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CFP: Cybercrime minitrack at HICSS-58
by Piotr Siuda 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues We'd like to invite you to submit your research to the HICSS Cybercrime minitrack. Fast-track journal options are involved: selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. Here is the full CfP: Research of the Internet as a site for communication and networking has focused mostly on legal practices. Recent years have nevertheless seen a significant increase in cybercrime, including illegal commerce being conducted on various platforms. In the public eye, much of it is associated with the non-indexed Dark Web, but research tells us that it is likewise present on many clear web sites and being conducted via numerous social media and instant messaging services. Rarely a day goes by without cybercrime being reported in the media. Examples include online trading in narcotics and other illicit goods and services, the hijacking of individual accounts and organizational systems, extortion, exit scams, fake investments in cryptocurrencies and even blatant information manipulation for financial gain. This minitrack aim is to give insights and develop a theoretical and practical understanding of issues related to cybercrime without excluding any methodological approaches. We welcome conceptual, theoretical, empirical and methodological papers that enrich our understanding of illegal online practices. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Cybertrespass (e.g., unauthorized system access) Cyberdeception and cybertheft (e.g., online fraud, identity theft) Exploitation imagery (e.g., child sexual exploitation materials) Cyberviolence (e.g., cyberstalking, cyberbullying) Cyberterrorism (e.g., different intrusions, building extremist networks) Trading in illicit goods and services online The use of the Dark Web as a marketplace or information sharing environment Using social media and instant messaging services for illicit trading Ransomware Phishing and scamming Cryptomarkets and cryptocurrencies Information manipulation for commercial gain Dark Web deception, risk, security, and privacy Differences between legal and illegal online trading Regional differences in cybercrime Investigative techniques and methods for cybercrimes Selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Author Instructions: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Cybercrime minitrack website: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#cyberc… IMPORTANT DATES: April 15, 2024: Paper submission begins (through HICSS systems: https://hicss-submissions.org/) June 15, 2024: Paper submission deadline (11:59 pm HST) August 17, 2024: Notification of acceptance/rejection September 22, 2024: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication October 1, 2024: Deadline for at least one author for each paper to register for the conference MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS: Piotr Siuda (Primary Contact) Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland piotr.siuda(a)ukw.edu.pl J. Tuomas Harviainen Tampere University tuomas.harviainen(a)tuni.fi Robert W. Gehl York University rwg(a)yorku.ca Juho Hamari Tampere University juho.hamari(a)tuni.fi -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor; *Journal of Creative Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crc> *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* -- *Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic*, *Bloomsbury Academic Press*, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gaming-and-gamers-in-times-of-pandemic-979876… *-- The Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games*, *Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences*, https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106706 *-- The Problematic nature of evaluating esports' "genuineness" using traditional sports' criteria: In-depth interviews with traditional sports and electronic sports journalists,* *Leisure Studies*, https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215471

