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CFP Understanding and Examining the Digital Advocacy Pioneers - abstract deadline 30/03
by James Dennis 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

With apologies for cross-posting. A reminder that the deadline for this workshop is on Friday. *Understanding and Examining the Digital Advocacy Pioneers* Dates: Thursday, 6 September — Friday, 7 September 2018 Location: University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom Convenors: Dr James Dennis (University of Portsmouth) and Dr Nina Hall (Johns Hopkins University) Sponsored by the Transnational Civil Society Project at the University of Portsmouth and the Political Studies Association Media and Politics Group. *Description and Objective* A new generation of digital advocacy organizations have emerged around the world including: 38 Degrees in the UK, MoveOn in the US; GetUp! in Australia and Amandla.Mobi in South Africa. These organizations all share the same basic organizational form: they are progressive, multi-issue, and membership-driven. These organizations are at the forefront of digital campaigning. They are pioneering the use of new technologies — be it WhatAapp, analytics, or Facebook — to rapidly mobilise people online and offline. The activism fostered by these groups has fundamentally changed how groups mobilise and organize citizens for political engagement. While research has been conducted on these campaigning groups independently within a national context (Chadwick and Dennis, 2017; Karpf, 2012; Vromen, 2017), there has been no research on the global network within which they operate: the Online Progresive Engagement Network (OPEN). Spanning six continents and mobilising over 17 million citizens, this workshop will bring together scholars researching these groups at the forefront of innovations in online campaigning. From established netroots organisations like Campact (Germany) and Leadnow (Canada), to newer groups such as Uplift (Ireland), amandla.mobi (South Africa), ActionStation (New Zealand), Skiftet (Sweden), #aufstehn (Austria), and Campax (Switzerland), this workshop seeks to document the evolution of online organising and digital campaigning across the world. This workshop marks the first gathering of scholars working in this area. We are delighted to host Andrew Chadwick (The Hybrid Media System), David Karpf (The MoveOn Effect) and Ariadne Vromen (Digital Citizenship and Political Engagement) for the workshop, three leading scholars in this area. We are keen to attract new theoretical and empirical inquiries that examine: • How these groups are shaping contemporary political participation (e.g. the influence on campaigning tactics adopted by other political organisations). • The origins and evolution of new OPEN organisations, such as #aufstehn, ActionStation, Uplift, and Campax. • The OPEN Movement, and how these campaigning groups operate at the global level. • Case studies of particular campaigns, illustrating the working practices of these activist groups. • How and why citizens engage with these organisations, and what this means for broader questions about democratic citizenship. • How these organisations contribute to debates surrounding slacktivism/clicktivism. • The relationships formed between netroots organisations and political parties, professional media, and legacy interest groups. • What counts as “success” and “impact” for these organisations. • The role of affect, emotion, and personal identity within campaigns. Please email your proposals to james.dennis(a)port.ac.uk and nhall(a)jhu.edu. Proposals should include the following: title and name, institutional affiliation, and email address, together with a paper title and abstract of not more than 500 words. Proposers should also indicate whether or not they are current postgraduate students. No fees will be required for this workshop. *Key dates* ● March 30, 2018: 500-word paper proposals due. Please email your proposals to james.dennis(a)port.ac.uk and nhall(a)jhu.edu ● April 27, 2018: Authors informed of selection and invitations issued. ● May 18, 2018: Send confirmation of willingness to participate. ● August 3, 2018: Full workshop papers emailed to James and Nina. ● September 6-7, 2018: Workshop ● December 2018: Request for revised papers for special issue. *Outputs from the workshop* We are in discussion with relevant journals for a special issue. If successful, submissions for the workshop will be considered and full papers invited in December 2018. -- *Dr James Dennis* Senior Lecturer in Political Communication and Journalism | University of Portsmouth *e* james.dennis(a)port.ac.uk *t* @jameswilldennis <https://twitter.com/jameswilldennis> *w* jameswilldennis.com *a* School of Social, Historical and Literary Studies, University of Portsmouth, Milldam (LB 3.03), Burnaby Road, Portsmouth, PO1 3AS

