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zoom fatigue 'chorus' essay
by Geert Lovink 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear AOIR members, my Zoom fatigue ‘chorus’ essay was just published on www.eurozine.com. https://www.eurozine.com/the-anatomy-of-zoom-fatigue/ Best, Geert www.networkcultures.org

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Three full-time positions available at the Berlin Social Science Centre: A Project Manager, a Communication Manager and a Postdoctoral Research Fellow focusing on action research in the gig economy
by Mark Graham 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear colleagues, We're hiring three new full-time positions based at the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB). Full details below. Mark ********** The WZB Berlin Social Science Centre <https://www.wzb.eu/> and the Fairwork Foundation <https://fair.work/> are hiring a *Project Manager*, a *Communication Manager *and a *Postdoctoral Research Fellow* for the new Fairwork Secretariat in Berlin <https://fair.work/partnership-with-wbz-to-develop-a-faiwork-secretariat-in-…> . *About Fairwork * Fairwork is an action-research project based between the Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford and the Berlin Social Science Centre (WZB). We research working conditions in the gig economy, in order to develop ‘fairness ratings’ for digital labour platforms like Uber, Helpling and Deliveroo. We use these ratings as a lever to improve pay and conditions for platform workers, through media and consumer pressure. Fairwork’s programme of action research intends not just to understand the world, but to change it. By bringing workers, platforms, scholars, labour researchers and policymakers to the table, we work to collaboratively develop and embed principles of fair work into the script of the gig economy. Fundamental to the project is a commitment to being participatory and non-hierarchical within our communities. Our ultimate aim is to understand, and counter, some of the forces that disempower gig workers across the world. Over the past three years, we have mobilized a unique and growing transnational network of social justice minded scholars from over ten countries in pursuit of this planetary goal. In order to effectively advocate for gig workers everywhere, we believe it necessary for our team too to reflect a diversity of backgrounds, cultures, perspectives and more. In growing our team, we value and welcome the unique contributions that applicants can bring in terms of their education, opinions, cultural and linguistic backgrounds, ethnicity, race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, age, religion, disability, and beliefs. We actively strive to build and nurture a culture of empathy, inclusiveness, and respect. The Fairwork Secretariat sits at the nexus of three research clusters in Oxford and Berlin that focus on the future of work. The Oxford Internet Institute is home to over a dozen researchers studying digital transformations and what they mean for work and workers. The WZB GAP group comprises a number of researchers focusing on the digitalization of work, including research on platforms, automation, and artificial intelligence. The work at the Fairwork Secretariat will also involve cooperation with the Berlin-based Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. There will be regular travel opportunities to facilitate collaboration between the Oxford- and Berlin-based teams, and the opportunity to conduct fieldwork in partner countries. *Project Manager* - Duration: Starting immediately until July 2022 (extension possible) - Remuneration: EG 14 TVöD Bund (yearly gross income between 55,000 and 64,000 Euros) - Deadline: 1 December 2020 The primary aim of this position will be to coordinate the international network of Fairwork research and researchers in collaboration with the project leaders. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. The ideal candidate would have: - A relevant graduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. - A high level of project management experience, from early stage all the way through to realisation, preferably in international research projects and activities. - A high level of project administration experience, including experience in writing research funding bids, raising sponsorship, budget tracking, and reporting of complex projects. - Professional experience in managing a diverse team; strong interpersonal skills. - Excellent English and preferably good German skills (written and oral). - Preferably language competencies in languages spoken in any of the Fairwork partner countries (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Mandarin). The primary responsibilities of this position will be: - Co-designing an annual research strategy and project plans. - Coordinating and monitoring the project activities, timelines and budgets. - Collaborating in the preparation of research publications, chapters, summaries, and reports; managing the workflow of collaborative publications. - Managing data repositories across the project and ensure ethical and legal compliance. - Collaborating in the preparation and management of grant applications. - Coordinating the Fairwork project expansion to further countries; coaching and monitoring the Fairwork research activities abroad; assisting with the supervision of project researchers external to the WZB. - Outreach and liaising with external partners and stakeholders; cooperating with relevant stakeholders to ensure effective and efficient implementation of the project. For a complete description of the role and information on how to apply, read the full job description <https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/research-coordinator-project-manager-fmx>. *Communication Manager* - Duration: Starting immediately until July 2022 (extension possible) - Remuneration: EG 13 TVöD Bund (yearly gross income between 51,000 and 60,000 Euros) - Deadline: 1 December 2020 Because external-facing communication is such an integral part of the project’s impact strategy, the Communication Manager will play an essential role in driving the project’s success. