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New Book and Talk: Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction: Pocket Publics
by AM Kustritz 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Dear all, I will give a talk on my recently published book *Identity, Community, and Sexuality in Slash Fan Fiction: Pocket Publics* (Routledge, 2024), sponsored by the SCMS Fan Studies interest group (FaAS Sig - https://lnkd.in/en2H8h9T; https://lnkd.in/e-_mimNm) on Tuesday, September 24th at 18:00 (BST) - Get in touch with the SIG for the zoom link: https://lnkd.in/eTW5uGBs; https://lnkd.in/e2m_SVUw The book's Introduction is available to download via open access at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9781003450030/identity-com… Based on over ten years of online and in-person ethnography, *Pocket Publics* documents the digital transition of the slash fan fiction community around the turn of the millennium. The term slash fan fiction designates original stories written by and circulated within female-centered communities about same-sex characters borrowed from previously published sources, a feminist, queer media subculture whose infrastructure, creativity, and ways of life are often obscured in dominant histories of the internet’s development. Arguing that online slash communities created an alternate public space that provided opportunities for unanticipated encounters with a wide range of complex sexual, relational, and political practices, the book contends that slash thereby added to readers’ tools for experiencing and thinking about pleasure and ways of living by forming a “pocket public,” that is a digital space public enough to be found and protected enough to shield participants from harassment and censorship. Best, Anne Kustritz Assistant Professor of Media and Culture Studies Utrecht University

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Vacancies: Postdoctoral positions in Socio-Technical Transformations through Digitalization and AI
by Daniela Jaramillo-Dent 20 Sep '24

20 Sep '24

Dear AoIR community members, The Media Change & Innovation Division (Prof. Dr. Michael Latzer) at the Department of Communication and Media Research, University of Zurich invites applications for two *open positions at the postdoctoral level: * *Postdoctoral researcher (80-100%)*. Start of employment: January 1, 2025 (or upon agreement). Two-year contract. *Short-term visiting postdoctoral researcher (80-100%)*. The start date will be determined based on the candidate's availability. The duration will be agreed upon, with a minimum commitment of 2 months. The division’s research program focuses, among other things, on the societal implications of digitalization and the internet, algorithmic selection and artificial-intelligence (AI) tools in everyday life, dataveillance and privacy, governance of media change, religion-like digitalization and implicit everyday religion, cyborgization, digital inequalities, and digital well-being (see https://www.mediachange.ch/research/ <https://www.mediachange.ch/research/>for an overview of our current research projects and https://mediachange.ch/publications/ for the division’s recent publications). *Further information and application details:* *Postdoctoral researcher: * https://jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/postdoctoral-position-in-socio-technical-… *Short-term visiting postdoctoral researcher* https://jobs.uzh.ch/job-vacancies/short-term-visiting-researchers-in-socio-… Review of applications starts immediately, but the positions will remain open until qualified candidates are found. Please contact Dr. Noemi Festic (n.festic(a)ikmz.uzh.ch) or myself, Dr. Daniela Jaramillo-Dent (d.jaramillo(a)ikmz.uzh.ch) for questions. Daniela Jaramillo-Dent, PhD Senior Research and Teaching Associate Media Change and Innovation Division IKMZ-Institute for Media and Communication Research University of Zurich Board Student and Early Career Representative ICA <https://www.icahdq.org/> Key Regional Leader TIkTok Cultures Research Network <https://tiktokcultures.com/> Member of FemLab <https://femlab.co/> www.danielajaramillodent.com *|* *https://twitter.com/DaniJaraDent <https://twitter.com/DaniJaraDent>*

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Undergraduate Summer Workshop at Syracuse University’s iSchool
by Jeff Hemsley 19 Sep '24

