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CFPs Digitising Early Childhood International Conference (abstracts due 31 March)
by Tama Leaver 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

DIGITISING EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS Contemporary 0-8 year olds are inventing what it is to have a digital childhood, and in doing so are introducing families, schools and policy makers to new ways of thinking, doing and being. This conference constructs a research trajectory through these uncertainties and also aims to build bridges across the different discipline interests and many strands of research in this area. It will forge a new way forward and consolidate the base of what we already know, revealing what we have yet to investigate and address. Keynote Speakers Professor Sonia Livingstone Professor Jackie Marsh Dr Donell Holloway Dr Brian O’Neill Professor Lelia Green Professor Caroline Barrett-Pugh Assoc. Professor Tama Leaver Abstracts (350 words) and panel proposals should be sent to digitisingearlychildhood(a)ecu.edu.au by 31st March 2017. This conference welcomes papers that address the broadest possible construction of early childhood and the digital. There will be some publication opportunities and refereed outputs. Topics may include, but are by no means restricted to, the following: • Digitisation of early childhood education • Literacies at home and school • Research methods with very young children • Policies, regulations and guidelines • Children and their data • Parenting the digital child • Children’s culture • Cultural difference and digital children • Risks and benefits • Changing discourses of childhood • Privacy, security and children’s rights • Designing digital experiences for children • The child in the digital public sphere • Online activism and children • Gendering (or not) the digital child Conference Location: Perth, Western Australia; 11th – 15th September 2017 Web: www.digitisingearlychildhood.com Email: digitisingearlychildhood(a)ecu.edu.au

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Program Posted and The Registrations are open for the mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2017
by emre＠mgovernment.net 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2017 7-9 May, 2017 - Brighton UK ------------------------------------------------ -------Apologies for Crossposting------ This year at the mobileGov World Summit, leading government leaders of eGovernment / mGovernment from Asia, EU and Americas are presenting their achievements and experiences in applying mobile technologies in the public sector domain mobileGov World summit is also a platform for the Mobile Industry to showcase and exhibit their solutions for the public sector organisations. The updated program can be accessed here: http://www.m4life.org/conferences/mgovsummit2016/program/ and the registration to the Summit is open. Please note that members of the mobileGov and professionals from the non-profit organisations receive significant discounts on registration fees. PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS: ----------------------------------------------- The participants are a mix of high profile public sector officials representing their country's mobile government and leading business partners that actively support mobile government developments internationally through their solutions. At the Summit, Global mGov Awards is also one of the highlights of the mobileGov World Summit that is being held in Brighton . Global mGov Awards is a worldwide contest aiming to promote advances in the field, and track advances in various countries on recent developments. Several important candidates are among the contesters from all parts of the World including S. America, Europe, and Asia. Leading mGovernment implementations by public sector organisations as well as solutions for the public sector by the industry will be awarded during the event in order to inspire governments, businesses and citizens. In order to access the info on confirmed speakers, current agenda, programme highlights, registrations, exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please refer to conference website: www.m4life.org [1] and show interest. Please feel free to forward this email to those who may be interested. ---------------------------------- mLife Conferences and Exhibitions Suite 10 42 Brunswick Terrace Bn3 1HA Brighton UK +44 7740143135 (Conference) +90 5358778986 (Venue & Logistics) conf(a)m4life.org Links: ------ [1] http://www.m4life.org

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professorial research fellowships, university of sheffield
by Helen Kennedy 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

The Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Sheffield is recruiting five Professorial Research Fellows in any social science discipline whose research aligns to one or more priority research themes: - Digital society - Innovative methods - Inclusive society - Sustainable growth - Wellbeing. We are seeking candidates with an outstanding research profile and clear potential as future academic leaders. If successful you would be appointed as a Professorial Research Fellow for a three year period, following which you would progress to a full Professorial position within one of our thirteen departments. The closing date for applications is 6th April 2017. Full details are here: https://jobs.shef.ac.uk/sap/bc /webdynpro/sap/hrrcf_a_posting_apply?PARAM=cG9zdF9pbnN0X2d1a WQ9MzMwNjJBRkQ4MDQ5MUVENkJGOUQwRDI4RjJFNjE5QTImY2FuZF90eXBlP UVYVA%3d%3d&sap-client=400&sap-language=EN&sap- accessibility=X&sap-ep-themeroot=%2fSAP%2fPUBLIC%2fBC%2fUR%2fuos -- Professor Helen Kennedy, Chair in Digital Society Department of Sociological Studies / Faculty of Social Sciences Elmfield, Northumberland Road Sheffield S10 2TU T: 0114 2226488 E: h.kennedy(a)sheffield.ac.uk LATEST ARTICLE: *'*The Feeling of Numbers: emotions in everyday engagements with data and their visualisation <http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0038038516674675?journalCode=so…>', *Sociology*, 2017.

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#MINA2017 - International Mobile Innovation Screening - Call for mobile, smartphone & pocket films
by Max Schleser 23 Mar '17

23 Mar '17

In its 7th edition MINA, the Mobile Innovation Network Australasia, will present a public screening of smartphone, mobile and pocket films at ACMI (Australian Centre for Moving-Image) in Melbourne, Australia and at Nga Tonga Sound and Vision (New Zealand Archive of Film, Television and Sound) in Wellington, New Zealand in October 2017. MINA is the longest running film festival dedicated to celebrating mobile and smartphone filmmaking internationally. MINA creates connections between filmmakers, communities and the creative industries. The #MINA2017 International Mobile Innovation Screening will showcase short films (7 min maximum duration) produced on and with smartphones, mobile and pocket cameras. In the last six years MINA featured new developments in narrative and non-narrative explorations, in documentary, experimental and abstract filmmaking. Last year MINA successfully introduced drone, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) productions as part of the screening program. These mobile and smartphone videos can include project showcases and documentation (maximum duration 4min). In 2017 MINA will present - an open call for mobile, smartphone and pocket films - a retrospective screening - Past-Present-Future - New Voices - a category for young filmmakers - Smart Geographies for AR, VR, mixed reality, drones and pocket cameras. Submission via https://filmfreeway.com/festival/MINA Deadline: 30th July [Earlybird deadline 30th May] Screening: 25th October MINA Screening Partners: Beastgrip / Film Convert /Luma Touch Supported by: Swinburne University of Technology (AUS) / Ryerson University (CA) / RMIT University (AUS) 7th International Mobile Innovation Screening Smartphones provide opportunities to see the world in a new perspective and change the viewpoints of representation. With the rise of MoJo (mobile journalism), mobile-mentaries (mobile documentaries) and transmedia storytelling filmmakers, artists, activists and designers establish new forms of connectivity and sociability. Collaborative and co-creative filmmaking practices empower communities around the world to express themselves. With the constant innovation of camera technology and image/video processing applications, mobile and smartphones aesthetics are shaping new experiences and enable storytellers to cover new ground. Organizers: Associate Professor Gerda Cammaer, Co-Curator, Ryerson University Dr. Patrick Kelly, Co-Curator, RMIT University Adrian Jeffs, Co-Curator, Filmmaker Dean Keep, Co-Curator, Swinburne University of Technology Dr. Max Schleser, Screening Director & Co-Founder of MINA, Swinburne University of Technology www.mina.pro @MINAmobile https://www.facebook.com/MobileInnovationNetwork/

