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The Third “Media Professionals in Residence” Programme 2024-25, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, OPEN CALL NOW!
by Nishant Shah 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Dear All, Given the multiple professional expertise on this group, I am sure this resonates with many of you and your networks. We would love to see you joining us for a hybrid residency on 'Living With AI', spending time in Hong Kong, and creating an impactful research-practice 'Festival of Ideas' that looks at the reconfiguration of the social, economic, political, and personal conditions as we learn to coexist and live with AI. Please do share and if you are interested in applying, do not hesitate to reach out to me for a chat. Warmly, Nishant OPEN CALL NOW The CUHK Media Professionals in Residence Programme <https://www.com.cuhk.edu.hk/research/media-professionals-in-residence-progr…> brings industry practitioners to campus and offers a unique opportunity to bridge the gap between academic research and practice in the media industry. It aims to build a collaborative, critical, and convergent space that facilitates, produces, harvests, and amplifies multi-stakeholder conversations about emergent and future-forward challenges in the media landscape. By bringing together professionals and researchers, the Programme seeks to articulate, map, and blueprint desirable futures for the industry and society. The Programme for the 2024-25 academic year now invites applications from forward-thinking media professionals around the globe with a demonstrated commitment to innovation, collaboration, and shaping the future of the media landscape. Residency fellows should possess a creative, inspiring, and critical approach to their work, and a strong interest in engaging in a collaborative environment with academic partners. Ideal candidates will have a clear vision for their residency, aligning their individual expertise with the Programme’s annual thematic focus. The Hybrid Programme and the Theme Starting from this year, the Programme will be a hybrid fellowship, combining an eight-week in-person residency component with a two-month remote residency component. There will also be a specific theme for each year. For the 2024-25 Programme, the theme is “Living with AI.” Residency fellows are expected to develop projects that leverage artificial intelligence (AI) to address key challenges and opportunities in the media industry or to examine the multifaceted implications of AI on how we produce, consume, and interact with media. Some possible directions include but are not limited to: - Develop AI tools that solve specific problems in the media industry (e.g., misinformation, polarization, hate speech, low trust, revenue decline); - Develop responsible guidelines and best practices for the ethical use of AI in a specific area of the media industry; - Develop engaging and informative campaigns that educate the public about the use of AI in media. The first two months of the residency will take place remotely in Term 1 (Fall 2024), providing a dedicated online orientation and co-creation space. During this period, fellows will host weekly learning calls, share their expertise, and collaboratively develop their projects. A group of teachers and students will participate in these calls. Following the Lunar New Year, fellows will commence their eight-week in-person residency at the School (Spring 2025). The residency will culminate in the “Festival of Ideas” event, showcasing the fellows’ projects. During their in-person residency, fellows will also deliver public talks and guest lectures, host office hours, and participate in social events organized by the School. Eligibility The Programme invites applications from forward-thinking media professionals around the globe with a demonstrated commitment to innovation, collaboration, and shaping the future of the media landscape. Residency fellows should possess a creative, inspiring, and critical approach to their work, and a strong interest in engaging in a collaborative environment with academic partners. Ideal candidates will have a clear vision for their residency, aligning their individual expertise with the program’s annual thematic focus. We seek individuals with a minimum of eight years of professional experience in a diverse range of media sectors, including but not limited to news media, advertising, public relations, digital media technologies, arts and cultural production, and communication departments within corporate and nonprofit organizations. Support from the Programme We will create a collaborative learning and working environment and match the fellows with our teachers and students to work on their projects together. We will also provide the necessary financial and administrative support for the “Festival of Ideas” event. Each fellow will receive an honorarium of HK$90,000 for the entire residency. Assistance in visa application and accommodation booking can be provided. Fellows will have access to the university library during their in-person residency. Application Materials - CV: A comprehensive CV outlining the applicant’s professional experience, education, skills, and relevant accomplishments. - Portfolio of previous works - Project Proposal: A written statement (maximum 1,000 words in English) pitching a project that aligns with the Programme’s annual thematic focus: Living with AI. In the proposal, applicants should address the following: 1. Project Rationale: Explain the significance of your proposed project, how it fits the theme, and why you are passionate about pursuing it. 2. Relevant Experience and Expertise: Highlight how your past experience and current interests equip you to undertake this project successfully. 3. Potential Collaborations: Identify prospective partners within the School of Journalism and Communication or local communities with whom you would like to collaborate. 4. Teamwork and Collaboration: Articulate your approach to teamwork and why you are eager to work in a collaborative environment. - Video Introduction: A 3-minute video briefly introducing yourself and your proposed project. The video can be in any style. All participants are required to complete an online application form via https://shorturl.at/7yAmj and upload the supporting documents on or before 14 July 2024. Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for interviews in late July 2024. Application link: https://shorturl.at/7yAmj Application deadline: 14 July 2024 Enquiry: mediapro(a)cuhk.edu.hk -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) Assoc. Professor, Global Media, Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty Associate, Berkman-Klein Centre for Internet & Society, Harvard University (USA) Knowledge Partner, Digital Asia Hub (Hong Kong), Point of View (Mumbai) https://nishantshah.online

