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Smartphone apps & relationships
by Ramsin Dinkha 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Dear colleagues, My name is Ramsin Dinkha and I am a research assistant at the IT University of Copenhagen. WIth Nalini Kotamraju and Isabel Froes, I am working on a pilot project about smartphone apps and people's intimate relationships with them. There exists data surrounding the number of apps downloaded e.g., but not so much surrounding the manner in which we use and identify with our smartphone apps. We've also looked at the classic works around mobile devices in general (Ling, Ito, Donner, etc.), but we're looking for app-specific data and research. Therefore, if you're aware of a lead or two, please don't hesitate to contact me. Thanks for your time. Respectfully, Ramsin Dinkha Research Assistant Interaction Design Research Group IT University of Copenhagen rwdi(a)itu.dk

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CfP - Special Issue of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture
by Peaslee, Robert 17 Dec '12

17 Dec '12

Colleagues, With all due apologies for cross-posting: Call for Papers: Special Issue of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture The Host City: (Re)Locating Media Events in the Network Era Guest Editor: Robert Moses Peaslee, Texas Tech University Assistant Guest Editor: Brendan Kredell, University of Calgary As media events (Couldry, Hepp & Krotz, 2010; Dayan & Katz,1992) of all stripe proliferate around the world, a variety of stakeholdersjockey for position and advantage in the geographical and cultural contextschosen to host them. Media events, as Dayan and Katz famously characterizedthem, were defined in part by their liveness, their physical remoteness from the majority of their “audience,” their interruptive nature, and their status, nonetheless, as pre-planned (prominent examples today would include the Olympic games, the annual film festival at Cannes, the Super Bowl, and music festivals such as Chicago’s Lollapalooza). Many of these events are consistently located, well-established and have assumed a defensive position aimed at maintainingbrand identity and prestige. Others, such as the Olympics, change locations, while others (such as Austin, TX’s Fantastic Fest) are ascendant, and still others are nascent at best. Each host community, however, has a unique relationship to their event(s), and each of these relationships provides fertile ground for investigating the role of media events in promoting discourses of community identity, establishing infrastructural and externalnetworks, reifying the importance of being mediated, utilizing the "local” to speak "globally,” and a variety of other processes. This special issue of Interactions: Studies in Communication and Culture seeks research articles engaging the media events literature and investigating the relationship between event and location, between location-as-text and location-as-infrastructure, between location and audience, between location and industry, and other relevant relationships, all in the context of networked media structures. Some relevant topics areas include, but are by no means limited to: Host city branding and image management Networked media events: the impact of social media Media events and host city governance Discourses of place in the media event “Thereness” and virtuality in the media event Media events as sites of resistance Community and ritual Media events, promotion and (g)local media Fannish practices in/around the media event The political economy of the media event The audience experience: affect, memory, place Media events and mobility Comparative analyses of host cities in media event contexts Prospective authors should submit an abstract of approximately 500 words no later than January 15, 2013 to robert.peaslee(a)ttu.edu<mailto:robert.peaslee@ttu.edu>. Abstracts will be reviewed by the editors on a rolling basis until then. Those authors whose abstracts are accepted will be required to submit full articles of 6000-7000 words (inclusive of notes, appendices, and works cited) no later than March 15, 2013. Full articles will be subject to a blind peer-review process, meaning that acceptance of an abstract does not denote acceptance of the full article. We anticipate accepting approximately 12 abstracts in order to produce an issue of 6-7 articles. Any revisions required by the reviewers will be expected by mid-June in order to publish the issue in early 2014. Authors wishing to propose relevant book reviews for the issue should also submit an abstract by January 15, 2013. Questions and abstracts should be directed to robert.peaslee(a)ttu.edu<mailto:robert.peaslee@ttu.edu>. Also, anyone interested in serving as a reviewer should send a brief letter of interest along with a CV to bkredell(a)ucalgary.ca<mailto:bkredell@ucalgary.ca> Thanks and Happy Holidays! Rob ________________________________ Robert Moses Peaslee, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Journalism & Electronic Media College of Media & Communication Texas Tech University Affiliated Faculty - Institute for Hispanic and International Communication Faculty Senate - 2012–2015 TTU Campus Coordinator - Global Lens Film Series Chair - Flatland Film Festival and Series Programming Committee p: 806.834.2562 f: 806.742.1085 robert.peaslee(a)ttu.edu<mailto:robert.peaslee@ttu.edu>

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AMCIS 2013 CFP: Mini track Participation and Behaviors in Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds
by Honglei Li 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

