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E-democracy / digital politics syllabus?
by Zach Bastick 09 Sep '17

09 Sep '17

Hi all, Would any of you have ideas for a course syllabus on e-democracy or digital politics. Maybe some suggested readings or class activities? This is for 2nd year political science students, but I’d be glad to hear any ideas about how you teach this. Many thanks in advance, Zach

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CFP Privacy Ethics workshop at Facebook
by Page, Xinru 09 Sep '17

09 Sep '17

We’re really excited to launch this initiative, please spread the word - Deadline approaching! ****************** Bridging Industry and Academia to Tackle Responsible Research and Privacy Practices Location: Facebook in New York City Dates: November 2-3, 2017 Workshop Organizers: Margaret Honda, Future of Privacy Forum; Xinru Page, Bentley University; Pamela Wisniewski, University of Central Florida; Jen Romano-Bergstrom, Instagram and UXPA; Sona Makker, Facebook; and Norberto Andrade, Facebook Advisory Board: • Christopher Clifton, Perdue University • Lorrie Cranor, Carnegie Mellon University, Director CyLab Usable Privacy and Security Laboratory • Lauri Kanerva, Facebook, Research Management Lead • Helen Nissenbaum, Cornell Tech and New York University • Jules Polonetsky, Future of Privacy Forum, Chief Executive Officer Overview As more human interactions move online and the amount and variety of information shared digitally continues to grow, decisions regarding the collection, sharing, and use of this data must take into account both ethical and privacy considerations. It is important that industry and academia come together to find joint solutions for making these difficult decisions regarding privacy and ethics to maximize the benefits of data-driven research and practices, while ensuring that harms and negative outcomes are prevented. To bridge communication between these communities, we are organizing a workshop for thought leaders from academia, industry and civil society to identify common goals, establish a long-term vision, and initiate working teams for tangible projects focused on responsible research ethics and privacy practices around user data. The workshop will kick-off with a keynote from Facebook’s Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, Rob Sherman, and a panel discussion from our advisory board members. Workshop Themes 1. Data Analytics and Privacy-Preserving Technologies. How should organizations decide which data uses and applications are fair and appropriate? What are the strengths and limitations of privacy-preserving techniques, such as differential privacy and obfuscation, to remove sensitive information or add uncertainty to a dataset before it is released, or before further services are developed with data? In what contexts have privacy preserving technologies been deployed to unlock new types of data analysis while guaranteeing meaningful protection of privacy? 2. Privacy and Ethics in User Research. Data-driven research conducted to understand people’s behavior online raises questions about the types of research practices and techniques that should be used to respect privacy (e.g. around de-identification and re-identification of individuals through data-mining, linking, merging and re-using of large datasets). How might ethical considerations guide new data collection and use practices so that they respect privacy and promote societal benefits for all? 3. People-Centered Privacy Design. The privacy landscape has for too long been dominated by long policy statements and formal consent processes. By leveraging design thinking, there is an opportunity to raise the bar and reorient our approach to privacy in a way that puts people at the center. How can organizations use design thinking to provide people better visibility and control over their data? And how can a more people-focused approach enable us to reorient toward a modern, innovative approach to privacy? Workshop Goals Initiatives in each of these areas continues to gain considerable momentum, making it the opportune time to identify promising avenues for forming new academic and private sector collaborations. Toward this end, the goals for this workshop are to: 1. Convene experts in each of the three focus areas to highlight recent advances and integrate different perspectives from the various communities. 2. Foster new collaborations and start working together to forge meaningful progress in these areas by creating working groups. At the workshop, we will develop concrete project proposals and solidify new partnerships across disciplinary lines by drafting goal-specific research or design proposals. The teams will pursue these projects after the conclusion of the workshop. The outcomes of this inaugural meeting will be sustained through future workshops that will be co-created by our growing community – if you attend this workshop, you will be expected to collaborate with your working group and return to the next workshop (in about a year) to present group outcomes. Call for Participation Our intent is to bring together experts from different fields who are engaging in research or initiatives in the themed areas outlined above. To encourage a diverse set of attendees, we ask those who are interested to provide their resume or CV and a 1 to 2-page submission that includes the following information (no specific format required): • Biosketch. A one to two paragraph biosketch that provides an introduction to who you are and your background. Clearly articulate whether you come from industry, academia, or civil society. • Project Theme. A description of your planned or existing research projects that aligns with one of the three themes. Clearly indicate the progress you have made, lessons learned, as well as the contribution of the work to the field. • Influence. A statement on how you would be influential within your respective community in disseminating the workshop outcomes after the conclusion of the workshop. Please send submissions to rcn(a)fpf.org<mailto:rcn@fpf.org>. Submissions are due September 22nd, 2017, 11:59PM EST. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the workshop program committee and will be accepted based on selection criteria that ensures a diverse set of attendees who are able to work together on the relevant workshop themes and goals. Limited travel funding will be available to workshop participants based on need. For more information, including schedule, housing options, and sponsors, see our website: https://fpf.org/research-privacy-practices/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffpf.org%2F…> Program Committee: Adam Smith, Boston University; Bart Knijnenberg, Clemson University; Casey Fiesler, University of Colorado Boulder; Janice Tsai, Mozilla; Jed Brubaker, University of Colorado Boulder; Jessica Vitak, University of Maryland; Lorraine Kisselburgh, Purdue University; Luke Stark, Dartmouth College; Marco Gaboardi, University at Buffalo, SUNY; Mary Ellen Zurko, Independent Consultant; Nicholas Proferes, University of Kentucky; Norah Abokhodair, Microsoft; Rachel Cummings, Georgia Tech; Shannon Vallor, Santa Clara University; Woodrow Hartzog, Northeastern University School of Law; Yang Wang, Syracuse University; (See website for most up-to-date list of PC members) Xinru Page Assistant Professor Computer Information Systems Bentley University Waltham, MA 02452 Web: http://cis.bentley.edu/xpage/<https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcis.bentley…>

