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WEBCAST TODAY: Internet measurements, global routing and online privacy
by Joly MacFie 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

This is underway, and full of technical meat. I hope to get the slides for the archive. ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 11th November 2021 from 10:00-12:00 IST (04:30-06:30 UTC) the Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapter and Internet Society Pulse present a workshop 'Internet measurements, global routing and online privacy'. The workshop will provide an ove" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetmeasurement>On *Thursday 11th November 2021* from *10:00-12:00 IST* (04:30-06:30 UTC) the *Internet Society India Hyderabad Chapte <http://www.isocindiahyderabad.org/>*r and *Internet Society Pulse <https://pulse.internetsociety.org/>* present a workshop '*Internet measurements, global routing and online privacy*'. The workshop will provide an overview of the Internet ecosystem in India and in the region using an Internet Measurement lens - focusing on global routing and privacy considerations. HOST *K Mohan Raidu*, President, ISOC India Hyderabad Chapter SPEAKERS *Sambuddha Chakravarty*, Assistant professor, IIT Delhi *Anurag Bhatia*, Network Researcher, Hurricane Electric *David Belson*, Fastly *Romain Fontugne*, IIJ Japan *CHAIR Amreesh Phokeer*, Internet Measurement and Data Expert, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetmeasurement <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/internetmeasurement>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3oieMTX <https://bit.ly/3oieMTX>* *TWITTER #internetmeasuremen <https://bit.ly/3bZ4WAD>t @isoc_pulse @isochyderabad @anurag_bhatia Sambuddha Chakravarty @iitdelhi @dbelson @Fastly @romain_fontugne @ihr_alerts @amreesh* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/internetmeasurement <https://archive.org/details/internetmeasurement>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14760/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Talk, Wendy Chun, Discriminating Data
by Rafael Grohmann 10 Nov '21

10 Nov '21

Unisinos University, Brazil, invites you to a talk with Wendy Chun (Simon Fraser University, Canada) about the new book Discriminating Data: Correlation, Neighborhoods, and the New Politics of Recognition. Nov 11 (Thursday), 4PM EST DigiLabour Youtube Channel: [1]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Ib5I8SQtI This event is co-organized by the research labs of the Media and Communication department: CultPop, DigiLabour, TCAV and LIC. best, Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor, Communication, Unisinos University Director, DigiLabour Research Lab Principal Investigator, Fairwork Project in Brazil Board Member, Labor Tech Research Network Editorial Board Member, Big Data & Society References 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Ib5I8SQtI

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CFP for 2022 Conference of the Canadian Game Studies Association
by Gerald Voorhees 10 Nov '21