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Last Minute CFP for NCA Panel Discussion on non-use
by Nathanael Bassett 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Hi All, I’m hoping to put together a last minute panel on non-use for NCA. I’ve been doing a lot of work in this area the past few years and there are some really great people working on these ideas which I’d like to see get together at a venue like NCA. There is an affilaite organization, PPDD (Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide) that is calling for submissions on this topic. Most of the work I’ve been doing critically interrogates the notion of a digital divide and centers around the right (or lack thereof) to refuse. As the deadline is wednesday <http://airmail.calendar/2018-03-28%2012:00:00%20CDT>, if you’re interested or already planning on being at NCA, please reach out to me ASAP and lets work something out. Apologies for the last minute email (my wife just had a baby so I’ve been distracted). ps (apologies for duplicate emails) ppsOriginal CFP follows: —— Susan B. Kretchmer, Susan.Kretchmer(a)ppdd.org NCA 2018 Call for Papers, Panels, and Works-in-Progress on the Challenges and Opportunities of the Digital Age Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD), an NCA affiliate organization, invites submissions on the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the digital age. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age. Fully interdisciplinary and international, PPDD is the only academic professional organization in the world focused solely on the digital divide and on connecting research to policymaking and practice to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to this pressing societal concern. PPDD works to identify new areas of necessary, productive research focus to foster greater understanding and enlighten policy and practice going forward so that all global citizens can participate fully in the digital, networked age. Submissions are welcome from researchers, policymakers, and practitioners at all stages of their careers, from any theoretical and methodological approach, and across multiple disciplines engaged in work that informs issues related to the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the digital age and, thus, the digital divide, including but not limited to: – gaps in access and connectivity – digital inclusion – digital exclusion – digital (dis)engagement – challenges and opportunities – social and cultural aspects of the divide – the skills and digital/information literacy needed to interpret, understand, and navigate information presented online - effective use by individuals and communities – the impact of socioeconomic factors on user behavior – the role of motivation, attitudes, and interests – differences in patterns of usage – characteristics and conceptualizations of non-users – the ways in which people use the Internet to create content – different forms of capital and power relationships – the impact of new and evolving technologies – the mobile divide – the interplay of influence with mobile technologies – human-computer interaction, human factors, and usability – social media – digital games – apps – socioeconomic and cultural effects – social equity, social and economic justice, and democracy – the ethics of digital inequality – community informatics – social informatics – social planning – international development – indigenous populations – education – ICTs and well-being – health – disability and accessibility – politics, digital government, digital citizenship, smart cities/citizens/government, civic engagement, adoption issues, and (in)equality – global citizenship – policy and its impacts, including information/telecommunications policy, net neutrality, and open access – public access initiatives – practitioner-oriented topics considering aspects of design, management, implementation, assessment, and collaboration - architectural challenges and deployment experiences - Internet access cost analyses – the application of research to communities, practice, and public and private Submission Process: *Electronic submission is required in accordance with NCA policies by **March 28, 2018 at 11:59pm <http://airmail.calendar/2018-03-28%2023:59:00%20CDT> Pacifc. Submissions will be accepted as of January 15, 2018 <http://airmail.calendar/2018-01-15%2012:00:00%20CST>** through NCA Convention Central.* For questions, please contact the program planner, Susan Kretchmer, Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide, at susan.kretchmer(a)ppdd.org. Submissions will be reviewed by scholars with appropriate expertise in the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the digital age and the digital divide. All submitters are encouraged to review the NCA’s Professional Standards for Convention Participants prior to submission. Helpful resources, including step-by-step submission instructions and how to create a blind copy, are provided at the Convention Resource Library: http://www.natcom.org/conventionresources/. Individual Papers: Submissions should be no more than 25 pages in length, exclusive of notes, citations, and tables. Title, author information, and a 100-200 word abstract are submitted separately from the uploaded text document, which should be stripped of any identifying text or document coding to facilitate blind review. Research that is appropriate for alternative media or interactive settings may be designated for Scholar-to-Scholar consideration. If interested in participating in Scholar to Scholar, check the appropriate agreement box. Student work should be designated at submission in order to qualify for appropriate awards. All authors must be students for submission as student work. Paper Session Proposal: Submissions should include a session title, 200-500 word rationale and an overview description of the planned program. Provide a complete list of papers include title, abstract, and author information (name, affiliations, and email address). A chair is required. Panel Discussion Proposals: Submissions should include a session title, 200-500 word rationale and an overview description of the planned program. Provide a complete list of participants including identifying information (name, affiliations, and email address) as well as a summary of the participant's anticipated contribution to the panel. A chair is required. Works-in-Progress: As PPDD wishes to encourage cutting-edge and highly topical work that may not be in full-paper form eight months prior to the Convention, we will consider 250-word abstracts of works-in-progress. Please submit your abstract in accordance with the instructions above for Individual Papers submissions. -- Nathanael Bassett PhD Candidate | Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago t# 203.400.8203 <//203.400.8203> twitter: mrliterati <http://twitter.com/mrliterati> url: mrliterati.com -- Nathanael Bassett PhD Candidate | Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago t# 203.400.8203 twitter: mrliterati <http://twitter.com/mrliterati> url: mrliterati.com

