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Diaspora and the Media: Leeds Conference Programme
by Francisco Seoane 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

EUROPEAN WORKSHOP Mediations of Cultural Difference: Debating Media and Diversity 7 and 8 September 2007 University of Leeds Mediations of Cultural Difference: Debating Media and Diversity is the title of a two-day conference to be held at the University of Leeds on 7 and 8 September 2007. Organised by the Diaspora, Migration and the Media Section of the European Communication and Research Association (ECREA), this symposium will showcase the latest research on cultural difference, communication, and the media. Confirmed keynote speakers include Marie Gillespie (Open University), Charles Husband (Bradford University), and Kim Knott (Leeds University). A preliminary version of the conference programme and information on registration, travel, and accommodation are available at the workshop website: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/ecrea-diasporamedia/ ------- Francisco Seoane Perez Provisional PhD student Institute of Communications Studies University of Leeds E-mai: icsfsp(a)leeds.ac.uk Webpage: http://ics.leeds.ac.uk/staff/f.perez ____________________________________________________________________________________ Sé un Mejor Amante del Cine ¿Quieres saber cómo? ¡Deja que otras personas te ayuden! http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/reto/entretenimiento.html

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crime statistics?
by Tuszynski, Stephanie 08 Aug '07

08 Aug '07

A friend of mine, Allyson Beatrice, wrote a book that came out last month titled "Will The Vampire People Please Leave the Lobby?" (Allyson and I met through our mutual interest in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer") The book is not a scholarly work, more a collection of anecdotal essays about Allyson's experiences in online fan groups, including The Bronze (subject of the documentary I made: http://www.dlfilms.com/irl/index.html) She's been doing interviews this week and she's about ready to kill some of the interviewers who seem determined to try and compel her to say the Internet is just a big cesspool of pedophiles and rapists and so on. Are there any hard statistics on crime being perpetrated on the Internet? I'm not talking about identity theft or fraud or even possession of child porn, I'm talking about criminal activities like kidnapping and assault being perpetrated specifically through the net. My Web-fu is not coming up with anything other than a report from 1999 that is all percentages and no hard numbers. PS - the book is very funny, although Allyson takes some swipes at the Buffy fan/academics in the beginning. Worth a look for a non-academic perspective on the Internet in people's lives. Stephanie Tuszynski Visiting Assistant Professor Department of Theatre and Film University of Toledo

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CFP>: 3rd Social Informatics Research Symposium @ ASIST 07
by Howard Rosenbaum 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

[Apologies for cross-posting] Call for papers and participation: 3rd Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium: The social web, social computing and the social analysis of computing (SIG SI) Friday October 19th, 1-6pm; Hyatt Regency Milwaukee Wisconsin The purpose of this ASIST preconference research symposium is to disseminate current research and research in progress that investigates the social aspects of information and communications technologies (ICT) across all areas of ASIST. The symposium includes members of many SIGs. The symposium defines "social" broadly to include critical and historical approaches and well as contemporary social analysis; and, it defines "technology" broadly to include traditional technologies (i.e., paper) as well as state of the art computer systems This year's theme is "The social web: Web 2.0, social computing and the social analysis of computing" We are pleased to announce that the keynote will be given by Dr. Alice Robbin, Director of the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics and Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Indiana University. Her topic will be "Planning the Future of Social Informatics in ASIST." Dr Robbin will lead a lively discussion focusing on ~Funding opportunities for research on the social impacts of technology ~How social informatics reseachers in library and information science and related disciplines might collaborate in the development of innovative research proposals Call for papers and posters: Submit a short paper (3000 words) or poster (1000 words) by August 31,2007 Submissions may include empirical, critical and theoretical work, as well as richly described practice cases and demonstrations. Acceptance announcements made by September 10, in time for conference early registration (ends Sept 14th). Tentative Schedule Paper presentations: 1-2:30 pm Break: 2:30-2:45 (with poster viewing) Paper presentations: 2:45-4:15 Poster 15 minute madness: 4:15 to 4:30 Break: 4:30-4:45 (with poster viewing) Closing Keynote Discussion: 4:45-6:00 pm For further information and instructions for submitting papers and posters see: https://mywebspace.wisc.edu/eschenfelder/web/si2007. Kristin Eschenfelder Associate Professor School of Library and Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Madison eschenfelder(a)wisc.edu 1-608-263-2105 http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~kreschen Howard Rosenbaum Associate Professor School of Library and Information Science Indiana University hrosenba(a)indiana.edu 812 855 3250

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Job Position: tenure track assistant professor of media studies
by David M Silver 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

