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CFP: Algorithmic Images and Information Urgency – Contemporary Photojournalism Challenges (EMP Journal – Q1 Scopus)
by MATHIAS FELIPE DE LIMA SANTOS 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite submissions for the upcoming special issue in the journal *Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico (EMP)*, a Q1 journal in Scopus: "*Algorithmic Images and Information Urgencies: Challenges and Transformations of Contemporary Graphic Journalism.*" As generative AI and digital shifts redefine our visual culture, photojournalism faces unprecedented aesthetic, ethical, and industrial hurdles. This monograph seeks to explore the complexities of documentary photography in an era marked by rapid technological change and global crises, from climate change and migration to the rise of polarized political narratives. *Languages for Submission:*Please note that the journal accepts original articles in *Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese.* *Key Information:* - *Submission Deadline:* June 30, 2026 - *Expected Publication:* October 2026 - *More Details and Submission Platform:* https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ESMP/monograficos/periodismografico *Topics include (not limited):* - AI & Image Mutation: Deontological limits, deepfakes, and algorithmic bias. - Representing Reality: Visual activism, hybrid narratives, and documenting humanitarian crises or climate change. - Structural Challenges: Gender equality in the profession and the economic sustainability of the photojournalistic industry. *Editors: *Nieves Limón-Serrano (UCLM), Marta Martín-Núñez (UJI), and Mathias-Felipe-de-Lima-Santos (UNSW/UNIFESP/UPF). Any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Best wishes, -- *Mathias Felipe* UNSW/Unifesp -- ---- É obrigatória a utilização do e-mail @unifesp em todas as correspondências oficiais, institucionais e no acesso aos equipamentos e sistemas da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, conforme a portaria Reitoria n. 1182/2022 <https://sti.unifesp.br/documentos/termos-de-uso-do-email> que define a Política de e-mail institucional da Unifesp. <https://sei.unifesp.br/sei/publicacoes/controlador_publicacoes.php?acao=pub…>

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First Monday shutting down after 30 years
by Zimmer, Michael 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years of publication. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research, and a true pioneer in open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors retained their copyright. My very first publication appeared there in 2004, and I know an entire generation of us got our start in its pages. Many thanks to Ed and everyone who contributed to building and sustaining such an important venue. End of an era. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99 ~ Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society<https://www.marquette.edu/data-ethics-society/> Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/> :: www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/>

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Protocols, among humans and machines - 4S open panel
by Nathan Schneider 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Friends, forgive me for another 4S panel posting, but I think it might interest some of you. Please propose: ARTWORKS 🎨 RESEARCH 🔎 THEORIES 📃 PROTOCOLS 🎌 (MAYBE WE NEED NEW EMOJI FOR THAT!) AND MORE. 153. Protocols, among humans and machines Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado Boulder Infrastructure; Indigenous STS; Information, Computing and Media Technology Protocol is a word and concept that has traveled widely, from Indigenous practices that defend against colonization to the rudimentary rules of the internet. Artists and technologists have begun taking the concept more seriously, both as a site of critique and as a technique of liberation. Scholarship on the topic, however, has not kept pace. Some scholars have focused just narrowly on a specific set of protocols, such as internet standards, without connecting them to protocols in other contexts. Other scholars have written off protocol as solely a form of control from above, without accounting for the ways in which living communities are turning to it as a strategy of sovereignty, resistance, and survival. This panel seeks to hold space for this concept at 4S, and in particular to explore the potentials for solidarity that unfold from it. Papers and creative works are welcome that explore protocol across both human and technical domains, and that identify opportunities for this expansive concept to help build linkages across them. https://www.4sonline.org/accepted_open_panels_toronto.php -- Nathan Schneider Associate Profesor, Media Studies University of Colorado Boulder