10 Nov '21

*Call for Papers — Canadian Game Studies Association/L’Association Canadienne d'Études des Jeux (CGSA/ACÉJ) 2022 Annual Conference* *<Version française ci-dessous.>* The 2022 Canadian Game Studies Association (CGSA/ACÉJ) annual conference will be held *May 31 to June 4 through a virtual format*. This virtual format will build on lessons from the 2021 conference and combine pre-recorded paper and panel presentations with synchronous Q&A discussion sessions. Even as a virtual conference, as an organization CGSA/ACÉJ is made possible by infrastructure and resources located in the unceded territories of the* xʷməθkʷəy̓əm <http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/> *(Musqueam),* Sḵwx̱wú7mesh <http://www.squamish.net/>* (Squamish), and* Sel̓íl̓witulh <https://twnation.ca/> *(Tsleil-Waututh) Nations, and from various institutions located across Turtle Island. As a direct beneficiary of this ongoing colonial violence, CGSA/ACÉJ affirms its commitment to support marginalized scholars and creators and proactively make space for studies of gender, race, sexuality, ability, class, and other forms of diversity in games and gaming cultures. Building from our 2021 conference, Solidarity and Social Justice in Game Studies, this year’s conference theme is *ACTION! *We invite submissions that work toward an anti-racist and decolonial game studies. In this sense of *ACTION! *papers and panels might study racism and coloniality in games, resistance on the part of players and other actors in the game cultures, or use approaches that decenter Western epistemologies and challenge white supremacy. *ACTION! *also highlights a critical dimension of games and gaming: the interactive or participatory element of a player at play. Papers and panels thinking about this sense of* ACTION! *might examine forms, contexts, and/or sites of interaction, how players, developers, and others in gaming scenes act on games, and/or games as social action. Accepted papers and panels that address either senses of the theme *ACTION! *will be highlighted in special sessions throughout the conference. We also invite submissions from researchers in any disciplines in the humanities and social sciences working on any topic related to games, digital or analog. Graduate student submissions and submissions from scholars outside of Canada are welcome and encouraged! CGSA/ACÉJ accepts submissions in both English and French, but please note that most presentations and social events will be in English. Additionally, presenters are asked to limit their submissions to no more than 1 paper as first author and no more than 1 workshop or other event. *Black and/or Indigenous graduate students accepted to the conference will be able to register at no cost.* *Submission Guidelines:* For help preparing abstracts, including recommendations for works cited, please refer to this guide <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KpvAKEOeSfrk-yeVLxo1J2MkqEA2UJaa/view?usp=…> (available in English only). Please also note that *all submissions must be anonymized and should include at least 3 references.* This year we will be accepting proposals for three kinds of submissions: *Individual Paper Submissions* For individual paper submissions please submit an anonymized abstract no longer than 500 words (excluding references). We welcome presentations that take advantage of the virtual conference format. *Panel Submission* For panel submissions please include a 250-word panel overview and 250 words (excluding references) describing each individual presentation. The panel organizer/chair should assemble all materials and submit as a single anonymized submission to EasyChair. When submitting the panel to EasyChair, the organizer/chair should be listed as corresponding author, and all other panel participants should be listed as co-authors. *Workshops/Other Formats* CGSA/ACÉJ welcomes other types of submissions including workshops, demonstrations, fishbowls, etc, especially those that take advantage of the virtual conference format or might be uniquely possible in a virtual conference format. Please contact the CGSA/ACÉJ 2022 organizers in advance of the deadline with a brief summary of your proposed submission, anticipated equipment needs, and an estimated length of time requested. *Deadline for submission is Monday January 10th by midnight EST.* *Please submit all proposals via EasyChair: * *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgsaacj2022# <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgsaacj2022#>* Thank you! The CGSA/ACÉJ 2022 organizing team http://gamestudies.ca/ canadiangamestudies(a)gmail.com // *Appel à communications — Colloque 2022 de Association Canadienne d'Études des Jeux / Canadian Game Studies Association (ACÉJ/CGSA)* Le colloque annuel de l’Association canadienne d’études des jeux (ACÉJ/CGSA) se déroulera *du 31 mai au 4 juin 2021, en format virtuel*. Cette formule sera basée sur les leçons que nous avons apprises lors du colloque de 2021, et comprendra à la fois des communications et des panels pré-enregistrés, et des séances de question/discussion en mode synchrone. Bien que notre colloque se déroule en format virtuel, il reste que l'ACÉJ/CGSA en tant qu'association est possible grâce aux infrastructures et aux ressources situées sur les territoires non cédés des nations xʷməθkʷəy̓əm <http://www.musqueam.bc.ca/> (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh <http://www.squamish.net/> (Squamish) et Sel̓íl̓witulh <https://twnation.ca/> (Tsleil-Waututh), et de diverses institutions situées à travers l'île de la Tortue. En tant que bénéficiaire direct de cette violence coloniale continue, l'ACÉJ/CGSA affirme son engagement à soutenir les universitaires et les créateurs.trices marginalisés.es <http://xn--marginaliss-kbb.es> et à créer de façon proactive un espace pour l’études des genres, des ethnicités, des sexualités, des capacités, des classes et d'autres formes de diversité dans les jeux et leurs cultures. Dans le même esprit que notre conférence de 2021, Solidarité et justice sociale en études des jeux, le thème du colloque de cette année est *ACTION! *Nous encourageons des soumissions qui cherchent à créer des études des jeux antiracistes et anticoloniales. En ce sens, les soumissions et panels* d’ACTION! *peuvent étudier le racisme et la colonialité dans les jeux, la résistance des joueur.euse.s et de d’autres acteur.rice.s au sein des cultures des jeux, ou une approche qui décentralise les épistémologies occidentales et remet en question la suprématie blanche. *ACTION! *met également en évidence une dimension critique du jeu et du gaming :l'élément interactif ou participatif observable dans la pratique de jeu des joueur.euse.s. Des soumissions et des panels se penchant sur le thème de * l'ACTION! *pourraient examiner les formes, contextes ou espaces d'interaction, la façon dont les joueur.euse.s, les développeur.euse.s et autre acteur.rice.s de la scène vidéoludique influencent les jeux, ou les jeux en tant qu'action sociale. Les papiers et les panels acceptés qui abordent l'un ou l'autre des sens du thème* ACTION! *seront mis de l'avant au sein de sessions plénières durant le colloque. Nous invitons aussi les chercheurs.e.s de toutes les disciplines des sciences humaines et sociales travaillant sur les jeux vidéo ou les jeux traditionnels à soumettre une communication. Nous encourageons les étudiants.e.s des cycles supérieurs à soumettre une proposition! L'ACÉJ/CGSA accepte des soumissions autant en anglais qu’en français, mais veuillez noter que la plupart des présentations, ainsi que les événements sociaux, seront en anglais. Qui plus est, les présentateurs.trice.s sont priés.e.s de se limiter à une seule présentation en tant que premier auteur.e et un seul atelier. *Les étudiants des cycles supérieurs noirs et/ou autochtones acceptés au colloque pourront s'inscrire sans frais. * *Directive pour la soumission de propositions :* Pour de l’aide dans la préparation des résumés, incluant des recommandations pour votre liste de références, veuillez vous référer à ce guide <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KpvAKEOeSfrk-yeVLxo1J2MkqEA2UJaa/view?usp=…> (disponible en anglais seulement). Veuillez également noter que *toutes les soumissions doivent être anonymisées et inclure au minimum 3 sources. * Cette année, nous acceptons trois types de communication : *Proposition de communication individuelle* Veuillez soumettre un résumé anonyme d’au plus 500 mots (excluant les références). Nous accueillons les présentations qui profitent du format virtuel du colloque. *Panel* Veuillez soumettre un résumé de 250 mots de l’ensemble du panel et une description de chaque présentation individuelle de 250 mots (excluant les références). L’organisateur.rice du panel doit rassembler tous les documents et les joindre en une seule proposition via Easy Chair. Lors de la soumission à Easy Chair, l’organisateur.rice doit être indiqué comme premier.ère auteur.e et les autres participant.e.s du panel comme co-auteur.e.s. *Atelier / Autres formats* L’ACÉJ accueille d’autres types de soumissions, notamment les ateliers, les tables rondes, etc., en particulier ceux qui profitent aux mieux du format virtuel de la conférence, ou qui ne pourraient être réalisés qu'en format virtuel. Veuillez contacter les organisateur.rice.s du colloque de l’ACÉJ avant la date limite en offrant un bref résumé de votre proposition, l’équipement nécessaire et une approximation du temps requis pour votre activité. *Date limite pour soumettre votre communication : 10 janvier 2022 à minuit, heure normale de l’est (HNE).* *Veuillez soumettre toutes vos propositions via Easychair:* *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgsaacj2022# <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cgsaacj2022#>* Merci! L’équipe d’organisation de l’ACÉJ/CGSA 2022 http://gamestudies.ca/ canadiangamestudies(a)gmail.com

