Dmitry Sklyarov, a 27-year-old programmer for ElcomSoft Co. Ltd., was arrested after giving a speech at DEFCon, a major annual technical conference. He was arrested for trafficking software, which could circumvent the technological protection on eBooks in Adobe’s eBook format. He was charged with five criminal offensives. With his arrest...
NCA Communication and the Future Interest Division By-Laws ARTICLE I – OrganizationSection 1. The name of this division shall be the Division on Communication and the Future of the National Communication Association.Section 2. The organization may at its pleasure by a vote of the membership body change its name. ARTICLE...
“Birds of a Feather” (#181998)Time: Tue, Apr 9 – 4:00pm – 5:15pmPlace: LVH, Conference Room 2 Abstract: “Birds-of-a-Feather” (BOF) sessions are moderated, open discussions on technology-related topics proposed by BEA2013 attendees. A topic may be related to BEA2013 content, or any other technology topic that would be of interest to...
After finishing my dissertation, I wanted to archive some of my previous presentations. During the course of looking through old submissions, I came across the first presentation I did as a grad student and academic professional. Ohio University hosted Global Fusion 2005. My masters' cohort at the time figured that...
The one regret I had from attending SxSW was that I didn’t plan out the panels that I wanted to watch. I was more concerned about finishing my presentation that was going out and enjoying myself. My plan for SxSW if I get accepted to present this year is to...
The SxSW 2012 Panelpicker has finally opened up and our panel is listed. The battleplan for our panel “Festivals in the Age of Instant Access" will be to answer these questions in the first half of the panel: How do presenters communicate with connected conference community?How do attendees transition information...
During the first half of 2010, I decided to study the impact that social media was playing on traditional media channels. The feud between Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien about the Tonight Show was happening during the same time. The original plan was to conduct a multi-method study looking at...
During the 2011 Broadcast Education Association Annual Conference in Las Vegas, NV, the Interactive Media & Emerging Technology (IMET) interest division met to discuss the future of the division. The following is the recording of this meeting.
The submission deadline for SxSW is this Friday. This year I wanted to focus on the structural issues surrounding the conference system. So I starting working around this theme on "How being Hippy Hipster Punk helps with the Creation & Transmission of Knowledge.“ Also, I knew that I wanted to have...
As my presentation for SxSW is coming closer, I felt it was time to clarify some of the concepts from my discussion of nanocelebrity. Perhaps the most important to look at is the concept of reach. Normally, reach is discussed as an effect of the network itself. People can connect...
