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CFP for the special issue on Digital Battlefield (Journal of Comm Technology)
by K. Hazel Kwon 11 Jul '24

11 Jul '24

Dear colleagues, The Journal of Communication Technology <https://www.joctec.net/> (ISSN 2694-3883), the official journal of the Communication Technology division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, is pleased to announce a Special Call for Papers for an issue on Digital Battlefields. Please check out for more information HERE <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MWBow8cAIJ83YKC-JljzCCXutHcVzy5C/edit?u…> or see below. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to me! - Hazel (khkwon(a)asu.edu) Journal of Communication Technology Call for Proposals Digital Battlefields: Communication Technology, Conflict, and the Struggle for Global Attention The Journal of Communication Technology (ISSN 2694-3883), the official journal of the Communication Technology division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, is pleased to announce a Special Call for Papers for an issue on Digital Battlefields. Note: If you submitted a manuscript to the previous special issue call on “The Digital Armed Conflict: The Battle for Ukraine Online,” please submit it again to be considered for this CFP. As digital technologies continue to reshape the dynamics of warfare and political conflict globally, the Journal of Communication and Technology (JoCTEC) seeks to examine the ways these technologies are employed by individuals, organizations, and state actors within these landscapes of conflict. Conflicts like the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Israeli bombardment in the Gaza Strip, the armed conflict in Congo, and the Sudanese Civil War have highlighted how online communication strategies can significantly impact narratives, the spread of information (and disinformation), and global perceptions of these events. The communication strategies and tactics employed in the battle in cyberspace have become an important facet of this digital war of information and communication. This special issue of JoCTEC welcomes articles focusing on the complexities of communication in digital conflict zones, including but not limited to: - The shaping of narratives: How do digital media frame conflicts, aiding or countering efforts to influence public opinion? What are the roles of state-owned media, independent outlets, and social media in these contexts? - (In)visibility and global attention: How does the digital footprint of a conflict influence the global response? What are the factors that lead to some conflicts gaining widespread digital attention while others remain in relative obscurity? - Ethical dilemmas of the digital age: What are the ethical considerations for those producing and disseminating information from conflict zones, particularly in a context with widespread misinformation campaigns? - Communication strategies and counter-strategies: What are the digital tactics and technological tools used by state actors, non-governmental organizations, and independent actors within conflict zones to advance their objectives? - The weaponization of information: How are digital technologies used in the spread of disinformation and propaganda? What strategies exist to counter these efforts? - Deepfakes and synthetic media: What is the emerging role of deepfakes and other manipulated media in shaping conflict narratives or fueling instability? - Global mobilization and digital solidarity: How can digital tools foster transnational mobilization and support for those impacted by conflict? JoCTEC welcomes scholarship from a broad area of inquiry, with the expressed mission to bring together research that facilitates discussion and cultivates understanding of the ways in which communication technologies are changing not only media processes and content but also audiences, institutions, and society at large. JoCTEC is not limited to a particular theoretical and methodological perspective, and welcomes research that informs debates from comparative empirical perspectives and more conceptual and theoretical approaches. What remains at the forefront for our journal is that scholarship is systematic and rigorous concerning communication technologies and their impacts, no matter the disciplinary precision of the inquiry. Important Deadlines - September 1, 2024: full paper submission. - December 1, 2024: reviewer’s comments to be communicated to authors. - March 1, 2025: revised manuscript submission. - May 1, 2025: notification of acceptance - July 1, 2025: expected publication date Guideline for Paper Submission: Submissions should follow the manuscript guidelines for JoCTEC. - Prepare the manuscript using APA (7th ed) citation style, with text of no more than 9,000 words (including abstract, figures/tables, and references). - Submit the manuscript in Word format with all author-identifying information omitted to allow for blind peer review. - Confirmed manuscript is not before another journal for consideration, and that the manuscript has not been previously published, including in a language other than English. Full papers should be emailed to contact JoCTEC Editors via the Submission Form <https://forms.gle/hmcYgiamP5MSaiwM6> posted on https://www.joctec.net/submit. If you have any questions, please contact the editors Hazel Kwon (khkwon(a)asu.edu) or Sonali Kudva ( skudva(a)methodist.edu) -- *K. Hazel Kwon (권경희) * Pronouns: She/Her/Hers a lifelong learner | Professor | President's academic council founder and lead researcher, Media, Information, Data and Society (MIDaS) Lab <https://cronkite.asu.edu/about/centers-and-institutes/midas-lab/> Editor, Journal of Communication Technology <https://www.joctec.net/> (ISSN 2694-3883) "Be who you are and be that well" - St. Francis de Sales Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication *Arizona State University* Home of Arizona PBS 555 N. Central Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85004 *email: *khkwon(a)asu.edu* | personal homepage: *hazelkwon.org <http://hazelkwon.org/>

