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Fully Funded PhD Positions in Media and Communications at the University of Illinois (UIUC)
by Margaret Yee Man Ng 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

A newly formed research group comprising Drs. Ewa Masłowska <https://media.illinois.edu/advertising/maslowska-ewa>, Margaret Ng <https://media.illinois.edu/journalism/ng-yee-man-margaret> and Harsh Taneja <https://media.illinois.edu/advertising/taneja-harsh> are recruiting prospective students for fully-funded PhD positions in the Institute of Communications Research <https://media.illinois.edu/phd-program/about-icr> at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Our PhD program is very interdisciplinary. Students in our program take a very eclectic view of communications, with an international focus, integrating a variety of theories and methods. Our group is specifically looking for students with interests in the following areas, broadly defined 1. Consumer and audience research 2. Media/news consumption across digital platforms 3. Social media behaviors 4. Audits of algorithmic and recommendation systems as they relate to news/social media and/or advertising. 5. Spread and effects of misinformation You will join a large cosmopolitan PhD community with about 40 students <https://media.illinois.edu/icr/profiles> enrolled in the program across cohorts, but will have the opportunity to also become a part of a small group of students and faculty with mutually shared interests. Currently, three doctoral students are working with us directly: - Sakshi Bhalla - Social contexts, journalistic practices and their role in mitigating and exacerbating misinformation - Rik Ray - Social media affordances and their relationship with media consumption patterns - Maggie Zhang - Political communication Methodologically, we are very diverse and encourage students to adopt methods (including mixed-methods) that are best suited for the questions at hand. We have expertise in analyzing passively collected behavioral data, social media data, conducting online and offline experiments and surveys, as well as applied computational methods (machine learning, network analysis, text mining, etc). Our doctoral program offers 5 years of guaranteed funding through research and teaching assistantships as well as opportunities for no-obligation fellowships. The current compensation results in a full tuition waiver stipend of $2,100 per month, before taxes, for 9 months per year (generous for the low cost of living in Urbana-Champaign) and covers health insurance. A small university fee of $500 per semester may apply towards free buses, student health and use of the recreation center. There are opportunities for additional funding during the summer. **Interested candidates must formally apply to the ICR PhD program by the deadline of December 15 ( https://media.illinois.edu/institute-communications-research/admission-requ… )** Informally, we encourage you to contact either of us to know more about our program and discuss whether you may be a good fit. Further, if you do apply and want to work with us, please also let us know so that we have the opportunity to provide our inputs on your applications to the admissions committee. Our contacts: Dr. Ewa Masłowska ehm(a)illinois.edu; Dr. Margaret Ng ymn(a)illinois.edu Dr. Harsh Taneja harsht(a)illinois.edu --------- *Margaret Ng, PhD* Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism | Institute of Communications Research Affiliate Faculty, Department of Computer Science University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 234 Gregory Hall, MC-462, Urbana, IL 61801, (217) 300-8186 http://bitly.com/MargaretNg

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two Tenured/Tenure-track hires open rank in our inclusive excellence program
by Jeremy Hunsinger 02 Dec '21

02 Dec '21

These may be of interest to AoIR, as their topics can be performed via the internet. https://www.wlu.ca/about/governance/senior-leadership/vice-president-academ… https://www.wlu.ca/about/governance/senior-leadership/vice-president-academ… -- Jeremy Hunsinger Associate Professor Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University

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Recruiting Doctoral Students, PhD in Information, University of Arizona - iSchool (Deadline: Jan, 2, 2022)
by Zack Lischer-Katz 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

