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Special Issue Media and Migration: Learning in a globalized World
by Haan, M.J. de (Mariette) 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear all, *Apologies for cross-posting* This call for proposal for a special issue on Media and Migration: Learning in a globalized world might be of interest to some of this list. Learning, Media and Technology Call for papers - special issue Media and migration: learning in a globalized world Learning, Media and Technology is acknowledged as one of the learning academic journals in the fields of educational technology and educational media. Proposals are invited for papers for a special issue of the journal on the theme of "Media and migration: learning in a globalized world". The special issue will be edited by Mariëtte de Haan (Utrecht University) and Kevin Leander (Vanderbilt University). This special issue will bring together studies located at the intersection of migration, media and learning. The change in the mobilities of people, media, material goods that allow new connections between 'global' and 'local' life marks contemporary migration as well as social life more generally. >From the perspective of how young people's lives are formed and develop, these developments provide differently distributed resources from which youth can draw, and different processes through which identities, social networks, and knowledge may be constructed. In this issue research is brought together that considers how learning practices of youth in migration are shaped by new media. See here http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/cjemcfp3.pdf for more information Hope some of this community will contribute! best, Mariette de Haan Prof. Mariëtte de Haan Utrecht University I Faculty of Social Sciences I Langeveld Institute, Heidelberglaan 1, 3584 CS Utrecht I The Netherlands I M.deHaan(a)uu.nl<mailto:M.deHaan@uu.nl> I http://staff.fss.uu.nl/mdehaan I http://www.uu.nl/wiredup I http://www.uu.nl/pedgemeenschap

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Dialogue Cafe: Computation and the Humanities - Revisiting a Silent Revolution
by Nishant Shah 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

Dear All, Please do come if you are in Bangalore, and do help us in putting the word out. *The Dialogue Cafe *The Centre for Internet and Society announces the launch of its dialogue cafe, where every month, we approach seminal thinkers, scholars and practitioners to help explore knowledge paradigms that help us understand and research techno-social realities through innovative thought, concepts and frameworks. The dialogue cafe draws upon different disciplines, histories, perspectives and intellectual legacies in order to respond to a seminal piece of writing that has changed, challenged and shaped the contours of interdisciplinary science and technology studies. The dialogue cafe initiates several strands of dialogues — between critical thinkers and canonical texts, between different paradigm of knowledges that interact with digital and internet technologies, and between interlocutors located in different disciplines, to initiate critical thought/work for new and innovative research in the field of Internet and Society. For its first brew of conversations, the Dialogue Cafe serves you... *Computation and the Humanities: Revisiting a Silent Revolution* Steve Jobs’ comments on how “technology married with liberal arts, married with the humanities” made Apple hearts sing is today widely re-circulated, but not fully comprehended. We often take this to be the mark of one man’s genius, rather than the symptom of a broader interdisciplinary history. Noted Artificial Intelligence scholar Philip Agre recalls, “When I was a graduate student in artificial intelligence, the humanities were not held in high regard. They were vague and woolly, they employed impenetrable jargons, and they engaged in "meta-level bickering that never decides anything". What happened, in the formative decades of Jobs and Agre’s generation, to bring technology and the humanities into conversation? What have the results been, other than well-designed personal computational devices, and what is the significance for us? On December 2, 2011, the Centre for Internet and Society invites you to a Dialogue Cafe, where we engage in exploring what this all means and what kinds of labour it might take to ‘marry’ these disparate ways of knowing. As a response to Philip Agre’s seminal essay on “Critical Technology Practice”, the cafe will begin with an exposition by *Kavita Philip*(University of California, Irvine), opening up into a critical response spearheaded by Cherry Matthew, and leading to a larger dialogue with the audience, exploring fault lines of interdisciplinary research and challenges of integrated technology studies. For more background on these questions, audience is encouraged (but not required) to explore the materials at Agre’s home page http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/pagre/, and STS related links from Wikipedia’s page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science,_technology_and_society Please make sure you get a spot by registering with us: Send an email to Prasad(a)cis-india.org to confirm your presence. -- Nishant Shah Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 http://www.facebook.com/nishant.shah http://cis-india.academia.edu/NishantShah

