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Now Accepting Submissions: iConference 2013
by Karine Nahon 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Greetings to everyone! We are now accepting submissions for iConference 2013, our eighth annual gathering of scholars, researchers, and professionals who share an interest in the critical information issues of contemporary society. In keeping with our ongoing effort to push the boundaries of information scholarship, we have added several new areas of participation this year. In addition to the usual peer-reviewed papers, posters, alternative events, and workshops, this year’s submission options includes Notes, a Research Paper Development Roundtable, a Social Media Expo, and a Doctoral Dissertation Competition. Authors and organizers can now submit materials using our secure submissions website: https://www.conftool.pro/iConference13/. The official proceedings will be published in the open access Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS). All submitting authors must provide basic information and agree to the IDEALS Deposit Agreement: Non-Exclusive Distribution and Preservation License. iConference 2013 takes place February 12-15, 2013, in Fort Worth Texas, and is hosted by the College of Information at the University of North Texas. The presenting sponsor is Microsoft Research. The conference theme is Scholarship in Action: Data, Innovation, Wisdom. The iConference series is presented by the iSchools Caucus (www.ischools.org<http://www.ischools.org>), a growing association of Schools, Faculties and Colleges in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. Affiliation with the iSchools is not required to participate—all information scholars and practitioners are invited. SUBMISSION INFORMATION The following describe the details for each of the submissions along with deadlines. * Papers: Results of completed original research, maximum 6,000 words (not counting references). Papers will be refereed in a double-blind process. Submissions will be in PDF format. Visit the Papers webpage for more information on formatting: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/papers/ Submission deadline: September 3, 2012. Notification: Early November. Final version due: December 3, 2012. * Notes: Reports of early and partial results, maximum 2,500 words (not counting references). Notes will be refereed in a double-blind process. Submissions will be in PDF format. Visit the Notes webpage for more information on formatting: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/notes/ Submission deadline: September 10, 2012. Notification: Early November. Final version due: December 3, 2012. * Posters: We welcome submission of Posters presenting new work, preliminary results and designs, or educational projects. Applicants will submit an abstract, maximum 1,500 words (not including references), describing the proposed Poster, and these abstracts will undergo a single-blind blind review process (i.e., reviewers will know the identity of authors, but not vice versa). Abstract submissions will be in PDF format. Completed Posters will be presented at the iConference. Visit the Posters webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/posters/ Abstract submission deadline: September 24, 2012. Notification: Mid-November. Final abstract due: December 7, 2012. Completed poster due: February 12, 2013 * Workshops: Workshops can be half- or full-day and can focus on any area related the conference theme (Scholarship in Action) or more broadly to the purview of the iSchools, namely, the relationships among information, people and technology. Submission will be in PDF format, and additional submission guidelines are provided on the website. Visit the Workshops webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/workshops/ Submission deadline: September 24, 2012. Notification: Early October. Final version due: Early November. * Alternative Events: These can include panels, fishbowls, performances, storytelling, roundtable discussions, wildcard sessions, demos/exhibitions, and more. All should be highly participatory, informal, engaging, and pluralistic. Submission will be in PDF format, and additional submission guidelines are provided on the website. Visit the Alternative Events webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/alternative_events/ Submission deadline: September 24, 2012. Notification: Mid-November. Final version due: December 7, 2012. * Research Paper Development