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CFP: The Will to App: Digitising Public Health
by Kath Albury 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

Hi all, I thought some AoIR members might be working on projects that fit the brief of this forthcoming special issue. If you have questions, free to get in touch via my Swinburne Univerity email: kalbury(a)swin.edu.au Call For Papers Media International Australia no. 171 (May 2019) The Will to App: Digitising Public Health Theme Editors: Kath Albury, Paul Byron and Frances Shaw Overview This themed issue of MIA proposes to engage with the digitisation and mediatisation of health promotion and health communication, particularly the development and delivery of mobile apps, websites and associated platforms by government and non-government health organisations. We offer the term ‘the will to app’ as a play on Foucault’s (1978: 140-144) concept of ‘bio-power’, that is, the process through which external regimes of power and discipline are internalised and normalised, both collectively and individually. This collection will focus on work that engages with critical data studies and critical media studies literature to examine the dynamics at play in digital health policy and practice. Consequently, we seek contributions that examine apps (and associated platforms) as media objects, whose modes of production, circulation and consumption are open to analysis as forms of situated knowledge. We are particularly interested in the ways that apps can be seen to mediate relationships, including between users and institutions, and between institutions and funding bodies. Topics that might be considered include: The datafication and appification of health promotion and health communication services: How does digitisation assist (or undermine) health service organisations and consumer advocacy groups that seek to promote cultures of community care, engagement and participation? Why might an organisation (or funding body) prioritise stand-alone apps over engagement with health consumers via social media platforms? What counts as meaningful engagement, and how might it be measured? Data ethics: How are health organisations engaging with the ethical issues raised by data collection and data retention? The use of mobile sensor data can undermine confidentiality, raising potentials for user-identification and locational awareness. How are practices such as ‘informed consent’ translated in this space? How are health organisations and app developers engaging with data management, and the decision whether or not to act on information provided by app users? Where apps are intended to help users contact healthcare providers, how are responses resourced? User-centred accounts of health apps, platforms and services: How are app designers and developers engaging with government, non-government and grassroots health organisations? How are health consumers, public health workers and healthcare providers using apps? How does might this usage differ from official discourses regarding the apps’ stated purpose? What workarounds (or vernacular health data cultures) are emerging in this space? We also welcome submissions that engage with health data imaginaries, that is, critical reflections and speculations as to what health data, algorithmic calculations and data analytics can or should do in the fields of health communication and health promotion. Please submit full articles (5,000-8,000 inclusive of notes and references) by 28 February 2018 via the MIA website submission system: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/mia MIA Homepage: http://journals.sagepub.com/home/mia Queries should be sent to Kath Albury at kalbury(a)swin.edu.au.

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Instagram hashtag in date range?
by Jonathon Hutchinson 28 Jul '17

28 Jul '17

Hi AoIR list, Apologies if this has been answered previously, but I can’t seem to find the answer elsewhere. I have an honours student who is undertaking research on #mbfwa on Instagram. She is looking at the hashtag within the date range of April 6 - April 10 2017. She is manually accessing the content, which means she has to scroll back through a large amount of entries to access the required content. Just wondering if anyone knows of any methods or techniques (post API changes) that can enable us to search an Instagram hashtag via a date range? Thanks in advance Jonathon. DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON | Lecturer in Online and Social Media Department of Media and Communications | Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Room N233, John Woolley Building A20 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:grant.bollmer@sydney.edu.au> | W jonathonhutchinson.com<http://sydney.edu.au/arts/digital_cultures/>

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Re: [Air-L] Instagram hashtag in date range?
by Maurice Vergeer 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

try package instar in R: https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/instaR/instaR.pdf see option searchInstagram best regards Maurice On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 5:26 AM, Jonathon Hutchinson < jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au> wrote: > Hi AoIR list, > > Apologies if this has been answered previously, but I can’t seem to find > the answer elsewhere. > > I have an honours student who is undertaking research on #mbfwa on > Instagram. > > She is looking at the hashtag within the date range of April 6 - April 10 > 2017. She is manually accessing the content, which means she has to scroll > back through a large amount of entries to access the required content. > > Just wondering if anyone knows of any methods or techniques (post API > changes) that can enable us to search an Instagram hashtag via a date range? > > Thanks in advance > > Jonathon. > DR JONATHON HUTCHINSON | Lecturer in Online and Social Media > Department of Media and Communications | Faculty of Arts and Social > Sciences > THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY > Room N233, John Woolley Building A20 | The University of Sydney | NSW | > 2006 > T +61 2 9351 2821 | F +61 2 9351 2434 > E jonathon.hutchinson(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:grant.bollmer@sydney.edu.au> > | W jonathonhutchinson.com<http://sydney.edu.au/arts/digital_cultures/> > > _______________________________________________ > The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list > is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org > Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/ > listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > > Join the Association of Internet Researchers: > http://www.aoir.org/ -- ________________________________________________ Maurice Vergeer To contact me, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/5 For yesterday's news in perspective: http://www.echovannl.nl/ To see my publications, see http://mauricevergeer.nl/node/1 PGP public key: https://keys.mailvelope.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE7BF24D19BE34017 ________________________________________________

