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Vacancy: Tenure-Track-Professor for the subject area Media, Society and the Good Life (deadline Feb. 6, 2025)
by ZeMKI 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

Job advertisement: Tenure-Track-Professor for the subject area Media, Society and the Good Life (deadline Feb. 6, 2025) Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place for closely connecting people and ideas since its foundation in 1971. We combine exceptional performance and innovative potential in a broad spectrum of subjects. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue international scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership. Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are strongly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to explore new things in cooperation, respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile as well as with our cooperation within the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe and in the world. The University of Bremen is seeking to fill a professorship in Communication and Media Studies in Faculty 9 Cultural Studies as soon as possible with the following profile: Tenure-Track-Professor (f/m/x) with tenure-track after W2 (Salary Level W1) for the subject area Media, Society and the Good Life – Reference number: JP902/25 – The professorship is initially offered for a fixed term of three years. Following an interim evaluation of an orienting nature, it will be extended for an additional three years. If the final evaluation after six years is positive, the position will be converted into a permanent W2 lifetime professorship as a civil servant. To support the academic establishment of tenure-track professors, a phased introduction to teaching is guaranteed. Applicants should be early-career researchers with demonstrated national and international visibility in the field of empirical research on media, communication, and data practices within their social contexts. Solid expertise in qualitative methods of research on digital communication is required. The existing research profile of the University of Bremen, particularly the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI, www.zemki.uni-bremen.de) offers excellent opportunities for your own academic development as professor, with the aim of establishing a unique research and training profile on media, society, and the good life as a key aspect of sustainability. The ZeMKI provides a highly stimulating research environment, addressing questions surrounding the digital transformation of media and communication. Key research areas include datafication and communicative AI, as well as digital gaming. As a candidate, you should show interest in contributing to one of these two areas. Additionally, a willingness to acquire third-party funding, participate in collaborative research, and engage in the structured doctoral training of the ZeMKI is expected. The responsibilities of the professorship include teaching in the bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in communication and media studies, in accordance with the teaching obligations and teaching certificate regulations (LVNV) of the University of Bremen. You are expected to offer courses in both German and English; if proficiency in one of these languages is lacking, it should be acquired within three years, with support provided by the university. Additionally, you should have an interest in “research-based teaching and learning”, in exploring new technologies for teaching and learning, and in pursuing further training in higher education didactics. In addition to fulfilling the general appointment requirements under civil service law, the prerequisites for employment include a relevant academic university or college degree, subject-relevant degree and a particular aptitude for scientific work, proven by a relevant high-ranking doctorate in the subject area. We expect pedagogical aptitude and didactic commitment as well as a willingness to undergo further training in higher education didactics. Experience in academic self-administration is desirable. Tenure-track professors are relieved of some of their teaching duties at the beginning of their employment in order to be able to develop their academic profile. The appointment is based on §§ 18, 18a BremHG and § 117 BremBG. According to these, the doctoral and employment phases together should not have lasted more than six years. Applicants who have already completed their doctorate in Bremen must have changed universities after completing their doctorate or have worked outside the University of Bremen for at least two years. The university is committed to increasing the proportion of women in science and strongly encourages female scientists to apply. The university has been awarded the title “Excellence in Gender Equality” within the framework of the female professors’ program of the federal and state governments. Applications from scientists with a migration background as well as international applications are expressly welcomed. In case of substantially equal professional and personal qualifications, candidates with severe disabilities will be given preferential consideration. For further information, please contact the spokesperson of the Center for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), Prof. Dr. Andreas Hepp (andreas.hepp(a)uni-bremen.de) Applications with the usual documents (letter of motivation, curriculum vitae with publication list, teaching and research statements, copies of academic degree certificates, etc.) must be sent by February 6th, 2025, referencing the reference number JP902/25, as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail to the Dean, Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers (bewerbungen.fb9(a)vw.uni-bremen.de) or by post to: Dekanin des Fachbereichs 9 – Kulturwissenschaften Frau Prof. Dr. Dagmar Borchers Universität Bremen Postfach 330 440 28334 Bremen www.fb9.uni-bremen.de The University of Bremen provides detailed information on the appointment procedure and negotiations at https://www.uni-bremen.de/berufungsverfahren Download the job ad here: https://zemki.uni-bremen.de/en/job-advertisement-tenure-track-professor-for…

