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FW: Call for applications: MA in Communication Studies, WLU
by Andrew Herman 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

------------------------- Call for applications M.A. in Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University | Waterloo Deadline: Jan. 15, 2017 (for first consideration) The Department of Communication Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University welcomes applications to its M.A. program. The program offers a co-op option as well as critical engagement with core perspectives in communication studies and contemporary research methodologies and practices. Our interdisciplinary faculty members are established and emerging researchers in their areas of specialization, conducting research on topics such as mobile and social media, visual communication, media history, Internet studies, transnationalism, cultural policy, alternative media, and creative industries. Students in the one-year, full-time program typically take three courses in the Fall and Winter terms and complete a Major Research Paper in the Spring/Summer. Students registered in the co-op program generally complete the co-op placement in the Spring/Summer term and the Major Research Paper the following Fall. All applicants are considered for an entrance scholarship, and M.A. students are regularly employed as Teaching Assistants in undergraduate Communication Studies courses. Students also have the opportunity to work as Research Assistants to funded faculty members. Students who hold a major external award (e.g., SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship) are eligible for additional scholarship funding. Based in a growing department, the M.A. Program in Communication Studies is offered at Laurier’s campus in Waterloo, Ontario, a university-oriented region with a thriving media technology sector. Graduates have pursued doctoral studies and launched professional communication careers in a variety of private, public sector, and non-profit organizations. Further information Program website<http://www.wlu.ca/programs/arts/graduate/communication-studies-ma/index.html> Contact Alexandra Boutros Graduate Program Coordinator aboutros(a)wlu.ca<http://aboutros@wlu.ca/> Follow us on Twitter @LaurierCommGrad<https://twitter.com/LaurierCommGrad> Courses for 2017-18 Critical Theory Video Game Studies Risk, Media and Science Representations of the Real Communication Studies Research Methods Graduate Seminar in Communication Studies Graduate Faculty Alexandra Boutros (Ph.D., McGill University) critical race theory, digital technology, transnationalism and diaspora, religion and media Greig de Peuter (Ph.D., Simon Fraser University) political economy, labour, creative industries, video games Jonathan Finn (Ph.D., University of Rochester) visual communication and culture, visual evidence, sport studies Jenna Hennebry (Ph.D., University of Western Ontario) international migration, mobility, globalization, transnationalism, human rights Andrew Herman (Ph.D., Boston College) materialist mobile media/internet studies/methodologies Paul Heyer (Ph.D., Rutgers University) media history (film, radio, television), nonverbal communication Jeremy Hunsinger (Ph.D., Virginia Tech) internet studies, virtual worlds, digital games, technology studies, interpretive methods Penelope Ironstone (Ph.D., York University) risk/health communication, gender/queer media, cultural theory Barbara Jenkins (Ph.D., Yale University) political economy, visual culture, cultural policy, museums Anne-Marie Kinahan (Ph.D., Carleton University) visual communication, print culture, communication history, feminism Sara Matthews (Ph.D., York University) war, memory, contemporary art, psychoanalysis, social conflict museums, public pedagogy Jade Miller (Ph.D., University of Southern California) global media, media industries, urban studies, political economy Martin Morris (Ph.D., York University) communications thought, social and political theory, popular culture Judith Nicholson (Ph.D., Concordia University) mobilities, race and media, human-animal studies Herbert Pimlott (Ph.D., Goldsmiths College, University of London) alternative media, cultural politics, public communication Nathan Rambukkana (Ph.D., Concordia University) discourse analysis, digital intimacies, critical race theory, the public sphere, hybridity Ian Roderick (Ph.D., Monash University) visual communication, technology, semiotics, sociolinguistics Peter Urquhart (Ph.D., McGill University) television, film, media history, visual communication alexandra boutros, phd | associate professor, communication studies | graduate coordinator, communication studies | wilfrid laurier university | book review editor, TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies | 519.884.0710 x2917 | aboutros(a)wlu.ca<mailto:aboutros@wlu.ca> |http://topia.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/topia/booksForReview

