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Media Studies: Three Associate Professor positions at the University of Oslo
by Katerina Houben 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Job opening: Three Associate Professor positions at the University of Oslo. The University of Oslo is Norway's oldest and highest ranked educational and research institution, with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. With its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally recognised research communities, UiO is an important contributor to society. The Department of Media and Communication's (IMK) main purpose is to conduct research, education and dissemination on the modern media, their importance for society and for people. IMK has approximately 60 employees, including 10-12 doctoral candidates. Some 1,100 students are sitting for exams here every year. The department offers one-year study program on the Bachelor's level and a Bachelor's degree in Media Studies and Master's degrees in Media Studies, Nordic Media and Journalism. IMK is a multidisciplinary department, based on the academic traditions of the humanities and social sciences. Location: Oslo, Norway. Closing Date: 8 May 2017 Positions available: Associate Professor specializing in Innovation in the Media and Cultural Sector https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/136188/associate-professor-i… Associate Professor in Media Studies with specialization in Political Communication https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/136184/associate-professor-i… Associate Professor in Media Studies with specialization in Media Aesthetics https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/136159/associate-professor-i…

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Internet Governance Forum IGF2017 workshop proposal
by Ansgar Koene 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Dear colleagues, I am preparing a proposal for a roundtable discussion at the IGF2017 meeting in Geneva (December 18-21) on the topic of “(self) regulation of algorithmic systems that control online information access”. The draft abstract is at the end of the email. In keeping with the multi-stakeholder nature of the topic, and the IGF, I would like to ask for some suggestions regarding key people to invite to participate in the roundtable discussion. I would like a representative for each of the following, preferably also including cultural diversity: - Regulatory organization, e.g. data protection authorities - Civil-society group, e.g. Internet Society - Industry group - Professional association, e.g. IEEE Global Initiative for Ethical Considerations in AI and Autonomous Systems - Academia Please feel free to disagree with the example organizations and suggest a better alternative. Did I forget an important group? Thank you very much for your suggestions, Ansgar --- Roundtable proposal abstract -- The increasing prevalence of online service personalization to optimizing search results, news and product recommendations and even political messaging has led to growing concerns regarding responsible implementation and management of these systems. Algorithmic decision processes relying on high-dimensional profiles that are derived from personal data, possibly involving machine learning methods, pose difficult challenges for providing meaningful transparency and guarantees of reliably fair performance. In recognition of these issues, various professional bodies, academics and regulatory organizations have recently started investigating this space, looking at causes/remedies against unjustified bias/disparate impact, means of establishing accountability, safeguarding privacy and exploring means for providing meaningful transparency/explanation of automated decision making. Proposed methods for addressing these issues include industry self-regulation, establishing of Standards, voluntary certification and government oversight (e.g. “an FDA for algorithms”). A recurring theme in many of these proposals is the need for trusted third-party experts to be involved in the evaluation process as means of establishing trust and protecting intellectual property. Given the cross-boarded nature of services provisions via the Internet this raises questions about jurisdiction. To maintain a free, open and trusted Internet where services are not restricted by nation or region, certification of algorithmic internet services will need international multi-stakeholder coordination. Some of the questions we will explore in this roundtable include: Can this be solved by self-certification based on international standards, as currently under development at the IEEE? Are efforts by industry groups, like the Partnership on AI, going to be enough to satisfy and retain the trust of peoples and governments? Is there a place/need to establish an international expert oversight body to provide trusted-third party certification? ---------- Dr. Ansgar Koene Senior Research Fellow: Horizon Policy Impact, CaSMa & UnBias Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute University of Nottingham http://casma.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://unbias.wp.horizon.ac.uk/ http://www.horizon.ac.uk/ https://sites.google.com/site/arkoene/ This message and any attachment are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. If you have received this message in error, please send it back to me, and immediately delete it. Please do not use, copy or disclose the information contained in this message or in any attachment. Any views or opinions expressed by the author of this email do not necessarily reflect the views of the University of Nottingham. This message has been checked for viruses but the contents of an attachment may still contain software viruses which could damage your computer system, you are advised to perform your own checks. Email communications with the University of Nottingham may be monitored as permitted by UK legislation.

