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Check out my books
by Robin Turner 14 Oct '12

14 Oct '12

Hi airl, Check out the books I added on Goodreads. http://www.goodreads.com/friend/i?i=LTM1OTM0NjcxNjM6NDEz&e=air-l@listse… &utm_medium=email&utm_source=invite - Robin (robin(a)bilkent.edu.tr) Goodreads is a community for book lovers. It's a great way to get book recommendations from your friends and others. You can keep a list of books to read, join book clubs, and even take the never-ending book trivia quiz. _____________________________ To opt-out of future invites to Goodreads please follow this link: /user/block_email?inviter_id=13632563&utm_content=A&utm_medium=email&utm_source=invite This email was sent by request to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org.

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HASTAC seeking Postdoctoral Scholar for NSF EAGER Social Network Data Grant
by Nancy Baym 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Great opportunity for the right person: ----------PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY------- <http://hastac.org/blogs/mdailey/2012/10/11/hastac-seeking-postdoctoral-scho…> HASTAC seeking Postdoctoral Scholar for NSF EAGER Social Network Data Grant HASTAC<http://www.hastac.org/> is currently seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar to carry out social network data analysis for a newly awarded $294,000 NSF EAGER project "Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on Transformative Interdisciplinary Research: A Data-Based Study of the Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network.” Through a large-scale analysis of the HASTAC social network, the Postdoc will investigate the interplay of cyberinfrastructure and scholarly communication, combining cutting-edge data mining methods with thoughtful human and institutional questions to examine how virtual interdisciplinary connections and mentoring can promote new modes of research, learning, teaching, and career development. Computational analysis, data extraction, and social networking analysis will be used to examine six years’ worth of data from the HASTAC website, which is built on the Drupal platform. The full call, as well as the abstract and a link to the full proposal, is posted below. Interested parties should submit their materials by 5pm EST on Friday, November 16, 2012. OPEN POSTDOCTORAL POSITION NSF OCI-1243622 Early-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER), Division of Cyberinfrastructure, National Science Foundation Title: “Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on Transformative Interdisciplinary Research: A Data-Based Study of the Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network” Skills: Demonstrated experience with mathematical and visual social network analysis, quantitative and qualitative methods (including case study and ethnographic) for mapping collaborative networks, citation networks, professional networks, mentoring relationships, structural cohesion and integration within and across disciplines and institutions. Candidate must be able to participate in and generate dialogue with faculty and students about these issues and then test hypotheses using HASTAC’s data or gathering new data (survey, interviews, case study, ethnography). Organizational assignment: The postdoctoral fellow will work in the PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge at Duke University or possibly in the Information Futures Project Space (under construction) and will be part of a multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary Technology-Aided Participation Advisory Board. The fellow will be expected to maintain a virtual presence on the HASTAC site, reporting on preliminary findings, posting white papers for peer-to-peer feedback from the HASTAC community, and working within HASTAC’s network structure to generate new ideas, problems, and questions to be addressed. Position availability: Start date December 2012, or earliest availability; residency at Duke University highly desirable. In an exceptional case, fellow may reside virtually, with a telepresence accessible during business hours and a monthly residence (week long) for site-specific meetings, collaborations, and events. Outcomes: In addition to working with the HASTAC team to produce a number of local and webcast events (seminars, webinars, conferences), the postdoctoral fellow will be expected to maintain a virtual presence on the www.hastac.org<http://www.hastac.org/> site, reporting on preliminary