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3 postdoc positions in digital media and communication
by Klaus Bruhn Jensen 30 Jul '24

30 Jul '24

3 postdoctoral positions in digital media and communication research at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen The Department of Communication, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen (UCPH), invites applications for three postdoctoral positions in digital media and communication research beginning 1 January 2025, or as soon as possible thereafter. The positions are fixed term positions for three years. Introduction The successful applicants will become part of the project entitled, GREENWATCH – Green Surveillance: Imagining a Sustainable Internet of Things, funded through a European Research Council Advanced Grant, 2025-2029. The project examines the potentials and challenges of employing the Internet of Things (IoT) as a communication system monitoring the effects of human activities of Earth’s ecosystems, which further entails surveillance of human individuals and social institutions. The positions represent a unique opportunity to participate in interdisciplinary and culturally comparative work covering China, Europe, and the United States, and to contribute to theory development on a strategic issue with global ramifications. Duties and Responsibilities Postdoc # 1 – China The successful applicant will undertake, first, document analyses of product information, legislation, and other materials regarding IoT in China. Second, the postdoc will conduct fieldwork in China. Third, the postdoc will contribute to collaborative and comparative analyses of what IoT is, in different world regions, and what it could become in the future. Postdoc # 2 – Europe The successful applicant will undertake, first, document analyses of product information, legislation, and other materials regarding IoT in Europe. Second, the postdoc will conduct fieldwork in Europe. Third, the postdoc will contribute to collaborative and comparative analyses of what IoT is, in different world regions, and what it could become as part of the green transition. Postdoc # 3 – United States The successful applicant will undertake, first, document analyses of product information, legislation, and other materials regarding IoT in the United States. Second, the postdoc will conduct fieldwork in the United States. Third, the postdoc will contribute to collaborative and comparative analyses of what IoT is, in different world regions, and what it could become as part of the green transition. Qualification requirements and assessment criteria Employment as a postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level. Applicants must have specific theoretical and methodological competences in research on digital media and communicative practices. Other things being equal, applicants with previous experience in qualitative fieldwork, document analysis, or both of these approaches, will be preferred. Applicants for the position as Postdoc # 1 – China must be fluent in speaking and writing both English and Mandarin. Applicants for the position as Postdoc # 2 – Europe must be fluent in speaking and writing English. Applicants for the position as Postdoc # 3 – United States must be fluent in speaking and writing English. More information on careers at UCPH and the requirements for different academic positions is available at: Career at The University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)<https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/career-at-upch/> For more about postdoc positions and qualification requirements, see the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities: Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities<https://ufm.dk/uddannelse/videregaende-uddannelse/personaleforhold-pa-de-vi…> (ufm.dk) Applicants will primarily be assessed in relation to their research qualifications, including their publications, ability to conduct independent research and participate in research collaborations, and their experience with research management. In addition, the applicant’s research plan and research potential will be assessed in relation to the GREENWATCH project described above. Application Applications must be submitted online in PDF or Word format. Click on the “Apply now” button at the bottom of this advertisement to apply. Applications must be written in English and must include the following attachments: 1. Letter of motivation 2. CV 3. Documentation of qualifications (exam certificates and PhD diploma) 4. Complete publication list (attached publications must be marked with an asterisk). The list must be structured systematically and divided into the following categories: * Peer-reviewed publications: * Monographs and anthologies * Articles in journals * Book chapters/anthology contributions, etc. * Non-peer-reviewed publications: * Publications disseminating research findings, etc. * Applicants can attach a maximum of 3 publications. The publication dates must be clearly marked on the list. The selected publications must be uploaded as attachments and numbered 1-3. 5. Research plan 6. Documentation of other work on the dissemination of research. Only documentation in English will be assessed. Applicants are invited to familiarize themselves with the Faculty of Humanities’ strategic landmarks here: Strategic landmarks – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)<https://humanities.ku.dk/about/strategic-landmarks/> Salary and terms of employment Terms of appointment and salary will be in accordance with an agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The salary range for Postdocs starts at DKK 38,575 (roughly EUR 5,170) + a 17.1 % contribution to the pension scheme. It is possible to negotiate salary supplements on an annual basis. The recruitment process Once the deadline for applications has expired, the Head of Department will consider advice from an appointment committee and select applicants for further assessment. All applicants will be notified whether they have been shortlisted. The Head of Department then sets up an expert assessment committee to consider the applications. The selected applicants will be informed who is serving on the committee, and will be offered the opportunity to comment on the committee’s assessment of their application before an appointment is announced. Further information on the recruitment process at University of Copenhagen can be found here: Recruitment process – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)<https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/> An Equal Opportunity Workplace The University of Copenhagen is committed in its pursuit of academic excellence to equality of opportunity and to creating an inclusive working environment, and therefore encourages all qualified candidates to apply, regardless of personal background, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, ethnicity, etc. For more on the diverse working place environment at the University and the University’s participation in the HRS4R HR Excellence in Research, please see HR Excellence in Research – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)<https://employment.ku.dk/working-at-ucph/eu-charter-for-researchers/> International applicant? The University of Copenhagen offers a variety of services for international researchers and accompanying families, including support before and during relocation and career counselling for expat partners. Please find more information about these services as well as information on entering and working in Denmark here: For international researchers at the University of Copenhagen – University of Copenhagen (ku.dk)<https://ism.ku.dk/> Contact information Further information about the recruitment process is available from HR, email: hrsc(a)hrsc.ku.dk<mailto:hrsc@hrsc.ku.dk>. Please refer to ID number: 211-1891/24-2I #1. Additional information about the position, including an outline of the GREENWATCH project, can be obtained from the PI of the GREENWATCH project, Professor Klaus Bruhn Jensen, email: kbj(a)hum.ku.dk<mailto:kbj@hum.ku.dk>. The deadline for applications is 15 September 2024 at 23:59 CEST (Central European summer time). Any applications or additional material submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Link to application system: https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/?show=162210 ********************************************************** Klaus Bruhn Jensen Professor, dr.phil. Center for Tracking and Society Department of Communication University of Copenhagen Karen Blixens Plads 8 DK-2300 Copenhagen S Denmark kbj(a)hum.ku.dk<mailto:kbj@hum.ku.dk> http://www.komm.ku.dk/<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.komm.ku.dk&d=DwQGaQ…> Tel +45-35328104 ********************************************************** *New publication* Comparing Communication Systems: The Internets of China, Europe, and the United States. Eds. Klaus Bruhn Jensen & Rasmus Helles (2023). Routledge. https://www.routledge.com/Comparing-Communication-Systems-The-Internets-of-…<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.routledge.com_Comp…>

