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archiving public whatsApp group messages (hate speech) institutionally
by F N 08 Aug '20

08 Aug '20

Dear All, Can anyone provide any links to existing protocols for archiving hate speech and misinformation in public WhatsApp groups? Generally researchers export chat list. Are there instances where institutions or universities have incorporated such chats into their archives after removing the phone numbers in the export list? Thanks Fathima

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Job Alert -- UC Berkeley Sociology department
by Jenna Burrell 08 Aug '20

08 Aug '20

I'm sending this on behalf of the Sociology department at UC-Berkeley. Believe it or not they are hiring tenure track faculty next year. There is an interest in scholars who take a sociological perspective (broadly) to study the Internet and generally with whatever might constitute "digital sociology." If that sounds like you please apply! The UC Berkeley sociology department is seeking applications for two tenure-track (assistant professor) faculty positions this year. The first Assistant Professor position is open to all fields of specialization. See https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02650 (ASA ID: 16427). The second Assistant Professor position is in the area of “Climate Equity and Environmental Justice.” See https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02634 (ASA ID: 16420). In addition, UC Berkeley is seeking applications for a tenured (associate or full professor) position, also in the area of "Climate Equity and Environmental Justice" (ASA ID: 16420). This new faculty cluster is a partnership between several campus units, including sociology. See https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02634. <https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02634>

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Fwd: Career Opportunity: faculty, school of communication & culture
by Jaigris Hodson 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

Hello AoIR-istas! My awesome Uni has an opportunity for a faculty position in communication with a focus on digital media. The department is awesome, and the lifestyle here in beautiful BC is unbeatable! I’m happy to answer any questions you might have about my University, and I encourage everyone to apply. Have a great day! Jaigris Hodson Begin forwarded message: From: Human Resources <Human.Resources(a)RoyalRoads.ca<mailto:Human.Resources@RoyalRoads.ca>> Subject: Career Opportunity: faculty, school of communication & culture Date: July 27, 2020 at 4:31:10 PM PDT To: "@RRU-Community" <RRU-Community(a)royalroads.ca<mailto:RRU-Community@royalroads.ca>> An exciting career opportunity at RRU is now available! If you would like to apply for the position of faculty, school of communication & culture <https://royalroads.mua.hrdepartment.com/hr/ats/Posting/view/789> (limited term), please submit your application through HR Smart Career Center by August 27, 2020. *Please note that this competition is open to internal and external applicants. An internal applicant is defined as a current employee of Royal Roads University. This does not apply to staff employed at RRU in a temporary capacity through a staffing agency, or engaged as a contractor. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact HR. Best regards, Human Resources | Royal Roads University T 250.391.2600 ext. 4381 | F 250.391.2570 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC Canada V9B 5Y2 | royalroads.ca<http://royalroads.ca/> LIFE.CHANGING Jaigris Hodson PhD, Associate Professor, College of Interdisciplinary Studies | Royal Roads University T 250.391.2600 | F 250.391.2587 2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC Canada V9B 5Y2 | royalroads.ca<https://webmail.royalroads.ca/owa/redir.aspx?C=QXhN0f5Q17WvcmXecxL28GUrFWzz…> Pronouns: she/her/hers LIFE.CHANGING Royal Roads is located on the traditional lands of the Xwsepsum and Lekwungen First Nations’ ancestors and families. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail and attachments may contain personal or confidential information for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient and you have received this transmission in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message and attachments.

