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Call for Convention Hosts for Media Ecology Association
by Janet Sternberg 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

CALL FOR HOSTS MEDIA ECOLOGY ASSOCIATION (MEA) ANNUAL CONVENTION http://www.media-ecology.org Preliminary Deadline: DECEMBER 15, 2010 Invitation to Apply The Media Ecology Association (MEA) invites applications from institutional sites around the world willing to host the Association's annual convention. Currently the MEA is seeking sites to host the Annual Convention for 2012 and beyond. The convention, during which approximately 150-200 members gather, is held each June. Typically the convention runs three full days, from Thursday to Sunday morning. The choice of weekend is generally left to the discretion of the host. (See the list of past convention sites below.) All proposals will be evaluated by the MEA Board of Directors. Board members are also available via email to answer questions. All proposals should be submitted via email to: Sheila J. Nayar, at snayar(a)greensborocollege.edu. Deadlines for Applying First preference for 2012 sites will be given to proposals received by December 15, 2010. However, all applications will be considered until a suitable site is found. Applicants interested in hosting for 2012 and beyond are encouraged to attend the 2011 MEA Convention (University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 23-26), during which there will be ample opportunity to meet with members of the MEA Board of Directors. Guidelines for Applying We offer some guidelines for applying below. (We also urge applicants to read the MEA convention planning manual before writing up their proposal. The manual is available through the MEA website.) There is no length requirement, but please make proposals as comprehensive as possible. If additional information or clarification is needed, the MEA Board of Directors may contact you directly. Site Specifics 1. Do you have a specific year in mind for hosting the convention? What dates in June do you propose? Describe the specific site - i.e., city, educational institution, various buildings in which the convention would be held. 2. What is your site's capacity? What rooms are available (e.g., classrooms for breakout sessions, meeting halls, exhibition space, banquet space) and what are their capacities? What technological support is available (e.g., Internet, projectors)? 3. What is your location's accessibility? Is it convenient for those traveling from points around the country and world? 4. Though it is not a requirement for hosting, can on-campus housing (e.g., dorm rooms, university-affiliated residences) be provided? If so, for how many and at what cost? Are nearby hotels available for members who wish to remain off campus? If so, can those hotels offer discounts to members? Can special deals with hotels be arranged? 5. Though it is not a requirement for hosting, can on-campus dining be provided? Can you provide complimentary beverages during the course of the day (e.g., coffee, water)? Can you provide complimentary breakfast? What are the potentials for your hosting/sponsoring receptions, lunches, and dinners? 6. Though it is not a requirement for hosting, are there special tours that can be offered and/or attractions that attendees might like to visit? Are there locations at which dinners/receptions might be held? What social events do you envision? Support, Funding, and Affordability 1. What kind and what level of financial support will your site provide? Are there commitments for funds for the conference? If so, are these commitments firm? 2. Are there opportunities for partnerships and sponsorships that your site can uniquely provide? 3. If possible, please provide a simple business plan that lays out estimated incoming and outgoing monies. Hosting Specifics 1. Do you have someone in mind, either from the hosting location or from another location, who can serve as Convention Coordinator? (A convention committee composed of select MEA officers will communicate regularly with the coordinator.) 2. Are there any exceptions to the MEA Convention Planning Manual’s guidelines that need to be taken into account in order for you to be able to host the convention in the way you would like? 3 Do you envision a particular theme for the convention? (A theme is optional, but if you wish to have one, your theme must be approved by the MEA.) Do you have any plenary speakers or particular sessions in mind? (Please note that some plenary events are determined by the Board, and all others are determined in consultation with the Board.) 4. Are there any special ways that your institution furthers the interdisciplinary and/or international nature of the Media Ecology Association? If you have not organized a conference before, think carefully about your organizational network and distribution of labor, as well as about contingency plans in the case of changes in people or funding arrangements. Past and Forthcoming MEA Convention Sites 1st Annual Convention, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA, June 16-17, 2000 2nd Annual Convention, New York University, New York, New York, USA, June 15-16, 2001 3rd Annual Convention, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, USA, New York, June 21-23, 2002 4th Annual Convention, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, USA, June 5-8, 2003 5th Annual Convention, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA, New York, June 10-13, 2004 6th Annual Convention, Fordham University, New York, New York, USA, June 22-26, 2005 7th Annual Convention, Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, June 8-11, 2006 8th Annual Convention, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Estado de México, México, June 6-10, 2007 9th Annual Convention, Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, California, USA, June 19-22, 2008 10th Annual Convention, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, June 18-21, 2009 11th Annual Convention, University of Maine, Orono, Maine, USA, June 10-13, 2010 12th Annual Convention, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 23-26, 2011 http://www.media-ecology.org

