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Online adjudication?
by Charles Ess 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

Dear AoIRists, On behalf of a legal scholar colleague who is interested in recent developments in online adjudication, including efforts at e-rulemaking, online dispute resolution, e-petitioning, and other forms of e-participation as both implementations of and improvements on some version of Habermas's more recent (2006) theory of adjudication - specifically: Sturm¹s concept of multi-partiality ( Sturm and Gadlin, 2007, Conflict Resolution and Systemic Change, Journal of Dispute Resolution, Vol. 2007:3, pp. 1 63.) And recent works by Claudia Landwehr, 2010, Discourse and Coordination: Modes of Interaction and their Roles in Political Decision-Making, The Journal of Political Philosophy, Vol. 18:1, pp. 10122; and Landwehr and Holzinger, 2010, Institutional Determinants of Deliberative Interaction, European Political Science Review, vol. 2:3, pp. 373400. -- suggestions and tips for either additional resources along these lines, and/or any research groups or centers that may also be focusing on these threads of scholarship and research? As always, many thanks in advance, - charles Associate Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo P.O. Box 1093 Blindern NO-0317 Oslo Norway Tel. +47 228 50404 email: charles.ess(a)media.uio.no Lifetime member, Association of Internet Researchers ³At vove er at miste fodfæstet for en stund, ikke at vove er at miste sig selv² [To dare is to lose your footing for an hour; not to dare is to lose yourself] - Kierkegaard

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Looking for references on grammatical prejucice
by Casey Tesfaye 27 Nov '12

27 Nov '12

I am looking for references that deal with the behavior of correcting grammar or spelling online, or the prejudices that often accompany these behaviors. For example, this would include commentary on news articles, where one commenter may misspell a word or two, and a subsequent commenter may "call out" the misspelling, or comments like "I stopped reading after I saw XX misspell Y." Does anyone have any references like this to suggest?

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Right to Info & Transparency in Digital age: Policy, Tools & Practices
by Yosem Companys 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

