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by-lines for online data
by Mark D. Johns 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

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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Looking for reference about babies having a digital identity before they are born
by Sarah Stewart 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Hello everyone I have to give a lecture to student midwives about the role that social media plays in pregnancy and childbirth, and the effect it has on their midwifery practice. I read somewhere (but I cannot remember where) that babies have a digital identity by the time their mother is 6 months pregnant. Can anyone point me to that reference? Thank you very much, Sarah -- Sarah Stewart EdD Student and Consultant http://sarah-stewart.blogspot.com Skype: sarah.m.stewart Twitter: SarahStewart +64 27 7379998

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Research fellowship positions, Curtin University
by Matthew Allen 14 Jul '11

14 Jul '11

Each year Curtin university appoints a small number of research fellows to the university including both early-career and senior positions. The application round for 2012 Curtin research fellowships is now open. The process of application needs to involve the department which would house the Fellow. The Department of Internet Studies would be delighted to support applications by researchers seeking to gain a position at Curtin University to conduct projects within the broad field of internet research (including related topics such as gaming, digital media and ranging from theoretical to applied work). The Department is one of the leading centres of Internet research in Australia. With 7 staff, including a senior research fellow appointed in 2010, and more than 15 doctoral students, the department has a strong and active research culture. The Department is affiliated with the soon-to-be-established Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin and is part of the School of Media, Culture and Creative Arts. Please visit http://research.curtin.edu.au/research-funding/fellowships.cfm for more information on the fellowships and contact me directly to discuss your application. Professor Matthew Allen Head of Department, Internet Studies, Curtin University Life member, Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Fellow, Australian Learning and Teaching Council Visit me at: http://netcrit.net. Follow me @netcrit v: +61892663511 f: +61892663166 CRICOS Provider Code 00301J (WA), 02637B (NSW)

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FW: [New post] A Data Divide? Data "Haves" and "Have Nots" and Open (Government) Data
by michael gurstein 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

<http://gurstein.wordpress.com/author/gurstein/> A <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2011/07/11/a-data-divide-data-%e2%80%9chaves% e2%80%9d-and-%e2%80%9chave-nots%e2%80%9d-and-open-government-data/> Data Divide? Data "Haves" and "Have Nots" and Open (Government) Data Michael <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/author/gurstein/> Gurstein | July 11, 2011 at 09:45 | Tags: Digital <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=digital-divide> Divide, Digital <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=digital-inclusion> Inclusion, effective use <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=effective-use> , Information <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?tag=information-use> Use, 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=33791888> Practice, Open Data <http://gurstein.wordpress.com/?cat=34970388> | URL: http://wp.me/pJQl5-7u The Data Divide thus would be the gap between those who have access to and are able to use Open (Government) Data <http://opengovernmentdata.org/> and those who are not so enabled. <http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=gurstein.wordpress.com&blog=10925955& post=464&subd=gurstein&ref=&email=1> http://wp.me/pJQl5-7u 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=L2e.%5D%3D1%2B%255N_Owtp-lY2PX9F.j8d4%3FmM%2B.tsuE_B0Jz gyi%2CXj> | Publish text, photos, music, and videos by email using our Post by Email <http://support.wordpress.com/post-by-email/> feature. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://subscribe.wordpress.com !DSPAM:2676,4e1b30fa40301941285118!

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FYI webinar SAS text analytics Three real-world examples of text analytics
by Peter Timusk 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

