Dear CITASA members and non-members. The deadline for submissions for the 2013 CITASA awards is drawing near: March 1st. See below for information on the awards and where the submissions should be sent.

2013 ASA CITASA Award Committees
CITASA Book Award
CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award presentation. There are no limitations on length. Single author, multiple author, and edited books are eligible. Authors do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. All materials for this award are due March 1, 2012. One copy of the book must be sent to EACH of the three committee members. Contact committee members for mailing information.
Chair: Jim Witte, jwitte@gmu.edu
Members: Leah Lievrouw, llievrou@ucla.edumailto:llievrou@ucla.edu; Jessica Beyer, jlbeyer@gmail.commailto:jlbeyer@gmail.com

CITASA Paper Award
Recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award nomination deadline. There are no limitations on length. Authors do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. All materials for this award are due March 1, 2012.
Chair: Jennifer Earl, jenniferearl@email.arizona.edu
Members: Anabel Quan Haase, anabel.quanhaase@gmail.com; Ellis Godard, egodard@csun.edumailto:egodard@csun.edu

CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award
Recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. All materials for this award are due March 1, 2012.
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edumailto:rea@umn.edu

CITASA Student Paper Award
Recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. The award is open to students in other disciplines than sociology. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. Authorship: Books, chapters, articles, papers and computing applications may have multiple authors. In the case of student-faculty collaborations, the student must be the lead or senior author. Authors need not have a degree in sociology or be in a sociology department to be considered for an award. Submissions must be in English and written within the two calendar years prior to the award deadline for nominations. There are no limitations on length. All materials for this award are due March 1, 2012.
Chair: Wenchong Chen, wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edumailto:wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edu
Members: Kerry Dobransky, dobrankm@jmu.edu; Fred Turner, fturner@stanford.edumailto:fturner@stanford.edu

CITASA AWARD for Public Sociology
CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. All materials for this award are due March 1, 2012.
Chair: Laura Robinson, laura@laurarobinson.orgmailto:laura@laurarobinson.org
Members: Rebecca Adama, r_adams@uncg.edu; Lisa Wade, lwade@oxy.edumailto:lwade@oxy.edu

Shelia R. Cotten, PhD
Professor
Department of Sociology
University of Alabama, Birmingham
205-934-8678
cotten@uab.edumailto:cotten@uab.edu
Chair, Communication and Information Technologies section of ASA (CITASA)

Hiya CITASA folks.

I've agreed to chair the committee to find the next awardee of the CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award. This award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

We are seeking a few good nominations.

Know anyone who might fit the bill?

Past recipients are:

2011 - James E. Katz, Rutgers University

2010 - John Robinson, University of Maryland

2009 -

2008 - William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation

2007 - David Lyon, Queen's University

2006 - Manuel Castells, University of Southern California

2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto

2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University

Committee:

Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edu

Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edu

Deadline: March 1st, 2013

Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Penn State University
mobile: 814-883-3463
http://andreatapia.nethttp://andreatapia.net/

Hi again CITASA-ers.
Wow! What a great response! I have already received several nominations and they are fantastic! Keep 'em coming!
In the meantime—I have found this missing information below. We now have a complete listing of past awardees.

Hiya CITASA folks.
I've agreed to chair the committee to find the next awardee of the CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award. This award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

We are seeking a few good nominations.
Know anyone who might fit the bill?

Past recipients are:
2011 - James E. Katz, Rutgers University
2010 - John Robinson, University of Maryland
2009 - Elihu Katz,  from Annenberg School of Communication and the Hebrew University
2008 - William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
2007 - David Lyon, Queen's University
2006 - Manuel Castells, University of Southern California
2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto
2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University

Committee:
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edu

Deadline: March 1st, 2013

Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Penn State University
mobile: 814-883-3463
http://andreatapia.net

Hiya CITASA folks.
Please keep your nominations coming. At this point all we need are names.

Within the next week or so we'll send out the whole list of nominated folks and ask you to tell us why each of these folks are so fabulous. A paragraph will do.

The CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

Past recipients are:
2012—Ron Anderson, University of Minnesota
2011 - James E. Katz, Rutgers University
2010 - John Robinson, University of Maryland
2009 - Elihu Katz,  from Annenberg School of Communication and the Hebrew University
2008 - William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
2007 - David Lyon, Queen's University
2006 - Manuel Castells, University of Southern California
2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto
2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University

Committee:
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edu

Deadline: March 1st, 2013

Andrea H. Tapia, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Information Sciences and Technology
Penn State University
mobile: 814-883-3463
http://andreatapia.net

Hello CITASA-ers.
The nominees are in!

We ask for your help once again. We have 13 amazing nominees (see the list below). We now need some letters of support for each of these candidates.

A letter of support can be something formal, or a simple emailed paragraph. We’ll take them all.

If you were the original nominator, I hope you’ll send a letter. If you are just moved by how awesome someone is on this list and would like to see them get the award, I also hope you’ll send a letter.

DEADLINE: Friday, March 22nd.

THE AWARD
The CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

THE NOMINEES (alpha order)
Stephen Barley
(Richard W. Weiland Professor of Management Science and Engineering, the Associate Chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the Co- Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford’s School of Engineering.)
Noshir Contractor
(Professor of Behavioral Science at Northwestern University. Director of Sonic Lab and Web Science Trust.)
Shelia Cotton
(Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama, Birmingham)
David Heise
(Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Indiana University.)
Robert Horwitz
(Professor, Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego)
Gary T. Marx
(Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Wanda Orlikowski
(Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Information Technologies and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.)
Ron Rice
(Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, Co-Director, Carsey-Wolf Center, UC Santa Barbara)
Saskia Sassen
(Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.)
Michael Schudson
(Professor, Journalism School at Columbia University.)
David Stark
(Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Columbia University , Director Center on Organizational Innovation)
T. L. Taylor
(Associate Professor in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Social Media group at Microsoft Research New England.)
Judy Wajcman
(Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Past recipients:
2012—Ron Anderson, University of Minnesota
2011 - James E. Katz, Rutgers University
2010 - John Robinson, University of Maryland
2009 - Elihu Katz,  from Annenberg School of Communication and the Hebrew University
2008 - William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
2007 - David Lyon, Queen's University
2006 - Manuel Castells, University of Southern California
2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto
2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University

Committee:
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edumailto:atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.camailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edumailto:rea@umn.edu

Hello CITASA-ers.
The nominees are in!

We ask for your help once again. We have 13 amazing nominees (see the list below). We now need some letters of support for each of these candidates.

A letter of support can be something formal, or a simple emailed paragraph. We’ll take them all.

If you were the original nominator, I hope you’ll send a letter. If you are just moved by how awesome someone is on this list and would like to see them get the award, I also hope you’ll send a letter.

DEADLINE: Friday, March 22nd.

THE AWARD
The CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

THE NOMINEES (alpha order)
Stephen Barley
(Richard W. Weiland Professor of Management Science and Engineering, the Associate Chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the Co- Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford’s School of Engineering.)
Noshir Contractor
(Professor of Behavioral Science at Northwestern University. Director of Sonic Lab and Web Science Trust.)
Shelia Cotton
(Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama, Birmingham)
David Heise
(Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Indiana University.)
Robert Horwitz
(Professor, Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego)
Gary T. Marx
(Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Wanda Orlikowski
(Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Information Technologies and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.)
Ron Rice
(Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, Co-Director, Carsey-Wolf Center, UC Santa Barbara)
Saskia Sassen
(Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.)
Michael Schudson
(Professor, Journalism School at Columbia University.)
David Stark
(Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Columbia University , Director Center on Organizational Innovation)
T. L. Taylor
(Associate Professor in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Social Media group at Microsoft Research New England.)
Judy Wajcman
(Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Past recipients:
2012—Ron Anderson, University of Minnesota
2011 - James E. Katz, Rutgers University
2010 - John Robinson, University of Maryland
2009 - Elihu Katz,  from Annenberg School of Communication and the Hebrew University
2008 - William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
2007 - David Lyon, Queen's University
2006 - Manuel Castells, University of Southern California
2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto
2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University

Committee:
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edumailto:atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.camailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edumailto:rea@umn.edu

2013 Digital Societies and Social Technologies (DSST) Summer Institute
(a joint effort of the Consortium for Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST) and the Summer Social Webshop)

