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The Fansplaining Definitions Survey
by Michelle Gardner 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Sharing for a friend. Survey closes May 1st. This project is a production of the Fansplaining podcast, which is run by Elizabeth Minkel and Flourish Klink. You can learn more about us at fansplaining.com. We're not academics and this is not an academic survey, but we do strive to discuss and learn more about fandom in general. (We're both, by the way, longtime fanfic readers and writers.) https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfmVirPhOA80c_8Kc-Ixx2E_AbmQ2MoEWy…

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CFP: Internet Governance in the Global South
by Daniel Oppermann 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Hi all, The NUPRI Research Group at University of São Paulo (USP) is preparing a new publication on Internet Governance in the Global South. Contributions are accepted in Spanish, Portuguese and English language. The two central objectives of the publication are: 1) to critically discuss Internet Governance from the perspective of the Global South and its specific environments and research agendas and 2) to contribute to the linguistic diversification of Internet Governance literature. Authors are free to choose a topic of their interest. The following is a list of suggested topics that would fit into the focus of the publication. Authors can use this list as an orientation or develop a different topic of their choice. * Big data, global data streams and economic development in the South * Constructivism and public debates on cybersecurity in countries with high violent crime rates * Challenges for developing a competitive DNS industry * Concentration of wealth and agenda setting/agenda-setting theory in Internet Governance * Internet Governance research, research methods and capacity building in and outside of institutions of higher education * Local, regional and global participation in Internet Governance debates * Affordable broadband Internet access for the masses * Technical infrastructure investment and development * Privacy and data protection * Cryptocurrencies Please find the complete CFP at http://www.internetgovernance.com.br. Thank you! Best, Daniel

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Tweet ID Datasets
by Ed Summers 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

The Documenting the Now [1] project would like to announce a small contribution that may be of interest to the AoIR community: http://www.docnow.io/catalog/ This website is a clearinghouse of tweet id datasets that are available elsewhere on the web. As you probably know Twitter's terms of service do not allow datasets of tweets to be distributed to third parties, but they do allow for lists of tweet identifiers to be shared. Twitter provide an API to turn the identifiers back into data as long as the tweet hasn't been protected or deleted. This process is often referred to as hydrating. To make this process easier we've added hydrate functionality to the twarc [2] command line utility, and also introduced a desktop application called Hydrator [3]. There are instructions on the website on how to add a dataset to the catalog if you would like to. Unfortunately this editing process is currently a bit cumbersome since the web application is very lightweight at the moment. If you would like help please let us know. We would also be very interested in hearing any thoughts you might have about the ethics and mechanics of providing this type of information. Thanks! //Ed [1] http://www.docnow.io/ [2] https://github.com/docnow/twarc [3] https://github.com/docnow/hydrator#readme

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Open Data Movements in the Age of Big Data Capitalism: WIAS seminar with Arwid Lund and Jonathan Gray
by Christian Fuchs 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Open Data Movements in the Age of Big Data Capitalism Tue 16 May 2017 17:00 – 19:00 Organised by the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies 309 Regent Street University of Westminster London W1B 2HW Registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/open-data-movements-in-the-age-of-big-data-c… A WIAS seminar with International Research Fellow Dr Arwid Lund and Open Knowledge Activist Dr Jonathan Gray Big data has received a lot of attention in recent years, open data/knowledge less so, and the relation between open data/knowledge and the predominantly commercial big data sector even less so. This seminar aims at critically discussing and shedding light on the under-theorised field of open data/knowledge and its relation to capitalism. In this WIAS seminar, Dr Arwid Lund reflects on his study of the ideological landscape underpinning the open data/knowledge movement (Open Knowledge London). Dr Jonathan Gray focuses on his own involvement in this movement and his forthcoming book Data Worlds: The new politics of information. The aim of the seminar is to introduce critical perspectives on open data/knowledge’s relation to capitalism, as well as a critical understanding of the political character that informs its advocates. We will round the event off with a wine reception. Dr Arwid Lund is a Lecturer at the Department of Arts and Cultural Sciences, Lund University, Sweden. Arwid is completing the second part of his WIAS fellowship from 3 April 2017 to 2 June 2017. During his fellowship, he will be working on how ‘openness’ is understood ideologically by advocates within the Open Knowledge Network. His aim is to identify the ideological landscape within this movement. Dr Jonathan Gray is a Prize Fellow at the Institute for Policy Research, University of Bath. He is also Research Associate at the médialab of Sciences Po and Tow Fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, Columbia University. As Director of Policy and Research at the global civil society organisation Open Knowledge, Jonathan has founded and co-founded numerous initiatives, including the Data Journalism Handbook, Europe’s Energy, Open Data for Tax Justice, OpenSpending, Open Trials, The Public Domain Review and Where Does My Money Go?.

