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Social Media Research Paper Call and Research Support Opportunity
by Todd Vogts 24 May '24

24 May '24

Dear Colleagues: With usual apologies for cross posting, I’d like to bring your attention to 2 items now that most spring semesters have ended: 1. Abstract and full paper submissions are now invited for the [1]Innovating Social Media Research in a Paid-API Era thematic issue of Media and Communication that I am co-editing 2. For scholars seeking social media data, the [2]Institute for Representation in Society and Media (a 501[c][3] nonprofit with which I am affiliated) now offers its members Meltwater access for academic research for about $1 per day You can learn more about the former at [3]https://shorturl.at/9sFmG and the latter at [4]https://www.irsm.ai/ Feel free to reach out to me directly with any questions about either. Thanks, DR. TODD R. VOGTS Assistant Professor of Media & Department Co-Chair, [5]Sterling College Chief Technology Officer, Institute for Representation in Society and Media ([6]IRSM) Newsletter Editor, AEJMC’s NOND LeadTime 2nd Vice President, [7]Kansas Collegiate Media Coordinator, [8]Kansas State Fair Scholastic Press Corps Phone: 620.245.4551 (call or text) Website: [9]www.toddvogts.com Virtual Office: [10]Meet with Me [11]ORCiD | [12]Google Scholar | [13]Academia *Master Journalism Educator (MJE)* *JEA Critique Training Certified* References 1. https://www.cogitatiopress.com/mediaandcommunication/pages/view/nextissues#… 2. https://www.irsm.ai/ 3. https://shorturl.at/9sFmG 4. https://www.irsm.ai/ 5. https://www.sterling.edu/ 6. https://www.irsm.io/ 7. https://kansascollegiatemedia.com/ 8. https://ksfspc.wordpress.com/ 9. https://toddvogts.com/ 10. https://calendar.app.google/2xCnaByYPw4FgFBu8 11. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3417-9614 12. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=EkL9bBwAAAAJ&hl=en 13. https://independent.academia.edu/ToddRVogts

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Seed = Group of Keywords. Output = Related but not derivative
by Hashem Elassad 23 May '24

23 May '24

Hi Hi any tools that would suggest related keywords based on a group of keywords rather than a single seed keyword? For example, my input would be something like this (Psychology, linguistics, evidence, conversion copywriting). It would be even better if I can specify that it would only search for related keywords but not derivative keywords (for Example, it would return “sociology” but not “marketing psychology” as it the keyword psychology is already found in the seed input. Anything that comes to mind? The Most Regards You’ve Ever Been Sent 😊 Researcher / Content Creator & Curator/ Writer (Psychology, Career Choice & Development) Hashem ElAssad Follow me on LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/hashemelassad/>

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Reminder: Digital Methods Summer School at the University of Manchester, UK, this July
by Lukasz Szulc 23 May '24

23 May '24

Dear colleagues, We invite you to participate in the Digital Methods Summer School which we organize at the University of Manchester in the UK between 1st and 5th July 2024 (in person only). It is an introductory course for anyone who would like to explore the benefits and limitations of innovative digital tools for analyzing a diverse range of data in humanities and social sciences. The participants will learn about mobile, geospatial and operational methods, algorithmic ethnography, text mining and data visualization, and they will reflect on pressing ethical questions arising when employing digital methods. For more information, please visit: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/PwU96KcXSNB3l or email me at lukasz.szulc(a)manchester.ac.uk<mailto:lukasz.szulc@manchester.ac.uk> You can book a place through this page: https://estore.manchester.ac.uk/short-courses/methodsmanchester/methodsmanc… Very best, Łukasz Dr Łukasz Szulc<https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/%C5%82ukasz-szulc> (he/him) Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Culture School of Arts, Languages and Cultures University of Manchester UNITED KINGDOM RECENT PUBLICATIONS (2023) Culture is transnational. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13678779221131349 (2022) Uncanny Europe and Protective Europeanness: When European Identity Becomes a Queerly Viable Option. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00380385211024117 (2022) A Lot of Straddling and Squirming: Taking Queer Migrant Stories beyond the Academic and Digital Walls. https://academic.oup.com/ccc/article/15/2/276/6556263 (2020) Digital Gender Disidentifications: Beyond the Subversion Versus Hegemony Dichotomy and Toward Everyday Gender Practices. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/15396

