December 2018 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Re: [Air-L] Free/low cost forum analysis tools?
by Sugar, Benjamin N 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

If you’re looking for tools that do not require any programming, I’d take a look at Gephi (or Cytoscape). While they’re normally known as visualization programs, given a list of edges, they will both run a number of basic analyses. Are you looking for analyses that you can simply run on a forum or do you already have the to/from list of edges? Ideally, how programming heavy can the tool be? Besides tools that are entirely programmatic (e.g. iGraph, NetworkX) there are some middle ground tools that will run a analysis from the command line, but only require you to enter in the proper command. Social network analysis can mean a lot of things. What types of things are you interested in knowing? Benjamin

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AI Now 2018 Report
by Sarah Myers West 06 Dec '18

06 Dec '18

Hi All, Today the AI Now Institute published our *third annual report <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.html>* on the state of AI in 2018, including 10 recommendations for governments, researchers, and industry practitioners. The AoIR community has been thinking deeply through these issues, and we're excited to share this work with you (many of whom are cited in the report!). - Read the Report (PDF) <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.html> - See the Recommendations <https://medium.com/@AINowInstitute/after-a-year-of-tech-scandals-our-10-rec…> It has been a dramatic year in AI <https://medium.com/@AINowInstitute/ai-in-2018-a-year-in-review-8b161ead2b4e>. >From Facebook potentially inciting ethnic cleansing in Myanmar, to Cambridge Analytica seeking to manipulate elections, to Google building a secret censored search engine for the Chinese, to anger over Microsoft contracts with ICE, to multiple worker uprisings over conditions Amazon’s algorithmically managed warehouses – the headlines haven’t stopped. And these are just a few examples among hundreds. At the core of these cascading AI scandals are questions of accountability: who is responsible when AI systems harm us? How do we understand these harms, and how do we remedy them? Where are the points of intervention, and what additional research and regulation is needed to ensure those interventions are effective? Currently there are few answers to these questions, and existing regulatory frameworks fall well short of what’s needed. As the pervasiveness, complexity, and scale of these systems grow, this lack of meaningful accountability and oversight – including basic safeguards of responsibility, liability, and due process – is an increasingly urgent concern. Building on our 2016 <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2016_Report.html> and 2017 <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2017_Report.html> reports, the AI Now 2018 Report <https://ainowinstitute.org/AI_Now_2018_Report.html> contends with this central problem, and provides 10 practical recommendations that can help create accountability frameworks capable of governing these powerful technologies. We look forward to hearing your thoughts! Best, Sarah -- *Dr. Sarah Myers West* Postdoctoral Researcher AI Now Institute New York University sarah(a)ainowinstitute.org | @sarahbmyers

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Free/low cost forum analysis tools?
by Alaina Cyr 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Hi everyone, I'm looking for leads on any free or low cost tools to analyze forum data, specifically for tools that can do social network analysis on posts (among other analyses). Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks! -Alaina

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Webinar: Demystifying Museum Soft Power: Geo-visualising Museums’ Influence
by Natalia Grincheva 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, I am happy to invite you to the Virtual Study Group: Demystifying Museum Soft Power: Geo-visualising Museums’ Influence <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/OJZ4CnxyvXcA4Vwmu9GGiN?domain=culturalres…> Watch a video teaser here <https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/putting-museum-power-on-the-map> and register for the webinar here <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/1yB9Cq7By5sKgvBXuE3nas?domain=register.go…> . USA: December 10, 2018 4:00 PM EST UK: December 10, 2018 9:00 PM Melbourne: December 11, 2018 8:00 AM This VSG will share key findings of a research project that has sought to define, explain and deconstruct the ‘soft power’ of museums. The round-table talk among museum professionals and academics will aim to demonstrate and discuss the pilot version of the award-winning dynamic web application that was developed in partnership with the Australian Centre for the Moving Image <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/h7vQCoVzwKhjAm9vuzYCPN?domain=acmi.net.au> (ACMI). The app Museum Soft Power Map <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/_7WmCp8AxKs1gZkAsYWWEL?domain=victoriasof…>, enables users to explore a geographic spread of ACMI’s cultural resources and social outputs. Guest speakers will include *Gail Dexter Lord*, one of the world’s foremost museum and cultural planners and President of Lord Cultural Resources, *Seb Chan*, ACMI Chief Experience Officer, *Chris Harris*, ACMI Head of Exhibition and Touring, *Natasha Mian*, ACMI Coordinator for the Development team and *Eliza Coyle*, Community Programs Officer at Yarra City Council Libraries. The VSG will be led by *Dr Natalia Grincheva*, Research Fellow in the Research Unit of Public Cultures at the University of Melbourne.

