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Univ. Amsterdam - Postdoc in Narratives of (Dis)Trust & Social Media
by rogers＠govcom.org 05 Jun '23

05 Jun '23

Postdoctoral Position in Social Media Data Research Faculty/Services: Faculty of Humanities Educational level: PhD Function type: Academic Staff Closing date: 15 June 2023 Vacancy number: 11627 https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/Postdoctoral-Position-in-Social-Media-Data… What are you going to do? The Media Studies department and School of Economics at the University of Amsterdam are looking for a jointly appointed postdoctoral researcher as part of the University Research Priority Area on Trust in the Digital Society (TRUST RPA), a five-year interdisciplinary research initiative concerned with trust production technologies and the disruption of existing trust relations. This position focuses on the latter, by tracing narratives of (dis)trust in social media datasets and by studying the underlying behaviors in human subjects. Two recent socio-economic shocks have affected European societies: the Covid pandemic and the current war in Ukraine. Coming in rapid succession, they may have affected individuals’ sense of security and their optimism about the future. In that trust binds us to one another, it can counteract these insecurities, yet European society has undergone multiple crises of trust in public institutions and in financial, scientific, and medical expertise over the last decade(s). Accordingly, recently we have witnessed the growth and spread of narratives of (dis)trust, which pose a significant challenge to liberal democratic norms. In these crises, social media technologies have served to bind people together while also, paradoxically, functioning as a primary vector for spread of narratives of (dis)trust. This project aims to understand the dynamics by which these narratives of (dis)trust are propagated through social media and to investigate the underlying drivers that might make individuals susceptible to them. Accomplishing this necessitates a mixed-methods approach that entails a collaboration between the humanities and the social sciences: 1.) the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) and 2.) the Center for Research in Experimental Economics and political Decision Making (CREED). Through this collaboration the project aims to bridge the gaps between different methodological perspectives. The first part of the project will use social media to study how these narratives develop over time, through dynamics of connection, convergence, and antagonism. The objective of this part of the project is to develop a comprehensive understanding of how folk theories attribute malign intentions to institutions and experts attached to these matters of concern, which may range from climate change to the war in Ukraine, to the public understanding of science and technology. Through digital methods (such as co-hashtag semantic network analysis), this stage of the project will produce digital narratologies that will serve as an empirical baseline for the subsequent lab-based, experimental research stage of the project which studies how trust is affected in vulnerable population demographics. Collaborating with scholars in the Behavioral Economics and Psychology department the second stage of the project differentiates between interpersonal trust, measured using economic games and questionnaires, general trust and specific trust towards governmental institutions and news sources, measured via a combination of novel and well-established questionnaires. Finally, we will assess the economic and psychological determinants of trust at an individual level, including current and projected future income, family status, social network support, levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness, as well as country-level determinants of trust, including perceived integrity of institutions and satisfaction with public institutions. Broadly, this research will look at the dynamics and determinants of distrust and trust in times of crisis, yet applicants are invited to formulate their own specific research questions. Your tasks and responsibilities: - collect and analyze social media data on (dis)trust narratives using a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods including social network analysis and natural language processing. - be open to working with multiple methods across disciplines between the humanities and the social sciences. - work with interview- and questionnaire-based methods developed in collaboration with the Behavioral Economics and Psychology department actively pursue external funding for research, notably funding from research councils, national as well as European; - actively contribute to and develop national and international research networks What do you have to offer? You are passionate about developing innovative strategies for combining quantitative and qualitative research around the issue of narratives of (dis)trust. You are interested in how political debate is shaped by contemporary digital platforms. In addition, you have a social and cooperative attitude, and you thrive in a team setting. You are curious and open-mined towards research traditions you are less familiar with. Your experience and profile: - a PhD degree in media studies, digital sociology, digital humanities, science and technology studies, or an equivalent discipline - excellent research skills demonstrated by a track record of publishing in high-ranking journals (such as, for example, Big Data & Society) and/or with leading presses or a demonstrable capacity to develop such a record; - a strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research; - enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences; - excellent command of English Candidates will be given extra consideration in the application process who have quantitative skills, including survey development, statistical analysis, and/or familiarity with R, python or any other programming language, and/or big data collection and analysis skills, and/or previous experience in the private or public sector. We strongly encourage members of minority socio-cultural groups to apply, including persons of color, feminist and/or intersectionalist scholars, and scholars from the Global South. What can we offer you? The Postdoc researcher will be appointed at the department of Media Studies of the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam and will conduct the research in Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis. The employment contract will be for one year. Contingent on a positive performance evaluation the contract will be extended with 1 year. The employment contract is for 30,4 hours a week. Preferred starting date is 01 September 2023.[TvV1] The gross monthly salary, based on 38 hours per week and relevant experience, ranges between € 3703 to € 5439. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8,3% year-end allowance. A favourable tax agreement, the ‘30% ruling’, may apply to non-Dutch applicants. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable. Besides the salary and a vibrant and challenging environment we offer you multiple fringe benefits: - 232 holiday hours per year (based on fulltime) and extra holidays between Christmas and 1 January; - 7 weeks birth leave (partner leave) with 100% salary; Partly paid parental leave; - A pension at ABP for which UvA pays two third part of the contribution; - The possibility to follow courses to learn Dutch; - Multiple courses to follow from our Teaching and Learning Centre; - Multiple courses on topics such as leadership for academic staff; - Multiple courses on topics such as time management, handling stress and an online learning platform with 100+ different courses; What else do we offer - the possibility to start up and grow a New Research priority Area at the UvA, - close working relations with five faculties of the UvA; and with TU Delft, and Erasmus University, Rotterdam - freedom to develop your own research agenda; - welcoming, international, dynamic teams; - an inspiring academic and professional environment in the heart of Amsterdam; - excellent possibilities for further professional development and education. About us The University of Amsterdam is the Netherlands' largest university, offering the widest range of academic programmes. At the UvA, 42,000 students, 6,000 staff members and 3,000 PhD candidates study and work in a diverse range of fields, connected by a culture of curiosity. The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strong international profile in a large number of disciplines in de field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. Research and teaching staff focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and are active in several teaching programmes. Part of UvA’s world #1 ranked Media Studies department, the Digital Methods Initiative (https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.digi…> offers a rich empirical research environment that is internationally renowned for studying the effects and affordances of social media platforms. Located in the New Media & Digital Culture programme, the DMI research group has built some 70 tools that collect online data, map, visualize social issues, and group formations on the web and in social media. Working together with OIlab (https://oilab.eu/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Foilab.eu%…> to study misinformation and darker corners of the web, DMI organizes three times yearly ‘data sprints’ that convene international students and scholars to research the politics on and of social media platforms. DMI is part of multiple Horizon Europe projects studying these topics, including Vera AI and SoMe4Dem. The Center for Research in Experimental Economics and political Decision Making (CREED) at the Amsterdam School of Economics (https://www.creedexperiment.nl/creed/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.creed…>) is a leading experimental economics research institute. CREED members published their research in the top academic journals, in and outside economics. CREED is further known for its friendly and cooperative atmosphere. More info: http://www.neuro-economics.net/ <https://eur04.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.neuro-…> The Amsterdam School of Economics is among the top economics research institutes in Europe. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the School has a strong focus on producing outstanding research and world-class teaching, and is highly active in international academic networks. Its researchers actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Tinbergen Institute, the graduate school of the ASE. The ASE is known for its ambitious and supportive culture with many opportunities for personal development in an attractive international work environment. Want to know more about our organisation? Find more information about New Media and Digital Culture, Economics and Business, the Trust Research Priority Area and working at the University of Amsterdam in general. Any questions? Do you have any questions, or do you require additional information? Contact dr. Marc Tuters: M.D.Tuters(a)uva.nl <mailto:M.D.Tuters@uva.nl> For practical questions, contact dr. Eloe Kingma (asca-fgw(a)uva.nl <mailto:asca-fgw@uva.nl>) Job application Do you recognize yourself in the job profile? Then we look forward to receiving your application by June 15th, 2023. You may apply online by using the link below. Applications should include the following information (submitted in one .pdf): - a letter of motivation giving your reasons for applying, and detailing why you are an excellent candidate for the position (no more than 1,000 words).; - a full academic CV, including a list of publications and an indication of language proficiencies. - an academic writing sample in English (e.g., published book, journal article, section of a PhD dissertation), totalling no more than 10,000 words. - the names and contact details of two references who may be approached by the selection committee. - if invited for an interview, a draft research plan (2 pages maximum) on the call's topic, including possible research questions, relevant literature, methods.

