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CfP: Online Information Review special issue on "Social Media Mining for Journalism"
by Bahareh Heravi 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

---------------------- Call for Papers, a reminder ------------------------------ *Online Information Review* (OIR) Special Issue on "*Social Media Mining for Journalism*" Journal: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/loi/oir Special issue: http://bit.ly/oir-smj [[ Impact Factor: 1.534 ]] Submission Deadline: *February 28, 2018* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ AIMS AND SCOPE -------------------------- The exponential growth of social media as a central communication practice, and its agility in capturing and announcing breaking news events more rapidly than traditional media, has changed the journalistic landscape: social media has been adopted as a significant source by professional journalists, and conversely, citizens are able to use social media as a form of direct reportage. This brings along new opportunities for newsrooms and journalists by providing new means for newsgathering through access to a wealth of citizen reportage and updates about current affairs, as well as an additional showcase for news dissemination. As well as being a big opportunity and having changed the day-to-day practices in the newsrooms, social media has introduced a number of challenges when it comes to news gathering, verification, production, reporting and dissemination. These include real time monitoring of streams, event detection, noise filtering, contextualisation, source and content verification,fact checking, annotation and archiving . The development of more advanced algorithms and tools for journalists requires not only furthering research in computational techniques, but also engaging more closely with journalists to understand how they work, what problems they are facing when using social media, and how their day-to-day workflows can be improved. In this special issue we are looking for contributions that address a variety of research questions from both theoretical and practical perspectives. For example, how can we best utilise social media for news production? What technologies can we use for breaking news detection, filtering, aggregation and contextualisation? How can we assess the veracity of social media content and sources? What moral, legal, and ethical issues arise when professional journalists use social media as a source? How can we organise, interpret, and retain a record of social media around news events? What does this record contribute to our larger understanding of news, and the writing of news? TOPICS OF INTEREST -------------------------------- Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Newsgathering from social media ** Citizen journalism ** Detection of eyewitnesses and topic experts ** Event detection in social media ** Social media content curation ** Fact-checking and verification of sources and content ** Credibility assessment ** Social media and fake news * Social media news analytics ** Social media analytics for news ** Analysis of news diffusion in social media ** Visualisation of news and social media ** Social media to measure public opinion on news ** Analysis of the effect of fake news on public opinion * Data and Computational journalism ** Robot journalism with social media as a source ** Algorithmic accountability and transparency ** Data driven storytelling ** Data driven investigative journalism * Ethics and digital citizenship ** Ethical issues concerning social media newsgathering and eyewitness media ** Social media news audiences and network gatekeeping ** Social media and censorship SUBMISSION ------------------- Submissions should comply with the journal author guidelines: http://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/author_guidelines.htm?i… Submissions should be made through ScholarOne Manuscripts, the online submission and peer review system. Registration and access is available at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/oir GUEST EDITORS ------------------------ * Arkaitz Zubiaga, University of Warwick, UK * Bahareh R. Heravi, University College Dublin, Ireland * Jisun An and Haewoon Kwak, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar IMPORTANT DATES ----------------------------- * Papers Due: February 28, 2018 * First round decisions made: 25 April, 2018 * Revised manuscripts due: 23 May, 2018 * Final decisions made: 27 June, 2018 * Publication Date: Late 2018 ---------------------------- Dr. Bahareh R. Heravi Assistant Professor Postgraduate Director Director of Data Journalism CPD School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin Co-chair of the European Data & Computational Journalism Conference Bahareh.net | @Bahareh360 What's new: TEDx talk: How Data Journalism is changing the Newsroom *bit.ly/2C711xS <http://bit.ly/2C711xS>* CfP: 2nd Data & Computational Journalism Conference datajconf.com New Paper: Patterns in Award Winning Data Storytelling: bit.ly/winningddj New Book: Data Journalism: Past, Present and Future: bit.ly/ddjbook17 CfP: Social Media Mining for Journalism, Online Information Review bit.ly/oir-smj UCD Data Journalism Professional Certificate Programme: http://bit.ly/ucddatajournalismcpd

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PhD position on the field of data analytics or social network analysis in Estonia
by Andra Siibak 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

