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BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: Programming with Python for Social Scientists
by Brooker, Phillip 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Hi all My book, "Programming with Python for Social Scientists", is out today (full details on the publisher's website: https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/programming-with-python-for-social-scienti…) available at places that sell these kind of books :-) It's designed for total newcomers to coding, building up to cover how to use Python to engage in lots of different social-science-relevant tasks including web-scraping, working with social media APIs, pulling and decoding datasets in different formats, and visualising data. Some testimonials below: "Great resource for all students and researchers looking for a clear, accessible, yet comprehensive introduction to Python and coding." (Nicola Perra, University of Greenwich) "This is an engaging, insightful and sophisticated guide to Python for social scientists. It's a manual of the highest quality and a practice led intervention with the potential to shape the future of the digital social sciences. I can't recommend it highly enough." (Mark Carrigan, University of Cambridge) Happy to answer any questions anyone might have, please share widely (any help is very much appreciated), thank you! Best wishes Phil Brooker

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CfP: Future of Location-based Games Research workshop DiGRA 2020
by Dale Leorke (TAU) 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Call for Participants: The Future of Location-based Gaming Research workshop, DiGRA 2020, Tampere 2 June 2020, 10.00-16.30 We are seeking participants for a one-day workshop to be held during the pre-conference program of DiGRA 2020 in Tampere, Finland, focusing on the future of location-based games research. Interested participants should express their interest by simply completing this short form<https://forms.gle/4t5gxxzaBxZ5pBzn6> [link: https://forms.gle/4t5gxxzaBxZ5pBzn6] Participants may just attend and participate in the discussion, or choose to also present a short paper of relevance to the theme. Please indicate your preference in the form. We hope to attract participants from diverse backgrounds and cultures and at different stages of their career, from students and early career researchers to established scholars. We are particularly looking forward to including a diverse and mixed group of researchers from east and west. If you have any questions, please contact Dale Leorke (dale.leorke(a)tuni.fi) Please complete the form by 14th February 2020. To read the full CfP, including an outline of the workshop structure, please visit the website: https://lbgworkshop.wordpress.com/ Workshop Organizers: Kati Alha, Elina Koskinen, Dale Leorke, Frans Mäyrä, Janne Paavilainen, Mattia Thibault (Tampere University, Finland); Nobushige Kobayashi (Tohoku Gakuin University, Japan), Yuhsuke Koyama (Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan), Ema Tanaka (Meiji University, Japan); Konstantinos Papangelis (Rochester Institute of Technology). - - - Dr Dale Leorke Postdoctoral Researcher Tampere University, Finland Author of Location-based Gaming<https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811306822> & Public Libraries in the Smart City<https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9789811328046> <https://uta-fi.academia.edu/DaleLeorke>Academia.edu<https://uta-fi.academia.edu/DaleLeorke> | LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/dleorke/><https://au.linkedin.com/in/dleorke>

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14th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science (RCIS 2020): Last Call for Papers (extended deadline!)
by Announce Announcements 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

*** Last 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 27, 2020 (extended) Paper submission deadline: February 3, 2020 (AoE) (extended) (Proceedings to be published by Springer; Special Issue in DKE, Elsevier) 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. 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. Each paper will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. We adopt a single-blind review format, meaning that the author names are included in the paper itself under the paper title. SPECIAL ISSUE A selection of the best accepted papers of RCIS'20, chosen by a dedicated committee, will be invited to submit an extended version of the RCIS paper to the Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE) journal published by Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/data-and-knowledge-engineering) The selection of the papers to invite will be based on the review scores and arguments, and the potential for extension. IMPORTANT DATES · Regular paper submission deadline: February 3, 2020 (AoE) (extended) · 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 Steering Committee · Saïd Assar, Institut Mines-Telecom Business School, France · Marko Bajec,University of Ljubljana, Slovenia · Pericles Loucopoulos, Manchester University, University Kingdom · Haralambos Moratidis, University of Brighton, United Kingdom · Selmin Nurcan, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France · Oscar Pastor, Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain · Jolita Ralyté, CUI, University of Geneva, Suisse · Colette Rolland, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France 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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Call for Abstracts: Conference "Communicating Memory Matters", 16-17 Sep 2020, University of Salzburg
by Siegel Linda 13 Jan '20

