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Interoperability and Integration in e-Government (IJEGR vol 2, iss 2 )
by Jochen Scholl 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Apologies for inevitable double postings! First Call for Papers INTEROPERABILITY and INTEGRATION have become top items on today's e-Government research and practice agendas. We invite you to join us in helping understand and shape these important worldwide foci in e-Government by submitting your respective research papers to the: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT RESEARCH Editors-In-Chief Patricia Diamond Fletcher (pfletcher(a)umbc.edu) Donald F. Norris (norris(a)umbc.edu) Published: Quarterly (pint & electronic) ISSN: 1548-3886 eISSN: 1548-3894 Special Issue Co-Editors Ralf Klischewski and Hans J (Jochen) Scholl The International Journal of Electronic Government Research (IJEGR) is soliciting high quality papers for a special issue of the journal on E-Government Interoperability and Integration to be published as Volume 2, Issue No. 2, April-June 2006. We encourage the academic and practitioner community to submit articles related to the mission of IJEGR. The paper submission deadline for this special issue V2(2) is May 1, 2005. Mission: The mission of the International Journal of Electronic Government Research is to publish the very best original scholarly research on the subject of electronic government, broadly defined, and to publish top quality articles about electronic government from the practice. To this end, we invite submission of papers from a variety of disciplines and perspectives. The members of the Editorial Board represent this international and multidisciplinary perspective. Special Issue-related Research Orientations: Papers may address any aspect of e-Gov interoperability and integration including but not limited to the following topical orientations: (1) The technological (hardware, software, and middleware) dimension - The development, implementation, maintenance, and overhaul of government transaction processing and information systems (IS) - The integration of IS (legacy and e-Gov IS) to support inter-organizational components of e-Government - Scope and limitations of inter- and intra-governmental IS - Interoperability standards & frameworks (technical perspective) - Public key infrastructures - Web services for public administration - Semantic web for e-Gov applications - Specific infrastructural requirements for interoperability (2) The organizational, managerial, legal, and social dimensions - Infrastructure alignment & interoperability setup strategies (organizational perspective) - Internal effectiveness and efficiency (IEE) and increased responsiveness through interoperability - The various dimensions (vertical and/or horizontal; inter-agency, intra-agency, inter-governmental, and intra-governmental) of e-Gov interoperability and integration - challenges of dual-mode operations (traditional and e-Gov-based) in government - Operational interoperability (formal and informal networks) versus technical interoperability (software and hardware compatibility) - Infrastructure/interoperability performance and improvement evaluation - Legal and constitutional limits to interoperability and integration (3) The interaction and interdependency between (1) and (2) - Barriers to interoperability (privacy, ambiguity about statutory authority, openness to public scrutiny, trust, lack of experience, hardware/software incompatibility, data sharing standards and a lack of awareness of opportunities to share) - Strategies and innovative approaches to enhancing interoperability (managerial and technical solutions) - Inter-organizational process management, information management, and security/rights management - Constituents' resistance and recalcitrance This special issue is especially interested in papers that make substantial theoretical and/or empirical contributions to knowledge in the field. It seeks to systematically describe the phenomenon of e-Gov interoperability and integration. It also attempts to help government practice improve current interoperability methods and modes of integrated operation. We welcome submissions that employ either quantitative or qualitative methodologies or both. For all empirical manuscripts authors must clearly and concisely describe their research methods, data or evidence, and analytical techniques, particularly for less standardized methods such as action research, case studies, and current practices reports. Following the academic tradition, all manuscripts must be grounded in prior research and scholarly literature relevant to the subjects being investigated. Manuscripts that are essentially speculative in nature, that lack a theoretical or empirical base, or that are not grounded in prior research will not be considered. Coverage: The coverage of IJEGR is international and focused on original research in electronic government applications, management, and policy. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following: * Best practices in e-government * Electronic government applications * Governance and electronic democracy * Impacts of electronic government * Information policy * Information security * Information privacy * Information access * Internal government processes and intranets * Measurement of performance * Strategic management of electronic government * Technology adoption and diffusion Review Process: A double-blind review is applied to all submitted manuscripts. Manuscripts for this call must be received, in electronic format (WORD), no later than May 1, 2005. All manuscripts must be sent directly to the editors at ijegr(a)umbc.edu. Authors will be notified by June 15, 2005 of the outcome of the review process. Final manuscripts will be expected no later than August 15, 2005. Any question relating to the submission and acceptance process should be directed to the journal's editors. Please familiarize yourself with submission guidelines by visiting www.idea-group.com/ijegr. For more information on submitting to the International Journal of Electronic Government Research, please visit our Web page at www.idea-group.com/ijegr. Please visit our web site for more information about the journal and its Editorial Board. Publisher: The International Journal of Electronic Government Research is published by Idea Group Inc., publisher of "Idea Group Publishing", "Information Science Publishing", "IRM Press", "CyberTech" and "Idea Group Reference" imprints. For additional information about the publisher, please visit their Web site at www.idea-group.com. The cfp can also be found under http://faculty.washington.edu/jscholl/Cfp_IJEGR_IOO.html

