tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-171503572024-03-07T02:00:08.651-08:00Constructing AmusementCulture. Technology. Discuss.Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.comBlogger308125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-32501247179520601212023-01-06T08:46:00.000-08:002023-01-06T08:46:01.172-08:00New Year, back on this with a post I've been dancing around blogging again. So here's in a public post I made on LinkedIn about AI-generated writing with
services like ChatGPT and the anxiety over authenticity, from a
Communication perspective. I talk about my favorite precalculus teacher and getting acting headshots done during grad school--all in one post. :) Enjoy! Clearly, the race to cover our bases when it Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-73403422782681257142015-03-17T06:04:00.002-07:002015-03-17T06:04:55.072-07:00Online Games and Digital Ethnography
My article on Online Games and Digital Ethnography is now available.
It is part of The International Encyclopedia of Digital Communication and Society. So many good articles, with a handful of them provided as samples.
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-47246973109352045772014-12-08T06:52:00.001-08:002014-12-08T06:53:47.679-08:00Constructing Amusement... in transition!
It's been a busy Fall semester, with an even busier Spring on the horizon.
Among many projects in the works, a new slicker website.
Watch this space for announcements to come! Until then, follow me on twitter @cheeflo for the latest and greatest in stream-of-consciousness constructions of amusement.
Best wishes to all in the final stretch!
--FMC
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-2038664278655442312014-09-08T15:26:00.000-07:002014-09-08T15:27:33.530-07:00Job posting for tenure-track position: Assistant Professor of Advocacy and Social Change
At School of Communication at LUC this Fall, the search has begun for someone interested in advocacy and social change with a strong background in digital technology.
Details here:
Assistant Professor of Advocacy and Social Change
The School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago is looking for a tenure track assistant professor specializing in advocacy and social change, with an Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-33468847134782821692014-05-19T09:49:00.000-07:002014-05-19T12:09:45.299-07:00Exciting research plans for the summer
Now on the other side of my first academic year on the Tenure Track, I'm happy to say that the whirring of the machine has not stopped here at Constructing Amusement.
Teaching: Courses I've taught in the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago so far include: Communication and New Media, Game Studies, Critical Ethnography, and Intro to Digital Media (Grad).
Ethics: At the Center Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-39928685994686195002014-03-31T10:46:00.001-07:002014-03-31T11:02:42.021-07:00Announcing April’s SIMLab Brown Bag talk: Investigating a MMOG community through a social justice framework
Time/Place: April 7th, 2014 @12pm, SIMLab (SOC 016)
Speaker: Kelly Bergstrom, York University
As with all games, Massively Multiplayer Online Games (MMOGs) are a voluntary leisure activity. However, the voluntary nature of play does not necessarily mean these gameworlds are equally open to all. To illustrate barriers to participation I present a case study of EVE Online, a space-themed Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-32518592722206056082014-02-24T08:34:00.004-08:002014-02-24T08:34:59.842-08:00CFP: The Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics, Chicago Nov 7th, 2014
Call for papers
The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding its 4th Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on Nov 7th, 2014.
We are looking for papers on digital ethics. Topics might include
privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property,
hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-52252652984097888672014-02-20T10:44:00.002-08:002014-02-20T10:48:24.057-08:00Announcing the official launch of SIMLab!
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Wishing you and yours all the best this festive season. Thinking of friends new and old; loved ones near and far. Thank you for being a part of it all. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-80859702731713914912013-11-18T12:39:00.002-08:002013-11-18T12:58:22.120-08:00Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies - STS Conference Graz 2014
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
“Critical Issues in Science and Technology Studies”
GRAZ, AUSTRIA, May 05-06, 2014
We invite interested researchers in the areas of science and
technology studies and sustainability studies to give presentations.
The conference provides a forum to discuss on a broad variety of
topics in these fields – especially abstracts are encouraged which
refer to Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-66149163709167764902013-10-03T08:59:00.000-07:002013-10-03T08:59:52.783-07:00Third Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics
Over here, we're approaching the midpoint of the fall semester. All this week in both my Communication & New Media (COMM 200) and Game Studies (COMM 258) courses, we've been focusing on various ethical issues facing us in a digital age.
Capping off the week will be our Third Annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics, happening tomorrow at the Loyola University Chicago's Water Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-52243981160272495802013-09-02T19:35:00.000-07:002013-09-02T19:43:11.588-07:00Hello, Chicago.
So, I made it. Finally got around to changing my location on this blog. New job, home, country. And loving it.
New semester underway, with a fantastic bunch of students interested in New Media/Communication and Game Studies.
And for fun, here's a link to an interview (audio) I gave on local/global mashup>>
RIGHT after arriving. ;)
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-68861872374847833042013-06-08T13:30:00.003-07:002013-06-08T13:42:17.637-07:00Transitions and updates...
very GRADUAL updates.
There's been one gear around here--GO.
