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Some quantitative research on Hackerspaces
by Antoine Mazières 19 Jun '11

19 Jun '11

Hi Aoirs, I've found interesting figures on hackerspaces members. http://extreme.ajatukseni.net/2010/07/19/hackerspaces-members-and-involveme… Does anyone know any other quantitative research done on hackerspaces or fablabs ? All best, Antoine Mazieres http://ant1.cc/

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CFP: Expanding the frontiers of hacking
by Gabriella Coleman 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

David, A lot of folks have answered, I think well, to some of your queries so I don't have much to add but here are a few additional thoughts: Free software does belong to a lineage of people who thought/think of themselves as hackers and Richard Stallman was motivated to write free software to save the ethics of hacking, using that very language. I know you know this, so I am still puzzled by the resistance, if nothing else, to acknowledge that hacker/hacking are terms used by thousands upon thousands of free software developers to conceptualize their craft and their ethics. Whether Free software had brought a radical political transformation in the world is easy to answer: "no." It has shifted and I would say in some important ways, the politics of IP law (among some other arenas). That has been one of its most important contributions and many developers--outside of the radical techie free software developer community--would not claim to be doing anything but writing free software. Many others have tagged a more Utopian language/understanding onto them (perhaps because they give a powerful glimpse into the importance of unalienated labor and more problematically because of the problematic idea that computers will save the world). But many of these hackers are just into their craft, have built some extremely interesting social institutions to produce software, and I am not sure why we need to be primarily or only judging them for being (or not) radical political activists out to save the world. I understand that one might want to and should pop the Utopian hype enveloping dominant understanding of computers, but not at the expense of misrepresenting some of these worlds and criticizing every last shred/byte of computer-related activity. As someone who has spent way too much time on/with Anonymous: there are clearly hackers and sys admins involved but there are a great many who are geeky types with enough digital literacies to get involved in these worlds and yet who neither self-identify as such nor have the requisite skills. Again I don't see why you are so keen in sticking them Anonymous in such limited box. As per a special issue on Stuxtnet, I think the problem is not a lack of desire but those worlds are incredibly, almost impossibly hard to study for anyone and even harder for academics. Imagine trying to get IRB approval for studying the Russian Business Network or the Stuxtnet writers? We will have to rely on journalists and there is some good work being done (King Pin by Poulsen, a hacker or at least ex-hacker himself). There has also been very good work done on cyberconflict by Athina Karatzogianni (http://works.bepress.com/athina_karatzogianni/4/) and finally some empirical work being done on nationalistic hacking, such as this book on Chinese hackers (http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/the-dark-visitor-%28paperback%29/1778…) Biella -- Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor NYU, Department of Media, Culture, & Communication On Leave 2010-2011, The Institute for Advanced Study http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman

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ICWSM, Late Registration Deadline is today
by danah boyd 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

I hope to see many of you at ICWSM next month. The deadline for late registration is today. See you in Barcelona! *********************************** ICWSM 2011 Late Registration Deadline: June 17 *********************************** Dear ICWSM Community, Please note that the ICWSM 2011 late registration deadline is today, June 17. After today, onsite rates will be in effect. The program is now complete, so take a moment to review it at http://www.icwsm.org/2011/schedule.php. Invited presentations include keynote addresses by Sinan Aral of the NYU Stern School of Business and Affiliated Faculty at MIT, and Manuel Castells, Director of the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute at the Open University of Catalonia (UOC), Spain. Jimmy Lin will present an industrial keynote address on Twitter and Data Science. Additionally, three invited talks will be given by Foster Provost (New York University), Joel Seligstein (Facebook), and Duncan Watts (Yahoo! Research). Finally, a special invited panel entitled "Is Social Media Making News Generation and Consumption Better?" moderated by Sihem Amer-Yahia (Principal Research Scientist, QCRI), and featuring Marcus Mabry (The International Herald Tribune and The New York Times), Catherine Quayle (Editor-in-Chief, Need to Know, PBS), Krishna Gummadi, (Networking Professor, MPI), Mor Naaman, (Social Media Professor, Rutgers University), Jimmy Lin (Twitter), and Gilad Lotan (VP Research & Development, SocialFlow), will be presented. Three tutorials will be presented on July 17: * SA1: How to use Mechanical Turk for Behavioral Research (Winter Mason and Siddharth Suri) * SA2: Text Mining from User Generated Content (Lyle Ungar and Ronen Feldman) * SP1: Exploratory Network Analysis with Gephi (Sebastien Heymann and Julian Bilcke) The Workshop Program has been expanded this year to include the following workshops, which will follow the main conference on Thursday, July 21: Social Mobile Web Workshop (SMW-11) http://thesocialmobileweb.org/ The Future of the Social Web (FOSW-11) http://www.icwsm.org/2011/fosw Social Innovation and Social Media (SISOM-11) http://www.sites.google.com/site/sisom2011 Annual Data Challenge Workshop http://icwsm.org/2011/challenge.php For more information about the conference and to register, please visit the conference website at http://www.icwsm.org or the online registration form at http://www.aaai.org/Forms/icwsm-registration-form.php. We look forward to seeing you in Barcelona in July! Regards,

