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Deadline Extension - C4P Internet Research Ethics in the Platform Society
by Locatelli Elisabetta (elisabetta.locatelli) 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

Dear all, on behalf of my co-editors Charles M. Ess and aline shakti franzke, and apologizing for cross-posting, I would like to remind the deadline extension to September 30, 2022 for the abstract submissions for the Special Issue of Comunicazioni Sociali - Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies dedicated to "Internet Research Ethics in the Platform Society: Theoretical Reflections, Research Experiences, and Open Questions". You can find the call for papers below. Feel free to contact us for any further information kind regards Elisabetta Locatelli ------- Internet Research Ethics in the Platform Society: Theoretical Reflections, Research Experiences, and Open Questions Edited by Charles M. Ess, aline franzke shakti, Elisabetta Locatelli Since the late 1990s, Internet Research Ethics (IRE) has emerged as a burgeoning field, fueled by an ever-growing variety of ethical challenges and concerns (Zimmer and Buchanan, 2016). To name but a few, questions include how to minimize risks for researchers and research subjects, and issues surrounding informed consent and intersecting interests between corporations and academic approaches: both emphasize the importance of the integrity of researcher but also add challenges to Ethics Committees, who aim to confirm what research can or cannot be conducted (franzke et al., 2020). In recent years, the societal and technological landscape has changed and expanded still again: platforms such as social media and apps aggregate a significant number of users, generating new social, cultural, and media practices to study. Research into these realms is stimulating and challenging but further implies methodological and ethical issues surrounding both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Both ethnographies and big data approaches in particular have different but compelling ethical issues to consider (Zimmer, Kinder-Kurlanda, 2017; Zook et al, 2017). Actually, there is the need to study and comprehend users' behaviors and their socio-cultural implications but users need to be more aware of what may happen to the data they posted and also about the research they are involved into. Moreover, the complex nature of AI technology and platform logics has evoked thunderous academic debates surrounding buzzwords such as fake news, and the importance of taking up misinformation, hate speech and ethical reflection in social media research is more compelling than ever before. In addition to these changes, the role and importance of internet research ethics has grown for over a decade and the approach of having it incorporated by design into the research projects is increasingly more common (Ibiricu, Van Der Made, 2020). For example, when participating in public grants and fundings such as Horizon Europe, the evaluation of the ethics of research is an aspect required from the very beginning also for social sciences and humanities. This entails a specific attention to privacy and developing a new attitude and best practices also for these disciplines, with consequences for how research projects are developed and carried out, including ethics assessments from its very beginning through its dissemination. Among the new challenges there is also the need of making research data open, requiring a further level of reflection. Considering this landscape, the present issue of Comunicazioni Sociali. Journal of Media, Performing Arts and Cultural Studies focuses on the new challenges of the ethics of social media and internet research through eliciting papers addressing theoretical reflections and research projects across the world especially related to social sciences, media studies, performing arts, and cultural studies. This topic is consistent with the tradition of the journal and its attention to the research on media and its context. The aim is to make a collection of research experiences as well as theoretical reflections that can serve as useful examples and references for the academic community. The call for papers invites submission of abstracts regarding the following topics of internet and social media research ethics; abstracts on other topics related to internet research ethics are also welcome: * Informed consent; * Possible harms to research subjects (especially when dealing with vulnerable subjects such as children, immigrants and people at the margins, and sensitive issues, such as gender and health); * Potential harms vis-a-vis the safety and integrity of the researcher; * Privacy and data protection with small data (e.g., ethnographies, interviews) and big data; * The role of the research participants in the research project (e.g., considering them as active subjects, as in research with children or in research-action projects); * Internet Research Ethics across countries (e.g., comparative studies, the role(s) of Ethics Review Boards, etc.); * Ethics by design and the design of the research process; * Dissemination of the research and open data. * Submission details Please send your abstract and a 150 words biographical note by September 16, 2022 September 30, 2022 to: redazione.cs(a)unicatt.it elisabetta.locatelli(a)unicatt.it aline.franzke(a)gmail.com c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no Abstracts should be between 300 to 400 words of length (in English). All submissions should include: 5 keywords, name of author(s), institutional affiliation, contact details and a short bio for each author. Authors will be notified of proposal acceptance/rejection by September 30, 2022 the middle of October. If the proposal is accepted, the author(s) will be asked to submit the full article, in English, by February 17, 2023. Submission of a paper will be taken to imply that it is unpublished and is not being considered for publication elsewhere. Articles must not exceed 5’000/6’000-words (including references) For editorial guidelines, please refer to the section “Guide for the authors” on the Comunicazioni sociali website http://comunicazionisociali.vitaepensiero.com Contributions will be submitted to a double-blind peer review process. The issue number 2.2023 of Comunicazioni Sociali will be published in September, 2023. “Comunicazioni Sociali” is indexed in Scopus and it is an A-class rated journal by ANVUR in: Cinema, photography and television (L-ART/06), Performing arts (L-ART/05), and Sociology of culture and communication (SPS/08). References Franzke, aline shakti et al. (2020) Internet Research : Ethical Guidelines 3.0 Association of Internet Researchers. Available at: https://aoir.org/reports/ethics3.pdf. Ibiricu, B., & van der Made, M. L. (2020). Ethics by design: a code of ethics for the digital age. Records Management Journal, 30(3), 395–414. https://doi.org/10.1108/RMJ-08-2019-0044 Zimmer, M. and Buchanan, E. (2016) Internet Research Ethics, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Available at: https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/ethics-internet-research/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplato.sta…> Zimmer, M., & Kinder-Kurlanda, K. (Eds.). (2017). Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age: New Challenges, Cases, and Contexts. Internet Research Ethics for the Social Age. New York: Peter Lang (Digital Formation series). https://doi.org/10.3726/b11077 Zook, M., Barocas, S., Boyd, D., Crawford, K., Keller, E., Gangadharan, S. P., … Pasquale, F. (2017). Ten simple rules for responsible big data research. PLoS Computational Biology, 13(3), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1005399 [http://static.unicatt.it/ext-portale/5xmille%20firma%20mail%202022.jpg]

