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reminder: IR14 doctoral colloquium
by Annette Markham 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Dear colleagues, A reminder that applications for participation in the doctoral colloquium are due in a couple of weeks: May 17, 2013. Original announcement below. Please forward to interested parties. This is a great opportunity to meet one-on-one and get feedback from senior scholars. Best, Annette * * * Announcing the Doctoral Colloquium at the IR14.0 conference in Denver, October 23, 2013 * * * In keeping with its commitment to students’ scholarship in the Association of Internet Researchers, the IR14.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on October 23, 2013. For many years, this pre-conference event has provided students with the opportunity to spend some hours with senior scholars talking about their research projects, addressing methodological and theoretical challenges, and getting informal advice on juggling the multiple pressures associated with job searching, publishing, and finishing the dissertation. This year, Annette Markham will coordinate the Doctoral Colloquium and will be joined by colleagues including: Tom Boellstorf, University of California, Irvine Steve Jones, University of Illinois at Chicago Mia Consalvo, Concordia University Charles Ess, University of Oslo Alice Marwick, Fordham University Michele Jackson, University of Colorado, Boulder Adrienne Russell, University of Denver Lori Kendall, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ....Others to be announced later. Details forthcoming on the IR14 conference website: http://ir14.aoir.org/ SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION If you're an interested student, you should prepare a brief application including: a) a two-page summary of your research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and primary concerns and issues; and b) A brief statement indicating why you want to participate in this doctoral colloquium and what you’d like to get out of it. Submission format: Single PDF document Submission address: amarkham(a)gmail.com Submission deadline: Friday, May 17, 2013 Applicants will be notified of acceptance by July 1, 2013. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare a four-page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 31, 2013. Feel free to contact me with questions, annette ****************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Guest and Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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Re: [Air-L] Language Online by Barton & Lee is now available
by Barton, David 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi Caroline, yes there are various eBook possibilities on the Routledge website http://bit.ly/15lGaUa including getting an electronic inspection copy of the book. Thanks, David. Professor David Barton, Director, Literacy Research Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster LA1 4YD, England. http://www.ling.lancs.ac.uk/profiles/david-barton ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:44:53 +1000 From: Caroline Polak Scowcroft <cpolakscowcroft(a)gmail.com> Subject: [Air-L] Language Online by Barton & Lee is now available I can't find an online version - seems strange - is there one? Caroline Polak Scowcroft, Cairns, Australia ------------ > Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:57:32 +0000 > From: "Barton, David" <d.barton(a)lancaster.ac.uk> > Subject: [Air-L] Language Online by Barton & Lee is now available > Language Online: Investigating Digital Texts and Practices by David > Barton and Carmen Lee, Routledge Linguistics Book of the Month, is now available! > http://bit.ly/15lGaUa > Chapters include: Ten Reasons for Studying Language Online; Acting in > a Textually-Mediated World; Taking up the Affordances of Multiple > Languages; Writing the Self Online; Stance-taking through Language and > Image; Everyday Learning Online; Researching Language Online; Flows of > Language Online and Offline.

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Re: [Air-L] Facebook, cookies and self-control?
by nativebuddha 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

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/ >> >> >> > > > -- > Deanya Lattimore > http://www.deanya.com > 573-326-9257 Google Voice; leave a message > Diigo: http://www.diigo.com/profile/deanya > Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/deanya.lattimore > Google Chat: deanyalattimore(a)gmail.com > Second Life: Deanya Zenfold > Twitter: http://twitter.com/deanya >

