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Help for literature
by Delwar Hossain 20 May '13

20 May '13

Dear Colleagues, I am going to conduct a study on the uses of social media among the South Asian diaspora in the U.S. Specifically, I will focus on some issues: online community, uses of native languages on social media. I really appreciate your suggestions regarding relevant literature on this area. -- .............................................................................................................................. Delwar Hossain || Ph.D. Candidate || College of Mass Communication and Media Arts Southern Illinois University Carbondale || IL-62901,USA || _________________________________________________________________________ Assistant Professor & Former Chairman || Department of Communication & Journalism|| University of Chittagong || e-mail: delwarif(a)siu.edu || delwarif(a)yahoo.com

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CFP: Union for Democratic Communications/Project Censored 2013 Conference (Deadline June 1)
by Kathleen Kuehn 20 May '13

20 May '13

CFP: The Point is to Change It: Media Democracy and Democratic Media in Action UDC/Project Censored Conference At the University of San Francisco, November 1-3 We invite submissions for the Union for Democratic Communication and Project Censored conference November 1-3, 2013 at the University of San Francisco. Submission deadline is June 1, 2013. Sponsored in part by the Department of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco With increasingly precarious employment, accelerating ecological degradation, gulfs between the 1% and the 99%, as well as dramatic booms and busts, we need a global media responsive to the 99%. We need rigorous critique of corporate media’s commodification of social life. We need critique of all forms of censorship, systematic information exclusion, and propaganda. We need grounded ideas for democratizing media in all formats and genres. We need media justice. To revitalize and retool media democracy in today’s media landscape, the Union for Democratic Communications (UDC) and Project Censored are teaming up for our 2013 conference. UDC, which held its first conference in 1981, has worked to overcome concentrated political-economic power in order to contribute to a world based on economic justice, equality, and peace. Project Censored, founded in 1976, has made its mission to expose and counteract modern-day censorship. Together, UDC and Project Censored hope to contribute to a more democratic society and world by sharing our scholarly and activist projects. We invite research, activist & artistic proposals from critical perspectives interrogating media institutions and technologies, political/economic structures, media practices, cultural practices & audiences; we invite studies in critical pedagogy and research on media activism. Proposals that address pro-democratic media reform or outline efforts to expand citizen access to media are particularly welcome. We welcome the following proposals emailed to udcpc2013(a)gmail.com by June 1, 2013: 1. 500-word abstracts that describe the purpose and significance of your research and/or activist projects, especially those that address the issues outlined in the call. 2. Full papers (up to 25 pages including references) from graduate and undergraduate students. The top student paper will be considered for the Top Student Paper Award. Student papers should be indicated as such and also contain a 500-word abstract. Students may apply for funding to cover some of their travel expenses through the Jeanne Hall Memorial Fund. To be considered for such funding, please include a one-line request for consideration of such funding on the top of your proposal. 3. Presentations of Media Literacy projects, including films and multimedia related to the call. 4. Finally, we welcome proposals for pre-constituted panels. Please include 500-word abstracts for each participant (4-5 participants) and one panel rationale of 200-350 words that articulates the connections between the projects and the overall significance of the panel. Sponsored in part by the Department of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco Thanks -- Kathleen M. Kuehn, PhD Assistant Professor Christopher Newport University Department of Communication kathleen.kuehn(a)cnu.edu

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my post from mlr31@psu.edu was rejected
by Michelle Rodino-Colocino 20 May '13

