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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 77, Issue 3
by Maria Chiara Pettenati 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Dear CarrieLynn I don't know if it can help, but there is a study published by one of my PhD students which can be related to this topic. Antonio Fini, The Technological Dimension of a Massive Open Online Course: The Case of the CCK08 Course Tools The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning (www.irrodl.org) November – 2009 http://www.irrodl.org/index.php/irrodl/article/viewArticle/643/1402 best, Maria Chiara Pettenati -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Maria Chiara Pettenati - Researcher University of Florence - Electronics and Telecomm. Dept. Telematics Laboratory Via S. Marta, 3 50139 FIRENZE - ITALY Tel. ++39 055 4796536 - Mob. ++39 329 6509041 http://knowbie.wordpress.com/about/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2010 07:49:21 -0800 (PST) From: "CarrieLynn D. Reinhard" <carrie(a)ruc.dk> To: AOIR <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Teaching about multiplatform communication Message-ID: <810575.86093.qm(a)web55602.mail.re4.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > I'm thinking about creating a course on multiplatform communicating, or the rhetoric of the interface. The goal would be to help students understand how > the way you engage with the media technology impacts your understanding of the information being communicated, and what it says about who the intended > users are. The idea would be for them to develop multiplatform communication > projects, so understanding the role of the interface in content creation and dissemination. So it could draw in literature from various fields: > psychology of perception, film studies, HCI, social informatics, etc. If anyone has any > ideas for good literature, then I would be glad to hear it. CarrieLynn D. Reinhard, PhD Virtual Worlds Research Group http://worlds.ruc.dk/ Roskilde University Department of Communication, Business, and Information Technologies Building 43.3 Kommunikationsvej 1 DK-4000 Roskilde mbl: + 2280 5128

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Re: [Air-L] Online role-playing community study
by Vili Lehdonvirta 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Dear Fabien, Welcome to study online games. My suggestion would be to re-think your approach, as it seems to rest on a dichotomous "real world" vs. "virtual world" notion, which in my opinion is fundamentally flawed (http://gamestudies.org/1001/articles/lehdonvirta ). You state that your goal is "to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual environment". But what is the "real world" against which you are comparing? The parliamentary politics of France, the politics of the world of finance, or the politics of game research are all different, yet all part of the "real world". It is obvious from the start that you will find the politics of a given online game to differ from your chosen point of comparison in some respects, and resemble it in others. Unless this online game is an important research subject in itself (e.g. because it engages so many people), such findings may not be very useful. My advice would be to look instead for a theoretical research question from the literature of your discipline, and then see if this theoretical question can be addressed with a study pertaining to the online game. Write your research question clearly. Good luck! Vili Lehdonvirta University of Tokyo / HIIT http://www.hiit.fi/~vlehdonv/ p.s. please do not worry about your English. > Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 21:52:27 +0100 > From: "Fabien Lorc'h" <fabien.lorch(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Online role-playing community study > Message-ID: > <AANLkTinEb9QA+OzfZjfL4Us8g99ZQPh5b6vn6K+72XfK(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Ladies and Gentlemen, > > I am writing to you to present you my Master's dissertation subject . > > I am currently a student in the Master's program in Political > Science at the > University of Rennes 1 in France. > > For this Masters, I have decided to study an online role-playing > community : > The Renaissance Kingdoms: http://www.renaissancekingdoms.com/ > > > The purpose of this study is to make a political analysis of this > community, > in a global meaning and thencommunity considered as a whole, through > an > analysis of some data : > > - Register/Leave the game > - Identity (virtual or real, sociological analysis of the players (I > am > planing to get a questionnaire for this) > - Internal regulation and discipline (almost all institutions between > characters having been planned by players) > - Independence of this community with national culture and history > (the game > is in an alternate history of the 15th century in Europe) > > The goal of this study is to think in an Aristotelian sense of > Politics, and > to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual > environment. > It is also to consider if the community has a clear particularity. > > I would love to receive your help on possible research lines that > maybe I > have forgotten to study, or if you have ideas to concerning my > approach. > > If you have books or articles on this, please don't hesitate to > contact me > with suggestions. > > Thank you so much for your time and attention. > > -- > Fabien Lorc'h > > > PS: Sorry in advance for my English that I am sure is catastrophic.

