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Scoring text on phonetic characteristics
by Astvansh, Vivek 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear Internet Researchers: Do you know of any computer program or library in R, Python, etc., which can score text on phonetic characteristics (e.g., vowels, consonants, plosives, and nasals)? If yes, please respond. Thank you!

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CFP: eSociety track at 'Digital Transformation & Global Society' Conference
by Sergei Pashakhin 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Call for Papers eSociety track Digital Transformation & Global Society (DTGS 2021) - https://dtgs-conference.org/ Conference Date: 23-25 June 2021, online Submission Deadline: March 25, 2021 Track Organizers: Social and Cognitive Informatics Lab (SCILa - https://scila.hse.ru/en/) formerly Laboratory for Internet Studies (LINIS) at HSE University. Dear friends and colleagues, We are organizing the eSociety track at DTGS 2021 and invite you to submit 12-15 pages long papers (Springer LNCS format) focused on but not limited to such topics as: Quantifying offline phenomena through online data Forecasting of social phenomena with digital traces Social influence and social contagion Online community structure & dynamics Individual social tie formation, maintenance & decay Information & disinformation diffusion, perception and effects (including electoral and COVID-related information) Online political deliberation, polarization, and mobilization Problem detection in communication in and with vulnerable groups (children, women, ethnic minorities, etc.), including hate speech, discrimination, and cyber-bullying Predicting and explaining game user behavior and its social implications Designing digital environments to improve societies Security, privacy, trust, reputation, and incentive issues Opinion mining and social media analytics News production & consumption in the Internet era Social media and health behaviors Equity in social and information systems Accepted papers can be published in the Communications in Computer and Information Science series of Springer proceedings. Learn more on the conference website: https://dtgs-conference.org/. If you do not wish to receive our email, please let me know! Best regards, Olessia Koltsova DTGS'21 Steering Committee Director, Laboratory for Social & Cognitive Informatics National Research University Higher School of Economics https://scila.hse.ru/en/ http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/202747 <http://www.hse.ru/en/org/persons/202747> Sergei Pashakhin DTGS'21 Organization Committee https://www.hse.ru/en/staff/pashakhin

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FINAL CALL for Papers: Diagrams 2021
by Mikkel Willum Johansen 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

Dear all, Deadlines for submissions to the conference is getting close, especially for Papers, Abstracts and Posters. In the categories of Papers, Abstracts and Posters the deadline for pre-submission of title and descriptive abstract is: April 1, 2021. * For the Long Papers and Short Papers categories, full versions are due: April 8, 2021 * For the Abstracts and Posters categories, full versions are due: April 15, 2021 Deadlines for Tutorials and Graduate Symposia are on the conference webpage www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. Please find more information in the final call for papers attached below or on the webpage - and do pass on the information if you know researchers or students for whom it may be relevant. I hope to see you at the conference! Best, Mikkel Willum Johansen Publicity Chair Diagrams 2021 *** FINAL CALL for Papers: Diagrams 2021 *** 12th International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams September 28 – 30, 2021 Virtual Event www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021> *** Highlights *** - FREE REGISTRATION - Proceedings published by Springer - Three Tracks: Main, Philosophy, and Psychology and Education. - Graduate Symposium - Best Paper and Best Student Paper awards - Submission dates in April 2021. ***************** Keynote Speakers Announced ******************* Shaaron Ainsworth, University of Nottingham Daniel Rosenberg, University of Oregon Katarina Scheiter, University of Tubingen Atsushi Shimojima, Doshisha University Frederik Stjernfelt, Aalborg University of Copenhagen Francesco Bellucci, University of Bologna, is the Inspirational ECR Speaker for Diagrams 2021 ******************* Novel Program Schedule ********************* Diagrams 2021 will adopt a novel approach to scheduling talks, to accommodate different time zones across the globe. See http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/program/ for more details. ************************************************************* Diagrams is the only conference series that provides a united forum for all areas that are concerned with the study of diagrams and has a multidisciplinary emphasis. For 2021, *MAIN TRACK* conference topics include, but are not limited to: – applications of diagrams, – computational models of reasoning with, and interpretation of, diagrams, – design of diagrammatic notations, – diagram understanding by humans or machines, – diagram aesthetics and layout,– evaluation of diagrammatic notations, – graphical communication and literacy, – heterogeneous notations involving diagrams, – history of diagrammatic notations, – information visualization using diagrams, – nature of diagrams and diagramming, – novel technologies for diagram use, – reasoning with diagrams, – semiotics of diagrams, – software to support the use of diagrams, and – usability and human-computer interaction issues concerning diagrams. In addition to the main track, Diagrams 2021 will have two further tracks: Philosophy, and Psychology and Education; for their topics of interest, see http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/main-track/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/philosophy/ http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021/index.php/calls/psychology-of-diagr…. If the main research contribution of your submission is considered to fit either of the other tracks then you are strongly encouraged to submit to the respective special track, each of which has a dedicated program committee. Authors of accepted submissions will be expected to be in attendance at the virtual conference to present their research and respond to questions presented by delegates. All presenters must accept that it is not within the power of the organisers to prevent delegates from recording talks. However, when registering, delegates will be asked to confirm that they will not record any part of the conference. ***************************************************************** Submission Categories The conference will include presentations of refereed Papers, Abstracts, and Posters, alongside a graduate symposium. We invite submissions for peer review that focus on any aspect of diagrams research, as follows: - Long Papers (16 pages), - Abstracts (3 pages), - Short Papers (8 pages), - Posters (4 pages – this is both a maximum and minimum requirement). More details and all important dates can be found on at www.diagrams-conference.org/2021<http://www.diagrams-conference.org/2021>. ***************************************************************** ________________________________ Mikkel Willum Johansen Associate professor Department of Science Education University of Copenhagen Tlf: (+45) 28 72 84 41

