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CfP: "Rethinking AI Neural Networks, Biopolitics and the New Artificial Intelligence"
by Ramón Reichert 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Dear AoIR/AoIR-Grad list members, enclosed please find the second call for proposals for: "Rethinking AI Neural Networks, Biopolitics and the New Artificial Intelligence" Digital Culture & Society Abstract submission: 01 September, 2017 Ramón Reichert, Mathias Fuchs (eds.) Rethinking AI Neural Networks, Biopolitics and the New Artificial Intelligence Ramón Reichert, Mathias Fuchs (eds.) The meaning of AI has undergone drastic changes during the last 60 years of AI discourse(s). What we talk about when saying “AI” is not what it meant in 1958, when John McCarthy, Marvin Minsky and their colleagues started using the term. Take game design as an example: When the Unreal game engine introduced "AI" in 1999, they were mainly talking about pathfinding. For Epic Megagames, the producers of Unreal, an AI was just a bot or monster whose pathfinding capabilities had been programmed in a few lines of code to escape an enemy. This is not "intelligence" in the Minskyan understanding of the word (and even less what Alan Turing had in mind when he designed the Turing test). There are also attempts to differentiate between AI, classical AI and "Computational Intelligence" (Al-Jobouri 2017). The latter is labelled CI and is used to describe processes such as player affective modelling, co-evolution, automatically generated procedural environments, etc. Artificial intelligence research has been commonly conceptualised as an attempt to reduce the complexity of human thinking. (cf. Varela 1988: 359-75) The idea was to map the human brain onto a machine for symbol manipulation – the computer. (Minsky 1952; Simon 1996; Hayles 1999) Already in the early days of what we now call “AI research” McCulloch and Pitts commented on human intelligence and proposed in 1943 that the networking of neurons could be used for pattern recognition purposes (McCulloch/Pitts 1943). Trying to implement cerebral processes on digital computers was the method of choice for the pioneers of artificial intelligence research. The “New AI” is no longer concerned with the needs to observe the congruencies or limitations of being compatible with the biological nature of human intelligence: “Old AI crucially depended on the functionalist assumption that intelligent systems, brains or computers, carry out some Turing-equivalent serial symbol processing, and that the symbols processed are a representation of the field of action of that system.” (Pickering 1993, 126) The ecological approach of the New AI has its greatest impact by showing how it is possible “to learn to recognize objects and events without having any formal representation of them stored within the system.” (ibid, 127) The New Artificial Intelligence movement has abandoned the cognitivist perspective and now instead relies on the premise that intelligent behaviour should be analysed using synthetically produced equipment and control architectures (cf. Munakata 2008). Kate Crawford (Microsoft Research) has recently warned against the impact that current AI research might have, in a noteworthy lecture titled: AI and the Rise of Fascism. Crawford analysed the risks and potential of AI research and asked for a critical approach in regard to new forms of data-driven governmentality: “Just as we are reaching a crucial inflection point in the deployment of AI into everyday life, we are seeing the rise of white nationalism and right-wing authoritarianism in Europe, the US and beyond. How do we protect our communities – and particularly already vulnerable and marginalized groups – from the potential uses of these systems for surveillance, harassment, detainment or deportation?” (Crawford 2017) Following Crawford’s critical assessment, this issue of the Digital Culture & Society journal deals with the impact of AI in knowledge areas such as computational technology, social sciences, philosophy, game studies and the humanities in general. Subdisciplines of traditional computer sciences, in particular Artificial Intelligence, Neuroinformatics, Evolutionary Computation, Robotics and Computer Vision once more gain attention. Biological information processing is firmly embedded in commercial applications like the intelligent personal Google Assistant, Facebook’s facial recognition algorithm, Deep Face, Amazon’s device Alexa or Apple’s software feature Siri (a speech interpretation and recognition interface) to mention just a few. In 2016 Google, Facebook, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft founded what they call a Partnership on AI. (Hern 2016) This indicates a move from academic research institutions to company research clusters. We are in this context interested in receiving contributions on the aspects of the history