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Call for Chapter - Rural Media Studies: A Global Perspective
by Esteve Del Valle, M. 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

Dear Colleagues, We are delighted to announce a call for chapters for our forthcoming edited volume, *Rural Media Studies: A Global Perspective*, to be published by Lexington Books (now part of Bloomsbury Publishing Inc.). This volume explores the largely untapped field of Rural Media Studies, focusing on the impact of digitalization beyond metropolitan centers. We aim to compile the final manuscript by *December 15, 2025*. Scope and Objectives The volume will examine the processes of digitalization and their unique influences in rural contexts, addressing the need for scholarship that moves beyond urban-focused research. Digitalization—the integration of digital technology across sectors of government, business, and society—is often examined through an urban lens, leaving the media landscapes of rural areas underexplored. This volume seeks to address this gap by establishing a *"rural turn"* within Media Studies. This shift is essential to avoid knowledge gaps and enhance decision-making across social, political, and environmental domains. Recognizing that transitioning to climate-neutral societies requires a robust understanding of media practices within rural populations, this volume encourages scholarship that moves beyond traditional urban-centric frameworks. Topics of Interest We welcome submissions from diverse geographies, methodologies, and disciplines, addressing (but not limited to) the following themes: - Political participation, polarization, and media engagement in rural spaces - Climate dis/misinformation and its impact on rural communities - Surveillance, privacy, and rural media use - Rural-urban dynamics in media representation and content - Digital literacy, access, and inclusion in rural areas We particularly encourage interdisciplinary approaches that leverage Media Studies' positioning at the intersection of various fields, offering flexible and creative explorations of media practices in rural settings. Submission Details If you are interested in contributing, please email your *short bio* (a few lines), *abstract* (approx. 300 words), and a *brief outline* by *March 31st, 2025* to: - Rashid Gabdulhakov: r.f.gabdulhakov(a)rug.nl - Marc Esteve del Valle: m.esteve.del.valle(a)rug.nl Authors of selected abstracts will be notified by the first week of April, and full chapters will be expected by *July 30, 2025*. For questions or further information, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We would be happy to discuss the project further with potential contributors. We look forward to receiving your contributions and working together to shed light on this timely and important area of research. Best regards, *Dr. Rashid Gabdulhakov* Assistant Professor | Centre for Media and Journalism Studies | University of Groningen (The Netherlands) Personal website: Plovism <https://plovism.com/> | ORCiD <https://orcid.org/> | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/> | "Chat in the Yurt" Podcast <https://chatinyurt.com/> *Dr. Marc Esteve del Valle* Senior Lecturer | Centre for Media and Journalism Studies | University of Groningen (The Netherlands)| Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/> -- Dr. Marc Esteve del Valle, *Senior Lecturer*, Centre for Media and Journalism Studies, University of Groningen (The Netherlands) | Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=BtRD8IkAAAAJ&hl=en> <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Marc_Esteve_Del_Valle>

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New report: Trans Digital Rights
by Jess Reia 03 Mar '25

03 Mar '25

Dear colleagues, We want to share with you our recently launched report, “Trans Digital Rights: Improving data visibility, privacy and belonging for gender-diverse communities.” Our research asks: If we could reimagine digital rights that center the needs of gender-diverse communities, what would they look like? The increasing attacks on trans rights are part of a coordinated global agenda, and responding to them will help us reflect on adjacent digital rights and data justice issues, from reproductive rights to freedom of expression. Gender-diverse individuals face specific challenges navigating digital spaces, but there is still a gap between trans and digital rights advocacy. With the widespread adoption of AI and ongoing threats to democracy, we need to reimagine how we protect trans people. With that in mind, we developed the Trans Digital Rights (TDR) framework, based on a transnational two-year research project that explores issues related to data collection, citizen-generated data, AI, and platform regulation. We propose policy and advocacy recommendations, hoping the TDR framework can be used, changed, adapted, critiqued, and built upon. You can download it here: https://doi.org/10.18130/m2zw-2g87 Thank you, J. *Jess Reia, Ph.D. (they/them)* Assistant Professor of Data Science Faculty co-lead, Digital Technology for Democracy Lab <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/digital-technology-democracy-lab>, University of Virginia reia(a)virginia.edu | https://datascience.virginia.edu/ Visiting Scholar, Institute for Global Public Policy <https://igpp.fudan.edu.cn/igppen/main.htm>, Fudan University 2024-2025 Non-Resident Fellow at the Center for Democracy & Technology <https://cdt.org/> <https://karshinstitute.virginia.edu/> New book: Urban Music Governance <https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/U/bo245009492.html>

