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ANU School of Sociology x ANU Computational Culture Lab seminar on 'Climate’s Computational Infrastructures', Prof Michael Richardson (UNSW) and Prof Adrian Mackenzie (ANU) Click to teach Gmail this conversation is important
by Thao Phan 30 Mar '26

30 Mar '26

Please join us for this ANU School of Sociology x ANU Computational Culture Lab event on 'Climate’s Computational Infrastructures' featuring works in progress from Prof Michael Richardson (UNSW) and Prof Adrian Mackenzie (ANU). - *Date: *Thursday 9 April, 2026 - *Time: *12 - 1:30pm (AEST) - *Location: *RSSS Room 4.69, and Zoom - *Register to receive zoom link: * https://events.humanitix.com/anu-school-of-sociology-x-cclab-seminar-climat… What roles do computational infrastructures and their embedded values, priorities, and assumptions play in making knowledge about planetary futures? How do computational ensembles pull together computing architectures, data pipelines, calculative practices, and institutional settings to make climate knowledge actionable? What happens to uncertainty and the incomputable richness of ecologies as computational models become decisive in managing Earth futures? In this seminar, Michael Richardson and Adrian Mackenzie offer two works-in-progress as invitations for a robust discussion of climate modelling and planetary computation as increasingly operative ensembles for making and managing futures. --- *Computing Earth: what sort of thing is a computable planet?* Michael Richardson (with Anna Munster, Adrian Mackenzie, Baden Pailthorpe, Kathrin Maurer & Antoine Bousquet) Earth is increasingly staged as a computable object: not a singular replica, but an operational object assembled through technical ensembles that render Earth systems addressable, actionable, and governable. Drawing on Simondon and theories of computability, we argue that planetary computation stabilises prediction as decision by coordinating models, datasets, compute infrastructures, standards, interfaces, and institutional mandates. Using Destination Earth (DestinE) as a diagnostic case, we show how platform gateways, data backbones, and twin engines package probabilistic projections and scenario products for intervention contexts. Incomputability persists as operational remainder, intensified by machine-learning compression, surrogates, and latent spaces that redistribute uncertainty as risk. Michael Richardson is Professor of Media & Culture at UNSW Sydney and a Chief Investigator with the ARC Centre of Excellence on Automated Decision-Making + Society. His latest book is *Nonhuman Witnessing: War, Ecology, and Data after the End of the World* (Duke University Press, 2024). Coupled sensitivities: calculative agencies and overflows in climate overshoot Adrian Mackenzie Climate models function as an experiential membrane. Rather than being mere diagnostic tools, these computational ensembles form a "membrane" that filters and shapes human experiences of time, agency, and mundane feelings of comfort or discomfort. Senses of crisis or futures, and the witnessing of injustice or loss are now fundamentally inseparable from the calculative agency of models. Modeling, however, is a dynamic calculative agency. It uses "framing" to disentangle the climate as calculable geophysical and socioeconomic processes. This framing inevitably produces "incessant overflows" that can be seen at various points over the last few decades. Anomalies defy existing computational frames and force a recursive re-evaluation of models and the propositions they support. Describing the temporal effects of these overflows, the paper will suggest that 'coupled sensitivity' reconfigures what counts as experience of climate. This concept designates a shift where the physical susceptibility of the Earth system to change becomes inextricably linked to the heightened sensitivity and attunement imbued with model projections, scenarios, attributions and pathways. Contemporary engagements with anxiety, inaction, or overshoot might be understood in terms of coupled sensitivity. *Adrian Mackenzie *is Professor in Sociology at ANU. His latest book is *1000 Platforms: Ensembles as Ontological Experiences *(Bristol University Press, 2025)

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APRALO Policy Forum – IDN Policies and Implementation
by Joly MacFie 29 Mar '26

