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theoretical framings of dark patterns in design
by Anna Paukova 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear all, i am searching for any relevant theoretical readings which would help framing the nature of dark patterns ( https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/dark-pattern) how they function etc. I was wondering if any scholar work on the subject exists or it is rather a 'journalism'. Thanks in advance, Anna Paukova UX Researcher Moscow

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Justice and Order in the Datafied Society - ICA pre-conference
by Lina Dencik 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear all - there are still a few places left for the ICA Pre-Conference Justice and Order in the Datafied Society: Connecting Communications and Legal Theory that will take place on the 24th of May at the American University, Washington, DC. Deadline for registration is 5th of May! Programme 8.30 Keynote 1: Mark Andrejevic Chair: Lina Dencik 9.15 Panel 1: Autonomy and voice in the datafied society Joseph Turow, Usha Raman, Ellen Goodman Chair: Andreas Hepp 10.45 Break 11.00 Panel 2: The normative bases of data justice Solon Barocas, Anna Lauren Hoffmann, Wolfgang Schulz Chair: Karin van Es 12.30 Keynote 2: Julie Cohen Chair: Nick Couldry 13.15 Lunch 14.00 Panel 3: The moral order of datafied publics Payal Arora, Thomas Poell, Frank Pasquale Chair: Patricia Aufderheide 15.30 Panel 4: The datafication of modernity’s institutions Natali Helberger, Alison Hearn Chair: Andrew Iliadis 16.30 Wrap-up If you want to join us, please register here: https://www.icahdq.org/event/JusticeandOrderintheDatafiedSociety<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.icah…> Best, Nick Couldry, Lina Dencik, Andreas Hepp, and Karin van Es (Organising Committee) -- Dr Lina Dencik Reader / Co-Director Data Justice Lab PI Data Justice: Understanding datafication in relation to social justice (DATAJUSTICE) ERC Starting Grant 2018-2023 School of Journalism, Media and Culture, Cardiff University Two Central Square, Central Square, Cardiff CF10 1FS Email: DencikL(a)cardiff.ac.uk<mailto:DencikL@cardiff.ac.uk>, Tel: +44 (0)29 208 75461 Twitter: @LinaDencik Fellow, Center for Media, Data and Society, Central European University

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ICA post-conference on comparative privacy research
by Dmitry Epstein 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear colleagues, On behalf of Comparative Privacy Research Network we want to invite you to an ICA post-conference: "Privacy Research Across Cultural, Political, and Geographic Boundaries." Our day-long event will take place on May 29, at the Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Georgetown University. The deadline for registration is May 3 and the registration fee of $50 also covers your lunch. Full program and additional details: http://www.thinkmacro.org/cprn/ica2019/program/ Registration by May 3: https://www.icahdq.org/event/PrivacyResearch_PostConf2019 I hope you will join us for what promises to be an interesting and engaging day. Best, Kelly, Carsten, Dmitry, and CPRN

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history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media panic?
by Charles M. Ess 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear AoIRists, Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this instance. I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long list of reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and interest in looking them over. The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a prime or supportive example moral or media panic? This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for those of you with academic training more directly within media and communication studies. Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! best, - charles ess PS: The short list includes: 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of the larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a mythos is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when interlocutors, attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not contradictory. 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. And so on. Again: what am I missing? Again, many thanks, - c. -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media panic?