13 Jan '20

Call for Abstracts International Conference: "Communicating Memory Matters: Next Steps in the Study of Media Remembering and Communicative Commemoration" University of Salzburg, Austria 16-17 September 2020. Please submit abstracts via email (memorymatters2020(a)gmail.com<mailto:memorymatters2020@gmail.com>) by 1 March 2020 (for further information go to https://www.memoryandmedia.net) Organized by Memory and Media Research Network Professor Christian Pentzold and Professor Christine Lohmeier --------------------------------------- International Conference Communicating Memory Matters: Next Steps in the Study of Media Remembering and Communicative Commemoration University of Salzburg, 16-17 September 2020 Funded by the German Research Foundation, Memory and Media Network Grant Confirmed keynote speakers: Karina Horsti (Finnish Academy & University of Jyväskylä), Andrew Hoskins (University of Glasgow), Carolyn Kitch (Temple University), Randi Marselis (Roskilde University), & Anna Reading (King's College London) Memory is a communicative affair. Media and the forms of interaction and sensemaking they enable shape the ways people come to connect to a collective past, store personal reminiscences, and return to bygone moments. As such, every new wave of information and communication technology has brought about shifts in mnemonic culture. The practices and processes of media remembering and communicative commemoration receive an increasing academic attention across disciplines. Our conference addresses this nascent area of inquiry. It calls for contributions that explore the fundaments of communication memory studies in different academic traditions, map corresponding fields of research, and scrutinize analytical perspectives. The event brings together theoretical and empirical approaches toward the capacity of communication processes and media environments for memory making. Due to the variety of paradigms, we believe that it is necessary to work across disciplines and embrace an international perspective. The conference is open to research related to questions of memory, media, and communication. And it invites senior as well as emerging scholars to contemplate the future of communication memory studies. Contributions can address, but are not limited to, the following aspects: * Journalism and the role of journalistic memory agents * Memory and visual communication * Remembering and forgetting in academia, most notably communication studies * Media nostalgia in networked communication * Media witnessing and digital media * New media and shifting forms of memory making * Data, archives, and information retrieval * Memory work in-between the past, the present, and the future * Cosmopolitan and transnational media memory The conference will be hosted by the Memory and Media Network. It is funded by the German Research Foundation. Submission Guidelines Abstracts must be submitted via email (memorymatters2020(a)gmail.com<mailto:memorymatters2020@gmail.com>) by 1 March 2020. Submissions must contain a front page with all information about the author(s) as well as an anonymized extended abstract (max. 500 words excl. front page and bibliographical references). General Information The conference will begin on Tuesday, 15 September 2020, with a Get-Together and end on Thursday, 17 September 2020, with an afternoon session. For updated information concerning the programme, registration, accommodation, and travel, please visit our website www.memoryandmedia.net<http://www.memoryandmedia.net> Key Dates 1 March 2020: deadline for abstract submissions 8 April 2020: notification of acceptance 1 May 2020: publication of conference programme 15 to 17 September 2020: conference Organizers and Contact Memory and Media Research Network Professor Christian Pentzold and Professor Christine Lohmeier Email: memorymatters2020(a)gmail.com<mailto:memorymatters2020@gmail.com> Web: https://www.memoryandmedia.net Conference Venue Department of Communication Studies, University of Salzburg, Rudolfskai 42, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

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Tenure track position at Bar-Ilan University, Israel, in Information Systems and Data Analytics
by Prof. David G. Schwartz 12 Jan '20

12 Jan '20

Bar-Ilan University Graduate School of Business Administration Lecturer / Senior Lecturer Location: Israel / Ramat-Gan Discipline: Information Systems and Data Analytics Employment Type: Permanent Full-time The Graduate School of Business at Israel’s Bar-Ilan University is seeking leading applicants for an academic position as a lecturer/senior lecturer (assistant professor) in the Information Systems and Technologies group, in the fields of Data Analytics, Fintech, Text/Data Mining, and Digital Transformation. This position is budgeted and tenure track, starting in October 2020. The position includes teaching, research, student supervision, and participation in the ongoing activities of the Graduate School of Business Administration. A command of the Hebrew language is required as primary teaching responsibilities are in Hebrew. Bar-Ilan University is committed to equal opportunity in employment. The position is available to any suitable applicant. Applicants must hold a PhD in areas related to information systems, computer science, digitalization studies, or fintech, and have the knowledge and tools required to conduct quantitative research and teaching in Information Systems and related business disciplines. Applicants should be able to provide evidence of their ability to conduct independent research, show proven ability in the publication of papers in leading international academic platforms, as well as outstanding teaching skills. The Graduate School of Business is committed to research of the highest quality as well as to educating tomorrow's business leaders and technology innovators. To apply, please submit: - A letter of application that includes a brief academic profile, future research plans and possible teaching areas; - CV including a list of publications, research grants, awards, and courses taught; - Names of three references (academic position and email). Please send the material to Sari Cohen sari.cohen(a)biu.ac.il at the Graduate School of Business with subject line: Applicant for Information Systems and Technologies faculty position. --David -------------------------- David G. Schwartz Professor of Information Systems Director, The Social Intelligence Lab Chairman, PhD Program School of Business Bar-Ilan University, Israel www.socialintelligencelab.org

