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undergraduate research methods
by Unsworth,Kristene 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

Hi everyone, I've recently agreed to mentor a student through his senior year research thesis. He is in a science, technology and society program but wants to focus on surveillance and security issues...which is where I came in. Do any of you know of a good research methods text that I could direct him to as he starts this process? I know of some of the standards: Patton, Bouma, Lincoln and Denzin, but wanted to reach out in case any of you have had good experiences with newer texts. Thanks a bunch, Kris ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth Assistant Professor The iSchool at Drexel College of Information Science and Technology Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Office: Rush Building #409 Phone: (215)895-6016 Fax: (215)895-2494 Email: unsworth AT drexel DOT edu

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JOB: Internet Policy Analyst and Advocate
by jeremy hunsinger 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

> > ITU ADVOCACY COORDINATOR POSITION DESCRIPTION > > *Title*: Policy Analyst > *Organization*: Access > *Location*: Applicants from around the world will be considered > *Application deadline*: ASAP (rolling applications will be accepted until the position is filled) > *Compensation*: Based on previous experience and salary history > > *WHO WE ARE* > > Access (AccessNow.org) is an international NGO that promotes open and secure access to the internet as a means to the realization of human rights and free, full, and safe participation in society. Founded in the wake of the 2009 Iranian post-election crackdown, Access teams with digital activists and civil society groups internationally to build their technical capacity and to help them advocate globally for their digital rights. Access provides thought leadership and practical policy recommendations in the broader field of internet freedom, and based on that expertise mobilizes its global movement of citizens to campaign for an open internet accessible to all. > > > *WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR* > > Access is in search of a policy analyst to coordinate the organization’s advocacy at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) in the lead up to the World Conference on International Telecommunications (WCIT). This position will work closely with the broad range of international digital rights groups already engaging in advocacy in this area and will support this worldwide movement. Initially, this will be a short-term position lasting five months. Following this initial contract, Access will assess the ongoing need for this position, with the possibility of an extension of the period of employment. The primary responsibilities of this position include: > > • Mapping and supporting international digital rights groups to engage in grassroots actions. > > • Analyzing the WCIT process and preparatory documents (in plain language), including writing short policy briefs on particularly dangerous proposals. > > • Developing educational materials and other useful documents such as "How to have a genuine public consultation on ITU with your government." > > • Coordinating and assisting in the execution of ITU-related campaign arm activities, focusing on national level awareness-raising actions, similar to what Access did in its first ITU transparency campaign (https://www.accessnow.org/page/s/itu ). > > • Participating in civil society strategy sessions, convening as necessary, in addition to representing Access at national consultations where appropriate. > > • Preparing briefing materials for Access’ staff around the world to enable them to more efficaciously engage civil society groups, corporations, and national governments around this issue. > > • Liaise with the media and act as an organizational spokesperson as appropriate. > > > *QUALIFICATIONS* > > • 1-3 years experience or a relevant graduate degree. > > • Relevant work experience in the areas of internet freedom, internet governance, human rights, political communication, internet engineering, and/or new technologies, with increasing levels of responsibility. Familiarity with the ITU and the WCIT process is required. > > • Experience working in a grass-roots organization with member activists. > > • Fluency in English is required and knowledge of an additional language and/or a technical background is a plus. > > • Proven ability to organize and facilitate events, workshops, and small meetings. > > • Proven ability to produce well-written policy briefs and media relations > and public education materials. > > > *APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS* > To apply, please write to jobs at accessnow.org with “ITU Advocacy Coordinator – [Your Name]” as the subject line and submit the following, saved as one PDF or .doc document: > > -Cover letter expressing your interest in the position and why you are the best candidate for it > > -Resume > > -Two references > > Jeremy Hunsinger Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech http://www.tmttlt.com Whoever ceases to be a student has never been a student. -George Iles

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Public Sphere Article?
by Adam Fish 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

