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Fake news/disinformation research in DR Congo?
by Elise Thomas 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

Hi all, Is anyone aware of any research on fake news or disinformation being spread online relating to the Democratic Republic of Congo, particularly ahead of the (hopefully) upcoming elections? Thanks Elise Thomas

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Digital Resistance CFP Updated with link
by Mathias Klang 05 Nov '18

05 Nov '18

Digital Resistance: Call for papers Full call for papers attached. Special thematic issue of the Journal of Resistance Studies Editors: Nora Madison & Mathias Klang This special edition aims to understand the role of technology in enabling and subverting resistance. We seek studies on the use of technology in the acts of protesting official power, as well as the use of technology in contesting power structures inherent in the technology or the technological platforms. Contributions are welcome from different methodological approaches and socio-cultural contexts. http://klangable.com/uploads/DigitalResistanceCFP.pdf Feel free to share this call and to contact us with any questions Best Nora & Mathias -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang Associate Professor & Associate Chair Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University Faculty Memorial Hall #438, Phone: 718-817-4870 http://klangable.com <http://klangable.com/> ~ @klangable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Syllabus for Artificial Intelligence and Journalism
by Jack Lule 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Greetings, friends, I am putting together an undergraduate class, or at least a sizable module, on artificial intelligence and journalism. My goal is two-fold: At the very least, I want to prepare journalism students to be able to report upon the current and future social impact of AI. Ideally, I would like journalism students to be prepared to help anticipate, influence and shape the intersection of AI and journalism. I would greatly appreciate any thoughts on books, articles, links and resources that you think might be useful. With thanks and best wishes. Jack Jack Lule, Ph.D. Fulbright Specialist in Journalism Iacocca Professor Chair, Department of Journalism and Communication The Weinstock Center for Journalism Lehigh University, 33 Coppee Drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015 Phone: (610)758-4177; Fax: (610)758-6198 www.lehigh.edu/~jl0d www.lehigh.edu/journalism

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Digital Resistance CFP
by Mathias Klang 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

Digital Resistance: Call for papers Full call for papers attached. Special thematic issue of the Journal of Resistance Studies Editors: Nora Madison & Mathias Klang This special edition aims to understand the role of technology in enabling and subverting resistance. We seek studies on the use of technology in the acts of protesting official power, as well as the use of technology in contesting power structures inherent in the technology or the technological platforms. Contributions are welcome from different methodological approaches and socio-cultural contexts. Feel free to share this call and to contact us with any questions Best Nora & Mathias -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mathias Klang Associate Professor & Associate Chair Communication and Media Studies, Fordham University Faculty Memorial Hall #438, Phone: 718-817-4870 http://klangable.com <http://klangable.com/> ~ @klangable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Call for Contributions THE CRITICAL MAKERS READER
by Geert Lovink 03 Nov '18

