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CFP: The Things We Do For Data
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Hi everyone, I'm co-organizing a workshop with Ulrike Klinger and Jeff Hemsley next July in Berlin. We aim to facilitate an in-depth dialogue on the ways we collect social media data and the ethical and ontological challenges of researching behavior on corporate, private, and for-profit platforms. I hope you will consider applying. ~Jenny Stromer-Galley jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu> Call for Participation: The Things We Do For Data Social Science between collusion and going rogue Berlin, Germany, July 30 and 31, 2020 The scholarly community is challenged in trying to study human behavior on private, corporate-owned platforms. Even prior to the Cambridge Analytica scandal, Facebook has been on the defensive about privacy and its data policies. Since the scandal, Facebook and Twitter have changed their Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and created more restrictions on the quantity and kinds of data researchers can access. Many other social media sites either do not provide APIs or their terms of service specifically limit or prohibit the collection and use of their data even for research purposes. Despite these restrictions, researchers do still collect data, sometimes following the terms of service and sometimes not. Some scholars have entered into exclusive partnerships with platforms, e.g. via the Social Science One partnership. Others tackle the challenge of data collection by developing API-based tools, which may or may not survive the challenges of formal platform accreditation. Still others have written code and devised strategies for scraping content from websites and social media platforms or web crawling their servers. The data collected through all of these methods may be incomplete and filtered, raising enduring challenges to validity and reliability of data and measures that inform theories. The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin and the Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) at Syracuse University aim to foster candid conversations about these challenges and their implications for research, and ultimately, for society at large. We feel it's time for the scholarly, interdisciplinary community to come together to discuss the different approaches scholars take to studying human behavior online via corporate, private, and for-profit platforms. Through that discussion, we aim to surface the range of methodological challenges that arise with these techniques and how scholars navigate them. Especially critically, we aim to contemplate the ethical and legal challenges scholars must confront in engaging in the strategies for research that we deploy. Out of the two days, we hope for a greater understanding of the methods and challenges that present scholars; greater sensitivities to the ethical issues of our approaches; and better awareness of the legal challenges scholars face. Equally importantly, we aim to surface the larger empirical and ontological challenges with our approaches as we endeavor to understand and explain human behavior in our mediatized daily lives. We seek submissions for proposals of 500-word abstracts. We expect these to be somewhat non-traditional, with an emphasis on your methods and objectives rather than on the findings per se. Thus, abstracts should focus on data collection methods and challenges in collecting, storing, or updating, data quality management issues, and the critical, legal, ethical and/or policy perspectives on your approach. Please send abstracts to thingswedofordata2020(a)gmx.de Important dates: Deadline for submissions: January 15, 2020 Notification of acceptance: (around) April 1, 2020 Conference: Thursday, July 30 and Friday, July 31, 2020 About the Organizers: Jeff Hemsley is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University where he is co-director of the Center for Computational and Data Sciences. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington's Information School. His research is about understanding information diffusion, particularly in the context of politics, in social media. He is co-author of the book Going Viral (Polity Press, 2013 and winner of ASIS&T Best Science Books of 2014 Information award and selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title for 2014), which explains what virality is, how it works technologically and socially, and draws out the implications of this process for social change. Ulrike Klinger is an Assistant Professor for Digital Communication at Freie Universität Berlin and head of the research group "News, Campaigns and the Rationality of Public Discourse" at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society in Berlin. After her dissertation, which won the best dissertation award by the German Political Science Association 2012, she joined the IKMZ Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. Research visits at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the HIIG Humboldt Internet Institute in Berlin and Zeppelin University in Friedrichshafen followed. Her research focuses on political communication, social media, and transformations of the public sphere. Jennifer Stromer-Galley is a Professor in the School of Information Studies and Director of the Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS). She is a Past President of the Association of Internet Researchers. She has been studying "social media" since before it was called social media, studying online interaction and strategic communication in a variety of contexts, including political forums and online games. She has published over 50 journal articles, proceedings, and book chapters. Her award-winning book, Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age (Oxford University Press), provides a history of presidential campaigns as they have adopted and adapted to digital communication technologies. She has received over $11 million in federal funding to support research to study and develop techniques to improve human decision-making using design-science and data science principles. The Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society - The German Internet Institute is a joint project of seven universities and research institutions in Berlin and Brandenburg, fully funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Its objective is to better understand the dynamics, mechanisms and implications of digitalisation. To this end, the Weizenbaum Institute investigates the ethical, legal, economic and political aspects of digital change. The Institute takes its name from the German-American computer science pioneer Joseph Weizenbaum (1923 - 2008), who critically examined the relationship between human beings and machines. His call for a responsible use of technology is emblematic of the work of the Weizenbaum Institute: studying and shaping the internet and digitalisation for the good of society. https://www.weizenbaum-institut.de/ The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) is committed to advancing important and practical research in the social sciences, using advanced computational and data intensive approaches. Housed in Syracuse University's iSchool, the Center builds on the historic strengths of the School of Information Studies' Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning, and growing emphasis on data science. CCDS researchers work to advance the science of data collection, retrieval, curation, analysis, and archiving and apply those techniques to important social problems. https://ccds.ischool.syr.edu/

