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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 92, Issue 20
by Jingsi Wu 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Dear Stu, I have communicated with you a few times previously regarding the use of DiscoverText in sampling data from Weibo. I am very excited to hear this news and will try it out. I would be more than happy to share with you how well it works. Thank you again for your work! Best, Jingsi (Christina) -- Jingsi Christina Wu Post-doctoral researcher Department of Communication University at Albany, State University of New York Web: http://jingsichristina.wordpress.com On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 6:00 PM, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 21:30:42 -0400 > From: Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Sina Weibo & Disqus APIs Live on DiscoverText > Message-ID: > <CAJd4Sncq63ti6QBi2qHg9s2niuJ8oA8KCmEnqq4V-HhF5+Zf9w(a)mail.gmail.com > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Folks, > > We just added the Sina "Weibo" and "Disqus" to the existing Twitter, > Facebook & Google+ options for archiving social media on DiscoverText. We > could really use some help from fluent Chinese speakers to test it out and > provide feedback. > > We continue to offer free, no obligation 30-day access to our > Enterprise-grade product: > > http://bit.ly/pArIvj > > For more information on these platforms, see: > > Weibo > http://weibo.com > > Disqus > http://disqus.com/about/ > > ~Stu > > -- > > Dr. Stuart W. Shulman > people.umass.edu/stu > > Editor Emeritus, JITP > jitp.net <http://www.jitp.net> > > Director, QDAP-UMass > umass.edu/qdap <http://www.umass.edu/qdap> > > Founder and CEO, Texifter > texifter.com <http://www.texifter.com> > > LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899< > http://www.linkedin.com/pub/stuart-shulman/10/351/899> > Twitter: twitter.com/#!/StuartWShulman<http://twitter.com/#%21/StuartWShulman> > <http://twitter.com/#%21/StuartWShulman> > >

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Fw: RESPONDER: Green ICT for Growth and Sustainability?
by Robert Rattle 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Please see website below or contact Karin Dobernig via E-Mail: ict(a)scp-responder.eu if you have questions. Dear colleagues, I would like to draw your attention to the following upcoming event in the European Knowledge Brokerage project RESPONDER: Green ICT for Growth and Sustainability? Linking Science and Policy taking place May 30 to June 1, 2012 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria with high-level keynote speakers from the science and policy fields: Lorenz Erdmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research Lorenz Hilty, University of Zurich & Empa Peter Johnston, European Policy Center & Club of Rome Inge Ropke, Technical University of Denmark Vida Rozite, International Energy Agency The event brings together high-level scientists and policy-makers to explore, discuss and address pressing questions on the potentials and challenges of Green ICT for Economic Growth and Sustainable Consumption: · Which role does ICT play for Green Growth and Sustainable Consumption? · What are challenges and critical aspects to be discussed with regards to ICT? · What impacts on residential energy consumption can be expected from the introduction of energy labelling on consumer electronics? · What is the potential of smart metering in encouraging energy savings in the long run? · Will cloud computing lead to overall savings of energy and other resources? Please, note that the number of participants is limited to 40 people. Hence, we kindly ask you to send the registration form until April 20, 2012 to ict(a)scp-responder.eu. The registration form as well as other relevant information about the registration procedure, the event and the RESPONDER project can be found under the following link: http://www.scp-responder.eu/events/kb_ict.

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computational social science panel at RC33 conference (Sydney 9-13 July)
by Robert Ackland 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Dear List, I am proposing a panel session on computational social science at the upcoming RC33 Eighth International Conference on Social Science Methodology, to be held at the University of Sydney, 9-13 July (http://conference.acspri.org.au/index.php/rc33/2012/index) Please contact me if you are interested in participating. Best regards -- Assoc. Prof. Robert Ackland Coordinator of Master of Social Research, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University homepage: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/ackland-rj project: http://voson.anu.edu.au ph./fax: +61 2 6125 0312/+61 2 6125 2992 Information about the Master of Social Research (Social Science of the Internet specialisation): http://adsri.anu.edu.au/graduate-study/msr CRICOS No: 061772F --

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Correction: Insight 2.0: The Future of Social Media Analysis
by Lawrence Ampofo 26 Mar '12

