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OSNEM Special Issue: Media: Information and Opinion Diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media - Deadline July 31st
by Andrea Passarella 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CALL FOR PAPERS Elsevier Online Social Networks and Media Journal (OSNEM) Special issue on Information and Opinion Diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media Submission Deadline: July 31st, 2021 http://www.journals.elsevier.com/online-social-networks-and-media/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media (OSNEM) has a major role, among many others, for recommendation systems, advertising, and political campaigns. Moverover, the way information circulates in OSNEM impacts on the formation of opinions and on the social roles of users and their influence on others. The OSNEM role in information and opinion diffusion has dramatically increased since the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, with many physical activities being "migrated" to the online world. OSNEM are extensively used for spreading information, opinions and ideas, but also to propagate fake news and rumors and these threats to trust in information are posing even more serious socio-economic challenges during the pandemic. Therefore, prevention of spam, bots and fake accounts, information leakage, trustworthiness of information and trust between users are relevant research issues associated with information diffusion. Investigating ways through which information and opinion spread can be controlled (e.g., by modifying the underlying network structure) is also fundamental. This special issue seeks contributions pushing the state of the art in all facets of information and opinion diffusion in Online Social Networks and Media. We solicit manuscripts where quantitative and/or data-driven approach is used to investigate information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM. Topics include, but are not limited to: - Dynamics of trends, information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM - Recommendations and advertising in OSNEM - Spread of news, topics, and opinions - Trust, reputation, privacy in OSNEM information and opinion diffusion - Rumors and fake news spreading in OSNEM - Information and disinformation diffusion in OSNEM at the time of COVID-19 - Opinion formation, diffusion and polarization related to COVID-19 - Bots and fake users detection - Influence analysis and social influence - Identification of diffusion sources and influencers - Methods to modify/control/maximise information and opinion diffusion - Measurements of information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM - Models of information and opinion diffusion - Data-driven approaches to study information and opinion diffusion in OSNEM Online Social Networks and Media is a multidisciplinary journal for the wide community of computer and network scientists working on developing OSNEM platforms and services and using OSNEM as a big data source to mine, learn and model the (online) human behaviour. Manuscripts only based on questionnaires, even focused on the reported use of social media, are outside the scope of the journal. On the other hand, the journal welcomes papers which present analyses based on big data mined from social networks/media. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Schedule Manuscript submission deadline: July 31st, 2021 First notification: September 30th, 2021 Expected publication: Q4 2021 Guest Editors Marco Conti, IIT-CNR, Italy Andrea Passarella, IIT-CNR, Italy ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Instructions for submission Manuscripts must not have been previously published nor currently under review by other journals or conferences. Papers previously published in conference proceedings are eligible for submission if the submitted manuscript is a substantial revision and extension of the conference version. In this case, authors should indicate the previous publication(s) in the cover letter and are also required to submit their published conference article(s) and a summary document explaining the enhancements made in the journal version. The submission website for this journal is located at https://www.editorialmanager.com/osnem/default.aspx. Please select ''VSI: Information and Opinion'' when you reach the ''Article Type'' step in the submission process. To ensure that all manuscripts are correctly identified, for consideration by the special issue, the authors should indicate in the cover letter that the manuscript has been submitted for the special issue on ''info diffusion''. Manuscripts can be submitted continuously until the deadline. Once a paper is submitted, the review process will start immediately. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (in the first issue available as soon as the paper is accepted). All accepted papers will be listed together in an online virtual special issue published in the journal website. For further information, please contact the guest editors at osnem at iit.cnr.it

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WEBCAST TODAY – Webinar and Roundtable: Understanding the UK Online Safety Bill
by Joly MacFie 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

