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cfp Proposals Now Invited for ‘Media Industries’, 16-19 April 2024, King’s College London
by Paul McDonald 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Apologies for cross posting. International Conference Media Industries 16-19 April 2024 Hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London Paper, panel, and roundtable proposals are now invited for the 2024 ‘Media Industries’ conference (‘MI2024’). After the success in 2018 of the inaugural conference ‘Media Industries: Current Debates and Future Directions’, unfortunately the planned 2020 conference had to be cancelled due to Covid lockdowns. We are therefore very pleased to announce the conference will return next year. A key aim of MI2024 is to maintain an open intellectual agenda and provide a meeting ground for all forms of media industries research. To this end, the conference invites proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables presenting research from across the full breadth of the media industries. To energize interdisciplinary discussions, we welcome proposals presenting research from all intellectual and methodological traditions in media industries scholarship. Additionally, to recognize the full scope and diversity of media industries, proposals may address industries in contemporary or historical contexts, and at global, transnational, national, or sub-national levels of analysis. Proposals (see below) are welcomed in three categories (see full details below): · open call papers · pre-constituted panels · pre-constituted roundtables *PLEASE NOTE*: MI2024 will take place in-person only and we are unable to accommodate requests for virtual presentations. PARTNERS A core aim of the ‘Media Industries’ conference is to bring together scholars researching media industries from across multiple professional associations and their relevant sub-groups or sections. We are therefore very pleased to be organizing ‘MI2024’ in partnership with: · British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) - Screen Industries Special Interest Group · European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) - Media Industries and Cultural Production Section · European Media Management Association (EMMA) · European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) - Screen Industries Work Group · Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GFM) - AG Medienindustrien · Global Media and China journal · International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) - Media Production Analysis Working Group · International Communication Association (ICA) - Media Industry Studies Interest Group · Media Industries journal · Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) - Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group HOST COMMITTEE Sarah Atkinson, Orcun Can, Virginia Crisp, Matthew Hilborn, Wing-Fai Leung, Paul McDonald (conference chair), Jeanette Steemers, and Jaap Verheul. ADVISORY COMMITTEE Ruby Cheung, Elizabeth Evans, Terry Flew, Kate Fortmueller, Anthony Fung, Melanie Gray, Xiao Han, Catalina Iordache, Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska, Aske Kammer, Michael Keane, Florian Krauß, Skadi Loist, Kate Nash, John Oliver, Jennifer Porst, Alisa Perren, Steve Presence, Lies van Roessel, Willemien Sanders, Kevin Sanson, Andrew Spicer, Vilde Schanke Sundet, Fredrik Stiernstedt, Dinara Tokbaeva, Emily West and Anna Zoellner. REGISTRATION All delegates will need to register for the conference. Registration for the conference will go live in November 2023, and fees will be structured on the basis of full (academics, waged) and reduced (students, unwaged) status, and tiered according to the delegate’s country of residence using the World Bank’s country classifications by Gross National Income per capita. SUBMISSIONS The system for submitting proposal is NOW OPEN. Deadline for submissions is 23.00hrs Pacific Daylight Time (PDT = UTC -7) on Friday 15 September 2023 Proposals are welcomed in three categories and should be submitted through the following links. 1) Open Call Papers Format: solo or co-presented research paper lasting no more than 20mins. https://form.jotform.com/231403617601344 2) Pre-constituted Panels Format: 90mins panel of 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins thematically linked solo or co-presented research papers followed by questions. https://form.jotform.com/231404242363344 3) Pre-constituted Roundtables Format: 90mins interactive forum led by a chair bringing together 4 to 6 participants (including the chair as a participant if speaking as well as chairing) to offer short (up to 6 minute) position statements or interventions designed to trigger discussions around a central theme, issue, or problem. As such, a roundtable does not involve the presentation of formal research papers but rather is designed to create a forum for the participants and audience to engage in a shared discussion. The format is flexible and can be adapted to allow members of the roundtable to introduce exercises or other activities where appropriate. https://form.jotform.com/231403562356350 Delegates will be able to make up to TWO contributions to the conference but only ONE in any category, i.e., presenting an open call paper and participating in a roundtable will be permitted but not presenting two open call papers. Chairing a panel or roundtable will NOT count as one of those contributions. Papers (either open call or as part of a pre-constituted panel) maybe presented individually or by a pair of co-presenters. When submitting a proposal, each presenter/co-presenter/participant is required to provide their: · name · institutional affiliation (if any) · contact e-mail address · a short professional biography (max. 100 words) In addition, different proposal categories require the following: 1) Open Call Papers · title · abstract of no more than 400 words · 3-5 keywords · 3-5 sources relevant to the paper 2) Pre-constituted Panels · nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate) · panel rationale of no more than 400 words · 3-5 key words · individual proposals (presenter/co-presenter details, title, abstract, keywords, sources) for 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins research papers 3) Pre-constituted Roundtables · nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate) · rationale of no more than 400 words · 3-5 key words · details for each participant accompanied by a statement of no more than 100 words outlining a participant’s intended contribution TIMELINE · Wednesday 1 June 2023 submissions open · Friday 15 September 2023 at 23.00hrs PDT deadline for submissions · mid-November 2023 acceptances announced and delegate registration opens · early-January 2024 first draft of the programme · Friday 29 March 2024 deadline for delegate registrations WEBSITE AND CONTACT The conference website will go live towards the end of this year. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please contact media-industries(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:media-industries@kcl.ac.uk> Prof. Paul McDonald Professor of Media Industries Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries King's College London The Strand London WC2R 2LS UK (e) Paul.McDonald(a)kcl.ac.uk<mailto:Paul.McDonald@kcl.ac.uk> (t) +44 (0) 207 848 1100 (Office) Norfolk Building 457N (Office Hours) Mondays 12.30-13.30hrs AND Thursdays 10.30-11.30hrs (in-person meetings in Norfolk 457N; online meetings via TEAMS). To book at meeting during my office hours, follow the link here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/DRM@emc.kcl.ac.uk/bookings/>. Recent publications McDonald, P. (2022) Routledge Companion to Media Industries<https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Media-Industries/McDon…>. Abingdon: Routledge. McDonald, P., Donoghue, C. B., and T. Havens (eds) (2021) Digital Media Distribution: Portals, Platforms, Pipelines<https://nyupress.org/9781479806782/digital-media-distribution/>. New York: NYU Press.

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Call for Registration/Program Announcement Workshop on Algorithmic Injustice 26&27 June 2023
by Marjolein Lanzing 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Call for Registration: workshop on algorithmic injustice University of Amsterdam, 26.6 & 27.6 2023 Conference website: https://events.illc.uva.nl/Workshops/AlgorithmicInjustice/Conference/ Artificial intelligence applications play an increasingly important role in our daily life. But these technological advances come with serious societal risks. For instance, in recent years we have seen many cases of machine learning applications that show unfair biased behavior towards particular groups or individuals. This led to growing concerns about harmful discrimination and reproduction of structural inequalities once these technologies become institutionalized in society. As result a lot of energy is currently invested in identifying and resolving algorithmic discrimination. However, in AI research and policy, the remedies against algorithmic discrimination are often narrowly framed as design problems, rather than complex, structural, social-political problems. This carries the risk of a highly technocentric, individualist approach to algorithmic discrimination. In this workshop we bring together researchers from various disciplines who work on the societal impact of AI applications. Throughout the two days, they will present their work. The goal is to share ideas, best practices and discuss how harmful behavior of AI applications should be approached. For our two keynote speakers, see below. On Monday we organize a scientific panel discussion on the role of researchers in the debate on algorithmic fairness. Confirmed speakers include Prof. Dr. Sennay Ghebreab (Civic AI Lab, University of Amsterdam); Jenneke Evers (eLaw, Leiden University); Agathe Balayn (Computer Science, TU Delft) and Dr. Winnie Ma (Philosophy, Kings College London). We close the workshop with a public event on Algorithmic Injustice at Spui25 on Tuesday 27th at 20.00. Our speakers are: Su Lin Blodgett, who has been working on AI and fairness, Erin Beeghly, who studies the wrong of stereotypes, legal scholar Naomi Appelman who sued the VU University for its online proctoring software and documentary maker Nirit Peled, who documented people who suffered the consequences of unfair police algorithms. Together, they will explore pressing matters around algorithmic injustice. Confirmed Keynotes Dr. Su Lin Blodgett is senior researcher in the Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, and Ethics in AI (FATE) group at Microsoft Research Montréal. Dr. Erin Beeghly is Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Utah. Her research interests lie at the intersection of ethics, social epistemology, feminist philosophy, and moral psychology. Program For the full program: https://events.illc.uva.nl/Workshops/AlgorithmicInjustice/Programme/ Registration If you are interested in attending this workshop, please register at: https://events.illc.uva.nl/Workshops/AlgorithmicInjustice/Registration/ If you are interested in attending the public event at Spui25, please register at: https://spui25.nl/programma/algorithmic-injustice

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New Seminar Series: Civic Data Talks - Data Cooperatives and Engagement
by Emily Rempel 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Dear all, We are launching a new online seminar series exploring data cooperative models and public engagement methods with data. The first seminar is June 15th 12pm BST. Details below. All my best, Dr Emily Rempel Public Participation Manager Civic Data Cooperative University of Liverpool ------------------------------------------------ Discover the future of data stewardship in our exciting new monthly seminar series: *Civic Data Talks!* <https://civicdatacooperative.com/blogs-and-events/civic-data-talks/> The Liverpool City Region Civic Data Cooperative proudly presents an engaging online series dedicated to exploring the practicalities and possibilities of civic data innovation and stewardship. Join us as we delve into the realm of public inclusion in data and digital innovation. Our sessions will feature real-life examples and insightful discussions on: •Running health data cooperatives •Designing participatory data stewardship activities •Exploring children's rights in AI and more! Don't miss our inaugural session *on June 15th from 12:00 to 1:00 pm*. We're kicking things off with an exciting topic: *Developing Data Cooperatives* <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/civic-data-cooperative-48066989013>*.* Our speakers are: •*Gary Leeming, Civic Data Cooperative Director*: Pioneering new models for civic data stewardship in the Liverpool City Region •*Julian Tait, Co-founder and CEO of Open Data Manchester CIC*: Unlocking the true potential of data cooperatives through innovative design To learn more about Civic Data Talks and register for all sessions, visit our dedicated page: https://civicdatacooperative.com/blogs-and-events/civic-data-talks/ Secure your spot now by signing up on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/civic-data-cooperative-48066989013