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2024
by ijwa dline.info 30 Jul '24

30 Jul '24

Sixth International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2024) Tien Giang University My Tho (near Ho-chi-Minh) Vietnam October 17-19, 2024 www.socio.org.uk/rtis Springer Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) The International Conference on Real-time Intelligent Systems (RTIS) has traveled from Beijing, China (2016), to Ho-Chi-Min, Vietnam. The sixth edition will take place at Tien Giang University. Over the last few years, real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed the human lifestyle. Research on real-time intelligent systems is multi-disciplinary, exploiting concepts from diverse areas such as big data processing, computational intelligence, location-based services, recommendation systems, and multimedia processing. In today’s highly dynamic environment, analysing data in real-time is necessary to understand how systems process data, reason the outputs, and anticipate trends in intelligent computing. To this end, this conference will serve as a platform to manifest the ongoing research in the field. Thus, RTIS welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound papers that address aspects related to topics, such as: Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Streaming data, streaming engines Trace-based intelligent real-time services Adaptive vision algorithms Location-based services Intelligent Robotic Systems Collaborative Intelligence Data capture in real-time Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Data Analysis Intelligent Database Systems Knowledge representation and reasoning Intelligent information fusion Large Language Models, cognitive methods, sequential inference, data mining, pattern/behavioral analysis, Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Intelligent Information Systems Privacy and security in Intelligence Software Engineering Solutions Intelligent Soft Computing Real-time multiprocessor systems Internet of Things Architectures for Intelligence Real-time distributed coding Smart services and platforms Real-time modelling user information needs Wireless Communication Real-time intelligent communication Real-time intelligent network solutions Mobile Smart Systems Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Analysis in domains such as energy, sensors Decision support systems in real-time Multi-agent Intelligent Systems Multilingual information access Recommendation systems Real-time intelligent alert systems Real-time remote access systems Intelligent Transportation Systems Autonomous systems (incl. autonomous vehicles and drones) Distributed systems Cloud/edge computing/fusion Defence/security, robotics, aerospace, intelligent transportation Mining/Manufacturing Environmental monitoring Critical Real-time Applications Real-time noise removal systems Event-driven analytics Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Machine translation in real-time OLAP for real-time decision support Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through OpenConf. Author instructions and LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available on the submission page. Submitted papers should be at most 14 pages (long papers) and 8 pages (short ones), including figures, tables and references (in the Springer template). Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with a full registration. Springer’s Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) will publish the accepted papers and be indexed in SCOPUS, EI Compendex, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, and SCImago. All the papers published in the series are submitted for consideration in the Web of Science. Important Dates Submission of papers: August 05, 2024 Notification: September 01, 2024 Camera-ready: October 01, 2024 Registration: October 01, 2024 Conference Dates: October 17-19, 2024 Honorary Chair Vo Ngoc Ha, Tien Giang University, Vietnam General Chairs Le Minh Tung, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Martín LÓPEZ-NORES, University of Vigo, Spain Program Chairs Nguyen Hoang Vu, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India & UK Dion Goh Hoe Lian, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Co-Program Chairs Duong Van Hieu, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Ricardo Rodriguez-Jorge, Technological Centre Ceit, Spain Pavel Losket, Zhejiang University-University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign Institute, China Organizing Chair Cao Nguyen Thi, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Publicity Chair Beniysa Mohsin, LTI laboratory, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Morocco Paper submission at https://socio.org.uk/rtis/paper-submission/ Contact- stm(a)socio.org.uk

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CfP • Music and Online Cultures in a Changing Platform Ecosystem
by Maria Perevedentseva 30 Jul '24

