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Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change
by ZeMKI 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Job vacancy: Professorship (W2) for Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change The University of Bremen, Faculty 9 Cultural Studies, is seeking to appoint a Professor of Communication and Media Studies. Professorship (f/m/d) Appointment Gr. W2 (tenured civil servant) for the area Communication and Media Studies with a Focus on Media Change (Reference number: P889/23) The candidate (f/m/d) is expected to represent the area of media change through excellent approaches to research and teaching. A record of research on current and historical changes in communication, their underlying (digital) media and the (hybrid) media system as context is expected. We are looking for a personality who strengthens the existing research profile of the University of Bremen and of the ZeMKI (Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research) on questions related to transformations in media and communications reflecting processes of automation, digitalization, mediatization and communicative artificial intelligence with a long-term perspective The ideal candidate will bring new ideas and perspectives and is open to the discussion on currently pressing fields such as sustainability and the concept of the "good life". The acquisition of third-party funds, participation in collaborative research, and in structured doctoral training for the ZeMKI are fundamental requirements. In German- and English-language teaching in communication and media studies, the professorship is responsible for modules on media change and media systems. It develops innovative teaching concepts and participates in the ongoing development of the study programs. The following qualifications are expected for the professorship: Completed university studies and appropriate qualifications (doctorate and habilitation or habilitation-equivalent achievements) in communications and media or related disciplines, Teaching experience in communications and media, especially with regard to media change (bachelor's and/or master's level), Willingness to teach in English, Experience in applying for external funding, Willingness to participate in advanced training in higher education didactics. Also desirable: Experience in interdisciplinary, internationally oriented, collaborative research, International research experience, Experience in considering gender-focused approached to research and teaching, Proven continuing education/qualification in higher education didactics. Non-German-speaking applicants are expected to participate in German-language teaching after 2-3 years. The appointment is based on § 18 BremHG and § 116 BremBG. For further information, please contact the spokesperson of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (Andreas.Hepp(a)uni-bremen.de <>). The University of Bremen strives to increase the proportion of women in science. Among other things, it has received several awards in DFG programs on gender equality. Applications from female and male scientists with a migration background as well as international applications are expressly welcomed. Severely disabled applicants are given priority if they have essentially the same professional and personal qualifications. The university offers a wide range of services to support newly appointed staff, such as a Welcome Center, opportunities for childcare and dual careers, and offers for personal development and continuing education. Please send your application with the usual documents (curriculum vitae, publication and teaching record, research concepts, teaching concepts, and certificates), quoting the above reference number, by April 30th, 2023 to The Dean of Faculty 9 - Cultural Studies Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers University of Bremen P.O. Box 330 440 28334 Bremen www.uni-bremen.de <http://www.uni-bremen.de/> or electronically to the Dean Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers (bewerbungenfb9(a)uni-bremen.de) For more information on appointment procedures at the University of Bremen, please visit: www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career/appointment-process <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/university/academic-career/appointment-process> Download the job ad here <https://www.uni-bremen.de/fileadmin/user_upload/fachbereiche/fb9/zemki/docs…>.

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Glossary of Decentralised Technosocial Systems
by Julian Morgan 31 Mar '23