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Book Announcement--Real Games: What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames
by Paul, Christopher 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Colleagues, Mia Consalvo and I recently published our book Real Games: What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames with MIT Press. It is available from the Press<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmitpress.…> and should be available at your favorite bookseller. More information below. -chris paul Real Games What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames By Mia Consalvo<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmitpress.…> and Christopher A. Paul<https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmitpress.…> Summary How we talk about games as real or not-real, and how that shapes what games are made and who is invited to play them. In videogame criticism, the worst insult might be "That's not a real game!" For example, "That's not a real game, it's on Facebook!" and "That's not a real game, it's a walking simulator!" But how do people judge what is a real game and what is not-what features establish a game's gameness? In this engaging book, Mia Consalvo and Christopher Paul examine the debates about the realness or not-realness of videogames and find that these discussions shape what games get made and who is invited to play them. Consalvo and Paul look at three main areas often viewed as determining a game's legitimacy: the game's pedigree (its developer), the content of the game itself, and the game's payment structure. They find, among other things, that even developers with a track record are viewed with suspicion if their games are on suspect platforms. They investigate game elements that are potentially troublesome for a game's gameness, including genres, visual aesthetics, platform, and perceived difficulty. And they explore payment models, particularly free-to-play-held by some to be a marker of illegitimacy. Finally, they examine the debate around such so-called walking simulators as Dear Esther and Gone Home. And finally, they consider what purpose is served by labeling certain games "real." Endorsements * "What makes a game a game? Real Games is a terrific dive into this question-a question that remains intellectually complex and, for plenty of gamers, deeply fraught. If you've ever argued about it yourself, read this book." Clive Thompson Wired magazine columnist; author of Coders: The Making of a New Tribe and the Remaking of the World * "In Real Games, Consalvo and Paul redirect us from the question of 'what is a game?' to the much more politically important question of 'how have games been defined and by whom?' By looking at games that have consistently been deemed as lesser-than or ignored by the game industry, player communities, and scholars, they highlight the normative values behind every claim that something 'isn't a real game.'" Adrienne Shaw Associate Professor in the Department of Media Studies and Production at Temple University; author of Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture * "Real Games is, without question, the jolt that game studies needs to get over the hang-ups and biases deeply ingrained in the field. The story is nuanced and clever, forcing readers to rethink often eschewed categories such as social networking games, mobile games, and walking simulators. The brightly written prose is a pleasure to read and welcome." Shira Chess Assistant Professor of Entertainment and Media Studies at the University of Georgia; author of Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity Dr. Christopher A. Paul Professor Communication Department Seattle University paulc(a)seattleu.edu<mailto:paulc@seattleu.edu> Pronouns: he/him/his My new book with Mia Consalvo: Real Games: What's Legitimate and What's Not in Contemporary Videogames<https://www.amazon.com/Real-Games-Legitimate-Contemporary-Videogames/dp/026…>

