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CfP: 2nd Workshop on Supporting Complex Search Tasks (SCST 2017)
by Toine Bogers 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

===================================================================================== THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS SCST 2017: 2nd Workshop on Supporting Complex Search Tasks (co-located with CHIIR 2017) http://humanities.uva.nl/~mkoolen1/SCST17/ Oslo, Norway March 11, 2017 ===================================================================================== ------------------------ Description & Objectives ------------------------ One of the current challenges in information access is supporting complex search tasks. A user's understanding of the information need and the overall task develops as he or she interacts with the system. Supporting the various stages of this task involves many aspects of the system, e.g. interface features, presentation of information, retrieving and ranking. The Supporting Complex Search Tasks workshop (SCST 2017) aims at creating and fostering an interdisciplinary forum where researchers can exchange ideas about alternative experiments and prototypes, and contribute to the development of a research agenda in supporting complex search tasks. ------------------ Topics of interest ------------------ We invite position papers addressing open research questions related to: * Context: What are the obvious use cases and applications of complex search? * Tasks: What are essential features of work tasks and search tasks to take into account? * Heterogeneous sources: With a multitude of information, varying from introductory to specialized, and from authoritative to speculative or opinionated, when to show what sources of information? * Search process: How does the information seeking process evolve and what are relevant differences between different stages? * UI/UX: What affordances are required and in what stage of the search process? How can we make the search process transparent to the user? How and when does the initiative shift between system and user? * Evaluation: How do we evaluate and compare approaches? Which measures should be taken into account? ------ Format ------ This is a workshop proper where discussion is central, and all attendees are active participants. We will start the workshop with a full round of introductions of all participants, making everyone feel welcome and part of the workshop. Then, the workshop continues with two short keynotes by keynote from academia to be confirmed and keynote from industry to be confirmed to set the stage and ensure all attendees are on the same page. Next, we will have presentations of contributed papers, with each paper getting a 1-minute boaster and a poster presentation in an interactive poster session. There will be 3-4 breakout groups seeded from the open research questions (see Goals) and the contributed papers, each group thoroughly prepared by a chair who guides the discussion, with examples from relevant IR evaluation campaigns such as the TREC Session and Tasks Tracks and the SBS Interactive and Suggestion Tracks, and from concrete examples of complex support systems with their UX and UI challenges. The breakout groups will report to the audience and a panel of experts, with continued discussion on what we learned, concrete plans for the next year, and a roadmap for the longer term. The discussion will continue during a social event, where the discussion will continue in a more informal way over food and drinks, deep into the Oslo night. The organizers have gained a proud reputation for their open and inclusive workshops, leading to new research collaborations, other workshops, and new evaluation tracks. The results will be disseminated in various ways: * A high quality, peer reviewed workshop proceedings, published in the CEUR workshop proceedings series (http://ceur-ws.org/) * A report on the results of the workshop in the ACM SIGIR Forum of June 2017. * Depending on the outcome, we will consider a special issue in an appropriate journal. * Last, but not least, the results can be fed into the running tracks at TREC, CLEF, and other evaluation campaigns. -------- Audience -------- The workshop will bring together a varied group of researchers—bridging CHI and IR in a natural way—with experience covering both user- and system-centered approaches, to work together on the problem and potential solutions, and identify the barriers to success and work on ways of addressing them. Authors can submit both research and position papers. Papers can be 2+1 pages max., with 2 pages of narrative text and an additional page for tables/figures/notes/references. Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed in a double-blind review process. --------------- Important dates --------------- * Paper submission deadline: February 1, 2017 * Notification of acceptance: February 20, 2017 * Camera-ready deadline: March 1, 2017 * SCST 2017 Workshop: March 11, 2017 ---------- Organizers ---------- * Nick Belkin (Rutgers University) * Toine Bogers (Aalborg University Copenhagen) * Diane Kelly (University of Tennessee) * Jaap Kamps (University of Amsterdam) * Marijn Koolen (Huygens ING) * Emine Yilmaz (University College London) For further questions, please contact a member of the organizing committee.

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Announcing the new Series on mobileGovernment
by emre＠mgovernment.net 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Dear Colleagues, As mobileGov UK, we are now trying to publish a new series on mobileGovernment. We have recently published 4 volumes of this new mGovernment series. You can access the volumes from the links below: * From E-government to M-government: Facing the Inevitable [1] Vol I * Introducing mobileGovernment [2]Vol II * Strategic Implementation of mobileGovernment: core principles [3] Vol III * Open Government Data and Implications for mobileGovernment: Towards a More Transparent and Efficient Governance [4] Vol IV I would very much appreciate if you could forward this announcement to people who may be interested as well as to those who might want to contribute in this series on mobileGovernment. Best Regards, ---------- Emre Simsek Researcher on mobileGovernment mobileGov UK www.mgovernment.net [5] www. m4life.org emre(a)mgovernment.net Links: ------ [1] https://www.amazon.com/E-government-M-government-Inevitable-mobileGov-mGove… [2] https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-mobileGovernment-mobileGov-UKs-mGovernme… [3] https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Implementation-mobileGovernment-principles… [4] https://www.amazon.com/Open-Government-Data-Implications-mobileGovernment/d… [5] http://www.mgovernment.net

