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Call for nominations - 2022 IJPP Best Book Award - deadline 15 March
by Cristian Vaccari 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, I hope this email finds you healthy and safe. I am writing to share the call for nominations for the 2022 IJPP Best Book Award, with nominations due on the 15th of March. The call for nominations is reproduced below and available online at https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/HIJ/2022%20IJPP%20book%20… . The award honors internationally oriented books that advance our theoretical and empirical understanding of the linkages between news media and politics in a globalized world in a significant way. Books written in English and published within the last ten years will be considered. Monographs as well as edited volumes of exceptional quality and coherence will be considered for the award. The award committee is composed of Sophie Lecheler, Seth Lewis, and myself. I hope you will consider submitting your own work as well as other colleagues' work that you think deserves this recognition. I would also be grateful if you could help spread the word about this award to anyone you think might be interested. *** Call for Nominations *** The International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award 2022 *** Deadline: 15 March 2022 Nominations are invited for the annual International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award, to be sent to committee members no later than March 15. Rationale The International Journal of Press/Politics Best Book Award honors internationally oriented books that advance our theoretical and empirical understanding of the linkages between news media and politics in a globalized world in a significant way. It is given annually by the International Journal of Press/Politics and sponsored by Sage Publications. The award committee will judge each nominated book on several criteria, including the extent to which the book goes beyond analyzing a single case country to present a broader and internationally oriented argument, the significance of the problems addressed, the strength of the evidence the book relies on, conceptual innovation, the clarity of writing, and the book’s ability to link journalism studies, political communication research, and other relevant intellectual fields. Eligibility Books written in English and published within the last ten years will be considered. Monographs as well as edited volumes of exceptional quality and coherence will be considered for the award. Books by current members of the award committee are ineligible and committee members will recuse themselves from discussion of books by members of their own department, works published in series that they edit, and similar circumstances. Award committee The award committee consists of Cristian Vaccari (the editor of the International Journal of Press/Politics), Sophie Lecheler (chair of the Political Communication Division of ICA), and Seth Lewis (chair of the Journalism Studies Division of ICA). Nominations Nominations including a rationale of no more than 350 words should be emailed by March 15 to Cristian Vaccari at c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. Self-nominations are accepted. The nomination must specify why the book should receive the award by outlining the importance of the book to the study of media and politics and by identifying its international contribution and relevance. Please include links to or copies of relevant reviews in scholarly journals. Arrangements should be made with the publishers of nominated books for one hard copy or e-book (i.e., the full book in PDF form) to be sent by March 15 to each of the three committee members at the following addresses: Cristian Vaccari, School of Social Sciences and Humanities, Brockington Building U.3.19, Loughborough University, Epinal Way, Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom. Email: c.vaccari(a)lboro.ac.uk. Sophie Lecheler, Department of Communication, University of Vienna, Kolingasse 14-16, 1090 Vienna, Austria. Email: sophie.lecheler(a)univie.ac.at Seth Lewis, School of Journalism and Communication, 1275 University of Oregon, Allen Hall Room 219, Eugene, OR 97403-1275, USA . Email: sclewis(a)uoregon.edu Presentation The award will be presented at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the International Communication Association and will be announced on the IJPP website. The awarded book will also receive recognition in issue 4/2022 of the journal. Past winners of the award 2021: Allissa V. Richardson, Bearing Witness While Black: African Americans, Smartphones, and the New Protest #Journalism (Oxford University Press 2020). 2020: Thomas Hanitzsch, Folker Hanusch, Jyotika Ramaprasad, and Arnold S. de Beer (Editors), Worlds of Journalism: Journalistic Cultures Around the Globe (Columbia University Press, 2019). 2019: Maria Repnikova, Media Politics in China: Improvising Power Under Authoritarianism (Cambridge University Press, 2017). 2018: Erik Albæk, Arjen van Dalen, Nael Jebril, and Claes H. de Vreese, Political Journalism in Comparative Perspective (Cambridge University Press, 2014). 2017: Katrin Voltmer, The Media in Transitional Democracies (Polity Press, 2013). 2016: Andrew Chadwick, The Hybrid Media System: Politics and Power (Oxford University Press, 1st edition 2013). 2015: Rodney Benson, Shaping Immigration News (Cambridge University Press, 2014). Cristian Vaccari ****************************************************** Professor of Political Communication, Loughborough University <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/communication-media/staff/cristian-vaccari/> Director, Centre for Research in Communication and Culture <https://www.lboro.ac.uk/research/crcc/> Editor-in-Chief, *The International Journal of Press/Politics <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/hijb>* ****************************************************** New book: Outside the Bubble: <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/outside-the-bubble-9780190858483?la…>Social Media and Political Participation in Western Democracies <https://global.oup.com/academic/product/outside-the-bubble-9780190858483?la…> (with Augusto Valeriani, OUP 2021) New project: Everyday Sharing of Misinformation on Private <https://everyday-mis.info/>Social Media <https://everyday-mis.info/> (with Andrew Chadwick) ****************************************************** Personal website: https://cristianvaccari.com/ Google Scholar profile <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3_TethEAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao> Twitter: @prof_vaccari <https://twitter.com/prof_vaccari> Preferred pronouns: he/him/his

