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Polymedia
by Traci Belanger 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi everyone, does anyone have suggestions for articles on "polymedia" or specifically how polymedia interacts with media ecology? Thanks so much! Traci Belanger --- May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and peace today.

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For my US colleagues: an 8 minute survey, where your input might make a difference
by Patricia Aufderheide 08 May '25

08 May '25

I know, exactly what you don't need to do at this crazy point in the semester. At AU, Profs. Aram Sinnreich, Joseph Graf and I have been working with Electronic Frontier Foundation and New Media Rights to design a survey about DMCA exemption language and its accessibility. Would you be interested in taking, sharing with your students and networks, including putting on social media the survey link <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>? Here it is again: *http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>* Your generosity much appreciated! 👏 -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org paufder(a)american.edu 202-885-2069 office <202-643-5356> 240-643-4805 mobile <202-643-5356> "The world we have received also belongs to those who follow us." --Pope Francis

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Non-software uses of GitHub
by Jim Herbsleb 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

I’m looking for GitHub repositories that are used for things other than software, especially where users are actively collaborating rather than just putting together static collections. So far, we have found a few books being written, some musical transcriptions being error-checked, and some policy documents maintained online. Does anyone know of any examples of these or other categories? Any pointers much appreciated. Happy to share what we find with anyone interested. Jim ---- Jim Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University http://herbsleb.org/ Google Scholar profile: https://goo.gl/sv3p7l

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CfP: Gamevironments Regular Issue - Deadline 1. Feb 2020
by Lisa Kienzl 25 Feb '21

25 Feb '21

Dear Colleagues, below you find the Call for Papers for the online journal GAMEVIRONMENTS (Regular Issue) -- due Feb. 1 2020. We are looking forward to your contributions! Best, Lisa ---------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers: journal GAMEVIRONMENTS Regular Issue 2020 ================ To further explore the multilayered socio-cultural and political contexts of video games and gaming, the international peer-reviewed journal GAMEVIRONMENTS is calling for submissions for its Regular Issue 2020. https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/ DEADLINES The journal follows a fixed timeline for the Regular Issue each year: 01.02. Full Chapter Submission 15.03. Review Results Returned 01.05. Revised Chapter Submission summer Online-Publication GAMEVIRONMENTS seeks to explore both established approaches and new frontiers of researching video games/gaming as related to religion, culture, and society. The journal encourages inter- and multidisciplinary works combining for example Cultural Studies, History, Religious studies, Theology, Ludology, and Psychology. All submitted articles will be reviewed on a double-blind peer-review basis. PAPER TYPES We include different categories of texts in the journal: a) regular academic articles Normally, articles should be between 5.000 words and 10.000 words in length. In general, a clear structure is of course helpful to understand your argumentation (introduction, discussing the relevance of your idea, theoretical frame, used method(s), case study and amount of new knowledge). b) interviews Next to academic articles we are interested in projects related to games, gamers, gaming and religion, culture, and society. For instance, if you have an interview with a game designer, a pedagogue working with games, etc., please feel free to share it in our journal! c) research reports Sometimes you may just want to give an impression of your current research, an introduction to a new project, or just have a longing for acclamation of about the 5% of successful third part funding that we get for this "weird stuff" – please feel free to do so :) In general, such research reports should be short descriptions between 3000 and 5000 words in length. They are not peer-reviewed, but we as journal editors will give some revisions if necessary. d) book reviews There was a flow in publications concerned with games and religion/culture in the last years, so it could be interesting to introduce and discuss some of them. If you are reading a new book which you think can be helpful for other researchers, feel free to propose a review. Reviews should be around 1000 words. Please note that in most cases, the journal will not be able to provide a free copy for reviews, but will try to source a free copy for you. e) game reviews Due to the fact that we are a games journal that wants to collect, systematize and further develop the various recent multidisciplinary approaches in the research area, we need to know our way around in our field, namely GAMES! So if you are playing a game which you think can be an interesting and promising object of investigation, please send us proposals for a game review. Reviews should be around 1000 words. Please note that in most cases, the journal will not be able to provide a free copy for reviews. Video games are full of images, so it would be a good idea to include some of them, illustrating your argumentation. But, for any image, you need to hold the copyright. Please ensure that! Before publishing with the journal, you need to sign a copyright declaration which we provide. Please send all images as .jpg file(s) to us due to formatting issues. Besides your contribution and images, we need keywords (up to 10), an abstract of up to 200 words, and a brief biographical paragraph (100 to 150 words) with your current institutional address and email address. Please consult the gamevironments submission style sheet before submitting your paper, as well as the Help Desk for some general principles. There is no article processing charge. If you are ready, please send your contribution as an RTF file to the managing editor: kienzl(a)uni-bremen.de. https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/ -- Dr.Dr. Lisa Kienzl, MA wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | postdoctoral researcher Arbeitsgebiet Literaturen und Medien der Religionen | Literature and Media of Religions Universität Bremen | University of Bremen Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik | Institute of Religious Studies and Religious Education Sportturm (SpT) Postfach 330 440 D-28359 Bremen T. +49 (0)421 218 67912 https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/

