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New book: The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies (OA)
by Mariëlle W. 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Do you want to learn everything about digitalization in Russia, or about how to use digital sources and methods for studying Russia? Are you seeking to broaden your horizon beyond the US and Europe and the English-language space? Look no further: *The Palgrave Handbook of Digital Russia Studies*, edited by Daria Gritsenko, Mariëlle Wijermars and Mikhail Kopotev, has just been published and is available in Open Access! 32 chapters, over 600 pages, written by more than 40 contributors based in Russia, Europe and the US. The handbook presents a multidisciplinary and multifaceted perspective on how the ‘digital’ is simultaneously changing Russia and the research methods scholars use to study Russia. It provides a critical update on how Russian society, politics, economy, and culture are reconfigured in the context of ubiquitous connectivity and accounts for the political and societal responses to digitalization. In addition, it answers practical and methodological questions in handling Russian data and a wide array of digital methods. The volume makes a timely intervention in our understanding of the changing field of Russian Studies and is an essential guide for scholars, advanced undergraduate and graduate students studying Russia today. To access the book, please visit the publisher's website: https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030428549 *Table of Contents* 1. Digital Russia Studies: An introduction *Studying Digital Russia* 2. The digitalization of Russian politics and political participation 3. E-Government in Russia: Plans, reality, and future outlook 4. Russia’s Digital Economy Program: An effective strategy for digital transformation? 5. Law and digitization in Russia 6. Personal data protection in Russia 7. Cyber-crime and punishment: Security, information war, and the future of RuNet 8. Digital activism in Russia: The evolution and forms of online participation in an authoritarian state 9. Digital journalism: Toward a theory of journalistic practice in the twenty-first century 10. Digitalization of Russian education: Changing actors and spaces of governance 11. Digitalization of religion in Russia: adjusting preaching to new formats, channels and platforms 12. Doing Gender Online: Digital Spaces for Identity Politics 13. Digitalization of consumption in Russia: Online platforms, regulations and consumer behavior 14. Digital Art: A sourcebook of ideas for conceptualizing new practices, networks and modes of self-expression 15. From Samizdat to New Sincerity. Digital literature on the Russian-language Internet 16. Run Runet Runaway: The transformation of the Russian Internet as a cultural-historical Object *Digital sources and methods * 17. Corpora in text-based Russian studies 18. RuThes Thesaurus for Natural Language Processing 19. Social media based research of interpersonal and group communication in Russia 20. Digitizing archives in Russia: Epistemic sovereignty and Its challenges in the Digital Age 21. Affordances of digital archives: The case of the Prozhito Archive of personal diaries 22 Open government data in Russia 23. Topic modeling in Russia: current approaches and issues in methodology 24. Topic modeling Russian history 25. Studying ideational change in Russian politics with topic models and word embeddings 26. Deep Learning for the Russian language 27. Shifting the norm: the case of academic plagiarism detection 28. Automatic sentiment analysis of texts: The case of Russian 29. Social network analysis in Russian literary studies 30. Tweeting Russian politics: studying on-line political dynamics 31. The state of the art: Surveying digital Russian art history 32. Geospatial data analysis in Russia’s geoweb

