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PhD position in STS – Bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI)
by Kinder-Kurlanda, Katharina 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Dear colleagues, we are currently advertising a PhD position in Science and Technology Studies (STS) at the GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences in Cologne, Germany. The PhD student will work within the “NoBIAS – Artificial Intelligence without Bias” Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Network (ITN) (https://nobias-project.eu/) More information and application here: https://www.hidden-professionals.de/HPv3.Jobs/gesis/job/12155/Early-Stage-R… I would be very grateful if you forwarded this information to interested candidates! Best wishes, Katharina --- Dr. Katharina E. Kinder-Kurlanda Fellow CAIS - Center for Advanced Internet Studies Universitätsstr. 104 44799 Bochum, Germany Team Leader Data Linking & Data Security GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 50667 Cologne, Germany Tel.: +49 221 47694 449 Email: katharina.kinder-kurlanda(a)gesis.org

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3-year Postdoctoral Research Associate in Digital methods
by Aradau, Claudia 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Dear all, I am looking for a postdoctoral research associate with expertise in digital methods to work with me on a European Research Council Consolidator Grant SECURITY FLOWS (‘Enacting border security in the digital age: Political lives of data forms, flows and frictions’). The project analyses the epistemic, political, practical and ethical implications of the increased production of data and data analytics for border security. The post is full-time for three years and it will be based in the Department of War Studies at King’s College London. The post holder will support the development of digital methods and approaches in the project. This should include supporting digital methods research in the context of internet studies; digital sociology; information science; computational social science; or data studies and associated areas. More details about the post and how to apply at https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BYB938/research-associate?utm_campaign=google_jo… or http://bit.ly/36kuFz9 Please circulate to anyone who might be interested. thank you, Claudia Aradau -- Professor Claudia Aradau Professor of International Politics Department of War Studies King’s College London Strand, London WC2R 2LS ERC SECURITY FLOWS ‘Enacting border security in the digital age: Political worlds of data forms, flows and frictions’ @securityflows ORA GUARDINT ‘Oversight and Intelligence Networks: Who Guards the Guardians?<https://guardint.org/>’ @guard_int Email: claudia.aradau(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:claudia.aradau@kcl.ac.uk> Web: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/professor-claudia-aradau-1 Twitter: @claudia_aradau Publications: https://kcl.academia.edu/ClaudiaAradau<https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fkcl.acad…>

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JOB: 2-year, Full-time, Level B Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Internet Studies, Curtin University
by Crystal Abidin 22 Jan '20

22 Jan '20

Hi folks, Internet Studies at Curtin University (Perth, Western Australia) is hiring a 2-year, full-time, level B Postdoctoral Research Fellow to work on an Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project looking at Social Media Influencers as Conduits of Knowledge in East Asia and Australia. The candidate will be working closely with Dr Crystal Abidin and based in the School of Media, Creative Arts and Social Inquiry (MCASI), which explores new technologies and values the creative industries and social sciences. The School aims to encourage creative and critical reflection while engaging with relevant industries. You will bring to the role: - A PhD, preferably in Humanities or Social Sciences. - Demonstrated experience in conducting traditional or digital ethnographic fieldwork – highly desirable. - Competence in an East Asian language, preferably Chinese, Japanese or Korean – essential. - A record of high-quality, peer-reviewed research publication, preferably demonstrating expertise in social media studies. - Demonstrated high level communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with students and staff with cross-cultural sensitivity. - Demonstrated commitment to applying policies, procedures and legislation, as well as maintaining data security and confidentiality. - Demonstrated project management skills with the ability to manage and implement project plans to achieve desired outcomes within required constraints. Deadline for applications is 03 February 2020. More information + Apply via the link here: https://staff.curtin.edu.au/job-vacancies/?ja-job=84194&fbclid=IwAR2rcFCAdk… Thank you for sharing this across your networks. /C ––––––––––––––– Dr Crystal Abidin, PhD wishcrys.com Senior Research Fellow & ARC DECRA Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University Affiliate Researcher, MMTC, Jönköping University Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia / Pacific Standard Magazine 30 Top Thinkers Under 30 Books: Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures (2020) <https://wishcrys.com/instagram-polity/> Microcelebrity Around the Globe: Approaches to Cultures of Internet Fame (2018) <https://wishcrys.com/microcelebrity-around-the-globe-emerald/> Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online (2018) <https://wishcrys.com/internet-celebrity-emerald/> Recent publications: "Si Geena" (Brat): Un-Social Digital Juveniles' Episodic Resistance in Singapore (2019) <https://brill.com/view/journals/dias/aop/article-10.1163-22142312-12340118/…> Minahs and Minority Celebrity: Parody YouTube Influencers and Minority Politics in Singapore (2019) <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19392397.2019.1698816> Navigating Interdisciplinarity as a Precarious Early Career Researcher (2019) <https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/csrj/article/view/6880?fbc…> Tacit Labours of Digital Social Research as an Early Career Researcher (2019) <https://jdsr.se/ojs/index.php/jdsr/article/view/10> <http://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1274581&dswid=1725>

