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REMINDER - CFP Preconference ICA: Decolonizing the Visual: Community, Memory, and Resistance
by Tom Divon 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Dear community! This is a friendly reminder about the CFP for the ICA 2026 preconference “Decolonizing the Visual: Community, Memory, and Resistance” (deadline for submissions: March 15, 2026) https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.icahdq.org/resource/resmgr/conference/2026/ica26-… This preconf brings together scholars, artists, activists, and community practitioners working with videos, images, sounds, platforms, archives, and visual storytelling in contexts shaped by colonial histories, conflict, displacement, and structural inequality. At its core, our preconf centers on the urgent question: who gets to be seen, remembered, and believed in today’s distrusted visual worlds? We welcome work that engages a broad range of issues, including visual activism, testimony, community archiving, platformed witnessing, memory and erasure, algorithmic visibility, and decolonial audiovisual methods. We wish to create a space for thinking together about how communities use visual practices to reclaim history, tell their own stories, and challenge dominant ways of seeing and believing. Please note that the submission details in the full CFP are *outdated*. The current submission guidelines are as follows: *Formats* -> Research Presentations - Extended abstracts of up to 1,000 words (excluding references); submissions should clearly articulate the research focus; follow a coherent structure of your choice; explicitly state the contribution of the work; include author(s) names, affiliation, and academic status. -> Interactive Roundtable on Decolonizing Visual Communication Methods and Practices - Short proposals of up to 500 words (excluding references) outlining a central theme or provocation; submissions should clearly articulate key questions, tensions, or challenges related to decolonizing visual communication; emphasize dialogue, collective reflection, and methodological experimentation rather than completed research; indicate the intended format and level of audience participation; and include the facilitator's affiliation and academic or professional status. *Submission details* Deadline: March 15, 2026 Notification of acceptance: April 1, 2026 Submit to: ashley.stewart(a)uniport.edu.ng + tom.divon(a)mail.huji.ac.il We look forward to seeing many of you in Cape Town! Tom Divon and Ashley Ajumoke Stewart -- *Tom Divon* Creators & Platforms R*esearcher* Dept. of Communication & Journalism, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Sammy Ofer School of Communications, IDC, Herzliya Tel: +972-547-532681 [image: Twitter] <https://twitter.com/TomDivon>[image: Instagram] <https://www.instagram.com/divon.tom/>[image: Facebook] <https://www.facebook.com/tom.divon> Website: https://tomdivon.com/ Co-Founder: The Content Creator Scholars Network <https://www.ccsn.site/> *Publications*: >> Playful Activism: Memetic Performances of Palestinian Resistance in TikTok #Challenges <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051231157607> >> #JewishTikTok: The JewToks' Fight against Antisemitism <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/359548581_JewishTikTok> >> Serious TikTok: Can You Learn About the Holocaust in 60 Seconds? <https://reframe.sussex.ac.uk/digitalholocaustmemory/2022/03/24/can-you-lear…> >> Playful Trauma: TikTok Creators and the Use of the Platformed Body in Times of War <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/20563051241269281> >> Platform gaslighting: A user-centric insight into social media corporate communications of content moderation <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/29768624241303109> >> The unsolicited algorithm: unveiling gendered harms and (non)consent in apple iOS features <https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09589236.2024.2433683?src=> >> The sound of disinformation: TikTok, computational propaganda, and the invasion of Ukraine <https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14614448241251804?icid=int.sj-full…> >> Youthful Platform Commemoration: TikTok as a Frontier for Holocaust Education and Memory <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/383957738_Youthful_Platform_Commem…>