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Webinar Recordings: Diving Deep with Hallyu Tracker
by Natalia Grincheva 02 Mar '25

02 Mar '25

Dear colleagues, Happy Monday! The recording of the global webinar *Diving Deep with Hallyu Tracker: Data-Driven Insights into the Korean Wave* is now available on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/wsPFKGvrnQ4 *You can also read more about the project: <https://datatopower.net/hallyu>*Mapping The Global Impacts of Hallyu <https://datatopower.net/hallyu> *& Play with the Open Access App: *Hallyu Tracker <https://vsg.datatopower.net/?VyLsuw4q0S> *Read teaser articles and watch video demos:* - Pursuit: Have you been taken by the Korean Wave yet? <https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/have-you-been-taken-by-the-korean-w…> - The Academic: The Korean wave: A global phenomenon demystified <https://theacademic.com/the-korean-wave-a-global-phenomenon-demystified/> If any questions, please feel free to outreach directly With kind regards, Natalia *Dr Natalia Grincheva (grincheva(a)gmail.com <grincheva(a)gmail.com>)* Programme Leader <https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/about/academics/dr-natalia-grincheva>, BA(Hons) Arts Management University of the Arts Singapore & Senior Research Fellow (Hon) <https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/784300-natalia-grincheva>, Digital Studio The University of Melbourne *Academic Profile: https://grincheva.com/ <https://grincheva.com/> *

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ECPR Digital Authoritarianism RN Online Lecture, 6 March: Dr. Gustavo Robles
by Ülker Sözen 02 Mar '25

02 Mar '25

We cordially invite you to the second meeting of the seminar series "The Many Faces of Digital Authoritarianism" organized by the ECPR Research Network on Digital Authoritarianism. Dr. Gustavo Robles will discuss "Senses of Freedom. Platform Labor and Ideology in Argentina." You can find below the abstract and short bio of Dr. Robles. The lecture will be held on *March 6, Thursday between 15:30 - 17:00 CET via Zoom.* Topic: ECPR Digital Authoritarianism RN lecture series: Dr. Gustavo Robles Time: Mar 6, 2025 03:30 PM Amsterdam, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm, Vienna Join Zoom Meeting https://uni-leipzig.zoom-x.de/j/66267638871?pwd=0nsLTE1dO4qzgkszmN4MIpAxAkS… Meeting ID: 662 6763 8871 Passcode: 576416 Kind regards, Dr. Ülker Sözen Post-doctoral Researcher Chair of Development Politics, University of Passau Institute for the Study of Religion, Leipzig University ------------------- Title: Senses of Freedom. Platform Labor and Ideology in Argentina Abstract: The media-disseminated image of the "Rappi vote" became very popular during the last election campaign in Argentina in 2023 to such an extent that it expanded the common idea of the young workers of the food delivery platforms as the political subject of Javier Milei's electoral success. A myth or not, the starting point of the presentation is that this figure contains an ideological density that allows us to establish relations between the working conditions on the platforms and the libertarian interpellation propelled by Javier Milei and his political party, La Libertad Avanza. Following an approach centred on ideologies, we looked for concrete and practical senses of freedom that could explain the “elective affinities,” to use Weber's acute expression, between the experience of platform work and its resonance with the libertarian understanding of freedom from three perspectives. First, the political-institutional dimension shows how the ideal of freedom has been deployed through global and local processes of institutionalizing labour flexibility, the latest stage of which is represented by various forms of platform labour. Second, the technopolitical dimension exposes the algorithmic management of work as a mechanism of power production in the workplace that constantly requires workers' freedoms for its reproduction through multiple routine decisions. Thirdly, the subjective dimension, given by the experience of platform workers in San Miguel de Tucumán, reveals the practical understanding of freedom and autonomy as a pragmatic way of dealing with the limitations of an authoritarian and depressed labour market. Bio: Gustavo Robles is a Gerda-Henkel Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Passau (Germany) and an Associated Fellow at the National University of Tucumán (Argentina) and within the International Research Group on Authoritarianism and Counterstrategies (IRGAC). His research and teaching focus on the ideological and subjective dimensions of the current crisis of neoliberalism in the Global South.

