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Last Day to Submit to Theorizing the Web: Sunday, January 6th!
by PJ Rey 05 Jan '13

05 Jan '13

Just a reminder: The abstract submission deadline for Theorizing the Web 2013 is this Sunday (January 6th, 2013)! Theorizing the Web is an annual conference that focuses specifically on major theoretical questions raised by the Web’s entrance into everyday life. We seek to bring together an inter/non-disciplinary group of scholars, journalists, artists, and commentators, and to encourage interrogations of power, social inequality, and social justice. Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability are woven throughout the conference rather than confined to specific panels. This year's conference with take place on March 1st and 2nd at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York, NY. The deadline for abstracts is January 6th, 2013; please see our Call for Papers here: http://www.theorizingtheweb.org/2013/call.html Submit your TtW abstract online: theorizingtheweb.org/submit.html More info: theorizingtheweb.org ~PJ PJ Rey Department of Sociology University of Maryland @pjrey www.pjrey.net 2112 Art-Sociology Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

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CFP: Special Issue of Future Internet - Inequalities in the Digital Environment
by roderick graham 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

Call for Papers for Special Issue of Future Internet on Inequalities in the Digital Environment The open source journal Future Internet is currently looking for papers for an issue on inequality in the online or digital environment. This is an excellent opportunity for younger scholars and also for those with research that may not fit in other journals. This special issue of Future Internet is dedicated to exploring inequalities between groups in the digital environment. The “digital environment” here refers to the social space produced through devices that allow users to go online (mobile phones, desktop computers, tablet computers, etc). Papers should explore inequalities in the digital environment between economic classes, racial groups, communities, and other types of social groups and categories. Please refer to the issue's webpage for more information as well as papers already planned for the journal: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet/special_issues/digital-inequality Contact Rod Graham (rgraham(a)ric.edu) with an idea or abstract if you have a paper that fits the theme of the special issue. Deadline for submissions is March 15th. Roderick Graham Assistant Professor of Sociology, Rhode Island College rgraham(a)ric.edu www.roderickgraham.com

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Call for Proposals for ICA Preconference on China and the New Internet World in Oxford on 14 June 2013
by William Dutton 04 Jan '13

04 Jan '13

Planning for the ICA Preconference on China and the New Internet World is progressing well. It will be held at the University of Oxford on the 14th of June, prior to the main ICA Conference in London. The programme will be open for short abstracts of proposed papers to be presented at the pre-conference, with abstracts due by 1 February 2013, and completed papers due by 1 May 2013. All abstracts should be sent to events(a)oii.ox.ac.uk. More information about the event can be found at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=555 and on the ICA Web site at: https://www.icahdq.org/conf/2013/confdescriptions.asp The preconference will flow into a joined event on the next day, Saturday 15 June, when we will be holding the Eleventh Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC11). This conference is open to a wider range of topics about the Chinese Internet, but we hope the two events will be as complementary as possible. We are also open to the submission of papers for this event. Instructions and more information about CIRC11 is available online at: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=549 Both events seek to acknowledge and critcally examine one of the most significant developments around the New Internet World, as China and Asia generally continue to shift the centre of gravity of global Internet use. Both events are being jointly organized by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) in collaboration with the Programme of Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) and the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University of Oxford, in partnership with the Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC), the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at USC, the Center for Global Communications Studies at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania, the Global Communication Research Institute at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, and the Singapore Internet Research Center at Nanyang Technological University. We are also grateful to Taylor and Francis/Routledge, for their sponsorship. William H. Dutton Professor of Internet Studies Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles', Oxford OX1 3JS UNITED KINGDOM Tel +44 (0)1865 287 210 Fax +44 (0)1865 287 211 Cell +44 (0)7768 823906 Web: http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/dutton/about/ You can access my papers on the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) at: http://ssrn.com/author=478025 Forthcoming: The Oxford Handbook of Internet Studies: http://ukcatalogue.oup.com/product/9780199589074.do

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CfP CHI 2013 Workshop on Exploring the Diversity of Families: Designing Technologies for the Contemporary Family Life
by Konstantinos Kazakos 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

