Call for Proposals
The consortium brings together PhD candidates working on Communication and
Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research
in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to
provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their
in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the
opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different
backgrounds working on related topics.
During the consortium, students will be invited to present their work,
following which they will receive feedback from their fellow students and
faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of
the Doctoral Consortium. In addition, at least one faculty participant will be
assigned to respond in detail to each proposal. Besides the presentations of
proposals, there will also be discussion of other topics such as ethics,
research methods, publishing the thesis, and positioning one's work for the job
market.
Submission Process
Applicants must be advanced to candidacy, and have their dissertation proposal
topic previously approved by their committee. Ideally, students will be in the
early stages of their dissertation, where feedback would be helpful in refining
and advancing their work. To apply, students must submit a proposal describing
their research.
Submissions must be related to the working area of the Communication and
Technology Division of ICA. A description of the division's primary interests
can be found in the last section of this call.
Proposals must identify a significant problem (or problems) in the field of
research, briefly outline current knowledge of the problem domain, and clearly
formulate a research question, or specify hypotheses to be tested.
Proposals should outline the research approach, methods, and any results
obtained so far. Submissions should be between 3000 and 4000 words (excluding
references and appendices), and must include name and affiliation of the PhD
candidate.
Applications should be accompanied by a short letter of recommendation from the
advisor or member of the dissertation committee stating how the PhD candidate
can benefit from participation in the Doctoral Consortium.
The proposal and letter of recommendation must be submitted as one PDF document
and sent as an attachment in an email to Benjamin Detenber at tdetenber@ntu.edu.sg. The deadline for
submission is 1 February 2014. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the
members of the program committee based on significance of research, specificity
of research topic and/or questions, clarity of writing, and degree to which
student can benefit from expert guidance and feedback.
To help ensure the consortium best meets the needs of its members, limited
financial assistance is made possible by the CAT Division. Please note in your
application if you would like to be considered for financial support to cover
your costs for participation in the CAT Doctoral Consortium (this support would
cover only the $75 participation fee and not travel to the conference).
About the Communication and Technology Division within ICA
The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division is concerned with the role
played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the process of
communication. It is committed to enhancing theory and methodology pertaining
to adoption, usage, effects, and policy of ICTs. Areas of research include
human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, mobile
communication, and other technologically mediated social interaction and
networking in all contexts (interpersonal, group, organizational,
societal/cultural) and at all levels of analyses. CAT invites papers that make
an innovative and original contribution to our understanding of ICTs, with the
primary focus on communication aspects of particular technological
characteristics. Papers in which technology is not a specific object of
investigation but is instead the context or backdrop for a communication study
should be directed to other ICA Divisions.
As part of CAT, the Doctoral Consortium welcomes papers that follow any and all
disciplinary approaches (psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, and
policy studies, among others) and all methodological orientations
(quantitative, qualitative, critical, cultural, historical, legal, and
institutional, among others).
Organization
Once a proposal is accepted students can register through the ICA website.
Costs for participation are 75 US$ per person. After acceptance, students are
encouraged to submit updated proposals (maximum 5000 words, excluding
references and appendices) for review and comment.
Program Committee (faculty mentors)
Benjamin H. Detenber, Nanyang Technological U, Singapore (Program Director)
Marjolijn Antheunis, U of Tilburg, Netherlands
Jesse Fox, Ohio State U, USA
Lee Humphreys, Cornell U, USA
Klaus Bruhn Jensen, U of Copenhagen, Denmark
Veronika Karnowski, Ludwig-Maximilians U, Germany
Nicole Krämer, U of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Louis Leung, Chinese U, Hong Kong
S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State U, USA
Sabine Trepte, U of Hohenheim, Germany
Joseph B. Walther, Nanyang Technological U, Singapore
Mike Yao, City U, Hong Kong
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Friday, January 17, 2014
ICA Comm & Tech Doctoral Consortium
5th Annual Doctoral Consortium of the Communication and
Technology Division
Thursday, 22 May 2014 | Seattle Public Library
Call for Proposals
The consortium brings together PhD candidates working on Communication and Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.
During the consortium, students will be invited to present their work, following which they will receive feedback from their fellow students and faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. In addition, at least one faculty participant will be assigned to respond in detail to each proposal. Besides the presentations of proposals, there will also be discussion of other topics such as ethics, research methods, publishing the thesis, and positioning one's work for the job market.
