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Polymedia
by Traci Belanger 11 Jul '25

11 Jul '25

Hi everyone, does anyone have suggestions for articles on "polymedia" or specifically how polymedia interacts with media ecology? Thanks so much! Traci Belanger --- May all winds at your back inspire you, and may you have harmony and peace today.

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For my US colleagues: an 8 minute survey, where your input might make a difference
by Patricia Aufderheide 08 May '25

08 May '25

I know, exactly what you don't need to do at this crazy point in the semester. At AU, Profs. Aram Sinnreich, Joseph Graf and I have been working with Electronic Frontier Foundation and New Media Rights to design a survey about DMCA exemption language and its accessibility. Would you be interested in taking, sharing with your students and networks, including putting on social media the survey link <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>? Here it is again: *http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j <http://bit.ly/2nEfY8j>* Your generosity much appreciated! 👏 -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & -- Patricia Aufderheide, University Professor, School of Communication Founder, Center for Media & Social Impact American University 4400 Massachusetts Av., NW American University, Washington, DC 20016-8017 McKinley Hall 323 @paufder @cmsimpact cmsimpact.org paufder(a)american.edu 202-885-2069 office <202-643-5356> 240-643-4805 mobile <202-643-5356> "The world we have received also belongs to those who follow us." --Pope Francis

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Non-software uses of GitHub
by Jim Herbsleb 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

I’m looking for GitHub repositories that are used for things other than software, especially where users are actively collaborating rather than just putting together static collections. So far, we have found a few books being written, some musical transcriptions being error-checked, and some policy documents maintained online. Does anyone know of any examples of these or other categories? Any pointers much appreciated. Happy to share what we find with anyone interested. Jim ---- Jim Herbsleb Carnegie Mellon University http://herbsleb.org/ Google Scholar profile: https://goo.gl/sv3p7l

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Job advertisement - Postdoctoral Fellowship "Sonic-Social Genre? - Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
by Christopher Haworth 31 Jan '24

31 Jan '24

The successful applicant for this postdoctoral fellowship will collaborate on a research project focused on new approaches to analyzing and modeling music genres. Located between informatics engineering, music information retrieval, musicology, and music anthropology and sociology, this interdisciplinary project addresses the lack of an adequate theory of genre in existing approaches to music genre recognition. See link for more information: https://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/karriere/jobs/postdoctoral-fellowship.html

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internet studies book list
by Chris Peterson 08 Jan '23

08 Jan '23

Hi all — I emailed the list earlier in the year asking if anyone knew of any bibliographies of 1) books, specifically 2) in the field of Internet Studies, broadly defined. The reason for my question was I’m asking my students to write a book review of a monograph in the field for my class <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rshp8enFUQ2_vfuSHN88twwQXxXiDRYx_NTPU2i…> this spring, and wanted to give them a resource so they could find something in their interest area. A few people responded asking me to let them know if I found anything, but I didn’t, nor could my departmental librarian. There are plenty of syllabi for a topic area across many forms of scholarship (articles, books, films, etc), but nothing I could find for books, specifically. So my TA and I built a Google Form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf_WaVIdg9Rh--nodpMWYKpLSj03zxouh5…> to help us make one. If you enter in the ISBN number of a book, it queries the Google Books API and populates the results to a public spreadsheet here <https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ik83LPyjjqQLfWim53CEObnXdiVDqSkGJ0l…>. It pulls in the book description (from the publisher) and the subject areas (from the LoC), so that it is (reasonably) searchable. My TA and I just started entering in some books from our syllabus and some books that popped into our head, but I wanted to send it out to AoIR in case anyone here wants to contribute or use the list. If you want to contribute — please do! We’ve tried to make it as easy as possible, and you should definitely blast your own books into here, or those of friends, or whatever. It’s a work in progress and we’ll be figuring it out as we go along but hopefully it’s a helpful resource for someone (beyond just my students this term). Best, — Chris

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PostDoc Humane AI University of Amsterdam
by Blanke, Tobias 22 Dec '22

22 Dec '22

Dear all. The Research Priority Area in Humane AI at the University of Amsterdam (https://humane-ai.nl/) has a vacant Postdoc researcher position in Humanities and AI. You will be able to conduct research on Responsible AI from a humanities perspective. The ideal candidate is active in any relevant area within the humanities that can complement our current strengths within AI & Law and AI & Communication Science. As such preference will be given to researchers active in AI & Arts, AI & Philosophy/Logic/Ethics, or AI & Language. But other areas will also be considered. The position is for 18 months. Further details can be found at https://humane-ai.nl/news/postdoctoral-researcher-on-ai-and-humanities/.