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Call for Applicants: Postdoctoral Fellow in Indigenous Data Sovereignty
by Ceyda Yolgörmez 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

Hello, Abundant Intelligences <https://abundant-intelligences.net/> Research Program announces a new Postdoctoral Fellow position in Indigenous Data Sovereignty. Please find the details below, and full information on the call here <https://abundant-intelligences.net/news/postdoc-data-sovereignty/>. Call for Applicants: Postdoctoral Fellow in Indigenous Data Sovereignty Abundant Intelligences is an ambitious, large-scale six-year research program exploring how to integrate Indigenous Knowledges and Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. It is conducted by an international research team, co- directed by Prof. Lewis at the Indigenous Futures Research Centre at Concordia University, Montreal, and Prof. Hēmi Whaanga at Massey University in New Zealand. The research team currently consists of 48 co-investigators and collaborators at 13 universities/research institutes and 8 community-based organizations in Canada, the United States, and New Zealand. Abundant Intelligences is establishing a detailed data sharing and intellectual property framework. This position will support this work through research on Indigenous data sovereignty, community protocols, and cultural & legal regimes for protecting cultural property within the context of AI research; developing protocols, methods, and tools for protecting and sharing Indigenous data to help in developing advanced technologies such as AI; and disseminating the knowledge acquired within the Partnership and in external publication and presentation venues. The Postdoctoral Fellow will work closely with program directors and working groups to ensure their research helps advance the partnership research priorities. Abundant Intelligences Postdoctoral Fellows are intended to support the career development of outstanding PhD recipients with great potential for contributing to the research program. We seek applicants whose professional preparedness, experience, and accomplishments are informed by experiences working with and within Indigenous groups. Where pools of qualified applicants are strong, priority will be given to applicants who demonstrate, through prior actions and achievements, intentional and actioned commitment to Indigenous epistemologies and methodologies, and research or creative activity focused on empowering Indigenous populations. The Postdoctoral Fellow selected will join a cohort of emerging scholars as part of the research program, will engage in scholarly research and creation, and may be asked to perform duties common to academic personnel, including grant proposal writing and teaching, as well as participate in partnership governance. Application deadline: Until the position is filled Salary: CAD$75,000 Hours per week: Full-time Position title: Postdoctoral Researcher Immediate supervisors: Prof. Jason Edward Lewis, or other Abundant Intelligences co-investigator. To be determined in discussion with candidate Work schedule: Monday - Friday, or as agreed upon between candidate and supervisor(s) Duration of the contract: 2 years. Location: Strong preference for Montreal (hybrid), though other locations will be considered For more information on requirement and eligibility criteria, as well as application process, please see here. <https://abundant-intelligences.net/news/postdoc-data-sovereignty/> Description complète et détails sur le processus d'application <https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-3wOZXGir6mlFLcr8qkSLwpnRIbipoWr/view>. Thank you, Ceyda Yolgormez for Abundant Intelligences