On the day the draft UK Online Safety Bill was issued, the Internet Society responded in no uncertain terms <https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2021/internet-society-uk-on…>. Panelist Lord Richard Allan has also put in his 2p <https://www.regulate.tech/uk-draft-online-safety-bill-24th-may-2021/>. RTT https://bit.ly/3v6bx3j ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 9 June 2021. at 16:00 BST (15:00 UTC) the Internet Society UK England Chapter hosts a webinar and roundtable 'Understanding the UK Online Safety Bill'. On 12 May 2021 the UK Government published the draft Online Safety Bill, calling it a "mani" [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-england-onlinesafetybill>On *Thursday 9 June 2021*. at *16:00 BST* (15:00 UTC) the I*nternet Society UK England Chapter* <https://isoc-e.org/> hosts a webinar and roundtable '*Understanding the UK Online Safety Bill <https://isoc-e.org/understanding-the-uk-online-safety-bill/>*'. On 12 May 2021 the UK Government published the *draft Online Safety Bill <https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill>*, calling it a "manifesto commitment to make the UK the safest place in the world to be online while defending free expression." The Bill contains several proposals including some suggesting that Encryption should be weakened through various methods. This has generated much pushback from UK entities and the Internet Society has drafted an online letter to members of the UK Parliament, co-signed by dozens of organisations, that “*End-to-End Encryption keeps us safe*”. This letter will be published shortly. This webinar and roundtable will explore the more controversial aspects of the Online Safety Bill, and why there is so much pushback to some of its articles. *PRESENTER* *Heather Burns* – Policy Manager, Open Rights Group *PANEL* *Richard Allan* - Member, House of Lords + former Director of Policy in Europe, Facebook *Robin Wilton* - Director, Internet Trust, Internet Society *Chris Yapp* – IT Futures and scenarios *MODERATOR* *Olivier Crépin-Leblond*, ISOC UK England *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-england-onlinesafetybill <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-england-onlinesafetybill>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3ivSpJE <https://bit.ly/3ivSpJE>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3v6bx3j <https://bit.ly/3v6bx3j>* *TWITTER #OnlineSafetyBill <https://bit.ly/3g99bfT> @ISOCUKEngland @WebDevLaw @OpenRightsGroup Richard Allan @UKHouseofLords @futureidentity @chris_yapp @Olivier_CL* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isoc-england-onlinesafetybill <https://archive.org/details/isoc-england-onlinesafetybill>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14137/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CfP: #NTF20 Workshop - Terrorism/Extremism in a digital context
by Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

CfP: 20th Workshop of the Terrorism Research Network Germany (Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung e. V.) #NTF20 in cooperation with the Research Cluster of Excellence on Islamist Terrorism - Joint Project MOTRA (www.motra.info) Dates: September 1st and 2nd, 2021 Submission deadline: June 25, 2021 Location: Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, Wiesbaden, Germany (It will be possible to visit us on site/participate via Zoom) Main topics: Terrorism, extremism, novel (e.g. pandemic-related) radicalization phenomena and processes in a digital context MOTRA and the NTF The joint project "Monitoring System and Transfer Platform ‘Radicalization’" (MOTRA) is a research project funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI) in the context of civil security research. The project arose within the framework of the establishment of a research cluster of excellence for the early detection, prevention and combating of Islamist extremism and terrorism. The goal of MOTRA is the systematic monitoring of radicalization processes in Germany, with a special focus on the development of Islamist extremism up to terrorist acts by means of multi-methodological, longitudinal phenomenon/trend analyses, and in-depth case analyses. The Netzwerk Terrorismusforschung e. V. (NTF) is an associated/transfer partner of the MOTRA project and (in this function) is responsible for the promotion of young researchers in the thematic areas of terrorism/extremism research. We are pleased to be the first German security research network in the context of a research cluster of excellence and invite you as young researchers to present and discuss your research ideas, theses, dissertations and post-doctoral projects at this year's NTF Workshop during the MOTRA Annual Conference in Wiesbaden in September. The "small stage" of the NTF workshop offers you - in close proximity to and due to the structural and content-related dovetailing with the "big" MOTRA stage - the opportunity to get into contact and exchange with scientists from the field of general security research as well as (de)radicalization work, terrorism and extremism research, to deepen specific topics in person or in digitally provided break-out rooms, to expand your network as well as to approach potential supervisors for research projects. As far as the pandemic allows, social gatherings are also possible during the workshop. Of course, the legal regulations in force at the time of the conference/workshop must always be observed! We are especially looking forward to contributions from the following areas (although of course, other proposals not mentioned here may also be submitted): Specific: - Current developments, e.g., on the extreme right in connection with the Covid-19 pandemic - Radicalization of "Querdenker" as a new category - Influence of conspiracy theories on protest dynamics - Interactions between right-wing extremism and religious fundamentalism - Online and offline processes of radicalization - International terrorism and national dynamics - Militarization of left-wing extremism in Germany and worldwide General: - International developments and comparisons - Local and country comparisons - Network analyses - Reflections on methods - Practice reflections and evaluations of prevention and countermeasures We are very pleased to receive contributions concerning doctoral and other research projects, as well as project ideas that are in the process of being developed. Presentations should last about 20 to 30 minutes and should be followed by an opportunity for discussion. Travel and accommodation costs can be covered for up to ten presenters from the circle of the NTF and beyond, if applicable. Two outstanding contributions, selected by the board of the NTF, can be presented directly at the MOTRA conference on the "big stage." If interested, please send an abstract of up to 1,000 characters and a short biography to: vorstand(a)netzwerk-terrorismusforschung.org. Deadline for submission is June 25, 2021. You will receive feedback by July 12, 2021. Presentation languages are German or English. Contact: Stephan G. Humer: stephan.humer(a)hs-fresenius.de Isabelle Holz: isabelle.holz(a)hs-fresenius.de -- Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer Internet Sociologist Director, Internet Sociology Department, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Chief Research Officer, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Chairman of the Board and Director, Advanced Research Projects, NTF e.V. Member, Research Cluster of Excellence on Terrorism/Extremism (MOTRA) Tel. (DE/EU): +49 (0)157/58064165 Phone (US): (213) 267-0214 Website: www.humer.de Twitter: @netsociology