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Re: [Air-L] Fake News
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

Hi, I'm probably not the only person on this list who is writing a journal paper, wants to note the contemporary discourse around fake news (etc) and would like a nice academic paper to refer to. Maybe this is also the kind of thing that Yosem is looking for. I'm going to use Zeynep Tufekci's NY Times article for now, but I would really love a peer-reviewed alternative. Mark Zuckerberg Is in Denial http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/15/opinion/mark-zuckerberg-is-in-denial.html -Ella Dr Ella Taylor-Smith School of Computing Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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WEBCAST FRI: Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works
by Joly MacFie 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

One of the major hurdles in establishing any global seamless licensing system is the lack of a comprehensive registry of works. Part of the problem is a legacy publishing industry that relies on obscurity and segmenting markets. Another is the amorphous nature of content. Well-intentioned initiatives have foundered <http://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2015/08/the-failure-of-the-global-repertoire…>. The rise of blockchain has suggested transcendental alternatives <http://fortune.com/2016/09/22/blockchain-music-disruption/>. The US Dept of Commerce is slowly, but doggedly, exploring a fresh consensus, bolstered by the NTIA's multistakeholder philosophy. After a public comment period, one earlier meeting <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/7671>was held in April 2015. joly posted: "On Friday December 9 2016 the US Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force will hold a meeting - Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works - at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16>On *Friday December 9 2016* the *US Department of Commerce’s Internet Policy Task Force <https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/copyright/internet-p…>* will hold a meeting - *Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works <https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/public-meeting-devel…> *- at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia. The meeting is convened to facilitate constructive, cross-industry dialogue among stakeholders about ways to promote a more robust and collaborative digital marketplace for copyrighted works. The meeting will focus on initiatives in this space that relate to standards development, interoperability across digital registries, and cross-industry collaboration, to understand the current state of affairs, identify challenges, and discuss paths forward. It will also be an opportunity to explore potential approaches to the future adoption and integration into the online marketplace of relevant emerging technologies, such as blockchain technology and open-source platforms. The goal is to provide a platform for discussion, and to determine in what ways government can be of assistance. One outcome could be to establish working groups to tackle specific issues through a multi-stakeholder process. Plenary sessions will be webcast via the *USPTO Livestream Channel <http://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16>* with *live text transcription <http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722>*. *What: Developing the Digital Marketplace for Copyrighted Works <https://www.uspto.gov/learning-and-resources/ip-policy/public-meeting-devel…> Where: USPTO HQ, Alexandria VA When: Friday December 9 2016 8:30am-3:45pm EST | 13:30-20:45 UTC Agenda: http://bit.ly/2h9Avdt <http://bit.ly/2h9Avdt> Webcast: http://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16 <http://livestream.com/uspto/DigitalMarketplace16> Transcript: http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722 <http://www.captionedtext.com/client/embed.aspx?EventID=3128722> Twitter: uspto + copyright http://bit.ly/2h9zMZP <http://bit.ly/2h9zMZP>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8857#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8857#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8857 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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DATA Power 2017 - Call for Paper and Sessions
by Tracey P. Lauriault 09 Dec '16

09 Dec '16

*DATA POWER 2017* A two-day, international conference *Dates:* 22nd & 23rd June 2017 *Venue:* School of Journalism & Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Data Power 2017 builds on the successful Data Power 2015 Conference held in Sheffield. Read the call and submit here: https://ocs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/datapower/datapower2017 -- *Tracey P. Lauriault* Assistant Professor Critical Media Studies and Big Data Communication Studies School of Journalism and Communication Suite 4110, River Building Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa (ON) K1S 5B6 1-613-520-2600 x7443 Tracey.Lauriault(a)Carleton.ca @TraceyLauriault Skype: Tracey.P.Lauriault https://carleton.ca/sjc/people-archives/lauriault-tracey/

