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Today's Topics:

1. Fan Studies Network 2013 Symposium Programme (Bertha Chin) 2. Call for Contributors - First Person Scholar (Gerald Voorhees) 3. Digital Civic Engagement and Democracy Literature Review (Steven Clift) 4. ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci?14), June 23-26, 2014 (Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia) 5. Come to MSU! (Shelia Cotten) 6. Special Assistantship Jrnl of Information Policy (Richard Denny Taylor)

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Message: 1 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 11:31:29 +0000 From: Bertha Chin <bertha.chin@gmail.com> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Fan Studies Network 2013 Symposium Programme Message-ID: <CAEQzZm8AgBdk-j42En5TUoA69GzhNZoyfw-gTpATWFyF=Lkgww@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

Dear all,

We are delighted to announce the programme for the very first Fan Studies Network symposium, hosted by the School of Political, Social and International Studies at the University of East Anglia, Norwich, on Saturday 30th November 2013.

You can find the programme here:

http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/fan-studies-network-symposium-2013/

The event will begin with a keynote from Professor Matt Hills (Aberystwyth University).

Featuring an international cohort of over 30 speakers, there will be themed panels on spaces and performance, transculture, gender, ?classic? fandoms, textualities, and celebrity. There will also be a participatory ?speed geeking? session, featuring a number of scholars sharing research in its early stages.

Registration is open until Monday November 18th 2013. Cost: ?16.75/?37.75 Unwaged/Waged. You can register on the symposium website: http://www.uea.ac.uk/politics-international-media/events/fan-studies-network... and talk about the event on Twitter using #FSN2013.

All are welcome!

*Conference Organisers:*

Lucy Bennett and Tom Phillips (FSN chairs)

Bertha Chin, Bethan Jones, Richard McCulloch, Rebecca Williams (FSN board)

http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/

Dr. Bertha Chin Independent Scholar <http://cardiff.academia.edu/BerthaChin> Board Member, Fan Studies Network (http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/)

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Message: 2 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 12:44:24 -0400 From: Gerald Voorhees <dr.g.voorhees@gmail.com> To: gamesnetwork <GAMESNETWORK@uta.fi>, air-l <Air-L@listserv.aoir.org>, CULTSTUD-L@lists.umn.edu Subject: [Air-L] Call for Contributors - First Person Scholar Message-ID: <CAHysLZF5N65ArAJquT494Y==WSze8UOBDTKtJfrd7KQeZ_Pnhw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252

On behalf of the editors; please email them, not me!

First Person Scholar (firstpersonscholar.com) is seeking submissions for our weekly games studies periodical. As a publication, it is our aim to occupy the niche between academic blogs and scholarly journals in establishing an informed, sustained conversation. Our articles, read by thousands a month, are relatively short, thought-provoking pieces that are intended to stimulate debate on games and games scholarship. In that respect, our contributors are encouraged to take calculated risks with their submissions; we want to hear scholars think out loud about gaming in a way that challenges accepted definitions and practices. If journals document where games studies has gone, we are interested in where games studies is going.

First Person Scholar publishes in three broad categories:

COMMENTARIES Editor: Kent Aardse (kent.aardse@firstpersonscholar.com)

The commentary section exists as a venue for writers to tackle ideas still being worked through in their minds. Commentaries begin with the discussion of a game, and from there work outwards to include theory and criticism that may be particularly relevant in such discussion. We encourage authors to be daring and experimental in their discussion. Commentaries should attempt to tackle issues in game scholarship which are not all too common.

ESSAYS Editor: Jason Hawreliak (jason.hawreliak@firstpersonscholar.com)

Essay submissions for FPS are meant to address critical, theoretical, and methodological considerations as they pertain to game studies. Although essays should be theoretically grounded, theory should be discussed in the context of particular games or play experiences. If ?Commentaries? are inductive, moving from the particular to the general, then ?Essays? are deductive, moving from the general to the particular.

BOOK REVIEWS Editor: Michael Hancock (michael.hancock@firstpersonscholar.com)

The purpose of the book reviews is two-fold: to act as a resource for game scholars and to critique and comment on the book?s arguments. As such, the book reviews are divisible into summary and commentary sections. We are also interested in publishing Second Takes, wherein a writer presents an alternate take on an existing review, and Comparative Studies, wherein a writer compares two or more game-related books.