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by Janice Neil 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Thank you. On Jan 24, 2017, at 6:00 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Best lit for documenting/explaining lower online > participation by disadvantaged groups (David Brake) > 2. Re: Best lit for documenting/explaining lower online > participation by disadvantaged groups (Thomas Ball) > 3. ICA2017 preconference CfP: Digital Inequalities and > Discrimination in the Big Data Era (Abstracts Feb. 10) > (Jenifer Sunrise Winter) > 4. Submit by Feb 1: InfoSocial Grad Conference @ Northwestern > (William Marler) > 5. call for papers - Information Ethics from a Marxian > Perspective (Ricardo Pimenta) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:21:24 -0330 > From: David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > To: AoIR mailing list <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Best lit for documenting/explaining lower online > participation by disadvantaged groups > Message-ID: <6F1FEAFE-012B-443F-AA17-4B3AE7553B35(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > Dear all, > > I am teaching how to encourage participation in online communities and I have a paper - my own (a) - which describes some of the inequalities in education level, class and age that exist in terms of usage of social media but I realized looking back at it I don't have enough foundational literature on how and why it is that the voices of the disadvantaged (women, LGBT people, the disabled, ethnic minorities) are less often heard - in part because of straightforward discrimination but also because of internalized doubts that they will be understood or appreciated and feelings of inarticulacy. I was always struck by Bourdieu’s writing about this (b) Much of this literature is I imagine from political science and may not relate directly to the internet - that's okay. I'm just interested in short, clearly argued and (preferably) recent works. > > I have been struck by the absence of this factor in text book and practitioner discussions of how to encourage participation in online communities… > > I hope you can help! > > Regards, > > David > > (a) Brake, D. R. (2013). Are we all online content creators now? Web 2.0 and digital divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 591–609. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12042 > (b) "Certain categories of locutors are deprived of the capacity to speak in certain situations and often acknowledge this deprivation in the manner of the farmer who explained that he never thought of running for mayor of his small township by saying: ''But I don't know how to speak!’’ p. 146 Bourdieu, P., & Wacquant, L. J. D. (1992). The Purpose of Reflexive Sociology (The Chicago Workshop). In P. Bourdieu & L. J. D. Wacquant (Eds.), An invitation to reflexive sociology (pp. 62-215). Chicago: University of Chicago Press > > -- > Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake > Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media” https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 08:57:37 -0500 > From: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > To: David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > Cc: AoIR mailing list <Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Best lit for documenting/explaining lower online > participation by disadvantaged groups > Message-ID: > <CAFGTeKDESdacCmi5BEYb2mvJ+yZoRLSQ4ec8aAhjzRmwdpF+3Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Earlier on Air-L, Marwick's *Status Update: Celebrity, Publicity and > Branding in the Social Media Age *was suggested. Having now reviewed it, I > would highly recommend this book as a highly useful ethnographic > investigation into the fraught dynamics of social media. > > https://www.amazon.com/Status-Update-Celebrity-Publicity-Branding/dp/030020… > > Thomas Ball > > On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 8:51 AM, David Brake <davidbrake(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dear all, >> >> I am teaching how to encourage participation in online communities and I >> have a paper - my own (a) - which describes some of the inequalities in >> education level, class and age that exist in terms of usage of social media >> but I realized looking back at it I don't have enough foundational >> literature on how and why it is that the voices of the disadvantaged >> (women, LGBT people, the disabled, ethnic minorities) are less often heard >> - in part because of straightforward discrimination but also because of >> internalized doubts that they will be understood or appreciated and >> feelings of inarticulacy. I was always struck by Bourdieu’s writing about >> this (b) Much of this literature is I imagine from political science and >> may not relate directly to the internet - that's okay. I'm just interested >> in short, clearly argued and (preferably) recent works. >> >> I have been struck by the absence of this factor in text book and >> practitioner discussions of how to encourage participation in online >> communities… >> >> I hope you can help! >> >> Regards, >> >> David >> >> (a) Brake, D. R. (2013). Are we all online content creators now? Web 2.0 >> and digital divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), >> 591–609. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12042 >> (b) "Certain categories of locutors are deprived of the capacity to speak >> in certain situations and often acknowledge this deprivation in the manner >> of the farmer who explained that he never thought of running for mayor of >> his small township by saying: ''But I don't know how to speak!’’ p. 146 >> Bourdieu, P., & Wacquant, L. J. D. (1992). The Purpose of Reflexive >> Sociology (The Chicago Workshop). In P. Bourdieu & L. J. D. Wacquant >> (Eds.), An invitation to reflexive sociology (pp. 62-215). Chicago: >> University of Chicago Press >> >> -- >> Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake >> Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media” >> https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ >> listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 07:26:53 -1000 > From: Jenifer Sunrise Winter <jwinter(a)hawaii.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] ICA2017 preconference CfP: Digital Inequalities and > Discrimination in the Big Data Era (Abstracts Feb. 10) > Message-ID: > <CAOx1NvELNmWiOt7+0sddkt81d=ORYjoFm9wU41utsd9yK2jhZg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Dear AoIR Friends and Colleagues, the deadline for abstract submissions to > our ICA preconference is approaching (Feb. 10). Please see the CfP below. > > > *DIGITAL INEQUALITIES AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE BIG DATA ERA* > > *Preconference of the International Communication Association '17* > > May 25, 2017, San Diego Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, California (USA) > > Co-sponsored by the Pacific ICTD Collaborative, the School of > Communications (University of Hawaii at Manoa), and the Institute for > Information Policy (Penn State University) > > *Abstracts due: February 10, 2017 * > > *CALL FOR PAPERS* > > A growing number of ordinary objects are being redesigned to include > digital sensors, computing power, and communication capabilities – and new > objects, and processes, are becoming part of the Internet. This emerging > Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem – networks of physical objects embedded > with the ability to sense, and sometimes act upon, their environment, as > well as related communication, applications, and data analysis, enables > data to be collected from billions of everyday objects. The emerging > datasphere made possible by these developments offers immense potential to > serve the public good by fostering government transparency, energy > conservation, participatory governance, and substantial advances in medical > research and care. On the other hand, a growing body of research addresses > emerging privacy and civil liberties concerns related to big data, > including unjust discrimination and unequal access to data and the tools > needed to make use of it. > > For example, big data analytics may reveal patterns that were previously > not detectable. Data about a variety of daily tasks that seem trivial is > increasingly being federated and used to reveal associations or behaviors, > and these analyses and the decisions made based on them pose potential > harms to individuals or groups. Many transactions that seemed innocuous can > now be used to discriminate – one’s movement throughout the day, items > purchased at the store, television programs watched, “friends” added or > looked at on social networks, or individuals communicated with or who were > in close proximity to the subject at various times, can all be used to make > judgements that affect an individual and his or her life chances. With the > advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning, we are increasingly > moving to a world where many decisions around us are shaped by these > calculations rather than traditional human judgement. For example, > sensitive personal information or behaviors (e.g., political or > health-related) may be used to discriminate when individuals seek housing, > immigration eligibility, medical care, education, bank loans or other > financial services, insurance, or employment. At the same time, > individuals, groups, or regions may also be disadvantaged due to a lack of > access to data (or related skills and tools) to make use of big data in > ways that benefit their lives and communities. > > This preconference session seeks to advance understanding of digital > inequalities and discrimination related to big data and big data analytics. > *Papers between 5,000-8,000 words and position papers between 1,000-2,000 > words are welcomed.* > > *TOPICS OF INTEREST* > > We welcome scholarly and applied research on, but not limited to, the > following: > > • Social, economic, and ethical implications of big data analytics in a > variety of contexts (e.g., access to housing, immigration, medical care, > education, bank loans or other financial services, insurance, or > employment). > > • Perspectives on big data from scholars from emerging economies or > traditionally marginalized groups. > > • Predictive analytics, algorithmic discrimination, and > artificial-intelligence-based decision making. > > • Digital inequalities, such as unequal access to big data sets, skills, or > tools. > > • Emerging data literacies. > > • Use of big data to counter social and economic inequality (e.g., > promoting civil rights and social justice). > > • Disclosure of algorithms, algorithmic transparency, and the public good. > > • Big data, security and encryption (potential for hacking, theft, > third-party abuse). > > • Government and corporate surveillance. > > • Big data brokers and sale of personal data (is privacy a commodity or a > right?) > > • International norms and standards for big data. > > • Policy/legal analysis related to big data and the preconference theme > (e.g., standards of liability for injury and defective work products > (algorithms/burden of proof), the challenge of Notice and Consent, > liability for bad or false or slanted or insufficient data collection, > government regimes for supervision of big data policies). > > • Consumer bill of rights for big data. > > • Big data and anonymity, re-identification of anonymous data. > > • Big data vs. privacy as an essential condition for safeguarding free > speech, intellectual property (i.e., how IP laws impact big data), or > Constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and association. > > Papers may include empirical research as well as policy analyses, new > methodological approaches, or position papers addressing the preconference > theme. Submissions by graduate students working in this area are welcomed. > > *The costs of the workshop are heavily subsidized by the participating > Institutes, to keep fees for participants at a nominal level.