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Call For Paper - ERQ25 - Observing Digital Practices
by alessandra micalizzi 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

PANEL 22: Observing digital practices: The role of Artificial Intelligence in cultural processes Artificial intelligence (AI) is defined as any technique applied to computers that can mimic human behaviors and replicate or outperform human decision-making to solve complex tasks with human intervention or, in the most advanced versions, autonomously (Russell, Norvic, 2021; Micalizzi, 2024). Part of the scientific debate is addressed to investigate if and how AI can be considered «intelligent»: in fact, some scholars highlighted the ontological problem linked to the word «intelligence» (Esposito, 2017; 2022).[...] [1]read more Some of the open questions are: * How do Artificial Intelligence and its related technologies intervene in the processes of sense-making? * To what extent do such practices represent a form of cultural production in our time? * How can deep learning-based technologies be integrated into the observation of digital practices, and with what outcomes? The Conference (ERQ25) embraces and endorses a broad, ambitious view of ethnographic and qualitative research. Contributions can be based on a variety of methods, including participant observation, in-depth interviews, focus groups, video-based field studies, auto-ethnography, visual ethnography, discourse studies, and other forms of inquiry inspired and informed by an ethnographic sensibility. It will be held at University of Trento, on 10-12th of July 2024. To submit your proposal, please go to [2]https://indico.cern.ch/event/1465821, and follow the instructions in the Call for Abstracts section. Note that, in order to submit, at least one of the authors will need to login/create an account on Indico. Abstracts must be submitted in English. The official languages of the conference, however, are Italian, English, and French. For each session, languages will be used depending on the composition of participants. Proposal must be submitted by 20th January, 2025. Acceptance of proposals will be notified by 13th March, 2025. Contributors must register by 26th April, 2025, to be included in the programme. More details are available at: [3]https://erq-conference.soc.unitn.it/2024/10/23/22-observing-digital- practices-the-role-of-artificial-intelligence-in-cultural-processes/ For any question about the panel 22 please write to [4]alessandra.micalizzi(a)unipegaso.it -- Alessandra Micalizzi ------------------------------------------------- cell. 3492928386 [5]http://iulm.academia.edu/AlessandraMicalizzi [6]http://www.linkedin.it/AlessandraMicalizzi *************************************************************** Ai sensi del d.lgs. 196/2003, si comunica che le informazioni contenute in questa e-mail e negli eventuali allegati sono rivolte esclusivamente al destinatario in indirizzo e possono contenere informazioni riservate e/o coperte da segreto professionale, il cui utilizzo, comunicazione e diffusione sono vietati. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, siete dunque pregati di segnalarlo immediatamente al mittente e di distruggere quanto ricevuto senza farne copia. -- Alessandra Micalizzi ------------------------------------------------- cell. 3492928386 [7]http://iulm.academia.edu/AlessandraMicalizzi [8]http://www.linkedin.it/AlessandraMicalizzi *************************************************************** Ai sensi del d.lgs. 196/2003, si comunica che le informazioni contenute in questa e-mail e negli eventuali allegati sono rivolte esclusivamente al destinatario in indirizzo e possono contenere informazioni riservate e/o coperte da segreto professionale, il cui utilizzo, comunicazione e diffusione sono vietati. Se avete ricevuto questo messaggio per errore, siete dunque pregati di segnalarlo immediatamente al mittente e di distruggere quanto ricevuto senza farne copia. References 1. https://erq-conference.soc.unitn.it/2024/10/23/22-observing-digital-practic… 2. https://indico.cern.ch/event/1465821 3. https://erq-conference.soc.unitn.it/2024/10/23/22-observing-digital-practic… 4. mailto:alessandra.micalizzi@unipegaso.it 5. http://iulm.academia.edu/AlessandraMicalizzi 6. http://www.linkedin.it/AlessandraMicalizzi 7. http://iulm.academia.edu/AlessandraMicalizzi 8. http://www.linkedin.it/AlessandraMicalizzi

