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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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Internet Studies: Perspectives on a Developing Field - new publication
by Charles Ess 01 May '13

01 May '13

Dear AoIRists, On behalf of the co-editors and the authors whose work is gathered in this special issue of new media and society, I'm very happy to call your attention to the recent online publication of the Introduction: Internet Studies: Perspectives on a rapidly developing field Charles Ess, William Dutton doi: 10.1177/1461444812462845 New Media & Society, April 29, 2013 <http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2013/04/24/1461444812462845.full> To quote from the introduction - which is available as a free download - We have organized the contributions to this issue such that they flow across four general areas. The first focuses on the field as a whole, and is filled by our lead article, by Tai-Quan Peng, Lun Zhang, Zhijin Zhong and Jonathan JH Zhu, Mapping the landscape of Internet Studies: Text mining of social science journal articles 20002009¹. We then shift focus to specific Perspectives from Different Arenas, beginning with Jingyan (Elaine) Yuan¹s A culturalist critique of ³online community² in new media studies¹, followed by Heidi Campbell¹s Religion and the Internet as a microcosm for studying trends and implications within Internet Studies¹, then an article by Jessie Daniels, Race and racism in Internet Studies¹, and Michel van Eeten and Milton Mueller¹s Where is the governance in Internet governance?¹. The next set of articles focus more on Methodological Perspectives, beginning with Juliette De Maeyer¹s Towards a hyperlinked society: A critical review of link studies¹, followed by Niels Brügger¹s Web historiography and Internet Studies: Challenges and perspectives¹. The two final articles are both tied to Critical Perspectives on User Empowerment, a cross-cutting theme of Internet research across various research arenas. Anja Bechmann and Stine Lomborg¹s article is entitled Mapping actor roles in social media: Different perspectives on value creation in theories of user participation¹, and this is followed by Christian Fuchs and Nick Dyer-Witheford¹s challenge to Internet Studies, entitled Karl Marx @ Internet Studies¹. We conclude with a more general account of what we have learned about this evolving field from this special issue in light of work on our respective handbooks. Several of the articles are already published online; the print version of the complete issue will appear later this year. We would also like to express our gratitude to numerous reviewers and to editors Steve Jones and Nickolas Jankowski for their constant support and assistance in developing and bringing this special issue to fruition. Enjoy! - c. Associate 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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Interdisciplinary PhD workshop - Researching the relational/sociable self - Nov. 27-28, 2013 - University of Oslo
by Charles Ess 01 May '13

01 May '13

Dear AoIRists: Please distribute to potentially interested PhD students. We invite doctoral students from a range of disciplines including media and communication studies, information science, sociology, philosophy, and political science to participate in this interdisciplinary PhD course. Researching the relational/sociable self: Methods, Privacy, Ethics 27. Nov. 2013 09:15 - 28. Nov. 2013 17:00, Room 418, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Co-organizers: Charles Ess <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/personer/vit/charlees/index.html> (Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo) Stine Lomborg <http://mcc.ku.dk/staff/presentation/?id=293359&f=3> (Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, University of Copenhagen) Additional lecturers / mentors: Hallvard Fossheim, Director, (Norwegian) National Committee for Research Ethics in the Social Sciences and the Humanities (NESH) Annette Markham, Visiting Professor, School of Commmunication, Loyola University / Guest Professor, Informatics, Umeå University Espen Ytreberg, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Background Especially over the last decade or so, both social science and humanistic research have recognized the emergence of ³the relational self,² as fostered by Internet-facilitated modes and venues of communication most especially social media. Understanding how far our conceptions of selfhood may be changing in Western societies broadly, from more individual to more relational, and, perhaps, from more rational to more emotive is critical, especially as these changes seem further tied to * changing circumstances of socialization and togetherness in everyday life, and interweaving of different networks of affiliation that is associated with networked media for personal communication (cf. Rainie & Wellman, 2012); * changing methodologies and approaches to research designed to better tease out and explore the multiple dimensions of relationality; * changing sensibilities and expectations regarding privacy and notions of privatlivet and the (proper) boundaries of our intimsfære (intimate sphere), and thereby * possible coherencies and/or conflicts with current research ethics codes and law, e.g., expected changes in EU data privacy protection law that increases individual privacy protections, but may remain silent regarding privacy and other protections for close relationships such as are already encoded, for example in the NESH 2006 guidelines (Norway) as already more relationally oriented. The workshop addresses theories of relational selfhood; research methodologies as retuned to such selfhood; and new research ethics questions evoked by changing senses of selfhood and thus privacy expectations. For more details, including available ECTs and registration procedures, please see the workshop website: <http://www.hf.uio.no/forskning/doktorgrad-karriere/forskerutdanning/gjennom foring/linjer/medie/arr_medie/2013/methods-privacy-ethics.html> Many thanks in advance, Charles Ess Associate 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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Trust in online environments - interdisciplinary faculty and PhD workshops - University of Oslo
by Charles Ess 01 May '13

