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HCI / HCC, remote, short-term research scientist or project manager (apply by December 14th)
by Daricia Wilkinson 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

*****Apply by December 14th***** Clemson University seeks a research scientist or project manager for a short-term (six month) position with Prof. Kelly Caine (www.kellycaine.org <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.kellycaine.org&d=Dw…>). The position does NOT require relocation to Clemson as it is fully remote. The successful candidate will support an interdisciplinary team of researchers from Clemson (www.hatlab.org <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hatlab.org&d=DwMFaQ…>) investigating human-centered computing and HCI. The ideal applicant will either be an experienced scientific project manager or possess an advanced degree in Human-Centered Computing, Human-Computer Interaction, Engineering Psychology, Human Factors, Computer Science or a related field. *Activities*: - manage existing scientific projects - guide and take notes during research meetings - serve as primary point of contact with PI - assist and support graduate and undergraduate students - (depending on qualifications and interests) manage IRB protocols, data collection, data analysis, writing up results for publication, preparing presentations, and managing submissions for publications that are currently under review. The research scientist / project manager will receive co-authorship credit where appropriate. *Qualifications*: - Excellent interpersonal communication, management, and collaboration skills - Ability to work independently - Experience and/or desire to work on a multi-disciplinary team - advanced degree in HCC, HCI, Human Factors, Industrial Design, Computer Science, or a related field OR experience as a project manager *When does the position start?* January, 2021. The position is for six months, from January to June, 2021. *How much does the position pay?* The equivalent annual salary is $60,000 and includes generous benefits (e.g., health, dental). *How do I apply?* Interested applicants should send their resume or CV and a *short* email cover letter highlighting relevant experience and interest to caine(a)clemson.edu with “Application for research scientist / project manager” in the email subject line. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. *Job posting* www.hatlab.org/short-term-job-ad <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.hatlab.org_short-2D…> Applications from women and minorities are strongly encouraged. ReplyReply allForward -- Daricia Wilkinson Ph.D. Student School of Computing Clemson University 100 McAdams Hall Clemson, SC, 29634

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WEBCAST TODAY: Commemorating the International Day of Persons With Disabilities: Building an Accessible Internet for Everyone #IDPD2020
by Joly MacFie 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

This is under way. Downloadable video and audio, and the transcript, will be posted in the archive. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Thursday 3rd December 2020 at 2pm-3pm EST (19:00-20:00 UTC) the Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group (Accessibility SIG) is hosting a webinar 'Commemorating the International Day of Persons With Disabilities: Building an Accessible" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/idpd2020>Today, *Thursday 3rd December 2020* at *2pm-3pm EST* (19:00-20:00 UTC) the* Internet Society Accessibility Special Interest Group <https://A11ySIG.org/>* (Accessibility SIG) is hosting a webinar '*Commemorating the International Day of Persons With Disabilities: Building an Accessible Internet for Everyone <https://www.a11ysig.org/idpd2020/>*'. This event will bring ISOC leadership and community together to observe the *International Day of Persons With Disabilities <https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/international-day-of-perso…>* (IDPD). The theme for IDPD 2020 is “*Building Back Better: toward a disability-inclusive, accessible and sustainable post COVID-19 World*”. The 2nd edition of the *Internet Society Accessibility Toolkit <https://www.internetsociety.org/projects/accessibility-toolkit>* will be launched at this occasion. *SPEAKERS* *Andrew Sullivan*, Internet Society CEO and President *Gunela Astbrink*, VP Accessibility SIG, *MODERATOR* *Judith Hellerstein*, General Secretary, Accessibility SIG *LIVESTREAM **http://livestream.com/internetsociety/idpd2020* <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/idpd2020> (Captions, ASL) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3pzszVX <https://bit.ly/3pzszVX>* (Captions, ASL) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-A11YSIG>* *TWITTER #IDPD2020 <https://bit.ly/IDPD2020> @a11ySIG @InternetSociety @SullivanISOC* *SIMULCASTShttps://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/>* *ARCHIVEhttps://archive.org/details/idpd2020 <https://archive.org/details/idpd2020>* . *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13107/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists 3-day online course, 8-10 February 2021
by Robert Ackland 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