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Social Media: A Critical Introduction (Fourth edition, just published)
by Christian Fuchs 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Christian Fuchs. 2024. Social Media: A Critical Introduction. London: Sage. Fourth edition. 448 pages. More info on the English edition (how to order a review or inspection copy, etc.): https://fuchsc.net/books/social-media-a-critical-introduction-4th-edition/ German edition: https://fuchsc.net/books/soziale-medien-und-kritische-theorie-2/ Published in December 2024, the fourth edition of Christian Fuchs’ textbook “Social Media: A Critical Introduction” gives an introduction to the use of Critical Theory for the analysis of the Internet and social media in society. Contents I. FOUNDATIONS 1. Social Media: A Critical Introduction 2. What are Social Media? 3. Big Data in Digital Capitalism 4. The Power and Political Economy of Social Media II. PLATFORMS 5. Google: Good or Evil Search Engine? 6. Facebook and WhatsApp: Surveillance in the Age of Fake News 7. Influencer Capitalism: Reified Consciousness in the Age of TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Snapchat 8. Elon Musk’s Twitter and the Colonisation of Political Communication on Twitter: Political Economy, Digital Democracy, and the (Digital) Public Sphere 9. Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Digital Fascism on Social Media 10. TikTok and China’s Political Economy in Global Capitalism III. FUTURES 11. Towards Truly Social Media

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This Friday: International Symposium on Mapping Hallyu
by Natalia Grincheva 02 Dec '24

02 Dec '24

Just a friendly reminder that the International Symposium: Mapping the Global Impacts of Hallyu <https://datatopower.net/hallyu/symposium>, is happening this Friday, *December 6, 2024 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Singapore time.* This symposium will launch the *Hallyu Tracker application*, an AI-enabled data visualization tool designed to map the global dissemination of the Korean Wave over the past three decades. You are welcome to follow us on YouTube Live by following the links below: *9:30 AM - 11:00 AM SGT Introduction Session <https://datatopower.net/hallyu/symposium/s0>* : https://www.youtube.com/live/FYznpDTUwP4 *11:00 AM - 12:30 PM SGT* *Session 1: Mapping Hallyu as a Global Phenomenon <https://datatopower.net/hallyu/symposium/s1> *: https://www.youtube.com/live/0hun4pGGjK4 *1:30 PM - 3:00 PM SGT Session 2 : Mapping Global Hallyu Infrastructure, Flows and Contra-flows <https://datatopower.net/hallyu/symposium/s2> *: https://www.youtube.com/live/K5ilNK6u4Ao *3:00 PM - 5:00 PM SGT Session 3: Mapping Global Hallyu Fandom <https://datatopower.net/hallyu/symposium/s3>* : https://www.youtube.com/live/cgcHEMymr-Y All sessions will be recorded and accessible on YouTube via links provided above and also posted on the Symposium Program website <https://datatopower.net/hallyu/symposium>. To stay informed about our latest activities and future events, we invite you to subscribe to our Google group: https://groups.google.com/g/datatopower *Dr Natalia Grincheva*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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19th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering (TASE 2025): Third Call for Papers
by Announce 01 Dec '24

01 Dec '24

*** Third Call for Papers *** 19th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Software Engineering (TASE 2025) July 14-16, 2025, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/tase2025/ (*** Proceedings to be published by Springer in LNCS ***) OVERVIEW TASE 2025 aims to bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry with interest in the theoretical aspects of software engineering. Modern society is increasingly dependent on software systems that are becoming larger and more complex. This poses new challenges to current software engineering methodologies that need to be enhanced using modern results from theoretical computer science. We invite submission of research papers on topics covering all theoretical aspects of software engineering, including those describing applications of theoretical computer science in industrial applications and software engineering methodologies. TOPICS OF INTEREST Authors are invited to submit high quality technical papers describing original and unpublished work in all theoretical aspects of software engineering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Software engineering, including: ■ Software processes and workflows ■ Software architectures and design ■ Software product lines ■ Requirements engineering ■ Model-driven software engineering ■ Software testing and quality assurance ■ Software safety, security and reliability ■ Reverse engineering and software maintenance ■ Component-based software engineering ■ Feature-oriented programming ■ Program synthesis ■ Use of AI and large language models in software engineering Formal methods and theoretical computer science, including: ■ Deductive verification ■ Model checking ■ Theorem proving, decision procedures, SAT and SMT ■ Specification languages ■ Program logics and calculi ■ Formal languages and automata theory ■ Run-time verification and monitoring ■ Integration of formal methods ■ Formal methods for AI systems, and vice versa Programming language design and technology, including: ■ Formal semantics ■ Abstract interpretation and program analysis ■ Language paradigms, including object-oriented, functional, declarative, etc. ■ Type systems and behavioral typing ■ Compiler design ■ Domain-specific languages Tools and application areas, including: ■ Software tools putting theory into practice ■ Cyber-physical, embedded, and real-time systems ■ Distributed and concurrent systems ■ Semantic web and web services ■ Service-oriented programming and cloud computing ■ Quantum circuits and programs ■ Cryptographic algorithms SUBMISSION Submissions to the conference must not have been published or be concurrently considered for publication elsewhere. All submissions will be judged on the basis of originality, contribution to the field, technical and presentation quality, and relevance to the conference. The proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. Papers should be written in English and should not exceed 16 pages (excluding bibliography) for long papers and 6 pages (excluding bibliography) for short papers in LNCS format. Submissions should be made through the TASE 2025 submission page, handled by the Easy Chair conference management system. Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=tase2025 The authors of a selected subset of accepted papers will be invited to submit extended versions of their papers to a special issue in the journal Science of Computer Programming (https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/science-of-computer-programming) IMPORTANT DATES ■ Abstract Submission: Feb 1, 2025 (AoE) ■ Paper Submission: Feb 7, 2025 (AoE) ■ Author Notification: April 1, 2025 (AoE) ■ Camera-ready Versions and Author Registration: May 1, 2025 (AoE) ORGANISATION General Chair ■ George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Chairs ■ Philipp Rümmer, University of Regensburg, Germany ■ Zhilin Wu, Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

