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Fwd: Postdoc Position in Peer-to-Peer Finance
by Adam Fish 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Dear Colleagues, [Apologies for cross posting.] Applicants are invited for a EPSRC/Digital Economy Programme full-time funded post-doctoral position investigating digital connectivity and peer-to-peer relationships in financial services. The position is fixed term until 09/12/2014 with the likelihood of a three month extension. The project, 3rd Party Dematerialisation and Rematerialisation of Capital (3DaRoC), will evaluate the role of infrastructural designs and its effects on the patterns of use of financial services provided by digital intermediaries. You are expected to have (or be about to complete) a PhD in Information Systems, Information Science, Behavioural Science, Financial Services, Financial Computing, Economics, Geography, Sociology, Anthropology, Interaction or Experience Design, with experience in using ethnographic or survey-based research techniques. Candidates with research experience or enthusiasm for digital technology and innovation would be especially welcomed. You will be expected to lead on the development of fieldwork, analysis of data, and to develop business models around new technology deployments, as well as working with project partners and supporting the work of the other researchers. The direct line supervisor will be Dr. Adam Fish (Lancaster), and you will be based in the Department of Sociology. Informal enquiries may be made to Dr. Fish at a.fish2(a)lancaster.ac.uk. This is a full time fixed-term post beginning 15 October, or as soon as possible after this date. Please see the link below for my information: http://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?ref=A775 Best, Adam

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Ignite-IR presentation deadline extension: August 12
by Alexander Halavais 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Heard from at least one person that they hadn't realized the Ignite deadline had come and gone, so we are extending it until August 12. If you have a manifesto, a beef, a cool trick, a neat case, an awesome project, a creative streak*, a brief meditation, or anything that will enthrall a large audience for five minutes AND fit the formalism of an ignite (20 slides, auto-advancing every 15 seconds, for a total of 5 minutes), please consider submitting. The Ignite is a plenary session, so it's a good way to get your ideas out to a large audience. You may "add" an Ignite presentation, even if you are already doing two. IGNITE-IR presentation: Ignite is a high-energy five-minute plenary presentation format (seehttp://igniteshow.com/) Please submit a proposal via http://bit.ly/ignite-ir14 . Your slides must be completed (and you must be registered) by September 25 if accepted. Best, Alex Halavais * The committee reserves the right to restrict streaking.

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7th Nokia Ubimedia MindTrek Award || 6.000 Euros Award Sum || 19th August Deadline || Wake Up Call
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nokia Ubimedia Awards 2013 Wake-up Call for Entries 7th Annual International Competition on Ubiquitous Media 1st-3rd October 2013, Tampere FINLAND *** 6.000 Euros Award Sum *** Deadline: 19th August 2013 *** http://www.numa.fi ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- as to date we received quite a few great entries to NUMA 2013, but our jury still hungers for more challenging projects. This is a "NUMA 2013 Wake-Up Call" for your ubimedia submissions and we hope that you all you aspiring Ubimedia innovators out there take the chance to join prople who won the competition in the previous years - one of them runs a successful startup. 6000 Euros price sum and travels paid to visit MindTrek 2013 for the three best projects. All we need is a description of your project and if possible a short demonstration video. And we need it til August 15th. We do especially encourage student and PhD-projects, as well as innovative start-ups. Good luck and see you in Tampere! More about the competition & submission system: http:/www.numa.fi Competition Chairs Artur LUGMAYR, EMMi Lab, Tampere Univ. of Technology, FINLAND Cai MELAKOSKI, School of Art, Music and Media, Tampere UAS (TAMK), FINLAND Ville LUOTONEN, Ubiquitous Computing Tampere Center of Expertise, Hermia Ltd., FINLAND Head of Jury Bjoern STOCKLEBEN, Project "Cross Media", University of Applied Sciences Magdeburg-Stendal, GERMANY