I use SAS software in quantitative statistics at school and now at work. I am not paid to promote it. This may interest those of you how look at text. http://blogs.sas.com/sascom/index.php?/archives/1078-Three-real-world-exampl es-of-text-analytics.html Thousands of people have participated in this year's Applying Business Analytics Webinar Series, <http://blogs.sas.com/sascom/exit.php?url_id=8067&entry_id=1078> and now is your chance to get in on it too! Whether you are able to join in live on July 20 or view later on demand, you'll want to catch the complimentary Webinar, "Text Analytics - An Inside Perspective <http://blogs.sas.com/sascom/exit.php?url_id=8068&entry_id=1078> ," featuring real-world case studies from the Financial Services, Manufacturing and Government sectors. In each case study, the business need, pragmatic approach and adoption considerations are discussed - with insight as to how it can be tested within a business. In addition to the case studies, the webinar features Denise Bedford, Goodyear Professor of Knowledge Management at Kent State University. Bedford has held positions at NASA, The World Bank, Intel Corporation, Stanford University, the American Mathematical Association, the University of California, University of Michigan and University of Southern California. We invite you to join Denise and learn about: * Ways to improve performance by creating efficiencies in how information is defined, organized and accessed. * The organizations' various business needs, strategic approaches and adoption considerations. * Strategies for interpreting, mining and structuring information to reveal hidden insights in document. So tune in next week to learn how text analytics can help free your organizations from content chaos to create efficiencies in how information is defined, organized and accessed. Peter Timusk at571(a)ncf.ca ptimusk(a)sympatico.ca web: www.crystalcomputing.net blogs www.cyborgcitizen.org

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Research Request: policy design and service design case studies and theses
by Ken Friedman 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Dear Colleagues, This is a research request seeking policy design and service design case studies and theses If any of you has completed examples of policy design and service design case studies, I would like to have them in digital form. I'd also welcome a citation if you don't have the actual document. In addition, I welcome project reports and other kinds of documents. Anything that sheds light on these issues is welcome. I also seek PhD thesis projects in policy design or service design. I'll welcome completed copies in PDF format or citations. Please send these to me offlist at: kenfriedman(a)groupwise.swin.edu.au I will collate all information sent to me and circulate a compilation next week. Yours, Ken Professor Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | University Distinguished Professor | Dean, Faculty of Design | Swinburne University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia | kenfriedman(a)groupwise.swin.edu.au | Ph: +61 3 9214 6078 | Faculty www.swinburne.edu.au/design

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Preliminary Call for Papers MEA Convention June 7-10 2012 Manhattan College, Riverdale, New York
by Janet Sternberg 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

Preliminary Call for Papers The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association June 7-10, 2012 Manhattan College Riverdale, New York http://www.media-ecology.org "The Crossroads of the Word" Deadline for Submissions: November 1, 2011 Times Square, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue in New York City, has often been referred to as the "Crossroads of the World." In fact, New York City itself can be considered a crossroads of the world. New York Harbor is home to Ellis Island, the main point of entry for the "huddled masses" who came to the United States in search of a better life, particularly as part of the "great immigration" of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and who became part of America's great "melting pot." The city's five boroughs are home to the most diverse population of any city on earth, with virtually every culture and language group represented. New York is also a crossroads of the media/mass media world: home to the U.S. corporate headquarters of almost all of our major multinational media conglomerates; home to Silicon Alley; and the indisputable news and information capital of the United States. It must be added, too, that the way we understand, analyze, and make sense of our world and all things in it is through our human language, in its spoken, written, and print forms. That is to say, our world is all about words. And at this juncture in the history of human civilization, in which people speak of a "post-literate culture," after media ecologist Walter J. Ong, S. J., subtitled his book Orality and Literacy "the Technologizing of the Word," and media ecologist Jacques Ellul wrote The Humiliation of the Word, we can perhaps say that we stand at a "Crossroads of the Word." The Thirteenth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association invites papers, thematic panels, roundtable discussion panels, creative projects, performance sessions, and other proposals exploring, extending, and interpreting the convention theme. We are interested in submissions that address matters of intercultural, transcultural, and transnational communication and mass communication, immigrant cultures, diasporas, and languages. And we are interested in submissions that address our digital age and future, the possibility that we are living through the incunabula of a digital revolution, and what all of this might mean for the future and the conservation of the word. In addition, as 2012 marks the centenary of the birth of both Ong and Ellul, we greatly welcome submissions in honor and celebration of them and their works. And, as always, submissions on any topic of interest to Media Ecology are also welcomed. Submissions should be sent, as e-mail attachments in Microsoft Word, rich text, or plain text format, to the Convention Coordinator: Thom Gencarelli (thom.gencarelli(a)manhattan.edu) A maximum of two submissions per author will be accepted. Authors who wish their papers to be considered for the Top Paper or Top Student Paper award must indicate that on their submissions. All submissions will be acknowledged. Campus housing will be available. Deadline for submissions: November 1, 2011. Additional details will be forthcoming at http://www.media-ecology.org

