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JOB OPP: Assistant/Associate Professor, Data Science/Computational Social Science, Dept. of Communication Studies, Northeastern University
by Alper, Meryl 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

Hi all, We have a newly posted position for an Assistant/Associate Professor in Data Science/Computational Social Science here in the Department of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. Areas of emphasis may include the influence of data within communication and society, data infrastructures, social media research and analytics, communication design and data visualization, and critical data studies. More details can be found here: https://careers.hrm.northeastern.edu/en-us/job/501800/assistant-associate-p… The application deadline is October 25. Inquires may be directed to Dr. Brooke Foucault Welles (Search Chair) at b.welles(a)northeastern.edu<mailto:b.welles@northeastern.edu>. Please share with any promising candidates! Best, Meryl -- Meryl Alper Assistant Professor Department of Communication Studies Northeastern University Holmes 217 m.alper(a)northeastern.edu<mailto:m.alper@northeastern.edu> merylalper.com<http://merylalper.com> BOOK: Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality (MIT Press<https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/giving-voice>, 2017) *2018 Association of American Publishers, PROSE Award Honorable Mention* *2018 American Sociological Association, Outstanding Publication in the Sociology of Disability Award*

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Reminder: CfP – AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives
by Pieter Verdegem 02 Oct '19

02 Oct '19

Call for Papers for AI for Everyone? Critical Perspectives (Open access peer-review edited volume) Publisher: University of Westminster Press Series: Critical, Digital and Social Media Studies Editor: Pieter Verdegem (University of Westminster) INTRODUCTION AND GENERAL DESCRIPTION This collection of contributions brings together critical debates about Artificial Intelligence (AI) to interrogate how we should understand what constitutes AI, its impact and challenges. If we want to make sure that AI-powered applications and solutions will benefit society at large and mitigate AI’s potential negative consequences, we need to overcome the widespread dichotomic (utopian/dystopian) thinking about AI. By offering different perspectives and engaging in critical conversations on the potential and impact of AI, this collection aims to invite all stakeholders involved to contribute to a more nuanced vision of how to make sure AI will deliver benefits for everyone, if at all possible (and what is needed to facilitate change). What makes this collection timely and necessary: * Urgency – technologies are changing so quickly and becoming embedded with little public scrutiny * Public debate is polarised – critical perspectives must offer a necessary nuance to address then answer fundamental questions about power * Critical – we are facing a new era of technological determinism and governments and business actors are seeking technological solutions without interrogating the consequences. The assumption is that AI is inevitable, everywhere. We have not even started asking the right questions * Interdisciplinary – approach * Debate – interaction between different stakeholders (scholars, government, industry, civil society and activists) QUESTIONS, TOPICS AND FORMAT This collection asks fundamental and critical questions, such as: * What is AI, and what is it not? * What is good AI and for whom? * How is AI developed, by whom and on what data has it been trained? * Who owns the AI infrastructure, algorithms and datasets? * Who has the power to classify and who is involved? * Who benefits from AI? Who does not? * Who is excluded and what are the consequences? * How should we decide where AI can be beneficial, and where harmful? Contributions include but are not limited to topics, such as: * Conceptualising AI: AI and bullshit * Power, Inequality and the Political Economy of AI * AI, Work and Automation * Resistance and Activism * Ethical frameworks for AI * What AI should not do * … Format: This edited volume will be a combination of invited contributions and chapters from this open call for contributions. TIMETABLE October 10, 2019: Deadline for abstracts (max. 500 words) October 30, 2019: Editor’s response to abstracts March 31, 2020: Deadline for full chapters (6,000-8,000 words) July 10, 2020: Deadline for revised chapters March 2021: Publication of the edited volume (open access) All material and the book itself will be published open access in print and digital versions subject to peer review with no author fees. MORE INFORMATION & CONTACT Please send abstracts of no longer than 500 words to Pieter Verdegem (p.verdegem(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:p.verdegem@westminster.ac.uk>) by 10 October 2019. ABOUT THE CRITICAL, DIGITAL AND SOCIAL MEDIA STUDIES SERIES Series Editor: Christian Fuchs The open-access peer-reviewed book series edited by Christian Fuchs publishes books that critically study the role of the internet and digital and social media in society. Titles analyse how power structures, digital capitalism, ideology and social struggles shape and are shaped by digital and social media. They use and develop critical theory discussing the political relevance and implications of studied topics. The series is a theoretical forum for internet and social media research for books using methods and theories that challenge digital positivism; it also seeks to explore digital media ethics grounded in critical social theories and philosophy. Editorial Board: Thomas Allmer, Mark Andrejevic, Miriyam Aouragh, Charles Brown, Eran Fisher, Peter Goodwin, Jonathan Hardy, Kylie Jarrett, Anastasia Kavada, Maria Michalis, Stefania Milan, Vincent Mosco, Jack Qiu, Jernej Amon Prodnik, Marisol Sandoval, Sebastian Sevignani, Pieter Verdegem https://www.uwestminsterpress.co.uk/site/books/series/critical-digital-and-… -- Dr. Pieter Verdegem Senior Lecturer in Media Theory Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI) - https://camri.ac.uk<https://camri.ac.uk/>/ Westminster School of Media and Communication University of Westminster | London | HA1 3TP | E: p.verdegem(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:%20p.verdegem@westminster.ac.uk> | | T: @pverdegem<https://twitter.com/pverdegem> | The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. 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Fwd: Special Issue Call for Papers: Social Media Data for Public Health and Policy
by Anuja Majmundar 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