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Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position-Digital Animation and Graphics at Virginia Tech
by jeremy hunsinger 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

distribute as appropriate: Open Rank Tenure Track Faculty Position-Digital Animation and Graphics at Virginia Tech 'Position Responsibilities: * Collaborate with faculty in Computer Science and other departments to create an interdisciplinary teaching and research program at the interface of computer science and the arts; * Initiate, seek funding for, conduct, and widely disseminate the results of a focused and productive research program; * Teach both graduate and undergraduate courses as assigned by the department head, using innovative and technology-based teaching methods to prepare students for the diverse workplace of the future; * Mentor graduate and undergraduate students and direct theses and dissertations; * Participate in departmental governance and outreach activities as appropriate to the position's rank and as assigned by the department head; * Assist in improving diversity in all aspects of the department; and * Fulfill expectations of the general faculty as described in the Faculty Handbook. Required qualifications: * Terminal degree appropriate to conduct research in computer animation and/or digital rendering; * Demonstrated ability to publish significant computer animation and/or digital rendering research consistent with desired rank; * Demonstrated ability or potential to secure research funding and build a research program in computer animation and/or digital rendering consistent with desired rank; * Demonstrated ability to teach graduate and undergraduate courses in computer animation and/or rendering; * Research relevant to developing area of digital arts (visual, performance, and/or musical); * Demonstrated ability to collaborate with other disciplines; * A coherent plan for future research. Jeremy Hunsinger Center for Digital Discourse and Culture () ascii ribbon campaign - against html mail /\ - against microsoft attachments

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Political blogging
by Wainer Lusoli 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi Sarah - I've seen a few papers presented at APSA Conference 2004, try searching for 'blog' at http://archive.allacademic.com/publication/apsa_index.php At least three-four papers should will come up (in case they don't I have hard copies). There was a very, very thought provoking round-table as well, with academics and bloggers, though I doubt it can be found online now. A summary is found at http://136.142.121.233/doc/ITP-News-Vol-1-No-1.pdf. Finally, there is a report by the UK Hansard Society, concise but useful. http://www.hansardsociety.org.uk/assets/Final_Blog_Report_.pdf I am drafting a short piece about pol blogs in the UK, I'd be interested to see what else you come up with in the end. Can you please post back to the list? Kind regards, Wainer ----------------------- Wainer Lusoli Research Fellow @ ESRI http://www.lusoli.info w.lusoli(a)salford.ac.uk -----------------------

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political blogging
by Randolph Kluver (Assoc Prof) 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Sarah, Daniel Drezner, a political scientist/blogger at the University of Chicago, has recently been doing a lot on blogging, and just published a piece in Foreign Policy, I think. http://www.danieldrezner.com/research/blogpaperfinal.pdf http://danieldrezner.com/policy/webofinfluence.htm Randolph Kluver Executive Director Singapore Internet Research Centre Nanyang Technological University Singapore 637718 phone (65) 6790-5770 URL: www.ntu.edu.sg/sci/sirc/ mapping from an online identity to a legal identity--these seem like Bad Ideas. But is there a strong case for protecting an open system from passive surveillance? A colleague is advising a senior capstone thesis in political blogging and its impact, and had the following questions after finding few academic publications. I'd appreciate any suggestions for her, off-list or on. >Are there major academic articles about political blogs? In what journals? >Are there major theories that we should consider? >What criteria do you apply to blogs when analyzing them? Thanks, Sarah -