31 Mar '23

Internet Policy Review Glossary of Decentralised technosocial systems - Call for entries https://policyreview.info/node/1702 The glossary of decentralised technosocial systems launched in 2021 aimed to build a shared working vocabulary regarding specific aspects of decentralised techno-social systems among researchers in an interdisciplinary fashion. Indeed, a comprehensive understanding of the technical, economic, and political aspects of these types of technologies transcends traditional boundaries of scientific fields and demands an interdisciplinary approach that seeks to better conceptualise and critically evaluate specific mechanisms or processes inherent to distributed technologies. The objective of this new Call for contributions is to enable researchers and practitioners to engage with techno-social developments, relevant academic debates, and a normative appraisal of their ability and efficiency to resist the prevalent dynamics of centralisation and erosion of autonomy. In turn, the concept of decentralisation in the Glossary is understood to include the developments within the infrastructure and systems of information sharing and distribution of various types of content that seek to challenge and/or provide alternatives to the current organizational structures through distributed technologies. Additionally, the glossary aims to consolidate the current list of terms in a way that allows for broad engagement across academic communities to inform parallel research in different fields by broadening current theoretical frameworks through analysis of the processes, structures and societal outcomes of decentralisation. Important dates - 25 April 2023 - 200-word abstracts should be emailed to julian.morgan(a)hu-berlin.de - 10 May 2023 - Decisions will be communicated to the authors by - 10 July 2023 - Submission of full entries (between 1,000 and 2,000 words) - 1 October 2023 - Submission of the revised paper to the journal - December - Publication The initiative is led by The Blockchain and Society Policy Research Lab (University of Amsterdam), in collaboration with the P2P Models (Universidad Complutense de Madrid), Trust in Distributed Environments (Weizenbaum Institut, Berlin) and Blockchain Gov teams (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris). -- Julian Morgan (He/Him) Humboldt-Univertity of Berlin

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Games & Gaming CfP
by Nathaniel Poor 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

HICSS CfP: Game Scholars and Hawaii in January! Games & Gaming (Social and Digital Media track) 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) January 3-6, 2024, at the Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort For the eighth straight year, the Games & Gaming minitrack at HICSS is seeking papers that examine the social aspects of digital gaming. We feature work related to digital games and sociality that covers a variety of methods: qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods papers are welcome, ranging from interviews to big data analyses, detailed observations of games and associated social or streaming networks, as well as theoretical papers looking at digital gaming practices in general. Types of games studied may include mobile, social, free to play, AAA, MMOs, PC, console, multiplayer, and indie games. As part of the Digital and Social Media track, papers must contain a social dimension, examining, for example, sociability, social practices, communities (in-game, out-game, across multiple spaces or time), use of social affordances, or some other social dimension. Student authors are welcome! See here for HICSS author instructions and guidelines: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/. There are several mini-tracks related to gaming, and we all coordinate. They include Gamification (in Decision Analytics and Service Science), Streaming Media in Entertainment (in Digital and Social Media), Esports (in Internet and the Digital Economy), Digitalization of Work (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), Game-based Learning (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), and the Metaverse (in Organizational Systems and Technology). DATES April 15: Submission site opens (see http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/) June 15, 11:59 pm HST: Papers due August 17: Decision notification September 22: Camera ready version due October 1: Deadline for at least one author to register for HICSS-56 January 3-6, 2024: Conference! G&G TOPICS Cooperative and competitive play Community management Fans and fan communities Player communities Network analysis of groups and communities in games Social practices (in-game, out-game, both) Toxicity online Multiplayer games Multigenerational play Intercultural play Streaming gameplay (e.g., Twitch, YouTube Live, etc.) Game curation via sites like Steam Social affordances of games Social issues in game development Game design for sociality LINKS HICSS: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ Author Instructions: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Digital and Social Media track: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-57/digital-and-social-media/ Papers from 2023: https://hdl.handle.net/10125/102510 Papers from 2022: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/79200 Papers from 2021: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/72169 CO-CHAIRS Nathaniel Poor (Primary Contact Co-Chair) Underwood Institute natpoor(a)gmail.com Steph Orme Key Lime Interactive orme.stephanie(a)gmail.com Andy Phelps American University & University of Canterbury andymphelps(a)gmail.com ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. (he/him/his) Underwood Institute http://www.underwood-institute.org/ http://github.com/natpoor http://natpoor.blogspot.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/

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[CFP] ACM Hypertext 2023 - EXTENDED DEADLINE 21 Apr 2023
by Leah Henrickson 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