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CFP for a Convergence special issue on Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research
by van Geenen, Daniela 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Hi everyone, Together with Dr. Karin van Es (Utrecht University) and Dr. Jonathan Gray (Kings College London) I’m guest editing a special issue on "Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research" for Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies that might be of interest for some of you. The CFP is out now. Please consider submitting an abstract and spread the word. Deadline for abstracts: 7 March 2021 Full paper submission: 2 August 2021 Expected date of publication: April 2022 More information about the call and how to submit an abstract: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/Convergence_Special%20Issue_CTP%20in… For questions please don’t hesitate to contact me or one of the other guest editors! All the best Daniela van Geenen | PhD Candidate | Locating Media, University of Siegen | Herrengarten 3, AH-306 | van.Geenen(a)locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de<mailto:van.Geenen@locatingmedia.uni-siegen.de> RECENT PUBLICATIONS: Van Geenen, D. (2020). Critical Affordance Analysis for Digital Methods: The Case of Gephi. In M. Burkhardt, M. Shnayien, & K. Grashöfer (Eds.), Explorations in Digital Cultures. meson press. http://doi.org/10.14619/1716 Van Geenen, D. & Wieringa, M. (2020). Approaching data visualizations as interfaces: An empirical demonstration of how data are imag(in)ed. In Engebretsen, M., & Kennedy, H. (Eds.), Data Visualization in Society. Amsterdam University Press. https://www.aup.nl/en/book/9789463722902/data-visualization-in-society

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Reminder: Call for Applications – MA in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam
by Esther Weltevrede 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Call for Applications – MA in New Media and Digital Culture at the University of Amsterdam # Call for Applications 2021-22 # MA New Media and Digital Culture (University of Amsterdam) One-year and two-year international Master’s programs in New Media available: * MA Media Studies: New Media and Digital Culture (one year, full time) * Research MA Media Studies: New Media and Digital Culture (two years, full time) -- # MA New Media and Digital Culture The MA Program in Media Studies: New Media and Digital Culture offers a comprehensive and critical approach to new media research, practices, and theory. It is an internationally renowned program in critical media theory, dedicated to the study of the social transformations brought about by digital culture. The program also provides in-depth training in the latest digital research methods, with the opportunity to participate in data sprints and to collaborate with international researchers in the framework of the Digital Methods Initiative. It is situated within the pioneering new media cultural scene in Amsterdam and a top-ranked academic environment among universities worldwide. # Application and Deadlines As of mid-November 2020, it will be possible to apply for a Master's program through the Graduate School of Humanities. All Masters start in September 2021. http://gsh.uva.nl/prospective-masters-students/application-and-admission/ap… For more information about the program, please see the full call: https://bit.ly/NMDC_Call2122 -- Esther Weltevrede | Assistant Professor |Program Director MA New Media and Digital Culture University of Amsterdam | Turfdraagsterpad 9 | 1012 XT Amsterdam | The Netherlands uva.nl/e.j.t.weltevrede <http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/e.j.t.weltevrede> | digitalmethods.net <https://www.digitalmethods.net/> | appstudies.org | @esthr

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[Book Announcement] Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures from India
by Sandeep Mertia 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Hello, (Hope you are safe and well. Apologies for cross posting) I’m happy to announce the publication of my edited volume, "*Lives of Data: Essays on Computational Cultures from India*", with the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam < https://networkcultures.org/blog/publication/lives-of-data-essays-on-comput…>. It is available for download in ePub and PDF formats and for print-on-demand orders (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International). Foreword by Ravi Sundaram. Authors: Sandeep Mertia, Karl Mendonca, Sivakumar Arumugam, Ranjit Singh, Puthiya Purayil Sneha, Lilly Irani, Anumeha Yadav, Preeti Mudliar, Prerna Mukharya and Mahima Taneja, Guneet Narula, Gaurav Godhwani, Noopur Raval, Aakash Solanki, and Anirudh Raghavan. Blurb: *Lives of Data* maps the historical and emergent dynamics of big data, computing, and society in India. Data infrastructures are now more global than ever before. In much of the world, new sociotechnical possibilities of big data and artificial intelligence are unfolding under the long shadows cast by infra/structural inequalities, colonialism, modernization, and national sovereignty. This book offers critical vantage points for looking at big data and its shadows, as they play out in uneven encounters of machinic and cultural relationalities of data in India’s socio-politically disparate and diverse contexts. *Lives of Data* emerged from research projects and workshops at the Sarai programme, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies. It brings together fifteen interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners to set up a collaborative research agenda on computational cultures. The essays offer wide-ranging analyses of media and techno-scientific trajectories of data analytics, disruptive formations of digital economy, and the grounded practices of data-driven governance in India.Encompassing history, anthropology, science and technology studies (STS), media studies, civic technology, data science, digital humanities, and journalism, the essays open up possibilities for a truly situated global and sociotechnically specific understanding of the many lives of data. Reviews: "This remarkable collection is the first major portrait and assessment of the social and technical relationalities that constitute the ecology of big data in India today. Equally remarkably, the authors represent the first generation of scholars of digital media who speak through an Indian lens while being totally conversant with the cutting edge of global scholarship on big data." — Arjun Appadurai, Goddard Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, New York University "Wide-ranging and incisive, *Lives of Data* is essential reading for those who wish to understand the seductions and contingencies of being or becoming data-driven." — Lisa Gitelman, author, *Paper Knowledge* and editor, *‘Raw Data’ Is an Oxymoron* ... Regards, Sandeep Mertia PhD Candidate, Dept. of Media, Culture, and Communication New York University