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CfP: Gamevironments Special Issue "Democracy dies playfully"
by Lisa Kienzl 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

CALL FOR PAPERS Special Issue GAMEVIRONMENTS 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------- Democracy dies playfully. (Anti)-Democratic ideas in and around video games by Eugen Pfister, Tobias Winnerling, Felix Zimmermann ------------------------------------------------------------- Deadline for 300-word abstracts 01. March 2020 ------------------------------------------------------------- All video games are political. That is, while a vocal minority urges publishers and developers alike to refrain from any political statements, video games and their production are always in and of themselves political. They communicate and (re-)produce political values and hence may contribute to the construction of collective identities. Above anything else the majority of video games teach us to recognize the good from the bad. Actors develop morality and an ethical compass not only based on influences from families, peer groups and (school) education but also based on experiences with popular culture of which video games are a vital part. Keeping in mind that most of European gamers nowadays are living in democracies while at the same time public belief in our political system is eroding, we must focus all the more on this political dimension. How do video games communicate and frame democratic processes, in their in-game representations and game-mechanics as well as in their production and reception cycles? A first step would be to search for democratic aspects or building blocks in the narratives, aesthetics and game-mechanics of video games. A first glance might be sobering. Modern-day gaming experiences - especially in blockbuster productions - are often characterized by a tendency to put player agency at the forefront. The fetish of the all-mighty lone wolf character as protagonist may appear to not be compatible with ideas of democratic participation, deliberation and compromises. The so-called ‘God Games’ have earned their names for a reason, and this reason does not incorporate players simulating a situation where they might be voted out of office. One might ask, however, if video games and their elaborate simulations are not, in fact, particularly suited to emulate the finding of common ground between the many. For example, there are more and more games focusing on online and offline cooperation and societal problem-solving. Secondly, reports of workplace harassment, burnout-inducing crunch practices and mass layoffs call into questions whether the industrialized mass production of video games is prone to undemocratic tendencies of marginalisation and oppression. Meanwhile, unionization appears to make ground in the internationalised game industry, aiming to bring democratic participation to the workplace. Another question then might be whether the supposedly ‘new’ digital economy is in any substantial way different from other types of industries and the historically well-known problems with codetermination at the workplace they have been prone to produce. Finally, a ferocious vocal minority of self-proclaimed gamers is hard at work trying to regulate who should and who shouldn’t participate and have a say in gaming culture. For example, the so-called gamergate-movement can be of interest to researchers not least because of its anti-democratic impetus and its employment of techniques to discourage and inhibit communication on topics of participation and equality. We encourage reflections on any of the mentioned contexts and invite contributions on how the long and volatile tradition of democracy has shaped games, is shaped by games or is and has been represented in games and the contexts of their production and use. Topics for further investigation may include, but are not limited to: • Imaginations of modern democratic systems and practices in video games • Symbols related to democracy and (historical) personalities in video games • Historical perspectives on the representation of democratic processes in video games (transitions, directions, …) • Historical perspectives on the representation of notably un-democratic processes • Representations of historical democracies (e.g., in genres such as global strategy) • Video games as spaces to experiment with democratic practices online and offline • Video games as spaces to experiment with undemocratic practices or as a challenge to democratic ideas • Games from different political systems (i.e., from Iran, Russia or the PR China) • Games as media for civic education in democratic systems (both state-sponsored and free market productions) • Games and their surrounding discourses as processes of democratic deliberation or anti-democratic obstruction • Gaming communities and their role in democratic and non-democratic systems ------------------------------------------------------------- GUIDELINES Submit a title and 300-word abstract to Felix Zimmermann (gamevironments(a)felix-zimmermann.net) by 01.03.2020. Possible formats for submission include: a) regular academic articles b) interviews c) research reports d) book reviews e) game reviews All articles submitted will be subject to double-blind peer-review. For more on submission formats and guidelines see: http://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/submission-guideline/ https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/gv-styl… ------------------------------------------------------------- TIMELINE Title and abstract submission: 01.03.2020 Full text submission: 01.07.2020 Review results returned: 01.09.2020 Revised text submission: 15.10.2020 Online publication: December 2020 -- Dr.Dr. Lisa Kienzl, MA managing editor gamevironments wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | postdoctoral researcher Arbeitsgebiet Literaturen und Medien der Religionen | Literature and Media of Religions Universität Bremen | University of Bremen Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik | Institute of Religious Studies and Religious Education Sportturm (SpT) Postfach 330 440 D-28359 Bremen T. +49 (0)421 218 67912 https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/

