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AoIR election: Candidates
by Catherine Middleton 12 May '13

12 May '13

Hello all, I'm very pleased to announce the slate of candidate for the upcoming AoIR Executive committee election. Candidates' position statements and details on the voting process will be posted soon. Candidates for Vice President Ruth Deller Jeremy Hunsinger Jennifer Stromer-Galley Secretary Andrew Herman (acclaimed) Treasurer Michael Zimmer (acclaimed) Candidates for Open Seats Daren Brabham Sun Sun Lim Annette Markham Kelly Quinn Dylan Wittkower Candidates for Graduate Student Representative Stacy Blasiola Anthony Hoffmann Catherine Middleton AoIR Secretary

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Publication of inaugural issue of connexions • international professional communication journal
by connexions journal 11 May '13

11 May '13

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to announce the publication of the first issue of connexions at http://connexionsjournal.org/special-isues/1-1/ I hope you enjoy the issue. Rosário Rosário Durão Editor *www.connexionsjournal.org **connexions on facebook <https://www.facebook.com/connexionsjournal.org>, LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/groups?about=&gid=4150644&trk=anet_ug_grppro>, twitter <http://../../../>* *connexions •** international professi****onal communication journal *(ISSN 2325-6044) *Department of Communication, Liberal Arts, and Social Sciences<http://infohost.nmt.edu/~class/> - **New Mexico Tech <http://www.nmt.edu>** ***

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need help with project
by gene loeb 11 May '13

11 May '13

I have tried to have an informal site about use of internet to help elderly. Increasing creative uses of internet have been occuring and I want to emphasize uses of internet, and use of technology to help communities-community informatics. I am not good in designing a site so my work has been by word of mouth. the name I have used is "center for technoloogy and cognitive health of older persons" I need help-other sites emphasize technology in general. I want to redo my site to emphasize research, where researchers and those with ideas can share. There is a great lack of sharing of research. I would like to share this activity with others-a researcher and or a university or foundation. I woulld rename it to something like "Institute for Technology and Cognitive (or Mental ) Health of Older Persons. Please help. And thanks for get well greetings for my pneomonia hospitalization. I am out of the hospital now and with a little pain. Now I want to help others. Thanks, wonderful people Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D. -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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CFP: Digital Art and the Urban Environment: a Symposium, Art Exhibition, and Scholarly Volume
by Frank Marchese 11 May '13

11 May '13

First Call for Participation Digital Art and the Urban Environment: a Symposium, Art Exhibition, and Scholarly Volume Location: Pace University, Downtown Manhattan, New York City Date: Friday, October 4, 2013 Sponsors: Pace Digital Gallery, Seidenberg School of Computer Science and Information Systems, and the Pace Academy for Applied Environmental Studies Digital and new media artists utilize innovations in locative media, tracking technologies, telecommunication networks, and novel computer interfaces to craft artworks that create new ways to connect with the city. Just as their predecessors transformed urban neighborhoods, such as New York’s SoHo and Chelsea, through their energy and imagination, today’s artists are altering our perceptions of, and relationships with, urban space though their digital inventions and interventions. Thus, it is the purpose of this symposium, art exhibition, and scholarly volume to formally appraise the ways new media and digital artists engage urban ecology. It seeks to gather together contributions from artists, architects, computer scientists, designers, urban planners, social scientists, critical theorists, and others to consider these new modes of seeing, representing, and connecting within the urban setting. There are three possible ways to participate: 1. Symposium. Propose an oral presentation, dialog, panel, or other form of audience engagement for the symposium. Topics can range from reviews of how technology supports digital artistic practice to social studies of how a group or community is engaged by the work of digital and new media artists – and everything in between. The proposal should be approximately 300 words in length, include a very short list of important references, the names and affiliations of the presenters, along with a brief bio of each. Papers related to all accepted presentations will be considered for the edited scholarly volume (see below). 2. Edited Scholarly Volume. The goal of the scholarly volume is to define and contextualize the ways new media and digital artists engage the urban environment and its population. It seeks chapter proposals that describe theories, applications, analyses, case studies, reviews, histories, and manifestos that include, but art not limited to: · Artistic and design practices for the urban setting · Artist, designer, scientist, technologist collaborations · Artistic creations and practice based on scientific/technological models and simulations · Virtual and physical information artifacts related to, or created through, artistic and design processes · Artistic mapping of information within the urban setting · The relationship between information spaces and urban spaces · The role of the viewer in urban art · How digital artistic practice engages communities within the urban setting · Technological advances supporting urban art · User interfaces supporting urban art As with the symposium proposal, a chapter proposal should be approximately 300 words in length, include a very short list of important references, the names and affiliations of the presenters, along with a brief bio of each. It is anticipated that the scholarly volume will be published by a major international publisher. 3. Art Exhibition. Artists are invited to submit artwork related to the symposium theme for display either within the Pace Digital Gallery or through its website (http://csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery/index.html ). Artists should submit a short proposal describing their artwork, a brief biography, and the URL of their websites. All artwork in the show will be documented in the show’s catalog. Important Information: Due Date: All submissions are due by Sunday, July 13, 2012. All proposals for symposia presentations, book chapters, artwork, and any other inquiries should be emailed to: Dr. Francis T. Marchese Pace Digital Gallery & Department of Computer Science Pace University 163 William Street, 2nd Floor NY, NY10038 Email: fmarchese(a)pace.edu Academic Web page: http://csis.pace.edu/~marchese Pace Digital Gallery Web page: http://csis.pace.edu/digitalgallery/