20 May '13

Can you please post this? It was rejected from my mlr31(a)psu.edu address. I am a member of the air list from mlr31(a)psu.edu. Thanks, Michelle We welcome the following proposals emailed to udcpc2013(a)gmail.com by June 1, 2013: 1. 500-word abstracts that describe the purpose and significance of your research and/or activist projects, especially those that address the issues outlined in the call. 2. Full papers (up to 25 pages including references) from graduate and undergraduate students. The top student paper will be considered for the Top Student Paper Award. Student papers should be indicated as such and also contain a 500-word abstract. Students may apply for funding to cover some of their travel expenses through the Jeanne Hall Memorial Fund. To be considered for such funding, please include a one-line request for consideration of such funding on the top of your proposal. 3. Presentations of Media Literacy projects, including films and multimedia related to the call. 4. Finally, we welcome proposals for pre-constituted panels. Please include 500-word abstracts for each participant (4-5 participants) and one panel rationale of 200-350 words that articulates the connections between the projects and the overall significance of the panel. Sponsored in part by the Department of Media Studies at the University of San Francisco Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Ph.D. "Enjoy the process" --my mother Associate Professor "Mangia" --my grandmother Film/Video, Media and Women's Studies "Say it" --my daughter Chair, Steering Committee UDC (Union for Democratic Communications) http://www.democraticcommunications.net/ http://comm.psu.edu/people/mlr31 rocofem(a)gmail.com (work and personal) michelle(a)psu.edu (work) Michelle Rodino-Colocino, Ph.D. "Enjoy the process" --my mother Associate Professor "Mangia" --my grandmother Film/Video, Media Studies & Women's Studies "Say it" --my daughter 117 Carnegie, University Park, 16802 Chair, Steering Committee, Union for Democratic Communications/UDC http://www.democraticcommunications.net/ *http://comm.psu.edu/people/mlr31* <http://www.personal.psu.edu/mlr31/blogs/roco/>rocofem(a)gmail.com (work and personal) michelle(a)psu.edu (work)

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Google goggles privacy privates
by nativebuddha 19 May '13

19 May '13

Techno phobia or really creepy? Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: nativebuddha <nativebuddha(a)gmail.com> > Date: May 19, 2013, 6:43:22 AM EDT > To: nativebuddha(a)gmail.com > Subject: Link from Twitter > > bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/17/at-google-conference-even-cameras-in-the-… > > Download the official Twitter app here > > > Sent from my iPhone

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Search Engines and Social Science: A Revolution in the Making
by Sarah Ann Oates 17 May '13

17 May '13

If you research and/or teach on issues relating to internet search, you may be interested in: Search Engines and Social Science: A Revolution in the Making By Filippo Trevisan at the University of Glasgow. This policy paper covers main points and presents additional research out of the Google Forum meetings in London. It was funded as part of a UK Economic and Social Research Council Knowledge Exchange Grant (Civic Consumers or Commercial Citizens?: Social Scientists Working with Google to Better Understand Online Search Behaviour). Download here: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2265348 Key points: n Google Trends is an especially promising tool that could enable academics to explore new questions. n Ever since the internet became commercially available in the mid-1990s, search engines have played a crucial role in orienting online traffic, distributing content and constructing knowledge. n While in the past scholars had been more interested in talking about the role of search engines themselves in shaping society, this approach is being increasingly complemented by work that focuses on how search engines can augment academic research in general. n It is crucial that academics investigate opportunities and challenges in the centrality of search engines in contemporary informational patterns and social interaction. n Emerging strands of research using search-engine tools/data productively include politics and public opinion studies; economics and business; public health and epidemiology; and response/reaction to natural disasters. n Google Trends data offers advantages over traditional social-science methods such as public opinion surveys. It provides enhanced opportunities to study crisis situations as well as the general relationship between offline events and online behaviour. n Applications such as Google Trends could provide unprecedented opportunities for examining the connections between new and old media. n The global dimension of Google Trends as well as the geographical filters that can be applied to its output can facilitate international research by providing comparable data at virtually no cost, thus substantially expanding the scope for social-science research across country boundaries. n Scholars should be aware of the potential drawbacks associated with this emerging methodology, including doubts over data representativeness when generalising from search engine users to an entire population; language differences and “country effects” in relation to search; as well as limited flexibility afforded by Google Trends. Sincerely Sarah Oates ESRC Grant Principal Professor and Senior Scholar Philip Merrill College of Journalism University of Maryland 2100L Knight Hall College Park, MD 20742 Phone: 301-405-4510 Email: soates(a)umd.edu www.media-politics.com<http://www.media-politics.com> See an excerpt from my new book -- Revolution Stalled: The Political Limits of Internet in the Post-Soviet Sphere, 2013, Oxford University Press at http://goo.gl/HTcDd

