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Issue One of Journal of Information Policy Published Online
by Richard Taylor 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Colleagues, With apologies for cross-postings. The first issue of the Journal of Information Policy, a new, peer-reviewed online-only journal, supported by a grant from The Ford Foundation, is now available online at: www.jip-online.org The accompanying announcement press release is available at: http://live.psu.edu/story/51442#rss61 <http://live.psu.edu/story/51442> Comments and suggestions are welcome, as are submissions for future articles, which can be submitted through the journal's website, noted above. Regards to all, Richard Richard D. Taylor Co-Editor-in-Chief Journal of Information Policy Palmer Chair and Professor of Telecommunications Studies Co-Director, Institute for Information Policy The Pennsylvania State University

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Update on C&T 2011 Organizations and Social Network Sites workshop: JCMC special issue confirmed
by Charles Steinfield 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Dear colleagues, Are you studying some aspect of social network site use in organizational contexts? If so, please consider participating in the "Organizations and Social Network Sites" workshop to be held at the Communities and Technologies 2011 conference in Brisbane, Australia. We have now confirmed that after the workshop, several papers will be selected and invited for submission to a special issue of the Journal of Computer Mediated Communication. All papers will undergo a double- blind review at the journal. However, we will work with the authors of selected papers to revise their papers to increase the likelihood of acceptance at JCMC and there will be a special issue devoted to this topic. Here are the key dates: April 1, 2011: submit an extended abstract (1500 words) to Charles Steinfield (steinfie(a)msu.edu) and Marleen Huysman (mhuysman(a)feweb.vu.nl) April 15, 2011: acceptance notifications for the workshop will be sent out June 1, 2011: final papers due June 30, 2011: workshop will be held in Brisbane, Australia Please share this information with colleagues working on this topic. Charles Steinfield, Michigan State University (steinfie(a)msu.edu) Marleen Huysman, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (mhuysman(a)feweb.vu.nl)

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seeking one ir12 panelist
by Abbe Forman 20 Feb '11

20 Feb '11

Hi All, We are looking for one additional panel participant for #ir12...maybe something along the lines of gender based or LGBT based participation. Please message me "off list" if you are interested.thanks much Abbe Abbe E. Forman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Temple University abbe.forman(a)temple.edu

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Post-Doctoral Fellowship, Fuqua School of Business, Duke University
by Matthew Weber 19 Feb '11

19 Feb '11

The Center for Technology, Entertainment and Media (CTEM) at Duke University¹s Fuqua School of Business invites applications for a post-doctoral fellowship to begin Fall 2011 for applicants whose research lies at the intersection of information technology, media, and business. Preference will be given to applicants studying the social and organizational context of computer-enabled information technologies (e.g., storage, networks, databases), communication technologies (e.g., mobile phones, Instant Messaging, Web conferencing), digital media (e.g., songs, shows, videos), social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn), or other emerging collaborative technologies (e.g., Google Docs, Skype, Second Life). See the conference URL below for an illustration of the relevant topics addressed by CTEM: http://events.fuqua.duke.edu/immersion/ The Center for Technology, Entertainment and Media focuses on issues critical to firms in the IT industry (e.g., Google, IBM, Intel, Apple) and the Entertainment/Media industry (e.g., Time Warner, Disney, News Corp, Viacom) as well as the consequences of Technology and Entertainment/Media development and use for employees, firms, industries, and society. For example, business could benefit from greater knowledge about a media industry disrupted by digital technologies that are shifting how music, television, and films are viewed and distributed. Business could also benefit from greater knowledge about tools being developed by firms in the IT industry to facilitate virtual organizations in which individuals and teams can work from any place at any time through information and communication technologies. The Fuqua School of Business provides an outstanding environment for research, and topics related to technology and media are studied across Duke University, such as in computer science, information studies and information science, and sociology. The post-doctoral fellow will be expected to establish a research program and contribute to the intellectual environment of the Fuqua School of Business. He or she would work closely with Professor Jonathon Cummings (Faculty Director) and Professor Tony O¹Driscoll (Executive Director), and other collaborations with faculty at Fuqua and at Duke will be encouraged. The salary is $65,000/year plus benefits. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D. by August 2011. The post-doctoral fellowship is exclusively for recent Ph.D. graduates. Eligible candidates must not have previously held a faculty or postdoctoral position. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a brief summary of past and current research, and a statement of proposed research to Emily Xavier <emily.xavier(a)duke.edu>, Faculty Affairs Personnel Coordinator. Candidates should include the names and contact information for three individuals who would be willing to provide letters of recommendation. The candidate¹s advisor will be asked to verify the date of Ph.D. completion. Applications received by April 1, 2011 will receive full consideration. Duke University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer committed to increasing the diversity of its employees. We strongly encourage applications from women and underrepresented minority candidates.