19 Sep '24

Hello AoIR’ers. The Syracuse iSchool is once again hosting a paid summer workshop for undergraduate students. As per the terms of the funding, acceptance is limited to U.S. citizens or permanent residents and undergraduates up to and including juniors. See below for details and please pass this around into your local networks. Questions can be sent to me, Yiqi Li (yli360(a)syr.edu<mailto:yli360@syr.edu>) or Jasmina Tacheva (ztacheva(a)syr.edu<mailto:ztacheva@syr.edu>). Thank you Jeff Hemsley ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Join our nine-week residential research experience in 2025, funded by the National Science Foundation. College students from all social science disciplines are welcome. Undergraduates from all social science disciplines are welcome to apply to this summer 2025 experience at the Syracuse campus in beautiful upstate New York. Successful applicants will receive $6000 in stipend funding plus free meals and housing. Syracuse University's School of Information Studies (iSchool) has excelled for more than 25 years at providing education for students interested in technology and its impacts on industry, education, health, the environment, and other sectors. The research experience includes learning about text analysis, conducting a social science research project using data provided by professors, and opportunities for professional development and mentoring. Successful applicants will receive $6000 in stipend funding plus free meals and housing. Undergraduate students from colleges and universities other that Syracuse University are eligible for this funding. Please read the following notes before apply: - This program can only accept U.S. citizens or permanent residents. - Students currently in their senior year are not eligible for this program. - Students from the quarters system may experience scheduling conflicts with our program. You must be willing to commit to being physically present at the start of the REU program. The in-person program is tentatively scheduled from June 2 to August 7, 2025. Visit our website for more information and to fill out the online application form: https://ischool.syr.edu/summer-paid-research-experience/ Please share this information with promising students interested in this summer’s research opportunity. Thank you! Jeff Hemsley, PhD (he/him) jjhemsle(a)syr.edu<mailto:jjhemsle@syr.edu> Interim Dean, School of Information Studies (iSchool) The mission of the iSchool is to expand human capabilities by connecting people, information, and technology. https://ischool.syr.edu/ Syracuse University

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WEBCAST SEP 19 – Book Launch: Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy
by Joly MacFie 19 Sep '24

19 Sep '24

This is well under way. Very informative. No real time text, but I will come up with transcripts next week. On Thursday September 19 2024, at 12:30-17:30 EDT (16:30-21:30 UTC) Columbia Global Freedom of Expression, The University of Alabama School of Law, The University of Minnesota Law School, and Columbia Law School present a book launch 'Disinformation, Mis… [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b39b6fd8cb89151ef30038d3…>On *Thursday September 19 2024*, at *12:30-17:30 EDT* (16:30-21:30 UTC) *Columbia Global Freedom of Expression <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=00c81c8e31a18d81d049b3c7…>*, *The University of Alabama School of Law <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4a7cfda3e7432534085d864e…>*, The *University of Minnesota Law School <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=1c4a61bce10d32e09049dcff…>*, and *Columbia Law School <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3a2255ebcd98a8a27f1e26da…>* present a book launch '*Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e6b1b13fa1714df197670b7e…>*' at Columbia University in NYC. As the US presidential election approaches and half of the world’s population heads to the polls in this “super-election year” of 2024, Cambridge University Press has published '*Disinformation, Misinformation, and Democracy: Legal Approaches in Comparative Context*' <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b283d5629afb56b23b27bae6…>, in which legal scholars from around the world explore the global threat to democracy posed by false information through a comparative legal analysis. This hybrid event gathers co-editors, contributors, and other special guests at three thematic sessions, examining solutions from the perspectives of government regulation, media self-regulation, and the role of civil society. (ALL TIMES EDT = UTC-4) *12:30 – 1:45pm Framing the Problem* *Ron Krotosynski*, Co-editor / John S. Stone Chair, Director of Faculty Research and Professor of Law at the University of Alabama School of Law *Andras Koltay*, Co-editor / Research Professor, University of Public Service (Budapest) / Professor of Law, Pázmány Péter Catholic University (Budapest) *Andie Tucher*, H. Gordon Garbedian Professor of Journalism and Director of the Communications Ph. D. Program, Columbia Journalism School Moderator: *David Pozen*, Charles Keller Beekman Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. *2:00 – 3:30pm National and transnational regulatory approaches* *Artur Pericles Lima Monteiro*, Resident Fellow, Information Society Project, Yale Law School *Bernát Török*, Director, Institute of the Information Society, Ludovika University of Public Service (Budapest) *Ahran Park*, Associate Professor, School of Media & Communication, Korea University, South Korea Moderator: *Jeremy Kessler*, Stanley H. Fuld Professor of Law, Columbia Law School *3:45 – 5:00pm Social groups and institutions, outside government* *Charlotte Garden*, Co-editor, Julius E. Davis Professor of Law at the University of Minnesota *Anya Schiffrin*, Director of the Technology, Media, and Communications specialization, School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University *Katie Fallow*, Senior Counsel, Knight First Amendment Institute, Columbia University Moderator: *Costanza Sciubba Caniglia*, Anti-Disinformation Strategy Lead, Wikimedia Foundation Livestream provided by the *Internet Society U.S .New York Chapter <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a1c8814f73906bb6f6e465e0…>* *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/cgfoe-disinfo <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3bce2bc5c73f6a36f3b7a125…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3zr58YD <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=20e51e35a90857d584bfd31b…>* *TWITTER #disinformation #misinformation #democracy <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b36ad42894c9c69cd1721da2…> @ColumbiaGFoE @UofMNLawSchool @UALawSchool @ColumbiaLaw @knightcolumbia @columbiajourn* *,* *MASTODON #disinformation <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e8433d4e296bbd5deed1f884…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=589b681a06fa2aa116abfe92…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=b49e6de4d71972af45f0579d…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c012d8da31b31515f95c4990…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/cgfoe-disinfo <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c392cddc4ae9c594290d9143…>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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participate in a survey about xkcd?
by danah boyd 19 Sep '24