The Right to information and transparency in the digital age: Policy, Tools and Practices Workshop organized by Liberation Technology Program at Stanford University, United States, 11.-12. March, 2013 Call for Papers Access to information has become one of the most promising tools to combat corruption, increase people’s participation in (self) governance and thus, to strengthen democracy. Since the 1960s there has been a steady progress in the number of countries that have legislated access to information laws, and over eighty countries have such laws today. There have also been several social developments and innovations which embrace access to information, such as open constitution reform process in Iceland, open innovation challenges by the United States government, participatory budgeting processes in Germany, Finland and Canada and social audits in India, just to mention few. As a parallel development, the open data movement is evolving in several countries, pushed forward by both civil society and governments and incentivized by the global Open Government Partnership network. These practices are supported by open innovation and open design strategies, which the public sector is i ncreasingly adopting. These open and participatory practices give tools for citizens to monitor governments, to hold them accountable, and to practice agency in the public sphere. The right to information and transparency movements can be considerably strengthened by creative use of information technologies – but realizing this potential requires us to revisit the design of RTI policies, tools and practices to update them to serve citizens in the digital age. In re-evaluating the tools for accountability, we should be mindful that increased use of accountability technologies suggests re-articulations of the power structures in modern societies, including new forms of social control, new spaces for public deliberation and new conceptualizations of participation in democracy. The workshop will convene both practitioners and academics to discuss their work in the area and to examine the theoretical and practical implications of these phenomena. We seek to bring together people engaged in law, policy, social movements, administration, technology, design and of course, the use of technology for accessing information. We propose to go well beyond the issue of accessing information by looking at the use of technology to record, store, process and disseminate public information, and to create interactive spaces in the public sphere so that the full potential of ICT for transparency can be realized. We welcome submissions focusing on intersection of technology, the right to information and participatory practices, which enhance transparency, including, but are not limited to, the following areas: 1. Technology for transparency - What are the design improvements and practices to improve digital tools that are used to record, store, process and disseminate information to empower right to information activists? How can, for instance, open design practices enhance transparency, access to information and participatory practices? - How do social movements use technology, and can technology be empowering for the poor and the marginalized or will/is it be a tool for the privileged? - What are the emerging power structures in digital democracy, and what is the role of technology in mediating and distributing power? 2. Open data, open knowledge and open access - What is the role of open data ecosystem in the right to information movement? What are the tools, practices and policies to encourage the use of open data? - How do open knowledge, open access and open science practices serve transparency in society? 3. Open innovation and transparency - How does open innovation support transparency in governance, and strengthen right to information? 4. Legal and policy considerations in the use of technology for right to information: - What are the current limitations of right to information laws established based in the pre-digital age, and what kinds of legal changes are desirable in the digital age? - What are the legal challenges to accessing information in digital format? - What are the laws that prepare the context in which the right to information is exercised, and how should they change in the digital age? For example, how should public records laws and the system of recording and managing public information adapt to play a supportive role, and what are the best practices in public record management systems that will enable the effective use of technology by RTI activists? - What are the challenges involved in using technology to make corporations, civil society organizations and other non-government organizations transparent? 5. Role of media and journalism in transparency - How do journalists use data to monitor governments? What are the challenges in using data for monitoring and reporting as it stands today? - What kinds of tools, data formats or practices could enrich data driven journalism. 6. Digital tools for transparency - How can maps help citizens hold their governments accountable? How should information be designed such that government activities can be mapped? - How could public agencies use videos and photographs to record their activities, and how can the citizen use such information effectively? - How do citizens use modern surveillance and other monitoring practices for transparency? - How can satellites be used to monitor governments? - How can mobile phones be used to record and access information - Can better visualization of data make a difference for the right to information movement? - What is the role of crowdsourcing and co-creation in combatting corruption? The deadline for submissions is 18th of January, 2013. Accepted presenters will be informed by February 1st, 2013. The form of submission is either full paper (maximum 25 pages) or extended abstract (6 pages). The submissions should be sent to the following email address:vivekdse+rti@gmail.com**. The workshop will be organized at Stanford University in March 11-12, 2013. The workshop is being organized by the Program on Liberation Technology at Stanford University, an interdisciplinary program at the intersection of political science, computer science and design engineering. There is no fee for participating in the conference, and participants are expected to make their own travel and lodging arrangements. For more information, please contact Tanja Aitamurto attanjaa(a)stanford.edu or Vivek Srinivasan atvivekdse(a)stanford.edu . Tanja Aitamurto Studying "the Open X" at Stanford: crowdsourcing, crowdfunding, open innovation, open data ~ manifestations of collective intelligence. http://cddrl.stanford.edu/**people/tanja_aitamurto/<http://cddrl.stanford.edu/people/tanja_aitamurto/> Visiting Researcher Program on Liberation Technology Stanford www.tanjaaitamurto.com

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5 days left | book chapter abstracts | Media Convergent Divergence | Springer-Verlag
by artur.lugmayr＠tut.fi 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

