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Net Data Directory
by Fernando Bermejo 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Dear all, I thought this might be of interest to people in this list. The Berkman Center just launched the Net Data Directory, a searchable listing of sources offering quantitative information about the Internet: https://netdatadirectory.org/ The announcement: https://cyber.law.harvard.edu/node/99501 It is a work in progress, so any feedback and/or contributions would be much appreciated. Thanks, Fernando Fernando Bermejo Research Director, Media Cloud Faculty Associate, Berkman Center Profesor Asociado, IE University fbermejoa(a)gmail.com Tel: +45 91 98 26 11 Tel: +34 653 216 293 Skype: fernando.bermejo.acosta

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Music Trends
by Tati Tosi 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Dear all, Do you have any good references towards music trends using Spotify or Soundcloud? Thanks a lot, Tatiana Tosi (11) 99965-0082 http://about.me/tatiana_tosi

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Re: [Air-L] Data subjectivity presentation at AoIR 2015
by Aristea Fotopoulou 03 Jun '16

03 Jun '16

Hi Katie, The article is now published here http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/fAeR8SN2V63QPy5rUc34/full It’s in Health Sociology Review, special issue edited by Deborah Lupton. The title is "Training to self-care: fitness tracking, biopedagogy and the healthy consumer”. I am forwarding to the list for other people who might be interested. I hope it is of use. Best wishes Aristea ————————————————————— Dr Aristea Fotopoulou Lecturer in Media - University of Brighton Watts Media 611, Lewes Road Brighton, BN2 4GJ T: +44 01273 642414 E: A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk Follow me on Twitter: @aristeaf Read my research blog: www.Loopingthreads.com From: <katiedert(a)gmail.com<mailto:katiedert@gmail.com>> on behalf of Katie Derthick <derthick(a)u.washington.edu<mailto:derthick@u.washington.edu>> Date: Saturday, 23 January 2016 18:13 To: Aristea Fotopoulou <A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:A.Fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Data subjectivity presentation at AoIR 2015 This is wonderful, very helpful. Thank you! I look forward to your papers in the coming months. Yours, Katie -- Katie Derthick PhD Candidate Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington derthick(a)uw.edu<mailto:derthick@uw.edu> -- We all experience such loneliness. I feel tremendously lonely myself. We cannot really come up with the ideal occupation that will entertain us completely. There is always some kind of gap where we have to experience a sense of loneliness. I feel that a lot, but I feel joyful, too, just being myself. You cannot expect one-hundred-percent hospitality anywhere at all. That is precisely the meaning of liberation or freedom: freedom from both the loneliness and the hospitality of the world. With that freedom, you begin to find a new strength, a new dimension. You do not have to lean to the right or the left anymore, but you could stand on your own two feet, or one foot, whatever you possess. The ability to do that comes completely out of practice. — Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Vol. 3 On Sat, Jan 23, 2016 at 2:30 AM, Aristea Fotopoulou <A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:A.Fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk>> wrote: Hi Katie, That’s great. Your work sounds really interesting, I’d love to hear more. As I wrote to Elizabeth, the paper has been accepted in the special issue on self-tracking in Health Sociology Review, edited by Deborah Lupton and will be out soon. I am currently addressing a few reviewer comments and will have the proofs in a couple of weeks. I can send you the updated version then, if that’s OK. You can reference the article as follows, in the meantime: Fotopoulou, A. and O’Riordan, K. (forthcoming) Training to self-care: Fitness tracking, biopedagogy and the healthy consumer, Health Sociology Review. I am also writing a different article about data subjects and the moral economy of data sharing, which you may find useful. I will share this with you at a later stage, when it is ready for circulation. You might also find in helpful the following: Gardner P., and Wray B., (2013) From Lab to Living Room: Transhumanist Imaginaries of Consumer Brain Wave Monitors. Ada: A Journal of Gender, New Media and Technology. 3 And van Dijck, J. (2014) Datafication, dataism and dataveillance: Big Data between scientific paradigm and ideology. Surveillance & Society. 12(2): 197-208. Have you also looked at Evelyn Ruppert’s work? She is the editor of Big Data and Society, and she is writing on data subjectivity too. Of course you probably have everything by Deborah Lupton. I hope this is of help for now. Best wishes Aristea ————————————————————— Dr Aristea Fotopoulou School of Art, Design and Media University of Brighton Watts Media 611, Lewes Road Brighton, BN2 4GJ T: +44 01273 642414<tel:%2B44%2001273%20642414> E: A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:A.Fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk> @aristeaf Loopingthreads.com From: <katiedert(a)gmail.com<mailto:katiedert@gmail.com>> on behalf of Katie Derthick <derthick(a)u.washington.edu<mailto:derthick@u.washington.edu>> Date: Friday, 22 January 2016 14:57 To: Aristea Fotopoulou <A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:A.Fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Data subjectivity presentation at AoIR 2015 Hi Aristea, Thank you! This is just what I was looking for. Do you have any publications or a bibliography you could share with me? In a portion of my dissertation I'm discussing how technology reifies philosophical views/ontological assumptions/etc and using a few different types of tech as little case studies. I'd like to use tracking apps/persuasive tech a la Fitbit as one of the examples I discuss. What are assumptions about what it means to be a person and what it means to be happy that underly the design of technologies like Fitbit? A couple others have responded to me also interested in the presentation, so if you'd like to respond to the list with your slides and/or other pubs or references, they might like that. (Or, I can share what you share with me, if you prefer.) Thank you! Katie -- Katie Derthick PhD Candidate Human Centered Design & Engineering University of Washington derthick(a)uw.edu<mailto:derthick@uw.edu> -- We all experience such loneliness. I feel tremendously lonely myself. We cannot really come up with the ideal occupation that will entertain us completely. There is always some kind of gap where we have to experience a sense of loneliness. I feel that a lot, but I feel joyful, too, just being myself. You cannot expect one-hundred-percent hospitality anywhere at all. That is precisely the meaning of liberation or freedom: freedom from both the loneliness and the hospitality of the world. With that freedom, you begin to find a new strength, a new dimension. You do not have to lean to the right or the left anymore, but you could stand on your own two feet, or one foot, whatever you possess. The ability to do that comes completely out of practice. — Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Profound Treasury of the Ocean of Dharma, Vol. 3 On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 1:35 AM, Aristea Fotopoulou <A.Fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:A.Fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk>> wrote: Hi Katie, Our paper with Kate O¹Riordan examines new forms of self-training and data subjectivities relating to pedagogies of self-care with Fitbit and other wearables. It was presented with the title 'Biosensory experiences and media materiality¹ and the slides of the presentation are here: https://biodigitallives.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/biosensorsaoirkor.pdf If this is the paper you are looking for, do get in touch. Best wishes Aristea ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ Dr Aristea Fotopoulou University of Brighton Loopingthreads.com https://brighton.academia.edu/AristeaFotopoulou @aristeaf A.fotopoulou(a)brighton.ac.uk<mailto:A.fotopoulou@brighton.ac.uk> On 21/01/2016 23:15, "Air-L on behalf of Katie Derthick" <air-l-bounces(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of derthick(a)u.washington.edu<mailto:derthick@u.washington.edu>> wrote: >Hello all, >I'm trying to find information about a talk I saw at AoIR last year in >Phoenix. I know a woman presented... she might have been from the UK?... >she talked about 'data subjectivity' by way of talking about data >collected >by tracking devices like Fitbits... > >Does someone remember this presentation/person/talk title, and if so, will >you email me the info, please? I'm having trouble accessing the conference >program online. I suppose if you have a copy of that, that would probably >work, too. > >Thanks, >Katie > >-- >Katie Derthick >PhD Candidate >Human Centered Design & Engineering >University of Washington >derthick(a)uw.edu<mailto:derthick@uw.edu> > >-- >We all experience such loneliness. I feel tremendously lonely myself. We >cannot really come up with the ideal occupation that will entertain us >completely. There is always some kind of gap where we have to experience a >sense of loneliness. I feel that a lot, but I feel joyful, too, just being >myself. You cannot expect one-hundred-percent hospitality anywhere at all. >That is precisely the meaning of liberation or freedom: freedom from both >the loneliness and the hospitality of the world. With that freedom, you >begin to find a new strength, a new dimension. You do not have to lean to >the right or the left anymore, but you could stand on your own two feet, >or >one foot, whatever you possess. The ability to do that comes completely >out >of practice. ‹ Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, The Profound Treasury of the >Ocean >of Dharma, Vol. 3 >_______________________________________________ >The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org<mailto:Air-L@listserv.aoir.org> mailing list >is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org > >Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >http://www.aoir.org/ > >___________________________________________________________ >This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System >on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: >https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. 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CFP GigaNet Symposium Mexico
by Daniel Oppermann 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear all, Just a quick reminder of the approaching abstract deadline for the 2016 GigaNet Symposium in Guadalajara/México (IGF). We hope to receive your proposals until 10 June! Details: http://giga-net.org/page/2016-annual-symposium Thanks a lot! Best, Daniel