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Second Call: Participatory Design for Persons with Cognitive or Sensory Impairments @ Interact2013
by Niels Hendriks 10 May '13

10 May '13

* Are you interested in participatory design and do you work with users with impairments? We organize a workshop on participatory design for persons with cognitive or sensory impairments<http://interact2013impairmentsworkshop.wordpress.com/>at Interact 2013 <http://www.interact2013.org/> in Cape Town, South Africa. This workshop will be held on Tuesday September 3rd. Workshop on participatory design for users with impairments Involving people with impairments in the design process is very challenging, especially when impairments affect cognitive functions or communication. People with such impairments may have substantial problems with thought processes and communication, including understanding abstractions, sequencing thoughts and actions, understanding symbols, and interpreting social cues. Many participatory design techniques are based on these processes and are therefore not usable, or need to be adjusted for people with impairments. Workshop aims This workshop aims to exchange experiences with participatory design techniques that were designed for, or adapted to people with impairments. Since many of these techniques are highly focused on specific target groups, a further aim is to extract general principles and to generate guidelines for involving users with impairments in the design process. Who should attend? Researchers and designers who have been involved in one or more design-oriented project(s) involving users with impairments are invited to participate. After this workshop, a call for papers will be launched for a special issue (on the topic of the workshop) of the journal CoDesign. Important dates - May 15: application deadline - May 24: notification of acceptance - September 3: workshop date - September 4 to 6: Interact main conference Further information & contact Please visit our project website for the workshop's programme and to apply for the workshop: http://interact2013impairmentsworkshop.wordpress.com/. For more information and questions, please contact Karin Slegers: karin.slegers(a)soc.kuleuven.be We hope to see you in Cape Town in September!*

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Social media as therapy
by Andy 10 May '13

10 May '13

Hi all, This does feel a little like cheating (it is really OK to just ask people?!), but can any of you fine people suggest readings and papers detailing where social media has been used in a therapeutic manner to aid in overcoming addictions? If you have anything involving involving images (such as Instagram), all the better. Thanks hive mind! Cheers, Andy

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Scales for social media participation akin to "experience"?
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 09 May '13

09 May '13

The "Social Technographics Ladder" is a couple of years old, and somewhat simplistic, but it does illustrate a progression from passive "spectators" to "creators": http://blogs.forrester.com/f/b/users/JROUSSEAUANDERSON/blog--st.gif. (from Li, C., & Bernoff, J. (2011). *Groundswell: Winning in a world transformed by social technologies* (2nd ed.). Boston: Harvard Business School Press.) I'll look forward to seeing what others on the list contribute to answer your question! Best, 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: Cases in Online Interview Research and Online Interviews in Real Time PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com

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doctoral research project
by David L. Gates 09 May '13

09 May '13

I am an experienced marital/family therapist who has dealt with infidelity in my practice for decades. At this moment, I am a doctoral student conducting an online survey on the interaction of guilt, shame, and forgiveness on the security of a relationship when there has been infidelity. I need at minimum 64 individuals who are in a committed relationship where there has been infidelity. The survey is, of course, completely confidential...no personal identifiers are sought and all info is coded. The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/6JPW7RB. Participants can simply log on and complete the survey. I can be contacted by phone at 847-525-0877 or by e-mail at david(a)davidlgates.com

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Now accepting proposals: Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition
by Sheryl Grant 09 May '13