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19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025): Last Call for Papers
by Announce 02 Mar '25

02 Mar '25

*** Last Call for Papers (Research/Industry) *** 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) September 15-19, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://conf.researchr.org/home/ecsa-2025 (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) The European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA) is the premier European software architecture conference, providing researchers, practitioners, and educators with a platform to present and discuss the most recent, innovative, and significant findings and experiences in the field of software architecture research and practice. The 19th European Conference on Software Architecture (ECSA 2025) will be held from September 15 to 19, 2025. ECSA 2025 is planned as an in-person conference taking place in the beautiful city of Limassol (Cyprus). SCOPE The theme for ECSA 2025 is “impactful software architecture”. The software architecture discipline has had a critical role in shaping robust, scalable, and maintainable systems. We are interested in learning about software architecture principles and practices, emergence trends and case studies highlighting strategic architectural choices that can lead to enhanced performance, improved collaboration, and long-term sustainability. The overarching question is how these architectural principles and practices, both well-established and emerging, are making an impact in real-world systems, and how that impact is being felt across various domains, from enterprise systems to more novel areas like, e.g., AI-driven or autonomous applications? The Program Committee of the 19th European Conference on Software Architecture seeks submissions of original and unpublished high-quality papers describing fundamental and applied research; new methods, approaches, and processes; novel applications; education and training in software architecture; and experience reports on all topics related to software architecture. We particularly encourage papers that demonstrate that diversity in gender, culture, religion, country, etc. are key factors for success and innovation in software architecture. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: • Foundational principles of software architecture • Relationship of requirements engineering and software architecture • Quality attributes and software architectures • Architecture practices for secure, explainable, and trustworthy software • Architecture design and analysis • Architecture description languages and meta-models • Architecture verification and validation • Management of architectural knowledge, decisions, and rationale • Architecture patterns, styles, and tactics; reference architectures • Architecture viewpoints and views • Architecture conformance • Software architecture virtualization and visualization • Architecture-centric process models and frameworks • Software architecture and agile, incremental, iterative, and continuous development • Component-based models and deployment; middleware • Software architecture and system architecture • Software tools and environments for architecture-centric software engineering • Ethics, cultural, economic, business, social, human, and managerial aspects of software architecture • Architecture and technical debt • Architecting for sustainable and environment friendly systems • Applying AI and LLMs in software architecture and architecting for AI and LLM intensive systems • Software architecture education • Cross-disciplinary approaches to software architecture • Architectures for reconfigurable and self-adaptive systems • Architectural concerns of autonomic systems • Software architecture applied to new and emerging areas, such as the cloud/edge, big data, blockchain, cyber-physical systems, IoT, autonomous systems, systems-of-systems, energy- aware software, quantum computing, AI-enabled systems • Empirical studies, systematic literature reviews, and mapping studies in software architecture • Diversity, equity, and inclusion in activities related to software architecture RESEARCH PAPERS ECSA 2025 seeks four types of papers for the research track: • Research papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) which describe novel contributions to software architecture research (submissions should cover work that has a sound scientific/technological basis and has been validated) • Education and training papers (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that address methodologies, experiences and best practices for teaching and training software architecture • Experience reports (max. 16 pages in LNCS style) that cover innovative implementations, novel applications, insightful performance results and experience in applying software architecture research advances to practical situations and systems • Short papers (max. 8 pages in LNCS style) that present novel and preliminary work-in- progress or challenges in a topic of software architecture research, education, and training. Submissions must have a sound basis, but not necessarily be validated in full. All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review process. Papers will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, and relevance. All contributions must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. Contravention of this concurrent submission policy will be deemed a serious breach of ethics, and appropriate action will be taken in all such cases. Plagiarism checking will be conducted and any paper reporting more than a 20% match with published work will be desk-rejected. To note is that research papers, education and training papers, and experience