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CFP: Philosophy & Technoloy Special Issue on Ethical Risk Assessment in Biomedical Big Data - Deadline October 17, 2016
by Brent Mittelstadt 02 Jun '16

02 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, Please find below a Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology's special issue on Ethical Risk Assessment in Biomedical Big Data. Deadline for submissions: October 17, 2016 Call for Papers for Philosophy and Technology's special issue on Ethical Risk Assessment in Biomedical Big Data GUEST EDITOR Brent Mittelstadt, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford INTRODUCTION In biomedical research, the analysis of large datasets (Big Data) has become a major driver of innovation and success. 'Biomedical Big Data' (BBD) describes the complex and new set of technologically-driven phenomena focusing on analysis of aggregated datasets to improve medical knowledge, public health, clinical care and commercial health and well-being devices and services. Machine learning and algorithmic categorisation can increasingly make sense of the seemingly endless data emerging from sensors, wearable devices, clinical observations, clinical trials, social and online platforms which provide insight into the behaviours and physiology of individuals. BBD is expected to provide new ways of understanding health and well-being at the level of the individual and society, for example by predicting behaviours, monitoring diseases and outbreaks, and providing risk stratification for individual patients. Epidemiology, infectious disease research, and genomics and genetics are already deeply affected. However, the collection, storage and analysis of BBD potentially raises serious ethical problems which may threaten the huge opportunities it offers. To avoid foreseeable problems and react quickly to emergent issues, the planning and deployment of BBD must include proactive ethical risk assessment. To contribute to this critical step, this special issue of Philosophy and Technology aims to map new, under-researched but important issues, concepts and cases that should be considered in proactive ethical assessment of emerging BBD platforms and services. TOPICS We request the submission of research articles addressing topics including: * Theories and concepts critical to the ethical assessment of biomedical Big Data in particular * Required modifications to informed consent in response to the scale and complexity of BBD * Alternatives to informed consent for BBD governance * Group-level protections, harms and benefits * Ethical principles for governance of BBD platforms * Applicability of traditional medical research ethics principles to BBD * Privacy, de-identification and research subject rights to data access * Ownership of intellectual property generated from BBD * Uses of BBD for empowerment or improvement of patient experiences * Implications of data-intensive clinical experiences for the doctor-patient relationship * Implications of the crossover between personal health devices and BBD research, e.g. Apple HealthKit * Impact of the European General Data Protection Regulation on both biomedical research and personal health/wellness services * Policy recommendations and requirements for poorly regulated BBD practices * Empirical studies/cases of existing Big Data practices that demonstrate critical ethical issues, concepts and solutions TIMETABLE * October 17, 2016: Deadline for paper submissions * December 16, 2016: Deadline reviews papers * January 31, 2017: Deadline revised papers * 2017: Publication of the special issue SUBMISSION DETAILS To submit a paper for this special issue, authors should go to the journal's Editorial Manager http://www.editorialmanager.com/phte/ The journal's submission guidelines and instructions for authors can be found here<http://www.springer.com/philosophy/epistemology+and+philosophy+of+science/j…>. Articles should be written in English and not exceed 10,000 words. The author (or a corresponding author for each submission in case of co- authored papers) must register into EM. The author must then select the special article type: "Special Issue on Ethical Risk Assessment in Biomedical Big Data" from the selection provided in the submission process. All submissions are subject to double-blind peer review. Submissions will be assessed according to the following procedure: New Submission => Journal Editorial Office => Guest Editor(s) => Reviewers => Reviewers' Recommendations => Guest Editor(s)' Recommendation => Editor-in-Chief's Final Decision => Author Notification of the Decision. External link: http://epic.oii.ox.ac.uk/events/ CONTACT For any further information please contact: Brent Mittelstadt brent.mittelstadt(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:brent.mittelstadt@oii.ox.ac.uk> Kind regards, Dr. Brent Mittelstadt Postdoctoral Research Fellow University of Oxford Oxford Internet Institute 1 St. Giles, OX1 3JS 01865 287221 brent.mittelstadt(a)oii.ox.ac.uk<mailto:brent.mittelstadt@oii.ox.ac.uk> http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=365