************************************************************************ ACM Hypertext 2023 4-8 September 2023, Bibliotheca Hertziana, Rome, Italy https://ht.acm.org/ht2023/ Deadline: 21 April 2023 23.59 AOE ************************************************************************ Important Dates * Regular papers - Submission: 21 April 2023 AoE - Notification: 31 May 2023 AoE * Workshops - Submission: 31 Mar 2023 AoE - Notification: 7 Apr 2023 AoE * Late breaking, blue sky, demos, traversals, and doctoral consortium - Submission: 26 May 2023 AoE - Notification: 26 June 2023 AoE * Camera ready version of accepted papers - 14 July 2023: 23 July 2023 AoE * Conference 4-8 September 2023 Note: The submission times are 11:59 pm AoE time (Anywhere on Earth) The ACM Hypertext conference is a premium venue for high quality peer-reviewed research on hypertext theory, systems, applications, publishing, artwork and related practices. It is concerned with all aspects of modern hypertext research including social and intelligent media, narrative systems and applications, authoring, reading and publishing hypertext, workflows and infrastructures as well as reflections and approaches. All accepted contributions will be published by ACM and will be available in the Proceedings via the ACM Digital Library. Selected contributions will be invited to submit an expanded version after the conference to a special issue of the New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia. Submissions are welcome in the following tracks: Interactive Media: Art and Design Track chair Dr Sam Brooker (Richmond American University London, UK) This track is dedicated to papers that explore creative expression through digital technology. Submissions may showcase new approaches to - or applications of - interactive media technology for creative expression, or evaluate existing work from a new perspective. Hybrid presentations that mix theory and practice are welcome, though work should be rooted in hypertext as method or approach. Topics include but not limited to: * Demonstrations: Live exhibition or exploration of a new or existing creative work. * Critical analysis: Reflection on or discussion of pre-existing works or theoretical approaches. * Traversals: Demonstrations performed on historically appropriate platforms, with participation and commentary by the authors of the works. * Interdisciplinary creative work: Evaluation or demonstration of creative work that crosses disciplinary boundaries Authoring, Reading, Publishing Track chair Dr Leah Henrickson (University of Leeds, UK) This track is dedicated to exploring how hypertext has transformed authoring, reading, and publishing by disrupting, subverting, or complementing book and media culture and practice. Submissions may focus on specific case studies or theories of new emerging practices, rhetorical analyses, or methodological reflections that take inspiration from fields such as book history, digital humanities and/or media studies. Topics include, but not limited to: * Authorship: Contextualising the production of hypertexts. * Book history: Historically-informed frameworks, theories, and concepts for understanding hypertextual production, dissemination, and reception. * Digital scholarly editions and adaptations: Hypertextual representations and reconceptualisations of extant texts. * Digital storytelling and electronic literature: How hypertexts are used to communicate ideas and facilitate alternative textual experiences. * Reading practices and reader response: How hypertexts are read (or not read) and interpreted. * Rhetorics and poetics: How hypertexts are framed in popular and scholarly discourse, as well as theoretical considerations on forms of expression supported by hypertextual formats. * Text, paratext, and multimodality: Manifestations and effects of digital forms of intra- and intertextual connectivity., Workflows and Infrastructures Track chair Dr Davide Picca (Université de Lausanne, CH) This track is dedicated to hypertext systems and their professional applications to the GLAM field in order to facilitate access to cultural knowledge. The main purpose is to illustrate through the different contributions to the track, how STEM disciplines can help and support the preservation and dissemination of tangible and intangible cultural resources. This track welcomes contributions that present real-world applications of hypertext systems, with a focus on the benefits, challenges, and gaps that emerge from daily practice in fields of study such as (but not limited to) Digital Museology, Intangible Cultural Heritage applications and NLP approaches to cultural resources. Topics include, but not limited to: * Semantic knowledge: How formal ontologies and formal modelling can contribute to organise cultural knowledge * GLAM applications: Pipelines and digital curations for restoration