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WEBCAST JUN 20 – Cross-Border Digital Impact: Analyzing the Effects of Canada’s Online News Act on Internet Fragmentation
by Joly MacFie 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

Starting in a moment. No speakers are named in the announcement but one imagines it will be natlie Campbell and/or Andrew Sullivan, since they are the co-authors of last years impact brief on the topic. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3zceCGU On Thursday June 20 2024, at 18:00 UTC, the Internet Society presents a webinar 'Cross-Border Digital Impact: Analyzing the Effects of Canada's Online News Act on Internet Fragmentation'. This session will explore the potential for internet fragmentation… [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=046f8a57554e2b3374a8d36d…>On *Thursday June 20 2024*, at *18:00 UTC*, the *Internet Society <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=711ccf3866c9e8378b80da69…>* presents a webinar '*Cross-Border Digital Impact: Analyzing the Effects of Canada's Online News Act on Internet Fragmentation <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=aa7ea915c7cb3e430b1317b0…>*'. This session will explore the potential for internet fragmentation triggered by Canada’s *Online News Act <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5ca66c18960e9a7cd420aefd…>**—impacting not only how individuals and businesses interact online but also how similar challenges and legislation are faced by other countries, like Brazil and the US. *Bill C18, the Online News Act, aims to financially bolster Canadian news media by mandating major digital platforms to compensate for the use of their content. This act also positions the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as the central authority for compliance, potentially centralizing internet functions and impacting the free contribution to the digital economy along with safety and security online. *INTERNET IMPACT BRIEF* *https://bit.ly/4bbWsSQ <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5ca66c18960e9a7cd420aefd…>* (Feb 2023) *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/isoc-onlinenewsact <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=64148c7bf2ccbf0b875c5067…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3Xrch50 <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=aa7ea915c7cb3e430b1317b0…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3zceCGU <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=d2ed464076f5ce429dfdc4a4…>* *TWITTER #C18 #OnlineNewsAct <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ffff8b6e07e4007089b009d5…> @ndunleavy @InternetSociety* *MASTODON #OnlineNewsAct <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=89d629b4aa6ce812031cbfd8…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b21741292dfbc9123b6e52a6…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6dc8938462a7ce7250aa5da1…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c091968bc2e87cf4a5ca104b…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/isoc-onlinenewsact <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=131e0058ec0c2cf9a4c4bb6e…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our June 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST JUN 19 – PNIF Kickoff Webinar – Avoiding Internet fragmentation. Still a matter of concern in 2024?
by Joly MacFie 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