by Charles M. Ess 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear Virginia and colleagues, a thousand thanks for this - for many reasons, but especially two. First, you identify what in my reading is a highly influential text from 1997 that seems to come close to characterizing the critique of writing in the Phaedrus as a media panic, if not a moral panic. This is 12 years earlier than one of the texts I'm looking more closely into. Second, you make - with more detail and nuance - the points I would make about reading the dialogues, most especially in the Phaedrus, as strongly pedagogical in nature, as well as far more nuanced than the moral / media panic trope can do justice to. FWIW, the associations with and illuminations vis-a-vis remix, etc. also make good sense to me - but this will require more attention and reflection on my part. There's clearly a good paper or two in here ... hope to get to it one of these days. Best of luck with your current insanities - again, a thousand thanks and all best, - charles On 25/04/2019 22:48, Virginia Kuhn wrote: > Dear Charles, > This may not be helpful but I did write a bit about Ong, Havelock, Plato > and new media in a piece called "The Rhetoric of Remix" (2012, > /Transformative Works and Cultures/). I've excerpted a few paragraphs > from the second section below (though it's open access > <https://journal.transformativeworks.org/index.php/twc/article/view/358>): > in which I specifically speak to Plato's concerns about both writing and > poetics: > > [2.2] The concept of secondary orality advanced in Walter Ong's > (1982) work is premised on his chronicling of the progression of > oral culture to literate culture and, finally, to current secondary > or residual orality that combines characteristics of each. In > looking at Ong's list of features that characterize orality, we can > see many overlaps with remix: "additive rather than subordinative; > aggregative rather than analytic; redundant or 'copious'; > conservative or traditionalist; close to the human lifeworld; > agonistically toned; empathetic and participatory rather than > objectively distanced; homeostatic; situational rather than > abstract" (37–49). However, Ong's work has far more to offer to > digital scholarship. In particular, his analysis of Homer and Plato > can help reveal the roots of current epistemological boundaries > between genres considered to be factual and those seen as fictive. > > [2.3] The collectively authored and formulaic nature of Homeric epic > poetry is old news; it is key to Janet Murray's (1997) notion of > cyberdrama, for instance. However, the link between Homer and > current conceptions of collaboratively authored narrative (or > digital storytelling, as it is increasingly being referred to) is > more tenuous than has been acknowledged. Milman Parry's research on > Homeric extant texts in the 1930s dashed the prevailing view of > Homer as a genius who single-handedly constructed masterpieces such > as the /Illiad/ and the /Odyssey,/ although his work was not > expanded on until about 30 years later, when Albert Lord extended > Parry's research on Homer to consider its implications for > performance and literature, and Eric Havelock, Ong's frequent > collaborator, used it to explore speech and literacy. The difference > in approach leads to differing conclusions about the boundaries > between literature and rhetoric. Parry's careful analysis of the > /Odyssey/ and the /Iliad/ revealed them to be highly formulaic, and > as Ong explains, "The meaning of the Greek term 'rhapsodize,' > /rhapsoidein,/ 'to stitch song together,' became ominous: Homer > stitched together prefabricated parts. Instead of a creator, you had > an assembly-line worker" (1982, 22). Immediately we can see that the > current connotation of /rhapsody/ is far more romantic and poetic > than its original meaning; indeed, this view of rhapsody evokes > sewing and its analogy to film editing as well as to remix (as clips > are stitched together), none of which have traditionally been seen > as particularly creative endeavors. From a discursive view, however, > these prefabricated parts are necessary when one must transmit > knowledge orally; it must be repeated to be remembered and passed on > to others, so formulaic thought was "essential for wisdom and > effective administration" (Ong 1982, 24). In this light, Homeric > epic was not the province of entertainment but of governance. These > prefabricated parts also change slightly with each retelling over > the centuries, and so the /Iliad/ and the /Odyssey,/ when analyzed, > are shown to be a patchwork of "early and late Aeolic and Ionic > peculiarities" (23) whose forms were reified during the centuries > after the invention of the Greek alphabet as they were written down. > It would be misguided to see Homeric poetry as consonant with the > current conception of literature, which is framed as distinct from > rhetoric. In Homeric times, these distinctions did not exist. It > would be equally misguided to view this collective authorship as the > sort of crowd-sourced democratic practice many of us hope to attain > in digital space; the changes to the /Odyssey/ and the /Iliad/ took > place over centuries, as is evidenced by their blend of alphabetic > conventions, and these blended wordings were not accomplished by > people using language, as idioms are, but by the few who had the > means to write: poets and scribes working for the ruling classes. In > this sense, it was a broadcast medium: it could not be interrogated, > only consumed. > > [2.4] Similarly, Plato is widely known for having banished the poets > from his ideal Republic as well as for having condemned writing. > Scholars cite passages from Plato's /Republic/ in the former case, > and the/ Phaedrus/ and the/ Seventh Letter/ in the latter. For > instance, in /Hamlet on the Holodeck,/ Janet Murray (1997) posits > Plato's attack on Homer as merely one instantiation of the perennial > fear of "every powerful new representational technology," noting > that "we hear versions of the same terror in the biblical injunction > against worshipping graven images; in the Homeric depiction of the > alluring Sirens' songs, drawing sailors to their death; and in > Plato's banishing of the poet from his republic" (18). Citing Parry > and Lord, she goes on to argue: "A stirring