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New publication: The Web of Meaning: The Internet in a Changing Chinese Society,
by Yuan, Jingyan Elaine 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Dear colleagues, I am pleased to announce the publication of my new book: The Web of Meaning: The Internet in a Changing Chinese Society, University of Toronto Press. Synopsis Taking off at the height of China’s socio-economic reforms in the mid-1990s, the Internet developed alongside the twists and turns of the country’s rapid transformation. Central to many aspects of social change, the Internet has played an indispensable role in the decentralization of political communication, the expansion of the market, and the stratification of society in China. Through three empirical cases – online privacy, cyber-nationalism, and the network market – this book traces how different social actors engage in negotiation of the practices, social relations, and power structures that define these evolving institutions in Chinese society. Examining rich user-generated social media data with innovative methods such as semantic network analysis and topic modelling, The Web of Meaning provides a solid empirical base to critique for critiquing the power relationships that are embedded in the very fabric of Chinese society. Table of contents Preface Introduction 1. The Internet and Social Change in China 2. The Rise of the Internet as Symbolic Space 3. Assembling Network Privacy 4. Articulating Cyber-Nationalism 5. Constructing the Network Market Conclusion Published by University of Toronto Press in cloth and ebook to order at 25% discount: https://utorontopress.com/us/the-web-of-meaning-2 About the author Dr. Elaine J. Yuan https://eyuan.people.uic.edu/home.html Elaine Yuan Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies Department of Communication The University of Illinois at Chicago https://eyuan.people.uic.edu/home.html New book: The Web of Meaning: the Internet in a changing Chinese society, U of Toronto Press.

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WEBCAST TODAY: Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Policy Forum Session 2 – fireside chat with Brad Smith
by Joly MacFie 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

ISOC LIVE has webcast every Digital Futures Forum since it was founded in 2016. This year it's a somewhat piecemeal event, and we'll be bring you more as it happens.. Meanwhile, enjoy the thoughts of President Brad. Microsoft is, of course, an Internet Society organizational member <https://www.internetsociety.org/about-internet-society/organization-members/> . ISOC Live posted: "Today, Wednesday March 31 2021 at 1pm EDT (17:00 UTC) the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) presents the second session of the 2021 Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Policy Forum. Dean Merit E. Janow will sit down f" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sipa-gdf2021-2>Today, *Wednesday March 31 2021* at *1pm EDT* (17:00 UTC) the *Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs <https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/>* (SIPA) presents the second session of the* 2021 Niejelow Rodin Global Digital Futures Policy Forum <https://www.sipa.columbia.edu/ideas-lab/tech-policy-sipa/2021-niejelow-rodi…>*. Dean* Merit E. Janow* will sit down for a fireside chat with *Brad Smith*, President of Microsoft, on his latest book* Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age <https://news.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/tools-and-weapons/>*. *LIVESTREAM* *http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sipa-gdf2021-2 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/sipa-gdf2021-2>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3sGnuMT <https://bit.ly/3sGnuMT>* *TWITTER: #SIPADigitalFutures <https://bit.ly/3cBc874> https://bit.ly/sipadigitalfutures <https://bit.ly/sipadigitalfutures> @BradSmi* *@ColumbiaSIPA* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isocny/live <https://www.twitch.tv/isocny/live>* *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/sipa-gdf2021-2 <https://archive.org/details/sipa-gdf2021-2>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13912/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST: Digital Watch Internet Governance Briefing March 2021
by Joly MacFie 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

