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Event - "Keyword: Crime" on cyberconflict, romance fraud and online hate
by Harry Dyer (EDU - Staff) 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

*With apologies for cross-posting* The University of Surrey's strategic research theme Technology and Society<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surre…> - welcomes you to the fourth of its series Keywords in Technology and Society- on 5th May at 2 pm. This event - titled CRIME - brings together three speakers from three diverse areas of the sciences and social sciences - to think about societal consequences of emerging technologies. The event includes some excellent talks on - online hate, romance fraud and cyberconflict. * Prof Nishanth Sastry<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surre…>, Distributed and Networked Systems Group, Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, Department of Computer Science. Nishanth will speak about "Can we agree on online hate? Lessons from Citizens-MP conversations on Twitter" * Dr Emily Finch<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surre…>, School of Law. Emily will speak about "He stole all my money and broke my heart and I don't know which one has destroyed me the most". The challenges of combatting online romance fraud. * Dr Michael McGuire<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surre…>, Surrey Centre for Cyber Security, Department of Sociology. Mike will speak about When Worlds Collide: Nation States, Cyberconflict and the Politics of Crime The event will be chaired by Dr Suparna De<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.winch…>. We also welcome you to look at the wider series of events in Keywords in Technology and Society. You will need to sign-up, though attendance is free. Sign-up for Crime is available on this link: Crime Tickets, Wed 5 May 2021 at 14:00 | Eventbrite<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.event…> Best, Ranjana Dr Ranjana Das Reader in Media and Communication University Theme Champion for Strategic Research Theme: Technology and Society<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surre…> New 2021 Book! New Fathers, Mental Health and Digital Communication<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.palgr…> (with Paul Hodkinson). Find my recent talks on Notist: https://noti.st/drranjanadas<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnoti.st%2…> Twitter: @DrRanjanaDas<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.c…>; @TechSocSurrey Web: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/people/ranjana-das<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.surre…> New Paper - Das, R. & Beszlag, D. (2021). Migrant mothers' experiences of perinatal mental ill health in the UK and their expectations of healthcare<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.magon…>. Journal of Health Visiting Online First. New *open access* paper: Audiences' Communicative Agency in a Datafied Age: Interpretative, Relational and Increasingly Prospective. Communication Theory<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Facademic.…>. New Book: Early Motherhood in Digital Societies: Ideals, Anxieties and Ties of the Perinatal<https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.routl…>; Routledge

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Join us! Call for Participation in the 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation. Announcing platframe, preliminary schedule and contributors
by Seda Guerses 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Hey everyone, The preliminary program for the obfuscation workshop is out! Please find the details below. I hope you will consider joining us or at least making use of the resources on our platform. s. ========================================== The 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation May 4 & 7, 2021. Online gathering http://3rd.obfuscationworkshop.org Co-sponsored by TPM, TU Delft and DLI, Cornell Tech ========================================== We are pleased to announce that the 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation will finally take place online on May 4 and 7th, 2021. Everyone is welcome to participate! Please visit our website 3rd.obfuscationworkshop.org to register and more details! Overview and topics: ----------------------------------------- Obfuscation strategies represent creative ways to evade surveillance, protect privacy, improve security; as well as protest, contest, resist and sabotage technology. Obfuscation methods render data more ambiguous, difficult to exploit and interpret, less useful. They rely on the addition of gibberish, meaningless data; they pollute, add noise, randomize. Obfuscation invokes an intuitive form of protection: it distorts that which is visible to render it less (or in)visible. It hides the trees among the forest. The aim of the 3rd Workshop on Obfuscation is to foster interaction among diverse communities of research, concern and practice interested in obfuscation. We convene researchers, scientists, policy makers, developers, journalists, activists, artists and other interested parties to discuss obfuscation in environments and conditions of asymmetrical power and information. List of sessions and Contributors (not final) --------------------------------------------------------------- AdNauseam past, present and future // Public interest technologies for the ML age // Human/Machine behavior and intent // Friction // Face-veillance // Cybernetics and obfuscation Helen Nissenbaum, Finn P. Brunton, Femke Snelting, Lee McGuigan, Sally Chen, Michael Veale, Ellen Goodman, Amy X. Zhang, Patrick Skeba, Eric P. S. Baumer, Lior Zalmanson, Niva Elkin-Koren, Annelies Moors, Annemiek van Boeijen, Lujo Bauer, Vidushi Marda, Nadia Fadil, Ramon Amaro, Robin Berjon, Elizabeth Renieris, Carmela Troncoso, Bettina Berendt, Kendra Albert, Sauvik Das, Nicholas Vincent, Kulynych Bogdan, Bekah Overdorf, Caspar Chorus, Amineh Gorbani, Ulf Liebe, Michael Castelle, Natasha Dow Schull, David Abbink, Deborah Forster and Erwin Boer. Registration: ----------------------------------------- Please register at: https://3rd.obfuscationworkshop.org/reception/register If you need a fee waiver, please contact us at obfuscation(a)cornell.edu. We encourage you to register early. The number of places is limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-serve basis. Platform: ----------------------------------------- In order to avoid using commercial platforms that subject us to further data collection and commercialisation of education, we worked with Hacker's and Designers, a non-profit initiative, to create our own platframe! You can take a tour of the platframe here: https://3rd.obfuscationworkshop.org/tour We will also use the TU Delft instance of BigBlueButton for which tutorials can be found here: https://bigbluebutton.org/teachers/tutorials/. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: ----------------------------------------- Ero Balsa (Cornell Tech) Seda Gurses (Delft University of Technology) Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell Tech) Jara Rocha (Independent Researcher) This event was possible with the kind support of The Digital Life Initiative at Cornell Tech, European Research Council, Consolidator grant 724431-BEHAVE and TU Delft's Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management (TPM). For any questions, comments or requests, you can reach us at obfuscation(a)cornell.edu. Please feel encouraged to share this announcement in your circles. ================================================================================

