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Mark Poster, in memoriam
by jeremy hunsinger 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

> It is with immense sadness that we share the news that our dear colleague Mark Poster, Emeritus Professor of History and Film & Media Studies, passed away in the hospital earlier this morning. Mark Poster was a vital member of the School of Humanities, and for decades one of its most widely read and cited researchers. He made crucial contributions to two different departments, History and Film & Media Studies, and played a central role in UCI's emergence as a leading center for work in Critical Theory. > > In the first part of his career, when his focus was on modern European intellectual history, his path-breaking publications included the influential book *Existential Marxism in Postwar France* (Princeton University Press 1975), a study of the intellectual world around Jean-Paul Sartre. When the theory boom hit the U.S., thanks in part to this book, he became a widely sought-after authority on French critical thought, especially the writing of Michel Foucault, whose work he helped introduce to American audiences. He played a crucial role in setting the History Department on its current course, as one of the first departments--if not the first department--in the discipline with a required graduate sequence in theory. In that sequence Mark taught a Foucault seminar that became legendary. > > His investments in French intellectual history also positioned Mark Poster for crucial contributions to the Critical Theory Institute at UC Irvine, which he helped start as an informal reading group; by 1987 it was established as a campus research institute. The distinction of Irvine, reflected in the CTI, the graduate emphasis, the Critical Theory Archive, and departmental strengths, still defines the special character of the School, and contributes to its international reputation for scholarly innovation. Hosting internationally known scholars, the Critical Theory Institute with its public seminars and Wellek lecture series soon became one of the global hotspots in the humanities. > > In the second part of his career, Mark became a seminal theorist of media and technology. He was the founding chair of the Department of Film & Media Studies at UC Irvine. Together with Franco Tonelli and Eric Rentschler, he had helped shepherd the Film Emphasis of the early 1980s to Program status by the end of that decade, and then to departmentalization by 2002. In the process he was pivotal in hiring and mentoring faculty who now serve the School's second largest major. > > Mark Poster was a major figure in the rapid development of media studies and theory in the USA and internationally. While as an intellectual historian he could draw on Frankfurt School thought as well as on cybernetics, he was particularly interested in the potential of poststructuralism for media studies. From his translations of Baudrillard to his dissemination of Foucault, Poster played a highly influential role in the study of media culture, including television, databases, computing, and the Internet; he continued to offer crucial commentary on the relevance to technology and media of cultural theory, and his numerous articles and books have been translated into a number of different languages. Reflective of the breadth of his interests and expertise, Poster held courtesy appointments in the Department of Information and Computer Science and in the Department of Comparative Literature. First hired at UCI in 1968, Poster had recently retired after 40 years of service to the School and the Campus. > > We will let you know as plans for a memorial event in the School develop. In the meantime, we extend our condolences to his family and to all those close to him. > > Jim Steintrager, Interim Dean, School of Humanities > > Peter Krapp, Chair, Department of Film & Media Studies > > Jeff Wasserstrom, Chair, Department of History > > > jeremy hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Job announcement: Professor in Gaming Communication
by Deen Freelon 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

My dept is hiring a senior prof in gaming communication. Please fwd to anyone you think might be interested. Thanks, ~DEEN ----- Professor in Gaming Communication The School of Communication at American University, Washington, D.C., welcomes applications for a tenure-line faculty position in gaming communication at the rank of associate or full professor. Depending on qualifications, the appointee to this position may be recommended for tenure at the time of hiring. The ideal candidate will be an accomplished leader in gaming and public engagement - the application of game theory, game design, and game engagement mechanics to non-game contexts and challenges. Candidates should have superlative skills in multimedia game design and development, a track record of securing grants or venture capital for video game production, and some academic experience. The candidate should also demonstrate some combination of additional qualifications such as a high-impact research agenda, gaming industry experience, successful history of entrepreneurship, experience in advocacy gaming, success developing innovative academic programs, and an outstanding teaching record. This faculty position is part of a long-term gaming initiative at American University including the establishment of a state-of-the-art research and production center focused on interactive gaming strategies for more effective means of public engagement. Additional responsibilities will include teaching and research supervision at the graduate and undergraduate levels, mentoring students, and participating in School of Communication and University governance. Candidates should hold a Ph.D. or other final degree in the field as appropriate. The position, which will begin in August of 2013, offers an opportunity to work with the School of Communication’s world class faculty and affords the unique professional, research, social, and cultural opportunities of a top-ranked school and university located in Washington, D.C. Consideration of applications will commence on October 15, 2012. Candidate interviews will begin in November of 2012 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a letter including a statement of research/design and teaching interest, curriculum vitae, and the names and contact information of three references via email to vramirez(a)american.edu. Any optional multimedia materials requiring mailing may be addressed to: Dr. Laura DeNardis Chair, Search Committee School of Communication American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20016 For more about the School of Communication, please visit www.american.edu/soc. American University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution committed to a diverse faculty, staff, and student body. Women and minority candidates are particularly invited to apply. -- Deen Freelon, Ph.D. Assistant Professor American University School of Communication Office: Asbury 228A dfreelon(a)gmail.com http://dfreelon.org

