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Mobile Media Reader, out now
by Noah Arceneaux 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

I wanted to let everyone know that our book on mobile media is now out, The Mobile Media Reader , ed. by Noah Arceneaux and Anandam Kavoori (Peter Lang, 2012) http://www.peterlang.com/index.cfm?event=cmp.ccc.seitenstruktur.detailseite… I'm pasting the official blurb from the back of the book below, along with the table of contents. Portable phones were once limited to voice and text messaging, though these devices are now miniature multi-media centers that can fit neatly in one’s pocket. Media industries off all types are adapting content for this new platform, or innovating entirely new forms. In the light of the explosive growth of this technology, *The Mobile Media *offers a diverse collection of essays that establish conceptual, critical frameworks for evaluating the latest transformation of the media landscape. Some essays explore older phenomenon, such as C.B. radio, automobile radio, and hand-held video games, to provide a historical context, while others unpack the behind-the-scenes negotiations that determine what kinds of services are available to consumers. *The Mobile Media Reader* provides a road map for both scholars and beginning students to examine the social, cultural, and commercial implications of media that is available anywhere at any time. Table of Contents Foundations (part one) 1) Historicizing Mobile Media: Locating the Transformations of Embodied Space, by Jason Farman 2) Calling Ahead: Cinematic Imaginations of Mobile Media’s Critical Affordances, by Scott W. Ruston 3) Analog Analogue: U.S. Automotive Radio as Mobile Medium by Matthew A. Killmeier 4) CB Radio: Mobile Social Networking in the 1970s Noah Arceneaux 5) A Brief History of U.S. Mobile Spectrum Thomas W. Hazlett Forms/Functions (part two) 6) Not TV, Not the Web: Mobile Video Between Openness and Control Aymar Jean Christian 7) Reading After the Phone: E-readers and Mobile Media Gerard Goggin and Caroline Hamilton 8) As It Happens: Mobile Communications Technology, Journalists and Breaking News Collette Snowden 9) Time and Space in Play: Saving and Pausing with the Nintendo DS Samuel Tobin 10) You Can Ring My Bell and Tap My Phone: Mobile Music, the Ringtone Economy, and the Rise of Apps Ben Aslinger 11) Appropriation of Cell Phones by Kurds: The Social Practice of Struggle for Political Identities in Turkey Burçe Çelik 12) Through the Looking Cell Phone Screen: Dreams of Omniscience in an Age of Mobile Augmented Reality Imar de Vries -- Noah Arceneaux School of Journalism and Media Studies San Diego State University noah.arceneaux(a)sdsu.edu

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International Symposium on Digital Ethics
by Donald Heider 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

Call for papers The center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding its second annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on October 29th, 2012. The keynote speaker will be Professor Sherry Turkle from M.I.T. We are looking for papers on digital ethics. Topics might include privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions and digital technology, or ethical use of digital technologies in journalism, advertising and public relations. Abstracts should propose original research that has not been presented or published elsewhere. Authors of accepted papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium. The author(s) of the top student paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds. With the author’s consent, the best papers will be given top consideration for inclusion in a special issue of the Journal of Mass Media Ethics on digital ethics. Abstracts are due by midnight CST on June 15th, 2012, should follow APA or MLA style and be no longer than 500 words, not including references. Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to contact(a)digitalethics.org, and please write Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line. You can send questions to the same email address. Don Heider Dean, School of Communication Loyola University Chicago 820 N, Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60611 312-915-6558

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Re: [Air-L] Conference in Second Life
by Bacon, Shon 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