* > > *IMPORTANT DATES* > > *Abstracts due*: February 10, 2017 > > *Notifications to submitters*: February 27, 2017 > > *Full papers due*: May 12, 2017 > > *SUBMISSION GUIDELINES* > > Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be > emailed to pictdc(a)hawaii.edu by February 10, 2017. Please include > “Digital Inequalities ICA 2017” in the subject line. > > Full papers accepted for presentation at the preconference will, with the > consent of the authors, be submitted to the Journal of Information Policy ( > http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JIP.html/) for consideration for a > Special Issue curated by guest editors from the field. The papers will be > blind peer-reviewed, to assure their academic value to both authors (for > academic credit) and readers. > > ---- > > Regards, > > Jenifer > > Jenifer Sunrise Winter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, School of Communications > Co-director, Pacific ICTD Collaborative > University of Hawaii at Manoa > 2550 Campus Road, Crawford Hall 325, Honolulu, HI 96822 > ph: 808.956.3784 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 11:59:52 -0600 > From: William Marler <willmarler(a)u.northwestern.edu> > To: Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Submit by Feb 1: InfoSocial Grad Conference @ > Northwestern > Message-ID: > <CAF150w1EW2sfLKsvP3DXcpTG8tLPaH_77MYi1xJ0Wc_iceUqpw(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > AoIR Grad Students, > > > Deadline is *February 1 (next Wednesday)* to submit abstracts > <https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu/submit/>of your outstanding > research to our April 7-8 graduate conference InfoSocial > <https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu>. We are casting a wide net, and > would love to hear your ideas and provide you a forum for feedback, > including the comments of accomplished faculty, from Northwestern and > around Chicago. The conference is free and meals are provided. We are also > working to provide student hosts, if the price of accommodation is a > concern. > > > AoIR Faculty, please forward the attached CFP to grad students you think > you be interested. > > > Hope to see you in April! Get in touch with any questions: > infosocial(a)u.northwestern.edu > > > > ------ > > Call for Papers > > InfoSocial 2017 > > A graduate student conference hosted by the twin programs of > > Media, Technology, and Society (MTS) and Technology and Social Behavior > (TSB) at Northwestern University. > > Date: April 7-8, 2017 > > Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL > > Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 > > The Information Age was getting hype before most graduate students today > were born. The idea of the Network Society is approaching the U.S. drinking > age. And the Digital Era? As old as Rick Astley. To break new ground and > continue to explore how people interact through and with technology, we > need novel ideas, updated methods, and a disregard for disciplinary > conventions and boundaries. > > Enter InfoSocial. InfoSocial is a student-run conference dedicated to > showcasing interdisciplinary graduate student research on the role of > technology in contemporary society. In 2017, the conference aims to bring > scholars from diverse disciplines together to showcase new, innovative > approaches to key questions, and highlight opportunities for > cross-disciplinary collaborations that explore the (now old) argument that > human society has forever been changed by technology. > > This is your call. We are looking for papers authored by graduate students > (submitted as extended abstracts) that are theoretically engaging, > methodologically sound, and socially relevant, as well as timely. We are > disciplinary agnostics, seeking submissions from within and across fields > like communication and media studies, information science, computer > science, science and technology studies, human-computer interaction, > sociology, psychology, political science, and anthropology. New and mixed > methodologies will excite us, including approaches that blend established > methods with new, innovative tools. > > Here are only some of the topics we hope to include: > > - > > Human-computer interaction > - > > Online behavior & cyberpsychology > - > > Privacy, surveillance & encryption > - > > Social media & big data > - > > Youth, family & the media > - > > Social impact, policy & regulation of technology > - > > Digital cultures, online communities & gaming > - > > Digital inequality, skills & social capital > - > > Information and communication technologies for development > - > > Communication, technology, and politics > - > > Transformation of the mass media in the digital era > > > Submissions: > > To submit to InfoSocial 2017, please prepare an anonymized extended > abstract of no more than 1,000 words (excluding references) that explains > your paper, any unique methodological approaches you use, and how it pushes > the boundaries of our knowledge about how people interact through and/or > with technology. Please format your abstract in either APA or ACM SIGCHI > style. Submit your abstract no later than February 1, 2017 at > https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu/submit/. > > Dates and Information: > > Extended abstract submission deadline: February 1 > > Acceptance notification date: February 20 > > Conference Dates: Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, 2017 > > Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois > > Conference URL: https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu/ > > Note: There will be no fee to attend or participate in the conference. Some > meals will be provided, and interested attendees may request to be housed > with Northwestern students. While we can make no guarantees, we will do our > best to accommodate requests. > > Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy: InfoSocial is dedicated to a > harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our code of conduct and > anti-harassment policy can be found at: https://infosocial.soc.northwe > stern.edu/code-of-conduct/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:03:34 -0200 > From: Ricardo Pimenta <ricardo.pimenta(a)gmail.com> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] call for papers - Information Ethics from a Marxian > Perspective > Message-ID: > <CA+Jg9zz+ZaapQp4Jw5URSn44v4eHFnS-NGbRPdnjrEewwroZMg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > Dear all, > > Sharing this CfP one more time. > Sorry for cross-posting, > > -- > Ricardo Pimenta > Tenured researcher at Brazilian Institute for Science and Technology > Information. > > > Call for PapersInformation Ethics from a Marxian Perspective > > *Call for Papers for Vol. 27 (08/2017)* > > > - Deadline for extended abstracts: *28th February 2017* > - Notification of acceptance to authors: *15th April 2017* > - Deadline for full articles: *30th June 2017* > - Deadline for revised articles: *31st July 2016* > - Publication: *August 2017* > > > > With his concept of Sittlichkeit, Hegel posited that the manifestation of a > truly ethical life must be grounded in the concrete foundation of ethical > institutions. But for Hegel, the creation and support of such institutions > was not the task of philosophy. While Marx didn't specifically mention > Hegel's concept, he noted that bourgeois society would not have produced > (or could ever produce) such institutions. He also disagreed with Hegel > that philosophy should be separated from the creation and advocacy of > ethical institutions. On the contrary, Marx proposed a paradigm change that > instead gave primacy to praxis (the dialectical articulation of theory and > practice) over pure theory. After all, what is the purpose of ethics if not > to guide the process of human praxis? For Aristotle, the point of ethics as > a philosophical discipline is not only to know good but to do it. The same > could be said about Marxian ethics, implicit in the famous 11th thesis on > Feuerbach, which states "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the > world in various ways; the point is to change it." But in what sense should > this change take place? Toward the goal of eliminating the alienation, > exploitation, and reification of men and women as the only way to ensure, > theoretically and practically, the emergence of a real, true Sittlichkeit > > Bearing this in mind, it is here posited that the question of information > ethics stands privileged as one of the most urgent theoretical and > practical questions of our time. Because capitalism continues to be, more > than ever, structured on foundations that enforce unequal access to > information and to the literacy skills needed to engage information, no > serious egalitarian knowledge of the world or critical worldview can yet be > formed. Information is yet the core element of power maintenance in a > bourgeois society, affecting scientific, industrial, financial, commercial, > political, military, and cultural sorts of information. As such, widespread > abuses are perpetuated through information control; lies, monopolies, > biased corporate and state-influenced media, ubiquitous spying by > governments on citizens and control of the means of production and > circulation of information. Nevertheless, the proliferation of the > Internet, with its tendency toward free information flows within both > commercial and public medias, furnishes vast opportunities for information > access through open search tools and unfettered communication channels, > allowing new means of overcoming alienation and exploitation. > > We invite submissions related (but not limited) to the following issues: > > - Information ethics, imperialism and the digital divide. > - Information ethics, class struggle and critical information literacy. > - Information ethics and media corporations. > - Exploitation of informational labour. > - Knowledge organization, information and alienation. > - Assigning value to information during its disposal or preservation > processes. > - Scientometrics, the promiscuity of scientific research within USA > military-industrial complexes and the general political economy of > scientific publishing. > - Perceived Information society utopias vs global-wide growing material > misery > - The building of ethical regimes of information beyond capitalism. > > > > Papers on these and related issues are welcome. > > *Guest Editors:* > > *Dr. Marco Schneider (Communicating Guest Editor)* > Tenured Researcher at Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and > Technology, IBICT. Professor, Information Science Graduation Program, > IBICT/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ and Communication > Department at Fluminense Federal University, UFF. > Email: marcoschneider(a)ibict.com > <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/marcoschneider@ibict.com> > > *Dr. Ricardo M. Pimenta* > Tenured Researcher at Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and > Technology, IBICT. Professor, Information Science Graduation Program, > IBICT/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ. > Email: ricardopimenta(a)ibict.com > <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/ricardopimenta@ibict.com> > > > For further information, especially on how to submit a paper, please refer > to: *Information Ethics from a Marxian Perspective - Call for Papers* > cfp-pdf-fulltext > (30 KB) <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/CFPs/cfp-IRIE-27-Marx-2016.pdf> (right > click and select "Save Target As") > > *Prof. Dr. Ricardo M. Pimenta* > Pesquisador Adjunto I do Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e > Tecnologia (IBICT) > http://www.ibict.br > Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação > (PPGCI/IBICT-UFRJ) > http://ppgci.ufrj.br > Tel.: + 55 21 3873-9460 > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 150, Issue 28 > **************************************

