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CfP: Research for Action: Networking University and Community for Social Responsibility
by Marcus Foth 09 Feb '11

09 Feb '11

Call for Papers Research for Action: Networking University and Community for Social Responsibility Special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics http://www.ci-journal.net/ Submissions close 31 March 2011. Theme Following on from the successful workshop held in conjunction with Making Links 2010, this special issue of the Journal of Community Informatics will bring together contributions from a diverse range of disciplines to discuss how academic researchers and community practitioners and activists can work together to explore the use of information and communication technologies, social media, augmented reality, and other forms of network technologies for research and action in pursuit of social responsibility. The aim is to connect people with ideas, ideas with research projects, and harness new media to further inquiry into socially just outcomes in our communities. Topics Relevant topics include but are not limited to the following: Action research Civic intelligence Community engagement strategies, methods and approaches Community research partnerships for mutual advantage Ethical considerations Funding, managing and maintaining community-university research partnerships Participatory design Research impact assessment Role of university researchers in community-based research Organisation and Submission Details Authors are requested to follow the instructions at http://www.ci-journal.net/. We invite the submission of conceptual or empirical (quantitative and/or qualitative) work up to 6000 words on the special issue's theme. Deadline for completed manuscripts: 31 March 2011. Papers should follow the Author Guidelines, and be submitted online to http://www.ci-journal.net/. Acceptance notifications are sent to authors by 31 May 2011. Final revised papers are due by 30 June 2011. The special issue is scheduled for publication early 2012. Inquiries about possible topics are welcome. Submissions and inquiries should be directed to the guest editors. Guest Editors Professor Matthew Allen (@netcrit) Internet Studies, Curtin University of Technology m.allen AT curtin.edu.au Associate Professor Marcus Foth (@sunday9pm) Urban Informatics, Queensland University of Technology m.foth AT qut.edu.au Making Links 2010 workshop archive http://www.makinglinks.org.au/research-for-action/ -- Assoc. Prof. Marcus Foth Principal Research Fellow Urban Informatics Research Lab Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology (CRICOS No. 00213J) 130 Victoria Park Road, Brisbane QLD 4059, Australia Phone +61 7 313 x88772 - Fax x88238 - Office K506, KG m.foth(a)qut.edu.au - http://www.urbaninformatics.net/

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Re: [Air-L] FW: Academic work on the website 4chan?
by Gabriella Coleman 08 Feb '11

