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Book review opportunity
by 马爱芳 20 Jun '25

20 Jun '25

Hello all, If anyone is interested in writing a book review for my book China as a Double-Bind Regulatory State: How Internet Regulators' Predicament Produces Regulatees' Autonomy (Palgrave Macmillan, 2024) for International Journal of Communication, please feel free to ask a free e-copy from me (foraine(a)163.com or maaifang(a)pku.edu.cn ).The link to the book: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-8857-0 The monograph received fantastic appraisals from major scholars in the field. You can find them on https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-8857-0#about-book-reviews Please contact Prof Chi Zhang, Managing Editor of International Journal of Communication, chi.zhang.7(a)usc.edu and please directly send your review to Professor Zhang. Best, Aifang Ma Dr. Aifang Ma Boya Postdoctoral Scholar and Lecturer School of Journalism and Communication Peking University

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WEBCAST JUN 19 – Using the IP Protocol Suite for Deep Space Networking – TIPTOP WG
by Joly MacFie 19 Jun '25

19 Jun '25

<http://isoc.live/>*[TIPTOP ? SANA ? - to boldly go where no acronyms went before]* [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/>*LIVESTREAM <https://youtu.be/5xNULP2Dq4c> | PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM <https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_OhH_IXDrTxqC2m8isGPtgQ#/registr…> | REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE <https://isoc.live/19468>) | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19468>* On *Thursday June 19, 2025* at *15:00 UTC* the *Industry Network Technology Council <https://industrynetcouncil.org/>* (INTC) and the *India Internet Engineering Society <https://www.iiesoc.in/>* (IIESoc) present a webinar ‘*Using the IP Protocol Suite for Deep Space Networking*‘. This presentation will describe the use case of deep space networking, the key considerations to deploy such a network, and its requirements. It will also describe the current plans of the space agencies and private sector for Moon and Mars deployments. It will then describe the proposed solution. This work is being standardized in IETF by the newly formed working group called* TIPTOP (Taking IP to Other Planets) <https://datatracker.ietf.org/group/tiptop>*. A description of the working group, milestones and current work will conclude the presentation. Speaker *Marc Blanchet <https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcblanchet/>* is president of *Viagenie <https://www.viagenie.ca/>*, a consulting firm on Internet engineering. He has been involved in IETF for 35 years, wrote 17 RFCs, co-chaired many IETF working groups, including DTN, and was an IAB member. He is the investigator of the Deep Space IP initiative which folded into the TIPTOP working group, where he is technical advisor and delegate. He is the founder of the Space Assigned Numbers Authority (SANA) which does a similar role to IANA, but for space communications standards of the CCSDS. He is currently leading the Moon networking governance group of the Interagency Operations Advisory Group (IOAG). *#INTC @IIESoc_in #TIPTOP* -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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WEBCAST JUN 18 - ICANN83 Readout – Highlights & Take-Aways from the Policy Forum
by Joly MacFie 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

*[Just started]* [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/19459>*LIVESTREAM <https://youtu.be/MnJpCYUhKK0> | REAL TIME TEXT <https://otter.ai/u/wu7y8cOFoR8_yL7Uqo3sjC0X5zs> |PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19459>* On *Wednesday June 18, 2025*, at *16:30-18:00 CEST* (14:30-16:00 UTC), *eco – Association of the Internet Industry <https://www.eco.de/>* and *ICANN – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers <https://www.icann.org/>* will jointly host ‘*ICANN83 Readout – Highlights & Take-Aways from the Policy Forum* <https://www.eco.de/event/icann83-readout-highlights-take-aways-from-the-pol…>‘. Speakers from different constituencies of the ICANN community will provide an overview of the highlights and key take-aways of the hybrid *ICANN83 meeting <https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann83/>* from their respective perspectives. *SPEAKERS* *Constanze Buerger* – Member, ASO Address Council *Nicolas Caballero* – Chair, GAC *Jordan Carter* – Member, ccNSO Council *Greg DiBiase* – Chair, GNSO Council *Philippe Fouquart* – Chair, ISPCP *Joanna Kulesza* – ALAC Liaison to the GAC *Ram Mohan* – Chair, SSAC *Nick Wenban-Smith* – TCCM *HOSTS* *Christopher Mondini* – Vice President, Stakeholder Engagement & Managing Director, Europe ICANN Org *Thomas Rickert* – Director Names & Numbers, eco – Association of the Internet Industry *PARTICIPATE VIA GOTOWEBINAR <https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4379421228675798873> |SIMULCASTS X Live <https://x.com/ISOC_Live> | Twitch <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive> | Facebook Live <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *X #icann83 <https://x.com/search?q=%23icann83&src=typed_query&f=live> @eco_EN @ICANN * | *#icann83 MASTODON <https://mastodon.social/tags/icann83> | BLUESKY <https://bsky.app/search?q=%23icann83> | INSTA <https://www.instagram.com/explore/search/keyword/?q=%23icann83>* ** ISOC.LIVE is a free webcasting support service for the Internet Society Community - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor, or need support - contact support(a)isoc.live ** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Realities of Autonomous Weapons / OA book from BUP / Hybrid book release with editors & L.Suchman
by Jascha Bareis 18 Jun '25