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Re: [Air-L] Are you teaching a course in research design?
by Sugar, Benjamin N 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

I don’t know if “research design” and “design research” are the same thing but you might check out two courses from here: https://dm.lmc.gatech.edu/program/syllabi/ 1) Discovery and Invention in Digital Media The course is taught by someone else every few years so it’s worth looking all the way back. 2) Research Methods for Digital Media Then, there are good ones scattered throughout as well. Benjamin

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6+ tenure-track digital positions at the University of Michigan
by Christian Sandvig 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Dear list-mates, I wanted to send a reminder to come work with us in one of our THREE new multidisciplinary tenured and tenure-track faculty positions in Digital Studies at the University of Michigan: https://lsa.umich.edu/digitalstudies/news-events/all-news/search-news/digit… Some excerpts from the position announcements for each: (1) tenure-track assistant prof in Archival Studies and Digital Studies focused on archives and power, social change, identity, and representation (2) tenure-track assistant prof in Black Digital Studies focusing e.g., on black digital humanities, cultural studies, video game studies, Afrofuturism, and black social media (3) open rank tenured or tenure-track prof of Race and Digital Media focusing on new technologies and their role in historical or contemporary problems of inequality, inequity, and discrimination AND we still have other searches open: (4) tenure-track assistant professor in Social Media https://www.si.umich.edu/node/15576 (5) open-rank search in Data Science https://www.si.umich.edu/node/15567 (6) open-rank search in Digital Curation, Archival Studies, Scientific Data Use and Reuse https://www.si.umich.edu/node/15575 Some of these have the potential to make multiple hires, as indicated. I am somewhat late posting this, hopefully people have already seen this elsewhere as one position (listed as #2 below) closes this week. Questions should be directed as indicated on the positions; I am just the aggregator. Sincerely, Christian -- Christian Sandvig H. Marshall McLuhan Collegiate Professor School of Information and Department of Communication Studies University of Michigan http://umich.edu/~csandvig/ http://auditingalgorithms.science/

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Journal of Business Research--Special Issue on Mobile Applications
by John Dinsmore 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

*Call for Papers — Journal of Business Research — Special Issue on Mobile Applications* Special issue editors John Dinsmore, Kunal Swani, Kendall Goodrich, Umut Konus Software applications on mobile devices—or “mobile apps”—are a significant and growing force in each element of the marketing mix. Consider that in the United States: - 77% of all adults own a smartphone (Pew, 2018) - Time-spent in mobile apps grew 69% from 2016 to 2017 - Adults now spend more than five hours per day on their mobile devices (Flurry, 2017) - 87% of mobile time spent is in applications. (App Annie, 2016) Worldwide, mobile applications are projected to have 284 billion downloads and $100 billion in revenues in 2020 (App Annie, 2016). Despite the ubiquity of mobile devices and applications, and despite the tremendous impact of mobile apps on the economy, very little is understood about this unique consumption context. Empirical data and academic research both support the notion that consumer choice and behavior is different in mobile applications versus other consumption contexts. Evidence shows that a number of factors affect consumer behavior “in-app,” including device type, application category, screen size, personality traits (Dinsmore, Dugan & Swani, 2017; Dinsmore, Swani, & Wamwara, 2018), design elements, pricing scheme (Arora, Hofstede, & Mahajan, 2017; Dinsmore, Dugan, & Wright, 2016) and more. Due to the need for greater understanding of this important context, we invite submissions featuring both quantitative and qualitative studies relating to mobile applications, including (but not limited to): - App promotion and adoption - App Store Optimization (ASO) - Cross-platform (in-app vs browser) and cross-device (phone vs tablet vs wearable vs IoT, etc.) behavior in applications - Customer service via mobile application - Design, device, and interface elements and their effect on user behavior - Freemium models - In-app advertising - In-app purchases - Promotions via mobile application - Use of geolocation in marketing Timeline: Submissions will be accepted beginning November 1, 2019 with final submissions accepted December 15th. Publication of the issue is anticipated in 2020. The Call for Papers can also be found at *JBR*’s website at *https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-business-research/call-for-papers/mobile-applications-special-issue* <https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-business-research/call-for-pap…>

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IJICTHD
by Hakikur Rahman 05 Dec '18

05 Dec '18

Dear Colleagues, You are requested to submit your articles to the International Journal of ICT and Human Development at http://www.igi-global.com/ijicthd <https://t.co/qgiIywq4pt> Thanking you, Hakikur Rahman Chief Editor IJICTHD

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Are you teaching a course in research design?
by Patricia Aufderheide 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

We're creating a new summer course in our PhD program focusing on research design, and I'd love to be able to borrow from the best, if you're willing to share your approaches. Thank you! Happy to get stuff offline, and to share online what givers want me to share! Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication PhD Program Director Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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Revista de Humanidades Digitales
by gimena del rio riande 04 Dec '18

04 Dec '18

The second issue of the Revista de Humanidades Digitales (RHD) is now online: http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/RHD / issue / view / 1241 <http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/RHD%20/%20issue%20/%20view%20/%201241>. Also, the Call for Papers for the next issue is open: http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/RHD/announcement The Revista de Humanidades Digitales (RHD), ISSN 2531-1786, publishes academic research in Digital Humanities in Spanish, Portuguese and English. RHD is a peer reviewed non-commercial Open Access journal. It is the result of the collaboration between researchers from LINHD-UNED (Spain), CONICET (Argentina) and UNAM (Mexico). Best regards Dra. Gimena del Rio Riande Investigadora Adjunta. IIBICRIT, CONICET (Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas y Crítica Textual) - http://www.iibicrit-conicet.gov.ar/ <http://www.iibicrit-conicet.gov.ar/> Twitter: @gimenadelr Asociación Argentina de Humanidades Digitales: http://aahd.net.ar Coordinadora Humanidades Digitales CAICYT Lab: https://hdcaicyt.github.io/ Marcelo T. de Alvear 1694 (1060). Buenos Aires - Argentina (54)-11-4129-1158 [image: Mailtrack] <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> Remitente notificado con Mailtrack <https://mailtrack.io?utm_source=gmail&utm_medium=signature&utm_campaign=sig…> 04/12/18 14:05:58

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