08 Feb '11

Hi, So some other work to look out for: Andres Monroy-Hernandez (and co-authors) are submitting a great article on 4chan http://www.mit.edu/~amonroy/ Mike Wesch has a forthcoming chapter that looks at the anti-celebrity ethic among Anon. Also excellent. http://ksuanth.weebly.com/wesch.html Be on the look out for Luke Simcoe and Alex Leavitt who have also done really great work on 4chan and Anonymous. http://alexleavitt.com/ http://lukesimcoe.tumblr.com/ Kris Cohen has a great chapter on trolls in his dissertation http://humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/mitchell/students.htm#Kris%20Cohen There is an edited collection The Offensive Internet that takes a look at anonymity, harassment, and offensive speech and has great pieces but generally fails to distinguish between behavior and the cultural tradition/norms at play. I have a chapter tracing the politics of spectacle from phreaks to trolls coming out soon in an edited volume on social media and it should be posted on my website when it is (there is a small bit on 4chan). A piece of mine on Anonymous will come out here in about a month: http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/tne/about I might be missing some folks so I might be back later with more. All best, Gabriella > ------ Forwarded Message > From: Iain Smith <iainrobertsmith(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2011 18:38:13 +0000 > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Academic work on the website 4chan? > > Hi Iain, > > As Matt Gold suggests, Gabriella Coleman's work would be very useful. > You can listen to her talk on the topic at the following address > http://thenexthope.org/talks-list/ and there are a series of videos at > http://turbulence.org/blog/2010/04/13/free-speech-anonymous-vs-scientology/ > > Other academic work in the area that I have come across: > > Alex Bair has a paper on Anonymous from an anthropological perspective > http://www.isu.edu/~holmrich/senior_symposium/seniors2008.pdf#page=47 > > Bill Kirkpatrick has an In Media Res post > http://mediacommons.futureofthebook.org/imr/2010/08/23/please-feed-trolls-4c > han-and-vernacular-media-policy > > Henry Jenkins has a post on his blog (from an anonymous grad student) > http://henryjenkins.org/2008/04/anon.html > > Whitney Philips is a PhD student in Oregon doing some work on trolling > and 4chan although I'm not sure if she has published any of it yet > > Hope that is helpful! > > Iain > > ----------------- > Dr Iain Robert Smith > Lecturer in Film > Department of Media, Culture and Language > Roehampton University > London SW15 5SL > Email: Iain.Smith(a)roehampton.ac.uk > > > > > On 6 February 2011 14:15, Iain Ros MacKenzie <IRosMacKenzie(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am curious to know if anyone on this list knows if there have been any >> pieces of academic work on the subject of 4chan and the phenomenon of >> anonymity on the Internet? I've been doing some hunting of my own and have >> so far only found a TED presentation by the website's founder >> > here<http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/christopher_m00t_poole_the_case_for_anon > ymity_online.html?awesm=on.ted.com_8Mmx>, >> newspaper articles, and of course the Wikipedia and Encyclopedia dramatica >> entries for the website, which, while interesting, will not be adequate (at >> least on their own) for the literature review section of my project. >> >> If anyone would be willing to point me in the right direction it would be >> much appreciated! >> >> Yours sincerely, >> Iain MacKenzie >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > -- Gabriella Coleman, Assistant Professor NYU, Department of Media, Culture, & Communication On Leave 2010-2011, The Institute for Advanced Study http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/faculty_bios/view/Gabriella_Coleman

