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Advice on Social Media Activism Related conferences with CFP
by Suheil Dahdal 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Hi all, I’m a PHD student at University of technology Sydney, my research topic is “the Role of Social Media in Participatory Political Activism” I’ve just written an 8000 words paper about “Social Media & the Arab Spring” and I would love to present it in a conference, I’ve been Googling for a suitable conference with no luck, anyone on the list can help me in suggesting a good conference/journal? Any help would be great, Suheil. Suheil Dahdal Suheil.dahdal(a)uts.edu.au Communication Department University of Technology, Sydney UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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WikiViz 2011: Visualizing the impact of Wikipedia - call for participation
by Dario Taraborelli 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

We are proud to announce the second data challenge co-organized by the Wikimedia Foundation this summer. WikiSym and the Wikimedia Foundation are jointly launching WikiViz 2011 – a call for data/information visualization experts, computational journalists, data artists and data scientists to create the most insightful visualization of Wikipedia’s impact. The goal of the competition is to use open datasets to help improve our understanding of how Wikipedia is affecting the world beyond the scope of its own community. The award: The WikiViz 2011 Awarding Ceremony will take place on October 4, at the WikiSym 2011 venue, the Microsoft Research Silicon Valley campus (Mountain View, California). The ceremony will be introduced by a keynote by Jeff Heer (Stanford University), on the impact of emerging visualization techniques to understand open collaboration today. Three finalist teams (1 winner, 2 runners-up) will be invited to present their work at WikiSym 2011. Travel expenses and registration fees will be covered for a delegate per team. The works from these three teams will be showcased at the WikiSym 2011 exhibit, presented during the WikiViz awards ceremony and featured by our Knowledge and Media Partners: El Mundo.es, the largest digital newspaper in Spanish by readership worldwide, as well as four among the leading outlets and organizations in data visualization: FlowingData, Information Aesthetics, Visualizing.org and Periscopic). Unidad Editorial will also run a dedicated “Public's choice” track among the top 10 submissions received. The winner will be featured on the digital edition of El Mundo. The jury: The finalists will be selected by a jury composed by world-class experts in data visualization and social computing • Moritz Stefaner, Well Formed Data • Kim Rees, Periscopic) • Andrew Vande Moere, KU Leuven and Information Aesthetics • Erik Zachte, Wikimedia Foundation • Gregorio Convertino, Xerox PARC and WikiSym The official announcement: https://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/07/05/wikiviz-2011-visualizing-the-impact-o… The call for participation: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/wikiviz:cfp Contacts, news and updates: For any questions, comments or interest in supporting or collaborating with this challenge, please contact the co-organizers at: wikiviz2011 [at] easychair [dot] org • Felipe Ortega, WikiSym • Dario Taraborelli, Wikimedia Foundation You can also follow us on Twitter: @WikiViz (tag your tweets with #wikiviz11)

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Next Generation Learning Conference 2012
by Stefan Hrastinski 06 Jul '11

06 Jul '11

Dalarna University in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology invites you to submit session proposals for the Next Generation Learning (NGL) conference, a conference on the implications for learning and education of the digital revolution. The conference is aimed at development and research projects on NGL in both educational and professional settings. Call for papers: http://bit.ly/mCEc1m Stefan Hrastinski, associate professor Media Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology Lindstedtsv. 3 SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden Office: +46 8 790 65 68 Mobile: +46 739 75 17 47 stefanhr(a)kth.se http://hrastinski.posterous.com

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Sampling size for content analysis of comments on weblogs
by John McAuley 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hey all, I am conducting a content analysis of comments on a weblog but am unsure of how to determine sample size? Has anyone run into similar issues and, if so, could they point me to a suitable paper or two? Cheers, John -- John McAuley ------ Knowledge & Data Engineering Group Trinity College Dublin Ireland ------

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Why students choose online courses
by Michelle Everson 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