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Tenure Track Assistant Professor Position at Baylor University - Fall 2025
by Alec Tefertiller 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

The Dept. of Journalism, Public Relations and New Media at Baylor University is seeking a tenure-track, assistant professor beginning Fall 2025. We are looking for someone to teach social media, analytics, and artificial intelligence and/or advertising design, copywriting, media planning, and management. For more information and to apply, click here: https://apply.interfolio.com/148087 The deadline is September 15. Regards, Alec -- Alec Tefertiller, Ph.D. alectefertiller(a)gmail.com alectefertiller.com <alectefertiller(a)gmail.com>

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Drowning in the Flood: Social Media Platforms’ Failure to Manage Harmful and Pro-Terror Content During Israel-Hamas War‏
by Edan Ring 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

Dear Colleagues, I think this new and timely report might interest many of you researching social media platforms' trust and safety policies and moderation - The Israel Internet Association <https://en.isoc.org.il/> recently published a new study assessing the performance of various social media platforms in handling harmful content and disinformation. In an age when social media platforms are a central tool for public discourse and access to information, user safety on these platforms is of utmost importance. Since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war, these very platforms have been flooded with harmful, toxic and offensive content, including gruesome footage of the October 7 attacks filmed by the attackers themselves, with hate speech, misinformation and other violations of platform policies appearing at speeds and volumes that the platforms were unprepared to contend with. The Israel Internet Association set out to assess the extent of the platforms’ failure to contend with this phenomenon, and how true they remained to their public promises to ensure user safety in the current state of emergency. Our study evaluated the nature and quality of responses received from leading social media platforms, assessing the manner in which they reacted to complaints and reports of policy-violating content. The data is drawn from a pool of hundreds of reports submitted by the Israel Internet Association’s Internet Safety Hotline <https://en.isoc.org.il/the-internet-safety-hotline> (recognized by most major social media platforms as a Trusted Flagger) during the first two months of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. For a brief summary of the paper and findings: Drowning in the Flood: ISOC-IL Releases New Study Documenting Social Media Platforms' Failure to Enforce Safety Policies <https://en.isoc.org.il/about/news-room/isoc-il-releases-new-study-documenti…> See the full data and analysis here: Drowning in the Flood: Social Media Platforms’ Management of Harmful and Pro-Terror Content During the October 7 Attack and the Israel-Hamas War <https://en.isoc.org.il/policy-community/policy-papers/oct7-social/drowning-…> The findings are troubling, and show that response times were exceedingly slow, with little to no action on weekends. Handling of content requiring manual review or contextual understanding was notably poor, revealing significant differences between content types and across different platforms. We show that the same platforms have succeeded in similar situations in other countries, suggesting that success is possible when appropriate resources are channeled into achieving it. We present detailed recommendations as to how to remedy the present situation, and emphasize that responsibility lies not only with the platforms but also with governments and legislators, who permit these companies to operate with minimal transparency and accountability. Best wishes Edan * Edan Ring** | VP Community Affairs** | * *Israel Internet Association ISOC-IL* 054-6680085 | www.isoc.org.il | edan.ring(a)isoc.org.il <rani(a)isoc.org.il> | איגוד-האינטרנט.ישראל <http://xn----zhcbgfhe2aacg8fb5i.xn--4dbrk0ce/> -- --- Visit my website: https://www.edanring.co.il/

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Digital Data Processing 2024
by ijwa dline.info 10 Jul '24