findings, posting white papers for peer-to-peer feedback from the HASTAC community, and working within HASTAC’s network structure to generate new ideas, problems, and questions to be addressed. The fellow will also be expected to present papers at scholarly conferences and to submit final work to refereed journals in social science, science studies, and other relevant fields. Type of contract: 6 months to 1 year (with renewable second year possible based on performance) Salary: $48,000-55,000 annually, prorated for months worked and commensurate with experience Application deadline: 5pm EST, Friday, November 16, 2012 To apply: Please submit your letter of interest and CV to Mandy Dailey, Director of Administration, HASTAC and Temporary EAGER Program Manager at mandy.dailey(a)duke.edu<mailto:mandy.dailey@duke.edu> by 5pm EST, Friday, November 16, 2012. --------- ABSTRACT “Assessing the Impact of Technology-Aided Participation and Mentoring on Transformative Interdisciplinary Research: A Data-Based Study of the Incentives and Success of an Exemplar Academic Network” uses computational analysis, data extraction, and social network analysis to embark on the first large-scale study of the interplay of cyberinfrastructure and scholarly communication in an academic peer-produced network. The exemplar virtual institution studied is the Humanities, Arts, Sciences and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (HASTAC or “haystack”), a network of over 9000 educators dedicated to innovative, technology-aided forms of collaborative research and teaching. Formed in 2002, HASTAC, now headquartered at Duke University in the Ph.D. Lab in Digital Knowledge, is currently adding 200-300 new members a month. The study mobilizes six years of the extensive HASTAC data pool, including the 176MB MySQL database of individual and institutional member profiles, for social network analysis, data extraction, text and content analysis, and procedural and organizational analysis. It provides critically needed evidence for the current and future capacities of institutions to support the interdisciplinary collaborations essential to meet the Grand Challenges (such as energy, water sustainability, or human sciences and policy design) confronting the world, especially those requiring collaboration among scientists working with humanists and social scientists trained to confront the societal and cultural factors that deter the implementation of scientific and technological solutions. Given the unique interdisciplinary nature of HASTAC as a virtual organization and the fact that this is a first, exploratory study of its extensive, accessible, anonymized “clean” individual and institutional data (in a Drupal database), this is a transformative, high-impact early-stage study for which EAGER was designed. Because one focus of the study is the 522 current students and recent alumni (80% graduate, 20% undergraduate) in 63 disciplines and departments on small scholarships from over 120 supporting institutions, the study will also test the hypothesis that networked interdisciplinary young scholars “outcompete” more traditional peers, another first commensurate with the EAGER mission of transformative knowledge with the potential for maximum impact. The intellectual merits of the project include modeling a method by which cyberfrastructure can enable successful collaborative research adaptable to other problem-based research centers and scalable to other projects, such as NSF-funded Science of Learning Centers (SLC); determining the best incentives for risk-taking early career interdisciplinary research; and calculating how voluntary, scholarly network and virtual mentoring support and promote early-stage researchers in both scholarly innovation and high-prestige academic achievement. The broader impact of the study is in addressing one of the most urgent structural problems in higher education and one on which there is little quantitative, data-based research: how to incentivize and support the range of cross-disciplinary researchers who must work together successfully in order to solve society’s biggest problems. At its broadest, it is anticipated that the study will intervene in current theories of organizational behavior, social media protocols, disciplinary and interdisciplinary formation, and self-governing systems, and lay the groundwork for increased collaborations dedicated to tackling the major problems and Grand Challenges of the 21st century. DOWNLOAD THE FULL PROPOSAL<http://hastac.org/files/hastac_eagerfullproposal.pdf>

