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CfP Democratisation and New Media, Dublin, 18 Nov. 2011
by Maura Conway 05 May '11

05 May '11

Some AoIRers may be interested in the following: Royal Irish Academy (www.ria.ie) International Affairs Conference 2011 Democratisation and New Media Dublin, 18 November 2011 ********** Papers are sought for a series of panels addressing the theme of ‘Democratisation and New Media’. These papers, from doctoral, postdoctoral and academic researchers, will be presented at the Royal Irish Academy’s Annual Conference on International Affairs, to be held in Academy House, Dublin, on 18 November 2011. The International Affairs Conference, organised by the Academy’s Committee for International Affairs, is the premier conference on international studies in Ireland, attracting an audience of students, academics, Irish and foreign diplomats and members of the public. The Minister for Foreign Affairs gives the opening address on an annual basis. This speech has often provided the occasion for the delivery of an important policy statement on Irish foreign relations. Traditionally, papers presented at this conference are considered for inclusion in the journal Irish Studies in International Affairs, which is published annually by the Academy. Speakers at previous conferences have included the US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Mr George Mitchell, EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator, Mr Giljs de Vries, EU Commission Director-General for Trade, Mr David O’Sullivan, the President and CEO of the International Crisis Group, Mr Gareth Evans and more recently, Professor Paul Rogers of Bradford University. This year’s conference will include an address from the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr Eamon Gilmore, TD, who is the incoming chair of the Organisation for Security and Co-Operation in Europe (OSCE) in 2012. Keynote speakers in the field are also being invited. Papers are welcome on any aspect of the conference theme. Contributions which address aspects of OSCE activity in this realm or OSCE member states are especially welcome. Abstracts (of no more than 300 words) should be forwarded as an e-mail attachment to intaffconf(a)ria.ie by no later than the close of business on Friday 20th May 2011 -------------------------- Dr. Maura Conway Lecturer School of Law& Government Dublin City University Glasnevin Dublin 9 Ireland Tel. +353 1 700 6472 E-Mail. maura.conway(a)dcu.ie Skype. galwaygrrl Twitter: http://twitter.com/TNMConference Website: http://doras.dcu.ie/view/people/Conway,_Maura.html

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Fwd: [IAMCR] Consultancy on Media statistics (UNESCO Institutte for Statistics)-
by jeremy hunsinger 05 May '11

05 May '11

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Boade, Georges" <g.boade(a)uis.unesco.org> > Date: May 5, 2011 10:58:08 AM EDT > To: "Announcements(a)iamcr.org" <Announcements(a)iamcr.org> > Subject: [IAMCR] Consultancy on Media statistics (UNESCO Institutte for Statistics)- > > Please have a look on the following opportunity: > > Consultancy services on Media Statistics > for the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) > Montreal, Canada > http://www.uis.unesco.org/ev_en.php?ID=8333_201&ID2=DO_TOPIC > > Sincerely, > > Georges Boadé > UNESCO Institute for Statistics > 3333, chemin Queen Mary, 2nd floor (C.P: H3C3J7; Montreal- Canada) > Tel.: (1 514) 343-7845; Fax: (1514) 343 6872 > > > > _______________________________________________ > International Association for Media and Communication Research - http://iamcr.org > Announcements mailing list > > Join IAMCR | http://iamcr.org/about-iamcr/membership/join-iamcr-mainmenu-237 > > Follow IAMCR's updates on Twitter | http://twitter.com/IAMCRtweets > Visit IAMCR's Facebook Page | http://www.facebook.com/iamcr.org Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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CFP: iConference 2012 | Culture * Design * Society
by Jean-Francois Blanchette 05 May '11