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*Correction* Meta-analysis on effects of social comparison on social media: Request for unpublished studies
by Stephanie Tobin 18 Mar '21

18 Mar '21

*Correction* please send any relevant unpublished reports and manuscripts, conference presentations, unpublished dissertations or in-press manuscripts to c.mccomb(a)uq.net.au<mailto:c.mccomb@uq.net.au> Dear colleagues, I am currently completing a PhD at The University of Queensland under the supervision of Eric Vanman and Stephanie Tobin. We are conducting a systematic review and meta-analysis on the effects of engaging in social comparison on social media and are looking for unpublished papers that fulfill the following requirements: 1. Studies must report experimental, quantitative data 2. Independent variable: we are interested in studies that involve exposure to an upward comparison target versus a downward comparison target or control group. Passively scrolling a social media site or quitting social media for a period of time is also appropriate. 3. Dependent variables: must include measures of subjective well-being, self-esteem, body image, psychological well-being or envy To ensure a comprehensive analysis, we would greatly appreciate if you could send any relevant unpublished reports and manuscripts, conference presentations, unpublished dissertations or in-press manuscripts to c.mccomb(a)uq.net.au<mailto:c.mccomb@uq.net.au> Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any further questions. Thank you, Carly McComb Carly McComb BPsychScHons | PhD Candidate School of Psychology | The University of Queensland | Brisbane Qld 4072 Australia E c.mccomb(a)uq.net.au<mailto:c.mccomb@uq.net.au> | W https://psychology.uq.edu.au/<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/psychology.uq.edu.au/__;!!NVzLfOphnbDXSw…> CRICOS code: 00025B Stephanie Tobin, PhD Senior Lecturer | School of Psychology and Counselling | Queensland University of Technology Kelvin Grove, QLD 4059, Australia | Phone: +61 7 3138 4762 CRICOS No 00213J

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WEBCAST TODAY: ISOC-NY TV – Creating a Broadband Bill of Rights for NYC
by Joly MacFie 17 Mar '21