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‘Internet Musicking: Popular Music and Online Cultures’ Conference CfP
by Steven Gamble 10 Nov '21

10 Nov '21

Internet Musicking: Popular Music and Online Cultures Call For Papers A free academic conference sharing new research into cultural practices of music taking place online 21–22 May 2022 Department of Music, University College Cork (Ireland) & Online ::: https://internetmusicking.com ::: Over the last few years, music researchers have paid increased attention to the internet and its effects on cultural life. For example, edited collections on digital culture, virtuality, and social media have emerged alongside landmark research projects that seek to understand how the internet shapes the cultural production of music. Meanwhile, interdisciplinary inquiry has addressed internet-based cultural practices of popular music, critically examining the tension between creative platform uses and the political economy of an increasingly privatised internet. Given the intensification of the internet as a site for cultural activities during the COVID-19 pandemic, online popular music communities have recently been transformed and new online practices have emerged. Popular musicians and industry personnel are adapting to a quickly shifting landscape for cultural production and promotion via social media, while listeners, viewers, and fans share, curate, and comment on music across the globe. Video and communication platforms have captured the imagination of participants worldwide, with musical and multimodal self-expression broadcast across the social web. These developments, however, are contextualised by profit-driven corporate entities that reframe cultural producers as ‘content creators’ and other participants as consumers, followers, or subscribers. Concerns about personalisation algorithms, surveillance strategies, and data security are escalating in sites of popular music culture. The widespread use of the web in the developed and the developing world has undoubtedly altered everyday cultural practices, although between the poles of technological determinism and cyberutopian narratives of democratisation, there is still much detail to be sought. This conference invites contemporary research into cultural practices of popular music taking place online. The phrase ‘internet musicking’ takes Small’s term – and developments of it – to address all social activities involving music on the internet. The conference is particularly (though not exclusively) interested in spotlighting previously undocumented uses and experiences of music online. It is designed to generate discussion, identify major issues, and develop a diverse network of scholars to be formalised in subsequent activities and events. We invite submissions on topics including (but not limited to): • social media musicking: sharing, curation, and platform interactions • viral new media and musical memes • music and internet socialities: (imagined) communities of practice, networked individualism, and online music sub/countercultures • genres of popular music and their online mediations • non-musical expressions of online popular music cultures, such as dance and games • ‘the I in Internet’: popular music and identity, otherness, queering practices, and resistance • online music and cultural economies: datification, platformization, surveillance, and attention • music and cultural industry agents in the context of Big Tech • global participation in music culture, digital divides, and issues of internet access Deadline for abstract submissions: 20 December 2021 https://internetmusicking.com/submit For full details, please head to https://internetmusicking.com. The conference is committed to ensuring a diversity of views along with a code of conduct following the REACH Inclusive Conference Guide. The organising committee is Raquel Campos Valverde (King’s College London), Steven Gamble (University College Cork), and Jason Ng (University College Cork). — Dr. Steven Gamble (he/him) | stevengamble.com Marie Curie Research Fellow | Department of Music, University College Cork, Ireland | digitalflo.ws Conference May 2022: Internet Musicking: Popular Music and Online Cultures New open access article: Saturation Season: Inclusivity, Queerness, and Esthetics in the New Media Practices of Brockhampton