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Critical Approaches to Media Discourse (CAMD2020): Call for Papers
by Wing Hei Adrian Yip 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Dear colleagues We are excited to announce the conference “Critical Approaches to Media Discourse (CAMD2020)”. The conference will take place from 14-15 May 2020 at Queen Mary University of London. Below is the event announcement from the organisers. You can also find out more on the conference website: https://camd2020qmul.wixsite.com/camd2020 -- Critical Approaches to Media Discourse (CAMD2020) 14-15 May 2020 Queen Mary University of London, Mile End Road, London, E1 4NS Media not only reflect but also reinforce dominant ideologies and power relations in our everyday life. They play an increasingly important role in the construction and communication of ideas and beliefs in the contemporary mediatized world. The continually changing mediascape poses challenges to the examination of media discourses, from theoretical and methodological considerations to the intersections of discourse, media, power and ideologies. CAMD2020 aims to re-envision criticality in media discourse analytic work and stimulate dialogue and reflection of various critical approaches to the analysis of language in the media. We welcome researchers from across disciplines, whose work spans a wide range of topics, contexts and traditions of discourse studies. Confirmed plenary speakers: Professor John Flowerdew (Lancaster University) Professor Jeremy Munday (University of Leeds) Professor Per Ledin (Södertörn University) Discussions at the conference will be organized into two main strands including but not limited to the following themes: 1. Theory and methodology • Theoretical approaches to media discourse • Research methods in media discourse analysis • Micro analysis of media discourse • Critical discourse analysis • Corpus-assisted (critical) discourse studies • Multimodality • Social semiotics and visual communication • Traditional media, new media, social media • Methodological innovations and challenges • Ethics 2. Ideology and power • Discourse and society • Power and identity • Gender and sexuality discourse • Race and class discourse • Political discourse • Academic discourse • Health discourse • Environmental discourse • Other discourses of ideology and power Each participant can submit as a first author one abstract, for paper presentation (20 minutes) or lightning talk (8 minutes). Proposals for both lightning talks and paper presentations should be no more than 300 words (including references). Please submit your abstract as a Word Document to camd2020.qmul(a)gmail.com<mailto:camd2020.qmul@gmail.com> and include the following in your submission: • title of the presentation • name(s), affiliation(s) and contact email(s) of the author(s) • proposed category of your submission: lightning talk or paper presentation • proposed strand: theory and methodology or ideology and power Abstract submission deadline: 16 March 2020 Further information about the conference can be found on the website. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any questions/suggestions. Best regards -- Adrian Yip, Songyan Du, Jessica Zhong PhD Candidates in Linguistics Queen Mary University of London

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New book: Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges
by Hilde Stephansen 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

