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Today Dec 15 last day to register SOIs for ISOC Pulse Research Fellowship.
by Joly MacFie 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

Today December 15 2023is the last day to register Statements of Interest for the Internet Society's Pulse Research Fellowship in 2024. More info: https://pulse.internetsociety.org/fellowship I just edited videos of the 2023 project review and they can be found at https://pulse.internetsociety.org/blog/2023-pulse-research-fellowship-review Joly -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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28th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS 2024): Last Call for Papers
by Announce 15 Dec '23

15 Dec '23

*** Last Call for Papers *** 28th International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS 2024) 19-21 June, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/iceccs2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: 5 January, 2024 AoE (extended) ***) Recent years have witnessed a rapidly rising emphasis on the design, implementation and management of complex computer systems which are present in every aspect of human activities, such as manufacturing, communications, defence, transportation, aerospace, hazardous environments, energy, and healthcare. These complex systems are frequently distributed over heterogeneous networks and process a large amount of data, leveraging emerging artificial intelligence (AI), large language models, and machine learning techniques. Complexity arises from many factors, including the dynamic environment and the scenarios these systems operate in, demanding and sometimes conflicting requirements in functionality, efficiency, scalability, security, dependability and adaptability, data heterogeneity, as well as the wide range of development methodologies, programming languages and implementation details. Performance, real-time behaviour, fault tolerance, robustness, security, adaptability, development time and cost, and long life concerns are some of the key issues arising in the development of such systems. The International Conference on Engineering of Complex Computer Systems (ICECCS) is a well-established event that has been held around the world for over 25 years. The goal of this conference is to bring together industrial, academic, and government experts from a variety of application domains and software disciplines, to discuss how the disciplines’ problems and solution techniques interact within the whole system. Researchers, practitioners, tool developers and users, and technology transfer experts are all welcome. The scope of the conference includes long-term research issues, near-term requirements and challenges, established complex systems, emerging promising tools, and retrospective and prospective reflections of research and development into complex systems. LIST OF TOPICS Authors are invited to submit papers describing original, unpublished research results, case studies and tools. Papers are solicited in all areas related to complex computer-based systems, including the causes of complexity and means of avoiding, controlling, or coping with complexity. Topic areas include, but are not limited to: Requirements, modeling and formal methods • Requirements analysis and specification • Model-driven development • Model checking • SAT/SMT solvers for software analysis and testing AI, Complex intelligent models and complex systems • Big data management • Data-drive and AI-backed systems • Machine Learning for Software Engineering • AI4SE and SE4AI • Adaptive, self-managing and multi-agent systems Security, reliability and dependability • Safety-critical and fault-tolerant architectures • Formal methods • Security and privacy of complex systems • Privacy-preserving AI • Fairness Software engineering • Verification and validation • Reverse engineering and refactoring • Software architecture • Human Machine Interaction • Agile methods Realistic complex systems • Ubiquitous computing, context awareness, sensor networks • Cyber-physical systems and Internet of Things (IoT) • Autonomous systems and self-healing systems • Industrial case studies Different kinds of contributions are sought, including novel research, lessons learned, experience reports, and discussions of practical problems faced by industry and user domains. The ultimate goal is to build a rich and comprehensive conference program that can fit the interests and needs of different classes of attendees: professionals, researchers, managers, and students. A program goal is to organize several sessions that include both academic and industrial papers on a given topic and culminate panels to discuss relationships between industrial and academic research. COLLABORATION WITH THE ACM TRANSACTIONS ON SOFTWARE ENGINEERING AND METHODOLOGY (TOSEM) To facilitate the dissemination of high-quality research presented at ICECCS 2024, selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their accepted conference papers to ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM). Authors of these selected papers are kindly requested to submit their extended manuscripts within six months following their conference presentation. Upon the authors' acceptance of this invitation, TOSEM will provide comprehensive instructions and requirements for the submission and review process. TOSEM will conduct its rigorous review process and make final decisions on acceptance. SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Full papers are divided into two categories: Technical Papers and Experience Reports. The papers submitted to both categories will be reviewed by the program committee members, and papers accepted in either category will be published in the conference proceedings. Technical papers should describe original research, and experience reports should present practical projects carried out in the industry, and reflect on the lessons learnt from them. Short paper submissions describe early-stage, ongoing or PhD research. All short papers will be reviewed by the program committee members, and accepted short papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Submissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings have been published by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS) of the IEEE Computer Society. Submitted manuscripts should be in English and formatted in the style of the double-column IEEE CPS format. Full papers should not exceed 9 pages + 1 page for bibliography, and short papers should not exceed 5 pages + 1 page for bibliography, including figures, references, and appendices. All submissions should be in PDF format. Submissions not adhering to the specified format and length may be rejected immediately without review. Please prepare your manuscripts in accordance with the IEEE CPS guidelines. https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html . We invite all prospective authors to submit their manuscripts via the ICECCS 2024 portal, hosted by the EasyChair conference management system. https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iceccs2024 . IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract Submissions Due: 29 December, 2023 AoE (extended) • Full Paper Submissions Due: 5 January, 2024 AoE (extended) • Acceptance/Rejection Notification: 15 March, 2024 • Camera-ready Due: 15 April, 2024 • Author Registration Due: 15 April, 2024 • Conference Dates: 19-21 June, 2024 ORGANISATION Steering Committee • Jin Song Dong, National University of Singapore, Singapore • Mike Hinchey, University of Limerick, Ireland • Xiaohong Li, Tianjin University, China • Shaoying Liu, Hiroshima University, Japan • Mauro Pezze, University in Lugano, Switzerland • Roy Sterritt, Ulster University, United Kingdom • Jing Sun (Chair), University of Auckland, New Zealand General Co-Chairs • Yamine Ait-Ameur, IRIT, France • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs • Guangdong Bai, University of Queensland, Australia • Fuyuki Ishikawa, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