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AoIR Test Email - please disregard and delete
by AoIR Association Coordinator 30 Nov '24

30 Nov '24

Dear all, Apologies for the email. AoIR test only. Please disregard and delete. Thank you, Michelle AoIR Association Coordinator

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WEBCAST NOV 26 – NYC Mesh Org Meetup
by Joly MacFie 30 Nov '24

30 Nov '24

This stream last Tuesday was, as usual, a last minute affair, nevertheless we got strong and detailed presentations: 1) Refurbishing the antennas on the original supernode (funded by ISOC) that started it all off. 2) Update on a state of the art 10 gigabit FTTH install in a 400 apartment building on the Upper West Side, just now going online 3) A detailed breakdown of the entire current NYC Mesh infrastructure hub by hub, and recent efforts to boost its resiliency. [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c5dfcb269e1eacb397cd9e1…> On *Tuesday November 26, 2024*, *NYC Mesh <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e7446f4044741e260ce087c…>* held its *monthly Org Meetup <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b573ff8868b83192eac1c18…>* . *PROGRAM* *01 Pearl Hub SN1 NN227 - John Brady* VID <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0b666cca4f3cf0b5025e454…> | AUD <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f1f113c264ad320e2617bcc…> | EN <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a59ac945cb82776ca2c535b…> | ES <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4c763252e584b20770162de…> | TXT <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=56c41b3d62e1a86a60d6a0b…> | SLIDES <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=506f384db6b4c1b6561b312…> *02 Olmsted Hub NN584 - John Brady* VID <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=852068c3419d20c64277682…> | AUD <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=5fb96884465891a4e721d0f…> | EN <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4a9ac3857a95b09f02e4b5c…> | ES <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0e30f9c3ae116fd2e8d25d3…> || TXT <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=dfd1fc9f887c6aeb539a744…> | SLIDES <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=95a3f87927fcee3db224354…> *03 2024 Year in Review - Matthew Boyd* VID <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0b767e317e7325f255b4b99…> | AUD <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f3887a971f59dd393818f11…> | EN <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c46a05b75257ae642552101…> | ES <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=75a428e319dc60fded6cdbf…> | TXT <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=55fd07a9475c6eb2bf7c61a…> | SLIDES <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e564ce5079796c690d27ee1…> *ARCHIVE https://archive.org/details/nycmesh-nov2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=bf9635d224a934b03457a59…>* *LIVESTREAM https://youtu.be/BRNq0cnQB_M <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=1e9d6a5475daf118fd2da12…>* *X @nycmesh <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=0f9a9f7abafa419712153ca…> #growinternet #communitynetworks |** MASTODON <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=cf8bfef20c31d00f2dd0a37…> | BLUESKY <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c7b1251c69d8dde3d72f540…> | INSTA <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e87eee5bd0151723134397c…>* *PERMALINK https://isoc.live/18624 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c5dfcb269e1eacb397cd9e1…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is a free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - 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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What is Research? Call for Proposals
by Janet Wasko 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