========================================================================================== CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTER PROPOSALS (500 words) Convergent Divergence? - Cross-Disciplinary Viewpoint on Media Convergence Springer-Verlag, Germany Artur Lugmayr, Cinzia Dal Zotto, and Gregory Ferrell Lowe Lowe (Eds.) * 5 DAYS LEFT * * 5 DAYS LEFT * * 5 DAYS LEFT * * 5 DAYS LEFT * * 5 DAYS LEFT * http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2012ConvergenceBook/ ++========================================================================================= Upcoming Deadline: 1st December 2012 - intention to prepare a manuscript Book Website: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/WWW/ameamain/2012convergence Email List: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/emmi-convergence Submission System: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2012ConvergenceBook/ Contact us: emmi-convergence(a)listmail.tut.fi Media Convergence happens on many levels and each of them implicates specific challenges and priorities. Within the scope of this book, we focus on end-to-end convergence on various levels: managerial, information systems, and end-consumers level. The book will especially shed light into the complexity of the topic and act as a reference book and educational resource in this field. The implementations of convergence strategies can only succeed when they take into account the expectations and aspirations of every actor with a stake in the enterprise, including content producers. Managers unanimously agree on the importance of human resources management within the implementation process. This consideration implies that convergence is more than an economic opportunity and needs to be understood as well as a focus of editorial strategy. Convergence is often discussed at a rhetorical and political level. But how does convergence actually happen, and does convergence lead to divergence? Media industry understands convergence in ways that differ from the perceptions of consumers, who are clearly diverging in the ways they consume media. Media managers are faced with the need to satisfy users? expectations and also undertake convergence as an industrial strategy to achieve economies of scope & scale. Another challenge lies in the development of information systems in media industries that support convergence. Do these also lead to divergence? Does blurring the boundaries between the various distribution platforms let media diverge from the consumer?s point of view? This book will encourage an active discussion around this theme, taking multiple viewpoints into account: a content creator perspective (journalistic or artistic), an information system perspective, the consumer?s expectations, management and technological challenges, as well as market dynamics. In conclusion, can all the challenges of convergence be solved, or does convergence lead to further divergence. ========================================================================================== Topics of Interest ========================================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Convergence Issues in the Media Industry and Media Organizations ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ o Media policy and regulatory challenges o Cross-platform, cross-country, and converging media policies o Convergence versus media market competition and concentration o Media products demand and offer, consumers versus producers: diverging convergence? o Convergence and managerial challenges in the media industries (TV, radio, news, publishing, music, online) o Converging newsrooms, organizational and human resource development o Convergence management and leadership o Business models and strategies for converging media products and services o Impact of social media on convergence processes o Branding media in converging environments o Marketing and advertising in converging environments o Intellectual property rights and royalty management in convergence processes o Quality and ethics in converging environments o Management, leadership of projects and media organizations for convergence ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Technological Convergence ? Media Business Information Management & Information Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ o Media business information management for convergence o Media information system design enabling convergence o Business intelligence in converging media environments o Knowledge management systems in converging environments o Workflow management, operational efficiency and new capturing technologies producing converging services o Operational efficiency and cost reduction of converging technologies o Cross-media offering, distribution channels and convergence o Home platforms, mobility, multi-play and network convergence o Systems for management reporting, analysis, and decision support in converging environments o Standards to enable technical convergence o Data warehousing in converging environments o Integration of analogue and digital media productions o Mobile convergence o E2E systems and solutions in converging media environments o Production processes for convergence o Asset management and metadata enabling convergence o E2E systems, infrastructures and solutions o Collaborative media productions and convergence o Integration of analogue and digital media production and distribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Convergence Issues from a Consumer, HCI, Experience Perspective ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ o Quality of Experience (QoE) o Customer service/relation management (CRM) and analytics o Audience and consumer research within convergence processes o Convergence versus personalized and individualized media products offerings o Convergence and consumer loyalty aspects, consumer targeting, niche audiences, and new revenue streams o Changing aesthetics of media in times of convergence o Human centred and user friendly computing and interaction o New technologies for consumer studies and research o User experience, user innovation and convergence o User experience, user innovation and convergence o Social impact o Security and privacy in a converging environment o Human computer interaction and experience design enabling convergence o Understanding the audience, audience trends, and audience statistics in converging eco-systems o and experience Tools, systems, theories, and techniques to understand, create and design interactivity ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Convergence in Practice: Applications, Services, and Eco-Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ o Converging service economy o Convergence and sustainability o Convergence project management o Business information systems o Convergence media industry projects (TV, movie, online, and print) o Successful and unsuccessful case studies on media convergence o End-to-end digital content o Live events o Etc. We strongly welcome other topic suggestions dealing with convergence on a managerial, information system, and consumer level beyond the topics suggested above. ========================================================================================== Schedule & Deadlines ========================================================================================== * 1st December 2012 Notification for intending to contribute with a book chapter to help us in the review process planning of the book (author team, preliminary title, and very brief abstract of max. 250 words) * 31st January 2013 1st manuscript version (also authors who did not notify us to intend to contribute are invited to submit) * 1st March 2013 Review comments for 1st manuscript version and notification of acceptance * 31st May 2013 2nd manuscript version that should include several review comments and final notification of acceptance * 1st July 2013 Final manuscript ========================================================================================== Manuscript Preparation ========================================================================================== * please follow the manuscript formatting guidelines below, and only submit the original version (in Microsoft word) with the submission system * each final manuscript should be 15-20 pages long (depending on the number of submissions longer manuscripts will also be accepted) * Please prepare your manuscript according the following guidelines: http://www.springer.com/authors/book+authors?SGWID=0-154102-12-417900-0 * Manuscript submission website: http://www.tut.fi/emmi/Submissions/2012ConvergenceBook/ ========================================================================================== Stay Informed ========================================================================================== Email-list: https://listmail.tut.fi/mailman/listinfo/emmi-convergence Questions: lartur(a)acm.org (please cc to: emmi-convergence(a)listmail.tut.fi) Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ConvergentDivergence/ br, Artur -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Artur Lugmayr Tel.: +358 (0)40 849 0773 or +358 (0)40 821 0558, Fax.: +358 3 3115 4680 artur.lugmayr(a)tut.fi, http://www.tut.fi/emmi/, http://www.facebook.com/artur.lugmayr, http://www.artur-lugmayr.info/, http://twitter.com/lartur#, www.ambientmediaassociation.org Tampere University of Technology Department of Business Information Management and Logistics P.O. Box 541, Korkeakoulunkatu 8 FIN 33101 Tampere FINLAND