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Registration open: Content Moderation and Its Discontents
by Jacob Johanssen 02 Jun '23

02 Jun '23

*Content Moderation and Its Discontents* Organised by Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University), Daniela Nadj (St. Mary’s University), Susanne Benzel (Sigmund Freud Institute) St. Mary’s University, 23 June 2023, 9.30am-6.20pm BST Shannon 1 + 2 and Zoom Registration: https://forms.gle/xAjVJETThdNxDuJRA *Conference Programme * *9-9.45am Registration and coffee 9.45am Introduction * Jacob Johanssen (St. Mary’s University), Daniela Nadj (St. Mary’s University), Susanne Benzel (Sigmund Freud Institute) *10-11.20am Harassment and hate speech* Thi Gammon (King’s College London) - Hate content and online shaming of showbiz celebrities in Vietnam: The case study of Tran Thanh Eirliani Abdul Rahman (Harvard University) - “You all belong in jail!” – Stochastic harassment on Twitter Elizabeth Farries and Eugenia Siapera (UCD Centre for Digital Policy) - Platformed misogyny and the limits of regulation: Cancel culture and shadow banning *11.30am-12.30pm Keynote* Phoebe Moore and Peter Bloom (University of Essex) - The new normal: Content moderation during and after the Pandemic 12.30-2pm Lunch *2-3.20pm Frameworks and methods* Gergely Gosztonyi (Eötvös Loránd University) and Gergely Ferenc Lendvai (Pázmány Péter Catholic University) - “Censored, cancelled, annulled” – A comprehensive, interdisciplinary overview of the legal implications and regulatory framework regarding censorship and cancel culture Yang Yu (Tsinghua University), Yan Lu (Tsinghua University) and Wei Ming Ye (Peking University) - Audit the account deletion's impact on compliant users on social media Emillie V. de Keulenaar (University of Groningen) - After deplatforming: The return of trace research for the study of platform effects 3.20-3.40pm Coffee break *3.40-5pm Psychoanalytic approaches* Marilyn Charles (Austen Riggs Center) - Tyranny of the shoulds: The press towards conformity Greta Kaluzeviciute (Vilnius University) - Digital archeo-analysis: ‘Digging’ past reflections, ‘shaping’ present narratives Clint Burnham (Simon Fraser University) - From shitstorm to Schmittstorm: Or, no, there still is no big Other *5pm-6.20pm Case studies* Max Lasse Schaefer (University of Edinburgh) - How is evidence presented and formed in an incel echo chamber? Klara Avsec (Lund University) - Deplatforming and competitive victimhood Alois Sieben (Simon Fraser University) - Infinite intimacy: The Möbius strip of content in Mary South’s “You Will Never Be Forgotten” 6.20pm Wine reception and dinner