*Call for Papers: "Social Media Data for Public Health and Policy" IJERPH* This special issue seeks original submissions that harness social media to examine: (1) health or health policy-related discussions, attitudes, and behaviors, (2) online marketing and promotional practices of companies and services that may influence health behaviors, (3) interventions that use social media as tools in intervention delivery, (4) applications of data science or computational social science methods in the health domain, (5) critical analysis of the role of social media in public health, (6) theory-driven approaches to social media-based inquiries, and/or (7) relevant systematic reviews Deadline: June 1, 2020. More information: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/mr_socmedia Best, Anuja Majmundar Predoctoral Fellow, Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science Department of Preventive Medicine University of Southern California Twitter: @AnujaMajmundar

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Chancellor's Fellowship in Journalism, Media and Communication
by chamil rathnayake 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Dear colleagues, The closing date for Chancellor's Fellowship in Journalism, Media and Communication at the University of Strathclyde is fast approaching and it'd be fantastic if we can get some applicants from the AoIR community. Please get in touch if you have any questions about this. Here's the advertisement. https://strathvacancies.engageats.co.uk/ViewVacancyV2.aspx?enc=mEgrBL4XQK0+… Best regards, Chamil Rathnayake PhD University of Strathclyde

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vacancies Assistant Professor New Media & Digital Culture, UvA
by Esther Weltevrede 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

We're hiring! The Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam is looking for two assistant professors who would like to join our team, see: https://www.uva.nl/en/content/vacancies/2019/09/19-630--assistant-professor… -- Esther Weltevrede | Assistant Professor |Program Director MA New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.j.t.weltevrede | https://www.digitalmethods.net | @esthr

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CFP AR/VR: Deepfakes: Celebrity
by Feona Attwood 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

PORN STUDIES CALL FOR FORUM PIECES Our Forum section is a space for pieces that are shorter than the usual academic article, usually somewhere between 1,500 and 3,000 words, and they can take a variety of forms, including short articles, reports, interviews, commentaries and roundtable discussions. Forum pieces are peer reviewed. Previous Forum topics have included porn panics and public health; Ireland, porn and sex education; feminist porn; fashion and porn; porn and music; porn in the classroom, and surveillance and porn. We are currently seeking Forum contributions on the following topics: Pornography and Virtual and Augmented Realities hardware, design, techniques and aesthetics of VR/AR porn the possibilities and limitations of porn technology histories and theories of media immersion and and interactivity issues of realism, affect and space new performers, producers, studios the implications of VR and AR for audience studies reporting on VR and AR and predictions about ‘the future of sex’ Deepfake porn faceswap platforms, repositories and communities ‘nonconsensual pornography’ issues of privacy and ethics ‘celebrity porn’; celebrity sex tapes, look alikes, nude hacks, real person fiction, slash manips toxic technocultures; toxic geek masculinity Porn, Celebrity and Stardom acts of archiving, collecting and preserving performance branding DIY stars entrepreneurial stardom labours of stardom – affective, emotional and physical locating porn stardom national, international, and transnational stars politics of porn stardom stars and fandoms

