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21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024): Fourth Call for Papers
by Announce 05 Jan '24

05 Jan '24

*** Fourth Call for Papers *** 21st International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse (ICSR 2024) June 10-12, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/icsr2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: 12th February, 2024 AoE ***) 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 invite submissions on new and innovative research results and industrial experience reports dealing with all aspects of software reuse within the context of the modern software development landscape. Topics include but are not limited to the following. 1 Technical aspects of reuse, including • Reuse in/for Quality Assurance (QA) techniques, testing, verification, etc. • Domain ontologies and Model-Driven Development • Variability management and software product lines • Context-aware and Dynamic Reuse • Reuse in and for Machine Learning • Domain-specific languages (DSLs) • New language abstractions for software reuse • Generative Development • COTS-based development and reuse of open source assets • Retrieval and recommendation of reusable assets • Reuse of non-code artefacts • Architecture-centric reuse approaches • Service-oriented architectures and microservices • Software composition and modularization • Sustainability and software reuse • Economic models of reuse • Benefit and risk analysis, scoping • Legal and managerial aspects of reuse • Reuse adoption and transition to software reuse • Lightweight reuse approaches • Reuse in agile projects • Technical debt and software reuse 2 Software reuse in industry and in emerging domains • Reuse success stories • Reuse failures, and lessons learned • Reuse obstacles and success factors • Return on Investment (ROI) studies • Reuse in hot topic domains (Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Virtualization, Network functions, Quantum Computing, etc.) We welcome research (16 pages) and industry papers (12 pages) 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 you have any, in the submitted paper • Refer to your own work in the third person • Use anonymous GitHub, Zenondo, FigShare or equivalent to provide access to artefacts without disclosing your identity Both research and industry papers will be reviewed by members of the same program committee (check the website for details). Proceedings will be published by Springer in their Lecture Notes for Computer Science (LNCS) series. An award will be given to the best research and the best industry papers. The authors of selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version (containing at least 30% new material) to a special issue in the Journal of Systems and Software (Elsevier). More details will follow. IMPORTANT DATES • Abstract submission: February 12, 2024, AoE • Full paper submission: February 19, 2024, AoE • Notification: April 8, 2024, AoE • Camera Ready: April 15, 2024, AoE • Author Registration: April 15, 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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Call for Submissions // 4S/EASST Amsterdam // Panel 370 // Live from the Frontlines: The Mediation of Armed Conflict Through Online Platforms
by Sarah Rüller 05 Jan '24

05 Jan '24

Dear colleagues, We are inviting contributions to the open panel 370. “Live from the Frontlines: The Mediation of Armed Conflict Through Online Platforms” for the upcoming EASST-4S 2024, which will take place in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 16-19 July 2024. Deadline for submission is February 12, 2024. This panel brings together researchers interested in the mediation of wars to discuss media’s influence on current violent conflicts, e.g. the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Palestine war. We explore critical approaches to war and media, with a focus on presenters from conflict regions. Armed conflicts and media technologies are tied together in modern warfare. The rise in the use of social media, owned by large technology platforms, in the ongoing conduct of wars, in their documentation and in influencing different actors in ways that transform warfare, raises many questions. During current wars in Ukraine and Palestine and Israel, new media technologies have been used to sway global public opinion, to expose and document human rights violations, to challenge narratives promoted by legacy media and state actors and to document life under fire or experiences of combatants. At the same time, Social Media platforms are being weaponized - for the spread of disinformation, propaganda and psychological warfare by state and non-state actors. Platform companies are tasked with moderating masses of content, leading to claims of unjust treatment and censorship. We are interested in contributions that address issues such as: • How is social media becoming part of military tactics and used for geopolitical influence (through hacking, bot wars, and the spread of disinformation)? • How is content moderation online weaponized for silencing dissenting voices under the guise of security issues? • The rise of OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) as a mode of investigating truths on the battlefield. • How can STS researchers develop a critical approach and theory towards war and its media technologies? • Actors’ choice of terminology and its implications, also with regard to the spread of narratives online (war, invasion, occupation, military operation, genocide, annexation). • What challenges does this provide in terms of digital and information literacy and connectivity for people who follow the events of war online? • Also, with a view towards more optimistic outcomes - can media technology be used for conflict resolution and how? We ask to center this on scholars from regions under war and conflict, while also inviting others to contribute. Submissions: If you would like to participate in this session, please submit your individual abstract of approx. 250 words and follow the instructions described here: Link to the submission form: https://nomadit.co.uk/conference/easst-4s2024/paper-form/14454 ### The 2024 quadrennial joint meeting of the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) and the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) invites panels, presentations, making & doing contributions, and other events that explore the role of STS in making and doing contributions to transformations in an era of grand societal challenges. More information can be found here: https://www.easst4s2024.net/ Please contact us if you have any questions Yarden Skop (yarden.skop(a)uni-siegen.de) Sarah Rüller (sarah.rueller(a)uni-siegen.de) Houda Elmimouni (Helmimo(a)iu.edu) _________________ Sarah Rüller M.Sc. Pronouns (She/Her) Researcher // CRC 1187 - Media of Cooperation PhD candidate // Information Systems and New Media University of Siegen Kohlbettstraße 15 // 57072 Siegen // Room: US-E 103

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CFM: Symbolic Interaction and AI
by Sarina Chen 05 Jan '24