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Fwd: internship opportunities - Experience Insights Lab, Intel Labs
by Nancy Baym 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Some on this list might be interested in this opportunity. > -----Original Message----- > From: PhD-Design - This list is for discussion of PhD studies and > related research in Design [mailto:PHD-DESIGN@JISCMAIL.AC.UK] On > Behalf Of Loi, Daria A > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2011 9:31 PM > To: PHD-DESIGN(a)JISCMAIL.AC.UK > Subject: internship opportunities - Experience Insights Lab, Intel Labs > > Candidates should send a letter of introduction, curriculum vitæ, and > a project proposal of no more than two (2) pages to Linda Illig > (linda.illig(a)intel.com<mailto:linda.illig@intel.com>). > > The earlier candidates can apply the better. Review will begin > February 15, and continue until both positions are filled. Interns > must work in Portland, OR. Relocation assistance is available. > > Description > Intel's Experience Insights Lab (XIL) is accepting applications for > two internship positions. You would join our group within Intel Labs, > Interaction & Experience Research (IXR), a multidisciplinary team of > social scientists, design researchers, technologists, and business > analysts. IXR was recently established by Intel Fellow Genevieve Bell > as a world-class, industry-leading research organization to deliver > breakthrough technologies that will bring the benefits of the ongoing > digital revolution to everyone and fundamentally change the way > computing is experienced. > > Internships are limited to currently-enrolled graduate students. > Preferred areas of study include: social sciences, media art + design, > informatics/human-computer interaction, cultural studies, and > business. Interns must be willing to relocate to the Portland, Oregon > area during the course of the internship to work on-site with the > research team, and must be eligible to work in the US. Duration > (preferably at least 13 weeks) and start date are flexible. > > Project Proposal > Candidates should include in their application a brief proposal for a > project they would like to work with us on, with relevance to one or > more of the following ongoing research initiatives: > > · Personal/Social Media. How can digital media better support > the recording, representation, expression, and presentation of lived > experience? How can we move beyond thinking in terms of "writing", > "photographs", "audio recordings", and "videos" towards something more > directly or richly experience-based? In a future of ubiquitous media > how will people want to think about, share, and re-live/re-imagine > their lives? > > · Social Participation. How does the proliferation of > increasingly connected, increasingly capable devices enable new forms > of collective action? How can people coordinate their activities to > address needs and aspirations, and effect change in their environment > at the local and global scale? What new forms of social organization > arise in the Internet age, and how will they shape the next generation > of digital technology? > > · Life In-Between. Everyday life is full of rhythms and > rituals as we move from place to place and from being alone to being > together. As we move through every-day practices and temporalities > questions arise about the relationship of ourselves to our > environments. These include: What does immersion mean in a world full > of spatial and temporal interruptions, and how do people work with or > around these discontinuities? How are seemingly coherent experiences > like affect, complexity, and privacy, actually fraught with > discontinuity and "in-betweenness"? How do massive influxes and flows > of data aggravate interaction or move us towards more immersion? > > · Trust-Risk. As the world becomes technologically richer, we > routinely connect to more people and sets of information than ever > before. How are practices around assessing risk and granting trust > changing? How are individuals becoming their own professional-amateur > experts at using financial, health, or consumer data etc., to mitigate > risk and increase reward? How do our social networks in helping us > mitigate risk? Do these play out differently between generations or > geographies? With on-line relationships gaining strength, for both > individuals and institutions, what are the practices that enable > trust? How do reputation systems operate in this realm? Are they to be > trusted? > > · Citizen Economics. While citizen science is a well > established practice, what would it mean to do "citizen economics"? > With the proliferation of user-generated datasets, are their ways that > citizens can help economists provide answers to economic problems of > public interest? Conversely, how could people use rich datasets to > challenge formal economic models, and to develop models of their > economic lives that reflect their values? With sensor technologies > tying datasets more readily to natural and built environments, are > there new ways of re-valuing the physical environment? > > · Models of Ownership. How are everyday experiences of > ownership changing? How are timeframes and interests in owning > products and services starting to change? Why and how is reputation > valued? How are shifting practices of exchange creating new states of > ownership? How do people use their individual interests in exchange to > create communities not just to circulate products and services but to > generate new forms of social capital? > > Responsibilities > > · Refining and implementing their research plan in > collaboration with the XIL team > > · Conducting primary research > > · Analyzing and reporting on secondary research > > · Coordinating relationships with vendors and study participants > > · Documenting and reporting research findings > > Qualifications > > · Applicants should be college graduates with a bachelor's > degree or higher, currently pursuing an advanced degree (master's or > PhD). > > · Experience planning and conducting research, and analyzing > and rolling up findings > > · Ability to work autonomously and respond to guidance from a > multidisciplinary team > > · Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills > > · Self starter with ability to lead a project and > independently implement an action plan > > · Ability to influence internal project stakeholders and drive > engagement and participation in your project > > · Ability to network in a large, diverse organization in order > to drive high quality results in a short time frame > > · Ability to balance personal research interests and > objectives with the needs of the research group > > · High tolerance for a dynamic work environment with rapidly > changing priorities > > · Willingness to jump in and lend a hand on multiple projects > > · Willingness and ability to travel > > PLEASE DO NOT EMAIL ME FOR THIS POSITION - DIRECT YOUR QUERIES TO > LINDA ILLIG, AS STATED AT THE START OF THE CALL. THANK YOU.

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Reminder - Call for Papers - Platform Politics
by Hands, Joss 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

