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PhD Scholarship - Social Media Privacy and Security
by Marj Kibby 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Sent on behalf of Janet Fulton: The University of Newcastle is offering a PhD scholarship, under my supervision, to investigate young Australian adults and their use and understanding of social media at work. The candidate must have at least four years of undergraduate study with a first class honours and high GPA. Applications close on 31st October and the successful applicant must be able to start before March 2017. PhD Scholarship - Australian millennials on social media: managing privacy and security in the workplace Here's a link for more details: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/newsroom/research-and-innovation/research-degre… If you know anyone who may be interested, I'm happy for you to forward my details. Please contact me if you have any questions Regards Janet DR JANET FULTON Lecturer in Media and Communication Deputy Program Convenor (Bachelor of Communication) School of Design, Communication and IT Faculty of Science and IT T: +61 2 4921 6923 E: janet.fulton(a)newcastle.edu.au W: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/profile/janet-fulton Skype: janetmfulton Twitter @JanetFulton The University of Newcastle (UON) University Drive Callaghan NSW 2308 Australia CRICOS Provider 00109J A/Prof Marjorie Kibby Humanities and Social Science Faculty of Education and Arts Communication and Media Research (CAMR) https://dcit.newcastle.edu.au/camr/ The University of Newcastle University Drive, Callaghan NSW 2308 +61 2 49216604 marj.kibby(a)newcastle.edu.au

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PhD scholarship in urban data (closing soon)
by Bjorn Nansen 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Hi all, A PhD scholarship for research in the field of urban data is available through the Melbourne Networked Society Institute at the University of Melbourne. Cities around the world increasingly deploy varied and multiple data streams — from apps on user-devices to distributed sensor networks — in order to inform better settings for service provision and resource use. This scholarship is available for a student investigating existing and emergent urban data practices in the context of contemporary smart city agendas. The research will focus on new opportunities for citizen engagement and the development of new models of planning and governance. Additionally, the research will address conceptual and practical challenges concerning practices of data acquisition and utilisation, including growing concerns around the effect of growing surveillance and the impact on privacy. Details about applying are available at: http://networkedsociety.unimelb.edu.au/research/opportunities/urban-data-ph… Dr Bjorn Nansen Lecturer and Undergraduate Coordinator Media and Communications Program The University of Melbourne 130 John Medley building T +61 3 8344 9122 | E nansenb(a)unimelb.edu.au<mailto:nansenb@unimelb.edu.au> W https://unimelb.academia.edu/bjornnansen

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WEBCAST TODAY: Désirée Miloshevic - The role of trust in digital policy
by Joly MacFie 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Excellent presentation from Desiree on a very topical theme which, as she notes was given prominence by Kathy Brown at the recent OECD Ministerial meeting. Just starting, but will be available on demand, after. joly posted: "Earlier today, Tuesday July 19 2016, ISOC Trustee Désirée Miloshevic, Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Advisor in Europe for Afilias, presented a webinar The role of trust in digital policy The webinar was a follow-up to her Master's dissert" [image: livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/trust>Earlier today, *Tuesday July 19 2016*, ISOC Trustee ** <https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/other/d%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e-miloshev…> ** <https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/other/d%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e-miloshev…> *Désirée Miloshevic* <https://www.internetsociety.org/who-we-are/other/d%C3%A9sir%C3%A9e-miloshev…>, Senior Public Policy and International Affairs Advisor in Europe for Afilias, presented a webinar *The role of trust in digital policy <http://www.diplomacy.edu/calendar/webinar-role-trust-digital-policy>* The webinar was a follow-up to her Master's dissertation at the *Diplo Foundation <http://www.diplomacy.edu/>*. Ms Miloshevic was joined by Diplo's Cybersecurity expert *Vladimir Radunovic* to draw on the findings of her research, and to reflect on ways in which the recent developments have had an impact the issue of trust. Can users’ trust ever be restored? What elements are required, and what role should stakeholders have? For those that missed it the webinar will be restreamed at 17:00 UTC today on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/trust>*. ** View on Livestream: https://livestream.com/internetsociety/trust <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/trust>* - *Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/diploalumni <https://twitter.com/hashtag/diploalumni>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8582#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8582#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8582 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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New photo remixes in Photomediations Machine
by Joanna Zylinska 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