Roundtable: This new iConference submission track is for researchers developing manuscripts for submission as journal articles. The goals of this track are to provide a forum for interactive development of research papers, enable a discussion of current research ideas, provide a clear path to journal publication, and increase collaboration opportunities for junior faculty. Papers reporting work in progress and late breaking research are welcome. Visit the Roundtable webpage for detailed submission and other information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/research/ Submission deadline: Extended abstracts due August 1, 2012. Notification: Early October. Full draft due: January 7, 2013. OTHER EVENTS SCHEDULED * Doctoral Colloquium: The doctoral student colloquium will provide doctoral students the opportunity to present their work to senior faculty and one another in a setting that is relatively informal but that allows for the fullest of intellectual exchanges. Students will receive feedback on their dissertation and/or current research from participating faculty and student peers. Participation in the doctoral colloquium is restricted to students who have applied for and been accepted into the colloquium. The colloquium will not be open to observers. Visit the doctoral colloquium webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/doctoral/ Application deadline: September 24, 2012. Notification: Mid-November. * Early Career Colloquium: This half-day event is intended for assistant professors, post-docs, or others in pre-tenure positions and builds on the tradition of highly successful events at past iConferences. The program will include an introductory presentation on the tenure process, panels by recently tenured faculty and experienced former deans, and small group discussions to provide informal dialogue, guidance, and insights. Visit the early career colloquium webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/jr_faculty/ * FUSE Labs iConference Social Media Expo: The iConference, in collaboration with FUSE Labs of Microsoft Research, is pleased to announce the first iConference Social Media Expo. The exposition is designed to showcase exceptional interdisciplinary research and development work from information school programs specializing in social media. Students are asked to form interdisciplinary teams of 3-5 students to perform research, design, development or community engagement exploring technological solutions to people’s real needs around the theme of leveraging social media to foster lifelong learning in everyday life. A representative team from each participating school will be selected to attend and featured in a presentation at a special session of the iConference in February of 2013. Visit the Social Media Expo webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/expo/ Initial notification: Letters of Interest due September 14, 2012 * Doctoral Dissertation Competition: As a way of recognizing the outstanding work being done at iSchools, the iCaucus has instituted a Doctoral Dissertation Competition, with awards to be given out at iConference 2013. The Coordinating Committee will accept one nomination from each member iSchool, and will select up to two best dissertations. The winning nomination(s) will receive a cash prize of $2,500.00 US. Applicants should have successfully defended the doctoral dissertation and completed the doctoral degree (including all final revisions, if any, and all final paper work) within the academic year from July 1, 2011 to June 30 2012. The dissertation research can be on any topic in the information field, broadly defined, and use any methodology. Visit the Doctoral Dissertation Award webpage for more information: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/dissertation/ Submission deadline: September 15, 2012 * Conference Home: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/ * Submission Site: https://www.conftool.pro/iConference13/ * Past Proceedings: http://www.ischools.org/site/conference/ * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/IConference * Twitter: http://twitter.com/iConf Learn more at: http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/ ------------- Karine Nahon http://eKarine.org<http://ekarine.org/> http://twitter.com/karineb Associate Professor The Information School SoMe (Social Media) Lab (http://SoMeLab.net) retroV (Virality of Information) research group (http://retroV.org<http://retrov.org/>) University of Washington

