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Polymedia
by Traci Belanger 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi everyone, does anyone have suggestions for articles on "polymedia" or specifically how polymedia interacts with media ecology? Thanks so much! Traci Belanger --- May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and peace today.

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For my US colleagues: an 8 minute survey, where your input might make a difference
by Patricia Aufderheide 08 May '25

08 May '25

I know, exactly what you don't need to do at this crazy point in the semester. At AU, Profs. Aram Sinnreich, Joseph Graf and I have been working with Electronic Frontier Foundation and New Media Rights to design a survey about DMCA exemption language and its accessibility. Would you be interested in taking, sharing with your students and networks, including putting on social media the survey link <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>? Here it is again: *http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>* Your generosity much appreciated! 👏 -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org paufder(a)american.edu 202-885-2069 office <202-643-5356> 240-643-4805 mobile <202-643-5356> "The world we have received also belongs to those who follow us." --Pope Francis

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Non-software uses of GitHub
by Jim Herbsleb 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

I’m looking for GitHub repositories that are used for things other than software, especially where users are actively collaborating rather than just putting together static collections. So far, we have found a few books being written, some musical transcriptions being error-checked, and some policy documents maintained online. Does anyone know of any examples of these or other categories? Any pointers much appreciated. Happy to share what we find with anyone interested. Jim ---- Jim Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University http://herbsleb.org/ Google Scholar profile: https://goo.gl/sv3p7l

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Participations: Latest issue out now!
by Judith Rosenbaum-Andre 22 May '20

22 May '20

Participations: Journal of Audience and Reception Studies has just released its latest issue! This open-access journal features three special sections. The first is aimed at understanding readers, reading, and digital media, the second looks at interviews as a research method, and the third section features nine essays from the University of Wales at Aberystwyth conference on "Researching past cinema audiences: Archives, Memories and Methods". With an editorial introduction by Martin Barker and a series of articles that provide innovative theoretical, methodological, as well as empirical insights, including the audience reception of professional wrestling stars, the circulation of film and cultural capital, and the understanding of resistance as observed in online discussions, this issue is packed with relevant and contemporary insight into audience research in 2019. The issue can be found here: http://www.participations.org/Volume%2016/Issue%201/contents.htm -- Judith E. Rosenbaum, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Communication and Journalism University of Maine 414 Dunn Hall Orono, ME 04469 www.juditherosenbaum.com/ @JudithRBaum

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CfP: Outlaw innovation and the invention of the outlaw (EASST panel D04)
by maxigas 08 Feb '20

08 Feb '20

CfP: Outlaw innovation and the invention of the outlaw EASST 2018, 25-28th July 2018, Lancaster University, UK Convenors: Johan Söderberg (Göteborg University) & Maxigas (Lancaster University) Deadline for submissions: February 14th 2018. Submit abstracts and contact the conveners at: https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6286 We would like to invite you to submit abstracts to our panel at EASST 2018 The panel investigates innovation processes driven by antagonistic relations between actors on both sides of the law. We invite case studies of how mutual hostilities between actors are pursued through technological change, whereby each actor seeks to gain an edge against their adversary. Three empirical fields that exemplify this dynamic are the surge of legal highs, information security and crypto-currencies. More examples of the same thing can be found in other fields of empirical investigation and suit this panel. What we will examine under the label of "outlaw innovation" is how conflict breeds innovation. Related to this is an awareness of the tenuous relation between legislation and innovation. The "outlaw" is just another word for an innovator. Concurrently, however, capitalism strives relentlessly to subsume and integrate its own outside, turning this unknown into innovation and new markets. >From this observation follows that the purported outsider position ascribed to various grassroots innovators, users, etc., must be scrutinized. States, capital and academic actors work in conjunction with these outlawed/independent researchers to produce a shared language of common concerns around risks and opportunities inherent in technological innovation, such as in the Tor project. The legal grey zone thus emerges as an incubator of innovation for legal businesses. We encourage paper submissions utilizing diverse theoretical approaches and a wide range of case studies to explore the concept of the "outlaw innovator". -- Maxigas, kiberpunk FA00 8129 13E9 2617 C614 0901 7879 63BC 287E D166 Lecturer in Critical Digital Media Practice Center for Science Studies Department of Sociology Lancaster University https://relay70.metatron.ai/ Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind Cannot bear very much reality. ~ Yeats: Burnt Norton

