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Ethical problem in a Twitter reaserch
by Lior Beserman 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

Dear Air-L Community, I have encountered an ethical problem which I am sure I am not the first to encounter and so would appreciate your say on the matter. I am doing a discourse analysis on a twitter hashtag and I have no way to discern that I am not using under age (under 18) users tweets. As there are completely different questions and guidelines to research minors from an ethical perspective, I was wondering how other people have dealt with this problem in their research? Thank you, Lior Beserman Navon, Ph.D. Candidate The Department of Sociology & Anthropology The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

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3-year Doctoral Studentship on The Ethics of AI, Oxford University - OII - Digital Ethics Lab
by Luciano Floridi 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

University of Oxford Oxford Internet Institute Digital Ethics Lab Applications are invited for a three-year doctoral studentship on The Ethics of AI: Challenges and Opportunities Deadline 12:00pm GMT on Friday 19 January 2018 The studentship will commence in October 2018. The successful candidate will investigate the ethical aspects, requirements, and desiderata underpinning the design and development of AI, and develop original and innovative research to foster value-based and ethically sound solutions to the problems posed by AI. The student will be supervised by Prof. Luciano Floridi and Dr Mariarosaria Taddeo, and will be a member of, and collaborate with, the OII’s Digital Ethics Lab (DELab) http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/ <http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/> The studentship is supported by funding donated by Google. For the application pack and further details on application process please see: https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/new-positions/ <https://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/new-positions/> Best regards, Luciano Floridi ____________________________________________ Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information Director, Digital Ethics Lab http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/ <http://digitalethicslab.oii.ox.ac.uk/> Oxford Internet Institute | University of Oxford Turing Fellow | Chair of the Data Ethics Group The Alan Turing Institute, London PA Ms Jessica Antonio | pa.floridi(a)oii.ox.ac.uk <mailto:pa.floridi@oii.ox.ac.uk> 1 St Giles, Oxford, OX1 3JS, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1865 287202 | @Floridi

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ICADIWT 2018
by ijwa＠dline.info 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

CALL FOR PAPERS The Ninth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2018) June 25-27, 2018 Porto, Portugal http://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt The Ninth International Conference on the Applications of Digital Information and Web Technologies (ICADIWT 2018) is a forum for researchers to present the intensive and innovative research, ideas, developments and applications in the areas of Computer Communications, Communication networks, Communication Software Communication Technologies and Applications, and other related themes. This conference (ICADIWT Edition IX) will include presentations of contributed papers and state-of-the-art lectures by invited keynote speakers. Digital Technologies is embeeded in the research activiites of large number of people and it ensures the Ubiquitous reaching of more number of people in the recent years. Research in digital technologies has been carried out in many directions using various resources and tools and on the other side, the application issues are addressed by more volume of researchers not necessarily limited to information and computing technology. Thus the proposed conference series realize its value and potential and manifest the requirements in the form of the international conference. This edition will address the following outlined themes (but not limited to) Internet Communication Internet Technologies Web Applications Internet Software Data Access and Transmission Digital Communication Software Digital Networks Web Communication Interfaces Adaptive Systems Internet of Things Internet of breath Augmented Reality Databases and applications Web Systems Engineering Design Intelligent Agent systems/ Semantic Web Studies Adaptive Web applications and personalization Actuators and sensors Robotics and Machine Vision Smart cities and structures Control Automation Human-machine interfaces Real-time simulation Digital Technologies for Mechanical and other designs Publication and Indexing The accepted full papers will be published in the IOS series (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications (FAIA))and submitted for inclusion in many indexes. Accepted full papers will be submitted for indexing to multiple abstract and indexing partners. The papers will be indexed in many databases as given at http://www.frontiersinai.com/?q=indexing The accepted papers will be published as a post-conference publication. During the conference, the pre-conference volume will be distributed. Important Dates Submission of papers- April 01, 2018 Notification-May 10, 2018 Camera ready-June 10, 2018 Registration-June 15, 2018 Conference Dates-June 25-27, 2018 PROGRAM COMMITTEES Honorary Chair Jolanta Mizera-Pietraszko, (Opole University, Poland) General Chairs Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India Program Chairs Yao-Liang Chung, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Ricardo Rodriguez Jorge, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Submissions at http://www.socio.org.uk/icadiwt/paper-submission/ Contact diwt(a)dirf.org or icadiwt(a)socio.org.uk ---------------------------------------------------------------

