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The Internet in the Middle East
by Paul Levinson 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

video of Lecture at St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY: "North Africa Shows the Medium is Still the Message: McLuhan at 100" delivered on 23 February 2011 - with discussion of the Internet in the Middle East http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVX5m7P0Zsg -Paul Levinson =Twice Upon a Rhyme<http://paullevinson.blogspot.com/2011/01/twice-upon-rhyme-reviewed-in-shind…> = "perfect soundtrack for a lethargic spring day" - Shindig =The Plot to Save Socrates <http://theplottosavesocrates.com>= "challenging fun" - Entertainment Weekly new nonfiction =New New Media <http://newnewmediabook.com>= <http://www.retaggr.com/SignatureProfile/PaulLevinson>

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ESN-IAMCR special session "The University in Crisis": deadline April 1!
by Francesca Musiani 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Please note that the deadline for submissions to the ESN-IAMCR special session on the theme "The University in Crisis" has been fixed to *April 1*. Please find the updated CfP below. Apologies for cross-postings. Regards, Francesca Musiani --------------------- International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Istanbul 2011 Theme: “Cities, Creativity, Connectivity” *CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO A SPECIAL SESSION ON* *"The University in Crisis* *”Tradition, innovation, and employment in Communications departments”* Organized by the Emerging Scholars Network * * * Over the past few years, students and faculty in California, Puerto Rico, Quebec, Greece and England, and other regions where the government has customarily given strong support to higher education, have responded to massive fee increases with protests and strikes. In other countries universities and students have recently been at the center of social struggles, as have communications technologies. What does this mean for the nature of academic employment and research in Communications? And how does neoliberal policy affect academic research and practice in Communications, an interdisciplinary area of study incorporating both critical theory and research directly applicable to the business world? The Emerging Scholars Network of the IAMCR invites interested scholars and advocates to submit abstracts for a round table on: “The University in Crisis: Tradition, innovation, and employment in Communications departments.” Present developments in academia in the Western world have followed a consistent trajectory of government disengagement, while institutions such as tenure and thesis-based PhDs are being questioned. Universities in the Global South are sometimes strongly supported by government and sometimes entirely private. We invite contributions that address one (or more) of the following themes: a) Historical traditions in universities and how Communications, as one of the newest disciplines in the humanities, has fit into these practices; regional differences in the nature of universities and changes affecting them; b) The role of Communications studies in studying, critiquing, alleviating or contributing to the negative effects of globalization; b) The effects of different funding sources on research and employment, as well as the role of corporations in universities and Communications departments; c) Case studies, personal ethnographies, and examples of new patterns of employment for emerging scholars; d) Possible solutions/attempts to reconcile such debates and address contemporary challenges: visionary proposals for preserving the value of higher education in a hostile political climate, the future of academic employment and the role of Communications in future universities. The Emerging Scholars Network welcomes proposals from both emerging and senior scholars. Interested contributors are invited to submit a proposal of no more than 500 words along with a curriculum vitae. **Submissions should include your name, affiliation, and email address, and should be sent by April 1 to Holly Nazar (hollynazar(a)hotmail.com) with carbon copy to Stefania Milan (Stefania.Milan(a)eui.eu) The list of panelists will be announced by the end of April 2011. -- Francesca Musiani Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation (associé au CNRS, UMR7185) MINES ParisTech 60, Boulevard Saint Michel 75272 PARIS Cedex 06 France 33 (0)1 40 51 92 77 33 (0)6 45 31 90 53 francesca.musiani(a)mines-paristech.fr www.csi.mines-paristech.fr/Perso/Musiani/

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Youtube & Flickr Statistics
by Davide Bennato 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Ciao. I'm looking a tool for making a time based access statistics of a given set of Youtube and Flickr accounts. Some suggestions? Thanks Davide -- ************************************************************* http://www.tecnoetica.it/ http://www.processiculturali.it/ skype: davide.bennato http://www.linkedin.com/in/davidebennato

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Semantic technologies and education
by Klobucar, Philip A. 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear listserv, A recent panel I was on at the Writing Across Borders conference in Fairfax, VA discussed varying levels of confidence among writing professors in automated scoring technologies. I have been working consistently in my field (Digital Humanities) over the past year, looking at advances in natural-language processing and their effect on writing curricula. Different software developers alert me from time to time to their projects in semantic technology and AI, wondering how such work may be used in education and writing. So... My request: As this field begins to mature, I'm wondering what kind of collections or archives already exist regarding semantic or language processing technology and education. My index so far seems quite minor. Is anyone on this list analyzing these developments? Thanks in advance, Andrew Klobucar Assistant Professor Communication and Media Department of Humanities New Jersey Institute of Technology Office: Cullimore 428 Phone: 973.596.5724<tel:973.596.5724> ------------------- (This message was composed by phone, so plews fpgive añu tupis.)