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Research Internship Opportunity @ Markle Foundation
by Verhulst, Stefaan 29 Nov '11

29 Nov '11

INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY@THE MARKLE FOUNDATION The Markle Foundation, a New York based private and independent foundation, is currently seeking a paid research intern to assist the Chief of Research with research, editing and administrative tasks. Emerging communications media and information technology create unprecedented opportunity to improve people's lives. The Markle Foundation works to realize this potential by accelerating the use of information and information technology to address public needs, particularly in Health and National Security. We collaborate with innovators and thought leaders from the public and private sectors whose expertise lies in the areas of information technology, privacy, civil liberties, innovation, health, and national security. This has enabled Markle and our collaborators to offer comprehensive recommendations for sectoral change, many of which have become law through acts of Congress and by executive order. More at http://www.markle.org/ Markle internships give selected interns the opportunity to work with leading specialists on today's prominent public policy questions at the intersection of technology, law and business models. Responsibilities may include: * Providing various research tasks, mapping relevant literature for various projects involving the potential of technology to transform societal sectors. * Providing news and other updates on a variety of fields where the Markle Foundation is active in, or is exploring. * Drafting internal papers on select topic areas that can be used as background. * Other tasks as directed. Preferred Qualifications: * Graduate student with background in technology, communications, law or economics. * Proven research and analytical skills. * Strong writing and editing abilities. * Familiarity with internet research tools and interest in new ways of presenting information. * Attention to detail and the ability to work independently. To apply: All interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter (including position name, days and times available to work) and two references to the attention of Stefaan G. Verhulst, Chief of Research at researchintern2012(a)markle.org <file:///C:\Documents%20and%20Settings\KWagner\Local%20Settings\Temporar y%20Internet%20Files\Content.Outlook\8ILF8WUZ\researchintern2012@markle. org> . The Markle Foundation is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Re: [Air-L] blogs and confidentiality
by Philippa Smith 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Not really wishing to extend this thread too much longer - but just wanted to back up Terri's suggestion of involving the blogger in the research. While I interviewed the blogger of the site I was discursively analysing, I also arranged as part of my ethics procedure to send her my work in progress for feedback. I found that my interpretation of her postings as well as the construction of her website sometimes differed from her views given that we had different ethnic backgrounds and experiences. I was able to relate this in my research to show the transparency of my interpretive processes and given that I was analysing identity construction, the blogger's involvement indeed showed the complexity of how we view ourselves and others, and how that we can interpret identity differently. That's my five cents worth. Back to the analysis... Philippa Philippa K Smith PhD Candidate Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication AUT University Auckland New Zealand >>> Terri Senft <tsenft(a)gmail.com> 11/29/11 5:46 AM >>> Hi pals, Can I pose an alternative way of looking at this, one based on principles of regard rather than rule of law? I'm going to write a little rant, and then I promise to never say anything more on this, at least not on our list :) The Rant: Instead of trying to figure out on an academic listserve what is private and what is public on a blog, what if we let the people who are writing these words decide? A radical proposal: treat everything on a health-related blog as private, until you make a relationship with the author to do an interview, either via email or in person. Then, as part of the interview process, explain TO THE INTERVIEWEE what you felt was compelling about their writing --for scholarship, for health advocacy, etc. After you've expressed your thoughts, you ask them permission to quote from their work. This would require two layers of consent. The first would be the interview consent form; the second would be the permission to quote parts of the blog form. I suggest you tell them precisely what it is you are thinking of quoting, since health advocacy issues are tricky and what is sensitive stuff for one person might be run of the mill for