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PhD scholarships, St. Mary's University (London)
by Jacob Johanssen 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

St Mary’s University is offering five Vice Chancellor’s Doctoral studentships. We are looking to recruit exceptional candidates across our research portfolio, with particular focus on the following five Research Pillars in our Research Strategy: - Catholic values and the common good - Health and social wellbeing - Creative industries and wellbeing - Professional practice and social impact - Human dignity and social justice The studentships are available on a full-time basis only and will cover payment of Home* fees and an annual stipend of £14,000 for 3 years. *Home fees will include EU students starting in 2021/22. International applicants will receive a fee waiver at the home fee rate and will be required to self-fund the remaining fees. Closing date: 4th November 2021. More details and how to apply: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/degree-students/phd-opportunities.aspx Academics in the Department of Communications, Media and Marketing have expertise in the full range of Communications disciplines, from political communications and marketing, to film and media industries, from digital and social media, to popular music and sports media. Some of our interests include the UK and European media systems, global and transnational platforms and media, media ethics and politics, subjectivity and digital culture, emerging technologies, visual culture, crime and gender, fandom, popular music culture and film philosophy. We are open to PhD applications in all aspects of media and communications. We particularly encourage enquiries and applications about projects in the following areas: - narratives of exclusion and inclusion - digital culture and ethics: gender, victimhood and scapegoating - rhetorical/civic literacy and effective organizational communication - ethnicity, race and nation in popular media - political cinemas More information about staff and research interests can be found here: https://www.stmarys.ac.uk/research/areas/communications-humanities-social-p…

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Digital Methods Winter School '22 - Univ. Amsterdam
by Richard Rogers 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

Digital Methods Winter School 2022 'Social media data critique' 10 - 14 January 2022 Streaming, zoom and in-person (as circumstances allow) New Media & Digital Culture Media Studies University of Amsterdam Turfdraagsterpad 9 1012 XT Amsterdam the Netherlands Call for participation The Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), Media Studies, University of Amsterdam, is holding its annual Winter School on 'Social media data critique'. The format is that of a (social media and web) data sprint, with tutorials as well as hands-on work for telling stories with data. There is also a programme of keynote speakers and a book launch of Controversy Mapping: A Field Guide by Tommaso Venturini and Anders Munk. The Winter School is intended for advanced Master's students, PhD candidates and motivated scholars who would like to work on a digital methods project in an intensive workshop setting. Data critique and platform dependencies: How to study social media data? Source criticism is the scholarly activity traditionally concerned with provenance and reliability. When considering the state of social media data provision such criticism would be aimed at what platforms allow researchers to do (such as accessing an API) and not to do (scrape). It also would consider whether the data returned from querying is ‘good’, meaning complete or representative. How do social media platforms fare when considering these principles? How to audit or otherwise scrutinise social media platforms’ data supply? Recently Facebook has come under renewed criticism for its data supply through the publication of its ‘transparency’ report, Widely Viewed Content. It is a list of web URLs and Facebook posts that receive the greatest ‘reach’ on the platform when appearing on users’ News Feeds. Its publication comes on the heels of Facebook’s well catalogued ‘fake news problem’, first reported in 2016 as well as a well publicised Twitter feed that lists the most-engaged with posts on Facebook (using Crowdtangle data). In both instances those contributions, together with additional scholarly work, have shown that dubious information and extreme right-wing content are disproportionately interacted with. Facebook’s transparency report, which has been called ‘transparency theater’, demonstrates that it is not the case. How to check the data? For now, "all anybody has is the company’s word for it." For Facebook as well as a variety of other platforms there are no public archives. Facebook's data sharing model is one of an industry-academic 'partnership'. The Social Science One project, launched when Facebook ended access to its Pages API, offers web URLs that are posted on Facebook. It is big data -- "57 million URLs, more than 1.7 trillion rows, and nearly 40 trillion cell values, describing URLs shared more than 100 times publicly on Facebook (between 1/1/2017 and 2/28/2021)." To obtain the data (if one can handle it) requires writing a research proposal and if accepted compliance with Facebook's ‘onboarding’ and research data agreement. Ultimately, the data is accessed (not downloaded) in a Facebook research environment, the "Facebook Open Research Tool (FORT) ... behind a VPN that does not have access to the Internet." There are also "regular meetings Facebook holds with researchers." A data access ethnography project, not so unlike ones written about trying to work with Twitter's archive at the Library of Congress, may be a worthwhile undertaking. Moreover, what kinds of research does such a data set suggest? Other projects could evaluate 'repurposing' marketing data, as Robert Putnam's 'Bowling Alone' project did and as is a more general digital methods approach. Comparing multiple marketing dashboard data outputs may be of interest, and crossing those with CrowdTangle's outputs. Facepager, one of the last pieces of software (after Netvizz and Netlytic) to still have access to Facebook's graph API reports that "access permissions are under heavy reconstruction." Its usage requires further scrutiny. There is also a difference between the user view and the developer view (and between ethnographic and computational approaches), which is also worth exploring; 'interface methods' may be useful here. These and other considerations for developing social media data criticism are topics of interest for this year's Winter School. At the Winter School there are the usual social media tool tutorials (and the occasional tool requiem), but also continued attention to thinking through and proposing how to work with social media data. There are also empirical and conceptual projects that participants work on. Projects from the past Summer and Winter Schools include: Detecting Conspiratorial Hermeneutics via Words & Images, Mapping the Dutchophone Fringe on Telegram; Greenwashing, in_authenticity & protest; Searching constructive/authentic posts in media comment sections, Mapping deepfakes with digital methods and visual analytics, “Go back to plebbit”: Mapping the platform antagonism between 4chan and Reddit, Profiling Bolsobots Networks, Infodemic cross-platform analysis, Post-Trump Information Ecology, Streams of Conspirational Folklore, and FilterTube: Investigating echo chambers, filter bubbles and polarization on YouTube. Winter School ’22 organisers: Lucia Bainotti, Richard Rogers and Guillen Torres, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. Application information at https://www.digitalmethods.net <https://www.digitalmethods.net/>. Webpage has links to sources quoted in the text of the call. Prof. Richard Rogers Media Studies University of Amsterdam Out now: R. Rogers (2019), Doing Digital Methods, Los Angeles: Sage. Just out: R. Rogers and S. Niederer (eds.) (2020), The Politics of Social Media Manipulation, Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press.