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Winners of ASIS&T SIG SI Awards - Best Paper, Emerging Social Informatics Researchers
by Adam Worrall 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

It is my pleasure, as the Awards Coordinator for the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI), to be able to announce the winners of our 2020* ASIS&T SIG SI Awards*. The first award to announce is our *Social Informatics Best Paper Award*. Out of eight nominated papers, relevant papers received two reviews from social informatics scholars, with those reviews then evaluated by our Best Paper Award jury of Rachel Simons (SIG SI Chair), Kolina Koltai (SIG SI Co-Chair-Elect), and Adam Worrall (SIG SI Awards Coordinator). Reviewers and the jury evaluated papers on their relevance to social informatics; the clarity of their methods, findings, and implications; their significance and contribution to social informatics research; and their overall strength as deserving of the Best Paper Award. The award jury chose one winning paper whose authors will receive the $750 (US) prize: *Irene V. Pasquetto* (Harvard University), *Christine L. Borgman *(University of California Los Angeles), and *Morgan F. Wofford* (University of California Los Angeles / University of Michigan), for their paper "*Uses and reuses of scientific data: The data creators' advantage*," published during 2019 in *Harvard Data Science Review*, volume 1 issue 2. http://doi.org/10.1162/99608f92.fc14bf2d Given the high quality of nominated papers, we also wish to recognize two *honourable mentions*: - *Carter Østerlund* and *Kevin Crowston* (both of Syracuse University), for their paper "*Documentation and access to knowledge in online communities: Know your audience and write appropriately?*", published during 2019 in the *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology*, volume 70 issue 6, pp. 619-633. https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24152 - *Kyle M. L. Jones* (Indiana University, Indianapolis [IUPUI]), *Alan Rubel* (University of Wisconsin, Madison), and *Ellen LeClere* (University of Wisconsin, Madison), for their paper "*A matter of trust: Higher education institutions as information fiduciaries in an age of educational data mining and learning analytics*," in press and available in early view since 2019 at the *Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. *https://doi.org/10.1002/asi.24327 The second and third awards we wish to announce are our inaugural *Emerging Social Informatics Researcher Awards*. Four students self-nominated for these awards, with their applications adjudicated by myself (as SIG SI Awards Coordinator) and SIG SI Co-Chair-Elect Colin Rhinesmith. We assessed the relevance of the student's current and future research to social informatics, along with their submitted or accepted contributions to the ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting and our own Social Informatics Research Symposium. Two winners are being recognized as emerging researchers in social informatics, who each receive free / reimbursed registration for ASIS&T 2020 and the Social Informatics Research Symposium, where they will be able to network and interact with other social informatics researchers. They are: - *Diana Floegel <https://djfloegel.wixsite.com/mysite>*, a PhD student at Rutgers University. Diana will be presenting their co-authored paper with Kaitlin Costello (also of Rutgers University) titled "*'Predictive ads are not doctors': Mental health tracking and technology companies* <https://www.conftool.org/asist2020/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_sessi…>" on the morning of October 29th as part of ASIS&T 2020. Their research was self-described as looking at how "marginalized actors ... express agency within sociotechnical assemblages that are structurally inequitable, and therefore oppressive" with an aim to improving equity and building "substantive sociotechnical theory." - *Joseph Winberry <https://josephwinberry.org/>*, a PhD student at the University of Tennessee. Joseph will present his first-authored poster with Bharat Mehra (of the University of Alabama) titled "*US state libraries as strong institutions: Supporting justice for LGBTQ+ patrons?*" as part of the ASIS&T 2020 poster session. He described his research as focused in community informatics, and in particular on "how stakeholders from marginalized populations can utilize information and communications technology (ICTs) to better engage with community-embedded institutions." All award winners will be recognized during the *2020 Social Informatics Research Symposium*, co-organized by SIG SI, SIG SM (Social Media), and SIG IEP (Information Ethics & Policy), to be held online on Saturday, October 31st and Sunday November 1st, as part of the ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting. A reminder that early registration for the ASIS&T Annual Meeting ends today, Friday August 7th. For more details on and to register for the Annual Meeting and Social Informatics Research Symposium, please go to https://www.asist.org/am20/. Thanks to those who reviewed nominated papers for our Best Paper Award this year: Catherine Dumas, Melissa Bica, Kristin Eschenfelder, Pnina Fichman, Noriko Hara, Caroline Haythornthwaite, Kolina Koltai, Eric Meyer, Colin Rhinesmith, Ana Roeschley, Howard Rosenbaum, Kalpana Shankar, Sarika Sharma, and Rachel Simons. And congratulations again to Irene, Christine, Morgan, Diana, and Joseph for their existing and emerging contributions to social informatics. We hope to see everyone (virtually!) for our 2020 Social Informatics Research Symposium and the ASIS&T Annual Meeting! 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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WEBCAST FRIDAY: IPNSIG Space Internet Governance Webinar w/ Vint Cerf + Scott Pace
by Joly MacFie 07 Aug '20