Call for participation: *CHI 2013 workshop on Exploring the Diversity of Families: Designing Technologies for the Contemporary Family Life* IMPORTANT DATES: • Submission by: January 11th, 2013 • Notification of Acceptance: February 8th, 2013 • Workshop days: Sunday April 28, 2013 Website: http://www.design4diversefamilies.org/<https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=a83X0gBUoE6eefeiAo05VVE7kqSSvc8…> Contact: *design4diversefamilies(a)gmail.com* ************************** In recent years, the HCI community has expanded its interest to include exploring the role of technology within the domestic domain; particularly in the context of families and technology. Numerous studies have focused on mapping the challenges and opportunities faced in designing technologies that are appropriated to the needs of contemporary families. However, few research lines have focused on supporting families with diverse structures and situations (i.e. divorced, same-sex, dealing with death, work-related periodic separation and reunion). This workshop aims to explore the research space of family design and further our understanding of what it means to design technologies for diverse family structures. During the workshop we will readdress the meaning of a diverse family, the methods used to conduct family research as well as discuss design and evaluation techniques with a focus on user experience. This one-day workshop will bring together researchers, practitioners and designers who are interested in furthering our understanding of designing technologies for diverse families. Indicative examples of these family types include those separated by divorce, families that experience periodic transitions between being together and apart due to work-related reasons, foster and many-children families, same-sex and multicultural families as well as families experiencing chronic illnesses. During the workshop we will revisit the meaning of a diverse family, the methods used to conduct family research as well as discuss design and evaluation techniques with a focus on user experience. We invite authors to submit their *4-6 page position papers** *(in the Extended Abstract Format<https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=a83X0gBUoE6eefeiAo05VVE7kqSSvc8…> ), *video or photo essays* (up to a maximum of 2 minutes of viewable content), or *fieldwork narratives* (4-6 pages) that relate to the broad theme of diverse families and technology. Discussion topics include but are not limited to: ▪ Theoretical conceptualizations of diverse families; ▪ empirical studies within this space; ▪ methods and tools for diverse families; ▪ evaluation practices of technologies for diverse families; ▪ guidelines or lessons learned; ▪ ethical considerations. Submissions should be sent in *pdf* format to * design4diversefamilies(a)gmail.com*. Position papers will be reviewed by the organizers according to their significance, quality of presentation, as well as their potential to stimulate discussion. The accepted papers will be uploaded to the workshop's website. Please do note that all workshop participants must register for both the workshop and for at least one day of the main CHI 2013 conference. The reason for this policy is that workshops are supposed to be a part of the CHI conference, not separate events that happen to be in the same location at the same time. The intention is that people will be attending the conference as well. For some early indication on prices, please refer to last year's workshop & conference pricing: http://chi2012.acm.org/registration.shtml<https://owa.unimelb.edu.au/owa/redir.aspx?C=a83X0gBUoE6eefeiAo05VVE7kqSSvc8…> Please feel free to email us if you have any questions about the workshop. We look forward to receiving your submissions. ********************************* *Workshop Organizers* Konstantinos Kazakos, The University of Melbourne, Australia Elizabeth Bales, University of California San Diego, USA Carman Neustaedter, Simon Fraser University, Canada Svetlana Yarosh, AT&T Labs, USA Joseph ‘Jofish’ Kaye, Yahoo! Labs, USA David Kirk, Culture Lab, Newcastle University, UK ********************************* With apologies for cross-postings

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Call for Papers for RPTEL Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games
by Maiga Chang 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