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WEBCAST WED: ‘The Decade of Digital Inclusion: Issues That Keep Us Up at Night’ @MarconiSociety
by Joly MacFie 15 Sep '21

15 Sep '21

After yesterday's excursion into Internet History <https://isoc.live/14520/>, today our attention turns to the future, the task at hand, and the pitfalls that may exist along the way. [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/marconidecade%20> On *Wednesday September 15 2021* at *11:00-12:00 EDT* (15:00-16:00 UTC) the *Marconi Society <https://www.marconisociety.org/>* will host a panel '*The Decade of Digital Inclusion: Issues That Keep Us Up at Night <https://www.marconisociety.org/events/the-decade-of-digital-inclusion-issue…>*'. Experts from technology, policy, and digital inclusion will join forces to describe what the future could look like, the questions we need to answer, and the different points of view we have to consider. This will set the stage for the forthcoming Marconi Society Master Class and Symposium, *The Decade of Digital Inclusion <https://marconisociety.org/decade>*. *PANEL* *Vint Cerf*, Google *Jane Coffin*, Internet Society *Joseph Kakande*, Facebook *Muriel Médard*, MIT *Colin Rhinesmith*, Simmons University *MODERATOR*: *Sir David Payne*, Southampton University *LIVESTREAM: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/marconidecade <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/marconidecade>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/2WR2LLc <https://bit.ly/2WR2LLc>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/2YYWxKn <https://bit.ly/2YYWxKn>* *TWITTER #DecadeOfDigitalInclusion <http://bit.ly/DecadeOfDigitalInclusion> @MarconiSociety @vgcerf @jane_coffin Joseph Kakande @Facebook Muriel Médard @MIT @crhinesmith Sir David Payne @orctweets #digitalinclusion #internetforeveryone* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/marconidecade <https://archive.org/details/marconidecade>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14530/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST TODAY: Internet2 Internet History Webinar: How the US NSNET Regional Academic Networks Evolved to Become the Global Internet (1985 — 1995)
by Joly MacFie 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Anyone who watched last week's Renwick Lecture <https://archive.org/details/renwick2021> will have heard Vint Cerf refer to this important stage in the Internet's development. Today we will learn more! [image: livestream] <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/i2internethistory>Today, Tuesday 14 September 2020, at 13:00 EDT (18:00 UTC) *Internet2 <https://internet2.edu/>* hosts an Internet History Webinar: '*How the US NSFNET Regional Academic Networks Evolved to Become the Global Internet (1985 — 1995) <https://internet2.edu/internet2-internet-history-webinar/>*'. The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) *NSFNET Program <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Science_Foundation_Network>* (partially) funded a range of (academic) regional networks1, starting in 1985/86. Over a relatively short period of time, the regional networks developed their customer base and funding models and became Internet service providers (ISPs). Connections to the Federal Internet Exchange(s) (FIXs) and the Commercial Internet eXchange(s) (CIXs) were developed, and some of the regional networks evolved to become global ISPs. The webinar will feature short presentations from some of the Regional Network / ISP pioneers, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A session. *PANEL* *Glenn Ricart*, SURAnet *Elise Gerich*, NSFNET National Backbone *Susan Estrada*, CERFnet *MODERATOR* *Steve Wolff*, NSF Networking Division Director (1986-1995) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/i2internethistory <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/i2internethistory>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/398Itjk <https://bit.ly/398Itjk>* *REAL TIME TEXT: https://bit.ly/3AdSM18 <https://bit.ly/3AdSM18>* *TWITTER #i2online <http://bit.ly/i2online> @Internet2 @gricart #SURAnet @EliseGerich #NSFNET Susan Estrada #CERFnet Steve Wolff #InternetHistory* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/i2internethistory <https://archive.org/details/i2internethistory>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/14520/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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SCILP webinar - 1 Oct - Influence Government: Targeted Advertising Use by UK Law Enforcement and Public Bodies
by Angela Daly 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Join us for our next Strathclyde Centre for Internet Law & Policy webinar, on Fri 1 October at 12noon UK time. We will hear from Dr Ben Collier and Dr Daniel Thomas about their new research on how the UK government agencies and law enforcement use targeted advertising: https://www.sccjr.ac.uk/news-events/news/police-and-government-using-online… Their work has received media attention here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/sep/08/study-finds-growing-gove… More details and RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/targeted-advertising-ben-collier-daniel-thom… All welcome!

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CFP CONSOLE-ING PASSIONS
by Erika M Heredia 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