narrative in any medium > can be experienced as a virtual reality because our brains are > programmed to tune into stories with an intensity that can > obliterate the world around us. This siren power of narrative is > what made Plato distrust the poets as a threat to the Republic" > (98). For Murray, then, Plato was simply terrified by narrative and > its immersive quality. This allows her to champion cyberdrama as > merely an extension of older forms of literature and a universal > human need for stories. However, even as current readings of ancient > texts are destined to be somewhat anachronistic, certain facts are > difficult to dispute. One such fact is that far from being a new > form of representation, the oral structure of the Homeric epic was a > centuries-old form by the time of Plato. As Ong's work reveals, it > was actually the tropes of orality that, after the invention of the > alphabet, no longer functioned as noetic (that is, being of the > thought world, or of intelligence); instead, they called attention > to themselves as mediated and dogmatic. Indeed, once these epics > were written down, they essentially became obsolete. Their forms and > attendant iconography, so useful for oral delivery, seem rudimentary > and jingoistic when the repetition no longer served. > > [2.5] In this light, Plato's derision of Homer was actually a > denunciation of the outdated and counterproductive structures of > knowledge transmission characterized by oral epics because their > mythos blocked, rather than encouraged, the acquisition of real > knowledge. The grievance was not intrinsically about narrative but > rather an indictment of an inferior and ineffective example of the > exteriorization of knowledge in a form that is static. Indeed, for > Plato, wisdom came via a dialogic process, not from simply absorbing > a text whose veracity could not be subjected to interrogation. This > view is strengthened by looking at Plato's notorious attack on > writing, which needs qualification, particularly because it was done > /in/ writing—and, some would argue, often poetically at that. > > [2.6] Plato's 30-plus dialogues did not faithfully represent an > actual conversation but were instead used as epistemological and > pedagogical guides, using the voice of Plato's teacher, Socrates. > The/ Phaedrus,/ one of most prominent of the Socratic dialogues, is > presented as the script of a conversation between Socrates and his > frequent interlocutor, Phaedrus, while walking through the > countryside on the outskirts of Athens. It is clearly dramatized, > with characters named, although there is no narrator to intrude on > or mediate the conversation. Phaedrus has just attended a speech on > the nature of love, which sparks a conversation about knowledge, > learning, and wisdom. When the talk turns to writing, Socrates > notes, "I cannot help feeling, Phaedrus, that writing is > unfortunately like painting: for the creations of the painter have > the attitude of life, and yet if you ask them a question, they > preserve a solemn silence" (Jowatt 2006, 278-12). As we see from > this passage, the complaint is less about writing per se and more > about the incomplete nature of the representation, compounded by the > inability to speak back to a text, to be an interlocutor. One must > simply accept what the text says without the veracity achieved by > understanding the process by which it came to be, and without the > ability to gauge the credibility of the author. For Plato, this > process// was most important because real wisdom was deeper than its > exteriorization in speech, writing, or images. In other words, the > shortcomings of any form of representation can be mitigated by the > ability to question, interact, and evaluate utterances. If these > texts could be conversational, there is little reason to conclude > that Plato would not also view them as pedagogical. Indeed, Plato > himself wrote a great deal, and perhaps the naming of interlocutors > in his dialogues was an early form of citation. Further, the analogy > to painting is interesting, not least because visual texts have > remained nondialogic until recently. Today, however, the remixer > becomes an interlocutor in the digital conversation, one who can > question the formal boundaries of a print-literate culture and one > whose efforts often expose the process of creation. > > I hope to catch up on this very interesting thread once I get past some > insanity. > cheers, > Virginia Kuhn > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:37 AM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no > <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no>> wrote: > > Dear AoIRists, > > Please be kind and patient with me, recalling that my formal academic > training was in history of philosophy, German literature, and ancient > Greek. I am comparatively still a little wet around the ears with > regard to media and communication studies - or so it seems in this > instance. > > I keep encountering discussions of moral / media panics that > consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing. > > This seemingly standard invocation puzzles me greatly for a long > list of > reasons. I include a short list below for anyone with time and > interest > in looking them over. > > The upshot is that I'm left wondering: who - and when - introduced what > has apparently become received tradition in these domains that the > mythos (see "2" below) of the invention of writing in the Phaedrus is a > prime or supportive example moral or media panic? > > This is, as they say in administration-speak, an appreciative inquiry. > I'm genuinely curious for the sake of better understanding how this > trope first appeared, etc - as well as genuine worried that I may have > somehow missed something that is considered elementary and obvious for > those of you with academic training more directly within media and > communication studies. > > Many thanks in advance for any enlightenment and eludation! > best, > - charles ess > > PS: The short list includes: > 1) the account is taken (bloody and screaming) out of the context of > the > larger dialogue in the Phaedrus. When read within the larger context - > beginning with (the young) Phaedrus' effort to impress (perhaps seduce) > Socrates by memorizing a speech he has copied down on a scroll and > initially tries to hide from Socrates - the mythos works much more > immediately as a lightly veiled (and hence, pedagogically speaking, > likely more successful) chastisement of Phaedrus' efforts at > dissimulation. By no means a wholesale critique of writing per se. > 2) The account is explicitly delivered as a _mythos_ - too easily > translated as a "myth." But: a _mythos_ in Plato is a technical / > philosophical form, going well beyond and in some ways directly > contradicting more everyday notions of "myth" as a false story; a > mythos > is specifically an _oral_ story, with its own set of distinctive > strengths and limitations. It is often used in Plato when > interlocutors, > attempting to pursue a reasoned argument (logos), come to an impass. > The relation between mythos and logos is hence often complementary, not > contradictory. > 3) It would seem very odd for an author of multiple dialogues, of > sometimes staggering sophistication and literary nuance, to sincerely > believe that writing is somehow an entirely suspect technology. > Different from orality, certainly, as is suggested by the consistent > presentation of Socrates as an oral teacher, the careful use of mythos > vs. logos, etc. - but hardly an example of media / moral panic. > And so on. > Again: what am I missing? > > Again, many thanks, > - c. > -- > Professor in Media Studies > Department of Media and Communication > University of Oslo > <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hf.uio.no_imk_engli…> > > Postboks 1093 > Blindern 0317 > Oslo, Norway > c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no> > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org <mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing > list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__aoir.org&d=DwICAg&c=clK… > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__listserv.aoir.org_listi… > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.aoir.org_&d=DwICAg&… > > > > -- > Virginia Kuhn, PhD > Professor of Cinema > Media Arts + Practice Division > School of Cinematic Arts > University of Southern California > http://virginiakuhn.net/ > Twitter: @vkuhn -- Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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Fwd: Mozilla: Facebook's Election Ad Archive API is inadequate
by Charles M. Ess 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Dear AoIRists, Since many in this community not only do research dependent on APIs, but have also taken leadership in criticizing FB for its lockdown last year - I'm sure several of you have already seen this. But just in case it's of interest in other quarters as well. Increasingly, I find much of my philosophy is accomplished by the Rolling Stones (you can't always get what you want) and Bill-the-Cat: ack-thppt! best, - charles -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Mozilla: Facebook's Election Ad Archive API is inadequate Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2019 15:10:38 +0200 From: Mathias Vermeulen <mathias(a)mozillafoundation.org> To: Mathias Vermeulen <mathias(a)mozillafoundation.org> Dear colleagues, Please find here our assessment of Facebook’s Ad Archive API, which was published 10 minutes ago: https://blog.mozilla.org/blog/2019/04/29/facebooks-ad-archive-api-is-inadeq… Feel free to share among your networks. I’ll be happy to discuss next steps with you. Best wishes, Mathias

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Early Bird Reg Closing Today (Sydney analytics workshop)
by Gohar F. Khan 30 Apr '19

30 Apr '19

Please note that the (extended) early bird registration deadline is today for Sydney analytics workshop (sorry for cross and re-posting): https://www.analyticsworkshops.com/home *Date: 26-28 June 2019* This hands-on workshop includes lectures, tutorials, group problem solving, and discussions on creating value with big data analytics. The seminar discusses both structural (sales and financial) and nonstructural data (tweets and networks) tools, techniques, and strategies. *What is covered?* 1. Business Analytics 2. Social Media Analytics 3. Marketing Analytics 4. Location Analytics 5. Financial Analytics 6. Network Analytics 7. Search Engine Analytics 8. Text Analytics 9. Analytics-Business Alignment 10. Data Security and Privacy *Tools covered*: R, Matlab, NodeXL, SPSS, etc. *Specifics * - Where: The University of Technology Sydney, Thomas room, UTS Building 10 Level 7, 235 Jones St, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia. - When: 26-28 June 2019 - Who: Academics, students, researchers, business owners, managers, executives, and consultants, etc. - Seats: Seats are limited. First come, first serve basis. - Layout: Round-table sessions followed by Hands-on exercises. Please bring your own device. - Atmosphere: Warm, friendly, and collegial! - Registration Deadline: Early Bird: 31st March 2019; Late: 31st May 2019 Early bird registration is now open: https://www.deepdigital.co.nz/events-1/creating-value-with-analytics-2019 Cheers, GFK -- *Gohar Khan **|* *Senior Lecturer of Digital Business* *|* *Undergraduate and Graduate Convenor for Digital Business* *|* *School of Management & Marketing **|** Faculty of Management **|* *University of Waikato* *Private Bag 3105* *|* *Hamilton 3240* *|* *New Zealand**|* *+64 7 838 4233* *|** gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz <gohar.khan(a)waikato.ac.nz> ** | o**ffice: MSB.2.32D / Web*: gfkhan.wordpress.com *Check out my books on* social media analytics <https://www.amazon.com/Creating-Value-Social-Media-Analytics/dp/1977543979/…> and digital marketing analytics <https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Analytics-for-Marketing/Sponder-Khan/p/bo…>

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CFP E-Vote-ID 2019