Submission Process
Applicants must be advanced to candidacy, and have their dissertation proposal topic. Ideally, students will be in the early stages of their dissertation, where feedback would be helpful in refining and advancing their work. To apply, students must submit a proposal describing their research.
Submissions must be related to the working area of the Communication and Technology Division of ICA. A description of the division's primary interests can be found in the last section of this call.
Proposals must identify the significant problems in the field of research, briefly outline current knowledge of the problem domain, and clearly formulate a research question.
Proposals must outline the proposed research approach, methods, and results obtained so far.
Submissions must not exceed 6000 words, and must include name and affiliation of the PhD candidate.
Applications should be accompanied by a short letter of recommendation from the advisor stating how the PhD candidate can benefit from participation in the Doctoral Consortium.
The proposal and letter of recommendation must be submitted as one PDF document and sent as an attachment in an email to metzger@comm.ucsb.edu. The deadline for submission is 31 January 2014. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the members of the program committee based on significance of research, specificity of research topic and/or questions, clarity of writing, and degree to which student can benefit from expert guidance and feedback. Notification of acceptance will be on 28 February 2014.
To help ensure the consortium best meets the needs of its members, limited financial assistance is made possible by the CAT Division. Please note in your application if you would like to be considered for financial support to cover your costs for participation in the CAT Doctoral Consortium (this support would cover only the $75 participation fee and not travel to Seattle).
The Communication and Technology Division within ICA
The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division is concerned with the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the process of communication. It is committed to enhancing theory and methodology pertaining to adoption, usage, effects, and policy of ICTs. Areas of research include human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, mobile communication, and other technologically mediated social interaction and networking in all contexts (interpersonal, group, organizational, societal/cultural) and at all levels of analyses. CAT invites papers that make an innovative and original contribution to our understanding of ICTs, with the primary focus on communication aspects of particular technological characteristics. Papers in which technology is not a specific object of investigation but is instead the context or backdrop for a communication study should be directed to other ICA Divisions.
As CAT, the Doctoral Consortium welcomes papers that follow any and all disciplinary approaches (psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, and policy studies, among others) and all methodological orientations (quantitative, qualitative, critical, cultural, historical, legal, and institutional, among others).
Organization
Once a proposal is accepted students can register through the ICA website. Costs for participation are 75 US$ per person.
Program Committee
Dr. Nosh Contractor, Northwestern U
Dr. Ang Peng Hwa, Nanying Technical U
Dr. Lee Humphreys, Cornell U
Dr. Nicole Krämer, U of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Leah Lievrouw, U of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Miriam Metzger, U of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State U
Thursday, 22 May 2014 | Seattle Public Library
Call for Proposals
The consortium brings together PhD candidates working on Communication and Technology to give them the opportunity to present and discuss their research in a constructive and international atmosphere. The goals of the event are to provide feedback and advice to participating PhD candidates on their in-progress research thesis. Moreover, the doctoral consortium will provide the opportunity to meet experts as well as fellow PhD candidates from different backgrounds working on related topics.
During the consortium, students will be invited to present their work, following which they will receive feedback from their fellow students and faculty participants, all of whom will have read the proposals in advance of the Doctoral Consortium. In addition, at least one faculty participant will be assigned to respond in detail to each proposal. Besides the presentations of proposals, there will also be discussion of other topics such as ethics, research methods, publishing the thesis, and positioning one's work for the job market.
Submission Process
Applicants must be advanced to candidacy, and have their dissertation proposal topic. Ideally, students will be in the early stages of their dissertation, where feedback would be helpful in refining and advancing their work. To apply, students must submit a proposal describing their research.
Submissions must be related to the working area of the Communication and Technology Division of ICA. A description of the division's primary interests can be found in the last section of this call.
Proposals must identify the significant problems in the field of research, briefly outline current knowledge of the problem domain, and clearly formulate a research question.
Proposals must outline the proposed research approach, methods, and results obtained so far.
Submissions must not exceed 6000 words, and must include name and affiliation of the PhD candidate.
Applications should be accompanied by a short letter of recommendation from the advisor stating how the PhD candidate can benefit from participation in the Doctoral Consortium.
