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Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship (paid)
by Leif Kramp 15 Jan '20

15 Jan '20

Call for applications: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship (paid) Position: ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow Media, Communication and Information Institution: ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, Germany Duration: 1 month (either between April and June 2020 or between October and December 2020) Salary: 3,000 euro + 1,500 euro budget for direct costs Contract: Fee contract Application deadline: February 6, 2020 (23.59 CET) The ZeMKI, Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research, University of Bremen, offers a thriving interdisciplinary research environment in the areas of media, communication and information. Involved disciplines include communication and media studies, computer science, cultural studies, educational science, studies in religion, and history. The ZeMKI invites applications from excellent researchers in the field of media, communication, and information. As a ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellow, the selected candidate will delve into the versatile research activities at the interdisciplinary centre with over 60 members. Applicants should demonstrate experiences and a strong interest in collaborative research which is embraced at the ZeMKI in various ways and contexts. The selected candidate is expected to contribute to these research activities in the area of media change and transforming communications in the form of a research paper submitted to the peer-reviewed “Communicative Figurations” working paper series and a lecture in the ZeMKI Research Seminar. Applicants must have a PhD or other doctoral degree in a relevant discipline by the application date. We offer a lump sum allowance of 3,000 Euros plus up to 1,500 Euros for research related expenses. To apply for this post, please send your application documents via e-mail to zemki-fellowship(a)uni-bremen.de <mailto:zemki-fellowship@uni-bremen.de>. The closing date for receipt of applications is February 6, 2020 (23.59 CET). We are unfortunately unable to accept any late applications. Download the application checklist here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/medi…>. Download the call for applications as PDF here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/medi…>. Further information on the ZeMKI Visiting Research Fellowship can be accessed here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki/research/zemki-visiting-research-fellows…>.

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Now Accepting Applications for 2020 Emerald/HETL Education Outstanding Doctoral Research Award
by Dr. Patrick Blessinger 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

We are now accepting applications for 2020 Emerald/HETL Education Outstanding Doctoral Research Award: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/research/awards/hetl.htm Regards, Patrick Blessinger <http://www.patrickblessinger.com/> The HETL Association <https://www.hetl.org/> University World News <http://www.universityworldnews.com/search.php?query=blessinger&type=all&mod…> UNESCO Inclusive Policy Lab <http://en.unesco.org/inclusivepolicylab/users/patrick-blessinger> St. John's University, New York City <https://www.stjohns.edu/academics/faculty/patrick-blessinger-edd> Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education <http://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jar…> Innovations in Higher Education Teaching and Learning <https://books.emeraldinsight.com/page/series-detail/Innovations-in-Higher-E…>

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Reminder: ICA 2020 pre-conference call for papers: Storytelling, persuasion and mobilization in the digital age
by Filippo Trevisan 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

