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CFP: Vint Cerf & Larry Irving Keynotes; International Digital Divide Conference 22-24 May 2019, Washington, DC USA
by Susan B. Kretchmer 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

KEYNOTES * Vinton Cerf, Father of the Internet and Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google * Larry Irving, former US Assistant Secretary of Commerce who in 1994 sparked global interest in digital divide research and evidence-based policymaking PLENARIES * Geoffrey Starks, Commissioner, United States Federal Communications Commission in conversation with Gigi Sohn, Distinguished Fellow, Georgetown Law Institute for Technology Law & Policy and former Counselor to then-Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission Tom Wheeler * Avi Gillis, Head of Digital Inclusion Policy & Diversity in Tech, DCMS Digital and Tech Policy, Government of the United Kingdom Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) * Hopeton S. Dunn, Professor of Communications Policy and Digital Media, University of the West Indies; Director, Caribbean Institute of Media and Communication (CARIMAC), University of the West Indies; Director, Telecommunications Policy and Management Programme, Mona School of Business, University of the West Indies; Chairman, Broadcasting Commission, Jamaica * Laura Breeden, former Program Director for Public Computing and Broadband Adoption, National Telecommunications and Information Administration, United States Department of Commerce * Barry Wellman, Co-Director, NetLab Network; Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Social Media Lab, Ryerson University; Senior Research Fellow, Pew Internet and Society Project; Fellow, Royal Society of Canada Please check http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/ for additional prominent speakers to be announced soon. PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE (PPDD) 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 22-24 May 2019 Washington, DC USA http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/ FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION AND CONSIDERATION FOR PUBLICATION Submit your 250-words-maximum abstract to present your work at PPDD 2019, be included in the PPDD 2019 Proceedings and E-Book, and have your work considered for publication in PPDD's edited volumes and special issues of PPDD's five Publishing Partners’ peer-reviewed journals. PPDD 2019 invites work that informs issues related to the digital divide broadly defined, the nature of life in the digital age, the many challenges and opportunities of information and communication technologies, and the interplay of influence between technological and social change. DEADLINES Submission Deadline: 6 May 2019 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Time Submit sooner for rapid notification Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: ASAP on a rolling basis after submission and no later than 8 May 2019 Deadline for Accepted Presenters to Register for PPDD 2019: 8 May 2019 Submission Instructions: http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/cfp/ CONFERENCE, HOTEL, AND REGISTRATION DETAILS Full PPDD 2019 Conference Information: Please see http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/ and http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/program/ PPDD 2019 Hotel Reservations: Please see http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/hotelactivities/ for complete details to reserve at the deeply discounted $149USD/night PPDD 2019 room rate, which is also available if you wish to stay while attending ICA or sightseeing. PPDD 2019 Registration Information: Please see http://www.ppdd.org/conferences/ppdd2019/registration/ PARTNERSHIP FOR PROGRESS ON THE DIGITAL DIVIDE 2019 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD) is the only academic professional organization in the world focused solely on the digital divide and on connecting research to policymaking and practice to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to this pressing societal concern. The research, policymaker, and practitioner community represented by PPDD stands ready to advance the agenda on broadband and the digital divide, to address the many challenges and opportunities presented by the digital world, and to further evidence-based policymaking and practice so that all citizens can participate fully in the digital, networked age. The interdisciplinary Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide 2019 International Conference brings together researchers, policymakers, and practitioners for an extended, in-depth dialogue about key issues that inform information and communication technologies and the digital divide around the world. The Conference works to identify new areas of necessary, productive focus, foster greater understanding, advance research, and enlighten policy and practice going forward. An optional 21 May afternoon Field Trip to digital inclusion program sites offers the opportunity to learn firsthand about innovative initiatives to bridge the digital divide in the Washington, DC area. PPDD 2019 is particularly significant as it marks the 25th anniversary of the recognition of the digital divide through social scientific research. And, within PPDD 2019, we plan to have a major worldwide gathering of experts on technology, disability, and the digital divide. The unprecedented broad multi-disciplinary coalition of PPDD 2019 co-sponsoring organizations from academic, policymaking, and practitioner communities, who will also have representatives participating, ranges from the Internet Society to the Governments of France Ministry for the Economy and the Finances The French Digital Agency, the Government of the United Kingdom Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and more to the American Library Association to just about every academic discipline that works on digital divide issues. Please join us to share your insights and expertise, explore the issues, and grow your knowledge and network of connections. Together, we will enrich the dialogue, connect research, policy and practice, and advance the agenda on the digital divide. Please contact conference [at] ppdd [dot] org with any questions not answered on the website.