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Re: [Air-L] Questioning the filter bubble
by kiran gvr 24 Apr '17

24 Apr '17

Hello David, Already some great suggestions. Below is a broad list of papers that discuss both sides of the broad topic of filter bubbles and polarization. I think it is a good addition to the above list by Alex, since these dont deal with fake news, necessarily. 1. If you are looking for *work specifically that questions the bubble*, here are a few (in chronological order). ------------------------------------------------------ Baldassarri, D., & Bearman, P. (2007). Dynamics of political polarization. American Sociological Review, 72, 784–811. David Weinberger. Echo Chambers = Democracy. In A Fine, M Sifry, A Rasiej, and J Levy, editors, Rebooting America, pages 32–37. Personal Democracy Press, New York, 2008. (argues that; 1) the Internet is too young to make conclusions about filter bubbles; 2) the empirical research that exists is very difficult to interpret; 3) fragmentation occurs in traditional media and in offline world; 4) democracy needs bubbles so that people in basic agreement can build relationships and be active in political movements.) Wojcieszak, M. E. and D. C. Mutz (2009). “Online Groups and Political Discourse: Do Online Discussion Spaces Facilitate Exposure to Political Disagreement?” In: Journal of Communication Brundidge, J. (2010). “Encountering ”Difference” in the contemporary public sphere: The contribution of the internet to the heterogeneity of political discussion networks”. In: Journal of Communication (internet facilitates communication) Kim, Y. (2011b). “The contribution of social network sites to exposure to political difference: The relationships among SNSs, online political messaging, and exposure to cross-cutting perspectives”. In: Computers in Human Behavior IDEOLOGICAL SEGREGATION ONLINE AND OFFLINE, MATTHEW GENTZKOW AND JESSE M. SHAPIRO (2011) (We find no evidence that the Internet is becoming more segregated over time.) Jacob Weisberg. Bubble Trouble Is Web personalization turning us into solipsistic twits?, 2011. URL http://goo.gl/ET1pO6 (paper from google saying web personalization is not responsible for bubbles) Kim, Y., Hsu, S.-H., & de Zúñiga, H. G. (2013). Influence of social media use on discussion network heterogeneity and civic engagement: The moderating role of personality traits. Journal of Communication, 63(3), 498–516 Michael a. Beam and Gerald M. Kosicki. Personalized News Portals: Filtering Systems and Increased News Exposure. Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly, 91(1):59–77, 2014. (investigated the impact of personalized news web portals on political bias and found out the average news viewer seems to favor news that does not have bias towards a particular perspective.) The digital citizen: in worship of an echo (2014) https://eprints.soton.ac.uk/366752/ Messing, S., & Westwood, S. J. (2014). Selective exposure in the age of social media: Endorsements trump partisan source affiliation when selecting news online. Communication Research, 41(8), 1042–1063. Barberá, P., Jost, J. T., Nagler, J., Tucker, J. A., & Bonneau, R. (2015). Tweeting from left to right: Is online political communication more than an echo chamber? Psychological Science, Pablo Barbera. How Social Media Reduces Mass Political Polarization. Evidence from Germany, Spain, and the U.S. 2014 (found out that social media users receive information from a set of diverse sources, thanks to weak ties) FILTER BUBBLES, ECHO CHAMBERS, AND ONLINE NEWS CONSUMPTION (show that there’s no preferential media consumption) https://5harad.com/papers/ bubbles.pdf Bakshy, E., S. Messing, and L. Adamic (2015). “Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook”. In: Science (argue that facebook facilitates ideologically diverse exposure) Kieron O’Hara and David Stevens (2015). Echo Chambers and Online Radicalism : Assessing the Internet’ s Complicity in Violent Extremism. Policy and Internet (argue that the evidence for bubbles is not strong enough for regulation and even if bubbles exist, users can escape them. Since users can live in looser and multiple networks (often thanks to social media), they have flexibility, choice and exposure to heterogeneous points of view.) Bright, J. (2016). “The Social News Gap: How News Reading and News Sharing Diverge”. In: Journal of Communication (argues something similar to the above, that social media facilitates diverse exposure) Bode, L. (2016). Who sees what? Individual exposure to political information via social media. In G. W. Richardson (Ed.), Social media and politics: A new way to participate in the political process. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger. IS THE INTERNET CAUSING POLITICAL POLARIZATION? EVIDENCE FROM DEMOGRAPHICS (2017) http://www.nber.org/papers/w23258.pdf (they show that polarization is increasing for the older demographic, who generally don’t use the internet) ------------------------------------------------------ *2. Here are a few that support the existence of the bubble:* Slater, M. D. (2007). Reinforcing spirals: The mutual influence of media selectivity and media effects and their impact on individual behavior and social identity. Communication theory, (it is a spiral effect) McCarty, N. M., Poole, K. T., & Rosenthal, H. (2008). Polarized America: The dance of ideology and unequal riches. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. (economic inequality and polarization are linked) Stroud, N. J. (2008). Media use and political predispositions: Revisiting the concept of selective exposure. Political Behavior, 30(3), 341–366. Iyengar, S., & Hahn, K. S. (2009). Red media, blue media: Evidence of ideological selectivity in media use. Journal of Communication, 59 Levendusky, M. (2009). The partisan sort: How liberals became Democrats and conservatives became Republicans. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. Lawrence, E., Sides, J., & Farrell, H. (2010). Self-segregation or deliberation? Blog readership, participation, and polarization in American politics. Perspectives on Politics, 8(1), 141–157. (social media leading to polarization) Abramowitz, A. I. (2011). The disappearing center: Engaged citizens, polarization, and American democracy. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press. Stroud, N. J. (2011). Niche news: The politics of news choice. New York, NY: Oxford University Press (claim that polarization is due to media balkanization) Gentzkow, M., & Shapiro, J. M. (2011). Ideological segregation online and offline. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 44, 1–41. (both media and personal choice responsible for polarization) Iyengar, S., Sood, G., & Lelkes, Y. (2012). Affect, not ideology: A social identity perspective on polarization. Public Opinion Quarterly, 76(3), 405–431. Murray, C. (2013). Coming apart: The state of white America, 1960–2010. New York, NY: Crown Forum Arceneaux, K., & Johnson, M. (2013). Changing minds or changing channels? Partisan news in an age of choice. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (“Balkanization of media consumption”) Levendusky, M. (2013). How partisan media polarize America. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press. (claim that polarization is due to media balkanization) Arceneaux, K., & Johnson, M. (2013). Changing minds or changing channels? Partisan news in an age of choice. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press (claim that polarization is due to public choice and not media) Prior, M. (2013). Media and political polarization. Annual Review of Political Science, 16, 101–127. (both media and personal choice responsible for polarization) Himelboim, I., McCreery, S., & Smith, M. (2013). Birds of a feather tweet together: Integrating network and content analyses to examine cross-ideology exposure on Twitter. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18(2), (social media leading to polarization) Abramowitz, A. I. (2014). Partisan nation: The rise of affective partisanship in the American electorate. >From “information” to “knowing”: Exploring the role of social media in contemporary news consumption (2014) (found out that especially those who have a small network on Facebook are vulnerable to the filter bubble effect (in terms of news consumption).) Edgerly, S. (2015). Red media, blue media, and purple media: News repertoires in the colorful media landscape. Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 59, 1–21. (claim that polarization is due to public choice and not media) Nikolov D, Oliveira DFM, Flammini A, Menczer F. (2015) Measuring online social bubbles. PeerJ Computer Science (studied 4 years of communication data in a university network and found out that social media exposes the community to a narrower range of information sources) “Media Choice and Moderation: Evidence from Online Tracking Data” (2016) (Overall, the findings support a view that if online “echo chambers” exist, they are a reality for only very few people who drive the traffic and priorities of the most partisan outlets.) ------------------------------------------------------ Sorry for dumping this unorganized list here. I hope some of it is still helpful. We are in the process of preparing a tutorial on this subject. I can provide you with a much more well formatted list of references/summary in a month or so, if that is still of interest. Regards, Kiran Garimella, PhD student Aalto University https://users.ics.aalto.fi/kiran/ On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 11:10 PM, Sarah Ann Oates <soates(a)umd.edu> wrote: > Wow. More evidence that AoIR is worth a thousand lit reviews :) > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 1:44 PM, Alex Leavitt <alexleavitt(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > > > First: > > > > An overview of the #fakenews conference at Harvard Law earlier this year: > > https://news.northeastern.edu/2017/02/the-fake-news- > > phenomenon-how-it-spreads-and-how-to-fight-it/ > > > > Some suggestions: > > > > Media Choice and Moderation:Evidence from Online Tracking Data. Andrew > > Guess, 2016. https://www.dropbox.com/s/uk005hhio3dysm8/GuessJMP.pdf?dl=0 > > and coverage by Brendan Nyhan (who also does work in this area): > > https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/08/upshot/relatively-few- > > people-are-partisan-news-consumers-but-theyre-influential.html > > > > Yochai Benkler's 2017 research report: > > http://www.npr.org/2017/03/14/520087884/researchers-examine- > > breitbart-s-influence-on-misleading-information > > > > Exposure to ideologically diverse news and opinion on Facebook. Bakshy, > > Messing, & Adamic, 2015. Science. > > http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2015/05/06/ > > science.aaa1160.full > > > > Guess, Andrew M. 2015. Measure for measure: an experimental test of > online > > political media exposure. Political Analysis 23(1): 59-75. > > https://academic.oup.com/pan/article-abstract/23/1/59/ > > 1448909/Measure-for-Measure-An-Experimental-Test-of-Online > > > > People trust news based on who shared it, not on who published it > > http://www.niemanlab.org/2017/03/avoiding-articles-from-the- > > creep-people-trust-news-based-on-who-shared-it-not-on-who-published-it/ > > --> (2016: > > http://www.mediainsight.org/Pages/a-new-understanding- > > what-makes-people-trust-and-rely-on-news.aspx > > ) > > > > Selective exposure in the age of social media: Endorsements trump > partisan > > source affiliation when selecting news online. Messing & Westwood, 2014, > > Communication Research. > > https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Solomon_Messing/ > > publication/235763723_Selective_Exposure_in_the_Age_ > > of_Social_Media_Endorsements_Trump_Partisan_Source_ > > Affiliation_When_Selecting_News_Online/links/ > 0fcfd5134c3eb42dd5000000.pdf > > > > Also related: > > > > Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election. Allcott & Gentzkow, > 2017. > > https://web.stanford.edu/~gentzkow/research/fakenews.pdf > > > > Kate Starbird, @ University of Washington: > > https://medium.com/hci-design-at-uw/information-wars-a- > > window-into-the-alternative-media-ecosystem-a1347f32fd8f > > > > > > --- > > > > Alex Leavitt, Ph.D. > > Quantitative UX Researcher, Facebook Research > > http://alexleavitt.com > > Twitter: @alexleavitt <http://twitter.com/alexleavitt> > > > > > > On Sun, Apr 2, 2017 at 10:00 AM, Miguel, Cristina < > > C.Miguel(a)leedsbeckett.ac.uk> wrote: > > > > > Hi David, > > > > > > Flaxman et al. have another interesting paper about filter bubbles in > > > relation to news consumption: > > > > > > Flaxman, S., Goel, S., & Rao, J. (2016). Filter bubbles, echo chambers, > > > and online news consumption. Public Opinion Quarterly, 15(3), 209-227. > > > Chicago. > > > > > > Also check: > > > > > > Bozdag, E. (2013). Bias in algorithmic filtering and personalization. > > > Ethics and Information Technology, 15(3), 209-227. > > > > > > > > > My 2 cents! > > > > > > > > > Best wishes, > > > > > > > > > > > > Dr. Cristina Miguel > > > Senior Lecturer > > > Business School > > > Leeds Beckett University > > > https://leedsbeckett.academia.edu/CristinaMiguel > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of David > Brake < > > > davidbrake(a)gmail.com> > > > Sent: 02 April 2017 15:35 > > > To: AoIR mailing list > > > Subject: [Air-L] Questioning the filter bubble > > > > > > Dear all, > > > > > > I’ve asked my students what they’d like to learn about I have not > already > > > covered and several of them have been asking about filter bubbles in > > social > > > media and virtual communities. What do people recommend these days for > up > > > to date discussion of filter bubbles? In particular arguments on *both* > > > sides. Here are two skeptical pieces I found about the filter bubble > > effect > > > FYI > > > > > > Flaxman, S., Goel, S., & Rao, J. M. (2013). Ideological segregation and > > > the effects of social media on news consumption. Retrieved from > > > http://www.justinmrao.com/bubbles.pdf > > > Gentzkow, M., & Shapiro, J. M. (2011). Ideological Segregation Online > and > > > Offline. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 126(4), 1799-1839. > Retrieved > > > from http://qje.oxfordjournals.org/content/126/4/1799.abstract > > > > > > > > > -- > > > 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 < > > 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/ > > > To view the terms under which this email is distributed, please go to:- > > > http://disclaimer.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/disclaimer/disclaimer.html > > > _______________________________________________ > > > 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/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/ > > > > > > -- > Sarah Oates > Professor and Senior Scholar > Philip Merrill College of Journalism > University of Maryland > College Park, MD 20457 > Email: soates(a)umd.edu > Phone: 301 405 4510 > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > -- -- Kiran