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Registration for #AoIR2023 is now available
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

The AoIR 2023 conference committee is delighted to announce that registration is now open for the #AoIR2023: Revolutions <https://aoir.org/aoir2023/>, October 18-21 in Philadelphia, PA, USA! There will be a range of pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, 18 October 2023. You can find details here: https://aoir.org/aoir2023/preconfworkshops/ ‎ Registration is open here: https://members.aoir.org/event-5288994. *Be sure to log in as a member to get member discounts!* The Early Bird Registration deadline is August 1st. After that the price increases, so take advantage of the discount! Please note: - *All presenting authors must be registered by 1 August 2023 in order to be included in the program.* - During the registration process you will be asked to indicate if you plan on attending the keynote and various receptions. Please mark each of these based on your actual attendance, as we book facilities and catering based on your responses. #AoIR2023 primarily takes place at the Sonesta Hotel near Rittenhouse Square in downtown Philadelphia. In order to keep the cost of the conference as low as possible, we committed to a minimum number of room reservations. If we are unable to meet this minimum, we will incur a significant financial penalty. You can help AoIR avoid this cost by reserving your room at the Sonesta Hotel Rittenhouse Square. This will help AoIR maintain its financial health and keep our registration costs for future conferences at reasonable levels for everyone. All reservations must be individually made by conference attendees. Use this link to book the the hotel at our special rate: https://book.passkey.com/go/AoIR2023 We look forward to seeing all of you in Philadelphia! #AoIR2023 Conference Committee P.S. When we announced Sheffield as the venue for AoIR2024, we announced the wrong dates. The correct dates are 30 October - 2 November 2024.

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CFP ‘Media Industries’, 16-19 April 2024, King’s College London
by Xiao Han 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Dear All, Apologies for cross posting. International Conference *Media Industries* 16-19 April 2024 Hosted by the Department of Culture, Media and Creative Industries, King’s College London Paper, panel, and roundtable proposals are invited for the 2024 ‘Media Industries’ conference (‘MI2024’). ‘MI2024’ provides a meeting ground for all forms of media industries research, maintaining an open intellectual agenda by inviting papers, panels or roundtables exploring the full breadth of media industries in contemporary, historical and global contexts, and from all traditions of media industries scholarship. After the success in 2018 of the inaugural conference ‘Media Industries: Current Debates and Future Directions’, unfortunately the planned 2020 conference had to be cancelled due to Covid. We are therefore very pleased to announce the return of the conference next year. Submissions (see below) are welcomed in three categories (see full details below): · open call papers · pre-constituted panels · pre-constituted roundtables *PLEASE NOTE*: MI2024 will take place in-person only. *PARTNERS* A core aim of the ‘Media Industries’ conference is to bring together scholars researching media industries from across multiple professional associations and their relevant sub-groups or sections. We are therefore very pleased to be organizing ‘MI2024’ in partnership with: · British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies (BAFTSS) - Screen Industries Special Interest Group · European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) - Media Industries and Cultural Production Section · European Media Management Association (EMMA) · European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (NECS) - Screen Industries Work Group · Gesellschaft für Medienwissenschaft (GFM) - AG Medienindustrien · *Global Media and China* journal · International Association of Mass Communication Research (IAMCR) - Media Production Analysis Working Group · International Communication Association (ICA) - Media Industry Studies Interest Group · *Media Industries* journal · Society for Cinema and Media Studies (SCMS) - Media Industries Scholarly Interest Group *HOST COMMITTEE* Sarah Atkinson, Orcun Can, Virginia Crisp, Matthew Hilborn, Wing-Fai Leung, Paul McDonald (conference chair), Jeanette Steemers, and Jaap Verheul. *ADVISORY COMMITTEE* Ruby Cheung, Elizabeth Evans, Terry Flew, Kate Fortmueller, Anthony Fung, Melanie Gray, Xiao Han, Catalina Iordache, Anna Jupowicz-Ginalska, Aske Kammer, Michael Keane, Florian Krauß, Kate Nash, John Oliver, Jennifer Porst, Steve Presence, Lies van Roessel, Willemien Sanders, Kevin Sanson, Andrew Spicer, Vilde Schanke Sundet, Fredrik Stiernstedt, Dinara Tokbaeva, Emily West and Anna Zoellner. *REGISTRATION* All delegates will need to register for the conference. Registration for the conference will go live in November 2023. Fees will be structured on the basis of full (academics, waged) and reduced (students, unwaged) status, and tiered according to the delegate’s country of residence using the World Bank’s country classifications by Gross National Income per capita. *SUBMISSIONS* Deadline for submissions is *23.00hrs Pacific Daylight Time (PDT = UTC -7) on Friday 15 September 2023* Proposals are welcomed in three categories and should be submitted through the following links. 