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WEBCAST TODAY: ISOC England Webinar 2 on a Policy Framework for an Open and Trusted Internet
by Joly MacFie 13 Mar '17

13 Mar '17

I want to get this one out before ICANN 58 kicks in in full :) It's an in-depth summary of the Euro Chapters meeting and runs 1h 45m. Slides are at https://isoc-ny.org/misc/ISOC-E_Webinar2.pdf joly posted: "On Thursday, 9 March 2017 the Internet Society's UK England Chapter held a post-meeting webinar to summarize discussions that took place at the European Chapters Meeting (Feb 21-27) on a Policy Framework for an Open and Trusted Internet. The topics were s" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/usertrust2>On Thursday, 9 March 2017 the *Internet Society's UK England Chapter <http://isoc-e.org/>* held a post-meeting webinar to summarize discussions that took place at the European Chapters Meeting (Feb 21-27) on a *Policy Framework for an Open and Trusted Internet <http://www.internetsociety.org/doc/policy-framework-open-and-trusted-intern…>*. The topics were structured along the four main topics of the meeting: 1. Data Breach reporting; 2. Editorial responsibility for online content; 3. Collaborative security; 4. Security of IoT devices. The session will be webcast tonight *Sunday 12 March 2017 at 11pm* EDT (03:00 UTC) on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/usertrust2/embed>*. *View on Livestream*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/usertrust2/embed *Webinar 1 - Feb 14 2017*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/usertrust Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9052#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9052#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/9052 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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seeking a volunteer for the AoIR Nancy Baym book award
by Jennifer Stromer-Galley 12 Mar '17

12 Mar '17

Hi all! I am on the hunt for 1 more person to serve on the AoIR Nancy Baym book award committee for 2017. Eugenia Siapera has kindly agreed to chair the committee, and Nancy Baym will be serving as a committee member. We are looking for a person who is a) currently a member of AoIR, b) has written a book, and c) who is willing to review 10-15 books between April 15 and early June and deliberate on which should receive the award. The revised award criteria are here: https://aoir.org/awards/nancy-baym-annual-book-award/. If you're interested send a note to me: jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu>. Cheers, ~Jenny Jennifer Stromer-Galley | Professor Director, Center for Computational and Data Sciences President, Association of Internet Researchers School of Information Studies 220 Hinds Hall Syracuse, New York 13244 e jstromer(a)syr.edu<mailto:jstromer@syr.edu> My 2016 political social media project: illuminating.ischool.syr.edu<http://illuminating.ischool.syr.edu/>

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CFP: International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2017)
by Benj. Mako Hill 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