reports that are rejected in their categories may be re-evaluated as short papers only if the committee decides on rejection of the full paper on the basis that it presents preliminary work. The research track of ECSA 2025 supports an Open Science policy. We encourage all contributing authors to disclose (anonymized and curated) data/artifacts to increase reproducibility. Note that sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance. Upon submission to the research track, authors are required: • To make their artifacts available to the program committee (via a link to an anonymous repository) and provide instructions on how to access this data in the paper; or • To include in the paper an explanation as to why this is not possible or desirable; and • To indicate why they do not intend to make their data or study materials publicly available upon acceptance, if that is the case While sharing research artifacts is not mandatory for submission or acceptance, authors are required to include a Data Availability statement after the Conclusions section in a section named "Data Availability". This statement should explain whether or not data and/or artifacts are available or how they could be accessed (or not). Upon acceptance, papers with Open Science artifacts (e.g., data, tools, etc.) will be invited to upload their artifacts into the ECSA Zenodo community (https://zenodo.org/communities/ecsa/) to make them accessible and visible to the ECSA community. Sharing artifacts via the ECSA Zenodo community is required for authors to be eligible for the best Open Artifact award. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Research Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". The proceedings will be published by Springer as part of the LNCS series. We also plan to organize a Journal Special Issue on the theme of ECSA 2025 and to invite authors of selected papers to submit an extended version of their research. INDUSTRY PAPERS The Industry Track at ECSA 2025 brings together practicing software architects and software architecture researchers from regional, European, and worldwide communities. We are seeking contributions from industry that share challenges, practical solutions, successful practices, failures, and lessons learned while analyzing, designing, implementing, evaluating, and evolving software architectures. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to the following themes: • Experience with architectures for emerging technologies, like LLM, and Agent-based system • Domain-specific challenges for software architects and architectures • Architecture specification and documentation • Architectural patterns, tactics, and tools • Practices and methods supporting architecture design, evaluation and evolution • Integration of architectural practices and methods with other software engineering approaches/practices/methods (e.g. Agile) • Social and organizational aspects, like human-machine, human-AI interactions, human-in-the-loop The ECSA 2025 Industry track aims to contribute to bridging the gap between academia and industrial practice by establishing an open communication and discussion environment. It will offer researchers and practitioners the opportunity to interact with fellow professionals and develop new ideas and skills for addressing industrial problems and collaborations. There are three ways to contribute: Full Papers (up to 16 pages in Springer LNCS style) describing best practices and experience from applying novel approaches to large-scale industrial projects in the context of software architecture. Submissions will be selected based on originality, quality, soundness, practical relevance, and potential for discussion. Short Papers and Presentations (6-10 pages in Springer LNCS style) outlining presentations on practices and experience related to software architecture from the industry. Submissions will be selected based on originality, practical relevance, and potential for discussion. Software Architecture Showcases (6 pages in Springer LNCS style) demonstrating a specific real-world architecture (including its flaws) together with a discussion of the context, challenges, and/or process that led to its present form. It can be formulated as an abstract outlining the architecture to be presented, preferably together with links to externally available work products. Submissions will be selected based on the offered insights into real architectural work, work products, and learnings related to architecture. All contributions need to be written in English, must be original, not published, accepted, or submitted for publication elsewhere. If accepted, each contribution needs to be presented by one of the authors who is registered at the conference. All contributions must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu…) Page limits include figures and references. Contributions need to be submitted in PDF format via EasyChair to the ECSA 2025 Research Track: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ecsa2025. Please select the “Industry Track” in EasyChair for your submission and click "Continue". IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: March 14, 2025 • Paper submission: March 21, 2025 • Notification: May 9, 2025 • Camera-ready paper: June 23, 2025 Early/Author registration: June 27, 2025 All dates are 23:59h AoE (Anywhere on Earth). ORGANISATION General Chairs • Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano, Switzerland • Vasilios Andrikopoulos, University of Groeningen, The Netherlands Program Co-Chairs • Nour Ali, Brunel University London, UK • Jacopo Soldani, University of Pisa, Pisa Industry Co-Chairs • Miroslaw Staron, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden • Xiwei (Sherry) Xu, CSIRO's Data61, Australia