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University of Pittsburgh - Computer Science Department seeks Teaching Assistant Professors
by Khattab, Sherif 20 Jan '22

20 Jan '22

Hi everyone, I hope that you are staying safe and healthy. The Department of Computer Science (https://www.cs.pitt.edu) at the University of Pittsburgh is inviting applications for two teaching assistant professor positions. The department is looking for candidates who are eager to use pedagogical approaches and inclusive practices and have experience teaching in any of the following areas: algorithms and theory; computer systems (especially cloud computing, HPC, and mobile computing); data science, probability, and statistics; and software engineering and software quality assurance. Please apply at https://www.sci.pitt.edu/recruiting#appointment-stream and check more open positions at the School of Computing and Information at Pitt: https://www.sci.pitt.edu/recruiting Best regards, Sherif -- Sherif Khattab [A button for name playback in email signature] <https://www.name-coach.com/sherif-khattab> Lecturer, Department of Computer Science School of Computing and Information University of Pittsburgh <http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~skhattab> Office: 6307 Sennott Square Phone: 412-624-8438 http://people.cs.pitt.edu/~skhattab/ Pronouns: he/his/him

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AoIR 2022 Instagram Panel
by Plothe, Theo 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear Colleagues, I am organizing a panel on Instagram research for the upcoming AoIR conference, and I am seeking participants for the panel. I last organized an Instagram panel for Brisbane 2019 we had a fantastic group of scholars present their outstanding research on Instagram in a well attended and well received session. I would like to replicate this success with another IG panel for the #AoIR2022. This panel seeks to collect and examine research on Instagram specifically as a site of activity. I am looking for panelists who align closely with the conference theme, Decolonising the Internet, but that is not to say this is the only rubric for inclusion in the panel. If you research Instagram and are interested in joining this panel, please reply off-list with a 250-word abstract of your study by February 20 to my email address at plothet(a)savannahstate.edu<mailto:plothet@savannahstate.edu>. I'll contact you by February 21 in order for us to move forward with selected panelists. Thanks for your attention and consideration. I look forward to hearing from you. Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication Savannah State University

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Platformisation and small nations: 5-episode interview podcast series
by Minna Aslama 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Hello: This may interest the list members: The conference Media Platformisation and Small Nations (28-29 Oct 2021, University of Helsinki) featured 5 great keynote contributions. We have created a 5-episode interview podcast featuring all our keynote speakers: Steven Livingston (George Washington University, School of Media and Public Affairs) Terry Flew (University of Sydney) Natali Helberger (University of Amsterdam) Marko Milosavljevic (University of Ljubljana) Anja Bechmann (Aarhus University) Please find the podcasts and other materials here: https://www2.helsinki.fi/en/conferences/media-platformisation-and-small-nat… -- feel free to use them and share them widely! -- Dr. Minna Aslama Horowitz @aslama https://minnahorowitz.net/