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UMAP 2020 - Fourth call for Workshop Proposals
by Oghenemaro Anuyah 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

*** CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS *** 28th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2020) University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, July 14-17, 2020 https://www.um.org/umap2020/ Proposals due: January 20, 2020 Submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2020 ACM UMAP 2020, the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and which collect, represent, and model user information, is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops provide a venue to discuss and explore emerging areas of User Modelling and Adaptive Hypermedia research with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program comprising different workshop formats, combining newly emerging, currently evolving and established research topics. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: - Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic; participants may be asked to submit a white paper or position statement. - Mini-conferences on specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes. - Mini-competitions or challenges around selected topics with individual or team participation. - Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the UMAP general research topics. - Joint panels for different workshops. PROPOSAL FORMAT Workshop proposals should be submitted in PDF format via Easychair submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap2020, not exceeding 5 pages and organized as follows: - Workshop title and acronym - Workshop chair(s), including affiliation, email address, homepage, and experiences in organizing such events - Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest - Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time - Workshop format, discussing the mix of events such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions - Intended audience and expected number of participants - List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal) - Requested duration (half day or full day) - When available, past editions of the workshop, including URLs, a brief statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics. INSTRUCTIONS We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of contributions and may ensure rich interactions. The organizers of accepted workshops will prepare a workshop web site containing the call for papers and detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. There will be a conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM where all the workshop papers will be published. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. IMPORTANT DATES - Proposal submission: January 20, 2020 - Notification of proposal acceptance: January 31, 2020 - Send the workshop description & website URL: February 23, 2020 - (Suggested) 1st call for papers: February 28, 2020 - (Suggested) 2nd call for papers: March 20, 2020 - (Suggested) paper submission: April 10, 2020 - (Suggested) notification to authors: May 5, 2020 - Workshop summary camera-ready deadline: May 3, 2020 - Workshop papers camera-ready deadline: May 12, 2020 - Adjunct proceedings camera ready deadline: May 15, 2020 - Workshop Date: July 17, 2020 PROCEEDINGS AND REGISTRATION POLICY Workshop papers will be included in the Adjunct Proceedings published by ACM. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted workshop paper must register for the conference or the workshop and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed to students who present a student paper. A “Workshop/Tutorial Only” fee will be available as well. WORKSHOP CHAIRS - Pasquale Lops, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Italy pasquale.lops AT uniba.it - Veronika Bogina, Haifa University, Israel sveron AT gmail.com <http://uam.es/> Regards, Oghenemaro Anuyah Graduate Research Assistant Dept. of Computer Science, Boise State University ACM UMAP Conference 2020 - *Co-publicity Chair* oghenemaroanuyah(a)u.boisestate.edu

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1/24 Live Stream: ESC PLAN: The Future of Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC) with Angwin, boyd, Brock, DaCosta, Gennai, Okonkwo, Parthasarathy, Price, ...
by Christian Sandvig 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