* FINAL REMINDER Platform Politics - Call for papers deadline, Monday 14 February 2011* Platform Politics - Call for Papers A Multidisciplinary Conference in Cambridge, UK, 12 & 13 May, 2011 Wired recently announced the death of the Web, based on the premise that platforms are becoming the primary mode of access to the Internet. Platforms are portals or applications that offer specific Internet services, frameworks for social interaction, or interfaces to access other networked communications and information distribution systems. Additionally the prevalence of mobile computing and its operating systems, that prioritise Internet access via apps not web browsers, is intensifying this transformation, and this model is now being applied to tablet computing - and may well soon spread into general computing and computer mediated communication. These platforms are able to take advantage of the scale-free architecture of the Internet to built very large user bases and communities of interest. However, unlike the world-wide-web, these platforms are often proprietorial, have closed protocols and operate as a kind of privatised public space. As such platforms themselves are becoming the object and enabler of politics, but also new arenas of control. Therefore network politics can be seen as pertaining not only to the question of content (what questions, agendas and activities are taken up and promoted as political?) but also to the role of platforms and apps as political objects that shape the form and the structure of political mediation. Such proprietorial platforms as Facebook and Twitter have been used in the various modes of organization of political events, both on and offline, and have been discussed with enthusiasm as new tools for stimulating the democratic process, with electoral campaigns, and as organising tools to influence public opinion and create pressure groups. At the same time the proprietorial nature of these platforms and their role as an integral part of a communicative capitalism works to create a situation of great ambiguity and has not gone unnoticed in either network theory or software development. There is, however, an emerging movement of software development for activism, and non-proprietorial social networking, that places at its core the values of openness, decentralisation and not-for-profit projects - such as Diaspora and Thimbl - that are emblematic of the alternative political economies of network politics. So the question of how politics is increasingly processed through the form of software and hardware design, as well as the hacking of closed platforms and creation of peer-to-peer networks, is a pressing one. This conference thus wishes to engage with the full range of these concerns and to map out the place of software, hardware and online platforms, as a realm of both control, but also as opportunity for radical political practices, in the democratising of democracy, and in the challenge to the interpassive political economy of communicative capitalism. Hence, this conference is interested in such questions as: ? What are the platforms on which network politics takes place and what can we think of as political action in this context? ? What are the particular forms of platform politics and how can we theorize such forms and practices? ? Can we extend critical theory into such new modalities as media critique through software? ? How to think circuit bending, hardware hacking and such practices as political? ? What are the future forms and new conceptualisations of hacking that merit attention? ? Can we really conceive the openness of FLOSS (Free, Libre, Open Source Software) as a genuinely radical practice or rather another circuit in the production of communicative capital? ? Is it too late to de-monetise social media? We invite theoretical interventions, empirical papers, as well as case studies from theorists, practitioners, and activists to engage with the question of platform politics. Speakers include: Nick Couldry (Goldsmiths College, University of London), (Michael Goddard (University of Salford), Tim Jordan (Kings College, University of London), Dmytri Kleiner (Telekommunisten), Tiziana Terranova (University of Naples, LOrientale). Also with Greg Elmer (Ryerson University) and Ganaele Langlois (University of Ontario Institute of Technology) representing the Infoscape Research Lab. Please send your abstracts of up to 400 words by Monday 14 February 2011 to both organisers:joss.hands@anglia.ac.uk and jussi.parikka(a)anglia.ac.uk - acceptances will be announced by Monday 7 March 2011. This conference is part of the project Exploring New Configurations of Network Politics, funded by the AHRC and situated at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK. The projects previous events have tackled methodological and theoretical questions underpinning network politics, as well as new object oriented approaches for interdisciplinary analysis. More info on the project: http://www.networkpolitics.org ------------------------------------------ -- EMERGING EXCELLENCE: In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, more than 30% of our submissions were rated as 'Internationally Excellent' or 'World-leading'. Among the academic disciplines now rated 'World-leading' are Allied Health Professions & Studies; Art & Design; English Language & Literature; Geography & Environmental Studies; History; Music; Psychology; and Social Work & Social Policy & Administration. Visit www.anglia.ac.uk/rae for more information. This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s)only and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error and then immediately delete the e-mail from your system. Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Anglia Ruskin University. Although measures have been taken to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus we advise that, in keeping with good computing practice, the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. 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New book on digital activism: '@ is for Activism'
by Hands, Joss 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