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New Research on Free Basics, by Global Voices
by Sarah Myers West 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Hi all, Just wanted to share some new research published by Global Voices, a citizen media network I’m a part of. A team of researchers from six countries (Colombia, Ghana, Kenya, Mexico, Pakistan and the Philippines) ran tests and evaluated Facebook’s Free Basics app against a set of usability and open internet benchmarks. The report is available here: https://advox.globalvoices.org/2017/07/27/can-facebook-connect-the-next-bil… The Guardian also just published a piece on it here: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/jul/27/facebook-free-basics-dev… The team is really hoping that other researchers in the internet policy space will use this as a starting point for doing deeper research on Free Basics and other zero-rating projects - and they've made an archive of materials from their research available for others to dig in to. If anyone is interested or already doing related work, let me know and I’ll be happy to connect you! Best, Sarah -- *Sarah Myers West* Doctoral Candidate Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California E-mail: sarahmye(a)usc.edu Twitter: @sarahbmyers

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Reminder! AoIR2017 Preconference Workshop "Analysing Visual Social Media"
by RUSSMANN Uta | FHWien der WKW 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Dear colleagues, Please join us early in Tartu for our preconference workshop on "Analysing Visual Social Media"! https://aoir.org/aoir2017/preconworkshop/#AVSM Best Uta Analysing Visual Social Media Facilitators: * Uta Russmann, FHWien der WKW University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication, Vienna, * Maria Schreiber, University of Vienna * Anne Burns & Alexandra Boutopoulou, Visual Social Media Lab, University of Sheffield * Tama Leaver, Internet Studies, Curtin University, Perth, Australia The preconference workshop is open to all AoIR registrants. We are suggesting a maximum of 30 participants to ensure everyone has adequate chance to actively engage in both the practical elements and discussions. Aims and Rationale Visual communication on digital and social platforms is on the rise. The sharing of images through platforms such as Instagram, WhatsApp, Snapchat, and Facebook is becoming an integral part of the vernacular online experience. For researchers the question arises how to study visual social media and communication. To date, research on digital communication/social media has primarily focused on text. The visual turn raises significant methodological questions, for example regarding * the selection, documentation and storage of data that is based on text, picture and/or video; * the analysis of interaction between visual and textual elements (Russmann & Svensson, 2017); * the retrieval of (personal) visual contents and related privacy and ethical issues (Highfield & Leaver, 2015); * the complexity of multimodal media like memes, reaction gifs or emojis (Highfield & Leaver, 2016); * as well as the interpretation of such multifaceted data in differing vernacular contexts, including on mobile devices. The focus of the proposed preconference workshop therefore will be to add to our understanding of methodological approaches to analysing visual digital data. Methods are entangled with theoretical frameworks, the data we use and the questions we ask. It is crucial to be transparent about these complex conditions in any empirical work, no matter if qualitative or quantitative, small or big data. Many methods have not yet been adapted sufficiently for the vernacular contexts of social media. This workshop aims to address these gaps and galvanise new discussions about visual social media research methods. The workshop will enable participants to get to know a variety of different methodological approaches, reflect on their strengths and limitations, and discuss the further work needed in refining the methods. Part 1. Visual Social Analysis Methodology Showcase To kick off the workshop, four methodological approaches will be introduced in presentations (time will be allowed for questions). The introductions of the approaches will already be using examples of the material that will be analysed (together with all participants) in the second part of workshop: the visual social media accounts of Donald Trump (both as an individual and president). To facilitate some methods, we will scrape the data from www.instagram.com/realdonaldtrump/ in August 2017, so a pre-populated corpus is available. Methods presented will include: - Content Analysis: Content analysis can ask how visual social media are used to share one-way information, focusing on disseminating information and self-presentation as well as used for two-way communication to establish and cultivate relationships with the users. Uta Russmann will introduce how pictures/videos and their captions can be analysed with a specific focus on their perception, image management, integration on other social media, and interactivity (Filimonov, Russmann, & Svensson, 2016; Russmann & Svensson, 2016, 2017). - Iconographic/Iconologic Interpretation, Analysis of Image Types and Visual Frames: Maria Schreiber and Petra Bernhardt will introduce these approaches as useful methods for in-depth comparative readings of photos, especially in regard to embodied performances, the detection of dominant motifs and strategic frames, and their specific meanings for political image management across platforms (Bernhardt/Liebhart 2017; Schreiber & Kramer, 2016). - Cross-Platform Analysis: Visual social media rarely operate in isolation today. Visual