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CFP: Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives: Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces
by Hazel Kwon 25 Apr '19

25 Apr '19

***Apoligies for cross posting!*** Dear Colleagues, The American Behavioral Scientist (ABS, Impact Factor: 1.79) invites submissions for a special issue on “Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives:Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces.” Please find the full CFP below, also available at: https://tinyurl.com/abscfp <https://tinyurl.com/abscfp?fbclid=IwAR06YVDLlx-46OTKYBILDqy_MaqwJI2Jp33UzPo…> *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) invites submissions for a special issue on “Social Platform Accountability in Global Perspectives:Responsibility, Manipulation, and Control in Digital Social Spaces.” 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 –or strengthen –the 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-world 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 <khkwon(a)asu.edu> -- "Truth will sooner come out from error than from confusion" - Francis Bacon K. Hazel Kwon (권경희) Assistant Professor Barrett Honors Faculty Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication Arizona State University ASU profile: https://isearch.asu.edu/profile/1949238 Homepage: www.hazelkwon.net @HazelKwonASU (Twitter) Tel: 602-496-5268

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LIVE STREAM Tomorrow, 12pm EDT: "Custodians of the Internet" with Tarleton Gillespie
by Christian Sandvig 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Hello AoIR: Last week's live stream broke our internal record for largest online audience -- thank you for tuning in! We will continue the "soft opening" phase of our new research center with another event tomorrow. Our center, called ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing, will be live-streaming Tarleton Gillespie's talk on content moderation. I expect he will talk about his new book, recently reviewed in _Science_ as "both a comprehensive retrospective and critical provocation" about the role of online platforms in policing the "problems of harassment, obscenity, and hate." The LA Review of books called it an "excellent and timely" review of the "system of private law [that] happens in secret" and governs what can be said online. I wanted to flag this for your attention in case you are interested in watching. Of course you are also invited to forward this announcement as appropriate. Yours sincerely, Christian -- http://umich.edu/~csandvig/ -- TITLE Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media SPEAKER Tarleton Gillespie (http://www.tarletongillespie.org/) DATE, TIME, AND LOCATION Thursday, April 25, 2019; 12pm-1pm Eastern Daylight Time (UTC/GMT-4) Light lunch will be served Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad, 105 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 Directions to this room: http://bit.ly/Ehrlicher (follow path #2) Free and open to the public, no RSVP is required. FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS VIDEO FROM THIS TALK WILL BE STREAMED LIVE For video, during the event visit this URL: http://umsi.info/gillespie ABSTRACT Content moderation can serve as a prism for examining what platforms are, and how they subtly torque public life. Our understanding of platforms too blithely accepted the terms in which they were sold and celebrated – open, impartial, connective, progressive, transformative – skewing our study of social behavior that happens on them, stunting our examination of their societal impact. Content moderation doesn’t fit this celebratory vision. As such, it has often been treated as peripheral to what they do—a custodial task, like sweeping up, occasional and invisible. What if moderation is in fact central to what platforms do? Moderation is an enormous part of the work of running a platform, in terms of people, time, and cost. The work of policing all this caustic content and abuse haunts platforms, and profoundly shapes how they work. Today, social media platforms are being scrutinized in the press; specific controversies, each a tiny crisis of trust, have gelled into a more profound interrogation of their responsibilities to users and society. What are the implications of the emerging demand that platforms serve not as conduits or arbiters, but as custodians? This is uncharted territory for the platforms, a very different notion of how they should earn the trust of their users and stand accountable to civil society. SPEAKER BIO Tarleton Gillespie is a principal researcher at Microsoft Research New England, and an affiliated associate professor in the Department of Communication and Department of Information Science at Cornell University. His new book, Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media (Yale University Press) was published in June 2018. He is also the author of Wired Shut: Copyright and the Shape of Digital Culture (MIT Press, 2007), the co-editor of Media Technologies: Essays on Communication, Materiality, and Society (MIT, 2014), and the co-founder of the blog Culture Digitally. -- This talk and the speaker series listed below are part of the "soft opening" of ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. http://esc.umich.edu/ This event is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication Studies in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan. Event details on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/ethics-politics-of-ai-tartleton-gillespie/ A PDF flyer for this series: http://esc.umich.edu/ESC_Events_Flyer_Fall_2019.pdf ________________________________ All events in this series: CRITICAL x DESIGN: A new event series about ethics, society, and computing Mar 20 (Wed) 3-4pm, 3100 North Quad, snacks provided Katherine Behar: Digitally Divided: The Art of Algorithmic (In)Decision Mar 27 (Wed) 12-1pm, 3100 North Quad, light lunch provided Ben Grosser: Less Metrics, More Rando: (Net) Art as Software Research Apr 11 (Thu) 12-1pm, 3100 North Quad, light lunch provided Joy Rankin: Old, Raw, or New: A (New?) Deal for the Digital Age Apr 19 (Fri) 12-1pm, 3100 North Quad, light lunch provided Lucy Suchman: Apparatuses of Recognition: Google, Project Maven, and Targeted Killing (*) (†) ________________________________ *The Ethics and Politics of AI: A Week of Events* Apr 19 (Fri) 12-1pm, 3100 North Quad, light lunch provided Lucy Suchman: *Apparatuses of Recognition: Google, Project Maven, and Targeted Killing* (*) (†) Apr 22 (Mon) 3-4pm, 3100 North Quad, snacks provided Anna Lauren Hoffmann: *Data Violence: Discourse and Justice in a Datafied World* Apr 25 (Thu) 12-1pm, 3100 North Quad, light lunch provided Tarleton Gillespie: *Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions That Shape Social Media* (*) ________________________________ (*) -- This event will be live streamed. (†) -- This event is in *both* the "CRITICAL x DESIGN" and "The Ethics and Politics of AI" event series. All talks will be recorded, pending speaker approval. *All talks will be held in the Ehrlicher Room, 3100 North Quad*, 105 S. State St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1285 Directions to this room: http://bit.ly/Ehrlicher (follow path #2) Free and open to the public, no RSVP is required.

