This New Media workshop looks very interesting.
Best wishes
James
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Subject: [LING-ETHNOG] new media workshop
Workshop: Analyzing Representation and Communication in Digital Environments
Date: Friday 18th September 2009, 10am-4pm
Venue: London Knowledge Lab, Emerald Street, London
Focus
The workshop is focused on the use of ethnographic tools for analyzing interaction in digital environments. We will look at methods of inquiry based on observation, interviews and textual analysis, to address such questions as, How do people learn in online environments? How does digital media production shape the display of identity? How do users and players in interactive multimodal environments make use of the resources available to them? The workshop highlights research into representation and communication in digital environments, exploring
. How observational approaches can be used alongside textual
analysis to analyze popular media production practices across different contexts, taking game-making by young people as a case study;
. How interviews, participant observation and textual analysis can be
used to do research into online identity, learning, research ethics and social practices in online worlds, including Second Life and World of Warcraft;
. How a screen-based ethnographic perspective can be used in
computer-mediated communication studies to research the semiotics of Web 2 environments, especially Facebook and YouTube.
Speakers and discussants
. Dr Caroline Pelletier, Lecturer in Psychosocial Studies and Education,
Institute of Education, Department of Learning, Curriculum and Communication
. Dr Diane Carr, Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies, Institute of
Education, London Knowledge Lab
. Dr Jannis Androutsopoulos, Reader in Sociolinguistics and Media
Discourse, King's College London
. Dr Carey Jewitt, Reader in Education and Technology, London
Knowledge Lab
Programme
9.30 Registration
10.00 Welcome and introduction by Jeff Bezemer
10.15 Caroline Pelletier on analysing game-making
11.30 Tea and coffee
11.45 Diane Carr on analysing games, gaming and social worlds
13.00 Lunch
13.45 Jannis Androutsopoulos on analysing Web 2 environments
15.00 Discussion led by Carey Jewitt
16.00 End
Registration
Please visit www.rdi-elc.org.uk to register. Fee: £30 (including lunch), £15 for PhD students. Spaces are limited, so early registration is advised.
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