing content innovation in entertainment media) innovation in NPD routines and practices in media industries ICTs and innovation in media production tools innovation, accessibility, and customer service Academic Emphasis We invite both paper and panel proposals having to do with any aspect of media innovation, including the following: Normative analyses We no longer have a way of living together of conducting any domain of life without media but we don¹t yet know how to live well with media. (Couldry 2013: 15; emphasis in the original) We invite papers that offer normative analyses of media innovations, e.g.: Do innovative forms of journalism including so-called ³citizen journalism² indeed contribute to greater diversity of viewpoints, tolerance, debate, and healthier democratic processes, and/or to (anti-democratic) fragmentation (as through the ³Daily Me² effect of filtering news content to suit one¹s own tastes and views in the first place), ³herd mentality² and polarization, etc.? Does the speed of innovation and change in the media industry represent any risk to society? Papers can take still broader perspectives e.g., what does it mean to live good lives in a mediated age? but should be firmly connected with concrete and focused examples of media innovation practices and products. Additional themes, topics. Scholars are invited to submit papers that address additional aspects of media innovation for example: mapping innovation in the media industries; media innovation and journalistic practices; innovation in children's media; genre innovation, including new genres and styles in e-books, social media and mobile media; gender and media innovation; innovation vis-à-vis media economics and media and cultural policy; humanistic approaches to innovation in media design; media innovations and political communication; mobile media, apps, and innovation; media innovation and cultural institutions (museums, libraries, etc.); Accommodations: We strongly urge potentially interested participants to explore the resource lists on the conference website <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/events/a ccommodation.html> of recommended accommodations and book as early as possible. Notifications of acceptance will be issued sufficiently early (December 20, 2013) so as to allow cost-free reservation cancellation if need be. Planning Committee: Jens Barland, Gjøvik University College Niamh Ní Bhroin, University of Olso Charles Davis, Ryerson University Karoline Andrea Ihlebæk, University of Olso Bente Kalsnes, University of Olso Arne Håskjold Krumsvik, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences Philippe Ross, University of Ottowa Knut Kvale, Telenor Many thanks, charles ess Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication Director, Centre for Research on Media Innovations <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/research/center/media-innovations/> My latest book, Digital Media Ethics, is now available from Polity: http://www.politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=0745656056 University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Study on quality and pedagogical guidelines for Open Educational Resources (OER) use in higher education
by Lee, Mark 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Dear colleagues, On behalf of Professors Insung Jung and Teruyoshi Sasaki of the International Christian University, Japan (principal investigators), I would like to invite you to participate in a study funded by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) that is aimed at developing and validating a set of quality and pedagogical guidelines for the use of Open Educational Resources (OER) in higher education. It would be most greatly appreciated if you could spare approximately 10 minutes of your time to complete an online survey, accessible at the following URL: http://www.surveyshare.com/s/AYASQ5D The survey will be kept open to accept responses until October 30, 2013. The principal investigators will share results of the survey with respondents upon request. Please direct any questions you may have about the study in general, or about the survey in particular, to Professor Jung at isjung(a)icu.ac.jp . Would you also be so kind as to share this information with others who you think may be interested in and able/willing to participate? Thank you very much in advance for lending your time, experience and expertise to this important and exciting project! Kind regards, Mark J. W. Lee Adjunct Senior Lecturer in Educational Technology, Charles Sturt University Editor-in-Chief, MERLOT Journal of Online Learning and Teaching Visiting Scholar-in-Residence (2013-14), California State University Office of the Chancellor and California State University, Fullerton

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Monitoring tags on Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest etc
by Deller, Ruth A 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Hi all Does anyone know of an easy way of keeping track of tags over time in Tumblr, Pinterest or Instagram. I'm especially interested in numbers of tags over time and particular spikes in their popularity, and, if possible, how manh unique users are associated with them and other tags often used in conjunction. Also, is there any way you know of of being able to see how often things have been crossposted across different social media platforms (ibc flickr, twitter, facebook etc)? Ruth

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ASIST '13> SIG-SI Symposium Final Schedule
by Howard Rosenbaum 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