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Call for Participation – Digital Methods Summer School 2017
by Fernando van der Vlist 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Dear all, The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) will host its 11th annual Digital Methods Summer School from 26 June – 7 July 2017 at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Below please find the call for participation. This year's theme is 'Get the Picture. Digital Methods for Visual Research'. The deadline for applications is 5 May 2017. More information is available from: http://bit.ly/dmi17_ss_call. Best regards, Fernando van der Vlist -- F. N. van der Vlist, BDes MA *Doctoral Researcher* *Research Associate, Media of Cooperation* *Research Associate, Digital Methods Initiative* *Lecturer, New Media and Digital Culture* University of Siegen, DFG Collab. Res. Centre 1187 University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Media Studies F.N.vanderVlist(a)uva.nl; @fvandervlist <https://twitter.com/fvandervlist> uva.nl/profile/f.n.vandervlist <http://www.uva.nl/profile/f.n.vandervlist> fernandovandervlist.nl <https://www.fernandovandervlist.nl/> -- # CALL FOR PARTICIPATION # DIGITAL METHODS SUMMER SCHOOL 2017 # 27 JUNE - 7 JULY 2017 # UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM # GET THE PICTURE # DIGITAL METHODS FOR VISUAL RESEARCH Gillian Rose employs the term visual methodologies for "researching with visual materials" (2016). Iconography, semiotics, framing analysis and multimodal analysis are among the approaches that may be applied to digital materials. One may also ask, does the online make a difference to the study of the visual? That is, with which approaches is the image considered primarily, or secondarily, as a digital object embedded in online media? Apart from the change in the setting of the object, there may also be methods that emerge from the new media, engines and platforms. What kinds of so-called ?natively? digital methods can be repurposed productively for visual analysis? How to make use of the Google?s reverse image search? Gillian Rose employs the term visual methodologies for "researching with visual materials" (2016). Iconography, semiotics, framing analysis and multimodal analysis are among the approaches that may be applied to digital materials. One may also ask, does the online make a difference to the study of the visual? That is, with which approaches is the image considered primarily, or secondarily, as a digital object embedded in online media? Apart from the change in the setting of the object, there may also be methods that emerge from the new media, engines and platforms. What kinds of so-called 'natively' digital methods can be repurposed productively for visual analysis? How to make use of the Google's reverse image search? More broadly, with the increasing focus on selfies and memes but also on Instagram stories, animated gifs, filters, stickers and emoticons, social media and digital communications are pushing for a visual turn in the study of digital culture. Such a push invites visual analysis into the realm of digital studies, too. One may begin to open the discussion of interplay by examining the new outputs such as journalists' data visualisations as well as policy-makers' dashboards like the open data city platforms. One may similarly compare visual literacies. Are there new ways of interpreting images through data, both substantively (which are the related materials?) and temporally (how do they develop over time? do they resonate? are they memes?). In digital methods, the image is not only a research object but also a research device. Making images "that can be seen and manipulated" (Venturini, Jacomy & Pereira 2015) enables scholars to access and actively explore datasets. How to make them and read them? At the same time, the technical properties of digital images both in terms of their color, resolution, and timestamp, as well as their 'networkedness', traceability and resonance, become available for research, allowing one to think with images (as visual guides and narratives) as well as through them (as data objects). Novel visual methodologies then emerge. There is the 'active' data visualisation, which includes research protocol diagrams, data dashboards, visual network analysis, and issue mapping. Protocol diagrams (Figure 1) guide analysts, programmers and designers through their collaborative research project. Data dashboards offer a visual aid for data metrics and analytics, in side-by-side graphs and tables; or become critical tools (as in the People's Dashboard). Visual network analysis offers a way into data that can be engaged with and requires an active research attitude (Venturini, Jacomy & Pereira 2015). Issue mapping renders legible the actors and substance of a (possibly controversial) issue (Rogers, Sánchez-Querubín & Kil 2015). In a second group of approaches, the image is treated as a digitised or natively digital object of study. This includes visual and cultural analytics, which provide distant visual reading techniques to explore and plot visual objects such as selfies and websites based on their formal properties (Manovich 2014; Ben-David, Amram & Bekkerman 2016). Networked visual content analysis, in which images may be queried 'in reverse' to study their circulation, can be used to critically assess questions of representation and cultural standing (Figure 2). Another