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CFP: Esports minitrack at HICSS-58
by Piotr Siuda 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues We'd like to invite you to submit your research to the HICSS Esports minitrack. Fast-track journal options are involved: accepted research will be considered for publication in the Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports (Human Kinetics) special issue. Selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. Here is the full CfP: Esports research is a young yet burgeoning field with both extensive challenges and opportunities. Despite the ever-growing breadth of esports research, esports presents many opportunities for academics and industry professionals to continue examining new and unique ways in which electronic games will impact and change societies worldwide. In the last decade, esports have ceased to be seen solely as entertainment and have burgeoned into a multi-billion dollar area within the wider video gaming industry. We also continue to see increases in the number of esports players and games, events organized, viewership online and in-person, and the growing professionalization of the industry as a whole. Traditional sports still draw more viewers and generate more revenue. However, esports continue to increase their reach and potential through the growing number of broadcasted games, tournament prize pools, and increasing advertising potential of esports games. Despite the increasing popularity of esports, much more research is still needed in all areas. Moreover, because electronic gaming technology continues to develop at a rapid pace (e.g., augmented reality, virtual reality, the “metaverse”), there is virtually no limit to esports research. This minitrack aims to provide insight into any and all areas of esports’ theoretical development and practical understanding without excluding any methodological approach or scientific disciplines. Conceptual, theoretical, empirical, and methodological contributions that enrich our understanding of esports are welcome. Given the diverse goals of this minitrack, possible topics include, but are not limited to: Business, e.g., discovering esports consumers’ motivations; designing effective marketing tools; understanding players’/esports’ networks and organizations; gamers/fans as consumers. Cognitive Science/Psychology, e.g., studying factors influencing athletes’ performance; their abilities and skills; cognitive and behavioral differences between athletes. IT and Computer Science, e.g., using game telemetry, biometrics, user-generated data, or text mining to study esports, e.g., team dynamics, players’ interactions, and in-game performance. Law, e.g., copyright issues; gambling. Sociology, e.g., gamers’ and athletes’ interactions, experiences, and identities; live events and streaming dynamics; gender issues (gender gap). Media Studies, e.g., relations between esports, traditional sports, and the media; offline spaces versus live-streaming; understanding esports in terms of virtual versus actual; how technology mediates gaming; and how esports’ communities fit here. Sports Science, e.g., comparing esports and ‘traditional’ sports; esports as ‘real’, ‘genuine’ sports or new quality. Accepted research will be considered for publication in the Journal of Electronic Gaming and Esports (Human Kinetics) special issue. Selected articles (both rejected and accepted) will be proposed to the special issue of the Journal of Creative Communication (SAGE; IF: 1.5) with the guarantee of going to the review stage. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Author Instructions: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/ Esports minitrack website: https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/internet-and-the-digital-economy/#esport… IMPORTANT DATES: April 15, 2024: Paper submission begins (through HICSS systems: https://hicss-submissions.org/) June 15, 2024: Paper submission deadline (11:59 pm HST) August 17, 2024: Notification of acceptance/rejection September 22, 2024: Deadline for authors to submit final manuscript for publication October 1, 2024: Deadline for at least one author for each paper to register for the conference MINITRACK CO-CHAIRS: Piotr Siuda (Primary Contact) Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland piotr.siuda(a)ukw.edu.pl David P. Hedlund St. John’s University hedlundd(a)stjohns.edu Emma Witkowski RMIT University Emma.witkowski(a)rmit.edu.au Lindsey Darvin Syracuse University ledarvin(a)syr.edu There are several mini-tracks related to gaming. They include Gamification (in Decision Analytics and Service Science), Streaming Media in Entertainment (in Digital and Social Media), Games & Gaming (in Digital and Social Media), Digitalization of Work (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), Game-based Learning (in Knowledge Innovation and Entrepreneurial Systems), and the Metaverse (in Organizational Systems and Technology). -- *Piotr Siuda* (PhD, Professor of Media Studies) piotrsiuda.com Faculty of Cultural Studies Department of Game Studies and Digital Culture Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Associate Editor; *Journal of Creative Communication <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/crc> *(SAGE Journals) *Recent papers:* -- *Gaming and Gamers in Times of Pandemic*, *Bloomsbury Academic Press*, https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gaming-and-gamers-in-times-of-pandemic-979876… *-- The Next Level of Horror Entertainment: Facing Fear in Cooperative Interactive Drama Survival Horror Games*, *Proceedings of the 57th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences*, https://hdl.handle.net/10125/106706 *-- The Problematic nature of evaluating esports' "genuineness" using traditional sports' criteria: In-depth interviews with traditional sports and electronic sports journalists,* *Leisure Studies*, https://doi.org/10.1080/02614367.2023.2215471