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 106, Issue 17
by Wallis, Jacob 17 May '13

17 May '13

Hi Adam, You might be interested in Matthew Allen's paper on the 'versioning' of the web: Allen, M. (2013). What was Web 2.0? Versions as the dominant mode of internet history. New Media & Society, 15(2), 260-275. Sounds like you're writing an interesting piece. Regards, Jake Jake Wallis Lecturer | School of Information Studies Boorooma Street Wagga Wagga, NSW 2650 Australia Tel: +61 2 6933 4397 Fax: +61 2 6933 2733 Email: jwallis(a)csu.edu.au www.csu.edu.au Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | YouTube ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 17:29:26 +0100 From: Adam Fish <rawbird(a)gmail.com> To: AoIR mailing list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Internet Historiography Message-ID: <CAD-s=SxDjuF23DFCJHz6Q7hOQ5JQ5rws-wzFMZVBbfF7Uts8Mw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Dear AOIRers, Anybody know of articles or books analysing 1) the political historiography of the internet. Who has criticized the historiography of the internet as being written for political gain? Secondly, any research on 2) the space shared by classic liberalism, technology, and history? I am writing this piece on how Obama?s statement on ?the internet? you didn?t build that,? celebrating social liberal federal investments in technology, has been (mis)interpreted by various political actors. Any leads? Best, Adam Fish, PhD Media and Cultural Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University, UK LA1 4YT p. 01524592699 a.fish2(a)lancaster.ac.uk @mediacultures, mediacultures.org http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/adam-fish(10a5067e-a828-49… Charles Sturt University | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ONTARIO | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University (CSU) does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with CSU may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at CSU. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of CSU. Charles Sturt University in Australia http://www.csu.edu.au The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Numbers: 00005F (NSW), 01947G (VIC), 02960B (ACT)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Charles Sturt University in Ontario http://www.charlessturt.ca 860 Harrington Court, Burlington Ontario Canada L7N 3N4 Registration: www.peqab.ca Consider the environment before printing this email. Disclaimer added by CodeTwo Exchange Rules 2007 http://www.codetwo.com

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CFP - Emerging Issues in Communication Research & Policy, Canberra, Australia
by Julie.Freeman 17 May '13

17 May '13

Call for Papers: Emerging Issues in Communication Research and Policy News & Media Research Centre, University of Canberra, Australia 18-19 November 2013 www.canberra.edu.au/nmrc-conference-2013 Building on the success of the 2012 symposium on the future of the Australian National Broadband Network, the News & Media Research Centre (N&MRC) at the University of Canberra will be hosting its inaugural conference on 'Emerging Issues in Communication Research and Policy'. The aim of this forum is to bring together academic researchers, media practitioners and government professionals working in the media, Internet and telecommunications fields to facilitate analysis and critique of the impact of the changing media landscape and regulatory frameworks on the public. The full call for papers can be downloaded from www.canberra.edu.au/nmrc-conference-2013 Key Dates: Abstract / Full Paper Submission: 1 August 2013 Notification of Outcome: 1 October 2013 Revised Paper Deadline: 1 November 2013 Final Date for Registration: 1 November 2013 Accepted full papers will be published in the conference proceedings, which will have an ISBN and be made publicly available via the N&MRC website. Selected papers presented at the conference will be invited for publication in the Telecommunications Journal of Australia, vol. 64, no. 1 (March 2014) (see www.tja.org.au) Contact: Further information is available on the conference website: www.canberra.edu.au/nmrc-conference-2013 Please direct enquiries to Julie Freeman at NMRC.Conference(a)canberra.edu.au Dr Julie Freeman Postdoctoral Research Fellow News & Media Research Centre www.canberra.edu.au/nmrc Faculty of Arts & Design University of Canberra ACT 2601 Australia Email: NMRC.Conference(a)canberra.edu.au

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Fwd: [Wiki-research-l] Research analyst opening at Wikimedia
by Samuel Klein 16 May '13