1) Open Call Papers Format: solo or co-presented research paper lasting no more than 20mins. https://form.jotform.com/231403617601344 2) Pre-constituted Panels Format: 90mins panel of 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins thematically linked solo or co- presented research papers followed by questions. https://form.jotform.com/231404242363344 3) Pre-constituted Roundtables Format: 90mins interactive forum led by a chair bringing together 4 to 6 participants (including the chair as a participant if speaking as well as chairing) to offer short (up to 6 minute) position statements or interventions designed to trigger discussions around a central theme, issue, or problem. As such, a roundtable does not involve the presentation of formal research papers but rather is designed to create a forum for the participants and audience to engage in a shared discussion. The format is flexible and can be adapted to allow members of the roundtable to introduce exercises or other activities where appropriate. https://form.jotform.com/231403562356350 Delegates can make TWO contributions to the conference but only ONE in any category, i.e., presenting an open call paper and participating in a roundtable will be permitted but presenting two open call papers will not be. Chairing a panel or roundtable will NOT count as one of those contributions. Papers (either open call or as part of a pre-constituted panel) maybe presented individually or by a pair of co-presenters. When submitting a proposal, each presenter/co-presenter/participant is required to provide: · name · institutional affiliation (if any) · contact e-mail address · short professional biography (max. 100 words) In addition, different proposal categories require the following: 1) Open Call Papers · title · abstract of no more than 400 words · 3-5 keywords · 3-5 sources relevant to the paper 2) Pre-constituted Panels · nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate) · panel rationale of no more than 400 words · 3-5 key words · individual proposals (presenter/co-presenter details, title, abstract, keywords, sources) for 3 x 20mins OR 4 x 15mins research papers 3) Pre-constituted Roundtables · nominated chair (either one of the presenters or another delegate) · rationale of no more than 400 words · 3-5 key words · details for each participant accompanied by a statement of no more than 100 words outlining a participant’s intended contribution *TIMELINE* · Wednesday 1 June 2023 submissions open · Friday 15 September 2023 at 23.00hrs PDT deadline for submissions · mid-November 2023 acceptances announced and registration opens · early-January 2024 first draft of the programme · Friday 29 March 2024 deadline for delegate registrations *CONTACT* Any questions? Please contact media-industries(a)kcl.ac.uk

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Univ. Amsterdam - Postdoc in Narratives of (Dis)Trust & Social Media
by rogers＠govcom.org 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Postdoctoral Position in Social Media Data Research Faculty/Services: Faculty of Humanities Educational level: PhD Function type: Academic Staff Closing date: 15 June 2023 Vacancy number: 11627 https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Position-in-Social-Media-Data… What are you going to do? The Media Studies department and School of Economics at the University of Amsterdam are looking for a jointly appointed postdoctoral researcher as part of the University Research Priority Area on Trust in the Digital Society (TRUST RPA), a five-year interdisciplinary research initiative concerned with trust production technologies and the disruption of existing trust relations. This position focuses on the latter, by tracing narratives of (dis)trust in social media datasets and by studying the underlying behaviors in human subjects. Two recent socio-economic shocks have affected European societies: the Covid pandemic and the current war in Ukraine. Coming in rapid succession, they may have affected individuals’ sense of security and their optimism about the future. In that trust binds us to one another, it can counteract these insecurities, yet European society has undergone multiple crises of trust in public institutions and in financial, scientific, and medical expertise over the last decade(s). Accordingly, recently we have witnessed the growth and spread of narratives of (dis)trust, which pose a significant challenge to liberal democratic norms. In these crises, social media technologies have served to bind people together while also, paradoxically, functioning as a primary vector for spread of narratives of (dis)trust. This project aims to understand the dynamics by which these narratives of (dis)trust are propagated through social media and to investigate the underlying drivers that might make individuals susceptible to them. Accomplishing this necessitates a mixed-methods approach that entails a collaboration between the humanities and the social sciences: 1.) the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) and 2.) the Center for Research in Experimental Economics and political Decision Making (CREED). Through this collaboration the project aims to bridge the gaps between different methodological perspectives. The first part of the project will use social media to study how these narratives develop over time, through dynamics of connection, convergence, and antagonism. The objective of this part of the project is to develop a comprehensive understanding of how folk theories attribute malign intentions to institutions and experts attached to these matters of concern, which may range from climate change to the war in Ukraine, to the public understanding of science and technology. Through digital methods (such as co-hashtag semantic network analysis), this stage of the project will produce digital narratologies that will serve as an empirical baseline for the