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Data & Society call for 2022-2023 faculty fellows
by Jenna Burrell 10 Nov '21

10 Nov '21

Data & Society is seeking applicants for our 2022-2023 faculty fellows program. This fellowship is for scholars of any discipline who are engaged in research at the intersection of technology and society. It’s a 10-month position beginning in September of 2022 that comes with a stipend, programmatic support, and the chance to be a part of the rich intellectual community at Data & Society. As we build the 2022-2023 class, we’re continuing to embrace breadth and diversity in our selection process. Data & Society is seeking two Faculty Fellows whose research projects specifically focus on issues of Race, Technology, and the State. Continuing Data & Society’s history of work on fairness, equity, and civil rights, these faculty fellows will bring a justice-oriented perspective and intersectional approach to their interrogations of race and data. This year we are particularly interested in projects that examine data-intensive systems of the State and how they intersect with processes of racialization. Broadly, the research projects of our Faculty Fellows will advance our mission and complement our work <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=5…> by: - Exploring questions of race within one of our existing research initiatives such as AI On the Ground <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=c…>, Labor Futures <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=0…>, and Health and Data <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=4…> ; - Exploring questions of race aligned especially with our cross-cutting theme: power and the algorithmic state, and two other themes: participation and agency in algorithmic accountability, and reframing society’s relationship to technology; or - Stretching Data & Society’s research in new directions with novel topics and questions. With the deadline of December 15 quickly approaching, I am writing to ask for your assistance in sharing this call with your colleagues and networks. The call, linked here <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=d…>, includes all of the application requirements and fellowship details. Thanks in advance, Jenna Burrell -- Jenna Burrell | she/her Interim Director of Research (Aug '21 - Aug '22) Professor, School of Information, UC-Berkeley Latest pub: The Society of Algorithms <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=3…> www.datasociety.net <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=9…> | @datasociety <http://ec2-34-221-130-80.us-west-2.compute.amazonaws.com/x/d?c=16655456&l=4…>

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WEBCAST WED-FRI: Papua New Guinea National ICT Summit 2021
by Joly MacFie 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

The way that things work, 8:30am Weds in Papua New Guinea is 5:30pm Tue on the US East Coast, so primetime viewing! They do not tweet much in PNG, so best form of participation is via Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pngdict>. The link for day 1 real time text is https://bit.ly/3obH8z7 This simulcast is sponsored by the *Internet Society Pacific Islands Chapter <https://picisoc.org/>* (PICISOC). ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday-Friday 10-12 November 2021 the Papua New Guinea National ICT Summit will be held at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby and online, with the theme 'Enhancing our economy through ICT and digital transformation'. Organized by PNG Department of Inform" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pngict>On *Wednesday-Friday 10-12 November 2021* the *Papua New Guinea National ICT Summit <https://ict.gov.pg/welcome-to-the-national-ict-summit-2021/>* will be held at the APEC Haus in Port Moresby and online, with the theme '*Enhancing our economy through ICT and digital transformation*'. Organized by *PNG Department of Information & Communications Technology <https://ict.gov.pg/>*, the summit aims to cover some of the current global ICT trends and practices and align those with PNGs efforts, with the goal of rebuilding and enhancing the economy to the use of ICT in various sectors and industries. *AGENDA https://archive.org/download/pngict/PNGICT_AGENDA.pdf <https://archive.org/download/pngict/PNGICT_AGENDA.pdf>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pngict <http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/pngict>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/14751>) *TWITTER #PNGICT <http://bit.ly/PNGICT> @nictapng @PNGEduNews #PNG* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> *(AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/* <https://www.facebook.com/isocasiapacific/> (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/pngdict <https://www.facebook.com/pngdict>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/pngict <https://archive.org/details/pngict>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14751/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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TikTok Comment Order
by Brooks, Marcus (brooksmu) 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