29 Mar '26

*** ISOC LIVE recaps are now also available at https://isoclive.substack.com/ <https://isoclive.substack.com/> *** [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20386> VIDEO <https://youtu.be/4Ejx3SijE74> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/apralo-multilingual-2/apralo-multilingual-2.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/154218345/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/apralo-multilingual-2> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20386> On 26 March 2026, , the APRALO Policy Forum <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/OOrdBg> hosted ‘IDN Policies and Implementation <https://icann-community.atlassian.net/wiki/x/OOrdBg>‘, the second of the series of 3 webinars to introduce ICANN’s goal for a “Multilingual Internet” and its engagement of relevant stakeholders to deliver this goal. The session tackled 4 topics: the history and background of IDN variant issues, the policy development work across GNSO and ccNSO, implementation of IDN policies in the 2026 new gTLD round, and upcoming policy work still in the pipeline. PRESENTERS Sarmad Hussain – Senior Director, IDN & UA Programs, ICANN Pitinan Kooarmornpatana – IDN Programs Director, ICANN HOST / MODERATOR Satish Babu – ALAC Member, APRALO -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Two research faculty positions in Dublin
by Tromble, Rebekah 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, I'm excited to share that Northeastern University's Dublin Innovation Institute is accepting applications for two open-rank research faculty positions in computational social science, with a focus on research that advances our understanding of how people acquire, process, and share information in democratic societies and/or in the service of democratic norms. These roles are also tied to the Institute for Information, the Internet & Democracy<https://www.nuinfoinstitute.org/> at Northeastern, and those hired for these positions will work closely with me, Prof. David Lazer, Prof. John Wihbey, and Dr. Laura Edelson to build an exciting new research agenda that helps catalyze more transatlantic collaborations and scholarship. The Dublin Innovation Institute (DII) is an Irish registered company, wholly owned by Northeastern University, and physically based at University College Dublin (UCD). Indeed, DII emerged out of a deep collaboration and long-standing partnership between UCD and Northeastern. Further details are available here: https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Boston-MA-Main… Please feel free to reach out to me (search committee member, r.tromble(a)northeastern.edu) and/or Prof. David Lazer (chair of the search committee, D.Lazer(a)northeastern.edu) with questions. Rebekah --- Dr. Rebekah Tromble Professor of Political Science and Computer Science, Northeastern University | Director of Global Partnerships, Institute for Information, the Internet & Democracy, Northeastern University | Co-founder, Executive Board Member, Coalition for Independent Technology Research<https://independenttechresearch.org/> | Co-founder, Expert Voices Together<https://expertvoicestogether.org/> | Co-founder, Researcher Support Consortium<https://researchersupport.org/> |

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Reason and Communication: Jürgen Habermas’s Legacy for Media and Communication Studies
by Christian Fuchs 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

Christian Fuchs. 2026. Reason and Communication: Jürgen Habermas’s Legacy for Media and Communication Studies. tripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique 24 (1): 54-72. https://doi.org/10.31269/7112an90 What is Jürgen Habermas’s legacy for media and communication studies? Jürgen Habermas (1929-2026), a towering figure in critical theory, profoundly shaped media and communication studies by emphasising communication as the cornerstone of social existence. His theory of communicative action, rooted in the interplay between language, culture, and society, redefined communication as both a means of social reproduction and a site of democratic potential. Habermas’s concept of the public sphere – where communicative rationality confronts instrumental reason – remains essential for analysing how power structures, from capitalism to digital authoritarianism, distort democratic discourse. His critique of the colonisation of the lifeworld by systemic forces such as money and power offers a framework for assessing contemporary challenges, including algorithmic control, fragmented digital publics, and the rise of far-right ideologies online. By linking communication to emancipatory ideals, Habermas challenged scholars to interrogate the tensions between economic imperatives and democratic promises. His anti-fascist stance, informed by post-war Germany’s reckoning with Nazism, underscores the urgency of defending universalism and humanism against resurgent authoritarianism. While his dualisms (e.g., lifeworld vs system) invite debate, Habermas’s legacy lies in his insistence that communication is not merely instrumental but inherently normative – a space for contesting domination and imagining alternatives. This article explores how Habermas’s ideas on communication, the public sphere, and (anti-)fascism provide critical tools to navigate today’s mediated landscapes, where digital capitalism and ideological polarisation threaten the very foundations of democratic dialogue. Engaging with Habermas means confronting his blind spots while building on his vision of communication as a recursive process of social transformation. His work compels us to ask: How can we reclaim the public sphere in an era of algorithmic fragmentation and ideological extremism? Habermas’s answers, though provisional, remain indispensable for theorising communication’s role in fostering – or undermining – justice and solidarity.