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Fwd: Access to tweet archives
by Sky Croeser 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi Stacy, #rbnews is very heavily used within Greece and the Greek diaspora, and even then mostly within left-wing and perhaps centre-left circles. It plays an important role in Greek news reporting (even outside radiobubble), but may not be 'popular' in the broader sense. They want the complete archives going back to the beginning of the hashtag's use, and had heard that there were commercial services which may be able to provide this. I thought perhaps some people here who are using these services for research could help. Eugenia, does the export function work just for your own account or could you do it for a hashtag also? Thanks, sky. On 30 April 2013 11:22, Stacy Blasiola <sblasi2(a)uic.edu> wrote: > Hi Sky, > > Do you mean that they want the entire archive going back, going > forward, or both? If it's going back, there's really not much you can > do about that once you hit the limit on search (7 days or X tweets; I > can't recall exactly). > > Also, do you have any idea of how popular the hashtag is? I did a > search.twitter.com on it, and it doesn't seem to be too heavily used. > I could just be wrong on that account, though, or it could be a slow > period. I donno. > > If it's not too heavily used (less than 1500 per hour), and they want > more complete archives going forward, I'd recommend they use Martin > Hawksey's TAGS http://mashe.hawksey.info/2013/02/twitter-archive-tagsv5/, > or setup the free Your Twapper Keeper if they're a bit more techy and > have some server space https://github.com/540co/yourTwapperKeeper > > No matter what they do, they like all of us, will be limited by the > Twitter API. > > Anyway, I have been reading your name all night because I'm using your > paper on DLM in something i'm working on now, so I figured it was > fateful that I respond. > > Hope your research is going well. Safe travels. > > Cheers, > Stacy > Stacy Blasiola > IGERT Fellow - Electronic Security & Privacy > JOBEM - Editorial Associate > Department of Communication > University of Illinois at Chicago > 1007 W Harrison Street, Behavioral Sciences Building > Chicago, IL 60607 > > > On Tue, Apr 30, 2013 at 2:56 AM, Sky Croeser <scroeser(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm in Athens doing some research and was interviewing some people from > > RadioBubble (http://international.radiobubble.gr/) a non-profit web > radio > > station which is providing vital coverage of the crisis, the fascist > > movement, and the antifascist movement. > > > > They've kept some archives of a hashtag they use for gathering news, > > #rbnews, but don't have the complete archives, and want them to use a > basis > > for writing an overview of the crisis. > > > > Does anyone know how they could do this for free? Like most people in > > Greece, radiobubble is hanging on by the skin of their teeth financially. > > > > Thanks, > > sky. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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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Access to tweet archives
by Sky Croeser 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Hi, I'm in Athens doing some research and was interviewing some people from RadioBubble (http://international.radiobubble.gr/) a non-profit web radio station which is providing vital coverage of the crisis, the fascist movement, and the antifascist movement. They've kept some archives of a hashtag they use for gathering news, #rbnews, but don't have the complete archives, and want them to use a basis for writing an overview of the crisis. Does anyone know how they could do this for free? Like most people in Greece, radiobubble is hanging on by the skin of their teeth financially. Thanks, sky.

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IR14.0 Travel Grant (Applications Due 14 July 2013)
by Alexander Halavais 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

In order to increase the diversity of participation in the AoIR annual Internet Research (IR) conferences, the Association of Internet Researchers makes available up to four conference fee waivers and travel stipends per year. In particular, we hope to help foster participation by scholars from South America, Africa, and the Asia / Pacific region. The number of fee waivers and travel stipends will depend first of all upon the ability of the conference budget to sustain such waivers (a judgment to be made by the AoIR Executive Committee upon the advice of the AoIR Treasurer and the local organizing committee) as well as upon the quality of the applications for fee waivers. Applications for fee waivers are invited from student or faculty authors whose paper or panel proposals have already been accepted via the AoIR IR conference reviewing process. All applications should be directed to the President of AoIR (Alex Halavais, prez(a)aoir.org) and must be received by July 15, 2013. Late applications cannot be considered. Applications should be no longer than 2 pages, and must include the following information: 1) A brief description of how the author’s presentation or contribution to the AoIR IR conference will uniquely articulate and/or represent a distinctive perspective (e.g., of persons and/or cultures) otherwise unlikely to be represented at the annual AoIR Internet Research conference. 2) An explanation of the author’s distinctive circumstances that would warrant a fee waiver, and an indication that the applicant will be able to make effective use of the funds. These may include, but are by no means limited to: * exceptionally limited financial resources (e.g., as a graduate student or scholar in a non-OECD country, as a disabled person on a limited income, etc.); * exceptional limits on institutional support otherwise normally available (e.g., travel funds, grant funds, etc.); * other exceptional circumstances that render the usual AoIR IR conference fees an insurmountable obstacle to attending the IR conference in order to present one’s own work. Applicants may also include a letter of support from someone familiar with her / his circumstances, special needs, etc. Such a letter is optional, however, not a requirement. Applications will be reviewed by the AoIR Executive Committee. Fee waivers and travel stipends of up to $500 will be awarded (to be paid out after the conference) on the basis of the Executive Committee’s collective judgment as to which presentations will make the most distinctive contribution to the AoIR IR conference. In order to respect and protect the privacy of the applicants, all Executive Committee discussions and deliberations will be held in strict confidence. The AoIR Executive Committee regretfully acknowledges that there may be more fully meritorious applications than we will be able to award and support. Nonetheless, we hope that awarded fee waivers and travel stipends will not only assist deserving scholars and researchers, but also thereby enrich the IR 14.0 conference in important new ways. Any questions may be directed to Alex Halavais (prez(a)aoir.org)