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CfP: The politics of metadata in participatory approaches: Opportunities, practices, and conflicts (DHN 2018)
by Karin Hansson 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

Call for proposals Workshop at the conference Digital Humanities in the Nordic Countries 7 March 2018 at the University of Helsinki This workshop seeks to expand critical perspectives on metadata in relation to public cultural heritage image collections online. In our image-saturated time, the definition of therticipatory online practices such as crowdsourcing enable cultural heritage institutions to accelerate the development of digi also be seen as platforms for audience engagement, creating a deep connection to cultural heritage through online collaboration. Furthermore, open data and enhanced standards enabling interoperability might support new forms of collaboration between institutions, researchers, and the general public. However, these participatory open science practices create new challenges due to the character of the networked publics involved and the established structures between and within institutions, but also new opportunities and practices when it comes to understanding and defining our shared images. Therefore, critical perspectives on metadata in relation to photographic collections online are vital. This calls for an interdisciplinary approach in the intersection between computer science, image studies, and cultural studies. For this workshop, therefore, we invite participants to look more closely at different types of participatory practices online in relation to the cultural heritage domain, and at different levels of interaction. Possible sites of analysis could be the interaction between participants, the participation in the work by different stakeholders, the potentially privileged levels of interaction with the metadata, or tensions in the agency of the participants in relation to the task. This half-day workshop explores the topics in mini presentations and brainstorming sessions, and will result in a research agenda for addressing these questions. The position-paper should be 2-4 pages and using the Springer LNCS templates. Send submissions and inquiries to the following email address: politics-of-metadata(a)googlegroups.com<mailto:politics-of-metadata@googlegroups.com> Deadline is Wednesday, January 31, 2018. For more information visit the website: http://politicsofmetadata.blogs.dsv.su.se/

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CFP EASST18 - Open design & manufacturing in the platform economy -
by Raúl Tabarés 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Dear all, Please consider to submit paper proposals to our panel "Open design & manufacturing in the platform economy" at next EASST18 conference that will be held in Lancaster. The event will be held from 25-28 of July and will bring together a lot of STS and SSH scholars. The call will be open till the 14th of February of 2018. A description of the panel is included below. Feel free to contact us in case of any doubt. Papers can be submitted here-> https://nomadit.co.uk/easst/easst2018/conferencesuite.php/panels/6189 - Open design & manufacturing in the platform economy - Short abstract Open design and manufacturing paradigms have been recently embraced for promoting technological appropriation as well as enablers for transforming traditional fabrication. In this panel we explore the role that these concepts can have in a post-industrial society. Long abstract With the popularization of the Web 2.0 paradigm, digital platforms have become cultural intermediaries in a growing technology mediation environment that has been framed by various scholars as "platform economy". This recent phenomenon has favored the establishment of different "black box" systems that impede us from discovering the inner workings of these new socio-technological brokers. Different self-organized communities and grassroots initiatives have simultaneously appeared thanks to the Internet and the emergence of new makerspaces that have a subset of digital fabrication tools. These groups promote citizen empowerment through technological appropriation and rely on digital commons such as open designs, software and knowledge. In this sense, especially relevant has been the emergence of new discourses aligned with these non-proprietary technologies like open design and manufacturing, which are conceived to promote a radical change in the fabrication towards a more sustainable relationship between production processes and goods. How can digital platforms be designed in order to facilitate encounters between people, things and environments within open design & manufacturing? How can we understand the impact of such digital platforms on society? In this panel we would like to invite authors to analyze the emergence of these phenomena and critically examine the opportunities, contradictions, challenges and tensions that this combination of new tools and mindsets bring for technological appropriation in a post-industrial society. We welcome submissions that can explore alternative paths for R&D systems and innovation policies but also for reconfiguring design and production processes. -- ------------------------------ All the best, Raúl @faraondemetal http://es.linkedin.com/in/rtabares <http://blogs.tecnalia.com/inspiring-blog/author/raultabares/>