One week left to submit your abstracts. With apologies for cross-posting. ICA 2020 Pre-conference call for papers: Storytelling, persuasion and mobilization in the digital age Date: Wednesday 20 May 2020, 9:00am-5:00pm Location: Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney Sponsoring ICA Divisions: Activism, Communication and Social Justice Interest Group; Political Communication Division; Public Relations Division. Organizers: Filippo Trevisan (American University), Ariadne Vromen (University of Sydney), Michael Vaughan (University of Sydney) Storytelling is central to the persuasion and mobilization strategies of advocacy organizations, activist groups, NGOs, political parties, and campaigns. However, technological, communicative, and political changes have challenged traditional storytelling practices and incentivized significant innovation in this area in recent years. Changes in technology have transformed the scale and pace at which individual stories can be collected, digitally archived, curated, and then distributed through online platforms. Changes in communication and politics have increased the emphasis on personalized advocacy strategies targeted at affective publics (Papacharissi, 2015), as campaigners seek to navigate an increasingly fragmented and polarised information environment. Researchers today face a challenge in representing both the continuity in the narrative dimension of politics while also interrogating emerging and impactful innovations. This raises important questions about power dynamics and representations associated with changing storytelling practices, roles, and relationships between individual storytellers, organizations, and social groups in a constantly evolving media landscape. These questions are relevant to multiple related fields including, among others, the sociology of political communications (Polletta 2006), policy studies (Jones, Shanahan and McBeth 2014) journalism studies (Polletta and Callahan 2017), and public interest communication. This one-day preconference pays attention to these questions and brings together researchers from multiple disciplinary perspectives to discuss the impact of changing storytelling practices on individuals, groups, organizations, target publics, and public discourse more broadly. We welcome submissions from theoretical and empirical inquiries that examine the following areas: * Reconciling conceptualizations of storytelling from intersecting perspectives in political life: in particular interest groups, social movements, NGOs, parties and political campaigns, as well as journalism; * The impact of evolving digital communication technologies, including but not limited to social media, mobile devices, and database technology on the practice of persuasive storytelling; * How publics and citizens respond to stories; * The role of storytelling in response to changing political and media contexts, in particular the evolution of information consumption habits and the rise of “fake news;” * The significance and impact of advocacy storytelling on the (in)visibility of groups that are traditionally marginalized and under-represented in public discourse (e.g. gender, LGBTQI+, race, ethnicity, disability, etc.); * The outcomes of storytelling in politics, such as successes or failures in public policy; * The ethics of storytelling and the power relationship between advocacy organizations and individual storytellers; * Storytelling in a comparative and global context, such as the diffusion of storytelling practices between political actors and countries, as well as their relationship with culture and media environments; * Innovative methodological approaches to study persuasive storytelling and analyze its impact. A PDF copy of this call for papers is available here: https://tinyurl.com/ica2020-storytelling-preconf<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__tinyurl.com_ica2020-2D…> Submitting your abstract: Please submit abstracts for 15 minutes paper presentations through this Google Form<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_f5PBbd3KGd4N…> (https://forms.gle/f5PBbd3KGd4NhdzR7<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__forms.gle_f5PBbd3KGd4N…>) no later than January 20, 2020. Abstracts are limited to a maximum of 4,000 characters including spaces (approximately 500 words). Contributors will be selected by peer-review and will be notified of decisions on or before February 1, 2020. Authors are expected to attend the preconference and present in person. All participants must register. Registration costs will be 50 USD and include coffee breaks and buffet lunch. To register, participants should follow the instructions on: www.icahdq.org<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.icahdq.org_&d=DwMGa…>. Key dates: * 20 January 2020: Deadline for abstract submission * 1 February 2020: Corresponding authors notified of decisions * 1 May 2020: Conference registrations close * 20 May 2020: Pre-conference starts in Sydney Location: Please note that this event will take place off-site at the Sydney Policy Lab, University of Sydney. The pre-conference will conclude at 5:00pm on May 20, leaving participants ample time to travel to Gold Coast for the opening of the main ICA conference in the evening of the following day (21 May). ——— Dr. Filippo Trevisan Assistant Professor - School of Communication Deputy Director - Institute on Disability and Public Policy (IDPP) American University 4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW Washington, DC - 20016 Tel: +1 (202) 885 6930 Email: trevisan(a)american.edu<mailto:trevisan@american.edu> Web: www.filippotrevisan.net<http://www.filippotrevisan.net> Twitter: @filippotrevisan<https://twitter.com/filippotrevisan> New in paperback: “Disability Rights Advocacy Online: Voice, Empowerment and Global Connectivity<https://www.routledge.com/Disability-Rights-Advocacy-Online-Voice-Empowerme…>” NY: Routledge, 2017. All my publications: www.filippotrevisan.net/publications<http://www.filippotrevisan.net/publications>

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CFP: IEEE ISCC 2020 The 25th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2020, Rennes, France, 7-10 July 2020
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 14 Jan '20