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ICA Preconference CFP: Exclusions in the History and Historiography of Communication Studies
by Park, David 17 Dec '20

17 Dec '20

Just a reminder that this pre-conference submission deadline (20 December) is approaching. We continue to welcome submissions. Thank you, Dave (Spanish and Portuguese versions below) # CFP: Exclusions in the History and Historiography of Communication Studies **International Communication Association Remote Preconference** *May 27, 2021* Organizers: David W. Park, Jefferson Pooley, Peter Simonson The broader field of communication studies is in a moment when we are—or should be—intensively interrogating patterns of exclusion and hegemony that have continued to constitute it: around global region (de-Westernizing, theory from the South, persistent patterns of American influence/hegemony), race (#communicationsowhite), gender (#metoo, #gendercom, Matilda effects,), and indigeneity/colonization (postcolonial and decolonial initiatives). To frame these exclusions as constitutive is to head off any easy solutions in terms of greater inclusivity, though that needs to be part of the mix; rather, it is to invite us to consider all of the ways in which these and other exclusions have functioned to center certain problems, theories, methods, languages, nations, social identities, and publication venues; and to exclude or marginalize others that are cast as differentially less valuable, lower status, Other, and more. To frame them as constitutive is also to draw attention to how those exclusions are performatively enacted on an ongoing basis through the full range of practices, social and epistemological, through which the field (re)produces itself. It is time to animate our histories of communication and media studies with similar problematics, recognizing the patterns and performances through which the field(s) has organized itself around constitutive exclusions and continues actively to do so in its historiography. How have particular geopolitical locations (including but not limited to nations) achieved centrality, established standards and status hierarchies, and accumulated advantages and various forms of capital through marginalization and exclusion? How has colonialism and its persistent structural effects fueled communication study around the globe, and how does our historiography maintain that form of dominance and exclusion? How have gender/patriarchy, race/racism, and ethnicity fueled analogous processes? What forms of resistance and counter-hegemonies have arisen or persisted? We invite papers that address these and related questions through historical registers. Examples might include: * Decolonial or postcolonial approaches to the history of the field * Histories that focus on regions and geopolitical contexts that have traditionally been marginalized in the main body of English-language writing—particularly those from the Global South, the former Soviet bloc, and East Asia * Feminist historiography of the field as well as efforts to recover overlooked or forgotten women researchers and educators * Communication research and education conducted by, aimed at, or otherwise connected to indigeneous peoples around the globe * Histories of the very recent past that investigate patterns of constitutive exclusion that implicate the contemporary moment * Histories that document, or challenge, the center-periphery patterns that have characterized the field’s first century * Papers in a more theoretical register that interrogate the communicative and sociological patterns through which exclusions, marginalizations, and the hegemony of normative patterns have constituted the received historiography of the field Reflecting both the conference’s original location in Denver and ICA’s efforts to encourage participation from Latin American researchers, the preconference will make a particular effort to emphasize Latin America as a region. To that end, the preconference organizers are committed to trying to secure Spanish/Portuguese/English interpretation capacities for the video conference and other ways of promoting South-North dialogue. Abstracts of 300 words (maximum), in Spanish or English, should be submitted no later than 20 December 2020. Draft papers will be pre-circulated in advance of the preconference, with all participants expected to read in advance. Send abstracts to the preconference organizers at: exclusionsinhistoryofcomm(a)gmail.com Authors will be informed regarding acceptance/rejection for the preconference no later than 10 January 2020. There will be a modest registration fee required to help offset the costs of simultaneous interpretation. Papers will be considered for publication in a special section of the forthcoming open access journal *History of Media Studies* (hms.mediastudies.press). *** # Exclusiones en la Historia e Historiografía