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Re: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech
by Andrea Guzman 30 Jul '18

30 Jul '18

Hello everyone discussing voice assistants/voice tech/AI: If you are attending AOIR 2018, please consider joining us for the half-day preconference: "The Medium as Message and Messenger: Human-Machine Communication in the Next-Generation Internet." It would be a great way to network with others. You can register when you register for the conference. https://aoir.org/aoir2018/preconfwrkshop/#MM Disembodied AI, including voice assistants, is my area of research. Some of my own publications that may be of interest: 1 Guzman, A. L. (Ed.). (in press). Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking communication, technology, & ourselves. In S. Jones (Series Ed.), Digital Formations Series. PeterLang. (See link below my header to introduction chapter). 2 Guzman, A. L. (2018). Beyond extraordinary: Theorizing artificial intelligence and the self in daily life. In Z. Papacharissi (Ed.), A networked self: Human augmentics, artificial intelligence, sentience (Vol. 5). Routledge. 3 Guzman, A.L. (2017). Making AI safe for humans: A conversation with Siri. In R.W. Gehl and M. Bakardjieva (Eds.), Socialbots: Digital media and the automation of sociality. 4 Guzman, A.L. (2015). "Imagining the voice in the machine: The ontology of digital social agents" (dissertation). (I have various conference papers/pubs in progress coming out of this). I have author copies of everything but my dissertation on my Researchgate and academia.edu pages. If you cannot access either site, or would like a copy of the dissertation, you are more than welcome to email me off-list. Other scholars with relevant work include: Clifford Nass (HCI) and Lucy Suchman (HCI/STS). From a critical/media studies perspective, Joshua Reeves has published work on the "automation of communication." There was an entire issue in Intervalla (2013) regarding social robots (that is relevant to voice assistants). Finally, the journal "Computers in Human Behavior" routinely publishes on people's interactions with voice-based technologies. Also, there is a human-machine communication scholars email list: https://listserv.temple.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A0=HMC-SCHOLARS Best wishes, Andrea ______ Andrea L. Guzman, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Dept. of Communication Northern Illinois University alguzman(a)niu.edu Read an advance copy of "What is Human-Machine Communication, Anyway?" https://bit.ly/2LKcpVf, the introduction to Human-Machine Communication: Rethinking Communication, Technology, & Ourselves forthcoming from Peter Lang. ________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2018 3:31 PM To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Air-L Digest, Vol 168, Issue 36 Send Air-L mailing list submissions to air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org You can reach the person managing the list at air-l-owner(a)listserv.aoir.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Air-L digest..." Today's Topics: 1. Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? (Stephanie Tuszynski) 2. Re: Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? (sally) 3. Re: Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? (Graham Meikle) 4. Re: Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? (T. Zachary Frazier) 5. Re: Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? (Brad Berens) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 22:08:47 -0400 From: Stephanie Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? Message-ID: <CALMrM3edkvFC_xy1_ACEk4DLVLbSrwDBqhQ80ZQtaSgu0=1z3g(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi all, I know there's a thread going about AI research, but I'm looking for anything that's out there on voice tech - it can be about assistants, voice recognition in general, impacts of voice enabled technology, etc. Trying to get a sense of what people are looking at (if anything). TIA Stephanie Tuszynski Director of the Digital Library WHHA ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2018 20:14:15 -0700 From: sally <sally(a)sally.com> To: Stephanie Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? Message-ID: <273F9E38-0276-4B13-8090-E2E7454D065E(a)sally.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 There?s a lot of it coming up. I worked on some last year, but I haven?t written any publications yet. We were cited in something that looks like it might work for you: https://arxiv.org/pdf/1711.10122.pdf -Sally Sally Applin, Ph.D. .......... Research Fellow HRAF Advanced Research Centres (EU), Canterbury Centre for Social Anthropology and Computing (CSAC) .......... Research Associate Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) Yale University .......... Associate Editor, IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine Member, IoT Council Executive Board Member: The Edward H. and Rosamond B. Spicer Foundation .......... http://www.posr.org http://www.sally.com I am based in Silicon Valley .......... sally(a)sally.com | 650.339.5236 > On Jul 28, 2018, at 7:08 PM, Stephanie Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > I know there's a thread going about AI research, but I'm looking for > anything that's out there on voice tech - it can be about assistants, voice > recognition in general, impacts of voice enabled technology, etc. Trying to > get a sense of what people are looking at (if anything). > > TIA > Stephanie Tuszynski > Director of the Digital Library > WHHA > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 10:04:37 +0000 From: Graham Meikle <G.Meikle(a)westminster.ac.uk> To: Stephanie Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com>, "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? Message-ID: <A05CF349-2F58-458A-8953-FF053AEDBD95(a)westminster.ac.