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Reminder: ICA Postconference Digital Sovereignty for Whom? Platforms and Infrastructures in a Global Context
by Olga Boichak 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

Dear Colleagues, A gentle reminder there is a week left to submit your work to our ICA Postconference, *Digital Sovereignty for Whom? Platforms and Infrastructures in a Global Context*, deadline:* 15 February*. This conference will be held at the University of Sydney in a hybrid format. 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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Senior Research and Teaching Associate/Postdoc in Media & Internet Governance, University of Zurich
by Alena Birrer 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

Dear community members, The Media & Internet Governance Division (Prof. Dr. Natascha Just) of the Department of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich invites applications for an open position of Senior Research and Teaching Associate/Postdoc (80%). Start of employment: at the earliest possible / upon agreement. The Media & Internet Governance Division studies media policy and media economics in the convergent communications sector. Alongside research on traditional mass media, the division focuses on Internet Governance and Platform Studies. The successful applicant will work on dedicated topics that align with the division's research program. Further information and application details: https://jobs.uzh.ch/offene-stellen/senior-research-and-teaching-associate-p… Review of applications starts immediately, but the position will remain open until a qualified candidate is found. Please contact Alena Birrer, MA (a.birrer(a)ikmz.uzh.ch<mailto:a.birrer@ikmz.uzh.ch>) if you have any questions. Alena Birrer, MA Research and Teaching Associate Media & Internet Governance Division Department of Communication and Media Research (IKMZ) University of Zurich Andreasstrasse 15, 8050 Zurich, Switzerland Tel. +41 44 635 21 61, www.ikmz.uzh.ch<http://www.ikmz.uzh.ch/>

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Panel at the AECPA Conference
by Ignacio Jesús Serrano Contreras 08 Feb '24

08 Feb '24

Panel at the AECPA Conference Dear Colleagues. I would like to present the panel I am coordinating at the Political Science Congress organised by the Spanish Political Science Association together with my colleague Dr. Fernández García from the University of Granada. In it we discuss different topics on advances in political science, algorithms and machine learning. If you are interested I share the link and the topics. For more information do not hesitate to write me. Thanks in advance. https://aecpa.es/es-es/avances-en-ciencia-politica-algoritmos-y-machine-lea… GT 4.1 Avances en Ciencia Política: Algoritmos y Machine Learning; una nueva frontera COORDINA: IGNACIO JESÚS SERRANO CONTRERAS (UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA) COMENTA: ANA BELÉN FERNÁNDEZ GARCÍA (UNIVERSIDAD DE GRANADA) Descripción del Panel: La Ciencia Política experimenta una continua evolución, y uno de los campos más prometedores y desafiantes de desarrollo es la integración de metodologías computacionales en la investigación politológica. Este panel tiene como objetivo explorar las últimas tendencias y avances en técnicas de machine learning aplicadas a los ámbitos político, comunicativo y social, proporcionando una visión general de cómo estas herramientas pueden enriquecer y transformar nuestra comprensión de la realidad. Temas a tratar: - Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, Minería de Texto y Análisis de Discurso: Una aproximación multidisciplinar al Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural (PLN) que profundiza en el papel interdisciplinario de la ciencia política y la comunicación en el desarrollo de esta área. Se dará especial atención a trabajos que utilicen técnicas de traslación del lenguaje humano al lenguaje de máquina, con enfoques en el estudio computacional de elementos como el discurso político, programas electorales, documentos legislativos y análisis de medios de comunicación. - Análisis de Redes Sociales y Política: Exploración de técnicas de análisis de redes sociales para la extracción y minería de datos. Además, se podrán plantear enfoques teóricos a través de trabajos empíricos para analizar cuestiones como la polarización política o la radicalización en plataformas digitales. - Speech to Text del carácter cualitativo de las entrevistas, debates y noticieros a su cuantificación: Discusión y presentación de técnicas algorítmicas sobre cómo la transcripción automática de discursos políticos puede facilitar el análisis de entrevistas o debates, permitiendo la búsqueda y cuantificación de temas y argumentos clave. - Computer Vision en Política: Presentación de investigaciones que aplican la visión computacional para el estudio de imágenes y videos políticos, incluyendo la detección de sentimientos, así como el análisis del lenguaje no verbal y la identificación de objetos y figuras políticas. - ¿IA?: Un debate multidisciplinar sobre las cuestiones que atañen a la ciencia política en el desarrollo e implementación de modelos computacionales. Objetivos: Este panel tiene como objetivo fomentar la discusión y el intercambio de conocimientos entre académicos, investigadores y profesionales de la Ciencia Política interesados en la aplicación de tecnologías avanzadas como minería de texto, procesamiento del lenguaje natural, computer vision, speech to text y el análisis de redes sociales. Pretendemos destacar las oportunidades y los desafíos de estas tecnologías en el análisis político y promover la colaboración multidisciplinar, además de reflexionar acerca del papel que los algoritmos desempeñan hoy día en los debates teóricos y empíricos. Formato del Panel: El panel contará con presentaciones de expertos en los temas mencionados, seguidas de una sesión de preguntas y respuestas con la audiencia. También se animará a los asistentes a participar activamente en la discusión y a compartir sus propias experiencias en la aplicación de estas tecnologías en la Ciencia Política.