30 Jul '24

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Music and Online Cultures Research Network (MOCReN)<https://www.mocren.org/>, and with apologies for cross-posting. Maria Dr Maria Perevedentseva Lecturer in Musicology, University of Salford School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology New Adelphi Building, Salford, M5 4BR m.perevedentseva(a)salford.ac.uk<mailto:m.perevedentseva@salford.ac.uk> CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference: Music and Online Cultures in a Changing Platform Ecosystem June 19–21, 2025 • Lisbon, Portugal Deadline: September 30, 2024 For around half of the world’s population, it is hard to imagine a day without being online in some way or another. The widespread adoption of internet technologies has ostensibly been in service of improving human connectivity, expression, and health. Yet technology companies face unprecedented criticism for the range of changes that internet platforms have wrought on everyday work and leisure practices. In few domains is this clearer than music. As digital landscapes have shifted and evolved, music has often been the test subject for industrial change, and music cultures have accordingly negotiated the structures of online platforms. A lively body of scholarly and popular commentary has examined the power inequities, constraints, and affordances of online music platforms. In the mid-2020s, however, the formerly stable ecosystem of social media and streaming platforms is changing according to processes of platform decay. For social media, Twitter has become radicalised into Elon Musk’s X; Reddit faces blackout revolts over API changes; and Instagram cedes ground to TikTok while Meta and YouTube struggle to catch up and re-capture the attention of young audiences drawn to short-form vertical video. Spotify continues to lead an on-demand streaming oligopoly shared with Apple Music, Tencent, and Amazon Music, while global competitors contest some regions, and promising alternatives such as SoundCloud and Bandcamp are being remade in line with the major distributors. Reports indicate that artists and independent labels are, by and large, dissatisfied with contemporary routes to music distribution and promotion. For musicians, fans, and other stakeholders, things may get worse before they get better. Considerable hype around generative artificial intelligence technologies has already seen a range of creative applications adapting to rely on imperfect, ethically questionable, and environmentally costly machine learning logics. Given these changing online contexts, there is reinvigorated demand for directing scholarly attention at music as a social, cultural, and artistic practice. This conference aims to bring together emerging and leading thinkers on music and online cultures, cultivating a rich diversity of music and multimedia scholarship to address the changing platform ecosystem. Topics may include, but are not limited to: * Music and platform power: marginalisation, resistance, and/or equity in Big Tech’s musical interventions * Music and digital labour: relational and aspirational labour, creative work, and entrepreneurship in late capitalist contexts * Methods for studying music and online cultures * Online music fandoms and communities * Music and digital media: online interactions between music, video, sound, games, dance, and more * Music listening in the platform ecosystem: (live)streaming, genre, discovery, filesharing, and curation * Music’s online-offline tensions: logging off, digital detoxing, and touching grass * Music and internet culture: virality, memes, and context collapse * Histories, archives, and ageing of/with music and the internet This is a limited hybrid conference. We are asking presenters to join us in-person in Lisbon and will livestream all presentations. The online audience will be able to ask questions to engage virtually. The conference will be held at the Colégio Almada Negreiros, Campolide, which is an accessible venue. The conference registration fee to attend in-person is currently estimated at no more than €100, with a discounted student/Global South rate. There will be a small fee (estimated €10) to view the online livestream and receive a certificate of participation. Researchers at all career levels are welcome to submit proposals. Individuals from groups that are underrepresented in academia (e.g. first-generation scholars) are especially encouraged to apply. To help cultivate an inclusive and welcoming environment, please familiarise yourself with our code of anti-discriminatory practice, aka exceptional vibes only (https://www.mocren.org/code/) Abstract submission and additional information can be verified on the official conference page on the Music and Online Cultures Research Network (MOCReN) website here: https://www.mocren.org/lisbon2025/. The deadline for submissions is 30th September 2024 23.59 GMT. Any enquiries should be addressed to lisbon2025(a)mocren.org<mailto:lisbon2025@mocren.org>. Coordination: MOCReN With the support of CysMus (Research Cluster in Sound and Music in Digital and Audiovisual Media), GTCC (Grupo de Teoria Crítica e Comunicação), CESEM (Centro de Estudos de Sociologia e Estética Musical), IN2PAST (Associate Laboratory for Research and Innovation in Heritage, Arts, Sustainability and Territory), NOVA FSCH (NOVA University of Lisbon – School of Social Sciences and Humanities) and FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia).

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Apply by August 11 to teach with Wikipedia this Fall!
by Helaine Blumenthal 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

With the fall term just around the corner, I wanted to share a high-impact teaching opportunity that faculty have called “the most transformative assignment ever” – the Wikipedia assignment <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/>. Research studies <https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4174200> continue to discover the ways in which Wikipedia not only reflects public knowledge, but can shape it. With the Wikipedia assignment, students develop their research, writing, and media literacy skills while making real-world, hands-on impact on knowledge equity by improving the world’s largest open-access encyclopedia. Nonprofit organization Wiki Education helps faculty of all disciplines across the U.S. and Canada incorporate the Wikipedia assignment into their courses by providing custom syllabi, comprehensive student training modules, digital tools to track student work, subject-specific materials, and staff support – all free of charge. Apply by August 11 to teach with Wikipedia this fall! Apply now: Visit dashboard.wikiedu.org and follow the prompts to create your Wikipedia account, take our self-paced instructor orientation, and create your course page. Interested in hearing directly from faculty who teach with Wikipedia? Register now for an upcoming information session <https://wikiedu.org/webinars/>. Questions? We’d love to hear from you. -- Helaine Blumenthal,Ph.D. (she/her) Senior Program Manager Wiki Education helaine(a)wikiedu.org teach.wikiedu.org <https://wikiedu.org/teach-with-wikipedia/> Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/WikiEducationFoundation/>, Linkedin <https://www.linkedin.com/company/wiki-education-foundation/>

