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Call for Chapter Proposals: Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use
by John.Lannon 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS Proposal Submission Deadline: August 27th, 2010 Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use A book edited by John Lannon (University of Limerick, Ireland), Edward F. Halpin (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) and Steven Hick (Ottawa University, Canada) To be published by IGI Global Website: http://tinyurl.com/33hy2zw INTRODUCTION Intergovernmental agencies, governments and non-governmental organizations are now using Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) to collect, organize and disseminate information on peoples' rights, the promotion of human rights, and the protection of individuals and communities at risk. These efforts have moved beyond the traditional human rights regime, as more attention is being paid to rights based approaches to development, and to the interconnectedness of environmental protection, climate change and the wellbeing of humanity. As a result, ICT policies and practices are having an even more far-reaching effect on the enjoyment of human rights by all. Since 2001 ICTs have transformed the capacity of organisations, movements and oppressed communities to highlight human rights abuse, and to advocate for causes and victims of oppression. They make it easier to share and to access information; they facilitate human rights data aggregation and analysis; they offer innovative tactical approaches to campaigning; and they precipitate real-world campaigning and lobbying activities. They enable global participation, and give local actors and previously invisible groups international visibility. At the same time the features that make ICTs an effective tool for the promotion and protection of human rights also make them useful in the exploitation of people and the violation of human rights. They contribute directly and indirectly to the abuse of children, for example; they facilitate the distribution of material that is hostile to racial and religious groups; they threaten the security and the privacy of individuals; and they contribute to the operation of international trafficking and other criminal activities. OBJECTIVE OF THE BOOK Human Rights and Information Communication Technologies: Trends and Consequences of Use will provide a comprehensive examination of the use and application of information and communication technologies in the world of human rights. This will contribute significantly to understandings of the impact of ICTss on the promotion and protection of human rights in societies around the world. TARGET AUDIENCE This book will provide a valuable tool and insight for academics from a range of fields, including information management, information systems, communications, information technology, international relations, human rights, politics, law, and sociology. It will also be useful to international non-governmental organisations, non-governmental organisations, and governments, for policy and practice. RECOMMENDED TOPICS include, but are not limited to, the following: - the impact of ICT policies on human rights; - the role of information in the promotion and protection of human rights; - the opportunities and pitfalls of ICTs for human rights campaigning; - ICTs and human rights education; - Human rights activism in the information age; - communication rights, privacy and free speech; - human rights and the Internet; - ICTs and gender-based rights - Information systems deployment in human rights - Mobile technologies and their application to human rights - Human rights organizations and the application/deployment of ICT - Information security - Information poverty, exclusion, and social, economic and cultural implications SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before August 27th, 2010, a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by October 8th 2010 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by December 17th, 2010. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. PUBLISHER This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2011. IMPORTANT DATES August 27, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline October 8, 2010: Notification of Acceptance December 17, 2010: Full Chapter Submission February 18, 2011: Review Results Returned May 20, 2011: Final Chapter Submission September 30, 2011: inal Deadline Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically (Word document) or by mail to: John Lannon Centre for Information and Knowledge Management S1-20, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, IRELAND Tel.: +353 87 8225087 E-mail: john.lannon(a)ul.ie

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learning and research in virtual worlds special issue published
by jeremy hunsinger 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g926174999 is the special issue Aleks Krotoski and I put together while we were both in the last few months of our ph.d.'s the topic is learning and research in virtual worlds Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture Virginia Tech Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso

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Reminder: CFC - Managing Open Innovation Technologies
by Stefan Hrastinski 25 Aug '10