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi Stephanie Mercedes Bunz and I have a chapter on voice interfaces and domestic assistants (what we call conversational technology) in our book The Internet of Things<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459>. All the best, gm -------------------- Professor Graham Meikle Communication and Media Research Institute, School of Media, Arts and Design, University of Westminster, UK Latest books The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism<https://www.routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Media-and-Activism/Mei…> (2018) The Internet of Things<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459> (2017) Social Media<https://www.routledge.com/Social-Media-Communication-Sharing-and-Visibility…> (2016) From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Stephanie Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> Date: Sunday 29July 2018 at 03:08 To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? Hi all, I know there's a thread going about AI research, but I'm looking for anything that's out there on voice tech - it can be about assistants, voice recognition in general, impacts of voice enabled technology, etc. Trying to get a sense of what people are looking at (if anything). TIA Stephanie Tuszynski Director of the Digital Library WHHA _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 10:50:06 -0400 From: "T. Zachary Frazier" <t.zachary.frazier(a)gmail.com> To: Graham Meikle <G.Meikle(a)westminster.ac.uk> Cc: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? Message-ID: <CALOxnqC5snCw4abcQiUSkXgHpU69eBp3C25YUs0P4ED8xwN3Eg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Not a scholarly source, but I loved this article in the Atlantic a few weeks ago: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/05/what-alexa-taught-my-f… On Sun, Jul 29, 2018 at 6:04 AM, Graham Meikle <G.Meikle(a)westminster.ac.uk> wrote: > Hi Stephanie > > Mercedes Bunz and I have a chapter on voice interfaces and domestic > assistants (what we call conversational technology) in our book The > Internet of Things<http://politybooks.com/bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459>. > > All the best, gm > > -------------------- > Professor Graham Meikle > Communication and Media Research Institute, > School of Media, Arts and Design, > University of Westminster, UK > > Latest books > The Routledge Companion to Media and Activism<https://www. > routledge.com/The-Routledge-Companion-to-Media-and-Activism/Meikle/p/book/ > 9781138202030> (2018) > The Internet of Things<http://politybooks.com/ > bookdetail/?isbn=9781509517459> (2017) > Social Media<https://www.routledge.com/Social-Media- > Communication-Sharing-and-Visibility/Meikle/p/book/9780415712248> (2016) > > From: Air-L <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Stephanie > Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> > Date: Sunday 29July 2018 at 03:08 > To: "air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org" <air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction > tech? > > Hi all, > > I know there's a thread going about AI research, but I'm looking for > anything that's out there on voice tech - it can be about assistants, voice > recognition in general, impacts of voice enabled technology, etc. Trying to > get a sense of what people are looking at (if anything). > > TIA > Stephanie Tuszynski > Director of the Digital Library > WHHA > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > > > The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by > guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 > Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. > > This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have > received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and > its attachments from your system. > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2018 13:13:32 -0700 From: Brad Berens <brad(a)bigdigitalidea.com> To: Stephanie Tuszynski <stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> Cc: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech? Message-ID: <CAESFiDzKVAKJAMNv91q6Uq+COM9dKtHduxHqn3F+uZpLEWXvbQ(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi all, Stephanie, as early as this week we'll be releasing a mini-report on digital assistants. We added three questions to our big longitudinal U.S. survey, and the results were interesting... so interesting that we may want to do a larger project. If anybody would like a copy of the report, then please let me know. All best, Brad ____________________________________ *Latest Columns:* - Streaming superheroes and the DC Universe <https://www.digitalcenter.org/columns/streaming-superheroes/> - AQ: the president's no-lose media equation <http://bradberens.com/2018/07/12/aq-the-presidents-no-lose-media-equation/> - What is a movie and why does it matter? <http://www.digitalcenter.org/columns/what-is-a-movie/> - The half-life of brands: Amazon's algorithmic strategy <http://www.digitalcenter.org/columns/half-life-of-brands/> *Brad Berens, Ph.D.* Chief Strategy Officer, Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg Principal, Big Digital Idea Consulting, Inc <http://www.bigdigitalideaconsulting.com>. Google Voice (gets me everywhere): #(310) 651-6976 *Some handy links:* - Read my regular column at the Center site <http://www.digitalcenter.org/columns> - Follow me on Twitter <https://twitter.com/bradberens> - Check out my blog at bradberens.com <http://www.bradberens.com> - See my history on LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/bradberens> - Watch me on morning TV in New Zealand <https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/lifestyle/2018/06/technology-may-march-on-bu…> On Sat, Jul 28, 2018 at 7:08 PM, Stephanie Tuszynski < stephanietuszynski(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > I know there's a thread going about AI research, but I'm looking for > anything that's out there on voice tech - it can be about assistants, voice > recognition in general, impacts of voice enabled technology, etc. Trying to > get a sense of what people are looking at (if anything). > > TIA > Stephanie Tuszynski > Director of the Digital Library > WHHA > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ > ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer _______________________________________________ The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/ ------------------------------ End of Air-L Digest, Vol 168, Issue 36 **************************************