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. The ideal candidate(s) will have: - A relevant graduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. - Professional experience in communications, journalism, public relations, preferably in academia / research. - Excellent communication skills, including the ability to confidently represent the project externally, and present concepts verbally in precise and concise language. - Excellent writing, editing, proofreading, layout and design, professional printing/publishing skills. - Experience in developing and maintaining website content and social media channels. - Experience in using the Adobe Creative Suite or similar software. - Experience with managing publication processes. - Strong organizational and planning skills. - Preferably language competencies in languages spoken in Fairwork partner countries (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Mandarin). The primary responsibilities of this position will be: - Developing a cohesive communications strategy for Fairwork. - Working closely with the central team and the wider Fairwork network to ensure delivery of regular communications, including eg. maintaining social media channels; maintaining the website, including blog posting and editing, content editing, keeping track of translations; drafting regular newsletters. - Overseeing the development of multimedia outputs (podcasts, videos, infographics, interactive games, applications, etc.) and compelling social media campaigns to share findings and communicate key messages. - Developing and executing strategy to disseminate findings and communicate key messages to platform workers. - Writing and disseminating press releases targeting media in our 12+ countries of operation. - Designing (including page-setting) regular high-quality reports and other outputs published by teams in 12+ countries. - Coordinating events such as meetings, retreats, short courses/summer school, conferences, workshops and seminars in close liaison with project members as required. For a complete description of the role and information on how to apply, read the full job description <https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/communication-manager-fmx>. *Postdoctoral Research Fellow* - Duration: Starting immediately until July 2022 (extension possible) - Remuneration: EG 14 TVöD Bund (yearly gross income between 55,000 and 64,000 Euros) - Deadline: 1 December 2020 The primary aims of this position will be to (1) conduct research with platform workers and platform managers about job quality on digital labour platforms; (2) use that research as part of action research strategies to leverage change in the gig economy; (3) play a coordination role with some of the project’s international partners; (4) collaborate on publications and research outputs to disseminate the evaluations of platforms against principles of fair work. The tasks required in this role will involve close cooperation between the Berlin- and Oxford-based teams, including joint research activities, workshops and conferences, as well as publications. The ideal candidate(s) will have: - A relevant postgraduate degree in sociology, geography, anthropology, economics, development studies, or related fields. - Strong publication record and familiarity with the existing literature and research related to the gig economy, platform work, the digital economy, decent work, or precarious/temporary work. - Academic or professional experience, experience in the development of research projects and methodologies. - Experience conducting, analysing, and interpreting interview data. - Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write for publications, present research proposals and results, and represent the research group at meetings. - Experience coordinating a diverse set of stakeholders. - Knowledge of issues impacting on precarious and insecure workers, and a demonstrable commitment to working towards the empowerment of workers, and to equality and inclusion. The primary responsibilities of this position will be: - Conducting primary research and secondary comprehensive and comparative analysis of data collected in the Fairwork project. - Preparation of research publications, chapters, summaries, and reports. - Collaborating in the preparation and management of grant applications. - Coaching and monitoring the Fairwork research activities abroad, assisting with the supervision of project researchers external to the WZB. - Developing strategies to turn the Fairwork scores into an ethical consumption strategy. - Assisting the Fairwork team in the expansion of the project to further countries. - Outreach and liaising with external partners and stakeholders, in particular also the German development policymakers. - Managing and coordinating the new Fairwork Observatory. For a complete description of the role and information on how to apply, read the full job description <https://www.wzb.eu/en/jobs/postdoctoral-research-fellow-fmx-6>. ------------------------------------------ Mark Graham Director, Fairwork www.fair.work Professor, University of Oxford www.markgraham.space <http://twitter.com/geoplace>