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upcoming digital ethics conference at Loyola
by Annette Markham 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Hi All, For those of you in the Chicago area (or even if you're not), you might consider attending the 2nd Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics. October 29, 2012 Loyola University Chicago, IL website, registration, flyers, etc: http://digitalethics.org/events/international-symposium-digital-ethics/ Besides the featured speaker, Sherry Turkle, there's a fantastic lineup of speakers, including many of our own AOIR members. I've listed the papers below, so you can get a flavor of the event. Hope to see some of you there, annette - *Contextual Integrity Confronts New Models of Education and Healthcare* – Helen Nissenbaum, Professor of Media, Culture and Communication, and Computer Science, at New York University - *Big Real Problems: Emerging Ethics Issues in Human Experimentation in Virtual Worlds* – Joshua Fairfield, Associate Professor of Law, Washington and Lee University - *Identity, Authority and Unease: Examining the articulation of ethical positions in accounts of new media use/research -*Natasha Whiteman, Lecturer, Department of Media and Communications, University of Leicester - *The Ethics of Twitter Research: A Topology of Disciplines, Methods and Ethics Review Boards* – Michael Zimmer & Nicholas Proferes, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee - *Degrees of Trust and Levels of Moral Agency in the Context of Autonomous Machines*, Herman Tavani, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Rivier University - *Virtue Ethics and Digital ‘Flourishing’: An Application of Philippa Foot to Life Online* – Patrick Lee Plaisance, Colorado State University - *Online security and individuals rights, an ethical balance* – Mariaroarosaria Taddeo, University of Hertfordshire - *The Junk File Case: Identity collisions and the ethics of connectivity * – Guillaume Latzko-Toth, Université Laval - *Control, Communication, and Conflict on Facebook Memorial Pages* – Nicole B. Ellison, Associate Professor, Michigan State University, and Alice Marwick, Microsoft Research - *Click here to comment: Combining ethical and legal perspectives on Section 230* – Susan Keith, Rutgers University - *Should virtual cybercrime be brought under the scope of the criminal law?* – Litska Strikwerda, University of Twente - *Journalists and Social Media: Professional Restrictions and Their Ethical Implications* – Erica Bailey, Virginia Tech - *Re-Inventing Media Ethics Amid a Digital Revolution* – Stephen J. A. Ward, Burgess Professor of Journalism Ethics, University of Wisconsin - *The Emerging Uses of Ethical Principles in Journalist’s Privilege Law* – Jason M. Shepard, California State University, Fullerton - *The Ethics of Unpublication* – Jasmine McNealy, Syracuse University & Laurence Alexander, University of Florida. - *The Ethical Implications of an Elite Press* – Jane B. Singer, University of Iowa - *The Internet and Authoritarian States: Ethical Issues in Transnational Digital Activism* – Cameran Ashraf, University of California, Los Angeles - *“Yes, Vinton, there is a Human Right to the Internet”* – Kay Mathiesen, University of Arizona - *A Case Study of Censor Circumvention in Chinese Micro-blogging Site* – Yiran Wang, University of California, Irvine - *Secrets and Lies: Digital Media Ethics and Integrity in Global Perspective* – Twyla Gibson, Harvard University - *YouTube Shakespeares: Ethical Issues in Humanities and Literary Research Contexts* – Valerie Fazel, Arizona State University - *Digital ethics and the Pascua Yaqui Tribe: When moral rights about culture trump legal rights about digital image gathering* –Kevin R. Kemper, University of Arizona - *From Battlefield to Newsroom: Ethical and Legal Implications of Drone Technology in Journalism* – Kathleen Bartzen Culver, University of Wisconsin-Madison - *In Context: Ethical Implications of Digital Surveillance* – Jan Fernback, Temple University - *The Curator’s Code: Toward an Ethics of Curation?* – Shawn McIntosh, Columbia University - *The Ethics of Online Coursework: Instructor Responsibilities, Student Participation, and Managing Public-Private Learning-*Vanessa P. Dennen, Florida State University - *Reading Privacy: The Role Interface Aesthetics Play in eReader Privacy Disclosure Decisions* – J. Richard Stevens, University of Colorado at Boulder - Plug away: disclosure of material connections in social media channels – David Kamerer, Loyola University Chicago - *Playing with ethics: Digital games and moral dilemmas: *Mia Consalvo, Canada Research Chair in Game Studies & Design, Concordia University - *The Virtual Other: Thinking about virtuality and the future of ethics* – Lucas D. Introna, Professor & Associate Dean for Research, Centre for the Study of Technology & Organisation, Lancaster University - *Beyond good and evil? Analyzing moral decision-making in mainstream video games* – Thorsten Busch, University of St. Gallen - *Biases on Truthfulness: Using a Game to Prompt Self-Reflection* – Ralph Vacca, New York University ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umeå University, Sweden Affiliate Professor, School of Communication, Loyola University, Chicago amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Twitter: annettemarkham