Dear List, I am teaching an undergraduate course on media and the public sphere and looking for an article that introduces the public sphere. Habermas is too dense; Nancy Fraser probably too. The article could be an anthropological case study that frames the data in the theory of the public sphere or a more straight theoretical article. Any ideas? Thank you! Best, -- Adam Fish, PhD Lecturer, Media Studies Sociology Department, Lancaster University mediacultures.org, @mediacultures

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CfP: Book "Social Media, Politics and the State"
by Christian Fuchs 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

*Call for extended abstracts for an edited collection -‐ Please circulate widely* Social Media, Politics and the State: Protest, Revolutions, Riots, Crime, and Policing in the Age of Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. Edited by Daniel Trottier and Christian Fuchs http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/CFP_SMPS.pdf “Social media” is a new buzzword, marketing ideology and sphere of imagination in which contemporary techno-optimistic and techno-pessimistic visions are played out. Social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube have made a considerable impact on contemporary life. A growing corpus of research considers how these platforms have affected marketing, identity construction, social coordination and privacy. The scholarship that this collected volume addresses looks at how state power and politics are both contested and exercised on social media. Because social media are saturated in contemporary life, they have become a tool and a terrain for conflicts between states and a multitude of organized and autonomous actors. Social media are celebrated for “levelling the playing field” by empowering otherwise powerless actors. The ‘Green Movement’ during the 2009 elections in Iran was globally broadcast on Twitter. Marginalized political groups can now promote their agenda on free and easy-to-use platforms. Even rioters and other actors breaking the law can organize and discuss their exploits on these platforms. Yet in practice, social media often lead to asymmetrical power relations, as a result of asymmetrical relations of online visibility. Studying social media politics, there are on the one hand techno-optimistic approaches that claim that social media helps to revive democracy (examples of such talk include the focus on “Twitter revolutions”, “YouTube democracy”, or a “Twitter public sphere”) and on the other hand techno-pessimistic approaches that claim that social media are a new threat to democracy (examples of such talk include focus on the omnipresence of criminal threats, harassments, terrorism and violent extremism on social media, the talk about “Twitter and Blackberry riots”, the stress on the end of political activism due to the lack of real-life contacts between activists and citizens, the focus on how the police and repressive regimes monitor social media in order to repress political activism, etc). The focus of this collected volume is different in that it seeks contributions that give a realistic assessment of the relationship between various forms of collective action (e.g. the Arab spring, the Occupy movement, contemporary student protests, contemporary social movements in Greece, Spain, and other countries, Anonymous, WikiLeaks, various forms of terrorism, various forms of crime, various forms of political activism, etc) and state power (the police, various political regimes, intelligence, the state-industrial surveillance complex, the neoliberal regime of governance, etc) on social media. In the Iranian protests in 2009 just like in the Arab spring, activists have used social media as organizing and communication tool in their protests and governments have tried to censor and monitor social media, often with the help of surveillance technologies produced and exported by Western companies. WikiLeaks has tried to make the power of state actors transparent with the assistance of online leaking, and political opponents of the project have answered with boycotts and large-scale campaigns. Anonymous has advanced a networked form of political hacktivism and is facing the criminalization of distributed denial of service attacks and politically motivated cracking as well as prosecution of some of its activists. Organizations concerned about police brutality, including discriminatory and racist practices have turned to social media in order to ‘watch the watchers’ (regional CopWatch branches on Facebook, leaking personal data about abusive police officers to the public, drone and citizen journalism of police activities during political protests). However, these very sites render political activists visible to the police, and the police have developed an interest in monitoring social media and using them as surveillance tools. Social media and mobile phones have been used as communication tools in the London and Vancouver riots in 2011, to which the police answered with an offensive of policing social media, developing new social media surveillance tools, and publicly declaring the need for laws and technologies that enable the control of riots, crime and terror. Since the start of the global economic crisis in 2008, Europe has experienced an electoral shift towards the right in many countries and a growth of right-wing extremism and fascist activism that has culminated in Anders Breiviks’ mass killing of 69 