de los Estudios de Comunicación **Pre-conferencia Virtual - 71º Congreso Internacional de la International Communication Association (ICA)** *27 de mayo de 2021* Organizadores: David W. Park, Jefferson Pooley, Peter Simonson El amplio campo de los estudios en comunicación vive un momento en el que estamos (o deberíamos estar) interrogándonos sobre las pautas de exclusión y hegemonía que lo han constituido, como son los análisis a partir de: los procesos de globalización (la des-occidentalización, la teoría producida desde el sur, la persistente influencia y hegemonía de Estados Unidos), la raza (con movimientos dentro del mundo académico como # communicationsowhite), el género (#metoo, #gendercom o el efecto Matilda) y la indigeneidad/colonización. Enmarcar estas exclusiones como constitutivas supone evitar plantear soluciones fáciles en términos de mayor inclusividad, aunque eso necesita ser parte de la solución. Pero más bien, pensar la hegemonía es una invitación a considerar todas las formas en las que estos y otros procesos de exclusión han funcionado para ubicar en el centro ciertos problemas, teorías, métodos, lenguajes, naciones, identidades sociales y publicaciones. Esta puesta en el centro de determinados aspectos ha excluido y marginalizado otros que han sido considerados menos valiosos, con menos estatus o el “Otro”. Considerar las diferentes exclusiones como constitutivas también implica el prestar atención a cómo la hegemonía ha sido recreada mediante determinadas prácticas sociales y epistemológicas, a través de las cuales el campo se ha reproducido a sí mismo. Es el momento de animar nuestras historias de los estudios de comunicación y medios con similares problemáticas, reconociendo los patrones y actuaciones a través de los cuales el campo se ha organizado en torno a exclusiones constitutivas y continúa activamente haciéndolo en su historiografía. ¿Cómo específicas localizaciones geopolíticas (incluyendo, pero no limitadas a, las naciones) han adquirido centralidad, establecido estándares y jerarquías y acumulado ventajas y varias formas de capital a través de la marginalización y la exclusión de otras? ¿Cómo el colonialismo y sus persistentes efectos estructurales han alimentado el estudio de la comunicación alrededor del mundo y cómo nuestra historiografía mantiene formas de dominación y exclusión? ¿Cómo el género/patriarcado, raza/racismo y la etnicidad han alimentado análogos procesos? ¿Qué formas de resistencia y contra-hegemónicas han surgido o persistido a lo largo del tiempo? En esta preconferencia invitamos al envío de propuestas que aborden estas y otras cuestiones relacionadas. Algunos de estos enfoques son: * Aproximaciones coloniales y postcoloniales a la historia del campo de la comunicación * Historias que se centren en regiones o contextos geopolíticos que han sido tradicionalmente marginalizados en la producción científica anglosajona, particularmente el sur global, el antiguo bloque soviético y Asia * Historiografía feminista del campo y los esfuerzos para recuperar las figuras de mujeres investigadoras y educadoras pasadas por alto u olvidadas * Investigación y educación en comunicación realizada por, dirigida a, o conectada con los pueblos indígenas alrededor del mundo * Historias del pasado reciente que investigan patrones de exclusión que afectan al momento contemporáneo * Historias que documenten o reten los patrones de centro-periferia que han caracterizado al campo de la comunicación durante su primer siglo * Propuestas planteadas en un registro más teórico que se pregunten por los patrones comunicativos y sociológicos a través de los cuales las exclusiones, marginalizaciones y la hegemonía han constituido la historiografía del campo que hemos recibido Reflejando ambos, la localización original del congreso en Denver y la voluntad de ICA para promocionar la participación de investigadores/as latinoamericanos/as, esta pre-conferencia realizará un especial esfuerzo en enfatizar Latinoamérica como región. Para ello, los organizadores de esta pre-conferencia están comprometidos con intentar garantizar la interpretación y traducción desde el español/portugués/inglés para promocionar el diálogo Norte/Sur durante el evento. Abstracts con un máximo de 300 palabras, en español o inglés, deben ser presentados no más tarde del 20 de diciembre de 2020. Los borradores de las comunicaciones serán enviados a los participantes antes de la pre-conferencia, para que todos los asistentes puedan leerlos por adelantado. Envíe resúmenes a los orgaanizadores de la pre-conferencia a: exclusionsinhistoryofcomm(a)gmail.com Los/as autores/as serán informados sobre la aceptación o rechazo de sus abstracts no más tarde del 10 de enero de 2021. Habrá una modesta inscripción para ayudar a cubrir los costes de la traducción simultánea. Las comunicaciones serán consideradas para ser publicadas en una sección