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Call for Papers of the Emerging Scholars Network Section of the IAMCR, for Durban 2012
by Francesca Musiani 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Dear colleagues, Please find below the* Call for Papers *of the Emerging Scholars Network Section of the IAMCR for the 2012 Durban conference. Apologies for some inevitable cross-posting! Best regards, Francesca Musiani ESN-IAMCR communications coordinator ** ***************** * * * *International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR)* *DURBAN 2012* *EMERGING SCHOLARS NETWORK SECTION CALL FOR PAPERS* The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) invites you to participate in the 2012 International Congress of the IAMCR to be held on July 15-19, 2012 at the Howard College Campus of the University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN) in Durban, South Africa. This year’s theme is *South North Conversations*. We call for general academic papers in Communication and Media Studies as well as papers addressing the concrete conference theme. Diverging from traditional world systems implications, this theme reflects the asymmetry of global communication flows, without suggesting the negatives that usually accompany discussions of the 'digital divide' within the context of the “global south.” The term ‘global south’ refers to countries, territories and communities that have been excluded from the mainstream of economic, social and communication development. In much of the discourse around global geo-politics, these countries and communities are still regarded as the recipients of economic and technical largesse from more developed sources. It is the theme of this conference to interrogate this assumption, and to emphasize the *communicative empowerment * and *the positive potential of media and communication in and from the ‘Global South’*. For more information on this year’s conference theme please see the general call for papers. The ESN is a section dedicated to the work and careers of emerging scholars in the field of media and communication. Hence, we especially look for works in progress from graduate students and new university instructors/professors who are interested in substantial feedback and comments intended to advance their projects. The ESN organizes emerging scholar panels and joint panels with other sections. Our emerging scholar panels provide a comfortable environment for the presentation of theses and works in progress, where emerging scholars can receive feedback from colleagues also at the beginning of their careers and from senior scholars who act as respondents to individual papers. The joint panels with other sections allow for the exchange of ideas with senior scholars in the field and networking. Should there be enough submissions we are planning to co-sponsor panels together with the following IAMCR Sections and Working Groups: Law Section; Gender and Communication Section; Political Communication Section; Health, Communication and Change Working Group; and the Task Force on Media Policies. In line with the purpose of our section, the ESN also organizes panels about issues affecting emerging scholars, such as: - Publishing research results; - Mentoring and the Student-mentor relationship; - Academic work and academic jobs; - Neoliberalism in the academy; - Language barriers in academia. Scholars who wish to organize or contribute to an issue-related panel are welcome to contact Sara Bannerman at Sara.Bannerman [at] gmail.com<Sara.Bannerman(a)gmail.com>and Stefania Milan at stefania.milan [at] eui.eu <stefania.milan(a)eui.eu>. *SUBMISSIONS The deadline for submission of abstracts is February 14, 2012. *Please note that this deadline will not be extended. The OCS system at http://iamcr-ocs.org will open on December 1, 2012, and will close on February 14, 2012. *Decisions on acceptance *of abstracts will be communicated to individual applicants by their Section or Working Group Head* no later than March 12, 2012.* On the same day, *March 12, 2012, conference registration will open* for bookings by participants*.* For those whose abstracts are accepted, *full conference papers* are to be submitted via the IAMCR OCS *by June 10, 2012*. - Questions may be addressed to the section co-chairs, Stefania Milan stefania.milan(a)eui.eu and Sara Bannerman at Sara.Bannerman(a)gmail.com. - Submissions must include author name(s), affiliation, address, e-mail address, and paper title. - If you are submitting a work in progress, we welcome your submission! Please state that it is a work in progress in your abstract. - Abstracts should be 250-300 words. Please also take a look at our suggestions on how to write an abstract: http://iamcr.org/component/docman/doc_download/315-2010-esn-how-to-write-an… * * *New ! Special Call ESN in Spanish / ESN Hispanohablante* El grupo de estudios ESN Hispanohablante y Comunicación Latinoamericana abre una convocatoria para presentar trabajos en idioma español en la Conferencia IAMCR 2012. Para el grupo ESN Hispanohablante y Comunicación Latinoamericana es especialmente pertinente el tema de la conferencia en Durban, “Conversaciones Norte-Sur”, que vincula los problemas sociales, las propuestas de desarrollo sostenible, y los contextos interculturales de América Latina con varias perspectivas de comunicación ciudadana, estudios de recepción, comunicación para el desarrollo y metodologías participativas de la comunicación. Invitamos investigadores emergentes a presentar propuestas de ponencia en idioma español y con un enfoque latinoamericano de la comunicación, que pone énfasis en comunicaciones y contextos socioculturales diferentes; reflexiona en lo intercultural e interdisciplinar, adecuando epistemologías, definiciones y metodologías de la comunicación a la realidad social. Los planteamientos de la comunicación en América Latina incluyen la diversidad de sujetos múltiples, negociando identidades y significados ante la modernidad y procesos de urbanización, mestizaje sociocultural, nuevas narrativas, medios, lugares y espacios de la comunicación. Para dudas o preguntas antes de enviar la propuesta, se puede escribir a Franklin Cornejo (fcu_75(a)yahoo.com) coordinador de ESN-Hispanohablante y Comunicación Latinoamericana y a la coordinadora de comunicación de ESN Francesca Musiani (francesca.musiani(a)gmail.com)<francesca.musiani(a)mines-paristech.fr> *MORE INFORMATION AND UPDATES ABOUT THE ESN* - Please take a look at our website ((http://iamcr.org/s-wg/cctmc/esn<http://esn.colostate.edu/> ); - Join the ESN Facebook group ( http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=44068562342) - Or subscribe to the ESN listserv ( http://iamcr.org/mailman/listinfo/esn_iamcr.org) -- Francesca Musiani Ingénieur de recherche ARMINES Doctorante, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (associé au CNRS, UMR7185) MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint Michel 75272 PARIS Cedex 06 France 33 (0)1 40 51 92 77 33 (0)6 45 31 90 53 francesca.musiani(a)mines-paristech.fr www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/Perso/Musiani/

