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Open call for (funded) participation in "Digital Media and Disruptive Publics" conference in Kenya (co-located with Global Voices 2012).
by danah boyd 18 May '12

18 May '12

This might be relevant to many of you: Begin forwarded message: > From: Zeynep Tufekci <socnetres(a)gmail.com> > > Dear Colleagues, > > Global Voices is announcing an open call for participation in a co-located academic workshop called “Digital Media and Disruptive Publics”, to be held together with our 2012 Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. This workshop will be held from June 29 - 30 and is being organized by Zeynep Tufekci. The event, including travel and lodging, is fully subsidized by Global Voices for selected participants. There will also be a public event, July 2-3, which you can participate either as a speaker on a panel or through the open sessions. > > Global Voices will support up to four individuals selected through this open call process. > > The purpose of this event is to introduce people within the academic community who study citizen media with a very active community of practitioners, who perhaps a function as a microcosm of citizen media more broadly. On the Summit site you'll find background information on previous Summits and the goals of the meeting. > > We are looking for academics with a variety of perspectives and approaches, who can move beyond the polarized and rather simplistic conversations on the question of citizen media that so often find in mainstream media. We're hoping to approach the subject with an awareness and focus on a variety of different media environments - different countries, languages, access concerns, regulatory environments, and censorship. > > The workshop will not require formal presentations of papers, but will be focused on intensive discussion of the issues, together with engagement with citizen media activists and practitioners from around the world. > > We are expecting around 20 participants overall from a variety of disciplines and regional expertise. The public meeting will have roughly 300 participants. > > There will also be opportunities for people to observe or participate in some of our internal events. > > If you would like to be part of this summit, please send us a short (1-2 paragraph) description of your work and why you’d like to attend along with a CV to “zeynep at unc dot edu” and “ivan.sigal at gmail dot com” by May 23nd. We will be finalizing the list of participants by the end of that week. > > Please forward to mailing lists and colleagues as appropriate. > > Best regards, > Zeynep > > > -- > Zeynep Tufekci, Ph.D. > Assistant Professor, University of North Carolina > Fellow, Harvard Berkman Center for Internet and Society > > zeynep at unc.edu or @techsoc > http://www.technosociology.org > > __

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Pan-European Forum on Media Pluralism & New Media
by Jo Pierson 18 May '12

18 May '12

PAN-EUROPEAN FORUM ON MEDIA PLURALISM & NEW MEDIA - wIDER? wORLD? wEB? The Honourable Society of Gray’s Inn (UK), University of Leuven, ICRI & IBBT (Belgium) and the Centre for Media Pluralism and Media Freedom (Italy) kindly invite you to: PAN-EUROPEAN FORUM ON MEDIA PLURALISM & NEW MEDIA Wednesday 27 June 2012; European Parliament – Plenary Chamber, Brussels The new media revolution seems to have overturned many old certainties, yet is that a reality or merely a mirage? Is the technological change matched by fundamental shifts of power and influence, or will the traditional big players continue to wield vast influence? Do the new media contribute to, or undermine, a pluralistic public sphere? Do new technologies overcome bottlenecks related to traditional media – do they create new information gatekeepers? Twenty years after the European Commission Green Paper on Pluralism and Media Concentration in the Internal Market, the New Media Forum will ask these and other crucial questions, and seek to find telling answers. This unique meeting in a unique setting will bring together politicians, traditional and new media, academics, NGOs, judges and leaders from the music, film and book industries in a pan-European, and indeed global, dialogue. Don’t miss this opportunity to participate in a unique and unprecedented event in the heart of the European Parliament. Have your say and contribute to shaping future policy and industry responses to opportunities and threats arising from new media for pluralistic discourse and cultural diversity! For more information and registration: http://www.mediapluralism.eu (Registration will close on 12 June!) If you cannot access the website, or need to cancel your participation, please contact nmf27(a)mediapluralism.eu. SUPPORTED BY (a.o.): Alliance Internationale de Journalistes; London School of Economics; Mirovni (Peace) Institute, Slovenia; Central European University, Budapest; University of Westminster; European Publishers Council; Reporters Without Borders (Reporters Sans Frontières); Index without Censorship; International Federation of Journalists; European Alternatives; Centre for Freedom of the Media, University of Sheffield; European Platform of Regulatory Authorities (EPRA); European Broadcasting Union (EBU); MEDIADEM; Music Managers Forum; Association of European Journalists; European Association of Viewers Interests; BEUC (the European Consumer Organisation) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Jo Pierson (Phd) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Vrije Universiteit Brussel - Free University of Brussels (VUB) Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT) Studies on Media, Information and Telecommunication (SMIT) Pleinlaan 2 / B-1050 Brussels / Belgium T: + 32 (0)2 629 2412 F: +32 (0)2 629 1700 E: Jo.Pierson(a)vub.ac.be Office: 0C.005 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Postdoctoral Scholar in Community-Based Campaign Communications
by Seungahn Nah 18 May '12