16 May '13

For the community-dataminers and researchers out there: SJ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org> Date: Tue, May 7, 2013 at 3:59 PM Subject: [Wiki-research-l] Research analyst opening at Wikimedia To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities <wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "A mailing list for the Analytics Team at WMF and everybody who has an interest in Wikipedia and analytics." <analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: Heather McAndrew <hmcandrew(a)wikimedia.org>, Ion Vazquez <ivazquez(a)wikimedia.org> The Wikimedia Foundation is looking to hire a full-time Research Analyst to join our product research and analytics team: http://hire.jobvite.com/j/?cj=oTqrXfwr&s=wiki-research-l This opening is focused on research on editor engagement features and experiments developed by the Foundation's product team. Get in touch off-list if you have any questions on this opening (you can also contact Heather and Ion from our recruitment team, cc'ed). Dario _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l -- Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 4266

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Internet Historiography
by Adam Fish 16 May '13

16 May '13

Dear AOIRers, Anybody know of articles or books analysing 1) the political historiography of the internet. Who has criticized the historiography of the internet as being written for political gain? Secondly, any research on 2) the space shared by classic liberalism, technology, and history? I am writing this piece on how Obama’s statement on “the internet… you didn’t build that,” celebrating social liberal federal investments in technology, has been (mis)interpreted by various political actors. Any leads? Best, Adam Fish, PhD Media and Cultural Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University, UK LA1 4YT p. 01524592699 a.fish2(a)lancaster.ac.uk @mediacultures, mediacultures.org http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/adam-fish(10a5067e-a828-49…

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CFP> HICSS 2014 Minitrack: Crowdsourcing content production and online knowledge repositories
by Howard Rosenbaum 16 May '13

16 May '13

Apologies for cross-posting HICSS 2014 Minitrack: Crowdsourcing content production and online knowledge repositories January 6-9, 2014 Big Island, Hawaii, USA Track: Digital and social media We are pleased to invite you to submit a paper to the Crowdsourcing mini-track for HICSS 2014 taking place at the Hilton Waikoloa on the Big Island of Hawaii from Jan. 6-9th, 2014. In line with the track emphasis on promoting digital and social-media-related research, this minitrack aims to expand the scope of research in HICSS and bring to the conference researchers interested in cutting edge topics involving socio-technical issues of mass knowledge production and crowdsourcing online knowledge repositories. As various forms of collaboration are enabled (and constrained) by the affordances available in social media, researchers are investigating a range of issues including: 1) the diverse ways in which people collaborate to create, manage, curate and manipulate online content and how these activities affect digital repositories; 2) how those who manage these repositories are responding to the dynamics of online co-creation of content; 3) the dynamics of crowdsourced online collaborations and online communities of practice; and 4) the ways in which we can best describe the socio-technical interaction networks that facilitate and inhibit mass knowledge production. In this mini track we are interested in empirical and theoretical work that addresses these and related socio-technical issues. Papers of interest will examine communities of online knowledge repositories such as YouTube, Yahoo!Answers, Wikipedia, and others and may address in this context topics such as: . The socio-technical dynamics of crowdsourcing and mass knowledge production sites . Vandalism and trolling in online mass knowledge production sites . Conflict and cooperation in content production sites . Issues of gender in collaborative content production sites . Global, cross-cultural and international aspects of content production and online intercultural collaborations in online content creation communities . Managing ethics in online mass knowledge production communities . Building, maintaining and ending social relationships on online repositories sites . Social question answering and collaborative information seeking behaviors . Challenges and opportunities of digital curation . Standards and quality of digital content online Detailed information about the conference can be found here http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm Information for potential authors can be found here http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/47cfp.pdf Due date for submission of full papers is: June 15, 2013 Minitrack organizers Pnina Fichman Informatics West #301 901 East 10th Street SLIS, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 47408 812 856 1587 Noriko Hara 1320 East 10th Street SLIS, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 47405 812 855 1490 Howard Rosenbaum 1320 East 10th Street SLIS, Indiana University Bloomington Indiana 47405 812 855 3250

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