This was a restream earlier today of yesterday's GIP briefing. It's downloadable in the archive, including audio and uncorrected Otter text. Interesting, for those who care about such things, to compare the Otter AI to the Rev that Diplo are now using. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday March 31 2021 at 13:00 UTC ISOC LIVE will restream the Digital Watch Internet Governance Briefing for March 2021. Catch up on the major internet governance and digital policy updates from all around the globe and join our experts as they anal" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gipdw03-21>On *Wednesday March 31 2021* at *13:00 UTC ISOC LIVE <https://isoc.live>* will restream the *Digital Watch Internet Governance Briefing for March 2021 <https://dig.watch/events/briefing-73-internet-governance-march-2021>*. Catch up on the major internet governance and digital policy updates from all around the globe and join our experts as they analyse the existing and emerging policy trends. Special feature this month is Ambassador *Jürg Lauber*, Chair of the *UN Open-ended Working Group (OEWG) on Developments in the Field of ICTs in the Context of International Security <https://dig.watch/processes/un-gge>*, talking about the process that led to its '*Final Substantive Report <https://www.diplomacy.edu/blog/whats-new-cybersecurity-negotiations-un-cybe…>*' issued on March 10 2021. *PRESENTERS* *Jürg Lauber*, PR Switzerland *Stephanie Borg Psaila*, Diplo *Katarina Andjelkovic*, Diplo *Jovan Kurbalija*, Diplo *Andrijana Gavrilovic*, Diplo *Marco Lotti*, Diplo *Amrita Choudhry* *Hanane Boujemi* *Grace Mtung'u* *Ana Maria Corrêa* *MODERATORS* *Vladimir Radunovic*, Diplo *Su Sonia Herring*, Diplo *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gipdw03-21 <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/gipdw03-21>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3rDVVT0 <https://bit.ly/3rDVVT0>* *TWITTER #thegip <https://bit.ly/3cFvqse> @GenevaGIP* *SIMULCASTShttps://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.pscp.tv/ISOC_Live/>https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live <https://www.facebook.com/isocny/live>* *ARCHIVEhttps://archive.org/details/gipdw03-21 <https://archive.org/details/gipdw03-21>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13908/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Second CFP E-Vote-ID 2021
by Peter ROENNE 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

