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AoIR2023 Keynote Speaker Announcement
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

We are very happy to announce that our Keynote for #AoIR2023: Revolutions will be *Aymar Jean “AJ” Christian *from Northwestern University! His talk will be titled: Reparative Media – Cultivating Stories and Platforms to Heal our Culture. You can find more details here <https://aoir.org/aoir2023/aoir2022keynoteplenary/>. The main conference will be held at the Sonesta Hotel Rittenhouse Square, but the preconferences and keynote will take place on Temple University’s main campus on 18 October, 2023. As a reminder*, the Early Registration Deadline for #AoIR2023 <https://aoir.org> is 1 August 2023. After that date the price increases, so take advantage of the early registration discount.* When you register please consider volunteering to moderate panels; you’ll be given all the instructions you need to do so, and the more people who volunteer the more we can spread out this labor. Registration is open here: https://members.aoir.org/event-5288994 Be sure you are logged in as a member to get member discounts! Once you’ve registered, you can book your hotel room at our negotiated rate here (you MUST use this link to get the special rate): https://book.passkey.com/go/AoIR2023 AoIR has committed to a certain number of booked rooms; *please* help us meet this commitment by staying at the conference hotel. *IMPORTANT:* *All presenting authors must be registered by 1 August 2023 to be included on the program. *During the registration process you will be asked to indicate if you are attending the keynote and various receptions. Please mark each of these events based on your actual attendance as we book facilities and catering based on your responses. Some people traveling to the United States of America will require a Travel Visa. Please look into this soon if you haven’t already, as some of these have a longer wait than others. Finally, the host team has put together our own guide to Philadelphia <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F3LsNRhOV63abFUlGJoritzVR18xw-oe9PYFtK8…> (we will continue to add information, but if there is something you’d like to know or don’t see already just ask one of us) <https://aoir.org/aoir2023/aoir2023confcom/>. We look forward to seeing you in Philadelphia! #AoIR2023 Conference Committee

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Ethics of analyzing reader comments to newspaper articles
by Janet Salmons 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Regina, You be interested in this article by Wyke Stommel and interview with her: Research Ethics & Extant Data On Methodspace: https://bit.ly/3JVTJSZ All the best, Janet Janet Salmons, PhD (She/her/hers) Research Community Manager, SAGE MethodSpace Boulder, Colorado USA jsalmons(a)vision2lead.com Now available! Doing Qualitative Research Online, 2nd edition ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello dear AOIR colleagues, What are the ethical guidelines for analyzing reader comments to newspaper articles for newspapers behind a paywall? An example would be The New York Times. Reader comments are not accessible unless one is a paid subscriber or unless an article is gifted. Is this similar to Facebook where groups are not public? For context, I have a couple of articles where I want to analyze the reader comments. Hoping to get some insight. Thanks, Regina

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Vacancy: Assistant Professor Computational Methods for Media and Culture Studies (1.0 FTE) – Utrecht University
by Helmond, A. (Anne) 12 Jul '23

12 Jul '23

Vacancy: Assistant Professor Computational Methods for Media and Culture Studies (1.0 FTE) The Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University is looking for a new colleague specializing in computational methods and/or digital methods for media and culture studies. As a candidate for this position you will combine computational skills with a critical perspective on how data, algorithms, and platforms shape transformations in media and culture, and vice versa. More information: https://www.uu.nl/en/organisation/working-at-utrecht-university/jobs/assist… The application deadline is 15 September 2023.

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Open Faculty Position: Professor of Applied Ethics and Technology
by Nicole McAlee 11 Jul '23

11 Jul '23

Hello all, Please find below information about a job posting at the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, IN, USA: *Open Faculty Position: Professor of Applied Ethics and TechnologyThe University of Notre Dame’s Keough School of Global Affairs, in conjunction with the Notre Dame Technology Ethics Center (ND TEC), invites applicants for a tenure-track (open-rank) professorship focused in the area of applied ethics and technology. The ideal candidate will have a strong research agenda in applied ethics focusing on the ethical issues related to AI and digital technology. For an accomplished senior candidate, an endowed chair would be considered. Learn More About the Position <https://techethics.nd.edu/news-and-events/news/open-faculty-position-profes…>* Questions can be directed to Patrizio Piraino at ppiraino(a)nd.edu. Many thanks, Nicole -- *Nicole McAlee* Program Manager Notre Dame-IBM Technology Ethics Lab 204 O'Shaughnessy Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556