July 28 – August 1, 2013
University of Maryland
College Park, Maryland USA

MOOCs, Education and learning; personal health and well-being; open innovation, eScience, and citizen science; co-production, open source, and new forms of work; cultural heritage and information access; energy management and climate change; civic hacking, engagement and government; disaster response; cybersecurity and privacy – these are just a few problem domains where effective design and robust understanding of complex sociotechnical systems is critical.  To meet these challenges a trans-disciplinary community of scholars has come together from fields as wide ranging as CSCW, HCI, social computing, organization studies, information visualization, social informatics, sociology, information systems, medical informatics, computer science, ICT for development, education, learning science, journalism, and political science.

Through summer institutes (CSST), extended workshops (Social Webshop), preconference workshops at a wide variety of venues, and other activities (Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network) this community of researchers from academia and industry has developed a strong focus on problems and opportunities arising from the interplay of social and technological systems which span individuals, groups, organizations, and societies.

The 2013 Summer Institute builds on this tradition to strengthen and expand this diverse community by bringing together graduate students, post doctoral students, faculty, and other researchers in four groups at the University of Maryland, College Park on July 28-August 1:

Doctoral students, post doctoral students, and pre-tenure faculty – Through mentoring, peer networking, and skill-building tutorials, doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty, and early career researchers will identify substantive ways that the theories, approaches, and tools within the larger community can advance their work with the design and study of sociotechnical systems.

Established researchers – Prior summer institute/workshop participants and established researchers will network with other researchers (senior and junior), explore ideas and new directions, shape emerging research agendas, articulate critical challenges, and share knowledge about practices, tools, and approaches which have the potential to advance the design and study of sociotechnical systems.

Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams – Nascent groups of researchers seeking to develop cross-disciplinary collaborations will work with peers and mentors to refine problem statements and research goals; connect with collaborators with complementary skills and interests; and create actionable research agendas and funding proposals.  Preference will be given to groups interested in designing and studying sociotechnical systems that address societal grand challenges such as (but not limited to) healthcare; energy management and climate change; cybersecurity and privacy; education and learning; disaster response; technology development and innovation; economic development and work; and civic engagement and participation.

Research infrastructure development teams – Groups of researchers interested in creating computational or analytic tools, data resources, training materials or other infrastructure to support the design and study of sociotechnical systems will work with one another, other Summer institute participants, and local developers.  These infrastructure “hackathon” sessions will result in the creation of use cases, prototypes, draft materials, and when possible deployable systems and resources.

Applications are encouraged from academic, industry, NGO, and public sector organizations worldwide.  Lodging, meals, and other onsite costs will be covered for all Summer Institute participants.  Limited funding is also available to offset travel costs if needed.  The number of participants will be determined by funding availability and the fit between applicants’ interests and goals.
To be considered for the 2013 Summer Institute, select the group that best fits your needs and situation and send the appropriate materials to the Summer Institute co-coordinator (Brian Butler) at bsbutler@umd.edu by April 5th, 2013:

Doctoral students, post doctoral students, pre-tenure faculty should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to: “How does/will your work advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?”  Several core references should be included to situate your work within the larger research community.  Doctoral students should also provide a letter of recommendation from their advisor/department chair indicating their expected graduation date.

Established researchers should send their CV and a short (~ 1 page) response to:  “What are the most interesting challenges and opportunities related to the design and study of critical sociotechnical systems?  What activity (30 minutes to 4 hours long) could you run that would help the Summer Institute participants better engage these challenges and opportunities?”  Proposed activities can be for any (or all) Summer Institute participants and might include, but are not limited to: focused presentations; brainstorming sessions; in-depth problem descriptions; method, tool, or data tutorials; or research agenda setting exercises.

Emerging multi-disciplinary research teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to:  “What is the research focus/problem domain?  What types of activities/studies are needed to engage that domain?  How will pursuing this agenda help advance our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?” References potential funding sources can be included, if known, to situate the proposal within the larger research community.  Groups invited to the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people.  However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application for it to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed).  Preference will be given to cross-institutional teams in which junior/mid-career researchers play significant leadership roles.