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Methodology Workshop Series on Conflict Studies (Speaker: Prof. Swen Hutter, Free University of Berlin)
by Yuner Zhu 21 Apr '21

21 Apr '21

Hello Everyone, You are cordially invited to join the Conflict Studies Methodology Workshop Series organized by Political Analysis Lab <http://www.cityu.edu.hk/pol/pal/> (PAL) and Centre for Public Affairs and Law <http://www.cityu.edu.hk/cpal/> (CPAL), City University of Hong Kong. Title: How to capture challenger-government interactions? From protest event to contentious episode analysis Speaker: Prof. Swen Hutter (Free University of Berlin) Date: 28 April 2021 (Wed) Time: 5pm-6:15pm HKT (UTC +8) Format: Zoom Webinar Registration: https://forms.gle/6vPC1zNmM32j8uPPA About Speaker: Swen Hutter is Professor in Political Sociology at Freie Universität Berlin and Vice Director of the Center for Civil Society Research, a joint initiative of Freie Universität and the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. His research focuses on the changing dynamics and structuration of political conflict in contemporary democracies. Further information: https://www.swen-hutter.eu/ We look forward to seeing you soon. *Political Analysis Lab* and *Centre for Public Affairs and Law* City University of Hong Kong

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Re: [Air-L] A Question About Twitter Suspensions
by Marco T Bastos 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Hi Stu, Are you checking the usernames or the user IDs?if you’re checking the usernames, chances are the live accounts were recreated after being removed (new user ID, same username). When Twitter removes an account the username is offered again in the pool of available handles, so banned users can create a new account and take over their previous username. Suspension is a bit different and AFAIK it doesn’t remove the username, but you may be coming across a single username that existed over several user IDs. You may find this piece helpful: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0002764221989772 HTH, Marco On Sun, 4 Apr 2021 at 14:48 <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > > Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 12:05:45 -0400 > From: Stuart Shulman <stuart.shulman(a)gmail.com> > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] A Question About Twitter Suspensions > Message-ID: > <CAJd4SndAuhOoiwVS1W7= > oXjdCgBAzkSinLhPqVfMH3x7TNzq0w(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > When I try to display Tweets from December 2017 with clear QAnon signals > (hashtags, buzzwords, other markers) many return the message "cannot > display tweet - account is suspended," which makes sense given what we are > living through. However, I then go search for some of those same suspended > Twitter handles and find while some are indeed suspended, others are not > suspended. Some usernames with hundreds of thousands of tweets that go back > to 2011, and were spreading #QAnon, #TheStormIsHere, #WhoIsQ, and > #FollowTheWhiteRabbit and related content between December 8-12, 2017, are > alive and well on Twitter. I have not seen this before and I cannot explain > it. My question is: Can a Twitter account show as suspended for certain > content on the same day it is live with older and more recent content? Have > others encountered this? Can an account suspension be revoked or else > applied to only certain content? One example of many I ran into today: I > have a record of a Q-centric Tweet from a suspended account but the account > itself is in fact live and following current other live Q-related accounts > that also are not suspended. It follows only 72 accounts (a dazzling > collection of Q-related conspiracy experts) but has almost 5,000 heavily > MAGA-leaning followers, which takes a certain Internet dexterity to > achieve. Is there a good paper out there on the legal and procedural > actions related to suspended, semi-suspended, or suspended but then > restored Twitter users? > > Dr. Stuart ShulmanU.S. Soccer Federation C-Licensed Coach > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: > http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > ------------------------------ > > End of Air-L Digest, Vol 201, Issue 5 > ************************************* >