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IEEE WoWMoM 2023 - Call for Workshops
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 22 Sep '22

22 Sep '22

================================================================== Call for Workshops =================================================================== IEEE WoWMoM 2023 The 24th IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (WoWMoM) https://coe.northeastern.edu/Groups/wowmom2023/ June 12 - 15, 2023 Boston, MA, USA *CALL FOR WORKSHOPS* SCOPE AND OVERVIEW The IEEE International Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks (IEEE WoWMoM 2023), now in its 24th edition, is a premier forum for networking, software systems, and multimedia research in the wireless/mobile area. The WoWMoM organizing committee invites proposals for full-day or half-day workshops affiliated with the conference. The purpose of these workshops is to provide a platform for presenting novel ideas in a less formal and possibly more focused way than at the conference itself. All WoWMoM workshops are expected to enable stimulating discussions of state-of-the-art, emerging, visionary, and perhaps controversial topics. Workshops should be organized to promote lively interaction. Workshop proposals are solicited in all areas, and topics on wireless, mobile, and multimedia networking and workshops addressing emerging research directions in these areas are particularly welcome. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Please see: https://coe.northeastern.edu/Groups/wowmom2023/call_for_workshops.html IMPORTANT DATES Proposals due: October 25, 2022 Acceptance notification: November 5, 2022 CONTACT For any additional information, please contact the Workshop Co-chairs. - Nils Aschenbruck (Osnabrück University, Germany) - Vitaly Petrov (Northeastern University, USA) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions 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> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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#id24 conference is tonight/tomorrow - Sep 21-22 2022
by Joly MacFie 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

[image: f0b2adf8-6e3a-4af1-8d25-bde83f8398fc.jpg] *Inclusive Design 24* (#id24) is a free 24-hour online event for the global community. It celebrates inclusive design and shares knowledge and ideas from analogue to digital, from design to development, from planners to practitioners, and everything and everyone in between. https://inclusivedesign24.org/2022/ *Follow on Twitter* https://bit.ly/id24tweeets <https://bit.ly/id24tweeets> A few sessions I'll highlight *04:00 UTC Really inclusive online conferences* https://youtu.be/RLmmVsg8l4g&list=PLn7dsvRdQEfHjluJsuzNto9PFhAsG3Hwb *05:00 UTC Web Accessibility for Speech Recognition users - A pragmatic approach* https://youtu.be/2g9X-QPgZgo?list=PLn7dsvRdQEfHjluJsuzNto9PFhAsG3Hwb *11:00 UTC How to be inclusive to neurodiverse people* https://youtu.be/scKW7gwRZ9Q?list=PLn7dsvRdQEfHjluJsuzNto9PFhAsG3Hwb *14:00 UTC Making the web a more welcoming place for minority languages* https://youtu.be/CilUEp5EkNg?list=PLn7dsvRdQEfHjluJsuzNto9PFhAsG3Hwb *15:00 Trauma-informed Website Design* https://youtu.be/Doxvsv31wOg?list=PLn7dsvRdQEfHjluJsuzNto9PFhAsG3Hwb - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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JOB OPPORTUNITIES at the UK data protection authority
by Sophia Ignatidou 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