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Call for Workshops -- 26th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2025), Deadline: July 10th, 2024
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 22 May '24

22 May '24

We are happy to announce that the 26th edition of the International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2025) will be held at IIT Hyderabad, India, from 4th - 7th January 2025. The Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day or half-day workshops affiliated with the conference. Workshops should emphasize current topics of interest within the broader areas of Distributed Computing and Communication Networks. Some of the topics of interest are mentioned below, but not limited to: - 5G and Beyond - Ad-hoc, Sensor, PAN and Mesh Networks - Backscatter and Ultra-low Power Networks - Biological Distributed Algorithms - Blockchains - Cloud Computing and Big Data Processing - Cognitive Networking - Disaster response - Distributed AI/ML - Distributed Data-Analytics - Distributed game theory - Energy and Sustainability - Edge, Fog Computing and Mobile Offloading - Fault-tolerance, Reliability, and Availability of Distributed Systems - Federated Learning -Graph Theory and Applications to Networks and Distributed Computing - Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical systems - Mobile Crowdsensing and Social Network Analysis and Mining - Next-generation internet - Pervasive and Mobile Computing - Peer-to-Peer Networks - Architectures and Algorithms - Security, Privacy and Game Theory in Distributed Computing and Networking - Smart City Applications - Self-* (Self-organization, Self-stabilization, Self-healing etc) and Autonomic Computing - Unmanned Aerial Vehicles - Vehicular Networks The workshops may include a mix of regular papers, invited presentations and panels that encourage the participation of attendees in active discussion. The purpose of these workshops is to provide a platform for presenting new ideas in a generally more focused area than the main conference. The objective of these workshops is to enable stimulating discussions on state-of-the-art, emerging, visionary, and perhaps controversial topics. Workshops should be organized to promote such lively interaction. Plans to promote interaction and discussion should be clearly addressed in workshop proposals. It is expected that workshop papers will be published along with the main conference papers as part of the ACM International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS) and will be indexed by the ACM Digital Library, subject to pending ACM approval. Workshop organizers should follow ACM Peer Review Policy (https://www.acm.org/publications/policies/peer-review) while accepting papers. Format of the Proposal: Each workshop proposal (maximum 5 pages) must include: - Title of the workshop - Description of the technical issues covered, emphasizing the timeliness of the proposed workshop (1-page maximum) - Workshop Organizers (names, affiliation and contact information), limiting up to 2 workshop chairs for a half-day workshop and 3 workshop chairs for a full-day workshop - A short biography of the organizers (up to 200 words) -Names of potential participants, such as program committee members and invited speakers (an indication that speakers accepted to participate is a plus) - Planned format of the workshop, including: + Duration of the workshop: Half-day, Full-day and tentative schedule + Preferred day of the workshop: Before or after the conference + Number of refereed papers, hot topic sessions, keynotes, panels + Unique, creative and novel workshops formats are strongly encouraged - Draft Call for Papers - A description of the publicity and promotion plan - Workshop potential website address (if available at the time of the proposal - will be required later if the workshop proposal is accepted) - If appropriate, a description of past versions of the workshop, including the number of submitted and accepted papers, number of attendees, etc. In order to ensure the quality of the accepted papers in ICDCN, the ICDCN steering committee set an upper limit of 40% on the acceptance rate for ICDCN Workshop papers. Hence, it is desirable for the organizers of the accepted workshops to adhere to that acceptance rate for their respective workshops. Also workshop organizers are not encouraged to submit papers in their own workshop. Timelines for the Workshop: The proposals should be submitted (in PDF format) no later than July 10, 2024, to the ICDCN 2024 Workshop chairs with "ICDCN 2025 Workshop Proposal" in the subject. - Proposal Deadline: July 10th, 2024 - Notification of Selection: July 15th, 2024 - Opening of Workshop Papers for Acceptance: July 23rd, 2024 - Deadline for Workshop Papers: September 15th, 2024 - Decision on Acceptance/Rejection of the Workshop Papers: October 6th, 2024 (hard deadline) - Camera-Ready Papers Version Due: October 20th, 2024 (hard deadline) =============================================================== For further queries please write to us: Amitabh Trehan (amitabh.trehan(a)durham.ac.uk<mailto:amitabh.trehan@durham.ac.uk>) and Punyasha Chatterjee (punyasha.chatterjee(a)jadavpuruniversity.in<mailto:punyasha.chatterjee@jadavpuruniversity.in>) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Associate Professor Computer Engineering Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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EN DIRECT 22-23 MAI – Forum sur le peering en Afrique centrale 2024 / WEBCAST MAY 22-23 – Central Africa Peering Forum 2024
by Joly MacFie 22 May '24