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CFP: Unconference submissions close 15 March!
by Lyle Skains 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Call for Proposals: 2026 NMWP Unconference https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/ 12-13 May 2026 — 100% Virtual (Zoom) Deadline: EXTENDED to 15 March 2026 You are cordially invited to contribute to our third annual New Media Writing Prize Unconference. This two-day creative and critical participant-directed Unconference is hosted by the New Media Writing Prize in partnership with the Electronic Literature Organization (https://eliterature.org/) and the British Library (https://www.bl.uk/) The Unconference will culminate in the awards evening for the New Media Writing Prize on 13 May 2026. (Register for the free/open to the public awards evening here: https://bournemouth-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/register/4OgsKI_LTjaCtCBH6EBsoQ) Please see https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/ for the full call for proposals and a link to submit your proposal. Unconference Theme: Fight the Future ------------------------------------ "Fight the Future" frames interactive digital narrative as a site of resistance, rehearsal, and collective world-building in a time when “the future” is increasingly pre-scripted by corporate algorithms, patriarchal norms, political fascism, and extractive responses to climate crisis. By fighting the future, we do not mean rejecting futurity itself, but refusing inevitability: resisting default, dystopian trajectories and instead playfully, critically, and collectively co-creating alternative futures grounded in care, justice, and solidarity . We invite playful, participatory, and experimental work and activities that use interaction, liveness, and co-creation to imagine and rehearse worlds otherwise — from small-scale narrative interventions to speculative systems and performative digital practices. While AI is an unavoidable condition of contemporary digital culture, this Unconference is not an AI-only conference; rather, we welcome work that engages AI as material, constraint, collaborator, antagonist, or object of critique alongside broader explorations of interactive storytelling, social change, and collective imagination. Examples of activities include: * Live Co-Creation : Collaborative storytelling, netprovs, or group design challenges. * Hack-a-Thon / Write-a-Thon : Thematic challenges that result in co-created outputs. * Peer-Led Clinics : Hands-on sessions using accessible tools like Twine, GitHub, or creative software. * Creative Networking Sessions : Innovative ways to connect participants (e.g., collaboration speed-dating). * Dialogues in Digital Practice : Lightning talks based in a panel’s research or practice followed by facilitated discussion and creative responses. * Thematic Breakouts : Discussions or activities exploring subthemes like accessibility or sustainability. * Quickfire Interludes : Quick creative exercises (e.g., collaborative poems, brainstorming). Researchers could also use these for data collection — try things out on us! * …and anything else you can think of! Please note we’ll be limiting single-presenter presentations to 7 minutes or less. This includes artists’ talks. Proposal submission deadline: EXTENDED to 15 March 2026, Midnight UTC. Please see https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/unconference/ for the full call for proposals and a link to submit your proposal. -------- The NMWP Opening Up voting is open! The Opening Up Competition asks YOU to select your favorite from all entries that are eligible that have been submitted to the Main and Student categories of the New Media Writing Prize. Start your viewings and submit your vote! Vote Now at https://newmediawritingprize.co.uk/opening-up-2025/ ________________________________ BU is a Disability Confident Employer and has signed up to the Mindful Employer charter. Information about the accessibility of University buildings can be found on the BU AccessAble webpages. This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential information. If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete this email, which must not be copied, distributed or disclosed to any other person. Any views or opinions presented are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Bournemouth University or its subsidiary companies. Nor can any contract be formed on behalf of the University or its subsidiary companies via email.

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WEBCAST MAR 11 - The Rapid Rise of Space-Based Internet: Broadband from Above
by Joly MacFie 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