(please blog, post, forward, and distribute.) MEDIA STUDIES POSITION: Media and Society Deadline: October 1, 2007 The Media Studies Department at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level, anticipated to begin Fall 2008. Responsibilities include teaching two undergraduate courses per semester, plus one additional course over two years (2-2-2-3 over two years), and an active program of research and service. The successful candidate will be qualified to teach at least two of our introductory and core courses (Introduction to Media Studies, Media Institutions, Media Audiences, Media Stereotyping and Violence, and Communication Law and Policy) as well as courses related to the candidate's specialty. Expertise and interest in teaching basic digital communication practice will be a plus as will an emphasis on race/ethnicity and international/global issues. The Department is seeking an individual who is able to work with diverse students and colleagues. Ph. D., or equivalent advanced degree in a related field, plus a record of teaching, professional experience and research, or other relevant creative activity, are required. Applicants should submit, by October 1, 2007, a letter of application, curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, brief description of research plans, evidence of teaching ability (including sample syllabi, student evaluations, and a statement of teaching philosophy) and three letters of recommendation to: Dr. David Silver Media Studies Search Committee Media Studies Department University Center 538 University of San Francisco 2130 Fulton Street San Francisco, CA 94117-1080 We encourage minority and women candidates to apply. USF is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to affirmative action and to excellence through diversity. The University provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities upon request. The University of San Francisco is a Jesuit Catholic university founded in 1855 to educate leaders who will fashion a more humane and just world. Candidates should demonstrate a commitment to work in a culturally diverse environment and to contribute to the mission of the University.

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SNS and K-12 Educators
by Richard Urban 07 Aug '07

07 Aug '07

Hi, Can anyone provide some starting points for research about the use of social networking sites or content sharing (Flickr, YouTube) by K-12 educators? Tnx, Richard Urban, Doctoral Student Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rjurban(a)uiuc.edu http://isrl.uiuc.edu/~rjurban/

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how do you build a new internet
by Jeremy Hunsinger 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/aug/01/news.internet/print Jeremy Hunsinger Information Ethics Fellow, Center for Information Policy Research, School of Information Studies, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (www.cipr.uwm.edu) Words are things; and a small drop of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think. --Byron

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The wisdom of crowds? an interesting experiment in the UK...
by M.B.Gaved 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Hi folks Thought I'd flag up an interesting and amusing experiment into the "wisdom of crowds" going on in the UK. One to read over your tea/ coffee break. "My Football Club" http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/ goes one step further than "Fantasy Football Leagues" and sports computer games and instead proposes that a group of people club together to buy a real football club and manage it in real life via a website. The project invites people to pay 35 pounds sterling to become a member, and then you get a vote in choosing what club the community should buy, and help to choose the team. So far they've got over 50,000 people signed up and a fund of 1.375 million (sterling) to buy a team. Football in England and Wales is organised into multiple leagues, the top four comprising of 92 professional teams. While the top teams such as Manchester United and Chelsea are huge multinational corporations, many of the teams in the lower of the four leagues and indeed the semi-professional 'feeder' leagues below operate on much smaller budgets so a million pounds is actually a realistic purchase price for some reasonably well known clubs. The project looks to be formally registered with the financial authorities (it doesn't feel like a scam) and has been garnering a lot of publicity, tapping into the romantic belief that every fan knows better than the manager about which players should have been selected for that crucial big match, and giving them the opportunity to do so. The project proposes that when a team is bought, the existing manager will be moved to be "head coach" and he will advise members via the website: " How will the team be picked? The Head Coach will brief members. This will include a review of the previous match, reports from the training ground and views on the forthcoming opposition. He will also give his thoughts on players, their form and fitness, as well as possible selections and tactics. Members will then submit their preferred 11, formation and tactics. A database will calculate the most popular choice. This will be handed to The Head Coach to instigate. " (http://www.myfootballclub.co.uk/faq.php) I'm really intrigued to see how this develops. Can 50,000 people steer a real life football team through a website? Some interesting technical as well as social questions in there - how debates and conflicts will get resolved on the forums will be interesting to say the least. Talk about a passionate, active web community... some intriguing research in there for sure. I am very tempted to start tracking this one! kind regards Mark p.s. Of course, for all you misguided souls across the pond in the USA who now have the pleasure of David Beckham's company, when I refer to "football" I of course mean the noble sport of Association Football (cheeky grin). Mark Gaved Knowledge Media Institute The Open University Walton Hall Milton Keynes, UK MK7 6AA http://kmi.open.ac.uk/people/mark

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Social Networks, Gender and Friending: An Analysis of MySpace Member Profiles
by m.thelwall＠blueyonder.co.uk 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