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37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026): Third Call for Papers (Research Track)
by Announce 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

*** Third Call for Papers (Research Track) *** 37th IEEE International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE 2026) October 20-23, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/ The International Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering (ISSRE) is the leading conference on software reliability research and practice. ISSRE focuses on techniques and tools for assessing, predicting, and improving the reliability, safety, security, and resilience of software systems. As modern software increasingly integrates AI/ML components, operates autonomously, and spans cloud-to-edge environments, ensuring reliable system behavior is more critical than ever. Topics of Interest ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality contributions that advance the theory and practice of software reliability across contemporary software-intensive systems, including systems that incorporate AI/ML components. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Foundations of Reliability and Dependability • Principles, models, metrics, empirical methods, and theories of software reliability, resilience, robustness, and safety • Systematic approaches to fault prevention, fault removal, fault tolerance, and fault forecasting in modern software systems • Testing and debugging, formal methods, model checking, static/dynamic analysis, verification, and runtime assurance Reliability in AI-Driven and Autonomic Systems • Reliability engineering for AI-enabled, autonomous, self-adaptive, and cyber-physical systems • Assurance, testing, verification, and certification of AI/ML components, including foundation and generative models • Reliability of AI-generated code: validation, verification, explainability, defect analysis, and trustworthy automation of development tasks • Impact of AI on software lifecycle processes (design, testing, evolution, operations, and quality management) AI Techniques for Reliability Engineering • Machine learning for defect prediction, anomaly detection, debugging assistance, fault localization, and test automation • Learning-based approaches to self-healing, resilience management, predictive maintenance, and reliability optimization • Reliability governance in AI-driven DevOps pipelines, including transparency, interpretability, and auditability Software Reliability in Emerging System Domains • Reliability assurance for cloud, edge, IoT, 5G/6G, cyber-physical, high-performance, and network softwarization environments • Dependability of open-source ecosystems, data-driven pipelines, model hubs, and AI-assisted contributions • Benchmarking, stress testing, workload modeling, and measurement frameworks for large-scale and AI-based systems Trustworthiness, Security, and Responsible Software Engineering • Intersections of reliability with security, privacy, fairness, transparency, and regulatory compliance • Societal, ethical, and human impacts of pervasive AI-enabled software systems • Responsible governance of AI-based systems, including lifecycle assurance, auditability, and risk analysis Human-Centered, Empirical, and Reproducible Reliability Research • Field studies, experience reports, user studies, and human factors in reliability engineering • Public datasets, benchmark suites, reproducibility packages, and replication/negative- result studies • Tooling, automation, continuous reliability monitoring, observability, and operational feedback loops Research Track Paper Categories The research track at ISSRE 2026 invites high-quality submissions of technical research papers that describe original, unpublished results exploring new scientific ideas, contribute new evidence to established research directions, or reflect on practical experience. Specifically, ISSRE solicits submissions in three categories: • Research (RES) papers • Practical experience reports (PER) • Tools and artefacts (TAR) papers Papers will be assessed with criteria appropriate to each category. All the papers of the three categories are regular and full papers, and will be published in the same ISSRE proceedings. RES Papers RES papers (12 pages, including references) should describe a novel contribution to the reliability of software systems. Novelty should be argued via concrete evidence and appropriate positioning within the state of the art. RES papers are also expected to explain the validation process and its limitations clearly. PER Papers PER papers (12 pages, including references) should provide an in-depth exposition of practical experiences ideally performed by a collaboration of researchers and industry practitioners. The key contribution of these papers should be lessons learned from applying established research tools and methods to ISSRE topics, or new knowledge acquired through empirical studies conducted using various research methodologies. Negative results are welcome, e.g., discussing where or why current research cannot be applied in an industrially relevant context. TAR Papers TAR papers (6 – 10 pages, including references) should describe a new tool or artefact. Tool-focused TAR papers must present either a new tool or a novel and substantial extension of an existing tool. They should include a description of (i) the theoretical foundations, (ii) the design and implementation aspects, and (iii) experiments with realistic case studies. Making the tool publicly available is strongly encouraged. Artefact-focused TAR papers should cover (i) a working copy of the software and (ii) experimental data sets. Dataset papers should introduce a new dataset that supports experimentation, benchmarking, evaluation, or training in AI-driven software engineering. Submissions should describe: (i) dataset motivation and scope, (ii) data collection and processing methodology, (iii) dataset structure and statistics, and (iv) potential use cases. Benchmark papers should present a new benchmark suite for evaluating tools, LLMs, or algorithms. Submissions should include: (i) benchmark design principles, (ii) task definitions and evaluation metrics, (iii) baseline results, and (iv) reproducibility package. The ISSRE conference encourages authors of all three categories of research track papers to follow the principles of transparency, reproducibility, and replicability. Authors are encouraged to disclose data to increase reproducibility and replicability. Should the paper be accepted, the authors will have the opportunity (and are encouraged to) submit artifacts to the Artifact Evaluation (AE) track, to enhance the reproducibility and quality of the research. By submitting your artifacts, you not only contribute to the progress of our field but also stand a chance to earn badges that will be displayed on your papers in the conference proceedings, showcasing the credibility and rigor of your work. At least one author of each accepted paper must register as an author and present the paper in person at the conference. Best Research Paper Award ISSRE is pleased to announce the IEEE Best Research Paper Award, awarded every year to the best paper in the Research Track. Special Journal Issue Authors of accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version of their work to a special issue of the Empirical Software Engineering (EMSE) journal (under negotiation as in previous editions of the conference). The Call for Papers will be available soon. Review Process & Quality Assurance in ISSRE 2026 (New) Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Major Revision Guidelines Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Rapid Response Reviewers (RRRs) Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Anonymizing Rules Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Formatting Rules Please refer to the information on the conference web site: https://cyprusconferences.org/issre2026/cfp-research/ Paper Submission Papers are submitted via Easy Chair https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=issre2026 . Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee through a double-blind reviewing process, with a limited use of outside referees. Papers will be held in complete confidence during the reviewing process, but papers accompanied by nondisclosure agreement forms are not acceptable and will be rejected without review. Changes in the number and order of authors will not be allowed after the paper acceptance. Authors must anonymize their submissions in accordance with the guidelines above. Submissions violating the formatting and anonymization rules will be desk-rejected without review. There will be no extensions for reformatting. Conference Proceedings The authors of accepted papers must omit the paper’s type from the title to keep consistency among all the camera-ready versions in the proceedings. The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (CPS). Papers presented at the conference will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore and to all of the A&I (abstracting and indexing) partners (such as the EI Compendex). Important Dates (AoE) • Abstract Submission Deadline: April 10, 2026 • Paper Submission Deadline: April 17, 2026 • Author Rebuttal Period: June 5 – June 8, 2026 • Decisions and Early Notification: June 15, 2026 • Author Revision Period: June 16 – July 3, 2026 • Notification to Authors: July 8, 2026 • Camera Ready Papers: August 19, 2026 • Author Registration Deadline (Research Track): August 19, 2026 Organisation General Chairs • Leonardo Mariani, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Coordinator • Roberto Natella, GSSI, Italy Research Program Committee Chairs • Domenico Cotroneo, UNC Charlotte, USA • Jie M. Zhang, King's College London, UK Industry Program Chairs • Jinyang Liu, Bytedance, USA • Sigrid Eldh, Ericsson AB, Sweden Workshop Chairs • Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • August Shi, The University of Texas at Austin, USA Doctoral Symposium Chairs • Stefan Winter, LMU Munich, Germany • Lili Wei, McGill University, Canada Fast Abstract Chairs • Luigi Lavazza, University of Insubria, Italy • Yintong Huo, SMU, Singapore JIC2 Chair • Helene Waeselynck, LAAS-CNRS, France Publicity Chairs • Allison K. Sulivan, The University of Texas at Arlington, USA • Jose D'Abruzzo Pereira, University of Coimbra, Portugal Publication Chairs • Sherlock Licorish, Otago Business School, New Zealand • Maria Teresa Rossi, GSSI, Italy Artifact Evaluation Chairs • Naghmeh Ivaki, University of Coimbra, Portugal • Fumio Machida, University of Tsukuba, Japan Diversity and Inclusion Chair • Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Financial Chair • Costas Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Web Chairs • Michalis Ioannides, Easy Conferences LTD • Elena Masserini, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy Registration Chair • Easy Conferences LTD

