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How's the conference going in Sweden?
by Peter Timusk 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

I wish I could have attended. I could not get the time off work or as a conference time at work and the price was fairly high for airfare. My work place can not afford to pay my way to conferences. I am curious on how everyone is enjoying it there. Anything about the green theme you can share? Can anyone share their papers, even privately? Peter Timusk B.Math statistics. BA legal studies Legal studies of the Information Age Vice President Computers for Communites School work blog http://notebook.webpagex.org Some papers www.webpagex.org

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acceptable sources for undergraduate research in new media fields
by Tery G 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Hi all, I teach a freshman level class called Digital Media Literacy. It's an introduction to concepts and tools related to digital media. Each student does a final project, which, of course, requires them to do research. I spend a lot of time with them -- read articles, give examples, do some hands-on work, etc. -- covering why Google in particular and websites in general are not the sources they should be using (or trusting). They know how to use the library databases, but the topics they're examining are so new that anything in peer-reviewed journals about those topics is dated. Does anyone have suggestions about what might be acceptable resources in this situation? I let them use articles from *The New York Times* and the *Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication*, but I have difficulty justifying their not using some other sources I really would prefer they not use when they can't find new enough information in the peer-reviewed journals. TIA, Tery Griffin Associate Professor of Media Arts Wesley College Dover DE 19901

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Fwd: International Forum on Access to Culture and Knowledge in the Digital Era: Barcelona 28 -31 October 2010
by Mayo FM 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