03 Nov '18

http://networkcultures.org/blog/2018/10/31/call-for-contributions-the-criti… <http://networkcultures.org/blog/2018/10/31/call-for-contributions-the-criti…> Call for Contributions THE CRITICAL MAKERS READER COLLABORATIVE LEARNING WITH TECHNOLOGY Edited by Loes Bogers and Letizia Chiappini To be published in 2019 by The Institute of Network Cultures (Amsterdam, NL) Makerspaces and fablabs are popping up in community centers, schools, universities and libraries, offering access to industry-standard production methods. In parallel to this interest in digital fabrication and maker culture, there seems to be a growing appreciation of critically engaged reflexive making processes. Such critical engagements with technology are being propagated across the fields of design, art, humanities and engineering as being imperative for coming to terms with the pressing complex ecological, political, cultural, economic and social issues of our times. Substantial theories of collaborative critical making as emancipatory practice across disciplines are needed to further address the educational challenges at play in learning how to become socially engaged creative professionals and citizens of the postdigital age. The challenges we face for education in this increasingly networked era are shared across disciplines, calling for sharing knowledge of how to critically engage with contemporary issues. For this publication, we call for contributors who wish to explore questions raised at the intersections of maker culture, critical applied research methodologies, interdisciplinary collaborative practice, (higher and informal) education, emancipatory pedagogy and the commons. The reader will be a volume of critical contributions and discussions by theorists, creative practitioners, programmers, designers, artists, activists, engineers and educators to address the transformative potential of such practices and spaces. The reader will be edited by Loes Bogers and Letizia Chiappini, to be published by the Institute of Network Cultures in September/October of 2019. WE INVITE We are looking for authors coming from a variety of cultural backgrounds and disciplines such as: visual culture, design and media, science and technology studies, sociologists, economists, intersectional feminist and software scholars, commons researchers, educators, critical makers, artists, hackers, activists, designers, lab managers and technicians, cultural producers, engineers, open-source advocates and others to submit a contribution. POSSIBLE TOPICS MAY INCLUDE aesthetics and theory: theories of making and matter // defining criticality in making // the post-digital factory // aesthetics of critical technical practice // making and epistemology // theories of heterophily and interdisciplinarity // genealogies of critical making practices // forms, functions and modes of critique // practices vs. disciplines // intersectional and non-western perspectives on making: decolonizing maker processes and spaces // theories of collaborative practice and affinity politics // situated making: situated understanding // institutional unlearning // inclusion and access // makers/space urban economies: creative industries, contemporary capitalism // models for scaling: from prototype to protocol // policy agendas and funding streams // topologies of spaces for making // value of process and product // creative industries and the commons // situatedness in relation to local economic systems // manufacturing in the city // education and pedagogy: tools, techniques, methods or concepts // engaging critical concepts at undergraduate and vocational level // authority, embodiment and presence // methods, concepts and action routines // educational formats // strategies for unlearning // materials research 2.0 // collaborative practice for the commons // questions of evaluation and grading // institutional support and infrastructural issues // FORMATS We welcome both academic and non-academic articles as well as: interviews, dialogues, essays and articles, local and translocal case studies, images (b/w), email exchanges, manifestos, or other, with a maximum of 5,000 words, but preferably shorter. For scope and style, take a look at the previous INC Readers. <http://networkcultures.org/publications/> WANT TO JOIN? Send your proposal (500 words max.) to Loes Bogers & Letizia Chiappini: productioninc(a)networkcultures.org <mailto:productioninc@networkcultures.org>, before December 14th, 2018. DEADLINES First draft of contributions: March 15th, 2019, final submissions: before May 15th, 2019. BACKGROUND OF THIS PUBLICATION With this call, the Makers Lab and the Institute of Network Cultures aim to bring together a wide variety of contributions on interdisciplinary, collaborative making practices with a socially engaged and critical perspective. The goal of the publication is to illuminate the current state of theory, best practices and case studies of critically engaged making in higher education and informal learning contexts, to make them accessible for students as well as educators, and to foster critical debate in the maker community at large. The Makers Lab is a DIY fabrication and prototyping lab with an educational and research program at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences’ Faculty of Digital Media and Creative Industries. An interdisciplinary research elective for undergraduate students in fashion design and branding, media design, computer engineering and communication was launched in 2018 to explore making as critical pedagogy, research methodology, and collaborative practice, in an educational context where young people train for professions in the creative industries. The Institute of Network Cultures (INC) analyzes and shapes the terrain of network cultures through events, publications, and online dialogue. Their projects evolve around digital publishing, alternative revenue models, online video and design, digital counter culture and much more. A key focus is the establishment of sustainable interdisciplinary research networks: emerging critical topics are identified and shaped in a practical sense. MORE INFORMATION Makers Lab interdisciplinary undergraduate elective (30 ECTS): http://minormakerslab.nl <http://minormakerslab.nl/> BACKGROUND Making can be many things, and as such has been of interest to craftsmen, artists, designers, philosophers, laymen, children, engineers and theorists alike. It has been understood as a way to express and affirm one’s presence, to externalise and test ideas, to communicate, to approach the unimaginable, to unearth latent beliefs, needs or ideologies, to start conversations, as instrument for wellbeing and learning, to examine power structures, to research materials, to practice modes of collaboration, to understand processes and modes of production, to explore realms of potentiality and possibility, to enable democratic and inclusive research practice, and more . The current moment however also begs of us to no longer ignore that society’s problems are wicked and unsolvable, resources are undeniably scarce, knowledge can only ever be situated and partial, and social inequality is yet to find resolve. Where does this leave us as humans with a seemingly innate desire to make? How and when do we make responsibly and to which end? What are the heuristics for the value of our makerly labor? What is the role of education? This publication aims to explore such questions, starting from the idea that no object stands on its own: every object made is fundamentally entangled in social, ecological, cultural, economical, infrastructural as well as political fabric. Makers Lab aims to explore, map and critically probe models, theories, concrete tactics, strategies, tools and concepts by bringing together a network of students, researchers, artists, developers, engineers, critics, theorists, educationists, and educators to unpack ideologies around the maker fad in contemporary creative industries and imagine how radical alternatives might take shape in formal and informal educational contexts. The focus of this endeavour is to contribute to debates on contemporary making by looking into three fields of inquiry, viewing material engagements with the postdigital as: critical pedagogy and didactic toolkit, as critical research methodology, and as emancipatory, interdisciplinary collaborative practice.

