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Deadline approaching - ICA Postconference "News Industries: Funding Innovations and Futures"
by Agata Stepnik 17 Jan '24

17 Jan '24

A reminder, and apologies for cross-posting. News Industries: Funding Innovations and Futures Call for Abstracts *Deadline for abstracts 1 February.* *News Industries: Funding innovations and Futures* is a one-day ICA 2024 postconference event that will bring together the research community and stakeholders from the news industry to have an open dialogue about what has worked and what hasn’t in developing funding models in the online news environment. *Date:* Tuesday 25 June 2024, 9:00am-4:00pm. *Location:* Kurrawa Surf Club, Gold Coast. Please note there will be a dinner on the evening of 24 June at Kurrawa Surf Club (included in the registration fee). *Topics* The goal of this event is to bring together academics, industry and HDR students to share and learn about innovative funding approaches in journalism through a global comparative lens. We hope to generate a constructive dialogue about solutions to the funding challenges facing the news and media industries locally and internationally. We have invited leading academics and industry professionals from news organisations, start-ups, and digital platforms, to ask big questions about the shifting economic and social value of news, including: - Are paid subscriptions a viable model for general news? - Should digital platforms be involved in funding news? - Are governments playing an increasing role in supporting news? - Do we need blue sky approaches to the financial sustainability of news? There are three main areas we would like to address: - Business models and innovations – e.g. advertising, micropayments, freemium models and subscription - Government subsidies, philanthropy and not-for-profits - Regulating digital platforms and financial support from platforms We would also like to encourage blue sky thinking. Have we been tinkering around the edges of a system that is failing? Should we throw out old funding approaches and start again? What type of news environment do capitalist democracies really want? *Format of the Day* The event will consist of a series of panels, presentations, keynotes and conversations. *Submission Process* Please submit an abstract for a 5–7-minute lightning talk. The abstract should be no more than 200 words plus a 50-word bio for each author. Please submit one file either in MSWord or PDF. Submit through this form <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/WpJeCBNqjlCDq3RrvizUhJl?domain=forms.gle> no later than 1 February 2024. The committee is looking for presentations that demonstrate originality, relevance to themes, and innovation. Contributors will be selected by peer-review and notified of the decision on or before 1 March 2024. At least one author is expected to attend the postconference and present in person. We will explore the potential of an edited volume of postconference materials as a report for industry and a valuable resource for academics researching in this space. *Registration and Fees* Registration will open on 1 March 2024. All participants must register for the postconference. Registration costs will be $AUD 88 (waged) and $AUD 35 (student/part-time or casual) which covers coffee breaks and lunch on the 25th June and the dinner on the 24th June. *Key Dates* 1 Feb 2024: Deadline for abstract submission 1 March 2024: Corresponding authors notified of decision 20-24 June 2024: Main ICA conference 25 June 2024: Postconference event *Endorsed* by the following ICA Divisions: Media Industry Studies Interest Group; Journalism Studies Division *Organising Committee* Professor Sora Park, U of Canberra Associate Professor Caroline Fisher, U of Canberra Professor Terry Flew, U of Sydney Dr Aljosha Karim Schapals, Queensland U of Technology Dr Janet Fulton, U of Canberra Dr Agata Stepnik, U of Sydney *Sponsors* We would like to thank our sponsors: - The News and Media Research Centre at the University of Canberra - Discipline of Media and Communication, The University of Sydney - Australian Community Media The funding from these organisations is from three Australian Research Council grants: LP220100121 Heartbeat of Australia Linkage Project <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/upTwCD1vlpTopQJzXu5d6UA?domain=acm.media>; DP210100157 The Rise of Mistrust Discovery Project <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/pNrsCE8wmrtlyK02BTpfMq0?domain=canberra.e…>; DP220100589 The Value of News Discovery Project <https://mediated-trust-arts.sydney.edu.au/valuing-news/>. For any enquiries, please contact the committee on: newsfuturespostconf(a)gmail.com. *Acknowledgement* This postconference aims to continue the discussions that were sparked at the ICA 2023 Postconference ‘Novel Directions in Media Innovation and Funding’ hosted by Mary Lynn Young and Alfred Hermida, which was held in Toronto in May 2023. Kind regards, Dr Agata Stepnik THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Postdoctoral Researcher Discipline of Media and Communications, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences CRICOS 00026A This email plus any attachments to it are confidential. Any unauthorised use is strictly prohibited. If you receive this email in error, please delete it and any attachments. Please think of our environment and only print this email if necessary.