[Apologies if you receive multiple times, please circulate this to your colleagues who might be interested, thank you so much.] ------- Call for Papers for RPTEL Special Issue ----------- Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games in Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning (http://www.apsce.net/RPTEL_CfP.aspx) ----------- The electronic version of this cfp can be seen at http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL-2012-SI5_PracticalEducationalGames_CFP.… Commercial games, especially Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPGs) such as World of Warcraft and EverQuest are very popular nowadays. These types of games not only have fantasy interfaces and rich storylines, but they also give the players a lot of power to control what they want to do in the game world. This freedom of choice allows players to do what they want when they want, aligning well with the constructivist paradigm of learning. This opens up a host of possibilities for using these game approaches in education to potentially improve learner’s learning experience and performance. This special issue focuses on sharing experiences and innovations in theoretical and conceptual issues related to the development of practical mobile and internet-based educational games. The aim is to provide readers with evidences and experiments that account for learners' experiences and perceptions related to knowledge and concepts acquisition through game approaches in various disciplines and domains. Guest Editors: Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) Athabasca University, Canada Dr. Ming-Puu Chen (mpchen(a)ntnu.edu.tw) National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan Suggested topics: We cordially invite authors to submit high quality manuscripts for any application domain as long as the core of the manuscript falls into the scope of the special issue: - Artificial intelligence in educational games - Educational role-playing games - Internet-based educational game development - Mobile and Internet educational game genres - Mobile augmented reality games - Mobile educational game development - Mobile role-playing learning in museums - Experiences of using mobile educational games - Experiences of using Internet-based educational games - Practical applications of mobile or Internet-based educational games - Successful cases of using educational games in informal or formal education context and settings - Not-so-successful cases and the lessons learnt Manuscript guidelines: All submissions have to follow RPTEL journal manuscript guidelines and should be submitted to guest editors via emails (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) by April 15, 2013. All submissions should be ready for double-blind review process and be reviewed by at least three reviewers. RPTEL manuscript guidelines: http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL_CfP_authorguidelines.pdf For queries, please contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com) ------------------------------------ Sincerely, Maiga Chang maiga.chang(a)gmail.com http://maiga.athabascau.ca 01, 03 '13 AM 11:10 in Edmonton --------------------------------- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Technology for Education and Learning Executive Editor, International Journal of Distance Education Technologies (EI) Associate Editor, International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design Learning Culture and Language through ICTs: Methods for Enhanced Instruction http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?ID=33419 ----------- Co-Chair of ICCE sub-conference on Digital Game and Digital Toy Enhanced Learning and Society (GTEL&S) Co-Chair of GCCCE sub-conference on Joyful Learning and Society http://www.gse.pku.edu.cn/gccce2013/gccceen.asp ----------- Guest Editor, Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning Special Issue on Practical Applications of Mobile and Internet Educational Games http://www.apsce.net/Download/RPTEL-2012-SI5_PracticalEducationalGames_CFP.… Guest Editor, International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (SSCI) Special Issue on Technology Enhanced Information Retrieval and Processing for Online Learning (Vol. 13, No. 5) http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/issue/view/54 Guest Associate Editor, IEEE Technology and Engineering Education Special Issue on Cloud Computing Technology and Applications (Vol. 7, No. 2) http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/e/sac/itee/index.php/meem/article/viewFile/252/… http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/e/sac/itee/index.php/meem/issue/view/30 --------- School of Computing and Information Systems (http://scis.athabascau.ca/) Athabasca University 1200, 10011-109 Street Edmonton, T5J-3S8 AB, Canada --------------- Phone: +1-866-916-8646 Website: http://maiga.dnsalias.org and http://maiga.athabascau.ca CV: http://scis.athabascau.ca/scis/staff/faculty.jsp?id=maigac Leave me an Audio/Video message with JoinNet (required to install in Microsoft Windows OS first) http://meeting.athabascau.ca/gotomeeting.php?u=5&c=visit JoinNet software: http://www.homemeeting.com/en_US/download_joinnet.html

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2nd CFP: CHI 2013 Workshop "Designing Gamification", deadline Jan 11
by Sebastian Deterding 03 Jan '13