18 May '12

**Apologies for cross-posting ***Please forward this job opening to those who might be interested in. ******************** *Postdoctoral Scholar* *in Community-Based Campaign Communications* *Department of Community and Leadership Development* *University of Kentucky* * * The University of Kentucky is pleased to announce a postdoctoral scholar position in Community-Based Campaign Communications in the Department of Community and Leadership Development. The position seeks a candidate to work with Dr. Seungahn Nah and Dr. Kang Namkoong through the University of Kentucky’s Community Communication Research Group (UK-CCRG). This is a one-year, 12-month position with a possibility of a single year renewal contingent upon satisfactory performance and availability of funding. The position includes a competitive stipend plus benefits and is available July 1 with a negotiable starting date no later than August 24, 2012. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a research program with the research team focusing on the community-based campaign communications (e.g., health, science, environmental, risk communication and/or civic, political, and nonprofit communication). Qualifications: - An earned doctorate in communication, journalism, media studies, sociology, anthropology, public health, information studies, computer science or related discipline (the Ph.D. must be completed prior to appointment).** - Demonstrated research productivity.** - Ability to compete for external funding.** - Interpersonal skills to interact effectively with a variety of audiences and stakeholders.** * * The Department of Community and Leadership Development includes faculty with expertise in communication, community development, rural sociology, agricultural education, and leadership. The department offers undergraduate degrees both in Community and Leadership Development and in Career and Technical Education. At the graduate level, the department offers an MS degree in Career, Technical, and Leadership Education with options in either Community and Leadership Development or Career and Technical Education. In cooperation with the Department of Sociology, many faculty members also participate in the MA and PhD programs in Sociology. Review of applicants will begin on May 21 and continue until a suitable candidate is found. Interested candidates should send a letter of interest, a curriculum vita, a representative writing sample, and contact information of three references to: Dr. Seungahn Nah, Associate Professor of Community Communication, Department of Community and Leadership Development, 500 Garrigus Bldg., University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40546-0215 (phone: 859-257-1509; e-mail: seungahn.nah(a)uky.edu) The University of Kentucky is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applications from minorities and females are encouraged. -- ********************************************** Seungahn Nah, PhD Associate Professor of Community Communication Director, The Kentucky Citizen Media Project (KCMP): The Lexington Commons (kylexingtoncommons.org) Director, Community Communication Research Group (CCRG) Graduate Faculty in Communication and Information Studies Dept. of Community & Leadership Development College of Communication and Information Studies (Affiliated) University of Kentucky 514 Garrigus Building Lexington, KY 40546-0215 Tel: (859) 257-1509 Fax: (859) 257-1164 Mobile: (859) 608 - 8035 Email: seungahn.nah(a)uky.edu

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New Book --- Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents (with links)
by Jean-François Blanchette 18 May '12