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Any research on/with YouTube API?
by Steven Clift 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

So I stumbled into a developer who created one of those "floating" YouTube music video players. After six years of curating the original radio news "flash briefing," I thought hey, why not try video. Combining forces on Android (so far) we've come up with: http://tvnewsapp.com So, here's the deal. The YouTube API is pretty darn interesting and I'd love to connect with researchers who are experimenting with it. I am interested in ways to better automate how to surface live news streams. The app has scores of these. I never expected so many from so many countries. Some countries clearly are all in with nearly all news channels competing on Facebook while others while free on the web haven't joined the YouTube club. Anyway, get in touch if you've dug into the YouTube API. Heck perhaps we can even collaborate. Cheers, Steven Clift P.S. My 150K downloads radio news app: http://1radionews.com

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CFP Extension -- Prospecting: Extraction, Speculation, and Liberation in the Accelerated Academy -- due Aug. 15
by Kaiser, Zachary 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

**CALL FOR PAPERS EXTENSION: DUE AUGUST 15** CFP – Prospecting: Extraction, Speculation, and Liberation in the Accelerated Academy<https://forms.gle/QHhQUQ6cLkHjut8KA> (Accelerated Academy 7) Nov. 22-23, 2019 @ Michigan State University Digital Scholarship Lab An interdisciplinary symposium on the future of academic life and labor, organized by Zach Kaiser (MSU) and Erin Glass (UC San Diego) In theory, the academy is an institution of research and learning, intended to advance human knowledge and educate citizens. In practice, however, the academy appears evermore as a site of prospecting, or a source of raw material for aggressive forms of neoliberal mining and extraction. Through various speculative and extractive behaviors, academic practice is increasingly managed and shaped by internal and external forces as a means of “optimizing” academic activities and making them more efficient in order to cut costs and maximize revenue. As is well documented in the growing literature of critical university studies, this prospecting is manifest in the adjunctification of academic labor, the rise of administration, the continuous increase of student tuition, and the perpetuation of the student debt crisis that has engulfed the United States. We can also see prospecting in the ruthless capture and privatization of scholarly research by scholarly publishers at the cost of public access to research that the public has in fact already paid for. Prospecting is also at play in the academy’s collision course with surveillance/platform/cognitive capitalism: the university’s intellectual products have been transformed into valuable data to be mined, packaged, sold, and ultimately controlled by IT and ed tech capitalists in their pursuit of profit. Though these extractive and neoliberal processes are not unique to the academy, their presence in institutions dedicated to learning has implications for academic subjectivities and the institutions themselves. Building on the work of past Accelerated Academy symposia, the 7th edition proposes the concept of “prospecting” as a productive tool to think through the future of academic life, labor, and outcomes. Prospecting as a concept may help us broaden the discourses about academia, and shine light on the different economic interests, technical assemblages, and affective regimes that shape its activities. We are also, however, committed to the challenge of identifying prospects of autonomy and liberation that are still within the academy despite its compromised state, and thinking through the strategies that academics might use to better take advantage of them. We encourage contributors to consider the various material and social connotations carried by the term “prospecting,” and the way it might help us develop a robust analysis of life in the accelerated academy and the high stakes of our contemporary moment. Topics might include: • Prospecting as it relates to the extractive behaviors characteristic of the accelerated and platformized academy, including the extractive data capture of students and faculty through educational and workflow technologies. • Prospecting as an extractive colonial appropriation of land and of bodies within academe (and the uneven distribution of the consequences of this behavior across race, gender, and class lines). • Prospecting as extractive ecological behaviors by academia (ranging from the harvesting of minerals to produce the technologies on which our academic infrastructure is built to academic travel). • Prospecting in terms of university real-estate speculation and acquisition, campus development, the increase in satellite campuses of major western universities overseas (particularly in the Middle East and Asia), as well as the growth of extension and continuing-ed programs. • Liberatory/radical prospecting, or the ways that we, as the academic community, can work towards reclaiming the academy for social justice and the public good. This ethos is embodied in works like Stefano Harney and Fred Moten's "The Undercommons," Kathleen Fitzpatrick’s “Generous Thinking,” la paperson’s “A Third University is Possible,” Cathy Davidson’s “The New Education,” and Christopher Newfield’s “The Great Mistake.” We welcome contributions (ranging from paper presentations to artistic projects, hands-on sessions, projections, tours, etc) from anyone who is interested in and passionate about these topics. We will also do our best to accommodate remote presentations/projects via video conferencing or other possibilities. Submit a 500-word abstract using the Google Form linked below by August 15, 2019. Questions? Email Zach Kaiser (kaiserza(a)msu.edu<mailto:kaiserza@msu.edu>) and Erin Glass (erglass(a)ucsd.edu<mailto:erglass@ucsd.edu>). https://forms.gle/QHhQUQ6cLkHjut8KA +++ Zach Kaiser Assistant Professor Department of Art, Art History, and Design Michigan State University http://mediated.space