25 Aug '10

Call for Chapter Proposals Managing Open Innovation Technologies Deadline: 15 September 2010 We invite submissions for an edited book, planned to be published with Springer, on the role of ICT, Web 2.0 technologies and their relation to Open Innovation. As aspects of open innovation are redrawing boundaries for innovation and collaboration, we encourage researchers and reflective practitioners from all disciplines and fields that focus on aspects of technology and innovation in their research or service to consider submitting proposals for case studies (3000-5000 words) or research articles (7000-10,000 words). Chapters are to address aspects of creating new business opportunities by engaging end-users in co-creative activities by means of supporting technology. While contributions should rest on scientific methods and rigor, the style of writing should be practically oriented and suitable for both researchers and advanced practitioners interested in learning about and adopting open innovation. The purpose of the book is to advance and disseminate practically relevant research on systematic practical open innovation, and make research results available to practitioners. The intended target audience is the international academic community and industry (the software and ICT sector as provider of technology and other sectors as adopters), including government, NPOs and NGOs. Open innovation involves all aspects of creating new business opportunities by engaging end-users in co-creative activities. Web 2.0 technologies has caused electronic collaboration to evolve, hence paving the way for companies to invite customers and employees to be involved in the refinement of their offerings. Ideally open innovation will create win-win situations where users get services that are more oriented to their needs and organizations will offer services that are more desired by the market. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to, the following: * Collaboration systems and open innovation * Social software and open innovation * Open source software lessons for open innovation * ICT and inter-/intra-organizational innovation * Management of IT for open innovation * The role of open standards in relation to open innovation technology * Users as innovators in a digital environment * ICT and consumer innovation networks * Lessons from open innovation in practice * Tools for open innovation * Frameworks for deploying open innovation * Technology and applications for open innovation * Design, application and evaluation of ICT for open innovation * Implementation, integration and maintenance of ICT for open innovation * Successful exemplars, such as commercial open source projects and open innovation clusters * Theoretical foundations, methodological issues, practical approaches and underlying trends of open innovation You are cordially invited to submit on or before September 15, 2010, a 2-3 page proposal explaining the purpose, objectives, and focus of the proposed chapter. Proposals should include a 2-4 sentences overview of the general topic area, an outline of major topics/major sections covered by the chapter, as well as contact information and a brief bio for each author. Authors will be notified by October 1, 2010 about the status of their proposals. Authors of accepted proposals will be invited to participate in a developmental workshop in Uppsala, Sweden, on November 5, 2010. Drafts of chapters (approx. 6,000 words) are due by January 15, 2011. Important Dates: September 15, 2010: Proposal Submission Deadline October 1, 2010: Notification of Acceptance November 5, 2010: Developmental workshop January 15, 2011: Full Chapter Submission February 20 2011: Comments and feedback May 1, 2011: Final Chapter Submission Inquiries and submissions to be forwarded electronically (.odf, .doc, .pdf): Jenny Eriksson Lundström (Primary Contact) Uppsala University Dept. Informatics and Media and Swedish IT-User Centre Box 513 SE-751 20 UPPSALA +46 (0)18-4711163 jenny.eriksson(a)nita.uu.se<mailto:jenny.eriksson@nita.uu.se> Stefan Hrastinski KTH and Swedish IT-User Centre, Uppsala University stefanh(a)kth.se<mailto:stefanh@kth.se> Pär J. Ågerfalk Uppsala University Dept. Informatics and Media and Swedish IT-User Centre par.agerfalk(a)im.uu.se<mailto:par.agerfalk@im.uu.se> Mats Edenius Uppsala University Dept. Informatics and Media and Swedish IT-User Centre mats.edenius(a)nita.uu.se<mailto:mats.edenius@nita.uu.se>

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Earlybird registration ending 8.31 -- if you are a presenter you must register by this date.
by Alex Halavais 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

Hello, Internet Researchers, I know that in North America many of your are gearing up for the start of the semester, and so I wanted to make sure that the earlybird registration deadline did not sneak up on you. Discounted registration for the Internet Research conference in Gothenburg, Sweden ends at the end of this month. PRESENTERS MUST register by this deadline or they will be removed from the program. Sorry for shouting, but I don't want any surprises. If you plan on presenting a paper or being a member of a panel or roundtable, we need to have you registered so that we can finalize the program. Hope you are having a wonderful summer, and looking forward to seeing you IRL in Sweden. Best, Alex -- // // This email is // [x] assumed public and may be blogged / forwarded. // [ ] assumed to be private, please ask before redistributing. // // Alexander C. Halavais, ciberflâneur // http://alex.halavais.net //

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PhD scholarship, Melbourne
by Adrian Miles 24 Aug '10

24 Aug '10

hi a please distribute to anyone you think might be interested (easier if you .au citizen or permanent resident but if you right person for gig we can make a case for others). A phd scholarship working in social media + online video. 3 years in Melbourne, includes working with a comp sci PhD on video retrieval. more details: http://www.circusarchive.net/blog/2010/08/call-for-expressions-of-interest-… an appropriate closing Adrian Miles School of Media and Communication Program Director B.Comm Honours vogmae.net.au

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free and open access journals
by Murray Turoff 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