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Deadline for IR 12.0 Submissions
by loriken＠illinois.edu 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Just a quick reminder that abstracts for IR 12.0 are due March 1. Lori

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[deadline extended] Call for Papers - Special Issue on Agent Technology in Cyberspace, Journal of Internet Technology (SCI-E)
by Maiga Chang 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

[deadline extended but an one-page abstract is needed by March 21, 2011] Manuscript submission deadline has been extended to April 14, 2011, however, you have to submit an one-page abstract by March 21, 2011 to indicate your intention in sending complete manuscript by April 14. [Apologies if you receive multiple times, please circulate this to your colleagues who might be interested, thank you so much.] ----- SI on Agent Technology in Cyberspace Call for Papers --------- Journal of Internet Technology (SCI-E) Special Issue on Agent Technology in Cyberspace (http://jit.ndhu.edu.tw/callforpaper/CFP_S_I_on_Agent_Technology_in_Cyberspa…) Theme and Scope Many agents now exist in our life, searching agents help us find resources which we are interesting in and/or feel useful to ourselves; backup agents help us backup important data and documents daily, weekly, or monthly; spam-filter agents help us block malicious pop-up windows when we are surfing on the Internet; anti-virus agents secure our computers and data from worms, virus, and other on-purposed attacks; and learning companion agents and virtual tutor agents help us in lifelong learning process. This special issue is going to recruit those researches regarding using software agents, intelligent agents, and multi-agent systems to assist users in cyberspace, e.g. Internet, mobile networks, and virtual worlds include chat rooms, discussion forums, web conferencing software, computer games and video games. This special issue will be attractive to both Intelligent Systems and Computational Engineering researchers, more than that, this issue can be very interesting to ordinary people to know how agent technology could affect our lives in the future. The trend of using agents is becoming more discernable and we can foresee that agents exist in multidiscipline and various application areas.. Guest Editors (in alphabet order): Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada Fuhua (Oscar) Lin, Athabasca University, Canada Timothy K. Shih – National Central University, Taiwan Suggested topics: All papers related to agent technology in cyberspace are welcome. This special issue is going to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners and users of agent technology to exchange ideas, to share experiences and requirements, and to lay the foundations for agent technology in cyberspace research area. We cordially invite presenters to submit manuscript for any application domain as long as the core of the manuscript belongs to: - Practical experiences in using and applying agents - Successful cases (best practices) - Not-so-successful cases and the lessons learnt - Mature agent applications, tools and/or systems - Evaluation models for agents - Software agents in cyberspace - Intelligent agents in cyberspace - Multi-agent systems (conceptual/practical) Instructions for Manuscripts: This special issue aims to foster state-of-the-art research in the agent technology in cyberspace. Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments. Manuscripts should be written in English and strictly follow the guideline of the Journal of Internet Technology at http://jit.ndhu.edu.tw/preparation2.php. The covering letter should indicate the names of the authors and their affiliations, addresses, faxes, and e-mails. Prospective authors should submit one-page abstracts with MS Word format, .doc, electronically by e-mail to Guest Editor, Dr. Maiga Chang, at maiga.chang(a)gmail.com by March 21, 2011 to indicate your interest in sending full manuscripts by April 14, 2011. Important dates: One-page Abstract Due: March 21, 2011 (needed to be submitted to indicate your intention of submitting a complete manuscript by April 14, 2011) Manuscript Due: April 14, 2011 (extended) Notification of Acceptance/Revision/Rejection: May 31, 2011 Revised Manuscript Due: June 30, 2011 Final Manuscript Due: July 31, 2011 Tentative Publication Date: November 31, 2011 For queries, you may contact Dr. Maiga Chang (maiga.chang(a)gmail.com)

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Semantic technologies and Education
by Klobucar, Philip A. 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear listserv, A recent panel I was on at the Writing Across Borders conference in Fairfax, VA discussed varying levels of confidence among writing professors in automated scoring technologies. I have been working consistently in my field (Digital Humanities) over the past year, looking at advances in natural-language processing and their effect on writing curricula. Different software developers alert me from time to time to their projects in semantic technology and AI, wondering how such work may be used in education and writing. So... My request: As this field begins to mature, I'm wondering what kind of collections or archives already exist regarding semantic or language processing technology and education. My index so far seems quite minor. Is anyone on this list analyzing these developments? Thanks in advance, Andrew Klobucar Assistant Professor Communication and Media Department of Humanities New Jersey Institute of Technology ------------------- (This message was composed by phone, so plews fpgive añu tupis.)