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CyberSciTech 2019 Call for LBI, WiP, Poster Papers (August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan)
by Kevin I-Kai Wang 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

[Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP] CyberSciTech 2019 Call for LBI, WiP, Poster Papers (August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 4th IEEE Cyber Science and Technology Congress (CyberSciTech 2019) http://cyber-science.org/2019/ IMPORTANT DATES ---------------------------------- Regular Paper Submission Due (closed): Apr 20, 2019 Late Breaking Innovation Paper Due: May 10, 2019 Work-in-Progress & Poster Paper Due: May 15, 2019 Workshop & Special Session Paper Due: May 15, 2019 Authors Notification: May 25, 2019 Camera-ready Submission: June 20, 2019 IEEE CyberSciTech 2019 CALLS FOR ---------------------------------- - Late breaking innovation paper: We welcome the latest design, research, and development works within the scope of CyberSciTech. The submission can be of any type, and will be allocated by the Program Chair to a suitable Regular, Work-in-Progress, or Poster tracks - Work-in-Progress paper: 4-6 pages We welcome papers that report on early or ongoing research activities within the scope of CyberSciTech. - Workshop and special session paper: 4-6 pages We welcome papers that fit within the scope of the accepted workshops and special sessions listed below and on our website:http://cyber-science.org/2019/ - Poster paper: 2-4 pages Describe a vision, technique, or working system within the scope of CyberSciTech All submissions must be in the IEEE CS proceedings format. All accepted papers will be published by IEEE (IEEE-DL and EI indexed) in Conference Proceedings. Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal special issues. SCOPE AND TRACKS ---------------------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Regular Tracks (6-8 pages) Track 1: Cyberspace Theory & Technology - Cyberspace Property, Structure & Models - Cyber Pattern, Evolution, Ecology & Science - SDN/SDS, 5G/6G, Vehicle & Novel Network - Cloud, Fog, Edge & Green Computing - Big Data Analytics, Technology & Service - Infrastructures for Smart City/Country Track 2: Cyber Security, Privacy & Trust - Cyber Security, Safety & Resilience - Cyber Crime, Fraud, Abuse & Forensics - Cyber Attack, Terrorism, Warfare & Defense - Cyber Privacy, Trust & Insurance - Blockchain, DLT Techniques & Applications - Post-quantum Cryptography Track 3: Cyber Physical Computing & Systems - Cyber Physical Systems & Interfaces - Cyber Physical Dynamics & Disaster Relief - Cyber Manufacturing & Control - Embedded Systems & Software - Autonomous Robots & Vehicles - Internet of Things (IoT) & Smart Systems Track 4: Cyber Social Computing & Networks - Social Networking & Computing - Computational Social Science - Crowd Sourcing, Sensing & Computing - Cyber Culture, Relation, Creation & Art - Cyber Social Right, Policy, Laws & Ethics - Cyber Learning, Economics & Politics Track 5: Cyber Intelligence & Cognitive Science - Cyber/Digital Brain & Artificial Intelligence - Hybrid & Hyper-connected Intelligence - Affective/Mind Cognition & Computing - Brain/Mind Machine Interface - Intelligent Multimedia Technology - Intelligent Object, Environment & Service Track 6: Cyber Life & Wellbeing - Cyber Life & Human Centric Computing - Cyber Medicine, Healthcare & Psychology - Cyborg/Wearable/Implantable Technology - Human/Animal Behavior Recognition - Personal Big Data & Personality Computing - Virtual, Augmented & Mixed Reality SPECIAL ISSUES ---------------------------------- * IEEE Access, Topic: "Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges" * International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Topic: "Cybersecurity, Innovative Services and Emerging Technologies of Cloud and Big Data Computing" * Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Topic: Computational Intelligence for Pervasive Systems * CCF Transactions on Pervasive Computing and Interaction, Topic: Pervasive Intelligence: State-of-the-Art, Challenges and Perspectives * MDPI Future Internet Journal Special Issue on Advances on Deep Learning in Cyber Physical Systems (DL-CPS) SUBMISSION GUIDELINES ---------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit their original work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Regular, Work-in-Progress (WiP), Workshop/Special Session, Poster papers all need to be in IEEE CS format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html) and via EDAS (https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=25734)

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Social Media Organizational Strategies
by Paulo Ferreira 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Dear all, Good morning (if the case) I've a master student who wants to explore for her master thesis the use of social media from an organizational perspective, trying to identify their strategies, perceptions of use/utility/feedback and internal guidelines when dealing with social media channels. Can someone help and recommend some key literature on the subject? Thanks in advance Best regards Paulo Ferreira -- [image: MKT-d] <http://www.ulusofona.pt/pos-graduacoes/marketing-digital?utm_source=paulofe…> <https://www.ulusofona.pt/pos-graduacoes/e-commerce?utm_source=pauloferreira…> [image: ULHT] <https://www.ulusofona.pt/pos-graduacoes/e-commerce?utm_source=pauloferreira…> *Paulo Ferreira* WebDesigner / Professor Assistente SEO / Coordenação Executiva da Pós-Graduação em Marketing Digital Coordenação Executiva da Pós-Graduação em E-Commerce *Universidade Lusófona* Campo Grande, 376 1749-024 Lisboa - Portugal Telf. 217 515 500 - ext: 559 Tlm: 965 072 889 paulo.ferreira(a)ulusofona.pt <email(a)ulusofona.pt> www.ulusofona.pt pos-graduacao/marketing-digital <http://www.ulusofona.pt/pos-graduacoes/marketing-digital> [image: FB] <http://pt-br.facebook.com/u.lusofona> [image: TW] <http://twitter.com/ulusofona> [image: IN] <http://www.linkedin.com/company/universidade-lusofona> [image: IN] <https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/108234040426606122498/+universidadelusofona/p…>