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Departmnet of Communication hire
by Rivki Ribak 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

The Department of Communication at the University of Haifa invites outstanding candidates to apply for an open-rank position.* The department offers single and double major B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. programs in diverse fields of theoretical communication studies to over 400 students at any one time. We are particularly interested in candidates with a record of publications in the fields of health communications, new media, or strategic communication (public relations or advertising). However, excellent candidates in other fields of communication research will be considered. Ph.D. in communication and post-doctoral experience are advantages. Only candidates with their Ph.D. in hand, or candidates expected to complete their doctoral studies by October 2011, will be considered. Applications for the position should include: 1) Curriculum vitae, including academic biography, research interests and future plans 2) Description of potential courses 3) List of 3 references (Please do not send letters until requested by the committee.) 4) Copies of selected recent publications Please submit the above materials by October 1, 2011 to: Dr. Ouzi Elyada, Chair ( <mailto:Ouzi@com.haifa.ac.il> ouzi(a)com.haifa.ac.il) Department of Communication, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, 31905, Israel Candidates who pass the initial requirements will be informed by October 20, 2011. We expect a final decision by the end of January. The appointment will begin on October 1, 2012. * Pending funding. Rivka Ribak, Ph.D. Department of Communication University of Haifa, Israel, 31905 Phone: +972-4-8249602 Fax: +972-4-8249120 http://hevra.haifa.ac.il/com/faculty-panorama/rivki.htm

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nice Chronicle story (U.S.) featuring AoIR-ists
by Charles Ess 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

<http://chronicle.com/article/Harvards-Privacy-Meltdown/128166/?sid=at&utm_s ource=at&utm_medium=en> - including Elizabeth Buchanan (chair of our ethical guidelines committee), Alex Halavais (current V-P, soon to be Prez), and Michael Zimmer. Congrats, dear colleagues! - 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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First CfP: Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC2011) 'Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators'
by "Венцислав Жечев (Ven tsislav Zhechev)" 13 Jul '11

