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Fwd: lawsuit on behalf of researchers who study the Internet
by Christian Sandvig 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

OF COURSE I forgot the URL. It is: http://slashpolicy.com/petition/curiosity-is-not-a-crime/ Christian On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Christian Sandvig <csandvig(a)umich.edu> wrote: > Update: A community of devs interested in public policy started an > petition in support of our court case. This is a case filed on behalf of > AoIR researchers and against the CFAA/US Government. > > It is very sweet of them to make this petition. If you agree, you may want > to sign it. > > Context below. > > Best, > Christian > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Christian Sandvig < > christian.sandvig(a)umich.edu> wrote: > >> >> Dear AIR colleagues, >> >> On Wednesday I joined other Internet researchers and filed a lawsuit >> against the US Government to protect the legal right to conduct online >> research. The case was just called "key to the future of social science." >> I thought this issue might be of interest to some of you. If so, please >> feel free to read and share the details below. Note that I filed this >> lawsuit as a private citizen and it does not involve my university. >> >> Yours sincerely, >> Christian >> >> -- >> http://www.niftyc.org >> >> >> >> Why I am Suing the Government >> (or: I write scripts, bots, and scrapers that collect online data) >> >> https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/07/01/why-i-am-suing-the-government/ >> >> Most of What You Do Online Is Illegal. Let's End the Absurdity. >> by Christian Sandvig and Karrie Karahalios >> *The Guardian *(Op-Ed) >> >> https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/cfaa-online-law-illeg… >> >> Legal Complaint: Sandvig v. Lynch >> https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/sandvig-v-lynch-complaint >> >> Researchers Sue The Government Over Computer Hacking Law >> >> https://www.wired.com/2016/06/researchers-sue-government-computer-hacking-l… >> >> When Should Hacking Be Legal? A Group of Academics and Journalists Say a >> Federal Computer-Fraud Law Criminalizes Their Work >> >> http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/when-should-hacking-b… >> >> >> >> >

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Re: [Air-L] lawsuit on behalf of researchers who study the Internet
by Christian Sandvig 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Update: A community of devs interested in public policy started an petition in support of our court case. This is a case filed on behalf of AoIR researchers and against the CFAA/US Government. It is very sweet of them to make this petition. If you agree, you may want to sign it. Context below. Best, Christian On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Christian Sandvig < christian.sandvig(a)umich.edu> wrote: > > Dear AIR colleagues, > > On Wednesday I joined other Internet researchers and filed a lawsuit > against the US Government to protect the legal right to conduct online > research. The case was just called "key to the future of social science." > I thought this issue might be of interest to some of you. If so, please > feel free to read and share the details below. Note that I filed this > lawsuit as a private citizen and it does not involve my university. > > Yours sincerely, > Christian > > -- > http://www.niftyc.org > > > > Why I am Suing the Government > (or: I write scripts, bots, and scrapers that collect online data) > https://socialmediacollective.org/2016/07/01/why-i-am-suing-the-government/ > > Most of What You Do Online Is Illegal. Let's End the Absurdity. > by Christian Sandvig and Karrie Karahalios > *The Guardian *(Op-Ed) > > https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/30/cfaa-online-law-illeg… > > Legal Complaint: Sandvig v. Lynch > https://www.aclu.org/legal-document/sandvig-v-lynch-complaint > > Researchers Sue The Government Over Computer Hacking Law > > https://www.wired.com/2016/06/researchers-sue-government-computer-hacking-l… > > When Should Hacking Be Legal? A Group of Academics and Journalists Say a > Federal Computer-Fraud Law Criminalizes Their Work > > http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2016/07/when-should-hacking-b… > > > >