(English, Català, Castellano) ENGLISH Yes, oXcars (The biggest free/libre event ever) and International Forum on Access to Culture and Knowledge in the Digital Era – Organization and Action(FCForum) are back at Barcelona & online! 28 -31 October 2010: http://www.fcforum.net/10 Video trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiNJrkDa2gw Artists, cultural creators, researchers and knowledge creators from all the spheres of national and international culture participate in a full surprise gala for demanding that culture stop being a merchandise of the cultural copyright industries lobbies. In the name of the “artists” they put obstacles on our access to knowledge even though artist don’t support them. The civil society reclaim the lost profit to all knowledge that is being retained and steal from the public use in the name of private benefits. We don’t want to nurture generations of cultural parasites, we want a cultural field, alive and productive. October 28th, 21ºº hrs.- Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113, Barcelona Metro: Paral.lel And, then… The FCForum 2010 Citizens will continue to work on the task of conceiving a digital era that is sustainable and benefits everybody. The oXcars will be followed by the 3-day FCForum, the 2nd International Forum on Access to Culture and Knowledge in the Digital Era, which is organised by EXGAE together with the international FCForum platform, in collaboration with Arts Santa Mònica. The FCForum 2010 will assemble the main organisations and active voices in the world of Culture, free/libre knowledge and the new forms of cultural production and distribution. The FCForum is a open space to all citizens, to everybody who is seriously working towards achieving a legal and economically sustainable future. For citizens, researchers and for artists. Check out the programe: http://2010.fcforum.net/program/ See you there! How to join the Fcforum online? OXCARS 2010: http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/ FCForum 2010: http://2010.fcforum.net/en Contact: contact[a]exgae.net Live streaming: oXcars: http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/live/ Fcforum: http://2010.fcforum.net/live/ Microblogging: Identi.ca at @fcforum Twitter at @fcforum_net http://twitter.com/exgae Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FcForum?ref=ts CATALA Sí, Tornen els Oxcars (el major esdeveniment de cultura lliure de tots els temps) i el Fòrum internacional d’accés a la cultura i al coneixement en l’era digital – Organització i Acció 2010 (FCFòrum)! Oxcars: 28 d’Octubre, 21ºº h – Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113 Barcelona Metro: Paral.lel Fcforum: 28 -31 d'Octubre, http://www.fcforum.net/10 Com cada any – i aquest any més que mai – EXGAE convida tothom a participar en la 3ª edició dels oXcars, el major esdeveniment de cultura lliure de tots els temps, en col·laboració amb Conservas i Telenoika, també membres d’EXGAE, i, aquest any, amb l’ajuda de Red SOStenible i les xarxes socials, com no! Artistes de tots els àmbit de la cultura nacional i internacional participen en una gala plena de sorpreses per demanar que la cultura deixi de ser una mercaderia en mans dels lobbies de les indústries. En nom dels “artistes”, es posen traves al nostre accés al coneixement, però els artistes no els donen suport. La societat civil reclama el lucre cessant de tot el coneixement que s’està retenint i sostraient a l’ús públic en nom de beneficis privats. No volem cultivar generacions de paràsits culturals, volem un territori cultural viu i productiu. Artistes com l’escriptor José Luis Sampedro, membre de la RAE, l´escriptora Belén Gopegui, el cèlebre gastrobloguer Txaber Allué, a més a més d’At Versaris; Kate Madison; Akram Khan; Reactable; Ploomba; Koulomek i altres sorpreses que no anem a contar-vos, com l’aparició eXtel·lar de Pinkertones brillaran en aquesta edició. 28 d’Octubre, 21ºº h – Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113 Metro: Paral.lel Ja a la venda el bonus d’ajuda per als oXcars Venda online (3,55€): http://www.codetickets.com/sala-apolo/es/sala-apolo.com/566/ Venda en mà (3 euros): Carrer Sant Pau 58 Baixos – Barcelona – De dilluns a divendres de 10h a14h i de 17h a 20h – tel 933020630 Y, a continuació…Fcfòrum 2010 Des de la ciutadania continuarem treballant per plantejar junts una era digital sostenible i profitosa per tots. Després dels oXcars comencen els tres dies de l’FCFòrum, el Fòrum internacional d’accés a la cultura i al coneixement en l’era digital en la seva segona edició – que EXGAE realitza conjuntament amb la plataforma internacional FcFòrum i en col·laboració amb Arts Santa Mònica. L’FcFòrum 2010 té com títol aquest any “Nous models de sostenibilitat en l’era digital” i congregarà les principals organitzacions i veus actives en el món de la cultura, el coneixement lliure i les noves formes de producció i distribució de la cultura. Entre els més de 50 participants voldríem destacar el treball de Johanna Blakley, investigadora sobre la cultura de l’entreteniment, qui sosté la tesi que l’èxit de la indústria de la moda radique en l’absència de propietat intel·lectual. Vindran destacables exemples de Nous Empresaris Culturals, com els estatunidencs // Nordamericans dels EUA// Kickstarter, els quals operen sobre un model de negoci basat en ser facilitadors entre l’artista, els fans i els productors. El seu recent prodigi comercial: aconseguir 30.000 dòlars en tres dies per a la producció del documental sobre el llegendari portal de descàrregues The Pirate Bay. A més, comptarem amb els creadors originals de The Pirate Bay: Magnus Eriksson i Peter Sunde, el qual ha creat Flattr.com, una empresa