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Any interest in a panel in community development with ITC's?
by Peter Timusk 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Is there anyone organizing a panel about community informatics, appropriation and economic development? Or anyone looking at age/aging and the Internet?

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What can/should computers do?
by Eric P. S. Baumer 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Hello air-l-er's, I'm looking for literature reporting on empirical investigations of perceptions about both what computers can do and what computers should do. I'm familiar with a number of philosophical pieces considering potential abilities and/or limits of computers (Turing, Minsky, Dreyfus, Weizenbaum, etc.). However, most of those are philosophical or abstract arguments made by philosophers of or researchers in artificial intelligence. I've not been able to find any work that examines lay or non-expert beliefs about either what computational systems are (not) capable of or what are (in)appropriate tasks for computational systems to perform. To sum up, here's what I'm looking for: - perceptions of computers' (suit)abilities - empirical research (not philosophical arguments) - emphasis on lay/non-expert perceptions (not researchers in AI) - bonus points if related to natural language processing - bonus points if related to political coverage, opinions, and/or bias Thanks in advance, ~Eric

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NY Times story on privacy legislation
by Charles Ess 26 Jan '13

26 Jan '13

Dear privacy wonks, I've just read a NY Times story reporting on U.S. business and governmental lobbying of the European Parliament to weaken what are characterized as current European proposals, including: "Web businesses would be unable to perform basic collecting and profiling of individual computer users unless they gave their explicit consent as part of policies that allow them to specify what kinds of information could be collected and for what purpose." As I understand it, however, the requirement for such consent is already law under the recently amended EU ePrivacy Directive. While not all websites respond this way (yet - but the law, as I understand it, allows some time for implementation), many in my experience on this side of the pond are already compliant, i.e., at first visit there is a request for consent to accept the use of cookies (e.g., most recently, at <http://ccc.ku.dk/calendar/2013/methodologies_of_mobile/>). Of course, as a philosopher, my relationship with reality, much less the U.S. and European legal systems, is a strained and tortured one, so I'm more than willing to accept that I'm wrong on one or more counts here. So help, please. Did the Times get this bit wrong? (and, gasp!) And/or - what else am I missing? 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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CFP - Digital Media and Society
by David Toews 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Call for Abstracts, deadline Jan 31 Digital Media and Society Papers are sought that illuminate the role of digital media in contemporary societies. The theoretical framework of the paper should fit recognizably within the field of sociology. It may be analytical or structural in nature (eg. network analysis) or more oriented to the phenomenology of the experience of social interactions involving digital media (eg. the analysis of interactions; the presentation of the self). Ideally all the papers, while specializing in certain areas, will demonstrate an awareness of the importance of both of these dimensions in how digital media shapes and is shaped by social life. The idea is to highlight current research, to encourage intellectual community among sociological researchers in this area, and to provide an opportunity to identify and deepen shared themes of research. Session Organizer: David Toews, PhD, York University, dtoews(a)yorku.ca Canadian Sociological Association (CSA), Annual Meeting, University of Victoria, June, 2013 To submit an abstract go to: http://www.csa-scs.ca/files/webapps/csapress/annual-conferences/call-for-pa… -- Dr. David Toews, PhD Assistant Professor Sociology Department York University 2060 Vari Hall 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario Canada M3J 1P3 Tel. 416-736-2100 ext. 60307 Fax. 416-736-5370 dtoews(a)yorku.ca Follow me on Twitter! http://twitter.com/dtoews

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CFP: PACIS 2013 IS Education and Learning Track
by Honglei Li 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