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VIDEO – Freshfields Legends of Tech: Boris Feldman in conversation with Vinton G. Cerf and Whitfield Diffie
by Joly MacFie 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

I have seen many many Vint sitdowns, but this ranks up there with the best. By contrast I've never ever seen Whitfield Diffie talk before. He is razor sharp! [image: Freshfields Legends of Tech Podcast] <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=676b467efad8fc28762648b6…>In *Freshfields Legends of Tech podcast Episode 1 <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=676b467efad8fc28762648b6…>*, published on *January 12, 2024*, Freshfields partner *Boris Feldman* interviews two of the most prominent pioneers of technology - *Vinton G. Cerf*, one of the ‘fathers of the internet’, and *Whitfield Diffie*, a leading inventor of public-key cryptography. Watch/listen in for a fascinating discussion on the origin of technologies that have changed the course of history, and predictions for how technology will continue to change our futures. [image: Video framegrab - 3 men sitting and talking] <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=676b467efad8fc28762648b6…> *VIDEO https://www.freshfields.us/insights/our-podcasts/legends-of-tech/ <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=676b467efad8fc28762648b6…>* *AUDIO https://bit.ly/3O23NMh <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ad0672f8ac7795f43b6a31e5…>* *TRANSCRIPT https://bit.ly/3RT84Tj <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b304cf5bf210f45dd99acc65…>* *TWITTER @Freshfields @vgcerf #internethistory #futuretech #cryptography* *SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST https://freshfields.podbean.com <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f723706a5715e380a9dca298…>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/17208/ <https://isoc.live/17208/>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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EASST/4S CfP Panel - 'The banality of failure'
by i.zakharova＠ish.uni-hannover.de 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Dear list members, we would like to draw your attention to the call for abstracts for the panel The banality of failure: Disturbances, fragilities and resilience of digital infrastructures, media and technologies at the EASST/4S 2024. We would like to invite you to discuss with us, how can societies productively engage with technological fragilities? What is the role of failure in our relations with technologies? How to develop practices of resilience? As big and small breakdowns challenge everyday activities, our panel explores the banality of failure and maintenance work. The abstract submission deadline is February 12th. To submit your abstracts please use the following link: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/p/14248 We are looking forward to exciting discussions at the EASST/4S 2024 in Amsterdam! Kind regards, Irina Zakharova, Erik Koenen, Christian Schwarzenegger & Sigrid Kannengießer The banality of failure: Disturbances, fragilities and resilience of digital infrastructures, media and technologies Long panel abstract: This open panel takes as a starting point studies of infrastructures, their breakdowns, and the often invisible maintenance work supporting digital technologies. How can societies productively engage with technological fragilities? What is the role of failure in our relations with technologies and what practices of resilience develop from these relations? How can everyday maintenance work be acknowledged and integrated into technopolitics? Breakdowns such as an internet connection not working during an important video call or an electricity outage following an ecological or human-made crisis are no rare occurrences. As such small and big breakdowns challenge everyday activities, they render visible the inherent fragility of our digitally mediated existence. There is, however, an inclination in both public discourse and academic scrutiny to focus on the extraordinary rather than the commonplace. Taking a step back from such attention to the transformative power of breakdown, this paper aims to explore the banality of failure and everyday maintenance work. Dealing with small everyday technical malfunctions, failures, and glitches, caring for or fixing technological breakdowns has become as invisible and taken for granted as the digital infrastructures themselves. Noticeably, these practices of everyday maintenance are often overlooked when advertising new technologies, but present integral components of the economic revenue models, digital design and user experience. Lastly, we need to recognize the environmental impact stemming from intentional design of digital technologies that seem destined to fail, pushing consumers towards more frequent replacements rather than fixes. This panel invites to explore such disturbances, fragilities and resilience in our relations with digital infrastructures. Topics can include empirical cases of common or exceptional, deliberate or unintentional technological failures and their fixes, reflections on existing failure-free technopolitics, material obsolesce and the intentionally limited lifecycles of digital technologies, and conceptual inquiries into the nature of failure, disturbance, and resilience. -- Dr. Irina Zakharova Postdoctoral researcher Leibniz University Hannover Institute of Sociology Working group Sociology of Digitalisation Current publications: Zakharova, Irina and Annekatrin Bock. (2023). Researching in/visibilities and data practices in education. On Education. Journal for Research and Debate, 6(18). <https://doi.org/10.17899/on_ed.2023.18.4> https://doi.org/10.17899/on_ed.2023.18.4 (open access) Roeske Adrian, Büntemeyer, Doreen, Zakharova, Irina and Andreas Breiter. 2023. Digitale Methoden in Bildungsforschung und Bildungspraxis. Ein Chatbot als Untersuchungsinstrument. In Schiefner-Rohs, Many, Hofhues, Sandra und Andreas Breiter (eds.) Datafizierung (in) der Bildung. Kritische perspektiven auf digitale Vermessung in pädagogischen Kontexten (S. 81-102). Transkript. ( <https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-6582-6/datafizierung-in-der-bil dung/> open access) Zakharova, Irina, and Juliane Jarke. 2023. Do Predictive Analytics Dream of Risk-Free Education? The Politics of Risk Mitigation. Postdigital Science and Education. <https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-023-00411-x> https://doi.org/10.1007/s42438-023-00411-x (open access)