another. The interviewee could choose one, or both options for consent. As a researcher, I've done this in the past with all sorts of success and recommend it for two reasons. First, it's a way of acknowledging your interviewee as a writer, which is different than acknowledging him/her a a speaker, regardless of whether or not you are typing during the interview. Second, and perhaps more important, this process has always gotten me clearer on my reasons for taking someone else's thoughts out of one context, and putting them into another, and the political ramifications of such a re-arrangement. And one more thought: If you are really interested in making connections to these communities of bloggers, and I assume you are or why else study them, you might even show them what you've written after you've done your analysis. I've done this in my own research and it's provided me with amazing follow-up material. Plus, it's a way of thanking people for their time and thoughts. Sorry if this feels like I am advocating more work. It can see how it might seem like that, but trust me when I say the work will be front-loaded. The world doesn't need another conference paper, dissertation or book that comes to the conclusion that impartial observation is a ridiculous notion--especially when it comes to researching advocacy communities. We freaking KNOW this already. What we need is research that engages with the ethical and epistemological issues that arise from this knowing. One way to get at those issues would be to actually communicate with the individuals writing the words we hope to take for our scholarship, aka our "subjects." Think and write deeply on those interactions, and your work will be published, I guarantee. Avoid these interactions because it will be easier to push your project past committees, and your research will die a pretty obscure death. I'm advocating paying now, so you don't pay later. Friends, we know we aren't intrepid reporters, and internet research isn't like cracking Watergate. It would be awesome if we stopped behaving like it was. I cannot tell you how many colleagues don't want their classroom lectures podcast because while they know they are in a public forum, they feel resistant to having their thoughts broadcast in a super-public environment. How is a 'public' conversation meant for a health forum that is then transported to your book any different? Honestly, would it kill us to talk to people outside the academy as equals, with the same rights to ownership of their thoughts and expression as the rest of us want? Of course it wouldn't. Let's start doing it. End of rant, and love to all Terri On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 10:03 AM, Burcu Bakioglu <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> wrote: > OK, my "not nuanced" comment was for the reference made earlier to password > protected sites only. In other words, if a site is password protected, IRB > is going to ask that you use your informed consent form even if the > password protection is "weak" and it takes 10 seconds to sign up. In other > words, they won't consider whether it is easy to sign up or hard to sign > up. When confronted with the option, IRB chooses the more conservative > ground and say "It is better to be safe than sorry" so distribute your > consent forms even if you think that anyone can access it in 10 seconds. In > that regard, they don't see the distinction. i am not saying this is good > or bad, I am saying this is usually the case. > > However, I do agree that IRB is not a monolithic entity and each > institution is different (a comment made earlier). And I do agree with what > Jeremy said in his previous email. > > BsB > > On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:52 AM, Porter, James E. Dr. > <porterje(a)muohio.edu>wrote: > > > > > >> Rather than entering the research enterprise with the above points as > > >> assumptions, I would advise researchers to begin the process with > these > > >> points as questions: For example, Are there members of my > institution's > > IRB > > >> who actually have experience with Internet research and who could not > > only > > >> understand my research but actually productively help advise its > > design? Did > > >> the writers of this blog actually *intend* to publish this work for > > public > > >> display and circulation? > > > > > > i don't think this is a valid test, you can't get to the information > you > > want > > > without intervening and thus breaking the model of research. Intent in > > any > > > case is mutable, they might intend it today and not intend it tomorrow. > > > > I agree, intent is tricky. But I was not proposing intent as a litmus > test > > or ethical prescription. I was proposing it as a question to be asked as > > part of the process of research ethics. If the answer happens to be, "No, > > as > > far as I can tell from available information, the writer did not intend" > > ... > > well, that doesn't necessarily mean consent is required or the data > cannot > > be used. Not at all. There may be other compelling reasons in force, such > > as > > the ones you mention (e.g., document already exists