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Asst. Prof. in Visual Analytics at Nanyang Tech. Univ., Singapore
by Rich Ling 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

Dear all, Nanyang Technological University in Singapore is currently carrying out a search for an Assistant Professor in Visual Analytics. In particular, we are looking for a person who approaches this from the perspective of human-computer interaction, interface design, perceptual psychology, and/or social consequences. The actual announcement is attached. If you are interested please contact us. -- Rich Ling, Shaw Foundation Professor of Media Technology Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information Nanyang Technological University, Singapore rili(a)ntu.edu.sg

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last minute postdoc opportunity at the I-School, UC-Berkeley
by Jenna Burrell 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

*Postdoc Position* We are seeking a postdoc to manage a year long project on *Algorithmic Opacity and Fairness* working with Professor Jenna Burrell and Professor Deirdre Mulligan at the School of Information, UC-Berkeley. Artificial intelligence is raising new concerns around topics of longstanding interest to sociologists, law, and media scholars including social equality, civil rights, labor and automation, and the evolution of the news media. Complex, non-linear algorithms, and particularly machine learning algorithms, are increasingly being used in domains of socially consequential classification. The development of approaches or solutions to address these challenges are still nascent. At UC-Berkeley we are bringing together faculty and students from sociology, law, computer science and other relevant disciplines to explore and develop ideas and new research directions on this topic. There will be opportunities to dialogue about this topic and its many dimensions with researchers employed in the Bay Area’s tech industry. The project is funded by a grant from Google research. The postdoc hired for this position will provide intellectual leadership and will handle the logistics of managing an on-campus working group of faculty and students as well as organizing a speaker series for the 2017-2018 academic year (likely to be extended into fall 2018). You will dedicate 50% of your time to this effort and will have the freedom to pursue your own research the rest of the time. For details on qualifications and how to apply -- see the attached job announcement. For questions contact Professor Jenna Burrell at jburrell(a)berkeley.edu We are hoping to find someone to fill this position as soon as possible, ideally someone who can start early in this upcoming fall semester. Jenna Burrell Associate Professor School of Information UC-Berkeley

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Exciting publicaton opportunity
by Barry Wellman 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

You're invited to submit your paper for consideration in a special issue of the journal Information, Communication & Society (ICS). For the 11th year, the journal ICS will publish a special issue in cooperation with CITAMS. It will be published speedily before the next ASA meeting in August 2018. Eligible papers are those presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, including roundtables, and the Media Pre-Conference in Montreal, CA. Youll have more than a month to polish up your presentations, as the full papers are not due until October 1, 2017 firm deadline. The special issue welcomes papers that focus on any facet of media, technology, communication, information, or related topics. This is a great opportunity to have your paper read by an interested audience, and the acceptance rate is quite good. ICS has enabled 'green open access,' meaning that authors may post pre-print versions of their paper on their own website, in an institutional repository or in a subject repository, such as the SocARXIV. Please submit manuscripts for consideration through ScholarOne, available at: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/rics. If you do not have an account, you will need to create one. Also, be sure to check the box for Special Issue and indicate CITAMS in it, so that it will be routed appropriately. All accepted manuscripts must respect a word limit of 6,000-8,000 words (depending on the number of submissions accepted) and conform to the journal's submission guidelines. RELEVANT DATES: Full papers due: October 1, 2017 First round of reviews back to authors: December 1, 2017 Final decisions: March 1, 2018 Special issue publication (anticipated): June 2018 If you have any questions, please feel free to contact one of the co-editors: Co-Editor Jenny Davis: Jennifer.davis(a)anu.edu.au Co-Editor Barry Wellman: wellman(a)chass.utoronto.ca Associate Editor Jason Smith: jsm5(a)gmu.edu Barry Wellman A vision is just a vision if it's only in your head Step by step, link by link, putting it together Streisand/Sondheim _______________________________________________________________________ NetLab Network FRSC INSNA Founder http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman twitter: @barrywellman NETWORKED: The New Social Operating System Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman http://amzn.to/zXZg39 _______________________________________________________________________

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Open Position: Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Screen Studies - Monash University Malaysia
by Julian Hopkins 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

Dear All, there is an opening at our School of Arts and Social Sciences. Monash University Malaysia is a campus of Monash University, and all our staff and students are part of a global academy with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. The position is for a Senior Lecturer/Lecturer in Screen Studies, and candidates with a demonstrable experience in digital screens are welcomed. See here for more detail: http://careersmanager.pageuppeople.com/513/cw/en/job/566727/senior-lecturer… Regards, Julian --- *DR JULIAN HOPKINS* Lecturer in Communication School of Arts & Social Sciences Building 2, Level 6, Room 16 (2-6-16) Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan 47500 Bandar Sunway Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia T: +60 3 5514 4920 E: julian.hopkins(a)monash.edu W: sass.monash.edu.my <http://www.sass.monash.edu.my/>

