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16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning (mLearn 2017): Fifth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

*** Fifth Call for Papers *** 16th World Conference on Mobile and Contextual Learning mLearn 2017 Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus 30 October - 1 November, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… In Cooperation with ACM SIGAPP (proceedings in ACM ICPS) *** Submission Deadline: 20th July 2017 (extended and final) *** The International Association for Mobile Learning (IAmLearn) (www.iamlearn.org) is the custodian of the mLearn conference series. mLearn is the leading annual international conference for researchers, policy makers, educators, developers and solutions providers in the fields of mobile, ubiquitous and contextual learning, as well as learning with emerging ambient and wearable technologies. mLearn attracts a large number of participants from more than 60 countries representing all continents, and is, therefore, the world's largest international conference on mLearning and emerging ambient technologies. Conference Themes The overarching conference theme is 'mLearning and Design for Social Change and Innovation'. Higher education institutions are called upon to provide for the competencies and skills that foster design for social change and innovation. In addition, knowledge and skills alliances are encouraged by funding bodies to cultivate, share and disseminate competencies that foster social entrepreneurship and innovation. However, little is known on how mlearning can facilitate this process, how it can contribute towards social change, innovation and entrepreneurship. The topics of interest can go beyond the conference theme, and can include any of the following: · The development, deployment and implementation of mlearning in the context of social entrepreneurship, innovation and social change · mLearning as a tool that fosters social change and social entrepreneurship · Innovations in mlearning theory and pedagogy · From pilot projects to mainstream implementation: strategies for the deployment of mLearning · Mobile technology to support open and distance learning · Mobile technology for teaching and learning support · Assessment techniques and practices in mLearning · Design and development of learning material for mLearning · Learning objects and metadata for mLearning · Informal and lifelong learning with the aid of mobile technologies · Challenges for mLearning in developing countries · Building and implementing mLearning strategies in educational institutions, companies and public sector organisations · mLearning management systems (mLMSs) · Computer tablets · Creating interactive and collaborative mLearning environments · Future trends in mLearning technology, including the impact of emerging technologies · Emerging hardware and software for mLearning including wearable technologies · Location-aware technologies · Contextual and situated learning · Augmented reality · Serious gaming and simulations · Ambient intelligence and ubiquitous learning Submission Information The conference solicits regular papers (no more than 8 pages), short papers (no more than 4 pages), as well as posters (no more than 2 pages). The Program Committee may require an accepted paper to be adapted into a short paper or poster. All papers must be prepared according to the ACM SIG Proceedings Template format (see the conference web site for further information). The papers must be original contributions not submitted or accepted for publication elsewhere. A submitted contribution should clearly indicate the conference topics it targets. For an accepted contribution to be included in the proceedings, at least one author must register and present the paper at the conference. For further information, see the submission guidelines on the conference web site. The conference proceedings will be published by ACM ICPS and archived in the ACM Digital Library. Important Dates · Submission Deadline for Conference Papers: 20 July 2017 (firm) · Accept/Reject Notification for Conference Papers: 28 August 2017 · Camera-Ready Submission of all Papers: 11 September 2017 Information on registration categories and registration fees for the mLearn 2017 is available online at: http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…. Organization General Chair · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Fernando Loizides, University of Wolverhampton, United Kingdom · Nicos Souleles, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus Program Committee http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…

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PhD in Data Science - Scuola Normale Superiore (8 positions)
by Elena Pavan 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

***apologies for cross-posting*** Dear friends and colleagues, the Scuola Normale Superiore is seeking to appoint 8 PhD students for the brand new Phd Course in "Data Science" . Please have a look to the call in english https://en.sns.it/sites/sten/files/documenti/16-06-2017/bando_phd_data_scie… in italian https://www.sns.it/sites/default/files/documenti/16-06-2017/bando_phd_data_… please help us spreading the word for this amazing new course! All the best, Elena -- Elena Pavan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Istituto di Scienze Umane e Sociali Scuola Normale Superiore Palazzo Strozzi - Piazza degli Strozzi, 1 50123 Firenze email: elena.pavan(a)sns.it telephone: +39 055 2673330 Adjunct Professor Dipartimento Sociologia e Ricerca Sociale Università di Trento via Verdi 26 38122 Trento email: elena.pavan(a)unitn.it telephone: +39 (0)461 28 1378 --- Questa e-mail è stata controllata per individuare virus con Avast antivirus. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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CFP: Games & Culture Special Issue on Casual Games
by Paul, Christopher 20 Jun '17