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9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) @ACL: 3rd CFP
by Agostina Calabrese 01 Mar '25

01 Mar '25

*** Third Call for Papers – DEADLINES UPDATED *** We invite paper submissions to the 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH), which will take place on July 31/August 1 at ACL 2025. Website: https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/cfp.html Important Dates * Submission due: April 18, 2025 * ARR reviewed submission due: May 20, 2025 * Notification of acceptance: May 30, 2025 * Camera-ready papers due: June 13, 2025 * Workshop: July 31st - August 1st, 2025 Overview Digital technologies have brought significant benefits to society, transforming how people connect, communicate, and interact. However, these same technologies have also enabled the widespread dissemination and amplification of abusive and harmful content, such as hate speech, harassment, and misinformation. Given the sheer volume of content shared online, addressing abuse and harm at scale requires the use of computational tools. Yet, detecting and moderating online abuse remains a complex task, fraught with technical, social, legal, and ethical challenges. The 9th Workshop on Online Abuse and Harms (WOAH) invites paper submissions from a diverse range of fields, including but not limited to natural language processing, machine learning, computational social science, law, political science, psychology, sociology, and cultural studies. We explicitly encourage interdisciplinary research, technical and non-technical contributions, and submissions that focus on under-resourced languages. Non-archival papers and civil society reports are also welcome. Topics covered by WOAH include, but are not limited to: * New models or methods for detecting abusive and harmful online content, including misinformation; * Biases and limitations in existing detection models or datasets for abusive and harmful content, especially those in commercial use; * Development of new datasets and taxonomies for online abuse and harms; * Novel evaluation metrics and procedures for detecting harmful content; * Analyses of the dynamics of online abuse, its propagation, and its impact on different communities; * Social, legal, and ethical considerations in detecting, monitoring, and moderating online abuse. Special Theme: Harms Beyond Hate Speech In its 9th edition, WOAH highlights the theme Harms Beyond Hate Speech. We aim to expand the conversation beyond conventional definitions of harmful content by exploring the nuanced ways online harms manifest—such as technologically mediated inauthentic behavior, the power of technologies to reshape perceptions and opinions, and their potential to incite discrimination, hostility, violence, or even genocide. Additionally, we emphasize the diverse targets affected by such harms and the unique considerations computational interventions demand. To facilitate this exploration, we invite NLP researchers, social scientists, cultural scholars, and practitioners to engage with key issues, including child sexual abuse material, radicalization, misinformation, platform policies, security, and the politics of computational approaches. By fostering interdisciplinary collaboration, our goal is to deepen understanding of these complex phenomena and advance effective, ethical solutions Submission Submission is electronic, using the Softconf START conference management system. Submission link: https://softconf.com/acl2025/woah2025/ The workshop will accept three types of papers: 1) Academic Papers (long and short): Long papers of up to 8 pages, excluding references, and short papers of up to 4 pages, excluding references. Unlimited pages for references and appendices. Accepted papers will be given an additional page of content to address reviewer comments. Previously published papers cannot be accepted. 2) Non-Archival Submissions: Up to 2 pages, excluding references, to summarise and showcase in-progress work and work published elsewhere. 3) Civil Society Reports: Non-archival submissions, with a minimum of 2 pages and no upper limit. Can include work published elsewhere. All submissions must use the official ACL style files<https://github.com/acl-org/acl-style-files>. Submissions that do not conform to the required styles, including paper size, margin width, and font size restrictions, will be rejected without review. All submissions should adhere to the workshop policies https://www.workshopononlineabuse.com/policies.html. WOAH Community We are excited to share the WOAH community Slack channel — a workspace for researchers interested in or working on understanding and addressing online abuse and harms! Join us here: https://join.slack.com/t/hatespeechdet-47d7560/shared_invite/zt-2a8d96j4z-g… Contact Info Please send any questions about the workshop to organizers(a)workshopononlineabuse.com<mailto:organizers@workshopononlineabuse.com> Organisers Agostina Calabrese, University of Edinburgh Christine de Kock, University of Melbourne Debora Nozza, Bocconi University Flor Miriam Plaza-del-Arco, Bocconi University Zeerak Talat, University of Edinburgh Francielle Vargas, University of São Paulo The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. Is e buidheann carthannais a th’ ann an Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann, clàraichte an Alba, àireamh clàraidh SC005336.