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Invitation to book webinars - Living with Digital Surveillance in China: Citizens' Narratives on Technology, Privacy, and Governance
by Ollier Malaterre, Ariane 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Dear colleagues, I'll be presenting my book Living with Digital Surveillance in China: Citizens' Narratives on Technology, Privacy, and Governance<https://www.routledge.com/9781032517704> in 3 upcoming webinars: * January 25 at 9:15 EST, 15:15 CET, Berlin Contemporary China Network, Freie Universität Berlin<https://www.linkedin.com/company/freie-universitat-berlin/>. Register at: https://berlincontemporarychinanetwork.org/events/detail/living-with-digita… * January 26 at 10amEST, in French, LabCMO, Université du Québec A Montréal. Inscription sur : https://labcmo.ca/2023/12/21/conference-debat-vivre-avec-la-surveillance-nu… * February 8 at 9amEST, 2pmGMT, Lancaster University China Center. Register at: https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/events/living-with-digital-surveillance-in-chin… Hope to see you at one of these! Ariane Ollier-Malaterre, PhD<https://sites.google.com/site/olliermalaterre/home>

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Tues 23 Jan: Zoom book talk - Machine Visions: New Books by Parikka, Dobson & Rettberg
by Jill Walker Rettberg 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

What: A 60 minute online book panel featuring three 2023 books about automated vision. When: Tuesday 23 January at 18:00 in Oslo / 5 pm in the UK / 12 noon in New York Where: On zoom – sign up here: https://uib.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5ckcuirpj0iHNeBMlFIG7CIwk44xjvvtsjQ * James E. Dobson: The Birth of Computer Vision, University of Minnesota Press, 2023. (https://shorturl.at/IQU35) * Jussi Parikka: Operational Images: From the Visual to the Invisual, University of Minnesota Press, 2023. (https://shorturl.at/jxZ38) * Jill Walker Rettberg: Machine Vision: How Algorithms are Changing the Way We See the World, Polity Press, 2023. (https://shorturl.at/gklQ1) Join Jussi Parikka, Jed Dobson and me for an online discussion of our new books! All three of us published books on different aspects of machine vision last year - mine on the cultural implications, Jussi's on the idea of the operative image, and Jed's on the history of how image recognition was developed. We decided to get together to talk about the books and we'd love you to join us! The book talk will be hosted by Gabriele de Seta<https://www.linkedin.com/in/gabrieledeseta/> – each of us will give a short presentation of our book followed by discussion and questions from the audience. Hope to see you there! Jill Jill Walker Rettberg Professor, Co-Director Center for Digital Narrative<http://uib.no/en/cdn> Leader of Machine Vision in Everyday Life<https://www.uib.no/en/machinevision/> (ERC-CoG) University of Bergen https://www.uib.no/en/persons/Jill.Walker.Rettberg

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🌐 AI Fairness Cluster Inaugural Conference & Workshop on AI Bias 👨🏻‍💻
by Fosch Villaronga, E. (Eduard) 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