20 Jun '17

CALL FOR PAPERS GAMES & CULTURE SPECIAL ISSUE: CASUAL GAMES AND GAMING Editors: Shira Chess, University of Georgia (schess(a)uga.edu<mailto:schess@uga.edu>) Christopher A. Paul, Seattle University (paulc(a)seattleu.edu<mailto:paulc@seattleu.edu>) Call for Papers: As the video game medium continues to shift, the casual games market has grown increasingly robust. In "casual" we are referring to games meant to be played in short bursts of time, are inexpensive or free, require minimal expertise on the part of the player, and are typically played on mobile devices and computers. The texts, genres, audiences, and industries of these games has grown exponentially in the past decade. Given these shifts in platform and style, this special issue seeks to push at research within the casual games market. Juul's foundational work A Casual Revolution: Reinventing Video Games and Their Players (2010) helped establish much of the groundwork in this area. Further research continues to suggest the need to use a variety of methodological approaches to capture the often-ephemeral nature of the casual games market and its players (Leaver & Willson, 2015). Possible areas of investigation could include (but are not limited to): * Historicizing the term "casual" * Analysis of the casual/hardcore breakdown * Methodological approaches to casual games * Analysis of specific casual genres (Time Management, Hidden Object, Invest/Express, Puzzle, etc.) * Audience studies on casual games * Industry and studies in casual * Formal/textual analysis of specific casual games * Research on mobile games We are looking for new voices and innovative research that push the boundaries of casual. We are happy to give some basic feedback on abstracts pre-submission. Deadline & Submission Information Essays are due by October 10, 2017. Final essays should be 6000 words or less, including references and should use APA style (5th edition). Submissions should be posted to Manuscript Central portal, at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/games. When submitting, please be sure to submit as a "special issue for casual games." If you have questions, please contact us at schess(a)uga.edu<mailto:schess@uga.edu> or paulc(a)seattleu.edu<mailto:paulc@seattleu.edu> Dr. Christopher A. Paul Associate Professor and Chair Communication Department Seattle University paulc(a)seattleu.edu

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2nd CFP Digital Media and Borders: Infrastructures, Mobilities, and Practices across Asia and Beyond
by Rolien Hoyng 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

*Digital Media and Borders: Infrastructures, Mobilities, and Practices across Asia and Beyond* *Workshop 7-9 December 2017 Lingnan University, Hong Kong* Invited speakers: Brett Neilson, Jack Qiu, Ned Rossiter, Nishant Shah, Ravi Sundaram Workshop organizers: Rolien Hoyng, Iam-chong Ip, Lisa Leung, Yvonne Yau Sponsored by: Lingnan University and Kwan Fong Cultural Research and Development Programme. Digital communication, despite its apparent immateriality, remains dependent on infrastructure placed somewhere. This workshop focuses on the intersection of urban situatedness and geo-location in order to examine the spatial relations that digital infrastructures either make part of or generate, especially in Asia. The internet features a layered design, including undersea cables, Cloud architecture, platforms, and apps. In what ways does this design reproduce or undo borders and territories? Relinquishing assumptions of a singular global regime of cybernetic power, how does the internet as stack transform the governance of populations, now addressed as “users,” and what contradictions emerge in this process? Moreover, considering that different bodies relate to digital infrastructure differently, how do users negotiate and exploit the modes of power afforded by digital infrastructure? How do these processes amount to either the reproduction of dominant formations of citizenship or alternative identifications and subjectivities, for instance for migrants or “uncivil” users? We welcome critical scholarship and non-traditional inquiries that help us reflect on digital infrastructures and practices in relation to the production of space and the particularities of place and context in Asia and beyond. Topics include but are not limited to: - Digital infrastructure, (extra)statecraft, urbanisms - Local or global apps, platforms, and data-driven governance - Speculative digital culture - “Uncivil” webs: hacking, porn, radical free speech, trolling - Digital media, citizenship, populism - Digital media, migration, and belonging A conference dinner is planned for the evening of 7 December. On the morning of the 9th we invite you to join a local excursion exploring digital infrastructure and borders in Hong Kong. There is no conference fee. Abstracts of max. 500 words are due by 15 July and should be sent to digitalmediaonsite(a)gmail.com. Authors will be notified of acceptance via email by the end of July. Full papers are expected no shorter than 10 days before the start of the workshop. Please provide full name, affiliation, contact information, and a short bio with your abstract submission. Guidelines for presentation will be provided upon acceptance of the abstract. Event webpage: http://www.ln.edu.hk/ihss/crd/CFP2017.html Inquiries: digitalmediaonsite(a)gmail.com My best, Rolien Rolien Hoyng Assistant Professor Department of Cultural Studies Lingnan University, Hong Kong

