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Two large post-bin Laden tweet collections can be downloaded in XML format
by Stuart Shulman 04 May '11

04 May '11

Two large post-bin Laden tweet collections can be downloaded in XML format. http://discovertext.com/osamabinladen.aspx The datafiles are samples taken from live feed Twitter imports starting shortly after the announcement that Osama bin Laden’s death. - Twitter searches for "bin laden" (647,585 documents, 505 MB) - Twitter searches for "osama" (586,665 documents, 451 MB) Smaller random samples (<50,000 - <10,000) are posted as sample datasets inside DiscoverText. Holders of valid email addresses from the following Universities have Enterprise license access to DiscoverText text analytic Web services: - Carnegie Mellon University - SUNY College at Oneonta - Tennessee State University - University at Buffalo - University of Manchester - University of Massachusetts Amherst - University of Pittburgh - University of Washington If you have a valid email address from any of these schools, there is a easy method to request your license key. https://discovertext.com/RegisterEduSelect.aspx If you do not see your school listed, please contact me about getting an educational site license. Alternately, the 30-day free trial is available to any new user. With DiscoverText you can: + Archive social media content from various sources including YouTube, Twitter & Facebook + Search for key concepts & code text with powerful tools + Remove duplicates & cluster similar comments automatically + Auto-highlight unique & offensive language + Generate & drill into tag clouds + Form peer & project networks to work on projects and tasks + Establish credentials & permissions to give you complete control over your data + Assign multiple coders to tasks giving you greater qualitative analysis + Annotate coding with shared memos to further leverage human insight & knowledge + Easily measure inter-coder reliability for accurate analysis + Adjudicate valid & invalid coder decisions + Generate reports in RTF, CSV, PDF or XML format + Archive or share completed projects online ~Stu -- Stuart Shulman President & CEO Texifter, LLC <http://www.texifter.com/> Have you tried DiscoverText? http://discovertext.com *Featuring the Facebook Graph & Twitter APIs*

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Web Sciences Master Open Seminar program for the Open Day (May 5th)
by Antoine Mazières 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi all, For the third year, we are opening applications for the Master degree in Web Sciences in Paris. The main purpose of this cursus is to allow students from the fields of sciences, design, humanities and art to perform interdisciplinary studies/researches on the Web and Internet, from academics, public and private contexts. All of you are welcome at the open day: May 5th, 5:30pm, at the Center of Interdisciplinary Research http://masterwebscience.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/open-day/ Their will be an open seminar where your presentation are welcome. So far the program can be found here : http://masterwebscience.wordpress.com/2011/04/12/open-seminar/ This master degree, “Interdisciplinary Approaches of the Web” (in french “Approches Interdisciplinaires du Web”, AIW) was built in order to understand how Internet transfrom more and more aspects of our societies, and how to participate to this evolution by building an interdisciplinary point of view. We aim at building a teaching around topics as the modelisation of Internet, interfaces design, services economy, usage sociology, information spreading, e-education. AIW Master, like all courses at CRI, are built on the principle of “formation by doing research”. Students from very different disciplines are encouraged to work together and build projects both theoretical and with concrete outputs. In order to give means to its student to realize projects, AIW is in deep relation with Fabelier's prototyping lab ( http://fabelier.org ), hosted at the same place. If you are a M2 student, you can follow tuesday's seminars (5:30pm-7:30pm) and get 12 university credits (ECTS). If you want to be full-time AIW student, you have to follow the tuesday's seminars and do 3 interships form different disciplines (humanities/sciences/engineering/art) and contexts (research/industry/association/personnal projects). If you just want to come by... you can ! Agenda of the May 5th: - meeting teachers and former students - open seminar (your presentations are welcomed ) - Q&A session - inscriptions - presentation of student club See you there, Antoine Mazières Please help us spread this event by forwarding this email. You can also join and share the facebook event : http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=124371250970825 and the related facebook group : http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36959650917 and retweeting this : http://twitter.com/mazieres/status/57838100356927489

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Postdoctoral and Associate Specialist positions for the DML Research Hub
by danah boyd 03 May '11

