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Learn to analyze Social Media Data with ChatGPT and other Generative AI Tools - Webinar on February 1st
by Alessandro Zonin 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Dear Association of Internet Researcher Members, I'm thrilled to invite you to an *upcoming webinar on leveraging ChatGPT and other generative AI tools for social media data analysis*. During this webinar, we'll cover a range of topics related to social media data analysis with generative AI tools, including: 👉 Extracting social media data via web scraping 👉 What is generative AI and its applications for social media analysis 👉 Prompt design for generative AI tools 👉 Social media text analysis with generative AI tools 👉 Topic modeling of social conversations 👉 Extracting key insights from social media data 👉 Generating short articles to showcase social media analysis results Details and enrolments here: *🗓️ Thursday, February 1, 2024 from 19:00 to 21:00 (CEST)* https://www.eventbrite.it/e/turning-social-media-data-into-actionable-insig… *Please apply the discount code AIRONLY to enroll with a 10% discount.* I hope to e-meet you soon. -- Alessandro Zonin Digital Data Stories <https://digitaldatastories.it> | Socioviz <https://socioviz.net/> | LEAD <https://linkedinforbusiness.it/servizi/linkedin-per-gli-hr-manager/lead/> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/AlessandroZonin>

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Re: [Air-L] The difficult conversation we don't seem to be having
by Carmel Vaisman 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

> > I would actually appreciate it if every organization/association would > deal with the issues it was founded for, instead of issuing statements on > every other thing going on in the world as virtue signaling. Oh sorry, it's > not like statements are issued on ANY thing going on in the world, it's > only when it involves Israel, right? Do you even know of the dire > humanitarian crisis in Yemen that western media barely covers for some > reason? I'd say this awards a much more urgent statement, and it might > actually draw some media outlets to bother covering it. > Everyone loves these academic concepts, "context", decolonialization", "apartheid" "genocide". Few, though, care to educate themselves about the history of the BDS campaign to connect these trendy concepts with the Palestinian narrative and bind it to unrelated struggles in a way that no progressive person can even consider supporting anything else. As an Israeli, I am obviously biased, you shouldn't listen to me and I would not attempt to defend anything, certainly not the actions of a corrupt government everyone here wants to be rid of. I am just sick and tired of the lack of critical thinking in critical theory, so I will put up two provocations just to saw a bit of doubt in the use of the above categories in this context: 1. Are you sure colonialism is the framework you want to use for people who are native to the middle east according to all monotheist bibles? The Jew who used to be the "other" in Europe is now the archetype of the colonial European? It would have been funny/ironic, if it weren't a new dangerous form of anti-Semitism. 2. Gaza population has grown from a few hundred thousands to over 2 million people since the state of Israel was founded, and is one of the fastest growing populations in the world, despite growing rates of immigration. Israel seems to be doing a very bad job on the genocide front. In short, there is a good reason this list was not having this conversation until now, and I think it should stay that way.

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ICA Postconference CFP: Digital Sovereignty for Whom? Platforms and Infrastructures in a Global Context
by Olga Boichak 23 Jan '24

