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Special issue call for articles: Refugees and Digital Work
by Julia Goyal 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

_____________________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> On Behalf Of HACKL Andreas Sent: December 9, 2019 5:37 AM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Special issue call for articles: Refugees and Digital Work Dear colleagues, Please consider submitting an article proposal for the following special issue: Call for Articles: Special Issue on Refugees and Digital Work Aimed at: Development and Change Digital transformations are currently reshaping labour markets and employment opportunities around the world. Some suggest that online work platforms and the so-called 'gig economy' are now planetary in scope, promising access to work for anyone with an internet connection and some skills. However, to what extent does that hold true for the world's refugees? Parallel to this spread of digital opportunities, refugee self-reliance has now become one of the leading mantras in global refugee governance and international development. A plethora of programmes and initiatives have therefore tapped into a pool of digital opportunities for livelihood provision and skills training among displaced persons and host communities. However, their scope, methods, and outcomes remain underexplored in both academia and policy. This special issue will explore the diverse implications of this transformation on refugees, who often face severe restrictions to economic activity, financial inclusion, and a limited right to work. Particular consideration will be given to critical contributions that are rooted in empirical research and offer insights linking important debates in the international development literature on refugee economies, livelihoods, and digital work. Articles might address one of the following questions: What do particular case studies tell us about the unique relationship between forced displacement and digital economies? How does the inclusion of refugees, and a perspective grounded in their experience, change established views on digital economies and the future of decent work? How do digital economies reshape the role of work within increasingly prolonged conditions of forced displacement? What are the risks and opportunities of digital work for refugees? Other themes articles might address may include the following: * Digital refugee livelihoods and the decent work agenda * Digital skills training or remote job-mentoring * Freelancing and online entrepreneurialism * Working conditions and social protection * Informal means of digital work (e.g. social media platforms) * Refugees' involvement in the informal or illicit digital economy * Gender dimensions of digital work * Barriers to digital access and/or financial inclusion * The interaction between host country legal and social environments and digital economies These questions and issues are for guidance only and should not be considered exclusive of other important themes. Deadlines If you are interested in contributing to this issue, please submit the following to the issue editors by Friday, January 10, 2020: * A 500-750 word abstract including main research question, details on the empirical research, theoretical contribution, research methods, main findings, and conclusions * Author CV Tentative deadline for full-length articles: May 2020 Special issue editors: Dr Andreas Hackl, Social Anthropology, University of Edinburgh Andreas.hackl(a)ed.ac.uk<mailto:Andreas.hackl@ed.ac.uk> Dr Evan Easton-Calabria, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford Evan.easton-calabria(a)qeh.ox.ac.uk<mailto:Evan.easton-calabria@qeh.ox.ac.uk> ---------------------- Dr Andreas Hackl Lecturer, Social Anthropology School of Social and Political Science University of Edinburgh, UK The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/

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CfP: Graduate Colloquium on Digital Labour – 27-28 March 2020 – Milan, Italy
by Julian Posada Gutierrez 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

The European Network on Digital Labour<http://endl.network/> is an association of scholars working on various aspects of the relationship between work and digital technology. In its desire to integrate young scholars and foster collaborations with senior members, the network will host its third graduate colloquium, set to take place during the 2020 conference “Unboxing AI” in Milan, Italy. The event is co-organized by the Fondazione Feltrinelli with support from the Nexa Center for Internet and Society. Confirmed speakers include Jeremias Adams-Prassl (University of Oxford), Janine Berg (International Labour Organization), Nick Couldry (London School of Economics), Alessandro Delfanti (University of Toronto), Leopoldina Fortunati (University of Udine), Baruch Gottlieb (Berlin University of the Arts), Andrea Miconi (IULM University of Milan), and Phoebe Moore (University of Leicester). The upcoming colloquium welcomes all postgraduate students (master’s & Ph.D.) in different stages of their research who work on any topics related to computer-mediated work, platform economies, online value production, automation, robotics, and tech-enabled outsourcing. It aims to give junior researchers the chance to engage with other scholars working in similar areas of interest, discuss their current projects and methodological issues, and to receive advice on the thesis writing process and career prospects. Please note that, while the registration to the colloquium is free, the network cannot provide funding for travel or accommodation in Milan. The discussants of the doctoral colloquium are Juan Carlos de Martin (Polytechnic University of Turin) and Andrea Fumagalli (University of Pavia). The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics for the colloquium: * the gig economy * the gendered and racialized nature of digital labour * labour and technology * automation and labour * platform capitalism * freelancing * data as labour * social media and labour * online content creation * playbour * platform co-operativism Participation in the colloquium is limited. Interested applicants should prepare a one-page summary of their current project that indicate their research context, hypotheses or research questions, methods, issues, progress to date, and a brief biography. These documents should be addressed to julian.posada(a)mail.utoronto.ca<mailto:julian.posada@mail.utoronto.ca> Key dates Deadline for submission: 20 January 2020 Acceptance notification: From 31 January 2020 Colloquium: 28 March 2020 Scientific Committee Antonio Casilli (Paris School of Telecommunication), Elinor Wahal (Paris School of Telecommunication), Spartaco Puttini (Giangiacomo Feltrinelli Foundation, Milan), Antonio Santangelo (Polytechnic University of Turin), Juan Carlos De Martin (Polytechnic University of Turin), Paola Tubaro (French National Center for Scientific Research), and Julian Posada (University of Toronto)