My new book exploring digital and networked activism has just been published by Pluto Press, and I hope may be of interest to IoIR members and mailing list subscribers. Full Title: '@ is For Activism: Dissent, Resistance and Rebellion in a Digital Culture' About the book: @ is For Activism examines the transformation of politics through digital media, including digital television, online social networking and mobile computing. Joss Hands maps out how political relationships have been reconfigured and new modes of cooperation, deliberation and representation have emerged. This analysis is applied to the organisation and practice of alternative politics, showing how they have developed and embraced the new political and technological environment. Hands offers a comprehensive critical survey of existing literature, as well as an original perspective on networks and political change. He includes many case studies including the anti-war and global justice movements, peer production, user created TV and 'Twitter' activism. @ is For Activism is essential for activists and students of politics and media. About the Author: Joss Hands is Senior Lecturer in Communication, Film and Media and Co-Director of the Anglia Research Centre in Digital Culture at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. Available now in North America - http://tinyurl.com/5u2w4mh Or world wide with free postage and packing - http://tinyurl.com/6j7el85 Or in the UK direct from the publisher, with a special publishers 28% discount and free postage and packing http://www.Bit.ly/josshands Many thanks, Joss --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- EMERGING EXCELLENCE: In the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008, more than 30% of our submissions were rated as 'Internationally Excellent' or 'World-leading'. Among the academic disciplines now rated 'World-leading' are Allied Health Professions & Studies; Art & Design; English Language & Literature; Geography & Environmental Studies; History; Music; Psychology; and Social Work & Social Policy & Administration. Visit www.anglia.ac.uk/rae for more information. This e-mail and any attachments are intended for the above named recipient(s)only and may be privileged. If they have come to you in error you must take no action based on them, nor must you copy or show them to anyone please reply to this e-mail to highlight the error and then immediately delete the e-mail from your system. Any opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent the views or opinions of Anglia Ruskin University. Although measures have been taken to ensure that this e-mail and attachments are free from any virus we advise that, in keeping with good computing practice, the recipient should ensure they are actually virus free. Please note that this message has been sent over public networks which may not be a 100% secure communications Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altmanco.uk/emailsystems

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SOTU Data
by Stuart Shulman 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

We have made available Facebook and Twitter raw data from the State of the Union: http://discovertext.com/sotu.aspx The tweets are for the two days leading up to SOTU and the Facebook content goes back about 6 months. * Huffington Post (Twitter, de-duplicated) (14,476 documents, 11 MB) * Redstate (Twitter, de-duplicated) (1,571 documents, 1 MB) * Sean Hannity (Twitter) (1,170 documents, 930 KB) * #SOTU (Twitter, de-duplicated) (53,369 documents, 40 MB) * #SOTU (Twitter, full dataset) (109,601 documents, 82 MB) * Sarah Palin (mentions on Twitter in #SOTU feeds) (1,271 documents, 927 KB) * Whitehouse Official Facebook Page (Facebook) (423,358 documents, 315 MB) * Obama (Twitter, de-duplicated) (116,776 documents, 87 MB) * Obama (Twitter, full dataset) (222,441 documents, 166 MB) To what end? The automated classifiers really don't tell anything useful, thought they do make pretty pictures: http://blog.texifter.com/index.php/2011/02/03/text-analysis-during-the-2011… I guess the hope is that other users will dive into particular slices of the data and do content analytic or interpretive qualitative work that let's us know if all the chatter really does matter. Meanwhile, we are working on some better classifiers in the lab. ~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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FW: Blogpost: Is Facebook a Human Right? Egypt and Tunisia transform social media.
by Michael Gurstein 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

This may be of interest. http://gurstein.wordpress.com/2011/02/04/is-facebook-a-human-right-egypt-and -tunisia-transform-social-media/ If we see human rights as seamlessly encompassing activities and associations in both physical and virtual environments perhaps then we must begin to look at the virtual world as something other than a normless wild west which to this time has been the broad perception . Rather cyberspace should be seen as a "place" where the kinds of protections and regulatory frameworks (including existing human rights legislation) would apply equally as for off-line behaviours. It follows then that owners of platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube should be seen not as owners of the space and behaviours being manifest through their systems but rather as proprietors of virtual venues where these behaviours are taking place. Comments/critique sincerely welcomed... Best, M

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Egypt is burning and the Internet is burning with Surveillance, Spying and Tracking citizens and Internet users.
by William Bain 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Narus was mentioned in the media the other day and it's good to see it here. I think there's a danger of a kind of avenuism that could block the way forwaqrd in Egypt, and known cooperation between Jewish and Palestinian peadce groups seems a reasonable forward looking model. Regards, William

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Hypercities: Live Twitter-mapping of Egypt protests
by Sheryl Grant 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

