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Deadline Extension Special Issue on "Digital Capitalism"
by Aitor Jimenez Gonzalez 15 Apr '20

15 Apr '20

Dear all, Due to the current global disruptions, we've agreed to extend our call for abstracts on 'Digital Capitalism' for Teknokultura. Revista de Cultura Digital y Movimientos Sociales (June-December 2020) to Mon 14th May 2020. All other details remain as before, the full text of the call can be found at: https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/announcement/view/333 Best regards, stay safe César Rendueles y Aitor Jiménez (The Editors) CFP on DIGITAL CAPITALISM for TEKNOKULTURA (June-December 2020) 2020-01-12 Thematic issue in Digital Capitalism Coordinators: Aitor Jiménez (University of Auckland) & César Rendueles (Universidad Complutense de Madrid) Vol 17 (2) June-December 2020[linea1.jpg] More than 20 years have passed since Daniel Schiller popularized the concept of Digital Capitalism. Since then, the digital economy has become one of the pillars of advanced economies. Few, beyond the followers of science fiction, could have predicted the current scenario. There are still no flying cars or cyborgs in the streets. But, as in Blade Runner, gigantic global corporations reign in cyberspace (and outside of it). Its hegemony extends from communications to clouding, through commerce, transport, hospitality or leisure. The great digital monopolies are present in the lives of the inhabitants both in the North and in the Global South. Until 2018 (the year when the Cambridge Analytica scandal broke out) the large digital corporations enjoyed the benefit of the doubt from governments and authorities and the approval of the users. In a short period of time, digital monopolies forever transformed the real estate market in cities such as Madrid or Paris. The urban transport sector and the labour regime of hundreds of millions of workers, not to mention the use and management of private data. But after a series of scandals and judicial setbacks associated with the criminal practices of large corporations such as Google or Facebook, governments and international institutions have agreed to point out the dangers associated with this excessive corporate power or ‘digital dominance’. The ILO and the OECD have remarked how the global labour market is at the verge of a huge transition, which if not handled with caution can lead to the disappearance of hundreds of millions of jobs. The European Union has marked as one of its priorities to recover digital sovereignty for its member countries, as well as to shield, from the Silicon Valley’s monopolistic capitalist offensive. The United States Congress, concerned about the overwhelming power of tech companies, is inquiring the top tech corporations to understand ‘the degree to which these intermediaries enjoy market power, how they are using that market power, whether they are using their market power in ways that have harmed consumers and competition, and how Congress should respond.’ 2020 will be a turning point in the formulation of digital capitalism. For some like Morozov, we are at the door of a digital neofeudalism with different domain spheres dependent of massive powers. Others, more optimistic, such as Lina Khan or Frank Pasquale, believe that digital capitalism can be controlled with the appropriate institutional and regulatory frameworks. Others, as Aaron Bastani or Trebor Scholz, highlight the emancipatory and even revolutionary potential of current digital tools and platforms. Can you imagine an Uber run and controlled by workers? What if we socialise Google? 2018, with the Cambridge Analytica scandal, was the year of the loss of the innocence of digital platforms. 2019 the year of the great declarations of the corporations (among others those of Uber, Google or Facebook) and of the awareness of the political authorities. 2020 may be the year in which digital capitalism is reformulated (in one direction or another). For this reason we call the participation to a thematic issue of Teknokultura. Journal of Digital Culture and Social Movements dedicated to digital capitalism. In this number we seek for contributions from academics and activists looking at digital capitalism, its many problems and perhaps its multiple solutions. Contributions are invited from a range of topics and perspectives, including, but not restricted to: * Digital Sociology * Platform Politics * Law and algorithmic governmentality * Biopolitics, sexism and racism * Digital Anthropology * Digital Capitalism’s Political Economy * Digital Welfare State We also are delighted to extend this call to workers, activists and political and social organizers who, from institutions, unions or social organizations are dealing with digital capitalism. Final drafts will be due April 15, 2020. Questions and topic inquiries for this thematic issue can be directed to the guest editors Aitor Jiménez and César Rendueles at aitor(a)auckland.ac.nz<mailto:aitor@auckland.ac.nz>. Articles may be submitted in Spanish, English or Portuguese. Articles must be original and must not have been previously published or be under consideration by other journals or publication. The author guidelines are available on the website at https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/about/submissions, and the section policies at https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/TEKN/politicasecciones If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact the guest editors at: aitor(a)auckland.ac.nz ?