19 Sep '24

::wave:: Parker Bach and I are trying to understand the role of xckd in the scientific and technical community. If you read xkcd, would you consider filling out our survey? We would greatly appreciate your perspective, whether it’s brief thoughts or long, poetic reflections. https://forms.office.com/r/NKxGrqvFgx We are intentionally doing a snowball sample. So please please pass this on to other people you know in the scientific/technical community. We are not looking for a representative sample; rather, we want to understand the wide array of thoughts folks have about xkcd. Of course, we might have a secret agenda to see which scientific/technical community can show the greatest xkcd fandom... If you have any questions, please contact us at xkcd(a)microsoft.com. We are happy to answer any queries you may have. Thanks! danah & Parker PS: For your enjoyment.... https://xkcd.com/2456/

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CU Boulder job opening: Assistant Professor in Technology, Justice, and Equity
by Nathan Schneider 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Dear AOIR, I'm thrilled to share with you a new position opening we just posted today in my wonderful department at CU Boulder. Please share with people you think might be interested! -- Nathan Schneider Assistant Professor, Media Studies University of Colorado Boulder Assistant Professor in Technology, Justice, and Equity Apply here: https://jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail/?jobId=59386 Job Summary The Department of Media Studies in the College of Media, Communication, and Information at the University of Colorado Boulder invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position. We seek a scholar specializing in media studies with critical approaches to technology, justice, and equity. Areas of research may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: * alternative technological imaginaries * data, algorithms, and/or platforms * game studies * labor and precarity * global inequalities * decolonial movements * disability studies * gender and sexuality * racial equity The successful candidate will have an established record of scholarly publications or be able to demonstrate significant potential for research productivity commensurate with the expectations of a Carnegie Very High Research Activity doctoral degree-granting (“R-1”) institution. In addition, the successful candidate will be committed to fostering an active, inclusive learning environment, one that draws from both theory and practice to empower students to become more reflexive, effective, and creative inhabitants of our mediated world. The anticipated start date is August 2025. The University of Colorado Boulder is committed to building a culturally diverse community of faculty, staff, and students dedicated to contributing to an inclusive campus environment. We are an Equal Opportunity employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Who We Are Founded in 2015, The Department of Media Studies<https://www.colorado.edu/cmci/academics/media-studies> is one of seven units comprising the University of Colorado Boulder’s College of Media, Communication, and Information (CMCI). With 13 full-time faculty, ±25 graduate students (MA and PhD), and approximately 150 undergraduate majors (and growing), the department is an established leader in media studies research and teaching. Its unique blend of theory and practice, scholarly inquiry and public engagement, and humanistic and socialscientific approaches has yielded both a vibrant intellectual environment and a cohesive departmental community. CU’s Department of Media Studies is enriched by resources you’ll find nowhere else in the world, including: the Media Archaeology Lab<https://www.mediaarchaeologylab.com/> (MAL), one of the largest collections of still-functioning media from the 19th century to the early-21st century; the Center for Media, Religion, and Culture<https://www.colorado.edu/cmrc/> (CMRC), a multidisciplinary community committed to understanding religious experience in and beyond the digital age; Cultural Studies<https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rcus20/current>, a discipline-defining scholarly journal, founded in 1987; the Media Economies Design Lab <https://www.colorado.edu/lab/medlab/> (MEDLab), whose participants explore pathways for democratic ownership and governance in the online economy; and the newly founded Visual Evidence Lab, which engages academics and broader constituencies for public good to ensure that legal and institutional stakeholders consider the power and limitations of visual technologies in decision-making. Established in 