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Conference “Un/Making Boundaries: Seams, Borders, and Fences in Sensor Media Environments”, 16-17 April, Uni Siegen (DE)
by van Geenen, Daniela 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, The CRC Media of Cooperation at the University of Siegen (Germany) is happy to invite you to the “Un/Making Boundaries” Conference on 16 and 17 April 2026! This conference taking place on location in the city centre of Siegen (exact location will be communicated upon registration) will feature interdisciplinary discussions of the role of seams, borders and fences in the contemporary sensor media environments that ubiquitously permeate urban and rural spaces as well as borderlands without being necessarily visible or directly accessible for academic inquiry or public scrutiny. Please find a short version of the conference abstract below and the complete abstract, including an overview of the conference program in attached PDF. Conference “Un/Making Boundaries: Seams, Borders, and Fences in Sensor Media Environments” Dates: 16 - 17 April 2026 Location: University of Siegen (on location) Registration: https://my.liberaforms.org/registration-unmaking-boundaries Digital media are marked by particular ambivalences towards bordering and the un/making of all kinds of boundaries. To function as seamlessly as possible, such media depend on the interoperability of various hardware and software components, devices and apps as well as on the expectations and practices of those who shape and operate them. Today’s sensor societies’ (cf. Andrejevic and Burdon 2015) promise of ‘seamless interoperability’ drives the growing implementation of so-called ‘smart’, networked computational infrastructures in urban and rural environments, for the governance of public spaces and to establish and uphold border regimes, in order to sense, capture and control human and non-human entities. Such ‘smart’ computational infrastructures thrive on and bring about increasingly unbounded - or “frameless” (Andrejevic 2018) - modes of data collection. This conference aims at bringing three sites where boundaries are made, un- and re-made into a fruitful dialogue, inquiring into (deep) bordering as cooperative practice and the (re)configuration of seamlessness as an ongoing achievement: 1. In the southern EU borderlands, asymmetric seamless data collection translates into violent regimes of migration control, into practices of sensing and counter-sensing those regimes, and into attempts to cross material and digital borders. 2. On ‘smart’ farms, the virtualisation of pasture fencing creates zones in which containment or exclusion is negotiated between more-than-human actors, that is, between livestock and the various devices used for tracking, monitoring and, ultimately, restricting their movement via operant conditioning. 3. In urban spaces, “smart city” discourses and their innovation agenda’s promise to optimise the management of public spaces through platform technologies and networked digital devices offering “seamless” interaction and interoperability, while everyday practices of governing and navigating urban areas reveal their socio-technical “seams” opening up opportunities for situational forms of critical engagement. The conference features both contributions that engage with these sites and contributions that offer a theoretical meta-perspective on seams, borders, frames and their respective absences. ———————————————————————————— All the best Daniela van Geenen | PhD Candidate | Project A03 “Navigation in Online/Offline Spaces” | CRC Media of Cooperation, University of Siegen Special issue “Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research” (Convergence): https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/cona/30/1 Geenen, D. van, Es, K. van, & Gray, J. W. (2023). Pluralising critical technical practice. Convergence. Special Issue “Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research”, 13548565231192105. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565231192105 Chao, J., Geenen, D. van, Gerlitz, C., & Vlist, F. N. van der (2024). Digital methods for sensory media research: Toolmaking as a critical technical practice. Convergence. Special Issue “Critical Technical Practice(s) in Digital Research”, 30(1), 236–263. https://doi.org/10.1177/13548565241226791 Burkhardt, M., Geenen, D. van, Gerlitz, C., Hind, S., Kaerlein, T., Lämmerhirt, D., & Volmar, A. (Eds.). (2022). Interrogating Datafication: Towards a Praxeology of Data. transcript. https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-5561-2/interrogating-dataficati… See also: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1346-3253