18 May '12

Hello all, I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Burdens of Proof, at MIT Press. I am hoping it may prove of interest to researchers on this list and/or to those who once in a while wonder, "Whatever happened to crypto?" For more information, you can take a peek online at the first 50 pages or peruse a summary of the book on my site. Links: http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12838 http://wdn.ipublishcentral.net/mit/viewinside/33769409589453 http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette/bop/ -- Book flap --- The gradual disappearance of paper and its familiar evidential qualities affects almost every dimension of contemporary life. From health records to ballots, almost all documents are now digitized at some point of their life cycle, easily copied, altered, and distributed. In Burdens of Proof, Jean-François Blanchette examines the challenge of defining a new evidentiary framework for electronic documents, focusing on the design of a digital equivalent to handwritten signatures. From the blackboards of mathematicians to the halls of legislative assemblies, Blanchette traces the path of such an equivalent: digital signatures based on the mathematics of public-key cryptography. In the mid-1990s, cryptographic signatures formed the centerpiece of a worldwide wave of legal reform and of an ambitious cryptographic research agenda that sought to build privacy, anonymity, and accountability into the very infrastructure of the Internet. Yet markets for cryptographic products collapsed in the aftermath of the dot-com boom and bust along with cryptography’s social projects. Blanchette describes the trials of French bureaucracies as they wrestled with the application of electronic signatures to real estate contracts, birth certificates, and land titles, and tracks the convoluted paths through which electronic documents acquire moral authority. These paths suggest that the material world need not merely succumb to the virtual but, rather, can usefully inspire it. Indeed, Blanchette argues, in renewing their engagement with the material world, cryptographers might also find the key to broader acceptance of their design goals. -- Endorsements -- "Jean-François Blanchette has written more than the history of electronic signatures; this is a masterful account of how---as we enter the digital age---our ideas of authenticity remain solidly anchored in our analog past. What emerges is a gripping tale, untold so far, of high aspirations, dashed hopes, and an epic struggle. Uncovering why and how digital technologies fail to change professions and society, Burdens of Proof is a truly important book." -- Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Oxford Internet Institute "This book is a wonderful weave of social and technical analysis of the history of cryptography, unified by a passion for exploring the material nature of computers. With grace and wit, Blanchette has produced a work which makes a major contribution to our understanding of complex configurations of the virtual and the real." -- Geoffrey C. Bowker, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine "A technology guaranteeing the authority of electronic documents would appear an essential tool of the digital age, which is why there is so much to learn from the failure to develop one. Jean-François Blanchette shows that understanding this failure requires addressing the historical evolution of contemporary cryptography and the legal concerns such a technology raises, together with a fearsome array of contextual issues ranging from state power to the materiality of mathematics. In contrast with the parochialism of much contemporary academia, Blanchette explains these events through an exemplary embrace of the requisite skills of a polymath." -- Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture, University College London -- Jean-François Blanchette, Assistant Professeur Department of Information Studies, UCLA http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette/

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RC10 panels on Electronic Democracy, IPSA World Congress, July 8-12, 2012
by Stephanie Wojcik 18 May '12

18 May '12

Hello all, The 22nd World Congress of the International Political Science Association will take place in Madrid (Spain) from 8 to 12 July 2012. The programme of the 8 panels organized by the RC 10 on Electronic Democracy is now available. Full details about them can be found at http://rc10.ipsa.org/post/2012/02/16/Panels-of-the-RC10-at-the-next-IPSA-Wo… And on the IPSA website : http://www.ipsa.org/ Stéphanie Wojcik Lecturer in communication studies Université Paris Est Créteil @stephaniewojcik