13 Jul '11

======================================== CALL FOR PAPERS –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– "Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators" Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2011) http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– The EuroMatrixPlus Project (http://www.euromatrixplus.eu) the Centre for Next Generation Localisation (CNGL) (http://cngl.ie) the Directorate-General for Translation (DGT, European Commission) (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation) and Autodesk (http://www.autodesk.ch) are co-organising the Third Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop (JEC 2011), entitled “Bringing MT to the User: Research Meets Translators”. The JEC 2011 workshop will be hosted by the Directorate General for Translation (DGT) (http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/translation) in Luxembourg on October 14th, 2011. In keeping with previous JECs, the format of the workshop is highly interactive with research paper presentations, invited talks and a panel discussion. Premise: Recent years have seen a revolution in MT triggered by the emergence of statistical approaches and improvements in translation quality. MT (rule-based, statistical and hybrid) is now available for many languages for free (on the Web) or for a fee and MT technologies are making strong inroads into the corporate localisation and translation industries as well as large public and administrative organisations dealing with multi-lingual content. Open-source MT solutions are competing with proprietary products. Increasing numbers of (professional) translators are post-editing TM/MT output. MT is a reality for internet users accessing and gisting content which is not available in their native language. At the same time, there has been a degree of disconnect between mainstream academic research and conferences on MT, often (and rightly so) focusing on algorithms to improve translation quality, and many of the important practical issues that need to be addressed to make MT maximally useful in real translation and localisation workflows, with human translators and users in general. Objectives: JEC 2011 brings together translators, users, academic and industrial MT researchers and developers to discuss issues that are most important in real world industrial settings and applications involving MT, but currently under-represented in research circles. Call for Research Papers: We solicit full research papers with industry, academic and/or user background to highlight real-world issues that need to be tackled by new research and recent advancements that improve translation quality, as well as novel and successful methods for the integration of machine translation with translation memories, localisation workflows, human translators and users. Papers should present clearly identifiable problem statements, research methodologies, measurable outcomes and evaluation. Papers are reviewed anonymously. Papers should follow the submission guidelines listed on the workshop website (http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011/Call_for_Papers.html) with the maximum length being 10 pages in A4 format, including references. Please, do not include your name in the paper text and avoid overt self-references to facilitate the blind review process. If a paper is accepted, at least one author will have to register for JEC 2011 and travel to Luxembourg to present the paper. Workshop proceedings will be made available in hard-copy by DGT, and will be available for download on the JEC 2011 website. Publication of selected revised and expanded papers from JEC 2010 and JEC 2011 in journal or book form is currently under negotiation. Topics include but are not limited to: • Human Factors and MT • Introducing MT into large organisations • MT and language technologies for SMEs • MT/TM in Localisation/Translation and Content Management Workflows • MT/TM Combinations • Post-Editing Support for MT • MT and Monolingual Post-Editing • Smart Learning from Post-Edits • Interactive MT • MT Confidence Scores and Post-Editing Effort • Training Data for MT: Size, Domain and Quality • Data Cleanup and Preparation for MT • Meta-Data Mark-Up/Annotation and MT • Terminology and MT • Interoperability and Localisation/Translation Workflows • Standards and Localisation/Translation Workflows • MT Evaluation • Costing/Pricing MT • MT for Free/for a Fee • Rule-Based, Statistical and Hybrid MT • Linguistic resources for MT • Computing Resources for MT • MT in the Cloud • MT and the Crowd • MT, Games, Video and TV Localisation • (Machine) Translation in Context • Social Aspects of (Machine) Translation: Access to Information as a Human Right Deadlines (all 23:59 GMT -11): 15th August: Submission deadline for papers 12th September: Announcement for submitted papers 30th September: Camera-ready deadline for accepted papers 14th October: Workshop takes place at DGT in Luxembourg Workshop Chair: Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Workshop Senior PC: Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Andreas Eisele (DGT) Philipp Koehn (Univ. of Edinburgh) Josef van Genabith, Declan Groves (CNGL) Program Committee: Submitted papers will be reviewed by a joint industry–academia committee. Industry members: Pedro L. Diez-Orzas (Linguaserve), Tony O’Dowd (Xcelerator), Marc Dymetman (XRCE), Andreas Eisele (DGT of the EC), Daniel Grasmick (Lucy Software), Michael Jellinghaus (European Parliament), Will Lewis (Microsoft), Yanjun Ma (Baidu), Spyridon Pilos (DGT of the EC), Alexandros Poulis (European Parliament), Johann Roturier (Symantec), Andy Way (Applied Language Solutions), Ventsislav Zhechev (Autodesk) Academic members: Michael Carl (CBS, Denmark), Jinhua Du (Xi’ian Univ. of Technology), Josef van Genabith (CNGL, EM+), Declan Groves (CNGL), Philipp Koehn (EM+), Philippe Langlais (University of Montreal), Alon Lavie (CMU), Ruslan Mitkov (RIILP, UK), Lucia Specia (RIILP, UK), Eiichiro Sumita (NICT, Japan), John Tinsley (CNGL, PLuTO), Hans Uszkoreit (DFKI, Germany), David Vilar (DFKI, Germany), Martin Volk (UZH, Switzerland) For inquiries please contact Dr. Ventsislav Zhechev at emcnglworkshop(a)me.com For up-to-date information, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2011 For information about the First Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://www.euromatrixplus.eu/cngl2009 For information about the Second Joint EM+/CNGL Workshop, please visit http://web.me.com/emcnglworkshop/JEC2010

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