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REMINDER: CfP - conference: Fomenting political Violence - Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, Essex University, 9-10 Sept. 2016
by Steffen Krueger 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Dear colleagues, here a reminder of our Call for Papers! All best, Steffen Krueger *Fomenting political violence – Phantasy, Language, Media, Action.* A two-day international conference at the *Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, * *University of Essex*, UK, September 9 – 10 2016, in co-operation with * Bournemouth University* and the *University of Oslo* (UiO), Norway. Steffen Krueger, postdoc and lecturer, Dept. of Media and Communication, University of Oslo Karl Figlio, Professor Emeritus, Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex. Barry Richards, Professor of Political Psychology, Bournemouth University. This two-day conference invites researchers from a wide range of disciplines to address the relationship between phantasy, language, media and action. Do language and phantasy feed into one another, especially in the contemporary mediascape, fostering an extremist mentality that foments violent political action? And, if so, how can we understand the relationship between action on the one side, and phantasy and language in their specific forms of mediation on the other? Although it is difficult to establish causal links between, for example, racist slurs and racist violence, we can nevertheless observe how increases in ethnocentric, xenophobic and fundamentalist speech in online forums and on social networking sites go together with increases in right-extremist criminal acts, as is presently the case in Germany. Various traditions of research into prejudice, extremism, violence and the media have taken different routes in conceptualising the links between the above concepts. Discourse analysis, for example, has pointed to the subtle ways in which language use can help make symbolic violence permissible. Social psychology, and especially the social identity tradition, has shown how typical tendencies in group dynamics suggest certain fault lines for larger-scale political behaviour. Media effect studies, in turn, have suggested a string of concepts based on social-psychological work, such as “uses-and-gratifications”, the “spiral of silence”, “agenda setting”, and “frame theory”, which can be instrumental in conceiving how people’s construction of reality, facilitated by media, might lead to widely held dispositions for the legitimation of socio-political action and/or the restraining and containing of such action. Although there is a substantial psychoanalytic literature on prejudice, ethnic and religious hatred, and fundamentalism, there is little on the process of fomenting violence, which moves from phantasy through language into action. With a view to intervening in and advancing the above traditions, the conference invites papers inquiring into how psychoanalysis can help understand the build-up to eruptions of violence. How can conceptions of sociality, relationality, divisiveness, exclusion and affect, developed in various psychoanalytic traditions, shed light on the often invisible ties that link what we do to what we feel, imagine, hear, see, read or say – or to an atmosphere of extremism? Can psychoanalysis contribute to deliberations around policy and practice in relation to freedom of speech, ‘hate speech’ and media regulation, as well as foster a sensitivity to implied prejudice in everyday encounters? The attempt to gain a more rounded, situated and dialectical way to understand these phenomena suggests ‘scenic’ methodology, for which the work of Alfred Lorenzer – a psychoanalytic-social theorist not well known in the English-speaking world – is central. We plan to reserve one session to explore his work, but we invite you imaginatively to address the full range of issues relevant to the topic of the conference. We encourage an open, exploratory manner and look forward to engaging discussions. *Keynote speakers*: - Vera King (Frankfurt): *"Fighting for something great ..." - * Intergenerational Constellations and Functions of Self-Culturalization for Adolescents in Migrant Families. - Barry Richards (Bournemouth): *"A most brutal and implacable superego"*. *Indicative **fields of research include*: - Psychodynamics and social dynamics of political violence, and their enmeshment / co-constitution. - Spaces, scopes and fields of action. - Gendered forms / gender dynamics. - Media discourses / media performances. - (Symbolic) interactions. - Internal and external worlds. - Freedom of expression vs blasphemy and prejudice. - -isms, -phobias and psychopathologies. - Methodological and/or theoretical reflections. - Researching across cultures. - Historical studies. - Humiliation and violence. - Violence and purification. - Bystanders and collusion with political violence. - Psychotic realities: Paranoia and delusions of threat. - Hate speech and hate actions. If you would like to offer a paper to the conference, relating to the above fields or to other aspects of the overall conference theme, please send an abstract of 300-400 words to: *cpsfv(a)essex.ac.uk <cpsfv(a)essex.ac.uk>* Deadline for abstract submission: May 15, 2016. (Delegates are informed about the inclusion of their papers within two weeks from the deadline.) Conference fee is £150 (£100 for students and unemployed). Affordable accommodation is available on campus. If you have questions regarding the conference or call for papers, please write to: steffen.krueger(a)media.uio.no. *Booking your place at the conference: * *http://www.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/cps/events.aspx* <http://www.essex.ac.uk/online_shop/cps/events.aspx> *Book your on campus accommodation here: **https://kx.essex.ac.uk/BnB/* <https://kx.essex.ac.uk/BnB/> *Promotional code: CPS2016* -- Steffen Krüger, PhD lecturer and postdoctoral researcher Dept. of Media and Communication University of Oslo Forskningsparken II Gaustadalléen 21 0349 OSLO Norway skype: steff.krueger mob. 0047 4580 6466

