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Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung
Comments by Wolfgang Schulz on the Draft for an Act improving Law Enforcement on Social Networks (NetzDG)
With the Draft for an Act improving Law Enforcement on Social Networks (NetzDG), the German government reacts on Hate Speech and Fake News in Social Media. The draft has provoked criticism concerning freedom of speech because it creates incentives for providers to delete contents although they have not been proven illegal. The comments in English language by Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schulz analyse the draft. They have been presented to the EU Commission and the Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection.
Call for Applications: Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships "Algorithmed Public Spheres"
Application deadline: April 1, 2017
The Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research invites applications for international postdoctoral research fellows from fields including, but not restricted to, computer and information science, communication and media studies, law, sociology and philosophy, who will conduct innovative research on the social and cultural impact of algorithms during stays of 3-12 months in Hamburg in the academic year 2017/2018.
Call for Applications
The Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, Germany, is a publicly funded research institute that focuses on the study of mediated public communication. Its research encompasses both broadcast and digital communication from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective.
The postdoctoral research network Algorithmed Public Spheres was established to study the relevance of algorithms for the constitution of the public sphere. We emphasize in particular the importance of algorithms for filtering, ranking and selecting media content and for structuring digital communication. In contrast to the use of data mining in areas such as healthcare, credit scoring and general business analytics, where such techniques have a long tradition, the impact of algorithms on the public sphere poses novel challenges. How are communication, media, and public discourse impacted by transferring the dominant logics of consumption from other industries to news, information, and political deliberation, implemented in social media platforms, search engines, and on news websites? Research in this area could include:
- Measurement of algorithmic bias and discrimination
- Feedback effects in recommender systems
- Assessment of potential filter bubbles
- Algorithms in news production, distribution and consumption processes
- User interaction with and rationalization of algorithms
We invite applications for international postdoctoral research fellows from fields including, but not restricted to, computer and information science, communication and media studies, law, sociology and philosophy, who will conduct innovative research on the social and cultural impact of algorithms during stays of 3-12 months in Hamburg in the academic year 2017/2018. We particularly welcome cross-cutting research proposals that integrate technical and social perspectives and result in concrete outcomes, for example in the form of peer-reviewed research articles or proposals for externally funded projects.
Up to two funded fellowships will be awarded as result of this call. The fellowships cover airfare and a contribution to the accommodation and subsistence in Hamburg. In specific cases, we may offer a temporary employment contract instead of a scholarship.
To apply, please send a cover letter (one page), a project proposal (up to three pages) and your CV (up to four pages), including a list of your most relevant publications (maximum of five), to Cornelius Puschmann (email@example.com). Please note that applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
Application deadline: April 1, 2017
Announcement of 2017/2018 Fellows: May 1, 2017
International Summer School on "Hate Speech Online" 14 - 21 March 2017 in Delhi, India
Applications welcome until 15 February 2017
The Hans-Bredow-Institut and the faculty of Law of the University of Hamburg, together with the Centre for Communication Governance at the National Law University, Delhi are pleased to give students with a focus on Media Law as well as European and International Law the opportunity to participate in an international Summer School on "Hate Speech Online" being held in Delhi, India, from 14 to 22 March 2017. The lectures will address different aspects of hate speech and its relation to freedom of speech and other basic rights. National as well as international laws will be discussed and compared.
During three days of lectures, the roles of different actors and stakeholders in this field (e.g. intermediaries, data protection authorities, national security authorities, etc.) will be assessed critically. Students will be grouped in order to focus on one specific stakeholder's interests throughout the program. Each group shall defend the prepared positions and findings in a competitive policy workshop in front of international experts. The program will be completed by an excursion and several social events in order to promote an intercultural exchange and dialogue with other summer school participants.
Costs for accommodation, catering and local excursions are fully covered; an additional funding of EUR 400.00 per person is granted for travel expenses (flights, visa, airport transfers). For application, please hand in your CV as well as a short letter of motivation (max. 1 page) via email (pdf-file) to Felix Krupar until 15 February 2017. Applicants are welcome to support their application with further proof of skills relevant to the event.
Algorithmic News in the 2016 US Election
Hamburg, 19.12.2016. How algorithms may have influenced the US election will be discussed ath the Bucerius Lab Lunch Session #3 in Betahaus Hamburg. Nick Diakopoulos, Fellow at the Hans-Bredow-Institut, has studied the Coverage of the two candidates done by google. He will discuss the role of the big internet platforms with Matthias Spielkamp, Bucerius Lab Fellow and Co-Funder of AlgorithmWatch. Entrance free, Registration required
Nick Diakopoulos Fellow at the Postdoc Kolleg "Algorithmed Public Spheres"
Nick Diakopoulos, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, is guest researcher at the Hans-Bredow-Institut in December. In its Postdoc Kolleg Algorithmed Public Spheres, that is organized by Cornelius Puschmann, Nick will do research with an emphasis on algorithmic accountability. Furthermore, Nick will give two public lectures and join discussion rounds
- on 15 Dec 2016 Algorithmic Accountability & Transparency in the News Media in the Hans-Bredow-Institut and
- on 19 Dec 2016 Algorithmic News in the 2016 US Election at the Bucerius Lab Lunch Session #3 in the Betahaus Hamburg, that is organized jointly by the Hans-Bredow-Institute and the ZEIT-Stiftung
- more about Nick
Algorithmic Accountability & Transparency in the News Media
Hamburg, 15.12.2016, 10-11:30 pm. Workshop with Nick Diakopoulos, University of Maryland, at the Hans-Bredow-Institut, Registration required
Algorithms now adjudicate decisions in nearly all facets of the public and private sector, from employment practices, to criminal sentencing, and of course the media system itself. The goal of algorithmic accountability is to articulate, explain, or justify the ways in which algorithms are exerting power in specific human contexts: perpetuating biases and discrimination, making errors, filtering or censoring information, or otherwise violating expectations. Journalists are engaging in algorithmic accountability as an extension of investigative reporting, seeking to uncover the power structures, biases, and influences that computational artifacts play in society. I will present recent algorithmic accountability work focused specifically on the role that search engines play in making political information available in elections. I'll then present the development of a model for algorithmic transparency that describes dimensions of information that may be disclosed about algorithms, suggesting ways in which it can be employed to guide transparency by good-faith actors, as well as inform investigative or critical approaches to algorithms. In the course of the talk I'll trace various legal, technical, regulatory, and normative challenges that remain, offering new openings for research in this domain.
