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Social semiotics on web sites - French texts
by Daniel Jung 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

Dear colleagues, I am looking for recent French texts (articles, book chapters, video clips) about multimodality, and social semiotic discourse on web sites. Ideally an analysis of a concrete web site, or a comparison, explaining and theorizing the relationships between the different modes involved, and their place in a cultural discourse (in the sense of Kress and van Leeuwen). So far, the closest I have come are the works of Nathalie Lacelle (Quebec), and Sébastien Rouquette (Clermont-Ferrand), but their texts are not ideal for my purpose. French texts in multimodality and semiotics tend to be about literacy, second language acquisition and didactical settings, and are often heavily text-based, which is not really what I am after. So I am gratefull for any help in identifying resources! (Asking for a student). Thanks, Daniel Jung

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Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB
by Christopher J. Richter 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

As Sohail Dahdal clarifies, the ethics of human subject research turn not on whether the actions subjects are directed to do are laudable, but whether the research involves risk of harm to the participants, in this case, minors. Risks for the participants of the study as proposed might also include that of being denied social media service in future, which for some folks I know would be devastating! As for Dan’s hypothetical, yes, requiring participants to face risk of arrest (or of being handcuffed, which can be terrifying and actually can hurt, or tear gassed, or billy clubbed or even shot—sometimes the degree of real world risk is difficult to assess) is unethical, especially if, as minors, they are not legally capable of making decisions about the risk themselves. Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Studies Hollins University Roanoke VA, USA > On Jan 12, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Sohail Dahdal <sohail.dahdal(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Asking your research subjects to do ethical illegal actions could be either ‘ethical research’ or not depending on any risk that you might expose your subject to... > > In that sense highly ethical actions could actually be highly unethical research. > > In the case of FB fake accounts, you have to ask, about the risk to your subject including the risk of forming bas habits not just the legal implications. > > Prof Sohail Dahdal, > American University of Sharjah > >> On 12 Jan 2018, at 3:30 am, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >> So we seem to agree on your second statement. >> >> Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks >> minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps he >> asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. For >> good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color seats at >> the lunch counter or something. >> >> Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of the >> study subjects. >> >> ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly >> ethically but illegally? >> >> Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is ethical >> all the way down. >> >> Cheers, DLB >> >>> On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >>> >>> Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because something is legal, that does not make it ethical. >>> >>> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >>> Hollins University >>> Roanoke VA, USA >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >>> >>> So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. >>> >>> Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract for them to violate. >>> >>> None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. >>> >>> Cheers, DLB >>> >>> Dan L. Burk >>> Chancellor's Professor of Law >>> University of California, Irvine >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >>> <b975a236.gif> >>> >>> On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >>> Dear Charles, >>> >>> TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. >>> >>> Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's problematic. >>> >>> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >>> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >>> Hollins University >>> Roanoke VA, USA >>> >>> On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: >>> >>> Dear AoIRists, >>> >>> What are your thoughts regarding the following? >>> >>> A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? >>> Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. >>> >>> I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed results, i.e., some for, some concerned). >>> >>> But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the problem. >>> >>> Many thanks in advance, >>> - charles >>> -- >>> Professor in Media Studies >>> Department of Media and Communication >>> University of Oslo >>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >>> >>> Postboks 1093 >>> Blindern 0317 >>> Oslo, Norway >>> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>> _______________________________________________ >>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >>> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1] >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2] >>> >>> 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 [1] >>> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2] >>> >>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>> http://www.aoir.org/ >> >> -- >> >> -- >> Dan L. Burk >> Chancellor's Professor of Law >> University of California, Irvine >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >> >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://aoir.org >> [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> <b975a236.gif>

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 162, Issue 14 Readings on internet 'addiction'? (Sanjay Sharma)
by Katrin Tiidenberg 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