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JOB: Associate Director, Internet and Technology at Pew Research Center
by Joly MacFie 02 Jun '23

02 Jun '23

https://pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/CenterExternal/job/Washington… Organization Overview Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping America and the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research in the areas of U.S. politics and policy views; media and journalism; internet and technology; religion and public life; science and society; race and ethnicity; global attitudes; and U.S. social and demographic trends. Pew Research does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Pew Research Center’s work is carried out by a staff of approximately 170 based in Washington, DC. Staff may work virtually from remote locations up to four days per week and are required to be present in the Center’s office at 1615 L Street NW at least one day per week. Position Description Pew Research Center is looking for an Associate Director for its Internet and Technology team. The Associate Director oversees a research team produces reports exploring the impact of the internet and technology on families, communities, work and home, daily life, education, health care, and civic and political life. Key topics include: technology use, social networking and social media, mobile connectivity, and digitally-relevant policy issues such as privacy, cybersecurity and harassment.. The team employs multiple methodologies to conduct this research, including survey research, computational social science and content analysis. The Associate Director will conceptualize research products and manage day-to-day operations, including questionnaire development, translation, quality control, data analysis, writing and number checking. The Associate Director will also serve as a spokesperson for the Center’s research in their subject areas and assist with writing components of grant applications. Reporting to Director, Internet and Technology, the Associate Director will model best practices in collaboration across teams, as well as in creating systems and processes that help produce the best possible products. Responsibilities - Manage development and execution of original research focused on internet and technology - Manage team day-to-day operations planning, editorial calendars, production calendars and staff assignments to projects - Provide editorial direction by identifying storylines - Supervise team members by providing regular feedback and comfortably addressing performance issues - Contribute to writing grant proposals and meeting grant-reporting requirements - Act as a spokesperson for the team’s research - Take an institutional role in setting the research agenda and contribute to management and culture building across the Center as a whole - Work with the Center’s communications team to ensure that the work meets the needs of, and is accessible to, the Center’s priority audiences - Work with the Center’s methods team to ensure that the Center’s survey research meets the highest methodological standards - Ensure accuracy, impartiality, clarity and methodological transparency in all research products Knowledge and Skills Required - Must have a passion for the mission of a non-advocacy organization that conducts high-quality social science research and reports its findings in impartial, clear and accessible ways - Demonstrated success in project management along with maturity, independence and time management skills to work effectively with little or no day-to-day supervision - Dedicated to the highest principles of transparency and accountability - Excellent writing and speaking skills - Ability to develop and maintain productive relationships with direct reports, peers and managers - Strong inter-personal skills to relate effectively to staff at all levels - Strong collaboration skills Education/Training/Experience - MA required, PhD preferred. 15+ years of research experience, with a minimum of 10 years of specialized experience in research and analysis - Demonstrated subject matter expertise on how digital technologies are impacting people’s social, political and economic lives, including deep understanding of fast-moving topics like artificial intelligence. Advanced skills in quantitative data analysis - Proven ability to write clear, compelling and accessible reports on quantitative research - Successful experience leading small teams, mentoring others and giving feedback FLSA Status: Exempt This position typically starts at $144,000 per year. Location Pew Research Center staff may work virtually from remote locations up to four days in a standard work week. Staff are required to be present in the Center’s Washington, D.C., office on at least one of two core days weekly (Tues., Wed.) and one Thursday a month for an all-staff day. Total Rewards In addition to competitive pay, Pew Research Center’s employees enjoy a robust total rewards package that includes: - Affordable, comprehensive health care that includes medical, dental (including adult orthodontia) and vision benefits. - Generous paid annual leave plan, including a winter break between Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 - Employer-paid disability, life insurance and paid family leave plans - Up to a 12% employer 401(k) contribution, with vesting at the end of the first year. - A 37.5-hour workweek. - Health savings or flexible spending account options with employer funding component. - Flexibility to telework up to 60% for most staff EEO: Pew Research Center makes employment decisions without regard to age, sex, ethnicity, religion, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or gender identity, military/veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. We champion inclusion, diversity and equity, and we encourage applications from candidates who represent a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. -- -------------------------------------- Joly MacFie +12185659365 -------------------------------------- -