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Volunteer Science for Research Participation Credit
by Jason Radford 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Dear Colleagues, We invite your students to participate as research subjects on Volunteer Science <https://volunteerscience.com/>, an online research lab run out of Northeastern University. We host a number of internet-based experiments on human behavior including social dilemmas, group problem-solving tasks, cognitive biases, and personality. These studies are part of on-going academic research and have been reviewed and approved <https://volunteerscience.com/our_science/> by researchers’ respective IRBs. Students and instructors can verify student participation in experiments with automated reports that students generate themselves. See http://volunteerscience.com/how_to_certificate/ for information about how students can generate a certificate of participation and how you can verify its authenticity. Last year, we worked with Professor Anand Sokhey’s Introduction to American Politics course of over 400 students at the University of Colorado, Boulder. In three weeks, 300 students participated in 1,300 experimental sessions. Professor Sokhey said, "In the fall of 2015, I made *Volunteer Science *a part of my large introduction to American politics course (400+ students). The experience was great (and the reaction from my students and TAs uniformly positive). I was looking for an extra credit opportunity that would be both engaging and easy to administer, but that would also expose students to research in the social and behavioral sciences. *Volunteer Science *checks all these boxes. The site is easy for students to navigate and makes tracking participation a breeze (students can print certificates logging time spent playing). Moreover, students generally found the experience both entertaining and informative -- a number asked if they could just keep playing; several commented on the connections between the games they played and course themes such as collective action. I plan to mak*e Volunteer Science *a part of this and other courses for years to come." You are free to use the site on your own for your classes. If you would like to coordinate specific experiments, please contact Lab Manager Jason Radford at: j.radford(a)neu.edu. Sincerely, The Volunteer Science Team at Northeastern University -- Jason Radford Doctoral Candidate, Sociology, University of Chicago Visiting Researcher, Lazer Lab, Northeastern University *Connect*: LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jsradford>, Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/jsradford>, University of Chicago <http://home.uchicago.edu/%7Ejsradford/> *Play Games for Science at Volunteer Science <http://www.volunteerscience.com>*