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New book – Taipale, Wilska & Gilleard (eds.) Digital Technologies and Generational Identity: ICT Usage Across the Life Course
by Taipale, Sakari 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

I am pleased to announce that our new book Digital Technologies and Generational Identity: ICT Usage Across the Life Course (Routledge, 2017) is out now. https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Technologies-and-Generational-Identity-IC… Digital Technologies and Generational Identity: ICT Usage Across the Life Course Edited by Sakari Taipale, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Chrid Gilleard Table of Contents Chapter 1. Introduction (Sakari Taipale, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Chris Gilleard) Section I: Historical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives Chapter 2. The place of age in the digital revolution (Chris Gilleard) Chapter 3. Generational analysis as a methodological approach to study mediatised social change (Göran Bolin) Chapter 4. Generational analysis of people’s experience of ICTs (Leslie Haddon) Section II: Family generations and ICT Chapter 5. Mobile life of middle-aged employees: fragmented time and softer schedules (Mia Tammelin and Timo Anttila) Chapter 6. Intergenerational solidarity and ICT usage: empirical insights from Finnish and Slovenian families (Sakari Taipale, Andraž Petrovčič and Vesna Dolničar) Chapter 7. Gendering the mobile phone: a life course approach (Carla Ganito) Chapter 8. How young people experience elderly people’s use of digital technologies in everyday life (Leopoldina Fortunati) Chapter 9. ICTs and client trust in the care of old people in Finland (Helena Hirvonen) Chapter 10. Mobile phone use and social generations in rural India (Sirpa Tenhunen) Section III Consumption, lifestyles and markets Chapter 11. Necessities to all? The role of ICTs in the everyday life of the middle-aged and elderly between 1999 and 2014 (Terhi-Anna Wilska and Sanna-Mari Kuoppamäki) Chapter 12. A risk to privacy or a need for security? Digital domestic technologies in the lives of young adults and late middle-agers (Sanna-Mari Kuoppamäki, Outi Uusitalo and Tiina Kemppainen) Chapter 13. Personality traits and computer use in midlife: leisure activities and work characteristics as mediators (Tiia Kekäläinen and Katja Kokko) Chapter 14. Electronic emotions, age and the life course (Jane Vincent) Chapter 15. Conclusions (Chris Gilleard, Terhi-Anna Wilska and Sakari Taipale) Sakari Taipale, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor Academy of Finland Research Fellow Senior Lecturer of Social and Public Policy (LOA) Department of Social Sciences and Philosophy Opinkivi-building (Room 212.1) P.O. Box 35 40014 University of Jyväskylä, Finland Mobile (work) +358 40 0728 852 https://staff.jyu.fi/Members/saktaipa

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Last Days - Training School, Madeira, 20-24 November - "On the collaborative economy. Learning from critical perspectives"
by Maurizio 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Dear all first of all, apologies for cross-posting but the available travel grants are a good opportunity, imho. There are still two days to apply for the Training School "On the collaborative economy. Learning from critical perspectives" that will take place in Madeira from the 20th to the 24th of November. The TS combines contributions from design, social sciences, and literature, in an effort to provide PhD students and early career researchers with the coordinates to frame research and design projects related to the collaborative economy in a wide perspective. It does so by mixing lectures by established academics and hands-on activities to critically interrogate platform capitalism and to learn about research strategies for investigating and promoting the collaborative economy. Lecturing and hands-on activities will be complemented by group discussions, moderated by instructors, on the research projects of the participants in order to stimulate a lively intellectual exchange among the participants. Participants coming from countries participating in the COST Action CA16121, "From Sharing to Caring: Examining Socio-Technical Aspects of the Collaborative Economy", whose applications for participation are accepted, may receive financial contribution in the form of a COST Trainee Grant up to €550 per person (for a maximum of 26 participants). This will support the cost of travel, accommodation and meals. There are no participation fees. Deadline for application is August 11th, 2017. You can find more information at this webpage: https://sharingandcaringcostaction.wordpress.com/activities/training-school… Early-career researchers are encouraged to apply. Anybody else is invited to share this email with anybody who can be interested. Best Maurizio