2015, the University of Colorado Boulder College of Media, Communication, and Information is at the forefront of the revolution in communication and digital technology. CMCI prides itself on offering students an interdisciplinary education with a focus on innovation and creativity. Our students and faculty from six departments and an independent PhD program think across boundaries, innovate around emerging problems, and create culture that transcends convention. CMCI strives to be a community whose excellence is premised on diversity, equity, and inclusion. We seek candidates who share this dedication and demonstrate understanding of the experiences of those historically underrepresented in higher education. We welcome applications from minoritized racial and ethnic identities, ciswomen, non-normative genders and sexualities, persons with disabilities, and others who have encountered legacies of marginalization. What Your Key Responsibilities Will Be Responsibilities will be split between research (40%), teaching/mentorship (40%), and service to the department, university, and profession (20%). The standard teaching load is 2-2. In addition to teaching existing courses in the department, you will be asked to develop courses in your area of expertise. You will have an opportunity to work with undergraduate and graduate students in the department. What You Should Know As a colleague in the Department of Media Studies, you will be working within an environment that is committed to rigorous scholarship, critical pedagogy, and intellectual and creative engagement, one that celebrates traditional forms of intellectual inquiry and other equally profound models and road maps of knowledge pursuit. As a relatively small and tight-knit department, Media Studies depends on faculty who value collegiality and community. What We Can Offer * $83,000 - $95,000 academic year salary plus benefits. * Annual support for research and conference travel. Benefits The University of Colorado offers excellent benefits<https://www.colorado.edu/jobs/benefits>, including medical, dental, retirement, paid time off, tuition benefit and ECO Pass. The University of Colorado Boulder is one of the largest employers in Boulder County and offers an inspiring higher education environment. Learn more about the University of Colorado Boulder<https://www.colorado.edu/about>. Be Statements Be accomplished. Be impactful. Be Boulder. What We Require The successful candidate will have a PhD in Media Studies, Communication, or related discipline. The degree must be conferred by the start date of the position. What You Will Need * An emerging or established record of scholarly publication * An emerging or established record of collegiate-level teaching * A commitment to departmental, university, and professional service What We Would Like You to Have * Commitment to teaching, mentoring, and/or advising students * Success in obtaining external funding to support research and/or teaching * Interest in public scholarship, engaged scholarship, and/or community engagement Special Instructions To apply, please submit the following materials: 1. A current CV. 2. A cover letter that specifically tells us how your background and experience align with the requirements, qualifications, and responsibilities of the position (single spaced pages, uploaded in PDF format). 3. During the application process you will need to enter contact information for three (3) references familiar with your scholarly record. We will request letters of recommendation immediately upon application. This information will be kept confidential and viewable only by the search committee. 4. Diversity and Inclusion Statement: Please submit a one (1) page statement (single-spaced, uploaded in PDF format) reflecting your experience with and/or commitment to inclusive pedagogy and the promotion of a diverse, equitable, and inclusive academic culture. 5. Writing Samples: Please submit two (2) scholarly writing samples including at least one (1) peer-reviewed publication (uploaded in PDF format). 6. Optional: Example of multimodal research, creative practice, or public scholarship. Full consideration will be given to applications received by October 31, 2024. The position will remain open until filled. Note: Application materials will not be accepted via email. For consideration, please apply through CU Boulder Jobs<http://colorado.edu/jobs>. In compliance with the Colorado Job Application Fairness Act, in any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information. Posting Contact Information Posting Contact Name: Boulder Campus Human Resources Posting Contact Email: Recruiting(a)colorado.edu<mailto:Recruiting@colorado.edu>

