November 2023 - Air-L - lists.aoir.org

New AoIR videos are available!
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Hello all, We’re delighted to let you know that there’s a bunch of new videos for your enjoyment and enrichment over on our YouTube channel <https://www.youtube.com/@associationofinternetresea338/videos>. Specifically, you can find the keynote and plenary sessions <https://aoir.org/aoir2023-keynote-plenary-keynote/> from AoIR2023, and the proceedings of the Flashpoint Symposium <https://aoir.org/aoir2023flashpoint/> held earlier in the year in Naples, Italy. Enjoy!

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Re: [Air-L] Africa-UniNet Funding Opportunity- Seeking Partners in Austria/Vienna
by Tunde Ope-Davies 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Dear esteemed colleagues, let me first thank all our administrators and colleagues working to ensure that this platform fulfils its objectives. I am the principal investigator at the Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Lagos, Nigeria. We are applying to the above-named funding facility in Austria seeking to work on a project relating to the theme that establishes a connection between technology and society, and how that can contribute to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiatives in Africa. Please allow me to use this platform to find out whether we have colleagues in any university in Austria who may be available to collaborate with us on this funding opportunity. Looking forward to your swift response. Thank you. Best wishes, Tunde Ope-Davies PS: You may contact me via my official email: bopeibi(a)unilag.edu.ng -- *Professor 'Tunde Ope-Davies * *FAvH,, FCSC, MNAL* *Visiting Professor, University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany * *Professor of English & Digital Linguistics, Digital Cultures & **Discourse Studies, University of Lagos* *Member, Nigerian Academy of Letters (MNAL)* *Founder and Director, Centre for Digital Humanities, University of Lagos * *Senior Fellow, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany * * Convener, Lagos Summer School in Digital Humanities (LSSDH)* *www.unilag.edu.ng <http://www.unilag.edu.ng>; www.cedhul.com.ng <http://www.dhunilag.com> I https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tunde_Opeibi/stats <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Tunde_Opeibi/stats>* *https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1772-6356 <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1772-6356> I Tel: +234 8033122200*

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CFP SI ‘Researching gender and digital media in migration and diaspora settings’ journal Global Diaspora and Media.
by Leurs, K.H.A. (Koen) 07 Dec '23

07 Dec '23

Dear colleagues, Please find below a Call for Papers for an upcoming special issue of the journal Global Diaspora and Media. ‘Researching gender and digital media in migration and diaspora settings’ Guest editors: Laura Candidatu, Utrecht University: l.i.candidatu(a)uu.nl Claudia Minchilli, University of Groningen, the Netherlands: c.minchilli(a)rug.nl Nina Sahraoui, Paris Saclay University, PRINTEMPS, CNRS, France: nina.sahraoui(a)cnrs.fr Full-length call on the journal's website. Topics of interest include: Gendered perspectives on belonging, identities and citizenship in transnational digital contexts ; Feminist and intersectional community building, public engagement and activism online ; Gender representations and debates in diaspora and migration contexts across digital spaces ; Digital media in relation to social and cultural reproduction practices ; Doing family: motherhood, care and the transnational mediation of intimacy ; Transnational queer and LGBTQIA+ online diasporic presence and activism ; Postcolonial and decolonial perspectives on digital diasporic engagements ; Gendered aspects of digital media in (post)humanitarian contexts; Methodological considerations around digital ethnographies and netnographies attending to gender dynamics. Submission of abstracts: 30 January 2024 Confirmation of acceptance: 8 March, 2024 Full manuscripts: 30 September, 2024 Peer review and revisions: October 2024 - January, 2025 Final Submission: February to May, 2025 Publication of the special issue: June 2025

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Book Announcement
by William Dutton 04 Dec '23

04 Dec '23

Hi, is it possible for me to send you text for a book of mine recently published? The Fifth Estate. Thanks, Bill William H. Dutton 55 Victoria Road Oxford OX2 7QF United Kingdom william.dutton(a)gmail.com Twitter @BiIIDutton (II=two capital ii’s) Phone: +44 (0)1865 423836 Mobile: +44 (0)7757 741670 Blog: https://billdutton.me

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ONLINE EVENT Behind the Scenes of a Digital Ethnography Dissertation, 1st December
by Glatt,ZA (pgr) 01 Dec '23