Colleagues, I’m hoping someone here has insight on how TikTok comments are ordered. I can’t determine a clear criteria since the number of responses or likes don’t seem to corelate with the order that they show up. I’m thinking this is probably a black box situation, but thought maybe someone here might have some answers. Thanks in advance. Marcus A. Brooks, MA Sociology PhD Candidate Taft & Yates Fellow He/Him/His “There are scattered in forgotten nooks and corners throughout the land, Negroes of some considerable training, of high minds, and high motives, who are unknown to their fellows, who exert far too little influence.” – W.E.B. Du Bois "The real political task in a society such as ours is to criticize the workings of institutions that appear to be both neutral and independent." - Michel Foucault

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New Book NGO Communication for Social Change
by Giuliana Sorce 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

Dear list members, I am very pleased to announce the publication of my edited volume: "Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change" (London: Routledge) This book examines the central role media and communication play in the activities of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) around the globe, how NGOs communicate with key publics, engage stakeholders, target political actors, enable input from civil society, and create participatory opportunities. An international line-up of authors first discuss communication practices, strategies, and media uses by NGOs, providing insights into the specifics of NGO programs for social change goals and reveal particular sets of tactics NGOs commonly employ. The book then presents a set of case studies of NGO organizing from all over the world—ranging from Sudan via Brazil to China – to illustrate the particular contexts that make NGO advocacy necessary, while also highlighting successful initiatives to illuminate the important spaces NGOs occupy in civil society. This comprehensive and wide-ranging exploration of global NGO communication will be of great interest to scholars across communication studies, media studies, public relations, organizational studies, political science, and development studies, while offering accessible pieces for practitioners and organizers. Receive 20% off with the promo code FLY21 on the publisher's page: bit.ly/35cuXZY <https://t.co/adfe6DkLCS?amp=1> Best wishes, Giuliana Sorce -- Dr. Giuliana Sorce Eberhard Karls University Tübingen Institute of Media Studies Wilhelmstr. 50, 72074 Tübingen (Germany) E giuliana.sorce(a)uni-tuebingen.de T +49 (0)7071-2976817 W https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/137551 <https://uni-tuebingen.de/de/137551> NEW BOOK: Global Perspectives on NGO Communication for Social Change. London: Routledge. <https://www.routledge.com/Global-Perspectives-on-NGO-Communication-for-Soci…> Latest publications: *Sorce, Giuliana & Dumitrica, Delia. (2021). #fighteverycrisis: Pandemic shifts in Fridays for Future’s protest communication frames. <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17524032.2021.1948435>Environmental Communication. *Sorce, Giuliana. (2021). Whiteness und Geschlecht <https://link.springer.com/referenceworkentry/10.1007/978-3-658-20712-0_67-1> In J. Dorer et. al., Handbuch Medien und Geschlecht: Perspektiven und Befunde der feministischen Kommunikation- und Medienforschung. Wiesbaden: Springer/VS. *Sorce, Giuliana. (2020). Journalist-activist boundary work in populist times: The #NazisRaus debate in German media <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/17512786.2020.1755885>. Journalism Practice, 15(7), 894-910. *Sorce, Giuliana. (2020). Review of Montiel & Macharia, Setting the gender agenda for communication policy: New proposals from the Global Alliance on Media and Gender <https://doi.org/10.1093/joc/jqz047>, Journal of Communication, 70(5), E17-E19. Chair: International and Intercultural Communication <https://www.dgpuk.de/de/internationale-und-interkulturelle-komm.html> - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Publizistik- und Kommunikationsforschung (DGPuK) More at: https://www.critical-media-studies.net <https://www.critical-media-studies.net/>

