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"Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society": New Special Section published in the International Journal of Communication
by Arne Hintz 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

"Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society": New Special Section published in the International Journal of Communication The revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden have transformed our understanding of digital communication. Providing unprecedented insights into Internet and telecommunications surveillance, they pointed us to the ways in which the 'datafication' of increasing aspects of our lives have become central to governance and control. What, then, are the implications of ubiquitous surveillance for digital citizenship? How should we understand the actions of citizens in a monitored and datafied environment? In what ways do power relations between citizens and the state shift ― and with what avenues for intervention? Guest-edited by Arne Hintz, Lina Dencik, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Michael Rogers and Ian Brown, this Special Section on Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society discusses the state of digital citizenship in the aftermath of the Snowden revelations, based on findings from a two-year UK-based research project. A first group of contributors present project results on the implications of the Snowden leaks for journalism, public knowledge, possibilities for dissent, technological infrastructure, and regulatory frameworks. A second group ― renowned scholars from the fields of surveillance, media and journalism studies, as well as representatives of civil society organizations ― situate these findings in current developments in datafied societies. Together, the articles present a comprehensive analysis of the consequences of the Snowden leaks, and they re-think digital citizenship in a post-Snowden world. The Special Section is available as part of volume 11 of the International Journal of Communication: http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/issue/view/13. It includes the following articles: Digital Citizenship and Surveillance Society – Editorial Introduction<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5521> Arne Hintz, Lina Dencik, Karin Wahl-Jorgensen The Normalization of Surveillance and the Invisibility of Digital Citizenship: Media Debates After the Snowden Revelations<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5523> Karin Wahl-Jorgensen, Lucy Bennett, Gregory Taylor The Advent of Surveillance Realism: Public Opinion and Activist Responses to the Snowden Leaks<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5524> Lina Dencik, Jonathan Cable Enabling Digital Citizenship? The Reshaping of Surveillance Policy After Snowden<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5522> Arne Hintz, Ian Brown The Snowden Disclosures, Technical Standards and the Making of Surveillance Infrastructures<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5525> Michael Rogers, Grace Eden Surveillance Culture, Ethics and Digital Citizenship<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5527> David Lyon Citizen Snowden<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5642> Engin Isin, Evelyn Ruppert The Snowden Revelations and the Networked Fourth Estate<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/5526> Adrienne Russell, Silvio Waisbord To Pre-Empt a Thief<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6308> Mark Andrejevic What Changed After Snowden? A U.S. Perspective ― Commentary<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6733> Ben Wizner Compromising Over Technology, Security, and Privacy ― Commentary<http://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/6825> Gus Hosein ---------------- Dr Arne Hintz Senior Lecturer | Director MA Digital Media and Society Co-Director Data Justice Lab School of Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies | Cardiff University Bute Building, King Edward VII Avenue | Cardiff CF10 3NB Email: HintzA(a)cardiff.ac.uk | Tel: +44 (0)29 208 76281 | Twitter: @arne_hz Fellow | Center for Media, Data and Society | Central European University

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WEBCAST TODAY: Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee (CSMAC) – Jan 25 2017
by Joly MacFie 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Following the resignation of Larry Strickling, the NTIA is currently headless <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/offices>. However the Office of Spectrum Management ploughs on under the capable leadership of Paige Atkins. It's a fine example of multistakeholder process via the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee, especially since 2010 when a Presidential Memorandum ordered 500Mhz of Federal Spectrum be opened up to other uses. It meets twice a year.The main topic under discussion at the Jan 2017 meeting was spectrum sharing, Obviously the 5Ghz band i.e LTE-U is a major concern, measuerement, beaconing etc, and the development of 5G. At this meeting commitments were made to establish standards, documentation, and transparency. This is just starting. It runs almost 2.5 hours. I will post to YouTube after it finishes. joly posted: "On January 25 2017 the Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee held an Open Meeting in Washington DC. CSMAC provides advice to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the U.S. National Telecommunications and" [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/csmac>On *January 25 2017* the *Commerce Spectrum Management Advisory Committee <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/category/csmac>* held an* Open Meeting <https://www.ntia.doc.gov/federal-register-notice/2016/commerce-spectrum-man…>* in Washington DC. CSMAC provides advice to the U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information and the U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) on spectrum management policy matters. A recording of the meeting will be streamed at *10am ET (14:00 UTC) today* on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/csmac>*. *View on Livestream*: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/csmac *Meeting Agenda*: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/csmac_agenda_-_january_25_… *Topics & Questions*: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/csmac_topics_jan_25_2017.p… *Transcript*: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/0125csmac.pdf *NTIA Preliminary Response*: https://www.ntia.doc.gov/files/ntia/publications/prelminary_ntia_actions_17… f *Twitter*: #CSMAC https://twitter.com/hashtag/CSMAC Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8983#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8983#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8983 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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Literature request: Social Media Technologies
by Karin Hansson 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Dear colleagues, I am taking over a course in "Social Media Technologies” and need to refresh the literature a bit. The aim of the course is to introduce, experiment with and further develop technologies that underlie social media content and services. Any recommendations? Best regards, Karin Hansson