Hi Everyone, Is anyone aware of any published research about just why students might choose an online format for a course when they have the choice of either online or face-to-face? Thank you! Sincerely, Michelle Everson University of Minnesota gaddy001(a)umn.edu -- Michelle Everson, Ph.D. Quantitative Methods in Education Department of Educational Psychology University of Minnesota gaddy001(a)umn.edu 612-624-0691 http://www.tc.umn.edu/~delma001/CATALST/

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Fwd: [OERu-EduMOOC] George Siemens: Researching open online courses
by gene loeb 05 Jul '11

05 Jul '11

This should be very interesting and usefui to many internet researchers. Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Andreas Link <alink.ge(a)googlemail.com> Date: Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 3:06 PM Subject: [OERu-EduMOOC] George Siemens: Researching open online courses To: oeru-edumooc(a)lists.wikieducator.org http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2011/07/04/researching-open-online-courses/ Andreas _______________________________________________ OERu-EduMOOC mailing list OERu-EduMOOC(a)lists.wikieducator.org http://lists.wikieducator.org/mailman/listinfo/oeru-edumooc -- With Sincerest Best Wishes , Gene Gene Loeb, Ph.D.

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FW: [New post] Are the Open Data Warriors Fighting for Robin Hood or the Sheriff?: Some Reflections on OKCon 2011 and the Emerging Data Divide
by michael gurstein 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

<http://gurstein.wordpress.com/author/gurstein/> Are <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2011/07/03/are-the-open-data-warriors-fightin g-for-robin-hood-or-the-sheriff-some-reflections-on-okcon-2011-and-the-emerg ing-data-divide/> the Open Data Warriors Fighting for Robin Hood or the Sheriff?: Some Reflections on OKCon 2011 and the Emerging Data Divide Michael <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/author/gurstein/> Gurstein | July 3, 2011 at 17:05 | Tags: Canada <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=canada-digital-policy> digital policy, Data Divide <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=data-divide> , Open Access <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=open-access> , open data <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=open-data> | Categories: Community Informatics <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?cat=31328235> Policy, Community Informatics <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?cat=31328012> Research | URL: http://wp.me/pJQl5-79 I spent the last couple of days at a fascinating (and frightening) event in Berlin-OKCon <http://www.okcon.org> -a convention for the (in this case mostly European) uber-geeks who are in the process of recreating governments and potentially governance itself in Western Europe (and beyond). <http://bit.ly/kSy1PT> http://bit.ly/kSy1PT <http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gurstein.wordpress.com&blog=10925955& post=443&subd=gurstein&ref=&email=1> WordPress <http://s.wordpress.org/about/images/logo-grey/grey-m.png> WordPress.com | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage <http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=febe6d99e32fac0d96ccbcf844f30684&email= mgurst%40vcn.bc.ca> Subscriptions | Unsubscribe <http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=febe6d99e32fac0d96ccbcf844f30684&email= mgurst%40vcn.bc.ca&b=LSg%2BSX%7E%25HFnlpptlmzb4KsAnpP4GhG9Z9anmtcR%2BLJTitYv aD> | Express yourself. Start a <http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> blog. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com !DSPAM:2676,4e1103f340302050166598!

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CFP Open Government and Open Information
by Judith Schossboeck 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