05 Jan '24

CFM: Symbolic Interaction and AI Artificial Intelligence (AI), an umbrella term that includes any device capable of emulating or even exceeding human capabilities, emerged as computer technologies became more sophisticated and complex. While AI currently evokes frightened responses associated with human replacement, it has a history of being useful regarding human enterprises. For instance, mathematical analysts have used AI to find patterns in huge sets of data. However, recent rapid developments in AI have utilized the pattern-matching capacity to create words, images, and sounds independent of human intention , often referred to as Generative AI. In 2021, Open-AI introduced Dall-E, a-text-to-image generator that creates artworks after receiving text prompts from users. In 2022, Open-AI unveiled ChatGPT, a computer program designed to simulate conversation with users. After receiving inputs from users, ChatGPT displayed the capacity to provide lifelike answers, including grammatically correct essays that appeared filled with human insight. Also in 2022, Google introduced an AI text-to-video generator that created high-definition videos from text prompts. When considering the above developments, Al has become equated with raw human intelligence, from authoring cogent essays to completing artistic and intricate designs. Most alarming, those who consume information and design feel that they cannot easily discern the difference between a genuine human creation or the work of AI. As mentioned in regard to mathematical analysis, using AI for analytical purposes is not a new phenomenon. Neither is such use restricted to our current day-to-day lives. Before Dall-E, ChatGPT, and the AI video tool, humans have long employed "assisted living," using AI technologies such as Alexa and Siri to create and assist voices, turn on and off appliances, answer short queries, and make transmission of information easier to accomplish. In addition, various AI programs appeared at workplaces that served as useful ways to type, make phone calls, and even to transport people from place to place. One dimension of AI that fascinates students of technology is not only its capacity to simulate human activity, but to learn ways of communicating. Such learning emerges through the use of mathematical systems to find connections in huge data sets. The responses AI generate consist of pattern matching, or a process that connects words, images, and sounds to sequences of subsequent symbols. In effect, AI is powered by large language models in which a bot can ingest huge amounts of data. Such ingestion enables a bot to predict and generate the most appropriate word or symbol to generate. While these chatbots do not duplicate human intelligence in that they lack the capacities to understand the environment around them or distinguish factual from non-factual information, they still represent potential dangers. Their incapacity to duplicate human intelligence becomes a source of intriguing content; the chatbots may churn out wrong or nonsensical information (a phenomenon called " hallucinations") regarded as potential insights. In response to these hallucinations, humans work closely with AI as attendants in various fields including business, medicine, education, journalism, and public safety. Despite the rapid advancement of AI, and the astonishing potential of AI in transforming social life, social scientists have not accumulated much knowledge regarding human-AI interaction. For this reason, it seems crucial to explore the implications of the emergent interaction between humans and AI technologies. *Studies in Symbolic Interaction, Vol. 61, Symbolic Interaction and AI*, is devoted to examinations of the implications of utilizing AI in human reflexivity and social interaction. Human Reflexivity and AI: From Dyad to Triad AI, although designed to enhance efficiency and productivity, challenges human reflexivity in ways that we did not anticipate. When typing a sentence, AI accompanies a user in an intellectually intimate fashion by suggesting what is to be typed (specific words or phrases to be used) and flagging misspelled words and grammatical errors. Hence the user not only authors an intended statement but also constantly attends to AI suggestions. AI assisted typing may expedite the typing and enhance the quality of the text. However, the level of reflexivity needed when doing assisted typing seems to be substantial and laborious. AI assisted writing also gives a new definition to single authorship. To further examine the activity of reflexivity and the use of AI, one may examine the interaction of AI with (a) I and Me, (b) Self and Generalized Other, and (c) Self and Other(s) in Symbolic Interaction literature. I, Me, and AI In classic Symbolic Interaction literature, reflexivity is conceptualized as the interaction between the I and the Me. Using AI creates the appearance of a generated I and Me, one that emerges in the creative process. Such emergence leads to question the relationship of the newly formed triad--I, Me, and AI. Specifically, is AI now challenging the authority of me? The question relates to how AI seems to be based on vast (objective) databases, while Me is based on one's experiential (and subjective) socialization. Self, Generalized Other, and AI George Herbert Mead discussed the Self in reference the Generalized Other, especially when engaged in the process of making an existential decision. Currently, however, AI’s emergence on the scene could make AI appear to be more applicable than the Generalized Other. As an immediate (and often forceful) source of correction, AI represents the seemingly reliable patterns found in vast databases, while Generalized Other appears less linked to current technology (and more associated with a less sophisticated process of socialization). As interactionists, we ask, what is the relationship between AI and the Self and AI and the Generalized Other? Are we in the process of confronting a newly formed triad consisting of the Self, Generalized Other, and AI? Self, Other(s), and AI Interactionists have maintained that humans take each other into account when engaging in social interaction. However, the emergence of AI leads to the question of how humans incorporate AI in their interaction with others. Should humans assign more weight to AI than the responses from other human interactants, if after all, AI becomes a more valid and objective source of information? However, while AI may seem as more valid, it could subvert the human’s creative process. Suggestions by AI could actually be a form of second guessing, providing a barrage of useless suggestions. AI could clog a user's creative process, by dispensing warnings or “error signals” that interrupt the flow of human activity. Instead of coming up with new insights, AI can interrupt the reflexivity associated with creativity. Social Interaction and AI Among different forms of interaction with AI, the one that has garnered much attention is the use of AI companions for mental health. Although lacking the distinctly familiar companionship that humans experience with one another, an AI companion exhibits potential for mental health care. AI companions can assist with users’ wellness and provide social support. AI companions work to support mental wellness, first, by allowing a user to describe his/her mood through writing, voice, note, or video. Then, the AI companion would quickly analyze the user's statement for signs of anxiety, depression, or loneliness, and provide a personalized, conversational recommendation for how the user can feel his/her best. Chatbots, designed to provide digital companionship, provide conversations that appear helpful owing to the immediacy of responsiveness. Using the vast exemplary examples of human responsiveness, chatbots effectively (at least seemingly so) display provocative personality traits and conversational flair. In so doing, AI companions allow users to share their feelings and thoughts, provide empathetic language to support them, and help humans deal with loneliness, anxiety, and depression. The AI “therapists” provide a sense of connection, and contribute to users' well-being. Questions to be addressed in this area also include how users develop relationships with AI companions like they do with traditional mental health providers, how trauma is processed using AI companions. Given the vast possibilities associated with the above, we welcome empirical research articles or conceptual papers that analyze and assess how AI is experienced in all human life endeavors. Topics to be addressed include, but not limit to: Mind and AI Self and AI Mental Health and AI Social Relationships and AI Medicine and AI Business and AI Education and AI Public Safety and AI Please send an abstract of no more than 750 words to Shing-Ling Sarina Chen (sarina.chen(a)uni.edu) by March 1, 2024. If the abstract is selected for inclusion, the final manuscript is due September 1, 2024. Looking forward to hearing from you. Sincerely, Shing-Ling Sarina Chen Studies in Symbolic Interaction