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I: ICT 2017: request to PC members for call dissemination
by A. MARTURANO 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Inviato da Yahoo Mail su Android Il gio, 16 feb, 2017 alle 11:57, ICT 2017<secretariat(a)ict-conf.org> ha scritto: Dear colleague, We issued a New Date of the 1st Call for Papers for the 10th International Conference on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2017 (ICT 2017), with a submission deadline until 6 of March, 2017. This new date is independent of already submitted papers and do not clash with the notification date already given for the papers that are being reviewed. We would like to request that you disseminate this conference call, that you can find below in this email, through colleagues, other researchers, students and interested people, and also through mailing lists, conference calendars, institutional pages, etc. This is really crucial to attract more submissions. Thank you for any efforts put into this task. Best regards, Program Chair Piet Kommers, University of Twente, The Netherlands MCCSIS General Conference Co-Chair Pedro Isaias, The University of Queensland, Australia ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Apologies for cross-postings. Please send to interested colleagues and students CALL FOR PAPERS ICT 2017 - Submission deadline (1st call - new date): 6 March 2017 10th International Conference on ICT, Society and Human Beings 2017 Lisbon, Portugal, 20 - 22 July 2017 (http://www.ict-conf.org/) Part of the Multi Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (MCCSIS 2017) Lisbon, Portugal, 20 - 23 July 2017 (http://www.mccsis.org) * Keynote Speaker (confirmed): Dr. Dr. Norbert Streitz, Scientific Director, Smart Future Initiative, Germany * Conference Scope The effects of ICT on human beings as well as the interaction between ICT, individuals, and society are all within the focus of this conference. Both analyses of interactions and effects are important. Changes in behaviour, perspectives, values, competencies, human and psychological aspects and feelings are all of interest. Reflections on past, present, and future challenges - especially planning to handle the future - are encouraged. The conference pays attention to societal changes, global and more local organisational and institutional changes, changes in values and in lifestyles, as well as individual cognitive effects and changes, motivational and emotional changes. It also appeals to solution-building in terms of desirable goals and actions for reaching a Good Information Society. In general all types of research strategies are encouraged, and especially cross-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary studies. Case studies, broader empirical field studies, theoretical analyses, cross-cultural studies, scenarios, ethnographic studies, epistemological analyses may all be presented. For more details please check http://www.ict-conf.org/call-for-papers . * Paper Submission This is a blind peer-reviewed conference. Authors are invited to submit their papers in English through the conference submission system by March 6, 2017. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously. * Important Dates: - Submission Deadline (1st call - new date): 6 March 2017 - Notification to Authors (1st call - new date): 3 April 2017 - Final Camera-Ready Submission and Early Registration (1st call - new date): Until 28 April 2017 - Late Registration (1st call - new date): After 28 April 2017 * Paper Publication The papers will be published in book and electronic format with ISBN, will be made available through the Digital Library available at http://www.iadisportal.org/digital-library/showsearch. The conference proceedings will be submitted for indexation by IET's INSPEC, Elsevier, EI Compendex, Scopus, Thomson Reuters Web of Science, EBSCO and other important indexing services. The best papers will be selected for publishing as extended versions in the IADIS International Journal on WWW/Internet (ISSN: 1645-7641) and also in journals from INDERSCIENCE Publishers. * Conference Contact: E-mail: secretariat(a)ict-conf.org Web site: http://www.ict-conf.org/ * Organized by: International Association for Development of the Information Society * Registered participants in the ICT, Society and Human Beings conference may attend the other conferences part of MCCSIS 2017 free of charge.