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Deadline approaching: interdisciplinary faculty and PhD workshops - University of Oslo
by Charles Ess 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Dear AoIRists, Please cross-post and distribute as appropriate - with the note that the deadline for applications for participation in either the faculty and/or the PhD workshops is coming up: August 15, 2013. (Please see the website for further details.) Faculty workshop PhD workshop Public Debate Whom and what can you trust in online / mediated environments? Interdisciplinary Perspectives in Philosophy, Computer Science, Media Studies. September 26-27, 2013: Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Lecturers / mentors: Dag Elgesem, University of Bergen James Moor, Dartmouth College Judith Simon, University of Vienna &, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Elisabeth Staksrud, University of Oslo Mariarosaria Taddeo, University of Warwick Herman Tavani, Rivier University, New Hampshire John Weckert, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga, Australia Background / description: James Moor¹s seminal paper, ³What is Computer Ethics?² (1985), inaugurated a new generation of interdisciplinary reflection on how computing technologies evoked distinctive new ethical challenges. These challenges are often quite novel and their roots in specific technologies thus require equally novel and collaborative reflection across the otherwise diverse disciplines of philosophy, applied ethics, computer science, social science, and so on. Especially over the past decade, increasing attention has been given to questions of trust and privacy in online and mediated environments. These questions are complicated by important differences between face-to-face and online/mediated experiences of trust and privacy - and further complicated by the increasingly important roles of Artificial Agents (AAs) and Multi-Agent Systems (MASs) such as those at work in ³recommendations for you² on commercial websites, web-page ranking algorithms used in popular search engines, and so on. At the same time, AAs and MASs are becoming increasingly autonomous capable of making decisions independently of human control. Such autonomy raises centrally philosophical questions: Are such AAs and MASs further capable of making autonomous ethical judgments including the specific sort of judgment denoted by phronesis or ³practical wisdom²? And: how would we know if we can or should trust these agents precisely as they become increasingly indispensible to our lives? Our lecturers / mentors have each undertaken leading work in these domains, both within philosophically-grounded and -oriented reflection (J. Moor, J. Simon, M. Taddeo, H. Tavani) and within the contexts of online and mediated communication environments (D. Elgesem, E. Staksrud, C.Ess). Our faculty and PhD workshops are designed to further important dialogue and debate, and foster current doctoral research in these domains. The public debate will offer highlights of current insights and findings, along with critical discussion of our defining themes and questions. For more details, including registration procedures, please see the workshops / lecture website. <http://www.hf.uio.no/forskning/doktorgrad-karriere/forskerutdanning/gjennom foring/linjer/medie/arr_medie/2013/whom-to-trust.html> Looking forward to welcoming many of you to Oslo! Best in the meantime, 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/> University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no

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AoIR Wiki Was: A suggestion for reading lists and syllabi
by Alex Leavitt 08 Aug '13

08 Aug '13

Oh, good to know! And boy does this wiki need an update. I'm surprised we don't have regular "add it to the wiki" messages when people ask to compile reading lists and syllabi! How do we go about getting accounts for the wiki? My guess is the "transitioning the membership system" message is pretty outdated... On Mon, Aug 5, 2013 at 1:42 PM, Kelly Quinn <kquinn8(a)uic.edu> wrote: > Hi All, > > We do have an AoIR wiki (http://wiki.aoir.org/page/Main_Page)--but some of > the material is no longer available. As I recall, there were sections for > digital research tools and teaching resources. Perhaps we can start an new > section for syllabi/reading materials. Not sure when the new info will be > up (Alex, any comment?). > > Looking forward to seeing many of you in Denver! > > Kelly Quinn > > _______________________________________________ > 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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2013 AoIR Book Award
by Alexander Halavais 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Dear AoIR Members and future members: It gives me great pleasure to announce the winner of the 2013 AoIR Book Award, which celebrates an outstanding book published in the previous year that addresses issues relating to our field. The book is Julie E. Cohen's "Configuring the networked self : Law, code, and the play of everyday practice," published by Yale University Press (http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0300125437) The committee noted that the book was well organized and written in an accessible style, while remaining provocative. They appreciated the grounding of the argument in user practice, and Cohen's ability to account for the reality of decentered subjectivity and creativity. I want to thank the committee for their time and careful attention to many submissions in a short amount of time. Thank you, Steve Jones, T.L. Taylor, and Klaus Bruhn Jensen for taking on the task. And congratulations to Prof. Cohen on her contribution to the field. Sincerely, Alex Halavais

