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Roommate for IR 10
by Kris M. Markman 05 Sep '09

05 Sep '09

Hello all, In an effort to cut costs I am looking for a non-smoking female to share a room at IR 10. I already have a double room booked at the conference hotel, arriving Wed. Oct. 7 and departing Sun. Oct. 11, and would be interested in a a roommate for all or part of the conference. Please contact me off list of you're interested. Looking forward to a great conference! -Kris ---------- ---------- ---------- Kris M. Markman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Dept. of Communication University of Memphis https://umdrive.memphis.edu/kmmrkman/www/index.html

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CFPs: host(s) for Computers & Writing 2011 (Onsite and Online)
by doug eyman 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

**Two Calls for Proposals - Computers and Writing 2011: Onsite and/or Online** // Please forward to all lists and individuals who may be interested. Apologies for duplicates.// The CCCC Committee on Computers in Composition and Communication (7Cs) invites all interested institutions to submit proposals to host either the onsite or online (or both) Computers and Writing 2011 conference. The Computers and Writing Conference is probably the single most important annual conference for those who use computers and networks to teach writing. It brings together scholars, teachers, and professionals from all over the world in an intimate, welcoming setting to discuss the problems, successes, innovations, and logistics of computer and network-based writing instruction. Since there is no formal organization that oversees the conference and its continuity from year to year, the Computers and Writing community relies upon the generosity of institutions of higher education to host the conference. Typically, these institutions can donate time, personnel, facilities, and limited funding to make the conference a success. Proposals include information about a proposed theme, possible keynote speakers, activities, and innovations that will make the conference a success. The 7Cs welcomes proposals from individual institutions of higher education as well as those that are collaborative across institutions, including community colleges, K-12 institutions, and non-profits. IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT TIMELINE/DEADLINE: Please note that the deadline to propose to host either the ONSITE or ONLINE conference has been merged. Both deadlines now follow the ONSITE proposal requirements. (The CCCC website listed below currently has an outdated timeline for the online proposal.) We have changed the deadline so that proposals can accommodate joint-hosting of the onsite and online conferences in one year, although **this is NOT a requirement in proposing**. If you have any questions about which conference to propose for and/or what the benefits of joint- hosting both conferences would be, please contact Douglas Eyman at deyman(a)gmu.edu. STEPS FOR PROPOSING: 1) Look over the following website and familiarize yourself with information about the schedule and requirements for the proposal(s): http://computersandwriting.org/cwsiteselect 2) Submit a statement of intent by sending an email to deyman(a)gmu.edu by September 15, 2009. Indicate in the subject line which conference (onsite or online) you are interested in proposing to host. This statement can be an informal email that puts your name 'in the ring' so that 7Cs can keep track of who's interested and who the host-proposal contact person is. 3) Complete and submit an application (web-accessible applications preferred) to deyman(a)gmu.edu by November 1, 2009. The application format can be found at http://computersandwriting.org/cwapp Please direct all questions to deyman(a)gmu.edu Best, Douglas Eyman, 7Cs Chair ---------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas Eyman Assistant Professor of English George Mason University Senior Editor Kairos: Rhetoric, Technology, Pedagogy http://kairos.technorhetoric.net

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Re: [Air-L] Kerfuffle researching fanfic/fandom
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

>> 2. This research wasn't even for a project at BU; it was for a privately >> published book. (A book titled, incidentally, Rule 34: What Netporn Teaches >> Us About The Brain. I am not making this up.) >OK, the research methods suck, but I LOVE the book title! >Robin That's part of what worries me. Ogi Ogas has already been given an advance for this book. What kind of shoddy crap is he going to publish, using information provided by people unwittingly (or in some cases maliciously - people were intentionally giving bad answers after some of the fail became more obvious)? This guy was targeting a specific subgroup of fanfic writers looking for "deviant women" to use for his own purposes. And a titillating book title will encourage people to buy it, and I hate the thought of fandom being represented by this schmuck. Also someone else on LJ did some digging and discovered his partner has linked to some seriously disturbing neocon and white supremacist writings: http://romaine24.livejournal.com/134010.html?format=light Dr. Stephanie Tuszynski Assistant Professor of Communication Bethany College 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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Inaugeral lecture, Charles Ess
by Niels Brügger 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