Greetings fellow Internet researchers! It looks like nobody has forwarded this year's CFP for OpenSym. OpenSym is great and has had a great history of involvement from AOIR folks over it's 12 year run. I'm involved in organizing the program this time around! Please considering submitting something, attending to the doctoral consortium, etc. Lots of details below! Regards, Mako OpenSym 2016 General Call for Papers ==================================== OpenSym 2017, the 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration August 23-25, 2017 | Galway, Ireland Conference Website: http://os2017.opensym.org Call for Papers: http://opensym.lero.ie/cfp/ About the Conference -------------------- The 13th International Symposium on Open Collaboration (OpenSym 2017) is the premier conference on open collaboration research and practice, including open source, open data, open science, open education, wikis and related social media, Wikipedia, and IT-driven open innovation research. OpenSym is the first conference series to bring together the different strands of open collaboration research and practice, seeking to create synergies and inspire new collaborations between people from computer science, information science, social science, humanities, and everyone interested in understanding open collaboration and how it is changing the world. This year’s conference will be held in Galway, Ireland, on August 23-25, 2017. A Doctoral Symposium will take place on August 22, 2017. OpenSym is held in-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM SIGSOFT and the conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM digital library like all prior editions. The research paper submission deadline is April 07, 2017. Submission Information and Instructions --------------------------------------- Topics: The conference provides peer-reviewed research tracks on subjects related to open collaboration including: - Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) - Open Data and Open Science - Open Education - IT-Driven Open Innovation - Open Collaboration Research, esp. Wikis and Social Media - Open Policy/Open Government - Wikipedia and Wikimedia Research Paper Presentation: OpenSym 2017 will be organized as a one track conference in order to emphasize the interdisciplinary character of this conference and to encourage discussion. Submission Deadline: The research paper submission deadline is April 7th 2017. Submitted papers should present integrative reviews or original reports of substantive new work: theoretical, empirical, and/or in the design, development and/or deployment of novel concepts, systems, and mechanisms. Research papers will be reviewed to meet rigorous academic standards of publication. Papers will be reviewed for relevance, conceptual quality, innovation and clarity of presentation. Paper Length: There is no minimum or maximum length for submitted papers. Rather, reviewers will be instructed to weigh the contribution of a paper relative to its length. Papers should report research thoroughly but succinctly: brevity is a virtue. A typical length of a “long research paper” is 10 pages (formerly the maximum length limit and the limit on OpenSym tracks), but may be shorter if the contribution can be described and supported in fewer pages— shorter, more focused papers (called “short research papers” previously) are encouraged and will be reviewed like any other paper. While we will review papers longer than 10 pages, the contribution must warrant the extra length. Reviewers will be instructed to reject papers whose length is incommensurate with the size of their contribution. Papers should be formatted in ACM SIGCHI paper format. Reviewing is not double-blind so manuscripts do not need to be anonymized. Posters: As in previous years, OpenSym will also be hosting a poster session at the conference. To propose a poster, authors should submit an extended abstract (not more than 4 pages) describing the content of the poster which will be published in a non-archival companion proceedings to the conference. Posters should use the ACM SIGCHI templates for extended abstracts. An example of a poster abstract can be found here. Reviewing is not double-blind so abstracts do not need to be anonymized. Paper Proceedings: OpenSym is held in-cooperation with ACM SIGWEB and ACM SIGSOFT and the conference proceedings will be archived in the ACM digital library like all prior editions. OpenSym seeks to accommodate the needs of the different research disciplines it draws on including disciplines with archival conference proceedings and disciplines where authors usually present at conferences and publish later. Authors, whose submitted papers have been accepted for presentation at the conference have a choice of (1) having their paper become part of the official proceedings, archived in the ACM Digital Library or (2) having no publication record at all but only the presentation at the conference. Response from authors: For the first time at OpenSym, authors will be given the opportunity to write a response to their reviews before final decisions are made. This should be treated as an opportunity to correct any mistakes or misconceptions in the reviews as well as to propose minor changes that the authors can make during the two weeks between notification and the camera-ready deadline. Important Dates --------------- - Submission deadline: April 07, 2017 - Reviews sent to authors: June 02, 2017 - Response to reviews from authors due: June 30, 2017 - Decision notification: July 07, 2017 - Camera-ready papers due: July 21, 2017 Conference Organization ----------------------- The general chair of the conference is Lorraine Morgan, Lero (the Irish Software Research Centre) and Whitaker Institute, NUI Galway. Feel free to contact us with any questions you might have at info(a)opensym.org. The program co-chairs are Claudia Müller-Birn (Freie Universität Berlin) and Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington). -- Benjamin Mako Hill http://mako.cc/academic/ Creativity can be a social contribution, but only in so far as society is free to use the results. --GNU Manifesto

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CFP Games&Gaming HICSS
by Nathaniel Poor 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

