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Re: [Air-L] agency / neutrality of algorithms
by Mann, Paige 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi Alex, You might be interested in Safiya Noble's work: https://safiyaunoble.com/publication/. Here's a sampling of her work: * Noble, S. U. (2013). Google Search: Hyper-visibility as a Means of Rendering Black Women and Girls Invisible. InVisible Culture: Issue 19. * Senft, T. and Noble, S. (2013). Race and Social Media. In The Routledge Handbook of Social Media. Eds. Senft, Theresa M., & Hunsinger, Jeremy. Routledge: NY. * (under contract/review) Noble, S. (2016). Algorithms of Oppression: Race, Gender and Power in the Digital Age. New York: New York University Press. * Noble, S. (2012). Missed Connections: What Search Engines Say about Women. Bitch magazine, 12:4, Spring, pg. 37-41. * Noble, S. (2013). Google Equates Black Girls With Sex: Why? Opinion editorial for TheRoot.com, a publication of the Washington Post. URL last accessed on 3/14/12 Paige Mann Physical Sciences Librarian University of Redlands

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Skype as a Tool for Qualitative Research Interviews
by Symonds, Paul 31 May '16

31 May '16

Hi – I rarely add posts but I think/hope this is very relevant for online research. We have just published a paper on “Skype as a Tool for Qualitative Research Interviews<http://www.socresonline.org.uk/21/2/12.html>“ We have covered everything in detail including: - non-vernal cues - rapport - internationalisation opportunites for research etc. Thank you --- Paul Symonds Cardiff Metropolitan University. PhD Candidate in Wayfinding<http://www.travelwayfinding.com/> ________________________________ [Cardiff Metropolitan University - Queens Anniversary Prizes 2015]<http://www.cardiffmet.ac.uk/news/Pages/Cardiff-Met-research-recognised-in-Q…>

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La Cura: possibilities?
by Salvatore Iaconesi 31 May '16