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tenure position in Journalism and Mass Media at the University of Cyprus
by Lia-Paschalia Spyridou 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Greetings, colleagues, Hope your summer is going well. The University of Cyprus invites applications for one (1) tenured appointment at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor in the field of Journalism and Mass Media Please see below for more info. Best wishes, Lia Spyridou Lia-Paschalia Spyridou, MA, PhD Lecturer Coordinator of the BA in Journalism Department of Social and Political Sciences University of Cyprus tel.: +357.22894598 email: lia(a)ucy.ac.cy *______________* The University of Cyprus (Department of Social and Political Sciences) invites applications for one (1) tenured appointment at the rank of Professor or Associate Professor in the field of «Journalism And Mass Media» For all academic ranks, an earned Doctorate from a recognized University is required. Requirements for appointment depend on academic rank and include: prior academic experience, research record and scientific contributions, involvement in teaching and in the development of high quality undergraduate and graduate curricula. The minimum requirements for each academic rank can be found at the webpage: http://www.ucy.ac.cy/hr/el/recruitmentsupportoffcacadresearch/20-gr-article… The official languages of the University are Greek and Turkish. For the above positions knowledge of Greek is necessary. Citizenship of the Republic of Cyprus is not a requirement. In case the selected candidate does not have sufficient knowledge of the Greek language, it is the selected candidate΄s and the Department΄s responsibility to ensure that the selected academic acquires sufficient knowledge of the Greek language within 3 years of appointment. Each Department sets its own criteria for the required level of adequacy of knowledge of the Greek language. The annual gross salary (including the 13th salary), according to the current legislation, is: Associate Professor (Scale A14-A15) €61.830,60 - €84.295,77 Professor (Scale A15 A16) €70.106,27 - €91.128,05 *Salary scale classification of academic personnel appointed at the ranks of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor and Professor. * Regarding the above position announcements, and in conformity with “The Non-Granting of Increases and Indexation Allowances to the Salaries Received by Officials and Employees and to the Pensions Received by Pensioners of the Government Service and the Wider Public Sector (Amendment) Law 2014” (N. 73(Ι)/2014), entered into force on 20/06/2014, the University of Cyprus is obliged to classify newly-appointed academic personnel on the basis of the provisions of Article 4Α(1), as follows: *“An appointee who is not employed in the Government Service or in the wider public sector at the date this Law enters into force, and who is appointed to a position of First Appointment and Promotion with the same title and the same salary conditions as that of an employee of the government service or the wider public sector, as appropriate, whose salary, pursuant to the provisions of this Law, remains lower than the initial grade of the salary scale or the fixed salary of his/her appointment or promotion position, shall receive, for the duration of the term of validity of this Law, this lower salary. It is understood that …” * On the basis of the above, a candidate applying for an academic position, who is not employed in the government service or in the wider public sector and is elected/appointed to a position at the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor, shall receive, according to Law N. 73(Ι)/2014, Article 4Α(1), the lowest salary received by existing academic personnel who have recently been promoted to the rank of Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor. Applications must be submitted by *Monday, 17th of October 2016. *The application dossiers must include *two (2) sets* of the following documents in printed and electronic form (i.e., two (2) hardcopies and two (2) CDs with the documents in PDF (Portable Document Format) or Word files). 1. Cover letter stating the Department, the field of study, the academic rank(s) for which the candidate applies, and the date on which the candidate could assume duties if selected. 2. Curriculum Vitae. Curriculum. 1. Brief summary of previous research work and a statement of plans for future research (up to 1500 words). 1. List of publications. 1. Copies of the three most representative publications. 1. Copies of Degree certificates should be scanned and included in the CDs. 1. Applicants must ask three academic referees to send recommendation letters in PDF form, directly from their e-mail account to the University, at references(a)ucy.ac.cy Τhe names and contact details of these referees must be indicated in the application, because additional confidential information may be requested. 1. The Curriculum Vitae and the statements of previous work and future research plans should be written in Greek or in Turkish, and in one international language, preferably English. Selected candidates will be required to submit copies of degree certificates officially certified by the Ministry of Education (for certificates received from Universities in Cyprus) or from the Issuing Authority (for foreign Universities). Applications, supporting documents and reference letters submitted in response to previous calls in the past *will not be considered and must be resubmitted*. *Applications not conforming to the specifications of the call, will not be considered.* All application material must be delivered by hand to: *Human Resources Service* *University** of Cyprus* *University Campus* *Council/Senate Anastasios G Leventis Building* *P.O. Box** 20537* *1678 Nicosia, Cyprus* *Tel. 22894158/4155* *By Monday, 17th of October 2016**, 2:00 p.m.*. Alternatively, applications can be sent by post; they will be accepted as valid as long as the sealed envelopes are post-marked up to the deadline of October 17, 2016, and they reach the Human Resources Service by October 24, 2016, on the sole responsibility of the applicant. It is noted that for the period 15/08/2016 to 19/08/2016 the Administration Services of the University of Cyprus will be closed for the summer vacations. Consequently, the Human Resources Service will not be able to receive applications during the above mentioned period. For more information, candidates may contact the Human Resources Service (tel.: 00357 22 89 4158/4155) or the Department of Social and Political Sciences (00357 22 89 4561/60).

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CfP: Workshop on Ethical and Obligations for Studying Digital Communities (ACM GROUP '16)
by Casey Lynn Fiesler 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

Hello! I wanted to share a call for participation for an upcoming workshop at GROUP in November. The focus is on research ethics for studying online communities, one in a series of workshops at social computing related conferences to expand our discussion of research ethics, and we’re hoping for a number of different disciplinary perspectives. The submission requirements are intentionally lightweight, and GROUP is also a fantastic venue and community! The deadline for (short!) submissions is August 12. “Ethics and Obligations for Studying Digital Communities" Many of the most prominent and unanswered ethical questions within HCI and social computing involve our ethical obligation to the communities that we study. Some of these questions fall under the purview of more traditional human subjects research ethics, but others hinge on when, for example, studies of public data trigger similar obligations. Basic rules to “do no harm” are complicated in digital communities by issues of consent and privacy, and ethics review boards are struggling to keep up even as research communities are similarly struggling to form appropriate norms. The goals of this workshop are to continue seeding conversations about research ethics within the SIGCHI community, to work towards norm setting, and in the meantime, to collectively help community members make good ethical decisions about research into sociotechnical systems and digital communities. More information about format and submissions here: https://sociotechethics.wordpress.com/group-2016-ethics-workshop/ This workshop will be held in Sanibel Island, FL as part of the 2016 ACM Conference on Supporting Group Work, November 13-16. Website: http://group2016.org Please feel free to email me with any questions! We would love to see some of you in Florida in November. Best, Casey — Casey Fiesler Assistant Professor, Information Science University of Colorado, Boulder www.caseyfiesler.com