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CFP: Special Issue of Global Hip Hop Studies: Hip Hop and the Internet
by Raquel Campos 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

*With apologies for cross postings* *Special Issue of Global Hip Hop Studies <https://www.intellectbooks.com/global-hip-hop-studies>: ‘It’s Where You’re @: Hip Hop and the Internet’* *Guest Editors: *Raquel Campos (University of Cambridge) and Steven Gamble (University College Cork) *Abstract Deadline*: 12 July 2021 Internet technologies have become intertwined with almost every aspect of daily Western life, as demonstrated by the mass online migration of work, leisure and cultural activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three decades earlier, the Rakim lyric emphasizing ‘where you’re at’ coincided with the development of the first modern web browser (circa 1990). Now, with the emergence of virtual ciphers, online beat battles and hip hop chat rooms, where we are all @ is online. This special issue of GHHS is targeted at exploring the relationship between hip hop and the internet, offering new perspectives on digital communication technologies and their impact on hip hop culture, as well as analysing the impact of hip hop culture on global online life, especially in non-Western contexts. We are particularly interested in research that reflects on the political, economic and social dynamics of hip hop culture as they intersect with internet technologies. With examples spanning from DatPiff to TikTok, internet technologies have considerably altered the development and production of hip hop culture, creating new spaces and forms of mediation. Although digital technology and hip hop are no strangers to one another, elements of hip hop culture – especially from the global North – have appeared at the forefront of digital popular culture (for instance Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’ meme template or the viral power of Lizzo’s flute-twerking). Hip hop accounted for more than one in every three pieces of music played across on-demand streaming services, according to a 2018 Nielsen Music report. Creative communities inhabit online platforms from Twitch to Discord. Rap critics on YouTube and Genius rake in millions of views. Evidently, there is a vast online community engaging with hip hop in various forms. However, the online public sphere also disrupts many of the art form’s analogue foundations – vinyl, block/house parties and spray paint – unsettling and reconfiguring critical aspects of locality, authenticity and identity through digital assemblages of mediation, corporatization and commercialization. How are notions and relationships of locality, visibility and anonymity in hip hop scenes altered by online tools? How do digital avatars act and become understood as creative participants and how are they linked to offline practices in the genre’s production of scenes? How does all of this operate in the shadows – or even the spotlight – of corporate big-data mining and oligopolization? We encourage researchers to reflect both on the opportunities and challenges of hip hop in online spaces. Disciplinary focus may include, but is not limited to hip hop studies, internet studies, popular music studies, digital anthropology, digital sociology, communication studies, media studies, cultural studies, fan studies, human-computer interaction, social computing, education and psychology. Submissions may consider, but are not limited to, any of the following topics: • the history of hip hop and its relationship with the development of internet technologies; • hip hop and digital platforms, communication, networks and internet cultures; • digital information economies, platform capitalism and the commercialization of creative practices; • hip hop heads under surveillance: security and privacy of online actors; criminalization of the scene and digital technologies • boundaries to hip hop knowledge (the ‘fifth element’): issues of internet access and global connectivity and critiques and celebrations of digitalization and democratization; • gender, sexuality and queerness in online hip hop spaces; • individual and communal identities, authenticity and realness in online fora; • hip hop promotion and marketing, artist opportunities, profiles, avatars and online personas; • collectivities: online hip hop cultures, communities and virtual scenes; • hip hop generations, digital ‘natives’ and late adopters; • internet memes, virality and social media sharing of hip hop’s digital artefacts; • online-native music genres, e.g. ‘Soundcloud rap’, ‘trap metal’ and neighbouring areas of digital creativity; • virtual concerts, video games and live hip hop online; and • smartphone and mobile