I look forward to submission to Participation and Behaviors in Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds mini-track in AMCIS2013! First CALL FOR PAPERS Mini-Track "Participation and Behaviors in Virtual Communities and Virtual Worlds" 19th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS) August 15-17, 2013, Chicago, Illinois, USA AMCIS 2013 website http://amcis2013.aisnet.org/ Mini-Track website http://www.virtual-community.org ============================================================================ Virtual communities are collective groups of individuals who utilize computer-mediated environments to interact and pursue mutual goals. Originally starting up from grass root, virtual communities have been evolved into essential business applications in today’s blossoming internet application diffusion process during the last two decades. Starting from the original marketing and branding purpose, the virtual communities have been influencing the overall business process with organizations. The implementation of virtual communities inside a company’s intranet and extranet is wide spread in major companies. A virtual world is a computer-generated three-dimensional space where users interact with one another and with objects in the environment through their avatars. Compared to the burgeoning diffusion of virtual community applications, the virtual world technology is still in the emerging stage and its application hasn’t been very popular despite many big companies are still keeping their virtual presence in SecondLife or their individual virtual world. In both virtual communities and virtual worlds, members’ participation and behavior play crucial role in sustaining the virtual communities or virtual worlds to run. The participation and behavior in these two areas share similarities yet differences do exist due to the design and situation differences of these two virtual places. There have accumulated various theories explaining partition and behaviors in both virtual communities and virtual worlds in the last two decades. The theories such as sense of belongs, TAM, social capital have all been used to explain virtual community participation. The theory to explain virtual world behavior is relatively less compared to those of virtual communities. However, there hasn’t been an established line of theory to explain participation and behaviors of these two virtual places. The aim of this mini track aims at calling for new theories, frameworks, and integrated work to explain participation and behaviors for these two areas. This minitrack welcomes both conceptual and empirical research on virtual community and virtual world participation behavior either at the individual, group, and organizational level. Possible topics · Specific behavior patterns and characteristics of virtual community and virtual world users · Motivation for people to participate in virtual communities virtual worlds · Impact of virtual community and virtual world participation and behavior on virtual community and virtual world users’ life and work · Multi-level approach to studying the users’ behavior and participation in virtual communities and virtual worlds · Virtual community and virtual world users’ behavior impact on the business applications · Cultural factors and their impact on user’s behavior · Commentaries from specific virtual worlds · Case studies and ethernography study of virtual community and virtual world users’ behavior · Group and organizational behavior in virtual community and virtual worlds · Collaboration behavior in virtual community and virtual worlds · Financial behavior in virtual communities and virtual worlds · Difference and similarity between virtual community and virtual world behavior · Enterprise usage of virtual communities and virtual worlds -- 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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Chair/professorship in media and communication studies/digital media at Umeå University
by Patrik Svensson 16 Dec '12