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Call for Papers: SSN 2024 - 10th biennial Surveillance and Society/SSN Conference
by Bryce Newell 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

Surveillance in an Age of Crisis The 10th Biennial Surveillance Studies Network / Surveillance & Society Conference #SSN2024 28-31 May, 2024 Institute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law and University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia With a keynote address by Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and Chief Advisor to the AI Now Institute Call for Papers The world is facing an unprecedented combination of crises: a widening gulf of inequality and contradictions in the capitalist economic system, the intensification of new and existing forms of social injustice, mass mobility and migration on a scale unseen in the past, renewed authoritarianism and multiple attacks on human rights and even the concept of a shared humanity, digital disruption of politics and social relations, psychic and material insecurity, the destruction of our local and global environments, and the potentially catastrophic alteration of the climate which allows life to flourish on this planet. We are entering an age of crisis. But we are also witnessing and enabling a new world struggling to be born. Surveillance has always had an intimate relationship with crisis and transformation. Surveillance appears, spreads and intensifies as a response and an 'answer' to crises. Crises sharpen and focus ordinary problems, practices and technologies of government and social ordering. Crises have shaped the way in which surveillance is understood, developed and implemented at all levels. And finally, surveillance has also helped to shape the very construction, perception and understanding of crises. SSN 2024 asks us all to face this age of crisis and confront the multiple intersections of surveillance in and around it. We call for proposals for papers, panels, doctoral colloquium participation, and other interventions on all aspects of surveillance in these times of crisis. Venue, Accessibility & Streaming The Conference will take place over 3 full days from 29-31 May, 2024, at the Faculty of Law, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia. All in-person sessions will be streamed online, and there will also be a dedicated online track with remote presentations for presenters who cannot attend in-person. Keynote Speakers and Special Sessions Keynote speakers and special sessions will be advertised as we develop them, but we can already announce Meredith Whittaker, President of Signal and Chief Advisor to the AI Now Institute, as one of our keynote speakers. Doctoral Colloquium There will also be an associated in-person colloquium for doctoral students on the afternoon before the conference, 28 May. Interested doctoral colloquium participants should indicate their interest in attending the colloquium via the regular conference proposal submission portal. Submissions Please submit your paper, panel or other abstract, from October 31st, via: https://easychair.org/cfp/SSN2024<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/easychair.org/cfp/SSN2024__;!!C5qS4YX3!F…> Deadline: December 31st 2023. David Murakami Wood | University of Ottawa Professor of Critical Surveillance and Security Studies | Department of Criminology Faculty Member | Centre for Law, Technology and Society (CLTS) ––––– Co-editor-in-Chief | Surveillance & Society | http://www.surveillance-and-society.org<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.surveillance-and-society.org__;!!C5qS…> Interim Director | Surveillance Studies Centre of Canada | http://www.surveillance-studies.ca<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/www.surveillance-studies.ca__;!!C5qS4YX3!…> Board of Directors | Surveillance Studies Network | http://surveillance-studies.net<https://urldefense.com/v3/__http:/surveillance-studies.net__;!!C5qS4YX3!Flt…> ––––– twitter: @murakamiwood e-mail: david.mw(a)uottawa.ca<mailto:david.mw@uottawa.ca>

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DCOSS-IoT 2024 (Abu Dhabi, April 29 to May 1) - Final Call for Papers
by Leivadeas, Aris 04 Jan '24