22 May '24

*** ISOC.LIVE est un service communautaire gratuit d'assistance à la diffusion sur le Web parrainé par le chapitre de New York de l'Internet Society (ISOC-NY) - Un grand merci à notre bailleur de fonds de mai 2024, Vint Cerf *** *** ISOC.LIVE is free community webcasting support service sponsored by the the Internet Society New York Chapter (ISOC-NY) - Big thanks to our May 2024 funder Vint Cerf *** Je dis souvent que sans interconnexion il n’y aurait pas d’Internet ! I often say that without interconnection there would be no Internet! Le premier jour ne fait que commencer. Pour les légendes, allez sur Zoom ou Facebook Day 1 is just starting. For captions go to Zoom or Facebook Read on blog <https://isoc.live/17935/> or Reader <https://public-api.wordpress.com/bar/?stat=groovemails-events&bin=wpcom_ema…> [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a81875ae9a7712b8f5b03b3…> Le *5eme edition du Forum sur le Peering en Afrique Central <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c257f30e09722fa6d4ba801…>* (FPAC5) mettre en évidence des experts de l’écosystème du l’Internet en Afrique Centrale et au dela. Les intervenants se pencheront sur des thèmes, comme: Le Peering, le développement d’infrastructure, la sécurité du routage, notions sur les IRR/RPKI, aspects économiques du Peering, valeur et benefices du peering, Routage BGP, meilleures pratiques, mesures d’Internet, Gouvernance, Réglementations, et politiques, etc. Cet événement est soutenu par l’*Internet Society <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=28843031695a9dbd5aba9d7…>* . The *5th edition of the Central Africa Peering Forum 2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=14120c95efa93fd1fd0b0f3…>* (CAPF5) will feature experts in the Internet ecosystem in the Central African subregion and beyond. The speakers' interventions will focus on, but not be limited to peering, infrastructure development, routing security, IRR/RPKI, economics of peering, value & benefits of IXPs, routing BGP, best practices, Internet measurements, governance, regulatory and policy aspect. This event is supported by the *Internet Society <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=470edb1d2ed03d5f921778a…>* . *22 May 2024 / 22 Mai 2024* (WAT=UTC+1) *11:00 Introduction* (Co-chairs) *11:15 Aperçu de l'écosystème d’Internet et Digital en Afrique Centrale / Overview of the Internet et Digital ecosystem in Central Africa* (Guichard T.) *12:15 Généralités et Aspects économiques / General and Economic Aspects* (Sylvain B. | Ghislain N.) *14:15 Technique et Ingénierie / Technical aspects* (Sara A. | Khoudia G. | Anna S. | JB M.) *23 May 2024 / 23 Mai 2024* (WAT=UTC+1) *11:00 Recap Jour 1 / Day 1* *11:15 Aperçu de l’écosystème du Peering en Afrique Centrale / Overview of the Peering ecosystem in Central Africa* *Nico Tshintu*, ISPA-DRC et KINIX *12:15 Politiques, Gouvernance et Réglementation / Policies, Governance and Regulation* (Olivier L. | Mohamed R. | Marcel K.) *14:15 Lightning Talk* (JB M. | Cedric M. | Khoudia G. | Amreesh P.) *15:45 Clôture / Closing* *LIVESTREAM (FRANÇAIS)* *http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/fpac2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4bfe081250955d9e384a28c…>* *LIVESTREAM (ENGLISH)* *http://livestream.com/internetsociety/capf2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=763ddb777779d532b6bed63…>* *PARTICIPER / PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/3wJLoy6 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=cd87b59f14f880e974813e6…>* (EN/FR) *TWITTER #IXP #IPeerinAfrica <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=e88189662c0f33914b8534e…> @ISOC_Africa @InternetSociety * *MASTODON #IPeerinAfrica <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=494cf7562995c0b47e0f7f6…>* SIMULCAST https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=8cd76bbf69107a5c1338ccc…> (EN) *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live* <https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live> https://www.facebook.com/ISOCAfrica/live <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2400755206ed049ec580ea0…> *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/capf2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=27e2a889f048f92d6390305…> * (EN) *https://archive.org/details/fpac2024 <http://isoc.live/?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=ad07c829d6aef051d5c5e7d…> * (FR) - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Join the "Digital ethnography: tools, ethics, futures" seminar series 2024 (hybrid)
by Annette Markham 22 May '24