16 Dec '12

Dear all, I would like to encourage you to apply for the below position. It is a full professorship in Media and Communication Studies based at the Department of Culture and Media Studies at Umeå University with a secondary affiliation with HUMlab. The professorship is part of a long-term commitment to Humanities and Information Technology (and a broadly conceived digital humanities), and there will be more positions and initiatives announced later. HUMlab is an internationally recognized meeting place for the humanities and information technology which incorporates a range of resources, faculty and initiatives. For an example of a recent activity, see http://mediaplaces2012.humlab.umu.se. A sense of perspectives (as well as recent guests) can be given by the seminar archive: http://stream.humlab.umu.se/. An important factor here is the establishment of the Umeå Arts Campus (http://www.kc.umu.se/en) and a second HUMlab facility was just built there (total lab/studio space: about 12000 sq ft). More information about the Department of Culture and Media studies can be found here: http://www.kultmed.umu.se/english/. The department has some 70 employees and brings together media and communication studies, journalism, drama, theatre and film, ethnology, history of art, cultural analysis, literary studies, and museology. The application deadline is January 14, 2013. See http://www8.umu.se/umu/aktuellt/arkiv/lediga_tjanster/311-1038-12.html#eng for the complete (and authoritative) description. This is an exciting position! Please do not hesitate to contact Kerstin Engström (Head of Department) or myself for more information. Contact information below. Patrik Patrik Svensson Director, HUMlab Chair in Digital Humanities Umeå University http://patrik.humlab.umu.se/ http://www.humlab.umu.se/en Professor for Media and Communication Studies The Department of Culture and Media Studies is part of the Umeå University Faculty of Arts and is host to approximately 70 employees. A unique combination of subject areas makes the department a creative environment for meetings and collaboration between culture, art, literature and communication. We carry out research and education within the subject areas of media and communication studies, journalism, drama, theatre and film, ethnology, history of art, cultural analysis, literary studies, and museology. Departmental research within the discipline of media and communication studies is focused upon the relationship of media and journalism to sociological and cultural issues such as gender and ethnicity, risk, sustainable development, the aging population, school, disabilities, surveillance and crime. Other research areas include digital media and citizen participation; communication of science, technology and environment (VTM); news management and photo journalism. The Department provides seven renowned professional programmes with many students. We educate strategic communicators; journalists with specialisations in culture, scientific or sports journalism; culture analysts; culture entrepreneurs and scriptwriters, as well as for work within the museum and cultural heritage sector. The appointment is a part of the Faculty of Arts' long-term investment in the Humanities and Information Technology (digital humanities) as research areas. Therefore applicants whose research relates to issues within media and communication studies relating to digital media and expressions will be prioritised. We are looking for a person with the commitment and ability to drive the development of the research and education environment within the subject of Media and Communication Studies. As part of the appointment, there is an emphasis upon individual research and research group leadership. In addition to developing personal research, the applicant is expected to initiate and lead research projects and applications, and to supervise Ph.D. candidates. The applicant will also be expected to take chief responsibility for advanced seminars. A certain amount of teaching at both first-cycle and third-cycle education can occur. HUMlab is the meeting place for Humanities, Culture and Information Technology at Umeå University. It offers an internationally strong environment and infrastructure for research and development within the area. The appointed will have his/her main basis in the Department, but also a secondary affiliation with the HUMlab. A long-term strengthening of research is highly prioritised at the Faculty of Arts. Therefore academic skills, the ability for independence and analytical work, in addition to initiating research and work within research groups, are important factors for the appointment. Further requirements include documented pedagogical skills and solid experience of teaching and supervision at both first and third-cycle level. Great emphasis is also placed upon cooperation and leadership skills, administration abilities and the ability to work with external partners within society and industry. This includes the task of informing about research. Additionally, the ability to teach either in Swedish or English is a requirement for the appointment. If the person offered the position does not have a command of Swedish upon appointment, after a few years he/she must be prepared to take on board administrative and pedagogical tasks that require the ability to communicate in Swedish. To be eligible for the position as professor the applicant must have proven both academic and pedagogic capabilities and competence as reader within media and communication studies or an equivalent relevant subject (for further information see Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 4 Section 3 in addition to the Umeå University Appointment Rules for teachers at Umeå University), see www.umu.se/digitalAssets/86/86755_anstllningsordning-fr-lrare-vid-ume-unive… Greatest importance will be attached to the evaluation criteria of academic capability and research initiation and leadership. Great emphasis is also placed upon pedagogic competence. In addition to this, other evaluation criteria are attached, such as cooperation and leadership skills, administrative competence and the ability to work with the surrounding community. The appointment is located in Umeå and high attendance at the department is a requirement. Access upon agreement. The application should be formed in accordance with the directions set out by the Faculty of Arts. www.humfak.umu.se/digitalAssets/99/99436_98894_humanistiska-fakultetens-ans… The application may be submitted either electronically (.pdf or Word format) or in paper form (3 copies). Additional information is available from the Head of Department, Kerstin Engström tel. +46 (0) 90 786 69 29, e-mail kerstin.engstrom(a)kultmed.umu.se. Contact person from HUMlab: Director Patrik Svensson, patrik.svensson(a)humlab.umu.se. Union information is available from SACO, +46-(0)90-786 53 65, SEKO, +46-(0)90-786 52 96 and ST, +46-(0)90-786 54 31. Your complete application, marked with reference number 311-1027-12, should be sent to jobb(a)umu.se (state the reference number as subject) or to the Registrar, Umeå University, SE-901 87 Umeå, Sweden to arrive 14 January 2013 at the latest. We look forward to receiving your application!

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CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS
by Hakikur Rahman 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