by Peter ROENNE 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2019 Fourth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Bregenz, Austria, 1-4 October 2019 www.e-vote-id.org (Paper Submission Date: 15 May 2019) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs: Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Ragnar Nurkse School, Estonia), Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Outreach Chairs: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg), Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the fourth time one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world has convened, and the 15th anniversary of the first e-voting conference taking place in Bregenz (Austria). The conference will take place in October 2019, and one of its major objectives will be to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues relating to electronic voting. The first 3 times the conference was held, visitors numbered a total of more than 300 participants, discussing 95 presentations. On the occasion of the 15th anniversary, papers focusing on a review of conference archives will be especially welcome. The aim of the conference is to bring e-voting specialists working in academia, politics, government and industry together, in order to discuss various aspects of all forms of electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners and remote voting by electronic means) in the four following tracks below, and in a PhD colloquium: Track on Security, Usability and Technical Issues Chairs: Cortier, Véronique (CNRS, France), Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany), Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Design, analysis, formal modeling or researching and implementation of: - Electronic voting protocols and systems; - Voter identification and authentication; - Ballot secrecy, receipt-freeness and coercion resistance; - Election verification including end-to-end verifiability and risk-limiting audits; - Requirements; - Evaluation and certification, including international security standards, e.g. Common Criteria or ITSEC; - Human aspects of security mechanisms in electronic voting and in particular of verifiability mechanisms; or - Any other security and HCI (human-computer) issues relevant for electronic voting. Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Chairs: Serdült, Uwe (Ritsumeikan University, Japan / University of Zurich, Switzerland), Duenas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia / Kozminski University, Poland) - Discussion of legal, political and social issues of implementing electronic voting, ideally employing case study methodology; - Analysing the interrelationship with, and the effects of electronic voting on democratic institutions and processes; - Assessing the cultural impact of electronic voting on institutions, behaviours and attitudes in the Digital Era; - Discussing the administrative, legal, political and social risks of electronic voting; - How to draft pieces of electronic voting legislation; - Public administrations and the implementation of electronic voting; - Understandability, transparency, and trust issues in electronic voting; - Data Protection concerns; - Public interests vs. PPP (public private partnerships). Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Chairs: Helbach, Jörg (Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln, Germany) - Reviewing developments in the area of applied electronic voting; - Reporting on experiences with electronic voting or the preparation thereof (including reports on development and implementation, case law, court verdicts, legislative steps, public and political debates, election outcomes, etc.); Contributions to this area will be published in TUT press proceedings only. These experience-based and practical reports need not contain original research, but must be accurate, complete and, where applicable, evidence-based accounts of the technology or system used. Submissions will be judged on the quality of review and level of analysis, and the applicability of the results to other democracies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track on E-Voting System Demo Chair: Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) We invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems and related software, to be presented in an open session on Tuesday 1 October before the welcoming reception. Participation is open to all participants at the conference, but we request a Short Paper (two pages) by 15 September submitted via Easychair describing system requirements and properties, e.g.: - whether the system is intended for use in controlled (i.e. in polling stations) or uncontrolled environments (i.e. remotely via the Internet or in kiosks); - which types of elections it accommodates; - whether it addresses needs of voters with disabilities; - what sort of verifiability it provides; - the extent to which it guarantees voter privacy; - whether it has been deployed in a real election; - how to obtain more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD Colloquium Chairs: Koenig, Reto (Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland), Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau ZDA/ University of Zurich, Switzerland) The aim of the colloquium is to foster understanding and collaboration between PhD students from various disciplines working on e-voting. To this end, the program allows plenty of scope for discussion and to initiate collaboration based on presentations by attendees. Each participant interested should submit his/her research proposal (or alternatively ideas for papers, open problems, or other issues where feedback from colleagues would be helpful etc.) in the form of a short paper (two pages in length) using the conference's EasyChair platform. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format of the Conference The format of the conference will be a three-day meeting. The PhD Colloquium and the Demonstration Session take place on the day before the formal conference begins. No parallel sessions will be held, and sufficient room will be provided for informal communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper-based Submissions Paper-based submissions may be in one of two formats-either as a full paper or as an abstract. - Full paper submissions (max 16 pages in LNCS format in total); - Short Paper submissions (max 2 pages in LNCS format in total). All submissions will be subject to double-blind review. Submissions must be anonymous (with no reference to the authors). Submissions must be made using the conference's EasyChair system, which serves as the online system for the review process. During submission, please select the appropriate area of interest or the PhD colloquium. The chairs of the fields of interest reserve the right to re-assign papers to other areas, in case of a better fit based on