Nicholas Diakopoulos is an Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park Philip Merrill College of Journalism with courtesy appointments in the College of Information Studies and Department of Computer Science. He is Director of the Computational Journalism Lab at UMD, a member of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at UMD, a Tow Fellow at Columbia University School of Journalism, and Associate Professor II at the University of Bergen Department of Information Science and Media Studies. His research is in computational and data journalism with emphases on algorithmic accountability and social computing in the news. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the School of Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech where he co-founded the program in Computational Journalism.
Open Access: International Journal of Communication and Health
with an article by S. Wahl und M. Grimm presenting "A Typology of Cancer Patients' Information Behavior with Regard to Complementary and Alternative Medicine", article
Wahl, S.; Grimm, M. (2016): How to Find an Alternative: A Typology of Cancer Patients' Information Behavior with Regard to Complementary and Alternative Medicine. In: International Journal fo Communication and Health, (10), http://communicationandhealth.ro/upload/number10/STEFANIE-WAHL.pdf
For Download: Human Rights and Encryption
New in the UNESCO Series on Internet Freedom is the study by Wolfgang Schulz and Joris van Hoboken about the relevance of encryption to human rights in the media and communications field ... Downnload
It offers policy recommendations for state practice and other stakeholders. The present research was elaborated in order to implement Internet Universality framework. It also responds to the option recommended by the CONNECTing the Dots Outcome Document that UNESCO "recognizes the role that anonymity and encryption can play as enablers of privacy protection and freedom of expression, and facilitates dialogue on these issues". In addition, the research draws on the Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye, which was presented to the Human Rights Council in June 2015. The research, authored by Prof. Wolfgang Schulz and Dr Joris van Hoboken, was commissioned by UNESCO and made possible thanks to the support of the German Federal Foreign Office.
The study provides an overview of encryption technologies and their impact on human rights. It analyzes in-depth the role of encryption in the media and communications landscape, and the impact on different services, entities and end users. It highlights good practices and examines the legal environment surrounding encryption as well as various case studies of encryption policies. Built on this exploration and analysis, the research provides recommendations on encryption policy that are useful for various stakeholders. These include signaling the need to counter the lack of gender sensitivity in the current debate, and also highlighting ideas for enhancing "encryption literacy".
The publication will be launched at the UNESCO workshop on "Encryption and safety of journalists" (15:00-16:30, Guadalajara time) on 7 December 2016, in the framework of the 11th Internet Governance Forum (IGF). More details about the workshop are available at: https://igf2016.sched.org/event/8htZ/ws159-encryption-and-safety-of-journalists-in-digital-age
The book is downloadable here.
Visiting Fellows from Sydney at the Research Centre Media History
From November 12th to November 29th Dr Virginia Madsen and Dr Tom Murray from Macquarie University in Sydney (Australia) are Visting Fellows at the Research Centre Media History. The invitation to Hamburg is enabled by the MQ-FU-HAM Trilateral Strategic Partnership, a network program of the Universität Hamburg with Macquarie University (Australia) and Fudan University (China). Their stay is part of the research programm "Transnational Media Histories" established by Dr Hans-Ulrich Wagner (Hamburg) and Prof Dr Bridget Griffen-Foley (Sydney).
Dr Virgina Madsen
"My research in Hamburg is concerned with the first history of the 'documentary imagination' in radio. This book is charting an international history of radio and audio documentary forms that have evolved since the 1920s. Almost nothing has been written about this field and the extraordinary work produced by so many often under-recognised authors and producers around the world. Hamburg in particular is of great interest to me, because here was founded a new and revitalised tradition of documentary and 'feature' making which brought together some of the finest authors in Germany after the second world war, and which would ultimately lead to German leadership in this field. I hope to increase my understanding of the role and impact of this work at the Nordwestdeutscher Rundfunk (NWDR) (now NDR) and explore the role of the BBC here in influencing a new direction in the art of the documentary after 1945. During my visit, I hope to also connect with some contemporary producers and leaders in the 'cultural radio' program at NDR in Hamburg."
Dr Madsen is a Senior Lecturer in radio/audio production and documentary history, and a member of Macquarie University's Centre for Media History (CMH). She has published widely in the fields of public broadcasting, radio history, radio documentary, experimental forms of radio, podcasting and sound design and ecology. She is also an established radio writer and producer, beginning her career in radio as one of the founding producers of the ABC (Australian) program, The Listening Room. Her work has been heard on radio stations worldwide, at international competitions and has been adapted for broadcast in several languages.