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REFRESH 2020 1st International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G networks and beyond - co-located with IEEE DCOSS 2020 - Deadline March 25, 2020 - Los Angeles
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 18 Dec '19

18 Dec '19

================================================================================================ REFRESH 2020 1st International Workshop on Real-life modeling in 5G networks and beyond - co-located with IEEE DCOSS 2020 ================================================================================================ Scope and Overview: The economic and societal potential of emerging 5G and cyber-physical social systems is vastly greater than what has been realized so far, and major investments are being made worldwide to develop the corresponding science and technology. The Future Internet paradigm, the proliferation of emerging networks and architectures, wireless access technologies and multi-homing smart devices are evolving towards a competitive environment, where users and devices have access to various resources, while their behaviors become strongly interdependent. This fact demands and motivates the development of user-centric resource management and optimization frameworks, which enable user's self-optimization and autonomy. This vision is further motivated and supported by the convergence of various emerging technologies enabling Cyber-Physical Systems operation, including 5G/B5G technologies, Internet of Things (IoT), Mobile Edge Computing and Software Defined Networking, all targeting flexibility and efficiency. To deal with the involved complexity, and driven by the requirements of autonomy and scalability, distributed resource orchestration approaches appear as a necessity rather than a desire. The REFRESH Workshop aims to stimulate research on the most novel topics of real-life modeling in 5G networks and beyond. This year's edition encourages submission of theoretical and experimental work (including studies of real deployment), with a primary interest in new directions of wireless networking in concrete application scenarios and demonstrators in areas such as, but not limited to: mobile edge computing, Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, unmanned aerial vehicles, public safety networks, dynamic spectrum utilization, smart grid communications, wireless power communication, green wireless networks, information-centric wireless networks. The workshop seeks original work presented in the form of research papers describing new research and development approaches and results, as well as work-in-progress papers. Highly disruptive work-in-progress and position papers are also welcome, provided they focus on particularly innovative solutions or applications for 5G networks and beyond. All papers shall be forward-looking, describe their relationship to existing work, and shall argue their impact and implications for ongoing or future research. Selected workshop papers will also be considered for publication in a Special Issue and/or Special Sections of international peer-reviewed journals. http://conferences.ece.unm.edu/refresh2020/ Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * 5G Cellular systems and beyond * Cognitive radio networks, dynamic spectrum access, and emerging applications and services * Wireless power transfer and energy harvesting for wireless networks * Delay tolerant networks * Wireless communications on different media * End-to-end protocols, flow and congestion control * Artificial intelligence and machine learning for wireless networks * Attack modeling, prevention, mitigation, and defense in wireless networks * Security, Reliability, Privacy, and Trust in Wireless Networks * Green Wireless Networks * Heterogeneous, Small-Cell and Dense networks * Information-centric wireless networks * Internet of Things * Pervasive and wearable computing and networking * Public Safety Networks * Social wireless networks * Quality of Service provisioning and management in 5G networks and beyond * Quality of Experience and User Experience in 5G networks and beyond * Software-defined wireless networks * Vehicular wireless networks * Wireless mesh networks * Wireless multimedia networks * Wireless network virtualization * Multiple Access, Radio Resource Management, Interference Management, and Scheduling * Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Networks * Hybrid communication systems (e.g., satellite/unmanned aerial vehicles/terrestrial/wireline hybrids) * Machine learning-based resource allocation for wireless networks * Reinforcement learning and deep learning for 5G networks and beyond * Architectures, models, security, and approaches for smart grid networks * Economics and pricing for 5G networks and beyond * Smart Cities supported by 5G networks and beyond * Scalability, Robustness, and Resilience in 5G networks and beyond Important Dates * Paper submission deadline: March 25th, 2020 * Authors Notification: April 15th, 2020 * Camera-ready submission: April 25th, 2020 * Workshop date: May 25-27th, 2020 (TBA) Submission Guidelines General Paper Format Authors are invited to submit original unpublished manuscripts that demonstrate current research on real-life modeling in 5G networks and beyond related to REFRESH workshop's topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in) standard IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template available on the link below: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All submissions should be written in English and submitted as a full or work-in-progress paper. Full papers should have a maximum of eight (8) printed pages including figures and references. Full papers are expected to describe fully developed ideas with a thorough evaluation. Work-in-progress papers should have a maximum of four (4) printed pages including figures and references. Work-in-progress papers are expected to describe new and interesting ideas that have not yet reached full maturity. Note that REFRESH does not follow the double-blind review policy. The names and affiliations of all the authors must be present in the submitted manuscript. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the DCOSS 2020 conference proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore as well as other Abstracting and Indexing (A&I) databases. Submission Site Please submit your papers in PDF format using the following paper submission website: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=refresh2020 Program Committee Chairs Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (University of New Mexico, USA) Symeon Papavassiliou (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) Workshop Web Chair Georgios Fragkos (University of New Mexico, USA) Publicity Chairs Jim Plusquellic (University of New Mexico, USA) Suzan Bayhan (University of Twente, The Netherlands) Technical Program Committee Swades De (IIT, Delhi, India) R. K. Gosh (Department of EECS, IIT Bhilai) Nathalie Mitton (INRIA, France) Jelena Misic (Ryerson University, Canada) Antonella Molinaro (Mediterranean University of Reggio Calabria, Italy) Amiya Nayak (University of Ottawa, Canada) Elena Pagani (Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy) Athanasios Panagopoulos (National Technical University of Athens, Greece) Simone Silvestri (University of Kentucky, USA) Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulos (Institut Eurocom, France) Tuna Tugcu (Bogazici University, Turkey) Spyridon Vassilaras (Huawei Technologies, France) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE>

