Hi Peter, can't speak for the AoIR conference organisers, but as a researcher who is interested in real world impact of our research, I would be interested in a talk that gives some insight into the way in which government uses internet for communication. Anecdotal observation can be valuable, provided it is reasonably detailed and substantiated. Cheers, Ansgar Dr. Ansgar Koene Senior Research Fellow: Horizon Policy Impact, CaSMa & UnBias Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://unbias.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Peter Timusk <peterotimusk@gmail.com> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 10:29:38 AM To: 'Michelle, AoIR Association Coordinator'; air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Internet history of publics and participation RE: #AoIR2017 Submissions Deadline Reminder Asking for help here... I am not working in a school nor studying in a school but I work in the research industry in government. The Internet is one topic amongst several I work on. While many of the immediate bosses at my job are doctors of philosophy I am not. Our work focuses on statistics but I read more widely than that and help each year with peer review for the AoIR conferences. I am wondering what theory beside political participation I can use here? I want to tell a story as an observer of the Internet acquisition ( making a web site, using a twitter handle etc., organizing a meeting or protest) of government ministries and radicals and local community groups and computer user groups. Just four or so time lines in Internet history. Stories of how our government started using twitter or how Drupal came to be used on all Canadian government web sites because of an accessibility challenge in our Supreme court. Or a short story of the local user groups in the open source world and their local meetings and connections with global open source projects like Drupal and Open Street Maps. I can imagine this fitting the conference by describing these as 'networked publics'. I also see that participation and democracy is still a distinguishing characteristic for some of the world and the Internet v say fake news, broadcast news, entertainment stars, one to many communication. We still hold out hope for Babylon. Would this be enough or deep enough for a paper at this conference do you think? Just some history stories with political participation the integrating theory? I imaging if I was hearing a paper or discussion like this I would be interested but is it academic enough? Peter Timusk Government statistics worker, B.Math, B.A. Peter Timusk I do not speak for my employer or associations that I belong to, or volunteer with unless otherwise noted. -----Original Message----- From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Michelle, AoIR Association Coordinator Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 4:05 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] #AoIR2017 Submissions Deadline Reminder #AoIR2017 Submission deadlines are below. Please note that the submission deadline for extended abstracts, panels, roundtables, workshops, fishbowl, and experimental sessions is *1 March 2017.* *Please be aware of the upcoming submission deadlines:* 1 MARCH 2017 Submissions due for PAPERS, PANELS, ROUNDTABLES and FISHBOWLS, EXPERIMENTAL SESSIONS, and PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS 1 APRIL 2017 Nominations for Nancy Baym Book award and Best Dissertation Award due 20 MAY 2017 Applications due for conference travel SCHOLARSHIPS and for DOCTORAL COLLOQUIUM 1 AUGUST 2017 Early Bird Registration Deadline for all presenters 30 SEPTEMBER 2017 Deadline for uploading accepted, non-blind, final version of paper and panel submissions Submission information is available here: https://aoir.org/aoir2017/subinfo2017/ Regards, Michelle AoIR Association Coordinator _______________________________________________ The Air-L@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@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/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. 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