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WEBCAST TODAY: Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Proposers’ Day
by Joly MacFie 27 Apr '17

27 Apr '17

Last Saturday we saw the launch of the NSF/Mozilla $2m NSF WINS Challenge <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/wins>. Today we have its big brother - PAWR - which has $100m in the kitty! This started at 10am but will be archived on the link.. [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/pawrrfp>Today *Thursday April 27 2017* at *10am EDT* The* <https://www.advancedwireless.org/>* * <https://www.advancedwireless.org/>* *Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) <https://www.advancedwireless.org/>* presents *PAWR Proposer's Day <https://us-ignite-org.s3.amazonaws.com/static/pdf/agenda_print_jam.pdf>* in Washington DC. The PAWR program is a joint effort by the National Science Foundation and a a wireless Industry Consortium to create city-scale testing platforms to accelerate fundamental research on wireless communication and networking technologies. The PAWR Project Office (PPO), run by US Ignite, Inc., and Northeastern University, is managing this $100 million public-private partnership to stand-up and oversee these eventual testing platforms. Today's event includes details such as: PAWR RFP, requirements, and timeline; Technical focus areas for the emerging solutions that PAWR seeks to support; Research goals for advanced wireless use cases; PPO's role and organization during project selection and project execution, and more. The event will be webcast live on the *Internet Society Livestream Channe*l <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/pawrrfp> . *View on Livestream*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/pawrrfp *Tweet your questions* to *@US_Ignite <https://twitter.com/US_Ignite>* and use the hashtag #PAWRQA <https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAWRQA> Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9161#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9161#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9161 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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new api for mapping the geography of global news coverage
by kalev leetaru 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Apologies for cross-posting - thought many on this list might find of great interest and utility the new GDELT mapping API for creating point, ADM1 and country-level maps of the geography of global news coverage from nearly all countries worldwide in 65 languages over the last 24 hours, updating every 15 minutes. The API, which is fully free and open, generates both instant embeddable browser-based interactive maps and GeoJSON optimized for use with platforms like Carto. http://blog.gdeltproject.org/gdelt-geo-2-0-api-debuts/ Specify any keyword or phrase and search the English machine translations of all content monitored in those 65 languages, allowing you to search across languages. For each keyword, the system compiles a list of all locations (down to the resolution of a hilltop in many areas) that were found within a sentence or two of your keyword and constructs a map showing the locations mentioned most frequently in context with your search. You can also map specific languages, domains, by tone, etc. Perhaps most uniquely, we are releasing a set of experimental maps that apply the deep learning image categorization we perform on global news imagery each day (more than a quarter billion images processed last year) and let you search by 10,000 labels of objects and activities depicted in the image, the OCR'd text in more than 80 languages depicted in the image, all of the text contained in the image file's metadata fields, the textual caption of the image as it appeared in each article, and the result of a Google Images reverse search that compiles a list of all of the captions used for that image anywhere it was found on the open web and assigns several million topical labels. As but one simple, but extremely powerful example - one of our research threads revolves around how violence is depicted across the world and the differing levels of normative baselines (for example, here in the US ISIS beheadings are typically shown with a "before" image or a heavily pixelated image, whereas in the presses of certain other countries the raw graphic image is frequently shown; similarly in the US we rarely see imagery of drowned refugees with the notable exception of Alan Kurdi, while the presses of other countries run graphic imagery of those who perish on a more frequent basis). Understanding how violence is depicted in the presses of the world and how those baselines are changing offers a lot of insight into the question of desensitization and the communication of crises. The new API allows you to create such a map in just a few seconds and have it live update every 15 minutes - here is one such example map that displays up to five images from the domestic press of each country over the last 24 hours that were determined to potentially depict some sense of "violence" (click on each country to see the images from its local press). (WARNING: many of these images are very disturbing). While you will see some errors here and there, overall this gives a very visceral sense of the differences in depiction of violence throughout the world. http://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/geo/geo?query=imagetag:%22safesearchviol… Similarly, here is a map of rubble, destruction, flooding and fire that we are using in a series of forthcoming projects to ground truth the severity of natural disasters as they occur in realtime (note that this particular map below shows the imagery of damage FROM the press of that country, which may reflect events in other countries as well): http://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/geo/geo?query=(imagetag:%22rubble%22%20O… Looking at text, you can map a particular news outlet like AllAfrica: http://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/geo/geo?query=domain:allafrica.com Or source language like Chinese: http://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/geo/geo?query=sourcelang:chinese Or the phrase "Donald Trump", aggregated to the country level: http://api.gdeltproject.org/api/v2/geo/geo?query=%22donald%20trump%22&mode=… You can find many more examples, along with full documentation on the announcement this morning: http://blog.gdeltproject.org/gdelt-geo-2-0-api-debuts/ Feel free to email me directly with any questions! We are super excited to see what you all are able to do with these new capabilities! And stay tuned for our temporal API being released in a few weeks! Kalev http://blog.gdeltproject.org http://kalevleetaru.com/