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call for papers - Information Ethics from a Marxian Perspective
by Ricardo Pimenta 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear all, Sharing this CfP one more time. Sorry for cross-posting, -- Ricardo Pimenta Tenured researcher at Brazilian Institute for Science and Technology Information. Call for PapersInformation Ethics from a Marxian Perspective *Call for Papers for Vol. 27 (08/2017)* - Deadline for extended abstracts: *28th February 2017* - Notification of acceptance to authors: *15th April 2017* - Deadline for full articles: *30th June 2017* - Deadline for revised articles: *31st July 2016* - Publication: *August 2017* With his concept of Sittlichkeit, Hegel posited that the manifestation of a truly ethical life must be grounded in the concrete foundation of ethical institutions. But for Hegel, the creation and support of such institutions was not the task of philosophy. While Marx didn't specifically mention Hegel's concept, he noted that bourgeois society would not have produced (or could ever produce) such institutions. He also disagreed with Hegel that philosophy should be separated from the creation and advocacy of ethical institutions. On the contrary, Marx proposed a paradigm change that instead gave primacy to praxis (the dialectical articulation of theory and practice) over pure theory. After all, what is the purpose of ethics if not to guide the process of human praxis? For Aristotle, the point of ethics as a philosophical discipline is not only to know good but to do it. The same could be said about Marxian ethics, implicit in the famous 11th thesis on Feuerbach, which states "Philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it." But in what sense should this change take place? Toward the goal of eliminating the alienation, exploitation, and reification of men and women as the only way to ensure, theoretically and practically, the emergence of a real, true Sittlichkeit Bearing this in mind, it is here posited that the question of information ethics stands privileged as one of the most urgent theoretical and practical questions of our time. Because capitalism continues to be, more than ever, structured on foundations that enforce unequal access to information and to the literacy skills needed to engage information, no serious egalitarian knowledge of the world or critical worldview can yet be formed. Information is yet the core element of power maintenance in a bourgeois society, affecting scientific, industrial, financial, commercial, political, military, and cultural sorts of information. As such, widespread abuses are perpetuated through information control; lies, monopolies, biased corporate and state-influenced media, ubiquitous spying by governments on citizens and control of the means of production and circulation of information. Nevertheless, the proliferation of the Internet, with its tendency toward free information flows within both commercial and public medias, furnishes vast opportunities for information access through open search tools and unfettered communication channels, allowing new means of overcoming alienation and exploitation. We invite submissions related (but not limited) to the following issues: - Information ethics, imperialism and the digital divide. - Information ethics, class struggle and critical information literacy. - Information ethics and media corporations. - Exploitation of informational labour. - Knowledge organization, information and alienation. - Assigning value to information during its disposal or preservation processes. - Scientometrics, the promiscuity of scientific research within USA military-industrial complexes and the general political economy of scientific publishing. - Perceived Information society utopias vs global-wide growing material misery - The building of ethical regimes of information beyond capitalism. Papers on these and related issues are welcome. *Guest Editors:* *Dr. Marco Schneider (Communicating Guest Editor)* Tenured Researcher at Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology, IBICT. Professor, Information Science Graduation Program, IBICT/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ and Communication Department at Fluminense Federal University, UFF. Email: marcoschneider(a)ibict.com <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/marcoschneider@ibict.com> *Dr. Ricardo M. Pimenta* Tenured Researcher at Brazilian Institute for Information in Science and Technology, IBICT. Professor, Information Science Graduation Program, IBICT/Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ. Email: ricardopimenta(a)ibict.com <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/ricardopimenta@ibict.com> For further information, especially on how to submit a paper, please refer to: *Information Ethics from a Marxian Perspective - Call for Papers* cfp-pdf-fulltext (30 KB) <http://www.i-r-i-e.net/inhalt/CFPs/cfp-IRIE-27-Marx-2016.pdf> (right click and select "Save Target As") *Prof. Dr. Ricardo M. Pimenta* Pesquisador Adjunto I do Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia (IBICT) http://www.ibict.br Professor do Programa de Pós-graduação em Ciência da Informação (PPGCI/IBICT-UFRJ) http://ppgci.ufrj.br Tel.: + 55 21 3873-9460