Games research? Hawaii in January? If you answered yes, read on! The Games and Gaming mini-track at the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) is looking for work related to digital games and sociality. Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods papers are welcome, ranging from interviews to big data analyses, or more broadly theoretical papers looking at digital gaming practices in general. Types of games studied may include mobile, social, free to play, AAA, MMOs, PC, console, multiplayer, and indie games. As part of the Digital and Social Media track, papers must contain a social dimension, examining, for example, sociability, social practices, game-related communities, use of social affordances, or some other social dimension. Submission Dates April 1, 2017: Submission site opens. June 15, 2017, at 11:59 pm HST: Paper submission deadline. August 17, 2017: Notification of acceptance/rejection. Where: The Hilton Waikaloa Village, the Big Island of Hawaii. A 30-minute drive from the Kona airport (KOA) with direct flights to/from LAX and SFO. When: January 3-6, 2018. The Games & Gaming mini-track covers the following topics: • Social affordances of games • Network analysis of groups and communities in games • Social practice (in-game, out-game, both) • Player communities • Fans and fan communities • Community management • Toxicity online • Multiplayer games • Cooperative and competitive play • eSports • Fantasy sports leagues • Multigenerational play • Intercultural play • Streaming gameplay (e.g., Twitch) • Game curation via sites like Steam Instructions for Authors: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-and-minitracks/authors/ Digital and Social Media Track: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-51/digital-and-social-media/ HICSS homepage: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ Note that HICSS also has two other games-related mini-tracks: Games and Business in the Digital Age (in the Internet and the Digital Economy track). Gamification (in the Decision Analytics, Mobile Services, and Service Science track). The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences is known worldwide as one of the longest standing scientific communities in the information systems and technology fields. Since 1968, it has become a respected destination that attracts high-caliber scholars and professionals in academia, industry and government agencies around the world to discuss their cutting-edge research. The overall acceptance rate for HICSS-50 (Jan 2017) was 47%, for the Games & Gaming mini-track it was 50%. Your Games & Gaming mini-track chairs, Nathaniel Poor Underwood Institute Mia Consalvo Concordia University ------------------------------- Nathaniel Poor, Ph.D. http://github.com/natpoor http://natpoor.blogspot.com/ http://sites.google.com/site/natpoor/ http://www.underwood-institute.org/

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9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence (ICCCI 2017): Fifth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 11 Mar '17