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Recruiting Election Data Coders
by Stuart Shulman 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

We are recruiting coders (human annotators) to label US election data in a pilot study using DiscoverText. At this time, the remuneration is only free software and access to interesting Canadian and US election data for your own scholarly research. If the project is funded, this will convert into paying work over the summer and fall at a rate of $15/hour for annotators and $25/hour for team leaders. Increments of coding are as short as 5-10 minutes and as long as 30-45 minutes. Applicants must have a personal Twitter account created prior to January 1, 2018. To apply, please send me an email with your Twitter handle and a CV. The project is equal parts entertaining, educational, encouraging, and disturbing. ~Stu Dr. Stu ShulmanU.S. Soccer Federation C-Licensed Coach Valeo FC & Capacidad Volunteer Coach @stuartwshulman

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Perception at the End of the World, or How Not to Play Video Games: out now, open access
by Joanna Zylinska 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Dear All, Not without some degree of apprehension, I thought I’d share this project titled /Perception at the End of the World, or How Not to Play Video Games/, which has just come out in the Flugschriften series. Engaging with post-apocalyptic landscapes, image-making and ways in which we see the world, it’s something I’ve been working on for a while now, but its publication has coincided with the current set of events. It takes the form of an artbook-style pamphlet containing an essay and a series of images, and features design by the brilliant Felipe Mancheno. /“Both embracing and eliding the experience of mediation, [video game environments stage] worldliness for us as a mobile task to explore and engage with, with our eyes, hands, brains, and bodies all participating in seeing and/as doing… Life can thus also be redescribed as an ongoing process of navigating between cinema and photography, with image-making becoming a mode of world-making, for gamers and non-gamers alike.” /(Joanna Zylinska, from /Perception at the End of the World/) The pamphlet can be downloaded from here: https://flugschriften.com/2020/04/10/perception-at-the-end-of-the-world-by-… <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fflugschri…> Edited by Dominic Pettman (New School) and Carla Nappi (Pittsburgh), /Flugschriften /rekindles the long tradition of 16th-century pamphlets – or ‘flying writings’ – giving heterodox, experimental, challenging writings a pair of wings with which to find like-minded readers. /Flugschriften /publishes short, sharp shocks to the system – whether this be the political system, literary system, academic system, or human nervous system. Other titles in the series include Vilém Flusser on The Holy See, Steven Shaviro on Tierra Whack, and the collectively edited Dispatches from the Institute of Incoherent Geography. More at: https://flugschriften.com/ <https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fflugschri…> Best, Joanna -- Professor Joanna Zylinska Co-Head of Department of Media, Communications and Cultural Studies Goldsmiths, University of London http://www.joannazylinska.net

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Speaker on Deception - Ade Rudd "Clothing Naked Villainy: the Dark Art of Deception"
by Dr. Emma Briant 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Dear Colleagues, I am delighted to be able to announce a new speaker who will be giving a very interesting talk this *Thursday 16th April at 1.30 Eastern time, *for students of my Human Rights Program course at Bard College *'Propaganda: Dark Arts in a Digital Age' *- the talk will be open to interested colleagues such as yourselves. *Ade Rudd *will be giving an hour long talk titled: *"Clothing Naked Villainy: the Dark Art of Deception" *which will go into some of the theory and some examples of deception in war. It will be followed by a Q&A. Ade Rudd is an expert on deception from the United Kingdom and was a ‘Behaviour Change Analyst’ and Warrant Officer (equivalent to Master Sergeant in US) in UK Defence Psychological Operations co authoring NATO PsyOps, Deception and Info Ops doctrine. Gaining extensive experience ‘in Ukraine, the Baltic States, Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Iraq, and Afghanistan’ from 1993 until 2017. Since leaving military service he has worked as a contractor for several firms including providing scenario workshops for training delivered by SCL the parent company of Cambridge Analytica, and now runs his own firm, Blekking Strategic Communications. The details for the Zoom for this talk are as follows below. Due to high demand, I am hoping to record it and make it available online too in case anyone is unable to attend. Looking forward to welcoming you to the lecture on Thursday. Best of health, Dr Emma Briant Emma Briant is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: Talk on Deception by Ade Rudd - 'Clothing Naked Villainy' Time: Apr 16, 2020 01:30 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://bard.zoom.us/j/97059969860 Meeting ID: 970 5996 9860 One tap mobile +13126266799,,97059969860# US (Chicago) +16465588656,,97059969860# US (New York) Dial by your location +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US +1 301 715 8592 US +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 970 5996 9860 Find your local number: https://bard.zoom.us/u/agAV1oboC -- Dr Emma L Briant Independent Researcher/Author/Analyst Associate Researcher at Human Rights Program Bard College, Annandale on Hudson New York Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>