subsequent lab-based, experimental research stage of the project which studies how trust is affected in vulnerable population demographics. Collaborating with scholars in the Behavioral Economics and Psychology department the second stage of the project differentiates between interpersonal trust, measured using economic games and questionnaires, general trust and specific trust towards governmental institutions and news sources, measured via a combination of novel and well-established questionnaires. Finally, we will assess the economic and psychological determinants of trust at an individual level, including current and projected future income, family status, social network support, levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness, as well as country-level determinants of trust, including perceived integrity of institutions and satisfaction with public institutions. Broadly, this research will look at the dynamics and determinants of distrust and trust in times of crisis, yet applicants are invited to formulate their own specific research questions. Your tasks and responsibilities: - collect and analyze social media data on (dis)trust narratives using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods including social network analysis and natural language processing. - be open to working with multiple methods across disciplines between the humanities and the social sciences. - work with interview- and questionnaire-based methods developed in collaboration with the Behavioral Economics and Psychology department actively pursue external funding for research, notably funding from research councils, national as well as European; - actively contribute to and develop national and international research networks What do you have to offer? You are passionate about developing innovative strategies for combining quantitative and qualitative research around the issue of narratives of (dis)trust. You are interested in how political debate is shaped by contemporary digital platforms. In addition, you have a social and cooperative attitude, and you thrive in a team setting. You are curious and open-mined towards research traditions you are less familiar with. Your experience and profile: - a PhD degree in media studies, digital sociology, digital humanities, science and technology studies, or an equivalent discipline - excellent research skills demonstrated by a track record of publishing in high-ranking journals (such as, for example, Big Data & Society) and/or with leading presses or a demonstrable capacity to develop such a record; - a strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research; - enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences; - excellent command of English Candidates will be given extra consideration in the application process who have quantitative skills, including survey development, statistical analysis, and/or familiarity with R, python or any other programming language, and/or big data collection and analysis skills, and/or previous experience in the private or public sector. We strongly encourage members of minority socio-cultural groups to apply, including persons of color, feminist and/or intersectionalist scholars, and scholars from the Global South. What can we offer you? The Postdoc researcher will be appointed at the department of Media Studies of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam and will conduct the research in Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. The employment contract will be for one year. Contingent on a positive performance evaluation the contract will be extended with 1 year. The employment contract is for 30,4 hours a week. Preferred starting date is 01 September 2023.[TvV1] The gross monthly salary, based on 38 hours per week and relevant experience, ranges between € 3703 to € 5439. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8,3% year-end allowance. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable. Besides the salary and a vibrant and challenging environment we offer you multiple fringe benefits: - 232 holiday hours per year (based on fulltime) and extra holidays between Christmas and 1 January; - 7 weeks birth leave (partner leave) with 100% salary; Partly paid parental leave; - A pension at ABP for which UvA pays two third part of the contribution; - The possibility to follow courses to learn Dutch; - Multiple courses to follow from our Teaching and Learning Centre; - Multiple courses on topics such as leadership for academic staff; - Multiple courses on topics such as time management, handling stress and an online learning platform with 100+ different courses; What else do we offer - the possibility to start up and grow a New Research priority Area at the UvA, - close working relations with five faculties of the UvA; and with TU Delft, and Erasmus University, Rotterdam - freedom to develop your own research agenda; - welcoming, international, dynamic teams; - an inspiring academic and professional environment in the heart of Amsterdam; - excellent possibilities for further professional development and education. About us The University of Amsterdam is the Netherlands' largest university, offering the widest range of academic programmes. At the UvA, 42,000 students, 6,000 staff members and 3,000 PhD candidates study and work in a diverse range of fields, connected by a culture of curiosity. The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strong international profile in a large number of disciplines in de field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. Research and teaching staff focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and are active in several teaching programmes. Part of UvA’s world #1 ranked Media Studies department, the Digital Methods Initiative (https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.digi…> offers a rich empirical research environment that is internationally renowned for studying the effects and affordances of social media platforms. Located in the New Media & Digital Culture programme, the DMI research group has built some 70 tools that collect online data, map, visualize social issues, and group formations on the web and in social