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Last Minute NCA Panel Discussion on non-use
by Nathanael Bassett 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

Hi All, I’m hoping to put together a last minute panel on non-use for NCA. I’ve been doing a lot of work in this area the past few years and there are some really great people working on these ideas which I’d like to see get together at a venue like NCA. There is an affilaite organization, PPDD (Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide) that is calling for submissions on this topic. Most of the work I’ve been doing critically interrogates the notion of a digital divide and centers around the right (or lack thereof) to refuse. As the deadline is wednesday, if you’re interested or already planning on being at NCA, please reach out to me ASAP and lets work something out. Apologies for the last minute email (my wife just had a baby so I’ve been distracted). Original CFP follows: —— Susan B. Kretchmer, Susan.Kretchmer(a)ppdd.org NCA 2018 Call for Papers, Panels, and Works-in-Progress on the Challenges and Opportunities of the Digital Age Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide (PPDD), an NCA affiliate organization, invites submissions on the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the digital age. PPDD engages a broad diversity of individuals and organizations to spearhead a multi-associational, multi-disciplinary partnership among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers to make significant contributions in closing the digital divide and addressing the many other challenges and opportunities presented by the digital age. Fully interdisciplinary and international, PPDD is the only academic professional organization in the world focused solely on the digital divide and on connecting research to policymaking and practice to strategize actions and catalyze solutions to this pressing societal concern. PPDD works to identify new areas of necessary, productive research focus to foster greater understanding and enlighten policy and practice going forward so that all global citizens can participate fully in the digital, networked age. Submissions are welcome from researchers, policymakers, and practitioners at all stages of their careers, from any theoretical and methodological approach, and across multiple disciplines engaged in work that informs issues related to the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the digital age and, thus, the digital divide, including but not limited to: – gaps in access and connectivity – digital inclusion – digital exclusion – digital (dis)engagement – challenges and opportunities – social and cultural aspects of the divide – the skills and digital/information literacy needed to interpret, understand, and navigate information presented online - effective use by individuals and communities – the impact of socioeconomic factors on user behavior – the role of motivation, attitudes, and interests – differences in patterns of usage – characteristics and conceptualizations of non-users – the ways in which people use the Internet to create content – different forms of capital and power relationships – the impact of new and evolving technologies – the mobile divide – the interplay of influence with mobile technologies – human-computer interaction, human factors, and usability – social media – digital games – apps – socioeconomic and cultural effects – social equity, social and economic justice, and democracy – the ethics of digital inequality – community informatics – social informatics – social planning – international development – indigenous populations – education – ICTs and well-being – health – disability and accessibility – politics, digital government, digital citizenship, smart cities/citizens/government, civic engagement, adoption issues, and (in)equality – global citizenship – policy and its impacts, including information/telecommunications policy, net neutrality, and open access – public access initiatives – practitioner-oriented topics considering aspects of design, management, implementation, assessment, and collaboration - architectural challenges and deployment experiences - Internet access cost analyses – the application of research to communities, practice, and public and private Submission Process: *Electronic submission is required in accordance with NCA policies by **March 28, 2018 at 11:59pm <http://airmail.calendar/2018-03-28%2023:59:00%20CDT> Pacifc. Submissions will be accepted as of January 15, 2018 <http://airmail.calendar/2018-01-15%2012:00:00%20CST>** through NCA Convention Central.* For questions, please contact the program planner, Susan Kretchmer, Partnership for Progress on the Digital Divide, at susan.kretchmer(a)ppdd.org. Submissions will be reviewed by scholars with appropriate expertise in the myriad challenges and opportunities presented by the nexus of information and communication technology, society, and life in the digital age and the digital divide. All submitters are encouraged to review the NCA’s Professional Standards for Convention Participants prior to submission. Helpful resources, including step-by-step submission instructions and how to create a blind copy, are provided at the Convention Resource Library: http://www.natcom.org/conventionresources/. Individual Papers: Submissions should be no more than 25 pages in length, exclusive of notes, citations, and tables. Title, author information, and a 100-200 word abstract are submitted separately from the uploaded text document, which should be stripped of any identifying text or document coding to facilitate blind review. Research that is appropriate for alternative media or interactive settings may be designated for Scholar-to-Scholar consideration. If interested in participating in Scholar to Scholar, check the appropriate agreement box. Student work should be designated at submission in order to qualify for appropriate awards. All authors must be students for submission as student work. Paper Session Proposal: Submissions should include a session title, 200-500 word rationale and an overview description of the planned program. Provide a complete list of papers include title, abstract, and author information (name, affiliations, and email address). A chair is required. Panel Discussion Proposals: Submissions should include a session title, 200-500 word rationale and an overview description of the planned program. Provide a complete list of participants including identifying information (name, affiliations, and email address) as well as a summary of the participant's anticipated contribution to the panel. A chair is required. Works-in-Progress: As PPDD wishes to encourage cutting-edge and highly topical work that may not be in full-paper form eight months prior to the Convention, we will consider 250-word abstracts of works-in-progress. Please submit your abstract in accordance with the instructions above for Individual Papers submissions. -- Nathanael Bassett PhD Candidate | Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago t# 203.400.8203 twitter: mrliterati <http://twitter.com/mrliterati> url: mrliterati.com