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Final review reminder
by Kylie Jarrett 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Hi all, We have a lot of reviews for the 2020 conference still pending and today is the very last day to get them in so this is your last reminder. If you are not sure if you have reviews to do, please login to conftool - https://www.conftool.org/aoir2020/index.php?page=login - and check the Enter and Edit Reviews section (the second field). Your reviews will be listed there. We really do appreciate you all taking the time to complete these, especially in these difficult circumstances. Thanks everyone. Dr. Kylie Jarrett Head of Department/Associate Professor Department of Media Studies Maynooth University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare Ireland Author: Feminism, Labour, and Digital Media: The Digital Housewife Co-author: NSFW: Sex, Humor and Risk in Social Media Google and the Culture of Search

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General Consensus on the Journal Sustainability
by Andrew Klobucar 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

Dear Aoir List, As many on this list likely know, the journal Sustainability (ISSN 2071-1050; CODEN: SUSTDE) is published by MDPI, a company that seems to be at the heart of the ongoing debate over the ethics of publishing with Open Access. My question here is to determine whether some final verdict on whether the journal is considered predatory and thus to be low ranked in social science libraries. It’s editorial board seems strong, and many of the articles I’ve read through are well considered. Others not so. Any opinions, views? Best, Andrew Klobucar, Ph.D. Associate Professor, NJIT,

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SoLAR Webinar: Analyzing Learning and Teaching through the Lens of Networks with Dr Sasha Poquet and Dr Bodong Chen
by Vitomir Kovanovic 13 Apr '20

13 Apr '20

Hi all, It is my pleasure to invite you to our April SoLAR Webinar "Analyzing Learning and Teaching through the Lens of Networks" presented by Dr Sasha Poquet from the University of South Australia, Australia, and Dr Bodong Chen from the University of Minnesota, USA. To register, go to https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/analyzing-learning-and-teaching-through-the… Time and date: Mon April 20, 2020, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Eastern US time (1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Pacific US time, 9:30 PM - 10:30 PM London, UK time) Location: Zoom (meeting URL provided in the registration email) (Also, make sure you follow SoLAR's Eventbrite page<https://www.eventbrite.com.au/o/society-for-learning-analytics-research-sol…> to get updates for the future events). We are looking forward to seeing you at the webinar! Kind regards, Vitomir Analyzing Learning and Teaching through the Lens of Networks Networks is a popular metaphor we use to make sense of the world. Networks provide a powerful way to think about a variety of phenomena from economic and political interdependencies among countries, interactions between humans in local communities, and to protein interactions in drug development. In education, networks give ways to describe human relationships, neural activities in brains, technology-mediated interactions, language development, discourse patterns, etc. The common use of networks to depict these phenomena is unsurprising given the variety of educational theories and approaches that are deeply committed to a networked view of learning. Compatible with this view, network analysis is applied as a method for understanding learning and connections involved in learning. This webinar will explore the conceptual, methodological, and practical use of networks in learning analytics by presenting examples from real-world learning and teaching scenarios that cover the following areas. First, in learning analytics networks are a powerful tool to visually represent connections of all sorts in ways that are straightforward for humans to act upon. Second, network analysis offers a set of metrics that are useful for characterising and assessing various dimensions of learning. Third, the modelling of networks can help to develop explanatory theories about complex learning processes. We will present case studies in each area to demonstrate the utility of networks in learning analytics. By doing so, we argue for a wider conception of learning as a networked phenomenon and call for future learning analytics work in this area. Dr Sasha Poquet Sasha Poquet is a researcher at the Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning (C3L), University of South Australia. Sasha uses learning analytics to understand learner networks form and how peers influence each other in digitally-mediated communication. Associate Professor Bodong Chen Bodong Chen is an associate professor and Bonnie Westby Huebner Chair in Education and Technology at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities. His research is focused on the design of digital environments and analytics for collaborative learning. At the University of Minnesota, he co-directs a newly formed Learning Informatics Lab and teaches Applied Network Analysis in Education and Learning Analytics.