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Gamevironments: Special Issue on "National(ism), Identity and Video Gaming" out now
by Lisa Kienzl 30 Dec '20

30 Dec '20

Dear Colleagues, we are really happy to share with you today news of GAMEVIRONMENTS newest Special Issue on "National(ism), Identity and Video Gaming" edited by Lisa Kienzl and Kathrin Trattner with contributions from: * "Glory to Trumpland! Critically Playing Border Games" by Melissa Kagen * Round Table Discussion on Nation(alism), Identity and Video Gaming with Megan Condis, Marijam Didžgalvytė, Georg Hobmeier and Souvik Mukherjee * "Playing America. An Introduction to American Culture through Video Games" by Michael Fuchs and Stefan Rabitsch * "Research Report on Curse the Fiends, Their Children, Too: Cultural Heritage and Subversion of Fictional Tropes in Bloodborne" by Sarah Zaidan, Richard Pilbeam and Elin Carstensdottir * Interview with Mira Wardhaningsih from StoryTale Studios on the Indonesian Horror Game "Pamali" * Interview with Déyfou-lah Sani Bah-Traore on the Togolese Game "Origin – the Rise of Dzitri" * "We. The Revolution, a Review. Vive la Révolution or Death and All His Friends" by Kevin Recher * "Kingdom Come: Deliverance. A Bohemian Forest Simulator" by Eugen Pfister You find all further information here: https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/completed-quests/. Best wishes, Lisa Kienzl managing editor gamevironments -- Dr.Dr. Lisa Kienzl, MA wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | postdoctoral researcher Arbeitsgebiet Literaturen und Medien der Religionen | Literature and Media of Religions Universität Bremen | University of Bremen Institut für Religionswissenschaft und Religionspädagogik | Institute of Religious Studies and Religious Education Sportturm (SpT) Postfach 330 440 D-28359 Bremen T. +49 (0)421 218 67912 https://www.gamevironments.uni-bremen.de/

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Expression of interests for partners/connections for non-profit Nordic Center for Privacy
by Cory Robinson 22 Jul '20

22 Jul '20

With some initial successes, such as support and recognization from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Sweden's Internetstiftelsen (Internet Foundation), Association of Nordic Engineers, among others, I'm reaching out to AoIR for guage interest or support from individuals in the community. Briefly, the non-profit is described as "a research-based institution inspired by the Nordics' shared cultural values of trust, transparency, and openness, with the intent to inform policy, push progressive research in themes related to privacy, including informed, consented use of personal data in AI, IoT, and e-health. Recognized and supported by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), Association of Nordic Engineers (ANES), along with other international industrial, non-profit, and academic institutions (forthcoming news on these partnerships), privacy is a critical competitive advantage for industry, can further inclusion of Nordic values in European legislation, and engage citizens for whom privacy is a human right." The development has moved quickly, as this idea started as a LinkedIn post two weeks ago<https://www.linkedin.com/posts/stephencoryrobinson_privacy-ethics-ai-activi…>, and received an (unexpected) overwhelming positive response. Ping me on crobinson(a)keemail.io<mailto:crobinson@keemail.io>, find me on LinkedIn, or just reply here, too. The entity is supported by multiple industry, academic, and government partners, but if you find interest in this output, by all means, let me know. 🙂 Best, Cory -- Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Communication Design Linköping University P: +46 (0)11 36 36 38 E: cory.robinson(a)liu.se http://liu-se.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson<http://colostate.academia.edu/StephenCoryRobinson>

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Call for nominations, 2020 ASIS&T SIG SI (Social Informatics) Awards
by Adam Worrall 02 Jul '20