We have the pleasure to announce eight new contributions to the curated online space Photomediations Machine: http://www.photomediationsmachine.net - Remixing photography through open archives: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/07/19/winners-of-the-photomediations… - A Guide to Open and Hybrid Publishing, or how to create an open access, image-based book in ten easy steps: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/07/19/a-guide-to-open-and-hybrid-pub… - A visual takeover of the city by plants: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/07/19/intervene/ - A short surreal film on the fear of modernity, inspired by Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/07/19/the-offence/ - The politics of the office: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/04/03/the-politics-of-the-office/ - Creative disruption of office work: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/04/03/for-internal-use-only/ - Is it a film or a moving painting?: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/04/03/the-port/ - Remix-remake of John Berger’s 1972 BBC documentary, Ways of Seeing: http://photomediationsmachine.net/2016/04/03/ways-of-something/ ************************************************ PHOTOMEDIATIONS MACHINE http://www.photomediationsmachine.net Photomediations Machine is a curated online space where the dynamic relations of mediation as performed in photography and other media can be encountered, experienced and engaged. Photomediations Machine adopts a process-based approach to image making by tracing the technological, biological, cultural, social and political flows of mediation that produce photographic objects. Showcasing theoretical and practical work at the intersections of art and mainstream practices, Photomediations Machine is both an archive of mediations past and a site of production of media as-we-do-not-know-them-yet. Photomediations Machine is non-commercial, non-profit and fully open access. Curated by Joanna Zylinska and Ting Ting Cheng, Photomediations Machine has an International Advisory Board which includes Katherine Behar, Lisa Cartwright, Alberto López Cuenca, Asbjørn Grønstad, Richard Grusin, Sarah Kember, Max Liljefors, Melissa Miles, Nicholas Mirzoeff, W.J.T. Mitchell, Luiza Nader, Nina Sellars, Jonathan Shaw, Katrina Sluis, Marquard Smith, Hito Steyerl and Bernadette Wegenstein. It is a sister project to the online open access journal Culture Machine (http://www.culturemachine.net) established in 1999. Website: http://www.photomediationsmachine.net Follow us on Twitter: @Photomediations Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photomediations.machine Submissions invited: http://photomediationsmachine.net/submissions/ -- Professor Joanna Zylinska Department of Media and Communications Goldsmiths, University of London http://www.joannazylinska.net NEW BOOK, Photomediations: A Reader, available open access: http://www.openhumanitiespress.org/books/titles/photomediations/ --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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WEBCAST TODAY: Chad Internet Governance Forum #igfchad #igf
by Joly MacFie 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

This is just about to begin. Francophones rejoice! joly posted: "Today Tuesday 19 July 2016 the 2nd annual Chad Internet Governance Forum (Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet au Tchad) is being held in Ndjamena, Chad. This year's theme is « L’INTERNET, UN LEVIER DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE AU TCHAD » and a full day of " [image: Livestream] <https://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfchad/>Today *Tuesday 19 July 2016* the 2nd annual *Chad Internet Governance Forum (Forum sur la Gouvernance de l'Internet au Tchad) <http://www.igf.td/>* is being held in Ndjamena, Chad. This year's theme is *« L’INTERNET, UN LEVIER DU DÉVELOPPEMENT DURABLE AU TCHAD »* and a full day of presentations and discussion is scheduled in the form of 3 panels. Remote participation is available via *webex <http://bit.ly/29RzRji>*, and video is being livestreamed on the *Internet Society Livestream Channel* <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfchad>. *What: Chad Internet Governance Forum <http://www.igf.td/> Where: Ndjamena, Chad When: 9am-5pm WAT | 08:00-16:00 UTC | 04:00-14:00 EDT Agenda: http://www.igf.td/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/agenda-IGF-Chad.pdf <http://www.igf.td/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/agenda-IGF-Chad.pdf> Webex: http://bit.ly/29RzRji <http://bit.ly/29RzRji> Webcast: http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfchad <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/igfchad> Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfchad <https://twitter.com/hashtag/igfchad>* Comment <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8579#respond> See all comments <http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8579#comments> *Permalink* http://isoc-ny.org/p2/8579 -- --------------------------------------------------------------- Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast -------------------------------------------------------------- -