people. The public and the police have since asked if Internet- and social media-monitoring and control can prevent such massacres, by detecting early warning signals and help catch criminals and terrorists before they attack. Privacy and civil society activists are the same time concerned that social media policing and surveillance bring about a totalitarian society, in which innocent citizens are criminalized and discriminated against, and in which social media policing turns against civil society, minorities (especially people of colour) and political activists, that conservative law and order politics are advanced, and that a techno-deterministic ideology emerges that overlooks the societal causes of crime and terror and believes in a technological fix to societal problems that are rooted in modern society’s power structures. We are explicitly neither interested in contributions that tell readers which great opportunities or threats various forms of collective action on social media pose, nor in contributions that focus on opportunities or threats posed by various forms of state action on social media. We are rather exclusively interested in contributions that address how collective action and state power are related and conflict as two-sides of social media power, and how power and counter-power are distributed in this relationship. We are compiling a collection of research papers that address one or more of the following issues: - Social media and the Arab Spring, and related regime conflicts - Social media and the Occupy movement - Social media and student protests / austerity protests - Social media and riots / social unrest in urban areas - Social media and political protests and activism - Social media and marginal political groups - Social media, right-wing extremism, and fascism - Social media and religious violence - Social media and organized crime - Social media and policing - Social media and police violence - Social media and the state-industrial surveillance complex - Social media and Anonymous - Social media and WikiLeaks In particular, we invite research that considers a) the two-sided nature of power in relation to social media and politics, and that is b) theoretically focused, c) critical in nature and d) empirically rigorous. - All chapters should give attention to theoretical question that address what political power is all about in general and today and how this relates to social media: What is the state? What is power? What is politics? What is the police? What is surveillance? What is activism? What is civil society? How does the relationship between collective action and state power look like in modern society? - Which critical theories that conceptualize these phenomena are there? Which of these theories are feasible in the context of social media? - How can the relationship of collective action and state power be theorized and how does this relate to social media? - What does it mean to study social media, politics and the state critically? - How should the concepts of power and counter-power be theorized? How can such a theorization be applied to social media? - How can the power relations and asymmetries between collective actors and state apparatuses be conceptualized, theorized, and empirically studied in a realistic and dialectical way? Final versions of chapters should be no longer than 8000 words, including references and notes. We intend to submit a full proposal to Routledge, who have expressed an interest in this collection. We are currently seeking extended abstracts of 800-1200 words. Please send extended abstracts, along with a brief bio to daniel.trottier(a)im.uu.se no later than Monday, October 15th, 2012. Tentative schedule: Extended abstracts due: Monday, October 15th, 2012 Notification of accepted papers: Thursday, November 1st, 2012 First draft of chapters due: Monday, April 1st, 2012 Feedback on chapters returned: Monday, June 3rd, 2012 Final versions of chapters due: Monday, July 15th, 2012 In order to be considered, abstracts should adhere to the following style (800-1200 words in total, please address each aspect separately and include the specific headlines in your abstract): a) Contribution Title b) Full name of the author(s) c) Institutional affiliation(s) d) Postal address(es) e) e-mail address(es) f) Telphone number of the corresponding author Structured Abstract 1 Purpose: What are the overall task and research question the chapter addresses? 2 Scope: What is the scope of the analysis (time period for the analysis, geographical scope, which phenomena are included in the analysis, which one excluded and why, which spheres of society and their interrelations are taken into account (politics, state, economy, ideology, etc))? 3 Method: Which theoretical approaches and empirical research methods are employed for answering the research questions and attaining the chapter’s task? How does the chapter employ and apply critical social theories for studying social media, politics, the state, power and counter-power? How is the power relationship of collective actors and state power taken into account? 4 Results: What are the main results presented in the paper? 5 Recommendations: What are the main recommendations for society that the research allows to draw from a critical and ethical perspective? 6 Conclusions: What are the main conclusions of the conducted research for politics, society, academia, the research field of Critical Internet and Social Media Studies, and the public?