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Call for Papers! MIA #194: Digital media and the labor market in the post-pandemic landscape in Latin America.
by Katrin Langton 14 Dec '23

14 Dec '23

Hello AoIR community, and happy Friday! I know it’s almost the end of the year 🎇 so we have just extended the deadline on our call for papers (see details below)! Additionally, the Feature Topic Editor has kindly offered to review extended abstracts of around 500 words for feedback, prior to your submission to Media International Australia. Call for Articles. Media International Australia (MIA). SAGE. Feature Topic. Digital media and the labor market in the post-pandemic landscape in Latin America. (Deadline Extended to March 1st, 2024) Feature Topic Editor: David Ramírez Plascencia, Universidad de Guadalajara – Mexico (Editor) davidrapla(a)gmail.com<mailto:davidrapla@gmail.com> and davidram(a)udgvirtual.udg.mx<mailto:davidram@udgvirtual.udg.mx> Recent edited publications. Imagining Latinidad: Digital Diasporas and Public Engagement Among Latin American Migrants (Brill, 2023), “Medios educativos como espacios subversivos en América Latina: potencialidades, inconvenientes y consideraciones en el contexto de la pandemia.” Journal of Iberian and Latin American Research (JILAR, Taylor and Francis, 2022), and The Politics of Technology in Latin America (Volume 1 and 2) (Routledge, 2020). Brief. In Latin America during the health emergency in 2020, digitalization, despite digital infrastructure limitation, was essential not just because it allowed to continue studying and working at home and promoted the improvement of the exchange of goods and services networks using smartphones and mobile applications, but because it helped people to build solidary chains to support and provide relief in places where authorities were absent or negligent. Digitalization augmented even more the popularity of social platforms and mobile devices which have consolidated as the main places of socialization and entertainment among Latin Americans. After three years since the outbreak, the Latin American landscape invites us to ponder, from a critical perspective, the digital economic activities that have flourished in this post-pandemic context. This special feature topic invites proposals that analyze, from an interdisciplinary and international perspective, the impact of the pandemic and digitalization in the Latin American labor market. Prospective articles may include topics related with social media influencers (Youtubers, Tiktokers, instangramers and so on), fact-checkers, crypto miners and bitcoin traders, digital nomad workers, online gamers and videogame-items dealers, delivery-platform app workers, social media platforms sellers, among others. Propositions that address (i) the economic and cultural influence of theses economic activities in the regional and international content-consumption market, (ii) novel digital professions as a mechanism to surpass economic and social exclusion, and (iii) externalities, genre barriers and legal and ethical controversial issues, are particularly welcome. Submission Instructions. Articles should be between 5,000-8,000 words in length (including notes, references, accompanying reference list, and all other inclusions). Papers should be submitted directly to the journal. More information in this link https://journals.sagepub.com/author-instructions/MIA You may send an extended abstract (500 words) to receive feedback from the Feature Topic editor, before you submit your article to the journal. We are very much looking forward to your submissions! Warm regards, Katrin Langton (she/her) PhD Candidate on Turrbal and Yuggera Country @ Queensland University of Technology Digital Media Research Centre https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/people/katrin-langton/ ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child https://www.digitalchild.org.au/person/katrin-langton/ Media International Australia (Editorial Assistant) Twitter/X @LangtonKatrin