of institutional and private research in AI. We would like to invite articles that observe the history of the notion of “artificial intelligence” and articles that point out how specific academic and commercial fields (e.g. game design, aviation industry, transport industry etc.) interpret and use the notion of AI. Against this background, the special issue Rethinking AI will explore and reflect the hype of neuroinformatics in AI discourses and the potential and limits of critique in the age of computational intelligence. (Johnston 2008; Hayles 2014, 199-210) We are inviting contributions that deal with the history, theory and the aesthetics of contemporary neuroscience and the recent trends of artificial intelligence. (cf. Halpern 2014, 62ff) Digital societies increasingly depend on smart learning environments that are technologically inscribed. We ask for the role and value of open processes in learning environments and we welcome contributions that acknowledge the regime of production as promoted by recent developments in AI. We particularly welcome contributions that are historical and comparative or critically reflective about the biological impact on social processes, individual behaviour and technical infrastructure in a post-digital and post-human environment? What are the social, cultural and ethical issues, when artificial neuronal networks take hold in digital cultures? What is the impact on digital culture and society, when multi-agent systems are equipped with license to act? Submissions might cover the following topics or extend beyond that: A historical perspective of object/pattern recognition/identification/detection and AI Artificial intelligence recognition algorithms Computer vision Deep learning Device ecology Digital education governance Epistemology of learning in artificial neural networks Evolutionary computation Fuzzy systems and neural networks Games and virtual worlds Genetic algorithms Human enhancement and transhumanism Media archaeology Philosophical Posthumanism Philosophy of robotics Prognostics and predictive modelling Science history of neural nets and deep learning Socio-cultural Posthumanism Deadlines and contact information - Expressions of interest/Initial abstracts (max. 300 words) and short biographical note (max. 100 words) are due on: September 04, 2017. - Authors will be notified by September 10, 2017, whether they are invited to submit a full paper. - Full papers are due on: November 20, 2017. - Notifications to authors of referee decisions: January 15, 2018. - Final versions due: March 01, 2018. - Please send your abstract and short biographical note to Ramón Reichert ramon.reichert(a)univie.ac.at and Mathias Fuchs mathias.fuchs(a)leuphana.de. About the Journal: Digital Culture & Society seeks contributions that display a clear, inspiring engagement with media theory and/or methodological issues. Emphasising the relevance of new practices and technology appropriation for theory as well as methodology debates, the journal also encourages empirical investigations. For more info please visit: http://digicults.org/callforpapers/cfp-rethinking-ai/ For more information, see the official journal website: http://digicults.org/callforpapers/cfp-rethinking-ai/ With best wishes, Ramón -- Ramón Reichert tfm | Department for Theatre, Film and Media Studies Vienna University Althanstraße 14 1090 Vienna E-Mail: ramon.reichert(a)univie.ac.at Twitter: Ramón Reichert Skype: ramon_reichert NEW: CfP „Rethinking AI: Neural Networks, Biopolitics and the New Artificial Intelligence”. Spring Issue of Digital Culture & Society. Abstract deadline: July 10, 2017, http://digicults.org/callforpapers/cfp-rethinking-ai/ Co-Editor Journal Digital Culture & Society: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/zeitschriften/digital-culture-und-society/ Head of the post-graduate master’s course Data Studies at the Danube University Krems: http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/studium/data-studies/index.php European Project Researcher "Visual/video literacies", Erasmus+: http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/projects/eplus-project-details-… Lectrice Département des sciences de la communication et des médias Université de Fribourg, Suisse, http://www.unifr.ch/dcm/?page=accueil Lecturer in Contextual Studies School of Humanities and Social Sciences, St. Gallen, Switzerland http://www.unisg.ch/de/universitaet/schools/humanities+and+social+sciences Expert evaluator on behalf of the European Commission: https://erc.europa.eu/ Reviewer on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research: https://www.bmbf.de/ Current publications: http://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-2592-9/big-data http://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-3665-9/selfies-selbstthematisier… Residential Address: Feuerbachstraße 4/11 A-1020 Vienna Tel.: +43 699 171 88 401