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CFP: Data Power 2017
by olohok＠gmail.com 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

DATA POWER 2017 A two-day, international conference Dates: 22nd & 23rd June 2017 Venue: School of Journalism & Communication, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Data Power 2017 builds on the successful Data Power 2015 Conference held in Sheffield. Increasingly pervasive in our daily lives, data are constituted through converging technologies and practices such as the internet of things, smart cities, drones and precision agriculture; global finance, credit scoring and data brokerage firms; surveillance, predictive policing and customer relation management systems, to name a few. Data are also generated by and flow through applications, software, platforms, and infrastructures that reshape how we play, work, eat, socialize, see ourselves, and know the world. In an era of data power, data have become agentic, especially when input into black-boxed algorithms and systems whose outputs are used to profile and sort us, influence the political economy, and for purposes for which no consent was given. Is this a 'fait accompli'? To answer this question, the Data Power 2017 conference asks: How can we reclaim some form of data-based power and autonomy, and advance data-based technological citizenship, while living in regimes of data power? Is it possible to regain agency and mobilize data for the common good? To do so, which theories help to interrogate and make sense of the operations of data power? What kind of design frameworks are needed to build and deploy data-based technologies with values and ethics that are equitable and fair? How can big data be mobilized to improve how we live, beyond notions of efficiency and innovation? This conference creates a space to reflect on these and other critical issues relating to data’s ever more ubiquitous power. To date, the following keynote speakers and commentators on data power have been confirmed: * Paul Edwards, University of Michigan, author of A Vast Machine: The Atmosphere of Big Data (2010); * Stefania Milan, University of Amsterdam, author of Social Movements and Their Technologies: Wiring Social Change (2016), and PI of the DATACTIVE project; * Helen Nissenbaum, New York University, author of Privacy, Big Data and the Public Good (2014), and PI of the Values in Design project; * Frank Pasquale, University of Maryland, author of The Black Box Society: The Secret Algorithms that Control Money and Information (2015). Papers and Sessions are invited on the following - and other relevant - topics: * The political economy of data * Data and journalism * Theorizing data * The politics of data visualization * Data labour * The social life of data and data-driven methods * The politics of open and linked data * Data-driven governance, surveillance and control * Data, discrimination and inequality * Social, ethical and legal issues * Data citizens * Data activism, citizen engagement and advocacy * Data, genealogy and power * Data power and violence * Critical cultural and feminist approaches to data * Resistance, agency and appropriation. Information/details * Whilst we welcome papers and sessions of all kinds, please note that this conference focuses on critical questions about data’s power and also papers that are critical and/or reflective with regards to the social and cultural consequences of the rise of data's power. * Please submit 250 word paper proposals, using the following online submission system: https://ocs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/datapower/datapower2017. * The deadline for paper proposals is Friday 25th January 2017. * The conference fee is $225 (CAD) for all, and $90 (CAD) for students. * The organising committee will select papers for a special issue on Data Power in the following peer reviewed journals: The Canadian Journal of Communication and Online Information Review. * Ottawa is Canada’s Capital, and is celebrating its 150th Anniversary in 2017. The City is home to numerous international museums and galleries, and Carleton University is set along the beautiful Rideau River and the Rideau Canal. Best wishes, The Data Power Conference team Tracey, Helen, Jo, Ganaele, Ysabel & Merlyna datapower2017(a)gmail.com Tracey P. Lauriault & Merlyna Lim, Carleton University, Canada Helen Kennedy & Jo Bates, University of Sheffield, UK Ganaele Langlois, York University, Canada Ysabel Gerrard, University of Leeds, UK

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IGF Day 3 update
by Joly MacFie 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