18 Jun '25

ZjQcmQRYFpfptBannerEnd Dear AoIR list members, Some of you may be interested in a new edited volume, *"The Realities of Autonomous Weapons"*, published with Bristol University Press, fully OA. *Access here the table of contents, the artworks and the book for free: * http://autonomous-weapons-book.com/ What are autonomous weapon systems (AWS) and how is AI used in military contexts? What are the consequences when decision-making and targeting is increasinglyautomated? In the public debate the answers to these questions often oscillate between current military applications and speculative futures drawn from science fiction. The book explores how these realities shape and become themselves shaped by popular culture, regulatory and ethics debates, military doctrines, policies and research. It examines phenomena ranging from film and artistic interpretations to warfare scenarios and weaponized artificial intelligence. - *We also want to invite you to our two book release events.* The first will be held in Bristol (and hybrid) on 10 July, 2025 (see details below); the second will be held at the Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society in Berlin (HIIG) in October 2025. *HYBRID BOOK RELEASE @Bristol Futures Institute * The book release event invites the audience to discuss the full scope of this controversial technology, showing how autonomous weapon systems mediate between reality, imagination, possibility and fiction. *WHERE?* Bristol Digital Future Institute *WHEN?* 10 July, 5pm-7:30 (BST) (hybrid) *WHO?* Panelists Lucy Suchman (University of Lancaster / ICRAC) Thomas Christian Bächle (Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Berlin) Jascha Bareis (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology / Université de Fribourg) Moderator: Ola Michalec (University of Bristol) *HOW?*: You will receive your free ticket and hybrid link with registering under. https://www.headfirstbristol.co.uk/whats-on/bristol-digital-futures-institu… All the best, Jascha Bareis and Thomas C. Bächle

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New open access book: Digital Repertoires: Embedded and everyday technologies in later life (UCL Press)
by Coughlin, Margie 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

*** We apologise for any cross-posting*** UCL Press is delighted to announce the publication of a new open access book that may be of interest to list subscribers Digital Repertoires: Embedded and everyday technologies in later life edited by Riitta Hänninen, Sakari Taipale, and Laura Haapio-Kirk. Download it free: https://bit.ly/45U5y7H ******************************************* Digital Repertoires Embedded and everyday technologies in later life Edited by Riitta Hänninen, Sakari Taipale, and Laura Haapio-Kirk Free download: https://bit.ly/45U5y7H ******************************************* Digital Repertoires explores the intersection between ageing and technology, presenting the concept of 'digital repertoire' as a powerful tool for researchers across disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, gerontology, public policy, communication studies and design. This book offers new theoretical and empirical insights, and highlights the diverse ways in which older adults engage with digital technologies across five continents. With studies from Australia, Brazil, Finland, Japan, the Philippines and Sweden, the book provides a global and cross-cultural analysis on a pressing issue. The notion of the digital repertoire has broad appeal, making this book relevant not only to scholars and practitioners focused on ageing but to anyone interested in the heterogeneity of digital technology use across different age groups and cultural contexts. With a balanced approach that combines conceptual, theoretical and empirical perspectives, this volume is an essential resource for teaching, research and practice in the ever-evolving field of digital technology studies, as well as the development of technology for older adults. Free download: https://bit.ly/45U5y7H ---------------------- uclpress.co.uk | @uclpress

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CfP gamevironments 2025 Research Day "Video Games and Our Futures"
by Zeiler, Xenia 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