Maybe an interest to some of the members of this list: Institute of Computer Science at the University of Tartu is looking for a phd student: please find a call for the position below. PhD Position in following research themes ============================== Social Network (or Media) Analysis Data Analytics Program Benefits ================ Scholarship for 4 years: 1200 Euros per month. Some additional income can be earned by teaching. Tuition and health insurance. Academic and industrial professional development including travel support Diverse, collaborative cohorts Interaction with world-renowned external board members and speakers Travel grant for attending conferences and workshops. Research Center: Institute of Computer Science, University of Tartu, Estonia. University of Tartu is the leading higher education and research center in Estonia, with more than 16000 students and 1800 academic staff. It is also the highest ranked university in the Baltic States according to both the Times Higher Education and the QS World University rankings. University of Tartu's Institute of Computer Science hosts 750 Bachelors and Masters students and 60 doctoral students. The institute has a strong international orientation: over 40% of graduate students and a quarter of academic and research staff members are international. Graduate teaching in the institute is in English. The successful candidate will develop an independent research agenda within the software engineering and information systems research group at the Institute of Computer Science - http://sep.cs.ut.ee/ [1]. The group conducts leading-edge research in the fields of business process management, process mining, software process analytics, social network analysis, (business) data analytics. In 2016, the group earned best or distinguished paper awards at three major information systems engineering conferences: CAiSE, BPM and ER, in addition to four other awards in the past five years. The applicant should have: - A master's degree in computer science, mathematics or other relevant discipline, - Good programming skills, - A good command of spoken and written English, - Background in Statistics/Data Mining/Machine Learning would be ideal, but are not necessarily expected attributes. The position is available from September, 2017, and the funding covers the student fees and a monthly stipend of 1200 (Tax free) for 4 years. All applications should include a CV, a 1-page research statement of suitability. Applications can be sent to rajesh.sharma(a)ut.ee ASAP. To the successful candidates conditional offer letter can be made given that Masters Degree will be obtained by end of June. Kind Regards Rajesh Sharma, Senior Researcher, Institute of Computer Science University of Tartu, Estonia. http://kodu.ut.ee/~rajesh/ [2] Email: rajesh.sharma(a)ut.ee Links: ------ [1] http://sep.cs.ut.ee/ [2] http://kodu.ut.ee/%7Erajesh/

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Call for Abstracts mobileGovWS2018: mindfulGovernments with Artificial Intelligence
by Ibrahim Kushchu 30 Jan '18

30 Jan '18

mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2018 Brighton UK during 14-15 June 2018, @Hilton Metropole. www.m4life.org This year’s main theme of mobileGovWS2018 is mindfulGovernments: how public sector IT and service delivery to citizens are influenced by the mobile and artificial Intelligence technologies. As is the tradition, we do not just ‘organise’ a conference but we establish connections among like-minded professionals and organisations to create ‘value’ in making technology to best serve the nations and the needs of the citizens. The organisation is seeking highly qualified speakers and experts to give talks and tutorials and propose panels or special sessions to be part of the next mobileGovWS2018 as well nominations for the Global mobileGov Awards. Ways to participate mobileGov World Summit and Global mobileGov Awards 2018: - Exhibit and make a demo of your solutions: The summit is very much practice oriented and is soliciting demos and exhibitions. - Become a speaker: send us max 2 pages of abstract of your prosed talk (abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings) - Propose panels, special sessions or tutorials. Global mobileGov Awards 2018.: - industry, NPO or Government, you are requested to nominate yourself, your company or organisations. - "Academic Category" for outstanding academic contributions and research is also open. Please visit http://www.m4life.org/Summit/contact/ and show interest. General topics include, but not limited to - mobileGovernment, mobileDevelopment, mobileSociety, - IOT and Artificial Intelligence as well as - good old fashioned eGovernment, smart cities and smart government - big data, open government, - mobileApps, service and Content delivery - mobileID, participation, privacy and security Publication: All abstracts / talk summaries and accepted award descriptions will be published by mLife Events and Publications. For other specific topics and coverage please review the draft program at the conference site and please share conference flyer and videos among your colleagues at http://www.m4life.org/Summit/videos/ Looking forward to meeting you at the next mobileGovWS in beautiful Brighton, UK ====== Ibrahim KUSHCHU, MBA, MSC., PHD Founding Director, mobileGov UK http://mgovernment.net/ ik(a)mgovernment.net +44 7740143135 - Visit mLife Conferences http://www.m4life.org