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It Happened on Tinder-Reflections and Studies on Internet-Infused Dating, ed. by Amir Hetsroni & Meriç Tuncez
by Geert Lovink 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

New publication of the Institute of Network Cultures: It Happened on Tinder Reflections and Studies on Internet-Infused Dating Edited by: Amir Hetsroni and Meriç Tuncez https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/it-happened-on-tinder/ This volume brings together articles from different parts of the globe that describe, question, test and criticize innovations and recent developments in online dating. Using quantitative as well as qualitative techniques the studies included in the book examine the impact of gender, personality traits, app interface and design, and culture on success and failure in online courtship. Among the issues dealt here are ghosting, sex emoticons, body presentation in the virtual universe, dime dating, religious courtship and more. Amir Hetsroni is a professor in the Department of Media and Visual Arts at Koç University in Turkey. He is the author/editor of four books and nearly 100 journal articles and book chapters. He is also a media celebrity in his home country, Israel, where he takes part in reality shows as a consultant and commentator, and takes an active role in anti-censorship campaigns. He failed to find love in online dating, but did not lose hope. Meriç Tuncez, a PhD candidate in Design, Technology, Society program at Koç University, received his BA in Business Administration from Koç University, and received his M.F.A. in Media and Design from Bilkent University. His research interests span interactions with artificial intelligence and virtual assistants including humanness, mental state, emotion, intention, sociality and morality attributions to artificial intelligence, and online dating. He is also a digital artist and his artworks were included in a recent interdisciplinary exhibition about coincidences called Yaratan Disiplinler: Tesadüfler by Tasarım Atölyesi Kadıköy (TAK) in Istanbul. His first real love was exclusively on the net but later he realized that he was being catfished by that person for the duration of a year.

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Call for proposals closing in less than a month for the 2020 Connected Learning Summit
by Jamieson Pond 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

