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Re: [Air-L] female gendered AIs and chat bots
by Andrea Guzman 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hello Caroline and others, I have several works that may be of use to you as well as other suggestions. My chapter "Making AI Safe for Humans: A Conversation with Siri" in Robert Gehl and Maria Bakardjieva's forthcoming book, Socialbots: Digital Media and the Automation of Sociality, argues that Siri's gender is a key component in establishing the communicative face of a faceless program. My dissertation "Imagining the Voice in the Machine: The Ontology of Digital Social Agents" focused on people's conceptualizations of Siri, Google Voice Search and other voice-based, AI technologies, and gender was an integral aspect of people's interpretations of these agents. There is an extensive body of research regarding both voice-based chatbots as well as embodied chatbots in the HCI literature. Lucy Suchman's "Human-Machine Reconfigurations" addresses the gendered design of chatbots as well as the gendered nature of technology and AI. Chun's (2012) "Programmed Visions" focuses on software, including its gendered aspects. Regarding voice-based technologies more generally, you may want to start with Nass and Brave's "Wired for Speech" that discusses people's reactions to programs with female voices. If you or anyone else would like more information or copies of my work, you are welcome to contact me directly. Good luck, Andrea _____ Andrea L. Guzman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Northern Illinois University alguzman(a)niu.edu ________________________________________ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2016 09:07:40 -0700 From: Caroline Sinders <csinders(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] female gendered AIs and chat bots Message-ID: <CAH3YMhv3fbURSDeQdH6P6q6WGpnNMNkpY2VtjxRgmVUeNHtC8w(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 hi all! i'm looking for any papers and studies on how users respond to female gendered AI and bots. it doesn't have to be task oriented AI (aka helpers) but even things that are more whimsical and narrative based, like games or entertainment. thanks! caroline -- Caroline Sinders interaction designer, researcher, artist caroline-sinders.squarespace.com 713-203-0116

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female gendered AIs and chat bots
by Caroline Sinders 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

hi all! i'm looking for any papers and studies on how users respond to female gendered AI and bots. it doesn't have to be task oriented AI (aka helpers) but even things that are more whimsical and narrative based, like games or entertainment. thanks! caroline -- Caroline Sinders interaction designer, researcher, artist caroline-sinders.squarespace.com 713-203-0116

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Job: Research Assistant in Data Ethics - Alan Turing Institute - London
by Luciano Floridi 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Dear Colleague, at the Alan Turing Institute (the UK Institute for Data Science) we are currently advertising a Research Assistant in Data Ethics. More information here: https://turing.ac.uk/jobs/research-assistant-in-data-ethics/ I would very much appreciate if you could circulate this job advertisement to any relevant person. Please note the closing date for this role is Sunday 17th April, with a proposed interview date of Wednesday 27th April 2016. Should you have any queries regarding the vacancy please do not hesitate to contact: Paige Wheeler HR & Recruitment The Alan Turing Institute 96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB Tel: +44 (0)20 7412 7374 Email: pwheeler(a)turing.ac.uk www.turing.ac.uk Best regards, Luciano Floridi _______________________________________________________ www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/ <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/floridi/> | www.philosophyofinformation.net <http://www.philosophyofinformation.net/> Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director of Research Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford EA Mrs. Karen Mead karen.mead(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:karen.mead@oii.ox.ac.uk> https://twitter.com/Floridi <https://twitter.com/Floridi> Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK

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WEBCAST WEDS – FRI – RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016
by Joly MacFie 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Following this online may be a little hit and miss. Each session goes out on a separate YouTube url, so you may need to scout around. There are 3 - maybe 4 - webcast tracks, Hub, Bridge, Cottage, Lab. Each track's Sli.do link will show up in its YouTube description so click through for that. Note that it is being tweeted live at https://twitter.com/internetsociety joly posted: "From today Wednesday March 30 2016 - Friday April 1 2016 AccessNow presents RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016 in San Francisco CA. RightsCon is three days of sessions tackling some of today’s most challenging business and policy issues: freedom of expression," [image: RightsCon]From today *Wednesday March 30 2016 - Friday April 1 2016 AccessNow <https://www.accessnow.org/>* presents *RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016 <https://www.rightscon.org/>* in San Francisco CA. RightsCon is three days of sessions tackling some of today’s most challenging business and policy issues: freedom of expression, online harassment and countering violent extremism, privacy and digital security, encryption, network discrimination and connectivity, human rights, trade and business, transparency reporting, digital inclusion, internet governance, and more. Speakers include *Bertrand De La Chappelle*, *Rebecca Mackinnon*, *Bruce Schneier*, *Michael Nelson*, *Ed Snowden*, *Wendy Seltzer*, and ISOC Trustee *Walid Al-Saqaf*. The event will be webcast live on 3 tracks via *AccessNow's YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1WRUFROqjer720gqXiF91w>*. Remote participation is available via *SLIDO <http://slido.com>* *What: RightsCon Silicon Valley 2016 <https://www.rightscon.org/>* * Where: San Francisco CA* * When: Wednesday March 30 2016 - Friday April 1 2016* * Program: http://rightscon.sched.org/ <https://www.rightscon.org/#livestream>* * Webcast: https://www.rightscon.org/#livestream <https://www.rightscon.org/#livestream>* * Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/RightsCon <https://twitter.com/hashtag/RightsCon>* * Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/RightsCon <https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/RightsCon>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8393#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8393#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8393 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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HCI position available iSchool, Univ. Arizona, in Tucson!
by Catherine Brooks 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Arizona's School of Information - formally a new iSchool - is hiring in HCI this year and the search remains open! https://uacareers.com/postings/9265 The University of Arizona and the School of Information seeks a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor with a strong record of research in human-computer interaction science to begin in mid August, 2016. We are seeking a candidate with a record of HCI research and are especially interested in candidates with experience in either web or game design, interactive systems, virtual/augmented reality platforms, display technologies, and related user research. Applicants with research foci on issues of design or analysis of gaming systems utilized across contexts such as health and education, or those that work on games involving astronomical or geographical data are of particular interest. Experience in academic leadership roles (e.g., program supervision, administrative duties within an academic unit) is preferred but not required for the position. This position will include teaching responsibilities at both undergraduate and graduate levels. The successful applicant will have ideally developed a strong track record of excellence in teaching and academic citizenry. Experience with interdisciplinary/multidisciplinary/transdisciplinary funded grant teams is desired.The School of Information is an academic department and a professional school in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Arizona, the state’s only public land grant university. The School of Information aims to inspire interdisciplinary understanding, diverse interpretation, creation, and use of the emerging knowledge and information environments of the 21st century through innovative instruction and state-of-the-art technology. The School is a place for the interdisciplinary study of information, broadly conceived, and is focused on preparing students for living, thinking, and working in the digital age. The School of Information offers six degree programs and four graduate certificates. They are: PhD in Information, MS in Information, MA in Library and Information Science, a BA in Information Science and eSociety, a BS in Information Science and Technology and a BA in Information Science and Arts. Catherine F. Brooks, PhD, Assistant Professor of Information and CommunicationDirector, Center of Digital Society and Data Studies (CDSDS); Director of Undergraduate Studies, School of Information, UAhttp://catherinefbrooks.faculty.arizona.edu/http://si.arizona.edu/ "If only Romeo and Juliet had had mobile phones, they might have lived happily ever after" (Wellman and Rainie).

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 140, Issue 29
by ralf.friedrich＠gepros.com 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren, bis zum 10. April 2016 befinde ich mich im Ausland. Meine E-Mails werden in dieser Zeit nicht weitergeleitet und nur unregelmäßig gelesen. In dringenden Fällen wenden Sie sich bitte an meine Assistentin, Sandra Müller (Mail: sandra.mueller(a)gepros.com, Mobil: +49 151 46641253). Vielen Dank für Ihr Verständnis! Schöne Grüße, Ralf Friedrich ________________________________________ Dear Sir or Madam, Thank you for your message. I am currently out of the office and will be back on 10 April. Your e-mail will not be forwarded. I will answer it when I am back. For urgent matters please contact Sandra Müller (Mail: sandra.mueller(a)gepros.com, Mobile: +49 151 46641253). Thank you for your understanding. Sincerely yours, Ralf Friedrich