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Research on use of podcasts by NGO/nonprofits
by Steven Clift 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Anyone here actively researching trends with podcasts across the nonprofits, foundations, community organizations? Hosting, listeners, etc. Thanks, Steven Clift

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Two Post-doctoral Fellowships in Digital Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic
by Yang, Guobin 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear colleagues, We’ve just posted the following call for applications for two “Post-doctoral Fellowships in Digital Narratives of the COVID-19 Pandemic” https://www.asc.upenn.edu/news-events/news/call-applications-post-doctoral-… Please feel free to share with your colleagues and students. Thank you! Guobin Yang --- Guobin Yang Grace Lee Boggs Professor of Communication & Sociology Annenberg School for Communication & Department of Sociology, School of Arts and Sciences Director, Center on Digital Culture and Society<https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/research-centers/center-digital-culture-…> University of Pennsylvania

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Advice requested (software)
by Monica Marra 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear all in the list, I am interested in a software that makes qualitative analyses easier to manage. My needs are: - not too expensive; - *easy to use*; - runs on Windows; - import/export functionalities; - possibility to make graphs. I’ve read about Nvivo but would like to know if also different softwares are advisable, especially if they have a good value for money. Any suggestion from users is welcome; you can contact me in private if preferred. Thank you for your attention, Monica -- Monica Marra INAF - Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica Osservatorio di Astrofisica e Scienza dello Spazio v. Gobetti 93/3 I-40129 Bologna, Italy uff. 3W1 Scopus author ID: 7102382905 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Monica_Marra

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Julia Ticona's author interview for Left to Our Own Devices
by Ilana Gershon 19 Jan '22

19 Jan '22

Dear Colleagues, I get very few chances to release an author interview when the book is published. Today on the blog, I feature Julia Ticona on her newly released book, Left to Our Own Devices: Coping with Insecure Work in a Digital Age. https://campanthropology.org Best, Ilana Press blurb: Over the past three decades, digital technologies like smartphones and laptops have transformed the way we work in the US. At the same time, workers at both ends of the income ladder have experienced rising levels of job insecurity and anxiety about their economic futures. In *Left to Our Own Devices*, Julia Ticona explores the ways that workers use their digital technologies to navigate insecure and flexible labor markets. Through 100 interviews with high and low-wage precarious workers across the US, she explores the surprisingly similar "digital hustles" they use to find work and maintain a sense of dignity and identity. Ticona then reveals how the digital hustle ultimately reproduces inequalities between workers at either end of polarized labor markets. A moving and accessible look at the intimate consequences of contemporary capitalism, *Left to Our Own Devices* will be of interest to sociologists, communication and media studies scholars, as well as a general audience of readers interested in digital technologies, inequality, and the future of work in the US.

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12 Streams 2021 #11 – Aaron Swartz – How We Stopped SOPA – Freedom to Connect, Washington DC, May 21 2012
by Joly MacFie 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Probably the most watched video ever by ISOC LIVE, 9 years ago an edited version played at Aaron Swartz's memorial, held at the Cooper Union, NYC on January 19 2013, On August 2 2013 Aaron Swartz was inducted posthumously <https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/aaron-swartz> into the Internet Hall of Fame. ISOC Live posted: "Today, Tuesday January 18 2022, at 6:15pm EST (23:15 UTC) in the 11th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘12 Days of Streams‘ annual highlights, on the 10th anniversary of the SOPA/PIPA Internet blackout, we feature a keynote by the late " [image: livestream] <http://https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-11>Today,* Tuesday January 18 2022*, at *6:15pm EST* (23:15 UTC) in the 11th installment of the Internet Society Livestreaming‘s ‘*12 Days of Streams <https://isoc.live/?s=%2312streams>*‘ annual highlights, on the 10th anniversary of the *SOPA/PIPA Internet blackout <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_SOPA_and_PIPA>*, we feature a keynote by the late *Aaron Swartz <https://www.internethalloffame.org/inductees/aaron-swartz>*, '*How We Stopped SOPA*' from *Freedom to Connect <http://freedom-to-connect.net/2012/videos.html>*, Washington DC, May 21 2012. *VIEW ON LIVESTREAM: * *https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-11* <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/12streams2021-11> (Open captions) *TWITTER #12Streams <http://bit.ly/2t12HX2J> #SOPAPlus10 <https://bit.ly/3rsTe8O> @aaronsw #f2c #netfreedom* *SIMULCASTS* (Open captions) *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/12streams2021-11 <https://archive.org/details/12streams2021-11>* *Permalink* https://isoc.live/15075/ - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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ICA Preconference on Comparative Approaches to Privacy and Literacy
by Quinn, Kelly Ann 18 Jan '22