****Apologies for the duplicate posting, but I am sending this again (hopefully) with better line spacing so folks can actually read it!*** We are happy to announce the publication of the book CITIZEN MEDIA AND PRACTICE: CURRENTS, CONNECTIONS, CHALLENGES, edited by Hilde C. Stephansen (University of Westminster) and Emiliano Treré (Cardiff University). Purchase the book here (paperback, hardback and eBook editions available from Routledge): https://bit.ly/2tkh6kX Access book abstracts, TOC and download a free PDF version of Chapter 1: http://citizenmediaseries.org/published_volumes/citizen-media-and-practice/ The blurb: This groundbreaking collection advances understanding of the concept of media practices by critically interrogating its relevance for the study of citizen and activist media. Media as practice has emerged as a powerful approach to understanding the media’s significance in contemporary society. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in sociology, media and communication, social movement and critical data studies, this book stimulates dialogue across previously separate traditions of research on citizen and activist media practices and stakes out future directions for research in this burgeoning interdisciplinary field. Framed by a foreword by Nick Couldry and a substantial introductory chapter by the editors, contributions to the volume trace the roots and appropriations of the concept of media practice in Latin American communication theory; reflect on the relationship between activist agency and technological affordances; explore the relevance of the media practice approach for the study of media activism, including activism that takes media as its central object of struggle; and demonstrate the significance of the media practice approach for understanding processes of mediatization and datafication. Offering both a comprehensive introduction to scholarship on citizen media and practice and a cutting-edge exploration of a novel theoretical framework, the book is ideal for students and experienced scholars alike. The book includes contributions by: Nick Couldry, Hilde C. Stephansen, Emiliano Treré, Clemencia Rodríguez, Omar Rincón, Amparo Marroquín, Alejandro Barranquero, Ángel Barbas, Donatella Della Porta, Bart Cammaerts, Anne Kaun, Dorothy Kidd, Alice Mattoni, Elena Pavan, Andreas Hepp, Sigrid Kannengießer, Helen Kennedy, Stefania Milan, Aristea Fotopoulou and Lina Dencik. Reviews: “Thinking about and exploring media practices entail the recognition that we need another kind of gaze, other points of view, other places from which to make sense of culture and the media. Citizen Media and Practice provides a renewed understanding of media practices in connection to the people and the territories they inhabit. The book explores the ambiguities of media practices and charts the possibilities they open up to imagine another kind of world and connect to other ways of thinking about culture.” Jesús Martín-Barbero, author of Communication, culture and hegemony: From the media to mediations (Sage, 1993) (Orig. edition: De los Medios a las Mediaciones. Comunicación, cultura y hegemonía, Gustavo Gilli, 1987) “Citizen Media and Practice is an outstanding contribution to practice-oriented research on citizen and activist media today. Its contributions are delicately balanced for stimulating interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation based on empirical research into a great diversity of topics related to media activism and social movements in Europe and Latin America. The book offers an up-to-date, cutting-edge overview of how practice approaches are useful for grasping contemporary activism and media processes, and how materialities, digitalities, discourses, bodies, affects and emotions are embedded into political actions that aim to change the world we live in, through our makings and aspirations, doings and sayings. This book demonstrates that practice theories are alive and kicking because they are powerful tools to understand ourselves as citizens; active agents of the world we inhabit”. Elisenda Ardèvol, Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Barcelona. Director of the Mediaccions Research Group in Culture and Digital Communication. “Stephansen and Treré have brought together a very competent and interdisciplinary collective of researchers that together have delivered an inspiring book! It builds necessary bridges between Anglo-Saxon and Latin American scholarship; it retrieves relevant and almost forgotten past research, letting it inform contemporary scholarship: and it establishes connections between research into citizen media practice with relevant and emerging fields of inquiry in the social sciences. The result is a very commendable book that challenges and pushes the boundaries of not only media scholarship but of social science more broadly.” Thomas Tufte, Professor at and Director of the Institute for Media and Creative Industries, Loughborough University London. Author of Communication and Social Change – A Citizen Perspective (Polity, 2017) “There is a terrific immediacy to Citizen Media and Practice. Reading this book feels like sneaking into an advanced seminar with leading Latin American and anglophone scholars as they debate the latest implications of the ‘practice turn’ for the study of media, communication and social movements. John Postill, Senior Lecturer in Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, author of The Rise of Nerd Politics (Pluto, 2018) “This book is a timely and necessary overview of the notion of “media as practice.” It blends insights from Latin American and Northern communication scholarship, and takes stock of the current state of the research. The chapters provide a wealth of insights to further refine the understanding of “what citizens (and social movements) do with media”. At a time of growing concerns about the rise of anti-progressive movements around the world, this book delivers hope without rose-tinted, unrealistic promises. Amid the current obsession with data, measurement and technology, this book reminds us why organized, ordinary citizens matter in the struggle to challenge power.” Silvio Waisbord, Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, past Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Communication (2015-2018), author of Communication: A Post-Discipline (Polity, 2019). “From data practices to video activism, this book brings together the best scholars in the field who explore the stories, the values and struggles of those working on citizen media. A must read for anyone interested in these media forms, their social importance, and their struggle for social justice”. Veronica Barassi, Senior Lecturer, Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University of London. Author of Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles Against Digital Capitalism (Routledge, 2015). Dr Hilde C. Stephansen Senior Lecturer in Sociology | Course Leader BA Sociology & Criminology School of Social Sciences | University of Westminster Room 403 | 32-38 Wells Street | London W1T 3UW 020 3506 4653 | @hildestephansen<https://twitter.com/hildestephansen> | University of Westminster profile<https://www.westminster.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/directory/stephansen-hilde> Semester 2 office hours: Mondays 15.15-17.15 New book: Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges<https://www.routledge.com/Citizen-Media-and-Practice-Currents-Connections-C…> 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. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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looking for a PhD student in new media/software studies (deadline 24 January)
by Stefania Milan 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Dear colleagues ***apologies for cross-posting*** At the Department of Media Studies, University of Amsterdam we have an opening for a PhD position in new media/software studies. The PhD student will work in the international, interdisciplinary project e-LADDA (https://e-ladda.eu) funded as a Marie Curies Innovative Training Network. The profiles we look for (in total 14 PhD students across several organizations) are detailed here: https://www.ntnu.edu/e-ladda/individual-projects1. Look for project ESR13 "Apps for learning: A software studies analysis of mobile applications for language development in children". We will focus in particular on atypical children (e.g., with autism, Down syndrome, etc.) so you will have the opportunity to really make a difference for these children and their families. Deadline for applications: January 24th, 2020, 23:00 CET Apply at https://www.ntnu.edu/e-ladda/recruitment Best, Stefania Stefania Milan Associate Professor of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam | https://stefaniamilan.net Principal Investigator, DATACTIVE (ERC Starting Grant 639379) | https://data-activism.net Principal Investigator, ALEX (ERC Proof of Concept 825974) | https://algorithms.exposed @annliffey | @data_ctive +31627875425 | +31(0)205252416 Fingerprint:5A7B  6330  5684  FC39  3DC0 67D7  08B3  50AE  6AF5  1B63