in a publicly > available > > archive). Again, my point is not an ethical prescription, it's a point > > about > > research process: (1) ask the question, and (2) answer the question in > > terms > > of particular circumstances. Your follow-up questions are just the kind > of > > circumstantial questions I think researchers should be asking. > > > > > The question I'd ask here is less intent but > > > 'where can i find the data?' Is it in a search engine, is it in an > > archive, > > > is it in the library of congress archive, etc. etc. Has it been > > referenced or > > > referred to by other people? in other words is there clear evidence > > that the > > > public is using this published document? > > > > Best, > > Jim Porter > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > James E. Porter, Professor > > Department of English and > > Armstrong Institute for Interactive Media Studies > > Director of Composition > > > > Department of English > > Bachelor Hall 356A > > Miami University > > Oxford, OH 45056 > > email: porterje(a)muohio.edu > > twitter: http://twitter.com/reachjim > > web: > > http://www.units.muohio.edu/english/People/Faculty/I_P/PorterJames.html > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > > -- > Thanks, > > Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. > Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media > Lawrence University > > http://www.palefirer.com > http://palefirer.com/blog/ > > -- > "Come to the dark side, we have cookies." > ~Anonymous > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- <http://goog_689013053> <http://goog_689013053> Dr. Theresa M. Senft Global Liberal Studies Program School of Arts & Sciences New York University 726 Broadway NY NY 10003 home: *www.terrisenft.net <http://goog_689013053>** *(needs a serious updating) facebook: www.facebook.com/theresa.senft twitter: @terrisenft _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Social Science PhD Internships at Microsoft Research New England (Spring & Summer 2012)
by danah boyd 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for PhD interns to join the social media collective for Spring and Summer 2012. For these positions, we are looking primarily for social science PhD students (including communications, sociology, anthropology, media studies, information studies, etc.). The Social Media Collective is a collection of scholars at MSRNE who focus on socio-technical questions, primarily from a social science perspective. We are not an applied program; rather, we work on critical research questions that are important to the future of social science scholarship. MSRNE internships are 12-week paid internships in Cambridge, Massachusetts. PhD interns at MSRNE are expected to devise and execute a research project during their internships. The expected outcome of an internship at MSRNE is a publishable scholarly paper for an academic journal or conference of the intern’s choosing. The goal of the internship is to help the intern advance their own career; interns are strongly encouraged to work towards a publication outcome that will help them on the academic job market. Interns are also expected to collaborate with full-time researchers and visitors, give short presentations, and contribute to the life of the community. While this is not an applied program, MSRNE encourages interdisciplinary collaboration with computer scientists, economists, and mathematicians. There are also opportunities to engage with product groups at Microsoft, although this is not a requirement. Topics that are currently of interest to the social media collective include: privacy & publicity, internet public policy research, online safety (from sexting to bullying to gang activities), technology and human trafficking, transparency & surveillance, conspicuous consumption & brand culture, news & information flow, and locative media. That said, we are open to other interesting topics, particularly those that may have significant societal impact. While most of the researchers in the collective are ethnographers, we welcome social scientists of all methodological persuasions. Applicants should have advanced to candidacy in their PhD program or be close to advancing to candidacy. (Unfortunately, there are no opportunities for Master’s students at this time.) While this internship opportunity is not strictly limited to social scientists, preference will be given to social scientists and humanists making socio-technical inquiries. (Note: While other branches of Microsoft Research focus primarily on traditional computer science research, this group does no development-driven research and is not looking for people who are focused solely on building systems at this time. We welcome social scientists with technical skills and strongly encourage social scientists to collaborate with computer scientists at MSRNE.) Preference will be given to intern candidates who work to make public and/or policy interventions with their research. Interns will benefit most from this opportunity if there are natural opportunities for collaboration with other researchers or visitors currently working at MSRNE. Applicants from universities