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Call for Papers: Bridging the 'real' and the 'virtual'
by Karin Garrety 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Hi all, Here is a call for papers for the European Group for Organisational Studies Colloqiuim to be held in Montréal next July. Conference link is here: http://www.egosnet.org/2013_montreal/general_theme 29th EGOS Colloquium Montréal, Canada July 4–6, 2013 Bridging Continents, Cultures and Worldviews Sub-theme 55: Bridging the Real and the Virtual in a Digital World Call for Papers (due: Monday, January 14, 2013) In recent decades we have seen much 'cyberbole' about an emerging 'virtual society' in which digital technologies are supposedly transforming our lives. This putative transformation hinges on a polarity between computer-generated 'virtual' experiences and mundane everyday 'realities' in which we are limited by natural and built environments, geography, linear experiences of time and the confines of our bodies. In the virtual world the tyrannies of space, time, distance, objects and bodies can, to some extent, be overcome. Our analytical resources are arguably deficient to explain the organisational phenomena rapidly emerging on the back of advances in digital technologies. Where do the virtual, the material and the social fit in with everyday organisational experiences and practice? Is the virtual in the digital world 'material' or 'social' or both? Post-contingency theory organisation studies rejected 'technological determinism' in all its guises. Instead, various forms of constructivism and social shaping were developed, tempered by attempts to bring the material back in (McLoughlin & Dawson, 2003). In a radically new approach Barad (2007) suggests we need to rethink the bridge between the material and the social. This idea has been taken up enthusiastically in recent practice-based and sociomaterial approaches (e.g. Orlikowsk, 2010) which seek to avoid 'throwing the technology baby out with the determinist bathwater' (Clark et al., 1988). Bridging work, it seems, remains at the core of making, and making sense of social and organisational experiences in the digital world. The notion of bridging provides the basis for this sub-theme as a forum to reflect on and investigate relationships between virtual technologies and the real world organisations and settings in which they are developed, taken up and used (or not). In particular, we welcome papers on the following: • Bridging Distance (physical, social, cultural, geographical): Beyond the hype, how are technologies such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, ambient intelligence and immersive technology being used in organisations, and with what effects, to overcome the tyranny of distance? • Bridging Time: In the virtual world everything is speeded up. Virtual realities bridge time or even suspend notions of time in a conventional sense (e.g. gaming and simulation environments) through 24-hour global production or the creation of immersive virtual collaborative environments. • Bridging Space (home, work and third places): The cybercafé has emerged as the archetypal 'third place' in which innovation can occur in ways that are not so readily achieved elsewhere. Does virtual technology now allow a bridging between these spatial settings in ways hitherto unimagined (e.g. bridging video games with other activities, such as learning and work tasks)? • Bridging Projects: In the past decade we have seen some large and expensive IT projects fail spectacularly. What do they tell us about the ways we understand and manage (or fail to manage) bridges between the virtual and the real? • Bridging Citizen and State by making public services virtual. For example, government sponsored websites with advice about health, social security, immigration, law and so on are changing the way services are delivered. • Bridging Discourse and Cultural Practice: Efforts to improve technology design by involving potential users have been plagued by the inability of users and designers to commmunicate in a common language. Is a new and different discourse or cultural practice required to capture sociomaterial performativity? How can diverse worldviews be managed and harnessed to produce knowledge that is relevant and meaningful to practitioners from different disciplines? References Barad, Karen (2007): Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. Clark, Jon, Ian McLoughlin, Howard Rose & Robin King (1988): The Process of Technological Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Mcloughlin, Ian & Patrick Dawson (2003): 'The mutual shaping of technology and organisation.' In: D. Preece & J. Laurila (eds.): Technological Change and Organizational Action. London: Routledge. Orlikowski, Wanda J. (2010): 'The sociomateriality of organisational life: considering technology in management research.' Cambridge Journal of Economics, 34, 125–141. Conveners Karin Garrety is Senior Lecturer in the School of Management at the University of Wollongong in Australia. She is currently co-ordinating a retrospective, comparative analysis (with Ian McLoughlin and Rob Wilson) of attempts to establish large-scale electronic health record systems in Australia and England, funded by the Australian Research Council. karin(a)uow.edu.au Ian McLoughlin is Professor of Management and Head of the Department of Management at Monash University. His current research focuses on e-health care delivery and related innovations. A new book – "Digital Government@Work: Technological and organisational change in public services" (with Rob Wilson) – is due to be published by Oxford University Press in 2012. ian.mcloughlin(a)monash.edu Rob Wilson is Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK. His research interests are in public service innovation and socio-technical systems, and in the role of information and information systems in education, particularly higher education. rob.wilson(a)newcastle.ac.uk Dr Karin Garrety Senior Lecturer School of Management and Marketing University of Wollongong NSW Australia karin(a)uow.edu.au phone: +61 2 4221 3565