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Call for or Papers: Symposium on Misinformation and Global Communication
by Louisa Shu Ying Ha 11 Sep '22

11 Sep '22

Online Media and Global Communication Call for or Papers: Symposium on Misinformation and Global Communication Digital media technology has accelerated the spread of false or misleading information, particularly amid the pandemic of COVID-19, making it a global social concern and an emerging research topic for various social science disciplines. To date, a variety of scholarship has investigated the various forms of misinformation, their spreading patterns, methods of detection and dispelling, the causes and effects of misinformation, etc. However, more research is still needed to address the global dissemination of misinformation. We are soliciting extended abstracts or full papers for a variety of presentations at our symposium, “Misinformation and Global Communication,” to be held on March 12, 2022, in Shanghai. The symposium will take a hybrid format, consisting of in-person and virtual meetings. We welcome innovative and original research proposals addressing the theme of our symposium from all disciplines, methodologies, and professions, including case studies, quantitative and qualitative research, data and network science, etc. Some possible topics include but are not limited to: * Misinformation, disinformation, and fake news on social media * COVID-19 misinformation * The effects of misinformation on audience * Comparative Study on fake news * Fact-checking * New methodologies to study misinformation * The ethic of misinformation * Digital literacy on misinformation * Misinformation inventions * The cultural implications of misinformation * Other related topics Please submit an abstract or research proposal with a minimum of 500 words for your presentation. Submissions should be sent via email globalopinion(a)shisu.edu.cn<mailto:globalopinion@shisu.edu.cn> by February 15, 2022. Decisions for the conference presentation will be communicated on February 25, 2022. High-quality articles will be selected to present at our symposium “Misinformation and Global Communication,” co-sponsored by the School of Journalism and Communication at Shanghai International Studies University, Center for Global Public Opinion of China, and the Online Media and Global Communication (OMGC) journal. OMGC is a new free open-access English language referred journal published quarterly by De Gruyter and sponsored by Shanghai International Studies University. It aims to publish high quality, innovative and original research on global communication, especially in the use of global online media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp, Weibo, WeChat, Wikipedia, websites, blogs, etc., in an effort to make theoretical contributions under the contextual scenarios of and based on practices of online media and global communication, particularly in but not limited to the Global South. Selected papers from the symposium will be published in Online Media and Global Communication after peer review.