I'm running a 3-day online version of my "Big Data Analysis for Social Scientists" course, 8-10 February 2021. The course covers an introduction to the collection and analysis of socially-generated 'big data' using the R statistical software, with a focus on social media networks (Twitter, YouTube and Reddit), hyperlink networks, and text data. The course is designed for academics and PhD students who want to become more computationally literate, and those from technical disciplines who want to become more familiar with social science approaches to big data research. The course is also useful for people from industry and government whose work involves analysing network and text data collected from social media and the WWW. https://www.acspri.org.au/online-summer-program-2021 https://www.acspri.org.au/online-summer-program-2021/big-data-analysis-soci… We'll be covering VOSON R tools for collecting/analysing online network data, R/igraph for network analysis, text analysis in R, and Gephi for network visualisation. The time difference might make this challenging for some participants (I am located in Canberra, Australia), but all sessions (via zoom) will be recorded and available to participants for up to 30 days after the course, and so it may be that you can attend some of the sessions in person and follow the others at a more convenient time. *Please note that the early-bird rate is available until 9th December* -- Robert Ackland School of Sociology & VOSON Lab The Australian National University e-mail: robert.ackland(a)anu.edu.au <mailto:robert.ackland@anu.edu.au> homepage: https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/ackland-rj project: http://vosonlab.net

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ACM UMAP 2021: Second call-for-papers
by Oana Inel 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

--- Apologies for cross-posting --- ============================ Call for Papers - ACM UMAP 2021 29th ACM International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Theme: "Re-Evaluating Evaluation in Personalization Research" Hybrid: Utrecht (The Netherlands) and Online June 21-25th (tentative), 2021 Website: https://www.um.org/umap2021/ ============================ Abstracts due: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper due: January 24, 2021 ============================ BACKGROUND AND SCOPE: ============================ ACM UMAP – User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization – is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or to groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP is sponsored by ACM SIGCHI and SIGWEB, and organized with User Modeling Inc. as the core Steering Committee, extended with past years’ chairs. The proceedings are published by ACM and will be part of the ACM Digital Library. ACM UMAP covers a wide variety of research areas where personalization and adaptation may be applied. This includes a number of domains in which researchers are engendering significant innovations based on advances in user modeling and adaptation, recommender systems, adaptive educational systems, intelligent user interfaces, e-commerce, advertising, digital humanities, social networks, personalized health, entertainment, and many more. We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation; the conference web site provides a detailed list. Below we present a short (but not proscriptive) list of topics of importance to the conference. As the theme for UMAP 2021 is “Re-Evaluating Evaluation” we encourage submissions in all areas that offer a critical analysis of evaluations of personalized systems. We particularly want to acknowledge that some of the research might be influenced by Covid-19 related constraints (e.g., difficulty of running lab studies), and welcome submissions which introduce novel methodologies arising from a need to conduct research in new ways. CONFERENCE TOPICS: ============================ We welcome submissions related to user modeling, personalization and adaptation in any area. The topics listed below are not intended to limit possible contributions. Final decisions will be made on the basis of suitability for, and fit to, the overall conference (not for specific tracks). Additionally, there is no quota for the maximal number of accepted papers per track. Topics include (but are not limited to): • Personalized Recommender Systems • Track chairs: Alejandro Bellogin, Sole Pera, Ludovico Boratto • Adaptive Hypermedia and the Semantic Web • Track chairs: Maria Bielikova, Panagiotis Germanakos, Ben Steichen • Intelligent User Interfaces • Track chairs: Katrien Verbert, Denis Parra • Personalized Social Web • Track chairs: Julita Vassileva, Jie Zhang • Technology-Enhanced Adaptive Learning • Track chairs: Ella Haig, Manolis Mavrikis • Fairness, Transparency, Accountability, and Privacy • Track chairs: Christine Bauer, Michael Ekstrand • Personalization for Persuasive and Behavior Change Systems • Track chairs: Jaap Ham, Rita Orji SUBMISSION AND REVIEW PROCESS ============================ Papers will be submitted through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acmumap2021 Long (8 pages + references) and Short (4 pages + references) papers in ACM style. Original research papers addressing the theory and/or practice of UMAP, and papers showcasing innovative use of UMAP and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying UMAP technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome. * Long papers should present original reports of substantive new research techniques, findings, and applications of UMAP. They should place the work within the field and clearly indicate its innovative aspects. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented in sufficient detail to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. Results should be clearly communicated and implications of the contributions/findings for UMAP and beyond should be explicitly discussed. * Short papers should present original and highly promising research or applications. Merit will be assessed in terms of originality and importance rather than maturity, extensive technical validation, and user studies. Separation of long and short papers will be strictly enforced so papers will not compete across categories, but only within each category. Papers must be formatted using the ACM SIG Standard (SIGCONF) proceedings template: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template. UMAP uses a double blind review process. Authors must omit their names and affiliations from submissions, and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the authors' own prior work should be made in the third-person. All accepted papers will be published by ACM and will be available via the ACM Digital Library. To be included in the Proceedings, at least one author of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper there. Student registration fee is allowed for students who present a student paper. IMPORTANT DATES ============================ Abstracts: January 17, 2021 (mandatory) Full paper: January 24, 2021 Notification: March 8, 2021 Camera-ready: April 11, 2021 Video submission: May 5th, 2021 Conference: June 21-June 25, 2021 (tentative) Note: The submissions times are 11:59pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) ORGANIZERS ============================ General chairs Judith Masthoff, University of Utrecht Eelco Herder, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen Program chairs Nava Tintarev, University of Maastricht Marko Tkalcic, University of Primorska RELATED EVENTS ============================ Separate calls will be sent for Workshops and Tutorials, Doctoral Consortium, and Demo/Late Breaking Results, as these have different deadlines and submission requirements.