musicking and the futures of hip hop production and consumption technologies. GHHS invites the following types of submission: • articles (6,000–8,000 words maximum not including bibliography); • interviews with artists, industry personnel and content creators (2,000–4,000 words); • reviews (books, digital media, events) (1,000–2,000 words); • ‘Dive-in-the-Archive’ (web-oriented archival pieces) (1,000–4,000 words); and • ‘Show and Prove’ (400–2,000 words and at least one high-res image for the issue’s cover). *Deadlines* Abstracts: 12 July 2021 Full articles: 22 October 2021 Please direct all queries to the Guest Editors at hiphopandtheinternet(a)gmail.com To be considered for this Special Issue, please submit the following via this GoogleForm <https://forms.gle/NvWseKbk2dHdXdcZ7> by 12 July 2021: • an abstract of 150–250 words; • author information; and • a brief bio of no more than 150 words. If your abstract is accepted, we will expect to receive the full submission uploaded via Intellect’s online submission portal by 22 October 2021. For a journal-specific style guide, please visit Intellect’s website <https://www.intellectbooks.com/global-hip-hop-studies>. *The Journal* Global Hip Hop Studies (GHHS) <https://www.intellectbooks.com/global-hip-hop-studies> is a peer-reviewed, rigorous and community responsive academic journal that publishes research on contemporary as well as historical issues and debates surrounding hip hop music and culture around the world. *Coordinating Editors* Adam Haupt, University of Cape Town J. Griffith Rollefson, University College Cork *Dr Raquel Campos AFHEA (She/Her)* *Digital Ethnomusicologist* *Andrew Goodwin Memorial Prize 2019 Winner*

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WEBCAST TODAY: From Encryption to Take Downs: Internet Regulation Update
by Joly MacFie 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

Just to be clear, the Internet Association of Australia Inc is a different outfit to the local ISOC Chapter, Internet Australia. Nevertheless there is plenty of nexus, with CEO Narelle Clark a former officer of the latter, and also a former ISOC trustee. The speaker line up on this has evolved recently, and RTT is at *https://bit.ly/3iuFlE8 <https://bit.ly/3iuFlE8>* ISOC Live posted: "On Thursday 10 June 2021 at 3.00pm AWST (07:00 UTC) the Internet Association of Australia Inc (IAA) hosts a panel 'From Encryption to Take Downs: Internet Regulation Update'. A panel of experts from Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, will explore the top" [image: li] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iaa-update>On *Thursday 10 June 2021* at *3.00pm AWST* (07:00 UTC) the *Internet Association of Australia Inc <https://www.internet.asn.au/>* (IAA) hosts a panel '*From Encryption to Take Downs: Internet Regulation Update <https://www.internet.asn.au/2021/05/from-encryption-to-take-downs-internet-…>*'. A panel of experts from Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, will explore the topic of Internet regulation and delving into various industry regulations and their effectiveness to protect us against things such as cyber-attacks, unlawful access to data, and online content, in particular government’s attitudes to encryption, online safety bills and the increasing approaches towards constraining platform operators. *SPEAKERS* *Jordan Carter* – Chief Executive Officer, InternetNZ *Konstantinos Komaitis* – Senior Director, Policy Development & Strategy, Internet Society *Patrick Fair* – Principal, Patrick Fair Associates *Lucie Krahulcova *– Executive Director, Digital Rights Watch *MODERATOR* *Narelle Clark*, Chief Executive Officer, Internet Association of Australia Inc. *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iaa-update <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/iaa-update>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://buff.ly/3i1MdZv <https://buff.ly/3i1MdZv>* *TWITTER #iaaupdate <https://bit.ly/3zb77eT> @iaa_inc @ellenstrickland @InternetNZ @kkomaitis @internetsociety Patrick Fair @Deakin #netgov @nazzer* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://youtu.be/EIOGYu4K4XI* <https://youtu.be/EIOGYu4K4XI> (IAA) *https://www.facebook.com/InternetAssociationofAustralia/live <https://www.facebook.com/InternetAssociationofAustralia/live>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/iaa-update <https://archive.org/details/iaa-update>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14123/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Participation - The 20th ACM Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC) 2021 (June 24-30, Fully Online). Early registration closes tomorrow
by Vitomir Kovanovic 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