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Learning big data analysis from scratch
by Luis Hestres 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

Hello everyone, One of my perennial goals is to learn how to do big data research from scratch. Is there a comprehensive resource, such a a book or website, that walks you through all the steps if you don’t have a programming or database management background? Thanks, Luis - - - - - Dr. Luis E. Hestres Assistant Professor Department of Communication The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249-0732 http://www.luishestres.com<http://www.luishestres.com/> Want to support our tax deductible nonprofit work by contributing to the UTSA department of communication? Please visit: https://giving.utsa.edu/FriendsofCommunication Thanks for your support!

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wonderful Social Media conference in beautiful downtown Toronto
by Barry Wellman 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

I'll be there, talking about Digital Seniors and giving a loong Networks for N00bs workshop Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________ Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 20:26:37 -0400 From: Anatoliy <agruzd(a)GMAIL.COM> Subject: Invitation to attend: 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0335_01D2BBA6.BFDAF9D0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ***Apologies for cross-posting*** We would like to invite you to attend the 2017 International Conference = on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) happening on July 28-30 in = Toronto, Canada. This year=E2=80=99s theme is on =E2=80=9CSocial Media = for Social Good or Evil=E2=80=9D. =20 The May 1, 2017 early-bird deadline is fast approaching. Register today = at: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/registration/=20 The 2017 #SMSociety Conference offers an intensive 3-day program that = includes numerous methods workshops = (https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2017-workshops/) over 100 full & = work-in-progress papers, panels, and over 40 posters featuring the = latest in social media research. Our interdisciplinary research = community brings researchers from a wide variety of disciplines = including Communication, Information Science, Computer Science, = Education, Journalism, Management, Political Science, Sociology, Health, = and other fields.=20 This year, we are honoured to have two highly distinguished scholars and = leaders as our keynotes speakers: * Lee Rainie =E2=80=93 Director, Pew Research Center=E2=80=99s Internet = <http://www.pewinternet.org/> & American Life Project, USA * Ronald Deibert =E2=80=93 Professor of Political Science, and Director = of the Citizen Lab <http://www.citizenlab.org/> at the Munk School of = Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada. =20 And two featured panels: * =E2=80=9C = <https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2017/smsociety-conference-toronto-jul-= 28-30-2017-features-panel-women-social-media-safe-unsafe-spaces/> Women = in Social Media: Safe and Unsafe Spaces=E2=80=9D organized by Caroline = Haythornthwaite (Syracuse University), Stephanie Teasley (University of = Michigan), Jennifer Stromer-Galley (Syracuse University), Ingrid = Erickson (Syracuse University), Libby Hemphill (Illinois Institute of = Technology), and Alyssa Friend Wise (New York University); * Industry panel on =E2=80=9C = <https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2017/social-media-twitter-analytics-br= ands-featured-panel-smsociety-conference-toronto-jul-28-30-2017/> Social = Media and Twitter Analytics for Brands=E2=80=9D organized by Twitter = Canada. =20 We hope you can join us for this exciting event and contribute to this = emerging research area! If you have any questions about the conference, please email us at: = ask(a)socialmediaandsociety.org <mailto:ask@socialmediaandsociety.org>=20 -- 2017 #SMSociety Organizing Committee: =E2=80=A2 Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University, Canada =E2=80=93 = Conference Chair =E2=80=A2 Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada =E2=80=93 = Conference Chair =E2=80=A2 Philip Mai, Ryerson University, Canada =E2=80=93 Conference = Chair =E2=80=A2 Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute, UK =E2=80=93 WIP = Chair =E2=80=A2 Jeff Hemsley, Syracuse University, USA =E2=80=93 WIP Chair =E2=80=A2 Hazel Kwon, Arizona State University, USA =E2=80=93 Poster = Chair =20 Advisory Board: =E2=80=A2 William H. Dutton, Michigan State University, USA =E2=80=A2 Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA =E2=80=A2 Barry Wellman, INSNA Founder, The Netlab Network, Canada =20 Programme Committee: =E2=80=A2 Visit: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/about/ =20 =20 =20 =20