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 177, Issue 27
by Katrin Tiidenberg 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Hi all, Charles, in a more recent text compared to those mentioned, but a very popular one Nicholas Carr uses Phaedrus in the chapter where he argues that intellectual technologies (map, compass, writing, and then later the internet) change how people think and their actual brains. He says “It (writing) was a revolution that would eventually change the lives, and the brains, of nearly everyone on earth, but the transformation was not welcomed by everyone, at least not at first,” and then launches into Phaedrus, among other things writing: “Should the Egyptians learn to write, Thamus goes on, “it will implant forgetfulness in their souls: they will cease to exercise memory because they rely on that which is written, calling things to rememberance no longer from within themselves, but by means of external marks.” The written word is: “a recipe not for memory but for reminder. And it is not true wisdom that you offer your diciples, but only its semblance.” Carr doesn’t call it a moral panic (his is a technologically determinist take, so I suppose he wouldn’t), but he later says that while “Socrates may have been mistaken about the effect of writing, but he was wise to warn us against taking memory’s treasures for granted. His prophecy of a tool that would “implant forgetfulness” in the mind, providing “a recipe not for memory but for reminder,” has gained new currency with the coming of the Web. So I suppose it could be argued that Carr uses Phaedrus to further his, arguably anxious or panicky, interpretation of the effects of the internet. best, Kat Katrin Tiidenberg, PhD Associate Professor of Visual Culture and Social Media, Tallinn University, Estonia Founding member of Estonian Young Academy of Sciences Secretary of AoIR Books: Selfies, why we love (and hate) them. // Ihu ja hingega internetis, kuidas mõista sotsiaalmeediat. Just published: Tiidenberg, K; Paasonen, S. (2018). Littles: affects and aesthetics in sexual age-play. Sexuality & Culture // Tiidenberg, K; Allaste, A-A. (2018). LGBT activism in Estonia: Identities, enactment and perceptions of LGBT people. Sexualities, 1−18. more info: http://kkatot.tumblr.com/ > On Apr 24, 2019, at 9:09 PM, air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 2. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Thomas Ball) > 3. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Jason Archer) > 4. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (AMPARO LASEN DIAZ) > 5. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Nathanael Bassett) > 6. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 7. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 8. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Charles M. Ess) > 9. Re: history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / media > panic? (Mark D. Johns) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 18:37:04 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <ba2b9dd0-dfb0-f7f0-7faa-5b384b08381a(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:50:41 -0400 > From: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > To: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > Cc: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CAFGTeKBuXzJpt9q0vuCA-urhyZPUuZB0GWPD6cy+YrNjuMj19Q(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dr Ess- > This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential > respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying > "moral / media panics that > consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." > As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. > Thank you, > Best regards, > Thomas > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)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 >> <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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:02:39 -0500 > From: Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> > To: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > Cc: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no>, air-l > <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CABrcqg0o5nZp683VbMGhLS5eBH+TfgbBEHbPzUAyFyYsW6rZrQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Dr. Ess, > > The trope might stem from Nehamas and Woodruff's 1995 translation of > Phaedrus which includes a discussion in the introduction about interpreting > the section as "concerning the trustworthiness of a new and not yet > understood mode of communication in comparison to that of an accepted > medium" p. xxxvi. But that is only conjecture. > > Take care, > > Jason > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> Dr Ess- >> This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential >> respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying >> "moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >> As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >> Thank you, >> Best regards, >> Thomas >> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)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 >>> <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 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:26:29 +0200 > From: AMPARO LASEN DIAZ <alasen(a)cps.ucm.es> > To: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > Cc: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CA+xFsz735hiyAVwvOCCqBB6UgkAEojfjTNtChCki62NJC_SXvQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Dear Charles and Aoir list, > > I think this relates to the link between writing and memory and Plato's > account of Socrate's consideration of writing as pharmakon, a greek term > meaning remedy and poison. So for instance, writing could allow for > preparing speeches, and being persuasive, beyond the power of one's own > memory, thus being a remedy for the limitations of our capacity to > memorize. But at the same time if we rely on writing and stop memorizing, > people, specially young learners could lose or reduce the capacity of their > memory. Derrida aldo deploys the idea of writing as pharmakon. The moral > panic not only relates to losing the training of memory, but also to the > moral value Socrates and Plato give to memory and to learning by memory, > which will aldo be lost if young pupils rely mainly on writing instead > of memory and orality. This reflection and considerations are places in > Socrate's and Plato's critique of sofistes, a kind of professional writers > producing speeches and persuasive arguments, acused of not being guided by > the pursuit of truth but by spurious or manipulative interests > > Hope it could help, just a quick answer from my memories of reading that > text. > > All the best > > Amparo Lasen > > > > El mi?., 24 abr. 2019 18:38, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> escribi?: > >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 12:33:09 -0500 > From: Nathanael Bassett <nbasse2(a)uic.edu> > To: Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> > Cc: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com>, air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <D614CB3F-66CE-49B4-8171-CFF273091F1D(a)uic.edu> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Neil Postman uses Phaedrus to start off his critique of technology in Technopoly (1992). not sure if he got the idea from elsewhere though. > > Nathanael Bassett > (sent via iPad) > >> On Apr 24, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> wrote: >> >> Dear Dr. Ess, >> >> The trope might stem from Nehamas and Woodruff's 1995 translation of >> Phaedrus which includes a discussion in the introduction about interpreting >> the section as "concerning the trustworthiness of a new and not yet >> understood mode of communication in comparison to that of an accepted >> medium" p. xxxvi. But that is only conjecture. >> >> Take care, >> >> Jason >> >> >>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Dr Ess- >>> This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential >>> respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying >>> "moral / media panics that >>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >>> As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >>> Thank you, >>> Best regards, >>> Thomas >>> >>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)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 >>>> <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 >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:41:17 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: Nathanael Bassett <nbasse2(a)uic.edu>, Jason Archer > <jarche2(a)uic.edu> > Cc: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <b9506200-31c3-f887-4025-e52b32b19590(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Yes, great - perfect. But Postman (so far as I've read) doesn't use > this as an example of moral panic in support of a larger argument > against technology / technological usage of X. On the contrary, he is > careful to point out that the story includes arguments pro and con, and > so is instructive for how debate in a technological society should proceed. > > But perhaps this was a source for subsequent use in moral / media panic > discourse? > > again, thanks, > - c. > > On 24/04/2019 19:33, Nathanael Bassett wrote: >> Neil Postman uses Phaedrus to start off his critique of technology in Technopoly (1992). not sure if he got the idea from elsewhere though. >> >> Nathanael Bassett >> (sent via iPad) >> >>> On Apr 24, 2019, at 12:02 PM, Jason Archer <jarche2(a)uic.