In the last few months, I've been in the process of transitioning between three cities including an international move, which I am absolutely thrilled about. While I've been favoring the microblogging medium, here are the best hits while uprooting, initiating, uprooting, initiating, etc:
Just came back from the Congress of the Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-3985549463149006322013-03-12T08:52:00.001-07:002013-03-12T08:52:11.362-07:00CFP: InfoSocial 2013: Bridging Media, Technology and Social Science
CFP: InfoSocial 2013: Bridging Media, Technology and Social Science
A graduate student conference hosted by the Media, Technology, and Society (MTS) program at Northwestern University
InfoSocial is a student-run conference dedicated to showcasing graduate student research that is theoretically engaging, methodologically sound, and socially relevant. We welcome submissions that engage multiple Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-36630819713591725852013-02-14T07:05:00.004-08:002013-02-14T09:04:20.564-08:00Feminists in Games (FiG) Workshop Vancouver
**Note new deadline extended to February 28, 2013 for presenters and March 31st, 2013 for observers.
Open Call:
We are inviting submissions for participation in the 2nd Annual “Feminists in Games” workshop to be held in at the Centre for Digital Media in Vancouver, B.C. from May 31- June 2, 2013.
Participation and attendance at the conference is free. There is a limited amount of money Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-10430591260658702452013-02-06T18:28:00.002-08:002013-02-06T18:49:03.948-08:00Intercultural learning
It's been a steep learning curve over here, also including (but not limited to) writing my name in Arabic! Just some of the cool training going on with the Canadian Foreign Service Institute.
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-35510398086653667382013-01-07T17:48:00.002-08:002013-01-07T17:53:50.785-08:00Happy New... Everything!
Hello, and bonne année from Ottawa!
2013 is off to a rolicking start already, with a new home, in a new city, in a new position.
The journey from Vancouver was pleasant, and I arrived in the winter wonderland that was Ottawa. It was also a nice treat to spend a few days around New Year's in Montreal with friends (who are so very close now culturally and geographically) before hopping back and Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-82691304100164953262012-12-23T14:00:00.003-08:002012-12-23T14:06:26.431-08:00Best wishes from Constructing Amusement
Things are busy deconstructing 'round here, but thought I'd take a moment to wish everyone the very best of the holiday season. Hopefully wherever you are in the world, you get at least a brief moment to take a breath and cherish your nearest and dearest.
Next entry, I will in all likelihood be busy reconstructing something--Ottawa side!
Be well, all.
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-68857537731185418152012-11-01T16:00:00.000-07:002013-01-14T14:37:00.099-08:00Announcement: Ottawa bound. And acronyms.
I am super excited to announce that as of January 2013, I will be joining the Advisory Committee on Research Ethics (ACRE) of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC), headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.
This research award has me spending my postdoctoral term in Ottawa: operationalizing a research ethics training program for those doing human subjects research through the IDRC;Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-37060433305961451982012-10-06T12:35:00.004-07:002012-10-06T12:51:36.850-07:00Awesome. Part 3.
Finishing the PhD was by far the most awesome.
For more pictures from Convocation, see the Flickr set, as it develops, here>>
Ding!
Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-24760337024941352182012-09-12T07:00:00.000-07:002012-09-12T07:20:41.432-07:00Awesome. Part 2 of a series.
Right after the workshop in Switzerland, I headed South for the International Association of Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) Conference that was being held in Durban, South Africa. The conference was held at the University of Kwazulu-Natal's Howard College.
There, I presented two papers with faculty from SFU's School of Communication:
With Stuart Poyntz, how civic engagement is Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-37610509398164164202012-09-07T17:39:00.004-07:002012-09-07T17:45:20.234-07:00Awesome. Part 1 of a series.
It's been an awesomely busy summer. I will briefly recount major events here in snippets. But, as you may know, the day to day is much more covered by my twitter: @cheeflo
In any case, first up: being invited with a handful of other games researchers to St. Gallen, Switzerland, to do a workshop on games. I talked about best practices in games research and ethics. Funny how one comes away Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-33723026781439988522012-06-12T15:48:00.003-07:002012-06-12T15:57:40.988-07:00Two months, too many time zones.
Random person: "Hey. Congratulations."
Me: "... OH. Thanks!"
According to some of my other newly-minted PhD colleagues, this may go on for about a year.
Hard to believe it's only been two months since my Doctoral defense. Feels like much, much, longer because of the intensity and pace, but I thought it would be good to give a recap of the last little while of what is turning out to be Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-76268583002767542392012-04-22T15:02:00.000-07:002012-04-22T15:08:25.343-07:00The Netherlands? How did I end up back here?
Greetings from Delft, Netherlands!
Since my PhD defense, life has been so non-stop that I haven't had the chance to really sit down to do a blog. Those of you who have been following via twit-book and the like know that a couple of days after defending, I immediately took off for a month-long stay in the Netherlands. Now a week in, you remind me that some are curious as to whyFlorence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17150357.post-29663225685532610902012-04-14T09:44:00.008-07:002012-04-14T10:06:05.637-07:00PhDI am pleased to report that the defense went well. Lopping letters off of my name (namely, the word "Candidate") has never felt so good.Above, I am with my examination committee after the announcement.From left to right: S. Poyntz (Chair), R. Onufrijchuk, Me, A. Travers (Internal), R.Smith (Senior), A. Feenberg, A. Holbrook, and B. Nardi (External, joining in via teleconference)Thank you, Florence Chee, PhDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15497183511827429407noreply@blogger.com1