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help with political blogging research
by Sarah Stein 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

A colleague is advising a senior capstone thesis in political blogging and its impact, and had the following questions after finding few academic publications. I'd appreciate any suggestions for her, off-list or on. >Are there major academic articles about political blogs? In what journals? >Are there major theories that we should consider? >What criteria do you apply to blogs when analyzing them? Thanks, Sarah -- Sarah Stein, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Asst Head of IT, Dept of Communication Chair, Teaching, Learning & Technology Roundtable (TLTR) Box 8104, N.C. State University Raleigh, NC 27695-8104 Ph: 919-515-9740; Fax 919-515-9456

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RE: [Air-l] FW: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help CIA spy on IRC chatrooms
by Irene Berkowitz 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Actually, last year, I was contacted by two people in various places in the DOD, based on things I either wrote or posted. They were very friendly and self-disclosing about their objectives. I ---- Original message ---- >Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:14:28 -0500 >From: John McNutt <mcnuttjg(a)netzero.com> >Subject: RE: [Air-l] FW: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help CIA spy on IRC chatrooms >To: "'air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org'" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > >What makes you think that they don't come to these things? Intelligence >agencies from every nation try to keep up with new development and academic >conferences would seem like a perfect opportunity to do that. While we >tend to equate intelligence with James Bond and the like, a lot of what >intelligence agencies do is the same thing that we do--analyze data. Why >wouldn't they want our take on all of this? John McNutt > > >On Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:14 PM, Charles Ess [SMTP:ess@uni-trier.de] >wrote: >| So shall we invite the CIA to the next AoIR conference? (smile) >| >| In seriousness, I thought this report would be of considerable to many >| Airists who know something about chatroom research and how easy it is to >| profile users... (_not_ smiling this time...) >| >| Charles Ess >| Fall '04: Fulbright Senior Scholar >| Universitat Trier >| Fachbereich II >| Fakultaten der Medienwissenschaft, Sinologie >| Universitatsring 15 >| 54296 Trier (Germany) >| Office phone: (49) (0)651-201-3744 >| Sekretariat: (49) (0)651-201-3203 >| Fax: (49) (0)651-201-3741 >| >| Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies >| Drury University >| 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 >| Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 >| >| Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html >| Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ >| >| Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 >| >| >| ------ Forwarded Message >| From: George Lessard <media(a)web.net> >| Reply-To: <chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> >| Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:05:50 -0700 >| To: Chinese Internet Research List ><chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> >| Cc: L mediamentor <mediamentor(a)yahoogroups.com> >| Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help >CIA >| spy on IRC chatrooms >| >| ><http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126120,00.htm>htt >p:// >| management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126120,00.htm >| >| CIA checks out chatrooms >| November 25 2004 >| by Declan McCullagh >| >| [Excerpts] >| >| In April 2003, the CIA agreed to fund a series of research projects >| that the documents indicate were intended to create "new capabilities >| to combat terrorism through advanced technology". One of those >| projects is research at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, >| N.Y., devoted to automated monitoring and profiling of the behaviour >| of chatroom users. >| >| Even though the money ostensibly comes from the National Science >| Foundation, CIA officials were involved in selecting recipients for >| the research grants, according to a contract between the two agencies >| obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and >| reviewed by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com. >| >| EPIC director Marc Rotenberg, whose nonprofit group obtained the >| documents through the Freedom of Information Act, said the CIA's >| clandestine involvement was worrisome. "The intelligence community is >| changing the priorities of scientific research in the US," Rotenberg >| said. "You have to be careful that the National Science Foundation >| doesn't become the National Spy Foundation." >| >| A CIA representative would not answer questions, saying the agency's >| policy is never to talk about funding. The two Rensselaer Polytechnic >| Institute researchers involved, Bulent Yener and Mukkai >| Krishnamoorthy, did not respond to interview requests. >| >| Yener and Krishnamoorthy, both associate professors of computer >| science, wrote that their research would involve writing a program >| for "silently listening" to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel and >| "logging all the messages". >| >| A June 2004 paper they published, also funded by the NSF, described a >| project that quietly monitored users of the popular Undernet network, >| which has about 144,000 users and 50,000 channels. In the paper, >| Yener and Krishnamoorthy predicted their work "could aid [the] >| intelligence >| community to eavesdrop in chatrooms, profile chatters and identify >| hidden groups of chatters in a cost-effective way" and that their >| future research will focus on identifying "topic-based information". >| >| >| >| -- >| -- >| >| = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >| Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to: >| >| JULES SIEGEL Apdo. 1764 77501-Cancun Q. Roo Mexico >| http://www.cafecancun.com/portfolio >| >| Newsroom-l, news and issues for journalists >| http://www.newsroom-l.net/blog >| >| ? info >| http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm >| Due to the nature of email & the WWW, check ALL sources. >| = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = >| >| [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >| >| >| Yahoo! 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RE: [Air-l] FW: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help CIA spy on IRC chatrooms
by John McNutt 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