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Final Call for Submissions - "Theorizing the Web 2011"
by Holly Kruse 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Forwarded by request: Holly ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: Final Call for Submissions - "Theorizing the Web 2011" From: "PJ Rey" <pjrey.socy(a)gmail.com> Date: Fri, February 18, 2011 10:06 am To: undisclosed-recipients:; -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please circulate this final notice: The deadline for abstract submissions is only 3 days away (February 20th, 2011). Join us at: http://www.cyborgology.org/theorizingtheweb/cfp.html Date: April 9th, 2011 Location: University of Maryland Keynote Speaker: danah boyd (Microsft Research New England) Participants Include: George Ritzer (U. of MD), Jessie Daniels (Hunter College, NYC), Zeynep Tufekci (U. of MD Baltimore County), Katie King (U. of MD). Call for Papers: The goal of the conference is to expand the range and depth of theory used to help us make sense of how the Internet, digitality, and technology have changed the ways humans live. We hope to bring together researchers (particularly graduate students and junior faculty) from a range of disciplines, including sociology, communications, philosophy, economics, English, history, political science, information science, the performing arts and many more. In addition, we invite session and other proposals by tech-industry professionals, journalists, and other figures outside of academia. Topics will include: • Identity and self-presentation: concerns of privacy and publicity on the Web • Surveillance, voyeurism, exhibitionism, and secrecy online • The blurring of online and offline, real and virtual, cyborgism and augmented reality • The Internet and the changing nature of capitalism • How power and inequality (e.g., the Digital Divide) manifest on the Web • Political activism/slacktivism online • Bodies and sexuality in the Digital Age • “Relationship Status” and Online dating • “Prosumption” (i.e., the convergence of production and consumption online) • Global implications of the Internet (or of the multiple Internets) • McDonaldization, rationalization and the Web • Intersections of gender, race, class, age, sexual orientation, and disability with respect to any of the above topics. Submit abstracts and/or register online at: http://www.cyborgology.org/theorizingtheweb/ For further inquiries, email: ttw2011(a)gmail.com . Hope to see you there! PJ Rey Conference Co-Chair Department of Sociology University of Maryland www.pjrey.net 2112 Art-Sociology Building University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742

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moral economies of creative labour: two day conference
by Helen Kennedy 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Moral Economies of Creative Labour A two day conference Organisers Media Industries Research Centre/Institute of Communications Studies, Leeds Sociology/Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change, The Open University Date: Thursday 7th-Friday 8th July 2011 Venue: Institute of Communication Studies, University of Leeds Call for Papers In analyses of the cultural, media and creative industries, considerable attention has been paid to the negative, unethical or amoral aspects of the labour process - such as the exploitation of 'precarious' workers, the self-exploitation that results from internalizing mechanisms of control, or the damaging aspects of inequality and individuation at work. While it remains vital to theorise these aspects, a number of scholars have sought to offer contrasting accounts that point to the diverse array of moral and ethical practices evident in cultural/creative labour, with workers appearing to routinely invest their work with social and non-instrumental values, ethics and politics - however 'commercialised', 'networked' and 'immaterial' their workplaces may appear to be. Such scholars draw their energies from accounts of the cultural or moral aspects of economic life (Sayer), the limits of market thinking in the cultural sphere (O'Neill, Keat), autonomist and post-Marxist approaches (Lazzarato, Hardt and Negri) and varied attempts to move beyond the ethical impasse of post-structuralist critique. Yet whether it is possible to identify any substantively 'moral', 'ethical' or critical features of this sector remains contentious. This conference therefore asks: what are the moral or ethical dimensions of creative work? What are the political outcomes of efforts to infuse creative labour with ethical intent or content? How might an ethical politics of creative labour be theorized and organized? Or, given the propensity of capital to absorb or exploit normative critique, should the prospect of 'ethical' cultural work be regarded as illusory and damaging? Speakers include: Russell Keat, Andrew Sayer, David Hesmondhalgh, Helen Kennedy, Mark Banks. Papers are invited on the following (or similar) topics: creativity, cultural work and ethics; media work and ethics; ethics and aesthetics; creative/cultural policy, politics and organizing; ethics and exploitation; 'good' and 'bad' work; ethics of caring; emotions and affective creative labour; practices and virtues; the commodification of ethics; the limits of workplace ethics. . Please email abstracts (150 words max for a 20 minute paper) to Liz Pollard e.v.pollard(a)leeds.ac.uk by Thursday 31st March. . Places are limited and successful acceptance will be confirmed in mid-April. . To register for the conference please also contact Liz Pollard. . Conference fee: £75 (waged) £30 (Postgraduates/unwaged), includes some meals and refreshments. . See http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/ and www.cresc.ac.uk for programme updates and further details. Dr Helen Kennedy BA Hons New Media Programme Leader Principal Investigator, Inclusive New Media Design, http://www.inclusivenewmedia.org/ URL: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/h.kennedy