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Public Lectures on the Psychology of New Media and Digital Piracy in IADT, Dublin
by Grainne Kirwan 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

Dear all Please see some details below regarding two free public events which will be held in the coming weeks in Dublin, Ireland. Please feel free to forward and share. Apologies for any cross-posting Grainne The Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire (IADT) is pleased to announce two public events being held as part of the Innovation Dublin 2012 festival. Both events are free, and examine human behaviour in relation to technology, the Internet, and digital piracy. The Psychology of New Media (7pm, 24th October 2012, Room A019, Atrium Building) The technologies we use influence our behaviour, sometimes in unusual and unexpected ways. Staff and postgraduate students in IADT examine many aspects of the psychology of new media, and this lecture presents highlights of their recent research. In particular, this event will focus on topics such as social networking, the use of artificial intelligence in customer service and therapy, using the Internet to search for medical information, online fraud and security, and the psychology of online dating. Digital Piracy & Psychology (5pm, 26th October 2012, Room A019, Atrium Building) There are many types of cybercrime but digital piracy is relatively unusual as its perpetrators rarely see themselves as criminals. As a result, the illegal copying and downloading of video, music and software is very common. This talk examines the psychology behind this offence, identifying why users engage in this behaviour and why they frequently don't see it as morally or legally problematic. The talk also uses psychological and criminological theory and research to offer suggestions on how levels of digital piracy might be reduced. Further details on psychological research in IADT is available through www.iadt.ie/ccta IADT also offer a number of full and part-time programmes in psychology, including a BSc (Hons) in Applied Psychology, a MSc in Cyberpsychology, and several accredited evening courses in subjects such as Human-Computer Interaction, Internet Research Methods, Cyberpsychology, Sport Psychology and Organisational Psychology. Further details on these programmes is available from www.iadt.ie IADT is part of Innovation Dublin 2012, which takes place across Dublin from Oct 15th -26th. The festival demonstrates Dublin’s capacity to inspire, interact and innovate. Further details on Innovation Dublin events is available from www.innovationdublin.ie Media enquiries should be sent to grainne.kirwan(a)iadt.ie Dr. Gráinne Kirwan Lecturer in Psychology Faculty of Film, Art and Creative Technologies Institute of Art, Design and Technology Kill Avenue Dun Laoghaire Co. Dublin Rep. of Ireland -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IADT Disclaimer. This e-mail and any other items transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient you must not use, disclose, distribute, copy, print or relay on this e-mail. If an addressing or transmission error has misdirected this e-mail, please notify the author by return email or inform Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art | Design | Technology's (IADT) Information Communication Technology Office on 01 2144770 or mailto:support@iadt.ie Any views expressed are those of the author and not necessarily those of IADT. IADT does not guarantee that this e-mail is free from viruses, worms or the like. Please undertake your own checks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Job announcement: Uppsala University - Professorship in Media and Communication Studies
by Christian Fuchs 12 Oct '12