10 Jul '24

Fourth International Conference on Digital Data Processing (DDP 2024) Yeshiva University. New York. US September 30-October 01, 2024 (www.socio.org.uk/ddp) (IEEE Xplore indexed) As technology advances in different sub-domains of computing, data-driven models are becoming increasingly important. The data-dependent world now faces many challenges in terms of data accuracy and data privacy. High-impact advancements include machine learning, artificial intelligence, deep learning and many more. Data is growing exponentially in terms of diversity and complexity. One organization or industry processes over a few million transactions per hour and stores hundreds of billions of data. We live in a world with a great need for more efficient data analysis and processing. Data analytics can reveal hidden patterns, complex relationships, internal information relations, and even segmentation. Data applications have opened up new possibilities in every aspect of our lives. Studying data and its structure, dynamics, and modern data technologies is ongoing. There is a great deal of literature and research on data management, but it does not address the data processing needs. Many studies focus on developing models and systems for analyzing large datasets. Data analysis leads to application domains that have a systematic impact on decisions. The knowledge gained from the data analysis enables the generation of critical information for multiple domains. In this conference, we review and discuss the latest trends in data management, the opportunities and challenges, and how they have affected organizations' ability to develop effective business and technology strategies and stay up-to-date in data technology. We also highlight current open research directions in data analytics that need further attention. The proposed conference will discuss topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data Ecosystem Business Analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Synthetic data Data synthesis Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modelling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytics, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning impact on data processing Network optimization Data in Biomedical Engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Wireless Networking Data Management Data of Electronic & Embedded Systems Multi-media Systems Data Artificial Intelligence Models and Systems Data E-Computing Data Renewable Energies Data General Chair Honggang Wang, Yeshiva University, USA Program Chairs Youshan Zhang, Yeshiva University, USA Ezendu Ariwa, Warwick University, UK Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Program Co-chairs Martin Lopez Nores, University of Vigo, Spain Keynote Speakers 1. Xiaofan (Fred) Jiang, Columbia University 2. Edwin Chihchuan Kan, Cornell University Publications All accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for publication and indexing. The DDP 2024 has a co-located workshop on Data Analytics in Biomedicine Modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. Journal of Digital Information Management International Journal of Computational Linguistics Information Services & Use Important Dates Submission of Papers: July 31, 2024 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 25, 2024 Camera-ready: September 25, 2024 Registration: September 25, 2024 Conference Dates: September 30- October 01, 2024 Post-Conference Proceedings Release: November 15, 2024 Paper submission Papers should follow the IEEE template. Submissions at http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission/ Contact: ddp(a)socio.org.uk

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WEBCAST JUN 9 – UN Cybercrime Convention: Will states give in disagreements for the sake of a global common threat?
by Joly MacFie 09 Jul '24

09 Jul '24

This is an edited version of the Diplo webcast from July 2, with added captions. While there is a lot of attention on the GDC, in practical terms, if concluded and ratified, this may be the more impactful treaty. However its glaring flaws, both in human rights safeguards, and potential for overreach, may leave it dead in the water unless states work things out. Great commentary from the experts, who alternate between hope and resignation. As the Microsoft speaker points out, it is not so often civil society and industry find themselves on the same page! A transcript will be posted on the archive. On Tuesday July 9 2024, at 13:00 UTC, ISOC.LIVE will webcast an edited version of the July 2nd DiploFoundation (Diplo) and Geneva Internet Platform Digital Watch observatory (digwatch) panel 'UN Cybercrime Convention: Will states give in disagreements fo… Read on blog <https://isoc.live/18140/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: Site logo image] ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD <https://isoc.live> Read on blog <https://isoc.live/18140/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=330a53e7c974d45065df18a5…>On *Tuesday July 9 2024*, at *13:00 UTC*, *ISOC.LIVE <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2f8e718d05673cf6ffda93c7…>* will webcast an edited version of the July 2nd *DiploFoundation <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4710c58f54a239f19f090ecb…>* (Diplo) and *Geneva Internet Platform Digital Watch observatory <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0f19989fbe35bff76a11843d…>* (digwatch) panel '*UN Cybercrime Convention: Will states give in disagreements for the sake of a global common threat? <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=58987d5087eafe2af8bebf9c…>*' . The *Ad Hoc Committee on Cybercrime <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4919deb914ba91d260557e9e…>* (AHC) is tasked with presenting a draft convention to the UN General Assembly at its 78th session in September 2024. The AHC was supposed to finalize the draft at its *7th meeting <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0dd1066a7960b1df0f3b0af9…>* in February 2024, however the the meeting ended inconclusively, with some apparent serious disagreements, and will be *reconvened in New York <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=51989071672ec60bd9ec9a50…>* from 29 July - 9 August 2024. The session is aimed at identifying expectations (if any) from the concluding session and highlighting elements that define a positive outcome of this process, based on the insights of different experts and stakeholders. *SPEAKERS* *Tatiana Tropina*, Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity Governance, ISGA, Leiden University *Alexander Seger*, Head of Cybercrime Division, the Council of Europe *Katitza Rodriguez*, Policy Director for Global Privacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) *Paloma Lara-Castro*, Public Policy Coordinator, Derechos Digitales *Yuliya Shlychkova*, Vice President, Public Affairs, Kaspersky *Nemanja (Neno) Malisevic*, Director, Digital Diplomacy, Microsoft *MODERATORS* *Anastasiya Kazakova*, Cyber Diplomacy Knowledge Fellow, DiploFoundation *Bojana Kovac*, Researcher, DiploFoundation. *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/diplo-cybercrime <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ec538085dfd7126710741e90…>* *TWITTER #CybercrimeTreaty <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e2d4455970cc83e52323872f…> #CybercrimeConvention @DiplomacyEdu @UN @UniLeidenNews @coe @EFF @derechosdigital @kaspersky @Microsoft @Geneve_int @GenevaGIP @SwissMFA @SwissDevCoop @DigWatchWorld #DiploEvent #GIP #GenevaInternetPlatform #cybercrime* *MASTODON #cybercrimetreaty <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=70aa07cc8e8d055b07a454f1…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=aa523529072d8a09fbfe53a9…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b92a7c8f9795e6c7a37c0b52…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=eb843fc368e92e80d1a32646…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/diplo-cybercrime <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5bab62a8775e0b478eb5cbd9…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our July 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Book Review Opportunity
by Natalia Grincheva 09 Jul '24