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Couch Award correction
by Mark D. Johns 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

Please note that there were errors in the previous award call. Please disregard it and replace with the text below: CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2011 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an annual call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that (1) apply symbolic interactionist approaches to Internet studies, (2) demonstrate interactive relationships between social interaction and communication technologies, and/or (3) develop symbolic interactionist concepts in new directions. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of four: Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Annette Markham, University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee Lois Ann Scheidt, Indiana University, Bloomington Dennis Waskul, Minnesota State University, Mankato Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top three papers will receive Couch Awards to be presented at the 2011 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) at the University of Washington, Seattle. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US, runner up will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $200 US, and a third paper will receive a certificate and a cash prize of $100 US. All three authors will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, October 20-22, 2011 in Seattle. Those interested should send a copy of their paper, with a 100-word abstract, electronically to Mark D. Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is April 30, 2011. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Dept. of Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, IA 52101 USA Tel: (563) 387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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Map of WikiLeaks "Vital Facilities"
by Matthew Zook 08 Dec '10

08 Dec '10

More information (including the actual maps) is at http://www.floatingsheep.org/ One of the most interesting, and perhaps controversial, bits of information from the recent release of the Wikileaks US embassy cables has been the list of locations deemed vital to US security. Since this information is now in the public domain, we were interested in visualizing the data. The first step was to take the rather messy data and identify individual entries. In some cases it was no more specific then "Indonesia: Tin Mine and Plant", it other cases it named a pipeline, a port or city in which an undersea cable made landfall. Using the worldatlas.com geocoder (as well as some Wikipedia entries), we located an approximate latitude and longitude for each of the locations mentioned in the cables. We wish to emphasize that the locations in our mashup are only for the cities in which these critical facilities are located, and not the actual facilities themselves. In some cases the location in the map is no more detailed then the country. Given this relatively inaccuracy, this map does not present a security threat. Moreover, all the data sets used for this geo-codding are openly available on the Internet and could easily be replicated by anyone. Our purpose is to visualize (at a relatively high scale) the patterns exhibited by this particular data set illustrated below. The categories in the legend are our own classifications based on the information provided by Wikileaks. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of these facilities are not directly military related. Even the ones that we mark as military are industrial related military rather than actual bases. Instead the list seems to focus on non-military topics such as telecommunications, energy related facilities and pharmaceuticals. Much of the list is also focused on supplies of important raw materials (Bauxite, Chromite, and Rare Earth Minerals) as well as the ability to move products through ports and shipping channels. These data offer a fascinating insight into the ways that the national security priorities of the United States span the entire globe. This global web of essential facilities goes a long way to explain the fact that the US Department of Defense has more military facilities around the world than all other nations combined. The globalization of the world economy means that facilities that are vital to the communication, health, and economic needs of the U.S. are scattered across the planet; and this ultimately means that the U.S. (as well as other developed and developing countries) have to contend with new and changing notions of what "security" means in the 21st century. Dr. Matthew Zook, Ph.D. Department of Geography University of Kentucky

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Map of WikiLeaks "Vital Facilities"
by Matthew Zook 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Thought this would be of interest to the list given the recent discussions. Matt ----------------------------------- More information (including the actual maps) is at http://www.floatingsheep.org/ One of the most interesting, and perhaps controversial, bits of information from the recent release of the Wikileaks US embassy cables has been the list of locations deemed vital to US security. Since this information is now in the public domain, we were interested in visualizing the data. The first step was to take the rather messy data and identify individual entries. In some cases it was no more specific then "Indonesia: Tin Mine and Plant", it other cases it named a pipeline, a port or city in which an undersea cable made landfall. Using the worldatlas.com geocoder (as well as some Wikipedia entries), we located an approximate latitude and longitude for each of the locations mentioned in the cables. We wish to emphasize that the locations in our mashup are only for the cities in which these critical facilities are located, and not the actual facilities themselves. In some cases the location in the map is no more detailed then the country. Given this relatively inaccuracy, this map does not present a security threat. Moreover, all the data sets used for this geo-codding are openly available on the Internet and could easily be replicated by anyone. Our purpose is to visualize (at a relatively high scale) the patterns exhibited by this particular data set illustrated below. The categories in the legend are our own classifications based on the information provided by Wikileaks. It is interesting to note that the vast majority of these facilities are not directly military related. Even the ones that we mark as military are industrial related military rather than actual bases. Instead the list seems to focus on non-military topics such as telecommunications, energy related facilities and pharmaceuticals. Much of the list is also focused on supplies of important raw materials (Bauxite, Chromite, and Rare Earth Minerals) as well as the ability to move products through ports and shipping channels. Share of Facilities by Type Telecommunications 28% Energy 18% Pharmaceuticals 13% Border_Crossing 11% Raw_Material 10% Port 7% Military 5% Industrial 4% Shipping 3% Dam 2% These data offer a fascinating insight into the ways that the national security priorities of the United States span the entire globe. This global web of essential facilities goes a long way to explain the fact that the US Department of Defense has more military facilities around the world than all other nations combined. The globalization of the world economy means that facilities that are vital to the communication, health, and economic needs of the U.S. are scattered across the planet; and this ultimately means that the U.S. (as well as other developed and developing countries) have to contend with new and changing notions of what "security" means in the 21st century. More information at http://www.floatingsheep.org/ (You can view a larger, non-embedded version of our mashup or download a KMZ file of the mashup here that should automatically load into Google Earth. The kmz version allows you to turn on and off categories as you wish.) Dr. Matthew Zook, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Geography University of Kentucky 1457 Patterson Office Tower Lexington, KY 40506-0027 859.257.8334 (phone) 859.323.1969 (fax) zook(a)uky.edu http://www.zook.info/