Please join us in Montreal! The 9th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Informatics of Information Boundaries Sponsored by SIG-SI, the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and SIG-HFIS Saturday, November 2, 2013, 8:00-12:30 PM Organizers: Howard Rosenbaum & Pnina Fichman (Indiana University) Schedule 8:00-8:10 Introduction Pnina Fichman - The (Information) Boundaries of Social Informatics 8:10-9:00 Keynote address: Dr. William Jones "Towards Places of Our Own for Digital Information: Constructing Roads and Walls on the Web" [[See below for abstract and information about Dr. Jones]] (University of Washington) 9:00-9:10 Break and Poster Session 9:10-10:30 Papers 9:10-9:30 Eric Meyer, Ralph Schroeder and Linnet Taylor - The boundaries of Big Data (Oxford Internet Institute) 9:30-9:50 Colin Rhinesmith - From Paper to the Cloud: The Social Informatics of Information Boundaries in Human Services (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 9:50-10:10 Adam Worrall (Florida State University) “Back Onto The Tracks”: Convergent Community Boundaries in LibraryThing and Goodreads 10:10-10:30 Mohhamad Jarrahi - Social informatics and directions for future research on implication of ICTs in organizations (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) 10:30-10:50 Break and Poster Session 10:50-11:50 Papers 10:50-11:10 Madelyn Sanfillipo - Government Information Access by Native Spanish Speakers: Social and Technical Barriers (Indiana University) 11:10-11:30 Matrix, Sydneyeve - Beyond Maps, News and Weather: Everyday Geomobile Media Use and the Changing Perceptions of Location Based Services (Queen’s University) 11:30-11:50 Natalia Grincheva - A Failure of Digital Diplomacy: Social, Cultural, and Information Boundaries in Online Cross-cultural Communication (Concordia University) 11:50-12:00 Networking break 12:00-12:30 Best paper awards and presentations with discussant 2012 Social Informatics Paper ($1,000): “ Toward an Integrated Model of Group Development: Disruption of Routines by Technology-Induced Change” by Monica Garfield and Alan Dennis 2012 Best Social Informatics Student Paper ($500): “Knock knock, Whose’s there: The imagined audience” by Eden Litt Discussant: Noriko Hara, Indiana University Posters Shuheng Wu and Besiki Stvilia - Work Organization of a Sociotechnical System: The Case of Gene Ontology (Florida State University) Ingrid Erikson - The Borders and Boundaries of Coworking (Rutgers University) Fees: Members $95 - early registration ($110 after early registration ends) Non-members $105 - early registration ($120 after early registration ends) For more about the workshop, see http://www.asist.org/asist2013/seminars_workshops_SIG_SI.html. To register for the workshop (and the conference), see http://www.asist.org/asist2013/register.html For more about RKCSI, see http://rkcsi.indiana.edu About the keynote address "Towards Places of Our Own for Digital Information: Constructing Roads and Walls on the Web": Information can be personal in any of several senses: it might be "owned" by us, about us, directed towards us, shared by us with others, experienced by us or simply (potentially) relevant to us. As personal information moves onto the Web, old boundaries are removed even as new boundaries (and barriers) emerge. We can access information from anywhere at any time so that traditional boundaries between activities @home, @school and @work are blurred. Even within an area, activities blur as when people check email during a company meeting. Moreover, information about us that was once effectively hidden from the prying eyes of others, either because access was too difficult or because access attempts would reveal the identity of the "snooping" party, is now often easily "Googled" on the Web. On the other hand, new boundaries and barriers are emerging in the form of, for example, application "sandboxes." These "silos" provide a measure of security because information is meant to be accessed only via the owning application. However, this occurs at the cost of fragmenting information, already a serious problem of personal information management (PIM) on the desktop, that becomes much worse as this information moves onto the Web and into a myriad of devices. This talk will provide practical guidelines and considerations for the construction the useful boundaries ("walls") we need for our safety and sanity. Conversely, the talk will consider ways we might traverse (through "road" construction) other boundaries in order to realize a more effective cross-application, cross-device use of our information. About the speaker: Dr. William Jones is a Research Associate Professor in the Information School at the University of Washington where he works on the challenges of "Keeping Found Things Found" (kftf.ischool.washington.edu) He has published in the areas of PIM, HCI, information retrieval and human cognition. He wrote the book "Keeping Found Things Found: The Study and Practice of Personal Information Management" and, more recently, "The Future of Personal Information, Part 1: Our Information, Always & Forever" and "Part 2: Transforming Technologies to Manage Our Information." "Part 3: Building a Better World With Our Information" is scheduled for publication in late spring of 2014. He holds several patents relating to search and PIM from his work as a program manager at Microsoft in Office and then in MSN Search. Dr. Jones received his doctorate from Carnegie-Mellon University for research into human memory