14 Jan '20

========================== CALL FOR PAPERS ========================== IEEE ISCC 2020 The 25th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2020 Rennes, France, 7-10 July 2020: http://conferences.imt-atlantique.fr/iscc2020/ ===================================================================== Welcome to the 25th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications<https://iscc2020.live-website.com/home> (ISCC). The first IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) was held in 1995 in response to the growing interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC takes place annually, usually in the Mediterranean region, in locations such as Egypt, Greece, France, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Italy, and Brazil. In 2020, the Symposium is going to happen in Rennes, France. ISCC sessions will include presentations on new research results and tutorials. Papers describing original work are invited in any of the computer and communications areas that the Call for Papers considers. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2020 Conference Proceedings, which will be subject to independent peer-review procedures for quality, and may be eligible for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore(r) Digital Library. Merit, relevance, and originality will guide paper acceptance. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented. =========================== Call for Papers =========================== ISCC 2020, in its 25th edition, will provide an insight into the unique world stemming from the interaction between the fields of computers and communications. ISCC 2020 will provide an international technical forum for experts from industry and academia to exchange ideas and present results of on-going research in most state-of-the-art areas of computers and communications. You are invited to submit a full paper, a proposal for a Panel/Invited Session or a Tutorial, related to the following topics of interest: * 5th Generation Networks (5G) * Resource Allocation * Network Slicing * Topology Management * 5G Core Network and Service Based Architecture * C-RAN and backhaul * SDN and NFV for 5G * Network Stability, Control and Optimization * Standardization Activities by IEEE, 3GPP and ETSI * Security * Privacy / Anonymity * Attacks and Defenses * Authentication, Authorization and Accounting * Hardware Security * Intrusion Detection * Moving Target Defense (MTD) * Blockchain * Internet of Things (IoT) * LPWAN (LoRa, Sigfox, NB-IoT, LTE-M, Wi-SUN) * 6TiSCH, 6LoWPAN, Roll * Rest API, CoAP, CBOR, OSCORE * Smart Spaces * Cyber Physical Systems * Telecare Medical Information System * Vehicular Networks * Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) * IEEE 802.11p ITS-G5 * Millimeter Waves * V2X, V2I, V2N, V2V, V2P, V2D, V2G * Inter and intra vehicle communication and protocols * Software Defined * * Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization * Software Defined Smart Objects * Software Defined Data Centers * Software Defined Radio * Overlay and Programmable Networks * Artificial Intelligence (AI) * Artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications * AI Technologies * Game Theory * Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge * Bio-inspired Computing in Communications * Data Science and Data Engineering * Distributed Knowledge and Processing * Cloud and Edge Computing * Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) * Mobile Cloud and Mobile Cloud Networking * Fog Computing * Distributed Systems Architecture and Management * Wireless Networks * Cognitive Radio Networking * Wireless, Cellular, and Mobile Communications * Modeling and Simulation * Signal Processing for Communications * Services and Protocols * Advances in Internet Protocols * Green Networking * Real Time Communication Services * Routing and Multicast * Network Design, Optimization and Management * Network Reliability, Quality of Service and Quality of Experience * Fault-Tolerance and Error Recovery * Web Services and Service Oriented Architectures * Standards Evolution * Digital Satellite Communications Service * Localisation Protocols * Communications Services and Management * Crowdsourcing applications * Crowdsensing * Social Networks * Peer-to-Peer Computing * Computing applications * Software Engineering * Big Data, Data Mining and Database Applications * Optical Networks * Optical Network Protocols and Architectures * Energy-efficient/green Optical Communications and Networks * Visible Light Communications (Indoor, Outdoor and Localization) * Optical Wireless Communication Applications for Future Networks * Application domain / Framework / Architecture * Bioinformatics * Smart Grid * Smart City * Industry 4.0 * Smart Building =========================== Submission Guidelines =========================== and originality will guide paper acceptance. Best Paper Award and Best Student Paper Awards will be presented. Review manuscripts should describe original work and should be no more than 7 pages in the IEEE double column proceedings format including tables, figures and references. Download manuscript templates for IEEE conference proceedings: https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html Note that accepted papers up to 6 pages will be published with no additional charge. Exceeding pages will be charged an additional fee. Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register to the conference and present the paper. Only registered and presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2020 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. The ISCC Proceedings have been indexed in the past by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the ISCC conference one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. =========================== Important Dates =========================== * Paper submission deadline : February 15th, 2020 * Notification of paper acceptance: April 15th, 2020 * Submission of camera-ready papers due: TBA * Conference Date: July 7-10th, 2020 =========================== Organizing Committee =========================== * General Co-Chairs: * Nicolas Montavont, IMT Atlantique, France * Christos Douligeris, University of Piraeus, Greece * TPC Co-Chairs: * Georgios Z. Papadopoulos, IMT Atlantique, France * Periklis Chatzimisios, Intern. Hellenic University, Greece * Shie-Yuan Wang, National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan * Local Co-Chairs: * Yann Busnel, IMT Atlantique, France * Workshops Co-Chairs: * Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy * Fabrice Theoleyre, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), France * Tutorial Chairs: * Konstandinos Samdanis, Nokia Bell Labs, Germany * Michael Kounavis, Intel, USA * Poster/Demo Co-Chairs:: * Alexandre Marquet, IMT Atlantique, France * Oana Iova, INSA Lyon, France * Publicity Co-Chairs: * Nathalie Mitton, Inria Lille-Nord Europe, France * Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia * Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA * Webpage Chair: * Baptiste Gaultier, IMT Atlantique, France * Keynote Chairs: * Luca Foschini, University of Bologna, Italy * Theofanis Raptis, National Research Council (CNR), Italy * Registration Co-Chairs: * Remous-Aris Koutsiamanis, IMT Atlantique, France * Finance and Publication Co-Chairs: * Reda Ammar, University of Connecticut, USA * Nicolas Montavont, IMT Atlantique, France -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE>

