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CFP: Understanding the Metaverse: theoretical, empirical and critical challenges for a new(?) internet age
by chris hesselbein 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

Dear all, This is an invitation to submit an abstract to our open panel on 'Understanding the Metaverse: theoretical, empirical and critical challenges for a new(?) internet age' at the upcoming STS conference in Graz. The deadline for submitting an abstract is January 30, 2023, and the conference itself will take place on 8-10 May. Graz is a lovely place, the conference is a perfect size, and we're hoping to have a nice critical discussion on what the Metaverse is or might be as well as how to research this emergent phenomenon. You can find our call (listed as B.4) here: https://stsconf.tugraz.at/calls/sessions-in-digitalisation/ Have a nice weekend & kind regards, Chris Hesselbein, Paolo Bory, and Stefano Canali

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WEBCAST DEC 16 – Internet Society Online Safety SIG webinar – Parenting at the digital age: the ups, the downs and the real threats #onlinesafety #parenting @ISOC_Community @internetsociety
by Joly MacFie 16 Dec '22

16 Dec '22

This is starting, Just a little late, as both french and spanish interpretation had to be set up. Livestream is English. REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-ISOC-KS and/or https://bit.ly/3uSRp7h On *Friday December 16 2022* at *10:00-11:00 UTC* the *Internet Society Online Safety Special Interest Group <https://www.internetsociety.org/sigs/>* (Online Safety SIG) will host a webinar '*Parenting at the digital age: the ups, the downs and the real threats <https://bit.ly/3ieTOWA>*'. Three experts will tackle different aspects of how to safely guide your child online. *SESSIONS* *Parenting in the digital age* *Anna Amoomo* (Namibia) *The Internet never forgets: protecting children and keeping them safe on the Internet* *Raynolds Nyarko Darkwah* (Ghana) *Cyber disorders & cyber mental health: a case study in Africa* *Rethabile* (India) *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/os-sig-parenting <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/os-sig-parenting>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3ieTOWA <https://bit.ly/3ieTOWA>* *TWITTER #onlinesafety <https://bit.ly/3N5JZ8U> #parenting @ISOC_Community @internetsociety* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/* <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/os-sig-parenting <https://archive.org/details/os-sig-parenting>* Permalink https://isoc.live/16080 -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Open-rank TT position in Communication Policy, Technology, and Democracy @ American U (Washington DC, USA)
by Adrienne Massanari 15 Dec '22

15 Dec '22

Dear all, American University is hiring an open-rank, tenure-track/tenured position in Communication Policy, Technology, and Democracy. As the ad mentions (https://apply.interfolio.com/118579) this is a superb position for someone who can be a leader in policy and digital platforms/infrastructures. I’m not on the hiring committee, but can forward any questions you might have to my colleagues. And please distribute this broadly to your networks! Cheers, Adrienne Communication Policy, Technology and Democracy: Tenure, Open Rank https://apply.interfolio.com/118579 American University: School of Communication Location - Washington, D.C. Open Date - Dec 06, 2022 Description - The School of Communication (SOC) at American University in Washington, D.C., invites applications for a full-time, open-rank position (Assistant, Associate or Full) with a start date of August 1, 2023. Applicants should have a PhD in Communication, Media Studies, Science and Technology Studies, or a related field. Qualifications - Our ideal candidate is a recognized or rapidly emerging thought leader in the area of information and communication law and policy, with a focus on Internet-based platforms and infrastructures, and emerging media, especially as tied to democracy and governance. Scholarship is expected to have clear implications for policy – whether for federal agencies, international treaty organizations, Internet and/or platform governance, standard-setting organizations, NGOs, or other major sites of governance and policy. The candidate should already have a solid publication track record in scholarly venues, whether in books or articles. For American University, this hire will be part of our leadership position on policy and digital platforms and will connect several schools. We particularly seek a collaborative leader who will work across disciplines, including to our prominent law school, with our peers in computer science, and possibly with industry. The successful candidate will be invited to participate in several university research centers, such as the Internet Governance Lab, the Center for Media and Social Impact, and the law school’s programs on Information Justice and Intellectual Property and on Tech, Law, and Security. A track record of raising funds for research (and eventually for centers) is ideal. This position will be integral to our PhD and Master’s programs. The position has an administrative appointment in the Communication Studies division at SOC, which houses our competitive doctoral program, our MA in Media, Technology and Democracy, and a research-focused undergraduate program. A passion for mentoring future scholars and strong teaching skills are essential. Critical and intersectional approaches that examine social inequalities and the exercise of power are particularly welcome. Women, underrepresented individuals, people with disabilities, and veterans of the armed forces are encouraged to apply. --- Adrienne Massanari, PhD she/her/hers Associate Professor & PhD Director School of Communication Faculty Affiliate: Antiracist Research and Policy Center & AU Game Center American University @hegemonyrules www.adriennemassanari.com