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Research on voice assistants and/or voice interaction tech?
by Stephanie Tuszynski 29 Jul '18

29 Jul '18

Hi all, I know there's a thread going about AI research, but I'm looking for anything that's out there on voice tech - it can be about assistants, voice recognition in general, impacts of voice enabled technology, etc. Trying to get a sense of what people are looking at (if anything). TIA Stephanie Tuszynski Director of the Digital Library WHHA

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AoIR 2018-Learning Expedition Through Montreal’s Third Places
by Duque, Nina 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Dear all, Congress is fast approaching, and we would like to invite all Montreal AoIR 2018 participants interested in discovering the innovative side of Montreal to an immersive, mobile pre-conference workshop on October 10th in the afternoon. It will be a friendly and fun half-day walked event where we will visit several third places such as co-working spaces and maker spaces whose mandates intersect art, technology, and emerging digital practices all the while cutting across some of Montreal’s iconic quarters. Early Registration deadline for the Montreal AoIR 2018 conference is this coming Wednesday, August 1st. If you are interested in this activity, please sign up soon as places are limited! Please also register directly with us at info(a)labcmo.ca<mailto:info@labcmo.ca> with the heading “Learning Expedition Registration.” If you would like more information: Workshop details: https://aoir.org/aoir2018/preconfwrkshop/#LE AoIR registration: https://members.aoir.org/event-2906396 Kindly, Nina Duque, Florence Millerand, Guillaume Latzko-Toth and Rémi Toupin

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Job: Research & Data Analyst, Internet Health Report
by Solana Larsen 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Hello Everyone, We’re looking for someone to join the small team working on Mozilla’s 2019 Internet Health Report <https://internethealthreport.org/2018> as a Research and Data Analyst. This is a part-time, contract position (August 2018 - April 2019), subject to possible renewal. Location: Preferably Berlin, Germany (that’s where I am) but could also be United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Job description: https://careers.mozilla.org/position/gh/1254413 Apply now! All questions welcome, but definitely take a look here first... https://internethealthreport.org/2018 Best, Solana Solana Larsen Editor, Internet Health Report <https://internethealthreport.org/2018> solana(a)mozillafoundation.org @solanasaurus | +49 170 877 1585

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Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowships, RMIT Melbourne
by TANIA LEWIS 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

Dear Colleagues RMIT University in the heart of Melbourne's vibrant CBD has just opened the 2018 round of applications for *Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowships.* Information about the three year Postdoctoral Fellowships and the four-year VC Fellowships can be found at these respective URLs: https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-expertise/our-reputation/people/ outstanding-research-fellowship-schemes/vice-chancellors-postdoctoral- fellowships https://www.rmit.edu.au/research/research-expertise/our-reputation/people/ outstanding-research-fellowship-schemes/vice-chancellors-research- fellowships Please note applications close on the 19th August 2018. I'm happy to discuss applications of relevance to the Digital Ethnography Research Centre digital-ethnography.com/about/. Feel free to email me at tania.lewis(a)rmit.edu.au if you'd like to know more. Best Tania

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WEBCAST FRIDAY: IGF USA 2018 in Washington DC #IGFUSA2018
by Joly MacFie 27 Jul '18

