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New book: Making Online News Volume 2
by David Domingo 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

FYI New book at Peter Lang's Digital Formations series *Making Online News -- Volume 2** Newsroom Ethnography in the Second Decade of Internet Journalism* Edited by David Domingo and Chris Paterson Online journalism has taken center stage in debates about the future of news. Instead of speculating, this volume offers rich empirical evidence about actual developments in online newsrooms. The authors use ethnographic methodologies to provide a vivid, close analysis of processes like newsroom integration, the transition of newspaper and radio journalists to digital multimedia production, the management of user-generated content, the coverage of electoral campaigns, the pressure of marketing logics, the relationship with bloggers or the redefinition of news genres. This second volume of Making Online News presents twelve all-new case studies of newsrooms around the world, including the United States of America, United Kingdom, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Zimbabwe and Malaysia. Book website: http://www.makingonlinenews.net/ CONTENT Preface: A Pedagogy of Online News Sociology: Teaching with Making Online News /Chris Paterson & David Domingo/ [Available for free at: http://www.makingonlinenews.net/teaching/] Introduction: The Centrality of Online Journalism Today (and Tomorrow) /David Domingo/ *PART ONE: Evolving Newsrooms* 1. Fostering a Culture of Collaboration: Organizational Challenges of Newsroom Innovation /Steve Paulussen, Davy Geens & Kristel Vandenbrande/ 2. Closer Apart? The Networks of Cross-media News Production /Anja Bechmann/ 3. "Beaming up" Traditional Journalists: The Transition of an American Newspaper into Cyberspace /Sue Robinson/ 4. Redefining Public Radio: Marketplace in the Digital Age /Nikki Usher/ 5. The Internet in the Print Newsroom: Trends, Practices and Emerging Cultures in Zimbabwe /Hayes Mawindi Mabweazara/ *PART TWO: News Redefined* 6. Routinizing Breaking News: Categories and Hierarchies In Danish Online Newsrooms /Jannie Møller Hartley/ 7. Making Online Features: How the Discursive Practice of an Online Newsroom Affects Genre Development /Steen Steensen/ 8. The Process of Covering the 2008 US Presidential Election at Salon.com and LATimes.com /Brooke Van Dam/ *PART THREE: Beyond the Newsroom* 9. Studying User-generated Content at the BBC: A multi-Site Ethnography /Andy Williams, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen & Claire Wardle/ 10. Convergence in the News Wholesalers: Trends in International News Agencies /Chris Paterson/ 11. A News Portal without a News Team: Journalistic and Marketing Logics at the Malaysian National News Agency /Amira Firdaus/ 12. Blowing up the Newsroom: Ethnography in the Age of Distributed Journalism /C.W. Anderson/ Epilogue: Future Avenues for Research on Online News Production /Pablo J. Boczkowski/

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CFP HICSS-45: Social and Digital Inclusions in Networks Minitrack (Deadline: June 15)
by Karine Nahon 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Hello Everyone, The deadline for HICSS is approaching (June 15). If your paper addresses issues of social and digital inclusion, please consider submitting to this minitrack. More information about the minitrack can be found here http://ekarine.org/2011/04/cfp-digitalinclusion/ . This mini-track calls for papers that study social and digital inclusion in networks at different levels. In the forthcoming conference, we would like to emphasize four areas: (i) connections between off-line divides and on-line divides; (ii) inequalities within and among communities; (iii) information and communication technologies for development; and (iv) inequalities between users with respect to social and digital divides. Possible levels at which to examine such areas include international, national, local, sector, communal, and individual. Both empirical and theoretical papers are invited. Building on the success of this mini-track from the past nine HICSS conferences, we invite submissions to the 2012 mini-track on social networking and communities. Contributions may explore the following topics, but, by no means are limited to those on this list: * Conceptualization and theory of inequalities with respect to networks, digital divides, digital spectrum and e-inclusion; * Indigenous communities and technologies; * ICT and development; * Social and political inclusion, including topics related to participation; * Socio-demographic factors such as gender, age, education, income, ethnic diversity, racial diversity, language diversity, religiosity; * Social and governmental support - for example, the use of supportive initiatives, policy and applications to bridge gaps, or how society and community impact e-inclusion; * Access (public, private, etc.), infrastructure factors; * Use - skills, frequency and time, locus, autonomy of use; * Affordability of ICTs and services; and * What do users do online and for what purposes? * Accessibility focusing on populations with special needs; * Measurements indices; * Comparative analysis of policy; * Comparative cross-country or cross-region research; and * Country or region specific case studies. Best Karine ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Karine Nahon - http://eKarine.org<http://ekarine.org/> Associate Professor The Information School, The retroV (Virality of Information) Group - http://retroV.org<http://retrov.org/> University of Washington Twitter - http://twitter.com/karineb Office tel. - (206) 685-6668