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CfP: Digital War Special Issue
by Olga Boichak 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to share I have recently joined the *Journal of Digital War <https://www.digital-war.org/digital-war-introduction>* as Editor. *Digital war* is an interdisciplinary field which seeks to make sense of the digitally mediated shifts to the ways that contemporary wars are fought, represented, understood, and remembered. *Call for Papers: My War: Participation in Warfare (Special Issue)*, co-edited by myself and Andrew Hoskins, will present a collection of insights and perspectives on the participatory futures of armed conflicts. Abstracts are due by *January 15*, and we are looking to accept submissions of various themes and genres: https://www.digital-war.org/blog/2020/11/23/special-issue-my-war-call-for-p… *Inaugural Issue Launch.* In a few hours, we will be launching a triple inaugural issue of *Digital War.* To mark the launch, the Mosaic Rooms are hosting an online discussion at *2pm GMT, 3rd December*, featuring presentations by Andrew Hoskins, William Merrin, Anthony Downey, and Shona Illingworth, in association with Heba Y. Amin’s Exhibition: *When I see the future, I close my eyes*. The inaugural issue includes contributions from Art, Sociology, Media, Culture & Communication, Multi-Media Art, Law, Visual Culture, Art and Activism, International Relations, Conflict History & Archaeology, Memory Studies, International Security, Journalism, Design, Open Source Investigations, Human Rights, War Studies, Cybersecurity, Political Science, War Gaming, and Cultural & Political Geography. Please see details here: https://mosaicrooms.org/event/magazine-launch-journal-of-digital-war/ <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/P35JCANpgjCPK6ADI9fnWU?domain=mosaicrooms…> We would be delighted if you could join us for the launch and help spread the word about our Call for Papers among your networks. Many thanks, and please reach out with any questions or comments! All my best, ~Olga *___________________________* *Dr Olga BOICHAK* Lecturer in Digital Cultures <https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/olga-boichak…> *The University of Sydney* Department of Media and Communications School of Literature, Art, and Media Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences <https://sydney.edu.au/arts/study/study-areas/media-and-communications.html> *Digital War Journal <https://www.digital-war.org/digital-war-introduction>*, Editor olga.boichak(a)sydney.edu.au | sydney.edu.au @olgarithmic | olgarithmic.net

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Call for Papers for a Special Issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics: ”Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement”
by Cristian Vaccari 03 Dec '20