27 Jul '18

This will be the firs IGF-USA that has not been steered by David Vyorst <https://boingboing.net/2017/12/07/rest-in-power-david-vyorst.html>, who left us late last year. But the show goes on, and there's plenty of grist for the mill. In fact, some of the breakouts have so many participants they'll need a gong to move things along. This year sees an emphasis on digital equity, be it connectivity, privacy, or the right to be informed. [image: IGF-USA 2018] <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018/>Today, *Friday July 27 2018*, the annual *USA Internet Governance Forum <http://usa%20internet%20governance%20forum%20%28igf-usa%29/>* (IGF-USA) takes place in Washington DC. IGF-USA 2018 includes panels on Future of Work and the New Economy; Balancing Privacy Concerns with Security, Connectivity, and Innovation; Competition; Next Generation Networks and the Internet of Things; Platform Content Moderation and Liability‎‎; Internet Governance; and Balancing the Fight against Fake News against Rights of Free Expression. Keynoters are Assistant Secretary *David J. Redl*, NTIA, and Commissioner *Noah J. Phillips*, FTC. The entire event, including breakout tracks, will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel* <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018-video/>. *What: 2018 USA Internet Governance Forum <http://usa%20internet%20governance%20forum%20%28igf-usa%29/> (IGF-USA)Where: Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DCWhen: Friday July 27 2018 8:30am-5pm EDT | 12:30-21:00 UTCProgram: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018-program/ <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018-program/>Webcast: https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018-video/ <https://www.igf-usa.org/igf-usa-2018-video/>Room A: https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/igfusa2018/ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety2/igfusa2018/>Plenary and Room B: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfusa2018/ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfusa2018/>Room C: https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/igfusa2018/ <https://livestream.com/internetsociety3/igfusa2018/>Twitter: #igfusa2018 http://bit.ly/igfusa2018 <http://bit.ly/igfusa2018>* *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/10415 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Deadline approaching August 1st: “Discrimination and Bias” – European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science #eurocss
by Weller, Katrin 26 Jul '18

26 Jul '18

2nd European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science: BIAS AND DISCRIMINATION Euro CSS Symposium (#eurocss) December 5-7, 2018 Cologne, Germany Website: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csssymposium18 For inquiries: css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> --------------------------- CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ----------------------------- For the 2nd European Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science we are calling for different types of submissions: - extended abstract of research to be presented as short TALKS OR POSTERS (deadline August 1) - proposals for WORKSHOPS OR TUTORIALS to be held on the pre-symposium day (deadline August 1) - creative ideas to work with the datasets in our DATASET CHALLENGE (deadline September 1) - applications to participate in our DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM (deadline September 1) - Authors of accepted submissions of all types also qualify for applications for TRAVEL GRANTS (deadline September 1) Below you will find information on how to apply for the different formats. ------------------------------------- CONFERENCE SCOPE ------------------------------------- The Symposium is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together researchers from a diverse range of disciplines to contribute to the definition and exploration of the societal challenges in Computational Social Science, especially around the topics of inequality and imbalance. We welcome submissions in the intersection of the social sciences and the computer sciences, including (a) new approaches for understanding social phenomena and addressing societal challenges, (b) improving methods for computational social science, (c) and understanding the influence of the Web and digital technologies on society. -------------------------------- CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS (TALKS OR POSTERS) -------------------------------- Submission deadline: August 1, 2018 Submit via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csssymposium18 Submissions should be abstracts of approx. 2-3 pages (up to 1000 words plus references and figures) summarizing the work to be presented. We encourage researchers to also submit abstracts of work that has already been published and/or submit work in progress. Please give a sufficiently detailed description of your work and your methods so we can adequately assess its relevance. Please consider that reviewers will be from an interdisciplinary community. Submissions may be accepted as talks or posters. The full call can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2018/#workshops -------------------------------- WORKSHOP + TUTORIALS -------------------------------- Submission deadline: August 1, 2018 Submit via email: css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> Proposals for workshops and tutorials should be no more than three pages in length, written in English, and should contain the following: - A concise title - The names, affiliations, and contact information of the organizers - Planned duration of the event (half-day or full-day meeting) - A short abstract describing the scope and main objective of the event - A description of the proposed event format and a detailed list of proposed activities The full call can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2018/#call -------------------------------- DATASET CHALLENGE -------------------------------- Submission deadline: September 1, 2018 Submit via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csssymposium18 We provide links to three suggested datasets on the topic of political communication and ask participants to creatively and innovatively engage with these datasets. A jury will select the best presentation (including any created resources, such as secondary datasets or analysis code) to be awarded the very first Euro CSS Dataset Challenge Award. The work presented at the symposium can be early stage, but should be methodically sound and provide either preliminary insights into an interesting research question or first inductively-reached conclusions of systematic patterns of bias in the dataset. These can also be on a meta-level or may be designated to positioning the work in broader theoretical contexts, e.g., about biases in the data collection. Submissions should be abstracts of approx. 2-3 pages (maximum up to 1000 words plus references and figures). The full call can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2018/#data -------------------------------- DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM -------------------------------- Submission deadline: September 1, 2018 Submit via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=csssymposium18 Please submit a PDF file of up to approx. 1000 words with the following information: – an abstract of the PhD thesis topic including information about the research question, applied methods and the current state of progress – a short paragraph about the applicant’s biography – a paragraph on open questions that the applicant would want to discuss with experts in the field The full call can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2018/#consortium -------------------------------- TRAVEL GRANTS -------------------------------- Submission deadline: September 1, 2018 Submit via email: css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> Due to the generous funding by Volkswagen Foundation we are able to offer a limited number of travel grants to researchers whose submissions are accepted for the symposium (presenters of talks or posters at the main symposium, workshop or tutorial organizers, participants of doctoral consortium and dataset challenge). To apply for a travel grant please send an email with the subject “Travel Grant” to css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> including the following information: a) your submission number in EasyChair or the title of your submitted workshop/tutorial, b) your contact details, c) your motivation for the grant application and d) whether you will still attend the symposium without a travel grant. More information can be found here: http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/2018/#grants ------------------------------- ORGANISERS ------------------------------- SYMPOSIUM CHAIRS Katrin Weller Markus Strohmaier MENTORS FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM Sandra González-Bailón Jürgen Pfeffer DATASET CHALLENGE CHAIRS Fabian Flöck Juhi Kulshrestha ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Katrin Weller Markus Strohmaier Luca Maria Aiello David Garcia Frank Schweitzer