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Locating Internets: Histories of the Internets in India: Call for Participation
by Nishant Shah 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Dear All, I thought that this might be of interest to people on the list. Especially for those who are in India. Please distribute this as appropriate. Apologies for cross-posting *Locating Internets: Histories of the Internet(s) in India* *Research training and curriculum workshop : Call for participation* *Deadline for submission:* 15th July 2011-06-08 *When: *19th - 22nd August, 2011 * * *Where:* Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Ahmedabad *Organised by:* Centre for Internet and Society, Bangalore and CEPT University, Ahmedabad. LOCATING INTERNETS is an innovative, multi-disciplinary, workshop that engages with some of the most crucial debates around Internet and Society within academic scholarship, discourse and practice in India. It explores the Where, When, How and What has changed with the emergence of Internet and Digital Technologies in the country. The Internet is not a singular monolithic entity but is articulated in various forms – sometimes materially, through accessing the web; at others, through our experiences; and yet others through imaginations of policy and law. Internets become a part of our everyday practice, from museums and archives, to school and university programmes, living rooms and public spaces, relationships and our bodily lived realities. It becomes necessary to reconfigure our existing concepts, frameworks and ideas to make sense of the rapidly digitising world around us. The Internet is no longer contained in niche disciplines or specialised everyday practices. LOCATING INTERNETS invites scholars, teachers, researchers, advanced research students and educationalists from any discipline to learn and discuss how to ask new questions and design innovative curricula in their discipline by introducing concepts and ideas from path-breaking research in India. Comprised of training, public lectures, open discussion spaces, and hands-on curriculum building exercises, this workshop will introduce the participants to contemporary debates, help them articulate concerns and problems from their own research and practice, and build knowledge clusters to develop innovative and open curricula which can be implemented in interdisciplinary undergraduate spaces in the country. It showcases the research outputs produced by The Centre for Internet and Society’s Researchers @ Work Programme, and brings together 9 researchers to talk about alternative histories, processes, and bodies of the Internets, and how they can be integrated into mainstream pedagogic practices and teaching environments. *Knowledge Clusters for the Workshop:* LOCATING INTERNETS is designed innovatively to accommodate for various intellectual and practice based needs of the participants. While the aim is to introduce the participants to a wide interdisciplinary range of scholarship, we also hope to address particular disciplinary and scholarly concerns of the participants. The workshop is further divided into three knowledge clusters which help the participants to focus their energies and ideas in the course of the four days. a. *Bridging the Gap:* This workshop seeks to break away from the utopian public discourse of the Internets as a-historical and completely dis-attached from existing technology ecologies in the country. This knowledge cluster intends to produce frameworks that help us contextualize the contemporary internet policy, discourse and practice within larger geo-political and socio-historical flows and continuities in Modern India. The first cluster chartsdifferent pre-histories of the Internets, mapping the continuities and ruptures through philosophy of techno-science, archiving practices, and electronifcation of governments,to develop new technology-society perspectives. b. *Paradigms of Practice:*One of the biggest concerns