Workshops at the Internet Research 9.0 conference All workshops will take place on October 15th - please sign up via the registration page. Learning and Research in Second Life Organisers: Jeremy Hunsinger, Rochelle Mazar, Aleks Krotoski and Jason Nolan. Paper Deadline: June 15th. Sponsor: Linden Lab, creator of Second Life Further info: slworkshop08@gmail.com. This workshop aims to improve the understanding of Second Life as a Learning and Research environment. It will bring 35 researchers together to collaborate, discuss and workshop diverse topics related to research and learning in Second Life. We will pursue a full-day schedule in which participants will discuss their work and interestson four different topics: learning in Second Life, integrated earning, the contributions of research to the community and ethical research methods. How can we better enable learning in this sphere? How can we better enable research? Our honored keynote will be Pathfinder Linden from Linden Lab. Researchers are requested to submit papers and short biography to slworkshop08@gmail.com, which will be selected and distributed amongst participants before the workshop no later than June 15th. First invitations will be offered to those who providefull papers for consideration.These papers have two purposes: first is to provide a common platformfor understanding our research and teaching and second. Submitted papers may be considered for publication in an edited volume being produced in relation to the workshop, or possibly in peer reviewed publication derived from the workshop (these are currently under discussion).Subsequent invitations will be made based upon research/teaching statement and biography with priority given to people submitting fullpapers. Decisions will be made by August 1st, barring incident. There is a limit of 35 participants at the physical meeting; the event will be simulcast into Second LifeWe welcome professionals, faculty and graduate students to participate. Lunch, coffee breaks and the room is included inparticipation. (And you'll probably get a t-shirt!)* The workshop will take place on Wednesday October 15th. Writing and Publications Workshop AoIR IR 9.0, Copenhagen, 15th October 2008 Organisers Dr Marcus Foth, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Associate Prof. Mia Consalvo, Ohio University, USA. Prof. Greg Hearn, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Synopsis In response to feedback from AoIR members, the publications working group and the executive committee of AoIR, we convene this workshop on academic writing and publishing. It provides an opportunity for early and mid career internet researchers to discuss and improve academic writing skills in a peer support environment and identify suitable publication outlets. The workshop is a forum to share experiences and tips and tricks on how to interact with editors and respond to review reports. Participants have a chance to discuss their own draft papers with other participants and the organisers, and hear inside stories from: Elizabeth A. Buchanan, co-editor of the International Journal of Internet Research Ethics Nick Jankowski, co-editor of New Media & Society Brian Loader, co-editor of Information, Communication & Society Lisa McLaughlin, editor, Feminist Media Studies Susana Tosca, co-editor of Game Studies Program 09.00 – 09.15 Welcome and outline of the structure of the workshop 09.15 – 10.15 Keynote by Nick Jankowski, co-editor of New Media & Society, Sage 10.15 – 10.45 — Break — 10.45 – 11.30 Roundtable: Selecting the right publication outlet and publication lifecycles 11.30 – 12.15 Hands-on session collecting information online about publication outlets and share with others 12.15 – 13.15 — Lunch — 13.15 – 14.00 Roundtable: Tips and tricks for academic writing and responding to reviewer’s feedback 14.00 – 14.45 Hands-on session: mini peer review of participants’ works and discussion with editors 14.45 – 15.15 — Break — 15.15 – 17.00 Scholarly Publishing in Transition: Issues, Challenges & Initiatives Traditional venues for scholarly publishing are rapidly changing: established journals are moving online, online-only open access journals are proliferating, alternatives to ISI Impact Factor metrics are emerging, titles are experimenting with multimedia components, pre-print archives are being developed, and data repositories are achieving the status of publications. These and other issues are much in flux, but the rate and degree of change varies considerably between disciplines and scholarly cultures. This panel of journal editors – chaired by Nick Jankowski and Steve Jones – will reflect on these changes: the issues and challenges involved, and the relevance