Details of publications: https://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_media_music_communication_and_cultural_studies/staff/academic_staff/dr_virginia_madsen/ - https://mq.academia.edu/VirginiaMadsen
Links to some of my radio programs: ABC: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/soundmusicword/dark-room/4547256; ARD: http://hoerspiele.dra.de/vollinfo.php?dukey=1376496; USA Third Coast Festival: http://thirdcoastfestival.org/explore/feature/cambodia-show
Dr Tom Murray
"Most of my research is published in screen-media forms and investigates the historical aesthetics of colonialism, memory, and place. I am particularly interested in the possibility of reconciling colonial injustices, and mostly work in collaboration with contemporary individuals and communities. As a Visiting Fellow at the Research Centre Media History I am looking at the role of German state-sponsored social science and creative arts studies in WW1 POW camps, particularly in regard to representations of Indigenous Australians and Pacific Islanders."
Dr Murray is a writer, broadcaster, filmmaker, and academic, currently employed as an Australian Research Council Fellow and Senior Lecturer in screen media at Macquarie University. His films have been screened at many of the world's most significant film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival and IDFA Amsterdam, and his work has won numerous prizes including the NSW Premier's Prize for History, and the Max Crawford Medal, Australia's most prestigious award for achievement and promise in the humanities.
A video describing some of his work can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_qguQun33I
His staff profile is here: https://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/department_of_media_music_communication_and_cultural_studies/staff/academic_staff/dr_tom_murray/
Websites for some of his work are here: www.loveinourowntime.com; www.inmyfatherscountry.com; Dhakiyarr vs the King; 2014 Max Crawford Medal
Coming soon: M&K 4/2016
with articles about "Studying Journalism in Times of Crisis", "Research Ethics for Communication Science", about "How the Origin of Immigrants Impacts their Media Framing" and about the "Coverage of Whistleblowing in German and Swiss Print Media" as well as an Article "On the Issue of Recipients' Disenchantment with Certain Topics and the Measurement of this: A Theoretical Conceptualization and Development of Scales", Contents
Hans-Bredow-Institut at ECREA2016
Six researchers of the institute have been be at the Annual Conference of the European Communication Research and Education Association ECREA2016, which took place from November 9 - 12 in Prague. Furthermore, they attended the Pre-Conference "Children, Youth and Media". The European Network EU Kids Online, which is co-ordinated by the Hans-Bredow-Institut, also met at the conference to discuss an upcoming comparative survey. Who was talking about which topic, giving keynotes and lectures, chairing panels and planning new projects:
Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Keynote speech by Stephan Dreyer within the scope of the Children, Youth and Media Pre-Conference on the topic of "Knowledge-Based Policy-Making? Children's Rights and Other Uncertainties in Modern ICT Regulation".
Wednesday, November 9, 2016
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Meeting of the EU Kids Online Network for planning a new comparitive study, including Claudia Lampert und Uwe Hasebrink from the Hans-Bredow-Institut
Thursday, November 10, 2016
9:00 am -10.30 am Uwe Hasebrink & Andreas Hepp: "How to Research Cross-Media Use? Investigating Media Repertoires and Media Ensembles" in the panels "Media Repertoires as Pathways to Understanding Cross-Media Practices Among Users"
11:00 am -12:30 pm Markus Oermann, Wolfgang Schulz & Tobias Mast: "Doing Governance in Figurations: Proposal of an Analytical Framework"
11:00 am -12.30 pm Uwe Hasebrink, Ingrid Paus-Hasebrink und Jasmin Kulterer: "Fantasy and Reality: "Hobbit" Viewer Types and How They Connect the Movie with Their Everyday Lives" in the panel "Researching the Hobbit – Results and Methodological Implementations of an International Project"
Friday, November 11, 2016
9:00 am -10.30 am Uwe Hasebrink as Chair of the panel "Children as Audiences 3: Coping in a Networked World"
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm Julius Reimer: "The Journalist Turned Brand. How Reporters Build Their Profiles Through Personal Branding"
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Stephan Dreyer "Alignments in Diversity: Factual Harmonisation in Protecting Minors from Harmful Media", in the ECREA Section "Communication Policy and Law"
Online between Orient and Occident - Media Childhood in Iran, Spain and Germany
Hans-Bredow-Institut, Dec 7, 2016, 4-6.45 pm. Interactive Workshop in Englisch lanuage with our guest researchers Hamid Reza Akrami und Marta Portalés as well as Prof Dr. Uwe Hasebrink and Dr. Claudia Lampert, Library of the Hans-Bredow-Institut, Rothenbaumchaussee 36, Hamburg.
Online between Orient and Occident - Media childhood in Iran, Spain and Germany
How is young media life in Spain, Iran and Germany? Interactive presentations, Q&A and tapas will help you discover the state of the art of media education and digital environments of young people in these countries. New empirical data, trends and research insights will be presented by Hamid Reza Akrami (Allameh Tabatabaei University in Tehran), Marta Portalés (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Uwe Hasebrink and Claudia Lampert (Hans Bredow Institut).
Following the EU Kids Framework we will compare country specific situations and try to find answers to the questions: How are individual media practices and skills, opportunities and risks influenced by social environments and country actions? Is media education, youth media protection and online participation promoted by policies and regulations or individual actors?
16:00 - 16:15 - Welcome, Concept and Introduction
16:15 - 16:35 - Impulse: Perspective Spain
16:40 - 17:00 - Impulse: Perspective Iran
17:00 - 17:20 - Highlight: Germany, Comparison EU, Start of Discussion
17:20 - 18:30 - Interactive Discussion
18:30 - 18:45 - Conclusion: Same, same, but different, oder different, different, but the same? What are the challenges for research? What are the empirical questions we need to find answers to?
18:45 - ??? Snacks & Drinks
Plenary Panel Discussion: Who Rules the Internet?