The 20th ACM Interaction Design and Children - IDC 2021 June 24-30, 2021 - online https://idc.acm.org/2021/ Register at https://idc.acm.org/2021/registration/ The 20th Interaction Design and Children Conference (IDC) 2021, previously planned to be a hybrid conference (online and in Athens, Greece), will be held online-only on June 24-30, 2021. Now in its 20th year, ACM IDC is the premier international conference for researchers, educators and practitioners to share the latest research findings, innovative methodologies and new technologies in the areas of inclusive child-cantered design, learning and interaction. The overall theme for ACM IDC 2021 is "Global meets local: designing with and for children in a changing world" and contains: - 2 live Keynote speeches - 2 live Panels - 40 long and short Papers presented asynchronously in different time zones and discussed live - 37 Work-in-Progress papers - The results of a children's 6 month-long Design Challenge - Rich pre-conference program with 9 Workshops and 2 Courses - Doctoral consortium - and more! Important dates - Early registration deadline: June 11, 2021 - Registration closes: June 23, 2021 With best wishes, IDC 2021 Conference General Chairs Maria Roussou, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece Suleman Shahid, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Pakistan

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Apertures #5: Emotion Recognition (with Alexa Hagerty, Shazeda Ahmed, Vidushi Marda)
by Gabriele de Seta 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

Hello, The Machine Vision in Everyday Life project welcomes you all to the fifth talk in our Apertures series, on June 15th, 15:00 (GMT+2). We'll explore recent debates around emotion recognition with Alexa Hagerty, Shazeda Ahmed and Vidushi Marda through quick talks and a Q&A. Information and registration here: https://www.uib.no/en/machinevision/145710/apertures-5-alexa-hagerty-shazed… cheers, Gabriele

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Seeking research interview participants
by Mannheimer, Sara 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Dear AoIR Community, I am a librarian at Montana State University and a doctoral candidate at Humboldt University in Berlin (HU Supervisor: Vivien Petras; External Supervisor: Michael Zimmer, Marquette University). I am conducting a research study that aims to understand how different research communities address data curation and data sharing. The results of the research will improve library and data repository practices. (Full summary of the research below this email.) My request to this community: I am looking for interview participants who use computational social science to analyze big social data such as social media, online forums, and blogs. If you are willing to join me for a 60-75 minute interview, please contact me off-list at sara.mannheimer(a)montana.edu<mailto:%20sara.mannheimer@montana.edu>. Thank you very much for considering! Sincerely, Sara — Sara Mannheimer (she/her) Associate Professor, Data Librarian - Montana State University Doctoral Candidate - Humboldt University of Berlin https://saramannheimer.com Full research summary Big social data (such as social media and blogs) and archived qualitative data (such as interview transcripts, field notebooks, and diaries) are similar, but their respective communities of practice are under-connected. Research with both types of data repurpose existing social data to advance discoveries in social science. However, despite these similarities, big social research has not yet been widely framed as a form of qualitative data reuse, and qualitative data reuse has only begun to be discussed through a big social data lens. Qualitative data reuse is a more established practice, and therefore has more developed data curation strategies to support data sharing. My research investigates how data curation practices from each of these communities can inform the other for mutual benefit. The research will use interviews of qualitative researchers, big social data researchers, and data curators to gain insights into different community approaches to research and data sharing.