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Observation log for online research
by Loup Cellard 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Hi all, Everyone has good examples of "observation log" to conduct research on online behaviors ? Interesting ways to collect and categorize notes. Especially to study social media interactions. Maybe some extract from assignments or past research. I am thinking maybe for examples that come from digital ethnography/anthropology and design related contributions from HCI, UI/UX design... Thanks, Loup -- *Loup Cellard*PhD Student - Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies <http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/cim/>, Warwick University, Coventry, UK. <http://www.loupcellard.com>Email : loupcellard(a)gmail.com Mobile : +33 7 87 00 84 22 Site Web : loupcellard.com <http://www.loupcellard.com/> Twitter : @CellardLoup <https://twitter.com/CellardLoup>

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Platform Journal New Issue: Cunning Knowledge and Media Technologies
by Christopher O'Neill 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

**With apologies for cross posting** *Platform: Journal of Media and Communication* is an open-access online graduate publication. Founded and published by the Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, at the University of Melbourne. + NEW ISSUE + Cunning Knowledge and Media Technologies, edited by Christopher O'Neill available online from http://platformjmc.com/ *Editorial: Cunning Within, and Not Before* Christopher O'Neill, University of Melbourne *Mētic Action in Digital Culture* Martin Zeilinger, Anglia Ruskin University *“A Way of Life That is Not Entirely Unfortunate”: The Peripheral Cunning of Chronic Pain* Vyshali Manivannan, Rutgers University *Technology Resistance and de Certeau: Deceptive Texting as a Tactic of Everyday Life* Kate Mannell, University of Melbourne *Streaming Tactics* Benjamin Burroughs, University of Nevada, Las Vegas *Dazzles, Decoys, and Deities: The Janus Face of Anti-Facial Recognition Masks* Patricia de Vries, Institute of Network Cultures ----------- http://platformjmc.com/ platformjmc(a)gmail.com -- Christopher O'Neill PhD Candidate School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne Australia

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Anita Hill: Class Actions Could Fight Discrimination in Tech
by Becky Lentz 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Dear AOIR Colleagues, I¹m writing to ask if folks might email me off-list information about how the Internet Studies field (globally, not just in the U.S.) has been approaching/addressing scholarship and thought leadership related to gender discrimination in tech. Many thanks in advance for links, sources, etc! https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/opinion/anita-hill-women-in-tech-should-t ake-sexism-to-court.html?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-head ing&module=opinion-c-col-left-region&region=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav =opinion-c-col-left-region&_r=0 Becky Becky Lentz Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director for the Dept. of Art History & Communication Studies McGill University Faculty of Arts 853 Sherbrooke Street West 3rd floor Arts Building WEST-265 Montreal, QC, Canada H3A 0G5 Phone 514.398.4995 | Fax 514.398.8557 Department website: http://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs Regular email: becky.lentz(a)mcgill.ca Graduate program director contact: gpd-ahcs.arts(a)mcgill.ca

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Call for pre-conference proposals
by Oltmann, Shannon M 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

Dear colleagues- I thought some of you might find this workshop and its call relevant. I’m coordinating it, so please feel free to contact me with any questions (or send a draft proposal). Call for Participation: The New Information State: How Information Ethics and Policy Affects Everyone, sponsored by SIG-IEP, ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia Date: October 28, 2017 Abstract: In today’s milieu of fake news, misinformation, and generalized distrust of institutions, information ethics and policy affects everyone, across different information science research areas. In this workshop, we will analyze these changes to the informational state and discuss how we can address them through three themes: pedagogy for information ethics and policy, engagement with policymakers, and information ethics and policy across information science. Workshop participants are encouraged to participate in a variety of ways and will leave the workshop with tangible products that can be used in research and teaching. Contributions: For the workshop, we seek several different types of contributions: · Panel: A panel should incorporate two of the themes (see below, under workshop organization) and each panel is encouraged to include at least one person outside academia. Panels should be explicit about which themes are addressed and include a brief biography of each contributor. · Paper: A paper should address one of the themes (see below) in detail, tying it back to the broader discussion of the changed information state. Papers should be 3500-5000 words. · Speaker: We seek volunteers to synthesize these themes (see below) and address potential big-picture implications of these trends. Those interested in being a featured speaker should submit a c.v. and a brief essay (under 5000 words) on these themes. The deadline for all contributions is 8/18. Contributions should be emailed to Shannon Oltmann at: shannon.oltmann(a)uky.edu<mailto:shannon.oltmann@uky.edu>. Contact Shannon Oltmann with any questions. Read the full workshop proposal here<https://www.asist.org/SIG/SIGIEP/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Workshop-CFP.pdf>. Dr. Shannon M. Oltmann Assistant Professor School of Information Science College of Communication & Information University of Kentucky shannon.oltmann(a)uky.edu 320 Lucille Little Library Lexington KY 40506 859-257-0788 859-257-4205 (fax)

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