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CFP: Advances in Visual Methods for Linguistics, 2012 Conference
by Kim Witten 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

AVML 2012 – Advances in Visual Methods for Linguistics York, United Kingdom • September 5–7, 2012 http://www.avml2012.wordpress.com Linguistics, like many other scientific disciplines, is centrally reliant upon visual images for the elicitation, analysis and presentation of data. It is difficult to imagine how linguistics could have developed, and how it could be done today, without visual representations such as syntactic trees, psychoperceptual models, vocal tract diagrams, dialect maps, or spectrograms. Complex multidimensional data can be condensed into forms that can be easily and immediately grasped in a way that would be considerably more taxing, even impossible, through textual means. Transforming our numerical results into graphical formats, according to Cleveland (1993: 1), ‘provides a front line of attack, revealing intricate structure in data that cannot be absorbed in any other way. We discover unimagined effects, and we challenge imagined ones.’ Or, as Keith Johnson succinctly puts it, ‘Nothing beats a picture’ (2008: 6). So embedded are the ways we visualize linguistic data and linguistic phenomena in our research and teaching that it is easy to overlook the design and function of these graphical techniques. Yet the availability of powerful freeware and shareware packages which can produce easily customised publication-quality images means that we can create visual enhancements to our research output more quickly and more cheaply than ever before. Crucially, it is very much easier now than at any time in the past to experiment with imaginative and innovative ideas in visual methods. The potential for the inclusion of enriched content (animations, films, colour illustrations, interactive figures, etc.) in the ever-increasing quantities of research literature, resource materials and new textbooks being published, especially online, is enormous. There is clearly a growing appetite among the academic community for the sharing of inventive graphical methods, to judge from the contributions made by researchers to the websites and blogs that have proliferated in recent years (e.g. Infosthetics, Information is Beautiful, Cool Infographics, BBC Dimensions, or Visual Complexity). In spite of the ubiquity and indispensability of graphical methods in linguistics it does not appear that a conference dedicated to sharing techniques and best practices in this domain has taken place before. This is less surprising when one considers that virtually nothing has been published specifically on the subject (an exception is Stewart, 1976). We think it is important that researchers from a broad spectrum of linguistic disciplines spend time discussing how their work can be done more efficiently, and how it can achieve greater impact, using the profusion of flexible and intuitive graphical tools at their disposal. The Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York is hosting ‘Advances in Visual Methods for Linguistics’ on September 6-7, 2012. The conference will be preceded by a half-day workshop on the afternoon of Wednesday September 5. The venue for the conference is the Berrick Saul Building on the Heslington West campus of the University of York. Accommodation on campus will be available. Call for Papers: Abstracts for oral or poster presentations (maximum length 500 words; please state your preference for oral or poster format) should be sent as PDF files to avml(a)events.york.ac.uk by January 9, 2012. Abstracts should be anonymous, but please make the name of the file the last name of the lead presenter (e.g. Bloggs.pdf). In the body of the e-mail to which the file is attached, please state the following information: Title of paper Name(s) of presenter(s) Affiliation(s) of presenter(s), including department/unit Contact e-mail address Submitters are encouraged to include relevant graphics in or accompanying their abstracts. We are also inviting suggestions for workshops to take place on the first day of the conference (Wednesday September 5). Suggestions should be submitted to the address shown above. The deadline for workshop suggestions is December 9, 2011. See http://www.avml2012.wordpress.com for further information. Thank you. Best wishes, Kim Witten --- Conference Organisers: Dom Watt, Carmen Llamas, Kim Witten, Natalie Fecher (University of York) Anne Fabricius (Roskilde University, Denmark) Tyler Kendall (University of Oregon) References: Cleveland, W. (1993). Visualizing Data. Summit, NJ: Hobart Press. Johnson, K. (2008). Quantitative Methods in Linguistics. Oxford: Blackwell. Stewart, A.H. (1976). Graphic Representation of Models in Linguistic Theory. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press.