The session I really enjoyed yesterday was the one on accessibility and public policy. As much civic activity goes online this is so important! FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn made her points on the topic very powerfully and succinctly. See <http://www.igf2016.mx/multimedia.php> https://youtu.be/Fn0BNHd1gF4?t=942 and http://isoc-ny.org/igf16/wed/rm2.txt The Elon University 'Imagining The Internet' Project students have been busy conducting interviews with participants and you can see them at https://www.youtube.com/user/ImaginingtheInternet/videos The NTIA have now published Larry Strickling's prepared remarks from the opening ceremony: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/speechtestimony/2016/remarks-assistant-secretary-s… Glenn McKnight of ISOC Canada/NARALO has taken almost 1000 photos and they are on his flickr https://www.flickr.com/photos/glennmcknight/albums/72157675856256361 One picture that Glenn didn't take (to my knowledge) but is much admired is the one of Vint Cerf, Steve Crocker, Olaf Kaukman, and Oscar Alejandro Robles-Garay wearing sombreros! - http://bit.ly/losigfamigos Also a musing, but embarassing, is the fact that IGF's home site was down earl i er today, due to their domain expiring yesterday! Fortunately it all seems fixed now. Schedule: https://igf2016.intgovforum.org/ Webex: https://igf2016.sched.org/info Webcasts: http://www.igf2016.mx/multimedia.php Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/videos I managed to capture all the Wednesday transcripts except Room 1 - http://isoc-ny.org/igf16/wed/ -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2017): Second Call for Doctoral Consortium
by Announce Announcements 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

*** Second Call for Doctoral Consortium *** 21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems ADBIS 2017 Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 - 27 September, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… The internationally recognized ADBIS conference already for 21 years is gathering researchers and practitioners around topics related to databases, data processing, and information systems, in general. The conference is run in Europe but attracts researchers from all over the world. The 21st ADBIS conference will be held in Nicosia, Cyprus. The conference is accompanied by satellite events, including doctoral consortia and workshops. DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM The Doctoral Consortium (DC) is a forum where PhD students can present their research ideas, confront them with the scientific community, receive feedback from mentors, and tie cooperation bounds. Students will receive inspiration from their peers and will have a chance to discuss their research objectives with senior members of the community in the context of an established international conference. The DC session will take place on September 24, in parallel with the workshop sessions. Each participant will present her/his work, followed by a discussion with senior researchers. ELIGIBILITY We seek PhD students who have either determined the direction of their thesis research (probably with some preliminary results already published), but who still have substantial work to complete, or PhD student participants who are in the early stages of their dissertation year. It is not required to have a paper accepted for the main conference in order to participate in the DC. SUBMISSIONS To apply to the DC, please submit a single-authored paper (which will appear in the proceedings of DC), accompanied by a short email from the thesis advisor stating support for your participation in the DC, describing the current status of the thesis research, and giving your expected date of graduation. The papers for DC should be at most 12 pages in Springer format (formatting instructions can be obtained via http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… and describe the state of the whole PhD project, rather than a specific completed result. The paper should outline the objectives, the problem, state of the art, results obtained so far, and what is still to be done in the frame of the PhD project. If an author prefers to present a completed research result, the paper should be submitted to the main conference or one of accompanying workshops. A paper submitted to the DC may not be under review for any other conference or journal during the time it is being considered for the DC. Submissions should be made electronically in PDF format at CMT: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…. In case of multiple files, please submit a single compressed file (zip or rar). After logging into CMT, please choose the "ADBIS 2017 Doctoral Consortium" track. REVIEW PROCESS Each paper submitted to the DC will be reviewed by at least two members of the DC program committee and will be judged based on originality, technical merit, presentation quality, and relevance. The authors of successful submissions must take into account the reviewers' comments during the preparation of the final version and describe the changes in a separate document to be submitted together with the final camera-ready version. The program committee reserves the right to reject a paper if the final version does not meet the requirements above. Applications not adhering to the provided guidelines (including page limits) will not be considered. The authors of accepted papers must register to the conference, attend the DC and present their work. PROCEEDINGS The DC papers will be published by Springer, together with the ADBIS workshops proceedings, in the Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing series. IMPORTANT DATES · Submission: May 19, 2017 · Acceptance/Rejection Notification: June 30, 2017 · Camera-ready Submission: July 14, 2017 · Doctoral Consortium: September 24, 2017 COMMITTEES Steering Committee Chair · Leonid Kalinichenko, Russian Academy of Science, Russia General Chair · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia · Kjetil Norvag, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Proceedings Chair · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshops Chairs · Johann Gamper, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy · Robert Wrembel, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Jerome Darmont, Universite Lyon 2, France · Stefano Rizzi, University of Bologna, Italy