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Run a Wikipedia assignment next term and show your students that humans still have a critical role to play in knowledge production!
by Helaine Blumenthal 14 Dec '23

14 Dec '23

Run a Wikipedia assignment in Spring 2024: If you're concerned about how to help your students navigate today's information landscape, you're not alone! There's still a lot you can do though to ensure the integrity of information available to the public at large. In an age of generative AI, Wikipedia stands out as a place driven by human curated knowledge. Your students can participate in this critical endeavor. Incorporate a Wikipedia assignment into your course next term! Visit teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> to find out more about Wiki Education's free support and how to get started for the spring term. The deadline to submit a course is *January 15*! Since 2010, over 100,000 students have contributed more than 100 million words to Wikipedia! Your students too can be part of this impactful work. Attend an upcoming workshop! Attend <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/>one of our upcoming workshops to learn more about this unique pedagogical opportunity. Click here <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/> to register for a session. Wiki Education's support is fully funded, and there are no fees to participate. The program is open to post-secondary institutions in the U.S. and Canada. Please reach out to me directly with any questions about Wiki Education! -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Twitter <https://twitter.com/WikiEducation?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7C…>, Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/> -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education helaine(a)wikiedu.org teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>, Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiki-education-foundation/>

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WEBCAST DEC 14 – CITI Governance – NETmundial +10: Opportunities and Challenges \nfor Multistakeholder Global Internet Governance
by Joly MacFie 14 Dec '23