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Couch Internet Research Award 2017
by Mark D. Johns 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

CALL FOR AWARD APPLICATIONS Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award 2017 Sponsored by the Carl Couch Center for Social and Internet Research http://www.cccsir.com/ The Carl Couch Center issues an international call for student-authored papers to be considered for Carl J. Couch Internet Research Award. The Couch Center welcomes both theoretical and empirical papers that apply symbolic interactionist approaches to internet studies. According to basic symbolic interactionist premises, what we understand as self, identity, relationship, and cultural formations are constructed dialogically and interactively. While the works of George H. Mead, Georg Simmel, Erving Goffman and other leading symbolic interactionists have been integral to the study of social interaction, Carl Couch was among the first from this tradition to suggest the importance of engaging in the study of mediated interaction. It is critical that symbolic interactionists move boldly forward, beyond Couch's initial suggestion, to study what has become for many a dominant form of communication in their everyday life. Whether we research identities, emotion, memory, family, work, career, presentations of self, deception, love, loss or other areas, the impact of mediated communication is felt by those interacting within it. As internet-related media continue to influence our everyday interactions--not only with other people but also with technologies, devices, algorithms, platform parameters, and so forth--it becomes crucial for symbolic interactionists to attend to the role of these mediating factors in the interaction process. We encourage any paper that uses a symbolic interactionist approach in internet studies. We also encourage papers that explore the interface between deliberate social interaction and structured (or automated) interactions sponsored or enacted by various technological features, exploring not only how identities, relations, and social formations are negotiated through social interactions, but also how these interactions are mediated further through the use or capacities of various technologies. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of (1) mastery of symbolic interactionist approaches and concepts, (2) originality, (3) organization, (4) presentation, and (5) advancement of knowledge. Those contemplating entering should note that an interactionist approach demands thoughtful analysis, and not mere description, of social interactions. Evaluation will be administered by a Review Committee of: Dr. Mark D. Johns, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Dr. Camille Johnson-Yale, Lake Forest College, Illinois Dr. Lois Scheidt, Indiana University, Bloomington Competition is open to graduate or undergraduate students of all disciplines. Works that are published or accepted for publication are not eligible for award consideration. Entries should be in English and not exceed 30 pages (approximately 7500 words) in length, including references and appendices. Limit of one entry per student per year. The top paper will receive Couch Award to be presented at the 2017 meeting of the Association of Internet Researchers (aoir.org) in Tartu, Estonia. The top paper will be awarded a certificate and a cash prize of $300 US and the author will be invited to present their work at a session of the AoIR conference, University of Tartu, October 18-21, 2017. Candidates should send a copy of their paper electronically, along with information concerning the location and level of their studies, to Mark Johns at mjohns(a)luther.edu Application deadline is May 15, 2017. Notification of award will be sent by June 15. Those with questions or comments about Couch Award application, please contact: Mark D. Johns Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa Phone: 563-387-1347 E-mail: mjohns(a)luther.edu

