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Call for Nominees: Donald McGannon Award
by PHILIP M NAPOLI 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

The Donald McGannon Communication Research Center at Fordham University announces its 2009 Donald McGannon Award for Social and Ethical Relevance in Communications Policy Research. Nominees should be book-length research published in 2009 that addresses or informs issues of communications policy. Authors of the winning book will be awarded $2,000. Nominations should consist of a cover letter briefly summarizing the book's research focus and findings, along with four copies of the book. Self-nominations are welcome. Edited volumes are not eligible for consideration. Deadline for consideration is January 15 ^th , 2010. Send nominations to: McGannon Book Award Donald McGannon Communication Research Center Faculty Memorial Hall, 4 ^th Floor Fordham University Bronx , NY 10458 For questions or further information, please contact Professor Jim Capo at capo(a)fordham.edu.

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Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2010, University of Salford - Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences
by Yuwei Lin 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Graduate Teaching Assistantships 2010 University of Salford - Faculty of Arts, Media and Social Sciences Every year the University of Salford offers a number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) for suitably qualified candidates wishing to study for a PhD. Applications are now invited for scholarships based in the School of Media, Music & Performance starting in October 2010. The scholarships are worth £13,290 per annum per year over three years and are open to UK/EU students. Subject areas include: • Music: Composition (Acoustics Scored or Digital); Popular Music; Popular and Critical Musicology; Sonic Art/Sound Environments. • Fine Art: Contemporary Arts Practice, Contemporary Performance/Live Art; Sonic Art/Sound Environments; Creative Technologies/New Media. • Design: Design Studies/Design Management; Museum Management/Heritage Studies. • Drama and Dance: Contemporary Dance; Community Dance; Dance and Screen; Performance Studies; Live Art. • Other Creative Arts: Television Studies; Film Studies; Media/Film Practice; Creative Technologies/New Media and Communication Design, Cultural and Media Studies (including Journalism). • Journalism: Cultural and Media Studies. • Media Studies: Television Studies; Film Studies; Media/Film Practice. • Other Media and Communications: Creative Technologies/New Media. Graduate Teaching Assistantships offer students the opportunity to study for a PhD while undertaking teaching duties in areas usually related to their PhD research. Successful candidates will work under the direction of an academic staff member on a range of teaching activities, up to 180 hours over the academic year (based on an average of six hour per week). Please note there are TWO closing dates: 1. The closing date for GTA applications is 5 February 2010. 2. Outstanding applications will also be put forward for external funding. Please note the earlier deadline for applicants wishing to be considered for ESRC/AHRC funding: 8 January 2010. For details on how to apply please visit: http://www.adelphi.salford.ac.uk/adelphi/p/?s=24&pid=28 For any additional queries, please contact: Ben HalliganT +44 (0)161 295 6062, Email: b.halligan(a)salford.ac.uk -- Yuwei Lin | yuwei at ylin dot org http://www.ylin.org

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HIGHER EDUCATION, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
by Carpenter, Russell 02 Dec '09