GENERAL ARTICLE GUIDELINES

We invite submissions from graduate students, as well as established and emerging scholars, on games and new media. All documents are reviewed by the editorial staff prior to publication. We may request revisions prior to accepting your article. All submissions must meet the following criteria: ? 500-2000 words. Include your name, as well as a fifty-word bio. ? Scholarly but informal in tone. ? Articles must be submitted by Sunday in advance of a Wednesday publication. ? Essays and Commentaries require at least three (3) academic sources (including texts, journal articles, researched blog posts, etc.)

Please direct general inquiries to Editor-in-Chief, Steve Wilcox ( steve.wilcox@firstpersonscholar.com).

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Message: 3 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 14:03:11 -0500 From: Steven Clift <slc@publicus.net> To: "Air-L@listserv.aoir.org" <air-l@listserv.aoir.org>, "ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net" <ciresearchers@vancouvercommunity.net>, "PSRT-L@h-net.msu.edu" <PSRT-L@h-net.msu.edu>, appam-l <APPAM-L@list.s-3.com>, arnova-l <ARNOVA-L@listserv.iupui.edu>, "APSA-CIVED@h-net.msu.edu" <APSA-CIVED@h-net.msu.edu>, apsa_itp@lists.hmdc.harvard.edu, Asis-l@asis.org Cc: Steven Clift <clift@e-democracy.org> Subject: [Air-L] Digital Civic Engagement and Democracy Literature Review Message-ID: <CALAwQWq85BqgYcND3Q0SzG7=Wkcz7=qi+72a32z8u5+ystthuw@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I thought you might find this of interest.

On a related note, I am looking to link up researchers and practitioners looking to document lessons on how to intentionally raise new and more representative voices online (noting how "those who already show up" appear to be even more dominate online with civic participation online overall - http://bit.ly/pewcivic ). Drop me a note: clift@e-democracy.org - In subject write "New Voices Research"

- Steven Clift, E-Democracy.org

Why We Engage How Theories of Human Behavior Contribute to Our Understanding of Civic Engagement in a Digital Era

Eric Gordon Jesse Baldwin-Philippi Martina Balestra

A Berkman Center for Internet & Society working paper:

http://bit.ly/digiciviclitreview

...

From Eric Gordon's blog post linked above:

"What happens when democratic processes are augmented by digital communication? What are the political, civic and social conditions that necessitate new tools and new approaches? How is trust generated and distributed differently across digital networks than across physical ones?

These questions fundamentally cut across disciplines. So we set out to review the literature on human behavior and civic engagement across multiple fields in the social sciences, including communications, social psychology, behavioral economics and sociology, with the goal of establishing a groundwork on which the field of civic media can be built. Despite our grand aspirations, however, the document we produced did not end up defining a field; but it does, I hope, bring together some foundational research and terms that can spark debate in what is clearly an emerging field. This literature review is meant to clarify common questions and concerns, and provide some background into the rich literature that preceded our current moment of crisis where we are collectively confronted with the need to understand how digital media is transforming democracy and civic life."

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Message: 4 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 15:24:26 -0400 From: Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia <gciampag@indiana.edu> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci?14), June 23-26, 2014 Message-ID: <526EB9EA.6020505@indiana.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed

1st CALL FOR PAPERS (DRAFT) ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci?14), June 23-26, 2014 Bloomington, Indiana, USA websci14.org ? @WebSciConf Deadline for papers: Feb. 23rd 2014

Web Science is the emergent science of the people, organizations, applications, and of policies that shape and are shaped by the Web, the largest informational artifact constructed by humans in history. Web Science embraces the study of the Web as a vast universal information network of people and communities. As such, Web Science includes the study of social networks whose work, expression, and play take place on the Web. The social sciences and computational sciences meet in Web Science and complement one another: Studying human behavior and social interaction contributes to our understanding of the Web, while Web data is transforming how social science is conducted. The Web presents us with a great opportunity as well as an obligation: If we are to ensure the Web benefits humanity we must do our best to understand it.

Call for Papers

The Web Science conference is inherently interdisciplinary, as it attempts to integrate computer and information sciences, communication, linguistics, sociology, psychology, economics, law, political science, philosophy, digital humanities, and other disciplines in pursuit of an understanding of the Web. This conference is unique in the manner in which it brings these disciplines together in creative and critical dialogue, and we invite papers from all the above disciplines, and in particular those that cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Following the success of WebSci'09 in Athens, WebSci'10 in Raleigh, WebSci'11 in Koblenz, WebSci ?12 in Evanston, and WebSci?13 in Paris, for the 2014 conference we are seeking papers and posters that describe original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress.