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Position announcement: Director and Professor School of Media and Communication
by Radhika G 10 Oct '12

10 Oct '12

Apologies for cross-posting. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me. I will also be available at NCA for face to face conversations. ---- Director and Professor School of Media and Communication Bowling Green State University seeks a Director for the School of Media and Communication beginning July 1, 2013. The School consists of three departments, Communication, Journalism & Public Relations, and Telecommunications, with 37 faculty members who teach and conduct research in a broad range of theoretical and applied areas. The graduate program offers an M.A. and Ph.D. in Media and Communication. The school educates approximately 1000 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate students. BGSU has made a major commitment to the school by prioritizing a new, state of the art facility as part of a $200 million investment in academic facilities. The successful candidate will have qualifications for appointment at the rank of professor with tenure, administrative experience, a record of working collaboratively with faculty, a broad understanding of the field of media and communication and its future direction, a commitment to undergraduate and graduate student success, and a successful record of grant writing. Applicants should send 1) a letter of interest, 2) a curriculum vitae, 3) an administrative philosophy statement, and 4) three current and original letters of reference under separate cover to: SMC Director Search Committee Chair, College of Arts and Sciences, 707 Administration Building, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, 43403-0237. Application deadline: December 31, 2012. Final candidate(s) are required to authorize and pass a background investigation prior to employment. BGSU is an EEO/AA Employer. A more extensive description of the position and the School is at http://www.bgsu.edu/departments/smc

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Job Listing--Strategic Communications
by Paul, Christopher 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Although this isn't necessarily an AoIR job, it'd be great to have some AoIR types apply: Assistant Professor-Strategic Communication Communication Department Seattle University The Department of Communication in the College of Arts and Sciences at Seattle University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Strategic Communications beginning Fall 2013. A young and rapidly growing undergraduate major, Strategic Communications at SU provides integrated, forward-looking professional education to prepare students for leadership roles in subfields such as public relations, advertising, marketing communications, public affairs communications, public information, and nonprofit advocacy. In one or more of these subfields, applicants must have significant professional experience, successful teaching experience, and current research interests. The successful candidate will teach courses in Strategic Communications and at least one foundational course (e.g. "Mediated Foundations of Communication," CMJR 245) in the department; provide academic advising and mentoring for juniors and seniors in STCM; participate in departmental, college, university and community service; pursue scholarship in STCM or equivalent creative professional work; and help the Center for Strategic Communications in developing community-based strategic communication initiatives. A PhD in Communication or a related field is required before fall 2013. Evidence of teaching excellence and potential in scholarship/creative professional work is required. We're particularly interested in candidates who can demonstrate the energy, creativity and entrepreneurial inclination that will help us continue to expand the Strategic Communications program and fully establish it as a preeminent program of its kind. Seattle University, founded in 1891, is a Jesuit Catholic university located on 48 acres on Seattle's Capitol Hill. More than 7,700 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs within eight schools. U.S. News and World Report's "Best Colleges 2012" ranks Seattle University among the top 10 universities in the West that offer a full range of masters and undergraduate programs. Seattle University is an equal opportunity employer Applicants should apply online at https://jobs.seattleu.edu/postings/14793 Inquiries about the position can be directed to Barry Mitzman, mitzmanb(a)seattleu.edu<mailto:mitzmanb@seattleu.edu>.