layers either exist on one platform (eg Instagram including emoji in titles and comments) or, more often, across platforms (similar visual material appearing in different forms across platforms, such as Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat). Tama Leaver will introduce the challenges in 'following' images across platforms, building on work co-authored with Tim Highfield (Highfield & Leaver, 2016). - Discourse analysis and compositional interpretation: Discourse analysis enables the identification of "what was said in what was said" (Foucault, 1972), in terms of the broader cultural norms and understandings that are represented through individual statements. Anne Burns and Alexandra Boutopoulou will demonstrate how a combination of discourse analysis and compositional interpretation (Rose, 2001) can be applied to the study of visual social media, drawing on their own work with the Visual Social Media Lab. Part 2. Small Group Methods Race In the second part of the workshop, we will be analysing the data in smaller groups, so participants can experience and practice the different methods. Groups will choose one or two methods (depending on time) and apply them to the same corpus - Donald Trump's Instagram output. In applying the various methods, their utility can be measured first-hand. Similarly, the application of these approaches will reveal the challenges of limitations of their use. Part 3. Methodological Discussion The workshop will end with a robust discussion of the utility and limits of the methods, as well as mapping what other tools, methods and approaches are needed in the visual social media research field. We aim to capture these discussions and potentially shape them into the rationale for a future special issue of a journal on this topic. Prof. Mag. Dr. Uta Russmann Department of Communication, Marketing & Sales FHWien der WKW University of Applied Sciences for Management & Communication Waehringer Guertel 97 1180 Vienna, Austria T: +43 1 476 77-5848 F: +43 1 476 77-5704 uta.russmann(a)fh-wien.ac.at<mailto:uta.russmann@fh-wien.ac.at> www.fh-wien.ac.at/kommas<http://www.fh-wien.ac.at/kommas> Diese E-Mail ist vertraulich und kann rechtlich gesch?tzte Informationen beinhalten. Sollten Sie diese E-Mail irrt?mlich erhalten haben, ist jede Offenlegung, Weitergabe oder sonstige Verwendung, auch teilweise, nicht gestattet. In diesem Fall ersuchen wir Sie, uns per Antwort-Mail umgehend zu verst?ndigen und die E-Mail (einschlie?lich angeschlossener Dateien) zu vernichten. Danke! This e-mail is confidential and may contain privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, you are not authorized to disclose, disseminate or use this message in any way. 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WEBCAST Thu-Sat: Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum #APrIGF2017
by Joly MacFie 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

This is underway. I'd like to point you to video of the opening plenary <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FWMwc4NnQ> moderated by Raj Singh, however it has has been blocked, in the USA at least, because of a copyright claim by Sony Japan.This, incidentally, is one reason ISOC continues to use livestream.con - no ContentID! [image: ApriIGF2017] <https://2017.aprigf.asia/>On *Thurs-Sat April 27-29 2017* the *Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum <https://2017.aprigf.asia/>* (AprIGF) takes place at Chulalongkorn University, *Bangkok, Thailand*. Asia Pacific Regional Internet Governance Forum (APrIGF) is a multi-stakeholder platform for public policy on internet and its impact on society. Since 2010, this prime annual conference draws in discussions and incubates collaborations for the developments of universally affordable, accessible, non-discriminated, secure and sustainable internet across the region. Discussion points from APrIGF are linked to the global Internet Governance Forum. The conference program consists of three parts: the “pre-event” meetings, the “*core conference <https://2017.aprigf.asia/program/>,*” and the “*Youth IGF Camp <https://2017.aprigf.asia/yigf>*.” Plenaries are being webcast live via *YouTube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxHtlooySDPCQq9WWLSPJQ>*. Also live transcription and remote participation is available via Adobe Connect. *What: Asia Pacific Internet Governance Forum 2017 <https://2017.aprigf.asia/>Where: Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, ThailandWhen: Thurs-Sat April 27-29 2017 (UTC+6)Agenda: https://aprigf2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprigf2017_program-agenda_07… <https://aprigf2017.files.wordpress.com/2017/04/aprigf2017_program-agenda_07…>Webcast: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxHtlooySDPCQq9WWLSPJQ <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrxHtlooySDPCQq9WWLSPJQ>Grand Hall 212 Adobe Connect <https://participate.icann.org/aprigf1/> | Scribe <http://igf.asia/room212-aprigf1-scribe>Workshop Room 202 – Adobe Connect <https://participate.icann.org/aprigf2/> | Scribe <http://igf.asia/room212-aprigf2-scribe>Workshop Room 207 – Adobe Connect <https://participate.icann.org/aprigf3/> | Scribe <http://igf.asia/room212-aprigf3-scribe>Workshop Room 208 – Adobe Connect <https://participate.icann.org/aprigf4/> | Scribe <http://igf.asia/room212-aprigf4-scribe>Twitter: #ApriIGF2017 http://bit.ly/ApriIGF2017 <http://bit.ly/ApriIGF2017>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9297#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9297#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9297 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Academic positions in Communication at Deakin University
by Matthew Allen 27 Jul '17