26 Mar '12

Dear Colleagues, This is a note to announce a correction to the conference below that the discount code is available for all AOIR list members and university staff and students. As before, please email the below email address for access to the discount code. In addition, I am delighted to announce the addition of another speaker, Professor Rob Procter of Manchester University's e-Research Centre, in which he will talk about his research on Twitter and the London Riots of August 2010. It is my pleasure to announce the launch of a special conference and networking event on social media analysis entitled Insight 2.0: The Future of Social Media Analysis on Friday 27 April 2012 in central London. It 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. For a limited time, until Monday 13 April, a special admission price for university staff and students of GBP 37 will be available. 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: Kevin Anderson – The Guardian, Al-Jazeera Pippa Norris – Ministry of Defence Professor Martin Everett – University of Manchester David Stillwell – University of Cambridge Nathalie Nahai – The Web Psychologist Alfred Rolington – Former CEO Jane’s Information Group, Oxford Analytica Professor Rob Procter - University of Manchester 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. Best wishes, Dr. Lawrence Ampofo

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CFP: Emerging Methods for Digital Media Research
by Jean Burgess 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

Dear colleagues, If you work in a related area, I hope you'll consider submitting something to this special issue of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media that Axel Bruns, Larissa Hjorth and I are editing. Tweetable link: http://www.mappingonlinepublics.net/2012/01/30/call-for-papers-emerging-met hods-for-digital-media-research/ Best regards Jean ---------- Emerging Methods for Digital Media Research Special Themed Issue of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (JOBEM), March 2013. Guest Editors: Jean Burgess (QUT) Axel Bruns (QUT) Larissa Hjorth (RMIT) ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation (http://cci.edu.au/) Editor: Zizi Papacharissi With the rise of Œbig data¹, locative media, and smartphones, existing media and communication studies methods are being recombined, reconfigured and replaced alongside their objects of study. This special issue of JOBEM seeks to expose new research methods for understanding the changing nature of the content industries, the impact of digital media on the practices of creative workers, and the experiences and practices of everyday users of digital media technologies. We welcome papers based in the humanities and social sciences that reflect on, discuss or critique current methodological trends in digital media research, shedding light on the following questions: 1. Where are the emerging methodological gaps - are there pressing research problems that require the development of new methods, techniques and tools? 2. Where are there needs for new combinations of methods, within or across disciplines? 3. What are the implications for future pedagogical models in internet, media and communication studies, including doctoral education and other forms of research training? We especially welcome papers grounded in the experience of conducting empirical digital media research. However we will give preference to papers that contextualise, historicise, and reflect on current methodological trends; rather than simply report on the applications or results of new methods. Abstracts of 250 words are due by 31 March, 2012. Depending on the number of abstracts received, we may shortlist submissions at this stage. Please email your abstract and a list of 3 or 4 suggested peer reviewers to: jobem.edm(a)gmail.com. Full articles of no more than 7000 words should be submitted on or before 1 August, 2012 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/hbem (select ³Special Issue: Emerging Digital Methods² as a manuscript type). Manuscripts should conform to the guidelines of the Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media (http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/journal.asp?issn=0883-8151&linktype=44 <http://www.beaweb.org/jobem.htm>). -- -- -- Dr Jean Burgess Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries & Innovation http://cci.edu.au <http://cci.edu.au/> Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology http://creativeindustries.qut.edu.au <http://creativeindustries.qut.edu.au/> Phone: +61 3138 8253 Twitter: @jeanburgess http://twitter.com/jeanburgess Personal blog: http://creativitymachine.net <http://creativitymachine.net/> Mapping Online Publics project website: http://mappingonlinepublics.net <http://mappingonlinepublics.net/> Digital Storytelling at QUT http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au <http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au/>

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study internet research this summer a Swiss/Italian lake
by Annette Markham 25 Mar '12