With apologies for cross-posting ================================== **Video Games and Our Futures** Call for Applications for the gamevironments 2025 Research Day October 22nd 2025 Hybrid: University of Bremen, Germany / online ================================== The gamevironments Journal is hosting the 4th Annual Research Day (three previous workshops were hosted by the International Academy for Study of Gaming and Religion, IASGAR). Exclusively for early-stage researchers, graduate students, and doctoral students, the workshop welcomes research on all aspects of games and gaming, including media-centered as well as actor-centered approaches, perspectives of game developers and publishers, and viewpoints of gamers. The gamevironments Research Day 2025 offers a unique opportunity to engage in a critical exchange about practical methods and theoretical approaches for studying video games, gaming, and culture. It will provide a collaborative learning environment for scholars and allow graduate students, PhD students, and other early-stage researchers to discuss their work and receive feedback from renowned international scholars in the field. This year’s theme is “Video Games and Our Futures.” Currently in 21st Century society, we face a range of complex issues and wide-sweeping changes and challenges, ranging from radical political and economic shifts, to the implications of climate change and related environmental threats, migration, the impacts of wars, and the long legacies and effects of colonialism, gender inequities and other related power imbalances. These changes will also transform media environments (such as those for video games) and media practices (such as gaming). As mediums of support, reflection, and documentation, but also through their unique technical and interactive storytelling capabilities, these future and future-oriented games may engage and immerse players in dramatically different altered environments and storyworlds. How, then, may we consider, from production and distribution to characters, narratives, and aesthetics, the nature of these transformations and impacts? What visions of the future are depicted in existing games, how were these games made, and by whom? What social and political issues do they address and engage? How will our interactions with them support, deflect, or otherwise alter our modes of play? How might technical innovation alter what is now familiar to us? These are the questions that we ask you to engage with and to help us understand the potential futures of video gaming. Send a brief CV and a 500-word abstract on the theme that you’d like to present to this year’s co-organizers xenia.zeiler(a)helsinki.fi (University of Helsinki, Finland) and lissa.holloway-attaway(a)his.se (University of Skövde, Sweden). Participants will be chosen based on their abstracts. The selected participants will be requested to submit a detailed project description (approximately 2000 words), which will be presented and discussed during the workshop. Invited scholars and selected peers will provide feedback and comments on the participants' projects. ================================== Experts: Dom Ford, University of Bremen Gregory Grieve, University of North Carolina Greensboro Christopher Helland, Dalhousie University Lissa Holloway-Attaway, University of Skövde Zhange Ni, Virginia Tech Kerstin Radde-Antweiler, University of Bremen Christian Schwarzenegger, University of Bremen Karsten Wolf, University of Bremen Xenia Zeiler, University of Helsinki ================================== The best papers get the opportunity to get published as reports in the international peer-reviewed journal gamevironments. Further information will be provided at the workshop. The gamevironments Research Day 2025 will be held in a hybrid form – on site at the University of Bremen, Germany and online. It is a pre-workshop to ZeMKI’s 20th anniversary International Conference "20 Years into the Future: What is our vision of media, data, and society?” which will be held from October 23rd to October 24th 2025, at the University of Bremen. All workshop participants are welcome to also participate in the conference. There is no attendance fee for the gamevironments Research Day 2025. If participating on site boarding and lodging must be organized individually. ================================== Timeline June 30 Deadline for applications (CV and 500-word abstract) July 10 Decision of abstract acceptance August 31 Registration for the workshop September 30 Deadline for submission of full papers (approx. 2000 words) October 22 Gamevironments Research Day 2025 Xenia and Lissa -- Professor, South Asian Studies P.O. Box 59 (Unioninkatu 38B) 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland +358 50 4482713 https://researchportal.helsinki.fi/en/persons/xenia-zeiler

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Barbarian Currents: Half a Century of Brazilian Media Arts: new open-access book
by Joanna Zylinska 17 Jun '25