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Re: [Air-L] Twitter mining software
by Alessandro Zonin 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Hi Jenner have a look to www.socioviz.net. Actually you could search 1 week in the past (max 5.000 tweets). A Twitter tracking feature is going to release in next days. https://alessandrozonin.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/socioviz-a-free-social-net… Alessandro 2016-05-30 23:40 GMT+02:00 Alessandro Zonin <alezonin70(a)gmail.com>: > Hi Jenner have a look to www.socioviz.net. Actually you could search 1 > week in the past (max 5.000 tweets). > A Twitter tracking feature is going to release in next days. > > https://alessandrozonin.wordpress.com/2015/02/20/socioviz-a-free-social-net… > > Alessandro > > 2016-05-28 21:49 GMT+02:00 Jenner, Mareike <mareike.jenner(a)anglia.ac.uk>: > >> Hi all, >> I really need to apologise, I'm sure this question has been asked a >> million times already. Does anyone know a good software to collect tweets >> under a certain hashtag. Also, is there a way to order or search old tweets >> (by date and time)? >> >> Thank you very much for any helpful tips. >> >> Best wishes, >> Mareike >> >> >> >> >> Mareike Jenner >> Lecturer in Media Studies >> Anglia Ruskin University >> Department of English & Media >> >> Office: HEL 362 >> Office Hours: Tue: 10.00-11.00, Wed. 12.00-14.00 >> >> Author: American TV Detective Dramas >> >> -- >> Please click here to view our e-mail disclaimer >> http://www.anglia.ac.uk/email-disclaimer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> The Air-L(a)listserv.aoir.org mailing list >> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org >> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: >> http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org >> >> Join the Association of Internet Researchers: >> http://www.aoir.org/ > > > > > -- > > Twitter @AlessandroZonin <https://twitter.com/AlessandroZonin> > Blog: Social Network Analysis <https://alessandrozonin.wordpress.com/> > -- Twitter @AlessandroZonin <https://twitter.com/AlessandroZonin> Blog: Social Network Analysis <https://alessandrozonin.wordpress.com/>

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Skype as a Tool for Qualitative Research Interviews
by Janet Salmons, Ph.D. 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Thanks for posting this article. Can't resist sharing my work in this area! If you want to learn more details about research design, ethics and practical tips for conducting interviews (1-1 or group) and related observations, see: *Qualitative Online Interviews *(2015). For a broader range of methods, see *Doing Qualitative Research Online*. This coupon (http://bit.ly/1QWOyvE) works if you shop at SAGE, but the books are also on Amazon etc. I'll be doing a webinar on June 15 for SAGE's Methodspace community-- log on there for details or follow me @einterview. Happy interviewing! Janet ** *Janet Salmons PhD* Indie Translational Scholar @ Vision2Lead Dissertation Chair & Qualitative Methodologist: Walden University, PhD in Educational Technology Chair, Academy of Management Ethics Education Committee Site- http://www.vision2lead.com Follow Twitter @einterview