14 Dec '23

Just started. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/472KWqO [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8356d2ed57dce6a78306d5e…> On* Thursday December 14, 2023*, at *10:30-12:00 EST* (15:30-17:00 UTC), the *Columbia Institute for Tele-Information <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e6e29000fa218a03e7eaf24…>*, as part of its *Global Digital Governance series <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3bba8ca156d6999fcbfdc07…>*, presents a webinar '*NETmundial +10: Opportunities and Challenges \nfor Multistakeholder Global Internet Governance <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=725437c4d7abd73dcc16b03…>* '. In April 2014, Brazil hosted the *NETmundial Global Multistakeholder Meeting on the Future of Internet Governance <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=044692af43ed3329be78f86…>* in São Paulo. Held after a substantial online preparatory consultation, the meeting brought together over 1200 participants from governments and stakeholder groups to adopt a *NETmundial Multistakeholder Statement <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=115d55bc7be055c5de807e8…>* that advanced guiding principles and a roadmap for the future evolution of Internet governance. The NETmundial strengthened international support for multistakeholder cooperation at a very difficult moment that was shaped by the Edward Snowden revelations, divisive Internet negotiations in the United Nations, and the US government’s planned transition of its authority over critical Internet resources to the global community. On November 23, 2023 the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) *announced <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c7789bd0d057221d7ae8acf…>* that Brazil will convene a NETmundial +10 meeting in São Paulo in the Spring of 2024. The stated objectives include reviewing and renewing international commitments to the NETmundial principles and strategic agenda, and debating the role of multistakeholder participation in today’s even more heatedly divided geopolitical environment. The prospective meeting is stimulating discussion around the world and in the new year will likely reanimate the wide-ranging debates about the roles of states and stakeholders and the balance between multistakeholder and intergovernmental cooperation in global Internet governance. This webinar assembles a panel of veteran expert participants in global Internet governance for an initial open global discussion of the NETmundial+10 meeting. It is simulcast live under the auspices of the *Internet Society New York Chapter <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=23c6ffd77b90da48a597554…>* (ISOC-NY). *PANEL* *Avri Doria*, independent researcher and consultant *Wolfgang Kleinwächter*, Professor Emeritus, International Communication Policy and Regulation, University of Aarhus *Renata Mielli*, Coordinator, Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGI.br) *MODERATOR* *William J. Drake*, Director of International Studies at the Columbia Institute for Tele-Information *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety3/citi-netmundial <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b0f8caf1443ab1566cf792e…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://citinetmundial.eventbrite.com <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=725437c4d7abd73dcc16b03…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/472KWqO <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=7456c4041db7e80e80e59e5…>* *TWITTER #NetMundial <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f63fb70e0c90d8739a95027…> @wjdrake @Columbia_Biz @avri @renatamielli Wolfgang Kleinwächter #netgov* *MASTODON #NetMundial <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3b285801af8a0b34711c184…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://www.twitter.com/ISOC_Live/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=071072841eb3cc3cb46a61e…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=815d7e94faf04fe3fe9c899…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=129682173fd3bee6007226f…> *(AI Captions) *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/citi-netmundial <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=77dc7f16483f5c29c81068e…>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/17162 <https://isoc.live/17162>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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postdoc in synthetic data/critical data studies
by Katherine Harrison 14 Dec '23

14 Dec '23

Dear all, We have an opening for a 3 year postdoc in critical data studies/synthetic data as part of the "Operationalising Ethics for AI: translation, implementation and accountability challenges" project at Linköping University, Sweden. This is an interdisciplinary project, and part of the research program The Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program – Humanities and Society. Please find below the official blurb on the position and a link for applications. I'm also happy to chat informally with anyone who is interested. With thanks and best wishes, Katherine Harrison *** Postdoc in Gender Studies with a focus on critical data studies and synthetic data "Operationalizing Ethics for AI” is an interdisciplinary project bringing together critical feminist and computer science perspectives. This postdoc project will engage an intersectional perspective on synthetic data for algorithm development with a theoretical base in feminist technoscience studies, critical studies of AI, HCI, design, and data science. It will critically interrogate synthetic data as an object (to be, for example, regulated and discussed by industry and policy) and as a process (of creating a representation of the world used for a range of technical goals). Link to more info and application: https://liu.se/en/work-at-liu/vacancies/23430

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Jobs - Research assistant to work on Digital Soverignty project
by Mauro SANTANIELLO 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