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Help in syllabus about Digital Literacy
by NORDIANA BINTI AHMAD KHARMAN SHAH . 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Dear Members, I will be teaching this course for undergraduate at my university next semester. It would be great if anyone has experiences teaching this course and has a structured teaching programme for this. Anyway, any sharing of materials, resources, thoughts are welcome! Thank you in advance. -- Best wishes, Dina *Nordiana Ahmad Kharman Shah, **Ph.D (Sheffield)* Department of Library & Information Science Faculty of Computer Science and Information Technology University Malaya 50603 Kuala Lumpur Email: dina(a)um.edu.my CV: https://umexpert.um.edu.my/dina.html Website: www.fsktm.um.edu.my Tel: +603-79676417 orcid.org/0000-0001-7461-2462 Editorial Board Menber of *Malaysian Journal of Library & Information Science <https://ejournal.um.edu.my/index.php/MJLIS>* *"The impossible possible" * *"It is not enough to be compassionate - you must act." - The Dalai Lama* *"To serve is beautiful, but only if it is done with joy and a whole heart and a free mind." -Pearl S. Buck* -- " PENAFIAN: E-mel ini dan apa-apa fail yang dikepilkan bersamanya ("Mesej") adalah ditujukan hanya untuk kegunaan penerima(-penerima) yang termaklum di atas dan mungkin mengandungi maklumat sulit. Anda dengan ini dimaklumkan bahawa mengambil apa jua tindakan bersandarkan kepada, membuat penilaian, mengulang hantar, menghebah, mengedar, mencetak, atau menyalin Mesej ini atau sebahagian daripadanya oleh sesiapa selain daripada penerima(-penerima) yang termaklum di atas adalah dilarang. Jika anda telah menerima Mesej ini kerana kesilapan, anda mesti menghapuskan Mesej ini dengan segera dan memaklumkan kepada penghantar Mesej ini menerusi balasan e-mel. Pendapat-pendapat, rumusan-rumusan, dan sebarang maklumat lain di dalam Mesej ini yang tidak berkait dengan urusan rasmi Universiti Malaya adalah difahami sebagai bukan dikeluar atau diperakui oleh mana-mana pihak yang disebut. DISCLAIMER: This e-mail and any files transmitted with it ("Message") is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain confidential information. You are hereby notified that the taking of any action in reliance upon, or any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, printing or copying of this Message or any part thereof by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this Message in error, you should delete this Message immediately and advise the sender by return e-mail. Opinions, conclusions and other information in this Message that do not relate to the official business of University of Malaya shall be understood as neither given nor endorsed by any of the forementioned. "

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14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): First Call for Posters and Demos
by Announce Announcements 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

*** First Call for Posters and Demos *** 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020) Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer) RCIS has become a recognized conference on research challenges in Information Science. Organized for the 14th time in a row, RCIS 2020 will be held from May 20-22, 2020, in Limassol, Cyprus. RCIS 2020 features a posters & demos track to showcase prototypes and new research ideas in Information Science. This track provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to present their work, interact with conference participants, and obtain feedback on on-going research. We invite two types of submissions: · Posters are intended to convey a research result and are not advertisements for commercial software packages. While posters need not describe completed work, they should report on research for which at least some preliminary results are available. · Demonstrations should directly and actively involve the exhibition and display of tools/prototypes and associated materials that illustrate research work in progress and serve as ground for discussion of research ideas. TOPICS OF INTEREST RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition, we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense, including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning, automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc. RCIS welcomes posters and demos submissions from any domain of Information Science. The list of interested topics includes, but is not limited to: Information Systems and their Engineering · Requirements Engineering · Software Testing · Information Security and Risk · Method Engineering User-Oriented Approaches · Social Computing and Social Network Analysis · User-Centred Design · Collaborative Computing · Human Factors in Information Systems Data and Information Management · Databases and Information · Information Search and Discovery · Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies Business Process Management · Business Process Engineering and Reengineering · Process Mining · Enterprise Engineering Domain-specific IS Engineering · E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, ... · Industry 4.0 · Web-Based Applications and Services · Smart Cities Data Science · Big Data & Business Analytics · Decision Information Systems · Knowledge Management · Knowledge Discovery from Data Information Infrastructures · Cyber-Physical Systems · Web Information Systems · Grid Computing and Cloud Computing · Internet of Things · Pervasive and Mobile Computing Reflective Research and Practice · Research Methodologies in Information Science · Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual · Lifecycle Models · Design Science and Rationale RCIS STEERING COMMITTEE Saïd Assar; Marco Bajec; Pericles Loucopoulos; Haralambos Moratidis; Selmin Nurcan; Oscar Pastor; Jolita Ralyté; Colette Rolland. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Posters and demonstrations proposals must be submitted as a single PDF file with no more than 6 pages in Springer LNCS/LNBIP format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) including references and appendices. Proposals that exceed the limit of 6 pages will be rejected without review. Proposals that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2020. Authors are invited to submit their proposal in English. The submission site address is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… where you can choose " RCIS2020 Posters & Demos ". Poster Presentation Authors of accepted posters will receive an opportunity to complete a short oral presentation during the posters and demos session. Well-crafted posters will tell the story well by themselves, but authors of posters are expected to be available to describe and discuss the work presented in the poster during the session. The poster dimensions will be of A0 type, that is 84 cm by 119 cm (33" by 47"), with poster content mounted on rectangular poster board we will provide. The layout may consist of several individual sheets of paper or a monolithic large sheet. Demos Presentation Authors of accepted demos will have a chance to present their material to conference attendees during the posters and demos session. Authors of demonstrations are expected to be available to present, describe and discuss the work behind the tool/prototype during the session. Authors should bring to the session the material they need to present the demo. Any special request should be communicated sufficiently in advance and agreed with the conference local organizing committee. By submitting a poster or demo paper, authors implicitly agree that at least one of them register to the conference and present the poster or the demo (at least one separate registration for each accepted paper, poster or demo). IMPORTANT DATES · Posters and Demos submission deadline: February 14, 2020 (AoE) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Conference: May 20-22, 2020 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden · Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom · Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands Tutorial Chairs · Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium · Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain Posters & Demos Chairs · Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France · Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