05 May '11

Call for Participation: iConference 2012 Toronto, Canada February 7-10, 2012 http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/ The iConference is an annual gathering of a broad spectrum of scholars and researchers concerned about critical information issues in contemporary society. The iConference pushes the boundaries of information studies, explores core concepts and ideas, and creates new technological and conceptual configurations -- all situated in interdisciplinary discourses. These issues will be tackled during our four-day event in downtown Toronto, February 7-10, 2012. The conference theme is: Culture * Design * Society. Please join us for a multitude of high quality papers, posters, workshops, along with interactive alternative events that will frame the conversation. In addition to these activities, there will be a Doctoral Colloquium and an Early Career Workshop at the conference, lots of social events, and many opportunities to mingle. The iConference series is sponsored by the iSchools, a growing association of more than 30 Schools, Faculties and Colleges in North America, Europe and Asia -- however, affiliation with the iSchools is not a prerequisite, and we encourage everyone to participate. * Conference: http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/ * iCaucus: http://www.ischools.org/site/ * Last Year’s Proceedings: http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1940761 Submission types: * Papers: We’re looking for original research, six to eight pages; papers will be refereed in a double-blind process, and accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Submission deadline: Monday September 12, 2011 Notification: Early November Final version due: Monday December 5, 2011 * Posters: We’re interested in posters presenting new work, preliminary results and designs, or educational projects. Poster abstracts will undergo a blind review, and accepted posters will have their abstracts published in the ACM Digital Library. Submission deadline: Monday September 26, 2011 Notification: Mid November Final version due: Monday December 5, 2011 * Workshops: These can be half- or full-day and can focus on any area within information. Submission deadline: Monday September 19, 2011 Notification: Early October Final version due: Monday October 31, 2011 * Alternative Events: These can include panels, fishbowls, performances, storytelling, roundtable discussions, wildcard sessions, demos/exhibitions, and more. All should be highly participatory, informal, engaging and pluralistic. Submission deadline: Monday September 19, 2011 Notification: Mid November Final version due: Monday December 5, 2011 * Doctoral Colloquium: This year’s colloquium will be organized around the theme of “inquiry.” Applicants will submit a 1,000 word abstract addressing the question, “What is the nature of inquiry in the information field, what makes it similar to or different from other areas of research, and what challenges have you met in your own research in this regard?” Visit our website for details. Application deadline: Friday September 30, 2011 Notification: Late November ORGANIZERS Conference Chair * Jens-Erik Mai, University of Toronto Papers Chair * Jonathan Furner, University of California, Los Angeles Posters Chair * Paul Marty, Florida State University Alternative Events Chair * Philippa Levy, University of Sheffield Workshops Chair * Kelly Lyons, University of Toronto Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chairs * Hamid Ekbia, Indiana University * Howard Rosenbaum, Indiana University Keynote Speakers Chair * Brian Cantwell Smith, University of Toronto Publication Chair * Yuri Takhteyev, University of Toronto Social Media Chair * Rhonda McEwen, University of Toronto Program Committee * Alessandro Acquisti, Carnegie Mellon University * Jack Andersen, Royal School of Library and Information Science * Nick Belkin, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey * Jean-François Blanchette, University of California, Los Angeles * Johan Bollen, Indiana University * Geoff Bowker, University of Pittsburgh * Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology * Donald Case, University of Kentucky * Chen Chuanfu, Wuhan University * Paul Clough, University of Sheffield * Kevin Crowston, Syracuse University * Ron Day, Indiana University * Melanie Feinberg, University of Texas, Austin * Robert Glushko, University of California Berkeley * Sean Goggins, Drexel University * Sara Grimes, University of Toronto * David Hendry, University of Washington * Steven Jackson, University of Michigan * Jim Jansen, The Pennsylvania State University * Michelle Kazmer, Florida State University * Anita Komlodi, UMBC * Christopher (Cal) Lee, University of North Carolina * Bonnie Mak, University of Illinois * William Moen, University of North Texas * Bonnie Nardi, University of California, Irvine * Heather L. O'Brien, University of British Columbia * Ee-Peng Lim, Singapore Management University * Vivien Petras, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin * Kalpana Shankar, University College Dublin * Elizabeth Shepherd, University College London * Bo Xie, University of Maryland Learn more at http://www.ischools.org/iConference12/2012index/ -- Jean-François Blanchette, Assistant Professeur Dept. of Information Studies, UCLA http://polaris.gseis.ucla.edu/blanchette

