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Wired: Why Open Data Alone Is Not Enough (the "Data Divide")
by michael gurstein 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Some of you may find this of interest... Lichtenstein's Wired article (Current July issue) on "Why Open Data Alone Is Not Enough " http://www.wired.com/magazine/2011/06/st_essay_datafireworks/ The notion of a "Data Divide" Lichtenstein refers to was I believe, first discussed here http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3316/ 2764 for a very recent update on the discussion with (40 or so verry interesting comments including from the Open Knowledge Foundation Board ) http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/are-the-open-data-warriors-fighting -for-robin-hood-or-the-sheriff-some-reflections-on-okcon-2011-and-the-emergi ng-data-divide/ and my additional blogpost reply to the lengthy comments from Peter Murray-Rust of the OKF (+ more very interesting comments) http://wp.me/pJQl5-7h Best to all, Mike Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. Director: Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training Vancouver, CANADA http://www.communityinformatics.net <http://www.communityinformatics.net/> CA tel. +1-604-602-0624 -----Original Message----- From: civicaccess-discuss-bounces(a)civicaccess.ca [mailto:civicaccess-discuss-bounces@civicaccess.ca] On Behalf Of Tracey P. Lauriault Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 6:22 AM To: civicaccess discuss Subject: [CivicAccess-discuss] O'Reilley Media: Data is Shaping the Futureof Journalism O'Reilley Media in Forbes: Data is Shaping the Future of Journalism http://blogs.forbes.com/oreillymedia/2011/07/08/data-is-shaping-the-future-o f-journalism/ -- Tracey P. Lauriault 613-234-2805 http://traceyplauriault.ca/

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FB vs. Google+ ToS's? Data-mining?
by Charles Ess 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi all, I'm wondering if any of our sharp, lawyer-ly friends and colleagues have made a careful comparison between the ToS for FB and Google+? - and if so, if you can share on-list (or off) your initial findings, impressions, etc.? I'm particularly curious about the following. At the recent IACAP (International Association for Computing and Philosophy) conference here in Aarhus, one of our colleagues (with considerable expertise in the relevant technical domains) suggested that FB's dataset and data-mining techniques would allow FB to identify, for example, swing voters in a given state or nation - and then sell that information to the highest bidder (ostensibly, a political party wanting to win). Given what I know from the computational side (precious little, I admit), this does not seem implausible - i.e., technically feasible, if not already commonplace. If so - then is there anything in a ToS (whether FB's or Google's or ...) to prevent such uses of "our" data, i.e., the information we otherwise happily provide at no cost to such proprietary venues and services in the name of social networking, convenience, etc.? To my knowledge, José van Dijck has written most perceptively about this dimension of social networking - ³Users Like You², pp. 14-58 in Media, Culture & Society, vol. 31, no. 1. (2009) (and with thanks to my colleague Jakob Linaa Jensen for making me aware of this article). But certainly Sonja Livingstone, Nancy Baym, Janne Bromseth and Jenny Sunden, among other contributors to the Blackwell Handbook of Internet Studies articulate the broad concern and point that our participation in such sites and services raise a number of thorny ethical and political questions about our thereby giving up - for "free" - important personal data that others will use to their benefit, and not necessarily ours. Hence, an important topic and series of issues, it seems to me - thanks in advance for comments and suggestions. - charles ess Institut for Informations- og Medievidenskab Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Århus N. Denmark mail: <imvce(a)hum.au.dk> tel: (+45) 8942 9250 Professor, Philosophy and Religion Drury University, Springfield, Missouri 65802 USA Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23

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question: published on the internet
by Jeremy hunsinger 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

now I'm just asking for opinions, it is sort of academic trolling, because i have my opinion, but i don't think i'm going to argue, i just want to see the plurality of opinions. when is something published on the internet? does publishing something on the internet make it public? does making something public necessarily make it not private? can private information be published and thus be made public? -- jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso

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Peer production community survey results
by Jarkko Moilanen 11 Jul '11

11 Jul '11

Hi, I did a little online survey, which was aimed at peer production community members (hackerspaces, makerspaces, 100k garages, diybio, etc). This survey has now been conducted 2010 and 2011. Some of the results include comparison between the years. Results can be found form here: http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/2011/07/10/peer-production-communities-survey… Feedback would be most welcome. **************************** Jarkko Moilanen M.Soc.Sc. (Political Science) PhD Student, Information studies, University of Tampere Blog: Extreme activities in cyberspace - http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/ ------------------------- Founder of Hackerspace 5w, Finland, Tampere - 5w.fi ****************************

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conference eptember 7-8th incouting an internet panel
by gene loeb 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