22 May '24

Hello AoIR friends! Announcing the second session in our new 2024 Digital Ethnography seminar series at Utrecht University (in person and also online). Can’t attend this one? We’ll have four more sessions this year with an exciting lineup of invited guests. Read about the whole series<https://www.rmes.nl/rmes-digital-ethnography-seminar-series-2024-tools-ethi…> and sign up. Open to local, national, and international participants, any level (we’re also giving ECTS credit for PhD or MA students who want to attend at least 4 sessions). Session #2 (of 6): Digital Ethnography’s Ethical Dilemmas: Doing Sensitive or Antagonistic Fieldwork Featured Guests: Dr. Nermin Elsherif and Dr. Marissa Willcox Date: May 28, 2024 Time: 14:30 – 16:00 (CEST) In-Person Location: Utrecht, the Netherlands, Kromme Nieuwegracht 20, 3512 HH Utrecht (room T.0.05; “Grote Zaal”) Or Online: Teams link provided after registration Registration: Free, but registration required. Sign up here<https://www.rmes.nl/rmes-digital-ethnography-seminar-with-dr-nermin-elsheri…> (coffee and tea at the outset, sponsored beverages and snacks at a nearby café/pub afterwards) Session #2 Abstract: In contexts or communities that are precarious or antagonistic, how do digital ethnographers frame and conduct their research with a feminist ethics of care? How do they address social inequalities and risk for themselves and their participants, while also offering their participants a space to tell their stories in meaningful ways? This session takes two types of situations as examples, to reflect on some theoretical, methodological, and ethical challenges: Dr. Nermin Elsherif has studied politically conservative Facebook communities in post 2013 Egypt, where questions arise such as: how can we study political ideologies that drastically go against our own values without being patronizing or condescending? Dr. Marissa Willcox has worked with queer and feminist artists on Instagram that are known public figures or influencers with broad followings, which raised questions like: What types of ethical accountability and responsibility become apparent when working with marginalized and targeted people who are also public figures? In this talk, Willcox and Elsherif both address through different lenses, the combined elements of risk, care and community that go along with the building of a digital ethnographic study. In conversation, they ask; What creative digital ethnographic tools can we build to hold space for an empathetic critical reflection with our participants? How can we do research with marginalised or conservative communities that engages the participants while also allowing for rigorous, ethical and critical academic discussion? Want some reading material before attending? See here<https://www.rmes.nl/rmes-digital-ethnography-seminar-with-dr-nermin-elsheri…> Featured Experts: Nermin Elsherif is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Media & Culture Studies at Utrecht University. She is a critical geographer, designer, and an urban researcher, with a range of experiences between academia and the heritage practice since 2012. Her counter mapping collaborations with communities foregrounds question about what ‘remembering together’ means in the age of social media, and the kinds of subjectivities that are produced through this memory work. Marissa Willcox is a Digital Ethnographer and feminist theorist. She works at the University of Amsterdam in the Media Studies Department as a Lecturer and Researcher. A former member of DERC, the Digital Ethnography Research Centre in Melbourne, Willcox has experimented with various techniques for engaging in the hybrid, networked and ever-shifting ‘field’ of Instagram. An important strand of her research research looks at how feminist, queer, non binary and POC artists use Instagram to create belonging for marginalised groups. About the Series: Digital ethnography is a research approach that applies anthropological sensibilities and tools to study digital technologies. Since digital ethnography occurs across many fields, it takes on different priorities and modalities. It extends from an ethnographic epistemology that privileges immersive and emergent qualitative