03 May '11

In case anyone on this list is looking for a postdoc position: Begin forwarded message: > From: Courtney Santos <csantos(a)hri.uci.edu> > > Position: Postdoctoral Scholar > UCHRI announces three Postdoctoral Scholar positions for the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub. > > Postdoctoral positions are available in the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub, at the UC Humanities Research Institute, based on the Irvine campus. The postdoctoralscholars will collaborate in MacArthur Foundation-funded research investigating national and international developments in digital media and learning. The postdoctoral scholars will be responsible for conducting research, analyzing research findings and working collaboratively with principle investigators and others involved in the digital media and learning initiative. > > Requirements – Candidates should have a Ph.D. in a relevant discipline and research experience with contemporary developments concerning youth, digital media and learning in the US and globally. Preference will be given to candidates with expertise in social network analysis, Internet research, organizational theory and/or experience with ethnographic research with young people. Evidence of collaborative and mixed methods research will also be valued. Travel may berequired in this position to perform research and meet with collaborators. > > Positions are dependent on extramural funding. Initial appointments are for one year and renewal is based on performance and is contingent on receipt of project funding. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue through application deadline of May 31, 2011. > > The appointments may begin as early as June 1, 2011 (two positions are contingent upon IRB approval) and would continue until May 31, 2012, renewable pending review and available funding. Annual salary ranges from $49,452 to $52,944 depending on experience. > > Application Procedure - Candidates should send a CV and a letter of interest (including research skills), and have three letters of reference sent to the address below: > > Courtney Santos > University of California, Irvine > Humanities Research Institute > Digital Media and Learning Research Hub > 4000 Humanities Gateway > Irvine CA 92697-3350 > Email: dmlhub(a)hri.uci.edu > > The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellencethrough diversity. > > OEOD 5272 > > > Position: Associate Specialist > The UC Humanities Research Institute at the University of California, Irvine anticipates an opening for an Associate Specialist. > > An Associate Specialist position will be available at the Digital Media & Learning Research Hub at the UC Humanities Research Institute. The Hub is a project funded by the MacArthur Foundation’s Digital Media and Learning Initiative, dedicated to supporting research collaboration and field building related to digital media and learning. The specialist will collaborate in supporting research investigating young people’s learning in relation to new media technology. Specific responsibilities include project management, data management and coordination of research for a distributed research team. > > Minimum requirements: Applications are sought from candidates with a Master’s degree or higher in a relevant field, and 2 or more years ofcollaborative research experience. Candidate must have experience with or knowledge of relevant software tools and platforms, storage issues, and metadata issues pertinent to digital libraries and/or institutional repositories. Candidate must have the ability to draft and maintain clear documentation and policies for projects and programs. > > Desired skills include experience with mixed methods social scientific research and data analysis software, strong communication skills and experience with educational and other institutional settings. The position is dependent on extramural funding. > > Initial appointments are for one year, and renewal is based on performance and is contingent on receipt of project funding. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue through application deadline of May 31, 2011. > > The appointment may begin as early as June 1, 2011 and would continue until May 31, 2012, renewable pending review and available funding. Annual salary ranges from $55,464 – 58,224, commensurate with experience. > > Application Procedure - Candidates should send a CV, a letter of interest (including research skills), and a list of 3 references to the address below: > > Courtney Santos > University of California, Irvine > Humanities Research Institute > Digital Media and Learning Research Hub > 4000 Humanities Gateway > Irvine CA 92697-3350 > Email: dmlhub(a)hri.uci.edu > > The University of California, Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity. > > OEOD 5271 > > On the web: > http://www.uchri.org/page.php?page_id=1389 > > -- > Courtney Santos, Program Administrator > UC Humanities Research Institute > Digital Media and Learning Hub > 4020 Humanities Gateway > University of California, Irvine > Irvine, CA 92697 > Phone: 949-824-3095 > Fax: 949-824-2115 > Email: csantos(a)hri.uci.edu

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introducing Maria
by Maria Eronen 03 May '11

03 May '11

Hi everyone, Let me introduce myself: I am Maria Eronen, a PhD student of Communication Studies from University of Vaasa, Finland. I am currently working with my PhD dissertation concerning how celebrity gossip leads to moral discussion on Internet forums and discussion boards. By utilizing the analysis of evaluative language (e.g. Martin & White 2005) with rhetorical perspective, and by comparing Finnish and English language online discussions with each other, I hope to answer to two questions: 1) Do participants in celebrity-related online discussions form a moral community? and 2) Do they construe moral norms by interacting? The number of hate speech and naming of other discussion participants, for instance, can be seen as a sign of unsolved moral uncertainty typical of multinational and multicultural Internet discussions. It would be nice to know if anyone else works with similar topics ;) Greetings from sunny but very cold Finland, Maria

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Learning, Media and Technology - call for proposals for 2013 guest edited special issue
by Rebecca Eynon 03 May '11

03 May '11

* Apologies for cross posting * We are currently inviting proposals from potential guest editors willing to produce a special issue of the Taylor & Francis journal Learning, Media and Technology. The issue will be published in 2013 (volume 38) on a theme of the guest editors’ choice. The team should consist of two (or more) guest editors. Applicants should have a clear vision of the purpose and content of their special issue – outlining the theme and rationale of their proposed special issue in no more than 500 words. The deadline for proposals is July 4th 2011 (the successful guest editorial team will be notified by August 1st 2011) Further details, and guidance on how to submit a proposal can be found here: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/cjemcfp.pdf Many thanks Rebecca Eynon, Martin Oliver, Neil Selwyn LMT Editorial team