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CFP Special Issue of Canadian Journal of Communication Thought: Reimagining Canadian Communication Thought
by Andrew Herman 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

Dear Fellow AOIRistas Guillaume Latzko-Toth and I would like to announce a call for proposals for contributions to a special issue of the Canadian Journal of Communication that we are co-editing on Reimagining Canadian Communication Thought. The idea for this special issue was first discussed at the 2019 AOIR Brisbane and was further developed over several subsequent AOIR meetings. Given the salience and centrality of the AOIR intellectual community to themes of this special issue, we invite interested members to consider contributing. Andrew and Guillaume Here is the text of the CFP in English and French!! CJC Special Issue Reimagining Canadian Communication Thought It has been almost 25 years since Robert Babe published Canadian Communication Thought: Ten Foundational Writers (Babe, 2000). In his book, Babe attempted to create a canon of “Canadian Communication Thought” based on a consideration of influences, themes, and conceptual dispositions of ten disparate Canadian scholars and cultural practitioners that, from his perspective, represented a coherent (if heterogenous) approach to communication which was identifiably and distinctively Canadian. For Babe, each of the ten theorists represented a significant departure from the theories of communication and methodologies of empirical research that dominated communication studies in the United States from the mid- to late twentieth century. Positioned outside of yet in close proximity to the US, these scholars developed an approach to communication (and culture) that shared a suite of distinctive intellectual dispositions. First, their work was “dialectical” in its mode of reasoning and analysis and, as such, foregrounded a critical bearing towards the dynamics of power in media, communication, and culture. Second, this critical, dialectical framework attuned this collective body of work to the focus of critical political economy with concern for the intertwined power of the state and capital(ism). Third, according to Babe, these scholars were overtly concerned with the mediations of everyday life produced by technologies of media and communication. Fourth, such mediations were seen as inextricably linked with the “ontologies” of identity and community in Canada, ontologies which were also very much rooted in the particularities of the Canadian landscape as well as Canada’s social, political and economic development as a “counter-revolutionary” settler colony at the periphery of an empire. From Babe’s perspective, it is the articulation and confluence of these characteristics that generated a mode of theorizing about communication that was “quintessentially Canadian”. Babe’s project of creating a foundational canon of “Canadian Communication Thought” was certainly ambitious, especially in terms of staging a tableau of such a diverse array of intellectual figures, ranging from Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, Gertrude Robinson, George Grant, and Dallas Smythe to C.B. McPherson, Northrup Frye, Graham Spry, John Grierson, and Irene Spry. But it was also audacious in its determination to find a through line of a “quintessentially Canadian” mode of conceptualizing communication that united these diverse figures under the common nationalist signifier of “Canadian Communication Thought”. However one assesses the validity of choosing this particular group of scholars and attempting to fit them within a common framework of interpretation, as the CJC review of the book argued, “What the book asserts by virtue of its existence is perhaps of as much importance as the claims within it” (Dowler, 2001:570). That is to say, the idea of a coherent intellectual topos that can be named and recognized as “Canadian Communication Thought” matters as much -if not more- than the particulars of its inhabitants and borders that Babe sought to map. Almost 25 years after the publication of Babe’s book, we propose a special issue of the CJC devoted to the reassessment of, and perhaps more importantly, reimagining of the intellectual project of “Canadian Communication Thought”. Babe’s project was very much constructed as a backward-looking, historical accounting of the formation of something Babe could delineate as “Canadian Communication Thought”. With the exception of Gertrude Joch Robinson, all of Babe’s foundational figures made their intellectual careers and mark in the dark heart of the mid-twentieth century and had passed on well before the dawn of the 21st century. As such, the time(s) and place(s) of their Canada is very much different from ours. Moreover, the positionality of Babe's foundational figures was very white, very anglophone, very Upper Canada and Ontario centric, and, with the exception of Gertrude Robinson and Irene Spry, very male. Accordingly, the “solitudes” of Babe’s canon of “Canadian Communication Thought” are myriad, and if the concept of “Canadian Communication Thought” is to have any coherent salience in the 21st century, their hermetic boundaries must be breached by inviting diverse voices from different positionalities into a conversation about what the concept might mean going forward into the future. Accordingly, in this issue we seek article submissions that address one or more of the following questions: 1. Is the continued assertion of the existence of Canadian Communication thought as a coherent intellectual topos still a virtue in the contemporary moment of the near mid-21st century? If so, how would or should we imagine its terrain, and what itineraries of inquiry would be appropriate in mapping it? 2. What makes this intellectual space distinctively “Canadian”? Is it necessary or sufficient for a scholar or school of thought to be Canadian by nationality, residence, or institutional affiliation? Or is it more appropriate to argue that “Canadian Communication Thought” is a topos or a territorially emplaced imaginary of theory and analysis that is defined by distinctive conceptual articulations of media, communication, and technology rather than a geographic or national identity? 