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PhD Position in Media & Internet Governance at the University of Zurich
by Alena Birrer 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

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 Research and Teaching Associate/PhD (60%). 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/research-and-teaching-associate-doctoral… 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 further 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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Job: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Information Systems at the University of Sheffield
by Kate Miltner 13 Jun '23

13 Jun '23

Hello all, The Information School at The University of Sheffield is hiring for a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) or Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Information Systems to join our department: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DAK626/lecturer-senior-lecturer-in-information-s… We are especially interested in applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented (women & non-binary folks, LGBTQ+ folks, BIPOC/BAME folks, people with disabilities). Please note that you will need to have completed your PhD (defended/completed your viva) by the application deadline in order to be eligible for this position. The deadline for this application is *July 5 *and interviews are planned for *July 19*. A quick note about this job: the type of research that would be relevant to a position like this is quite broad, and definitely includes critical research. The Information Systems people in our department do critically-inflected work on AI Ethics, smart cities, the digital divide, health systems, the information experiences of migrants, and data justice, among other things. If you have any questions about the position itself or the iSchool, please contact Professor Val Gillet, Head of Department (*v.gillet(a)sheffield.ac.uk <v.gillet(a)sheffield.ac.uk>*) or Professor Laurence Brooks, Deputy Head of Department (*l.brooks(a)sheffield.ac.uk <l.brooks(a)sheffield.ac.uk>*). If you have any questions about the application process, please contact lead recruiter Ellie Heath (*e.g.heath(a)sheffield.ac.uk <e.g.heath(a)sheffield.ac.uk>*). All best, Kate

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AoIR conspiracy workshop and call for abstracts
by Zelly Martin 12 Jun '23