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Another 4S/EAST panel - Research/Designing with
by Gardner, Daniel 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Hello! If you are conducting collaborative, participatory, and/or community-driven work, and/or experimenting with new forms participant collaborative methods and authorship, consider submitting to Panel #257: Examining, designing, and building knowledge with: Methods for amplifying and integrating excluded perspetives. Short Abstract: “This panel will describe, demonstrate, suggest, and workshop methods of approaching research and design that share the authority over knowledge or outcomes with the participants or communities involved in their generation. Workshop element will incorporate the experience and priorities of attendees.” This panel will be a mix of more traditional panels and interactive workshop sections with emergent elements based on who is presenting and who is attending. Full abstract below! Hope to see you there. Dan Gardner Currently: Chapman University Soon: Robert Gordon University Full Abstract: The academic industrial complex thrives and encourages authority through inhabiting the position of author. Publish or perish, we hear, and make sure you are “first!” Even in this abstract, I strive to perform some semblance of authority to suggest credibility. Author and authority fittingly share a Latin root referring to mastery and leadership. STS has a lengthy history of reflecting on our personal positionality, privileges, and situatedness related to the phenomena we observe and generate knowledge about. Our community is well-versed in considering how our own experiences and perspectives shape the kind of analysis we can produce. As our interdisciplinary pursuits adopt increasingly sensitive and reflexive approaches, there is still need to grapple with the inherently privileged and authoritative positionality of the basic mode of scholarship in the form of authorship. When is it appropriate to describe ourselves as the author(ity) of the lives and experiences of others? How can integrating the diverse perspectives of those with lived expertise related to whatever phenomena evolve our scholarship? There is a wealth of scholarship (especially in design research) on “participatory” methods or that suggests alternative means of disseminating knowledge. This panel invites, and celebrates, submissions that attempt to move beyond participation or cursory collaboration in their approach, to create analysis, designs, or knowledge with or within communities. Submissions should demonstrate or suggest methods of sharing authority over knowledge generation, especially to amplify historically under- or mis-represented communities, or around other critical topical areas. The panel will include more traditional talks and workshop activities. Submissions should: •Describe traditional scholarly looking work, where participants or community members shared authorship or were otherwise given an active stake in how data was analyzed or presented. •Present or suggest alternative, creative, artistic, or performative modes of disseminating knowledge that stem from and prioritize community-driven values or ontologies. This Combined Format Open Panel has so far received 1 contribution proposal(s). Propose contribution<https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/paper-form/14329>

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12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems: Invited Session on Intelligent Tools in e/m/d Learning
by Announce 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