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New Book --- Burdens of Proof: Cryptographic Culture and Evidence Law in the Age of Electronic Documents
by Jean-François Blanchette 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hello all, I am pleased to announce the publication of my book, Burdens of Proof, at MIT Press. I am hoping it may prove of interest to researchers on this list and/or to those who once in a while wonder, "Whatever happened to crypto?" For more information, you can take a peek online at the first 50 pages or peruse a summary of the book on my site. -- Book flap --- The gradual disappearance of paper and its familiar evidential qualities affects almost every dimension of contemporary life. From health records to ballots, almost all documents are now digitized at some point of their life cycle, easily copied, altered, and distributed. In Burdens of Proof, Jean-François Blanchette examines the challenge of defining a new evidentiary framework for electronic documents, focusing on the design of a digital equivalent to handwritten signatures. From the blackboards of mathematicians to the halls of legislative assemblies, Blanchette traces the path of such an equivalent: digital signatures based on the mathematics of public-key cryptography. In the mid-1990s, cryptographic signatures formed the centerpiece of a worldwide wave of legal reform and of an ambitious cryptographic research agenda that sought to build privacy, anonymity, and accountability into the very infrastructure of the Internet. Yet markets for cryptographic products collapsed in the aftermath of the dot-com boom and bust along with cryptography’s social projects. Blanchette describes the trials of French bureaucracies as they wrestled with the application of electronic signatures to real estate contracts, birth certificates, and land titles, and tracks the convoluted paths through which electronic documents acquire moral authority. These paths suggest that the material world need not merely succumb to the virtual but, rather, can usefully inspire it. Indeed, Blanchette argues, in renewing their engagement with the material world, cryptographers might also find the key to broader acceptance of their design goals. -- Endorsements -- “Jean-François Blanchette has written more than the history of electronic signatures; this is a masterful account of how---as we enter the digital age---our ideas of authenticity remain solidly anchored in our analog past. What emerges is a gripping tale, untold so far, of high aspirations, dashed hopes, and an epic struggle. Uncovering why and how digital technologies fail to change professions and society, Burdens of Proof is a truly important book.” -- Viktor Mayer-Schönberger, Oxford Internet Institute “This book is a wonderful weave of social and technical analysis of the history of cryptography, unified by a passion for exploring the material nature of computers. With grace and wit, Blanchette has produced a work which makes a major contribution to our understanding of complex configurations of the virtual and the real.” -- Geoffrey C. Bowker, Department of Informatics, University of California, Irvine “A technology guaranteeing the authority of electronic documents would appear an essential tool of the digital age, which is why there is so much to learn from the failure to develop one. Jean-François Blanchette shows that understanding this failure requires addressing the historical evolution of contemporary cryptography and the legal concerns such a technology raises, together with a fearsome array of contextual issues ranging from state power to the materiality of mathematics. In contrast with the parochialism of much contemporary academia, Blanchette explains these events through an exemplary embrace of the requisite skills of a polymath.” -- Daniel Miller, Professor of Material Culture, University College London

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The Googlization of Everything by Siva Vaidhyanathan Wins 2011 Donald McGannon Book Award
by PHILIP M NAPOLI 17 May '12

17 May '12

The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry) by Siva Vaidhyanathan Wins the 2011 Donald McGannon Award for Social & Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University is pleased to announce the winner of the 2011 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research: The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry) (University of California Press) by Siva Vaidhyanathan of the University of Virginia. Each year, via the Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research, the McGannon Center seeks to honor the best in book-length research in the field of communications policy. The award carries with it a $2,000 prize and is named in the honor of Donald H. McGannon, former CEO of Westinghouse Broadcasting and a 1940 graduate of Fordham University. More information about the book award and nomination guidelines for the 2012 award, can be found at [1]www.fordham.edu/mcgannon. References 1. http://www.fordham.edu/mcgannon

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Call: “Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism“ - ESA RN18 Conference
by Christian Fuchs 17 May '12

17 May '12

European Sociological Association (ESA): Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research Conference “Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism“ October 18-20, 2012. University of the Basque Country, Bilbao Abstract submission deadline: May 31st Keynote talk: Peter Golding "Why a Sociologist should take Communications and Media Seriously” Submission information: http://fuchs.uti.at/wp-content/uploads/ESA_RN18_CfP2012.pdf Dear colleagues, In my role as chair of the European Sociological Association’s (ESA) Research Network 18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research, I want to invite you to submit abstracts for presentations at the RN18 conference “Communication, Crisis, and Critique in Contemporary Capitalism“. The deadline for submission is approaching – May 31st. The conference will provide opportunities for presenting ideas in the field of the critical study of media, communication & society, for networking, and for meeting people working in this research area. It will feature the keynote talk “Why a Sociologist should take Communications and Media Seriously” by Peter Golding, who is not only a leading scholar in the political economy of media and communication, but also founded RN18 and is its honorary chair. The conference will take place in Bilbao, which is a great city to visit in autumn. Membership in the ESA and RN18 provides reduced participation fees both for the bi-annual ESA conference and the bi-annual RN18 conference and furthermore gives you access to a great community of scholars interested in critical studies of media, communication & society. http://www.europeansociology.org/member/ RN18 also has a mailing list, to which you can subscribe here: http://lists.jacobs-university.de/mailman/listinfo/esa-rn18 Best, Christian Fuchs -- Chair of ESA RN18 – Sociology of Communications and Media Research http://www.europeansociology.org/research-networks/rn18-sociology-of-commun…