Dr. Parker: Do you know of Virtual Worlds - Best Practices in Education Conference: http://www.vwbpe.org/? It's held in Second Life and is an annual conference, going on five years now. A few years back, I was a proposal reviewer for it, and this year, I was a moderator. I've worked with those who have put together, coordinated, and promoted the conference, so I have some info that proves helpful. If you have specific questions, feel free to e-mail me off-loop: shon.bacon(a)ttu.edu. PeAcE ********** Shonell Bacon, MFA, ABD Doctoral Candidate, TCR Texas Tech University http://shonintcrland.com TTU STC Chapter President http://ttustc.wordpress.com/ http://english.ttu.edu/stc "We die. That may be the meaning of life. But we do language. That may be the measure of our lives." - Toni Morrison ________________________________________ From: air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org [air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 5:00 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Air-L Digest, Vol 93, Issue 15 ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:13:44 -0500 From: Jim Parker <drjparker(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Conference in Second Life Message-ID: <CAJFbR=N2ZfWa=ZW5Y+rsh-PMB_p1A+2fnR+_0hPZ0_eKjEWL0Q(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 The American Communication Association, http://americancomm.org/, is thinking of doing an online conference in Second Life. I have been to meetings in Second Life and found the experience to be superior to video conferencing and other alternatives for getting people together. I would be interested to know what others have tried for online conferences and especially about any experiences with conferences in Second Life. thank you, Jim Parker President American Communication Association Asst. Prof, Austin Peay State University. -- ...it's a crazy quilt reflected in a fun-house mirror! - Zippy the Pinhead

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Summer School - Media Ecology Workshop at Jagiellonian University, Poland
by magdalena zdrodowska 24 Apr '12

24 Apr '12

Dear All, Please forward the information about Summer School Media Ecology Workshop to students, Ph.D candidates and others that might be interested in taking part in it. Please find all the information below. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for participation Media Ecology Worshop Summer school at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland http://www.media-ecologies.pl/ The main aim of the project is to gather people with diverse educational background and to create a friendly environment suitable for interdisciplinary experiments with low tech tools. We envision this project as an open platform for the different projects in which participants who represent various disciplines, paradigms and perspectives would support each others’ efforts throughout discussions, commentaries and collective effort. What we would like to achieve is an interdisciplinary, teamwork research on subjects proposed by participants. During the summer school we would also like to offer you lectures and workshops prepared by invited key note speakers. We hope that contact with them will help the participants in conducting their own research, artistic or scientific projects. We intent this event to be the first step in the process of creation network of people willing to contribute in the interdisciplinary research and dialog. Workshop leaders: Rachelle Viader Knowles (Canada), Monika Górska-Olesinska (Poland), Jan Argasiński (Poland), Levente Polyak(Hungary), Michal Kindernay (Czech Republic), Piotr Klepacki (Poland), Anna Nacher& Marek Styczynski (Poland). The summer school is addressed to students, Ph. D. candidates and professionals from Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and other countries with no restriction to the faculties they represent. Representatives of humanities, arts and social studies and natural studies are welcome. All candidates willing to participate in this event are expected to submit a proposal for their social, artistic or research project, which deals with, but is not restricted to, such topics as: - urban versus rural ecology in the context of media practices - mobile media and social media - soundscape, mediascape & landscape. We are looking for original, simple, low tech, D.I.Y style projects that can be conceptualized during the two weeks of the workshop (but needn’t be finalized within this timeframe). The summer school will take place between *6 and 19th July 2012*. During the event we will leave Krakow for five days as three workshops will take place at Sopatowiec between *9 and 13th July*. The deadline for the sublission is *1* *of* *June* *2012*. Please send us the applications including your: - name - afiliation - description of your project (max. 500 words) at the address: mediaecologies(at)gmail.com * Fee* The participation fee is 100EUR. -- Magdalena Zdrodowska, Ph.D. Institute of Audiovisual Arts Jagiellonian University ul. Lojasiewicza 4 30-348 Krakow, Poland tel: +4812 664 9555

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 93, Issue 20
by Janne Nielsen 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

This is an automatic reply. I will be out of the office until May 10th. Best regards, Janne Nielsen

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iED: European Immersive Education Summit Call for Papers, Posters and Demonstrations
by Hasler Beatrice 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