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New book: The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public
by Shaohua Guo 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Dear list members, I am delighted to announce the publication of my book, *The Evolution of the Chinese Internet: Creative Visibility in the Digital Public* *(Stanford University Press, December 2020).* https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=32857 Please see below for detailed information about the book. Thanks! Best, Shaohua ****** *Description**:* *Despite widespread consensus that China's digital revolution was sure to bring about massive democratic reforms, such changes have not come to pass. While scholars and policy makers alternate between predicting change and disparaging a stubbornly authoritarian regime, in this book Shaohua Guo demonstrates how this dichotomy misses the far more complex reality. The Evolution of the Chinese Internet traces the emergence and maturation of one of the most creative digital cultures in the world through four major technological platforms: the bulletin board system, the blog, the microblog, and WeChat. Guo transcends typical binaries of freedom and control, to argue that Chinese Internet culture displays a uniquely sophisticated interplay between multiple extremes, and that its vibrancy is dependent on these complex negotiations. In contrast to the flourishing of research findings on what is made invisible online, this book examines the driving mechanisms that grant visibility to particular kinds of user-generated content. Offering a systematic account of how and why an ingenious Internet culture has been able to thrive, Guo highlights the pivotal roles that media institutions, technological platforms, and creative practices of Chinese netizens have played in shaping culture on- and offline.* *Contents**:* *1 A Cultural Revolution in China's Digital Age* *2 A Historical Overview through Technological Platforms* *3 Tracking Playfulness* *4 National Blogging and Cultural Entrepreneurship* *5 Taboo Breakers and Microcultural Contention* *6 Digital Witnessing on Weibo* *7 WeChat: An Inflorescence of Content Production* *8 Ambivalent Revolution* *Reviews**:* *"Guo brings much-needed historical and literary sensitivities to the study of complex technological forms. Her innovative approach sheds critical new light on the history, culture, and politics of the Chinese internet. Highly recommended!"* *—Guobin Yang, University of Pennsylvania* *"Built on over a decade of scrupulous field research and perspicacious on-site observations, this book puts itself on the must-read list of intellectual endeavors inquiring into the way of being on China's ever-evolving internet. Subtly contextualized and dexterously historicized, the narratives embed rich concepts in the flesh and blood of everyday life, virtual and real."* *—Zixue Tai, University of Kentucky* *Author bio**:* *Shaohua Guo is Associate Professor of Chinese at Carleton College. *Her research interests focus on contemporary Chinese studies, digital media studies, and cultural studies.

