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Two post-doctoral Fellowships in Digital Humanities at Edinburgh University
by Sian Bayne 03 May '13

03 May '13

Applications are invited for two postdoctoral fellowships in digital humanities to be held at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities, The University of Edinburgh from 1 September 2013 to 30 April 2014. The fellowships are being funded by the College of Humanities and Social Science and are to be focused on any aspect of Digital Humanities research. Applicants should be scholars at an early stage of their career who have completed their doctorate within the last three years. A bursary of £10k will be offered to each Fellow and office accommodation will be provided within the Institute. The fellows will be expected to make contact with others in the College working in this area, and to arrange at least one seminar or workshop during the fellowship. They will also contribute to the planning and organisation of a digital humanities conference for the College in Spring 2014. We warmly welcome applications from both within and beyond the University of Edinburgh. Closing date for applications is 3 June 2013. http://www.iash.ed.ac.uk/dighums.html -- Dr Sian Bayne Associate Dean (digital scholarship) College of Humanities and Social Science The University of Edinburgh sian.bayne(a)ed.ac.uk +44 (0)131 651 6337 The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Summer schools in quantitative Internet research?
by dem 03 May '13

03 May '13

Dear AOIRists, I am looking to apply to a summer research program for 2013 in Internet research, my background is in media studies (I have graduated with an MA in New Media in 2012) and Computer Science (currently studying towards a Bsc) and my main research interests are: online social networks, studying online politics with online data, network science, machine learning, data mining and data analysis. If you know of any summer schools (or research projects/groups at universities) that are currently accepting applications in these areas, then please let me know! Thank you! Best, Demet Dagdelen

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PhD / Research programs - linguistics and social media
by Prof. I. Kushchu 02 May '13

02 May '13

Dear Colleagues A bright student, (a linguist by training and currently completing a Masters thesis about socio-linguistics approaches to the use of language on Facebook), asked me for research and PhD programs for further studies -Not very much related to my expertise, unfortunately. Any suggestions for such programs in the intersection of linguistics and social media? Bests wishes Kushchu ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 777853 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org

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Fantomton release [FT006] Radarstation 2
by wallace 02 May '13

02 May '13

Out now!!: the new Fantomton release [FT006] Radarstation 2 Download here for free: http://fantomton.de/ft006-radarstation-2/ The abandoned listening station on the Teufelsberg Berlin has a magical atmosphere. The industrial area with its rusty metal surfaces, broken glass and the unique acoustic in the domes provide a rich repertoire of fascinating sounds which reflect the areas ambience. We could not resist the attraction of the place and visited it in 2009, equipped with microphones and recording devices. Subsequently the recordings were given to some musicians in order to get different interpretations of the sound material. The goal was to translate the impressions of the place into music. Recently more artists decided to work with our sound material to produce new tracks for this second Radarstation album, thus creating more versatile perspectives of that soundscape.

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Re: [Air-L] [JoCI] New Special Issue: Community Informatics and Co-Creation of Innovation
by michael gurstein 02 May '13

02 May '13

The Journal of Community Informatics has just published its latest issue at http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej. We invite you to review the Table of Contents here and then visit our web site to review articles and items of interest. Thanks for the continuing interest in our work, Michael Gurstein Editor in Chief: Journal of Community Informatics, Vancouver CANADA Phone 604-602-0624 <mailto:gurstein@gmail.com> gurstein(a)gmail.com The Journal of Community Informatics Vol 9, No 3 (2013): Special Issue: CI and the Co-Creation of Innovation Table of Contents http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/issue/view/47 Editorial Introduction <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/953> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/953/1029> Susana Finquelievich, Mariana Salgado Community Innovation and Community Informatics <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1038> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/1038/1022> Michael Gurstein Articles The Emergence and Development of a Regional Living Lab: The Case of San Luis, Argentina <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/744> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/744/1025> Susana Finquelievich The ecology of linking technologies: toward a non-instrumental look at new technological repertoires <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/716> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/716/1024> Rocío Gómez Facilitating community innovation: The Outils-Réseaux Way <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/711> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/711/1019> Lorna Heaton, Florence Millerand, Serge Proulx Are the Users Driving, and How Open is Open? Experiences from Living Lab and User Driven Innovation projects <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/746> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/746/1026> Kari-Hans Kommonen, Andrea Botero Communities, Crowds and Focal Sites: Fine-Tuning the Theoretical Grounding of Collaboration Online <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/712> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/712/1020> Azi Lev-On The Emergence of Converging Communities via Twitter <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/705> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/705/1023> Cecilia Loureiro-Koechlin, Tim Butcher Collaborative Knowledge Creation in Development Networks: Lessons Learned from a Transnational Programme <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/710> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/710/1018> Fabio Nascimbeni RLABS: A SOUTH AFRICAN PERSPECTIVE ON A COMMUNITY-DRIVEN APPROACH TO COMMUNITY INFORMATICS <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/782> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/782/1027> Marlon Parker, Julia Wills, Gary Brian Wills Museums as Living Labs Challenge, Fad or Opportunity? <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/806> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/806/1028> Mariana Salgado Reviews Digital Habitats – stewarding technology for communities <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/956> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/956/1030> Joanna Saad Sulonen Case Studies Appropriation of ICTs by informal communities in metropolitan cities. The case of the “La Salada” market in the Latin American context <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/715> HTML <http://www.ci-journal.net/index.php/ciej/article/view/715/1021> Ester Schiavo, Sergio Rodríguez, Paula Vera

