- Air-L - lists.aoir.org

CfP Edited Collection: New Technologies and the Changing Landscapes of Leisure
by Mariek Vanden Abeele 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

New Technologies and the Changing Landscapes of Leisure - Call for Submissions for an Edited Collection http://madebyjase.com/cfp-new-technologies/ Jason Rutter & Mariek Vanden Abeele School for Mass Communication Research, Catholic University of Leuven Chapters exploring the use and impact of new technologies on leisure experiences are sought for a proposed book. Abstracts are requested by 15th October 2010 with a view to publication following successful review and publisher selection. Technologies and platforms such as Facebook, computer games, streaming media and smartphones, augmented reality services and haptic sensors along with an always-on and ever-connected culture have significantly transformed the Western world spends its leisure time. New technologies have enabled people to amplify and extend well-established leisure practices such as chatting, gossiping, dating, playing games, gambling, watching films and sharing music. Technologies of leisure have allowed the building of new social networks around enthusiasms, supported the new ways to manage our non-work time and offered new options to package, consume and produce leisure experiences. Users now dip in and out of extended networks of friends and associates exploiting loose ties to talk about their leisure and share information. Even apparently non-technological activities such as holidaying, visiting restaurants and country walks have been changed by these new media technologies as users make decisions based upon consumer review sites, add meaning to their leisure by posting images of their activities on social networking platforms, and update their friends on their whereabouts through location-based networking services such as Foursquare. New technologies are playing an important role in managing existing leisure practices and local networks as mobile phones, instant messaging and sites such as MySpace and Facebook are used to plan nights out and other social events and to maintain contacts with real world friends and family. As such new technologies are increasingly central to planning, performing, sharing and understanding leisure as users flow between being consumers of leisure experiences and producers of their own cultural texts. Broadcast and publishing media have developed strategies to involve users in new forms of interaction with their media encouraging user involvement and framing engagement with branding and marketing strategies as a leisure activity. However, as with all technologies and social processes, access and use is not universal: existing inequalities often remain apparent - even amplified - in technologically-mediated leisure. Users who cannot, or choose not to, adopt new leisure technologies are potentially excluded from this evolving leisure landscape. This proposed collection will focus on people’s interaction with new technologies to manage, negotiate and facilitate their leisure. It will emphasise user practice, attitudes and experience and their changing place within developing social, technical and economic frameworks. It will look at how users have adopted, integrated and innovated with new technologies to facilitate both routine and extraordinary leisure. As such, the editors welcome contributions to the collection that engage with the issues above to illustrate the profound social, cultural and innovative impacts that new technologies are having on leisure experience and practice. Authors are encouraged to propose high quality chapters that engage with any aspect of user experience and engagement with new technology and leisure practices including within the following topics: Sociability and Community: · Managing identity and relationships through technology · Online dating, long distance relationships · Using technologies to manage leisure in time-poor lifestyles New leisure forums: · Online virtual worlds, Second Life, massively multiplayer games · Documenting leisure experiences through reviews, photos and personal narratives · Consuming leisure brands via social networks & consumer engagement Mobile leisure: · Taking music, video, ebooks and software into the evolving mediascape · Location-based service and playing the city · Constructing leisure time and space – multi-tasking, managing and work-leisure tensions Alternative and deviant leisure: · Cybercrime - Piracy, bullying, stalking and scams · Pornography and sexual cultures · Internet addiction, obsession and compulsion Leisure constraints and entitlement: · Experience at different life stages, media literacy and online protection · Access to leisure technologies for people with disabilities · Digital divides and experiences of leisure mediated through gender, race and economics Submission of abstracts: Abstracts should be about 750 words in length (excluding author details and references) and outline the key ideas, arguments and structure for the proposed chapter. They should indicate what data the work will use (where relevant) and the primary literature the completed text will draw upon. It should be clear in what way the chapter offers a new way of understanding the area or the manner in which the author(s) offers an innovative approach. The abstract should be preceded by a single sentence summarising the key ‘take home’ message of the chapter. Finished chapters are expected to be in the region of 7000 words long including notes, references and tables. Abstracts should be sent to Jason Rutter <Jason.Rutter(a)soc.kuleuven.be> and Mariek Vanden Abeele <Mariek.VandenAbeele(a)soc.kuleuven.be> by 15th October 2010. Key Dates: Deadline for abstracts: 15th October 2010 Editorial feedback on abstracts: 19th November 2010 Submissions of full chapters: 4th March 2011 Editorial feedback to authors: 29th April 2011 Deadline for revised chapters: 19th August 2011