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OPEN RANK> Faculty Position in Information and Library Science, School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University
by Rosenbaum, Howard S. 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

Title: Asst/ Assoc/ Full Professor Department: Information and Library Science Expected start date: 08/01/2018 Position summary: The School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering (SICE) at Indiana University (IU), Bloomington, invites applications for a tenured/tenure-track faculty position to begin in Fall 2018 in the Department of Information and Library Science (all subareas solicited with preference for media convergence, time-based media, the archiving of streaming and social media, digital forensics, and metadata). Duties include teaching, research, and service. The IU Department of Information and Library Science (ILS), formerly the School of Library and Information Science, has a long, successful history, having graduated over 8,000 students since it opened its doors in 1946. U.S. News & World Report ranks its Information and Library Science program ninth nationally. The SICE is the first of its kind and among the largest in the country, with unsurpassed breadth across Information and Library Science, Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. Its mission is to excel and lead in education, research, and outreach, spanning and integrating computing and information technologies. The school has over 110 tenure-line faculty, 1,400 graduate students, and 1,700 undergraduate majors on the Bloomington campus. Faculty research areas in ILS include digital humanities; digital libraries; documentation; data curation; computer-mediated communication; data science; information organization, retrieval, and visualization; human computer interaction; science studies; social informatics; CSCW; text mining; records management, and more. ILS offers Master’s degrees in Information Science and Library Science, and Ph.D. degrees in Information Science. Additional information about the School can be found at: http://www.sice.indiana.edu/ Information about the Department of Information and Library Science can be found at: https://www.ils.indiana.edu IU is renowned for its high-performance computing and networking facilities, top-ranked music school, and performing and fine arts. It is the home to world-renowned documentary and data institutes, such as the Lilly Library of rare books and manuscripts, the Kinsey Institute collection, the campus wide Media Digitalization and Preservation Initiative, the Mather Museum of world cultures, the ethnomusicology library, the Wells Library, and many more. Located in the wooded rolling hills of southern Indiana, Bloomington is a culturally thriving college town with a moderate cost of living and the amenities for an active lifestyle. Basic qualifications: Applicants should have an established record (for senior level) or demonstrable potential for excellence (for junior level) in research and teaching, and a Ph.D. in Information Science or a related field expected before August 2018. Interested candidates should submit their application at: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/4495 Application should include curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching, and names of three references (junior level), or six references (senior level). Salary and Rank: Commensurate with qualifications and experience For full consideration, completed applications must be received by December 1st, 2017. Informal and confidential inquiries may be sent to the ILS Chair, Ron Day (roday at indiana dot edu) or to Howard Rosenbaum, Search Committee Chair, (hrosenba at indiana dot edu) Members of the Search Committee will be attending the ASIS&T conference in October, 2017 and ALISE in February, 2018. Indiana University is an equal employment and affirmative action employer and a provider of ADA services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ethnicity, color, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, disability status or protected veteran status. IU Bloomington is vitally interested in the needs of Dual Career couples. For Full Consideration Apply By: December 1, 2017. To apply, please click the “Apply for this job” link at the top of this page https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/4495 and upload a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a statement of research and teaching, and the names of three references (junior level) or six references (senior level). — Howard Rosenbaum Professor and Director of Graduate Studies Department of Information & Library Science School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering Indiana University