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AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work, Brazil report
by Rafael Do Nascimento Grohmann 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hi AoIR, The AI Policy Observatory for the World of Work just published the Brazil report, focusing on regulation, development and governance of AI in the country and impacts for the world of work. The report was written by Edemilson Parana, Jonas Valente, Rafael Grohmann and Roseli Figaro, and is available on the Observatory website: https://www.essex.ac.uk/research-projects/ai-policy-observatory-for-the-wor… Last month, the Brazilian team already had a meeting with Brazil's Minister of Labor on AI and work. https://www.gov.br/trabalho-e-emprego/pt-br/noticias-e-conteudo/2024/Agosto… The Observatory Lead is Phoebe Moore. best, Rafael -- dr. Rafael Grohmann Assistant Professor of Media Studies Department of Arts, Culture and Media<https://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/acm/rafael-grohmann> Faculty of Information<https://ischool.utoronto.ca/profile/rafael-grohmann/> University of Toronto 2024-2025 Faculty Fellow, Queer and Trans Research Lab, Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies, University of Toronto<http://qtrl%20Cohort%202024-25%20-%20Mark%20S.%20Bonham%20Centre%20for%20Se…> Leader, DigiLabour<https://digilabour.com.br/> Founding Editor, Platforms & Society<https://journals.sagepub.com/home/PNS> Principal Investigator, Worker-Owned Intersectional Platforms (WOIP)<https://digilabour.com.br/worker-owned-intersectional-platforms-woip/> Researcher, Fairwork<https://fair.work/> <https://fair.work/> International Experts Coordinator, Platform Work Inclusion Living Lab<https://pwill.eu/>

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New book: SCREENING BIG DATA: FILMS THAT SHAPE OUR ALGORITHMIC LITERACY
by Gerald Sim 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hi everyone, I write with news of my recently published book, Screening Big Data: Films that Shape Our Algorithmic Literacy<https://www.routledge.com/Screening-Big-Data-Films-that-Shape-Our-Algorithm…>. Here's an excerpt from the official synopsis, followed by generous endorsements that the book received from Mark Andrejevic, Neta Alexander, Nick Seaver, and Melissa Gregg. From star-powered blockbusters to civic-minded documentaries positioned to facilitate weighty debates about artificial intelligence, these texts frame our discourse and mediate our relationship to technology. Above all, they impact society's abilities to regulate Al and navigate big tech's political and economic maneuvers to achieve market dominance and regulatory capture. Foregrounding data politics with close readings of key films like Moneyball, Minority Report, The Social Dilemma, and Coded Bias, Gerald Sim reveals compelling ways in which films and tech industry-adjacent media define apprehension of Al. With the mid-2010s techlash in danger of fizzling out, Screening Big Data explores the relationship between this resistance and cultural infrastructure while highlighting the urgent need to refocus attention onto how technocentric media occupy the public imagination. This book will interest students and scholars of film and media studies, digital culture, critical data studies, and technopolitics. "Screening Big Data understands that developments in digital culture reach far beyond the technology — they are cultural phenomena with their own legends, heroes, and villains. The result is an invaluable and wide-ranging guide to the myths of big data and how these play out across our screens, large and small, shaping our understanding of the technology that is transforming our world. Gerald Sim's wide-ranging account provides invaluable insight into 'big data: that it is not enough to understand the technology, we need to understand the culture that has grown up around it." -Mark Andrejevic, Monash University "Drawing on an impressive plethora of sources, Screening Big Data unpacks the paradoxes within the data mythologies and cultural imaginaries that have come to shape our current techno-media-industrial complex. Rigorous yet highly engaging, this book is a must-read for media scholars, critical data researchers and anyone seeking to distill the capabilities and limitations of Al from the cinematic narratives that both capture our imagination and distort our understanding of techno-political systems." - Neta Alexander, Yale University "The social power of data doesn't come from data alone. In Screening Big Data, Gerald Sim takes us on a compelling tour through the cinematic landscape of technoscientific imagination, exploring how algorithms, artificial intelligence, and data science have been represented on screen. Sim shows how these representations shape our understanding of what these tools can do, making a persuasive argument for including popular media in our analyses of new technologies." - Nick Seaver, Tufts University *In this essential work of media scholarship, Gerald Sim identifies the critical role that older technologies play in ushering the new. Through exquisite close readings, summoning extensive research into each film's cultural and technical production, a handful of companies and individuals are shown to command an outsized influence on our visions of the future. Sim successfully litigates the case for algorithmic literacy to overcome our current indenture to machinic ways of seeing and valuing. Screening Big Data is an exemplary demonstration of how relevant film and screen studies can be for our shared emancipation." - Melissa Gregg, Sustainability Consultant, Reality Labs Be well, everyone. Gerald Gerald Sim PhD | Professor, School of Communication & Multimedia Studies Florida Atlantic University 777 Glades Rd, Boca Raton, FL 33431 Zoom<https://fau-edu.zoom.us/j/4202768434?pwd=eFBQZmdqQTh4YUJWbkRvSDVRVlZydz09> | Bio<https://www.fau.edu/artsandletters/scms/faculty/sim/> | Latest<https://www.routledge.com/Screening-Big-Data-Films-that-Shape-Our-Algorithm…>