More new roles going at the Information Commissioner’s Office on technology policy and data protection. https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/jobs/vacancies/ Please share widely or apply, Happy to answer any questions, Kind regards Sophia -- Sophia Ignatidou ----------------------- /Group Manager for Technology Policy at the ICO /Academy Fellow (2018-2019) at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), London

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recruiting doctoral students
by Rosanna Guadagno 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

Hi friends and colleagues! I’m getting settled into my new position at the University of Oulu and am hiring! Seeking 1 - 2 PhD students interested in using Persuasive Information Systems design to combat misinformation on social media. I’m looking for students with a psychology/social science background and/or an Information Systems background at the master’s level (preferred). These positions come with Finnish residency (and it’s awesome here!!). Interested applicants can contact me via this email address or at Rosanna.Guadagno(a)oulu.fi Please spread the word!! Cheers, Rosanna --- Rosanna E. Guadagno, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Persuasive Information Systems University of Oulu Google Scholar Profile <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-_0SgvoAAAAJ&hl=en> cell/text: +358-41-492-6976 Twitter: @Rosannaeg <https://twitter.com/RosannaEG> Lab: OSIL <https://osilab.eu> Specialty Chief Editor in Media Psychology, Frontiers in Psychology <https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/sections/media-psychology> Associate Editor, Frontiers in Psychology, Personality and Social Psychology <https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/sections/personality-and-so…>

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Job Posting: Pace University Communication & Media Studies
by Marcella Szablewicz 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

Dear All: The Department of Communication and Media Studies at Pace University in NYC is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor. Please see the job listing, and links to ad on the Pace website and The Chronicle of Higher Education, below. If you have any questions about the position please feel free to contact me. Best, Marcella The Department of Communication and Media Studies of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences at Pace University in New York City invites applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level to begin in August 2023. The successful candidate should be a media studies generalist who can teach and design undergraduate courses that emphasize experiential and applied learning in one or more of the following areas: digital storytelling, multimedia journalism, news writing and reporting, podcasting, and/or strategic communication. The successful applicant will be expected to teach introductory and content creation courses and encouraged to develop upper-level courses in her/his/their area of specialization as well as to support the department in other areas of teaching as needed. Position Qualifications Preference will be given to those with a PhD in Media or Communication Studies. ABDs who will have degrees in hand by August 2023 and recent PhDs are encouraged to apply. Candidates for tenure-track positions must have a defined research agenda and demonstrate the potential to maintain an active scholarly program. All candidates should provide a letter of application, curriculum vitae, research statement, teaching philosophy, list of references, one to two writing samples, and up to three sample syllabi. Applicants should also provide a statement explaining how they would contribute to the development of an equitable, diverse and inclusive learning community at Pace through their teaching, research, and/or service. Here is direct application site: https://careers.pace.edu/postings/23392 And here is the job posting on the Chronicle: https://jobs.chronicle.com/job/37308907/communication-and-media-studies-ft-… -- Marcella Szablewicz Associate Professor Department of Communication and Media Studies Pace University 41 Park Row Room 505 New York, NY 10038 (o) 212-346-1632 (c) 917-474-3856

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Queering Digital Culture symposium - 28 October
by Feldman, Zeena 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