Greetings -- Some of you may be interested in the following work, forwarded from Todd Presner, Director of Hypercities (UCLA): Hypercities is working on a live twitter mapping of Egypt protests: http://egypt.hypercities.com. Archiving features are coming soon, allowing you to search by time/place. Best, Sheryl Sheryl Grant Director, Social Networking HASTAC/MacArthur Foundation Digital Media & Learning Competition Countdown to the DML Competition Showcase<http://www.hastac.org/tag/dmlcountdown> http://www.dmlcompetition.net http://www.twitter.com/hastac

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Reminder deadline 8 Feb - CfP IAMCR CP&T Istanbul 2011
by Jo Pierson 07 Feb '11

07 Feb '11

*** Reminder FINAL DEADLINE tomorrow 8 February *** International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference 'Cities, Creativity, Connectivity' in Istanbul (Turkey) July 13-17, 2011 http://iamcr2011istanbul.com Communication Policy & Technology Section CALL FOR PAPERS The Communication Policy and Technology (CP&T) Section invites submissions for its open sessions at the IAMCR 2011 conference to be held in Istanbul (Turkey) from July 13-17. The IAMCR conference theme for 2011 is ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’. In the network society the media and telecommunication landscape of one-way broadcasting and two-way personal communication is transforming into a digitized, converged and interactive ecosystem, based on internet technologies and applications. This transformation has also driven the development of horizontal networks of interactive communication that connect local and global in chosen time. Castells labels this new form of socialized communication as ‘mass self- communication’, and sees it as a potential new medium for power and counter-power. These changes in communication technologies co-evolve with fundamental transformations in cities and urban agglomerations, linked to globalisation and network infrastructures. In his theory of urbanism Castells characterises these transformation of cities in the network society on three bipolar axes. First - functionally speaking - the network society is organised around the opposition between the global and the local. Cities as communication systems are supposed to connect both. However, as these logics are conflicting, they disrupt cities from within when they attempt to respond to both, simultaneously. Second - in terms of meaning - our society is characterised by the opposing development of individuation and communalism. Because cities are big aggregates of individuals, forced to coexist, and communes are located in the metropolitan space, the divide between personality and communality brings intensified stress upon the social system of cities as communicative and institutionalising devices. Third - in terms of spatial form - the urbanised world is also caught up in a complex interplay between the ‘space of flows’ (i.e. hybrid space of separate geographical territories being linkup electronically in an interactive network) and the ‘space of places’ (i.e. physical space within the confines of geographical locality organizing experience and activity in everyday life). Hence urban environments do not disappear into the virtual networks, but are transformed in the interface between electronic communication and physical interaction. The Call for Proposals by the IAMCR Communication Policy & Technology section takes this co-evolutionist perspective between cities and ICT as an entry point and metaphor for investigating and understanding the mutual shaping between society and communication technology. We invite papers that discuss policy concerns, regulatory developments, user practices, market trends and business strategies related to this kind of socio-technological co-evolution, framed within the overall conference theme of ‘Cities, Creativity, Connectivity’. In addition to themes related to ICT and cities, we also invite papers and proposals for panels that address the following overall themes in relation to information and communication technologies and applications, from the perspective of policy, users/audiences and industry. Themes 1. Privacy, surveillance and vulnerability Mass self-communication and other forms of interaction via social media, mobile communication, internet-of-things technologies can give more autonomy to media users. At the same time the resulting amplified self-directed control over time, place and content of communication and interaction with many more people increases the chance of negative (but also positive) consequences and implies more responsibilities. This means that the vulnerability of people engaging in mass self- communication changes and possibly increases. This notion of ‘vulnerability’ refers to issues like privacy, surveillance, trust and security. 2. Creativity, innovation and users Nowadays users are supposed to be in the driver’s seat of creative destruction - based on disruptive technologies - and of the co- creation of new media, content and technology. The lowering of thresholds for multi media content production, distribution, storage, retrieval and consumption is seen as an enabler for empowerment, especially in relation to do-it-yourself media and related craftsmanship. Various terms and concepts are used to classify the users depending on their involvement in technology innovation and content production (e.g. Nielsen 1-9-90 rule, produsers, lead users, pro-ams, co-creators, citizen journalists and warm experts). We invite papers that reflect upon, re-conceptualise and question current dominant visions and categorisations of users as innovators in the changing ICT landscape. 