CFP *CONSOLE-ING PASSIONS* *International Conference on Television, Video, Audio, New Media, and Feminism* *June 23-25, 2022* *University of Central Florida* *Orlando, FL* Console-ing Passions was founded in 1989 by a group of feminist media scholars and artists looking to create a space to present work and foster scholarship on issues of television, culture, and identity, with an emphasis on gender and sexuality. The first Console-ing Passions conference was held at the University of Iowa in 1992. Since then, Console-ing Passions has expanded to become not only the most important conference for scholars studying gender in television but also among the top conferences for scholars of media generally. The 2022 Conference Organizing Committee invites proposals for individual papers, pre-constituted panels, and pre-constituted roundtables that consider television, video, audio, or new media through an intersectional lens including gender, sexuality, race, and/or other systems of inequality. We also welcome proposals for video, audio, or new media creative works related to intersectional approaches to modes of identity. This year’s theme is “Reinvention.” We see this theme as an opportunity for reflection on the influence of the pandemic on both media industries and our own media scholarship, but also as a call to consider the role of a feminist lens in pushing for reimaginings of our institutional structures and inequities. Submissions might also consider the ongoing process of “Reinvention” in the media landscape, from the ubiquitous reboots and revivals to the restructuring of industries. As we return to in-person conferencing, we are cognizant of questions of access, equity, and impact associated with convening in physical space. To support this process of reflection and reimagining, CP 2022 will be a hybrid event, with opportunities for virtual participation as noted in the CFP below. *Submission Guidelines:* The deadline for submissions is 11:59 PM (US Eastern Daylight Time) on *Friday, October 1, 2021.* *Submit here: * https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/ir_submit.cgi?context=cp2022 <https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/ir_submit.cgi?context=cp2022> *Proposal Guidelines:* Participants may submit: one paper *or* creative project, and one roundtable. *Individual Papers:* Individuals submitting paper proposals should provide an abstract of 250 words, a short bio, and contact information. Co-authored papers are acceptable. *Panels:* Panel coordinators should submit a 250-word rationale for the pre-constituted panel as a whole and a 250-word abstract, a short bio, and contact information for each panel participant. Panels should include 3-4 papers. Co-authored papers are acceptable. Panels that include a diversity of panelist affiliations and experience levels are strongly encouraged. *Roundtables: *Pre-constituted roundtables should focus either on scholarly topics in the field or matters of professional interest. We are especially interested in roundtables that are likely to engage wide participation by conference attendees and which reflect our field’s diversity of cultural identities, institutions, methodologies, and professional rank or employment status. Proposals should be submitted by a convener, who will propose a question (<100 words) and solicit brief (<250 words) responses from 5-7 respondents. Proposals should also include a brief bio and contact information for the convener and each participant. *Creative Works:* We invite proposals for video, audio, or new media screenings or exhibits. Each proposal should consist of a 350-word abstract (including the length and format of the work), a short bio of the producer/director, and contact information. If the work is viewable online, please submit a URL. All proposals should be tagged as either “Virtual” or “In-Person.” Submissions themselves should not be hybrid (that is, a roundtable must be in either one category or the other). Please direct any questions about the conference and/or the submission process to the conference organizers: mel.stanfill(a)ucf.edu and anastasia(a)ucf.edu. Follow updates on Twitter using our hashtag: *#CPOrlando *and visit the conference website for updates about events, schedules, travel information, and more: https://cp2022.cah.ucf.edu/ Please help to circulate this announcement among your networks or any interested parties. Regards, Erika M Heredia Texts and Technology PhD University of Central Florida Orlando, Florida, U.S.

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Open Position: Professor Computational Communication Science Trier University
by Nuernbergk, Christian, Univ.-Prof. Dr. 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

*Apologies for cross-posting* Dear all, Our faculty at Trier University is inviting applications for a position as Professor for Media Studies and Communication Science (f/m/d) with a focus on Computational Communication Science. This is a tenured appointment. “Applicants are expected to have expertise in the modelling and analysis of big data, and automated content analysis in particular (e.g. topic modelling, text mining, visual data mining, natural language processing, computer vision) and/or simulation studies. Expertise in both qualitative and quantitative research in media and communication science, and their combination with respective research methods is expected.” [...] The faculty expects the ability to conduct classes in both German and English. Please find below the link to the full description of the position (English // German). https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_Professoren/P1… https://www.uni-trier.de/fileadmin/organisation/ABT3/Stellen_Professoren/P1… ! The deadline for submission is 23.09.2021 ! With its 13,000 students, Trier University embraces contrast: young, yet true to tradition; internationally oriented and regionally rooted; on the geographic edge of Germany, but in the heart of Europe. The university’s award-winning green campus comes with gorgeous views onto the city and its surrounding nature. As a member of the University of the Greater Region Trier University provides students and staff the opportunity to study and do research in Metz, Nancy, Luxemburg, Liège, Kaiserslautern and Saarbrucken at the same time. Please consider applying or share with your colleagues. All the best, Christian -- Prof. Dr. Christian Nuernbergk Professor für Medien- und Kommunikationswissenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Öffentliche Medienkommunikation Fachbereich II, Medienwissenschaft Tel. +49 651 201-4022 Fax +49 651 201-4021 E-Mail nuernbergk(a)uni-trier.de Web http://medien.uni-trier.de Sprechzeiten: Termine und Anmeldung via Stud.IP Besucheradresse: Raum A333, Universitätsring 15, 54296 Trier Universität Trier | Universitätsring 15 | 54296 Trier | Germany www.uni-trier.de