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FW: New Blogpost: The Mobile Revolution and the Rise and Rise of Possessive Individualism
by michael gurstein 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

This may be of interest... M The Mobile Revolution and the Rise and Rise of Possessive Individualism? http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2012/07/21/the-mobile-revolution-and-the-rise- and-rise-of-possessive-individualism/ Tiny URL: http://tinyurl.com/cvbe2l6 Posted on July 21, 2012 As per the just published World Bank 2012 Information and Communications for Development: Maximizing Mobile the world of ICT4Development (ICT4D) has been undergoing some truly profound changes and including in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. Those changes are being precipitated by the remarkable development of almost ubiquitous mobile telephone access into even the most remote of rural areas, the development of low cost mobile phones, and the dramatic lowering of communications costs through widespread deregulation and the related competition between mobile carriers. Related to this and of particular interest from a "development" or ICT4D perspective are the design and implementation of services meant to be of particular interest to the rural sector and their offering in many cases at very low or even no cost to the user (supported in some cases by advertising, in others simply as a loss-leader to boost subscribers and usage).

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Retrieving, saving and organizing users' posts from multiple online social platforms
by Danilo Giambra 21 Jul '12

21 Jul '12

Hello AIR members! My name is Danilo Giambra and I am a PhD Candidate at the University of Otago, New Zealand. My research focuses on Japanese New Religions online communication, and in particular looks at religious communication over the Social Networks. I need to collect posts and tweets (in Japanese) of users from multiple social platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Mixi.jp. I would also like to build a private database containing the collected data, so that they remain searchable and can be analyzed later. Would you have any suggestion about 1) how to save users' contributions (possibly including pics and geospacial info)?, 2) how to create a database like this, and which software to use (open source or affordable options preferably)? Thank you very much for your kind help, Regards, Danilo -- Danilo Giambra PhD Candidate Department of Theology and Religion University of Otago / Te Whare Wananga o Otago New Zealand / Aotearoa danilo.giambra(a)otago.ac.nz<mailto:danilo.giambra@otago.ac.nz> http://www.otago.ac.nz/religion/grads/giambra.php

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Fee Waiver/Travel Stipend for IR13.0 (deadline Aug. 15)
by Alexander Halavais 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Conference Scholarship In order to increase the diversity of participation in the AoIR annual Internet Research (IR) conferences, the Association of Internet Researchers makes available up to three conference fee waivers and travel stipends per year. The number of fee waivers and travel stipends will depend first of all upon the ability of the conference budget to sustain such waivers (a judgment to be made by the AoIR Executive Committee upon the advice of the AoIR Treasurer and the local organizing committee) as well as upon the quality of the applications for fee waivers. Applications for fee waivers are invited from student or faculty authors whose paper or panel proposals have already been accepted via the AoIR IR conference reviewing process. All applications should be directed to the President of AoIR (Alex Halavais, prez(a)aoir.org) and must be received by August 15, 2010. Late applications cannot be considered. Applications should be no longer than 2 pages, and must include the following information: 1) A brief description of how the author’s presentation or contribution to the AoIR IR conference will uniquely articulate and/or represent a distinctive perspective (e.g., of persons and/or cultures) otherwise unlikely to be represented at the annual AoIR Internet Research conference. 2) An explanation of the author’s distinctive circumstances that would warrant a fee waiver. These may include, but are by no means limited to: * exceptionally limited financial resources (e.g., as a graduate student or scholar in a non-OECD country, as a disabled person on a limited income, etc.); * exceptional limits on institutional support otherwise normally available (e.g., travel funds, grant funds, etc.); * other exceptional circumstances that render the usual AoIR IR conference fees an insurmountable obstacle to attending the IR conference in order to present one’s own work. Applicants may also include a letter of support from someone familiar with her / his circumstances, special needs, etc. Such a letter is optional, however, not a requirement. Applications will be reviewed by the AoIR Executive Committee. Fee waivers and travel stipends of up to $500 will be awarded on the basis of the Executive Committee’s collective judgment as to which presentations will make the most distinctive contribution to the AoIR IR conference. In order to respect and protect the privacy of the applicants, all Executive Committee discussions and deliberations will be held in strict confidence. The AoIR Executive Committee regretfully acknowledges that there will be more fully meritorious applications than we will be able to award and support. Nonetheless, we hope that awarded fee waivers and travel stipends will not only assist deserving scholars and researchers, but also thereby enrich the IR 13.0 conference in important new ways.