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Submit by Feb 1: InfoSocial Grad Conference @ Northwestern
by William Marler 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

AoIR Grad Students, Deadline is *February 1 (next Wednesday)* to submit abstracts <https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu/submit/>of your outstanding research to our April 7-8 graduate conference InfoSocial <https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu>. We are casting a wide net, and would love to hear your ideas and provide you a forum for feedback, including the comments of accomplished faculty, from Northwestern and around Chicago. The conference is free and meals are provided. We are also working to provide student hosts, if the price of accommodation is a concern. AoIR Faculty, please forward the attached CFP to grad students you think you be interested. Hope to see you in April! Get in touch with any questions: infosocial(a)u.northwestern.edu ------ Call for Papers InfoSocial 2017 A graduate student conference hosted by the twin programs of Media, Technology, and Society (MTS) and Technology and Social Behavior (TSB) at Northwestern University. Date: April 7-8, 2017 Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Submission Deadline: Wednesday, February 1, 2017 The Information Age was getting hype before most graduate students today were born. The idea of the Network Society is approaching the U.S. drinking age. And the Digital Era? As old as Rick Astley. To break new ground and continue to explore how people interact through and with technology, we need novel ideas, updated methods, and a disregard for disciplinary conventions and boundaries. Enter InfoSocial. InfoSocial is a student-run conference dedicated to showcasing interdisciplinary graduate student research on the role of technology in contemporary society. In 2017, the conference aims to bring scholars from diverse disciplines together to showcase new, innovative approaches to key questions, and highlight opportunities for cross-disciplinary collaborations that explore the (now old) argument that human society has forever been changed by technology. This is your call. We are looking for papers authored by graduate students (submitted as extended abstracts) that are theoretically engaging, methodologically sound, and socially relevant, as well as timely. We are disciplinary agnostics, seeking submissions from within and across fields like communication and media studies, information science, computer science, science and technology studies, human-computer interaction, sociology, psychology, political science, and anthropology. New and mixed methodologies will excite us, including approaches that blend established methods with new, innovative tools. Here are only some of the topics we hope to include: - Human-computer interaction - Online behavior & cyberpsychology - Privacy, surveillance & encryption - Social media & big data - Youth, family & the media - Social impact, policy & regulation of technology - Digital cultures, online communities & gaming - Digital inequality, skills & social capital - Information and communication technologies for development - Communication, technology, and politics - Transformation of the mass media in the digital era Submissions: To submit to InfoSocial 2017, please prepare an anonymized extended abstract of no more than 1,000 words (excluding references) that explains your paper, any unique methodological approaches you use, and how it pushes the boundaries of our knowledge about how people interact through and/or with technology. Please format your abstract in either APA or ACM SIGCHI style. Submit your abstract no later than February 1, 2017 at https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu/submit/. Dates and Information: Extended abstract submission deadline: February 1 Acceptance notification date: February 20 Conference Dates: Friday and Saturday, April 7-8, 2017 Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Conference URL: https://infosocial.soc.northwestern.edu/ Note: There will be no fee to attend or participate in the conference. Some meals will be provided, and interested attendees may request to be housed with Northwestern students. While we can make no guarantees, we will do our best to accommodate requests. Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment Policy: InfoSocial is dedicated to a harassment-free conference experience for everyone. Our code of conduct and anti-harassment policy can be found at: https://infosocial.soc.northwe stern.edu/code-of-conduct/