04 Jan '24

* Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies.* --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * The 20th Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2024) Abu Dhabi, UAE - April 29 to May 1, 2024 * The DCOSS-IoT series of events are always technically co-sponsored by IEEE, and Proceedings are published by IEEE Xplore. The 20th International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2024) will be held in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The conference is always co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and by the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP). The conference was previously known as DCOSS. Starting in 2023, the event is broadening its scope beyond sensor networks to include smart systems in general and the Internet of Things (IoT). The updated name is "Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things" (DCOSS-IoT). In the last few years, we have witnessed significant growth in the use of IoT and distributed sensor systems in several application areas, including smart transportation, smart energy systems, smart homes and buildings, smart healthcare, and environmental monitoring. For smart sensor systems to truly become useful and pervasive, we need to address several research challenges, including the tight integration of sensing and machine intelligence, reliable and efficient networking, interoperability and scalability, the need for dependable autonomy, interaction with humans, and important aspects of security, privacy and trust. DCOSS-IoT focuses on issues arising in the entire IoT and networked sensor systems stack, covering aspects of high-level abstractions, models and languages, communication technologies, novel algorithms and applications, system design approaches and architectures, and tools for simulated and real deployments. Potential authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts demonstrating recent advances in theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Artificial Intelligence for IoT * Machine learning and data mining for IoT and Smart Systems * Smart healthcare to combat epidemics * Edge and fog computing: distributed computing models from sensor to cloud * Machine intelligence in distributed sensor systems and real-time analytics * Novel communication paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) for IoT and Smart Systems * Cyber-Physical Systems * IoT and Smart Systems for Smart and Connected Communities * Autonomous systems: closing the loop between sensing and actuation * Time and location management * Robustness, resilience, and dependability of IoT and smart systems * Security and privacy in IoT and Smart Systems * Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability * Mobile and human-centric sensing * IoT and Smart Systems for social computing * Interoperability, heterogeneity and scalability * Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based sensing/communications/networking * Social sensing and crowd sensing techniques, applications, and systems * Complex systems comprising wearable, robotic and/or fixed sensor systems * IoT and Smart Systems for emerging and developing economies * Green and environmentally friendly IoT (low-power, harvesting, energy management) * Sensors and Robots for Internet of Intelligent Things * Design and implementation of real-world applications and systems * Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation * Interdisciplinary applications of IoT and Smart Systems * Smart healthcare and digital epidemiology * Smart agriculture * Smart infrastructures * Smart cities * Smart energy, transportation, and water distribution systems * Smart factories * Smart workspace Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts demonstrating current research on distributed smart systems and IoT related to the aforementioned topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in) standard IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template available on: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. All submissions should be written in English and have a maximum of eight (8) printed pages, including figures and references. Two (2) additional pages at 100$/page for supplementary material only (such as theorems, proofs, implementation details) are allowed. Starting last year, DCOSS-IoT will follow a double-blind review process. As a result, authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions. Although submission is double-blind, the existence or availability of non-anonymous preprints (on arXiv or other preprint servers) will not lead to your paper being rejected. Reviewers will be instructed not to look for such preprints actively but encountering them will not constitute a conflict of interest. Papers that do not meet the size, formatting, and anonymization requirements will not be reviewed. We require each paper to be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and submitted through the HotCRP submission system. *** Special Issue and Best Paper Awards *** DCOSS-IoT 2024 will announce a best paper award and a best poster/demo award. Extended versions of selected best papers from DCOSS-IoT 2024 will be included in a Special Issue of the Computer Networks (COMNET) Journal. *** Important dates *** * Abstract Registration Deadline: January 8, 2024 * Paper Submission Deadline: January 15, 2024 * Acceptance Notification: March 8, 2024 * Camera Ready Deadline: March 18, 2024 *** Key Organizers *** - Technical Program Committee Co-Chairs: * Tommaso Melodia (Northeastern University, USA) * Nathalie Mitton (Inria Lille - Nord Europe) * Enrico Natalizio (Technology Innovation Institute - TII, UAE) - Steering Committee Chair: * Sotiris Nikoletseas, University of Patras and CTI, Greece - Local Chairs * Jennifer Simonjan (Technology Innovation Institute - TII, UAE) * Michael Baddeley (Technology Innovation Institute - TII, UAE) * Lina Bariah (Technology Innovation Institute - TII, UAE) * Andrew Chopra (Technology Innovation Institute - TII, UAE) Please visit the DCOSS-IoT 2024 website for more information: https://dcoss.org/ Aris Leivadeas | Associate Professor Department of Software and IT Engineering École de technologie supérieure | University of Quebec 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, office A-3415 Montréal (Québec) H3C 1K3 Tel. 514 396-8860 | etsmtl.ca<http://etsmtl.ca/> Find us on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/etsmtl> - Twitter<http://twitter.com/etsmtl> - YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/user/etsmtl> - LinkedIn<https://www.linkedin.com/school/etsmtl/>

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New book: Invocational media: Reconceptualising the computer
by Chris Chesher 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