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Surveillance Studies Conference 2020
by Jason Pridmore 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Dear all, In case you did not see it earlier, the call for papers of for the 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference is out. We welcome papers focused on internet related surveillance concerns to this conference. On behalf of my co-conference coordinator Daniel Trottier and myself, we look forward to welcoming you to Rotterdam June 8-10, 2020. Information regarding the registration and fees is available at the following link: https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/registration More information on logistics will be posted in the coming months. We are delighted to inform you that the conference will have the following special presentations: * Keynote address: José van Dijck - "Dataism and dataveillance in the age of AI" * Keynote address: Simone Browne - "The Ecologies of Surveillance Technologies" * The SSN 2020 Outstanding Achievement Award * The SSN 2020 Arts Prize We look forward to seeing many of you next year! All the best. Jason Pridmore Call for Papers The 9th biennial Surveillance & Society conference of the Surveillance Studies Network, hosted by Erasmus University Rotterdam on June 8-10 2020 in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Visual acuity has historically been measured based on the normative value of 20/20 vision. Yet by the year 2020, the clarity of vision regarding surveillance practices and their implications remains clouded. The metaphors of vision and optics are central - and privileged - components of surveillance research. This conference considers three interrelated lines of sight to bring increased focus on understanding, evaluating and responding to surveillance. First, the benefits of hindsight call attention to surveillant antecedents that inform or impinge upon current developments and practices. Excavations into precursors of contemporary surveillance illuminate potential ideals and expectations for emerging types of monitoring. Second, new trajectories of (in)sight articulate how surveillance serves as a means for the collection and mediation of a wide range of activities and behaviours. Particularly digital forms of information gathering lend themselves to the rapid collation and comparison of surveillance subjects in ways that both render them increasingly visible and subject to various unanticipated, unwanted and unjust interventions. Third, the potentials of foresight allow a focus on the emergent character of surveillance indicative of new modalities of power, flows of information, and challenges to freedom, autonomy and action. Given the penchant for increased forms of control alongside various forms of resistance, the question of surveillance futures and its response remains crucial for continued analysis as well as social and political forms of engagement. These lines of sight prompt different sets of concerns across (sub-)disciplines and approaches. We invite scholars, artists, and practitioners from a wide range of (disciplinary) backgrounds to critically engage with established and emergent surveillance practices, and the various dilemmas, opportunities and ambivalences these represent. Key tracks of the conference include but are not limited to: * Re-envisioning surveillance histories * Foreseeing futures * Regulations, politics and governance of surveillance * Science fiction and dystopian accounts * Organisational, industrial and commercial visions * Surveillance and the workplace * Consumption and surveillance * Medical surveillance * Fraud detection and security * Education and monitoring * Viewing transitions * Migration and refugees * Borders and security * Social movements and protests for change * Electoral monitoring * Digitally mediated surveillance * Algorithms and focused monitoring * Drones and security devices * Social media platforms * Mobile devices, including wearables * Internet infrastructures * IoT devices * Big data analytics * Sensing beyond seeing * Critiques of visual metaphors * Listening and other kinds of sensing * Intersecting concepts and concerns * Racialization * Gender and identity * Families and children * Politics and social justice * Policing and security * Privacy (and critiques thereof) * Ethics (in relation to citizenship, design and/or research) * Bodies and biometrics * Households and neighbourhoods Submission criteria: Interested conference participants are invited to submit abstracts for this proposal. Due to the limited number of sessions, authors are limited to one first author submission for a paper and organisation of one proposed panel. Authors can be second author on other papers, but should not be the (primary) presenter. Paper Proposals Paper sessions will be composed by the Organising Committee based on the individual paper abstracts submitted. Abstracts should consist of: * Name(s) of Author(s) * Affiliation(s) of Author(s) * Proposed Title of Paper * An abstract of up to 200 words Panel Proposals Panels are sessions that bring together a group of presenters with contributions on a topic related to the conference themes. The session format should engage the panellists and audience in interactive discussions and preferably represent a diversity of views on the topic. Panels should be designed to fit in a 90-minute session, and feature a minimum of three presentations. Panel Proposals should consist of: * Name(s) of Organiser(s) * Affiliation(s) of Organiser(s) * Proposed Title of Panel including the indication [PANEL] in the title * An abstract of up to 350 words, including an explanation of why the panel is of interest to the conference, and the proposed format of the panel. * Name(s) and Affiliation(s) of all proposed panellists. NB: Organisers must secure the agreement of all proposed panellists before submitting the Panel Proposal. Submission process and information: All paper and panel proposals should be submitted through the Easy Chair submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssn2020 For further information, please visit our website at: https://www.eur.nl/en/eshcc/ssn-2020 Key dates: * December 15, 2019: Submission of individual paper abstracts and conference panels * February 15, 2020: Decisions regarding paper and panel proposal acceptance * March 15, 2020: Preliminary conference programme available * May 1, 2020: Submission of full papers and extended abstracts * June 7, 2020: Welcome and opening drinks * June 8-10, 2020: Conference is held in Rotterdam Special concerns or requests can be directed to the dedicated email address for the conference: ssn2020(a)eur.nl