Please allow me to inform the AoIR list members of Charles Ess' inaugeral lecture at Aarhus University, Denmark. On 1 September Charles Ess was appointed Professor with specific duties at the Institute of Information and Media Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark for a three year period. In relation to the appointment Charles Ess will give an inaugural lecture entitled 'Global convergences, political futures? Self, community, and ethics in digital mediatized worlds'. Drawing from communication theory and information ethics, the inaugural lecture will examine how emerging new media and computer-mediated- communication correlate with profound changes in both “Western” and “Eastern” societies regarding the self/selves, their relationships with larger communities, and the political implications and possibilities of these changes. Since 2003 Charles Ess has been a Distinguished Research Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at Drury University, US. He is a leading and internationally recognized scholar in such areas as Internet research, with emphases on culturally-variable elements of Information and Communication Technology and Computer-Mediated Communication; ICTs and democratization; ICTs and religion; Internet research ethics; and Information and Computing Ethics, with an emphasis on cultural perspectives. In addition, Charles Ess has been a leading scholar in the creation of the biennial conference series CATaC, (Cultural Attitudes towards Technology and Communication, 1998 and onwards), and from 2007 he has been president of the Association of Internet Researchers. For further information about Charles Ess, please visit his website at http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html . Charles Ess can also be contacted via email at charles.ess(a)gmail.com. Inaugural lecture: Friday 18 September, 14:15, Det lille auditorium, IT-huset, Åbogade 15, Aarhus, Denmark. After the inaugeral lecture a reception will be held at IT-huset's canteen. Best, Niels Brügger ------------------------------------------------------------ LATEST PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS March 2009 Website history and the website as an object of study, New Media & Society, 11/1-2, Sage, London 2009, 115-132 [ get an electronic copy at: http://nms.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/11/1-2/115?etoc ] February 2009 Forstå Facebook [in Danish]. www.kommunikationsforum.dk. Copenhagen: 5 pages, 2009 [ read the article: http://www.kommunikationsforum.dk/artikler/forstaa-facebook ] November 2008 The Archived Website and Website Philology. A new Type of Historical Document?, Nordicom Review, 29/2, Göteborg 2008: 155-175 [ get an electronic copy at: http://www.nordicom.gu.se/common/publ_pdf/269_brugger.pdf ] Strukturalismus (with O. Vigsø), Hans Fink Verlag, München: 104 pages, 2008 [ read about the publication: http://www.utb.de/katalog_suchen_detailseite.jsp?buchid=1942 ] INTERESTED IN WEB HISTORY? You may want to join the mailing list webhistory(a)imv.au.dk at http://mail.imv.au.dk/mailman/listinfo/webhistory INTERESTED IN THE HISTORY OF DR.DK? You may want to join the Facebook group "dr.dk's historie" [in Danish] at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61000607153 NIELS BRÜGGER, Associate Professor, PhD Institute of Information and Media Studies University of Aarhus Helsingforsgade 14 8200 Aarhus N Denmark Phone (switchboard) +45 8942 1111 Phone (direct) +45 8942 9226 Telefax + 45 8942 5950 E-mail nb(a)imv.au.dk Webpage http://imv.au.dk/~nb Profile at LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/1/50a/555 Profile at Kommunikationsforum [in Danish]: www.kommunikationsforum.dk/Niels-Brugger The Centre for Internet Research http://cfi.imv.au.dk The history of dr.dk, 1996-2006 http://drdk.dk

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FREE ISSUE ONLINE ONLY DURING APSA 2009: Special Issue: “Politics: Web 2.0” Visit: http://shrinkify.com/144k
by Stuart Shulman 04 Sep '09