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Looking to invite UX writers, Taxonomists and Ontologists to our classroom
by Noopur Raval 01 Mar '25

01 Mar '25

Dear all, I am an assistant professor in Information Studies at UCLA in California, USA. I train librarians, archivists and other information professionals. I am looking to invite UX writers, Ontologists and Taxonomists to speak with my students over zoom to educate them on how to get into these professions, what they entail and how LIS skills lend themselves to these roles. I can offer a modest honorarium for your time. I am preferably looking to invite US based folks just because they would be the most relevant to our job market. Would appreciate any leads or connections! If you can repost this to ALA or ACLS or SAA lists, I would greatly appreciate it! Thank you, Best, Noopur -- Noopur Raval

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Submission deadline for AoIR2025 is Saturday, 1 March 2025
by AoIR Association Coordinator 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

*This is a reminder that the deadline to make submissions for #AoIR2025 is 1 March 2025 BRT – a little over 24 hours away!* If you are unsure what time this is where you are, please check here <https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?msg=AoIR2025+Submissi…>. We’re very excited to be making two major innovations this year. This first is that *we are opening space for other languages than English!* For the first time ever, we will accept a limited number of proposals to be presented in Portuguese or Spanish (and that will have simultaneous translation to English). *These proposals must be submitted in English for the review process. * This is restricted to papers, panels, roundtables and fishbowls. As part of the submission process, you will be asked if you would like to present in Portuguese or Spanish. *If your proposal is a panel, roundtable or fishbowl with multiple languages, you must choose only one language for the entire group. The choice you make at this stage will be binding.* As there will be fewer spots for these presentations--because of the need to provide simultaneous translation--you may be accepted but asked to present in English. The second innovation is the introduction of a *tiered system for conference registration fees.* The final fees will be announced in due course, but we are striving to leave last year’s fees unchanged, while offering seriously discounted rates for participants based in the Global South. Without committing to a concrete number right now, the options we are considering are around US$50 for early-bird members, which would bring AoIR in line with similar conferences in Brazil. We mention this now to encourage submissions from people who might be discouraged from even trying to come to the conference based on previous years’ fees. For this year’s conference we are excited to be continuing with our hybrid options, while learning from the experience of Sheffield. To this end, we shall be accepting proposals for papers to be presented remotely and we will be live streaming a number of the sessions, allowing for remote participation in the conference. We shall be limiting the number of remote presentations to one or two per paper panel, and only for some of the panels per session. Finally, two of our core events will continue to run in both face-to-face and online versions: the Doctoral Colloquium <https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025subtypes/> and the Early Career Researcher (ECR) event. Submissions <https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025subtypes/> for both modes of the Doctoral Colloquium are open; as with our other preconferences, calls for participation in both modes of the ECR event will be distributed shortly after conference acceptance notifications. We also plan to provide online access for all AoIR members to our larger events (keynote, plenaries, and Annual General Meeting). - - - *Submission to AoIR 2025: Ruptures* The 2025 conference welcomes contributions that address the broad theme of Ruptures <https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025cfp/>. To re-familiarize yourself with the call for proposals and types of submissions solicited, please see here: https://aoir.org/aoir2025/aoir2025subtypes/ When submitting, please take the time to read the submission categories and topics carefully; this helps us match your submission to a suitable reviewer. To learn more about how submissions are reviewed, please see here: https://aoir.org/sub_review_info_aoir/ *In the interest of diversity and collegiality, each conference participant is limited to presenting a maximum of two papers (either as standalone papers or as parts of a panel or one of each; fishbowls, experimental sessions and roundtables are not counted against your maximum of two presentations). You can be a co-author on additional papers, but you must not be the scheduled presenter of these papers.* Please email any questions about the submissions process to AoIRConfChair [@] aoir.org. Click here to go to the submission site: https://www.conftool.org/aoir2025 We look forward to your proposals and to a vibrant and stimulating conference in Niterói! #AoIR2025 Organizing Committee ---- Important Deadline Reminders: 1 March 2025: Submissions due for papers, panels, roundtables, fishbowls, experimental sessions, and pre-conference workshops 4 March 2025: Updates to reviewer status, reviewer topics, and reviewer methods due 1 May 2025: Submission deadline for Doctoral Colloquium 1 August 2025: Early Registration Deadline for ALL presenters 15 - 18 October 2025: #AoIR2025 in Niterói, Brazil 25 November 2025: Final version of the extended abstract must be uploaded