The proposal and letter of recommendation must be submitted as one PDF document and sent as an attachment in an email to metzger@comm.ucsb.edu. The deadline for submission is 31 January 2014. Submitted proposals will be reviewed by the members of the program committee based on significance of research, specificity of research topic and/or questions, clarity of writing, and degree to which student can benefit from expert guidance and feedback. Notification of acceptance will be on 28 February 2014.
To help ensure the consortium best meets the needs of its members, limited financial assistance is made possible by the CAT Division. Please note in your application if you would like to be considered for financial support to cover your costs for participation in the CAT Doctoral Consortium (this support would cover only the $75 participation fee and not travel to Seattle).
The Communication and Technology Division within ICA
The Communication and Technology (CAT) Division is concerned with the role played by Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in the process of communication. It is committed to enhancing theory and methodology pertaining to adoption, usage, effects, and policy of ICTs. Areas of research include human-computer interaction, computer-mediated communication, mobile communication, and other technologically mediated social interaction and networking in all contexts (interpersonal, group, organizational, societal/cultural) and at all levels of analyses. CAT invites papers that make an innovative and original contribution to our understanding of ICTs, with the primary focus on communication aspects of particular technological characteristics. Papers in which technology is not a specific object of investigation but is instead the context or backdrop for a communication study should be directed to other ICA Divisions.
As CAT, the Doctoral Consortium welcomes papers that follow any and all disciplinary approaches (psychology, sociology, anthropology, economics, and policy studies, among others) and all methodological orientations (quantitative, qualitative, critical, cultural, historical, legal, and institutional, among others).
Organization
Once a proposal is accepted students can register through the ICA website. Costs for participation are 75 US$ per person.
Program Committee
Dr. Nosh Contractor, Northwestern U
Dr. Ang Peng Hwa, Nanying Technical U
Dr. Lee Humphreys, Cornell U
Dr. Nicole Krämer, U of Duisburg-Essen
Dr. Leah Lievrouw, U of California, Los Angeles
Dr. Miriam Metzger, U of California, Santa Barbara
Dr. S. Shyam Sundar, Pennsylvania State U
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Google Policy Fellowship
Hosted by the Department of Media and Communication and the Centre for Communication Research at City University of Hong Kong, the Google Policy Fellowship (Hong Kong) offers successful applicants the opportunity to advance research and debate on Internet policy and freedom of expression issues for a minimum of 10 weeks from June - August 2012 in Hong Kong.
We are accepting applications for the position before April 15, 2012. Sponsored by Google, the research fellow will be rewarded a stipend of HK$58,500 (US$7,500) for ten weeks. The selection will be made by April 20, 2012.
To apply, please send to google.fellowship@cityu.edu.hk the following material:
- Statement of Purpose: Provide us with an essay outlining your qualifications for and interest in the program, including relevant academic, professional and extracurricular experiences. As part of this essay, explain what you hope to gain from participation in the program and what research work concerning free expression online you would like to further via the program. (1200 words max)
- Resume
- Three References
Tuesday, March 6, 2012
Grad student conference: Infosocial
Infosocial: Where information and the social sciences collide.
OCT 12-13, 2012
A graduate student conference hosted by the Media, Technology and Society (MTS) program at Northwestern University.
As the information infrastructure of contemporary social life becomes increasingly complex and visible, disparate modes of inquiry converge. We are surrounded by a proliferation of data that provides a unique window into a wide array of individual and collective behavior. The changes in the visibility and availability of such data have challenged the technical and conceptual boundaries of the social sciences. This, in turn, has triggered a growth in interdisciplinary collaboration and in methodological and theoretical innovation. Our conference aims to contribute to these collaborative and innovative developments by bringing together graduate student scholarship from across the academic spectrum.
Read more here: http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/programs/phd_media_technology_society/infosocial/
Submit here: http://bit.ly/NUMTSconference
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Call for Abstracts: ACM Web Science Conference 2011
The Web Science Conference is another outlet that CATS members may be interested in. Although this is an ACM sponsored event, Scott Poole is one of the two program chairs, Barry Wellman (a sociologist) is giving the keynote, and the call is clearly oriented toward the social sciences.
A few details are posted below, and see http://www.websci11.org/ for more information.
Web Science is concerned with the full scope of socio-technical relationships that are engaged in the World Wide Web. It is based on the notion that understanding the Web involves not only an analysis of its architecture and applications, but also insight into the people, organizations, policies, and economics that are affected by and subsumed within it. As such Web Science, and thus this conference, is inherently interdisciplinary and integrates computer and information sciences, sociology, economics, political science, law, management, language and communication, geography and psychology. 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 these disciplines and those which cross traditional disciplinary boundaries.