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international harassment campaigns or bullying campaigns
by Caroline Sinders 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

hey all! i'm starting a new research project, and i was wondering if anyone knew of any non US based harassment campaigns, activism campaigns, etc that took place on Facebook, and then Facebook + other platforms? I remember seeing this one a while ago- http://jezebel.com/5976307/awesome-indian-men-don-skirts-to-protest-rape-cu… but was wondering if any one had some more suggestions/examples I could dive into? Best, Caroline -- Caroline Sinders interaction designer, researcher, artist caroline-sinders.squarespace.com 713-203-0116

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We are hiring a 1 year full time research assistant (typo fixed version)
by Nancy Baym 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

The Social Media Collective is looking for a Research Assistant to work with us at Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Starting in July 2016 the MSR Social Media Collective will consist of Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, Mary L. Gray, Dan Greene, and Dylan Mulvin in Cambridge, Kate Crawford and danah boyd in New York City, as well as faculty visitors and Ph.D. interns affiliated with the MSR New England. The RA will work directly with Nancy Baym, Kate Crawford, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray. An appropriate candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate and knowledgeable about the social and cultural implications of technology. Strong skills in writing, organization and academic research are essential, as are time-management and multi-tasking. Minimal qualifications are a BA or equivalent degree in a humanities or social science discipline and some qualitative research training. A Masters degree is preferred. Job responsibilities will include: - Sourcing and curating relevant literature and research materials - Developing literature reviews and/or annotated bibliographies - Coding ethnographic and interview data - Copyediting manuscripts - Working with academic journals on themed sections - Assisting with research project data management and event organization The RA will also have opportunities to collaborate on ongoing projects. While publication is not a guarantee, the RA will be encouraged to co-author papers while at MSR. The RAship will require 40 hours per week on site in Cambridge, MA, and remote coordination with New York. It is a 12 month contractor position, with the opportunity to extend the contract an additional 6 months. The position pays hourly with flexible daytime hours. The start date will ideally be July 25, although flexibility is possible for the right candidate. This position is perfect for emerging scholars planning to apply to PhD programs in Communication, Media Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Information Studies, History, Philosophy, STS and Critical Data Studies, and related fields who want to develop their research skills and area expertise before entering a graduate program. Current New England-based MA/PhD students are welcome to apply provided they can commit to 40 hours of on-site work per week. To apply, please send an email to Nancy Baym (baym(a)microsoft.com<mailto:baym@microsoft.com>) with the subject "RA Application" and include the following attachments: - One-page (single-spaced) personal statement, including a description of research experience and training, interests, and professional goals - CV or resume - Writing sample (preferably a literature review or a scholarly-styled article) - Links to online presence (e.g., blog, homepage, Twitter, journalistic endeavors, etc.) - The names and email addresses of two recommenders We will begin reviewing applications on May 15 and will continue to do so until we find an appropriate candidate. We will post to the blog when the position is filled. We regret that because this is a time-limited contract position, we can only consider candidates who are already legally authorized to work in the United States.

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We are hiring a 1 year full time research assistant
by Nancy Baym 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