The School of Information (iSchool) at the University of Arizona is accepting applications for Fall 2022 admission into our PhD program. *For more Information, please visit: https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information <https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information> * *The application deadline is January 02, 2022.* We are seeking a wide variety of students with different research interests and experiences, with emphasis in these areas: • Machine Learning • Natural Language Processing • Text Retrieval • Virtual/mixed Reality • Game Development and Design • Human Computer Interaction (HCI) • Educational Technology • Digital Curation and Preservation • Archival Studies • Qualitative and Mixed Research Methods For students with interests in technology-focused areas, having advanced object-oriented programming skills, experience with machine learning toolkits such as scikit-learn or TensorFlow, and/or experience with widely used real-time development platforms such as Unity is a plus. Past instructional experiences, although not a requirement for admission, are also beneficial and should be highlighted in application materials. Funded positions will be available for select graduate students; those students will receive tuition remission and a stipend as they engage in instructional or research-related activity. The UArizona iSchool's mission is to inspire interdisciplinary understanding, diverse interpretation, creation, and use of the emerging knowledge and information environments of the 21st century through innovative instruction and state-of-the-art technology. The iSchool is a place for the interdisciplinary study of information, broadly conceived, and is focused on preparing students for living, thinking, and working in the digital age. The iSchool is the state of Arizona's only member of the iSchool caucus, a consortium of over 100 international programs focused on "enhancing the lives of people, the productivity of companies, the innovation cycles of industries, the design of technologies, the policies that govern technology and information use, information services to communities, and much more." The iSchool and the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences (SBS) are dedicated to creating a serious, open, free intellectual space for inquiry, one in which faculty, students, staff members, and community partners can participate fully, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexuality, age, socio-economic status, citizenship status, size, abled status, language, religion, or any other characteristic. Strategically positioned to lead the University of Arizona's status as a Hispanic Serving Institution, the iSchool and SBS foregrounds our awareness of the deep ancestral footprint of our region's populations and cultures, including the Tohono O'odham and Pascua Yaqui peoples whose traditional lands we inhabit. We honor diverse knowledge traditions and lived experiences, and we strive to foster accessibility and equity, the conditions in which our members together can produce new, rigorous, urgent, and evidence-based knowledge. *For more Information, please visit: https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information <https://ischool.arizona.edu/phd-information>* *The application deadline is January 02, 2022.* If you have questions about the application process or materials, please reach out to our administrative support team through Eric Gonzales at ericgonzales(a)arizona.edu ------------------------------ Zack Lischer-Katz, Assistant Professor University of Arizona, iSchool, zlkatz(a)arizona.edu ------------------------------

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Clock is ticking for our accelerated, 3-year PhD! And there's a new MA, too--Please share
by Patricia Aufderheide 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

PhD applications close Dec. 15, so if you have an ambitious, organized student who wants an accelerated program, all about how media and technology help/harm democracy and an open society, please share this link: https://www.american.edu/soc/communication-studies/phd/index.cfm And we have a shiny new MA, also on media, technology and democracy, perfect for people who want to professionalize as a policy person, in comm/Internet law, or as an advocate. That's here: https://www.american.edu/soc/communication-studies/ma/ma-mtd.cfm Thanks so much for thinking of us! [https://cms.american.edu/soc/film/ma/images/01-FMA-header.jpg]<https://www.american.edu/soc/communication-studies/ma/ma-mtd.cfm> MA in Media, Technology and Democracy | School of Communication | American University, Washington, DC<https://www.american.edu/soc/communication-studies/ma/ma-mtd.cfm> The MA in Media, Technology & Democracy is a 30 credit program. To estimate the cost of tuition, please see the current cost per credit hour for graduate students. The School of Communication offers graduate students both merit-based and need-based financial aid. www.american.edu Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication (she/they) Living and working where Nacotchtank and Piscataway peoples once lived PhD Program Director 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<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Zoom Office Hours: https://american.zoom.us/j/96788556467?pwd=eFNpa2JMWlZQRm5pT1Z0b3RVUlRXQT09 Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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WEBCAST: 2021 Indigenous Connectivity Summit Policy Recommendations Launch Webinar
by Joly MacFie 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