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Release of First Monday special issue "'Reclaiming the Internet' with distributed architectures"
by Francesca Musiani 08 Dec '16

08 Dec '16

Dear colleagues, I am delighted to announce the release of the First Monday special issue "'Reclaiming the Internet' with distributed architectures" (the twentieth in the journal's history!), which I co-edited with Cécile Méadel. The set of thought-provoking papers in this First Monday special issue were originally part of the final symposium of the research project ADAM ( adam.hypotheses.org <http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fadam.hypotheses.org%2F&h=BAQGYqK…>), which from 2010 to 2014 investigated the social, political, economic and legal dimensions of distributed network architectures. Please find the table of contents below and apologies for cross-posting. Kindest regards, Francesca ---------- "Reclaiming the Internet" with distributed architectures: An introduction <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7101> Francesca Musiani, Cécile Méadel The decentralization of knowledge: How Carnap and Heidegger influenced the Web <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7109> Harry Halpin, Alexandre Monnin Monuments of cyberspace: Designing the Internet beyond the network framework <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7112> Paris Chrysos Blockchain technology as a regulatory technology: From code is law to law is code <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7113> Primavera De Filippi, Samer Hassan Peer to party: Occupy the law <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7117> Mélanie Dulong de Rosnay Law encoded: Towards a free speech policy model based on decentralized architectures <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7118> Argyro P. Karanasiou Alternative rules for alternative networks? Tort law meets wireless community networks <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7119> Federica Giovanella Local networks for local interactions: Four reasons why and a way forward <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7123> Panayotis Antoniadis Cosmopolitical composition of distributed architectures <http://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/7128> Dominique Boullier

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IGF Day 2 update
by Joly MacFie 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Third day in in Guadalajara and things are now truly under way after the official opening session last night. Speakers included Larry Strickling - https://youtu.be/PwQQQLcCq_I?t=3257 and Kathy Brown - https://youtu.be/PwQQQLcCq_I?t=3618 Kathy has published a statement at https://www.internetsociety.org/news/igf2016-internet-society-urges-all-int… Diplo session reports can be found at http://digitalwatch.giplatform.org/events/11th-internet-governance-forum ISOC publishes a very handy guide which includes the sessions where our staff are speaking- today's edition - http://www.internetsociety.org/blog/public-policy/2016/12/day-2-collaborati… I have been grabbing some (but not all) - transcripts - they are at http://isoc-ny.org/igf16/ Lastly the quicklinks: Schedule: https://igf2016.intgovforum.org/ Webex: https://igf2016.sched.org/info Webcasts: http://www.igf2016.mx/multimedia.php Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/videos <https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/videos> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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The web isn't experienced the same way everywhere
by Paulo Ferreira 07 Dec '16

07 Dec '16

Hello This project could be of interest to some https://www.webworldwide.io/ Regards Paulo Ferreira -- [image: ULHT] <http://www.ulusofona.pt/> *Paulo Ferreira* *Universidade Lusófona* Campo Grande, 376 1749-024 Lisboa - Portugal Telf. 217 515 500 / ext: 559 Tlm: 965 072 889 paulo.ferreira(a)ulusofona.pt www.ulusofona.pt www.ulusofona.pt/lessons [image: FB] <http://pt-br.facebook.com/u.lusofona> [image: TW] <http://twitter.com/ulusofona> [image: IN] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/universidade-lusofona> [image: IN] <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108234040426606122498/+universidadelusofona/p…>

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