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Call for Papers for ICA Preconference on Sharing
by Nicholas John 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Call for Papers ICA Pre-Conference: Sharing Thursday, May 22, 2014 University of Washington, Seattle Sharing is a rich and emotive concept that refers to a range of distinct yet associated practices, all of which are powerfully salient in contemporary society. At the very least, sharing is the constitutive activity of Web 2.0, an alternative mode of production, distribution and consumption, and a type of speech. This pre-conference invites scholars from a range of fields to contribute to the research and theorization of sharing. Thematic background The notion of sharing is widely deployed nowadays, and in a number of different ways. First, sharing is a keyword for the digital age: In Web 2.0 we share statuses, tweets, files, photos, videos, book reviews and more. Second, sharing is the proposed bedrock of alternative forms of production and consumption. Some of these forms are known collectively as the Sharing Economy, an emergent movement that identifies with and rests upon the technologies of social networks; others might fall under headings such as FLOSS, peer production, or the P2P economy. Third, sharing is a category of speech, or a type of communication, that is fundamental to our therapeutic culture, referring mainly—but certainly not only—to the conveyance of intimate information about the self to a significant other. These are just some of the ways in which sharing, in its different senses, is constitutive of important aspects of our social, economic and intimate lives. A feature of sharing that is common to these different practices is that they all touch on the nebulous and porous boundary between the ‘public’ and the ‘private’: for instance, SNS users are criticized for polluting the public sphere, or ‘oversharing’; a popular model in the Sharing Economy involves offering private spaces (spare bedrooms, space in one’s car) for public consumption; and the rise of the therapeutic discourse has entailed increased levels of self-exposure between intimates, friends, and even colleagues. Relatedly, each of the types of sharing draws on a similar pool of values, which includes honesty, openness, trust, and commonality. To the extent that these are desirable values, sharing would thus seem to be integral to any vision of the good life. Indeed, sharing is almost by definition good. But this is precisely the point at which a critique of sharing is required. For instance, we might wish to note that by sharing on social network sites we are contributing to privately-owned (and government-accessed) assemblages of surveillance; we might want to ask in what sense renting out a spare room is sharing it, and we might want to explore the role of venture capital and big business in the Sharing Economy; and we might wonder what structures of power are enacted and reproduced by privileging certain types of culturally-situated speech. More generally, if inclusion in a social framework is predicated on the ability to share, where does this leave people who have nothing? Topics Empirical and theoretical papers are invited on any topic for which sharing is a central concept. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: ● Sharing online: What is the political economy of online sharing? How does the metaphor of sharing as the constitutive activity of Web 2.0 operate? ● Technologies of sharing: Reports have claimed that online sharing (e.g. of statuses) increases people’s propensity to share stuff offline (e.g. power drills). How is sharing today technologically mediated, encouraged, or forced? And: how do different technologies encourage sharing or punish non-sharing? Skype users, for instance, must share bandwidth to use the service; peer-to-peer file sharers share what they are uploading for as long as they are downloading. ● The word, ‘sharing’: Etymologies; ‘sharing’ in different languages; evolving meanings. And: what is stake by calling a practice one of sharing? What is gained? ● The Sharing Economy: The Sharing Economy and collaborative consumption as a critique of capitalism; the differences between sharing and gifting – for instance, does sharing create the same obligations described by Mauss and Derrida in relation to gifts? ● Sharing as a category of speech: What characterizes it? What rules of reciprocity and mutuality govern it? How do the values of sharing as a category of speech inform sharing in other social fields? ● Sharing and gender: Is sharing gendered? What would it mean to say that it is? ● Sharing, giving, exchanging: conceptual boundaries ● What’s new? Sharing is a practice as old as human society, so what is new about sharing in the 21st century, if anything? ● Sharing as a norm: How is sharing normatively promoted? What are the sanctions for non-sharing in the different spheres of sharing? ● Sharing as a form of subjectivation and desubjectivation ● Sharing between having and being: towards existentialist understandings of sharing ● Sharing and the concept of intimacy ● The anthropological narrative of sharing We are particularly interested in submissions that actively interrogate the concept of sharing. If sharing is an important notion in your research, we therefore invite you to think about the work done by the word in your field and how it might relate to other senses or uses. Submissions Submissions are welcomed from scholars at all stages of their careers, and across multiple disciplines engaged in research that relates to sharing. Submissions should be extended abstracts of around 750 words and be in Word doc/docx or PDF format. Please submit your abstract as an email attachment to sharingpreconference(a)gmail.com. The deadline for submissions is November 30, 2013. Papers will be judged on criteria of relevance and originality of topic, clarity of presentation, as well as proximity to—and contribution to—the preconference theme. Notifications on acceptance will be emailed in mid-January. In an effort to facilitate informed discussion of papers, the organizers hope to have the papers for this pre-conference posted online. For this reason, we will ask for full papers to be submitted no later than April 15, 2014. Venue The sharing 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. The preconference is sponsored by the divisions of Popular Communication and Philosophy, Theory and Critique, as well as by the Department of Communication, University of Washington. It is being organized by Nicholas John (Department of Communication, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem) and Wolfgang Sützl (School of Media Arts & Studies, Ohio University). Queries may be directed to n.john(a)huji.ac.il. This call for papers may be downloaded in PDF format here. ____________ Nicholas John Department of Communication, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Tel: +972-54-7906073 @nicholasajohn