The only conference's public Panel Discussion "Who Rules the Internet?" with Kate Crawford, Fieke Jansen and Carolin Gerlitz took place on 6 October 2016, 7 – 9pm Audimax der HU Berlin. Who are the actors both in practices of rule-making and rule-breaking online, what are their motivations and resources, and how can their power relations and communicative figurations be described? How does the Internet influence the proliferation of the values that its platforms, services and infrastructures embody, and what spaces of creative resistance persist? How do various forms of technical, social, and cultural hacking subvert these orders?
Drawing on the conference theme, we discussed these important questions with:
Kate Crawford is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York City, a Visiting Professor at MIT's Center for Civic Media, and a Senior Fellow at NYU's Information Law Institute. Her research addresses the social impacts of big data, and she's currently writing a new book on data and power with Yale University Press.
Fieke Jansen researches and writes on the Politics of Data and digital shadows at Tactical Tech. She hopes to bring more transparency to the global data industry. Prior to moving to Berlin, Fieke worked on the intersection of the internet, social change and security, working at Hivos to set up and manage their digital emergency programme for human rights defenders and activists. She also co-authored a book called Digital AlterNatives.
Carolin Gerlitz is professor for digital media and methods at the University of Siegen. Her research addresses quantification and valuation in social media and the role of app ecologies. She is also a member of the Digital Methods Initiative Amsterdam and works on digital research methods for studying platforms and mobile media.
This public panel discussion was part of the conference AoIR 2016 that took place from 5 to 9 October in Berlin. For further information please visit aoir.org.
Marta Portalés Oliva as Guest Researcher at the Institute
Since mid September 2017, Marta Portalés Oliva works as guest researcher at the institute for three months. Marta Portalés Oliva is a PhD candidate at the "Gabinete de Comunicación y Educación" Research Group of the Journalism Department at the Communication Sciencies Faculty of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Her work at the institute will be in connection with the work group projects "Growing Up in Digital Media Environments".
She studied the Bachelor of Audiovisual Communication in the University of Valencia between 2009 and 2013, she studied a year through the International Program in York University Toronto (Canada) and a year of Erasmus in the Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz (Germany).
After graduating from the Official Master of Research on Communication and Journalism in the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 2014, she received a scholarship for Research Staff Training in order to perform the Doctorate on Journalism and Communication in that same university. Her research interests focus on media literacy and the study of the audiovisual medium in formal and informal contexts.
Her website at UAB
Hamid Reza Akrami as Guest Researcher at the Institute
For a whole year, from July 2016 to July 2017, Hamid Reza Akrami from Teheran will stay at the institute as Guest Researcher. Hamid Reza Akrami is a media and social communications researcher and university lecturer. He has studied computer software engineering and social communications, which gives him dual qualification in the fields of communication technologies and new media. His work at the institute is in connection with the EUKidsOnline project. He also helps the institute in administering the EUKidsOnline website and is looking for newer topics of research in the field.
Hamid Reza Akrami has taught communication technologies, online public relations, electronic journalism, specialized English for media and communications students, and other relevant courses at the university.
He has recently been working on Digital and Media Literacy for a number of years in Teheran, Iran, and has a number of academic works presented at the international conferences and fora.
He is now finalizing his PhD with a concentration on the empowerment of children and teenagers in their confrontation with the new media at Hamburg University.
Public Panel Discussion: Who Rules the Internet?
Berlin, 06.10.2016 | 19:00 - 20:30, Doors open 6:30 Uhr, public panel discussion at AoIR2016 "Internet Rules!", Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin | Auditorium Maximum, Unter den Linden 6, 10117 Berlin, with Kate Crawford, Fieke Jansen und Christian Sandvig
Who are the actors both in practices of rule-making and rule-breaking online, what are their motivations and resources, and how can their power relations and communicative figurations be described? How does the Internet influence the proliferation of the values that its platforms, services and infrastructures embody, and what spaces of creative resistance persist? How do various forms of technical, social, and cultural hacking subvert these orders? Drawing on the conference theme, we look forward to discussing these important questions with:
Kate Crawford is a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research New York City, a Visiting Professor at MIT's Center for Civic Media, and a Senior Fellow at NYU's Information Law Institute. Her research addresses the social impacts of big data, and she's currently writing a new book on data and power with Yale University Press.
Fieke Jansen researches and writes on the Politics of Data and digital shadows at Tactical Tech. She hopes to bring more transparency to the global data industry. Prior to moving to Berlin, Fieke worked on the intersection of the internet, social change and security, working at Hivos to set up and manage their digital emergency programme for human rights defenders and activists. She also co-authored a book called Digital AlterNatives.
Christian Sandvig is a Professor at the University of Michigan, where he teaches in both Information and Communication Studies. He is a researcher specializing in studying the consequences of algorithmic systems that curate and organize culture. He has written about social media, wireless systems, broadband Internet, online video, domain names, and Internet policy. His group blog was named one of the «Must-Follow Feeds» in science, culture, and design by Wired.
This public panel discussion is part of the conference AoIR 2016 that will take place from 5 to 9 October in Berlin. For further information on the programme and to register for the conference please visit aoir.org.
M&K 2/2016 published
with a comparative study of the relationship between politics and journalism on a federal and State level, an article about the knowledge gaps of sports journalists on the subject of Doping, a review of the potentials and limitations of automated analysis of visual media content and a contribution to the discussion on the importance of communication studies for media practice and media policy. Contents
Radio and New Media Technologies: An Asian Perspective
Hamburg, 07.06.2016. Lecture by K. Padmakumar, Head of the Department of Corporate Communication at the University of Manipal, Indien, about the Future of Radio, at the Universität Hamburg, Senatssitzungssaal, Edmund-Siemers-Allee 1, 2. OG, 6-8 pm. Participation free, registration required
The major traditional radio broadcast systems in the recent times have comfortably in one way or another embraced the new media technologies. One can see a lot of interest taken by the conventional radio broadcasters in distributing their content over web-related services. Moving away from the conventional "over the air" transmission to web-based content distribution (Spotify and other social media sites for instance) are being seriously contemplated by some radio stations in Asia.