27 Jul '17

Please circulate to you wider networks Thanks! ================== The School of Communication and Creative Arts seeks an excellent mid-career academic with strong research performance and the proven ability to lead and grow our flagship Master of Communication program. The appointment is continuing (ie tenured), at Senior Lecturer rank. Includes strong research opportunities in our global digital publics initiative and leadership expectations. https://www.seek.com.au/job/33933425 There will also soon be 2 x lectureships, for early-career academics. Please email me at hos-cca(a)deakin.edu.au for questions that the position description does not answer Thanks Matt -- Professor Matthew Allen Professor of Internet Studies @ Deakin University, internet critic, researcher and educator; life member AoIR <http://aoir.org> This is my independent email account and may or may not be answered swiftly. In my role as Head of School, Communication and Creative Arts, Deakin University, matthew.allen(a)deakin.edu.au is the best personal / research email; hos-cca(a)deakin.edu.au is my official Head of School email.

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Fwd: CFP: Global Internet Television | Media Industries Journal special section
by Ramon Lobato 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

CALL FOR PAPERS << Global Internet Television >> A MEDIA INDUSTRIES special section To be published: September 2018 (Issue 13) http://www.mediaindustriesjournal.org Editors: Ramon Lobato, RMIT University – ramon.lobato(a)rmit.edu.au Amanda Lotz, University of Michigan – lotz(a)umich.edu Julian Thomas, RMIT University – julian.thomas(a)rmit.edu.au In recent years major over-the-top subscription services including Netflix and Amazon Prime Video have been expanding into new international markets, becoming quasi-global television networks. At the same time, online TV offerings from incumbent pay-TV providers, broadcasters and telcos are proliferating, using diverse programming, pricing, and marketing tailored to the demands of their national and regional audiences. Together, this mutating landscape of internet-distributed television raises many questions for media industry research. Which models of internet television distribution are succeeding in different countries, and why? What are the major policy issues shaping the evolution of internet television around the world? What regulatory problems and responses are emerging? What are the implications for longer debates about transnational and global television? Despite all the change characteristic of these services, legacy television institutions persist as well. What frameworks help us explain and talk about television in a period of such a variety of industrial practices? This special section of Media Industries invites critical analyses of the industrial dynamics of internet television as seen from various parts of the globe. We especially invite contributions that take a comparative or transnational approach to the topic. Internet television is an evolving and contested term that, for some, encompasses a range of services, from amateur video channels and live-streams through to curated subscription services such as Netflix. While acknowledging these blurred boundaries, this issue focuses primarily on industrially curated services for professional content. Topics to be considered may include: • The evolving geography of different services and their various characteristics (programming, catalog structures, business models, branding, marketing, etc.); • The infrastructural and market conditions required for success in internet television services, the unevenness of these conditions across countries, and their implications; • National and transnational policy issues including net neutrality, internet filtering, censorship, classification, and local content quotas; • The challenges posed by these services to existing scholarly and industrial frameworks for understanding transnational television flows and trade; • Debates about local taste and viewing cultures as they relate to internet TV; • Internet TV and the international intellectual property system. Articles should be 5000-7000 words in length, and may take the form of argument-driven case studies; analyses of particular industry, policy, regulatory or infrastructural issues; or other approaches as agreed with the editors. Submissions should reflect a media industry studies approach to the topic. (Please note we are not seeking articles focused exclusively on analysis of the content distributed by these services, unless accompanied by discussion of industrial practices.) Media Industries is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal that supports critical studies of media industries, institutions, and policies worldwide. Media Industries expects contributions to adopt a critical, rather than instrumental, perspective and to engage with relevant media industries literature. We are especially interested in contributions that draw attention to global and international perspectives, and use innovative methodologies, imaginative theoretical approaches, and new research directions. We encourage authors to employ the online format creatively by incorporating audiovisual materials and hyperlinks within their articles. Articles accepted for review will be double blind-reviewed by two reviewers. SUBMISSION PROCESS Abstracts (500 words) should be emailed to the editors by 1 October 2017. Send to: ramon.lobato(a)rmit.edu.au | lotz(a)umich.edu | julian.thomas(a)rmit.edu.au For accepted articles, the following deadlines apply: > Full article submission: 1 February 2018 > Revision deadline: 15 April 2018 > Publication date: September 2018 Email enquiries to the editors are welcome at any stage. ------ Dr Ramon Lobato http://www.rmit.edu.au/contact/staff-contacts/academic-staff/l/lobato-dr-ra… Senior Research Fellow Technology, Communication and Policy Lab | Digital Ethnography Research Centre School of Media and Communication Building 9, Level 4, Room 27 RMIT University Corner Franklin and Bowen Sts, Melbourne VIC 3004 http://www.rmit.edu.au/mediacommunication