Submission deadline for extended abstracts: 28 February 2011
Notification of acceptance: 21 March 2011
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
ICA's Communication and Technology Division Doctoral Consortium
The Communication and Technology Division of the ICA is sponsoring it's second annual doctoral student consortium. This is a great opportunity for students who have defended their dissertation proposal to get feedback from other students, and from leading scholars in the field.
This year's deadline is February 15, and the full call is available here:
New doctoral students: Keep this opportunity in mind as you plan your time here.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
CFP - DIY Citizenship: Critical Making and Social Media
Call for papers/presentations: due May 20, 2010
Plenary speakers include: Anne Balsalmo, Suzanne de Castell, Ron Deibert, Paul Dourish, Henry Jenkins, Jennifer Jenson, Natalie Jeremijenko, Steve Mann, Trebor Scholz.
Conference Organizers: Prof. Megan Boler, Associate Chair, Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Prof. Matthew Ratto Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; Director, Critical Making Lab, University of Toronto
A renewed emphasis on participatory forms of digitally-mediated production is transforming our social landscape. ‘Making’ has become the dominant metaphor for a variety of digital and digitally-mediated practices. The web is exploding with independently produced digital ‘content’ such as video diaries, conversations, stories, software, music, video games—all of which are further transformed and morphed by “modders,” “hackers,” artists and activists who redeploy and repurpose corporately-produced content. Equally, communities of self-organized crafters, hackers, and enthusiasts are increasingly to be found online exchanging sewing and knitting patterns, technical guides, circuit layouts, detailed electronics tutorials and other forms of instruction and support. Many of these individuals and collaborators understand their work to be socially interventionist. Through practices of design, development, and exchange they challenge traditional divides between production and consumption and to redress the power differentials built into technologically-mediated societies.
“DIY Citizenship” invokes the participatory nature of these diverse “do-it-yourself” modes of engagement, community, networks, and tools—all of which arguably replace traditional with remediated notions of citizenship. The term “critical making” refers to the increasing role ‘making’ plays in critical forms of social reflection and engagement.
For the full conference call, see:
Plenary speakers include: Anne Balsalmo, Suzanne de Castell, Ron Deibert, Paul Dourish, Henry Jenkins, Jennifer Jenson, Natalie Jeremijenko, Steve Mann, Trebor Scholz.
Conference Organizers: Prof. Megan Boler, Associate Chair, Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto; Prof. Matthew Ratto Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto; Director, Critical Making Lab, University of Toronto
A renewed emphasis on participatory forms of digitally-mediated production is transforming our social landscape. ‘Making’ has become the dominant metaphor for a variety of digital and digitally-mediated practices. The web is exploding with independently produced digital ‘content’ such as video diaries, conversations, stories, software, music, video games—all of which are further transformed and morphed by “modders,” “hackers,” artists and activists who redeploy and repurpose corporately-produced content. Equally, communities of self-organized crafters, hackers, and enthusiasts are increasingly to be found online exchanging sewing and knitting patterns, technical guides, circuit layouts, detailed electronics tutorials and other forms of instruction and support. Many of these individuals and collaborators understand their work to be socially interventionist. Through practices of design, development, and exchange they challenge traditional divides between production and consumption and to redress the power differentials built into technologically-mediated societies.
“DIY Citizenship” invokes the participatory nature of these diverse “do-it-yourself” modes of engagement, community, networks, and tools—all of which arguably replace traditional with remediated notions of citizenship. The term “critical making” refers to the increasing role ‘making’ plays in critical forms of social reflection and engagement.
For the full conference call, see:
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Call for Manuscripts, Mass Communication and Society
Deadline: January 12, 2010
“The Facebook Election: New Media and the 2008 Presidential Campaign”
Special Symposium
Tom Johnson & Dave Perlmutter, Guest Editors
Some political observers dubbed the 2008 presidential campaign as the Facebook election. Barack Obama, in particular, employed Online Social-Interactive Media (OSIM) such as blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook to run a grassroots style campaign. Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul similarly campaigned using OSIM technology in their organizing efforts. The Obama campaign was keenly aware that voters, particularly the young, are not simply consumers of information, but conduits of information as well. They often replaced the professional filter of traditional media with a social one. OSIMs allowed candidates to do electronically what previously had to be done through shoe leather and phone banks: contact volunteers and donors, and schedule and promote events.