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21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems (ADBIS 2017): Last Mile
by Announce Announcements 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

*** LAST MILE *** 21st European Conference on Advances in Databases and Information Systems ADBIS 2017 Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 24 - 27 September, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Submission Deadline: 28 April 2017 (firm) *** The main objective of the ADBIS series of conferences is to provide a forum for the dissemination of research accomplishments and to promote interaction and collaboration between the database and information system research communities from European countries and the rest of the world. The ADBIS conferences provide an international platform for the presentation of research on database theory, development of advanced DBMS technologies, and their advanced applications. The conference will consist of regular sessions with technical contributions (regular papers, short papers) reviewed and selected by an international program committee, as well as of invited talks and tutorials presented by leading scientists. The official language of the conference will be English. A Doctoral Consortium and different Workshops will be held in line with the main conference. TOPICS We invite original papers describing results that broadly belong to both theory and practice of databases and information systems. The list of specific topics of interest follows, with a note that it is not exhaustive and we welcome novel results addressing topics not included in the list. · Data intensive sciences and databases · Theoretical foundations of databases · Management of large scale data systems · Data models and query languages · Database monitoring and (self-)tuning · Data curation, annotation, and provenance · Data warehousing, OLAP, and ETL tools · Indexing, query processing and optimization · Data mining and knowledge discovery · Big data storage, replication, and consistency · Modeling, mining and querying user generated content · Data quality and data cleansing · Web, XML and semi-structured databases · Sensor databases and mobile data management · Text databases and information retrieval · Probabilistic databases, uncertainty and approximate querying · Temporal and spatial databases · Graph databases · Databases on emerging hardware architectures · Distributed data platforms, including Cloud data systems, key-value stores, and Big Data systems · Information extraction and integration · Streaming data analysis · Scalable data analysis and analytics · Data and information visualization; and user interfaces · Information quality and usability · Information system architectures and networking · Business process modeling and optimization · Data and information flow engineering and management · Context-aware and adaptive information systems · Data and information intensive services · Requirements engineering for databases and information systems · Artificial intelligence in databases and information systems · Data, information, and information systems security · Innovative platforms for data and information handling · Innovative approaches for database and information systems engineering · Novel database and information systems applications PAPER PUBLISHING ADBIS accepted research papers will be published in a Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science volume. Papers must not exceed 14 pages in the LNCS format. For camera-ready papers use Latex or Word style (find here http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…. The program committee may decide to accept a submission as a short paper if it reports interesting results but does not justify publication of a full paper. ADBIS short research papers must not exceed 8 pages. The best paper with students as first authors will receive an award. Best papers of the main conference will be invited for submission in special issues of the ISI-indexed journals Information Systems (http://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-systems/) and Informatica (http://www.informatica.si/) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES · Papers must be written in English. · Papers must contain previously unpublished work and not be submitted concurrently to another conference. · Papers are submitted using an electronic submissions system, as detailed below. · An Author of an accepted paper must register to ADBIS 2017 in order to have the paper published. · Accepted papers must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. · ADBIS papers must be submitted via the EasyChair system: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . · Papers must be submitted as a single PDF document · Authors of accepted papers must submit along with the camera-ready version of their paper a copyright form filled (http://www.cyprusconferences.org/adbis2017/files/springerform.pdf) and signed. Please note that only authors employed by the EU (as an institution) tick the relevant box. Authors who simply reside or work in an EU country should not tick this box. IMPORTANT DATES · Full and Short Papers: April 28, 2017 (firm) · Notification of Acceptance: May 25, 2017 · Camera-ready Submission: June 15, 2017 COMMITTEES Steering Committee Chair · Leonid Kalinichenko, Russian Academy of Science, Russia General Chair · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia · Kjetil Norvag, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Proceedings Chair · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Workshops Chairs · Johann Gamper, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy · Robert Wrembel, Poznan University of Technology, Poland Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Jerome Darmont, Universite Lyon 2, France · Stefano Rizzi, University of Bologna, Italy