07 Aug '20

Offworld communications present unique challenges. As stakeholders multiply, how will they interact? ISOC Live posted: "On Friday, August 7th, 2020 from 11:00-12:30 EDT (15:00-16:30 UTC) the Internet Society InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group (IPNSIG) hosts a Space Internet Governance Webinar. Presently there is no governance framework, formal or informal, fo" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/spaceig>On *Friday, August 7th, 2020* from *11:00-12:30 EDT* (15:00-16:30 UTC) the Internet Society *InterPlanetary Networking Special Interest Group <http://ipnsig.org/>* (IPNSIG) hosts a *Space Internet Governance Webinar <http://ipnsig.org/2020/07/29/space-internet-governance-webinar-coming-soon/>*. Presently there is no governance framework, formal or informal, for the Internet in space (what will become the Solar System Internet, or SSI). *Our panel <http://ipnsig.org/2020-space-internet-governance-webinar-panelists/>* will explore whether one is needed and, if so, what form it should take. *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Vinton G. Cerf*, Chief Internet Evangelist, Google *Dr. Scott Pace*, Deputy Assistant to the President and Executive Secretary of the National Space Council *MODERATOR* *Scott Burleigh*, Principal Engineer, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/spaceig <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/spaceig>* (Open captions) *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/SpaceIGwebinar <https://bit.ly/SpaceIGwebinar>* *TWITTER @IPNSIG #SpaceIG https://bit.ly/spaceig <https://bit.ly/spaceig> @vgcerf* *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/spaceig <https://archive.org/details/spaceig>* *Permalink*: https://isoc.live/12563/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +2185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Reminder E-mail: Perception of Cultural Inclusivity in Online Teaching and Learning ( 5-10 min survey)
by Nandita Gurjar 06 Aug '20

06 Aug '20

*Title of Study: *Perception of Cultural Inclusivity in Online Teaching and Learning *Description: *A colleague and I are investigating perceptions of cultural inclusivity in online teaching and learning with implications for the design, development, and delivery of online learning. We invite you (anyone engaged in any aspect of online learning) to contribute your perspective in this voluntary survey that will take approximately 5-10 minutes. The survey is anonymous; we encourage you to complete the survey voluntarily. Thank you for your contribution and time. *Study URL: * https://uni.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8G1dyPcP7y5b7Vj If you have questions about this study, please contact Nandita Gurjar at nandita.gurjar(a)uni.edu Sincerely, Nandita Nandita Gurjar, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Literacy Education 107C Schindler Education Center Dept. of Curriculum and Instruction University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls-50316

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Aspen Tech Policy Hub Launches Projects on Improving Democracy Through Technology
by Betsy Cooper 06 Aug '20