Dear Sanjay, Annette Markham, me and a group of students worked on how people make sense of their own experiences and which popular discourses they (re)produce or push back on. The addiction narrative is addressed centrally. Available here https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3097307 <https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=3097307> happy to send if you can’t access. best, Kat Tiidenberg Katrin Tiidenberg, PhD Aarhus University / Tallinn University kkatot.tumblr.com <http://kkatot.tumblr.com/> > On Jan 13, 2018, at 4:17 AM, 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. Readings on internet 'addiction'? (Sanjay Sharma) > 2. Any sociological or STS research on machine learning? > (Yosem Companys) > 3. Re: research ethics again - students and FB (Dan L. Burk) > 4. Re: Any sociological or STS research on machine learning? (Sally) > 5. Re: research ethics again - students and FB (Dan L. Burk) > 6. Re: WEBCAST FRIDAY: Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges > (with Vint Cerf) (Joly MacFie) > 7. Re: Any sociological or STS research on machine learning? > (Jenna Burrell) > 8. Re: Any sociological or STS research on machine learning? > (Roberge Jonathan) > 9. Re: research ethics again - students and FB (Peter Timusk) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 14:19:06 +0000 > From: Sanjay Sharma <Sanjay.Sharma(a)brunel.ac.uk> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Readings on internet 'addiction'? > Message-ID: > <VI1PR0102MB28457444DF89A740DADC86E3C0170(a)VI1PR0102MB2845.eurprd01.prod.exchangelabs.com> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Hello All > > > I'm putting together a new UG social media module, and after eliciting feedback from students, there's interest in internet 'addiction'. > > > In the past, I shun away from these kinds of discussions about 'addiction', as they can be empirically dubious, with simplistic - psychological, rather than sociological - notions of subjectivity and behaviour. Although now that (controversially) the WHO may be classifying gaming disorder as a mental health condition, it struck me that the topic does need some serious attention. And more generally, there are seemingly convincing claims about how the design of social media platforms and apps exploit our attention, e.g. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/oct/05/smartphone-addiction-sil… > > > Are there critically informed academic resources/readings the hive-mind of AoIR would recommend on this topic? (I'm happy to compile and re-circulate to the mailing-list). > > > Thanks > > Sanjay > > > Dr Sanjay Sharma > Department of Social & Political Sciences (MJRD156) > College of Business, Arts & Social Sciences > Brunel University > http://www.brunel.ac.uk/people/sanjay-sharma<http://www.brunel.ac.uk/sss/sociology/staff-profiles/sanjay-sharma> > darkmatter Journal<http://www.darkmatter101.org/> editor > twitter: @sanjay_digital<https://twitter.com/sanjay_digital> > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:29:08 -0800 > From: Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> > To: "Science & Technology Studies" <STS(a)nic.surfnet.nl>, > STSGRAD(a)googlegroups.com, AIR <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Cc: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine learning? > Message-ID: > <CANhci9GiiFD3STAC7EvPBCaGt6a=etP4CUXb_ZUKpBU1h_OZ-g(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> > > Hello everyone, > > I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. Does > anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, and/or use > of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS > researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine > learning whose work I should look into as well? > > Sincerely, > Stephen Paff > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:41:36 -0800 > From: "Dan L. Burk" <dburk(a)uci.edu> > To: Sohail Dahdal <sohail.dahdal(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Christopher J. Richter" <crichter(a)hollins.edu>, "Charles M. Ess" > <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no>, air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB > Message-ID: <b21bf7b536c5aaa36bac34ad3388a7a9(a)uci.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > Well, as I mentioned before, this is not really my circus. Most of what > I know about research ethics comes from the biomedical area. My sense > is that the principles are similar. In that context, it is perfectly > fine to ask subjects to take risks as long as you have informed consent > regarding the risks and benefits -- assuming that principle holds, the > issue wouldn't be the risk, it seems to me it would be the subjects > knowledge and acceptance of the risk. > > There is in Charles' problem the wrinkle of the subjects being minors, > which somewhat bifurcates the consent question -- on autonomy > principles, there is the subjects' own acceptance, which is a function > of actual age and capacity (i.e., a seventeen year old may be perfectly > capable of understanding the implications of the experiment, a seven > year old probably not). And then there is the separate question of > consent by the minors' guardians or responsible party as agent. > > Cheers, DLB > > On 2018-01-11 21:45, Sohail Dahdal wrote: > >> Asking your research subjects to do ethical illegal actions could be either 'ethical research' or not depending on any risk that you might expose your subject to... >> >> In that sense highly ethical actions could actually be highly unethical research. >> >> In the case of FB fake accounts, you have to ask, about the risk to your subject including the risk of forming bas habits not just the legal implications. >> >> Prof Sohail Dahdal, >> American University of Sharjah >> >> On 12 Jan 2018, at 3:30 am, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >> So we seem to agree on your second statement. >> >> Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks >> minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps he >> asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. For >> good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color seats at >> the lunch counter or something. >> >> Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of the >> study subjects. >> >> ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly >> ethically but illegally? >> >> Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is ethical >> all the way down. >> >> Cheers, DLB >> >> On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >> >> Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because something is legal, that does not make it ethical. >> >> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >> Hollins University >> Roanoke VA, USA >> >> On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >> So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. >> >> Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract for them to violate. >> >> None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. >> >> Cheers, DLB >> >> Dan L. Burk >> Chancellor's Professor of Law >> University of California, Irvine >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >> <b975a236.gif> >> >> On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >> Dear Charles, >> >> TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. >> >> Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's problematic. >> >> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >> Hollins University >> Roanoke VA, USA >> >> On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: >> >> Dear AoIRists, >> >> What are your thoughts regarding the following? >> >> A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? >> Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. >> >> I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed results, i.e., some for, some concerned). >> >> But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the problem. >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> - charles >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1 [1]] >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] >> >> 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 [1 [1]] >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> -- >> >> -- >> Dan L. Burk >> Chancellor's Professor of Law >> University of California, Irvine >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://aoir.org >> [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> <b975a236.gif> > > -- > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://aoir.org > [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:42:25 -0800 > From: Sally <sally(a)sally.com> > To: Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> > Cc: Science & Technology Studies <STS(a)nic.surfnet.nl>, > STSGRAD(a)googlegroups.com, AIR <air-l(a)aoir.org>, Stephen Paff > <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine > learning? > Message-ID: <862F3EB4-BF35-4EB2-8F77-052E0F955355(a)sally.