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PokemonGo syllabus on Google docs
by Adrienne Massanari 19 Jul '16

19 Jul '16

Hello All, I’ve started a Pokemon Go syllabus on Google docs (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xYuozfkON-RVZQkr7d1qLPJrCRqN8TkzeDySM-3… <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xYuozfkON-RVZQkr7d1qLPJrCRqN8TkzeDySM-3…>). Please add links to articles, critique, commentary, etc. as you see fit. I hope this can be a useful resource for us who might be thinking about teaching/discussing the game in our classes, or are just looking for some context around the game when discussing it with students or colleagues. Feel free to share widely. And, be sure to add your name in the “contributors” section if you do add/edit the doc. Thanks, Adrienne --- Adrienne Massanari, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Communication University of Illinois at Chicago @hegemonyrules www.adriennemassanari.com <http://www.adriennemassanari.com/>

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Write for Cyborgology!
by David Banks 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Hi Everyone, The Society Pages hosts Cyborgology, a blog about technology and society written for a general audience. We are looking for new contributors so click here <https://thesocietypages.org/cyborgology/2016/07/18/cyborgology-is-looking-f…> or read below to find out how to join the team! -David For nearly six years Cyborgology has been dedicated to producing thoughtful essays and commentary about society’s relationship to technology. Writers enjoy significant freedom to write essays and stories of varying length, style, and topic. We are now looking for several new contributors to join Cyborgology. *What we are looking for:* People willing to write about society, culture, and technology in an accessible but smart way. Contributions can take many forms and we are flexible about writing frequency. Scrolling through the last few months of Cyborgology is the best way to get an idea of the style and frequency of pieces we want to see. We are especially interested in writers from under-represented or marginalized subject positions. You do not need to be affiliated with any institution of higher learning but you do have to be comfortable writing about and through theoretical concepts. Of course writing schedules are very flexible and we are open to whatever work arrangement you can put together. The best way to know what kind of work we want is to read the site and check out our submission guidelines for guest posts. *The benefits of writing for Cyborgology:* For better or worse, Cyborgology is a volunteer effort. None of us get paid and we do not anticipate that changing anytime soon. Writing for Cyborgology has, however, been known to open up new opportunities of a monetary nature. We are also proud to have a dedicated, smart audience that likes to share and discuss our ideas. Work on Cyborgology has also been linked to and shared by large media organizations including The New York Times, The Washington Post, Buzzfeed, Huffington Post, Pacific Standard, and many more. All writing on Cyborgology is covered under a Creative Commons attribution license and authors retain full control over their work. We are also a member of an awesome community of blogs and publications under The Society Pages umbrella. *How to apply:* As our past and present contributors can attest– writing for Cyborgology is a strange animal. Therefore, we’ve done our best to simulate writing for Cyborgology in the application process. We want three polished writing samples between 500-1000 words, at least two of which need to grapple with a current event between now (July 18, 2016) and the due date which is September 1, 2016. It is totally fine to send us something you’ve published elsewhere or turned in for an assignment. We may also ask if we can run some of your submissions as guest posts before we make any final decisions. Writing samples should be saved as either .doc or .docx and sent as an attachment to david.adam.banks [at] gmail.com. In the email please indicate the best email address to reach you, a short three sentence bio, and any other accomplishments you think we should know about. A full cover letter is not necessary. *About Cyborgology: *Individuals and social groups have always been cyborgs because we have always existed in tandem with technology. Today, with the vast proliferation and diffusion of new technologies throughout society, techno-human syntheses occur in more aspects of our lives than ever before. Advances in medicine augment our bodies with technology (e.g., pills, pacemakers, IUDs, breast implants, Viagra, contact lenses). Communication is increasingly technologically mediated (e.g., radio, television, the web). We are experiencing a proliferation of personal devices like the smart phone, which is, essentially, a computer we carry with us wherever we go, often sleeping with them at our bedsides and using them check our profiles and messages first thing in the morning. It is not difficult to imagine a future where we begin to look like the cyborgs found in movies; however, our definition goes far beyond the half-human, half-robots propelled into the popular imaginary by science fiction and cyberpunk because technology is about more than electronics. The layout of a prison or a school is a technology of discipline; language is a technology of thought and communication; cultural norms themselves are technologies of social organization—in every instance, technology is the product of a particular historical moment and it becomes integrated into the social life of that period. Our focus is as broad as these examples suggest, but we most often focus on new technologies. Today, the reality is that both the digital and the material constantly augment one another to create a social landscape ripe for new ideas. As Cyborgologists, we consider both the promise and the perils of living in constant contact with technology.

