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CFP: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games ANZCA Pre-Conference (2 July 2013)
by Tama Leaver 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

CFP: Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games, ANZCA 2013 PreConference, 2 July 2013, Perth, Western Australia. Keynote Speaker: Mia Consalvo, Concordia University,Montreal http://about.me/miaconsalvo Plenary Speaker: John Banks, Queensland University of Technology http://www.playification.com/ Social, casual and mobile games – primarily experienced on smartphones and online social networks – are becoming increasingly ubiquitous, and in the process, changing the ways in which games are designed, understood and, most importantly, played. This preconference will explore this rapidly changing gaming landscape and discuss the ludic, methodological, theoretical, economic, social and cultural challenges that these changes invoke. Importantly, social, casual and mobile games do not exist in a vacuum, so the challenges, changes and continuities in relation to previous digital and physical games and gaming practices are also open for analysis. Topics might include, but are by no means limited to: • Design and industry shifts from traditional games to mobile and networked games • New user demographics • Virtual currencies, in-game purchases, the .99c price-point and other economic issues • Games as surveillance and the exchange of user information for game progress • Zynga: The Rise and (partial) Fall of Facebook’s Biggest Gaming Friend • Mobile Franchises: Angry Birds, Plants V Zombies, and so on. • South-East Asian and other non-Western gaming cultures • Gaming communities • Gamification - the good, the bad, and the scoreboard • Convergence and social, casual and mobile games • Edutainment • The sociality or otherwise of social games • Shifting landscape from PC and console games to social, casual and mobile games • Locative games: place and mobility Paper abstracts of no more than 500 words, or full papers of no more than 5000 words, including a brief biographic statement, using APA 6th referencing style, are due Friday, 29 March 2013 (accepted papers and abstracts will be notified by 15 April 2013), emailed to socialcasualmobile(a)gmail.com. Pre-conference papers and abstracts will not appear in the ANZCA proceedings; rather they will automatically be considered for inclusion in an edited collection on the topic Social, Casual, Mobile: Changing Games being organised concurrently with the preconference. If you do NOT want your paper or abstract considered for inclusion in this collection, please note this when emailing your submission. For more details please visit http://socialcasualmobile.blogspot.com.

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Fwd: Occupy Sandy Data and Open Data Day
by Jen Jack Gieseking 01 Feb '13

01 Feb '13

FYI for those in NYC. -- Jen Jack Gieseking, Ph.D. Visiting Assistant Research Professor, The Graduate Center of the City University of New York Project Manager, JustPublics@365 jgieseking(a)gc.cuny.edu 212.817.1839 justpublics365.commons.gc.cuny.edu/ || @justpublics365<http://www.twitter.com/justpublics365> jgieseking.org <http://www.jgieseking.org/> || @jgieseking<http://www.twitter.com/jgieseking> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Suzanne Tamang <suzanne.tamang(a)gmail.com> Date: Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:55 PM Subject: Occupy Sandy Data and Open Data Day To: "occupydata(a)lists.occupy.net" <occupydata(a)lists.occupy.net> We'll be working with Occupy Sandy to get a data set ready for the March 1/2nd Occupy Data Hackathon <http://occupydatanyc.org/>. Part of that will involve digitizing and preprocessing existing data so that we can more easily use it is a variety of analysis and visualization tools. Also, it is a big help to Occupy Sandy efforts. If you're interested in helping to prepare the data, or want to begin some exploratory work before March 1st, they'll be an Occupy Sandy Project<http://wiki.opendataday.org/NYC2013#NYC_Occupy_Sandy_Data_Project>in conjunction with International Open Data Day <http://opendataday.org/> on Feb 23rd. The goal of the 23rd is to release an open data set that can be used for the Occupy Data Hackathon, and research and activism more broadly. Please help share this info with others that might be interested. -Suzanne

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Apparently the Italian translation of Networked is out
by Barry Wellman 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

http://www.guerini.it/index.php/networked-9788881073290.html Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:@barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman MIT Press http://amzn.to/zXZg39 Print $19; Kindle $16 Old/newCybertimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8 It's still rock & roll to me ________________________________________________________________________

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CFP: ICA pre-conference on transmedia storytelling
by Indrek Ibrus 31 Jan '13