media. Working together with OIlab (https://oilab.eu/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foilab.eu%…> to study misinformation and darker corners of the web, DMI organizes three times yearly ‘data sprints’ that convene international students and scholars to research the politics on and of social media platforms. DMI is part of multiple Horizon Europe projects studying these topics, including Vera AI and SoMe4Dem. The Center for Research in Experimental Economics and political Decision Making (CREED) at the Amsterdam School of Economics (https://www.creedexperiment.nl/creed/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creed…>) is a leading experimental economics research institute. CREED members published their research in the top academic journals, in and outside economics. CREED is further known for its friendly and cooperative atmosphere. More info: http://www.neuro-economics.net/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.neuro-…> The Amsterdam School of Economics is among the top economics research institutes in Europe. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the School has a strong focus on producing outstanding research and world-class teaching, and is highly active in international academic networks. Its researchers actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Tinbergen Institute, the graduate school of the ASE. The ASE is known for its ambitious and supportive culture with many opportunities for personal development in an attractive international work environment. Want to know more about our organisation? Find more information about New Media and Digital Culture, Economics and Business, the Trust Research Priority Area and working at the University of Amsterdam in general. Any questions? Do you have any questions, or do you require additional information? Contact dr. Marc Tuters: M.D.Tuters(a)uva.nl <mailto:M.D.Tuters@uva.nl> For practical questions, contact dr. Eloe Kingma (asca-fgw(a)uva.nl <mailto:asca-fgw@uva.nl>) Job application Do you recognize yourself in the job profile? Then we look forward to receiving your application by June 15th, 2023. You may apply online by using the link below. Applications should include the following information (submitted in one .pdf): - a letter of motivation giving your reasons for applying, and detailing why you are an excellent candidate for the position (no more than 1,000 words).; - a full academic CV, including a list of publications and an indication of language proficiencies. - an academic writing sample in English (e.g., published book, journal article, section of a PhD dissertation), totalling no more than 10,000 words. - the names and contact details of two references who may be approached by the selection committee. - if invited for an interview, a draft research plan (2 pages maximum) on the call's topic, including possible research questions, relevant literature, methods.

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Registration open: Content Moderation and Its Discontents
by Jacob Johanssen 02 Jun '23

02 Jun '23

*Content Moderation and Its Discontents* Organised by Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University), Daniela Nadj (St. Mary’s University), Susanne Benzel (Sigmund Freud Institute) St. Mary’s University, 23 June 2023, 9.30am-6.20pm BST Shannon 1 + 2 and Zoom Registration: https://forms.gle/xAjVJETThdNxDuJRA *Conference Programme * *9-9.45am Registration and coffee 9.45am Introduction * Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University), Daniela Nadj (St. Mary’s University), Susanne Benzel (Sigmund Freud Institute) *10-11.20am Harassment and hate speech* Thi Gammon (King’s College London) - Hate content and online shaming of showbiz celebrities in Vietnam: The case study of Tran Thanh Eirliani Abdul Rahman (Harvard University) - “You all belong in jail!” – Stochastic harassment on Twitter Elizabeth Farries and Eugenia Siapera (UCD Centre for Digital Policy) - Platformed misogyny and the limits of regulation: Cancel culture and shadow banning *11.30am-12.30pm Keynote* Phoebe Moore and Peter Bloom (University of Essex) - The new normal: Content moderation during and after the Pandemic 12.30-2pm Lunch *2-3.20pm Frameworks and methods* Gergely Gosztonyi (Eötvös Loránd University) and Gergely Ferenc Lendvai (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) - “Censored, cancelled, annulled” – A comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the legal implications and regulatory framework regarding censorship and cancel culture Yang Yu (Tsinghua University), Yan Lu (Tsinghua University) and Wei Ming Ye (Peking University) - Audit the account deletion's impact on compliant users on social media Emillie V. de Keulenaar (University of Groningen) - After deplatforming: The return of trace research for the study of platform effects 3.20-3.40pm Coffee break *3.40-5pm Psychoanalytic approaches* Marilyn Charles (Austen Riggs Center) - Tyranny of the shoulds: The press towards conformity Greta Kaluzeviciute (Vilnius University) - Digital archeo-analysis: ‘Digging’ past reflections, ‘shaping’ present narratives Clint Burnham (Simon Fraser University) - From shitstorm to Schmittstorm: Or, no, there still is no big Other *5pm-6.20pm Case studies* Max Lasse Schaefer (University of Edinburgh) - How is evidence presented and formed in an incel echo chamber? Klara Avsec (Lund University) - Deplatforming and competitive victimhood Alois Sieben (Simon Fraser University) - Infinite intimacy: The Möbius strip of content in Mary South’s “You Will Never Be Forgotten” 6.20pm Wine reception and dinner

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JOB: Associate Director, Internet and Technology at Pew Research Center
by Joly MacFie 02 Jun '23

02 Jun '23