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list of CMC textbook recommendations: on more book
by Nadia Dresscher-Lambertus 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Dear all, I want to add the following book on the recommendation list for the undergraduate course on CMC: A networked self, Identity, community and Culture on Social Network Sites, edited by Zizi Papacharissi This is an incredible valuable resource on social media. warm regards, Nadia -- Nadia Dresscher-Lambertus Teacher & Researcher at the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) University of Aruba J.E. Irausquinplein 4, P.O. Box 5 Oranjestad, Aruba (E) ndresscher(a)gmail.com (T) +297-5823901 (F) +297-5831770 " The spirit of Dialogue is one of free play, a sort of collective dance of the mind that, nevertheless, has immense power and reveals coherent purpose. Once begun it becomes continuing adventure that can open the way to significant and creative change." David Bohm (1917-1992)

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social media course
by Nikki Usher 02 Mar '11

02 Mar '11

Hi All: I am planning a social media syllabus for next year. I'd like to be able to draw on a few key themes that touch on the manifold ways that people are using social media in their lives, from everything for participatory content creation to uprisings. I'd also like to look at the critical/cultural side of social media, the history and origins, the political/economy side, the role of ICTs in social media's development, and - how best we call it - media effects of social media. If people have good readings to recommend for undergraduates (or that can be scaled up to masters' students), I'd really appreciate it. Better yet, if you're teaching a course on the subject yourself, I'd love to touch base. Thank you! -- Nikki Usher PhD Candidate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California mobile: 213-220-7824 home: 213-493-4204 www.nikkiusher.com

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share a list of CMC textbook recommendations
by Min Wu 01 Mar '11

01 Mar '11

I'd like to thank everyone who took the time to reply to my request for a textbook recommendation for an undergrad course on CMC. I've collected all the recommended titles and am sharing it here. Hope it will be helpful for some of you too :-) Min Wu 1. For some wonderful reference, historical, and foundation material for lectures you should look at The Network Nation: Human Communication via Computers (revised 1993, MIT press) which can still be ordered at a very reasonable price compared to most text books. It provides a lot of material on work done before CMC in many fields that was relevant as well as some ways of thinking about the technology you will not find in most places as well as all the very early work that most students never hear about. The authors were Hiltz and turoff and the original edition was 1978. The 1993 as a new chapter summarizing the next 15 years. the cost benefit analysis done in the book seems to have been forgotten and serves as a very good lecture. So does the early related work in psychology and sociology. The interesting aspect were the predictions in the issue of the Boswash times that began every chapter some of which came true and some which have not yet come true. It sets a nice tone for the students to try making predictions about what might be the next prediction beyond current systems. I forgot to mention one item i consider important. In the new chapter I did a morphological exercise to come up with the three dimensions I felt was most important for guiding the design of different forms of CMC and I have always found that very useful for pointing out to students why the nature of the group and the nature of the application (a Delphi concept from the 1975 Delphi method book) influences the design of CMC systems. These were: 1. the degree of problem complexity from the classic IS literature on the design of information systems. 2. the nature of evidence (C.W. Churchman) with the addition of "negotiated reality" form management science (marketing and behavior, non scientific evidence). 3. An extension of Thomasa's? dimensions of organizational communication types between units or "groups" in the organizations. there are sample group problems used to illustrate the differences for the first two and a sample of how voting is used very differently to do many things/objectives beyond reaching a consensus. Most students (and some faculty) never seem to realize this until it is explained to them. 2. Thurlow, C., Lengel, L., & Tomic, A. (2004). Computer Mediated Communication: Social Interaction and the Internet. London; Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications. It comes with a companion website: http://www.com.washington.edu/cmc/ 3. I recommend Conversation and Community by Lynn Cherny and Always On by Naomi Baron. 4. I would take sections of both of these for a generalized class on CMCs, but I'm personally looking at these two books for a class I'm designing on new media - they take very different approaches. Deuze, Mrk ed. (2011) *Managing Media Work*. Los Angeles and London: Sage. This one's an industry insider's take on media industries. A good collection but I'm judging it to be an "only textbook" for a particular kind of class. Lister, Martin, John Dovery, Seth Giddings, Iain Grant and Kieran Kelly. (2009) New Media: A Critical Introduction, 2nd edition. London and New York: Routledge. This one is a broader introductory text, but I'm looking at it for a sociology undergraduate class. 5. Baym, N.K. (2010) Personal Connections in the Digital Age, Digital Media and Society Series. Malden, MA: Polity Press (this one is recommended by three 6. Internet (Routledge Introductions to Media and Communications) Lorenzo Cantoni (Author), Stefano Tardini (Author)

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