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Survey - How professors give digital feedback to students
by Cathlin Clark-Gordon 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Colleagues and fellow professors, We are conducting a research survey on professors/instructors (any rank or position) and their preferences for providing students with feedback. West Virginia University’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) has acknowledgement of this study on file. If you are currently a professor/instructor/lecturer at a college or university, we would appreciate you filling out our survey. At the end of the survey, you can opt-in to a drawing for a $100 Amazon e-gift card if you wish. Also, if you are willing to repost our anonymous survey on your own social media, that would help us recruit other professors. Here is the online survey link: https://wvu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_agGjwDdbixPrX6d Thank you for your help! Dr. Nick Bowman Associate Professor, Communication Studies West Virginia University Nicholas.bowman(a)mail.wvu.edu Dr. Brandi Frisby, Associate Professor, School of Information Studies University of Kentucky brandi.frisby(a)uky.edu Cathlin Clark-Gordon Ph.D. Student, Communication Studies West Virginia University cvc0003(a)mix.wvu.edu Alexis Hadden Ph.D. Student, Communication and Information University of Kentucky alexis.hadden(a)uky.edu

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WEBCAST TODAY: Internet Society Webinar – GDPR: Novelties, Challenges and Opportunities
by Joly MacFie 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

This is a webcast of the webinar that took place earlier today, with added real time text captioning. Please be tolerant if our captioner may at times struggle with the accents! Unlike the EURALO effort on Monday <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9918> which focused on practical implementation, today's Internet Society's Europe Bureau discussion took a wider view of the new law's novelties, challenges and opportunities.. <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/netneutrality18/edit> [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocgdpr>Today, *Thursday February 22 2018* at *1pm ET* (18:00 UTC) the *Internet Society Livestream Channe*l <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocgdpr/> presents a webcast of *Internet Society Webinar: GDPR: Novelties, Challenges and Opportunities <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/gdpr-webinar/>* earlier today. The EU *General Data Protection Regulation* <https://www.eugdpr.org/> (GDPR) which is going to enter into force on *25 May 2018* will bring fundamental changes to the Privacy and Data Protection scene on a global level. GDPR aims to harmonize data privacy laws across Europe, to protect and empower data privacy of EU citizens and to reshape the way organizations across the region approach data privacy. The expected global impact of GDPR has triggered a worldwide discussion and many organizations both within and outside the EU are currently busy getting ready for 25 May, to make sure they are in compliance with the GDPR, while there is still an ongoing debate on many provisions. This Internet Society webinar provided our community with a better understanding of the big picture when it comes to GDPR, its global impact, novelties, challenges and opportunities. Speakers: *Bojana Bellamy*, President, Centre for Information Policy Leadership; *Prof. Joe Cannataci*, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to privacy; *Oli* ** *vier Iteanu*, Founder and Managing Partner, Iteanu Avocats; *Nevena Ruzic*, Assistant Secretary General at Information Commissioner Serbia. Moderator: *Ceren Unal*, Internet Society European Regional Bureau. The webcast will also be available on *Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* and will have *open captioning* <https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC>. *View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocgdpr/ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isocgdpr/>View on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>Real Time Text: https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/text.aspx?event=CFI-ISOC>Twitter: @InternetSociety + #GDPR http://bit.ly/isocgdpr <http://bit.ly/isocgdpr>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9935#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9935#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9935 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttp://isoc-ny.org/p2/9935%E2%80%…> -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Free ebook: Nationalism 2.0
by Christian Fuchs 22 Feb '18

22 Feb '18

Free ebook: Christian Fuchs: Nationalism 2.0: The Making of Brexit on Social Media https://www.plutobooks.com/9781786802996/nationalism-2-0/ "Nationalism 2.0" reveals how the political fetishism of nationalist ideologies has displaced attention from the roles of capitalism and class as factors causing social problems today. This is a free ebook companion to "Digital Demagogue: Authoritarian Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Twitter" - https://www.plutobooks.com/9780745337968/digital-demagogue/ Book launch "Digital Demagogue", March 1, 7pm, Univ of Westminster: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-demagogue-authoritarian-capitalism-i… Competition: 3 copies of "Digital Demagogue" - https://www.triple-c.at/index.php/tripleC/announcement/view/32

