June 2021 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

Polymedia
by Traci Belanger 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi everyone, does anyone have suggestions for articles on "polymedia" or specifically how polymedia interacts with media ecology? Thanks so much! Traci Belanger --- May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and peace today.

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For my US colleagues: an 8 minute survey, where your input might make a difference
by Patricia Aufderheide 08 May '25

08 May '25

I know, exactly what you don't need to do at this crazy point in the semester. At AU, Profs. Aram Sinnreich, Joseph Graf and I have been working with Electronic Frontier Foundation and New Media Rights to design a survey about DMCA exemption language and its accessibility. Would you be interested in taking, sharing with your students and networks, including putting on social media the survey link <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>? Here it is again: *http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>* Your generosity much appreciated! 👏 -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication 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 paufder(a)american.edu 202-885-2069 office <202-643-5356> 240-643-4805 mobile <202-643-5356> "The world we have received also belongs to those who follow us." --Pope Francis

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Non-software uses of GitHub
by Jim Herbsleb 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

I’m looking for GitHub repositories that are used for things other than software, especially where users are actively collaborating rather than just putting together static collections. So far, we have found a few books being written, some musical transcriptions being error-checked, and some policy documents maintained online. Does anyone know of any examples of these or other categories? Any pointers much appreciated. Happy to share what we find with anyone interested. Jim ---- Jim Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University http://herbsleb.org/ Google Scholar profile: https://goo.gl/sv3p7l

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Research: Short exercise on disguising online sources
by Joseph Reagle 26 Jan '22

26 Jan '22

Hello all, I'm researching the necessity, methods, and efficacy of researchers altering (i.e., “fuzzing”) prose to disguise their online sources. I have a brief instrument where I ask you to alter three quotes and then judge three alterations. It's very simple and shouldn't take more than 10--15 minutes. The short URL below takes you to a consent form and then the exercise. https://reagle.org/disguise Thank you to those that participate! -- Joseph Reagle, Communication Studies, Northeastern University

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Funded PhDs on Social Research in "Just" (as in justice) Technology with ESC at the University of Michigan
by Christian Sandvig 05 Nov '21

05 Nov '21

Dear AoIR colleagues, I decided to go to grad school when one of my profs suggested it. I was not very clear about what a PhD was. That conversation changed my life. I'm writing to ask you to consider having this conversation with your promising students right now. It's that time of year. It's a little personally embarrassing, but in order to improve our outreach to prospective students I've been experimenting with video. My video is a little bit like a late-night TV ad for a used-car lot, except I'm advertising getting a PhD in Information OR Communication & Media with my lab group. Here it is: https://lab.csandvig.people.si.umich.edu/join/ Some additional details: Infra.Lab is a multi-disciplinary research group at the University of Michigan dedicated to “just” technology (as in justice) at the ESC Center. We investigate the intermingled social and technical aspects of computing and digital media technologies and their implications for society. Our approaches include human-computer interaction; science and technology studies; policy research on politics, laws, and institutions; design; software development; artistic practice; and more. Our recent work has focused on racial and gender discrimination by algorithmic systems, negative consequences of targeted advertising, inequality and social media use, and the future of technology policy. We are recruiting prospective Ph.D. students with interests in tech and human rights, civil rights, social justice, racial justice, and inequality. We are building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. We particularly want applications from people who are interested in addressing the perspectives or needs of groups that have been historically underserved by academic research, computing, and digital media. - The deadline is usually December 1 every year. - The GRE exam isn’t required. - If the application fee (US$70-90) is a barrier to your application, we will waive the fee. Write to the relevant graduate program’s email address (see link above) for help with this. - The Ph.D. is full-time. Part-time degrees are not possible. - The Ph.D. takes about 4 years to complete. Usually the first 2 years involve mostly coursework, the last 2 years involve mostly research. - You do not have to pay tuition to get a Ph.D. Successful applicants are paid for 4 years as apprentice teachers and/or researchers. During this time you will make about US$45,000 per year for about 8 months of work each year. Summer funding is also possible. You also receive health, life, and dental insurance. - You don’t need a master’s degree to apply, but it may help you stand out from other applicants. - You DO need a bachelor’s degree to apply, but it does not have to be in these particular fields. You can apply with any bachelor’s degree if you make the case that you have some relevant background or experience. - We offer additional funding and incentives to those students whose admission will reduce disparities in graduate education. You do not need to apply separately for this funding, you will automatically be considered. - You do not need to be a US Citizen to be admitted, or to receive the funding described here. International students are common. - Either qualitative or quantitative skills/interests are relevant to us. - You do not need to be a computer programmer. - You do not need to have gone to a fancy school for your undergraduate degree. There is more information at the URL above. Please feel free to forward this email. Sincerely, Christian -- Christian Sandvig Director, Center for Ethics, Society, and Computing (ESC) H. Marshall McLuhan Collegiate Professor Information, Communication & Media University of Michigan http://esc.umich.edu/ -- http://umich.edu/~csandvig/