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Online role-playing community study
by Fabien Lorc'h 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Ladies and Gentlemen, I am writing to you to present you my Master's dissertation subject . I am currently a student in the Master's program in Political Science at the University of Rennes 1 in France. For this Masters, I have decided to study an online role-playing community : The Renaissance Kingdoms: http://www.renaissancekingdoms.com/ The purpose of this study is to make a political analysis of this community, in a global meaning and thencommunity considered as a whole, through an analysis of some data : - Register/Leave the game - Identity (virtual or real, sociological analysis of the players (I am planing to get a questionnaire for this) - Internal regulation and discipline (almost all institutions between characters having been planned by players) - Independence of this community with national culture and history (the game is in an alternate history of the 15th century in Europe) The goal of this study is to think in an Aristotelian sense of Politics, and to see if there is a difference between the real world and the virtual environment. It is also to consider if the community has a clear particularity. I would love to receive your help on possible research lines that maybe I have forgotten to study, or if you have ideas to concerning my approach. If you have books or articles on this, please don't hesitate to contact me with suggestions. Thank you so much for your time and attention. -- Fabien Lorc'h PS: Sorry in advance for my English that I am sure is catastrophic.

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CfP IAMCR CP&T Istanbul 2011
by Jo Pierson 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

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 Jo Pierson, Ph.D. IBBT - SMIT, Studies on Media, Information & Telecommunication Vrije Universiteit Brussel Offices: Pleinlaan 9, 2nd floor B - 1050 Brussels Belgium Tel: +32 2 629 16 27 Fax: +32 2 629 17 00 E-mail: jo.pierson(a)vub.ac.be http://smit.vub.ac.be 'SMIT 2010, 20 years of Research, Collaboration and Friendship'