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Open evening: MA Data, Culture and Society, Nov 5
by Christian Fuchs 02 Nov '18

02 Nov '18

New MA course Data, Culture and Society launching September 2019 at the University of Westminster Open evening: Mon 5 November 2018 17:00 – 18:30 GMT Cavendish Campus, University of Westminster 115 New Cavendish Street Room C2.14 London W1W 6XH Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-evening-ma-data-culture-and-soci… This new MA course addresses, explores and creatively utilises the transformations of culture, society and technology that data brings about. This multidisciplinary programme brings together media / communication studies and computer science in the study of data. It combines hands-on and applied approaches with theoretical learning and critical analysis. You can contact the Course Leader Jacob Johanssen with any questions j.johanssen(a)westminster.ac.uk

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Re: [Air-L] Deepwater Horizon oil spill tweets?
by Murthy, Dhiraj 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hi Peter, I have Deepwater Horizon oil spill tweets and can produce a redacted set with user_id and tweet_id for your student to ‘hydrate’ from. Feel free to get in touch with me directly! Thanks. Best, Dhiraj DHIRAJ MURTHY, Associate Professor of Journalism and Sociology Director, Computational Media Lab School of Journalism | Moody College of Communication The University of Texas at Austin https://moody.utexas.edu/faculty/dhiraj-murthy | 512.232.4433<tel:512.232.4433> | @dhirajmurthy Latest book: Twitter: Social Communication in the Twitter Age | http://amzn.to/2ElYwMO Personal site: http://bit.ly/2HOgLJu On Oct 31, 2018, at 3:36 PM, "air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org>" <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org>> wrote: Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@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<mailto:air-l-request@listserv.aoir.org> You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-owner@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. Re: Open Access Repositories (Sugar, Benjamin N) 2. Deepwater Horizon oil spill tweets? (Peter Gloviczki) 3. Call for papers: "The posthuman is now: posthumanism, action and meaning-making " (Marcelo E. K. Buzato) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 17:36:48 +0000 From: "Sugar, Benjamin N" <bsugar(a)gatech.edu<mailto:bsugar@gatech.edu>> To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Open Access Repositories Message-ID: <etPan.5bd9e831.262a781e.5f37(a)gatech.edu<mailto:etPan.5bd9e831.262a781e.5f37@gatech.edu>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Assuming you meant open access data: First, is my favorite because it covers data all the way from very "serious and useful? to ?What? That?s a dataset?!?? You can also sign up for the newsletter: Data is Plural<https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wZhPLMCHKJvwOkP4juclhjFgqIY8fQFMemw…> A lot of the data that is spread about (for example, in the Internet Archive) is now on Harvard?s Dataverse Project<https://dataverse.harvard.edu/> I could go on and on, so maybe if students aren?t finding what they?d like, they can email the list or me and I?ll be happy to point them in the right direction. <https://dataverse.harvard.edu/> In case the embedded links don?t work: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wZhPLMCHKJvwOkP4juclhjFgqIY8fQFMemw… https://dataverse.harvard.edu/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2018 14:06:41 -0400 From: Peter Gloviczki <pgloviczki(a)coker.edu<mailto:pgloviczki@coker.edu>> To: List Aoir <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l@listserv.aoir.org>> Subject: [Air-L] Deepwater Horizon oil spill tweets? Message-ID: <CAKU-jUL-9hL1u=4cx0MReJNx5Fvv_8iRTQnuVR4VF=nFCOy+mg(a)mail.gmail.com<mailto:CAKU-jUL-9hL1u=4cx0MReJNx5Fvv_8iRTQnuVR4VF=nFCOy+mg@mail.gmail.com>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Friends, I'm seeking the BP tweets on the day of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, for a student of mine. Does anyone happen to have them? Thanks in advance, Peter -- *Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.* *Assistant Professor of Communication, Coker College* *p* 843-383-8379 | *e* pgloviczki(a)coker.edu<mailto:pgloviczki@coker.edu> 300 E. College Ave. | Hartsville, SC coker.edu<http://coker.edu> | cokercobras.com<http://cokercobras.com>