06 Aug '20

Dear AoIR Listserv, It is my pleasure to introduce the fourth set of projects from our 2020 Fellowship class. The projects, focused on [1]Improving Democracy Through Technology, provide engaging tools to combat electoral disinformation, promote better communication between elected officials and their constituents, and build policy and design principles for automated advocates. We released the projects at our webinar yesterday; you can watch a video of the event [2]here. I invite you to read more about the projects below, and to check them out on our website: [3]Aspen Tech Policy Hub Projects. Please also join us by RSVPing for our next webinar, August 19 at 9am PT/12pm ET, on [4]Disaster Tech: Preparing for Unprecedented Crisis, focused on how tech policy can combat the climate crisis and provide new solutions for coordinated disaster response. The fellows will be joined by keynote speaker Carlos J. Castillo, FEMA's former Acting Deputy Administrator for Resilience. Warm Regards, Betsy Cooper Director, Aspen Tech Policy Hub Projects on Improving Democracy Through Technology [5]Combating Election Disinformation by Shining Light on Dark Ads Every day, tens of millions of Americans view political advertisements on social media that are disguised as unpaid content, also known as “dark ads.” According to researchers from New York University, between May 2018 and June 2019, more than half of Facebook pages that displayed U.S. political ads concealed the identities of their backers. The $1.1 billion spent on political ads on Facebook in that period makes plain that some political organizations are eager to sway the public’s vote without disclosing that they are paying for advertising. This project proposes two solutions: a series of actions that the Federal Election Commission (FEC) and Federal Trade Commission (FTC) could take to make online political ads more transparent and a game that educates potential voters about dark ads. [6]People Powered Policy City governments often struggle to obtain real-time feedback from their constituents on impending policy decisions. At the same time, constituents from disenfranchised communities often struggle to get the attention of elected officials to drive policy change. People Powered Policy (P3) is a website and strategy that encourages two-way communication between city governments and their constituents. Communities will have a place to share stories, thoughts, and questions about topics they care about, and the platform gives them a direct line to city staff. The platform also allows city officials to solicit input on policy questions and create feedback loops throughout the policymaking process. P3 is being piloted with the City of Oakland, and the project team hopes the model can scale across city governments. [7]Using Automated Advocates To Provide Legal Services at Scale The United States faces a crisis in its civil courts, where more than 80% of low-income households lack adequate legal representation. A promising new class of technology tools (“Automated Advocates”) can help close that gap, but regulatory complexity about who may practice law make it difficult for companies to build these tools and for regulators to distinguish good actors from bad. This project paves the way for the development of Automated Advocates by coalescing the field around a common definition and set of principles for Automated Advocates. It also recommends that regulators include and incentivize Automated Advocates in any state and national regulatory sandboxes. [8]Learn More CONTACT US [9]Twitter [10]Website [11]Email Address References 1. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-demo-day-improv… 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVgOdhaywW4&feature=youtu.be 3. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/projects/ 4. https://www.aspeninstitute.org/events/aspen-tech-policy-hub-demo-day-disast… 5. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/project/combating-election-disinformatio… 6. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/project/people-powered-policy/ 7. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/project/automated-advocates/ 8. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/projects 9. https://www.twitter.com/AspenPolicyHub 10. https://www.aspentechpolicyhub.org/#/ 11. mailto:aspentechpolicyhub@aspeninstitute.org Unsubscribe: https://app.icontact.com/icp/mmail-mprofile.php?r=71217812&l=113004&s=0KZB&… This message was sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org from betsy.cooper(a)aspeninstitute.org Betsy Cooper The Aspen Institute 2300 N Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20037

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Covering Controversial Issues in Online Teaching
by 崔玺 Xi Cui 06 Aug '20

06 Aug '20

Dear colleagues, My name is Dr. Xi Cui from the Communication Department, College of Charleston. I'd like to invite you to complete a short survey about online teaching. In the spring semester, the coronavirus pandemic suddenly forced almost all of us to switch to online teaching. Meanwhile, we have heard about calls from political groups to out professors by sharing the audio/videos of their “blatant indoctrination<https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1241820673007161345?fbclid=IwAR16y…>” in online courses. Controversial issues are important vehicles of critical thinking and civic engagement. But online teaching also makes it easier to share the course content or out-of-context soundbites when controversial topics are covered. In this study, we want to understand how professors approach this dilemma. The survey will take you no more than 10 minutes to finish and your participation will be completely voluntary and anonymous. There will be no monetary compensation for the participation. However, we hope the insights gained from your answers can help us better serve the students, advance our professional mission, and meanwhile, protect ourselves. To participate, you must be the teacher of record (including tenure-track professors, visiting/adjunct professors, post-doc fellows, and graduate teaching assistants) of an undergraduate-level course in social sciences or humanities. If you are willing to participate in the survey, please follow the link below for more “informed consent” information. Survey link: bit.ly/TeachingControversy<http://bit.ly/TeachingControversy> Thank you very much! Regards, Xi Cui, PhD., Assistant Professor Department of Communication College of Charleston 66 George St. Charleston, SC 29424 Office Phone: 843-953-8128 Office Location: 305, 7 College Way