This is just starting. Real Time Text https://bit.ly/31iOqJQ These recommendations focus on the following critical areas: • Inclusivity, community consultation, and engagement • spectrum rights and sovereignty • engaging local capacity in Indigenous communities • infrastructure and ownership • digital literacy, data sovereignty, and sustainability • affordability • effective and accurate mapping. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday December 1 2021 at 14:00 EST (19:00 UTC) the Internet Society will host a webinar to formally release the 2021 Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) Policy Recommendations. This release event will provide an overview of the Policy Recommendati" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ICS2021RECS>On *Wednesday December 1 2021* at *14:00 EST* (19:00 UTC) the* Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/north-america/>* will host a webinar to formally release the *2021 Indigenous Connectivity Summit (ICS) Policy Recommendations. <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2021/2021-indigenous-connecti…>* This release event will provide an overview of the Policy Recommendations and the impact that they can have on the state of connectivity in Indigenous communities in the US and Canada. The conversation will be led by members of the ICS community. The Recommendations were the culmination of six weeks of trainings on the role of policy and advocacy in the current connectivity environment. Participants — which included over 80 individuals from the US and Canada, most of whom are members of Indigenous communities —used the dialogue over these trainings to collaboratively develop a set of recommendations that aim to support Indigenous Communities in providing their own connectivity solutions. On the final day of the *2021 ICS <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/north-america/>*, participants reviewed, contributed to, and ultimately adopted these recommendations as an official output of the summit. The Policy Recommendations build on previous documents in *2019 <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2020/2019-ics-policy-recommen…>* and *2020 <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2020/2020-ics-policy-recommen…>* . *SPEAKERS* *Leonardo Wassilie* (Alaska) *Niniau Kawaihae* (Hawai'i) *Madeleine Redfern* (Nunavut) (+ more) *HOST* *Anna Higgins*, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ICS2021RECS <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/ICS2021RECS>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3DUqn2f <https://bit.ly/3DUqn2f>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see ISOC.LIVE) *TWITTER #2021ICS @ISOC_NA #indigenous* *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/ISOCNewMexico/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCNewMexico/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ICS2021RECS <https://archive.org/details/ICS2021RECS>* *PHOTO*: Jim Schlichting *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14828/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Book Announcement: Digital Black Feminism
by Catherine Knight Steele 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Book Announcement: *Digital Black Feminism (NYU Press)* <https://nyupress.org/9781479808380/digital-black-feminism/> Catherine Knight Steele, University of Maryland Traces the longstanding relationship between technology and Black feminist thought Black women are at the forefront of some of this century’s most important discussions about technology: trolling, online harassment, algorithmic bias, and influencer culture. But, Catherine Knight Steele argues that Black women’s relationship to technology began long before the advent of Twitter or Instagram. To truly “listen to Black women,” Steele points to the history of Black feminist technoculture in the United States and its ability to decenter white supremacy and patriarchy in a conversation about the future of technology. Using the virtual beauty shop as a metaphor, Digital Black Feminism walks readers through the technical skill, communicative expertise, and entrepreneurial acumen of Black women’s labor—born of survival strategies and economic necessity—both on and offline. Positioning Black women at the center of our discourse about the past, present, and future of technology, Steele offers a through-line from the writing of early twentieth-century Black women to the bloggers and social media mavens of the twenty-first century. She makes connections among the letters, news articles, and essays of Black feminist writers of the past and a digital archive of blog posts, tweets, and Instagram stories of some of the most well-known Black feminist writers of our time. Linking narratives and existing literature about Black women’s technology use in the nineteenth, twentieth, and twenty-first century, Digital Black Feminism traverses the bounds between historical and archival analysis and empirical internet studies, forcing a reconciliation between fields and methods that are not always in conversation. As the work of Black feminist writers now reaches its widest audience online, Steele offers both hopefulness and caution on the implications of Black feminism becoming a digital product. *"This book is a must-read in a time when we need to redouble our commitments to social justice. Catherine Knight Steele helps us understand and celebrate the powerful work that Black feminists do to make the world a better place." ~Safiya Umoja Noble, author of Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism*

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your help taking/circulating a survey on TDM--Thank you!!
by Patricia Aufderheide 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

In the Right to Research network<https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/pijip/impact/right…> at American University, we're looking into the obstacles researchers face when doing text/datamining (TDM). We're hoping you could help us by taking it, if you do TDM, and by circulating to your networks this survey: https://american.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0PPI55AouzaRwmG It's anonymous, and stored securely. We are deeply grateful for your interest and help! Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication (she/they) Living and working where Nacotchtank and Piscataway peoples once lived PhD Program Director 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<http://cmsimpact.org> paufder(a)american.edu<mailto:paufder@american.edu> 202-885-2069 office 240-643-4805 mobile Zoom Office Hours: https://american.zoom.us/j/96788556467?pwd=eFNpa2JMWlZQRm5pT1Z0b3RVUlRXQT09 Reclaiming Fair Use--t<https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/022637419X?pf_rd_p=d1f45e03-8b73-4c9a-9be…>he second edition is out, with new stories, quizzes and entirely new chapters on the surprising success of fair use in enabling creativity!

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CFP: Theme issue on online videos and global communication
by Louisa Shu Ying Ha 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