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Final CFP> The 9th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Informatics of Information Boundaries
by Pnina Fichman 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Final Call for Papers and Participation: The 9th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The Social Informatics of Information Boundaries Sponsored by: ASIS&T SIG Social Informatics and Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics, Indiana University Saturday, November 2, 2013, 8:30-12:30 PM Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Organizers: Howard Rosenbaum and Pnina Fichman, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University The purpose of this ASIST pre-conference research symposium is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communication technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIS&T. Building on the success of past years, the symposium includes members of many SIGs and defines “social” broadly to include critical and historical approaches as well as contemporary social analysis. It also defines “technology” broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper), state-of-the-art computer systems, and mobile and pervasive devices. Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. This year, as we observe the 10th year since the passing of Rob Kling, we are particularly interested in papers that advance social informatics further in theoretical conceptualization or empirical grounding. We are interested in work that assumes a critical stance towards the Symposium’s theme but are also soliciting research on other related social informatics topics. We encourage all scholars interested in social aspects of ICT (broadly defined) to share their research and research in progress by submitting an extended abstract of their work and attending the symposium. This year’s conference theme is “Beyond the Cloud: Rethinking Information Boundaries.” In keeping with this theme, the symposium theme is “the social informatics of information boundaries.” We are soliciting work that focuses on the critical analysis of the concept of information boundaries and boundary work from a Social Informatics perspective. Questions motivating the research could include (but are not limited to): - What can a social informatics approach tell us about the nature of information boundaries, boundary crossing, and boundary work? - What are the social and technological forces that enable and constrain information boundaries and boundary work? - How do the social, technological, and informational boundaries evolve and shape each other? - How and to what extent can we enhance our understanding of information boundaries by drawing on sociological, organizational, and other social science theories? The schedule for the workshop will involve the presentations of papers and the best social informatics paper awards for 2012 (call to follow). We expect an engaging discussion with lively interactions with the audience. Deadlines: August 9, 2013: Submit a short paper (2000 words), a poster (500 words), or a panel (1000 words) by email to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu) and Pnina Fichman (fichman(a)indiana.edu) September 2, 2013: Author notifications (in time for conference early registration (NOTE: this timeline may be adjusted when the registration dates are announced). Fees: Members $90 - early registration ($110 after early registration ends) Non-members $110 - early registration ($130 after early registration ends) ------------------------ Pnina Fichman, Ph.D. Director, Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics Associate Professor, School of Informatics and Computing Affiliated Associate Professor, School of Global and International Studies 901 E. 10th St. Informatics West #301 Indiana University, Bloomington IN 47408 Office: (812) 856-1587 Cell: (812) 322-0219 Web: http://ella.slis.indiana.edu/~fichman/

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Web Social Science textbook - now available
by Robert Ackland 07 Aug '13

07 Aug '13

Dear All, My new book _Web Social Science: Concepts, Data and Tools for Social Scientists in the Digital Age_ has finally made it to bookshops here in the Antipodes so I can now confirm that it is out. The book is organised as follows: Chapter 1 Introduction Part I: Web Social Science Methods Chapter 2 Online research methods Chapter 3 Social media networks Chapter 4 Hyperlink networks Part II: Web Social Science Examples Chapter 5 Friendship formation and social influence Chapter 6 Organisational collective behaviour Chapter 7 Politics and participation Chapter 8 Government and public policy Chapter 9 Production and collaboration Chapter 10 Commerce and marketing http://www.sagepub.com/books/Book234439?status=Forthcoming&classification=%… sortBy=defaultPubDate%20desc&fs=1 http://www.amazon.com/Web-Social-Science-Concepts-Scientists/dp/1849204829/… If you are using the book in your course, I might be able to provide a skype lecture on a particular chapter/topic. Timezones and class size (i.e. book sales!) may be a factor... Best regards, Rob -- Dr Robert Ackland Associate Professor, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University e-mail: robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au homepage: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/ackland-rj project: http://voson.anu.edu.au Information about the Master of Social Research (Social Science of the Internet specialisation): http://adsri.anu.edu.au/graduate-study/msr CRICOS No: 061772F --

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TT position in Visual Communication
by Grant Kien 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