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Call for Papers: Five Sessions with a Latin American Emphasis, 4S Cleveland, Nov. 2011
by Rick Duque 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Five Sessions with a Latin American Emphasis Society for Social Studies of Science (4S)Annual Meeting. November 2-5, 2011, Cleveland, Ohio USA. This year the 4S gathers in Cleveland, Ohio. The issues dominating the news continue to be the global economic crisis, human rights (freedom, education, health), energy constraints, climate change, sustainable development, and global terror. These inter-dependent challenges inspire much popular and scholarly attention, while advances in science and technology over the past century are often framed as both the culprit and panacea in discussions of how we arrived in these troubled global waters and how we might navigate our way out of them. As has been noted in past STS work, the manner in which science and technology are produced or translated and then employed to address challenges depends greatly on historical and national contexts. The production of knowledge about the interactions of science, technology and society is not exempt from this contextualization. Yet much like the production of tehno-scientific knowledge, STS knowledge production remains primarily EuroAmerican despite the field's attempts to broaden its conceptual perspectives. The 4S has committed to reducing the geographical and intellectual barriers that have divided and at times isolated global STS communities. To this end, the 2014 4S meeting is scheduled for Buenos Aires, Argentina in conjunction with the annual meeting of its Latin American counterpart ESOCITE. To continue the dialogue on Latin American STS (that stretches back to the 2004 Paris 4S joint meeting with EASST), the 4S Latin American section is proposing five thematic sessions for this year’s conference in Cleveland, Ohio. The general goal of these five sessions is three-fold: (1) To explore the contributions to thinking about science, technology and society by scholars in Latin America: past and present. (2) To provide scholars from around the world working on Latin American STS issues a space to showcase their investigation and findings. (3) To further contextualize how science and technology innovation, diffusion and adaptation in Latin America are antecedents for, and perhaps solutions of, global and local challenges in this region. Papers are invited to contribute to the following five thematic sessions: 1. In search of “lines of flights” in Latin America Session Organizer: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro Session Description: Reliable knowledge today is strongly identified with scientific knowledge. The overwhelming majority of scientific facts and artifacts, however, are produced in the North and arrive in their stable forms (as ready objects) in Latin America, where they enjoy the attributes of universality and neutrality (in spite of STS results). In these terms it is possible to say that modern sciences from the West provide a cage that confines the space available for Latin Americans to search for solutions of their practical problems, since it would make no sense “to do” spaces and times or propose objects outside universal and neutral knowledge – they would be “simply wrong” since Latin Americans usually lack the resources to build counter-laboratories. As an example, in the name of science the Brazilian Association of Nutritionists oppose local habits of nutrition that are found effective by large parts of the Brazilian population to nourish their children. This session indicates a special welcome to papers about programs and/or controversies involving conflicts between Western scientific knowledge and local practical knowledge. 2. Technologies of Health Care in Latin America Session Organizer: University of Manchester Session Description: Given that the STS work on Latin American’s appropriation and transformation of technologies is increasing in numbers and relevance, we propose a panel that explores STS on health care technologies in Latin America. The panel has three objectives. (1) To present the diverse academic interest and scientific productions from people working on medical technologies in Latin American realities (2) To give room to discussing the theoretical and methodological contribution that such scholars are making to the broader field of STS studies. (3) To enable a network of scholars, with similar interest, in the area of STS and medical technologies working in and on Latin America. Papers are invited to address issues such as: Approaches at studying specific medical technologies; studies addressing medical technologies in relation with social processes; and studies on power/knowledge struggles over medical or technological authority 3. Bio-technologies: Policy, Practice, & Scientific Change in Latin America Session Organizer: EHESS-CNRS, Paris, France Session Description: Biotechnology represents an important 'growth' area, in terms of scientific knowledge and publication possibilities, as well as presenting potentially applied uses. It has been suggested as an important way of improving agricultural cultivars; as a way of mapping, managing, and profiting from biodiversity; as a way of protecting a country's genetic patrimony; and as a way of creating new industrial and medical applications. This panel aims to foster discussion about biotechnology and Latin America by asking the following three questions: (1) How has Latin America interacted with biotechnology? (2) How have the policies and practices surrounding biotechnology in Latin America compared to wider, global trends? (3) How are biotechnologies part of wider processes of scientific change? 4. The Global South and the Global Cyberspace Session Organizer: University of Toronto Fifteen years ago an American poet living in California proclaimed the Declaration of Independence of Cyberspace, a world “both everywhere and nowhere,” foretelling the coming obsolescence of the “Governments of the Industrial World” from China to the United States, thanks to the rise of the new digital information and communication technologies. In the following years, those technologies have played a key role in the visions of the coming globalized world. At the same time, the Cyberspace has for the most part been a “northern” domain. This panel will explore the place of the Global South in the Global Cyberspace, as well as more broadly the relationship between ICTs and globalization in southern contexts. We welcome papers looking at how ICTs are used by different actors as tools in their own globalization projects, as well as papers looking at the increasing globalization of the development of ICTs. The latter could include the more recent outsourcing of what used to be considered “northern” high-tech work to the south, the increased role of the distributed communities of software developers (including those working on free / open source software), as the well as the more mundane importation of “northern” ICTs into the southern contexts. The papers should focus on the Global South, including in particular Latin America, considering either the south-north ties or the lateral ties between southern regions. Historical perspectives on the relationship between ICT and globalization would be highly welcome, including those looking back to the days before the 1990s. 5. Environment, Technology and Society Interactions in Latin America Session Organizer: University of Vienna Session Description: This panel converges upon research focused on both the natural and anthropogenic risks inherent when communities and environments collide. The impact and aftermaths of tragic tsunamis/floods in Indonesia, the US gulf coast, and Pakistan and recent earthquakes in Italy, China, Haiti, and Chile reminds us that both resource poor and rich communities are at risk of extreme natural forces, technological failures, bureaucratic mismanagement and root social asymmetries. In resource-poor regions, environmental and technological risks are often magnified and the resilience of marginalized communities and indigenous peoples tested often beyond their limits. To address sub-regional distinctions and offer solutions, this session invites comparative and case study papers that delve into historical and contextual accounts of colonial and post-colonial environmental and technological dialogues in Latin America. The session is particularly interested in attracting work that compares indigenous and non-indigenous techno-scientific responses to the environmental and social challenges of free-market global development like for example climate change, ozone depletion, water controversies, urban sprawl, waste management, alternative energy sources, disaster preparedness, industrial and natural toxic exposure, and the conservation of indigenous forests, fisheries and sacred artifacts and lands. Please send an abstract of a paper (minimum 250 words, maximum of 400 words) to the appropriate session organizer above. Submission deadline: March 7, 2011.