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ELD13 Call for Proposals and Reviewers
by AJ Kelton 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

The Emerging Learning Design 2013 Planning Committees are please to announce that the Call for Proposals is now open. You can find submission information by clicking the CALL FOR PROPOSALS tab in the top navigation bar of our web site at http://eld.montclair.edu/ or by going to http://eld.montclair.edu/call-for-proposals/ ELD13 will be employing a ROLLING SUBMISSION ACCEPTANCE process, which is described in detail on the Call for Proposals page. This means that we are receiving and will be accepting submissions for the conference effective IMMEDIATELY. To that end, there is no DEADLINE date for submissions – once we have filled the conference schedule we will no longer be accepting proposals. Therefore, it is important that you submit your proposal as soon as possible. -- ----- AJ Kelton Director of Emerging & Instructional Technology College of Humanities and Social Sciences - Montclair State University Doctoral Candidate Educational Communication and Technology - New York University ---------- http://eld.montclair.edu Twitter: @ELDConf <http://twitter.com/ELDConf> Hashtag: #ELD13 ---------- http://www.ajkelton.net Twitter: @aj_kelton <http://twitter.com/aj_kelton>

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CFP> Big Data Workshop, Oxford, 21-22 March 2013
by Eric Meyer 26 Nov '12

26 Nov '12

The Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, in collaboration with the Sloan Foundation and the Digital Social Research directorate of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC), will be holding a 2-day workshop, 21-22 March 2013 for social scientists who are grappling with the challenges of big data. The workshop is targeted at those who are working at the coal face of big data in the social sciences: those who are doing research using large-scale data and are interested in what this means for the future of the social sciences. Applications are invited from pairs of interested researchers: each should consist of a senior, established researcher paired with a junior colleague, post-doc or doctoral student. Deadline for Applications We invite applications by Monday, 10th December 2012. Applicants are invited to submit approximately 500-750 words about the expertise they bring to the workshop, and what they hope to gain from attending. If you are requesting travel funds you are asked to include a brief annotated budget. You should send these materials via email to events(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:events@oii.ox.ac.uk> indicating interest in the workshop "Big Data: Rewards and Risks for the Social Sciences". Full Information about the Workshop For further details and guidelines on how to apply, please see http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/?id=557. Project information is also available at http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=98 Eric Eric T. Meyer, PhD Research Fellow & DPhil Programme Director Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Email: eric.meyer(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:eric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk> Web: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=120 Blog: http://people.oii.ox.ac.uk/meyer/ SSRN: http://ssrn.com/author=912385 Twitter: @etmeyer

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CFP: Workshop on Social Capital and Entrepreneurship at CSCW 2013 (deadline extended until 29/11)
by Jose Abdelnour-Nocera 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