02 Dec '09

Apologies for cross-posting... CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS HIGHER EDUCATION, EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES, AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS: CONCEPTS, MODELS, AND APPLICATIONS A book edited by Melody Bowdon, PhD (Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Central Florida) and Russell Carpenter, PhD (Director, Noel Studio for Academic Creativity, Eastern Kentucky University) To be published by IGI Global For more on the publisher and to review the full call online, go to: [1]http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=714 Proposal Submission Deadline: December 30, 2009 Full Chapter Submission Deadline: February 28, 2010 THE CALL We seek manuscripts that document and assess partnerships between institutions of higher education and K$B!>(B12 schools, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and corporations that have been made successful (or even unsuccessful in interesting ways) in part through the use of emerging and evolving digital technologies. Topics or sites might include service$B!>(Blearning; internships; volunteer programs; cooperative education; distance$B!>(Blearning; continuing education; professional schools such as law, medicine, education, and nursing; community development programs including alumni relations and fundraising; and/or sponsored research. Technologies might include social networking, webconferencing, mobile devices, virtual environments such as SecondLife, course management systems, and/or Web 2.0 applications. THE CONTEXT The early boom of web$B!>(Bbased education in the 1990s, both in the United States and abroad (e.g., in Australia and the UK), saw a flurry of publications on the subject of university and industry partnerships, with a focus on ways in which online learning might lead to new models of collaboration and engagement across previously clearly delineated borders. We will posit in this volume that this late 1990$B!G(Bs opportunity to make connections between industry and academia through emerging educational technologies was, on a broad scale, missed by all sides. Ten years later, as we approach the end of the first decade of the 21st century, we see a similar moment of opportunity for collaboration. As organizations of all types struggle to survive in increasingly difficult economic times, stakeholders have a chance to use emerging technologies to support innovative and mutually intellectually, economically, and socially beneficial collaborations among academic institutions of all levels and non$B!>(Bprofit and profit$B!>(Bdriven organizations of all sizes. THE SPECIFICS Because innovative models for collaboration, new visions of relationships between and among organizations, and redrawing or even erasing established boundaries are crucial moves for our project, we invite writers from all disciplines and fields who incorporate community partnerships in their research, teaching, service, and other missions to consider submitting proposals for case studies (3000$B!>(B5000 words) or traditional academic articles (7000$B!>(B10,000 words). We are interested in: $B!|(B Case studies of effective partnerships between/among higher education institutions, K$B!>(B12 schools, nonprofit organizations, and corporations. This could include narratives, assessment summaries, best practices, and so on. $B!|(B Articles that offer engaging definitions of key terms of relevance to this project and that thereby provide insights about how we might form better collective questions for the future $B!|(B Skeptical perspectives on these ideas$B!>!>(Barticles from colleagues who believe that technology does not hold the answers or that technology might be creating new problems or complexities in community partnerships $B!|(B Practical descriptions of potentially replicable models that will help readers understand in detail how the author/s made a program or approach work $B!|(B Collaborative essays representing multiple stakeholder perspectives that include the voices of community partners (cor porate, government, or nonprofit) and the people they serve, as well as students, staff members, researchers, faculty, administrators, and other entities involved in these collaborations $B!|(B Technical, pedagogical, ethical, political, bureaucratic, commercial, and other perspectives We are not looking for: $B!|(B Articles that focus on specific how to's for using a particular tool that might quickly be obsolete or might not have broad application $B!|(B Articles that focus only on a partnership or only on a technology and that do not address their interrelationship $B!|(B Models that are entirely speculative$B!>!>(Bwe'd like to see demonstration of the value of each approach through assessment $B!|(B Narratives about projects that include no assessment or evaluation; assessment can be qualitative and/or quantitative but should focus on practices that colleagues could consider implementing in some form EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD To support our efforts to include contributors from wide range of fields and industries, we have recruited the following outstanding researchers to participate in the review of manuscripts and offer general advice on the volume. The team includes: $B!|(B Dianna Baldwin, Ph.D., Associate Writing Center Director, Michigan State University, USA $B!|(B Shelley Billig, Ph.D., Vice President, RMC Research Corporation, USA $B!|(B Mark David Milliron, Ph.D., President and CEO, Catalyze Learning International, USA $B!|(B Sarena Seifer, M.D., Executive Director, Community$B!>(BCampus Partnerships for Health, USA $B!|(B Trae Stewart, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Central Florida, USA SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit 2$B!>(B3 page proposals describing the objectives and approach of each proposed chapter. The final deadline for proposals is December 30, 2009, but the editors will begin reviewing proposals and providing feedback immediately. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by January 15, 2010, and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters will be due on February 28, 2010. All submitted chapters will undergo a double$B!>(Bmasked review process. Contributors may also be invited to serve as reviewers for the project. IMPORTANT DATES December 30, 2009: Final Proposal Submission Deadline January 15, 2010: Notification of Acceptance February 28, 2010: Full Chapter Submission Deadline May 15, 2010: Review Results Returned June 15, 2010: Revised Chapters Due July 15, 2010: Final Chapter Submission PUBLISHER This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the $B!H(BInformation Science Reference$B!I(B (formerly Idea Group Reference), $B!H(BMedical Information Science Reference,$B!I(B $B!H(BBusiness Science Reference,$B!I(B and $B!H(BEngineering Science Reference$B!I(B imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit [2]www.igiglobal. com. This publication is anticipated to be released in early 2011. INQUIRIES, PROPOSALS AND SUBMISSIONS CAN BE SENT ELECTRONICALLY IN MS WORD TO: Melody Bowdon, PhD and/or Department of English University of Central Florida E$B!>(Bmail: mbowdon(a)mail.ucf.edu 407$B!>(B823$B!>(B6234 or Russell Carpenter, PhD Noel Studio for Academic Creativity Eastern Kentucky University E$B!>(Bmail: russell.carpenter(a)eku.edu 859$B!>(B622$B!>(B6229 Russell G. Carpenter, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of English Director, Noel Studio for Academic Creativity Eastern Kentucky University 859-622-6229 [3]http://www.studio.eku.edu/ References 1. http://www.igi-global.com/requests/details.asp?ID=714 2. http://www.igiglobal/ 3. http://www.studio.eku.edu/