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CFP: Workshop on Cultures in Game/worlds
by jeremy hunsinger 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

distribute widely : apparently I forgot the date, my apologies for repost/xpost:( -jh CFP: Workshop on Cultures in Game/worlds Call for Participation at the Cultural Studies Association Conference in Chicago, Illinois, 24th-26th March. Location: Building S, Room 1306 Hour: March 26th, 9am and later if scheduling allows. RSVP March 5, 2011 We call the virtual environments that constitute the topic of this workshop "game/worlds." Game/worlds are 3d virtual environments developed for play and other entertainment, social interaction, cultural exploration, and virtual design/exchange. These worlds have captured the attention of researchers from around the world from a variety of disciplines. This workshop aims to improve the understanding of game/worlds as environments for cultural studies and cultural analyses. It will bring researchers together to collaborate and discuss diverse topics related to the unique problems of researching in game/worlds. We will pursue a schedule integrating workshop participants where they will discuss their work and interests related to four different topics: research methods for game/worlds, histories of game/worlds, cultures of game/worlds, and ethics of research in game/worlds. Some questions for consideration include: How can we better enable cultural studies in this sphere? How can we better enable research? How do we engage these arenas as ethical researchers? We will encourage researchers to submit papers in progress or related research, and short biographies to jeremy(a)tmttlt.com, which will be selected and distributed amongst participants before the workshop. First invitations will be offered to those who provide full papers for consideration. These papers have two purposes: first, to provide a common platform for understanding our research; second, submitted papers may be considered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation to the workshop or possibly in a peer reviewed publication derived from the workshop (these are currently under discussion). Subsequent invitation will be made based upon research and biography. If you are interested in participating, please send an email containing your information to jeremy(a)tmttlt.com This workshop is organized by Jeremy Hunsinger, Center for Digital Discourse and Culture - Virginia Tech and Adrienne Massanari, School of Communication - Loyola University Chicago, with the help of Mark Chen, Institute for Science and Math Education - University of Washington (not attending). jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.aoir.org The Association of Internet Researchers http://www.stswiki.org/ stswiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series