Dear friends and colleagues, Please join us on Friday, 28 October for the Queering Digital Cultures symposium. The event will run from 12:00-16:30 at King’s College London, with a wine reception to follow. If you’re not able to make it to London, please join us online. Attendance in both forms is free. Register is essential https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queering-digital-cultures-tickets-424052361027 About this event The internet is increasingly regarded by users, regulators and NGOs as a public utility. The UN has gone so far as to call internet access a universal right<https://www.brookings.edu/blog/techtank/2016/11/07/the-internet-as-a-human-…>. But the internet is simultaneously seen as a technological infrastructure linked to – and leveraged for – capital production and accumulation. The Queering Digital Cultures symposium aims to explore what this tension between universal access and platform capitalism means for the sex and gender-based assumptions and exclusions generated by today’s internet. We will focus on how homophobia, sexism and transphobia are reproduced in contemporary digital culture and unpack how this intersects with existing inequalities and ‘digital divides’ around race, class and (dis)ability. We train our analytical lens on the ways that mainstream data production, consumption and circulation practices impact sex and gender minorities. We also consider how queer users, activists and tech workers challenge the inequalities and exclusions (re)produced in today’s internet. Working to understand these issues is crucial for the future of internet studies. Across its thirty-year history, the discipline has critiqued the ways in which digital technologies impact the social register of everyday life. Yet this intellectual project has failed to substantively consider the experiences of sex and gender minorities, and the resulting intersectional exclusions generated by and in today’s internet. Queering Digital Cultures brings together esteemed scholars who have made important contributions to addressing these blindspots. Wine reception to follow the event. Speakers: Kath Albury<https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/our-research/access-our-research/find…> (Swinburne University of Technology) Kevin Guyan<https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/cca/staff/kevinguyan> (University of Glasgow) Chloé Locatelli<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/chloe-locatelli> (King’s College London) Shaka McGlotten<https://www.purchase.edu/live/profiles/460-shaka-mcglotten> (Purchase College-SUNY) Alexander Monea<https://english.gmu.edu/people/amonea> (George Mason University) Gaspard Pelurson<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/gaspard-pelurson> (King’s College London) Organisers: Zeena Feldman<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-zeena-feldman> and Jamie Hakim<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/jamie-hakim>, King's College London This event will be held in a hybrid format. For those able to travel to London, you can join us in person. For others, you can choose to attend remotely via Teams. Register at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/queering-digital-cultures-tickets-42405236102.

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WEBCAST SEP 21: Using Community Networks to Bridge the Access Gap in Francophone Africa / Utilisation des réseaux communautaires pour combler le déficit d’accès en Afrique francophone
by Joly MacFie 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

(Just started - for French captions go to facebook) (Cela a commencé - pour les sous-titres français voir sur facebook) [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/15779>On *Wednesday September 21 2022* at *12:00-13.30 UTC* the *Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/>* and the *Association for Progressive Communications <https://apc.org/>* host ‘*Using Community Networks to Bridge the Access Gap in Francophone Africa <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/202…>*‘. This is the fifth session of the *2021/2022 Summit on Community Networks in Africa <https://www.internetsociety.org/events/summit-community-networks-africa/>*. The deployment of community networks is scarce in the francophone part of Africa despite the lack of accessibility.This session will look at how the use of community networks could contribute in reducing the gaps. *SPEAKERS* *Chako Armant*, Head of Project, La Difference (PamojaNET Community Network) *Jean Louis Fendji*, Senior Lecturer, University of Ngaoundere and Research Director, AfroLeadership *Keita Aboubacar Sitan Sidiki*, Founding Member and Treasurer, Internet Society Guinea Chapter *Patrick Byamungu*, Co-founder and Director, La Différence *Tidjani Mahamat Adoum*, President, Internet Society Chad Chapter *MODERATOR* *Jean-Baptiste Millogo*, Internet Technology and Development Expert, Africa, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM ENGLISH http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CNAfrica-5 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/CNAfrica-5>* Le *mercredi 21 septembre 2022* à *12h00-13h30 UTC*, l’*Internet Society <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/>* et l’*Association for Progressive Communications <https://www.apc.org/fr>* organisent « *Utilisation des réseaux communautaires pour combler le déficit d’accès en Afrique francophone <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/summit-community-networks-africa/…>* ». Il s’agit de la cinquième session du *Sommet 2021/2022 sur les réseaux communautaires en Afrique <https://www.internetsociety.org/fr/events/summit-community-networks-africa/>*. Le déploiement de réseaux communautaires est rare dans la partie francophone de l’Afrique malgré le manque d’accessibilité. Cette session examinera comment l’utilisation des réseaux communautaires pourrait contribuer à réduire les inégalités. Nous explorerons les questions suivantes et plus encore: *INTERVENANTS* *Chako Armant*, Chef de projet, La Différence (Réseau communautaire PamojaNET) *Jean Louis Fendji*, Chargé de cours, l’Université de Ngaoundéré et Directeur de recherche, AfroLeadership *Keita Aboubacar Sitan Sidiki*, Membre fondateur et Trésorier, Internet Society Chapitre Guinéen *Patrick Byamungu*, Fondateur et Directeur, La Différence *Tidjani Mahamat Adoum*, Président, Internet Society Chapitre Tchad *MODÉRATEUR* *Jean-Baptiste Millogo*, expert en technologie et développement Internet, Afrique, Internet Society *LIVESTREAM FRANÇAIS http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/CNAfrica-5 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/CNAfrica-5>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Ls8DQ8 <https://bit.ly/3Ls8DQ8> *(EN/FR) (EN Captions) *TWITTER #CommunityNetworks #africa @internetsociety @ISOC_Community #switchiton #GrowInternet #francophone* *.* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <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 <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc>* (Captions) <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>*https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/ <https://www.facebook.com/InternetSociety/>* (Captions) <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>*https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/ <https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/>* (Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/CNAfrica-5 <https://archive.org/details/CNAfrica-5>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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New book: Digital Humanism: A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society (Christian Fuchs)
by Christian Fuchs 21 Sep '22