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Facebook, cookies and self-control?
by nativebuddha 30 Apr '13

30 Apr '13

Wondered what others thought about the validity of these findings: http://www.wired.com/business/2013/01/self-control-and-facebook/ -Robert

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2013 UPMARC Summer School on Multicore Computing /fw
by Sari 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Call for Participation The 2013 UPMARC Summer School on Multicore Computing this year focuses on research trends for scalable multicore programs and systemsand will take place at Uppsala University, Sweden in June 10-12, 2013. The school is subsidized by the UPMARC research programme of Uppsala University (see upmarc.se <http://upmarc.se/>). In particular, attendance of the summer school is *free*. (There is only a cancellation fee.) Courses The school consists of a number of lectures and talks from international leaders in their field: * Cristian Cadar, Imperial College Testing Your Code With Symbolic Execution * Erez Petrank, Technion — Israel Institute of Technology Concurrent Data Structures and Progress Guarantees * Jesper Larsson Träff, Vienna University of Technology Challenges in Message-Passing Interfaces for Large-Scale Parallel Systems * Madan Musuvathi, Microsoft Research Finding Race Conditions and Data Races * Margaret Martonosi, Princeton University TBA In addition, the school will include a sessions where participants can present posters and demos of their own research in the area of multicore/parallel computing. School Objective The objective of this year's summer school is to offer foundational tutorials accompanied by a selection of exiting new emerging technologies in the areas of testing for finding errors in concurrent programs, on scalable concurrent data structures, challenges in MPI for large-scale parallel systems, and on architectural trends for power-efficient multicores, all given by leading experts of the community. We aim to attract graduate students and young scientists and, through tutorials and lectures, prepare them for research on identifying and addressing fundamental challenges that will enable all programmers to leverage the potential performance from the ongoing shift to universal parallel computing. We also aim to provide a fun and stimulating environment for students to meet and establish connections with other students, world-class researchers from academia and industry, local faculty, and other senior scientists. For more information about the school, including how to register: http://upmarc.se/events/SS2013 We strongly encourage people interested in participating to register as soon as possible. Deadlines: • May 10 for Accommodation to our price. • May 30 for Registration to the Summer School. Kostis Sagonas and Roland Grönroos

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petition in support of our graduate student
by Adi Kuntsman 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

dear AoiR members Please would you take a moment to read and support this petition - it is not just any general cause, but a case of a UK based PhD student who is also a colleague and a friend of mine, Sanaz Raj, who has been treated extremely unfairly by the Institute of Communication Studies at Leeds University. Her funding was revoked and she was subjected to bullying and ongoing injustice. The link below provides a detailed account of the events. Personally, I can testify that Sanaz is a very talented and dedicated young scholar, who did not deserve the treatment she received (nor , of course, does any other student) https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/vice-chancellor-university-of-leeds-… many thanks Adi --- Dr Adi Kuntsman https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/

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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: "Deliberation, The Media and Political Talk"
by Patricia Rossini 29 Apr '13