25 Mar '12

Hi all (and particularly graduate students), Just in case you feel the need to spend a week on the shores of one of the lovely Swiss/Italian lakes this summer, the deadline is swiftly approaching to apply for this summer school: Summer School: Research on computer-mediated communication June 17-23, 2012 Lago Maggiore (at Ascona, Switzerland) http://engsem.unibas.ch/nc/department/people/staff/profile/own-pages/person… Although this is sponsored by the Hermann Paul School of Linguistics at Basel‐Freiburg, you certainly don't have to be in linguistics to benefit from this workshop. Also, If you're studying in the U.S., you can apply for a generous *travel scholarship* of 1100 CHF (about 1200 USD). There are only a few seats remaining. If you're interested in this and want more information than you can find on the website, feel free to contact me-- I'm one of the instructors. Regards, Annette ******************** Research on computer‐mediated communication in linguistics (RCMCL) 17‐23 June 2012, Ascona, Switzerland This international summer school addresses methodological issues on computer‐mediated communication in connection with language use. The school caters to advanced MA and PhD students already working on CMC topics. Its aims are as follows: 1) To discuss cutting edge theoretical literature on methodologies in CMC/CMD (there will be a reading list). 2) To provide students with a set of tools to aid them in the preparation and analysis of CMC data. 3) To give students a chance to introduce their own research projects and discuss methodological challenges (with both other students and staff). A reading list with central theoretical literature will be provided closer to the time. Teaching methods will be a combination of input presentations, hands‐on workshops and feedback sessions. Our teachers are: Daniel Alcón, University of Freiburg Jannis Androutsopoulos, University of Hamburg Michael Beisswenger, University of Dortmund Brook Bolander, University of Basel Andreas H. Jucker, University of Zurich Miriam A. Locher, University of Basel Annette Markham, University of Arizona Location: A beautiful hotel in Ascona, Moscia at the Lago Maggiore in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland Registration: Please contact Brook.Bolander(a)unibas.ch and see below. Deadline/ Fees: CHF 600 if paid by 15 April, 2012. Members of the Basel Doctoral Program in Linguistics (DSB) receive a reduction of CHF 200. The fees include accommodation, food and tuition. Once we have received your payment, the registration process is complete. Please note that students pursuing a degree at a U.S. university, can apply for a travel grant of max. 1100 CHF on a competitive basis sponsored by ThinkSwiss. More detailed information and links: http://engsem.unibas.ch/nc/department/people/staff/profile/own-pages/person… ***************************************************** Annette N. Markham, Ph.D. Visiting Scholar, Department of Communication, University of Arizona, Tucson Visiting Professor, Department of Informatics, Umea University, Sweden amarkham(a)gmail.com http://markham.internetinquiry.org/ Co-Editor, International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.ijire.net <http://www.ijire.net>

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(Corrected) Call for Papers: Maps of Dialogue - ISSEI Conference, Nicosia 2012‏
by Fernando Kuhn 24 Mar '12

24 Mar '12

Dear colleagues, By mistake, I have sent my previous message before having finished it. Sorry... This is the correct version. With apologies for cross-posting; please distribute widely. Many thanks, Fernando Kuhn. --------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS - ISSEI CONFERENCE NICOSIA (CYPRUS)- July 2 - 6, 2012 Maps of Dialogue - Spaces and Dimensions for the Integration of Regional Cultures This workshop aims at discussing the emergence of regional identities and cultures - either in subnational or supranational scales - and the roles they assume in the dynamics involving global, national and local instances. Although not restricted to such focus, it particularly intends to examine the dimensions that favour the interaction of regional spheres: from ways or landscapes as a convergence of diversity - "routes to roots", "the shortest distance between myriads of distinct traditions", a collective of regional identities - to vectors like media, science, language, literature, music, cinema, and many others. Discussions involving historical perspectives as well as the articulation of historical and geographic concepts (time, event, history; place, space, landscape) are welcomed and encouraged. And finally, it also has the objective of reflecting on the real or imagined boundaries that shape regional cultures and identities in a world of increasing mobility of people and ideas. Abstracts must be submitted to Fernando Kuhn (swocean(a)hotmail.com) until April 30, 2012. (For other sessions, please visit the conference website - http://issei2012.haifa.ac.il/)

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Digital Methods Summer School 2012 - Call for Participants
by Anne Helmond 24 Mar '12