03 Jan '13

## SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ## ## CHI 2013 Workshop Designing Gamification: ## ## Creating Gameful and Playful Experiences ## In recent years, gamification – the use of game design elements in non-game contexts – has seen rapid adoption in domains such as education, work, self-management, health and well-being, sustainability, or civic participation. In parallel, a growing body of research has studied its uses and effects, as well as the evaluation of game user experience in general. Yet little is known about the effective designing of gameful systems. This one-day workshop therefore convenes HCI, games, and design researchers as well as industry practitioners to take stock of current design practices and approaches to gameful systems, chart challenges, issues, and best practices, and identify key opportunities and questions for future research. You will also get to pop balloons. # Topics of Special Interest # * Postmortems, lessons learned, recurrent challenges and issues encountered in the design of gameful systems * Design models, principles, methods, tools, and evaluation methods adapted from interaction and game design * General and domain-specific constraints, opportunities, facilitating and success-critical conditions of gamification # Submission Information # We invite interested participants to submit a 3-4 page position paper in the CHI extended abstract format to Sebastian Deterding at chi2013(a)gamification-research.org. Researchers and practitioners with first-hand experience in designing a gameful system may alternatively submit a slide deck outlining their experience. For further information, see the workshop site http://gamification-research.org/chi2013/how-to-submit. Papers and slide decks will undergo a peer-jury process and 15-20 will be selected, with preference to submissions based on actual design experience. At least one author of each accepted paper needs to register for the workshop and for one or more days of the conference. # Important Dates # * Submission Deadline: January 11, 2013 * Notification of Acceptance: February 8, 2013 * Workshop: April 28, 2013

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[DE] mUXCamp - BarCamp mobile User eXperience
by Steffen Schilke 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Dear *, just wanted to let you know about an interesting BarCamp in Germany: Name: mUXCamp - mobile User eXperience BarCamp #ui #ux #usability #mobile Datum: 27.4.2013, Samstag Wo: Worms, Fachhochschule Worms, Deutschland Web: http://www.muxcamp-wo.de/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/muxcamp @mUXCamp XING: https://www.xing.com/net/muxcamp Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mUXCamp Hashtag: #mUXCamp

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FREE Webcast > Individual and Scholarly Networks > A Two-Part Seminar on Building Networks and Evaluating Network Relationships > January 22 2013
by gerrymck 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

*** Spoiler Alert > Possible Duplicate Posting *** Colleagues/ Collaborative platforms and social networking websites are becoming popular with scientists and researchers around the world: scholars can connect between institutions, countries and disciplines easily, faster and better than ever before. "The Individual and Scholarly Networks" will explore two aspects of this phenomenon; firstly, how the connections are forming, and how attitudes may change to adapt to the new environment, and, secondly, how connections can be evaluated, nuanced and measured. The seminar will take place on Tuesday, January 22nd 2013 and will be webcast live from New York, Amsterdam and Oxford. It will be split into two segments: Part 1: Building Networks | 8:00-10:00 EST / 13:00-15:00 GMT This session will focus on the ways in which these relationships are formed and maintained, and how they are changing the nature of scholarly relationships. Part 2: Evaluating Network Relationships | 10:30-12:30 EST / 15:30-17:30 GMT Altmetrics is one of the most explosive areas of interest in bibliometric analysis and is increasing in importance. This session will explore the related areas of altmetrics, contributorship and the culture of reference. SPEAKERS - Dr William Gunn, Head of Academic Outreach, Mendeley - Professor Jeremy Frey, Head of Physical Chemistry, Southampton University - Dr Heather Piwowar, Postdoc at Duke University, ImpactStory - Gregg Gordon, President and CEO, Social Science Research Network - Dr Gudmundur Thorisson, Research Associate, University of Leicester - Kelli Barr, Graduate Research Assistant, Center for Study of Interdisciplinarity, University of North Texas *SEATS ARE LIMITED > REGISTRATION REQUIRED* Link to Registration Available At http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/2013/01/free-webcast-individual-and-schol…<https://exchange.iastate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=SHcE8O6CakWvUwwscTp5XTbiI4iVv…> Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor and Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University 152 Parks Library Ames IA 50011 http://scholarship20.blogspot.com/<https://exchange.iastate.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=SHcE8O6CakWvUwwscTp5XTbiI4iVv…>

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9-13 yr olds & Social Networking
by Sally Quinn 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Hi all, I just wanted to let you all know about my latest publication which shows a relationship between SNS use and feelings of belonging to the friendship group for 9-13 yr old boys. Please have a read! http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjdp.12007/pdf Many thanks Sally Quinn PhD Researcher Department of Psychology University of York York YO10 5DD

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[JVWR] Managerial and Commercial Applications: A New Issue is published
by Tzafnat Shpak 02 Jan '13