OSIMs changed the way candidates campaigned, how the media covered the election and how voters received information. In this special issue of Mass Communication & Society, we seek theoretically driven and empirically grounded manuscripts on the role of OSIMs in the 2008 election campaign. In particular, we seek submissions that explore the subject in one or several of the following ways:
• Candidates’ use of OSIMs: How did presidential candidates use OSIMs as a tool to present their message, recruit volunteers and to raise money? What effect did the OSIMs have on the way they ran campaigns?
• Voters’ use of OSIMs: How did voters use OSIMS to get information on the 2008 campaign? How credible and useful did they judge political information from OSIMs? What effect did OSIMs have on their political attitudes, cognitions and behaviors?
• Traditional Media and OSIMs: How did legacy media and their online counterparts cover the OSIM phenomenon? How did they employ OSIMs in their election coverage?
This special issue of Mass Communication and Society will appear at the end of 2010. Submitted papers should follow the standard submission procedures outlined in the inside back cover of the journal. Authors should specify in their submission letter that they wish their submission to be considered for the 2008 Campaign New Media Symposium and must be received by January 12, 2010.
“The Facebook Election: New Media and the 2008 Presidential Campaign”
Special Symposium
Tom Johnson & Dave Perlmutter, Guest Editors
Some political observers dubbed the 2008 presidential campaign as the Facebook election. Barack Obama, in particular, employed Online Social-Interactive Media (OSIM) such as blogs, Twitter, Flickr, Digg, YouTube, MySpace and Facebook to run a grassroots style campaign. Mike Huckabee and Ron Paul similarly campaigned using OSIM technology in their organizing efforts. The Obama campaign was keenly aware that voters, particularly the young, are not simply consumers of information, but conduits of information as well. They often replaced the professional filter of traditional media with a social one. OSIMs allowed candidates to do electronically what previously had to be done through shoe leather and phone banks: contact volunteers and donors, and schedule and promote events.
OSIMs changed the way candidates campaigned, how the media covered the election and how voters received information. In this special issue of Mass Communication & Society, we seek theoretically driven and empirically grounded manuscripts on the role of OSIMs in the 2008 election campaign. In particular, we seek submissions that explore the subject in one or several of the following ways:
• Candidates’ use of OSIMs: How did presidential candidates use OSIMs as a tool to present their message, recruit volunteers and to raise money? What effect did the OSIMs have on the way they ran campaigns?
• Voters’ use of OSIMs: How did voters use OSIMS to get information on the 2008 campaign? How credible and useful did they judge political information from OSIMs? What effect did OSIMs have on their political attitudes, cognitions and behaviors?
• Traditional Media and OSIMs: How did legacy media and their online counterparts cover the OSIM phenomenon? How did they employ OSIMs in their election coverage?
This special issue of Mass Communication and Society will appear at the end of 2010. Submitted papers should follow the standard submission procedures outlined in the inside back cover of the journal. Authors should specify in their submission letter that they wish their submission to be considered for the 2008 Campaign New Media Symposium and must be received by January 12, 2010.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
HICSS Call for proposals
Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)
Deadline: June 15, 2009
http://ekarine.org/news/hicsscommunities/
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
NOTE: This conference tend to have a more applied focus and a more technical audience.
Following the success of similar minitrack from the past seven HICSS conferences, we invite submissions to the 2010 mini-track on social networking and communities.
We call for papers that address technology and information in support of communities at society, work, school and home, supporting interests of business, learning, society and play. We encourage papers from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
Conference details:
January 5 - 8, 2010 (Tuesday – Friday)
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa
http://kauai.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/
Deadline: June 15, 2009
http://ekarine.org/news/hicsscommunities/
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/
NOTE: This conference tend to have a more applied focus and a more technical audience.
Following the success of similar minitrack from the past seven HICSS conferences, we invite submissions to the 2010 mini-track on social networking and communities.
We call for papers that address technology and information in support of communities at society, work, school and home, supporting interests of business, learning, society and play. We encourage papers from multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary perspectives.
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information, computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both theory and practice. Invited papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer referee process and those selected for presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings. Submissions must not have been previously published.