especial de la nueva revista en abierto que será lanzada a principios de 2021 *History of Media Studies* ([hms.mediastudies.press](https://hms.mediastudies.press)) *** ## Exclusões na História e na Historiografia das Ciências da Comunicação **Pré-conferência Virtual - 71º Congresso Internacional da International Communication Association (ICA)** *27 de maio de 2021* Organizadores: David W. Park, Jefferson Pooley, Peter Simonson Os padrões de exclusão e de hegemonia, que têm marcado os estudos de comunicação, estão – ou deveriam estar – a ser fortemente interrogados, com o surgimento de conceitos ou teorias que procuram questionar as exclusões geográficas (desocidentalização, teoria do Sul, padrões persistentes de influência americana/hegemonia), raciais (#communicationsowhite), de género (#metoo, #gendercom, efeitos Matilda) e de indigenismo/colonização (iniciativas pós-coloniais e decoloniais). Enquadrar estas exclusões como constitutivas do campo é evitar enveredar por uma solução fácil em termos de maior inclusão; pelo contrário, tal interpela-nos a considerar todas as formas pelas quais estas e outras exclusões têm funcionado para centrar problemas, teorias, métodos, línguas, nações, identidades sociais e locais de publicação; e para excluir ou marginalizar outros que são considerados menos valiosos, com status inferior, vistos como Outros. Enquadrar as exclusões como constitutivas é também chamar a atenção para o modo como estas são performativamente encenadas através de uma vasta gama de práticas, sociais e epistemológicas, através das quais o campo se (re)produz. Chegou o momento de enriquecer a história dos estudos de comunicação e dos media através do reconhecimento dos padrões e das atuações através dos quais o(s) campo(s) se organizou em torno de exclusões constitutivas, tendo também presente como tais exclusões continuam a marcar a historiografia das ciências da comunicação. De que forma determinados locais geopolíticos (incluindo, mas não se limitando a nações) alcançaram centralidade, estabeleceram padrões e hierarquias de status e acumularam vantagens e várias formas de capital por meio da marginalização e exclusão? De que modo o colonialismo e os seus persistentes efeitos estruturais alimentaram o estudo da comunicação em todo o mundo, e como a historiografia mantém essa forma de dominação e exclusão? De que forma género/patriarcado, raça/racismo e etnia alimentaram processos análogos? Que formas de resistência e de contra-hegemonia surgiram ou persistiram? Convidamos os autores a submeter propostas de comunicação que abordem estas e outras questões relacionadas, que tenham por base uma pesquisa ou reflexão historiográficas. Os exemplos de temas a propor podem incluir: * Abordagens decoloniais ou pós-coloniais da história dos estudos de comunicação ou dos media; * Trabalhos historiográficos que se debrucem sobre regiões e contextos geopolíticos que têm sido tradicionalmente marginalizados no corpo principal da escrita em língua inglesa - particularmente aquelas do Sul Global, do antigo bloco soviético ou do Leste Asiático; * Historiografia feminista do campo, bem como esforços para recuperar investigadoras e educadoras esquecidas ou ignoradas; * Investigação e ensino em comunicação conduzidos por, destinados a, ou de outra forma conectada a povos indígenas em todo o mundo; * Histórias de um passado muito recente que investiguem padrões de exclusão constitutiva que implicam o momento contemporâneo; * Histórias que documentam ou desafiam os padrões centro-periferia que caracterizaram o primeiro século do campo; * Artigos com um registo teórico que interrogam os padrões comunicativos e sociológicos pelos quais exclusões, marginalizações e a hegemonia de padrões normativos constituíram a historiografia do campo. Refletindo a localização original da conferência, em Denver, e os esforços da ICA para incentivar a participação de investigadores latino-americanos, a pré-conferência fará um esforço especial para enfatizar a América Latina como região. Para tal, os organizadores da pré-conferência estão empenhados em tentar assegurar a tradução em espanhol/ português/inglês para a videoconferência e outras formas de promover o diálogo Sul-Norte. Resumos de 300 palavras (máximo), em espanhol ou inglês, devem ser submetidos até 20 de dezembro de 2020. Os rascunhos dos trabalhos circularão antes da pré-conferência, de modo a poderem ser lidos previamente por todos os participantes. Os resumos devem ser enviados para o seguinte endereço: exclusionsinhistoryofcomm(a)gmail.com Os autores serão informados sobre a aceitação / rejeição das suas propostas até 10 de janeiro de 2021. Haverá uma modesta taxa de inscrição necessária para ajudar a compensar os custos da tradução simultânea. Os artigos serão considerados para publicação numa edição especial da revista de acesso aberto *History of Media Studies* ([hms.mediastudies.press).