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wireless sensor networks
by Sareeta Amrute 08 Dec '11

08 Dec '11

Hi All: Does anyone know of any literature that addresses Wireless Sensor Networks from the perspective of what effects Ubiquitous Computing might have on humans and animals? I'm thinking here of both biological and psychological effects. I've been doing some research and have *only* come across extremely positive reviews of this technology. I'd like to read some other perspectives. (This question may link back to the radiation issue that was on the list awhile ago). Also, if anyone has some concise literature on WSNs and cost issues, I'd take that, too (e.g. the economics of who will be able to have such networks etc). Very Best, Sareeta

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iConference 2012 Program available; early registration deadline Dec. 15
by Jean-François Blanchette 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

iConference 2012 Culture • Design • Society Feb. 7-10, 2012 Toronto, Canada The program for iConference 2012 has been posted online: http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/ The iConference is an annual gathering of a broad spectrum of scholars and researchers from around the world who share a common concern about critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference pushes the boundaries of information studies, explores core concepts and ideas, and creates new technological and conceptual configurations—all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. This year’s program includes: * Keynote addresses by Ron Deibert and Geoffery Nunberg * 53 Papers * 96 Posters * 20 Alternative Events * 9 Workshops * 2 Installations * A Doctoral Colloquium * An Early-Career Colloquium * A gala Awards Banquet * Welcome and farewell receptions Sample topics at iConference 2012 include: - Cyberinfrastructure - Aural culture - Social media and elections - Human Values - Ethics and policy - Digital humanities - Infrastructure studies - Data curation - Interaction design - Material relations - Design research - Crowdsourcing - Categorization and classification - Social network analysis - Digital materialities - Visual culture - Information behaviour - Web metrics - Creative information practice - ICTs in organizations - Sociotechnical research - Network surveillance - Dating research and much, much more... More information about attending the conference, including early registration rates and our special conference hotel room block, can be found here: http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index The iConference series is presented by the iSchools organization (http://www.ischools.org) a worldwide collective of 33 Information Schools dedicated to advancing the information field, and preparing students to meet the information challenges of the 21st Century. iConference 2012 is hosted by the Faculty of Information at the University of Toronto. Presenting Sponsors include the National Science Foundation and Microsoft Research. Additional support provided by Emerald Group Publishing and Morgan & Claypool Publishers. iConference 2012 7-10 February, 2012 Toronto, Ontario, Canada http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index Hashtag: #iconf12 -- Jean-François Blanchette, Assistant Professeur Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette

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iCS symposium 2012
by brian.loader＠york.ac.uk 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Some of you might be interested in next years iCS symposium which will take place in York (UK) 18-20 July 2012 and is co-hosted by SATSU at the University of York. Entitled 'The Co-production of Knowledge: Social Media, STS and...' we are now inviting abstracts for proposed papers. Further details can be obtained at: www.york.ac.uk/satsu/news-events/ics or contact me directly if you want additional information. Brian -- Brian D. Loader, Associate Director, Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), Department of Sociology, Wentworth College, University of York, Heslington, YORK YO1 5DD. United Kingdom. Tel: +44 (0) 1904 432639 Fax: +44 (0) 1904 433043 email: brian.loader(a)york.ac.uk

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Funding Opportunity: Technology and Human Trafficking
by danah boyd 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

Networked technologies – including the internet, mobile phones, and social media – alter how information flows and how people communicate. There is little doubt that technology is increasingly playing a role in the practices and processes surrounding human trafficking: the illegal trade of people for commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, and other forms of modern-day slavery. Yet, little is known about costs and benefits of technology's role. We do not know if there are more human trafficking victims as a result of technology, nor do we know if law enforcement can identify perpetrators better as a result of the traces that they leave. One thing that we do know is that technology makes many aspects of human trafficking more visible and more traceable, for better and for worse. Focusing on whether technology is good or bad misses the point; it is here to stay and it is imperative that we understand the role that it is playing. More importantly, we need to develop innovative ways of using technology to address the horrors of human trafficking. To date, there is little empirical research into the role that technology plays in human trafficking. As a result, new interventions and policies are being driven by intuition, speculation, and extrapolation from highly publicized incidents. There's no doubt that all forms human trafficking and modern day slavery are horrible, but if we actually want to help those that are victimized, we need to recognize that this is a complex issue and work to understand how the puzzle pieces fits together. My team at Microsoft Research is trying to untangle technology's role in different facets of the human trafficking ecosystem, fully recognizing how complicated and messy it is. This is why we need your help. Thanks to the generous support of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit and Microsoft Research, I'm proud to announce a pool of grant money for researchers who can help us understand critical elements of the puzzle. Please forward this far and wide because we're hoping to find scholars with the skills, domain knowledge, and passion to really help us interrogate how technology is used in human trafficking. We need anthropologists, communications scholars, computer scientists, criminologists, psychologists, sociologists, etc. * Request for proposals: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/education/human-tra… * Deadline for proposals: February 17, 2012 * Notification of results: March 23, 2012 * Initial pool of money: $150,000 * Framing document: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/collaboration/focus/education/htframewo… * Email for more information: httech(a)microsoft.com We are also looking to identify scholars who are working in this space, including graduate students and postdocs and researchers whose work is not yet published. Even if you're not looking for grant money, please drop us a line if you're grappling with technology's role in human trafficking. We look forward to your feedback, critiques, ideas, and proposals. Thank you! danah boyd

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AMCIS 2012 CFP> Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '12) Minitrack
by Howard Rosenbaum 07 Dec '11

07 Dec '11

[Apologies for cross-posting] Call For Papers: AMCIS Mini-track: Social Theory in Information Systems Research (STIR '12) 18th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Seattle, WA, August 9-12, 2012 Conference Website: http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/ Description: This Mini Track will solicit research papers and research-in-progress papers on social theory in information systems research areas impacting the intersection of humans and technology. We are interested understanding and supporting the evolution of social theory, socio-technical theory, and social informatics in information systems research. This will be the 12th consecutive year for the Mini Track at AMCIS, and we hope to continue a tradition of high quality paper submissions, thought-provoking presentations and lively discussion for all IS researchers using, or considering the use of, social theory in their work in this domain. We seek to attract research papers and research-in-progress papers from all IS researchers who are using the work of social theorists, organizational theorists, sociotechnical theorists, and cultural. We are particularly interested in research that makes use of social theory to address issues of designing the digital future. We want to highlight research that uses social theory, sociotechnical theory, and social informatics approaches to critically examine the constitution of ICT, and their roles in the design, constitution, maintenance and dissolution of virtual communities and virtual worlds. For example, the work of social theorists (e.g., Callon, Castells, Bourdieu, Giddens, Putnam), organizational theorists (e.g., Powell, DiMaggio, Scott), sociotechnical theorists (e.g., Bijker , Hughes, Kling), cultural anthropologists (e.g., D'Andrade, Holland, Suchman), symbolic interactionists (e.g., Strauss , Star), and many others are being used to address the most important questions about how we are living, working and socializing in virtual communities. We invite IS research and research in progress that applies, builds on, compares, or critiques these social theories within the domain of virtual communities and virtual worlds. Submission Process: Full paper submissions must be made electronically through the AMCIS on-line submission system by March 1, 2012. Manuscript Central will start accepting paper submissions on January 2, 2012 at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com:80/amcis2011 Additional instructions for authors: http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/ Important Dates: March 1, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): Deadline for paper submissions April 2, 20012: Authors will be notified of acceptances on or about this date April 20, 2012: (11:59 PM Pacific time zone): For accepted papers, camera ready copy due June 12, 2012: Last day for AMCIS 2012 Early Registration July 13, 2012: Deadline for making hotel room reservations July 24, 2012: Last day for AMCIS 2012 Regular Registration Minitrack chairs: Howard Rosenbaum, School of Library and Information Science Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu Pnina Fichman, School of Library and Information Science Indiana University fichman(a)indiana.edu