23 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, Please find below the call for submissions to our ICA Postconference, *Digital Sovereignty for Whom? Platforms and Infrastructures in a Global Context*, deadline:* 15 February.* https://www.icahdq.org/mpage/ICA24-DigitalSovereignty Digital sovereignty refers to a countries’ autonomy and control over its digital data, systems and infrastructures. It is a term that has been deployed widely—by liberal states to assert citizens’ rights over the data they produce and by authoritarian states to justify surveilling and controlling their populations. At the same time, flows and forms of digital life offer new constructions of territoriality, governance, and identity, on more personal and humanistic terms. This post-conference brings together interdisciplinary perspectives to assess how new actors, technologies and global power struggles have shaped the discourses, architectures, and practices through which nation-states exercise and experience digital sovereignty. Recent geopolitical crises necessitate a re-thinking of digital sovereignty and its implications for digital policy and international affairs. In contemporary armed conflicts, like in the case of Russia’s war against Ukraine, where battles unfold across all layers of the digital communication spectrum, control over digital data flows has become a key strategic objective. In this context, digital sovereignty can be used to justify policies that facilitate the expansion of state power beyond established territorial borders. At the same time, how critical socio-technical systems are governed and by whom also determines experiences of digital sovereignty. UNESCO's 2023 *Internet for Trust* report calls for the inclusion of diverse perspectives in the global governance of digital platforms. While this recommendation is admirable, it remains unclear how it can be achieved in practice. As we have seen from the last twenty years of internet research, well-meaning governance principles often lack meaningful consultation with the Global South and can be derailed by market forces. Moreover, the continued decentralisation of key internet technologies and postcolonial data practices suggest sovereigns might be reconfiguring away from statist assumptions. By bringing together researchers from diverse jurisdictions, this post-conference aims to explore a range of inclusive and decolonial approaches to digital platform policy and governance, as well as global perspectives on human rights, state power and territoriality under various digital sovereignty regimes. We invite participants to submit a 500-word abstract on topics that fall within the scope of platforms and infrastructure in a global context via email to sicss.admin(a)sydney.edu.au by 15 February 2024. Hosted by the Media & Communications discipline at The University of Sydney and the Critical Digital Infrastructures and Interfaces group at Deakin University, selected participants will be invited to present their work at the post-conference and to submit their papers to a special issue of *Policy & Internet Journal*. *Date* Wednesday, 26 June, 2024 *Location* The University of Sydney/Hybrid Camperdown, NSW *Transportation* The University of Sydney Camperdown campus is located walking distance from Sydney’s central station and CBD. There are numerous hotel and public transport options available around the campus. *This post-conference is organised by:* Joanne Gray (The U of Sydney) Olga Boichak (The U of Sydney) Jonathan Hutchinson (The U of Sydney) Siva Vaidhyanathan (The U of Virginia) Admire Mare (The U of Johannesburg) Luke Heemsbergen (Deakin U) Toija Cinque (Deakin U) We hope to see you there! Olga *Olga BOICHAK*, PhD Senior lecturer <https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/olga-boichak…>, ARC DECRA fellow Director, Computational Social Science Lab <https://computational-social-science.sydney.edu.au/> Early Career Research Network <https://intranet.sydney.edu.au/arts/research/ECR-network.html> coordinator Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences *University of Sydney* @olgarithmic | Google Scholar <https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hHzcqw4AAAAJ&hl=en> | olgarithmic.net

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Deadline Extension for World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 - Your Opportunity to Reimagine Anthropological Knowledge!
by Ricardo A. Fagoaga H. 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Exciting news from the World Anthropological Union (WAU) Congress 2024 Organizing Committee! The deadline for submitting Panel Proposals has been extended to January 31, 2024. Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Join us in Johannesburg, South Africa, from November 11th to 15th, 2024, for a transformative exploration of anthropological knowledge under the theme: "Reimagining Anthropological Knowledge: Perspectives, Practices, and Power." We invite you to contribute your insights to this groundbreaking event organized by Anthropology Southern Africa and hosted by the University of Johannesburg. Key Themes for Panel Proposals: - Changing fields of anthropological subdisciplines - Politics of producing social, cultural, linguistic, biological, and paleo-anthropological knowledge - Post-covid practices in anthropological knowledge-making - Digital worlds and the role of new technologies in fieldwork - Legitimacy of museums and collections as knowledge repositories - Truth and/or post-truth in knowledge-making and representation - Anthropology as the humbling practice of learning - Tensions between local and academic knowledge production - Disaggregating local knowledges in light of critical decolonial perspectives - Challenges and successes of the decolonial imperative Submit your panel proposal by January 31, 2024: https://bit.ly/WAUcongressPANELS Additional Key Dates: - Evaluation of Panels: February 22, 2024 - Announcement of Accepted Panels: March 1, 2024 - Call for Papers (abstract submission): March 8 - April 30, 2024 Don't miss the opportunity to: - Engage in interdisciplinary dialogue with leading scholars and emerging voices - Share your research and insights on the future of anthropological knowledge - Network with colleagues from around the world - Experience the vibrancy of Johannesburg and South Africa Join us in reimagining anthropological knowledge at the WAU Congress 2024! We look forward to welcoming you to Mzansi/South Africa! Sincerely, Organizing Committee The World Anthropological Union Congress 2024 P.S. Extend your stay and attend the Anthropology Southern Africa (ASnA) annual conference from November 6-8, 2024: https://bit.ly/ASnA2024 *°°°°°°°* *Ricardo A. Fagoaga Hernández* Antropólogo e Historiador *ORCID* <https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5642-457X> | *Google Scholar* <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=-FgY5JQAAAAJ> | *Linkedin* <https://www.linkedin.com/in/rfagoaga/> | *Bluesky* <https://bsky.app/profile/fagoaga.bsky.social> | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/rfagoaga>* *Academic Digital Impact Consultant* for the World Council of Anthropological Associations (*WCAA*) and the World Anthropological Union ( *WAU*). *Associate Editor *of the *History of Anthropology Review* (*HAR <https://histanthro.org>*).