group of approaches repurpose visual formats, where more playful explorations appropriate (and tweak) the templates and visual aesthetics of the web, creating research GIFs and critical social media profiles (Figure 3). In this 10th Digital Methods Summer School we will explore and expand such digital methods for visual research, and critically inquire into their proposed epistemologies. We look forward to welcoming you to Amsterdam in the Summertime! -- ## SUMMER SCHOOL PHILOSOPHY The Digital Methods Summer School is exploratory and experimental. It is not a setting for 'just' tool training or for principally tool-driven research. Substantive research projects are conceived and carried out. Participants are encouraged to 'span time with their issue' and the materials. In other words, we heed Alexander Galloway's admonition about data and tool-driven work: "Those who were formerly scholars or experts in a certain area are now recast as mere tool users beholden to the affordances of the tool - while students spend ever more time mastering menus and buttons, becoming literate in a digital device rather than a literary corpus" (Galloway 2014: 127). We encourage device and corpus literacy! The device training we ask you to do prior to the Summer School through online tutorials, and at the Summer School itself, in a kind of flipped learning environment (if you'll excuse the overused phrase), we would like to believe that you have familiarised yourself already with the tools and completed the tutorials available online. During the Summer School we will discuss and tinker with the nitty-gritty, aim to invent new methods, techniques and heuristics and create the first iterations of compelling work to be shared. ## ABOUT DIGITAL METHODS AS A CONCEPT Digital methods is a term coined as a counterpoint to virtual methods, which typically digitize existing methods and port them onto the Web. Digital methods, contrariwise, seek to learn from the methods built into the dominant devices online, and repurpose them for social and cultural research. That is, the challenge is to study both the info-web as well as the social web with the tools that organize them. There is a general protocol to digital methods. At the outset stock is taken of the natively digital objects that are available (links, tags, threads, etc.) and how devices such as search engines make use of them. Can the device techniques be repurposed, for example by remixing the digital objects they take as inputs? Once findings are made with online data, where to ground them? Is the baseline still the offline, or are findings to be grounded in more online data? Taking up these questions more theoretically (but also practically) there is also a Digital Methods book (MIT Press, 2013) as well as a complementary Issue Mapping book (Amsterdam University Press, 2015), and other digital methods publications. ## ABOUT THE DIGITAL METHODS SUMMER SCHOOL The Digital Methods Summer School, founded ten years ago, in 2007, together with the Digital Methods Initiative, is directed by Prof. Richard Rogers, Chair in New Media & Digital Culture and Department Chair at Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. The Summer School is one training opportunity provided by the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI). DMI also has a Winter School, which includes a mini-conference, where papers are presented and responded to. Winter School papers are often the result of Summer School projects. The Summer School is coordinated by PhD candidates in New Media at the University of Amsterdam, or affiliates. This year the coordinators are Sabine Niederer, Natalia Sánchez-Quérubin and Fernando van der Vlist. The Summer School has a technical staff as well as a design staff, drawn from the ranks of Density Design in Milan. The Summer School also relies on a technical infrastructure of some nine servers hosting tools and storing data, which recently (and intrepidly) moved to the cloud. In a culture of experimentation and skill-sharing, participants bring their laptops, learn method, undertake research projects, make reports, tools and graphics and write them up on the Digital Methods wiki. The Summer School concludes with final presentations. Often there are subject matter experts from non-governmental or other organizations who present their analytical needs and issues at the outset and the projects seek to meet those needs, however indirectly. For instance, Women on Waves came along during the 2010, Fair Phone to the 2012 Summer School and Greenpeace International and their Gezi Park project in 2013 as well as the COP21 Lima project in 2015. We have worked on the issue of rewilding eco-spaces with NGOs in the 2014 Summer School. More recently we have sought to repopulate city dashboards (Summer School 2015 and Winter School 2017). * Previous Digital Methods Summer Schools, 2007-2016, https://wiki. digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DmiSummerSchool. * Previous Digital Methods Winter Schools, 2009-2017, https://wiki. digitalmethods.net/Dmi/WinterSchool. * What's it like? Digital Methods Summer School flickr stream 2012 and flickr stream 2013. There is also a 2015 flickr collection. * Most recently we have created Summer and Winter school shorts (thanks to Lisa Maier): Promo video about the Digital Methods Summer School (2014); Summer School in 2015. (tip!) and Winter School 2016 video. * 2016 keynote lecture by Prof. Richard Rogers