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WEBCAST TODAY: VIRTUAL PEERING SERIES – AFRICA #4: IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa | LA SÉRIE VIRTUAL PEERING – AFRIQUE #4: Comportement du trafic IXP pendant la pandémie en Afrique #IPeerinAfrica
by Joly MacFie 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Every year I say that AfPIF is the single best event that ISOC puts on. Because interconnecting networks is the very essence of what we do. This year it is virtual, and spread out over time, but no less valuable. ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday November 3 2020, at 13:00-15.00 UTC, the African IXP Association, in partnership with the Internet Society, presents the fourth webinar in the Virtual Peering Series – Africa, with the theme 'IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa'." [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4>On *Tuesday November 3 2020*, at *13:00-15.00 UTC*, the* African IXP Association <https://www.af-ix.net>*, in partnership with the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, presents the fourth webinar in the *Virtual Peering Series – Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/>*, with the theme '*IXP Traffic Behavior During the Pandemic in Africa <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-du…>* '. This session aims to understand the behavior of traffic at African IXPs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Was there significant traffic increase due to the lockdown? Were there countries where there was a decrease in traffic mainly because people traditionally accessed more Internet from their offices? How critical are IXPs in these situations? It would also be relevant to understand the inter-regional traffic pattern during the pandemic. [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4>Le *mardi 4 novembre 2020*, de *13h00 à 15h00 UTC*, l'*Association africaine des IXP <https://www.af-ix.net>*, en partenariat avec l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>*, présente le quatrième webinaire de la *série Virtual Peering - Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/virtual-peering-series-africa/ixp-traffic-behavior-du…>*, sur le thème « *Comportement du trafic IXP pendant la pandémie en Afrique <https://www.afpif.org/fr/serie-de-peering-virtuels-afrique/comportement-du-…>* ». Cette session vise à comprendre le comportement du trafic sur les IXP africains pendant la pandémie COVID-19. Y a-t-il eu une augmentation significative du trafic en raison du verrouillage? Y a-t-il eu des pays où le trafic a diminué principalement parce que les gens accédaient traditionnellement à plus d'Internet depuis leurs bureaux? Dans quelle mesure les IXP sont-ils critiques dans ces situations? Il serait également utile de comprendre la configuration du trafic interrégional pendant la pandémie. *SPEAKERS* *Kyle Spencer*, Executive Director, Uganda Internet Exchange Point, and Co-Coordinator, African IXP Association *Andrew Baskett*, Edge Strategy Manager, Facebook *Andrew Owens*, Technical Lead for Interconnection & Peering, Teraco Data Environments *Muhammed Rudman*, CEO, Internet Exchange Point of Nigeria (IXPN) *Amreesh Phokeer*, Research Manager, AFR *MODERATORS* *Darwin Costa*, Senior Business Development Latin America (LATAM) & Africa, DE-CIX *Chidinma Iwe*, Systems Architect, Cisco *LIVESTREAMS* *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/afpeering4> (English) (open captions) *https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/afpeering4>* (Francais) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM **https://bit.ly/2TKzcpM* <https://bit.ly/2TKzcpM> (EN/FR Interpretation, English closed captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC>* (English) *TWITTER #IPeerinAfrica <https://bit.ly/IPeerInAfrica>* @internetsociety @AfIX *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/afpeering4 <https://archive.org/details/afpeering4>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/12938/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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PODCAST - Radical War
by Matthew Moore 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Download: https://infoinnouts.podbean.com/e/war/ A digital explosion has ripped through the battlefield. Multiple data trajectories have ruptured our capacity to make sense of and manage the effects of war. Radical War maps and traces war’s data trajectories from the battlefield, in the cloud, through the archive, in memory and out into the deeply mediated technologies that we use. Framing Radical War as a relationship between data, attention and control, it is a lens for highlighting the complex intra-dependent relationship between war, smart devices and web platforms. Dr Matthew Ford in a Senior Lecturer in the Department of International Relations at University of Sussex. Andrew Hoskins is Interdisciplinary Research Professor in Global Security in the College of Social Sciences, University of Glasgow. Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/information-innovation-uts/id15031092… Google: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkLnBvZGJlYW4uY29tL2luZm9pbm… Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0HIr6BG7lOhphcSyarTSTu UTS CRICOS Provider Code: 00099F DISCLAIMER: This email message and any accompanying attachments may contain confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, do not read, use, disseminate, distribute or copy this message or attachments. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete this message. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the sender expressly, and with authority, states them to be the views of the University of Technology Sydney. Before opening any attachments, please check them for viruses and defects. Think. Green. Do. Please consider the environment before printing this email.