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Call for proposal, Internet Economy Research Fellowships
by Christopher Hooton 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

Colleagues, Please note the following RFP for research proposals. Deadline is July 12 for applications. Regards, Chris *Internet Association* *Internet Economy Research Fellowships* *Request for Proposals* *June 2017* *Job Title*:* Internet Economy Research Fellowship (multiple positions available)* *Organization*: The Internet Association's mission is to foster innovation, promote economic growth, and empower people through the free and open Internet. It is the only trade association that exclusively represents leading global internet companies on matters of public policy. The Internet creates unprecedented benefits for society, and as the voice of the world's leading Internet companies, we ensure stakeholders understand these benefits. *Role*: The *Internet Economy Research Fellowship Program *is an initiative to provide young researchers the opportunity to produce cutting-edge analysis on the role of the Internet in the US and global economies. Fellows will work under the supervision of the Chief Economist of Internet Association and with input from Internet Association’s independent Research Advisory Group. Fellows will have the potential for unique access to representatives of the leading Internet companies in the world and are expected to provide significant research contributions with direct and timely relevance for policymakers, private sector leaders, and researchers. *2017 Topics of interest*: *1) **Measuring the economic benefits of peer-to-peer platforms* – There has been a dramatic rise in the volume and popularity of peer-to-peer (p2p) platforms over the past 5 to 10 years. While anecdotal research and a handful of quantitative research studies have developed measures on the contributions of specific platforms or types of platforms, robust methodologies and a universal perspective are lacking. In particular, apart from general participation (i.e. number of ride-share drivers), aggregate figures on the earnings, time utilization, social benefits, and other aspects have largely gone unmeasured. Internet Association seeks research proposals that would begin to measure these economic benefits. *2) **Valuing the benefits of instantaneous knowledge through user-generated content reviews* – How do we value the efficiency gains of the internet? Government and other public data broadly fail to capture these ‘new’ aspects of the digital economy. One specific area of interest is how user-generated reviews have impacted the efficiency of consumers and the performance of businesses. From increased clientele to feedback systems to a more dynamic marketplace, Internet Association seeks proposals that examine what these benefits are, how they can be measured, and what their impacts have been. *3) **Scenarios for the role of autonomous vehicles in society* – A 2016 OECD study determined that vehicular traffic in Lisbon could be reduced by 90% while maintaining the same volume of persons traveling/commuting through the use of Autonomous Vehicles (AVs). Internet Association and its members seek proposals to better understand how such an outcome could positively impact local economies (both generally and in specific case studies). Proposals that focus on scenarios examining how local governments could utilize surplus space and on developing cost-benefit analyses of AV introductions are particularly welcomed. *4) **Assessing the harms of fraud and the fraud industry *– Utilizing online resources and data, Internet Association seeks proposals examining the world of fraud and fraud-related complaints. Analysis of fraud activities by type, geography and victim, estimations on the cost of fraud, and a review of policy solutions are particularly welcomed. *5) **Privacy issues – examining risks and assessing costs *– data security and user privacy are sensitive areas for both businesses and individuals. Internet Association seeks proposals that examine the issue from an economic perspective. IA is open to a variety of perspectives from breaches, to encryption technology, consumer or business behavior. *6) *IA will also consider well-developed applications on any of the following *policy priority areas*: Patents, Net Neutrality, Trade, Immigration Reform, Privacy, Government Data Collection, Copyright, Data Security, Intermediary liability, Sharing Economy, Global Internet Governance *Fellowship terms*: - A stipend award upon successful completion of the fellowship, contingent upon the completion of 1 fully drafted publication as well as meeting agreed upon intermediary deadlines during fellowship; - Duration of approximately 6 months, to begin August 2017 and be fully completed by January 2018; - Ability to work approximately 1 day per week (on average) for the full duration of the fellowship; fellows may plan their own schedule to work around other commitments - Ability to provide updates to Internet Association’s Chief Economist at least one time per month; - Ability to promptly answer emails, speak on the phone, and respond to requests when they arise; - Ability to conduct rigorous economic research independently; - Ability to potentially present research to Internet Association stakeholders and other interested parties (funding for travel and presentation costs available where appropriate) *Qualifications*: - Must be a current or recently graduated PhD candidate in Economics, Political Science, Data Science, Business, Geography, Public Policy, Planning, or another policy related field; - Demonstrated ability to conduct research independently - Strong interest in the role of the Internet in the US and global economies - Research must be in relevant topic area of interest (please see topics list) - Ability to conduct applied empirical work - Ability to work under deadlines - Excellent oral and written communication skills - Creativity and entrepreneurial spirit *Education*: Must be a PhD candidate (current or recently-graduated), a Post-Doctoral Researcher, or a professional researcher with a strong record of conducting high-quality research. The Fellowship is open to applicants who are able to work on part-time basis. *Contact* – Send a Cover Letter, CV, a 0.5 to 1-page research proposal, and a scholarly writing sample (can be either academic or an industry/government report) to: economics(a)internetassociation.org *APPLICATIONS DUE: * *Wednesday July 12, 2017 by 5:00pm US Eastern Time with interviews/calls to be conducted the following two weeks. Fellowship to commence August 1, 2017 and last through January 31, 2018.*