about internet studies in India and other similar developed contexts is the object oriented approach that looks largely at specific usages, access, infrastructure etc. However, it is necessary to understand that the Internet is not merely a tool or a gadget. The growth of Internets produces systemic changes at the level of process and thought. The technologies often get appropriated for governance both by the State and the Civil Society, producing new processes and dissonances which need to be charted. The second cluster looks at certain contemporary processes that the digital and internet technologies change drastically in order to recalibrate the relationship between the State, the Market and the Citizen. c. *Feet on the Ground: *The third cluster looks at contemporary practices of the Internet to understand the recent histories of movements, activism and cultural practices online. It offers an innovative way of understanding the physical objects and bodies that undergo dramatic transitions as digital technologies become pervasive, persuasive and ubiquitous. It draws upon historical discourse, every-day practices and cultural performances to form new ways of formulating and articulating the shapes and forms of social and cultural structures. *Workshop Outcomes:* The particpants are expected to engage with issue of Internet and it various systemic processes through their own discipiliniary interests. Apart from lectures and orientation sessions, the participants will actively workshop on their own project ideas during the period in groups and will be guided by experts. The final outcome of the workshops would be curriculum for undergraduate and graduate teaching space of various disciplines in the country * * *Participation Guidelines:* LOCATING INTERNETS is now accepting submissions from interested participants in the following format: 1. Name: 2. Institutional Affiliation and Title: 3. Address: 4. Email address: 5. Phone number: 6. A brief resume of work experience (max. 350 words) 7. Statement of Interest (max. 350 words) 8. Key concerns you want to address in the Internet and Society field (max. 350 words) 9. Identification with one Knowledge-cluster of the workshop and a Proposal for integrating it in your research/teaching practice (max. 500 words) 10. Current interface with technologies in your pedagogic practices (max. 350 words) 11. Additional information or relevant hyperlinks you might want to add (Max. 10 lines) *Notes:* · Submissions will be accepted only from participants in India, as attachments in .doc, .docx or .odt formats at locatingInternets(a)cis-india.org <locatinginternets(a)cis-india.org> · Submissions made beyond 15th July 2011 may not be considered for participation. · Submissions will be scrutinised by the organisers and selected participants will be informed by the 20th July 2011, about their participation. · Selected participants will be required to make their own travel arrangements to the workshop. A 2nd A.C. return fare will be reimbursed to the participants. Shared accommodation and selected meals will be provided at the workshop. · A limited number of air-fare reimbursements will be available to participants in extraordinary circumstances. *Chairs*: Nishant Shah, Director-Research, Centre for Internet and Society Bangalore; Pratyush Shankar, Associate Professor & Head of Undergraduate Program, Faculty of Architecture, CEPT University * * *Supported by:* Kusuma Foundation, Hyderabad * * *Experts:*Anja Kovacs, Arun Menon, Asha Achuthan, Ashish Rajadhykasha, Aparna Balachandran, Namita Malhotra, Nithin Manayath, Nithya Vasudevan, Pratyush Shankar, Rochelle Pinto, Zainab Bawa You can find more information at http://cis-india.org/research/conferences/conference-blogs/workshop -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884 -- Nishant Shah Doctoral Candidate, CSCS, Bangalore. Director (Research), Centre for Internet and Society,( www.cis-india.org ) Asia Awards Fellow, 2008-09 # 00-91-9740074884