What makes you think that they don't come to these things? Intelligence agencies from every nation try to keep up with new development and academic conferences would seem like a perfect opportunity to do that. While we tend to equate intelligence with James Bond and the like, a lot of what intelligence agencies do is the same thing that we do--analyze data. Why wouldn't they want our take on all of this? John McNutt On Sunday, November 28, 2004 1:14 PM, Charles Ess [SMTP:ess@uni-trier.de] wrote: | So shall we invite the CIA to the next AoIR conference? (smile) | | In seriousness, I thought this report would be of considerable to many | Airists who know something about chatroom research and how easy it is to | profile users... (_not_ smiling this time...) | | Charles Ess | Fall '04: Fulbright Senior Scholar | Universitat Trier | Fachbereich II | Fakultaten der Medienwissenschaft, Sinologie | Universitatsring 15 | 54296 Trier (Germany) | Office phone: (49) (0)651-201-3744 | Sekretariat: (49) (0)651-201-3203 | Fax: (49) (0)651-201-3741 | | Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies | Drury University | 900 N. Benton Ave. Voice: 417-873-7230 | Springfield, MO 65802 USA FAX: 417-873-7435 | | Home page: http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html | Co-chair, CATaC: http://www.it.murdoch.edu.au/catac/ | | Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23 | | | ------ Forwarded Message | From: George Lessard <media(a)web.net> | Reply-To: <chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> | Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 10:05:50 -0700 | To: Chinese Internet Research List <chineseinternetresearch(a)yahoogroups.com> | Cc: L mediamentor <mediamentor(a)yahoogroups.com> | Subject: [chineseinternetresearch] National Science Foundation to help CIA | spy on IRC chatrooms | | <http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126120,00.htm>htt p:// | management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39126120,00.htm | | CIA checks out chatrooms | November 25 2004 | by Declan McCullagh | | [Excerpts] | | In April 2003, the CIA agreed to fund a series of research projects | that the documents indicate were intended to create "new capabilities | to combat terrorism through advanced technology". One of those | projects is research at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, | N.Y., devoted to automated monitoring and profiling of the behaviour | of chatroom users. | | Even though the money ostensibly comes from the National Science | Foundation, CIA officials were involved in selecting recipients for | the research grants, according to a contract between the two agencies | obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and | reviewed by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com. | | EPIC director Marc Rotenberg, whose nonprofit group obtained the | documents through the Freedom of Information Act, said the CIA's | clandestine involvement was worrisome. "The intelligence community is | changing the priorities of scientific research in the US," Rotenberg | said. "You have to be careful that the National Science Foundation | doesn't become the National Spy Foundation." | | A CIA representative would not answer questions, saying the agency's | policy is never to talk about funding. The two Rensselaer Polytechnic | Institute researchers involved, Bulent Yener and Mukkai | Krishnamoorthy, did not respond to interview requests. | | Yener and Krishnamoorthy, both associate professors of computer | science, wrote that their research would involve writing a program | for "silently listening" to an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) channel and | "logging all the messages". | | A June 2004 paper they published, also funded by the NSF, described a | project that quietly monitored users of the popular Undernet network, | which has about 144,000 users and 50,000 channels. In the paper, | Yener and Krishnamoorthy predicted their work "could aid [the] | intelligence | community to eavesdrop in chatrooms, profile chatters and identify | hidden groups of chatters in a cost-effective way" and that their | future research will focus on identifying "topic-based information". | | | | -- | -- | | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = | Via / By / Excerpted / From / Tip from / Thanks to: | | JULES SIEGEL Apdo. 1764 77501-Cancun Q. Roo Mexico | http://www.cafecancun.com/portfolio | | Newsroom-l, news and issues for journalists | http://www.newsroom-l.net/blog | | ? info | http://members.tripod.com/~media002/disclaimer.htm | Due to the nature of email & the WWW, check ALL sources. | = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = | | [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] | | | Yahoo! 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Fwd: closing shop here
by Radhika Gajjala 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