3. What would a topos of Canadian Communication Thought look like from different positionalities that characterize the multicultural Canadian present–Indigenous, francophone, POC, Black Canadian, South Asian, queer, LGTBQ2S+, and so on? 4. What are the possible articulations of the key theoretical/conceptual paradigms that have emerged and characterized Canadian Communication Thought in the 21st century, including (but certainly not limited to): feminist media and communications studies; materialist medium theory and analysis; post-colonial and decolonial approaches to media, communication, and technology; critical infrastructure studies; critical political economy and policy studies; critical internet studies; media history and media archaeology; and so on? Format and Editorial Priorities This bilingual special issue will gather two types of contributions: 1) full-length research articles (7000-8000 words) that reflect on/problematize epistemic and ontological features of Canadian communication thought and 2) shorter interventions (2500-3000 words) that offer a synthesis of a certain stream of theory or conceptual work, a “school of thought” or a specific approach that is representative of Canadian communication thought in its diversity. We invite scholars based in Canadian academic institutions and scholars from around the world with an interest in the topic to submit work. Please note that we are especially interested in receiving submissions from Indigenous scholars, emerging scholars and scholars representing visible minorities. We also welcome both English and French-language submissions. Abstracts should be 400 words for an article proposal and 250 words for an intervention proposal; they should include a title, type of submission, and contact information, including a short bio (50 words for each author). Timeline * September 30th, 2024: Deadline for abstract proposal submissions, to be sent to both Special Issue Guest Editors @ Andrew Herman (aherman(a)wlu.ca<mailto:aherman@wlu.ca>) and Guillaume Latzko-Toth (guillaume.latzko-toth(a)com.ulaval.ca<mailto:guillaume.latzko-toth@com.ulaval.ca>) * October 1st-November 15th 2024: Review of abstracts and decisions sent to authors. * November 15th, 2024-March 15th, 2025: Development and writing of contributions by authors, including editorial dialogue, where helpful * March 15th, 2025: Final draft contributions DUE * March 15th-June 15th, 2025: Review of contributions. Suggestions for revision communicated to the authors. * September 15th, 2025: Deadline for revised contributions * Summer 2026: Issue published! Numéro thématique du CJC Réimaginer la pensée canadienne en communication Il s'est écoulé près de 25 ans depuis la publication de l’ouvrage Canadian Communication Thought: Ten Foundational Writers par Robert Babe (Babe, 2000). Dans son livre, Babe a tenté de produire un canon de la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne » en s’appuyant sur les influences, les thèmes et les appareils conceptuels de dix chercheur.es et praticien.nes culturel.les canadien.nes disparates qui, selon lui, représentaient une approche cohérente (bien qu’hétérogène) de la communication, identifiable et distinctement canadienne. Pour Babe, chacun.e des dix théoricien.nes représentait une divergence significative par rapport aux théories de la communication et aux méthodologies de recherche empirique qui dominaient les études en communication aux États-Unis du milieu à la fin du vingtième siècle. Situés en dehors des États-Unis tout en étant en étroite proximité avec eux, ces auteurs et autrices ont développé une approche de la communication (et de la culture) partageant un ensemble de dispositions intellectuelles distinctives. Premièrement, leur travail était « dialectique » dans son mode de raisonnement et d’analyse et, en tant que tel, mettait en avant une attitude critique envers les dynamiques de pouvoir dans les médias, la communication et la culture. Deuxièmement, ce cadre critique et dialectique a permis à ce travail collectif de s'inscrire dans le cadre de l'économie politique critique et de s'intéresser au pouvoir entrelacé de l'État et du capital(isme). Troisièmement, selon Babe, ces chercheurs se préoccupaient ouvertement des médiations de la vie quotidienne produites par les technologies des médias et de la communication. Quatrièmement, ces médiations étaient perçues comme étant inextricablement liées aux « ontologies » de l’identité et de la communauté au Canada, ontologies également très ancrées dans les particularités du paysage canadien ainsi que dans le développement social, politique et économique du Canada en tant que colonie de peuplement « contre-révolutionnaire » à la périphérie d’un empire. Selon Babe, c’est l’articulation et la confluence de ces caractéristiques qui ont généré un mode de théorisation de la communication « quintessentiellement canadien ». Le projet de Babe de créer un canon fondamental de la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne » était assurément ambitieux, ne serait-ce qu’en réunissant un éventail si diversifié de figures intellectuelles, allant de Harold Innis, Marshall McLuhan, Gertrude Robinson, George Grant et Dallas Smythe à C.B. McPherson, Northrop Frye, Graham Spry, John Grierson et Irene Spry. Mais il était aussi audacieux dans sa détermination à trouver le fil conducteur d’un mode de conceptualisation de la communication « quintessentiellement canadien » qui unirait ces figures diverses sous le signifiant nationaliste commun de la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne ». Peu importe la manière dont on évalue la validité du choix de ce groupe particulier de chercheurs et de la tentative de les intégrer dans un cadre commun d'interprétation, comme l'a soutenu la critique du livre dans CJC, « ce que le livre affirme par son existence est peut-être aussi important que les affirmations qu'il contient » (Dowler, 2001:570). Autrement dit, l'idée d'un topos intellectuel cohérent qui peut être nommé et reconnu comme « la pensée communicationnelle canadienne » importe autant, sinon davantage, que les particularités