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Building City Dashboards: Three PhD Studentships - Ireland
by Tracey P. Lauriault 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/AOC081/building-city-dashboards-three-phd-student… -- Building City Dashboards: Three PhD Studentships*Maynooth University, National University of Ireland Maynooth* - National Centre for Geocomputation, Maynooth University *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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EXTENDED DEADLINE: ACM Group'16 Posters & Demos
by Hanna Maurin Söderholm 03 Aug '16

03 Aug '16

***Apologies for cross-posting*** ************************************************************************************************ ACM Conference on Supporting Groupwork (Group 2016) Call for Posters and Demos November 13-16, 2016, Sanibel Island, Florida, USA EXTENDED submission deadline: August 08, 2016 http://www.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/ ************************************************************************************************ For over 25 years, the Group conferences have showcased the work of researchers and practitioners on the design, development, management, deployment, and analysis of computer-based collaborative systems, as well as explorations of the ethical, social, and political dimensions of such systems. A strong emphasis of GROUP conferences is to foster a discourse on collaborative technology that bridges the fields of Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) Information Systems (IS), and Technology Enhanced Learning (TEL) among others. Relevant issues include the design, implementation, deployment, and evaluation of the impact of these systems as well as examinations of relevant research methodologies. ********************************************** POSTERS AND DEMOS AT GROUP ********************************************** http://oldwww.acm.org/conferences/group/conferences/group16/publish.html#po… Posters and demos are an opportunity to present late-breaking and preliminary results that may not suitable for a Paper or a Note submission, innovative ideas not yet validated through user studies, student research, and other research best presented in an open and interactive format. Demos are expected to present design and implementations of new CSCW systems and concepts. The peer-reviewed demonstrations allow conference participants to view novel and noteworthy CSCW systems in action, try them out, and discuss the systems with those who created them. SUBMISSION: Poster and demo submissions should include an extended abstract that is no longer than 4 pages, including all figures and references, in the ACM Standard Format (available at: http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) In addition, submissions may include a separate Tabloid sized (11 x 17 inches) draft of the poster for review purposes. Please note that the poster draft is optional and not required for review purposes. The submission is NOT anonymous and both the extended abstract and the poster draft should include the author(s)’ names. Posters and demos will be displayed during a special session at the conference. Poster and demo authors are expected to be available to discuss their work. In addition, the audience will vote on the top three posters and/or demos. Accepted poster and demo submissions will be published in the ACM Digital Library. Please send submissions directly to the poster and demo co-chairs at: posters(a)group2016.org. DEADLINE: August 08, 2016 POSTERS/DEMOS CO-CHAIRS: Adriana Vivacqua, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Alexander Boden, Fraunhofer FIT, Germany Nassim JafariNaimi, Georgia Tech, USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Hanna Maurin Söderholm, Ph. D. Swedish School of Library and Information Science University of Borås SE-501 90 Borås SWEDEN Tel. +46 33 435 59 89