12 Jun '23

Dear colleagues, I hope the summer is treating everyone well! I am writing to publicize our preconference workshop at AoIR 2023, for which you can already [1]sign up. The event will take place on October 18, 2023—you must register for the conference to attend the event. We are looking for participants who would be interested not only in participating in the workshop, but also in contributing to a special issue following the event. We are thus writing well in advance of the conference to give folks the opportunity to consider this not only as a participatory session, but also a call for articles. If you are interested in the special issue please send 250 words with an article idea. Please see the call below and write to me ([2]zelly(a)utexas.edu) with questions or thoughts. Looking forward to seeing everyone at AoIR in October, Zelly [3]The Future of Conspiracy: New Epistemologies and Imaginaries in Scholarship Organizers: Zelly C Martin-University of Texas at Austin, Alice E Marwick-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Yvonne M Eadon-University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Stephen C Finley-Louisiana State University, Brooklyne Gipson-University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Inga K Trauthig-University of Texas at Austin, Samuel C Woolley-University of Texas at Austin Conspiracy theories are increasingly present in mainstream American political discourse, from those around Covid-19 to the idea that Democrats conspired to “steal” the election from President Trump. While researchers from a wide variety of disciplinary backgrounds (psychology, folklore, history, and so forth) have taken up conspiracy theories as an object of study, many contemporary scholars have focused on right-wing conspiracies, such as Stop the Steal (DeCook & Forestal, 2022), QAnon (Bloom & Moskalenko, 2021), and the Great Replacement Theory (Ekman, 2022). Most recently, researchers have interrogated the blurry boundaries between left- and right-leaning conspiracy adherents on topics like anti-vaccination and spirituality (Chia et al., 2021; Griera et al., 2022). A key element of current scholarship on conspiracies is the extent to which social media facilitates their spread (Enders et al., 2021; Theocharis et al., 2021) and/or allows conspiratorial knowledge-production to thrive (Marwick & Partin, 2022). Although the stereotype of the “conspiracy theorist” is a “white, working-class, middle-aged man” (Drochon, 2018, p. 344) people from all identity groups believe in conspiracies (Bost, 2018). For American communities of color, though, conspiracy theories may be a natural reaction to the invalidation of their embodied experiences (Bogart et al., 2021; Dozono, 2021). The same could be said of other marginalized groups in America, such as queer folks and women (Ngai, 2001). In what ways is “conspiracy-believing” a legitimate response to feeling displaced in the public sphere, and perhaps even an attempt to reconfigure a sense of community and recognition (Parmigiani, 2021)? What might we learn by destigmatizing and rethinking conspiracism? What can researchers learn by examining conspiracies taken up by members of different marginalized groups? This preconference workshop is a natural, important succession to recent contributions at AoIR on the topic of conspiracy. We build on the 2021 AoIR panel from Allena Chia and others focused on networked conspirituality and the 2022 panel chaired by Alice Marwick on feminist disinformation, but push the boundaries of conspiracy studies beyond extant work, which primarily focuses on the alt-right, health, and Western understandings of conspiracy (Halafoff et al., 2022; Mahl et al., 2022, 2022; Marwick et al., 2022). We thus answer calls to expand understandings of conspiracy beyond Western epistemology (Mahl et al., 2022) to contribute to a fuller conceptualization of “conspiracy-believing” (Parmigiani, 2021). This workshop, then, explores these questions: What new avenues of conspiracy are understudied when we prioritize the loudest conspiracy theories? What can we learn from other disciplines studying conspiracy? How do conspiracy theory beliefs stem from embodied experience? What are the boundaries of knowledge-production that we encounter when we demarcate conspiracy from disinformation and from embodied experience? Panelists will approach the topic of conspiracy theories from disparate fields of study, including communication, information studies, political science, religion, and African and African American studies; different methodologies; and address such topics as: -Identity and epistemology on conspiracy TikTok, -Gaia.com, a streaming video platform that features yoga classes alongside conspiracy content, -How geopolitical and racial histories undergird particular narrative themes in justifications of ethnonationalist and right-wing discourse in Asian communities, and -The overlap between conspiracy theory knowledge-production and feminist knowledge-production. We invite those interested in conspiracy as it applies to epistemology, knowledge production, technological artifacts, gender/race/class, and reception. This might include early career scholars who are delving into the study of conspiracy theories, established scholars interested in new avenues of research on conspiracy, and researchers at any stage interested in diverse approaches to the study of knowledge production. Attendees will be capped at 30 to allow everyone the option to participate in a robust discussion. We ask that interested attendees plan for a highly interactive event. We request active participation given the opportunity to be invited to submit to our planned volume on conspiracy theory futures. Zelly Martin | PhD Candidate and Graduate Research Assistant Center for Media Engagement | Moody College of Communication | The University of Texas at Austin [4]mediaengagement.org/propaganda/| @zellycmartin References 1. https://aoir.org/aoir2023/preconfworkshops/ 2. mailto:zelly@utexas.edu 3. https://aoir.org/aoir2023/preconfworkshops/#future 4. https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http://mediaengagement.…

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Reminder: Call for Abstracts (due June 30): Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop 2023
by Bryce Newell 12 Jun '23