methods, and applies techniques and ethical principles to explore the experiential aspects of socio-technical systems. Regardless of focus or approach, digital ethnographers are drawn together because they find something compelling in combining the two concepts of “digital” and “ethnography” in their practice. We invite interested persons to join our series of six seminars in 2024, to explore the power, potential, challenges, and ethics of digital ethnography as a lens. Each event in the series is a 90-minute session (hybrid format) that focuses on a specific topic and highlights the work of 1-2 practiced and well-regarded digital ethnographers. The speakers will spend the first 30 minutes talking with the series facilitator, Annette Markham, about their own approach or responding to pre-selected questions, which will then prompt the direction for wider discussion among participants. You can attend these sessions in person at Utrecht University or online. Invitations are open for anyone to attend, and there is no fee for participating, but pre-registration is required. The series is facilitated by Professor Annette Markham<https://annettemarkham.com/>, recent co-Director of the Digital Ethnography Research Centre at RMIT University in Melbourne Australia, and newly appointed Chair Professor of Media Literacy and Public Engagement<https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/ANMarkham> at Utrecht University. Of course, ping me if you have questions, Annette Annette N. Markham (she/her) | Chair Professor of Media [Future Digital] Literacies and Public Engagement | Utrecht University | Department of Media and Culture Studies<https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/department-of-media-and-culture-studies> | Faculty of Humanities | Muntstraat 2a, 3512 EV Utrecht | Room 2.04 | a.n.markham(a)uu.nl<mailto:a.n.markham@uu.nl> | www.uu.nl/staff/anmarkham<http://www.uu.nl/staff/anmarkham> | professional website:https://annettemarkham.com<https://annettemarkham.com/>

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Seeking Participants for Research on Elder Douyin Content Creators
by Yingwen Wang 22 May '24

22 May '24

Dear Air-L list members, I hope this email finds you all well. My name is Yingwen Wang, I am a PhD candidate at the University of the Arts London, working on a research project that explores the dynamic digital landscape of Douyin (Chinese TikTok). My focus is mainly on a demographic that proves both inspiring and pivotal in the digital realm—older content creators. I am currently facing challenges in reaching out to this specific group—elder Wanghong (online influencers) who are 60 years or older and have more than 10k followers on Douyin. This demographic represents a vital part of my research as it offers significant insights into the evolving landscape of social media, where the narrative is predominantly dominated by the youth. Given the unique nature of my study, finding participants who meet these criteria has been more challenging than anticipated. I am, therefore, reaching out to seek your support and connections. If you know individuals who fit this description or have contacts in networks or communities where such influencers might be active, I would be immensely grateful if you could connect me with potential participants. Any tips or advice on better engaging with this community would also be warmly welcomed. Participation will involve interviews and discussions tailored to fit the participants' schedules, aimed at understanding their motivations, challenges, and impacts in the digital sphere. All information shared during the study will be treated with the highest confidentiality and respect for personal privacy. Thank you very much for considering this request. I would greatly appreciate any assistance or advice you could offer. Should you need more details about my research or wish to discuss how you might be able to help, please feel free to contact me at y.wang05202212(a)arts.ac.uk. Warm regards, Yingwen Wang Where this email is unrelated to the business of University of the Arts London the opinions expressed in it are the opinions of the sender and do not necessarily constitute those of University of the Arts London.

