Recent Opportunities

Call For Participation: iConference 2013--Fort Worth, Texas February 12-15, 2013

superadmin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:36:07 +0000

Call For Participation: iConference 2013

Fort Worth, Texas

February 12-15, 2013

http://www.ischools.org/iConference13/2013index/

Lecturer in Information--University College Dublin - UCD School of Information and Library Studies

superadmin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:20:56 +0000

Open Position: Lecturer in Information

Ref: 005197

Lecturer in Information (Above the Bar)

University College Dublin - UCD School of Information and Library Studies

CFP: The Learning and Performance Quarterly (LPQ)

superadmin — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:15:32 +0000

CALL FOR PAPERS: LPQ, 1(2)

CFP: POLITICS, ELECTIONS AND DATA (PLEAD) CIKM'12 Workshop

superadmin — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:41:20 +0000

CALL FOR PAPERS

POLITICS, ELECTIONS AND DATA (PLEAD)

CIKM'12 Workshop

Maui Hawaii, USA

November 2, 2012 (tentative)

June 29, 2012 Papers submission Deadline

http://research.yahoo.com/workshops/plead2012/

= Politics, Elections and Data =

What is the role of the internet in politics and during campaigns and what is the role of large amounts of user data in all of this?

CFP for newly established, peer reviewed Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (PBLHE)

superadmin — Wed, 23 May 2012 16:34:12 +0000

This is a call for papers for the newly established, peer reviewed

Journal of Problem Based Learning in Higher Education (PBLHE) to be

launched in winter 2012/spring 2013. PBLHE will be launched to provide an

opportunity for scholars from all disciplines to publish:

Doctor Who! Doctor Who? Doctor Who!

superadmin — Tue, 22 May 2012 14:21:08 +0000

Now accepting abstracts for consideration for the new Doctor Who (Fan Phenomena) title from Intellect Press. This will be part of the second series of Fan Phenomena books, which aim to explore and decode the fascination we have with what constitutes an iconic or cultish phenomenon and how a particular person, TV show or film character/film infiltrates their way into the public consciousness.

Global Voices announces open call for participation in a co-located academic workshop called "Digital Media and Disruptive Publics"

superadmin — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:32:24 +0000

Global Voices is announcing an open call for participation in a co-located academic workshop called "Digital Media and Disruptive Publics", to be held together with our 2012 Summit in Nairobi, Kenya. This workshop will be held from June 29 - 30 and is being organized by Zeynep Tufekci. The event, including travel and lodging, is fully subsidized by Global Voices for selected participants. There will also be a public event, July 2-3, which you can participate either as a speaker on a panel or through the open sessions.

CFP on "New ICTs and Social Media: Revolution, Counter-Revolution and Social Change"

superadmin — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:27:35 +0000

Call for Papers

Call for Working Group Members: Evaluating Creative Production in Digital Environments

superadmin — Tue, 15 May 2012 18:56:32 +0000

Badges for Lifelong Learning

Postdoc: Community-Based Campaign Communications

superadmin — Tue, 15 May 2012 13:44:22 +0000

*Postdoctoral Scholar*

*in Community-Based Campaign Communications*

*Department of Community and Leadership Development*

*University of Kentucky*

Job @ U of Sussex: Prof of Media & Comm in a Global and Digital Age Media

superadmin — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:14:05 +0000

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: The ubiquitous internet

superadmin — Fri, 11 May 2012 18:08:17 +0000

CALL FOR BOOK CHAPTERS: The ubiquitous internet

This edited collection of work by international scholars analyses aspects
of the mobile, platform-independent and interoperable character of the
internet and the associated cultural practices. How do users communicate
under these circumstances? How do companies orient to political, commercial
and regulatory frameworks in order to stay in ? and expand ? business? What
are the key privacy concerns and regulatory practices on the ubiquitous

Big Data and Uncertainty in the Humanities

damarishill — Thu, 10 May 2012 19:27:06 +0000

Big Data and Uncertainty in the Humanities

September 22, 2012, University of Kansas

This conference seeks to address the opportunities and challenges humanistic scholars face with the ubiquity and exponential growth of new web-based data sources (e.g. electronic texts, social media, and audiovisual materials) and digital methods (e.g. information visualization, text markup, crowdsourcing metadata).

CFP: Platform Politics--Special issue of Culture Machine

superadmin — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:54:47 +0000

Platform Politics

Special issue of Culture Machine, vol. 14; http://www.culturemachine.net<http://www.culturemachine.net/>

edited by Joss Hands (Anglia Ruskin University) Greg Elmer (Ryerson University) Ganaele Langlois (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet & Society, Internet Policy & Governance needs researchers

superadmin — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:48:09 +0000

Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society

Internet Policy & Governance

Job Announcement