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The 2021 Carolinas Communication Association Conference Goes Virtual
by Peter Joseph Gloviczki PhD 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Friends, We in the Carolinas Communication Association invite your submissions for our 2021 virtual conference (Sept 24 & 25). May 15 is the deadline. This is a great first conference for undergraduates, graduate students and new faculty, as well as seasoned academics. Please direct all submissions to <pgloviczki(a)coker.edu>. I am happy to answer any questions. We look forward to having you join us! Fondly, Peter >> *The 2021 Carolinas Communication Association Conference Goes Virtual* We invite your paper submissions (8-20 pages), panel submissions and Great Ideas For Teaching Students (GIFTS) submissions. A reminder that all paper submissions are automatically eligible for top faculty awards (faculty), top graduate paper awards (graduate students) and top undergraduate paper awards (undergraduate students). We also invite digital posters of research by undergraduates, graduate students and faculty. Submitters are kindly asked to indicate whether their status (faculty, graduate student or undergraduate student) on the title page of their submission. We are an inclusive, welcoming conference and we look forward to receiving your work. In addition, in view of the COVID 19 pandemic, we would also like to offer submitters the opportunity to submit extended abstracts (250 words to 750 words) of work in progress. Extended abstracts can be submitted in any of the aforementioned categories (paper, panel or GIFTS) and should be clearly labeled as extended abstracts. While extended abstracts will not be eligible for awards, all submissions will be considered for programming as part of CCA 2021. We aim to maintain the May 15, 2021, submission deadline, and we ask that all submissions are emailed to Dr. Peter Joseph Gloviczki, 1st Vice President of CCA, <pgloviczki(a)coker.edu> as attachments. Feel free to send any submission questions to Dr. Gloviczki. He is glad to be helpful. Once refereed, all submitters will be notified of the status of their submissions. We will ask that accepted participants record a brief, explanatory video of their work and upload the video to YouTube. We imagine each video will be somewhere between two and twelve minutes in length. Once uploaded, please share a link to the video via email with Dr. Gloviczki. Dr. Gloviczki will then include that link in the conference program. Our hope is that conference participants will be able to view the videos ahead of time and that the conference date/time (via Zoom) will primarily be used to discuss the work. Acceptance of work carries with it the expectation that accepted authors will both submit a link to a video of their work to Dr. Gloviczki and participate in the live Zoom experience. We believe this two-step process (recorded video and live Zoom) is a dynamic way to share work via digital modalities and we are excited to utilize it. We view the Zoom experience during the conference days (September 24-25, 2021) as a conversational space. Participants will have the opportunity to dialogue about posted videos, which will be organized into relevant sessions. We aim to hold both the keynote session and the business meeting live via Zoom during the conference days. We are excited to convene our community virtually in 2021. As always, feel free to be in touch with any questions. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Peter Joseph Gloviczki, PhD he/him/his Associate Professor of Communication Coker University 300 East College Avenue Hartsville, South Carolina 29550 843.383.8379 pgloviczki(a)coker.edu Assistant Editor, Journal of Loss and Trauma (Taylor & Francis) Immediate Past Head, Cultural and Critical Studies Division, AEJMC 1st Vice President, Carolinas Communication Association Scholarly Books: Mediated Narration in the Digital Age: Storying the Media World <https://www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/9781496217639/> (University of Nebraska Press, 2021). Journalism and Memorialization in the Age of Social Media <https://www.palgrave.com/us/book/9781137465368> (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015)

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IASC Knowledge Commons conference June 9-11, submission May 1st
by Melanie Dulong de Rosnay 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

Dear all, Sorry for cross-posting. A friendly reminder about the upcoming (June 9-11, 2021) Knowledge Commons Conference organized by the International Association for the Study of the Commons (IASC). IASC has already run two other virtual conferences -- one on Commons in Space and another on Fisheries and Aquaculture Commons -- that have gone very well. A model that has proven to work is a set of pre recorded talks around a particular topic area followed by a live moderated panel discussion with those presenters. The deadline for submissions of abstracts for individual talks or panel discussions is May 1. For more information see the conference website (https://2021knowledge.iasc-commons.org/) If you have any questions feel free to email Charlie Schweik at cschweik(a)umass.edu or Melanie Dulong de Rosnay at melanie.dulong(a)cnrs.fr All the best, -- Melanie Dulong de Rosnay Associate research professor, CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/melanie-dulong/ Director, Center for Internet and Society of CNRS https://cis.cnrs.fr/about/