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Ethical Tech: Bias, Algorithms and Social Justice (event @King's College London)
by Feldman, Zeena 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Dear friends and colleagues, For those in London on Wednesday, 5 February, please join us for a discussion on 'Ethical Tech: Bias, Algorithms and Social Justice' with Dr Shauna Concannon (CRASSH, University of Cambridge) and Dr Clara Crivellaro (Newcastle University). The event is free and you can register at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethical-tech-bias-algorithms-and-social-just…. Where: King’s College London (The Strand, King’s Building, room K2.31 Nash Lecture Theatre, London WC2R 2LS) When: Wednesday, 5 February, 17:30 to 19:00 (followed by a wine reception) Details: Ethical Tech: Bias, Algorithms and Social Justice with Dr Shauna Concannon and Dr Clara Crivellaro (chaired by Dr Zeena Feldman, KCL) 'Beginning with Bias: Unpacking the Complexities of Developing Ethical AI Systems' Dr Shauna Concannon (CRASSH, University of Cambridge) Language-based Artificially Intelligent systems are typically trained on linguistic data generated by people; consequently, they routinely reinforce existing social biases. The European Commission’s guidance on trustworthy AI instructs that socially constructed biases must be removed from datasets used to train AI systems. However, the biases inherent in linguistic data are vast and varied, and developing a balanced and unbiased dataset may be practically impossible to implement. Furthermore, debiasing as a concept is opaque and what it means in practice for language-based systems is unclear. The goal of bias removal is to ensure systems operate fairly, but it also involves instigating a conscientious change from how language is used and represented (in the relevant dataset) to how it should be. In this talk I will explore the ethical and societal implications of artificially intelligent language-related technologies. Drawing on critical and feminist theoretical perspectives, and insights from practical efforts to mitigate bias from neural language systems, I will reflect on the complexities and considerations required to develop artificially intelligent systems that are ethical and just. 'Exploring fairness and justice in digital innovation' Dr Clara Crivellaro (University of Newcastle) In this talk, I will explore how a social justice perspective can help engage with the structures and dominant world views that underline much digital innovation and the replication of social issues. I will first position the work within current discourses on digital innovation, ethics and equity in order to outline critical lines of inquiry. Then, drawing from a range of projects and activities, I will discuss ways in which we can open up possibilities and proactively begin to create the conditions for technologies to support social innovation and social justice’ aspirations and goals. Registration at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ethical-tech-bias-algorithms-and-social-just…. All best wishes, Zeena Dr Zeena Feldman Lecturer in Digital Culture King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities The Strand Chesham Building, 0.03 London WC2R 2LS zeena.feldman(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:zeena.feldman@kcl.ac.uk> https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-zeena-feldman New book: Digital Food Cultures (with Deborah Lupton) – available for pre-order now https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Food-Cultures-1st-Edition/Lupton-Feldman/… The Quitting Social Media project: https://quittingsocialmedia.wordpress.com<https://quittingsocialmedia.wordpress.com/> Art & the Politics of Visibility (IB Tauris/Bloomsbury, 2017): https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/art-and-the-politics-of-visibility-9781780769…

