We look forward to meeting you in Oslo this coming November! CFP: Researching Media Innovations - Approaches to Users, Producers and Texts Time and Place: 7 November 2012 (9.30am-5pm), University of Oslo, Oslo Innovation Center Instructors: Annette Markham – Independent Researcher focusing on qualitative research methods and ethics of Internet-mediated contexts; Guest Professor, Department of Informatics, Umea University Sweden, (http://www.markham.internetinquiry.org7) Tanja Storsul – Professor, Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Organisers: Terje Colbjørnsen – PhD Candidate, University of Oslo Niamh Ní Bhroin – PhD Candidate, University of Oslo This seminar is organised under the umbrella of the Centre for Research on Media Innovations and in Cooperation with the PhD Programme (Media and Journalism) at the Department of Media and Communication, University of Oslo. Description: In what ways do innovations in media require new research approaches? This one-day workshop welcomes all PhD- and post-doctoral researchers dealing with new approaches to researching users, producers and texts arising from Media Innovations. Media Studies is an interdisciplinary field, traditionally combining approaches primarily from the humanities and the social sciences, and related quantitative and qualitative methods such as audience research, ethnographic studies, case studies, discourse, content and textual analysis. However, innovations in media technologies and changing modes of usage and engagement bring about transformation of the media sector. These in turn result in the integration of additional approaches to the interdisciplinary palette, such as Information and Communication Technology and Innovation Studies; or, in the broadening of perspectives related to particular methods, such as ethnography. These developments highlight the importance of insight into new business models, algorithmic manipulation and the availability of Big Data, and additional ethical challenges in new media environments. These approaches both enrich the study of media and give rise to additional questions relating to how best to deal with empirical and theoretical approaches to research. This workshop will address methodological and ethical questions of relevance to the study of media innovations, and welcomes the submission of papers dealing with these questions as they relate to the following topics: • Innovation and Media Innovation as Concepts; • Audiences and Users of Media Innovations; • Questions of privacy, intervention and critical approaches in the context of Media Innovations; • Power and Control in Media Innovations; • Control and manipulation of personal data in the context of Media Innovations: • Media Institutions, Industries and Producers as they relate to Media Innovations; • Approaches to researching New Business Models arising from Media Innovations; • Approaches to researching innovations in Media Texts; • Approaches to researching innovations in Media Technology; • Approaches to understanding the technological composition and format of Media Objects; and • Questions relating to the impact of Media Innovations for the Public Sphere. The course encourages PhD- and Post-Doctoral researchers to reflect on these questions and their implications in the context of their PhD and research projects. Programme: 9.30: Introduction to Media Innovations (Tanja Storsul) 9.45: Researching Media Innovations – Annette Markham 11.00: Break 11.15: PhD Presentations and Feedback 12.30: Discussion 13:00: Lunch 13:45: PhD Presentations and Feedback 15.00: Break 15.15: PhD Presentations and Feedback 16.30: Summary Discussion 17.00: End Reading: Essential Readings: Clarke, A. (2003). Situational Analyses: Grounded Theory Mapping After the Postmodern Turn. Symbolic Interaction, 26(4), 553- 576. Kincheloe, J. (2001). Describing the Bricolage: Conceptualizing a New Rigor in Qualitative Research. Qualitative Inquiry, 7(6), 679-692 Markham, A. N. (2012). Fabrication as ethical practice: Qualitative inquiry in ambiguous internet contexts. Information, Communication and Society. Markham, A. & Baym, N. (2009). Internet Inquiry: Conversations about method. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage. Additional Recommended Readings: Coriat, B. and Weinstein, O. (2002) Organizations, firms and institutions in the generation of innovation. Research Policy. 273-290 Doyle, G. (2010) Why culture attracts and resists economic analysis. Journal of Cultural Economics 34:245-259 Flyvbjerg, B. (2006) Five Misunderstandings About Case-Study Research. Qualitative Inquiry 12(2) pp 219-245 Kincheloe, J. (2005). On to the Next Level: Continuing the Conceptualization of the Bricolage. Qualitative Inquiry, 11(3), 323-350 Latour, B., et al (2012).The Whole is Always Smaller Than Its Parts’ A Digital Test of Gabriel Tarde’s Monads To be published by the British Journal of Sociology. Markham , A. (2005). The politics, ethics, and methods of representation in online ethnography. In Denzin, N. & Lincoln, Y. (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd Edition (pp. 793-820). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage. Paul Rabinow website: http://www.bios-technika.net/index.php Storsul, T. and Krumsvik A. (eds.) (2012, forthcoming). Media Innovations, an anthology from the First International Symposium on Media Innovations April 19-20th 2012. Gothenburg: Nordicom Deadlines: Abstract Submission (300 Words): 27 July 2012 Notification of Acceptance: 31 August 2012 Paper Submission (7-10 Pages): 5 October 2012 Presentation (10 minutes): 7 November 2012 Please submit all abstracts and papers to: workshop@mediainnovations.no Additional Information: The seminar is free of charge for participants. Lunch will be included on the day. Travel costs are to be paid by the participants themselves. Please contact us if you have any queries in this regard. Meeting Room: To be decided Credits: 2 ECTS will be awarded depending on the submission of a full paper in advance of 5 October 2012 and on a presentation and full participation during the seminar. Additional Information: For more information about the workshop, please contact us at: workshop@mediainnovations.no -- NIAMH NÍ BHROIN Stipendiat, PhD Kandidat Institutt for Medier og Kommunikasjon n.n.bhroin@media.uio.no