reviewer feedback and in collaboration with other focus of interest chairs. LNCS style must be used. If you believe that one or more of the program's committee members may have a conflict of interest with your submission, please inform the general chairs at conference-chairs(a)e-vote-id.org. In turn, settings in the EasyChair system will be set accordingly, so that the respective member/s is/are not involved in the review process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Dates for Submissions Deadline for submitting papers: (Hawaiian time, rigid deadline, no extension) 15 May 2019 - 23:59 Notification of Acceptance: 24 June 2019 Deadline for PhD Colloquium submissions: 28 June 2019 Deadline for Short Papers for E-Voting System Demo Session: 15 September 2019 Other Relevant Dates Deadline for Paper Bids: 20 May 2019 Deadline for Reviews: 15 June 2019 Programme Committee Discussion: 21 June 2019 Deadline for Re-submitting Conditionally Accepted Papers (shepherding process): 12 July 2019 Deadline for Camera-Ready Paper Submissions: 26 July 2019 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication Conference proceedings will be available at the time of the conference. Full papers accepted for the tracks on security, usability, and technical issues, respective administrative, legal, political, and social issues will be published in Springer LNCS. All other publications accepted, including full papers in the election experience track, abstracts accepted in any of the tracks, and from the submissions to the PhD colloquium will be published in proceedings with TUT press. Should your host academic institution requires you to publish your research as open-access only, please contact the respective conference chair for further information on the intended method for making accepted publications accessible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Venue The conference will be held in the Renaissance Castle Hofen in Lochau/Bregenz on the shores of Lake Constance in Austria. A welcoming reception will be organized for all conference participants in Castle Hofen on the evening of 1 October, where the conference dinner will also take place on 3 October and will feature the traditional "cheese road". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Cortier, Véronique (CNRS, France) Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Küsters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, Germany) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Serdült, Uwe (University of Zurich, Switzerland, and Ritsumeikan University, Japan) Duenas-Cid, David (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia and Kozminski University, Poland) Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Helbach, Jörg (Rheinische Fachhochschule Köln, Germany) PhD Colloquium Koenig, Reto (University of Applied Science Berne, Switzerland) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau ZDA / University of Zurich, Switzerland) Outreach Chairs Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Arapinis, Myrto (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom) Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, USA) Endriss, Ulle (University of Amsterdam) Essex, Aleksander (Western University, Canada) Galindo, David (University of Birmingham, UK) Gibson, Paul (Telecom SudParis, France) Gjosteen, Kristian (NTNU Trondheim, Norway) Gore, Rajeev (Australian National University, Australia) Grimm, Rüdiger (University of Koblenz, Germany) Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Science, Switzerland) Haines, Thomas (Polyas, Denmark) Kulyk, Oksana (TU Darmstadt, Germany) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, Belgium) Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Ryan, Mark (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom) Ryan, Peter Y.A. (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, UK) Schoenmakers, Berry (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands) Schürmann, Carsten (IT University Copenhagen, Denmark) Stark, Philip (University of Berkeley, USA) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, Australia) Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, Germany) Warinschi, Bogdan (University of Bristol, United Kingdom) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, Australia) Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, Estonia) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Science Programme Committee Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University, Hungary) Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 - eVoting Research Lab, Spain) Braun Binder, Nadja (University of Zurich, Switzerland) Germann, Micha (KU Leuven, Belgium) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, Canada) Hall, Thad (University of Utah, USA) James, Toby (University of East Anglia, United Kingdom) Kalvet, Tarmo (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Masso, Anu (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) Mecinas, Juan Manuel (Universidad de las Américas Puebla, Mexico) Musial-Karg, Magdalena (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland) Nemaslaki, András (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary) Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, Finland) Pammett, Jon (University of Carleton, Canada) Reniu, Josep Maria (University of Barcelona, Spain) Sasvari, Peter (National University of Public Service, Hungary) Vinkel, Priit (National Election Commission, Estonia) Track on Election and Practical Experience Programme Committee Bismark, David (Votato, Sweden) Bull, Christian (Telenor, Norway) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, Netherlands) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, Belgium) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, Switzerland) Franklin, Joshua (NIST, USA) Loeber, Leontine (Council of State, Netherlands) Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (IFES, Washington) McDermott, Ronan (Independent Expert, Switzerland) Petrov, Goran (Independent Expert, Macedonia) Plante, Stephanie (University of Ottawa, Canada) Spycher, Oliver (Federal Chancellery, Switzerland) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, Norway) Wolf, Peter (International IDEA, Stockholm) Wenda, Gregor (Federal Ministry of the Interior, Austria) Yard, Mike (IFES, Libya)