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Dear Dr. Ess, >>> >>> The trope might stem from Nehamas and Woodruff's 1995 translation of >>> Phaedrus which includes a discussion in the introduction about interpreting >>> the section as "concerning the trustworthiness of a new and not yet >>> understood mode of communication in comparison to that of an accepted >>> medium" p. xxxvi. But that is only conjecture. >>> >>> Take care, >>> >>> Jason >>> >>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 11:53 AM Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Dr Ess- >>>> This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient potential >>>> respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles exemplifying >>>> "moral / media panics that >>>> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >>>> As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >>>> Thank you, >>>> Best regards, >>>> Thomas >>>> >>>> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)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 >>>>> <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 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> 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/ >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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/ >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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/ >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ >> > > -- > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:45:44 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: Thomas Ball <xtc283(a)gmail.com> > Cc: air-l <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <0ce9989b-27c3-5d68-608e-6bb74a1f3389(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Hi Thomas, > > thanks, and forgive me for being somewhat vague in this regard. > I'm reluctant to provide specific examples because my intent is not to > develop or direct a critique against specific authors / colleagues, or > even give the impression thereof. It is rather, as stated, a genuine > concern that I've missed something somehow and am curious about the > history of the trope. > > So perhaps a generic description will do? An author/s seek to build a > case that criticisms of a specific new media technology / use are > somehow off the mark or misleading as the these criticisms can rather be > understood to fit the model of a media panic. E.g., Tindr and other > hook-up apps are not necessarily the end of real romance and deep > relationships; these reactions are rather a media panic - one that > overlooks several positives uncovered by more careful / empirical analysis. > > To be sure, such an account can be built - and, in my reading, often so > - quite carefully and successfully. > > Often, these accounts (rightly) draw on Kirsten Drotner's Dangerous > Media? Panic Discourses and Dilemmas of Modernity, Paedagogica > Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 35:3, 593-619 > http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0030923990350303 > To be explicit, Kirsten does _not_ invoke Plato or the Phaedrus, but > rather begins her exquisite account with panics surrounding print media. > In addition, building in part on the work of Stanley Cohen (1972), > Kirsten develops a very helpful taxonomy of primary criteria of such panics. > > At least on occasion, however, as the argument continues, in providing a > few examples of earlier moral / media panics to helpfully illustrate > what these are, an author will further invoke the mythos of the > invention of writing in the Phaedrus as just such an example of a media > / moral panic. Doing so aims at establishing a (broad) conclusion to > the effect that we always panic with the emergence of new media - but > this is more or less absurd, i.e., look at Plato's critique of writing. > By the same token, critiques of new technology X (e.g., Tindr, but the > list is all but endless, of course) are (ridiculous) media / moral > panics and so critiques of new technology X can be easily dismissed. > > (There's a second logical problem in at least some examples of this > argument - namely, the fallacy of affirming the consequent. Roughly: > If you have a strong example of a moral / media panic --> (then) you > will find X out of Y criteria (as listed by Drotner and/or others). > SO: if I find X out of Y criteria surrounding media coverage of new > technology x --> THEN I can conclude the criticisms included here are > but instances of moral panic and, by implication, deserve no further > attention. > This is a variation of the social science chestnut that correlation does > not equal causation.) > > I hope this helps give a better sense of the argument strand / trope I'm > curious about? > > Again, many thanks > - c. > > On 24/04/2019 18:50, Thomas Ball wrote: >> Dr Ess- >> ? ?This is a challenging query. One thing that might help orient >> potential respondents would be for you to cite one or two articles >> exemplifying "moral / media panics that >> consistently invoke Plato's _myth_ of the invention of writing." >> ? ?As it is, we're left guessing what you have in mind. >> Thank you, >> Best regards, >> Thomas >> >> On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:37 PM 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 >> <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 <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 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/ >> > > -- > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 8 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:52:00 +0200 > From: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > To: AMPARO LASEN DIAZ <alasen(a)cps.ucm.es> > Cc: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: <ac1124e2-b165-0ee8-21b1-e935b428197f(a)media.uio.no> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Dear Amparo, > > many thanks - an excellent summary > > On 24/04/2019 19:26, AMPARO LASEN DIAZ wrote: >> Dear Charles and Aoir list, >> >> I think this relates to the link between writing and memory and Plato's >> account of Socrate's consideration of writing as pharmakon, a greek term >> meaning remedy and poison. So for instance, writing could allow for >> preparing speeches, and being persuasive, beyond the power of one's own >> memory, thus being a remedy for the limitations of our capacity to >> memorize. > Yes, precisely - this is the object lesson, I would argue, that Socrates > (as re-presented by Plato) is attempting to urge on the young Phaedrus, > who, it may be argued, runs the risk of being overly impressed / taken > with what he can do with this relatively new technology. > > >> But at the same time if we rely on writing and stop >> memorizing, people, specially young learners could lose or reduce the >> capacity of their memory. > Yes, but this is to some degree a strawman, i.e., a fasle either/or that > I don't see in the original story - as Postman also points out. > >> Derrida aldo deploys the idea of writing as >> pharmakon. The moral panic not only relates to losing the training of >> memory, but also to the moral value Socrates and Plato give to memory >> and to learning by memory, which will aldo be lost if young pupils rely >> mainly on? ?writing? instead of memory and orality. This reflection and >> considerations are places in Socrate's and Plato's critique of sofistes, >> a kind of professional writers producing speeches and persuasive >> arguments, acused of not being guided by the pursuit of truth? but by >> spurious or manipulative interests > Again, spot on, so far as I can tell / recall - but none of this fits > with moral or media panic _per se_, as I try to make somewhat clearer in > my response to Thomas Ball. >> >> Hope it could help, just a quick answer from my memories of reading that >> text. > It helps me at least enormously. Again, many thanks! > - c. >> >> All the best >> >> Amparo Lasen >> >> >> >> El mi?., 24 abr. 2019 18:38, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >> <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no>> escribi?: >> >> 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 <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 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/ >> > > -- > 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 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2019 13:08:55 -0500 > From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns(a)luther.edu> > To: "Charles M. Ess" <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> > Cc: AoiR list <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: Re: [Air-L] history of Plato's Phaedrus as example of moral / > media panic? > Message-ID: > <CAHKCqnBgmWb_6ghXBRddVG+Eaq8xndUiwLroymOvh4+iXAmU2A(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Walter Ong draws on Phaedrus in his 1982 Orality & Literacy. He may be > the one who opened the box. However, Ong does not address moral panic, > merely the contrast between orality and literacy, and the suspicion of > all new media. > -- > Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. > Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies > at Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA > now residing in Minneapolis, MN > ----------------------------------------------- > "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." > ---Mark Twain > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 12:52 PM Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no> wrote: >> >> Dear Amparo, >> >> many thanks - an excellent summary >> >> On 24/04/2019 19:26, AMPARO LASEN DIAZ wrote: >>> Dear Charles and Aoir list, >>> >>> I think this relates to the link between writing and memory and Plato's >>> account of Socrate's consideration of writing as pharmakon, a greek term >>> meaning remedy and poison. So for instance, writing could allow for >>> preparing speeches, and being persuasive, beyond the power of one's own >>> memory, thus being a remedy for the limitations of our capacity to >>> memorize. >> Yes, precisely - this is the object lesson, I would argue, that Socrates >> (as re-presented by Plato) is attempting to urge on the young Phaedrus, >> who, it may be argued, runs the risk of being overly impressed / taken >> with what he can do with this relatively new technology. >> >> >>> But at the same time if we rely on writing and stop >>> memorizing, people, specially young learners could lose or reduce the >>> capacity of their memory. >> Yes, but this is to some degree a strawman, i.e., a fasle either/or that >> I don't see in the original story - as Postman also points out. >> >>> Derrida aldo deploys the idea of writing as >>> pharmakon. The moral panic not only relates to losing the training of >>> memory, but also to the moral value Socrates and Plato give to memory >>> and to learning by memory, which will aldo be lost if young pupils rely >>> mainly on writing instead of memory and orality. This reflection and >>> considerations are places in Socrate's and Plato's critique of sofistes, >>> a kind of professional writers producing speeches and persuasive >>> arguments, acused of not being guided by the pursuit of truth but by >>> spurious or manipulative interests >> Again, spot on, so far as I can tell / recall - but none of this fits >> with moral or media panic _per se_, as I try to make somewhat clearer in >> my response to Thomas Ball. >>> >>> Hope it could help, just a quick answer from my memories of reading that >>> text. >> It helps me at least enormously. Again, many thanks! >> - c. >>> >>> All the best >>> >>> Amparo Lasen >>> >>> >>> >>> El mi?., 24 abr. 2019 18:38, Charles M. Ess <c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no >>> <mailto:c.m.ess@media.uio.no>> escribi?: >>> >>> 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 <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 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/ >>> >> >> -- >> 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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/ > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > 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/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 177, Issue 27 > **************************************