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PhD position in the field of Behavioral Data Science and Recommender Systems at UiB, Bergen
by Christoph Trattner 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

There is a vacancy for a PhD position at the Department of Information Science and Media Studies within Information Science in the field of Behavioral Data Science and Recommender Systems. The position is for 4 years and 25 % of the time is compulsory duties at the department. We are especially looking for candidates who want to work on the research frontiers of behavioral data science with an application to recommender systems; project proposals on online data mining and predictive modelling with an application to recommender systems are particularly welcome, but the position is also open for other qualified applicants within other areas of data science and recommender systems research. The PhD candidate will be affiliated with the newly to be established Behavioral Data Science & Recommender Systems research lab which is part of the Semantic and Social Information Systems research group of the Department of Information Science and Media Studies. For more information about this position, see: https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/180563/phd-position Closing date: 29th February 2020 -- ------------------------------------------------------- Dipl.-Ing. Dr.techn. Christoph Trattner BSc Associate Professor University of Bergen Department of Information Science and Media Studies Fosswinckelsgt. 6, 5007 Bergen, Norway E-mail: christoph.trattner(a)uib.no Tel: +43 650 2402801 Homepage: http://christophtrattner.info -------------------------------------------------------

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Request for resources on the relationship between human factors, complex systems, and adaptive challenges
by Pam Estes Brewer 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Colleagues: I am posting this request on behalf of a colleague who is a doctoral student. Best wishes, Pam My name is Lisa Newman and I work as an instructor in the Technical Communication Department at Mercer U. I am also a Ph.D. student at the University of Georgia in the Learning, Leadership, and Organization Development (LLOD) program. My research focus is Cybersecurity and I am exploring the relationship between human factors, complex systems, and adaptive challenges. The purpose of my email is to request help in finding resources for my topic and also to ask for any advice on persuading faculty members to help me and become a part of my committee since this topic is in a research area with which they are less familiar. I want to thank you in advance for your time and any assistance you can offer! Respectfully, Lisa Newman, M.S. Mercer University School of Engineering Instructor, Technical Communication Department Pam Estes Brewer Professor Mercer University School of Engineering Director, M.S. in Technical Communication Management (online) Fellow, Society for Technical Communication Brewer_pe(a)mercer.edu<mailto:Brewer_pe@mercer.edu> 478.301.4146

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Linnaean plant folklore rediscovered.
by Gerard Cheshire 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Association of Internet Researchers. Dear Listers, You may be interested to read that the source of Linnaeus' idea on using the mythology about Andromeda and Perseus to name a plant genus has been found in a page of a Medieval manuscript, dating from 1444. The manuscript is written in Lusophone-Latin. It had previously been thought that Linnaeus had indulged in a flight of wild imagination in naming the plant Andromeda, but we now know that he was simply referencing familiar medicinal folklore about the plant, which had since been lost to history. Now it has been rediscovered. A paper is available to freely download from the LingBuzz website. Plant Page, No. 6: https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/004971 Plant Series, No. 6. Manuscript MS408. - lingbuzz/004971<https://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/004971> The plants individually described in Manuscript MS408 have all been identified as species from the environs of the Mediterranean Basin, in accordance with the location of origin for the manuscript. Th - lingbuzz, the linguistics archive ling.auf.net Please feel free to disseminate the information to other scholars who may have an interest. Kindest regards, Dr. Gerard Cheshire. Research Associate. University of Bristol.