3. Connectivity, inclusion and media literacies Connectivity deals with access (for instance, urban versus rural), but also with use and domestication. In the changing media environment of mass self-communication, new affordances of communication tools require a rethinking of digital exclusion-inclusion. The latter links in with the notion of digital literacy and skills, with different levels of capabilities, and with the way inclusion is (not) scripted into media technologies from a social shaping perspective. Finally we also invite papers that discuss connectivity in relation to different types of online and offline communities, in particular discussing the role of virtual social worlds and social network sites in human relations. 4. Copyright, -left and -riot Digitalisation reverting cultural products to the immaterial and the internet facilitating total automation whereby digital products can be copied infinitely and distributed on a global scale are challenging the prevalent property regime in terms of cultural production fundamentally. Lobby organisations of the copyright industry are increasingly aggressive in their attempts to coerce users and fans back into the commodity exchange model and away from the prevalent gift economies online. Governments are being pressured into adopting legislation penalising copyright infringers and making ISPs liable for what occurs on their networks. Another strategy consists in collapsing piracy with filesharing and propagating a discourse that peer2peer networks and filesharing is per definition criminal and illegal. We invite papers that focus on discourses of copyright industries, innovative strategies of content producers, creative commons, audience research relating to downloading of digital copyright protected content, the consequences of state intervention for (online) privacy, or any other topic relating to the context set-out above. Submission information The CP&T section welcomes proposals for papers bearing on aforementioned and related issues by submitting an abstract (300 - 500 words). Abstracts should state the title as well as the methods or approaches used and introduce the empirical and theoretical material on which the paper is based. Besides the abstract title and text, each abstract must include title, author name(s), affiliation, institutional address and email address of (all) author(s). The scholarly presentations of accepted submissions can take place in different types of sessions: Paper presentation sessions (i.e. 4-5 presenters with each around 12-15 minutes, requiring full paper submitted in time), High intensity sessions (i.e. 6-8 presenters with each around 5-7 minutes) or Poster sessions (i.e. presenting work individually through a poster). Proposals for panels are also welcome. The proposal should have no more than five papers and needs to contain a framing text and the abstracts of all the papers. The framing text (max. 500 words excl. bio) contains the idea and goal of the full panel, how it fits in the CP&T section CfP, a listing of all paper titles with authors, and adding short bio-data of each individual author. It would also be recommended to suggest a panel chair and a discussant. The proposal framing text and the individual abstracts will be reviewed and based on this review we will accept, accept with revisions or decline the panel. IAMCR accepts presentations in English, French and Spanish. However, it is requested that abstracts and panel proposals, if at all possible, be submitted in English. By rule, IAMCR does not permit submission of identical abstracts to more than one section/working group, and this policy is strictly enforced. Submission of abstracts, panel proposals and (once accepted) full papers can only be done online through IAMCR Open Conference System (OCS) using the link to be found on the official Istanbul conference website. For more on the submission, registration, theme, location, etc., please go to <http://iamcr2011istanbul.com> or visit IAMCR at <http://iamcr.org >. The deadlines are as follows: - February 8, 2011: Submission of abstracts (papers and panel proposals will be assessed by double blind review) - March 25, 2011: Announcement of acceptances - June 3, 2011: Full papers due (max. 7500 words), in order to ensure that authors’ names and papers’ titles are included in final conference program. There is no second round of reviewing for acceptance. If a proposal is accepted, the presenter must also be registered for conference participation, in order to be included in the final program of the Section. A CP&T best paper award will be granted to one of the presenters, based on the full papers submitted in time. Additional questions on the CP&T sessions at the IAMCR 2011 conference (e.g. on panels) may be addressed to Bart Cammaerts (B.Cammaerts[AT]lse.ac.uk) and Jo Pierson (jo.pierson[AT]vub.ac.be). Section Chair: Jo Pierson / Vice-Chairs: Bart Cammaerts and Maria Michalis

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