*** First Call for Papers *** 12th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Systems (IS'24) Invited Session on Intelligent Tools for e/m/d Learning August 29-31, 2024, Golden Sands Resort, Varna, Bulgaria https://www.ieee-is.org (*** Submission Deadline: April 1, 2024 AoE ***) This invited session aims to explore state-of-the-art advancements in intelligent tools designed to revolutionize the landscape of e-learning (electronic learning), m-learning (mobile learning) and d-learning (digital learning). With the rapid integration of technology into education, there is a growing need to investigate and showcase innovative intelligent solutions that can enhance the effectiveness of online, mobile and digital learning environments. Intelligent solutions for the educational context can have a groundbreaking and revolutionary impact on learners and faculty alike, with integrated educational tools offering enhanced engagement, support for different learning levels, styles and abilities, and personalized learning experiences with immediate feedback at its core. Papers submitted to this session are expected to present results on various aspects of intelligent tools for e-learning, m-learning and d-learning. Topics may include but are not limited to adaptive learning systems, personalized learning experiences, artificial intelligence-driven content creation, data analytics for educational insights, and the integration of emerging technologies such as augmented reality and virtual reality in educational settings. Authors are encouraged to share empirical research, case studies, and practical implementations that demonstrate the impact of intelligent tools on learner/faculty engagement, knowledge retention, and overall educational outcomes. The session aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the current state-of-the-art in intelligent tools in e-learning, m-learning and d-learning, fostering discussions on their implications for the future of education and their potential to address challenges in diverse learning environments and educational levels, as well as diverse learner ability. PAPER SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS Submitted papers should be in IEEE 2-column format and should adhere to the template available here: https://www.ieee-is.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/IS_A4_format-AAu.docx The expected paper length in camera-ready format should not exceed 6 pages. Submissions should be done in PDF using Easy Chair and the submission link is: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=itl24 . PUBLICATION All accepted papers will be included in the IS'24 proceedings to be published by IEEE. The proceedings of the previous editions of IS can be found here: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/1000395/all-proceedings . Traditionally, extended versions of conference-selected papers appear within 1-2 years after the conference dates in well-known international iournals and/or post-conference books. More information can be found on the conference web site (https://www.ieee-is.org/publication-information/ ). CONTACT POINT For any additional information or clarification please contact the Invited Session Chair, George A. Papadopoulos at george(a)ucy.ac.cy . IMPORTANT DATES • Paper submission: April 1, 2024, AoE • Notification: May 15, 2024 • Camera Ready: June 6, 2024 • Author Registration: June 6, 2024 ORGANISATION Committees https://www.ieee-is.org/program-committee/ Invited Session Chair • George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus (george(a)ucy.ac.cy)

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Digital Cultures and Mobile Apps Conference
by Ana Marta M. Flores 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

*Digital Cultures and Mobile Apps Conference* We are thrilled to invite everyone to *MyGender Project* Final Conference: Digital Cultures and Mobile Apps. The conference is set to take place in person, on *February 26, 2024*, at the Anfiteatro III, Faculdade De Letras, Universidade de Coimbra. This conference promises engaging discussions on the intersection of digital cultures and mobile applications in the context of gender. To secure your spot, kindly register through the registration link <https://forms.gle/cFSyuoPayxxdXTx38>. We welcome the renowned scholar *Professor Andreas Hepp* from the Centre for Media, Communication, and Information Research at the University of Bremen, Germany, to kick off the event with a keynote on "What do we know about our digital futures? Pioneer communities, artificial intelligence, and sustainability!" Guided by moderator Sofia José Santos (FEUC/Centro de Estudos Sociais), this session promises to set the stage for a day of thought-provoking insights. We will also promote a dynamic exchange of ideas during our round table discussion featuring experts Tatiana Moura (Centro de Estudos Sociais/Masculinidades.PT), Maria José Brites (Universidade Lusófona/CICANT) and Lidia Marôpo (Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal/CICS.NOVA). Together, they will explore the results of the MyGender project and unveil the much-anticipated MyGender app. *Professor Eugenia Siapera* from the University College Dublin will close the conference with a captivating keynote on "Navigating the Shadows: Exploring Gender Narratives on Alt Tech Platforms." Virgínia Ferreira (Associação Portuguesa de Estudos sobre as Mulheres) will guide this final session, leaving attendees with valuable perspectives on the intricate narratives surrounding digital spaces. Check here the full programme <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RkTzm8NJ6GsIQ0HI6zEI_LC0nYRhgrzLv-AMOrO…> . *Digital Cultures and Mobile Apps Conference* February 26, 2024 Anfiteatro III (FLUC) Universidade de Coimbra Free entrance Registration link <https://forms.gle/cFSyuoPayxxdXTx38> // ANA MARTA M. FLORES www.anamartaflores.com +351 910 678 694