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter Data Sharing Update - Thou Shalt Not Share Collections of Tweets
by Alex Leavitt 05 May '11

05 May '11

>From what I understand talking with Devin and others on our team at the Web Ecology Project, having dealt with 140kit a few months ago, Twitter didn't want any data made available regardless of it being free or anyone getting paid. I think the stipulation was that you can download and pass around your own tweets, but not others'. You can also do analytics on any data that you gather and release that, but not the actual tweets. But I'm sure Devin can explain all this in more detail. Alex --- Alexander Leavitt PhD Student USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism Researcher Microsoft Research New England http://alexleavitt.com Twitter: @alexleavitt On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Ulf-Dietrich Reips <u.reips(a)ikerbasque.org>wrote: > To me it seems the owners of Internet-based services go too far sometimes > in claiming rights to authors' content. To vary an old Internet metaphor: An > owner of a road should not be entitled to claim royalties to pictures of > cars that have driven over the road. > > Eventually it may boil down to something like this: you may publish > collections of tweets, but they will have to be stripped from any > service-specific "marks" (e.g. hashtags). > > Best --u > > > At 9:51 Uhr -0500 5.5.2011, Michael Zimmer wrote: > >> Stu- >> >> I'm not in full agreement with your starting point that tweets "yearn to >> be free". I think the nature of the platform (140 character limit, >> broadcast as one voice among millions of accounts, viewed via a live stream >> that makes it almost impossible to read every single one) also supports the >> notion that tweets are meant to be fleeting. >> >> -michael >> >> >> >> On May 5, 2011, at 9:35 AM, Stuart Shulman wrote: >>> >>> Hi Michael, >>>> >>>> We did not contest the violation warning and so we took the data down. >>>> The policy is another matter. These are tweets that yearn to be free, >>>> insofar as tweets can collectively yearn for anything: >>>> >>>> http://bit.ly/ixJVHu >>>> >>>> In this instance, I find myself liking the Facebook policy, which in an >>>> opposite manner sets data free. This may explain, in part, why the "Scraping >>>> Facebook" video seems to be getting more views than the one on harvesting >>>> Twitter tweets: >>>> >>>> http://www.screencast.com/t/iW3rvdYY >>>> >>>> ~Stu >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 10:25 AM, Michael Zimmer <zimmerm(a)uwm.edu> >>>> wrote: >>>> It appears the Twitter API doesn't care if you're selling or giving it >>>> away, as I.4.a prohibits any attempt to "sell, rent, lease, sublicense, >>>> redistribute, or syndicate access to the Twitter API or Twitter Content to >>>> any third party without prior written approval from Twitter", as well as >>>> noting that "Exporting Twitter Content to a datastore as a service or other >>>> cloud based service, however, is not permitted" >>>> >>>> http://dev.twitter.com/pages/api_terms >>>> >>>> I'm not justifying their terms, but it does appear that you violated >>>> them. >>>> >>>> -mz >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Michael Zimmer, PhD >>>> Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies >>>> Co-Director, Center for Information Policy Research >>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee >>>> e: zimmerm(a)uwm.edu >>>> w: www.michaelzimmer.org >>>> >>>> >>>> On May 5, 2011, at 7:24 AM, Stuart Shulman wrote: >>>> >>>> Twitter closed down our efforts to share post-Osama bin Laden Twitter >>>>> data >>>>> (or any other collections) for research purposes, again citing their >>>>> TOS & >>>>> API TOS. >>>>> >>>>> http://bit.ly/l8DSA3 >>>>> >>>>> To be clear: we were giving the data away, not selling it. Also, it >>>>> was not >>>>> scraped of Twitter. Rather, it was gathered using a Twitter-authorized >>>>> account and an API that lets us fetch 1500 items at a time. >>>>> >>>>> It is a shame that the now 2 million tweets cannot, for example, be >>>>> sampled >>>>> and coded using a crowd source model. Or could they? >>>>> >>>>> I am assuming the provision against sharing data does not extend to >>>>> individuals who gather it and keep it to themselves or work with it in >>>>> a >>>>> research team. >>>>> >>>>> ~Stu >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> Stuart Shulman >>>>> President & CEO >>>>> Texifter, LLC <http://www.texifter.com/> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Have you tried DiscoverText? >>>>> http://discovertext.com >>>>> *Featuring the Facebook Graph & Twitter APIs* >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers >>>>> http://aoir.org >>>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>>> >>>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ >