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Two Conferences in 2020 you should not miss: CeDEM-Asia 2020 and IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020
by Noella Edelmann 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

Apologies for X-posting! ************************* We would like to invite you to join us at 2 conferences in 2020: CeDEM-Asia 2020 (held 15-16 May in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and IFIP EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020 (Linköping, Sweden) CeDEM Asia 2020 tracks focus on: social media citizen engagement; weaponizing digital media; e-government, smart cities & emerging topics. The extended deadline (for abstracts) is 10 February 2020. Travel funding for graduate students presenting full papers is available. Please see all details here:https://digitalgovernment.wordpress.com/category/research-2/ Submission here: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=cedemasia2020# Conference: 15-16 May 2020, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia EGOV-CeDEM-ePart 2020 represents the merge of the IFIP WG 8.5 Electronic Government (EGOV), the IFIP WG 8.5 IFIP Electronic Participation (ePart) and the Conference for E-Democracy and Open Government Conference (CeDEM). Topics focus on: e-government & e-governance; e-democracy & e-participation; AI, data analytics & automated decision-Making; msart cities; social media; social innovation; open data; digital society, cybersecurity; legal informatics, practitioners' work. Dedaline for (full) submissions: 17 March 2020 Funding for PhD students presenting at the PhD Colloquium is available. Please see all details here: http://dgsoc.org/egov-2020/ Submission here: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=egov2020# Conference: 31 August-2 September 2020, Linköping, Sweden We look forward to seeing you in Kuala Lumpur or in Linköping! Kind regards Noella Dr. Noella Edelmann Senior Researcher Danube University Krems Department for E-Governance and Administration Center for E-Government Dr.-Karl-Dorrek-Straße 30 A-3500 Krems Austria Tel. +43 (0)2732 893 2303 www.donau-uni.ac.at/egov

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New book: Citizen Media and Practice: Currents, Connections, Challenges
by Hilde Stephansen 21 Jan '20