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Two academic posts at University of Stirling
by Graham Meikle 13 Jun '11

13 Jun '11

Dear all Some colleagues may be interested in these two new posts. The Division of Film, Media & Journalism at the University of Stirling is to appoint a senior figure in Journalism Studies at Chair/Reader/Senior Lecturer level and a Lecturer in Screen/Media Studies. The closing date for both is 8 July 2011. Full details are available here: http://www.hr-services.stir.ac.uk/vacancies/index.php Best regards, graham Dr Graham Meikle ---------------------- Senior Lecturer, Communications, Media & Culture, School of Arts and Humanities, University of Stirling, FK9 4LA, Scotland. T: +44 (0) 1786 466222 F: +44 (0) 1786 466855 E: <graham.meikle(a)stir.ac.uk> W: <http://www.fmj.stir.ac.uk/staff/graham-meikle/graham-meikle.php> -- The Sunday Times Scottish University of the Year 2009/2010 The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159.

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CfP - "Evaluation in the Media" - International Conference, Paris, March 15-16 2012
by Gustavo Gomez Mejia 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Dear AIR-Lers, Here's a call for papers for a web-related conference which some of you may find of interest. Kind regards, Gustavo Gomez-Mejia CELSA Université Paris-Sorbonne ***Apologies for cross-postings*** EVALUATION IN THE MEDIA International Conference Paris March 15-16, 2012 http://www.evalmedia2012.fr/ Call for Papers CONFERENCE PRESENTATION The aim of international conference “Evaluation in the Media” is to question the role of the media in the process of evaluation; they form an integral part of what may be termed the “culture”, the “fever”, the “mania” and the “explosion” of evaluation procedures observed in developed countries since the 1970s. While recognising that evaluation procedures – and the role of the media therein – were not novel, this conference aims to explore how the evaluation process has became ever more linked to the media (press, radio, television, web) in contemporary society. The conference will stress mechanisms of evaluation based on quantification or “evaluative measures” such as: “rankings”, “winners”, “tops”, “lists”, “league tables”, “ratings”, “barometers”, “dashboards”, “benchmarks”. The conference will also pay attention to qualitative evaluation mechanisms that likewise flourish in the media: “prizes”, “labels”, “contests”, “rewards”, “trophies”, etc. By focusing on such traits, the conference hope to throw light on the rise of impersonal evaluation mechanisms, that exist alongside the traditional journalistic genres based on the expression of personal opinion (editorial, op-ed piece, criticism,...); the media appear to simultaneously fulfill the roles of producers and coproducers,of relays and critics. Four specific questions will be addressed. The first one is concerned with the origins, production processes and conditions – social, economic, journalistic, material, technical and legal – that underpin how the media become producers or co-producers of the evaluation process. Editorial and visual forms, ceremonies and events, and the communication processes in general that characterise evaluation mechanisms will be another theme of the conference. We consider here that these evaluation procedures are held not only to favour the production of “knowledge” but also to promote its dissemination and recognition. Media evaluation mechanisms also circulate more or less in various social spaces (media, political, economic, professional, civic, cultural, consumerist, ...). By analyzing the circulation of such evaluation mechanisms, the conference will attempt to shed light on both success and failures in the communicative process. Finally, the conference will address the effects of media evaluation. The proliferation of evaluation procedures leads to an increase in the instances, mechanisms and numbers of actors involved in the overall process. In this regard, the conference is open to any field as long as the approach is in line with the general scientific guidelines outlined previously. The following list is indicative, not exclusive: the areas covered will include higher education and research, regions, culture, education, health, web, brands, capital, finance, communication, tourism, wine, sports, media, business, etc. Proposals may come from the humanities and the social sciences: media studies and communication, semiology, sociology, history, political sciences, linguistics, economics, etc. PROPOSALS Submission deadline – June 24th, 2011 Scientific committee notification of acceptance – July 20th, 2011 Mailing address for submitting proposals – evalmedia2012(a)gmail.com Content and framework of proposals – Proposals will include a maximum 6 000 characters. They will be structured in four parts: a) argument, explaining the theoretical framework and approach of the problem b) methodological framework, presenting the empirical material and the methodology; c) originality, specifying the relevance of the proposal and d) bibliography, comprising the eight main references. Proposals should include the following: 1) title 2) first name, 3) name, 4) professional status, 5) institution, 6) country and 7) email (professional and/or private) Please note that full papers (between 30 000 and 40 000 characters) for accepted abstracts will have to be submitted to the scientific committee no later than November 30th 2011 for the publication of the conference proceedings. Languages of proposals – English or French Format of proposals – .doc Conference Organizing Committee Julie Bouchard (University Paris 13); Etienne Candel (University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa);Hélène Cardy (University Paris 8); Gustavo Gomez Mejia (University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa) Conference Scientific Committee Stefanie Averbeck-Lietz (University of Leipzig) ; Christine Barats (University Paris 5); Julie Bouchard (University Paris 13); Etienne Candel (University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa); Hélène Cardy (University Paris 8) ; Patrice Carré (Telecom ParisTech); Jean-Baptiste Comby (University Paris 3); Emmanuel Didier (EHESS) ; Brooke Duffy (University of Pensylvania); Michel Durampart (University of Toulon) ; Wendy Espeland (Northwestern University); Andreas Fickers (Maastricht University); Pascal Froissart (University Paris 8); Gustavo Gomez Mejia (University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa) ; Yves Jeanneret (University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa); Alice Krieg-Planque (University Paris 12) ; Sarah Labelle (University Paris 13) ; Joëlle Le Marec (University Paris 7); Guy Lochard (University Paris 3) ; Cécile Méadel (Mines ParisTech Graduate School); Claire Oger (University Paris 13) ; Stéphane Olivesi (University Lyon 2); Michael Palmer (University Paris 3) ; Frédéric Pierru (CNRS); Philip Schlesinger (University of Glasgow); Michel Sénécal (University of Quebec in Montreal); Emmanuël Souchier (University Paris Sorbonne – Celsa); Joseph Turow (University of Pennsylvania); Jacques Walter (University Paul-Verlaine) Guest Speaker Wendy Espeland, Northwestern University Conference Website: http://www.evalmedia2012.fr/