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ACM IUI 2020: Second Call for Demos and Posters
by Oana Inel 09 Nov '19

09 Nov '19

* We apologize for cross-posting * *** ACM IUI 2020: Second Call for Demos and Posters *** Cagliari, Italy March 17-20, 2020 https://iui.acm.org/2020/call_for_demo_poster.html Important Dates: - Submission Due: Jan 3, 2020 - Notification to Authors: Jan 27, 2020 - Camera Ready Due: Feb 3, 2020 ---------------------------------------------------- ACM IUI 2020 is the 25th annual meeting of the intelligent interfaces community and serves as a premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) community meets the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is to improve the interaction between humans and machines, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning. ACM IUI welcomes contribution from all relevant arenas, academia, industry, government, and non-profit organizations, and gives its participants the opportunity to present and see cutting-edge IUI work in a focused and interactive setting. ---------------------------------------------------- Demos The demonstrations track complements the overall program of the conference. Demonstrations show implementations of novel, interesting, and important intelligent user interface concepts or systems. We invite submissions relevant to intelligent user interfaces and which address, but are not limited to, the topics of the conference. All submissions are intended to convey a scientific result or work in progress and should not be advertisements for commercial software packages. The page limit for demo papers is 2 pages (including references). Although not required, authors may submit a video along with their demo paper to showcase their work. Authors who submitted a long or short research paper are welcome to also propose a demo. Accepted demo papers will be presented as interactive demonstrations at IUI and published in the companion proceedings of the conference. Posters Posters provide an opportunity for sharing valuable last-minute ideas, eliciting useful feedback on early-stage work and fostering discussions and collaborations among colleagues. We invite submissions on all topics of the conference. All submissions should convey a scientific result or work in progress that is not yet ready to be published as a full length research paper at a refereed conference. Submitting a draft poster along with your submission is not required but recommended. The page limit for poster papers is 2 pages (including references). Accepted poster papers will appear in the companion proceedings of the conference. Demo and Poster Chairs - posters2020(a)iui.acm.org<mailto:posters2020@iui.acm.org> Tianyi Li, Virginia Tech, USA Marco Manca, CNR-ISTI, HIIS Laboratory, Italy Sebastien Lalle, University of British Columbia, Canada