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NGM 2024 CfP: Digital sovereignty and the (welfare) state – from smart cities to eHealth and beyond
by Desirée Enlund 07 Feb '24

07 Feb '24

Call for papers 10th Nordic Geographers Meeting, Copenhagen, Denmark. June 24-27, 2024. Session: Digital sovereignty and the (welfare) state – from smart cities to eHealth and beyond Session organizers: Desirée Enlund (Linköping University) and Ramon Ribera Fumaz (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) The concept of sovereignty originates from the idea of the sovereign, usually the king, and is closely connected to ideas of territory. In the recent surge of discussions around digital sovereignty, not the physical territory and its subjects, but the digital subjects and their connection to certain territories or possible mobility across territories and the risks associated with it, along with the geopolitical risks and competitions to keep the digital subjects and their concomitant data are pervasive. This can be seen in shifting EU policies towards autonomy and sovereignty (Schmitz & Seidl, 2022) and the fostering of EU single markets for technologies such as AI and eHealth (Krarup & Horst, 2023, Petročnik, 2022). However, another strand of research has tried to rethink digital sovereignty from below (e.g. Lynch, 2020). This becomes particularly pertinent in the context of the rise of the “data welfare state” (Andreassen, Kaun, & Nikunen, 2021) where the populations in countries “become a ‘brand’ that can be marketed” (Tupasela, 2017, in Tupasela, Snell, & Tarkkala, 2020). While there has been research on digital disconnection and digital resignation (Fast, 2021; Lomborg & Ytre-Arne, 2021), Bagger, Einarsson, Andelsman Alvarez, Klausen, and Lomborg (2023) point out the impossibility of disconnecting or resigning from the (welfare) state. So how to (re)think digital sovereignty in relation to the (welfare) state, when the state is not only “a producer, a provider and a consumer of data” (Tupasela et al., 2020, p. 2), but also a regulator and nurtures hope of benefitting from that same data. What are its geographies and the consequences, as both the generation, production and management of data and the welfare competencies occur at different scales from the local and regional to the national in different countries? This panel session takes stock of recent discussions around digital sovereignty to explore the power dynamics between the citizens and the (welfare) states and how to (re-)imagine digital sovereignty not of the state but from below. We welcome abstracts dealing with, but not limited to questions such as: * When the (welfare) state is increasingly datafied (on market conditions) – how will it assure its citizens digital sovereignty? * How can we imagine and develop weak and strong digital sovereignty? (cp. Reviglio & Agosti, 2020) * How can sovereignty for our digital personas in and across space be rethought? * How are AI and algorithmic-driven welfare provision and care-based systems undermined? * What forms of contestation and appropriation of digital data-driven provision are possible? * How can we decenter AI and algorithmic welfare systems? How do we prefigure new forms of digital sovereignty from below? Please send your paper title and abstract (up to 250 words) to desiree.enlund(a)liu.se<mailto:desiree.enlund@liu.se> and rriberaf(a)uoc.edu<mailto:rriberaf@uoc.edu> by March 20th at the latest. Please also make sure to submit your abstract and register for the conference before April 15th. Registration opens at February 1st, 2024: https://ngm2024.com<https://ngm2024.com/> Kind regards Desirée Enlund Assistant professor in Human Geography Visiting researcher, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo [Linköping University] Department of Thematic Studies Tema Genus s-581 83 Linköping Phone: +46 (0)13-28 89 97 Visiting address: Temahuset, Campus Valla Please visit us at liu.se<https://liu.se/> E-mailing Linköping University will result in Linköping University processing your personal data. Find more information on how this is done at https://liu.se/en/article/integritetspolicy-liu New publications: Enlund, D., K. Harrison, R. Ringdahl, A. Börütecene, J. Löwgren & V. Angelakis (2022) The role of sensors in the production of smart city spaces, Big Data & Society, 9(2). Gotfredsen, A., D. Enlund, I. Goicolea & E. Landstedt (2022). Precarious leisure in teenage wasteland - discourses on responsibilities and youth place making in rural Northern Sweden. Journal of Youth Studies, 25(10): 1350-1366. Enlund, D. (2022). Struggles around public healthcare restructuring and rural futures. Gender, Place and Culture, 29(7): 1039-1043. Enlund, D. (2022) Ådalen igen: Från hungerstrejk till sjukvårdsockupation, Arbetarhistoria, no. 181-182, pp. 66-75.