02 Jul '20

The *Special Interest Group for Social Informatics* (SIG SI) of the *Association for Information Science and Technology* (ASIS&T) is issuing a *call for nominations* for the 2020 Annual *ASIS&T SIG SI Awards*, with *nominations due by July 10*. Self-nominations are welcome and the nomination process is quite short, as detailed below. For those familiar with our prior awards structure please note there are a few changes this year. We seek nominations in the following two categories: 1. *Best Paper**:* For a paper published either in a *peer-reviewed journal* or in *peer-reviewed conference proceedings*, during the *2019 calendar year*, on a *topic informed by social informatics*. Submissions from all researchers at any career stage are welcomed. The winning author(s) will receive a *$750 (USD) cash award* and be *invited to attend* and have their work recognized at the *Social Informatics Research Symposium* as part of the ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting. The Symposium is co-organized by SIG SI, SM (Social Media), and IEP (Information Ethics & Policy) and will be held online later this fall. 2. *Emerging Social Informatics Researchers*: For up to *two students* whose research is on *topics informed by and/or relating to social informatics*. First consideration will go to *students who are an author* on a paper or poster *accepted for the ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting *or to the* Social Informatics Research Symposium* to be held as part of the conference. Up to two winning students will be reimbursed for or otherwise receive *free* *registration *to the *ASIS&T 2020* Annual Meeting and the* Social Informatics Research Symposium*, an approximate *$250 (USD) value*. The winning student(s) will be recognized at the symposium and have ample opportunity to interact with researchers and scholars in social informatics, social media, information ethics and policy, and cognate fields. To nominate for these awards, please send the following to *Adam Worrall (worrall(a)ualberta.ca <worrall(a)ualberta.ca?subject=Social+Informatics+Best+Paper+Awards>)*, SIG SI Awards Coordinator, by *July 10*, 2020, 11:59pm EDT (UTC-4): - For the *Best Paper Award*: A full *reference* of the article being nominated, including the authors, title, and publication venue; a brief *explanation* of why you are nominating this article; and a digital *copy* of the article (PDF preferred). - For the *Emerging Social Informatics Researchers Award*: Your *name*; university / institutional *email address*; the *university* / *institution* and* department *you are part of as a student; and a *short statement* of approximately 300 words (plus any references)* briefly describing your research and scholarship in social informatics*. Please also ensure the statement *references any relevant paper or poster* submitted or accepted to the ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting or Social Informatics Research Symposium. These can either be included directly in the body of your email or in one attached document (PDF preferred). Our intention is to notify award winners no later than *August 7, 2020*, in time for ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting early bird registration (ends August 8). Good luck to all who apply! Adam Worrall, Ph.D. Awards Coordinator, ASIS&T SIG SI Assistant Professor, University of Alberta School of Library and Information Studies 5-168 Education North Edmonton, AB T6G 2G5 worrall(a)ualberta.ca (780) 492-0179 http://www.adamworrall.org

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Yale ISP series - Everything You Need to Know About Section 230 in 5 Hours
by Joly MacFie 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Last week the Information Society Project at Yale Law School <https://law.yale.edu/isp/> ran a 5 part webinar series Everything You Need to Know About Section 230 in 5 Hours <https://law.yale.edu/isp/events/everything-you-need-know-about-section-230-…> In fact, it ran 7.5 hours. Panels were moderated by Kate Klonick, and included Olivier Sylvain, Alexander The recordings are being rolled out on the Yale ISP YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcBU4Qr8nQsjX6Nt_iGH8qg/> Thus far we have *The History of 230* Jeff Kosseff, Assistant Professor of Cybersecurity Law at the United States Naval Academy Eric Goldman, Professor of Law at Santa Clara University School of Law Mary Anne Franks, Professor of Law at Miami Law School https://youtu.be/Br2c91hmIik *What 230 Meant for Telecom and Agencies* Blake Reid, Clinical Professor at University of Colorado Law School Olivier Sylvain, Professor of Law at Fordham University Law School Tejas Narechania, Assistant Professor of Law at Berkeley Law School https://youtu.be/cW68D8-YOnQ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Exchanges Journal: New issue published & CFP
by Johnson, Gareth 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Dear all, Delighted to announce the latest issue of Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal (V7.3) is now live. This issue includes articles on game playing lizards, academic fraud, televisual Shakespeare, cultural cannibalism and reflections on computer gaming scholarship. It also contains a conversation with University College Dublin’s Professor Quinn DuPont on the topic of the Distributed Autonomous Organisation. https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/issue/view/28 As a journal dedicated to engendering both interdisciplinary discourse and encouraging early career researchers to publish, I'd like to draw your attention to our thematic call for papers on the theme of ‘Challenge and Opportunity’. https://exchanges.warwick.ac.uk/announcement/view/23 With thanks Gareth --- About Exchanges Exchanges: The Interdisciplinary Research Journal (ISSN 2053-9665) is a scholar-led, peer-reviewed, open access, interdisciplinary, online-only journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality work by researchers in all disciplines. Launched in 2013 the title particularly attracts innovative research articles from emerging domain experts and early career researchers, but also seeks to publish scholarly work by authors who combine research with academic teaching or other professional employment. The journal utilises a double-blind, editor-mediated and editor mediated managed peer-review model to ensure quality assurance. --- Dr Gareth (Gaz) J Johnson Managing Editor-in-Chief, Exchanges Journal Room C0.10, Institute of Advanced Study, Zeeman Building, University of Warwick https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/ias/ T: 024 765 7443 (extn 74423) E: gareth.johnson(a)warwick.ac.uk<mailto:gareth.johnson@warwick.ac.uk> B: https://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/exchangesias/ Tw:@ExchangesIAS<https://twitter.com/ExchangesIAS>