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Re: [Air-L] Researching and intervening in digital inequalities - Online Symposium. Wednesday 10th November, 2pm – 4pm.
by Mary Darking 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

Centre for Digital Media Cultures (CDMC), University of Brighton. Online Symposium. Wednesday 10th November, 2pm – 4pm. Researching and intervening in digital inequalities: shifting objects, shifting methods Professor Ellen Helsper, Department of Media and Communication, London School of Economics and Political Science (Keynote) Dr Laura Harvey, Dr Dave Harley, Dr Mary Darking (School of Humanities and Social Sciences) and Dr Jenny Whetham (Consultant in HIV and Sexual Health, UHS NHS Trust) Digital infrastructure and the touchpoints it forms, and does not form, with people’s daily lives took on renewed significance during the Covid-19 pandemic. Technology became the means through which people, newly-required to work from home, continued in employment; through which children and young people stayed connected with their schools; and through which relationships with friends and family were maintained. It made goods and services accessible from home when shops were closed, and provided entertainment, news and information. It offered a means of engaging with health services when face-to-face care was not possible. Yet not for everyone. For all the ways that technology created opportunities to participate and connect, it by corollary, compounded and amplified existing social and economic inequalities. As Helsper (2021) describes, “In one reality, the social and digital seamlessly merge. In another reality, the digital is a hard-to-reach, inhospitable land” (2021:1). Social inequalities are inseparable from digital inequalities, however, the unevenness of digitisation processes means that digital inequalities shift, in non-linear ways, over time and according to context. Therefore, research and innovation designed to prevent the entrenchment of inequality needs to shift too. In this online seminar, we will discuss what forms of project design, research methods and thinking about the digital are best placed to act as effective interventions in digital inequalities. Highlighting and intervening in the production of digital inequalities is arguably one of the most important contributions that digital scholarship, innovation and arts practice can make. For this reason the Centre for Digital Media Cultures Research<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/digital-media-cultures/index.aspx> is delighted to welcome Professor of Socio-Digital Inequalities at the London School of Economics and Political Science Ellen Helsper<https://www.lse.ac.uk/media-and-communications/people/academic-staff/ellen-…> for an online symposium. Professor Helsper’s keynote will be followed by presentations from Centre for Digital Media Cultures researchers and research partners. Tickets are available here. https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/centre-for-digital-media-cultures This event will take place on Zoom. Joining instructions will be sent out on Tuesday 9th November 2021. Photo by fabio<https://unsplash.com/@fabioha?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_c…> on Unsplash<https://unsplash.com/s/photos/digital?utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referr…> Dr Mary Darking<https://research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/mary-darking?_ga=2.261041865.518…> | Principal Lecturer in Social Policy and Innovation Director @Centre for Digital Media Cultures Research<https://www.brighton.ac.uk/digital-media-cultures/index.aspx> Course Leader MSc Social Research Methods School of Applied Social Science University of Brighton Watson Building, Village Way, Falmer, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 9PH Direct Line: 44 (0)1273 644717 Email: m.l.darking(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:m.l.darking@brighton.ac.uk>

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communication +1 presents: Crises and Communication
by Peter Royal 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

communication +1 presents: Crises and Communication edited by Zachary J. McDowell, Peter Royal, and Justin Raden Notwithstanding the current situation, periods of crisis and upheaval exacerbate inequities in our communication infrastructure and throw into sharp relief the profound barriers to access. In such fraught moments, we can glimpse the extent to which our systems of mediation differentially serve and confound us according to our positionality within these systems. To understand the effects of crises on communication, it is important to consider the history of systems of mediation that have both limited and encouraged access, participation, and equity across knowledge, space, and culture. What have crises, both present, perpetual, and past, intimated about flaws, gaps, and inequities in systems of communication that are overlooked or disregarded under “normal” (if “normal” exists) conditions? How might we think about how infrastructure relates to the crises and thus the infrastructures of communication are the infrastructures of communication in/justice? How and why are people and communities affected differently in these crises, and how do systems of communication and mediation both mitigate and compound these phenomena? This issue takes on these and other approaches to explore crises and communication in what we hope will inspire and engage new approaches and investigations. Please access our latest issue at www.communicationplusone.org <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.commun…> communication +1 is a diamond open access journal and is part of the Directory of Open Access Journals, Open Humanities Press, and is supported by the University of Massachusetts Amherst and The University of Illinois at Chicago Best, Peter ———————————————— Peter Royal (he/him/his) Doctoral Student Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago

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