24 Mar '12

Dear all, The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) will host its 6th annual Summer School from 25 June to 6 July 2012 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. This year's theme is “Reality mining, and the limits of digital methods.” It is organized for new media researchers (broadly conceived), and is open to (early stage) PhD candidates, advanced master's degree students, recent graduates and motivated scholars. It is a working Summer School, in that all participants work on projects, collectively conceived, that explore this year's theme, trace mining. The Summer School is a training program, where participants receive a certificate of completion. It is also an intensive (and rewarding) workshop environment, where participants work in teams, tracing and mapping data, objects and issues. DMI also invites special guests as resource people to present their research and projects in morning lectures. There is a final presentation where the Summer School accomplishments are presented to participants and invitees. Below please find the call for participation. Please note that the application deadline is Friday 4 May 2012. Candidates will be notified on Tuesday 8 May 2012. Feel free to forward the call to interested individuals. Looking forward to your application and to the Summer School, the Digital Methods team Call for participants Digital Methods Summer School 2012 New Media and Digital Culture Dept. of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam 25 June - 6 July 2012 https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummer2012 Reality mining, and the limits of digital methods When it becomes simple to trace your friend’s network, your movements online and even the provenance of the can of Coke next to your computer screen, reality becomes subject to prediction and to speculation -- in both the financial and the philosophical sense. This transparency discourse is limited by access to data. Indeed, our actions often generate effect far in excess of our own awareness -- how “open” is the open graph really? The concept of “ethical traceability” has been developed for instance as a regulatory discourse to ensure the security of supply chains, yet in spite of the proliferation of digital traces, consumers have only very limited access to these logistical data. How then do we use digital methods to become more “aware”? Can we adapt our methods to work in recommended or relatively closed environments? How do we use devices to test their claims, but also to reveal and circumvent their blind alleys? After developing a semiotics and structuralism of the link and the network, we explore how digital methods deal with notions of absence. Building on past work in post-demographics and networked content, these workshops will unpack the paradox of online awareness, from social recommendation devices to product and service review sites. Building tools and working with leaked data, our approach this time will be to go beyond merely tracing things in order to make mute objects speak. About "Digital Methods" as Concept Digital methods is a term coined as a counter-point to virtual methods, which typically digitize existing methods and port them onto the Web. Digital methods, contrariwise, seek to learn from the methods built into the dominant devices online, and repurpose them for social and cultural research. That is, the challenge is to study both the info-web as well as the social web with the tools that organize them. There is a general protocol to digital methods. At the outset stock is taken of the natively digital objects that are available (links, tags, threads, etc.) and how devices such as search engines make use of them. Can the device techniques be repurposed, for example by remixing the digital objects they take as inputs? Once findings are made with online data, where to ground them? With more online data? About the Summer School The Digital Methods Summer School, founded in 2007 together with the Digital Methods Initiative, is directed by Professor Richard Rogers, Chair in New Media & Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam. The Summer School is one training opportunity provided by the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). DMI also has a Winter School, which includes a mini-conference, where papers are presented and responded to. Winter School papers are often the result of Summer School projects. The Summer School is coordinated by two PhD candidates in New Media at the University of Amsterdam, or DMI affiliates. This year the coordinators are Lonneke van der Velden and Marc Tuters both of the University of Amsterdam. The Summer School has a technical staff as well as a design staff. The Summer School also relies on a technical infrastructure of some five servers hosting tools and storing data. Participants bring their laptops, learn method, undertake research projects, make reports, tools and graphics and write them up on the Digital Methods wiki. The Summer School concludes with final presentations. Often there are guests from non-governmental or other organizations who present their issues. For instance, Women on Waves came along during the 2010 Summer School. Digital Methods people are currently interning at Greenpeace International and the Global Reporting Initiative. Previous Digital Methods Summer Schools, 2007-2011: https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummerSchool 2011 Summer School flickr stream: http://bit.ly/q9fepW The Digital Methods Initiative was founded with a grant from the Mondriaan Foundation, and the Summer School is supported by the Center for Creation, Content and Technology (CCCT), University of Amsterdam, hosted by the Faculty of Science with support from Platform Beta. Summer School Training Certificate The Digital Methods Summer School issues completion certificates to participants who follow the Summer School program, and complete a significant contribution to a Summer School project. For previous Summer School projects, see for example https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WikipediaAsASpaceOfControversy. Applications & Fees To apply for the Digital Methods Summer School, 25 June - 6 July 2012, please send a one-page letter explaining how digital methods training would benefit your current work, and also enclose a CV. Mark your application subject header, "DMI Training Certificate Program 2012." The deadline for applications for the Summer School is Friday 4 May 2012. Notices will be sent on Tuesday 8 May 2012. Please address your application email to the Summer School coordinators, Lonneke van der Velden and Marc Tuters, and send to info [at] digitalmethods.net. Informal queries may be sent to Lonneke or Marc, lonneke[at] digitalmethods.net or marc[at] digitalmethods.net. The Summer School costs EUR 295 per person. Accepted applicants will be informed of the bank transfer details upon notice of acceptance to the Summer School. The fee must be paid by 11 June 2012. Logistics: Travel & Accommodation Generally, participants must arrange their own travel and accommodation. The Digital Methods Summer School offers a limited number of Amsterdam apartments for reasonable rates, checking in on Saturday, 23 June and checking out on Saturday, 7 July. These are single apartments with cooking facilities. Doubles also may be available. For housing requests, please write to the Summer School organizers, who will inform you about availability. Once an apartment is reserved, the rent (and cleaning fee) should be paid together with the Summer School fee by 11 June. Summer School Schedule The Summer School meets Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and all participants also work on the Tuesdays and Thursdays. Please bring your laptop. We will provide abundant connectivity. We start generally at 9:30 in the morning, and end around 5:30. On the last Friday we have a boat trip through the canals of Amsterdam. Summer School Location New Media & Digital Culture, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, Turfdraagsterpad 9, 1012 XT Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Rooms 0.13 & 0.04. Morning lectures Digital Methods Winter School 2012 Revisited We have a bonus session that draws upon the Digital Methods Winter School 2012, "Interfaces for the Cloud" and API critique. We have invited Metahaven, the critical Dutch design group, to present their work that actually renders the politics of the cloud. We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam in the Summertime!