Possible topics for submissions include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Analysis of human behavior using social media, mobile devices, and online communities * Methodological challenges of analyzing Web-based large-scale social interaction * Data-mining and network analysis of the Web and human communities on the Web * Detailed studies of micro-level processes and interactions on the Web * Collective intelligence, collaborative production, and social computing * Theories and methods for computational social science on the Web * Studies of public health and health-related behavior on the Web * The architecture and philosophy of the Web * The intersection of design and human interaction on the Web * Economics and social innovation on the Web * Governance, democracy, intellectual property, and the commons * Personal data, trust, and privacy * Web and social media research ethics * Studies of Linked Data, the Cloud, and digital eco-systems * Web access, literacy, and development * Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web * People-driven Web technologies, including crowd-sourcing, open data, and new interfaces * Digital humanities * Arts & culture on the Web or engaging audiences using Web resources * Web archiving techniques and scholarly uses of Web archives * New research questions and thought-provoking ideas

Submission

Web Science is necessarily a very selective single track conference with a rigorous review process. To accommodate the distinct traditions of its many disciplines, we provide three different submission formats: full papers, short papers, and posters. For all types of submissions, inclusion in the ACM DL proceedings will be by default, but not mandatory (opt-out via EasyChair). All accepted research papers (full and short papers) will be presented during the single-track conference. All accepted posters will be given a spot in the single-track lightning talk session, and room to present their papers during a dedicated poster session.

Full research papers (5 to 10 pages, ACM double column, 20 mins presentation including Q&A)

Full research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers should present substantial theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice.

Short research papers (up to 5 pages, ACM double column, 15 mins presentation including Q&A)

Short research papers should present new results and original work that has not been previously published. Research papers can present preliminary theoretical, empirical, methodological, or policy-oriented contributions to research and/or practice.

Full and short paper submissions should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG proceedings template (WebSci archive format at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates).

Posters (up to 6 pages, ACM abstract template, lightning talk + poster presentation)

Extended abstracts for posters, which should be in English, can be up to 6 pages, and should be formatted according to the official ACM SIG abstract template (extended abstract format at https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pl130rtd134fxu6/hiyzXgWwTs).

Other creative submission formats (flexible formats)

Other types of creative submissions are also encouraged, and the exact format and style of presentation are open. Examples might include artistic performances or installations, interactive exhibits, demonstrations, or other creative formats. For these submissions, the proposers should make clear both what they propose to do, and any special requirements they would need to successfully do it (in terms of space, time, technology, etc.)

Instructions for all types of submissions will be posted on the WebSci?14 conference website soon.

Review

The Web Science program committee consists of a program committee that covers all relevant areas of Web Science. Each submission will be refereed by three PC members and one short meta review written by a Co-PC chair, to cover both the research background of each submission as well as the necessary interdisciplinary aspects.

(Optional) Archival Proceedings in the ACM Digital Library

All accepted papers and posters will by default appear in the Web Science 2014 Conference Proceedings and can also be made available through the ACM Digital Library, in the same length and format of the submission unless indicated otherwise (those wishing not to be indexed and archived can ?opt out? of the proceedings).

Deadlines (tentative)

Full & Short Papers: * 23 February 2014: Submissions of full and short papers * 13 April 2014: Notification of acceptance for papers * 25 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due (determined by ACM proceedings production - waiting for final production timeline info)

Posters: * 23 April 2014: Submissions of posters due * 14 May 2014: Notification of acceptance of posters * 25 May 2014: Camera-ready version of papers and posters due (determined by ACM proceedings production - waiting for final production timeline info)

Authors take note: The official publication date is the date the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks prior to the first day of the conference. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (If proceedings are published in the ACM Digital Library after the conference is over, the official publication date is the first day of the conference.)

Call for Workshops

TBA - more information will be made available on the conference website soon

Conference calendar and rough program 23 June 2014: workshops, opening reception and keynote 24 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, poster reception 25 June 2014: keynote(s), technical program, social event 26 June 2014: keynote, technical program, closing

General chairs Fil Menczer, Indiana University Jim Hendler, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Bill Dutton, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford

Program chairs Markus Strohmaier, University of Koblenz and GESIS (Computing) Ciro Cattuto, ISI Foundation (Physics) Eric T. Meyer, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford (Social Sciences)

PC: TBA

-- Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia

Postdoctoral fellow Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research Indiana University

? 910 E 10th St ? Bloomington ? IN 47408 ? http://cnets.indiana.edu/ ? gciampag@indiana.edu

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Message: 5 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 16:50:36 -0400 From: "Shelia Cotten" <cotten@msu.edu> To: <air-l@listserv.aoir.org> Cc: cotten@msu.edu Subject: [Air-L] Come to MSU! Message-ID: <034f01ced41f$5a7ed7e0$0f7c87a0$@msu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Hi everyone. As some of you know, I moved from UAB to Michigan State in August. I'm in the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media (TISM) and really loving it thus far!