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CfP: 1-week to apply: Graduate Colloquium on Digital Labour – 27-28 March 2020
by Julian Posada Gutierrez 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

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

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Call for papers: ECPR Panel on 'Digital media, civil society and anti-corruption from the grassroots'
by Anastasia Kavada 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

**Apologies for Cross-posting ** Dear all, please see below for the Call for Paper proposals for a panel on ''Digital media, civil society and anti-corruption from the grassroots" which will take place at the next ECPR conference in Innsbruck (26-28 August 2020) as part of the section on "Corruption Mechanisms and Anti-Corruption Agenda in the Digital Age: Continuity and Change". Please send your paper proposals (up to 500 words) to Alice Mattoni at alice.mattoni(a)unibo.it<mailto:alice.mattoni@unibo.it> by 10 February 2020. The panel is organized in the framework of the BIT-ACT research project<https://site.unibo.it/bit-act/en> funded by the European Research Council (G.A. N° 802362) and aims at connecting the BIT-ACT research team with other scholars who deal with similar topics in other academic institutions across the world. Please do not hesitate to contact Alice if you have any questions. Many thanks, Alice Mattoni Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Innsbruck, 26-28 August 2020 Panel Title: Digital media, civil society and anti-corruption from the grassroots Chair: Alice Mattoni (Associate Professor, Department of Political and Social Sciences University of Bologna) Discussant: Anastasia Kavada (Reader in Media and Politics, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster) Abstract Institutional actors increasingly employ digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence to counter corruption. Civil society actors, including social movements organizations and grassroots activist groups, are also embracing digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence at a swift pace across the world. Although this seems to be a phenomenon that occurs on a global scale, we still know little about it. However, understanding how activists embed digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence in their grassroots struggles against corruption is relevant for at least two reasons. First, these are not just tools in the hands of civil society and social movement actors. Instead, they bring with them materials and imagined affordances that might have an impact on how corruption is understood and redefined from the grassroots; also, they mobilize a series of technical competences that goes beyond the mere sphere of politics, hence demanding a reframing of what it means to be an anti-corruption activist and what it takes to be an anti-corruption organization. Second, and related to the previous point, digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence as they are employed to counter corruption call into question the very notion of how people can come together to fight corruptive behaviors beyond governmental institutions, hence experimenting with innovative forms of social accountability, deeply tied to technologies. The panel, thus, invites scholars who tackle one or more of the following questions either through case studies or through theoretical reflections: * How do activists across the world create, imagine, and employ digital media to counter different types of corruption in different parts of the globe? * How do they collaborate with experts in the creation of digital media platforms, big data management, and artificial intelligence development to counter corruption? * Who are the other actors, beyond activists and their organizations, that employ digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence to counter corruption beyond the top-down efforts of governmental institutions? * In which ways are they able to combine with other forms of communication that do not rest on digital media? * Are digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence always the most appropriate tools to counter corruption from the grassroots? * Which are the challenges and opportunities that the use of digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence to counter corruption from the grassroots imply for civil society actors? * Which are the intended and unintended outcomes of anti-corruption activists' use of digital media, algorithmic automation, and artificial intelligence, both in the political realm at large and, more specifically, for the anti-corruption sector? The panel invites scholars who are working on these and related topics in different fields of studies and through different methodological lenses. The panel also welcomes papers that compare case studies across the world and use mixed-methods research designs. Please send your proposed paper title, keywords (max. 8) and a 500 word abstract to alice.mattoni(a)unibo.it<mailto:alice.mattoni@unibo.it> by 10 February 2020. Reader in Media and Politics Course Leader of the MA in Media, Campaigning and Social Change<https://www.westminster.ac.uk/journalism-and-mass-communication-courses/201…> Co-Leader of the Arts, Communication and Culture Research Community School of Media and Communication University of Westminster The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2HW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. 