WHAT IS RESEARCH? University of Oregon Portland April 3–5, 2025 whatis.uoregon.edu<https://whatis.uoregon.edu/> What is Research? (2025) will bring together scholars to explore various natures, purposes, and roles of research across disciplines, fields, and areas. The event will consider frameworks of systematic and creative inquiry, including methods, designs, analyses, discoveries, collaborations, dissemination, ethics, integrity, diversity, media/technologies, and information environments. The thirteenth What is…? gathering delves into research in its many forms, including searching, critically investigating, and re-examining existing knowledge, as well as emerging functions and procedures in machine intelligence and computation. It will highlight pluralities of research pathways, examining time-honored approaches and new ways of knowing, precedents, issues, and futures. It considers challenges and possibilities that researchers face in today’s rapidly changing world, and ways to promote ethical, inclusive, and impactful research. Scholars, government and community officials, scientists, artists, students, filmmakers, grassroots community organizations, public sector and industry professionals, and the public are invited to collaborate. Proposals that take a transdisciplinary perspective are especially encouraged, drawing on insights and methods from multiple fields to shed new light on research processes. Presentations / panels / experiential installations may include these topics (as well as others): • How does research and creative scholarship emerge from inquiry? How do they impact society? • What are relationships between theory, method, and practice in research? • What are qualitative, quantitative, multimethod, multimodal, participatory & arts-based approaches? • What influences research design and data analysis? • What are issues involved in validation (e.g., reproducibility, replicability, and cross-validating)? • What are various modes of collaboration and how can they be organized? • What are some considerations in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary research? • How are integrations of natural & artificial intelligence with quantum computing affecting research? • What are environmental considerations of developments in machine learning & large data centers? • How is research disseminated? How does it effectively engage publics and inform policy-making? • How are ethics imbricated in research and how can researchers conduct work with integrity? • What are benefits and challenges of compliance (e.g., privacy, security, review boards)? • How can research address global challenges (e.g., health, inequality, poverty, climate change)? • How is research used to drive solutions-based approaches and what are the challenges involved? • How does research in academia differ from research in industry and/or community? • What are the obstacles involved in translating findings into action? • What issues are involved in diversity, equity, and inclusion in research? • What are criteria and implications of various forms of research funding? • How are meta-analyses and systematic reviews engaging human-machine collaboration? • How can research education be integrated into teaching and learning, and how are next generations of researchers being trained? Conference Organizers: Janet Wasko and Jeremy Swartz (University of Oregon) Send 150-200 word abstracts for papers / panels / experiences by DECEMBER 2, 2024, to: Janet Wasko • jwasko(a)uoregon.edu<mailto:jwasko@uoregon.edu> University of Oregon Portland, 97211

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New article - 'Cognitive Turn' in Conflict Analysis: Lessons from Afghanistan and the Sahel
by Olumba, Ezenwa (2017) 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Greetings, I am pleased to inform you about my latest article, published in Global Change, Peace & Security. This work will be of interest to those researching conflict and security, autonomous systems and drones, Afghanistan, the Sahel, counterinsurgency, and terrorism. Given the ongoing challenges in Afghanistan and the Sahel, the article's insights are especially relevant: 'Cognitive Turn' in Conflict Analysis: Lessons from Afghanistan and the Sahel (Open Access) https://doi.org/10.1080/14781158.2024.2427851 I would be delighted to hear from you if you wish to engage further in discussions related to this area. Kind regards, Eze -- Ezenwa E. Olumba Doctoral Research Fellow | Conflict Violence & Terrorism Research Centre Royal Holloway, University of London | Egham Hill, Egham TW20 0EX ezenwa.olumba.2017(a)live.rhul.ac.uk | Latest publications: Trapped in Time and Place: Cognitive Immobility among Diaspora Communities<https://brill.com/view/journals/bdia/aop/article-10.1163-09763457-bja10127/…> <https://brill.com/view/journals/bdia/aop/article-10.1163-09763457-bja10127/…> The Necropolitics of Drone Bases and Use in the African Context<https://doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2024.2379642> Preserving the future through the past: Collective memory and immobility in adversity.<https://doi.org/10.1037/pac0000760> Navigating credibility and approachability in conflict zones: insights from fieldwork in Nigerian communities facing eco-violence.<https://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol29/iss7/6/> The Politics of Eco-Violence: Why Is Conflict Escalating in Nigeria’s Middle Belt?<https://doi.org/10.1080/09546553.2022.2129015> The Homeless Mind in a Mobile World : an Autoethnographic Approach on Cognitive Immobility in International Migration (2022)<https://doi.org/10.1177/1354067X221111456> This email, its contents and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee and may contain confidential information. In certain circumstances, it may also be subject to legal privilege. Any unauthorised use, disclosure, or copying is not permitted. If you have received this email in error, please notify us and immediately and permanently delete it. Any views or opinions expressed in personal emails are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Royal Holloway, University of London. It is your responsibility to ensure that this email and any attachments are virus free.