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Call for proposals: ECPR Hamburg, Germany Conference 22-25 August 2018
by Nanette Levinson 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

In view of the next ECPR (European Consortium for Political Research) General Conference, to be held in Hamburg, Germany, 22-25 August 2018, the ECPR Standing Group on Internet and Politics is sponsoring Section S23 on “Digital Politics and Politics of the Digital”. The following panels are envisaged: (1) Political Organisations and the Digital; (2) E-Diplomacy – How the digital age shapes international and security affairs; (3) Populism Online: Entering Politics through the Digital Door; (4) Governing the Digital in an Era of Platforms and Big Data; (5) Digital Media and Politics; (6) State of Digital Democratic Theory; (7) Political Participation and Deliberation Online – Contributions from Social Computing More details on Section S23, with panels description are at: https://ecpr.eu/Events/SectionDetails.aspx?SectionID=769&EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_Events_Section…>. Deadline for submissions of panels and papers (500 words abstract) is 15 February 2018. How to submit: - General guidelines and deadlines are available here: https://ecpr.eu/Events/Content.aspx?ID=359&EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_Events_Content…> - You need to have a MyECPR account (or create one: https://ecpr.eu/LoginCreateNewAccount.aspx<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_LoginCreateNew…>) to submit a panel or a paper proposal. There is no fee for this. - Then go to the panel (https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/Forms/PanelProposalForm.aspx?EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_MyEcpr_Forms_P…>) or paper (https://ecpr.eu/MyEcpr/Forms/PaperProposalForm.aspx?EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_MyEcpr_Forms_P…>) submission page on ECPR General Conference website (https://ecpr.eu/Events/EventDetails.aspx?EventID=115<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__ecpr.eu_Events_EventDe…>) Simpler alternative if interested to be part of the panel on "Governing the Digital in an Era of Platforms and Big Data": send your abstract (max 500 words) to co-chairs Meryem Marzouki and Nanette Levinson) (Meryem.Marzouki(a)lip6.fr<mailto:Meryem.Marzouki@lip6.fr>, nlevins(a)american.edu<mailto:nlevins@american.edu>) by Tuesday 13 February, so that we can consider it for inclusion in the panel. Nanette S. Levinson Associate Dean For Faculty Affairs School of International Service American University Washington, DC 20016-8071 202-885-1480

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podcast about fake news
by Paul Levinson 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Just posted - an interview (podcast) I did about fake news late last month. This is the most in-depth analysis of the subject I've done so far. http://paulgibbons.net/podcast/fake-news-paul-levinson/ -Paul just published: Marilyn and Monet <https://www.amazon.com/dp/B076HHZP39/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20> watch FREE on Amazon Prime: The Chronology Protection Case <http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00NEH25KY/ref=nosim/?tag=dexter2a-20>