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ERC grant consultant recommendations
by Amber Cushing 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

Hell list members, I was wondering if anyone could recommend ERC grant consultants for editing and proposal support. I'm trying to decide which one I'd like to use. I'd be applying to SH5: Cultures and Cultural Production for 2018, so I'll looking for recommendations of consultants who specialise in social science/humanities. Feel free to email me directly if that suits, or respond publicly. Thanks, Amber Dr. Amber L. Cushing Lecturer/Assistant Professor Director, Msc & Graduate Certificate in Digital Curation PhD Programme Coordinator School of Information and Communication Studies University College Dublin Belfield Dublin 4 Ireland +353 01 716 8441 www.amberlcushing.info *new office location as of 6 Sept 2016-C117 Newman*

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Call for abstracts: Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology incl. virtual reality
by Mihály Héder 08 Sep '17

08 Sep '17

Dear All, please consider sending an abstract to the Budapest Workshop on Philosophy of Technology 2017 Theme of the Workshop: Epistemology, Ontology and the Philosophy of Technology Abstracts are welcome in the following areas: Tacit knowledge and engineering; Ontology of technological artefacts; Ontological status of artificial agents; Knowing artefacts; Virtuality - new realities created by technology; Engineering epistemology and in any other related topics. Date of the workshop: 1-2 December 2017 Deadline for abstract submission: 2 October 2017. 23:59 UTC. Notification of acceptance/rejection: 18 October 2017. 23:59 UTC. Venue: 1132 Budapest, Hungary, Victor Hugo 18-22, Room 5002. details: http://budpt.eu/ Cheers Mihály

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Job call: Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
by Karen Petruska 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Full job call available here: https://gonzaga.peopleadmin.com/postings/10963 The Communication Studies Department at Gonzaga University invites applications for two tenure track Assistant Professors with expertise in digital media, communication technologies, and culture. We wish to welcome humanities-based teacher-scholars to join a growing department with an innovative curriculum grounded in rhetoric, media, and cultural studies. We hope for applications from teacher-scholars who adopt a critical approach to contemporary media and culture. We wish to collaborate with a colleague who possesses strong pedagogical, theoretical, and methodological abilities in digital media and culture, with particular emphasis on linking technologies and their cultural meanings within and across diverse communities; who explores the impact of digital media on society, politics, and community; who addresses questions of diversity, equity, and social justice broadly considered; who understands communication technology as a constitutive material, social, cultural, and political endeavor; and who possesses a broad awareness and appreciation of rhetorical foundations of the discipline and the areas of research and teaching represented in the Department. We envision applicants whose teaching and scholarship explore intersections of digital media and culture with one or more of the following areas: • digital citizenship and affective publics • activism and social movements • race/ethnicity/gender and media • civic and global political engagement/disengagement • surveillance, privacy, and publicity • immigration • identity assemblage as impacted by digital media and communication technologies • postcolonial theories of digital media Applicants should be comfortable working in a liberal arts setting that fosters faculty collaboration and student engagement both inside and outside the classroom. Thus, we seek a colleague with potential for interdisciplinary collaboration with departments and programs in the College of Arts and Sciences such as Women’s and Gender Studies, Native American Studies, Environmental Studies, International Studies, as well as emerging minors in Film Studies and Critical Race Studies. Candidates should also demonstrate potential for contributing to College of Arts and Sciences initiatives including the Center for Digital Humanities, The Center for Public Humanities, and the Center for Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry. All members of the department contribute to and participate in student advising, peer review of teaching activities, department assessment and evaluation, committee work, and special projects. The successful applicant will be invested in creative pedagogy and curriculum development. All faculty in the department share responsibilities for teaching the first-year, Core curriculum course, COMM 100: Communication and Speech. The teaching load is 18 credits per academic year. The Communication Studies Department is committed to inclusive excellence and to increasing the diversity of the campus community. In alignment with Gonzaga University’s mission, we expect applicants to demonstrate a strong commitment to issues of social justice, diversity, global engagement, and care for/solidarity with vulnerable and marginalized communities. Candidates who have experience working with a diverse range of faculty, staff, and students, and who can contribute to the departmental ethos and campus climate of inclusivity are encouraged to identify their experiences in these areas. Candidates who have demonstrated a commitment to issues applicable to diverse populations and to working with underrepresented and minoritized students through teaching, mentoring, or administration are preferred. -- Karen Petruska, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Communication Studies Gonzaga University