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FGCT 2018
by ijwa＠dline.info 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Call For Papers Seventh International Conference on Future Generation Communication Technologies (FGCT 2018) Luton, UK August 20-22, 2018 http://www.socio.org.uk/fgct Technically co-sponsored by UK & RI IEEE In the last decade, a number of newer communication technologies have been evolved, which have a significant impact on the technology, as a whole. The impact ranges from incremental applications to dramatical breakthrough in the society. Users rely heavily on broadcast technology, social media, mobile devices, video games and other innovations to enrich the learning and adoption process. The Seventh International Conference on Future Generation Communication Technologies (FGCT 2018) conference is designed for teachers, administrators, practitioners, researchers and scientists in the development arenas. It aims to provide discussions and simulations in the communication technology at the broad level and broadcasting technology and related technologies at the micro level. Through a set of research papers, using innovative and interactive approach, participants can expect to share a set of research that will prepare them to apply new technologies to their work in teaching, research and educational development amid this rapidly evolving landscape. Topics discussed in this platform are not limited to- Emerging cellular and new network architectures for 5G New antenna and RF technology for 5G wireless Modulation algorithms Circuits, software and systems for 5G Convergence of multi-modes, multi-bands, multi-standards and multi- applications in 5G systems Cognitive radio and collaborative transmissions in 5G Computing and processing platform for 5G Programming models and development tools to enable 5G systems Small cells and heterogeneous networks Metrics and Evaluation of 5G systems Standardization of 5G Deployment options such as small cells, eICIC, MIMO and CoMP LTE/WiFi interworking, carrier aggregation, dual connectivity C-RAN, D-RAN, mmWave, Massive MIMO and ultra-low latency Higher protocol layers Latency and traffic scheduling Broadcast technology Future Internet and networking architectures Future mobile communications Mobile Web Technology Mobile TV and multimedia phones Communication Security, Trust, Protocols and Applications Communication Interfaces Communication Modelling Satellite and space communications Communication software Future Generation Communication Networks Communication Network Security Communication Data Grids Collaborative Communication Technology Intelligence for future communication systems Forthcoming optical communication systems Communication Technology for Elearning, Egovernment, Ebusiness Games and games designing Social technology devises, tools and applications Crowdsourcing and Human Computation Human-computer communication Pervasive Computing Grid, crowd sourcing and cloud computing Hypermedia systems Software and technologies for E-communication Intelligent Systems for E-communication Future Cloud for Communication Future warehousing Future communication for healthcare and medical devices applications Future communication for Mechatronic applications All presented papers in the conference will be published in the proceedings of the conference and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The conference will have workshops on specific themes, industrial presentation, invited talks and collaborative discussion forums. The selected papers after extension and modification will be published in many peer reviewed and indexed journals. Important Dates Submission of Papers: June 10, 2018 Notification of Acceptance: July 08, 2018 Camera Ready: August 05, 2018 Registration: August 05, 2018 Conference Dates: August 20-22, 2018 Programme Committee General Chair Ezendu Ariwa, Univeristy of Warwick, UK Programme Chairs Yong Yue, University of Bedfordshire, UK Adrian FLOREA, Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu, Romania Submissions at-http://www.socio.org.uk/fgct/paper-submission/ contact: fgct(a)socio.org.uk ---------------------------------