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CFP: Platforms and Digital Journalism @ CEECOM 2018
by Tamas Tofalvy 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Dear Colleagues, At the 11th Central and Eastern European Communication and Media Conference (CEECOM 2018, from 30 May to 1 June, 2018, in Szeged, Hungary, http://ceecom2018.hu/ ) we are organizing a panel entitled *Platforms and Digital Journalism – Mapping the Connections between Technology, Culture and Policy*, and we would welcome submissions from scholars of the current digital media ecosystem and digital journalism. *The CFP:* Platforms – particularly Facebook and Google – have become dominant in shaping how digital media and journalism functions in the contemporary media ecosystem. As more and more users consume news and various other types of content through the newsfeeds and algorithms of platforms, the more power platforms have over influencing or even controlling the means of distributing, ways of consuming and scope of creating and sharing digital media content (Bell-Taylor 2017, Helberger-Trilling 2016, Pew 2014, Kalogeropoulos-Newman 2017, Tremayne 2017). The ubiquitous presence of platforms alters editorial decisions and journalistic practices, also users’ perception of news, thus affects deeply how traditional online media companies are able to reach their audiences and monetize their reach. We wish to organize an open, interdisciplinary panel, with 5-6 participants, including talks on the most important relations between either the cultural, policy, journalistic and technological aspects regarding the intertwined nature of platforms and digital journalism. We would particularly welcome presentations on the following aspects: country- or region-specific, data-based analyses on the role of platforms in local media markets; changing journalistic roles, strategies and practices in the newsfeed-ecosystem; news consumption habits and trends. Researchers with diverse disciplinary and methodological backgrounds are welcome. *The deadline to submit a short (250 words) abstract is close: 31 January 2018. * *You can submit an abstract here:* https://docs.google.com/forms/d/142i0NmdMXY9JcgC60DsmEaER3lezm_MFkuQtpop88r… If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me, best, Tamas Tofalvy Tamas Tofalvy, PhD Researcher, consultant | Digital media, journalism, popular music assistant prof @ Budapest University of Technology and Economics (Dept. of Sociology and Comm.) project lead @ Hungarian Online and Digital Media History (MODEM) project M: [0036] 30 488 75 84 Web: [EN / HU] http://tofalvytamas.hu A: H-1111 Budapest, Egry J. u. 1., BME GTK E ép., 713.

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Coding software help-5th attempt
by Robin S 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Hi Folks, > > I am hoping you can help with this. Grateful for any advice. Head banging on a wall. >> >> I have been looking for software where multiple coders can content analyze social media posts (that may include video and image). >> >> We have looked into Invivo but many folks have had issues with data lose and only one closer can code at a time. >> >> Crowdflower seemed promising but the pricing is prohibitive. We are coding between 10,000-20,000 units. >> >> Thanks for any and all suggestions! >> >> Robin Stevens, PhD, MPH >> University of Pennsylvania >> >> Sent from my phone. Please excuse autocorrections.

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2018 James W. Carey Media Research Award Call
by Sarina Chen 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

James W. Carey Media Research Award 2018 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center invites nominations or self nominations for works to be considered for its annual James W. Carey Media Research Award. Welcome are works on topics that were central to Carey's scholarship. Submissions might focus on technology, time & space and communication, the nature of public life, the relation between journalism and popular culture – among others – taking these themes in new or different directions. Applications will be evaluated based on engagement with Carey's approaches and concepts, originality, and advancement of knowledge. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Dr. Kathy Roberts Forde, University of Massachusetts Dr. John Pauly, Marquette University Dr. Linda Steiner, University of Maryland Both single and multiple authored works will be accepted. All submissions must be works that have been published or have been accepted for publication in a book or journal. To be considered for the 2018 award, works should have been published or accepted in 2017. Submitted works should be sent to Sarina Chen, at the address below, according to the following directions: Works may be submitted electronically in plain text, Microsoft Word or PDF format. If a book is submitted, please send a copy of the table of contents and front matter electronically, along with a brief author statement (500 words maximum) describing how the book relates to Carey's thought. Then ask your publisher to furnish five (5) review copies for consideration by the committee. The application deadline is April 5, 2018. Notification of award application will be sent out by September 1. For questions and comments about the Carey Award, please contact: Sarina Chen Lang Hall 326 Dept. of Communication Studies University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA 50614 USA E-mail: sarina.chen(a)uni.edu

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Call for proposals for a Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant: Blockchain and e-Health
by Gianluca Miscione 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

