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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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Deadline Extension for WON 2012
by Pete[r] Landwehr 16 May '12

16 May '12

Hey AoIR, If any of you are doing work with language use on the web or in digital contexts, the call for the below workshop at WebSci may be of interest. Best, pml ----------------------------------- Call for short papers: Words and Networks: Language Use in Socio-Technical Networks (WON 2012) (see http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/calls/WON_2012.html) We are soliciting short papers for a workshop on research at the nexus of text analysis and network analysis. The half-day workshop will be held at the 2012 ACM Web Science Conference in Evanston, IL, on June 22nd. While text analysis and network analysis have evolved into mature fields, new work emerging at their intersection enhances our understanding of the transformative role that language can play in networks and the relationship between information and networks. By jointly considering text data and network data we can analyze networks along multiple dimensions of human behavior. This has facilitated eminent work on collective problem solving through information propagation, language change, and the adoption of beliefs and sentiments, to name a few areas. The overarching goal with this workshop is to bring together people that bridge the gap between text analysis and network analysis, and to discuss current advances and challenges in this new field. What and how to submit: We welcome short papers (2-6 pages) on algorithmic, methodological and applied empirical work that considers text data and network data. We are also interested in computational solutions that support this process. Please submit your paper via EasyChair. (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=won2012) Please use the Word or LaTeX templates for WebSci12 for you submission. (http://www.websci12.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WebSci-Proceedings-Templ…) Topics of interest include: Semantic network analysis Information networks Mental maps Joint utilization of natural language processing or computational linguistics and network analysis, e.g. in the context of social media analytics Evolution and change of language, trust and reputation in online and offline settings Important dates: May 21: Short papers due May 27: Acceptance notes sent out June 08: Final version of short papers due June 22: Workshop June 22-24: Web Science Conference, Evanston, Illinois, USA Organizers: Jana Diesner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The iSchool/ Graduate School of Library and Information Science Web: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/ David Reitter Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Psychology and Penn State, College of Information Sciences and Technology Web: http://www.david-reitter.com Program Committee: Christian Baden, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Moira Burke, Facebook Lee Giles, Penn State University Scott Golder, Cornell University Georg Groh, Technical University Munich Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Peter Landwehr, Carnegie Mellon University Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, University of Porto Wouter van Atteveldt, University Amsterdam John Yen, Penn State University

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Velvet Light Trap CFP (Useful Media: Industrial, Educational, Institutional)
by Holly Kruse 16 May '12

16 May '12

Forwarded on request. Please do not send inquires to me. Thanks. Holly -- Holly Kruse List Manager, AIR-L holly(a)aoir.org ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Velvet Light Trap Call for Papers From: "Velvet Light Trap" <thevelvetlighttrap(a)gmail.com> Date: Tue, May 15, 2012 9:56 am To: air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org cultstud-l-owner(a)lists.comm.umn.edu visualculture(a)education.wisc.edu cvc(a)education.wisc.edu listserv(a)listserv.loc.gov -------------------------------------------------------------------------- To whom it may concern, I am one of the coordinating editors for the Velvet Light Trap, a scholarly journal of film and media, produced by the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas-Austin. Our upcoming issue is on Useful Media: Industrial, Educational, Institutional and seeks submissions concerning the production, distribution, exhibition, and/or reception of educational, industrial, and other institutional film, video, television, audio, and new media, past and present. We were hoping that you would be willing to distribute our call for papers on your listserv, as it may prove interesting to your subscribers. Below is the link to our website through the University of Texas Press, where our call can be found. http://www.utexas.edu/utpress/journals/jvlt.html Thank you for your time and please let me know if you need any additional information from me to help distribute our call. Sincerely, Amanda McQueen PhD Candidate University of Wisconsin-Madison -- The Velvet Light Trap is a scholarly, peer-reviewed journal of film, television, and new media. It is collectively edited by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the University of Texas at Austin, with the support of media scholars at those institutions and throughout the country. Each issue provokes debate about critical, theoretical, and historical topics relating to a particular theme.