fyi >X-Authentication-Warning: lists.village.Virginia.EDU: majoradm set sender >to owner-postcolonial@localhost using -f >X-Sender: satya(a)pop.cyberdiva.org >X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.1 >Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 09:07:48 -0500 >To: postcolonial(a)lists.village.Virginia.EDU >From: Radhika Gajjala <radhika(a)cyberdiva.org> >Subject: closing shop here >Sender: owner-postcolonial(a)lists.village.Virginia.EDU >Reply-To: postcolonial(a)lists.village.Virginia.EDU >X-UVA-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at fork9.mail.virginia.edu > >Dear all, > >It has been a pleasure to learn about listing and moderating and to engage >in discussion here on the postcolonial list these past 9 years since I >took up the task of facilitating the list. I am now leaving Spoon and will >also no longer be moderating the postcolonial list. I have various >interfaces already in existence that are mutations and per - mutations of >my interests in postcolonial theory and the internet etc and those exist >outside spoon and will continue in various form(at)s - so I am not >altogether disappearing from cyberspace. > >My work with the spoon collective has allowed to me to continue >investigations regarding the email list interface, management, moderation >and communication. I have encountered all sorts of people and machines. I >started the third-world-women list, women-writing-culture list and the >sa-cyborgs list because of spoon (some histories of these spaces are >available in my book cyberselves) - all these are now silent and closed >down by default sorta. I may consider re-starting an offshoot of >sa-cyborgs via yahoo or something sometime next year - or not. Meanwhile >those interested are welcome to participate in my blogspaces, my >theoryhead formations and so on (see links in sig file). > >Below is a message from Malgosia Arkansas of Spoon explaining our >collective decision to shut down: > > >>This decision is part of a wider set of decisions having to do with the >>present circumstances of the Spoon Collective. The Collective, of which I am >>the sole surviving founder, has been operating continually for over 10 years. >>Of the 8 people who currently constitute it, 3 have been in it basically from >>the very beginning, and almost all the others for almost as long. >> >>When the Spoon Collective was originally created, a crucial aspect of its >>life >>was our own passionate involvement in the lists we created or took over. >>As vehicles for bringing into mutual contact and confrontation thinking >>people from all over the computerized world - people from astoundingly >>different walks of life and with astoundingly different ways of thinking, >>but with a shared passion for more accurate perception and deeper >>understanding >>- these lists seemed to us to present a stupendous potential for evolving >>new modes of thought and new modes of life. And it is essential to note that >>when we were motivated by a thirst for new modes of thought and life, it was >>for _ourselves_ that we wanted them. Our project was not about providing a >>public or academic or political service, discharging a societal duty, or >>providing platforms for this or that political organization or orientation - >>rather, it was about changing life - the life we think and live - right >>at the >>present moment. >> >>Over the years, however, our relationship with our lists gradually changed, >>and we now find our collective endeavor basically reduced to an indifferent >>performance of a not-excessively-bothersome piece of labor. The reasons for >>this are undoubtedly complex - the first and simplest one, perhaps, being >>that >>the same group of people has been doing the same thing for 10 years. If our >>goal had been less the stability of existing lists and more the preservation >>of our own passion, we probably could have done better. In any case, we find >>ourselves a bunch of burnt out and apathetic bureaucrats. >> >>I personally find thie prolongation of this situation no longer tolerable or >>sensical. As a result, I have (1) announced that I am quitting the Spoon >>Collective; (2) decided to close down a number of lists that I have been >>responsible for; and (3) declared the end of the Spoon Collective as a >>certain historic formation, and stipulated that the name no longer be >>used for >>whatever the present members may undertake in the future. >> >>A number of the other members of Spoon have expressed an interest in either >>continuing their present lists or initiating other collective projects at >>Virginia. We very much hope that no matter what develops, the Spoon >>archives, >>which, in large part, constitute an eminently useful and fascinating >>resource, >>can continue to be housed in their present location. In addition, a copy >>of the archives is being installed at the domain driftline.org, where they >>will soon be accessible over the Web. >> >>Yours, >>Malgosa Askanas > > >Radhika Gajjala >http://www.cyberdiva.org >blogs: http://www.cyberdiva.org/cyberdiv/october >research and teaching: http://personal.bgsu.edu/~radhik >Collaborations on Theory heads, MOOing and tinymushing - >http://lingua.utdallas.edu:7000/4425 >"Object Stares Back" at http://cyberdiva.mudmagic.com/ >http://www.pmcmoo.org:7788/16287 > > > --- from list postcolonial(a)lists.village.virginia.edu ---

