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Online Masterclasses on smart cities and the environment
by Adi Kuntsman 25 May '22

25 May '22

Dearall Weare running an online postgraduate Summer School onDigital Technologies and the Environment on 13-15 June; and still havespaces left at the following two Masterclasses, both dedicated to smart cities - Clusters of Broken Objects In this master class, the participants will upload images of a broken object of smart cities to Padlet. What counts as a broken object is kept open on purpose, as that would enable us to rethink what smartification practices promise to provide. We will then discuss what the forming of a cluster of these broken objects might mean and look like, and how such a cluster will facilitate our examination of the relation between the digital and the environment. - Urban Environmental imaginaries meet app studies Althoughnature and ecological concerns are usually not the primary focus of smartcities, many smart city initiatives include extensive environmental imaginariestell a story of how they would ultimately make the environment better. Thismasterclass will explore such environmental imaginaries, by studying smart cityapps, using a range of methodological tools from the field of app studies, suchas mapping the ecology of apps via a range of entry points, and deploying theApp Walk Through method. BothMasterclasses require to fill in a short form- please follow the links forfurther info. There will be a small task to prepare; and a follow uppublication opportunity. The Summer School is free to attend but places arelimited and priority is given to postgraduate students, early careerpostdoctoral and independent researchers who work on relevant topics Finally,we host a pre-School opening keynote by Benedetta Brevini, "Data DrivenCommunication, AI and the Climate Crisis". The keynote takes place on June10th, online and is open to all. Please register by followingthe link on the School webpage Lookingforward to seeing you there Adi Dr Adi Kuntsman, Reader in Digital Politics Programme Leader, MA in International Relations and Global Communications and MScin Digital Society Coordinator, PhD pathway in Digital Politics Department of Politics | Manchester Metropolitan University Geoffrey Manton Building| Manchester | M15 6LL| Web| Online office hours (term time only): Tuesday 3-4pm or by appointment- please email to arrange Digital Politics Blog

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#CMD talks - Henry Jenkins on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds"
by Inês Amaral 25 May '22

25 May '22

The new PhD in Computational Media Design welcomes Henry Jenkins to a talk on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds" on June 1st at 05:30 PM (Lisbon time). The academic community is invited to participate via Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/82094275403 *Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds* Often, film instructors tell their students that the story is the core, but in fact, with transmedia entertainment franchises, the world may be as much or more important as story in shaping this experience. This lecture will explore different understandings of fictional worlds and offer some examples of how they can be used to ground transmedia experiences. *Bio* Henry Jenkins is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California and the founder and former co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He is the author or editor of 20 books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including *Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture*, *Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide*, *Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked Culture *(with Sam Ford and Joshua Green), and *By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism* (with Sangita Shresthova and others). He has two more books that just came out this past spring -- *Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change* and *Comics and Stuff*. He is the co-host of the *How Do You Like It So Far?* podcast which explores popular culture in a changing world and has run the *Confessions of an Aca-Fan* blog for more than 15 years. -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Diretora do 1.º Ciclo de Estudos em Jornalismo e Comunicação | Director of the Undergraduate Program Studies in Journalism and Communication Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral(a)uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc

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#CMD talks - Henry Jenkins on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds"
by Inês Amaral 25 May '22

25 May '22

The new PhD in Computational Media Design welcomes Henry Jenkins to a talk on "Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds" on June 1st at 05:30 PM (Lisbon time). The academic community is invited to participate via Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/82094275403 *Grounding Transmedia Stories in Immersive Story Worlds* Often, film instructors tell their students that the story is the core, but in fact, with transmedia entertainment franchises, the world may be as much or more important as story in shaping this experience. This lecture will explore different understandings of fictional worlds and offer some examples of how they can be used to ground transmedia experiences. *Bio* Henry Jenkins is the Provost's Professor of Communication, Journalism, Cinematic Arts and Education at the University of Southern California and the founder and former co-director of the MIT Comparative Media Studies Program. He is the author or editor of 20 books on various aspects of media and popular culture, including *Textual Poachers: Television Fans and Participatory Culture*, *Convergence Culture: Where Old and New Media Collide*, *Spreadable Media: Creating Meaning and Value in a Networked Culture *(with Sam Ford and Joshua Green), and *By Any Media Necessary: The New Youth Activism* (with Sangita Shresthova and others). He has two more books that just came out this past spring -- *Popular Culture and the Civic Imagination: Case Studies of Creative Social Change* and *Comics and Stuff*. He is the co-host of the *How Do You Like It So Far?* podcast which explores popular culture in a changing world and has run the *Confessions of an Aca-Fan* blog for more than 15 years. -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Diretora do 1.º Ciclo de Estudos em Jornalismo e Comunicação | Director of the Undergraduate Program Studies in Journalism and Communication Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral(a)uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc

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WEBCAST MAY 25 – Offline: When Exams Disrupt Everyone’s Internet غير متصل بالإنترنت: عندما تعطل الاختبارات إنترنت الجميع
by Joly MacFie 25 May '22

25 May '22

This is under way. هذا جار. [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/15451%20>On *Wednesday May 25 2022* at *09:00-10:00 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/regions/middle-east/>* presents a panel '*Offline: When Exams Disrupt Everyone’s Internet <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/offline-when-exams-disrupt-everyones…>*'. Every year, throughout the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, millions of people are cut off from the Internet for lengthy periods while students take their school exams. Often used as a method to stop questions being leaked prior to exams as well as to prevent cheating during exams, these Internet shutdowns harm societies, economies, and the global Internet infrastructure – and they often don’t deter the most determined cheaters. *PANEL* *Sarah Cupler*, Lead Researcher, SMEX *Khattab Hamad*, Media Researcher *Ahmad Aljanazrah*, Assistant VP For Academic Affairs, Birzeit University, Palestine *MODERATOR* *Hanna Kreitem*, Senior Advisor, Internet Technology and Development, MENA, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM (ENGLISH) http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mena3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/mena3>* في يوم الأربعاء من *25 مايو 2022* في تمام الساعة *09: 00-10: 00* بالتوقيت العالمي المنسق ، تقدم جمعية الإنترنت لوحة "غير متصل: عندما تعطل الامتحانات إنترنت الجميع". في كل عام ، في جميع أنحاء منطقة الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا (MENA) ، ينقطع اتصال الملايين من الأشخاص بالإنترنت لفترات طويلة أثناء إجراء الطلاب لامتحاناتهم المدرسية. غالبًا ما تُستخدم كطريقة لإيقاف تسريب الأسئلة قبل الامتحانات وكذلك لمنع الغش أثناء الامتحانات ، تؤدي عمليات إغلاق الإنترنت هذه إلى إلحاق الضرر بالمجتمعات والاقتصادات والبنية التحتية للإنترنت العالمية - وغالبًا ما لا تردع الغشاشين الأكثر إصرارًا. *لوجة* *سارة كوبلير* ، باحثة رئيسية ، SMEX *خطاب حمد* ، باحث اعلامي *أحمد الجنازرة* ، مساعد نائب الرئيس للشؤون الأكاديمية ، جامعة بيرزيت ، فلسطين *منسق* *حنا كريتم* ، مستشار أول ، تكنولوجيا الإنترنت والتنمية ، الشرق الأوسط وشمال إفريقيا ، جمعية الإنترنت *LIVESTREAM (ARABIC) http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena3 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/mena3>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM*: https://bit.ly/3w6LFbw (EN/AR) *REAL TIME TEXT* (see *ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/15451>*) *TWITTER* *#KeepitOn <https://bit.ly/3wHSajT>* @ISOC_MiddleEast @ga800l @hannaq @InternetSociety Sarah Cupler @SMEX Ahmad Aljanazrah @BirzeitU #MENA #examshutdowns *SIMULCASTS* https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* (EN only) *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* (AI Captions) *https://www.facebook.com/ISOCMiddleEast <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCMiddleEast>* (AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* https://archive.org/details/mena3 *PERMALINK https://isoc.live/15451 <https://isoc.live/15451>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Reminder to apply! Call for Applications for the 2022 AusSTS workshop
by Thao Phan 25 May '22