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CFP Experts' Workshop "Broadband Research in a Changing World" Sept. 10, 2017
by Richard Denny Taylor 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

Colleagues, Kindly note this announcement of a CFP for an invitation-only Experts' Workshop on the topic of "Broadband Research in A Changing World," on Sept. 10, 2017 (following the TPRC conference) at American University in Washington, D.C. Proposals are due by July 15, 2017. Thank you! Richard PENN STATE INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATION POLICY Broadband Research in a Changing World: New Technologies, Ideologies and Priorities A by-invitation experts' workshop to be held at American University Washington College of Law, Washington DC, September 10, 2017 Broadband is now widely accepted as an essential infrastructure for the information economy. Billions of dollars in private industry investments supplemented by targeted universal access subsidies have now enabled 73 percent of American households to subscribe to broadband. Yet, some communities and demographic groups have experienced gaps in access and usage that have persisted over time and multiple generations of technology. The diffusion of advanced broadband networks and services has sometimes widened these gaps to the detriment of the economic competitiveness, ability to access basic social and educational resources, and democratic participation of individuals and communities. Consequently, there is continuing need for both policy-makers and the academic research community to stay engaged with questions of broadband access. The Institute for Information Policy at Penn State (IIP), celebrating its 20th anniversary, and the Journal of Information Policy (JIP), now in its 7th year, are organizing a one-day workshop to present and discuss research focusing on the challenges for achieving universal broadband access that takes into account technological developments, social and educational needs, and a dynamic political landscape. This workshop is the 15th in the IIP and JIP joint workshop series advancing an information policy agenda (for previous workshops see: <http://comm.psu.edu/research/centers/iip/conferences-and-worskhops> http://comm.psu.edu/research/centers/iip/conferences-and-worskhops) In June 2016, the IIP organized a two-day, interdisciplinary workshop at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and submitted its report titled <http://comm.psu.edu/assets/uploads/Broadband_2021.pdf> Broadband 2021. Incorporating this, and other inputs, the NSF and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) published the <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/nationalbroadbandresearc hagenda-jan2017.pdf> National Broadband Research Agenda (NBRA) Report in January 2017. These initiatives, though they emerged from the prior administration, are likely to have continued relevance especially now when the current administration has announced that infrastructure investments, including potentially in rural broadband networks, is a policy priority. The workshop is a continuation of the NBRA process. Specifically, it is intended to further key objectives of the NBRA Report, namely to encourage policy and program impact evaluations and to foster increased collaboration throughout the research community. At the same time, it is geared to hear more voices and to encourage learning from academic, industry and policy players worldwide. The workshop seeks to address broadband research at a meta-analytical level ("research about doing research"). Papers may address (but are not limited to) questions such as * The status of research on broadband: Identifying un-investigated and under-investigated questions; * The quality of databases and structural impediments to the availability of data; * The viability and validity of methodological approaches; * Investigations of the policy processes behind broadband policy including the role of advocacy networks, foundations, and academic think tanks; * The appropriateness of metrics and benchmarks for the temporal and cross-sectional evaluation of broadband access and performance; * "Broadband Access": To what? For whom? * Should "broadband access" be a "human right"? An entitlement? * Should there be a right for access to and use of mobile broadband services. Will access to high-speed mobile broadband satisfy the requirement for "access"? * What is the role of the market in assuring universal broadband access, vs. the role of the government? * What impact, if any, will new technologies such as the IoT, "Big Data" and the "cloud" have on broadband research? * How can research on broadband support SMEs? Innovation? Entrepreneurship? R&D? Reducing the size of government and the need for government regulations? * How, if at all, should tax policies be changed to encourage investments that will promote increased universal broadband access? * International comparative studies of broadband access and policies for its development. We refer you to the <http://comm.psu.edu/assets/uploads/Broadband_2021.pdf> Broadband 2021 and the <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/nationalbroadbandresearc hagenda-jan2017.pdf> National Broadband Research Agenda (NBRA) Reports for other topics and research questions. Presenters at the workshop will be invited to submit their completed papers for review by the Journal of Information Policy ( <http://www.jip-online.org)> www.jip-online.org) Pending budgetary approval, some travel support may be available for junior scholars or those with significant travel expenses. We cannot guarantee that this support will be available at this stage. In addition to the presentation of papers, an integral part of the workshop will be continuing and potentially institutionalizing the academic networking initiated at IIP's June 2016 Broadband 2021 Workshop and strategizing mechanisms for the dissemination of academic research to government stakeholders. Abstracts of up to 500 words and a short bio of the author(s) should be submitted to pennstateiip(a)psu.edu by July 15, 2017. Accepted presenters will be notified by July 31, 2017 on the acceptance of their paper and will need to commit to provide an advanced draft of their study by August 31, 2017, to allow selected respondents to read and prepare thoughtful comments in order to elicit a meaningful conversation. Please write IIP_BROADBAND2021: YOUR NAME in the subject line.