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WEBCAST TODAY – IGF 2020 Debrief + @MarilynCade Memorial
by Joly MacFie 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

This is under way ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday August 18 2020 at 7pm EDT (23:00 UTC) the Accessibility NYC Meetup (A11yNYC) hosts an online meetup ‘Providing Remote Services for The Disability Community During The Pandemic‘. Presenter Jonathon Epstein of AHRC NYC and InTandem will discuss t" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf2020debrief> On *Wednesday December 16 2020* from *11:00am -12:15pm EST* (16:00-17:15 UTC), the *Internet Governance Forum USA <https://www.igfusa.us/>* (IGF-USA) in association with the* Internet Society Washington DC Chapter <https://isoc-dc.org/>* will hold their annual *IGF Debrief <https://bit.ly/38crkUM>*. During the debrief, you will get an overview of takeaways from the the first ever virtual IGF from on November 2-17 2020, including the work of the National Regional Initiatives (NRIs) and each of this year’s themes. Following the Debrief, there will a special memorial event for *Marilyn Cade <https://icannwiki.org/Marilyn_Cade>* (1947-2020), the Chief Catalyst of the IGF-USA, *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf2020debrief <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igf2020debrief>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/38crkUM <https://bit.ly/38crkUM>* *TWITTER #vIGF2020 <https://bit.ly/2HVKvbU> #IGF @IGFUSA @MarilynCade* *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/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetGovernanceForumUSA/live>* *https://youtu.be/OVJ_bB60a68 <https://youtu.be/OVJ_bB60a68>* (ISOC DC) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/igfusa2020 <https://archive.org/details/igfusa2020>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13211/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST TODAY – APAC Insights 4 – 2020 in Retrospect: Is this the Year that Reshaped our Digital Future?
by Joly MacFie 16 Dec '20