CALL FOR BOOK VOLUME PROPOSALS: ADVANCES IN SOCIAL NETWORKING AND ONLINE COMMUNITIES (ASNOC) BOOK SERIES http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/867 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Hakikur Rahman PUBLISHER: IGI Global <http://www.igi-global.com > LETTER FROM THE EDITOR: The ASNOC is an international book series that publishes high-quality original research about online knowledge communities and social networks. This book series calls for knowledge based belonging to advancement on information science, knowledge communication and knowledge management. This series will cover, but not limited to knowledge management, knowledge communications, knowledge economy, organizational development, organizational well-being, information society, information dynamics, information processing, information retrieval, information dissemination, digital divide, grass-roots communities, developing countries, mobile computing, e-governance, e-commerce, e-society, e-business and e-applications. This book series will try to establish innovative model of approaches in understanding the dynamics of knowledge communication, drawing upon knowledge gains from the various branches of information science and the cognitive arena. It will also promote a systemic focus on the communication process underlying knowledge transmission, within the broader framework of the knowledge-based economy. By becoming a contributor to the Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities (ASNOC) Book Series, you will be granted an opportunity that a few have ever achieved; and at the same time - your work will be showcased in a collection that finds wide acceptance by both libraries and international indices, - a diverse international editorial advisory board will support it, and - as major audience of books under this book series will be comprised of academics, scientists, technologists, and policy makers, it is highly likely that your edited book will be used as guide in the national and regional development processes reinforcing different tiers of knowledge implementations, including instructional material in the HEIs. We welcome you to consider submitting your research to this series in hopes of providing the field of E-Government with collections of pivotal applications, methods and technologies. EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD: Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities (ASNOC) Book Series Editor-in-Chief: Hakikur Rahman, SchoolNet Foundation, Bangladesh Associate Editors: Baanda A. Salim, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania A.V.Senthil Kumar, CMS College of Science and Commerce, India Yanbo J. Wang, The University of Liverpool, UK International Editorial Advisory Board: Anne-Marie Oostveen, Oxford Internet Institute, UK James Piecowye, Zayed University, Dubai Ali Serhan Koyuncugil, Capital Markets Board of Turkey, Turkey Robert A. Cropf, Saint Louis University, USA Arla Juntunen, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland Deborah L. Wheeler, United States Naval Academy, USA Vincenzo Ambriola, University of Pisa, Italy Tsegaye Tadesse, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA Alemayehu Molla, RMIT University, Australia Subhajit Basu, Queen's University, UK Claude Ghaoui, Liverpool John Moores University, UK Teresa Sancho Vinuesa, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain Lucas Walsh, Deakin University, Australia Agusti Cerrillo Martinez, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Spain NEXT SUBMISSION DUE DATE: DECEMBER 30, 2012 MISSION OF AKCSN: The Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities (ASNOC) Book Series is a multi-disciplinary international book series that aims to publish high-quality, original research about knowledge management. The ASNOC will provide an analytical approach to the holistic situation of the newly emerging knowledge dynamics featuring innovation in knowledge acquisition, knowledge communication and knowledge management focusing upon the concepts of the knowledge communities and social networks. COVERAGE of AKCSN: The coverage of ASNOC Book Series is international and diversified, but specifically focused on original research in knowledge communications, social networking, knowledge management, and organizational management. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following topics: Knowledge Management and Business Improvement Organizational Management and Organizational Well-being Knowledge as Capacity for Action Knowledge as a Symbol/Model of Development Knowledge as an Empirical Problem Solving Tool Agent-mediated Knowledge Management The Framework of a Pragmatic Conception of Knowledge Knowledge as a Competitive Force Flourishing Knowledge Creation Environments Measuring and Evaluating Knowledge Assets Technology Orientation and Capitalization of Knowledge Current State and Future Development of the Institutional Knowledge Management Knowledge Management Practices and Future Perspectives Challenges of Knowledge Management and Organizational Development Methods, Measures and Instruments of Knowledge Management Conceptual Role of ICTs in Knowledge Communication and Management Organizational Knowledge Communication and Knowledge Transfer as the Focal Point of Knowledge Management Distributed Knowledge Management Business Cases and Experiences Knowledge Management System Architectures, Infrastructure and Middleware Strategic Management and Business Process Analysis Networks as Institutionalized Intermediaries of KC Organizational Knowledge Communication Communication of Knowledge in Organizations Knowledge Communication and the Role of Communities and Social Networks General Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities Importance and Role of Knowledge Communities in R&D and Innovative Knowledge Creation Supporting Virtual Communities of Practice and Interest Networks Methodologies to Analyze, Design and Deploy Distributed Knowledge Management Solutions Social Models to Design and Support Knowledge Intensive Collaborative Processes Meta-data Representation and Management (e.g., semantic-based coordination mechanisms, use of ontologies, etc.) Knowledge Acquisition Systems and Networks Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking of Deployed Systems Networks and Knowledge Communication in R&D Environments Communication and Management of Knowledge in R&D Networks Application of Social Network Analysis as a Knowledge Management Tool Leveraging Knowledge Communication Networks Approaches to Interpretations and Interventions Whole-Network Properties and Knowledge Communication Knowledge Communication and Impact of Network Structures Roles and Positional Models of Knowledge Communication Networks Leveraging Knowledge Communication in Social Networks Epistemology of Knowledge Society Citizens eParticipation in Local Decision-Making Processes eCapacity Building Programmes to Ensure Digital Cohesion and Improved eGovernment Performance at Local Level Broadband Infrastructure and the New Wireless Network Solutions Local eGovernment Interoperability and security Generation of Municipal Services in Multi-Channel Environments Introduction to Mobile Computing Business Process Modeling Information and Data Management Communication and Agent Technology Best Practices for Mobile Computing Information Policy Overview Communications and the Internet Knowledge Chains Community Practices Learning Utilities Advanced Researches in Knowledge Communities SUBMITTING TO ASNOC: Prospective authors should note that only original and previously unpublished manuscripts will be considered. Final decision regarding acceptance/revision/rejection will be based on the reviews and assessment of the publisher, IGI Global. All submissions must be forwarded electronically to email(a)hakik.org by ****** NO LATER THAN DECEMBER 30, 2012 (it is a progressive call, and you may request for an extension) ****** PROSPECTUS SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Your 5-10 page (not including your CV) book prospectus should contain the following information: 1. 3-5 SUGGESTED TITLES for your proposed publication 2. A SYNOPSIS of your proposed publication, including a concise DEFINITION of the subject area 3. INTRODUCTION TO THE SUBJECT AREA 4. 5-10 INDEXING KEYWORDS for your proposed subject area 5. Overall OBJECTIVES AND MISSION of your proposed publication 6. SCHOLARLY VALUE AND POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION to information science, technology and management literature 7. PURPOSE AND POTENTIAL IMPACT on your field of research 8. UNIQUE CHARACTERISTICS of your proposed publication 9. PROSPECTIVE AUDIENCE for such a publication 10. POTENTIAL BENEFITS readers will gain from your proposed publication 11. EXISTING COMPETING PUBLICATIONS and their advantages and disadvantages in comparison to your proposed publication 12. TENTATIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS 13. PROJECTED TOTAL PAGE/WORD COUNT for proposed publication 14. TENTATIVE TIMETABLE for the entire project 15. POTENTIAL CHANNELS OF CALL DISTRIBUTION for the procurement of submissions and contacts (List-Servs, Universities, etc.) 16. COMPLETE MAILING ADDRESS, phone, fax and e-mail information FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR 17. A COPY OF YOUR VITAE, listing education and publication records FOR EACH EDITOR/AUTHOR ABOUT THE PUBLISHER: The Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities (ASNOC) Book Series is published by IGI Global, publisher of the Information Science Reference, Medical Information Science Reference, Business Science Reference, and Engineering Science Reference imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. Please forward proposals and submission inquiries to: Hakikur Rahman Editor-in-Chief Advances in Social Networking and Online Communities (ASNOC) Book Series http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/867 Email: email(a)hakik.org