[Apologies for cross and multiple postings] Conference going digital. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Given the still ongoing COVID pandemic, E-Vote-ID 2021 will also this year be held as an online conference only. COVID-19 has highlighted the question on how to deal with democracy during a pandemic. We consider that keeping the conference, albeit in digital format, is not only an academic responsibility, but also responds to the need for an active focus on electronic voting by facilitating high quality debates and responses. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS E-Vote-ID 2021 Sixth International Joint Conference on Electronic Voting Virtual Conference, 5-8 October 2021 www.e-vote-id.org (Paper Submission Date: 15 May 2021) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WWW: https://www.e-vote-id.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EVoteID/ Twitter: @evotingcc Hashtag: #EVoteID2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Chairs: Krimmer, Robert (University of Tartu, Estonia), Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) Duenas-Cid, David (Kozminski University, Poland and Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is the sixth edition of one of the leading international events for e-voting experts from all over the world, taking place in October 2021. One of its major objectives is to provide a forum for interdisciplinary and open discussion of all issues relating to electronic voting. In the first 5 editions, up to 151 presentations had been discussed, gathering more than 500 participants. Given the current pandemic situation and the experience with 2020 edition, the conference will be organized considering both, onsite and virtual format, following a hybrid conference model. The aim of the conference is to bring together e-voting specialists working in academia, politics, government and industry in order to discuss various aspects of all forms of electronic voting (including, but not limited to, polling stations, kiosks, ballot scanners and remote voting by electronic means) in the four following tracks below and a PhD colloquium: Track on Security, Usability and Technical Issues Chairs: Kulyk, Oksana (IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark) and Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg) Design, analysis, formal modeling or research implementation of: - Electronic voting protocols and systems; - Voter identification and authentication; - Ballot secrecy, receipt-freeness and coercion resistance; - Election verification including end-to-end verifiability and risk limiting audits; - Requirements; - Evaluation and certification, including international security standards, e.g. Common Criteria or ITSEC; - Human aspects of security mechanisms in electronic voting and in particular of verifiability mechanisms; - Or any other security and HCI issues relevant to electronic voting. Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Chairs: Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, Estonia) and Germann, Micha (University of Bath, United Kingdom) - Discuss legal, political and social issues of electronic voting implementations, ideally employing case study methodology; - Analyze the interrelationship with, and the effects of electronic voting on democratic institutions and processes; - Assess the cultural impact of electronic voting on institutions, behaviours and attitudes of the Digital Era; - Discuss the administrative, legal, political and social risks of electronic voting; - How to draft electronic voting legislations; - Public administrations and the implementation of electronic voting; - Understandability, transparency, and trust issues in electronic voting; - Data protection issues; - Public interests vs. PPP (public private partnerships). Track on Election and Practical Experiences Chairs: Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (International Foundation for Electoral Systems, USA) and Hofer, Thomas (Objectif Securité, Switzerland) - Review developments in the area of applied electronic voting; - Report on experiences with electronic voting or the preparation thereof (including repots on development and implementation, case law, court decisions, legislative steps, public and political debates, election outcomes, etc.); Contributions in this track will be published in TUT press proceedings only. These experience and practical reports need not contain original research, but must be an accurate, complete and, where applicable, evidence-based account of the technology or system used. Submissions will be judged on quality of review and level of analysis, and the applicability of the results to other democracies. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Track on Posters and E-Voting System Demo Chair: Glondu, Stéphane (Institut National de Recherche en Sciences et Technologies du Numérique, France) We invite demonstrations of electronic voting systems, to be presented in an open session on Tuesday 5 October. Participation is open to all conference participants, but we request a Short Paper (two pages) by 15 September submitted via Easychair describing the system’s requirements and properties, such as: - whether the system is intended for use in controlled (i.e. in polling stations) or uncontrolled environments (i.e. remotely via the Internet or in kiosks); - which types of elections it accommodates; - whether it addresses the needs of voters with disabilities; - what sort of verifiability it provides; - the extent to which it guarantees vote privacy; - whether it has been deployed in a real election; - where to go for more information. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- PhD Colloquium Chairs: Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia), Zollinger, Marie Laure (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg). The goal of the colloquium is to foster understanding and collaboration between PhD students from various disciplines working on e-voting. To this end, the program allows plenty of space for discussion and initiating collaboration based on presentations by attendees. Each interested participant should submit his/her research proposal (or alternatively ideas for papers, open problems, or other issues where feedback from colleagues would be helpful etc.) on the shaper of a short paper (two pages length) using the conference platform. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Format of the Conference The format of the conference is a three-day meeting. The PhD Colloquium and Demo Session take places on the day before the formal conference begins. No parallel sessions will be held, and sufficient space will be given for informal communication. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper Submission Paper submissions can be in two formats—either as a full paper or an abstract. - Full paper submissions (max 16 pages in LNCS format all-in); - Short Paper submissions (max 2 pages in LNCS format all-in). All submissions will be subject to double-blind reviews. Submissions must be anonymous (with no reference to the authors). Submissions are to be made using the EasyChair conference system at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=evoteid2021, which serves as the online system for the review process. During submission, please select the appropriate track or the PhD colloquium. The track chairs reserve the right to re-assign papers to other tracks in case of better fit based on reviewer feedback and in coordination with other track chairs. LNCS style has to be used (see the Springer guidelines at http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui…, including templates for LaTeX and Microsoft Word). If you think that one or more of the programme committee members could have a conflict of interest with your submission, please let the general chairs know at conferencechairs(a)e-vote-id.org. In turn, according settings in the EasyChair system will be set, so that the respective member/s is/are not involved in the review process. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Key Dates for Submissions Deadline for submission of papers for the Track on Security, Usability and Technical Issues and the Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues (Hawaiian time, hard deadline, no extension): 15 May 2021 – 23:59 Notification of Acceptance: 24 June 2021 Deadline for submission of papers for the Track on Election and Practical Experiences and the PhD Colloquium: 10 July 2021 Deadline for Camera-ready Paper Submissions: 24 July 2021 Deadline for Poster Submission and Short Papers for E-Voting System Demo Session: 15 September 2021 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Publication The conference proceedings will be available at the time of the conference. Full papers accepted for the tracks on security, usability, and technical issues, respective administrative, legal, political, and social issues will be published in Springer LNCS. All other accepted publications, including full papers in the election experience track, accepted abstracts in any of the tracks, and from the submissions in the PhD colloquium will be published in proceedings with Taltech Press. In case your academic host institution requires you to publish your research as open-access only, please contact the conference chairs for further information in which way it is intended to make accepted publications accessible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Committee General Chairs Krimmer, Robert (University of Tartu, EE) Volkamer, Melanie (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Duenas-Cid, David (Kozminski University, PL) Track Chairs Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Kulyk, Oksana (IT University of Copenhagen, DK) Rønne, Peter (Univeresity of Luxembourg, LU) Track on Elections and Practical Experiences Martin-Rozumilowicz, Beata (IFES, US) Hofer, Thomas (Objectif Securité, CH) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political, and Social Issues Solvak, Mihkel (University of Tartu, EE) Germann, Micha (University of Bath, UK) PhD Colloquium Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Zollinger, Marie Laure (University of Luxembourg, LU) Outreach Chairs Rønne, Peter (University of Luxembourg, LU) Krivonosova, Iuliia (Tallinn University of Technology, EE) Track on Security, Usability, and Technical Issues Programme Committee Araujo, Roberto (Universidade Federal do Pará, BR) Beckert, Bernhard (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, DE) Benaloh, Josh (Microsoft Research, US) Bernhard, Matthew (Univerity of Michigan, US) Blanchard, Enka (Université de Lorreine, FR) Budurushi, Jurlind (Cloudical Deutschland GmbH, DE) Clark, Jeremy (Concordia University, CA) Cortier, Véronique (INRIA-LORIA, FR) Dragan, Constantin Catalin (University of Surrey, UK) Essex, Aleksander (Western University, CA) Gibson, Paul (Telecom SudParis, FR) Giustolisi, Rosario (IT University Copenhagen, DK) Gjosteen, Kristian (NTNU Trondheim, NO) Goré, Rajeev (Australian National University, AU) Grimm, Rüdiger (University of Koblenz, DE) Haenni, Rolf (Bern University of Applied Science, CH) Haines, Thomas (Polyas, DK) Kremer, Steve (INRIA, FR) Kuesters, Ralf (University of Stuttgart, DE) Müller, Johannes (University of Luxembourg, LU) Naumann, Stephan (Darmstadt Technical University, DE) Pereira, Olivier (UC Louvain, BE) Ryan, Peter Y.A. (University of Luxembourg, LU) Schneider, Steve (University of Surrey, UK) Schoenmakers, Berry (University of Amsterdam, NL) Schürmann, Carsten (IT University Copenhagen, DK) Teague, Vanessa (University of Melbourne, AU) Truderung, Tomasz (Polyas, DE) Wen, Roland (UNSW Sydney, AU) Willemson, Jan (Cybernetica, EE) Zagorski, Filip (Wroclaw University of Technology, PL) Track on Administrative, Legal, Political and Social Issues Programme Committee Aranyossy, Marta (Corvinus University, HU) Barrat, Jordi (EVOL2 – eVoting Research Lab, ES) Dandoy, Régis (Universidad San Francisco de Quito, EC) Darnolf, Staffan (IFES, US) Eenma-Dimitrieva, Helena (University of Tartu, EE) Goodman, Nicole (University of Toronto, CA) Kersting, Norbert (University of Münster, DE) Musiał-Karg, Magdalena (Adam Mickiewicz University, PL) Nemaslaki, András (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU) Nurmi, Hannu (University of Turku, FI) Pammett, Jon (University of Carleton, CA) Reniu, Josep Maria (University of Barcelona, ES) Sasvari, Peter (National University of Public Service, HU) Serdült, Uwe (Ritsumeikan University, JP) Soares, Delfina (UNU-EGOV, PT) Vinkel, Priit (National Election Commission, EE) Track on Election and Practical Experience Programme Committee Bismark, David (Votato, SE) Boyce, Stephen (IFES, US) Bull, Christian (Telenor, NO) Caarls, Susanne (Independent Expert, NL) Catozzi, Gianpiero (EC-UNDP, BE) Chanussot, Thomas (Independent Expert, FR) Driza Maurer, Ardita (Independent Expert, CH) Egger, Philipp (State Chancellery of St. Gallen, CH) Franklin, Joshua (OutStack, US) Leclère, Olivier (State of Geneva, CH) Loeber, Leontine (Council of State, NL) Macias, Ryan (Independent Expert, US) McDermott, Ronan (Independent Expert, CH) Misev, Vladimir (Senior Election Advisor - OSCE/ODIHR, PL) Past, Liisa (Chief National Cyber Risk Officer, EE) Petrov, Goran (Independent Expert, MK) Plante, Stephanie (University of Ottawa, CA) Spycher, Oliver (Federal Chancellery, CH) Vollan, Kåre (Quality AS, NO) Yard, Mike (Independent Expert, US) -------------------------------------------------------------------------