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Re: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools?
by Christine Moellenberndt 16 Aug '12

16 Aug '12

<de-lurk = on> I don't know of any off-hand, but there is a mailing list for folks who are doing research in and around the various Wikimedia projects you can join, and they may have some resources for you. You can subscribe here: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l/ The list has both researchers and Wikimedia Foundation employees, and could probably provide you with some additional resources! <de-lurk = off> -Christine Master's Candidate San Jose State University On 8/15/12 3:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:38:53 -0700 > From: Monika Sengul-Jones <jones.monika(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > Message-ID: > <CAD_EfP+5jdaG8MDPfGMSwMO=vCifMU_bR8+7MPvDUF5Yb2AVyQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello Air-L list: > > This summer I'm doing research on Wikipedia entries in the field of Science > and Technology Studies. A central question I'm asking is the extent to > which this field, as it is now on Wikipedia, includes/features/references > contributions made by women, feminist theorists, and feminist theory. > > To answer this, I'm gathering data on existing pages using a variety of > mixed methods. I would like to ask for recommendations on tools for > extracting the history of editing on a page. I want to see how many times a > given article has been edited, by whom, and what types of edits and content > contributions are made over time. So far, I've found the "history" tool on > the Wikipedia page limited. I cannot see how many edits have been made on a > particular article and understanding what kinds of edits are made (e.g. > grammatical, content) requires going into each historical page view. I'd > love to find a way to download the history of an article and extract the > data into a spreadsheet -- perhaps this is a tall order. > > So far, I've found tools for extracting data on Wikipedia from the Digital > Methods Initiative website (which was first introduced to me by this list > serve! :)). Specifically, the program History Flow is useful to an extent > for visualizing types of content contributions and edits over time. But > there is no way to translate these visualizations into a spreadsheet format > -- as far as I can tell -- so I've been doing that manually, somehow > piecing together the history of edits on an article. Meanwhile, I was > recommended a tool called WikiChecker ( > http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=science_studies) but the summary > format is limited and, at times, contradictory to data I get elsewhere. > > If anyone has any other tools or methods to suggest for ways to collect > data on content contributions and edits on Wikipedia I would be most > grateful. > > I'd also be happy to be in conversation with anymore interested in the > concept of the project. I'm working on it as a part of the FemTechNet > Initiative, spearheaded by Anne Balsamo and Alexandra Juhasz. I'm not sure > if information on the initiative has circulated here, so I'll paste in a > copy of the "call" which took place last spring. * > http://aljean.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/femtechnet-long-form-invite-may-2… > * > > Thank you, > Monika > > -- > Monika Sengul-Jones > Graduate Student > Communication & Science Studies > University of California, San Diego > msengul(a)ucsd.edu > > >

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Re: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools?
by Simon Knight 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