Deadline Extended to 16th Feb of PACIS ***** Apologies for cross-postings ****** *PACIS 2013 Track 17. **IS Education and Learning* The Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2013, Jeju Island, Korea, June 18-22 2013, www.pacis2013.org *Track Co-Chairs: *Honglei Li, University of Northumbria, honglei.li(a)northumbria.ac.uk Don Sheridan, University of Auckland Business School – d.sheridan(a)auckland.ac.nz *Description * *“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” -John Dewey *IS education and learning are of central importance to the overall development of IS as a field. As a young field, IS education and learning method has been growing with technologies. Various education and learning methods have been evolved since as early as 1970’s. Recently, the rapid evolution of information technologies including social networking, cloud computing, outsourcing, crowd sourcing and others, innovative teaching and learning strategies are being designed and implemented by universities in Asia and Asia pacific region. These new technologies will bring new teaching methods to IS field and provide new learning experience for IS students.** The track in IS education and learning will discuss and explore various IS education and learning methods to enhance students’ learning experience. The focus of this track is on new and innovative approaches to curriculum, course design, pedagogy, practice, and student learning experiences. We welcome high quality papers on the topics of, but not limited to, the following areas: · Curriculum innovations, design and model curricula o Active learning classrooms o Curriculum models and industry requirements · Enhancing students’ learning experiences through new technologies o Experience-oriented teaching o Technology enhanced learning experience · Pedagogical approaches and evaluation o flipped classrooms o rubric marking o team based learning o team assessment methodologies o student-peer reviews o learning analytics o formative assessment & feedback o recommender systems o tablet technologies for teaching and learning · Program assessment and accreditation issues o Evaluations of commercial and institutional applications o Assurance of learning · Work integrated learning o Cooperative work terms · Educational technologies and Web 2.0 in IS education o Social networking o virtual communities o Performance change due to new teaching technologies · Online game / simulation-based learning (G/SL) o Assessment & evaluation of G/SL · Mobile apps-based learning o Learning objects o Interactive pod/web casts o Smart phones as classroom response systems · Ethical and social issues o Privacy, security and accountability o Plagiarism · Distance education o Models for life-long learning · E-Learning and asynchronous media o Taxonomies of discourse and assessment · Blended-learning and case-based teaching · Return on Investment (ROI) for innovations in Teaching & Learning We have received many requests to extend the submission deadline for papers for PACIS 2013. We therefore decide to extend the deadline to submit papers by two weeks. We look forward to receive your paper by no later than *February 16, 2013*. Please make sure that you submit your paper(s) by this new deadline The PACIS 2013 Organizing Committee cordially invites paper submission. The PACIS 2013 will be held on 18-22 June 2013 in Jeju Island, Korea ( www.pacis2013.org) The conference location, Jeju Island, known as the "Island of the Gods," is selected as one of “New 7 Wonders of Nature ( http://www.new7wonders.com/).” PACIS 2013 participants will have the opportunity not only to build and maintain connections with IS scholars in Asian region, but also to experience the excellent natural beauty of Jeju Island. All submissions will be in English and will be double blind reviewed. The conference accepts completed research papers or research-in-progress papers. All submissions should be submitted through EasyChair system ( www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pacis2013) High quality and relevant papers from PACIS 2013 will be fast-tracked to the Special Issue of several journals, including *Information and Management, Journal of Global Information Management, Electronic Commerce Research and Applications, Information Systems Frontiers*, and *Asia Pacific Journal of Information Systems*. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: February 1, 2013; *February 16, 2013* DC Nomination Deadline: March 15, 2013; Paper Decision: April 1, 2013; DC Decision: April 15, 2013; Submission Deadline of Accepted Papers: May 1, 2013 The conference is supported by the Association for Information Systems and hosted by the Korea Society of Management Information Systems (KMIS), which is the largest IS professional institute in Korea. For more information, please visit the conference website (www.pacis2013.org) or contact program chairs: Prof. Jae-Nam Lee, Korea University Business School, isjnlee(a)korea.ac.kr Prof. Ji-Ye Mao, Renmin University of China, jiyemao(a)yahoo.com Prof. James Thong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, jthong(a)ust.hk We look forward to seeing you in Jeju Island in Korea in June 2013! -- 李红蕾 -- Dr. Honglei Li -------------------------------------------------------- Senior Lecturer in Enterprise Information Systems School of Computing, Engineering, and Information Sciences Northumbria University Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8ST Phone: +44 091 243 7830 (O) +44 0787 2653330 (M) E-mail:HongleiLi@gmail.com; Honglei.Li(a)northumbria.ac.uk Homepage: http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ceis/about/staff/honglei_li

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CfP Panel on Young Citizens
by Brian Loader 25 Jan '13

25 Jan '13

We are inviting proposal abstracts for a panel on ‘Young citizens’ socially mediated voice in a cold economic wind: bringing ‘old’ concepts of political inequality back in?’ which will take place at the ECPR General Conference, Bordeaux, 5th-7th September 2013. Deadline 1 February. If you would like to be considered please submit your proposal online at: http://new.ecpr.eu/Conferences/General/2013_Bordeaux/Default.aspx Panel Chairs: Brian Loader, Ariadne Vromen & Mike Xenos, Discussant: Michele Micheletti -- Brian D. Loader, Associate Director SATSU, Editor, Information, Communication & Society Programme Director, SPS Chair Sociology BoS Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, YORK YO10 5DD UK. Tel: +44(0)1904 432639 Fax:+44(0)1904 433043 www.york.ac.uk/satsu www.informaworld.com/ics www.york.ac.uk/sps

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Looking for SMS/web gateway
by Ryan S Eanes 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Hi all, I'm working on developing an experiment which will require the use of SMS--specifically, sending messages on a scheduled and/or random basis, collecting a response from the recipient, and then sending a follow-up message. Can anyone suggest a service, developer or piece of software that would be able to accomplish this? I have a (very small) budget, so price is a small consideration, but I'm open to any suggestions you guys might have. Thanks! Ryan -- Ryan S Eanes Media Studies PhD Student & Graduate Teaching Fellow University of Oregon School of Journalism & Communication rse(a)uoregon.edu (mailto:rse@uoregon.edu) • blogs.uoregon.edu/eanes • www.ryanean.es (http://www.ryanean.es) 1275 University of Oregon Allen Hall, Room 210 Eugene, Oregon 97403-1275

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Re: [Air-L] What can/should computers do?
by Matthew Lombard 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