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CfP | 4S/EASST Amsterdam | Panel #152 | Decomposing Coloniality of Fixed Archival Knowledge
by Selena Savic 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Dear colleagues, This is a gentle reminder that we welcome contributions to the open panel #152, on "Permanent Migration of Records and Digital Representations: Decomposing the Coloniality of Fixed Archival Knowledge <https://www.easst4s2024.net/open-panels/#14198>". The panel explores how post-digital perspectives on digitization can contribute to the refusal and de-instituting of colonial relations in archival practice and institutional knowledge—by discussing the technology’s transformational requirement to recompose different ways of seeing and representing. We appreciate formats as papers, artistic in-outs, workshops, dialogues, or collective contributions. If suitable we would organize one panel session as a roundtable discussion. You will find more information on the panel here: https://www.easst4s2024.net/open-panels/#14198 You are very welcome to submit an abstract of your contribution *until February 12 2024*. You may find all the details on submission requirements here: https://www.easst4s2024.net/callforabstracts/. My colleagues, Flavia Caviezel, Lucie Kolb, Karolina Sobecka, Bernhard Garnicnig and myself look forward to reading your proposals! Best wishes, Selena Savic -- *Dr. Selena Savic* Assistant Professor for Protohistory of AI and Machines in the Arts University of Amsterdam Department of Arts and Culture Amsterdam School for Historical Studies https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s.savic <https://www.uva.nl/en/profile/s/a/s.savic/s.savic.html>

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SURVEY PARTICIPANTS NEEDED: Study on TikTok behaviors
by Pham Phuong Uyen Diep 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

Dear Association of Internet Researcher Members, My name is Uyen Diep, a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University. My co-author and I are distributing a survey examining U.S. adults’ searching behaviors on TikTok. Please help us to participate and share with your connections. For more information and to access the survey, please visit: https://lsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6gU3AqjupG84hYG Thank you! Sincerely, Uyen

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Oral histories of Monroe Price, Klaus Krippendorff, and Charlie Wright released
by Jeff Pooley 06 Feb '24

06 Feb '24

The Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives (ASCLA) is excited to announce the release of three multi-session oral history interviews, with Charlie Wright, Klaus Krippendorff, and Monroe Price: https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/annenberg-school-communication-l… The interviews include transcripts synced to audio (Wright) and video (Krippendorff and Price): * Charles W. Wright (1927–2017) (3 sessions) * Klaus Krippendorff (1932–2022) (5 sessions) * Monroe E. Price (1938–) (5 sessions) The interviews are part of the Communication Scholars Oral History Project, an initiative of the Annenberg School for Communication Library Archives (ASCLA): https://www.asc.upenn.edu/research/centers/annenberg-school-for-communicati… The Oral History Project was launched in 2016 to record the life and intellectual histories of senior Annenberg School scholars; interviews with Oscar Gandy and Larry Gross are currently in processing. We are thrilled to announce that the scope of the project has now widened to the international field, with the aim to document the histories of a diverse range of senior communication and media scholars from around the globe. The Communication Scholars Oral History Project is among the growing collection of materials hosted by ASCLA on the history of the field. Among the collections: * George Gerbner Papers (1951 – 2006) * Elihu Katz Papers (1948 – 2014) * International Communication Organization (ICA) Records * *Studies in Visual Communication* Among the collections in processing: * Herbert I. Schiller Papers (1919 – 2000) * Kurt Lang (1924 –2019) and Gladys Engel Lang (1919 –2016) Papers We are excited, in addition, to welcome the donation of records of the Union for Democratic Communication (UDC), after a membership vote at the association’s 2023 meeting. ASCLA also maintains collections on journalism and media. Please contact lead archivist Samantha Dodd (samantha.dodd(a)asc.upenn.edu) (for general ASCLA queries) and/or subject consultant Jeff Pooley (jeff.pooley(a)asc.upenn.edu) (for oral history-specific queries) with any questions.

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