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Information
by Mustapha B.Gana 15 Dec '12

15 Dec '12

Hello, I am a PhD student at the Usmanu Danfodio University Sokoto Nigeria. I am writing my Thesis on Utilization of Internet-Based Computer-Related Technology Among Nigerian Counselors: Implications for Counseling. I am writing my literature review however, I could'nt find any relevant academic articles. Can you please recommend me some relevant academic articles, book chapters etc. Thank you. Mustapha Bukar Gana

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Call for Workshops
by Lee Humphreys 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

I am co-organizing the workshops for ICWSM and am particularly interested in getting more social scientists involved in the event. The call is below. Please consider submitting. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. Sincerely, Lee Lee Humphreys, PhD Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Cornell University Call for Workshops Workshops at the Seventh International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media Cambridge, MA, July 8-11 2013 (http://www.icwsm.org/2013/) Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence • Submission Deadline: January 9, 2013 • Submission Site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icwsm20013workshops The ICWSM-13 Committee invites proposals for Workshops Day at the Seventh International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media (ICWSM-13). The Workshops Day will be held on the last day of the conference on July 11, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Workshop participants will have the opportunity to meet and discuss issues with a selected focus — providing an informal setting for active exchange among social scientists, computer scientists, and other researchers and developers. Members of all segments of the social media research community are encouraged to submit proposals. To foster interaction and exchange of ideas, the workshops will be kept small, with 25–50 participants. Attendance is limited to active participants only. The format of workshops will be determined by their organizers, who are encouraged to avoid a mini-conference format that is dominated by long talks and short discussions. Instead, the organizers should leave ample time for discussions and interaction between the participants, and should encourage the submission and presentation of position papers that discuss new research ideas. Workshops can be a half-day or full-day in length. A half-day workshop is assumed unless you specify otherwise in your proposal. Proposal Content Proposals for workshops should be no more than three (3) pages in length, and should contain the following: • A description of the workshop topic. Identify the specific issues and research questions the workshop will focus on. • A brief discussion of why the topic is of particular interest at this time and a list of proposed workshop activities that distinguish it from a mini-conference (e.g. games, brainstorming, etc). • A list of related workshops held previously at related conferences and a brief statement on how the proposed workshop differs from or how it follows-up on work presented at previous workshops. • A brief description of the proposed workshop format, regarding the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussion. • An indication as to whether the workshop should be considered for a half-day or full-day meeting. • The names and full contact information (email and postal addresses, fax and phone numbers) of the organizing committee — three or four people knowledgeable in the field — and short descriptions of their relevant expertise. (Please specify main contact.) Strong proposals include organizers who bring differing perspectives to the workshop topic and who are actively connected to the communities of potential participants. • A list of potential attendees. Workshops are an excellent forum for exploring emerging approaches and task areas, for bridging the gaps between the social science and technology fields or between subfields of social media research, for elucidating the results of exploratory research, or for critiquing existing approaches. Because workshops are intended for focused exploration of special topics, topics that are already the subject of regular meetings are not appropriate. Workshop Organization Workshop organizers will be responsible for the following: • Producing a call for submissions/participation. The call for papers is due January 18, 2013; due to the short turnaround time, you should create a draft in tandem with your proposal. Organizers are responsible for additional publicity such as distributing the call to relevant newsgroups and electronic mailing lists, and especially to potential audiences from outside the ICWSM community. Organizers are encouraged to maintain their own web site. • Selecting participants. Workshop attendance is by invitation of the organizers. Selection of attendees will be made by the organizers on the basis of submissions due March 18, 2013. Workshop organizers will need to provide ICWSM-13 with a preliminary list of the participants on April 1, 2013. • Coordinating the production of the workshop papers and abstracts. AAAI coordinates the collection, production, and distribution of the technical reports or working notes for the workshops. Workshop papers and abstracts must be received by AAAI no later than April 1, 2013, and volumes are limited to a total of 200 pages. Workshop organizers who want to publish the papers from their workshop (or significant portions of it) will have the opportunity to do so through the AAAI Press. The Press (which retains the right of first refusal to publish) will furnish details of its program to interested organizers and authors. ICWSM will provide logistical support, and meeting places for the workshops, and will determine the dates and times of the workshops. ICWSM reserves the right to drop any workshop if the organizers miss the above deadlines. Workshops are not to be used as a vehicle for marketing products. A reduced workshop registration fee will be offered to ICWSM-13 technical program registrants. Submission Deadline Proposals must be received by January 9, 2013. Decisions about the Workshops Day program will be made by January 16, 2013. Submissions must be in PDF format and can be made via the EasyChair conference system Important Dates • Submission Deadline: January 9, 2013 • Workshop Acceptance: January 16, 2013 • Workshop Paper Submission: March 1, 2013 • Workshop Paper Acceptance Notification: March 18, 2013 • Workshop Final Camera-Ready Paper Due: April 1, 2013 • ICWSM-13 Workshops Day: July 11, 2013