16 Dec '20

Just starting ISOC Live posted: "On Friday 6 November, 2020 at 09:10 to 10:40 UTC the Dynamic Coalition on Internet Standards, Security & Safety (DC-ISSS) will be launched at IGF 2020. The session is the first meeting of this new IGF Dynamic Coalition which will promote global adopti" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/apacinsights4> On *Wednesday 16 December 2020* at *06:00 UTC* the* Internet Society Asia Pacific Bureau <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/asia-pacific/>* presents the fourth edition of its *APAC Insights <https://isoc.live/?s=apac+insights>* series of online conversation sharing views and insights on current issues related to the Internet and its use in the Asia-Pacific. *TOPIC: 2020 in Retrospect: Is this the Year that Reshaped our Digital Future?* *SPEAKERS*: *Charles MOK*, Entrepreneur and former Legislative Councillor, Hong Kong *Anju MANGAL*, Head of Asia-Pacific, A4AI, World Wide Web Foundation, Fiji *Nikhil PAHWA*, Founder, Medianama, India *MODERATOR* *Rajnesh SINGH*, Regional Vice President, Asia-Pacific, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/apacinsights4 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/apacinsights4> (open captions)* *AGENDA https://archive.org/download/apacinsights4/APACInsights4.pdf <https://archive.org/download/apacinsights4/APACInsights4.pdf>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <https://bit.ly/3gylFMu>https://bit.ly/3gylFMu <https://bit.ly/3gylFMu>* *REAL TIME TEXT <https://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-APAC>https://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-APAC <https://streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-APAC>* *TWITTER #APACinsights <http://bit.ly/apacinsights> @ISOCapac @InternetSociety * *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/apacinsights4 <https://archive.org/details/apacinsights4>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13220/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST AUJOURD’HUI: @isoc_france Webinaire «Quelle approche du chiffrement?»
by Joly MacFie 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