The Social Media Collective is looking for a Research Assistant to work with us at Microsoft Research New England in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Starting in July 2016 the MSR Social Media Collective will consist of Nancy Baym, Tarleton Gillespie, Mary L. Gray, Dan Greene, and Dylan Mulvey in Cambridge, Kate Crawford and danah boyd in New York City, as well as faculty visitors and Ph.D. interns affiliated with the MSR New England. The RA will work directly with Nancy Baym, Kate Crawford, Tarleton Gillespie, and Mary L. Gray. An appropriate candidate will be a self-starter who is passionate and knowledgeable about the social and cultural implications of technology. Strong skills in writing, organization and academic research are essential, as are time-management and multi-tasking. Minimal qualifications are a BA or equivalent degree in a humanities or social science discipline and some qualitative research training. A Masters degree is preferred. Job responsibilities will include: - Sourcing and curating relevant literature and research materials - Developing literature reviews and/or annotated bibliographies - Coding ethnographic and interview data - Copyediting manuscripts - Working with academic journals on themed sections - Assisting with research project data management and event organization The RA will also have opportunities to collaborate on ongoing projects. While publication is not a guarantee, the RA will be encouraged to co-author papers while at MSR. The RAship will require 40 hours per week on site in Cambridge, MA, and remote coordination with New York. It is a 12 month contractor position, with the opportunity to extend the contract an additional 6 months. The position pays hourly with flexible daytime hours. The start date will ideally be July 25, although flexibility is possible for the right candidate. This position is perfect for emerging scholars planning to apply to PhD programs in Communication, Media Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, Information Studies, History, Philosophy, STS and Critical Data Studies, and related fields who want to develop their research skills and area expertise before entering a graduate program. Current New England-based MA/PhD students are welcome to apply provided they can commit to 40 hours of on-site work per week. To apply, please send an email to Nancy Baym (baym(a)microsoft.com) with the subject "RA Application" and include the following attachments: - One-page (single-spaced) personal statement, including a description of research experience and training, interests, and professional goals - CV or resume - Writing sample (preferably a literature review or a scholarly-styled article) - Links to online presence (e.g., blog, homepage, Twitter, journalistic endeavors, etc.) - The names and email addresses of two recommenders We will begin reviewing applications on May 15 and will continue to do so until we find an appropriate candidate. We will post to the blog when the position is filled. We regret that because this is a time-limited contract position, we can only consider candidates who are already legally authorized to work in the United States.

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CFPs: Engendering Health with RecSys (HealthRecSys 2016) @ ACM RECSYS'16
by Christoph Trattner 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS International Workshop on Engendering Health with RecSys (HealthRecSys 2016) to be held in Boston, USA co-located with ACM RECSYS 2016 (https://recsys.acm.org/) Website: http://healthrecsys.ur.de -------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** June, 24th, 2016 Paper submission deadline ** July, 15th, 2016 Notification to authors ** July, 29th, 2016, Camera-Ready Version ** September, 15th-19th, 2016 Recsys conference Workshop Organizers: ==================== David Elsweiler (University of Regensburg, Germany) Bernd Ludwig (University of Regensburg, Germany) Alan Said (Recorded Future, Sweden) Hanna Schaefer (TU-Muenchen, Germany) Christoph Trattner (Know-Center, Austria) Program Committee: ==================== Francesco Ricci - University of Bolzano Morgan Harvey - Northumbria University Ge Mouzhi - University of Bolzano Georg Groh - TU Munich Jill Freyne - CSIRO Marko Tkalcic - University of Bolzano Shlomo Berkovsky - CSIRO Neal Lathia - University of Cambridge Cathal Gurrin - Dublin City University Mark Dunlop - University of Strathclyde Andreas Komninos - University of Strathclyde Aiden Doherty - University of Oxford Christoph Palm - OTH Regensburg Eelco Herder - L3S Robert West - Stanford Munmun De Choudhury - Georgia Tech Ingmar Weber - Qatar Computing Research Institute Kjetil Norvag - NTNU Objectives & Topics: ==================== Busy lifestyles, abundant options, lack of knowledge ... there are many reasons why people make poor decisions relating to their health. Yet these poor decisions are leading to epidemics, which represent some of the greatest challenges we face as a society today. Noncommunicable Diseases (NCDs), which include cardiovascular diseases, cancer, chronic respiratory diseases and diabetes, account for approx. 60% of total premature deaths worldwide. These diseases share the same four behavioural risk factors: tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and harmful consumption of alcohol and can be prevented and sometimes even reversed with simple lifestyle changes. Eating more healthily, exercising more appropriately, sleeping and relaxing more, as well as simply being more aware of one's state of health are all things that would lead to improved health. Yet knowing exactly what to change and how, implementing changes and maintaining changes over long time periods are all things people find challenging. These are also problems, for which we believe recommender systems can provide assistance by offering specific, tailored suggestions for behavioural change. In recent years recommender systems for health has become a popular topic within the RecSys community and a selection of empirical contributions and demo systems have been published. Efforts to date, however have been sporadic and lack coordination. We lack shared infrastructure such as datasets, appropriate cross-disciplinary knowledge, even agreed upon goals. It is our aim to use this workshop as a vehicle to: ** Establish the problem as a prominent RecSys topic ** Create a community of researchers who will determine a concrete research agenda for health in RecSys ** Attract scientists from other domains to RecSys: health (e.g. sports, nutrition, medicine), psychology, signal processing, wearables, HCI, etc. ** Create new ideas for collaboration, particularly cross-domain collaborations ** Establish shared infrastructure (datasets and tools) We invite submissions that may include the following topics, but are not limited to: ** Motivation - increasing motivation, understanding motivation, utilising psychological models, gamification ** Algorithms for Health Recommendations ** Interfaces - Explanations/Presentation, Feedback, Usability ** Persuasive Design ** Sensors - e.g. activity tracking, context detection, quantified self, motivation by self assessment ** Mobile devices ** Gamification - e.g. Making exercise or diet fun ** Social Motivation - Inclusion of Social Context, Coactivity and Group Recommenders ** Knowledge representation - Transfer of domain knowledge to digital systems ** Ethics - Gap between recommendations and medical advice ** Ease of use - embedding systems into everyday life Learning about health ** User modelling, behavioural analytics and behavioural change Submissions: ============ We solicit short research papers (up to 4 pages) & short postion papers (up to 2 pages), both in the ACM conference paper style. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=healthrecsys2016 Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template ( http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; All papers will be peer-reviewed, must not be under review in any other conference, workshop or journal (at the time of submission), and must contain novel contributions. Accepted papers will be published according to the ACM RECSYS 2016 WS publication rules. Location: ========= The workshop will take place at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) or the IBM Research campuses in Boston, MA, USA (venue not fixed yet) and will be held in conjunction with the 10th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems. Further information of this location can be found on the ACM RecSys website: https://recsys.acm.org/. Contact: ======== David Elsweiler - david.elsweiler(a)ur.de Bernd Ludwig - bernd.ludwg(a)ur.de Alan Said - alan(a)alans.se Hanna Schaefer - hanna.schaefer(a)tum.de Christoph Trattner - trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com -- ------------------------------------------------------- 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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Funded spaces left at the Data, Society and the Self postgrad workshop, 26-27 May @Manchester
by Adi Kuntsman 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