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14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): First Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

*** First Call for Papers *** 14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020) Royal Apollonia Beach Hotel 5*, Limassol, Cyprus May 20-22, 2020, Limassol, Cyprus http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Abstract submission deadline: January 20, 2020 Paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE) (Proceedings to be published by Springer) SCOPE AND TOPICS RCIS aims to bring together scientists, researchers, engineers and practitioners from a wide range of information science fields and to provide opportunities for knowledge sharing and dissemination. RCIS 2020 will continue paying attention to traditional topics at the conference; in addition, we solicit submissions aligned the special theme of Information Science in the Days of Artificial Intelligence. We understand AI in a broad sense, including machine learning, self-adaptation, logic-based reasoning, automation, agents and multiagent systems, natural language processing, etc. RCIS welcomes submissions from the whole spectrum of the information science field. The list of themes and topics includes, but is not limited to: Information Systems and their Engineering · Requirements Engineering · Software Testing · Information Security and Risk · Method Engineering User-Oriented Approaches · Social Computing and Social Network Analysis · User-Centred Design · Collaborative Computing · Human Factors in Information Systems Data and Information Management · Databases and Information · Information Search and Discovery · Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies Business Process Management · Business Process Engineering and Reengineering · Process Mining · Enterprise Engineering Domain-specific IS Engineering · E-Health, e-Government, e-Commerce, ... · Industry 4.0 · Web-Based Applications and Services · Smart Cities Data Science · Big Data & Business Analytics · Decision Information Systems · Knowledge Management · Knowledge Discovery from Data Information Infrastructures · Cyber-Physical Systems · Web Information Systems · Grid Computing and Cloud Computing · Internet of Things · Pervasive and Mobile Computing Reflective Research and Practice · Research Methodologies in Information Science · Impact of Information on the Enterprise and the Individual · Lifecycle Models · Design Science and Rationale Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, Posters & Demos will complement the main conference. RCIS STEERING COMMITTEE Saïd Assar; Marco Bajec; Pericles Loucopoulos; Haralambos Moratidis; Selmin Nurcan; Oscar Pastor; Jolita Ralyté; Colette Rolland. SUBMISSION PROCESS Papers shall be formatted according to the Springer LNCS/LNBIP conference proceedings template (for LaTeX and Word): http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers that have already been accepted or are currently under review for other conferences or journals will not be considered for publication at RCIS 2020. Papers should be in English and must be associated to one of the following categories: Technical solution papers (max 16 pages Springer) present solutions that are novel or significantly improve existing approaches. A technical solution paper must include a preliminary validation of the proposed solution, and results must be stated clearly enough so that it is possible to validate them in follow-up research. Evaluation papers (max 16 pages Springer) evaluate existing problem situations or validate proposed solutions through scientific means, i.e., by empirical studies, experiments, case studies, simulations, mathematical proofs, etc. The research method must be sound and appropriate. Industrial practice and experience papers (max 16 pages Springer) thoroughly present problems or challenges encountered in practice, elaborate on success or failure with existing approaches, or report on industrial practice (e.g., methods and tools). A paper in this category shall provide a clear context, detail the problem or the industrial practice, and explain the lessons learned. Work in progress papers (max 8 pages Springer) present relevant preliminary results across the spectrum of information science. These papers can either present a novel technical solution, or report on a preliminary evaluation of a technique. Please note that the maximum length of the paper includes references, appendices, etc. The submission site is http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . By submitting a paper, the authors agree that at least one of them will register to the conference and present the paper. The appearance of a paper in the Springer proceedings is dependent on the registration of one author within the early registration deadline on March 31, 2020. IMPORTANT DATES · Regular paper submission deadline: January 27, 2020 (AoE) · Notification to authors and registration opening: March 15, 2020 · Author registration deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Camera-ready copy deadline for all paper types: March 31, 2020 · Conference: May 20-22, 2020 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES General Chairs · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pericles Loucopoulos, Harokopio University of Athens, Greece Organising Chair · Petros Stratis, Easy Conferences LTD., Cyprus Program Chairs · Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University, Sweden · Fabiano Dalpiaz, Utrecht University, Netherlands Doctoral Consortium Chairs · Raian Ali, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom · Sergio España, Utrecht University, Netherlands Tutorial Chairs · Estefania Serral Asensio, KU Leuven, Belgium · Ignacio Panach, University of Valencia, Spain Posters & Demos Chairs · Elena Kornyshova, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France · Marcela Ruiz, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland

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Reminder: RACI Call for Applications Close on 7 August
by Gergana Petrova 31 Jul '19

31 Jul '19

Dear colleagues, This is the final call for applications for the RIPE Academic Cooperation Initiative (RACI). Applications from students, academics and researchers are accepted until *Wednesday, 7 August*. Successful applicants receive complimentary tickets, travel and accommodation to the meetings and the opportunity to present their research. https://www.ripe.net/raci Submit an abstract and draft slides to apply for the following two meetings: - RIPE NCC Regional Meeting (24-25 September, Kyiv) - RIPE 79 (14-19 October, Rotterdam) Examples of relevant research topics include: - Network measurements and analyses - IPv6 deployment - BGP routing - Network security - Internet governance - Peering and interconnectivity - Internet of Things RACI mailing list: https://www.ripe.net/raci/mailing-list RACI LinkedIn Group: https://www.ripe.net/raci/linkedin For any questions about the initiative or about applying, please email me back. Best regards, Gergana Gergana Petrova External Relations RIPE NCC @Gergana_RIPE

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Postdoc position to Study Misinformation Campaigns @ Scale (RyersonU, Social Media Lab, Toronto)
by Anatoliy Gruzd 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

The *Social Media Lab* <https://socialmedialab.ca/> at *Ted Rogers School of Management* <http://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/>, *Ryerson University* <http://www.ryerson.ca/> in Toronto, Canada is seeking a highly motivated and creative Postdoctoral Researcher with expertise in the development and evaluation of distributed computing systems and familiarity with large-scale network visualization and analysis. Network visualizations are frequently used to study group dynamics and their underlying structures as well as to form research hypotheses and communicate results. It can reveal information about the network’s structure that may be difficult to determine through quantitative and qualitative methods alone. However, networks such as those coming from social media are quite large and getting larger, existing visualization layout techniques are computationally expensive, and often their implementations are not easily scalable. The successful candidate will be responsible for: *1) developing and evaluating distributed computing solutions for large-scale network visualization and analysis; and then2) applying the proposed methods to study the dissemination and reach of known dis/mis-information campaigns on social media sites such as Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, etc…* Applicants must have demonstrable expertise in applications of distributed computing and visualization techniques. Knowledge of social network analysis (SNA) is an asset. In addition, applicants must also have strong research writing and communication skills and a passion for data analysis. The position will be for a period of one year with a preferred start date of January 13, 2020 (an earlier start date is also possible). The salary is $55k CAD per annum plus a comprehensive benefits package <http://www.ryerson.ca/hr/employee-resources/post-doc-fellows/benefits/>. The successful candidate will be a member of and work with an interdisciplinary team of researchers at Ryerson University’s Social Media Lab, headed by co-directors Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor at the Ted Rogers School of Management and Philip Mai, Director of Business and Communications. The researcher must be available to work onsite at the Social Media Lab in Toronto, Canada. *RESPONSIBILITIES:* The postdoctoral fellow will be expected to collaborate actively with all team members and contribute to the intellectual life of the lab. These responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Contributing substantially to research projects and publications of the lab, - Developing, evaluating and applying computational techniques to study social media data, - and other related tasks as they arise, - Communicating regularly with the project team, - Actively participating in the knowledge management and translation of the lab research via journals, conferences, the lab’s website and via our various social media channels. *QUALIFICATIONS:* - A doctorate in one of the following areas: Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systemsor a related field is required; - Hands-on experience with Apache Spark’s frameworks (such as GraphX or similar technologies) is a must; - Working knowledge of social network analysis (SNA); - Excellent English writing skills is critically important. *DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:* - Strong