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New Book – Musicking TikTok: A Musical Ethnography from a Glocal Austrian Context
by Juan Bermudez 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, (with apologies for cross-posting!) I’m delighted to announce that my book, Musicking TikTok: A Musical Ethnography from a Glocal Austrian Context, has been published in the Bloomsbury’s New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media series (edited by Carol Vernallis, Lisa Perrott, and Holly Rogers). Preview: https://bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/677e8bceee35880001da056a This ethnographic work about TikTok's musicking in a glocal (Austrian) context complements and build upon ethnomusicological assumptions, theories, and methods for the study of musical practices in digital spaces. An overview of elements that make up TikTok's interface as well as the technical-performative possibilities that it allows, this book introduces a general categorization of existing performance types and how TikTokers appropriate the platform to make their music. It illustrates how some TikTokers became aware of and began using TikTok, and it reviews some of the different strategies TikTokers apply to learn how to use the application and successfully develop their performances. Bermúdez explores how performers move from being “ordinary users” to becoming TikTokers, developing and performing an identity he calls TikTok Persona. Moreover, he discusses how some TikTok practices can and have occurred across multiple, interconnected platforms, and he examines how localities are articulated and negotiated in these contexts. Bermúdez argues for an understanding of musicking as a multimedia practice that different actors create and experience individually in everyday synchronous and asynchronous, physical and digital situations. The so-called TikTokers create a sense of identity and community through their performances. This study suggests that a digital performance can be, aside from a representation of reality, an integral part of it, serving as a fundamental space for constructing and performing identity. –– Table of Contents Introduction 1. Ethnographing TikTok 2. Performing TikTok 3. Becoming a TikToker 4. Localizing TikTok 5. TikToking Musics 6. Conclusions Bibliography –– https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/musicking-tiktok-9798765112182/ I’d really recommend adding it to your library – I think you’ll enjoy it! Best wishes, Juan Bermúdez [Below, you'll find a selection of reviews] “From language and fashion to music and humor, TikTok has revolutionized the way we live our lives. This is no secret to the TikTokers who eagerly approach the platform to forge a sense of identity and belonging. In Musicking TikTok, Bermúdez masterfully unpacks this phenomenon through detailed analyses of how these TikTokers cultivate and perform identity, ultimately creating musical practices that have reverberating effects far beyond social media.” Trevor Boffone, author of Renegades Digital Dance Cultures from Dubsmash to TikTok “This book demonstrates that ethnomusicology has much to offer the study of digital platforms. With thorough and thoughtful engagement, Bermúdez shows how core ideas in the discipline can offer a useful roadmap for new questions. The book models a method for examining digital music worlds, in ways that invite future scholarship and prompt classroom conversations.” Byrd McDaniel, Assistant Director of Student Development, Brown University, USA and author of Spectacular Listening: Music and Disability in the Digital Age „In the 21st century, musicking doesn't just happen on platforms like Spotify. Musicking TikTok makes the important intervention of considering alternate platforms––namely, the TikTok--as contemporary loci for musical performance. Bermúdez provides frameworks for digital musical ethnography, the analysis of audiovisuality, and theorizing digital personacraft that will prove useful to scholars of TikTok and beyond.“ Paula Clare Harper, Assistant Professor in the Department of Music, University of Chicago, USA “In Musicking TikTok Juan Bermúdez presents an excellent multiperspectival ethnography of popular TikTok music. The author explores in a very elaborated way the strategies and (virtual) performances of TikTokers becoming experts in developing a TikTok persona. This research journey into the glocal worlds of TikTok is a deeply compelling read for interested fans, journalists, teachers, and especially researchers.” Christoph Jacke, Professor of Popular Music and Media, Vice-Director of “C:POP - Transdisciplinary Research Center for Popular Music Cultures and Creative Economies”, Paderborn University, Germany ——————————————— Dr. Juan Bermúdez He / him / his https://kug.academia.edu/JuanBermúdez<https://univie.academia.edu/JuanBerm%C3%BAdez> Recently published: J. Bermúdez (2025). Musicking TikTok: A Musical Ethnography from a Glocal Austrian Context <https://bloomsburycp3.codemantra.com/viewer/677e8bceee35880001da056a> (=New Approaches to Sound, Music, and Media 15). New York: Bloomsbury. J. Bermúdez (2023). "Performing Beyond the Platform – Experiencing Musicking On and Through YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram<https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373879386_Performing_Beyond_the_Pl…>,“ In Remediating Sound: Repeatable Culture, YouTube and Music. Ed. by Holly Rogers, Joana Freitas and João Francisco Porfirio. London: Bloomsbury, 187–202. J. Bermúdez (2023). "It's All About 'Being There': Rethinking Presence and Co-Presence in the Ethnographic Field during and after the Covid-19 Pandemic<https://doi.org/10.1558/jwpm.26375>.“ Journal of World Popular Music 10(1), 19–35.

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Two new faculty searches
by Lynn Clark 10 Jan '25

10 Jan '25

Hi there AoIR friends, I’m forwarding this job announcement on behalf of Tim Beal, Distinguished University Professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH, USA: I write to share two exciting new faculty positions at Case Western Reserve University. They are both open to scholars in any field of the humanities. Please consider and share with potentially interested colleagues in your networks! Assistant or Associate Professor of Humanity and Technology (tenured or tenure-track): https://apply.interfolio.com/160787<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/apply.interfolio.com/160787__;!!NCZxaNi9…> Assistant Professor of Ethical, Legal, and Societal Implications of AI and Machine Learning (tenure-track): https://apply.interfolio.com/158905<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/apply.interfolio.com/158905__;!!NCZxaNi9…> Lynn Schofield Clark, Ph.D. she/her/hers Distinguished University Professor and Director, Estlow International Center for Journalism and New Media Department of Media, Film and Journalism Studies University of Denver