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Call for Applications: CHI 2022 Workshops Juror
by Stephanie Beth Jordan 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Dear Air-L, The Workshops & Symposia chairs for the [ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI) 2022](https://chi2022.acm.org/) are looking for 8-12 jurors to aid in the evaluation of workshop proposals. Jurors will be responsible for reading and evaluating a portion of the proposals and engaging in conversation with the Workshops & Symposia Chairs largely between the first week of October and the first week of December. Please see the CHI Workshops & Symposia site for more details concerning timeline and deadlines for proposal submissions. [More information about CHI 2022 Workshops & Symposia is available here](https://chi2022.acm.org/for-authors/interacting-and-discussing/worksh…. Jurors will contribute to the CHI community, work with Workshops & Symposium Chairs to develop a generative and inclusive program, and will hold officially named positions on the CHI website. Workshops Juror is a great opportunity for those who are interested in a less intensive way of contributing to or supporting CHI this year and those who are interested in the community-building and critical conversations of ACM workshops. Jurors will be selected based on their brief statement and CV. To apply to be a juror for CHI 2022 Workshops & Symposia, please send an email to workshops(a)chi2022.acm.org with your name, affiliation, 500 words or less detailing your interest in the position, and a current CV. Deadline for juror application: July 28, 2021 Juror Acceptance: August 15, 2021 Review period begins: Oct 6, 2021 We look forward to building this important year of CHI with you! Sincerely, CHI 2022 Workshops & Symposia Organizers Pablo Cesar Stephanie Jordan Makayla Lewis Sameer Patil workshops(a)chi2022.acm.org

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Public talks on digital politics; book launch on information technologies and the future of civil society
by Adi Kuntsman 12 Jul '21

12 Jul '21

Dear everyone As part of our postgraduate summer school on Digital Politics, Digital Histories and Digital Futures, we are hosting a series of public events that are open to all. The events are co-organised by the Digital Politics research group at Manchester Metropolitan University, together with the Collegium of Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki. - Two public talks on digital politics (A Brief History of everything Digital Politics by Athina Karatzogianni; Digital Geography of Fear by Minna Ruckenstein, 6 July 10am-12noonhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/digital-politics-digital-histories-digital-futures-a-public-event-tickets-160624751957 - The role of Information Technologies in the Future of Civil Society: Book launch and roundtable, 8 July 11am-12noonhttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/information-technologies-and-the-future-of-civil-society-book-launch-tickets-160630525225 All events will take place on-line; details on Eventbrite. For any questions, please contacta.kuntsman(a)mmu.ac.uk Adi Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in Digital Politics Programme Leader, MA in International Relations and Global Communications Coordinator, PhD pathway in Digital Politics Department of Politics | Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey Manton Building| Manchester | M15 6LL| Web | Online office hours (term time only): Thursday 1-2pm and Friday 4-5pm on Teams (chat or call). Selected publications --Environmental media amidst the COVID-19 pandemic --Time, militarisation and the information bomb: a tribute to Paul Virilio --Opting out of Digital Health --The paradox and continuum of digital disengagement --Digital Militarism "Before acting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the Manchester Metropolitan University email disclaimer available on its websitehttp://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer " -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication and cultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is an unmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the list and not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for example about events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or to promote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field. Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can be accessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html) Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable use policy, which states that users should avoid “engaging in unreasonable behaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list.” For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------

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Rutgers Communication Tenure-Track/Tenured Faculty Position in Inequities and/or Disparities
by Jeffrey Lane 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Dear AoIR colleagues, I wanted to share a new job opening—please consider applying. The Department of Communication at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and Information is hiring in the area of communication processes and inequities and/or disparities. This is an open rank search. The appointment will begin Fall 2022. For details and to apply: https://jobs.rutgers.edu/postings/135777 Take care, Jeff Jeffrey Lane, Ph.D.<https://comminfo.rutgers.edu/lane-jeffrey> Associate Professor of Communication School of Communication and Information (SC&I) Rutgers University New Brunswick @TheDigitalStreet<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.co…> The Digital Street is available now at OUP<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fglobal.oup…> / Amazon<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon…> / Boogie Down Books<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fboogiedown…>

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WEBCAST JUL 6: Moving towards an Interconnected Africa Report Launch Webinar / Webinaire de lancement du rapport Vers une Afrique interconnectée
by Joly MacFie 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