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Deadline extended to 26th Jan 2024 for abstract submissions to the 5th International Data Power conference (4th-6th Sept 2024)
by Helen Kennedy 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

The deadline has been extended for abstract submissions to Situating Data Practices Beyond Data Universalism, the 5th International Data Power Conference, 4th – 6th September 2024, online and in person in the International Institute of Information Technology Bangalore (IIIT-B), India and the University of Graz, Austria. *The new deadline is 26th January 2024.* - EXTENDED Abstract Deadline: 26th January 2024 - Communication of Acceptance: 15th March 2024 - More Information is available on the Data Power website <http://datapowerconference.org/data-power-2024/about-2024/>. *Call for abstracts* The Data Power Conference hosts critical reflections on data’s power and the social, political, economic and cultural consequences of data’s increasing presence in our lives, workplaces, and societies. The 5th International Data Power focuses on situating data practices and looking beyond data universalism. It aims to: - Situate data practices in the power relations that shape their creation and use in the world - Explore the importance of place, space, time and context in the making of data and the effects of data power - Examine the centres of data power and their infrastructures In addition, the conference asks: - What constitutes rigorous methods when it comes to researching data power locally and globally? - To what extent does critical data power research need to focus on specific instances of data power in action? - What generalised critiques can be made from our field? To facilitate dialogues across disciplines and with stakeholders, we welcome papers from interdisciplinary teams including disciplines incorporating aspects of data science, and papers which incorporate non-academic collaborators from a range of sectors. As always, the Data Power Conference remains concerned with in/equalities, discrimination, questions of justice, rights and freedoms, and agency and resistance. We welcome papers that engage with these matters. There will be a keynote speaker in each of the in-person locations, details to be confirmed. *Information on paper* *abstracts and proposals for making & doing sessions* - Whilst we welcome papers and session proposals of all kinds, please note that this conference focuses on critical questions about data’s power and also papers that are critical and/or reflective with regards to the social and cultural consequences of the rise of data’s power. - We also welcome proposals for making & doing sessions. These should aim to share practical interventions, practices of doing data studies research and other types of engaged or participatory research or hands-on workshops (e.g. data walks, data sprints, counter mapping). These sessions will take place in-person only. Remote participation in them will not be possible. (See the 4S website <https://www.4sonline.org/making_and_doing.php> for great advice on how to craft such sessions,). - Please submit a 250-300 word abstract for individual papers or making & doing sessions. Panel proposals should include a 250-300 word panel description + a 250-300 word abstract for each paper. - The deadline is 19th January 2024. - If you want to discuss special formats for paper sessions or making & doing sessions, please contact the organisers. *Information on conference attendance* - It will be possible to participate EITHER remotely OR in-person in one of the two locations in which the conference will take place – Centre for Information Technology and Public Policy (CITAPP) at IIIT-Bangalore (India) and BANDAS Center & Department of Sociology at University of Graz (Austria). - Building on our experience in collectively organising hybrid conferences, the conference will seek to be accessible across time zones. - Conference fee: A modest fee for conference participation will be charged. Further details will be available once registration opens. Researchers without institutional support may apply for a waiver *Abstract submission* You can submit your abstract via our abstract submission system <https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/datapower> from 1st November. Organizing Committee - Janaki Srinivasan <https://www.iiitb.ac.in/faculty/janaki-srinivasan>, IIIT-Bangalore (India) - Amit Prakash <https://www.iiitb.ac.in/faculty/amit-prakash>, IIIT-Bangalore (India) - Juliane Jarke <https://online.uni-graz.at/kfu_online/visitenkarte.show_vcard?pPersonenId=2…>, University of Graz (Austria) - Helen Kennedy <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/socstudies/people/academic-staff/helen-kennedy>, University of Sheffield (UK) - Jo Bates <https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/is/people/academic/jo-bates>, University of Sheffield (UK) - Tracey P. Lauriault <https://carleton.ca/sjc/profile/lauriault-tracey/>, Carleton University (Canada) - Thomas Zenkl and Gwendolin Barnard, local organisers @ University of Graz (Austria) -- 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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New Book | Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating
by Apryl Williams 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Dear Colleagues, I'm happy to share that my book is available for pre-order with an official publication date of February 6, 2024. About: In *Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating <https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33064>*, Apryl Williams presents a socio-technical exploration of dating platforms' algorithms, their lack of transparency, the legal and ethical discourse in these companies' community guidelines, and accounts from individual users in order to argue that sexual racism is a central feature of today's online dating culture. She discusses this reality in the context of facial recognition and sorting software as well as user experiences, drawing parallels to the long history of eugenics and banned interracial partnerships. Ultimately, Williams calls for, both a reconceptualization of the technology and policies that govern dating agencies, and also a re-examination of sociocultural beliefs about attraction, beauty, and desirability. “We struggle to understand how we are shaping, and are shaped by, a technological apparatus like an online dating system that is designed for profit at all costs, even if it relies upon harmful tropes and ideologies to succeed. Apryl Williams has gifted us research that moves between these frames—the personal and the structural—so we can better understand the implications of a narrowing set of possibilities through digital and statistical matchmaking.” -- FOREWORD BY SAFIYA UMOJA NOBLE If you order from the publisher, Stanford University Press <https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=33064>, you'll receive 20% off with the code: TYPE20. Please feel free to share the code! Cheers, Apryl Apryl A. Williams, PhD Assistant Professor | University of Michigan Senior Fellow in Trustworthy AI | Mozilla Foundation Faculty Associate | Berkman Center for Internet & Society | Harvard University