on Critical Analytics ## ABOUT THE DIGITAL METHODS INITIATIVE The Digital Methods Summer School is part of the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), Amsterdam, dedicated to developing methods for Internet-related research. DMI was founded a decade ago with a grant from the Mondriaan Foundation, and the Summer School has been supported by the Center for Creation, Content and Technology (CCCT), University of Amsterdam, organized by the Faculty of Science with sponsorship from Platform Betatechniek. It also has received support from the Citizen Data Lab, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences as well as "Media of Cooperation," University of Siegen. The 2017 Summer School will be held in collaboration with the Netherlands Research school for Media Studies (RMeS). ## APPLICATIONS & KEY DATES To apply for the Digital Methods Summer School 2017, please use the University of Amsterdam Summer School form. Or, please send a one-page letter explaining how digital methods training would benefit your current work, and also enclose a CV (with full postal address), a copy of your passport (details page only), a headshot photo as well as a 100-word bio (to be included in the Summer School welcome package). Mark your application "DMI Training Certificate Program," and send to summerschool [at] digitalmethods.net. * The deadline for applications for the Summer School is 5 May 2017. * Notifications will be sent on 8 May. Accepted participants will receive a welcome package, which includes a reader, a schedule, and a face book of all participants. * The cost of the Summer School is eur 895 and is open to PhD candidates and motivated scholars as well as to research master's students and advanced master's students. Data journalists, artists, and research professionals are also welcome to apply. Accepted applicants will be informed of the bank transfer details upon notice of acceptance to the Summer School on 8 May. * The fee must be paid by 16 June. * University of Amsterdam students are exempt from tuition and should state on the application form (under tuition fee remarks) that they wish to apply for a fee waiver. Please also provide your student number. * RMeS members participate in the first two days of the Summer School. To participate in the full Summer School the regular fee applies. Any questions may be addressed to the Summer School coordinators Sabine Niederer, Natalia Sánchez-Querubín, and Fernando van der Vlist: summerschool [at] digitalmethods.net. Informal queries may be sent to this email address as well. ## SCHOLARSHIPS The Digital Methods Summer School is part of the University of Amsterdam Summer School programme, which has a video giving a flavor of the Summer School experience. Students from universities (outside of the Netherlands) in the LERU and U21 networks are eligible for a scholarship to help cover the cost of tuition for the DMI Summer School. Please state LERU or U21 university affiliation under tuition remarks when applying to the Summer School. Dutch universities are not eligible. ## ACCOMMODATIONS & CATERING The Summer School is self-catered, and there are abundant cafes and a university mensa nearby. For a map we made of nearby lunch (and coffee) places, see bit.ly/dmi17_ss_lunch. Apply as early as possible to the reasonably priced Student Hotel. For those who prefer other accommodations, we suggest Airbnb or similar. For shorter stay, there is Hotel Le Coin, where you may request a university discount. ## SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION & COMPLETION CERTIFICATES To successfully complete the Summer School and receive a completion certificate (and 6 ECTS when necessary), you must complete a significant contribution to two Summer School projects (one in week one and the other in week two), evidenced by co-authorship of the project reports as well as final (joint) presentations. Templates for the project report as well as for the presentation slides are supplied. ## SUMMER SCHOOL SCHEDULE The Summer School meets every weekday. Please bring your laptop. (An iPad is not enough.) We will provide abundant connectivity. We start generally at 9:30 in the morning, and end around 17:30. There are morning talks one to two days per week. All other time is devoted to project work with occasional collective and individual feedback sessions. On the second Friday we have a a festive closing with a boat trip on the canals of Amsterdam. ## REFERENCES * Ben-David, A., Amram, A. & Bekkerman, R. (2016). The colors of the national Web: visual data analysis of the historical Yugoslav Web domain. International Journal on Digital Libraries. doi:10.1007/s00799-016-0202-6 * Galloway, A. (2014). The Cybernetic Hypothesis. Differences. 25(1), 107-131. Manovich, L., Stefaner, M., Mehrdad, Y., Baur, D., & et al. (2014). Selfiecity. Investigating the style of self-portraits (selfies) in five cities across the world. URL: http://selfiecity.net/ * Rogers, R. Sánchez-Querubín, N. & Kil, A. (2015). Issue Mapping for an Ageing Europe. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press. Open access book download * Rose, G. (2016). Visual Methodologies. An Introduction to Researching with Visual Materials. London: Sage. * Venturini, T., Jacomy, M, De Carvalho Pereira, D. (2015). Visual Network Analysis, (working paper). URL: http://www.tommasoventurini.it/wp/wp- content/uploads/2014/08/Venturini-Jacomy_Visual-Networ k-Analysis_WorkingPaper.pdf.