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ICA2017 preconference CfP: Digital Inequalities and Discrimination in the Big Data Era (Abstracts Feb. 10)
by Jenifer Sunrise Winter 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear AoIR Friends and Colleagues, the deadline for abstract submissions to our ICA preconference is approaching (Feb. 10). Please see the CfP below. *DIGITAL INEQUALITIES AND DISCRIMINATION IN THE BIG DATA ERA* *Preconference of the International Communication Association '17* May 25, 2017, San Diego Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, California (USA) Co-sponsored by the Pacific ICTD Collaborative, the School of Communications (University of Hawaii at Manoa), and the Institute for Information Policy (Penn State University) *Abstracts due: February 10, 2017 * *CALL FOR PAPERS* A growing number of ordinary objects are being redesigned to include digital sensors, computing power, and communication capabilities – and new objects, and processes, are becoming part of the Internet. This emerging Internet of Things (IoT) ecosystem – networks of physical objects embedded with the ability to sense, and sometimes act upon, their environment, as well as related communication, applications, and data analysis, enables data to be collected from billions of everyday objects. The emerging datasphere made possible by these developments offers immense potential to serve the public good by fostering government transparency, energy conservation, participatory governance, and substantial advances in medical research and care. On the other hand, a growing body of research addresses emerging privacy and civil liberties concerns related to big data, including unjust discrimination and unequal access to data and the tools needed to make use of it. For example, big data analytics may reveal patterns that were previously not detectable. Data about a variety of daily tasks that seem trivial is increasingly being federated and used to reveal associations or behaviors, and these analyses and the decisions made based on them pose potential harms to individuals or groups. Many transactions that seemed innocuous can now be used to discriminate – one’s movement throughout the day, items purchased at the store, television programs watched, “friends” added or looked at on social networks, or individuals communicated with or who were in close proximity to the subject at various times, can all be used to make judgements that affect an individual and his or her life chances. With the advent of artificial intelligence and machine learning, we are increasingly moving to a world where many decisions around us are shaped by these calculations rather than traditional human judgement. For example, sensitive personal information or behaviors (e.g., political or health-related) may be used to discriminate when individuals seek housing, immigration eligibility, medical care, education, bank loans or other financial services, insurance, or employment. At the same time, individuals, groups, or regions may also be disadvantaged due to a lack of access to data (or related skills and tools) to make use of big data in ways that benefit their lives and communities. This preconference session seeks to advance understanding of digital inequalities and discrimination related to big data and big data analytics. *Papers between 5,000-8,000 words and position papers between 1,000-2,000 words are welcomed.* *TOPICS OF INTEREST* We welcome scholarly and applied research on, but not limited to, the following: • Social, economic, and ethical implications of big data analytics in a variety of contexts (e.g., access to housing, immigration, medical care, education, bank loans or other financial services, insurance, or employment). • Perspectives on big data from scholars from emerging economies or traditionally marginalized groups. • Predictive analytics, algorithmic discrimination, and artificial-intelligence-based decision making. • Digital inequalities, such as unequal access to big data sets, skills, or tools. • Emerging data literacies. • Use of big data to counter social and economic inequality (e.g., promoting civil rights and social justice). • Disclosure of algorithms, algorithmic transparency, and the public good. • Big data, security and encryption (potential for hacking, theft, third-party abuse). • Government and corporate surveillance. • Big data brokers and sale of personal data (is privacy a commodity or a right?) • International norms and standards for big data. • Policy/legal analysis related to big data and the preconference theme (e.g., standards of liability for injury and defective work products (algorithms/burden of proof), the challenge of Notice and Consent, liability for bad or false or slanted or insufficient data collection, government regimes for supervision of big data policies). • Consumer bill of rights for big data. • Big data and anonymity, re-identification of anonymous data. • Big data vs. privacy as an essential condition for safeguarding free speech, intellectual property (i.e., how IP laws impact big data), or Constitutional rights of freedom of assembly and association. Papers may include empirical research as well as policy analyses, new methodological approaches, or position papers addressing the preconference theme. Submissions by graduate students working in this area are welcomed. *The costs of the workshop are heavily subsidized by the participating Institutes, to keep fees for participants at a nominal level.* *IMPORTANT DATES* *Abstracts due*: February 10, 2017 *Notifications to submitters*: February 27, 2017 *Full papers due*: May 12, 2017 *SUBMISSION GUIDELINES* Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be emailed to pictdc(a)hawaii.edu by February 10, 2017. Please include “Digital Inequalities ICA 2017” in the subject line. Full papers accepted for presentation at the preconference will, with the consent of the authors, be submitted to the Journal of Information Policy ( http://www.psupress.org/Journals/jnls_JIP.html/) for consideration for a Special Issue curated by guest editors from the field. The papers will be blind peer-reviewed, to assure their academic value to both authors (for academic credit) and readers. ---- Regards, Jenifer Jenifer Sunrise Winter, Ph.D. Associate Professor and Graduate Chair, School of Communications Co-director, Pacific ICTD Collaborative University of Hawaii at Manoa 2550 Campus Road, Crawford Hall 325, Honolulu, HI 96822 ph: 808.956.3784