12 Jun '23

[This is a reminder for the Call for Papers for the SSN's Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop - Deadline for abstract submission, June 30, 2023] Dear colleagues, We are excited to announce the Call for Proposals for a Surveillance Studies Network (SSN) conference to be held in Eugene, Oregon (USA) in October 2023. The conference theme is focused on the intersections between media, information, and surveillance. This is a designed to be a smaller conference than the flagship biannual SSN conference, and will be based around a paper-workshop model in which sessions are devoted to feedback of single draft papers, much like the Privacy Law Scholars Conference (PLSC) model. We anticipate having some limited options for remote/hybrid sessions in addition to the in-person conference. The submission for paper proposals (abstracts) is June 30, 2023. More details and an online CFP can be found at https://blogs.uoregon.edu/ssnoregon2023/ The CFP follows: *** Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop 2023 October 13-14, 2023 | University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon (USA) Conference Theme: Media, Information, and Surveillance Organized by the Surveillance Studies Network (SSN)<https://www.surveillance-studies.net> and hosted by the University of Oregon's School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC)<https://journalism.uoregon.edu/>, with additional support from Oregon State University's School of Communication<https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/soc>. Conference website: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/ssnoregon2023/ Conference Co-Chairs: * Bryce Newell - University of Oregon * Joshua Reeves - Oregon State University Theme: The 2023 Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop welcomes proposals from scholars across disciplines to workshop works-in-progress papers that focus on issues of surveillance and/in society, with a particular emphasis on scholarship that brings media, communication, or information studies perspectives to these issues. Our broad theme is focused on the interconnections between "Media, Information, and Surveillance." Proposals that align with the theme of the conference will receive some priority in the selection process. By framing the conference theme around issues of media, information, and surveillance, we hope to foster connections and dialogue about how approaching and understanding emerging surveillance practices and technologies from media studies, communication theory, information science, and critical data studies perspectives can provide new insights or open new directions for surveillance studies research. For example: How can theories, concepts, and approaches from media studies and the information sciences inform how we conceptualize, study, and regulate emerging forms of data-intensive surveillance? More details: Over twenty years ago, in 2002, Gary Marx presented his ideas about "the new surveillance" (Marx 2002) in the first issue of Surveillance & Society. Examining the evolution of surveillance practices and their increasing reliance on information technologies, Marx argued that the defining feature of this new surveillance was "the use of technical means to extract or create personal data" (Marx 2002: 12). Much has changed in the intervening years, both in terms of technology and surveillance practices, but this definition continues to apply to new forms of data-intensive surveillance today. At the same time, the transdisciplinary field of surveillance studies has matured over the past two decades, bringing together scholars from a variety of academic disciplines interested in conducting research at the intersections of surveillance and society. The purpose of this workshop is to bring together scholars from the fields of media studies, communication, the information sciences, critical data studies, and related fields to explore how theories, concepts, and ideas from these fields can inform transdisciplinary research and scholarship into the realities, social implications, and regulation of new and emerging surveillance and data-intensive technologies in society. The Oregon Surveillance Studies Workshop is a discussion-based conference in which each session is dedicated to discussing and providing feedback on a single draft paper. Designated discussants briefly present the paper and provide comments and feedback, after which the author may respond (but does not present or summarize their paper), and then the room is opened for broad discussion amongst, and feedback from, everyone else in attendance. Because of this format, participants are expected to have read papers before the sessions and to actively provide constructive feedback. As such, conference participants have ample opportunities to engage and contribute to the sessions even if they do not workshop a paper (for example, as a discussant who provides commentary and feedback). The conference will take place over two days and will include both physical and virtual attendance options. We anticipate hosting several sessions of the conference as dedicated or hybrid virtual sessions designed to allow scholars who are not able to easily travel to Oregon the opportunity to participate in at least some of the discussions at the conference. However, not all of the physical sessions of the conference will be streamed virtually, so virtual attendance is likely to provide a much more limited array of attendance options than in-person attendance. Applicants must designate on their initial application whether they are available to attend in person or only remotely. The in-person conference will include face-to-face roundtable discussions on both days of the conference as well as several meals and extended breaks to allow for networking and informal discussions to take place between participants. We anticipate being able to workshop at least 24 papers in person, with several more offered in a virtual format. Dates and deadlines: * Abstract submission deadline: June 30, 2023 * Acceptance/rejection decisions back to authors: July 22, 2023 * Registration (early bird) deadline: August 18, 2023 * Author/Discussant/Commenter final registration deadline: Sept. 16, 2023 * Full drafts of accepted papers due: Sept. 16, 2023 (full drafts not submitted by this date will be withdrawn from the program)* * Conference dates: October 12-13, 2023 *Important note about full drafts: Proposals will be accepted on the basis of abstracts, but full drafts of accepted papers must be submitted in time for discussants and other participants to read and prepare comments as noted below. If authors of accepted abstracts do not submit a full draft paper by the Sept. 16 deadline, their paper will be removed from the program and will not be workshopped at the conference. Submission instructions: Authors should submit an abstract as part of their application to have their research workshopped at the conference. Your abstracts should be in English and be between 500 and 700 words. You should clearly and concisely link your ideas and research to existing scholarly literature (and fully reference cited literature in a references section following your abstract). Abstracts should identify the theories, concepts, methods, and conclusions of your paper, and should also demonstrate your awareness and understanding of the existing relevant literature and explain how your work relates to, informs, or diverges from the existing body of knowledge. If you wish to cite your own work in your abstract, you should refer to your work in the third person - for example, "As Newell and Reeves (2023) argued," instead of something like "in our prior work...." Note: Abstracts which reveal the identity of the author(s), are not accompanied by full references to prior work (those cited in the abstract), or which are significantly below 500 words or above 700 words will be rejected without review. Finally, please remember that substantially completed full drafts (which need not be polished but should be complete enough for meaningful discussion and feedback during the conference) will be required for all accepted proposals. Please indicate in your abstract/application whether you anticipate being available to attend the conference in person or whether you intend to participate remotely. (Note that there will be more limited opportunities for remote participation.) You should submit<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssnoregon2023> your abstracts through EasyChair<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssnoregon2023> (link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ssnoregon2023) Questions? Please direct any of your questions to the conference co-chairs, Bryce Newell (bcnewell(a)uoregon.edu<mailto:bcnewell@uoregon.edu>) and Joshua Reeves (reevejos(a)oregonstate.edu<mailto:reevejos@oregonstate.edu>). Please put "SSN Oregon 2023" in the subject line of your email. Please also check the conference website for additional information as the conference dates get closer: https://blogs.uoregon.edu/ssnoregon2023/ Our Sponsors: Surveillance Studies Network (SSN)<https://www.surveillance-studies.net> University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC)<https://journalism.uoregon.edu/> Oregon State University School of Communication<https://liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/soc>