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Tool: Download Embedded Twitter Media - Gephi Compatible UPDATE
by Allen-Robertson, James 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

Dear all, A small note to say that I’ve just published a new version (0.1.3.0) of the Twitter Media Downloader with Gephi Support. This new release adds the ability to exclude certain media types (photo, video, animated_gif) allowing you to focus your attention (and bandwidth) on just the types of media you are interested in. As always the tool is available at https://github.com/Minyall/gephi_twitter_media_downloader and the documentation has been updated to reflect the addition. Any comments or issues please email me directly or log an issue on Github. Best wishes, Dr James Allen-Robertson (FRSA) https://pronoun.is/he<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him> Computational Sociologist Department of Sociology University of Essex T +44 (0)1206 872273 E jallenh(a)essex.ac.uk<mailto:jallenh@essex.ac.uk> ► www.hrbdt.ac.uk<http://www.hrbdt.ac.uk/> My most recent pieces: ► What Computational Social Science helped me achieve<https://campus.sagepub.com/blog/james-allen-robertson-css-blog> in Sage Campus Blog “...a new way of working, a new way of thinking, and a new kind of enthusiasm for research.” ► Finding Trump with Neural Networks<https://towardsdatascience.com/finding-trump-with-neural-networks-4419468e0…> in Towards Data Science When the President tweets, how do we know who is really behind the keyboard?