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Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics - Deadline 10 May
by Cristian Vaccari 29 Apr '19

29 Apr '19

*Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics* Also available at https://cristianvaccari.com/2019/03/11/call-for-papers-fifth-conference-of-… September 16-17, 2019, the Centre for Research in Communication and Culture at Loughborough University (United Kingdom) will host the fifth conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics, focused on academic research on the relation between media and political processes around the world. Professor Stuart Soroka from the University of Michigan will deliver a keynote lecture. A selection of the best full papers presented at the conference will be published in the journal after peer review. The deadline for submission of abstracts is May 10, 2019. Attendees will be notified of acceptance by June 7, 2019. Full papers based on accepted abstracts will be due September 2, 2019. The conference brings together scholars conducting internationally-oriented or comparative research on the intersection between news media and politics around the world. It aims to provide a forum for academics from a wide range of disciplines, countries, and methodological approaches to advance research in this area. Examples of relevant topics include the political implications of current changes in media systems, including the increasing role of digital platforms; the importance of digital media for engaging with news and politics; analysis of the factors affecting the quality of political information and public discourse; studies of the role of entertainment and popular culture in how people engage with current affairs; studies of relations between political actors and journalists; analyses of the role of visuals and emotion in the production and processing of public information; and research on political communication during and beyond elections by government, political parties, interest groups, and social movements. The journal and the conference have a particular interest in studies that adopt comparative approaches, represent substantial theoretical or methodological advances, or focus on parts of the world that are under-researched in the international English language academic literature. Titles and abstracts for papers (maximum 300 words) are invited by May 10, 2019. The abstract should clearly describe the key question, the theoretical and methodological approach, the evidence the argument is based on, as well as its wider implications and the extent to which they are of international relevance. Please send submissions via the online form available at http://bit.ly/IJPP2019. The conference is organized by Cristian Vaccari (Loughborough University, Editor-in-Chief of IJPP). Please contact Dr Vaccari with questions at c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. More about the journal, the keynote speaker, the University, and the Centre: The International Journal of Press/Politics ( https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb) IJPP is an interdisciplinary journal for the analysis and discussion of the role of the media and politics in a globalized world. The journal publishes theoretical and empirical research which analyzes the linkages between the news media and political processes and actors around the world, emphasizes international and comparative work, and links research in the fields of political communication and journalism studies, and the disciplines of political science and media and communication. The journal is ranked 4th by Scopus (SJR) and 12th by Journal Citation Reports in Communication. Professor Stuart Soroka, University of Michigan (http://www.snsoroka.com/) Stuart Soroka is the Michael W. Traugott Collegiate Professor of Communication Studies and Political Science, and Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. His research focuses on political communication, the sources and/or structure of public preferences for policy, and the relationships between public policy, public opinion, and mass media. His most recent book is Negativity in Democratic Politics: Causes and Consequences (2014, Cambridge University Press). Soroka is currently collaborating on a project focused on cross-national psychophysiological reactions to news content, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; and a large-scale content-analytic project on media coverage of US public policy, funded by the National Science Foundation. Loughborough University (https://www.lboro.ac.uk/internal/) Based on a 440-acre, single-site campus at the heart of the UK, Loughborough University is ranked top 10 in every British university league table. Voted University of the Year (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2019) and awarded Gold in the National Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), Loughborough provides a unique student experience that is ranked first in the UK by the Times Higher Education Student Experience Survey 2018. Loughborough University has excellent transport links to the rest of the UK. It is a short distance away from Loughborough Train station, a 15-minute drive from East Midlands Airport (near Nottingham), an hour drive from Birmingham Airport, and an hour and 15 minutes from London via train. The Centre for Research in Communication and Culture ( https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/) Since our establishment in 1991, we have developed into the largest research centre of our kind in the UK. We are an interdisciplinary centre, crossing over social science and humanities disciplines to draw on theories and methods in social psychology, sociology, politics, history and geography. Renowned for the breadth of our research, we range across interpersonal and small-group communication, social media, political communication, media education, mainstream communications—including digital and online and the analysis of communicative work, such as political campaigning, popular music and memory. Our core research themes are all regarded as world-leading by our peers. We use a diversity of methods for data gathering and analysis and work with a variety of partners, including the BBC, the police, NSPCC and the Electoral Commission as well as our international collaborators, to deliver fundamental