25 May '22

Call for Applications AusSTS2022: “Generation” <https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/> Date: Thurs 28th and Fri 29 July, 2022 *Deadline for applications: 30th May, 2022* As STS practitioners, we grapple with the understanding that generating knowledge and ideas are always practices in becoming, unfinished, and multiple, never isolated. We are asked to think about the socio-technical, material-discursive, and political relations that generate some worlds and ideas, and exclude others. These multiple configurations speak of the inevitability of interdependence, relationality, permeability, and boundaries. To think about generation in multiple senses means to think through the humble awareness of our indebtedness to other bodies, knowledges, histories, ecologies—as a part of a community in constant formation. This awareness can reflect in the ethics of our own praxis. It can inspire us to bring into conversation different generations and sensitivities of STS. It can also speak of the knowledges and material practices that shape memories of past generations, and expectations and promises about future ones. It can mean asking what relations get remembered, what relations are maintained, and who is harmed or excluded in the process. AusSTS is committed to bringing together STS scholars from across Australasia by offering a space where these conversations and reflections can happen freely and generously. Similarly to last year’s workshop, AusSTS 2022 will be a multi-sited event hosted across four locations: Sydney, Melbourne, Darwin, and Wellington. The event will include shared online keynotes, short presentations, as well as local activities and get-togethers. We invite proposals for short presentations from early career and PhD/Masters researchers that respond broadly to the theme of ‘generation’. This includes, but is not limited to: - *Generation as era*: from historical epochs (18th century, 19th century, 20th century) to population clusters (boomers, millennials, gen z), to cultural movements (beat generation, MTV generation, digital natives, TikTok teens) - *Generation as reproduction*: intergenerational trauma, the passing on of genes, the mutation of viruses, interventions into the reproduction of humans, animals, crops, and other biological matter - *Generation as innovation*: AI, machine learning, and other computational processes that self-generate images, categories, or actions (e.g. generative adversarial networks (GANs)), the Anthropocene and new technologies for energy generation - *Generation as creativity:* pedagogy and the creation of generative spaces, generative frameworks, theories and methods for research, practices and techniques for generating art, language, and social relations - *Generation as hope:* regeneration, the next generation, techniques of conservation/preservation in the face of extinction/disaster/destruction *Confirmed keynote speakers*: *Anne Pollock* (King’s College London) Intergenerational Plenary: *Hana Burgess* (UoA), *Mythily Meher* (UoA), *Billy van Uitregt* (VUW) *Structure, cost and accessibility*: The workshop is a multi-sited, face-to-face event that will take place across four locations. Registration costs will vary depending on the events planned at each location: - Melbourne - Sydney - Darwin - Wellington We ask participants to apply to attend one of these face-to-face locations. All sites will take part in shared online keynote presentations. Each site will then host their own set of activities ranging from short presentations, workshops, and field trips. We endeavour to make all face-to-face venues accessible for our participants. Please do not hesitate to get in contact if you have any questions regarding accessibility requirements or have specific venue accessibility requests. All keynote events will be free and live-streamed for those who are unable to attend the workshop in-person. Details about cost will be shared in the coming months. AusSTS is committed to making these events affordable for all our participants, especially our HDRs and ECRs. *Submission guidelines:* This workshop departs from the traditional symposia format of long papers and short discussion. Participants can expect to present a short paper consisting of a question, problem, or provocation and take part in panel discussions and cross-disciplinary dialogues. We invite postgraduate and early career researchers (ECRs) from all disciplines and areas of expertise to apply, including life, environmental and materials science, social sciences and humanities, artists, social activists, and other practitioners. To apply, you will need to submit a proposal for *a 5-minute presentation* at the workshop on any topic that relates to the theme of ‘generation.’ Proposals must include a title, 250 word abstract, 5 keywords, and a short presenter bio. To submit a proposal complete the online application form *here* <https://forms.gle/SuHHb9uK6WLLBA8LA>. For more information visit: https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/ <https://aussts.wordpress.com/aussts2022/>