02 Jan '13

Trouble viewing this email? Click here<http://us2.campaign-archive1.com/?u=de4fa2a435382cb1fa67cb708&id=6dc38cd878…> to view it online. [image: Journal of Virtual Worlds Research]<http://jvwresearch.org/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Annou…> Dear subscribers, We are happy to announce the new publication of The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research: *Volume 5, Number 3: Managerial & Commercial Applications* The editorial team for this issue: - *Shu Schiller*, Wright State University, USA - *Brian Mennecke*, Iowa State University, USA - *Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah*, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA Scholars and practitioners are confronted with an apparent contradiction: on the one hand, the business case for virtual worlds appears to offer great promise; while on the other hand, the observed returns and demonstrable successes are often absent or negligible. This special issue on *“managerial and commercial applications”* of virtual worlds aims to highlight research that makes a significant and novel contribution in theory and practice about virtual worlds in the business domain. In this last issue of 2012 you will find three papers on the topic, two “Assembled” papers and one “Think Piece.” Managing Editor Corner - From Orlando to Milan: Virtual Worlds Business Disillusionment<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/7031?utm_source=Jo…> Yesha Y. Sivan Research Papers - Time for a Post-Mortem?: Business Professionals’ Perspectives on the Disillusionment of Virtual Worlds<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6324?utm_source=Jo…> Patrick J. Bateman, Jacqueline C. Pike, Nicholas Berente, Sean Hansen - Training Evaluation in Virtual Worlds: Development of a Model<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6335?utm_source=Jo…> Richard N. Landers, Rachel C. Callan - Avatar Identification on a 3D Commercial Website: Gender Issues<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6321?utm_source=Jo…> Ingrid Poncin, Marion Garnier Assembled (Rush to Press Papers) - Does Loving an Avatar Threaten Real Life Marriage?<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6296?utm_source=Jo…> Richard A Kolotkin, Maggie M Williams, Casey Lloyd, Earnest W Hallford - The Cowl Makes the Monk: How Avatar Appearance and Role Labels Affect Cognition in Virtual Worlds<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6280?utm_source=Jo…> Jorge Peña, Matthew S McGlone, Joseph Sanchez “Think Pieces” - A Cross-Case Analysis of Possible Facial Emotion Extraction Methods that Could Be Used in Second Life - Pre Experimental Work<http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/index.php/jvwr/article/view/6270?utm_source=Jo…> Shahnaz Kamberi We are also happy to let you know of the following: - Our next issue *Assembled (2013) * will be led by JVWR Managing Editor Prof. Yesha Sivan, Metaverse Labs & Academic College of Tel Aviv-Yaffo, Israel - We just came back from *Orlando Augmented Reality workshop* and are already planning our next major JVWR event – in Milan, Italy. So mark your calendars around December 16-18, 2013 (http://icis2013.aisnet.org/<http://icis2013.aisnet.org/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+A…> ). - Check our web site's special page on* events<http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/2011-06-12-18-46-09?utm_source=Journal+of+…> * in our field for updates. - Review* past issues<http://jvwresearch.org/index.php/past-issues/all-issues?utm_source=Journal+…> *on our website's special *all issues cover view* page. - We welcome you to join our Facebook page 'theJVWR<https://www.facebook.com/TheJVWR?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Resea…> ' - Follow us* @theJVWR<https://twitter.com/TheJVWR?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+A…> * on Twitter - And/or subscribe to our mailing list (on the top left of http://www.jvwreserach.org<http://www.jvwreserach.org/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+A…> ). It is in the spirit of these holidays that we would like to say thank you and best wishes for 2013! May peace, prosperity, and happiness be yours throughout RL and VWs alike. *Tzafnat Shpak* Coordinating Editor *Prof. Yesha Y. Sivan* Managing Editor TheJVWR - The Journal of Virtual Worlds Research http://jvwresearch.org<http://jvwresearch.org/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Annou…> [image: Managerial and Commercial Applications Vol. 5 No. 3 Cover]<http://jvwresearch.org/?utm_source=Journal+of+Virtual+Worlds+Research+Annou…> © 2012 Journal of Virtual Worlds Research All rights reserved. -- =========== *Tzafnat Shpak* Coordinating Editor *The Journal of Virtual World Research* tzafnat.shpak(a)jvwresearch.org http://jvwresearch.org

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