of these developments for new media scholarship. Nicholas Jankowski was so kind to make available his presentation slides, materials related to journal publishing, and a related article by Daft (1995). Reference: Daft, R. L. (1995). Why I recommend your manuscript be rejected and what you can do about it. In L. L. Cummings & P. J. Frost (Eds.), Publishing in the organizational sciences (pp. 164-182) New York: Sage. In The Game: Ethnographic Relationships, Mediation, and Knowledge Organisers: Marinka Copier, TL Taylor, Anne Beaulieu, The Virtual Ethnography Collaboratory Paper Deadline: May 9th 2008 (submissions closed) Further info: marinka.copierATlet.uu.nl This workshop is aimed at researchers who have already pursued fieldwork in mediated environments. They are invited to submit a paper proposal (1500 words) before 9 May 2008 to Marinka Copier. The proposal should present elements of the ethnographic material and a reflection on that work from the perspective of one of the proposed workshop themes: continuity, accountability, affectivity & embodiment, and scholarly practices. The goal of this process is to bring together practicing ethnographers for an in-depth discussion of some key issues within the domain, simultaneously grounded in concrete projects. The workshop will have a maximum of 15 participants to enable in-depth discussion, and respondents will be assigned for each paper. Submissions will be selected on the basis of peer-review, which will be coordinated by the organisers of the workshop. Deadline for submissions: May 9th Announcement of paper acceptance: May 30th Deadline for full papers: September 1st Papers to participants and respondent: September 15th Workshop: Wednesday October 15th Doctoral Colloquium Wednesday October 15th In relation to the Association of Internet Researchers (A.o.I.R) Annual Conference 2008 Internet Research 9.0 Copenhagen, Denmark The Internet Research 9.0 Doctoral Colloquium offers Ph.D. students working in internet research or a related field a special forum on Wednesday, October 15, 2008 where they will have a chance to briefly present their dissertations-in-progress and discuss them at length with peers and established senior researchers. Interested students should prepare a two page summary of their research. This summary should provide a context for the research, describe the methods being used, the progress to date, and expectations and hopes from the colloquium. Faculty mentors include: Axel Bruns, Australia Sue Fragoso, Brazil Alex Halavais, USA Caroline Haythornthwaite, USA We hope to announce additional mentors shortly. Submission/Participation To apply for participation in the doctoral colloquium, please submit your two page application by Friday, May 23, 2008 by email to the organizer Klaus Bruhn Jensen: kbj AT hum.ku.dk. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by June 15, 2008. Successful applicants will be asked to prepare an eight page paper on their research and the issues they wish to discuss by August 25, 2008. For further details, please check back here or contact the organizer of the Doctoral Colloquium, Klaus Bruhn Jensen: kbj@hum.ku.dk The Internet Research 9.0 Doctoral Colloquium is sponsored by the Danish National Research School for Media, Communication and Journalism. The Coding Analysis Toolkit: A Hands-On Training Saturday October 18th - 9.00 am (Room: 3A52) Dr. Stuart Shulman is the founder of the Qualitative Data Analysis Program (QDAP), which is a fee-for-service coding lab at the University of Pittsburgh. QDAP and now QDAP-UMass staff and coders work on coding projects funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and other U.S. funding agencies. Dr. Shulman (Oregon Ph.D. 1999) has been the Principal Investigator and Project Director on related National Science Foundation-funded research projects focusing on electronic rulemaking, human language technologies, manual annotation, digital citizenship, and service-learning efforts in the United States. At AoIR, he will lead a hands-on, computer lab-based training introducing to the Coding Analysis Toolkit (CAT), a web-based service designed to facilitate the measurement and reporting the reliability and validity of work completed by multiple coders. He will also introduce the Blog Analysis Toolkit (BAT), which is designed to capture blog posts and archive them for analysis in CAT. For more information, see: QDAP: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/ QDAP-UMass: http://people.umass.edu/stu/QDAP-UMass/ Coding Analysis Toolkit: http://www.qdap.pitt.edu/cat.htm Blog Analysis Toolkit: https://surveyweb2.ucsur.pitt.edu/qblog/page_login.php Dr. Shulman's Home Page: http://people.umass.edu/stu/