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New Book (Open Access) - Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries (Cambridge University Press, 2025) Edited by Min Jiang and Luca Belli
by Min Jiang 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the following new book from Cambridge University Press, which we hope will be of interest to you. Apologies for cross-posting. *Book Description: * *Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries: How the Global South and Emerging Power Alliances Are Reshaping Digital Governance *(Cambridge University Press, 2025, Edited by Min Jiang and Luca Belli) In a world where digital development and policymaking are dominated by Silicon Valley tech giants, the BRICS countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa - play an increasingly important role. With forty percent of the world's population and twenty-five percent of global GDP, these nations possess vast troves of personal data. Yet, their conceptions, narratives, and initiatives of digital sovereignty remain understudied. This volume is the first to explore digital sovereignty from a Global South perspective and offers a forward-looking take on what a world less dependent on Silicon Valley might look like. It brings together excellent analyses of BRICS digital sovereignty issues, from historical imaginaries to up-to-date conceptualizations, e-payment to smart cities, legal analysis to geopolitical assessment. By offering neglected perspectives from the Global South, this book makes important contributions to the digital sovereignty debate. *Table of Contents and Downloading Link: * Free downloading link: https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/digital-sovereignty-in-the-brics-count… Chapter 1 Introduction by Min Jiang and Luca Belli "Contesting Digital Sovereignty: Untangling a Complex and Multifaceted Concept" Part I - State-centric Formations of Digital Sovereignty Chapter 2 by Johannes Thumfart "Digital Sovereignty in China, Russia, and India: From NWICO to SCO and BRICS" Chapter 3 by Wanshu Cong "The Spatial Expansion of China’s Digital Sovereignty: Extraterritoriality and Geopolitics" Chapter 4 by Enrico Calandro "South African Digital Sovereignty at the Crossroad of Securitization and Development" Part II - Techno-economic Structurings of Digital Sovereignty Chapter 5 by Venkatesh Hariharan and Sarayu Natarajan "Digital Sovereignty and Payments: A Case Study of the National Payments Corporation of India" Chapter 6 by Vashishtha Doshi and Henrique Estides Delgado "Digital Statecraft of Middle Powers: Tech Landscape and Digital Sovereignty in Brazil and India" Chapter 7 by Stefano Calzati "A Modulated Approach to Digital Sovereignty: Exploring Huawei-Led Smart City Initiatives in South Africa and Italy" Part III - Grassroots Contestations of Digital Sovereignty Chapter 8 by Olga Bronnikova, Françoise Daucé, Ksenia Ermoshina, Valéry Kossov, Benjamin Loveluck, Francesca Musiani, Bella Ostromooukhova, Perrine Poupin, Anna Zaytseva "Circumventing the 'Sovereignization' of the Russian Internet pp 167-189 Toward an Infrastructure-Based Sociology of Digital Sovereignty and Its Resistances in Russia" Chapter 9 by Tales Tomaz "Brazilian Activism in Mastodon: Sovereignty Discourses between Cyberlibertarianism and State-Centrism" Chapter 10 Conclusion by Luca Belli and Min Jiang "Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS: Structuring Self-Determination, Cybersecurity, and Control" *Hard Copy Discounts* In case hard copies are preferred, one can order from www.cambridge.org/9781009531122 and enter the code DSBC2024 upon checkout. The paperback, after discount, is $33.59 till September 2025. Min Jiang & Luca Belli __________________________________________________________________ Min Jiang (Ph.D.) Professor of Communication Studies | Affiliate Faculty, International Studies 5011 Colvard N., UNC Charlotte, 9201 University City Blvd. Charlotte, NC 28223 704-687-0796 | mjiang3(a)uncc.edu <Min.Jiang(a)charlotte.edu> | Web <http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/min-jiang/>site <http://clas-pages.uncc.edu/min-jiang/> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/mindyjiang> | LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/minjiang> CTS-FGV Visiting Professor, FGV Law School, Rio de Janeiro Secretariat Member, Chinese Internet Research Conference (CIRC) China Director, Global Media and Internet Concentration Project (GMICP <https://gmicp.org/>) *Digital Sovereignty in the BRICS Countries *(Cambridge University Press, 2025 <https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/digital-sovereignty-in-the-brics-count…> ) ___________________________________________________________________