https://pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CenterExternal/job/Washington… Organization Overview Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research in the areas of U.S. politics and policy views; media and journalism; internet and technology; religion and public life; science and society; race and ethnicity; global attitudes; and U.S. social and demographic trends. Pew Research does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Research Center’s work is carried out by a staff of approximately 170 based in Washington, DC. Staff may work virtually from remote locations up to four days per week and are required to be present in the Center’s office at 1615 L Street NW at least one day per week. Position Description Pew Research Center is looking for an Associate Director for its Internet and Technology team. The Associate Director oversees a research team produces reports exploring the impact of the internet and technology on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Key topics include: technology use, social networking and social media, mobile connectivity, and digitally-relevant policy issues such as privacy, cybersecurity and harassment.. The team employs multiple methodologies to conduct this research, including survey research, computational social science and content analysis. The Associate Director will conceptualize research products and manage day-to-day operations, including questionnaire development, translation, quality control, data analysis, writing and number checking. The Associate Director will also serve as a spokesperson for the Center’s research in their subject areas and assist with writing components of grant applications. Reporting to Director, Internet and Technology, the Associate Director will model best practices in collaboration across teams, as well as in creating systems and processes that help produce the best possible products. Responsibilities - Manage development and execution of original research focused on internet and technology - Manage team day-to-day operations planning, editorial calendars, production calendars and staff assignments to projects - Provide editorial direction by identifying storylines - Supervise team members by providing regular feedback and comfortably addressing performance issues - Contribute to writing grant proposals and meeting grant-reporting requirements - Act as a spokesperson for the team’s research - Take an institutional role in setting the research agenda and contribute to management and culture building across the Center as a whole - Work with the Center’s communications team to ensure that the work meets the needs of, and is accessible to, the Center’s priority audiences - Work with the Center’s methods team to ensure that the Center’s survey research meets the highest methodological standards - Ensure accuracy, impartiality, clarity and methodological transparency in all research products Knowledge and Skills Required - Must have a passion for the mission of a non-advocacy organization that conducts high-quality social science research and reports its findings in impartial, clear and accessible ways - Demonstrated success in project management along with maturity, independence and time management skills to work effectively with little or no day-to-day supervision - Dedicated to the highest principles of transparency and accountability - Excellent writing and speaking skills - Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with direct reports, peers and managers - Strong inter-personal skills to relate effectively to staff at all levels - Strong collaboration skills Education/Training/Experience - MA required, PhD preferred. 15+ years of research experience, with a minimum of 10 years of specialized experience in research and analysis - Demonstrated subject matter expertise on how digital technologies are impacting people’s social, political and economic lives, including deep understanding of fast-moving topics like artificial intelligence. Advanced skills in quantitative data analysis - Proven ability to write clear, compelling and accessible reports on quantitative research - Successful experience leading small teams, mentoring others and giving feedback FLSA Status: Exempt This position typically starts at $144,000 per year. Location Pew Research Center staff may work virtually from remote locations up to four days in a standard work week. Staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office on at least one of two core days weekly (Tues., Wed.) and one Thursday a month for an all-staff day. Total Rewards In addition to competitive pay, Pew Research Center’s employees enjoy a robust total rewards package that includes: - Affordable, comprehensive health care that includes medical, dental (including adult orthodontia) and vision benefits. - Generous paid annual leave plan, including a winter break between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 - Employer-paid disability, life insurance and paid family leave plans - Up to a 12% employer 401(k) contribution, with vesting at the end of the first year. - A 37.5-hour workweek. - Health savings or flexible spending account options with employer funding component. - Flexibility to telework up to 60% for most staff EEO: Pew Research Center makes employment decisions without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity, military/veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We champion inclusion, diversity and equity, and we encourage applications from candidates who represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Seeking assistance on a social media research project
by Oltmann, Shannon M. 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Hello colleagues! I'm mentoring a junior faculty member, located at an undergraduate, teaching-focused institution. As such, my mentee doesn't have extensive research experience (or access), but they are trying to complete a project looking at the intersections of social media, social movements, and motivations for activism (a bit far afield from my own work). Originally, they were thinking of looking into Twitter posts, responses, and engagement in social movements like Black Lives Matter, but with the Twitter API lockdown, this is likely out of reach. I'm writing to see if anyone has suggestions about how to study the use of social media and how it could influence/shape engagement in (online or offline) social movements. I believe my mentee is open to studying various social media platforms—right now, we're focused on finding something that they can gain access to! Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Happy to elaborate more off-list if interested. -Shannon Oltmann Shannon M. Oltmann, Ph.D. Pronouns: she/her/hers Associate Professor School of Information Science College of Communication & Information University of Kentucky shannon.oltmann(a)uky.edu<mailto:shannon.oltmann@uky.edu> Associate Editor, Library Quarterly