01 May '13

Dear AoIRists, Please cross-post and distribute as appropriate: 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> Best regards, Charles Ess Associate 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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Re: [Air-L] Please explain your criticism
by Barry Wellman 01 May '13

01 May '13

Ms Lattimore thanks for the followup and your thoughts. I've mostly given up trying to figure out why people do the research they do, and I've seen a lot worse papers in 45 years of refereeing. We agree that the media almost always oversimplify, and don't know the difference between causation and correlation -- nor such things as biased samples. (I note the sample was not really described.) Back to doing research 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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illnless
by gene loeb 01 May '13

01 May '13

colleagues ande friends, I have had pneuymonia and complications for several weeks in a hospital. Just got home. but need two more weeks of rest. Thanks, -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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Please explain your criticism
by Barry Wellman 01 May '13

01 May '13

Thank you for calling attention to some problems with the J of Consumer Behavior paper on strong/weak ties and behavior. I couldnt spot the source of the critique you made. The paper seemed ok to me. So, I would appreciate if you would further enlighten me/us 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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Pew: Digital Civic Engagement report, "who's missing" analysis
by Steven Clift 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

PewInternet.org just put out one of the most important survey reports in the e-democracy/open government field in about five years. Here is my in-depth "inclusion" analysis and commentary: http://bitly.com/pewcivic Please share on Twitter and Facebook if so inspired. Direct to the report: Civic Engagement in the Digital Age http://bit.ly/15QZUPK Let's talk about it on Twitter with #pewcivic hashtag. What is your big takeaway? https://twitter.com/search?q=%23PewCivic&src=hash Here is the beginning of my summary: http://bitly.com/pewcivic The new must-read Civic Engagement in the Digital Age study by the Pew Internet and American Life Project makes it clear to me: Accepting “politics as usual” means those who already show up in political life continue to dominate online. Closing the digital civic engagement divide is a challenge for our generation to solve. Every few years, like their Neighbors Online report, the Pew Internet and American Life project releases game changing numbers that help us re-calibrate our priorities and investments to build civic and democratic good. Quick Numbers After many hours of pouring through the report, these are the numbers that stood out to me. Good: 49% of all adults participated in online “civic communication” and/or are a “political social networking site” user in 2012 10% only did online “civic communication” (34% total) 16% only were political sns users (39% total) 23% did both More on the political sns users below – Report author Aaron Smith sent us the breakdown above and other tidbits which are not detailed in the main report. Bad: Huge online civic communication gap based on income - Households over 75K at 47%+, 20K to under 30K only 24% – Almost half the participation rate participating civically online, report shows huge education gaps as well Really Bad: Whites 38% compared to Blacks at 23% and Latinos at 17% – Action oriented online civic communication helps citizens have a voice, power, and influence in democracy Bad Foundation: For offline “civic communication” Whites 43%, Blacks 31%, Latinos 26% - Survey does find better Black – White racial equity with direct involvement in offline civic groups/activities. It is essential to point out that many differences in race are more related to income and education levels than anything else – but the impact is that same, important voices are not being heard. Clift Notes: Everything about the Internet, from raising voices to organizing to information access to convenience, makes it a great equalizer for democratic participation. Today with far greater minority access to the Internet, why is the civic communication gap larger online than offline? The online gap based on race is 3% larger for Blacks and 4% for Latinos. What is it about the design, technical assumptions, perceived relevancy, marketing, and inclusive outreach with online civic engagement that is not working make democracy stronger and more equitable? Why are the clear democratic benefits of the digital age not leading to a more representative and participatory democracy for all? If we seek to engage not just more people from a small pool of the most educated and wealthier citizens, but instead want this digital opportunity to provide more democratic opportunity for all, we are going in the wrong direction. More: http://bitly.com/pewcivic