This is underway - REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3zbclfa No speakers were announced in advance but so far we have DISCUSSANTS Wim Degezelle, IGF Consultant ,PNIF Philipp Schulte, BMDV Andrew Rens, Research ICT Africa Isra Rosas, Internet Society William J. Drake, CITI Alisa Heaver, The Netherlands Nazar Nicholas, IGF Tanzania HOSTS Sheetal Kumar, PNIF co-coordinator Bruna Martins dos Santos, PNIF MAG co-coordinator [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=766dc13edcf8ffcdb06ccd2…> On *Wednesday June,19 2024*, at *14:00-15:30 UTC*, the *Internet Governance Forum Policy Network on Internet Fragmentation <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=25f74eb4a404e7b81b53757…>* (PNIF) kicks off its 2024 activities with a webinar '‘*Avoiding Internet fragmentation. Still a matter of concern in 2024? <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4da2fa13787599f29bee8b6…>* ' When the PNIF launched in 2022, it was strongly inspired by the UN Secretary General's call to address 'avoiding fragmentation of the Internet' in the Global Digital Compact (GDC). Two years later, with ongoing preparations for the GDC and the upcoming WSIS+20 discussions, the PNIF seeks to evaluate how this call is being followed up and how the PNIF platform and framework can be most effective in fostering holistic and inclusive discussions on fragmentation, thereby reflecting on and contributing to these critical dialogues. *SPEAKERS* T.B.D. *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/pnif2024-1 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4ca09e52cab61bbfe7aeda6…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3z9Kig4 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=65e111d48c53f4f3f89f976…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/3zbclfa <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=95281a2cd8bc180bd1a4d72…>* *TWITTER #PNIF @intgovforum #InternetFragmentation #IGFPN #MSHDigitalFuture* *MASTODON #InternetFragmentation <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a0a999c6e4f7b24d2bb2c07…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=24b61172df50e90e538128f…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=fbe71a36ff818649e0c178e…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4f8a39c987b8937daad33f6…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/pnif2024-1 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ed865287555499739854edc…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our June 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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VIII International Conference on Online Journalism - CFP
by Inês Amaral 21 Jun '24

21 Jun '24

The organization of the VIII International Conference on Online Journalism (#8COBCIBER) invites interested researchers to submit, *by June 30, 2024,* communication proposals to be presented at the conference. Communications should be about Cyberjournalism, with special preference for the topic of this #8COBCIBER, *"Platforms and players: embracing innovation, facing challenges".* It is suggested that proposals may address, among others, the following topics: *- Social implications of the “platformization” process;- Innovation in social media platforms;- Relevant platforms and actors in disinformation;- New actors in the face of cyberjournalistic authority;- Artificial Intelligence and cyberjournalism;- Cybermedia, attention economy and Algorithms;- Privacy and security of cyber media and cyber journalists;- Corporate communication in digital environments vs. Cyberjournalism;- Media literacy and cyberjournalism;- Consumption of online news and psychosocial effects;- Business models and monetization in cyberjournalism;- Cyberjournalism and diversity (social, cultural, etc.);- Cyberjournalism and gamification;- New cyberjournalisms;- Cyberjournalism and audience(s);- Cyberjournalism as a response to “news deserts”;- Strategies to mitigate growing news avoidance* Proposals, in the form of an extended abstract, may be written in *English, Portuguese, Spanish or French.* Each must include a description of *400 to 500 words*, which includes, in particular, the topic and its relevance, hypothesis or argument, conceptual and methodological framework, expected results and up to five keywords. Researchers must fill out this form to submit their proposals. The #8COBCIBER Scientific Committee will evaluate the proposals, and the *result will be communicated to all authors by July 31st*. The final articles may be published in *an edition of the journal* Estudos em Comunicação / Communication Studies <https://ojs.labcom-ifp.ubi.pt/ec/>(Scopus, Q3), which will have a call for papers aligned with the Congress theme, or in a *book to be published by Livros LabCom*. In both cases, *publications will take place in 2025*, and authors must deliver *complete articles by June 30, 2025.* #8COBCIBER is organized by ObCiber - Cyberjournalism Observatory <https://obciber.com/>, CITCEM - Transdisciplinary Research Center for Culture, Space and Memory <https://citcem.org/en/> and FLUP - Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto <https://sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/web_page.inicial>. More information: https://obciber.com/8-international-conference-on-online-journalism/ -- Inês Amaral Professora Associada | Associate Professor Universidade de Coimbra • Faculdade de Letras | University of Coimbra • Faculty of Arts and Humanities Largo da Porta Férrea | 3004-530 • Coimbra • Portugal Tel. | Phone: +351 239 410 090 E-mail: ines.amaral(a)uc.pt www.uc.pt | www.uc.pt/fluc