17 Mar '21

Edited version of a brainstorming session last Sunday ISOC Live posted: "On Saturday 13 March 2021 at 6pm-7pm IST (12:30-13:30 UTC) the Internet Society Rural Development Special Interest Group (ISOC RD SIG) presents a webinar ‘Problems around accessing Internet in Rural communities: Zimbabwe and Africa Context‘ featuring Ms. " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycbroadband>On *Wednesday March 17 2021*, the *ISOC-NY TV show <https://isoc-ny.org/p2/tag/isoc-ny-tv>* presents ‘*Creating a Broadband Bill of Rights for NYC <https://2021.open-data.nyc/#details1902>*‘ an NYC Open Data Week workshop where *Community Tech NY <https://communitytechny.org/>* invited all comers to share their vision of a more equitable, holistically healthy digital ecosystem for New York City. The workshop was ably facilitated by *Claudina Sarahe (cs)* of *Composites Collective <https://compositescollective.com/>.* *What: ISOC-NY TV – Creating a Broadband Bill of Rights for NYCWhere: Manhattan Neighborhood NetworkWhen: Wednesday March 17 2021 2pm-3pm EDT | 18:00-19:00 UTCManhattan Cable: SPECTRUM 56 / 1996 | RCN 83 | FiOS 34Webcast: http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel <http://www.mnn.org/live/2-lifestyle-channel>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycbroadband <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nycbroadband>* *TWITTER: @isocny #opendataweek @BetaNYC @itsmisscs @gretabyrum* *SIMULCASTS* *https://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>* *https://youtu.be/vaCXEh2Bk6Q <https://youtu.be/vaCXEh2Bk6Q>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/nycbroadband <https://archive.org/details/nycbroadband>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13871/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Special issue on AI Ethics and Regulation
by Mihály Héder 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Hi and apologies for cross-posting, CALL FOR PAPERS for a Special Issue: *AI ethics and regulation: A practitioner's point of view* Important dates Article Submission Due *15th May, 2021 * Author Notification *25th June, 2021 * Revised Article Due *31th July, 2021 * Publication *Q3 2021 * InfTars is a *Web of Science SSCI* and *Scopus*-indexed journal. The journal calls for papers requesting constructive criticism of the AI ethics guidelines landscape. Practitioners in the broad sense – the people involved in developing such guidelines, regulators and AI developers – are especially welcome to submit to this issue. Both theoretical and empirical works are welcome. Some particular topics of interest include: - AI ethics guidelines uptake in real-life projects; - Connection of the field of Applied Ethics (in moral theory) to AI Ethics; - “What’s new?” Discussion of the similarities and differences between AI ethics guidelines and other recent professional ethics (such as nanoethics and bioethics); - Methodological concerns of compiling AI ethics guidelines; - AI and privacy: real-life challenges; - “The devil is in the detail!” Issues with particular details of AI ethics guidelines; - Challenges of producing and implementing AI ethics guidelines from a practitioner’s point of view. *Conversation starters* - Hagendorff, T. “The ethics of AI ethics: An evaluation of guidelines.” Minds and Machines 30 (2020): 99-120. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11023-020-09517-8 - Héder, M. “A Criticism of AI Ethics Guidelines.” Információs Társadalom 20, no 4. (2020) https://doi.org/10.22503/inftars.XX.2020.4.5 - Zerilli, J., Knott, A., Maclaurin, J. et al. “Transparency in Algorithmic and Human Decision-Making: Is There a Double Standard?” Philosophy and Technology 32 (2019): 661–683. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13347-018-0330-6 Cheers Mihály Héder

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Free Webinar: Twitter derived measures of sentiment towards minorities & associations with adverse birth outcomes & cardiovascular disease
by KARAMI, AMIR 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

The social media core of UofSC Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC) will host an invited speaker who is a faculty at UMD and was awarded NIH grants on utilizing social media for health. Title: Twitter derived measures of sentiment towards minorities & associations with adverse birth outcomes & cardiovascular disease Mar 24, 11 am - 12:30 pm Register at https://bit.ly/2MXtbWZ [https://attachments.office.net/owa/KARAMI%40mailbox.sc.edu/service.svc/s/Ge…] -- Warm Wishes, Amir Karami, PhD Assistant Professor, UofSC School of Information Science<https://sc.edu/study/colleges_schools/cic/faculty-staff/karami_amir.php> Social Media Core Director, Big Data Health Science Center (BDHSC<https://bigdata.sc.edu/social-media-core/>) Faculty Associate, South Carolina SmartState Center for Healthcare Quality<https://chq.sc.edu/> Chair-Elect, SIG-Social Media<https://www.asist.org/sig/sigsm/team/> Website<https://sites.google.com/site/karamihomepage/> \ LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/in/amir-karami-16690019> \ Twitter<https://twitter.com/karami_amir> \ GitHub<https://github.com/amir-karami> He/Him/His<https://www.mypronouns.org/he-him>