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Job Posting: Open Rank TT, Sociotechnical Approaches to Cybersecurity, University of Maryland
by M.R.Sauter 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

*Please share and apologies for cross-posting* https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/74571 JOB POSTING UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND COLLEGE OF INFORMATION STUDIES Assistant/Associate/Full Professor (Open Rank) Sociotechnical Approaches to Cybersecurity Tenure Track Full Time Faculty Position Summary/Purpose of Position: A socio-technical approach to cybersecurity recognizes that to protect our information and critical infrastructure we must consider human, social, organizational, economic, institutional, and technical factors, as well as the complex interactions among them. Creating, maintaining, operating infrastructural systems that are resilient in the face of threats that include malicious attacks, random vandalism, natural disasters, and information warfare necessarily requires fundamental advances in our understanding of the socio-technical aspects of cybersecurity. The College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park (Maryland’s iSchool), invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor, or tenured Associate Professor or Professor position in socio-technical aspects of cybersecurity. The successful candidate will engage in an active program of high-impact research; provide research advising to students at all levels; develop courses and teach in the College’s undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree programs; and engage in service to the profession and shared governance within the university. About UMD and the iSchool: Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world. As one of the top graduate programs in library and information studies in the U.S., UMD’s iSchool seeks a candidate who will build upon the iSchool’s record of educating librarians committed to leadership, service, research, and innovative practice and impact in the field. We encourage candidates to demonstrate how their research contributes toward social justice and equity, diversity and inclusion, or ethical access to information. Founded more than 50 years ago with a specific commitment to advancing social justice, the iSchool enrolls over 1,300 students in five degree programs: Ph.D. in Information Studies, Master of Library and Information Science (MLIS), Master of Information Management (MIM), Master of Science in Human Computer Interaction (HCIM), and Bachelor of Science in Information Science (InfoSci). Faculty members across these programs take advantage of our interdisciplinary environment through their teaching and collaborative research. These programs are offered in the classroom at College Park and Shady Grove campuses, online, and in blended formats. Many members of our faculty hold joint or affiliate appointments with other campus units, including Anthropology, Business, Education, Engineering, English, Geographical Sciences, Journalism, Survey Methodology, Public Health, the Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities (MITH), and the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) Minimum Qualifications: The successful candidate will have a strong interest in research and teaching related to socio-technical aspects of cybersecurity. Within this broad domain are a wide range of specific topics, methodological approaches, theoretical perspectives, and disciplines. We welcome applications from scholars interested in any socio-technical aspect of cybersecurity who are working with research grounded in theory, rooted in empirical methods, and producing broadly applicable and transferable results that augment policy, knowledge, and practice. We seek exceptional candidates with high quality research and publication records in interdisciplinary fields that include or blend social and behavioral sciences, economics, science and technology studies, law, communications, informatics, information systems, and/or computer science. A Ph.D. or equivalent degree is required at the time of appointment. Required Documents: ●Cover Letter ●Curriculum Vitae ●Research Statement ●Teaching Statement ●List of References (3) Posting Date:10/25/2019 Best Consideration Date:*12/09/2019* https://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/74571 -- m.r. sauter oddletters http://oddletters.com/

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Registration Open: Accelerated Academy at Michigan State University (Nov 22-23)
by Erin Glass 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