12 Oct '12

http://www.uu.se/jobb/teacher/annonsvisning?languageId=1&tarContentId=212903 Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Informatics and Media, Uppsala University, Sweden Application no later than 2012-11-01. UFV-PA 2012/2227 Uppsala University invites applications for the position of Chaired Professor in Media and Communication Studies at the Department of Informatics and Media. Nature of duties General responsibility for research and research education (Ph.D. level) within the field of Media and Communication Studies and responsibility for developing the area. Teaching and tutoring at all levels; own research; supplying information about research and development in the research field; planning and leading (including applying for research grants) research projects; active participation in the department's efforts to integrate research within Media and Communication Studies, Human-Computer Interaction and Information Systems (IS) (with a focus on the challenges within the society of digital networks). The candidate who is hired will have particular responsibility for the MA programs within the area. Administrative assignments and management functions may be relevant. Required Qualifications The eligibility criteria for employment as professor are scientific as well as pedagogic skills (Higher Education Ordinance Ch 4 Sec 3). According to the appointment regulations at UppsalaUniversity, it is also a general requirement that teachers have other skills which are necessary to carry out their duties. According to the regulations, scientific skills should be demonstrated through independent research and the scientific skills should be demonstrated through research activities of high international and national quality. The applicants’ contributions to the research area of Media and Communication Studies will be evaluated in terms of quality and quantity of publications in the most relevant journals and other prestigious research outlets within the field. Experience in planning, developing and managing research projects are of importance, including experience attracting external research grants and documented experience in the supervision of Ph.D. students. To be eligible for appointment as professor applicants must have completed teacher training of relevance to operations at the University, comprising ten weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. In the assessment of teaching skills the following will be taken into consideration: planning, carrying out and evaluation of teaching as well as supervising activities and examination. The ability to teach in Swedish and English is a requirement. An appointee that is only sufficiently proficient in one of these languages at the time of appointment is expected to be able to teach in the other within two years. Assessment Assessment for the appointment of the professor shall be based on the degree of the skills required for the appointment. For this position, the ranking will be based primarily on the scientific and teaching competences of the applicants, with special emphasis on scientific proficiency. This order of priorities of the different ranking criteria is not absolute. A combined consideration of all bases of assessment could result, for instance, in an applicant vastly superior in pedagogical proficiency being ranked higher than a candidate with superior scientific qualifications (who is considered less qualified pedagogically). In determining scientific proficiency, publication quality is the most important criteria. Following from this, publication quantity is important, as is documented ability to lead and develop research and documented experience in attracting external research funding. Established research networks and an ability to collaborate with surrounding society are also considered important. In examining scientific proficiency an important selection criteria will be applicants’ documented research addressing the challenges posed by the Information Society. Equal weight is given to the assessment of teaching skills and scientific skills. When determining pedagogical proficiency, documented experiences that demonstrate quality are the most important evaluation criteria. Following from this, skills and experience in the planning, execution and evaluation of teaching, as well as supervision and examination will be considered. An ability to link teaching to ongoing research within the field is important, as well as documented experience of teaching at university level. An ability to collaborate with other actors within and outside the university around questions related to pedagogical questions is also important. Administrative skills are important in filling this position and will be given significant weight, the same goes for other merits of importance to the position. Attention will also be given to applicants' ability to: co-operate, develop and supervise activities and staff, interact with the surrounding community and to inform the public about research and developmental work. Uppsala University will in this recruitment firstly consider the applicant that in the overall assessment of competence and skill is judged to have the best qualifications to carry out and develop the tasks within the position and contribute to a positive development of the department. General goal for the recruitment Uppsala University is striving to attain a more balanced gender distribution among its teachers. Since most full professors in the Faculty are men, women are especially invited to apply for this position. Other information of importance Personal circumstances (such as parental leave) that may benefit the applicants in the assessment of qualifications should be included in the list of qualifications and experience (Curriculum Vitae). How to apply A complete application written in English shall be submitted in three copies on paper. Please see our instructions about how to apply: http://www.samfak.uu.se/digitalAssets/129/129158_instructions_professor.pdf Additional information For additional information about the position, please consult the Head of Department, Mats Edenius (tel. +46 704-250762 or e-mail mats.edenius(a)im.uu.se) The trade union representatives are Anders Grundström, SACO (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Associations), phone +46 18 471 5380, Carin Söderhäll, TCO/ST (the Swedish Confederation of Professional Employees), phone +46 18 471 1996 and Stefan Djurström, SEKO (the Union of Service and Communication Employees), phone +46 18 471 3315. Applications should be made to the Vice-Chancellor of Uppsala University (ref. no.UFV-PA 2012/2227), Registrar's office, Box 256, 751 05 Uppsala, e-mail: registrator(a)uu.se or fax. no. +46 18-471 20 00, and should be received not later than the 1st of November 2012. Applications sent with email or fax must be confirmed by original documents within a week of the deadline. Uppsala University's appointment regulations http://regler.uu.se/Detaljsida/?contentId=28629&kategoriId=129 The faculty’s complementary guidelines http://www.samfak.uu.se/digitalAssets/129/129400_kompl_-riktlinjer_eng.pdf

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IR 13.0 Getting Published session
by Feona Attwood 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