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Conference - Canadian Game Studies Association 2022 Conference
by Gerald Voorhees 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear Colleagues, The fully online annual conference <https://gamestudies.ca/cgsa-2022/> of the Canadian Game Studies Association is happening soon. In line with our commitments to anti-racism and decolonization the conference theme is “ Action!” Recorded paper presentations can be accessed now and between May 31-June 3 there are live discussion panels with paper authors, workshops, and special events including keynotes by anti-imperialist narrative designer Meghna Jayanth (Horizon Zero Dawn, Sable, Thirsty Suitors) and self-proclaimed AfroGeek TreaAndrea M. Russworm (Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst). In all, the conference features 90+ papers from critical, humanities, and social-science approaches (see the online program <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/122KuSszq6iS7ycE03_6aLylsihTJE7U9qWN…> for more information and details about workshops, play sessions, and special events). With the online conference format, registration is free to CGSA members in good standing (though we are still accepting donations!). Student membership is only $15 CAD, faculty membership is only $60 CAD, and Black and/or Indigenous students can sign-up for free. You can become a member here <https://www.eventbrite.com/e/209279579857>. We hope you’ll join us for an amazing online conference! Gerald ------------------------------ Gerald Voorhees, Ph.D. (he/him) Associate Professor Associate Chair, Undergraduate Studies Department of Communication Arts University of Waterloo 257A ML, Waterloo ON, N2L 3G1 ------------------------------ *I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometers on each side of the Grand River. *

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My new article on the information war...
by Dr. Emma Briant 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear Colleagues, I hope you are keeping well. It's been quite a month for badly-thought through plans aimed at defeating 'disinformation'. Almost immediately after I published my article <https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2022/04/28/how-russia-benefits-from…>on how social media companies' efforts to tackle falsehood on Ukraine were being gamed by Russia, the US Department of Homeland Security announced its ill-fated new Disinformation Governance Board. It backfired predictably, and lasted just three weeks, shut down by right-wing lies and trolling. I commented <https://www.reuters.com/world/us/bidens-counter-disinformation-executive-re…> for Reuters saying "this was a major strategic error of the administration," and that it was "utterly abhorrent" that Nina Jankowicz, a disinformation scholar who headed up the agency "had been turned into a punching bag". This whole episode though has coincided with another bad idea - the release of a conspiracy themed recruitment video by the US Army, which highlights its intent to use deception in the information war. I write about this and the issues this raises, for the military and indeed us all, here: 'How a new US Army video recruiting for deception risks fuelling conspiracy theories <https://www.patreon.com/posts/66831621>' I hope you will find it an important read - do share the link with anyone you think will be interested in the subject. We badly need thoughtful expertise behind the response to this information war - otherwise doing something unhelpful can often be worse than doing nothing at all. Best wishes, Emma -- Dr Emma L Briant Owner: Maven of Persuasion LLC Fellow at Central European University's Center for Media, Data and Society Associate at University of Cambridge, Center for Financial Reporting & Accountability Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/emmalbriant Website: www.emma-briant.co.uk Author of: *Propaganda and Counter-Terrorism: Strategies for Global Change *from Manchester University Press Co-Author of: *Bad News for Refugees* with Prof. Greg Philo and Dr. Pauline Donald from Pluto Press. Sign up for my Newsletter <http://emma-briant.co.uk/sign-up-for-important-updates/>! Follow me on Twitter @emmalbriant