One may argue that it is a natural progression for any industry to upgrade and expand their services. This lecture will discuss the specific aspects of the evolving traditional medium and will consider exploring answers for the following questions. Can this argument be valid for a medium like Radio which is touted as a topical medium? Are the listeners ready for such a transformation? What would be the repercussions of such a shift? Will radio move away from its aural strategy to incorporate visual strategy during its transformation? Will both these strategies work together and prepare the listeners for a new hybrid medium called the Visual Radio? Would radio lose its main characteristic of the "theatre of the mind"?
K. Padmakumar works as Head Dept of Corporate Communication in Mass Communication& Journalism (Manipal University Manipal) handling subjects like Commercial Radio, Community Radio, Media Research, Indian Media, Media Marketing and Research, Strategic Media Planning Corporate Communication.
He also works as Radio Programming /Strategic cum Marketing Consultant for Udayavaani. the no 1 newspaper group in Karnataka, India, for their fm radio ventures in Karnataka, India.
Before, he worked for Radio City 91.1FM as Programming Director, Coimbatore, India, and for Suryan FM (Sun TV network) as a Prime-time RJ cum show producer. Radio City 91.1FM is India's first and leading FM radio brand. Promoted by Music Broadcast Private Limited (MBPL), the private FM network has captured the hearts of millions of listeners across 20 FM stations in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Ahmedabad, Pune, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur, Vadodara, Surat, Sholapur, Nagpur, Sangli, Coimbatore, Vizag, Ahmednagar, Akola, Nanded and Jalgaon.
K. Padmakumar has completed a Phil degree in Mass Communication from Bharathiar University, CBE, a Master's degree in Mass Communication from Bharathiar University, CBE and a Bachelor s degree in Zoology from Government Arts College, Ooty.
Twitter Friend Repertoires
Introducing a methodology to assess patterns of information management on Twitter, article by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt, published in First Monday.
This paper argues that previous Twitter research has mainly employed a "broadcast perspective" by focusing on follower relations and concepts such as popularity, reach, or influence. But the microblogging platform is also a tool for users to combine a personalized set of sources. We propose the concept of "Twitter friend repertoires" and present a novel methodology to assess them by comparing the set of Twitter friends against a list of previously identified accounts from publicly relevant speakers. We exemplify this approach by presenting comparative findings on the friend repertoires of four groups of German Twitter users, demonstrating how this approach can reveal distinct patterns in the sources people follow on Twitter. We conclude with a set of research perspectives which look at Twitter as a space for personalized, yet patterned information management.
Published: M&K 1/2016
with articles on the so-called 'Soccerization' of German Television, a report on Transferring Knowledge into Action: A Motivational Research Perspective on Media Literacy; a study on the Need for Penalties against Facebook Content, and its Determinant; and an article about the Past 100 Years of Journalism, Media and Communication Studies in Germany. Contents


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|Reviews for The Rise of Revan
| Spaar chapter 10 . 9/17/2013
Awww, I'm sad to see this never come to full fruition, the KotOR series (particularly the first) are my favorite RPG's ever. fRevan and Bastila was always something I had wanted to see explored, although in the canon game I found that over time I grew to actually like Juhani rather alot (never completely got over her looks but she was a cool girl in alot of respects) and so the fact that Bastila wasn't interested in the womenz could be overlooked and KotOR reigns as the greatest game ever. Yes indeed. Even better than Skyrim imo, but that could be because I've never not had technical problems with it, don't get me wrong, great game, just not very stable. I haven't yet played the mass effect series either, so I have the feeling that may contend for the top spot, especially considering it's also by Bioware, don't quote me on it! I think I'll enjoy it when it comes though. Anyway! Good work! I'm diggin how she starts off a little cold and detached and bitchynaggy to everyone but Bastila's somehow manages to smooth her out and make her a decently likeable person. I've no idea how that happened because at most times Bastila isn't exactly a countering influence to those tendencies, but hey! whatever floats your boat, ye know? I, for one, am down. Peace!
| MyRandomName chapter 10 . 9/15/2013
Nice story,
| SoulCry chapter 10 . 12/14/2009
Your story is quite interesting. A conjunction of both KOTORs and them being FemSlash is quite interesting. Also, the storyline is quite captivating in its own, adding to the quality of it. I saw a few mistakes here and there but they are not deterrent for a good read.
Picking up the storyline, I think that Kana would have already realized the truth by now with all those obvious hints. I mean, they're even more than the original story and it would be quite obvious for her to "see the light" before. So far, the story is quite well planned, and the adding of the Exile adds even more.
