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Fwd: [hackademia] IRC channel
by Sarah Myers West 07 Oct '16

07 Oct '16

Hi all! Sharing this with Biella's permission - there's an IRC channel now running on freenode for those of us who are researching hacker communities, #hackademia. There are a lot of different guides out there to accessing IRC, but here's an easy browser link for anyone who isn't familiar: https://webchat. freenode.net/?channels=#hackademia. Best, Sarah ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: biella <biella(a)riseup.net> Date: Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 5:11 AM Subject: [hackademia] IRC channel To: "hackademia(a)lists.riseup.net" <hackademia(a)lists.riseup.net> Hi all, There is an hackademia IRC channel on freenode. #hackademia More detailed instructions for those who don't know how to use it coming later. Biella -- *Sarah Myers West* Doctoral Candidate and Wallis Annenberg Graduate Research Fellow Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism University of Southern California E-mail: sarahmye(a)usc.edu Twitter: @sarahbmyers

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CFP: “Digital Media and the Spatial Transformation of Public Contention” - ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop
by Anastasia Kavada 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Dear all, Please see below for the call for papers of the ECPR Joint Sessions Workshop on “Digital Media and the Spatial Transformation of Public Contention”. The full description of the workshop can be found here: https://ecpr.eu/Events/PanelDetails.aspx?PanelID=4836&EventID=104 CFP: The proposed workshop explores and theorizes how the rise of online platforms, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Tumblr, is affecting the spatial configuration of public contention. The goal is to create a cross-disciplinary network of scholars to develop a new dynamic conception of publicness. Rather than simply situating contentious politics within a specific ‘sphere’ that serves as their container, we are interested in examining how contentious politics unfolds across different geographical, cultural, political and material configurations. The workshop specifically calls for papers that investigate and conceptualize how in contemporary protests relations of publicness are constantly redrawn across the ‘local’, ‘national’, and ‘transnational’. Moreover, it aims to stimulate research on how the technological infrastructures of the emerging hybrid media system, in which digital platforms, broadcast media, and face-to-face communication are deeply entangled, shape the spatial trajectories of public contention. Finally, the workshop hopes to attract papers that critically examine how the intense use of digital media in public contestation, often in combination with alternative media, further confuses the traditional distinction between ‘public’ and ‘commercial’ space. In combination, the papers should enable a lively debate on how to research and theorize public contention in the new communication environment. Do we have to revise or even abandon dominant conceptualizations of publicness, like the public sphere, which are very much predicated on the nation state? And if so, what new concepts do we need to understand how the rapid development of digital platforms is transforming the spaces of public contestation? Joint Session Workshops of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) include 15-20 participants and allow in-depth discussion on a specific topic. The 2017 Joint Sessions will take place in Nottingham between 25-30 April 2017. The deadline for submitting paper proposals is on the 1st December 2016. To submit your paper proposal please follow this link: https://ecpr.eu/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMyEcpr%2fForms%2fPaperProposalForm.… For any questions about this workshop please contact Anastasia Kavada at A.Kavada(a)westminster.ac.uk<mailto:A.Kavada@westminster.ac.uk> and Thomas Poell at Poell(a)uva.nl<mailto:Poell@uva.nl> Many thanks, Anastasia and Thomas The University of Westminster is a charity and a company limited by guarantee. Registration number: 977818 England. Registered Office: 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW. This message and its attachments are private and confidential. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender and remove it and its attachments from your system.