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Call for Papers: Silicon Dawn: Creative Computing in Europe 1970 - 2000
by Kieran Nolan 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Dear Association of Internet Researchers list members, We hope that this email finds you well. We are delighted to announce the Call for Papers for the European funded Cooperation on Science and Technology (COST) Action Grassroots of Digital Europe (GRADE) edited collection, *Silicon Dawn: Creative Computing in Europe 1970-2000*. We are currently in contact with University Presses as open access publishers for this collection. We are particularly keen to welcome submissions from early career researchers and innovators for submissions to this collection and to encourage submissions from individuals in COST Inclusiveness Target Countries. As GRADE promotes the working across boundaries and with communities - both real and imagined - please do consider these aspects when submitting your abstract. Further details about the Action, including how to contribute to the Action and details relating to Inclusiveness Target Countries, can be found here: Action CA21141 - COST <https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA21141/#tabs+Name:Description> Full details are in the attached. For reference, the key timelines and contacts are as follows: Abstracts of no more than 500 words - not including references - should be sent to *costgradewg1(a)gmail.com <costgradewg1(a)gmail.com>* as a Word document by *31/07/2024*. Please include a short bio for all authors of no more than 200 words. Notifications will be sent to authors by *31/08/2024*. Full papers of no more than 8000 words - including references - will be due by *31/01/2025*. Publication of the edited collection will take place in* August 2026*. Please relay any questions that you have about the collection to the editors, cc'd here, Natalija Majsova (natalija.majsova(a)fdv.uni-lj.si) Kieran Nolan (kieran.nolan(a)dkit.ie) and Alex Wade (alex.wade(a)bcu.ac.uk) With your contributions, we look forward to stimulating, broadening and deepening the debate around the role of creative computing in Europe and its unique contribution to the contemporary world that it has helped to create. With best wishes, Natalija Majsova Kieran Nolan Alex Wade ------------------------------------------------- *Dr Kieran Nolan* PhD, MA x2, BDes(Hons) *Co-Director, Creative Arts Research Centre,* School of Informatics and Creative Arts, Dundalk Institute of Technology, Dundalk, Co. Louth, A91 K584, Ireland. kieran.nolan(a)dkit.ie +353 (0)42 9370200 (extension 2992) ------------------------------------------------- *Recent Research Outputs:* kierannolan.com/publications -------------------------------------------------