Any public or private comments on the MySpace paper below are welcome. It seems that in MySpace females are more sought after as friends by both males and females - does this match most people's expectations? Social Networks, Gender and Friending: An Analysis of MySpace Member Profiles Abstract In 2007, the social networking web site MySpace apparently overthrew Google as the most visited web site for U.S. web users. If this heralds a new era of widespread online social networking, then it is important to investigate user behaviour and attributes. Although there has been some research into social networking already, basic demographic data is essential to set previous results in a wider context and to give insights to researchers, marketers and developers. In this article the demographics of MySpace members are explored through data extracted from two samples of 15,043 and 7,627 member profiles. The median declared age of users was surprisingly high at 21, with a small majority of females. The analysis confirmed some previously reported findings and conjectures about social networking, for example that female members tend to be more interested in friendship and males more interested in dating. In addition, there was some evidence of three different friending dynamics: oriented towards close friends, acquaintances, or strangers. Perhaps unsurprisingly, female and younger members had more friends than others, and females were more likely to maintain private profiles, but males and females both seemed to prefer female friends, with this tendency more marked in females for their closest friend. The typical MySpace user is apparently female, 21, single, with a public profile, interested in online friendship and logging on weekly to engage with a mixed list of mainly female friends who are predominantly acquaintances. Full paper: http://www.scit.wlv.ac.uk/~cm1993/papers/MySpace_d.doc

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Participative Web: Shaping Policies for Creativity, Confidence and Convergence in the Digital World
by Miraj Khaled 06 Aug '07

06 Aug '07

FYI. === Participative Web: Shaping Policies for Creativity, Confidence and Convergence in the Digital World Government Conference Center, Ottawa, Canada Jointly Organised by the OECD and Industry Canada 3 October 2007 This site is directly accessible at: www.oecd.org/futureinternet/participativeweb The use of the Internet is characterised by increased participation and interaction of users to communicate and express themselves. The expanding use of the Internets inherent capabilities for creation and exchange is often called the participative web. It is an Internet influenced by new intelligent web services enabling users to contribute to developing, rating, collaborating and distributing Internet content and developing and customising Internet applications, driven by an expanding broadband base and easy-to-use software to create and distribute content. The collective intelligence of Internet users is driving new social and economic applications, with the participative web increasingly important across an expanding range of business, research and innovation and social activities. More open approaches to information creation, exchange and diffusion are being taken up extensively in government, education and other areas. As new models for creation, distribution and use of digital information are enabled by the Internet, new policy challenges for governments are emerging to provide the environment that enables and supports these development and diversity of use. Questions to be addressed in the Foresight Forum include: What does the future hold for the participative web? What are the trends and impacts on knowledge-creation, business, users and governments? What are the implications for enhancing confidence and trust in the Internet? What is the government role in providing the right environment for stimulating Internet innovation and economic growth? This first-ever international policy forum on the participative web will bring together experts from around the world, from policy makers and academics to business executives and a wide range of civil society to address these questions. The presentations and discussions around the themes of Creativity, Confidence and Convergence will contribute to the OECD Ministerial Meeting on The Future of the Internet Economy in Seoul, Korea, 17-18 June 2008. Previous yearly OECD Technology Foresight Forums have dealt with Radio-Frequency Based Identification Technologies (RFID) (2005) and Next Generation Networks (2006). --------------------------------- Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games.

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'mobile media' -- the book
by Gerard Goggin 05 Aug '07

05 Aug '07

[now out -- apologies for x-posting] 'Mobile Media' edited by Gerard Goggin and Larissa Hjorth proceedings of Mobile Media 2007 an international conference held at the University of Sydney 2-4 July 2007 Featuring 33 innovative papers on contemporary mobile media from contributors across a range of countries and disciplines, this handsomely presented book collection offers a timely assessment of the transformations associated with mobile phones, mobile media and wireless technologies, and their social, cultural, psychological, aesthetic, design, and policy implications. AUS $45 (inc. postage) within Australia AUS$50 (inc. postage) elsewhere in the world Order form at: http://www.mobilemedia2007.net/12_proceed.html \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ Dr Gerard Goggin ARC Australian Research Fellow Editor, 'Media International Australia' Department of Media and Communications The University of Sydney e-mail: gerard.goggin(a)arts.usyd.edu.au OR gg(a)gerardgoggin.net p: +61 2 9036 6424 f: 61 2 9351 5444 http://www.arts.usyd.edu.au/departs/media/?page=staff&id=gerard.goggin From 3 Sept 2007: Centre for Social Research in Journalism and Commmunication at University of New South Wales, Sydney. New email address: g.goggin(a)unsw.edu.au

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