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Asking for help about Facebook censorship criteria.
by Alejandro Tortolini 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Dear listers: I´m looking for information about the criteria that Facebook uses to take down some "incorrect" pictures, photos, images. I know something simple as the "niple rule" -not images allowed showing women niples- wich generated reaction from women feeding their babies... Can you help me? Greetings from Argentina! Alejandro Tortolini Scitech journalist - Teacher Buenos Aires - Argentina

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Web Science conference in Evanston IL (Chicago-ish) June 22-24
by Barry Wellman 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

I just locknoted ACM's Webscience 11 in Koblenz. At the end of which the indefatigable Nosh Contractor announced that he (and colleagues) will host the next ACM Web Science conference in Evanston, June 12-24 2012 (Kellogg School, Northwestern U), right after the Network Science conference June 19-22 at the same venue. If you're wondering what "web science" is, it's mostly work by computer scientists eager to build more social science understanding into their research. Much like the early days of the social networks network (INSNA) and the internet researchers of AOIR, it's heavily weighted towards eager young students, many of whom are either building apps or are doing studies of Internet use and users. Steffan Stabb and York Sure led the current conference. Nosh Contractor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, Dame Wendy Hall, Peter Monge, Janet Fulk have been active. For more info, contact Noshir Contractor <ncontractor4(a)gmail.com>, nosh(a)northwestern.edu, Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Schedule for MEA Convention June 23-26, 2011 University of Alberta, Canada
by Janet Sternberg 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Convention Schedule Media Ecology Association Twelfth Annual Convention June 23-26, 2011 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada http://mea2011.org http://www.media-ecology.org The theme of this year's Convention is "Space, Place, and the McLuhan Legacy." The theme reflects the University of Alberta's celebrations in 2011 of the birth of the influential scholar and public figure Marshall McLuhan in Edmonton, Canada, on July 21, 1911. To register: please go to http://mea2011.oorg/registration/ Thursday, 23 June 2011 Registration 8:30 am - 4 pm Session 1: 9 am - 10:15 am 1A. Media and Place TEL 236 Moderator: Mary Beckie (University of Alberta) Keith N. Hampton, University of Pennsylvania. Pervasive Awareness and Network Diversity: How New Media Reinforces Place-Based Social Relationships Ernane Rabelo, Universidade Federal de Viçosa. Information Behavior and News Evocation: The Case of Mass Communication Students Antonio Almeida, University of São Paulo, and Juliana de Oliveira Vicentini, University of São Paulo. The Globo Reporter Discourse about the Amazonian Drought 1B. Media and the City TEL 238 Moderator: Andre Lucena (University of Alberta) Jack Barwind, Metropolitan State College of Denver. Civility: An Argument for Media Literacy Helia Fillipe Saraiva, Instalações Eléctricas Industriais. Porto Is Alive: Media and Creativity in the City of Porto Landscape Russell Stockard, California Lutheran University. Media Event Sequels: Katrina, Race, History, and Memory 1C. Gaming, Storytelling, and Environments TEL 217 Moderator: Adriana Braga (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro) Rob Shields, University of Alberta, and Sérgio C. Benício de Mello, Federal University of Pernambuco. The Magnetism of Xbox Live: The Allure of the Magnetic City and Its Citizens Nancy Bray, University of Alberta. The Garden of Forked Pasts: Internet Genealogy as Cybertextual Storytelling Sheila Nayar, Greensboro College. Primary Issues with Secondary Orality Iryna Dovganyuk, University of Alberta. Television as Art in the Digital Age 1D. City as Classroom TEL 219 Moderator: Gordon Gow (University of Alberta) Lewis Freeman, Fordham University. The City as Children's Classroom: What Children Have to Teach Us About Cities Per-Olof Erixon, Umea