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Real-Time Intelligent Systems 2023
by ijwa dline.info 12 Jun '23

12 Jun '23

CALL FOR PAPERS Fifth International Conference on Real-Time Intelligent Systems (RTIS 2023) October 09-11, 2023 University of Bedfordshire, Luton. UK (hybrid mode- Physical and virtual) www.socio.org.uk/rtis Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems by Springer https://www.springer.com/series/15179 Earlier conferences took place in Taipei, Taiwan (2018); Casablanca, Morocco (2017); Beijing, China (2016). The 5th RTIS will take place at the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Over the last few years, real-time intelligent computing has radically transformed the human lifestyle. Research on real-time intelligent systems is multi-disciplinary, exploiting concepts from diverse areas such as big data processing, computational intelligence, location-based services, recommendation systems, and multimedia processing. In today’s highly dynamic environment, analysing data in real-time is a must to understand how systems process data, reason the outputs, and anticipate trends in intelligent computing. To this end, this conference will serve as a platform to manifest the ongoing research in the field. Thus, RTIS welcomes theoretically grounded, methodologically sound papers that address aspects related to topics, such as: Artificial Intelligence Techniques Artificial Intelligence and Data mining Streaming data, streaming engines Trace-based intelligent real-time services Adaptive vision algorithms Location-based services Intelligent Robotic Systems Collaborative Intelligence Processing Intelligent Databases Data capture in real-time Data quality and cleansing Intelligent Data Analysis Intelligent Database Systems Big Data systems and applications for high-velocity data Intelligent Information Systems Privacy and Security in Intelligence Software Engineering Solutions Intelligent Soft Computing Real-time multiprocessor systems Internet of Things Architectures for Intelligence Real-time distributed coding Smart services and platforms Real-time modelling user information needs Wireless Communication Real-time intelligent communication Real-time intelligent network solutions Mobile Smart Systems Broadband Intelligence Cloud Computing and Intelligence Collaborative Intelligence Analysis in domains such as energy, sensors, Expert Systems Smart Life Systems Decision support systems in real time Multi-agent Intelligent Systems Multilingual information access Recommendation systems Real-time intelligent, alert systems Real-time remote access systems Intelligent Transportation Systems Critical Real-Time Applications Hybrid Intelligent Systems Real-time noise removal systems Event-driven analytics Intelligent Fuzzy Systems Machine translation in real time OLAP for real-time decision support Crowdsourcing and crowd intelligence Submission, proceedings Papers must be submitted online through OpenConf (https://www.socio.org.uk/rtis/paper-submission/) Author instructions and LaTex2e (preferred) and Word macro files are available on the submission page. Submitted papers should be within 14 pages (long papers) and eight pages (short ones), including figures, tables, and references. Authors of accepted papers are required to transfer their copyrights. For a paper to appear in the proceedings, at least one of the authors MUST register for the conference by the camera-ready submission deadline with full registration. Springer will publish The proceedings in Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems. Extended versions of the conference papers will be considered for publication in the below journals. Journal of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering (JCMSE) Future Internet https://www.mdpi.com/journal/futureinternet Data https://www.mdpi.com/journal/data (For Data and Future Internet, the discounted APC is applicable, which is 50%) Journal of Digital Information Management Journal of Intelligent Computing Venue The venue is the University of Bedfordshire, UK. Important Dates Full Paper Submission: July 20, 2023 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 15, 2023 Registration Due: September 15, 2023 Camera Ready Due: September 15, 2023 Workshops/Tutorials/Demos: October 08, 2023 Main conference: October 09-11, 2023 Post-conference proceedings: October 25, 2023 General Chairs Ricardo Rodriguez-Jorge, Jan Evangelista Purkyně University , Czech Republic Martín LÓPEZ-NORES, University of Vigo, Spain Program Chairs Yao-Liang Chung, National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan Pit Pichappan, Digital Information Research Labs, India Workshop/Special Issues Chair Ezendu Ariwa, University of Warwick, UK www.socio.org.uk/rtis Contact: stm(a)socio.org.uk