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Visiting Position (Bowdoin College)
by Crystal Hall 15 Dec '22

15 Dec '22

Dear colleagues, Thank you for your patience with the multiple posts you might see about this 2-year visiting position with Digital and Computational Studies<https://www.bowdoin.edu/digital-and-computational-studies/> at Bowdoin College. Although this is a sabbatical replacement for two digital humanists, we invite applications from scholars across the arts, humanities, and physical and social sciences, who create or critique digital or computational artifacts. We will start our review of applications on January 15, 2023. More information follows my signature. Thank you, Crystal Crystal Hall (she/her) Director, Digital and Computational Studies<https://www.bowdoin.edu/digital-and-computational-studies/> Associate Professor of Digital Humanities Affiliated faculty, Italian Studies Bowdoin College 8200 College Station Brunswick, ME 04011 profhall.net<http://profhall.net/> The Digital & Computational Studies Program (DCS) at Bowdoin College invites applications for a full-time, visiting assistant professor position in digital humanities, new media arts or studies, computational social sciences, or computational physical sciences to begin July 1, 2023; this position is intended as a 2-year position, contingent upon successful review after an initial one-year appointment. PhD required by the time of appointment. We are especially interested in applicants whose research or artistic practices focus on the critique or creation of digital or computational technologies from a liberal arts perspective. Teaching responsibilities include two courses per semester. Topics for these courses include, but are not limited to a methods course that explores application of a certain technology (i.e. AI, text analysis, data visualization, physical computing, etc.) and an advanced seminar in the candidate’s area of specialization. For more information about DCS, please visit our program website: https://www.bowdoin.edu/digital-and-computational-studies/. Successful candidates will demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate liberal arts education and to inclusive excellence in undergraduate teaching. For a description of inclusive excellence, please consult the following resource: Williams, et. al., Toward a Model of Inclusive Excellence<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238500335_Toward_a_Model_of_Inclus…>. Bowdoin is a learning community that warmly welcomes people of all backgrounds. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the instruction and support of a diverse student population and from those who will enrich and contribute to the College’s multifaceted diversity. We especially encourage people from historically excluded groups to apply. Bowdoin College offers opportunities for professional development including robust programming and resources for establishing and enhancing mentoring networks. The College also offers support for teaching, publication, digital initiatives, computing software, conference travel support, and community partnerships in courses. Accessibility during the application and interview stages, as well as once employed, is a priority of the College: https://www.bowdoin.edu/accessibility/index.html. Bowdoin College accepts only electronic submissions. Please visit https://careers.bowdoin.edu<https://careers.bowdoin.edu/> to submit: 1) a cover letter; 2) a cv; 3) 1-2 page teaching statement indicating how your teaching, scholarship, and/or mentorship may support our commitment to diversity and inclusion; 4) 1-2 page research statement; 5) the names and contact information for three references who have agreed to provide letters of recommendation. Letter writers will be automatically contacted upon submission of your application. Review of applications will begin on January 15, 2023 and continue until the position is filled. Founded in 1794, Bowdoin is one of the oldest and most selective coeducational, residential liberal arts colleges in the country. Located on the Maine coast and 2 hours north of Boston, the College is in an area rich with natural beauty and year-round outdoor activities. Bowdoin’s reputation rests on the excellence of its faculty and students, intimate size, strong sense of community, and commitment to diversity (40% students of color, 7% international students and approximately 17% first generation college students). Bowdoin College complies with applicable provisions of federal and state laws that prohibit unlawful discrimination in employment, admission, or access to its educational or extracurricular programs, activities, or facilities based on race, color, ethnicity, ancestry and national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, age, marital status, place of birth, genetic predisposition, veteran status, or against qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities on the basis of disability, or any other legally protected statuses. For further information about the College and our department, please visit our website: http://www.bowdoin.edu.