09 Jul '24

Hello all, if anyone is interested to write a review on my book *G <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeolo…>eopolitics of Digital Heritage <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeolo…> (2024: Cambridge University Press) * for the *Critical Studies in Media Communication *journal, please feel free to request a FREE e-copy of the book from me (grincheva(a)gmail.com) The monograph received fantastic appraisals from major scholars in the field, which you can find here <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeolo…> . Please read the call for book reviews below. With kind regards Natalia *Dr Natalia Grincheva* Programme Leader <https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/about/academics/dr-natalia-grincheva>, BA(Hons) Arts Management University of the Arts Singapore & Senior Research Fellow (Hon) <https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/784300-natalia-grincheva>, Digital Studio The University of Melbourne *Academic Profile: https://grincheva.com/ <https://grincheva.com/> * CALLS FOR SUBMISSIONS: Book Reviews for Critical Studies in Media Communication Jessica B. Burstrem, jburstrem(a)umbc.edu As the Book Reviews Editor of Critical Studies in Media Communication (CSMC) for volumes 40-42, I am again accepting proposals. A peer-reviewed publication of the National Communication Association, CSMC discusses mediated and mass communication from cultural studies and critical perspectives. It particularly encourages debates among various critical traditions, methodological and analytical approaches, and theoretical standpoints. CSMC takes an inclusive view of media and thus welcomes scholarship on topics such as media audiences, representations, institutions, digital technologies, social media, gaming, professional practices and ethics, production studies, media history, and political economy. Book reviewers should: - Craft a thorough and provocative 800-1,000 word book review (including references) - Conform to the APA Style Guide, 7th ed. (2020) - Use the following format at the outset of the review: Title, Author(s) or “edited by” Editors(s), Place of Publication, Publisher, Year of Publication, Number of pages followed by “pages,” $Price USD (“Paperback” and/or “Hardcover” and/or “eBook”), ISBN. Reviewed by _________ Title, College Institution City, State, Country Content of book and media reviews should demonstrate: - A working knowledge of the text’s major premises - An analytical yet humane analysis of the text’s major premises, contributions, etc. - Insight significant to national and international audiences - A recommendation of whom and/or what the book/media is relevant to/for First-time reviewers may find the following link helpful: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/book-reviews/ <https://tjqtfrgbb.cc.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001FaaJQ0Vr54MsYM8ZGNEMyjwKQpYQ9Y5JjA…> We also recommend that you read a sample of book reviews, including some from CSMC, to help you get a sense of the scholarly review genre. We welcome proposals from master’s students with strong writing skills. We encourage reviewers to ask a mentor or other fellow writer to review their work before submission. Book reviews will be editorially reviewed by way of a rigorous, iterative revision process. If you are interested in reviewing, please send the following information directly to jburstrem(a)umbc.edu <jburstrem(a)umbc.edu?subject=CSMC%20book%20review%20proposal> with “CSMC book review proposal” in the subject line: (1) your name, (2) full title and contact information, (3) proposed book or media title to review, and (4) proposed timeline for the completion of your review. Please ask if you would like a review copy/PDF of the book. I will respond to book and media review inquiries within two (2) weeks unless otherwise indicated in a vacation or travel email autoreply. I will consider proposals as they come in, and the decision to accept or decline a proposal to review will depend on a constellation of factors including existing reviews, proposed timeline, etc. Authors should feel welcome to support their own work by encouraging colleagues to propose to review their work in response to this call. CSMC’s editors and I are quite open to review proposals of books not listed here; nonetheless, CSMC is potentially interested in: Nigerian Media Industries in the Era of Globalization, ed. Unwana Samuel Akpan, Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 Social Movements and Digital Activism in Africa, Ufuoma Akpojivi, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023 Protest Arts, Gender, and Social Change: Fiction, Popular Songs, and the Media in Hausa Society across Borders, O.D. Alidou, U of Michigan P, 2024 Freedom Moves: Hip Hop Knowledges, Pedagogies, and Futures, eds. H. Samy Alim, Jeff