I saw some messages on free access journals. In case some of you are not aware of it there has been a very active forum on that topic for the past 20 years. I think there is a historical file as well, dont know how far back it goes. A lot of reference librarians belong to it. Also many of the people connected with current free access systems in physics and other disciplines (medical, biology, etc) American Scientist Open Access Forum < AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)listserver.sigmaxi.org> toRecipients of AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM digests < AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM(a)listserver.sigmaxi.org> -- Distinguished Professor Emeritus Information Systems, NJIT homepage: http://is.njit.edu/turoff

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CFP: Special Issue of CyberOrient Journal
by Vit Sisler 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Sorry for the cross-posting. Call for Papers for Special Issue of CyberOrient: Online Journal of the Virtual Middle East Editors: Daniel Martin Varisco & Vit Sisler Call Description Today we witness an unprecedented proliferation of the internet and satellite television as well as growing interdependency of various media outlets in the Middle East and the Muslim world. This process includes media that morph into each other, messages that migrate across boundaries, and social networks that utilize multiple technologies. The unanticipated assemblages formed by these media contribute simultaneously to preserving traditional cultural norms and religious values while asserting cosmopolitan and global identity; appealing to a local audience while addressing transnational communities; and asserting conformity with existing political order while fueling resistance and public discontent. Therefore, this special issue of CyberOrient aims to transcend the media-centric logic and to analyze the impact of the internet and new media in the light of the interdependency and hybridization within broader social, cultural and linguistic context of the Middle East and the Muslim world. Aims and Scope The special issue of CyberOrient aims to bring together the state of the art research dealing with the growing influence of the internet and new media in the Middle East. Key questions include: - What opportunities for representation have the internet and new media created in the Middle East, and how has it influenced popular culture, language and norms? - Does the proliferation of sites by individuals from various cultural backgrounds democratize political and religious behavior in the Middle East? - What does the internet and the social networks it enables offer to groups who have not traditionally had access to an open public domain for expression, especially women and marginalized sects? - Does the wide range of views posted on the internet foster tolerance and greater understanding on current issues of political and religious strife? - What is the impact of the virtual Islamic community on the practices of Muslims worldwide? - How does access to internet cafes and global connections influence cultural norms in Middle Eastern societies? - What role do new media such as video games and video clips play in the identity construction of Middle Eastern and Muslim youth? Submission Details Please, submit a manuscript no longer than 8000 words to the editors as an e-mail attachment to Daniel.M.Varisco(a)hofstra.edu and vsisler(a)gmail.com no later than 1 December 2010. Please format your submission as follows: - Cover page with your name, affiliation, address, article title - Second page with article title, abstract (150-200 words) and three or four key words. Do not put your name on this page or on the pages of the following text. - Article with references at the end, following the AAA format (http://www.aaanet.org/publications/guidelines.cfm) Please note all papers will be subject to anonymous peer review following submission. Important dates 1 December 2010: Deadline for manuscript submission 15 January 2010: Announcement of results of peer-review 1 March 2011: Publication of special issue Inquiries and submission of manuscripts should be addressed to: Daniel Martin Varisco Department of Anthropology 200 Davison Hall Hofstra University Hempstead, NY 11549 (516) 463-5590 (office) (516) 463-6250 (fax) Daniel.M.Varisco(a)hofstra.edu Vit Sisler Institute of Information Studies and Librarianship Faculty of Arts, Charles University in Prague U Krize 8, Praha 5, 158 00 (+420) 251 080 205 (office) vsisler(a)gmail.com About the Journal CyberOrient (http://www.cyberorient.net/) is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Middle East Section of the American Anthropological Association in collaboration with the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague. The aim of the journal is to provide research and theoretical considerations on the representation of Islam and the Middle East, the very areas that used to be styled as an “Orient”, in cyberspace, as well as the impact of the internet and new media in Muslim and Middle Eastern contexts.