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Meetup.com location data on map?
by Steven Clift 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

I'm looking for an easy way to see frequently used locations for Meetup.com listed meetups on a map. Has anyone seen such a thing? Or know if Meetup has an API that would allow this? My goal is to compare areas in the Twin Cities in terms of their Meetup density. Steven Clift E-Democracy.org

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ICDIM 2017
by ijwa＠dline.info 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

Twelfth International Conference on Digital Information Management (ICDIM 2017) Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan September 12-14, 2017 www.icdim.org Technically and Financially co-sponsored by TEMS, IEEE ICDIM 2017 hosts the following co-located workshops during the conference. Third Workshop on Internet of Everything (IoE) Third International Workshop on 'Future Big Data' (FBD 2017) Third Workshop on Intelligent Information Systems (IIS 2017) Following the successful earlier conferences at Bangalore (2006), Lyon (2007), London (2008), Michigan (2009) , Thunder Bay (2010), Melbourne (2011), Macau (2012), Islamabad (2013), Thailand (2014) Republic of Korea (South Korea)(2015) and Porto (2016), the Twelfth event is being organized at Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan in 2017. The International Conference on Digital Information Management is a multidisciplinary conference on digital information management, science and technology. The principal aim of this conference is to bring people in academia, research laboratories and industry together, and offer a collaborative platform to address the emerging issues and solutions in digital information science and technology. Digital Information technologies are gaining maturity and rapid momentum in adoption across disciplines. The digital community is producing new ways of using digital information technologies for integrating and making sense out of various data ranging from real/live streams and simulations to analytics data analysis, in support of mining of knowledge. The conference will feature original research and industrial papers on the theory, design and implementation of digital information systems, as well as demonstrations, tutorials, workshops and industrial presentations. The Twelfth International Conference on Digital Information Management will be held during September 12-14, 2017 at Fukuoka, Japan The topics in ICDIM 2017 include but are not confined to the following areas. Information Retrieval Data Grids, Data and Information Quality Big Data Management Temporal and Spatial Databases Data Warehouses and Data Mining Web Mining including Web Intelligence and Web 3.0 E-Learning, eCommerce, e-Business and e-Government Natural Language Processing XML and other extensible languages Web Metrics and its applications Enterprise Computing Semantic Web, Ontologies and Rules Human-Computer Interaction Artificial Intelligence and Decision Support Systems Knowledge Management Ubiquitous Systems Peer to Peer Data Management Interoperability Mobile Data Management Data Models for Production Systems and Services Data Exchange issues and Supply Chain Data Life Cycle in Products and Processes Case Studies on Data Management, Monitoring and Analysis Security and Access Control Information Content Security Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security Distributed information systems Information visualization Web services Quality of Service Issues Multimedia and Interactive Multimedia Image Analysis and Image Processing Video Search and Video Mining Cloud Computing Intelligence Systems Artificial Intelligence Applications + Proceedings - All the accepted papers will appear in the proceedings published by IEEE. - All papers will be fully indexed by IEEE Xplore. - All the ICDIM papers are indexed by DBLP. General Chair Taketoshi Ushiama (Kyushu University, Japan) Honorary Chair Toyohide Watanabe (Nagoya Industrial Science Research Institute, Japan) Organizing Chair Manabu Ohta (Okayama University, Japan) Local Arrangement Chair Toki Takeda (NTT, Japan) Program Chairs Ramiro Smano Robles, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Rua, Portugal Yao-Liang Chung, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Hung-Yuan Chung, National Central University, Taiwan Important Dates Full Paper Submission July 8, 2017 Notification of Authors August 5, 2017 Registration Due September 1, 2017 Camera Ready Due September 1, 2017 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos September 13, 2017 Main conference September 12-14, 2017 Submissions at- http://icdim.org/submission.html Contact: conference at icdim.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Full time academic post at University of Sussex: Media, Comms and Cultural Studies
by Kate O'Riordan 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