Call for proposals closing in less than a month for the 2020 Connected Learning Summit Connected Learning Summit 2020 July 29-31, 2020 | Cambridge, MA Deadline for submissions: Monday, January 13, 2020 Notifications of Acceptance: April 2020 Call for proposals page: https://clsummit.news/CLScfpAIR Call for proposals now open for the third annual Connected Learning Summit. We encourage the submission of academic papers and project presentations as well as more innovative session formats which focus on digital technologies for learning, educational and commercial games and other media, innovative tech-infused curricula, and theoretical and/or empirical exploration of digital media and technology for learning. Abstracts from all session types will be included in the Connected Learning Summit Conference Proceedings. Research papers will be published in full, and subject to blind peer review. All other session formats will be subject to committee review. Accepting proposals for: - Research papers - Workshops - Showcases - Symposia - Well Played sessions - Hall of Failure - Posters - Tech demos - Ignite talks About the Connected Learning Summit The mission of the Connected Learning Summit is to fuel a growing movement of innovators harnessing emerging technology to expand access to participatory, playful, and creative learning. The Connected Learning Summit represents a merger between three community events with this shared vision and values: the Digital Media and Learning Conference, the Games+Learning+Society Conference, and Sandbox Summit. Respectfully, Jamieson Pond, Communications Manager Connected Learning Lab University of California, Irvine CLAlliance.org | ConnectedLearning.uci.edu Twitter: @TheCLAlliance | @TheCLSummit Fb.com/ConnectedLearningAlliance Connected Learning Newsletter ------------------------------ Connected Learning Summit 2020 July 29-31, 2020 | Cambridge, MA *Call for Proposals Open* Deadline: January 13, 2020

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: UNISA HETL Conference
by Dr. Patrick Blessinger 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

The International Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference is hosted jointly by the International Higher Education Teaching and Learning (HETL) and the University of South Africa, from 10 to 13 August 2020 in South Africa. *CALL FOR PROPOSALS DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 16, 2020* To submit a presentation proposal, see https://www.hetl.org/the-2020-international-higher-education-teaching-and-l… For conference details, see https://www.unisa.ac.za/sites/corporate/default/News-&-Media/Calendar-&-eve… -- Patrick Blessinger <http://www.patrickblessinger.com/> The HETL Association <https://www.hetl.org/> University World News <http://www.universityworldnews.com/search.php?query=blessinger&type=all&mod…> UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab <http://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/users/patrick-blessinger> St. John's University, New York City <https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-blessinger-edd> Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education <http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jar…> Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning <https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/series-detail/Innovations-in-Higher-E…>

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Senior Researcher Position Media Studies & Computational Social Science in Hamburg, Germany
by Jan-Hinrik Schmidt 17 Dec '19

17 Dec '19

** Apologies for cross-posting ** Dear list members, the Leibniz Institute for Media Research | Hans-Bredow-Institute in Hamburg, Germany, is hiring a Senior Researcher in Computational Social Science. We are looking for people with completed PhD and a proven track record in the field of communication and media research as well as computational social sciences. You can find the full job posting here; deadline for applications is January 15th, 2020: https://leibniz-hbi.de/en/news/senior-researcher-computational-social-scien… Best, Jan -- ---- Dr. Jan-Hinrik Schmidt Senior Researcher für Digitale Interaktive Medien und Politische Kommunikation Leibniz-Institut für Medienforschung | Hans-Bredow-Institut (HBI) Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg 0049-(0)40-450217-83 https://www.leibniz-hbi.de/de/mitarbeiter/jan-hinrik-schmidt http://www.schmidtmitdete.de

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Publication of Rethinking Ethics Through Hypertext
by Dominic Garcia 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Dear Sir, Good evening. First of all I wish to congratulate you for providing me with this useful listserv as this is vital for my research. On the 11th of December I sent you an email to notify the publication of my book "Rethinking Ethics Through Hypertext". However I cannot see this post myself. I was wondering of you could give me an understanding for why this has occurred please? Kind regards Dr. Dominic Garcia PhD

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Christian Fuchs - Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies
by Christian Fuchs 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Christian Fuchs. 2020. Marxism: Karl Marx’s Fifteen Key Concepts for Cultural & Communication Studies. New York: Routledge. 296 pages. http://fuchs.uti.at/books/marxism-karl-marxs-fifteen-key-concepts-for-cultu… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5dsG-Na7FY This book is a critical theory toolkit on how to how to make use of Karl Marx’s ideas in media, communication, and cultural studies. Karl Marx’s ideas remain of crucial relevance, and in this book, Christian Fuchs introduces Marx to the reader by discussing 15 of his key concepts and showing how they matter for understanding the digital and communicative capitalism that shapes human life in twenty-first century society. Key concepts covered include: the dialectic, materialism, commodities, capital, capitalism, labour, surplus-value, the working class, alienation, means of communication, the general intellect, ideology, socialism, communism, and class struggles. Table of Contents: 1 Introduction 1 2 The Dialectic 4 3 Materialism: The Base/Superstructure Problem 19 4 Commodities, Capital, Capitalism 38 5 Labour and Surplus-Value 77 6 The Working Class 105 7 Alienation 127 8 Means of Communication and the General Intellect 147 9 Ideology 178 10 Socialism and Communism 205 11 Class Struggles 247 Index 280