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2 Jobs: Service Designer & Visual Designer in San Francisco Gov
by Marc Hébert 16 Feb '17

16 Feb '17

Hello Friends, Anyone you know who may be interested in working in the Innovation Office of the San Francisco Human Services Agency <http://sfhsainnovationoffice.tumblr.com>? Please share widely. Thank you! *Service Designer/UX Researcher *(Apply by 2/24/17 Here goo.gl/NcTDQx) We're looking for another service designer or UX researcher to help over 200,000 San Franciscans living in poverty and abuse. Your expertise will focus on examining and improving how clients experience Agency services digitally, in person, by phone and mail. You will work with employees across the Agency to share service design methods while co-creating measurable improvements in internal processes and the public’s experiences with service delivery. Three years of service design or UX research experience required. Strong emotional intelligence, humility, and being a team player preferred. Candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences welcome. More info: goo.gl/NcTDQx *Visual Designer Job* (Apply by 2/28/17 Here goo.gl/qPA8b3) Are you a visual designer who wants to help the estimated one in four San Franciscans living in poverty and abuse? Your expertise will help the Agency improve how the public experiences forms, signage, and other “touchpoints” both online and in print. You will walk through internal and public processes for service delivery, visualize them as experience maps, and then collaborate with colleagues to implement measurable change. You will create infographics from dashboards and spreadsheets to tell visual stories that help managers and analysts see new opportunities for improving the client experience and internal processes. You will also help the Agency’s Digital Services team as needed. Three years of visual design experience required. Strong emotional intelligence, humility, and being a team player preferred. Candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences welcome. More info: goo.gl/qPA8b3 Overview of the SF Gov Hiring Process: sfdhr.org/how-apply-position Some folks have asked us if we can sponsor their visa for these two positions. Sorry, but we can't. Thanks again, Marc -- Marc Hebert | 2013 CfA Fellow Design Anthropologist San Francisco Human Services Agency sfhsainnovationoffice.tumblr.com <http://www.sfhsainnovationoffice.tumblr.com/>

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student guide to IP, internet architecture, proxy servers, etc.?
by Charles Ess 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Hi all, I'm teaching an MA-level course on freedom of expression online, including somewhat technical analyses of early claims that the internet "interprets censorship as damage and routes around it" through contemporary censorship and surveillance efforts, tools for circumventing such efforts (Tor, Walid Al-Saqaf's al-kazir tool, and so on), tools for circumventing the circumvention (thank you, NSA ... as well as some approaches to Big Data, etc.) What I'm encountering is, I think, a common issue for which there must be a good set of available responses. That is, many of my students, however gifted, skilled, and well-informed they may be on other matters, seem to lack a basic understanding of how information gets passed along on the internet; what a proxy server is and why / how it works, and so on. While I'm not expecting great depths of technical knowledge, it does seem to me that some rudimentary level of knowing how these technologies work is necessary, both for a kind of basic information literacy and certainly for more considered analyses of censorship, freedom of expression, etc. So: suggestions for accessible, student-friendly resources that I can recommend and perhaps partly explore with my students that could help begin to fill in some of these more technical gaps in their / my knowledge? Many thanks in advance, - charles ess == Professor in Media Studies Department of Media and Communication University of Oslo <http://www.hf.uio.no/imk/english/people/aca/charlees/index.html> Editor, The Journal of Media Innovations <https://www.journals.uio.no/index.php/TJMI/> Postboks 1093 Blindern 0317 Oslo, Norway c.m.ess(a)media.uio.no