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Seeking assistance on a social media research project
by Oltmann, Shannon M. 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Hello colleagues! I'm mentoring a junior faculty member, located at an undergraduate, teaching-focused institution. As such, my mentee doesn't have extensive research experience (or access), but they are trying to complete a project looking at the intersections of social media, social movements, and motivations for activism (a bit far afield from my own work). Originally, they were thinking of looking into Twitter posts, responses, and engagement in social movements like Black Lives Matter, but with the Twitter API lockdown, this is likely out of reach. I'm writing to see if anyone has suggestions about how to study the use of social media and how it could influence/shape engagement in (online or offline) social movements. I believe my mentee is open to studying various social media platforms—right now, we're focused on finding something that they can gain access to! Any suggestions would be most appreciated. Happy to elaborate more off-list if interested. -Shannon Oltmann Shannon M. Oltmann, Ph.D. Pronouns: she/her/hers Associate Professor School of Information Science College of Communication & Information University of Kentucky shannon.oltmann(a)uky.edu<mailto:shannon.oltmann@uky.edu> Associate Editor, Library Quarterly

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Due Date Extended! (6/15) CFP: Liberatory Legacy of bell hooks JITP Themed Issue
by Michael Rifino 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Submissions! Themed Issue 23: The Liberatory Legacy of bell hooks: Pedagogies and Praxes that Heal and Disrupt The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy Issue Editors: Nikki Fragala Barnes, University of Central Florida Summer L. Hamilton, Pennsylvania State University Asma Neblett, The Graduate Center, CUNY Kush Patel, Manipal Academy of Higher Education Danica Savonick, SUNY Cortland The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/journals/jitp> (JITP) seeks scholarly (especially creative and experimental) work that contributes to or is informed by the liberatory pedagogical legacy of bell hooks. Paying special attention to texts like Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom (1994) and Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope (2003), this special themed issue explores how collaborative, community-centered, and/or multimodal engagements with technology—as informed by hooks’s work—can transform frameworks and outcomes for instruction, as well open up new shared spaces for learning. Drawing on hooks’s radical, inclusive, disruptive, and recuperative legacy—and the scholars informed by it—this issue will highlight the use of digital technology in teaching, educational organizing, and anti-oppressive praxes within, alongside, and beyond academia. We ask: What kinds of embodied and communal interactions are enabled by teaching with technology? How can we reconcile the inherent contradictions in a learning community where technology functions at once as a tool for social justice and for surveillance capitalism? We are especially interested in the intersection of technologies and * anti-colonial, anti-classist, anti-capitalist, anti-patriarchal frameworks * Black liberatory, Black feminist, and socially just forms of teaching, learning, and community organizing. Besides scholarly papers, the submissions can consist of audio or visual presentations; interviews, dialogues, or conversations; and creative, artistic, experimental, and multimodal engagements with hooks’s work. A consideration of digital tools and technology in the context of hooks’s pedagogical scholarship might address: * engagements with open technology * radical collaboration and/or creativity in the classroom and beyond * systemic critiques of digital tools in teaching and learning * the labor and care considerations of academic technology projects * critical and community-centered teaching and learning frameworks * the ethics and politics of publishing student and/or community-centered work * social justice pedagogies involving radical reimaginations of pedagogical structures and communities * academic mentorship, advisement, and committee work * theorizing praxis through lived experience * technological infrastructures and the promise of radical co-liberation The official announcement can be found on Manifold homepage here<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/read/jitp-call-for-submissions/section/48f029c…>. Our complete archive is also available on Manifold here<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/journals/all?fbclid=IwAR04F67uy1dt13SsUjnG4eIl…>. You are also welcome (and encouraged) to share this call! Brief Guidelines for Submissions Research-based submissions should include discussions of approach, method, and analysis. When possible, research data should be made publicly available and accessible via the Web and/or other digital mechanisms, a process that JITP can and will support as necessary. Successes and interesting failures are equally welcome. Submissions that focus on pedagogy should balance theoretical frameworks with practical considerations of how new technologies play out in both formal and informal educational settings. Discipline-specific submissions should be written for non-specialists. For further information on style and formatting, accessibility requirements, and multimedia submissions, consult JITP’s accessibility guidelines<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#accessibility>, style guide<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/#style-guide>, and multimedia submission guidelines<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/multimedia-submission-guidelines-and-best-…>. Submission and Review Process All work appearing in the Issues section of JITP is reviewed by the issue editors and independently by two scholars in the field, who provide formative feedback to the author(s) during the review process. We practice signed, as opposed to anonymous or so-called “blind,” peer review. We intend that the journal itself—both in our process and in our digital product—serves as an opportunity to reveal, reflect on, and revise academic publication and classroom practices. As a courtesy to our reviewers, we will not consider simultaneous submissions, but we will do our best to reply to you within three months of the submission deadline. The expected length for finished manuscripts is under 5,000 words or an equivalent length or scope for timed or other forms of media (e.g. roughly 20–25 minutes of dialogue, 45 minutes of a spoken presentation, etc.). Both text-based and multimedia should be prepared to undergo review for their relationship to scholarly and related conversations, as well as be amenable to revision. All work should be original and previously unpublished. Essays or presentations posted on a personal blog may be accepted, provided they are substantially revised; please contact us with questions at admin(a)jitpedagogy.org<mailto:admin@jitpedagogy.org>. Important Dates Submission deadline for full manuscripts is 15 June 2023. Anticipated publication via Manifold Scholarship<https://cuny.manifoldapp.org/> is December 2023. Please view our submission guidelines on our commons site<https://jitp.commons.gc.cuny.edu/submit/> for information about submitting to the Journal.