and preservation of cultural artefacts * Digital Museology: Innovations, trends as well as practical challenges encountered in the fields of museology * Intangible Cultural Heritage applications: How Big Data workflows and digital transformation methods can be applied to cultural objects * NLP approaches to cultural resources: Computational semantics and pragmatics, machine translation and multilingual NLP for cultural objects Social and Intelligent Media Track chair Dr Grégoire Burel (Knowledge Media Institute, UK) The social and intelligent media track is dedicated to the understanding and modelling of sociotechnical systems and their role in shaping communication and information access, both virtually and offline. Submissions should consider any online systems that include socially and AI-mediated information such as social networks, recommender systems, online publication tools and discussion platforms. As the focus of this year conference is "Humanity within", authors are encouraged to submit interdisciplinary articles centred around the impact of social media and AI on how hyperlinked content is accessed and consumed and its impact on Humanity. This track welcomes submissions that further the understanding of the technical inworkings of digital communities and their societal impact, as well as novel methods and algorithms that shape online communication, content creation and socially-mediated information access. Topics include, but not limited to: * Privacy and Anonymity in Social Media - The way social media protect and/or blur the lines between the real and virtual world. * Inclusiveness of Social Media - The role of social media in including minorities, disabilities and minoritised communities. * Diversity and Representativeness of Social Media - The way social media favour (or not) content diversity and its representativeness as well as the involvement of individuals (e.g., echo chambers, content moderation). * Immersive Social Media (e.g., metaverse) - The development and impact of new interaction paradigms on real-world interactions and online communication. * Network Effects in Social Media - The impact of social and hyperlink ties on content access and distribution e.g., information access, ranking, misinformation and bot networks). * Social Media Algorithms - The structure, development, design, and analysis of social media platforms and algorithms. Reflections and Approaches Track chair Dr Mariusz Pisarski (University of Information Technology and Management in Rzeszow, PL) This track considers how hypertext has transformed society and its tools: new perspectives, future directions, and ongoing transformations that challenge our assumptions about hypertext. This track welcomes submissions focused on (but not limited to) critical reflection on the evolution of hypertext systems, paradigms for new hypertext applications, as well as theories for understanding and navigating the complexity of digital communities enabled by hypertext design and systems. Topics include, but not limited to: * Histories of hypertext: hypertext systems in critical discourse, technology discourse and in the arts community. * Histories of social media: how the pioneering formulas of early systems - such as BBS, MUD and email discussion groups - evolved to modern social media. * Designs, paradigms and theories: evolution of hypertext in scholarly and artistic practice * Self-reflectivity of systems: historical impact of one hypertext system upon another; remediations, migrations and borrowings of features in contemporary writing/reading platforms * Visual histories and meta-histories of social media and hypertext: hypertext and social media communities and ideas in visual and big-data analysis. Submissions https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ht23 Submission deadline: 31 March 2023 ______________________________ Dr Leah Henrickson (she/her), FHEA Lecturer in Digital Media Programme Leader, MA New Media School of Media and Communication University of Leeds Social Media Editor, SHARP News<http://sharpweb.org/sharpnews> Manager, University of Leeds Sociologies of AI Network (SAIN) Leah Henrickson. 2023. Chatting with the dead: the hermeneutics of thanabots. Media, Culture & Society: https://doi.org/10.1177/01634437221147626 Leah Henrickson. 2022. "Ummmmm, guys? Don't microwave your books": Readers, Authors, and Institutions in #PandemicReading Tweets. In: Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic, ed. by Corinna Norrick-Rühl and Shafquat Towheed. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 259-279: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-05292-7_13 Leah Henrickson, William Jephcote, and Rhys Comissiong. 2022. Soft skills, stories, and self-reflection: Applied digital storytelling for self-branding. Convergence: https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221091517