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24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018): Third Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 25 Mar '18

25 Mar '18

*** THIRD CALL FOR PAPERS *** 24th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems (ISMIS 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 29-31 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… WELCOME ISMIS is an established and prestigious conference for exchanging the latest research results in building intelligent systems. Held twice every three years, the conference provides a medium for exchanging scientific research and technological achievements accomplished by the international community. SCOPE The scope of ISMIS is intended to represent a wide range of topics on applying Artificial Intelligence techniques to areas as diverse as decision support, automated deduction, reasoning, knowledge based systems, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, planning, databases, information retrieval, etc. The focus is on research in intelligent systems. The conference addresses issues involving solutions to problems that are complex to be solved through conventional approaches and that require the simulation of intelligent thought processes, heuristics and applications of knowledge. The integration of these multiple approaches in solving complex problems is of particular importance. ISMIS provides a forum and a means for exchanging information for those interested purely in theory, those interested primarily in implementation, and those interested in specific research and industrial applications. TOPICS ISMIS 2018 is intended to attract individuals who are actively engaged both in theoretical and practical aspects of intelligent systems. The goal is to provide a platform for a useful exchange between theoreticians and practitioners, and to foster the cross-fertilization of ideas in the following areas: · Active Media Human-Computer Interaction · Autonomic and Evolutionary Computation · Digital Libraries · Health Informatics · Intelligent Agent Technology · Intelligent Data Processing and Analytics · Intelligent Information Retrieval · Intelligent Information Systems · Intelligent Language Processing · Knowledge Integration and Aggregation · Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining · Knowledge Visualization · Logic for Artificial Intelligence · Multimedia Information Retrieval · Soft Computing · Text Mining · Web Intelligence · Web Mining In addition, we solicit papers dealing with Applications of Intelligent Systems in complex/novel domains, e.g. art, human genome, global change, manufacturing, social good, etc. PAPER SUBMISSION Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in LNCS/LNAI style (maximum 10 pages). All paper submissions will be handled electronically. All submissions will be subject to review by the ISMIS 2018 Program Committee. Papers should be prepared using the Springer LNCS/LNAI style (http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui…) maximum 10 pages. Papers should be submitted in PDF form via ISMIS 2018 Online Submission System: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . PUBLICATION AND JOURNAL SPECIAL ISSUES The ISMIS 2018 proceedings will be published by Springer in LNAI (Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) and will be available at the conference. Authors of best papers will be invited to submit their extended versions to the Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS) (http://www.springer.com/computer/database+management+%26+information+retrie…) published by Springer. Fast Track Processing will be used to have them reviewed and published. IMPORTANT DATES · Paper Submissions due: 10th May 2018 · Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: 10th July 2018 · Camera-Ready Versions of Accepted Papers: 31st July 2018 · Author Registration: 31st Juy 2018 · Early Non-Author Registration: 10th September 2018 · Late Non-Author Registration: after 10th September 2018 ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Steering Committee Chair · Zbigniew Ras (UNC-Charlotte, USA & Polish-Japanese Academy of IT, Poland) Symposium Chair · George Angelos Papadopoulos (University of Cyprus, Cyprus) Program Committee Co-Chairs · Michelangelo Ceci (Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy) · Nathalie Japkowicz (American University, USA) · Jiming Liu (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong) Special Sessions Chair · Stefano Ferilli (University of Bari, Italy) Program Committee http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…