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CITAMS Book Award Nomination Extended to April 15 2017
by Wenhong Chen 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

*CITAMS Book Award Nomination Extended to April 15 2017* The *C*ommunication, *I*nformation *T*echnologies, and *M*edia *S*ociology section of the *A*merican *S*ociological *A*ssociation <http://www.asanet.org/> (CITAMS) is calling for nominations for the 2017 *CITAMS Book Award. * CITAMS Book Award recognizes an outstanding book related to the sociology of communication, media, and/or information technology. Submissions must be in English and published within the two calendar years prior to the award presentation. There are no limitations on length. Single author, multiple author, and edited books are eligible. *Nomination letter can be sent via email. One copy of the book must be sent to EACH of the three committee members. Award* winners will be invited to serve on future award committees. Award nominees must be current CITAMS members to be considered for this award (unless they are retired). *All materials for this award must be received by April 15, 2017. Please send by mail to:* *Wenhong Chen* (wenhong.chen(a)austin.utexas.edu) Department of Radio-TV-Film, College of Communication 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067 *Heather A. Haveman *(haveman(a)berkeley.edu) UC Berkeley, Sociology Dept., 410 Barrows Hall Berkeley, CA 94720-1980 *Janet Vertesi *(jvertesi(a)princeton.edu) c/o Sociology Department Princeton University 122 Wallace Hall Princeton NJ 08544 Cheers, Wenhong 文泓 Wenhong Chen Assistant Professor of Media Studies and Sociology University of Texas at Austin T: 512-471-4952 <(512)%20471-4952> F: 512-471-4077 <(512)%20471-4077> wenhong.chen(a)austin.utexas.edu http://utexas.academia.edu/wenhongchen New edited book: *Networked China* http://www.routledge.com/9781138840027/ <http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9781138840027/> Office hour signup http://bit.ly/1xpHy1c 1 University Station A0800, CMA 5.142 University of Texas at Austin 2504 Whitis Ave Stop A0800 Austin, TX 78712-1067