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Scouting for PhDs/Post-docs at Ubiquitous Internet, IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy - DEADLINE April 12th, 2023
by Andrea Passarella 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

The Ubiquitous Internet Research Unit of IIT-CNR (Pisa, Italy) is scouting for talented candidates for the following PhD and post-doc areas: * Human-centric Artificial Intelligence [4 topics] * Future Internet & beyond-5G [5 topics] * Quantum Internet [1 topic] * 6G vehicula networks [1 topic] * Digital health [1 topic] Complete information about research areas, associated topics, reference contact points are provided at https://turig.iit.cnr.it/ui-positions/. Expressions of interest will be continuously considered upon reception. The very final date for sending EoIs is 12th April 2023, but topics may be closed earlier, depending on the received EoIs. Interested people are strongly encouraged to send expressions of interest as soon as possible. Details on the procedure are available here https://turig.iit.cnr.it/ui-positions/apply/. PhD and PostDocs will be carried out in the framework of one of the following European and National Projects. This will allow ample opportunities for international collaboration: * AI and BigData: H2020 HumanAI-Net, SoBigData++, CHIST-ERA SAI (Social Explainable AI) * Edge computing & decentralised AI: HE RE4DY, H2020 MARVEL * BigData, AI & Next-Generation Internet Infrastructures: ESFRI-SLICES, ESFRI SoBigData, HEU SLICES-PP, HEU SoBigData-PPP, H2020 SLICES-DS, SLICES-SC, SoBigData++ * Quantum Computing & Networking: H2020 HPCQS, PON-MIUR QUANCOM * PNRR projects: FAIR (topic: foundations of AI), SoBigData.it (topic: BigData analytics and beyond 5G pervasive networks), MOST (topic: sustainable mobility), RESTART (topic: beyond 5G/6G networks), NQSTI (topic: quantum Internet), ICSC (topic: BigData analytics and quantum computing), THE (topic: Digital health solutions), SERICS (topic: Misinformation and Fakes) Research Group: Ubiquitous Internet @ IIT-CNR http://ui.iit.cnr.it General contact: Andrea Passarella <a.passarella(a)iit.cnr.it> Specific contacts: see topics description at https://turig.iit.cnr.it/ui-positions/positions/

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Reflections on Research Methods for Media and Communication Scholars, Monday 12-1:30 online
by Fernanda Rosa 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hi all, This IAMC event may be of interest. Cheers, Dr. Fernanda R. Rosa (she/her/hers) Assistant Professor Science, Technology, and Society <https://liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-and-schools/department-of-science-te…> Virginia Tech frrosa(a)vt.edu *Virginia Tech acknowledges that we live and work on the Tutelo/Monacan People’s homeland and we recognize their continued relationships with their lands and waterways.* Recent Publications: On code ethnography: *** *Qualitative Sociology <https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11133-022-09517-3>* *** On internet, inequalities and decoloniality: *** *Information, Communication & Society <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2022.2085614>* *** *** *Policy & Internet <https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.278> **** ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Janet Abbate <abbate(a)vt.edu> Date: Thu, Mar 30, 2023 at 9:50 AM Subject: [sts-g] Reflections on Research Methods for Media and Communication Scholars, Monday 12-1:30 online To: sts-g(a)vt.edu <sts-g(a)vt.edu> Cc: Janet Abbate <abbate(a)vt.edu> May be of particular interest to students in my Internet class. *Reflections on Research Methods for Media and Communication Scholars*, Monday 12-1:30 online Monday, April 3 · 12 - 1:30pm EDT Register to get zoom link: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/reflections-on-research-methods-for-media-and-c… The Emerging Scholars Network (ESN) at the International Association for Media and Communication Research is pleased to announce a professional development workshop focused on research methods to be hosted online April 3, 2023 at 12EST/18CET. The event will run for 90 minutes and include presentations from our guest speakers sharing reflections on their own experiences of applying methods to their research projects, as well as time for discussion and questions from the audience. This workshop is the latest in the ESN’s professional development series, which aims to share knowledge with emerging scholars globally and address existing inequities in access to professionalization resources by sharing knowledge from established scholars in accessible formats. *Our speakers are:* Manuel Puppis, University of Fribourg – Switzerland. His research interests include media policy, media regulation and media governance, media systems in a comparative perspective, political communication and organization theory. Marisa von Bülow, University of Brasília – Brazil. Her research is principally interested in transnationalism, new technologies and their impacts on collective action, social movements and state-society relations. Fernanda Rosa, Virginia Tech – United States. Her research interests include code ethnography, transdisciplinarity, science and technology studies, decolonial and feminist studies. Dr. Janet Abbate Professor, Science, Technology and Society Virginia Tech Co-director, VT National Capital Region STS program Author, *Inventing the Internet* and *Recoding Gender*