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FW: 19th European Conference on Digital Government (ECDG 2019) - Update to the ECDG committee
by Paul Henman 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

FYI Paul Henman Principal Research Fellow, Centre for Policy Futures & Associate Professor of Digital Sociology and Social Policy, School of Social Science University of Queensland QLD 4072 T: +61 7 3443 3142| E: P.Henman(a)uq.edu.au<mailto:P.Henman@uq.edu.au> | W: http://researchers.uq.edu.au/researcher/708 | www.digitalsocialpolicy.com<http://www.digitalsocialpolicy.com/> From: Annette Young <annette.young(a)academic-conferences.org<mailto:annette.young@academic-conferences.org>> Sent: Wednesday, 17 April 2019 7:24 PM To: Paul Henman <p.henman(a)uq.edu.au<mailto:p.henman@uq.edu.au>> Subject: 19th European Conference on Digital Government (ECDG 2019) - Update to the ECDG committee Hello Paul I am writing to you as a member of the conference committee for the 19th European Conference on Digital Government (ECDG 2019) which is being hosted by Cyprus International University, Nicosia, North Cyprus on the 24 - 25 October 2019. This email is to let you know that the abstract submission deadline for this conference is the 19th April 2019 but we will be extending this call to the 10th of May. (This is due to the slight delay in announcing the venue and date for the event.) As a conference committee member we ask you to publicise the conference within your professional networks and to help us further distribute the call for papers and other conference activities. In return for your active participation, as a committee member, in the promotion and reviewing of paper for this event, you can attend the conference with a 20% discount off the academic registration fee. To avail of this you will need to register for the conference online and after selecting the Academic option you will be able to enter the code CMD20 into a discount box. We have created some files to help you to promote the conference in your circles, which you can access here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/pk73l8u6oqt10rp/AAAplWa6e5TQu4nL4ufOA9XKa?dl=0 For more information and to submit papers, please go to: https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecdg/call-for-papers/ Papers accepted for the conference will be published in the conference proceedings, subject to author registration and payment.<https://www.academic-conferences.org/conferences/ecdg/registration/> The Proceedings have an ISSN, ISBN and will be submitted for indexing in the Thompson Web of Science and listing in the EBSCO database. Please feel free to circulate this message to any colleagues or contacts you think may be interested. Follow the conference on LinkedIn, <https://www.linkedin.com/company/academic-conferences> Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/academic.conferences.publishing.international/> and Twitter<https://twitter.com/acpi_tweets> Kind regards Annette Young Conferences Manager http://www.academic-conferences.org annette(a)academic-conferences.org<mailto:annette@academic-conferences.org> Tel: +44 (0) 118 972 4148 ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Claranet. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.claranet.co.uk ________________________________________________________________________

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FW: Special Issue on Sharing Economy in Information Polity
by Paul Henman 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

May be of interest to members. -----Original Message----- From: eGov-list <egov-list-bounces(a)mailman11.u.washington.edu> On Behalf Of Sukumar Ganapati Sent: Thursday, 18 April 2019 12:38 PM To: egov-list(a)u.washington.edu Subject: [EGOV LIST] Special Issue on Sharing Economy in Information Polity Dear colleague: This is a gentle reminder about the call for papers relating to Special Issue on Sharing Economy/ Collaborative Consumption/ Gig Economy in Information Polity. The special issue is entitled, “Public Governance and Policy in the Sharing Era.” The details of the CFP are available at: https://informationpolity.com/news-blog/call-papers-special-issue-public-go… We seek papers broadly on areas such as (but we are not limited to the following): * Challenges and Opportunities of Sharing Economy for Public Sector * Impact of Sharing Economy on Governance * Conceptual, Data, and Methodological Issues of Sharing Economy * Policy Determinants of Sharing Economy’s Growth * Factors Affecting Policies that Attract or Resist Sharing Economy * Impact of Sharing Economy on Government Taxes and Revenues * Planning and Zoning Changes in Sharing Economy * Public Service Delivery in the Sharing Age * Equity Issues in the Sharing Economy * Privacy and Security in the Sharing Economy * Human Resources in the Gig Economy The deadline for paper proposal/ abstract is June 1, 2019. Please feel free to contact Chris Reddick (Chris.Reddick(a)utsa.edu) or me , if you have any questions. Thank you. Sukumar Ganapati Associate Professor Department of Public Policy and Administration, PCA 363B School of International and Public Affairs Florida International University Miami, FL 33199 Tel. (305) 348-6275 Fax (305) 348-5848 Email: ganapati(a)fiu.edu Christopher G. Reddick, Ph.D. Professor College of Public Policy Department of Public Administration The University of Texas at San Antonio 501 W. César E. Chávez Blvd. San Antonio, Texas 78207 Phone: (210) 458-2502 Fax: (210) 458-2536 Email: chris.reddick(a)utsa.edu _______________________________________________ eGov-list mailing list eGov-list(a)u.washington.edu http://mailman11.u.washington.edu/mailman/listinfo/egov-list