You're probably already aware of it but I guess it's worth highlighting to the list too that the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) does some good stuff (http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/) and Mark Graham (there) did a great talk on the Digital Divide which included lots of stuff a) about representation of demographic groups on Wiki (including dominant language - dominant on wiki, males more dominant both in contributions and pages, etc. which sometimes reflects the historic artefact, e.g. the husband of the woman with most children has a wiki page, while she does (or did?) not). Talk can be found here http://www.zerogeography.net/2012/04/video-of-my-dfid-talk-is-now-online.ht…. Good luck with the research Simon -- Simon Knight Teaching Associate, ORBIT Project http://orbit.educ.cam.ac.uk/ Nominet Trust Associate Researcher/blogger http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/knowledge-centre/blogs/ <http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/knowledge-centre/blogs/?filters=uid%3A3929> MPhil candidate, University of Cambridge https://sites.google.com/site/sjgknight/ On 15/08/2012 11:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > (Monika Sengul-Jones) > 2. Re: Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > (Peter Timusk) > 3. Re: Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? (Marj Kibby) > 4. Fee waiver and Ignite-IR deadline today (Alexander Halavais) > 5. Re: Public Sphere article? (Tessa Houghton) > 6. Re: Public Sphere Article? (Taylor-Smith, Ella) > 7. Curating Public Sphere readings discussion (David Brake) > 8. Papers on Public Opinion (Patricia Rossini) > 9. Re: Papers on Public Opinion (Peter Gloviczki) > 10. Public Sphere Article? (John Monberg) > 11. CfP Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds Conference 2013 > (Moira Hunter) > 12. Social Informatics Blog (David Nemer) > 13. Re: Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > (Monika Sengul-Jones) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 15:38:53 -0700 > From: Monika Sengul-Jones <jones.monika(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > Message-ID: > <CAD_EfP+5jdaG8MDPfGMSwMO=vCifMU_bR8+7MPvDUF5Yb2AVyQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hello Air-L list: > > This summer I'm doing research on Wikipedia entries in the field of Science > and Technology Studies. A central question I'm asking is the extent to > which this field, as it is now on Wikipedia, includes/features/references > contributions made by women, feminist theorists, and feminist theory. > > To answer this, I'm gathering data on existing pages using a variety of > mixed methods. I would like to ask for recommendations on tools for > extracting the history of editing on a page. I want to see how many times a > given article has been edited, by whom, and what types of edits and content > contributions are made over time. So far, I've found the "history" tool on > the Wikipedia page limited. I cannot see how many edits have been made on a > particular article and understanding what kinds of edits are made (e.g. > grammatical, content) requires going into each historical page view. I'd > love to find a way to download the history of an article and extract the > data into a spreadsheet -- perhaps this is a tall order. > > So far, I've found tools for extracting data on Wikipedia from the Digital > Methods Initiative website (which was first introduced to me by this list > serve! :)). Specifically, the program History Flow is useful to an extent > for visualizing types of content contributions and edits over time. But > there is no way to translate these visualizations into a spreadsheet format > -- as far as I can tell -- so I've been doing that manually, somehow > piecing together the history of edits on an article. Meanwhile, I was > recommended a tool called WikiChecker ( > http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=science_studies) but the summary > format is limited and, at times, contradictory to data I get elsewhere. > > If anyone has any other tools or methods to suggest for ways to collect > data on content contributions and edits on Wikipedia I would be most > grateful. > > I'd also be happy to be in conversation with anymore interested in the > concept of the project. I'm working on it as a part of the FemTechNet > Initiative, spearheaded by Anne Balsamo and Alexandra Juhasz. I'm not sure > if information on the initiative has circulated here, so I'll paste in a > copy of the "call" which took place last spring. * > http://aljean.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/femtechnet-long-form-invite-may-2… > * > > Thank you, > Monika > > -- > Monika Sengul-Jones > Graduate Student > Communication & Science Studies > University of California, San Diego > msengul(a)ucsd.edu > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 19:02:44 -0400 > From: Peter Timusk <ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca> > To: "'Monika Sengul-Jones'" <jones.monika(a)gmail.com>, > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > Message-ID: <BLU0-SMTP44661A367FC0C8478B6FAEDCB70(a)phx.gbl> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Monika > > I am not sure how you will get the demography variables you obviously need. > I use a handle to do my edits on Wikipedia. That's all you see in the edit > history. Of course some like me may have a male first name in this handle > or a female first name. In my legal studies BA we learned that we had to > cite the first names of scholars because this allowed us to see the gender. > Wikipedia do not know my gender. Unlike some paid web site that may have my > credit card data and access to my gender which they could in turn share with > a researcher I don't think Wikipedia have much real data about me they can > share. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Monika Sengul-Jones > Sent: August-14-12 6:39 PM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > > Hello Air-L list: > > This summer I'm doing research on Wikipedia entries in the field of Science > and Technology Studies. A central question I'm asking is the extent to which > this field, as it is now on Wikipedia, includes/features/references > contributions made by women, feminist theorists, and feminist theory. > > To answer this, I'm gathering data on existing pages using a variety of > mixed methods. I would like to ask for recommendations on tools for > extracting the history of editing on a page. I want to see how many times a > given article has been edited, by whom, and what types of edits and content > contributions are made over time. So far, I've found the "history" tool on > the Wikipedia page limited. I cannot see how many edits have been made on a > particular article and understanding what kinds of edits are made (e.g. > grammatical, content) requires going into each historical page view. I'd > love to find a way to download the history of an article and extract the > data into a spreadsheet -- perhaps this is a tall order. > > So far, I've found tools for extracting data on Wikipedia from the Digital > Methods Initiative website (which was first introduced to me by this list > serve! :)). Specifically, the program History Flow is useful to an extent > for visualizing types of content contributions and edits over time. But > there is no way to translate these visualizations into a spreadsheet format > -- as far as I can tell -- so I've been doing that manually, somehow piecing > together the history of edits on an article. Meanwhile, I was recommended a > tool called WikiChecker ( > http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=science_studies) but the summary format > is limited and, at times, contradictory to data I get elsewhere. > > If anyone has any other tools or methods to suggest for ways to collect data > on content contributions and edits on Wikipedia I would be most grateful. > > I'd also be happy to be in conversation with anymore interested in the > concept of the project. I'm working on it as a part of the FemTechNet > Initiative, spearheaded by Anne Balsamo and Alexandra Juhasz. I'm not sure > if information on the initiative has circulated here, so I'll paste in a > copy of the "call" which took place last spring. * > http://aljean.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/femtechnet-long-form-invite-may-20 > 12.pdf > * > > Thank you, > Monika > > -- > Monika Sengul-Jones > Graduate Student > Communication & Science Studies > University of California, San Diego > msengul(a)ucsd.edu > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 09:26:13 +1000 > From: Marj Kibby <Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > Message-ID: <502B6B34020000CB000534A2(a)WINDOMPRD00.newcastle.edu.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Is is possible to get access to non-public data > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index > > Marj > > > > Associate Professor Marjorie Kibby, B.Ed, M.A, Ph.D, FHERDSA > Director, Student Experience FEDUA > Head of Discipline: Film, Media and Cultural Studies > School of Humanities and Social Science > The University of Newcastle Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia > Marj.Kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au > +61 2 49216604 >>>> Peter Timusk <ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca> 15/08/12 9:04 AM >>> > Monika > > I am not sure how you will get the demography variables you obviously need. > I use a handle to do my edits on Wikipedia. That's all you see in the edit > history. Of course some like me may have a male first name in this handle > or a female first name. In my legal studies BA we learned that we had to > cite the first names of scholars because this allowed us to see the gender. > Wikipedia do not know my gender. Unlike some paid web site that may have my > credit card data and access to my gender which they could in turn share with > a researcher I don't think Wikipedia have much real data about me they can > share. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org > [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Monika Sengul-Jones > Sent: August-14-12 6:39 PM > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Wikipedia article edit history extraction tools? > > Hello Air-L list: > > This summer I'm doing research on Wikipedia entries in the field of Science > and Technology Studies. A central question I'm asking is the extent to which > this field, as it is now on Wikipedia, includes/features/references > contributions made by women, feminist theorists, and feminist theory. > > To answer this, I'm gathering data on existing pages using a variety of > mixed methods. I would like to ask for recommendations on tools for > extracting the history of editing on a page. I want to see how many times a > given article has been edited, by whom, and what types of edits and content > contributions are made over time. So far, I've found the "history" tool on > the Wikipedia page limited. I cannot see how many edits have been made on a > particular article and understanding what kinds of edits are made (e.g. > grammatical, content) requires going into each historical page view. I'd > love to find a way to download the history of an article and extract the > data into a spreadsheet -- perhaps this is a tall order. > > So far, I've found tools for extracting data on Wikipedia from the Digital > Methods Initiative website (which was first introduced to me by this list > serve! :)). Specifically, the program History Flow is useful to an extent > for visualizing types of content contributions and edits over time. But > there is no way to translate these visualizations into a spreadsheet format > -- as far as I can tell -- so I've been doing that manually, somehow piecing > together the history of edits on an article. Meanwhile, I was recommended a > tool called WikiChecker ( > http://en.wikichecker.com/article/?a=science_studies) but the summary format > is limited and, at times, contradictory to data I get elsewhere. > > If anyone has any other tools or methods to suggest for ways to collect data > on content contributions and edits on Wikipedia I would be most grateful. > > I'd also be happy to be in conversation with anymore interested in the > concept of the project. I'm working on it as a part of the FemTechNet > Initiative, spearheaded by Anne Balsamo and Alexandra Juhasz. I'm not sure > if information on the initiative has circulated here, so I'll paste in a > copy of the "call" which took place last spring. * > http://aljean.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/femtechnet-long-form-invite-may-20 > 12.pdf > * > > Thank you, > Monika > > -- > Monika Sengul-Jones > Graduate Student > Communication & Science Studies > University of California, San Diego > msengul(a)ucsd.edu > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2012 00:27:02 -0500 > From: Alexander Halavais <halavais(a)gmail.com> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Fee waiver and Ignite-IR deadline today > Message-ID: > <CAKxz=uCLALdaXmPchw7xYW6TQqW=_RiLdosSFdqtoGXkmvB7qA(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Just a quick reminder that if you planned to submit a proposal for the > Ignite series, today (August 15, or at least before i wake up on the 16th) > is your last chance. The ignite talks were a great way to get out fresh > ideas last year to a large audience, and a lot of fun to watch. More > details: http://ir13.aoir.org/ignite-ir/ > > Likewise, if you want to apply for the IR fee waiver and travel stipend, be > sure to email your application today. More details: > http://aoir.org/fee-waivertravel-stipend-for-ir13-0/ > > For those of you starting out your semesters, best of luck for the fall and > I look forward to seeing you in Salford for a mid-semester break. I am > already transcribing a map of the local pubs onto a silk handkerchief in > case I get lost. > > Best, > > Alex > > > >