Conference details:
January 5 - 8, 2010 (Tuesday – Friday)
Grand Hyatt Kauai Resort and Spa
http://kauai.hyatt.com/hyatt/hotels/
Monday, February 23, 2009
Three upcoming conferences
2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom-09)
Vancouver, Canada, August 29-31, 2009
Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2009 (March 1st for panel proposals)
Conference web site: http://cse.stfx.ca/~socialcom09/
Social Computing can be broadly defined as computational facilitation of social studies and human social dynamics as well as design and use of information and communication technologies that consider social context. Social computing has recently become one of the central themes across a number of information and communication technology fields and attracted significant interest from not only researchers in computing and social sciences, but also software and online game vendors, web entrepreneurs, political analysts, digital government practitioners. The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing provides a key forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of social computing.
PRESENCE 2009: 12th Annual International Workshop on Presence
Los Angeles, California, USA,November 11-13, 2009
Submission deadline: July 1, 2009
Conference web site: http://ispr.info/conference
Academics and practitioners with an interest in the concept of (tele)presence are invited to submit their work for presentation at the 12th Annual International Workshop on Presence, to be held in Los Angeles, California on November 11-13, 2009. Often described as a sense of "being there" in a mediated environment, telepresence is broadly defined as a psychological state or subjective perception in which a person fails to accurately and completely acknowledge the role of technology in an experience. It is a rich, fascinating subject of scientific investigation, artistic exploration and diverse application, with increasingly important implications for the ways in which people work, play and live, and technologies are developed.
PRESENCE 2009 is co-organized by the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR; http://ispr.info) and The University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT; http://ict.usc.edu).
6th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society)
Focus-Theme: "New Media and Interactive Systems"
Submission deadline: April 1, 2009
University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, September 9th to 11th, 2009
Conference web sites: http://www.sozialpsychologie.uni-due.de/tmp (not working as of 2/26)
The 6th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society) will take place from September 9 to September 11, 2009 at the University Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg), Germany, chaired by Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer. The division chairs as well as local chair and the Department for Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science cordially invite you to Duisburg.
This year´s focus theme is "New Media and Interactive Systems". By suggesting a focus theme we aim at concentrating results, advancing theoretical development in this area and fostering exchange with other psychological disciplines as well as with neighbouring disciplines. However, contributions on all areas of media psychology are welcome.
For the first time, the conference is to be held in English. We thus invite not only German media psychologists but also European and other international researchers to contribute. All contributions will be peer-reviewed. You can submit position and review papers (extended abstract of 1000 words each), research papers (300 word abstract including results) and posters (300 word abstract).
Contact
University Duisburg-Essen
Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer
Social Psychology – Media and Communication
D-47057 Duisburg
eMail: nicole.kraemer@uni-due.de
Telefon: +49-(0)203-379-2482 / Fax: +49-(0)203-379-3670
Vancouver, Canada, August 29-31, 2009
Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2009 (March 1st for panel proposals)
Conference web site: http://cse.stfx.ca/~socialcom09/
Social Computing can be broadly defined as computational facilitation of social studies and human social dynamics as well as design and use of information and communication technologies that consider social context. Social computing has recently become one of the central themes across a number of information and communication technology fields and attracted significant interest from not only researchers in computing and social sciences, but also software and online game vendors, web entrepreneurs, political analysts, digital government practitioners. The 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing provides a key forum for researchers and industry practitioners to exchange information regarding advancements in the state of art and practice of social computing.
PRESENCE 2009: 12th Annual International Workshop on Presence
Los Angeles, California, USA,November 11-13, 2009
Submission deadline: July 1, 2009
Conference web site: http://ispr.info/conference
Academics and practitioners with an interest in the concept of (tele)presence are invited to submit their work for presentation at the 12th Annual International Workshop on Presence, to be held in Los Angeles, California on November 11-13, 2009. Often described as a sense of "being there" in a mediated environment, telepresence is broadly defined as a psychological state or subjective perception in which a person fails to accurately and completely acknowledge the role of technology in an experience. It is a rich, fascinating subject of scientific investigation, artistic exploration and diverse application, with increasingly important implications for the ways in which people work, play and live, and technologies are developed.
PRESENCE 2009 is co-organized by the International Society for Presence Research (ISPR; http://ispr.info) and The University of Southern California Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT; http://ict.usc.edu).