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CfP: 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) - Toronto, Canada - July 28-30, 2017
by Anatoliy 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Apologies for cross-postings ******************************** 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) WHEN: July 28-30, 2017 WHERE: Toronto, Canada (Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University) SUBMISSION DEADLINES: Dec 5, 2016: Workshops, Tutorials, & Panels Jan 16, 2017: Full & WIP Papers Mar 6, 2017: Poster Abstracts Conference website: <http://SocialMediaAndSociety.org> http://SocialMediaAndSociety.org CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2017 #SMSociety Theme: Social Media for Social Good or Evil Our online behaviour is far from virtual--it extends our offline lives. Much social media research has identified the positive opportunities of using social media; for example, how people use social media to form support groups online, participate in political uprising, raise money for charities, extend teaching and learning outside the classroom, etc. However, mirroring offline experiences, we have also seen social media being used to spread propaganda and misinformation, recruit terrorists, live stream criminal activities, reinforce echo chambers by politicians, and perpetuate hate and oppression (such as racist, sexist, homophobic, and anti-Semitic behaviour). Furthermore, behind the posts are algorithms, power structures, commercial interests and other factors that surreptitiously influence our experiences on social media. So, we ask: * What does it actually mean to use social media for social good? * How can social media be further leveraged for social justice? What are the threats to meaningful participation and how can we overcome these threats? * What do we know about the 4 W's of who, what, why, where (and how) do people engage in anti-social behaviour online? * What theoretical and methodological tools can we use to study anti-social behaviour? Can we detect such behaviour automatically? * What are the ethics of algorithms (inclusion, accessibility, data discrimination, bots)? * What are the legal, policy, privacy, and ethical implications of using social big data? * Considering the proliferation of bots online, can we still trust social media data? * And more broadly, what are the major effects of using social media on political, economic, individual, and social aspects of our society? The 2017 International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) invites scholarly and original submissions that relate to the broad theme of Social Media & Society. We welcome both quantitative and qualitative work which crosses interdisciplinary boundaries and expands our understanding of the current and future trends in social media research, especially those that explore some of the questions and issues raised above. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: The International Conference on Social Media & Society (#SMSociety) is an annual gathering of leading social media researchers from around the world. Now, in its 8th year, the 2017 conference will be held in Toronto, Canada at Ted Rogers School of Management, Ryerson University on July 28-30. >From its inception, the Conference has focused on the best practices for studying the impact and implications of social media on society. Our invited industry and academic keynotes have highlighted the shifting questions and concerns for the social media research community. From introducing media multiplexity and networked individualism with Caroline Haythornthwaite and Barry Wellman in 2010 and 2011, to measuring influence with Gilad Lotan and Sharad Goel in 2012 and 2013, to defining social media research as a field with Keith Hampton in 2014, to identifying our commitments as social media researchers in policy making with Bill Dutton in 2015, to exploring the future of social media technologies with John Weigelt in 2015, to highlighting the challenges of social media data mining in the context of big data with Susan Halford and Helen Kennedy in 2016. Organized by the <http://socialmedialab.ca/> Social Media Lab at <http://www.ryerson.ca/tedrogersschool/> Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University, the conference provides participants with opportunities to exchange ideas, present original research, learn about recent and ongoing studies, and network with peers. The conference's intensive three-day program features workshops, full papers, work-in-progress papers, panels, and posters. The wide-ranging topics in social media showcase research from scholars working in many fields including Communication, Computer Science, Education, Journalism, Information Science, Management, Political Science, Sociology, Social Work, etc. SUBMISSION DETAILS: See online at https://socialmediaandsociety.org/submit/ PUBLISHING OPPORTUNITIES: Full and WIP (short) papers presented at the Conference will be published in the conference proceedings by <http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2930971&CFID=847001369&CFTOKEN=15617273&p reflayout=flat#prox> ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS) and will be available in the ACM Digital Library. All conference presenters will be invited to submit their work as a full paper to the special issue of the <http://sms.sagepub.com/> Social Media + Society journal (published by SAGE). TOPICS OF INTEREST: Social Media Impact on Society . Political Mobilization & Engagement . Extremism & Terrorism . Politics of Hate and Oppression . The Sharing/Attention Economy . Social Media & Health . Virality & Memes . Social Media & Social Justice . Social Media & Business (Marketing, PR, HR, Risk Management, etc.) . Social Media & Academia (Alternative Metrics, Learning Analytics, etc.) . Social Media & Public Administration . Social Media & the News Online/Offline Communities . Trust & Credibility in Social Media . Online Community Detection . Influential User Detection . Identity Social Media & Small Data . Case Studies of Online Communities Formed on Social Media . Case Studies of Offline Communities that Rely on Social Media . Sampling Issues . Value of Small Data Social Media & Big Data . Visualization of Social Media Data . Social Media Data Mining . Scalability Issues & Social Media Data . Social Media Analytics . Ethics of Big Data/Algorithms Theories & Methods . Qualitative & Quantitative Approaches . Opinion Mining & Sentiment Analysis . Social Network Analysis . Theoretical Models for Studying, Analysing and Understanding Social Media Social Media & Mobile . App-ification of Society . Privacy & Security Issues in the Mobile World . Apps for the Social Good . Networking Apps ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Anatoliy Gruzd, Ryerson University, Canada - Conference Chair Jenna Jacobson, University of Toronto, Canada - Conference Chair Philip Mai, Ryerson University, Canada - Conference Chair K. Hazel Kwon, Arizona State University, USA - Poster Chair ADVISORY BOARD: William H. Dutton, Michigan State University, USA Zizi Papacharissi, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA Barry Wellman, INSNA Founder, The Netlab Network