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CFP: Internet Computing issue on Internet Censorship and Control
by Hal Roberts 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Hi All, I'm co-guest-editing an issue of IEEE's Internet Computing on Internet Censorship and Control with Steven Murdoch. Internet Computing is mostly read by geeks, including a combination of industry and academic folks. But the hope is that we'll get submissions that combine social and technical thinking, to expose that audience to an integrated view of the problems. Please let me know if you have any questions about something you're thinking of submitting. Below is the CFP. Thanks! -hal Internet Censorship and Control (May/June 2013) Final submissions due 1 September 2012 Please email the guest editors a brief description of the article you plan to submit by 15 August 2012 Guest Editors: Hal Roberts and Steven Murdoch (ic3-2013(a)computer.org) The Internet is a battleground where fights for technical, social, and political control are waged, including between governments and their citizens, separate governments, and competing commercial interests. These fights take many forms, such as Internet filtering versus circumvention, surveillance versus anonymization, adversarial attacks versus protection mechanisms, and on- and offline persecution and defense of online activists. These battles impact and are impacted by the Internet’s technical structure. As the Internet continues to embed itself into our world, its structural changes will have an increasing effect on our social and political structures and vice versa. This special issue seeks articles on the technical, social, and political mechanisms and impacts of Internet censor- ship and control. We’re soliciting both technical and social science articles, and especially encourage those that combine the two. Appropriate topics include * explorations of how the Internet’s technical, social, and political structures impact its censorship and control; * evaluations of how existing technologies and policies affect Internet censorship and control; * proposals for new technologies and policies; * discussions on how proposed technical, legal, or governance changes to the Internet affect censorship and control; * analysis of techniques, methodologies, and results of monitoring Internet censorship and control; and * examinations of trade-offs between control and freedom, and how these sides can be balanced. More information and submission information here: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/iccfp3 -- Hal Roberts Fellow Berkman Center for Internet & Society Harvard University

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Call for Foreign Members of the National Scientific Qualification Committee
by Fabio Giglietto 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Dear friends and fellow internet researchers, a recent legislation has substantially modified the recruitment system for academic staff in Italy. The new procedure is based on a national competition for the National Scientific Qualification (abilitazione), which from now on is required to enter Italian universities as associate or full professor. The qualification, comparable to the French “qualification”, is granted by National Committees, one for each group of disciplines (a total of around 200 distinct groups). All committees are made up of five members, four affiliated to Italian universities and one affiliated to a foreign university (OECD countries). Members from foreign universities must hold a position equivalent to that of a full professor. I believe it's crucial to try injecting some internet research background and culture in this commissions. The post shall be entitled with an honorarium of Euro 16,000 for the whole period, plus expenses. More information and the registration form (https://abilitazione.cineca.it/ocse/ocseRegistration.php) to propose your candidacy are available at https://abilitazione.cineca.it/ocse/index.php?lang=EN. Feel free to forward this message to your colleagues or to contact me for more information. Best regards, Fabio Giglietto, Post doc Research Fellow Department of Communication Studies - University of Urbino Carlo Bo

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 22
by ishmatova＠gmail.com 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Вот конференция в азии в продолжение темы по демократии и социальным сетям ----- Reply message ----- From: air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Air-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 22 Date: Fri, Jul 20, 2012 2:00 am 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. Extended Call for Papers Cedem Asia (10 Aug) (Judith Schossboeck) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2012 09:45:11 +0200 From: "Judith Schossboeck" <Judith.Schossboeck(a)donau-uni.ac.at> To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Extended Call for Papers Cedem Asia (10 Aug) Message-ID: <5007D7270200004200049573(a)gwgwia.donau-uni.ac.at> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Dear Reader, The extended Call for Papers for the international "Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government: Asia 2012" is available online. Submission deadline is 10 August. Conference location is Singapore, Asia, in November 2012. ********************************************************** EXTENDED CALL FOR PAPERS: CeDEM-ASIA-2012 International Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government: >> Social & Mobile Media for Governance. CFP: http://tinyurl.com/CFP-CeDEM-Asia-2012 Extended Submission Deadline: 10 August 2012 Conference Chairs * Nojin Kwak (University of Michigan, USA) * Peter Parycek (Danube University Krems, Austria) * Marko M. Skoric (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore) Website: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem Conference Date: 14-15 November 2012 ********************************************************** FURTHER INFORMATION & CONTACT Conference CeDEM: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem CeDEM @ FB: http://www.facebook.com/pages/CeDEM/120470071343471 eJournal JeDEM: http://www.jedem.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/e_society Blog: http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Blog(EN): http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/category/1-englisch/ ********************************************************** Kind Regards, Centre for E Governance Danube University Krems A 3500 Krems www.donau-uni.ac.at ********************************************************** ------------------------------------------------------- Blog: Digital Government and Society ( http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ ) ------------------------------------------------------- CeDEM11- Conference for eDemocracy 2012 ( http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem ) ( about:www.donau-uni.ac.at/edem ) ------------------------------------------------------- Mag. Judith Scho?b?ck Zentrum f?r E-Governance Donau-Universit?t Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Stra?e 30 A-3500 Krems +43 2732 893 2309 judith.schossboeck(a)donau-uni.ac.at ------------------------------------------------------- JeDEM - Journal for eDemocracy and Open Government ( http://www.jedem.org/ ) ------------------------------------------------------- Twitter: e_society ( http://twitter.com/e_society ) ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ 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/ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 96, Issue 22 *************************************