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[Deadline Extended] CFP "Big Data Audiences" Special Issue of Convergence (Due: April 7)
by Jennifer Hessler 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Extended Deadline for Abstracts: 7th April 2024 Deadline for Full Papers: 31st July 2024 Expected date of publication: August 2025 *Big Data Audiences* *Special Issue of Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies <https://journals.sagepub.com/home/con>* Guest Editors: Jennifer Hessler (North Carolina State University, US) and Elliot Montpellier (Kwantlen Polytechnic University, CA) Media ecosystems increasingly use big data audience insights to shape their distribution models, content production and curation, and marketing strategies, even while these developments are happening at different paces and with varied cultural and political implications from country to country. Existing scholarship on audience datafication largely takes a media economics approach, focusing on how data is informed by and shapes the actions of media industry stakeholders. This often elides the cultural stakes of audience datafication. Crucially, this issue brings together analysis of institutional structures with insights from critical sociologies of data to grapple how the big datafication of audiences converges with issues of cultural identity and exchange. This issue contends with the way big audience data practices are changing entertainment media ecosystems. Proposals might engage with how the implications of audience datafication are playing out differently in state-run, public, and commercial television systems, or how the increasing reliance on big data audience insights impacts the distribution of capital among creatives. At the same time, the issue engages with how big data is changing the way audiences are imagined and attributed value. Media distributors often spin the addressability afforded by big data as an opportunity to personalize content more effectively for globally diverse viewers. However, proposals might engage with how big data can limit the audience experience, or how the vastly scaled and real-time-actioned ways of addressing audiences also reify the distortions via which racial, gendered, national, and other inequalities manifest. We are especially interested in proposals that focus on the global south, and those that ground data in specific uses or consider data across sites from political, industrial, ethnographic, STS, anticolonial, or other approaches. Possible topics could include, but are not limited to: • How relationships between industry stakeholders are reconfigured via new practices of audience datafication. • The way that policies or funding models shape how audience data is collected or used. • Theoretical treatments of data colonialism, surveillance, and platform capitalism in relation to big data audiences. • The computational methods that are being used to imagine audience communities, or the conceptual frameworks that can be used to understand how big data addresses audiences. • The impacts that big data audience analytics have on national, gendered, LGBTQ, ethnic, linguistic, religious, and other communities. Please send a 500-word abstract and a 100-word bio for each author to the guest editors at *bigdataaudiences.cnmt(a)gmail.com <bigdataaudiences.cnmt(a)gmail.com> *by* March 31st 2024.* Authors of accepted abstracts will be contacted by the guest editors and will be invited to submit full paper contributions (8000-9000 words) by July 31st 2024, with a target publication date of August 2025. Link to CFP here: https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/con/Final_Big%20Data%20Au… CFP%20Convergence%20(4)%20(1)-1709697529.pdf <https://journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmscontent/con/Final_Big%20Data%20Au…>

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This Friday: Ethnographies of the Datafied State
by Holly Avella 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

Please join the Rutgers Digital Ethnography Working Group (DEWG) for our upcoming online event, Ethnographies of the Datafied State, with panelists Burcu Baykurt (UMass Amhearst) and Chuncheng Liu (Microsoft Research). Friday, April 5 1:00-2:30pm EDT Online; Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/867694155577?aff=oddtdtcreator Ethnographies of the Datafied State Governments today are actively developing and integrating digital and computational systems, transitioning into what sociologists Jenna Burrell and Ranjit Singh call the “Datafied State.” Consequently, there is increased scholarly interest in studying the growing implications of algorithms, automation, and surveillance across civic life. This panel explores the use of ethnographic methods in examining the complex relationship between computation and statecraft. How does ethnography become useful for investigating the logic and labor behind the building and maintenance of these technologies? What unique challenges exist? Our panelists, Burcu Baykurt and Chuncheng Liu, will explore these themes through cases of smart city developments in the US and social credit systems in China. Burcu Baykurt is an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Her research examines how digital infrastructures reshape and perpetuate durable inequalities. She is currently working on a book, Smart as a City, based on her fieldwork in an aspiring smart city in the United States. Chuncheng Liu is a postdoctoral researcher at Microsoft Research New England and an incoming Assistant Professor at Northeastern University. His research focuses on the sociotechnical production of data and classifications in authoritarian states. He is currently working an ethnography of a social credit system, a data-driven governance infrastructure in China. Rutgers Digital Ethnography Working Group: https://rutgersdigitalethnography.org

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21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024): Last Call for Late-Breaking Results and Journal First Submissions
by Announce 01 Apr '24