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Online Hate Speech Trilogy
by Geraldo Magela 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Dear colleagues, We have just published the Online Hate Speech Trilogy, featuring contributions from 50 authors across more than ten countries. The books are open access and available on the websites of the LabCom Books and Editorial Icesi university presses: Disinformation and Polarization in the Algorithmic Society Legal Challenges and Political Strategies in the Post-Truth Era Methods,Techniques and AI Solutions in the Age of Hostilities This is one of the most diverse collections on the topic, including contributions from authors from all continents. Please feel free to share it with your colleagues, students, and mentees (see covers attached). Should you have any questions, I am at your disposal. Best regards, Branco Di Fátimabrancodifatima(a)labcom.ubi.pt

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New article - History and Future of California's Constitutional Right to Privacy
by Nicole A. Ozer 29 Nov '24

29 Nov '24

Hi all - I have a new article in the Berkeley Technology Law Journal that I thought might be of interest to some on this list. The article is particularly timely given the political climate in the U.S. and the increased attention on the need to use state law to defend rights and protect people. The History and Future of California's Constitutional Right to Privacy to Defend and Promote Rights, Justice, and Democracy in the Modern Digital Age (39 Berkeley Tech. L.J. 961 2024). Abstract below and full article at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5013707 Best, Nicole Nicole A. Ozer Technology and Civil Liberties Director ACLU of Northern California www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleozer<http://www.linkedin.com/in/nicoleozer>; https://bsky.app/profile/nicoleozer.bsky.social www.aclunc.org/tech<http://www.aclunc.org/tech> Golden State Sword - The History and Future of California's Constitutional Right to Privacy to Defend and Promote Rights, Justice, and Democracy in the Modern Digital Age The importance of state law and constitutions to protect and promote rights has become even more salient given the reality of a United States Supreme Court that is increasingly hostile to privacy and other civil rights. As we face a period of both critical social justice fights and rapid technological change, now is the time to ensure that the California constitutional right to privacy is widely understood and to fight for it to be used as robustly as intended to defend and advance rights, justice, and democracy in the technology age. The California constitutional right to privacy was forged by intersectional social justice movements and integrated advocacy and passed by the voters in 1972 to be a modern right to privacy - to equally address both informational privacy and autonomy privacy and protect against privacy intrusions by both government and private parties. At the core of the California constitutional right to privacy is an allocation of power. In 1972, the California legislature and the people of California recognized that the combination of government, corporate, and technological power was going to stack the decks against people's rights in the digital age. The Privacy Amendment's legislative history, both as it initially moved through the California legislature, and then the ballot argument itself, makes it clear that the California constitutional right to privacy was passed to give people the power in how privacy questions were resolved in the technology age. But this Golden State Sword of the California constitutional right to privacy has been lying largely latent for the past thirty years, not being used to its full potential to protect against government surveillance and surveillance business models. This Article tells an important story about how the clarion call that the Privacy Amendment's passage served on the courts and policymakers has been improperly muted in recent decades, and how it must now regain its full strength to really work for the people. This article contributes to the literature in three ways. First, it recontextualizes the historical and legislative history of the California constitutional right to privacy and how it can inform innovative strategies to drive justice in the digital age. Second, it contributes deep legal and policy analysis of the successes and failures in using the constitutional right to privacy to defend and promote rights in the digital age and assesses the sociopolitical climate that has influenced these opportunities and challenges. Finally, it charts a path forward for what should happen in the courts and legislature to fully respect the fundamental right to privacy and properly protect rights, justice, and democracy in the modern digital age. Full article: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5013707

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