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Re: [Air-L] Monitoring tags - a quick note on the unmonitorable
by MC Cambre 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Hi everyone, Not to clog up your email, this did raise my eyebrows yesterday. In case you have not seen it, snapchat's pictures usually self destruct in 10 seconds, giving a feeling of privacy, however, it seems the company has been handing over unopened images to the feds. That is, they see it before the user does. Forensic software anyone? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/15/snapchat-hands-snaps-pictures-… Kind regards, carolina On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 6:49 AM, Deller, Ruth A <R.A.Deller(a)shu.ac.uk>wrote: > Hi all > > Does anyone know of an easy way of keeping track of tags over time in > Tumblr, Pinterest or Instagram. I'm especially interested in numbers of > tags over time and particular spikes in their popularity, and, if possible, > how manh unique users are associated with them and other tags often used in > conjunction. > > Also, is there any way you know of of being able to see how often things > have been crossposted across different social media platforms (ibc flickr, > twitter, facebook etc)? > > Ruth > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > -- -- Carolina Cambre PhD http://ualberta.academia.edu/mariacarolinacambre/About This e-mail may be privileged and/or confidential, and the sender does not waive any related rights and obligations. Any distribution, use or copying of this e-mail or the information it contains by other than an intended recipient is unauthorized. If you received this e-mail in error, please advise me (by return e-mail or otherwise) immediately.