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CfP: Many Worlds of AI: Intercultural Approaches to the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
by Maya Ganesh 15 Dec '22

15 Dec '22

Hi CfP from the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence to launch the new ‘desirable digitalisation’ program. http://lcfi.ac.uk/news-and-events/events/call-papers-many-worlds-ai-intercu… Workshop dates and location: 26 April 2023 - 28 April 2023, Cambridge UK Deadline for 300 word abstracts is Dec 31, 2022. "Many Worlds of AI is the inaugural conference in a series of biennial events organised as part of the ‘Desirable Digitalisation: Rethinking AI for Just and Sustainable Futures’ research programme. The ‘Desirable Digitalisation’ programme is a collaboration between the Universities of Cambridge and Bonn funded by Stiftung Mercator. The primary aim of the programme is to explore how to design AI and other digital technologies in a responsible way, prioritising the questions of social justice and environmental sustainability.” Best, Maya University of Cambridge. Assistant teaching professor, MSt AI, Ethics & Society and Senior research fellow, Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Personal website: https://bodyofwork.in Berlin, UTC +1

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communication +1 Volume 9, Issue 2 out now
by Peter Royal 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

On behalf of Zachary McDowell, Briankle Chang, and myself, I am pleased to announce the publication of Issue 2 of communication +1's 10th Anniversary. We thank the authors for their excellent contributions to the two issues in this volume, which marks a decade of communication +1, and we are excited to share these pieces. Please find below a description of the new issue (as well as the previous issue companion). communication +1's 10-year anniversary: A Decade of Futures (of Communication) Edited by Zachary McDowell and Peter Royal What we proposed for this collection was to return again to explore the boundaries and the future of communication as an area of study and as an interdisciplinary and intersectional space of inquiry. communication +1's first issue, Futures of Communication <https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol1/iss1/> (2012), did just that by addressing a wide variety of topics. The objective to address the "futures" of communication as a field of inquiry was and is not to identify research topics that may be popular or fashionable; rather, it is in the (re)establishment of "communication" as an enduring theoretical concept that cuts across the humanities and social sciences. The future of "communication" therefore designates its significance guaranteed by its interdisciplinary promise (but also arrives with its own concerns). What we offer here is a continuation of the belief that the question of “futures” is not a one-time endeavor, but instead a question that needs to be returned to time and time again, particularly in this age of changing media landscapes and new interdisciplinary discourse. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol9/iss2/ <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarwo…> Issue 2 <https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol9/iss2/> (Out now) Briankle Chang - No Thing is not a Medium Greg Wise - Communication + Surveillance Lawrence Grossberg - Stories in Unlivable Times Cindy Tekobbe - Indigenous Communication Sean Johnson Andrews - What is hegemony now? Transformations in media, political economy, and cultural studies Florence Chee - Communication as Conscience Jeremy Hunsinger - Communication as Play Li Cornfeld - Demo at the End of the World: The Limits of Techno-futurist Performance Steve Jones - Communication Technology and the Suspension of Disbelief Issue 1 <https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cpo/vol9/iss1/> (Released October 2022) Zachary J. McDowell and Peter Royal - Introduction: Futures Florian Sprenger - Communication and one Zizi Papacharissi - Soft disciplines Amit Pinchevski and Johannes Bennke - Media, Mediation, Mediality John Durham Peters - What is Not a Medium? Patricia Pisters - Combustive Knowledge: Fire as Medium and Interface Peter Krapp - Secret Communication Andrea Guzman - Moving Human-Machine Communication Forward Through the Study of Non-Use and Failure David Gunkel - In the Face of the Robot Christina Vagt - Impossible Possible Machines Jonathan Sterne - Is Machine Listening Listening? About the Journal The aim of communication +1 is to promote new approaches to and open new horizons in the study of communication from an interdisciplinary perspective. We are particularly committed to promoting research that seeks to constitute new areas of inquiry and to explore new frontiers of theoretical activities linking the study of communication to both established and emerging research programs in the humanities, social sciences, and arts. Other than the commitment to rigorous scholarship, communication +1 sets no specific agenda. Its primary objective is to create a space for thoughtful experiments and for communicating these experiments. communication +1 is an open access journal supported by University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries and the Department of Communication communicationplusone.org <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcommunicat…>. Editors Zachary J. McDowell, University of Illinois Chicago Peter Royal, University of Illinois Chicago Briankle Chang, University of Massachusetts Amherst Best, Peter ———————————————— Peter Royal (he/him/his) Editor, communication +1 <https://nam04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscholarwo…> PhD Student Department of Communication University of Illinois Chicago