TT position in Visual Communication CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, EAST BAY FACULTY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATION FULL-TIME TENURE-TRACK OAA Position 14-15 COMM-VISUALCOMM-TT THE UNIVERSITY: California State University, East Bay is known for award-winning programs, expert instruction, diverse student body, and a choice of more than 100 career-focused fields of study. There are two scenic campuses—one in the Hayward Hills overlooking San Francisco Bay and the other in the Concord foothills of Mt. Diablo—plus a professional center in dynamic downtown Oakland. The two campuses’ proximity to the major Bay Area cities provides unique cultural opportunities including museums, art galleries, aquariums, planetariums, plays, musicals, sports events, and concerts. Their nearness to the Pacific Ocean and Sierra Nevada Mountains offers recreational diversion as well as excellent laboratories for educational studies. The ten major buildings of the Hayward Hills campus, on 342 acres, contain over 150 classrooms and teaching laboratories, over 177 specialized instructional rooms, numerous student oriented computer labs and a library, which contains a collection of over one million items accessible through HAYSTAC, its on-line catalog. CSUEB’s Concord Campus provides full instructional support for several programs ( http://www20.csueastbay.edu/concord/<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww20.csueastbay.edu%2Fconcord…>). Its five buildings on 395 acres feature lecture halls, seminar rooms, computer labs, science labs, an art studio, theatre and library. The University has an enrollment of approximately 13,000 students with 600 faculty. CSUEB is organized into four colleges: Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences; Business and Economics; Education and Allied Studies; and Science. The University offers bachelor's degrees in 45 fields, minors in 66 fields, and master's degrees in 31 (in addition to Special Majors). Other programs lead to teaching, specialist, pupil personnel services, and administrative services credentials. To learn more about CSU, East Bay visit http://www20.csueastbay.edu/<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww20.csueastbay.edu%2F&h=JAQG…> . THE DEPARTMENT: The Department of Communication prepares students for success through acquisition of skills in critical analysis, speaking, writing, electronic/digital media and communication and journalism; students understand the changing world of today's mass media as well as the long history of the relationship among communication, self, and society; and they are prepared for a broad array of career paths. A distinguished faculty, fully equipped studios/labs: (Journalism; Broadcast; Advertising; Communication Tutoring), and the lively Public Relations Student Society of America provide students with the opportunities and skills to make positive, professional, and important contributions in the communication field. The Communication Department enjoys a highly diverse student-body with over 500 undergraduate and over 30 graduate majors. The Department currently offers two undergraduate options: Media Production (including journalism and video production) and Professional and Organizational Communication (including public relations and advertising). DUTIES OF THE POSITION: Teach in the Communication Department with a focus on coursework in visual communication that serves both options and core communication competencies in visual literacy; Be an effective team member with faculty in the areas of Advertising, Public Relations, Digital Journalism and Media Productions to teach, and when necessary, produce for the Department’s visual representations including print, graphical and electronic/digital media; Collaborate with faculty, students, and staff on departmental productions including the Pioneer Newspaper, Pioneer Advertising Department, Pioneer Online, which includes Pioneer Web Radio and TV; Teach required core courses in the Department, as well as courses in advertising, public relations, digital journalism and media production. Additionally, the successful candidate will be expected to: Teach graduate courses, effectively mentor and teach a diverse student body, and respect the varied discipline specialties represented in the department. In addition to teaching, all faculty have advising responsibilities, assist the department with administrative and/or committee work, and are expected to assume campus-wide committee responsibilities. Please note that teaching assignments at California State University, East Bay may include courses at the Hayward, Concord, and Online campuses. RANK AND SALARY: Assistant Professor. Salary is dependent upon educational preparation and experience. Subject to budgetary authorization. DATE OF APPOINTMENT: Fall Quarter, 2014 QUALIFICATIONS: The ideal candidate must possess a Ph.D. in Communication, Mass Communication, or a related field, emphasizing Visual Communication. ABD candidates may be considered, however, the degree must be in hand at the time of appointment. An outstanding candidate for the position will bring: Several years of professional experience with traditional and/or digital visual production including print, graphics, and electronic/digital communication; Visual/graphic experience with advertising/PR productions and advertising/PR campaigns; Experience with or proclivity for collaborating and leading teams of faculty, staff, and students in academic production environments such as a university newspaper (print and online), university broadcast and media outlet, or university film production; Theoretical rigor in one or more approaches to visual communication (ex. Critical, Feminist, Performance, Semiotic, Phenomenological, Postmodern, etc.) ; Notable research record and actual works in progress; Published scholarly works and plans for sustained publication; Evidence of effective teaching and ability to teach across the curriculum; A history of service to university, discipline and/or community. A demonstrated ability to teach, advise and mentor students from diverse educational and cultural backgrounds is required. This University is fully committed to the rights of students, staff and faculty with disabilities in accordance with applicable state and federal laws. For more information about the University’s program supporting the rights of our students with disabilities see:http://www20.csueastbay.edu/af/departments/as/<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww20.csueastbay.edu%2Faf%2Fde…> APPLICATION DEADLINE: Evaluations of applicants will begin October 1, 2013 and continue until the position is filled. Please submit a letter of application, which addresses the qualifications noted in the position announcement; and a complete and current vita at https://my.csueastbay.edu/psp/pspdb1/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM.HRS_CE.GBL<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmy.csueastbay.edu%2Fpsp%2Fpsp…> Additionally, send the following by mail to: Faculty Search Chair, Department of Communication, 3011 Meiklejohn Hall, California State University East Bay, Hayward, CA 94542: 1) Graduate transcripts; 2) Copies of major publications; 3) Three letters of recommendation. NOTE: California State University, East Bay hires only individuals lawfully authorized to work in the United States. All offers of employment are contingent upon presentation of documents demonstrating the appointee's identity and eligibility to work, in accordance with the provisions of the Immigration Reform and Control Act. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, CSUEB does not discriminate on the basis of any protected categories: age, ancestry, citizenship, color, disability, gender, immigration status, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or veteran’s status. The University is committed to the principles of diversity in employment and to creating a stimulating learning environment for its diverse student body. Revised August 2, 2013

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AoIR Wiki "gardeners" - meet in October to discuss?
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 06 Aug '13

06 Aug '13

Thanks Alex. If others are interested in weeding out the old and cultivating a new take on the wiki, could we have a conversation in Denver? I can't take on the whole project but am willing to help garden, if its a team effort. Janet *Janet Salmons Ph.D.* *Capella University School of Business and Vision2Lead, Inc. *Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available as Kindle e-books: Online Interviews in Real Time & Cases in Online Interview Research jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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