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Last chance to register - Digital Intimacies book launch at KCL this Friday!
by Zeena Feldman 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Hi all, This Friday evening at 5pm, Queer@King’s is hosting the book launch of Digital Intimacies: Queer Men and Smartphones in Times of Crisis (Bloomsbury, 2024). We’d love for you to join us in-person on the KCL Strand campus or online via Teams. Full event details and registration at https://www.tickettailor.com/events/queerkings/1361733. Many thanks, Zeena ….. Dr Zeena Feldman (she/her) Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Digital Culture Director, Queer@King’s<https://www.kcl.ac.uk/research/queeratkings> King’s College London Department of Digital Humanities The Strand, Chesham Building, 0.03 London WC2R 2LS zeena.feldman(a)kcl.ac.uk https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/dr-zeena-feldman

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Platform Journal CFP: "Digital Governance for a Human-Centred Society"
by Ivan Kirschbaum 18 Sep '24

18 Sep '24

Dear colleagues, A friendly reminder to send abstracts for the* new issue* of the Platform Journal <https://platformjmc.com/> on "Digital Governance for a Human-Centred Society" <https://platformjmc.com/call-for-papers/>. This is a great opportunity for *early* *career researchers and students* to publish in the open-access and peer-reviewed journal founded and published by the Media and Communications Program, School of Culture and Communication, at the University of Melbourne —more information on the CFP is below. *Abstract deadline:* October 1 *Full paper*: February 3 Best wishes, Ivan Kirschbaum *PhD student at the School of Culture and Communication,* *University of Melbourne* *Call for papers* *Digital Governance for a Human-Centred Society * The world’s increasing interdependence and reliance on digital platforms, mobile applications, data, algorithms, and automated technologies pose various issues and challenges. Fake news and misinformation, personal data privacy risks, antitrust and platform monopolies present new challenges for emergent ‘platform societ(ies)’ (van Dijck et al., 2018). This special issue of Platform Journal focuses on “Digital Governance for a Human-Centred Society.” It highlights the pressing need to re-examine the roles of citizens, civil society, private sectors, governments, and NGOs in creating more fair, open, inclusive, and human-rights-centred governance of the digital sphere. The issue emphasises ‘human-centred’ societies where technologies are expected to improve individuals’ lives with consideration of inclusive growth, equal access, and social responsibility. In this case, digital governance is also deeply embedded within offline society, as power structures of inequality, violence, discrimination and marginality get replicated and become more complex through digital technologies. We invite research that explores the challenges, particularities, and commonalities of digital governance. Submissions highlighting experiences and insights from the Global South are especially welcome. This special issue aims to provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to present new research and developments in the digital governance area. Areas of interest for this special journal issue include, but are not limited to, the following topics: - Trust in the digital society between individuals, private and public sectors. - Data concerns within a transnational context, such as issues of data colonialism. - Global South digital transformations. - Challenges and opportunities for inclusive governance. - Privacy and ethics of new technologies. - Surveillance society. - Internet Freedom and Human Rights. - Governance of emerging technologies. - Global, regional, and local approaches to digital governance. - Emerging and future digital governance, citizenship(s), and policies. *Abstract submissions due: * 23:59 (AEST), Tuesday, 1 October 2024 *Full paper submissions due:* 23:59 (AEST), Monday, 3 February 2025 All abstracts should be submitted via email to platformjmc(a)gmail.com. Abstracts should not exceed 350 words. Abstracts are to be submitted no later than 1 October, 2024. Selected abstracts will be invited to submit a full paper, which will be due 3 February, 2025. Please be aware that acceptance of abstracts does not guarantee publication. All submissions should be from early career researchers (within five years of completing their PhD) or current graduate students undertaking their Masters, PhD, or international equivalent. Please send all further questions to platformjmc(a)gmail.com All eligible submissions will be sent for double-blind peer-review. Early submission is highly encouraged as the review process will commence on submission.

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