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NZ job: extended deadline
by Sean Cubitt 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

Slight release of pressure from funding agency allows us to extend deadline for this post, and to accept applications from people who can start any time in 2005 - tho obviously we'd prefer to welcome you sooner! sean 240457 PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR/SENIOR LECTURER Department of Screen and Media Studies Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences CRITICISM AND CREATIVITY IN 21ST CENTURY MEDIA We are seeking an innovative teacher-researcher to join a dynamic and growing department in the university ranked first in the Communications, Journalism and Media Studies subject area in the recent Performance Based Research Fund assessment. The successful applicant will be expected to contribute significantly to the department's research profile and to undergraduate and graduate teaching. Existing specialisms include digital media (including games and mobile telecoms), indigenous media, political economy, creative industries, globalisation, audience and reception studies, media history and theory, media literacy, e-democracy. Applicants with significant research outputs in creative media are also welcome. The successful candidate will be expected to take up the post by the end of 2005. A PhD in a relevant discipline or equivalent accreditation and professional standing will be required as will an international research reputation. Success in attracting external research funding and grants would be an asset. Further information regarding the University is available at http://www.waikato.ac.nz and additional information about the Deparment at http://www.waikato.ac.nz/film Enquiries of an academic nature can be made to Professor Sean Cubitt, Chairperson, Department of Screen and Media Studies, email: seanc(a)waikato.ac.nz Applications for all positions close on Friday 7th January 2005.

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Job vacancy: Research Fellow (Privacy and Self-Disclosure)
by A.N.Joinson 25 Nov '04

25 Nov '04

+++++++++++++++++ Apologies for any cross posting +++++++++++++++++++++++ INSTITUTE OF EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, THE OPEN UNIVERSITY UK RESEARCH FELLOW - Privacy and Self-Disclosure Online (£18,265 to £27,339) Ref: 1304 Applications are invited for the post of Research Fellow to undertake research on an ESRC E-Society funded project on Privacy and Self-Disclosure Online (PRISD). As part of a multi-institutional, international research team, you will be closely involved in the design, implementation and dissemination of a series of Internet studies that will investigate the links between psychological models of online self-disclosure, privacy and trust. You must have a good honours degree (ideally a PhD) in a relevant social science discipline as well as training and/or experience in social research methods. If you're a good communicator, have experience of collecting and analysing quantitative data, the ability to work collaboratively and independently as a researcher and good ICT skills (particularly online research methods) then we would be interested in hearing from you. The appointment will be made on the research grade 1A (£18,265 to £27,339) with a starting salary no higher than £22,507. The post is available for two years. For an informal discussion, please contact Dr. Adam Joinson (Tel: 01908 654811), e-mail: A.N.Joinson(a)open.ac.uk Closing date for applications: 9 December 2004 Interviews will be held: 20 December 2004 For an information pack please contact Recruitment Co-ordinator 01908 659059 or 01908 654127 (24-hour voicemail service) iet-recruitment(a)open.ac.uk Further details available from: www.open.ac.uk/employment We promote diversity in employment and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Disabled applicants who meet the essential job requirements will be interviewed. Further particulars are available in large print, disk or audiotape. (Minicom 01908 654901 for hard of hearing).

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