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facebook evidence?
by Barry Wellman 01 Oct '10

01 Oct '10

I've learned a lot from the Facebook discussion about how "matches" are made,* but mostly it has been deduction, conjecture and anecdote. *****Does anybody have any really reliable, verifiable evidence about how Facebook matches are actually made? *And reinforced my own reasons for not on FBook, altho I am on Twitter. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________

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Looking at job postings: Any advice?
by Christine Daviault 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi everyone, I have been following everybody's answer to Devin's question about Graduate programs for "internet studies" and I have found them very interesting from a PhD student perspective as well. So let me ask you all the following question: What would be your advice for a PhD candidate starting to look at job postings for next year? How can I find a position that fits or should I jump at any opportunity? How can I distinguish myself? What are universities looking for in general? Thank you all in advance, Christine

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Re: [Air-L] Looking at job postings: Any advice?
by Christine Daviault 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi, I want to thank everyone for their great advice and many links to job postings. Keep them coming! I should point out that even though I'm currently doing my PhD in New Zealand, I'm actually from Canada, Montreal to be exact so I guess that rules me out for those scholarships you were mentioning Mary. I'm very open about where to go at this stage and willing to look at any opportunity. Apart from job posting sites, do you have any advice about how to make one self stand out in a what I imagine will be piles of CVs to compete with? Thanks, Christine

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Re: [Air-L] Looking at job postings: Any advice?
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Christine - There are a number of websites where jobs are posted. The biggest are the Chronicle of Higher Education jobs page http://chronicle.com/section/Jobs/61/ And Higher Ed Jobs http://www.higheredjobs.com/ There are a number of others, and many listservs like this one are used to post job listings as well. >From my own experience being in your shoes, schools are willing to consider someone who is ABD if they are confident of finishing the degree on time and if the candidate seems enthusiastic. I also would suspect teaching experience as a graduate student is hugely important, but my experience at Bethany is unique in that teaching is really the only thing that matters here. I do remember that being able to present teaching evaluations when I was still ABD was a big help. I would apply for any job that you feel you can do - any communication job where you feel you know the classes the department would likely as you to teach (which you can usually guess by looking at the institution's course catalog and also the published schedules if you can find them - look at what's offered regularly. Newbies often teach the lower level courses the standing faculty are tired of dealing with. ;) Jobs also come in waves. This point in the year usually the jobs are mostly tenure-track, the planned hiring for next year. In March/April will come another wave, including more visiting and instructor positions that will probably be more within your reach as ABD, where the institution needs a warm body to fill a space for the fall. Always stress your teaching in your letters, research the institution and the faculty thoroughly before you even write the letter, and be enthusiastic. Hope that helps Dr. Stephanie Tuszynski Assistant Professor of Communication Bethany College Message: 10 Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 18:54:45 +1300 From: Christine Daviault <davch159(a)student.otago.ac.nz> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Looking at job postings: Any advice? Message-ID: <20100930185445.16972w04skma7kmd(a)www.studentmail.otago.ac.nz> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; DelSp="Yes"; format="flowed" Hi everyone, I have been following everybody's answer to Devin's question about Graduate programs for "internet studies" and I have found them very interesting from a PhD student perspective as well. So let me ask you all the following question: What would be your advice for a PhD candidate starting to look at job postings for next year? How can I find a position that fits or should I jump at any opportunity? How can I distinguish myself? What are universities looking for in general? Thank you all in advance, Christine ******** This message may contain confidential information for the use of the addressee(s) above and may contain legally privileged information. If you are not the addressee, or the person responsible for delivering it to the addressee, you are hereby notified that reading, disseminating, distributing or copying this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message by mistake, immediately notify us by replying to the message and delete the original message immediately. Thank you.