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Hi Stephen, > > We look at automation in general from an anthropological perspective. This includes AI, ML, and applied algorithms. > > Pubs at > > http://www.posr.org/wiki/publications > > Sally > > Sally Applin, Ph.D. > .......... > Research Fellow > University of Kent, Canterbury, UK > School of Anthropology and Conservation > Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing > .......... > Research Associate > Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) > Yale University > .......... > Associate Editor, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine > Member, IoT Council > Executive Board Member: The Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Foundation > .......... > http://www.posr.org > http://www.sally.com > I am based in Silicon Valley > >> On Jan 12, 2018, at 8:29 AM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. Does >> anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, and/or use >> of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS >> researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine >> learning whose work I should look into as well? >> >> Sincerely, >> Stephen Paff >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: 5 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 08:48:35 -0800 > From: "Dan L. Burk" <dburk(a)uci.edu> > To: "Christopher J. Richter" <crichter(a)hollins.edu> > Cc: Sohail Dahdal <sohail.dahdal(a)gmail.com>, "Charles M. Ess" > <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no>, air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB > Message-ID: <568d877ff6f9097e48292fbd067f35bc(a)uci.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > See my comment to Sohail, immediately preceeding. I worry again about > conflating the legal status of the minors with the ethics of their > participation. > > (And I assume the point of creating pseudonomous Facebook accounts is so > that they *wont* be denied social media access in the future!) > > Cheers, DLB > > On 2018-01-11 23:57, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > >> As Sohail Dahdal clarifies, the ethics of human subject research turn not on whether the actions subjects are directed to do are laudable, but whether the research involves risk of harm to the participants, in this case, minors. >> >> Risks for the participants of the study as proposed might also include that of being denied social media service in future, which for some folks I know would be devastating! >> >> As for Dan's hypothetical, yes, requiring participants to face risk of arrest (or of being handcuffed, which can be terrifying and actually can hurt, or tear gassed, or billy clubbed or even shot--sometimes the degree of real world risk is difficult to assess) is unethical, especially if, as minors, they are not legally capable of making decisions about the risk themselves. >> >> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >> Hollins University >> Roanoke VA, USA >> >> On Jan 12, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Sohail Dahdal <sohail.dahdal(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Asking your research subjects to do ethical illegal actions could be either 'ethical research' or not depending on any risk that you might expose your subject to... >> >> In that sense highly ethical actions could actually be highly unethical research. >> >> In the case of FB fake accounts, you have to ask, about the risk to your subject including the risk of forming bas habits not just the legal implications. >> >> Prof Sohail Dahdal, >> American University of Sharjah >> >> On 12 Jan 2018, at 3:30 am, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >> So we seem to agree on your second statement. >> >> Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks >> minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps he >> asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. For >> good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color seats at >> the lunch counter or something. >> >> Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of the >> study subjects. >> >> ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly >> ethically but illegally? >> >> Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is ethical >> all the way down. >> >> Cheers, DLB >> >> On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >> >> Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because something is legal, that does not make it ethical. >> >> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >> Hollins University >> Roanoke VA, USA >> >> On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >> So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. >> >> Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract for them to violate. >> >> None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. >> >> Cheers, DLB >> >> Dan L. Burk >> Chancellor's Professor of Law >> University of California, Irvine >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >> <b975a236.gif> >> >> On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >> Dear Charles, >> >> TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. >> >> Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's problematic. >> >> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >> Associate Professor, Communication Studies >> Hollins University >> Roanoke VA, USA >> >> On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: >> >> Dear AoIRists, >> >> What are your thoughts regarding the following? >> >> A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? >> Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. >> >> I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed results, i.e., some for, some concerned). >> >> But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the problem. >> >> Many thanks in advance, >> - charles >> -- >> Professor in Media Studies >> Department of Media and Communication >> University of Oslo >> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >> >> Postboks 1093 >> Blindern 0317 >> Oslo, Norway >> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1 [1]] >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] >> >> 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 [1 [1]] >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ >> -- >> >> -- >> Dan L. Burk >> Chancellor's Professor of Law >> University of California, Irvine >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >> >> Links: >> ------ >> [1] http://aoir.org >> [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> <b975a236.gif> > > -- > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://aoir.org > [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 12:19:57 -0500 > From: Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] WEBCAST FRIDAY: Digital Preservation: Policy > Challenges (with Vint Cerf) > Message-ID: > <CAM9VJk2msi0of4VZQJXG-x=1fKq9=WwvXYutMcReOJt6YhwSFg(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > This is just kicking off. > > On Tue, Jan 9, 2018 at 3:10 PM, Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> wrote: > >> This is a first for ISOC-NY! An event in Washington DC! But don't worry, >> there will be a follow up in NYC on Feb 5. If you can make it into Google >> in DC on Friday, there is still plenty of room, otherwise please join the >> webcast. You can register for either on the eventbrite or facebook event >> pages. See links below. >> >> >> ? >> >> [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>On *Friday >> January 12 2018* at *Noon EST *the *Internet Society New York Chapter* >> <http://isoc-ny.org/> (ISOC-NY), in partnership with the *Greater >> Washington DC Internet Society Chapter <http://isoc-dc.org/> *(ISOC-DC) >> presents *Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges >> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-preservation-policy-challenges-with-vi…>* at >> Google?s offices in Washington DC. This event, the first of a series, >> focuses on the policy aspects of digital preservation: Is there a role for >> regulators? Should there be global standards? Should those standards be >> patent-free? Keynote speaker will be *Vint Cerf*, Chief Internet >> Evangelist, Google. Respondents: *Michelle Wu*, Director of the Law >> Library, Georgetown Law; and *Kate Zwaard*, Chief of. National Digital >> Initiatives, Library of Congress. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet >> Society Livestream Channel >> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>* with open captioning. >> >> *What: Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges >> <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/>* >> *Where: Google, Washington DC* >> *When: Friday January 12 2018 ? Noon-2pm* >> *About: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/ >> <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/>* >> *Register (in person or webcast): Eventbrite >> <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-preservation-policy-challenges-with-vi…> | Facebook >> <https://www.facebook.com/events/459935521071213/>* >> *Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy >> <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>* >> *Captioning: http://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC >> <http://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* >> *Twitter: @isocny + #digitalpreservation <http://bit.ly/isocnydp>* >> >> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792#respond> See all comments >> <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792#comments> >> >> >> *?Permalink* >> >> ?http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792? >> <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792%E2%80%…> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> --------------------------------------------------------------- >> Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 <(218)%20565-9365> Skype:punkcast >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> > > > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > -------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 09:25:18 -0800 > From: Jenna Burrell <jenna1(a)gmail.com> > To: Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Science & Technology Studies" <STS(a)nic.surfnet.nl>, > STSGRAD(a)googlegroups.com, AIR <air-l(a)aoir.org>, Stephen Paff > <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine > learning? > Message-ID: > <CABOqA1rhGfBmT==h9ZXJwgjic+9pYgSXgrdqTXEAMQDDR+2MHQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi Stephen and AIR-L, > > Yes, there's a lot of work by sociologists and STS researchers on machine > learning, including books published in the last year or about to come out... > > Virginia Eubanks book *Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, > Punish and Police the Poor* is about to come out. I believe it's an > ethnography and that it deals, at least in part, with applications of > machine learning (in areas like predictive policing). > > There's a new book out by STS scholar Adrien Mackenzie *Machine Learners* - > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/machine-learners > > Also look at what Nick Seaver has written. He has an ethnography coming out > on music recommendation systems/algorithms (http://nickseaver.net/) > > Malte Ziewitz did an ethnography of the search engine optimization industry > and has done lots of work in this space - http://zwtz.org/ > > Marion Foucade has a deeply sociological read on this topic and has written > a great piece about the "mechanisms" that produce "classification > situations" which are consequential to life circumstances (she doesn't use > the phrase machine learning, but certainly ML compose some of the > underlying 'mechanisms' she is concerned with) - http://www. > sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368213000743 > > I've also written something in this space: "How the machine ?thinks?: > Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms" > http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2053951715622512 - I'm a > sociologist and an ethnographer, though this particular piece isn't > ethnographic. > > This list just scratches the surface ... there's just so much work coming > out in this space so I'll just offer some names of other people to look > into: Solon Barocas, Karen Levy, Kate Crawford, Christian Sandvig, Tarleton > Gillespie, Angele Christen, Mike Ananny, Nick Diakopolous, Luke Stark. Plus > lots of people doing work in this space at Data & Society ( > https://datasociety.net/) > > Jenna Burrell > Associate Professor > School of Information > UC-Berkeley > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. Does >> anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, and/or use >> of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS >> researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine >> learning whose work I should look into as well? >> >> Sincerely, >> Stephen Paff >> _______________________________________________ >> 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: 8 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 13:57:25 -0500 > From: Roberge Jonathan <Jonathan.Roberge(a)UCS.INRS.Ca> > To: Jenna Burrell <jenna1(a)gmail.com>, Yosem Companys > <ycompanys(a)gmail.com>, "jgduchesne(a)hotmail.com" > <jgduchesne(a)hotmail.com>, "marius.senneville(a)gmail.com" > <marius.senneville(a)gmail.com>, "Morin, Kevin" > <Kevin.Morin(a)ucs.inrs.ca> > Cc: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com>, "STSGRAD(a)googlegroups.com" > <STSGRAD(a)googlegroups.com>, Science & Technology Studies > <STS(a)nic.surfnet.nl>, AIR <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine > learning? > Message-ID: > <376ACBC5C0F4F94989643C173F667F7F08D7A9C5D9(a)Boreas.INRS-UCS.UQuebec.Ca> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" > > > Hi Stephen, > > Many thanks for your question and for rising this pressing issue (i.e. that we social scientist might need to work faster and better on AI and ML). > > While I would mostly follow Professor Burrell comment, I would also like to point out how there?s two intertwined bodies of literature here. One deals with the last 5 years or so of what has been written on algorithms and algorithmic cultures. Atop of the mostly American list provided, I would suggest works coming from David Beer, Rob Kitchin or our very own, Robert Seyfert and I? book on Algorithmic cultures. > (see https://www.routledge.com/Algorithmic-Cultures-Essays-on-Meaning-Performanc…) > > The second body of literature is indeed smaller as it particularly deals with Artificial intelligence and all of its latest twists (ML, Deep Learning, etc.). I would once more agree with Professor Burrell that Adrian Mackenzie' new book has good chance of becoming the equivalent of the important, but maybe more philosophical book on Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom. Of late, I?ve also come across several interesting pieces (some new, some rather old or outdated but that could serve as a sort of archeology). Here they are: > > Carley, K. M. (1996). Artificial Intelligence within Sociology. Sociological Methods & Research, 25(1), 3 30. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124196025001001 > Dreyfus, H. L., & Dreyfus, S. E. (1986). Mind over machine: the power of human intuition and expertise in the era of the computer. New York: Free Press. > Fox, S. (2016). Domesticating artificial intelligence: Expanding human self-expression through applications of artificial intelligence in prosumption. Journal of Consumer Culture, 146954051665912. https://doi.org/10.1177/1469540516659126 > Gunkel, D. J. (2012). Communication and artificial intelligence: Opportunities and challenges for the 21st century. communication+ 1, 1(1), 1?25. > Hoffman, S. G. (2017). Managing Ambiguities at the Edge of Knowledge: Research Strategy and Artificial Intelligence Labs in an Era of Academic Capitalism. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 42(4), 703 740. https://doi.org/10.1177/0162243916687038 > Natale, S., & Ballatore, A. (2017). Imagining the thinking machine: Technological myths and the rise of artificial intelligence. Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies, 135485651771516. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354856517715164 > Stilgoe, J. (2017). Machine learning, social learning and the governance of self-driving cars. Social Studies of Science, 030631271774168. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306312717741687 > Tripathi, A. K. (2017). Hermeneutics of technological culture. AI & SOCIETY, 32(2), 137 148. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-017-0717-4 > > My apologies for all the typos; I?m a Francophone who doesn?t like working on Friday afternoon that much !!!:) > Best, JR > > Jonathan Roberge > > Professeur-chercheur agr?g? > Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les Nouveaux Environnements Num?riques et l'Interm?diation Culturelle (NENIC Lab) > > Institut national de la recherche scientifique > Centre Urbanisation Culture Soci?t? > 490, rue de la Couronne, Qu?bec, Qc., Canada, G1K 9A9 > T?l. 418-687-6401, fax. 418 687-6425 > ________________________________________ > De : Air-L [air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org] de la part de Jenna Burrell [jenna1(a)gmail.com] > Date d'envoi : 12 janvier 2018 12:25 > ? : Yosem Companys > Cc : Stephen Paff; STSGRAD(a)googlegroups.com; Science & Technology Studies; AIR > Objet : Re: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine learning? > > Hi Stephen and AIR-L, > > Yes, there's a lot of work by sociologists and STS researchers on machine > learning, including books published in the last year or about to come out... > > Virginia Eubanks book *Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, > Punish and Police the Poor* is about to come out. I believe it's an > ethnography and that it deals, at least in part, with applications of > machine learning (in areas like predictive policing). > > There's a new book out by STS scholar Adrien Mackenzie *Machine Learners* - > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/machine-learners > > Also look at what Nick Seaver has written. He has an ethnography coming out > on music recommendation systems/algorithms (http://nickseaver.net/) > > Malte Ziewitz did an ethnography of the search engine optimization industry > and has done