17 Jun '25

Open Humanities Press is pleased to announce the publication of *Barbarian Currents: Half a Century of Brazilian Media Arts*, edited by Gabriel Menotti and German Alfonso Nunez Like all Open Humanities Press books, *Barbarian Currents *is available open access (= it can be downloaded for free): https://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/barbarian-currents/ *Book description* Contemporary art and media art do not exist in separate worlds. In 20th century Brazil, technology was a key element of artistic imagination. Oswald de Andrade, the father of Brazilian ‘cannibal’ modernism, envisioned the Americas as a cradle of a new society populated by *technicised barbarians*. The country’s post-war avant-gardes embraced computers and electronic media as transformative forces, capable of realising the promise of a nation in search of its modern identity. *Barbarian Currents* explores this history through a sociological lens, examining the many intriguing circumstances that have shaped the new forms of cultural and artistic expression. This pioneering anthology brings together the voices of artists, critics and curators who played a pivotal role in the emergence of technological arts in post-war Brazil. The documents, most of which have been translated into English for the first time, remind us that ‘alternative’ art histories are simply the flipside of dominant narratives. They encourage us to look beyond the lens of Western exceptionalism and reframe our understanding of cultural histories worldwide. *Endorsements* *Barbarian Currents* rigorously illuminates the way in which Brazil’s relationship with technological progress, modernism and utopia shaped a distinctive trajectory for its media arts. The book offers readers unprecedented insight into how Brazil’s media art scene evolved both within and against the global art world. This is an essential resource for understanding the special character of technological art in the Global South. *José-Carlos Mariátegui*, Founder – Director of Alta Tecnología Andina, Lima This unique book fills an essential gap in media art studies. Compiling an extensive directory of Brazilian artistic production, it reconstructs, through the perspectives of its leading actors, an important history marked by creative experiments between art and industry post-World War II. *Professor Giselle Beiguelman*, University of São Paulo FAU-USP *Editor Bios* Gabriel Menotti is Associate Professor and chair of the Screen Cultures and Curatorial Studies graduate program at Queen’s University, Ontario. He also works as an independent curator in the field of media practices. His most recent books are *Practices of Projection: Histories and Technologies* (2020, co-edited with Virginia Crisp) and *Movie Circuits: Curatorial Approaches to Cinema Technology* (2019). German Alfonso Nunez is a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in the Department of Multimedia, Media and Communication at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp). His work focuses on the Brazilian artistic field of the post-World War II era. Recently, he worked as a researcher at the Museum of Modern Art of São Paulo, where he organised and edited the commemorative book for the Museum’s 75th anniversary. *Series* The book is published as part of the MEDIA : ART : WRITE : NOW series edited by Joanna Zylinska: http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/series/media-art-write-now/ -- Joanna Zylinska Professor of Media Philosophy + Critical Digital Practice Director (Interim) of the Centre for Attention Studies <https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/centre-attention-studies> King's College London Department of Digital Humanities NEW BOOK: The Perception Machine: Our Photographic Future between the Eye and A <https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546836/the-perception-machine/>I (MIT Press, open access) Website <http://www.joannazylinska.net/> IG research notebook <https://www.instagram.com/joanna.zylinska/>

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WEBCAST JUN 16 – NetCaucusAC – Outside of the Box: Rethinking The FCC’s Video Regulations In The Age Of Streaming
by Joly MacFie 16 Jun '25

16 Jun '25

<https://isoc.live/19450>*YOUTUBE <https://youtu.be/tVZq5Pm40UQ> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/19450>* On *Monday June 16 2025* at* 12:00 EDT* (16:00 UTC) the *Congressional Internet Caucus Academy <https://www.netcaucus.org/>* hosts a panel “*Outside of the Box: Rethinking The FCC’s Video Regulations In The Age Of Streaming <https://www.netcaucus.org/event/outside-of-the-box-rethinking-the-fccs-regu…>*” at Rayburn House in Washington DC. This panel explores the challenges arising from the decline of legacy cable TV and the rise of streaming services. Consumer preferences have shifted the media marketplace over the last decade — from live linear television broadcast to streaming and on-demand viewing. Fifteen years ago, 85-90% of American households subscribed to cable TV, but today that number has dropped to around 50% as streaming platforms dominate the market. There are well over 200 streaming services available to consumers and an overwhelming 99 percent of U.S. households now subscribe to at least one or more streaming services. However, regulations governing this dynamic marketplace were developed in the 1980s and 1990s To what extent do these rules create an unlevel playing field. Should these regulations be eliminated or updated to reflect the current landscape, and if so, how? The conversation will also focus on how companies are being forced to innovate and compete to retain audiences, and discussants will offer predictions for the future state of the tv and video marketplace. *SPEAKERS* *Michael P. O’Reilly* – Former Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission *Cheryl Leanza* – Best Best & Krieger LLP *Kristian Stout* – Director of Innovation Policy, International Center for Law & Economics *MODERATOR / HOST* *Tim Lordan* – Executive Director, Internet education Foundation -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Conference registration for AoIR2025 is now open, 15-18 Oct 2025, Niterói, Brazil
by AoIR Association Coordinator 16 Jun '25