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Theory in the Era of Climate Change: two new open access books from Open Humanities Press
by Gary Hall 17 May '12

17 May '12

OPEN HUMANITIES PRESS <http://openhumanitiespress.org/> is delighted to announce the publication of two new open access books in its Critical Climate Change series: TELEMORPHOSIS: THEORY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, vol. 1 edited by Tom Cohen (University at Albany) Freely available at: http://openhumanitiespress.org/telemorphosis.html The writers in the volume explore how the 21st century horizons that exceed any political, economic, or conceptual models alter or redefine a series of key topoi. These range from figures of sexual difference through to bioethics, care, species invasion, war, post-carbon thought, ecotechnics and time. As such, the volume is also a dossier on what metamorphoses await the legacies of “humanistic” thought in adapting to, or rethinking, the other materialities that impinge of contemporary “life as we know it.” # Introduction: Murmurations—“Climate Change” and the Defacement of Theory by Tom Cohen # 1. Time by Robert Markley # 2. Ecotechnics by J. Hillis Miller # 3. Care by Bernard Stiegler # 4. Unicity by Justin Read # 5. Scale by Timothy Clark # 6. Sexual Indifference by Claire Colebrook # 7. Nonspecies Invasion by Jason Groves # 8. Bioethics by Joanna Zylinska # 9. Post-Trauma by Catherine Malabou # 10. Ecologies of War by Mike Hill # 11. Notes Toward a Post-Carbon Philosophy by Martin McQuillan # 12. Health by Eduardo Cadava and Tom Cohen IMPASSES OF THE POST-GLOBAL: THEORY IN THE ERA OF CLIMATE CHANGE, vol. 2 edited by Henry Sussman (Yale University) Freely available at: http://openhumanitiespress.org/impasses-of-the-post-global.html The diverse materials comprising Impasses of the Post-Global take as their starting point an interrelated, if seemingly endless, sequence of current ecological, demographic, socio-political, economic, and informational disasters. These include the contemporary discourses of climate change, ecological imbalance and despoilment, sustainability, security, economic bailout, auto-immunity, and globalization itself. # Introduction: Spills, Countercurrents, Sinks by Henry Sussman and Jason Groves # 1. Anecographics: Climate Change and “Late” Deconstruction by Tom Cohen # 2. Autopoiesis and the Planet by Bruce Clarke # 3. Of Survival: Climate Change and Uncanny Landscape in the Photography of Subhankar Banerjee by Yates McKee # 4. Global Warming as a Manifestation of Garbage by Tian Song # 5. The Physical Reality of Water Shapes by James H. Bunn # 6. Sacrifice Mimesis, and the Theorizing of Victimhood (A Speculative Essay) by Rey Chow # 7. Security: From “National” to “Homeland” … and Beyond by Samuel Weber # 8. Common Political Democracy: The Marrano Register by Alberto Moreiras # 9. Bare Life by Ewa Plonowska Ziarek # 10. Sustainability by Haun Saussy # 11. The Global Unworld: A Meditative Manifesto by Krzysztof Ziarek # 12. Bailout by Randy Martin # 13. Auto-Immunity by Henry Sussman -- Gary Hall Research Professor of Media and Performing Arts Director of the Centre for Disruptive Media School of Art and Design, Coventry University Co-editor of Culture Machine http://www.culturemachine.net Co-founder of the Open Humanities Press http://www.openhumanitiespress.org Website http://www.garyhall.info

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#digcult12 Call for Participation
by Light Ben 17 May '12

17 May '12

Hi all, The programme for the #digcult12 is now available and registration is open. The event will be held 13/14 June 2012 at the University of Salford's MediaCity:UK Campus. Our Keynote speakers are: Terri Senft, New York University, USA. Everything I Ever Wanted to Know about Micro-celebrity, I Learned from the Camgirls James Newman, Bath Spa University, UK. Dead games: the National Videogame Archive and the preservation of play Full details about the conference can be found at http://www.digcult.org Cheers, Ben. Professor Ben Light Associate Dean – Research and Innovation College of Arts and Social Sciences Professor of Digital Media School of Media, Music and Performance University of Salford Maxwell Building SALFORD, M5 4WT b.light(a)salford.ac.uk | www.benlight.org | @doggyb

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