01 Dec '23

Hello all, Please join the Rutgers Digital Ethnography Working Group (DEWG) in collaboration with The Digital Ethnography Collective for our upcoming event ‘Behind the Scenes of a Digital Ethnography Dissertation,’ with panellists Michelle Cera, Zoe Glatt and Yena Lee! Online Friday 1st December 12:30-2:00pm EST REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/behind-the-scenes-of-a-digital-ethnography-dis… As every ethnographer knows, there’s often a gap between our best-laid research plans and our research realities – whether because of time/mobility constraints, funding issues, access challenges, or any number of other roadblocks we may encounter. And for dissertating graduate students, this gap can be especially tricky to navigate. This panel will bring together advanced and recently graduated PhD students for a conversation about the gritty reality of doing a digital ethnography dissertation. Panellists will speak candidly about their experiences with digital ethnographic data collection, analysis, and writing, while also teaching, RAing, navigating the job market, and living lives outside of work. ABOUT OUR PANELLISTS: Michelle Cera is a doctoral candidate in the sociology department at New York University where she studies politics, gender, inequality, and social media. She has studied and written about the pandemic and gender inequality, the ethics of digital ethnography, young adult dating practices, and the gendered nature of hookup culture. Her dissertation focuses on far-right extremism on social media platforms. More info at: https://as.nyu.edu/departments/sociology/people/current-phd-students/cera--… Dr. Zoe Glatt is a feminist media scholar with interests in platformised creative industries and labour, social media and influencer cultures, and digital ethnographic methods. She is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Microsoft Research New England, where she is working on her first book manuscript, Demonetised: Inequality, Co-Option and Resistance in the Influencer Industry, as well as new research into the intersections of AI and the creator economy. She is the co-founder of The Digital Ethnography Collective, an interdisciplinary group exploring the intersections of digital culture and ethnographic methods. She is also currently in the process of setting up the Content Creator Scholars Network (CCSN), for researchers studying influencer industries and creator culture. More info at: www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com> Yena Lee is a Ph.D. candidate in the Media, Technology, and Society program at Northwestern School of Communication. Her research interweaves political communication, the sociology of social movements, and political economy of new media to study the mediated forms and processes of democratic participatory politics with a focus on relationships. Her dissertation advances grassroots models of democratic citizenship that account for the ways content creators have translated conventional notions of good citizenships to form civic relationships. She has authored publications in leading outlets theorizing about relationships in networked grassroots activism. In a study published in Information, Communication & Society, she compares two case studies of feminist networked movement leadership from Korea—SchoolMeToo and Telegram Sextortion Ring Protest—to develop an understanding of brokerage as the type of communication that goes beyond the neutral act of connecting to reshaping the relationship between grassroots and institutional actors. Her research published in the International Journal of Communication adopts concepts of relational scripts and schemas to theorize networked relationships, illustrating the importance of studying relationships as integral building blocks of networked publics and instruments for resisting harmful technocultures. More info at: https://yenal.notion.site I look forward to seeing some of you there! All the best, Zoe ________________________ Dr Zoë Glatt www.zoeglatt.com<http://www.zoeglatt.com/> | zoe.glatt(a)microsoft.com<mailto:zoe.glatt@microsoft.com> Postdoctoral Researcher: Microsoft’s Social Media Collective Co-Founder: The Digital Ethnography Collective @DigECollective<https://twitter.com/DigECollective> Twitter<https://twitter.com/ZoeGlatt> | YouTube<https://www.youtube.com/user/Zedstergal> | Mastodon<https://aoir.social/@ZoeGlatt>

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Common Crawl
by Joly MacFie 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Somehow I had got by this far in my life blissfully unaware of the existence of Common Crawl <https://commoncrawl.org/>. I suspect I am not alone. Common Crawl maintains a free, open repository of web crawl data that can > be used by anyone. > Common Crawl is a 501(c)(3) non–profit founded in 2007. > ‍ > We make wholesale extraction, transformation and analysis of open web data > accessible to researchers. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CfP 4S/EASST Amsterdam, 16-19 July 2024 - Panel 276. Navigating the Long-Term Impact of Technological Interventions: The Role of Folgekostenabschätzung
by Aal, Konstantin 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Dear colleagues, I am inviting submissions to the open panel 276. Navigating the Long-Term Impact of Technological Interventions: The Role of Folgekostenabschätzung to be submitted to the EASST-4S 2024, which will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 16-19 July 2024. Deadline for submission is February 12, 2024. Panel Description: In an era marked by rapid technological advancement, the concept of Folgekostenabschätzung – the German term for "cost estimation of consequences" or "cost estimation of follow-up expenses" – has emerged as a critical tool for assessing the long-term impacts of technological implementations. This panel will focus on understanding and applying how this perspective is relevant in socio-technical systems, where the complex interplay between technology, society and the environment requires nuanced and forward-looking approaches. The focus of this panel is to stimulate a critical discourse on future sustainable technological solutions, emphasising the need to develop Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) that have a positive impact not only on society, but also on the natural environment and its finite resources. In the context of socio-technical systems, which are inherently complex and dynamic, technological interventions can have unforeseen consequences that are difficult to anticipate. Hence, a robust Folgekostenabschätzung is indispensable. Accepted panelists will present their ideas, experiences and perspectives on assessing the long-term costs and consequences of technology deployment. The following questions may be of interest: * How can we accurately assess the potential impacts of technology on society and the environment over time? * What frameworks and methodologies are effective for conducting consequential cost assessments? * How can this assessment inform policy making and guide sustainable technology development? This panel invites scholars and researchers to engage in a thought-provoking discussion. The aim is to foster a deeper understanding of how to navigate the intersection of technology, society and the environment in a thoughtful and responsible way, ensuring that our technological advances contribute to a sustainable and equitable future for all. Session Chair: Konstantin Aal (konstantin.aal(a)uni-siegen.de<mailto:konstantin.aal@uni-siegen.de>) Keywords: Sustainability, Future of technology, Folgekostenabschätzung, Technological advances Link to the Panel: https://www.easst4s2024.net/open-panels/#14353 Submissions: If you would like to participate in this session, please submit your individual abstract of approx. 250 words and follow the instructions described here: Link to the submission form: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/paper-form/14353 ### The 2024 quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) invites panels, presentations, making & doing contributions, and other events that explore the role of STS in making and doing contributions to transformations in an era of grand societal challenges. More information can be found here: https://www.easst4s2024.net/ -- Konstantin Aal Research assistant and PhD student pronouns: he/him/his Information Systems and New Media SFB 1187 "Medien der Kooperation" University of Siegen Kohlbettstr. 15, 57072 Siegen Raum. US-E-102 Tel. +49 (0)271 / 740 3383 Mob. +49 (0)176 / 30 780 007 http://www.uni-siegen.de/fb5/wirtschaftsinformatik/index.html.en?lang=en