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Postdoctoral researcher @ Northeastern's Center for Transformative Media
by Adriana de Souza e Silva 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Dear all, I am hiring a post-doc to work with me on Northeastern University's Center for Transformative Media. Please share this with your graduating PhD candidates. If you are interested or have any questions, email me directly. Here's how to apply: https://tinyurl.com/5zak5ruh About the Opportunity The Center for Transformative Media within the College of Arts, Media, and Design at Northeastern University invites applications for a fully funded Postdoctoral Research Associate. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to engage in a series of research projects at the intersection of networked urban mobilities and mobile communication, with a particular focus on understanding how marginalized communities creatively appropriate media technologies. Projects include: Mobile Networked Creativity: An investigation of how marginalized communities around the world creatively engage with networked technologies. The project includes mapping/visualizing how these creative practices occur around the Globe. Retro Mobile Gaming Project: An online repository and physical collection of historic mobile games and artifacts to aid researchers in games studies. Retro Mobile Gaming Expo: Producing a media art show on the history of mobile communication and mobile games, and contributing to the growth of the retro mobile gaming collection housed in the Center. Micromobilities Justice: Analyzing networked urban mobilities in Global South urban spaces as they relate to mobility justice and social inclusion. This is a full time position for one year, with potential for renewal based on performance and funding availability. Postdoctoral Research Associates have the opportunity to engage with an interdisciplinary group of faculty and students affiliated with the Center working in areas such as Communication, Art + Design, Architecture, and Journalism. Applied outputs of the research might include immersive audiovisual experiences, locative media and augmented reality projects, site specific media art installations in public spaces, along with scholarly articles and book chapters. Qualifications Minimum Qualifications: Ph.D. in Media or Cultural Studies, or a closely related field, such as Communication, Sociology, Design, completed within the last two years. Interdisciplinary background that combines critical/cultural studies, qualitative methods, design/media arts, mobile games and/or information visualization. Proven track record or peer-reviewed publications in recognized academic journals. Experience in grant writing. Excellent writing, collaboration, and communication skills. Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a multidisciplinary environment. Excellent organizational and planning skills, and ability to complete work by established deadlines. Preferred Qualifications: Experience with mapping and spatial visualization tools, such as StoryMaps or ArcGIS. Experience with organizational and writing software, such as Google Sheets, Google Docs, and Slides. Familiarity with web authoring tools, such as WordPress, PubPub. Familiarity with design software such as Photoshop and Illustrator. Key Responsibilities & Accountabilities (40%) Actively engage in crafting compelling grant applications and preparing comprehensive proposals, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and funding priorities to secure financial support for key initiatives. (30%) Coordinate and prepare high-quality manuscripts for publication in peer-reviewed journals and book chapters, ensuring rigorous adherence to academic standards, journal guidelines, and scholarly excellence to advance the organization's research impact. (10%) Deliver engaging presentations of research findings at national and international conferences and seminars, effectively communicating complex concepts to diverse audiences and fostering academic collaboration and knowledge dissemination. (10%) Provide guidance and mentorship to graduate and undergraduate students within the Center, fostering their academic and professional growth, supporting research development, and cultivating essential skills for their career advancement. (10%) Actively participate in and contribute to the organization of the Center's research initiatives, facilitating collaborative projects, coordinating events and activities, and ensuring the effective execution of research objectives to advance the Center's mission. Mentorship The successful candidate will be mentored by Dr. Adriana de Souza e Silva, CTM's Director and Professor in the Department of Communication Studies. Professor de Souza e Silva is an internationally recognized expert in the field of mobile communication and locative media. Her research focuses on the creative ways people appropriate mobile technologies, including location-based games and mobile media art. In particular, she investigates how mobile and locative interfaces shape urban mobility and people’s interactions with public spaces, primarily in the developing world. She is the author or co-author of 7 books, and almost 50 articles in peer-reviewed publications. About the Center The Center for Transformative Media is an interdisciplinary research network dedicated to investigating the potential of emerging media technologies for creativity and social change. Research conducted in the CTM explores the potential of emerging technologies to transform society — and our potential to develop new media technologies — as well as how people and communities use existing and emerging media in innovative and creative ways. We enable such research through activities including monthly research jams, research mini-grants, and fellows programs. About the College of Arts, Media and Design We are a vibrant community of creators, designers, technologists, and communicators applying creativity across disciplines and harnessing emerging technologies to advance human potential and solve the challenges of the future. Powered by experience-driven teaching, learning and research, CAMD demonstrates that the fields of design, communication, media, and the arts are crucial to the human experience, society, and the development of technology. We empower the next generations of students, researchers, and creative practitioners to create the future by sparking their innovative, creative, curious, and entrepreneurial spirit. To Apply Interested candidates should submit a CV, cover letter outlining their research interests and relevant experience, and contact information for three references. Any questions about this position should be submitted directly to Dr. de Souza e Silva (a.desouzaesilva(a)northeastern.edu <mailto:a.desouzaesilva@northeastern.edu>) Applications submitted before March 1st, 2025 will be reviewed at a priority. Additional Information Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer. Northeastern has a comprehensive benefits package for benefit eligible employees. This includes medical, vision, dental, paid time off, tuition assistance, wellness & life, retirement- as well as commuting & transportation. Visit https://hr.northeastern.edu/benefits/ for more information. Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. To learn more about Northeastern University’s commitment and support of diversity and inclusion, please see www.northeastern.edu/diversity <https://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.northea…>. _____________________________________ Adriana de Souza e Silva, Ph.D. (she/hers) Professor of Communication Studies Director, Center for Transformative Media (CTM) <https://camd.northeastern.edu/center-for-transformative-media/> College of Arts, Media and Design Northeastern University Co-Editor, Mobile Media & Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/mmc> Vice-Chair, ICA Mobile Communication Division <https://www.icamobile.org/> www.souzaesilva.com <http://www.souzaesilva.com/>