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Trial Licenses for a Powerful Research Tool
by Stuart Shulman 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

Colleagues, There is a new PCAT Overview (<9 minutes) that covers the many file types PCAT can import as well as the key features of the system: http://www.screencast.com/t/ZDczNmE3Mz The overview has captions for hearing impaired users and it covers core file type and functionality principles as well as some exciting new features. I feel that PCAT has evolved into a very powerful research tool. In September we'll make a formal announcement about the PCAT/Sifter pricing plan: http://pcat.qdap.net/pricing.aspx In the meantime, we are running a deep discount for trial adoptions of the Enterprise license. If your agency, firm or university buys an Enterprise PCAT/Sifter license by September 1, 2010, we will provide six months of service for the price of a single month. During the month of September, the discount will be three months for the price of one. At a University, an unlimited Enterprise license would provide PCAT to every owner of valid university address. In government, an Enterprise license would provide PCAT access for every owner of a valid agency email address. In a company, every employee would have access. If you think your agency, firm or University would adopt a no obligation trial license, please contact me directly (stu(a)texifter.com) As a very small start-up, we count on this word of mouth referral to create some opportunities. Also, individual users will always have Free and Premium individual license options. Many thanks, ~Stu -- Stuart Shulman President & CEO Texifter, LLC http://texifter.com

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Call for Papers: Internet Research Methods (Special Issue of Cultural Science)
by Axel Bruns 23 Aug '10

23 Aug '10

G'day ! This may be of interest: Special Issue Cultural Science (http://cultural-science.org/journal/) Internet Research Methods as Moments of Evolution Editor: Thomas Petzold, ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Call for Papers This special issue of Cultural Science explores Internet research methods at the intersection of socio-cultural and evolutionary research. It invites contributions that combine innovative research design on the Internet with an evolutionary treatment of socio-cultural change to reconsider the dynamics of institutions, identities, and socio-cultural relations. By doing so this special issue seeks to identify and further develop discussions of specific methods as well as wider considerations of underlying propositions that deal with evolutionary approaches to culture. Methods as moments of evolution relates to phenomena Internet researchers seek to unravel by using specific approaches and techniques as well as to the more general idea that Internet research methods must be understood as part of an evolutionary process of scientific working and thinking. For this special issue, contributions are welcome that take methods and concepts from disciplines previously unrelated or but marginally related to cultural research and the humanities and apply, adapt and adjust these to Internet related research into structural and dynamic changes. Such an approach, it is expected, shares methods with other emerging disciplines and fields such as computational social sciences (Lazer et al 2009), digital humanities (Schreibman, Siemens and Unsworth 2004), and web science (Berners-Lee, Hall, and Hendler 2006). This special issue welcomes case studies as well as broader methodological analyses of: * Internet research methods and instruments exploring evolutionary processes of Internet related issues in general, * the dynamics and structural change of culture and language on the Internet in particular, * the challenges and limits of both visualising large data sets and/or small nuances of micro-case studies, and asks * what it means for Internet researchers to consider methods as moments of evolution. Prospective authors are asked to submit contributions (full papers, essays, visualisations, think pieces, in PDF or Word format, with references in Harvard style) of up to 8000 words to Thomas Petzold (t.petzold(a)qut.edu.au) Henry Li (s1.li(a)qut.edu.au) and Woitek Konzal (woitek.konzal(a)qut.edu.au) by 30 September 2010. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Early-career researchers and doctoral students are encouraged to contribute to this special edition. Accepted papers will be published in December 2010. Special Issue of Cultural Science: http://cultural-science.org/journal/ Deadline for submissions: 30 September 2010 Final revised papers due: 15 November 2010 Publication: December 2010 ----- References Berners-Lee, T., W. Hall and J.A. Hendler. 2006. A Framework for Web Science. Now Publishers Inc. Lazer, D. et al. 2009. Computational Social Science. Science 323: 721-3. Schreibman, S., R. Siemens and J. Unsworth. 2004. A Companion to Digital Humanities. Oxford: Blackwell. -- 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

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Citation request
by Lois Scheidt 22 Aug '10

22 Aug '10

Greetings, I'm looking for a couple of citations, and would appreciate the list's assistance in pointing me to the information. First, I am looking for a peer reviewed work that discusses bloggers - or other online writers - appropriation of others work and posting it without noting that the work is not original...or else explicitly stating the work is their own. Education/classroom citations won't help in this case. What I need is something that discusses the activity, and if possible the prevalence of the activity in social setting(s). Second, I'm looking for a citation, if there are any, that discusses a blogger - or other online writer's - reposting of their work across multiple sites. Again, peer reviewed would be best. Thank you for your assistance Lois -- Lois Ann Scheidt Doctoral Candidate - School of Library and Information Science, Indiana University, Bloomington IN USA Webpage: http://www.loisscheidt.com CV: http://www.loisscheidt.com/cv.html Blog: http://www.professional-lurker.com

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