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"M Is For Mobile - Information Services In The iPhone Age" || <<< Have Presentation(s) / Will Travel >>>
by McKiernan, Gerard [LIB] 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Colleagues/ On May 20 2010 I will deliver the featured presentation at a Special Program organized by the Michigan Library Consortium, Lansing, MI _The Ever Changing User: Mobile Devices and Beyond_ This one-day special program on the ever changing user will discuss the utilization of mobile devices in libraries as well as the needs of library patrons. Our featured keynote is Gerry McKiernan from the Iowa State University Library who will present "M is for Mobile - Information Services in the iPhone Age". "Gerry's presentation will be followed by a presentation of Ann Arbor District Library's use of mobile technology from Eli Neiburger. The program will also feature presentations on working with and providing services to library users." TakeHomeAbstract In this presentation, we will review the mobile phenomenon and profile a wide array of initiatives and projects that offer anytime/ anywhere access to a variety of information services and sources. In particular, we will focus on abstracts and indexes; collections; information literacy; interlibrary loan; news; online public access catalogs; and reference and research services. We will conclude with a review of current and potential challenges and opportunities that librarians and libraries face in the ever-expanding mobile environment. Registration Fees MLC Members [Includes Lunch] > $ 99.00 Non-Members [Includes :Lunch] > $ 160.00 BTW-1 > Please Contact MLC With Any Registration Questions !!! I Am Most Grateful To The Michigan Library Consortium And Heather M. Thomas, MLC Training Coordinator, For Their Kind Invitation !!! <<< Have Presentation(s) / Will Travel >>> If Your Conference Or Organization Is Interested In A Mobile Libraries Presentation, Please Contact Me ; I Am More Than Willing To Tailor A Presentation To The Particular Interests Of Potential Attendees. If You Are Not Able To Attend The MLC Presentation And/Or Organize Your Own Mobile Libraries Program Here In The USA, Perhaps You May Be Interested In Attending One Of My Three International Presentations In April/May 2010 (TBA) And/Or Perhaps My Overseas Colleagues May Be Interested In Organizing One For Her/His Institution And/Or Professional Association BTW-2 > While An Honorarium Is Always Welcome, I Ask That As A Minimum That My Direct Expenses Be Covered (Travel, Accommodations, Food, Etc.) For The Full Abstract For My MLC Presentation And Links To The MLC Special Program / Registration Page(s), Please Visit [ http://tinyurl.com/yjdjdfc ] BTW-3 > Don't Miss Today's (12-01-09) Mother Goose & Grimm > 'Twitter: The Movie' At [ http://tinyurl.com/ylerxp4 ] Regards, /Gerry Gerry McKiernan Associate Professor Science and Technology Librarian Iowa State University Library Ames IA 50011 Follow Me On Twitter > http://twitter.com/GMcKBlogs There Is No Answer, Only Solutions / Olde Irish Saying The Future Is Already Here, It's Just Not Evenly Distributed Attributed To William Gibson, SciFi Author / Coined 'Cyberspace