lots of work in this space - http://zwtz.org/ > > Marion Foucade has a deeply sociological read on this topic and has written > a great piece about the "mechanisms" that produce "classification > situations" which are consequential to life circumstances (she doesn't use > the phrase machine learning, but certainly ML compose some of the > underlying 'mechanisms' she is concerned with) - http://www. > sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368213000743 > > I've also written something in this space: "How the machine ?thinks?: > Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms" > http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2053951715622512 - I'm a > sociologist and an ethnographer, though this particular piece isn't > ethnographic. > > This list just scratches the surface ... there's just so much work coming > out in this space so I'll just offer some names of other people to look > into: Solon Barocas, Karen Levy, Kate Crawford, Christian Sandvig, Tarleton > Gillespie, Angele Christen, Mike Ananny, Nick Diakopolous, Luke Stark. Plus > lots of people doing work in this space at Data & Society ( > https://datasociety.net/) > > Jenna Burrell > Associate Professor > School of Information > UC-Berkeley > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hello everyone, >> >> I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. Does >> anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, and/or use >> of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS >> researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine >> learning whose work I should look into as well? >> >> Sincerely, >> Stephen Paff >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2018 22:17:10 -0500 > From: "Peter Timusk" <peterotimusk(a)gmail.com> > To: <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB > Message-ID: <036c01d38c1d$00e0f780$02a2e680$(a)gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I agree with professor Christopher here on the ethics and harm questions > presented in the thread. > > > Also I disagree with some researchers here, in that, just because something > is online in public view, does not give us the right to make data with it. > Example: an open Facebook group cannot be used for data without each > contributor's express explicit consent to have their content treated as > data. I work in government where there are laws concerning my use of our > study data. I may be more conservative in this view of privacy and/or > copyright. > > I want to add and I do not mean to troll but apparently Inuit eat seals and > have traditional ways of life, I have eaten cows including baby cows as > veal, apparently some people eat dogs. > > Cats apparently rule the Internet. > > Peter Timusk B.Math ( statistics), B.A. (legal studies) Graduate school in > systems sciences. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Air-L [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of > Christopher J. Richter > Sent: Friday, January 12, 2018 2:57 AM > To: Sohail Dahdal > Cc: air-l > Subject: Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB > > As Sohail Dahdal clarifies, the ethics of human subject research turn not on > whether the actions subjects are directed to do are laudable, but whether > the research involves risk of harm to the participants, in this case, > minors. > > Risks for the participants of the study as proposed might also include that > of being denied social media service in future, which for some folks I know > would be devastating! > > As for Dan's hypothetical, yes, requiring participants to face risk of > arrest (or of being handcuffed, which can be terrifying and actually can > hurt, or tear gassed, or billy clubbed or even shot-sometimes the degree of > real world risk is difficult to assess) is unethical, especially if, as > minors, they are not legally capable of making decisions about the risk > themselves. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies Hollins University Roanoke VA, > USA > >> On Jan 12, 2018, at 7:46 AM, Sohail Dahdal <sohail.dahdal(a)gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Asking your research subjects to do ethical illegal actions could be > either 'ethical research' or not depending on any risk that you might expose > your subject to... >> >> In that sense highly ethical actions could actually be highly unethical > research. >> >> In the case of FB fake accounts, you have to ask, about the risk to your > subject including the risk of forming bas habits not just the legal > implications. >> >> Prof Sohail Dahdal, >> American University of Sharjah >> >>> On 12 Jan 2018, at 3:30 am, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >>> >>> So we seem to agree on your second statement. >>> >>> Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks >>> minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps >>> he asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. >>> For good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color >>> seats at the lunch counter or something. >>> >>> Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of >>> the study subjects. >>> >>> ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly >>> ethically but illegally? >>> >>> Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is >>> ethical all the way down. >>> >>> Cheers, DLB >>> >>>> On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >>>> >>>> Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to > violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for > the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because > something is legal, that does not make it ethical. >>>> >>>> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >>>> Associate Professor, Communication Studies Hollins University >>>> Roanoke VA, USA >>>> >>>> On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >>>> >>>> So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even > necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the > specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical > (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more > general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. >>>> >>>> Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally > can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract > for them to violate. >>>> >>>> None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you > decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. >>>> >>>> Cheers, DLB >>>> >>>> Dan L. Burk >>>> Chancellor's Professor of Law >>>> University of California, Irvine >>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>>> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar <b975a236.gif> >>>> >>>> On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: >>>> Dear Charles, >>>> >>>> TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed > any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, > whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. >>>> >>>> Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on > the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines > informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's > problematic. >>>> >>>> Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. >>>> Associate Professor, Communication Studies Hollins University >>>> Roanoke VA, USA >>>> >>>> On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > wrote: >>>> >>>> Dear AoIRists, >>>> >>>> What are your thoughts regarding the following? >>>> >>>> A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - > and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing > in an educational context? >>>> Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. >>>> >>>> I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed > results, i.e., some for, some concerned). >>>> >>>> But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the > problem. >>>> >>>> Many thanks in advance, >>>> - charles >>>> -- >>>> Professor in Media Studies >>>> Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo >>>> <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> >>>> >>>> Postboks 1093 >>>> Blindern 0317 >>>> Oslo, Norway >>>> c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the >>>> Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1] Subscribe, >>>> change options or unsubscribe at: >>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2] >>>> >>>> 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 [1] Subscribe, >>>> change options or unsubscribe at: >>>> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2] >>>> >>>> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >>>> http://www.aoir.org/ >>> >>> -- >>> >>> -- >>> Dan L. Burk >>> Chancellor's Professor of Law >>> University of California, Irvine >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >>> >>> >>> Links: >>> ------ >>> [1] http://aoir.org >>> [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >>> <b975a236.gif> > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > > > ------------------------------ > > 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 162, Issue 14 > **************************************