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CFPs Digitising Early Childhood (Abstracts extended to 31 May)
by Tama Leaver 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

DIGITISING EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - CALL FOR PAPERS (Abstracts Submission Extended to 31 May) http://www.digitisingearlychildhood.com/call-for-papers.html 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 the EXTENDED DATE of Wednesday 31st May. 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 at ecu.edu.au

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Invitation to attend: 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety)
by Anatoliy 23 Apr '17

23 Apr '17

***Apologies for cross-posting*** We would like to invite you to attend the 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) happening on July 28-30 in Toronto, Canada. This year’s theme is on “Social Media for Social Good or Evil”. The May 1, 2017 early-bird deadline is fast approaching. Register today at: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/registration/ The 2017 #SMSociety Conference offers an intensive 3-day program that includes numerous methods workshops (https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2017-workshops/) over 100 full & work-in-progress papers, panels, and over 40 posters featuring the latest in social media research. Our interdisciplinary research community brings researchers from a wide variety of disciplines including Communication, Information Science, Computer Science, Education, Journalism, Management, Political Science, Sociology, Health, and other fields. This year, we are honoured to have two highly distinguished scholars and leaders as our keynotes speakers: * Lee Rainie – Director, Pew Research Center’s Internet <http://www.pewinternet.org/> & American Life Project, USA * Ronald Deibert – Professor of Political Science, and Director of the Citizen Lab <http://www.citizenlab.org/> at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto, Canada. And two featured panels: * “ <https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2017/smsociety-conference-toronto-jul-28-…> Women in Social Media: Safe and Unsafe Spaces” organized by Caroline Haythornthwaite (Syracuse University), Stephanie Teasley (University of Michigan), Jennifer Stromer-Galley (Syracuse University), Ingrid Erickson (Syracuse University), Libby Hemphill (Illinois Institute of Technology), and Alyssa Friend Wise (New York University); * Industry panel on “ <https://socialmediaandsociety.org/2017/social-media-twitter-analytics-brand…> Social Media and Twitter Analytics for Brands” organized by Twitter Canada. We hope you can join us for this exciting event and contribute to this emerging research area! If you have any questions about the conference, please email us at: ask(a)socialmediaandsociety.org <mailto:ask@socialmediaandsociety.org> -- 2017 #SMSociety Organizing Committee: • Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University, Canada – Conference Chair • Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada – Conference Chair • Philip Mai, Ryerson University, Canada – Conference Chair • Bernie Hogan, Oxford Internet Institute, UK – WIP Chair • Jeff Hemsley, Syracuse University, USA – WIP Chair • Hazel Kwon, Arizona State University, USA – Poster Chair Advisory Board: • William H. Dutton, Michigan State University, USA • Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA • Barry Wellman, INSNA Founder, The Netlab Network, Canada Programme Committee: • Visit: https://socialmediaandsociety.org/about/

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Survey: Values in Visualization Work
by Jaime Snyder 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Values in Visualization Work URL: http://bit.ly/2p9sER4 Building on recent conversations in the visualization community, including the survey by Meeks et al., this questionnaire will help us better understand the work practices and values of people who create visualizations and visualization systems. Responses will enable us to characterize motivations, priorities, and standards of folks within the visualization community. This survey should take about 20 minutes to complete. It begins by asking you for basic information about yourself, your training, and your background. Next, we ask you to reflect on what is most important to you when you are doing visualization work. All questions are optional, though we ask you to try to answer each of them as best you can. At the conclusion of the survey, you can sign up for a chance to win a $50 Amazon gift card (1 for every 100 participants). This work is being conducted by researchers at the University of Washington. If you have questions or comments, please contact Jaime Snyder (jas1208(a)uw.edu<mailto:jas1208@uw.edu>, @jay_ess). Thanks! Jaime ————————————————— Jaime Snyder Assistant Professor, Information School Adjunct Assistant Professor, Human Centered Design and Engineering University of Washington jas1208(a)uw.edu<mailto:jas1208@uw.edu> 206-616-1094