University, and Johan Elmfeldt, Umea University. School Writing in a Changing Media Ecology Ana Patricia Oliveira, University of Aveiro, and Maria Conceição Lopes, University of Aveiro. Scratch in Kindergarten: A Space and a Place of Communicational, Ludic and Creative Intermediations Session 2: 10:30 am - 11:45 am 2A. McLuhan the Man TEL 236 Moderator: Rob Shields (University of Alberta) Benjamin Robertson, Wheaton College. Marshall McLuhan: A Grammarian for Our Age William Buxton, Concordia University. The Neglect of Innis; the Rise of McLuhan, 1949-1956 Huimin Jin, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. Media as Relation and Relation as Truth: A Comparative Study of McLuhan and Confucius 2B. Photography, Space, Time, and Punctum TEL 238 Moderator: Almond Aguila (University of Alberta) Eric Jenkins, University of Cincinnati. Another Punctum Mickey Vallee, University of Alberta. The Machine in the Ghost: Poststructural Aesthetics, Kinetic Sound Sculptures, and the Ontological Relations of McLuhan's Theory of Extension/Amputation to Deleuze & Guattari's "Body Without Organs" 2C. Mobile Technologies TEL 217 Moderator: Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels) James Morrison, Babson College. The Progress of the Pod People: Vehicular Multimedia Systems and the Brave New World of Exurbia Peggy Jubien, University of Alberta. Phenomenology of Mobile Technologies in Education Dong-Hoo Lee, University of Incheon. Mobile Snapshots in the Age of Tertiary Orality Minhao Zeng, University of Alberta, Gold McEwen, University of Alberta, and Christy Gustavison, University of Alberta. Locating McLuhan through Geocaching: A Locative Media Experiment in Downtown Edmonton 2D. Media Literacy TEL 219 Moderator: Angela Keller (University of Alberta) Lance Strate Fordham University, and Lewis Freeman, Fordham University. The Future of Children's Television Programming: A Study of How Emerging Digital Technologies Can Facilitate Active and Engaged Participation and Contribute to Media Literacy Education Alex Kuskis, Gonzaga University. Marshall McLuhan as an Education Theorist Norm Friesen, Thompson Rivers University, and Shannon Lowe, Thompson Rivers University. The Lecture as Trans-Medial Pedagogical Form: An Historical/Ecological Analysis Dennis Cali, University of Texas at Tyler. Mapping McLuhan: How Media Ecology is Taught in College Curricula 11:45 am - 1 pm Lunch (on your own) Unveiling of The Wave, an art and media installation. Session 3: 1 pm - 2:15 pm 3A. Media Ecology I TEL 236 Moderator: Aura Quezada (Mount Royal University) Nicole Maggio, University of Maine. McLuhan's Messenger: The Role of the Artist in the Global Village Gerrit Verstraete, Masterpiece Fine Art Studio. The Tetrad: A Dialectical Model of Media Ecology Theory and Art, Design, and New Media 3B. Music and Listening Practices TEL 217 Moderator: Ilona Cardinal (University of Alberta) Phil Rose, York University. Radiohead and the Media Fallout of Ok Computer Sheena Hyndman, York University. Making the Familiar Strange: Verve Remixed, Media Ecology, and the Reshaping of Listening Practices Armond Towns, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Keeping it Mobile: Hip-Hop Spaces & Sneakers as Technology Karen Brown, Dominican University, and Mary Pat Fallon, Dominican University. Library as Place: New Media and New Designs for Creating Community 3C. Panel: Illusionary Freedom: False Promises of Cyberspace TEL 150 Moderator: Nancy Bray (University of Alberta) Anthony Wachs, Duquesne University, Brian Gilchrist, Duquesne University, John Jasso, University of Pittsburgh, and Beth Michalec, Duquesne University 3D. Panel: Phenomenology and the Project of Media Ecology TEL 219 Moderator: Brian Cogan (Molloy College) Ellen Rose, University of New Brunswick, Catherine Adams, University of Alberta, Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University, and Stacey Irwin, Millersville University Session 4: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm 4A. Media Ecology II TEL 236 Moderator: Sharmila Ferris (William Paterson University) Regiane Miranda de Oliveira Nakagawa, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo. Communication Rhetoric Understood as