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[CfP] TWO-WEEKS left CfP Web Science 2017
by Marie Joan Kristine Gloria 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Dear AoIR colleagues, A friendly reminder that the CfP deadline for Web Science 2017 is fast approaching. Please do let me know if you have any questions. Best, Kristine *WEB SCIENCE 2017: Call for Papers and Abstracts* *Key notes:* - *DEADLINE: March 1, 2017 (intent to submit) * - *DEADLINE: March 8, 2017 (**Submission of long papers and short papers)* - Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=websci17 The Web Science conference <http://websci17.org/> is a unique venue where different disciplines are brought together in a creative and critical dialogue with the aim of understanding the Web. It welcomes participation from all fields including (but not limited to) art, anthropology, computer and information sciences, communication, economics, humanities, informatics, law, linguistics, philosophy, political science, psychology, and sociology. We particularly welcome contributions that seek to cross traditional disciplinary boundaries. We are seeking papers and abstracts that describe original research, analysis, and practice in the field of Web Science, as well as work that discusses novel and thought-provoking ideas and works-in-progress. Topics Possible topics for submissions include (but are not limited to) the following: Current theoretical, methodological, and epistemological challenges of Web Science: - Ethical challenges of technologies, data, algorithms, platforms, and people in the Web - Interdisciplinarity in Web Science - Modeling Web-related structures, data, users and behaviours - Impact of big data on the development of Web Science - Web Science approaches to data science, data analytics, and the Web of data - Detecting, preventing and predicting anomalies in Web data - Data curation and stewardship in Web Science - Sharing Web research data, Web archiving, and scholarly uses of Web archives - The psychological, sociological, legal and technological aspects related to the temporal and spatial dimensions of the web as a repository of information Web practices of individuals, collectives, institutions, and platforms: - The architecture and philosophy of the Web - Social machines, collective intelligence, and collaborative production - Health and well-being online - Humanities, arts, and culture on the Web - Web Science and the Internet of Things - Web economics, social entrepreneurship, and innovation - Analysis of online social and information networks, social media analyses Governance, democracy, access, intellectual property: - Personal data and privacy - Anonymity, security and trust for Web access - Web access, literacy, divides, and development - Knowledge, education, and scholarship on and through the Web IMPORTANT DATES MARCH 1, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) - Intention to submit: Intent to submit long and or short papers via EasyChair <(https://easychair.org/confer ences/?conf=websci17).> MARCH 8, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) - Submission of long papers and short papers. PDFs of these submission must be uploaded by this date. APRIL 26, 2017 (WEDNESDAY) - Notifications: acceptance and rejections of long and short papers MAY 1, 2017 (MONDAY) - Submission of extended abstracts: PDFs of these must be uploaded by this date MAY 17, 2017 (WEDNESDAY)- Notification: acceptances and rejections of extended abstracts MAY 24, 2017 (WEDNESDAY): Presenters who do not opt out of having their contribution appear in the proceedings must upload the camera-ready copy of their paper to EasyChair by this date. -- Kristine Gloria, Ph.D. @gloriakt gVoice: (562) 448-2697 Skype: gloriakt1

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Call for Abstracts / Talk Summary: Deadlines at the mobileGov World Summit approaching fast
by emre＠mgovernment.net 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

Dear Colleagues, The mobileGov World Summit and the Global mobileGov Awards 2017 aims to be a prime platform for applications of mobile technologies in the public sector. High level representations from Industry, Governments and their Agencies and NGOs/NPOs meet at this Summit to exchange ideas and practical experiences of the recent achievements. To access the info on confirmed speakers, current agenda, programme highlights, registrations, exhibiting and sponsorship opportunities, please refer to conference website: www.m4life.org and show interest. The Deadline for speaking, tutorial and panel proposals is 1st of March (less than two weeks). Please send us a short abstract / talk summary or proposals through conf(a)m4life.org. I would be grateful if you could forward this information among your network of professionals who may want to share their expertise with the leading government representatives and sector leaders. Best wishes, -- Emre Simsek Researcher MobileGov UK http://www.mgovernment.net/ emre(a)mgovernment.org

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CfP Different Bodies: (Self-)Representation, Disability and the Media
by Jacob Johanssen 15 Feb '17