11 Mar '17

*** Fifth Call for Papers *** 9th International Conference on Computational Collective Intelligence ICCCI 2017 Hilton Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus 27 - 29 September, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… *** Deadline Extension: April 15th, 2017 *** Computational Collective Intelligence is most often understood as an AI subfield dealing with soft computing methods which enable making group decisions or processing knowledge among autonomous units acting in distributed environments. Web-based systems, social networks and multi-agent systems very often need these tools for working out consistent knowledge states, resolving conflicts and making decisions. ICCCI 2017 is the 9th edition of the conference organized by the University of Cyprus and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology in Poland, in cooperation with the IEEE SMC Technical Committee on Computational Collective Intelligence. The aim of the conference is to provide an internationally respected forum for scientific research in the computer-based methods of collective intelligence and their applications in (but not limited to) such fields as group decision making, consensus computing, knowledge integration, semantic web, social networks and multi-agent systems. Instructions to Authors Prospective authors of papers are invited to submit contributions for presentations at ICCCI 2017. The submissions should present the results of original research or innovative practical applications relevant to the conference topics. Practical experiences with state-of-the-art in CCI methodologies are also acceptable to reflect lessons of unique value for the conference attendees. Contributions should be original and not published elsewhere or intended to be published during the review process. The conference language is English. The conference proceedings of ICCCI 2017 will be published in the prestigious Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence series by Springer and indexed by ISI(CPCI-S), Web of Science, EI, Scopus, DBLP, ACM Digital Library. All submissions should follow the LNCS/LNAI style and not exceed 10 pages. At least one full registration is required for each accepted paper in order to be included in the ICCCI 2017 proceedings. Each paper is to be submitted electronically as a single PDF file through EasyChair at http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… . To ensure high quality, all papers will be thoroughly reviewed by the ICCCI 2017 International Program Committee. Referees will be asked to nominate papers for a Best Paper award to be announced at the conference. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors who must register for the conference and pay the author registration fee. A selected number of accepted and personally presented papers, will be expanded and revised for possible inclusion in special issues of high quality scientific journals. Topics of Interest We welcome all submissions in the subjects of CCI related (but not limited) to the following topics: · Agent Theory and Application · Automated Reasoning · Cognitive Modeling of Agent Systems · Collective Intelligence · Collective Processing · Computational Biology · Computer Vision · Computational Intelligence · Computational Security · Consensus Computing · Cooperative Systems and Control · Cybernetics for Informatics · Data Integration · Data Mining for Social Networks · Distributed Intelligence · Evolutionary computing · Fuzzy Systems · Geographic Information Systems · Grey Theory · Group Decision Making · Hybrid Systems · Information Retrieval and Integration · Information Hiding · Intelligent Architectures · Intelligent Applications · Intelligent Buildings · Intelligent Control · Intelligent E-learning/Tutoring · Intelligent Image Processing · Intelligent Networks · Intelligent Transportation Systems · Knowledge Integration · Knowledge Representation · Knowledge-Based Systems · Logic in Intelligence · Machine Learning · Mobile Intelligence · Multicriteria Decision Making · Natural Language Processing · Optimization and Swarm Intelligence · Pattern Recognition · Probabilistic and Uncertain Reasoning · Rough Sets · Semantic Web · Smart Living Technology · Smart Sensor Networks · Soft Computing · Social Networks · Ubiquitous Computing · Web Intelligence and Interaction Important Dates · Submission of Papers: April 15, 2017 (extended) · Notification of Acceptance: June 1, 2017 · Camera-ready Submission: June 15, 2017 · Registration and Payment for Authors: June 15, 2017 · Conference Dates: September 27-29, 2017 Organization Honorary Chairs · Costas Christophides, Rector of University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Pierre Lévy, University of Ottawa, Canada · Cezary Madryas, Rector of Wroclaw University of Technology, Poland General Chairs · Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs · Costin Badica, University of Craiova, Romania · Piotr Jedrzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland · Kazumi Nakamatsu, University of Hyogo, Japan Organising Chair · Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Special Sessions and Workshops Chairs · Achilleas Achilleos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Bogdan Trawinski, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland Doctoral Track Chair · George Pallis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Publicity Chair · Christos Mettouris , University of Cyprus, Cyprus Local Organising Committee · Marios Komodromos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Christos Mettouris, University of Cyprus, Cyprus · Rafa Kern, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Marcin Pietranik, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Zbigniew Telec, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland Steering Committee · Ngoc Thanh Nguyen (chair), Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland · Piotr Jedrzejowicz, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland · Shyi-Ming Chen, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan · Kiem Hoang, University of Information Technology, VNU-HCM, Vietnam · Lakhmi C. Jain, University of South Australia, Australia · Geun-Sik Jo, Inha University, Korea · Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland · Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia · Toyoaki Nishida, Kyoto University, Japan · Manuel Núñez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

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Towards a Pedagogy of Civic Design
by Eric Gordon 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

I'm sharing an article that I and other faculty at the Engagement Lab at Emerson College recently published in the latest issue of Interactions Magazine: http://elabhome.blob.core.windows.net/resources/civic-media-art-and-practic…. It explores the Lab's pedagogy of civic design and uses our MA program Civic Media, Art & Practice (CMAP) to frame our approach. CMAP is a practice-based, intensive 12-month program centered around the production of a creative thesis project that highlights the relationship of media, art, and practice and explores a wide range of approaches to the art and design of civic media. We’re currently accepting applications for interdisciplinary minded students and recent graduates for CMAP (https://elab.emerson.edu/cmap) and would love your help reaching anyone who is looking to refine their skills and position themselves more strongly in the field of civic media. If you know someone who would be interested in applying to CMAP, please share this email with them. If they have questions about CMAP, they can reach out to me or the program director Paul Mihailidis < paul(a)elab.emerson.edu>. Thank you very much, Eric -- *Eric Gordon Ph.D.* Associate Professor, Visual and Media Arts Director, Engagement Lab Emerson College http://elab.emerson.edu Faculty Associate, Berkman Center for Internet and Society Harvard University