16 Jun '25

The AoIR 2025 conference committee is happy to open conference registration for #AoIR2025: Ruptures <https://aoir.org/aoir2025/>, 15-18 October 2025, Niterói, Brazil. #AoIR2025 will be held at the Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF) - Campus Gragoatá. The campus is close to the city centre and is very well served by public transport. Please check AoIR’s website for travel information: https://aoir.org/aoir2025/travelingtobrazil/ There are two different registrations for this conference - one for in person attendees and one for remote attendees. In person only: https://members.aoir.org/event-6216401 Online only: https://members.aoir.org/event-6216484 The Early Registration deadline is 1st August 2025. After that the price increases, so take advantage of the discount. AoIR is progressing this year to mirror many other active research communities in offering the tiered registration fees. *Please read through the details prior to registering to make sure you select the appropriate registration rate*: https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025fees/ *Please note:* - *All presenting authors must be registered by 1 August 2025 to be included in the program. THIS INCLUDES THOSE PRESENTING REMOTELY.* - There will be a range of pre-conference workshops on Wednesday, 15 October 2025. You can find details here: https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025preconfworkshops/ - During the registration process you will be asked to indicate if you are attending the keynote, plenary and various receptions. Please mark each of these events based on your actual planned attendance, as we book facilities and catering based on your responses. - AoIR will be using Mastodon to communicate with conference attendees. AoIR members are entitled, and indeed encouraged, to open an account on our very own instance at https://aoir.social.. Many countries do not need a visa for short stays in Brazil (typically up to 90 days for tourism or business). However, *citizens from countries like the US, Canada, Australia, India, China and some African and Middle Eastern countries must apply for a visa.* Please check visa requirements for travelling to Brazil here: https://brazil.vfsevisa.com/. If you require an invitation letter for the visa application process, please contact ac [@] aoir.org. You will need to have either an accepted AoIR2025 submission or a paid conference registration to receive the invitation letter. We look forward to seeing all of you in Niterói!! #AoIR2025 Conference Committee

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DHOW 2025: CFP for the 2nd Workshop on Diffusion of Harmful Content on Online Web @ACM Multimedia 2025
by Gautam Kishore Shahi 16 Jun '25

16 Jun '25

Dear all, I am writing to inform you that the CFP for the 2nd Workshop on DHOW: Diffusion of Harmful Content on Online Web Workshop. The workshop will be conducted in a hybrid format to ensure maximum participation. Accommodating attendees both online and in person. Submission deadline: July 11, 2025 AOE Workshop website: https://dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/ Co-located with ACMMM 2025 <https://acmmm2025.org/> Dublin, Ireland, 27/28 October 2024 *Workshop Description* With the advancement of digital technologies and gadgets, online content is easily accessible. At the same time, harmful content also gets spread. There are different harmful content available on different platforms in multiple languages. The topic of harmful content is broad and covers multiple research directions. But from the user’s aspect, they are affected by them all. Often, it is studied individually, like misinformation and hate speech. Research has been done on one platform, monolingual, on a particular issue. It leads to harmful content spreaders switching platforms and languages to reach the user base. Harmful is not limited to social media but also news media. Spreader shares harmful content in posts, news articles, comments, and hyperlinks. So, there is a need to study the harmful content by combining cross-platform, language, multimodal data and topics. We will bring the research on harmful content under one umbrella so that research on different topics (hate speech, misinformation, disinformation, self-harm, offensive content, etc.) can bring some novel methods and recommendations for users, leveraging text analysis with image, audio, and video recognition to detect harmful content in diverse formats. The workshop will cover the ongoing issue of war or elections in 2025. We believe this workshop will provide a unique opportunity for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, share the latest developments, and collaborate on addressing the challenges associated with harmful content spread across the Web. We expect that the workshop will generate insights and discussions that will help advance the field of societal artificial intelligence (AI) for the development of safer internet. In addition to attracting high-quality research contributions to the workshop, one of the aims of the workshop is to mobilise the researchers working on the related areas to form a community. *Submissions Topics* • Studying different types of harmful content • Computational fact-checking & Misinformation Detection • Role of Generative AI in Mitigating Harmful Content • Harassment, Bullying, and Hate Speech Detection • Explainable AI for Harmful Content Analysis • Multimodal and Multilingual Harmful Content Detection, such as fake news, spam, and troll detection. • Deepfake and Synthetic Media • Ethical & Societal Implications of AI in Content Moderation • Both Qualitative and Quantitative studies on harmful content • Psychological effects of harmful content, like mental health • Approaches for data collection or data annotation using multimodal large models on harmful content • User study on the effects of harmful content on human beings *Submissions* - Submission Instructions: https://dhow-workshop.github.io/2025/#call - Submission Link: https://openreview.net/group?id=acmmm.org/ACMMM/2025/Workshop/DHOW *Important Dates* Submission deadline: extended to July 11, 2025 Notification of acceptance: August 01, 2025 Camera-ready papers due: August 11, 2025 Workshop date: October 27/28, 2025 *Workshop organizers* • Thomas Mandl (University of Hildesheim, Germany) • Haiming Liu (University of Southampton, United Kingdom) • Gautam Kishore Shahi (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) • Amit Kumar Jaiswal (University of Surrey, United Kingdom ) • Durgesh Nandini (University of Bayreuth, Germany) Organisers, DHOW 2025

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