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WEBCAST TODAY: Encryption, Cloud, and the GDPR – What Is The Recipe For Survival?
by Joly MacFie 31 Mar '21

31 Mar '21

Encryption Europe are one of mISOC's partners in the Global Encryption Coalition <https://www.globalencryption.org/> - this is their third webinar of 2021. ISOC Live posted: "On Wednesday March 31 2021, at 10:00-11:00 CEST (08:00-09:00 UTC) Encryption Europe invites experts from Fair&Smart and Lybero to discuss how three crucial components will interact to protect the future of Europe: Encryption, the Cloud, and the GDPR. " On Wednesday March 31 2021, at 10:00-11:00 CEST (08:00-09:00 UTC)* Encryption Europe <https://encryptioneurope.eu/>* invites experts from* Fair&Smart <https://www.fairandsmart.com/en/>* and *Lybero <https://lybero.net/>* to discuss how three crucial components will interact to protect the future of *Europe: Encryption, the Cloud, and the GDPR* <https://encryptioneurope.eu/2021/03/01/Encryption-Europe-Webinar-Series-Mar…>. The future is not as unpredictable as we may think. We know that the future of Europe relies on our capacity to innovate and keep innovation at home. We also know that people and businesses in Europe will care about the privacy and protection of their valuable data. And that cloud providers will play a crucial role in hosting our data at scale and cost-effectively. For all these reasons, we can safely say that our data will be processed in the cloud, under the legal safeguard of the GDPR, and enforced by strong encryption without backdoors. But there will be challenges for all organizations: from a technical point of view, how to handle encryption keys? how to handle backups and restoration? Is it compatible with web applications? And from a legal point of view: will our current processes and practices compatible with GDPR? how to protect data while allowing internal and external controls? PRESENTATION *Arnaud Laprêvote*, Lybero ROUNDTABLE *Eric Bedell*, Franklin Templeton *Xavier Lefevre*, CEO - Fair&Smart *Christophe Buschmann*, Commissioner - CNPD[image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/encrypteurope3> *Arnaud Laprévote,* founder and CEO - Lybero MODERATOR *Jean-Christophe Le Toquin*, Coordinator, Encryption Europe *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/encrypteurope3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/encrypteurope3>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8392012716 <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8392012716>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/2PNSKeo <https://bit.ly/2PNSKeo>* *TWITTER #EncryptEurope @EncryptEurope #GlobalEncryption #CyberSecurity #GDPR Arnaud Laprevote @Lybero_net Eric Bedell @FTI_Global Christophe Buschmann CNPD* *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/encrypteurope3 <https://archive.org/details/encrypteurope3>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13903/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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ACM IUI 2021: Call for participation
by Axel Soto 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

*** ACM IUI 2021: Call for Participation *** * Virtually hosted by Texas A&M University * April 13-17, 2021 * http://iui.acm.org/2021/ * Contact: registration2021(a)iui.acm.org ## Registration deadline April 9, 2021 ## Registration link https://iui.acm.org/2021/registration.html ## ACM IUI 2021 ACM IUI 2021 is the 26th annual premier international forum for reporting outstanding research and development on intelligent user interfaces. ACM IUI is where the Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) communities meet, with contributions from related fields such as psychology, behavioral science, cognitive science, computer graphics, design, the arts, and more. Our focus is on improving the interaction between humans and digital technology, by leveraging both HCI approaches and state-of-the art AI techniques from machine learning, natural language processing, data mining, knowledge representation and reasoning.