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New issue of Cultural Science journal published: Internet Research Methods as Moments of Revolution
by Henry Siling Li 05 May '11

05 May '11

Dear Colleages, Guest-edited by two emerging scholars, and featuring work from several continents, a special issue of the *Cultural Science Journal* is (Vol 3.2) now published, presenting important experimental explorations in a nascent, fast-changing and potentially vast field of study. The issue showcases work by Early Career Researchers (ECRs) as well as established figures, and includes work from The Netherlands, Australia, Taiwan, Bulgaria and the USA. It was co-edited by doctoral students Thomas Petzold and Henry Siling Li – while both were in the throes of final write-up and submission of their own PhD theses. The idea for the issue was born out of discussions at the CCI Symposium of mid-2010. In a context where large-scale data generation and collection is occurring across a wide range of individuals and organisations, the core questions raised by that discussion were: · How to address the need for new ways of researching and theorising human interactions in the era of the internet? · What tools are available to us? · What challenges we are facing? The overarching idea is that not only cultural phenomena but also the tools to understand them can be treated as points of evolution in a longer evolutionary process. With that in mind, the issue has included papers that combine innovative research design with a large-context treatment of socio-cultural phenomena. The issue opens with two papers by senior researchers *Mark Deuze *and *Alan McKee* (co-authored with PhD student *Ben Hamley *and* Christy Collis*) on the need for an evolutionary and interdisciplinary approach to media culture in an era of ‘the survival of the mediated.’ These are followed by 5 papers by ECRs – *Denise N. Rall, Hui-Jung Chang, Nikoleta Daskalova, Jason Tocci, and Han-Teng Liao & Thomas Petzold*. They address issues of *data and reality, geo-linguistic analysis, cross-cultural comparison, reflective use of social media and the change and evolution of internet scholarship itself*. The papers cover a good variety of internet scholarship, from quantitative to qualitative analysis, from critical to empirical approaches. Beyond the fascinating articles themselves, the publication of this special issue of *Cultural Science Journal* is another example of the CCI strategy of nurturing next-generation research leaders through practical experience in the difficult arts of editing and publishing globally networked research. Congratulations to Thomas and Henry. Check it out at: http://cultural-science.org/journal/index.php/culturalscience Henry Siling Li PhD Candidate,CCI (Z1-515) Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove QLD, 4059, Australia Tel: 07 3138 8775 Mobile: 0449 286 996 e: Slhenrylee(a)gmail.com

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Online consent forms
by Sanaz Raji 04 May '11

04 May '11

Hi: I'd appreciate any advice from AoIR members. Are there any programs that allow for participants to easily give an electronic signature for consent forms online? If not, I'd appreciate any suggestions on how to go about getting participants to submit a completed online consent form with a signature included? Many thanks for your help. Best wishes: Sanaz --- Sanaz Raji ICS PhD Scholar Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds Mobile: +44 (0) 785 4706 374 ICS URL: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/details.cfm?id=185&susername=cssr Guardian URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/profile/sanaz-raji

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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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