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22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI 2017): Second Call for Student Travelling Support
by Announce Announcements 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

*** Second Call for Student Travelling Support *** 22nd ACM International Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces IUI 2017 St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus March 13-16, 2017 http://www.cs.ucy.ac.cy/~george/lm/lm.php?tk=YWlyLUwJCQlhaXItTEBsaXN0c2Vydi… Following the tradition of previous years, we will offer student participation support provided by SIGCHI to attend the IUI Conference. This support is in the form of a small stipend to cover the registration fee and partially cover the costs of travel and living expenses while attending the conference. The students will be reimbursed for their expenses after the conference. All students who get travel grants from SIGCHI must send us a paragraph about their experience and a headshot before they will be reimbursed. You must be a member of SIGCHI before you apply ($19 dues). The objective of IUI's student support is to encourage students interested in subjects related to Intelligent User Interfaces to become active members of the IUI community. To apply, the student should be actively enrolled as a student in an academic institution. Priority will be given to students who are first authors of accepted papers and to participants in the doctoral consortium. Recipients of the stipend are also expected to help the conference organization as student volunteers. The level of support will be determined by the availability of funds and the number of eligible applications. The application should include: 1. Full name 2. Email address 3. The school you are attending, your major, and the country in which the school resides 4. If you will present at the conference, please provide the title of the submission and its type (e.g., research paper, student consortium, demo). Please note if you have submitted but have not found out if your submission has been accepted 5. A short statement describing your research interests and how you wish to benefit from attending this conference 6. The location you are flying from and the cost for your airfare, as determined by the availability of low-cost economy fares for travel to the conference. Please describe any other expenses you expect to accrue, but do not include registration and housing costs, as they are similar for all students 7. A letter of recommendation from your thesis or doctoral advisor (or supervising faculty member) sent separately by email to the Student Consortium Co-Chairs. If you are also applying to the Student Consortium, one appropriately worded recommendation letter can be used for both applications, or you may submit a slightly different letter for each application 8. You must be a member of SIGCHI before you apply The application The SSTG application has two parts: an application form that is submitted by the student; and a letter of support from the student's advisor that the student will attach to his or her application. More information and a link for submitting an application (available a month before the deadline, early July 2016) can be found on the SIGCHI website (http://www.sigchi.org/conferences/funding/student-travel-grant) Submit your single, combined PDF (except letter of recommendation, must be a separate PDF to attach to the application) to: PCS by the deadline! The application round opens in early July, create an account/login to PCS, and look for the submission link under SIGCHI. Deadline for applications for student support: August 1st, 2016. Notification of Results: August 15th, 2016.