[image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20328> *LIVESTREAM <https://youtu.be/qA1MlK6jMnQ> | REGISTER <https://www.netcaucus.org/event/the-rapid-rise-of-space-based-internet-broa…> | ADD TO CALENDAR <https://addcal.io/e/o7y7nblxztlk> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20328>* On *Wednesday March 11, 2026,* at *12pm-1pm EDT* (16:00-17:00 UTC), the *Congressional Internet Caucus Academy* wll host a panel '*The Rapid Rise of Space-Based Internet: Broadband from Above <https://www.netcaucus.org/event/the-rapid-rise-of-space-based-internet-broa…>*' at Rayburn House in Washington DC. For years, the idea that high-speed broadband could beam directly to your handheld phone from space sounded like science fiction. Today, it’s happening. Low-Earth orbit constellations are reshaping broadband competition. Phones are beginning to connect directly to satellites. And space-based networks are becoming part of America’s communications backbone. *SPEAKERS* *Jay Schwarz* - Chief, Space Bureau, Federal Communications Commission *Scott Wallsten* - President and Senior Fellow, Technology Policy Institute -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Open position: Postdoc on AI in welfare
by Rachel Humphris 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Dear colleagues, Please see the call for applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate position on the ERC-funded project Digital Welfare Borders (DigiWeB): The Effects of Artificial Intelligence in Migrants' Access to Welfare, led by Prof Rachel Humphris at Queen Mary University of London. This opportunity is for a social science researcher who will conduct long-term fieldwork in the Netherlands. Fluency in Dutch is required. The post is full-time for 2.5 years. The start date is flexible but cannot begin earlier than October 2026 or later than January 2027. DigiWeB is an interdisciplinary project examining how artificial intelligence (specifically predictive analytics) is transforming the relationship between welfare systems and migration governance. As governments increasingly use AI to make decisions about welfare eligibility and fraud detection, these technologies are reshaping how migrants access social rights and services and may create new forms of 'digital borders' within welfare states. The project combines data science and social science approaches to investigate how welfare algorithms function, how they are implemented by street-level bureaucrats such as social workers, and how they impact migrants' experiences of welfare systems. The research involves comparative work across the UK, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Further details about the position and application process can be found here: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQR499/postdoctoral-research-associate Potential applicants who have questions about the role are welcome to contact Prof Rachel Humphris directly (r.humphris(a)qmul.ac.uk<mailto:r.humphris@qmul.ac.uk>) Best wishes and many thanks, Rachel Professor Rachel Humphris (she/her) Department of Politics and International Relations Director, Centre for the Study of Migration Queen Mary University of London New Book: Making Sanctuary Cities: Migration, Citizenship and Urban Governance<https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=36909> Stanford University Press. Discount of 20% with order code FSS25<https://www.combinedacademic.co.uk/9781503642393/making-sanctuary-cities/>. New Special Issue: Digital technologies and migration: behind, beyond and around the black box.<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2513153#abstract> New Article: Digital internal bordering: surveillance, data-sharing, and the fate of sanctuary cities<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369183X.2025.2513166#abstract>. New Project: Digital Welfare Borders (DigiWeB): The effects of Artificial Intelligence in Migrants' Access to Welfare ERC Starting Grant (2026 - 2031)

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CFP: Algorithmic Images and Information Urgency – Contemporary Photojournalism Challenges (EMP Journal – Q1 Scopus)
by MATHIAS FELIPE DE LIMA SANTOS 11 Mar '26

11 Mar '26

Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to invite submissions for the upcoming special issue in the journal *Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico (EMP)*, a Q1 journal in Scopus: "*Algorithmic Images and Information Urgencies: Challenges and Transformations of Contemporary Graphic Journalism.*" As generative AI and digital shifts redefine our visual culture, photojournalism faces unprecedented aesthetic, ethical, and industrial hurdles. This monograph seeks to explore the complexities of documentary photography in an era marked by rapid technological change and global crises, from climate change and migration to the rise of polarized political narratives. *Languages for Submission:*Please note that the journal accepts original articles in *Spanish, English, French, and Portuguese.* *Key Information:* - *Submission Deadline:* June 30, 2026 - *Expected Publication:* October 2026 - *More Details and Submission Platform:* https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/ESMP/monograficos/periodismografico *Topics include (not limited):* - AI & Image Mutation: Deontological limits, deepfakes, and algorithmic bias. - Representing Reality: Visual activism, hybrid narratives, and documenting humanitarian crises or climate change. - Structural Challenges: Gender equality in the profession and the economic sustainability of the photojournalistic industry. *Editors: *Nieves Limón-Serrano (UCLM), Marta Martín-Núñez (UJI), and Mathias-Felipe-de-Lima-Santos (UNSW/UNIFESP/UPF). Any questions, please feel free to reach out to me. Best wishes, -- *Mathias Felipe* UNSW/Unifesp -- ---- É obrigatória a utilização do e-mail @unifesp em todas as correspondências oficiais, institucionais e no acesso aos equipamentos e sistemas da Universidade Federal de São Paulo, conforme a portaria Reitoria n. 1182/2022 <https://sti.unifesp.br/documentos/termos-de-uso-do-email> que define a Política de e-mail institucional da Unifesp. <https://sei.unifesp.br/sei/publicacoes/controlador_publicacoes.php?acao=pub…>