03 Dec '20

Call for Papers for a Special Issue of The International Journal of Press/Politics: ”Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement” Also available at https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/HIJ/CfPYouthNewsDemocrati… Guest editors: Kim Andersen, University of Southern Denmark and University of Gothenburg Jakob Ohme, University of Amsterdam Erik Albæk, University of Southern Denmark Claes H. de Vreese, University of Amsterdam Citizens’ political engagement is essential for the well-functioning of democracies. From boycotting products and signing petitions to discussing politics, attending demonstrations, and voting, citizens’ political engagement shapes our societies. In order for such engagement to take place, people need information that can mobilize them. For a long time, the news media was the key source in this regard. As a natural consequence exposure to news and political information in the media is a well-known forerunner for democratic engagement. The relationship between news exposure and democratic engagement is constantly evolving, however. In today’s hybrid media system, people get information about politics and society from various sources and on many different platforms. In the contemporary media environment an endless list of information sources, including legacy news outlets, alternative news sites, politicians, and interest organizations, are therefore competing for people’s attention. Exposure to political information can take place on traditional platforms, like television or newspapers, or on new digital platforms, such as social media sites or other private online platforms. Not all information is equally reliable, and mis- and disinformation is part of the information ecosystem. At the same time, new forms of political participation are also emerging, especially online where people, for example, can discuss politics or contact politicians without much investment. When examining the consequences of such changes it is relevant to focus on young people. Young people grow up with and get socialized into a political world full of new information and engagement possibilities. As such, young people are to an increasing extent turning their backs to traditional legacy news outlets and getting political information on social media sites. At the same time, they are engaging in new forms of political participation. Young people can thus be seen as first movers—both when it comes to news ways of getting political information and new ways of engaging in politics. In parallel, broader societal tendencies make young people especially interesting to study in this regard. Across Western societies, as seen with examples like the election of President Trump, Brexit, and the battle against climate change, the combination of changing demography and differential levels of political participation across age groups mean that younger generations are experiencing that older generations are deciding their future. Often these decisions are characterized by increasing support for authoritarian populists and redistributive policies that massively disadvantage the youth. The developments described above call for new research examining young people’s exposure to news and their democratic engagement. Despite the high relevance of this relationship in contemporary societies, we know relatively little of how changes in the media and political environments are affecting the relationship between news exposure and democratic engagement for young people. How do young people engage with news and politics, and is their democratic engagement able to generate the change they hope for and in which way? Against this backdrop, this special issue invites original research that fits the theme “Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement”. The invitation is open for any methodological tradition, seeks international contributions from across the globe, and is especially welcoming comparative work drawing attention to how contextual differences influence the relationships under consideration. Possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following: - Comparative differences and similarities in young people’s news consumption patterns across the world - What kind of political information are young people engaging with and with what democratic consequences? - Young people’s news avoidance and news snacking - Young people’s exposure to news on social media sites and its consequences for political knowledge and participation - Political socialization in a new and hybrid media environment - How does young people’s (digital) media literacy enable them to engage with news in today’s media environment with varying quality of political information? - Young people’s political discussions in networked (online) settings - How young people’s democratic engagement is affecting and affected by the norms of political discussion (civility, trolling, etc) and the quality of news? - Whether and how generational conflict between younger and older citizens is articulated on digital media - Novel news products and their relation with young people’s democratic engagement Submission Information Manuscript submissions for this special issue are due on 1 February 2021. Please submit your work through our online submission portal ( https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ijpp) and ensure that the first line of the cover letter states: “Manuscript to be considered for the special issue on Youth, News, and Democratic Engagement”. Manuscripts should follow the IJPP submission guidelines ( https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/journal/international-journal-presspolitic…) Submissions will be subject to a double-blind peer review process and must not have been published, accepted for publication, or under consideration for publication elsewhere. Please note that, to ensure consistency, submissions will only be considered for peer review after the 1 February 2021 deadline has passed. Authors interested in submitting their work are encouraged to contact Kim Andersen (kand(a)journalism.sdu.dk) with questions. Timeline - Submission of full papers: 1 February 2021 - Revisions and resubmission: August 2021 - Online publication: January 2022 - Print publication: April 2022 (issue 2-2022) Please share! Cristian Vaccari ****************************************************** Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Co-Director, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/> Editor-in-Chief, *The International Journal of Press/Politics <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb>* ****************************************************** Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Google Scholar profile <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> Twitter: @prof_vaccari <https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari>

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WEBCAST TODAY: ILSR Connect This! Episode 4 ‘Open Access Networks’
by Joly MacFie 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