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WEBCAST TODAY: #EURALO Round Table: Internet Governance – EUROPE vs the rest of the world
by Joly MacFie 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Match of the day! ISOC Live posted: "On Tuesday, 16 March 2021 at 19:00-20:30 UTC the European Regional At-Large Organization (EURALO) hosts a roundtable 'Internet Governance - EUROPE vs the rest of the world' which will include a keynote 'Digital Cacaphony in a Splintering Cyberspace' from " [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/euralo3>On *Tuesday, 16 March 2021* at *19:00-20:30 UTC* the *European Regional At-Large Organization <https://atlarge.icann.org/ralos/euralo>* (EURALO) hosts a roundtable '*Internet Governance - EUROPE vs the rest of the world* <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=159482474>' which will include a keynote '*Digital Cacaphony in a Splintering Cyberspace <https://www.circleid.com/posts/20210108-internet-governance-outlook-2021-di…>*' from *Wolfgang Kleinwächter*. *HOST Sébastien Bacholle*t, EURALO Chair *GUEST SPEAKER* *Wolfgang Kleinwächter*, Professor Emeritus from the University of Aarhus *PANEL* *Fiona Alexander*, American University *Richard Hill*, President, Association for Proper Internet Governance *Lucien Castex*, AFNIC *MODERATOR* *Olivier Crépin-Leblond*, ISOC UK England *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/euralo3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/euralo3>* *AGENDA https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=159482474 <https://community.icann.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=159482474>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM http://bit.ly/30OnKgA <http://bit.ly/30OnKgA>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/2OvwNR1 <https://bit.ly/2OvwNR1>* *TWITTER #euralo <https://bit.ly/3lksioj> @icann Wolfgang Kleinwächter @fionamalexander Richard Hill @Olivier_CL @SebBach* *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/euralo3 <https://archive.org/details/euralo3>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/13865/ -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Instances of concealing previous ownership of domain name?
by Greenhalgh, Spencer P. 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Hello internet research friends and colleagues, As part of an ongoing research project, I've stumbled onto a case where the current owner of a domain appears to have requested that Wayback Machine captures of the domain name under the previous ownership be removed from the Internet Archive—presumably because the new owner doesn't want to be associated with the old owner or to be seen as having purchased the domain from them. Are any of you aware of cases of this happening? I didn't know that it was even a thing and am trying to get some context for what might be happening here. Self-promotion and tangentially-related resources are more than welcome. Best, Spencer ------ Spencer Greenhalgh, PhD Assistant Professor, School of Information Science College of Communication and Information University of Kentucky pronouns: http://pronoun.is/he/him/his website: spencergreenhalgh.com Zoom: https://uky.zoom.us/my/greenhalgh

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Call for Papers- Platform Governance by Competing Systems of Political Economy: The US and China
by Yik Chan Chin 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