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15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2018): Second Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 24 Mar '18

24 Mar '18

*** SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS *** 15th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 4-5 October, 2018 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… The European, Mediterranean and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS) is an annual research event addressing the IS discipline with regional as well as global perspective. EMCIS has successfully helped bringing together researchers from around the world in a friendly atmosphere conducted to free exchange of innovative ideas. EMCIS was founded in 2004 by Brunel University research Group ISEing and it is an annual event. A number of respected collaborations were made with different local universities across the destinations chosen each year and EMCIS still proves to attract many further partnerships. EMCIS is one of the premier conferences in Europe and Middle Eastern region for Information Systems academics and professionals, covering technical, organisational, business and social issues in the application of Information Technology. EMCIS is dedicated to the definition and establishment of Information Systems as a discipline of high impact for the methodical community and IS professionals - focusing on approaches that facilitate the identification of innovative research of significant relevance to the IS discipline following sound research methodologies that lead to results of measurable impact. The EMCIS proceedings are published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing book series. TOPICS The topics of interest are grouped into the following tracks: · Big Data and Analytics · Blockchain Technology and Applications · Cloud Computing · Digital Services and Social Media · e-Government · Enterprise Systems · Science Communication in the Digital Public Sphere · Information Systems Security and Information Privacy Protection · Healthcare Information Systems · Management and Organisational Issues in Information Systems · IT Governance · Innovative Research Projects · Immersive Technologies in IT/IS A full list of subtopics for each track can be found on the conference web site. PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions should be original, not published or being considered elsewhere for publication. Authors should not add their details (names, affiliation, email etc.) in the document they submit for review. All papers should be submitted via the Easy Chair conference management system (the URL is available on the conference web site) and adhere to the format for Springer Lecture Notes publications. The papers must be submitted as a single PDF document and should not exceed 5,000 words (recommended length is 14 pages). Please note that the working language is English. Papers go through a 'double-blind review' process that evaluates their significance, originality, contribution and clarity. Upon acceptance please make sure that at least one author registers to secure a slot for their presentation in the conference program. When preparing the camera-ready version of a paper, authors should add their details (names, affiliation, email, etc.) on the first page of the paper and indicate which is the corresponding author. Along with the camera-ready version of their paper, authors should fill, sign and submit the copyright form. The form shall be sent by email to info[at]emcis.eu. IMPORTANT DATES · Electronic Submission Deadline: 08 May, 2018 · Notification of Acceptance to Authors: 20 June, 2018 · Camera Ready Copy: 04 July, 2018 · Early-bird Registration: 04 July, 2018 · Author Registration Deadline: 04 July, 2018 EMCIS ORGANIZATION Conference Chair · George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Conference co-Chair · Angelika Kokkinaki, University of Nicosia, Cyprus Conference Executive Committee · Vincenzo Morabito, Bocconi University, Italy, (Program Chair) · Marinos Themistocleous, University of Piraeus, Greece (Program Chair) · Gianluigi Viscusi, École Polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland (Publications Chair) · Muhammad Kamal, Brunel University, UK (Public Relations Chair) International Committee http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…