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Call for Chapter Proposals - Handbook Gray Zones
by Oscar Daniel Moreno Martinez 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Dear AoIR community, We would like to invite you to check this Call for Chapter Proposals for the Handbook of Knowledge, Technologies and Innovation in the Gray Zones to be published in the Research Handbooks in Science and Technology Studies series, edited by Dominique Vinck for Edward Elgar Publishing. This volume will bring together innovative scholarship to explore themes such as creativity by necessity, antagonistic innovation, collective resourcefulness, adaptive learning, ephemeral infrastructures, and technological repair, grounded in empirical research across informal settlements, criminal economies, and conflict zones. Rather than treating these spaces as marginal or pathological, the handbook reclaims them as generative arenas where constraint and asymmetry actively shape technological emergence. Kew dates: Proposal deadline April 30, 2026 / Full chapter submission September 30, 2026. Sincerely, Óscar Moreno-Martínez morenoo(a)javeriana.edu.co Javier Guerrero-Castro javierguerrero(a)itm.edu.co AVISO LEGAL: El presente correo electronico no representa la opinion o el consentimiento oficial de la PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA. Este mensaje es confidencial y puede contener informacion privilegiada la cual no puede ser usada ni divulgada a personas distintas de su destinatario. Esta prohibida la retencion, grabacion, utilizacion, aprovechamiento o divulgacion con cualquier proposito. Si por error recibe este mensaje, por favor destruya su contenido y avise a su remitente. En este aviso legal se omiten intencionalmente las tildes. Este mensaje ha sido revisado por un sistema antivirus, por lo que su contenido esta libre de virus. This e-mail has been scanned by an antivirus system, so its content is virus free.

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CFP: CySoc 2026 Workshop at ICWSM — Human–AI Relationships & Cyber Social Threats
by Ugur Kursuncu 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Call for Papers: CySoc 2026 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats @ICWSM 2026 Deadline: March 22, 2026 AoE Website: https://cy-soc.github.io/2026/ Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cysoc2026 Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the 7th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats (CySoc 2026), to be held in conjunction with the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2026) in Los Angeles, California, USA. CySoc provides an interdisciplinary venue for researchers and practitioners studying emerging cyber social threats in online environments. The workshop aims to foster dialogue across fields such as social computing, computational social science, AI, social cybersecurity, and communication. Spotlight Topic (2026): Human–AI Relationships: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities With the rapid emergence of generative AI and agentic AI systems, online ecosystems are undergoing significant transformation. These technologies introduce new opportunities but also raise concerns around manipulation, false or misleading information, harassment, and unintended harms affecting individuals, communities, and society at large. Topics of Interest: We invite submissions on a broad range of topics including, but not limited to: • Online extremism, harassment, and cyberbullying • Hate speech, toxicity, and harmful online content • Coordinated influence campaigns • Mental health implications of social media • Trust relationships and community dynamics online • Ethical considerations in privacy-preserving social media analytics • Generative AI and agentic AI in online platforms • Risks, misuse, and unintended societal impacts of AI systems Submission Types: We welcome: • Full research papers • Position papers • Short papers • Demonstrations Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and published in the ICWSM Workshop Proceedings. Workshop Location: Los Angeles, California, USA We look forward to receiving your submissions and continuing the conversation around the evolving intersection of AI, online platforms, and societal impact. Best regards, Co-organizers: Ugur Kursuncu, Georgia State University, GA, USA. Matthew R. DeVerna, Stanford University, CA, USA. Francesco Pierri, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy. Kai-Cheng Yang, The State University of New York at Binghamton, MA, USA. Yelena Mejova, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy. Jeremy Blackburn, The State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, USA. — Ugur

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RECORDING - ICANN 85 – WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps
by Joly MacFie 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