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New open access book: Gender and Digital Media (2026, Routledge)
by Kata Kyrola 27 Mar '26

27 Mar '26

** Cross‑posting for reach; thanks for understanding!** Dear All, We’re delighted to announce the publication of a new textbook, Gender and Digital Media: A Critical Companion (Routledge), edited by Hakan Ergül. The book is now available in both e‑book and print formats. The full book is freely accessible as Open Access (funded by UCL) via the link below. Please feel free to download and share! https://www.routledge.com/Gender-and-Digital-Media-A-Critical-Companion/Erg… The book offers an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the evolving relationship between gender and digital media. With chapters on queer and trans communities online, digital intimacy, feminist approaches to technology, gaming, fandom and fanfiction, digital diaspora, identity, representation, and gendered hate, it highlights how gender is shaped and expressed across intersections of class, race, age, sexuality, and technology. Our key objective is to foreground diversity—both in the topics explored and in the voices represented. Positioned at the crossroads of media studies, cultural studies, sociology, and feminist approaches to technology—and extending into audience and fan studies, film and reception studies, Internet studies, critical race theory, posthuman thought, postcolonial theory, game studies, and transgender and queer studies—the book brings range of perspectives together through a shared critical orientation. The book gathers situated knowledge and lived experiences from a wide range of cultural and geographical contexts. With contributions spanning Bangladesh to Chile, India to China, and including Iran, Palestine, Turkey, the UK, and the US, the volume weaves together voices that cross geopolitical, cultural, and epistemic boundaries, centering decolonial engagements with gender and digital media. Each chapter is followed by a critical essay written by a graduate student. These short pieces draw on MA and PhD research or course assignments, offering concrete examples of how the book’s theories and methods can be mobilized in practice. Gender and Digital Media: A Critical Companion is ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students in gender studies, media studies, cultural studies, media sociology, the arts and humanities, and the social sciences more broadly. Here is the list of authors and their contributions: Table of contents Editorial introduction Hakan Ergül Chapter 1. Understanding gender and digital media: key concepts Kate Gilchrist and Hakan Ergül PART I: BECOMING gendered selves, desire, and the digital everyday Chapter 2. Gender and identity in the postmodern, posthuman, and postdigital era Sara Hawley Essay 2. Flowing together, apart: an allo‑autoethnography of inscribing female kinship and intimacy Tanya Geggie Chapter 3. Queer and transgender studies of digital media Kata Kyrölä Essay 3. Kuaxingbie and transgender in the age of digital platforms Zhuanxu Xu Chapter 4. Dating and romance online: reimagining intimacy, transforming the self, and negotiating risk Kate Gilchrist Essay 4. Queer Indian youth and online intimacy: examining intimate relationships on social media Jaskirat Chapter 5. Fandom and digital media: a sandbox for creative gender, sexuality, and feminist configurations Audrey Jean Essay 5. Self‑perception in slash fanfiction characters: queer gaze and desire towards the male body in Star Trek slash fanfiction Audrey Jean PART II: SEEING representation, race, and the politics of the gaze Chapter 6. How we are seen: why representation still matters Kata Kyrölä Essay 6. Ambiguous representation of bisexuality in the film Chasing Amy Yuanwanruo Chen Chapter 7. Ten things I hate about genres: gender and genre in the post‑digital era Lucía-Gloria Vázquez-Rodríguez Essay 7. Challenging tradition: a comparative analysis of