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CFP: Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond, 10-11 December 2024
by Naomi Wells 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Call for papers: Social Media Communication and Right-Wing Populisms in Latin America and Beyond Conference: 10-11 December 2024 (in person and online) CFP deadline: 31 July 2024 Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Nayib Bukele in El Salvador and Javier Milei in Argentina are just a few paradigmatic cases which represent, to different degrees, the rise of populism, the advances of right-wing radicalism and the resurgence of extreme nationalism in Latin America in the last decade. We use the term "right-wing populism" to refer, as some Latin Americanists have done, to the ideological conservative elements and national-populist influences, namely the construction of political antagonisms, alongside the explicit praise and support of local capitalist systems. The cohesive element at the regional level is the post-colonial historical situation: Latin America's colonial roots engendered a profoundly hierarchical society whose dominant classes have felt threatened by a series of recent rights advances on the part of minoritised groups, responding in reactionary terms. It is also common for these leaders to advocate for greater military investment, as well as speak nostalgically of the patriarchal order and hardline security approaches that authoritarian regimes enacted in the past. However, beyond these sociological aspects, the emergence of right-wing populist leaders as representatives of a mass phenomenon calls for in-depth studies of new forms of communication. How can a political project that defends the interests of a privileged few, namely white men, become a phenomenon that is radically defended by large sectors of the population? How does the study of the social media communication that is used by right-wing populisms inform us about broad processes of socio-political polarisation? This conference will discuss how, through social media communication, Latin American right-wing populisms are configuring their own discourses, with regional particularities as well as global influences. This is a timely theme as Latin America’s right-wing populisms, which are under-researched compared to their Anglo-European equivalents, have expanded throughout the region and have built global connections. Over 2 days, the conference will place a particular focus on how social media communication exacerbates political polarisation, radicalisation, and violent political cultures through the study of the uses that political influencers and far-right populist sympathisers make of these media. While focused on Latin America, we also invite scholars and practitioners who work on processes of radicalisation in other parts of the world to submit their papers in order to enable discussions about common and divergent elements as well as connections with other expressions of right-wing populisms. Paper submissions may address, but are not limited to, the following themes: - Analysis of communication strategies on social media by right-wing parties. - Disinformation and fake news in right-wing populist social media campaigns. - Meme culture and the use of codes such as humour and irony to build adherence and normalise certain forms of violence. - The role of youth in digital mobilization for or against right-wing populisms - The role of gender in the political communication of right-wing leaders and influencers. - The role of AI and social media algorithms in facilitating political polarisation. - Regulation and legal challenges in content management on social media in the political context. - The challenges and ethics of social media research with/on right-wing populisms. Abstracts of 250 words and a 100-word bio should be emailed to the conference organisers Gabriel Bayarri (gabriel.bayarri(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:gabriel.bayarri@sas.ac.uk>) and Ainhoa Montoya (ainhoa.montoya(a)cchs.csic.es<mailto:ainhoa.montoya@cchs.csic.es>) by 31 July 2024. Proposals should also indicate whether the presentation will be in person or online. In order to minimize the climate impact of the conference, we encourage those based outside Europe to participate online. This is a multilingual conference, and presentations will be accepted in Spanish, Portuguese, and English. The conference is funded by the British Academy<https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/> and will be hosted by the Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies<https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/research-centres/centre-latin-american-caribbean-stu…>, in collaboration with the Digital Humanities Research Hub<https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us-6/institutes-and-centres/digital-humanities-…>, the Centre for the Politics of Feelings<https://www.politics-of-feelings.com/> and the Institute of Language, Literature and Anthropology<https://illa.csic.es/es> at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). Centre for Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK http://ilcs.sas.ac.uk<http://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/> | ilcs(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:ilcs@sas.ac.uk> Dr Naomi Wells Senior Lecturer in Italian and Spanish with Digital Humanities Acting Director of the Digital Humanities Research Hub/Associate Director of the Doctoral Centre Digital Humanities Research Hub<https://www.sas.ac.uk/digital-humanities>/Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies<https://ilcs.sas.ac.uk/> School of Advanced Study | University of London Senate House | Malet Street | London WC1E 7HU | UK Email: naomi.wells(a)sas.ac.uk<mailto:naomi.wells@sas.ac.uk> Research profile: https://research.london.ac.uk/search/staff/1164/dr-naomi-wells/

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New Report: Digital Misinformation in 9 election cycles in Asia
by Nishant Shah 20 Jun '24