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H2020 - mapping the recent transformations in the European media system
by Tommaso Venturini 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Hello everyone, In little more than one month, the EU H2020 program will launch a large call for projects dedicated to the mapping of the "recent transformations in the European media system" (https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/oppor…) At the Public Data Lab and at the Digital Methods Initiative, we believe that no such mapping can be complete without a thorough investigation of the digital media landscape. Importantly, this investigation should include not only the main social platforms, but also the smaller and more hidden venues of online debate. If the whole "junk news" debate has taught us something, it is that the core and the peripheries of the media spheres are more closely connected that they used to be and that fringe groups and messages can suddenly be projected to the centre stage. Internet research therefore is not anymore a useful-yet-marginal addition to the survey of the media systems, but increasingly a central piece of its mapping. If you are interested in joining forces to answer this major EU call to map the EU media landscape, do not hesitate to get in touch with us off-list. Best regards, Public Data Lab (http://publicdatalab.org) & Digital Methods Initiative (http://digitalmethods.net) -- Tommaso Venturini | tommasoventurini.it <http://www.tommasoventurini.it> Center for Internet and Society CNRS (National Center for Scientific Research, France)

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Welcome to Brisbane! AoIR 2019 Conference
by Jonathon Hutchinson 01 Oct '19

01 Oct '19

Dear AoIR 2019 Attendees, We are almost ready for this week’s Trust in the System #AoIR2019 conference in Brisbane! While many of you have already arrived on our shores, many are still in transit, some are attending the first of the satellite events, and some of us are making the final local preparations. Regardless of your current status, we are very excited to welcome you all to Brisbane for what promises to be an amazing week of conversations and exchange. There are a few things we would like to bring to your attention as you prepare for AoIR this week. 1. If you are arriving at the QUT campus and need to take a taxi/Uber to QUT Gardens Point, probably best to go to the drop-off point in front of Queensland Parliament. Then walk down the pedestrian road into campus. 2. The local committee has developed a Code of Conduct for this year’s conference. Could you all please familiarise yourself with this prior to commencing any AoIR activities this week: https://members.aoir.org/AoIR2019CodeofConduct 3. There have been a few last-minute changes to the Program. Could you all please look over the program and make sure these changes do not impact you directly (if there are any problems, please let me know immediately): https://www.conftool.org/aoir2019/index.php?page=browseSessions 4. While many will tell you pavlova is an Australian thing, it originated in New Zealand [https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/food/eat/jacinda-arderns-fiance-calls-out…] 5. Don’t forget about our extensive social program [https://aoir.org/aoir2019/excursionsforaoir2019/] Ariadna Matamoros Fernandez and Elija Cassidy are taking care of the Paddle and Prawns events, and Michael Dezuanni will take care of all of your koala exploration needs. 6. If you need any information about our local area, please refer to this page: https://aoir.org/aoir2019/traveling-to-brisbane/ 7. Our mobile app version of the program is now live and available here: https://aoir2019.sched.com/ 8. Please wear your name badge to ALL #AoIR2019 events. The catering staff will look for these to confirm you should be involved in the event. 9. If you are presenting and you are using your own device for a presentation it is your responsibility to bring any necessary adapters to connect to HDMI. All the QUT classrooms are HDMI only. 10. Registration is located in P block, 5th level, from 8am on Wednesday. We are looking forward to seeing you all soon and welcoming you to Brisbane. Warm regards Jonathon Hutchinson On behalf of the AoIR 2019 Organising Committee DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON | Lecturer Online Communication and Media Department of Media and Communication | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences HDR Coordinator Treasurer of Australian and New Zealand Communication Association (ANZCA) Secretary of International Association of Public Media Research (IAMPR) Programme Chair of 2019 Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) Conference THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N233, John Woolley Building (A20) | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 | M +61 421 178 971 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:jonathon.hutchinson@sydney.edu.au> | W sydney.edu.au<http://sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com.au<http://www.jonathonhutchinson.com.au/>

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