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Call for participation: 2017 Learning with MOOCs conference (8-10 October 2017, Austin, TX)
by Vitomir Kovanovic 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Join us for Learning with MOOCs 2017: Developing and Advancing Careers with MOOCs October 8--10, 2017, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX. Please share with your colleagues and register to join us! Conference schedule and the details about travel and accommodations are available at the conference website (http://learningwithmoocs2017.org) We invite you to register (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/learning-with-moocs-2017-tickets-34428857640) and book your hotel (https://aws.passkey.com/event/49129398/owner/71879/home?utm_campaign=274591…) for the event by September 18, 2017. PROGRAM THEME: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Though initial visions of MOOCs as free learning resources for the masses have not yet been the reality, millions of learners around the world are using MOOCs to support professional development and career advancement. This activity represents an important shift from the top-down model of university degrees to a learner-generated, micro-credentialing “bottom-up” model. How will the research community respond to help ensure that technology-mediated instruction at scale continues to be more learner-focused and community enhanced? What work can we initiate or surface that allows for underserved learners to benefit from more accessible opportunities for career advancement? How can we create the kind of socially supportive online contexts that are conducive for career development, especially for the underserved? And what resources might make this more possible? CONFERENCE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carolyn Rose, Professor of Language Technologies Institute and Human-Computer Interaction Institute, Carnegie Mellon University Anne Trumbore, Senior Director of Wharton Online, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania GENERAL CHAIR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Harrison Keller, Deputy to the President for Strategy and Policy, University of Texas, Austin Reply by email to loriray(a)austin.utexas.edu -- The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

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Enroll now! Online master on Tech. Security & Privacy by Girona University and Eticas
by Pepa Fontal 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

Improve your training in technology, security and privacy with this masters online. Enrollment is open untill September 30th! Open enrollment for our Master and Postgraduate courses! <http://eticasfoundation.org/formation> Master’s degree with* European University accreditation* (*UdG*) Aimed for *academics* and *professionals* *Bilingua*l: Lessons in English and Assignements in Spanish or English *100% online* with international teachers active in the sector Option for* working internships *at Eticas Research & Consulting *Technology and Security <http://technologyandsecurity.info/>* http://technologyandsecurity.info/ Technology is an increasingly important element of security policies and practices. Contemporary security practices are heavily reliant on *sensory technologies *such as video cameras and automated tools for data mining and tracking. There is a growing *need for public policy on security *to take into account questions of technology, particularly relating to how policies can be democratically designed, how technologies can be designed to account for their societal impacts, and how security policy can reflect a society in which interaction increasingly takes place online and through the treatment of personal data. *Enroll now!* <http://www.fundacioudg.org/index.php?option=com_matricula&view=matricula&co…> *Technology and Privacy <http://technologyandprivacy.info/>* http://technologyandprivacy.info/ In the realm of privacy and data protection, the emergence of a Europeanized data protection framework -*GDPR*- and the rapid growth of IT-enabled data surveillance and mining mean that the management of privacy is now increasingly professionalized. Chief Privacy Officers, Privacy managers and technologists are now commonplaces across the private sector as well as in public authorities. Privacy policies remain unevenly implemented, and there is a growing* need and high demand for analysts and practitioners *at the intersection of privacy and technology. Don't think it twice and make a change! *Enroll now!* <http://www.fundacioudg.org/master-in-technology-and-privacy-on-line.html> Pepa Fontal Eticas Research & Consulting Ferlandina 49 (08001 Barcelona) +34 936 005 400 - www.eticasconsulting.com <https://www.eticasconsulting.com/> <https://es.linkedin.com/company/eticas-research-&-consulting> <https://www.facebook.com/eticasconsult> <https://twitter.com/EticasConsult>

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Reminder & Update: Early Career Scholar Workshop at AoIR 2017
by efrat daskal 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