New book: Invocational media: reconceptualising the computer Chris Chesher Bloomsbury Invocational Media: Reconceptualising the Computer: Chris Chesher: Bloomsbury Academic<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/invocational-media-9781501363627/> Invocational Media critiques the sociotechnical power of digital technologies by introducing the concept of invocational media. This book challenges the foundations of computer science by offering invocation as a powerful new way of conceptualising digital technologies. Drawing on media philosophy, Deleuze, Guattari, Heidegger, Latour, Austin, Innis and McLuhan, it critiques the representationalism of data processing, artificial intelligence and virtual reality. Invocational media seem to empower individuals, but necessarily subject users to corporate and government monopolies of invocation. They offer many 'solutions', but only by reducing everything to the same kind of act. They complicate agency in their indifference as to whether invokers are human or non-human. With robotics they invoke material form to act physically and autonomously. People willingly make themselves invocable to surveillance and control by creating their own profiles and marking themselves with biometrics. This ground-breaking book will change how you think about digital media by showing they are, in fact, invocational media. Turning away from computational media as "digital" and instead theorizing computers through their capacity to invoke, to call things up and respond, Chris Chesher's Invocational Media provides a staggeringly original perspective on technology that thrillingly reimagines almost all foundations of digital culture. ― Grant Bollmer, Associate Professor of Media Studies, NC State University, USA In a time where we are all mesmerized by the magic of ChatGPT and similar AI technologies, Chris Chesher's book is highly welcomed and timely. Using the concept of invocation and engaging with a wide range of relevant media philosophy, Invocational Media offers an interesting and highly original way to theorize how we design, experience and interact with digital technologies and, more precisely, how they design us. This is an important contribution to the philosophy of media and compulsory reading for everyone puzzled by the mystery of contemporary AI. ― Mark Coeckelbergh, Professor of Philosophy of Media and Technology at the University of Vienna, Austria Just at the moment when the interactive interface is newly ascendant and we thought that all had been said, along comes this gift of a book. Thinking with the generative trope of invocational media, Chesher refigures the power and limits of computation. Invocational Media offers a history of the present of human-computer interaction, and a proposal for how we can rearticulate its future. It will be of interest to anyone engaged with the invocations, avocations and evocations that comprise relations at and through the interface. ― Lucy Suchman, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Lancaster University, UK --- DR CHRIS CHESHER | Senior Lecturer in Digital Cultures Discipline of Media and Communications School of Art, Communication and English | Faculty of Arts THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY Rm N222, Woolley A20 | The University of Sydney | NSW | 2006 T +61 2 9036 6173 | F +61 2 9351 2434 | M+61 404 095 480 E chris.chesher(a)sydney.edu.au<mailto:chris.chesher@sydney.edu.au> https://www.sydney.edu.au/arts/about/our-people/academic-staff/chris-cheshe… Recent publications: Chesher, C. (2023) Invocational Media: Reconceptualising the Computer https://www.bloomsbury.com/au/invocational-media-9781501363627/

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ACM UMAP 2024 - 3rd Call for Tutorial Proposals
by Wanling Cai 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-tutorial/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Tutorial Proposals ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP 2024 is pleased to invite proposals for tutorials to be given in conjunction with the conference. Tutorials are expected to be instructional sessions aimed to provide a comprehensive introduction to established or emerging research topics of interest for the UMAP community. An ideal tutorial should be broad enough to provide a basic introduction to the chosen area, but it should also cover the most important topics in depth. Tutorials are encouraged to be as dynamic and interactive as possible. Example topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * User modeling in the era of generative artificial intelligence. * Responsible user modeling and personalization. * Effective evaluation of personalized applications. * Strategies to let users be in control of the personalization process. Tutorial presenters can have 4 pages + 1 for references in the adjunct proceedings. ** Important Dates ** Tutorial Proposal Submission: January 11, 2024 Notification: February 1, 2024 Tutorial Description & Website URL Submission: February 24, 2024 Tutorial Summary Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 Note: The submission deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All tutorial proposals must be written in English. Proposals should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Workshop and Tutorial Proposals” track. ** Length and Formatting ** *Format*. Each proposal should be arranged into a single PDF document, not exceeding 5 pages (references included). *Template*. Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the proposal should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for the organizers are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. *Structure*. The proposal should include the following information: * Title and abstract of the tutorial (200 words maximum). * Tutorial description: Learning objectives of the tutorial and relevance to ACM UMAP 2024. Targeted audience (introductory, intermediate, advanced) and prerequisite knowledge or skills. Brief outline of the tutorial structure. Brief description of the practical sessions. * Tutorial length (ideally 1 hour and a half). * Other venues to which the tutorial or part thereof has been or will be presented, in addition to explaining how the current tutorial differs from the other editions, and from other tutorials on the same or similar topics (please specify conference name and year). * Name, email address, affiliation and brief professional biography of each tutorial organizer, indicating previous training and speaking experience. *Evaluation Criteria*. All proposals will be reviewed by the ACM UMAP 2024 Tutorial Chairs. The features that will be evaluated are: * ability of the tutorial to contribute to strengthening the foundations of UMAP research. * clarity of the tutorial, which should emerge from its description. * good organization, as appearing from the outline. * the value of any materials released with the tutorial for the community. * background/experience of tutorial instructor(s) in teaching the target topics. ** Instructions ** *Support*. We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit tutorial proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a tutorial proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for tutorial proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. *Diversity*. We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing their different perspectives to the tutorial topic. We welcome tutorials with a creative structure that may attract various types of participants and may ensure rich interactions. *Expectations*. The organizers of accepted tutorials are expected to set up a webpage for the tutorial including detailed information about the tutorial organization and timeline, and disseminate a call for participation. They will be responsible for their own publicity. *Proceedings*. There will be conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM, and available via the ACM Digital Library. A camera-ready summary of the tutorial should be written by the organizers to be included in these adjunct proceedings. *Camera-ready Information*. Accepted summaries will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and the page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the summaries will be provided after acceptance. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted tutorial summary must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each tutorial has to be run by all organizers. Therefore, each tutorial organizer must be registered (at least 25% in person, the remaining online). Each accepted tutorial summary will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. ** Tutorial Chairs ** * Amra Delic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Eelco Herder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands * Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Contact information: umap2024-wt at um.org

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ACM UMAP 2024 - 3rd Call for Workshop Proposals
by Wanling Cai 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