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IRGO mailing list.
by Andrew Long 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hey - In another stunning IRGO (internet Research Group of Otago)-blatantly-copies-AoIR-move, we have a new mailing list. To be fair, the excellent participants at our recent unConference requested one <= so why not copy from the best! This list is open to anyone with an interest in all things internet research related or for keeping tabs on what IRGO and the IRGO community is up to. Feel free to sign up here: http://lists.otago.ac.nz/listinfo/irgo-l Kind regards Andrew _________________________________________________________________ http://andrew-long.name | Department of Information Science | School of Business University of Otago | NZ | +64 3 479 8319 | mailto:andrew.long@otago.ac.nz

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01 Dec '09

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RES: Re: Information Society Free Virtual library - first 5.000 texts
by Bernardo Sorj 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Dear colleague, I am glad to inform you that the Edelstein Center for Social Research has launched a virtual library on the Information Society: http://www.bvce.org/SociedadeInformacao.asp The library consists of more than 5.000 of full articles, books and reports. We have in the pipeline another 5.000 texts which will be added to the library within the coming months. Please help us by indicating other individual and institutional sites with texts for our site and sending your suggestions to improve our work by writing to: bvce(a)centroedelstein.org.br All the best, Bernardo Sorj Director of the Edelstein Center for Social Research Dr. Bernardo Sorj <http://www.bernardosorj.com> www.bernardosorj.com <http://www.centroedelstein.org.br> www.centroedelstein.org.br

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Free Public Domain Tool for Group Polling
by Charlie Balch 01 Dec '09

01 Dec '09

Hello all, I've just finished http://AskClass.net, a hopefully useful site for getting group opinions where participants have access to the web. My primary AskClass.net development goal was the creation of a tool that I could use to ask class questions in a lab environment on-the-fly but other uses now come to mind. The site is easy to use. The "create question" area of AskClass.net allows authors to create multiple-choice, single-answer questions that can be discovered by users in the "list questions" area. The entry screens are kept small for portability to hand-held devices. Users can answer questions and see the results of other respondents in real time. To encourage consensus development, users can change their answer so long as they remain on the question page. There is a FAQ and mouseover help where appropriate. Today was the first day that I introduced http://AskClass.net to students and we had fun. I've also made some changes as a result. I'd appreciate your thoughts and suggestions about where this project might go. I'm happy to provide my design thoughts upon request. Source code is available on request but please understand that this project is under development and features/code are evolving. Thanks, Charlie Charles V. Balch PhD Professor of Computer Information Systems Arizona Western College http://virgil.azwestern.edu/~cvb

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PhD Research Africa Mobile Citizen Journalism
by Paulo Nuno Vicente 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

Hello everyone, I present myself: Paulo Nuno Vicente. I’m a Portuguese journalist/documentarist and I’m now exclusively dedicated to my PhD research in Digital Media, through the UT Austin – Portugal Program. My research is about the use of mobile technologies in low and middle income economies (following the World Bank designation), especially from a citizen journalism / communitarian participation perspective. Concerning my field work, I’m now identifying exemplar projects on this area, mainly in Africa. Do you have any suggestion? Please accept my best regards, Paulo Nuno Vicente journalist | documentarist | phd student http://www.pnvicente.com/chaodepapel/ +351 962056247

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Re: [Air-L] QDAP/Texifter Foul Language List
by Stuart Shulman 30 Nov '09