Online Media & Global Communication eISSN: 2749-9049 Sponsored by Center for Global Public Opinion Research of China and School of Journalism and Communication, Shanghai International Studies University, China E-mail: OMGC(a)shisu.edu.cn CALL FOR PAPERS THEMED ISSUE: SHORT VIDEOS AND GLOBAL COMMUNICATON (500 word abstracts due Dec. 1, 2021) TikTok as a short-video app is taking the world by storm as the most downloaded mobile app in 2020 and its average user usage has surpassed YouTube in the U.S. Other social media such as Facebook, Twitter and Wechat/Tencent also increased their video postings. How do these short videos affect people’s perceptions and knowledge of their own countries and other countries? How are short online video use similar or different between countries? We invite scholars from around the world to submit their research on shorts videos to our journal which will have a theme on this topic in our second issue in 2022. Online Media & Global Communication is a new free open access English language refereed journal published quarterly by De Gruyter and sponsored by Shanghai International Studies University. It aims to publish high quality, innovative and original research on global communication especially in the use of global online media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, Whatspps, Weibo, WeChat, Wikipedia, web sites, blogs, etc., in an effort to make theoretical contributions on online media and global communication, particularly in but not limited to the Global South. This journal will address the contemporary concerns about the effects and operations of global digital media platforms on international relations, international public opinion, fake news and propaganda dissemination, consumer behavior as well as the balance of voices in the world. Topics of interest but not limited to these topics for the themed issue: 1. Social media influencers on TikTok and short videos: Political, social, cultural and commercial Effects across countries and cross-national comparison. 2. How do short videos change national and city images in global communication? 3. How can short videos contribute to new research methods in studying global communication? 4. How do short videos differ from television in shaping global media news coverage and global youth culture? 5. How do different national governments or cultural tourism agencies in different countries use short videos or how do such use change relationship among countries? 6. How do online short videos transform the journalism practices of news media? 7. Under the global COVID-19 pandemic, how do online videos create new models and practices or affect current health communication? 8. How do national governments and the public perceive the algorithm used by these short video sites from privacy to social and political impacts such as the cancel culture? The journal publishes six-language abstracts in United Nations official languages (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, and Spanish). This journal adopts a dual track review system as the first in the field of communication. Two review tracks are offered to the authors and authors must choose either one before final submission: 1) double blind (masked) review track that both authors and reviewers do not know the identity of the author; 2) single blind (masked) review track that reviewers will know the identity of the author and the authors are free to cite their own works and refer to themselves in the manuscript. Submitters who have posted their manuscript or its earlier version elsewhere online or with more than five self-citations will undergo the review process using the single-blind review track. All original submissions are in English with reviews by two or more reviewers. We adopt a structured abstract format with purpose, method, highlight of findings, practical implications, social and theoretical implications, originality and contribution so that just the abstract would be informative to the readers. Authors pay no fee to publish in the journal. During the first year of publication, each accepted article will receive US$200 cash reward. Author Submission Guideline: 1. Publication Ethics. The journal will follow the Committee on Publication Ethics guideline for both reviewers and the authors. https://publicationethics.org/ 2. Original Submissions. All unsolicited authors’ submissions must be original and have not been published in English or other languages, either in print or online publications. Manuscripts which have been posted online such as university web sites, in preprint servers or file-sharing sites must self-identify such posting in the cover letter and undergo single-masked review. 1. Submission procedure: Authors are welcome to submit abstracts to the editor to determine the appropriateness of the manuscript before submitting the full-length manuscript to our journal e-mail: OMGC(a)shisu.edu.cn 2. Cover Letter. All new submissions must include a cover letter explaining whether the manuscript is the first time the dataset was being used. If not, then the author should report previous articles or submissions to other journals using the same dataset and explaining the advancement of knowledge of the submitted manuscript over previous articles and other manuscripts under review in other journals. 3. Abstracts and keywords. Manuscripts must include a structured abstract format no longer than 300 words in total (purpose, method, findings, implications, value) and proper keywords to help identify appropriate reviewers. See example on journal web site. Up to eight keywords can be accepted. The keywords must include country/region of study, research method, and the name of the online media platform being studied such as YouTube or category such as social media. 4. Citing your own works. When authors choose double-masked review track, excessive self-citations (more than 5) are discouraged and will be viewed as an attempt to identify the author. Such manuscript will undergo single-masked review automatically. Authors going through a double-masked review track who need to cite their own previous works should cite them in the\same way as other authors. There is no need to specify the work is written by the author. The only exceptions are in press or forthcoming articles. In those cases, the in-text reference should be (Authors, in press/forthcoming). In single-masked review track, authors are free to cite and refer to their own works in the text of the manuscript and there is no limit on self-citations as long as they are appropriate. 5. Citation style. The journal generally adopts APA style 7th edition in general and publishes in American English. However, in the reference section, authors are required to provide the full name of each cited author such as Chen, Daiwen and Kaoqiu Lu (2020), instead of initials, to help identify authors in non-English speaking countries who have little differentiation by last name. Louisa Ha, Ph.D. Professor of Research Excellence, School of Media and Communication Interim Graduate Coordinator Bowling Green State University Founding Editor-in-Chief, Online Media and Global Communication https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=9zeJXnEAA Twitter: @LouisaHaBGSU

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2021 Internet Law and Policy Foundry Fellowship
by Joly MacFie 01 Dec '21

01 Dec '21

https://www.ilpfoundry.us/2021-internet-law-and-policy-foundry-fellowship-a… The Internet Law and Policy Foundry is excited to announce that applications for our next cohort of fellows are now open! Fellows serve for a term of two years and receive a range of benefits including: - Professional development opportunities including mentorship programs and access to Fellow-only events - Access to a global network of internet law and policy professionals who work on a diverse range of issues - Complimentary admission to the Foundry’s public, fee-based events for the duration of their term - And more! Applications close on 12/14 at 5 pm ET. APPLY NOW! <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflHlkBExxPt0U-pAcgPpKWZEtbo5Cn41L…> If you have any questions, please email ilpfoundry(a)gmail.com <https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=ilpfoundry@gmail.com> -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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