This is not an ISOC stream, but I've chosen to highlight it, as 1) open access is not talked about as much as it could be, and 2) it includes Dane Jasper, the founder of Sonic. Included are links to previous episodes. All appear good. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday December 2 2020, at 5pm EST (22:00 UTC) the Institute for Self Reliance presents the 4th episode in its 'Connect This!' Series with the theme 'Open Access Networks'. Host Christopher Mitchell will be joined by Travis Carter (CEO, US Inter" [image: YouTube] <https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI>Today,* Wednesday December 2 2020*, at* 5pm EST* (22:00 UTC) the *Institute for Self Reliance <https://ilsr.org/>* presents the 4th episode in its *'Connect This! <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ1cQ-u1XTA55oRNG_AQVQuU-H1amM4MM>*' Series with the theme '*Open Access Networks <https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI>*'. Host *Christopher Mitchell* will be joined by *Travis Carter* (CEO, US Internet), *Jeff Christensen* (President, EntryPoint Networks), and *Dane Jasper* (CEO and Co-founder, Sonic). *VIEW ON YOUTUBE - https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI <https://youtu.be/i9A9mR0uqZI>* *PREVIOUS EPISODES* *Episode 1 - LEO, Voting, Future of Cable, and Challenges for Small FISPs <https://youtu.be/n8YXCXWS23E?t=28> * *Doug Dawson - Monica Webb - Travis Carter* *Episode 2 - Urban Wireless - 5G, CBRS, and How Cities Can Help WISPs <https://youtu.be/CVVojfHBmp4?t=18>* *Mason Carroll - Travis Carter - Deborah Simpier* *Episode 3 - Bridging the Broadband Gap <https://youtu.be/4-R5WETQTJk?t=41> * *Deb Socia - Angela Siefer - Travis Carter* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13097/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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vacancy Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications, LSE | focus on gender, sexuality and/or race
by Willems,W 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

https://jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/2465/0/283643/15539/assistant-professor-… Assistant Professor, Department of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide and not less than £55,974 pa inclusive The post will commence on 1 September 2021. Applications are invited from outstanding candidates in the field of media and communications. The successful candidate will join an established and successful department, ranked first in the UK’s 2014 Research Excellence Framework evaluation and third in the QS 2020 World University rankings. The Department is known for its distinctive interdisciplinary approach to the field of media and communications, primarily based in the social sciences, but also open to humanities perspectives. You will contribute to the intellectual life of the School through conducting and publishing outstanding quality research, engaging in high-quality teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in the School and wider Department activities. Candidates will have a completed PhD in media and communications, or a closely related field, by the post start date. Candidates must also have expertise on media and communications in relation to one or more of the following areas of research: gender, sexuality and/or race. Within these primary areas, we are particularly ― but not exclusively ― interested in candidates with a global and comparative research approach, a focus on the Global South and a commitment to issues of marginality, inequality and social justice. For full details on the post, please see the how-to-apply document, job description and the person specification on our website. We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities. LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university. For this post, we particularly welcome applications from women and people from minority ethnic groups. Should you have any queries about the role, please email Dr Wendy Willems (W.Willems(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:W.Willems@lse.ac.uk>), Deputy Head of Department. Applicants are also invited to attend a Zoom webinar Q&A for further details on Wednesday 16 December 2020, 2-3pm UK time or Wednesday 6 January 2021, 2-3pm UK time. Please RSVP at the following link: https://bit.ly/3lwpRNU. The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 10 January (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications. Online interviews and presentations will take place in February 2021. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Wendy Willems (PhD) Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department Room PEL7.01G Department of Media and Communications London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE United Kingdom P: +44 20 7852 3738 E: w.willems(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:w.willems@lse.ac.uk> T: @WendyWillems_<https://twitter.com/WendyWillems_> W: http://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/wendy-w… Selected recent publications: Beyond platform-centrism and digital universalism: the relational affordances of mobile social media publics<javascript:void(0)> ‘The politics of things’: digital media, urban space and the materiality of publics<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0163443719831594?journalCode=m…> Digital development imaginaries, informal business practices and the platformisation of digital technology in Zambia<http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/101248/>

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**Extended deadline** CfP: OSNEM Special Issue on Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms
by Andrea Passarella 02 Dec '20