1 0

Re: [Air-L] MP3 web player/streaming
by Ismael Peña-López 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

Thanks for the tip, John: I may use that if I don't succeed in finding the "perfect" tech I'm looking for. So far, I think my pick is Ampache (http://ampache.org/) which does exactly what I intended, though the management of "Catalogs" (where your mp3 are located) is a little bit buggy. Thanks for all the help, i. -- Ismael Peña-López Department of Law and Political Science Open University of Catalonia http://ictlogy.net Av. Tibidabo 39-43 08035 Barcelona

1 0

Call for Applications: CCI PhD Research Opportunities in 2011
by Axel Bruns 03 Sep '10

03 Sep '10

G'day ! Apologies for the length of this, and for any cross-posts, but this call for PhD applications at Australia's leading centre for research in many of the areas of relevance to AoIR members might be of interest to quite a few people here: PhD research opportunities at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation in 2011 Undertaking your PhD at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) means you will be working with world class researchers who can offer supervision of the highest standards. Our research activities cover a broad range of emerging issues, themes and projects across the entertainment and creative industries including innovation and policy development; significant project collaborations with Asia; a major project looking at broadband services; mapping the creative industries; IP law; a global cultural futures study and other projects which engage community and industry partners in creative industries from major film studios to the Salvation Army and 'at-risk' young people working as media co-creators. ABOUT THE CCI The ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) was established in 2005 to focus research and development on the role the creative industries and their contributing disciplines make to a more dynamic and inclusive innovation system and society. With core support from the Australian Research Council from 2005-13, it is acknowledged as a global leader in this emerging field. It is a broadly-based, cross-disciplinary, internationally-focused centre embracing both fundamental theoretical, and highly applied, research in media, cultural and communication studies, law, education, economics and business and information technology, addressing key problems and opportunities arising for Australia, the Asian region, and more broadly in the world, from innovation in and through the creative economy. The Centre's administering institution is the Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. The core collaborating partners are Swinburne University of Technology (VIC), Australian Film Television and Radio School (NSW), Edith Cowan University (WA), University of Wollongong (NSW) and the University of New South Wales. The Centre's research projects are organised around four key themes: * Conceptual Modelling * Digital Innovations * Policy and Macro-Trends * Skills and Creative Capital Within these four themes, a number of past and current projects span a wide range of interests and topics. We encourage you to visit the CCI Projects Page at: http://www.cci.edu.au/projects to find out more about the Centre's activities. UNDERTAKING A PHD AT CCI A PhD at CCI gives you the chance to undertake in-depth study in a specific area, by way of independent learning combined with the mentoring of internationally renowned researchers. Graduate research students at CCI have a passion for their topics and fields of research. They take the opportunity to examine important problems at the cutting edge of their disciplines. A list of current CCI research students and their topics is available at: http://www.cci.edu.au/content/current-research-students. Applicants would normally have completed a recognised Australian master's degree by research or bachelor's degree with first or second class honours (division 1). To support you in your research studies, The Commonwealth Government Department of Education provides Australian Postgraduate Awards (APA) which are tenable at an Australian tertiary institution for doctoral and masters research degrees. The scholarships are each valued at $22,500 (tax free) per annum with additional relocation and thesis allowances. Competition for the APA is high. Prospective students, both domestic and international, may also apply for university awarded post graduate scholarships. Some of these offer a living allowance comparable to the APA scholarships as well as offering a number of top-up scholarships. For further information on scholarships, including each University's internal deadlines, see the following links: QUT: http://www.qut.edu.au/research/rhd/scholarships/qut/info/index.jsp Swinburne: http://www.research.swinburne.edu.au/higher-degrees/scholarships/?utm_sourc… Edith Cowan: http://intranet.ecu.edu.au/student/money-matters/scholarships/scholarships-… University of Wollongong: http://www.uow.edu.au/research/rsc/prospective/index.html In addition to the awards mentioned above, competitively-selected top-up scholarships are available to CCI research students who undertake their PhD under the supervision of CCI researchers at one of the following institutions: * Queensland University of Technology * Swinburne University of Technology * Edith Cowan University * University of Wollongong We would like to encourage you to apply. The deadlines for all these scholarships occur during October. HOW TO APPLY To view potential PhD projects commencing in 2011, visit http://cci.edu.au/content/potential-cci-phd-projects-2011 First, think about the area in which you would like to conduct research by visiting the centre website http://cci.edu.au/. Here you can view our current projects and possible supervisors. You can also visit the CCI webpage for Research Students at: http://cci.edu.au/about/research_students. You should then put together a brief proposal and email it along with your CV to the supervisor who you wish to work with and make further contact with them to discuss the proposal. A list of our supervisors with their email contacts is below. Alternatively, you can email Dr Harvey May at h.may(a)qut.edu.au with your proposal, who will seek to match your area of interest with a CCI supervisor. Once you have made contact with the supervisor you are interested in working with, you will need to complete the Scholarship Application form at your university of choice. Remember, the closing dates vary from university to university but are between the 17th and 31st of October, 2010. For application forms and advice, please email the Research Student Support Officer at the CCI partner university you wish to enrol at: Queensland University of Technology: kate.simmonds(a)qut.edu.au Edith Cowan University: scholarships(a)ecu.edu.au Swinburne University of Technology: dmeredyth(a)swin.edu.au University of Wollongong: wgullett(a)uow.edu.au Potential CCI supervisors and their research interests are listed here: http://cci.edu.au/about/research_students Some ideas for potential PhD projects commencing in 2011 are listed here: http://cci.edu.au/content/potential-cci-phd-projects-2011 -- Dr Axel Bruns http://snurb.info/ - http://produsage.org/ ARC Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation http://cci.edu.au/ Associate Professor, Media & Communication a.bruns(a)qut.edu.au Creative Industries Faculty, Z1-515, CIP Twitter: @snurb_dot_info Queensland University of Technology +61 7 31385548 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