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Arab Spring paper
by Barry Wellman 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

David, I coauthored a short, readable paper with Justine Yu and Xioalin Zhuo a year ago on the Egyptian revolt & social media. It was published in Peace magazine, but I know we all are happy to waive copyright for republication in nice places. Please let me know Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php Just published: NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie and Barry Wellman. MIT Press. http://www.amazon.com/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/r… Hardbound $19; Kindle $16 http://www.amazon.ca/Networked-New-Social-Operating-System/dp/0262017199/re… _______________________________________________________________________

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Social Informatics Blog
by David Nemer 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Hi there, I'm David Nemer, a PhD student in Social Informatics at Indiana University. About a year ago, me and other PhD students decided to start the Social Informatics Blog with the intent of bringing a meeting place to share our own studies and ideas. It is also a place for us to show what kind of work we do in social informatics and have anyone participating by sending any sort of feedback. It’s an ongoing conversation and opportunity for us, PhD students, to get the word out. I'd like to take this opportunity to invite you to take a look at it, and please feel free to leave any comments there, and if you have any thoughts, don't hesitate to tell me. Our latest post is the book review of "Internet Inquiry: conversations about method" edited by our great Annette N. Markham and Nancy K. Baym. There you can also find posts related to internet censorship, digital divide, interdisciplinary discussions, other book reviews and so on! http://socialinformaticsblog.com/ Thanks! -- *David Nemer* PhD Student in Social Informatics School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University Editor of the Social Informatics Blog - http://socialinformaticsblog.com http://www.dnemer.com dnemer(a)indiana.edu

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CfP Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds Conference 2013
by Moira Hunter 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