We have only three funded spaces left for the eventbelow. To apply, please send your details to t.brock(a)mmu.ac.ukby 4th May. A two-day postgraduate workshop that explores, definesand practices digital sociological research26-27 May 2016, The Shed, Manchester MetropolitanUniversity Day 1: Keynote by Prof. Patricia Clough, CUNY Day 2: Data analysis training, workshops on digitaltheories, practice and methodologies For full programme and further details see https://sites.google.com/site/digitalsociologyworkshop/home --- Dr. Adi KuntsmanDepartment of Languages,Information and CommunicationsManchester Metropolitan UniversityAll Saints Campus, Geoffrey Manton437 Manchester M15 6LLTel: ++44-(0)-161-2476165 https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/ Term time office hours: Mon 1-2pm, Fri 11.30-12.30am. Other times available byappointment a.kuntsman[(a)]mmu.ac.uk New books: DigitalMilitarism: Israel's Occupation in the SocialMedia Age (with Rebecca L.Stein, Stanford U Press)Queer Necropolitics(with Jin Haritaworn and Silvia Possoco, Routledge), nowavailable in paperback

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YouTube Conference: CFP reopened, additional keynote speakers confirmed
by Jean Burgess 27 Apr '16

27 Apr '16

Sharing by request of the organisers: Your last chance to submit a paper – the CFP is reopened now we have some new speakers to announce in addition to Jean Burgess who is giving an overview of YouTube and the broader online video environment have changed in the past decade, and what its competing futures look like, how we might learn to recognise such patterns of change empirically, and the key methodological approaches to studying the co-evolution of proprietary digital media platforms and their cultures of use over time. Sonia Livingstone whose ethnographic fieldwork with a class of thirteen year olds at an ordinary London school explores young people's experiences of growing up and learning in a digital world - in school, at home, and with their friends. YouTube comes in and out of focus, varying in meaning and significance yet consistently insinuating itself into their everyday experiences of connected and disconnected learning and opportunity. Farida Vis and Mike Thelwall will reflect on - via a number of different case studies - their collaboration over eight years of researching YouTube, including the development of tools for collecting YouTube data, and their continuing interest in YouTube research in the context of teaching social media analytics skills to students when a lot of current social media research focuses on Twitter. Stuart Cunningham will be talking about changes in screen entertainment enabled by YouTube (amongst other social media platforms). His research with David Craig takes an ‘ecological’ approach by investigating the interdependencies amongst its elements: mapping the platform’s affordances, content innovation, creative labor, monetization and management, new forms of media globalization, and the critical cultural concerns raised by this nascent media industry. CALL FOR PAPERS YouTube Conference: 23/24 September 2016, Middlesex University, The Burroughs, Hendon, London. Follow link for details http://www.mdx.ac.uk/events/2016/09/youtube-conference-2016 Please send an abstract of 350 words plus a short bio of 100 words for single papers or 500 words and individual bios for group panels by email attachment to youtube(a)mdx.ac.uk<mailto:youtube@mdx.ac.uk>. Deadline for receipt of abstracts is May 3 2016. Conference team: Professor Jane Arthurs, Dr Sophia Drakopoulou, Dr Alessandro Gandini, Dr Paul Kerr. Supported by the Middlesex University’s School of Performing Arts and Media and the Research and Knowledge Exchange Office.