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Call for Proposals: iLRN 2021 Guided Virtual Adventures
by Lee, Mark 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDED VIRTUAL ADVENTURES iLRN 2021: 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network May 17 to June 10, 2021, on iLRN Virtual Campus, powered by Virbela ... and across the Metaverse! Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore(r) Conference theme: "TRANSCEND: Accelerating Learner Engagement in XR across Time, Place, and Imagination" https://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2021/author-present/guided-virtual-adventures/ +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Guided Virtual Adventures are small-group guided tours of 50 minutes in duration to various social and collaborative VR/AR/MR (XR) or other immersive environments and platforms. Tour destinations may be: - a third-party XR/immersive platform with which the tour guide is familiar (e.g., Altspace, Mozilla Hubs, Facebook Horizons, Vive Sync, Somnium Space, OrbusVR, Second Life, Minecraft, World of Warcraft); - a specific virtual environment that the tour guide, their institution/organization, or someone else has developed within a third-party platform; - a platform that the tour guide or their institution/organization has developed, and/or specific environments within that platform. The tour guide leads participants into the virtual spaces, co-discovering and video-documenting the learning potential and engagements found there for sharing with the wider iLRN community. ##### Selection Criteria and Requirements ##### - Preference will be given to proposals that involve environments/platforms that are freely and openly accessible. iLRN also reserves the right to place limits on the number of tours of platforms/environments of a certain type or that address a particular target audience/application vertical. - Where possible, it is strongly recommended that multiple offerings of the tour are made available so as to cater for potential people in different time zones. - Guided Virtual Adventures are expected to produce, in the course of conducting the adventure, a video recording of the immersive/XR experience through which educators and others in the iLRN community might gain a sense of what the XR space is and how it might be useful for learning, teaching, and/or assessment. *** NOTE: Guided Virtual Adventures are intended to be social activities. As such, platforms and environments to be toured must support interaction among multiple users, and participants must be afforded such opportunities for interaction. Product demos or workshops/tutorials in which participants either passively "sit and watch" or undertake individual activities in isolation of one another are not suitable for the Guided Virtual Adventures program. *** ##### Fees/Charges ##### Nonprofit organizations and educational institutions may offer their Guided Virtual Adventures, if approved, at no cost to them. Companies wishing to offer Guided Virtual Adventure tours involving their commercial products and services may submit proposals for consideration, but may be asked to contribute a modest fee commensurate with the size of their companies that will help support iLRN's nonprofit mission. Participants in Guided Virtual Adventure tours will not be charged any fees, but in order to participate must give their consent to having their video and audio activity during the tour recorded. ##### Submitting a Proposal ##### Please use this form to propose an iLRN Guided Virtual Adventure: https://forms.gle/6fjkStbbwZXespE48 ##### Timelines ##### Proposals for Guided Virtual Adventures may be submitted at any time, and are reviewed, accepted, and scheduled on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year. However, prospective tour guides specifically looking to offer their Adventures during the iLRN 2021 conference should endeavor to submit their proposals as soon as possible (ideally no later than May 1st) as the number of slots available is limited. Proposals received after all of the available slots have been filled will be considered for offering on dates/times before or after the conference. Prospective Guided Virtual Adventure tour guides can generally expect to be contacted within 2 weeks after submitting their proposals. ##### Contact ##### Inquiries regarding Guided Virtual Adventures may be directed to adventures(a)immersivelrn.org . More general inquiries about iLRN 2021 may be sent to conference(a)immersivelrn.org . (Sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | BRISBANE | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with Charles Sturt University may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at Charles Sturt University. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Charles Sturt University. Charles Sturt University in Australia The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Consider the environment before printing this email.

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Call for Proposals: iLRN 2021 Guided Virtual Adventures
by Lee, Mark 20 Apr '21