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CFP Protest and the Media, 12 & 13 June 2013, University of Westminster
by Anastasia Kavada 14 Dec '12

14 Dec '12

CALL FOR PAPERS Conference: 'Protest and the Media' Date: 12 and 13 June 2013 Venue: University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 5LS The 5th Annual Conference of the Department of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University Westminster, held in association with the British Journalism Review, will focus on 'Protest Movements, Free Speech and the Media'. Confirmed speakers include: - Lance W. Bennett, Professor of Political Science, Ruddick C. Lawrence Professor of Communication,and Director of the Center for Communication and Civic Engagement, University of Washington - Nick Couldry, Professor of Media and Communications and Director of the Goldsmiths Centre for the Study of Global Media and Democracy, Goldsmiths College The recent wave of protests sweeping both authoritarian regimes and Western liberal democracies has highlighted the close interconnections between media and protest, particularly in times of economic hardship. New forms of social media can disrupt constraints placed on traditional sources of information and public debate, whether through state intervention or monopolistic private ownership, and in theory provide platforms for a multiplicity of voices. Going beyond the hype surrounding 'Twitter' or 'Facebook' revolutions, this year's conference will look at the role of media in representing and promoting protest and dissent. It will explore how contemporary media can shape practices of organizing, decision-making and mobilisation, change the focus of public debate, and influence the structure of protest movements and their capacity for social and political change. Our focus is not confined solely to recent protests or to new media. Instead, we aim to situate current movements such as Occupy or the movements of the Arab Spring within broader trajectories of protest with papers examining the role of media in past mobilizations. We also seek to investigate the plurality of media used in protest, both new and old, mainstream and alternative, digital, analogue and paper-based. We welcome a variety of approaches and topics which may include, but are not limited to, the following: * Media representations of protest * Media surveillance, censorship and repression of dissent * Media and the global diffusion of protest * The interaction between alternative/ citizen journalism and mainstream media * The interface between protest movements and journalists * The role of mediated communication in the organizing and decision-making practices of protest movements * Protest movements and their use of the media to appeal to the state * Comparisons between the role of the media in current and past protest movements * The impact of the media on protest movements' capacity for social and political change PROGRAMME AND REGISTRATION The conference will take place on Wednesday 12 and Thursday 13 June 2013. The fee for registration will be £195 with a concessionary rate of £99 for students, to cover all conference documentation, refreshments, lunches, wine reception and administration costs. Registration will open in March 2013. DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS The deadline for abstracts is Monday 4 February 2013. Successful applicants will be notified by Monday 18 February 2013. Abstracts should be 250 words long. They must include the presenter's name, affiliation, email and postal address, together with the title of the paper. Please send abstracts to Helen Cohen at journalism(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:journalism@westminster.ac.uk> The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW.

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Call: ESA 2013 - RN18: Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change
by Christian Fuchs 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