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New resources for teaching about early LGBTQ life online
by Avery Dame-Griff 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

All, I wanted to share a new suite of resources the Queer Digital History Project <http://queerdigital.com/> developed for researching and teaching about early web history. These are specifically aimed at community members and non-specialists who might teach related topics, such as LGBTQ studies, but aren’t sure where to start. - Digital Exhibits for a selected number of important figures in the history of queer digital communities <https://queerdigital.com/exhibits/show/impfigs>, LGBTQ BBSes <https://queerdigital.com/exhibits/show/platforms/bulletin-board-systems>, and Usenet newsgroups <https://queerdigital.com/exhibits/show/platforms/usenet> - Teaching Guides on Computing and the AIDS Crisis <https://queerdigital.com/aidsbbs>, Indecency, Obscenity, and Queer Voices Online <https://queerdigital.com/cda> (including the Communications Decency Act), and Early LGBTQ Digital Communities <https://queerdigital.com/earlycomms> - A glossary <https://queerdigital.com/glossary> of unfamiliar terminology individuals might encounter in primary source readings Ideally, these initial offerings will grow over time as new exhibits and teaching guides are developed, so I welcome any suggestions or feedback. Also, the Queer Digital History Project offers public presentations, guest lectures, and/or workshops on any of the teaching guide topics, either in-person or via videoconferencing. Please feel free to reach out to me if you’re interested in discussing scheduling a session, especially if you're thinking about your classes or programming for the coming year! Finally, this work was completed with the generous support of Humanities Washington as part of their Public Humanities Fellows <https://www.humanities.org/public-humanities-fellows/> program. Best, Avery Dame-Griff -- Avery Dame-Griff (he/him/his) Lecturer, Women's and Gender Studies (Gonzaga University) Author, *The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet* (NYU Press, August 2023) Curator, Queer Digital History Project <http://queerdigital.com/> averydame.net

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Student Opportunity - Modeling and Mapping Election Interference
by Shulman, Stu 14 Dec '22