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Re: [Air-L] Air-L Digest, Vol 193, Issue 5
by Gabriella Coleman, Dr. 05 Aug '20

05 Aug '20

Hi Maya (and all), Thanks Maya for the update :) and best of luck finishing the dissertation. That's exciting. Since a few people asked off list about how to best use the site, I thought I would say a little more about it as I've used it now for one semester (so not all that long). I don't find it useful to assign the site but have usually used particular entries in one of two ways: I will assign a piece or two as a reading/watching just as I would a podcast or movie or article and sometimes include the category page. For instance if we are doing something on geopolitics and hacking, I'd assign something like this https://hackcur.io/hackers-are-free-people-just-like-artists-who-wake-up-in… Or if I wanted to have students learn about liberation technologies, I'd maybe assign this piece on an early encryption program made by South African freedom fighters. https://hackcur.io/operation-vula/ We also watch videos in class together and then I have a student read the entry out loud and we then discuss. Some videos are better for public viewing together than others. It's a bit of a weird genre and we are still working on it and might also eventually move to long form essays but for now, they are smaller nuggets and written in a style that is accessible, and presumes no prior knowledge. Do feel free to reach out with suggestions of any kind. This is very much a work-in-progress. All best, Biella Hello, Thanks for the update on Hack_Curio Biella. It is nice to see interesting projects grow out of academic research, and see them being useful! And thank you for including my project in you list :-))) So let me just take the opportunity to flesh out some future plans and directions for A is for Another: A Dictionary of AI https://aisforanother.net This is on hiatus while I finish my dissertation; but after October, I will be putting together a classroom-based workshop/exercise format to suggest how students and teachers can work on writing entries. I will also have a submission form so that anyone who has an entry can submit something one-off. The dictionary's architecture requires that entries be put together in a certain way. Please do write to me if you have questions or suggestions for this project. Stay tuned Thank you. Best wishes, Maya On 2020-08-05 4:32 p.m., air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org wrote: > Send Air-L mailing list submissions to > air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." > ta > -- **** Curious about hackers and hacking? Check out Hack_Curio: https://hackcur.io/ It's a video exhibit about hackers designed for the classroom.

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teaching resource on hacking and digital hum resources for teaching
by Gabriella Coleman, Dr. 05 Aug '20

05 Aug '20

Hi AoiR If you, like us, are about to enter a year of teaching like no other, and you are hard at work re-thinking *everything* we might have a helpful resource : https://hackcur.io/ Hack_Curio is a video exhibit about hackers that covers a range of topics that precipitate out of hacking: disinformation; the visual culture of the last 40 years; media stereotypes; disability and technology; the economics of information; the history of computing; surveillance; whistle blowing and leaking; cyberpunk; gaming; equity and inclusion in computing and silicon valley...Each video comes paired with a paragraph or two written by a scholar, hacker, or journalist. The videos and entries are short but also try to a make a point or two which your students can learn from, take apart, rework, or expand on. By Sept we should have 60 entries. You can check out the full list here https://hackcur.io/the-list/ or explore the site by category or tags. If you use it, do tell us how it worked! Although there are more entries being written, we are taking a small break from soliciting entries so we can focus on putting together our syllabi but if you are interested in writing for us, please do reach out after September 15th. We have a collection of 100 + clips on all sorts of topics and plan on publishing for the next few years. If you have other digital-type resources you love and that work well in the classroom, we'd love to hear about them as well. A few others I really like are: The Eugenics Archive https://eugenicsarchive.ca/ A is for Another: A Dictionary of AI https://aisforanother.net/ Making Sense of Artificial Intelligence https://atozofai.withgoogle.com/intl/en-US/ Critical Media Project: https://criticalmediaproject.org/ All the best, Biella (along with Chris, Paula, and Nathan)

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