We are pleased to announce the full program of Accelerated Academy 7: Prospecting: Extraction, Speculation, and Liberation in the Accelerated Academy at Michigan State University November 22-23. The Symposium will utilize the concept of “prospecting” to think through the different economic interests, technical assemblages, and affective regimes that shape academic life, labor, and outcomes today. The two-day symposium will feature panels, workshops, and artistic projects from more than 20 scholars. dr. sava saheli singh will deliver the keynote, “Love in the Time of Surveillance Capitalism: How Algorithms Are Reshaping Our Intimate Online Spaces.” ****Registration is required via Eventbrite <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/accelerated-academy-7-prospecting-tickets-7423…>**** Remote participation is possible via Zoom. SCHEDULE OVERVIEW Day 1 // Friday, Nov. 22 9 am Welcome remarks, land acknowledgment 9:15am Panel 1 // Platforms. Data. Speed. Now. - Riyad A Shahjahan - Geopolitics of being and datafication of higher education: Towards embracing un/certainty - Mark Carrigan - Can platformised scholarship be collective? [R] - Matthew Applegate - Digital Tools as Critical Theory: Edu-Factory to Digital Humanities - Justin Clark - Seeking Faster Minds in the American University [R] 11am // Break 11:15am WORKSHOP // Filip Vostal: Technologies of Time 12:00 Noon // Lunch (catered) 1:15pm Panel 2 // Questioning Institutions, Questioning Identity - Matt Rosen - Three Questions about Education [R] - Jessica Butler - Gilding the ivory: Ideal masculinity, academic identity, self-promotion, and experiences of belonging/impostorhood from the ‘golden age’ to neoliberalised English higher education [R] - Steven Weiland - Time and Texts: Questions of Reading in the Accelerated Academy 3pm // Break 3:15pm Panel 3 // “On” and “Off” Campus: Community and the University - Rubén Martinez - Labor Concerns on the Modern Dairy Farm - Sarah Schönbauer - From bench to stage - How life scientists’ participation in leisure groups creates caring relationships - Ian Butcher - Expropriated Campuses and Community-Directed Higher Ed [R] - Dafne Calvo - Collective, Collaborative and Free: Lessons from Studying the Commons 5pm // Break 5:15pm // Keynote address by dr. sava saheli singh: “Love in the Time of Surveillance Capitalism: How Algorithms Are Reshaping Our Intimate Online Spaces” 6:15 // Musical Performance: The Two-Body Problem, followed by Dinner and Drinks at Beggar’s Banquet ALL DAY: artwork by Anicca Cox Day 2 // Saturday, Nov. 23 10am WORKSHOP – Sarah Ng and Noopur Raval: Global South’s Knowledge Production and Delinking from Inequality 11am Panel 4 // Staying with the Trouble by Cultivating Your Path to Intellectual Leadership - A conversation with: Dean Chris Long, Associate Deans Sonja Fritzsche, Bill Hart-Davidson, and Cara Cilano 12:45pm // Lunch 2 pm WORKSHOP // Ellie Louson and Kathleen Fitzpatrick: The Future is Generous 3 pm WORKSHOP // Kimine Mayuzumi: Reclaiming Our Body and Implementing Rituals 4 pm Salutations 4:15pm Drinks and goodbyes! — [R] = remote presentation -- Erin Rose Glass, Ph.D. Digital Scholarship Librarian UC San Diego Library www.erinroseglass.com | @erinroseglass (858) 534-0827

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JOBS: Multiple positions in Digital Media/Culture/Studies at Michigan
by Christian Sandvig 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

Dear AoIR Colleagues, I wanted to point your attention to our many open jobs this season. Some positions have closed but we have just announced new positions. Best, Christian -- http://umich.edu/~csandvig/ *Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Design and Digital Culture* Appointed in the Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning and the Digital Studies Institute. Highlights: Urban tech and data-driven urbanization, Diversity and labor in digital industries and practices shaping buildings and cities, The future of work in the age of artificial intelligence, Digital space, place, power, and mobility. http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/178947/faculty_in_design_and_digital_cu… *Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Race and Digital Media* Appointed in the Dept. of Communication and Media and the Digital Studies Institute. Highlights: race and intersectionalities of race and processes of identity formation (e.g., ability, class, ethnicity, gender, sexuality) in the arena of digital media and communication technology. Applicants’ research and teaching interests should center on new information technologies–social media, VR/AR, gaming, AI, sensing, data science, etc.–and their role in historical or contemporary problems of social justice. ... the social impact of new technologies, the representation and (re)production of marginalized populations on digital platforms, and the design or speculative vision for alternatives http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/178720/asst_professor *Postdoctoral Fellow in Digital Studies* Appointed in the Digital Studies Institute. Highlights: teach one course per year, and play a role in program building for the new Digital Studies Institute. ... interest in race, gender, sexuality, and digital technologies, algorithmic bias and inequality, and social media and/or gaming culture. http://careers.umich.edu/job_detail/178814/postdoctoral_fellow_in_digital_s… Note: I think that... the Assistant Professor in Digital Media Production position has closed. the Executive Director of Digital Studies position has closed. the Lecturer in Digital Studies positions have closed. the Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship in Information deadline has passed. the open-rank tenure-track position in Media, Culture and Society in the Dept. of Media & Communication deadline has passed but submission is still possible (highlights: "the impact of media and communication technologies on culture and society") https://lsa.umich.edu/comm/people/openings.html