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Conference: Society of the Query #2, November 7-8, 2013, Amsterdam
by René König 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Dear colleagues, For those of you who are interested in search (engines), please consider registering for the conference Society of the Query #2, November 7-8, 2013 in Amsterdam. For a detailed program and tickets please visit: http://networkcultures.org/query. See you in Amsterdam! René --- René König, Dipl.-Soz. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) P.O. Box 3640 76021 Karlsruhe Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 721 / 608-22209 Web/Skype: renekoenig.eu Twitter: r_koenig

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Vacant position: Project Leader DIGHUMLAB DENMARK
by Niels Brügger 16 Oct '13

16 Oct '13

Project manager for Digital Humanities Laboratory (DIGHUMLAB) Denmark The Danish Digital Humanities Laboratory (DIGHUMLAB) research infrastructure is looking for a visionary, dynamic and competent project manager to head the national research infrastructure DIGHUMLAB set up in accordance with the national roadmap for research infrastructure: http://fivu.dk/en/publications/2011/danish-roadmap-for-research-infrastruct… The DIGHUMLAB research infrastructure supports research within digital humanities and social sciences and must be developed to serve as an integrated virtual portal to relevant digital and digitalized resources for the humanities and social sciences. DIGHUMLAB is also part of international networks of the humanities research infrastructures and Digital Humanities projects. DIGHUMLAB was launched in 2012 and is estimated, in accordance with the project framework, to be completed by the end of 2017. However, we expect to be able to attract external funding to continue the project. The duties of the project manager The project manager has the day-to-day responsibility, in collaboration with the management group, for the operational management and implementation of the infrastructure project. The project manager reports to the chairman of the steering committee, which consists of management representatives from four universities and two libraries. The project manager will be part of the management group and will coordinate the group’s activities as well as represent the management group in relation to the steering committee. The secretariat of DIGHUMLAB consists of the project manager and a half-time administrator, whose duties include general secretarial support, finance, communication and implementation of joint activities. Additionally, a member of the technical staff will be connected to the project, who will be in charge of analysis, planning and implementation of a national joint portal. The secretariat staff report to the project manager of DIGHUMLAB. Duties: • Building the DIGHUMLAB organization • Project and operations management of the DIGHUMLAB project and the DIGHUMLAB secretariat, including communication, knowledge exchange and PR • Presentation of proposals, in collaboration with the management group, for strategy, work plans, reports and financial accounts to the steering committee • Preparation of proposals, in collaboration with the management group, for organizational structure, foundation and quality assurance in relation to a joint portal for digital humanities and social science research resources • Preparation of proposals, in collaboration with the management group, for planning, coordination and project management of the integration into DIGHUMLAB of existing and new research infrastructures • Coordination of learning activities, course offerings and competence development in the context of DIGHUMLAB in collaboration with the management group and, in the context of DARIAH, CLARIN, TELEARC and others, in collaboration with European research infrastructures. • Contribution to attracting relevant projects for the development of DIGHUMLAB • General coordination of national and international agreements, including being the national representative in European research infrastructures (e.g. DARIAH) You will be expected to have competences in several of the following areas • Documented experience with project management, network-building and administration • Sound academic competencies in the field, for example at PhD level • Solid knowledge of the international and national research environments, preferably within the humanities and the social