1 0

Statement on fair use
by mark latonero 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Re: Andre Brock's question "Does AoIR have a specific statement on fair use of Internet/ICT materials for research in the field?" The International Communication Association (ICA) released a "Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Scholarly Research in Communication" in June 2010. The document was created by Pat Aufderheide, Peter Jaszi, and others (including a cadre of AoIR members). While U.S. centric and not specifically focused on websites, it may be useful in other contexts. http://www.centerforsocialmedia.org/fair-use/related-materials/codes/code-b… Best, Mark ------- Message: 11 Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 16:39:49 -0500 From: Andr? Brock <andre.brock(a)gmail.com> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Permission to reproduce webpages? Message-ID: <AANLkTikWu0w6kpyv6hwAVsDGuhKy53GFj2d8XmzEx9cF(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Thanks to everyone who's answered me so far (Hi, Annette!). The legal advice was particularly helpful, and i'm going to follow Ulf-Dietrich's advice and contact the websites - i have contacts at a couple of them. Does AoIR have a specific statement on fair use of Internet/ICT materials for research in the field? I know we have an extensive set of materials on Ethics... (and no, i'm not volunteering to write it. i'm just asking) Andr?

1 0

Re: [Air-L] Twitter as a recruitment tool
by Christopher Sibona 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

I mean a) recruiting subjects for a research study through Twitter. I search for Tweets that meet a certain criteria and ask the person to participate in a survey. >Do you mean a) recruiting subjects for a research study through Twitter or b) a >research study about people recruiting individuals for jobs through Twitter?

2 1

Best practices for e-learning
by Holly Kruse 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Hi all: For the first time ever, I'll will be teaching an online class. It's an undergraduate communication theory class, and it will be offered next semester. There is a huge amount of stuff that I need to learn, but mostly what I know at this point is that there are lots of bad online classes. So I'm wondering what practices make for a good online class? If there are any resources to which someone could point me, I'd be very grateful. Thanks! Holly ---- Holly Kruse, Ph.D. Department of Communications Rogers State University 1701 W. Will Rogers Blvd. Claremore, OK 74017 918-343-7879 hkruse(a)rsu.edu or holly.kruse(a)gmail.com http://hollykruse.com or http://www.rsu.edu/academics/comm/kruse.asp

5 5

Twitter as a recruitment tool
by Christopher Sibona 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Does anyone know if there is any academic research that has used Twitter as a recruitment tool? I used Twitter to recruit for a study I undertook about unfriending behaviors but am uncertain if any other researchers have used this particular recruitment strategy. Thanks. Christopher Sibona PhD Student, Information Systems University of Colorado Denver

2 1

MP3 web player/streaming
by Ismael Peña-López 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Dear list, This might sound like an odd question... I need to be able to stream quite a huge collection of podcasts online. They are stored in a web (can be accessed through FTP too) server and classified in several folders. To make a long exposition short, I would like to either set up a sort of Spotify in my own web/FTP server or to have your usual flash player, but with the possibility to choose the files you want to play, instead of having it already preset. Or, in other words, with or without having to install locally a desktop application, I would like to be able to play the podcasts stored in my web/FTP server. Any ideas? Thank you very much, i. -- Ismael Peña-López Department of Law and Political Science Open University of Catalonia http://ictlogy.net Av. Tibidabo 39-43 08035 Barcelona