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CFP // The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter
by Deen Freelon 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

* The Post-API Conference: Social media data acquisition after Twitter Conference details Sunday, October 22, 2023 (the day after AOIR ends) Annenberg Public Policy Center 202 S 36th St, Philadelphia, PA 19104 8:30am - 4:30pm ** *Organizing committee* * Deen Freelon, University of Pennsylvania Josephine Lukito, University of Texas at Austin Bree McEwan, University of Toronto Mississauga Josh Pasek, University of Michigan * If you use social media data in your research, you’re going to want to listen up, because we’ve reached a crisis point. Digital data access has survived in an uncomfortable and unpredictable flux for years, but the most recent wave of policy changes may well be existential. Consider the following developments from the past 12 months: * Elon Musk has eliminated free access to Twitter’s API, and the only academically useful paid tiers far exceed most researchers’ budgets. <https://www.theverge.com/2023/3/30/23662832/twitter-api-tiers-free-bot-nove…> * Musk has also demanded that Decahose users delete all Twitter data acquired under previous agreements <https://inews.co.uk/news/twitter-researchers-delete-data-unless-pay-2364535>–whether this demand will be extended to Academic API users is currently unknown. * Reddit has denied access to its API for Pushshift <https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/134tjpe/reddit_data_api_update_ch…>, a popular service used by researchers to collect Reddit data. Popular Reddit app Apollo is facing API charges of $1.7M per month <https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13ws4w3/had_a_call_with_reddit_…>to continue operating. * TikTok released a new API for researchers, which among other things requires them “to regularly refresh TikTok Research API Data at least every fifteen (15) days, and delete data that is not available from the TikTok Research API at the time of each refresh." <https://www.tiktok.com/legal/page/global/terms-of-service-research-api/en> * Crowdtangle, Meta’s researcher tool for acquiring data from Facebook and Instagram, still exists as of this writing. But rumors of its imminent demise have been reported in multiple <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-23/meta-pulls-support-for-t…>reputable <https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180357/meta-crowdtangle-shut-down-face…>outlets <https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2022-08-16/facebook-crowdtangle-meta-di…>. If your research pipeline has been caught in the crossfire of these and similar developments, this one-day Post-API Conferenceis for you. We’re looking to convene some of the brightest minds working on these issues across disciplines to help identify the most viable solutions and alternatives. To encourage informal conversation between participants, the conference will adopt a nontraditional structure. Participants will be organized into four informal plenary panels–two in the morning and two in the afternoon–each of which will begin with a series of four 5-minute lightning talks. However, most of the time will be spent in large-scale moderated discussions between participants and panelists. Each of the four panels will focus on one of the following topics: * Gaps.What tools/software/workflows/perspectives are missing from our research toolkits? How can we stay nimble and responsive to a constantly changing data ecosystem? * Education.What tools/software/workflows/perspectives have you developed or used that you’d like to showcase? What broad types of education do people in this area need (e.g. does everyone need to learn to code)? * Storage and access.How can we overcome challenges in post-acquisition data storage and access, especially across institutions? * Ethics.What ethical considerations should we bear in mind as we plow forward? Would it be worth the effort to create a broad, interdisciplinary ethical framework? Submission Information Applicants interested in giving a lightning talk should submit a memo (no more than 1 page single spaced) describing their topic. We encourage participants to think broadly here: for example, you could discuss a project that failed because you could not gather the data, impending concerns about studying a particular platform, concerns regarding non-traditional data collection methods, or new data collection software you developed. In your proposal, please indicate which panel you feel best fits your talk. You may also apply to attend the conference without submitting a lightning talk proposal, but preference will be given to those who submit proposals. Submissions are due by Monday,July 17, 2023 at midnight Pacific Daylight Time/PDT (UTC -700). Please submit your proposal in MS Word or PDF format by clicking the following link: Post-API conference submission form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfvztMyqjUUMFrTQEyIOJyLwCM6zL9Yc3m…> Author teams for which multiple authors wish to attend the conference should designate one team member to submit their proposal.Every individual who wishes to attend must submit their own separate application. Please send any questions to post.api.conf(a)gmail.com <mailto:post.api.conf@gmail.com>. Travel Funding We are currently working on obtaining need-based travel funding for graduate students, non-tenure track faculty, and independent researchers. If you are interested in being considered for funding, please complete the relevant section of the application. Preference will be given to applicants who demonstrate a lack of institutional funds (e.g. via a link to your department’s travel policy or a letter from your chair, dean, or relevant administrative staff confirming your lack of travel funds). Stable link to CFP: https://tinyurl.com/post-api-conf-cfp *Stable link to submission form: https://tinyurl.com/post-api-conf-submit -- Deen Freelon, Ph.D. Associate Professor | Hussman School of Journalism and Media Principal Researcher | Center for Information, Technology, and Public Life University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill http://dfreelon.org | @dfreelon <https://twitter.com/dfreelon> | https://github.com/dfreelon | https://citap.unc.edu/ Schedule an appointment with me <https://doodle.com/bp/deenfreelon/book-a-time>