Dear all, the Department of Political Science, Law and International Studies of the University of Padova is hiring *1* *research assistant (assegno di ricerca, 12 months) *in the context of the PRIN 2022 project: *Digital Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective: State Authority, Corporate Power and Fundamental Rights in Cyberspace. * This grant is activated to respond to the *goals of WP 2: Data Collection and Analysis*. The selected candidate will collaborate with our research - focused on how digital sovereignty is conceptualized and institutionalized in different political and economic contexts with a global outlook - by organizing policy documents and interview transcripts with the aim of identifying actors and themes pertaining to digital sovereignty. The grantee will then carry out semantic network analysis starting from the collected documents, to highlight connections amongst concepts associated with ‘digital sovereignty’; network analysis to map our the relationships between actors/authors, individual and collective, and relevant events; network analysis on the interconnection between actors/authors and policy documents *Requirement: *PhD in Political Science OR International Relations OR Sociology, with scientific-professional experience (one year at least) in application of Network Analysis to the analysis of political phenomenon and/or semantic networks. Proficient level of English is required. For more detailed information and to apply, visit - SPGI Department: https://spgi.unipd.it/bando-di-selezione-n-spgi23a14-14-padovani-il-conferi… the call (Bando SPGI23A14-14-Padovani) and instructions to apply via PICA platform (istruzioni compilazione domanda) are written in Italian and English. Basic info Ministry of University: https://bandi.miur.it/bandi.php/public/fellowship/id_fellow/251323. *Deadline: 20 dicembre 2023, 13.00 CET*Contact person: prof. Claudia Padovani (claudia.padovani(a)unipd.it) Mauro Santaniello (PhD) *Senior Researcher (tenure track) qualified Associate ProfessorProfessor of Internet Governance, Digital Policy, Local Public PolicyDirector, Internet & Communication Policy Centre (ICPC)* *Scientific Coordinator, Salerno Winter School on Internet Governance (SWING)* *Associate Research Fellow, The United Nations University Institute on Comparative Regional Integration Studies (UNU-CRIS)**Principal Investigator, PRIN 2022 **Digital Sovereignty in Comparative Perspective: State Authority, Corporate Power and Fundamental Rights in Cyberspace* *Department of Business, Management and Information Systems (DISA-MIS)* *Università degli Studi di Salerno * *Via Giovanni Paolo II, 132 84084 Fisciano (SA) - Italy * *W. http://docenti.unisa.it/mauro.santaniello <http://docenti.unisa.it/mauro.santaniello>*

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Technology Hype: Dealing with Bold Expectations and Overpromising (TATuP special issue)
by Jascha Bareis 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

Dear members of the AOiR list, We are happy to present you * https://www.tatup.de/index.php/tatup/issue/view/178 the Open Access publication of our *TaTuP* special issue on */Technology Hype: Dealing with Bold Expectations and /**/O/**/verpromising. /* The special issue assembles case studies and methodological and theoretical contributions that analyse tech hypes’ temporality, agency, and institutional dynamicsfrom an international and interdisciplinary perspective. It relates hype research to approaches of expectation, visions, and imagined futures research to examine howbold promises and hypes emergeand unfold in different contexts, but also how they can be deconstructedand anticipated, and what a responsible attitude towards them could look like. The issue shows that the reality of hypes is far more complex than some popular models suggest. Kind regards <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Twnmhe948A>, the special issue editors Jascha Bareis, Maximilian Roßmann, Frédérique Bordignon -- Signatur *Jascha Bareis* (Profile) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/staff_bareis_jascha.php>(Scholar) <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=bf1gf9AAAAAJ&hl=de&oi=ao>(LinkedIn) <https://www.linkedin.com/in/jascha-bareis-36082523b/> Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/index.php> Karlsruher Institute of Technology (KIT) <https://www.kit.edu/english/index.php> Research Group Digital Technology and Societal Change (FG DigIT) <https://www.itas.kit.edu/english/rg_digit.php> *Recent Publications* Talking AI into Being: The Narratives of National AI Strategies and Their Performative Politics, with C. Katzenbach. Science, Technology, & Human Values <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01622439211030007> “Autonomous Weapons“ as a geopolitical signifier in a national power play: analyzing AI imaginaries in Chinese and US military policies, with T.C. Bächle. European Journal of Futures Research <https://eujournalfuturesresearch.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s40309-0…> * *

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Global Media and China Published the Latest Special Issue—December 2023
by Xiao Han 13 Dec '23