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CfP - Maps of Dialogue - Nicosia 2012
by Fernando Kuhn 24 Mar '12

24 Mar '12

CALL FOR PAPERS - ISSEI CONFERENCE NICOSIA (CYPRUS)- July 2 - 6, 2010 Maps of Dialogue - Spaces and Dimensions for the Integration of Regional Cultures This workshop aims at discussing the emergence of regional identities and cultures - either in subnational or supranational scales - and the roles they assume in the dynamics involving global, national and local instances. Although not restricted to such focus, it particularly intends to examine the dimensions that favour the interaction of regional spheres: from ways or landscapes as a convergence of diversity - "routes to roots", "the shortest distance between myriads of distinct traditions", a collective of regional identities - to vectors like media, science, language, literature, music, cinema, and many others. Discussions involving historical perspectives as well as the articulation of historical and geographic concepts (time, event, history; place, space, landscape) are welcomed and encouraged. And finally, it also has the objective of reflecting on the real or imagined boundaries that shape regional cultures and identities in a world of increasing mobility of people and ideas. Abstracts must be submitted to Fernando Kuhn (swocean(a)hotmail.com) until April 30, 2012. (For other sessions, please visit the conference website - http://issei2012.haifa.ac.il/)

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What are your views about technology? - brief survey request (IRB approved)
by craig boman 23 Mar '12

23 Mar '12

Dear librarians, If you work with any type of electronic resources, be it electronic journals or any digital collections, the members of my research group are very interested to have you contribute to maximizing workplace efficiency by completing a very brief anonymous survey. To give you a greater understanding of our survey, we hope to answer such questions as: What are the implications of a multi-generational library workforce, with specific regards to workflows, technology and leadership and collaboration? Or what are the strengths and weaknesses of the Millennial generation and how can they be leveraged by organizations managing electronic resources? Before completing the survey, please be advised that this survey is completely voluntary and you will not be compensated for your answers. If you consent to participate in this anonymous survey and to have your anonymous answers used in research publications, please follow the link below: https://docs.google.com/a/udayton.edu/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dE40cTVW… And please excuse the cross postings. Thanks for your time, Craig Boman -- University of Dayton Libraries 300 College Park Dayton, OH 45469 cboman1(a)udayton.edu Research Group: Juleah Swanson Electronic Resources and Access Librarian Ohio State University Libraries swanson.234(a)osu.edu Esta Day Library Technician University of Kentucky esta.day(a)uky.edu

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