* We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CfP * * Online version: https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-workshop/ ACM UMAP 2024 - Call for Workshop Proposals ACM UMAP 2024: The 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy July 1-4, 2024 The 32nd International Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation, and Personalization (ACM UMAP 2024) is the premier international conference for researchers and practitioners working on systems that adapt to individual users or groups of users, and that collect, represent, and model user information. ACM UMAP 2024 is pleased to invite proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with the conference. The workshops will provide a venue to discuss and explore key emerging areas of user modeling, recommender systems and adaptive hypermedia research, among others, with a group of like-minded researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. Please consult the ACM UMAP 2024 general call for full and short papers<https://www.um.org/umap2024/call-for-full-and-short-papers/> concerning the key topics of this call as well. In this edition, our goal is to have a balanced workshop program, comprising different workshop formats and combining newly emerging, currently evolving, and established research topics. Workshops are encouraged to be as dynamic and interactive as possible. Different full-day and half-day workshop schemas are possible, such as: * Working group meetings around a specific problem or topic where participants are asked to submit a white paper or position statement. * Traditional mini-conferences on key, emerging, specialized topics, having their own paper submission and review processes. * Mini-competitions or research challenges around selected topics, with either individual or team participation and their own evaluation processes * Interactive discussion meetings focusing on subtopics of the main conference general tracks, with interactivity and engagement in mind. * Joint panels aiming to synthesize insights from diverse perspectives by bringing together experts from different workshops or sessions. ** Important Dates ** * Workshop Proposal Submission: January 11, 2024 * Notification: February 1, 2024 * Workshop Description & Website URL Submission: February 24, 2024 * Workshop Summary Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 * Workshop Day: July TBD, 2024 (it will happen in one of the conference days) We strongly encourage the organizers of accepted workshops to diligently follow the suggested deadlines in the schedule for the authors of workshop papers: * (Suggested) 1st Call for Workshop Papers: February 28, 2024 * (Suggested) 2nd Call for Workshop Papers: April 13, 2024 * (Suggested) Workshop Paper Submission: April 24, 2024 * (Suggested) Notification: May 8, 2024 * (Mandatory) Workshop Papers Camera-ready Submission (TAPS system): May 16, 2024 These dates are synchronized with the notification of paper acceptance in the main conference track, and the availability of early registration for the authors of accepted workshop papers. Note: The submissions deadlines are at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth)<https://www.timeanddate.com/time/zones/aoe> time. ** Submission ** All workshop proposals must be written in English. Proposals should be submitted electronically, in a PDF format, through the EasyChair submission system, https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=umap24, by selecting the “UMAP24 Workshop and Tutorial Proposals” track. ** Length and Formatting ** *Format*: Each proposal should be arranged into a single PDF document, not exceeding 5 pages (references included). *Template*: Following the ACM Publication Workflow<https://www.acm.org/publications/taps/word-template-workflow>, the proposal should be arranged based on the new ACM single-column format. Instructions for the organizers are given below: * LaTeX (use \documentclass[manuscript, review, anonymous]{acmart} in the sample-authordraft.tex file for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with LaTeX<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…>. * Overleaf (use \documentclass[manuscript,review,anonymous]{acmart} for single-column). Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Overleaf<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/overleaf>. * Word. Please carefully follow the ACM’s instructions for preparing your article with Microsoft Word<https://authors.acm.org/proceedings/production-information/preparing-your-a…> Should you have any questions or issues going through the instructions above, please contact support at acmtexsupport(a)aptaracorp.com<mailto:acmtexsupport@aptaracorp.com> for LaTeX and Microsoft Word inquiries. *Structure*: Each proposal is expected to include the following information: * Workshop title and acronym. * Workshop chair(s), including, for each organizer, their affiliation, main email address, website link, and experiences in organizing such events. Note that organizers are expected to attend the workshop and be actively involved in its organization. * Abstract (up to 300 words) and topics of interest. * Keywords (at least 3). * Motivation on why the workshop is of particular interest at this time and how it complements (rather than duplicates) the topics of the main conference. * Workshop format, particularly discussing the mix of expected events, such as paper presentations, invited talks, panels, and general discussions. * Short description of the intended audience and the expected number of participants, including how they will be selected. * List of (potential) members of the program committee (at least 50% have to be confirmed at the time of the proposal). The program committee is mandatory. * Requested duration (half day or full day). * When available, past editions of the workshop, including their website URLs, a brief statement on the development of the workshop series, e.g., in terms of topics, number of paper submissions and participants, post-workshop publications over the years and acceptance statistics. * If this would be the first edition of the workshop, a description of how this workshop differs from others on the same or similar topics (include conference name and year). * Any other relevant information to support your proposal. ** Instructions ** *Support*: We encourage both researchers and industry practitioners to submit workshop proposals. Researchers interested in submitting a workshop proposal are invited to contact us in advance, so we can help to design successful proposals. In particular, for workshop proposals with novel interactive formats, we are happy to assist in further developing and implementing the ideas. *Diversity*: We strongly suggest involving organizers from different institutions, bringing their different perspectives to the workshop topic. We welcome workshops with a creative structure that may attract various types of participants and may ensure rich interactions. *Expectations*: The organizers of accepted workshops are expected to set up a webpage for the workshop including detailed information about the workshop organization and timeline, disseminate a call for papers, a call for participation, select reviewers, and gather reviews before selecting the final program. They will be responsible for their own publicity and reviewing processes. *Proceedings*: There will be conference adjunct proceedings published by ACM, and available via the ACM Digital Library. A camera-ready summary of the workshop should be written by the organizers to be included in these adjunct proceedings. Moreover, all workshop papers will be published in the same proceedings. Hence, the workshop organizers will need to make sure that the authors of workshop papers adhere to the adjunct proceedings publication timeline. *Camera-ready Information*: Accepted summaries/papers will require a further revision in order to meet the requirements and the page limits of the camera-ready format required by ACM. Instructions for the preparation of the camera-ready versions of the summaries/papers will be provided after acceptance. We strongly recommend the usage of LaTeX/Overleaf for the camera-ready papers to minimize the extent of reformatting. Users of the Word template must use either the version for Microsoft Word for Windows, Macintosh Office 2011, or Macintosh Office 2016 (other formats such as Open Office, etc., are not admitted) for the camera-ready submission to avoid incompatibility issues. ** Registration and Presentation Policy ** Each accepted workshop summary must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each workshop has to be run by all organizers. Therefore, each workshop organizer must be registered (at least 25% in person, the remaining online). Each accepted workshop summary will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. Each accepted workshop paper must be accompanied by a distinct full author registration, completed by the early registration date cut-off. Each accepted workshop paper can be presented either in person or online and will be included in the conference adjunct proceedings. The official publication date is when the proceedings are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks before the first day of UMAP 2024. The official publication date affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. ** Workshop Chairs ** * Amra Delic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina * Eelco Herder, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands * Noemi Mauro, University of Turin, Italy Contact information: umap2024-wt at um.org