Chang, and Casey Philip Wong, U of California P, 2023 Everyday Dirty Work: Invisibility, Communication, and Immigrant Labor, Wilfredo Alvarez, The Ohio State UP, 2022 Caribes 2.0: New Media, Globalization, and the Afterlives of Disaster, Jossianna Arroyo, Rutgers UP, 2023 Contemporary Disney Animation: Genre, Gender and Hollywood, Eve Benhamou, Edinburgh UP, 2024 Reasserting the Disney Brand in the Streaming Era: A Critical Examination of Disney+, Robert Alan Brookey, Jason Phillips, and Timothy Pollard, Routledge, 2023 Voices in Aerosol: Youth Culture, Institutional Attunement, and Graffiti in Urban Mexico, Caitlin Frances Bruce, U of Texas P, 2024 Migrants and Refugees in Southern Europe Beyond the News Stories: Photographs, Hate, and Journalists’ Perceptions, eds. Carlos Arcila Calderón and Andreas Veglis, Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 Shadow Traces: Seeing Japanese/American and Ainu Women in Photographic Archives, Elena Tajima Creef, U of Illinois P, 2022 The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet, Avery Dame-Griff, NYU P, 2023 Feminista Frequencies: Community Building through Radio in the Yakima Valley, Monica de la Torre, U of Washington P, 2022 Queer Forms, Ramzi Fawaz, NYU P, 2022 Visualizing Black Lives: Ownership and Control in Afro-Brazilian Media, Reighan Gillam, U of Illinois P, 2022 Queer Country, Shana Goldin-Perschbacher, U of Illinois P, 2022 Radical Hospitality: American Policy, Media, and Immigration, Nour Halabi, Rutgers UP, 2022 Mass Communication in the Modern Arab World: Ongoing Agents of Change following the Arab Spring, eds. Naila Nabil Hamdy and Philip Auter, Rowman & Littlefield, 2022 Asians on Demand: Mediating Race in Video Art and Activism, Feng-Mei Heberer, U of Minnesota P, 2023 Advertising Disability, Ella Houston, Routledge, 2024 The Un-intended: Photography, Property, and the Aesthetics of Racial Capitalism, Monica Huerta, NYU P, 2023 Digital Racial: Algorithmic Violence and Digital Platforms, Yasmin Ibrahim, Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 Transpacific Convergences: Race, Migration, and Japanese American Film Culture before World War II, Denise Khor, U of North Carolina P, 2022 Feminist Afterlives of the Witch: Popular Culture, Memory, Activism, Brydie Kosmina, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023 Asian American Connective Action in the Age of Social Media: Civic Engagement, Contested Issues, and Emerging Identities, James S. Lai, Temple UP, 2022 Visions of Invasion: Alien Affects, Cinema, and Citizenship in Settler Colonies, Michael Lechuga, UP of Mississippi, 2023 Border Tunnels: A Media Theory of the U.S.-Mexico Underground, Juan Llamas-Rodriguez, U of Minnesota P, 2023 Mothers of Invention: Film, Media, and Caregiving Labor, eds. So Mayer and Corinn Columpar, Wayne State UP, 2022 New Journalism Ecologies in East and Southern Africa: Innovations, Participatory and Newsmaking Cultures, eds. Trust Matsilele, Shepherd Mpofu, and Dumisani Moyo, Palgrave Macmillan, 2023 Distancing Representations in Transgender Film: Identification, Affect, and the Audience, Lucy J. Miller, SUNY P, 2023 Sounding Latin Music, Hearing the Americas, Jairo Moreno, U of Chicago P, 2023 Digital Me: Trans Students Exploring Future Possible Selves Online, Z Nicolazzo, Alden C. Jones, and Sy Simms, Rutgers UP, 2022 Global LGBTQ Activism: Social Media, Digital Technologies, and Protest Mechanisms, ed. Paromita Pain, Routledge, 2023 Sonic Sovereignty: Hip Hop, Indigeneity, and Shifting Popular Music Mainstreams, Liz Przybylski, NYU P, 2023 Unbelonging: Inauthentic Sounds in Mexican and Latinx Aesthetics, Iván A. Ramos, NYU P, 2023 Indigenous Language for Social Change Communication in the Global South, eds. Abiodun Salawu, Tshepang Bright Molale, Enrique Uribe-Jongbloed, and Mohammad Salid Ullah, Rowman & Littlefield, 2023 Arabic Glitch: Technoculture, Data Bodies, and Archives, Laila Shereen Sakr, Stanford UP, 2023 Playful Protest: The Political Work of Joy in Latinx Media, Kristie Soares, U of Illinois P, 2023 Doing Black Digital Humanities with Radical Intentionality, Catherine Knight Steele, Jessica H. Lu, and Kevin C. Winstead, Routledge, 2023 Digital Masquerade: Feminist Rights and Queer Media in China, Jia Tan, NYU P, 2023 Digital Unsettling: Decoloniality and Dispossession in the Age of Social Media, Sahana Udupa and Ethiraj Gabriel Dattatreyan, NYU P, 2023 Latinas on the Line: Invisible Information Workers in Telecommunications, Melissa Villa-Nicholas, Rutgers UP, 2022 To inquire about this call for Book Reviews for CSMC, please contact: Jessica B. Burstrem, M.A. Book Reviews Editor, CSMC Office of the Dean College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Fine Arts Building, Room 429 University of Maryland, Baltimore County 1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, Maryland 21250 USA