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IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing (IEEE HPSR 2023) -- Deadline: January 23, 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE International Conference on High Performance Switching and Routing Artificial Intelligent Next Generation (NextG) Integrated Communications and Computing Systems 5-7 June 2023 @ Albuquerque, New Mexico *IEEE HPSR 2023 Organizing Committee is planning for an in-person conference and encourages the authors to participate physically; however, we understand that the pandemic situation is not over yet. Therefore, depending on the situation during the conference time, remote participation and online presentation may be allowed under special circumstances. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Generation (NextG) Integrated Communications and Computing Systems are envisioned to be characterized by resiliency, security, robustness, adaptability, and autonomy, while being supported by modern communication devices, computing solutions, networks, and systems. New networking technologies and intelligent techniques are needed to efficiently and effectively cope with the intricacy in traffic demands, as well as the heterogeneity of the services and applications requested by the end-users. In parallel, the advent of the Digital Continuum, i.e., device-to-edge-to-fog-to-Cloud continuum, promises to offer low-latency and ubiquitous computation to heterogeneous mobile and Internet of Things devices. A rich array of network services is expected to emerge seeking to realize greater synergy across the various component subsystems of the NextG Integrated Communications and Computing Systems. The main focus of the HPSR 2023 - the 24th edition of HPSR conference - will be to assess how breakthrough changes occurring to NextG Integrated Communications and Computing Systems are affecting areas related to switching and routing, and NextG networks and systems in general. We are soliciting original and thought-provoking works on big data, data analytics, cloud and edge services, and artificial intelligent techniques applied to networking and switching and routing. Works on autonomous networks, 5G/6G, Industry 4.0, social networks, network, cybersecurity, virtualization, and other advanced topics are also welcome. Papers describing original, previously unpublished research, experimental efforts, practical experiences, as well as visionary roadmaps, in all aspects of switching and routing, and NextG networks and systems are solicited. Research works on the following topics, but not limited to, are welcome for submission through the following symposia: Track A: NextG Integrated Communications and Computing Systems Symposium Application of data analytics to switching and routing Artificial intelligent routing and resource-allocation algorithms Behavior-aware human-centric NextG networks and systems Deep-learning technologies for NextG networks Digital Continuum -- device-to-edge-to-fog-to-Cloud continuum Dynamic bandwidth access and management for smart-factory/Industry 4.0 applications Experimental measurements and testbed implementations Game theory enabling resource allocation and routing High performance, programmable networks for the Internet of Things Integrated access and backhaul technologies Integrated caching, computation, and communications Positioning, Navigation, and Timing techniques Quality of Experience resulting from intelligent routing Quality of Service Optimization and resource allocation Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces-enabled switching and routing Switching architectures for NextG applications Traffic monitoring and modeling applied to switching and routing Traffic predictions in routing and resource assignment Track B: High-Performance High Functionality Architectures Symposium Address lookup algorithms, packet classification, scheduling, and dropping Applications of data science and analysis on high-performance networks Applications of GPU on network functions Efficient data structures for networking applications Future technologies for IoT High-speed packet processors ICT enabling technologies for e-health systems Multiprocessor networks Nano-communication networks Network management Network traffic characterization and measurements Optical switching and routing Power-aware switching, bridging, and routing protocols Routing and resource allocation for Tactile Internet Switching, bridging, and routing protocols whether wide-area or data centers Switching support to Extended reality (including virtual, augmented, and mixed reality) Traffic characterization and engineering Standardization activities of emerging high performance switching and routing Track C: Autonomous Networks Symposium Architectures of high-performance switches and routers, with a focus towards reconfigurable pipelines (P4, OpenFlow, etc.) Blockchain technologies Computation offloading Decentralized applications (DApps) Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) Economics and pricing Energy harvesting, storage, recycling, wireless power transfer Green network monitoring and routing Intelligent and connected vehicular networks Medium access control, routing, and path selection Middleware services for wireless, mobile and multimedia networks Mobile social networks and routing Multi-access edge computing (MEC) Network and switch slicing Network performance for Human-Agent-Robot Teamwork (HART) Physical-layer aspects of switching and routing Software-defined networking Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) Track D: Network Security Symposium Adversarial machine learning Applied cryptography for cyber, information, and network security Attack prediction, detection, response, and prevention Authentication protocols and key management Blockchain security Cloud, data center, and distributed systems security Future Internet Architecture (FIA) security and privacy Intrusion detection with artificial intelligent techniques Malware detection and damage recovery Network security and privacy protection NextG networks and Internet security Security in SDN and networking slicing Security aspects of social networks Security in smart grid communications Security in virtualized network functions built or managed using software-defined networks Security and privacy in the Age of Information Trust management in networks through emerging technologies Virtual Private WANs Zero Trust Architecture Important Dates: Paper Submission Due: January 23, 2023 Acceptance Notifications: April 3, 2023 Author Registration Deadline: April 24, 2023 Final Version Submission Due: May 1, 2023 General Chair Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, University of New Mexico, USA General Co-chair Abdelhamid Mellouk, L'Université Paris-Est Créteil, France TPC Co-chairs Dimitrios Koutsonikolas, Northeastern University, USA Carla Fabiana Chiasserini, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Gang Li, Deakin University, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou Assistant Professor Director of Recruiting and Admissions Computer Engineering Area Chair Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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Postdoc: 1-year position studying social media posts
by Raymond Drainville 31 Jul '22

31 Jul '22

Located at the University of Waterloo, Canada, Project Figleaf is looking for an experienced social media researcher to join us as a postdoc starting 1 October 2022. The postdoc will help collect and filter social media data regarding racist and conspiracist discourse. The position lasts for one year and comes with a salary of CAD$70,000, money for conference travel, and hardware/software purchases. What is Project Figleaf? What is a Figleaf? The Project is an interdisciplinary venture between philosophy and social media studies. It focuses on "figleaves"—a snippet of communication (textual or visual) that serves to mitigate the violation of social norms when relaying racist or conspiracist content, making the content more palatable to undecided readers. The Project aims to identify common figleaf terms in both racist and conpiracist discourse, the venues/forums where they are used, and the comparative success of figleaves to spread racist or conspiracist content. More Information More information about the position, its requirements, and how to apply may be found here: https://projectfigleaf.org/postdoctoral-position-with-project-figleaf/. For more about the Project and figleaves, please see the main page: https://projectfigleaf.org/. Further questions may be forwarded to Ray Drainville (ray.drainville(a)uwaterloo.ca)

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Deadline for AoIR2022 Early Registration Rate - 1 Aug 2022
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 29 Jul '22

29 Jul '22

*This email is being sent out to the entire AoIR List Serv. If you have already registered for #AoIR2022, please disregard this email.* The early registration rate deadline for the #AoIR2022 Decolonising the Internet is 1 August 2022. Don’t miss out!! Registration is available here: https://members.aoir.org/event-4836813 *As a reminder, all presenting authors must be registered by 1 August 2022 deadline to be included in the 2022 program.* If you are attending, please make sure you have checked into your Travel Visa requirements. Some of the Travel Visas can take weeks to process. Please check here for more information: https://aoir.org/aoir2022/traveldublin/ I look forward to meeting you all in Dublin! Michelle AoIR Association Coordinator

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