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Searching for textbook or articles exploring Big Data ethics, origins, and uses
by Cory Robinson 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

Currently doing course development for a social science course exploring ethics of big-data use, questions of where "big data" come from, how it’s used. Thanks in advance! Best, Cory Robinson -- Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Communication Design Linköping University P: +46 (0)11 36 36 38 E: cory.robinson(a)liu.se http://liu-se.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson<http://colostate.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson>

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[ABS CFPs] Rethinking Digital Media and Citizenship: Conditions, Contexts, and Consequences
by Seungahn Nah 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

American Behavioral Scientist (ABS) Special Issue Call for Papers (CFPs) *Rethinking Digital Media and Citizenship:* *Conditions, Contexts, and Consequences* *Guest Editors:* Seungahn Nah (University of Kentucky) Masahiro Yamamoto (University at Albany, State University of New York) *Description:* A substantial body of scholarship has long tackled how traditional and newly emerging information and communication technologies (ICTs) foster an informed, efficacious, and engaged citizenry. Despite prolific literature on digital media and citizenship, theoretical approaches and conceptual and operational definitions still diverge in different disciplines and schools. What seems particularly missing in the literature is an examination of structural conditions and/or contexts that may facilitate or hinder the role ofdigital media in civic engagement. Therefore, the goal of this special issue is to call for theoretically and methodologically sound scholarship that examines causes, components, and civic consequences of digitalmedia use. Such an examination presents important practical implications and policy applications. This special issue addresses the following major questions: 1) How can digital media use and civic engagement be conceptualized, operationalized, and theorized across various theoretical perspectives in the convergence and divergence of digital media environment? 2) To what extent do digital media (social and mobile), along with traditional media, influence civic engagement and how such an influence varies across communities of places, interests, practices, and beyond, as well as different ethnic groups and those who hold different socio-economic status? 3) How do social contexts and conditions promote or impede the role of digital media in civic, political, and community life at multiple levels? The special issue editors would welcome submissions addressing the following topics: 1) Theoretical advancement on digital media and civic engagement in offline and online communication environments; 2) Integrated theoretical framework concerning digital media and citizenship ; 3) Innovative conceptual and operational definitions (measurements) of digital media across various platforms; 4) Social structural contexts and conditions (e.g., race, class, gender, family, school, organization, neighborhood, etc.) that affect digital media use and its effects on civic engagement; 5) Linkage between online and offline civic engagement from networked community perspectives. *Submission Guidelines:* Submitted manuscripts must be in MS Word (.doc) format with a title page that includes the title of the paper, full names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, complete addresses, and biographical sketches of all authors. Manuscripts must adhere to the APA (6th ed.) style and should contain between 6,000 and 8,000 words, including a 250-worlds abstract with 5-6 key words, all references, and notes. Manuscripts must contain original material which has not been previously published elsewhere or is not currently under consideration by another journal. All manuscripts should go through a blind, peer-reviewed process so no indicators of authorship should appear in the texts. Manuscripts should be submitted directly via email to seungahn.nah(a)uky.edu *Timeline* · Submission deadline: April 31, 2017 · Editorial decision: June 30, 2017 · Anticipated publication date: January/February 2018 All the best, SEUNGAHN NAH ********************************************** Seungahn Nah, PhD President, Korean American Communication Association (KACA) Associate Professor Community Communication, Dept. of Community & Leadership Development Information Communication Technology, School of Information Science University of Kentucky <seungahn.nah(a)uky.edu>

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CFP Digital Culture meets data: Critical approaches
by Aristea Fotopoulou 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