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Ranking Digital Rights seeks a Research Director
by Nathalie Marechal 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear AoIR colleagues, Are you concerned about the growing power that internet, mobile, and telecommunications companies have over people’s lives? Do you believe that corporations as well as governments have a responsibility to respect human rights? Do you have a qualitative and/or quantitative research background and experience handling or interpreting large data sets to inform public policy? If so, Ranking Digital Rights (RDR) <https://rankingdigitalrights.org/> encourages you to apply to become our Research Director. The Research Director is a senior-level position at Ranking Digital Rights (RDR). This person is responsible for conceptualizing and overseeing the production, maintenance, and launch of the RDR Corporate Accountability Index, including our annual Big Tech and Telco Giants Scorecards, as well as other related projects and publications. In addition, the Research Director will work with our Global Engagement Manager and our research partners around the world to further build capacity for global corporate accountability research and advocacy. Their broader mandate is to develop research-driven mechanisms for supporting our primary stakeholders and allies to hold companies accountable for human rights, and to extend RDR’s impact as a thought leader in internet policy as it relates to tech and telecom companies’ business and human rights obligations. This is a REMOTE position. We would prefer someone based within one time zone of US Eastern Time, but can be flexible for the right candidate. Full position description, preferred qualifications and salary range see here: https://rankingdigitalrights.org/jobs/research-director/ Warm regards, Nathalie Nathalie Maréchal, PhD (she/her) Policy Director Ranking Digital Rights marechal(a)rankingdigitalrights.org <https://twitter.com/rankingrights> @rankingrights <https://twitter.com/rankingrights> | @MarechalPhD <http://www.twitter.com/MarechalPhD> Website <https://rankingdigitalrights.org/> | Subscribe to our newsletter <https://rankingdigitalrights.org/newsletter/> PGP Key Fingerprint EB43 3CE8 A759 5419 52C0 2FF1 B721 C0BF 0F43 0663

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Guest lecturers wanted
by Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear colleagues, Our university is growing, and therefore we are looking for more guest lecturers for our international study programs (graduate students). Specifically, for the winter semester (in our case: September to March), we are searching for people for the following subjects: Digital Entrepreneurship Digital Economy Business Ethics Organization Management Case Study II (Entrepreneurship) E-Commerce All subjects are located in the Digital Management Master's Program (M.A.). Although we are working in Berlin, and you can teach on-site if you want, teaching via Zoom is possible, so you can teach from wherever you'd like to teach. If you are interested in details, don't hesitate to get in touch with me. Ideally, interested colleagues would like to teach weekly (but a few blocks are also possible) and speak excellent English. German language skills are NOT required. Best regards Stephan G. Humer -- Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer Internet Sociologist Director, Internet Sociology Department, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Chief Research Officer, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Founding Chairman (2013-2021), Coordinator Advanced Research, 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: 'Governing Technologies' online workshop
by Preeti Raghunath 24 May '22

24 May '22

Dear friends, I'd like to share details of this proposed workshop being organised by the School of Arts and Social Sciences, Monash University, Malaysia and Nottingham University, Malaysia. Titled *'Governing Technologies: Exploring datafied practices, imaginaries, and digital state assemblages in Asia'*, the workshop aims to problematise past and current socio-technical imaginaries and datafication practices of the rapidly digitising nation-states in Asia, and gather critical analyses of where the digital, government, and power intersect: Who are the (human and non-human) actors propelling these initiatives and new arrangements? What do their discourses around these imaginaries reveal about their ambitions, interests, and conflicts? What role do communities and the people play in shaping, adapting, and resisting digital plans and practices, and who decides? We seek to bring together scholars interested in unravelling these politics and practices of the digital in an online workshop, in *October 2022*. We invite exchanges on empirical and conceptual contributions from multiple disciplines that critically examine current arrangements of digital technologies, societies, and/or states in Asia. Secondly, we also would like to make this an opportunity to establish research networks and discuss possible future research collaborations across the region and concurrent disciplines. This could, for example, take the form of a planned special issue in an academic journal or plans for collaborative and transdisciplinary research projects. For more details, please see the CFP here <https://www.monash.edu.my/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/2920648/CfP_Governing…>. Please note, the deadline has been extended to* June 15, 2022*. Looking forward to sharing interesting work from and with the AoIR community! Best, Preeti -- Preeti Raghunath, PhD Lecturer (Communication and Media) Communication, Arts and Media (CAM) Room 2-6-04, Level 6, Building 2 School of Arts and Social Sciences Monash University, Bandar Sunway 47500, Selangor, Malaysia Website: www.preetiraghunath.com Twitter: @preetiraghunath

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