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research participants needed
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Below is a new research project seeking participants. Perhaps of interest. ~Jenny +++++ We are looking for highly motivated, inquisitive, open-minded individuals to participate in a new IARPA (Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity) research project, (CREATE) Crowdsourcing Evidence, Argumentation, Thinking and Evaluation. If you have the following qualities, CREATE may be of interest to you: ● An insatiable thirst for solving complex evidence-based problems ● Dedication to the task: developing your thoughts and explaining your reasoning clearly ● An open mind and the ability to adapt to new applications, consider new information and possibly collaborate with others If this sounds like something you would be interested in being part of, we are eager to hear from you. Click here (link to sign-up form) to learn more about this great opportunity. Take the Survey<https://jhuapl.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4YMBGheDLeEBP01> Or copy and paste the URL below into your internet browser: https://jhuapl.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4YMBGheDLeEBP01 Sincerely, The CREATE Team

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Call for Applications: Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships “Algorithmed Public Spheres” (Hamburg)
by Cornelius Puschmann 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, Please allow me to share the call for applications pasted below -- do pass it on to any postdocs you know who might be interested. All best (and apologies for cross-posting), Cornelius ***Visiting Postdoctoral Fellowships “Algorithmed Public Spheres” (Deadline: May 1st)*** SUMMARY: The Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research in Hamburg, Germany, invites applications for international postdoctoral research fellows who will conduct innovative research on the social and cultural impact of algorithms during stays of 3-12 months in Hamburg in the academic year 2018/2019. DESCRIPTION: The Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research is a publicly funded research institute that focuses on the study of mediated public communication. Its research encompasses both broadcast and digital communication from an interdisciplinary and comparative perspective. The postdoctoral research network Algorithmed Public Spheres ( https://aps.hans-bredow-institut.de/) has been established to study the relevance of algorithms for the constitution of the public sphere. We emphasize in particular the importance of algorithms for filtering, ranking and selecting media content and for structuring digital communication. In contrast to the use of data mining in areas such as healthcare, credit scoring and general business analytics, where such techniques have a long tradition, the impact of algorithms on the public sphere poses novel challenges. How are communication, media, and public discourse impacted by transferring the dominant logics of consumption from other industries to news, information, and political deliberation, implemented in social media platforms, search engines, and on news websites? How do we adapt as individuals as well as as a society to the growing prevalence of algorithmic systems? Research in this area could include: - Governance of and by algorithms - Algorithm awareness and algorithm literacy - Measurement of algorithmic bias and discrimination - Algorithms in news production, distribution and consumption processes - User interaction with and rationalization of algorithms We invite applications for international postdoctoral research fellows from fields including, but not restricted to, computer and information science, communication and media studies, law, political science, sociology and philosophy, who will conduct innovative research on the social and cultural impact of algorithms during stays of 3-12 months in Hamburg in the academic year 2018/2019. We particularly welcome cross-cutting research proposals that integrate technical and social perspectives and result in concrete outcomes, for example in the form of peer-reviewed research articles or proposals for externally funded projects. Up to two funded fellowships will be awarded as result of this call. The fellowships cover airfare and a contribution to the accommodation and subsistence in Hamburg. In specific cases, we may offer a temporary employment contract instead of a scholarship. To apply, please send a cover letter (one page), a project proposal (up to three pages) and your CV (up to four pages), including a list of your most relevant publications (maximum of five), to Cornelius Puschmann ( c.puschmann(a)hans-bredow-institut.de) Please note that applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. IMPORTANT DATES: Application deadline: May 1, 2018 Announcement of 2018/2019 Fellows: May 18, 2018 -- Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Research Associate Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Französische Straße 9 10117 Berlin, Germany www.hiig.de Senior Researcher Hans Bredow Institute for Media Research Rothenbaumchaussee 36 20148 Hamburg, Germany www.hans-bredow-institut.de p: +49 40 450 217 55 e: cornelius.puschmann(a)hiig.de w: cbpuschmann.net *Recent paper:* Puschmann, C., & Scheffler, T. (2016). Topic modeling for media and communication research: A short primer (*HIIG Discussion Paper Series* No. 2016–5). Berlin. Retrieved from http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2836478

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A black market for upvotes and likes
by Mihály Héder 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Dear List, in case you ever need an analysis about the black market for twitter follows, reddit upvotes, youtube comments, facebook likes, etc., see my preprint: https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.07029 Mihály -- Mihály Héder, PhD Research Fellow Institute for Computer Science and Control Hungarian Academy of Sciences