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commissioning research on media competition policy
by Jody Brannon 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

Hi, all, I direct a non-profit think tank, operating within the Open Markets Institute, called the Center for Journalism & Liberty; we’re part of the Knight Research Network<https://knightfoundation.org/democracy-in-the-digital-age/>. We research issues of competition policy at the intersection of four areas: platforms, privacy, journalism business models, and content integrity/quality. Last summer we commissioned scholarly work into news deserts in Iowa<https://www.journalismliberty.org/publications/what-makes-iowa-newspapers-r…> and Appalachia<https://www.journalismliberty.org/publications/local-news-and-community-res…>, and into Facebook and Google’s dominance<https://www.journalismliberty.org/publications/beggars-and-choosers-faceboo…>. Additionally a policy specialist proposed strategies<https://www.journalismliberty.org/publications/replanting-strategy-saving-l…> to ensure media independence, and Ethan Zuckerman, now of Mass-Amherst, provided a piece on digital public infrastructure<https://www.journalismliberty.org/publications/what-is-digital-public-infra…>. Take a look at this link,<https://www.journalismliberty.org/fellowships-freelance-reporters> detailing our continual need for relevant research, pitch an idea or two, and maybe spend your summer working on a significant paper that can help legitimate online news thrive. Last summer we paid between $500 and $2,000 for accepted articles (higher rates, plus support for resources are possible). Illinois professor Nikki Usher is a CJL fellow<https://www.journalismliberty.org/our-people/nikki-usher>, and she recommended I post this to this group, as we’re eager to explore cross-disciplinary solutions to the survival of the Fourth Estate online. This group may also be interested in an April 20 event taking shape called Beyond Facebook & Google: The Future of Journalism & Democracy<https://www.openmarketsinstitute.org/publications/conference-after-google-a…>. Watch for a link to attend, or send me an email and I’ll do so, once the day’s agenda is completed. Hope to hear from you. Jody Jody Brannon, Ph.D. Director, Center for JOURNALISM & LIBERTY<https://journalismandliberty.org/> INDEPENDENT • VIGILANT • VITAL Linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodybrannon/> // 301-537-5011 + via Signal Follow CJL on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/JournalismLiberty>, LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-journalism-and-liberty>, Medium<https://medium.com/journalismandliberty> & Twitter<https://twitter.com/cjl4news> CJL is part of the Knight Research Network<https://knightfoundation.org/democracy-in-the-digital-age/> affiliated with OPEN MARKETS INSTITUTE<https://openmarketsinstitute.org/about-us/> LIBERTY • DEMOCRACY • PROSPERITY

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April 8 & 9 “No Going Back: Global Communication and Post-Pandemic Politics”
by Bridges, Lauren 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

CARGC Fellows Early Career Symposium (Virtual) “No Going Back: Global Communication and Post-Pandemic Politics” April 8 & 9 | Virtual RSVP AND FIND VIDEOS HERE: https://bit.ly/cargcfellows We invite you to attend the early career symposium organized by fellows (post-graduate and doctoral) in residence at the Center for Advanced Research in Global Communication (CARGC<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/research-centers/center-advanced-researc…>) at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania. This year’s theme, “No Going Back: Global Communication and Post Pandemic Politics”, gathers scholarship that examines the idea of post-pandemic politics through the lens of global communication. The symposium includes a mix of asynchronous and synchronous events. Asynchronous video presentations are available to registrants to watch in advance of the synchronous panels on April 8. There are 21 original research projects available on our website<https://bit.ly/cargcfellows> for attendees to engage with and give feedback prior to and during the conference days. The synchronous panels will include brief remarks from presenters, comments from a designated discussant, and live Q and A session moderated by a CARGC fellow. A live session will take place on April 9 with our keynote, “Communicating Abolition: Radical Possibilities for Post-Pandemic Futures: A Dialogue with Karma R. Chávez (University of Texas at Austin) and Jamila Hammami (CUNY Graduate Center).” For more information see: https://bit.ly/cargcfellows Follow CARGC on Twitter for updates: @AnnenbergCARGC<https://twitter.com/AnnenbergCARGC> #NoGoingBackConf #CARGC2021

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Social Media: A Critical Introduction - third edition
by Christian Fuchs 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