We'd love to have some of your students who are interested in technology, social media, human-computer interaction, games, media effects, etc. apply for our PhD program! I'm particularly interested in working with students who are interested in technology and health, digital inequalities, aging and technology use, community based interventions, social, educational, and health impacts of technology use, and multitasking. If you have students who might be interested in any of my areas, I am happy to talk with them! We have faculty who are phenomenal in several other areas (see below) too!

Please share with other listservs and students that you think might be interested.

Thanks!

Shelia

Professor, Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies, and Media

Michigan State University

MIS PhD Program @ MSU

The Media and Information Studies PhD program at Michigan State University seeks engaged students who wish to join an exciting interdisciplinary program of study at the intersection of the social sciences and socio technical systems. Our diverse faculty develops and applies transformative knowledge about media and society and evolving information and communication technologies. The program engages students to become active scholars, teachers, and leaders in the media and information fields.

Offered jointly by the Department of Advertising + Public Relations, the School of Journalism, and the Department of Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media, the MIS PhD program give students access to fifty PhD faculty with research interests that span critical current and emerging issues in media and information studies. Students get involved in projects early on, complementing theoretical coursework with hands-on research experiences.

Particularly strong research interests of our faculty include:

* Social media and social computing

* Human-computer interaction

* Management information systems

* Games and meaningful play

* Health and ICT

* ICT4D

* Media effects

* Media and information policy

* Socio technical systems

Over 90 percent of our current students are supported by graduate teaching and research assistantships with generous monthly stipends, tuition remission, and health benefits. . University fellowships, dissertation completion fellowships, summer research fellowships and stipends for travel to academic conferences round out the resources available for students.

Over three-fourths of our graduates are hired into faculty positions at four-year institutions at graduation. They are found in departments of mass media, journalism, advertising, public relations, and information studies across the United States and around the world. Others go on to careers in public service and business.

The National Research Council (NRC) ranks the MIS doctoral program among the top 10 of all doctoral programs in communication in the United States. The National Communication Association (NCA), in their most recent doctoral program reputation study, ranked MSU's Ph.D. programs as No. 1 in educating researchers in communication technology, and in the top four in mass communication. Michigan State University ranked third in frequency of faculty publication in communication in a study reported in The Electronic Journal of Communication in 2012.

East Lansing and the greater Lansing area offer a vibrant cultural environment with easy access to a variety of outdoor activities and the scenic beauty of our state year-round. Blending urban and sub-urban living, it is one of the nation's most affordable places to complete a doctoral program in media and information studies.

Application deadline to be considered for assistantships is January 1, 2014. However, we will begin reviewing applications on December 1, 2013 and continue to review them through early February 2014.

For more information and to apply visit http://cas.msu.edu/programs/phdinmis/ or email Dr. Robert LaRose, Director, MIS PhD Program at larose@msu.edu <mailto:larose@msu.edu> .

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Message: 6 Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2013 17:16:06 -0400 (EDT) From: Richard Denny Taylor <rdt4@psu.edu> To: <Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Special Assistantship Jrnl of Information Policy Message-ID: <e9d3aca6.00001858.00000006@WIN-BU1P7832ALI.comm.psu.edu> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

Colleagues,

Kindly note the announcement below for a grad student to become Managing Editor of the Journal of Information Policy, and share with other interested parties. Thank you.

Richard Taylor

Co-Editor-in-Chief

Journal of Information Policy (http://jip-online.org)

The Institute for Information Policy at the College of Communications at Penn State is seeking an incoming graduate student to be assigned to a special assistantship program in which he or she will serve as managing editor of the Journal of Information Policy. The position will require attending to duties over the summer as well, and will include a summer stipend. Interested prospective applicants should identify themselves and their qualifications. The position requires strong English language skills. Candidates with an interest in information policy (including, but not limited to issues such as privacy, copyright, access, media law, First Amendment, technology, etc.) are preferred, but an otherwise strong candidate who is highly motivated can be trained. The position involves receiving manuscripts, finding and following up with reviewers in a timely way, careful editing and support for the publication process, and assisting with promotional activities for the Journal. It is a great opportunity to become familiar with current research and scholarship in the field, as well as with many of the leading academics who write and/or review for the Journal.

For further information, contact me at rdt4@psu.edu. Interested parties should apply via the College's Graduate Admissions Program, noting their interest and qualifications, at http://comm.psu.edu/graduate/graduate-studies-how-to-apply

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