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Call for Participation: ACM IUI 2018
by Yong Zheng 14 Jan '18

14 Jan '18

*** Please forward to anyone who might be interested *** --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Participation: ACM IUI 2018 to be held in Tokyo, Japan, 7th-11th March 2018 http://iui.acm.org/2018/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces, IUI 2018 Tokyo, Japan March 7-11, 2018 http://iui.acm.org/2018 IUI 2018 is the 23rd annual meeting of the Intelligent User Interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. IUI is the conference where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI), with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, or the arts. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both more traditional HCI approaches, as well as solutions that involve state-of-the art AI techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. The conference brings together participants from academia, industry, and non-profit organizations, and gives them the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. It is large enough to be diverse and lively, but small enough to allow for extensive interaction among attendees and easy attendance to the events that the conference offers, ranging from oral paper presentations, poster sessions, workshops, panels, and student consortium sessions. IUI 2018 will be held in the Central Tokyo. Tokyo is the capital of Japan and the largest metropolitan area in the world. Central Tokyo offers a wide range of accommodation options and tourism attractions within short walking distance from the conference venue. Tokyo is served by two airports, Haneda and Narita, which can be reached by direct flights from more than 150 cities all over the world. Both airports are served by express trains that reach Central Tokyo in 35 and 55 minutes, respectively. The program of IUI 2018 can be found at http://iui.acm.org/2018/program.html and the list of accepted papers is at http://iui.acm.org/2018/accepted_papers.html. The conference program will include technical presentations, poster and demo sessions, student consortium, and 7 workshops. It will also feature 3 keynotes from distinguished researchers: James A. Landay (Stanford University), Masataka Goto (AIST), and Jennifer Golbeck (University of Maryland). The conference will be co-located with the domestic IPSJ Interaction conference and the program will be complemented by social events, including a welcome reception and a conference dinner at a traditional Japanese restaurant. We cordially invite you to participate in IUI 2018 and co-located workshops. Conference registration is already open at http://iui.acm.org/2018/registration.html. Organising Committee of IUI 2018.

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MEETUP/WEBCAST SUNDAY – Wikipedia Day NYC 2018
by Joly MacFie 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

This is tomorrow! This year's Wikipedia Day has an increased emphasis on inclusion, which includes you! So, if Manhattan's Flatiron district is within reach you should consider popping down to the Ace Hotel, even if it's just for one or two sessions, and the plentiful refreshments. Walk-ins are fine. We will of course be there all day, streaming. Note that ISOC-NY's Joe Plotkin is scheduled to give a lightning talk. [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc>On *Sunday January 14, 2018 Wikimedia NYC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_New_York_City>* will celebrate *Wikipedia’s 17th Birthday <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Day>* with its annual *Wikipedia Day Conference <http://bit.ly/wikiday18>*, supported by the *Free Culture Alliance NYC <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Free_Culture_Alliance_NYC>* (including ISOC-NY). This year’s event will again be at the *Ace Hotel NYC*,and include topics such as Wikidata, Education & Editathons, Lightning Talks, etc. etc. *Attendance is free*. *Food will be provided*. There will also be a *webcast* via the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc>* and the *ISOC-NY Facebook Page <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/>*. *What: Wikipedia Day NYC 2018 <http://bit.ly/wikiday18>Where: Ace Hotel, 20 W. 29th Street NYCWhen: Sunday, January 14, 2018 10:00 am – 6:30 pm EST (UTC-5)Register: http://bit.ly/wikiday18 <http://bit.ly/wikiday18>Webcast: Livestream <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wikidaynyc> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/>Twitter: #WikipediaDay <https://twitter.com/hashtag/WikipediaDay>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9802#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9802#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/980 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/980>2 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] Any sociological or STS research on machine learning?
by Josh Scannell 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