CALL FOR PAPERS Digital Culture meets data: Critical approaches ECREA Digital Culture and Communication Section Conference. 6th 7th November 2017, University of Brighton, UK Abstract deadline: 20 May 2017 Keynote speakers: € Rob Kitchin, Maynooth University, Republic of Ireland € Helen Thornham, University of Leeds, UK Conference theme: Algorithms and big data are today shaping our sociocultural and technical relations and our everyday experiences. Digital culture and communication are inevitably changing as media infrastructures, media practices and social environments become increasingly Œdatafied¹. We may think of surveillance, algorithmic profiling and self-tracking for example. Wearable technologies such as fitness trackers allow people to understand the body as a data-producing object. Our use of commonplace media technologies is mediated by data in ways that we do not ask for, nor even necessarily know about or consent to. Data interpellate us. Yet data are obscure and enigmatic. But what does this turn to data mean for our research, scholarship and pedagogic practice? Has the data paradigm arrived as an unquestionable unifying concept for studies of digital culture and digital media, communication, technology? It may be that a shift of focus on algorithms and data is fundamentally disruptive to the ways in which we see our research and disciplines. It may even appear to limit the theoretical and methodological tools through which we increasingly try to understand mediation, the formation of identity, social life, politics and the creative industries. To others, the Œdatalogical turn¹ may be plainly repeating the processes of earlier instances of technological innovation. And for some, it may provide an opportunity to frame new theoretical concepts and methodological tools for a whole new set of social, cultural and political phenomena. The ECREA DCC Conference ³Digital Culture meets data: Critical approaches² asks the question: what theoretical and empirical perspectives on data and the digital can be used to augment and diversify our research and educational approaches? And how might we challenge data paradigms or aim to show alternative or complementary ways to address digital culture and communication? We invite empirical and theoretical research papers and panels that address themes such as: - Media studies and datafication - Researching media and culture using data methods - Data visualisation, art and design - Data and the role of the imaginary, fantasy and myth - Data cultures and neoliberalism - Data activism and citizen engagement - Data and critical literacy - Data and gender, race, class inequalities - Datafication and the creative industries - Feminist approaches to data - Machine learning and AI - Mobile and locative media - Quantified self and data cultures - Smart cities, data and sustainability - Social bots and the management of sociality The Conference will also host a YECREA Workshop entitled: ŒThe ambitious early-career scholar in an age of precarity: questions, challenges, opportunities¹ (Organised by Ysabel Gerrard, University of Leeds). This workshop will facilitate open discussion between academics at various stages in their careers about some of the issues confronting ambitious early-career scholars in an increasingly competitive international job market. Submission details, individual papers: Please submit abstracts of 250-350 words, written in English. Abstracts should contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, methodology and results (if applicable), and how this links to the theme and topics of this conference, or to the general concerns of digital culture and communication. Please include 3-5 keywords that describe your work, and a Bio note (max 100 words, stating affiliation). Submission details, panels: We welcome panel submissions, numbering 4 speakers. Please submit abstracts of 250-350 words per paper, plus a 250-350 word rationale for the panel. Individual abstracts should contain a clear outline of the argument, the theoretical framework, methodology and results (if applicable), and how this links to the theme and topics of this conference, or to the general concerns of digital culture and communication. Please include 3-5 keywords that describe each individual abstracts, plus 3-5 keywords that describe the panel, and Bio note for each individual abstract (max 100 words, stating affiliation). All abstracts and rationale should be sent together as a single document by the panel proposer. Details for abstract submission: Please provide abstracts as .PDF, .DOC or .DOCX file types. Abstracts should be emailed to brightondcc(a)gmail.com. Deadline for paper and panel submissions is May 20, 2017. Notification of acceptance: June 20th, 2017. You do not need to be an ECREA or DCC section member to apply. For updates, please visit https://dccecrea.wordpress.com <https://dccecrea.wordpress.com/> For CFP http://dccecrea.wordpress.com/call-for-papers-2017-conference/ Registration fees: Academic Employed full time.ŠŠ.... £65 Academic Employed Part Time Š..... £40 Students / Unwaged ŠŠŠŠ.ŠŠŠ £20 Organising committee: Ryan Burns, Aristea Fotopoulou, Leighton Evans, Ysabel Gerrard, Ana Jorge, Theodore Koulouris, Sander De Ridder, Maria Sourbati. Best wishes Aristea ----------------------------- Dr Aristea Fotopoulou Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Course Leader MA Creative Media New book: "Feminist Activism and Digital Networks: Between empowerment and vulnerability". Palgrave Macmillan. Order: http://www.palgrave.com/gb/book/9781137504708 School of Media University of Brighton Watts Building, Lewes Road Brighton BN2 4GJ E: A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk Follow me on Twitter: @aristeaf Research blog: www.Loopingthreads.com Webpage http://arts.brighton.ac.uk/staff/aristea-fotopoulou ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx

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Workshop on Legal & Tech Issues in Cloud / IoT - 7th Apr, Vancouver
by Jat Singh 22 Mar '17

22 Mar '17

=========================================================== Call for participation (apologies for cross-posting) CLaw: IEEE 3rd International Workshop on Legal and Technical Issues in Cloud Computing and the Internet of Things http://www.claw-workshop.org 7 April 2017, Vancouver, Canada in conjunction with IC2E 2016: IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering =========================================================== The CLaw workshop brings together specialists from law and computer science to explore technical responses to legal problems, and to interrogate legal frameworks for new and emerging directions in cloud computing, the Internet of Things, analytics / machine learning and 'big data', and systems technologies in general. This year’s programme features two highly topical keynote presentations * Prof Colin Bennett, University of Victoria on the topic "Transnational Flows of Personal Data: Adequate Laws, Accountable Companies or Data Localization". * Craig Shank, VP at Microsoft on the topic "Emerging Technologies – Standards and Trust Mechanisms". Research papers will be presented that span issues concerning responsibility and liability in IoT ecosystems, citizen-led environmental health engagement in smart cities, security assurances in service level agreements for sensitive government data, and the safeguards regarding the role of computer vision in the emerging Internet of Things. The workshop aims to provide a forum for discussion. There will be a strong emphasis on generating new interdisciplinary research directions regarding emerging technology. We very much welcome your participation. For further details, including registration instructions, please see http://www.claw-workshop.org/

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