de ses occupants et les frontières que Babe cherchait à dessiner. Près de 25 ans après la publication du livre de Babe, nous proposons un numéro spécial du CJC consacré à la réévaluation et, peut-être plus important encore, à la réimagination du projet intellectuel de la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne ». Le projet de Babe était essentiellement construit comme une rétrospective historique, un récit de la formation de quelque chose que Babe pensait pouvoir identifier comme la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne ». À l'exception de Gertrude Joch Robinson, toutes les figures fondatrices choisies par Babe ont effectué leurs carrières intellectuelles et marqué leur époque au beau milieu du vingtième siècle, et sont décédées bien avant l'aube du 21e siècle. De ce fait, le(s) temps et le(s) lieu(x) de leur Canada sont très différents des nôtres. De plus, la positionnalité des figures fondatrices de Babe était très blanche, très anglophone, très centrée sur le Haut-Canada et l'Ontario, et, à l'exception de Gertrude Robinson et d’Irene Spry, très masculine. Par conséquent, les « solitudes » du canon de Babe de la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne » sont multiples, si bien que pour que le concept de « pensée communicationnelle canadienne » ait une pertinence au 21e siècle, ses frontières hermétiques doivent être éclatées en invitant des voix diversifiées ayant différentes positionnalités à participer à une conversation sur ce que le concept pourrait signifier à l'avenir. Par conséquent, dans ce numéro, nous recherchons des propositions d’articles qui abordent une ou plusieurs des questions suivantes : 1. Quelle est la vertu de l’affirmation réitérée de l'existence de la pensée communicationnelle canadienne en tant que topos intellectuel cohérent dans le contexte contemporain du presque milieu du 21e siècle ? Si oui, comment devrions-nous imaginer son terrain, et quels itinéraires de recherche seraient appropriés pour le cartographier ? 2. Qu'est-ce qui rend cet espace intellectuel distinctement « canadien » ? Est-il nécessaire ou suffisant qu'un.e chercheur.e ou une école de pensée soit canadien.ne par nationalité, résidence ou affiliation institutionnelle ? Ou est-il plus approprié de soutenir que la « pensée communicationnelle canadienne » est un topos ou un imaginaire théorique et analytique situé, défini par des articulations conceptuelles distinctives des médias, de la communication et de la technologie, plutôt que par une identité géographique ou nationale ? 3. À quoi ressemblerait un topos de la pensée communicationnelle canadienne vu de différentes positionnalités caractérisant le Canada multiculturel contemporain – autochtone, francophone, personne racisée, canadien.ne noir.e, sud-asiatique, queer, LGBTQ2S+, etc. ? 4. Quelles sont les articulations possibles des paradigmes théoriques/conceptuels clés qui ont émergé et qui ont caractérisé la pensée communicationnelle canadienne au 21e siècle, y compris (entre autres) : les études féministes des médias et de la communication ; la théorie et l'analyse matérialistes des médias ; les approches postcoloniales et décoloniales des médias, de la communication et de la technologie ; les études critiques des infrastructures ; l'économie politique critique et les études de politiques ; les études critiques d'internet ; l'histoire des médias et l'archéologie des médias ; et ainsi de suite ? Format et approche éditoriale Ce numéro spécial bilingue rassemblera deux types de contributions : 1) des articles de recherche approfondis (7000-8000 mots) qui réfléchissent aux caractéristiques épistémiques et ontologiques de la pensée communicationnelle canadienne ou les problématisent ; et 2) des interventions plus courtes (2500-3000 mots) qui offrent une synthèse d'un courant théorique ou conceptuel, d'une « école de pensée » ou d'une approche spécifique représentative de la diversité de la pensée communicationnelle canadienne. Nous invitons les chercheurs basés dans des institutions académiques canadiennes ainsi que les chercheurs du monde entier intéressés par le sujet à soumettre une contribution. Veuillez noter que nous sommes particulièrement intéressés à recevoir des soumissions de la part de chercheur.es autochtones, de chercheur.es émergent.es et de chercheur.es représentant les minorités visibles. Nous accueillons les soumissions en anglais et en français. Les résumés doivent comporter 400 mots pour une proposition d'article et 250 mots pour une proposition d'intervention ; ils doivent inclure un titre, le type de contribution et les coordonnées des auteur.es, ainsi qu'une courte biographie (50 mots par auteur.e). Échéancier * 30 septembre 2024: Date limite de soumission des résumés, à envoyer aux deux coordonnateurs du numéro thématique : Andrew Herman (aherman(a)wlu.ca<mailto:aherman@wlu.ca> ) et Guillaume Latzko-Toth (guillaume.latzko-toth(a)com.ulaval.ca<mailto:guillaume.latzko-toth@com.ulaval.ca>) * 1er octobre-15 novembre 2024 : évaluation des propositions et transmission des décisions aux auteurs et autrices * 15 novembre 2024-15 mars 2025: développement et rédaction des contributions par les auteurs et autrices, en dialogue avec l’équipe éditoriale au besoin. * 15 mars 2025: Date limite pour la soumission des premières versions des contributions * 15 mars-15 juin 2025: Évaluation des contributions et transmission des suggestions de modifications aux auteurs et autrices. * 15 septembre 2025: Date limite pour la remise des versions finales. * Été 2026: Publication du numéro! Andrew Herman, Ph. D (he/his/him) Associate Professor Department of Communication Studies Wilfrid Laurier University DJ Ouroboros, "Low End Theory" radio show Andrew Herman's Shows | Mixcloud<https://www.mixcloud.com/andrew-herman3/> WZBC 90.3 FM Newton/Boston MA USA Low End Theory with DJ Ouroboros on WZBC 90.3 FM Newton (spinitron.com)<https://spinitron.com/WZBC/show/204144/Low-End-Theory> I acknowledge that I am on the traditional territory of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. Wilfrid Laurier University is located on the Haldimand tract, which was promised to the Six Nations. http://www.lspirg.org/knowtheland/.