09 May '13

~~~~~~~~~~PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY. Apologies for cross-posting.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media and Learning Competition 5 * *Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition* The fifth Digital Media and Learning Competition, the Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition, *is now accepting applications*. The Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programming Competition calls for summer event and programming proposals to excite and enable youth to engage the web in civil, collaborative, productive, safe, and confidence-building ways. The Competition supports single or multi-day participatory and hands-on learning experiences (labs, hackathons, pop-up events) that support youth working with peers, mentors, and educators on learning and creating experiences toward a better web for all. Based on the principles of Connected Learning<http://connectedlearning.tv/what-is-connected-learning>—learning that is equitable, social, and participatory — Project:Connect Summer Youth Programs will give young people hands-on experience creating, testing, and investigating ways to make using the web a better place to learn, connect, make, contribute, and share. The Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Program Competition is administered by HASTAC <http://hastac.org> and supported by the MacArthur Foundation<http://www.macarthurfoundation.org/>, in collaboration with the Born This Way Foundation<http://bornthiswayfoundation.org/>and Mozilla <http://mozilla.org>. A related Open International Competition focused on Project:Connect will be announced on May 28th. For the latest news, connect with us in one of the ways listed below. *For full information: *dmlcompetition.net <http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/summer-youth-programming…> *Awards*: Up to $10,000 per institution (winners to be announced in early July) *Deadline*: Online applications are due June 10, 2013, at 5pm PST. How to apply<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/how-to-apply-to-the-summ…> . *Timeline*: Project:Connect -- Youth Summer Programs will be held July-September, 2013. Full timeline<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/summer-youth-programming…> . Who is eligible to apply: U.S.-based non-profit learning development and civic engagement institutions and organizations (including learning development organizations such as museums, libraries, after school and summer programs). Additional eligibility requirements<http://dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/frequently-asked-questio…> . Winning proposals will create: - Social Tools for Social Good – Enabling people to create a culture of kindness, respect, and safety that enhances civic participation for youth. - Social Tools that Enable Control of Information – Helping youth understand how to control their information, and manage privacy and security. - Social Tools that Enable Literacy – Helping youth build, access, and understand the web in ways that support interest-driven learning, and empower learners to connect in safe ways with resources, mentors, and peers. Program participants may design or create: - Social apps – Create apps, including mobile apps, that promote and enable civic engagement with peers, community building, and kindness to others. - Badging programs – Create apps, including mobile apps, that leverage badging and other recognition and feedback methods to inspire youth to develop civic engagement with peers and community building in connected, cooperative, collaborative, safe, and respectful ways. - Learning content – Create learning content, curricula, media promotions, and other approaches about how to foster a more engaged, egalitarian, safe, and sharing internet. Project:Connect -- Summer Youth Programs may include: - Hackathons, that involve youth in connection with mentoring developers and educators in designing, prototyping, and/or coding software; or developing learning programs that promote a better web for learning through connecting and connecting through learning. - Digital learning labs, that provide hands-on experience using digital tools for connecting safely, collaborating purposefully, and communicating effectively via the web. - Testing labs, that involve young people in evaluating software and online learning programs that promote good web citizenship, or a better web for learning and sharing. - Mentoring or leadership workshops, that identify potential peer instructors and mentors, and provide them with opportunities to learn how to support and mentor others effectively and respectfully in web-based connected learning programs and applications. - Journalism and communications labs, where young people – acting as reporters, bloggers, and podcasters – participate in the creation of public media that engages questions of equity, good citizenship, privacy, collaboration, and sharing on the web. - Badge development workshops, that provide youth with the tools to develop badges for recognizing and rewarding effective digital citizenship, promoting privacy, effective web participation, and connected learning opportunities. Connect with the Digital Media and Learning Competition: Web: www.dmlcompetition.net Twitter: www.twitter.com/dmlComp Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DMLcomp G+: https://plus.google.com/u/0/103047964663117398536/ LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/Digital-Media-Learning-Competition-3935137 List-serv: Send an email to dmlcompnews-request [at] duke.edu with "subscribe" in the subject line <http://staging.dmlcompetition.net/summer-youth-programming/how-to-apply-to-…>

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NSA's 2007 "Internet Research" guide
by Richard Forno 09 May '13

09 May '13

This little nugget is showing up in my various newsfeeds today. It's the unclassified "Internet Research" guide put together by the US National Security Agency in 2007 entitled "Untangling The Web". (The fact that it was (to use my term) 'faux-classified' and took a FOIA request by someone to obtain it pathetically amuses me, but that's a different discussion for a different venue.) It's not a scholarly text, but it's interesting to see the various examples/resources listed within its 650 pages. At the very least, it might be a useful historical item for fellow AOIR'ers. 12MB PDF download: http://www.nsa.gov/public_info/_files/Untangling_the_Web.pdf --rick --- Just because i'm near the punchbowl doesn't mean I'm also drinking from it.

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