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AOIR 2012 – Draft Programme Now Available<o:p></o:p></p>
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The draft programme for the Association of Internet Researchers conference is now available and registration is still open.<span> </span>You can access the draft programme via this link: <span> </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.conftool.com/aoir-ir13/sessions.php" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">https://www.conftool.com/aoir-ir13/sessions.php</a></span> Registration
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As always this is a truly interdisciplinary event and we have a fantastic keynote speaker lined up, <span lang="EN-US">Liesbet van Zoonen.<span> </span>Lisbet is professor of media and communication at Loughborough University, UK and professor in media and
popular culture at Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">In addition we have two brilliant plenary panels at the conference. For these are panelists are: Mary L. Gray (Microsoft Research and Indiana University), Larissa Hjorth (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Daniel Miller (University
College London), Susanna Paasonen (University of Turku), Zizi Papacharissi (University of Illinois-Chicago), and Terri Senft (New York University).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">The conference will run 18-21 October 2012 and is hosted by the School of Media, Music and Performance, University of Salford, at their MediaCity:UK campus.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Do join us if you can, it should be a wonderful event!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div>Professor Ben Light</div>
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<div>b.light@salford.ac.uk | www.benlight.org | @doggyb</div>
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