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DEADLINE 12/31: CfP: The future of conspiracy
by Zelly Claire Eliane Martin 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Hello AoIR community, I hope all are well and hopefully have some time to rest coming up! I am writing to remind that the *deadline* for our special issue in Journal of Information Technology & Politics <https://think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issues/journal-information-techn…> on *the future of conspiracy scholarship* is *12/31/2023*. As a reminder, please submit full papers to the JITP submission portal <https://accounts.taylorfrancis.com/identity/#/login?authorize=true&client_i…> and select our special issue when prompted. Please write to me at zelly[(a)]utexas.edu with any and all questions! Happy holidays! Zelly -- *Zelly Martin *| PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant Center for Media Engagement | Moody College of Communication | The University of Texas at Austin mediaengagement.org/propaganda/ <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediaengag…>| @zellycmartin Latest publication: Zelly C Martin, Inga K Trauthig, Katlyn Glover, and Samuel C Woolley. (2023). The political use of encrypted messaging applications: Evidence from southeast Asia and its implications for the global public sphere. *First Monday*. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i10.13172

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Textbook on media, economy, and society
by Christian Fuchs 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

This guide to the critical study of the media economy in society provides insights into how to critically analyse the political economy of communication and the media. Christian Fuchs. 2024. Media, Economy and Society: A Critical Introduction. Abingdon: Routledge. Christian Fuchs. 2023. Grundlagen der Medienökonomie: Medien, Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft. München: UVK/utb More information (including possibility to order a review copy or a lecturer copy for use in the classroom): English book version: https://fuchsc.net/books/media-economy-and-society-a-critical-introduction/ German book version: https://fuchsc.net/books/grundlagen-der-medienokonomie-medien-wirtschaft-un… The book introduces a variety of methods and topics, including the political economy of communication in capitalism, media concentration, advertising, global media and transnational media corporations, class relations and working conditions in the capitalist media and communication industry, the Internet and digital media, the information society and digital capitalism, the public sphere, Public Service Media, the Public Service Internet and the political economy of media management. Each chapter features a highly accessible introduction, recommended readings and lots of practical exercises where you will apply the Political Economy approach to concrete examples and cases. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction Part I: Foundations 2. What is Political Economy? 3. What is Media Economics? 4. The Political Economy of Communication and the Media 5. The Critical Tradition in the Analysis of Media, Communication, Economy & Society Part II: Applications 6. The Political Economy of Media Concentration 7. The Political Economy of Advertising 8. The Political Economy of Global Media 9. Media Work: The Political Economy of Cultural Labour in the Media Industry 10. The Political Economy of the Internet and Digital Media 11. The Political Economy of the Information Society and Digital Capitalism 12. The Political Economy of the Public Sphere and the Digital Public Sphere 13. The Political Economy of Public Service Media and the Public Service Internet 14. The Political Economy of Media Management

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Update on Call for Papers: AI-Experiences & Public Safety - Keynote Speakers Announced
by Majsa Storbeck 30 Nov '23

30 Nov '23

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to inform you about a new development regarding our upcoming symposium titled 'AI-Experiences & Public Safety', scheduled for the 8th and 9th of April 2024 at Erasmus University. We have the honour of welcoming two esteemed keynote speakers, Pete Fussey and Antoinette Rouvroy, who will be sharing their perspectives on surveillance experiences in the age of AI. Please mark your calendars, as the deadline for abstract submissions is set for January 15. For more detailed information about the symposium, please refer to the website: https://www.eur.nl/en/news/call-abstracts-ai-experiences-and-public-safety Looking forward to your active participation and engagement in what promises to be an insightful event. Warm regards, Majsa Storbeck Dutch Surveillance Studies @NLSurvStudies

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