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Postdoc Call - Digital Civil Society Lab at Stanford
by MORGAN CURRIE 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

The Digital Civil Society Lab at the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS) brings promising new scholars to Stanford for 1-2 year appointments as postdoctoral fellows. The Lab is pleased to welcome applications for 2018-2019. About the Digital Civil Society Lab The Digital Civil Society Lab envisions an independent civil society that thrives in the digital age through the safe, ethical and effective use of private digital resources for public benefit. The Lab is an initiative of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). The Lab is led by Lucy Bernholz <https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/staff/lucy-bernholz/>, senior research scholar at Stanford PACS, and Rob Reich <https://pacscenter.stanford.edu/staff/rob-reich/>, professor of Political Science and faculty co-director of Stanford PACS. The rapid adoption of digital tools for social and political action has resulted in a complicated new sphere we refer to as “digital civil society.” Digital civil society encompasses all the ways we voluntarily use private resources for public benefit in the digital age. We see evidence of digital civil society at the intersection of several domains: nonprofits, associations, and philanthropy; market solutions for social good; political action; and digital data and infrastructure. These once-distinct spheres now overlap in ways that require the adoption of a new framework rooted in the unique characteristics of digital resources and the distinctive values of civil society. Digital tools and infrastructure allow individuals to associate, network, express themselves, and mobilize others at lower cost, larger scale, and greater speed than ever before. Access to digital infrastructure, the creation of new digital tools, and smart use of digital data as a resource expand and strengthen the ways we work together for good. Civil society organizations are almost everywhere *digitally dependent* on third party providers for the digital tools and platforms they use. The majority of digital tools and network infrastructure are built and maintained by commercial enterprises that are frequently surveilled by governments. These dependencies challenge the democratic ideal of an *independent* civil society – a space apart from the government and the commercial marketplace. Most people cannot have private conversations digitally, associational activity is more easily tracked than ever before, and private spaces online are accessible only to the technologically skilled. Corporations that provide the platforms on which people express themselves and associate with others are now implicated in protecting and enforcing free speech, association, privacy, and safety. Democratic governments and international declarations of human rights all seek to guarantee the rights of citizens to free expression, association and privacy, even when the precise interpretation of these ideals differ. These basic rights inform our democratic systems and constitute core freedoms for all people. Civil society’s digital dependencies profoundly shift how these rights are experienced. The Lab’s research draws from the humanities, social sciences, engineering, computer science and the law to understand and advance the principles of civil society and democracies in the digital age. About the fellowship We seek to appoint exceptional scholars who are actively engaged in research on topics related to priority research areas, which include: - The key dimensions of digital infrastructure and data and how they influence the role of independent civil society in democracies; - Understanding, creating, and expanding access to software, hardware and digital practices that align with the values of civil society in democracies; - The nature of digital data donations and/or the governance mechanisms, enterprise forms, or legal constructs that such donations require; - The role of digital infrastructure, data, and connectivity and their influence on relationships between governments, markets, and civil society. We encourage applications from candidates representing a broad range of disciplines including the social sciences, humanities, law, computer science and engineering. Each fellow will be affiliated with the Digital Civil Society Lab and potentially a department or school at Stanford University. The Digital Civil Society Lab is an initiative of the Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society (Stanford PACS). Stanford PACS is an affiliate of the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences <https://iriss.stanford.edu/> (IRiSS). The annual fellowship stipend is $63,000, plus the standard benefits that postdoctoral fellows at Stanford University receive, including health insurance and travel funds. The fellowship program falls under U.S. Immigration J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa activities. The start date of the fellowship will be September 2018, unless otherwise agreed. How to apply Application materials should be submitted to the Digital Civil Society Lab via email to hnrobinson(a)stanford.edu using the subject line “DCSL Postdoctoral Fellowship 2018.” The deadline for applications is January 13, 2018. Please include the following items and information in your application: - Cover letter: detailing the reasons for the applicant’s interest in the fellowship; - Curriculum Vitae; - Fellowship proposal: detailing the research that the applicant would undertake while at Stanford (three page limit, single spaced); - Writing sample: consisting of either a dissertation chapter or a recent published paper. There are no specific page length or formatting requirements for this sample; - Graduate transcript: with proof that the applicant has completed all the requirements for the PhD, or a letter from their PhD advisor stating when they will do so; - Two (or more) Letters of Recommendation. Please disclose if you have additional funding arrangements. To assume a postdoctoral fellowship, you must have a PhD in hand by July 1, 2018. We cannot consider applications from scholars who earned a PhD earlier than May 1, 2016. Questions about the program, application process or requirements should be directed to Heather Noelle Robinson, Program Associate of the Digital Civil Society Lab, at hnrobinson(a)stanford.edu. __ Heather Noelle Robinson Program Associate, Digital Civil Society Lab Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society *Stanford Social Innovation Review* hnrobinson(a)stanford.edu 650-725-3653 <(650)%20725-3653> ten.stanfordpacs.com | pacscenter.stanford.edu | ssir.org Crown Quadrangle, 3rd floor Stanford Law School 559 Nathan Abbott Way <https://maps.google.com/?q=559+Nathan+Abbott+Way%0D+%0D+Stanford,+CA%C2%A0+…> Stanford, CA <https://maps.google.com/?q=559+Nathan+Abbott+Way%0D+%0D+Stanford,+CA%C2%A0+…> 94305 <https://maps.google.com/?q=559+Nathan+Abbott+Way%0D+%0D+Stanford,+CA%C2%A0+…> campus-map.stanford.edu