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CAiSE'24 Forum: Second Call for Papers and Tool Demonstrations
by Announce 03 Jan '24

03 Jan '24

*** CAiSE'24 Forum: Second Call for Papers and Tool Demonstrations *** 36th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE'24) June 3-7, 2024, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus https://cyprusconferences.org/caise2024/ (*** Submission Deadline: 4th March, 2024 AoE ***) The CAiSE Forum is a space within the CAiSE conference to present and discuss the new exciting ideas and tools related to Information Systems Engineering. The Forum intends to serve as an interactive platform, encourage potential authors to present emerging topics and controversial positions, and demonstrate innovative systems, tools, and applications. The Forum sessions at the CAiSE conference will facilitate the interaction, discussion, and exchange of ideas among presenters and participants. Contributions to the CAiSE'24 Forum are welcome to address any of the CAiSE'24 conference topics and, particularly, this year's theme—Information Systems in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. We invite two types of submissions: • Visionary papers present innovative research projects, which are still at a relatively early stage and do not necessarily include a full-scale validation. Visionary papers will be presented as posters in the Forum. • Demo papers describe innovative tools and prototypes that implement the results of research efforts. The tools and prototypes will be presented as demos in the Forum, accompanied by a poster. Both visionary papers and demo papers must not exceed 8 pages in LNCS format. See authors' guidelines at the Springer site: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gu… . Papers should be submitted in PDF format through the conference management system available at Easy Chair (https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=caise2024) and select the Forum option. The submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be under review elsewhere. PUBLICATION AND PRESENTATIONS Accepted papers will be published by Springer in a CAISE Forum proceedings volume within the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series (https://www.springer.com/series/7911) Authors should consult Springer's authors guidelines and use their LaTeX or Word proceedings templates for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers. In addition, the corresponding author of each paper, acting on behalf of all of the authors of that paper, must complete and sign a Consent-to-Publish form. The corresponding author signing the copyright form should match the corresponding author marked on the paper. Once the files have been sent to Springer, changes relating to the authorship of the papers cannot be made. It is expected that at least one of the authors attends CAiSE'24, presents the poster/delivers the demo, and interacts with the Forum participants. We also envision a short oral presentation for all papers to attract participants to the posters. IMPORTANT DATES • Paper Submission Deadline: 4th March, 2024 (AoE) • Notification of Acceptance: 1st April, 2024 • Camera-ready Deadline: 8th April, 2024 • Author Registration Deadline: 8th April, 2024 FORUM CHAIRS • Shareeful Islam, Anglia Ruskin University, United Kingdom • Arnon Sturm, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel FORUM COMMITTEE • Steven Alter, University of San Francisco • Abel Armas Cervantes, The University of Melbourne • Giuseppe Berio, Université de Bretagne Sud and IRISA UMR 6074 • Drazen Brdjanin, University of Banja Luka • Corentin Burnay, University of Namur • Cinzia Cappiello, Politecnico di Milano • Suphamit Chittayasothorn, King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang • Maya Daneva, University of Twente • Sergio de Cesare, University of Westminster • Johannes De Smedt, KU Leuven • Marne de Vries, University of Pretoria • Michael Fellmann, University of Rostock • Christophe Feltus, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology • Hans-Georg Fill, University of Fribourg • Janis Grabis, Riga Technical University • Sergio Guerreiro, INESC-ID / Instituto Superior Técnico • Martin Henkel, Stockholm University • Jennifer Horkoff, Chalmers University of Technology • Shareeful Islam, Anglia Ruskin University • Janis Kampars, RTU • Evangelia Kavakli, University of the Aegean • Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University • Janne J. Korhonen, Aalto University • Elena Kornyshova, CNAM • Agnes Koschmider, University of Bayreuth • Chung Lawrence, University of Texas at Dallas • Henrik Leopold, Kühne Logistics University • Tong Li, Beijing University of Technology • Beatriz Marín, Universidad Politecnica de Valencia • Andrea Marrella, Sapienza University of Rome • Raimundas Matulevicius, University of Tartu • Jose Ignacio Panach Navarrete, Universitat de València • Oscar Pastor, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia • Francisca Pérez, Universidad San Jorge • Pierluigi Plebani, Politecnico di Milano • Manuel Resinas, University of Seville • Genaina Rodrigues, University of Brasilia • Ben Roelens , Open Universiteit, Ghent University • Mattia Salnitri, Politecnico di Milano • Stefan Strecker, University of Hagen • Arnon Sturm, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev • Irene Vanderfeesten, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven • Yves Wautelet, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven • Hans Weigand, Tilburg University • Manuel Wimmer, Johannes Kepler University Linz • Anna Zamansky, University of Haifa