gender representation in shōnen through Hinata Hyuga and Mikasa Ackerman Mala Annamma Mathew Chapter 8. Understanding the historical foundations of race, beauty, and gendered hatred online Karen Wilkes Essay 8. Social media influencing Laila Strachan PART III: RESISTING belonging, activism, and masculinities online Chapter 9. Gender and minoritised childhoods in the digital era Feryal Awan Essay 9. Digital politics of young activists in Chile Laura Manzi Araneda Chapter 10. The manosphere between the global and the local Sama Khosravi Ooryad & Jacob Johanssen Essay 10. Online hate, memes, and the rising Iranian manosphere Sama Khosravi Ooryad Chapter 11. Gender and belonging in digital diasporic spaces Hakan Ergül Essay 11. “This country rejected me before meeting me”: challenging migrant representation as Other in European media Maya Aziz Part IV: INTERVENING games, gendered technologies, and feminist futures Chapter 12. Researching digital games, players, and gender Diane Carr Essay 12. Gaming and the abject in survival horror Shiqing Li Chapter 13. Haptic histories, virtual traces: excavating gender‑diverse XR innovation Sarah Atkinson Essay 13. Feminist epistemologies for preserving XR Zeynep Abes Dr. Kata Kyrölä pronouns: they/them Associate Professor in Media Studies Co-Chair of UCL LGBTQ+ Equality Steering Group (LESG) Department of Culture, Communication and Media Knowledge Lab, IOE, University College London https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/84463-kata-kyrola

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CFP: ASIS&T 2026 Panel on Generative AI, Disinformation, and the Global Information Ecosystem
by Maria Haigh 26 Mar '26

26 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, I am putting together a panel for the *ASIS&T 2026 Annual Meeting* (November 6–10 in Bangkok, Thailand) and am seeking 3–4 co-panelists to join the proposal. Panel Title: *Crossing the Boundaries of Truth: Generative AI, Disinformation, and the Global Information Ecosystem* Panel Overview: Aligned with the ASIS&T 2026 theme, *“Crossing Boundaries: Advancing Global Dialogue and Well-being through Information Research and Practice,”* this panel explores the multifaceted intersection of artificial intelligence and disinformation. The rapid advancement of generative AI has fundamentally altered the creation and circulation of deceptive narratives, allowing them to cross geographic, linguistic, and cultural boundaries with unprecedented speed. We will discuss how the information science community can collaborate to steward information integrity. I am seeking diverse perspectives that touch upon (but are not limited to): - *The Technological Boundary:* Deepfakes, large language models (LLMs), and algorithmic amplification in scaling disinformation. - *The Sociocultural Boundary:* How AI-generated disinformation exploits cognitive vulnerabilities and impacts public trust across diverse communities. - *The Policy and Ethical Boundary:* Cross-regional governance, ethical AI development, and the challenges of regulating borderless synthetic media. - *The Institutional Boundary:* Strategic approaches for libraries, archives, and educators to build public resilience through AI literacy and proactive information stewardship. Submission Information: If you are researching AI, disinformation, media literacy, or related topics and are interested in joining this panel, please send me a brief description (150–200 words) of your proposed perspective by *Thursday, April 2, 2026*, so we have enough time to finalize the proposal. *Note: All listed panelists must commit to registering and attending the conference in person in Bangkok.* Please feel free to forward this to colleagues or doctoral students who might be a good fit. I look forward to collaborating! Best regards, *Maria Haigh* Associate Professor, mhaigh(a)uwm.edu School of Information Studies University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