14 Dec '22

I have a remote work project that requires two or more part time student assistants. The key skill sets are using .graphml exports of Twitter data to help build a prototype tool for tracking the evolution of networks over time, and using a trust model to score accounts in the network based on their historical footprint. The hourly wage is negotiable. Job 1: If you are a network science student interested in the application of Kineviz GraphXR or similar tools I would like to discuss how you might help us transition from static pictures to dynamic historical mapping tools with a lower barrier to entry for new users. Job 2: If you have advanced python programming skills, the second opportunity involves learning to operate Trust Defender: https://github.com/texifter/trust-defender. This is a complex collection of open source scripts combining an n-gram Bayes classifier model with a neural network model which is used to classify Twitter users as potential good or bad actors. Ideally, the two positions will together help shape a new historical and interactive visualization where we can filter for a variety of trust score ranges in a dynamic network that allows real time drilling in and out of hubs and nodes. Please send me a CV, two references, and a short cover letter if you are interested. Assuming Twitter survives (there is some debate about this) we are going to need many new tools, teams, and methods to understand how U.S. election interference will operate in the run-up to 2024. -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Founder and CEO, Texifter Editor Emeritus, *Journal of Information Technology & Politics*

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Introducing Series Two of the Fairwork Podcast
by Michelle Gardner 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

Introducing Series Two of the Fairwork Podcast 'Welcome to the Planetary Labour Market' The internet is radically changing the world of work. Platforms like Youtube, OnlyFans and Amazon Mechanical Turk make it possible for people to make a living without leaving home. But is this really a good deal for workers? This is a podcast series about the workers making a living in the online gig economy, told through the eyes of those at its centre. We’ll hear stories of workers from around the world who are navigating precarity and the constant threat of deactivation. Those who are thriving against the odds and organising for a better world. In the Fairwork podcast, we dive into what it’s like working in the online gig economy, what it’s like being managed by algorithms, rated on every job and monitored every step of the way. Listen to the Fairwork Podcast wherever you get your podcasts. https://pod.fo/e/150f59 Check out the video trailer for series 2 here: https://www.instagram.com/p/ClEgXPhoPdJ/ Thanks for reading and listening! Michelle Gardner she/her Fairwork<https://fair.work/> Project Administrator Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles Street Oxford, OX1 3JS

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Call for Abstracts/Proposals: Third International Conference on Visual Methods in Social Sciences
by Julian Kilker 13 Dec '22

13 Dec '22

This call might interest some of you! —Julian Conference: Third International Conference on Visual Methods in Social Sciences, University of La Laguna – Tenerife (Spain), 15-17 Nov 2023 *Deadline for abstracts: 22 January 2023* Organisers: Visual Modi—The International Association for Research in Visual and Multimodal Methods, created following the two previous conferences, and The University of La Laguna. The conference is open to all disciplines, and participants are invited to present visual approaches using design as a research method. A more limited selection is also possible around creating visual or audiovisual content around the notion of design. The first two international conferences on Visual Methods in the Social Sciences were held in 2018 and 2021, focusing on the themes of communication, data, methods, results and valorisation. A partial publication of the proceedings of the first international conference is available online through Revista Latina de Comunicacion Social: https://www.revistalatinacs.org/18SLCS/libro-colectivo-2018-2.html The forthcoming publication of a book by a scientific publisher should allow participants to develop their work presented at the second conference. Fifteen research groups and scientific partners from five different countries and three continents have formed a network and decided, at the end of the 2018 conference, to organise this third conference in 2023. The researcher can pave the way for experimentation or presentation and/or data analysis methodologies that are more easily transferable, more easily accessible, but also more transparent (because they are more open) and reproducible, which can open up fruitful interdisciplinary perspectives. This call for papers covers all of these aspects. Detailed information is available in Spanish, French and English on the conference website at https://methodesvis2023.sciencesconf.org/ The detailed English call is at https://methodesvis2023.sciencesconf.org/resource/page/id/1 Types of proposals accepted: Long oral communication Poster Interactive session Exhibition Please submit an abstract of 200-300 in English, French or Spanish by January 23th 2023 to our website https://methodesvis2023.sciencesconf.org/ -- Julian Kilker, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Emerging Technologies Hank Greenspun School of Journalism and Media Studies University of Nevada, Las Vegas

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