I also agree with this! This has been shared before, but it may be worth reposting: The SMC's breakdown of critical algorithm studies reading is totally clutch https://socialmediacollective.org/reading-lists/critical-algorithm-studies/ On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 4:32 PM, Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you, Dan and Josh, and thank you Dr. Burrell for sharing your work > and other work. As I have been looking through it, I am starting to see > what you two are saying: it is phenomenal. > > Thank you everyone else who responded with sources and scholars. These > have been really thought provoking and beneficial for my research. If > anyone comes across anything else in the anthropology of machine learning > or related broader topic areas like the anthropology of algorithms, data > science, data analysis, big data, statistics, etc., please send them my > way. Any related topics from other disciplines like sociology, STS, media > studies, computer science, math, etc. would be helpful as well. > > Sincerely, > Stephen > > On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:01 PM, Josh Scannell <joshua.scannell(a)gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I agree with this ^ >> >> On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 2:52 PM Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: >> >>> Dr. Burrell is being very modest here -- her recommendations are all >>> great stuff of course, but her piece is really required reading -- >>> extraordinarily thoughtful and useful. >>> >>> Cheers, DLB >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Dan L. Burk >>> Chancellor's Professor of Law >>> University of California, Irvine >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar >>> >>> On 2018-01-12 09:25, Jenna Burrell wrote: >>> >>> > Hi Stephen and AIR-L, >>> > >>> > Yes, there's a lot of work by sociologists and STS researchers on >>> machine >>> > learning, including books published in the last year or about to come >>> out... >>> > >>> > Virginia Eubanks book *Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools >>> Profile, >>> > Punish and Police the Poor* is about to come out. I believe it's an >>> > ethnography and that it deals, at least in part, with applications of >>> > machine learning (in areas like predictive policing). >>> > >>> > There's a new book out by STS scholar Adrien Mackenzie *Machine >>> Learners* - >>> > https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/machine-learners >>> > >>> > Also look at what Nick Seaver has written. He has an ethnography >>> coming out >>> > on music recommendation systems/algorithms (http://nickseaver.net/) >>> > >>> > Malte Ziewitz did an ethnography of the search engine optimization >>> industry >>> > and has done lots of work in this space - http://zwtz.org/ >>> > >>> > Marion Foucade has a deeply sociological read on this topic and has >>> written >>> > a great piece about the "mechanisms" that produce "classification >>> > situations" which are consequential to life circumstances (she doesn't >>> use >>> > the phrase machine learning, but certainly ML compose some of the >>> > underlying 'mechanisms' she is concerned with) - http://www. >>> > sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0361368213000743 >>> > >>> > I've also written something in this space: "How the machine 'thinks': >>> > Understanding opacity in machine learning algorithms" >>> > http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/2053951715622512 - I'm a >>> > sociologist and an ethnographer, though this particular piece isn't >>> > ethnographic. >>> > >>> > This list just scratches the surface ... there's just so much work >>> coming >>> > out in this space so I'll just offer some names of other people to look >>> > into: Solon Barocas, Karen Levy, Kate Crawford, Christian Sandvig, >>> Tarleton >>> > Gillespie, Angele Christen, Mike Ananny, Nick Diakopolous, Luke Stark. >>> Plus >>> > lots of people doing work in this space at Data & Society ( >>> > https://datasociety.net/) >>> > >>> > Jenna Burrell >>> > Associate Professor >>> > School of Information >>> > UC-Berkeley >>> > >>> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 8:29 AM, Yosem Companys <ycompanys(a)gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> >> From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> >>> >> >>> >> Hello everyone, >>> >> >>> >> I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. >>> Does >>> >> anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, >>> and/or use >>> >> of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS >>> >> researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine >>> >> learning whose work I should look into as well? >>> >> >>> >> Sincerely, >>> >> Stephen Paff >>> >> _______________________________________________ >>> >> 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/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >>> >> -- >> Sent from my transhuman digital interface >> > > -- R. Joshua Scannell / Sociology Ph.D. CUNY Graduate Center / Adjunct Lecturer, Sociology and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Hunter College / Email: Joshua.Scannell(a)gmail.com / Cell: (860) 759-2304

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Any sociological or STS research on machine learning?
by Yosem Companys 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

From: Stephen Paff <stephen.paff(a)gmail.com> Hello everyone, I am conducting research into the anthropology of machine learning. Does anyone know of ethnographies of the development, implementation, and/or use of machine learning algorithms? Are there any sociologists, STS researchers, or scholars from other related fields studying machine learning whose work I should look into as well? Sincerely, Stephen Paff

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CFP: ICA Pre-Conference “Design as Object, Design as Method: Making Critical Communication Future(s)”
by Laura Forlano 13 Jan '18

13 Jan '18

Call For Papers & Things ICA Pre-Conference “Design as Object, Design as Method: Making Critical Communication Future(s)” 9am-4pm, Wednesday, May 23, 2018 in Prague, Czech Republic Submissions Due: January 31, 2018 Design, making and intervening in the world have captured the attention of communication scholars in recent years. From explaining algorithmic bias on social media to the creation of online storytelling platforms, contemporary questions of communication require an understanding of the affordances, biases and constraints of communication devices, interfaces and systems—as well as an understanding the work of designers that create these technologies. Furthermore, there is also growing interest in using design as an inventive method in order inquire about the world and build theory through the making of media, things and prototypes. Finally, communication scholars are also being drawn from different academic disciplines and professional practices, collaborating with a wider range of fields, and forming new identities themselves as they move into new areas that engage with the field of design. This pre-conference explores the conceptual, methodological and pedagogical possibilities of design research in the field of communication. What are the material and social arrangements that produce the artifacts that exist in nearly every aspect of our everyday life? How might we understand these artifacts better if we engage with them using design research methods? How might design help communication researchers better address the materiality of information? This inaugural meeting will bring together scholars from a variety of communication subfields to begin outlining the core contributions of design research and identify conceptual bridges between the fields of design and communication. We aim to engage scholars working in a variety of formats who take design as an object of study, those who integrate design as a method of embodied knowledge making, and those who are forming new scholarly and professional identities through collaboration and participation in design research and practice. We expect to draw from communication scholarship about a range of topics including: visual communication (e.g. graphic design), technology studies (e.g. software coding), rhetoric of material culture (e.g. architecture), media studies, infrastructure studies, and social histories of technology. We pay special attention to the ways in which design and designers play an important role in the making of communication technologies, as well as considering their values, ethics, justice and equity. We welcome the inclusion of projects that go beyond traditional academic texts and explore the use of multimedia, video, interfaces and prototypes. Participation in the pre-conference discussion is open to all interested and registered participants, regardless of discipline or career stage. If you would like to present your ideas, scholarship, creations or provocations, please send your submission to sshorey(a)uw.edu <mailto:sshorey@uw.edu> by January 31st with the subject line “ICA Design Pre-Conference.” Please include your name, affiliation and email address on the cover page of your submission. We welcome the following types of submissions and formats: Text-based proposals should be 750-words in length excluding references and may include 1-2 images; or, Object-based proposals should be 250-words in length excluding references and should include an example of the visual materials (diagrams, images, prototypes, videos). These submissions should materially explore a concept or theory. More information available: http://www.icahdq.org/mpage/PCCFP8 <http://www.icahdq.org/mpage/PCCFP8> Organized by Samantha Shorey (Communication, University of Washington); Laura Forlano (Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology); Gina Neff (Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford); Mike Ananny (Communication, University of Southern California); Molly Wright Steenson (School of Design, Carnegie Mellon University) Laura Forlano, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Design Institute of Design Illinois Institute of Technology