European Sociological Association 2013 Conference: Crisis, Critique and Change August 28-31, 2013. Torino, Italy http://www.esa11thconference.eu Full CfP http://www.esa11thconference.eu/media/1/download Call for Abstracts by Research Network 18 - Sociology of Communications and Media Research: Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change Coordinator: Christian Fuchs <christian.fuchs(a)ut.at> Communication, Crisis, Critique and Change http://www.esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN18 https://www.facebook.com/events/450441271689391/ Abstracts should not exceed 1750 characters (including spaces, approximately 250 words). Each paper session will have the duration of 1.5 hours. Normally sessions will include 4 papers. For submission, please use the form that shows up when clicking on the links next to the session titles on http://www.esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN18 Abstracts can only be submitted online no later than 1st of February 2013 to the submission platform hosted on the conference website. Abstracts sent by email cannot be accepted. ESA RN18 focuses in its conference stream on the discussion of how crisis, critque and societal changes shape the study of media, communication & society today. The overall questions we want to address are: * Which crises (including the fnancial and economic crisis of capitalism, global wars and conflicts, ecological crisis, the crisis of democracy, legitimation crisis, etc) are we experiencing today and how do they influence media and communication in contemporary society? * What are the major changes of society, the media, and communication that we are experiencing today? * What forms of political critique (political movements) and academic critique (critical studies, critical media sociology, critical theory, etc) are emerging today and are needed for interpreting and changing media, communication and society? ESA RN18 is calling for both general submissions on “Communicaton, Crisis, Critique and Change” that address these questions as wellas more specific submissions that address a number of specific session topics. For detailed session descriptions, please see http://www.esa11thconference.eu/call-for-papers/research-networks/RN18 01RN18. Capitalism, Communication, Crisis & Critique Today This session focuses on how to critically study the connection of capitalism and communication in times of crisis. 02RN18. Communication, Crisis and Change in Europe This session focuses on media and communicaton in Europe in times of crisis and change. We are especially interested in presentations that cover Europe as a whole and go beyond single-country studies 03RN18. Knowledge Labour in the Media and Communication Industries in Times of Crisis 04RN18. Critical Social Theory and the Media: Studying Media, Communication and Society Critically 05RN18. Sociology of Communications and Media Research (open) 06JS18. RN18 Joint session with RN06 Critical Political Economy Critical Political Economy of the Media and Communication in Times of Capitalist Crisis and Change (Chairs: Ian Bruff & Christian Fuchs) 18JS29. RN18 Joint session with RN29 Social Theory Social Theory and Media Sociology Today (Chairs: George Pleios and Csaba Szalo)

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CfP: Social Transformations and the Digital Age
by Delia Dumitrica 13 Dec '12