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FYI: ICL-GNSS 2018 deadline extended
by Simona Lohan 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

FYI Dear colleagues, Due to numerous requests, the submission deadline the International Conference on Localization and GNSS (ICL-GNSS) has been extended to April 7, 2018. Abstract should be already inout at the webpage by 31st of March 2018. The conference will take place in Guimarães in Portugal on June 26-28, 2018. See http://www.icl-gnss.org/2018/ <http://www.icl-gnss.org/2018/> Regards, ICL-GNSS2018 General Co-Chairs Adriano Moreira Jari Nurmi

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Mediated Conversation: HICSS-52 CFP
by Yoram Kalman 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Dear colleagues, Members of AoIR and of the Air-L listserv who research any aspect of online conversation are invited to submit papers to HICSS, the 52nd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) that will take place in the island of Maui, Hawaii in January 2019. The Mediated Conversation minitrack focuses on research of conversations taking place on digital and social media. Conversations are at the core of human communication. Mediated conversations can use text, audio, images or video, or any combination thereof. The minitrack welcomes research on conversations that are interpersonal, as well as those that occur in organizational or mass communication, educational or political contexts, and in any other sphere of human activity. Some examples of highly cited papers that first appeared in this minitrack include: Beyond Microblogging: Conversation and Collaboration via Twitter, by Honey & Herring; Talk before You Type: Coordination in Wikipedia by Viégas, Wattenberg, Kriss and van Ham; You Are Who You Talk To: Detecting Roles in Usenet Newsgroups by Fisher, Smith and Welser; Tweet, Tweet, Retweet: Conversational Aspects of Retweeting on Twitter by boyd, Golder and Lotan; and, Learning Conversations in World of Warcraft by Nardi, Ly and Harris. This minitrack brings together researchers and innovators to explore mediated conversation and its implications; to raise new socio-technical, ethical, pedagogical, linguistic and social questions; and to suggest new methods, perspectives, and design approaches. The Mediated Conversation minitrack is the successor of the Persistent Conversation minitrack established by Tom Erickson and Susan Herring at HICSS in 1999, which was originally focused on the novelty of conversational persistence. With the prevalence of mediated conversation, we are called upon to consider a wider field of issues. Examples of appropriate topics include, but are not limited to: • Innovation in mediated conversational practice • The dynamics and analysis of large scale conversation systems (e.g., MOOCs and big data applications) • Methods for analyzing mediated conversation: qualitative, quantitative, data analytics • Mediated collaboration • The dark side of mediated conversation, e.g. loafing, bullying, and communication overload • Studies of virtual communities or other sites of mediated conversation • Ethics and mediated conversation: privacy, deception, freedom of speech, security and information warfare • The role of mediated conversation in knowledge management • The role of mediated conversation in organizations • Domain specific applications, opportunities and challenges of mediated conversations and conversational exchanges (e.g., in education, healthcare, social movements, government, citizen participation) • Conversation visualization • The role of listeners, lurkers, and silent interactions • Novel properties of mediated conversation • The platform’s role in mediating the conversation Fast track journal opportunity: Authors of papers accepted for presentation in the minitrack will be offered the opportunity to submit an extended version of their papers for consideration for fast-track publication in the ACM journal ACM Transaction on Social Computing ([1]https://tsc.acm.org/) Important Dates for Paper Submission April 15, 2018: Paper Submission System Launched June 15, 2018 | 11:59 pm HST: Paper Submission Deadline August 17, 2018: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection September 22, 2018: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication October 1, 2018: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for HICSS-52 For details see [2]http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/ If you have any questions, please contact the minitrack Co-Chairs: Sheizaf Rafaeli (Primary Contact) University of Haifa [3]sheizaf(a)rafaeli.net Yoram M Kalman The Open University of Israel [4]yoramka(a)openu.ac.il Carmel Kent Arden University, UK [5]kent.carmel(a)gmail.com -- Yoram Kalman, PhD [6]www.kalmans.com Cell: +1 737 781 4770 References 1. https://tsc.acm.org/ 2. http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/ 3. mailto:sheizaf@rafaeli.net 4. mailto:yoramka@openu.ac.il 5. mailto:kent.carmel@gmail.com 6. http://www.kalmans.com/

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