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Best lit for documenting/explaining lower online participation by disadvantaged groups
by David Brake 24 Jan '17

24 Jan '17

Dear all, I am teaching how to encourage participation in online communities and I have a paper - my own (a) - which describes some of the inequalities in education level, class and age that exist in terms of usage of social media but I realized looking back at it I don't have enough foundational literature on how and why it is that the voices of the disadvantaged (women, LGBT people, the disabled, ethnic minorities) are less often heard - in part because of straightforward discrimination but also because of internalized doubts that they will be understood or appreciated and feelings of inarticulacy. I was always struck by Bourdieu’s writing about this (b) Much of this literature is I imagine from political science and may not relate directly to the internet - that's okay. I'm just interested in short, clearly argued and (preferably) recent works. I have been struck by the absence of this factor in text book and practitioner discussions of how to encourage participation in online communities… I hope you can help! Regards, David (a) Brake, D. R. (2013). Are we all online content creators now? Web 2.0 and digital divides. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 19(3), 591–609. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12042 (b) "Certain categories of locutors are deprived of the capacity to speak in certain situations and often acknowledge this deprivation in the manner of the farmer who explained that he never thought of running for mayor of his small township by saying: ''But I don't know how to speak!’’ p. 146 Bourdieu, P., & Wacquant, L. J. D. (1992). The Purpose of Reflexive Sociology (The Chicago Workshop). In P. Bourdieu & L. J. D. Wacquant (Eds.), An invitation to reflexive sociology (pp. 62-215). Chicago: University of Chicago Press -- Dr David Brake, Researcher and Educator http://davidbrake.org/, @drbrake Author of "Sharing Our Lives Online: Risks and Exposure in Social Media” https://www.facebook.com/sharingourlivesonline

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2017 Workshops on Digital Psychology & Emotional Design
by Alter Spark 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