13 Dec '12

Call for Panels and Papers WORLD SOCIAL SCIENCE FORUM Montréal, Canada 13‐15 October 2013 Social Transformations and the Digital Age http://wssf2013.org/ The International Social Science Councils 2nd World Social Science Forum (WSSF) will take place on 13‐15 October, 2013 in Montréal, Canada.The theme and focus for the 2013 Forum is Social Transformations and the Digital Age. The Forum will include plenary presentation/discussion sessions, and parallel panel presentations/discussion sessions. The conference organizers welcome suggestions for alternative or hybrid forms of presentation that take advantage of the features of digital technologies. Queries on procedures and processes should be sent to: info(a)wssf2013.org Deadlines 1. The proposal deadline is 15 January 2013. 2. Applicants will be notified of decisions by April 2013. 3. Successful applicants are expected to provide an extended abstract (2,000 words) to the ISSC no later than 9 September 2013 The role of digital technologies in nearly all aspects of life most notably in the form of social media ‐‐has been a constant news focus in recent years, and it has also become a major focus of social research. As far as social media are concerned, popular and scholarly accounts about their participatory and transformative potential are usually enthusiastic. Twitter, Facebook, Wikipedia and Wikileaks are lauded for their capacity to harness peoples creativity and knowledge, and for their potential to challenge traditional hierarchies in politics, science, and the media. It is claimed these web‐based applications have facilitated political uprisings, the solution of scientific problems, and the emergence of hitherto undiscovered talents in music and the arts. Some more critical voices question the validity of such claims, pointing to the dangers of hoax, misinformation, dependency, narcissism, and the loss of privacy. Yet digital technologies reach far beyond the current social media proliferation: in the form of computers and the networks enabling them to communicate with one another they have been in use for decades, and have affected nearly all areas of society, politics, and the economy. They have changed how people think about themselves, how work is organized, how knowledge is produced, and how access to information is regulated. Education, healthcare, shopping, agriculture, finance, security, leisure have all been deeply affected by information and communication technologies. During the 2013 World Social Science Forum in Montréal, scholars from across the disciplines and across the world will come together to address the ways in which digital technologies are being developed and used, and (First major focus area) how they are transforming different spheres of social life and (Second major focus area) how they are transforming the social sciences. Contributions will address these two overarching themes (see examples of possible foci below). Insights from all disciplines are required to understand these complex changes, and contributions from across the social sciences, from the humanities, and from natural and medical sciences (e.g. the science, technology, engineering and medicine disciplines) are encouraged. The WSSF will address positive uses of digital technologies, but will also pay attention to the negative and potentially dangerous uses and consequences, and to the unintended and ambivalent outcomes. Four assumptions underpin the conference ambitions: 1). Technology matters. How does the design of technology affect possibilities for engagement and participation by different groups within society? Digital technologies are not magic boxes they have been designed (though not always deliberately) to facilitate some forms of interaction and to make others more difficult. 2). History matters. What can we learn from previous socio‐technical transformations? Digital technologies have been accompanied by promises that they would eliminate repetitive, boring and tedious work, and would improve access to information and entertainment, as well as the quality of social justice and democracy. Many of these same hopes and fears were expressed in relation to the printing press, telegraph and television. 3). Methods and theories matter. How do digital technologies affect the ways in which researchers define categories, record data, and conduct their analyses? What does this mean for the research questions That can be asked as well as the answers that can be given. Digital technologies open up new possibilities for interdisciplinary and international collaboration, and for new forms of engagement with stakeholders. 4). Individuals and communities matter. The means by which individuals and communities think about themselves and construct their identities and activities are being reconfigured in the digital age. Is this this assumption valid? Are individuals and communities also influencing digital developments? What kinds of technologies can be developed to support the needs of people today and in the future? First major focus area: 1. Digital technologies ↔ Social life What kinds of social transformations are being brought about by the widespread diffusion of digital technologies? The first theme explores the many ways in which digital technologies are affecting how people work, live, and play. It also raises the question of how digital technologies shape what we perceive as being social challenges and imperatives. Digital technologies, and their uses by individuals, organizations and governments, are of enormous interest to scholars across the social sciences as objects of research. The time spent in front of a screen or peering intently at a smaller, handheld device affects not only how people interact with machines and with one another but also influences the development of ones own identity. Concerns are expressed about declining attention spans, and changes to the wiring of the brain. On the other hand, children and adults have access to an enormous range of educational material that was unimaginable a generation ago. What do these changes mean for our lives as social beings? Do online interactions facilitate the emergence of multiple identities where authenticity is elusive, or does the possibility to track oneself and others across multiple domains result in a more integrated self, from which one may never be able to escape? How have digital technologies been taken up in the organization of economic life, facilitating new forms of work, new divisions of labour, new forms of financing? Was the Arab Spring really the Facebook and Twitter revolution? Can digital technologies contribute to the creation of a sustainable environment, or is our pursuit of ever‐newer devices part of the problem? Digital technologies raise profound challenges to what we consider to be public and private. Who has the right to see our online material? Who can profit from it? Legal, ethical and regulatory questions abound, for governments and for corporations. Possible sub‐themes to be addressed include the following: The digital and the human: cyborgs, post‐humans, human enhancement The power of Global Markets: nano‐second transactions and social governance Digital identities: digital natives, digital immigrants, digital outcasts Cultural diversity within a globalized media environment Family, community and social movements E‐Knowledge as global commons? E‐commerce: new forms of work, free labour, pro‐sumption Creativity in industry and the arts Time, work and leisure Education, literacy and skills Environment & sustainability Cyberpolitics: democracy, empowerment and engagement Sexual politics, pornography and human slavery Media convergence: regulation and control War, terrorism and conflict Imagining a cyber‐dystopia Health and well‐being Poverty and inequality: digital and other divides Surveillance, privacy and security Representations of digital technologies in film & fiction Code: Human‐computer interaction/design of hardware and software Hacking and gaming Other Second major focus area: 2. Digital technologies ↔ social science (and other disciplines) How do digital technologies affect the production of knowledge in the social sciences, and in other knowledge domains? The second theme addresses the ways in which the availability of large‐scale data, immense computational power, and collaborative tools all affect the ways in which scientists and scholars relate to each other, to their data and sources, to publishers and libraries, and to funders, and to the wider public. Social media are both generative and challenging of different forms of knowledge production and the authority it commands. Digital technologies allow new fields and research practices to emerge, they offer fascinating new ways to represent data and outputs, resulting in new forms of peer review, enhanced publications, and new ways of communicating with stakeholders. In order to take advantage of the many opportunities offered, social scientists are increasingly working across the disciplines, with computer scientists and information specialists in particular, but also with others. Digital technologies also offer new ways for researchers themselves to be evaluated and monitored. Information and knowledge have become important markers of the late 20th century transition to what many see as a new economic mode or regime. Digital technologies have become essential not only to the ways in which people live their daily lives, but also to the ways in which information and knowledge are collected, stored, analysed and distributed in different domains. The production of data is not only important for the production of formalized, codified knowledge, such as in science and medicine, but also for the smooth running of economic and political systems. Sometimes the provision of information and the generation and sharing of knowledge are the result of conscious choices, as when people engage in political debate online or provide details of migratory birds; and sometimes it is a by‐product of other activities, as when people buy products online, leaving traces of their search and purchasing activities. Is this data open to researchers, under what conditions? Is Big Data changing how we define and understand expertise and knowledge? When aggregated, such data can become formalized, codified, and commodified; and in the process become of great interest to researchers in the public and private sectors. Possible sub‐themes to be addressed include the following: Citizen science: engagement and expertise Big data: end of theory? Computational (social) science: ways of knowing Visualization of data and results Libraries and archives Collaboration across disciplines and across distance Impact, evaluation & accountability Ethics of e‐research Scholarly publishing: does it have a future? Open access/open source/open peer review Science and research policy Commodifying data and research Changing research practices Other Dr. Delia Dumitrica Department of Communication and Culture University of Calgary

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