sciences • Good collaboration and negotiation skills, with a natural focus on performing tasks and creating results in an open dialogue between partners and projects • Communication and dissemination skills as well as competence to communicate in a wide range of media • English at negotiation level. You will also be expected to learn Danish • A high energy level, a great working capacity and an excellent overview We can offer you An exciting and independent job in relation to a high-profile project involving many dedicated researchers and students across the Danish universities. The project receives a lot of attention from the managements of Danish universities and libraries, and you can count on considerable support for the completion of the project. Your working place will be in the academic environment of Media and Information Studies at Aarhus University, Aarhus Campus. You should be able to engage in collaboration with the other universities and libraries and to develop international, in particular European relationships. Some travel should therefore be expected. Terms of employment The position is being advertised as a project employment attached to the DIGHUMLAB research infrastructure for a period of at least three years with the possibility of extension. Employment is as a special consultant in accordance with the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). Interviews are scheduled on Sunday 17th November<x-apple-data-detectors://1>. Employment will be at Aarhus University, Aarhus Campus The position is to be filled as soon as possible If you have any questions For further information on DIGHUMLAB, please visit the project website (http://www.dighumlab.com<http://www.dighumlab.com/>). For additional information about the job description, please contact Dean Mette Thunø, Aarhus University, phone: +45 2979 9330<tel:%2B45%202979%209330> or emailmet(a)adm.au.dk<mailto:met@adm.au.dk> All interested candidates are encouraged to apply regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnic background. Faculty of Arts The Faculty of Arts is one of four main academic areas at Aarhus University. The faculty contributes to Aarhus University’s research, education, talent development and knowledge exchange activities. With its 800 academic staff members, 300 PhD students, 13,000 BA and MA students, and 2,500 students following continuing/further education programmes, the faculty constitutes a strong and diverse research and teaching environment. The Faculty of Arts consists of the Department of Aesthetics and Communication, the Department of Culture and Society, the Department of Education, the Centre for Teaching Development and Digital Media, and the AU Centre for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Each of these units has strong academic environments that form the basis for interdisciplinary research and education. The faculty’s research and teaching activities take place within the context of extensive international collaboration and share the common goal of contributing to the development of knowledge, welfare and culture in close interaction with society. Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Confederation of Professional Unions. All interested are urged to apply irrespective of personal background. Deadline All applications must be made online and received by: 04/11/2013<x-apple-data-detectors://5> Please apply online here<https://ssl1.peoplexs.com/Peoplexs22/CandidatesPortalNoLogin/ApplicationFor…> The announcement can be found here<http://www.au.dk/en/about/job/hum/technicalandadministrativepositions/> Best Niels Ole Finnemann Professor, Dr. Phil. Center for Internet Research Head of NetLab Aarhus University Helsingsforsgade 14<x-apple-data-detectors://6/0> 8200 Aarhus<x-apple-data-detectors://6/0> Denmark<x-apple-data-detectors://6/0> Phone: 0045 87 16 19 76<tel:0045%2087%2016%2019%2076> Skype: nofinnemann LATEST PUBLICATIONS, PAPERS & VIDEOS The Web and Digital Humanities: Theoretical and Methodological Concerns (w. N.Brügger), Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media 57(1), 66-80 Read more on the publishers website: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08838151.2012.761699 Video. Keynote, Digital Media Defined. Docam 10 Conference, Tromsø University, 22 June 2013. http://mediasite.uit.no/Mediasite/Play/f740d34f66014261ac4b6ad56619c6841d [https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/images/cleardot.gif]