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CfP: When was the "Smart Border"? Tracing Critical Histories of Media Technological Border and Migration Control
by Seuferling,P 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '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.

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CfP: Social media in Higher Education: What’s happening?
by Mark Carrigan 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

*JIME special collection* <https://jime.open.ac.uk/>* - call for papers* The Twitter interface famously prompts users to submit content by asking the question, ‘What’s happening?’. Given the recent turmoil surrounding the platform, it is a timely question to reflect back on itself, and social media more broadly. While the relationship between social media and higher education is far from new, the uncertainty around Twitter’s future, and migration to other platforms such as Mastodon, highlights the precarity of relying on corporate infrastructure to support public scholarship. It is against this background of uncertainty and movement between platforms and infrastructures that we launch a call for submissions to a special collection of the the Journal of Interactive Media in Education (JIME) on the topic of social media in higher education. Within this topic, the scope of the call is broad. We welcome papers, particularly empirical submissions, addressing any current issues in relation to the use of social media in Higher Education or other critical aspects of the relationship between social media and the academy. Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: - The academic social media ecosystem – post-Twitter - The role of algorithms in mediating scholarly communication - Professional practice by academics in the post-Twitter era - Social media and research impact - AI and academic social media - New and under-studied social media platforms in the context of higher education, e.g. Mastodon, TikTok - The use of social media in teaching and learning in higher education - Training and supporting academics for social media beyond Twitter If you have an idea for a paper and would like informal feedback or to verify whether it would be in scope, please do feel free to get in touch with the authors by email at klj33(a)cam.ac.uk (Katy). Manuscripts should be prepared in accordance with the JIME guidelines for submissions <https://jime.open.ac.uk/about/submissions#author-guidelines>. Note that submissions should be no more than 7,500 words in length, including all referencing and citations. To be considered for the special collection, full papers must be submitted by 4th September 2023.Submissions can be made through the JIME website at https://account.jime.open.ac.uk/index.php/up-j-jime/login . Please indicate that your paper is to be considered for the Special Collection when submitting. Please note that we may also ask submitting authors to act as a reviewer for one other submission. *Special collection editors: Dr Katy Jordan, University of CambridgeDr Mark Carrigan, University of Manchester* *Deadline for submissions: 4th September 2023 (full papers)Provisional publication date: January 2024* markcarrigan.net <http://www.markcarrigan.net/> | @theplatformuni <http://www.twitter.com/theplatformuni/> LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/mark-c-516017123/> | Soundcloud <https://soundcloud.com/mark-carrigan> | Youtube <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCflmX41wlvtXPIhy51Wfonw/videos> | Recent publications <https://manchester.padlet.org/j04936mc/jbob1uin0weo43dh> *I occasionally send e-mail outside of normal hours as my preferred way of balancing multiple commitments. Please don't feel obligated to respond to this e-mail until your own working hours have resumed. *