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Data science certificates
by Luis Hestres 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Hi AoIR, Lately I’ve been seeing a lot of ads on my Facebook feed for data science certificates from various sources, including eCornell. I’ve been thinking about doing one of these certificates as a way to pick up big data analysis skills in a systematic way. Are there any of these programs that folks here recommend, or conversely, that you recommend we stay away from? Affordability would be a plus. Happy holidays, Luis - - - - - Dr. Luis E. Hestres Assistant Professor Department of Communication The University of Texas at San Antonio One UTSA Circle San Antonio, TX 78249-0732 http://www.luishestres.com<http://www.luishestres.com/> Want to support our tax deductible nonprofit work by contributing to the UTSA department of communication? Please visit: https://giving.utsa.edu/FriendsofCommunication Thanks for your support!

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Ethical considerations of researching Telegram channels
by Tetyana Lokot 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Dear AoIR community, In the spirit of ongoing ethical online data collection and research issues, I'd like to ask if anyone has ever dealt with ethics permissions for research on the messaging platform Telegram. As it is a messenger service, even chats that are in essence "public" still require the researcher to register for a Telegram account and provide a phone number, so one might argue this is an obstacle for interpreting the channels as truly "public". Have any of you grappled with this issue (on Telegram or other similar platforms, e.g. WhatsApp or Viber) and how have you dealt with ethics clearance at your institutions regarding whether this data or these channels can be construed as public or private? I'd really appreciate any experience you could share. Many thanks! Best, Tanya -- Dr Tanya Lokot Lecturer, School of Communications, Dublin City University O +353 1 7008595 tanya.lokot(a)dcu.ie Twitter: @TanyaLokot