20 Jun '24

Dear All, I am very thrilled to share with you that our work (Anushree Majumdar and I) with the Upgrade Democracy <https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/our-projects/upgrade-democracy>project, looking at digital disinformation in 9 major election cycles in Asia, post the COVID19 pandemic management shifts in the region, has resulted into a new report titled The Making of Misinformation Choice. <https://www.bertelsmann-stiftung.de/en/publications/publication/did/the-mak…> The report builds on critical policy and literature review, extensive interviews with fact-checkers, disinformation debunking activists, and civil society organisations in 9 regions and countries, to think about the ways in which new information regimes are established that persuade and convince people to make misinformed choices in electoral actions. The report produces a new framework of digital misinformation as a stack, looks at the ways in which information contamination and manipulation happens, examines the difficulties in doing fact-checking as individual actors, and looks at the best practices and counter-measures that are being tried and developed across the region. The report was a collaboration between The Digital Narratives Studio <https://digitalnarratives.com.cuhk.edu.hk/> and The Digital Asia Hub, <https://www.digitalasiahub.org/> with strong support from fellow BKCer Malavika Jayaram, who facilitated the project, and with generous support and resources by Cathleen Berger <https://cathleenberger.com/about/>(another BKC community node) from the Bertelsmann Stiftung. We hope that you enjoy reading the report and that it helps add to the critical discourse in the field. We would, of course, always be thrilled to have more conversations and connections on this. Warm regards, NIshant -- Dr. Nishant Shah (Ph.D.) Assoc. Professor, Global Media, Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty Associate, Berkman-Klein Centre for Internet & Society, Harvard University (USA) Knowledge Partner, Digital Asia Hub (Hong Kong), Point of View (Mumbai) https://nishantshah.online

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Sign Up for DiGRA 2024 Workshop: Leveling the Playing Grounds
by Gerald Voorhees 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

Online and in-person attendees of DiGRA 2024 are invited to register for the workshop <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScJaCgTwBxf21EbeKMNSNXd-TDA6A_4o3D…>, "Toward Leveling the Playing Grounds: Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ADE) for Games Research and Creation," taking place on 1 July 2024, 11 AM - 5 PM (Central Time Zone). This workshop, led by professors Gerald Voorhees and Kishonna Gray, synthesizes insights from leading voices in games research and/or creation to help games researchers, educators, makers, and students adopt equity-oriented principles and practices. Participants should come to the workshop with an ongoing or upcoming project in mind and leave with an plan to embed anti-racism, decolonization, and equity, diversity, and inclusion (ADE) into the research questions, execution of project (including methodologies and organization of the lab or team), and knowledge dissemination strategy. This 4 hour workshop will feature seminar style presentations, large group discussion, and small group discussion. Participants will hear brief reports on A. established, emerging, and overlooked lines of ADE-oriented inquiry in games scholarship, B. research and scholarship on white, heteropatriarchal presumptions and biases in games and play research, and C. best practices and new avenues for embedding ADE values and practices in research. Participants will also engage in discussion facilitated by workshop leaders A. about how ADE is and/or is not taken up in their subfields and the disciplines in which they were trained, B. to collaboratively develop and generate feedback on select sample ADE plans, and C. in breakout groups to create ADE plans for each participant before reporting their plans to the large group for further feedback from other participants and workshop leaders.

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cfp: RESAW 2025 "The Datafied Web" 5-6 June 2025
by Seitz, Tatjana 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