de microcrèdits per descarregar continguts com un pot de propines en l’Internet. Estaran presents també els alemanys de Freibank, els quals després de l’experiència del mític grup Einstürzende Neubauten, muntaren una cooperativa de distribució dels drets d’autor. Comptarem amb Peter Jenner, cèlebre manager de Pink Floyd, qui ha representat també a artistes com T Rex, Ian Dury, Roy Harper i The Clash. L’FcFórum és un espai obert a tota la ciutadania, a tots els agents els quals s’estan platejant seriosament un futur legal i econòmicament sostenible. Tant per ciutadans, com per artistes. Ens veiem allà! Tota la informació i com participar des de la xarxa: OXCARS 2010: http://oxcars10.exgae.net/ca FCForum 2010: http://2010.fcforum.net/ca/ Contacte: contact[a]exgae.net Retransmisió en viu: oXcars: http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/live/ Fcforum: http://2010.fcforum.net/live/ Microblogging: Identi.ca at @fcforum Twitter at @fcforum_net http://twitter.com/exgae Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FcForum?ref=ts CASTELLANO Sí, ¡Vuelven la Gran Gala de los oXcars y el FCForum: Foro Internacional de Acceso a la Cultura y el Conocimiento en la Era Digital – Organización y Acción 2010 (FCForum)! Como cada año – y este año más que nunca – EXGAE invita a todo el mundo a participar en la 3ª edición de los oXcars, el mayor evento de cultura libre de todos los tiempos, en colaboración con Conservas y Telenoika, también miembros de EXGAE, y, este año, con la ayuda de Red SOStenible y de las redes sociales ¡Cómo no!. Artistas de todos los ámbitos de la cultura nacional e internacional participan en una gala llena de sorpresas para pedir que la cultura deje de ser una mercancía en manos de los lobbies de las industrias culturales. En nombre de los “artistas”, se ponen trabas a nuestro acceso al conocimiento, pero los artistas no las respaldan. La sociedad civil reclama el lucro cesante de todo el conocimiento que se esta reteniendo y sustrayendo al uso público en nombre de beneficios privados. No queremos cultivar generaciones de parásitos culturales, queremos un territorio cultural vivo y productivo. Artistas como el escritor José Luis Sampedro, miembro de la RAE, la escritora Belén Gopegui, el célebre gastrobloguer Txaber Allué, además de At Versaris; Kate Madison; Akram Khan; Reactable; Ploomba; Koulomek y otras sorpresas que no os vamos a contar como la aparición eXtelar de Pinkertones brillarán en esta edición. 28 de Octubre, 21ºº hrs.- Sala Apolo, Nou de la Rambla, 113, Barcelona. Metro: Paral.lel Ya a la venta el bono de ayuda para los oXCARs (3,55€) Venta online: http://www.codetickets.com/sala-apolo/es/sala-apolo.com/566/ Venta en mano (3 euros): Calle Sant Pau 58 Bajos – Barcelona – De lunes a viernes de 10h a 14h y de 17h a 20h – tel 933020630 Y, a continuación… FCForum 2010 Desde la ciudadanía seguiremos trabajando para plantear juntos una era digital sostenible y provechosa para todos. Después de los oXcars comienzan los tres días del FCForum, el Foro Internacional de Acceso a la Cultura y el Conocimiento en la Era Digital en su segunda edición, que EXGAE realiza conjuntamente con la plataforma internacional FCForum y en colaboración con Arts Santa Mònica. El FCforum 2010 tiene como título este año “Nuevos modelos de sostenibilidad en la era digital” y congregará las principales organizaciones y voces activas en el mundo de la cultura, del conocimiento libre y de las nuevas formas de producción y distribución de la cultura. De entre los más de 50 participantes querríamos destacar el trabajo de Johanna Blakley, investigadora sobre la cultura del entretenimiento, quien abraza la tesis de que el éxito de la industria de la moda radica en la ausencia de propiedad intelectual. Vendrán notables ejemplos de Nuevos Empresarios Culturales, como los americanos Kickstarter, cuyo modelo de negocios se basa en ser facilitadores entre el artista, sus fans y los productores. Su prodigio comercial más reciente: conseguir 30.000 dólares en tres días para la producción del documental sobre el legendario portal de descargas The Pirate Bay. Además contaremos con los creadores originales de The Pirate Bay: Magnus Eriksson y Peter Sunde, quien ha creado Flattr.com, una empresa de microcréditos para descargar contenidos que funciona como un bote de propinas en internet. Estarán presentes también, los alemanes de Freibank, que tras la experiencia del mítico grupo Einstürzende Neubauten, montaron una cooperativa de distribución de los derechos de autor. Contaremos con la presencia de Peter Jenner, célebre manager de Pink Floyd que ha representado también a artistas como T Rex, Ian Dury, Roy Harper y The Clash. El FCForum es un espacio abierto a toda la ciudadanía, a todos los agentes que seriamente se están planteando un futuro legal y económicamente sostenible. Tanto para ciudadanos como artistas. Nos vemos allí! Toda la información y como participar desde la red: OXCARS 2010: http://oxcars10.exgae.net/ FCForum 2010: http://2010.fcforum.net/es/ Contacto: contact[a]exgae.net Retransmisión en vivo: oXcars: http://oxcars10.exgae.net/en/live/ Fcforum: http://2010.fcforum.net/live/ Microblogging: Identi.ca at @fcforum Twitter at @fcforum_net http://twitter.com/exgae Facebook:http://www.facebook.com/FcForum?ref=ts «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info Ph.D European University Institute Research collaborator. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Visiting researcher. School of information. University of California, Berkeley. 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Open access book: Putting Knowledge to Work and Letting Information Play
by Jeremy hunsinger 21 Oct '10