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Call for Applications: MA Data, Culture and Society (University of Westminster)
by Pieter Verdegem 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

The Westminster School of Media and Communication and the School of Computer Science and Engineering welcome applications to its interdisciplinary MA programme in Data, Culture and Society. We live in an age where almost everything of what we do is connected to data. Big data and datafication pose great opportunities but also risks for contemporary societies. This MA course addresses, explores and creatively utilises this transformation. We place an emphasis on current and future technologies and practices such as algorithms, artificial intelligence, big data, blockchain, data analytics and data mining, the Internet of Things, and others. The programme is part of the School's Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI - https://camri.ac.uk/) which is home to around 30 researchers and 65 doctoral students. It has been a leading centre of media and communications research in the UK for almost 30 years. CAMRI is noted for its strong international dimension and its focus on critical media research, with interests in the study of digital and social media, the political economy of communications, global and transnational media, media policy studies, media and activism, and media history. Additional information about the programme, application and entry requirements: https://www.westminster.ac.uk/computer-science-and-engineering-media-and-co… Inquiries can be directed to: Dr. Pieter Verdegem (p.verdegem(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:p.verdegem@westminster.ac.uk>), Course Leader of the MA in Data, Culture and Society -- Dr. Pieter Verdegem SFHEA Senior Lecturer in Media Theory | Course Leader of the MA Data, Culture and Society<https://www.westminster.ac.uk/computer-science-and-engineering-media-and-co…> Communication and Media Research Institute (CAMRI<https://camri.ac.uk/>) Westminster School of Media and Communication University of Westminster | London | HA1 3TP | E: p.verdegem(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:%20p.verdegem@westminster.ac.uk> | | T: @pverdegem<https://twitter.com/pverdegem> | 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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Public Talk: Mapping the Covid-19 App Space (Nov 9th)
by nathaniel tkacz 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Dear AOIRers, On Monday the 9th of November, 9:30 am (GMT), the Centre for Digital Inquiry at the University of Warwick will host a public talk featuring researchers from the App Studies Initiative. The talk, 'Mapping the Covid-19 App Space' presents initial findings from an ongoing project funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK. Register here: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cdi/news-events/public_talk_mapping More info about the project: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cdi/research/hp-contents/covidapps Tw: @digital_inquiry Best Nate Tkacz

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AoIR2020 Thank You
by Jones, Steve 03 Nov '20

03 Nov '20

Due to personal circumstances I was only able to attend small portions of AoIR2020, but what I did see, from the prerecorded videos to the live sessions, from the social gatherings to the AGM, reaffirmed my belief in and gratitude for the AoIR community. Like all of us I have in the past eight months experienced more virtual conferences than I thought I ever would, and AoIR2020 was far and away the best, intellectually and socially. I appreciate the enormous amount of effort that went into organizing it by the association coordinator, executive committee and volunteers, and I appreciate the energy and enthusiasm of all of the participants. Whether online or offline or in some combination of those, AoIR continues to exhibit the best characteristics of a scholarly community. Thank you, all, and please, everyone take good care so that we may continue to share our ideas and friendship, and keep our conversations going. Steve

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Funded Fall 2021 PhD student opportunities: School of Information Sciences, Illinois (due Dec 1 2020)
by Jodi Schneider 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