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Seeking Scholarly Books about new media and interpersonal relationships
by Sa, Erting 26 Jul '18

26 Jul '18

Hello everyone, I was wondering if anyone has any recommendations of the textbooks or good scholarly books for teaching an undergraduate course which mainly focuses on new media/social media and interpersonal relationships? Any suggestions or recommendations would be greatly appreciated!! Thank you in advance! Best Regards, Erting Sa Ph.D. Candidate and Instructor Department of Communication University at Albany, SUNY Email: esa(a)albany.edu<mailto:yzhao4@albany.edu>

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New edition of Internet Law: Cases and Problems
by James Grimmelmann 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Dear Colleagues, Just a quick note to let you know that the 8th edition of my Internet law casebook is now available. The 8th edition has new coverage of blockchains, the GDPR, and the sharing economy, and significantly reworked coverage of jurisdiction and harmful speech. Although it is written in the form of a law-school casebook, I have done my best to make it accessible to students in other programs, including undergraduates. I have kept the legal apparatus to a minimum, and the book provides capsule summaries of relevant legal principles wherever necessary. It is meant to be modular, so that it can be used to bring in a legal perspective on whichever issues you want to cover. As always, it's available as a DRM-free PDF download from Semaphore Press on a pay-what-you-want basis with a suggested price of $30. (You should feel free to "freeride" to download an evaluation copy.) There's a perfect-bound paperback version available through Amazon for $65.25. There's also an updated teachers' manual, which I am happy to provide to anyone who is adopting the casebook or considering it. Book homepage: http://internetcasebook.com Download page: https://www.semaphorepress.com/Pay2.php Physical version: https://www.amazon.com/Internet-Law-Problems-James-Grimmelmann/dp/1943689067 Full table of contents: https://www.semaphorepress.com/downloads/Internet/Grimmelmann_Internet_v8p0… best wishes, James

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Digital Management: Lecturers wanted
by Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer 25 Jul '18

25 Jul '18

Dear all, we are looking for Guest Lecturers for our Fresenius University Masters Programme "Digital Management" (M.A.) this fall in Berlin. Currently we can offer these seminars, to be held in English: - International Management (4 seminar hours per week) - Leadership & Strategy (4) - Behavioral Decision Making (4) - Business Ethics (4) We pay above the Berlin Guest Lecturer average, both for predoc and postdoc Lecturers, and offer an exclusive teaching place directly located in the heart of Berlin at Gendarmenmarkt. If you need more information, please let me know! Best regards Stephan -- Prof. Dr. Stephan G. Humer Internet Sociologist Director, Internet Sociology Department, Hochschule Fresenius Berlin Researcher, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, FU Berlin Senior Fellow, Digital Class, Berlin University of the Arts Tel. (DE/EU): +49 (0)157/58064165 Phone (US): (213) 267-0214 Website: www.socialitybydesign.org Twitter: @netsociology

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