New, third edition: Christian Fuchs. 2021. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. Third edition. 448 pages. Preface, introduction, sample chapter, and more infos here: https://fuchsc.uti.at/social-media-a-critical-introduction-third-edition/ Social media are an integral part of contemporary society. From news and politics to language and everyday life, they have changed the way we communicate, use information and understand the world. So we have to ask critical questions about social media. We have to dig deeper into issues of ownership, power, class and (in)justice. This book equips you with a critical understanding of the complexities and contradictions at the heart of social media’s relationship with society. The revised and expanded Third Edition: * Explores populism, racism and nationalism in a new chapter on right-wing authoritarianism. * Introduces the phenomenon of social media influencers in the age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat. * Explains how big data is central to social media in a new chapter on big data capitalism and imperialism. * Explores the growing prominence of platforms and platform capitalism. * Challenges you to envision and achieve a truly social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world. * Analyses fake news and misinformation in the context of Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. There are winners and losers in the age of digital capitalism. This book is an essential guide for anyone who wants to critically understand how we got to digital capitalism, and what we can do about it. Table of Contents List of figures and tables, page ix About the author, page xiii Preface, page xv I FOUNDATIONS, page 1 1 What is a Critical Introduction to Social Media?, page 3 2 What are Social Media?, page 25 3 Big Data Capitalism, page 49 II APPLICATIONS, page 71 4 The Power and Political Economy of Social Media, page 73 5 Google: Good or Evil Search Engine?, page 109 6 Facebook and WhatsApp: Surveillance in the Age of Fake News, page 139 7 Influencer Capitalism: Reified Consciousness in the Age of Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat, page 173 8 Twitter and Democracy: A New Public Sphere?, page 205 9 Right-wing Authoritarianism on Social Media, page 239 10 Weibo: Power, Ideology, and Social Struggles in China, page 265 11 The Sharing Economy of Airbnb, Uber, and Upwork, page 285 12 Platform Capitalism, page 309 13 Wikipedia: A New Democratic Form of Collaborative Work and Production?, page 327 III FUTURES 14 Capitalist Social Media’s Major Problems and Alternatives, page 347 15 A Manifesto for Truly Social Media, page 367 References, page 387 Index, page 413

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Researchers need copyright exceptions and liabilities--new project!
by Patricia Aufderheide 30 Mar '21

30 Mar '21

The Academic Network on the Right to Research in International Copyright is calling for research relevant to the development of global norms on copyright policy in its application to research. Text and data mining research, for example, is contributing insights to respond to urgent social problems, from combatting COVID to monitoring hate speech and disinformation on social media. Other technologies make it possible to access the materials of libraries, archives and museums from afar - an especially necessary activity during the COVID pandemic. But these and other research activities may require reproduction and sharing of copyright protected works, including across borders. There is a lack of global norms for such activities, which may contribute to uncertainty and apprehension, inhibiting research projects and collaborations. We seek to partner with researchers interested in exploring the means and ends of recognizing a “right to research” in international copyright law. Accepted proposals will be included within a 3-year project that is linking academic research to the work of a global civil society coalition working on policy reform. Through this project, researchers will receive sustained opportunities for collaboration and presentation, publication, an honorarium and possibility of coverage of some ancillary costs. More on the call and a link to the application is at http://infojustice.org/archives/43046<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://infojustice.org/archives/43046__;!!IaT_g…> We ask for submissions by May 15, 2021. Questions to me are welcome. -Sean Sean Michael Fiil-Flynn Professorial Lecturer and Director Program on Information Justice and Intellectual Property American University Washington College of Law PIJIP news and views: www.pijip.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.pijip.org/__;!!IaT_gp1N!j6-U6gOCQKPr…>; https://twitter.com/WCL_PIJIP<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/WCL_PIJIP__;!!IaT_gp1N!j6-U…> Editor in Chief, www.infojustice.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.infojustice.org/__;!!IaT_gp1N!j6-U6g…> Personal Twitter https://twitter.com/Sean_Fiil_Flynn<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://twitter.com/Sean_Fiil_Flynn__;!!IaT_gp1…> Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication (she/her/hers) 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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