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HICSS 2017 FINAL CFP: Digital Location
by Jim T 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Britta Ricker and Jim Thatcher invite your submission to a minitrack titled Digital Location <http://www.hicss.org/#!digital-location/c1nba>, which is a sub-track of the Digital and Social Media track at The Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS <http://www.hicss.org/>). HICSS is in its 50th year and will be held at the Hilton Waikoloa Village <http://www.hiltonwaikoloavillage.com/> from January 4-7, 2017 on the Big Island (more information on the venue and HICSS rates can be found here <http://www.hicss.org/#!venue/c13w>. HICSS is one of the premier conferences according to paper citation index ratings. Papers are peer-reviewed and accepted papers are published in the IEEE Digital Library and made available for free to all participants. There are also opportunities to fast track your paper to publication in a number of journals <http://www.hicss.org/#!hicss-50-fast-track-opportunities/cxfq>. The conference attracts a diverse, transdisciplinary set of researchers and promotes lively, interactive sessions. HICSS presents a unique environment for cross-pollination of ideas. You will find the published proceedings from previous HICSS here <http://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/hicss/index.html>. The conference 'Call for Papers' and more details about the format for submission may be found here <http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp>. *Papers are to be of 5-10 pages in length and will be double-blind peer reviewed.* The deadline for submission is June 15th, 2016. Details about the research paper formatting and submission may be found here <http://www.hicss.org/#!authors/ccjp>. Digital Location Minitrack Call for Papers: The purpose of this minitrack titled Digital Location is to comprehensively engage with research that investigates digital locational data. We call for papers that address the production, capture, and study of location information through both technical and theoretical perspectives. Research into the processes associated with data capture and analysis, including visualization techniques, is in high demand. This is in part due to the ever-growing production of locational data via emerging spatially-aware technologies. Here we invite papers that address ‘location information’ in a broad sense that includes both precise geolocated coordinates and more general expressions of space and place. Potential data sources include individuals and industries – for example, government open data initiatives, personal activity trackers, social media services, or aerial photography from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). We wish to engage with scholarship that addresses the technical considerations around working with locational data as well as its transformation into spatial media. This includes, but is not limited to, papers that: offer new technical and methodological solutions to the capture, interpretation, analysis or visualization of spatial media; examine the epistemological and ontological effects of spatial social media upon users; present empirical work on the creation or consumption of spatial social media; advance our understanding of how spatial social media relate to social and political processes; present new work on the role of economic forces in the creation and use of spatial social media, for example, location-specific advertising; or explore spatial social media as a means of better understanding urban and non-urban environments. More specifically, we encourage papers that engage with the following topics or related areas: - Spatial Informatics, data mining and data exploration of spatial information - Crowdsourced spatial information - New or emerging locational data collection techniques - Resistance and/or surveillance through spatial digital information and social media - Mapping social media for humanitarian efforts - FOSS technologies for location aware research - Social media and citizen science initiatives - Governmental Open Data analyzed and distributed through social media - Gendered representations in spatial digital information and social media - Ethical considerations associated with the use of spatial digital media for information sharing - Scale and information relevance related to social media networks and location - Qualitative research on the use of spatial social media by end-users and firms - New or alternative methodological techniques for the collection, analysis and visualization of spatial social media information If you have any additional questions, please contact the minitrack organizers: Jim Thatcher jethatch(a)uw.edu Britta Ricker bricker0 at uw.edu

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Postdoc Position in Berlin, Global Constitutionalism and the Internet, Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG)
by Cornelius Puschmann 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