outside of the United States are welcome to apply. PEOPLE AT MSRNE SOCIAL MEDIA COLLECTIVE The Social Media Collective is organized by Senior Researcher danah boyd (http://www.danah.org) and includes Postdoctoral Researchers Mike Ananny (http://www.stanford.edu/~mja/) Alice Marwick (http://www.tiara.org/) and Andrés Monroy-Hernández (http://www.mit.edu/~amonroy/) Spring faculty visitors will include T.L. Taylor (IT University of Copenhangen) and Eszter Hargittai (Northwestern University). Summer visitors are TBD. Previous interns in the collective have included Amelia Abreu (UWashington information), Scott Golder (Cornell sociology), Germaine Halegoua (U. Wisconsin, communications) Jessica Lingel (Rutgers library & info science), Laura Noren (NYU sociology), Omar Wasow (Harvard African-American studies), and Sarita Yardi (GeorgiaTech HCI). Previous and current faculty MSR visitors to the collective include: Alessandro Acquisti, Beth Coleman, Bernie Hogan, Christian Sandvig, Helen Nissenbaum, James Grimmelmann, Judith Donath, Jeff Hancock, Kate Crawford, Karrie Karahalios, Lisa Nakamura, Mary Gray, Nalini Kotamraju, Nancy Baym, Nicole Ellison, and Tarleton Gillespie. If you are curious to know more about MSRNE, I suspect that many of these people would be happy to tell you about their experiences here. Previous interns are especially knowledgeable about how this process works. For more information about the Social Media Collective, visit our blog: http://socialmediacollective.org/ APPLICATION PROCESS To apply for a PhD internship with the social media collective: 1. Fill out the online application form: <a href="https://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/jobs/intern.aspx">https://research.microsoft.com/apps/tools/jobs/intern.aspx</a> Make sure to indicate that you prefer Microsoft Research New England and "social media" or "social computing." You will need to list two recommenders through this form. Make sure your recommenders respond to the request for letters. 2. Send an email to msrnejob -at- microsoft-dot-com with the subject "SMC PhD Intern Application: <your name>" that includes the following four things: a. A brief description of your dissertation project. b. An academic article you have written (published or unpublished) that shows your writing skills. c. A copy of your CV d. A pointer to your website or other online presence (if available). e. A short description of 1-3 projects that you might imagine doing as an intern at MSRNE. We will begin considering internship applications on January 10 and consider applications until all social media internship positions are filled. PREVIOUS INTERN TESTIMONIALS "The internship at Microsoft Research was all of the things I wanted it to be - personally productive, intellectually rich, quiet enough to focus, noisy enough to avoid complete hermit-like cave dwelling behavior, and full of opportunities to begin ongoing professional relationships with other scholars who I might not have run into elsewhere." -- Laura Noren, Sociology, New York University "If I could design my own graduate school experience, it would feel a lot like my summer at Microsoft Research. I had the chance to undertake a project that I'd wanted to do for a long time, surrounded by really supportive and engaging thinkers who could provide guidance on things to read and concepts to consider, but who could also provoke interesting questions on the ethics of ethnographic work or the complexities of building an identity as a social sciences researcher. Overall, it was a terrific experience for me as a researcher as well as a thinker." -- Jessica Lingel, Library and Information Science, Rutgers University "Spending the summer as an intern at MSR was an extremely rewarding learning experience. Having the opportunity to develop and work on your own projects as well as collaborate and workshop ideas with prestigious and extremely talented researchers was invaluable. It was amazing how all of the members of the Social Media Collective came together to create this motivating environment that was open, supportive, and collaborative. Being able to observe how renowned researchers streamline ideas, develop projects, conduct research, and manage the writing process was a uniquely helpful experience – and not only being able to observe and ask questions, but to contribute to some of these stages was amazing and unexpected." -- Germaine Halegoua, Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison "The summer I spent at Microsoft Research was one of the highlights of my time in grad school. It helped me expand my research in new directions and connect with world-class scholars. As someone with a technical bent, this internship was an amazing opportunity to meet and learn from really smart humanities and social science researchers. Finally, Microsoft Research as an organization has the best of both worlds: the academic freedom and intellectual stimulation of a university with the perks of industry." -- Andrés Monroy-Hernández, Media, Arts and Sciences, MIT

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Submission of proposals for Special Issue 1(2) – just 2 days left!