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"Reimagining the internet" - Event in London on March 21
by Katja Bego 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Hello all, On March 21st, Nesta is hosting "*Reimagining the Internet, *a free evening event held in London on building radical new alternatives for a more democratic future internet. This will be the first event in a series of provocations on how European citizens can retake control over the future of the internet. Register your interest here if you'd be interested in joining: https://www.nesta.org.uk/event/reimagining-internet *2017 was a crucial year of reckoning for the internet: from public outcry about the impact of fake news on our democracies, to the emerging risks of rule-by-algorithm. As the Dark Side of the internet is becoming increasingly clear, public demand for more accountable, democratic, more human alternatives is growing.* *But challenging existing dynamics won’t be easy. The internet finds itself dominated by two ruling narratives: the American one, where power is concentrated in the hands of just a few big players, and a Chinese model, where government surveillance appears to be the leitmotif. Between Big Tech and government control, where does this leave citizens?* - *Could Europe build the kind of alternatives that would put citizens back in the driver’s seat?* - *Rather than trying to build the next Google, should Europe focus on building the decentralised infrastructures that would prevent the next Google instead? * *This event is part of the Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s ambitious new flagship programme focused on building a more democratic, inclusive and resilient internet by 2025.* *We will bring together policymakers, civil society leaders, innovators, activists and everyone else involved with shaping and thinking about the future of the internet.* *Registration will open at 17:30 with the event starting promptly at 18:00. The event finishes at 19:30, and will be followed by networking drinks until 20:00.* *Speakers will be announced shortly. * * Getting to Nesta: address <https://www.nesta.org.uk/contact-us> * Thank you, Katja -- Katja Bego | Data Science Researcher, Explorations team, Coordinator EU Engineroom -- 58 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DS www.nesta.org.uk | Newsletter <http://www.nesta.org.uk/newsletter_signup> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/nesta_uk> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1868227&goback=%2Egdr_1274367066783_1> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/pages/NESTA/116788428355432?v=wall&ref=sgm> This email and any attachments are confidential and may be subject to legal privilege. Any use, copying or disclosure other than by the intended recipient is unauthorised. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately via +44 (0)20 7438 2500 or by email to information(a)nesta.org.uk and delete this message and any copies from your computer and network. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Nesta. Nesta is a company limited by guarantee and registered in England and Wales with company number 7706036 and charity number 1144091. Registered as a charity in Scotland number SC042833. Registered office: 58 Victoria Embankment, London, EC4Y 0DS.

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New posts in the Department of Digital Humanities, King's College London
by Feldman, Zeena 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Dear friends and colleagues, We are hiring for 3 permanents posts in the Department of Digital Humanities, King’s College London. Full details below. Please share widely. Cheers, Zeena — Closing date: 27 March 2018 King’s College London is in the third year of making a significant investment in the Department of Digital Humanities as part of an ambitious programme of growth and expansion in existing and emergent research areas and student numbers across its five MA programmes and the BA Digital Culture. We are seeking to recruit exceptional candidates to join the Department no later than 1st September, who can enthuse and inspire our students, conduct world-leading research, and contribute to the life and reputation of the Department through academic leadership and public engagement. The Department of Digital Humanities is an international leader in the research of digital theories and practices in the arts and humanities and related social sciences. King's College London has a long tradition of research in the Digital Humanities, going back to the early 1990s. King's is one of the few places in the world where students at all levels can pursue a wide range of inter-disciplinary study of the digital. We are hiring for * Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Digital Society (https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=78546<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hire…>) * Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Digital Media Innovations (https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=78547<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hire…>) * Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural AI (https://www.hirewire.co.uk/HE/1061247/MS_JobDetails.aspx?JobID=78710<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hire…>) Senior Lecturer candidates will be scholars of international standing with a strong research and publication record and evidence of or potential for research income generation. The successful applicants will play a key role in leading work across the Department to enhance our research strengths, to develop new and emergent research areas, to innovate in teaching practice and pedagogy, and to contribute to our underpinning values of co-research and collaboration. Lecturer candidates will be on their way to becoming scholars of international standing with a research and publication trajectory that illustrates this ambition. They will contribute to the further development of the Department¹s research strengths, provide high-quality teaching and supervision, and work collaboratively within the Department and beyond. — Dr Zeena Feldman Lecturer in Digital Culture Department Education Lead King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities The Strand, room S3.21 London WC2R 2LS zeena.feldman(a)kcl.ac.uk <mailto:zeena.feldman@kcl.ac.uk>http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/academic/feldman.aspx The Quitting Social Media project: https://quittingsocialmedia.wordpress.com/ <https://quittingsocialmedia.wordpress.com/>New book: Z. Feldman (ed.) (2017) Art and the Politics of Visibility<http://www.ibtauris.com/books/society%20%20social%20sciences/society%20%20c…>. London and New York: IB Tauris.