31 May '16

Dear Friends, some time has passed since, in 2012, we launched the "La Cura" project when I was diagnosed with a brain cancer. The action turned out to become an emergent, worldwide participatory performance aimed at redefining the word "cure", bringing it out of hospitals, administrations, bureaucracies and the ingenuities of e-health approaches, and bringing it back into society. Thousands participated (also many of you all, for which I thank you). We were all able to draw upon the rich culture of biopolitics, antipsychiatry, feminism and gender studies to collectively build an active reflection to confront with the separation, encoding, privatisation, access and inequalities of current medical approaches, putting in place new models and patterns in which health is a commons built upon an high-quality relational environment which is inclusive, accessible, caring, cooperative. Dozens of publications have been produced, and thousands of artworks, texts, poems, images, videos, artistic performances, articles on major news headlines, and more, establishing a wide, active, trans-disciplinary action which connected arts, design, sciences, humanities and the everyday life of thousands of people in the search and enactment of new ways in which to "cure" by considering people's health something which we all can actively participate to, using everything from advanced technologies, knowledge, relations, presence and hugs ;) All of this has enormous implications on the economies and power-schemes of health. In the age of data, quantified self and of hyperconnectivity, this is also a metaphor for processes which can happen elsewhere in society, to confront with complex issues such as education, energy, finance, labour, and more. To continue the process, we have transformed "La Cura" into a book: http://www.artisopensource.net/items/la-cura-the-book/ The book, for now, is only in Italian, and we're trying to get it translated in other languages, as well (and please do propose if you want to collaborate to the translation: it would be a great help) In the objective of the participative performance, the book also has a strong online presence built through the fact that we're collaboratively designing the ways in which this type of action could be replicated in many other forms and in relation to multiple other domains. We're working with schools, universities, student groups, rural communities, citizen groups, activists, children, elderly and, well, many other types of people. In Italy, for now, but we are starting the process of momentum building so that all of these efforts can lead to international, interconnected results which we can all work with to provoke impact and change. Here are just three of the many initiatives which are already going on: http://www.artisopensource.net/2016/05/09/the-encounter-of-two-books-in-tri… http://www.artisopensource.net/2016/04/23/la-cura-erbe-indisciplinate-the-r… http://www.artisopensource.net/2016/05/04/la-cura-and-the-festival-of-creat… We've started from education. In the knowledge ("Conoscienza") section of the website (http://www.la-cura.it) we are assembling the materials for the education program which is being contributed by all participants to the action. We currently have materials on interface politics; biopolitics; food; energy; data; privacy; autobiography; self-representation; building collaborative knowledge-bases; handling large-scale emergent p2p communication processes; fighting cancer while maintaining autonomy, dignity and self-determination; social networks strategy for activists; filter bubbles; the evolution of medicine; information overload and health; open data and medicine; open science; the implications of algorithmic patients. And some more. All the materials and knowledge are currently hosted on GitHub (you can go to the links from the website), as we're setting up alternatives which can be more independent, sharable, replicable, and free. Why am I telling you all of this? For a number of reasons. The first of which is a call for participation. First: there are many of you on the list who do things which would be of fundamental importance for the process. We ask you all: if all of this resonanates whith what you do and care about, please get in touch! We will find a way to do things together. Second: let's figure out how to create momentum internationally. We are working on translations (of the book, of the knowledge base, of the workshops materials, of the software tools... ), and on getting people, organisations, schools, universities, institutions, governments involved, in Europe and in the rest of the world. There are no fixed models for this: we get in touch and create something meaningful together, then we make it happen and release the knowledge so that if it is useful of helpful for other people they can repurpose, reuse, expand, change it as they please, as long as they share the knowledge and tools in these accessible ways. If you are interested in creating any of the workshops, in creating one, in creating some other kind of action: please, get in touch! Third: a festival in Bologna. An incredible thing is happening: a 3 day festival is forming practically autonomously in Bologna on La Cura, and it will take place on July 8-10. When we decided to do a little participatory reading marathon of the La Cura book in Bologna and we got in touch with the city administration and with some of the local organisations to make it happen, momentum started building up autonomously, so much that everything has grown into a full-blown festival lasting 3 full days and which is gathering contributions in ways which are completely emergent. This is truly a thing of beauty for us, as we don't have any control on it, and we're just welcoming people in to make sure that their proposals fit into the objectives and values of La Cura. A city based committee has formed for this process, and this as well is an open collaboration, so that anyone is welcome there, too. So, if you want to join in to that, as well, please do and get in touch. And, Fourth: a summer school. We have reached an agreement with Milan's Design Triennale and with the "Condividi la Conoscenza" event to host an artistic production which will reflect upon the idea of a "new sensibility": the possibility to imagine a new sense, along Gregory Bateson's idea of art as that process which creates the aesthetics, the sense of beauty, for what "interconnects", for "difference". We will create the artwork collaboratively in a summer school in Florence, with the collaboration of ISIA Design, the design university where we teach, and the result will be exhibited in downtown Milan at the Triennale's locations. More info about this will follow soon, but if you're interested already feel free to get in touch. That's a lot of things: sorry for the long message. I hope this finds your interest and that you will consider participating in any form you can. All the best to you all! Salvatore -- *[**MUTATION**]* *Art is Open Source *- http://www.artisopensource.net *[**CITIES**]* *Human Ecosystems Ltd* - http://human-ecosystems.com *[**NEAR FUTURE DESIGN**]* *Nefula Ltd* - http://www.nefula.com *[**RIGHTS**]* *Ubiquitous Commons *- http://www.ubiquitouscommons.org --- Professor of Near Future and Transmedia Design at ISIA Design Florence: http://www.isiadesign.fi.it/

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Fwd: New journal — Internet Histories: Digital Technology, Culture and Society
by Joly MacFie 31 May '16