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Two Tenure-Track Positions: Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University
by Wyche, Susan 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

The Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty who are internationally recognized for their cutting-edge research on the design, uses and implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs). We invite applications for two separate positions: (1) an open-rank faculty tenure system position (with potential for an endowed professorship) and (2) an assistant professor faculty tenure system position. The successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field. Review of applicants will begin December 6, 2019. The expected start date for both positions is August 16, 2020. Please contact Dr. Susan Wyche with questions (spwyche(a)msu.edu<mailto:spwyche@msu.edu>). --- Open Rank Tenure System Faculty We welcome applications from emerging and established scholars in information science or related disciplines whose research answers significant questions about technology, and its impacts on individuals, groups, and society. We are especially interested in applicants whose research interests complement our department’s strengths in: human-computer interaction (HCI), information communication technology and development (ICTD), information systems, social computing, game studies, digital inequality and impacts of ICTs, and health informatics. Scholars who examine topics concerning diversity and its relationship to ICT design and/or use are encouraged to apply. Outstanding candidates may be considered for a Brandt Endowed Professorship. Ellis (Ned) Brandt was a graduate of MSU’s School of Journalism, and a prominent Michigan philanthropist. The Brandt Endowed Professorship offers a competitive salary and annual research allowance. The ideal candidate is an exceptional scholar with: a successful track record of securing external research funding; experience and interest in mentoring faculty; and excellent collaboration skills. Publishing in peer-reviewed venues in relevant fields is expected, as is teaching and advising students in the Department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. See https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/502699/assistantassociatefull-professo… for more details. --- Assistant Professor Tenure System Faculty We are seeking an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a full-time, tenure system position at the assistant professor level who is interested in human-centered approaches to design, and engages with emerging technologies, such as (but not limited to) games, interactive media, virtual reality, and augmented reality. We value interests in socially relevant topics and improving people’s lives. Our ideal candidate integrates both “arts” and “sciences” in their work while recognizing the importance of inclusivity. Candidates will be expected to gain visibility through peer-reviewed academic research publications and/or juried creative works. Given our strong interdisciplinary culture, we welcome applications from individuals from a diverse range of disciplinary and methodological traditions who thrive in a vibrant academic environment. Faculty members are also expected to pursue external funding to support their research and/or creative activity. In addition, candidates will teach in our undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as advise graduate students on projects, theses, and dissertations. See https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/502698/assistant-professortenure-system for more details. Susan Wyche, PhD Associate Professor Department of Media and Information Michigan State University spwyche(a)msu.edu<mailto:spwyche@msu.edu> http://www.susanwyche.com

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Two Tenure-Track Positions: Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University
by Wyche, Susan 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