RESAW 2025 call for contributions is out! Join us for "The Datafied Web". The 6th RESAW conference will be held at the University of Siegen, Germany. The full version of the call: https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/cfp-resaw-2025 and https://cc.au.dk/en/resaw/cfp-resaw-2025 To submit a proposal: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=resaw2025<https://easychair.org/cfp/RESAW2025> ====================================================== „The Datafied Web“: 6th RESAW Conference (5-6 June 2025, Siegen University, Germany) + pre-conference day Do you remember the beginnings of early metrics in the 90s, the birth of web counters, those digital pioneers that marked and started to quantify the pulse of online activity, the novelty of seeing website visits measured in real-time, eye-catching graphics becoming the currency of online attention, and the early days of companies like Webtrends, Urchin and DoubleClick? We invite scholars, researchers, web archivists to contribute to the 6th RESAW conference on the topic of “The Datafied Web”, through a historical lens. We would like to delve into the historical roots, trends, and trajectories that shaped the data-driven paradigm in web development and to examine the genealogies of the datafied and metrified web. Historical studies of trajectories towards a databased web and the emergence of platform-driven mobile ecosystems are very welcome, as well as case studies for instance related to the development of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) and the evolution of data-sharing practices. Uncovering the early forms of analytics software, their origins, and the role they played in shaping the web landscape, and examining the historical context, aesthetics and role of web counters, analytics tools, mobile sensing and other metrics may also help us deepen our understanding of online interactions, past publics and audiences, and their (uneasy) trajectories. “The datafied web” also raises questions related to methods and (web) archives allowing to research this evolution: what are for instance the challenges and methodologies involved in archiving the metrified and increasingly mobile web, including the back-end infrastructure? This theme also invites us to trace the historical trajectory of data surveillance and the evolution of data capturing practices on the web. Complementary are issues related to the historical development of tracking mechanisms, cookies, and the creation of digital footprints, as well as the evolution of companies relying on metrics, and the development of financialized web spaces and their implications. By investigating historical controversies and debates surrounding the increasing datafication of the web and uncovering historical instances of innovative data use or resistance practices against the datafication of the web, this conference also aims at reconstructing vivid and key debates that are transversal to the history of the web. How did the datafied web provide for the sensory media environments that we are now living in? Finally, we wish to discuss innovative research methodologies for uncovering the historical dimensions of the datafied and metrified web, as well as methods that are approaching web archives as data (from an archiving and research perspective) and explore them through distant reading, metadata, seed lists, and other methods. Plus, we want to encourage everyone to think about datafication as a practice of sensing and sense-making that creates, sustains, and undermines media environments. ====================================================== Topics: Infrastructures, Publics, Archives — see online call for details ====================================================== Possible formats — see online call for details Individual papers of 15 minutes (500-word abstract). Panel sessions consisting of three individual papers of 15 minutes, introduced by a chair (500-word abstract for each paper, a brief 300-word description of the purpose of the panel). Other unconventional proposals like sessions of lightning talks, roundtables, etc., are welcome (300-word abstract). A session “My PhD in 5 Minutes” is foreseen (please apply by providing a 300-word abstract) Acceptance of submissions is based on double-blind peer review. ====================================================== Submissions for the RESAW Conference: deadline is 15 October 2024 Submissions are welcome from all fields and disciplines, and we would particularly encourage postgraduate students and early career researchers to participate. We also encourage contributions that highlight non-Western and non-hegemonic developments. Contributions on practical challenges of web archiving in current moments of crisis are also very welcome. The RESAW conference is organized by the CRC 1187 Media of Cooperation in collaboration with the RESAW Conference Committee. The conference is funded in part, by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – Projektnummer 262.513.311 – SFB 1187 Medien der Kooperation and in part by the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR), [INTER/DFG/23/17960744/DIGMEDIA]. Tatjana Seitz | Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin | PhD Researcher | Special Collaborative Research Center (CRC) 1187 “Media of Cooperation<https://www.mediacoop.uni-siegen.de/en/>” | @mediaofcoop | University of Siegen, DE | tatjana.seitz(a)uni-siegen.de | Recent articles | Cynical technical practice: From AI to APIs DOI: 10.1177/13548565221133248<https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565221133248> | API Governance: The Case of Facebook’s Evolution DOI: 10.1177/20563051221086228<https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051221086228>

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CfA: “En/Countering Tracking”, Computational Culture, Special Issue
by Sebastian Randerath 19 Jun '24