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WEBINAR APR 15 – The Data Center Frontier
by Joly MacFie 26 Mar '26

26 Mar '26

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20467>REGISTER <https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9817741161164/WN_3o1CLCr2R1y-CG3JQ7FWGg> | ADD TO CALENDAR <https://addcal.co/e/9q4fo2f858zx> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20467> On Wednesday April 15 2026, at 10:00 PDT (17:00 UTC) the Natural History Museum <https://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/> hosts a virtual roundtable ‘The Data Center Frontier <https://thenaturalhistorymuseum.org/events/the-data-center-frontier/>‘. The session brings together Indigenous land defenders, scholar-activists, and grassroots organizers to examine how the rapid expansion of AI and cloud infrastructure is driving new waves of fossil fuel dependence, mineral extraction, land dispossession, and environmental injustice. Far from the immaterial “cloud” promised by Silicon Valley, data centers are vast, resource-intensive industrial facilities whose growth is reshaping landscapes, energy systems, and political struggles across North America. Drawing lessons from Indigenous-led fights against pipelines, mining projects, and other forms of extractive infrastructure—as well as successful campaigns to block data centers—speakers will share insights from the frontlines of the data center frontier and explore how movements across sites and issues can build durable solidarities in the face of a rapidly expanding digital-industrial regime. SPEAKERS Jordan B. Kinder (Métis): Red Natural History Fellow / author of “Petroturfing: Refining Canadian Oil through Social Media” (2024) Krystal Two Bulls (Oglala Lakota/Cheyenne) – Executive Director, Honor the Earth Thea Riofrancos – Scholar / author of “Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism” (2025) Vivek Bharathan -Technologist, No Desert Data Center / Coalition organizer / MediaJustice Data Center Fellow -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Report Launch on Youth Financial Well-being in Digital Economy - April 1
by Lana Swartz 26 Mar '26

26 Mar '26

Hi AOIR friends! Launching this report next week. Would love to see some of you there. And if you can't make it but are interested in these topics, please reach out! Best, Lana Report Launch Webinar *Lana Swartz (co-moderator) Max Brichta (co-moderator)* *Joshua Bold Dorothy C. Kelly Taylor Nelms* *Wednesday, April 1, 2026 1:00-2:00pm (Eastern) via Zoom* Young adults are coming of age in a financial environment that is markedly different from that of previous generations: digital, fast-paced, and increasingly shaped by platforms and AI. This webinar will explore five key domains transforming young people’s financial lives: the hustle economy, finfluencers, online financial communities, new forms of credit and lending, and high-risk retail investing and gambling. *Learn More & Register <https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/event/fling-report-launch/>* The session will be recorded for those who cannot attend live - make sure to register to receive notification when the video is available to view. *Co-hosted by UVA’s **Digital Technology for Democracy Lab <https://dtdlab.virginia.edu/>** and **Thriving Youth in a Digital Environment (TYDE) <https://tyde.virginia.edu/>* *Copyright © 2026 UVA's Digital Technology for Democracy Lab, All rights reserved.* You can *update your preferences <https://virginia.us7.list-manage.com/profile?u=09f35f7898d7e6784e2f84fa7&id…>* or *unsubscribe from this list <https://virginia.us7.list-manage.com/unsubscribe?u=09f35f7898d7e6784e2f84fa…>* .

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