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8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA 2017): Sixth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

*** Sixth Call for Papers *** 8th International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications IISA 2017 Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus 28 - 30 August, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Extension Deadline: 22nd May 2017 *** The International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA) series offers a forum for the constructive interaction and prolific exchange of ideas among scientists and practitioners from different research fields such as computers, mathematics, physics, biology, medicine, chemistry, experimental psychology, social sciences, linguistics, and engineering having the goal of developing methodologies and tools for the solution of complex problems in artificial intelligence, biology, neuroscience, security, monitoring, surveillance, healthcare, sustainability in energy sources, governance, education, commerce, automation, robotics, optimization, image, speech and natural languages, and their integration. IISA 2017 is the eighth conference in the IISA series, technically co-sponsored by IEEE, BAIF, the University of Piraeus and the University of Cyprus. The IISA 2017 proceedings will be published by IEEE and be included in the IEEE DL. The conference is intended as an international forum for researchers and professionals in all areas of Information, Intelligence, Systems, and Applications. We invite submissions of papers presenting high-quality original research and developments for the conference tracks listed below. The conference venue is the Golden Bay Beach Hotel (http://www.goldenbay.com.cy) perfectly situated at the edge of the tourist part of Larnaca, right on a long and wide stretch of fine and clear sandy beach, 10 km from the town center, just 15 km from Larnaca International Airport and 30 minutes from the capital city of Nicosia. This prestigious 5* hotel is renowned for its excellent facilities, combined with impeccable service and finest cuisine in luxurious surroundings The conference will last for three days and will feature tutorials, technical paper presentations, workshops, and distinguished keynote speeches. Instructions to Authors Papers must be submitted in IEEE Conference Style format, which can be downloaded from http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . Papers must be limited to 6 pages in length. Topics of Interest We welcome all submissions in the subjects of IISA related (but not limited) to the following tracks and topics: Track I: Information Processing and Intelligence · Advances in databases · Information systems · Information and data management · Data mining, warehousing and knowledge extraction · Recommender systems · Digital rights management · Processing of Social and Emotional Interactions · Biological and artificial neural networks · Biological and artificial immune systems · Cognitive science · Neuroscience · Computational biology · DNA computing · Evolutionary computing and genetic algorithms · Bayesian networks · Expert systems & intelligent agents · Swarm intelligence · Fuzzy logic systems · Kernel methods - support vector machines · Ensemble classifiers · Emerging machine learning paradigms · Decision making techniques · Knowledge-based systems · Ambient-ubiquitous intelligence · Robotics and automation · Affective computing Track II: Multimedia Systems and Networks · Advances in audio/video and multimedia processing · Signal mining · Signal visualization · Human-machine interaction · Multimodal systems · Multimedia systems · Autonomous Computing · Distributed computing · Quantum computing · Mobile computing · Green computing · Trusted computing · Proactive computing · Cloud computing · Ubiquitous computing · Networking · Sensing, sensory systems and sensor networks · Design and implementation · Real time systems Track III: Educational Informatics · Adaptive and personalized learning · Student modeling · Intelligent tutoring systems · E-learning and mobile learning · Social media and learning · Educational games · Computer-supported collaborative learning · Big data in education and learning analytics · Affective computing in learning systems · Smart learning environments · Virtual and augmented reality in education · Risk management in education · Learning management systems · Content management systems · Learning technologies for students with special needs Track IV: Cyber Security · Watermarking, cryptography, cryptanalysis, steganography, and stegananalysis · Privacy and authentication · Malicious software analysis · Information, computer and network security · Infrastructure security · Forensics · Biometrics Track V: Smart Energy and Smart Cities · Methodologies and tools for assessing the energy status in smart cities · Intelligent sensors and data analytics for energy optimization · Monitoring and control of energy resources · Smart grid · Fault detection · Decision support systems in energy planning and scheduling · Middleware for urban computing · Intelligent transportation systems · Public displays for modern cities · Impact of urban computing in modern cities · Case studies and best practices · Big city data · Culture for smart cities Track VI: Healthcare · E-health, mobile health and smart health · Infrastucture for smart health · Advanced devices and robotics for smart health · Ambient intelligence in assisted living · Health information systems · Healthcare management · Case studies Track VII: Applications · E-government and m-government · E-commerce and m-commerce · E-entertainment and m-entertainment · E-legal and m-legal services · Personalized systems and services · Enabling technologies, frameworks and standards · Empirical evaluations · Simulation and evaluation via simulation · Case studies · Applications in culture and heritage · Applications in tourism · Applications in natural resource management · Applications in disabilities and to people at need Important Dates · Submission of Papers: May 22, 2017 (extended) · Notification of Acceptance: June 05, 2017 · Camera-ready Submission: June 12, 2017 · Registration and Payment for Authors: June 12, 2017 · Conference Dates: August 28-30, 2017 Organization Program Chairs · N. Bourbakis, Wright State University, USA · G. A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · G. A. Tsihrintzis, University of Piraeus, Greece · N. Virvou, University of Piraeus, Greece Program Committee http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi…