2 2

Mobile Life 2010: Call for Practice Talks and Participation
by Prof. I. Kushchu 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

MOBILE LIFE CONFERENCES 2010 -------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE DATES: 27-28-29 October 2010 -- Registrations are open at www.m4life.org -- Draft Program Posted at http://www.m4life.org/conferences/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/mlife2010pgm.p… WE ARE SOLiCITING INDUSTRY / PRACTICE TALKS, DEMOS AND COMPANY SHOWCASES: if interested please send email to organisers. The Grand Hotel, Brighton, UK, http://www.m4life.org conf(a)m4life.org -- The 5th European Conference on Mobile Government (The EURO mGOV 2010) -- The 3rd International Conference on Mobile Society (mSOCIETY 2010) -- The 2nd Int. Conference on Mobile Development (mDevelopment 2010) The influences of mobile technologies range from personal relations to interaction in society, and from the transformation of the public sector to the dynamics of economic development. mLife conference and exhibitions are prime events for all organizations and professionals who would like to monitor, take part in, and shape the development of the social impact of the mobile revolution. They provide opportunities to businesses, public sector organizations and researchers to explore the frontiers of the social mobile revolution and be informed in order to reach their goals. The three conferences will cover all aspects of mobile life, technology, services and implementation as they relate to individuals, society, economies and governments. PLENARY SPEAKERS Serge Ferre, NOKIA, Vice President Corporate and Head of EU Representation Jane Fountain, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy and Director, National Center for Digital Government (ncdg.org) Director, Science, Technology and Society Initiative (umass.edu/sts) Dorothy Gordon, Director-General, Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT William H. Dutton, Professor and Director of the Oxford Internet Institute, Professor of Internet Studies, University of Oxford, and Fellow of Balliol College Ibrahim Kushchu, Associate Prof. and Founding Director, mGCI, UK Rain Rannu, Founder at Fortumo Ltd, Estonia Roland Traunmüller, Professor Emeritus, the Institute for Informatics in Business and Government at Linz University, Austria. HOW TO PARTICIPATE? Speaking: Professionals from Industry can still propose a talk summary. Organising: For panels, tutorials, demos or cases, please send a page long proposal. Exhibiting: If you would like a high visibility, more face-to-face interaction to introduce your business, products and services, this is a best option. Please request the exhibition pack. Sponsoring: The highest visibility and best impact during participation and a good way of supporting mLife events. CONFERENCE TOPICS Euro mGov: E-gov and m-gov integration m-Government Applications and Services Adoption of mGov M-government Best practices & Business Models Transforming Public Sector Mobile Health, Education, M-payment applications M-democracy, M-Voting Mobile Society: Mobile internet technologies, Standards and Protocols Mobile Devices and capabilities Impact of mobile communications, individuals and psychological issues Mobile phones and household interactions Mobility for improving impairments and disability Mobile Gaming, Entertainment, Social Networks Usability issues, Country and community case studies Mobile Development: The role of the governments, NGOs, private sector organizations Community building, Technology transfer and use Impact on developing economies Social and economical welfare creation Mobile Development Platforms FURTHER INFORMATION: Conference web site (http://www.m4life.org) for updates, detailed information on submissions and participation ------- IBRAHIM KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Associate Professor and Founding Director, Mobile Government Consortium International, UK http://www.mgovernment.org ik(a)mgovernment.org +44 1273 327876 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org

1 0

Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 74, Issue 2
by André Brock 02 Sep '10

02 Sep '10

Thanks to Brian, Gilbert, and Michael. I should clarify: the texts that i'm being asked to procure permission for are actually images. They're screenshots of the three websites' homepages used to help readers get a visual marker for the discourses examined of the article. To me, this complicates the discussion so far; in what way am i violating a website's copyright by reproducing a screen capture of their home page? i can see the problem (kinda, but not really) with reproducing huge chunks of text, or film clips, or audio performances longer than 6 seconds because i know of the deleterious effects on content industries of copyright violation </sarcasm>. i think the comments earlier about the chilling effects of copyright violation are on point. Whether in the EU, AU, or US, we (as AoIRies ('pronounced AIR-rhees')) should consider discussing this in greater detail at Gothenburg* and in this forum to come up with something similar to the ALA's guidelines on copyright and fair use, but focused on Internet/New Media Research. Carry on, André *those of us who can afford to go. -- Andre Brock Assistant Professor - Library and Information Science/POROI University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52242

1 0