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Reminder to submit by Friday, April 26: Africana: Digital Humanities Institute, May 28-June 11, 2019
by Gault, Erika D - (egault) 24 Apr '19

24 Apr '19

We've been pleased with the interest and number of applications so far. There are a limited number of slots, so if you are interested in applying please remember to do so by the cutoff date. *** I am pleased to announce an upcoming Digital Humanities online workshop on data tools and digital methods in Africana Studies through our Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona (see below). Please share and/or apply if you are interested. More information is available on our website at https://africanadhi.com. Feel free to email me with any questions. Thanks! [http://img1.wsimg.com/isteam/stock/WbDjldj]<https://africanadhi.com/> Africana DHi 2019<https://africanadhi.com/> Digital Humanities in Black africanadhi.com AFRICANA DHi Call for Applications DO YOU HAVE AN IDEA, A DIGITAL PROJECT, OR JUST WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT DIGITAL TOOLS FOR DOING AFRICANA STUDIES WORK? Africana DHi is a three week online workshop to be held from May 28- June 11, 2019 in association with the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona. During the DHi, which is supported by a National Endowment for the Humanities Institutes in Advanced Topics in the Digital Humanities grant and the CUNY Graduate Center Digital Humanities Research Initiative, participants will explore interdisciplinary, digital humanities research and teaching with DH scholars, develop core computational research skills through online workshops, and begin developing their own digital humanities projects. When participants complete the workshop they will become part of a growing network of distributed digital humanities research institutes, and their reflections will inform the publication of the Spring 2020 Special Issue of Fire!!!, the peer-reviewed digital journal for the Association for the Study of African American Life and History (ASALH). Short courses—or “bootcamps”—that last anywhere from one day to two months are an increasingly popular way to offer intensive training in digital tools and skills over a short period of time; however, these courses are resource-intensive to run, require travel and financial support, and are rarely focused on Africana-centered approaches to the digital humanities. Africana DHi joins the growing list of conferences and summer bootcamps designed specifically for teaching methods and digital tools for the study of African Diaspora histories, cultures, and people. We seek participants who are post-secondary researchers, professors, independent scholars, library or museum professionals. Applications that propose a specific project will receive first consideration. The workshop will include lessons and materials available on this website, but we will also rely upon each other to share information, skills and knowledge. The ultimate goal of Africana DHi is to foster a network of practice in which participants build expertise as they work on their project and through their interactions with each other. Participants who complete the 3-week program will feel more confident in their knowledge of specific digital skills and in working with developers in defining and developing digital-based projects. Applying Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria: * Commitment to fully participating in the three-week digital humanities institute and providing feedback to other participates; * Demonstrated interest in and responsibility to Africana-centered “digital humanities community building” (This can be through a regional digital humanities group as a volunteer, as a post-doc in a university library, a visiting scholar at a liberal arts college, a faculty member creating a DH reading group, a curator or archivist at a historical society, library, or other humanities-oriented organization. Position title is not important. What is important is your ability to explain your responsibility or interest in building communities of DH practice in Africana Studies.); * An articulation of a digital humanities project idea that you find interesting and would like to pursue or have already begun; * An explanation of how you confront and overcome technical difficulties you have experienced in the past. We are looking for participants who represent diverse digital humanities areas of interest (disciplines, methods, project-types), who work at a wide range of institutional types (universities, community colleges, libraries, archives, museums, historical associations), and who reflect an array of professional roles from graduate students to experienced faculty to librarians, administrators, museum curators, archivists, and more. An interest in Africana-centered digital humanities work is necessary. Ideal participants will be able to demonstrate strong communication and collaboration skills and a willingness to confront and overcome frustration. No previous technical experience is required. Applications will not be evaluated based on familiarity with existing technologies, though we are happy to hear about your aspirations and the skills you would like to develop for future work. Applications must be received by April 26, 2019. Applicants will be informed of their acceptance by May 6, 2019. More information and application materials can be found here:http:/africanadhi.com<https://africanadhi.com/>or by contacting the Institute Organizer, Erika Gault at support(a)africanadhi.com The Institute is supported by the Center for Digital Humanities at the University of Arizona, the Africana Studies Program in the College of Humanities at the University of Arizona, the Digital Humanities Research Initiative, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Erika D. Gault, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Africana Studies Program University of Arizona Learning Services Building | RM 229 1512 E. First Street, PO Box 210105 Tucson, AZ 85721-0105 -USA www.africana.arizona.edu<http://www.africana.arizona.edu/>

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