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New CFP on DIGITAL CAPITALISM for TEKNOKULTURA (June-December 2020)
by Aitor Jimenez Gonzalez 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Thematic issue in Digital Capitalism Coordinators: Aitor Jiménez (University of Auckland) & César Rendueles (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Vol 17 (2) June-December 2020 Teknokultura: Magazine of Digital Culture and Social Movements (Complutense University of Madrid) (https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN) indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index, calls for the reception of manuscripts for a Thematic Number on Digital Capitalism, which will be published in the second half of 2020. More than 20 years have passed since Daniel Schiller popularized the concept of Digital Capitalism. Since then, the digital economy has become one of the pillars of advanced economies. Few, beyond the followers of science fiction, could have predicted the current scenario. There are still no flying cars or cyborgs in the streets. But, as in Blade Runner, gigantic global corporations reign in cyberspace (and outside of it). Its hegemony extends from communications to clouding, through commerce, transport, hospitality or leisure. The great digital monopolies are present in the lives of the inhabitants both in the North and in the Global South. Until 2018 (the year when the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out) the large digital corporations enjoyed the benefit of the doubt from governments and authorities and the approval of the users. In a short period of time, digital monopolies forever transformed the real estate market in cities such as Madrid or Paris. The urban transport sector and the labour regime of hundreds of millions of workers, not to mention the use and management of private data. But after a series of scandals and judicial setbacks associated with the criminal practices of large corporations such as Google or Facebook, governments and international institutions have agreed to point out the dangers associated with this excessive corporate power or ‘digital dominance’. The ILO and the OECD have remarked how the global labour market is at the verge of a huge transition, which if not handled with caution can lead to the disappearance of hundreds of millions of jobs. The European Union has marked as one of its priorities to recover digital sovereignty for its member countries, as well as to shield, from the Silicon Valley’s monopolistic capitalist offensive. The United States Congress, concerned about the overwhelming power of tech companies, is inquiring the top tech corporations to understand ‘the degree to which these intermediaries enjoy market power, how they are using that market power, whether they are using their market power in ways that have harmed consumers and competition, and how Congress should respond.’ 2020 will be a turning point in the formulation of digital capitalism. For some like Morozov, we are at the door of a digital neofeudalism with different domain spheres dependent of massive powers. Others, more optimistic, such as Lina Khan or Frank Pasquale, believe that digital capitalism can be controlled with the appropriate institutional and regulatory frameworks. Others, as Aaron Bastani or Trebor Scholz, highlight the emancipatory and even revolutionary potential of current digital tools and platforms. Can you imagine an Uber run and controlled by workers? What if we socialise Google? 2018, with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, was the year of the loss of the innocence of digital platforms. 2019 the year of the great declarations of the corporations (among others those of Uber, Google or Facebook) and of the awareness of the political authorities. 2020 may be the year in which digital capitalism is reformulated (in one direction or another). For this reason we call the participation to a thematic issue of Teknokultura. Journal of Digital Culture and Social Movements dedicated to digital capitalism. In this number we seek for contributions from academics and activists looking at digital capitalism, its many problems and perhaps its multiple solutions. Contributions are invited from a range of topics and perspectives, including, but not restricted to: * Digital Sociology * Platform Politics * Law and algorithmic governmentality * Biopolitics, sexism and racism * Digital Anthropology * Digital Capitalism’s Political Economy * Digital Welfare State We also are delighted to extend this call to workers, activists and political and social organizers who, from institutions, unions or social organizations are dealing with digital capitalism. Final drafts will be due April 15, 2020. Questions and topic inquiries for this thematic issue can be directed to the guest editors Aitor Jiménez and César Rendueles at aitor(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:aitor@auckland.ac.nz>. Articles may be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese. Articles must be original and must not have been previously published or be under consideration by other journals or publication. The author guidelines are available on the website at https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/about/submissions, and the section policies at https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/politicasecciones If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact the guest editors at: aitor(a)auckland.ac.nz

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