🌷 Join us in Amsterdam for a groundbreaking event dedicated to AI and Fairness! Hello! We hope this email finds you well. We are thrilled to announce the AI Fairness Cluster Inaugural Conference & AIMMES 2024 Workshop on AI Bias, a landmark event that promises to reshape the conversation around Artificial Intelligence in our society. Scheduled for 19th and 20th March 2024 at the Science Park Congress Center in Amsterdam, this event is a must-attend for anyone invested in the future of AI technologies. AI Fairness Cluster Inaugural Conference - 19th of March Dive into a day of engaging discussions focusing on the technical, legal, and social aspects of AI discrimination risks. Featuring a network of over 50 European institutions and projects such as AEQUITAS, BIAS, FINDHR, and MAMMOth, the conference will host keynote speakers, panel discussions, and presentations from a diverse group of European researchers. This is your chance to engage with thought leaders and innovators shaping the AI landscape (know more about the conference HERE<https://www.biasproject.eu/event/ai-fairness-cluster-inaugural-conference-w…>). AIMMES 2024 Workshop on AI Bias - 20th of March AIMMES’24 Workshop is a deep dive into AI biases, including measurements, mitigation, and explanation strategies. This technical workshop aims to foster dialogue and enhance understanding of the challenges and opportunities at the intersection of AI, fairness, and bias. Whether you're an established scientist or a graduate student, we encourage you to submit your papers for the chance to present your research and insights until the 31st of January (know more about this submission HERE<https://fairnesscluster.github.io/aimmes23.github.io/index.html>) Where and when? 🌐 Where: Science Park Congress Center Venue, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) 🗓️ Date: March 19th and 20th 2024 🕒 Time: 09:00 – 18:00 CET Don't miss out on this opportunity to be at the forefront of AI innovation and ethics. Discover the event agenda<https://www.biasproject.eu/event/ai-fairness-cluster-inaugural-conference-w…> and register here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScrx3t0Klx6jlTF0nPy2QQ3IEevWg4tqXa…> before the deadline on 4th March 2024. For any queries, feel free to reach out to Tamara Vorobyeva at tamara.vorobyeva(a)upf.edu<mailto:tamara.vorobyeva@upf.edu>. Join us in Amsterdam for this pivotal event where technology meets responsibility. We look forward to seeing you there! Best Regards, Dr. Eduard Fosch-Villaronga<https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/eduard-fosch-villaronga#t…> ERC Laureate | Safe & Sound Associate Professor on Law, Robots, and AI eLaw Center for Law and Digital Technologies<https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/law/institute-for-the-interdisciplinar…> Leiden University, the Netherlands

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Inviting applications for English Taught MA and PhD Programs at the Beijing Normal University
by Yik Chan Chin 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