29 Apr '13

Hi folks, I'm happy to announce Rousiley Maia's new book, now available at hampton press - http://www.hamptonpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc - and amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Deliberation-Political-International-Association-Comm… Though not directly related to internet studies, this is an interesting book for researchers interested in understanding the role of mass media in a variety of deliberative processes. See details attached. Best, -- Deliberation, the Media and Political Talk Rousiley C.M. Maia In recent years democratic theory has taken a deliberative turn and one central question that needs to be answered is how to connect face-to-face conversations and deliberations in particular forums to broader discussions in the larger society. Working within the cutting edges of deliberative theories, this book surveys the role of the mass media in the deliberative system and investigates, through a set of empirical cases, a range of key problems in the media arena: the interplay between arguing and strategic maneuvering; public demands for accountability; emotional appeal for deliberation; tensions between agonistic and diplomatic delib- eration; and the public construction of general claims. Adopting an integrative per- spective, this book also looks at how affected people use published opinions to make sense of politics and produce bottom-up reasons, in addition to media-driven or top-down discourses in the public sphere. The general aim of the book is to show that the mass media have an important place in deliberative democracy and to enrich political and media theories with new findings. INTRODUCTION. The Plan of this Book. PART I: INTEGRATING THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES ON DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY AND MEDIA STUDIES 1. DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY: APPROACHING NORMATIVE CONTROVERSIES. Classic Deliberation. What Type of Communication Is Needed for Deliberation? Should Deliberation Follow an Open Procedure of Reason-Giving Which Is Necessarily Incompatible With Self-Interest, Insincerity, Strategy and Bargaining? What Sort of Equality Is Needed for Deliberation? Is Deliberation Oriented Toward Simple Consensus, Defined as Unanimous Agreement? 2. FROM PUBLIC SPHERE TO DELIBERATIVE SYSTEM: LOCATING THE PLACE OF THE MEDIA. From Public Sphere to Deliberative System. Micro- or Macro-Deliberation? The Deliberative System. 3. THE NEWS MEDIA AS A FORUM FOR CIVIC DEBATE. The Media System. Different Kinds and Levels of Constraints Applied to the News Media as a Civic Forum. An Integrated Approach to the Media System. 4. MEDIATED DELIBERATION. What Is Mediated Deliberation? Variables to Observe and Measure in Evaluating Mediated Deliberation. PART II: MEDIATED DELIBERATION 5. THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN ARGUING AND STRATEGIC MANEUVERING: THE MEDIA DEBATE OVER THE 2005 REFERENDUM ON BANNING FIREARMS SALES. The Referendum on the Sale of Firearms in the Brazilian Democratic Context. Methodology. Participant Accessibility and Identification. Use of Arguments. Reciprocity and Responsiveness. Reflexivity and Reversibility of Opinions. Conclusion. 6. DEMANDS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY. THE MEDIA DEBATE OVER THE BUS 174 HIJACKING. The Surveillance Function of the Media and Different Dimensions of Accountability. Media Coverage of the Bus 174 Hijacking. Political Accountability . Professional Accountability. Legal Accountability . Public Debate as a Means of Activating Political Accountability. Conclusion. 7. EMOTIONAL APPEAL FOR DELIBERATION: THE HOMOEROTIC BOND IN SOAP OPERATES (Ângela C. S. Marques and Rousiley C. M. Maia). Alternative Communication Modes Triggering Self-Reflection. The Soap Operas and Stereotypes in Question: The Case Study. Methodology. “A Próxima Vitima” in Media Debate. The Two Lesbians of “Torre de Babel”. Conclusion. PART III: MEDIATED DELIBERATION AND POLITICAL TALK 8. POLITICAL TALK AND DEMOCRATIC DELIBERATION. Why Does Informal Conversation Matter for Deliberation? Why “Affected” People? Ordinary Citizens: Making Sense of Published Opinions Together. 9. DELIBERATION AND POLITICAL SOCIALIZATION: POOR WOMEN DISCUSS PUBLISHED OPINIONS ABOUT BRAZILIAN INCOME TRANSFER PROGRAMS (Ângela C. S. Marques and Rousiley C. M. Maia). Everyday Political Talk Within the Deliberative Process. Methodology. Interpretation of the Problem and Orientation of Actors Toward Mutual Understanding. The Production of Counternarratives. Disclosing Background Presuppositions. Assuming the Risk of Debating. Avoiding the Risk. Conclusion. 10. BETWEEN DIPLOMATIC AND AGONISTIC DELIBERATION: MAKING SENSE OF CHILD DOMESTIC LABOR (Danila Cal and Rousiley C. M. Maia). Diplomatic or Agonistic Deliberation? CDL and PETID’s Discourse. CDL as a Public Problem. Methodology. Contesting the Network of Media Discourses on CDL. Beyond the Media Discourses. Conclusion. 11. DELIBERATION ACROSS ARENAS? ASSESSING THE CONSTITUTION OF GENERAL CLAIMS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF LEPROSY COLONIES (Ricardo F. Mendonça and Rousiley C. M. Maia). Deliberation, Representation, and the Construction of General Claims. The Struggle of People Affected by Leprosy in Different Discursive Arenas. Conclusion. CONCLUSION. Mediated Deliberation. Mediated Deliberation and Political Talk. Patrícia Rossini patyrossini(a)gmail.com Jornalista | Doutoranda em Comunicação Social (UFMG) | Mestre em Comunicação e Sociedade (UFJF) | Pesquisadora do EME - Grupo de Estudos em Mídia e Esfera Pública. (31) 8252-6446 | (32) 8806-7216 | (32) 8864-9327

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