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Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award <ASIST SIG-SI>
by Pnina Shachaf 03 May '11

03 May '11

Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award Call for nomination for the 2010 Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award The Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG-SI) is seeking nominations for an award for the best paper written by a doctoral student on a topic informed by social informatics. Nominations may include a published paper in a peer reviewed journal during 2010 or a conference paper presented in 2010. The author or authors will present their paper and receive a $500 cash award at the 2011 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) in New Orleans in October, 2011. Nominations letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum (hrosenba(a)indiana.edu) or Pnina Shachaf (shachaf(a)indiana.edu) by June 30, 2011 and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable. Winners will be notified by July 31, 2011. ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics

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Final Call for Participation WikiSym 2011
by Felipe Ortega 03 May '11

03 May '11

FYI, Still on time to send posters, demos and works for Doctoral Symposium of WikiSym 2011. Best, Felipe. ==================== CALL FOR PAPERS - WikiSym 2011 - 7th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration October 3-5, 2011 | Mountain View, California http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011 The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym) is the premier conference on open collaboration and related technologies. In 2011, WikiSym celebrates its 7th year of scholarly, technical and community innovation in Mountain View, California at the Microsoft Research Campus in Silicon Valley. Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details are available on the conference website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/submitting:start * Posters, Demos: May 13 * Doctoral Symposium: May 20 * Notification of Acceptance: June 17 The conference program will include a peer-reviewed research track, as well as workshops, a doctoral consortium, invited keynotes and panel speakers. Evening social events will follow, because wiki folks know the value of a good party for sparking conversation and collaboration. As always, Open Space, a participant-organized track will also run throughout the conference. Many of the most innovative technology companies in the world have a presence in Mountain View, which makes it an ideal venue for hatching new ideas and thoughtful debate about collaborative computing among technologists, researchers, educators, and activists. Topics appropriate for research submissions include all aspects of the people, tools, contexts, and content that comprise open collaboration systems. For example: * Collaboration tools and processes * Social and cultural aspects of collaboration * Collaboration beyond text: images, video, sound, etc. * Communities and workgroups * Knowledge and information production * New media literacies * Uses and impact of wikis and open resources in specific fields, such as - Education/Open Educational Resources - Law/Intellectual Property - Journalism - Art - Science - Publishing - Business - Entertainment In addition to research and development topics, WikiSym also invites innovative proposals for wiki-style art and performance. Felipe Ortega, Conference Chair University Rey Juan Carlos http://felipeortega.net/ Andrea Forte, Program Chair Drexel University http://www.andreaforte.net/ -- José Felipe Ortega Soto | Researcher & Project Manager Tel: (+34)-91 488 8105 | Fax: (+34)-91 664 7494 | GSyC/Libresoft - U. Rey Juan Carlos jfelipe _at_libresoft_dot_es | Edif. Departamental II - Office 106 http://libresoft.es/ | c/Tulipán s/n 28933 Móstoles (Madrid)

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Preregistration MEA Convention June 23-26, 2011 University of Alberta, Canada
by Janet Sternberg 02 May '11