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Call for papers: Robots, recommenders and responsibility: where should the media go with AI?
by Drunen, Max van 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Call for papers: Robots, recommenders and responsibility: where should the media go with AI? AI-driven tools play an increasingly important role on many levels of the process of making and distributing news. In the field of journalism, this ranges from smart tools that assist journalists in producing their stories to the fully automated production of news stories (robot journalism), and from audience analytics that inform editorial board decisions to the AI-driven recommendation of which contents and users to match. As such, AI-driven tools are more than simple tools. They are part of a more structural transformation of what it means to make news, to engage with the audience, and to be an informed citizen. The integration of AI-driven tools into the journalistic process raises not only a host of challenging professional, technical and organizational questions. Intense debates about filter bubbles, privacy, shifting power dynamics, gatekeeping, editorial independence and the metrification of journalistic values and fundamental rights also touch upon the legal, ethical, societal and democratic implications that the use of AI in the media can have. So far, much of the discussion has centered around social media platforms. But what are the implications of the introduction of AI-driven tools for the legacy media and its role of informing, being a critical watchdog and providing a forum for public debate? What are the implications of the ongoing trend to automatisation for the realisation of public values and fundamental rights? How do new legal frameworks, such as the GDPR or the plans of the EC to regulate AI affect the media? And are the existing journalistic codes and professional principles useful to guide journalists and editors in an age of AI? Symposium The goal of this symposium on 24-25 June 2020 in Amsterdam is to discuss the societal and democratic role of AI-driven tools in the media, the fundamental rights at stake, and the ethical, legal and technological (design) conditions need to ensure that algorithms and AI create opportunities, and not threats for our democracy. This cannot be done from the perspective of one or two disciplines alone. We therefore hope to bring together a community of scholars from journalism and media studies, communication and computer science, law, STS, economics and whoever has an interest to contribute, despite his or her disciplinary affiliations. Together, such a group of scholars could have a true impact on how algorithms and AI can make a difference for the better in media and democracy – for academia and society. We invite papers on, for example: - How journalists, editors and media corporations use AI and algorithms to contribute to, and expand on their editorial mission, for example through news recommenders and robot journalism; - On how the introduction of digital technologies changes our very idea of news, and what it means to be an informed citizen; - Investigations into the shifts of powers, roles and responsibilities, and new gatekeeper positions as a result of the introduction of AI in the journalistic process; - Studies into the way how the use of AI and algorithms in the media affect the ability of citizens to benefit from their right to freedom of expression, to form and hold opinions, and make informed political choices; - How journalistic and public values such as diversity, objectivity, relevance, etc. can be translated and preserved in algorithmic design and routines; - Governance of the use of data, AI and algorithms in the news media; - Proposals on the maintenance of accountability and public oversight over editorial AI, including the roles and responsibilities of different regulatory authorities, but also the role of public institutions in supporting and stimulating technological innovation in the newsmedia; - The influence of different national, cultural and societal contexts for the assessment of above questions. We invite specifically young scholars to send in their work, and also encourage work in progress. Please send in an abstract of 500 words to personews(a)ivir.nl. Important dates: - Deadline for abstracts: 3 February 2020. - Notification of acceptance around 21st of February. - Deadline for the final papers (or advanced draft): 25th of May. - The conference: 24 and 25 of June 2020. We explore the possibility to facilitate the publication of a selection of articles in a (leading) journal. We have deliberately chosen for a small-scale event, with maximal time for discussion and engagement. A selected number of papers will be presented and commented on by one or two commentators, followed by a plenary discussion. Next to presenters and commentators, a limited number of places is available for non-active participants. We have limited travel funds available for those who lack the means to pay for travel to attend the symposium. Please only apply for a travel grant if there is no other way for you to attend the conference. Priority will be given to speakers and commenters. To apply for (partial) refunds of your travel costs, please send a brief justification of the need for financial support, the estimated costs and a declaration that the applicant will not be able to attend without financial support from some source external to their own institution. This symposium is made possible with the help of the Fritz Thyssen Foundation and an ERC grant for the PersoNews project – an ERC-funded project that looks into the implications of AI and algorithms for the democratic role of the digital media, user rights and public information policy. For further questions and information, please contact: Prof. Dr. Natali Helberger at n.helberger(a)uva.nl. See also https://www.ivir.nl/call-for-abstracts-personews/.

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