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Event: Harun Farocki and the Question of Cognitive Labour
by Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Harun Farocki and the Question of Cognitive Labour https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harun-farocki-and-the-question-of-cognitive-… https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/harun-farocki-and-the-question-of-cogn… Fri 18 November 2016 18:30 – 21:00 University of Westminster 309 Regent Street 1st Floor Boardroom London W1B 2HW Marking the 120-year anniversary of the first screening of Lumière Brothers' *Workers Leaving the Factory* at the University of Westminster’s Regent Street campus, the Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies hosts an evening featuring short films by Harun Farocki and comments by two distinguished experts. In 1896, the Royal Polytechnic Institution – today the University of Westminster – hosted the first ever screening of moving images to a British audience: A set of ten short films by the Lumière Brothers. One of these was *Workers Leaving the Factory*. In 1995, German filmmaker Harun Farocki produced a film of the same title, exploring the relation between the cinema and the factory. Farocki asked: W hy have the factory and industrial labour been systematically hidden and disregarded in the history of cinema? Through the montage of similar scenes from the history of film, Farocki depicts the factory gate as a site of social struggle. The gate functions as a metaphor for the gradual eviction of the industrial worker from the factory and the emergence of new forms of cognitive labour. In other words, *Workers Leaving the Factory* marks the exit of the mass worker from industrial capitalism and into what is called the social factory in Italian autonomous theory. Farocki’s films prompt us to ask pressing questions in relation to what today is called cognitive/informational/cultural labour. The event aims to show how contemporary theories of labour allow us to read and interpret the work of one of the key figures in contemporary German cinema and how cinema can inform critical social theory. On this evening, Dr Claudio Celis Bueno (Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies) and Dr Michael Cowan (University of S. Andrews) will be exploring the internal relation between the audio-visual work of Farocki and new theoretical reflections on labour in contemporary society. Drawing lines backwards into film history, the event takes place in the historical building where the Lumière Brothers’ film was first shown to a British public. We will be just next door to the Regent Street Cinema, which was re-opened by University of Westminster in 2015.

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Event: Harun Farocki and the Question of Cognitive Labour
by Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

Harun Farocki and the Question of Cognitive Labour https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/harun-farocki-and-the-question-of-cognitive-… https://www.westminster.ac.uk/events/harun-farocki-and-the-question-of-cogn… Fri 18 November 2016 18:30 – 21:00 University of Westminster 309 Regent Street 1st Floor Boardroom London W1B 2HW On this evening, Dr Claudio Celis Bueno (Westminster Institute for Advanced Studies) and Dr Michael Cowan (University of S. Andrews) will be exploring the internal relation between the audio-visual work of Farocki and new theoretical reflections on labour in contemporary society.