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WEBCAST MAR 30 – Championing Digital Democracy for All: Collective Action from the Technology for Democracy Cohort
by Joly MacFie 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

This week is 'Summit for Democracy' week in DC. Kenny Olmstead will be representing our Pulse team, and no doubt providing global shutdown metrics, at this side event, which is a warm up for the mainstage United States hosted 'Advancing Technology for Democracy <https://bit.ly/42LUvK5>' session at 11:30 EDT (15:30 UTC) which will also be webcast <https://youtu.be/gN6lJI4EflE> No real time text, but I will run a quick transcript into the archive. [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16457>On *Thursday March 30 2023* at *09:30-11:00 EDT* (13:30-15:00 UTC) *Technology for Democracy Cohort <https://summit4democracy.org/tech-for-democracy-cohort-meeting-notes-and-co…>* co-leads *Estonia <https://www.vm.ee/en>*, the *United Kingdom <https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/foreign-commonwealth-developmen…>*, and *Access Now <https://www.accessnow.org/>*, together with *New America <https://www.newamerica.org/digital-impact-governance-initiative/>*, *Accountability Lab <https://accountabilitylab.org/>*, *Open Data Charter <https://opendatacharter.net/>*, the *Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensics Research Lab <https://www.digitalsherlocks.org/>*, and the* Internet Society <https://internetsociety.org/>* present '*Championing Digital Democracy for All: Collective Action from the Technology for Democracy Cohort <https://www.newamerica.org/digital-impact-governance-initiative/events/onli…>*'. The cohort will tackle priority action areas, including technology to support open and secure access to the Internet, and strengthening digital public infrastructure and tech for good governance, and explore how we can drive cross-sector collaboration among open, democratic societies beyond this year’s *Summit for Democracy <https://www.state.gov/summit-for-democracy-2023/>*. *SPEAKERS* *Hon. Isobel Coleman*, USAID Deputy Administrator *Hon. Jonatan Vseviov*, Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Estonia *H.E. Nele Leosk*, Ambassador-at-Large for Digital Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Estonia *H.E. Minna-Liina Lind*, Estonia Ambassador at Large for Human Rights *H.E. Anne Marie Engtoft Larsen*, Tech Ambassador, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark *Scott Busby*, Deputy Assistant Secretary Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, U.S. State Department *Robert Opp*, Chief Digital Officer, UNDP *Kanbar Hossein-Bor*, Deputy Director of Democratic Governance and Media Freedom Department; Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office of the United Kingdom *Manuel Muñiz*, Provost of IE University in Madrid *Brett Solomon*, Executive Director, Access Now *Natalia Carfi*, Executive Director, Open Data Charter *Teresa Hutson*, Corporate Vice President of Technology and Corporate Responsibility, Microsoft *Scott Carpenter*, Director of Policy and International Engagement, Jigsaw *Carolyn Tackett*, Campaigns & Rapid Response Director, Access Now *Kenny Olmstead*, Senior Internet Security and Privacy Expert, Internet Society Pulse *Allie Funk*, Freedom House *Waris Hussain*, American Bar Association *Paul Butler*, President, New America *Silvana Rodriguez*, New America *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/vI62o51cHIw <https://youtu.be/vI62o51cHIw>* *REGISTER: https://bit.ly/3nvlk55 <https://bit.ly/3nvlk55>* *TWITTER #SummitforDemocracy <https://bit.ly/40KleEJ> #S4D2 @MFAestonia @FCDOGovUK @accessnow @DIGI_NewAmerica @AccountLab @opendatacharter @DFRLab* *MASTODON #SummitforDemocracy <https://mastodon.social/tags/SummitforDemocracy>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/democracycohort2023 <https://archive.org/details/democracycohort2023>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16457 <https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/%E2%80%8Bhttps://isoc.live/16457>* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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[CfP] TikTok and Children Symposium (8 May 2023) - deadline extended
by Jin Lee 30 Mar '23