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8th IEEE International Conference on Information, Intelligence, Systems and Applications (IISA 2017): Fourth Call for Papers
by Announce Announcements 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

*** Fourth 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… 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: April 24, 2017 · Notification of Acceptance: May 29, 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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Data Publics, 1 & 2 April: Final programme & remaining tickets
by Deville, Joseph 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

There are a few remaining tickets for those interested in attending the Data Publics conference at Lancaster University, on the 1st and 2nd April. The programme of speakers and exhibitors has just been finalised and can be accessed here: http://datapublics.net/programme/ The conference will investigate the diverse ways in which publics are, and can be, constituted, provoked, threatened, understood, and represented. A broad and interdisciplinary range of speakers and exhibitors will examine the role played in the formation of publics by new on- and offline infrastructures, data visualisations, social and economic practices, research methods and creative practices, and emerging and future technologies (see the original call: http://datapublics.net/call-for-papers/) Keynote speakers include John Bowers (Newcastle University), Helen Kennedy (The University of Sheffield), Michiel de Lange (Utrecht University), Anders Koed Madsen (Aalborg University), Noortje Marres (University of Warwick), and Alex Taylor (Microsoft Research). Tickets for the two days are £80 / £50 (students/unwaged). Delegates may also purchase tickets for the two three course conference dinners on the evenings of Friday 31st March and Saturday 1st April (£30 each). To purchase tickets, visit http://datapublics.net/the-conference/register/ The conference is funded by the Digital Economy Network and the Data Science Institute (Lancaster University), with additional support from the Centre for Mobilities Research (Lancaster University), ImaginationLancaster, the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Digital Civics (Newcastle University), and the HighWire Centre for Doctoral Training (Lancaster University). Any queries can be sent to datapublics(a)lancaster.ac.uk

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2nd edition: Social Media: A Critical Introduction
by Christian Fuchs 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

Fuchs, Christian. 2017. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. 2nd edition. More info, classroom materials and the sample chapter "What are Social Media and Big Data?" can be found at: http://fuchs.uti.at/books/2nd-edition-social-media-a-critical-introduction/ With social media changing how we use and understand everything from communication and the news to transport, more than ever it is essential to ask the right kinds of questions about the business and politics of social media. This book equips students with the critical thinking they need to understand the complexities and contradictions and make informed judgements. This Second Edition: - Lays bare the structures and power relations at the heart of our media landscape. - Explores the sharing economy of Uber and Airbnb in a brand new chapter. - Takes us into the politics and economy of social media in China - Puts forward powerful arguments for how to achieve a social media that serves the purposes of a just and fair world -- Digital Objects, Digital Subjects: An Interdisciplinary Symposium on Activism, Research & Critique in the Age of Big Data Capitalism, May 20-21 @ University of Westminster, Registration: http://icts-and-society.net/events/digital-objects-digital-subjects-a-sympo…

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Announcing the Plenary Planel for #AoIR2017
by Michelle, AoIR Association Coordinator 10 Mar '17

10 Mar '17

We are very happy to announce the Plenary Panelists for #AoIR2017 in Tartu, Estonia, 18-21 Oct 2017. Panelists: André Brock, University of Michigan Adi Kuntsman, Manchester Metropolitan University Kaarina Nikunen, University of Tampere Eugenia Siapera, Dublin City University You can find out more information about these individuals here: https://aoir.org/aoir2017/program/ We look forward to an exciting conversation in Tartu! Regards, Michelle AoIR Association Coordinator

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