Apologies for the cross posting: We invite you to the workshop on Social Capital and Entrepreneurship at CSCW 2013 (ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work). The workshop will be held on Sunday 24/2/2012 in San Antonio, Texas, USA. There is a strong relationship between social capital and entrepreneurship. Yet we know little of how groups across cultures and socio-technical configurations interact and collaborate online to transform innovation into commercial and social ventures. This one day workshop will explore, through different perspectives, thechallenges for CSCW in supporting the development of social capital for entrepreneurship, highlighting the gaps and opportunities for designers. A key part of the agenda for this workshop is to form understandings of the formation of social capital and entrepreneurship activities in contrasting cultures and socio-technical configurations. We hope to foster dialogue between academics in different disciplines interested in interdisciplinary research in social capital, entrepreneurship and CSCW. URL: https://sites.google.com/site/socialcapitalentrepreneurship/ Workshop Application: *Position paper submissions should be PDF documents of 2 - 4 pages in the SIGCHI Papers format (http://www.sigchi.org/publications/chipubform/sigchi-papers-word-template/v… ) *All papers must be written and presented in English and will be peer reviewed by at least two reviewers. *Submissions will be managed through a content management system. Please submit your position paper in PDF describing one of the following: * your experience in this area, * your findings, * your views or interest relevant to the workshop themes, * methodologies you have used in research or practice that you feel might be relevant in this area, * some other appropriate question you might want to discuss at the workshop. All papers will be reviewed and 10-20 will be selected according to their potential contributions to the discussion and with the goal of creating a diverse group. Note: At least one author of accepted papers is required to register for the workshop. Participants who wish to attend the workshop will have to register for the main conference as wel. E-mail position papers to Jose.abdelnour-nocera(a)uwl.ac.uk Deadline for submissions is November, 29, 2012. Notification of acceptance is on December 11, 2012. Registration and venue information can be found at the CSCW 2013 conference website: http://cscw.acm.org/index.html -- Dr. José Abdelnour Nocera Reader in Sociotechnical Design Head of Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience University of West London St Mary¹s Road, Ealing London W5 5RF http://soc.uwl.ac.uk/~jabdelno

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* save the date * Unlike Us #3 in Amsterdam, March 22-23
by Geert Lovink 23 Nov '12