30 Mar '23

Hello friends at AoIR again! By popular request and also in lieu of the Easter break, the deadline to send your abstract for the upcoming event TikTok and Children has been now extended to 11 April 2023. Registration for non-presenters will open soon. For more information, please visit our website: < https://tiktokcultures.com/tiktok-and-children/> Please read the full Call for Papers in plain text below or here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/call-for-papers_-tiktok-…> . I am very much looking forward to seeing you at the Symposium! Best, Jin * *Call for Papers: TikTok and Children Symposium* (*8 May 2023*) <also see our CfP here <https://tiktokcultures.files.wordpress.com/2023/03/call-for-papers_-tiktok-…> > The popularity of the short-video social media platform TikTok is prominent across the globe with more than 1 billion monthly active users in over 150 countries (Doyle, 2023). Social media culture is being rapidly reshaped around this relatively new platform through the creative lens of the short-video format. Its creative and playful culture has particularly attracted young demographics of social media users, especially children who are below the age of 18 years. According to a US statistics report, 30% of the users are assumed to be children under 19 years old (Doyle, 2023). A recent UK study reveals that 16% of toddlers in the UK are introduced to TikTok by their parents despite the app users having to be 13 or older to sign up to the platform (Waterson, 2022). TikTok is now the most-used app among children, outranking other social media platforms like YouTube and Instagram (Perez, 2023). For some young people TikTok serves as a playground where they make connections with their peers (Bresnick, 2019). TikTok’s pedagogical potential is also acknowledged for child education, such as language learning (Karimah et al., 2022), and identity development (Sarwatay et al., 2021). Children’s political voice is also actively formed and amplified on the platform as children take up the platform space and discuss various issues of social injustice, climate change, and electoral politics (Literat & Kligler-Vilenchik, 2021). However, children’s use of the platform, and how they are represented on TikTok also gives rise to new challenges and concerns. Many parents are concerned about children’s exposure to harmful content and potential risks of children’s health (Collins, 2022). Data insecurity of the app has been widely criticized, which is more serious for especially younger children who are in need of guidance as to how to protect their digital privacy in the highly surveillant environment of social media (Sawers, 2022). Indeed, several countries fined TikTok for mishandling children’s data without parents’ consent, such as the UK (Sawers, 2022) and South Korea (BBC, 2020). Countries like India even banned the platform ostensibly to protect children from potential sexual trafficking and graphic content (Bursztynsky, 2020). Being aware of these concerns, TikTok announced a new feature, “Family Safety Mode” that allows parents to manage their children’s use of TikTok by linking their accounts to their children’s ones (Brown, 2022). Nevertheless, TikTok is still an arena for debate on children’s healthy and sound use of social media (Sawers, 2022). In response to such potentials and pitfalls in children’s use of TikTok, we will be holding a one-day online Symposium (on Zoom) to discuss crucial issues to understanding children’s rights on TikTok and to examine their wellbeing and safety on the platform. The Symposium will showcase the emergent research on characteristics, climate, concerns, and chances of children growing up with and on TikTok, and discuss these issues with the industry and TikTok studies scholars. We seek to provide a meaningful opportunity to think about balanced and practical approaches to ensure children’s rights and agencies in the popularly emerging platform and cultures, to make the best use of the platform cultures for child development, while protecting children from possible risks of surveillance and harmful content. We invite submissions on themes that include, but are not limited to: - Child influencers on TikTok - Children and play culture on TikTok - Children and digital wellbeing on TikTok - Children and education on TikTok - Children and identity on TikTok - Children and creator culture on TikTok - Children and technologies on TikTok - Parenting and TikTok - Child policies and regulations and TikTok HDRs, ECRs, and scholars in/or from the Global South are strongly encouraged to apply. A selection of papers will also be considered for inclusion in a Special Issue tentatively entitled “TikTok and Children” that will be published in a top-ranked peer-reviewed journal in the field of Media and Communication Studies. For consideration in this Symposium, please submit abstracts (up to 250 words) on previously unpublished papers and a short bio (up to 100 words) to TikTok Cultures Research Network (tiktokcultures(a)gmail.com) *Key Dates*: - *[Extended] 11 April 23:* Abstracts and biographies due - *14 April 2023:* Notifications of acceptance - *08 May 2023: *TikTok and Children Symposium We look forward to receiving your submissions! Please contact TikTok Cultures Research Network (tiktokcultures(a)gmail.com) with any questions about this event. This Symposium is the seventh event organized by the TikTok Cultures Research Network and its first collaboration with the Australian Research Council of Centre for Excellence of the Digital Child. TCRN is an Asia Pacific-based Network dedicated to understanding and developing qualitative and cultural approaches to studying the impact of TikTok on society, founded by Prof Crystal Abidin and supported by a network of Founding Members in October 2020. This event is supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Digital Child, Curtin’s Centre for Culture and Technology (CCAT), and the Faculty of Humanities at Curtin University. TikTok and Children team, Prof. Crystal Abidin, Dr Jin Lee, and Prof. Tama Leaver -- Jin Lee, PhD Research Fellow, Internet Studies, Curtin University & ARC Centre of Digital Child Affiliated researcher, Korean Research Centre of Western Australia Visit my website <https://ljin8788.wixsite.com/website> for more