PROJECT MANAGERGLOBAL CONSTITUTIONALISM AND THE INTERNETStarting now, the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) is seeking a highly motivated project manager for the research department "Global Constitutionalism and the Internet" headed by Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Ingolf Pernice. The project manager (75% TVL 14 - for suitably qualified applicants, plus family, literature and travel expenses, initially limited to one year with an option of extending) will act as administrative and academic head of the Global Constitutionalism and the Internet team, with a specific focus on the legal aspects of the transformative effects that the Internet (especially IoT) will have on public governance/eGovernment. This project will be completed together with researchers from the Internet-enabled Innovation department. *YOUR TASKS WILL INCLUDE:* - Independent research in the area of Internet and public governance or eGovernment, including research about the Internet of Things and organisational transformation processes in the fields of innovation and IT regulation - Leadership of the research team (researchers, student assistants, guest researchers), supervision of doctoral theses in the research department as well as budgetary responsibilities for the department in close coordination with the responsible director - Monitoring of funding lines and calls for proposals, raising of third-party funding by contributing to public calls for proposals or by supporting the fundraising activities at HIIG - Ongoing publication of academic articles in relevant journals, but also design of conference contributions as well as formats for knowledge transfer to a broader public, e.g. events, blog posts etc. - Maintenance and expansion of the existing academic networks of the institute in the relevant subject area *WHAT WE EXPECT:* - The basic requirements are the completion of legal practice examinations with honors and an excellent legal doctor’s degree, preferably in the area of public law, with openness to interdisciplinarity - A deep interest in transdisciplinary research on the Internet and in the field "IoT & Government transformation" as well as the ability to identify and use links to other fields of expertise - Experience in project/research management and in raising third-party funding - Some initial experience in human resources management, in motivating and governing project teams as well as very good communication skills - Openness to international academic collaboration, ideally supported by relevant international experience - Ideally, you should possess professional experience in the field of digital transformation processes - An outstanding capacity to work independently, creative drive, sense of responsibility, motivation, ability to work in a team, communication skills - Excellent German and English skills are absolutely required *WHAT WE OFFER:* - The opportunity to lead and manage a research department at HIIG - in coordination with the responsible director - The opportunity to independently complete a project that will contribute to digital transformation processes in organisations, involves a diverse set of tasks and offers considerable freedom in shaping the project - The opportunity to independently set topics in an international research environment and to develop structures cooperatively - Integration into the international research network of the institute - A diverse and dynamic team with highly motivated colleagues from different disciplines in a pioneering institute in the middle of Berlin *APPLICATION:* Application with motivational letter, CV and relevant credentials, stating the earliest start date possible via the online form: http://www.hiig.de/en/jobs Ideally you should include some initial (academic) publications and/or a first draft of a possible research project. The examination of applications will start on 30 May 2016. The job application process will remain open until a suitable candidate is found. Severely disabled persons with essentially the same qualification will be especially considered. We wish to fill the position at the earliest possible opportunity. If you have any questions, please contact Jana Schudrowitz ( jana.schudrowitz(a)hiig.de) *ABOUT THE INSTITUTE:* The Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) explores the dynamic relationship between the Internet and society, including the increasing interpenetration of digital infrastructures and various domains of everyday life. The three founding associates are the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of the Arts Berlin and the Social Science Research Center Berlin, in alliance with the Hans-Bredow Institute for Media Research in Hamburg as an integrated co-operation partner. ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT INSTITUT FÜR INTERNET UND GESELLSCHAFT gGMBH Französische Straße 9 · D-10117 Berlin · T +49 30 20 07-6082 · F +49 30 20 60-8960 · info(a)hiig.de -- Dr. Cornelius Puschmann Senior Researcher Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) Französische Straße 9 10117 Berlin, Germany www.hiig.de Faculty Associate Berkman Center for Internet and Society, Harvard University 23 Everett Street, Second Floor Cambridge, MA 02138, USA cyber.law.harvard.edu p: +49 30 2007 6082 e: cornelius.puschmann(a)hiig.de w: cbpuschmann.net *Recent paper:* Puschmann, C., Bastos, M. T., & Schmidt, J.-H. (2016). Birds of a feather petition together? Characterizing e-petitioning through the lens of platform data. *Information, Communication & Society.* SSRN preprint: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2741795

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New report on hate speech in Ethiopia's social media
by Matti Pohjonen 01 Jun '16

01 Jun '16

Dear colleagues, You may find of interest the release of our final report on hate speech in the social media in Ethiopia. This, to our knowledge, is one of the first academic studies that contextually examines how hate speech emerges and is disseminated in the social media. You can read more about the report here: http://pcmlp.socleg.ox.ac.uk/2016/05/mechachal-final-report-released/ Or access the full report on Academia.edu: https://www.academia.edu/25747549/Mechachal_-_Online_Debates_and_Elections_… <https://www.academia.edu/25747549/Mechachal_-_Online_Debates_and_Elections_…> -- Dr. Matti Pohjonen Research Fellow VOX-Pol network of Excellence School of Law and Government Dublin City University www.voxpol.eu

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