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Deadline approaching! CfP: When was the Smart Border?
by Seuferling,P 11 Jul '23

11 Jul '23

Call for Papers When was the “Smart Border”? Tracing Critical Histories of Media Technological Border and Migration Control Location: TU Dresden, Germany, hosted by the Chair of Digital Cultures Date: 15–17 November 2023 Format: in-person presentations Submission deadline: 14 July 2023 Conference website: https://smartborderconference.com/ Confirmed keynote speaker: Dr Iván Chaar-López<https://www.ivanchaar.net/>, University of Texas Austin The conference is organized in collaboration between the Chair of Digital Cultures at TU Dresden, Germany, and the Department of Media and Communications at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), UK. The event is funded by the Internationalization Strategy of TU Dresden and the LSE Global Research Fund. Organizing team: Dr Michelle Pfeifer (TU Dresden): michelle.pfeifer1(a)tu-dresden.de<mailto:michelle.pfeifer1@tu-dresden.de> Dr Philipp Seuferling (LSE): p.seuferling(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:p.seuferling@lse.ac.uk> The buzzword “smart borders” commonly captures the widespread digitalization and automation of migration control and the expansion of racial capitalist security regimes by technological means. Yet, the term describes only the most recent instance of media technologies constituting and enabling state bordering. While states around the world rely on and invest in ever newer “smart” technologies to control migration, these developments stand in longer historical continuities, not least hailing from projects of mobility and population control of colonialism, racism, eugenics, or carceral regimes (Chaar-López, 2019; Weitzberg, 2020; Pfeifer, 2021; Leurs & Seuferling, 2022; Tazzioli, 2023). This conference aims to address the international research field on temporalities and histories of smart borders, to trace genealogies and longue durées of media, communication, and information technologies in the control of borders and migration. Such histories can be traced on different levels: materialities of media technologies, uses and practices around them, struggles against bordering tactics and technologies, as well as socio-technical imaginaries of what these technologies can and cannot do – all of which are characterized by continuities and change. While media shape borders across time, media technologies are also shaped by and emerge from projects of bordering. In this sense, borders can be better understood by attending to their media, and vice versa, media histories more generally can be explored at the border – a “technological testing ground” (Molnar, 2022) historically and today. Questions guiding the conference are: * How can we understand histories of the “smart border” within histories of media technology and digitalization, as well as within histories of territorialization, biopolitics, racial capitalism, colonialism, and bordered states? * How are technological innovation as well as processes of digitalization and computation historically tested, developed, and trialed in the context of border and migration control? * How has the entanglement of media technologies with borders evolved over time? * How can historical perspectives on smart borders advance critiques of violence and discrimination enacted by smart border regimes today? We explicitly welcome papers that engage with queer, feminist, decolonial, postcolonial, abolitionist, and critical race perspectives on the histories of mediated bordering. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Theoretical perspectives on “smart borders” across time * Methodological approaches to historicizing “smart borders” * Histories of digitalization and automation, in contexts of mobility, migration, and border control * Studies of historical empirical contexts of mediated borders * Histories of border and technological regulation, policy-making, and law * The role of risk, uncertainty, and security in genealogies of border and migration control * Genealogies of datafication of people on the move * Histories of biometrics, surveillance, policing, and carcerality * Mediated containment, surveillance, and control of people on the move, mobility, and movement concerning imperatives of digitalization, automation, and artificial intelligence * Histories of struggles against and contestations of “smart border” regimes Submission guidelines: Submissions should include an abstract (300-400 words), as well as a short biographical note (100-150 words). Please use this form: https://forms.office.com/e/fmhfvNQE5T The submission deadline is 14 July 2023. We plan to notify applicants about proposal acceptance by 4 August 2023. Funding will be available to support travel and accommodation of invited speakers. Please note whether you need financial assistance in the submission form. Dr Philipp Seuferling LSE Fellow | Department of Media and Communications The London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street, London WC2A 2AE t: +44 7858 643177 e: p.seuferling(a)lse.ac.uk<mailto:p.seuferling@lse.ac.uk> lse.ac.uk Recent publications: Leurs, Koen; Seuferling, Philipp (2022). Migration and the Deep Time of Media Infrastructures. Communication, Culture and Critique 15(2), June 2022, pp. 290–297, https://doi.org/10.1093/ccc/tcac019 Seuferling, Philipp; Forsler, Ingrid; King, Gretchen; Löfgren, Isabel; and Saati, Farah (2023). Diraya.media—Learning Media Literacy with and from Media Activists. International Journal of Communication, 17: 901–919. https://ijoc.org/index.php/ijoc/article/view/20058