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ACM Hypertext: Call for contributions to Extended Proceedings
by Denis Parra 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

**** Apologies for cross postings **** ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 27th ACM Conference in Hypertext and Social Media ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Halifax, Canada 10-13 July 2016 http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/ Call for contributions to Extended Proceedings This year, the ACM HT conference has a very diverse offer of contributions to the community: Creative Track, Late-Breaking Results, Demos, Doctoral Consortium, Workshop Papers. We invite you to submit your work, the deadline is quickly approaching. These are the important dates: 6 May 2016: Paper Submission 3 June 2016: Notifications 24 June 2016: Camera-Ready Find more detailed information at http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/calls Sincerely Jamie Blustein, Eelco Herder Hypertext 2016 General Chairs -- Denis Parra Escuela de Ingenieria PUC CHile

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"Feminism and (Un)Hacking" - Journal of Peer Production now available
by Lilly Nguyen 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Hi all, We are very pleased to announce the publication of the special issue of the Journal of Peer Production, “Feminism and (Un)Hacking.” The issue is available below: http://peerproduction.net/issues/issue-8-feminism-and-unhacking/ Please feel free to circulate! Best, Lilly --------------- Lilly U. Nguyen Assistant Professor, Department Women’s and Gender Studies Adjunct Faculty, School of Information and Library Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill lillynguyen(a)unc.edu

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Social Media + Society Special Issue on Selfies: Me-diated Inter-faces
by Crystal Abidin 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Dear all, The new special issue of Social Media + Society *(April-June 2016) **vol. 2 **no. 2 *on Selfies: Me-diated Inter-faces Is now LIVE! Available at: http://sms.sagepub.com/site/Virtual_Special_Issues/Me-diated%20Inter-faces.… Table of Contents: *Introduction* <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2056305116641344.full.pdf+html>(Katie Warfield, Carolina Cambre, Crystal Abidin.) *“Aren’t these just young, rich women doing vain things online?” Influencer Selfies as Subversive Frivolity* <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2056305116641342.full.pdf+html> (Crystal Abidin) *Selfies of Ill Health: Online Autopathographic Photography and the Dramaturgy of the Everyday* <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/1/2056305116641343.full.pdf+html> (Tamar Tembeck) *Visual Intimacy on Social Media: From Selfies to the Co-Construction of Intimacies Through Shared Pictures* <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2056305116641705.full.pdf+html> (Cristina Miguel) *Making the Cut: An Agential Realist Examination of Selfies and Touch <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2056305116641706.full.pdf+html> *(Katie Warfield) *Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, and Queer Visibility Through Selfies: Comparing Platform Mediators Across Ruby Rose’s Instagram and Vine Presence* <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2056305116641975.full.pdf+html> (Stefanie Duguay.) *Screened Intimacies: Tinder and the Swipe Logic* <http://sms.sagepub.com/content/2/2/2056305116641976.full.pdf+html> (Gaby David, Carolina Cambre.) Apologies for cross-posting. Enjoy our new issue! -- Crystal Abidin PhD, Anthropology & Sociology, Media & Communications *https://wishcrys.com/academic-publications <https://wishcrys.com/academic-publications>* latest papers: selfies as subversive frivolity <https://www.academia.edu/24758091/_Aren_t_These_Just_Young_Rich_Women_Doing…> | micro-microcelebrity <https://www.academia.edu/16366431/Micromicrocelebrity_Branding_babies_on_th…>

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