31 Jan '13

REMINDER! ONLY 4 DAYS UNTIL DEADLINE. CFP: ICA pre-conference on transmedia storytelling Title: Transmedia Storytelling: Theories, Methods and Research Strategies Time: Monday, 17 June; 08.00 – 17.00 Location: Hilton Metropole London Hotel Costs: 115.00 USD - This fee covers the pre-conference registration, two coffee breaks and a lunch. Organizers: • Carlos A. Scolari (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) • Indrek Ibrus (Tallinn University, Estonia) Sponsor • Tallinn University Baltic Film and Media School • Universitat Pompeu Fabra Website: http://ica2013transmedia.wordpress.com/ Description: Transmedia storytelling is one of the remarkable experiences emerging from the contemporary media ecology. It is a complex research object that can be approached from different perspectives: economical (diversification and cross-marketing strategies, business models, etc.), narratological (narrative structures, expansion strategies, etc.), legal (copyrights, remix cultures, etc.), sociological (audience formation, DIY and fan cultures, etc.). The main objectives of the pre-conference are to present and discuss the cutting edge studies on transmedia phenomena around the world and to consolidate an international and interdisciplinary network of transmedia researchers. Format: The pre-conference will consist of three sessions and a concluding panel of keynotes: • Session I (09.15-10.45) Political Economy of Transmedia: global and regional cross-platform industries, their diversification strategies, business models, marketing strategies, transmedia and branding, production routines, legal issues, etc. • Session II (11.00-12.30) Transmedia Narrative Worlds: semiotics of transmedia, studies of narrative structures, expansion strategies, adaptation studies, story gamification, etc. • Session III (13.30-15.00) Transmedia and audiences: studies of co-creation, user agencies, remix practices, fan cultures, etc. • Keynotes panel (15.15-17.00) Sarah Atkinson (University of Brighton) Elizabeth Evans (University of Nottingham) Göran Bolin (Södertorn University) Each session will have five papers presented based on abstracts submitted in advance. There will be a respondent for each panel, designed to facilitate dialogue and interaction. Submission Process: Scholars interested in participating in the preconference should submit abstracts of no more than 400 words to Carlos A. Scolari (carlos.scolari(a)gmail.com) and Indrek Ibrus (ibrus(a)tlu.ee) by February 4, 2013. Authors will be informed regarding acceptance / rejection for the preconference no later than February 25, 2013. Full papers will need to be submitted no later than May 15, 2013. The pre-conference will take place on June 17, 2013. Please direct queries and requests for information to carlos.scolari(a)gmail.com and ibrus(a)tlu.ee. --------------------- Dr. Indrek Ibrus Research Fellow Tallinn University, Estonian Institute of Humanities Email: indrek.ibrus(a)gmail.com Phone: +372 56978885 Recent book: "Crossmedia Innovations: Texts, Markets, Institutions". Frankfurt: Peter Lang (2012) Editors: Indrek Ibrus, Carlos A. Scolari. http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseite…

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by olalekan olagunju 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

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BWPWAP or TINNUTS - join common practice at Transmediale 2013
by wallace 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Referencing the BWPWAP theme of the Transmediale festival, this is an invitation to process/discuss/research together the idea that THERE IS NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN (TINNUTS). Join common practice at Transmediale in the green room and by: connecting to the wiki http://wiki.fantomton.de/index.php?title=Commonpractice_tinnuts and at the same time connecting to irc://irc.freenode.net/##commonpractice or joining ##commonpractice channel on freenode. Common practice is an experiment into language and code,and doing things with people, machines and software. This experiment runs for the duration of the festival and is also a beta testing of the platform which includes collaborative practices between wiki, software called IRK.a and human participants. Also see IrkaManual for mor info http://wiki.fantomton.de/index.php?title=IrkaManual. fantomton.de magda.commonpractice.org

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LIt request: how different organizations communicate
by Luis Hestres 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

Hello, Can anyone suggest some must-read literature on the link between different types of organizations and how they communicate? My particular focus is nonprofits--especially advocacy organizations--but literature that addresses this link for any type of organization and their communicative practices would be helpful. I'm interested in how an organization's history, structure, funding, core mission and functions, etc., shape how they use media (especially the Internet), what messages they put out, etc. Thanks, Luis - - - - - Luis E. Hestres Ph.D. student | School of Communication | American University More about me at luishestres.com (http://luishestres.com)

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by Cindy Hill 30 Jan '13

30 Jan '13

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CFP-Digital Ethics Symposium at Loyola University Oct 2013
by Annette Markham 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Hi All, This might be of interest to some of you, especially since accepted papers come with a small travel stipend.... *Call for papers* The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago ( digitalethics.org) will be holding its 3rd annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on October 4th, 2013. The keynote speaker will be Douglas Rushkoff. We are looking for papers on digital ethics. Topics might include privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions and digital technology, or ethical use of digital technologies in journalism, advertising and public relations. This year we are ask that full papers be submitted for review. These papers should represent original research that has not been presented or published elsewhere. Authors of accepted papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium. The author(s) of the top student paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds. Papers are due by midnight CST on April 15th, 2012, should follow APA or MLA style and be no longer than 30 pages, not including references. Authors of top papers will have the opportunity to have their work published in *Proceedings from the 3rd Annual Symposium on Digital Ethics.* Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to contact(a)digitalethics.org, and please write *Digital Ethics Symposium submission* in the subject line. You can send questions to the same email address. ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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Qualitative Research and Social Media webinar
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 29 Jan '13

29 Jan '13

Please join me for a webinar on Qualitative Research and Social Media, sponsored by the New Social Media, New Social Science project. NSMNSS is a collaboration of the Oxford Internet Institute, NatCen, and Sage Publications UK. The interactive webinar will include two presentations-- one by me and one by Kandy Woodfield, Head of Learning and Development at NatCen. There will be a panel of 3 researchers who have studied various aspects of behavior on Facebook through research conducted with interviews and observations in Facebook: Allison Deegan, Mike Behan and Dale Buckholtz. And, we will have time for your questions, examples and discussion. February 5, 2013 16:00 GMT/UTC, 17:00 CET, 12 pm EST, 11 am CST, 10 am MST and 9 am PST. Free with registration: send an email to mail to:claire.ashby@natcen.ac.uk to reserve a space and receive log-in information. See you online! Janet Janet Salmons Ph.D. Capella University School of Business and Technology and Vision2Lead, Inc. Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available: Cases in Online Interview Research PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com 303-443-3075 720-838-9615 mobile

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