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Job Opportunity - Comparative Media Studies Postdoc at MIT
by Sulafa Z 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

*The program in Comparative Media Studies and Writing at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge (US) is seeking postdoctoral candidates for the 2023-2024 academic year. This appointment is especially intended for scholars who are interested in one or more of the following:* - *Media Industries* - *Critical Internet Studies* - *Media and Climate* - *Sound studies* - *Media and Representation* - *Media Literacies* *The successful candidate will bring competence in media studies and will work in one or more of the program’s dimensions of comparativity (historical, methodological, cultural), and across media forms, including but not limited to sound/music, screen-based media such as film/television/games, and other forms of social and computational media.* *Each applicant must identify at least one faculty member with whom you would like to work. More information about the program and qualifications can be found in the full ad here: * *https://apply.interfolio.com/122852 <https://apply.interfolio.com/122852>* *Thank you * -- *Sulafa Zidani, Ph.D. (she/her)* Assistant Professor Comparative Media Studies | Writing Massachusetts Institute of Technology website <http://sulafazidani.com/> | twitter <https://twitter.com/sulafaz> | email <zidani(a)mit.edu> ReplyReply allForward

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Job opportunity - Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Digital Media and Culture at the University of Manchester
by Lukasz Szulc 29 Mar '23

29 Mar '23

Hi everyone, We're hiring a permanent Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Digital Media and Culture (Teaching & Research) at the University of Manchester, UK. We are interested in candidates with expertise in one or several of the following domains: * Race in digital culture * Chinese or global digital media * Post-colonial/de-colonial theory and digital media Closing date: 24th April 2023 Full details of the job are available here: https://www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/displayjob.aspx?jobid=24968 Feel free to contact me with any enquires about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews. Best wishes, Łukasz Dr Łukasz Szulc (he/him) https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/łukasz-szulc<https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/%C5%82ukasz-szulc> Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture University of Manchester UNITED KINGDOM @Twitter<https://twitter.com/LukaszSzulc> | @GoogleScholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=1X7eQV0AAAAJ&hl=en> RECENT PUBLICATIONS * (2022) Culture is transnational. Available here<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779221131349>. * (2022) A Lot of Straddling and Squirming: Taking Queer Migrant Stories beyond the Academic and Digital Walls. Available here<https://academic.oup.com/ccc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/ccc/tcac006/655626…>. * (2021) Uncanny Europe and Protective Europeanness: When European Identity Becomes a Queerly Viable Option. Available here<https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380385211024117>. * (2020) Digital Gender Disidentifications: Beyond the Subversion Versus Hegemony Dichotomy and Toward Everyday Gender Practices. Available here<https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/15396/3255>.

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