Dear AIR Colleagues, I'm very excited about the ESC "official" opening event in just two weeks. This is a half-day event. We will be live-streaming and taking real-time questions from Internet participants. I wanted to share this with you so that you can mark your calendars -- note that no RSVP is needed for off-site participation. Feel free to forward as appropriate. I bet we have some speakers here who are familiar to AIR-L -- and even may be on this mailing list (hi!). I expect some great conversations. Highlights: danah boyd is principal researcher at Microsoft Research and the founder of Data & Society. Jen Gennai is in charge of responsible innovation at Google, and heads the implementation of Google's AI principles. Julia Angwin is a Pulitzer-winning journalist currently launching a philanthropically-funded publication dedicated to investigating big tech (The Markup). André Brock's new book *Distributed Blackness* is available in just a couple of weeks. Shobita Parthasarathy is the author of the award-winning book *Patent Politics* and is behind "The Recevied Wisdom" podcast. And more... I hope you can join us, Christian --------------------- *ESC PLAN: The ESC Opening Event* A half-day public event to inaugurate the Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. DATE / TIME / LOCATION *Friday, January 24, 2020* 1:00 pm to 7:30 pm Eastern Standard Time (UTC/GMT-5). Space 2435, North Quadrangle, 105 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 (Off-site reception to follow.) *FOR REMOTE PARTICIPANTS*: Video from this talk will be streamed live at http://esc.umich.edu/plan Questions will be taken from the Internet. An RSVP is requested for in-person participants only. RSVP form: https://forms.gle/f1DhfD8Cirkt6CZx9 *SCHEDULE* 1:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. ET *Toward Ethics, Society, and Computing* (ESC) (Opening Remarks.) 1:15 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. ET PANEL: *Accountable Technology — An Oxymoron?* - Julia Angwin <https://juliaangwin.com/>, The Markup - danah boyd <https://www.danah.org/>, Data & Society - Marc DaCosta <https://marcdacosta.com/>, Enigma - Jen Gennai <https://events.google.com/io/schedule/events/speakers/f834530d-4b63-42d4-ab…>, Google - Christian Sandvig <http://www-personal.umich.edu/~csandvig/>, University of Michigan (moderator) 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. ET PANEL: *Culture After Tech Culture — Unimaginable?* - André Brock <https://www.lmc.gatech.edu/people/person/andre-brock>, Georgia Tech - Silvia Lindtner <http://www.silvialindtner.com/>, University of Michigan (moderator) - Holly Okonkwo <https://www.cla.purdue.edu/facultystaff/profiles/new/newfaculty-18/Okonkwo_…>, Purdue University - Monroe Price <https://www.asc.upenn.edu/people/faculty/monroe-price-jd>, University of Pennsylvania - Shobita Parthasarathy <http://shobitap.org/>, University of Michigan 4:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. ET *The Future of Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC)* (Closing Remarks.) 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. ET Off-Site Reception and Mixer An RSVP is requested for in-person participants. RSVP form: https://forms.gle/f1DhfD8Cirkt6CZx9 More information is on the event details page on the Web: http://esc.umich.edu/event/esc-plan-the-esc-opening-event/ A printable PDF poster for this event: http://esc.umich.edu/ESC_PLAN.pdf -------- This event is the opening of ESC: The Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing. http://esc.umich.edu/ ESC is generously supported by the School of Information; the Center for Political Studies at the Institute for Social Research; and the Department of Communication & Media in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan.

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Still On
by Stella 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

Dear Friends There is still some limited spaces for chapter contributions for the book *Global Perspectives on the Impact of Mass Media on Electoral Processes *to be published by IGI. Kindly use the link: https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/4499. Thank you. Dr. Stella Aririguzoh Department of Mass Communication Covenant University Nigeria. *MAY GOD BLESS YOU ESPECIALLY TODAY, IN JESUS NAME!*

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5 days to go: CMSTW'2020 in St.Petersburg, Russia
by Svetlana S. Bodrunova 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

Dear colleagues, Five days to go before the deadline (January 15, with possible extension up to January 20 if necessary) for CMSTW’2020 – 8th conference ‘Comparative Media Studies in Today’s World’, to take place in St.Petersburg, Russia on April 21 to 23, 2020. Please note that citizens of over 50 countries may use e-visas to enter St.Petersburg for up to 8 days! The theme of the conference is ‘Back to context?’ – we see this as particularly relevant for the current research in social science, including studies of social networks. The conference has 4 tracks, including theory, social&political, media industry, and research methods. Network analysis and online research are welcome! We have a diverse range of invited speakers and offer to the best papers the publications in Routledge and Digital Journalism (Scopus Q1). Find the full information on cmstw2020.org – and please feel free to ask questions by writing to cmstw2020(a)spbu.ru. Welcome to St.Petersburg! -- Svetlana S. Bodrunova, Prof., D.Polit.Sci. Head, Center for International Media Research School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St.Petersburg State University +7 921 933 02 14 s.bodrunova(a)spbu.ru, spasibo-tebe(a)yandex.ru

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New Book: The Digital Economy, Tim Jordan
by Tim Jordan 11 Jan '20

11 Jan '20

Dear all, Excuse the self-promotion, but my new book examining the digital economy is now available from Polity: https://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517558 The book examines what we mean when we ask what the digital economy is and follows this with case studies of search, social media, service providers like Airbnb, free economic practices and gaming. It then reviews current theory, proposes a model for understanding the digital economy as a specific economic practice, and outlines policy guidelines. I hope it's of interest to some of you. Best Tim Tim Jordan, Professor of Digital Cultures, School of Media, Film and Music, University of Sussex. Office: ArtsC 110C

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