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WEBCAST TODAY: Finnish Internet Forum 2017 in Helsinki
by Joly MacFie 26 Apr '17

26 Apr '17

Only the Finnish-fluent may benefit from the early sessions here. However, the final session - at 10:15 UTC (6:15 EDT) is must see when, in English, Wolfgang Kleinwächter gives a 'State of Internet Governance post-IANA' address. joly posted: "Today, Wednesday April 25 2017, the Finnish Internet Forum is taking place in Helsinki. The Finnish Internet Forum is an annual multistakeholder event, set up in 2010 to discuss internet-related issues from a Finnish perspective. Proceedings are in Finnis" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fiforum>Today, *Wednesday April 26 2017*, the *Finnish Internet Forum <http://internetforum.fi/>* is taking place in Helsinki. The Finnish Internet Forum is an annual multistakeholder event, set up in 2010 to discuss internet-related issues from a Finnish perspective. Proceedings are in Finnish and English. The event is being webcast live by the *Parliament of Finland <https://www.eduskunta.fi/fi/Sivut/live.aspx>*, and mirrored on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fiforum>* . *What: Finnish Internet Forum 2017 <http://internetforum.fi/>* * Where: Helsinki, Finland* * When: Weds. April 26 2017 09:00-14:00 EEST | 06:00-11:00 UTC | 02:00-07:00 EDT* * Agenda: http://internetforum.fi/seuraava-foorumi <http://internetforum.fi/seuraava-foorumi>* * Webcast 1: https://www.eduskunta.fi/fi/Sivut/live.aspx <https://www.eduskunta.fi/fi/Sivut/live.aspx>* * Webcast 2: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fiforum <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/fiforum>* * Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIForum <https://twitter.com/hashtag/FIForum>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9153#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9153#comments> *Permalink* : http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9153 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Displaying All YouTube Comments?
by Claudia Nazario 25 Apr '17

25 Apr '17

Hello all, Is anyone aware of how to display all pages/comments a video has received on YouTube at the same time (instead of clicking on "Show More" to load additional comments)? I want to use a web tool to analyze the comments, but need all comments visible simultaneously. Thank you in advance for any suggestions and/or alternatives. -- Claudia Nazario Ph.D. Candidate, Spanish & Portuguese University of Arizona At the University of Arizona, "Anyone who directly witnesses a bias or hate incident, believes they are a victim of bias or hate activity, or becomes aware of an incident of bias or hate are encouraged to report the incident to the Dean of Students Office and/or UAPD. Reports may be made anonymously." https://arizona-advocate.symplicity.com/public_report/index.php/pid348626?

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