Platform Governance by Competing Systems of Political Economy: The US and China Conference co-organizers: ● Dr. Milton Mueller, Internet Governance Project, Georgia Institute of Technology; ● Dr. Yik-Chan Chin, School of Journalism and Communication & Internet Institute, Beijing Normal University Online: Beijing&Atlanta June 23-25 2021 Deadline for abstract submission: April 15 2021 The purpose of this conference is to compare and contrast the American and Chinese systems of platform governance. Participants will include experts in platform businesses and infrastructure as well as academics specializing in communication-information policy and law, internet governance, international relations, privacy and cybersecurity policy. Recognizing that the digital economy is highly globalized, the conference will also analyze US-China transnational interactions in the platform economy. This includes those elements of trade policy, cybersecurity, finance and capital investment regulation that affect the operation and regulation of platforms. The term platform governance refers to the rules, practices, and design decisions used to influence the way multi-sided markets or information intermediaries manage users, data and content. We do not look at platform governance issues in isolation, but consider them to be expressions of two different systems of political economy. The US and China have the two largest and most innovative internet economies, but there are major differences between their political systems, economies, foreign policies and approaches to international law and global governance. Some observers believe that the US and Chinese systems of political economy are incompatible, and cannot cooperate but can only conflict. The belief in incompatibility may be true or it may be based in ignorance. There is very little empirical comparative analysis of US and Chinese platform governance. If we look, we may find as many similarities as differences. When there are notable differences, it is also important to understand what has created these differences and to assess the degree to which they really do lead to incompatibility or conflict. This conference is intended to allow Western and Chinese scholars and experts to conduct a dispassionate and objective comparative analysis of each other’s platform governance regimes. The virtual conference will take place June 23-25, 2021. We invite 800-1000 word abstracts on any of the topics listed below by April 15. Submissions in English and Chinese will be considered. We intend to offer simultaneous translation of paper presentations. Send emails by April 15 to us-china-conference(a)internetgovernance.org All submissions should be focused on comparative analysis. It is our intention to do a special issue of a journal for selected papers presented in the conference. For enquiry about the conference, please email: yik-chan.chin(a)bnu.edu.cn or us-china-conference(a)internetgovernance.org ● Placing platforms in their political-economic context Both the US and China have economic systems that could be characterized as “capitalist” and/or market-driven. China relies more on state- owned enterprises and state direction. The U.S. has a more powerful private sector and a more autonomous civil society. The differences of their political systems, however, are profound, with a single party playing a leading role in China and the US having institutionalized competition between two parties. ○ How do the social, economic and political role of platforms differ in the US and China? ○ What are the government regulatory institutions involved in governing platforms in the US and China? What determines the roles of government and the platforms themselves in governance? ○ How does the presence or absence of competition between political parties affect political communication and economic policy? ○ How do the US and Chinese governments handle the problems of transnational and extraterritorial jurisdiction in platform governance? ● Social media, politics and content governance ○ What are the principles and mechanisms underlying content management in the US and China? ○ What are the liability frameworks for platforms in the US and China? If Section 230 immunities are a critical factor in the American approach, would amending or ending those immunities make American social media more or less like China’s? ○ When American social media platforms restrict so called “coordinated inauthentic behavior” from China, what is the role of the US government? How does it compare to China's efforts to restrict foreign information services’ access to Chinese citizens? ○ What kind of coordination of content governance is taking place among national governments, and the platforms themselves? Does this coordination embrace Western and Chinese platforms, or only Western ones? ● Cybersecurity and privacy ○ How do US and Chinese standards, national policies and laws regarding end to end encryption by platforms compare with each other? What are the similarities? What are the differences? ○ How does US-China cyber conflict - defined as inter-state rivalry using cyberspace for espionage - affect each country’s policies towards platforms? Is the economic success of each country’s platforms seen as a strength, a vulnerability, or a risk? ○ What role do alleged or real cybersecurity risks play in opening or closing each country’s cloud market? ○ How do US and Chinese efforts to create national policies and laws regarding data privacy compare to one another? How do they intersect with other policy regimes governing data privacy transnationally? ● Platform agglomeration economies and regulation. Digital platforms are expanding into multiple areas, including app stores, digital payments, lending, e-commerce, food services and possibly even cryptocurrencies. ○ Is the number of platforms in China and the US increasing or decreasing? How concentrated are US and Chinese platform markets? Which one is more concentrated? ○ How do the paths toward agglomeration in the US and China differ? ○ How are competition policy authorities in the US and China reacting to the growth of platforms? What methods are used by the regulators to measure market power or abuse of dominance? ○ Would competition from US platforms entering China’s markets help Chinese consumers? Would competition from Chinese platforms entering US markets help American consumers? ○ How do American platforms’ positions in payment systems compare to Chinese ones? ○ How have the financial system and the policies of financial regulators in the US and China been affected by the rise of platforms, how do they react? --------- Dr. Yik Chan Chin Associate Professor School of Journalism and Communication Beijing Normal University Beijing, P. R. China Email: yik-chan.chin(a)bnu.edu.cn https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yik_Chan_Chin http://ssrn.com/author=1377946

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