We invite applications to our world-renowned and highly interdisciplinary doctoral program at the School of Information Sciences (iSchool) at the University of Illinois. Our students have backgrounds in a broad range of fields, including the arts, humanities, social sciences, computing, and artificial intelligence. Our students receive one-on-one mentorship from faculty who have a global reputation for research excellence in a range of overlapping areas: - Archives & Digital Curation: information preservation; data curation; data provenance - Artificial Intelligence & Data Science: information management; machine learning; natural language processing; data mining; data governance; information visualization; privacy, security and trust; reproducibility - Digital Humanities: cultural analytics, distant reading, computational music analysis, digital history - Health, Medical & Bioinformatics: learning health care systems, clinical informatics, biomedical ontologies, implementation science, health in social media, privacy in health, health devices, global health, evidence based medicine, semantic representations in medicine - Human-Computer Interaction: computer supported cooperative work; design and evaluation of information systems and services; mobile computing; user experience - Information Organization & Access: information literacy; information retrieval; foundations of information - Information, Culture & Society: community, cultural, and social informatics; diversity and social justice; information policy; science and technology studies; youth services - Library Technologies & Services: digital libraries; education of information and professionals; libraries and librarianship - Science of Science: knowledge representation and ontologies; bibliometrics, informetrics and scientometrics - Social Computing & Computational Social Science: crisis informatics; computing for social good; social networks; FATE (fairness, accountability, transparency, ethics) For a comprehensive list of research areas, see: https://ischool.illinois.edu/research/areas. For more about our faculty visit http://ischool.illinois.edu/people/faculty. The School's flexible program prepares students with the intellectual guidance and experiences necessary for vibrant research careers in a wide range of academic, business, and public sector settings. Accepted students are guaranteed four years of funding in the form of research, teaching, and service assistantships, which include tuition waivers and stipends. We also offer travel support. We especially encourage students from historically and statistically underrepresented minority groups to apply. Our PhD program in Information Science is the oldest existing LIS doctoral program in the U.S. with 270 graduates. Recent graduates are now faculty members at institutions such as the University of Michigan, University of Washington, University of Maryland, and UCLA, professionals at Baidu, Google, and AbbVie, and academic library professionals at the Library of Congress, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago. APPLICATION For more information about the application process, please visit: https://ischool.illinois.edu/degrees-programs/phd-information-sciences/apply Application deadline is Tuesday, December 01, 2020, at 11:00 p.m., Central Time. For additional information about our PhD program, see https://ischool.illinois.edu/degrees-programs/phd-information-sciences For questions, please contact Prof. Michael Twidale, PhD Program Director, at ischool-phd(a)illinois.edu. INFO SESSION The iSchool is hosting a virtual information session for prospective students interested in the Ph.D. in Information Sciences degree on Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 1pm to 2:30pm (CST). The event will include interactive sessions with faculty and current Ph.D. students and will conclude with a degree and application overview. The event is free, but does require attendees to register prior to the event. If you are unable to attend the live stream, we plan to record the entire program and email it out to all registrants. Event Registration Page <https://mx.technolutions.net/ss/c/T8s7CIfb8uNRoQSsGMFRA2frtaf2mM4YHtd7T9vKE…> Event Date: Wednesday, November 11, 2020 Time: 1pm to 2:30pm (CST) Registration Deadline: 11/11/20 at 9am

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postdoctoral position, Social Media Collective (MSR) 2021-2023
by Tarleton L. Gillespie 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