Metalanguage Kevin Garrison, Angelo State University. Ellul's Alternative Narrative of Technology: Anticipating the Fourth Milieu of Virtuality Yoni Van Den Eede, Free University of Brussels. Home Is Where the Brain Wires: Technology, Fixity, and Adaptation Stuart Mackay, Independent. Infoese 4B. Time & Space TEL 238 Moderator: TBA James Scott, Saint Louis University. Space on the Edge: Marshall McLuhan's Marginalia and Annotations of Siegried Giedion, Erich Gombrich, Julian Jaynes, and Walter Ong Sang-Hee Kweon, Sungkyunkwan University, Kyung Ho Hwang, Sungkyunkwan University, and Eun-Mi Kim, Sungkyunkwan University. Time and Space Perception in Media Platform 4C. Surveillance and Seclusion TEL 217 Moderator: Yuping Mao (University of Alberta) Brent Strang, University of Alberta. A Red Dead Remedy for the Emasculating Anxieties of Digital Seclusion Darren Stevenson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Deploying Biometric Imaging on the In-Store Customer: A Slippery Slope towards Corporate Orwellianism Mogens Olesen, University of Copenhagen. "Epi-genetic Media": Digital Media as a Cultural Selection Mechanism Jan Buterman, University of Alberta. All Your < Data > Base Belong to Us: Identity & Recognition in an Online World 4D. Panel: "Is Google Making Us Stupid?" Reflections on Digital Technology and Cognition TEL 150 Moderator: Paul Soukup (Santa Clara University) Ellen Rose, University of New Brunswick, Paul Grosswiler, University of Maine, and Donna Flayhan, State University of New York at New Paltz 4 pm - 5:45 pm Highlands Walking Tour (including the McLuhan home), preregistration required 6 pm - 7:30 pm Welcoming remarks. Plenary presentation: Robert Logan (University of Toronto), "McLuhan Misunderstood: Setting the Record Straight" 7:45 pm - 9:30 pm Reception, cash bar, and hors d'oeuvres. Official opening of Spaces&Places: VisioningMcLuhan@100, Latitude 53 Gallery, 10248 - 106 Street Friday, 24 June 2011 8:30 am - 4 pm Registration, Book Exhibit open until 4 pm. Session 5, 9 am - 10:15 am 5A. Panel: The Man of Letters as Avant-Garde Artist: Marshall McLuhan and Wilfred Watson in Search of Common Ground TEL 150 Moderator: Yoni Van Den Eede (Free University of Brussels) Paul Hjartarson, University of Alberta, Kristine Smitka, University of Alberta, Gregory Betts, Brock University, Wayne DeFehr, University of Alberta, and Paul Tiessen, Wilfred Laurier University 5B. Cityscapes and Sound TEL 236 Moderator: Almond Aguila (University of Alberta) Peter Zhang, Grande Valley State University. The Cityscape and Sonicscape of Beijing: A McLuhanian Critique Jason Wilson, 0009.org. Audio Perfume Sonia Montano, University Unisinos, and Suzanne Kilpp, University Unisinos. The Methodology of Frames and the Audio-Visual Ecology Irene Machado, University of São Paulo. Acoustic Space and the Ecology of Cultural Extensions 5C. Panel: Mobilizing the City as Classroom: Locative and Mobile Media for Community Engagement TEL 217 Moderator: Andre Lucena (University of Alberta) Gordon Gow, University of Alberta, Daylin Breen, University of Alberta, Angela Keller, University of Alberta, and Lisa Prins, University of Alberta 5D. Media Ecology and Media Literacy TEL 219 Moderator: Ellen Rose (University of New Brunswick) Vinicius Andrade Pereira, Rio de Janeiro State University. Communication Technologies as Grammars: Medium, Content and Message in Marshall McLuhan's Work Sheldon Richmond, Independent. Can We Break the Monopolistic Tendency of Technology? Helma Sawatzky, Simon Fraser University. Anemone Theory: An Exploration of Digital Media as Phenomena 10:30 am - 11:45 am Plenary Panel Discussion: Elena Lamberti (University of Bologna), Rob Shields (University of Alberta), and Douglas Barbour (University of Alberta), "McLuhan and Artistic Vision in the Wireless City" 11:45 am - 1 pm Lunch (on your own) 1 pm - 2:15 pm Plenary presentation: Joshua Meyrowitz (University of New Hampshire), "Media Ecology and the Future of Theory" 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Break Session 6: 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm 6A. Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll. TEL 236 Moderator: Peggy Jubien (University of Alberta) Phil Rose, York University, and Ainsley Moore, McMaster University. The Extended Pharmacist: Entering the Era of Remote Drug Dispensation and Pharmaceutical Counselling Niels van Doorn, Johns Hopkins University. The Intimate City: McLuhan's Medium Theory and the Political Ecology of Sexual Citizenship Read Schuchardt, Wheaton College. Was McLuhan's Biology The Medium That Begot the Message? 6B. On the Binding Biases of Time TEL 150 Moderator: Donna Flayhan (State University of New York at New Paltz) Lance Strate, Fordham University. Respondent: Corey Anton, Grand Valley State University 6C. New Medias TEL 217 Moderator: Mary Beckie (University of Alberta) Wade Nelson, University of Winnipeg. You(Tube)-surped: The Absorption of the Old BMX Freestyle Cycling Media by the New Almond Aguila, University of Alberta. Skype and the Global Filipino Family Holland Wilde, Cultural Farming. Extensions of McLuhan, Media is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects 6D. Panel: The Place of the Body in the Spaces of Technology TEL 219 Moderator: Paul Soukup (Santa Clara University) Paul Grosswiler, University of Maine, Steven Reagles, Bethany Lutheran College, and Robert MacDougall, Curry College 4 pm - 5:45 pm Plenary presentation: Gary Gumpert (City University of New York), "Repetitio ad infinitum: From Print to Scrawl" 5:45 pm - 6:30 pm Break 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Banquet, President's Address and MEA 2011 Awards Ceremony. President's Address: Janet Sternberg (Fordham University), "Space, Place, and the Media Ecology Association" Venue: Westin Hotel. 10135 - 100 Street 9 pm - 11 pm Film happening, "Being In The World" and Q & A following with Mark Wrathall (University of California, Riverside) Venue: Art Gallery of Alberta, 2 Sir Winston Churchill Square NW (Churchill LRT Station) Saturday, 25 June 2011 8:30 am – noon Registration, Book Exhibit open until 4 pm (not open on Sunday). 9 am – 3 pm Exhibition of City as Classroom: Deconstructing McLuhan, an interactive art and learning installation Session 7: 9 am - 10:15 am 7A. Panel: McLuhan in the Digital Age TEL 150 Moderator: Sharmila Ferris (William Paterson University) Octavio Islas, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Jorge Hidalgo, Universidad Anahuac, Claudia Benassini, Razón y Palabra, and Fernando Gutiérrez, Tecnológico de Monterrey 7B. The Urban Environment TEL 236 Moderator: Martin Guardado (University of Alberta) Alberto Carrera Portugal, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico. Global Cities and Global Media: The Urban Competitiveness Concept in City Rankings. Shaping the Local Policies and Global Perceptions? Yuping Mao, University of Alberta, and Claudia Hale, Ohio University. An Examination of Chinese Employees Use of Technologies in Relation to Intercultural Sensitivity, Organizational Conflict Management Styles, and Organizational Satisfaction in China Branches of Multinational Companies 7C. Religion, Church and Pastoral Landscapes TEL 217 Moderator: Rob Shields (University of Alberta) Richard Osicki, Canadian Mennonite University. Is the Internet the New Temple? McLuhan Looks at Religion Looks at McLuhan Grace Chiou, University of Denver. The Visual and Material Culture of the Urban Church: From Flanerie to Koinonia Silvia Maria Guerra Molina, University of São Paulo, Mariana Piva-Silva, University of São Paulo, Gabriel Henrique Lui, University of São Paulo, and Ana Paula Branco do Nascimento, Ninth of July University. Deagrarianisation: Dislocations of Technologies and Landscape Dislodgement Nicole M Glenn, University of Alberta, Julian Forrest, University of Alberta. We Can Live Our Misbehavior 7D. Heidegger on Resisting the Demands of Technology TEL 219 Moderator: Catherine Adams (University of Alberta) Mark Wrathall, University of California, Riverside 10:15 am - 10:30 am Break 10:30 am - 11:45 am Plenary presentation: Richard Cavell (University of British Columbia), "Marshall McLuhan as Ec[h]o-Critic" 11:45 am - 1 pm Lunch Session 8: 1 pm - 2:15 pm 8A. Global Village and Tribal Extensions TEL 236 Moderator: Brian Cogan (Molloy College) Gordon Titchener, Thompson Rivers University. The Design Is the Destination: The Media Ecology of Contemporary