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CFP: ICA Pre-Conference on “Media and Religion"-Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division
by Heidi Campbell 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

Call for papers for Pre-Conference on “Media and Religion”: Betwixt and Between Sponsored by the Philosophy, Theory and Critique Division of theInternational Communication Association To be held 22 May 2014, 9:00 AM - 5 PM in Thomas Hall-Jackson School of International Studies, at the University of Washington “Media and religion” is a phrase used to describe a growing cross-disciplinary field of research. Communication scholars have noted interesting social and cultural implications of the intersection of media and religion on several levels. This includes acknowledging how communication processes within media and religious practice often point to a ritualization of communication, drawing attention to acts of witnessing and confession in media cultures. There is also recognition by scholar that media and religion highlights an important intersection of cultural and social imaginations, where media creates and informs deep feelings of social belonging. Against this background, it is not surprising that the intersection of religion and media is attracting research attention, especially in regards to the mediatization of religion and the proliferation of mediated religion. Given the complexity of the relationship between media and religion, we advocate moving beyond the simple questions of “How is religion represented in the media?” and “How to religions use media to promote their cause?” to consider broader and deeper theoretical investigations of this evolving interplay. We suggest media may evoke and create a sense of wonder, transcendence, and flow, which in many ways approach experiences often assigned to the religious realm. To put it with Victor Turner’s classical essay on liminality: Religious media events, as well as media as a religious event, call into question simplistic social ontologies by being “betwixt and between” purely religious and purely media contexts. This preconference seeks to bring into conversation a variety of approaches common within the study of media, religion and culture, in order to showcase the diverse perspectives scholars of Communication have taken in the study of this interrelationship. The goal of the preconference is to spotlight current scholarly methods within media and religion studies in order to highlight key theoretical concepts and problems – both for those working in the field, and for those who wish to gain first-hand insight into this area of Communication research. Through papers, panel presentations and shared conversation amongst participants this event aims is to draw scholarly attention to the relationship between media, religion and culture in its multiple intersections. The preconference will consist of a morning session featuring two keynote panels of recognized scholars whose work intersects with the field of media and religion. The afternoon will involve two parallel panels of papers selected from abstract submissions, and a closing summary panel. Invited and confirmed speakers/respondents include Menachem Blondheim, Hebrew University; Nick Couldry, Goldsmiths University of London; Stig Hjarvard, University of Copenhagen; Stewart M. Hoover, University of Colorado-Boulder; Knut Lundby, University of Oslo and Paddy Scannell, University of Michigan. Paper proposals are sought for the afternoon sessions on themes related to the study of media and religion. Of special interest are papers which sketch out new cross-disciplinary connections, methods and theoretical approaches to this intersection.Possible themes for paper considered for the pre-conference includes research which reflects on: - Media as a site for religious practice and performanc - The mediatization of religion - Religion and media as cultural technologies - Media communication as a conduit for understanding and peace - Religious media as mediating religion - Media as Ritual Paper submissions are welcome from scholars at all stages of their career working in a variety of discipline that intersect with the study of media, religion and culture. Abstracts of 500 words (maximum) should be submitted along with a brief biographical statement no later than 15 December 2013. Abstract should be submitted to Heidi Campbell at heidic(a)tamu.edu. Submissions will be judged by peer evaluation. Authors will be informed regarding acceptance/rejection for the preconference in mid February 2014. The preconference is sponsored by the Jackson School of International Studies and Department of Communication at the University of Washington and supported by the Media and Religion Temporary Working Group of the European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) and The International Society for Media, Religion, and Culture. Co-Convenors: Heidi Campbell, Texas A&M University, USA and Günter Thomas, Faculty for Protestant Theology-Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

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CFP: History of Modernity and Telephony in the non-West
by Vit Sisler 15 Oct '13

15 Oct '13

History of Modernity and Telephony in the non-West Call for Papers CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editor-in-Chief: Daniel Martin Varisco Guest Editor: Burçe Çelik Submission deadline: April 30th, 2014 (Full Papers) Aim For the past few decades, history of modernization began to be written by focusing on how technologies as components of modernization processes change the lives of humans, their daily practices and imaginations, and the ways in which they construct and express their identities. Telephony, which functions in both public and private spheres and witnesses social and political changes in private as well as professional relations, is regarded as especially important for historical analysis. Functioning on multiple levels, social history of telephony can unearth the ways in which technologies obtain meanings and values in changing cultural contexts and the dynamics of social, political and cultural transformations. The history of modernization in the non-western societies is often studied by focusing on the projects of the rulers and on the discourses of the ruling parties that aim a social/political change in accordance with a particular Occidentalism – where modernity is imagined with a model of the western modernization processes. Yet, the question of how people of these landscapes contributed to the modernization processes and how they produced their own modern practices in daily organizations, relations and experiences, did not receive enough scholarly attention. This special issue of CyberOrient invites articles that focus on the history of modernity and telephony in the non-west that take the user perspective to the center. Topics could include the daily practices of users with telephone technology, the meaning and values that have been attributed to this technology by users, the role of telephony within the social, cultural and political struggles of users, and the effect of the ownership or non-ownership of telephony in social, cultural and political lives of individuals and collectives. We welcome submissions from across disciplines and methodological approaches that are empirically and critically grounded. About CyberOrient CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Anthropological Association, in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts. Submission Articles should be submitted directly to Burçe Çelik (burce.celik(a)bahcesehir.edu.tr) and Vit Sisler (vit.sisler(a)ff.cuni.cz) Articles should be between 6,000 and 8,000 words (including references), and follow the AAA style in referencing and citations. Upon acceptance, articles will be published online with free access in autumn 2014. More information can be found here: http://www.cyberorient.net/detail.do?articleId=3682 -- Vit Sisler, Ph.D. Charles University in Prague Faculty of Arts Institute of Information Science and Librarianship New Media Studies http://uisk.jinonice.cuni.cz/sisler/

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