[Apologies for cross posting, please distribute. Link: https://goo.gl/i5VQyx ] *Career-FIT* *Career Development Fellowships in the National Technology Centre Programme* The Applied Research for Connected Health (A.R.C.H.) research centre invites *applicants to the Enterprise Ireland Marie Sklodowska-Curie *cofunded transnational programme that offers an opportunity for experienced researchers to develop their careers in market focused applied research in Ireland’s Technology Centres, with an enterprise secondment (of 6-12 months in an Enterprise Ireland client company) during the Fellowship (of *36 months*). Career-FIT is a *postdoctoral fellowship* programme, part-funded by Horizon 2020 and part-funded by Enterprise Ireland. A key feature of Career-FIT is the opportunity for experienced researchers from outside Ireland to develop their careers in market focused applied research through 3-year fellowships with secondment into industry through Ireland’s Technology Centres ( https://www.arch.ie/about-us/careers/ <https://goo.gl/RmAarX>). *Indicative salaries per year: without family €55,000, with family €60,000.* For more details about ARCH and this position, please see below and these two files: ARCH <https://goo.gl/nNcxod>, Career-FIT <https://goo.gl/ogSbLb> *Application Deadline 17.00 CET 30 April 2018* *Blockchain and e-Health* Potential candidates interested in research on blockchain applications for e-health can be supported in the development of their proposal by all, or any, of these scholars: - *Gerardine Doyle* is Associate Professor at UCD College of Business and has served as Head of the Accountancy Subject Area. Gerardine is a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School (2017) exploring the concept of Value Measurement for Health Care. She is a Principal Investigator at ARCH. More info: http://www.ucd.ie/research/people/business/assoc%20pro fessorgerardinedoyle/ email: gerardine.doyle(a)ucd.ie - *Gerhard Schwabe* is Professor and head of the Information Management Research Group in the Faculty of Business and Economics and Informatics of the University of Zurich (http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/imrg.html <https://goo.gl/QeFjUh>), which was recently awarded a grant to develop a Car Dossier to keep a reliable record of vehicles ( https://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/imrg/research/car-dossier.html <https://goo.gl/N7eWui>).Several of those challenges are comparable to those emerging from designing and implementing patient records. More info: http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/imrg/people/schwabe.html <http://www.ifi.uzh.ch/en/imrg/people/schwabe.html> email: schwabe(a)ifi.uzh.ch - *Gianluca Miscione *is Assistant Professor and director of the UCD Centre for Innovation Technology and Organization. He is P.I. of Coding Value research project, which started on digital currencies and is now expanding into blockchain applications. He worked on design research for e-health in the global context between 2002 and 2009. More info: http://www.ucd.ie/cito/members/gianlucamiscione/ <https://goo.gl/yws3Fw> email: gianluca.miscione(a)ucd.ie If you are interested in collaborating with UCD and the University of Zurich on those matters, you are encouraged to contact them to discuss support to develop your project proposal for the above Marie Sklodowska-Curie postdoctoral fellowship. *Applied Research for Connected Health (A.R.C.H.)* Applied Research for Connected Health (ARCH) is an Enterprise Ireland and IDA Ireland funded Technology Centre, which is led by University College Dublin in collaboration with the University of Limerick. ARCH is an industry-informed centre providing access to world class clinicians, academics and patient cohorts to explore and evaluate potential connected health solutions for the global market. In its Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation (2006-2013), the Irish Government proposed the establishment of technology centres to address the ‘key issue of building and reinforcing areas of strength within both industry and academic sphere and ensuring that these are highly networked with each other’. Given Ireland’s critical mass of medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies, clinical research organisation and ICT companies as well as the government’s eHealth Strategy, Ireland is in a unique position to become a global centre of activity and excellence in connected health and ARCH is at the centre of this unparalleled connected health education and research infrastructure. Gianluca Miscione University College Dublin http://www.ucd.ie/cito/members/gianlucamiscione/ <https://goo.gl/yws3Fw> ᐧ <https://goo.gl/yws3Fw>

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Data colonialism in research
by Joseph Seering 29 Jan '18

29 Jan '18

Dear Air-L Community, As an early/middle PhD student, I've recently been introduced to the idea of "data colonialism" and I'd like to incorporate it into my work. I've seen it mentioned in a few calls for papers here but I wonder if any of you might be able to point me toward work you've done that has engaged with the idea. Alternatively, if you think the concept is in some way problematic, I'd love to hear your thoughts too. Thank you! -- Joseph Seering PhD Student Researcher HCII, Carnegie Mellon University @josephseering / jseering(a)andrew.cmu.edu joseph.seering.org

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