01 Apr '24

*** Last Call for Late-Breaking Results and Journal First Submissions *** 21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024) June 19-20, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/icsr2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: April 8, 2024 AoE (firm) ***) The International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR) is a biannual conference in the field of software reuse research and technology. ICSR is a premier event aiming to present the most recent advances and breakthroughs in the area of software reuse and to promote an intensive and continuous exchange among researchers and practitioners. The guiding theme of this edition is Sustainable Software Reuse. We now invite submissions for Late-Breaking Results (LBR) and Journal First. LATE-BREAKING RESULTS LBR submissions will be peer reviewed and the accepted ones will be included in the conference proceedings volume to be published by Springer in the LNCS series. An LBR submission may also contain innovative ideas that are being explored and have already shown some promising results. LBR submissions are expected to address one or more of the topics covered in the regular call for papers (https://cyprusconferences.org/icsr2024/call-for-papers/) LBR submissions should be no longer than 12 pages (including references) following the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science format. Submissions will be handled via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icsr2024) Submissions will be **double-blindly** reviewed, meaning that authors should: • Omit all authors' names and affiliations from the title page. • Do not include the acknowledgement section, if there is any, in the submitted paper. • Refer to the authors' work in the third person. • Use anonymous GitHub, Zenondo, FigShare or equivalent to provide access to artefacts without disclosing the authors' identity. JOURNAL FIRST For Journal First, we solicit submissions related to articles that have been accepted for publication by a reputable journal and that meet the following criteria: • The article relates to the topics of the ICSR conference and the recent call for papers. • The article is an original submission to the journal and not an extension of an earlier conference or workshop paper. • The article is an original research article; review articles or commentaries will not be considered. • The article was accepted for publication by a journal on or after 1 January 2022, the acceptance must have been publicly announced, the article must be available at the publisher’s website (e.g., as “articles in advance” or published on a journal’s website), and the article must be written in English. • The article has not been presented at, and is not under consideration for, journal-first tracks of other conferences. Accepted submissions will be presented as part of the ICSR 2024 scientific programme. Submissions must be done electronically via Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=icsr2024) and include: • Title and author information of the article. • The original abstract and keywords. • DOI of the original publication or, alternatively, a link to the publication at the journal's website. All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Chairs At least one author of each submission accepted for the Journal First track must register and attend the conference to present the work. The articles will be listed in the conference program and ICSR 2024 participants will have access to the respective abstracts and a pointer to the original journal article. IMPORTANT DATES • LBR and Journal First submission: April 8, 2024, AoE (firm) • Notification: April 29, 2024, AoE • Camera Ready: May 6, 2024, AoE • Author Registration: May 6, 2024 AoE ORGANISATION Steering Committee • Eduardo Almeida, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil • Goetz Botterweck, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland • Rafael Capilla, Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain • John Favaro, Trust-IT, Italy • William B. Frakes, IEEE TCSE committee on software reuse, USA • Martin L. Griss, Carnegie Mellon University, USA • Oliver Hummel, University of Applied Sciences, Germany • Hafedh Mili, Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada • Nan Niu, University of Cincinnati, USA • George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus • Claudia M.L. Werner, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil General Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Program Co-Chairs • Achilleas Achilleos, Frederick University, Cyprus • Lidia Fuentes, University of Malaga, Spain

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Share your insights at Content Moderation Conference, May 25th, Newark, NJ
by Bonifacio, Ross 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Join the Social Media Moderation Summit at New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, NJ on May 25, 2024, a gathering of minds and research shaping the future of content moderation. Visit our website at: https://mod-summit.com The Summit aims to create a collaborative space for leaders, researchers, professionals from academia, industry, government and any who are interested in the research of content moderation on social media. Be a part of the dialogue and address current challenges to understand how we may shape the future of content moderation by fostering interdisciplinary discussions. This event is sponsored by the National Science Foundation. Register for your ticket on Eventbrite (use early bird promo code MODSUM24EARLY by April 20th for 20% off!): https://www.eventbrite.com/e/social-media-moderation-summit-tickets-8501351… Learn more about how to participate: Call for Posters <https://mod-summit.com/call-for-posters/> We are accepting abstract submissions for researchers to present their work at the Summit as a poster. It is a great opportunity to showcase and share your insights, discoveries, and advancements in content moderation research with other researchers and industry leaders within content moderation and Trust & Safety.Students are encouraged to submit their work. The deadline for abstract submissions is April 20th, 2024. Become a Panelist <https://mod-summit.com/call-for-panelists/> Share your perspective and expertise in one of our 2 panels: “Challenges and Opportunities for Content Moderation” and “Enthusiasts to Protectors: Insights into Volunteer Content Moderation”! Please visit the website to apply as a panelist: https://mod-summit.com/call-for-panelists The deadline for panelist applications is April 8th, 2024. Attend a workshop <https://mod-summit.com/workshops/> There will be several workshops at the Social Media Moderation Summit, meant for attendees with shared interests to discuss emerging and relevant topics in content moderation with other researchers, leaders, and other professionals across disciplines and backgrounds. There will be workshops in breakout-style setting on various topics such as: LGBTQ+ Volunteer content moderators, Designing for Children, Designing for Inclusivity, Moderation Beyond Text and Images. Mentorship <https://mod-summit.com/call-for-mentors/> We are seeking mentors to be paired with student researchers for the conference. Mentors will be assigned a mentee and be paired together during conference activities such as mentor-mentee lunch, workshops, and more. Mentors will be paired based on similar areas of interest in content moderation. If you would like to become a mentor, please indicate your interest during registration. Volunteer <https://mod-summit.com/volunteer/> We are seeking volunteers to help create a great experience for those attending the conference! Students are highly encouraged to participate as a volunteer. Volunteers can enjoy free admission into the conference. Apply to volunteer here: https://mod-summit.com/volunteer Follow us on X/Twitter @modsummit <https://twitter.com/modsummit> and LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/company/modsummi>! For any questions or concerns, please contact moderationsummit(a)gmail.com