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WEBCAST JUL 11 : UK Internet Governance Forum 2023
by Joly MacFie 11 Jul '23

11 Jul '23

After the French IGF last week (which btw is archived here <https://archive.org/details/fgi-france-2023>), now it is the UK's turn. Like the French, rather than separate real time text, AI captions will be overlaid. [image: isoc live] <https://isoc.live/16701%20>On *Tuesday July 11 2023* the *UK Internet Governance Forum 2023 <https://ukigf.org.uk/events/uk-igf-2023/>* will be held in London. The *UK Internet Governance Forum <https://ukigf.org.uk/>* (UK IGF) is the national IGF for the United Kingdom. The purpose of IGFs is to facilitate a common understanding of how to maximise the opportunities of the Internet whilst mitigating the risks and challenges that the internet presents. Messages from the UK IGF will be carried to the *Global IGF in Kyoto <https://intgovforum.org/en/content/igf-2023>*. The livestream is provided by *Internet Society UK England Chapter <https://isoc-e.org/>*. *AGENDA https://ukigf.org.uk/2023-agenda <https://ukigf.org.uk/2023-agenda>* (ALL TIMES BST = UTC+1) *09:00 Welcome and Opening of UK IGF* *Ellie Bradley*, MD Registry & Public Benefit, Nominet *Alice Campbell*, Public Affairs Manager, tech UK *Mike Tunks*, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Internet Watch Foundation *09:15 Keynote: techUK Tech Plan: How the next Government can use technology to build a better Britain* *Neil Ross*, Associate Director (Policy),techUK https://ukigf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/AUKtechplan2023website.pdf *10:05 Data Protection in an AI-Driven World* *Abigail Burke*, Policy Manager, Data Protection at the Open Rights Group *Ana-Maria Cretu*, Senior Researcher, AI and Data Protection *Georgia Osborn*, Senior Research Analyst, Oxford Information Labs / Research Community Manager at the DNS Research Federation *CHAIR: Lord Allan*, Member of the House of Lords / Former Director of Policy at Facebook *11:20 Cybersecurity and the Governance of Cyberspace During Times of Geopolitical Instability* *Bojana Bellamy*, President, Centre for Information Policy Leadership *James Shires*, Senior Research Fellow in Cyber Policy, Chatham House *CHAIR: David Carroll*, Managing Director, Nominet Cybe *13:05 Keynote: Building the Evidence Base for Online Safety* *Ian Macrae*, Director of Market Intelligence, Ofcom *13:40 Avoiding Internet Fragmentation and Creating a Shared Digital Future* *Izaan Khan*, ISOC YSG / NOW: Pensions *Bruna Martins dos Santos*, Global Campaigns Manager, Digital Action *Til Sommer*, Head of Policy, Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) *CHAIR: Casey Calista*, Industry Chair & Labour Digital Executive Committee Member 23/24 *14:45 Gender and the Internet: A Source of Division or Community?* *Seyi Akiwowo*, Founder and CEO, Glitch *Dr Bernie Hogan*, Senior Research Fellow, OII *Mallory Moore*, Independent researcher, Trans Safety Network *16:00 Delivering Digital Transformation Across the UK* *Harriet Perks*, Learning and Development Lead, AND Digital *Hollie Whittles*, National Policy Skills Champion, Federation of Small Businesses *17:00 Ministerial Address* *Paul Scully MP*, Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy *17:45 Sum Up and Wrap Up* *Alice Campbell*, Public Affairs Manager, Tech UK *Mike Tunks*, Head of Policy and Public Affairs, Internet Watch Foundation *LIVESTREAM http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/ukigf23 <http://livestream.com/internetsociety2/ukigf23>* *TWITTER #UKIGF23 <https://bit.ly/UKIGF23> @UKIGF @ISOCUKEngland @IntGovForum #netgov* *MASTODON #UKIGF23 <https://mastodon.social/tags/UKIGF23>* *SIMULCASTS_https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive <https://www.twitch.tv/isoclive>https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/ <https://www.facebook.com/liveisoc/> (AI Captions)* *ARCHIVE_https://archive.org/details/ukigf23 <https://archive.org/details/ukigf23>* *Permalink https://isoc.live/16701/ <https://isoc.live/16701/>* - -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Call for Presentations: Digital Inclusion Research Forum, October 12-13, 2023
by Colin Rhinesmith 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