19 Jun '24

** *Dear colleagues,* * we would like to draw your attention to the following call for abstracts for a special issue of Computational Cultureon “En/Countering Tracking. Resisting spatiotemporal media operations in computational culture”. We look forward to receiving your abstracts. Please feel free to forward the CfA to any potentially interested colleagues. Thank you and best regards, Kathrin Friedrich and Sebastian Randerath Call for Abstracts (Deadline: September 15, 2024) En/Countering Tracking. Resisting spatiotemporal media operations in computational culture A special issue of Computational Culture, a Journal of Software Studies Edited by Kathrin Friedrich and Sebastian Randerath Tracking takes place ubiquitously and at different scales – from satellite-based wildlife tracking (Benson 2010) to automated monitoring of supply chain workers through radio-frequency identification (RFID) (Hayles 2009; Kanngieser 2013) and to ubiquitous self-surveillance through self-tracking apps (Lupton 2021). With the expansion of sensor-based geomedia as well as embodied computing, tracking also becomes a key media operation for environmental sensing or virtual reality experiences (Egliston and Carter 2022; Gabrys 2019). The computational logics of tracking result in new aesthetic and operational regimes that diminish sensory perception and privilege logics of calculation, which in turn co-constitute mobile forms of (non-)human action and tactical interventions (Crandall 2010; Hansen 2015). Countering tracking has become a key form of resisting the logics of computational culture. Subversive encounters have emerged in recent years as counterpoints to the hegemonic logics of web infrastructures (Christl and Spiekermann 2016), platform labor (Heiland 2021) and racial capitalism (Russell and De Souza 2023). These attempts to counter tracking take forms that range from investigative visualizations (Fuller and Weizman 2021) or provoking glitches in tracking infrastructures (Leszczynski and Elwood 2022) to uncovering web-based tracking (Sharelab 2015), building counter-infrastructures for labor resistance (Qadri and D’Ignazio 2022), or using sensors and satellite images for critical investigations (Ballinger 2023; Boyd et al. 2018). Countering tracking becomes a resistant media operation itself, disentangling hegemonic spatiotemporal regimes and their socio-political forces. These forms of countering tracking challenge existing theoretical approaches to the critical analysis of tracking and open up new perspectives on subversion and resistance in computational culture. How is countering tracking by means of tracking possible in different contexts and in relation to software, infrastructures and aesthetics? We invite critical encounters through and of tracking, enabling new perspectives on computational infrastructures, software, (non-)human aesthetics and operative interactions, by means of theoretical reflections, critical making or activism. We aim at gathering submissions that 1) render existing tracking operations perceivable; 2) disrupt tracking infrastructures; or 3) operationalize tracking itself for resistance. The special issue invites theoretical, conceptual and performative approaches from fields such as media studies, visual studies, artistic research, sociology and critical geography to address the question of how tracking becomes a repressive, subversive or activistic media operation. Topics and projects might include: - Inventive methods that repurpose tracking infrastructures, sensors, software and data to research computational culture - Detailed empirical and critical studies exploring the relations of en/countering tracking in computational culture - En/countering tracking in labor resistance and platform capitalisms - Critical theoretical conceptualization of tracking or countering for the study of computational culture - Critical explorations of the chronopolitics, timescapes and spatiotemporal regimes of tracking - Activist media, countersurveillance, tactical media, decolonial, (glitch) feminist and resistant epistemologies of tracking - En/countering relations between political economy, racialized capitalism and tracking - Visual cultures, (in-)visualities and aesthetics of en/countering tracking - En/countering tracking in media art and artistic activism Schedule 750-word abstracts should be emailed to en_countering_tracking(a)uni-bonn.de by September 15, 2024. Abstracts will be reviewed by the special issue editors and the Computational Cultureeditorial board. Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by October 30, 2024 and invited to submit full manuscripts by March 1, 2025. These manuscripts are subject to full blind peer review according to Computational Culture’s policies. Possible costs for proofreading incurred by the authors are not covered by the editors or the journal. There are no open access or processing charges for this special issue. Computational Cultureis an online open-access peer-reviewed journal of interdisciplinary enquiry into the nature of cultural computational objects, practices, processes and structures. For the full CfA visit:http://computationalculture.net/cfps-events/ <http://computationalculture.net/cfps-events/> Any queries can be addressed to the special issue editors at: en_countering_tracking(a)uni-bonn.de * -- Sebastian Randerath, M.A. (he/him) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, Digitale Medienkultur Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn Institut für Sprach-, Medien- und Musikwissenschaft Abteilung für Medienwissenschaft Lennéstraße 1, 53113 Bonn https://bsky.app/profile/sebastianranderath.bsky.social

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