APPLICATION DEADLINE: December 1, 2020 The Social Media Collective at Microsoft Research New England (MSRNE) is looking for a two-year social media postdoctoral researcher. This position is an ideal opportunity for a scholar whose work draws on communication, media studies, anthropology, sociology, and/or science & technology studies to bring empirical and critical perspectives to bear on complex socio-technical issues. We also consider applications from candidates that might bridge SMC and one or more areas of the MSRNE lab, including machine learning and statistics, economics and computational economics, theoretical mathematics, and computational biology. Postdoctoral researchers receive a competitive salary and benefits package, and are eligible for relocation expenses. Postdoctoral researchers are hired for a two-year term appointment following the academic calendar, starting in July 2021. The position is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The Social Media Collective is comprised of full-time researchers, postdocs, visiting faculty, Ph.D. interns, and research assistants. Current projects in New England include: – How do people build social capital with each other in remote and hybrid work, and how do those processes facilitate or harm inclusion? (Nancy Baym) – How do social media platforms, through algorithmic design and content policies, serve as custodians of public discourse? (Tarleton Gillespie) – What are the cultural, political, and ethical implications of on-demand platform economies as new forms and sites of semi-automated, globally-distributed digital labor? (Mary L. Gray) – how do discourses and designs of ideal social media habits function within apparatuses of platform capitalism? (Niall Docherty) SMC postdocs may also have the opportunity to visit and collaborate with researchers in our sister labs in New York City and Montreal. Microsoft Research provides a vibrant multidisciplinary research environment, with an open publication policy and close links to top academic institutions around the world. The postdoctoral research positions offer emerging scholars an opportunity to develop their research career and to interact with some of the top minds in the research community. ________________________________ Qualifications Required Qualifications: * PhD in anthropology, communications, media studies, sociology, science & technology studies, or a related field. * A research program demonstrated by journal and conference publications. Preferred Qualifications: * A strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation. * Strong communication skills. * The ability to work in a highly collaborative and interdisciplinary environment. * Demonstrated leadership potential in research. Responsibilities Postdoctoral researchers define their own research agenda. Postdocs are expected to be lively contributors to discussions in the SMC research group, and the MSR New England lab. The ideal candidate may be trained in any number of disciplines, but should have a strong social scientific or humanistic methodological, analytical, and theoretical foundation, be interested in questions related to technology or the internet and society or culture, and be interested in working in a highly interdisciplinary environment that also includes computer scientists, mathematicians, and economists. Application process Submit an online application here<https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/job/924422/Post-Doc-Researcher-Social-M…>. To get started with your application, press the “Apply now” button above. When prompted, upload your CV and provide names and contact information of three referees; one of your letter writers must be your dissertation advisor. In addition, you must upload the following 3 documents, as attachments, to your online application: 1. a single research statement (4 page maximum length) that does the following: * outlines the questions and methodologies central to your research agenda (~ two pages); * offers a description of how your research agenda relates to research conducted by the Social Media Collective (~ one page); * provides an abstract and chapter outline of your dissertation (~ one page) 2+3. two writing samples: journal articles, book chapters, or equivalent (uploaded as two separate attachments). Remember to press the “Submit” button at the last screen. Requests for recommendation letters will be automatically sent to your list of referees on your behalf. NOTE: THE APPLICATION SYSTEM WILL NOT REQUEST REFERENCE LETTERS UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION! We recommend that you warn your letter writers in advance, so they will have their letters ready to submit as soon as they receive the prompt. The email they receive will tell them they have two weeks to respond, but consideration of application begins very quickly after the deadline – so submitting early will give them adequate time to get their letters to us. Please make sure to check back with your referees to ensure they received the request for letters of recommendation and that they sent them. You can also check the progress on individual reference requests at any time by clicking the “status” tab within your application page. To be assured of full consideration, all of your materials need to be submitted by December 1, 2020. For more information, see here.<http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/jobs/fulltime/postdoc.aspx> If you have any questions about the application process, you can contact Tarleton Gillespie at tarleton(a)microsoft.com<mailto:tarleton@microsoft.com> and please include “SMC postdoc” in the subject line. Microsoft is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request via the Accommodation request form.

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Reg: Zoom (Dual Mode - Side-by-Side Mode Settings) for a meeting with 50+ participants
by Vignesh Raja 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Dear Experts / Advanced users of Zoom, A non-profit group I mentor requires to set up the Zoom Video Conference settings such that a dialogue / interaction between 2 members needs to appear as a 'Dual mode - side - by - side video mode), with all other visiting participants who attend the session in the background or outset. I have reviewed it and my observations are below - while it works fine when only 2 participants use. I realized that when more people step in to the meeting, the gallery view and speaker view (showcasing only 1 speakers who speaks at any point in time). Yes - the one we use is a PRO account, which can support 100 participants. Please let me know if there is a work-around. Thanks a lot in advance, Regards, Vignesh Raja

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