The only drawback I can find is that this story seems to have been forgotten. I'd very much like to continue reading this story, provided that you keep writing it as well.
| mylovelyminion chapter 10 . 10/12/2009
Good story, I can't wait for the next update.
| lolfan100 chapter 10 . 6/7/2009
| paxm chapter 10 . 5/30/2009
I'm so glad you've updated this! I find how the Exile story is woven in quite interesting and look forward to what you have in store for that. There's not a lot of FRevan/Bastila - and a lot of what's out there on this pair is mediocre. I'm glad you're writing this - I'm really enjoying this.
| Crytyk chapter 10 . 5/28/2009
I love you! This is my favorite Raven/Bas fic.
| nxkris chapter 10 . 5/24/2009
nice chapter. i like that the mission has begun. update soon.
| Squeaky Phantom chapter 10 . 5/23/2009
Yay, that was a nice kissing seen. A perfect ending to a plesant chapter. The 'old gezzers' wont find out will they? Will they be trouble to this couple? What about the exile? What happens next?
| Squeaky Phantom chapter 9 . 5/23/2009
Yay, I have been waiting to see the exile. Nice version. An interesting conversation. I hope that Visas is right about Revan. You got Kreia's character down. Interesting bit were the exiles story line is happening the same time as Revan's. What happens next?
| Squeaky Phantom chapter 8 . 5/23/2009
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At SWA Landscape's summer studio, a crowd of Los Angeles River advocates gathered to hear proposals of river interventions made by seven interns from around the country.
After Ohio State University student Ian Mackay explained his proposition, which included a rust-colored perforated bridge that would double as bird habitat, Travis Longcore, science director of The Urban Wildlands Group, lauded his proposal saying it would be better for birds than the "North Atwater bridge, which would probably kill birds with its series of wires."
Longcore's statement stunned the crowd and prompted a meeting with the Los Angeles River Revitalization Corporation (LARRC), who had a representative in attendance at the presentation.
According to Longcore, herons and egrets, which could normally be found in the area, aren't acrobatic birds. They wouldn't be able to quickly change course once they spot the series of wires distinctive to the design of the North Atwater bridge (officially known as La Kretz Crossing). "Once they're set their course, they're not used to looking for obstruction," said Longcore. Like large ships that take time to turn, so do large birds such as these.
"Herons also get a blind spot in front of their head when they fly," Longcore added. Birds in this family have a blind spot because of the position of their eyes and the tilt of their heads during flight. "They can look forward, but once they tilt their heads slightly to look down, they have blind spots in front of them."
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During our conversation Longcore had admitted he had not seen the design until spring, long after public comment period had expired December 28. Once he had seen it, he shared the design with a few colleagues in California conversant with bird-friendly design, and posed the question: "Does this look like a bird collision risk to you?" Their reply, "You'd want to do something to make those wires more visible."
Though the bridge had a visible deck, its wires were narrow (between 1.75 to 2.5 inches, according to Longcore). "Birds going between habitats on the river would likely try to fly over the deck but may not notice the wires until it is too late."
To mitigate the possible danger of the bridge, Longcore had suggested adding bird flight diverters to the bridge's cables every 15 feet. It is a mitigation method used with the country's electric power lines. The reflective plastic plate, which hangs from a clamp and spins, would reduce bird collision by adding motion, reflectivity, and light emission to a structure designed to meld into the Los Angeles river landscape. (An example can be found here.)
His suggestion was taken into consideration, but ultimately set aside. "They have either decided that they don't mind that this project has bird issues, or they're too far down the process to change the design," said Longcore, "Basically, they said no."
LARRC isn't worried, citing the long CEQA process the project had gone through. "Based on a thorough review and public comment period, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) process and subsequent document has determined that the bridge will pose no significant impacts on wildlife," wrote Jennifer Samson, LARRC project manager, in an email.
"Bridges like ours that use cables of a sufficient width and utilize lighting effectively facilitate the safe movement of avian species, which is important as we recognize the value of the river's riparian habitat to all kinds of birds," concurs Henry Ong of the city's Department of Public Works.
The agency, however, requested for examples of diverters that were used on other similar, cable-stayed bridges similar to the North Atwater bridge before they pursue the matter even more. It proved to be a difficult task, says Longcore, because the design for the bridge isn't so common. He has yet to find a cable-stayed bridge outfitted with diverters.
In North Atwater bridge's case, Longcore says there aren't any endangered species at risk, but he wonders, is it time for Los Angeles to work on its own set of wildlife-friendly design guidelines?
"This is an area where L.A. has exhibited no leadership, and we could," says Longcore. Already, bird-safe design guidelines are available in cities like San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, and in Minnesota.
As cities around the country grow, the more our infrastructure infringes on animal habitats; it shows just by looking at the local ecology. Analysis of the Audubon Society's annual Christmas birdcount showed that in the past 40 years, the average population of common birds has declined 68 percent. Nearly a third of bird species found in the United States have documented cases of collisions.
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Why can't I just win one coinflip on the bubble of a big tourney?
You guys really wouldn't believe how unlucky I am in general in poker. However, one tourney two weeks ago I placed 2nd and won a ton of money (about $4000). In that tourney, I won about half my coinflips exactly, I did a LOT of gambling on the bubble. I got all in once with AQ vs AK but still won. I got all in like twice with ace jack vs ace - small and lost. And I ended up getting second.
Yesterday I played the fifty fifty at full tilt and I was doing great. But when we got to the bubble, and the all in preflops started to become common, I lost about 4 out of 4 all in preflop coinflips. I had AJ vs 22, lost, 66 vs AK, lost. I was then shortstacked on the button with QQ, so obviously I was gonna go with the hand. A player in EP raised, I went all in. The big big blind went all in over the top with 10 10. And of course, he won when a 10 came on the turn. Over the course of my whole poker career, I have won about 30% of all my races. WHEN will this end?!?!?
And all this BS that is happening to me is hurting my poker confidence I think. Somehow I'm "afraid" when I push all in with AQ and he showed 10 8, because I kno he is going to win. And I just played a sit n go and got all in with AA vs Ace 4 preflop, and of course, he wins when the flop comes 4 9 10 and the turn is a 4.