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Senior Lecturer in Content Creation and Platform Studies and Senior Lecturer in Screen Industries at the University of Bristol
by Cornel Sandvoss 09 Jul '24

09 Jul '24

Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to share the details of two new posts at the University of Bristol that I hope will be of interest to some AoIR colleagues. Senior Lecturer in Content Creation and Platform Studies (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=351204&jobTitle=Senior%2…) and Senior Lecturer in Screen Industries (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=351196&jobTitle=Senior%2…) The closing date for these roles is 22nd July 2024. If you have any questions, please get in touch! All Best, Cornel Cornel Sandvoss Professor of Film & Television Head of School of Arts 43 Woodland Road University of Bristol Bristol BS8 1UU United Kingdom Tel: + 44 117 455 5960

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Digital organizing and climate activism study
by Swati Mehta 08 Jul '24

08 Jul '24

Hello! I am Swati, a PhD candidate at Trent University, Peterborough On, Canada. My research focuses on the relationship between digital engagement metrics (likes, views etc) and digital organizers in the climate movement. I'm inviting digital climate organisers (independent or org-based, creative producers, content creators) based in India or Canada and over 18 years of age to join a study on the influence of engagement metrics and digital organising in the climate movement: https://trentu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_bfHUPfnB37djkmG Selected participants will be requested to complete a survey and interview. All participants will receive e-gift cards of $10 and $25 CAD or their equivalent in INR for completing the survey and interview, respectively. I'd really appreciate your help in circulating this recruitment form to relevant people in your networks. Details about the study, terms of consent and the application itself can be accessed here in the link. Best wishes, Swati Mehta PhD Candidate - Department of Cultural Studies, Trent University RA - Experimental Methods and Media Lab, Trent University GTA - Cultural Studies | Trent School of Environment Editorial Assistant - Media Theory

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IPNSIG IM-2 Moon mission keynotes
by Joly MacFie 08 Jul '24