Research infrastructure development teams should apply as a group, sending their CVs and a short (~ 1 page) response to:  “What is the problem you are seeking to address?  What will you do to address that problem?  How will creating these technologies, tools, materials or infrastructure improve our ability to design and understand critical sociotechnical systems?” References to examples from other domains can be included to situate your proposal.  Teams invited for the Summer Institute will have between 4-6 people from multiple disciplines and institutions.  However, only 3 individuals need to be part of an application to be considered (assistance will be provided prior to the Summer Institute to help invited teams recruit additional participants as needed).

Applications will be reviewed by the Summer Institute Advisory Group beginning April 6th, 2013 using the following criteria:
• Clear articulation of the hoped-for contribution to the theory, practice, or design of sociotechnical systems
• Likelihood of Summer Institute participation providing significant practical benefit for the individual/team
• Contribution to a balanced and diverse group of participants

For more information about the Summer Institute, contact the Summer Institute co-coordinators, Brian Butler (bsbutler@umd.edu) and Susan Winter (sjwinter@umd.edu).  For information about the broader community of researchers interested in design and study of sociotechnical systems, see:  CSST (www.sociotech.net), Social Webshop (http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/webshop2012/), the "Researchers of the Socio-Technical" Facebook group, or the CSST listserv (csst@listserv.syr.edu).

Support for the 2013 Summer Institute is currently being provided by the National Science Foundation via Digital Societies and Technology Research Coordination Network, the Consortium for the Science of Sociotechnical Systems (CSST), Summer Social Webshop, and the Center for the Advanced Study of Communities and Information (CASCI) and Human Computer Interaction Lab (HCIL) at the University of Maryland.

Hello CITASA-ers.
We ask for your help once again. We have 13 amazing nominees (see the list below). We now need some letters of support for each of these candidates.

A letter of support can be something formal, or a simple emailed paragraph. We’ll take them all.

If you were the original nominator, I hope you’ll send a letter. If you are just moved by how awesome someone is on this list and would like to see them get the award, I also hope you’ll send a letter.

DEADLINE: Friday, March 22nd.

THE AWARD
The CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.

THE NOMINEES (alpha order)
Stephen Barley
(Richard W. Weiland Professor of Management Science and Engineering, the Associate Chair of the Department of Management Science and Engineering, and the Co- Director of the Center for Work, Technology and Organization at Stanford’s School of Engineering.)
Noshir Contractor
(Professor of Behavioral Science at Northwestern University. Director of Sonic Lab and Web Science Trust.)
Shelia Cotten
(Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Alabama, Birmingham)
David Heise
(Rudy Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Indiana University.)
Robert Horwitz
(Professor, Thurgood Marshall College, UC San Diego)
Gary T. Marx
(Professor Emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Wanda Orlikowski
(Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Information Technologies and Organization Studies at the MIT Sloan School of Management.)
Ron Rice
(Arthur N. Rupe Chair in the Social Effects of Mass Communication, Co-Director, Carsey-Wolf Center, UC Santa Barbara)
Saskia Sassen
(Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology at Columbia University and Centennial visiting Professor at the London School of Economics.)
Michael Schudson
(Professor, Journalism School at Columbia University.)
David Stark
(Arthur Lehman Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Columbia University , Director Center on Organizational Innovation)
T. L. Taylor
(Associate Professor in Comparative Media Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Social Media group at Microsoft Research New England.)
Judy Wajcman
(Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Past recipients:
2012—Ron Anderson, University of Minnesota
2011 - James E. Katz, Rutgers University
2010 - John Robinson, University of Maryland
2009 - Elihu Katz,  from Annenberg School of Communication and the Hebrew University
2008 - William Sims Bainbridge, National Science Foundation
2007 - David Lyon, Queen's University
2006 - Manuel Castells, University of Southern California
2004 - Barry Wellman, University of Toronto
2003 - Caroline Hodges Persell, New York University

Committee:
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edumailto:atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.camailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edumailto:rea@umn.edu

Dear CITASA Members,

I am so pleased to announce this year's CITASA award winners. What a great group of nominees and winners! I thank all the award committees for their hard work this year. We had a large number of people nominated and the committees worked extra hard this year!

Please congratulate our winners, many of whom will be at our CITASA business meeting at ASA in New York to receive their awards.