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WEBCAST FRIDAY: Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges (with Vint Cerf)
by Joly MacFie 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

This is a first for ISOC-NY! An event in Washington DC! But don't worry, there will be a follow up in NYC on Feb 5. If you can make it into Google in DC on Friday, there is still plenty of room, otherwise please join the webcast. You can register for either on the eventbrite or facebook event pages. See links below. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>On *Friday January 12 2018* at *Noon EST *the *Internet Society New York Chapter* <http://isoc-ny.org/> (ISOC-NY), in partnership with the *Greater Washington DC Internet Society Chapter <http://isoc-dc.org/> *(ISOC-DC) presents *Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-preservation-policy-challenges-with-vi…>* at Google’s offices in Washington DC. This event, the first of a series, focuses on the policy aspects of digital preservation: Is there a role for regulators? Should there be global standards? Should those standards be patent-free? Keynote speaker will be *Vint Cerf*, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google. Respondents: *Michelle Wu*, Director of the Law Library, Georgetown Law; and *Kate Zwaard*, Chief of. National Digital Initiatives, Library of Congress. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>* with open captioning. *What: Digital Preservation: Policy Challenges <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/>* *Where: Google, Washington DC* *When: Friday January 12 2018 – Noon-2pm* *About: https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/ <https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2018/01/preserving-future-one-bit-time/>* *Register (in person or webcast): Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/digital-preservation-policy-challenges-with-vi…> | Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/459935521071213/>* *Webcast: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/dppolicy>* *Captioning: http://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <http://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* *Twitter: @isocny + #digitalpreservation <http://bit.ly/isocnydp>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9792%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Re: [Air-L] research ethics again - students and FB
by Dan L. Burk 12 Jan '18

12 Jan '18

Well, as I mentioned before, this is not really my circus. Most of what I know about research ethics comes from the biomedical area. My sense is that the principles are similar. In that context, it is perfectly fine to ask subjects to take risks as long as you have informed consent regarding the risks and benefits -- assuming that principle holds, the issue wouldn't be the risk, it seems to me it would be the subjects knowledge and acceptance of the risk. There is in Charles' problem the wrinkle of the subjects being minors, which somewhat bifurcates the consent question -- on autonomy principles, there is the subjects' own acceptance, which is a function of actual age and capacity (i.e., a seventeen year old may be perfectly capable of understanding the implications of the experiment, a seven year old probably not). And then there is the separate question of consent by the minors' guardians or responsible party as agent. Cheers, DLB On 2018-01-11 21:45, Sohail Dahdal wrote: > Asking your research subjects to do ethical illegal actions could be either 'ethical research' or not depending on any risk that you might expose your subject to... > > In that sense highly ethical actions could actually be highly unethical research. > > In the case of FB fake accounts, you have to ask, about the risk to your subject including the risk of forming bas habits not just the legal implications. > > Prof Sohail Dahdal, > American University of Sharjah > > On 12 Jan 2018, at 3:30 am, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: > > So we seem to agree on your second statement. > > Regarding the first: suppose that Charles designs a study that asks > minors (or really anyone) to engage in civil disobedience. Perhaps he > asks them to trespass, with a risk of arrest and an arrest record. For > good reasons, like saving baby seals or giving persons of color seats at > the lunch counter or something. > > Definitely illegal. But also highly ethical behavior on the part of the > study subjects. > > ls Charles behaving unethically in asking them to behave highly > ethically but illegally? > > Not really my rodeo, but I strongly suspect that the behavior is ethical > all the way down. > > Cheers, DLB > > On 2018-01-10 22:07, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > > Ah, but the question is not whether it is ethical for the minors to violate a (for them) non-binding agreement, but whether it is ethical for the presumably adult researcher to require it of them. And just because something is legal, that does not make it ethical. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies > Hollins University > Roanoke VA, USA > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 11:37 PM, Dan L. Burk <dburk(a)uci.edu> wrote: > > So, although I am not saying that the study design is ethical, or even necessarily a good idea, I would most definitely take issue with either the specific assertion that violating an adhesion contract is always unethical (it is called an adhesion contract for good reason), and with the more general assertion that violations of law are always unethical. > > Also, non-trivially, the assertion is a non-sequitur: minors generally can't enter into binding contracts, so there is by definition no contract for them to violate. > > None of that means you should go ahead and do it; only that if you decline to do so, it should be for some other reasons. > > Cheers, DLB > > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > <b975a236.gif> > > On 2018-01-10 09:28, Christopher J. Richter wrote: > Dear Charles, > > TOS agreements are most often legally binding. Requiring minors (indeed any study participant, but especially minors) to violate a legal contract, whether online or off, is unethical on the face of it. > > Then there is the issue of deception, of whom and how interactions on the fake accounts are deceiving. Deception, by definition, undermines informed consent. Will those who are deceived be debriefed? If not, it's problematic. > > Christopher J. Richter, Ph.D. > Associate Professor, Communication Studies > Hollins University > Roanoke VA, USA > > On Jan 10, 2018, at 4:44 PM, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: > > Dear AoIRists, > > What are your thoughts regarding the following? > > A research project involves a small number of students, legally minors - and requires that they set up fake FB accounts for the sake of role-playing in an educational context? > Of course, fake accounts are a clear violation of the FB ToS. > > I know we've discussed the ethics of researchers doing this (with mixed results, i.e., some for, some concerned). > > But I'm curious what folk think / feel about this version of the problem. > > Many thanks in advance, > - charles > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org [1 [1]] > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] > > 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 [1 [1]] > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org [2 [2]] > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > -- > > -- > Dan L. Burk > Chancellor's Professor of Law > University of California, Irvine > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar > > Links: > ------ > [1] http://aoir.org > [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > <b975a236.gif> -- Dan L. Burk Chancellor's Professor of Law University of California, Irvine ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2017-18 Fulbright Cybersecurity Scholar Links: ------ [1] http://aoir.org [2] http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org

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