08 Jul '24

The Internet Society Interplanetary Chapter's IPNSIG Academy <https://ipnsig.org/ipnsig-academy-events/> keynotes in May and July both featured projects that will be riding to the Moon on the IM-2 mission <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IM-2> aka Athena, which will launch some time in Q4 2024. IM, by the way, I have discovered, stands for 'Intuitive Machines' which is a Houston company whose IM-1 aka Odysseus was not only the first privately built craft to land on the moon, but the first successful American soft landing since Apollo 17 in 1972. The May keynote <https://isoc.live/17964/> was by MIT doctoral student Fangzheng Liu, and focused on creating miniature IoT devices that can crawl on the surface of the lander, or be sprayed around an inaccessible area, to assist in the gathering of data from the regolith <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regolith> (added that one to my vocabulary, too!) communicating via LoRa. One of Fangzheng's innovations is a self-righting system whereby the devices can orient themselves, no matter how they land. *VIDEO <https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy19> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/ipnsigacademy19/ipnsigacademy19.mp3> | TRANSCRIPT <https://archive.org/download/ipnsigacademy19/ipnsigacademy19.pdf>* The July keynote <https://isoc.live/18121> was by Luis Maestro of Nokia Bell Labs, who, with his team, has been tasked with setting up a one time robust 3GPP LTE/4G network for the IM-2's vehicles, the Nova-C lander, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intuitive_Machines_Nova-C> the MAPP rover, and the MicroNova hopper all to communicate with each other. (See a bunch of images <https://www.nokia.com/about-us/newsroom/media-resources/media-library/insid…>). For the project they created a 'network-in-a-box' that is standards-based, including IP/TCP, so that it is scalable going forward. Spectrum under consideration includes 3.5Ghz (aka CBRS in the USA). *VIDEO <https://archive.org/details/ipnsigacademy20> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/ipnsigacademy20/ipnsigacademy20.mp3> | TRANSCRIPT <https://archive.org/download/ipnsigacademy20/ipnsigacademy20_TRANSCRIPT.pdf> | SLIDES <https://archive.org/download/ipnsigacademy20/ipnsigacademy20_SLIDES.pdf>* *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our July 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Special Issue launch “Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research” (10 July)
by van Geenen, Daniela 08 Jul '24

08 Jul '24

Dear list members, It is our pleasure to invite you to the public launch of the special issue “Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research” on Wednesday 10 July, 2 to 4 pm CEST with some short presentations and the possibility for Q&A and discussion. You can join us either online or in Siegen (Germany). For registration: https://forms.office.com/e/P5GKbi4Mnt In this special issue, we turn to ideas of and approaches to critical technical practices (CTPs) as entry points to doing critique and doing things critically in digitally mediated cultures and societies. We explore the pluralisation of ‘critical technical practice’, starting from its early formulations in the context of AI research and development (Agre, 1997a, 1997b) to the many ways in which it has resonated and been taken up by different communities of practice, and in diverse publications and projects. Agre defined CTP as ‘a technical practice for which critical reflection upon the practice is part of the practice itself’ (1997a: XII). Communities of practice who adopted and adapted CTP range from human–computer interaction (HCI) to media art and pedagogy, from science and technology studies (STS) and computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) to digital humanities, media studies and data studies. This special issue serves as an invitation to (re)consider what it means to use this notion drawing on a wider body of work, including beyond Agre. In this introduction, we review and discuss CTPs according to (1) Agre, (2) indexed research, and (3) contributors to this special issue. We conclude with some questions and considerations for those interested in working with this notion. The issue features contributions on machine learning, digital methods, art-based interventions, one-click network trouble, web page snapshotting, social media tool-making, sensory media, supercuts, climate futures and more from Tatjana Seitz & Sam Hind; Michael Dieter; Jean-Marie John-Mathews, Robin De Mourat, Donato Ricci & Maxime Crépel; Anders Koed Madsen; Winnie Soon & Pablo Velasco; Mathieu Jacomy & Anders Munk; Jessica Ogden, Edward Summers & Shawn Walker; Urszula Pawlicka-Deger; Simon Hirsbrunner, Michael Tebbe & Claudia Müller-Birn; Bernhard Rieder, Eric Borra & Stijn Peters; Carolin Gerlitz, Fernando van der Vlist & Jason Chao; Daniel Chavez Heras; and Sabine Niederer & Natalia Sanchez Querubin. The issue published in Convergence (Vol. 30, Issue 1) can be accessed here: https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/cona/30/1. Links to the articles, to our living literature collection (Zotero group), and information on the newly created dedicated mailing list can be found here: https://publicdatalab.org/projects/pluralising-critical-technical-practices/. Best wishes, Daniela van Geenen, Karin van Es & Jonathan Gray

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