***please distribute; with apologies for cross-postings*** CALL FOR PAPERS, POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS 2nd European Immersive Education Summit World's leading immersive learning experts and practitioners convene November 26-27 in Paris, France http://europe.immersiveeducation.org/events/ied-europe-summit-2012 Important Dates Paper submission: 27th July 2012 Notification of acceptance: 28th September 2012 Final paper submission: 26th October 2012 Summit: 26th-27th November 2012 Overview The theme for the 2nd European Immersive Education (iED) Summit is: Immersive Education: combining creativity, art and pedagogy The two-day event is open to the global academic community and experts in immersion, simulation, learning games, virtual reality and full, augmented and mixed reality. The École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD) in Paris has the mission to provide artistic, scientific and technical training for creative designers engaged in design and research in all aspects of the decorative arts. EnsAD is involved in research on the creation of artistic and shared online spaces, exploring the aesthetic and sociological implications of immersive 3D environments. The 2nd European iED summit will build on this theme, exploring how virtual spaces can be used for innovative forms of teaching and learning, fostering creativity and artistic expression. This will be rooted in new technological developments in the fields of virtual, augmented and mixed reality. There will also be a strong emphasis on pedagogy and effective design and evaluation of solutions, with case studies from active practitioners in this emerging cross-disciplinary domain. One special session will explore the uses of shared online spaces as a metamedia for creation, exposition and artistic appreciation. Some examples are: As spaces of live creation (art experimentation) As spaces for exposing and represent art (museography & design) As spaces for idea exchange and communication (collaborative platforms for artistic and academic community) Background There is a growing interest in the use of virtual and mixed-reality environments for online teaching and learning. Immersive Education gives participants a sense of "being there" even when attending a class or training session in person isn't possible, practical, or desirable, which in turn provides educators and students with the ability to connect and communicate in a way that greatly enhances the learning experience. Originally available only to university students, the next generation of Immersive Education is focused on a broad spectrum of academic and non-academic users (higher education, K-12, and corporate training). iED Summits are official Immersive Education Initiative conferences organized specifically for educators, researchers, and administrators. iED Summits consist of presentations, panel discussions, break-out sessions and workshops that provide attendees with an in-depth overview of immersive learning platforms, technologies and cutting-edge research from around the world. iED Summits feature new and emerging virtual worlds, learning games, educational simulations, mixed/augmented reality, and related teaching tools, techniques, technologies, standards and best practices. This summit will address core topics on the use of virtual and mixed-reality environments for online education and training applications. The scope will be fairly broad and will look at a range of innovative uses of virtual reality immersive environments. This could range from using and developing virtual environments through to practitioners with experience of teaching online and developing new approaches and pedagogies, including underpinning theories, human factors, pedagogy and design/evaluation strategies, case studies and more technical/scientific research topics. Submissions that have empirical results derived from virtual or mixed-reality immersive education test-beds are also encouraged. This is the second summit organised by the newly formed European Chapter of the Immersive Education Initiative (http://europe.immersiveeducation.org) and builds on the success of the previous iED Europe summit held in Madrid in November 2011. See http://europe.immersiveeducation.org/events/ied-europe-summit for an overview of the previous summit and the online proceedings. The European summit complements the international summits that are held in Boston and organised by the Immersive Education Initiative in the USA. (see http://mediagrid.org/summit/) Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to, the following: Blended/Hybrid learning Personalised learning Intelligent agents in learning Edutainment & Game-Based Learning Location-based and contextual learning Immersive Educational technology markets & challenges Virtual and mixed-reality for education Educational software/hardware Intelligent classroom Virtual laboratories and tools Pedagogy for the Internet Age Innovations in the teaching laboratory Student assessment in high-tech teaching environments Cultural dimensions of educational technology Educational technology innovations Social/Collaborative learning Smart educational environment Teaching strategies to maximise benefits of emerging technology Future research issues for Immersive Education For more information please visit the iED Summit website: http://europe.immersiveeducation.org/events/ied-europe-summit-2012 All the best, Béatrice Dr. Béatrice S. Hasler Research Fellow Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, Israel Sammy Ofer School of Communications Advanced Virtuality Lab Phone: +972-54-524-2926 http://avl.idc.ac.il<http://avl.idc.ac.il/>