18 Jan '22

Apologies for cross-posting. I am sharing a CFP for an ICA preconference jointly organized by CPRN (Comparative Privacy Research Network, https://comparativeprivacy.org/) and CEJEM (Research Network on Youth and Media). Title: Comparative Privacy and the Literacies of a Networked Age: A Critical Approach Location: OFF-SITE | Université de Haute-Alsace, UHA’s Campus Fonderie – FSESJ (Faculté des Sciences Economiques Sociales et Juridiques), 16, rue de la Fonderie in Mulhouse, France Date: 25 May 25 2022 – 9:30 – 17:00 Detailed information on the pre-conference is available at: https://comparativeprivacy.org/2022-ica-preconference/ This pre-conference aims to attend to privacy literacy’s critical comparative nature by bringing together scholars that examine the cultural, political, and otherwise contextualized aspects of privacy literacy. The ultimate goal is to enhance conversation in communication studies about the ways in which systematic comparative cross-cultural analyses of privacy literacy may be conceptualized, theorized, and operationalized in novel ways. This pre-conference will be organized in two parts: First, keynotes will provide inputs on the central issues and concepts involved, such as privacy, comparative research, and media literacy. Secondly, interactive sessions will focus on three main aspects of comparative privacy literacy research, namely: conceptualization, operationalization, and collaboration. These sessions will bring together competitively selected presentations followed by a discussion on the challenges of conceptualizing and operationalizing critical privacy literacy from a cross-cultural perspective. The presentation sessions will be followed by group activities where participants will discuss solutions to particular challenges. This final session will take the form of a guided discussion in the larger group that will build on the diversity of the group in order to consider new, future-oriented research questions and forge future collaborations. Submission: This pre-conference invites unpublished, innovative papers focusing on, but not limited to: - research on media/digital literacy and mediated communication, where knowledge or skills regarding privacy plays a role; - empirical studies focusing on privacy literacy in a comparative fashion; - current and new topics for literacies, including the digital ecology, sobriety, algorithmic and privacy literacies, as well as persistent areas of inequalities ; - challenges and opportunities represented by comparative approaches to studying privacy from a literacy perspective; - qualitative and/or quantitative methodological approaches to studying privacy and relevant literacies comparatively; - challenges and opportunities represented by comparative approaches to studying privacy and related literacies; discussions of pertinent dimensions of comparative privacy research; - explorations of potential antecedents, mediators, and outcomes of privacy-related perceptions, decision-making, and behavior; conceptualizations and interpretations of privacy and privacy outcomes in non-WEIRD (Western Educated Industrialized Rich Democratic) contexts. Both early-career and senior scholars are welcome. SUBMISSION AND SELECTION PROCESS Authors should submit an extended abstract of 800 words (not including references, figures, and tables) by 31 January 2022 to: https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=cprn2022ica# The extended abstracts should include the main idea/argument, research questions, a short literature review and/or theoretical perspectives, information on methodology and empirical findings (if applicable). We welcome different approaches, including discussions of literature, concepts and theories, historical perspectives, and empirical analyses. All submitted abstracts must include name, affiliation and contact details. Decisions on acceptance of the extended abstracts will be made by February 28, 2022. We anticipate (for now) that authors of accepted abstracts will attend the pre-conference and present in person. Kind regards, Kelly ------ Kelly Quinn, PhD Clinical Associate Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago Treasurer, Association of Internet Researchers

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