31 May '16

FYI ---------- Forwarded message (slightly edited) ---------- From: Paul N. Edwards <pne(a)umich.edu> Date: Tue, May 31, 2016 at 10:23 AM This new Taylor & Francis journal <http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/internet-histories> is edited by Niels Brügger (Managing Editor), Gerard Goggin, Valérie Schafer, Megan Ankerson, and Ian Milligan (Review Editor). First issue in 2017 — consider a submission! The journal is casting a broad net: Contributions might include but not be limited to: • History of the internet and the web • Web histories • History of networks • Alternative, marginal, or subcultural histories • Feminist, queer, and disability histories • Local and regional internet histories • Gender and race studies of digital cultures • Histories of digital recording, production, distribution, file formats and sharing • Internet and digital music and sound histories • Infrastructure studies • National paths to digitalization • Telecommunications and computing convergence • History of code, protocols, services, interfaces, graphical representation and interactivity • History of online communities • History of digital uses, users and cultures • Internet governance, regulation and policy history • Historical cross-media studies • Pedagogy and teaching of internet histories • Methodological approaches to study digital and network histories • Histories of internet policy, law, and regulation Best, Paul ————————————————— Paul N. Edwards, Professor of Information <http://www.si.umich.edu> and History <http://www.lsa.umich.edu/history/> University of Michigan School of Information <http://www.si.umich.edu/> 4437 North Quad 105 S. State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 Twitter: @AVastMachine <https://twitter.com/avastmachine> Web: pne.people.si.umich.edu _______________________________________________ This email is relayed from members at sigcis.org, the email discussion list of SHOT SIGCIS. Opinions expressed here are those of the member posting and are not reviewed, edited, or endorsed by SIGCIS. The list archives are at http://lists.sigcis.org/pipermail/members-sigcis.org/ and you can change your subscription options at http://lists.sigcis.org/listinfo.cgi/members-sigcis.org -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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CFP> Doctoral Colloquium @ ASIST '16, Copenhagen 10/18/16
by Rosenbaum, Howard S. 31 May '16

31 May '16

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Doctoral Colloquium at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology Copenhagen, Denmark Tuesday, October 18, 2016 3:00-6:00 PM We invite doctoral students to participate in the 2016 ASIS&T Doctoral Colloquium, which will take place as part of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event, replacing the previous ASIST doctoral colloquium, is intended for those of you in the later stages of your dissertation research; this means that you are, for example, post-proposal, or have a completed research design, or have begun data collection. The purpose of this doctoral colloquium is to provide a forum in which you can discuss and receive feedback on your research and career plans from senior scholars in our field. Participation in the Colloquium is included in the conference registration fee. Description Two main goals of the 2016 ASIS&T Doctoral Colloquium are to provide you with a supportive and critical learning opportunity to discuss your work in progress and to receive feedback and guidance from senior information science scholars. You will present your dissertation research and can highlight theoretical and methodological problems/issues for further discussion and inquiry both with senior mentors and Colloquium participants. There will also be an opportunity for an open discussion session where you can ask the doctoral mentors questions about career, the job search, managing an academic career, and other topics of interest. Another goal is to develop a supportive community within which you can begin to develop your professional network by interacting with peers and senior scholars in information science. The organizers will invite a group of prominent professors and experts to serve as mentors during the Doctoral Colloquium. To benefit from the Doctoral Colloquium, you should be a PhD student, and be in the post-proposal stage of your dissertation research or have a completed research design, or have begun data collection; this way, participants and mentors may be of help in shaping and framing the research and analysis activities. How to submit All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Colloquium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The Doctoral Colloquium program committee will select the best submissions for participation. The student winners of the proposal and dissertation of the year awards will be invited to the Colloquium without a submission. We expect to accept a total of 15 participants. Submit a nomination letter from your advisor or chair and a five-page description (in English) of your PhD research proposal or dissertation project electronically via the conference submission system. Your description must address each of the following questions: 1. Problem statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? 2. Relevance: Why the problem is important? 3. Related work: How have others attempted to address this problem? 4. Research question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? 5. Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions? 6. Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success - faster/more accurate/less failures/etc.? 7. Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? 8. Implications: What are the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions of your work? Additionally, all submissions must be single-author. Please acknowledge your PhD advisor(s) and other contributors in the Acknowledgements section. Your application statement will not be published. Students accepted to present at the Doctoral Colloquium must plan to attend the full Doctoral Colloquium in order to gain as much value as possible from the experience. Important dates Deadline for submission: July 15 Decisions made: August 1 If you have questions, please contact the Colloquium organizers Dr. Howard Rosenbaum Dr. Pnina Fichman hrosenba(a)indiana.edu fichman(a)indiana.edu