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The Political Economy of Hacking Symposium CfP
by christina dunbar-hester 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

*The Political Economy of Hacking – Accelerate, Augment, or Abolish the Markets?* *Circle 6: Appropriating Technology for Societal Change* 26th of July - 2nd of August, Saulkrasti, Latvia Deadline for applications: 1st of May *Theme of the symposium* Technology disrupt markets. It is open to debate, however, what this implies for the future of the market economy. Some hackers and activists look forward to the day when technological progress has abolished the need for market exchanges. For instance, self-acclaimed pirates strive to make intellectual property unenforceable with file sharing protocols. Hobby-engineers develop self-reproducing 3D printers under the slogan: “wealth-without-money”. The digital currency Faircoin has been launched as a more equitable alternative to the existing monetary system. Peer production, exemplified in free software development, is showcased as a non-coercive model for organizing work. Towering above these initiatives is basic income as a redistributive principle, arguably better adjusted to the age of full automation. The post-capitalist future envisioned by some hackers and activists contrasts with the “accelerationist” vision. According to the latter viewpoint, it is not markets but monopolies, guild privileges, and state regulations that are unsettled by technological breakthroughs. Virtual reality paves the way for “augmented property”, block-chain technology unlocks new areas of the lifeworld to just-in-time monetary flows, and computerization allows work to be parceled up in ever finer tasks and micropayments. Whose utopia will carry the day – you are invited to take part in the discussion! Relevant themes for presentations may include, but is not limited to, the following questions: • Is peer production still on the agenda after the rise of the “sharing economy”? • Is basic income the answer to automation and jobless growth? • What are the identities of future workers: employees, turkers, makers? • How is wealth distribution affected by platform capitalism? • What new avenues of marketization will be opened-up with block-chain technology? • Can alternative currencies be designed to fix the monetary system? • Historical perspectives on the rise of peer production/platform capitalism/sharing economy • Theoretical perspectives at the intersection of hacking, high-tech markets, and labour *Format of the presentation * Presentation of work: We wish to facilitate debates and therefore encourage free oral presentation rather than reading from a paper. A presentation should aim for 20-30 min., leaving time for discussions. Text: You can offer to present a text (own writing or a published text) which has been distributed beforehand to the participants. The text should not exceed 25 pages. The presentation must give a short introduction of the argumentation allowing participants to engage in discussion. *Submit via email. Deadline, 1st of May, 2017: * 1. A written proposal (ca 350 words) with a title, its format its duration. 2. A short bio (ca 100 words). Submit to: johan.soderberg(a)sts.gu.se and gustav.eek(a)fripost.org If you would like to attend the symposium without presenting, please email a short bio. Participants with presentations will be given priority. Preliminary program will be announced on 15th of May on www.nordic.university. Late submissions will continued to be considered, until the maximum number of participants is reached. *Application process and registration * The application process has two steps: (1) Application to coordinators for acceptance of presentation or participation without presentation. (2) After you have been accepted, the next step is registration and payments, which closes on 1st of June. All registration and payment will be done electronically. Note if you apply for participating late, payment must still be completed 1st of June. *Keynote speakers at NSU* Sigridur Thorgeirsdottir, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Iceland. Cecilia Malmström Olsson, freelance dance researcher, writer, lecturer. *Cost and accommodation * The NSU summer session is held from 26th of July to 2nd of August 2017 in Minhauzena Unda, Saulkrasti (Latvia) For more information about the place, please visit: https://nsu2017. wordpress.com/ Total cost per adult person, including accommodation and full pension, ranges from 200-550 € depending on the accommodation of choice. Grant and scholarship are available under certain conditions. See further on combination of categories and prices here:https://payment.nsuweb.org/ *To Doctorate Candidates* Despite its name, Nordic Summer School is not a summer school targeting doctorate candidates. It invites participants on all levels of the university as well as from outside academia. That being said, doctorate student is on request awarded 5 credits for participation and presentation at NSU. ** Christina Dunbar-Hester Author of *Low Power to the People* <http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/low-power-people>, MIT Press

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