publication record in the field of expertise *To apply to this opportunity, the applicant must:* - have earned a first doctorate from an accredited university *no earlier* than September 2016 (date all degree requirements were completed, not the date of graduation), or have completed a first doctorate *no earlier* than September 2013, but have since had their career interrupted or delayed for the purpose of maternity, illness, or health-related family responsibilities; - not hold a permanent faculty position or a faculty position leading to permanency. *TO APPLY:* - Candidates should submit the following materials electronically to Dr. Anatoliy Gruzd and Mr. Philip Mai at *info(a)socialmedialab.ca <info(a)socialmedialab.ca>* *Please email **one** PDF file that includes* the following: 1. Cover Letter that describes your relevant background and skills, range of interests and career goals, 2. Academic CV, 3. The name and contact information for three research references (one reference should be your doctoral advisor); Reference letters will only be solicited from the short-listed candidates, 4. Sample publication. *DEADLINE:* - Review of applications will begin on* September 2, 2019* and continue until the position is filled. *INSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND*: Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, the largest and most culturally diverse city in Canada, the *Social Media Lab* <https://socialmedialab.ca/> is an internationally engaged multi- and interdisciplinary research laboratory at the *Ted Rogers School of Management* <http://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/> at *Ryerson University* <http://www.ryerson.ca/>. The lab studies how social media is changing the ways in which people and organizations communicate, disseminate information, conduct business and form communities online, and how these changes impact society. The lab’s research <https://socialmedialab.ca/research/> seeks to advance the public’s understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of social media adoption. The Social Media Lab was established in 2010 and is the first of its kind in North America. It is led by co-directors, Anatoliy Gruzd (PhD) <https://anatoliygruzd.com/> – Dir. of Research and Philip Mai (JD) <http://philipmai.com/> – Director of Business and Communications. The lab is internationally recognized and attracts a diverse range of outstanding multidisciplinary scholars <https://socialmedialab.ca/about/#visiting> from around the world each year. It is a leader in social media studies and is the convener of the annual International Conference on Social Media and Society <https://socialmediaandsociety.org/> (#SMSociety <https://twitter.com/hashtag/smsociety?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash&la…> ). The lab’s expertise lies in studying online communities and social networks, and developing new methods for analyzing and visualizing social media data. The Social Media Lab conducts research in a wide variety of areas including: Academia, Health, Information Privacy, Mis/Dis-information, Online Communities, Organizational Social Media Use, and Politics. The broad aim of the lab’s various research initiatives is to provide decision makers with additional knowledge and insights into the behaviors and relationships of online social network members, and to understand how these interpersonal connections influence our personal choices and actions. We also develop research apps, tools and methods for collecting, analyzing and visualizing publicly available social media data. *Ryerson University* <http://www.ryerson.ca/> (with over 45,000 undergraduate and graduate students) is located in the heart of one of the world’s most culturally and linguistically diverse urban centres. Research at Ryerson is on a trajectory of success and growth, as evidenced by externally funded research doubling in the past 5 years. Longstanding partnerships with community, industry, government, and professional practice drive research and innovation that responds to real-world problems. The University’s academic plan, Our Time to Lead, can be found at https://www.ryerson.ca/provost/academic-plan/. Ryerson University is strongly committed to fostering diversity within our community. We welcome those who would contribute to the further diversification of our staff, our faculty and its scholarship including, but not limited to, women, visible minorities, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities, and persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity. Please note that all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply but applications from Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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