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CFP> Doctoral Colloquium @ ASIST '16, Copenhagen 10/18/16
by Rosenbaum, Howard S. 31 May '16

31 May '16

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Doctoral Colloquium at the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology Copenhagen, Denmark Tuesday, October 18, 2016 3:00-6:00 PM We invite doctoral students to participate in the 2016 ASIS&T Doctoral Colloquium, which will take place as part of the 2016 Annual Meeting of the Association of Information Science and Technology in Copenhagen, Denmark. This event, replacing the previous ASIST doctoral colloquium, is intended for those of you in the later stages of your dissertation research; this means that you are, for example, post-proposal, or have a completed research design, or have begun data collection. The purpose of this doctoral colloquium is to provide a forum in which you can discuss and receive feedback on your research and career plans from senior scholars in our field. Participation in the Colloquium is included in the conference registration fee. Description Two main goals of the 2016 ASIS&T Doctoral Colloquium are to provide you with a supportive and critical learning opportunity to discuss your work in progress and to receive feedback and guidance from senior information science scholars. You will present your dissertation research and can highlight theoretical and methodological problems/issues for further discussion and inquiry both with senior mentors and Colloquium participants. There will also be an opportunity for an open discussion session where you can ask the doctoral mentors questions about career, the job search, managing an academic career, and other topics of interest. Another goal is to develop a supportive community within which you can begin to develop your professional network by interacting with peers and senior scholars in information science. The organizers will invite a group of prominent professors and experts to serve as mentors during the Doctoral Colloquium. To benefit from the Doctoral Colloquium, you should be a PhD student, and be in the post-proposal stage of your dissertation research or have a completed research design, or have begun data collection; this way, participants and mentors may be of help in shaping and framing the research and analysis activities. How to submit All proposals submitted to the Doctoral Colloquium will undergo a thorough reviewing process with a view to providing detailed and constructive feedback. The Doctoral Colloquium program committee will select the best submissions for participation. The student winners of the proposal and dissertation of the year awards will be invited to the Colloquium without a submission. We expect to accept a total of 15 participants. Submit a nomination letter from your advisor or chair and a five-page description (in English) of your PhD research proposal or dissertation project electronically via the conference submission system. Your description must address each of the following questions: 1. Problem statement: What is the problem that you are addressing? 2. Relevance: Why the problem is important? 3. Related work: How have others attempted to address this problem? 4. Research question(s): What are the research questions that you plan to address? 5. Approach: How are you planning to address your research questions? 6. Evaluation plan: How will you measure your success - faster/more accurate/less failures/etc.? 7. Preliminary results: Do you have any preliminary results that demonstrate that your approach is promising? 8. Implications: What are the theoretical, methodological and practical contributions of your work? Additionally, all submissions must be single-author. Please acknowledge your PhD advisor(s) and other contributors in the Acknowledgements section. Your application statement will not be published. Students accepted to present at the Doctoral Colloquium must plan to attend the full Doctoral Colloquium in order to gain as much value as possible from the experience. Important dates Deadline for submission: July 15 Decisions made: August 1 If you have questions, please contact the Colloquium organizers Dr. Howard Rosenbaum Dr. Pnina Fichman hrosenba(a)indiana.edu fichman(a)indiana.edu

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Registration Deadline: FSN2016
by Tom Phillips (HUM) 31 May '16

31 May '16

**REGISTRATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY 3RD JUNE** The fourth annual Fan Studies Network Conference is returning to the University of East Anglia for a two-day programme on 25-26 June 2016. We are delighted to welcome Professor Henry Jenkins as the keynote speaker for FSN2016. Jenkins' work has proved extremely influential in the field: He is the author/editor of thirteen books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide; Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Exploring Participatory Culture, and one of the key texts of the first wave of fan studies, Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture. Registration is open here: <http://store.uea.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=9&cati…> http://store.uea.ac.uk/browse/extra_info.asp?compid=1&modid=2&deptid=9&cati… The current draft of the conference programme can be found at https://fanstudies.org/ Please send any enquires about the conference to: fsnconference(a)gmail.com You can join the discussion about the event on Twitter using #FSN2016. We would be delighted if you'd join us! --------------------------------------------------- Dr Tom Phillips Interdisciplinary Institute for the Humanities University of East Anglia Norwich Research Park NR4 7TJ Co-chair The Fan Studies Network http://fanstudies.org/<http://fanstudies.wordpress.com/> +44 (0)1603 593149 @TheTomPhillips UK Top 20 (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2016) UK Top 5 for Student Experience (National Student Survey, 2005-2015) World Top 1% (Times Higher Education World Rankings 2015-16) World Top 100 for research excellence (Leiden Ranking 2015) This email is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient please accept my apologies; please do not disclose, copy or distribute information in this email or take any action in reliance on its contents: to do so is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. Please inform me that this message has gone astray before deleting it. Thank you for your co-operation.