The Federal Reserve Banks of Atlanta, Dallas, Kansas City and Philadelphia seek proposals for presentation <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VWJ7MFL> at the Digital Inclusion Research Forum, to be held in Dallas, Texas, Oct. 12-13. The proposal deadline is July 21. Forum objectives The conference will provide: A framework for existing research Relevant context and appropriate applications for using existing research A forum for informing and advancing new research Forum audience Academics and researchers Broadband and digital inclusion policymakers (including state broadband and digital equity staff) Digital inclusion practitioners The organizers are especially interested in these subtopics. While the organizers will consider presentations across a range of subtopics related to digital inclusion, they are especially interested in presentations on the following ten subtopics. Existing research related to broadband and digital access among marginalized populations: Rural, urban communities, African American, Latino, Native American, etc. Considerations in conducting culturally informed research when working with marginalized populations Digital skills development across varying skill levels How research can better serve the needs of practitioners (from a practitioner’s perspective) Fundamentals of what practitioners should know about data collection, data availability, and measuring outcomes (from a research perspective) Integrating digital inclusion efforts into existing non-profit and government services Measuring the economic impact of broadband access and/or digital inclusion initiatives <> Qualitative data use in digital inclusion research Data opportunities and limitations, leveraging existing DI measurement tools and indices Research regarding program evaluation How to submit a proposal and what to include You may submit your proposal here <https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VWJ7MFL>. Joint submissions for co-presentations are welcome. The proposal deadline is July 21. Proposals should convey how the session will support the conference objectives. Selection is competitive, so be sure to submit a compelling proposal within the 500-word limit. Organizers will review and accept proposals on a rolling basis. We will extend invitations to present in early August. Those invited to present will receive a modest honorarium and reimbursement of reasonable travel costs. Feel free to share this call for presentations with people who may be interested in submitting a proposal. Questions? Please contact Theresa Dunne <mailto:theresa.dunne@phil.frb.org>, Community Development Research Analyst (cc’d). --- Colin Rhinesmith, Ph.D. Pronouns: he/him Founder and Director, Digital Equity Research Center Metropolitan New York Library Council https://dercenter.org <https://dercenter.org/> Research Fellow Quello Center for Media and Information Policy Michigan State University

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Call for Papers: Race in Games and Game Studies Online Conference
by Gerald Voorhees 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Race is a fundamental dimension of games implicating who is represented in games, how the labour of making games is divided, and who is welcomed to play and on what terms. As a field, game studies has only begun the work of understanding these matters because race also shapes the study of games. Game studies is built on colonial logics and animated by white supremacy. The major problematics of the field (ludus v narrative, game v player, pro-social v antisocial) are premised in Western epistemic traditions. And games researchers largely focus on the hegemony of play, the games and gaming practices of the presumed audience of white male players imagined by the mainstream games industry (Fron, Fullerton, Moire, and Pearce 2007). Race in Games and Game Studies will be a two day conference dedicated to exploring how race impacts games and game studies. The conference will be hosted online December 7-8, 2023 and registration is free. We will feature conventional paper panels as well as plenary discussion panels focused on future directions for research at the intersections of games and race. In addition to advancing the state of games research concerning how representations, industry practices, and community norms contribute to the shifting dynamics of racial privilege and marginalization, we hope to identify the gaps and trends in recent research in this area. By outlining what is being done and what has yet to be examined closely, we hope to suggest new directions and possibilities for this work to explore and to highlight ways that researchers in the humanities, social sciences, and fine arts might work together to close gaps in the field. We as eager to learn about joy and justice as we are to gain new insight into ongoing/emerging harms, and encourage participation from game scholars and/or developers from all careers stages who are working on topics at the intersection of race and games, such as: - Representations of race and/or racialized identities in games - Experiences of racial minorities in the games industry and/or gaming communities/cultures - Anti-racist and/or decolonial activism in games, game cultures, game studies, games education, and/or in the games industry - Indigenous, Black, Latine, and/or Asian/Asian-Americangames and/or game studies - Racism in games, games education, game development and/or in spaces of play - Black and/or Indigenous futurism in games - Race as a facet of intersectional identity in games and/or gaming - Racialized ontologies of games and/or play - White supremacy and/or coloniality in games and/or gaming Interested games scholars and makers are encouraged to submit abstracts for 15-20-minute-long presentations (300 words + 5 keywords) and a short bio note (100-150 words) to https://raceandgamesconf.uwaterloo.ca/openconf.php by September 15, 2023. Questions can be addressed to the organizers at race.game.studies(a)gmail.com. The Race in Games and Game Studies conference is enabled in part by the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).

