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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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IR 13.0 birds of a feather sessions
by Feona Attwood 08 Oct '12

08 Oct '12

Birds of a Feather sessions provide an informal space during the conference where people can meet to talk about a topic that they are interested in. This year we have six fantastic sessions that you may want to join. Details are below; please contact the organizer direct. I'll add the times and rooms for the sessions to the program once I have them. Thanks, Feona ‘Identity’ Jenny Ungbha Korn Identity crosses multiple levels of analysis, from the individual to the organizational and international. This bird of a feather session presents an opportunity for researchers of identity to discuss quantitative and qualitative online and offline methods used to study identity. We also welcome researchers who are questioning definitions of identity, deconstructing categories, pushing identity boundaries, and reconfiguring identification processes. If you are interested in this birds of a feather session please contact Jenny Ungbha Korn at JenKorn(a)uic.edu<mailto:JenKorn@uic.edu> ‘Big Data' Eric T. Meyer and Cornelius Puschmann There is growing energy and also considerable hype around the idea of harnessing what has been called 'big data' from a variety of sources to answer new questions in a variety of fields. During this BoF, we would like internet researchers who are using big data, or are interested in using big data, or are interested in understanding how big data is being used, to join us in a free-flowing discussion of 'big data' in the context of internet research. What are the sources of big data that exist? How do researchers get access to them or gather them? What tools are needed to analyse them? What ethical and methodological challenges arise from the use of big data? What are the biggest questions that big data can answer for those trying to understand the socio-technical context of the internet? Or is big data just hype? If you are interested in this birds of a feather session please contact Eric Meyer at eric.meyer(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:eric.meyer@oii.ox.ac.uk> 'The internet at 50+' Kelly Quinn Recently Pew Internet & American Life reported that 85% of adults age 50+ use the internet and, for the first time, more than half of adults age 65 and older do as well. While the majority of these internet users have incorporated the internet into their daily lives at very high rates, their use of social network sites and microblogs have not enjoyed the same levels of adoption. During this BoF session, we will discuss the growing online presence of older adults and how internet use at different life points may differ. If you are interested in this birds of a feather session please contact Kelly Quinn at kquinn8(a)uic.edu<mailto:kquinn8@uic.edu> ‘Resources for Teaching Digital Methods’ Alex Halavais This session is to discuss * common resources for teaching methods for studying network-mediated society (digital methods, etc.) * the potential for an open methods textbook * the potential for shared learning objectives / tools for evaluation If you are interested in this birds of a feather session please contact Alex Halavais at halavais(a)gmail.com<mailto:halavais@gmail.com> ‘Fan Studies’ Rhiannon Bury This session is for anyone who does research on or has research interests in any aspect of fandom. These could include but are not limited to online communities and participatory culture, creativity and production (fic, vids), role playing and gaming, fan uses of social media, and convention culture. If you are interested in this birds of a feather session please contact Rhiannon Bury at rbury(a)athabascau.ca<mailto:rbury@athabascau.ca> Theories: internet studies and beyond Monica Murero While in the last ten years empirical research has started differentiating, theoretical approaches for the ‘internet studies’ still need to take off, both in North America and In Europe. The main idea is to stimulate a debate about the need to evolve from traditional ‘mass media’ or ‘Computer mediated communication’ theories - still used by many - and move forward. The idea is to reflect upon the need of building solid theory for current and future challenging scenarios (eg computers as we know them will ‘disappear’ soon). The session could be an ideal setting to think about ‘new’ theory with an interdisciplinary perspective, on the light of the future of internet studies. If you are interested in this birds of a feather session please contact Monica Murero at murero.monica(a)gmail.com<mailto:murero.monica@gmail.com> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Facebook abstainers and refuseniks
by Nicholas John 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

Hello Researchers of the Internet I wonder if anyone knows of any studies of people who *don't* use Facebook as a matter of choice? I'm doing a study of my own and want to make sure I've got the background literature covered. Thanks in advance, Nicholas _______________ Dr. Nicholas John sociothink.com share.sociothink.com @nicholasajohn Latest article: Sharing and Web 2.0: The emergence of a keyword<http://nms.sagepub.com/content/early/2012/07/03/1461444812450684>, New Media & Society

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Call for Nominations: PCA/ACA Electronic Reference Award
by Paul Booth 07 Oct '12

07 Oct '12

Apologies for the cross-posting Now accepting nominations for the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association 2013 Electronic Reference Site Award The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association sponsors this prestigious award each year along with literary and film awards. This award recognizes the growth and importance of new academic formats. Award winners will be announced at the PCA/ACA annual convention in Washington, DC in 2013 and posted on the PCA/ACA website at http://www.h-net.org/~pcaacca/ and on other appropriate websites, and in other media forums. Recipients need not be present at the conference to receive the award. Submissions and Nominations Procedures: The policies and procedures for the Electronic Awards are similar to all the other awards with a focus on quality and relevancy. The award in a particular year would look at the submissions of websites created over a three year period. The deadline for receipt of materials to be considered is January 7, 2013. The subjects of the site should be relevant to Popular and American Culture. The criteria for judgment by the committee would include: Quality of research/scholarship, Use of hypertext/networking of electronic medium, Use of Supplementary/Secondary Materials, Contribution to Popular and American studies scholarship, Breadth of archived material, Ease of searching, Updatability For nominating sites for the PCA/ACA Best Electronic Reference Site award, please contact Paul Booth at pbooth(a)depaul.edu. In your nomination, please include the website address, the subject of the site, and contact information for the nominator/nominate. Self-nominations welcome. -- Paul Booth, PhD Assistant Professor of Media and Cinema Studies/Communication Technology College of Communication DePaul University 14 E. Jackson Chicago, IL 60604

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