by rosario durao 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

** Please apologize for cross-postings ** Dear Colleague, *connexions • international professional communication journal | revista de comunicação profissional internacional* (ISSN 1647-2373) places great emphasis on Special Issues as a unique means of promoting high-quality research in thematic areas related to international professional communication. The journal accepts proposals from Guest Editors for issue *1(2)*: December 2012, until November 30, 2012 – just *2 days away*! You may read the requirements at http://connexionsjournal.org/special-issues/. Please send your proposal for this issue to me at editor(a)connexionsjournal.org. Please also note that the deadline for proposals for special issues *2(1)*: June 2013, and *2(2)*: December 2013 has been extended to February 15, 2012. I will be glad to answer your questions. Best, Rosário Durão Editor editor(a)connexionsjournal.org ******************************* Rosário Durão URL: http://www.rosariodurao.net ******************************* "The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all." (Mark Twain) ********************************

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Re: [Air-L] blogs and confidentiality
by egodard＠csun.edu 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Googling vs password protection is a weak distinction. Not all public sites are crawlable by Google. And many password "protected" sites require no validation, verification, or even confirmation to restrict access, and are therefore "accessible to all" who invest 12 seconds to "register" a password. Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone ----- Reply message ----- From: "Burcu Bakioglu" <bbakiogl(a)gmail.com> To: "jeremy hunsinger" <jhuns(a)vt.edu> Cc: "C Sosnowy" <c_sosnowy(a)yahoo.com>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] blogs and confidentiality Date: Sat, Nov 26, 2011 1:20 pm The rule of thumb is this: if you can access the same information just by Googling, you don't need IRB or any consent. If forum threads are accessible by all, it is free game. If the information is on password protected sites than you *must* get permission (and IRB). If online discussions are on a closed site, they require permission etc... The fact that they are using usernames and their identities are protected only means is irrelevant. This only means that IRB will give you an exempt permission, that is, they won't have to review the process every other month or so. You would get your permission from the IRB regardless and they will be off your back till the finish time comes. At least that is my understanding and I conducted 3 field works for my dissertation. This is what the IRB told me. Best. On Sat, Nov 26, 2011 at 11:24 AM, jeremy hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> wrote: > I am confused, you said they weren't public when they were on a closed > site. then you said they were publicly available. if it is closed, it > isn't publicly available without permission. > On Nov 26, 2011, at 12:19 PM, C Sosnowy wrote: > > > For my dissertation on personal health blogs, I will be conducting a > visual content analysis of 40-50 blogs. I will then be conducting an online > discussion with 10-12 bloggers on a closed site. Their identity will be > protected by a username of their choice, but can I use the real URL and > name of their blogs (I would tell them that I'm doing this)? I'm of the > opinion that I can because they are publicly-available, but one of my more > traditional advisers has doubts. Any thoughts? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Collette Sosnowy > > _______________________________________________ > > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > > http://www.aoir.org/ > > Jeremy Hunsinger > Communication Studies > Wilfrid Laurier University > Center for Digital Discourse and Culture > Virginia Tech > > > > Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality. > -Jules de Gaultier > > () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail > /\ - against microsoft attachments > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- Thanks, Burcu S. Bakioglu, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow in New Media Lawrence University http://www.palefirer.com http://palefirer.com/blog/ -- "Come to the dark side, we have cookies." ~Anonymous _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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Blogs & Confidentiality