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2025 ICA Pre-Conference on Urban Communication: Call for Abstracts
by Jeffrey Lane 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

2025 ICA Pre-Conference on Urban Communication: Call for Abstracts Dear Colleagues and Friends @AoIR, We are very excited to invite you to submit extended abstracts and participate in the 2025 ICA Preconference dedicated to Urban Communication. This preconference builds on a series of inspiring ICA events, more recently a Blue Sky, Big Idea Workshop at the 2024 ICA conference. This coming year’s pre-conference topic will be: “Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research to Address Emerging Urban Challenges.” We are grateful for the support of four ICA divisions, including: Ethnicity and Race in Communication, Health Communication, Mobile Communication, and Popular Media & Culture. Below you will find a description with more about this endeavor’s objectives, as well as a detailed call for extended abstracts (including information about where to submit your abstract). The deadline is January 15, 2025, at the end of the day in your time zone. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out using this e-mail address: matthew.matsaganis(a)rutgers.edu<mailto:matthew.matsaganis@rutgers.edu> We look forward to reviewing your submissions in January and seeing you in Denver, Colorado, next June! Warm regards, Jeff Lane (on behalf also of co-organizers Matt Bui, Myria Georgiou, Germaine Halegoua, Pan Ji, Matthew Matsaganis, and Erika Polson) 2025 ICA PRE-CONFERENCE Disrupting and Consolidating Communication Research to Address Emerging Urban Challenges CALL FOR EXTENDED ABSTRACTS Submission Deadline: 15 January 2025 Co-Organizers: Matthew Matsaganis, Rutgers University Matthew Bui, University of Michigan Myria Georgiou, London School of Economics Germaine Halegoua, University of Michigan Pan Ji, Fudan University Jeffrey Lane, Rutgers University Erika Polson, University of Denver Co-sponsoring ICA Divisions (Alphabetically) Ethnicity and Race in Communication Health Communication Mobile Communication Popular Media & Culture Additional Sponsors (Alphabetically) Center for Information and Communication Studies, Fudan University Center for Digital Communication Studies, Zhejiang University London School of Economics Rutgers University University of Denver University of Michigan Location: Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center Date: 12 June 2025, 9 am - 4 pm (local time in Colorado) Description & Call for Extended Abstracts Considering the U.N.’s prediction that two-thirds of the world’s population will be living in cities in 2050, it is now more critical than ever for us as a field to first reflect on how communication research has contributed to how cities’ diverse stakeholders understand and address enduring and emerging challenges. And second, it is important to reimagine how urban communication scholars can continue to intervene in pressing debates about power and inequality amid multiple convergent crises, including but not limited to affordable housing shortages, increasing poverty and socio-economic inequities, privatization of public spaces, persistent health inequities, forced migration and refugee crises, climate change, and potential harms posed by artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging surveillance technologies. On ICA’s 75th anniversary, we aim to convene communication scholars to reflect on urban communication's past, present, and future and to consider how Communication can disrupt and facilitate the integration of research to help address emerging and persistent challenges of urban communities. This pre-conference aims to create an open and collaborative environment to discuss themes and challenges related to urban communication and opportunities to advance ethical and equitable futures for and through urban communication, technology design, policy, artistic and archival practices, scholarship, and activism. The pre-conference’s agenda is driven by several key questions. We invite extended abstracts that address these questions (in part or combination) from a variety of perspectives and methodologies: What is urban communication? Where does it fit in communication research relative to other subfields? How might urban communication evolve further to shape the future of communication research and/or to allow communication research to shape neighboring fields and academia more broadly? ● What novel/robust urban communication theories and methodologies exist to address new/persistent social, political, and economic challenges within local, transnational, and global urban contexts? ● What are the connections between communication, smart cities, algorithms, and the datafication of urban life? How do these connections enable understanding the persistence and potential alleviation of “wicked problems” (e.g., poverty, homelessness, climate change)? How do they allow for new forms of connection and community-building among diverse populations? ● Are cities today more or less capable of dealing with diversity and