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VC Fellowships at DERC and RMIT University
by Heather Horst 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Dear Colleagues, RMIT University has just opened the 2016 round of applications for *Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellowships and Senior Research Fellowships.* The Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT encourages applications from globally leading scholars interested in working with us through such fellowships. Please see here for more information about the Fellowships: http://www.rmit.edu.au/content/rmit-ui/en/research/research-expertise/our-r… The *Digital Ethnography Research Centre* (DERC) focuses on understanding a contemporary world where digital and mobile technologies are increasingly inextricable from the environments and relationships in which everyday life plays out. DERC excels in both academic scholarship and in our applied work with external partners from industry and other sectors. DERC approaches this world and how we experience it through innovative, reflexive and ethical ethnographic approaches, developed through anthropology, media and cultural studies, design, arts and documentary practice and games research. Our research is incisive, interventional and internationally leading. Going beyond the call of pure academia we combine academic scholarship with applied practice to produce research, analysis and dissemination projects that are innovative and based on ethnographic insights. For details about DERC see http://www.digital-ethnography.net/the-people/ *********** *Professor Heather A. Horst* Director, Research Partnerships College of Design and Social Context *Contact Details* Digital Ethnography Research Centre <http://www.digital-ethnography.net/> School of Media and Communication College of Design and Social Context RMIT University GPO Box 2476 Melbourne Victoria 3001 Australia Office: Bldg 101, Level 2, Room 6 Phone: +61 3 9925 3988 Email: heather.horst(a)rmit.edu.au Skype: hahorst Academia.edu: https://rmit.academia.edu/HeatherHorst *Recent Publications* Digital Ethnography: Principles and Practice <https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/digital-ethnography/book243111%20> Being in Fieldwork In Sanjek & Tratner's eFieldnotes: The Making of Anthropology in a Digital World <http://www.upenn.edu/pennpress/book/toc/1086.html> *Research* Mobilising Media for Sustainable Development in the Pacific <https://sites.google.com/site/mobilisingmediainthepacific/> Locating the Mobile: Intergenerational Locative Media Practices in Tokyo, Melbourne and Shanghai <http://locatingthemobile.net> The Moral and Cultural Economy of the Mobile Phone in the Pacific <http://moraleconomypacific.com> Transmedia Literacy: Exploiting transmedia skills and informal learning strategies to improve formal education <http://transmedialiteracy.org/>

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Published today: Regulating the Sharing Economy, special issue of Internet Policy Review
by Inge Sorensen 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

We would like to draw attention to the publication of Regulating the Sharing Economy, a special issue of Internet Policy Review. The issue will be of interest to researchers of internet regulation, internet ethics, the sharing economy, P2P, collaborative economies and markets, and can be viewed at: http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/regulating-sharing-economy The issue is edited by Dr Kris Erickson, CREATe, University of Glasgow, Dr Inge Sørensen, CCPR, University of Glasgow, and Dr Frederic Dubois, Alexander von Humboldt Institute of Internet and Society. Papers are: Editorial<http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/regulating-sharing-economy#edito…> Kristofer Erickson, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Inge Sørensen, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Taxis and crowd-taxis: sharing as a private activity and public concern<http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/taxis-and-crowd-taxis-sharing-pr…> Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Center for Int'l Climate and Environmental Research (CICERO), Norway Jørgen Aarhaug, Institute of Transport Economics, Norway Rebalancing interests and power structures on crowdworking platforms<http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/rebalancing-interests-and-power-…> Ayad Al-Ani, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Germany Stefan Stumpp, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), Germany Sharing without laws: an exploration of social practices and ad hoc labeling standards in online movie piracy<http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/sharing-without-laws-exploration…> Roberto Tietzmann, Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil Liana Gross Furini, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS), Brazil Defining the relevant market in the sharing economy<http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/defining-relevant-market-sharing…> Francesco Russo, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands Maria Luisa Stasi, European University Institute, Italy Sharing killed the AVMSD star: the impossibility of European audiovisual media regulation in the era of the sharing economy<http://policyreview.info/articles/analysis/sharing-killed-avmsd-star-imposs…> Indrek Ibrus, Tallinn University, Estonia Ulrike Rohn, Tallinn University, Estonia All the best, Kris, Inge and Frederic

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SELF-IMAGE-PUBLIC: A two days Intl. Seminar in Oslo 1-2 OCT 2016
by Lin Prøitz 02 Aug '16

02 Aug '16

Photo-Researchers meet Artists: SELF-IMAGE-PUBLIC: A two days International Seminar in Oslo 1-2 OCT 2016 Including Book launch of the Ebook: Self-Image: From self-portrait to #selfies and opening of the Photo Exhibition "JEG" [ "I" ] at Preus Museum. Sign up here: http://øyeblikkfang.no/seminar/ Lin Prøitz. Marie Curie Fellow The University of Sheffield <http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/staff/proitz>http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/staff/proitz http://visualsocialmedialab.org/projects/the-iconic-image-on-social-media email: l.proitz(a)sheffield.ac.uk<mailto:l.proitz@sheffield.ac.uk> or lin(a)forskerkollektivet.no ?

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