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Next Speaker of Virtual Summer Speaker Series, Fake News & Disinformation and Its Spread: Deen Freelon
by Jeffery Joe Hemsley 30 Jun '20

30 Jun '20

Virtual Summer Speaker Series: Fake News & Disinformation and Its Spread The Center for Computational and Data Science (CCDS) in the iSchool at Syracuse University invites you to join us for our second speaker in the Virtual Summer Speaker Series: Fake News & Disinformation and Its Spread. Event registration is required and we will be using Zoom as our virtual platform. Please find below the details and we look forward to welcoming our remaining two thought-provoking speakers. We hope you will join us this summer! Thursday, July 9, 2020 1:00-2:00PM EST Black Trolls Matter and Other Conclusions from Analyzing State-Sponsored Disinformation This talk will discuss research Dr. Freelon conducted with colleagues on the Twitter component of the Internet Research Agency's (IRA) disinformation campaign before, during, and after the 2016 US elections. In particular, Deen will discuss the distinct appeal of Black-presenting trolls, how IRA tweets found their way into mainstream news articles, the types of audiences that consumed IRA content, and the IRA's effects on Twitter users' political opinions. Deen Freelon is an associate professor in the Hussman School of Journalism and Media at UNC-Chapel Hill. These days he is mostly interested in disinformation, hyperpartisan communication, and computational methods. This research has been published in the following articles: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439320914853 https://www.pnas.org/content/117/1/243.short https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1940161219895215 https://misinforeview.hks.harvard.edu/article/russian-disinformation-campai… Sign-up: https://forms.gle/iYJRdk71X7CnFLCL6 Wednesday, August 5, 2020 9:30-10:30AM EST Influencers, Misinformation, and 'Under the Radar' Strategies Drawing on research from various interconnected projects on influencer cultures and vigilante activism in Singapore and the Asia Pacific between 2011 and 2020, this talk provides a vernacular framework for thinking about the role of social media influencers, their involvement in circuits of (mis)information ecologies, and their innovative 'under the radar' strategies of communication, amplification, and suppression. Dr Crystal Abidin is a socio-cultural anthropologist of vernacular internet cultures, particularly influencer cultures, online visibility, and social media pop cultures especially in the Asia Pacific. She is Senior Research Fellow & ARC DECRA Fellow in Internet Studies and at the Centre for Culture and Technology at Curtin University, and Affiliate Researcher with the Media Management and Transformation Centre at Jönköping University. Her books include Internet Celebrity: Understanding Fame Online (2018), Microcelebrity Around the Globe: Approaches to Cultures of Internet Fame (co-editor Brown, 2018), Instagram: Visual Social Media Cultures (co-authors Leaver & Highfield, 2019), Mediated Interfaces: The Body on Social Media (co-editors Warfield & Cambre, 2020), and tumblr: Curation, Creativity and Community. (co-authors Tiidenberg & Hendry, forthcoming). Crystal was listed on Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia and Pacific Standard 30 Top Thinkers Under 30, and recently received the International Communication Association Popular Communication Early Career Scholar Prize and Isaac Manasseh Meyer Fellowship. Reach her at wishcrys.com. Sign-up: https://forms.gle/LitdTXTPk27iYnFw6 Should you have any questions or issues please direct to Lisette Child, Project Manager for the CCDS at ldchild(a)syr.edu<mailto:ldchild@syr.edu>, or Jeff Hemsley, co-director of the Center for Computational and Data Sciences, at jjhemsle(a)syr.edu<mailto:jjhemsle@syr.edu>.

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