04 Sep '09

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Call for PhD Applications: Centre for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCi)
by Axel Bruns 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Folks, we're now calling for applications for the upcoming scholarship round at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation in Brisbane, Australia: Queensland University of Technology ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCI) Research Higher Degree Project Opportunities September 2009 Scholarship Round If you are considering applying for a scholarship in the current September round to pursue postgraduate research studies you may wish to consider connecting with projects we have in development here at the Centre (CCI) and pursue your studies with us at QUT. These projects will link you with industry, government or other partners in order to enhance your networks, the applications of your research, and potentially open up career opportunities as a result of your studies. Here are a few of the project areas to give you a taste of these opportunities: * Innovation and sustainability in Australian games and interactive entertainment with companies such as Firemint and Infinite Interactive, and government agencies such as the Australia Council (key contact person John Banks Ph: (07) 3138 8764; email: ja.banks(a)qut.edu.au) * Australia's creative engagements with Asia in such fields as design, architecture, fashion and digital media with partners such as Austrade (Key contact person Michael Keane Ph: (07) 3138 3757;email: m.keane(a)qut.edu.au) * Designing creative clusters in China and Japan with partners such as Arup (Key contact person Justin O'Connor ph: 0402 395 008; email: justin.oconnor(a)qut.edu.au) * International development and empowerment through ICTs in south Asia with partners such as Intel and UNESCO (Key Contact Person: Jo Tacchi Ph: (07) 3138 8178; email: j.tacchi(a)qut.edu.au) * Urban regeneration and creative reuses of space with partners such as eastern seaboard city councils and state government agencies (Key Contact Person: Justin O'Connor Ph: 0402 395 008; email: justin.oconnor(a)qut.edu.au) Please note the QUT closing date for scholarship applications is Wednesday 30 September for international students and Friday 9 October 2009 for domestic students. To apply go to: http://www.rsc.qut.edu.au/future/scholarships/Annual_round_awards.jsp If you have any questions in regards to the application process please contact Britta Froehling (Ph: (07) 3138 3716; email: britta.froehling(a)qut.edu.au) General inquiries about the Centre's research agenda and supervision capacity can be addressed to the Director, Stuart Cunningham Ph: (07) 3138 3743; email: s.cunningham(a)qut.edu.au. -- 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 Skype: LexaSnurb Queensland University of Technology +61 7 3138 5548 Musk Ave, Kelvin Grove, Qld. 4059, Australia CRICOS No.: 00213J

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CFP: Velvet Light Trap #66
by Liz Ellcessor 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Please distribute to anyone interested. Information about the journal can be found below as well. Thank you! VLT 66 CFP “New Media in the Majority World” New media technologies are rapidly transforming cultures and media products throughout the “majority world”. This term, advocated by Bangladeshi photographer Shahidul Alam, describes “developing” countries in a way that underscores a central paradox; while decision-making power largely falls to “Group of Eight” countries, those outside this power structure comprise the bulk of the world’s population. Nations, regions and communities in the majority world, including India, China, the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa all engage with locally-specific, yet globally-inflected forms of production, exhibition, distribution, and reception that chart new courses for new media technologies and suggest the possible rise of “majority media.” This issue of The Velvet Light Trap will examine the majority world in light of changes brought about by digital communications technologies, including digital production software, Internet media, DVD, digital video, satellite television, and mobile phones. Majority world cultures are being reshaped through new opportunities for media production, distribution and consumption. Examples include: the creation of a new Arab public sphere through web-based media, SMS-centered activism in Uganda, the use of digital video in Iranian cinema, the Nigerian trade in Bollywood videos, the global circulation of the telenovela bolstered by satellite television, and the use of cell phone footage in Middle Eastern documentary. This issue will privilege studies that investigate, through primary research and concrete analysis, how the production, content, and reception of non-Western film, television, and digital media have been affected by the rise of new media technologies. While this issue focuses on the changes brought about by global interactions and new technologies, essays that argue for continuities from older media and contexts in the face of such changes are also welcome. Ultimately, this issue will prioritize those submissions that attempt to sketch out the industrial and cultural forces behind these mediascapes despite their at times radically politicized contexts. Beyond the subjects suggested above, possible topics addressing new media in the majority world (especially in the Middle East, India, China, Africa and Latin America) include, but are not limited to: -how institutional contexts (i.e. ones influenced by particular legislation, policies, or flows of capital) have facilitated the use of new media -locally based reception studies that investigate how the majority world interacts with new media -aesthetic choices confronting majority world filmmakers using digital technology -the role of new media in shaping or re-invigorating locally specific narrative content -how new media is affecting media distribution and/or marketing in the majority world -locally based studies of the economics of new media in the majority world -locally based studies of majority world news media -how new media technologies are being integrated into established production practices and/or how they are paving the way for new ones -the role of new media practices in globalizing local media forms and production Papers should be between 6,000 and 7,500 words (approximately 20-25 pages double-spaced), in MLA style with a cover page including the writer’s name and contact information. Please send four copies of the paper (including a one-page abstract with each copy) in a format suitable to be sent to a reader anonymously. All submissions will be refereed by the journal’s Editorial Advisory Board. For more information or questions, contact John Powers (jppowers at wisc.edu) Nick Marx (njmarx at wisc.edu) Liz Ellcessor (ellcessor at wisc.edu ), or Colin Burnett (burnett2 at wisc.edu) Submissions are due September 15, 2009, and should be sent to: The Velvet Light Trap University of Wisconsin, Madison Department of Communication Arts 821 University Avenue Madison, WI USA 53706-1497 The Velvet Light Trap is an academic, peer-reviewed journal of film and television studies. Issues are coordinated alternately by graduate students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Texas-Austin. The Editorial Advisory Board includes such notable scholars as Henry Benshoff, Peter Bloom, David Desser, Radhika Gajjala, Sean Griffin, Bambi Haggins, Nina Martin, Joe McElhaney, Tara McPherson, Jason Mittell, James Morrison, Steve Neale, Michael Newman, Karla Oeler, Aswin Punathambekar, Beretta E. Smith-Shomade, Malcolm Turvey, and Michael Williams. Liz Ellcessor Department of Communication Arts University of Wisconsin-Madison ellcessor(a)wisc.edu 608-469-5822