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ACM Hypertext 2016 - Call for Participation
by Christoph Trattner 31 May '16

31 May '16

=== CALL for PARTICIPATION === HYPERTEXT 2016 27th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media 10-13 July 2016 - Halifax, Canada Advance Registration: 17 June 2016 http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/ 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 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 and is collocated with UMAP 2016, the 24th Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization. Apart from high-quality peer-reviewed papers, posters and demos, Hypertext 2016 features a creative track, a doctoral consortium and three workshops. Evening events include - apart from the social dinner and poster/demo reception, a theatre performance, a creative track exhibition, exciting presentations at the Nova Scota College of Art and Design (NSCAD) and a PowerPoint Karaoke. Our keynote speakers are: * Hossein Derakhshan (Hoder), an Iranian-Canadian blogger who was imprisoned in Tehran from 2008 to 2014. On his release, he found the internet stripped of its power to change the world and instead serving up a stream of pointless social trivia. * Katy Börner, an engineer, scholar, author, educator, and speaker specializing in data analysis and visualization, particularly in the areas of science and technology (S&T) studies. She will talk about Data Visualization Literacy For more details and information how to register, visit http://ht.acm.org/ht2016/ ORGANIZATION General Chairs: - Jamie Blustein, Dalhousie University, Canada - Eelco Herder, L3S Research Center, Germany Program Chairs: - Helen Ashman, University of South Australia - Jessica Rubart, Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences, Germany Track Chairs: - Weigang Wang, University of Manchester, United Kingdom - David Millard, University of Southampton, United Kingdom - Herre van Oostendorp, Utrecht University, the Netherlands Creative Track: - Stacey Mason, University of California, USA Poster and Demo Chairs: - Kevin Koidl, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland - Ben Steichen, Santa Clara University, USA Workshop Chair: - Dongwon Lee, Penn State University, USA Doctoral Consortium Chair: - Johan Bollen, Indiana University, USA Publicity Chairs: - Denis Parra, PUC Chile - Christoph Trattner, Know-Center, Austria -- ------------------------------------------------------- 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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CfP Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age
by Chrysi Dagoula 31 May '16

31 May '16

*Call for Papers - Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age* *Deadline:* 15th of July, 2016 This is a call for papers for the upcoming conference 'Digital Opportunities and Challenges: Researching Journalism and Media in a Digital Age*'*, hosted by the Department of Journalism Studies at the *University of Sheffield*. The conference will be held on *26 and 27 January 2017*. This conference will explore new directions in journalism and media research in digital environments. The emergence of social media has ignited lively discussion about the opportunities they can offer to journalism, but also about the challenges they pose. These opportunities and challenges are not only technological: they touch on a variety of areas including social, political and financial realities. What is more, by trying to adapt to these changes, journalistic practices are constantly evolving and the relationships between producers and consumers of news are constantly redefined. Drawing on these discussions, this conference aims to address a wide range of thematic areas, which are: - Theoretical approaches - Methodological approaches - Practical approaches - Contextual approaches Keynote speakers (so far confirmed) - Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of Research, at the Reuters Institute for the study of Journalism, Oxford University - Natalie Fenton, Professor of Media and Communications, Goldsmiths University - Brian Loader, Director, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of York - Scott Eldridge, Lecturer in Journalism Studies, University of Sheffield Call for papers We welcome abstracts related to the thematic areas above, or to the broader topic. We strongly encourage submissions by PhD students and early career researchers, though all scholars interested in these areas are welcome to apply. Please submit an abstract of no more than 300 words by 15 July 2016 to jnlconferences(a)sheffield.ac.uk <jnlconferences(a)sheffield.ac.uk?body=Digital%20Opportunities%20and%20Challenges> . Registration Registration will open in autumn 2016. There will be a £35 registration fee (£25 early bird rate), which covers lunch and refreshments on both days. For further information, or to register your interest in advance, please contact the organising committee at jnlconferences(a)sheffield.ac.uk <jnlconferences@sheffield.ac.uk?subject=Digital%20Opportunities%20and%20Challenges> . (Web: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/journalism/events/digital-age) -- *Chrysi Dagoula* PhD Student Department of Journalism Studies The University of Sheffield 9 Mappin Street Sheffield, S1 4DT E-mail: cdagoula1(a)sheffield.ac.uk Twitter: @chrysadag