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Couch Award winners announced
by Mark D. Johns 10 Jun '11

10 Jun '11

Contact: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Executive Director Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research c/o Department of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA 52101 Tel: (563) 387-1347 email: mjohns(a)luther.edu Brownfield Winner of Couch Award CEDAR FALLS, Iowa -- The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research (www.cccsir.com) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2011 Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Award is presented annually and recognizes excellent student-authored papers. Kristi Brownfield, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Sociology at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, is the First Place winner for her paper, "Shots to the canon: The emergence of interpretation in online fanvid discourse." Brownfield, an Illinois native, completed her undergraduate degree at Eastern Illinois University before moving SIUC, where she is a student of Associate Professor Jennifer Dunn. Ishani Mukherjee, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Chicago is the Second Place winner for her paper, "'Third' space and the intersectionality of violence: Symbolizing community and performing identities in South Asian blog interactions against domestic abuse." Mukherjee is a native of Calcutta, India, and has earned degrees Jadavpur University in India and from Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. At UIC she is advised by Professor Steve Jones. No Third Place award was selected this year. The Couch Center established the Couch Award in 2002 as the centerpiece of an extensive awards program. Winning papers apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies as advocated by the late Dr. Carl J. Couch, long-time professor of sociology at the University of Iowa. Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines, and winners are selected by a committee of university professors in communication studies and sociology from across the U.S. This year’s competition was rigorous, with a record number of entries received from students of all levels, from undergraduates through Ph.D. candidates, and were submitted by students from Europe, and Asia, as well as North America. Winners receive a cash award as well as the opportunity to present their papers at a national or international conference. This year’s awards will be presented at the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers in Seattle , October 10-13. The Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research is a non-profit organization established to promote the scholarship of the late Carl J. Couch and his academic associates. Couch is recognized as the founder of The New Iowa School in sociological and communication inquiry, and was a pioneer in the qualitative research of information technologies. The Center provides networking opportunities for students and scholars who conduct social and Internet research, inspired by Couch's work. - 30 -