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Call for papers GikII VI
by Mathias Klang 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

*GikII VI, **FREedom, openness & piracy?*** 26-28 June 2011 IT University Göteborg,Sweden *Call for papers* Is GikII a discussion of popular culture through the lens of law -- or is it about technology law, spiced with popular culture? For five years and counting, GikII has been a vessel for the leading edge of debate about law, technology and culture, charting a course through the murky waters of our societal uses and abuses of technology. For 2011, this ship full of seriously playful lawyers will enter for the first time the cold waters of the north (well, further north than Scotland) and enter that land of paradoxes: Sweden. Seen by outsiders as well-organised suicidal Bergman-watching conformists, but also the country that brought you Freedom of Information, ABBA, the Swedish chef, The Pirate Bay and (sort of...) Julian Assange. We offer fine weather, the summer solstice and a fair reception at the friendly harbour of Göteborg. So come one, come all... Clean your screens, look into the harder discs of your virtual and real lives, and present your peers with your ideas on the meaning of our augmented lives. Confuse us with questions, dazzle us with legal arguments, and impress us with your GikIIness. If you have a paper on (for example) regulation of Technology & Futurama, soft law in World of Warcraft, censoring social media & Confucius, the creative role of piracy on latter day punk or plagiarism among the ancient Egyptians -- We are the audience for you (for a taste of past presentations see http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/gikii/) *Application process* Please send an abstract not exceeding 500 words to Professor Lilian Edwards (Lilian.Edwards(a)strath.ac.uk) or Dr Mathias Klang (klang(a)ituniv.se) The deadline for submissions is 15 April 2011. We will try to have them approved and confirmed as soon as possible so that you can organise the necessary travel and accommodation. *Registration* As with previous years, GikII is free of charge, and therefore there are limited spaces available, so please make sure you submit your paper early. Priority is always given to speakers, but there are some limited spaces available for students and non-speakers. Registration will be open shortly at http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/gikii/ -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang, LL.M., Ph.D. University of Göteborg University of Borås Phone: +46 (0) 31 786 55 63 Mobile: +46 705 43 22 13 http://twitter.com/klang67 http://digital-rights.net http://techrisk.se http://creativecommons.se ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Information, Communication & Society - informaworld new issue alert (fwd)
by Barry Wellman 18 Feb '11

18 Feb '11

Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2011 13:20:55 GMT From: alerts(a)informaworld.com To: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Subject: Information, Communication & Society - informaworld new issue alert Receiving plain text alerts? HTML alerts provide active direct links to publication content and enhanced layout. Sign in at http://www.informaworld.com, click on 'My Account' to edit your account settings and check the box to 'Receive emails in HTML format'. Dear Barry Wellman, Information, Communication & Society: Volume 14 Issue 2 (http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=issue&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&is…) is now available online at informaworld (http://www.informaworld.com) This new issue contains the following articles: ARTICLES E-DEMOCRACY WRIT SMALL, Pages 177 - 197 Authors: R. Kelly Garrett; Michael J. Jensen DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.490558 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… TALKING AMONG THEMSELVES, Pages 198 - 218 Author: Deen Goodwin Freelon DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.495410 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… A LEARNING SYSTEM'S APPROACH TO CROSS-CULTURAL VIRTUAL ORGANIZATIONS, Pages 219 - 236 Author: Lynn Ilon DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.502943 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… THE ACCELERATION OF MEDIA SPORT CULTURE, Pages 237 - 257 Author: Brett Hutchins DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.508534 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… DISCOURSES OF THE DIGITAL NATIVE, Pages 258 - 279 Authors: Helen Thornham; Angela McFarlane DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.510199 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… PERILS OF PARSIMONY, Pages 280 - 293 Author: Leah P. Macfadyen DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.486839 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… BOOK REVIEWS Cyberspace Odyssey: Towards a Virtual Ontology and Anthropology, Pages 294 - 295 Author: Nicholas Gane DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.539244 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… The Social Dynamics of Information and Communication Technology, Pages 295 - 297 Author: Ellen J. Helsper DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2010.539245 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… Miscellany CORRIGENDUM, Page 298 Authors: Rowland Atkinson; Paul Willis DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2011.560459 Link: http://www.informaworld.com/openurl?genre=article&issn=1369-118X&volume=14&… _________________________________________________________________ Journal of International and Intercultural Communication - Announces Special Forum on New Media/Technologies and Intercultural Communication For further information visit: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/cfp/rjiicfp.pdf _________________________________________________________________

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