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Twitter and science/humanities
by Axel Kittenberger 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

Dear All, Do you have additional hints and links about the value twitter/microblogging can and could have on science? That is less doing science about the twittersphere than science going together with twitter/microblogging, scientists and institutes who/which Twitter (publicly and privately), and so on. Kind regards, Axel Kittenberger PhD University of Vienna

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Re: [Air-L] Kefuffle researching fanfic/fandom
by Joseph Reagle 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

On Wednesday 02 September 2009, Katy E. Pearce wrote: > a survey of various LiveJournal fanfiction/fandom groups. Unfortunately: > 1. Despite repeatedly mentioning his association with BU, it appears he > never got IRB approval. > 2. This research wasn't even for a project at BU; it was for a privately > published book. (A book titled, incidentally, Rule 34: What Netporn Teaches > Us About The Brain. I am not making this up.) This prompts a question aside from this disastrous case: What IRB obligations does one have if one's research is not funded by an institution and one makes no claims of affiliation or support for that research? (Obviously, not the case in this instance.) It could still be bad research/ethics, but I believe the IRB was originally intended to apply to Federally funded research, now typically applies to all (non-humanities/journalistic) research at a Federally funded institution, but does it touch upon even loose affiliations?

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Kefuffle researching fanfic/fandom
by Katy E. Pearce 03 Sep '09

03 Sep '09

A case study of what not to do when trying to research Internet-based phenomena/groups? For those of you not on LiveJournal academics_anon, here's the summary, quoted from the community post: "A researcher affiliated with Boston University named Ogi Ogas decided to do a survey of various LiveJournal fanfiction/fandom groups. Unfortunately: 1. Despite repeatedly mentioning his association with BU, it appears he never got IRB approval. 2. This research wasn't even for a project at BU; it was for a privately published book. (A book titled, incidentally, Rule 34: What Netporn Teaches Us About The Brain. I am not making this up.) 3. Because of the subject, the survey was quite explicit in some parts (and flat-out triggering in others). Yet it was posted to all-ages communities with nothing even resembling a warning. 4. After criticism of a number of the questions (on counts ranging from cisgender and heterosexual privilege to just plain squick), the researcher actually changed the survey while data was still actively being collected. 5. Edited to add: Oh yeah, and some of the questions had to do with illegal drugs and sexual activity, despite there being no privacy statement or anything else of the sort." Summaries of the drama: http://viv.id.au/blog/20090831.6431/ten-steps-to-a-perfect-fanstorm/ http://linkspam.dreamwidth.org/5800.html And the questionnaire itself: http://ljgeoff.livejournal.com/296228.html

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