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Workshop on Backchannels and Live participation tools @ ECSCW 2013
by Matti Nelimarkka 02 May '13

02 May '13

Call for Participation: Workshop on Backchannels and Live participation tools, including: * Examples and demos of prototypes, experiments and system descriptions of and for backchanneling and other forms of audience participation * Research methods for analysis * Case studies and empirical findings * Exploration of new ideas Part of ECSCW 2013 (Sep 21st - Sep 25th @ Paphos, Cyprus) Workshop date: Sep 21st Submission deadline: June 28th Teaser: Backhannels and live participation tools are used e.g. in education, conferences and TV shows to increase the interactivity and participation of learners, participants and viewers. Research-wise the domain is scattered across different fields, such as HCI, CSCW and education. This workshop aims to draw together researchers, developers and practitioners in this area to consider (1) how to conduct high quality research and (2) how to make research with impact on the larger society. More details: http://lead.aalto.fi/activities/ecscw-2013-workshop/

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never, ever
by Barry Wellman 01 May '13

01 May '13

colleagues, judge research by the media account read the original article and make a judgement. over and out ps; funny example - a close friend heard on TV today that everyone should buy Chrome laptops. really over and out Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor FRSC NetLab Director Faculty of Information (iSchool) 611 Bissell Building 140 St. George St. University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 3G6 http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $22 Kindle $16 Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 ________________________________________________________________________

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 105, Issue 32
by Kim Witten 01 May '13

01 May '13

Articles like this make me cringe. People engaging in social activity with their friends feel less inhibited and enjoy cookies more than granola bars at that time? Why is this so surprising? To me, it goes back to that technological determinism/digital dualist argument that SNSs and the like are Doing Things To Our Brains. Danger point! Seriously though, the framing of this Wired story suggests something of the deterministic sort, even though the published article title ("“Are Close Friends the Enemy?...) and a statement by the author (1) say otherwise. Still, the Wired article title ("Does Facebook Praise Kill Self-Control?") and other statements (2,3) frame it differently. 1. "Wilcox cautions that those findings do not necessarily mean that spending time on social networks causes any of those things." 2. "the “likes” prompted by your status updates and photo posts might also have a negative impact, especially on your waistline and pocketbook." ("likes" being the cause here, not the content of the update, the social engagement or the people participating in it.) 3. "those people who reported higher self-esteem and lower self control *from* browsing Facebook happen to have a higher body mass index and more credit card debt." (emphasis mine) Also, people are fat, have debt, read CNN, or like/dislike granola bars for various reasons. The latter two are not good controls. Thoughts? -Kim > ----------------- > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2013 09:16:19 -0400 > From: nativebuddha <nativebuddha(a)gmail.com> > To: Deanya Lattimore <deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org" > <air-l-aoir.org(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Facebook, cookies and self-control? > Message-ID: > <CAF-xTaak-_FaqNmSUQttYRUSExe4mGhwt3wXb0OoLwFFY9Q72A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > that was my impression as well. > > -robert > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 8:49 AM, Deanya Lattimore <deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com >> wrote: > >> Here'e the study itself, downloadable - >> http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2155864 >> >> It's hard to say anything about a study that doesn't say anything. >> The researchers do everything that researchers do these days who want >> their studies to become public and picked up by the media; in this way, the >> media draws its own conclusions that the researchers themselves are too >> cautious to draw. >> >> I think this one deserves to be put up for an Ig Nobel. >> :-) >> Deanya >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 9:20 PM, nativebuddha <nativebuddha(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Wondered what others thought about the validity of these findings: >>> >>> http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/self-control-and-facebook/ >>> >>> -Robert >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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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CfP Critical Visual Theory - Deadline June 15
by Christian Fuchs 01 May '13