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#CfP | January 31 | Digital culture revolution in fashion journalism: possible futures
by Ana Marta M. Flores 02 Jan '24

02 Jan '24

*** Call for Papers | Special Issue ModaPalavra Journal (Brazil) The digital culture revolution in fashion journalism: possible futures *** https://revistas.udesc.br/index.php/modapalavra/ChamadaAberta Submission deadline: 31 January 2024 Journalism and fashion have crossing histories and origins. The journalistic phenomenon is an invention of Modernity made popular with the appearance of the letterpress and the periodicity of the press in Europe (Sousa, 2008). Fashion, in this sense, can also be seen as a product resulting from modernity (Simmel, 1957; Barthes, 1990; Lipovetsky, 1994; Geczy & Karaminas, 2020). This connection becomes more evident when understanding journalism through the lens of authors such as Otto Groth (2011) and Luiz Beltrão (1992, 2006), both of whom conceptualise the nature of journalism in four pillars: (1) periodicity, (2) universality, (3) currentness and (4) diffusion. The periodicity of journalism finds a parallel in fashion, through the cyclicity similar to the form and communication for the masses. The universality and variability addressed by the authors in journalism come to meet the plurality of fashion in its most contemporary sense, with the development of large-scale products involving all social sectors. Fashion is also a cultural product with the ability to convey messages and represent the various social spheres. The currentness of newspapers can be considered the characteristic of greater adherence in the relationship with fashion because the "principle of the New" (Lipovetsky, 2009; Svendsen, 2010) is a vital point for the fashion phenomenon, a common relationship between the activities. The diffusion also finds echo in both areas, because the dissemination is fundamental in both journalism and fashion. The propagating character of both areas must be taken into consideration, which plays a relevant role in defining and contextualizing both (Flores, 2018). However, when considering the contemporary digital scenario, new ways of communicating fashion beyond journalism are making a revolution in the current ecosystem. It is already usual for brands to become their communication media through social platforms, the periodicity of fashion weeks or collection launches outside the traditional calendar or even the influencer culture to overshadow specialised journalism. Journalism and fashion, which had in their characteristics a discourse of order and judgment, are being forced to seek representativeness in a communication system that increasingly makes room for diversity and inclusion. Fashion, as a dynamic field in which symbolic exchanges happen frequently, reflects different cultures. The analysis of its image and textual meanings provides contributions to the understanding of contemporary society (Cantú and Gomes, 2023). Where is fashion journalism in this new digital landscape? What is the role of fashion in the construction of new discourses and forms of expression? What are the possible futures that the symbiosis between journalism and fashion can generate? These are some questions that we would like to invite researchers to think about together in the Dossier "The digital culture revolution in fashion journalism: possible futures". This issue accepts submissions related to the following topics, although not limited to: - Social platforms as new means of fashion journalism; - Influencer Culture as a source in fashion journalism; - Algorithms as a way of personalising content in specialised journalism; - Fashion critic in journalistic vehicles; - Fashion journalism in magazines in the contemporary scenario; - Fashion communication in the era of social platforms; - Semiotic analysis of images in fashion magazines; - Fashion as an element for trend studies; - The similarities and differences between fashion advertising and fashion journalism; - The business models for sustainability of fashion journalism; - Innovation in journalism and fashion; - Representativity and discourses in fashion journalism; - Fashion journalism and gender studies; - Streetstyle in contemporary fashion; - Disinformation in fashion content We invite all interested in topics related to fashion, communication, design, journalism, advertising, social platforms, influencer culture, trend studies and related areas to submit their original articles by January 31, 2024. ModaPalavra e-periodical is organised by the Fashion Graduate Programme at Santa Catarina State University. The journal is rated A2 on the Qualis/CAPES ranking (Brazil) and accepts articles in English and Portuguese. The section is intended for unpublished work with a minimum length of 15 pages and a maximum length of 25 pages, including references. Special edition edited by: Ana Marta M. Flores (NOVA University Lisbon/ICNOVA) Ana Marta M. Flores has a PhD and a master's degree in journalism, is a visiting assistant professor at the NOVA University of Lisbon, a researcher associated with the ICNOVA/iNOVA Media Lab and Obi.Media - Media Innovation Observatory. She is also a researcher at the Trends and Culture Management Lab at the University of Lisbon and at the Centre for Hypermedia Studies and Production Applied to Journalism - Nephi-Jor (UFSC/Brazil). She is a post-doctoral researcher on the MyGender project (University of Coimbra) and communication officer for ECREA's Digital Culture and Communication section. amflores(a)fcsh.unl.pt www.anamartaflores.com William Cantú (IPLeiria/CEAUL) William Afonso Cantú is a lecturer in higher education, an integrated researcher at the Centre for English Studies at the University of Lisbon (CEAUL) and a collaborator at the Centre for Studies in Education and Innovation at the Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (CI&DEI). He has a post-doctorate in Trend Studies and a PhD in Culture Studies from the University of Lisbon. He has a master's degree in Design and Visual Culture and a degree in Design from IADE. He teaches curricular units in the context of Arts, Culture and Trends, has participated in research projects with national and international funding, as well as supervising and participating in exams in his areas of speciality. william.cantu(a)ipleiria.pt www.williamcantu.com

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