and applied research of exceptional quality. Cristian Vaccari Reader in Political Communication, Loughborough University <http://www.lboro.ac.uk/departments/socialsciences/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Associate Professor in Political Science, University of Bologna <http://www.unibo.it/SitoWebDocente/default.htm?UPN=cristian.vaccari%40unibo…> (on leave) Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Editor-in-Chief: International Journal of Press/Politics <http://hij.sagepub.com/> Call for papers: Fifth Conference of the International Journal of Press/Politics <https://cristianvaccari.com/2019/03/11/call-for-papers-fifth-conference-of-…>, deadline May 10 <https://twitter.com/25lettori> Research project: Social media and politics in comparative perspective <http://www.webpoleu.net/> Latest book: Digital Politics in Western Democracies: A Comparative Study <http://jhupbooks.press.jhu.edu/ecom/MasterServlet/GetItemDetailsHandler?iN=…> Google Scholar profile <http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en> Twitter: @25lettori <https://twitter.com/25lettori>

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Call for Paper--Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives
by Barry Wellman 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

We're excited about this special issue. Hope you are too, and will come play with us -- Barry Wellman, Hazel Kwon, Wayne Xu Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives: Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces Guest Editors: K. Hazel Kwon (Arizona State University), khkwon(a)asu.edu W. Wayne Xu (University of Massachusetts at Amherst),weiaixu(a)umass.edu Barry Wellman (NetLab Network),wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Description: The American Behavioral Scientist (ABS, Impact Factor: 1.79, https://journals.sagepub.com/home/abs <https://www.google.com/url?q=https://journals.sagepub.com/home/abs&sa=D&ust…>) invites submissions for a special issue on âSocial Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives: Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces.â Democratic potentials of social technologies have been under threat in recent years, along with an expanding spread of manipulative and extreme digital activities. Examples of such activities vary from self-motivated sharing of radicalized content to coordinated propagation of disinformation. Many countries have been struggling with the rise of these activities within their own sociopolitical contexts, attesting to the globally shared awareness of the lack of accountability and transparency in the current digital environment. This special issue calls for conceptual and empirical understanding of social platform accountability in global perspectives. This issue broadly defines a social platform as digital social space where online users interact with content and share their opinions or their own content with other users. Examples of social platforms may include mainstream social network sites, discussion forums like Reddit, online comment sections in news sites, anonymous communities like 8chan, and sites hosted in dark web. Conceptualizing social platform accountability requires understanding the roles of various stakeholders (e.g., users, tech industry, activists, government, policy makers, etc.) as well as multifaceted related issues (e.g., user responsibility, content moderation mechanisms, political economic motivations underlying digital manipulation, ethical tensions between responsible control and censorship, etc.). Furthermore, sociopolitical contexts where a society is situated may complicate the process of rationalizing and normalizing discourses surrounding social platform accountability within the society. Submission Topics: This special issue invites scholarship that examines causes and conditions that compromise âor strengthen âthe accountability of social platforms. The special issue also seeks submissions from global scholars whose work may promote comparative understanding of the topic. It welcomes various methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, computational, etc.) and theoretical perspectives (empirical, legal/ethical, historical, etc.). Possible topics, but not limited to, may include: 1) a case study of media manipulation or extreme content sharing, which addresses causes and conditions that deteriorate the accountability of social platforms; 2) an international case study focusing on the national context that influences the politics of social platform accountability; 3) a theoretical discussion and/or historical review of social platform accountability; 4) a systematic assessment of content moderation mechanisms (algorithmic filtering, harnessing human labors, etc.) in digital social platforms; 5) a discussion of legal, ethical, and/or regulatory frameworks pertinent with social platform accountability; 6) a discussion of roles and/or interrelationships of different stakeholders (e.g., individual users, tech industry, government, civil society, etc.) in making social platforms more accountable. Submission Guidelines: Submitted manuscripts must be in MS Word (.doc) format with a separate title page that includes the title of the paper, full names, affiliations, email addresses, telephone numbers, complete addresses, and biographical sketches of all authors.Please send your submission via email to Hazel Kwon (khkwon(a)asu.edu) The main texts should remove any indicator of authorship, and thus be ready for a blind, peer-reviewed process. Manuscripts must adhere to the APA (6th ed.) style and should contain between 5,000 and 7,000 words, including a 250-word abstract with 5-6 key words, all references, and notes. Manuscripts must contain original material that has not been previously published elsewhere or is not currently under consideration by another journal. Submission Date: The manuscript should be submitted by December 1, 2019. The first round of peer-reviews and decision will be sent out by March 1, 2020, and the revision (if needed) and final decision will be made by August 1, 2020. This special issue is expected to be published online in October/November 2020, with hard copy publication by the end of 2020. Contact: If you have any question, please contact Hazel Kwon: khkwon(a)asu.edu

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