21 Oct '10

Distribute as appropriate -jh http://www.cddc.vt.edu/10th-book/ is the e-book produced for the 10th anniversary of my research center at Virginia Tech, the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture. The e-book is free in cost, free to copy, free to distribute. The volume confronts many of the issues in contemporary academia as it meets the internet and computing in all of its sphere with many specific contributions on academic publishing, e-research, the history of the center, and related topics Contributions to the volume are: Introduction Timothy W. Luke and Jeremy Hunsinger The Book Unbound: Reconsidering One-Dimensionality in the Internet Age Ben Agger Fluid Notes on Liquid Books Gary Hall What Can Technology Teach Us about Texts? (and Texts about Technology?) Jean-Claude Guédon Open Works, Open Cultures, and Open Learning Systems Michael A. Peters Textscapes and Landscapes: A Settler Poet Goes On-Line Brian Opie Reweaving the World: The Web as Digital Discourse and Culture Timothy W. Luke Electronic Theses and Dissertations: Progress, Issues, and Prospects Edward A. Fox, Gail McMillan, and Venkat Srinivasan >From gunny sacks to mattress vine: notes on Douglas Engelbart, Tim O'Reilly, and the natural world Sue Thomas The Pleasures of Collaboration Thom Swiss Info-Citizens: Democracy, Expertise and Ownership in European Research Funding Timothy W. Luke and Jeremy Hunsinger The New River: Collected Editors’ Notes Ed Falco, et. al. On the Origins of the Cute as a Dominant Aesthetic Category in Digital Culture Dylan E. Wittkower Culture, Media, Globalization Mark Poster Barack Obama and Celebrity Spectacle Douglas Kellner A Short History of the Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Jeremy Hunsinger Digital Research and Tenure & Promotion in Colleges of Arts and Sciences: A Thought Piece Theodore R. Schatzki -- jeremy hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech www.tmttlt.com () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments http://www.stswiki.org/ sts wiki http://transdisciplinarystudies.tmttlt.com/ Transdisciplinary Studies:the book series I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it. -Pablo Picasso

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Anyone walking from the Hotel Quality Panorama?
by Johnson, Thomas J 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Anyone staying at the Hotel Quality Panorama and plan to walk to the conferenc?. If so, would you like to walk over together? E-mail me at tom.johnson(a)austin.texas.edu to set up a time. Tom

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Sources on text messages
by Linda Levitt 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

A graduate student I'm working with is interested in writing about text messaging in close relationships with family, partners, and friends, and particularly in the ways typical patterns of conversation are translated into and modified in the move from telephone to text message. Any ideas for sources to help get her started would be appreciated. Thanks, Linda -- Linda Levitt, PhD Assistant Professor, Communication Studies Stephen F. Austin State University levitt.linda(a)gmail.com

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Call for videos: Audiovisual thinking
by oranit klein 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

*Call for Videos: A Reminder Audiovisual thinking: The Second Issue, Rights and Wrongs in the Age of Digital Media *The second issue of the Audiovisual Thinking Journal will focus on how copyright and intellectual property issues relate to audiovisuality in general and academic video essays in particular. Call for videos closes on Nov 1st. Audiovisual Thinking is the world’s first journal of academic videos about audiovisuality, communication and media. The journal is a pioneering forum where academics and educators can articulate, conceptualize and disseminate their research about audiovisuality and audiovisual culture through the medium of video. please submit your videos here: http://www.audiovisualthinking.org/ or contact: inges(a)hum.ku.dk

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Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships in Canada
by Catherine Middleton 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