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PhD scholarship in media studies with special focus on visual images of conflicts (University of Copenhagen)
by Mette Mortensen 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

PhD Scholarship in media studies with special focus on visual images of conflicts. The Department of Media, Cognition, and Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, invites applications for a 3-year PhD scholarship. The successful candidate will be situated within the "Images of Conflict, Conflicting Images" (ICCI) core group project supported by the Velux Foundation. The scholarship is expected to begin February 1, 2017, or as soon as possible thereafter. Deadline for applications November 16 2016. Please see this link for details about the position and the application requirements: http://employment.ku.dk/phd/?show=859841 Mette Mortensen, PhD Associate professor Section of Film, Media and Communication Department of Media, Cognition and Communication University of Copenhagen Karen Blixensvej 4 (+45)3532 9181 metmort(a)hum.ku.dk<mailto:metmort@hum.ku.dk> http://mcc.ku.dk/staff/?pure=en/persons/182931 Recent books: - Journalism and Eyewitness Images: Digital Media, Participation, and Conflict. Routledge (2015). http://www.routledge.com/books/details/9780415828499/ - News Across Media. Production, Distribution and Consumption. Routledge: 2016. Co-edited with Jakob Linaa Jensen & Jacob Ørmen. https://www.routledge.com/News-Across-Media-Production-Distribution-and-Con sumption/Jensen-Mortensen-rmen/p/book/9781138911734 - The Dynamics of Mediatized Conflicts. Peter Lang: 2015. Co-edited with Mikkel Fugl Eskjær & Stig Hjarvard. https://www.peterlang.com/view/product/31130

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Internet Policy Review special issue: Doing internet governance
by Frédéric Dubois 06 Oct '16

06 Oct '16

[image: Doing Internet Governance] <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/doing-internet-governance-practi…> S P E C I A L I S S U E What are the invisible politics at work in the governance of the internet? Do companies frame the work of app developers and webmasters? What are the power structures behind Bitcoin? Was the Free Basics controversy in India a clear case of the clash of ideologies? These, and many more questions are tackled within the most recent publication Doing Internet Governance: The Practices, Controversies, Infrastructures, and Institutions <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/doing-internet-governance-practi…> of the* Internet Policy Review*. This special issue makes an argument for, and illustrates, the applicability of a science and technology studies (STS) informed approach to internet governance research. An editorial and ten articles by a broad range of scholars aim to add to the mainstream internet governance scholarship by unpacking macro questions of politics and power. They do so through the analysis of the mundane and taken-for-granted practices and discourses that constitute the design, regulation, maintenance, and use of both technical and institutional arrangements of internet governance. Together, this body of work calls to rethink how we conceptualise both internet and governance. Take a look <http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/doing-internet-governance-practi…> The editors of this special issue are Dmitry Epstein, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago (dmitry(a)uic.edu <dmitry@uic.edu?subject=IPR+Special+Edition:+Doing+Internet+Governance>), Christian Katzenbach, Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society ( katzenbach(a)hiig.de <katzenbach@hiig.de?subject=IPR+Special+Edition:+Doing+Internet+Governance>) and Francesca Musiani, Institute for Communication Sciences, CNRS/Paris-Sorbonne/UPMC (francesca.musiani(a)cnrs.fr <francesca.musiani@cnrs.fr?subject=IPR+Special+Edition:+Doing+InternetGovernance> ). [image: Doing Internet Governance] You exceptionally received this mail because you are subscribed to the AoIR list. Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Französische Straße 9 | 10117 Berlin | info(a)hiig.de <info(a)hiig.de>

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PhD Opportunities at the University of Melbourne
by Scott Wright 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Hi everyone, The Media and Communications (M&C) program at The University of Melbourne is now calling for expressions of interest from prospective Australian postgraduate research students as part of the University’s annual Scholarship Round. The M&C program is a leading Australian university research environment, offering a vibrant space for research students exploring numerous areas of enquiry in media, communications, and related areas. We are actively connected with the Asian region, and engaged with numerous public institutions and industry organisations. The university is one of the top-ranked institutions in the world, and the top-ranked institution in Australia (THE 2016). We are seeking enthusiastic applicants with excellent academic track records (equal to an Australian Bachelor Degree with First Class Honours) for competitive PhD scholarships to undertake study in our program. In particular we are keen to support applicants that align with our key areas of research: - Children, youth and digital media - Humanitarian communication and crisis reporting - Journalism studies and digital journalism - Marketing communication - Media and mobility - Political communication - Public cultures - Publishing studies - Media theory and digital culture - Urban communication Closing date for applications is October 31st; though we encourage potential applicants to make contact with relevant supervisors in the M&C or publishing and communications programs: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication/welcome/staff Further information on our program can be found here: http://arts.unimelb.edu.au/culture-communication/study/media-and-communicat… Information about application process can be found here: http://graduate.arts.unimelb.edu.au/degrees/25-doctor-of-philosophy-arts/ap… Apologies for cross-posting! Cheers, Scott www.scott-wright.net Dr Scott Wright Senior Lecturer in Political Communication University of Melbourne Melbourne VIC, 3000 Australia http://culture-communication.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/dr-scott-wright