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Join for a talk by Elizabeth Losh at Utrecht Uni, March 17, 2025. Registration required
by amarkham＠gmail.com 28 Feb '25

28 Feb '25

Hello AoIR Friends! ***event announcement w/ the usual apologies for crossposting *** On March 17, I’ll launch the first of a series of meet-up events at Utrecht University as part of my new initiative, the Futures + Literacies Lab. We’re delighted to invite the amazing Elizabeth Losh, who will give a talk entitled AI Literacy and Public Memory: Generating Future Pasts, followed by discussion among participants. Please join if you’re in the area, and if there’s enough interest, we can livestream the talk. When: Monday, March 17, 15:00-16:45 Where*: Room 0.04, Muntstraat 2a, Utrecht University, 3512EV Utrecht, the Netherlands) RSVP: Yes, please register for this event here: [1]https://forms.gle/RqbY41SLb7BT37HE7 Event is in person, but if you can’t be here in person and still want to attend? Register, and indicate this in the registration and we’ll try to accommodate! (*location may change depending on number of participants ) Talk title: AI Literacy and Public Memory: Generating Future Pasts Featuring special guest: Professor Elizabeth Losh, William & Mary University, USA Abstract: As new machine learning technologies are created to predict the future, they may also destabilize the past. Generative AI has been known to fabricate quotations from historical records and change depictions of prior events. Even when these instances are rare, they undermine the stability and coherence of public memory. For example, Google’s Gemini produced misleading images when prompted to produce illustrations for “a US Senator from the 1800s” or “a 1943 German soldier." In response to the controversy, the company’s senior vice president admitted that the system would “occasionally generate embarrassing, inaccurate or offensive results.” Generative AI may also perpetuate biased narratives through reliance on information and opinions already in circulation, rather than drawing from new research and marginalized or historically suppressed perspectives, and it may neglect intersectional understandings of identity. However, it is also important to highlight creative uses of these technologies to imagine other possible origin stories that emphasize the agency and resilience of people of the past, the richness of “little data," and innovative approaches to speculative nonfiction. This talk will feature experiments with generative AI by galleries, libraries, archives, and museums to explore the making of future pasts. About the speaker: Elizabeth Losh is the Duane A. and Virginia S. Dittman Professor of American Studies and English with a specialization in New Media Ecologies at William & Mary, USA, where she also directs the Equality Lab. Losh is well known for her research about communities that produce, consume, and circulate digital content. Much of this body of work concerns the rising influence of AI and simulation technologies, the legitimation of political institutions through digital evidence, representations of war, violence, and disease in social media and games, and online discourse about human rights.Previously she directed the Culture, Art, and Technology Program at the University of California, San Diego. She currently co-chairs the Modern Language Association - Conference on College Composition and Communication Joint Task Force on Writing and AI. Losh is the is the author of Selfie Democracy: The New Digital Politics of Disruption and Insurrection (MIT Press, 2022), Hashtag (Bloomsbury, 2019), The War on Learning: Gaining Ground in the Digital University (MIT Press, 2014), and Virtualpolitik: An Electronic History of Government Media-Making in a Time of War, Scandal, Disaster, Miscommunication, and Mistakes (MIT Press, 2009). She also edited the collection MOOCs and Their Afterlives: Experiments in Scale and Access in Higher Education (University of Chicago, 2017) and co-edited Bodies of Information: Intersectional Feminism and Digital Humanities (Minnesota, 2018) with Jaqueline Wernimont. When: Monday, March 17, 15:00-16:45 Where*: Muntstraat 2a, 0.04* RSVP: Yes, please register for this event here: [2]https://forms.gle/RqbY41SLb7BT37HE7 All the best, and of course, if you have questions, feel free to email me directly, Annette Annette N. Markham (she/her) | Chair Professor of Media Literacies and Public Engagement | Utrecht University | [3]Department of Media and Culture Studies | Faculty of Humanities | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 EV Utrecht | Room 2.04 | [4]a.n.markham(a)uu.nl | [5]www.uu.nl/staff/anmarkham | professional website: [6]https://annettemarkham.com References 1. https://forms.gle/RqbY41SLb7BT37HE7 2. https://forms.gle/RqbY41SLb7BT37HE7 3. https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/department-of-media-and-culture-studies 4. mailto:a.n.markham@uu.nl 5. http://www.uu.nl/staff/anmarkham 6. https://annettemarkham.com/