The School of Media Film and Music at the University of Sussex wishes to appoint a Lecturer with expertise in the broad fields of Media Studies and Cultural Studies to a full time post. It is essential to have teaching and research expertise in race, ethnicity and post-colonialism in relation to Media and/or Cultural Studies. It is desirable but not essential to have teaching and/or research expertise in the following areas: critical cultures of advertising in creative industries; social movements and activism. http://www.sussex.ac.uk/about/jobs/lecturer-in-media-and-cultural-studies-2… Professor Kate O'Riordan Media Film and Music Silverstone Building 330 University of Sussex Falmer BN1 9RG k.oriordan(a)sussex.ac.uk

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CFP: Ways of Being in a Digital Age – A Review Conference
by Ronald Rice 19 Jun '17

19 Jun '17

*CFP: Ways of Being in a Digital Age – A Review Conference* Dates: 10th and 11th of October 2017 Location: University of Liverpool, UK Key Dates: 300 word abstracts: 21st July 2017; Acceptance by 25th August 2017; This conference will close the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) review of “Ways of being in a digital age”. The project was commissioned by the ESRC to help identify and prioritise future areas and methods for research on the social, economic, political, psychological and cultural impacts of digital media and technologies. The final report will be published over the summer of 2017. Click here for details of the project: https://waysofbeingdigital.com Click here for details of the conference: https://waysofbeingdigital.com/conference/ Click here for the submission site: https://waysofbeingdigital.com/conference/ Led by the University of Liverpool, the project team consists of academics from eight UK universities and a broader international steering group that represents 18 universities and organisations from across the UK, France, the USA and Singapore. Click here for more information on the people involved in this research: https://waysofbeingdigital.com/people To close the project, we are holding an academic conference to present, extend and deepen the work of the project team. We are calling for review papers on topics that address any aspect of the seven project domains: 1. Citizenship and politics 2. Communities and identities 3. Communication and relationships 4. Health and wellbeing 5. Economy and sustainability 6. Data and representation 7. Governance and security We are looking papers that offer systematic, thematic or methodological reviews of existing research on any aspect of the seven project domains. We are particularly interested in papers that build on reviews to offer analysis of research gaps and challenges for social research in the digital age. We intend to include selected conference papers in an edited collection developed from the project. Abstract submissions are sought by 21st July 2017 to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wbda2017 For information on the conference or the project contact: simeon.yates(a)liverpool.ac.uk -- Ronald E. Rice Arthur N. Rupe Professor in the Social Effects of Mass Communication ICA President, 2006-2007 Department of Communication 4005 Social Sciences & Media Studies Bldg University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020 805-893-8696

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