C'est sur le point de commencer ISOC Live posted: "CyberNextDC is one of the leading cybersecurity policy conferences in DC. This year’s event will be hosted online over two days, November 17 and 18. The event will focus on the national cybersecurity strategy in the next Presidential term, combatting cybe" <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/chiffrement>Aujourd’hui *Mardi 15 décembre 2020* de *17h à 19h* CET (16:00-18:00 UTC) le Chapitre de l’*Internet Society France* <https://www.isoc.fr/> accueille un *Webinaire «Quelle approche du chiffrement?» <https://www.isoc.fr/webinaire-debunking-encryption-e2ee/>*. Le webinaire vise à discuter, en France, les différentes approches du chiffrement, en particulier, de cet équilibre entre sécurité et une confidentialité forte sur Internet. Les orateurs aborderont le régime juridique du chiffrement, la lutte contre les cybermenaces, la question de l’introduction de portes dérobées, de même que le rôle du chiffrement dans la protection des droits humains, de la vie privée à la liberté d’expression*.* *Programme du webinaire* *17h – Ouverture* *Nicolas Chagny*, Président, Internet Society France *Robin Wilton*, Director, Internet Trust, Internet Society, member of the Global Encryption Coalition *17h30 – Table ronde et questions réponses* Modérateur : *Olivier Crepin-Leblond* – Président, Internet Society UK England *Eric Freyssinet* – Colonel, Chef du Pôle national de lutte contre les cybermenaces, Gendarmerie nationale *Lucien Castex* – Chercheur en droit, Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle, co-président du FGI France *Maryse Artiguelong* – Vice-présidente, Ligue des droits de l’Homme *Timothée Rebours* – Président de Seald, Membre d’Encryption Europe *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/chiffrement <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/chiffrement>* *PARTICIPER VIA BIGBLUEBUTTON: https://swll.to/PZJG2gB <https://swll.to/PZJG2gB>* *TWITTER: #chiffrement @isoc_france <https://bit.ly/3nrSi1m> * @nicochagny @olivier_cl @luciencastex @futureidentity @ericfreyss @ldh_fr @internetsociety @ReboursT @SealdHQ @gendarmerie *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/chiffrement <https://archive.org/details/chiffrement>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13200/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for book chapter proposals: Contemporary Politics, Communication, and the Impact on Democracy
by Dolors.Palau＠uv.es 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Call for book chapter proposals ***Contemporary Politics, Communication, and the Impact on Democracy*** Introduction This book is aimed to analyze the relationship among politics and communication in the current context of increasing polarization and their disruptive effects over democracy (Bennett & Pfetsch, 2018). From an interdisciplinary approach, the book is intended to offer an overview of the threats faced by traditional and stable democracies in a hybrid communicative scenario (Chadwick, 2013) in which disinformation (Guess, Nyhan & Reifler, 2018) reaches worrying levels. Objective The objective of this book is to address a relevant issue that involves a multidisciplinary approach, that is, the relationships between communication, politics, and democracy. It is aimed to offer a valuable contribution regarding the challenges and threats faced by contemporary democracies while disinformation, polarization and populism have a main role in the present hybrid communicative scenario. This is a relevant and current topic that makes the book suitable for scholars and professionals working in the areas of political communication, political sciences, journalism and media. One of the strongest features of the book is the multi-national approach to the topic. Recommended Topics – Political communication and democracy – Leadership crisis and representative democracy – Institutions and media credibility – Polarization, skepticism, apathy and political cynicism – Socio-economic crisis, pandemic and democracy – Populism: discourses and strategies – Disinformation, hate speech and citizens’ mistrust – Emotions, emotional communities and adversaries – Selective exposure and ‘News Find Me’ perception – Infotainment, fiction productions and political institutions Editors Dolors Palau-Sampio, University of Valencia, Spain Guillermo López-García, University of Valencia, Spain Laura Iannelli, University of Sassari, Italy Submission Procedure Researchers are invited to submit on or before *January 12, 2021* a chapter proposal of 1,000 to 2,000 words clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5017 Authors will be notified by *January 26, 2021* about the status of their proposals. Chapter guidelines will be sent in case of acceptance of proposal. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by *May 12, 2021*. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Note: There are no submission or acceptance fees for manuscripts submitted to this book publication, Contemporary Politics, Communication, and the Impact on Democracy. All manuscripts are accepted based on a double-blind peer review editorial process. *Important dates January 12, 2021: Proposal Submission Deadline January 26, 2021: Notification of Acceptance May 12, 2021: Full Chapter Submission Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), an international academic publisher. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit https://www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2022. Please visit https://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/5017 for more details regarding this publication and to submit your work. Inquiries Dolors Palau-Sampio University of Valencia dolors.palau(a)uv.es Guillermo López-García University of Valencia guillermo.lopez(a)uv.es Laura Iannelli University of Sassari liannelli(a)uniss.it

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Tenure-track faculty position in AI and political communication @ Uppsala University
by Matteo Magnani 15 Dec '20

15 Dec '20

Are you interested in AI and political communication, and in using (or collaborating with researchers using) computational methods? Uppsala University is recruiting a tenure-track assistant professor with a generous starting package (limited teaching duties, resources for travelling and research expenses, and possibility of supervising 1-2 PhD students). Uppsala is a picturesque town with a thousand-year history, but is also a growing city bustling with business and activities. Uppsala University plays a big role in the city, with around one fourth of the residents being students. Sweden has a generous welfare system that includes paid parental leave, affordable daycare and practically free medical care. You are welcome to apply at the following link by February 1st, 2021: https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=360974

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