21 Jan '20

We are happy to announce the publication of the book CITIZEN MEDIA AND PRACTICE: CURRENTS, CONNECTIONS, CHALLENGES, edited by Hilde C. Stephansen (University of Westminster) and Emiliano Treré (Cardiff University). Purchase the book here (paperback, hardback and eBook editions available from Routledge): https://bit.ly/2tkh6kX Access book abstracts, TOC and download a free PDF version of Chapter 1: http://citizenmediaseries.org/published_volumes/citizen-media-and-practice/ The blurb: This groundbreaking collection advances understanding of the concept of media practices by critically interrogating its relevance for the study of citizen and activist media. Media as practice has emerged as a powerful approach to understanding the media’s significance in contemporary society. Bringing together contributions from leading scholars in sociology, media and communication, social movement and critical data studies, this book stimulates dialogue across previously separate traditions of research on citizen and activist media practices and stakes out future directions for research in this burgeoning interdisciplinary field. Framed by a foreword by Nick Couldry and a substantial introductory chapter by the editors, contributions to the volume trace the roots and appropriations of the concept of media practice in Latin American communication theory; reflect on the relationship between activist agency and technological affordances; explore the relevance of the media practice approach for the study of media activism, including activism that takes media as its central object of struggle; and demonstrate the significance of the media practice approach for understanding processes of mediatization and datafication. Offering both a comprehensive introduction to scholarship on citizen media and practice and a cutting-edge exploration of a novel theoretical framework, the book is ideal for students and experienced scholars alike. The book includes contributions by: Nick Couldry, Hilde C. Stephansen, Emiliano Treré, Clemencia Rodríguez, Omar Rincón, Amparo Marroquín, Alejandro Barranquero, Ángel Barbas, Donatella Della Porta, Bart Cammaerts, Anne Kaun, Dorothy Kidd, Alice Mattoni, Elena Pavan, Andreas Hepp, Sigrid Kannengießer, Helen Kennedy, Stefania Milan, Aristea Fotopoulou and Lina Dencik. Reviews: “Thinking about and exploring media practices entail the recognition that we need another kind of gaze, other points of view, other places from which to make sense of culture and the media. Citizen Media and Practice provides a renewed understanding of media practices in connection to the people and the territories they inhabit. The book explores the ambiguities of media practices and charts the possibilities they open up to imagine another kind of world and connect to other ways of thinking about culture.” Jesús Martín-Barbero, author of Communication, culture and hegemony: From the media to mediations (Sage, 1993) (Orig. edition: De los Medios a las Mediaciones. Comunicación, cultura y hegemonía, Gustavo Gilli, 1987) “Citizen Media and Practice is an outstanding contribution to practice-oriented research on citizen and activist media today. Its contributions are delicately balanced for stimulating interdisciplinary cross-fertilisation based on empirical research into a great diversity of topics related to media activism and social movements in Europe and Latin America. The book offers an up-to-date, cutting-edge overview of how practice approaches are useful for grasping contemporary activism and media processes, and how materialities, digitalities, discourses, bodies, affects and emotions are embedded into political actions that aim to change the world we live in, through our makings and aspirations, doings and sayings. This book demonstrates that practice theories are alive and kicking because they are powerful tools to understand ourselves as citizens; active agents of the world we inhabit”. Elisenda Ardèvol, Professor in Social and Cultural Anthropology at UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya), Barcelona. Director of the Mediaccions Research Group in Culture and Digital Communication. “Stephansen and Treré have brought together a very competent and interdisciplinary collective of researchers that together have delivered an inspiring book! It builds necessary bridges between Anglo-Saxon and Latin American scholarship; it retrieves relevant and almost forgotten past research, letting it inform contemporary scholarship: and it establishes connections between research into citizen media practice with relevant and emerging fields of inquiry in the social sciences. The result is a very commendable book that challenges and pushes the boundaries of not only media scholarship but of social science more broadly.” Thomas Tufte, Professor at and Director of the Institute for Media and Creative Industries, Loughborough University London. Author of Communication and Social Change – A Citizen Perspective (Polity, 2017) “There is a terrific immediacy to Citizen Media and Practice. Reading this book feels like sneaking into an advanced seminar with leading Latin American and anglophone scholars as they debate the latest implications of the ‘practice turn’ for the study of media, communication and social movements. John Postill, Senior Lecturer in Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, author of The Rise of Nerd Politics (Pluto, 2018) “This book is a timely and necessary overview of the notion of “media as practice.” It blends insights from Latin American and Northern communication scholarship, and takes stock of the current state of the research. The chapters provide a wealth of insights to further refine the understanding of “what citizens (and social movements) do with media”. At a time of growing concerns about the rise of anti-progressive movements around the world, this book delivers hope without rose-tinted, unrealistic promises. Amid the current obsession with data, measurement and technology, this book reminds us why organized, ordinary citizens matter in the struggle to challenge power.” Silvio Waisbord, Professor in the School of Media and Public Affairs, George Washington University, past Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Communication (2015-2018), author of Communication: A Post-Discipline (Polity, 2019). “From data practices to video activism, this book brings together the best scholars in the field who explore the stories, the values and struggles of those working on citizen media. A must read for anyone interested in these media forms, their social importance, and their struggle for social justice”. Veronica Barassi, Senior Lecturer, Media, Communications and Cultural Studies, Goldsmiths University of London. Author of Activism on the Web: Everyday Struggles Against Digital Capitalism (Routledge, 2015). Dr Hilde C. 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