21 Sep '22

Fuchs, Christian. 2022. Digital Humanism. A Philosophy for 21st Century Digital Society. SocietyNow Series. Bingley: Emerald. More information and sample reading: https://fuchsc.uti.at/books/digital-humanism/ Our contemporary global digital society is not always a good place to live. Authoritarianism, hatred, false news, post-truth culture, the COVID-19 anti-vaccination movement, COVID-19 conspiracy theories, and political polarisation are organised via the Internet. The public sphere is highly polarised. Today, many humans tend to think of other humans mainly in terms of friends and enemies. Robots and Artificial Intelligence-based automation have created new challenges for the world of work. Decades of neoliberalism have increased inequalities. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown the vulnerability of humanity to viruses and health crises. Humanity and society are in a major crisis and digitalisation mediates this crisis. /Digital Humanism/ explores how Humanism can help us to critically understand how digital technologies shape society and humanity, providing an introduction to Humanism in the digital age. Fuchs introduces the approach of Digital Humanism and outlines foundations of a Radical Digital Humanism, analysing what decolonisation of academia and the study of the digital, media and communication means; what the roles are of robots, automation, and Artificial Intelligence in digital capitalism, and how the communication of death and dying has been mediated by digital technologies, capitalist necropower, and digital capitalism. In order to save humanity and society, we need Radical Digital Humanism now. “Digital Humanism is the book we have been waiting for. … Digital Humanism refuses to transform humans into machines and to think of machines as humans. This is why this book is such an important and timely intervention" Eva Illouz, Director of Studies at EHESS, Paris/ //Table of Contents /Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. What is Humanism? Chapter 3. What is Digital Humanism? Chapter 4. Decolonising Academia: A Radical Humanist Perspective Chapter 5. Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Digital Capitalism Chapter 6. Policy Discourses on Robots and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the EU, the USA, and China Chapter 7. Necropower, Death, and Digital Communication in Covid-19 Capitalism Chapter 8. Conclusion

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New book: Media and Psychoanalysis – A Critical Introduction
by Jacob Johanssen 20 Sep '22

20 Sep '22

Media and Psychoanalysis – A Critical Introduction (Karnac Books, London 2022) Jacob Johanssen and Steffen Krüger Our lives are saturated by media that we use in conscious as well as unconscious ways. Spanning a wide range of examples, from film and TV to social media, from gaming to robots, this critical introduction guides readers through the growing field of psychoanalytic media studies in a clear and accessible manner. It is an indispensable read for anyone who wants to understand the complex relationship between humans and technology today. Jacob Johanssen and Steffen Krüger show how media function beyond the rational. What does it mean to speak of narcissism in relation to social media? How have the internet and online platforms shaped work? How do apps like Tinder and online pornography shape our experience of love and sexuality? What are the potentials and pitfalls in our relationships with AI and robots? These questions, and many others, are discussed and answered in this book. Aimed at students, academics and clinicians, this book introduces readers to key media and the ways they have been approached psychoanalytically, and presents major concepts and debates led by scholars since the 1970s. Table of Contents Introduction 1. Reality and fantasy from film to TV 2. Social media and psychosocial relations 3. Work, neoliberalism and the perverse pact 4. Digital politics and the other 5. Virtual sexuality: from the pre-oedipal to the post-oedipal 6. Videogames, AI and the vicissitudes of symbiosis Conclusion Glossary More information: https://www.karnacbooks.com/product/media-and-psychoanalysis/96564/ Join us on 13 October for a book launch event in central London: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-media-and-psychoanalysis-by-jaco…

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