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CfP :: ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2013 :: Deadline-10th May 2013 :: 1st-4th October :: Tampere, Finland ::
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

========================================================================================= ACADEMIC MINDTREK CONFERENCE 2013 ?Making Sense of Converging Media? 1st-4th October, 2013 Tampere, Finland **** Call for Papers, Extended Abstracts, Posters, Demonstration, Workshops, Tutorials http://www.academicmindtrek.org, http://www.mindtrek.org Long and short papers, posters, demonstrations, and extended abstracts due on 10th May 2013 Tutorials and Workshops due on 28th April 2013 In cooperation with ACM, ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI Contributions will be published in the ACM digital library and selected set of high-level work will be published as book chapters or in journals ========================================================================================= ========================================================================================= CALL FOR PAPERS, ABSTRACTS, POSTERS, DEMOS, WORKSHOPS & TUTORIALS ========================================================================================= We are pleased to invite you to the Academic MindTrek conference, 1st ? 4th October 2013, which brings together a cross-disciplinary crowd of people to investigate current and emerging topics of media in many facets. The conference explores academically the emerging and frontier-breaking applications of new media in everyday contexts of leisure, business and organizational life. October 2nd will be the main Academic MindTrek day with other sessions on the preceding and following days. Due to increasing popularity of the conference, we are extending the scope of Academic MindTrek 2013! The academic conference features six major themes: * Social Media * Ambient & Ubiquitous Media * Business & Media * Human-Computer Interaction (new track!) * Open Source * Digital Games * ICT & E-Government ========================================================================================= Why to Participate? ========================================================================================= The MindTrek Association hosts MindTrek as a yearly conference, where the Academic MindTrek conference has been a part of this unique set of events comprising competitions, world famous keynote speakers, plenary sessions, media festivals, and workshops since 1997. It is a meeting place where researchers, experts and thinkers present results from their latest work regarding the development of Internet, interactive media, and the information society: * Real chance for media enthusiasts to think outside the box * Brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines that are involved in the development of media in various fields, ranging from sociology and the economy to technology * The highest ranked papers will be published in academic journals (e.g. in 2012 we published a selected set of articles in ACM Computers in Entertainment, Electronic Markets ? The International Journal on Networked Business, and the International Journal of Ambient Computing and Intelligence. * Provides a chance to learn from the vast media genre at large * Allows participants to exchange views with cross-disciplinary experts * Aims to provide insights about the convergence of the various media and the future of media * High-level keynote speakers. A few examples from previous years: Keith Partridge, Tomi T. Ahonen (Consultant), Latif Ladid (IPV6 Forum), Beat Schwegler (Microsoft), Cinzia dal Zotto (Univ. of Neuchatel), Ari Ojansivu (Google), Ramine Darabiha (Rovio), Molly R?nge (Crowdculture), Slava Kozlov (Philips Design), Dave Nielsen (CloudCamp), Janne J?rvinen (F-Secure), Olavi Toivainen (Nokia), Herbert Snorrason (OpenLeaks), Tuija Aalto (YLE), Juha Kaario (Varaani), among many others. Also this year we are preparing a wide set of invited speakers & keynotes. Social Media ========================================================================================= ?Get social!? Social media and Web 2.0 technologies are applied in ever diverse practices both in private and public communities. Totally new business models are emerging, traditional communication and expression modalities are challenged, and new practices are constructed in the collaborative, interactive media space. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media ========================================================================================= ?The medium is the message!? ? This conference track focuses on the definition of ambient and ubiquitous media with a cross-disciplinary viewpoint: ambient media between technology, art, and content. The focus of this track is on applications, location based services, ubiquitous computation, augmented reality, theory, art-works, mixed reality concepts, the Web 3.0, and user experiences that make ubiquitous and ambient media tick. Media Business, Media Production and Media Management ========================================================================================= Media business and media management face the challenges of the emergence of new forms of digital media and focuses on leadership practices, business models and value chains. It discusses competition, patterns of media usage, advertising models, and how traditional media can cope with the challenges coming from digital media focusing on media business and media management issues. Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) ========================================================================================= The wide field of HCI is to discuss issues around human computer interaction modalities, consumer experience, design of computer systems, human aspects, universal media access, ergonomics, communication, novel interaction modalities, privacy, trusted systems, interaction theories, and sociological and psychological factors. This theme of devotes to several of these aspects, and is targeted to the scientific community dealing with several applied and theoretical aspects of HCI and user experience. Open Source ========================================================================================= The last decade has seen a significant increase in open source initiatives such as open source software, open standards, open content, open media, or even open source hardware. On the one hand, the open movement has created new kinds of opportunities such as new business models and development approaches. On the other hand, it has introduced new kinds of technical and non-technical challenges. Digital Games ========================================================================================= The culture and business of digital games is becoming increasingly varied. The current trends range from novel interface innovations and digital distribution channels to social game dynamics and player-generated content. The games track is open for theoretical works, empirical case studies and constructive projects. ICT & E-Government ========================================================================================= In recent years, ICT has played a pivotal role in the development of digital economy. This technology facilitates the rapid accumulation and dissemination of information, group interaction, communication, and collaboration. ICT has become one of the core elements of managerial reform around the world. Since the launch of web 2.0 and emergence of ICT infrastructure, processes and policies many governments and public officials use new online tools to communicate among themselves, and with organizations and citizens. Demonstrations ========================================================================================= The aim is to gather demonstrations from researchers and professionals from the communities related to the topics of MindTrek. The objective for the demonstrations is to provide a forum for exchanging experiences, practical projects, or media demonstrators. The target audience includes members of the academic community, industry, or laboratories who can demonstrate the results of their research projects with a practical implementation. Special academic sessions (e.g. tutorials, demonstrations, workshops, and multidisciplinary sessions) will be held parallel to the MindTrek business conference. Academic speakers and authors are warmly welcome to register for the business conference tracks as part of the academic conference with our special registration rate. The Academic MindTrek registration includes full service such as coffees, lunches, and social gatherings. The organizing committee invites you to submit original high quality full papers, long or short, addressing the special theme and the topics, for presentation at the conference and inclusion in the proceedings. ========================================================================================= Conference Publications ========================================================================================= The scientific part of the conference is organized in cooperation with ACM SIGMM, and ACM SIGCHI. Conference proceedings will be published in the ACM Digital Library, which includes short and long papers, workshop proposals, demonstration proposals, and tutorial proposals. Extended abstracts will be published in the adjunct conference proceedings; however, they will not be published within the ACM Digital Library. Selected high quality papers will be published in international journals, as book chapters, edited books, or via open access journals. There will also be a reward for the overall best paper from the academic conference. All the papers should follow the style guidelines of the conference. Short and Long Paper Proposals ========================================================================================= All submissions will be peer-reviewed double blinded, therefore please remove any information that could give an indication of the authorship. Short papers should be between 2-4 pages long and the paper presentation will be 15 minutes plus 5 minutes discussion within a session; long papers should be 6-8 pages and will be presented in 20 minutes slots, plus 5 minutes discussion. Workshop Proposals ========================================================================================= Feel free to suggest workshops which are co-organized with the Academic MindTrek. Workshop proposals should include the organizing committee, a 2 page description of the theme of the workshop, a short CV of organizers, duration, the proceedings publisher, and the schedule. Workshop organizers also have the possibility to add publications to the main conference proceedings. Depending on the attracted number of papers for each workshop, we provide space for either half-day or full-day workshops. Previous examples include e.g. a workshop on eLearning. Nevertheless, feel free to suggestion your own. Demonstrations Proposals ========================================================================================= Demonstration proposals shall be 2-3 pages and include: a) a description and motivation of the demonstration; b) general architecture of the demonstration; c) description of the main features; d) a brief comparison with other existing related demonstrations; e) audio-visual materials to illustrate the demonstration (if applicable); f) the type of license, and g) the Internet address of the demonstration (if applicable). It is strongly recommended that the authors make the demonstration (or a suitable version or movie) on the Internet during the evaluation. Tutorial Proposals ========================================================================================= Tutorial proposals should include a 2-page description of the tutorial, intended audience, a short CV, timetable, required equipment, references, and a track record of previous tutorials. The target length of tutorials is 2-4 hours. Previous examples include a tutorial on audio based media. However, feel free to suggest your own. Extended Abstracts ========================================================================================= Extended abstracts should be between 1-2 pages long and contain 500-800 words. They should describe the research problem, background, research questions, and the contribution to the conference. Extended abstracts will not be published within the ACM digital library. Poster Presentations ========================================================================================= Posters should be between 2-3 pages long and a poster should be presented during the conference. Attendees have the possibility to exhibit their posters on a A0 poster wall d uring the conference. ========================================================================================= Submission Deadlines ========================================================================================= - 10th May 2013: deadline for long papers (6-8 pages), short papers (3-4 pages), extended abstracts (1-2 pages), posters (1-2 pages) and demonstrations (2-3 pages) - 28th April 2013: deadline for tutorial proposals and workshop proposals - 30th June 2013: notification of acceptance/rejection for papers, extended abstracts, posters, and demos, tutorials - 20th July 2013: camera ready papers and copyright forms - 5th August 2013: submission of camera ready papers - 1st-4th October 2013: Academic MindTrek and MindTrek Business Conference Suggested key-dates for workshop organizers ========================================================================================= - 15th August 2013: deadline for workshop papers - 10th September 2013: deadline for camera-ready papers ========================================================================================= Conference Themes ========================================================================================= 1. Social Media - Business models, service models, and policies - Social media in innovation and business - Intra and inter organizational use of social media - Questions related to identity, motivation and values - Blogs, wikis, collaboration and social platform designs in practice - Knowledge management and learning with social media - Experience management with social media - Crowdsourcing, user-created content and social networks - Enterprise 2.0 and social computing in work organizations - Evaluation and research methods of social media - Social media and community design - Benefits and limitations of social media applications 2. Ambient and Ubiquitous Media - between Technology, Services, and Users - Applications and services utilizing ubiquitous and pervasive technology - Ubicom in eLearning, leisure, storytelling, art works, advertising, and mixed reality contexts - Next generation user interfaces, ergonomics, multimodality, and human-computer interaction - Art works for smart public or indoor spaces, mobile phones, museums, or cultural applications - Context awareness, sensor perception, context sensitive Internet, and smart daily objects - Personalization, multimodal interaction, smart user interfaces, and ergonomics - Ambient human computer interaction, experience design, usability, and audience research - Software, hardware, middleware, and technologies for pervasive and ubiquitous - Theoretical methods and algorithms in ubiquitous and ambient systems - Business models, service models, media economics, regulations, x-commerce, and policies - User positioning, location awareness - Augmented reality in ubiquitous applications - Device interoperability, remote user interfaces, inter-device connections 3. Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management - Media politics: policy, practices, conception, and media regulation - Production technology: processes, and optimization - Business models: value chain/value net, revenue models, and product architecture - Strategic and operational Management of TIME Industries: Technology, Information, Media, Entertainment - Key data analytics: balanced scorecard, competition analysis, performance indicators, social media monitoring, google analytics, ? - Media use: patterns, engagement, and consumer experiences - Customer relationship management: communities & engagement 4. Human-Computer Interaction - User experience and experience design - Interaction design techniques and methods - User interaction and HCI design - Creativity, practices and innovation in HCI - Analysis, theories, and procedures in interaction design - Methods, systems, and toolkits supporting HCI - Human centered computing and understanding interaction - Interactivity methods - Designing for experience and interactivity - Design, evaluation, and implementation of interactive systems - Phenomena surrounding interactivity 5. Open Source - Forms of openness: open source software, open standards, - Open content, open media, open source hardware, and open access - Establishment of an open source community - Practices on developing open source systems - Practices for maintaining a successful project - Open source processes and techniques - Differences on open source and closed source systems - Using open source in commercial context - Challenges of open source development - Teaching open source in academia and industry 6. Digital Games - Theoretical and analytical approaches on games and play - Analysis of player experience - Game design research - Economy and business models in the game industry - Innovation in and around games - Digital distribution of games - Online, mobile and cross-platform games - Social and casual games - Pervasive and ubiquitous games - augmented and altered reality games - Mobile and cross-media games - Gamification, fun ware and playful design - Player-created content 7. ICT & E-Government - M-government - Web 2.0 and e-government social network - E-government obstacles and challenges - E-government project failure - Future of e-government - Improving the public service efficiency and effectiveness - E-government in developing countries - Citizen?s technological limitations - ICT and democracy (e-Democracy agenda at e-government level) - Citizens' education and accessibility to ICT - exploiting the