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Intro to comm. technologies textbook?
by Luis E. Hestres 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hi all, I'm want to completely overhaul my 'Introduction to Communication Technologies' course, and that includes getting a new textbook that I would supplement with news articles other sources. In the course I try to giver historical overviews of major mass communication technologies, with an emphasis on digital media, and to also cover social, political, cultural, and regulatory aspects of each. This is a 200-level course, although some juniors and seniors also take it. Right now I'm using 'Communication Technology Update & Fundamentals, edited by Grant & Meadows. It's a great resource that is updated every couple of years to reflect the latest developments for every technology, and is available as an ebook through our library. But I think my students feel overwhelmed by the level of technical detail. Can anyone recommend an alternative? I've thought of 'Mass Media Revolution' but I'm not sure if it's the right fit since we used it as a 100-level textbook when I was a TA, although there may not be that much difference. Also, if you're teaching a similar course and are willing to share the syllabus I would be very grateful, especially if your course incorporates many active learning components. Thanks! - - - - - Dr. Luis E. Hestres Assistant Professor Department of Communication The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249-0732 http://www.luishestres.com Want to support our tax deductible nonprofit work by contributing to the UTSA department of communication? Please visit: https://giving.utsa.edu/FriendsofCommunication Thanks for your support!

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CFP: Special Issue on Social Media, Internet & Society
by Davis, Jennifer Lauren - davis5jl 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hi all, apologies for cross-posting. Please consider submitting to this special issue of Social Sciences edited by David Banks and myself. The journal is open access and does not charge author fees. CFP: The journal Social Sciences (ISSN 2076-0760) is currently running a Special Issue entitled "Social Media, Internet and Society". Dr. Jenny L. Davis, of the James Madison University (VA, USA), and David A. Banks, of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (NY, USA), are serving as Guest Editors for this issue. We think you could make an excellent contribution based on your expertise. This Special Issue will focus on theoretically driven work that examines the mutually influential relationship between humans, platforms, devices, and code. Articles can be wholly theoretical or incorporate empirical data, broadly defined, that illustrates a theoretical argument and/or complicates existing theoretical debates. A partial list of suggested topics includes network formation and maintenance, race and racism, big data, small data, gender and sexism/cis-ism, intersectionalities, courtship and dating, sex and sexuality, algorithms and curation, privacy and publicity, digital dualism, augmented reality, popular discourses of new and social media, embodied technology, social media ecologies, prosumption/identity prosumption, political processes, and labor and exploitation. [...] For further reading, please follow the link to the Special Issue Website at:http://www.mdpi.com/si/socsci/social_media_internet_and_society<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mdpi.com_si_socsci_…>. The submission deadline is 30 September 2016. You may send your manuscript now or up until the deadline. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for publication elsewhere. We also encourage authors to send a short abstract or tentative title to the Editorial Office in advance (socsci(a)mdpi.com<mailto:socsci@mdpi.com>). Social Sciences is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. No Article Processing Charges (APC) apply for well-prepared manuscripts. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.mdpi.com_journal_so…> at the journal website. We look forward to hearing from you. On behalf of Guest Editors Jenny L. Davis, PhD David A. Banks, Doctoral Candidate Jenny L. Davis Assistant Professor of Sociology James Madison University Co-Editor: Cyborgology.org<http://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/> Twitter: @Jenny_L_Davis<https://twitter.com/Jenny_L_Davis>

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International Symposium on Digital Ethics
by Heider, Donald 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

April 1 deadline! Call for abstracts The Center for Digital Ethics & Policy at Loyola University Chicago (digitalethics.org) will be holding its 6th annual International Symposium on Digital Ethics on Nov 4th, 2016. The keynote speaker will be Professor Lilie Chouliaraki from the London School of Economics. We are looking for papers on digital ethics. Topics might include privacy, anonymity, griefing, free speech, intellectual property, hacking, scamming, surveillance, information mining, transparency, digital citizenship, or anything else relating to ethical questions and digital technology. This is an interdisciplinary symposium, we welcome all backgrounds and approaches to research. Abstracts should propose original research that has not been presented or published elsewhere. The abstract should be between 500 and 1,000 words in length (not including references) and should include a discussion of the methodology used. Authors of accepted papers will be eligible for up to $400 in travel funds to be able to attend the Chicago symposium. The author(s) of the top student paper will be eligible for up to $1,000 in travel funds. Abstracts are due by midnight CST on April1st, 2016, and should follow APA or MLA. Authors of top papers will have the opportunity to have their work published in Proceedings from the 6th Annual Symposium on Digital Ethics. Send your submission in a MS Word document attachment to contact(a)digitalethics.org<mailto:contact@digitalethics.org>, and please write Digital Ethics Symposium submission in the subject line. You can send questions to the same email address. Don Heider Dean School of Communication Loyola University Chicago