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Videoconferencing research project
by Dorottya Cserzo 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Dear colleagues, I am a new PhD student starting a project on videoconferencing for personal and professional uses. I have completed a pilot study which involved recording the openings of some private Skype conversations, and I am now working on collecting more data. It would be very helpful for me to discuss some issues with other researchers, so if you are interested in a similar area or would like to know more about my project, please don't hesitate to contact me. Kind regards, Dorottya Csenge Cserzo PhD Student at ENCAP, Cardiff University Email: cserzodc(a)cardiff.ac.uk

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EUI Max Weber funded postdocs deadline 25 October 2012
by Angela Daly 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

The deadline for 1 or 2 year funded postdoctoral fellowships in the social sciences at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy is 25 October 2012. More info here: http://blogs.eui.eu/maxweberprogramme/2012/10/09/call-for-applications-mwf/

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Proceedings from CATaC'12 now available online
by Charles Ess 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Dear AoIRists, On behalf of the contributors to and co-editors of _Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication 2012_ (Proceedings of CATaC'12 - held in Aarhus, Denmark, July 3-6) - we are very pleased to announced that the Proceedings are now available online <http://blogs.ubc.ca/catac/proceedings/proceedings-2012/>. The Proceedings are hosted at issuu.com and will require registering for a free account in order to download the desired files. Just click on the blue "Create Account" link at the upper right-hand corner: you know the drill. With all due modesty: we are absolutely confident that the AoIR community (among others) will find no small number of papers in this year's Proceedings to be most interesting, relevant, and fruitful for a wide range of research interests that attend to culturally-variable and culturally-relevant dimensions, affordances, etc. of online communication. We are also very happy to provide AoIRists with advance notice that Proceedings from the previous CATaC conferences - i.e., starting in 1998 and held every second year since- will also be made available online within the next few months. We anticipate that the collected Proceedings will serve as a very rich resource for both recent and earlier research approaches, findings, and reflections in the culturally-variable dimensions of communication via ICTs - and thereby offer unique possibilities for more longitudinal research and comparisons as well. Like the CATaC conferences, the Proceedings are always very much a collective effort. In this instance, great thanks are due to the Proceedings' editors, beginning with Herbert Hrachovec and Michele Strano - and particular thanks go to Fay Sudweeks and Leah Macfadyen for their yoe-woman's work in making the Proceedings available in this online format. Enjoy! With all best wishes, - 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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URGENT: call for journal papers reviewers
by Babiga Birregah 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

Dear everyone, Sorry to bother you with this. I really need your help to proceed to the review of two papers dealing with social media and risk management. 1st paper: "A survey for evaluating the exposition to threats of mobile technologies users". 2nd paper: "Security and Risks of Mobile Social Media in Organizations: A Survey". The above-mentioned articles has been submitted to be considered for publication in journal. The review deadline is 14 November 2012. If you are interested, please contact me. best regards -- BIRREGAH Babiga, Phd Assistant professor ICD UMR-CNRS 6279 STMR Joint Research Unit in Sciences and Technologies for Risk Management Department of Operational Research, Applied Statistics and Simulation 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060 10004 TROYES CEDEX FRANCE Tél. 0325715869 QR: http://goo.gl/Et0A4

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3-year PhD Scholarship (Understanding Mobile and Social Media in the Pacific)
by Heather Horst 09 Oct '12