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Instructor or Assistant Professor position in Advertising and Digital/New Media @ Loyola Chicago
by Adrienne Massanari 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

FYI: We are hiring for a TT or NTT advertising/digital media position at Loyola. Please feel free pass this on to any candidates who might be interested. I'm not on the committee, but will happily put you in touch with the search chair if you have questions. Thanks! Adrienne -------- Loyola University Chicago invites qualified applications for an Instructor or Assistant Professor position (starting August, 2012) in Advertising and Digital/New Media in the School of Communication at the Water Tower campus in downtown Chicago. The candidate should have a focus in advertising, digital/new media and branding. The applicant should be experienced in the conception, design, delivery and measurement of advertising through traditional as well as new media tactics including promotion, web authoring, social media, mobile technology, rich media, screencasting, virtual worlds or search marketing. Experience in working with diverse markets is preferred. REQUIREMENTS: The appointment may be at an instructor or assistant professor level, depending on the qualifications of the successful applicant. Candidates with a record of teaching and working with students are preferred. For the assistant professor (tenure track) appointment, the candidate should have earned the PhD in a related field, have significant professional experience in advertising and digital media and have the potential to be an outstanding teacher and productive scholar. For the instructor appointment (renewable multi-year contract), the candidate should have earned a Master’s degree in a related field, have significant professional experience in advertising and digital media and the potential to be an outstanding teacher and a leader in service to the profession. DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES include teaching undergraduate courses in advertising, communication and technology, campaigns, and integrated marketing communication, as well as developing specialized courses in applications of new media. The position includes department and university service as well as ongoing research and/or professional activities. Initial review of applications will begin Dec. 1, and continue until the position is filled. Candidates must apply online at www.careers.luc.edu with a letter of application describing their experience and interests and a current curriculum vitae. Applicants should send materials related to teaching experience, a portfolio with samples of research or professional work, and a personal statement on teaching and research. Three letters of recommendation are also required. Application materials and letters of recommendation should be sent to Dr. Kay Felkins, Search Committee Chair, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago, 820 N. Michigan, Chicago, IL 60611. Loyola University Chicago School of Communication enjoys a new facility, including a state-of-the-art convergence studio; a collegial faculty distinguished by a mix of professional and academic achievement; and location just steps away from the nation’s leading ad agencies and media outlets. A graduate program in Digital Media and Storytelling will be launched in Fall 2012. For further information about Loyola University Chicago and the School of Communication, consult the University Web site: www.luc.edu. Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit Catholic university, an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action employer, with a strong commitment to diversifying its faculty. Women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply.

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Recommendation needed: Researches in Mobile & Location Based Services
by Steffen Schilke 06 Dec '11

06 Dec '11

Dear all, could you kindly refer me to some researchers which are working on these topics? Kind regards Steffen W. Schilke

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2012 conference
by Mark D. Johns 05 Dec '11

05 Dec '11

Have dates been set yet for the next conference at Salford? They aren't on the AoIR website. Does anyone have them yet? Will it be IR 13.0 or are we being superstitious and calling it something else? IR 12.999? IR X3? IR √169? -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------- 2011-12 Director, Luther Study Centre 23 Haslemere Road Nottingham NG8 5GJ United Kingdom ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ---Mark Twain

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