<https://isoc.live/20323> [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20323>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/JaKScXfKNKk> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/icann85-wsis/icann85-wsis.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/152688168/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/icann85-wsis> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20323> On March 9 2026, during the ICANN 85 Community Forum <https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann85/> in Mumbai, in a panel ‘WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps <https://sched.co/2GwkG>‘, Internet governance leaders and community members reflected on the WSIS+20 <https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20> review process and discussed what comes next. SPEAKERS Kurtis Lindqvist – President and CEO, ICANN Sally Wentworth – President and CEO, ISOC Ian Sheldon – ICANN GAC Amrita Choudhury – ICANN community member Chris Disspain – ICANN community member Chengetai Masango – Head – IGF Secretariat Moderator: Janis Karklins – Head of Government Engagement, ICANN Host: Rebecca McGilley – Government and IGO Engagement Operations Senior Director, ICANN - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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IEEE SMARTCOMP 2026: Call for Posters, Demos, and Work-in-Progress (WIP) (Submission Deadline: 22nd March 2026)
by h-yonekura+ist 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP. We would appreciate your help in forwarding this call to colleagues who may be interested. ====================================================================== Call for Posters, Demos, and Work-in-Progress (WIP): IEEE SMARTCOMP 2026 https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/call-for-posters/ ====================================================================== **** Paper Submission Deadline: 22nd March 2026 (AoE) **** SMARTCOMP 2026, the 12th edition of the premier conference on smart computing, will be held in Messina, Italy, from 22nd to 25th June 2026. https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/ Please consider submitting your work to the Posters, Demos, and Work-in-Progress (WIP) track of SMARTCOMP 2026. This track offers an excellent opportunity to present early-stage research, novel ideas, preliminary results, and innovative applications to an international audience of researchers and practitioners in Smart Computing. *** Accepted Posters, Demos, and WIP papers will be published in IEEE Xplore. *** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates (All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth, AoE) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Paper submission: 22nd March 2026 (AoE) Acceptance notification: 15th April 2026 Camera-ready deadline (tentative): 22nd April 2026 Conference: 22nd to 25th June 2026 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain enabled by advances in sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), cyber-physical systems (CPS), edge computing, big data analytics, machine learning, cognitive computing, ambient intelligence, and artificial intelligence. Applications of smart computing span many societal domains, including transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, industrial systems, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements in cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking, and social computing are expanding the influence of smart computing in everyday ways of living. The Posters and Work-in-Progress (WIP) session will provide a forum to discuss novel ideas, preliminary results, present innovative applications and tools, and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions. The Demo session will focus on hands-on demonstrations of preliminary works on novel platforms, implementations, and case studies. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): - Future Smart Computing Paradigms - Models of Smart Environments - Algorithms for Smart Computing - AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing - Security, Privacy, and Trust Issues in Smart Computing - Fairness and Socio-technical Issues of Smart Computing - Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments - Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments - Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments - Cloud, Edge, and Fog Computing Platforms for Smart Systems - Data Architectures and Analytics for Smart Computing - Smart Computing for Smart and Connected Communities - Smart Green Computing - Social Computing and Smart Systems - Wearable Computing and IoT for Smart Systems - Architectures and Software for Smart Computing - Novel Communication Paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) in Smart Computing - Quantum Computing in Smart Systems - Interdisciplinary Approaches to Smart Computing - Applications of Smart Computing (e.g., smart healthcare, smart agriculture, smart infrastructures, smart cities, smart energy/transportation/water systems, smart factories, smart workspace) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Submission Guidelines (Summary) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Posters, Demos, and WIP papers should be no more than 3 pages in length (including figures, tables, and references). - Submissions must be formatted using the two-column IEEE proceedings template (conference mode). - Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF (US Letter size paper), through EDAS. - At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the conference to present the work (in-person). Submission links (EDAS): - Submit your Demo here: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34460&track=134041 - Submit your Poster/WIP here: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=34460&track=134042 For the full CFP and details, please refer to: https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/call-for-posters/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Posters/Demos/WIP Co-Chairs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Brent Lagesse, University of Washington Bothell, USA Mario Molinara, University of Cassino, Italy We look forward to your submissions and to welcoming you in Messina, Italy, in June 2026! Sincerely, --------- Haruki Yonekura Publicity and Social Media Co-Chair, IEEE SMARTCOMP 2026 https://smartcomp2026.unime.it/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/ieee-smartcomp/ Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, The University of Osaka, Japan Mobile Computing Laboratory

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Critical Business Model Studies: Open Panel @ 4S 2026 Toronto
by Shapiro, Aaron Murray 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