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ACM Guide to best practices for virtual conferences
by Joly MacFie 12 Apr '20

12 Apr '20

(via Benjamin C. Pierce / Dave Farber) *[TL;DR: Please help circulate a new guide for organizers of virtual conferences.]* Dear colleagues, The Association for Computing Machinery recently chartered a Presidential Task Force to gather and disseminate guidance on best practices for virtual conferences, aimed at the many conference organizers moving their events online right now. The task force report, *Virtual Conferences: A Guide to Best Practices <https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences>, *is now available on the ACM web site <https://www.acm.org/virtual-conferences> It offers a comprehensive survey of issues, organizational strategies, and technology platforms for successful virtual meetings. We hope that you (and your colleagues) will find this report useful. If you do, we would love to hear about it! And naturally if you have any suggestions for improvement, we would love to hear those too. (The PDF document linked above includes a pointer to a live Google Doc where you can leave suggestions and comments if you like.) If you have recently organized a virtual conference or are organizing one now, we would especially like to include your experiences (how you organized it, how it went, what people thought, a summary of any post-conference survey results, your advice for future conferences, etc.) and add it (or better yet a pointer to it) to the appendix that we’ve provided for such experience reports. Finally, can you please help us make sure this guide reaches the people that need it by forwarding this announcement within your networks (especially, of course, to current conference organizers)? Many thanks! Benjamin Pierce Task force executive editor …on behalf of the entire task force: Crista Videira Lopes <https://www.ics.uci.edu/~lopes/>, University of California, Irvine, USA (Task Force Co-chair) Jeanna Matthews <https://people.clarkson.edu/~jmatthew/>, Clarkson University, USA (Task Force Co-chair, member of ACM Council, Former SGB Chair) Benjamin Pierce <https://www.cis.upenn.edu/~bcpierce/>, University of Pennsylvania, USA (Task Force Executive Editor, SIGPLAN Vice Chair, chair of SIGPLAN ad hoc committee on climate change <https://www.sigplan.org/Resources/Climate/>) Blair MacIntyre <https://blairmacintyre.me/>, Georgia Tech, USA (Chaired IEEE VR 2020) Gary Olson <https://garymolson.com/>, University of California, Irvine, USA (Former SIGCHI Treasurer; Chair of CSCW Steering Committee, chaired CHI, CSCW, DIS, and many non-ACM conferences) Rob Lindeman <https://researchprofile.canterbury.ac.nz/Researcher.aspx?researcherid=44474…>, University of Canterbury, NZ (Chaired IEEE VR 2010) Francois Guimbretiere <https://www.cs.cornell.edu/~francois/>, Cornell University, USA (Chaired UIST 2019) Srinivasan Keshav <https://www.fitz.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-srinivasan-keshav>, University of Cambridge, UK (Former SIGCOMM Chair) Ex-officio members: Vicki Hanson <https://vickihanson.org/> (ACM CEO, Former ACM President) Pat Ryan (ACM COO) Donna Cappo (ACM Director of SIG Services) -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST SAMEDI: ISOC Bénin « Comment Identifier les Fake News pour ne pas être un relais »
by Joly MacFie 10 Apr '20