Tourist Experience Adriana Braga, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro. Microcelebrity, the Medium, and the Message Jonathan Slater, Plattsburgh State University of New York. Two Solitudes in the Global Village Marv Machura, NorQuest College. Tribal Extensions in New and Conflicting Media Environments 8B. Sound and Place TEL 238 Moderator: Aura Quezada (Mount Royal University) Cezary Gajewski, University of Alberta. Physical Interactions: The McLuhan Centenary Wave Installation Andrew deWaard, University of British Columbia. Mise-en-Synergy and Soundscapes Ellen Moffat, University of Saskatchewan. Unmediating the City: The Soundwalk as Embodied Probe Lewis Kaye, Wilfred Laurier University. Through the Vanishing Point: Reanimating McLuhan Through Image, Sound, and Place 8C. Urban Studies TEL 217 Moderator: Marco Adria (University of Alberta) Mary Ann Allison, Hofstra University. Reintegrating the Virtual with the Physical in Rome and New York Greg Ott, Fontbonne University. City Stickers: The Euro Oval Decal and Urban Renewal/Gentrification 8D. Dis/Orientations TEL 219 Moderator: Minhao Zeng (University of Alberta) Antonio Almeida, University of São Paulo. Symbolic Environment and Nature Tom Bruneau, Radford University. Acoustic Space Revised: Holonomic and Connectionist Brain Theories 2:15 pm - 2:30 pm Break 2:30 pm - 3:45 pm Plenary presentation: Mark Poster (University of California, Irvine), "Theorizing Culture and Media: McLuhan and Foucault". Plenary presentation has been made possible in part by financial support from the Henry Marshall Tory Professor, University of Alberta, Rob Shields 4 pm - 4:45 pm Reflection on the life and work of Christine Nystrom 5 pm - 6:45 pm An urban virtual happening, QRcodes and Geocaching in downtown Edmonton, preregistration required. Meet in the Atrium, Enterprise Square; or Double-feature film screening of McLuhan's Wake (2002) and the NBC documentary The Medium is the Massage (1967), no registration required, Enterprise Square. 7:30 pm - 10 pm Evening on your own in the Alberta capital! Dinner at La Boheme in Highlands for those who wish to attend Sunday, 26 June 2011 Session 9: 9 am - 10:15 am 9A. Old News, New News TEL 236 Moderator: Sara van den Berg (Saint Louis University) Andre Lucena, University of Alberta. The Print Newspaper in the Information Age: An Analysis of Trends and Perspectives Christine Tracy, Eastern Michigan University. Perception in the Newssphere Matt Thomas, University of Iowa. Back to Paper, or: Everything Old Is New Again Zhiwei Yu, Peking University. The Consequence of Writing Systems on Human Perception in China and the West 9B. Panel: The Role of the Artist in the Local Landscape: Examining Marshall McLuhan and Sheila Watson's Relationship to Canadian Modernism TEL 150 Moderator: Angela Keller (University of Alberta) Paul Hjartarson, University of Alberta, Kristine Smitka, University of Alberta, Elena Lamberti, University of Bologna, Linda Morra, Bishop University, and Adam Hammond, University of Toronto 9C. GPS, Geocaching, and Locative Media TEL 217 Moderator: Peggy Jubien (University of Alberta) Minhao Zeng, University of Alberta. Examining Geocaching Practices Through a Mobilities Lens Marcelo Medeiros, Universidade Federal da Bahia. Locative Communication: Place as a Medium? Almond Aguila, University of Alberta, and Daylin Breen, University of Alberta. Unlocking Perspective with 2D codes: The Hunt for Media Literacy in the City 9D. Cities & the Politics of Space and Place TEL 219 Moderator: Gordon Gow (University of Alberta) Kellen Cristina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, and Debora Duran, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Rio de Janeiro, Wonderful City: City as a Composite Technology, City as Classroom Anna Christie Torres, University of the Philippines Baguio. The City of Baguio and the Politics of Space Geo Takach, University of Calgary. Space, Place, and the Face of Empire: Lessons from Harold Innis on Alberta Tar Sands 10:15 am - 10:30 am Break 10:30 am - 12 noon MEA Business Meeting and Closing Remarks (all are welcome and encouraged to attend) More Convention Information and Contacts http://mea2011.org http://www.media-ecology.org