What is going on?!?!?!? It can't be just bad luck, I've been playing almost daily for many months on full tilt and this has been going on all the time. There are a few brief periods where I my best hands win as often as they should, when my KK wins against 88 80% of the time during one day of playing, or when I win with 99 vs AK 50% of the time. And during these great periods I'm raking in the money. But most of the time, over the course of one day, when I get all with QQ vs AK its extremely rare that I win.
So what is the cause of all this BS that happens to me all the time??? Whenever it happens, I look at the odds sheet and see that my hand was 50% of more to win, so I say to myself "it's just bad luck, you're playing fine", but I keep losing and losing and losing.
r u serious
why did you post this under poker strategy. your telling us your bad beat storys.
Sorry but we have all been there.
and all i can suggest is keep playing tournaments and keep getting bad beats
you know what they say the more bad beats you have the better poker player you are
re: Poker & Why can't I just win one coinflip on the bubble of a big tourney?
Just remember when you did win the coin-flips - there was a person on the other end od it probably thinking the very same thing
In 50/50 situations remember that you will win in 50 of them, but you will also lose 50 of them.
I would say in the last month i have lost when all-in with the best hand 75% of the time, but as long as i have the best hand there is not much more i can do.
Just keep playing the good cards and it will come right
For me it is when you lose the coin flip. Its not a sbad early in a tourny or at the final table, but when you get hit at the bubble its bad
I find it had to take bad beats period, but I think my frustration is born out of desperation. Its not that I need the cash that bad, its just I have set targets that I want to achieve.
To finish off, all I would say is that as you pointed out the hands you talk about were 50/50 so therefore that means u will only win one out of 2 - I can live with that.
Out of interest, how do you know you only won 30% of your 50/50`s?
You hit it right here. People don't remember when their QQ holds up against AK, they just think "it's about time I won a coin flip", while on the other end you have someone who thinks they never win coin flips. Unless you keep track of coin flips or check using poker tracker, it's hard to believe you when you say you only win around 30% of your coin flips.
Maybe it's a case or you putting yourself in to many coinflips.
Like say your getting yourself shortstacked and then when people call your jacks with something like A-Q it's easier for them to call.
One thing i've learned is coinflips are much more profitable when they AREN'T for your tournament life.
Standard. Stop tilting or stop playing when you tilt. You have cashed for second recently and probably given bad beats at appropriate (ie. bubble) time to others. MTT are, by nature, high variance. Stop playing them and concentrate on SNG if you want to reduce your variance.
Standard deviation also dictates that sometimes, you'll get unlucky while at others times, you'll feel like you have a 4 leaf clover shoven up your... wallet.
I dont keep track of exacly how many coinflips I win vs how many I lose, but I am positive I don't win nearly 50% of them. All I'm asking of from the poker gods is for me to win them 50% of the time like I should.
The one time I placed 2nd in a rebuy tourney (my best finish in a multitable tourney ever), I wasn't really "lucky". I was able to win it because half the time I got my money in for a coinflip, I won. It's like, once in a while I run normal and during these period I have great success, but most of the time I'm so ridiculously unlucky its unbelievable. There are also a lot of times where I get my $ in as a 60-40 favorite or a 40-60 dog, and I've noticed that when I'm the slight favorite, I lose just a bit more than I win, it feels like I'm the 40-60 dog. And the times where I'm a 40-60 dog, I NEVER EVER win, not a chance in hell.
re: Poker & Why can't I just win one coinflip on the bubble of a big tourney?
well I can tell ya , that you do suckout as often as everyone else , but sounds like you're doing way to many coinflips , sure a certain number are part of any tourney . but going for coinflips on the bubble is not my thing without premium hands , try less coinflips a couple games and see how that works , if you have a bigstack then sure but if not let them go. jmo
ps. I second the wrong section for this post , this is not a poker strategies question .
And to say that you finished 2 in a rebuy without being lucky is ridiculous.
I've said it before: get PokerTracker or stop yer bitchin'.
re: Poker & Why can't I just win one coinflip on the bubble of a big tourney?
"or, how about you dont push all your chips in pre flop and play some poker"
All of this happens either right when I get into the money or on the bubble. When I play large MTT (300+ players), I am able to make it to the final 60 players almost every time. And by this time, the blinds are so large theirs no point in making a raise smaller than all in. Just now, I played the $22,000 guarentee on Full tilt. Got knocked out in 25th place and won a pathetic $121, wasn't even worth my time. I played great only to watch my entire stack disappear when I got all in with AK vs QQ and lost, he flopped quad queens. Then a few hands later I'm shortstack with ace ten suited. An early position player raises, I go all in, he calls with KQ and wins with a flush. And just now I played a $55 sit n go and lost all in on the 3rd hand with KK vs JJ. We got all in preflop, and the only hands Ill go all in preflop early in a tournament with are AA or KK.
"And to say that you finished 2 in a rebuy without being lucky is ridiculous."
I didn't finish second by winning all of my coinflips, I did a lot of bluffing and blind stealing. I'm saying, that tournament I won just about half my coinflips, which is what I consider running great. When I win 20% of my coinflips, that is what I consider running normal for me. And the truth is, poker IS a lot of luck. There is skill involved but also a ton of luck, and when the blinds get so high that the starting pot is 1/3 of your stack you have no choice but to push all in and probably end up in a coinflip situation.
It is probably because you are like most people on this site - a decent player who when they get their chips in the pot they are normally at worse in a coin flip situation. (Give for being very short stacked, caught bluffing, etc)
Because of this the coin flips you remember are the ones that put you out of a tourny when you were in a decent position.