As part of our pre conference day we are running a 'Getting Published' session, at 4.30 on Thursday 18 October, aimed at PhD students and early careers researchers. It will be a small informal session to allow you to ask leading academics, editors and publishers about opportunities for publishing in the area of internet research and related areas, about the challenges of publishing and about specific venues for publishing such as journals and edited collections. The session will be attended by; Helen Kennedy, Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds Steve Jones, editor of New Media and Society Rich Ling, editor of Mobile Media and Communication Margy Avery, MIT Press Mila Steele, SAGE Press Katherine Burton, Routledge We have a few spaces left at this. If you would like to come to this please let me know by October 15. If you have any questions that you would like our panel to think about in advance, please email me at f.attwood(a)mdx.ac.uk<mailto:f.attwood@mdx.ac.uk> and let me know. Best, Feona --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note that Middlesex University's preferred way of receiving all correspondence is via email in line with our Environmental Policy. All incoming post to Middlesex University is opened and scanned by our digital document handler, CDS, and then emailed to the recipient. If you do not want your correspondence to Middlesex University processed in this way please email the recipient directly. Parcels, couriered items and recorded delivery items will not be opened or scanned by CDS. There are items which are "exceptions" which will be opened by CDS but will not be scanned a full list of these can be obtained by contacting the University.

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e-learning and disability - signposts to research/literature
by ruth topol 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Hello learned Internet researchers! I'd really appreciate some references to good research studies in *disability and e-learning for adult learners*. I am a PhD student in the UK and this is also a new area of research in the department (of educational research) at my university. I'm particularly interested in physical disabilities and the difficulties which learners (and possibly their e-tutors) might face. To narrow this down, I am not going to be venturing into the area of learning (cognitive) difficulties. My thinking is taking me towards the route of investigating the use of *adaptive/assistive technologies* by these learners. (Do these technologies always work? are the staff trained to use the software e.g. for magnification of text on screens? Are the assistive technologies compatible with the e-courses? This is where my thinking is right now, but I'm open to new avenues of research, which would come through the literature review, hopefully!) I'm going to be doing this smallish literature review (for a short taught module) so that I can hopefully identify a narrowed-down, specific area of research for the dissertation later on. many thanks, Ruth Topol PhD student, UK

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any publications on viewer or client use?
by katie vizenor 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

Hi, I am looking for any publications that might have to do with why Virtual World residents or VW residents might choose different clients or viewers, as they are called in the SL community. Here is why I ask: I am conducting work in Second Life among a very committed group of mentors/disability/education communities. I notice a lot of debate about what viewer is the best and there hase been some disagreement in the ranks when one group decides to support a certain viewer/client. SL has a number of clients that residents can choose from. Some apparently are better for artists/machinima filmmakers, others are for sex roleplay. This multiplicity of viewers seems more common in user content created worlds then in more game based worlds, but maybe I am wrong here. I am interested in any lists of viewers or any insight into the presence or absence of this in other worlds. I am even more interested in any discussion or literature that talks about the social/cultural/community consequences of the decision to use one or another. I hope this is clear. Thanks so much! Katie Vizenor, MA, MLS PhD Candidate, SUNY-Buffalo, Anthropology

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Re: [Air-L] Mark Poster, in memoriam
by Trudy Barber 11 Oct '12

11 Oct '12

This is sad - I was lucky enough to attend a small conference in Penrith UK about 10 years or so ago where he was keynote speaker - and he very kindly listened to me waffle on about my phd research on cyberfetishism. He had a patient and kindly aura about him.. one of those experiences not to be forgotten. A special man indeed. Trudy. Dr. Trudy Barber FHEA FRSA Senior Lecturer and Admissions Tutor in Media Course Leader Media and Entertainment Technology. School of Creative Arts, Film and Media University of Portsmouth Room 3.19 St. George's Building 141 High Street Portsmouth PO1 2HY United Kingdom Trudy.Barber(a)port.ac.uk T: +44 (0)23 9284 5307 F: +44 (0)23 9284 5372 http://www.port.ac.uk/departments/academic/scafm/staff/title,56309,en.html >>> Rhiannon Bury 11/10/12 12:56 AM >>> What sad news. Had the pleasure of hearing Mark present at a conference once. The Second Media Age was of vital importance to my training as an internet scholar. My condolences to his family and colleagues. Rhiannon Rhiannon Bury Associate Professor Women's and Gender Studies Athabasca University rbury(a)athabascau.ca ________________________________ From: jeremy hunsinger To: Cultural Studies ; "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:23:56 PM Subject: [Air-L] Mark Poster, in memoriam _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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