promoting social integration than cities of the past? What’s technology’s role in this? What is the role of the media as community stakeholders and as institutions? What is the role of journalists? ● How does place impact our health and health inequities? What is the role of communication as a process (mediated or not) in this relationship? What is the role of communication technologies (from smartphones and wearables to apps that support the gig economy) more specifically? ● How do media technologies and practices encourage new sensory experiences, artistic practices, and social interactions within urban environments? How can these technologies be used to understand embodied urban experiences, collective memory, situated knowledge, and placemaking? ● What are the ethical and practical considerations for engaging with diverse stakeholders including marginalized groups and communities around urban communication? How are (urban and digital) policy and design implicated in these issues? Work foregrounding questions of power and inequality from local, global, and/or transnational lenses, underrepresented regions and communities is strongly encouraged. The pre-conference will unfold over four consecutive sessions. Participants with accepted abstracts will begin the conversation in the first three sessions with short presentations. In the day's final session, organizers and participants will work together to develop an urban communication agenda to inform research for the next decade and discuss plans leading to a collaborative publishing project and bolstering a network of urban communication scholars. As it is crucial to identify mechanisms to sustain and grow a community of scholars whose work can help shape the future of cities and facilitate the discipline’s meaningful engagement with urban communities globally, in this closing session, participants will discuss models for achieving this goal within ICA and beyond. Submission Guidelines Abstracts should be approximately 1000-1500 words in length, excluding references. Participants with accepted abstracts will be expected to present their work as short presentations during the first half of the pre-conference. Extended abstracts should be submitted via this form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJJo8NjN3PoN3NPi8FQ65Co2DRj5HAmUS…> by the end of the day in your time zone, on 15 January 2025. Registration Fee There will be a $50 registration fee to help offset the cost of food and refreshments during breaks and lunch. Questions? If you have questions, please write to Matthew Matsaganis at this e-mail address: matthew.matsaganis(a)rutgers.edu.

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4S Open Panel - Ethics and-or-versus Regulation: Technoscience policy and governance in different registers
by Maria Paula Angel Arango 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Dear colleagues, Apologies for cross posting. We invite submissions to our open panel at 4S 2025 - September 3-7, 2025, Seattle WA. Please see details below: Open panel: Ethics and-or-versus Regulation: Technoscience policy and governance in different registers Abstract: Science & Technology Studies (STS) has long been concerned with the governance of technoscience. This panel addresses the tensions, correspondence, and relations between two non-distinct forms of governance -- the law and ethics. For example, scholars have derided ethics efforts by corporations as efforts to avoid regulation. Meanwhile ethical codes sometimes explicitly encourage people to follow the law while also suggesting ethical behaviors that might run afoul of laws. One country's law may explicitly contradict a professional society's code of ethics. Papers for this panel could address: Under which circumstances, if any, could ethical principles or the law be enough; Comparisons of governance with ethics and governance with the law; Histories of ethics and law governing technoscience; The practical challenges of translating ethical principles into enforceable regulations; How ethical concerns directly shape regulation; How tech regulations shape ethical discourse and practice; When ethical codes and legal codes disagree; The impact of cultural differences on the ethics-regulation relationship; The role of corporations’ legal and engineering teams in the development of ethics governance frameworks; Praxis or examples demonstrating the interactions, competitions, or co-constitution of ethics and law; The influence of “innovation” rhetoric on the balance between ethical frameworks and regulatory interventions. We encourage submissions that address this prompt from different perspectives and in formats that experiment with the traditional form of academic paper. Conveners: Megan Finn, Meg Leta Jones, Alexis Shore Ingber, & María P. Angel Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2025 To submit, please go to the 4S submission page <https://www.4sonline.org/call_for_submissions_seattle.php> and select panel #45. Best, María P. Angel, PhD Resident Fellow Information Society Project (ISP) | Yale Law School Personal Website <https://mariapangel.com/>