15 Feb '17

*CfP Different Bodies: (Self-)Representation, Disability and the Media* *University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom* *23 June 2017* This one-day conference seeks to explore representations of the body as strange, shameful, wrong, impaired, wounded, scarred, disabled, lacking, different or ‘other’ in contemporary media. The advent of digital media has underlined the importance of visual culture and our curiosity in representations of the body to form opinions about ourselves and others. Media portrayals of bodies can affect our lives because media are one of the primary agents of socialization (Moore and Kosut, 2010). Bodies we see in newspapers, on television and in our social media feeds are often made to appear perfect in order to conform to racialized and heteronormative ideals of what it means to be beautiful and normal in contemporary capitalist societies. Presentations of the body that are white, young, slim and productive have been critiqued from different fields in academia such as feminism, queer theory, disability studies, critical theory and postcolonial studies. The digital media landscape is posing new challenges to the study of body representation. The Internet and social media in particular have led to an increased representation and engagement with the body through practices such as selfies, webcamming, blogging, vlogging and so on. While digital media may contribute to an empowerment of excluded and silenced bodies, they may equally open up spaces of discrimination, threats, hatred, trolling and silencing online, as the #gamergate controversy or author Lizzie Velásquez’ self-presentation on social media have recently illustrated. A critical approach to representations of bodies and disability is therefore essential as a means of change (Bolt, 2014). This conference aims to develop a new understanding of disability and the media in the 21st century by establishing a dialogue between different scholars on the theme of body representations. In particular, we seek to formulate new questions to comprehend how the tension between non-digital and digital media is creating spaces for new ways of framing disabled bodies. How are new narratives being developed to recount diversity? What is their function? What is the relationship between representation of the body in news outlets and self-representation on social media? What are the epistemological opportunities the media could embrace in order to promote equality, health literacy and ultimately, a more comprehensive understanding of what it means to be human? We encourage interdisciplinary paper presentations of 15 minutes that aim to explore how narratives and images of other bodies are constructed in the media and what their aesthetic, social, cultural, epistemological and political implications are. Papers may draw on media and communication studies, as well as queer theory, disability studies, postcolonial studies, feminist theory, critical theory, psychoanalysis, psychosocial studies, literature, history, visual studies, anthropology, health communication, religious studies, medicine and philosophy. Possible themes include but are not limited to: - Researching bodies and the media: frameworks and methodologies - Journalism and practices of othering the body - The mediated body as spectacle - Celebrity bodies and the spectacles of transformation - The abject body - Stigma and the body - De-colonizing and de-westernising the mediated body - Neoliberalism, policy and austerity politics - (Dis)Empowerments of the disabled body - The objectification of the disabled body in the media - Contemporary coverage of disability in print/online/television/radio - Reality television and the body - Auto-ethnographic accounts of the body in / through digital media - The medicalised body in the media - Representing wounds and scars - Affective labour of bodies - The body and trauma This conference is part of the research project ‘Facial Disfigurement in the UK Media: From Print to Online’, led by Dr. Diana Garrisi (University of Westminster) and Dr. Jacob Johanssen (University of Westminster) that is financed through the University of Westminster Strategic Research Fund. Invited speakers include Henrietta Spalding, Head of Advocacy at the UK charity Changing Faces (http://www.changingfaces.org.uk/) Please send in abstracts of no longer than 500 words to both Jacob Johanssen (j.johanssen(a)westminster.ac.uk) and Diana Garrisi ( d.garrisi2(a)westminster.ac.uk) by 28th April 2017. Conference attendance will be free. We seek to provide an open and inclusive space for everyone.

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Critical QR Code Research
by Tracey P. Lauriault 14 Feb '17

14 Feb '17

Greetings all! Have any of you come across critical analysis and studies of the QR Code ? I have found lots of instrumental papers, and hype, etc. but not much otherwise. Or critical reflections on UID? Thank you Tracey PS will share back what comes! -- *Tracey P. Lauriault* Assistant Professor Critical Media Studies and Big Data Communication Studies School of Journalism and Communication Suite 4110, River Building Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa (ON) K1S 5B6 1-613-520-2600 x7443 Tracey.Lauriault(a)Carleton.ca @TraceyLauriault Skype: Tracey.P.Lauriault https://carleton.ca/sjc/people-archives/lauriault-tracey/

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