A week from now. Put it in your calendar! 10+ years of trombone eradication. How is Africa doing? Tune in to find out! Dans une semaine. Mettez-le dans votre calendrier! 10+ ans d'éradication du trombone. Comment va l'Afrique ? Branchez-vous sur le savoir! [image: English Livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/80forafrica>On *Tuesday March 6 July 2021* at *13:00-14:00 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/africa/>* hosts a webinar '*Moving towards an Interconnected Africa Report Launch <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/moving-towards-an-interconnected-afr…>*'. In 2010, the Africa Internet technical community embraced the *80/20 Initiative <https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2020/explainer-what-is-eighty…>* - an ambitious vision to have 80% of all Internet traffic locally accessible with only 20% being sourced internationally by 2020. In this webinar we will try to understand what has changed across the continent during this period and what lessons can we draw from this initiative going forward using the findings from our latest study, “*Moving towards an Interconnected Africa: The 80/20 Initiative*”. [image: LIVESTREAM (FRANÇAIS)] <https://isoc.live/14262/%20LIVESTREAM%20(FRAN%C3%87AIS)%20http:/livestream.…> Le *mardi 6 mars 2021* à *13h00-14h00 UTC*, l'*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/regions/afrique/>* organise un webinaire « *Lancement du rapport Vers une Afrique interconnectée <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/webinaire-de-lancement-du-rapport…>* ». En 2010, la communauté technique de l'Internet en Afrique a adopté l'*Initiative 80/20 <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/resources/doc/2020/explicatif-quatre-vin…>* - une vision ambitieuse d'avoir 80% de tout le trafic Internet accessible localement avec seulement 20% d'origine internationale d'ici 2020. Dans ce webinaire, nous essaierons de comprendre ce qui a changé à travers le continent au cours de cette période et quelles leçons pouvons-nous tirer de cette initiative à l’avenir en utilisant les résultats de notre dernière étude, « *Vers une Afrique interconnectée : l’initiative 80/20* ». *SPEAKERS / CONFERENCIERS* *Jane Coffin*, Senior Vice President, Internet Growth, Internet Society *Andrew Baskett*, Edge Network Strategy Manager, Facebook *Michael Kende*, Senior Fellow and Visiting Lecturer, Graduate Institute, Geneva *MODERATOR / MODÉRATEUR* *Michuki Mwangi*, Senior Director, Internet Technology and Development, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM (ENGLISH) http://livestream.com/internetsociety/80forafrica <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/80forafrica>* *LIVESTREAM (FRANÇAIS) http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/80forafrica <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/80forafrica>* *PARTICIPATE / PARTICIPER VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2UO4LCR <https://bit.ly/2UO4LCR>* *REAL TIME TEXT* (see isoc.live) (English AI) *TWITTER #80forAfrica <http://bit.ly/80forAfrica> @ISOC_Africa @Jane_Coffin @InternetSociety @AndrewBaskett @facebook @MichaelKende @IHEID @michukis* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive/ <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive/> *(EN only) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/80forafrica <https://archive.org/details/80forafrica>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14262/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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DDP 2021
by ijwa＠dline.info 30 Jun '21

30 Jun '21

Second International Conference on Digital Data Processing Marrakesh, Morocco November 11-13, 2021 [1]www.socio.org.uk/ddp (IEEE CPS. Papers should follow IEEE template) Data grows voluminously and exponentially with heterogeneity and complexity. A single organization or industry processes more than few million transactions hourly and stores several petabytes of data. We live in a world of tremendous pressure to analyze and process data more efficiently where the Data analytics are able to reflect hidden patterns, incomprehensible relationships, intrinsic information relations, and segmentation. The data applications have introduced cutting-edge possibilities in every activity in our life. Thus, the study of data and its underlying structure, dynamics of data relations, and newer data technologies are a never-ending process. The literature and research on data management are enormous, still, they sufficiently do not solve the data processing requirements. Currently, the use of technology and interrelations among information pieces generate gargantuan amounts of data. Many studies tend to develop models and systems to analyse the voluminous datasets. Analysing the impact of data leads to application domains on various decisions that have a systematic influence. Knowledge generated from the data analysis can enable the production of critical information for several domains. Hence this conference reviews and discusses, the recent trends, opportunities, and pitfalls of data management and how it has impacted organizations to create successful business and technology strategies and remain updated in data technology. This conference also highlights the current open research directions of data analytics that requires further consideration/ The proposed conference will discuss the topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data ecosystem Business analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Privacy and Security Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modeling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytic, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning Network optimization Publications DDP is technically supported by IEEE CPS. The DDP papers will be submitted for publication and indexing in IEEE Xplore. Besides, modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. 1. Journal on Data Semantics 2. Technologies 3. Data Technologies and Applications 4. Webology 5. Journal of Digital Information Management 6. International Journal of Computational Linguistics 7. Journal of Optimization 8. Future Internet Important Dates Full Paper Submission July 31, 2021 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 05, 2021 Registration Due October 05, 2021 Camera Ready Due October 05, 2021 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos November 12, 2021 Main conference November: 11-13 , 2021 Keynote Speakers Eleni (Helen) Karatza, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Maria Fasli, University of Essex, UK Program Committee Honorary Chairs Ahmed MOUSSA, Director of National School of Applied Sciences, Tangier, Morocco Bouchta El Moumni, vice-President of Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tetouan, Morocco Mohamed Addou, Dean of the faculty of sciences and techniques, Tangier, Morocco Program Chairs Aziz El Janati El Idrissi, Ministre d’éducation et d’enseignement supérieur Mohamed V University. Rabat, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour Zaër, Morocco Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Ahmed Moussa, Director of National School of Applied Sciences, Tangier, Morocco Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Program Co-Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Dion Goh, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Publicity Chair Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper Submission: [2]http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: [3]ddp(a)socio.org.uk References 1. http://www.socio.org.uk/ddp 2. http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission 3. mailto:ddp@socio.org.uk

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