From http://www.scholarships.gc.ca/PDRFNonCdn-BRPDEtr-Eng.aspx Application deadline November 15th, 2010 The Government of Canada Awards (GCA) are based on reciprocal agreements between Canada and Foreign governments and are designed to provide research opportunities to promising recent doctoral graduates in the form of Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) to non-Canadian researchers tenable at recognized public Canadian universities and affiliated research institutes. The Government of Canada’s objective in establishing the Canadian Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships (PDRF) is to attract recent Ph.D. graduates to do research in Canada. The Government wishes to support research that clearly advances the scholar's own career and that is useful to Canada or to the research team within which the scholar proposes to work. Applicants must: • be citizens of one of the following countries: Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Republic of Korea, Russia and Switzerland. Applicants who have obtained Canadian citizenship or applied for permanent residency in Canada are ineligible; • have completed a Ph.D. degree within the last three (3) years or have completed the Ph.D. degree requirements before taking up the award (evidence of submission of dissertation for defence provided by the responsible department head); and • be accepted into a post-doctoral position at a recognized public Canadian university or affiliated research institute of their choice. Priority will be given to candidates who have not previously studied in Canada under a Canadian government scholarship.

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Article on virality and hacker culture
by Antonio A. Casilli 20 Oct '10

20 Oct '10

Dear all, for those of you who study hacker cultures - but also for those who are interested in computer viruses - but also for those who work on the history of mediactivism: I have just put online my author's cut version of "a 36-page essay to be published in the Dec 2010 issue of the journal Body & Society 16 (4). You can find it here: A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s (part 1) http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/2010/10/15/a-history-of-virulence-the-body-a… A History of Virulence: The Body and Computer Culture in the 1980s (part 2 with illustrations and references) http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/2010/10/18/a-history-of-virulence-the-body-a… Cheers, Antonio -- Antonio A. Casilli Centre Edgar-Morin IIAC UMR8177 CNRS/EHESS 22, rue d'Athènes 75009 - Paris France blog: http://www.bodyspacesociety.eu/ web: http://www.iiac.cnrs.fr/cetsah/spip.php?article26

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position announcement: MSU dept of Telecomm, Info Studies and Media
by Nicole Ellison 19 Oct '10

19 Oct '10

Hi all, My colleagues and I are looking for two awesome new media scholars to join our interdisciplinary department! Please see announcement below. Unfortunately I won't be in Sweden, but I'd be happy to answer any questions. Thanks, Nicole Two Faculty Positions AT&T Scholars Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media Michigan State University The Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media (TISM) at Michigan State University invites applications for two tenure stream faculty positions, each carrying the title of AT&T scholar. These positions are supported in part by an endowment from the AT&T Foundation. Each position may be filled at either the assistant or associate professor level. Successful candidates are expected to gain recognition through peer reviewed scholarly publications and to pursue external funding to support their research. Applications are encouraged from scholars working within a diverse range of disciplinary and methodological traditions whose research addresses the impact, use, design, or management of information and communication technologies. A PhD in a relevant discipline is required. The TISM department is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty internationally renowned for their cutting-edge research on the uses and implications of information and communication technologies and other media. Our curricula address both the theoretical and practical aspects of media use, and our alumni have achieved positions of prominence in industry, government, and academia. Projects involving cross-disciplinary teams are actively pursued and encouraged. Current research foci of the department include social media, serious games, ICT for development, ecommerce, economics and policy for the communications sector, and content for new media platforms. The department also houses programs in film, documentary and media design. Direct questions and applications via email with the subject heading "AT&T Scholar" to Professor Steve Wildman, Search Committee Chair, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media, Communication Arts Building, East Lansing, MI 48824-1212; phone: (517) 432-8004; email: swildman(a)msu.edu. Applicants should submit electronically: (1) a cover letter summarizing their qualifications for the position, (2) a current vita, (3) 3-5 representative scholarly works (4) evidence of effective teaching and (5) the names and contact information for three individuals willing to serve as recommenders, who may be contacted by the search committee. The search committee will begin considering applications on December 1, 2010. MSU is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. MSU is committed to achieving excellence through cultural diversity. The university actively encourages applications and/or nominations of women, persons of color, veterans and persons with disabilities. -------------- Nicole Ellison Associate Professor Dept. Of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media Michigan State University nellison(a)msu.edu

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