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OA special section on “History of Communication Studies across the Americas”
by Park, David 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

We are pleased to announce an open access Special Section on “History of Communication Studies across the Americas,” which features six terrific articles, each of which considers the history of communication studies in terms of transnational vectors within and across North and South America. These are preceded by an introduction by the editors of History of Media Studies. https://hms.mediastudies.press History of Media Studies is a peer-reviewed, scholar-run, diamond OA journal dedicated to scholarship on the history of research, education, and reflective knowledge about media and communication. Special Issue Contents: * “The History of Communication Studies across the Americas: An Introduction,” by David W. Park, Jefferson Pooley, Peter Simonson, and Esperanza Herrero https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.a8f26bf1 * “Coloniality and Resistance: The Revolutionary Moment in Communication Study in the Anglophone Caribbean,” by Nova Gordon-Bell https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.bd98a921 * “Elizabeth Fox: Intellectual Biography and History of a Field of Study,” by Yamila Heram and Santiago Gándara https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.860e9e26 * “Borderline Cases: Crossing Borders in Canadian Communication Studies, 1960s-1980s,” by Michael Darroch https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.f76fdf03 * “Notes for Historicizing the Disintegrated Internationalization of Communication Studies in Latin America,” by Raúl Fuentes-Navarro https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.112788b7 * “‘Western Communication’: Eurocentrism and Modernity: Marks of the Predominant Theories in the Field,” by Erick R. Torrico Villanueva https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.2097c669 * “Media, Intellectual, and Cultural Imperialism Today,” by Afonso Albuquerque https://doi.org/10.32376/d895a0ea.048bbc6b History of Media Studies (hms.mediastudies.press) is published by mediastudies.press, a non-profit, scholar-led OA publisher. The journal is affiliated with (1) the Working Group on the History of Media Studies: https://hms.mediastudies.press/working-group and (2) the History of Media Studies Newsletter, which contains updates on the journal, among other relevant news: https://hms.mediastudies.press/newsletter Questions? Contact us at hms(a)mediastudies.press<mailto:hms@mediastudies.press>

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WEBCAST JUL 25 – ICANN80 Ghana Readout virtual meeting
by Joly MacFie 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

Our second ICANN 80 report (following NARALO <https://isoc.live/18185/>) - here from an African viewpoint. Read on blog <https://isoc.live/18192/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: Site logo image] ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD <https://isoc.live/> [image: isoc.live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4bcbb7c93046e0bbc4e0072…> On *Thursday, 25th July 2024*, at *18:30--20:00 UTC*, the *Ghana Domain Name Registry <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=308d742e391c378edb2308b…>* (GDNR), the *E-Governance/Internet Governance Foundation for Africa <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=526724471257956282139bc…>* (EGIGFA) , the *Association of African Universities <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a47e19fc642b0855424f528…>* (AAU), and the *Internet Society Ghana Chapter <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=237117b7a6c47a9bb9d262e…>* (ISOC Ghana) will hold an I*CANN80 Ghana Readout virtual meeting <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=29f6f213711e762a4e5f0e7…>*, discussing insights and key takeaways from ICANN80 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3e5365fb4d2f6544e6d854f…> . *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/ghana-icann80 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=6831402af1b33052f5fef10…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/GhanaICANN80ReadOut <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=29f6f213711e762a4e5f0e7…>* *REAL TIME TEXT (see ISOC.LIVE)* *TWITTER #ICANN80 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=338904ca04b6c44d1877d37…> @Ghanadomain @egigfa @AAU_67 @isocghana* *MASTODON #ICANN80 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ea6f3da600bf5c0076e23fe…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=21920823511fec96054a65e…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2b7962efc8e1766f8f0d804…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=3d9018117a804912e19b6b7…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/ghana-icann80 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=068e359f7ad21c02b5d07a4…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our July 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Registrations: Workshop on 'Exploring Digital Joys' in collaboration with Include+Network at the University of Leeds, UK
by Dhanyashri Kamalakannan 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

Dear AoIR member, The Pranava Institute <https://www.pranavainstitute.com/>, in collaboration with the *University of Leeds* and The Include+ Network <https://includeplus.org/>, is co-organising a virtual workshop on *'Exploring Digital Joys'* on *August 3rd, 2024!* We're inviting young participants *(Age: 18- 25 years)* from different parts of India to be a part of a virtual hands-on participatory workshop aiming to explore how youth experience joy on the internet. This workshop, comprising fun elements of co-creation of art and design, aims to capture how young people coming from diverse backgrounds in India experience digital joys differently, across spaces. We invite you to join us to delve into the diverse joys experienced by young people in their digital lives. *Date: August 3rd, 2024Mode: Online* (Zoom link will be shared to participants via email) *Time: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm IST *(GMT + 5:30) *Registration link: https://bit.ly/digital-joys-workshop <https://bit.ly/digital-joys-workshop>* Participants will receive a *certificate* for their contribution and have the opportunity to share their *quote and photo* which could become part of the final publication. More information can be found *here.* <https://www.pranavainstitute.com/post/call-for-registrations-workshop-on-ex…> *Nominate someone from your organization*Send us your nominations *here* <dhanyashri(a)pranavainstitute.com> before 28th July, 2024. We look forward to your participation in this exciting workshop! *Register to attend <https://bit.ly/digital-joys-workshop>* Best, Dhanyashri *Design Researcher* *The Pranava Institute <https://www.pranavainstitute.com/>* dhanyashri(a)pranavainstitute.com| LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/dhanyashri>