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ACM Hypertext 2016 - Call for Creative Track, Late-Breaking Results, Doctoral Consortium, Workshop Papers
by Christoph Trattner 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

============================================================================================================== ACM HYPERTEXT 2016 27th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 10-13 July 2016 - Halifax, Canada http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/ EXTENDED PROCEEDINGS: * Creative Track * Late-Breaking Results * Doctoral Consortium * Workshop Papers Submission deadline: 6 May 2016 CONFERENCE SCOPE The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems and applications. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social media, semantic web, dynamic and computed hypertext and hypermedia as well as narrative systems and applications. Hypertext 2016 will focus on missing links on the WWW: how can the Hypertext paradigm and research inspire and improve the Web? Which missing links (and linking paradigms) can improve connections, communication and collaboration? Apart from the regular research tracks, Hypertext 2016 will feature a creative track. The conference will take place at the campus of Dalhousie University in Halifax, the capital of Nova Scotia and the major cultural centre of Canada’s Atlantic provinces. EXTENDED PROCEEDINGS The Extended Proceedings provide a publication opportunity for early stage research results, as compared to the full-paper track of the conference. Accepted papers will be presented at the poster session during Hypertext 2016. Submission categories are: CREATIVE TRACK Track Chair: Stacey Mason (University of California, Santa Cruz, USA) In the wake of a booming resurgence of interest in creative hypertext over recent years, we are increasingly seeing new directions and possibilities for artists exploring the creative potential of the link. This year, we are delighted to offer a space for exhibition and performance of creative hypertext works at the conference venue. http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/calls/creative-track LATE-BREAKING RESULTS Chairs: Kevin Koidl (Trinity College Dublin) and Ben Steichen (Santa Clara University) This session is a venue for early stage research results, as compared to the full-paper track of the conference. Late-breaking results contain original and unpublished accounts of innovative research ideas, preliminary results, industry showcases, and system prototypes. Papers can cover any of the 3 full paper tracks listed for Hypertext 2016 http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/calls/late-breaking-results DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Chair: Johan Bollen, Indiana University, Bloomington IN We invite applications to participate in the HT2016 Doctoral Consortium, which offers PhD candidates the opportunity to present their doctoral research at HT2016 and receive feedback and guidance from a committee of distinguished research faculty. http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/calls/doctoral-consortium WORKSHOP SUBMISSIONS Hypertext 2016 will feature three exciting workshops, of which the titles and organizers are listed below. *Web Search and Individual Differences (IndiDiff)* Organizers: Herre van Oostendorp, Aline Chevalier, Wai-Tat Fu, Saraschandra Karanam http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~karan002/IndiDiff2016/ *Narrative and Hypertext (NHT)* Organizers: Charlie Hargood, David Millard http://nht.ecs.soton.ac.uk/2016/ *The Future of Computer Annotation* Organizers: James Blustein, Ann-Barbara Graff http://web.cs.dal.ca/~jamie/AnnAtHT16.html IMPORTANT DATES (FOR ALL CATEGORIES) 6 May 2016: Paper Submission 3 June 2016: Notifications 24 June 2016: Camera-Ready -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Know-Center Research Center for Big Data Analytics & Data Driven Business Graz University of Technology, Austria E-mail: ctrattner(a)know-center.at Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info ------------------------------------------------------- New book: Mining, Modeling, and Recommending 'Things' in Social Media* by M. Atzmueller, A. Chin, C. Scholz, C. Trattner (eds.) http://link.springer.com/978-3-319-14723-9 -------------------------------------------------------

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