02 Dec '20

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Online Social Networks and Media Journal (OSNEM) Special issue on Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms ** Submission Deadline: 31st December 2020 ** http://www.journals.elsevier.com/online-social-networks-and-media/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Online Social Networks and Media have revolutionized society, and are now a key part of how most people work, live, socialize, find information and entertain themselves. But whilst they have generated huge benefits, leading to unprecedented connectivity across the globe, online social networks have also enabled the spread of hazardous and dangerous behaviours. Such ‘online harms’ are now a pressing concern of policymakers, regulators and big tech companies. Building deep knowledge about the scope, nature, prevalence, origins and dynamics of online harms is crucial for ensuring we can clean up online spaces. This, in turn, requires innovation and advances in methods, data, theory and research design -- and developing multi-domain and multi-disciplinary approaches. In particular, there is a real need for methodological research that develops high-quality methods for detecting online harms in a robust, fair and explainable way. This special issue seeks high-quality scientific articles (including data-driven, experimental and theoretical research) which examine harmful behaviours, communities, discourses and ideas in online social networks and media. We welcome submissions on any online harm but particularly encourage papers which focus on online hate, misinformation, disinformation, extremism and terrorism. Data-driven approaches, supported by publicly available datasets, are strongly encouraged. Areas of interest are (1) detecting and measuring online harms, (2) analysing online harms through the use of advanced modelling techniques and (3) developing and interrogating ways to tackle online harms. This includes but is not limited to: * The prevalence of online harms, either on one online platform or several. * The efficacy, usability and appropriateness of different counter measures to tackle online harms; both policies and new technologies. * The impact of large trigger events, such as COVID19 or the murder of George Floyd. * Niche and smaller online platforms, including how they differ from mainstream spaces. * Modelling and analysis techniques to predict online harms, as well as their dynamics and associated factors. * Machine learning (e.g. natural language processing and computer vision) to detect and categorise online harms. * The prevalence and role of counter speech online. * Biases in methods and analyses, including how explainable, accessible, fair, transparent and interpretable they are. * Integrated analysis of different online harms (e.g. studying how misinformation, hate and extremism intersect). * Cross-platform and inter-platform dynamics, such as user migration from mainstream to niche spaces. * Strategies for online harm dissemination used by malicious actors and others. * Community-based detection methods. * The ethics and social implications of socio-technical research to study and target online harms. Online Social Networks and Media is a multidisciplinary journal for the wide community of computer and network scientists working on developing OSNEM platforms and services and using OSNEM as a big data source to mine, learn and model the (online) human behaviour. Manuscripts only based on questionnaires, even focused on the reported use of social media, are outside the scope of the journal. On the other hand, the journal welcomes papers which present analyses based on big data mined from social networks/media. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tentative timeline Manuscript submission deadline: 31st December 2020 First notification: 28th February 2021 Submission of revised paper: 31st March 2021 Notification of acceptance: 30th April 2021 Guest Editors Arkaitz Zubiaga, Queen Mary University of London <a.zubiaga(a)qmul.ac.uk> Bertie Vidgen, Alan Turing Institute <bvidgen(a)turing.ac.uk> Miriam Fernandez, Open University <miriam.fernandez(a)open.ac.uk> Nishanth Sastry, University of Surrey <n.sastry(a)surrey.ac.uk> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Instructions for submission Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for submission if the submitted manuscript is a substantial revision and extension of the conference version. In this case, authors should indicate the previous publication(s) in the cover letter and are also required to submit their published conference article(s) and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://www.editorialmanager.com/osnem/default.aspx. Please select ''VSI:Online Harms'' when you reach the ''Article Type'' step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on ''Detecting, Understanding and Countering Online Harms''. Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website.

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Two new OA books from mediastudies.press, a new scholar-led publisher
by Jeff Pooley 01 Dec '20

01 Dec '20

# Two new OA books from mediastudies.press, a new scholar-led publisher # We are excited to announce the release of two new open access books from mediastudies.press—the first titles in our Public Domain series: ## Our Master's Voice, by James Rorty (1934) ## “I was an ad-man once,” James Rorty writes in this classic dissection of the advertising industry. A neglected masterpiece, the book is republished in this mediastudies.press edition with a new introduction by Jefferson Pooley. PDF (free) | ePub (free) | Mobi (free) | Paperback ($20) https://www.mediastudies.press/masters-voice ## Liberty and the News, by Walter Lippmann (1920) ## Published a century ago as the young Walter Lippmann’s fifth book, the slim volume merits a fresh read in our post-truth moment. Republished in this mediastudies.press edition with a new introduction by Sue Curry Jansen. PDF (free) | ePub (free) | Mobi (free) | Paperback ($10) https://www.mediastudies.press/liberty-and-the-news *** mediastudies.press is a new, open-access publisher for the media and communication studies fields. Launched in 2019, the press is nonprofit, scholar-led, and fee-free. We publish living works, with iterative updates stitched into our process. And we encourage multi-modal submissions that reflect the mediated environments our authors study: https://www.mediastudies.press/about We publish open access works in three series: * Public Domain: https://www.mediastudies.press/public-domain-series * Open Reader: https://www.mediastudies.press/open-reader-series * History of Media Studies: https://www.mediastudies.press/history-of-media-studies We are also launching a journal, *History of Media Studies*, in 2021, dedicated to scholarship on the history of media, film, and communication research and education: https://hms.mediastudies.press Best, Jeff Poooley --------- Jeff Pooley press(a)mediastudies.press Director, mediastudies.press Professor of Media & Communication, Muhlenberg College jeffpooley.com

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