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Looking for Research Collaborator on Race and TikTok
by Plothe, Theo 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

Colleagues, I have begun a line of inquiry that I am very excited about. Unfortunately, my colleague has had to drop out of our research project very early in the process. Without giving the entire line of research inquiry away, I am looking for a collaborator who is interested in looking how non-Black TikTokers are using Black voices in the co-opting and consumption of Black culture in order to create remixes. The most well-known example that I can think of is "Get somebody else to do it.” Obviously, this has been happening for decades, and even if you think back to Antoine Dodson and Kimberly Wilkins and their viral memetic content over a decade ago. TikTok is so formative in many of Gen Z's daily lives that I am concerned about this misappropriation and displacement of Black voices that I want to write about it. My goal is publish our findings and present this piece at a major conference. I'm anxious to get started on it, but I'd rather team with a writing partner with greater depth in this field. Thanks so much and I look forward to talking to you. Best, Dr. Plothe -- Theo Plothe, PhD Assistant Professor Journalism and Mass Communication Savannah State University

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Expressions of Interest to host AoIR2025 and AoIR2026 - Deadline reminder 18 July 2023
by Michelle, Association of Internet Researchers 10 Jul '23

10 Jul '23

The Executive Committee of the Association of Internet Researchers is seeking expressions of interest (EOI) from prospective Conference Hosts for the annual meetings of the Association for October 2025 and 2026. With this call, AoIR will return to our regular rotation schedule: the 2025 conference will take place outside of North America and Europe, and the2026 conference will take place in North America. *EOIs are due to the AoIR Executive Committee by July 18, 2023*. EOIs will be reviewed by the AoIR Executive Committee, who will then gauge feasibility through a series of follow-up discussions with proposers. Proposers for the 2025 conference will be informed of decisions regarding conference hosting by September 2023. The AoIR membership will be informed of the 2025 conference location during the AGM at AoIR2023 in Philadelphia. The AoIR conference draws an international group of 500-700 researchers and practitioners to present and discuss work at the cutting edge in understanding the individual, social, political, economic and cultural aspects of the internet and related technologies. The Conference Host Committee is a regional group of scholars that may be part of the same or different organisations. They are also invited to propose a Program Chair. The Program Chair oversees the submissions and review process of papers, panels, workshops, and preconferences, and schedules the conference sessions. The Program Chair may be a member of the organization that acts as Conference Host. Members of the Conference Host Committee should have a strong existing connection to the Association of Internet Researchers. Serving on the Conference Hosting committee is a large commitment. The role of the Conference Host and committee is to make contributions to the conference theme and call for papers, identify keynote and plenary speakers, plan and provide crucial local knowledge and connections, and oversee region-specific fundraising (where possible, provide venue space at cost or in kind). AoIR will assist with the practical conference planning, including negotiating contracts with hotels, meeting venues, catering, and the like, and will partner with the host committee on many of the administrative details of the conference, such as reception and meal planning, AV and wifi provision, and exhibitor displays. Organizations or consortia that may be interested in serving as Conference Host should contact President Tama Leaver at prez (at) aoir.org by 18 July 2023 with a brief expression of interest. The EOI should include the following and be no longer than 5 double spaced pages: 1. the individuals and organization(s) involved, and their proposed roles; 2. the connection of proposers to internet research and to AoIR; 3. a description of any prior experiences proposers have had with organizing or hosting a conference, and the roles played in this; 4. an argument to support the proposed conference location, especially with respect to ease of travel for AoIR’s multinational community of conference participants; 5. initial thoughts on local venue options (AoIR has in the past held the annual conference at a variety of venue spaces including universities, conference centers, and hotels); 6. prospective conference dates, keeping in mind any major local, national, and international holidays, semester schedules, or other aspects that might affect the timing of the conference; 7. a firm indication of whether you will be attending AoIR2023 in Philadelphia and are available to meet for further discussions about hosting AoIR2025 or AoIR2026. Please contact President Tama Leaver at prez (at) aoir.org or AoIR’s Association Coordinator ac (at) aoir.org if you have any questions. Tama Leaver President, Association of Internet Researchers

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