Last night I was in a MTT. 210 entry and we were down to 25. I had an average stack - exactly where i want to be. Delt AA. raise 2 times bb (blinds so large ppl where not prepared to call without a hand, or at least so I thought.) Tourny leader calls and everyone including blinds fold. Flop JAJ rainbow. I flop the nuts!!!!!!!!!!!! I check, chip leader raises 1/2 pot - Result!!! I call. turn 10. I check chip leader pushes me all in. He shows J10 - happy days!!! River...J my FH goes down to quads I played the hand well, made the correct decision, made the other guy make a mistake, and lost - shit happens!!!
Earlier in the same tourny I flat called with AQ in position to a raiser. Flop AQK. He checks, I raise about 1/2 my stack, he pushed allin. To much in pot to fold 2 pair. I call. He turns AK . Turn Q!!!! ny set holds up, I double up the other guy goes out.
But seriously, some of the guys have told me to `shut the f*** up about bad beats` and I now think I have come to the conclusion that ppl really don`t care. So no point in saying anything
2 points.
So I`m now going to get down off my soap box and play poker
I define a coinflip as two overcards vs a pocket pair, where it's close to 50-50 (I know the pocket pair is a slight favorite, the actual number is closer to 55-45). I swear though, I lose almost EVERY SINGLE coinflip in poker. If I'd won at least half of them throughout my poker career I'd be wealthy right now.
It's just unbelievable, it's like I'm cursed, I don't understand how this is possible. I just played a few $55 turbo sit n goes in the past few hours. All in with KK vs ace rag twice, lost. All in with 77 vs ace 9 suited, lost. All in with ace jack vs king 3, lost. All in with king queen vs ace 3, lost. All in with AQ vs 33, lost. I never once won an all in preflop. On the bright side, ONE TIME i pushed all in with AQ suited and got called by a player with 88. Flop came ace 7 2, and I held on to win, something like this happens to me VERY VERY VERY rarely.
re: Poker & Why can't I just win one coinflip on the bubble of a big tourney?
Do you really believe that there is a cosmic conspiracy to give you bad beats?
If you do, then you should try the following:
this is all we're saying , if it's 50/50 then it has to win 50% of the time in the long run . period ! if your 20/80 then you just have to play the correct amount of hands and bam , back to 50/50 , so keep playing cause you got a lot of coinflips coming your way . lol . good luck.
Yea, I'm saying I don't understand how it's possible that I win less than 30% of all my coinflips, when the definition of a coinflip is a 50-50. It should be impossible, but somehow that's how it is for me ALL THE TIME. Over the long run I don't win 50% of my coinflips like all of you, I win less than 30% of them. And I'm not saying this because I lost a few coinflips in a row in one session, I'm saying this because I've been playing on Full tilt for months and its the truth.
To quantify "luck", it is very important how many coin-fliops you actually had. Bentheman, do you know that?
I calculated the probabilities and odds for a variety of cases. For example, if we had 30 coin-flip races and we won only 9 (which is 30%), the probability that we are so unlucky is about 2%. Equivalently, the odds for this happening are 46 to 1.
One way to interpret this is that if we take 47 players and let them race on coin-flips 30 times, ONE of them will get less than 30% wins.
If you had a sequence of 150 coin-flips, then the odds to be that unlucky are abouit 2 million to 1. Is that possible? Of course. It is less likely to win the lottery, but when millions play, someone gets lucky. So if you are less than 30% after 150 races, you could literally say that this is "one in a million". More accurately one in two millions.
The next row, 200 races, is significant. The odds to be that unlucky are about 133 million to one. I would estimate that there are approximately 100 million poker players in the world. So if you get less than 30% of 200 races, you can say that you are the unluckiest poker player on earth!
At 250, the odds are 9 billion to 1. There are not that many people on earth(yet).
Once you go a little further, the odds are astronomical and for all practical purposes, it becomes "impossible".
Bentheman, you now have the quantitative foundation to determine how unlucky you really are. But you have to tell us how many races you had. If you are basing this on less than 100 races, then it is perfectly possible that you had an unlucky sequence.
If you are using 300 races, I would not believe it.
Please post the number of races on which you are basing your unlucky experience.
And better luck in any future races.
P.S. If anyone is interested how I am calculating these odds, please let me know and I will try to explain it.
re: Poker & Why can't I just win one coinflip on the bubble of a big tourney?
I love these kind of posts because I feel like it happens to me too!!!
But seriously without a tracking program it impossible to really analyse this. I recently felt the same but when I checked on Poker Tracker it was really a case of winning only 47% of my coin flips.
In addition if you really are only winning 30% then you are due to have some incredible runs in future just due to the law of averages.
Keep at it and get some tracking software. Good luck on the felt


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This thread is for all those who are looking for anime sheet music. Please be specific with your requests, and for those who help, don't forget to quote the post you are replying to in order to avoid confusion. If you can't find a reply to your request, try using the "Search this Thread" function.
Hey! Does anyone know the title of that beautiful but sad piano song whish is played several times in every episode? It's really easy to recognize it. Usually it starts in moments of rethinks. At the beginning we can hear slow and high sounds of piano and the same motive is repeated several times in different musical scales. I really love the piano and I play it myself. If I had the title of that song I would be able to search for a piano sheets or something like that. Please, help me.
there is a song called Sadame for piano that's by X TV on animescores.com, by the way do you know where i can find the sheet music for Cherish from Tsukihime?
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Anyway, does anyone know SPECIFIALLY for a FACT where I can get the sheet music for the opening song?
You don't usually see sheet music for anime OP/ED's anywhere. I have a Detective Conan Piano arrangement theme song collection book, but I think that's a big exception to the rule.
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I was wondering if anyone knew the name of the piano song that they play in just about eveyr episode? I would really like to get the sheet music for it, also. so, any help would be appreciated. Thankx
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