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Job: Open Rank - Kent State CCI Digital Sciences Joint Appointment
by Michael Beam 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Dear colleagues, We are hiring to fill an open-rank tenure-track or tenured faculty position in the College of Communication and Information here at Kent State University. This is an open rank position with a joint appointment in the School of Digital Sciences. The tenure home for this position would be in one of the other schools in the college, depending on the successful candidate’s disciplinary background: the School of Communication Studies, the School of Journalism & Mass Communication, the School of Information, or the School of Visual Communication. We are particularly interested in candidates with knowledge and expertise in at least one of the following areas: Web Programming / Development, Emerging Media, or Human Computer Interaction. Review of applications will begin December 1, 2019 and continue until the position is filled. Full details are available on our job site at: http://jobslist.kent.edu/cw/en-us/job/495978/faculty-tenure-track9-mo <http://jobslist.kent.edu/cw/en-us/job/495978/faculty-tenure-track9-mo> Please let me know if you have any questions. Best, -Michael Michael Beam, PhD Assistant Professor School of Communication Studies Kent State University

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Examples about problems with Amazon´s Mechanical Turk
by Alejandro Tortolini 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

Hi all, I need some help: I´m writing about Amazon´s Mechanical Turk, and some months ago I made a list of examples of people who had some bad experiencies with it, but I can´t retrieve it from my social bookmarks (Diigo). I remember specially the case of an indian or birmanian man, who bought several computers and hired some neighbors to work in Amazon´s Mechanical Turk, but suddenly and without explanation Amazon closed his account. Anybody knows something about this case, or similar? Thanks, Alejandro Tortolini UdeSA - Buenos Aires - Argentina https://www.clippings.me/users/aletorto <https://tinyurl.com/yaewgsjx>

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IUI 2019 Student Consortium Call for Papers
by Axel Soto 01 Nov '18

01 Nov '18

IUI 2019 Student Consortium Call for Papers Overview The IUI 2019 Student Consortium is intended to provide an opportunity for Doctoral and advanced Masters students to present and receive feedback about their research in an interdisciplinary workshop, under the guidance of a panel of mentors selected from senior people in the field. We invite students who feel they would benefit from this kind of feedback on their research to use this unique opportunity to share their work with students in a similar situation as well as senior researchers in the field. The consortium will be organized with 8 to 12 presentations by the students, whose applications have been selected by the Student Consortium chairs and potentially other reviewers. The strongest candidates will be those who have a clear topic and research approach, and have made some progress, but who are not so far along in their research that they can no longer make changes. The final version of accepted SC submissions will be included in the main conference proceedings published in the ACM DL. Complimentary/reduced conference registration will be available for students. Student Consortium participants will also be given high priority when applying for the student travel awards. Moreover, we are working to provide partial reimbursement of travel/accommodation expenses specifically for the participants of the Student Consortium. More information will come soon. Objectives The objectives of the student consortium are to: 1- Serve as a supportive setting to provide/receive feedback on students' current doctoral and masters' research and guidance on future research directions 2- Offer each student comments and fresh perspectives on their work from researchers and students outside of their own institution 3- Promote the development of a supportive community of scholars and a spirit of collaborative research 4- Contribute to the conference goals through interaction with other researchers and conference events Submission Instructions To apply for the Student Consortium, please submit to the URL below a single PDF containing the following (in order): 1- A brief cover letter containing your full name, contact details, affiliation, web page, expected graduation date and target degree, the name of your thesis advisor, gender (optional), home country (optional), and whether you are a member of an underrepresented minority group (optional) - one page maximum. 2- Your SC submission: a document describing your thesis/dissertation research plan and your progress thus far and should be no more than two pages long, including references. Key points the submission should include: Motivation for your dissertation research, goal and research questions, related work that frames your research, methods/approach to reach the goal, results if any, and next steps for your research. 3- Submissions should follow the standard SigCHI format, using one of the following templates: - Microsoft Word Template for Papers - LaTeX Template for Papers - PDF Example for Papers 4- Your CV (maximum two pages). Submit your single PDF (containing cover letter and SC submission) to https://new.precisionconference.com by November 9th, 2018. In addition, a letter of recommendation from your thesis or doctoral advisor should be sent separately by email to the Student Consortium co-Chairs at sc-iui2019(a)acm.org. Student Consortium Chairs Andrea Kleinsmith, the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA Tsvi Kuflik, the University of Haifa, Israel Ilaria Torre, the University of Genova, Italy Contact: sc-iui2019(a)acm.org

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