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WEBCAST FEB 27 – Beyond Whois: Filling the Gaps
by Joly MacFie 27 Feb '25

27 Feb '25

Underway. Some minor changes in the speaker lineup. REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/41vuiRb This is Part 2. Part 1 is at https://isoc.live/18821/ [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=64e57bb7c2fd74694caef95…> On *Thursday, February 27, 2025* at *14:00-15:30 EST* (19:00-20:30 UTC) *CircleID <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8c3c50d0a397c1997a23997…>* and the *Edgemoor Research Institute <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6cf9176471cf89c2b18d496…>* host their second stakeholder roundtable with the theme ‘*Beyond Whois: Filling the Gaps <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ec47a277cde7b2c854ca022…>* '. The collection and disclosure of DNS registration data have evolved chaotically, influenced by GDPR and other privacy laws. The system, while improving privacy, has enabled bad actors and raised costs for registrars and registries. At this 2nd event, experts will explore *Project Jake’s framework <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f931fe0c3ec876db69b8629…>* for balancing privacy with legitimate data needs, emphasizing policy clarity, efficiency, and adaptability. The event will open with a fundamental question: “*What does ‘good’ look like for domain name registrars?*” This inquiry aims to explore the motivating factors—both for and against—the disclosure of registration data. *SPEAKERS* *Brian Beckham* – Internet Dispute Resolution Section, WIPO *Christine Runnegar* *Elliot Noss* – Tucows Inc., *Gabriel Andrews* – FBI *Dr. James Galvin* – Identity Digital *John McElwaine* – IP Attorney *Jothan Frakes* – PLISK.COM <http://plisk.com/> *Nigel Hickson* – DSIT, UK *Rod Rasmussen* – Cybersecurity expert *Scott Bradner* - Edgemoor Research Institute (ERI) *Steve Crocker* – Edgemoor Research Institute (ERI) *MODERATOR* *Lori S. Schulman* – International Trademark Association (INTA) *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/AntAoiTIyHo <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=09b66ee7cf3f99c6938f8cc…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/4icmA3T <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=34a2bb62e0dae1601fbd239…>* *REAL TIME TEXT (*See* ISOC LIVE <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=64e57bb7c2fd74694caef95…>* ) *TWITTER #WHOIS #ProjectJake <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ce87739fc120bd712211e64…> @CircleID |** MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=eb787aee8127975418b3e32…> | BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=573f97ac2c2576c7a4e2929…> | INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=fcea0bbe4371a9df3e86497…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=03291e8efa0fccb580c0d0f…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=43e4bff8e7ac7afa426715e…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bc487f67b098e486065f029…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/beyondwhois2 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=dfd9d5c9080293d34153e22…> *(when available) *** ISOC.LIVE is a free webcasting support service for the Internet Society Community - ISOC LIVE is currently unfunded - if you would like to become a monthly sponsor - contact support(a)isoc.live *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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