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Reminder: COMPTEXT 2025 Submission Deadline – January 15!
by Aytalina Kulichkina 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Dear AoIR Community, This is a reminder that the submission deadline for COMPTEXT 2025 is January 15. Please submit your abstracts (250 words) at: https://www.conftool.org/comptext2025/ You can find the Call for Papers, Panels, and Data Presentations here: https://www.comptextconference.org/7th-annual-comptext-conference-2025/ As always, an exciting line-up of tutorials is being planned for the first day of the conference. Whether you are a beginner or looking to advance your skills, you will have the opportunity to learn about: Donations and digital trace data collection Narratives in large datasets Visual data analysis Creative text analysis toolkits Bayesian text analysis ...and more! For any questions, please contact us at comptext25(a)comptextconference.org. We look forward to welcoming you to Vienna this April! Best regards, Lina on behalf of the organisers

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New book: Youth Digital Health and Online Platforms: Dialogue with Peers on Reddit
by Martyna Gliniecka 09 Jan '25

09 Jan '25

Dear AoIR community, It is a great pleasure to share with you my most significant professional achievement so far – the book ‘Youth Digital Health and Online Platforms: Dialogue with Peers on Reddit’, recently released by Routledge (https://www.routledge.com/Youth-Digital-Health-and-Online-Platforms-Dialogu…<https://www.routledge.com/Youth-Digital-Health-and-Online-Platforms-Dialogu…>). Youth Digital Health and Online Platforms focuses on young people’s use of the digital platform Reddit for health. Drawing upon dialogism theory, the book explores how young people produce a youth-led discourse of youth digital health, different from the adult-led framing represented in youth digital health research, policy, and service delivery. Peer-led discussions online remain one of the controversial forms of youth digital health, associated with negative peer influence or casual ‘teenage talk’. This book argues that online peer-led dialogues support young people’s agency in health and that young people can benefit from dealing with health issues with peers. The work is based on the digital ethnography of teenagers’ subreddits on Reddit and utilises a theoretical framework of dialogism, a linguistic-based theory originated by an early 20th-century Russian philosopher, Mikhail Bakhtin. The book introduces the concept of dialogical youth-led youth digital health discourse formed in the peer-led space of Reddit. This youth-led discourse celebrates equality and diversity amongst people, meanings, and opinions. It is constructed around three relational elements: socio-material affordances, creative practices, and a plurality of youth voices. Reddit’s pseudonymous, anti-authoritarian, and egalitarian nature supports the emergence of this youth-led discourse. The book can interest scholars and lecturers in childhood and youth studies, Internet studies, and youth health studies. Professionals such as policymakers, service designers/deliverers, online safety educators, and global youth and health agencies can use evidence-based insights in their work with young people. A book launch event is planned for the 4th of February, where Prof. Philippa Collin and Prof. Bob Hodge will join me in talking about the book. I will send a more detailed reminder closer to the date, but if anyone’s interested, here’s the registration link: https://events.humanitix.com/book-launch-qxjjt4dn<https://events.humanitix.com/book-launch-qxjjt4dn> Best, Martyna Martyna Gliniecka | PhD Young and Resilient Research Centre M: +48 691 582 861 m.gliniecka(a)westernsydney.edu.au<mailto:m.gliniecka@westernsydney.edu.au> www.westernsydney.edu.au/young-and-resilient<https://www.westernsydney.edu.au/young-and-resilient> With respect for Aboriginal cultural protocol and out of recognition that its campuses occupy their traditional lands, Western Sydney University acknowledges the Darug, Tharawal (also historically referred to as Dharawal), Gandangarra and Wiradjuri peoples and thanks them for their support of its work in their lands (Greater Western Sydney and beyond). This message contains information that may be confidential and privileged. Unless you are the addressee (or authorized to receive the message for the addressee), you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone the message or any information contained in the message. If you have received the message in error, please advise the sender by return email and delete the message.

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