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Call for short papers: "Words and Networks" workshop at ACM Web Science Conference 2012
by David Reitter 15 May '12

15 May '12

*** EXTENDED DEADLINE - MAY 21ST *** Call for short papers: Words and Networks: Language Use in Socio-Technical Networks (WON 2012) We solicit short papers for a workshop on research at the nexus of text analysis and network analysis. The workshop will be held at the ACM Web Science 2012 Conference in Evanston, IL, on June 22nd (http://www.websci12.org/) Workshop webpage: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/calls/WON_2012.html. While text analysis and network analysis have evolved into mature yet still quickly advancing fields, new work at their intersection emerges that enhances our understanding of the transformative role that language can play in networks and the relationship between information and networks. By jointly considering text data and network data we can analyze networks along multiple dimensions of human behavior. This has facilitated eminent work on collective problem solving through information propagation, language change, and the adoption of beliefs and sentiments, to name a few areas. The overarching goal with this workshop is to bring together people that bridge the gap between text analysis and network analysis, and to discuss current advances and challenges in this new field. What and how to submit: We welcome short papers (2-6 pages) on algorithmic, methodological and applied empirical work that considers text data and network data. We are also interested in computational solutions that support this process. Please submit your paper EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=won2012) Please use the Word or LaTeX templates for WebSci12 for you submission (http://www.websci12.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/WebSci-Proceedings-Templ…) Topics of interest include: - Semantic network analysis - Information networks - Mental maps - Joint utilization of natural language processing or computational linguistics and network analysis, e.g. in the context of social media analytics - Evolution and change of language, trust and reputation in online and offline settings Important dates: May 21 (EXTENDED DEADLINE): Short papers due May 27: Acceptance notes sent out June 08: Final version of short papers due June 22: Workshop June 22-24: Web Science Conference, Evanston, Illinois, USA Organizers: Jana Diesner University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The iSchool/ Graduate School of Library and Information Science Web: http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~jdiesner/ David Reitter Carnegie Mellon University, Dept. of Psychology and Penn State, College of Information Sciences and Technology Web: http://www.david-reitter.com Program Committee: Christian Baden, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich Moira Burke, Facebook Lee Giles, Penn State University Scott Golder, Cornell University Georg Groh, Technical University Munich Anatoliy Gruzd, Dalhousie University Peter Landwehr, Carnegie Mellon University Winter Mason, Stevens Institute of Technology Eduarda Mendes Rodrigues, University of Porto Wouter van Atteveldt, University Amsterdam John Yen, Penn State University

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Call for texts on digital collaboration- Deadline extended
by Lorna Heaton 15 May '12

15 May '12

Hello, The deadline has been extended for a special issue of tic& société on forms and issues surrounding digital collaboration. We can accept texts in English for initial evaluation, but the final product must be in FRENCH. The journal is well distributed on both sides of the Atlantic. You can consult the call for texts on line at http://ticetsociete.revues.org/1022 Date limit: July 1st 2012 Thank you for distributing this call among your colleagues. Lorna Heaton Associate Professor Department of communication Université de Montréal

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2nd CfP: Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing 2013
by Andrea Forte 15 May '12