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First Monday shutting down after 30 years
by Zimmer, Michael 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Really sad to hear that First Monday is shutting down after 30 years of publication. It was one of the first journals devoted to internet research, and a true pioneer in open access: no fees, no paywalls, and authors retained their copyright. My very first publication appeared there in 2004, and I know an entire generation of us got our start in its pages. Many thanks to Ed and everyone who contributed to building and sustaining such an important venue. End of an era. https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/announcement/view/99 ~ Michael -- Michael Zimmer, PhD Director, Center for Data, Ethics, and Society<https://www.marquette.edu/data-ethics-society/> Professor & Vice-Chair, Department of Computer Science Marquette University michael.zimmer(a)marquette.edu<mailto:michael.zimmer@marquette.edu> www.michaelzimmer.org<http://www.michaelzimmer.org/> :: www.zuckerbergfiles.org<http://www.zuckerbergfiles.org/>

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Protocols, among humans and machines - 4S open panel
by Nathan Schneider 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Friends, forgive me for another 4S panel posting, but I think it might interest some of you. Please propose: ARTWORKS 🎨 RESEARCH 🔎 THEORIES 📃 PROTOCOLS 🎌 (MAYBE WE NEED NEW EMOJI FOR THAT!) AND MORE. 153. Protocols, among humans and machines Nathan Schneider, University of Colorado Boulder Infrastructure; Indigenous STS; Information, Computing and Media Technology Protocol is a word and concept that has traveled widely, from Indigenous practices that defend against colonization to the rudimentary rules of the internet. Artists and technologists have begun taking the concept more seriously, both as a site of critique and as a technique of liberation. Scholarship on the topic, however, has not kept pace. Some scholars have focused just narrowly on a specific set of protocols, such as internet standards, without connecting them to protocols in other contexts. Other scholars have written off protocol as solely a form of control from above, without accounting for the ways in which living communities are turning to it as a strategy of sovereignty, resistance, and survival. This panel seeks to hold space for this concept at 4S, and in particular to explore the potentials for solidarity that unfold from it. Papers and creative works are welcome that explore protocol across both human and technical domains, and that identify opportunities for this expansive concept to help build linkages across them. https://www.4sonline.org/accepted_open_panels_toronto.php -- Nathan Schneider Associate Profesor, Media Studies University of Colorado Boulder

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Call for Chapter Proposals - Handbook Gray Zones
by Oscar Daniel Moreno Martinez 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Dear AoIR community, We would like to invite you to check this Call for Chapter Proposals for the Handbook of Knowledge, Technologies and Innovation in the Gray Zones to be published in the Research Handbooks in Science and Technology Studies series, edited by Dominique Vinck for Edward Elgar Publishing. This volume will bring together innovative scholarship to explore themes such as creativity by necessity, antagonistic innovation, collective resourcefulness, adaptive learning, ephemeral infrastructures, and technological repair, grounded in empirical research across informal settlements, criminal economies, and conflict zones. Rather than treating these spaces as marginal or pathological, the handbook reclaims them as generative arenas where constraint and asymmetry actively shape technological emergence. Kew dates: Proposal deadline April 30, 2026 / Full chapter submission September 30, 2026. Sincerely, Óscar Moreno-Martínez morenoo(a)javeriana.edu.co Javier Guerrero-Castro javierguerrero(a)itm.edu.co AVISO LEGAL: El presente correo electronico no representa la opinion o el consentimiento oficial de la PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD JAVERIANA. Este mensaje es confidencial y puede contener informacion privilegiada la cual no puede ser usada ni divulgada a personas distintas de su destinatario. Esta prohibida la retencion, grabacion, utilizacion, aprovechamiento o divulgacion con cualquier proposito. Si por error recibe este mensaje, por favor destruya su contenido y avise a su remitente. En este aviso legal se omiten intencionalmente las tildes. Este mensaje ha sido revisado por un sistema antivirus, por lo que su contenido esta libre de virus. This e-mail has been scanned by an antivirus system, so its content is virus free.