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New OA publication - Poetics of Early YouTube: Production, Performance, Success
by Rainer Hillrichs 18 Jul '16

18 Jul '16

Dear colleagues, let me introduce you to my e-book about early YouTube culture, which has been published open access now. *Poetics of Early YouTube *offers an analysis of the most subscribed YouTube channels of the years 2005 and 2006 – the first two years of the platform’s operation – with methods of film and media studies. The aspects in focus are users’ backgrounds and motivations for using YouTube, video production, settings, modes of performance, cinematography, editing, the overall form of videos, and the activities of the contributing users and of others with regards to the videos once uploaded to YouTube. Is today’s professional and commercial YouTube culture the downfall of a ‘participatory culture’ in which there were no lines between producers and consumers and the approval of the ‘YouTube community’ was revenue enough? This study argues otherwise and challenges the participatory culture and social media paradigms which have been predominant in the research thus far. It shows that dedicated video production mattered already in the early years of the platform. It shows how YouTube users employed their performing bodies and audiovisual techniques in creative ways to produce their videos – and how they made their videos successful and generate revenues on and off YouTube. How is YouTube an extension, transformation, or break from media like film and television? How can YouTube videomaking be situated with regards to other cultural practices? This study offers novel insights. The website: http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2016/4407/4407.htm The full pdf: http://hss.ulb.uni-bonn.de/2016/4407/4407.pdf Kind regards, Rainer --- Dr. Rainer Hillrichs Universität Mannheim http://uni-mannheim.academia.edu/RainerHillrichs

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Transnational Mobility in the Asia Pacific Family, Friends, Facebook Symposium
by Catherine Gomes 17 Jul '16

17 Jul '16

Transnational Mobility in the Asia Pacific Family, Friends, Facebook Symposium 3 November 2016 RMIT University Travelling internationally for work, study, humanitarian and lifestyle reasons has become a global phenomenon and commonplace in the Asia-Pacific. Facilitated by cheaper and more frequent modes of travel together with varied degrees of desire, determination and desperation, the past few decades has seen greater and increasing numbers of people leaving their countries of origin and families to pursue better and improved lives for themselves. The normality of transnational mobility also means that people have prior, if not frequent experience living outside the country of origin. Transnational mobility however does not mean a loss of connectivity to family and friends left behind due to the vast improvements in media and communication technologies. Social media which has grown rapidly in less than a decade has become an embedded part of everyday life. Social media has changed the landscape of communication. We are now able to communicate with family, friends and acquaintances en masse and privately, constantly and in real time wherever we are and in whatever we are doing. More than just presenting us with various ways of communicating with each other, social media has also expanded the social groups we communicate with. While social media is a platform of choice for everyday communication with people we know, it also allows us to broadcast our thoughts, opinions, ideas and ideologies with a broad audience – across state and national lines. Discussing the intersections of transnational mobility with new communication technologies and their impact on familial and social networks and relations, this symposium brings together cutting edge research from scholars across disciplines. Keynote address: Prof Brenda Yeoh, National University of Singapore Convenor: Dr Catherine Gomes This event is funded by the RMIT Foundation, International Visiting Fellowship, Digital Ethnographic Research Centre and Asia@RMIT Registration is FREE Website: https://tmapsite.wordpress.com/ -- Dr Catherine Gomes Senior Lecturer School of Media and Communication RMIT University GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001 Australia Room: 9.2.03 (city campus) tel: + 61 3 9925 5068 fax: + 61 3 99259730 email: catherine.gomes(a)rmit.edu.au Staff website <http://www1.rmit.edu.au/staff/catherinegomes> Leader, Migration and Digital Media, Digital Ethnography Research Centre (DERC) <http://www.digital-ethnography.net/> Founding Editor, Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration <http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=252/view,page=0/> Transient Migrant project website <http://translatingimpermanence.org/> (Australian Research Council DECRA Fellowship) Symposium: Transnational Mobility in the Asia Pacific: Family, Friends, Facebook <https://tmapsite.wordpress.com/> Forthcoming books: Catherine Gomes, Transient Mobility and Middle Class Identity: Media and Migration in Australia and Singapore <http://www.springer.com/us/book/9789811016387> Catherine Gomes (Ed.), *The Asia Pacific in the Age of Transnational Mobility: The Search for Community and Identity on and through Social Media*, London, NY, Delhi: Anthem Press. Recent book: Multiculturalism through the Lens: A Guide to Ethnic and Migrant Anxieties in Singapore <https://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/products/multiculturalism-through-the-lens-a-…> CRICOS Provider Code: 00122A This message contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use only of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in relation to it. If you have received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender at the above address.

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