6th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society)
Focus-Theme: "New Media and Interactive Systems"
Submission deadline: April 1, 2009
University Duisburg-Essen, Germany, September 9th to 11th, 2009
Conference web sites: http://www.sozialpsychologie.uni-due.de/tmp (not working as of 2/26)
http://www.sozialpsychologie.uni-due.de/tgm (not working as of 2/26)
The 6th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society) will take place from September 9 to September 11, 2009 at the University Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg), Germany, chaired by Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer. The division chairs as well as local chair and the Department for Computer Science and Applied Cognitive Science cordially invite you to Duisburg.
This year´s focus theme is "New Media and Interactive Systems". By suggesting a focus theme we aim at concentrating results, advancing theoretical development in this area and fostering exchange with other psychological disciplines as well as with neighbouring disciplines. However, contributions on all areas of media psychology are welcome.
For the first time, the conference is to be held in English. We thus invite not only German media psychologists but also European and other international researchers to contribute. All contributions will be peer-reviewed. You can submit position and review papers (extended abstract of 1000 words each), research papers (300 word abstract including results) and posters (300 word abstract).
Contact
University Duisburg-Essen
Prof. Dr. Nicole Krämer
Social Psychology – Media and Communication
D-47057 Duisburg
eMail: nicole.kraemer@uni-due.de
Telefon: +49-(0)203-379-2482 / Fax: +49-(0)203-379-3670
Friday, February 13, 2009
Call for Nominations for the Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation Award
The Communication and Technology (CAT) division of the International Communication Association (ICA) invites nominations for the Herbert S. Dordick Dissertation Award. This award honors the memory of Prof. Dordick by recognizing annually the most outstanding dissertation on communication and technology produced in the preceding year. The award will be presented this coming year at the Business Meeting of the CAT division during the 2009 ICA conference in Chicago. The rules for nominating a dissertation are:
1. Any CAT-related dissertation completed (i.e., successfully defended) between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008 is eligible for consideration. Dissertation authors need not be members of CAT division to be considered, but must be ICA members to accept the award.
2. Dissertations may be nominated by the author, dissertation advisor or a professional colleague. Full contact information of the author and the nominee must be provided, including name, phone number, surface mail address, and email address.
3. Nomination materials should include: (a) the author’s contact information, (b) proof of completion of the dissertation along with date, (c) a one-page abstract of the dissertation, (d) a 1-2 page statement describing the significance of the work and why it is deserving of the award, and (e) a representative chapter, selected sections of the dissertation, OR a paper distilling it, up to 30 (double-spaced) pages maximum, excluding references, tables, and figures.
4. The deadline for receipt of nomination materials is midnight of February 15, 2009 (Greenwich Mean Time). Submissions must be made electronically in PDF form to ica.cat08@gmail.com. (Free PDF converters are available on the web including at http://cutepdf.com or http://www.primopdf.com).
1. Any CAT-related dissertation completed (i.e., successfully defended) between Jan. 1, 2008 and Dec. 31, 2008 is eligible for consideration. Dissertation authors need not be members of CAT division to be considered, but must be ICA members to accept the award.
2. Dissertations may be nominated by the author, dissertation advisor or a professional colleague. Full contact information of the author and the nominee must be provided, including name, phone number, surface mail address, and email address.
3. Nomination materials should include: (a) the author’s contact information, (b) proof of completion of the dissertation along with date, (c) a one-page abstract of the dissertation, (d) a 1-2 page statement describing the significance of the work and why it is deserving of the award, and (e) a representative chapter, selected sections of the dissertation, OR a paper distilling it, up to 30 (double-spaced) pages maximum, excluding references, tables, and figures.
4. The deadline for receipt of nomination materials is midnight of February 15, 2009 (Greenwich Mean Time). Submissions must be made electronically in PDF form to ica.cat08@gmail.com. (Free PDF converters are available on the web including at http://cutepdf.com or http://www.primopdf.com).
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Guest blogging for Discovery Tech
A few months ago I received a note from a producer for Discovery Tech, a web site run by the Discovery Channel. She's start a guest blog, and wants to give student researchers an opportunity to tell the world about their work, what it's like being a student in this area, and so forth. She said she was open to single posts, or a regular series. You can see the blog here: http://blogs.discovery.com/guest_spot/. If you're interested, let me know and I'll see if she's still looking for people. -Kelly
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