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CfP Journal of Alternative and Community Media: "The “Other” Alternatives: Political Right-Wing Media On- and Offline"
by Haller, Andre 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Dear Colleagues, the Journal of Alternative and Community Media calls for proposals about right-wing media on the internet (and offline). Probably some of you are working on that topic at the moment – we would be very happy to receive papers from AoIR members and affiliated researchers. Here is the full CfP (Extended Deadline!): -- Journal of Alternative and Community Media The “Other” Alternatives: Political Right-Wing Media On- and Offline Research on alternative media is deeply rooted in media scepticism of the 1970s and is especially influenced by cultural studies. The main aim of alternative forms of journalism is to challenge mainstream media and its professional practices (Atton, 2010). Moreover, alternative media producers want to give voice to minorities (Bailey, Cammaert & Carpentier, 2008) and, particularly in left-wing journalism, to overcome cultural hegemony of political and economic elites fostered by established media (Schweiger, 2017). Consequently, studies on alternative media mainly focus on left-wing conceptions (Beywl & Brombach, 1983; Holtz-Bacha, 2015), on alternative media as oppositional instruments in authoritarian regimes (Schweiger, 2017) as well as on community media (Bailey et al., 2008; Harnischmacher, 2015). However, “little attention has been paid to right-wing media as alternative media” (Atton, 2006, 574). Actually, we see a vast spectrum of right-wing media such as Breitbart News Network, The Alex Jones Show and Infowars or the influential publicist Milo Yiannopoulos. Though many right-wing platforms have little impact, some prominent organisations have a high reach in terms of followers, “like” numbers or circulation rates. In addition to that, we witness that alternative right-wing media gain importance in daily politics. For instance, Breitbart News Network and the blog The Gateway Pundit entered the White House Press Corps after the election of Donald Trump. This special issue of the Journal of Alternative and Community Media focusses on Alternative Right-Wing Media which is published online as well as offline to close the research gap in the right-wing media spectrum. Possible papers could focus on questions such as: · How do right-wing media represent themselves? Do they emphasise their role as alternative media contrary to mainstream media? How is the relationship to other media? For example, are there opportune connections to established mainstream media, e.g. citations of or links to mainstream media articles? · Who are the recipients of alternative right-wing media? How do they think about political issues and about established media? Is there a connection between media scepticism (the “liar press” accusations in Germany and the “fake news” allegations in the US are still part of the public discussion) and the use of alternative media? · Who are the producers of alternative media in the right-wing sector? Do they have a professional background in journalism? Which political views do they have? · Do right-wing alternative media have elements of participating journalism or are they used to promote the political standpoints of the producers? · Is there a closed counter public sphere in the right-wing spectrum? Can we perceive effects of echo chambers or filter bubbles (Pariser, 2011)? Submissions due: 30 May 2018 (extended deadline) Publication: Late 2018 Submission Guidelines: Manuscripts of 6,000-8,000 words should be submitted to andre.haller(a)uni-bamberg.de by 30 May 2018. Full style guidelines are available at https://joacm.org/index.php/JOACM/pages/view/authors Manuscripts will be subject to double-blind peer review and should be submitted free of identifying features, together with a cover letter supplying the full name of each author with current affiliation and contact details. We encourage you to circulate this email among your networks. -- Best regards, André Dr. André Haller Institut für Kommunikationswissenschaft Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg An der Weberei 5 / Raum 04.069 D-96045 Bamberg Tel.: +49 (0)951/863-2136 Fax: +49 (0)951/863-2159 E-Mail: andre.haller(a)uni-bamberg.de<https://mailex.uni-bamberg.de/owa/andre.haller@uni-bamberg.de> Website: http://www.uni-bamberg.de/kowi Twitter: @andrehaller <https://twitter.com/andrehaller/>

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Need A few others interested in running a pre conference workshop on web scarpping techniques
by Peter Timusk 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