abstract submission deadline september 12, 2011. JeDEM - Journal for eDemocracy and Open Government Call for papers - Special Issue Vol. 3 (2): Open Government and Open Information Guest Editors Olivier Glassey begin_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting, IDHEAP, Lausanne (olivier.glassey(a)idheap.unil.ch) Theresa Pardo, Center for Technology in Government, University at Albany, State University of New York (tpardo(a)ctg.albany.edu) Efthimios Tambouris, University of Macedonia (tambouris(a)uom.gr) Concepts and policies that emphasise the idea of openness (Open Government, Open Data, Open Access) are currently discussed with view to their potential to strengthen transparency and accountability. They are seen as promising ideas for the vitalisation of citizens’ interest in politics, but also for economic and scientific innovation. These developments are expected to lead to more engagement and collaboration within public institutions and the development of respective tools and services. Topics include, but are not limited to: The transformation of governments and politics through Open Government Public policies for open information and adaption New forms of content production and collaboration The changing relation between the citizen, the state and ICT The challenges, hurdles and risks of Open Data and open information Strategies of publishing information and their evaluation Re-examination of the concept of the Digital Divide with view to open information policies Governmentality and surveillance, data privacy and protection Issues and cases of Open Government Data for the provision of added value services Technological and organizational issues of existing Open Government Data initiatives such as data.gov and data.gov.uk In particular, the call wishes to address the following questions on the intersection of social sciences and technology: Has the emphasis on openness brought new imperatives and state philosophies on the table? To what extent will it influence existing cultures and politics? How are these concepts perceived and evaluated by politicians and stakeholders? What is the future of Open Data and open information in an era of budgetary constraints? Which new technical developments based on open information are promising and why? What is the effect on the increasing use of Data on the Digital Divide (Open Data Divide) or content production (Data journalism)? How can Open Government Data applications transform our everyday life? Which strategies of implementation and policy making are known and should be applied? Relevant articles from international and interdisciplinary perspectives are welcomed from across the social and technical sciences. We also encourage authors to hand in policy papers and case studies as well as a critical reflection of existing methods and approaches. Submission Guidelines Articles submitted for consideration must be written in English. Length of paper: 8,000-12,000 words, including footnotes. Template and guidelines: http://www.jedem.org/about/submissions#authorGuidelines Important Dates Submission deadline: 12.09.2011 Notification of acceptance: 10.10.2011 Camera ready paper: 07.11.2011 Publication: 20.12.2011 JeDEM is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal. All journal content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under the Creative Commons License. Find all furhter information on http://www.jedem.org/announcement/view/4 Best wishes, Judith

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I Read Where I Am -- Exporing New Information Cultures
by Geert Lovink 04 Jul '11

04 Jul '11

http://www.valiz.nl/en/IReadWhereIAm I Read Where I Am contains visionary texts about the future of reading and the status of the word. We read anytime and anywhere. We read of screens, we read out on the streets, we read in the office but less and less we read a book at home on the couch. We are, or are becoming, a different type of reader. The question remains which shape will it take and what experience does one want? To answer all these (and other) questions we have asked people from different backgrounds, subject to the aforementioned changes, to think about these issues. I Read Where I Am collects 82 diverse observations, inspirations and critical notes by journalists, designers, researchers, politicians, philosophers and many others. • How will we grapple with compressed narratives and the fluid bombardment of text? • What are the dialectics between image and word? • How will our information machines generate new reading cultures? • Can reading become a live, mobile social experience? Text/authors: Arie Altena, Henk Blanken, Andrew Blauvelt, Erwin Blom, James Bridle, Max Bruinsma & 76 other authors Editors: Mieke Gerritzen, Geert Lovink, Minke Kampman isbn: 978-90-78088-55-4 17,50 euros All texts also online available here: http://www.ireadwhereiam.com/

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Re: [Air-L] by-lines for online data
by Julian Hopkins 03 Jul '11

03 Jul '11

Like Rutter & Smith (although they do not refer to bloggers) - most of those I interviewed "expressed disappointment that they [will] not be personally identified" (Rutter & Smith 2005: 90) RUTTER, J. & G. W. H. SMITH 2005. Ethnographic Presence in a Nebulous Setting. In Virtual Methods. Issues in Social Research on the Internet (ed) C. Hine, 81-92. Oxford: Berg. Hope that helps. Cheers, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins Skype: julhop -----Original Message----- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 18:37:28 +0100 From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns(a)luther.edu> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] by-lines for online data Message-ID: <CAHKCqnAa_fwjcg_8JbJhX12f4azkix+akioY69AfT9jSU2MOmA(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I know there have been instances in which persons observed in online research have not wished to be anonymous, but rather have insisted on having their online writing cited and credited to them as authors. But for the life of me I can't recall a reference in scholarly literature for this phenomenon. Would anyone be willing to provide one? Thanks! -- 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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