*This is old now, but it might fit the bill... Nass, C., Lombard, M., Henriksen, L., & Steuer, J. (1995). Anthropocentrism and computers. Behaviour & Information Technology, 14(4), 229-238. * On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 2:35 PM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:04 AM, Eric P. S. Baumer <ericpsb(a)cornell.edu> > wrote: > >> Hello air-l-er's, > >> > >> I'm looking for literature reporting on empirical investigations of > perceptions about both what computers can do and what computers should do. > >> > >> I'm familiar with a number of philosophical pieces considering > potential abilities and/or limits of computers (Turing, Minsky, Dreyfus, > Weizenbaum, etc.). However, most of those are philosophical or abstract > arguments made by philosophers of or researchers in artificial > intelligence. I've not been able to find any work that examines lay or > non-expert beliefs about either what computational systems are (not) > capable of or what are (in)appropriate tasks for computational systems to > perform. > >> > >> To sum up, here's what I'm looking for: > >> - perceptions of computers' (suit)abilities > >> - empirical research (not philosophical arguments) > >> - emphasis on lay/non-expert perceptions (not researchers in AI) > >> - bonus points if related to natural language processing > >> - bonus points if related to political coverage, opinions, and/or bias > >> > >> Thanks in advance, > >> > >> ~Eric > >> _______________________________________________ > > >

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Re: [Air-L] Alternatives to Wolfram alpha?
by Marco Toledo Bastos 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Juliano, You might want to check Facebook Graph API. It's a bit clunky and sometimes behaves funny when extracting pages' data, but it does what you want. That's actually how Wolfram Alpha pulls the data. I posted a R script some time ago, but you can also give it a go with Python or any other language you're familiar with. Cheers, Marco

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Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration
by Fichman, Pnina 24 Jan '13

24 Jan '13

Call for Chapters: Global Wikipedia: International and cross-cultural issues in online collaboration Important dates: Proposals Submission Due: January 15, 2013 Full Chapters Due: March 15, 2013 Final Submission Due: July 1, 2013 Editors (to whom chapters should be sent and questions addressed): Pnina Fichman (fichman(a)indiana.edu) Noriko Hara (nhara(a)indiana.edu) Indiana University, Bloomington. Introduction: Wikipedia offers articles in 285 languages and more than 80% of Wikipedia articles are written in languages other than English. In addition, the English Wikipedia itself attracts users from all over the world. This global nature of Wikipedia provides a rich socio-technical environment to examine a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues. Despite the global reach of Wikipedia, most of the published works about Wikipedia are based on the English site. More research should pay attention to the global, multilingual nature of Wikipedia to gain a better understanding of online international cooperation, on one hand, and of cross-cultural variations in mass knowledge production processes and outcomes, on the other. The purpose of this book is to explore a wide range of international and cross-cultural issues as they are manifested on Wikipedia. We are particularly interested in research that takes a socio-technical perspective on the global Wikipedia and integrates social theory to explain online interactions. For example, we invite studies on online global collaboration, coordination, and conflict management in this rich socio-technical environment. We hope that these works will highlight implications for other socio-technical environments or extend the use and development of social theory. This unique publication aims to be a collection of international and cross-cultural research on the Wikipedia. We expect that this edited volume will appeal to academic researchers, graduate, and undergraduate students interested in Wikipedia and, more broadly, in social studies of information and communication technologies, as well as to Wikipedia contributors. Recommended topics: We are seeking chapters that include both empirical and conceptual work and soliciting innovative analysis of international and cross-cultural aspects of Wikipedia to be part of this book. Appropriate topics for chapters include (but are not limited to) the following list: · Case studies of Wikipedia in one of the 285 languages, with special interest in small and medium size Wikipedias; for example, focusing on policies, processes, interactions or information quality · Conflict and collaboration in editing international entries on any particular language of Wikipedia · International and cross-cultural collaboration; for example, international cooperation in fighting vandalism · Intercultural synergy across boundaries on Wikipedia or Wikimedia projects · Cross-cultural studies that compare more than one Wikipedia, for example, focusing on: · Cross-cultural comparisons of content, structures, and contributions · Comparative studies of policies, interactions, and processes · Efforts to understand similarities and differences across Wikipedia in multiple languages in user motivations, establishment and maintenance of local communities and challenges · Comparative analysis of editing policies around the globe · Information quality across two or more Wikipedia languages · Comparison of scope and representation of topics across Wikipedia in several languages · Vandalism and trolling behaviors across national and language boundaries Chapters are expected to have between 4000 and 5000 words (excluding references, figures, and tables). Only original work whose copyright is owned (or cleared) by the chapter authors and not considered for publication elsewhere can be considered for inclusion. Important dates: January 15, 2013: submit 2-3 page chapter proposals and authors’ bios (200 words) Feb 1, 2013: receive acceptance notification March 15, 2013: submit first full chapters May 15, 2013: receive reviewers’ comments July 1, 2013: submit final versions This book is scheduled to be published by Scarecrow Press. For additional information, please visit https://rowman.com/Scarecrow. Scarecrow Press is the publisher of, among other titles, Digital Media: Technological and Social Challenges of the Interactive World (2011). The publication is anticipated to be released in 2014.

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