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CFP: CySoc 2026 Workshop at ICWSM — Human–AI Relationships & Cyber Social Threats
by Ugur Kursuncu 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

Call for Papers: CySoc 2026 - International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats @ICWSM 2026 Deadline: March 22, 2026 AoE Website: https://cy-soc.github.io/2026/ Submissions: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cysoc2026 Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce the 7th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats (CySoc 2026), to be held in conjunction with the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2026) in Los Angeles, California, USA. CySoc provides an interdisciplinary venue for researchers and practitioners studying emerging cyber social threats in online environments. The workshop aims to foster dialogue across fields such as social computing, computational social science, AI, social cybersecurity, and communication. Spotlight Topic (2026): Human–AI Relationships: Risks, Rewards, and Responsibilities With the rapid emergence of generative AI and agentic AI systems, online ecosystems are undergoing significant transformation. These technologies introduce new opportunities but also raise concerns around manipulation, false or misleading information, harassment, and unintended harms affecting individuals, communities, and society at large. Topics of Interest: We invite submissions on a broad range of topics including, but not limited to: • Online extremism, harassment, and cyberbullying • Hate speech, toxicity, and harmful online content • Coordinated influence campaigns • Mental health implications of social media • Trust relationships and community dynamics online • Ethical considerations in privacy-preserving social media analytics • Generative AI and agentic AI in online platforms • Risks, misuse, and unintended societal impacts of AI systems Submission Types: We welcome: • Full research papers • Position papers • Short papers • Demonstrations Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and published in the ICWSM Workshop Proceedings. Workshop Location: Los Angeles, California, USA We look forward to receiving your submissions and continuing the conversation around the evolving intersection of AI, online platforms, and societal impact. Best regards, Co-organizers: Ugur Kursuncu, Georgia State University, GA, USA. Matthew R. DeVerna, Stanford University, CA, USA. Francesco Pierri, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy. Kai-Cheng Yang, The State University of New York at Binghamton, MA, USA. Yelena Mejova, ISI Foundation, Turin, Italy. Jeremy Blackburn, The State University of New York at Binghamton, NY, USA. — Ugur

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RECORDING - ICANN 85 – WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps
by Joly MacFie 10 Mar '26

10 Mar '26

<https://isoc.live/20323> [image: ISOC LIVE] <https://isoc.live/20323>VIDEO <https://youtu.be/JaKScXfKNKk> | AUDIO <https://archive.org/download/icann85-wsis/icann85-wsis.mp3> | RECAP <https://www.patreon.com/posts/152688168/> | ARCHIVE <https://archive.org/details/icann85-wsis> | PERMALINK <https://isoc.live/20323> On March 9 2026, during the ICANN 85 Community Forum <https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann85/> in Mumbai, in a panel ‘WSIS+20 Lessons Learned & Next Steps <https://sched.co/2GwkG>‘, Internet governance leaders and community members reflected on the WSIS+20 <https://publicadministration.desa.un.org/wsis20> review process and discussed what comes next. SPEAKERS Kurtis Lindqvist – President and CEO, ICANN Sally Wentworth – President and CEO, ISOC Ian Sheldon – ICANN GAC Amrita Choudhury – ICANN community member Chris Disspain – ICANN community member Chengetai Masango – Head – IGF Secretariat Moderator: Janis Karklins – Head of Government Engagement, ICANN Host: Rebecca McGilley – Government and IGO Engagement Operations Senior Director, ICANN - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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