I know it is a bit late in the game but. I wonder if there are other more technical people like myself on here going to Montreal this year for the AoIR conference who could help me give a hands on workshop in web/social media scrapping. I am thinking of training a few folks to use R which is open source and free to use (www.r-project.org) I would prepare some R code for this and also show folks how to research other R code or web scrapping examples they would then have the know how to modify themselves. The idea would be that leaving this workshop any person could use R to web scrap what they want using http or API call methods. They would come away with a solid understanding of how data could pass over the Internet to research databases and how they would can fine tune the data filters choices etc.. The participants would exit of course with know how to learn more techniques and share their knowledge and run similar workshops. Of course some other team could run a workshop on the ethics of web scrapping too as there has been some debate of this recently here on the list. Peter Peter Timusk I do not speak for my employer or associations that I belong to, or volunteer with unless otherwise noted. Preconference workshops: Workshops may be either half or full-day events that occur on the first day of the conference and focus on a particular topic. They may be a workshop of some kind (e.g., a publishing workshop), a methodological "bootcamp" (e.g., on ethnography or statistical analysis), an exploration of a theoretical tradition or topical area (e.g., symbolic interaction, political economy, or GIS) or anything else that may be of interest to conference delegates. Proposals for workshops should explain for a general scholarly audience the goals of the workshop, the way it will operate, and an indication of potential audience or attendees who may be interested in attending (such as "early career scholars" or "researchers using statistical analysis"). Proposals for workshops should be approximately 600-800 words in length (to be submitted as an "abstract" in the ConfTool Website: no separate document needs to be uploaded). They should name the facilitators and participants and are only single-blind peer-reviewed; the quality and expertise of the facilitators and other participants will be recognized in the assessment. The availability of individuals named as facilitators and panellists in workshop sessions must be confirmed by the time the proposal is submitted. Workshop proposals should indicate any special requirements, including especially any upper limits on the number of participants. Workshop Submission Deadline: 1 March 2018

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Fwd: [TCRG] MinnPost is hiring a Ph.D. to lead audience development efforts
by Steven Clift 21 Feb '18

21 Feb '18

Come to Minnesota ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Greta Kaul gkaul(a)minnpost.com [TCRG]" <TCRG(a)yahoogroups.com> Date: Feb 20, 2018 4:41 PM Subject: [TCRG] MinnPost is hiring a Ph.D. to lead audience development efforts To: <TCRG(a)yahoogroups.com> Cc: > > Description (to see the posting on MinnPost's site, click here): > <https://www.minnpost.com/inside-minnpost/2018/02/minnpost-hiring-phd-lead-o…> > > MinnPost, one of the country’s leading nonprofit news organizations, is > looking to hire our first-ever Audience Development & Engagement Manager > <https://www.minnpost.com/sites/default/files/attachments/PublicFellows-Minn…> > to help grow our audience and, by extension, the impact of our > award-winning journalism. > > This is a new position that is being created thanks to MinnPost’s > participation in the Mellon/ACLS Public Fellows program, which gives recent > Ph.D.s from the humanities and humanistic social sciences two-year staff > positions at partnering organizations in government and the nonprofit > sector. > > Candidates are not expected to have prior experience in digital audience > development, but are required to possess a commitment to high-quality, > nonpartisan, public-service journalism and a passion for applying academic > theory and research to real-world questions. > > The position pays $67,500 per year plus benefits, and would start Aug. 1 > or Sept. 4, 2018. > > Interested candidates should apply to the American Council of Learned > Societies by *March 14* <https://www.acls.org/programs/publicfellowscomp/>. > (ACLS is managing the application process; please do not contact MinnPost.) > > For more information on the duties of the position and how to apply, refer > to the Audience Development & Engagement Manager position description > <https://www.minnpost.com/sites/default/files/attachments/PublicFellows-Minn…> > . > > > > > -- > *Greta Kaul* > MinnPost data reporter > gkaul(a)minnpost.com > @gretakaul > > > __._,_.___ > ------------------------------ > Posted by: Greta Kaul <gkaul(a)minnpost.com> > ------------------------------ > > > Visit Your Group > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TCRG/info;_ylc=X3oDMTJlYWI3NXF0BF9TAzk3…> > > - New Members > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TCRG/members/all;_ylc=X3oDMTJmc20wa2VpB…> > 6 > > [image: Yahoo! Groups] > <https://groups.yahoo.com/neo;_ylc=X3oDMTJkYTkyaWxkBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkA…> > • Privacy <https://info.yahoo.com/privacy/us/yahoo/groups/details.html> • > Unsubscribe <TCRG-unsubscribe@yahoogroups..com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <https://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/terms/> > > __,_._,___ >

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