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Due Date Extended! (6/15) CFP: Liberatory Legacy of bell hooks JITP Themed Issue
by Michael Rifino 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Submissions! Themed Issue 23: The Liberatory Legacy of bell hooks: Pedagogies and Praxes that Heal and Disrupt The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Issue Editors: Nikki Fragala Barnes, University of Central Florida Summer L. Hamilton, Pennsylvania State University Asma Neblett, The Graduate Center, CUNY Kush Patel, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/journals/jitp> (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (2003), this special themed issue explores how collaborative, community-centered, and/or multimodal engagements with technology—as informed by hooks’s work—can transform frameworks and outcomes for instruction, as well open up new shared spaces for learning. Drawing on hooks’s radical, inclusive, disruptive, and recuperative legacy—and the scholars informed by it—this issue will highlight the use of digital technology in teaching, educational organizing, and anti-oppressive praxes within, alongside, and beyond academia. We ask: What kinds of embodied and communal interactions are enabled by teaching with technology? How can we reconcile the inherent contradictions in a learning community where technology functions at once as a tool for social justice and for surveillance capitalism? We are especially interested in the intersection of technologies and * anti-colonial, anti-classist, anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal frameworks * Black liberatory, Black feminist, and socially just forms of teaching, learning, and community organizing. Besides scholarly papers, the submissions can consist of audio or visual presentations; interviews, dialogues, or conversations; and creative, artistic, experimental, and multimodal engagements with hooks’s work. A consideration of digital tools and technology in the context of hooks’s pedagogical scholarship might address: * engagements with open technology * radical collaboration and/or creativity in the classroom and beyond * systemic critiques of digital tools in teaching and learning * the labor and care considerations of academic technology projects * critical and community-centered teaching and learning frameworks * the ethics and politics of publishing student and/or community-centered work * social justice pedagogies involving radical reimaginations of pedagogical structures and communities * academic mentorship, advisement, and committee work * theorizing praxis through lived experience * technological infrastructures and the promise of radical co-liberation The official announcement can be found on Manifold homepage here<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-call-for-submissions/section/48f029c…>. Our complete archive is also available on Manifold here<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/journals/all?fbclid=IwAR04F67uy1dt13SsUjnG4eIl…>. You are also welcome (and encouraged) to share this call! Brief Guidelines for Submissions Research-based submissions should include discussions of approach, method, and analysis. When possible, research data should be made publicly available and accessible via the Web and/or other digital mechanisms, a process that JITP can and will support as necessary. Successes and interesting failures are equally welcome. Submissions that focus on pedagogy should balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations of how new technologies play out in both formal and informal educational settings. Discipline-specific submissions should be written for non-specialists. For further information on style and formatting, accessibility requirements, and multimedia submissions, consult JITP’s accessibility guidelines<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#accessibility>, style guide<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#style-guide>, and multimedia submission guidelines<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/multimedia-submission-guidelines-and-best-…>. Submission and Review Process All work appearing in the Issues section of JITP is reviewed by the issue editors and independently by two scholars in the field, who provide formative feedback to the author(s) during the review process. We practice signed, as opposed to anonymous or so-called “blind,” peer review. We intend that the journal itself—both in our process and in our digital product—serves as an opportunity to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practices. As a courtesy to our reviewers, we will not consider simultaneous submissions, but we will do our best to reply to you within three months of the submission deadline. The expected length for finished manuscripts is under 5,000 words or an equivalent length or scope for timed or other forms of media (e.g. roughly 20–25 minutes of dialogue, 45 minutes of a spoken presentation, etc.). Both text-based and multimedia should be prepared to undergo review for their relationship to scholarly and related conversations, as well as be amenable to revision. All work should be original and previously unpublished. Essays or presentations posted on a personal blog may be accepted, provided they are substantially revised; please contact us with questions at admin(a)jitpedagogy.org<mailto:admin@jitpedagogy.org>. Important Dates Submission deadline for full manuscripts is 15 June 2023. Anticipated publication via Manifold Scholarship<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/> is December 2023. Please view our submission guidelines on our commons site<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/> for information about submitting to the Journal.

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