15 May '12

Hi all, just a reminder that the deadline for CSCW papers is less than three weeks away! Information on other contribution types including workshops, videos, demos, posters, and panel submissions have also been updated on the site and in the CfP below. ------------------------------------------ CSCW 2013 SECOND CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ------------------------------------------ 16th ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing San Antonio, TX, Feb 23-27th http://cscw.acm.org CSCW is an international and interdisciplinary conference focused on how technology intersects with social practices. By bringing together top researchers and practitioners from academia and industry in the area of social computing, CSCW addresses both the technical and social challenges encountered when supporting collaboration. IMPORTANT DEADLINES CSCW invites a wide variety of contribution types. For complete information about deadlines, submission procedures, and revision timelines, see calls for participation athttp://cscw.acm.org. • Papers May 25, 2012: Title and Abstract requested June 1, 5:00 p.m. PDT: Submissions due • Workshops June 29, 2012, 5:00 p.m. PDT • Videos October 23, 2012, 5:00 PM PDT • Demos November 2, 2012, 5PM PDT • Interactive Posters November 2, 2012, 5:00 p.m. PDT • Panels November 2, 2012, 5:00 p.m. PDT PAPERS http://cscw.acm.org/participation_paper.html We invite submissions that detail existing practices or inform the design or deployment of systems. The scope of CSCW includes, but is not limited to, social computing, technologically-enabled or enhanced communication, collaboration, information sharing, and coordination. It includes socio-technical activities at work, in the home, in education, in healthcare, in the arts, for socializing and for entertainment. To support diverse and high-quality contributions, CSCW employs a two-phase review process and does not impose an arbitrary length limit on papers submissions. Please see the conference website for details about the review process and aligning paper contribution and length. Papers co-chairs: Loren Terveen, University of Minnesota& Cliff Lampe, University of Michigan papers2013(a)cscw.acm.org WORKSHOPS http://cscw.acm.org/participation_workshop.html Workshops provide an opportunity to discuss and explore emerging areas of CSCW research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. Workshops may focus on any aspect of CSCW theory or practice, established concerns or new ideas; however, radical new ideas expected to draw a sufficient number of participants are very much encouraged! The goal of a workshop is to share understandings and experiences, to foster research communities, to learn from each other and to envision future directions. Workshops co-chairs: Jeremy Birnholtz, Cornell University& Andy Crabtree, University of Nottingham workshops2013(a)cscw.acm.org VIDEOS http://cscw.acm.org/participation_video.html The CSCW Videos Program provides researchers, designers, and practitioners with opportunities to present their cutting-edge work in an interactive fashion in front of an expert audience. Videos are ideally suited to demonstrate the practical application of research results and the functionality of CSCW systems, visualize the outcome of research and development projects, or describe inspiring visions of future systems that are grounded in today′s reality. The Videos Program provides a venue to present work that involves dynamic interaction, ranging from demonstrations of new systems to complex aspects of group communication and work practice. Videos co-chairs: Sasa Junuzovic, Microsoft Research& Carman Neustaedter, Simon Fraser University videos2013(a)cscw.acm.org DEMONSTRATIONS http://cscw.acm.org/participation_demo.html CSCW 2013 demonstrations present implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The peer-reviewed demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, discuss the systems with those who created them, and try them out. Appropriate demonstrations include applications, technologies, and research prototypes, and may showcase work that has been or is being published at CSCW or elsewhere. Demonstrations can also serve to showcase novel commercial products not previously described in the research literature. Demonstrations should be interactive and provide attendees a hands-on experience. The demo forum is not an opportunity for marketing or sales presentations. Presenters must have been directly involved with the development of the system and be able to explain the unique and novel contributions of the system. Demos co-chairs: Dan Cosley, Cornell University& Travis Kriplean, University of Washington demos2013(a)cscw.acm.org INTERACTIVE POSTERS http://cscw.acm.org/participation_poster.html CSCW 2013 will include an interactive poster category for late-breaking and preliminary results, smaller results not suitable for a full or short paper, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, early student research, and other research best presented in an interactive forum. Posters will be presented in a special Poster Session where researchers will interact directly with conference attendees. The posters will remain up throughout the remainder of the conference. Posters co-chairs: Gary Hsieh, Michigan State University& Chen Zhao, Microsoft posters2013(a)cscw.acm.org PANELS http://cscw.acm.org/participation_panel.html Panels are a great way to generate debate and raise new and interesting issues at CSCW. With panels we want to provide a forum for discussing provocative, controversial, innovative, emerging, boundary-spanning and boundary-breaking issues. While paper sessions provide detailed discussions of work recently completed, panels provide an opportunity to explore what is on the horizon — or what is already here but not adequately recognized, acknowledged or discussed. Panels co-chairs: Darren Gergle, Northwestern University& Siân Lindley, Microsoft Research panels2013(a)cscw.acm.org Conference co-chairs: Amy Bruckman, Georgia Tech& Scott Counts, Microsoft Research chairs2013(a)cscw.acm.org

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New report on the media menus of internetusers (DK)
by Niels Ole Finnemann 15 May '12

15 May '12

We have just published a report on the 'Media menus of Danish Internet users in 2009'. The report can be downloaded for free form our website: http://changingborders.au.dk . A summary of main findings is included. The report is based on the results of a web survey based on a representative panel of the Danish internet population in 2009 which represented 86% of the whole national population. The results may be of relevance for an international audience for several reasons, one being that to our knowledge it is one of the first surveys covering the use of all media in a country with close to full scale internet penetration. The survey was designed by the research project 'Changing Borderlines: Mediatization and Cultural Citizenship' funded by the Danish Research Council for The Humanities. Grant No: 09-063951 The website also holds references to all project publications. best Niels Ole Finnemann Head of Project Professor, dr. phil. Department of Aestethics and Communication Helsingforsgade 14 Aarhus University Denmark http://imv.au.dk/~finnemann/english.html

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