Hello. For researchers with an applied focus, you may be interested in my upcoming workshops, on using psychology and neuroscience, for behavior change technology. My foundational workshops P2+A1 draws from multiple behavioral science fields, but focused on tech, with a good blend of science and practice. My latest workshop E2 on emotional design is great for anyone wishing to gain a simple view on the neuroscience of emotion, which has applications to everyday UX and HCI with lots of inspiration for anyone struggling with cutting-edge applications, like what to do with the latest cognitive AI algorithms, bot design, or building emotionally intelligent software. In 2017, I'm running limited number of training weeks in Canada and the USA. Here's the list: *2017 TRAINING WEEKS:* - Toronto: Mar 20-24 - New York: Apr 3-4 - Chicago: May 15-19 - Ottawa: May 25-26 - Toronto 2: Oct 30 – Nov 3 - Vancouver: Nov 14-17 - Palo Alto: Nov 27 – Dec 1 *WORKSHOPS: * *Emotional Design Psychology [E2] (2-Day) * Our emotional design workshop covers the latest psychology and neuroscience of user emotions, with a focus on interactive design, UX and digital marketing applications. During this workshop, you'll take a deep-dive into the neuroscience of user cognition, emotion, motivation and behavior. By the end of this workshop, you’ll understand the full spectrum of user emotions, recognize how to avoid triggering unpleasant user experiences, and possess new skills in applying emotional design to websites, apps and campaigns. *- LEARN MORE:* https://www.alterspark.com/e2 *Psychology for Digital Behavior Change [P2] (2-Day)* In our foundational workshop, you’ll learn the core psychological design principles that drive the world’s most successful websites, mobile apps, and campaigns. You’ll be able to recognize and apply over 40 behavioral science principles, reverse engineer your competitors’ psychological strategies, build psychology-infused wireframes and optimize them. After completing this workshop, you will then qualify to take our advanced workshop A1. *- LEARN MORE:* https://www.alterspark.com/p2 *Psychological Architectures of Digital Behavior Change [A1] (1-Day)* In this advanced workshop, you’ll learn about psychological architectures – the winning design patterns that drive influential campaigns and technologies. You’ll learn 10 new principles of feedback psychology, and develop skills in applying psychological architectures from popular patterns including gamification, landing pages, habit loops, stages of change, and more. *- LEARN MORE:* https://www.alterspark.com/a1 *SAVE 20-34% by 17 Feb 2017* You'll save 20-34% by the early bird deadline on 17 Feb 2017. After, our tickets increase to the full price. If you miss these, we also offer deals for students, academics, people from non-profit and groups. Warm regards, Brian ================== Brian Cugelman, PhD AlterSpark http://www.AlterSpark.com <http://www.alterspark.com/> p: +1 (888) 977-2055 c: +1 (416) 858-2055 brian(a)alterspark.com http://linkedin.com/in/cugelman http://slideshare.net/cugelman http://twitter.com/cugelman

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Visualizing for Justice - A Public Event on Data Vizualisation for Social Justice - Boston 5 April 2017
by Anna Feigenbaum 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

For those in the Boston area or who are coming to the American Association of Geographers conference this year, we are hosting an event that may be of interest to folks on this list: Visualizing for Justice - Creative, Critical and Contestational Mapping April 5, 2017 6:00-8:00pm The Bordy Theater Emerson College 216 Tremont Street Boston, 02116 A public event on data visualization and mapping for social justice in association with the American Association of Geographers subconference? Book your ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualizing-for-justice-creative-critical-an… The rise of Big Data, freedom of information and user-friendly software has contributed to the popularity of infographics, data visualizations and mapping for civic engagement and advocacy. This surge in data visualization brings with it opportunities for information re-use, increased transparency, and new forms of civic participation. Yet visualizing data for social justice also comes with its own set of challenges . From issues of security and tracking down hard to find information, to the ethics of making infographics out of death and suffering, participatory practices of data visualization often take place on ambiguous ethical terrain. SHOWCASE Short presentations of recent data visualization and mapping work from critical cartographers, journalists, designers and social justice campaigners will be followed by audience discussion. Together we will explore what it means to visualize for justice today. Full Line-up of speakers coming soon! YOUR WORK HERE! Want to feature your maps & visualizations? We will have a running slideshow of social justice maps & visualizations at the event. To include your work in our slideshow: * Send one image of your work to catherine_dignazio(a)emerson.edu<mailto:catherine_dignazio@emerson.edu> and akshaya_sawant(a)emerson.edu<mailto:akshaya_sawant@emerson.edu>. * Your image should be a high quality (at least 1200px width, 72 dpi) JPG or PNG file. * Your image should have a caption that explains the project and links to your website or contact info. This event is organised in association with the American Association of Geographers subconference and is supported by Bournemouth University's Civic Media Hub, Emerson Engagement Lab and College of Art, Media and Design at Northeastern University. **This event is open to the public, but you are required to book a ticket and register your details in advance https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/visualizing-for-justice-creative-critical-an… ***?? Dr. Anna Feigenbaum Principal Academic in Digital Storytelling Faculty of Media and Communication Weymouth House Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB United Kingdom BU is a Disability Two Ticks Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU DisabledGo webpages This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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Elsevier and peer review
by Sharon Greenfield 23 Jan '17

23 Jan '17

The other day I was told by someone not in academia that there are regularly planted independently written 'articles' (quotes mine) to places like the Social Science Research Network (SSRN) https://www.ssrn.com so as to give a 'credible source' for right wing racist media pundits and those who follow them. Thoughts on this process? SSRN is an arm of Elsevier. As apparent by below planted 'article' (quotes again mine) and the multitude of scientific errors, there is no peer review. Does this 'open access' of research journals from Elsevier dilute any credibility they have? Would love to chat with someone at Elsevier about this. I do understand what a tough place the publishing industry is in right now. I was pointed to below link which is being used to back up quotes like "97% of women with children by black male partners get ZERO financial help from their partner." : https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2625893 Ninety Two Percent: Examining the Birth Trends, Family Structure, Economic Standing, Paternal Relationships, and Emotional Stability of Biracial Children with African American Fathers Tiffany N. Calloway <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2418846> Independent June 2, 2015 *Abstract: * This study examines the birth trends, family structure, economic standing, paternal relationships, and emotional stability of biracial children with African American fathers. For study implementation quantitative research methods were used. Questions were asked through a questionnaire that was administered to 1000 women spanning the united States that were equally ranging from 3 different racial groups; Caucasian, Asian, and Hispanic. Participants were recruited through the internet, radio, and news. This study finds that 92% of biracial children with African American fathers are born out of wedlock and 82% end up on government assistance. The results of this study make it very clear that biracial children with African American fathers are fatherless on a scale much larger than the public may realize. *Number of Pages in PDF File:* 12 *Keywords:* Biracial, out of wedlock, fatherless, black fathers, interracial -------------------------- *Sharon Greenfield* PhD Researcher School of Media and Communication RMIT University, Australia *I and RMIT acknowledge the Wurundjeri people as the traditional owners of **the land * *on which the University stands and respectfully recognise Elders past and present.*

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