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Violent Online Political Extremism Conference, Dublin, 22 - 24 June
by Maura Conway 31 May '16

31 May '16

**Apologies for cross-postings** Dear Colleagues, VOX-Pol is a DCU-coordinated European Union Framework Programme 7 (FP7)-funded academic research network focused on researching the prevalence, contours, functions, and impacts of *Violent Online Political Extremism* and responses to it. Registration <http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-o…> is now open for our VOX-Pol Mid-project Conference ‘Taking Stock of Research on Violent Online Political Extremism’, which comprises three pre-conference workshops, two keynotes, two high-level roundtables, and 50 paper presentations over three days from 22 – 24 June in Dublin, Ireland. *MORE DETAILS:* *Workshops* A number of ‘hands on’ workshops on research tools and methods for scholars of violent online political extremism, will be held on the morning and afternoon of Wednesday, 22 June. *Python for Social Scientists* <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-pre-conference-workshop-1/>, convened by Prof. Padraig Cunningham (University College Dublin), Dr. Derek Greene (University College Dublin), and Tania Malik (Dublin City University & University College Dublin); *Internet Research Ethics for Violent Extremism & Terrorism Researchers* <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-pre-conference-workshop-2-internet-research…>, convened by Prof. Elizabeth Buchanan (University of Wisconsin) & Prof. Charles Ess (University of Oslo); *Human Reasoning Meets Machine Learning* <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-pre-conference-workshop-3/>, convened by Heather Griffioen-Young (TNO). *Keynote Speakers* JM Berger, co-author of *The ISIS Twitter Census* (2015) and *ISIS: The State of Terror* (2015) will address ‘Extremists on Social Media, the Post-ISIS Challenge.’ Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE’s Representative on Freedom of the Media, will speak on ‘Exercising Free Expression to Counter Violent Extremism.’ *Roundtables* *Taking Stock: Online CVE* *Taking Stock: Violent Online Political Extremism Research, Policy, and Practice* Confirmed contributors: Representatives from Twitter, US Department of State, UNESCO, West Midlands Counter Terrorism Unit, Targeted Violence Prevention Program (Illinois). *Panels* Twelve panels addressing a variety of topics: - Hot Contemporary Topics: Youth, 'Lonewolves,' OSINT - Approaches to (Online) CVE - National Separatists versus State Supporters: Cases from Northern Ireland, Sri Lanka and Ukraine - Region- and Language-specific Violent Jihadi Content - Towards an Effective (Online) Counter-Narratives Framework - Analysing Extremist Visuals - Transmedia, Narratives, and Gender Issues - How Effective is #Hashtagging? - Trends in Online Research: Core Research Questions, Ethics, and a Move Towards Behavioural Analyses - Mobilising Media: A Deep and Comparative Analysis of Terrorist Magazines, Music, and Videos - Online Extreme Right Mobilisation and Hate Speech - Software-enhanced Research on Violent Online Political Extremism *Further Information* Conference Website <http://voxpol.eu/events/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-of-rese…> Panel Details <http://voxpol.eu/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-of-research-on…> Queries should be directed to conference(a)voxpol.eu. *Registration* Registration is open until 15 June via Eventbrite <http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/vox-pol-mid-project-conference-taking-stock-o…> . 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