01 May '13

Call for Papers for a special issue of tripleC (http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/index) Communication, Capitalism & Critique: Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society on the general topic of Critical Visual Theory Detailed Information/CfP: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CfP_VisualCommunication.pdf Edited by Peter Ludes, Mass Communication, Jacobs University Bremen, Kathrin Fahlenbrach, Media Studies, Hamburg University, and Winfried Nöth, Cognitive Semiotics, São Paulo Catholic University. The overall task of this special issue is to combine critical insights into current economic, technical, political, cultural, and ecological dimensions of transnational and global visual communication. The papers to be included in this issue should make use of critical theories to advance a better understanding of visual information technologies in general and of strategies of veiling financial, military, economic, religious interests in particular. A special focus will be on current forms of surveillance of public and private life. The editors invite contributions to topics such as: * Visual humanities and social sciences: concepts, methods, and theories * Visual data and semiotics: networks and analyses * Visual hegemonies: image- and profit-making * Veiling: Key Invisibles * Visual culture zones: Africa, Arab countries, China, Europe, India, Japan, Latin and North America Preliminary time schedule June 15, 2013: Abstract submission, via email to p.ludes(a)jacobs-university.de, kathrin.fahlenbrach(a)uni-hamburg.de, and noeth(a)uni-kassel.de . July 15, 2013: Feedback to authors about acceptance or rejection of abstract September 15, 2013: Submission of full papers to the editors via http://www.triple-c.at via the electronic submission system: http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/about/submissions#onlineSubmissions . Guidelines for formatting and style: http://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/about/submissions#authorGuidelines http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/tripleC_2013.dot tripleC – Open Access Journal for a Global Sustainable Information Society is a journal that is specialising in publishing articles that focus on critical studies of media, communication and digital media in the context of the information society. It is indexed in Scopus and Communication & Mass Media Complete.

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Social media and Political Horizons: Israel/Palestine, the Middle East and Beyond
by Adi Kuntsman 01 May '13

01 May '13

Social media and Political Horizons: Israel/Palestine, the Middle East and Beyond 14 June 2013 1-5pm Venue TBC Organised by: Adi Kuntsman, The University of Manchester and Rebecca L. Stein, Duke University At the core of this workshop is a rethinking of the so-called ‘digital democracy’ proposition – that is, an argument about the ways that digital technologies, chiefly social media, can advance pro-democracy politics. In the last few years, this popular proposition has come under increasing criticism from scholars who have reminded us of the flexible nature of digital technologies, including the ways they have been employed by dictators and police states as public relations platforms, tools for tracking and monitoring political dissidents, and means of counter-insurgency more generally. What has emerged in the scholarly literature is something of a dichotomy – digital democracy posited against digital dictatorship. The event takes a more complex approach to the politics of digital technology, through a discussion of the ways that social media can be employed on both sides of this political divide. More specifically, the discussion will approach social media both as tools of warfare, military occupation, and authoritarian rule, and as means to subvert and resist such political regimes. Contra most of the literature on digital democracy and digital dictatorship alike, our discussion will focus on questions of everyday culture and language as they emerge where politics and social media meet. Programme 9.30 -10.00 Registration 10.00-12.00 Roundtable discussion Simon Faulkner, Manchester Metropolitan University Adi Kuntsman, The University of Manchester and Rebecca L. Stein, Duke U Miriyam Aouragh, Oxford University Yasmin Ibrahim, Queen Mary Farida Vis, Sheffield University 12.00-1.00 Lunch 1.00-2.30 Public lecture Theresa Senft, NYU ‘My Body Belongs to Me? On Global Spheres, Networked Nudity and Feminist Activism’ Attendance is free but registration is required. Please email naveeda.raoufi(a)student.manchester.ac.uk to register Registration deadline: 1 June 2013 --- Dr Adi Kuntsman https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/

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