by Sanaz Raji 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Hi: I agree with the points that Terri Senft made on this thread. For my project I follow the same policy that Senft outlined before I commenced my fieldwork; one consent form for interviews and another for gaining permission to quote sections from a blog and/or YouTube post. I also allow my participants to review what I have written about their work so that they can comment on sections that need further clarification. This should be standard practice for all online research. No researcher wants to repeat the incident that happened to the Iranian bloggers who participated in Nasrin Alavi's book, "We Are Iran". Nasrin Alavi failed to implement clear consent to those involved in the project. It appears that she had a sketchy way of collecting consent it seems. After the blog was published outside of Iran, Iranian bloggers began to hear through various means about how their blog posts were constructed and discoursed without their full consent in the book. Understandably it made many of them very angry. Some felt used and deceived by Alavi as this blogger Sabir comments: http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/74051863 Many of these bloggers do not have access to the full book and some, like the case of Sabir, had to rely on migrating to a country in the West in order to preview the book. What really irks me is that Alavi is making money and connections on the backs of these bloggers, and now has the acquired the status as the expert on Iranian bloggers. Meanwhile, Iranian bloggers who participated in this book still have a very limited means to refute what Alavi wrote about regarding their blogs. Likewise, it makes the job as a researcher harder, especially now among Iranian and Iranian diasporic bloggers who can be understandably wary of participating in projects similar to Alavi's for fear of being misquoted and/or misrepresented altogether. There is also a huge element of trust and once that is broken, it is hard to regain. This is why gaining consent in a correct manner is so important. Best wishes: Sanaz --- Sanaz Raji ICS PhD Scholar Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds Mobile: +44 (0) 785 4706 374 ICS URL: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/details.cfm?id=185&susername=cssr Guardian URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sanaz-raji

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regarding mobile devices and cancer: M4D and IARC
by M.B.Gaved 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

Regarding research on possible carcinogenic effects of mobile phone use on humans, and ethical issues as a result - The results of the IARC working group are published in July 2011's edition of "Lancet Oncology" - it looks like they view the evidence (of mobile phone usage being carinogenic) as being inconclusive, and limited evidence being available: ".the Working Group reached the overall conclusion that these results provided only weak mechanistic evidence relevant to RF-EMF-induced cancer in humans.". See: Robert Baan, Yann Grosse, Béatrice Lauby-Secretan, Fatiha El Ghissassi, Véronique Bouvard, Lamia Benbrahim-Tallaa, Neela Guha, Farhad Islami, Laurent Galichet, Kurt Straif, on behalf of the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer Monograph Working Group, Carcinogenicity of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, The Lancet Oncology, Volume 12, Issue 7, July 2011, Pages 624-626, ISSN 1470-2045, 10.1016/S1470-2045(11)70147-4. (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470204511701474) Kind regards Mark Gaved Research Associate www.xdelia.org The Open University Milton Keynes UK From: gene loeb [mailto:geneloeb@gmail.com] Sent: 25 November 2011 09:49 To: ciresearchers(a)vancouvercommunity.net Subject: [ciresearchers] Fwd: [Air-L] M4D and IARC Here is a good question for consideration by some in our group. Gene ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Robert Rattle <robert14robert(a)yahoo.ca> Date: Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 11:50 AM Subject: [Air-L] M4D and IARC To: air-l(a)aoir.org I hope I'm not opening up a can of endangered worms with this question... Given the recent announcement by the IARC concerning the possible carcinogenic effects of radiofrequency radiation, is anyone aware of any ethical, health or similar discussions concerning possible implications from the use of mobile technologies (M4D) in emerging economy countries? Similarly, is anyone aware of any human/universal rights, legal, moral, health, or ethical dialogue concerning the unwanted and increased ubiquity of exposure to radiofrequency emissions (in either emerging or advanced economy countries)? R _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ -- The Open University is incorporated by Royal Charter (RC 000391), an exempt charity in England & Wales and a charity registered in Scotland (SC 038302).