02 May '11

Preregistration Announcement Media Ecology Association Twelfth Annual Convention June 23-26, 2011 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada http://mea2011.org http://www.media-ecology.org Preregistration is now open for the Twelfth Annual Convention of the Media Ecology Association, to be held June 23 to 26, 2011, at the University of Alberta, in Edmonton, Canada. 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. Plenaries and Presentations Plenary speakers and panelists include Douglas Barbour, Richard Cavell, Gary Gumpert, Elena Lamberti, Robert Logan, Joshua Meyrowitz, Mark Poster, B.W. Powe, and Mark Wrathall. Special Convention events include: * Opening reception and official opening of Spaces&Places:VisioningMcLuhan@100, an art exhibit at Latitude 53 Gallery * Unveiling of Wave, an art and media installation * Highlands Walking Tour (including a view from the street of the McLuhan birthplace (registration required) * Film happening, Being In the World, with a Q and A following with Mark Wrathall * An urban virtual treasure hunt, "QRcodes and Geocaching in downtown Edmonton" * Double-feature film screening of McLuhan's Wake (2002) and the NBC documentary The Medium Is the Massage (1967) The full schedule of sessions is here: http://mea2011.org Convention Registration The online registration system for the Convention is open. You will need a credit card to register online. Note that you must be a member of MEA in order to present a session at the Convention. The online registration system is here: https://www.epay.ualberta.ca/uaecprd/conference/welcome.do?confId=1327&shor… Membership Dues and Convention Fees Note: You must be a member of MEA in order to present a session at the Convention. 2011 Membership Dues (CAD$) * $80 regular membership * $35 student membership * $120 sustaining membership (regular membership plus convention preregistration, contact treasurer(a)media-ecology.org) * $160 institutional membership (includes one designated convention preregistration, contact treasurer(a)media-ecology.org) 2011 Convention Fees (CAD$) * $40 regular member preregistration (early bird) * $50 regular member onsite registration (after May 15, 2011) * $30 student member registration * $100 non-member registration * $35 non-member student registration (No difference in early bird and regular/onsite registration for students) Please note that the refund deadline is June 10, 2011. Any requests for refunds after this date will incur a fee of CAD$10. Accommodation for MEA 2011 Accommodation is the responsibility of participants. Hotel accommodations and rooms at the university residence are available. We have arranged for the following room rates for MEA registrants staying at Campus Tower Suites Hotel between June 23 to 26, 2011. The block of rooms at this price will be released on May 24, 2011, so you must reserve by then to receive the rates indicated. The rates are in Canadian dollars, per night, based on either singular or double occupancy. Campus Tower Suites Hotel http://www.campustower.com 11145 87 Avenue, Edmonton, Alberta T6G 0Y1 Tel: 780-439-6060 / Fax: 780-433-4410 / Res: 877-221-3989 Superior Suite (1 Queen bed) CAD$133 Premium Studio Suite (1 Queen bed) CAD$137 Premium Suite (1 Queen bed) CAD$154 Residence accommodation is also available at the University of Alberta: Lister Hall (University of Alberta residence) 1-050 Lister Centre University of Alberta 780-492-4242 Lister Hall rates per night range between CAD$49.00 and CAD$169.00. More Convention Information and Contacts http://mea2011.org http://www.media-ecology.org

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IR-12: Communication tools (FB, Twitter and Website)
by Karine Nahon 02 May '11

02 May '11

Hello everyone, We just launched out the Facebook page<http://www.facebook.com/pages/Internet-Research-IR-120/190300941011282> for IR-12 as a communication tool for the conference. We will also update regularly the twitter account http://twitter.com/ir12 and the website http://ir12.aoir.org/. Hopefully these tools will facilitate the participation and discussions around IR-12. 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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CALL FOR WORKS - DeSForM 2012:MEANING.MATTER.MAKING
by Anne Galloway 02 May '11

02 May '11

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce DeSForM 2012:MEANING.MATTER.MAKING, the 7th International Workshop on Design & Semantics of Form & Movement, to be held 18-20 April, 2012, at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. http://desform2012.schoolofdesign.ac.nz/ DeSForM was conceived as “the first international conference seeking to present current research into the nature, character and behaviour of emerging new typologies of co-designed, content rich, connected and intelligent objects within adaptive systems.” (http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/scd/research/desformhome/desformwh…) It is a global conference with truly international participation, as witnessed in the recent success of the 2009 DeSForM conference in Taipei, Taiwan and in 2010 in Lucerne, Switzerland. DeSForM 2012:MEANING.MATTER.MAKING will continue this tradition of diversity and exchange, bringing its sphere of influence for the first time to the Southern Hemisphere. DeSForM 2012 workshop and conference will be hosted by Victoria University School of Design in Wellington, New Zealand from 18th–20th April 2012. In reaching out to the many innovative schools, businesses, designers, researchers and cultural organizations in the Southern Hemisphere and beyond, DeSForM 2012:MEANING.MATTER.MAKING will grow the organisation’s community, offering new horizons, insights and audiences. The School and its location in New Zealand’s ‘Creative Capital’ embodies many of the ideals behind DeSForM as a pioneering forum for exchanging knowledge and ideas, unburdened by tradition and accepted ways of doing things. Our South Pacific location has inspired a commitment to digital technologies, which offer real opportunities to overcome distance with new forms of communication, interaction and enhanced experiences. As a result the city has a colourful and growing community of pioneers in digital design, fabrication and distribution, game and interface designers, software specialists, technology developers, usability experts, social networking service providers, film makers and special effects researchers, as exemplified by the internationally recognized leader, Weta Digital. Against this backdrop, DeSForM 2012:MEANING.MATTER.MAKING invites participation from practice-led researchers and research-led practitioners from academia and industry, as well as representatives from the many disciplines, perspectives and interpretations integral to the design and semantics of form and movement. Extended abstracts for proposed research papers, performances and demonstrations are due 19 August, 2011. More information and submission details are available on the conference website. http://desform2012.schoolofdesign.ac.nz/call-for-works/ We look forward to receiving your submissions and to seeing you in Wellington in 2012! Kind regards, DeSForM 2012 Committee -- Dr Anne Galloway Deputy Head, School of Architecture Senior Lecturer, School of Design Victoria University of Wellington Wellington, New Zealand office +64 04 463 6230 mobile +64 027 263 6393 www.designculturelab.org

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