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Research Assistant on a project on Health Apps and Opt Out
by Adi Kuntsman 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

Dear colleagues This job advert, for a RA towork with myself Dr Esperanza Miyake at Manchester Metropolitan University on aBA/Leverhulme funded project on health appisation, data ethics, and digitalrefusal has just gone live - https://manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy/senior-research-assistant-opting-… It’s a part-time, short term (6months) position suitable for an advanced PhD student or an early careerresearcher. Please forward to anyone interested Many thanks Adi Dr Adi Kuntsman | Senior Lecturer | Department of Languages,Information and Communications | Manchester Metropolitan University | Room 437Geoffrey Manton Building| Oxford Road | Manchester | M15 6LL | Tel: +44 (0)161247 6165 |Web: https://sites.google.com/site/adikuntsman/Current research https://sites.google.com/view/digitaldisengagementproject Office Hours (Term Time Only) Monday 1-2pm or byappointment "Beforeacting on this email or opening any attachments you should read the ManchesterMetropolitan University email disclaimer available on its website http://www.mmu.ac.uk/emaildisclaimer" -------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA mailing list -------------------------------------------------------- To manage your subscription or unsubscribe from the MECCSA list, please visit: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=MECCSA&A=1 ------------------------------------------------------- MeCCSA is the subject association for the field of media, communication andcultural studies in UK Higher Education. This mailing list is a free service and is not restricted to members. It is anunmoderated list and content reflect the views of those who post to the listand not of MeCCSA as an organisation. MeCCSA recommends that the list be used only for posting of information (for exampleabout events, publications, conferences, lectures) of interest to members or topromote discussion of current issues of wide general interest in the field.Posts to the MeCCSA mailing list are public, indexed by Google, and can beaccessed from the JISCMail website (http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/meccsa.html) Any messages posted to the list are subject to the JISCMail acceptable usepolicy, which states that users should avoid “engaging in unreasonablebehaviour, or disrupting the general flow of discussion on a list.” For further information, please visit: http://www.meccsa.org.uk/ --------------------------------------------------------

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Internet Governance Forum 2017 under way in Geneva – webcast / remote participation available
by Joly MacFie 18 Dec '17

18 Dec '17

OK, it's here! 4 days x 13 tracks of full-on Internet Governance intercourse! If you seriously want to keep up, my suggestion is to open ALL the live caption streams in separate tabs of a single browser window. Not only can you flip, but you can always text-search them at the end of the day. Alternatively you can pick highlights and join via webex. Such as, today: The Dynamic Coalition on Core Internet Values <https://igf2017.sched.com/event/CSCu/dc-on-core-internet-values>, the Dynamic Coalition on Blockchain <http://sched.co/CSCj>, or the Collaborative Session on Fake News <http://sched.co/CSCz>. [image: igf]This week, from *Monday-Thursday December 18-21 2017*, the *12th annual Internet Governance Forum <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-geneva-switzerlan…>* (IGF) will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, with the theme, *Shape Your Digital Future!*. Remote participation is available via *Webex <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-online-participat…>* and *YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/>*. Sessions will be *live captioned* <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-live-captions>. Geneva is UTC+1 = 6 hours ahead of NYC. *What: Internet Governance Forum 2017 <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-geneva-switzerlan…>* *Where: **Geneva, Switzerland* *When: Monday-Thursday December 18-21 2017* *Schedule: https://igf2017.sched.com/grid/ <https://igf2017.sched.com/grid/>* *Webex: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-online-participat… <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-online-participat…>* *Webcast: http://www.intgovforum.org/webcast <http://www.intgovforum.org/webcast>* *YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/ <https://www.youtube.com/user/igf/>* *Captions: https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-live-captions <https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2017-live-captions>* *Twitter: #igf2017 http://bit.ly/igf2017tweets <http://bit.ly/igf2017tweets>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9722#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9722#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9722 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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