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Email address at twitter for data questions
by Amanda Lenhart 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

Hi Everyone, I just got an email from my friend at Twitter, and they've gone ahead and set up an email address for academic researchers to use when they have questions about Twitter data. Here's the text from her email: "We now have a dedicated email address for researchers who have questions about how to use our API to help them get Twitter data and use it in accordance with our TOS. Feel free to direct people to api-research(a)twitter.com now; we'll be doing so with the phrase "If you have questions on how to use the Twitter API to gather data for your research, or what you can do with this data, email api-research(a)twitter.com." Topics we can help with include how to get all Tweets containing a keyword, how to get all Tweets from a date range, how to get all Tweets from a user, our guidelines around sharing datasets (namely, don't), and how to show Tweets in your final report. Hopefully this will help!" Indeed, hopefully this will help. Very glad there is now this dedicated point of contact. Thanks, Amanda Amanda Lenhart Pew Research Center alenhart(a)pewinternet.org

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Air-L mailing list submissions - health studies via social nets
by Dr. Dina Ralt 17 Jun '11

17 Jun '11

What's your idea about health studies via social nets? http://nettingno.blogspot.com/2011/06/three-days-of-vegetarianism.html Dr. Dina Ralt CAMONI, The Gertner Institute Phone: 972-3-5224750 Cellular: 972-52-8000210 http://nettingno.blogspot.com/ Life is too short to be in a hurry...

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internet activity datasets
by roderick graham 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

All: Does anyone know of any datasets free to the public about Internet activity that is not from the PEW Internet and American Life Project? P.S. I am sure this question has been asked quite frequently on this list-serv, but I cannot find it in any recent mailings. Roderick Graham Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology Rhode Island College Rm. 457 Craig-Lee hall 600 Mount Pleasant Avenue Providence, RI 02903 401-456-8727 www.roderickgraham.com

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Research Assistant (or Postdoc) position at the University of Oxford to study the effects of broadband in East Africa
by Mark Graham 16 Jun '11

16 Jun '11

*Research Assistant (or Postdoc) position at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford* Grade 6: Salary £25,751 - £30,747 p.a. We are a leading international research and policy Institute looking for a full-time Research Assistant to work with Dr Mark Graham on the ESRC-DFID funded project, The Promises of Fibre-Optic Broadband: A Pipeline for Economic Development in East Africa. Employing case-studies, interviews, surveys and textual analysis in Kenya and Rwanda, this project examines the expectations and stated potentials of broadband Internet and compares those expectations to on-the-ground effects that broadband connectivity is having in the production networks of three economic sectors: tea production, ecotourism, and business process outsourcing. Applicants should have a graduate or postgraduate qualification in one of the social sciences, experience of social science research, and be willing to conduct extended fieldwork in East Africa. The successful candidate will be able to take a lead in project management, data collection and analysis, and the dissemination of results. Based at the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, this position is available from 1st October 2011 for 28 months in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter funding permitting. It may be possible to hire at Postdoctoral Research Fellow level given the right candidate. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. Only applications received before 12:00 midday on the 21st July 2011 can be considered. Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing 8th Aug 2011. Full job details and online application are available at the following link: https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs… More details about the project available here: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=59 Please share this position widely and feel free to get in touch with any questions. Mark ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham, Ph.D. Research Fellow Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St Giles Oxford OX1 3JS United Kingdom Telephone +44 (0) 1865 287 203 Fax +44 (0) 1865 287 211 www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/graham www.geospace.co.uk www.wikichains.com twitter.com/geoplace

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