For colleagues studying political economy and/of technology, please consider submitting to an open panel on “critical business model studies” at the Society for Social Studies of Science conference (October 2026, Toronto). (21) Critical Business Model Studies Devika Narayan, University of Bristol; Aaron Shapiro, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill We invite papers that unpack the formation and transformation of business models. This includes fundamental questions about what a business model is and how it is negotiated by various actors. How do new business models come into existence and how do they gain traction? Apart from analysis of business models as unstable, inchoate structures in making, we also invite papers that focus on well-established, entrenched business models. How are dominant business models reproduced, disrupted, or transformed? Although business model and monetization are essentially industry speak for accumulation and commodification practices (Streeter, 2022), academics interested in the mechanics of profit extraction lack an equivalent concept for capturing the ‘unity between production and exchange’ (Harvey 1982). We use ‘business model’ specifically to identify an overall strategy of defining value and profit making at the firm level (Narayan 2024), one that might be considered not just a corporate buzzword, but also a prescriptive template, an abstract plan or a plan in action (Doganova and Eyquem-Renault 2009). The critical study of business models can entail looking into the material and moral dimensions of unique mechanisms of revenue generation, such as subscription (Shapiro 2026) and advertising (Murdock, 2018), as well as genealogies of organizational format and entrepreneurship (Watkins & Stark, 2018; Weigel & Cameron, 2026). It might also entail looking at a range of generic and sector specific corporate practices such as cross-subsidization, bundling, platform adoption, patent use, appropriating commons, hype and speculation, formation of new business units and use values, sales efforts, narrative creation, and so on. Areas of special interest: * Cloud, platforms, and data dimensions of business model transformation * Organizational politics and management practice * Finance, growth-before profits strategies * Hype and anticipation * Sales and marketing * The subscription model * Tangible and intangible assets * Big tech * Industrial case studies of business model change, disruption, renewal (retail, automotive, finance, healthcare, film/tv, manufacturing…) -- Aaron Shapiro Associate Professor of Technology Studies Woody Durham Scholar Director of Graduate Admissions Department of Communication The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Tracker, AI & Worker Mobilization in Arts, Culture and Media
by Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Hi AoIR, We just launched a new tracker on workers' mobilization around AI in arts, culture and media. Around the world, cultural workers are striking, protesting, running campaigns, and organizing in response to the use of AI in the workplace. The tracker aims to document strikes, protests, campaigns, and other mobilizations by cultural workers, broadly understood across the arts, culture, and media sectors, in relation to AI around the world. The tracker currently maps 107 unions, associations, collectives, and coalitions across +25 countries. It covers a wide range of cases, from Hollywood unions and organizations to voice actors in Brazil and Chile, screenwriters in India, and musicians in South Korea, among many others. This tracker is part of the Worker-led AI Governance project under the Creative Labour & Critical Futures (CLCF) cluster, and it is intended to help inform workers, researchers, policy makers, and the broader public about the current state of mobilizations and negotiations around AI in the cultural sector. Link: https://creativelabourcriticalfutures.ca/resource-files/tracker-ai-mobiliza… Database produced by Helena Wright & Rafael Grohmann Co-directors of Creative Labour and Critical Futures: M.E. Luka, Rafael Grohmann & Daphne Idiz Project funded by University of Toronto Scarborough best, Rafael -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Research Associate, University of Oxford<https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/rafael-grohmann/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/> Co-Lead, Creative Labour and Critical Futures (CLCF)<https://criticaldigitalmethods.ca/creative-labour-critical-futures/> Researcher, AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work<https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-wor…> Senior Fellow, Massey College<https://www.masseycollege.ca/> Faculty Affiliate, Schwartz Reisman Institute for Technology and Society<https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/> <https://srinstitute.utoronto.ca/>

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Call for applications — Wikipedia Residency at Konvent (Barcelona, August 2026)
by Marta Delatte 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, I’m writing to share a call that may be of interest to members of the community. This summer, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Wikipedia, we are organizing a *Wikipedia editing residency titled **Editing Is an Act of Love* at Konvent de Cal Rosal (Berga, Barcelona), in collaboration with Amical Wikimedia and Art+Feminism Barcelona. The residency will take place *from August 3 to 16, 2026* and will bring together a small group of editors, researchers, and cultural practitioners interested in working collectively on Wikipedia and other projects within the Wikimedia ecosystem (Wikidata, Commons, etc.), with particular attention to underrepresented genealogies, practices, and forms of knowledge. *Berga is a rural area about 1.5 hours from Barcelona.* The residency will be hosted at *Konvent*, an independent cultural space located in a former convent that now operates as a site for artistic production, residencies, and experimental cultural projects. Participation is *free of charge and includes accommodation and workspaces at Konvent*. We are also currently exploring ways to *cover food expenses*, although *travel costs would need to be covered by participants*. The *application deadline is April 10, 2026*. Here you will find the <https://drive.proton.me/urls/0GFB6P2FVR#1eIU10VtX0Km>*guidelines <https://drive.proton.me/urls/0GFB6P2FVR#1eIU10VtX0Km> in Catalan, Spanish, and English*. You can also access the application form this link: <https://airtable.com/appbEz3Kk3b9OoxcQ/pag7adh44VR5mycVM/form> If this opportunity may be of interest to colleagues, students, or researchers in your networks, we would be very grateful if you could share the call. Please feel free to get in touch if you have any questions. Warm regards, *Marta Delatte, PhD —* www.martadelatte.com https://linktr.ee/martadelatte

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