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new and forthcoming book publications
by NIKOLETA ZAMPAKI 11 Jun '23

11 Jun '23

𝗛𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝗕𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲/𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ✒️by Claude Calame 🔗 www.tplondon.com/product/humans-environment/ The modern concept of “nature” appeared during the 17th Century: nature as a mechanical object to be submitted to reason man. A long tradition refers to the concept of nature in the Greek phusis. It is referring to a dynamic process that engages in criticizing the modern paradigm of nature as opposed to culture. As it is, the principle of the domination and exploitation by humans of what we consider as nature is at the heart of the ideological, economic and financial models imposed by neoliberal capitalism. Based on the objective of growth, this model shapes and destroys human communities as well as the environment on which they rely and sustain. The climatic urgency as well as the limited capacity of the resources of the earth, require a transition towards an ecosocialism for another world. The anthropological confrontation with the Greek phusis invites to a break with capitalism based on a large scale and speedy use of technologies and with the only objective of financial gain. The result has been destructive productivism. Instead, we have to take into account the complexity of and interactions between human societies and their technical practices in their environment. The survival of one or the other is at stake. In sum, nature is culture. ************ Forthcoming Book Publication at the Book Series “Posthumanities and Citizenship Futures”, Rowman & Littlefield Modernist Parasites: Bioethics, Dependency, and Literature, post-1900 by Professor Sebastian Williams Modernist Parasites: Bioethics, Dependency, and Literature, post-1900 analyzes biological and social parasites in the political, scientific, and literary imagination. Initially referring to a guest who exchanged stories for a place at the dinner table, Sebastian Williams argues that the parasite has developed into a vile and hated figure who drains energy from the body politic. With the rise of Darwinism, eugenics, and parasitology in the late nineteenth century, he posits that “parasite” became a biosocial term for Humanity’s ultimate Other—a dangerous antagonist. But many modernist authors reconsider the parasite to critique the liberal humanist sense of an independent Self. Considering work by Isaac Rosenberg, John Steinbeck, Franz Kafka, Clarice Lispector, Nella Larsen, and George Orwell, among others, the author argues that even parasites have their place in a posthumanist world. Ultimately, he argues the parasite inherently depends on others for its survival, illustrating the limits of ethical models that privilege the discrete individual above interdependent communities. More info: https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781666921298/Modernist-Parasites-Bioethics-Depende… — Dr. Nikoleta Zampaki Post-doc Researcher Faculty of Philology, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece E-mail: nikzamp(a)phil.uoa.gr Academia.edu: [https://en-uoa-gr.academia.edu/NikoletaZampaki] Associate and Managing Editor at the Journal of Ecohumanism [https://journals.tplondon.com/ecohumanism/index] Series co-Editor of "Posthumanities and Citizenship Futures" at Rowman & Littlefield [https://rowman.com/Action/Series/_/LEXPCF] Series co-Editor of “Environmental Humanities Book Series” at TPLondon [https://www.tplondon.com/ecohumanism/]