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Call for Workshop Proposals -- 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT2023) -- Deadline: 12 June 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Workshop Proposals Submission The 10th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications and Technologies (BDCAT2023) www.bdcat-conference.org<http://www.bdcat-conference.org> Taormina (Messina), Italy 4-7 Dec. 2023 Workshop inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops chairs: Luiz Bittencourt: bit(a)ic.unicamp.br<mailto:bit@ic.unicamp.br> Valeria Cardellini: cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it<mailto:cardellini@ing.uniroma2.it> CONTEXT & SCOPE The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Big Data Computing, Applications, and Technologies (BDCAT) is a premier annual conference series aiming to provide a platform for researchers from both academia and industry to present new discoveries in the broad area of big data computing and applications. Previous events were held in London, UK (BDCAT 2014), Limassol, Cyprus (BDCAT 2015), Shanghai, China (BDCAT 2016), Austin, USA (BDCAT 2017), Zurich, Switzerland (BDCAT 2018), Auckland, New Zealand (BDCAT 2019), Leicester, UK (BDCAT 2020), Leicester, UK (BDCAT 2021) and Vancouver, USA (BDCAT 2022). BDCAT 2023 will be held in conjunction with the 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) in Taormina, Messina, Italy. Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 2 pages in length and contain the following information. 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2023. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed technical program committee. This international committee should consist of at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also be two organizers from distinct institutions and countries. 5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, and other relevant information. Submit your workshop by using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/UCCBDCAT2023 IMPORTANT DATES Workshop Proposals Due: 12 June 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 15 June 2023 URL of Workshop: 25 June 2023 Camera-ready & Registration: 21 October, 2023 Workshops: December 2023 Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on quality of the proposal. TOPICS OF INTEREST We encourage workshops on both established research topics to promote newly developed ideas as well as workshops on emerging topics with sufficient body of research being carried out. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 1. Scaling Machine Learning and Data Mining - Data Science Models and Approaches - Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning and Best Practices - Supervised, Unsupervised and Reinforcement Learning - Neural Networks, Convolution Neural Networks and Recurrent Neural Networks - Transformer and Natural Language Processing - Swarm Intelligence and Evolutionary Strategy - Efficient Model Training, Inference and Serving - Distributed, Federated and Parallel Learning Algorithms - Testing, Debugging and Monitoring - Fairness, Interpretability and Explainability - Specialized Hardware for Scaling 2. Scaling Data Infrastructures and Platforms - Scalable Computing Models, Theories and Algorithms - Mapreduce: Hadoop and Spark - Privacy and Security over the Data Life Cycle - Data Search and Information Retrieval Techniques - Extract/Transform/Load (ETL) or ETL Pipelines - In-Memory Systems and Platforms - Performance Evaluation Reports - Storage Systems (including file systems, NoSQL, and RDBMS) - Resource Management Approaches - Data Analytics on Edge Devices - Fault Tolerance and Reliability - Energy-Efficiency and Sustainability - Data Archival and Preservation 3. Scaling Data Applications - Data Applications for Internet of Things, Mobile Applications and Cyber-Physical Systems - Data Applications for Healthcare and Life Science (e.g., Genome Processing) - Data Applications for Physical Science and Engineering - Data Applications for Business and Enterprise Applications - Data Applications for Social Networks - Data Applications for Scientific Case Studies - Data Applications over the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Data Streaming and Batch Applications - Data Trends and Challenges 4. Scaling Data Visualization - Visual Analytics Algorithms and Foundations - Graph and Context Models for Visualization - Analytics Reasoning and Sense-making - Visual Representation and Interaction - Data Transformation and Presentation RESPONSIBILITIES Workshop chair(s) will be responsible for the following: - Setup the submission system of your choice. - Invite TPC members. - Produce a web site and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their workshop. The URL should be sent to the BDCAT Workshops chairs. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Cloud, Edge, Fog, Big Data, Grid, and Cluster Computing community. It should mention that at least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must register under the BDCAT 2023 workshop day registration fee or the conference fee. The CfP should make it clear that the registration of at least one author requires the full (non-student, non-workshop) rate. - Ensure that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length, following the main conference format. It is the responsibility of the workshop organizers to ensure that this page limit has been adhered to. Additional pages may be purchased (in some circumstances) subject to approval by the proceedings chair. - Provide a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program. - Select the participants and the format of the workshop. - Advertise the workshop beyond the conference web page. - Assist in producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings. - The conference will take place in person and one workshop organizer should attend the conference to take care of the workshop sessions. The BDCAT 2023 Conference Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following: - Provide a link to the workshop's web site on the main conference site. - Provide logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop. - In conjunction with the organizers, determine the workshop date and time. - Provide copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees. Workshop proceedings will be published by ACM, following the BDCAT conference proceedings for the current year. Details and Important Notes 1. If the workshop is too small (i.e., it does not attract enough submissions) the BDCAT 2023 Organizing Committee may decide to merge that workshop with another. We encourage workshop organizers to attract a large community. In extreme situations we may also cancel workshops if there are not enough submissions. 2. Workshop organizers must ensure that suitable quality measures have been taken to ensure that the accepted papers are of high quality. All papers must be reviewed by an international Technical Program Committee with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper. The workshop organizers should also try to observe an acceptance rate that is no higher than 50%. 3. Workshops are not automatically endorsed by ACM and should not use the names of these organizations in their titles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Call for Workshop Proposals Submission: 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) - Deadline: 12 June 2023
by Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou 01 Jun '23