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New report: Social Media and Political Processes in Indonesia
by Yanuar Nugroho 20 Jul '12

20 Jul '12

Dear colleagues A new report from a FES-funded project that might be of your interest. Beyond click-activism? New media and political processes in contemporary INDONESIA / by Yanuar Nugroho and Sofie Shinta Syarief. - Jakarta [u.a.] : Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, fesmedia Asia series, 2012. ISBN 978-971-95479-0-7. http://www.fes.de/cgi-bin/gbv.cgi?id=09240&ty=pdf With best wishes, Yanuar _________________ Dr. Yanuar Nugroho Hallsworth Research Fellow Manchester Institute of Innovation Research MIoIR/PREST The University of Manchester United Kingdom

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Digital Media position at Lehigh U
by Jack Lule 19 Jul '12

19 Jul '12

Greetings, Friends, We are now advertising a very interesting job opportunity in Digital Media in the journalism department at Lehigh University. We are looking for a tenure-track assistant professor -- newly-minted Ph.D. or a few years in rank -- who is dedicated to research and teaching on how digital and mobile media are transforming community and social life. An ability to teach visual aspects of journalism, such as videography, photography, and/or design, would be great. The teaching load is just two courses per semester, research support is ample, and salary and benefits are highly competitive. The department has offered a small undergraduate program of superior quality since 1927. The university ranks 38 among national universities in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report ratings and is located on a scenic, 1,600-acre campus in historic Bethlehem, eastern Pennsylvania, just 90 minutes from New York and Philadelphia. Please feel free to contact me with questions. Information on the department is at http://www.lehigh.edu/journalism Candidates can apply at Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/1608 I will also be at the August AEJMC convention in Chicago if people would like to chat. Thanks for the consideration and best wishes to all. Jack Jack Lule Professor and Chair, Journalism and Communication Director, Global Studies The Weinstock Center for Journalism 33 Coppee Drive, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015 Phone: (610)758-4177; Fax: (610)758-6198 www.lehigh.edu/globalization www.lehigh.edu/journalism

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E-research at AOM?
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

Hello AIR folks! Is anyone attending the Academy of Management meeting in Boston? If so, it would be fun to get a group together for a drink or dinner and compare notes. Also, if you will be there I want to let you know that I am offering a Professional Development Workshop (PDW): Guiding the Qualitative E-Researcher Towards Ethical Scholarship. The workshop is aimed for researchers and research methods instructors interested in conducting online interviews. I'm also co-facilitating a session on ethics and publishing. See: http://bit.ly/NLVRrD for details. Hope to see you in bean town! Janet Janet Salmons Ph.D. Capella University School of Business and Technology and Vision2Lead, Inc. Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter at #einterview Now available: Cases in Online Interview Research PO Box 943 Boulder, CO 80306-0943 jsalmons[at]vision2lead.com

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