The Department of Media and Information (M&I) at Michigan State University is home to a dynamic, interdisciplinary faculty who are internationally recognized for their cutting-edge research on the design, uses and implications of information and communication technologies (ICTs). We invite applications for two separate positions: (1) an open-rank faculty tenure system position (with potential for an endowed professorship) and (2) an assistant professor faculty tenure system position. The successful candidates will have a Ph.D. in a relevant field. Review of applicants will begin December 6, 2019. The expected start date for both positions is August 16, 2020. --- Open Rank Tenure System Faculty We welcome applications from emerging and established scholars in information science or related disciplines whose research answers significant questions about technology, and its impacts on individuals, groups, and society. We are especially interested in applicants whose research interests complement our department’s strengths in: human-computer interaction (HCI), information communication technology and development (ICTD), information systems, social computing, game studies, digital inequality and impacts of ICTs, and health informatics. Scholars who examine topics concerning diversity and its relationship to ICT design and/or use are encouraged to apply. Outstanding candidates may be considered for a Brandt Endowed Professorship. Ellis (Ned) Brandt was a graduate of MSU’s School of Journalism, and a prominent Michigan philanthropist. The Brandt Endowed Professorship offers a competitive salary and annual research allowance. The ideal candidate is an exceptional scholar with: a successful track record of securing external research funding; experience and interest in mentoring faculty; and excellent collaboration skills. Publishing in peer-reviewed venues in relevant fields is expected, as is teaching and advising students in the Department’s undergraduate and graduate programs. See https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/502699/assistantassociatefull-professo… for more details. --- Assistant Professor Tenure System Faculty We are seeking an innovative, dynamic individual to fill a full-time, tenure system position at the assistant professor level who is interested in human-centered approaches to design, and engages with emerging technologies, such as (but not limited to) games, interactive media, virtual reality, and augmented reality. We value interests in socially relevant topics and improving people’s lives. Our ideal candidate integrates both “arts” and “sciences” in their work while recognizing the importance of inclusivity. Candidates will be expected to gain visibility through peer-reviewed academic research publications and/or juried creative works. Given our strong interdisciplinary culture, we welcome applications from individuals from a diverse range of disciplinary and methodological traditions who thrive in a vibrant academic environment. Faculty members are also expected to pursue external funding to support their research and/or creative activity. In addition, candidates will teach in our undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as advise graduate students on projects, theses, and dissertations. See https://careers.msu.edu/cw/en-us/job/502698/assistant-professortenure-system for more details. Susan Wyche, PhD Associate Professor Department of Media and Information Michigan State University spwyche(a)msu.edu<mailto:spwyche@msu.edu> http://www.susanwyche.com

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Research fellow: Towards a Digital Sociology of Music
by Christopher Haworth 08 Nov '19

08 Nov '19

Research Fellow (Part Time) Department of Music, University of Birmingham, School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and Music within the College of Arts and Law Fixed term from 1st of April 2020 to 31st of March 2021 Grade: Grade 7, 30 or below pro rata https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BWB470/research-fellow This post will support *Music And The Internet: Towards A Digital Sociology of Music*, a project funded by the AHRC and led by Dr Christopher Haworth. DIGSOCMUS will explore the use of digital methods for the analysis of electronic music from the 1990s to the present, addressing research questions on the changing relations between art and popular electronic musics; ‘major’ and ‘independent’ labels; and local and transnational musicking in the age of the internet. The post will be centred on devising bespoke digital methods to further the analysis of the research questions. These may involve text-mining and social data analysis techniques, and the postholder will be expected to analyse, interpret and visualise data using Gephi or an equivalent network visualisation software. The postholder will be expected to participate in workshops and other events associated with the research project, and to produce and present research papers in seminars and at conferences. You should have completed a PhD in music computing, music technology, digital humanities, computer science or a related field, and you should have an interest in one of the following fields: twentieth-century music, digital music, electronic music, media history, or ethnomusicology. The Department of Music recognises that scholars and practitioners from minority backgrounds are under-represented in music-related fields. We welcome applications from all candidates regardless of gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and/or transgender status. Informal enquiries should be directed to Christopher Haworth at c.p.haworth(a)bham.ac.uk / 0121 414 6177

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