01 Jun '23

Call for Workshop Proposals Submission 16th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2023) www.ucc-conference.org<http://www.ucc-conference.org> Taormina (Messina), Italy 4-7 Dec. 2023 Workshop inquiries should be sent by e-mail to the workshops chairs: Luiz Bittencourt: bit(a)ic.unicamp.br<mailto:bit@ic.unicamp.br> Valeria Cardellini: cardellini(a)ing.uniroma2.it<mailto:cardellini@ing.uniroma2.it> CONTEXT & SCOPE The IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing is a premier IEEE/ACM conference covering all areas related to utility computing and cloud and edge computing services. This will be the 16th UCC in a successful conference series of community-driven events. Previous events were held in Shanghai, China (Cloud 2009), Melbourne, Australia (Cloud 2010 & UCC 2011), Chennai, India (UCC 2010), Chicago, USA (UCC 2012), Dresden, Germany (UCC 2013), London, UK (UCC 2014), Limassol, Cyprus (UCC 2015), Shanghai, China (UCC 2016), Austin, Texas, USA (UCC 2017), Zurich, Switzerland (UCC 2018), and Auckland, New Zealand (UCC 2019), Online (UCC 2020), Leicester, UK/hybrid online (UCC 2021), Vancouver, WA, USA (UCC 2022). Proposals for workshops should be submitted in PDF format, must not exceed 2 pages in length and contain the following information. 1. Title and brief technical description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical issues that will be the focus of the workshop. 2. A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest. 3. A list of related workshops or similar events held in the last 3 years, or to be held in 2023. 4. The names and contact information (web page, email address) of the proposed technical program committee. This international committee should consist of at least 10 people knowledgeable about the technical issues to be addressed and preferably not more than two members of the same institution. Ideally, there should also be two organizers from distinct institutions and countries. 5. A description of the qualifications of the organizers (who would be the Workshop Chairs) with respect to organizing this workshop. This can include papers published in the proposed topic area, previous workshop organization, and other relevant information. Submit your workshop proposal by using the following link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/UCCBDCAT2023 IMPORTANT DATES Workshop Proposals Due: 12 June 2023 Notification of Acceptance: 15 June 2023 URL of Workshop: 25 June 2023 Camera-ready & Registration: 21 October, 2023 Workshops: December 2023 Note: Workshops may be approved and announced early based on quality of the proposal. TOPICS OF INTEREST We encourage workshops on both established research topics to promote newly developed ideas as well as workshops on emerging topics with sufficient body of research being carried out. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Applications: Games, Social Networks, Scientific Computing (e-science) and Business - Architectural and Programming models for Cloud-Edge Continuum - Artificial Intelligence in the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Artificial Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS) - Autonomic Techniques for the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Cloud-Edge Continuum Business and Legal Implications Beyond Technology - Cloud-Edge Continuum Management: Autonomic, Adaptive, Self-*, SLAs, Performance Models and Monitoring - Cloud-Edge Continuum Middleware, Stacks, Tools, Delivery Networks and Services at All Layers (XaaS) - Cloud-Edge Continuum for Internet of Things, Smart Industries and Smart Cities - Design and Deployment Models for the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Economic Models and Scenarios of Use - Edge Intelligence and Cognitive Computing Continuum - Mobile and Energy-efficient use the Cloud-Edge Continuum - Multi-access Edge Computing / Mobile Edge Computing - Policy Languages and Programming Models, such as Edge-Native and Edge-Enabled Applications - Principles and Theoretical Foundations of Utility Computing, Including Pricing and Service Models - Scalability and Resource Management: Brokering, Scheduling, Capacity Planning, Parallelism and Elasticity - Serverless Computing - Utility-Driven Models and Mechanisms for Cloud Federations - Virtualization Technologies and Other Enablers RESPONSIBILITIES Workshop chair(s) will be responsible for the following: - Setup the submission system of your choice. - Invite TPC members. - Produce a web site and a "Call for Papers/Participation" for their workshop. The URL should be sent to the UCC Workshops chairs. The call must make it clear that the workshop is open to all members of the Cloud, Edge, Fog, Big Data, Grid, and Cluster Computing community. It should mention that at least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop and that all workshop participants must register under the UCC 2023 workshop day registration fee or the conference fee. The CfP should make it clear that the registration of at least one author requires the full (non-student, non-workshop) rate. - Ensure that all workshop papers are a maximum of 6 pages in length, following the main conference format. It is the responsibility of the workshop organizers to ensure that this page limit has been adhered to. Additional pages may be purchased (in some circumstances) subject to approval by the proceedings chair. - Provide a brief description of the workshop for the conference web page and program. - Select the participants and the format of the workshop. - Advertise the workshop beyond the conference web page. - Assist in producing a camera-ready version of the workshop proceedings. - The conference will take place in person and one workshop organizer should attend the conference to take care of the workshop sessions. The UCC 2023 Conference Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following: - Provide a link to the workshop's web site on the main conference site. - Provide logistics support and a meeting place for the workshop. - In conjunction with the organizers, determine the workshop date and time. - Provide copies of the workshop proceedings to attendees. Workshop proceedings will be published by ACM, following the UCC conference proceedings for the current year. Details and Important Notes 1. If the workshop is too small (i.e., it does not attract enough submissions) the UCC 2023 Organizing Committee may decide to merge that workshop with another. We encourage workshop organizers to attract a large community. In extreme situations we may also cancel workshops if there are not enough submissions. 2. Workshop organizers must ensure that suitable quality measures have been taken to ensure that the accepted papers are of high quality. All papers must be reviewed by an international Technical Program Committee with a minimum of 3 reviews per paper. The workshop organizers should also try to observe an acceptance rate that is no higher than 50%. 3. Workshops are not automatically endorsed by ACM and should not use the names of these organizations in their titles. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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