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Two postdoctoral researcher positions with the ESRC Digital Good Network @ University of Sheffield
by Helen Kennedy 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

The ESRC Digital Good Network <http://www.digitalgood.net/> aims to enhance our collective understanding of what a good digital society should look like and how we get there, by focusing on questions of equity, sustainability and collective well-being. We are recruiting two Grade 7 postdoctoral researchers. *A 3 year, full-time postdoctoral researcher *to work with us on the Digital Good Index <https://digitalgood.net/digital-good-index/>. The Digital Good Index will be a framework or set of principles or values which can be used to evaluate digital innovations and deployments to ensure good societal outcomes. It will build on Digital Good Network research, interviews and roundtable discussions, and existing guidelines. *Deadline: 12th April 2024* *A 10-month, full-time postdoctoral researcher* with expertise in evidence reviewing, to work on a project focused on including public voices in AI research, development and policy (RD&P). The project aims to synthesise, build and share knowledge about public views on and public participation in AI, as a route to ensuring public voice in AI RD&P. *Deadline: 8th April 2024.* The successful applicants will join a growing community of doctoral and postdoctoral researchers affiliated with the Digital Good Network, and will be encouraged to engage in network activities, from training to conferences, for their own development. We believe that diverse teams help us address big global challenges. We particularly welcome applications from currently under-represented groups within the department, including candidates who are women, LGBTQ+, disabled and from Black, Asian and other Minority Ethnic backgrounds. For more information about both posts, visit https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/jobs > browse jobs > and then search jobs. -- Helen Kennedy, Director, ESRC Digital Good Network <https://digitalgood.net/>, @digitalgoodnet Professor of Digital Society, @hmtk, Living With Data <https://livingwithdata.org/>, she/her Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences <https://acss.org.uk/> *LATEST PUBLICATIONS: * Challenging assumptions about the relationship between awareness of and attitudes to data uses amongst the UK public <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01972243.2023.2283729> (2023, w/Mark Taylor and Susan Oman, *The Information Society*) Socially meaningful transparency in data-based systems: reflections and proposals from practice <https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JD-01-2023-0006/full/ht…> (2023, w/Jo Bates, Itzelle Medina Perea, Susan Oman, Lulu Pinney, *Journal of Documentation*) Generic visuals of Covid-19 in the news: Invoking banal belonging through symbolic reiteration <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/13678779211061415>(2022, w/Giorgia Aiello, Chris W Anderson, Camilla Mørk Røstvik, *I**nternational Journal of Cultural Studies*.

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CaMP virtual reading group
by Ilana Gershon 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Dear Colleagues, Liz Rodwell will be talking about her book, Push the Button: Interactive Television and Collaborative Journalism in Japan, tomorrow -- March 29th. She has asked us to read chapter 5. Please read as much as you can, but do feel free to join us even if you haven't managed to read everything. The reading can be found here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1XZ5QlKe9-KVb7fbE3vpTMNlm4qvfh7_X/view?usp=… PLEASE NOTE: The reading group meets from 12-1 pm EST on the last Friday of the month in a semester based US-American academic calender. The meeting will be 12-1 pm EST on March 29th and can be reached by clicking on this Zoom link: https://iu.zoom.us/j/949202698 Looking forward to seeing you all virtually, Ilana Press blurb: In Push the Button, Elizabeth Rodwell follows a battle over what interactivity will mean for Japanese television, as major media conglomerates took on independent media professionals developing interactive forms from new media. Rodwell argues that at the dawn of a potentially transformative moment in television history, content conservatism has triumphed over technological innovation. Despite the ambition and idealism of Japanese TV professionals and independent journalists, corporate media worked to squelch interactive broadcast projects such as smartphone-playable television and live-streamed and open press conferences before they caught on. Instead, interactive programming in the hands of major TV networks retained the structure and qualities of most other television and maintained conventional barriers between audiences and the actual space of broadcast. Despite their lack of success, the innovators behind these experiments nonetheless sought to expand the possibilities for mass media, national identity, and open journalism.