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WEBCAST JUL 29 - Global Tech Outage: The need for resilience for Internet connectivity
by Joly MacFie 29 Jul '24

29 Jul '24

As you might expect there's a fair bit of 'mistakes were made, lessons learned' here, but also of diversity as a basic resilience requirement. Dan York specifically recommends the recent 'We Need To Rewild The Internet <https://www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-rewild-the-internet/>' article. The root server software that neither can quite recall is probably YADIFA <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YADIFA> Dan York can also be seen later today, live, talking Internet disruptions on Cloudflare TV https://bit.ly/3A9P2CG (1pm ET / 17:00 UTC) Read on blog <https://isoc.live/18208/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: Site logo image] ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD <https://isoc.live/> [image: isoc.live] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=68a23c22750bd1b098c7b07…> On *Monday July 29 2024* at *11:00 UTC*, *ISOC.LIVE <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=61d4d31755797db29b54378…>* will webcast an edited version of the *Internet Society Online Safety Special Interest Group <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a73417136f56da771315f19…>* (ISOC Online Safety SIG) July 26 2024 discussion on *the recent global tech outage and the essential need for resilience in Internet connectivity <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=79f2579d75121dce46462e0…>*. The video is captioned. *SPEAKERS* *Olaf Kolkman* - Principal - Internet Technology, Policy, and Advocacy, Internet Society *Dan York* - Director, Internet Technology, Internet society *MODERATOR / HOST* *Godsway Kubi*, Lead Facilitator, ISOC Online Safety SIG *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/os-sig-techresilience <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=90c37ffeb6d2f1ea6eeef18…>* *TRANSCRIPT* (See *ISOC.LIVE <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=68a23c22750bd1b098c7b07…>* ) *TWITTER #OnlineSafety #TechResilience <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2eaa26942ef57fe0a99441d…> @danyork @kolkman @Godsway _kubigh* *MASTODON #TechResilience <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ae45b4b3837f381d642793c…> @danyork@mastodon.social @olaf@social.secret-wg.org <olaf(a)social.secret-wg.org>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=35a617f3f31d44c5a980608…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=f3236677fcc22d4809d7eba…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ef867841e9a6f0d962d654a…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/os-sig-techresilience <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=16080aa562f7db8f874c73f…>* *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our July 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Rejoignez la Coalition pour l'Avancement des Droits Humains en Ligne ! / Join the Coalition for the Advancement of Online Human Rights!
by Jameson Pierre-Louis 28 Jul '24

28 Jul '24

*English* *below* Cher(e) ami(e), Nous vivons une époque où nos droits numériques sont de plus en plus menacés. En Haïti, la création de l'ANI a soulevé de nombreuses inquiétudes quant à la protection de nos libertés en ligne. C'est pourquoi nous avons créé la Coalition Citoyenne pour l'Avancement des Droits Humains en Ligne. Notre objectif est de défendre vos droits numériques et de promouvoir un internet libre et ouvert pour tous les Haïtiens. Pourquoi nous rejoindre ? Soyez acteur du changement : Aidez-nous à construire un avenir numérique où les droits de chacun sont respectés. Développez vos compétences : Participez à des projets passionnants et apprenez de nouveaux outils. Rejoignez une communauté engagée : Collaborez avec des personnes qui partagent vos valeurs. Nous avons besoin de vous ! Pour atteindre nos objectifs, nous avons besoin de : Talents : Développeurs web, graphistes, experts en communication, juristes... Soutenir financièrement: Chaque don, petit ou grand, nous permet de mener à bien nos actions. Ensemble, construisons un internet plus juste et plus sûr pour tous ! Pour en savoir plus et nous rejoindre, rendez-vous sur notre site web (une fois créé) ou contactez-nous à l'adresse suivante : cadhelhaiti(a)gmail.com. Lien pour devenir membre : https://forms.gle/q8XkGwkd1zHCuafG7 Merci pour votre soutien, L'équipe de la Coalition Citoyenne pour l'Avancement des Droits Humains en Ligne --- Dear friend, We live in a time when our digital rights are increasingly under threat. In Haiti, the creation of the ANI has raised many concerns about the protection of our online freedoms. That is why we created the Citizens' Coalition for the Advancement of Online Human Rights. Our goal is to defend your digital rights and promote a free and open internet for all Haitians. Why join us? Be a part of the change: Help us build a digital future where everyone's rights are respected. Develop your skills: Participate in exciting projects and learn new tools. Join a committed community: Collaborate with people who share your values. We need you! To achieve our goals, we need: Talents: Web developers, graphic designers, communication experts, lawyers... Financial support: Every donation, big or small, helps us carry out our actions. Together, let's build a fairer and safer internet for everyone! To learn more and join us, visit our website (once created) or contact us at the following address: cadhelhaiti(a)gmail.com. Link to become a member : https://forms.gle/q8XkGwkd1zHCuafG7 Thank you for your support, The team of the Citizens' Coalition for the Advancement of Online Human Rights

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