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(JCEA) CFP for Special Issues (Active Call)
by Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Dear Air-l Subscribers, Best wishes in 2024! The JCEA (Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, Editor in Chief Professor Dr. Han Woo Park) is putting out an active CFP for Special Issue editors and themes. We strongly encourage you to submit your proposal for a Special Issue (at least five themed papers) and forward this information to your networks. Here are the guidelines (in text). We look forward to receiving your proposals! (Further submission information can be found at https://jceasia.org/submission) The Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia aims to publish one special issue per year themed around a current topic that is particularly salient at the moment. Special issues are handled by one or more guest editors and are comprised of papers that fulfill the same criteria of quality, originality, and scientific significance that are applied to regular papers. Prospective guest editors should have a strong background and network of contacts in order to successfully solicit papers, manage the peer-review process, ensure deadlines and maintain the journal’s high publishing standards. Manuscripts for a special issue can be proposed by a guest editor or solicited by announcing a Call for Papers. Prospective guest editors must submit a formal proposal for a special issue to j.c.eastern.asia(a)gmail.com with the following information: · The title of the Special Issue. · A brief CV/s of the proposed guest editor/s. · A draft of the Call for Papers (300-500 words) that would include a statement of the Special Issue’s significance for the Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, the likely content to be covered and a list of topics for papers that would fit within the proposed theme. · A timeline. The editors will provide specific timeframes for distributing calls for manuscripts, recruiting authors and reviewers, and reviewing submissions. The JCEA Editorial Board will consider the proposal and the proposed guest editors will be informed whether or not they will be allowed to proceed. Guest editors should inform authors that since June 2023, the JCEA has adopted an APC (article processing charge) system on a sliding scale. More information about the APC is available at https://jceasia.org/submission. Guest editors will be responsible for the submission, review, revision, and acceptance process with the assistance of the editor-in-chief and associate editors. Guest editors will also communicate deadlines and format to the contributing authors. If any conflict of interest between contributing authors, reviewers and guest editors exists, guest editor/s shall disclose that fact to the editor-in-chief to maintain the objectivity of the peer-review process. The final acceptance approval for each paper will be given by the editor-in- chief. The special issue should be completely themed with at least five papers. Guest editors will have to write a guest editorial (2-6 pages) describing the guest editor(s) intent on presenting the articles, addressing the issue at hand, and summarizing the article themes. Guest editors are not paid for their work. If you have any questions, please contact me via j.c.eastern.asia(a)gmail.com Kind regards, Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki, Special Issues Editor Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia

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Open Access New Book: Geopolitics of Digital Heritage
by Natalia Grincheva 21 Jan '24

