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Internet Research Team

The Internet Research Team is a student-led group of scholars interested in exploring, discussing, and using online and digital research methods. The group also includes faculty and staff and meets regularly throughout the year. We invite people of all levels of technical skills who are conducting or have an interest in online and digital research to join the group here on the Commons and attend the meetings.

For more information, please contact us at cunyirt@gmail.com.

Edwin Mayorga & Micki Kaufman, Coordinators
Collette Sosnowy, PhD & Kiersten Greene, PhD, Founders

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  • Announcement by Collette Sosnowy on 2/3/13

    Hi all,

    The next IRT meeting is next Thursday, February 7 from 12 – 1:30 pm in Room 6304.01 (Psychology Department).

    On the agenda:

    1) We will be planning (and signing up volunteers) for two events IRT is co-sponsoring:

    -A roundtable session entitled "From Citizen Journalism to Hacktivism: How to successfully use social media in grassroots campaigns" on Wednesday, Feb 20th from 6 – 8 p.m. This event is part of Social Media Week (information here) and will be moderated by Simon Lundgren, researcher and author of New Noise: A Cultural Sociology of Digital Disruption. The session will have a roundtable/workshop format where the focus will be on experience-sharing, networking, and on identifying pitfalls as well as best practices for harnessing the power of social media in grassroots endeavours. Space is VERY limited so register here ASAP.

    -The Theorizing the Web conference on March 1-2 @ the GC. We'll need volunteers to help with set-up/clean-up, tweeting, etc. Please register for the conference (it's donation based) as soon as possible if you haven't already.

    2) Two students (Edwin Mayorga and Stephen Boatright) will workshop their current projects

    3) Jen Jack Gieseking will present on an participatory open online course (i.e. POOC) on "Reassessing Inequality and Re-Imagining the 21st Century: East Harlem Focus" that has just started.

    4) We'll be presenting a preliminary version of a survey to gauge student interest in and the use of Internet research methods

    Upcoming: At our next meeting (March 7, 12 – 1:30 pm, Room 6304.01), Matt Gold, Advisor to the Provost for Master's Programs and Digital Initiatives, will be presenting on student funding opportunities, including digital fellowships and other initiatives for the 2013-2014 school year. Also, if you'd like to present your work at a future meeting, please let us know.

    The remaining meetings for the semester are scheduled for April 4 and May 2 from 12:00 – 1:30 pm in Room 6304.01

    If you have any questions, please email us at cunyirt@gmail.com.

    Please help us promote the group among your colleagues and we hope to see you at the meeting!

    Collette Sosnowy & Kiersten Greene

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