learning and communicative potential of emerging online tools - new media forms (games, blogs, wiki, G3 mobile communications ========================================================================================= Paper Submission ========================================================================================= - Please follow the style guidelines on http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates for formatting your paper - Note that since the papers will be published by the ACM digital library all authors need to sign an ACM copyright form. (For further guidelines see: http://www.acm.org/pubs/copyright_form.html) - Submit papers here: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2013mindtrek/ ========================================================================================= Organizing Committee ========================================================================================= General Chair Artur Lugmayr, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Program Chairs Helj? Franssila, Tampere Univ. (UTA), FIN Track chair: Social Media Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Track chair: Ambient Media Moyen Mustaquim, Uppsala University, SE Track chair: Media Business, Media Studies, and Media Management Johanna Gr?blbauer, St. P?lten University of Applied Sciences (FH), AT Track chair: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) Pauliina Tuomi, University of Turku, FIN Track chair: Digital Games Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere (UTA), FIN Track chair: ICT & E-Government Fatemeh Ahmadi Zeleti, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Track chair: Open source Imed Hammouda, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Panel Chair Jari Jussila, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Demonstrations & Poster Chair Paul Coulton, Lancaster University, UK Workshop & Tutorial Chair Andreas Meiszner, UNU, Netherlands Conference Management Consultant Yuan Fu, TUT, FIN Conference Manager and Local Arrangements Subodh Agnihotri, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Lester Lasrado, Tampere Univ. of Technology (TUT), FIN Program Committee (from Academic Mindtrek 2012 - to be confirmed) Alexander Eichhorn, Simula Research Laboratory, Norway Anders Larsson, Uppsala University, Sweden Andreas Sackl, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria Annika Waern, Stockholm University, Sweden Antti Salovaara, Aalto University, Finland Antti Syv?nen, University of Tampere, Finland Ben Kirman, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom Bj?rn Von Rimscha, University of Zurich, Switzerland Conor Linehan, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom Corinna Ogonowski, University of Siegen, Germany Cumhur Erkut, Aalto University, Finland Eija Kaasinen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland Elina Ollila, Knight Wish, United States Hannu K?rkk?inen, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Hannu Korhonen, University of Tampere, Finland Hannu Paunonen, Metso Automation, Finland Helj? Franssila, University of Tampere, Finland Jaakko Stenros, University of Tampere, Finland Jaakko Suominen, University of Turku, Finland Jan Krone, University of Applied Sciences St. Poelten, Austria Janne Paavilainen, University of Tampere, Finland Jan-Niklas Antons, Technische Universit?t Berlin, Germany Jari Jussila, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jeff McCarthy, Manchester Metropolitan University, United Kingdom Joerg Niesenhaus, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany Juho Hamari, HIIT, Finland Jukka vanhala, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Jussi Holopainen, Independent, Germany Jussi Okkonen, University of Tampere, Finland Karin Puehringer, University Salzburg, Austria Katrin Schoenenberg, T-Labs, TU-Berlin, Germany Kristina Kunze, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Germany Leena Arhippainen, Center for Internet Excellence / University of Oulu, Finland Mark Lochrie, Lancaster University, United Kingdom Paul Murschetz, University of Westminster, United Kingdom Per Backlund, University of Sk?vde, Sweden Peter Haric, Leitbetriebe Institut, Austria Sara Kepplinger, Ilmenau University of Technology, Germany Sebastian Egger, Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (FTW), Austria Sonja Kangas, Souplala, Finland Staffan Bj?rk, Gothenburg University, Sweden Sujan Shrestha, Towson University, United States Svenja Hagenhoff, University Erlangen, Germany Teija Vainio, University of Tampere, Finland Thomas Olsson, Tampere University of Technology, Finland Tobias Nystr?m, Uppsala University, Sweden Veikko Ikonen, VTT, Finland Yuan Fu, EMMi Lab. Finland Yue Dai, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Zhiwen Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China ========================================================================================= Contact ========================================================================================= Questions concerning academic content, papers, tutorials, workshops, scientific contributions: Email: academic-mindtrek-chairs(a)listmail.tut.fi General questions concerning payments, administration, copyright forms, local arrangements, and the venue: Email: academic-mindtrek-info(a)listmail.tut.fi ========================================================================================= Submit papers here ========================================================================================= http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2013mindtrek/ ========================================================================================= Further Information ========================================================================================= http://www.academicmindtrek.org Supported by MindTrek Association, City of Tampere, Tampere University of Technology (TUT), Tampere University (UTA), Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK), Ambient Media Association (AMEA)

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