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DiGRA Nordic 2012: 2nd Call for Papers
by Frans Mäyrä 28 Nov '11

28 Nov '11

*DiGRA Nordic 2012: 2nd Call for Papers* DiGRA Nordic 2012 - Local and Global: Games in Culture and Society 6-8 June 2012, Tampere, Finland *Updates!* We can now announce the conference keynote names, plus names of the paper theme chairs (below): * Nick Montfort is associate professor of digital media at MIT and president of the Electronic Literature Organization. He develops text generators and interactive fiction and has participated in dozens of literary and academic collaborations. Montfort co-edited The New Media Reader and The Electronic Literature Collection Volume 1 and wrote Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction, Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (with Ian Bogost), and Riddle & Bind. His next book, 10 PRINT CHR$(205.5+RND(1)); : GOTO 10, is a collaboration with nine other authors about a one-line Commodore 64 BASIC program. * Kristine Jørgensen is associate professor in media studies at the University of Bergen. She has published articles on game sound, the user interface in games, the player role, games research methods, the Norwegian game industry, and game narratives. She is the author of A Comprehensive Study of Sound in Computer Games, and is currently writing a book on game user interfaces. * Espen Aarseth is principal researcher at the Center for Computer Games Research, IT University of Copenhagen, and adjunct professor at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. He is also co-founding Editor-in-Chief of the journal Game Studies, founder of the Digital Arts and Culture conference series, and co-founder of the Philosophy of Computer Games conference series, and author of Cybertext: Perspectives on Ergodic Literature (Johns Hopkins UP 1997), a comparative media theory of games and other aesthetic forms. - Also: the conference submission format will be same as in DiGRA 2011 - you can download the paper template from here: http://gamesconference.hku.nl/howtosubmit.php . - Conference Overview: The study of games, players and related phenomena has expanded strongly both in its academic as well as in geographical range during the last decade. The DiGRA Nordic 2012 conference aims bring together Nordic and non-Nordic games researchers to discuss the cultural and social context of games and play from multiple perspectives, including reflections of local and global in game cultures. Year 2012 is the tenth anniversary of the Tampere Computer Games and Digital Cultures (CGDC 2002) conference, providing also an opportunity to reflect on the last decade of developments in Nordic game studies, as well as its wider international scope. The conference will be open to themes related to non-digital, as well as digital games and their different forms of play. - Review process: the conference accepts full paper submissions, which will be handled in anonymous peer review. There are Theme Chairs who oversee the reviews in specific paper categories. There will be online publication of accepted papers in the DiGRA Digital Library. - Venue: The conference will take place in Tampere, Finland, and will be jointly hosted by Universities of Tampere, Jyväskylä and Turku. The modern facilities of the new Technopolis building and the University of Tampere campus provide the venue for plenary keynote sessions and paper sessions in parallel rooms. There will be also social and other program available during the event. - Suggested themes and Theme Chairs: the conference has dedicated Theme Chairs who head the selection submissions as the meta-reviewers for the key themes in the conference: * local/global in game cultures (Chair: Thorsten Quandt) * historical perspectives into digital gaming (Chair: Melanie Swalwell) * social player studies (Chair: Torill Mortensen) * games industry (Chair: Mirva Peltoniemi) * design of games (Chair: Annika Waern) * gamification and gameful design (Chair: Sebastian Deterling) * gambling vs. gaming studies (Chair: Pauliina Raento) - Note: there will be also special program on this theme, with a separate call of its own! * games as art (Chair: Simon Niedenthal) * critical approaches to game studies (Chair: Jonas Linderoth) * games as media and communication (Chair: Marko Siitonen) * other (the conference submissions are not limited to the above themes) - Organisers: The conference will be hosted jointly by the Finnish DiGRA chapter, coordinated by Dr Olli Sotamaa and the Creation of Game Cultures research project, coordinated by professor Frans Mäyrä. Assisted by the review board and local organising team, the main organisers are: * Review Chair: professor Raine Koskimaa * Program Chair: professor Jaakko Suominen * Local Chair: professor Frans Mäyrä - Dates: * deadline for full papers, panels and alternative forms: 13 February 2012 * authors are informed of review: 2 April 2012 * final paper submission deadline: 7 May 2012 * conference dates: 6-8 June 2012 - Contact details: You can find more, up-to-date information in later in this website. The email contact address for the organising team is: digranordic2012 [at] gmail.com. For more information about other Nordic DiGRA activities, go to: http://www.nordic-digra.org/ * Welcome to Tampere! -- Frans Mäyrä, Professor, Digital Culture & Game Studies ** Information Studies and Interactive Media INFIM/TRIM ** School of Information Sciences SIS ** ** 33014 University of Tampere, Finland ** frans.mayra(a)uta.fi / fransmayra(a)gmail.com / frans(a)unet.fi ** gms 050 3367650 / fax 03 3551 7503 www.uta.fi/sis/ www.fransmayra.fi www.unet.fi www.uta.fi/~frans.mayra

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