Concepts and Methods Workshop
Structural Approaches to Online Communities and Networks
Hosted by the News & Media Research Centre (N&MRC), Faculty of Arts and Design
Date: Wednesday 27th August 2014
Location: Seminar Room 1, Ann Harding Conference Centre, Building 24, University of Canberra
The workshop is divided in two parts. In the morning sessions, early-career researchers present their work and confirmed researchers provide feedback and suggest key arguments. The morning's discussions inform the afternoon sessions. These consist in a structured democratic dialogue process, whose proceedings will be released as a working paper by the N&MRC.
The structured democratic dialogue method, developed by 21st Century Agoras and World Future Center, aims to foster a collective vision and shared commitment amongst diverse participants concerned by an issue. Using a modified version of the structured democratic dialogue method will enable workshop participants to identify and co-develop commonalities in online communities and networks research from a multi-disciplinary perspective.
Registration
Registrations for the workshop are now open, however places are limited.
To register for the morning session (paper presentations) click here. To register for the afternoon session (structured democratic dialogue) click here. Please note that participation in the structured democratic dialogue is limited to 20 people.
Program
A Word version of the program is available to download here (545kb).
8.45am: Registration, welcome
9.00am: Opening remarks, Dr Jerry Watkins, Director, News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Workshop process, Dr Mathieu O'Neil, News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Session 1: Theoretical frameworks
9.15am: Mahin Raissi, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University: "Facebook ego networks and social capital in real life"
9.35am: Response: Professor Caroline Haythornthwaite, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, The iSchool at The University of British Columbia
9.55am: Dr Alexia Maddox, Sociology, Deakin University: "The emergence of open social systems: how to theorise and research global online communities"
10.15am: Response: Dr Mathieu O'Neil, News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
10.35am: Open discussion
10.50am: Break
Session 2: Mapping strategies
11.00am: Jake Wallis, School of Information Studies, Charles Sturt University: "#digitalactivism: networks, new media and political action"
11.20am: Response: Dr Robert Ackland, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
11.40am: Ben Ennis-Butler, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra: "Visualising online cultural collections"
12.00pm: Response: Professor Angelina Russo, Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
12.20pm: Open discussion
12.30pm: Break
Session 3: Structured dialogue part I
1.30pm: Facilitators: Dr Julie Freeman and Dr Sora Park, News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Participants respond to the following triggering question: "what are the most promising areas for future research into online communities and networks?" Participants identify up to three responses and explain them to others. Participants then order these responses by voting for the most relevant ones.
3.00pm: Break
Session 4: Structured dialogue part II
3.15pm: Facilitators: Dr Julie Freeman and Dr Sora Park, News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
Participants cluster concepts into groups, and decide on the working paper structure.
4.45pm: Wrap-up, summary
5.15pm: End
Inaugural #cnpo event
The Canberra Networked Publics and Organisations (cnpo) research group comprises members from the following research centres:
- ANZSOG Institute for Governance, Institute for Governance and Policy Analysis, University of Canberra
- Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University
- Centre for Creative and Cultural Research, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
- News & Media Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Canberra
- School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University