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USC Annenberg assistant professor job
by christina dunbar-hester 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

(with apologies for x-posting) The School of Communication at USC’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is searching for a tenure-track Assistant Professor. This search aims to help create a diverse faculty body and especially seeks applicants who contribute to equal opportunity here at USC. We particularly welcome candidates who place race and ethnicity, diasporic communication, communication and media issues in underserved populations, or social inequalities at the center of their research and teaching interests, as well as faculty who might bring to their research diverse perspectives that stem in part from their non-traditional educational backgrounds or from their personal experiences as members of groups historically underrepresented in higher education. Candidates may work in any area in the Communications field: Media Studies, Cultural Studies, Rhetoric, Information and Communication Technologies, Health Communication, among others. Applicants should have earned a Ph.D. in Communication or in a related discipline. Scholars representing all methodological traditions are encouraged to apply. ABD’s who will have degree in hand by August 2017 and recent Ph.D.s are especially encouraged to apply. This position would potentially be supported in part by the USC Provost’s Assistant Professor Fellowship program, which supports new faculty to pursue scholarship and tenure. The Provost’s Assistant Professor Fellowship program provides a first year without teaching obligations followed by the standard six-year probationary appointment. We seek a colleague whose work will grow into making high-impact interventions into the Communications field and contribute to the current and future work of the School, and to that of the USC campus broadly. *Applicants* In order to be considered for this position, all candidates must apply via the USC Employee Recruitment Services website at the following link http://jobs.usc.edu/postings/76139. Submission materials should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, samples of recent referred publications and the names and contact information for three recommenders. The cover letter should be addressed to School of Communication Faculty Search Committee, attention Billie Shotlow, Annenberg School of Communication, University of Southern California, 3502 Watt Way, Suite 305, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0281. Applicants may direct questions to Billie Shotlow: shotlow(a)usc.edu or (213-821-2718). Materials submitted by regular mail will not be accepted. Review of applications will commence on October 15, 2016, and continue until the position is filled or the search closed. USC is an equal-opportunity educator and employer, proudly pluralistic and firmly committed to providing equal opportunity for outstanding persons of every race, gender, creed and background. The University particularly encourages members of underrepresented groups, veterans and individuals with disabilities to apply. ** Christina Dunbar-Hester, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California Author of *Low Power to the People* <http://mitpress.mit.edu/books/low-power-people>, MIT Press

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3 tenure track positions at IU East
by Rybas, Natalia 05 Oct '16

05 Oct '16

Dear all - IU East has three tenure-track openings to start in August 2017. Please share this information with anybody who is interested. Click on the links below for the specific details for each position and application instructions. 1. Assistant Professor in Communication Studies - Intercultural Communication, Cultural Studies, or Relational Communication:https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/2734 2. Assistant Professor in Communication Studies - Mass Media, Telecommunication, or Broadcast Journalism: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/2735 3. Assistant Professor in Communication Studies - Advertising: https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/2723 Feel free to send me inquiries. Natalia Rybas, PhD Associate Dean, School of Humanities and Social Sciences Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Communication Studies Indiana University East Tom Raper Hall 250 2325 Chester Blvd, Richmond, IN 47374 natrybas(a)iue.edu<mailto:natrybas@iue.edu> 765-973-8376<file://localhost/tel/765-973-8376>

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