20 Apr '21

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ CALL FOR PROPOSALS: GUIDED VIRTUAL ADVENTURES iLRN 2021: 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network May 17 to June 10, 2021, on iLRN Virtual Campus, powered by Virbela ... and across the Metaverse! Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE Education Society, with proceedings to be submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore(r) Conference theme: "TRANSCEND: Accelerating Learner Engagement in XR across Time, Place, and Imagination" http://immersivelrn.org/ilrn2021 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Guided Virtual Adventures are small-group guided tours of 50 minutes in duration to various social and collaborative VR/AR/MR (XR) or other immersive environments and platforms. Tour destinations may be: - a third-party XR/immersive platform with which the tour guide is familiar (e.g., Altspace, Mozilla Hubs, Facebook Horizons, Vive Sync, Somnium Space, OrbusVR, Second Life, Minecraft, World of Warcraft); - a specific virtual environment that the tour guide, their institution/organization, or someone else has developed within a third-party platform; - a platform that the tour guide or their institution/organization has developed, and/or specific environments within that platform. The tour guide leads participants into the virtual spaces, co-discovering and video-documenting the learning potential and engagements found there for sharing with the wider iLRN community. ##### Selection Criteria and Requirements ##### - Preference will be given to proposals that involve environments/platforms that are freely and openly accessible. iLRN also reserves the right to place limits on the number of tours of platforms/environments of a certain type or that address a particular target audience/application vertical. - Where possible, it is strongly recommended that multiple offerings of the tour are made available so as to cater for potential people in different time zones. - Guided Virtual Adventures are expected to produce, in the course of conducting the adventure, a video recording of the immersive/XR experience through which educators and others in the iLRN community might gain a sense of what the XR space is and how it might be useful for learning, teaching, and/or assessment. *** NOTE: Guided Virtual Adventures are intended to be social activities. As such, platforms and environments to be toured must support interaction among multiple users, and participants must be afforded such opportunities for interaction. Product demos or workshops/tutorials in which participants either passively "sit and watch" or undertake individual activities in isolation of one another are not suitable for the Guided Virtual Adventures program. *** ##### Fees/Charges ##### Nonprofit organizations and educational institutions may offer their Guided Virtual Adventures, if approved, at no cost to them. Companies wishing to offer Guided Virtual Adventure tours involving their commercial products and services may submit proposals for consideration, but may be asked to contribute a modest fee commensurate with the size of their companies that will help support iLRN's nonprofit mission. Participants in Guided Virtual Adventure tours will not be charged any fees, but in order to participate must give their consent to having their video and audio activity during the tour recorded. ##### Submitting a Proposal ##### Please use this form to propose an iLRN Guided Virtual Adventure: https://forms.gle/6fjkStbbwZXespE48 ##### Timelines ##### Proposals for Guided Virtual Adventures may be submitted at any time, and are reviewed, accepted, and scheduled on a rolling basis throughout the calendar year. However, prospective tour guides specifically looking to offer their Adventures during the iLRN 2021 conference should endeavor to submit their proposals as soon as possible (ideally no later than May 1st) as the number of slots available is limited. Proposals received after all of the available slots have been filled will be considered for offering on dates/times before or after the conference. Prospective Guided Virtual Adventure tour guides can generally expect to be contacted within 2 weeks after submitting their proposals. ##### Contact ##### Inquiries regarding Guided Virtual Adventures may be directed to adventures(a)immersivelrn.org . More general inquiries about iLRN 2021 may be sent to conference(a)immersivelrn.org . (Sent to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org) | ALBURY-WODONGA | BATHURST | BRISBANE | CANBERRA | DUBBO | GOULBURN | MELBOURNE | ORANGE | PORT MACQUARIE | SYDNEY | WAGGA WAGGA | LEGAL NOTICE This email (and any attachment) is confidential and is intended for the use of the addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must not copy, distribute, take any action in reliance on it or disclose it to anyone. Any confidentiality is not waived or lost by reason of mistaken delivery. Email should be checked for viruses and defects before opening. Charles Sturt University does not accept liability for viruses or any consequence which arise as a result of this email transmission. Email communications with Charles Sturt University may be subject to automated email filtering, which could result in the delay or deletion of a legitimate email before it is read at Charles Sturt University. The views expressed in this email are not necessarily those of Charles Sturt University. Charles Sturt University in Australia The Grange Chancellery, Panorama Avenue, Bathurst NSW Australia 2795 (ABN: 83 878 708 551; CRICOS Provider Number: 00005F (National)). TEQSA Provider Number: PV12018 Consider the environment before printing this email.

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Invitation to join CMSTW'2021 on communication architectures
by Svetlana S. Bodrunova 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Dear colleagues, sorry for this short-notice invitation - maybe some of you can join us tommorrow and on Wednesday at cmstw2021.org. This year, CMSTW'2021 is dedicated to communication architectures. We look at them from the viewpoint of communication science, so you are welcome to join! The Zoom links are at the homepage of the conference website. Yours, Svetlana -- Svetlana S. Bodrunova, Prof., D.Polit.Sci. Head, Center for International Media Research School of Journalism and Mass Communications, St.Petersburg State University +7 921 933 02 14 s.bodrunova(a)spbu.ru, spasibo-tebe(a)yandex.ru

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