Shelia

2013 ASA CITASA Award Committees and Awardees

CITASA Book Award
CITASA Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award presentation. There are no limitations on length. Single author, multiple author, and edited books are eligible. Authors do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA.
Chair: Jim Witte, jwitte@gmu.edumailto:jwitte@gmu.edu
Members: Leah Lievrouw, llievrou@ucla.edumailto:llievrou@ucla.edumailto:llievrou@ucla.edu; Jessica Beyer, jlbeyer@gmail.commailto:jlbeyer@gmail.commailto:jlbeyer@gmail.com

Co-winners
Venture Labor, Gina Neff, University of Washington
Coding Places, Yuri Takhteyev, University of Toronto

Honorable Mention
Digitally Enabled Social Change, Jennifer Earl, University of Arizona, and Katrina Kimport, University of California, San Francisco

CITASA Paper Award
Recognizes an outstanding published paper or book chapter related to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award nomination deadline. There are no limitations on length. Authors do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA.
Chair: Jennifer Earl, jenniferearl@email.arizona.edumailto:jenniferearl@email.arizona.edu
Members: Anabel Quan Haase, anabel.quanhaase@gmail.commailto:anabel.quanhaase@gmail.com; Ellis Godard, egodard@csun.edumailto:egodard@csun.edumailto:egodard@csun.edu

Shelley Boulianne, MacEwan University, for her paper, "Stimulating or Reinforcing Political Interest: Using Panel Data to Examine Reciprocal Effects Between News Media and Political Interest."

Honorable Mention: Zeynep Tufekci, UNC, & Christopher Wilson, for their paper, "Social Media and the Decision to Participate in Political Protest: Observations From Tahrir Square."

CITASA William F. Ogburn Career Achievement Award
Recognizes a sustained body of research that has provided an outstanding contribution to the advancement of knowledge in the area of sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.
Chair: Andrea H. Tapia, atapia@ist.psu.edumailto:atapia@ist.psu.edu
Members: Barry Wellman, wellman@chass.utoronto.camailto:wellman@chass.utoronto.ca; Ron Anderson, rea@umn.edumailto:rea@umn.edumailto:rea@umn.edu

Dr. Judy Wajcman, The London School of Economics and Political Science

CITASA Student Paper Award
Recognizes a published or unpublished paper/book chapter, or the design or use of a communication or information technology that provides an exceptional contribution to the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology. The award is open to students in other disciplines than sociology. Students do not need to be members of ASA or CITASA. Authorship: Books, chapters, articles, papers and computing applications may have multiple authors. In the case of student-faculty collaborations, the student must be the lead or senior author. Authors need not have a degree in sociology or be in a sociology department to be considered for an award. Submissions must be in English and written within the two calendar years prior to the award deadline for nominations. There are no limitations on length. All materials for this award are due March 1, 2012.
Chair: Wenchong Chen, wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edumailto:wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edumailto:wenhong_chen@mail.utexas.edu
Members: Kerry Dobransky, dobrankm@jmu.edumailto:dobrankm@jmu.edu; Fred Turner, fturner@stanford.edumailto:fturner@stanford.edumailto:fturner@stanford.edu

Jeffrey Lane, Princeton University
Code Switching on the Digital Street

Honorable Mention

Jen Schradie, UC Berkeley

The Digital Activism Divide: Big Data is Too Small to Overturn Olson

Eden Litt, Northwestern
Litt, Eden. 2012. "Knock, Knock. Who's There? The Imagined Audience." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media no. 56 (3):330-345. doi: 10.1080/08838151.2012.705195.

CITASA AWARD for Public Sociology
CITASA Award for Public Sociology recognizes a specific achievement in teaching, the development or the use of a communication or information technology, or the dissemination of knowledge that advances public understanding or engagement with the sociology of communications or the sociology of information technology.
Chair: Laura Robinson, laura@laurarobinson.orgmailto:laura@laurarobinson.orgmailto:laura@laurarobinson.org
Members: Rebecca Adama, r_adams@uncg.edumailto:r_adams@uncg.edu; Lisa Wade, lwade@oxy.edumailto:lwade@oxy.edumailto:lwade@oxy.edu

Shelia R. Cotten, University of Alabama, Birmingham (till August 15th); Michigan State University (after August 15th)