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Call For Posters, ACM IMC 2023, Montréal, Canada, Submission deadline: July 21, 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 11 Jun '23

11 Jun '23

Call For Posters, ACM IMC 2023, Montréal, Canada The 2023 Internet Measurement Conference will include a poster session. Topics of interest include all topics listed on the general IMC 2023 call-for-papers. The poster track is an opportunity for researchers to discuss their early/ongoing work, tools, and datasets with attendees of IMC. The goal of the IMC Poster session is to provide a forum for the exchange of ideas with peers from the community. We look for early work of interest to the community, even if it is not yet complete, and for tools or datasets that are of use to the community, even if the tool or dataset by itself may not warrant a paper. Submissions should not be previously published in a workshop, conference, or journal. Extended abstracts will be published with ACM. Updates of previously presented poster and demo ideas are possible, as are descriptions of previously published tools/datasets that have new features. Submission guidelines Poster submissions must include an extended abstract no longer than two 8.5x11-inch pages, including all figures and references. This extended abstract should use the same LaTeX template as full IMC 2023 papers; it should be formatted in two columns, single-spaced, and with a font no smaller than 10-point. The title should begin with "Poster:" You do not have to anonymize your submission. Submission will open soon. Submission link for extended abstracts: https://imc23posters.hotcrp.com/<https://imc22posters.hotcrp.com/> Submissions for posters should only include the extended abstract, not the poster itself. If accepted, we will send you guidelines on creating the poster. All submissions undergo a peer review process with at least two reviewers. We hope to take as many posters as we can support at the venue with the goal of sharing early results. For any questions, please contact the poster session chairs Cristel Pelsser (cristel.pelsser(a)uclouvain.be<mailto:cristel.pelsser@uclouvain.be>) and Diala Naboulsi (diala.naboulsi(a)etsmtl.ca<mailto:diala.naboulsi@etsmtl.ca>). Important Dates For this year's edition, we will proceed in two rounds. We'll have a first round with posters that will be reviewed by the poster TPC members, as follows: * Poster extented abstract submission deadline: July 21, 2023 * Notification: August 18, 2023 * Camera ready due: August 25, 2023 This deadline ensures that poster authors can apply for visas in time to attend the conference. If you need a visa send a poster by the first deadline. In the second round, we'll consider the acceptance of papers rejected from the main conference track, as posters, based on recommendations from the main conference TPC members. This deadline is meant for papers that passed the second round of reviews. For those papers, we'll invite authors to resubmit their papers as posters according to the following deadlines: * Submission deadline: September 1, 2023 * Notification: September 8, 2023 * Camera ready due: September 15, 2023 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou, Assistant Professor Computer Engineering Vice Chair Director of Recruiting and Admissions Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Office: 326B Tel.: (505)-277-5501 Email: eirini(a)unm.edu<mailto:eirini@unm.edu> Website: PROTON Lab<http://ece-research.unm.edu/tsiropoulou/index.html> PROTON Lab's News: @Tsiropoulou_EE<https://twitter.com/Tsiropoulou_EE> "Those who know, do. Those that understand, teach." ~ Aristotle

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WEBCAST JUN 10-11: 2023 North American School of Internet Governance (NASIG)
by Joly MacFie 09 Jun '23