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New book announcement: Crowded Out
by Nora Kenworthy 21 May '24

21 May '24

[Apologies for any cross-posting] Dear Colleagues – I am very happy to share that my new book, Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744353/crowded-out-by-nora-kenwort…>, is out today with MIT Press (https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744353/crowded-out-by-nora-kenwort…) Crowdfunding for health and social needs has become quite inescapable in our lives, and GoFundMe is often our knee-jerk response to crisis. But our impressions of crowdfunding are often very different from its realities. This book offers unexpected and important lessons for broad audiences, from exploring how it is that 40% of health campaigns raise less than $70, or what actually happens when someone’s campaign goes viral, to explaining how crowdfunding is tied to some of our most harmful ideas about charity and deservingness. Ultimately, Crowded Out<https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744353/crowded-out-by-nora-kenwort…> explores how crowdfunding is reinforcing health inequities, and offers a guide for how we can do better – on our own and in community – to work towards health justice in a digital world. MIT Press is offering discount codes in celebration of pub day: 30% off today (5/21) with code PUBDAY30, and after today, 20% off with code READMIT20. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744353/crowded-out-by-nora-kenwort… We’ll have two online events in the coming weeks which you are also welcome to attend – one with Town Hall Seattle<https://townhallseattle.org/event/nora-kenworthy/> on May 28 (online or in person), and another with the Debt Collective<https://debtcollective.org/event/the-true-costs-of-crowdfunding-healthcare-…> on June 13 (fully online). Thank you! Nora Kenworthy Nora J. Kenworthy (she/her/hers) Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies | University of Washington Bothell Adjunct Associate Professor, Departments of Global Health and Anthropology | University of Washington Seattle njk8(a)uw.edu<mailto:njk8@uw.edu> |www.norakenworthy.com<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.norakenworthy.com/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!k…> New book: CROWDED OUT: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare Learn more here.<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/744353/…> At the University of Washington, we learn, live, reflect, and teach on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish people, particularly those of the Duwamish<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.duwamishtribe.org/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!k…>, Tulalip<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.tulaliptribes-nsn.gov/Home.aspx__;!!…>, Muckleshoot<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.muckleshoot.nsn.us/default.aspx__;!!K…>, Stillaguamish<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.stillaguamish.com/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!k…>, and Suquamish<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/suquamish.nsn.us/__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!kivwMM…> tribal nations. I recognize the original caretakers of this land who are still here, as well as the histories of dispossession from which our institution still benefits.

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'Behind the Scenes' talk by Fernando van der Vlist & Anne Helmond
by J.C. Vieira Magalhaes 21 May '24