30 Nov '09

The work of the committe is non-public. Suffice it to say it was extremely interesting and very thought provoking. The dirty word list is just one of the angles we are taking up. ~Stu's iPhone Stu(a)polsci.umass.edu Dr. Stuart W. Shulman UMass Amherst, Political Science On Nov 30, 2009, at 11:41 AM, Deen Freelon <dfreelon(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Dr. Shulman, > > By any chance are the findings or proceedings of the Secret Service > NAS workshop you mention below publicly available? Via Google I > could only find this: http://www7.nationalacademies.org/bbcss/Committee_on_Communications_and_Beh… > , which I assume is what you were referring to. I imagine others on > this list might be interested as well. Thanks, ~DEEN > > Stuart Shulman wrote: >> All great questions and comments. I put my reply to Jerom below and >> can now >> make an interim update. >> >> My lawyer is reviewing the risk associated with release of the >> list, which >> is 250+ items so far. A cautious person naturally avoids unintended >> harm >> that might result from use of the list for purposes other than >> those stated. >> I can envision sharing the list with established research labs >> working in >> this area. >> >> I see many indirect benefits accruing to users of software >> developed in >> proprietary settings. I also give away powerful software for free >> over the >> Web. Both are good models that leverage the Internet to distribute >> work with >> innovative tools and data sets easily to many volunteers, users, or >> content >> creators. >> >> In this case, my new research on threat detection has both basic >> research >> (QDAP) and commercial (Texifter) potential and the added chance of >> making >> public figures potentially safer in a volatile political climate. I >> am >> responding to a direct need expressed through the National >> Academies of >> Science recent workshop for the US Secret Service and to other agency >> personnel from across the federal government. >> >> We are looking for ways to design, test and deploy useful tools >> that make >> democracy run a little more smoothly when millions of people are >> participating online. If US health care reform drives significant >> numbers of >> people to say awful things, or if the first African American >> President is >> just too much for some folks to bear, simple dictionaries of hate and >> threats may be required to make the landscape of democracy more >> navigable >> and civil for those who chose not to go there. >> >> In some cases, we are talking about making it easier for law >> enforcement >> officials to preempt aggressive or violent behavior. In others, we >> are >> looking at modeling the behavior of depraved citizens who use >> rhetoric for >> purposes that go beyond worldly comprehension. >> >> Finally, no, to all who wondered it, I am not planning to leave >> academia to >> become the next George Carlin either. >> >> Doggedly yours, >> ~Stu >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman(a)gmail.com> >> Date: Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:51 PM >> Subject: Re: [Air-L] QDAP/Texifter Foul Language List >> To: Jerom Janssen <jfjanssen(a)gmail.com> >> >> >> Jerom, >> >> I am wary of legal repercussions and would probably think it >> unwise. The >> language is both awful and valuable as research data. >> >> What would you do? >> >> ~Stu >> >> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 2:01 PM, Jessica Richman >> <jessica.richman(a)gmail.com>wrote: >> >> >>> Yes, I was wondering this too. It seems unfair to ask for public >>> contribution if this is a private project that only your company >>> will profit >>> from. >>> >>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 6:48 PM, Jerom Janssen >>> <jfjanssen(a)gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Dear Dr. Stuart Shulman, >>>> >>>> This is a very interesting project. Will the results (tokens/ >>>> phrases plus >>>> their counts and ratings) be put in the public domain? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Jerom Janssen >>>> >>>> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 13:58, <stuart.shulman(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> If you have trouble viewing or submitting this form, you can >>>>> fill it out >>>>> online: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> https://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dGNQZGVLNUQ3SHhxYXU3ZjZsS3… >>>> >>>>> QDAP/Texifter Foul Language List >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> We are compiling a list of oaths, dirty words, racist and sexual >>>>> >>>> derogatory >>>> >>>>> and other offensive terms to build new language models and >>>>> software >>>>> >>>> tools. >>>> >>>>> The notable increase in public and private threats communicated >>>>> via the >>>>> Internet to Congress and the White House makes it important to >>>>> do basic >>>>> research that identifies the precursors of aggressive or violent >>>>> >>>> behavior. >>>> >>>>> Adding your uniquely offensive contribution to the list, with an >>>>> >>>> associated >>>> >>>>> rating from 1-7, with 1 representing a mildly offensive term and 7 >>>>> representing the most foul term, will advance this work. >>>>> >>>>> We are not collecting any data about the people submitting items >>>>> to this >>>>> list. The process is anonymous. The research is jointly >>>>> sponsored by >>>>> >>>> QDAP & >>>> >>>>> Texifter, LLC and directed by Dr. Stuart Shulman, QDAP Director >>>>> and >>>>> >>>> Texifter >>>> >>>>> President & CEO. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.umass.edu/qdap/ >>>>> http://texifter.com/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Insert your word * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Rate the word 1-7 (1 = least & 7 = most offensive) * >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Powered by Google Docs Report Abuse - Terms of Service - >>>>> Additional >>>>> >>>> Terms >>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>>> >>>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >>>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > Deen Freelon > Ph.D. Student, Communication > University of Washington > dfreelon(a)u.washington.edu > ReCal = online intercoder reliability calculator > http://dfreelon.org/utils/recalfront/ > >

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