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Social media as artistic expression
by Holly Kruse 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

A writer friend is looking for anything good has been written on social media (Pinterest, Tumblr, Twitter, and so on) as a form of artistic expression. Can anyone point me to any such materials? Thanks! Holly

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CFP: Doctoral Colloquium at IR 13.0
by Klaus Bruhn Jensen 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

CFP: Doctoral Colloquium at IR 13.0 Call for Participation: Doctoral Colloquium at the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Annual Conference 2012 Internet Research 13.0, http://ir13.aoir.org/ University of Salford, United Kingdom In keeping with its commitment to students’ scholarship in the Association of Internet Researchers, the Internet Research 13.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers PhD students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on October 18, 2012. Participants will have a chance to present their dissertations-in-progress and discuss them at length, with peers and established senior researchers. This year, Klaus Bruhn Jensen, University of Copenhagen, will coordinate the Doctoral Colloquium, and will be joined by colleagues including: Nancy Baym, Microsoft Research New England Axel Bruns, Queensland University of Technology Mia Consalvo, Concordia University Charles Ess, Drury University Alex Halavais, Arizona State University Rasmus Helles, University of Copenhagen Annette Markham, Umea University, Sweden Michael Zimmer, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Others to be announced) Interested students should prepare a two-page summary of their research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Participants will be encouraged to discuss their research problems, methodologies, ethics, and the process of ‘bringing it all together’ in the dissertation. SUBMISSION/PARTICIPATION Please submit the two-page application by Friday, June 1, 2012 to: Klaus Bruhn Jensen kbj(a)hum.ku.dk Applicants will be notified of acceptance by July 1, 2012. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare a four-page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 31, 2012. ********************************************************** Klaus Bruhn Jensen Professor, dr.phil. Film and Media Studies Section Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication University of Copenhagen DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark kbj(a)hum.ku.dk www.media.ku.dk Tel +45-35328100 Fax +45-35328110 ********************************************************** *New publication - 2nd edition* Jensen, KB (Ed.) (2012). A Handbook of Media and Communication Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Methodologies. 2nd edition. London, New York: Routledge, www.routledge.com/9780415609661

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Examples of information visualisations
by Asimina Vasalou 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

Dear all, I am putting together a state-of-the-art report on interactive visualisations of language. I am looking for examples of applications that visualise language for purposes of sense making, awareness, insight, informing action etc. If anyone has examples to share, I would be grateful if they can contact me. Thank you! Mina ------------------------------------ Mina Vasalou Research Fellow HCI Centre, School of Computer Science University of Birmingham www.luminainteractive.com

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Future of Social Media Analysis Event: 4 Days to Go!!
by Lawrence Ampofo 23 Apr '12

23 Apr '12

With only four (yes four!) days until the Insight 2.0: The Future of Social Media Analysis on Friday 27 April 2012 conference and networking event in central London, Zero1 has extended the availability of the early bird discount rate of £59 and £37 for students, university affiliates and not-for-profits. The event is designed for everyone interested in the potential of social media data to stimulate data-driven discovery and decision-making in this hyper-connected digital era. Please email lampofo(a)zero1events.com for the discount code. More information about the event can be found by visiting www.zero1events.com The event will feature short, energetic talks from experts from the fields of psychology, political and security intelligence, gamification, big data and brand insight amongst others. Distinguished speakers include: Alberto Nardelli - TweetMinster Kevin Anderson – The Guardian, Al-Jazeera Stewart Bertram - VeriSign Professor Martin Everett – University of Manchester, Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis David Stillwell – University of Cambridge Psychometrics Centre Nathalie Nihai – The Web Psychologist Alfred Rolington – Former CEO Jane’s Information Group, Oxford Analytica For more information, please visit www.zero1events.com and Twitter @zero1events We hope you will be able to join us to think differently about social media analysis. Sincerely, Dr. Lawrence Ampofo.

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