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Sadie Plant, On the Mobile
by Greg Wise 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

The link to Motorola's site for Plant's report no longer works. Anyone know where else this is available? Cheers, Greg Dr. J. Macgregor Wise Professor Communication Studies Arizona State University 4701 West Thunderbird Road Glendale, AZ 85306-4908 (602) 543 6646; (602) 543 6004 (fax) Editor, Communication and Critical/Cultural Studies Author of Cultural Globalization: A User's Guide (2008, Blackwell)

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Fwd: Faculty Position Openings at SILS, UNC at Chapel Hill
by Andrea Kavanaugh 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

FYI Andrea ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Monroe, Wanda G. <wmonroe(a)email.unc.edu> Date: Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 7:28 PM Subject: Faculty Position Openings at SILS, UNC at Chapel Hill To: CHI-JOBS(a)listserv.acm.org The Faculty at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill seek interdisciplinary colleagues who are interested in joining our sustained and creative efforts to advance the scholarship and practice of information and library science. Those with fresh and innovative ideas, a commitment to professional engagement, and an appreciation for cultural diversity are encouraged to apply for one of two tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor rank. We seek applicants with significant research and teaching strengths in one of the following areas: * Human Computer Interaction and Social Computing, with application in areas such as social media and systems, information search, collaborative search, or end user education and services. * Information Retrieval, Synthesis and Analysis, with application to human activities in domains such as legal discovery, intelligence analysis, patent searching, health informatics, financial informatics, or competitive intelligence. Faculty are expected to engage in research; teach; advise students; participate in School, University, and professional activities; and otherwise share their expertise at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The School is currently ranked #1 by the "US News & World Report" and is internationally known for its outstanding research, teaching, and service. The School offers Bachelor of Science in Information Science, Master of Science in Information Science, Master of Science in Library Science, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. The School also offers an undergraduate minor in information science, a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Information and Library Science, and a variety of graduate certificates and dual degrees. An earned doctorate is required. Candidates should provide evidence of research and teaching excellence, or potential for excellence, in their areas of expertise. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications. Review of applications will begin on December 01, 2010 and will continue until the position is filled. To apply visit jobs.unc.edu/2500389. Direct questions to Dr. Diane Kelly, Chair of the Search Committee, dianek(a)email.unc.edu , 919-962-8065. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is an equal opportunity employer. Minorities and women are encouraged to apply. ********************************** Wanda Monroe Director of Communications School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 100 Manning Hall, CB 3360 Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360 Phone: 919-843-8337 Web: sils.unc.edu Follow us on Twitter at: UNC SILS

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Replies to Turkle's How Computers change the way we think
by Daniel Jung 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi Just a very quick question: Is there a direct scholarly reply to Sherry Turkle: "How Computers change the way we think" (Chronicle of Higher Education: The Chronicle Review 2004)? I find a number of student papers online which mention the article, some blogposts, but no 1:1 reply or academic debate directly following the article. Does anyone know anything? Thanks very much - Daniel Jung

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Schedule for IR11
by Mathias Klang 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Hi, Apologies for cross-posting Just a short mail to let you all know that the full (but preliminary) conference program is now available online. At present the schedule consists of a shorter overview (3 pages) and a full program (25 pages). There are links from the conference site but the direct links to the documents are http://techrisk.se/wp-content/uploads/aoir/Full_overview.pdf for the overview and http://techrisk.se/wp-content/uploads/aoir/Fullprogram.pdf for the full schedule. The documents are at present under my own domain (techrisk.se) since this was the quickest and most reliable way to go but copies will be deposited on the AOIR conference site asap. For those among you who tweet I want to remind you that the conference account is @ir_11, the hashtag is #ir11 (my own account is @klang67). Please let me know if there is anything odd about the documents or if there is anything you need to know about Göteborg, the conference or other stuff. Looking forward to meeting you all soon Mathias -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang, LL.M., Ph.D. University of Göteborg Phone: +46 (0) 31 786 55 63 Mobile: +46 705 43 22 13 http://twitter.com/klang67 http://digital-rights.net http://techrisk.se http://resistancestudies.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Sustainable E-participation
by Noella Edelmann 30 Sep '10

30 Sep '10

Dear All, if you are interested in e-participation and related topics, you may be interested in the latest issue of the JeDEM, Journal of eDemocracy and Open Government, which focuses on "Sustainable E-participation" and includes invited papers by Mechthild Rohen (Head of Unit, ICT for Government and Public Services, European Commission), Thanassis Chrissafis (Coordinator of eParticipation, European Commission), Hille Hinsberg (Estonian Government Office) , Paul Johnston (Cisco) as well as peer-reviewed scientific research papers and case studies. http://www.jedem.org/issue/current Enjoy the read! Noella Noella Edelmann BA, MSc, MAS Researcher CeDEM11 Conference for E-democracy, E-participation and E-voting www.donau-uni.ac.at/cedem JeDEM eJournal of eDemocracy and Open Government www.jedem.org Digital Government Blog http://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/ Centre for E-Government Danube University Krems Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Strasse 30 3500 Krems Austria Tel.: ++43 2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov noella.edelmann(a)donau-uni.ac.at

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