The school of journalism and communication at Beijing Normal University China is inviting international applications for its English taught MA and PhD programmes *(Application Date: November 15, 2023 - March 10, 2024, Beijing time)* *Ph.D. in Media and Communication* The Ph.D. program embraces an interdisciplinary approach to explore media, culture and communication-related issues from a global and comparative perspective. The school’s intellectual inquiry is guided by five research areas: News and Digital Literacy Digital Media Economy and Cognitive Neural Communication Intelligent Computational Communication Digital Publishing and Visual Communication Risk Communication and Digital Governance *Full-time: *3 years *Language of instruction: *English *Programme Introduction:* https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/docs/2023-12/c8ea3ebd13c142de862b91a9f375d1… *Programme Admission:* https:// <https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/english/admissionprogram/postgraduateprogra…> admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/english/admissionprogram/postgraduateprogram/doctoraldegree/admissionbrochure36/index.html *Master in Communication* *Program Name: Digital Media, Global Cultures and Communication* The program seeks to combine theories with practices, and adopts a multi-disciplinary approach to explore digital technology-related issues in a global context, issues such as Big Data and AI, Digital Visual Culture, Online Political Communication, Digital Media Economics, Computational Communication, International Communication, Digital Ethics and Governance, Health and Risk Communication, etc. *Full-time: *2 years *Language of instruction: *English *Programme Introduction:* *https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/docs/2023-12/8693819e219d49dfac3195d7166c6210.pdf <https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/docs/2023-12/8693819e219d49dfac3195d7166c62…>* *Programme Admission:* *https:// <https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/english/admissionprogram/postgraduateprogra…>admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/english/admissionprogram/postgraduateprogram/masterdegree/admissionbrochure2/index.html <https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/english/admissionprogram/postgraduateprogra…>* *About the Beijing Normal University and School of Journalism and Communication* *A Leading Comprehensive University with 120 Years of History* The Beijing Normal University (BNU) has a rich history that began with its establishment in 1902, a date which nearly marks the origin of modern Chinese education. It is a national “Double First- Class” University (Class A) with a reputation for high-quality teaching and research . *Academic Excellence* It is ranked 12th in Mainland China and 40th in Asia in the latest Times Higher Education World University Rankings (2023). The university offers 56 undergraduate programs, 141 Master's programs, 139 Doctoral programs, and 19 English-taught programs (https://admission-is.bnu.edu.cn/english) in a comprehensive choice of subjects. *School of Journalism and Communication (SJC)* Ranked 8th in Communication/Media Studies & Journalism and Communication in Mainland China in the latest QS World University Rankings (2023) and Times Higher Education China Subject Ratings (2023). The School (sjc.bnu.edu.cn) pioneered the interdisciplinary teaching and research of digital media and communication in Mainland China. For any inquiries about the programmes, please contact Dr. Yik Chan Chin at: Yik-Chan.Chin(a)bnu.edu.cn or Professor Hanqing Ding at dinghanqing(a)bnu.edu.cn Thank you very much! Best wishes, Yik Chan *Recent publications* Chin, Yik Chan (2024) Right to Data Access in the Digital Era: the Case of China in Minna Horowitz & Hannu Nieminen; Katja Lehtisaari; Alessandro D’Arma (2024) (eds.) Epistemic Rights in the Era of Digital Disruption, Palgrave-MacMillan: London. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-45976-4_13 Yik Chan Chin, et al (2023) Interoperability of AI governance in Policy Network on Artificial Intelligence (2023). Strengthening multistakeholder approach to global AI governance, protecting the environment and human rights in the era of generative AI. Sipinen, M. (Ed.) United Nations Internet Governance Forum, https://www.intgovforum.org/en/filedepot_download/282/26545 Chin, Yik-Chan, and Jingwu Zhao. 2022. Governing Cross-Border Data Flows: International Trade Agreements and Their Limits. *Laws*, 11: 63. https://doi.org/10.3390/laws11040063 Chin, Yik Chan, Park, Ahran, & Li, Ke (2022). A comparative study on false information governance in Chinese and American social media platforms. *Policy& Internet*, 14, 263–283. https://doi.org/10.1002/poi3.301 ----------------- Dr. Yik Chan Chin Associate Professor School of Journalism and Communication Beijing Normal University Beijing, P.R. China 215123 Email: yik-chan.chin@bnu.edu.cn；yikchanchin@gmail.com https://xwcb.bnu.edu.cn/as/ap/114761.html https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1362-7481 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yik_Chan_Chin http://ssrn.com/author=1377946 https://bnu.academia.edu/YikChanChin https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=u41w5b4AAAAJ&hl=en

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Facebook scam spam solution
by Joly MacFie 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Since I livestream for a number of ISOC Chapters and other orgs I have editor/task manager rights on many of their facebook 'business' pages. In the last week a bunch of scam spam has started showing up on pretty much all of them. It takes the form of a message from '*Group XXXX*' where XXXX is a number, containing copy such as "*Your fanpage has received a copyright warning, you need to contact and confirm your page." *or "*Your Facebook page will be permanently deleted due to a post that infringes our trademark rights"* While these can be dismissed or reported as spam, what enables them in the first place is a, I guess, new FB feature called '*Guest Chat*', where anyone can anonymously message a page. To get rid of these once and for all, the only solution is to disable the feature. Here is FB's page on how to do this https://www.facebook.com/business/help/1343862509336154 My method is 1) login to your Chapter page 2) https://business.facebook.com/latest/inbox/settings/chat_plugin 3) click'*Customize Your Chat Plugin* 4) toggle off *Guest Chat* 5) click *Publish* in the bottom right Happy remediation! Joly -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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CFP: Mobile communication and later life - from theories to empirical frescoes
by Taipale, Sakari 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Call for papers for a special issue of Mobile Media & Communication Topic: Mobile communication and later life: from theories to empirical frescoes Editors: Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol and Sakari Taipale Full call for paper available at https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/mmc/Special%20Issue%20Pro… Important dates: Abstract submission date 15 Feb 2024 Acceptance /rejection feedback 01 Apr 2024 Authors submit full papers by 30 September 2024 Peer Reviews completed/resubmissions in March 2025 Final acceptance by 15 September 2025 In case of further questions, please contact the guest editors, Mireia Fernández-Ardèvol (fernandezar(a)uoc.edu<mailto:fernandezar@uoc.edu>) and Sakari Taipale (sakari.taipale(a)jyu.fi<mailto:sakari.taipale@jyu.fi>).