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New MA/MSc Digital Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London
by Noortje Marres 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

*Apologies for cross-posting* *Please pass on to anyone who might be interested* Digital Sociology: A new MA/MSc Programme at Goldsmiths, University of London This innovative one-year MA/MSc brings together the disciplines of sociology and computing to equip students for the analysis of digital social life. The programme combines practice-based technical skills with social methods and sociological thinking to enable graduates to play leading roles in the emerging field of digital sociology. Digital Sociology offers a comprehensive training programme of advanced courses across the two leading departments of Sociology and Computing at Goldsmiths. It has been specifically designed to facilitate the integration of social research methods and sociological thinking with creative computing techniques and approaches. The programme includes a guaranteed internship and a major practical project supervised by leading experts in computing and social research. Its objective is to cross perceived digital and analogue divides in the study and elaboration of social life. The MA/MSc Digital Sociology will start late September 2011. It is offered jointly by the Department of Sociology and Computing, and hosted by the Centre for Creative and Social Technology (CAST). Applying There is no official deadline for applications. We accept a maximum of 20 students on the MA/MSc programme and will continue to accept applications until the course is full. More information: http://www.gold.ac.uk/pg/ma-msc-digital-sociology/ Contact: Noortje Marres (Sociology, course convenor) n.marres(a)gold.ac.uk Chris Brauer (Computing, course leader) c.brauer(a)gold.ac.uk

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Play a new online game to help science
by Derek Hansen 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

AIR-Lers, A group of us at UMD have created a new online game in the "games with a purpose" tradition called Odd Leaf Out. It helps us improve computer vision algorithms used in mobile apps like Leafsnap, which helps people identify a tree by taking a picture of a leaf from the tree. Feel free to join the fun here: http://biotrackers.net/odd_leaf_out/game.php Feel free to email me directly with any comments you have about the experience, or better yet provide them in the space provided after you finish a game. Feel free to play as much as you want and spread the link around. Thanks! Derek Hansen Assistant Professor Maryland's iSchool

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Call for papers/book chapters
by Donald Heider 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Call for papers/book chapters - 2nd notice The center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding a Digital Ethics Symposium on October 28th, 2011. We are looking for papers on digital ethics which would first be presented at the symposium, with the best of those then included in an edited volume on digital ethics. Authors of accepted papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium. The author(s) of the top student paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds. The paper might be on topics such as privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions and digital technology. Abstracts are due by midnight CST on June 30th, 2011, should follow APA or MLA style and be no longer than 500 words, not including references. Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to contact(a)digitalethics.org, and please write Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line. You can send questions to the same email address.

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webinar Where languages collide: How multilingual literacies make social media real
by Fred Dervin 09 Jun '11

09 Jun '11

Where languages collide: How multilingual literacies make social media real 14 June 2011, University of Luxembourg and broadcast live Media and more specifically social media exist in and through multiple languages - in keyboarding, texting, dubbing, subtitling, translating, gaming and in many other ways of media interaction. Multilingualism is key when participating in (social) media. Media literacy is build from various languages and contexts of language use. * How do social media rely on multiple languages ? * Is there media literacy without multilingualism ? * How do users bridge languages and contents in multiuser contexts ? * How does media literacy construct language identities ? An interactive debate with two leading researchers in the area of multilingualism and media literacy will address recent findings and discuss examples collected from the multilingual audience preparing and attending the webinar. Invited speakers Claire Kramsch is Professor of German and Education at UC Berkeley http://german.berkeley.edu/people/showprofile.php?id=7 Pilar Lacasa is Professor at University of Alcalá http://uah-gipi.org/ingles/gipi.htm The interactive debate is moderated by Gudrun Ziegler, Associate Professor at the University of Luxembourg http://multi-learn.uni.lu Register now for free: webinar.luxembourg(a)gmail.com

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