*************** PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY ********** CFP Announcement for 3rd global conference: *Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds Conference 2013* *7-9 March, Lisbon, Portugal* *Abstract Deadline 12 October 2012* *Abstract Length: 300 words* *url: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/at-the-interface/education/experiential-l… * Interest in virtual worlds and their application to learning have increased significantly in recent years. They play an increasingly important role for people in both social and work-based contexts, and they challenge many of our assumptions about how we work, teach, learn, and relate to each other. There are many different types of virtual worlds and they are used for a multiplicity of purposes including gaming, play, social networking, learning and development, work, and also business. The experiences gained in virtual worlds influence who we are in the physical world, and vice versa. What are we learning through those experiences and how transferable is that learning from one domain to another? The main aims of this conference are to increase our understanding of experiential learning in virtual worlds, both formal and informal, to share experience and best practice, and to debate future possibilities for learning in virtual worlds. We believe the conference will be of interest to educators, researchers, students, independent scholars, trainers, virtual world users, and anyone interested in what happens in virtual worlds and what it means for us as human (or virtual) beings. For the purpose of this call for presentations, we define virtual worlds as 3D, immersive, graphical environments, representing realistic or imaginary worlds, in which users are co-presented as animated characters (avatars) and interact with each other and with the worlds’ contents. However, we recognise both the complexity and contested nature of experiential learning in virtual worlds and welcome papers that challenge this definition. As it is such a broad subject area, Experiential Learning in Virtual Worlds precludes a definitive list of sub-topics, but the following themes are indicative of the kind of topics envisaged by this Call for Presentations. Presentations, papers and performances will be considered on any related topic or theme, but we are particularly keen to encourage papers which explore research methodologies in virtual worlds. The Steering Group welcomes the submission of preformed panel proposals. *Education, training and learning in virtual worlds* - Assessment and evaluation - Blended learning approaches - Corporate training in virtual worlds - Education and training in virtual worlds - Scenarios, simulations, role-play and experimentation - Work-related learning in virtual worlds *Identity, presence and self in virtual worlds* - Art of building a virtual persona - Communication modes and etiquette - Identity and citizenship in virtual worlds - Immersion and presence in virtual worlds - Online communities, formal and informal - Psychology and affect in virtual worlds - Sexuality in virtual worlds - Understanding mortality in virtual worlds - Virtual and global teams *Research methods in virtual worlds* - Discourse analysis in virtual worlds - Ethnographic approaches - Ontology and epistemology in virtual worlds - Research design, data collection and analysis - Virtual world semiotics *Virtual world technologies* - Connectivity between platforms and media - Design issues in virtual worlds - Human–computer interaction - Technological convergence - The future of virtual worlds *Types of virtual worlds* - Virtual world technologies in education - Virtual worlds for health and social care - Medical education in virtual worlds - Psychological healthcare in virtual worlds - Social work training in virtual worlds - Therapeutic interventions in virtual worlds *Arts and entertainment in virtual worlds* - Machinima and virtual film-making in virtual worlds - Play, fun, fantasy and horror in the virtual world - Massively multiplayer online role-playing games - Storytelling and narrative in virtual worlds *What to Send* 300 word abstracts should be submitted by Friday 12th October 2012. All submissions are double blind peer reviewed. If an abstract is accepted for the conference, a full draft paper should be submitted by Friday18th January 2013. Abstracts should be submitted simultaneously to the Organising Chairs; abstracts may be in Word, WordPerfect, or RTF formats with the following information and in this order: a) author(s), b) affiliation, c) email address, d) title of abstract, e) body of abstract f) up to 10 key words E-mails should be entitled: ELVW 3 Abstract Submission. Please use plain text (Times Roman 12) and abstain from using footnotes and any special formatting, characters or emphasis (such as bold, italics or underline). We acknowledge receipt and answer all paper proposals submitted. If you do not receive a reply from us in a week you should assume we did not receive your proposal; it might be lost in cyberspace! We suggest, then, you look for an alternative electronic route or resend. *Organising Chairs* *Jim Gritton*:* j.r.gritton(a)gre.ac.uk Rob Fisher*:* elvw3(a)inter-disciplinary.net* The conference is part of the *At the Interface* programme of research projects. It aims to bring together people from different areas and interests to share ideas and explore various discussions which are innovative and exciting. *Please pass this cfp on to others. Thank you. Moira Hunter moira.hunter(a)paris-malaquais.archi.fr ENSA-PM, France*

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Public Sphere Article?
by John Monberg 15 Aug '12

15 Aug '12

Two articles that provide an overview of public sphere theories that are sophisticated without being too overwhelming for undergraduates are: Douglas Kellner, (2000) "Habermas, the Public Sphere, and Democracy: A Critical Intervention," in Perspectives on Habermas, edited by Lewis Hahn. Open Court Press. Francis Cody, (2011) "Publics and Politics" Anna. Rev. Anthropol. 40:3.1-3.16 John Monberg

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