10 Apr '20

.Suivi de l'ISOC Bénin au webinaire de l'ISOC Rural SIG <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews2> en début de semaine ISOC Live posted: "Le samedi 11 Avril 2020 de 15h à 17h WAT (14h à 16h UTC ) le Chapitre Bénin de l’Internet Society présentera un Webinaire Formation sur le thème : « Comment Identifier les Fake news pour ne pas être un relais ». La Crise sanitaire du Covid-19 frappe malhe" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews3>Le *samedi 11 Avril 2020* de *15h à 17h WAT* (14h à 16h UTC ) le *Chapitre Bénin de l’Internet Society <https://isoc.bj>* présentera un Webinaire Formation sur le thème : « *Comment Identifier les Fake news pour ne pas être un relais <https://isoc.bj/membreforce/>* ». La Crise sanitaire du Covid-19 frappe malheureusement le monde entier. Malheureusement il n’est pas rare que de fausses informations caractérisées de « Fake News » soient diffusées à une vitesse impressionnante et incontrôlée sur Internet à travers les canaux comme les Réseaux Sociaux, semant ainsi une psychose au sein de la population, transformant les internautes en relais privilégiés de ces fausses informations. Nos conférenciers *Mathias HOUNGBO*, President IGB@NET, et *Franck KOUYAMI*, Past President FGI Bénin, vous expliqueront les méthodes et techniques pour reconnaitre et vérifier une information. *LIVESTREAM: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews3 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fakenews3>* *FACEBOOK SIMULCAST: https://www.facebook.com/isocbenin/ <https://www.facebook.com/isocbenin/>* *PARTICIPER: https://isoc.bj/membreforce/ <https://isoc.bj/membreforce/>* *TWITTER: #membreforce <http://bit.ly/membreforce>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/11953/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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2 academic vacancies in the School of International Communications at the University of Nottingham's China campus
by Andrew White 09 Apr '20

09 Apr '20

The University of Nottingham's China campus has the following 2 vacancies in the School of International Communications *Assistant/Associate Professor in Digital Humanities [181025]* *https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS998/assistant-associate-professor-in-digital-humanities <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS998/assistant-associate-professor-in-digital-…> * *Assistant Professor (Lecturer) in Mobile Studies [181028]* *https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS993/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-mobile-studies <https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BZS993/assistant-professor-lecturer-in-mobile-st…> * Closing date: 10 May 2020 *Join a unique British University in China**.* The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) was the first Sino-foreign University to open its doors in China. This award-winning campus offering a UK style education has grown to establish a student body of over 8,000 in just 15 years. A pioneer in Sino-foreign tertiary education, UNNC is rapidly expanding as part of the University of Nottingham’s Global University. The institution seeks ambitious, talented academics with a flair for research and a passion for teaching to join its team of experts, offering unique teaching and research opportunities in a highly dynamic economy. The School of International Communications is the largest school in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, and is affiliated to the Department of Culture, Media and Visual Studies at the Nottingham UK campus. Our BA (Hons) in International Communications is a provincial level accredited degree which includes a dedicated programme of study for a European or East Asian language. Its sister programme, BA (Hons) in International Communications with Chinese, has proved successful in attracting high quality international students to the school. We currently run an MA programme in International Communications and also have one of the most successful PhD programmes in the university. The post-holders will be expected to teach across the full range of our programmes, undertake supervision of BA and MA dissertation students and PGR students, and conduct research and external engagement in the school’s main research areas. More details of the school and its teaching and research activities can be found here: *https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/about-the-school.aspx <https://www.nottingham.edu.cn/en/internationalcommunications/about-the-scho…>* These posts are expected to begin from 1 September 2020 and will initially be offered on a fixed-term contract with the University of Nottingham Ningbo China for a period of up to five years. This contract may be extended on an indefinite basis by mutual agreement, subject to revised terms and conditions. All applicants are required to formally apply online for these positions. An attractive package, including accommodation allowance, flights and insurance, will be provided to all successfully appointed candidates. All posts will be based in Ningbo and contracts will be with the University of Nottingham Ningbo, China. Informal enquiries may be addressed to Dr. Filippo GILARDI, head of School of International Communications email: Filippo.Gilardi(a)nottingham.edu.cn. Please note that applications sent directly to this email address will not be accepted.

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