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Public Talk: Governance and the Digital Economy, Tim Jordan, April 25th Queen Mary Uni London
by Jordan, Tim 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Hi In case it's of interest I'm giving a public talk on 'Governance and the Digital Economy, April 25th, 5-7pm, Queen Mary University London. Best Tim https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-public-talk-by-professor-tim-jordan-on-gov… What the Talk is About In exploring the impact of the digital economy on governance, this talk will delve into the prevailing dominance of neoliberalism and its integration of market principles into civil society, institutional government, and the economy. It will question whether the rise of the digital economy will challenge this dominance and introduce new forms of governance based on networking. Drawing on Foucault's concept of homo economicus, the discussion will examine how terms like biopower and governmentality will intersect with neoliberalism, prompting an analysis of the digital economy's role in reshaping governance structures. Examining practices within the digital economy, such as targeted advertising and service platforms like Uber, will reveal the continuation of neoliberal forms alongside the emergence of alternative governance models. These models, characterized by networked subjectivities facilitated by peer-to-peer interactions and protocols, will redefine power dynamics and information dissemination. The analysis will consider the fusion of hierarchical and heterarchical governance structures, emphasizing the importance of information as a structuring principle. Networking governance will be presented as a multifaceted approach, encompassing various forms of practice, subjectivities, and institutional arrangements. This is a talk organised by Borderlines - An Interdisciplinary Research Collective committed to social justice, radical, experimental and innovative methodologies and interdisciplinary pedagogies and alternative conceptual paradigms. The group aims to bring together diverse scholars resisting strict definition of fields and disciplines but thriving through differences and alternative vantage points. Committed to decolonizing of praxis and the problematisation of the 'normative' through critical enquiry, it seeks to thwart the margins, peripheries, boundaries and notions of alterity, https://www.qmul.ac.uk/busman/research/research-centres/borderlines/ Tim Jordan Director of UCL Arts and Sciences (UASc), Professor of Digital Cultures, University College London. My pronouns are he/him.

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WEBCAST 28 MAR – AfICTA – The Role of AI in Governance & Digital Transformation
by Joly MacFie 28 Mar '24

28 Mar '24

Starts shortly. Our first ever collaboration with AfICTA On Thursday March 28, 2024, at 09:00 UTC, the Africa ICT Alliance (AfICTA) convenes its 14th Quarterly eConference with the focus 'The Role of AI in Governance & Digital Transformation'. In an era of rapid technological advancement, the integration … [image: ISOC LIVE] <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=26baf15e2514f1edb2426411…>On *Thursday March 28, 2024,* at *09:00 UTC*, the *Africa ICT Alliance <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=caeffc2894e94b136425263b…>* (AfICTA) convenes its *14th Quarterly eConference <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=a2e26f9426b0d3f5fdf5c0f6…>* with the focus '*The Role of AI in Governance & Digital Transformation*'. In an era of rapid technological advancement, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies into governance frameworks has the potential to revolutionize the way societies are governed. The 14th AfICTA eConference will delve into the transformative role of AI and emerging technology in shaping governance, promoting transparency, ensuring accountability, and driving digital transformation, with a special focus on its impact on digital transformation. *HOST* *Ms. Ulandi Exner -* Chair, AfICTA *SPEAKERS* *Dr. Mwasaga Nkundwe* - Director general, ICT Commission, Tanzania *Dr. Lucy Muthoni* - Fulbright Scholar, Rose Hulman Institute of Technolgy, USA *Ms. Tigist Awoke* - Sr. Data Consultant & Founder, Awoke Technologies *MODERATOR* *Ms. Rachael Shitanda* - Deputy Chair & Vice Chair, East Africa, AfICTA *LIVESTREAM https://livestream.com/internetsociety/aficta-ai <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=2f0e11769ef493c45c46d2ea…>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/49jPoTg <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=7a486b0f794b1e26abe28437…>* *REAL TIME TEXT https://bit.ly/49dw5uT <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c1b1b22309364359da41bf64…>* *TWITTER #AfICTAeConference <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=7b63b261f846d04bc3a7d35b…> #AIinGovernance #DigitalTransformation @AfICTA @nkundwemwasaga @ict_commission @LucyMuthonie Tigist Awoke* *MASTODON #AfICTAeConference <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4effdd998a15b031ad577e28…>* *SIMULCASTS* *https://twitter.com/ISOC_Live <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=af8e68eb843cfd06ee49512e…>* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=4fb2696638f89d52f3ac7de0…>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=c47f7a0f1312c91cb73069f7…>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/aficta-ai <http://isoc.live?action=user_content_redirect&uuid=75b4fb9d9b3f39025183d229…>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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