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[Transcripts] Software Recommendations
by Tati Tosi 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

Good Afternoon, I am doing an research and I would like recommendations on softwares or platforms that can make transcripts of audio or video interviews, in Mac. Thank you, Tatiana Tosi (11) 99965-0082 http://about.me/tatiana_tosi

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Two positions opened at The University of Hong Kong's new Chinese Social Media Project
by kwfu 26 Jul '17

26 Jul '17

Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow (Ref.: 201700981) and Senior Research Assistant (Ref.: 201701001) in the Journalism and Media Studies Centre, to commence on October 1, 2017 for one year. The two positions will be key researchers associated with a project entitled “WeChatscope: ‘hacking’ China’s online censored messages”, and will work under the supervision of Dr. King-wa Fu at Journalism and Media Studies Centre, Faculty of Social Sciences, The University of Hong Kong. Enquiries about the post should be sent to Dr. King-wa Fu (e-mail: kwfu(a)hku.hk) Position A: Applicants (local or international) should possess a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science, Information Science, Communication or related fields, and demonstrated expertise in application development for large-scale data collection, data analytics and visualization. They should have a good command of written and spoken English and ability to work independently. Those with a multidisciplinary research background; knowledge and experience in data science, computational social science, statistical analysis, mixed-method and/or demonstrated ability in academic writing; and enjoy working with a large interdisciplinary team of researchers to address key problems in political science/communication/social science in Hong Kong or China that are theoretically and/or methodologically significant are preferred. The appointee will be responsible for the system design, technical development of the social media data platform and academic research, grant proposal development and publication. For Position A, a good command of Chinese is NOT required. Position B: Applicants (local or international) should have a Master’s degree in social science, communication or media studies; at least one year’s work experience; good command of written and spoken English and Chinese; ability to work independently; good knowledge about Chinese social media; and native level understanding about Chinese local culture and language. Those with multidisciplinary research background; knowledge and experience in data science, computational social science, statistical analysis, mixed-method and/or demonstrated ability in academic writing; and enjoy working with a large interdisciplinary team of researchers to address key problems in political science/communication/social science in Hong Kong or China that are theoretically and/or methodologically significant are preferred. The appointee will responsible for project execution, community relation development and engagement, data interpretation, and project communication. A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits. Applicants should send a completed application form together with an up-to-date C.V. to jmscjobs(a)hku.hk. Application forms (341/1111) can be downloaded at http://www.hku.hk/apptunit/form-ext.doc. Further particulars can be obtained at http://jobs.hku.hk. Review of applications will start from July 31, 2017 and continue until September 30, 2017. Details: http://jobs.hku.hk/jd.php?id=201700981 (Post-doctoral Fellow) http://jobs.hku.hk/jd.php?id=201701001 (Senior Research Assistant) King-wa FU Associate Professor Journalism and Media Studies Centre The University of Hong Kong Website: https://sites.google.com/site/fukingwa/

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