09 Jun '23

It's back to school! This time with an emphasis on digital inclusion. [image: isoc live] <http://isoc.live/>On S*aturday-Sunday June 10-11 2023* *AU Inclusive Technology Policy <https://www.american.edu/centers/itp/>* (ITP), *AU Internet Governance Lab <https://internetgovernancelab.org/>* (IGL), *Technology, Law, and Security Program <https://www.wcl.american.edu/impact/initiatives-programs/techlaw/>* (TLS), and the *AU Institute on Disability and Public Policy <http://www.idppglobal.org/>* (IDPP) will host the 2023 *North American School of Internet Governance <https://nasig2023.northamericansig.org/>* (NASIG) at American University in Washington DC. NASIG is a capacity-building event that aims to teach the principles, norms, rules, policies, and organizations that shape the internet. Internet governance refers to the development and application of shared principles that guide the evolution and use of the internet and the decision-making processes and organizations involved in shaping it. NASIG also seeks to empower the next generation of internet leaders. The theme for NASIG 2023 is inclusion and accessibility, an important and timely topic in internet governance. Inclusion and accessibility ensure that all individuals have equal opportunities to participate and benefit from the internet regardless of their background or circumstances. This includes universal access, digital literacy, and the inclusion of marginalized and disadvantaged communities. *PROGRAM https://nasig2023.northamericansig.org/program <https://nasig2023.northamericansig.org/program>* *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nasig2023 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety/nasig2023>* *PARTICIPATE VIA ZOOM https://bit.ly/nasig2023zoomregistration <https://bit.ly/nasig2023zoomregistration>* (Closed captions) *REAL TIME TEXT https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-NASIG <https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=CFI-NASIG>* *TWITTER #nasigevents2023 <https://bit.ly/43R0WuR> @nasigevents @AUInclusiveTech @IntGovForum @isocpr @teamnaralo* *MASTODON #nasigevents2023 <https://mastodon.social/tags/nasigevents2023>* *SIMULCASTS (OPEN CAPTIONS)* *https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>* *https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/>* *https://www.facebook.com/weberomayor <https://www.facebook.com/weberomayor>* *https://www.facebook.com/northamericansig/ <https://www.facebook.com/northamericansig/>* *https://www.facebook.com/isocpr <https://www.facebook.com/isocpr>* *https://www.facebook.com/groups/isocpr <https://www.facebook.com/groups/isocpr>* *https://www.youtube.com/@internetsocietyofpuertoric1879/streams <https://www.youtube.com/@internetsocietyofpuertoric1879/streams>* *https://www.youtube.com/@naraloat-large8607/streams <https://www.youtube.com/@naraloat-large8607/streams>* *ARCHIVE* *https://archive.org/details/nasig2023 <https://archive.org/details/nasig2023>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16603/ <https://isoc.live/16603/%E2%80%8B>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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PII and Social Data
by Shulman, Stu 09 Jun '23

09 Jun '23

Can anyone point me to experts or papers on the task of removing or redacting personally identifiable information from social media datasets? Thanks! -- Dr. Stuart W. Shulman Founder and CEO, Texifter Editor Emeritus, *Journal of Information Technology & Politics*

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Article on data arenas and environmental data activism
by Bartosz Ślosarski 09 Jun '23

09 Jun '23

Dear All, I have recently published article titled "Data Arenas: The Relational Dynamics of Data Activism" in the journal *Big Data and Society*, which you can find here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/20539517231177617 The article may be of interest to researchers studying datafication, data activism, data contexts, and political ecology of data. Therefore, I have allowed myself to share the information about the article through the AoIR newsletter (although I sincerely apologize for the cross-posting!). Abstract: *The article proposes the theoretical category of data arenas as a relational field for strategic actors in diverse areas of the contentious politics of data (Beraldo and Milan, 2019). The paper argues that the conceptualization of data activism needs to be related to the immediate data arena in which the action takes place, in order to select the interactive opportunities and threats for emerging data-driven repertoires of action. To fully work through the relational dynamics of data activism, it is necessary to move from a conceptualization of data infrastructure to the notion of data arenas as an ‘open-ended bundle of rules and resources that allows certain kinds of interaction to proceed’ (Jasper, 2006: 141). Using the case of environmental data activism, I highlight four key dimensions to study: (a) strategic use of data as capital that differentiates and positions actors, as well as influences their further choices; (b) practices of defining the boundaries of the problem on which the arena focuses and outlining the pool of actors who participate in the process of solving it; (3) sets of relationships among the outlined pool of actors which represent opportunities and threats for the actors, related to the position they occupy within an arena; and (4) power as the ability to control and shape an arena. Data arena approach shed new light on data activism as a relational practice, combining the latest developments in research on data contexts and the political situatedness of data with the emerging field of research on data activism.* Best, Bartosz Ślosarski -- *Bartosz Ślosarski* PhD Candidate in Sociology University of Warsaw Homepage <https://ws.uw.edu.pl/zespol/slosarski-bartosz/> | ResearchGate <https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Bartosz-Slosarski> | Twitter <https://twitter.com/slosarski>

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