A reminder to a promising conference on community development with a panel I am cochairing on internet applications for elderly, at Dominican University, in a suburb of Chicago, see the link, http://www.dom.edu/echicago <http://www.dom.edu/echicago> -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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bear with us, while we think!
by Seda Guerses 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

two similar initiatives from germany have concurrently released manifesto's for "slow science". i have seen many of the topics (data collection, publication, research funding practices and academic positions) on this list. i wonder if similar positions are articulated by other academic communities and what some of you think of the topics raised? the manifesto of the slow-science initiative from berlin is as follows (http://slow-science.org/) THE SLOW SCIENCE MANIFESTO We are scientists. We don’t blog. We don’t twitter. We take our time. Don’t get us wrong—we do say yes to the accelerated science of the early 21st century. We say yes to the constant flow of peer-review journal publications and their impact; we say yes to science blogs and media & PR necessities; we say yes to increasing specialization and diversification in all disciplines. We also say yes to research feeding back into health care and future prosperity. All of us are in this game, too. However, we maintain that this cannot be all. Science needs time to think. Science needs time to read, and time to fail. Science does not always know what it might be at right now. Science develops unsteadi ly, with jerky moves and un predict able leaps forward—at the same time, however, it creeps about on a very slow time scale, for which there must be room and to which justice must be done. Slow science was pretty much the only science conceivable for hundreds of years; today, we argue, it deserves revival and needs protection. Society should give scientists the time they need, but more importantly, scientists must take their time. We do need time to think. We do need time to digest. We do need time to mis understand each other, especially when fostering lost dialogue between humanities and natural sciences. We cannot continuously tell you what our science means; what it will be good for; because we simply don’t know yet. Science needs time. —Bear with us, while we think. the other signed by academics, publishers, journalists etc. is in german can be found here (http://www.bosch-stiftung.de/content/language1/downloads/Thesenpapier_BWG…) the main bullet points are (i hope i do justice in translation): 1) even if it is against the economic interest of publication houses, the number of publications need to be reduced. 2) since scientific work requires other working rules then business oriented organizations, it needs basic funding. 3) the distribution of funding should be based on the content and objectives of the research, and not on unreflected promises of how the results can be applied in practice. 4) strategic authorship in order to increase the number of publications under the name of the person, in order to increase chances for funding, should be dismissed. 5) researchers should write their own applications for funding, instead of relaying this responsibility to academic consultants/agencies which write standard application documents. 6) the academic competition leads to complex and only lightly evaluated experiments. transparency with respect to data collection and analysis should be ensured to avoid experimental failures due to time pressure. 7) well founded project and research cannot be based on short-term/precarious contracts. notice that despite the somewhat humorously negative reference to social media, the berlin initiative has a facebook page. and, despite the desire to distinguish itself from "business oriented organizations" the document is a result of a discussion that took place at the robert bosch foundation. :) wishing you a nice weekend, s.

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CFA. TRANS 12 New Uses of Music in Media
by MARIA AMPARO LASEN DIAZ 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

CALL FOR ARTICLES Special Issue: New uses of music in media Trans. Transcultural Music Review ________________________________ TRANS-Transcultural Music Review 16 (2012) will publish a special dossier on the new forms of music in audiovisual media. The dossier will be prepared in collaboration with the research group “Música y medios audiovisuales” from the Society for Ethnomusicology-SIBE/IASPM-Spain and will be edited by Teresa Fraile, Eduardo Viñuela, and María Edurne Zuazu. For this dossier, we are particularly interested in the role of music in the emergence of new genres (such as mash-ups, lip-dubs, etc.) and in the transformation of the discursive strategies of the traditional media (film, TV programs, music videos, video games, etc.). The contemporary audiovisual panorama is constantly changing. On the one hand, there is a fruitful interchange between different genres and formats, such as the dialogue between music, video, advertising and film; an interchange in which the music is deeply involved. This enables music to take different functions in the discourses of these media, thus transforming them, and at the same time, opens a new palette of expressive resources. On the other hand, the spread and democratization of new technologies has brought about these new musical genres that also imply new forms of consumption and point toward a different aesthetic framework. Music is now at the core of a boiling, creative audiovisual production where its relationships with image and the other sound elements are not what they used to be, forcing us to rethink our approaches and understanding of the role of music in media. We welcome contributions that approach these new phenomena and processes, especially those with an interdisciplinary perspective. Some topics include but are not limited to the following: Topics: · Music and the blurring of media genres and formats. · Sound art and image (sound installations, etc.). · Music in film trailers. · Audiovisual formats in live performance. · New forms of consumption and technology. · Rockumentaries or “making of” the album, band, etc. · Production of music for and with mobile technology (cell phones, MP3 players, etc.). · New theoretical models for media analysis. We open the call for submission of articles on this topic. Articles may be written in English, Spanish, French, Italian or Portuguese. Deadline for submitting originals: October 15, 2011. For information about the journal and the editorial norms please visit http://www.sibetrans.com/trans/pages/ More information: edicion(a)sibetrans.com Dr. Amparo Lasén Dpto Sociología I Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología UCM Campus de Somosaguas Pozuelo de Alarcón 28223 0034913942899 alasen(a)cps.ucm.es