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Unlock the Power of Social Media:Two free Webinar Training Sessions Thursday
by Stuart Shulman 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Unlock the Power of Social Media: Learn to Use DiscoverText Two Free Training Sessions this Thursday: Thu, Dec 16, 2010 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM EST Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/706213584 Thu, Dec 23, 2010 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST Registration Web Link: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/471866081 This free Webinar introduces users to the powerful tools for archiving, searching and sorting text from social media, such as blogs, Facebook and Twitter, via DiscoverText (http://discovertext.com) The data-mining made possible with open Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) eases the collection, archiving and sorting of text via Twitter and the Facebook Graph APIs, or generic RSS feeds. Texifter now offers DiscoverText, a universal, multilingual capable, Web-based, user-centered text repository with extremely low barriers to entry in terms of cost, time & training. Our systems make it possible to crowd source data analysis in novel ways, leveraging peer relationships and Web-verifiable credentials. Ingesting millions of items from social media, email and electronic document repositories is easier, and advanced social search leveraging metadata, networks, credentials and filters will fundamentally change the way users interact with text data. You can try DiscoverText free for 30 days with no obligation. Login via your Facebook credentials to access the Graph API. The technology is based on 10-years of NSF-funded research into building better, more reliable and intuitive systems for sorting large amounts of text. ~Stu Stuart Shulman President & CEO Texifter, LLC -- 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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new issue of the journal Mediekultur
by Jesper Tække 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Thank you so much for all your kind responses, and remember that all the articles inclusive the introduction can be downloaded for free as pdf-files from Mediekultur´s website, here is an overview: MedieKultur. Journal of media and communication research No 49: Luhmann and the media Table of Contents http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/mediekultur/issue/view/196 Editorial -------- Luhmann and the media: an introduction (10 p.) Jesper Tække, Michael Paulsen Articles: Theme section -------- Fra massemedier til mediesystem - om kodediskussionen i systemteoretisk medieforskning [From mass media to media system - code discussions in systems theoretical media research] (15 p.) Mikkel Fugl Eskjær Observing the stars. Love in the age of systems (15 p.) Kjetil Ansgar Jakobsen Tattoo: a multifaceted medium of communication (14 p.) Christian Wymann Risk communication as an operation meant to produce and share audiences (13 p.) Daniela Korbas-Magal Risk perceptions and public debates on climate change: a conceptualisation based on the theory of a functionally-differentiated society (13 p.) Markus Rhomberg Luhmanns massmedieteori och Internet som ett artificiellt intelligent semiotiskt system [Luhmanns mass-media theory and Internet as an artificial intelligent semiotic system] (13 p.) Peter Kåhre Interviewing media workers (14 p.) Heike Graf Mediebrud mellem organisationer og netværk [Media disruptions between organisations and networks] (15 p.) Lars Clausen Facebook - et netværk i fællesskabet [Facebook - a network within the societal community] (14 p.) Jesper Tække NB: you find an English translation of this one here: http://person.au.dk/fil/22479566/JT_AIR_paper_2010_final.pdf Clicking for friendship: social network sites and the medium of personhood (14 p.) Daniel B. Lee, Jessica Goede, Rebecca Shryock Articles: Open section -------- Consumption that matters (20 p.) Sophie Esmann Andersen, Carsten Stage Reviews -------- Jesper Tække og Rasmus Svarre Hansen: Samfundets vilkår. Habermas og Luhmann. København: Unge Pædagoger. 2009. (4 p.) Lars Qvortrup Anker Brink Lund, Lars Nord & Johann Roppen: Nye udfordringer for gamle medier. Skandinavisk public service i det 21. århundre. Göteborg: NORDICOM. 2009. (4 p.) Roel Puijk Lotte Nyboe: Digital dannelse. Børn og unges mediebrug og -læring inden for og uden for institutionerne. København: Frydenlund, 2009. (3 p.) Stine Liv Johansen Chris Mathieu & Jesper Strandgaard Pedersen: Dansk film i krydsfeltet mellem samarbejde og konkurrence. Lund: Ariadne Förlag. 2009. (5 p.) Jakob Isak Nielsen Lynn Vavreck: The Message Matters - The Economy and Presidential Campaigns. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 2009. (3 p.) Anders Bo Rasmussen Nina Bonderup Dohn og Lars Johnsen: E-læring på web 2.0. Frederiksberg: Samfundslitteratur. 2009. (4 p.) Jørgen Bang David Buckingham & Rebekah Willet (eds.): Video Cultures. Media Technology and Everyday Creativity. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2009. (4 p.) Thomas Mosebo Bernard Perron & Mark J.P. Wolf (Eds.): The Video Game Theory Reader 2. New York & London: Routledge. 2009. (3 p.) Ole Ertløv Hansen Brenda R. Weber: Makeover TV. Selfhood, Citizenship and Celebrity. Durham & London: Duke University Press. 2009. (4 p.) Anne Jerslev Peter Bro: Menneskelig kommunikation Fra telegrafisternes til journalisternes tidsalder. Odense: Syddansk Universitetsforlag. 2009. (4 p.) Henrik Bødker Best regards Jesper Jesper Tække Assistant Professor, PhD Information and Media Studies Aarhus University http://www.jespertaekke.dk imvjet(a)hum.au.dk

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Final Call for Papers: Communities & Technologies C&T 2011, Brisbane 29 June - 2 July 2011
by Marcus Foth 07 Dec '10