13 Dec '23

Dear All, We are pleased to announce that our journal, Global Media and China, has published its latest issue (Volume 8, Issue 4, December 2023). And also we sincerely welcome your contribution to our journals. If you are interested and have the time, it is a great honour for us to receive your submission. Here is the submission portal: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/gmac. For more information about Global Media and China, please go to gch.sagepub.com. You can also find detailed submission guidelines there. You can freely read this new issue at: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/GCH/current (Follow us at Twitter: https://twitter.com/GCHjournal) *Special Section: China-as-method?: Re-theorising mediations of global south from a decolonial cultural perspective (Part One)* *Guest Editor: ** Xiaotian Li, Ling Tung Tsang and Tommy Tse* *Introduction:* *Pluralising China as Method: Decolonising cultural mediations in the global South* *Xiaotian Li, Ling Tung Tsang and Tommy Tse* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231216265 *Special Issue Articles:* *Debating the “Chineseness” of a mobile game in online communities* *Qian Li and Xiaotian Li* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231190313 *Multiplicity, diversity and individualization behind shuttlecock play: Chinese sportsmen’s masculinities in today’s China* *Ling Tung Tsang* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231176967 *“We are snowflakes”: Minor transnationalism and the cultural resilience of slash fanfiction community in China* *Fan Xiao* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231188350 *Research Trend: Chineseness as a Method* *Remark on China as method* *Anthony Fung* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231214346 *Asia as method: Where does China fit?* *Michael Keane* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231213211 *Chineseness as method* *Weiyu Zhang* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231214074 *State, platform, and misogynistic disinformation in China* *Haiyan Wang and Lulu Yuan* https://doi.org/10.1177/20594364231211421

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New Book: Media Activism and Artivism in the Global South
by Andrea Medrado 12 Dec '23

12 Dec '23

This book analyses a South-to-South connectionbetween digital media activists and artivists – artists who are activists – in theGlobal South. AndreaMedrado and Isabella Rega. 2023. Media Activism, Artivism and the Fight AgainstMarginalisation in the Global South: South-to-South Communication. New York andLondon: Routledge. Moreinformation here (and for more information about how to access the book, please feel free to contact the authors). | | | | | | | | | | | Media Activism, Artivism and the Fight Against Marginalisation in the Gl... This book analyses a South-to-South connection between media activists and artivists – artists who are activists... | | | This book emphasises the urgent need to engage in South-to-Southdialogues in order to create more sustainable connections between Global Southcommunities and as an essential step towards identifying and facing globalproblems, such as state repression, social inequality and climate crises.Medrado and Rega analyse the characteristics of this connection, identify itsunique contributions to the study of digital media and social change and discuss itslong-term sustainability. They do so by focusing on instances when medianarratives in countries of different Global South(s) intertwine and transformeach other; specifically, the exchanges between Latin America (Brazil) andAfrica (Kenya). They explore how digital activism and artivism can build global movement and challenge colonial legacies. The book also discusses how to connect people with varied skill sets in different GlobalSouth contexts, promoting South-to-South solidarity, in a cross-continentalchallenge to marginalisation. Crucial reading for students and scholars of digital activism,social movements, global media and communication, development studies andinternational studies, as well as activists and social movement organisations. “Few works are so grounding, refreshing, and hopeful as Medradoand Rega’s book. Leveraging on their decade of artist activist research inLatin America and Kenya, they propose critical insights and tactics to buildGlobal South solidarities, essential for scholars seeking to have social impactusing digital and creative tools”.] – Payal Arora, Professor andChair in Technology, Values, and Global Media Cultures, Erasmus UniversityRotterdam “In this important book, Andrea Medrado and Isabella Regaprovide an insightful account of the potential of South-to-South communicationin building networks for social justice. It highlights the power of researchand art for scholars, activists, and practitioners alike”. - Pablo Boczkowski, Professor,Director, MS in Leadership for Creative Enterprises, Northwestern University,USA　　 TABLE OFCONTENTS 1. Understanding Marginalisation and DefiningSouth-to-South Media Activism 2. Favela Media Activism in Brazil: CollectiveMemories, Dialogues and Media Territories 3. Artivism in Kenya: Mobilising (her)stories,Linking Resources, and Creating Media Territories 4. The Stepping into Visibility Model:Invisible Stories, Protection Strategies, and Link Visibility 5. A Portrait of Marielle: Animation, Artivismand Intersectional Feminism in a Journey from Fear to Hope 6. A Journey to the South: Asking Questions andLearning Concepts Along the Way

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