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Summer School: Research on computer-mediated communication in linguistics, 2012
by brook bolander 10 Jul '11

10 Jul '11

Dear Colleagues, We are happy to announce an upcoming Summer School 'Research on computer-mediated communication in linguistics (RCMCL)', to be held between 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 Aarhus Location: A beautiful hotel at the Lago Maggiore in the Italian speaking part of Switzerland Registration: Please contact Brook.Bolander(a)unibas.ch<https://webmail.unibas.ch/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX.sent-mail&index=163…> Deadline/ Fees: CHF 500 if paid by February 1, 2012; CHF 600 if paid by 15 April 2012. The fees include accommodation, food and tuition. The summer school is organised by members of the Doctoral Program in Linguistics of the University of Basel: Miriam Locher and Brook Bolander. Please address questions to: Brook.Bolander(a)unibas.ch<https://webmail.unibas.ch/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX.sent-mail&index=163…>or Miriam.Locher(a)unibas.ch<https://webmail.unibas.ch/imp/message.php?mailbox=INBOX.sent-mail&index=163…> . Website: Further information will be posted at the following URL closer to the time: http://engsem.unibas.ch/nc/department/people/staff/profile/own-pages/person… Best wishes, Brook Bolander and Miriam Locher

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digital and social media hire
by qCentral 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

hey all, please forward (and forgive me in advance for any cross-postings). please feel free to email me offlist if you have any specific questions about the position or my dept. mg -------------------- The Department of Communication and Culture at Indiana University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Digital and Social Media to begin Fall2012. We seek a humanities-based media studies scholar to join an innovative and interdisciplinary department that includes Film and Media Studies, Ethnography and Performance Studies, and Rhetoric and Public Culture. We invite candidates with a broad range of concentrations that consider instantiations and circulations of digital and social media, especially from the sites of television, video games, the Internet, and/or mobile social media. We are particularly interested in those who adopt a theoretical/critical, ethnographic, and/or historical approach to the implications of digital technologies in relation to one or more of the following areas: television, transmediation and convergence; national and global media production; and audience practices. Our new colleague will be responsible for developing an introductory lecture course about digital and social media and advanced undergraduate courses in digitaltelevisual studies, as well as for actively shaping and teaching graduate offerings in this field of study. Candidates are expected to have a strong research agenda and a commitment to excellence in teaching. Preference will be given to those who have their Ph.D. in hand by the date the appointment begins and who can demonstrate a research program devoted to digital and social media, as well as teaching experience in this area. Applicants should send hard copies of the following: a letter of application, curriculum vitae, writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to: Robert Terrill, Chair, Digital/Social Media Search, Department of Communication and Culture, 800 E. 3rd Street, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. Review of applications will begin October 10, 2011 and continue until this position is filled. For more information about IU's Department of Communication and Culture, go to: www.indiana.edu/~cmcl Indiana University is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. The university actively encourages applications and nominations of women, minorities, applicants with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups. ______________________________ On sabbatical leave until January 9, 2012 Mary L. Gray Associate Professor Communication & Culture Indiana University, Bloomington

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Grad student laptop seized at US border
by Richard Forno 09 Jul '11

09 Jul '11

Since some of us may be involved in researching "questionable" (to the USG) groups, I thought this particular tidbit might be useful info to know for AIR'ers who are frequently moving in/out of the USA. --- rick Full article @ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08/customs-seizure-of-laptop-at-u-s-b… Student Challenges Laptop Seizure at Border By Tiffany Kary - Jul 9, 2011 12:01 AM ET A U.S. judge is weighing whether to halt a lawsuit filed by a graduate student whose laptop was seized by customs agents as he crossed the border from Canada and found to contain pictures of rallies by Hamas and Hezbollah. < - > The pictures were downloaded from the Internet as part of his research into Shiites in Lebanon, the topic of his doctoral thesis, Abidor said he told the agents. He said he was patted down, handcuffed, taken off the train and held in a cell for three hours before being released without charge. Abidor said he didn’t get his laptop, with the sole copy of his graduate work, for 11 days. When he did, there was evidence that his files, including research, personal photos and chats with his girlfriend, had been searched, he said. The lawsuit was also brought on behalf of the National Press Photographers Association, some of whose 7,000 members have been subject to searches and seizures, according to court papers. The case is Abidor v. Napolitano, 10-cv-04059, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn). Full article @ http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-08/customs-seizure-of-laptop-at-u-s-b…

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