23 Nov '12

The Institute of Network Cultures is happy to announce the second Amsterdam edition of the Unlike Us conference, taking place March 22nd and 23rd, 2013 at TrouwAmsterdam. This year, the new MediaLAB Amsterdam will also be used as a community space with workshops. In the coming weeks, ticket sales will commence. Keep checking the ‘Amsterdam 2013′ tab on the website for the most up-to-date information, including tickets, schedules, and confirmed speakers with biographies. As of now, we are pleased to share the following confirmed speakers: Bernard Stiegler (FR/UK), Petra Löffler (DE), Tristan Thielmann (DE), Seda Guerses (BE), Simona Lodi (IT), Ben Grosser (USA) and Nathan Freitas (USA). Unlike Us, the Conference Is the word ‘social’ hollowed out, or does it still have some meaning? How can we understand the thunderous growth of mobile uses in social media? Is there really something like a Facebook riot and how do we start one? Theorists, programmers and artists alike react to the monopolies that control social media – by designing decentralized networks, creating art that’s criticizing and surprising at the same time or by trying to understand the big networks from within. Meet them at the third Unlike Us conference organized by the Institute of Network Cultures on 22-23 March 2013 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. International speakers discuss both the big gestures of theory, and the ambitious plans of artists, programmers and activists. There will be additional workshops in the MediaLAB studio of HvA to put Unlike Us into practice without delay and discussions on specific issues that Unlike Us hasn’t dealt with so far. The different themes will cover theory and critique, decentralization, mobile use, activism, and the art and politics of social networks. This year, speakers will be organized into the following sessions: Theory and Critique of ‘Social’, Are you Distributed? The Federated Web Show Political Economy of Social Networks: Art & Practice, Mobile Use of Social Media and Facebook Riot: Join or Decline. 1. Theory and Critique of ‘Social’ What is the meaning of ‘social’ when social media like Facebook and Twitter are structured around the individual from the start? Social seems to require a form of collective that isn’t to be found in these networks. Let’s take the theory and critique of ‘social’ a step further, towards rethinking the power relations between the social and the technical in what are essentially software systems and platforms. We are more and more aware that social media aren’t just happy-go- lucky neutral platforms; while at the same time it’s too easy to dismiss them as the bad boys of capitalism. How to understand the social networking logic? Even if Twitter and Facebook implode overnight, the logic of befriending, liking and ranking will further spread across all aspects of life. 2. Are you distributed? The Federated Web Show The best way to criticize platform monopolies is to support alternative free and open source software that can be locally installed. In the Federated Web Show we are setting the terms of decentralization. A lot of alternative social networks are being developed with the aim to give users greater power, for example over their data. Just think of Lorea or Diaspora. What choices have to be made for a decentralized design and what are the traps? Is it necessary to take the sharing individual as a starting point or the network? A different kind of social networking is possible, but there are many questions to attend to. Are you ready for constant decision- making? How deeply does your trust in the community you share your data with reach? In a lively talk show, guests – on stage or participating on screen – discuss the possible future of decentralization and concepts for alternatives. Open or closed, commercial or anarchistic, federated, distributed, decentralized: join the Federated Web Show. 3. Political Economy of Social Networks: Art & Practice What better way to counter political economical issues than by art and creativity? Artists play a crucial role in visualizing power relationships and disrupting the daily routines of social media usage. Artistic practice is also a tool for analysis, as artists are often first to deconstruct the familiar and present an alternative vision. How can we imagine the political economy of the social – whether on the big and closed platforms or on newly arising alternatives? Artists and researchers talk about creative projects questioning and criticizing the commercial side of social media. What alternative visions do the arts presents towards free labor, commodification, alienation and the likes? And how do they manage to keep out of the web of economics themselves? 4. Mobile Use of Social Media Everyone agrees: mobile is the next big upheaval, changing what we know about social media all around. Location matters. Tagging space and time and adding location information and context prolongs data value into new complexities. Users are embracing Facebook with their smartphones, causing trouble to revenue streams and thereby making it even more apparent that the user is the commodity. Meanwhile Facebook has developed a clever strategy to lock-in new users in the emerging markets in Africa, Asia and Latin America by inventing the Facebook SIM Card and free apps for feature phones. You can now make friends on a black and white 200-character screen. For many first-time connected users Facebook becomes the default. Tracking mobile data streams in real time provides a gold mine that has only just been discovered. Who are the key players in the mobile data business and what are their practices? 5. Facebook Riot: Join or Decline The tendency to praise Twitter and Facebook for their revolutionary powers has mostly passed, we might even think first about the London riots and Project X when it comes to the mobilizing qualities of these networks. Still, the concept of ‘liberation technology’ – information and communication technologies that empower grassroots movements – continues to influence our ideas about networked participation. Could there even be something like #Occupy without social media? Activists use social media to further their goals, but in that way are also dependent on the platform. Is a non-commercial, free and open network essential in that respect? But then, how do you reach as many people as possible? How do social media and the control issues of Internet influence the practice of protest? Governments can use the same social media tools for surveillance, propaganda or detection. We need to envision organized networks based on strong ties yet open enough to grow quickly if the time is right. More names of speakers and details of the event will be announced on http://networkcultures.org/wpmu/unlikeus/ . There you can also find the videos of the previous conferences in Cyprus (November 2011) and Amsterdam (March 2012). The centre of the Unlike Us network is the mailinglist with 700 members, please subscribe here: http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/unlike-us_listcultures.org Editorial team of UU#3: Seda Guerses, Margreet Riphapen, Lonneke van der Velden, Marc Stumpel, Geert Lovink, Miriam Rasch, Oliver Leistert and Larissa Hildebrandt. For more info please contact Larissa Hildebrandt (producer): larissakh(a)gmail.com Institute of Network Cultures room 05A07 Rhijnspoorplein 1 NL-1091 GC Amsterdam POSTAL ADDRESS Institute of Network Cultures room 05A07 PO BOX 1025 NL-1000 BA Amsterdam http://www.networkcultures.org t: +31 20 5951866 f: +31 20 5951840