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International Journal of Comm, CfA Big Data Discourses
by Christian Pentzold 16 Jan '24

16 Jan '24

Call for Abstracts Special Section of the International Journal for Communication: Big Data Discourses: Communicating, Deliberating, and Imagining Datafication Guest Editors: Christian Pentzold & Charlotte Knorr, Leipzig University, Germany Approaching datafication through discourse means to understand and to engage with the eminent reality-making power of communication, deliberation, and imagination. It foregrounds the work that goes into rendering datafication a socially relevant phenomenon and problem. The Special Section of IJOC sets out from the idea that the public understanding of datafication is driven by discourses in the media and among policymakers and the imaginaries they evoke. It invite us to look at what datafication is or should be for a variety of publics and speakers and how they discuss, criticize, or envision the collection and use of data at different places, speaking from different situations, and at different times. That way, the contributions do not merely interrogate the status quo of Big Data analytics. Rather, discourses also involve prospective ambitions and normative stances about potential, desirable, or unwanted innovations. The Special Section turns its attention to discourses whose programs of thought actively shape the social constitution of Big Data and translate into practices, organizational forms, policies, and institutions. Discourses are in fact integral to how we come to engage with datafication. Inquiring into the semantics, interpretations, and cultural values that prelude, accompany, and surround investments and innovations into Big Data requires by definition interdisciplinary work. This includes, among others, critical data studies, STS, sociology, communication, linguistics, political science, cultural studies, geography and education, as well as security studies and gender studies. By taking the understanding of datafication as a matter of contingent articulation, the Special Section helps to dismantle claims about the given and irrevocable facticity of data formats and data analytics so as to explore ways of reimagining their status and implications. In doing so, it seeks to gain leverage in critically examining how datafication’s social imaginations are shaped and to enable alternative readings. The Special Section is open to theoretical and empirical approaches. Due to the variety of paradigms, we believe that it is necessary to work across disciplines and embrace an international perspective. It invites senior as well as emerging scholars to contemplate the entanglement of discourse and technology. Contributions can address, but are not limited to, the following aspects: · Deliberation, policymaking processes, and datafication · Rhetoric and metaphors of dataism · Datafication imagery and visuals · Critiques of dataveillance and data colonialism · Non-Western voices on global and local form of data exploitation · Media reports and (data) journalism on data analytics · Discourses around data analytics in fields such as education, health, policing, welfare, etc. · Visions and anticipations of future data usage · Fictions and works of art engaging with data and data analytics · Domestication of data-driven services and technologies · Folk theories around datafication and people’s algorithmic imaginaries · Critical studies of data analytics’ marketing material and business talk · Self-presentation of actors from data-rich sectors · Data feminism · Data scandals and the performance of whistleblowers as public figures · Narratives and counternarratives around datafication There will be no publication fee. Timeline and procedure 500 to 700 word abstracts should be sent to (bigdatadiscourses(a)gmail.com <mailto:bigdatadiscourses@gmail.com>) by February 08, 2024. The abstract should articulate: 1) the issue or research question to be discussed, 2) the methodological or critical framework used, and 3) the expected findings or conclusions. Feel free to consult with the Special Section Editors about your article ideas and potential angles or approaches. Decisions will be communicated to the authors by February 22, 2024. Invited paper submissions will be due September 1, 2024 and will be submitted to bigdatadiscourses(a)gmail.com <mailto:bigdatadiscourses@gmail.com>. They will then undergo peer review through IJoC following the journal’s standard double-blind procedures.The invitation to submit a full article does not guarantee acceptance into the Special Section. The Special Section is scheduled for publication in fall 2025. This call for abstracts is also accessible via https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/en/institut-fuer-kommunikations-und-medi… Contact Prof Christian Pentzold and Dr Charlotte Knorr Email: bigdatadiscourses(a)gmail.com <mailto:bigdatadiscourses@gmail.com> **** — Professor Dr. Christian Pentzold Institut für Kommunikations- und Medienwissenschaft | Department for Communication and Media Studies Universität Leipzig | Leipzig University Nikolaistrasse 27-29, D-04109 Leipzig christian.pentzold(a)uni-leipzig.de <mailto:christian.pentzold@uni-leipzig.de> https://www.sozphil.uni-leipzig.de/institut-fuer-kommunikations-und-medienw…

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