The Early Career Scholar Workshop at AoIR 2017will take place on the afternoon of Oct. 18 It will focus on issues often facedby scholars who have completed their terminal degree and are in the earlystages of their scholarly career (academic, industry, non-profit, etc.) Aspreviously published the participants will have the opportunity to network withpeers and senior scholars and attend a group mentoring session with a seniorscholar. These are the scholars who will participate in our workshop. You canread more about their work in the attached links: Kath Albury (SwinburneUniversity of Technology, Sydney) – studies young people’s practices of digitalself-representation, the role of user-generated media in youth's sexuallearning and new approaches for training health promotion and sexuality educationprofessionals. https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/our-research/access-our-research/find… Libby Hemphill (TheUniversity of Michigan) – studies politicians, non-profit organizations, andtelevision fans to understand how people use social media to organize, discuss,and enact social change http://www.libbyh.com/ Stefania Milan (Theuniversity of Amsterdam) - explores the interplay between digitaltechnology and participation, and activism and social movements inparticular, cyberspace governance, and data epistemologies. http://www.uva.nl/profiel/m/i/s.milan%5B2%5D/s.milan.html Richard Rogers (Theuniversity of Amsterdam) - a web epistemologist who concentrates on theresearch opportunities that would have been improbable or impossible withoutthe Internet. His research involves studying and building info-tools. http://www.uva.nl/profiel/r/o/r.a.rogers/r.a.rogers.html Andra Siibak (Universityof Tartu) – studies how people negotiate between the private and public withinan increasingly technologically saturated society with a focus on technologyuse within and among generations and parent/child, teacher/studentcontexts. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andra_Siibak Rebekah Tromble(Institute of Political Science, Leiden University) – studies politicalcommunication, especially via digital media while focusing on digital researchmethods, social movement studies, and Muslims and politics. https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/rebekah-tromble#tab-1 Michael Zimmer(University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee) - a privacy and internet ethicsscholar, whose work focuses on digital privacy, the ethical dimensions ofsocial media & internet technologies, libraries & privacy, and internetresearch ethics. https://uwm.edu/informationstudies/people/zimmer-michael/ For more information,visit the pre-conference information page on the conference website: https://aoir.org/aoir2017/preconworkshop/#ECS You also can e-mail Andrea Guzman at alguzman(a)niu.edu, JeffHemsley at jjhemsle(a)syracuse.edu., Esther Chin at echin(a)swin.edu.au, Zach McDowell at zmcdowell(a)gmail.com and Efrat Daskal at efrat.daskal(a)mail.huji.ac.il

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University of Maryland, Part of a Six-Institution Collaboration, Receives NSF Grant for Groundbreaking Study on Big Data Ethics
by Mary Anne Kendig 07 Sep '17

07 Sep '17

>From mobile phone apps to website search engines, wearable technology to social platforms, consumer information has become highly trackable and available, resulting in an ethically questionable free-for-all in research and marketing. But consumers aren’t the only ones concerned about how their personal information is being collected and used. The University of Maryland’s College of Information Studies has formed a project team with five other research institutions to explore the ethics of how these data are captured and used. The four-year project, PERVADE <http://pervade.umd.edu/> (Pervasive Data Ethics for Computational Research), was awarded a $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation in August 2017. Prior research on ethics of large and pervasive data has hit roadblocks caused by a lack of empirical knowledge. The PERVADE team looks to “reveal ethical practices and norms to guide those who utilize big data and to inform policymaking and regulation,” says Dr. Katie Shilton, Associate Professor in the College of Information Studies at UMD and principal investigator on the grant. PERVADE brings together a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in computational science, research ethics, data practices, law and policy, health information, social computing, qualitative and quantitative research methods, and data privacy: *Dr. Katie Shilton* - College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland College Park *Dr. Jessica Vitak* - College of Information Studies at the University of Maryland College Park *Dr. Matthew Bietz* - Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine *Dr. Casey Fiesler* - Department of Information Science, College of Media, Communication and Information at University of Colorado Boulder *Dr. Jacob Metcalf* - Data & Society Research Institute *Dr. Arvind Narayanan* - Department of Computer Science at Princeton University *Dr. Michael Zimmer* - School of Information Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee The project’s research focus will extend across consumers, big data researchers, commercial providers, and regulators, both domestically and internationally, to explore how these diverse stakeholders understand their ethical obligations and choices, and how their decisions impact data system design and use. Specific issues that the PERVADE team will examine include how people experience the reuse of their personal data; what social factors influence people’s willingness to share their data; how and when consent should be given; and how consumers’ concerns can be shared with data system designers and big data researchers. “By empowering researchers with information about the norms and risks of big data research, we can make sure that users of any digital platform are only involved in research in ways they don’t find surprising or unfair,” Dr. Shilton says. The team aims to use project findings to guide best practices for each stakeholder group using decision-support tools, risk measurement methods, public educational materials, and an open dataset of findings by the end of the project in 2021.

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