09 Oct '12

*** Please feel free to circulate widely (apologies for cross-postings) *** 3-year PhD Scholarship (Understanding Mobile and Social Media in the Pacific) School of Media and Communication, RMIT University Australia Application deadline: 31 October 2012 This three-year scholarship is for a PhD candidate who will contribute to the fieldwork for an ethnographic study of mobile and social media in 1-2 Pacific countries. S/he will spend at least 12 months over the three years of candidature documenting, archiving and analysing mobile and social communication practices and infrastructure. As a discrete case study, but key component of the comparative study, the PhD candidate will participate in and contribute to a recently funded Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant "Mobilising Media for Sustainable Outcomes in the Pacific Region" (see below for project summary). They will also become a PhD Member of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre: * http://www.digital-ethnography.net* Eligible candidates will have a BA, BA with Honours or MA/MSC in Communication, Anthropology, Sociology, Science and Technology Studies, Informatics, Media Studies or other related discipline. They must be willing to undertake ethnographic fieldwork in up to two countries in Melanesia, Micronesia or Polynesia with a focus upon online and mobile media. Ideal candidates will have linguistic expertise and/or be willing to learn the language(s) of their fieldwork site(s). International and Australian nationals are eligible to apply. The Scholarship, which covers tuition, fees, a small stipend and other research expenses, will begin in March 2013. Initial expressions of interest should be sent to Dr. Heather Horst at * heather.horst(a)rmit.edu.au* Please note that all applicants will need to apply for and be accepted to the PhD program in Media and Communication at RMIT University. The Application deadline is 31 October 2012. Application details can be found at: * http://www.rmit.edu.au/browse/Our%20Organisation%2FDesign%20and%20Social%20… * About the School of Media and Communication at RMIT University: RMIT University has a long and distinguished history of applied and theoretical media research, with our doctoral graduates positioned throughout the sector. The School of Media and Communication, formed in 2009, supports research across a number of sub-fields in media and communications, which allows for both discrete disciplinary excellence and interdisciplinary interventions. Our researchers were ranked above world standard in our fields in the recent ERA round (achieving a 4 ranking in 2001 FoR code). The new School has a total staff of over 200, an academic staff of 128, and 107 HDR candidates (80 PhDs & 27 Masters). In addition, the School has two APDs, a QEII, three Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellows, a VC Fellow, and an Early Career fellow. The School also supports a top academic journal, Communication, Politics and Culture (previously ranked A through ERA) and a series of Centres, Groups and Labs including the Digital Ethnography Research Centre, the Communication, Politics and Culture Centre), the Games and Experimental Entertainment Lab (GeeLab), the Exertion Games Lab, the Creative Writing Group and others. Mobilising Media for Sustainable Outcomes in the Pacific Region Australian Research Council Linkage Grant (2012-2015) CI Heather Horst, CI Jo Tacchi and PI Domenic Friguglietti Funding Dates: October 2012- October 2015 Project Summary: One quarter of Australia’s $4.8 billion in aid will be spent in the Pacific region in 2011-12. Adoption of communication for development as a strategy can improve the effectiveness of development assistance, which will result in improving development goals and desired outcomes. We will develop a grounded understanding of the social and economic conditions and changes associated with media and communication in the region. Using this knowledge to inform the design of development initiatives, we will evaluate the effectiveness of these interventions and their communication components and develop transferable design principles. The aim is to support Australia’s goal to improve the effectiveness of its international development assistance. -- Heather A. Horst Vice Chancellor's Senior Research Fellow School of Media and Communication College of Design and Social Context RMIT University Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Phone: +61 3 9925 3988 Email: heather.horst(a)rmit.edu.au Web: http://heatherhorst.org

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ICA 2013 Panel proposal - new media & civic engagement
by Delia Dumitrica 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Dear colleagues, We are looking for two more panelists for a panel on new media and civic engagement for the upcoming ICA conference (London, UK, June 17-21, 2013). If you are working on cases of civic engagement through new media and are interested in tackling the questions we propose in the panel description (see below), please email Delia Dumitrica (dddumitr(a)ucalgary.ca) with a brief (150 words) abstract by next Monday, November 15, 2012. * * * Panel Proposal to ICA 2013, London, UK Communication and Technology Panel Session: New Media and Civic Engagement: From Networked Individualism to Collective Action Organizers: Dr. Maria Bakardjieva Professor, Department of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada Dr. Delia Dumitrica Instructor, Department of Communication and Culture, University of Calgary, Canada Abstract: This panel examines the mechanics of four cases of civic mobilization through new media, focusing on the exchanges between everyday life and the political sphere. The panelists are asking what their respective cases can teach us about the role new media play in the activation of ordinary people that leads to the development of political consciousness and participation in civic and political action. Our interest is drawn to the complicated exchange between a wide range of mundane uses of new media (from creating protest Facebook groups to liking politicians on Twitter) and the wider political structures. When and under what conditions do such individual activities supported by new media build up enough energy and scale to make an impact on the political sphere? How are new media contributing to the transformation of isolated acts of protest or challenge to the established order into collective action that brings about real change? And what happens once the political players, for their part, start employing new media for colonizing the energy of the grassroots? Maria Bakardjieva is looking at a case where new media became a key tool in inciting a wave of civic resistance against proposed legislation on Bulgarian forests. Delia Dumitrica is looking at the perceptions of young people in Calgary, Canada concerning the mobilizing role of social media in the 2010 electoral municipal campaign. * * * Dr. Delia Dumitrica Instructor Department of Communication and Culture University of Calgary

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