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TikTok and Social Movements Virtual Event 20 September
by Jin Lee 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Dear colleagues, The TikTok Cultures Research Network is pleased to announce its fourth virtual event TikTok and Social Movements < https://tiktokcultures.com/tiktok-and-social-movements/> on 20 September organized by founding members Dr Jin Lee, Associate Professor Crystal Abidin, and Dr Bondy Valdovinos Kaye. The half-day event will take place via Zoom on 20 September at 1200-1700 (GMT+8). The event will showcase emergent research on the potentials, promises, pitfalls, and parameters of various movements on TikTok. The event will feature a keynote delivered by Dr Ariadna Matamoros-Fernández (Queensland University of Technology) <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/matamoros-fernandez-bio.…> and four sessions by 16 panelists from Asia, Middle East, Europe, Africa, and North America. We invite students and researchers in academia, professionals from media industries and social media industries, and members of the general public to attend this event. This event is free but registration is required. Please register here < https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UH05DYx8S7WDGRuxn0s8xw>. Please find a programme for the event here < https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/tiktok-and-social-moveme… >. Recordings of the whole event will be made available on tiktokcultures.com following the event. Click to download the event poster in color < https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2021/09/poster.jpg>. This event was brought to you by TikTok <https://tiktokcultures.com/> Cultures Research Network <https://tiktokcultures.com/> and supported by Faculty of Humanities (Curtin University), <https://humanities.curtin.edu.au/> Centre for Culture and Technology (Curtin University) <https://ccat.curtin.edu.au/> -- Jin Lee, PhD Research Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University

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Research Fellow in Data and Evaluation
by Amy Mowle 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Dear Colleagues, We're currently looking for a Research Fellow in Data and Evaluation to join the Pathways in Place team at Victoria University, Melbourne. This is a unique opportunity to work in a multidisciplinary team with leaders in the fields of public health, policy and community-based research. The 'Pathways in Place' initiative is not business as usual research. We are applying a range of theories and mixed methods to grapple with the complexity of community life and improve outcomes for young people. This work is both challenging and rewarding. To read more about the position, head over to Seek - https://www.seek.com.au/job/53891869 All the best, Amy Mowle Research Officer/PhD Candidate

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CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS
by Seungahn Nah 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

*RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON * *ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND COMMUNICATION * *Publisher: Edward Elgar* Artificial intelligence (AI) has garnered growing scholarly attention in the communication field and beyond as AI becomes omnipresent in everyday lives from search engine through voice recognition technology to mobile news apps. Although research on the intersection between AI and communication is plethora, this emerging field remains unexplored in terms of conceptual, theoretical, methodological approaches as well as ethical, legal, practical, and policy issues. This research handbook epitomizes a rich body of studies concerning “communicating of, by, and with AI” from interdisciplinary perspectives and international scopes. Specifically, the research handbook deals with a wide range of the following topics and issues but are not limited to: - Meta-analysis or systematic review of studies regarding the intersection between AI and communication -Conceptual and theoretical essays concerning the interrelationship between AI and communication -Methodological approaches to analyzing artificial intelligence and communication -News media coverage of artificial intelligence (single, multiple, and cross-country comparison) -Online discourse concerning artificial intelligence across the digital communication platforms -Public opinion, attitude, perception, and behavior -Public adoption and use -Public trust and credibility -Public knowledge and literacy -Public discussion and news use -Diffusion of AI -AI-Mediated Communication -Human-AI Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction -Human-Virtual and Augmented Reality -AI in Education *-*Ethical (e.g., algorithmic bias), legal (e.g., privacy), and policy issues -Practical Issues (e.g., AI design) Before submitting a manuscript, potential contributors should send the editor a title, 150 words abstract, 6 key words, and 80 words author bio with a short CV or Google scholar profile. -Abstract submission due by October 31, 2021 -Decision for full manuscripts due by November 31, 2021 -Final submission (APA 7th edition) with 6,500 words in WORD due by June 31, 2022 -Final manuscripts due by November 31, 2022 -Anticipated publication 2023 Editor: Seungahn Nah (University of Oregon), snah(a)uoregon.edu ********************************************* *SEUNGAHN NAH, Ph.D.* Professor School of Journalism & Communication University of Oregon journalism.uoregon.edu snah(a)uoregon.edu || 541-346-2101 (office) ********************************************* <seungahn.nah(a)uky.edu>

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