07 Dec '10

Final Call for Papers 5th International Conference on Communities & Technologies – C&T 2011 29 June – 2 July 2011, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/ NEWS Paper submission site now open. Please submit by 10 Dec 2010 (11:59 PM anywhere on Earth): http://www.precisionconference.com/~ct Four great reasons to include Asia-Pacific in your 2011 travel plans: C&T 2011 plus... 9th Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning (CSCL) 2011, Hong Kong, 4-8 July 2011 World Planning Schools Congress (WPSC) 2011, Perth 4-8 July 2011 15th Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems (PACIS) 2011, Brisbane 7-11 July 2011 First set of C&T workshops announced: 4th International Workshop on Semantic Ambient Media Experience (SAME 2011) Digital Cities 7: Real World Experiences Ethnographic Fiction and Speculative Design: Supporting Community Participation in the Development and Implementation of New Technologies Making Sense of Twitter: Quantitative Analysis Using Twapperkeeper and Other Tools http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/program/workshops/ C&T 2011 OVERVIEW The biennial Communities and Technologies (C&T) conference is the premier international forum for stimulating scholarly debate and disseminating research on the complex connections between communities – both physical and virtual – and information and communication technologies. C&T 2011 welcomes participation from researchers, designers, educators, industry, and students from the many disciplines and perspectives bearing on the interaction between community and technology, including architecture, arts, business, design, economics, education, engineering, ergonomics, information technology, geography, health, humanities, law, media and communication studies, and social sciences. The conference program will include competitively selected, peer-reviewed papers, as well as pre-conference workshops, a doctoral consortium, and invited keynote and panel speakers. We look forward to welcoming you to an exciting conference in Brisbane, Australia's new world city. Marcus Foth Conference Chair IMPORTANT DATES 10 December 2010: Full papers and workshop proposals due (11:59 PM anywhere on Earth) 24 January 2011: Review reports due 18 February 2011: Notification of acceptances sent to authors 4 March 2011: Camera ready papers due 30 April 2011: Workshop papers, Doctoral Consortium and Student Volunteer applications due 29 June 2011: Pre-conference workshops and Doctoral Consortium 30 June – 2 July 2011: C&T 2011 conference at QUT, Brisbane, Australia CONFERENCE TOPICS C&T 2011 welcomes contributions in all areas of community and technology research, design and development. In addition, we particularly invite authors to address any of the following topics: Augmented Reality Civic Intelligence Context and Location Awareness Community-centred Design and Evaluation Methodologies Community Engagement E-research with Communities E-government and E-governance Participation Smart Community Services Sustainability Universal Usability and Accessibility Urban Informatics Tangible Interfaces for Community Interaction Technologies of Scale Making Visualisation Techniques Working across Cultures PAPER SUBMISSIONS All submissions must be written in English. Papers must be no longer than 10 pages, including all additional material such as references, appendices, and figures. Please format papers using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available at http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform. Full papers must include a title, sufficient space for the author name(s) to appear on the paper, contact information and affiliations, abstract, keywords, body, and references. Papers submitted by the due date will undergo a double blind peer review process by an international panel and evaluated on the basis of their significance, innovation, academic rigour, and clarity of writing. Accepted papers will be included in the published conference proceedings if at least one author of any accepted submission has registered and attends the conference. The paper submission site is now open. Please submit by 10 Dec 2010 (11:59 PM anywhere on Earth) at http://www.precisionconference.com/~ct Please send any questions to Jesper Kjeldskov or Jeni Paay, Technical Program Chairs: jesper AT cs.aau.dk; jeni AT cs.aau.dk WORKSHOP PROPOSALS Workshops are half day or full day sessions prior to the main conference program on 29 June 2011. Workshop proposals (max of 2 pages, using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available athttp://www.sigchi.org/chipubform) should be aimed at a community with a common interest. If you are working in an emerging area of Communities and Technologies, consider organising a workshop as an opportunity to advance the field and build momentum. C&T workshops might address basic or applied research and practice, new methodologies, emerging application areas, design innovations, management and organisational issues, or education. Each workshop should generate ideas that give the C&T community a new, organised way of thinking about the topic, or ideas that suggest promising directions for future research. Some workshops result in edited books or special issues of journals; you may consider including this goal in your workshop proposal. Please send proposals by 10 Dec 2010 to Jaz Choi, Workshop Chair: h.choi AT qut.edu.au DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium is scheduled prior to the main conference program on 29 June 2011. The Doctoral Consortium offers research students a special forum where they can present, discuss and progress their research plans with peers and established senior researchers. Research students wishing to attend the consortium should submit 4 pages, using the ACM SIGCHI two column layout available at http://www.sigchi.org/chipubform, addressing 4 headings: Aims and Background; Significance and Innovation; Methodology; Questions and Issues (that is, identify those areas you seek feedback on). Places at the consortium will be offered based on a review of the submitted proposals. Please send applications by 30 April 2011 to Christine Satchell, Doctoral Consortium Chair: christine.satchell AT qut.edu.au VOLUNTEERS C&T actively encourages students to volunteer at the conference. Being a student volunteer is a great way to support the research community, meet other students in the field, and attend an international ACM conference. You will help the conference organisers with the running of the conference and support the setting-up of presentations and workshops. You will see the latest in C&T research and development, and have fun while learning about running the conference. In return, you will get free registration. To apply, email us your contact details (email, phone, university), an abstract of your research project, a CV, and the reasons why you would like to be a student volunteer. Applications close on 30 April 2011. Please send applications by 30 April 2011 to Ronald Schroeter, Volunteers Chair: r.schroeter AT qut.edu.au http://ct2011.urbaninformatics.net/ http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=125376820833369 #ct2011 -- 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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