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Job opening: Associate Professor in New Media and Digital Culture
by Anne Helmond 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

*Associate Professor in New Media and Digital Culture* *Faculty of Humanities - Department of Media Studies* *University of Amsterdam* ** http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/12-284.html Salary indication €4,428 to € 5,920 gross per month (based on full-time) Position for 30.4 to 38 hours per week Application closing date 9 December 2012 Vacancy number 12-284 The Media Studies Department invites applications for the position of Associate Professor in Media Studies (with a specialization in New Media and Digital Culture). The Media Studies Department is responsible for the following degree programs: A three-year Bachelor and a one-year Master's degree in Media and Culture, with tracks in New Media and Digital Culture, Film Studies as well as Television and Cross-media Culture. A three-year Bachelor and a one-year Master's degree in Cultural Information Science. Professional Masters in Journalism and Archival Science (all programs 1.5 years). A professional, international Master in Preservation and Presentation of the Moving Image (1.5 years) A two-year Research Master's degree in Media Studies. Media Studies degree programs serve some 1,500 students. For further (Dutch-language) information about Media Studies' faculty, staff and teaching programs, please visit www.mediastudies.nl Faculty's research is organized and coordinated mainly through the Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) and the Institute of Culture and History (ICG). For further information, visit http://www.hum.uva.nl/ascaand http://www.hum.uva.nl/icg The Media Studies department currently employs just over 60 permanent and approximately 30 temporary faculty. Most Media and Culture faculty teach in various programs, at varying degree levels, and they are active in one or more teaching teams; each teaching team is responsible for teaching and curriculum development in various tracks and programs. The Media Studies faculty includes experts in film and visual culture, television and cross-media culture, new media and digital culture, journalism, information studies and archival studies. Within the Media and Culture BA and MA programs film, television and new media are studied as representational technologies, cultural practices, and cultural forms. A variety of disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches to media (e.g. philosophical/aesthetic, historical and socio-cultural) are taught in conjunction: the interrelated study of the form, content and modality of media is an important principle. The professional MA programs combine theory and practice to prepare students from various academic backgrounds for jobs in media, archives, museums, etc. The New Media and Digital Culture team, in particular, concerns itself with research strategies for the critical study of Internet culture. New Media faculty members are recognised experts in the field, and actively contribute to contemporary discourses surrounding critical media theory, media art and new media research practices and methods, with a specialisation in creating online research environments and distribution platforms, such as the Masters of Media student research blog, and the Digital Methods Initiative's tool suite. Expertise is on hand in the areas of media aesthetics, social media, information visualisation as well as the emerging area of data science, with a focus on online trace analysis. The New Media team also participates in a wide variety of international research projects and collaborations, in such areas as controversy mapping, ICTs for development, search engine and social media critique as well as empirical work on internet censorship. *Job Description* The ideal candidate would have expertise in the study of digital media in the humanities, and have made contributions to such areas as digital humanities, data visualization, Internet studies, digital methods, media arts, information aesthetics, social media, media history and media theory. Internet skills are essential, as is up-to-date knowledge of Internet culture. Proven ability in securing research funding is key. Practical experience in working with Web-based applications (e.g., blogs and wikis) is desirable. Affinity and willingness to work with software for capturing and analysing online objects and data are a plus. New Media and Digital Culture are part of the Media Studies Department, which has dedicated areas of study in film, television and cross-media, journalism, archival science and information culture. The Associate Professor is expected to teach on both the bachelor's and master's degree levels, in courses concerned with such topics as digital aesthetics, Internet research methods and techniques, media archaeology, media theory as well as the politics of code. He or she is expected to co-supervise PhD dissertations in New Media and Media Studies. Candidates should be considered an expert in the field, and also have a new media research agenda. *Requirements* - A PhD in the field of Media Studies or other relevant field of the humanities. - At least five years of teaching experience, preferably at various levels of university education; an interest in new methods of teaching (especially the use of digital technology and electronic learning environments). - Outstanding research skills, demonstrated by publications in international refereed academic journals and academic publishers. - Fundraising experience, e.g. acquisition of research projects through government agencies, non-governmental foundations or the private sector. - Experience in supervising PhD research. - Proven leadership qualities; experience in administration, organisation and coordination of university education and research. - Enthusiasm, an interdisciplinary attitude, a strong team spirit and the ability to motivate team members. - Sound knowledge of ICT developments in the field. - Flexibility, readiness to participate in interdisciplinary cooperation and multidisciplinary development. - Excellent command of both Dutch and English; preferably international teaching experience. If Dutch is not the native language, an active and passive command should be acquired within two years of appointment. *Further Information* For further information, please contact: - Professor Patricia Pisters <p.p.r.w.pisters(a)uva.nl>, Chair of the Department of Media Studies telephone: +31-20-525-2980 *Appointment* This is a tenure track appointment for a minimum of 0.8 fte. The initial appointment will be two years. Depending on teaching evaluations and professional assessment, tenure will be granted after two years. Gross monthly salary for a fulltime appointment (38 hours a week) will be between € 4,428 (scale 13) and € 5,920 (scale 14). *Job Application* Application letter and CV should be addressed to the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, professor dr. F.P.I.M. van Vree, Spuistraat 210, 1012 VT Amsterdam. The application deadline is December 9, 2012. The top left-hand corner of the envelope should be marked with the vacancy number and the words "strictly confidential". Alternatively, applications may be e-mailed bij clicking Apply Now on the online form: http://www.uva.nl/over-de-uva/werken-bij-de-uva/vacatures/item/12-284.html Please indicate the vacancy number in the subject field. -