21 May '24

Hello all, The next session of 'Behind the Scenes', our online talk series on the making of empirical platform governance research, will take place next Tuesday, May 28th, from 3-4 pm (CET). We are excited to host Fernando van der Vlist (University of Amsterdam) and Anne Helmond (Utrecht University). They will discuss their groundbreaking research on the material conditions of platform governance and, in particular, the evolution of Facebook’s APIs. More info on the talk and how to register for it can be found here <https://platform-governance.org/online-talk-series/session-7-anne-helmond-f…> and below. (Note that this presentation was originally scheduled for January and has been rescheduled to May.) -- The material conditions of platform governance In this talk, we present a methodological outlook for empirical and historical studies of platforms, emphasizing their unique characteristics like programmability and multisidedness. We explore how web archives play a critical role in preserving bits of their past. Despite the challenges posed by the ephemerality and continuous updates of platforms, we show how web archives manage to save valuable information about their historical development and past states of operations. These archived pages are key sources for crafting the life stories of technological artifacts, including platforms and apps. We then turn our focus to a case study of the evolution of Facebook’s (now Meta’s) platform interfaces (APIs), tracing their trajectory from data access points to complex governance structures. This deep dive into Facebook’s technical governance sheds light on how such platforms command influence over their digital ecosystems, a critical aspect for understanding the broader impact of these platforms in both app and business development and linked socio-economic processes. This study underscores the importance of understanding the technical dimensions and evolutionary dynamics of platform governance, providing insights into the material conditions of governance of and by platforms through their APIs. Fernando van der Vlist (@fvandervlist) is Assistant Professor of Cultural Data & AI in the Department of Media Studies at the University of Amsterdam. He is actively involved in the App Studies Initiative (ASI), the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI), and the Public Data Lab. His research focuses on the study of digital media ecosystems, platforms and apps, data, and artificial intelligence (AI) in culture and society. Anne Helmond (@silvertje) is Associate Professor of Media, Data & Society at Utrecht University. She is part of the focus area ‘Governing the Digital Society’ where she examines the processes of platformization, algorithmization, and datafication from an empirical and historical perspective by focusing on the material and programmable (data) infrastructures underpinning these processes. Registration Please register via this form <https://forms.gle/xq2irQb4mnHkLUcD6> shortly with an email-address for the full series or this event only, so that we can share the meeting link with you. About the series This talk is part of the series Behind the Scenes – Conversations on Empirical Platform Governance Research that invites scholars in this field to share their experiences and views, fostering community exchange about how we can study platform governance in this challenging context. It is hosted by the Lab “Platform Governance, Media, and Technology” (PGMT) at the Centre for Media, Communication and Information Research (ZeMKI), <https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/zemki> University of Bremen, and the Centre for Media and Journalism Studies <https://www.rug.nl/research/icog/research/research-centres/centre-for-journ…>, University of Groningen. -- João C. Magalhães Assistant Professor in Media, Politics and Democracy University of Groningen | Centre for Media and Journalism Studies https://jcmagalhaes.com/ Selected publications: A history of objectionability in Twitter’s moderation practices <https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqad015/720476…>, 2023 (Journal of Communication, w/ Emillie de Keulenaar, Bharath Ganesh) | Social media, social unfreedom <https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/commun-2022-0040/html>, 2022 (Communications, w/ Jun Yu) | Big Tech, data colonialism and the reconfiguration of social good <https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/15995>, 2021(International Journal of Communication, w/ Nick Couldry) | Algorithmic visibility and bottom-up authoritarianism in the Brazilian crisis <http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/4042/>, 2019 (PhD, LSE) | Considering algorithmic ethical subjectivation <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305118768301>, 2018 (Social Media + Society)

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GDC Revision 1 webinars today
by Joly MacFie 21 May '24

21 May '24

[I will record these, but can't promise to edit /transcribe - joining the Zoom(s) is recommended] Hello, all. The first webinar about the Global Digital Compact First Revision begins in one hour at 13:00 UTC. Please remember to register: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0oduGurjwrGtdMKLkU8gDtCv6t8EUnHbIC The agenda includes remarks from three speakers. The rest of the time will be dedicated to discussion. - Elizabeth Oluoch, ICANN - Fiona Alexander, American University - Markus Kummer, Diplo Foundation/Geneva Internet Platform The second webinar will be at 01:00 UTC. Please remember to register: https://icann.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0sdeuupj4tE9Kq4SILuey60q46mz70M9x0 I will share the recordings when they are available. Thank you, Carlos Carlos Reyes WSIS+20 Outreach Network Secretariat _______________________________________________ Learn more about the WSIS+20 Outreach Network and review relevant resources: https://go.icann.org/wsis20 -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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