21 Jan '24

Hello all, Happy New Year to all! Let 2024 be very powerful, prosperous and joyful for everyone! I am writing to share that my new co-authored monograph, *G <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeolo…>eopolitics of Digital Heritage <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeolo…> (2024: Cambridge University Press)*, has just been published online. The book is now in *Open Access until February 2, 2024* *You can download your FREE e-copy of the book from here <https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/geopolitics-of-digital-heritage/0F7…>!* Please feel free to share with your students, colleagues, and your Universities Libraries! I am now soliciting the book reviews. Please do let me know if you are interested in writing one. I am happy to arrange this review publication with a good academic journal. Please contact me directly. The monograph received fantastic appraisals from major scholars in the field, which you can find here <https://www.cambridge.org/gb/universitypress/subjects/archaeology/archaeolo…> . Happy readings and have a great year ahead! Natalia *Dr Natalia Grincheva* Programme Leader <https://www.lasalle.edu.sg/about/academics/dr-natalia-grincheva>, BA(Hons) Arts Management University of the Arts Singapore & Senior Research Fellow (Hon) <https://findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/784300-natalia-grincheva>, Digital Studio The University of Melbourne *Academic Profile: https://grincheva.com/ <https://grincheva.com/> *

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Call for Submissions: 20th Anniversary Issue of The Journal of Community Informatics
by Colin Rhinesmith 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

Dear colleagues, Please see the following call for short papers, and other types of creative submissions, in celebration of the Journal’s 20th anniversary. Call for Submissions: 20th Anniversary Issue of The Journal of Community Informatics Community informatics (CI) is the use of information and communication technology (ICT) to support community-defined development goals. It is a multidisciplinary field that includes researchers and practitioners from information studies, social work, rural sociology, public policy, urban planning, among other areas. Similar to social informatics, CI considers organizational use of ICTs across digital and physical spaces. However, CI is more concerned with how communities develop the social and technical capacities needed to promote ICT access, adoption, and use. CI projects are as diverse globally as they are locally. A common theme connecting them is community participation in ICTs to promote social action and social change.˟ On October 1, 2004, the first issue of The Journal of Community Informatics was published. It has since remained a free and open access, double-blind peer review journal featuring academic research and practitioner contributions at the intersection of CI research, practice, and policy. A wide range of submissions have been welcome, including research articles, notes from the field, points of view, reports, case studies, and more. As a way to celebrate the past 20 years of the journal, and to open up new avenues for participation, we invite original submissions in these traditional formats, as well as new formats including artistic works such as poetry, audio/video recordings, and visual artwork. Information for Contributors We are interested in short paper submissions of 1,500-2,000 words that reflect on any of the topics listed below. • The past, present, and future of community informatics • Reflections from journal article authors about the impact of their contributions • Personal/professional reflections on CI as a field of research and practice • Critical reflections on and interrogations of the need for community informatics • The role of JoCI and other open access publications in the scholarly communication ecosystem Contributors should include a 200-300 word abstract that describes their submission. The papers will be non-peer reviewed and will be included as “Points of View” submissions (see Editorial Guidelines). Additional author guidelines can be found here: https://openjournals.uwaterloo.ca/index.php/JoCI/about/submissions#authorGu… Important Dates - Submissions due: 1 May 2024 - Publication issue: 1 October 2024 --- ˟ Rhinesmith, C. (2019). Community informatics. In G. Ritzer (Eds.), Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2nd Ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell. --- Colin Rhinesmith, Ph.D. (he/him) Founder and Director, Digital Equity Research Center Metropolitan New York Library Council https://dercenter.org <https://dercenter.org/> Research Fellow Quello Center for Media and Information Policy Michigan State University Adjunct Lecturer School of Information Sciences University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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South Pacific Nations online harms literature
by Philippa Smith 20 Jan '24

20 Jan '24

Dear AOIR colleagues, I'm searching for any literature - academic research, reports, papers, books, media articles, websites etc - that provide me with insights about the current state of online harm in South Pacific nations. I'm interested in identifying literature that can point to the extent of online harm - whether cyberbullying or harassment, child exploitation and abuse, scams, cybersecurity, mis/dis-information, etc. But I would also be interested in finding out more about what educational or assistive resources might exist for individual countries such as Fiji, Samoa, Tonga, Niue, Cook Islands, Vanuatu, Tuvalu and Tokelau. I look forward to your responses. Many thanks, Philippa Dr. Philippa Smith Demystifying the digital https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippa-smith-nz/

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