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Diasporas on the Web - 13th December - British Academy, London
by Benjamin Loveluck 22 Nov '12

22 Nov '12

The next issue of *Social Science Information* will be devoted to "Diasporas on the Web". The journal will publish a collection of articles presenting the main results of the *e-Diasporas Atlas* research project ( www.e-diasporas.fr) developed within the ICT Migrations program (*Fondation Maison des Sciences de l'Homme *and Telecom ParisTech, Paris). On this occasion, an event will be held at the British Academy in London, involving contributors as well as invited speakers, from 6 to 8 p.m on Thursday 13th December 2012. A cocktail reception will follow at 8 p.m. Researchers working on migrations and/or web studies and digital humanities will be welcome. An overview of the e-Diasporas Atlas project will be given by its director, *Dana Diminescu*, and her research team. The Atlas is the first of its kind, introducing digital methods into diaspora and migration studies. Over 80 people worldwide were involved, including computer scientists and social science researchers from disciplines such as sociology, geography, anthropology, history. Some 8,000 websites were mapped, analysed and archived. Three articles included in this special issue of *Social Science Information* will be presented by their authors, on topics ranging from cyber-Hindutva to transnational Tamil networks and networks of French colonial repatriates. A discussion will then be chaired by *Myria Georgiou* (Dept. of Media and Communications, LSE). We are happy to announce the participation of *Robin Cohen* (author of Global Diasporas and former Director of the International Migration Institute, University of Oxford) and *Noortje Marres* (Senior lecturer in Sociology, Goldsmiths, University of London), who will provide their invaluable expertise on these topics. Some of the main questions raised by the research will be addressed. What kinds of diasporas are formed by connected migrants? Do the online networks woven by migrants scattered throughout the world, and the traces they leave on the Web, reveal traditional or novel functions of diasporas? Do these 'e-diasporas' merely mirror physical diasporas, are they an extension to these diasporas, or do they generate new forms of communities? From a more general perspective, can they be considered as an echo-chamber of globalization - of a society which is itself a diaspora in the making? And how do digital methods help us to adopt a more reflexive stance on this phenomenon? Benjamin Loveluck, Telecom ParisTech and FMSH, on behalf of the ICT Migrations research team ---------- *Diasporas on the Web* Date: Thursday 13th December Time: 6-8 p.m. Place: British Academy, Reading Room, 10 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AH

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