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This Friday! Digital literacies for a healthy democracy - DCMS Committee event - UK focused
by Carmi, Elinor 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Hello everyone, I hope you're all keeping well and safe these days. Join us THIS Friday for the UK focused event titled - "Digital literacies for a healthy democracy" - hosted by the UK's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) Committee. This event is part of my Academic Parliamentary Fellowship, and it is meant to feed into the DCMS Online Safety Bill*, which was previously called the Online Harms Bill. This event brings together academics, practitioners and policymakers to discuss the current digital literacies landscape and talk about possible future paths. UK focused event - Friday 11th June at 14:00 (BST time) panel participants: 1. Seyi Akiwowo - Glitch. 2. Hafsha Dadabhai Shaikh - Get Families Talking. 3. Sally Dyson - The Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO). 4. Professor Simeon Yates - Liverpool University. Register for this FREE event here -> https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dcms-committee-digital-literacy-event-uk-foc… The Twitter hashtag for the events is #DCMSComLiteracy. The beginning of the panel will start with questions prepared in advance and then the discussion will be open for questions from the audience that will be asked on the Q&A section. Insights from the event will be included in a final report for the DCMS Committee. If you're an academic, practitioner, activist, educator, or policymaker working in the areas of: - digital/data literacies - digital/data inequalities - digital/data inclusion - all topics around education Please join the debate! Your participation and contribution are extremely valuable to this work. * Here you can find the revised and recently published draft version of the Online Safety Bill - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/draft-online-safety-bill. Any questions or comments please feel free to email me. Take care and best wishes, Dr. Elinor Carmi, Postdoc Research Associate - Digital Media & Society, Department of Communication and Media, Faculty of the Humanities and Social Sciences, School of the Arts, Liverpool University, UK. https://elinorcarmi.com<https://elinorcarmi.com/> Twitter: @Elinor_Carmi

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AoIR Doctoral Colloquium: submission deadline 15 June
by Emily van der Nagel 09 Jun '21

09 Jun '21

Dear AoIR community, I wanted to remind you that submissions for the AoIR Doctoral Colloquium are closing on *Tuesday 15 June*, and to remind you to submit if you'd like to join us. This event provides PhD students working in internet research with the opportunity to workshop on research projects, to address methodological and theoretical challenges, and to exchange informal advice on juggling the multiple pressures associated with job searching, publishing, and finishing the dissertation during an ongoing global crisis. As AoIR is to be held online this year, the Doctoral Colloquium will involve Discord chats before the Colloquium, two video chat sessions, a social hour in GatherTown on Friday 8 October, and an ongoing chat space set up in GatherTown. Because there are many time zones involved, the organising committee will be assigning mentees based on a combination of research interests and time zone compatibility. Participation in the Colloquium will mean a commitment to: a) Reading the research statements from the three to four people in your group; b) Attending two 90 minute video chat sessions on Friday 8 October. The Discord and GatherTown chats are optional. This is to recognise that scholars at all levels are still coping with the ongoing global pandemic and may have limited time and energy, but fostering meaningful connections between PhD students and senior scholars remains important to the future of AoIR. As always, we have excellent mentors in place and we are always looking for more! If you are interested in mentoring for the AoIR2021 Doctoral Colloquium please email AoIRDCchair(a)aoir.org. To apply for a place at the colloquium, please provide: a) A two-page summary of your research. This should provide a context for the research, describe the methods used, the progress to date, and primary concerns and issues that you’d like to discuss with others; b) A brief statement indicating why you want to participate in the doctoral colloquium and what you hope to get out of it. Submissions for the colloquium should be uploaded via our submission website here: https://www.conftool.org/aoir2021/ Submissions are due 15 June 2021. If you have any questions, please do get in touch AoIRDCchair(a)aoir.org and please do circulate this message throughout your networks. We look forward to your submissions. All the best, Emily -- Dr Emily van der Nagel Lecturer in Social Media Communications and Media Studies School of Media, Film and Journalism Monash University @emvdn

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